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 Father, we give you thanks and praise that you are good, that you are only good, that

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 you have ever been good and will always be good.

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 And we give you thanks and praise that you are an ever-giving God, a generous God that

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 we can never outgive you, that you are never in our debt.

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 And we thank and praise you, Father, for that all of the good in the world and whatever

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 good there is within us has ultimately come as a gift from you.

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 And we acknowledge before you, Father, that we often doubt your goodness and are presumptuous

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 about your generosity towards us.

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 We ask, Father, that you would do a gentle but wonderful work in our hearts this morning

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 to bring home to us the truth of who you are and the truth of what you have done in your

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 Son.

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 And as we are gripped by this, help us to understand better the truth, the true truth about ourselves,

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 that we might be filled with life and freedom and live to praise you.

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 And this we ask in the name of Jesus, your Son and our Savior.

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 Amen.

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 Please be seated.

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 So those of you who have known me for a while know that I have a, well, I have sort of a

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 bit of a right-handedness when it comes to the Bible and when it comes to, I guess, Christian

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 teaching.

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 And I don't always, like in some ways I wish that I could change it.

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 It's just my right, so I had trouble trying to figure out how to start this sermon today

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 because my right-handedness is to be a Christian apologist.

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 That's my right-handedness, to try to hear and understand the objections to the Christian faith and to address them.

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 And so as an apologist, and that sort of goes at war with an evangelist.

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 An evangelist is a person, or more of a, I guess, a more pastor type, in a sense,

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 would also be, they want to try to woo people.

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 They want to woo the lost sheep to come home.

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 They want to woo the sheep to eat and to be fed.

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 That type of nurturing aspect of a pastor, a shepherd, a nurturing aspect of an evangelist.

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 And they war within me at some different times.

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 So the way my mind normally works when it comes to pick a sermon thing is I look at a text like today.

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 We're going to look at James 1, 12 to 25.

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 And the first thing that goes through my mind is, oh, that's very interesting.

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 There are many people who think that God,

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 one of the reasons that many people in our culture have rejected the idea of God

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 is because they believe that God promotes violence.

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 In fact, it would be a commonplace to many people.

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 Oh, yeah, the God in the Bible tells people to kill people.

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 Like, if I was to go and say that, you know, for actually being able to have, like, in a bar,

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 and just say, oh, you know, by the way, I was just reading today about how the God of the Bible

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 tells people to kill people.

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 Like, people just nod.

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 Yeah, yeah.

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 Like, it's just like talking about COVID-19 or the weather.

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 Like, everybody knows that.

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 And that's one of the reasons people don't like God.

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 And that's the normal way my mind would work when I look at a text like this

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 because actually the text says something about that belief about people.

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 On the other hand, if I was more of an evangelist, more of a pastor,

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 I would do something to try to woo you, to entice you into it

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 because maybe those of you who are here are particularly worried about that particular question.

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 But I could woo you and say something like there was a non-Christian,

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 this is about 20, 25 years ago,

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 there was a non-Christian who studied as part of his PhD

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 all of the self-help and all of the self-improvement literature for the previous 100 years.

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 And he tried to synthesize to see if there was some common teaching

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 for the self-help improvement literature for the previous 100 years.

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 And he came up with seven things which seemed to be common

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 to all of the self-help literature that had been written in the previous 100 years.

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 And interestingly enough, once again, remember this is a person who's not a Christian.

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 And interestingly enough, one of the things that he came up,

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 one of the seven things that was common of all self-help literature

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 over the previous 100 years was something that James wrote in the year 40

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 because it's actually here in the text.

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 And so anyway, I've done both.

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 I just share you.

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 You can pray for me because sometimes my apologist side of me

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 just automatically thinks of questions and objections.

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 And I should also think more of that which woos.

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 So we'll look at both.

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 And so if you have your Bibles, look at James 1, verses 12 to 25,

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 which is where we are, second of our sermons in the book of James,

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 James 1, verses 12 to 25.

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 And it begins like this.

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 And actually, those of you who remember my sermon from last week,

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 heard and remember it, will know that last week we went right up to verse 12,

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 and yet I'm reading verse 12 again.

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 And there's a literary reason for this.

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 Sorry here.

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 Grammar geek moment.

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 Just those of the rest of you, try not to fall asleep.

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 This is a text that at a literary level is sometimes can be referred to as a Janus text.

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 In other words, if you look at it from a literary point of view,

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 it sort of summarizes verses 2 to 12,

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 and it sort of summarizes the stuff that went on before or sort of clarifies it.

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 But it's a Janus text because it also actually introduces what's going to happen next.

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 So it's one of those texts that James wrote it so it looks two ways at the same time,

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 helps to clarify what just went on,

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 and actually helps to introduce what comes next in a very important, powerful way.

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 So we're going to read verse 12, and it goes like this.

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 Blessed is the man or the woman who remains steadfast under trial,

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 for when he or she has stood the test,

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 he or she, he will receive the crown of life which God has promised to those who love him.

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 Now, we didn't talk about this text very much last week,

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 but it actually has something which is several things.

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 So first of all, I mean, I'll just be honest,

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 I have no particular interest in wearing a crown.

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 So if this text was to try to grab me, it doesn't grab me at all.

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 Like, I mean, the only time I wear something like a crown

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 is when I go to a kid's birthday party and they have crowns.

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 And I, of course, put on the crown and I wear it as long as the kids wear it,

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 and it's all good fun.

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 But beyond that, it doesn't do anything whatsoever to motivate me.

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 Maybe for some of you who love the crown and love the monarchy,

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 you know, the idea that maybe you could go to Buckingham Palace and have tea with the queen,

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 and at the end of it, she'd say,

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 by the way, would you like to wear my crown?

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 And you'd think you'd died and gone to heaven.

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 So then maybe that's a good analogy for some of you.

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 However, actually, the type of crown which is being mentioned here isn't that type of crown,

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 so you'd be disappointed.

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 In the ancient world, when you won the marathon race or you won the athletic event,

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 you were given a crown to show that you'd won.

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 And that's the type of crown which is referred to here.

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 So you've been, you know, God in his goodness and love

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 sends you different types of trials and tests.

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 That's part of the normal Christian life.

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 And at the end of all things, this is how it summarized the last thing.

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 The way you understand it is if you're in Christ,

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 the end of your walk with Christ is to, in a sense, be crowned by God,

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 congratulated for having run the race well.

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 But it's even more important than that.

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 It's actually an image that at the end,

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 you are engulfed in a greater life than you have ever known right now.

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 It's a very, very powerful image.

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 And when you understand that the image is sort of implying something that you see throughout all of the Bible,

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 that if you take, I mean, it's sort of, on one hand,

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 if you have, if there is the world's greatest athlete

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 and they die in a helicopter accident or a car accident,

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 but they're in Christ,

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 on the other side of death, their death,

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 which means the end and the breaking of the end of their body,

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 they'd actually, if they're in Christ,

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 they'd get swallowed with a greater life than they ever knew

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 or experienced on this side of the grave.

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 But it's also really hopeful because those of us who have loved ones

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 who are now very, very, very frail, very, very broken,

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 their body is becoming next to nothing,

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 and then they die,

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 if they're in Christ,

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 what happens in the moment of their death

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 is that they are engulfed,

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 they are swallowed,

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 they are clothed in life.

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 And that's the telos,

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 that's the end that God has for those of us who are in him.

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 And as I like to say over the last little while,

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 the end of the story makes the story completely and utterly different.

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 I mean, this is one of the problems that we have actually right now in Canada

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 because, as you know, all of the smart people,

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 many of the, not all of the smart people,

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 many of the smart people want to have doctors be able to kill more people.

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 That's actually, it's going on right now in the Senate and everything like that.

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 And if you read newspapers,

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 there's many, many arguments to give doctors more freedom

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 and to encourage more doctors to actually be able to do this,

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 to be able to kill people.

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 But of course, it actually,

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 it's so fascinating that this is going on in our culture

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 at the same time that we're having COVID-19

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 because there's a lot of fear

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 right now in our culture.

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 I think there's lots of fear.

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 And it's interesting because we live in a culture that wants to kill.

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 I know I'm being very blunt,

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 but that's what the doctor does.

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 He kills or she kills.

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 And we want to have that doctor have more power to kill

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 and to be able to kill more people

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 and to be able to qualify more people

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 and have less bureaucracy to be able to kill people.

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 And that's what we want.

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 And at the same time,

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 we live in a culture which is in denial about death.

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 And COVID-19 is partially revealing

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 that we live in a culture that's terrified of death.

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 And at the same time that we desire death,

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 are in denial of death,

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 are terrified of death,

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 we are also completely and utterly

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 able to see that about our culture.

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 And that's, I think,

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 a little bit why there's both

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 the acquiescence

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 to very, very

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 major government interventions

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 in freedoms and all in Canada

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 and also a lot of the hysteria.

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 I'm not a COVID-19 denier

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 or anything like that.

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 I'm not that.

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 But

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 it is something about our culture

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 that's going on

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 right now

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 and that our culture is blind to it.

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 And it's hard for us to know how to pray into it.

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 And that's a bit of an aside

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 and maybe I shouldn't have gone into that.

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 Maybe I will.

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 Who knows?

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 Maybe I'll get some angry letters

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 or emails or whatever.

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 I don't know.

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 But what we need to see here

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 is that the telos,

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 the end,

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 the goal

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 that God has for every person who,

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 he desires that every person

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 would come to be in Christ.

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 And for those of us in Christ,

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 the end

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 is to be swallowed up by life.

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 And that means it's a,

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 it's,

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 it's unlike the athletic crown,

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 which is a zero-sum game.

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 If all of us enter the marathon,

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 only one of us would be the best person for Messiah.

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 You know,

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 maybe in our case,

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 I don't know,

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 maybe some of you are unbelievably fit.

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 You know,

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 the best finishing time would be four hours

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 or something like that.

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 If you're maybe in some places in Kenya,

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 the best finishing time would be two hours and ten minutes.

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 But,

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 but only one of us can be the first to cross the line.

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 But this is not a zero-sum game.

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 The more who are in Christ,

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 the more everyone receives this telos,

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 this end of life.

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 And,

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 then the Bible actually says,

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 talks a little bit about death next.

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 Like,

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 it doesn't just talk about life,

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 as if it just talks about life,

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 life,

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 life,

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 life,

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 life,

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 life,

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 and,

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 and,

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 and just doesn't look at what's going on in our culture,

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 what goes on in our own life,

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 the fact that many,

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 that all of us will die,

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 and,

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 it's,

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 well,

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 the Bible actually now talks about death.

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 It goes from life to death.

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 And if you look at it,

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 it's verses 13 to 15.

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 It goes like this.

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 Let no one say when he is tempted,

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 I am being tempted by God.

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 For God cannot be tempted with evil,

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 and he himself tempts no one.

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 But each person is tempted

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 when he is lured and enticed by his own desire.

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 Verse 15,

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 then desire,

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 when it has conceived,

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 gives birth to sin,

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 and sin,

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 when it is fully grown,

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 brings forth death.

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 So,

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 one of the things that the Bible is doing here,

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 which is very shocking,

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 is it's saying that death isn't a merely biological category.

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 Like,

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 actually,

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 if you think about it,

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 one of the things which is going on in our culture as well,

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 is that there's a crisis of meaning.

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 Because,

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 basically,

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 if we've grown up in a culture

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 that basically teaches us that God doesn't exist,

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 or if he,

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 then it really,

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 you're caught with it.

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 Was it Stephen Crane,

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 who over a hundred years ago

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 made some comment about,

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 we say to the universe

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 how we're feeling,

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 and basically,

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 of course,

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 the universe doesn't really care.

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 The universe is completely and utterly impersonal.

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 It's just stuff.

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 It's just matter.

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 It's just energy.

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 And if we live in a universe

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 which is just stuff,

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 it's just matter and energy and physical laws,

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 and that's all there is.

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 And life is merely a biological curiosity,

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 and death is merely a biological curiosity,

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 and nature cares no more

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 whether things come to life

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 or whether things die.

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 They're all just natural processes,

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 biological processes,

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 that just happen.

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 And yet,

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 at the same time,

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 we know that there must be meaning.

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 And the Bible says that,

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 in fact,

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 there is meaning,

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 and that death isn't just a biological thing.

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 There's actually something

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 which brings death about

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 and is intimately connected with death.

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 And what is intimately connected with death

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 is the desire for us to be like God,

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 the desire that we have to sin.

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 And what the Bible is saying here

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 is very,

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 very powerful,

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 is that nobody can ever say,

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 remember one of my early apologetic things,

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 that many people,

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 they look at the world,

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 and they see that suicide bombers,

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 the suicide bombers believe that,

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 in a sense,

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 God commands people to kill,

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 and that they'll be rewarded for killing.

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 And they don't make distinctions.

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 Many people in our culture

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 between,

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 you know,

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 that holy book

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 and the Christian holy book

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 or other types.

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 It's just a general,

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 all religious people are like that.

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 But we actually see that

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 in this particular book,

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 the Bible,

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 that in fact,

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 the Bible actually says

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 that God is only good,

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 and he never puts into your mind

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 to do something evil.

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 Like,

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 he never does that.

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 We can never say,

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 if somebody comes to you

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 or your accounts,

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 and I think God is telling me

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 to kill somebody,

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 you can say,

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 well,

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 no,

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 God's not telling you to kill them.

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 I mean,

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 he's just not.

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 Not the true God.

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 I mean,

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 a demon might be doing that,

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 but it's more likely

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 just something that's coming

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 from within you.

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 So that the world that we live in

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 is a world where there is real evil,

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 but the source of real evil

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 actually comes,

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 and here's where,

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 you see,

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 at a first reading this text,

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 our Buddhist friends

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 would actually say,

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 my,

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 this sounds like a very Buddhist

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 type of text,

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 but it's not a Buddhist text.

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 It doesn't say that the problem

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 is desire.

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 In fact,

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 the opposite of it,

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 I mean,

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 the reason that in verse 12,

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 the Bible tells us

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 that the God's telos,

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 his end for you,

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 is more life,

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 that that's your destiny

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 in Christ,

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 is to be engulfed

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 with more life.

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 That's your destiny.

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 He tells,

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 the Bible tells us that,

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 so we'll desire it.

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 That's,

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 he tells it,

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 so we'll desire it.

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 So the Bible doesn't say

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 that the problem is desire.

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 The problem comes

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 from desires within us,

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 but it isn't a desire per se.

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 You know,

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 I was just thinking about it.

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 I bought a coffee

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 between the services.

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 It's water in here right now

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 in case I need to have

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 a bit of a sip.

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 But I was just thinking

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 on the way

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 between getting the coffee

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 and coming back,

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 what a great invention

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 money is.

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 Like,

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 money is a great,

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 great,

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 great,

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 great,

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 brilliant invention.

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 I know there's at least

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 one economist

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 in the congregation.

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 Talk to the economist

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 about how great

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 an invention money is.

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 If we didn't have money,

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 I don't know,

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 I'd have to bring like,

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 I don't know,

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 like a live rabbit

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 or something

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 and I'd give them

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 the live rabbit

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 that they could kill

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 later on

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 and they'd give me

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 a cup of coffee

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 and,

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 you know,

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 one of you come up

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 with a brilliant device

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 that you can sell

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 and you sell it online

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 through your own webpage

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 and somebody in Vancouver

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 wants it.

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 I mean,

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 they just wire you money

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 and you wire them

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 and you send them the thing.

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 They don't have to send you,

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 you don't have to say,

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 well,

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 I'll give you this widget

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 if you give me,

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 I don't know,

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 like a pound of flour,

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 three pounds of butter

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 and a bottle of wine.

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 Like,

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 no,

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 you know,

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 they just send you money

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 and you can buy that stuff.

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 It's a great invention

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 and so the problem

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 isn't money.

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 But we all know

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 that money

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 and the misuse of money

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 and the allure of money

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 causes all sorts

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 of problems

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 and heartache.

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 People who study

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 marital counseling

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 say that one of the issues

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 that brings,

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 that's connected

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 to a lot of marital problems

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 is in fact

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 arguments over money.

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 One of the things

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 that you'll get surprised

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 at in marriage

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 is your maybe

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 right-handedness

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 is to save

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 and another person's

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 right-handedness

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 is if you have the paycheck,

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 you spend the whole paycheck.

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 Actually,

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 if you get a paycheck,

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 you spend all the whole paycheck

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 and maybe 5% more

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 because that's the wonderful thing

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 about credit cards,

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 isn't it?

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 I mean,

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 you just pay it back

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 in the next credit card

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 and all of a sudden

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 you think you love this person.

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 You go,

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 what?

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 You're going to do that

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 with the money?

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 And they say,

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 what?

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 You're going to do that

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 with the money?

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 Come on,

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 live a bit.

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 Don't be so tight.

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 Come on,

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 don't be so,

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 you know,

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 just spend all your money

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 on stuff.

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 Like,

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 what about rainy days?

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 And then you start

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 to have conflicts

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 and both of you

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 just think it's natural.

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 And that's separate

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 from the fact

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 that people can be

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 consumed with money,

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 that have money rule them,

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 that they make their basement,

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 their decisions about things

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 based on money.

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 And it's also connected

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 to the fact

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 that you get lots of money

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 and you don't say to yourself,

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 you know,

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 I have lots of money

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 and, you know,

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 gosh,

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 there's this,

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 you know,

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 young couple in the church

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 and, you know,

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 maybe I should just bless them

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 by giving them

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 a couple of dollars

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 or, you know,

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 there's this opportunity,

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 you know,

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 we're supporting

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 a missionary in Angola,

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 we're supporting

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 a missionary here,

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 we're supporting

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 a missionary there,

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 you know,

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 they need to eat

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 and I should be

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 generous towards them

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 and there's the needs

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 of the church,

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 I should be generous.

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 But, gosh,

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 you know,

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 there's an old joke,

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 maybe some of you

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 have heard it,

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 there's an old joke,

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 there's a young man

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 who was starting up

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 a business

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 and he went to his mom

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 about what he should do

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 and his mom said,

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 you know,

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 listen,

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 the Bible says

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 that if you bless,

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 you know,

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 if you're faithful,

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 God will,

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 you know,

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 bless you

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 and all that type of stuff

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 so I suggest

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 that what you should do

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 is you should make

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 a commitment before God

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 that you tithe,

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 you know,

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 whatever money comes in.

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 So, you know,

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 he has his business,

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 the first week he makes,

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 first couple months

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 he makes $500 a week

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 and at the end of every week

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 he writes a check to $50

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 and, you know,

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 puts it in the offering plate

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 and then, you know,

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 before you know it

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 he's making $1,000 a week,

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 $1,500 a week,

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 $2,000 a week

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 and every time

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 he writes a tithe

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 but all of a sudden

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 his business takes off,

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 like really takes off,

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 he's making $10,000 a week

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 and he can't write

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 $1,000 check

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 to the church,

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 like he just can't,

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 like that's a lot of money

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 and so he's wondering

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 what to do about it

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 and he says,

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 and the mom says,

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 I don't know,

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 I think you should just

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 keep tithing

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 but I don't know,

00:19:58.179 --> 00:19:58.879
 talk to the pastor,

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 he knows all about

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 this type of stuff,

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 this isn't me

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 so the young guy

00:20:02.379 --> 00:20:03.059
 goes to the pastor

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 and the pastor

00:20:03.480 --> 00:20:04.339
 listens to the problem

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 and he says,

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 yeah,

00:20:05.019 --> 00:20:06.359
 I know exactly what to do,

00:20:06.439 --> 00:20:07.299
 I can pray about it

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 and it'll be alright with God,

00:20:08.679 --> 00:20:09.619
 I know exactly

00:20:09.619 --> 00:20:10.259
 how to pray

00:20:10.259 --> 00:20:11.180
 into this situation

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 and you'll be really happy

00:20:12.859 --> 00:20:13.579
 at the end of it

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 and so the young man says,

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 oh I'm so thankful,

00:20:15.920 --> 00:20:16.160
 pastor,

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 let's do that

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 and so the young,

00:20:17.640 --> 00:20:17.960
 the guy says,

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 can I hold your hands?

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 He says,

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 yeah,

00:20:19.240 --> 00:20:19.980
 you can hold my hands,

00:20:20.019 --> 00:20:20.579
 we hold hands,

00:20:20.640 --> 00:20:21.099
 he prays

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 and God says,

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 dear Lord,

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 please reduce this man's income

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 to $500 a week again

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 so that he can tithe

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 and that's not what the young,

00:20:32.379 --> 00:20:33.779
 that's not what the young man

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 wanted at all,

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 he wanted a bit of a pass

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 but the point of it all

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 is this,

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 that in fact,

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 it's very,

00:20:40.720 --> 00:20:41.220
 very hard,

00:20:41.339 --> 00:20:42.619
 money isn't a bad thing,

00:20:43.439 --> 00:20:45.359
 money's a brilliant invention,

00:20:45.559 --> 00:20:46.339
 it's a good thing

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 and for those of you

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 who are just starting out

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 and you need more money

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 and the other,

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 you can work hard,

00:20:50.679 --> 00:20:51.259
 be creative,

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 come up with businesses,

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 work for promotions,

00:20:53.519 --> 00:20:55.339
 that's all good things per se

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 but we all know

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 that the problem comes

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 for desires

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 that start to bend that,

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 that we start to desire

00:21:01.259 --> 00:21:02.579
 things too much,

00:21:02.939 --> 00:21:03.859
 we desire money

00:21:03.859 --> 00:21:04.759
 more than we desire

00:21:04.759 --> 00:21:05.659
 maybe our kids

00:21:05.659 --> 00:21:06.459
 or our wife

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 or we desire,

00:21:08.439 --> 00:21:08.679
 you know,

00:21:08.740 --> 00:21:09.859
 power too much

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 or whatever it is,

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 there's nothing wrong

00:21:11.740 --> 00:21:12.919
 with power per se

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 or authority per se

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 but that there's something

00:21:15.899 --> 00:21:17.679
 and the Bible is saying

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 that whatever evil there is

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 is going on in the world,

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 none of it comes from God,

00:21:21.379 --> 00:21:23.059
 it comes from within us

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 and what happens

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 is that it comes from within us

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 and it's as if there's

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 a little voice,

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 good grief here,

00:21:31.639 --> 00:21:33.579
 I just got out of the blue,

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 distant relative

00:21:35.019 --> 00:21:35.839
 from Australia

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 left me $200,000

00:21:38.259 --> 00:21:40.559
 tax free

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 and while some of us

00:21:42.919 --> 00:21:44.219
 are not even tempted anymore,

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 we just spend it all

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 on ourselves,

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 not thinking that maybe

00:21:47.779 --> 00:21:48.579
 part of the reason

00:21:48.579 --> 00:21:49.819
 that that blessing

00:21:49.819 --> 00:21:50.319
 has come

00:21:50.319 --> 00:21:52.919
 is to be actually generous

00:21:52.919 --> 00:21:56.759
 and some of us

00:21:56.759 --> 00:21:57.559
 might struggle with it,

00:21:57.579 --> 00:21:58.579
 others don't even struggle

00:21:58.579 --> 00:21:58.899
 with it

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 because we're no longer

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 even tempted,

00:22:00.299 --> 00:22:00.939
 we just give in

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 to having money control us,

00:22:02.400 --> 00:22:03.700
 it can be the same

00:22:03.700 --> 00:22:05.200
 with the beauty of a man

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 or the beauty of a woman,

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 it can be with all sorts

00:22:07.519 --> 00:22:07.840
 of things,

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 you just go on and on and on

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 is that this,

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 first there's the desire,

00:22:11.280 --> 00:22:12.140
 we're tempted,

00:22:12.259 --> 00:22:13.000
 some people don't have

00:22:13.000 --> 00:22:13.880
 the tempted anymore

00:22:13.880 --> 00:22:14.680
 because we just give in,

00:22:14.759 --> 00:22:15.000
 give in,

00:22:15.080 --> 00:22:15.360
 give in,

00:22:15.420 --> 00:22:15.680
 give in,

00:22:15.740 --> 00:22:16.060
 give in,

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 and it's maybe like

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 as I said,

00:22:18.220 --> 00:22:19.280
 maybe with the marriage

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 and a couple,

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 they don't realize

00:22:20.820 --> 00:22:21.540
 that one of the people

00:22:21.540 --> 00:22:22.320
 is actually really,

00:22:22.400 --> 00:22:23.420
 really consumed with money,

00:22:23.500 --> 00:22:24.080
 they don't realize

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 that because they're just,

00:22:25.340 --> 00:22:25.460
 you know,

00:22:25.460 --> 00:22:26.100
 their parents were

00:22:26.100 --> 00:22:26.840
 consumed with money,

00:22:26.960 --> 00:22:28.160
 their program was

00:22:28.160 --> 00:22:28.900
 consumed with money,

00:22:29.000 --> 00:22:29.580
 their friends were

00:22:29.580 --> 00:22:30.240
 consumed with money

00:22:30.240 --> 00:22:31.039
 and they marry a woman

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 and all of a sudden

00:22:31.680 --> 00:22:32.380
 a woman's not

00:22:32.380 --> 00:22:33.120
 consumed with money

00:22:33.120 --> 00:22:33.539
 and they go,

00:22:33.660 --> 00:22:33.839
 whoa,

00:22:33.960 --> 00:22:34.220
 woman,

00:22:34.779 --> 00:22:35.279
 like maybe there's

00:22:35.279 --> 00:22:35.720
 a different way

00:22:35.720 --> 00:22:36.579
 I should handle money,

00:22:36.980 --> 00:22:41.200
 but we have a desire

00:22:41.200 --> 00:22:42.819
 and it leads to temptation

00:22:42.819 --> 00:22:43.539
 and we give in

00:22:43.539 --> 00:22:44.240
 to the temptation,

00:22:44.420 --> 00:22:44.759
 giving in

00:22:44.759 --> 00:22:45.420
 to the temptation,

00:22:45.599 --> 00:22:46.640
 refusing to be generous,

00:22:47.240 --> 00:22:48.579
 making an idol of money,

00:22:49.579 --> 00:22:50.759
 lusting after a woman,

00:22:52.240 --> 00:22:52.420
 you know,

00:22:52.500 --> 00:22:53.720
 acting out of that lust

00:22:53.720 --> 00:22:55.019
 in some particular way,

00:22:55.720 --> 00:22:57.140
 being filled with anger

00:22:57.140 --> 00:22:59.080
 at something which has

00:22:59.080 --> 00:23:00.020
 happened a slight

00:23:00.020 --> 00:23:01.920
 and so we have the desire,

00:23:02.240 --> 00:23:03.020
 we give in to it

00:23:03.020 --> 00:23:03.700
 and it's sin

00:23:03.700 --> 00:23:05.780
 and sin always leads to death.

00:23:08.360 --> 00:23:09.160
 In a sense,

00:23:09.300 --> 00:23:11.480
 death is a sign

00:23:11.480 --> 00:23:13.120
 that we are under

00:23:13.120 --> 00:23:14.080
 God's judgment,

00:23:15.280 --> 00:23:16.060
 which is one of the reasons

00:23:16.060 --> 00:23:17.080
 why we feel

00:23:17.080 --> 00:23:20.480
 no matter how much

00:23:20.480 --> 00:23:21.920
 biologists tell us

00:23:21.920 --> 00:23:23.140
 it's a natural process,

00:23:23.140 --> 00:23:23.980
 we all know that

00:23:23.980 --> 00:23:25.520
 it's not a natural process.

00:23:25.519 --> 00:23:27.779
 There's something wrong

00:23:27.779 --> 00:23:28.599
 and offensive

00:23:28.599 --> 00:23:29.859
 and broken about it.

00:23:29.940 --> 00:23:30.819
 We know the world

00:23:30.819 --> 00:23:31.579
 should be mended

00:23:31.579 --> 00:23:32.480
 in a different way

00:23:32.480 --> 00:23:33.139
 and we sense

00:23:33.139 --> 00:23:34.359
 there's something wrong

00:23:34.359 --> 00:23:35.019
 about it

00:23:35.019 --> 00:23:37.079
 and the Bible is saying

00:23:37.079 --> 00:23:38.259
 there is something wrong

00:23:38.259 --> 00:23:38.859
 about it.

00:23:38.920 --> 00:23:39.579
 It is a sign

00:23:39.579 --> 00:23:40.799
 of the judgment of God.

00:23:41.259 --> 00:23:42.240
 It is a sign

00:23:42.240 --> 00:23:44.220
 of that aspect

00:23:44.220 --> 00:23:45.639
 that comes from within us

00:23:45.639 --> 00:23:49.279
 that wants to be like God,

00:23:50.039 --> 00:23:51.420
 which means

00:23:51.420 --> 00:23:52.039
 that we have to be

00:23:52.039 --> 00:23:52.680
 over others,

00:23:52.799 --> 00:23:53.319
 that we have to be

00:23:53.319 --> 00:23:53.839
 the center,

00:23:54.519 --> 00:23:55.220
 that we have to have it

00:23:55.220 --> 00:23:55.819
 be our way

00:23:55.819 --> 00:23:56.420
 or the highway

00:23:56.420 --> 00:23:58.339
 and on and on.

00:24:00.120 --> 00:24:00.799
 So some of you

00:24:00.799 --> 00:24:01.100
 might say,

00:24:01.140 --> 00:24:01.279
 George,

00:24:01.360 --> 00:24:02.559
 thank you for that.

00:24:02.620 --> 00:24:03.559
 That's a very depressing

00:24:03.559 --> 00:24:04.500
 whole thing.

00:24:05.400 --> 00:24:06.400
 We're all going to die.

00:24:06.500 --> 00:24:06.940
 It's a sign

00:24:06.940 --> 00:24:08.059
 of the judgment of God.

00:24:09.460 --> 00:24:09.720
 You know,

00:24:09.759 --> 00:24:10.519
 thank you for that.

00:24:10.579 --> 00:24:11.000
 That's very,

00:24:11.120 --> 00:24:11.819
 very helpful.

00:24:11.980 --> 00:24:12.920
 The news sucks.

00:24:14.480 --> 00:24:15.160
 Desire taints

00:24:15.160 --> 00:24:16.160
 all human beings.

00:24:16.839 --> 00:24:17.500
 But the Bible

00:24:17.500 --> 00:24:18.259
 doesn't just stop

00:24:18.259 --> 00:24:18.660
 with that

00:24:18.660 --> 00:24:19.539
 because some of us

00:24:19.539 --> 00:24:19.839
 might say,

00:24:19.880 --> 00:24:20.079
 George,

00:24:20.120 --> 00:24:20.799
 there's lots of good

00:24:20.799 --> 00:24:21.180
 in the world

00:24:21.180 --> 00:24:21.720
 and in fact,

00:24:21.779 --> 00:24:22.360
 I actually sort of

00:24:22.360 --> 00:24:22.900
 talked about it

00:24:22.900 --> 00:24:23.600
 and I say money

00:24:23.600 --> 00:24:24.200
 is a brilliant

00:24:24.200 --> 00:24:25.059
 invention.

00:24:25.299 --> 00:24:25.779
 It's a brilliant

00:24:25.779 --> 00:24:26.299
 invention

00:24:26.299 --> 00:24:27.100
 and it's a good.

00:24:28.200 --> 00:24:29.299
 It makes many things

00:24:29.299 --> 00:24:30.480
 in life far more easy.

00:24:31.880 --> 00:24:33.000
 It allows

00:24:33.000 --> 00:24:34.380
 there to be

00:24:34.380 --> 00:24:34.799
 business

00:24:34.799 --> 00:24:35.519
 and enterprise

00:24:35.519 --> 00:24:37.160
 and people

00:24:37.160 --> 00:24:38.299
 to work really hard

00:24:38.299 --> 00:24:39.740
 and to be reimbursed.

00:24:39.900 --> 00:24:41.059
 It's a brilliant thing

00:24:41.059 --> 00:24:41.420
 and in fact,

00:24:41.500 --> 00:24:41.640
 you see,

00:24:41.720 --> 00:24:42.059
 the Bible

00:24:42.059 --> 00:24:42.980
 doesn't just talk

00:24:42.980 --> 00:24:44.960
 about evil

00:24:44.960 --> 00:24:45.700
 and death.

00:24:45.779 --> 00:24:46.580
 It talks about life.

00:24:46.680 --> 00:24:46.840
 Remember,

00:24:46.920 --> 00:24:47.620
 that's how it began.

00:24:47.900 --> 00:24:48.680
 Look what happens

00:24:48.680 --> 00:24:49.160
 right after

00:24:49.160 --> 00:24:51.120
 verses 13 to 15.

00:24:51.119 --> 00:24:53.339
 It goes like this,

00:24:53.399 --> 00:24:54.719
 verses 16 to 18.

00:24:55.839 --> 00:24:56.739
 Do not be deceived,

00:24:56.919 --> 00:24:57.799
 my beloved brothers

00:24:57.799 --> 00:24:58.399
 and sisters.

00:24:58.699 --> 00:25:01.259
 Every good gift

00:25:01.259 --> 00:25:02.699
 and every perfect gift

00:25:02.699 --> 00:25:03.619
 is from above,

00:25:04.019 --> 00:25:04.819
 coming down

00:25:04.819 --> 00:25:05.519
 from the Father

00:25:05.519 --> 00:25:06.079
 of lights

00:25:06.079 --> 00:25:06.479
 with whom

00:25:06.479 --> 00:25:07.639
 there is no variation

00:25:07.639 --> 00:25:08.279
 or shadow

00:25:08.279 --> 00:25:09.219
 due to change.

00:25:09.899 --> 00:25:10.799
 Of his own will,

00:25:10.959 --> 00:25:12.339
 he brought us forth

00:25:12.339 --> 00:25:13.279
 by the word of truth

00:25:13.279 --> 00:25:14.019
 that we should be

00:25:14.019 --> 00:25:15.459
 a kind of first fruits

00:25:15.459 --> 00:25:17.000
 of his creatures.

00:25:17.000 --> 00:25:19.059
 So the Bible actually

00:25:19.059 --> 00:25:20.059
 says that there is good.

00:25:20.160 --> 00:25:21.299
 There's an unending

00:25:21.299 --> 00:25:22.700
 amount of good

00:25:22.700 --> 00:25:24.079
 in the created world

00:25:24.079 --> 00:25:24.819
 and there's good

00:25:24.819 --> 00:25:26.000
 within every one of us.

00:25:26.420 --> 00:25:27.200
 But that good

00:25:27.200 --> 00:25:28.220
 is always a gift.

00:25:29.079 --> 00:25:29.759
 It's a gift

00:25:29.759 --> 00:25:30.960
 that comes from God.

00:25:31.859 --> 00:25:32.460
 And in a sense,

00:25:32.980 --> 00:25:33.180
 me,

00:25:33.819 --> 00:25:34.000
 when,

00:25:34.180 --> 00:25:35.180
 if people see goodness

00:25:35.180 --> 00:25:35.619
 in me

00:25:35.619 --> 00:25:36.759
 or see goodness in you,

00:25:36.839 --> 00:25:37.940
 what they're really seeing

00:25:37.940 --> 00:25:39.000
 is something that God

00:25:39.000 --> 00:25:40.079
 has done in me

00:25:40.079 --> 00:25:40.980
 and through me

00:25:40.980 --> 00:25:42.000
 or it's a reflection

00:25:42.000 --> 00:25:42.900
 of God's goodness

00:25:42.900 --> 00:25:44.099
 which you're able to see.

00:25:44.440 --> 00:25:44.960
 But in fact,

00:25:45.039 --> 00:25:46.000
 there is good in the world.

00:25:46.119 --> 00:25:46.779
 It isn't the case

00:25:46.779 --> 00:25:47.240
 that the world

00:25:47.240 --> 00:25:48.180
 is all evil

00:25:48.180 --> 00:25:49.259
 or that the world

00:25:49.259 --> 00:25:49.980
 is all good.

00:25:50.099 --> 00:25:50.960
 There is real evil

00:25:50.960 --> 00:25:51.379
 in the world

00:25:51.379 --> 00:25:52.680
 and it comes from human beings.

00:25:52.839 --> 00:25:54.379
 It comes from desires

00:25:54.379 --> 00:25:55.059
 that we have

00:25:55.059 --> 00:25:56.000
 that are disordered.

00:25:56.399 --> 00:25:57.899
 But there is good goodness

00:25:57.899 --> 00:25:58.720
 in the world.

00:25:59.720 --> 00:26:00.299
 And in fact,

00:26:00.740 --> 00:26:01.940
 all goodness is a gift

00:26:01.940 --> 00:26:03.059
 and the greatest gift

00:26:03.059 --> 00:26:03.879
 that God gives

00:26:03.879 --> 00:26:04.519
 of goodness

00:26:04.519 --> 00:26:07.660
 is that God's greatest gift

00:26:07.660 --> 00:26:09.539
 is that he does something

00:26:09.539 --> 00:26:11.279
 for us

00:26:11.279 --> 00:26:12.539
 that we cannot do

00:26:12.539 --> 00:26:13.519
 for us ourselves

00:26:13.519 --> 00:26:14.619
 which is to make us

00:26:14.619 --> 00:26:15.319
 right with him.

00:26:15.319 --> 00:26:17.419
 You see,

00:26:18.500 --> 00:26:19.439
 you know,

00:26:19.500 --> 00:26:20.399
 if you think about it

00:26:20.399 --> 00:26:20.859
 for a second,

00:26:21.059 --> 00:26:22.879
 if you're good

00:26:22.879 --> 00:26:25.679
 thinking that that means

00:26:25.679 --> 00:26:27.099
 that God will reward you

00:26:27.099 --> 00:26:27.759
 in some way,

00:26:27.879 --> 00:26:28.799
 like why won't God

00:26:28.799 --> 00:26:29.539
 reward me

00:26:29.539 --> 00:26:30.439
 with eternal life

00:26:30.439 --> 00:26:31.480
 for all the good things

00:26:31.480 --> 00:26:32.099
 that I've done?

00:26:32.379 --> 00:26:33.399
 Like why wouldn't he do that?

00:26:34.299 --> 00:26:35.220
 Isn't that a good question?

00:26:36.379 --> 00:26:37.619
 Like I do good things,

00:26:37.720 --> 00:26:39.460
 why doesn't God reward me

00:26:39.460 --> 00:26:40.379
 for those good things

00:26:40.379 --> 00:26:41.159
 or honor me

00:26:41.159 --> 00:26:42.039
 for those good things?

00:26:42.119 --> 00:26:43.319
 And honor is just another way

00:26:43.319 --> 00:26:44.099
 of saying reward

00:26:44.099 --> 00:26:45.379
 or recognize

00:26:45.379 --> 00:26:46.179
 and recognize

00:26:46.179 --> 00:26:47.079
 is just another way

00:26:47.079 --> 00:26:47.799
 of saying reward.

00:26:48.119 --> 00:26:49.639
 Like if I do these good things,

00:26:49.740 --> 00:26:51.079
 why don't I get recognized

00:26:51.079 --> 00:26:52.339
 by God in some way

00:26:52.339 --> 00:26:53.559
 and get some type of reward?

00:26:54.500 --> 00:26:55.740
 And if you think about that,

00:26:55.839 --> 00:26:57.039
 if you think about that,

00:26:57.039 --> 00:26:57.899
 there's two things with it.

00:26:57.919 --> 00:26:58.299
 First of all,

00:26:58.339 --> 00:26:59.059
 that means you're actually

00:26:59.059 --> 00:27:00.159
 motivated by the reward,

00:27:00.279 --> 00:27:00.919
 not by God.

00:27:02.539 --> 00:27:03.460
 You're motivated

00:27:03.460 --> 00:27:04.200
 by the reward,

00:27:04.319 --> 00:27:04.960
 not by God.

00:27:06.220 --> 00:27:07.259
 But the second thing

00:27:07.259 --> 00:27:08.000
 about it is,

00:27:08.639 --> 00:27:08.740
 well,

00:27:08.839 --> 00:27:09.039
 and that,

00:27:09.099 --> 00:27:09.179
 well,

00:27:09.179 --> 00:27:09.759
 that's the first thing.

00:27:09.799 --> 00:27:10.659
 You're not motivated by God.

00:27:10.740 --> 00:27:11.420
 You're not motivated

00:27:11.420 --> 00:27:12.259
 by the greatest good,

00:27:12.320 --> 00:27:13.120
 the source of all good.

00:27:13.180 --> 00:27:14.200
 You're motivated by something

00:27:14.200 --> 00:27:16.480
 that that good can give me.

00:27:18.740 --> 00:27:21.700
 And snuggled into the humility,

00:27:22.640 --> 00:27:23.540
 the apparent humility,

00:27:23.540 --> 00:27:24.940
 is actually a type of pride.

00:27:26.720 --> 00:27:28.259
 Because we don't desire God.

00:27:28.340 --> 00:27:29.100
 We desire something

00:27:29.100 --> 00:27:30.800
 that God would give us

00:27:30.800 --> 00:27:32.019
 in recognition

00:27:32.019 --> 00:27:33.080
 for something

00:27:33.080 --> 00:27:34.900
 that I have done.

00:27:35.759 --> 00:27:36.860
 And the fact of the matter

00:27:36.860 --> 00:27:38.060
 is that if we understand

00:27:38.060 --> 00:27:38.900
 that there's something

00:27:38.900 --> 00:27:40.440
 in us as human beings,

00:27:40.580 --> 00:27:42.000
 it means at different times

00:27:42.000 --> 00:27:42.440
 we just,

00:27:42.720 --> 00:27:44.300
 and we can't stop doing it.

00:27:44.340 --> 00:27:45.259
 If you meet a parent

00:27:45.259 --> 00:27:45.759
 and they say

00:27:45.759 --> 00:27:46.900
 they have a five-year-old

00:27:46.900 --> 00:27:48.320
 and their five-year-old

00:27:48.320 --> 00:27:49.280
 is perfect,

00:27:49.420 --> 00:27:50.600
 you know that's just

00:27:50.600 --> 00:27:51.680
 the parents are deluded.

00:27:51.980 --> 00:27:53.280
 They're delusional parents

00:27:53.280 --> 00:27:54.759
 because you just know

00:27:54.759 --> 00:27:55.820
 that they haven't actually

00:27:55.820 --> 00:27:56.680
 produced the perfect

00:27:56.680 --> 00:27:57.380
 five-year-old.

00:27:58.320 --> 00:27:58.519
 I mean,

00:27:58.540 --> 00:27:59.120
 we know that,

00:27:59.200 --> 00:27:59.380
 right?

00:27:59.540 --> 00:27:59.820
 And yet,

00:27:59.900 --> 00:28:00.320
 at the same,

00:28:01.000 --> 00:28:02.019
 because there's something

00:28:02.019 --> 00:28:02.860
 in us

00:28:02.860 --> 00:28:03.960
 that just keeps,

00:28:04.200 --> 00:28:05.740
 we can't save ourselves.

00:28:05.880 --> 00:28:06.759
 So unless God

00:28:06.759 --> 00:28:07.460
 does something

00:28:07.460 --> 00:28:08.160
 to save us,

00:28:08.240 --> 00:28:08.980
 we're completely

00:28:08.980 --> 00:28:09.600
 and utterly

00:28:09.600 --> 00:28:11.000
 incapable

00:28:11.000 --> 00:28:11.980
 of being made right

00:28:11.980 --> 00:28:12.240
 with them.

00:28:12.279 --> 00:28:13.180
 And that's what this text

00:28:13.180 --> 00:28:13.420
 says,

00:28:13.500 --> 00:28:13.980
 verse 18,

00:28:14.039 --> 00:28:14.880
 of his own will,

00:28:15.460 --> 00:28:16.319
 he brought us forth

00:28:16.319 --> 00:28:17.279
 by the word of truth

00:28:17.279 --> 00:28:18.640
 that we should be kind

00:28:18.640 --> 00:28:19.299
 of first fruits

00:28:19.299 --> 00:28:20.079
 of his creatures.

00:28:20.440 --> 00:28:21.259
 And this is another

00:28:21.259 --> 00:28:22.500
 one of those wonderful images

00:28:22.500 --> 00:28:23.539
 like the crown of life.

00:28:23.620 --> 00:28:24.259
 The first fruits

00:28:24.259 --> 00:28:24.819
 is an image

00:28:24.819 --> 00:28:26.259
 of something special

00:28:26.259 --> 00:28:26.860
 and precious.

00:28:28.160 --> 00:28:29.279
 And just like

00:28:29.279 --> 00:28:30.279
 no baby chooses

00:28:30.279 --> 00:28:31.000
 to be born,

00:28:34.059 --> 00:28:34.660
 fundamentally,

00:28:34.880 --> 00:28:35.460
 we don't choose

00:28:35.460 --> 00:28:36.620
 to be reborn.

00:28:37.620 --> 00:28:38.860
 That prior choice

00:28:38.860 --> 00:28:39.779
 is made by God.

00:28:41.620 --> 00:28:42.940
 And when we receive

00:28:42.940 --> 00:28:44.059
 the word of truth,

00:28:44.640 --> 00:28:46.380
 we're receiving something

00:28:46.380 --> 00:28:47.120
 that God had already

00:28:47.120 --> 00:28:48.340
 decided to give us.

00:28:49.920 --> 00:28:50.960
 And he's already done

00:28:50.960 --> 00:28:52.120
 all that has to be done

00:28:52.120 --> 00:28:52.680
 about it.

00:28:52.700 --> 00:28:53.140
 And it's a very

00:28:53.140 --> 00:28:54.079
 interesting thing

00:28:54.079 --> 00:28:55.920
 that it describes us,

00:28:56.200 --> 00:28:56.920
 what it means

00:28:56.920 --> 00:28:57.920
 is that we receive

00:28:57.920 --> 00:28:59.279
 the news about Jesus

00:28:59.279 --> 00:29:00.480
 and what he's done

00:29:00.480 --> 00:29:01.160
 for us.

00:29:01.480 --> 00:29:02.759
 And when we receive

00:29:02.759 --> 00:29:03.759
 that news about

00:29:03.759 --> 00:29:04.920
 who Jesus is

00:29:04.920 --> 00:29:05.480
 and what he's done

00:29:05.480 --> 00:29:05.840
 for us,

00:29:05.900 --> 00:29:06.840
 we receive him

00:29:06.840 --> 00:29:07.440
 and the benefits

00:29:07.440 --> 00:29:08.360
 of what he's done

00:29:08.360 --> 00:29:08.960
 for us.

00:29:09.539 --> 00:29:10.759
 And it's talked about

00:29:10.759 --> 00:29:11.740
 as a type of word

00:29:11.740 --> 00:29:12.440
 of truth.

00:29:13.519 --> 00:29:14.920
 Truth is a meaning word

00:29:14.920 --> 00:29:16.620
 that comes into us

00:29:16.620 --> 00:29:18.200
 and it's as that word

00:29:18.200 --> 00:29:19.180
 comes into us,

00:29:19.259 --> 00:29:19.900
 the truth

00:29:19.900 --> 00:29:21.800
 comes into us.

00:29:22.740 --> 00:29:23.680
 The goodness

00:29:23.680 --> 00:29:24.660
 of God,

00:29:24.779 --> 00:29:25.580
 a good gift

00:29:25.580 --> 00:29:26.320
 of God

00:29:26.320 --> 00:29:27.500
 is that his word

00:29:27.500 --> 00:29:28.279
 of truth

00:29:28.279 --> 00:29:30.759
 comes into us,

00:29:31.259 --> 00:29:33.120
 that we can receive it

00:29:33.119 --> 00:29:36.019
 and that when we receive

00:29:36.019 --> 00:29:38.939
 this good gift

00:29:38.939 --> 00:29:41.039
 of who Jesus is,

00:29:41.239 --> 00:29:42.059
 that the fact that,

00:29:42.759 --> 00:29:43.500
 remember how I said

00:29:43.500 --> 00:29:43.959
 last week,

00:29:44.019 --> 00:29:44.519
 some of you might

00:29:44.519 --> 00:29:45.059
 remember this,

00:29:45.139 --> 00:29:46.000
 that James is a very

00:29:46.000 --> 00:29:46.819
 interesting thing

00:29:46.819 --> 00:29:47.879
 about the way he begins.

00:29:48.099 --> 00:29:48.779
 If you look at the

00:29:48.779 --> 00:29:50.279
 historical biographies

00:29:50.279 --> 00:29:50.819
 of Jesus,

00:29:51.039 --> 00:29:52.519
 the historical records

00:29:52.519 --> 00:29:53.000
 of him,

00:29:53.339 --> 00:29:54.239
 you'll see that James

00:29:54.239 --> 00:29:55.399
 was the younger brother

00:29:55.399 --> 00:29:56.019
 of Jesus,

00:29:56.659 --> 00:29:57.719
 same mother,

00:29:57.859 --> 00:29:58.539
 different father,

00:29:58.539 --> 00:30:00.639
 and that James

00:30:00.639 --> 00:30:01.339
 thought that Jesus

00:30:01.339 --> 00:30:02.159
 was crazy,

00:30:02.559 --> 00:30:03.700
 he didn't believe him,

00:30:03.819 --> 00:30:04.700
 he mocked him

00:30:04.700 --> 00:30:05.379
 and he wasn't around

00:30:05.379 --> 00:30:06.119
 when he was dying.

00:30:07.839 --> 00:30:09.480
 And what changes him

00:30:09.480 --> 00:30:11.480
 is that he knows

00:30:11.480 --> 00:30:11.940
 the grave,

00:30:12.019 --> 00:30:12.799
 he knows that Jesus

00:30:12.799 --> 00:30:13.659
 died and he knows

00:30:13.659 --> 00:30:14.500
 the grave is empty

00:30:14.500 --> 00:30:15.579
 and Jesus appears

00:30:15.579 --> 00:30:16.319
 to him alive,

00:30:16.500 --> 00:30:17.000
 resurrected,

00:30:17.960 --> 00:30:20.759
 and completely

00:30:20.759 --> 00:30:21.960
 changes his life.

00:30:22.859 --> 00:30:24.039
 And he understands

00:30:24.039 --> 00:30:25.299
 that this message

00:30:25.299 --> 00:30:26.139
 of the truth is

00:30:26.139 --> 00:30:26.759
 that when Jesus

00:30:26.759 --> 00:30:28.019
 was dying upon the cross,

00:30:28.019 --> 00:30:28.519
 in a sense,

00:30:28.579 --> 00:30:29.519
 all of those things

00:30:29.519 --> 00:30:30.099
 within me

00:30:30.099 --> 00:30:30.639
 that have ever

00:30:30.639 --> 00:30:31.799
 desired wrong,

00:30:33.779 --> 00:30:34.240
 and everything

00:30:34.240 --> 00:30:35.579
 that I still will do

00:30:35.579 --> 00:30:35.960
 that had been

00:30:35.960 --> 00:30:36.720
 desired with wrong,

00:30:36.779 --> 00:30:37.200
 in a sense,

00:30:37.279 --> 00:30:38.019
 that was laid upon

00:30:38.019 --> 00:30:39.220
 Jesus when he died.

00:30:40.119 --> 00:30:41.299
 And that everything

00:30:41.299 --> 00:30:42.039
 that Jesus did,

00:30:42.119 --> 00:30:43.119
 which was just right,

00:30:43.240 --> 00:30:45.359
 that he never acted

00:30:45.359 --> 00:30:45.859
 in any way

00:30:45.859 --> 00:30:46.599
 that wasn't right

00:30:46.599 --> 00:30:47.279
 with God,

00:30:47.339 --> 00:30:48.299
 and that is offered

00:30:48.299 --> 00:30:48.940
 to me.

00:30:49.660 --> 00:30:50.160
 And that's what

00:30:50.160 --> 00:30:51.379
 the meaning of sacrifice

00:30:51.379 --> 00:30:52.059
 is.

00:30:53.700 --> 00:30:55.700
 And that this whole

00:30:55.700 --> 00:30:56.740
 thing that Jesus

00:30:56.740 --> 00:30:57.920
 accomplishes is something

00:30:57.920 --> 00:30:59.039
 that God desired

00:30:59.039 --> 00:31:00.019
 for us to have

00:31:00.019 --> 00:31:01.060
 because he loves us

00:31:01.060 --> 00:31:02.000
 and because he's good

00:31:02.000 --> 00:31:02.840
 and it's a gift.

00:31:04.279 --> 00:31:06.039
 And when we receive it,

00:31:06.120 --> 00:31:07.259
 we receive something

00:31:07.259 --> 00:31:08.340
 vastly more.

00:31:08.660 --> 00:31:09.100
 It just,

00:31:09.600 --> 00:31:11.160
 we can never have

00:31:11.160 --> 00:31:11.800
 earned it.

00:31:12.300 --> 00:31:13.519
 We could never have

00:31:13.519 --> 00:31:15.220
 accomplished it.

00:31:16.660 --> 00:31:18.360
 We don't deserve it.

00:31:18.359 --> 00:31:20.979
 And even the word

00:31:20.979 --> 00:31:22.259
 truth is so powerful

00:31:22.259 --> 00:31:23.199
 because it means

00:31:23.199 --> 00:31:24.299
 that God knew

00:31:24.299 --> 00:31:26.240
 the truth of George.

00:31:27.439 --> 00:31:28.679
 He knew the truth

00:31:28.679 --> 00:31:29.799
 about how George

00:31:29.799 --> 00:31:31.079
 doesn't have these desires.

00:31:31.199 --> 00:31:32.039
 I've never been tempted

00:31:32.039 --> 00:31:32.839
 by gambling,

00:31:33.219 --> 00:31:33.839
 for instance.

00:31:34.639 --> 00:31:35.819
 Just not in me.

00:31:36.299 --> 00:31:37.319
 I've never been really

00:31:37.319 --> 00:31:38.419
 tempted to be drunk.

00:31:38.939 --> 00:31:39.959
 I'm not boasting

00:31:39.959 --> 00:31:40.799
 because it's just not

00:31:40.799 --> 00:31:41.619
 been a temptation

00:31:41.619 --> 00:31:42.199
 of mine.

00:31:42.200 --> 00:31:44.779
 And that lives you

00:31:44.779 --> 00:31:45.860
 a long list of things

00:31:45.860 --> 00:31:47.039
 I have been tempted to.

00:31:48.319 --> 00:31:49.299
 By telling you

00:31:49.299 --> 00:31:50.480
 I can maybe add one more

00:31:50.480 --> 00:31:51.799
 and everything else

00:31:51.799 --> 00:31:52.799
 are things

00:31:52.799 --> 00:31:54.019
 I've been tempted to.

00:31:55.240 --> 00:31:56.600
 And God knew

00:31:56.600 --> 00:31:57.140
 the truth

00:31:57.140 --> 00:31:57.960
 about all of that

00:31:57.960 --> 00:31:58.620
 and still Jesus

00:31:58.620 --> 00:31:59.580
 died for me.

00:32:01.059 --> 00:32:01.920
 Still Jesus

00:32:01.920 --> 00:32:02.880
 died for me.

00:32:03.900 --> 00:32:04.840
 And that's the gift

00:32:04.840 --> 00:32:05.460
 of life.

00:32:05.460 --> 00:32:11.579
 And so the question

00:32:11.579 --> 00:32:12.360
 then might be

00:32:12.360 --> 00:32:13.299
 how do we grow?

00:32:13.440 --> 00:32:13.779
 But God

00:32:13.779 --> 00:32:14.799
 the question isn't

00:32:14.799 --> 00:32:15.860
 everything comes

00:32:15.860 --> 00:32:16.700
 from God as a gift.

00:32:16.799 --> 00:32:17.620
 So the question isn't

00:32:17.620 --> 00:32:18.519
 how do I grow?

00:32:18.980 --> 00:32:19.799
 The question is

00:32:19.799 --> 00:32:20.900
 how does God grow me?

00:32:21.600 --> 00:32:22.059
 And that's what

00:32:22.059 --> 00:32:22.900
 the last little bit

00:32:22.900 --> 00:32:23.299
 comes in.

00:32:23.380 --> 00:32:23.940
 And that's where we get

00:32:23.940 --> 00:32:24.860
 to Stephen Covey

00:32:24.860 --> 00:32:25.380
 actually.

00:32:25.920 --> 00:32:26.180
 And in fact

00:32:26.180 --> 00:32:26.860
 the next verse

00:32:26.860 --> 00:32:27.480
 that we look at

00:32:27.480 --> 00:32:28.559
 for many of us

00:32:28.559 --> 00:32:30.220
 I know it is for me

00:32:30.220 --> 00:32:30.940
 is a prayer

00:32:30.940 --> 00:32:31.799
 that I need to pray

00:32:31.799 --> 00:32:32.400
 every day

00:32:32.400 --> 00:32:33.559
 for the rest of my life.

00:32:35.460 --> 00:32:36.299
 What does it say?

00:32:36.500 --> 00:32:37.319
 Look at what it says.

00:32:37.440 --> 00:32:39.660
 Verses 19 to 21.

00:32:40.819 --> 00:32:41.960
 Know this my beloved

00:32:41.960 --> 00:32:42.960
 brothers and sisters.

00:32:43.779 --> 00:32:44.740
 Let every person

00:32:44.740 --> 00:32:45.779
 be quick to hear

00:32:45.779 --> 00:32:47.299
 slow to speak

00:32:47.299 --> 00:32:48.759
 slow to anger.

00:32:49.920 --> 00:32:50.980
 I don't know about you

00:32:50.980 --> 00:32:51.640
 but that's something

00:32:51.640 --> 00:32:52.440
 that I need to pray

00:32:52.440 --> 00:32:53.299
 just about every day

00:32:53.299 --> 00:32:53.900
 of my life.

00:32:55.019 --> 00:32:56.200
 This is what made it

00:32:56.200 --> 00:32:57.259
 into Stephen Covey's

00:32:57.259 --> 00:32:58.559
 list of the seven habits

00:32:58.559 --> 00:32:59.960
 of highly effective people.

00:33:01.720 --> 00:33:02.960
 Because the fundamental

00:33:02.960 --> 00:33:03.779
 problem is that

00:33:03.779 --> 00:33:04.319
 most of us

00:33:04.319 --> 00:33:05.220
 are far more

00:33:05.220 --> 00:33:06.160
 desirous to be

00:33:06.160 --> 00:33:06.819
 understood

00:33:06.819 --> 00:33:08.620
 than we are

00:33:08.620 --> 00:33:09.360
 to understand.

00:33:10.160 --> 00:33:10.880
 Most of us

00:33:10.880 --> 00:33:11.860
 go into meetings

00:33:11.860 --> 00:33:13.100
 wanting to be

00:33:13.100 --> 00:33:13.680
 understood

00:33:13.680 --> 00:33:15.720
 not to understand.

00:33:17.500 --> 00:33:18.279
 Often in

00:33:18.279 --> 00:33:19.220
 our marriages

00:33:19.220 --> 00:33:20.339
 we want to be

00:33:20.339 --> 00:33:20.779
 understood

00:33:20.779 --> 00:33:21.980
 not to understand.

00:33:24.140 --> 00:33:25.299
 Often divorces

00:33:25.299 --> 00:33:26.200
 are connected

00:33:26.200 --> 00:33:27.299
 because the other

00:33:27.299 --> 00:33:27.819
 person

00:33:27.819 --> 00:33:28.660
 one person

00:33:28.660 --> 00:33:29.039
 will say

00:33:29.039 --> 00:33:29.799
 my husband

00:33:29.799 --> 00:33:30.400
 or my wife

00:33:30.400 --> 00:33:31.319
 never listened

00:33:31.319 --> 00:33:31.900
 to me.

00:33:32.299 --> 00:33:33.100
 They stopped

00:33:33.100 --> 00:33:33.900
 listening.

00:33:33.900 --> 00:33:35.920
 they don't

00:33:35.920 --> 00:33:36.519
 know me

00:33:36.519 --> 00:33:36.920
 they don't

00:33:36.920 --> 00:33:37.440
 care.

00:33:40.440 --> 00:33:41.460
 And not only

00:33:41.460 --> 00:33:42.700
 is there

00:33:42.700 --> 00:33:43.320
 this problem

00:33:43.320 --> 00:33:43.860
 that we don't

00:33:43.860 --> 00:33:44.700
 understand or

00:33:44.700 --> 00:33:45.040
 listen

00:33:45.040 --> 00:33:45.860
 but we know

00:33:45.860 --> 00:33:46.380
 for a fact

00:33:46.380 --> 00:33:46.820
 that when you're

00:33:46.820 --> 00:33:47.060
 angry

00:33:47.060 --> 00:33:47.560
 you stop

00:33:47.560 --> 00:33:47.880
 listening

00:33:47.880 --> 00:33:48.360
 altogether.

00:33:48.359 --> 00:33:51.459
 I've shared

00:33:51.459 --> 00:33:51.740
 with you

00:33:51.740 --> 00:33:52.019
 that there

00:33:52.019 --> 00:33:52.299
 was a bit

00:33:52.299 --> 00:33:52.500
 of a

00:33:52.500 --> 00:33:52.759
 Twitter

00:33:52.759 --> 00:33:53.279
 storm

00:33:53.279 --> 00:33:53.579
 around

00:33:53.579 --> 00:33:53.959
 something

00:33:53.959 --> 00:33:54.199
 that I

00:33:54.199 --> 00:33:54.419
 helped

00:33:54.419 --> 00:33:54.819
 organize

00:33:54.819 --> 00:33:55.259
 and I

00:33:55.259 --> 00:33:55.659
 can tell

00:33:55.659 --> 00:33:56.019
 you for

00:33:56.019 --> 00:33:56.519
 those

00:33:56.519 --> 00:33:59.579
 bleepity bleeps

00:33:59.579 --> 00:34:01.299
 involved in the

00:34:01.299 --> 00:34:02.839
 media storm

00:34:02.839 --> 00:34:05.279
 and proudly

00:34:05.279 --> 00:34:06.399
 trying to

00:34:06.399 --> 00:34:07.039
 damage

00:34:07.039 --> 00:34:08.299
 incomes

00:34:08.299 --> 00:34:09.920
 of people

00:34:09.920 --> 00:34:11.159
 they didn't

00:34:11.159 --> 00:34:11.559
 listen.

00:34:12.019 --> 00:34:12.719
 Didn't listen

00:34:12.719 --> 00:34:13.139
 in the beginning

00:34:13.139 --> 00:34:13.679
 didn't listen

00:34:13.679 --> 00:34:14.119
 to go on

00:34:14.119 --> 00:34:14.339
 and they

00:34:14.339 --> 00:34:14.480
 just

00:34:14.480 --> 00:34:14.859
 consumed

00:34:14.859 --> 00:34:15.000
 with

00:34:15.000 --> 00:34:15.359
 people

00:34:15.359 --> 00:34:15.679
 who are

00:34:15.679 --> 00:34:15.980
 angry

00:34:15.980 --> 00:34:16.339
 we all

00:34:16.339 --> 00:34:16.440
 know

00:34:16.440 --> 00:34:16.559
 they

00:34:16.559 --> 00:34:16.719
 don't

00:34:16.719 --> 00:34:17.059
 listen.

00:34:18.539 --> 00:34:18.940
 So right

00:34:18.940 --> 00:34:19.179
 here

00:34:19.179 --> 00:34:19.859
 we'll

00:34:19.859 --> 00:34:20.179
 continue

00:34:20.179 --> 00:34:20.579
 we know

00:34:20.579 --> 00:34:20.980
 this my

00:34:20.980 --> 00:34:21.259
 beloved

00:34:21.259 --> 00:34:21.559
 brothers

00:34:21.559 --> 00:34:21.799
 and

00:34:21.799 --> 00:34:22.079
 sisters

00:34:22.079 --> 00:34:22.319
 let

00:34:22.319 --> 00:34:22.599
 every

00:34:22.599 --> 00:34:22.980
 person

00:34:22.980 --> 00:34:23.179
 be

00:34:23.179 --> 00:34:23.460
 quick

00:34:23.460 --> 00:34:23.619
 to

00:34:23.619 --> 00:34:23.799
 hear

00:34:23.799 --> 00:34:24.099
 slow

00:34:24.099 --> 00:34:24.279
 to

00:34:24.279 --> 00:34:24.579
 speak

00:34:24.579 --> 00:34:24.839
 slow

00:34:24.839 --> 00:34:25.019
 to

00:34:25.019 --> 00:34:25.259
 anger

00:34:25.259 --> 00:34:25.480
 for

00:34:25.480 --> 00:34:25.639
 the

00:34:25.639 --> 00:34:25.980
 anger

00:34:25.980 --> 00:34:26.380
 of man

00:34:26.380 --> 00:34:26.599
 does

00:34:26.599 --> 00:34:26.859
 not

00:34:26.859 --> 00:34:27.440
 produce

00:34:27.440 --> 00:34:28.359
 the

00:34:28.359 --> 00:34:28.719
 righteousness

00:34:28.719 --> 00:34:29.119
 of

00:34:29.119 --> 00:34:29.480
 God

00:34:29.480 --> 00:34:30.199
 therefore

00:34:30.199 --> 00:34:30.500
 put

00:34:30.500 --> 00:34:30.699
 away

00:34:30.699 --> 00:34:30.940
 all

00:34:30.940 --> 00:34:31.480
 filthiness

00:34:31.480 --> 00:34:31.699
 and

00:34:31.699 --> 00:34:32.039
 rampant

00:34:32.039 --> 00:34:32.539
 wickedness

00:34:32.539 --> 00:34:32.679
 and

00:34:32.679 --> 00:34:33.000
 receive

00:34:33.000 --> 00:34:33.219
 with

00:34:33.219 --> 00:34:33.900
 meekness

00:34:33.900 --> 00:34:34.119
 the

00:34:34.119 --> 00:34:34.739
 implanted

00:34:34.739 --> 00:34:35.199
 word

00:34:35.199 --> 00:34:35.460
 which

00:34:35.460 --> 00:34:35.779
 is able

00:34:35.779 --> 00:34:36.000
 to

00:34:36.000 --> 00:34:36.239
 save

00:34:36.239 --> 00:34:36.440
 your

00:34:36.440 --> 00:34:36.759
 soul.

00:34:36.760 --> 00:34:38.200
 And so

00:34:38.200 --> 00:34:38.760
 it's

00:34:38.760 --> 00:34:38.940
 saying

00:34:38.940 --> 00:34:39.120
 this

00:34:39.120 --> 00:34:39.480
 wonderful

00:34:39.480 --> 00:34:39.880
 thing

00:34:39.880 --> 00:34:41.300
 that

00:34:41.300 --> 00:34:42.360
 there's

00:34:42.360 --> 00:34:42.460
 a

00:34:42.460 --> 00:34:42.740
 wonderful

00:34:42.740 --> 00:34:43.080
 line

00:34:43.080 --> 00:34:43.220
 and

00:34:43.220 --> 00:34:43.340
 I

00:34:43.340 --> 00:34:43.460
 think

00:34:43.460 --> 00:34:43.620
 it's

00:34:43.620 --> 00:34:44.080
 1 John

00:34:44.080 --> 00:34:44.440
 chapter

00:34:44.440 --> 00:34:44.840
 4

00:34:44.840 --> 00:34:45.040
 that

00:34:45.040 --> 00:34:45.300
 says

00:34:45.300 --> 00:34:45.500
 how

00:34:45.500 --> 00:34:45.760
 can

00:34:45.760 --> 00:34:45.900
 you

00:34:45.900 --> 00:34:46.120
 say

00:34:46.120 --> 00:34:46.340
 that

00:34:46.340 --> 00:34:46.540
 you

00:34:46.540 --> 00:34:46.940
 love

00:34:46.940 --> 00:34:47.400
 God

00:34:47.400 --> 00:34:47.600
 whom

00:34:47.600 --> 00:34:47.760
 you

00:34:47.760 --> 00:34:48.220
 can't

00:34:48.220 --> 00:34:48.560
 see

00:34:48.560 --> 00:34:49.220
 if

00:34:49.220 --> 00:34:49.300
 you

00:34:49.300 --> 00:34:49.460
 don't

00:34:49.460 --> 00:34:49.640
 love

00:34:49.640 --> 00:34:49.780
 the

00:34:49.780 --> 00:34:50.020
 people

00:34:50.020 --> 00:34:50.200
 you

00:34:50.200 --> 00:34:50.480
 can

00:34:50.480 --> 00:34:50.800
 see

00:34:50.800 --> 00:34:52.160
 like

00:34:52.160 --> 00:34:52.360
 that's

00:34:52.360 --> 00:34:52.460
 a

00:34:52.460 --> 00:34:52.620
 really

00:34:52.620 --> 00:34:52.940
 good

00:34:52.940 --> 00:34:53.500
 examination

00:34:53.500 --> 00:34:53.920
 of

00:34:53.920 --> 00:34:54.400
 conscience

00:34:54.400 --> 00:34:56.260
 why

00:34:56.260 --> 00:34:56.420
 do

00:34:56.420 --> 00:34:56.560
 I

00:34:56.560 --> 00:34:56.820
 believe

00:34:56.820 --> 00:34:56.960
 I

00:34:56.960 --> 00:34:57.120
 love

00:34:57.120 --> 00:34:57.420
 God

00:34:57.420 --> 00:34:57.560
 when

00:34:57.560 --> 00:34:57.640
 I

00:34:57.640 --> 00:34:57.940
 actually

00:34:57.940 --> 00:34:58.160
 don't

00:34:58.160 --> 00:34:58.380
 love

00:34:58.380 --> 00:34:58.920
 my

00:34:58.920 --> 00:34:59.280
 neighbor

00:34:59.280 --> 00:34:59.940
 my

00:34:59.940 --> 00:35:00.500
 boss

00:35:00.500 --> 00:35:01.980
 my

00:35:01.980 --> 00:35:02.460
 kids

00:35:02.460 --> 00:35:02.640
 I

00:35:02.640 --> 00:35:02.740
 don't

00:35:02.740 --> 00:35:03.020
 know

00:35:03.019 --> 00:35:05.079
 people

00:35:05.079 --> 00:35:05.480
 here

00:35:05.480 --> 00:35:05.659
 I

00:35:05.659 --> 00:35:05.780
 don't

00:35:05.780 --> 00:35:06.019
 know

00:35:06.019 --> 00:35:06.920
 and

00:35:06.920 --> 00:35:07.159
 it's

00:35:07.159 --> 00:35:07.259
 the

00:35:07.259 --> 00:35:07.380
 same

00:35:07.380 --> 00:35:07.599
 type

00:35:07.599 --> 00:35:07.699
 of

00:35:07.699 --> 00:35:07.860
 thing

00:35:07.860 --> 00:35:08.860
 why

00:35:08.860 --> 00:35:09.119
 do

00:35:09.119 --> 00:35:09.199
 you

00:35:09.199 --> 00:35:09.400
 think

00:35:09.400 --> 00:35:09.519
 you

00:35:09.519 --> 00:35:09.800
 actually

00:35:09.800 --> 00:35:09.940
 are

00:35:09.940 --> 00:35:10.059
 good

00:35:10.059 --> 00:35:10.179
 at

00:35:10.179 --> 00:35:10.440
 listening

00:35:10.440 --> 00:35:10.599
 to

00:35:10.599 --> 00:35:10.840
 God

00:35:10.840 --> 00:35:11.000
 if

00:35:11.000 --> 00:35:11.099
 you're

00:35:11.099 --> 00:35:11.219
 not

00:35:11.219 --> 00:35:11.380
 good

00:35:11.380 --> 00:35:11.500
 at

00:35:11.500 --> 00:35:11.759
 listening

00:35:11.759 --> 00:35:11.960
 to

00:35:11.960 --> 00:35:12.380
 people

00:35:12.380 --> 00:35:15.219
 like

00:35:15.219 --> 00:35:15.440
 that's

00:35:15.440 --> 00:35:15.539
 a

00:35:15.539 --> 00:35:15.679
 good

00:35:15.679 --> 00:35:16.179
 question

00:35:16.179 --> 00:35:17.800
 so

00:35:17.800 --> 00:35:18.019
 there's

00:35:18.019 --> 00:35:18.179
 this

00:35:18.179 --> 00:35:18.940
 interesting

00:35:18.940 --> 00:35:19.759
 dynamic

00:35:19.759 --> 00:35:20.559
 that

00:35:20.559 --> 00:35:21.380
 to learn

00:35:21.380 --> 00:35:21.860
 to listen

00:35:21.860 --> 00:35:22.039
 to

00:35:22.039 --> 00:35:22.280
 God

00:35:22.280 --> 00:35:22.460
 will

00:35:22.460 --> 00:35:22.820
 also

00:35:22.820 --> 00:35:23.119
 mean

00:35:23.119 --> 00:35:23.239
 that

00:35:23.239 --> 00:35:23.360
 I

00:35:23.360 --> 00:35:23.599
 learn

00:35:23.599 --> 00:35:23.780
 to

00:35:23.780 --> 00:35:24.019
 listen

00:35:24.019 --> 00:35:24.199
 to

00:35:24.199 --> 00:35:24.639
 others

00:35:24.639 --> 00:35:25.239
 and

00:35:25.239 --> 00:35:25.380
 to

00:35:25.380 --> 00:35:25.559
 learn

00:35:25.559 --> 00:35:25.739
 to

00:35:25.739 --> 00:35:25.960
 listen

00:35:25.960 --> 00:35:26.119
 to

00:35:26.119 --> 00:35:26.380
 others

00:35:26.380 --> 00:35:26.559
 will

00:35:26.559 --> 00:35:26.880
 also

00:35:26.880 --> 00:35:27.079
 mean

00:35:27.079 --> 00:35:27.239
 I'm

00:35:27.239 --> 00:35:27.440
 learning

00:35:27.440 --> 00:35:27.599
 how

00:35:27.599 --> 00:35:27.719
 to

00:35:27.719 --> 00:35:27.899
 listen

00:35:27.899 --> 00:35:28.059
 to

00:35:28.059 --> 00:35:28.359
 God

00:35:28.359 --> 00:35:29.159
 it's

00:35:29.159 --> 00:35:29.299
 not

00:35:29.299 --> 00:35:29.459
 an

00:35:29.459 --> 00:35:29.699
 either

00:35:29.699 --> 00:35:30.079
 or

00:35:30.079 --> 00:35:30.639
 it's

00:35:30.639 --> 00:35:30.719
 a

00:35:30.719 --> 00:35:30.899
 both

00:35:30.899 --> 00:35:31.279
 and

00:35:31.279 --> 00:35:32.339
 so

00:35:32.339 --> 00:35:32.559
 once

00:35:32.559 --> 00:35:32.799
 again

00:35:32.799 --> 00:35:33.000
 for

00:35:33.000 --> 00:35:33.239
 many

00:35:33.239 --> 00:35:33.419
 of

00:35:33.419 --> 00:35:33.659
 us

00:35:33.659 --> 00:35:33.879
 a

00:35:33.879 --> 00:35:34.099
 prayer

00:35:34.099 --> 00:35:34.259
 that

00:35:34.259 --> 00:35:34.379
 we

00:35:34.379 --> 00:35:34.539
 could

00:35:34.539 --> 00:35:34.739
 pray

00:35:34.739 --> 00:35:34.899
 for

00:35:34.899 --> 00:35:35.019
 the

00:35:35.019 --> 00:35:35.199
 rest

00:35:35.199 --> 00:35:35.319
 of

00:35:35.319 --> 00:35:35.439
 our

00:35:35.439 --> 00:35:35.659
 lives

00:35:35.659 --> 00:35:35.819
 is

00:35:35.819 --> 00:35:36.059
 Lord

00:35:36.059 --> 00:35:36.500
 today

00:35:36.500 --> 00:35:36.799
 help

00:35:36.799 --> 00:35:36.939
 me

00:35:36.939 --> 00:35:37.039
 to

00:35:37.039 --> 00:35:37.159
 be

00:35:37.159 --> 00:35:37.419
 very

00:35:37.419 --> 00:35:37.959
 quick

00:35:37.959 --> 00:35:38.159
 to

00:35:38.159 --> 00:35:38.359
 hear

00:35:38.359 --> 00:35:38.699
 quick

00:35:38.699 --> 00:35:38.879
 to

00:35:38.879 --> 00:35:39.559
 understand

00:35:39.559 --> 00:35:40.299
 help

00:35:40.299 --> 00:35:40.379
 me

00:35:40.379 --> 00:35:40.459
 to

00:35:40.459 --> 00:35:40.559
 be

00:35:40.559 --> 00:35:40.839
 slow

00:35:40.839 --> 00:35:41.019
 to

00:35:41.019 --> 00:35:41.299
 speak

00:35:41.299 --> 00:35:41.480
 and

00:35:41.480 --> 00:35:41.659
 slow

00:35:41.659 --> 00:35:41.819
 to

00:35:41.819 --> 00:35:42.199
 anger

00:35:42.199 --> 00:35:43.739
 help

00:35:43.739 --> 00:35:43.859
 me

00:35:43.859 --> 00:35:44.019
 to

00:35:44.019 --> 00:35:44.480
 listen

00:35:44.480 --> 00:35:45.259
 well

00:35:45.259 --> 00:35:46.599
 Lord

00:35:46.599 --> 00:35:50.579
 help

00:35:50.579 --> 00:35:50.859
 me

00:35:50.859 --> 00:35:51.179
 to

00:35:51.179 --> 00:35:51.739
 listen

00:35:51.739 --> 00:35:52.779
 well

00:35:52.779 --> 00:35:53.699
 and

00:35:53.699 --> 00:35:54.000
 Stephen

00:35:54.000 --> 00:35:54.299
 Covey

00:35:54.299 --> 00:35:54.480
 said

00:35:54.480 --> 00:35:54.639
 it's

00:35:54.639 --> 00:35:54.900
 actually

00:35:54.900 --> 00:35:55.079
 a

00:35:55.079 --> 00:35:55.239
 key

00:35:55.239 --> 00:35:55.400
 to

00:35:55.400 --> 00:35:55.920
 success

00:35:55.920 --> 00:35:56.779
 successful

00:35:56.779 --> 00:35:57.219
 people

00:35:57.219 --> 00:35:57.719
 listen

00:35:57.719 --> 00:35:58.099
 well

00:35:58.099 --> 00:35:58.940
 understand

00:35:58.940 --> 00:35:59.839
 well

00:35:59.839 --> 00:36:01.199
 and

00:36:01.199 --> 00:36:01.319
 are

00:36:01.319 --> 00:36:01.679
 far

00:36:01.679 --> 00:36:02.079
 quicker

00:36:02.079 --> 00:36:02.279
 to

00:36:02.279 --> 00:36:02.960
 understand

00:36:02.960 --> 00:36:03.179
 than

00:36:03.179 --> 00:36:03.299
 they

00:36:03.299 --> 00:36:03.480
 are

00:36:03.480 --> 00:36:03.619
 to

00:36:03.619 --> 00:36:04.079
 express

00:36:04.079 --> 00:36:04.319
 their

00:36:04.319 --> 00:36:04.920
 opinions

00:36:04.920 --> 00:36:05.359
 or

00:36:05.359 --> 00:36:05.480
 to

00:36:05.480 --> 00:36:05.599
 get

00:36:05.599 --> 00:36:06.000
 angry

00:36:06.000 --> 00:36:07.719
 but

00:36:07.719 --> 00:36:07.859
 the

00:36:07.859 --> 00:36:08.059
 Bible

00:36:08.059 --> 00:36:08.359
 goes

00:36:08.359 --> 00:36:08.500
 a

00:36:08.500 --> 00:36:08.619
 little

00:36:08.619 --> 00:36:08.839
 bit

00:36:08.839 --> 00:36:09.339
 further

00:36:09.339 --> 00:36:09.799
 into

00:36:09.799 --> 00:36:10.000
 one

00:36:10.000 --> 00:36:10.119
 of

00:36:10.119 --> 00:36:10.259
 our

00:36:10.259 --> 00:36:10.859
 problems

00:36:10.859 --> 00:36:11.099
 and

00:36:11.099 --> 00:36:11.219
 it

00:36:11.219 --> 00:36:11.480
 talks

00:36:11.480 --> 00:36:11.659
 about

00:36:11.659 --> 00:36:11.819
 the

00:36:11.819 --> 00:36:12.000
 fact

00:36:12.000 --> 00:36:12.119
 that

00:36:12.119 --> 00:36:12.219
 we

00:36:12.219 --> 00:36:12.519
 can't

00:36:12.519 --> 00:36:12.699
 just

00:36:12.699 --> 00:36:13.119
 listen

00:36:13.119 --> 00:36:13.299
 but

00:36:13.299 --> 00:36:13.460
 we

00:36:13.460 --> 00:36:13.799
 actually

00:36:13.799 --> 00:36:14.039
 have

00:36:14.039 --> 00:36:14.199
 to

00:36:14.199 --> 00:36:14.400
 put

00:36:14.400 --> 00:36:14.539
 it

00:36:14.539 --> 00:36:14.799
 into

00:36:14.799 --> 00:36:15.359
 practice

00:36:15.359 --> 00:36:15.679
 in

00:36:15.679 --> 00:36:15.960
 some

00:36:15.960 --> 00:36:16.239
 way

00:36:16.239 --> 00:36:17.219
 to

00:36:17.219 --> 00:36:17.500
 really

00:36:17.500 --> 00:36:17.719
 be

00:36:17.719 --> 00:36:17.900
 able

00:36:17.900 --> 00:36:18.119
 to

00:36:18.119 --> 00:36:18.539
 listen

00:36:18.539 --> 00:36:21.039
 you

00:36:21.039 --> 00:36:21.179
 see

00:36:21.179 --> 00:36:21.339
 and

00:36:21.340 --> 00:36:21.620
 that's

00:36:21.620 --> 00:36:22.340
 because

00:36:22.340 --> 00:36:26.840
 we'll

00:36:26.840 --> 00:36:27.100
 use it

00:36:27.100 --> 00:36:27.320
 the other

00:36:27.320 --> 00:36:27.440
 way

00:36:27.440 --> 00:36:27.660
 around

00:36:27.660 --> 00:36:27.900
 my

00:36:27.900 --> 00:36:28.640
 wife

00:36:28.640 --> 00:36:28.960
 can

00:36:28.960 --> 00:36:29.280
 listen

00:36:29.280 --> 00:36:29.519
 to

00:36:29.519 --> 00:36:29.680
 me

00:36:29.680 --> 00:36:30.019
 very

00:36:30.019 --> 00:36:30.340
 very

00:36:30.340 --> 00:36:30.640
 very

00:36:30.640 --> 00:36:31.140
 well

00:36:31.140 --> 00:36:33.420
 and

00:36:33.420 --> 00:36:33.539
 it

00:36:33.539 --> 00:36:33.720
 might

00:36:33.720 --> 00:36:33.980
 very

00:36:33.980 --> 00:36:34.220
 well

00:36:34.220 --> 00:36:34.380
 be

00:36:34.380 --> 00:36:34.539
 that

00:36:34.539 --> 00:36:34.820
 after

00:36:34.820 --> 00:36:35.120
 she's

00:36:35.120 --> 00:36:35.400
 listened

00:36:35.400 --> 00:36:35.620
 to

00:36:35.620 --> 00:36:35.780
 me

00:36:35.780 --> 00:36:36.160
 very

00:36:36.160 --> 00:36:36.460
 very

00:36:36.460 --> 00:36:36.780
 very

00:36:36.780 --> 00:36:37.260
 well

00:36:37.260 --> 00:36:37.820
 she'll

00:36:37.820 --> 00:36:38.019
 say

00:36:38.019 --> 00:36:38.340
 George

00:36:38.340 --> 00:36:38.579
 you're

00:36:38.579 --> 00:36:38.880
 wrong

00:36:38.880 --> 00:36:43.000
 and

00:36:43.000 --> 00:36:43.300
 that's

00:36:43.300 --> 00:36:43.680
 completely

00:36:43.680 --> 00:36:44.380
 fair game

00:36:44.380 --> 00:36:46.120
 like

00:36:46.120 --> 00:36:46.320
 she's

00:36:46.320 --> 00:36:46.539
 really

00:36:46.539 --> 00:36:47.039
 listened

00:36:47.039 --> 00:36:47.740
 and

00:36:47.740 --> 00:36:48.000
 after

00:36:48.000 --> 00:36:48.360
 listening

00:36:48.360 --> 00:36:48.720
 she says

00:36:48.720 --> 00:36:49.019
 George

00:36:49.019 --> 00:36:49.220
 you're

00:36:49.220 --> 00:36:49.480
 wrong

00:36:49.480 --> 00:36:50.340
 or

00:36:50.340 --> 00:36:50.600
 George

00:36:50.600 --> 00:36:50.800
 you're

00:36:50.800 --> 00:36:51.260
 selfish

00:36:51.260 --> 00:36:52.060
 you

00:36:52.060 --> 00:36:52.160
 know

00:36:52.160 --> 00:36:52.300
 or

00:36:52.300 --> 00:36:52.560
 George

00:36:52.560 --> 00:36:52.720
 you're

00:36:52.720 --> 00:36:53.240
 unforgiving

00:36:53.240 --> 00:36:54.260
 you

00:36:54.260 --> 00:36:54.360
 know

00:36:54.360 --> 00:36:54.540
 or

00:36:54.540 --> 00:36:55.020
 George

00:36:55.020 --> 00:36:55.900
 that's

00:36:55.900 --> 00:36:56.080
 not

00:36:56.080 --> 00:36:56.580
 godly

00:36:56.580 --> 00:36:57.900
 you

00:36:57.900 --> 00:36:58.060
 know

00:36:58.060 --> 00:36:58.460
 George

00:36:58.460 --> 00:36:58.760
 that's

00:36:58.760 --> 00:36:59.080
 envy

00:36:59.080 --> 00:37:00.580
 but we

00:37:00.580 --> 00:37:00.820
 can't

00:37:00.820 --> 00:37:01.100
 say that

00:37:01.100 --> 00:37:01.260
 to

00:37:01.260 --> 00:37:01.580
 God

00:37:01.580 --> 00:37:01.920
 because

00:37:01.920 --> 00:37:02.180
 God's

00:37:02.180 --> 00:37:02.320
 only

00:37:02.320 --> 00:37:02.580
 good

00:37:02.580 --> 00:37:05.400
 so

00:37:05.400 --> 00:37:06.340
 what

00:37:06.340 --> 00:37:06.480
 it

00:37:06.480 --> 00:37:06.660
 says

00:37:06.660 --> 00:37:06.940
 here

00:37:06.940 --> 00:37:07.360
 is

00:37:07.360 --> 00:37:07.680
 very

00:37:07.680 --> 00:37:07.940
 very

00:37:07.940 --> 00:37:08.500
 interesting

00:37:08.500 --> 00:37:09.040
 verses

00:37:09.040 --> 00:37:09.480
 22

00:37:09.480 --> 00:37:09.620
 to

00:37:09.620 --> 00:37:10.000
 25

00:37:10.000 --> 00:37:10.220
 but

00:37:10.220 --> 00:37:10.400
 be

00:37:10.400 --> 00:37:10.900
 doers

00:37:10.900 --> 00:37:11.060
 of

00:37:11.060 --> 00:37:11.200
 the

00:37:11.200 --> 00:37:11.420
 word

00:37:11.420 --> 00:37:11.560
 and

00:37:11.560 --> 00:37:11.760
 not

00:37:11.760 --> 00:37:12.440
 hearers

00:37:12.440 --> 00:37:13.500
 only

00:37:13.500 --> 00:37:14.080
 deceiving

00:37:14.080 --> 00:37:14.600
 yourselves

00:37:14.600 --> 00:37:14.780
 for

00:37:14.780 --> 00:37:14.920
 if

00:37:14.920 --> 00:37:15.240
 anyone

00:37:15.240 --> 00:37:15.460
 is

00:37:15.460 --> 00:37:15.640
 a

00:37:15.640 --> 00:37:16.100
 hearer

00:37:16.100 --> 00:37:16.260
 of

00:37:16.260 --> 00:37:16.400
 the

00:37:16.400 --> 00:37:16.600
 word

00:37:16.600 --> 00:37:16.760
 and

00:37:16.760 --> 00:37:16.940
 not

00:37:16.940 --> 00:37:17.120
 a

00:37:17.120 --> 00:37:17.460
 doer

00:37:17.460 --> 00:37:18.440
 he

00:37:18.440 --> 00:37:18.560
 is

00:37:18.560 --> 00:37:18.740
 like

00:37:18.740 --> 00:37:18.900
 a

00:37:18.900 --> 00:37:19.220
 man

00:37:19.220 --> 00:37:19.420
 or

00:37:19.420 --> 00:37:19.720
 woman

00:37:19.720 --> 00:37:19.920
 who

00:37:19.920 --> 00:37:20.200
 looks

00:37:20.200 --> 00:37:20.780
 intently

00:37:20.780 --> 00:37:20.960
 at

00:37:20.960 --> 00:37:21.059
 his

00:37:21.059 --> 00:37:21.440
 natural

00:37:21.440 --> 00:37:21.780
 face

00:37:21.780 --> 00:37:21.900
 in

00:37:21.900 --> 00:37:22.019
 a

00:37:22.019 --> 00:37:22.240
 mirror

00:37:22.240 --> 00:37:23.200
 for

00:37:23.200 --> 00:37:23.300
 he

00:37:23.300 --> 00:37:23.480
 looks

00:37:23.480 --> 00:37:23.599
 at

00:37:23.599 --> 00:37:23.880
 himself

00:37:23.880 --> 00:37:24.059
 and

00:37:24.059 --> 00:37:24.240
 goes

00:37:24.240 --> 00:37:24.460
 away

00:37:24.460 --> 00:37:24.599
 and

00:37:24.599 --> 00:37:24.700
 at

00:37:24.700 --> 00:37:24.900
 once

00:37:24.900 --> 00:37:25.400
 forgets

00:37:25.400 --> 00:37:25.519
 what

00:37:25.519 --> 00:37:25.619
 he

00:37:25.619 --> 00:37:25.780
 was

00:37:25.780 --> 00:37:26.099
 like

00:37:26.099 --> 00:37:26.559
 but

00:37:26.559 --> 00:37:26.700
 the

00:37:26.700 --> 00:37:26.900
 one

00:37:26.900 --> 00:37:27.160
 who

00:37:27.160 --> 00:37:27.460
 looks

00:37:27.460 --> 00:37:27.760
 into

00:37:27.760 --> 00:37:27.940
 the

00:37:27.940 --> 00:37:28.300
 perfect

00:37:28.300 --> 00:37:28.559
 law

00:37:28.559 --> 00:37:28.680
 of

00:37:28.680 --> 00:37:29.320
 liberty

00:37:29.320 --> 00:37:29.619
 and

00:37:29.619 --> 00:37:30.340
 perseveres

00:37:30.340 --> 00:37:30.539
 be

00:37:30.539 --> 00:37:30.760
 no

00:37:30.760 --> 00:37:31.320
 hearer

00:37:31.320 --> 00:37:31.500
 who

00:37:31.500 --> 00:37:32.019
 forgets

00:37:32.019 --> 00:37:32.160
 but

00:37:32.160 --> 00:37:32.300
 a

00:37:32.300 --> 00:37:32.519
 doer

00:37:32.519 --> 00:37:32.660
 who

00:37:32.660 --> 00:37:33.019
 acts

00:37:33.019 --> 00:37:33.579
 he

00:37:33.579 --> 00:37:33.740
 will

00:37:33.740 --> 00:37:33.940
 be

00:37:33.940 --> 00:37:34.460
 blessed

00:37:34.460 --> 00:37:35.160
 in

00:37:35.160 --> 00:37:35.320
 his

00:37:35.320 --> 00:37:35.660
 doing

00:37:35.660 --> 00:37:37.559
 so

00:37:37.559 --> 00:37:38.220
 one

00:37:38.220 --> 00:37:38.300
 of

00:37:38.300 --> 00:37:38.440
 the

00:37:38.440 --> 00:37:39.220
 tragic

00:37:39.220 --> 00:37:39.559
 things

00:37:39.559 --> 00:37:39.740
 for

00:37:39.740 --> 00:37:39.920
 some

00:37:39.920 --> 00:37:40.180
 people

00:37:40.180 --> 00:37:40.360
 with

00:37:40.360 --> 00:37:40.740
 dementia

00:37:40.740 --> 00:37:42.559
 and

00:37:42.559 --> 00:37:42.699
 it's

00:37:42.699 --> 00:37:42.799
 a

00:37:42.799 --> 00:37:42.960
 very

00:37:42.960 --> 00:37:43.539
 sad

00:37:43.539 --> 00:37:43.779
 moment

00:37:43.779 --> 00:37:45.019
 when

00:37:45.019 --> 00:37:45.179
 you're

00:37:45.179 --> 00:37:45.400
 dealing

00:37:45.400 --> 00:37:45.599
 with

00:37:45.599 --> 00:37:45.699
 a

00:37:45.699 --> 00:37:45.860
 loved

00:37:45.860 --> 00:37:46.019
 one

00:37:46.019 --> 00:37:46.159
 with

00:37:46.159 --> 00:37:46.519
 dementia

00:37:46.519 --> 00:37:46.679
 is

00:37:46.679 --> 00:37:46.799
 when

00:37:46.799 --> 00:37:46.900
 they

00:37:46.900 --> 00:37:47.019
 no

00:37:47.019 --> 00:37:47.299
 longer

00:37:47.299 --> 00:37:47.840
 recognize

00:37:47.840 --> 00:37:48.199
 you

00:37:48.199 --> 00:37:49.599
 but

00:37:49.599 --> 00:37:49.719
 there

00:37:49.719 --> 00:37:49.920
 can

00:37:49.920 --> 00:37:50.079
 be

00:37:50.079 --> 00:37:50.320
 people

00:37:50.320 --> 00:37:50.480
 with

00:37:50.480 --> 00:37:50.799
 dementia

00:37:50.799 --> 00:37:51.039
 who

00:37:51.039 --> 00:37:51.199
 no

00:37:51.199 --> 00:37:51.500
 longer

00:37:51.500 --> 00:37:52.039
 recognize

00:37:52.039 --> 00:37:52.599
 themselves

00:37:52.599 --> 00:37:53.539
 you

00:37:53.539 --> 00:37:53.719
 show

00:37:53.719 --> 00:37:53.900
 them

00:37:53.900 --> 00:37:54.039
 a

00:37:54.039 --> 00:37:54.340
 picture

00:37:54.340 --> 00:37:54.539
 of

00:37:54.539 --> 00:37:54.779
 a

00:37:54.779 --> 00:37:55.299
 birthday

00:37:55.299 --> 00:37:55.679
 party

00:37:55.679 --> 00:37:55.900
 from

00:37:55.900 --> 00:37:56.019
 a

00:37:56.019 --> 00:37:56.179
 couple

00:37:56.179 --> 00:37:56.299
 of

00:37:56.299 --> 00:37:56.500
 years

00:37:56.500 --> 00:37:56.779
 ago

00:37:56.779 --> 00:37:58.119
 and

00:37:58.119 --> 00:37:59.239
 you

00:37:59.239 --> 00:37:59.440
 can

00:37:59.440 --> 00:37:59.659
 tell

00:37:59.659 --> 00:37:59.840
 that

00:37:59.840 --> 00:37:59.960
 they

00:37:59.960 --> 00:38:00.139
 don't

00:38:00.139 --> 00:38:00.500
 actually

00:38:00.500 --> 00:38:01.239
 recognize

00:38:01.239 --> 00:38:01.739
 themselves

00:38:01.739 --> 00:38:02.259
 anymore

00:38:02.259 --> 00:38:04.039
 and

00:38:04.039 --> 00:38:04.139
 the

00:38:04.139 --> 00:38:04.360
 Bible

00:38:04.360 --> 00:38:04.639
 says

00:38:04.639 --> 00:38:04.900
 that's

00:38:04.900 --> 00:38:05.019
 the

00:38:05.019 --> 00:38:05.239
 human

00:38:05.239 --> 00:38:05.799
 condition

00:38:05.799 --> 00:38:06.480
 apart

00:38:06.480 --> 00:38:06.699
 from

00:38:06.699 --> 00:38:06.840
 the

00:38:06.840 --> 00:38:07.199
 gospel

00:38:07.199 --> 00:38:07.320
 and

00:38:07.320 --> 00:38:07.400
 the

00:38:07.400 --> 00:38:07.500
 word

00:38:07.500 --> 00:38:07.620
 of

00:38:07.620 --> 00:38:07.880
 God

00:38:07.880 --> 00:38:08.960
 that

00:38:08.960 --> 00:38:09.059
 we

00:38:09.059 --> 00:38:09.180
 don't

00:38:09.180 --> 00:38:09.500
 actually

00:38:09.500 --> 00:38:10.180
 recognize

00:38:10.180 --> 00:38:10.700
 ourselves

00:38:10.700 --> 00:38:10.960
 we

00:38:10.960 --> 00:38:11.080
 don't

00:38:11.080 --> 00:38:11.320
 actually

00:38:11.320 --> 00:38:11.680
 see

00:38:11.680 --> 00:38:12.320
 ourselves

00:38:12.320 --> 00:38:13.800
 and

00:38:13.800 --> 00:38:13.900
 the

00:38:13.900 --> 00:38:14.000
 way

00:38:14.000 --> 00:38:14.160
 we

00:38:14.160 --> 00:38:14.400
 begin

00:38:14.400 --> 00:38:14.580
 to

00:38:14.580 --> 00:38:14.820
 see

00:38:14.820 --> 00:38:15.280
 ourselves

00:38:15.280 --> 00:38:15.480
 is

00:38:15.480 --> 00:38:15.640
 not

00:38:15.640 --> 00:38:15.820
 just

00:38:15.820 --> 00:38:16.000
 by

00:38:16.000 --> 00:38:16.420
 listening

00:38:16.420 --> 00:38:16.600
 to

00:38:16.600 --> 00:38:16.720
 the

00:38:16.720 --> 00:38:16.860
 word

00:38:16.860 --> 00:38:17.039
 but

00:38:17.039 --> 00:38:17.340
 doing

00:38:17.340 --> 00:38:17.559
 the

00:38:17.559 --> 00:38:17.840
 word

00:38:17.840 --> 00:38:19.740
 means

00:38:19.740 --> 00:38:20.120
 that

00:38:20.120 --> 00:38:20.420
 if

00:38:20.420 --> 00:38:20.620
 you

00:38:20.620 --> 00:38:21.059
 think

00:38:21.059 --> 00:38:21.360
 you

00:38:21.360 --> 00:38:21.559
 can

00:38:21.559 --> 00:38:21.940
 sort

00:38:21.940 --> 00:38:22.220
 out

00:38:22.220 --> 00:38:22.620
 moral

00:38:22.620 --> 00:38:23.480
 dilemmas

00:38:23.480 --> 00:38:24.380
 and

00:38:24.380 --> 00:38:25.059
 temptations

00:38:25.059 --> 00:38:25.360
 just

00:38:25.360 --> 00:38:25.580
 by

00:38:25.580 --> 00:38:26.180
 thinking

00:38:26.180 --> 00:38:26.539
 you're

00:38:26.539 --> 00:38:27.039
 deceiving

00:38:27.039 --> 00:38:27.640
 yourself

00:38:27.640 --> 00:38:28.680
 that

00:38:28.680 --> 00:38:28.840
 we

00:38:28.840 --> 00:38:29.220
 need

00:38:29.220 --> 00:38:29.500
 to

00:38:29.500 --> 00:38:30.120
 obey

00:38:30.120 --> 00:38:30.559
 our

00:38:30.559 --> 00:38:31.059
 way

00:38:31.059 --> 00:38:31.500
 to

00:38:31.500 --> 00:38:32.080
 clarity

00:38:32.080 --> 00:38:33.519
 not

00:38:33.519 --> 00:38:34.000
 merely

00:38:34.000 --> 00:38:34.800
 think

00:38:34.800 --> 00:38:35.280
 our

00:38:35.280 --> 00:38:35.500
 way

00:38:35.500 --> 00:38:35.680
 to

00:38:35.680 --> 00:38:36.100
 clarity

00:38:36.099 --> 00:38:39.659
 if

00:38:39.659 --> 00:38:39.739
 we

00:38:39.739 --> 00:38:39.860
 want

00:38:39.860 --> 00:38:39.940
 to

00:38:39.940 --> 00:38:40.099
 have

00:38:40.099 --> 00:38:40.920
 clarity

00:38:40.920 --> 00:38:42.519
 about

00:38:42.519 --> 00:38:42.839
 a

00:38:42.839 --> 00:38:43.039
 great

00:38:43.039 --> 00:38:43.319
 moral

00:38:43.319 --> 00:38:43.679
 issue

00:38:43.679 --> 00:38:43.880
 but

00:38:43.880 --> 00:38:44.059
 aren't

00:38:44.059 --> 00:38:44.440
 actually

00:38:44.440 --> 00:38:44.739
 willing

00:38:44.739 --> 00:38:44.940
 to

00:38:44.940 --> 00:38:45.119
 take

00:38:45.119 --> 00:38:45.319
 a

00:38:45.319 --> 00:38:45.659
 stand

00:38:45.659 --> 00:38:45.819
 on

00:38:45.819 --> 00:38:45.920
 the

00:38:45.920 --> 00:38:46.119
 moral

00:38:46.119 --> 00:38:46.440
 issue

00:38:46.440 --> 00:38:46.599
 we

00:38:46.599 --> 00:38:46.759
 will

00:38:46.759 --> 00:38:47.079
 never

00:38:47.079 --> 00:38:48.139
 actually

00:38:48.139 --> 00:38:48.920
 understand

00:38:48.920 --> 00:38:49.500
 the

00:38:49.500 --> 00:38:49.699
 moral

00:38:49.699 --> 00:38:50.119
 issue

00:38:50.119 --> 00:38:54.559
 but

00:38:54.559 --> 00:38:54.779
 that's

00:38:54.779 --> 00:38:54.960
 not

00:38:54.960 --> 00:38:55.239
 kissing

00:38:55.239 --> 00:38:55.440
 your

00:38:55.440 --> 00:38:55.699
 brain

00:38:55.699 --> 00:38:56.039
 goodbye

00:38:56.039 --> 00:38:56.400
 because

00:38:56.400 --> 00:38:56.619
 as

00:38:56.619 --> 00:38:56.739
 I

00:38:56.739 --> 00:38:57.019
 said

00:38:57.019 --> 00:38:57.739
 to

00:38:57.739 --> 00:38:58.360
 listen

00:38:58.360 --> 00:38:58.679
 well

00:38:58.679 --> 00:38:58.860
 to

00:38:58.860 --> 00:38:59.299
 understand

00:38:59.299 --> 00:38:59.759
 well

00:38:59.759 --> 00:38:59.980
 to

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 read

00:39:00.279 --> 00:39:00.579
 well

00:39:00.579 --> 00:39:01.219
 involves

00:39:01.219 --> 00:39:01.460
 the

00:39:01.460 --> 00:39:01.900
 mind

00:39:01.900 --> 00:39:02.099
 it

00:39:02.099 --> 00:39:02.559
 involves

00:39:02.559 --> 00:39:03.179
 patience

00:39:03.179 --> 00:39:03.500
 it

00:39:03.500 --> 00:39:03.920
 involves

00:39:03.920 --> 00:39:04.119
 the

00:39:04.119 --> 00:39:04.739
 imagination

00:39:04.739 --> 00:39:05.460
 it

00:39:05.460 --> 00:39:05.960
 involves

00:39:05.960 --> 00:39:07.659
 compassion

00:39:07.659 --> 00:39:08.260
 and

00:39:08.260 --> 00:39:08.679
 entering

00:39:08.679 --> 00:39:08.940
 into

00:39:08.940 --> 00:39:09.099
 the

00:39:09.099 --> 00:39:09.300
 other

00:39:09.300 --> 00:39:09.780
 world

00:39:09.780 --> 00:39:10.059
 it

00:39:10.059 --> 00:39:10.599
 involves

00:39:10.599 --> 00:39:11.220
 self

00:39:11.220 --> 00:39:11.840
 effacing

00:39:11.840 --> 00:39:12.340
 and

00:39:12.340 --> 00:39:13.199
 the

00:39:13.199 --> 00:39:13.720
 full

00:39:13.720 --> 00:39:14.679
 aspect

00:39:14.679 --> 00:39:14.940
 of

00:39:14.940 --> 00:39:15.079
 the

00:39:15.079 --> 00:39:15.500
 person

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 to

00:39:15.740 --> 00:39:16.099
 really

00:39:16.099 --> 00:39:16.539
 listen

00:39:16.539 --> 00:39:16.840
 well

00:39:16.840 --> 00:39:17.000
 but

00:39:17.000 --> 00:39:17.159
 as

00:39:17.159 --> 00:39:17.300
 we

00:39:17.300 --> 00:39:17.740
 listen

00:39:17.740 --> 00:39:18.079
 well

00:39:18.079 --> 00:39:18.260
 to

00:39:18.260 --> 00:39:18.539
 even

00:39:18.539 --> 00:39:18.880
 listen

00:39:18.880 --> 00:39:19.119
 more

00:39:19.119 --> 00:39:19.500
 deeply

00:39:19.500 --> 00:39:19.699
 we

00:39:19.699 --> 00:39:19.940
 need

00:39:19.940 --> 00:39:20.099
 to

00:39:20.099 --> 00:39:20.400
 begin

00:39:20.400 --> 00:39:20.619
 to

00:39:20.619 --> 00:39:20.960
 obey

00:39:20.960 --> 00:39:21.300
 that

00:39:21.300 --> 00:39:21.559
 which

00:39:21.559 --> 00:39:21.760
 we

00:39:21.760 --> 00:39:22.320
 begin

00:39:22.320 --> 00:39:22.599
 to

00:39:22.599 --> 00:39:23.320
 understand

00:39:23.320 --> 00:39:25.240
 you'll

00:39:25.240 --> 00:39:25.420
 never

00:39:25.420 --> 00:39:26.199
 understand

00:39:26.199 --> 00:39:26.500
 the

00:39:26.500 --> 00:39:26.780
 biblical

00:39:26.780 --> 00:39:27.240
 teaching

00:39:27.240 --> 00:39:27.519
 on the

00:39:27.519 --> 00:39:27.720
 hold

00:39:27.720 --> 00:39:27.880
 of

00:39:27.880 --> 00:39:28.179
 money

00:39:28.179 --> 00:39:28.579
 unless

00:39:28.579 --> 00:39:28.840
 you

00:39:28.840 --> 00:39:29.159
 begin

00:39:29.159 --> 00:39:29.400
 to

00:39:29.400 --> 00:39:29.579
 give

00:39:29.579 --> 00:39:29.840
 money

00:39:29.840 --> 00:39:30.220
 away

00:39:30.220 --> 00:39:31.599
 won't

00:39:31.599 --> 00:39:32.000
 happen

00:39:32.000 --> 00:39:33.820
 won't

00:39:33.820 --> 00:39:34.139
 happen

00:39:34.139 --> 00:39:37.639
 you'll

00:39:37.639 --> 00:39:37.819
 never

00:39:37.819 --> 00:39:38.279
 begin

00:39:38.279 --> 00:39:39.039
 to

00:39:39.039 --> 00:39:39.859
 understand

00:39:39.859 --> 00:39:40.980
 you know

00:39:40.980 --> 00:39:41.480
 the dignity

00:39:41.480 --> 00:39:41.759
 of a

00:39:41.759 --> 00:39:42.179
 human being

00:39:42.179 --> 00:39:42.659
 without treating

00:39:42.659 --> 00:39:43.199
 human beings

00:39:43.199 --> 00:39:43.539
 well

00:39:43.539 --> 00:39:43.960
 you'll never

00:39:43.960 --> 00:39:44.839
 understand

00:39:44.839 --> 00:39:46.879
 marriage

00:39:46.879 --> 00:39:47.579
 without trying

00:39:47.579 --> 00:39:47.879
 to be

00:39:47.879 --> 00:39:48.319
 faithful

00:39:48.319 --> 00:39:49.159
 in your

00:39:49.159 --> 00:39:49.599
 marriage

00:39:49.599 --> 00:39:51.259
 you'll

00:39:51.259 --> 00:39:51.460
 never

00:39:51.460 --> 00:39:52.139
 understand

00:39:52.139 --> 00:39:52.679
 the sweetness

00:39:52.679 --> 00:39:53.039
 of the

00:39:53.039 --> 00:39:53.219
 word

00:39:53.219 --> 00:39:53.460
 without

00:39:53.460 --> 00:39:53.739
 reading

00:39:53.739 --> 00:39:53.940
 the

00:39:53.940 --> 00:39:54.119
 word

00:39:54.119 --> 00:39:54.400
 and putting

00:39:54.400 --> 00:39:54.619
 into

00:39:54.619 --> 00:39:55.139
 practice

00:39:55.139 --> 00:39:56.799
 I'm

00:39:56.799 --> 00:39:57.019
 saying

00:39:57.019 --> 00:39:57.159
 you

00:39:57.159 --> 00:39:57.440
 but it's

00:39:57.440 --> 00:39:57.879
 all me

00:39:57.879 --> 00:39:58.199
 too

00:39:58.199 --> 00:39:58.799
 I will

00:39:58.799 --> 00:39:59.000
 never

00:39:59.000 --> 00:39:59.199
 do

00:39:59.199 --> 00:39:59.440
 those

00:39:59.440 --> 00:39:59.719
 things

00:39:59.719 --> 00:40:00.059
 as well

00:40:00.059 --> 00:40:00.299
 I'm

00:40:00.299 --> 00:40:00.519
 not

00:40:00.519 --> 00:40:01.440
 above

00:40:01.440 --> 00:40:01.719
 you

00:40:01.719 --> 00:40:02.139
 in that

00:40:02.139 --> 00:40:02.400
 type

00:40:02.400 --> 00:40:02.579
 of

00:40:02.579 --> 00:40:02.960
 sense

00:40:02.960 --> 00:40:04.780
 and so

00:40:04.780 --> 00:40:04.920
 the

00:40:04.920 --> 00:40:05.200
 Bible

00:40:05.200 --> 00:40:05.639
 says

00:40:05.639 --> 00:40:05.840
 that

00:40:05.840 --> 00:40:06.160
 actually

00:40:06.160 --> 00:40:06.559
 as we

00:40:06.559 --> 00:40:07.099
 read

00:40:07.099 --> 00:40:07.280
 the

00:40:07.280 --> 00:40:07.740
 Bible

00:40:07.740 --> 00:40:08.740
 and

00:40:08.740 --> 00:40:09.519
 this

00:40:09.519 --> 00:40:09.680
 is

00:40:09.680 --> 00:40:09.800
 where

00:40:09.800 --> 00:40:09.940
 the

00:40:09.940 --> 00:40:10.300
 gospel

00:40:10.300 --> 00:40:10.519
 is

00:40:10.519 --> 00:40:10.700
 so

00:40:10.700 --> 00:40:11.119
 important

00:40:11.119 --> 00:40:11.340
 you

00:40:11.340 --> 00:40:11.579
 see

00:40:11.579 --> 00:40:13.380
 if

00:40:13.380 --> 00:40:13.519
 we

00:40:13.519 --> 00:40:13.740
 just

00:40:13.740 --> 00:40:13.980
 read

00:40:13.980 --> 00:40:14.139
 the

00:40:14.139 --> 00:40:14.500
 Bible

00:40:14.500 --> 00:40:14.700
 and

00:40:14.700 --> 00:40:14.840
 we

00:40:14.840 --> 00:40:15.240
 understand

00:40:15.240 --> 00:40:15.380
 we

00:40:15.380 --> 00:40:15.480
 have

00:40:15.480 --> 00:40:15.579
 to

00:40:15.579 --> 00:40:15.700
 read

00:40:15.700 --> 00:40:15.820
 the

00:40:15.820 --> 00:40:15.980
 Bible

00:40:15.980 --> 00:40:16.119
 to

00:40:16.119 --> 00:40:16.500
 understand

00:40:16.500 --> 00:40:16.940
 ourselves

00:40:16.940 --> 00:40:17.119
 and

00:40:17.119 --> 00:40:17.220
 we

00:40:17.220 --> 00:40:17.400
 start

00:40:17.400 --> 00:40:17.539
 to

00:40:17.539 --> 00:40:17.680
 see

00:40:17.680 --> 00:40:17.960
 really

00:40:17.960 --> 00:40:18.480
 terrible

00:40:18.480 --> 00:40:18.920
 things

00:40:18.920 --> 00:40:19.180
 about

00:40:19.180 --> 00:40:19.539
 ourselves

00:40:19.539 --> 00:40:19.780
 like

00:40:19.780 --> 00:40:19.920
 it

00:40:19.920 --> 00:40:20.099
 can

00:40:20.099 --> 00:40:20.380
 start

00:40:20.380 --> 00:40:20.559
 to

00:40:20.559 --> 00:40:20.760
 make

00:40:20.760 --> 00:40:21.340
 you

00:40:21.340 --> 00:40:21.720
 realize

00:40:21.720 --> 00:40:22.599
 I

00:40:22.599 --> 00:40:22.860
 didn't

00:40:22.860 --> 00:40:23.180
 realize

00:40:23.180 --> 00:40:23.340
 I

00:40:23.340 --> 00:40:23.480
 was

00:40:23.480 --> 00:40:23.740
 such

00:40:23.740 --> 00:40:23.940
 a

00:40:23.940 --> 00:40:24.280
 jerk

00:40:24.280 --> 00:40:24.760
 I

00:40:24.760 --> 00:40:24.980
 didn't

00:40:24.980 --> 00:40:25.340
 realize

00:40:25.340 --> 00:40:25.539
 that

00:40:25.539 --> 00:40:25.780
 money

00:40:25.780 --> 00:40:25.980
 had

00:40:25.980 --> 00:40:26.180
 such

00:40:26.180 --> 00:40:26.300
 a

00:40:26.300 --> 00:40:26.600
 control

00:40:26.600 --> 00:40:26.760
 in

00:40:26.760 --> 00:40:26.900
 my

00:40:26.900 --> 00:40:27.200
 life

00:40:27.200 --> 00:40:27.420
 I

00:40:27.420 --> 00:40:27.660
 didn't

00:40:27.660 --> 00:40:27.960
 realize

00:40:27.960 --> 00:40:28.140
 I

00:40:28.140 --> 00:40:28.280
 was

00:40:28.280 --> 00:40:28.480
 so

00:40:28.480 --> 00:40:28.880
 consumed

00:40:28.880 --> 00:40:29.100
 by

00:40:29.100 --> 00:40:29.600
 vanity

00:40:29.600 --> 00:40:30.320
 I

00:40:30.320 --> 00:40:30.560
 didn't

00:40:30.560 --> 00:40:30.860
 realize

00:40:30.860 --> 00:40:31.019
 I

00:40:31.019 --> 00:40:31.180
 was

00:40:31.180 --> 00:40:31.380
 so

00:40:31.380 --> 00:40:32.420
 narcissistic

00:40:32.420 --> 00:40:33.019
 I

00:40:33.019 --> 00:40:33.300
 didn't

00:40:33.300 --> 00:40:33.620
 realize

00:40:33.620 --> 00:40:33.800
 I

00:40:33.800 --> 00:40:33.940
 was

00:40:33.940 --> 00:40:34.160
 so

00:40:34.160 --> 00:40:34.400
 bad

00:40:34.400 --> 00:40:34.540
 at

00:40:34.540 --> 00:40:34.820
 keeping

00:40:34.820 --> 00:40:35.120
 my

00:40:35.120 --> 00:40:35.600
 word

00:40:35.600 --> 00:40:36.280
 I

00:40:36.280 --> 00:40:36.920
 didn't

00:40:36.920 --> 00:40:37.280
 realize

00:40:37.280 --> 00:40:37.480
 I

00:40:37.480 --> 00:40:37.660
 was

00:40:37.660 --> 00:40:37.900
 so

00:40:37.900 --> 00:40:38.220
 bad

00:40:38.220 --> 00:40:38.400
 at

00:40:38.400 --> 00:40:38.660
 being

00:40:38.660 --> 00:40:39.000
 just

00:40:39.000 --> 00:40:40.640
 preoccupied

00:40:40.640 --> 00:40:40.820
 with

00:40:40.820 --> 00:40:41.040
 my

00:40:41.040 --> 00:40:41.260
 own

00:40:41.260 --> 00:40:41.540
 needs

00:40:41.540 --> 00:40:41.660
 and

00:40:41.660 --> 00:40:42.040
 ignoring

00:40:42.040 --> 00:40:42.420
 everybody

00:40:42.420 --> 00:40:42.640
 like

00:40:42.640 --> 00:40:42.840
 I

00:40:42.840 --> 00:40:43.100
 didn't

00:40:43.100 --> 00:40:43.420
 realize

00:40:43.420 --> 00:40:43.580
 I

00:40:43.580 --> 00:40:43.720
 was

00:40:43.720 --> 00:40:43.920
 so

00:40:43.920 --> 00:40:44.220
 bad

00:40:44.220 --> 00:40:44.360
 at

00:40:44.360 --> 00:40:44.540
 these

00:40:44.540 --> 00:40:44.820
 sins

00:40:44.820 --> 00:40:44.980
 of

00:40:44.980 --> 00:40:45.340
 omission

00:40:45.340 --> 00:40:45.880
 and

00:40:45.880 --> 00:40:46.000
 that

00:40:46.000 --> 00:40:46.180
 can

00:40:46.180 --> 00:40:46.320
 be

00:40:46.320 --> 00:40:46.740
 terrifying

00:40:46.740 --> 00:40:46.960
 and

00:40:46.960 --> 00:40:47.079
 we

00:40:47.079 --> 00:40:47.280
 turn

00:40:47.280 --> 00:40:47.480
 away

00:40:47.480 --> 00:40:47.720
 from

00:40:47.720 --> 00:40:47.840
 it

00:40:47.840 --> 00:40:47.960
 but

00:40:47.960 --> 00:40:48.139
 it's

00:40:48.139 --> 00:40:48.400
 only

00:40:48.400 --> 00:40:48.679
 as

00:40:48.679 --> 00:40:48.860
 the

00:40:48.860 --> 00:40:49.260
 gospel

00:40:49.260 --> 00:40:49.659
 grips

00:40:49.659 --> 00:40:49.900
 us

00:40:49.900 --> 00:40:50.019
 and

00:40:50.019 --> 00:40:50.159
 we

00:40:50.159 --> 00:40:50.820
 understand

00:40:50.820 --> 00:40:52.119
 that

00:40:52.119 --> 00:40:53.119
 made

00:40:53.119 --> 00:40:53.539
 right

00:40:53.539 --> 00:40:53.740
 with

00:40:53.740 --> 00:40:53.980
 God

00:40:53.980 --> 00:40:54.119
 is

00:40:54.119 --> 00:40:54.440
 something

00:40:54.440 --> 00:40:54.800
 Jesus

00:40:54.800 --> 00:40:55.119
 did

00:40:55.119 --> 00:40:55.340
 for

00:40:55.340 --> 00:40:55.480
 us

00:40:55.480 --> 00:40:55.579
 and

00:40:55.579 --> 00:40:55.639
 he

00:40:55.639 --> 00:40:55.740
 knew

00:40:55.740 --> 00:40:56.079
 everything

00:40:56.079 --> 00:40:56.280
 there

00:40:56.280 --> 00:40:56.440
 was

00:40:56.440 --> 00:40:56.559
 to

00:40:56.559 --> 00:40:56.699
 know

00:40:56.699 --> 00:40:56.900
 about

00:40:56.900 --> 00:40:57.059
 us

00:40:57.059 --> 00:40:57.240
 when

00:40:57.240 --> 00:40:57.360
 he

00:40:57.360 --> 00:40:57.679
 made

00:40:57.679 --> 00:40:57.820
 us

00:40:57.820 --> 00:40:58.039
 right

00:40:58.039 --> 00:40:58.240
 with

00:40:58.240 --> 00:40:58.480
 him

00:40:58.480 --> 00:40:59.280
 that

00:40:59.280 --> 00:40:59.519
 as

00:40:59.519 --> 00:40:59.860
 that

00:40:59.860 --> 00:41:00.500
 truth

00:41:00.500 --> 00:41:01.099
 becomes

00:41:01.099 --> 00:41:01.380
 more

00:41:01.380 --> 00:41:01.780
 precious

00:41:01.780 --> 00:41:02.059
 and

00:41:02.059 --> 00:41:02.240
 deep

00:41:02.240 --> 00:41:02.440
 to

00:41:02.440 --> 00:41:02.619
 our

00:41:02.619 --> 00:41:03.159
 hearts

00:41:03.159 --> 00:41:04.579
 that

00:41:04.579 --> 00:41:04.699
 it

00:41:04.699 --> 00:41:04.860
 can

00:41:04.860 --> 00:41:05.159
 begin

00:41:05.159 --> 00:41:05.340
 to

00:41:05.340 --> 00:41:05.500
 give

00:41:05.500 --> 00:41:05.659
 us

00:41:05.659 --> 00:41:05.900
 the

00:41:05.900 --> 00:41:06.340
 liberty

00:41:06.340 --> 00:41:07.380
 to

00:41:07.380 --> 00:41:07.619
 see

00:41:07.619 --> 00:41:08.039
 ourselves

00:41:08.039 --> 00:41:08.280
 in

00:41:08.280 --> 00:41:08.420
 the

00:41:08.420 --> 00:41:08.840
 word

00:41:08.840 --> 00:41:10.220
 and

00:41:10.220 --> 00:41:10.460
 say

00:41:10.460 --> 00:41:10.800
 gosh

00:41:10.800 --> 00:41:10.960
 I

00:41:10.960 --> 00:41:11.139
 do

00:41:11.139 --> 00:41:11.360
 have

00:41:11.360 --> 00:41:11.480
 an

00:41:11.480 --> 00:41:11.720
 anger

00:41:11.720 --> 00:41:12.300
 problem

00:41:12.300 --> 00:41:13.380
 gosh

00:41:13.380 --> 00:41:13.559
 I

00:41:13.559 --> 00:41:13.740
 do

00:41:13.740 --> 00:41:13.960
 have

00:41:13.960 --> 00:41:14.119
 a

00:41:14.119 --> 00:41:14.340
 greed

00:41:14.340 --> 00:41:14.920
 problem

00:41:14.920 --> 00:41:15.940
 gosh

00:41:15.940 --> 00:41:16.119
 I

00:41:16.119 --> 00:41:16.340
 do

00:41:16.340 --> 00:41:16.619
 have

00:41:16.619 --> 00:41:16.780
 a

00:41:16.780 --> 00:41:17.360
 lack

00:41:17.360 --> 00:41:17.539
 of

00:41:17.539 --> 00:41:18.199
 compassion

00:41:18.199 --> 00:41:18.900
 problem

00:41:18.900 --> 00:41:19.159
 for

00:41:19.159 --> 00:41:19.340
 the

00:41:19.340 --> 00:41:19.720
 poor

00:41:19.720 --> 00:41:21.559
 gosh

00:41:21.559 --> 00:41:21.760
 I

00:41:21.760 --> 00:41:21.940
 I

00:41:21.940 --> 00:41:23.380
 do

00:41:23.380 --> 00:41:23.619
 have

00:41:23.619 --> 00:41:23.800
 a

00:41:23.800 --> 00:41:24.139
 hatred

00:41:24.139 --> 00:41:24.740
 problem

00:41:24.740 --> 00:41:24.960
 of

00:41:24.960 --> 00:41:25.220
 those

00:41:25.220 --> 00:41:25.440
 who

00:41:25.440 --> 00:41:26.199
 vote

00:41:26.199 --> 00:41:26.599
 different

00:41:26.599 --> 00:41:26.940
 ways

00:41:26.940 --> 00:41:27.119
 on

00:41:27.119 --> 00:41:27.780
 politics

00:41:27.780 --> 00:41:28.059
 than

00:41:28.059 --> 00:41:28.340
 me

00:41:28.340 --> 00:41:29.320
 gosh

00:41:29.320 --> 00:41:29.480
 I

00:41:29.480 --> 00:41:29.720
 do

00:41:29.720 --> 00:41:29.960
 have

00:41:29.960 --> 00:41:30.099
 a

00:41:30.099 --> 00:41:30.460
 listening

00:41:30.460 --> 00:41:30.940
 problem

00:41:30.940 --> 00:41:31.179
 it's

00:41:31.179 --> 00:41:31.440
 only

00:41:31.440 --> 00:41:31.659
 as

00:41:31.659 --> 00:41:31.860
 the

00:41:31.860 --> 00:41:32.280
 gospel

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 grips

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 us

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 that

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 we

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 can

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 then

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 enter

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 into

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 the

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 word

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 and

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 the

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 word

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 starts

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 to

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 reveal

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 who

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 we

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 are

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 so

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 we

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 can

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 see

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 ourselves

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 and

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 begin

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 to

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 work

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 on

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 it

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 with

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 others

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 let's

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 please

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 stand

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 stand

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 let's

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 bow our

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 heads

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 in

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 prayer

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 father

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 we give

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 you

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 thanks

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 and

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 praise

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 that

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 you

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 desire

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 for

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 your

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 children

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 liberty

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 you

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 desire

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 for

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 us

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 to

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 be

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 free

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 you

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 desire

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 us

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 to

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 have

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 more

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 life

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 you

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 desire

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 us

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 to

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 have

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 a

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 good

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 relationship

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 with

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 you

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 you

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 desire

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 us

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 father

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 to

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 be

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 filled

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 with

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 gratitude

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 and

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 generosity

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 to

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 love

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 the

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 truth

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 to

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 hate

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 lies

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 we

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 give

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 you

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 thanks

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 and

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 praise

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 your

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 desire

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 for

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 us

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 is

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 that

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 we

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 will

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 leave

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 self

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 deception

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 and

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 deceiving

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 of

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 others

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 and

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 false

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 fronts

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 that

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 we

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 will

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 know

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 the

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 truth

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 about

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 ourselves

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 and

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 not

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 be

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 deceived

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 and

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 know

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 the

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 truth

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 about

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 others

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 and

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 not

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 be

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 despairing

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 or

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 deceived

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 we

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 give

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 you

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 thanks

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 and

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 praise

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 you

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 desire

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 these

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 things

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 for

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 us

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 in

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 the

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 security

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 of

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 the

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 gospel

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 and

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 in

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 the

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 truth

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 of

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 your

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 word

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 and

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 we

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 ask

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 father

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 that

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 you

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 would

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 make

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 us

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 disciples

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 of

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 Jesus

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 who

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 are

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 gripped

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 by

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 the

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 gospel

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 learning

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 to

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 live

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 for

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 your

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 glory

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 learning

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 to

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 live

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 free

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 as

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 we

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 read

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 your

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 word

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 as

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 the

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 Holy

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 Spirit

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 does

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 his

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 work

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 in

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 our

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 lives

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 and

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 father

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 if

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 there

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 are

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 any

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 here

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 who

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 have

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 not

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 yet

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 put

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 their

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 trust

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 in

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 Jesus

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 father

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 may

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 this

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 be

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 the

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 moment

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 may

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 this

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 be

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 the

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 day

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 may

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 this

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 be

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 the

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 time

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 that

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 they

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 say

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 Jesus

00:43:02.100 --> 00:43:02.380
 I

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 need

00:43:02.620 --> 00:43:02.740
 you

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 to

00:43:02.840 --> 00:43:02.940
 be

00:43:02.940 --> 00:43:03.180
 my

00:43:03.180 --> 00:43:03.539
 Savior

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 and

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 my

00:43:03.880 --> 00:43:04.200
 Lord

00:43:04.200 --> 00:43:05.260
 and

00:43:05.260 --> 00:43:05.360
 we

00:43:05.360 --> 00:43:05.519
 give

00:43:05.519 --> 00:43:05.640
 you

00:43:05.640 --> 00:43:05.980
 thanks

00:43:05.980 --> 00:43:06.180
 and

00:43:06.180 --> 00:43:06.500
 praise

00:43:06.500 --> 00:43:06.720
 that

00:43:06.720 --> 00:43:06.860
 the

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 whole

00:43:07.160 --> 00:43:07.660
 truth

00:43:07.660 --> 00:43:07.940
 about

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 who

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 he

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 is

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 and

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 what

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 he

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 has

00:43:09.039 --> 00:43:09.260
 done

00:43:09.260 --> 00:43:09.500
 for

00:43:09.500 --> 00:43:09.660
 us

00:43:09.660 --> 00:43:09.820
 that

00:43:09.820 --> 00:43:10.760
 truth

00:43:10.760 --> 00:43:10.980
 will

00:43:22.800 --> 00:43:22.960
 of

00:43:22.960 --> 00:43:23.100
 your

00:43:23.100 --> 00:43:23.500
 word

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 and

00:43:23.780 --> 00:43:23.920
 make

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 that

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 true

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 of

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 each

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 of

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 us

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 and

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 make

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 it

00:43:25.400 --> 00:43:25.519
 true

00:43:25.519 --> 00:43:25.640
 of

00:43:25.640 --> 00:43:25.780
 us

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 as

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 a

00:43:26.039 --> 00:43:26.340
 church

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 and

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 all

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 God's

00:43:27.740 --> 00:43:27.980
 people

00:43:27.980 --> 00:43:28.380
 said

00:43:28.380 --> 00:43:29.400
 Amen