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 I don't know if you've been following the events of this past week with the Hurricane Michael

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! that has devastated the panhandle of Florida and many other states.

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 On its way north, but it captured my attention. Maybe one of our meteorologists could explain

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 this better, but a short summary of the development of this fast-moving storm actually began on

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 October 2nd. The National Hurricane Center began monitoring a broad area of low pressure

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 that had developed over the Caribbean Sea. And then by October 6th, the disturbance had developed

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 into a well-organized deep convection, whatever that means. Although it still lacked a well-defined

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 circulation. It wasn't quite spinning yet. But by the morning of October 7th, the radar data had found

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 a closed center of circulation and the newly formed tropical cyclone quickly strengthened

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 into a tropical storm. So that by October 8th, Michael became a high-end tropical storm.

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 And as the cloud pattern became better organized, it was only two days later that it made landfall

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 there at the panhandle of Florida in Mexico Beach, Florida. It's said to be one of the most powerful

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 hurricanes to hit the continental U.S. in nearly 50 years. Strongest tropical cyclone by maximum sustained

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 wind speeds since Hurricane Andrew in 1992. Strongest on record to hit Florida panhandle ever.

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 The third most intense hurricane to make landfall on the U.S. in terms of pressure. Entire communities

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 destroyed. Houses obliterated so that only the concrete slab is left as gale forest winds of 155

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 miles an hour pounded that area. Several people are dead. Millions are without power. About 1,500 are

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 still missing. And the devastating effects will be felt for months and possibly years to come.

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 I'm reminded of this for a couple of reasons. First, I'm reminded of this because

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 of our need to pray. Our need to pray for brothers and sisters who are there in Florida. We often talk

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 about the common grace of God, the sun that comes on the good and the evil. That's God's grace

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 lavished on the wide audience of saved and unsaved individuals. But we often forget about the fact

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 of the common crisis that comes on the evil and the good. Yes, there were saloons that were devastated by

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 these wind forces, but also churches. There were believers, brothers and sisters in Christ who

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 are experiencing the devastating effects of this natural force.

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 So we need to be praying. Praying that God would use crisis in the lives of those who do not know him

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 and in the hearts of those who do to be willing to share the gospel and perhaps open the door for the gospel

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 in the hearts of those who are suffering in great physical need that may open the door to access to

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 helping them see their desperation for the true need and that is a spiritual need.

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 We need to be praying that God does that. I'm also reminded of this over the past week because it

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 reminds me of other storms. Not just the devastating wind of hurricanes, but a storm that Jesus talked

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 about in his parable, I think at the end of Matthew chapter 7, when he's speaking to the crowds and

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 he's talking about the wise man and the foolish man. He's talking about a house that's built on the rock and

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 a house that's built on the sand and he summarizes it this way. In chapter 7 of Matthew verses 24 to 27, he says,

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 everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

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 The rains fell, the floods came, the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall

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 because it had been founded on the rock.

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 And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them

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 will be like a foolish man

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 who built his house on the sand

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 and the rains fell and the floods came

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 and the winds blew

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 and beat against that house

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 and it fell and great

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 was the fall

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 of it.

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 Same rain,

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 same floods,

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 same wind,

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 different result.

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 And the different result

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 was not that they both were exposed

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 to the word,

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 the difference in result

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 was their response

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 to the word.

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 those who

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 heard the word

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 and obeyed it

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 versus those who heard the word

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 and refused

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 to obey.

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 You know, the winds of life,

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 they will come.

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 They are inevitable.

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 That's what Jesus is trying to communicate

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 through this parable.

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 The winds of life

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 will come.

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 Maybe

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 you're experiencing the winds of life

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 right now.

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 You feel the wind

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 beating on your life.

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 The floods are rising.

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 The storms are blowing.

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 But there can be

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 an unshakableness to your life

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 depending upon your response

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 to the word of God.

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 And that's where we come

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 this morning.

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 The question is not

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 will the winds come,

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 but when they come,

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 will your house stand?

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 And what does it take

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 to have an enduring home,

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 an enduring life?

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 What does it take

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 to have a solid foundation

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 in the storm?

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 It takes

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 a steady foundation

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 built

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 on the word

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 of God.

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 And that's where we come

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 this morning.

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 In our passage

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 found in 1 Thessalonians 2.

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 If you would,

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 please turn there.

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 1 Thessalonians 2.

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 Beginning in verse 13

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 and working our way

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 to verse 16.

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 If you're a guest with us

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 this morning,

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 it's on page 986

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 in the Pew Bible

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 ahead of you.

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 Let me read this passage

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 and we'll spend

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 the bulk of our time

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 this morning

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 kind of developing

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 what does it look like

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 to have a word-filled life

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 and we'll look at that

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 primarily in verse 13.

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 But let me read

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 for us this morning.

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 Paul says this,

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 And we also thank God

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 constantly for this,

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 that when you receive

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 the word of God

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 which you heard

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 from us,

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 you accepted it

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 not as the word of men

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 but as what it really is,

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 the word of God,

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 which is at work

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 in you believers.

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 For you brothers

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 became imitators

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 of the churches of God

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 in Christ Jesus

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 that are in Judea.

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 For you suffered

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 the same things

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 from your own countrymen

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 as they did

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 from the Jews

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 who killed

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 both the Lord Jesus

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 and the prophets

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 and drove us out

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 and displeased God

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 and opposed all mankind

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 by hindering us

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 from speaking

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 to the Gentiles

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 that they might be saved.

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 So as always

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 to fill up

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 the measure

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 of their sins

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 but wrath

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 has come upon them

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 at last.

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 Let's pray.

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 Lord, even as we read

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 this passage this morning,

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 we are gripped

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 with the inevitability

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 of wrath

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 that has either come

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 on Christ

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 or will come on us

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 if we refuse

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 to align our hearts

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 to your word.

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 wrath

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 is come.

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 And for those of us

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 who are in Christ Jesus,

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 it has come

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 on Jesus

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 in our place.

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 And for those

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 who are of faith,

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 who have believed

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 in Christ

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 for forgiveness

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 of sin,

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 have trusted

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 in him

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 for deliverance,

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 for rescue

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 and salvation,

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 for cleansing,

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 there is forgiveness.

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 forgiveness.

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 There is the work

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 of the Spirit

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 in our lives

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 to rebirth us,

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 to regenerate us,

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 to remake us

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 and renew us,

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 to cleanse us

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 from those old sins

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 and to remove

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 from us

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 the wrath of God

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 because it was placed

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 on Jesus.

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 Thank you

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 for forgiveness.

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 Thank you

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 for cleansing.

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 for cleansing.

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 But I would guess

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 this morning

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 that there are those

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 who have not trusted you,

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 Lord.

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 And so it is my prayer,

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 my plea

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 this morning

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 that you would also

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 lead them

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 to salvation

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 so that they would

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 experience

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 not the wrath

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 of God

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 on them,

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 but they would

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 experience

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 the wrath of God

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 removed from them

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 because of grace,

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 because of the gift

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 of Christ

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 given to them.

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 May they not continue

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 to fill up

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 the measure

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 of their sins,

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 but may their sins

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 be paid for

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 in Jesus Christ

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 and may they experience

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 the freedom

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 that can be found

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 through faith

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 in you.

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 Lord,

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 for the rest of us

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 in this room

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 who have responded

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 to the word,

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 Lord,

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 I pray that you would

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 continue to move us

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 in ever-increasing

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 depth

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 and security

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 in the foundation

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 of the scriptures.

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 Please cultivate

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 the soil of our hearts.

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 May it yield

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 abundant fruit,

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 the fruit of the spirit

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 that can be found

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 in us,

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 the fruit of a changed

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 life,

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 the fruit of the expression

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 of thanksgiving

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 that marks us

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 as a people,

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 the fruit of individuals

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 who are satisfied

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 only with a deeper

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 intimacy with their Savior,

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 a longing for you

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 that presses them

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 deeper into the word,

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 a desire to know you

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 more richly,

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 more fully,

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 so they can obey you

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 more completely.

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 Lord,

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 may that be true

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 of our lives

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 today.

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 for those

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 this morning

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 who are experiencing

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 the crisis of life,

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 the winds of this life

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 that are blowing on

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 their home,

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 as it were.

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 May they come

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 to enjoy

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 the steady

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 bedrock

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 foundation

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 of the scriptures.

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 May their roots

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 go deep

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 and anchor them

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 and hold them

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 in that truth,

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 the never-changing

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 word of God,

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 the all-sufficient

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 scriptures

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 that can speak

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 to every area

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 of life.

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 May your word

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 be sweet

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 to them

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 today,

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 sweeter

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 than the honey,

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 from the honeycomb.

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 And Lord,

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 may

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 the word of God

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 continue to grow

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 in our attention

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 as a people

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 and our desire

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 to follow.

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 Bolstered

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 by the strength,

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 the indwelling strength

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 of your Holy Spirit,

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 we pray

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 in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 This morning,

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 I want to look at

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 what does a word-filled

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 church

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 look like?

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 And how does

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 God create

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 an awakening

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 in the hearts

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 of his people

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 through

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 the ministry

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 of his word?

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 And so this morning

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 as we look at this,

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 I want us to see

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 that God has

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 a spiritual awakening

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 in mind

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 for you

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 today.

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 He has a

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 spiritual awakening

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 in mind

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 for me

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 today.

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 Every day

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 can be

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 a new experience

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 of a fresh

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 awakening,

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 a fresh

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 reminder,

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 a fresh

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 fellowship

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 and intimacy

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 with God.

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 God.

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 It is ready.

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 It is accessible.

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 It is available

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 to you

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 through the ministry

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 of the word,

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 the spiritual

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 awakening.

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 And as Paul

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 begins

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 this little

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 section,

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 and again,

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 we're going to spend

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 most of our time

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 in verse 13,

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 but as Paul

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 begins this section,

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 he wants to set

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 before the people

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 this understanding

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 and appreciation

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 for what does

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 the word of God

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 accomplish in heart.

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 And I think

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 almost unintentionally,

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 Paul begins

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 with this statement

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 of thanksgiving.

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 It flows

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 from his heart

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 there in verse 13.

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 He says,

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 and we

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 also

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 thank God

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 constantly

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 for this.

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 And by doing

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 so,

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 Paul demonstrates

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 that he is held

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 by the word.

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 He is held

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 by the word.

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 That's our first

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 point this morning.

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 Anchored

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 in the word.

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 Secured

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 in the word.

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 Confident

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 in the ministry

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 of the scriptures,

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 in the testimony

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 of God

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 in his word

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 to him.

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 And it is

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 helped

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 to fix him

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 in his

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 faith in God,

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 his appreciation,

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 even in the

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 circumstances

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 that he's experiencing.

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 So the outflow

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 of his

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 heart in life

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 is an expression

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 of this deep

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 satisfaction in God

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 and deep commitment

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 to trusting God

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 so that he is

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 held

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 by the word.

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 The storms

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 of life

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 had certainly

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 beat against

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 the life

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 of the apostle

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 Paul.

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 We'll look at that

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 in a moment.

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 And yet,

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 he is able

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 in this

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 short verse

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 to testify

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 to the fact

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 that thanksgiving

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 is the

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 constant expression

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 on his lips.

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 Maybe some of your

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 translations say,

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 for this reason,

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 we also thank God

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 without ceasing.

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 Those of you

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 who have the

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 New American Standard

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 or the New King James

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 would actually

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 begin with that phrase.

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 And that's because

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 it begins with,

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 and because of this,

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 literally.

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 Paul has just

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 recounted

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 in verses

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 1 through 12

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 the hardship

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 that he's experienced.

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 He's no stranger

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 to adversity.

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 In chapter 2,

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 verse 1,

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 he says,

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 our coming

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 was not in vain.

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 In verse 2,

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 he says,

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 even after we had

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 suffered

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 and were spitefully

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 treated at Philippi,

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 we were bold

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 to speak to you

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 the gospel

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 of God.

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 In verse 8,

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 he talks about

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 his mom-like ministry,

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 this ministry of grace

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 and affection

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 for these people.

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 In verse 9,

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 he talks about

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 his dad-like ministry,

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 the toil

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 and the labor,

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 the sleepless nights,

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 the burden

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 that he carried

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 for this people.

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 Ministry that was

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 immersed in

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 a measure

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 of suffering,

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 expending self,

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 this personal

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 sacrifice

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 for this group

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 of individuals.

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 We think of

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 his investment

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 when we read

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 the first 12 verses

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 of this chapter.

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 And so,

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 it's no wonder

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 to begin

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 to see in Paul

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 this expression

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 of gratitude

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 when the work

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 of God

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 is becoming

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 evident

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 in the lives

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 of a church.

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 Those of you

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 who have children

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 know this

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 to be true.

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 the investment

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 that you pour

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 into their life

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 and speaking

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 the truth

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 of the scriptures

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 to them

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 and seeking

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 through those

00:17:37.419 --> 00:17:38.159
 late nights

00:17:38.159 --> 00:17:39.079
 of encouragement

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 where you'd

00:17:40.439 --> 00:17:41.339
 rather be in bed

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 or those early

00:17:42.099 --> 00:17:42.559
 mornings

00:17:42.559 --> 00:17:43.839
 of helping them

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 with schoolwork

00:17:44.759 --> 00:17:46.039
 or leading them

00:17:46.039 --> 00:17:46.579
 through those

00:17:46.579 --> 00:17:48.079
 broken friendships

00:17:48.079 --> 00:17:48.959
 that they're experiencing

00:17:48.959 --> 00:17:49.559
 at school.

00:17:49.699 --> 00:17:50.899
 Whatever it might be,

00:17:51.359 --> 00:17:52.199
 there is the burden

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 that you carry

00:17:52.919 --> 00:17:53.519
 as a parent

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 for your kids.

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 maybe there are

00:17:56.340 --> 00:17:58.020
 those health concerns

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 or maybe there are

00:17:59.640 --> 00:18:00.860
 other kinds

00:18:00.860 --> 00:18:02.180
 of pressures

00:18:02.180 --> 00:18:03.260
 that your children

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 are facing

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 and parents

00:18:05.200 --> 00:18:07.980
 tend to feel them

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 even more

00:18:09.300 --> 00:18:09.900
 than their kids.

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 It's one thing

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 for it to happen

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 to you

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 but to happen

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 to your kids

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 is another thing

00:18:15.520 --> 00:18:15.940
 altogether.

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 And Paul

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 in his affection

00:18:18.480 --> 00:18:19.840
 for this church

00:18:19.840 --> 00:18:20.840
 was carrying

00:18:20.840 --> 00:18:21.940
 the burden

00:18:21.940 --> 00:18:22.820
 of the ministry

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 and now to see

00:18:24.579 --> 00:18:26.139
 the work of God

00:18:26.139 --> 00:18:26.659
 played out

00:18:26.659 --> 00:18:27.339
 in their life

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 brought to him

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 this expression

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 of incredible

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 thanksgiving.

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 We've seen

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 in a couple

00:18:36.579 --> 00:18:37.539
 of other occasions

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 the Apostle Paul

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 in his gratitude

00:18:40.919 --> 00:18:41.619
 to God

00:18:41.619 --> 00:18:43.299
 for God's work

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 in the lives

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 of these individuals.

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 On at least

00:18:46.720 --> 00:18:47.480
 three occasions

00:18:47.480 --> 00:18:48.480
 he uses the word

00:18:48.480 --> 00:18:49.259
 constantly.

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 In chapter 1

00:18:51.319 --> 00:18:51.859
 verse 2

00:18:51.859 --> 00:18:52.299
 he says

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 we always

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 thank God

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 for all of you

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 mentioning you

00:18:56.339 --> 00:18:57.180
 in our prayers.

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 Here in our

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 verse this morning

00:19:00.019 --> 00:19:01.059
 and we always

00:19:01.059 --> 00:19:01.919
 thank God

00:19:01.919 --> 00:19:02.519
 for you

00:19:02.519 --> 00:19:03.379
 or we

00:19:03.379 --> 00:19:04.200
 thank God

00:19:04.200 --> 00:19:04.519
 for you

00:19:04.519 --> 00:19:05.159
 constantly

00:19:05.159 --> 00:19:06.119
 depending upon

00:19:06.119 --> 00:19:06.779
 your translation.

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 And then last week

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 we looked

00:19:09.139 --> 00:19:10.680
 at chapter 5

00:19:10.680 --> 00:19:11.539
 where Paul says

00:19:11.539 --> 00:19:12.859
 pray without

00:19:12.859 --> 00:19:13.559
 ceasing

00:19:13.559 --> 00:19:15.680
 but also

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 connected to

00:19:16.339 --> 00:19:16.819
 rejoice

00:19:16.819 --> 00:19:17.779
 always

00:19:17.779 --> 00:19:19.960
 and give thanks

00:19:19.960 --> 00:19:20.639
 in every

00:19:20.639 --> 00:19:21.700
 circumstance.

00:19:22.299 --> 00:19:24.379
 this is the

00:19:24.379 --> 00:19:25.359
 predominant

00:19:25.359 --> 00:19:26.579
 perpetual

00:19:26.579 --> 00:19:27.720
 expression

00:19:27.720 --> 00:19:29.119
 of mature

00:19:29.119 --> 00:19:30.619
 spiritual heart.

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 A heart

00:19:32.960 --> 00:19:34.519
 that is willing

00:19:34.519 --> 00:19:35.359
 to give thanks.

00:19:36.079 --> 00:19:36.919
 It is a heart

00:19:36.919 --> 00:19:37.799
 that is anchored

00:19:37.799 --> 00:19:38.579
 in God.

00:19:39.079 --> 00:19:39.799
 A heart

00:19:39.799 --> 00:19:40.680
 that is confident

00:19:40.680 --> 00:19:41.539
 in him.

00:19:42.240 --> 00:19:42.720
 A heart

00:19:42.720 --> 00:19:43.799
 that is steadfast

00:19:43.799 --> 00:19:44.460
 in faith.

00:19:44.740 --> 00:19:45.119
 A heart

00:19:45.119 --> 00:19:45.460
 that is

00:19:45.460 --> 00:19:46.500
 bolstered

00:19:46.500 --> 00:19:47.539
 against the storms

00:19:47.539 --> 00:19:48.259
 of life.

00:19:48.259 --> 00:19:50.799
 Colossians

00:19:50.799 --> 00:19:51.759
 chapter 2

00:19:51.759 --> 00:19:52.420
 verses 6

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 to 7

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 helps us

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 see

00:19:56.099 --> 00:19:57.079
 this show up.

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 It says this,

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 Therefore

00:19:58.759 --> 00:20:00.599
 as you received

00:20:00.599 --> 00:20:01.259
 Christ Jesus

00:20:01.259 --> 00:20:01.680
 the Lord

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 so walk

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 in him

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 rooted

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 and built

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 up

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 in him

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 established

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 in the faith

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 just as you

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 were taught

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 abounding

00:20:12.319 --> 00:20:13.720
 in thanksgiving.

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 those who

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 are rooted

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 in Christ

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 those who

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 are founded

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 on the

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 bedrock

00:20:20.740 --> 00:20:21.500
 of Christ

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 will be

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 those who

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 are abounding

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 in thanksgiving

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 because

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 they have come

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 to the place

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 of being able

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 to trust him

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 in every

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 circumstance.

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 But what

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 are the

00:20:35.880 --> 00:20:36.340
 challenges

00:20:36.340 --> 00:20:36.900
 to a

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 thankful

00:20:37.220 --> 00:20:37.620
 heart?

00:20:39.040 --> 00:20:39.660
 What

00:20:39.660 --> 00:20:39.860
 are the

00:20:39.860 --> 00:20:40.280
 challenges

00:20:40.280 --> 00:20:41.540
 to your

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 thankful

00:20:42.640 --> 00:20:42.980
 heart?

00:20:43.300 --> 00:20:43.520
 What

00:20:43.520 --> 00:20:43.759
 are the

00:20:43.759 --> 00:20:44.160
 challenges

00:20:44.160 --> 00:20:45.140
 to my

00:20:45.140 --> 00:20:45.820
 thankful

00:20:45.820 --> 00:20:46.060
 heart?

00:20:46.140 --> 00:20:46.300
 What

00:20:46.300 --> 00:20:47.259
 keeps us

00:20:47.259 --> 00:20:48.360
 from being

00:20:48.360 --> 00:20:48.700
 thankful

00:20:48.700 --> 00:20:49.060
 people?

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 I thought

00:20:53.720 --> 00:20:53.920
 of these

00:20:53.920 --> 00:20:54.460
 questions.

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 Questioning

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 God's

00:20:57.740 --> 00:20:58.100
 wisdom.

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 You ever

00:20:59.280 --> 00:20:59.620
 done that?

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 God

00:21:01.059 --> 00:21:02.359
 is this

00:21:02.359 --> 00:21:03.079
 really best

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 for me?

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 Do you

00:21:04.779 --> 00:21:05.220
 really know

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 what you're

00:21:05.579 --> 00:21:06.119
 doing here?

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 Or

00:21:08.319 --> 00:21:08.940
 questioning

00:21:08.940 --> 00:21:09.639
 God's

00:21:09.639 --> 00:21:10.419
 faithfulness.

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 God

00:21:11.940 --> 00:21:12.440
 this just

00:21:12.440 --> 00:21:12.899
 isn't

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 fair.

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 This

00:21:14.839 --> 00:21:15.079
 isn't

00:21:15.079 --> 00:21:15.419
 right.

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 This

00:21:16.119 --> 00:21:16.359
 isn't

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 good.

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 Are you

00:21:18.399 --> 00:21:18.619
 really

00:21:18.619 --> 00:21:19.079
 faithful?

00:21:20.899 --> 00:21:21.579
 Questioning

00:21:21.579 --> 00:21:22.119
 God's

00:21:22.119 --> 00:21:22.539
 power.

00:21:25.299 --> 00:21:25.579
 God

00:21:25.579 --> 00:21:25.740
 the

00:21:25.740 --> 00:21:26.419
 adversaries

00:21:26.419 --> 00:21:27.179
 seem

00:21:27.179 --> 00:21:27.799
 to be

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 so

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 strong.

00:21:29.259 --> 00:21:31.000
 the

00:21:31.000 --> 00:21:31.559
 opposition

00:21:31.559 --> 00:21:32.259
 is too

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 great.

00:21:33.379 --> 00:21:33.660
 God

00:21:33.660 --> 00:21:34.039
 are you

00:21:34.039 --> 00:21:34.440
 really

00:21:34.440 --> 00:21:34.779
 in

00:21:34.779 --> 00:21:35.220
 control

00:21:35.220 --> 00:21:35.519
 here?

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 Do you

00:21:36.680 --> 00:21:36.940
 really

00:21:36.940 --> 00:21:37.240
 have

00:21:37.240 --> 00:21:37.819
 power

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 to

00:21:38.319 --> 00:21:38.779
 overcome

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 my

00:21:40.059 --> 00:21:40.700
 situation?

00:21:41.980 --> 00:21:42.740
 Or

00:21:42.740 --> 00:21:43.140
 perhaps

00:21:43.140 --> 00:21:43.779
 questioning

00:21:43.779 --> 00:21:44.180
 God's

00:21:44.180 --> 00:21:44.480
 goodness.

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 God

00:21:47.379 --> 00:21:49.339
 I know

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 you're

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 good but

00:21:50.740 --> 00:21:52.539
 do you

00:21:52.539 --> 00:21:53.059
 really love

00:21:53.059 --> 00:21:53.379
 me?

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 Do you

00:21:54.799 --> 00:21:55.279
 really care

00:21:55.279 --> 00:21:55.799
 about what's

00:21:55.799 --> 00:21:56.259
 happening in

00:21:56.259 --> 00:21:56.779
 my life?

00:21:56.779 --> 00:21:59.480
 all of

00:21:59.480 --> 00:21:59.920
 these could

00:21:59.920 --> 00:22:00.119
 have been

00:22:00.119 --> 00:22:00.500
 true about

00:22:00.500 --> 00:22:00.920
 Paul for

00:22:00.920 --> 00:22:01.119
 sure.

00:22:02.259 --> 00:22:02.879
 Think about

00:22:02.879 --> 00:22:03.220
 his

00:22:03.220 --> 00:22:03.859
 situation.

00:22:05.259 --> 00:22:05.440
 God

00:22:05.440 --> 00:22:06.119
 closed the

00:22:06.119 --> 00:22:06.559
 door on

00:22:06.559 --> 00:22:06.940
 Asia.

00:22:07.720 --> 00:22:07.980
 God

00:22:07.980 --> 00:22:08.579
 closed the

00:22:08.579 --> 00:22:08.920
 door on

00:22:08.920 --> 00:22:09.379
 Bithynia.

00:22:10.539 --> 00:22:10.740
 He

00:22:10.740 --> 00:22:11.039
 finally

00:22:11.039 --> 00:22:11.720
 opens the

00:22:11.720 --> 00:22:12.319
 door to

00:22:12.319 --> 00:22:13.019
 Macedonia

00:22:13.019 --> 00:22:13.940
 and what

00:22:13.940 --> 00:22:14.180
 does he

00:22:14.180 --> 00:22:14.720
 experience

00:22:14.720 --> 00:22:15.059
 there in

00:22:15.059 --> 00:22:15.460
 Philippi?

00:22:16.460 --> 00:22:17.039
 Beating,

00:22:18.039 --> 00:22:18.579
 opposition,

00:22:19.420 --> 00:22:20.299
 imprisonment,

00:22:20.299 --> 00:22:24.579
 is run

00:22:24.579 --> 00:22:24.839
 out of

00:22:24.839 --> 00:22:25.159
 town,

00:22:26.240 --> 00:22:26.859
 opposed

00:22:26.859 --> 00:22:27.480
 by the

00:22:27.480 --> 00:22:27.919
 Jews,

00:22:28.859 --> 00:22:29.119
 beaten

00:22:29.119 --> 00:22:29.440
 up

00:22:29.440 --> 00:22:29.960
 physically,

00:22:30.960 --> 00:22:31.319
 having to

00:22:31.319 --> 00:22:31.919
 provide for

00:22:31.919 --> 00:22:32.319
 his own

00:22:32.319 --> 00:22:32.779
 financial

00:22:32.779 --> 00:22:33.259
 needs and

00:22:33.259 --> 00:22:33.619
 also for

00:22:33.619 --> 00:22:34.039
 the needs

00:22:34.039 --> 00:22:34.480
 of his

00:22:34.480 --> 00:22:35.259
 ministry

00:22:35.259 --> 00:22:35.720
 team,

00:22:37.099 --> 00:22:37.559
 afraid

00:22:37.559 --> 00:22:38.240
 for their

00:22:38.240 --> 00:22:38.759
 lives,

00:22:39.819 --> 00:22:40.180
 can't even

00:22:40.180 --> 00:22:40.599
 stay in

00:22:40.599 --> 00:22:41.500
 one town

00:22:41.500 --> 00:22:41.940
 for more

00:22:41.940 --> 00:22:42.220
 than a

00:22:42.220 --> 00:22:42.639
 couple of

00:22:42.639 --> 00:22:42.960
 weeks.

00:22:44.759 --> 00:22:45.159
 Satan

00:22:45.159 --> 00:22:45.680
 seems to

00:22:45.680 --> 00:22:45.960
 be getting

00:22:45.960 --> 00:22:46.319
 the upper

00:22:46.319 --> 00:22:46.700
 hand.

00:22:46.700 --> 00:22:48.900
 his

00:22:48.900 --> 00:22:49.799
 aging

00:22:49.799 --> 00:22:50.380
 body

00:22:50.380 --> 00:22:51.019
 continues

00:22:51.019 --> 00:22:51.600
 to feel

00:22:51.600 --> 00:22:51.980
 not only

00:22:51.980 --> 00:22:52.460
 the aches

00:22:52.460 --> 00:22:53.000
 and pains

00:22:53.000 --> 00:22:54.100
 of his

00:22:54.100 --> 00:22:55.019
 older age

00:22:55.019 --> 00:22:55.620
 but also

00:22:55.620 --> 00:22:56.440
 the abuse

00:22:56.440 --> 00:22:56.819
 that he's

00:22:56.819 --> 00:22:57.400
 experiencing

00:22:57.400 --> 00:22:58.200
 on a

00:22:58.200 --> 00:22:58.480
 regular

00:22:58.480 --> 00:22:59.100
 basis.

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 Maybe

00:23:01.900 --> 00:23:02.340
 Paul

00:23:02.340 --> 00:23:03.240
 could have

00:23:03.240 --> 00:23:03.539
 said,

00:23:03.680 --> 00:23:03.920
 I don't

00:23:03.920 --> 00:23:04.519
 know how

00:23:04.519 --> 00:23:05.740
 my courage

00:23:05.740 --> 00:23:06.740
 will last

00:23:06.740 --> 00:23:08.380
 as I think

00:23:08.380 --> 00:23:08.799
 about all

00:23:08.799 --> 00:23:09.240
 the enemies

00:23:09.240 --> 00:23:09.640
 I make

00:23:09.640 --> 00:23:10.059
 from city

00:23:10.059 --> 00:23:10.480
 to city.

00:23:11.440 --> 00:23:12.059
 If anyone

00:23:12.059 --> 00:23:12.480
 could have

00:23:12.480 --> 00:23:13.019
 questioned

00:23:13.019 --> 00:23:14.039
 the goodness,

00:23:14.620 --> 00:23:15.259
 faithfulness,

00:23:15.640 --> 00:23:16.080
 power,

00:23:16.079 --> 00:23:17.220
 and sovereignty

00:23:17.220 --> 00:23:17.839
 of God,

00:23:17.899 --> 00:23:18.379
 it could have

00:23:18.379 --> 00:23:18.799
 been the

00:23:18.799 --> 00:23:19.519
 apostle Paul

00:23:19.519 --> 00:23:20.319
 and yet

00:23:20.319 --> 00:23:21.119
 in this

00:23:21.119 --> 00:23:21.879
 instant he

00:23:21.879 --> 00:23:22.299
 says,

00:23:22.699 --> 00:23:23.639
 we thank

00:23:23.639 --> 00:23:24.259
 God

00:23:24.259 --> 00:23:25.199
 constantly.

00:23:25.899 --> 00:23:27.199
 How is

00:23:27.199 --> 00:23:27.799
 that possible?

00:23:29.179 --> 00:23:30.319
 How truly

00:23:30.319 --> 00:23:31.240
 remarkable.

00:23:33.059 --> 00:23:33.779
 God,

00:23:34.279 --> 00:23:35.819
 I thank

00:23:35.819 --> 00:23:36.019
 you.

00:23:37.159 --> 00:23:37.799
 I give

00:23:37.799 --> 00:23:38.699
 thanks to

00:23:38.699 --> 00:23:39.839
 God always

00:23:39.839 --> 00:23:40.779
 for you.

00:23:42.639 --> 00:23:43.099
 For what is

00:23:43.099 --> 00:23:43.519
 our hope?

00:23:43.559 --> 00:23:44.059
 He says in a

00:23:44.059 --> 00:23:44.460
 couple more

00:23:44.460 --> 00:23:44.779
 verses,

00:23:44.960 --> 00:23:45.139
 we're going

00:23:45.139 --> 00:23:45.359
 to look at

00:23:45.359 --> 00:23:45.679
 in a couple

00:23:45.679 --> 00:23:45.960
 weeks.

00:23:45.960 --> 00:23:46.220
 here.

00:23:47.059 --> 00:23:47.279
 What is

00:23:47.279 --> 00:23:47.759
 our hope

00:23:47.759 --> 00:23:48.279
 or joy

00:23:48.279 --> 00:23:48.779
 or crown

00:23:48.779 --> 00:23:49.579
 of boasting

00:23:49.579 --> 00:23:50.019
 before the

00:23:50.019 --> 00:23:50.460
 Lord Jesus

00:23:50.460 --> 00:23:50.779
 at his

00:23:50.779 --> 00:23:51.059
 coming?

00:23:51.360 --> 00:23:51.579
 Is it

00:23:51.579 --> 00:23:52.200
 not you?

00:23:52.779 --> 00:23:53.360
 For you

00:23:53.360 --> 00:23:53.860
 are our

00:23:53.860 --> 00:23:55.039
 glory and

00:23:55.039 --> 00:23:55.440
 our joy.

00:23:57.200 --> 00:23:57.740
 You see,

00:23:57.900 --> 00:23:58.539
 the litmus

00:23:58.539 --> 00:24:00.440
 test for

00:24:00.440 --> 00:24:01.240
 spirituality,

00:24:01.420 --> 00:24:01.860
 if God

00:24:01.860 --> 00:24:03.140
 is cultivating

00:24:03.140 --> 00:24:03.779
 spirituality

00:24:03.779 --> 00:24:05.120
 in your life,

00:24:05.140 --> 00:24:05.559
 if there is

00:24:05.559 --> 00:24:06.220
 a spiritual

00:24:06.220 --> 00:24:06.779
 awakening

00:24:06.779 --> 00:24:07.480
 that has

00:24:07.480 --> 00:24:07.819
 occurred,

00:24:07.920 --> 00:24:08.120
 that is

00:24:08.120 --> 00:24:08.460
 happening

00:24:08.460 --> 00:24:08.980
 for you,

00:24:09.660 --> 00:24:10.039
 you'll be

00:24:10.039 --> 00:24:10.420
 able to

00:24:10.420 --> 00:24:10.819
 know as

00:24:10.819 --> 00:24:11.240
 God is

00:24:11.240 --> 00:24:11.900
 growing you

00:24:11.900 --> 00:24:12.600
 in ever

00:24:12.600 --> 00:24:13.539
 increasing

00:24:13.539 --> 00:24:15.220
 moments of

00:24:15.220 --> 00:24:15.480
 joy.

00:24:15.480 --> 00:24:17.620
 as you

00:24:17.620 --> 00:24:19.240
 learn and

00:24:19.240 --> 00:24:19.519
 are being

00:24:19.519 --> 00:24:19.980
 conditioned

00:24:19.980 --> 00:24:22.720
 to rejoice

00:24:22.720 --> 00:24:23.700
 always

00:24:23.700 --> 00:24:25.160
 and to

00:24:25.160 --> 00:24:25.579
 count it

00:24:25.579 --> 00:24:26.380
 all joy

00:24:26.380 --> 00:24:26.779
 when you

00:24:26.779 --> 00:24:27.279
 fall into

00:24:27.279 --> 00:24:27.640
 various

00:24:27.640 --> 00:24:28.059
 trials,

00:24:28.860 --> 00:24:29.579
 recognizing

00:24:29.579 --> 00:24:30.900
 that God

00:24:30.900 --> 00:24:32.079
 is working

00:24:32.079 --> 00:24:33.220
 this for

00:24:33.220 --> 00:24:34.279
 your good

00:24:34.279 --> 00:24:34.960
 and for

00:24:34.960 --> 00:24:35.360
 his glory.

00:24:36.360 --> 00:24:37.140
 But it

00:24:37.140 --> 00:24:37.500
 doesn't end

00:24:37.500 --> 00:24:37.720
 there.

00:24:37.720 --> 00:24:40.480
 now he

00:24:40.480 --> 00:24:42.380
 expresses being

00:24:42.380 --> 00:24:42.860
 held by

00:24:42.860 --> 00:24:43.160
 the word,

00:24:43.240 --> 00:24:43.640
 but now he

00:24:43.640 --> 00:24:44.160
 begins to

00:24:44.160 --> 00:24:44.740
 call attention

00:24:44.740 --> 00:24:45.079
 to the

00:24:45.079 --> 00:24:45.460
 work of

00:24:45.460 --> 00:24:45.920
 God in

00:24:45.920 --> 00:24:46.460
 the lives

00:24:46.460 --> 00:24:46.819
 of this

00:24:46.819 --> 00:24:47.140
 church.

00:24:48.180 --> 00:24:48.980
 And he's

00:24:48.980 --> 00:24:49.740
 calling attention

00:24:49.740 --> 00:24:50.620
 to that

00:24:50.620 --> 00:24:51.240
 work and

00:24:51.240 --> 00:24:52.279
 God moving

00:24:52.279 --> 00:24:52.620
 them in

00:24:52.620 --> 00:24:53.860
 ever deeper

00:24:53.860 --> 00:24:56.440
 courses of

00:24:56.440 --> 00:24:57.319
 trusting and

00:24:57.319 --> 00:24:58.140
 loving his

00:24:58.140 --> 00:24:58.559
 word.

00:24:58.880 --> 00:24:59.620
 He begins

00:24:59.620 --> 00:25:00.740
 here in

00:25:00.740 --> 00:25:01.319
 talking about

00:25:01.319 --> 00:25:02.059
 their reception

00:25:02.059 --> 00:25:02.740
 of the word.

00:25:03.740 --> 00:25:04.140
 He says,

00:25:04.140 --> 00:25:04.980
 you received

00:25:04.980 --> 00:25:05.780
 the word.

00:25:06.900 --> 00:25:07.940
 We find that

00:25:07.940 --> 00:25:09.240
 in the second

00:25:09.240 --> 00:25:09.759
 phrase.

00:25:10.880 --> 00:25:11.560
 We thank God

00:25:11.560 --> 00:25:12.180
 constantly for

00:25:12.180 --> 00:25:12.960
 this, that

00:25:12.960 --> 00:25:13.620
 when you

00:25:13.620 --> 00:25:14.340
 received the

00:25:14.340 --> 00:25:14.700
 word of

00:25:14.700 --> 00:25:15.780
 God, which

00:25:15.780 --> 00:25:16.520
 you heard

00:25:16.520 --> 00:25:17.360
 from us.

00:25:18.280 --> 00:25:19.240
 What is this

00:25:19.240 --> 00:25:19.780
 reception?

00:25:19.779 --> 00:25:21.079
 Paul is

00:25:21.079 --> 00:25:21.599
 talking about

00:25:21.599 --> 00:25:22.539
 a previous

00:25:22.539 --> 00:25:23.139
 work that

00:25:23.139 --> 00:25:23.460
 was done

00:25:23.460 --> 00:25:23.680
 in the

00:25:23.680 --> 00:25:24.440
 past that

00:25:24.440 --> 00:25:24.839
 is showing

00:25:24.839 --> 00:25:25.700
 up now in

00:25:25.700 --> 00:25:26.079
 the present.

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 This is the

00:25:27.680 --> 00:25:28.559
 first step in

00:25:28.559 --> 00:25:29.139
 the chain of

00:25:29.139 --> 00:25:30.399
 responses that

00:25:30.399 --> 00:25:31.220
 stem from

00:25:31.220 --> 00:25:31.639
 hearing.

00:25:33.039 --> 00:25:33.819
 This receiving

00:25:33.819 --> 00:25:34.639
 the word, and

00:25:34.639 --> 00:25:35.160
 it is an

00:25:35.160 --> 00:25:36.359
 emphatic in

00:25:36.359 --> 00:25:37.420
 the New

00:25:37.420 --> 00:25:38.920
 Testament, trying

00:25:38.920 --> 00:25:39.319
 to call

00:25:39.319 --> 00:25:40.059
 attention to

00:25:40.059 --> 00:25:41.240
 their possession

00:25:41.240 --> 00:25:42.379
 of this

00:25:42.379 --> 00:25:44.180
 word, the

00:25:44.180 --> 00:25:44.799
 word of

00:25:44.799 --> 00:25:45.119
 God that

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 had come to

00:25:45.700 --> 00:25:45.980
 them.

00:25:46.079 --> 00:25:46.859
 They had a

00:25:46.859 --> 00:25:47.339
 personal

00:25:47.339 --> 00:25:48.259
 connection to

00:25:48.259 --> 00:25:48.500
 it.

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 Some

00:25:51.720 --> 00:25:52.240
 commentators

00:25:52.240 --> 00:25:52.779
 say that

00:25:52.779 --> 00:25:53.299
 the reception

00:25:53.299 --> 00:25:54.619
 of teachings

00:25:54.619 --> 00:25:55.160
 from a

00:25:55.160 --> 00:25:55.799
 teacher by

00:25:55.799 --> 00:25:56.359
 a student

00:25:56.359 --> 00:25:57.420
 was commonly

00:25:57.420 --> 00:25:58.519
 described using

00:25:58.519 --> 00:25:59.420
 this word

00:25:59.420 --> 00:26:00.000
 that's employed

00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:00.480
 right here.

00:26:01.599 --> 00:26:03.000
 They heard

00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:03.519
 the word,

00:26:04.079 --> 00:26:04.920
 they received

00:26:04.920 --> 00:26:05.299
 the word,

00:26:05.399 --> 00:26:06.099
 they accepted

00:26:06.099 --> 00:26:07.220
 the word in

00:26:07.220 --> 00:26:07.920
 its authority

00:26:07.920 --> 00:26:09.180
 in their lives.

00:26:09.279 --> 00:26:10.240
 They recognized

00:26:10.240 --> 00:26:10.899
 that there was

00:26:10.899 --> 00:26:12.079
 something distinctive

00:26:12.079 --> 00:26:13.839
 about this

00:26:13.839 --> 00:26:14.200
 word.

00:26:15.200 --> 00:26:16.359
 Not only that

00:26:16.359 --> 00:26:16.920
 the speaker

00:26:16.920 --> 00:26:18.899
 was authoritative,

00:26:19.039 --> 00:26:19.440
 but that he

00:26:19.440 --> 00:26:20.000
 was speaking

00:26:20.000 --> 00:26:20.660
 words that

00:26:20.660 --> 00:26:21.700
 came from

00:26:21.700 --> 00:26:22.340
 an original

00:26:22.340 --> 00:26:24.240
 source of

00:26:24.240 --> 00:26:24.660
 authority.

00:26:27.559 --> 00:26:28.720
 We see this

00:26:28.720 --> 00:26:29.680
 happening in the

00:26:29.680 --> 00:26:30.080
 life and

00:26:30.080 --> 00:26:30.680
 ministry of

00:26:30.680 --> 00:26:31.380
 Jesus Christ.

00:26:32.120 --> 00:26:32.799
 We see that

00:26:32.799 --> 00:26:33.500
 people throughout

00:26:33.500 --> 00:26:34.380
 Christ's ministry

00:26:34.380 --> 00:26:35.559
 also recognize

00:26:35.559 --> 00:26:36.320
 something quite

00:26:36.320 --> 00:26:37.140
 distinctive about

00:26:37.140 --> 00:26:37.940
 his word.

00:26:38.940 --> 00:26:39.420
 In Mark

00:26:39.420 --> 00:26:40.039
 chapter 1

00:26:40.039 --> 00:26:40.779
 verse 22,

00:26:41.519 --> 00:26:42.140
 speaking about

00:26:42.140 --> 00:26:42.600
 the crowds,

00:26:42.700 --> 00:26:43.039
 it says,

00:26:43.039 --> 00:26:43.620
 they were

00:26:43.620 --> 00:26:44.600
 amazed at

00:26:44.600 --> 00:26:45.220
 his teaching,

00:26:45.220 --> 00:26:46.779
 for he was

00:26:46.779 --> 00:26:47.500
 teaching them

00:26:47.500 --> 00:26:48.100
 as one

00:26:48.100 --> 00:26:48.839
 having

00:26:48.839 --> 00:26:49.680
 authority

00:26:49.680 --> 00:26:50.900
 and not

00:26:50.900 --> 00:26:51.680
 as the

00:26:51.680 --> 00:26:52.240
 scribes.

00:26:53.240 --> 00:26:53.799
 A few

00:26:53.799 --> 00:26:54.420
 verses later

00:26:54.420 --> 00:26:54.759
 it says,

00:26:54.860 --> 00:26:55.000
 they were

00:26:55.000 --> 00:26:55.700
 all amazed.

00:26:56.440 --> 00:26:56.900
 So they

00:26:56.900 --> 00:26:57.559
 debated among

00:26:57.559 --> 00:26:58.819
 themselves saying,

00:26:59.059 --> 00:27:00.120
 what is this?

00:27:00.519 --> 00:27:00.860
 A new

00:27:00.860 --> 00:27:01.460
 teaching

00:27:01.460 --> 00:27:02.920
 with authority.

00:27:04.360 --> 00:27:04.940
 Jesus

00:27:04.940 --> 00:27:06.059
 spoke with

00:27:06.059 --> 00:27:06.640
 the authority

00:27:06.640 --> 00:27:07.240
 of God

00:27:07.240 --> 00:27:07.720
 the Father.

00:27:08.720 --> 00:27:09.259
 It was

00:27:09.259 --> 00:27:09.779
 distinctive.

00:27:09.779 --> 00:27:11.319
 It was

00:27:11.319 --> 00:27:11.700
 visible.

00:27:11.839 --> 00:27:12.079
 It was

00:27:12.079 --> 00:27:12.599
 compelling.

00:27:12.940 --> 00:27:13.240
 It was

00:27:13.240 --> 00:27:13.740
 fresh.

00:27:14.440 --> 00:27:14.720
 It was

00:27:14.720 --> 00:27:15.039
 not like

00:27:15.039 --> 00:27:15.559
 the messages

00:27:15.559 --> 00:27:15.920
 they had

00:27:15.920 --> 00:27:16.559
 heard before.

00:27:17.839 --> 00:27:18.319
 They

00:27:18.319 --> 00:27:19.079
 recognized

00:27:19.079 --> 00:27:20.119
 that there

00:27:20.119 --> 00:27:20.440
 was a

00:27:20.440 --> 00:27:20.920
 work of

00:27:20.920 --> 00:27:21.339
 God

00:27:21.339 --> 00:27:21.720
 through

00:27:21.720 --> 00:27:22.099
 this

00:27:22.099 --> 00:27:22.519
 speaker

00:27:22.519 --> 00:27:22.839
 and

00:27:22.839 --> 00:27:23.200
 a

00:27:23.200 --> 00:27:23.460
 work

00:27:23.460 --> 00:27:23.660
 of

00:27:23.660 --> 00:27:23.920
 God

00:27:23.920 --> 00:27:24.059
 that

00:27:24.059 --> 00:27:24.200
 was

00:27:24.200 --> 00:27:24.539
 playing

00:27:24.539 --> 00:27:24.740
 out

00:27:24.740 --> 00:27:24.899
 in

00:27:24.899 --> 00:27:25.019
 their

00:27:25.019 --> 00:27:25.220
 own

00:27:25.220 --> 00:27:25.539
 lives

00:27:25.539 --> 00:27:25.740
 as

00:27:25.740 --> 00:27:25.960
 well.

00:27:27.420 --> 00:27:27.700
 Paul

00:27:27.700 --> 00:27:28.119
 points

00:27:28.119 --> 00:27:28.680
 to this

00:27:28.680 --> 00:27:29.240
 in

00:27:29.240 --> 00:27:29.799
 chapter 1.

00:27:30.559 --> 00:27:31.019
 He takes

00:27:31.019 --> 00:27:31.599
 comfort in

00:27:31.599 --> 00:27:32.279
 this in

00:27:32.279 --> 00:27:32.899
 verse 5

00:27:32.899 --> 00:27:33.180
 when he

00:27:33.180 --> 00:27:33.460
 says,

00:27:33.819 --> 00:27:33.839
 our

00:27:33.839 --> 00:27:34.319
 gospel

00:27:34.319 --> 00:27:34.859
 came to

00:27:34.859 --> 00:27:35.180
 you

00:27:35.180 --> 00:27:36.160
 not only

00:27:36.160 --> 00:27:36.559
 in word

00:27:36.559 --> 00:27:37.160
 but also

00:27:37.160 --> 00:27:37.819
 in power

00:27:37.819 --> 00:27:38.259
 and in

00:27:38.259 --> 00:27:38.539
 the Holy

00:27:38.539 --> 00:27:39.039
 Spirit

00:27:39.039 --> 00:27:39.759
 and with

00:27:39.759 --> 00:27:40.379
 full

00:27:40.379 --> 00:27:41.180
 conviction.

00:27:42.420 --> 00:27:42.599
 And then

00:27:42.599 --> 00:27:43.259
 in verse 6,

00:27:43.660 --> 00:27:44.299
 you received

00:27:44.299 --> 00:27:44.779
 the word

00:27:44.779 --> 00:27:45.339
 in much

00:27:45.339 --> 00:27:45.839
 affliction

00:27:45.839 --> 00:27:46.759
 with the

00:27:46.759 --> 00:27:47.180
 joy

00:27:47.180 --> 00:27:48.200
 of the

00:27:48.200 --> 00:27:48.440
 Holy

00:27:48.440 --> 00:27:48.900
 Spirit.

00:27:50.339 --> 00:27:50.960
 The

00:27:50.960 --> 00:27:51.259
 word of

00:27:51.259 --> 00:27:51.500
 God

00:27:51.500 --> 00:27:51.740
 was

00:27:51.740 --> 00:27:52.400
 embraced

00:27:52.400 --> 00:27:53.140
 by this

00:27:53.140 --> 00:27:53.559
 church.

00:27:53.720 --> 00:27:53.819
 They

00:27:53.819 --> 00:27:54.819
 recognized

00:27:54.819 --> 00:27:55.420
 its

00:27:55.420 --> 00:27:56.079
 quality,

00:27:57.200 --> 00:27:57.559
 recognized

00:27:57.559 --> 00:27:58.000
 that its

00:27:58.000 --> 00:27:58.519
 content

00:27:58.519 --> 00:27:59.099
 was unlike

00:27:59.099 --> 00:27:59.539
 anything

00:27:59.539 --> 00:27:59.759
 they'd

00:27:59.759 --> 00:27:59.960
 ever

00:27:59.960 --> 00:28:00.339
 heard.

00:28:01.299 --> 00:28:01.500
 The

00:28:01.500 --> 00:28:01.759
 work

00:28:01.759 --> 00:28:01.900
 of

00:28:01.900 --> 00:28:02.039
 the

00:28:02.039 --> 00:28:02.339
 Spirit

00:28:02.339 --> 00:28:02.619
 in

00:28:02.619 --> 00:28:02.740
 their

00:28:02.740 --> 00:28:03.019
 life

00:28:03.019 --> 00:28:03.180
 of

00:28:03.180 --> 00:28:04.000
 convicting

00:28:04.000 --> 00:28:04.480
 them

00:28:04.480 --> 00:28:05.640
 of sin

00:28:05.640 --> 00:28:05.819
 and

00:28:05.819 --> 00:28:06.279
 illuminating

00:28:06.279 --> 00:28:06.460
 their

00:28:06.460 --> 00:28:06.839
 hearts

00:28:06.839 --> 00:28:07.379
 was

00:28:07.379 --> 00:28:07.759
 evident.

00:28:07.759 --> 00:28:09.740
 And it

00:28:09.740 --> 00:28:10.140
 resulted

00:28:10.140 --> 00:28:10.660
 in a

00:28:10.660 --> 00:28:11.079
 reception

00:28:11.079 --> 00:28:11.960
 of this

00:28:11.960 --> 00:28:12.200
 word.

00:28:13.279 --> 00:28:13.740
 But this

00:28:13.740 --> 00:28:14.359
 is just

00:28:14.359 --> 00:28:15.180
 the

00:28:15.180 --> 00:28:15.440
 starting

00:28:15.440 --> 00:28:15.900
 place.

00:28:17.019 --> 00:28:17.420
 Receiving

00:28:17.420 --> 00:28:17.740
 the word

00:28:17.740 --> 00:28:18.140
 is just

00:28:18.140 --> 00:28:18.559
 the first

00:28:18.559 --> 00:28:18.879
 step.

00:28:20.000 --> 00:28:20.660
 Because as we

00:28:20.660 --> 00:28:21.039
 know from

00:28:21.039 --> 00:28:21.440
 James

00:28:21.440 --> 00:28:22.019
 chapter 1,

00:28:23.480 --> 00:28:23.740
 James

00:28:23.740 --> 00:28:24.180
 says,

00:28:24.180 --> 00:28:25.380
 be

00:28:25.380 --> 00:28:25.920
 doers

00:28:25.920 --> 00:28:26.539
 of

00:28:26.539 --> 00:28:26.660
 the

00:28:26.660 --> 00:28:26.980
 word

00:28:26.980 --> 00:28:27.700
 and

00:28:27.700 --> 00:28:27.940
 not

00:28:27.940 --> 00:28:28.320
 hearers

00:28:28.320 --> 00:28:28.660
 only

00:28:28.660 --> 00:28:29.740
 deceiving

00:28:29.740 --> 00:28:29.920
 your

00:28:29.920 --> 00:28:30.100
 own

00:28:30.100 --> 00:28:30.519
 selves.

00:28:31.840 --> 00:28:32.039
 But the

00:28:32.039 --> 00:28:32.340
 one who

00:28:32.340 --> 00:28:32.640
 looks

00:28:32.640 --> 00:28:32.960
 into the

00:28:32.960 --> 00:28:33.279
 law

00:28:33.279 --> 00:28:33.580
 of

00:28:33.580 --> 00:28:33.920
 liberty,

00:28:34.120 --> 00:28:34.220
 that

00:28:34.220 --> 00:28:34.799
 perfect

00:28:34.799 --> 00:28:35.220
 law

00:28:35.220 --> 00:28:36.180
 and

00:28:36.180 --> 00:28:37.000
 perseveres

00:28:37.000 --> 00:28:37.660
 being

00:28:37.660 --> 00:28:38.259
 no

00:28:38.259 --> 00:28:38.759
 hearer

00:28:38.759 --> 00:28:39.080
 who

00:28:39.080 --> 00:28:39.560
 forgets

00:28:39.560 --> 00:28:39.880
 but a

00:28:39.880 --> 00:28:40.120
 doer

00:28:40.120 --> 00:28:40.279
 who

00:28:40.279 --> 00:28:40.720
 acts,

00:28:41.039 --> 00:28:41.320
 he

00:28:41.320 --> 00:28:41.920
 will

00:28:41.920 --> 00:28:42.100
 be

00:28:42.100 --> 00:28:42.660
 blessed

00:28:42.660 --> 00:28:43.080
 in

00:28:43.080 --> 00:28:43.220
 his

00:28:43.220 --> 00:28:43.500
 doing.

00:28:45.120 --> 00:28:45.720
 So if

00:28:45.720 --> 00:28:46.019
 you're

00:28:46.019 --> 00:28:46.940
 a

00:28:46.940 --> 00:28:47.380
 recipient

00:28:47.380 --> 00:28:47.779
 of the

00:28:47.779 --> 00:28:47.920
 word,

00:28:47.960 --> 00:28:48.460
 if you've

00:28:48.460 --> 00:28:49.160
 recognized

00:28:49.160 --> 00:28:49.920
 the

00:28:49.920 --> 00:28:50.380
 authority

00:28:50.380 --> 00:28:50.660
 of the

00:28:50.660 --> 00:28:50.980
 scripture,

00:28:51.640 --> 00:28:51.980
 that's a

00:28:51.980 --> 00:28:52.480
 great place

00:28:52.480 --> 00:28:52.779
 to be.

00:28:52.779 --> 00:28:53.799
 That's the

00:28:53.799 --> 00:28:54.359
 first step.

00:28:54.660 --> 00:28:55.639
 That's the

00:28:55.639 --> 00:28:56.859
 entry point

00:28:56.859 --> 00:28:57.579
 really to

00:28:57.579 --> 00:28:58.099
 this next

00:28:58.099 --> 00:28:58.399
 thing that

00:28:58.399 --> 00:28:58.579
 we're going

00:28:58.579 --> 00:28:58.740
 to look

00:28:58.740 --> 00:28:59.279
 at next.

00:28:59.740 --> 00:29:00.259
 Not only

00:29:00.259 --> 00:29:00.519
 did they

00:29:00.519 --> 00:29:01.139
 receive the

00:29:01.139 --> 00:29:01.460
 word,

00:29:01.960 --> 00:29:02.220
 what do

00:29:02.220 --> 00:29:02.440
 you see

00:29:02.440 --> 00:29:02.799
 next?

00:29:02.879 --> 00:29:03.059
 What's

00:29:03.059 --> 00:29:03.359
 the next

00:29:03.359 --> 00:29:03.740
 phrase?

00:29:05.940 --> 00:29:06.559
 It says,

00:29:07.819 --> 00:29:08.319
 you received

00:29:08.319 --> 00:29:08.660
 the word

00:29:08.660 --> 00:29:09.220
 of God

00:29:09.220 --> 00:29:09.960
 which you

00:29:09.960 --> 00:29:10.339
 heard from

00:29:10.339 --> 00:29:11.279
 us and

00:29:11.279 --> 00:29:12.200
 you accepted

00:29:12.200 --> 00:29:13.839
 it not

00:29:13.839 --> 00:29:14.339
 as the

00:29:14.339 --> 00:29:14.819
 word of

00:29:14.819 --> 00:29:15.720
 men but

00:29:15.720 --> 00:29:16.399
 as what

00:29:16.399 --> 00:29:16.759
 it really

00:29:16.759 --> 00:29:17.259
 is,

00:29:17.639 --> 00:29:18.240
 the word

00:29:18.240 --> 00:29:19.000
 of God.

00:29:19.639 --> 00:29:20.240
 There was a

00:29:20.240 --> 00:29:20.859
 reception to

00:29:20.859 --> 00:29:21.139
 the word.

00:29:21.299 --> 00:29:22.180
 They recognized

00:29:22.180 --> 00:29:24.500
 the authority

00:29:24.500 --> 00:29:24.820
 of the

00:29:24.820 --> 00:29:25.140
 scripture,

00:29:25.700 --> 00:29:26.420
 the truthfulness

00:29:26.420 --> 00:29:27.360
 of that

00:29:27.360 --> 00:29:27.799
 word and

00:29:27.799 --> 00:29:28.120
 now it

00:29:28.120 --> 00:29:28.640
 moves them

00:29:28.640 --> 00:29:29.299
 in to

00:29:29.299 --> 00:29:29.880
 this next

00:29:29.880 --> 00:29:30.640
 part of

00:29:30.640 --> 00:29:31.120
 accepting

00:29:31.120 --> 00:29:31.560
 the word.

00:29:32.519 --> 00:29:33.080
 Also,

00:29:33.440 --> 00:29:34.240
 speaking about

00:29:34.240 --> 00:29:34.680
 something that

00:29:34.680 --> 00:29:35.220
 happened in

00:29:35.220 --> 00:29:35.799
 the past.

00:29:36.840 --> 00:29:37.140
 This

00:29:37.140 --> 00:29:38.039
 welcoming,

00:29:38.279 --> 00:29:39.120
 this believing,

00:29:39.600 --> 00:29:40.220
 accepting as

00:29:40.220 --> 00:29:40.580
 true,

00:29:40.960 --> 00:29:41.580
 taking hold

00:29:41.580 --> 00:29:42.220
 of and

00:29:42.220 --> 00:29:42.920
 grasping it

00:29:42.920 --> 00:29:43.480
 for themselves.

00:29:44.960 --> 00:29:45.580
 The Greek

00:29:45.580 --> 00:29:46.160
 uses

00:29:46.160 --> 00:29:48.940
 a voice

00:29:48.940 --> 00:29:49.480
 which helps

00:29:49.480 --> 00:29:50.580
 to accentuate

00:29:50.579 --> 00:29:51.460
 the personal

00:29:51.460 --> 00:29:53.099
 nature of

00:29:53.099 --> 00:29:53.759
 the word

00:29:53.759 --> 00:29:54.259
 of God

00:29:54.259 --> 00:29:54.960
 working in

00:29:54.960 --> 00:29:55.559
 their lives.

00:29:56.839 --> 00:29:57.639
 Uses the

00:29:57.639 --> 00:29:58.319
 middle voice.

00:30:00.119 --> 00:30:00.679
 It's almost

00:30:00.679 --> 00:30:01.799
 synonymous with

00:30:01.799 --> 00:30:02.619
 receiving but

00:30:02.619 --> 00:30:03.480
 it places more

00:30:03.480 --> 00:30:04.859
 emphasis on a

00:30:04.859 --> 00:30:06.359
 personal appropriation

00:30:06.359 --> 00:30:07.119
 of the truth.

00:30:08.000 --> 00:30:08.659
 In other words,

00:30:08.819 --> 00:30:09.759
 they solemnly

00:30:09.759 --> 00:30:10.599
 received the

00:30:10.599 --> 00:30:11.399
 sacred message

00:30:11.399 --> 00:30:13.079
 and appropriated

00:30:13.079 --> 00:30:14.720
 it for

00:30:14.720 --> 00:30:15.159
 themselves.

00:30:15.619 --> 00:30:16.220
 They put it

00:30:16.220 --> 00:30:17.179
 to work in

00:30:17.179 --> 00:30:17.659
 their life.

00:30:18.019 --> 00:30:18.519
 They became

00:30:18.519 --> 00:30:19.559
 doers of

00:30:19.559 --> 00:30:19.980
 the word

00:30:19.980 --> 00:30:20.359
 that they

00:30:20.359 --> 00:30:20.759
 knew

00:30:20.759 --> 00:30:22.039
 was true.

00:30:23.319 --> 00:30:24.019
 They listened

00:30:24.019 --> 00:30:24.839
 to the voices

00:30:24.839 --> 00:30:25.440
 of Paul

00:30:25.440 --> 00:30:26.039
 and Silas

00:30:26.039 --> 00:30:26.480
 and Timothy

00:30:26.480 --> 00:30:27.259
 but what

00:30:27.259 --> 00:30:27.900
 they heard

00:30:27.900 --> 00:30:28.379
 was not

00:30:28.379 --> 00:30:28.839
 the voice

00:30:28.839 --> 00:30:29.279
 of men.

00:30:30.079 --> 00:30:30.720
 It was

00:30:30.720 --> 00:30:31.079
 the voice

00:30:31.079 --> 00:30:31.559
 of God

00:30:31.559 --> 00:30:32.480
 speaking

00:30:32.480 --> 00:30:32.960
 through

00:30:32.960 --> 00:30:33.900
 these men.

00:30:35.500 --> 00:30:36.299
 This word

00:30:36.299 --> 00:30:36.940
 itself,

00:30:37.619 --> 00:30:39.539
 the commentator

00:30:39.539 --> 00:30:40.460
 puts it

00:30:40.460 --> 00:30:40.859
 this way.

00:30:40.960 --> 00:30:41.279
 It says,

00:30:41.539 --> 00:30:42.400
 the emissary

00:30:42.400 --> 00:30:43.240
 of a man

00:30:43.240 --> 00:30:44.200
 is as

00:30:44.200 --> 00:30:44.740
 the man

00:30:44.740 --> 00:30:45.319
 himself.

00:30:46.119 --> 00:30:46.400
 And what

00:30:46.400 --> 00:30:46.920
 that means

00:30:46.920 --> 00:30:48.000
 is the one

00:30:48.000 --> 00:30:48.700
 representing

00:30:48.700 --> 00:30:49.240
 or being

00:30:49.240 --> 00:30:50.200
 the mouthpiece

00:30:50.200 --> 00:30:51.100
 for the

00:30:51.100 --> 00:30:51.759
 message

00:30:51.759 --> 00:30:54.060
 is as if

00:30:54.060 --> 00:30:55.039
 he is

00:30:55.039 --> 00:30:56.820
 the originating

00:30:56.820 --> 00:30:57.560
 messenger

00:30:57.560 --> 00:30:58.160
 himself.

00:30:59.500 --> 00:31:00.160
 The emissary

00:31:00.160 --> 00:31:01.140
 is just

00:31:01.140 --> 00:31:02.100
 as the

00:31:02.100 --> 00:31:02.460
 man

00:31:02.460 --> 00:31:03.060
 himself.

00:31:04.180 --> 00:31:04.460
 And so

00:31:04.460 --> 00:31:04.840
 when the

00:31:04.840 --> 00:31:05.519
 people in

00:31:05.519 --> 00:31:06.000
 Thessalonica

00:31:06.000 --> 00:31:06.519
 heard the

00:31:06.519 --> 00:31:06.960
 message

00:31:06.960 --> 00:31:08.340
 from Paul

00:31:08.340 --> 00:31:09.560
 and Silas

00:31:09.560 --> 00:31:10.580
 and Timothy

00:31:10.580 --> 00:31:12.200
 they heard

00:31:12.200 --> 00:31:12.720
 the words

00:31:12.720 --> 00:31:13.380
 of God

00:31:13.380 --> 00:31:14.200
 not just

00:31:14.200 --> 00:31:14.640
 the words

00:31:14.640 --> 00:31:15.000
 of men.

00:31:16.920 --> 00:31:17.420
 That's

00:31:17.420 --> 00:31:17.519
 what

00:31:17.519 --> 00:31:17.840
 happened.

00:31:18.800 --> 00:31:19.340
 For them

00:31:19.340 --> 00:31:20.019
 the message

00:31:20.019 --> 00:31:20.840
 was authoritative.

00:31:21.539 --> 00:31:21.820
 It was

00:31:21.820 --> 00:31:22.300
 sure.

00:31:23.840 --> 00:31:24.000
 And the

00:31:24.000 --> 00:31:24.460
 people in

00:31:24.460 --> 00:31:24.940
 Thessalonica

00:31:24.940 --> 00:31:25.680
 who believed

00:31:25.680 --> 00:31:26.360
 recognized

00:31:26.360 --> 00:31:27.680
 the true

00:31:27.680 --> 00:31:28.259
 nature

00:31:28.259 --> 00:31:29.080
 of the

00:31:29.080 --> 00:31:29.519
 authority.

00:31:30.279 --> 00:31:30.900
 Authority

00:31:30.900 --> 00:31:31.440
 of God

00:31:31.440 --> 00:31:31.960
 not the

00:31:31.960 --> 00:31:32.360
 authority

00:31:32.360 --> 00:31:33.259
 of men.

00:31:37.060 --> 00:31:37.700
 Similar

00:31:37.700 --> 00:31:38.039
 to what

00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:38.500
 happens

00:31:38.500 --> 00:31:38.900
 in

00:31:38.900 --> 00:31:40.100
 Galatia

00:31:40.100 --> 00:31:40.860
 Paul

00:31:40.860 --> 00:31:41.240
 is

00:31:41.240 --> 00:31:42.340
 confronting

00:31:42.340 --> 00:31:43.000
 the church

00:31:43.000 --> 00:31:43.740
 in Galatia

00:31:43.740 --> 00:31:44.140
 for the

00:31:44.140 --> 00:31:44.460
 opposite

00:31:44.460 --> 00:31:44.940
 problem.

00:31:44.940 --> 00:31:46.299
 He says

00:31:46.299 --> 00:31:46.900
 in Galatians

00:31:46.900 --> 00:31:47.519
 chapter 1

00:31:47.519 --> 00:31:48.279
 verses 10

00:31:48.279 --> 00:31:48.940
 to 12

00:31:48.940 --> 00:31:49.400
 He says

00:31:49.400 --> 00:31:50.180
 Am I now

00:31:50.180 --> 00:31:50.820
 seeking the

00:31:50.820 --> 00:31:51.360
 approval of

00:31:51.360 --> 00:31:52.380
 man or

00:31:52.380 --> 00:31:52.940
 of God?

00:31:53.660 --> 00:31:54.340
 Or am I

00:31:54.340 --> 00:31:54.799
 seeking to

00:31:54.799 --> 00:31:55.400
 please men?

00:31:55.519 --> 00:31:55.900
 If I were

00:31:55.900 --> 00:31:56.620
 still trying

00:31:56.620 --> 00:31:56.980
 to please

00:31:56.980 --> 00:31:57.340
 men

00:31:57.340 --> 00:31:58.559
 I would

00:31:58.559 --> 00:31:58.960
 not be

00:31:58.960 --> 00:31:59.340
 a servant

00:31:59.340 --> 00:32:00.000
 of Christ.

00:32:01.140 --> 00:32:01.460
 For I

00:32:01.460 --> 00:32:01.860
 would have

00:32:01.860 --> 00:32:02.279
 you know

00:32:02.279 --> 00:32:02.660
 brothers

00:32:02.660 --> 00:32:03.779
 that the

00:32:03.779 --> 00:32:04.240
 gospel

00:32:04.240 --> 00:32:04.720
 that was

00:32:04.720 --> 00:32:05.180
 preached

00:32:05.180 --> 00:32:05.900
 by me

00:32:05.900 --> 00:32:07.320
 is not

00:32:07.320 --> 00:32:07.920
 man's

00:32:07.920 --> 00:32:08.380
 gospel.

00:32:09.380 --> 00:32:10.039
 For I

00:32:10.039 --> 00:32:10.460
 did not

00:32:10.460 --> 00:32:11.180
 receive it

00:32:11.180 --> 00:32:12.039
 from any

00:32:12.039 --> 00:32:12.440
 man

00:32:12.440 --> 00:32:13.059
 nor was

00:32:13.059 --> 00:32:13.420
 I taught

00:32:13.420 --> 00:32:13.640
 it

00:32:13.640 --> 00:32:14.720
 but I

00:32:14.720 --> 00:32:15.440
 received it

00:32:15.440 --> 00:32:15.780
 through

00:32:15.780 --> 00:32:16.120
 the

00:32:16.120 --> 00:32:16.600
 revelation

00:32:16.600 --> 00:32:17.720
 of Jesus

00:32:17.720 --> 00:32:18.160
 Christ.

00:32:19.840 --> 00:32:20.700
 There are

00:32:20.700 --> 00:32:21.420
 two roads

00:32:21.420 --> 00:32:22.220
 two paths

00:32:22.220 --> 00:32:23.860
 to response

00:32:23.860 --> 00:32:24.340
 to the

00:32:24.340 --> 00:32:24.620
 word of

00:32:24.620 --> 00:32:24.840
 God.

00:32:24.960 --> 00:32:25.300
 There is

00:32:25.300 --> 00:32:25.680
 the

00:32:25.680 --> 00:32:26.340
 Thessalonian

00:32:26.340 --> 00:32:26.880
 path

00:32:26.880 --> 00:32:27.900
 and there

00:32:27.900 --> 00:32:28.220
 is the

00:32:28.220 --> 00:32:28.740
 Galatian

00:32:28.740 --> 00:32:29.200
 path.

00:32:30.120 --> 00:32:30.600
 There is

00:32:30.600 --> 00:32:32.000
 the way

00:32:32.000 --> 00:32:32.940
 of hearing

00:32:32.940 --> 00:32:33.840
 and receiving

00:32:33.840 --> 00:32:34.600
 and applying

00:32:34.600 --> 00:32:35.320
 the word

00:32:35.320 --> 00:32:36.040
 that we

00:32:36.040 --> 00:32:36.500
 find in

00:32:36.500 --> 00:32:37.040
 Thessalonica

00:32:37.040 --> 00:32:39.180
 of pulling

00:32:39.180 --> 00:32:39.680
 it in

00:32:39.680 --> 00:32:40.560
 embracing

00:32:40.560 --> 00:32:41.000
 it

00:32:41.000 --> 00:32:41.780
 of wearing

00:32:41.780 --> 00:32:42.100
 it for

00:32:42.100 --> 00:32:42.580
 yourself

00:32:42.579 --> 00:32:43.379
 of putting

00:32:43.379 --> 00:32:43.639
 it to

00:32:43.639 --> 00:32:43.980
 work

00:32:43.980 --> 00:32:45.099
 and there

00:32:45.099 --> 00:32:45.339
 is the

00:32:45.339 --> 00:32:45.859
 Galatian

00:32:45.859 --> 00:32:46.319
 path

00:32:46.319 --> 00:32:47.419
 that hears

00:32:47.419 --> 00:32:47.980
 the word

00:32:47.980 --> 00:32:49.299
 recognizes

00:32:49.299 --> 00:32:49.980
 its quality

00:32:49.980 --> 00:32:51.379
 and wants

00:32:51.379 --> 00:32:51.819
 nothing to

00:32:51.819 --> 00:32:52.179
 do with

00:32:52.179 --> 00:32:52.759
 the actual

00:32:52.759 --> 00:32:53.339
 message

00:32:53.339 --> 00:32:54.819
 but instead

00:32:54.819 --> 00:32:55.839
 begins to

00:32:55.839 --> 00:32:56.500
 work out

00:32:56.500 --> 00:32:57.099
 their salvation

00:32:57.099 --> 00:32:57.740
 for themselves

00:32:57.740 --> 00:32:59.480
 and Paul

00:32:59.480 --> 00:33:00.319
 rejects

00:33:00.319 --> 00:33:01.159
 that kind

00:33:01.159 --> 00:33:02.419
 of acceptance

00:33:02.419 --> 00:33:03.079
 that kind

00:33:03.079 --> 00:33:03.659
 of posture

00:33:03.659 --> 00:33:04.139
 against the

00:33:04.139 --> 00:33:04.259
 word.

00:33:04.379 --> 00:33:04.859
 He wants

00:33:04.859 --> 00:33:05.819
 the church

00:33:05.819 --> 00:33:06.519
 to experience

00:33:06.519 --> 00:33:07.159
 the joy

00:33:07.159 --> 00:33:07.939
 that comes

00:33:07.940 --> 00:33:09.140
 in knowing

00:33:09.140 --> 00:33:09.600
 and loving

00:33:09.600 --> 00:33:10.299
 the truth.

00:33:11.320 --> 00:33:12.000
 He commends

00:33:12.000 --> 00:33:12.539
 to them

00:33:12.539 --> 00:33:13.640
 the path

00:33:13.640 --> 00:33:14.840
 the Thessalonian

00:33:14.840 --> 00:33:15.480
 path

00:33:15.480 --> 00:33:17.120
 of accepting

00:33:17.120 --> 00:33:17.860
 the scripture.

00:33:20.740 --> 00:33:21.500
 I think

00:33:21.500 --> 00:33:21.840
 we're all

00:33:21.840 --> 00:33:22.440
 in danger

00:33:22.440 --> 00:33:23.880
 of treating

00:33:23.880 --> 00:33:24.720
 the message

00:33:24.720 --> 00:33:25.559
 of the gospel

00:33:25.559 --> 00:33:26.759
 which is

00:33:26.759 --> 00:33:27.059
 the word

00:33:27.059 --> 00:33:27.559
 of God

00:33:27.559 --> 00:33:29.440
 as if it

00:33:29.440 --> 00:33:30.180
 were only

00:33:30.180 --> 00:33:30.799
 the word

00:33:30.799 --> 00:33:31.200
 of men.

00:33:31.200 --> 00:33:33.480
 So I

00:33:33.480 --> 00:33:33.980
 like to put

00:33:33.980 --> 00:33:34.240
 up here

00:33:34.240 --> 00:33:35.019
 some things

00:33:35.019 --> 00:33:35.519
 I thought

00:33:35.519 --> 00:33:35.740
 of

00:33:35.740 --> 00:33:36.539
 some ways

00:33:36.539 --> 00:33:37.240
 that we

00:33:37.240 --> 00:33:37.759
 treat

00:33:37.759 --> 00:33:38.700
 the scripture

00:33:38.700 --> 00:33:40.240
 as being

00:33:40.240 --> 00:33:41.319
 from man

00:33:41.319 --> 00:33:42.000
 and not

00:33:42.000 --> 00:33:42.700
 from God.

00:33:42.779 --> 00:33:43.140
 Can you read

00:33:43.140 --> 00:33:43.440
 these?

00:33:44.640 --> 00:33:44.960
 They're big

00:33:44.960 --> 00:33:45.319
 enough this

00:33:45.319 --> 00:33:45.580
 time?

00:33:48.980 --> 00:33:49.640
 There may

00:33:49.640 --> 00:33:50.059
 be others

00:33:50.059 --> 00:33:50.580
 I'm sure

00:33:50.580 --> 00:33:50.980
 I missed

00:33:50.980 --> 00:33:51.319
 some

00:33:51.319 --> 00:33:52.640
 but here

00:33:52.640 --> 00:33:52.940
 are a few

00:33:52.940 --> 00:33:53.279
 that came

00:33:53.279 --> 00:33:53.519
 to my

00:33:53.519 --> 00:33:53.779
 mind.

00:33:54.940 --> 00:33:55.220
 How do

00:33:55.220 --> 00:33:55.799
 we treat

00:33:55.799 --> 00:33:56.259
 the word

00:33:56.259 --> 00:33:56.740
 of God

00:33:56.740 --> 00:33:57.279
 as if

00:33:57.279 --> 00:33:57.740
 it were

00:33:57.740 --> 00:33:58.420
 the word

00:33:58.420 --> 00:33:58.920
 of man?

00:33:59.400 --> 00:33:59.880
 First

00:33:59.880 --> 00:34:01.019
 we see

00:34:01.019 --> 00:34:01.240
 it is

00:34:01.240 --> 00:34:01.619
 optional.

00:34:02.680 --> 00:34:03.099
 Well let's

00:34:03.099 --> 00:34:03.299
 see.

00:34:04.539 --> 00:34:05.160
 It applies

00:34:05.160 --> 00:34:05.420
 to this

00:34:05.420 --> 00:34:05.839
 situation

00:34:05.839 --> 00:34:06.519
 but I

00:34:06.519 --> 00:34:06.960
 don't think

00:34:06.960 --> 00:34:07.299
 it's very

00:34:07.299 --> 00:34:07.720
 convenient

00:34:07.720 --> 00:34:08.300
 right now

00:34:08.300 --> 00:34:08.780
 so I'm

00:34:08.780 --> 00:34:09.059
 just going

00:34:09.059 --> 00:34:09.920
 to worry

00:34:09.920 --> 00:34:10.300
 about that

00:34:10.300 --> 00:34:10.719
 one later.

00:34:11.500 --> 00:34:12.159
 It's kind

00:34:12.159 --> 00:34:12.539
 of hit

00:34:12.539 --> 00:34:12.880
 or miss

00:34:12.880 --> 00:34:13.360
 I can

00:34:13.360 --> 00:34:13.780
 just do

00:34:13.780 --> 00:34:14.039
 it when

00:34:14.039 --> 00:34:14.380
 I want

00:34:14.380 --> 00:34:14.619
 to.

00:34:14.960 --> 00:34:15.320
 That's

00:34:15.320 --> 00:34:15.639
 okay.

00:34:16.019 --> 00:34:16.259
 Right

00:34:16.259 --> 00:34:17.139
 now in

00:34:17.139 --> 00:34:17.280
 this

00:34:17.280 --> 00:34:17.800
 situation

00:34:17.800 --> 00:34:19.300
 God's

00:34:19.300 --> 00:34:19.519
 word is

00:34:19.519 --> 00:34:19.860
 optional.

00:34:21.259 --> 00:34:21.739
 Or

00:34:21.739 --> 00:34:22.940
 that it

00:34:22.940 --> 00:34:23.199
 lacks

00:34:23.199 --> 00:34:23.639
 power.

00:34:25.900 --> 00:34:26.380
 More

00:34:26.380 --> 00:34:26.980
 I think

00:34:26.980 --> 00:34:27.579
 this happens

00:34:27.579 --> 00:34:28.320
 when God

00:34:28.320 --> 00:34:28.679
 gives us

00:34:28.679 --> 00:34:29.239
 a promise

00:34:29.239 --> 00:34:30.360
 kind of like

00:34:30.360 --> 00:34:30.619
 when he

00:34:30.619 --> 00:34:31.000
 gave the

00:34:31.000 --> 00:34:32.039
 promises to

00:34:32.039 --> 00:34:32.880
 the people

00:34:32.880 --> 00:34:33.920
 in

00:34:33.920 --> 00:34:36.139
 Jerusalem

00:34:36.139 --> 00:34:36.639
 about

00:34:36.639 --> 00:34:37.679
 where

00:34:37.679 --> 00:34:38.280
 salvation

00:34:38.280 --> 00:34:38.860
 comes.

00:34:39.460 --> 00:34:39.880
 It comes

00:34:39.880 --> 00:34:40.280
 from me

00:34:40.280 --> 00:34:40.579
 and not

00:34:40.579 --> 00:34:40.760
 through

00:34:40.760 --> 00:34:41.119
 horses

00:34:41.119 --> 00:34:41.519
 and not

00:34:41.519 --> 00:34:41.760
 through

00:34:41.760 --> 00:34:42.420
 military

00:34:42.420 --> 00:34:42.840
 might.

00:34:43.920 --> 00:34:44.719
 So we

00:34:44.719 --> 00:34:45.280
 recognize

00:34:45.280 --> 00:34:46.300
 that what

00:34:46.300 --> 00:34:47.099
 God says

00:34:47.099 --> 00:34:48.719
 is authoritative

00:34:48.719 --> 00:34:49.139
 but

00:34:49.139 --> 00:34:51.360
 man I'm

00:34:51.360 --> 00:34:51.679
 not sure

00:34:51.679 --> 00:34:52.280
 I can wait

00:34:52.280 --> 00:34:52.659
 for his

00:34:52.659 --> 00:34:53.059
 timing.

00:34:53.579 --> 00:34:53.860
 I'm not

00:34:53.860 --> 00:34:54.179
 sure

00:34:54.179 --> 00:34:55.179
 that he's

00:34:55.179 --> 00:34:55.579
 really going

00:34:55.579 --> 00:34:55.960
 to be able

00:34:55.960 --> 00:34:56.320
 to come

00:34:56.320 --> 00:34:56.800
 through for

00:34:56.800 --> 00:34:57.380
 me in

00:34:57.380 --> 00:34:58.039
 this instance.

00:34:58.539 --> 00:34:59.000
 Does he

00:34:59.000 --> 00:34:59.460
 really have

00:34:59.460 --> 00:34:59.980
 the power

00:34:59.980 --> 00:35:00.800
 that I

00:35:00.800 --> 00:35:01.260
 need for

00:35:01.260 --> 00:35:01.480
 this

00:35:01.480 --> 00:35:01.940
 moment?

00:35:03.320 --> 00:35:04.019
 And for

00:35:04.019 --> 00:35:04.460
 us in

00:35:04.460 --> 00:35:04.900
 that moment

00:35:04.900 --> 00:35:05.420
 it lacks

00:35:05.420 --> 00:35:05.860
 power.

00:35:07.179 --> 00:35:07.900
 At other

00:35:07.900 --> 00:35:08.579
 times it

00:35:08.579 --> 00:35:09.480
 is completely

00:35:09.480 --> 00:35:10.119
 irrelevant.

00:35:11.440 --> 00:35:12.360
 We think

00:35:12.360 --> 00:35:13.039
 that our

00:35:13.039 --> 00:35:13.579
 lives are

00:35:13.579 --> 00:35:14.320
 too complicated.

00:35:15.420 --> 00:35:15.900
 We think

00:35:15.900 --> 00:35:16.280
 that our

00:35:16.280 --> 00:35:16.840
 situations

00:35:16.840 --> 00:35:17.340
 are too

00:35:17.340 --> 00:35:17.659
 messy.

00:35:18.539 --> 00:35:19.059
 We think

00:35:19.059 --> 00:35:19.539
 that the

00:35:19.539 --> 00:35:21.219
 truth really

00:35:21.219 --> 00:35:21.860
 isn't as

00:35:21.860 --> 00:35:22.420
 black and

00:35:22.420 --> 00:35:22.739
 white as

00:35:22.739 --> 00:35:23.099
 it seems

00:35:23.099 --> 00:35:23.579
 to be.

00:35:24.539 --> 00:35:24.960
 And so

00:35:24.960 --> 00:35:25.860
 it can't

00:35:25.860 --> 00:35:26.539
 really apply

00:35:26.539 --> 00:35:27.019
 to my

00:35:27.019 --> 00:35:27.440
 specific

00:35:27.440 --> 00:35:28.000
 situation.

00:35:28.759 --> 00:35:29.079
 And so

00:35:29.079 --> 00:35:29.539
 in those

00:35:29.539 --> 00:35:29.940
 moments

00:35:29.940 --> 00:35:30.960
 it's

00:35:30.960 --> 00:35:31.360
 completely

00:35:31.360 --> 00:35:31.880
 irrelevant.

00:35:33.539 --> 00:35:34.059
 Perhaps

00:35:34.059 --> 00:35:34.880
 we treat

00:35:34.880 --> 00:35:35.300
 it as

00:35:35.300 --> 00:35:35.659
 the word

00:35:35.659 --> 00:35:36.000
 of man

00:35:36.000 --> 00:35:36.559
 because we

00:35:36.559 --> 00:35:37.019
 believe

00:35:37.019 --> 00:35:37.559
 that the

00:35:37.559 --> 00:35:38.019
 scripture is

00:35:38.019 --> 00:35:38.420
 outdated

00:35:38.420 --> 00:35:39.719
 or it's

00:35:39.719 --> 00:35:40.279
 old fashioned.

00:35:41.139 --> 00:35:41.619
 It was

00:35:41.619 --> 00:35:41.940
 for a

00:35:41.940 --> 00:35:42.639
 different time

00:35:42.639 --> 00:35:43.239
 a different

00:35:43.239 --> 00:35:43.840
 space

00:35:43.840 --> 00:35:44.239
 but we

00:35:44.239 --> 00:35:44.639
 have to

00:35:44.639 --> 00:35:45.519
 modernize

00:35:45.519 --> 00:35:45.679
 its

00:35:45.679 --> 00:35:46.219
 message.

00:35:46.880 --> 00:35:47.440
 We have

00:35:47.440 --> 00:35:47.820
 to bring

00:35:47.820 --> 00:35:48.019
 it up

00:35:48.019 --> 00:35:48.719
 to 21st

00:35:48.719 --> 00:35:49.179
 century

00:35:49.179 --> 00:35:51.820
 social

00:35:51.820 --> 00:35:52.360
 standing.

00:35:53.440 --> 00:35:53.679
 That

00:35:53.679 --> 00:35:53.980
 was

00:35:53.980 --> 00:35:55.000
 certainly

00:35:55.000 --> 00:35:55.519
 can't

00:35:55.519 --> 00:35:55.920
 apply

00:35:55.920 --> 00:35:56.440
 to my

00:35:56.440 --> 00:35:56.980
 situation

00:35:56.980 --> 00:35:57.460
 today.

00:35:58.820 --> 00:35:59.579
 Or we

00:35:59.579 --> 00:36:00.000
 see it

00:36:00.000 --> 00:36:00.519
 as

00:36:00.519 --> 00:36:02.119
 symbolic.

00:36:03.099 --> 00:36:03.659
 As

00:36:03.659 --> 00:36:04.320
 allegorical.

00:36:05.440 --> 00:36:05.739
 It's not

00:36:05.739 --> 00:36:06.139
 meant to be

00:36:06.139 --> 00:36:06.380
 taken

00:36:06.380 --> 00:36:06.800
 literally.

00:36:07.739 --> 00:36:08.159
 Not

00:36:08.159 --> 00:36:08.539
 meant to

00:36:08.539 --> 00:36:09.360
 be precise

00:36:09.360 --> 00:36:09.840
 in its

00:36:09.840 --> 00:36:10.320
 words.

00:36:11.380 --> 00:36:11.679
 It's

00:36:11.679 --> 00:36:12.000
 broad

00:36:12.000 --> 00:36:12.579
 message of

00:36:12.579 --> 00:36:12.920
 course

00:36:12.920 --> 00:36:13.300
 and its

00:36:13.300 --> 00:36:13.840
 themes.

00:36:14.280 --> 00:36:14.599
 We can

00:36:14.599 --> 00:36:15.059
 apply them

00:36:15.059 --> 00:36:15.460
 to life

00:36:15.460 --> 00:36:15.900
 but the

00:36:15.900 --> 00:36:16.300
 actual

00:36:16.300 --> 00:36:16.800
 words and

00:36:16.800 --> 00:36:17.199
 actual

00:36:17.199 --> 00:36:17.659
 phrases

00:36:17.659 --> 00:36:22.179
 or perhaps

00:36:22.179 --> 00:36:24.500
 we

00:36:24.500 --> 00:36:24.739
 think

00:36:24.739 --> 00:36:26.059
 it's

00:36:26.059 --> 00:36:26.179
 the

00:36:26.179 --> 00:36:26.319
 word

00:36:26.319 --> 00:36:26.440
 of

00:36:26.440 --> 00:36:26.579
 men

00:36:26.579 --> 00:36:26.819
 because

00:36:26.819 --> 00:36:27.000
 we're

00:36:27.000 --> 00:36:27.519
 distracted

00:36:27.519 --> 00:36:27.960
 by the

00:36:27.960 --> 00:36:28.399
 messenger.

00:36:30.079 --> 00:36:30.539
 That

00:36:30.539 --> 00:36:31.059
 happens a

00:36:31.059 --> 00:36:31.519
 lot doesn't

00:36:31.519 --> 00:36:31.679
 it?

00:36:32.779 --> 00:36:33.419
 You see

00:36:33.419 --> 00:36:33.599
 the

00:36:33.599 --> 00:36:34.219
 brokenness

00:36:34.219 --> 00:36:34.619
 of the

00:36:34.619 --> 00:36:35.219
 mouthpiece?

00:36:35.699 --> 00:36:36.000
 The

00:36:36.000 --> 00:36:36.319
 person

00:36:36.319 --> 00:36:36.659
 who's

00:36:36.659 --> 00:36:37.119
 bringing

00:36:37.119 --> 00:36:37.299
 the

00:36:37.299 --> 00:36:37.500
 word

00:36:37.500 --> 00:36:37.659
 to

00:36:37.659 --> 00:36:37.839
 you

00:36:37.839 --> 00:36:38.000
 you

00:36:38.000 --> 00:36:38.440
 see

00:36:38.440 --> 00:36:38.919
 their

00:36:38.919 --> 00:36:39.279
 messed

00:36:39.279 --> 00:36:39.559
 up

00:36:39.559 --> 00:36:40.000
 life

00:36:40.000 --> 00:36:40.460
 and

00:36:40.460 --> 00:36:40.559
 you

00:36:40.559 --> 00:36:40.859
 think

00:36:40.859 --> 00:36:42.039
 boy

00:36:42.039 --> 00:36:42.179
 if

00:36:42.179 --> 00:36:42.299
 it's

00:36:42.299 --> 00:36:42.460
 not

00:36:42.460 --> 00:36:42.699
 working

00:36:42.699 --> 00:36:42.879
 for

00:36:42.879 --> 00:36:43.099
 him

00:36:43.099 --> 00:36:43.299
 it's

00:36:43.299 --> 00:36:43.519
 certainly

00:36:43.519 --> 00:36:43.739
 not

00:36:43.739 --> 00:36:43.839
 going

00:36:43.839 --> 00:36:43.899
 to

00:36:43.899 --> 00:36:44.039
 work

00:36:44.039 --> 00:36:44.159
 for

00:36:44.159 --> 00:36:44.299
 me

00:36:44.299 --> 00:36:44.539
 either.

00:36:45.639 --> 00:36:45.859
 Or

00:36:45.859 --> 00:36:46.019
 you

00:36:46.019 --> 00:36:47.039
 feel

00:36:47.039 --> 00:36:47.299
 let

00:36:47.299 --> 00:36:47.659
 down

00:36:47.659 --> 00:36:47.839
 you

00:36:47.839 --> 00:36:48.079
 feel

00:36:48.079 --> 00:36:48.819
 devastated

00:36:48.819 --> 00:36:49.319
 by

00:36:49.320 --> 00:36:50.480
 the

00:36:50.480 --> 00:36:52.620
 moral

00:36:52.620 --> 00:36:53.220
 failures

00:36:53.220 --> 00:36:53.620
 of an

00:36:53.620 --> 00:36:54.120
 individual

00:36:54.120 --> 00:36:55.300
 or

00:36:55.300 --> 00:36:55.680
 whatever

00:36:55.680 --> 00:36:58.000
 sinfulness

00:36:58.000 --> 00:36:58.580
 comes

00:36:58.580 --> 00:36:59.059
 through

00:36:59.059 --> 00:36:59.400
 in

00:36:59.400 --> 00:36:59.940
 their

00:36:59.940 --> 00:37:00.480
 presentation

00:37:00.480 --> 00:37:01.200
 of

00:37:01.200 --> 00:37:01.900
 the

00:37:01.900 --> 00:37:02.360
 gospel

00:37:02.360 --> 00:37:02.740
 or their

00:37:02.740 --> 00:37:03.320
 presentation

00:37:03.320 --> 00:37:03.760
 of a

00:37:03.760 --> 00:37:03.940
 certain

00:37:03.940 --> 00:37:04.240
 truth

00:37:04.240 --> 00:37:04.620
 they're

00:37:04.620 --> 00:37:05.120
 not as

00:37:05.120 --> 00:37:05.660
 loving

00:37:05.660 --> 00:37:06.240
 or not

00:37:06.240 --> 00:37:06.400
 as

00:37:06.400 --> 00:37:06.760
 gentle

00:37:06.760 --> 00:37:07.120
 as they

00:37:07.120 --> 00:37:07.340
 should

00:37:07.340 --> 00:37:07.660
 be

00:37:07.660 --> 00:37:08.800
 and

00:37:08.800 --> 00:37:09.000
 that

00:37:09.000 --> 00:37:10.780
 obliterates

00:37:10.780 --> 00:37:11.420
 any chance

00:37:11.420 --> 00:37:11.660
 that it

00:37:11.660 --> 00:37:12.120
 has to

00:37:12.120 --> 00:37:12.440
 actually

00:37:12.440 --> 00:37:13.140
 do a

00:37:13.140 --> 00:37:13.320
 work

00:37:13.320 --> 00:37:13.539
 in our

00:37:13.539 --> 00:37:13.980
 lives.

00:37:15.460 --> 00:37:16.140
 We

00:37:16.140 --> 00:37:16.660
 are all

00:37:16.660 --> 00:37:16.960
 in

00:37:16.960 --> 00:37:17.460
 danger

00:37:17.460 --> 00:37:18.080
 this

00:37:18.080 --> 00:37:18.420
 morning

00:37:18.420 --> 00:37:19.119
 of

00:37:19.119 --> 00:37:19.500
 treating

00:37:19.500 --> 00:37:19.840
 the

00:37:19.840 --> 00:37:20.139
 word

00:37:20.139 --> 00:37:20.340
 of

00:37:20.340 --> 00:37:20.599
 God

00:37:20.599 --> 00:37:20.800
 as

00:37:20.800 --> 00:37:20.980
 if

00:37:20.980 --> 00:37:21.099
 it

00:37:21.099 --> 00:37:21.240
 were

00:37:21.240 --> 00:37:21.740
 just

00:37:21.740 --> 00:37:22.519
 merely

00:37:22.519 --> 00:37:23.579
 the

00:37:23.579 --> 00:37:23.740
 word

00:37:23.740 --> 00:37:23.860
 of

00:37:23.860 --> 00:37:24.099
 man.

00:37:25.280 --> 00:37:25.500
 May

00:37:25.500 --> 00:37:25.680
 God

00:37:25.680 --> 00:37:26.000
 help

00:37:26.000 --> 00:37:26.300
 us

00:37:26.300 --> 00:37:26.740
 to

00:37:26.740 --> 00:37:27.400
 embrace

00:37:27.400 --> 00:37:27.920
 and

00:37:27.920 --> 00:37:28.420
 accept

00:37:28.420 --> 00:37:28.780
 his

00:37:28.780 --> 00:37:29.099
 word

00:37:29.099 --> 00:37:29.240
 and

00:37:29.240 --> 00:37:29.380
 to

00:37:29.380 --> 00:37:29.559
 move

00:37:29.559 --> 00:37:30.099
 beyond

00:37:30.099 --> 00:37:30.860
 all

00:37:30.860 --> 00:37:31.000
 of

00:37:31.000 --> 00:37:31.240
 these

00:37:31.240 --> 00:37:31.960
 obstacles

00:37:31.960 --> 00:37:32.240
 that

00:37:32.240 --> 00:37:32.440
 get

00:37:32.440 --> 00:37:32.599
 in

00:37:32.599 --> 00:37:32.720
 our

00:37:32.720 --> 00:37:33.059
 way.

00:37:34.980 --> 00:37:35.579
 And

00:37:35.579 --> 00:37:35.920
 rather

00:37:35.920 --> 00:37:36.260
 than

00:37:36.260 --> 00:37:36.780
 quenching

00:37:36.780 --> 00:37:37.079
 the

00:37:37.079 --> 00:37:37.440
 spirit

00:37:37.440 --> 00:37:37.800
 as we

00:37:37.800 --> 00:37:38.119
 saw

00:37:38.119 --> 00:37:38.579
 last

00:37:38.579 --> 00:37:38.940
 week

00:37:38.940 --> 00:37:39.820
 that

00:37:39.820 --> 00:37:40.000
 we

00:37:40.000 --> 00:37:40.619
 learn

00:37:40.619 --> 00:37:40.840
 to

00:37:40.840 --> 00:37:41.500
 activate

00:37:41.500 --> 00:37:41.740
 the

00:37:41.740 --> 00:37:42.220
 spirit's

00:37:42.220 --> 00:37:42.559
 power

00:37:42.559 --> 00:37:42.760
 in

00:37:42.760 --> 00:37:42.880
 our

00:37:42.880 --> 00:37:43.300
 life.

00:37:44.200 --> 00:37:44.440
 We

00:37:44.440 --> 00:37:44.659
 learn

00:37:44.659 --> 00:37:44.840
 to

00:37:44.840 --> 00:37:45.280
 awaken

00:37:45.280 --> 00:37:45.280


00:37:45.519 --> 00:37:45.539
 Our

00:37:45.539 --> 00:37:45.940
 hearts

00:37:45.940 --> 00:37:46.099
 to

00:37:46.099 --> 00:37:46.260
 the

00:37:46.260 --> 00:37:46.820
 truths

00:37:46.820 --> 00:37:47.420
 and

00:37:47.420 --> 00:37:47.579
 to

00:37:47.579 --> 00:37:48.039
 faith.

00:37:48.700 --> 00:37:48.940
 We

00:37:48.940 --> 00:37:49.119
 learn

00:37:49.119 --> 00:37:49.300
 to

00:37:49.300 --> 00:37:49.760
 surrender

00:37:49.760 --> 00:37:50.000
 to

00:37:50.000 --> 00:37:50.220
 his

00:37:50.220 --> 00:37:50.659
 divine

00:37:50.659 --> 00:37:51.460
 strength,

00:37:51.780 --> 00:37:51.980
 his

00:37:51.980 --> 00:37:52.559
 wisdom,

00:37:52.820 --> 00:37:53.180
 and his

00:37:53.180 --> 00:37:53.599
 work

00:37:53.599 --> 00:37:54.099
 in our

00:37:54.099 --> 00:37:54.639
 lives,

00:37:54.639 --> 00:37:55.159
 which

00:37:55.159 --> 00:37:55.760
 then leads

00:37:55.760 --> 00:37:56.119
 us to

00:37:56.119 --> 00:37:56.740
 this next

00:37:56.740 --> 00:37:57.760
 and last

00:37:57.760 --> 00:37:58.220
 step that

00:37:58.220 --> 00:37:58.700
 we find

00:37:58.700 --> 00:38:00.900
 where Paul

00:38:00.900 --> 00:38:01.500
 is now

00:38:01.500 --> 00:38:02.019
 talking to

00:38:02.019 --> 00:38:02.440
 the church

00:38:02.440 --> 00:38:02.700
 and he's

00:38:02.700 --> 00:38:03.260
 encouraged

00:38:03.260 --> 00:38:04.080
 that

00:38:04.080 --> 00:38:04.300
 they've

00:38:04.300 --> 00:38:04.480
 moved

00:38:04.480 --> 00:38:04.860
 through

00:38:04.860 --> 00:38:05.080
 the

00:38:05.080 --> 00:38:05.500
 reception

00:38:05.500 --> 00:38:05.780
 of

00:38:05.780 --> 00:38:05.880
 the

00:38:05.880 --> 00:38:06.140
 word.

00:38:06.680 --> 00:38:07.060
 They've

00:38:07.060 --> 00:38:07.260
 moved

00:38:07.260 --> 00:38:07.460
 through

00:38:07.460 --> 00:38:07.620
 the

00:38:07.620 --> 00:38:08.020
 acceptance

00:38:08.020 --> 00:38:08.320
 of

00:38:08.320 --> 00:38:08.420
 the

00:38:08.420 --> 00:38:08.560
 word

00:38:08.560 --> 00:38:08.960
 and now

00:38:08.960 --> 00:38:09.720
 they're

00:38:09.720 --> 00:38:10.440
 allowing

00:38:10.440 --> 00:38:11.200
 the

00:38:11.200 --> 00:38:11.660
 work

00:38:11.660 --> 00:38:11.880
 of

00:38:11.880 --> 00:38:12.000
 the

00:38:12.000 --> 00:38:12.160
 Holy

00:38:12.160 --> 00:38:12.620
 Spirit

00:38:12.620 --> 00:38:13.600
 to

00:38:13.600 --> 00:38:14.040
 actually

00:38:14.040 --> 00:38:14.280
 have

00:38:14.280 --> 00:38:14.440
 its

00:38:14.440 --> 00:38:14.660
 way

00:38:14.660 --> 00:38:14.780
 in

00:38:14.780 --> 00:38:14.900
 their

00:38:14.900 --> 00:38:15.320
 lives

00:38:15.320 --> 00:38:15.920
 on

00:38:15.920 --> 00:38:16.060
 a

00:38:16.060 --> 00:38:16.580
 consistent

00:38:16.580 --> 00:38:17.200
 and

00:38:17.200 --> 00:38:17.620
 perpetual

00:38:17.620 --> 00:38:18.240
 basis.

00:38:18.720 --> 00:38:18.800
 They

00:38:18.800 --> 00:38:19.680
 obeyed

00:38:19.680 --> 00:38:19.960
 the

00:38:19.960 --> 00:38:20.260
 word.

00:38:21.460 --> 00:38:21.640
 They

00:38:21.640 --> 00:38:21.780
 were

00:38:21.780 --> 00:38:22.220
 obedient

00:38:22.220 --> 00:38:23.280
 to

00:38:23.280 --> 00:38:23.520
 it.

00:38:24.060 --> 00:38:24.180
 They

00:38:24.180 --> 00:38:24.840
 surrendered

00:38:24.840 --> 00:38:25.160
 and

00:38:25.160 --> 00:38:25.680
 yielded

00:38:25.680 --> 00:38:26.240
 themselves

00:38:26.240 --> 00:38:26.760
 to

00:38:26.760 --> 00:38:27.300
 the

00:38:27.300 --> 00:38:27.780
 ministry

00:38:27.780 --> 00:38:28.300
 of

00:38:28.300 --> 00:38:28.420
 the

00:38:28.420 --> 00:38:28.720
 scripture.

00:38:30.600 --> 00:38:31.120
 This

00:38:31.120 --> 00:38:31.480
 is the

00:38:31.480 --> 00:38:31.700
 Greek

00:38:31.700 --> 00:38:32.000
 word

00:38:32.000 --> 00:38:32.820
 energeo

00:38:32.820 --> 00:38:34.019
 which is

00:38:34.019 --> 00:38:34.659
 energy.

00:38:34.659 --> 00:38:37.119
 This is

00:38:37.119 --> 00:38:37.539
 the

00:38:37.539 --> 00:38:38.340
 active

00:38:38.340 --> 00:38:39.599
 movement

00:38:39.599 --> 00:38:40.039
 of the

00:38:40.039 --> 00:38:40.260
 Holy

00:38:40.260 --> 00:38:40.679
 Spirit

00:38:40.679 --> 00:38:40.900
 in

00:38:40.900 --> 00:38:41.539
 producing

00:38:41.539 --> 00:38:42.699
 something

00:38:42.699 --> 00:38:43.460
 good

00:38:43.460 --> 00:38:44.179
 in your

00:38:44.179 --> 00:38:44.639
 life.

00:38:46.039 --> 00:38:47.039
 Of course

00:38:47.039 --> 00:38:48.760
 we understand

00:38:48.760 --> 00:38:49.460
 the quality

00:38:49.460 --> 00:38:49.820
 of the

00:38:49.820 --> 00:38:50.059
 word.

00:38:50.960 --> 00:38:51.179
 We

00:38:51.179 --> 00:38:51.619
 understand

00:38:51.619 --> 00:38:52.539
 the power

00:38:52.539 --> 00:38:53.260
 of the

00:38:53.260 --> 00:38:53.579
 word.

00:38:53.739 --> 00:38:54.360
 We find

00:38:54.360 --> 00:38:54.599
 from

00:38:54.599 --> 00:38:55.079
 Hebrews

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 chapter

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 4

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 verse

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 12.

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 The

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 word

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 of

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 God

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 is

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 living

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 and

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 active

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 sharper

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 than

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 any

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 two

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 edged

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 sword

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 piercing

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 to

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 the

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 division

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 of

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 soul

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 and

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 spirit

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 and

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 the

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 joints

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 and

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 marrow

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 and

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 as

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 a

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 discerner

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 of

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 the

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 thoughts

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 and

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 intents

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 of

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 the

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 heart.

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 That

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 is

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 the

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 word

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 of

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 God.

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 The

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 faithful

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 living

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 word

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 of

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 God.

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 And

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 of

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 course

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 2

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 Timothy

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 3

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 16

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 and

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 17

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 all

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 of

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 you

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 who

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 have

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 been

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 through

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 Awana

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 would

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 know

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 these

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 verses.

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 All

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 scripture

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 is

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 given

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 by

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 inspiration

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 of

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 God

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 and

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 reproof

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 for

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 correction

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 for

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 instruction

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 and

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 righteousness

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 the

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 man

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 of

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 God

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 might

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 be

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 perfect

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 thoroughly

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 equipped

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 for

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 every

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 good

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 work.

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 That's

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 what

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 the

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 word

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 of

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 God

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 will

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 do

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 in

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 a

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 life

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 that

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 is

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 yielded

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 to

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 the

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 power

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 in

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 the

00:39:49.039 --> 00:39:49.420
 ministry

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 of

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 the

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 scripture.

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 That's

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 what

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 we

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 will

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 see

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 when

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 we

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 allow

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 the

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 spirit's

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 energy

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 to

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 have

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 his

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 way

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 in

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 our

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 lives.

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 But

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 the

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 work

00:40:01.600 --> 00:40:01.760
 of

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 God

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 can

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 be

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 hindered.

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 It

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 can

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 be

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 obstructed.

00:40:06.680 --> 00:40:06.860
 Paul

00:40:06.860 --> 00:40:07.240
 talks

00:40:07.240 --> 00:40:07.519
 about

00:40:07.519 --> 00:40:07.820
 that

00:40:07.820 --> 00:40:08.480
 extensively

00:40:08.480 --> 00:40:09.340
 in

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 the

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 book

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 of

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 Ephesians

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 and

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 also

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 in

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 Galatians.

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 The

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 phrases

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 that we

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 looked at

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 last

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 week

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 don't

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 quench

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 the

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 Holy

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 Spirit.

00:40:17.680 --> 00:40:17.900
 In

00:40:17.900 --> 00:40:18.300
 Galatians

00:40:18.300 --> 00:40:18.519
 chapter

00:40:18.519 --> 00:40:18.880
 5

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 walk

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 by

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 the

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 Spirit.

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 In

00:40:21.880 --> 00:40:22.280
 Ephesians

00:40:22.280 --> 00:40:22.519
 chapter

00:40:22.519 --> 00:40:22.860
 4

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 put

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 off

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 your

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 old

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 self

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 and

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 put

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 on

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 the

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 new

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 self

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 created

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 after

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 the

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 likeness

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!

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 of

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 God

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 in

00:40:28.760 --> 00:40:28.980
 true

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 righteousness

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 and

00:40:30.340 --> 00:40:30.680
 holiness.

00:40:32.180 --> 00:40:32.380
 In

00:40:32.380 --> 00:40:32.740
 Ephesians

00:40:32.740 --> 00:40:33.000
 chapter

00:40:33.000 --> 00:40:33.300
 4

00:40:33.300 --> 00:40:33.680
 30

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 don't

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 grieve

00:40:35.280 --> 00:40:35.800
 the

00:40:35.800 --> 00:40:36.060
 Holy

00:40:36.060 --> 00:40:36.600
 Spirit.

00:40:39.300 --> 00:40:40.200
 In

00:40:40.200 --> 00:40:40.620
 Ephesians

00:40:40.620 --> 00:40:40.860
 chapter

00:40:40.860 --> 00:40:41.180
 5

00:40:41.180 --> 00:40:41.520
 18

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 be

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 filled

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 with

00:40:44.480 --> 00:40:44.580
 the

00:40:44.580 --> 00:40:44.720
 Holy

00:40:44.720 --> 00:40:45.100
 Spirit.

00:40:46.540 --> 00:40:47.440
 We

00:40:47.440 --> 00:40:48.000
 can

00:40:48.000 --> 00:40:48.980
 quench

00:40:48.980 --> 00:40:50.300
 and

00:40:50.300 --> 00:40:51.020
 grieve

00:40:51.020 --> 00:40:51.900
 the

00:40:51.900 --> 00:40:52.120
 Holy

00:40:52.120 --> 00:40:52.660
 Spirit's

00:40:52.660 --> 00:40:53.020
 work

00:40:53.020 --> 00:40:53.380
 in our

00:40:53.380 --> 00:40:53.780
 lives.

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 We

00:40:54.940 --> 00:40:55.240
 can

00:40:55.240 --> 00:40:55.880
 prevent

00:40:55.880 --> 00:40:57.300
 from

00:40:57.300 --> 00:40:57.840
 willful

00:40:57.840 --> 00:40:58.680
 disobedience

00:40:58.679 --> 00:41:00.019
 the

00:41:00.019 --> 00:41:00.359
 ability

00:41:00.359 --> 00:41:00.599
 that

00:41:00.599 --> 00:41:00.799
 God

00:41:00.799 --> 00:41:01.139
 has

00:41:01.139 --> 00:41:01.359
 the

00:41:01.359 --> 00:41:02.099
 desire

00:41:02.099 --> 00:41:02.339
 that

00:41:02.339 --> 00:41:02.539
 God

00:41:02.539 --> 00:41:03.000
 has

00:41:03.000 --> 00:41:03.759
 to

00:41:03.759 --> 00:41:04.359
 change

00:41:04.359 --> 00:41:04.679
 us

00:41:04.679 --> 00:41:04.879
 and

00:41:04.879 --> 00:41:05.059
 to

00:41:05.059 --> 00:41:05.480
 create

00:41:05.480 --> 00:41:05.799
 within

00:41:05.799 --> 00:41:06.239
 us

00:41:06.239 --> 00:41:06.899
 a

00:41:06.899 --> 00:41:07.259
 life

00:41:07.259 --> 00:41:07.480
 that

00:41:07.480 --> 00:41:07.639
 is

00:41:07.639 --> 00:41:08.159
 tender

00:41:08.159 --> 00:41:08.719
 and

00:41:08.719 --> 00:41:09.239
 receptive

00:41:09.239 --> 00:41:09.599
 to

00:41:09.599 --> 00:41:09.739
 the

00:41:09.739 --> 00:41:10.199
 truths

00:41:10.199 --> 00:41:10.339
 of

00:41:10.339 --> 00:41:10.460
 the

00:41:10.460 --> 00:41:10.779
 scripture

00:41:10.779 --> 00:41:12.339
 and

00:41:12.339 --> 00:41:12.480
 is

00:41:12.480 --> 00:41:13.019
 actively

00:41:13.019 --> 00:41:13.859
 pursuing

00:41:13.859 --> 00:41:14.579
 obedience

00:41:14.579 --> 00:41:15.359
 to

00:41:15.359 --> 00:41:15.599
 God.

00:41:17.059 --> 00:41:17.699
 Let

00:41:17.699 --> 00:41:18.119
 God

00:41:18.119 --> 00:41:18.440
 have

00:41:18.440 --> 00:41:18.639
 his

00:41:18.639 --> 00:41:18.940
 way

00:41:18.940 --> 00:41:19.239
 in

00:41:19.239 --> 00:41:19.359
 your

00:41:19.359 --> 00:41:19.679
 life.

00:41:20.980 --> 00:41:21.079
 The

00:41:21.079 --> 00:41:21.299
 Holy

00:41:21.299 --> 00:41:21.799
 Spirit

00:41:21.799 --> 00:41:22.319
 lives

00:41:22.319 --> 00:41:22.739
 within

00:41:22.739 --> 00:41:23.500
 don't

00:41:23.500 --> 00:41:23.679
 get

00:41:23.679 --> 00:41:23.799
 in

00:41:23.799 --> 00:41:23.879
 the

00:41:23.879 --> 00:41:24.159
 way

00:41:24.159 --> 00:41:25.199
 give

00:41:25.199 --> 00:41:25.559
 him

00:41:25.559 --> 00:41:26.259
 access.

00:41:27.099 --> 00:41:27.619
 When

00:41:27.619 --> 00:41:27.879
 we do

00:41:27.879 --> 00:41:28.119
 this

00:41:28.119 --> 00:41:28.599
 we become

00:41:28.599 --> 00:41:28.900
 like

00:41:28.900 --> 00:41:29.119
 him

00:41:29.119 --> 00:41:30.039
 and

00:41:30.039 --> 00:41:30.199
 that's

00:41:30.199 --> 00:41:30.339
 what

00:41:30.339 --> 00:41:30.579
 Paul

00:41:30.579 --> 00:41:30.940
 points

00:41:30.940 --> 00:41:31.139
 to

00:41:31.139 --> 00:41:31.559
 next

00:41:31.559 --> 00:41:32.139
 this

00:41:32.139 --> 00:41:32.860
 imitation

00:41:32.860 --> 00:41:33.259
 that's

00:41:33.259 --> 00:41:33.539
 going

00:41:33.539 --> 00:41:33.920
 on

00:41:33.920 --> 00:41:34.259
 that

00:41:34.259 --> 00:41:34.339
 he

00:41:34.339 --> 00:41:34.460
 has

00:41:34.460 --> 00:41:34.719
 pointed

00:41:34.719 --> 00:41:35.019
 to

00:41:35.019 --> 00:41:35.380
 several

00:41:35.380 --> 00:41:35.779
 times

00:41:35.779 --> 00:41:36.159
 already.

00:41:37.039 --> 00:41:37.239
 He

00:41:37.239 --> 00:41:37.519
 says

00:41:37.519 --> 00:41:37.699
 in

00:41:37.699 --> 00:41:37.940
 chapter

00:41:37.940 --> 00:41:38.299
 1

00:41:38.299 --> 00:41:38.539
 verse

00:41:38.539 --> 00:41:38.799
 6

00:41:38.799 --> 00:41:38.920
 you

00:41:38.920 --> 00:41:39.259
 became

00:41:39.259 --> 00:41:39.799
 imitators

00:41:39.799 --> 00:41:40.299
 of

00:41:40.299 --> 00:41:40.559
 us

00:41:40.559 --> 00:41:40.679
 and

00:41:40.679 --> 00:41:40.779
 of

00:41:40.779 --> 00:41:40.880
 the

00:41:40.880 --> 00:41:41.219
 Lord.

00:41:42.079 --> 00:41:42.400
 And

00:41:42.400 --> 00:41:42.519
 then

00:41:42.519 --> 00:41:42.659
 in

00:41:42.659 --> 00:41:42.900
 verse

00:41:42.900 --> 00:41:43.619
 7

00:41:43.619 --> 00:41:43.819
 of

00:41:43.819 --> 00:41:43.980
 that

00:41:43.980 --> 00:41:44.259
 same

00:41:44.259 --> 00:41:44.659
 chapter

00:41:44.659 --> 00:41:45.259
 you

00:41:45.259 --> 00:41:45.699
 became

00:41:45.699 --> 00:41:45.860
 an

00:41:45.860 --> 00:41:46.319
 example

00:41:46.319 --> 00:41:46.579
 which

00:41:46.579 --> 00:41:46.699
 is

00:41:46.699 --> 00:41:46.839
 the

00:41:46.839 --> 00:41:47.079
 same

00:41:47.079 --> 00:41:47.420
 word

00:41:47.420 --> 00:41:48.259
 to

00:41:48.259 --> 00:41:48.420
 all

00:41:48.420 --> 00:41:48.559
 the

00:41:48.559 --> 00:41:48.920
 believers

00:41:48.920 --> 00:41:49.219
 in

00:41:49.219 --> 00:41:49.719
 Macedonia

00:41:49.719 --> 00:41:49.839
 and

00:41:49.839 --> 00:41:50.139
 Achaia.

00:41:50.460 --> 00:41:50.519
 And

00:41:50.519 --> 00:41:50.940
 now

00:41:50.940 --> 00:41:51.839
 in

00:41:51.839 --> 00:41:52.019
 verse

00:41:52.019 --> 00:41:52.619
 14

00:41:52.619 --> 00:41:53.119
 for

00:41:53.119 --> 00:41:53.359
 you

00:41:53.359 --> 00:41:53.839
 brothers

00:41:53.839 --> 00:41:54.359
 became

00:41:54.359 --> 00:41:55.000
 imitators

00:41:55.000 --> 00:41:55.799
 of the

00:41:55.799 --> 00:41:56.119
 churches

00:41:56.119 --> 00:41:56.739
 of God

00:41:56.739 --> 00:41:56.940
 in

00:41:56.940 --> 00:41:57.239
 Christ

00:41:57.239 --> 00:41:57.639
 Jesus

00:41:57.639 --> 00:41:58.460
 that

00:41:58.460 --> 00:41:58.559
 are

00:41:58.559 --> 00:41:58.880
 in

00:41:58.880 --> 00:41:59.539
 Judea.

00:42:00.799 --> 00:42:01.559
 There

00:42:01.559 --> 00:42:02.000
 was

00:42:02.000 --> 00:42:02.319
 a

00:42:02.319 --> 00:42:02.980
 resemblance

00:42:02.980 --> 00:42:04.359
 there

00:42:04.359 --> 00:42:04.480
 was

00:42:04.480 --> 00:42:04.619
 a

00:42:04.619 --> 00:42:05.299
 likeness

00:42:05.299 --> 00:42:06.279
 there

00:42:06.279 --> 00:42:06.420
 was

00:42:06.420 --> 00:42:06.559
 a

00:42:06.559 --> 00:42:07.199
 conformity

00:42:07.199 --> 00:42:07.359
 of

00:42:07.359 --> 00:42:07.739
 life

00:42:07.739 --> 00:42:07.960
 that

00:42:07.960 --> 00:42:08.799
 resembled

00:42:08.799 --> 00:42:09.639
 the

00:42:09.639 --> 00:42:10.039
 work

00:42:10.039 --> 00:42:10.539
 of

00:42:10.539 --> 00:42:10.940
 Christ

00:42:10.940 --> 00:42:11.139
 and

00:42:11.139 --> 00:42:11.259
 the

00:42:11.259 --> 00:42:11.559
 ministry

00:42:11.559 --> 00:42:11.699
 of

00:42:11.699 --> 00:42:11.799
 the

00:42:11.799 --> 00:42:12.099
 prophets

00:42:12.099 --> 00:42:12.440
 and

00:42:12.440 --> 00:42:12.859
 the

00:42:12.859 --> 00:42:13.239
 church

00:42:13.239 --> 00:42:13.440
 that

00:42:13.440 --> 00:42:13.579
 had

00:42:13.579 --> 00:42:13.739
 been

00:42:13.739 --> 00:42:14.339
 established

00:42:14.339 --> 00:42:14.719
 there

00:42:14.719 --> 00:42:15.199
 first

00:42:15.199 --> 00:42:15.519
 in

00:42:15.519 --> 00:42:15.960
 Jerusalem.

00:42:18.659 --> 00:42:19.440
 Certainly

00:42:19.440 --> 00:42:19.639
 there

00:42:19.639 --> 00:42:19.779
 was

00:42:23.119 --> 00:42:23.440
 to

00:42:23.440 --> 00:42:23.739
 second

00:42:23.739 --> 00:42:24.199
 guess.

00:42:25.099 --> 00:42:25.659
 Is

00:42:25.659 --> 00:42:25.940
 this

00:42:25.940 --> 00:42:26.579
 really

00:42:26.579 --> 00:42:28.339
 what we

00:42:28.339 --> 00:42:28.839
 signed up

00:42:28.839 --> 00:42:29.119
 for?

00:42:29.779 --> 00:42:30.099
 This

00:42:30.099 --> 00:42:30.599
 adversity

00:42:30.599 --> 00:42:31.019
 that we're

00:42:31.019 --> 00:42:31.400
 facing

00:42:31.400 --> 00:42:31.679
 is

00:42:31.679 --> 00:42:32.219
 is it

00:42:32.219 --> 00:42:32.480
 because

00:42:32.480 --> 00:42:32.719
 we've

00:42:32.719 --> 00:42:32.859
 done

00:42:32.859 --> 00:42:33.159
 something

00:42:33.159 --> 00:42:33.619
 wrong?

00:42:35.739 --> 00:42:36.500
 Tendency

00:42:36.500 --> 00:42:37.019
 to wonder

00:42:37.019 --> 00:42:38.000
 where God

00:42:38.000 --> 00:42:38.639
 was in

00:42:38.639 --> 00:42:39.079
 all of

00:42:39.079 --> 00:42:39.460
 this.

00:42:40.339 --> 00:42:40.619
 Maybe

00:42:40.619 --> 00:42:41.239
 a tendency

00:42:41.239 --> 00:42:42.859
 to

00:42:42.859 --> 00:42:43.219
 second

00:42:43.219 --> 00:42:43.639
 guess

00:42:43.639 --> 00:42:43.900
 his

00:42:43.900 --> 00:42:44.319
 power

00:42:44.319 --> 00:42:44.679
 and his

00:42:44.679 --> 00:42:44.940
 goodness.

00:42:46.380 --> 00:42:46.579
 But

00:42:46.579 --> 00:42:47.079
 instead

00:42:47.079 --> 00:42:47.539
 Paul

00:42:47.539 --> 00:42:48.179
 calls

00:42:48.179 --> 00:42:48.420
 them

00:42:48.420 --> 00:42:48.819
 to

00:42:48.819 --> 00:42:49.839
 understand

00:42:49.839 --> 00:42:50.440
 this

00:42:50.440 --> 00:42:50.900
 pattern.

00:42:50.900 --> 00:42:52.960
 Be

00:42:52.960 --> 00:42:53.760
 encouraged.

00:42:54.460 --> 00:42:54.840
 You're

00:42:54.840 --> 00:42:55.260
 just

00:42:55.260 --> 00:42:55.860
 like

00:42:55.860 --> 00:42:56.480
 Jesus.

00:42:57.559 --> 00:42:57.920
 Be

00:42:57.920 --> 00:42:58.420
 encouraged.

00:42:58.680 --> 00:42:58.860
 You're

00:42:58.860 --> 00:42:59.340
 just

00:42:59.340 --> 00:42:59.760
 like

00:42:59.760 --> 00:42:59.940
 the

00:42:59.940 --> 00:43:00.320
 churches

00:43:00.320 --> 00:43:00.980
 in

00:43:00.980 --> 00:43:01.440
 Judea.

00:43:02.380 --> 00:43:02.680
 Be

00:43:02.680 --> 00:43:03.099
 encouraged.

00:43:03.360 --> 00:43:03.559
 You're

00:43:03.559 --> 00:43:04.079
 facing

00:43:04.079 --> 00:43:04.300
 the

00:43:04.300 --> 00:43:04.559
 same

00:43:04.559 --> 00:43:04.880
 kinds

00:43:04.880 --> 00:43:04.980
 of

00:43:04.980 --> 00:43:05.360
 adversity

00:43:05.360 --> 00:43:05.820
 that

00:43:05.820 --> 00:43:06.000
 we

00:43:06.000 --> 00:43:06.160
 are

00:43:06.160 --> 00:43:06.740
 experiencing.

00:43:08.320 --> 00:43:09.099
 Be

00:43:09.099 --> 00:43:09.559
 encouraged.

00:43:10.599 --> 00:43:10.860
 This

00:43:10.860 --> 00:43:11.280
 is

00:43:11.280 --> 00:43:12.880
 inevitable

00:43:12.880 --> 00:43:13.519
 to come.

00:43:13.619 --> 00:43:13.720
 The

00:43:13.720 --> 00:43:14.099
 storms

00:43:14.099 --> 00:43:14.320
 of

00:43:14.320 --> 00:43:14.680
 life

00:43:14.680 --> 00:43:15.240
 will

00:43:15.240 --> 00:43:15.780
 pound

00:43:15.780 --> 00:43:16.440
 against

00:43:16.440 --> 00:43:17.019
 your

00:43:17.019 --> 00:43:17.740
 heart

00:43:17.740 --> 00:43:17.940
 and

00:43:17.940 --> 00:43:18.079
 your

00:43:18.079 --> 00:43:18.460
 life

00:43:18.460 --> 00:43:18.780
 but

00:43:18.780 --> 00:43:18.940
 you

00:43:18.940 --> 00:43:19.340
 can

00:43:19.340 --> 00:43:19.820
 be

00:43:19.820 --> 00:43:20.300
 secure

00:43:20.300 --> 00:43:20.920
 in

00:43:20.920 --> 00:43:21.019
 the

00:43:21.019 --> 00:43:21.300
 word.

00:43:23.300 --> 00:43:23.900
 And

00:43:23.900 --> 00:43:24.120
 then we

00:43:24.120 --> 00:43:24.440
 finish

00:43:24.440 --> 00:43:24.760
 this

00:43:24.760 --> 00:43:25.080
 morning

00:43:25.080 --> 00:43:27.080
 with

00:43:27.080 --> 00:43:27.340
 maybe

00:43:27.340 --> 00:43:27.660
 this

00:43:27.660 --> 00:43:28.140
 last

00:43:28.140 --> 00:43:28.700
 question

00:43:28.700 --> 00:43:28.960
 that

00:43:28.960 --> 00:43:29.140
 may

00:43:29.140 --> 00:43:29.280
 have

00:43:29.280 --> 00:43:29.660
 come

00:43:29.660 --> 00:43:29.880
 to

00:43:29.880 --> 00:43:30.140
 this

00:43:30.140 --> 00:43:30.539
 church

00:43:30.539 --> 00:43:30.980
 in

00:43:30.980 --> 00:43:31.539
 experiencing

00:43:31.539 --> 00:43:31.800
 this

00:43:31.800 --> 00:43:31.980
 kind

00:43:31.980 --> 00:43:32.060
 of

00:43:32.060 --> 00:43:32.440
 adversity.

00:43:33.160 --> 00:43:33.660
 The

00:43:33.660 --> 00:43:34.000
 question

00:43:34.000 --> 00:43:34.500
 would

00:43:34.500 --> 00:43:34.620
 have

00:43:34.620 --> 00:43:34.820
 gone

00:43:34.820 --> 00:43:35.100
 something

00:43:35.100 --> 00:43:35.340
 like

00:43:35.340 --> 00:43:35.700
 this.

00:43:35.940 --> 00:43:36.060
 But

00:43:36.060 --> 00:43:36.320
 what

00:43:36.320 --> 00:43:36.800
 about

00:43:36.800 --> 00:43:37.440
 the

00:43:37.440 --> 00:43:37.840
 people

00:43:37.840 --> 00:43:38.280
 who

00:43:38.280 --> 00:43:38.420
 are

00:43:38.420 --> 00:43:38.980
 persecuting

00:43:38.980 --> 00:43:39.320
 us?

00:43:40.500 --> 00:43:41.120
 What's

00:43:41.120 --> 00:43:41.360
 going to

00:43:41.360 --> 00:43:41.640
 happen

00:43:41.640 --> 00:43:41.840
 to

00:43:41.840 --> 00:43:42.140
 them?

00:43:43.500 --> 00:43:43.720
 Is

00:43:43.720 --> 00:43:43.840
 there

00:43:43.840 --> 00:43:44.060
 any

00:43:44.060 --> 00:43:44.580
 justice

00:43:44.580 --> 00:43:44.880
 in

00:43:44.880 --> 00:43:45.039
 this

00:43:45.039 --> 00:43:45.340
 world?

00:43:46.060 --> 00:43:46.300
 Does

00:43:46.300 --> 00:43:46.580
 God

00:43:46.580 --> 00:43:46.820
 really

00:43:46.820 --> 00:43:47.200
 care?

00:43:47.460 --> 00:43:47.580
 Does

00:43:47.580 --> 00:43:47.780
 God

00:43:47.780 --> 00:43:47.980
 really

00:43:47.980 --> 00:43:48.440
 see?

00:43:48.800 --> 00:43:48.920
 Will

00:43:48.920 --> 00:43:49.220
 God

00:43:49.220 --> 00:43:49.720
 act

00:43:49.719 --> 00:43:50.059
 on our

00:43:50.059 --> 00:43:50.559
 behalf

00:43:50.559 --> 00:43:51.899
 against

00:43:51.899 --> 00:43:52.219
 them?

00:43:53.679 --> 00:43:54.439
 And so

00:43:54.439 --> 00:43:54.779
 we come

00:43:54.779 --> 00:43:55.059
 to this

00:43:55.059 --> 00:43:55.339
 last

00:43:55.339 --> 00:43:55.579
 point.

00:43:55.659 --> 00:43:55.759
 The

00:43:55.759 --> 00:43:56.179
 plight

00:43:56.179 --> 00:43:56.659
 of

00:43:56.659 --> 00:43:57.059
 those

00:43:57.059 --> 00:43:57.259
 who

00:43:57.259 --> 00:43:57.719
 resist

00:43:57.719 --> 00:43:58.319
 the

00:43:58.319 --> 00:43:58.599
 word.

00:43:59.239 --> 00:43:59.599
 The

00:43:59.599 --> 00:43:59.939
 plight

00:43:59.939 --> 00:44:00.099
 of

00:44:00.099 --> 00:44:00.500
 those

00:44:00.500 --> 00:44:00.919
 who

00:44:00.919 --> 00:44:01.439
 resist

00:44:01.439 --> 00:44:02.339
 the

00:44:02.339 --> 00:44:02.659
 word.

00:44:03.779 --> 00:44:04.339
 We

00:44:04.339 --> 00:44:04.619
 find

00:44:04.619 --> 00:44:04.939
 in this

00:44:04.939 --> 00:44:05.279
 final

00:44:05.279 --> 00:44:05.799
 phrase,

00:44:05.800 --> 00:44:07.140
 so

00:44:07.140 --> 00:44:07.140


00:44:07.140 --> 00:44:07.580
 as

00:44:07.580 --> 00:44:08.160
 always

00:44:08.160 --> 00:44:08.420
 to

00:44:08.420 --> 00:44:08.720
 fill

00:44:08.720 --> 00:44:08.940
 up

00:44:08.940 --> 00:44:09.140
 the

00:44:09.140 --> 00:44:09.600
 measure

00:44:09.600 --> 00:44:09.940
 of

00:44:09.940 --> 00:44:10.120
 their

00:44:10.120 --> 00:44:10.860
 sins.

00:44:11.860 --> 00:44:12.000
 But

00:44:12.000 --> 00:44:12.539
 wrath

00:44:12.539 --> 00:44:12.800
 has

00:44:12.800 --> 00:44:12.980
 come

00:44:12.980 --> 00:44:13.400
 upon

00:44:13.400 --> 00:44:13.780
 them

00:44:13.780 --> 00:44:14.180
 at

00:44:14.180 --> 00:44:14.640
 last.

00:44:15.600 --> 00:44:15.980
 It's

00:44:15.980 --> 00:44:16.620
 almost

00:44:16.620 --> 00:44:18.920
 overwhelming

00:44:18.920 --> 00:44:20.300
 to look

00:44:20.300 --> 00:44:21.120
 and to

00:44:21.120 --> 00:44:21.760
 see the

00:44:21.760 --> 00:44:22.680
 opposition

00:44:22.680 --> 00:44:23.300
 that this

00:44:23.300 --> 00:44:23.580
 church

00:44:23.580 --> 00:44:24.200
 faced.

00:44:24.860 --> 00:44:25.019
 They

00:44:25.019 --> 00:44:25.560
 killed

00:44:25.560 --> 00:44:26.100
 the

00:44:26.100 --> 00:44:26.360
 Lord

00:44:26.360 --> 00:44:26.580
 and

00:44:26.580 --> 00:44:27.120
 his

00:44:27.120 --> 00:44:27.480
 prophets.

00:44:28.100 --> 00:44:28.380
 They

00:44:28.380 --> 00:44:28.820
 drove

00:44:28.820 --> 00:44:29.180
 us

00:44:29.180 --> 00:44:29.539
 out.

00:44:29.780 --> 00:44:29.900
 They

00:44:29.900 --> 00:44:30.600
 displeased

00:44:30.600 --> 00:44:30.980
 God.

00:44:31.140 --> 00:44:31.320
 They

00:44:31.320 --> 00:44:31.800
 oppose

00:44:31.800 --> 00:44:32.060
 all

00:44:32.060 --> 00:44:32.380
 mankind.

00:44:32.380 --> 00:44:32.960
 They

00:44:32.960 --> 00:44:33.260
 hinder

00:44:33.260 --> 00:44:33.539
 us

00:44:33.539 --> 00:44:33.700
 from

00:44:33.700 --> 00:44:34.119
 speaking.

00:44:34.840 --> 00:44:35.160
 All

00:44:35.160 --> 00:44:35.260
 of

00:44:35.260 --> 00:44:35.440
 these

00:44:35.440 --> 00:44:36.000
 active

00:44:36.000 --> 00:44:36.460
 words

00:44:36.460 --> 00:44:36.640
 that

00:44:36.640 --> 00:44:36.880
 Paul

00:44:36.880 --> 00:44:37.619
 describes,

00:44:38.380 --> 00:44:38.680
 this

00:44:38.680 --> 00:44:39.579
 opposition,

00:44:39.960 --> 00:44:40.260
 this

00:44:40.260 --> 00:44:41.920
 antagonism

00:44:41.920 --> 00:44:42.300
 that he's

00:44:42.300 --> 00:44:42.900
 facing and

00:44:42.900 --> 00:44:43.400
 this church

00:44:43.400 --> 00:44:43.900
 is facing,

00:44:44.800 --> 00:44:45.500
 and yet

00:44:45.500 --> 00:44:45.720
 the

00:44:45.720 --> 00:44:46.260
 reminder,

00:44:47.500 --> 00:44:47.700
 don't

00:44:47.700 --> 00:44:48.019
 worry,

00:44:48.380 --> 00:44:48.900
 Thessalonica.

00:44:49.860 --> 00:44:50.200
 God's

00:44:50.200 --> 00:44:50.780
 got this.

00:44:51.860 --> 00:44:52.320
 Don't

00:44:52.320 --> 00:44:52.660
 worry,

00:44:52.780 --> 00:44:53.340
 he sees

00:44:53.340 --> 00:44:53.760
 this.

00:44:54.599 --> 00:44:54.820
 It

00:44:54.820 --> 00:44:55.260
 doesn't

00:44:55.260 --> 00:44:55.740
 escape

00:44:55.740 --> 00:44:55.960
 his

00:44:55.960 --> 00:44:56.380
 attention

00:44:56.380 --> 00:44:57.280
 and he

00:44:57.280 --> 00:44:58.160
 will

00:44:58.160 --> 00:44:59.019
 judge.

00:45:02.380 --> 00:45:03.720
 I

00:45:03.720 --> 00:45:03.840
 think

00:45:03.840 --> 00:45:04.019
 it's

00:45:04.019 --> 00:45:04.260
 like

00:45:04.260 --> 00:45:04.480
 the

00:45:04.480 --> 00:45:04.880
 psalmist

00:45:04.880 --> 00:45:05.119
 in

00:45:05.119 --> 00:45:05.400
 Psalm

00:45:05.400 --> 00:45:06.019
 73.

00:45:10.400 --> 00:45:10.940
 Let me

00:45:10.940 --> 00:45:11.340
 just read

00:45:11.340 --> 00:45:12.140
 parts of

00:45:12.140 --> 00:45:13.420
 this so

00:45:13.420 --> 00:45:13.680
 we can

00:45:13.680 --> 00:45:14.099
 put

00:45:14.099 --> 00:45:14.559
 ourselves

00:45:14.559 --> 00:45:14.960
 in the

00:45:14.960 --> 00:45:15.340
 shoes of

00:45:15.340 --> 00:45:15.480
 the

00:45:15.480 --> 00:45:15.900
 psalmist

00:45:15.900 --> 00:45:16.440
 and then

00:45:16.440 --> 00:45:16.579
 I'll

00:45:16.579 --> 00:45:16.920
 close.

00:45:18.519 --> 00:45:19.039
 It

00:45:19.039 --> 00:45:19.260
 says

00:45:19.260 --> 00:45:19.680
 this,

00:45:20.500 --> 00:45:20.860
 truly

00:45:20.860 --> 00:45:21.380
 God is

00:45:21.380 --> 00:45:21.760
 good to

00:45:21.760 --> 00:45:22.140
 Israel,

00:45:22.860 --> 00:45:23.579
 to those

00:45:23.579 --> 00:45:23.920
 who are

00:45:23.920 --> 00:45:24.380
 pure in

00:45:24.380 --> 00:45:24.760
 heart,

00:45:25.760 --> 00:45:26.340
 but as

00:45:26.340 --> 00:45:26.840
 for me,

00:45:27.099 --> 00:45:27.880
 my feet

00:45:27.880 --> 00:45:28.740
 had almost

00:45:28.740 --> 00:45:29.579
 stumbled,

00:45:30.539 --> 00:45:31.460
 my steps

00:45:31.460 --> 00:45:32.140
 had nearly

00:45:32.139 --> 00:45:32.699
 slipped,

00:45:33.699 --> 00:45:34.159
 for I

00:45:34.159 --> 00:45:34.359
 was

00:45:34.359 --> 00:45:34.920
 envious

00:45:34.920 --> 00:45:35.500
 of the

00:45:35.500 --> 00:45:35.799
 arrogant

00:45:35.799 --> 00:45:36.199
 when I

00:45:36.199 --> 00:45:36.659
 saw the

00:45:36.659 --> 00:45:37.299
 prosperity

00:45:37.299 --> 00:45:37.739
 of the

00:45:37.739 --> 00:45:37.960
 wicked.

00:45:39.339 --> 00:45:39.519
 For

00:45:39.519 --> 00:45:39.739
 they have

00:45:39.739 --> 00:45:40.019
 no

00:45:40.019 --> 00:45:41.519
 pangs

00:45:41.519 --> 00:45:41.900
 until

00:45:41.900 --> 00:45:42.319
 death,

00:45:42.480 --> 00:45:42.719
 their

00:45:42.719 --> 00:45:43.079
 bodies

00:45:43.079 --> 00:45:43.619
 are fat

00:45:43.619 --> 00:45:44.239
 and sleek,

00:45:44.579 --> 00:45:44.859
 they are

00:45:44.859 --> 00:45:45.179
 not in

00:45:45.179 --> 00:45:45.699
 trouble as

00:45:45.699 --> 00:45:46.460
 others are,

00:45:46.960 --> 00:45:47.179
 they are

00:45:47.179 --> 00:45:47.859
 not stricken

00:45:47.859 --> 00:45:48.259
 like the

00:45:48.259 --> 00:45:48.659
 rest of

00:45:48.659 --> 00:45:48.980
 mankind,

00:45:49.599 --> 00:45:49.879
 therefore

00:45:49.879 --> 00:45:50.799
 pride is

00:45:50.799 --> 00:45:50.980
 their

00:45:50.980 --> 00:45:51.359
 necklace,

00:45:51.759 --> 00:45:52.179
 violence

00:45:52.179 --> 00:45:52.719
 covers

00:45:52.719 --> 00:45:53.039
 them as

00:45:53.039 --> 00:45:53.659
 a garment,

00:45:53.980 --> 00:45:54.799
 their eyes

00:45:54.799 --> 00:45:55.719
 swell out

00:45:55.719 --> 00:45:55.960
 through

00:45:55.960 --> 00:45:56.579
 fatness,

00:45:56.859 --> 00:45:57.480
 their hearts

00:45:57.480 --> 00:45:57.980
 overflow

00:45:57.980 --> 00:45:58.279
 with

00:45:58.279 --> 00:45:58.799
 follies,

00:45:59.119 --> 00:45:59.859
 they scoff

00:45:59.859 --> 00:46:00.359
 and speak

00:46:00.359 --> 00:46:00.879
 malice,

00:46:01.359 --> 00:46:02.000
 loftily they

00:46:02.000 --> 00:46:02.320
 threatened

00:46:02.320 --> 00:46:02.800
 oppression,

00:46:03.380 --> 00:46:03.840
 they set

00:46:03.840 --> 00:46:04.360
 their mouths

00:46:04.360 --> 00:46:04.920
 against the

00:46:04.920 --> 00:46:05.659
 heaven and

00:46:05.659 --> 00:46:06.280
 their tongues

00:46:06.280 --> 00:46:08.079
 strut through

00:46:08.079 --> 00:46:08.960
 the earth.

00:46:10.440 --> 00:46:11.039
 But then he

00:46:11.039 --> 00:46:11.940
 has a point

00:46:11.940 --> 00:46:13.659
 of recollection

00:46:13.659 --> 00:46:15.659
 in verse 16,

00:46:15.659 --> 00:46:17.500
 but when I

00:46:17.500 --> 00:46:18.259
 thought how to

00:46:18.259 --> 00:46:19.379
 understand this,

00:46:19.699 --> 00:46:20.719
 it seemed to

00:46:20.719 --> 00:46:21.819
 me a wearisome

00:46:21.819 --> 00:46:22.659
 task until

00:46:22.659 --> 00:46:24.279
 I went into

00:46:24.279 --> 00:46:24.859
 the sanctuary

00:46:24.859 --> 00:46:25.659
 of God,

00:46:25.899 --> 00:46:26.460
 then I

00:46:26.460 --> 00:46:27.819
 discerned

00:46:27.819 --> 00:46:28.480
 their end.

00:46:30.039 --> 00:46:30.399
 Truly,

00:46:31.000 --> 00:46:31.679
 you set them

00:46:31.679 --> 00:46:32.199
 in slippery

00:46:32.199 --> 00:46:32.699
 places,

00:46:33.359 --> 00:46:34.219
 you make them

00:46:34.219 --> 00:46:35.119
 fall to ruin,

00:46:36.119 --> 00:46:36.699
 how they are

00:46:36.699 --> 00:46:37.559
 destroyed in a

00:46:37.559 --> 00:46:37.839
 moment,

00:46:38.079 --> 00:46:38.920
 swept away

00:46:38.920 --> 00:46:39.359
 utterly

00:46:39.359 --> 00:46:40.699
 by terrors.

00:46:40.699 --> 00:46:42.379
 It's easy

00:46:42.379 --> 00:46:42.960
 for us

00:46:42.960 --> 00:46:43.579
 when we're

00:46:43.579 --> 00:46:44.139
 facing

00:46:44.139 --> 00:46:45.319
 opposition

00:46:45.319 --> 00:46:45.960
 and adversity

00:46:45.960 --> 00:46:47.559
 to wonder

00:46:47.559 --> 00:46:48.719
 if God

00:46:48.719 --> 00:46:49.699
 really is

00:46:49.699 --> 00:46:50.539
 in control.

00:46:53.819 --> 00:46:54.599
 And just

00:46:54.599 --> 00:46:54.919
 as a

00:46:54.919 --> 00:46:55.299
 psalmist,

00:46:56.139 --> 00:46:56.579
 and just

00:46:56.579 --> 00:46:57.000
 as Paul

00:46:57.000 --> 00:46:57.500
 is calling

00:46:57.500 --> 00:46:58.000
 the attention

00:46:58.000 --> 00:46:58.279
 of the

00:46:58.279 --> 00:46:58.639
 church,

00:46:59.239 --> 00:46:59.939
 God sees,

00:47:00.859 --> 00:47:01.500
 God cares,

00:47:02.039 --> 00:47:02.500
 and God

00:47:02.500 --> 00:47:04.339
 will exact

00:47:04.339 --> 00:47:05.659
 his judgment

00:47:05.659 --> 00:47:06.619
 on these

00:47:06.619 --> 00:47:07.079
 individuals.

00:47:07.079 --> 00:47:09.159
 God is

00:47:09.159 --> 00:47:09.440
 faithful.

00:47:09.440 --> 00:47:10.819
 Let's pray.