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 Father, we know because of Jesus and his death upon the cross for us to save us that you love us.

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 And so, Father, we know that even when you warn us, you warn us because you love us.

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 And so, Father, we ask that you make us a people who believe your promises,

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 the promise of the Holy Spirit, the promise of the fruit of the Holy Spirit in our lives,

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 but that you would also make us a people, Father, who hear your warnings,

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 who take them to heed.

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 Father, pour out your Holy Spirit upon us deep within as we think about your word.

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 And all this we ask in the name of Jesus. Amen.

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 Please be seated.

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 Some people are just really miserable and like to humiliate you.

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 I had one summer job a long time ago, obviously, when I still had summer jobs,

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 where it was sort of a working class job.

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 And one of the guys who'd been there a long time,

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 he just delighted in finding different ways to embarrass and humiliate the summer students.

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 He would tell them to do absurd things or impossible things.

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 And then when they tried to do it, he would laugh at them, laugh at us,

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 and make fun of us for being so stupid to try to do something which was impossible.

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 And if you tried to call his bluff, he would harangue you that you weren't listening to him

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 and he was your boss and your supervisor and you're supposed to do what he said.

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 He was just a really miserable person.

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 For a lot of people in Canada, when they hear about the Bible,

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 they think the Bible is like that boss.

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 That the Bible just likes to tell us to do impossible things.

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 And when we just say to him, we can't do those impossible things,

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 then the Bible will just tell us off and castigate us and put us down.

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 And a text like the text that we have today would be a perfect example

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 how for many people in our culture, when they hear it, they begin to roll their eyes.

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 And it's not just people in our culture.

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 We live in our culture.

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 Like we don't, I mean, every, I mean, I don't know,

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 maybe there's a guest here from Kenya today, I don't know.

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 But it's not as if we live in Kenya and fly in in our private jets

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 to have Sunday morning service and then we, and here in Ottawa,

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 and then we fly back.

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 We live in our culture.

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 We breathe the cultural air.

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 And for many of us, if we're honest, sometimes we read the Bible,

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 we feel profoundly uncomfortable with it.

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 In fact, just to give you a heads up and just to say this,

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 this is not a party church, not in terms of we don't have parties,

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 but in terms of it's, we're, this isn't, we're not some political movement.

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 We're not a group that's just trying to, you know,

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 bring back Canada to where it used to be when it was great.

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 I mean, if you want to do some of those things, that's fine.

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 It's, you know, but that's not what this Sunday morning is all about.

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 We just want to, we want to hear what,

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 we want to hear what God says to us through his word

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 in light of what Jesus did for us on the cross.

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 And we want to hear all of what God has to say.

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 And we want to be present as God speaks at the very command center of our lives,

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 sometimes challenging us.

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 So I just want to warn you, I'm going to talk about same-sex marriage

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 and I'm going to talk about abortion.

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 And I know that's going to be very painful for people.

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 That's why I said this isn't a party church,

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 but the Bible today talks about that in other things.

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 And so we're going to look at it.

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 So if you could get out your Bibles and turn in them to Galatians chapter 5,

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 Galatians chapter 5, we're going to be looking at verses 16 to 25.

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 And here's what it says in Galatians chapter 5, verse 16,

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 which is in some ways a bit of a,

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 it's one of those powerful statements that the Bible makes,

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 which in a sense is to govern a lot of how we understand life

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 and also is to help us understand actually the next,

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 I don't know, about 20, 25 verses in the Bible in Galatians,

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 although we're not going to look at all of that,

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 just some of that today.

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 And in Galatians 5, verse 16, it says this,

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 but I say, walk by the Spirit.

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 And just as a pause here, the Spirit should be capitalized.

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 If you're reading a version of the Bible where the word Spirit isn't capitalized,

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 it's going to be very misleading.

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 It's very clearly referring to God.

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 So one of the things I'm going to do is when I read,

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 just to make it extra clear, I'm going to say the Holy Spirit.

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 The word holy isn't there,

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 but it helps to emphasize to us as we listen

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 that it's referring to God, the Holy Spirit.

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 We'll talk about this a little bit more.

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 It's been a great source of confusion to many people

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 to hear Spirit and not hear it that it's referring to God.

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 So I'll read it again.

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 Verse 16,

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 And we'll just sort of pause there.

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 We're going to camp on that.

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 Actually, we'll read verse 17 as well.

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 Sorry, verse 17.

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 For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit,

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 and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh.

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 For these are opposed to each other to keep you from doing the things you want to do.

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 And we're just going to camp on that verse for a little bit.

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 So here's the first thing.

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 In some ways, actually, for those of you who have dabbled in Buddhism a little bit,

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 this actually sounds almost like it's a Buddhist text.

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 Those of you who know anything about Buddhism is the great problem in Buddhism, of course, is desire.

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 And often in that world, not necessarily in Buddhism in a strict sense,

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 it's often a bit of a contrast between the Spirit or God and things like human desire.

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 And so some people might listen to this text and also just sort of wonder,

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 okay, what's going on here in the Bible?

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 Is the Bible saying that our bodies are bad, that it's bad to have desires?

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 And, George, that's just...

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 And sorry, if you're here and you're seriously seeking Buddhism,

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 and you've come to be with us, we're really glad you're here.

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 But I can tell you that most Canadians would say,

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 George, if this text is telling us that the body is bad and desires are wrong,

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 that's just nuts.

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 But here's the...

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 If you could put up the first point.

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 The flesh does not refer to the body.

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 If you read through the book of Galatians and you read through the New Testament,

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 the word flesh often has different things which it refers to.

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 You have to be able to tell from the context what it's referring to.

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 Sometimes it's just referring to the fact that human beings are frail.

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 It will contrast...

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 It's trying...

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 The Bible will be trying to contrast the fact that human beings are frail

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 with how unchangeable and powerful and real God is.

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 And occasionally, but a bit more rarely,

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 the word flesh will be used to refer to something being earthly.

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 It's mainly used like that in the book of Revelation,

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 where it's contrasting something which is earthly and just right now

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 with what God is promising to do in the future

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 when he brings in the new heaven and the new earth.

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 And occasionally, the word flesh does just mean body,

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 but probably the major meaning,

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 and the meaning which is right here,

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 is if you could put up the next point.

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 Well, the main thing that it teaches

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 is it teaches something about human nature now.

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 And so the first thing is that the Bible teaches

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 that some things come in twos,

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 but it never teaches dualism.

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 I've gotten mixed up in my notes here.

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 Here's the thing to take up a little bit of a backward step.

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 A very, very common way that people refer to the flesh and to the spirit,

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 especially in many, many churches,

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 is that spiritual things are higher things.

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 And what are higher things?

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 Well, higher things are things like good poetry.

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 Higher things are things like classical music or opera.

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 Higher things are good works of art.

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 And that what we need to do

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 is that we need to not be concerned

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 with these lower, grubby, natural things,

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 but we have to be concerned with the higher things.

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 It's a very, very common view.

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 If you look at a lot of church signs,

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 especially mainline churches,

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 often they have this implicit type of idea

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 that God calls us to higher things,

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 and by higher things they mean,

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 well, classical music and stuff like that.

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 And, you know, this is a real put-off for somebody like me

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 because, frankly, I like football more than poetry.

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 And if you were to invite me to a poetry reading this afternoon

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 and another person was to invite me to go watch an NFL game with you

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 and have some beer and potato chips,

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 I would not think very long about that decision.

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 I would very quickly choose the grubby lower things

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 rather than the higher elevated things.

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 Whatever on earth that means.

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 Like, just be frank.

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 That's just class consciousness.

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 That's just upper class people looking down their nose at lower class people

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 and trying to make it look as if it's somehow divine and godly.

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 It's religion.

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 And that's not what the Bible means.

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 It's not, Bible isn't contrasting grubby things

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 like people who go to Tim Hortons

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 and their idea of great poetry is saying,

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 I'll have a double Mac, please.

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 Which, for many people, that's the height of poetry.

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 I'll have a double Mac, please.

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 A side of fries and a Coke to go with it.

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 Not Shakespeare.

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 That's poetry.

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 You know, the Bible isn't saying anything at all about higher things.

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 And because you see, when you hear talk about higher things,

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 it's a type of dualism.

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 And here's the thing.

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 This is the point behind this point.

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 The Bible teaches that some things come in twos.

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 Male and female, for instance.

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 Good and evil, for instance.

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 But it never teaches dualism.

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 Nowhere in the Bible is dualism taught.

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 And even now, as you're going through this text about the flesh and the spirit,

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 it's not dualism.

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 The fact of the matter is, is that the Holy Spirit is referring to the Holy Spirit.

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 And the flesh is referring to something in rebellion against the Holy Spirit.

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 And the fact of the matter is, is that every human being in the world

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 can shake their fist in God, at God.

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 But there's no dualism.

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 God is God.

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 He just decides to stop upholding everything by his will,

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 and everything would cease to exist.

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 And so the Bible, whether it's a dualism between male and female,

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 or higher and lower things, or spiritual and bodily things,

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 or anything like that, the Bible always rejects it.

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 It constantly slips itself back into Christianity as something spiritual,

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 but the Bible will have none of it.

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 It always rejects dualism.

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 And whatever Paul is saying here, when he says,

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 but I say walk by the spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh,

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 it's not dualism.

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 It's something that comes in two, but it's not dualism.

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 And some of you might say,

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 okay, George,

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 well, no, sorry.

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 Lost place in my notes here several times.

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 One of the great prejudices that we have in our age,

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 and it affects Christians all the time,

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 because it's a very, very constant temptation.

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 I've felt it many, many times.

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 I've succumbed to it many times,

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 that the Bible needs improving,

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 and that the Bible doesn't contain serious thinking.

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 But when we read the Bible,

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 this is very, very serious thinking.

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 In fact,

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 part of the problem that the average Canadian has with the text

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 is that most of us don't do any serious thinking whatsoever.

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 And when we come to the Bible,

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 we don't actually know how to handle it,

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 because we're actually coming face to face

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 with very, very serious thinking.

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 Like, just for instance,

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 the average Canadian,

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 without thinking about the consequences at all,

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 would just assume that what's taught

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 about naturalistic evolution is true.

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 And they'll just think that that's true.

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 And then with the very, you know,

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 in a very next breath,

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 they'll say something like,

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 well, our loved one who died,

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 they've gone to a better place.

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 Well, that doesn't fit together at all.

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 Well, it's completely and utterly,

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 like,

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 how you understand how things came to be

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 has really serious consequences for everything.

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 So in Hinduism,

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 one of the things which is part of the Hindu stories

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 about how things came to be

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 is that in those very foundational texts,

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 the way things came to be are divided into castes.

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 It's one of the reasons why it's very hard

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 to eradicate the caste system in India

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 because their creation stories tell them that.

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 That it's just part of this tragedy,

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 which is human existence,

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 which we have to break out of

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 so that we can become part with the one.

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 But part of this tragedy is,

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 in a sense,

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 part of the way that we know

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 that we're getting out of the tragedy

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 is that a lower caste person,

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 when they die,

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 maybe because they've been very good

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 dealing with the issues in their lower caste,

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 they'll come back as a higher caste.

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 That in some ways,

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 then,

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 it's justified or right

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 that some people are superior to other people

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 and that superior people

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 can treat lower people in a certain way.

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 And, you know,

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 one of the reasons it's within the caste,

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 you know,

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 another thing which has very,

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 very serious consequences

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 is like in Buddhism,

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 that in Buddhism,

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 part of how things came to be

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 is a result of a sort of an unexplained cosmic tragedy

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 where the one gets broken up into bits and pieces.

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 And this bits and pieces

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 is why we have so much difference.

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 And the fact that there's all these different things,

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 different people,

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 different objects,

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 the world,

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 that's not really the way it's supposed to be.

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 And we experience sorrow

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 because we desire things,

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 but we're treating those things

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 as if they're real.

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 And really what's to happen

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 is that we're to die to all desire.

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 We're to practice these practices

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 so that we die to all desires

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 and so that we can eventually

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 just lose all desire

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 and merge to the one.

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 But that,

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 like that's just a bit crazy.

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 It's really anti-human, isn't it?

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 Like it's anti-human

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 to think that if I desire

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 the good for my children,

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 that there's somehow something wrong with that,

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 that it just doesn't really make sense.

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 But it's what you end up doing

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 when your foundational stories tell you that.

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 And I've told you many times,

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 it's worth going on the Dig and Delve website,

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 it's worth seeing the YouTube video

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 of Aus Guinness discussing,

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 having a conversation

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 with an atheist philosophy professor

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 from the University of Toronto

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 who's a serious atheist.

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 He's a serious thinker.

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 And it's on the discussion

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 of the meaning of life.

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 And he's very frank.

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 Because he accepts

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 the basic creation story

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 that all Canadians accept,

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 he's not sure if free will exists.

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 And he definitely doesn't really believe

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 that meaning exists.

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 And so,

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 because the average Canadian doesn't,

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 it's sort of this odd situation

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 where the average Canadian

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 doesn't think that what you find

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 in the Bible is serious thinking,

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 yet at the same time,

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 the average Canadian

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 actually rarely does

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 any serious thinking themselves.

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 And so,

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 when they actually read the Bible,

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 not understanding

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 that it's very serious thinking.

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 I mean,

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 yeah,

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 they didn't have cell phones,

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 they didn't have an Instagram account,

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 they didn't have a Twitter account,

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 they didn't know how to use the internet,

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 they didn't have a webpage,

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 yeah,

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 they didn't have flush toilets,

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 but that doesn't mean

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 they don't do serious thinking.

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 And so,

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 here,

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 if you could put up the next point,

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 please,

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 that would be very,

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 very good.

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 What the Bible teaches

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 is that God created

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 everything that exists.

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 And,

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 it doesn't describe

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 the mechanisms

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 or how long it takes

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 and all of that type of stuff,

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 but that at the end of the day,

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 he created everything,

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 he created everything good.

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 And that,

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 he created human beings

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 to be at home in this universe,

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 and have a special role

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 in this universe,

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 only human beings

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 were made in the image of God.

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 Only human beings.

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 And as God's image bearers

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 in his created order

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 that he creates,

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 he sustains,

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 he made it for us,

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 in a sense,

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 he made us to be priests.

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 He made us

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 to lead the praises

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 of all creation

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 to praise God.

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 He made us

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 to walk in the garden

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 with him

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 in the cool of the day

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 that we would have fellowship

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 with him

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 and friendship with him.

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 He made us

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 to have a role

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 of caring for the garden

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 and caring for this created order.

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 And he made us

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 to explore

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 the entire created order.

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 And he made us

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 as the ones

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 most like him,

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 but still created.

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 And we human beings

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 who have this role

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 in a good creation,

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 rather than choosing God,

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 what do human beings do?

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 Human beings doubt God.

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 Human beings say,

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 as it's told so brilliantly

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 in the book of Genesis

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 in chapter 3,

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 when the serpent says,

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 did God really say?

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 Did God really say?

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 And human beings

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 begin to doubt

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 what God says,

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 doubt God's goodness,

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 and not only

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 do we begin

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 to doubt those things,

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 when doubt in and of itself

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 isn't a sin,

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 but that human beings

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 and the person

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 of Adam and Eve

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 decide that they will be

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 God themselves,

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 that they will be

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 like God.

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 And in that act of rebellion,

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 culminating in their doubt

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 of God,

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 you know,

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 that now all of a sudden

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 their doubt of God,

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 of who he is,

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 of his goodness,

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 of his provision,

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 of his power,

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 of his wisdom,

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 of his grace,

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 their doubting of God

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 in all of these ways,

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 and their desire

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 to be God.

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 And if you see that

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 in a sense,

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 that when you doubt

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 that God is good,

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 when you doubt

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 that he provides,

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 when you doubt

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 that he is full of grace,

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 when you doubt

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 that he is full of mercy,

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 when you doubt

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 that he knows

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 what he's doing,

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 when you doubt

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 that he desires

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 to have fellowship

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 with you,

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 and when you desire

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 to be God yourself,

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 what you're really saying

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 is,

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 God,

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 you are a lower God,

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 you've stood up,

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 I'm going to do better.

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 I'm going to be

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 greater than you

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 because you're not,

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 you don't provide enough,

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 you aren't good enough,

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 you aren't wise enough,

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 and I'm going to do better.

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 And in that primal

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 decision of human beings

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 to rebel against God

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 and to be like God

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 themselves,

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 what happened

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 is that everything

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 in human being

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 became bent.

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 This act of rebellion

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 touches

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 every single aspect

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 of whatever

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 makes a human being

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 a human being.

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 So I put it up here,

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 the desire to be God

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 has touched

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 every aspect

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 of what makes

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 a human being

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 a human being.

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 And the flesh

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 refers to human nature

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 in rebellion

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 against God.

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 If scientists

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 or philosophers

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 or poets

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 come up with

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 some other aspects

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 of what it means

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 to be a human,

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 then whatever

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 those other

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 new aspects are,

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 our rebellion

00:21:03.459 --> 00:21:04.219
 against God,

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 our desire

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 to be God

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 has tainted it.

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 there will be

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 nothing discovered

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 by philosophers

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 or theologians

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 or scientists

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 or poets

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 or mystics

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 about what it means

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 to be a human being

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 that has not

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 been touched

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 and bent

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 by our desire

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 to be God.

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 And so when the Bible

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 says,

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 but I say,

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 walk by the Spirit

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 and you will not

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 gratify the desires

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 of the flesh,

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 the Bible

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 is very,

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 very frank.

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 It's very serious

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 thinking.

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 It understands

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 the importance

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 of the creation story

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 and what has happened

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 to human beings

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 and how it explains evil.

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 And let me tell you,

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 when you look

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 at these creation stories,

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 the creation story,

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 first and second,

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 Genesis 1,

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 2, and 3

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 and how the Bible

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 unfolds it

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 throughout the entire Bible

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 as it develops

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 the nuances

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 of that story,

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 there is no wiser

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 account of existence.

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 than what is provided

00:22:03.559 --> 00:22:04.160
 in the Bible.

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 There is no wiser account

00:22:08.640 --> 00:22:09.839
 of human existence

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 than what is found

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 in the Bible.

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 No other account

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 has such explanatory power

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 of what it means

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 to be human,

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 of the complexities,

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 the tragedies,

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 the glories,

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 the brokenness,

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 the goodness,

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 nothing compares

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 to the richness

00:22:33.319 --> 00:22:34.940
 of this biblical story,

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 explanatory power.

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 And so when you see

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 the word flesh

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 in the New Testament

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 and when I,

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 and it's not talking

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 about the body,

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 it's not talking

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 about being frail

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 and when it's not

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 talking about

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 being earthly

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 as opposed to

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 something that's coming

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 in the new heaven

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 and the new earth,

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 it's talking about

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 the fact that

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 there is part

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 of every aspect

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 of what makes me

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 a human being

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 that is in rebellion

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 against God

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 and all of those

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 different bits of me

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 have desires.

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 And those,

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 it's not that

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 every human desire

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 is wrong,

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 it's not that

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 everything about

00:23:14.079 --> 00:23:14.700
 human beings

00:23:14.700 --> 00:23:15.159
 are evil,

00:23:15.299 --> 00:23:17.039
 but that this desire

00:23:17.039 --> 00:23:17.799
 to be God

00:23:17.799 --> 00:23:18.700
 has tainted,

00:23:19.099 --> 00:23:19.419
 bent,

00:23:20.460 --> 00:23:20.839
 twisted,

00:23:22.059 --> 00:23:22.460
 hurt

00:23:22.460 --> 00:23:24.039
 every aspect

00:23:24.039 --> 00:23:24.680
 of what it means

00:23:24.680 --> 00:23:25.559
 to be a human being.

00:23:26.460 --> 00:23:27.279
 And so what has happened?

00:23:27.400 --> 00:23:28.539
 Jesus comes to redeem

00:23:28.539 --> 00:23:29.180
 human beings

00:23:29.180 --> 00:23:30.559
 because human beings

00:23:30.559 --> 00:23:34.059
 that every single part

00:23:34.059 --> 00:23:35.539
 of me that makes me me

00:23:35.539 --> 00:23:36.539
 has been somehow

00:23:36.539 --> 00:23:37.620
 bent slightly,

00:23:37.819 --> 00:23:38.720
 in some cases

00:23:38.720 --> 00:23:40.680
 not slightly wildly

00:23:40.680 --> 00:23:42.340
 and spectacularly,

00:23:42.720 --> 00:23:43.799
 but even the parts

00:23:43.799 --> 00:23:44.539
 that aren't wildly

00:23:44.539 --> 00:23:46.140
 and spectacularly bent

00:23:46.140 --> 00:23:48.420
 are still slightly bent

00:23:48.420 --> 00:23:49.400
 and I can never

00:23:49.400 --> 00:23:50.340
 leave myself

00:23:50.340 --> 00:23:51.519
 to save myself

00:23:51.519 --> 00:23:52.819
 and so the constant

00:23:52.819 --> 00:23:53.779
 message of the Bible

00:23:53.779 --> 00:23:55.099
 is to tell us

00:23:55.099 --> 00:23:56.039
 about who we are,

00:23:56.200 --> 00:23:57.460
 to reveal to ourselves

00:23:57.460 --> 00:23:58.660
 who we are

00:23:58.660 --> 00:23:59.680
 so that we would

00:23:59.680 --> 00:24:00.480
 come to the point

00:24:00.480 --> 00:24:01.279
 where we would say

00:24:01.279 --> 00:24:03.279
 only God can save me.

00:24:04.039 --> 00:24:05.160
 Unless God

00:24:05.160 --> 00:24:06.480
 has grace and mercy,

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 I am screwed.

00:24:09.960 --> 00:24:10.359
 Sorry,

00:24:10.839 --> 00:24:11.680
 but that's true.

00:24:14.799 --> 00:24:16.059
 And so the Bible

00:24:16.059 --> 00:24:17.339
 describes God's

00:24:17.339 --> 00:24:18.539
 rescue mission

00:24:18.539 --> 00:24:19.680
 in the sending

00:24:19.680 --> 00:24:20.440
 of his Son

00:24:20.440 --> 00:24:22.140
 and part of that

00:24:22.140 --> 00:24:23.080
 sending of his Son,

00:24:23.120 --> 00:24:23.740
 we're going to unfold

00:24:23.740 --> 00:24:24.500
 this more in a moment,

00:24:24.600 --> 00:24:25.740
 is the presence

00:24:25.740 --> 00:24:26.620
 of the Holy Spirit

00:24:26.620 --> 00:24:27.680
 in lives of believers

00:24:27.680 --> 00:24:29.299
 and the Holy Spirit

00:24:29.299 --> 00:24:30.500
 is always going to be

00:24:30.500 --> 00:24:31.380
 moving in a different

00:24:31.380 --> 00:24:32.180
 direction

00:24:32.180 --> 00:24:34.080
 than those parts

00:24:34.080 --> 00:24:35.180
 of us as human beings

00:24:35.180 --> 00:24:36.080
 that are in rebellion

00:24:36.080 --> 00:24:36.779
 against God.

00:24:36.860 --> 00:24:37.019
 Why?

00:24:37.120 --> 00:24:37.920
 Because the Holy Spirit

00:24:37.920 --> 00:24:38.799
 is God himself.

00:24:42.259 --> 00:24:43.539
 And so it's a description

00:24:43.539 --> 00:24:44.279
 of God

00:24:44.279 --> 00:24:45.080
 in the person,

00:24:45.240 --> 00:24:45.980
 the third person

00:24:45.980 --> 00:24:46.480
 of the Trinity,

00:24:46.640 --> 00:24:47.580
 God the Holy Spirit

00:24:47.579 --> 00:24:48.359
 being present

00:24:48.359 --> 00:24:48.939
 and active

00:24:48.939 --> 00:24:49.559
 in the life

00:24:49.559 --> 00:24:50.779
 of a Christian

00:24:50.779 --> 00:24:52.539
 coming against

00:24:52.539 --> 00:24:54.359
 those parts of us

00:24:54.359 --> 00:24:56.480
 that want to be God.

00:24:58.799 --> 00:25:00.139
 Think of it that way.

00:25:00.839 --> 00:25:01.720
 The real God

00:25:01.720 --> 00:25:02.539
 shows up

00:25:02.539 --> 00:25:03.799
 in those parts

00:25:03.799 --> 00:25:04.460
 of my life

00:25:04.460 --> 00:25:05.039
 that desire

00:25:05.039 --> 00:25:05.740
 to be God.

00:25:06.939 --> 00:25:08.059
 The real God

00:25:08.059 --> 00:25:08.659
 shows up.

00:25:10.259 --> 00:25:11.199
 The real God

00:25:11.199 --> 00:25:11.619
 shows up

00:25:11.619 --> 00:25:12.199
 with power.

00:25:12.200 --> 00:25:12.240
 power.

00:25:15.299 --> 00:25:15.880
 That's what

00:25:15.880 --> 00:25:16.940
 this is describing.

00:25:20.180 --> 00:25:21.200
 But some people

00:25:21.200 --> 00:25:21.640
 might say,

00:25:21.759 --> 00:25:22.039
 George,

00:25:22.400 --> 00:25:22.559
 here,

00:25:22.799 --> 00:25:23.580
 religious people

00:25:23.580 --> 00:25:24.480
 are full of pride

00:25:24.480 --> 00:25:25.059
 and greed.

00:25:26.539 --> 00:25:26.920
 Like,

00:25:27.900 --> 00:25:28.380
 George,

00:25:28.779 --> 00:25:29.340
 the way you've

00:25:29.340 --> 00:25:30.400
 described the flesh,

00:25:31.200 --> 00:25:31.779
 like you even

00:25:31.779 --> 00:25:32.340
 sort of said,

00:25:32.480 --> 00:25:32.660
 George,

00:25:32.720 --> 00:25:33.299
 that in churches

00:25:33.299 --> 00:25:33.920
 they've made

00:25:33.920 --> 00:25:34.640
 all these mistakes

00:25:34.640 --> 00:25:35.660
 as if it's somehow

00:25:35.660 --> 00:25:36.100
 talking about

00:25:36.100 --> 00:25:36.799
 higher things

00:25:36.799 --> 00:25:37.920
 versus lower things.

00:25:38.120 --> 00:25:39.059
 And so George

00:25:39.059 --> 00:25:39.420
 doesn't,

00:25:40.019 --> 00:25:40.700
 isn't this just

00:25:40.700 --> 00:25:41.319
 one of those things

00:25:41.319 --> 00:25:41.859
 where the Bible

00:25:41.859 --> 00:25:42.639
 describes it

00:25:42.639 --> 00:25:43.079
 but it's not

00:25:43.079 --> 00:25:43.679
 any help?

00:25:43.899 --> 00:25:43.980
 Like,

00:25:44.819 --> 00:25:45.579
 religion

00:25:45.579 --> 00:25:47.339
 seems to be

00:25:47.339 --> 00:25:48.099
 helpless against

00:25:48.099 --> 00:25:48.720
 all of that.

00:25:49.339 --> 00:25:49.919
 Doesn't this sort

00:25:49.919 --> 00:25:50.879
 of disprove the Bible?

00:25:51.039 --> 00:25:51.899
 Not at all.

00:25:52.259 --> 00:25:52.939
 Why does it not

00:25:52.939 --> 00:25:53.859
 disprove the Bible?

00:25:53.980 --> 00:25:54.019
 Well,

00:25:54.059 --> 00:25:54.519
 because that's

00:25:54.519 --> 00:25:55.059
 what the Bible

00:25:55.059 --> 00:25:56.000
 tells us.

00:25:57.879 --> 00:25:58.679
 Look again

00:25:58.679 --> 00:25:59.919
 at verse 16.

00:26:00.859 --> 00:26:01.279
 But I say,

00:26:01.599 --> 00:26:02.419
 walk by the Spirit,

00:26:02.539 --> 00:26:03.279
 the Holy Spirit,

00:26:03.679 --> 00:26:04.500
 and you will not

00:26:04.500 --> 00:26:05.579
 gratify the desires

00:26:05.579 --> 00:26:06.159
 of the flesh.

00:26:06.439 --> 00:26:07.359
 Now just skip down

00:26:07.359 --> 00:26:08.240
 to verse 18

00:26:08.240 --> 00:26:09.379
 and you'll notice

00:26:09.379 --> 00:26:10.000
 it even has

00:26:10.000 --> 00:26:11.019
 the same structure.

00:26:11.319 --> 00:26:12.399
 But if you are

00:26:12.399 --> 00:26:13.519
 led by the Spirit,

00:26:14.119 --> 00:26:14.659
 you are not

00:26:14.659 --> 00:26:15.559
 under the law.

00:26:15.839 --> 00:26:16.460
 And the law

00:26:16.460 --> 00:26:17.679
 is a bit of a symbol

00:26:17.679 --> 00:26:18.859
 here for religion.

00:26:19.179 --> 00:26:19.939
 All the way through

00:26:19.939 --> 00:26:20.859
 the book of Galatians,

00:26:20.960 --> 00:26:21.939
 the law is a bit

00:26:21.939 --> 00:26:22.619
 of a symbol

00:26:22.619 --> 00:26:24.019
 of religion,

00:26:24.519 --> 00:26:25.740
 of spirituality.

00:26:26.879 --> 00:26:27.579
 And so if you could

00:26:27.579 --> 00:26:28.480
 put up the next point,

00:26:28.579 --> 00:26:29.139
 what the Bible

00:26:29.139 --> 00:26:30.339
 itself is saying

00:26:30.339 --> 00:26:32.039
 is that the flesh,

00:26:32.480 --> 00:26:33.740
 that is human nature

00:26:33.740 --> 00:26:34.259
 in rebellion

00:26:34.259 --> 00:26:34.919
 against God,

00:26:35.000 --> 00:26:36.220
 exists very comfortably

00:26:36.220 --> 00:26:37.099
 under religion.

00:26:38.099 --> 00:26:38.919
 And it exists

00:26:38.919 --> 00:26:40.059
 very comfortably

00:26:40.059 --> 00:26:41.299
 under no religion.

00:26:42.819 --> 00:26:43.399
 Last Sunday,

00:26:43.519 --> 00:26:43.980
 some of you,

00:26:44.259 --> 00:26:44.539
 you know,

00:26:44.579 --> 00:26:45.500
 with the bad weather,

00:26:46.500 --> 00:26:46.819
 not as,

00:26:46.940 --> 00:26:47.079
 you know,

00:26:47.119 --> 00:26:47.519
 some of you

00:26:47.519 --> 00:26:48.000
 who are here

00:26:48.000 --> 00:26:49.259
 who survived

00:26:49.259 --> 00:26:50.139
 the rude winds

00:26:50.139 --> 00:26:51.079
 wild lament

00:26:51.079 --> 00:26:52.579
 last Sunday,

00:26:53.220 --> 00:26:54.740
 I said how

00:26:54.740 --> 00:26:55.659
 for many people

00:26:55.659 --> 00:26:56.299
 in our culture,

00:26:56.399 --> 00:26:56.940
 when they leave

00:26:56.940 --> 00:26:58.099
 religion behind,

00:26:59.039 --> 00:26:59.700
 they leave

00:26:59.700 --> 00:27:01.099
 higher things behind,

00:27:01.359 --> 00:27:01.859
 for instance,

00:27:01.960 --> 00:27:02.899
 and they just

00:27:02.899 --> 00:27:04.339
 become ordinary people

00:27:04.339 --> 00:27:04.819
 who just

00:27:04.819 --> 00:27:06.619
 like to wear,

00:27:06.980 --> 00:27:07.179
 you know,

00:27:07.220 --> 00:27:08.099
 just like to do

00:27:08.099 --> 00:27:08.839
 ordinary things

00:27:08.839 --> 00:27:09.559
 and completely

00:27:09.559 --> 00:27:09.919
 and utterly

00:27:09.919 --> 00:27:10.740
 leave God

00:27:10.740 --> 00:27:11.899
 and the gods behind

00:27:11.899 --> 00:27:12.839
 and spiritual things

00:27:12.839 --> 00:27:13.119
 behind,

00:27:13.199 --> 00:27:13.779
 for many people

00:27:13.779 --> 00:27:14.259
 they find it

00:27:14.259 --> 00:27:14.959
 as a relief,

00:27:15.839 --> 00:27:16.879
 as a release.

00:27:17.939 --> 00:27:19.219
 No more pretending.

00:27:21.579 --> 00:27:21.799
 But,

00:27:22.379 --> 00:27:23.019
 and I think,

00:27:23.079 --> 00:27:23.619
 I still think

00:27:23.619 --> 00:27:24.139
 that's true.

00:27:24.219 --> 00:27:24.619
 It's a very,

00:27:24.740 --> 00:27:25.679
 very common thing

00:27:25.679 --> 00:27:26.859
 for people to describe.

00:27:26.939 --> 00:27:27.439
 But when I talk

00:27:27.439 --> 00:27:28.519
 to people in coffee shops,

00:27:28.579 --> 00:27:29.699
 it's a very common thing

00:27:29.699 --> 00:27:31.639
 to say how freeing

00:27:31.639 --> 00:27:33.679
 and releasing it was

00:27:33.679 --> 00:27:35.059
 to no longer bother

00:27:35.059 --> 00:27:35.879
 with having to go

00:27:35.880 --> 00:27:36.660
 to that church

00:27:36.660 --> 00:27:38.100
 and do those things

00:27:38.100 --> 00:27:39.600
 and it's like a release.

00:27:40.100 --> 00:27:41.120
 But here's the thing.

00:27:42.320 --> 00:27:43.460
 The flesh exists

00:27:43.460 --> 00:27:44.540
 very comfortably

00:27:44.540 --> 00:27:45.360
 under religion

00:27:45.360 --> 00:27:46.540
 and under no religion.

00:27:51.040 --> 00:27:52.400
 To leave religion

00:27:52.400 --> 00:27:53.040
 behind

00:27:53.040 --> 00:27:54.560
 might feel

00:27:54.560 --> 00:27:55.700
 a little bit liberating,

00:27:56.120 --> 00:27:56.820
 but it actually

00:27:56.820 --> 00:27:57.660
 doesn't liberate you

00:27:57.660 --> 00:27:58.060
 at all.

00:28:00.940 --> 00:28:01.900
 Both in

00:28:01.900 --> 00:28:02.980
 under religion

00:28:02.980 --> 00:28:04.100
 and under no religion,

00:28:04.099 --> 00:28:05.879
 you are still trapped

00:28:05.879 --> 00:28:07.259
 in self-justification.

00:28:07.500 --> 00:28:08.759
 And under religion

00:28:08.759 --> 00:28:10.399
 and under no religion,

00:28:10.399 --> 00:28:11.559
 you're still trapped

00:28:11.559 --> 00:28:12.779
 under self-salvation.

00:28:12.899 --> 00:28:13.519
 Under religion

00:28:13.519 --> 00:28:14.579
 and under no religion,

00:28:14.579 --> 00:28:15.959
 you're still looking

00:28:15.959 --> 00:28:17.299
 for created things

00:28:17.299 --> 00:28:18.119
 that are going to give you

00:28:18.119 --> 00:28:19.139
 meaning in your life

00:28:19.139 --> 00:28:19.980
 and they will always

00:28:19.980 --> 00:28:21.219
 not satisfy you.

00:28:21.319 --> 00:28:22.459
 Both under religion

00:28:22.459 --> 00:28:23.980
 and under no religion,

00:28:23.980 --> 00:28:26.179
 you will still be caught up

00:28:26.179 --> 00:28:27.059
 in your own particular

00:28:27.059 --> 00:28:28.039
 God project

00:28:28.039 --> 00:28:29.039
 for all of the different

00:28:29.039 --> 00:28:30.199
 pains and sufferings

00:28:30.199 --> 00:28:30.919
 that it happens.

00:28:31.539 --> 00:28:33.179
 And it feels like

00:28:33.180 --> 00:28:33.799
 it's a release,

00:28:33.920 --> 00:28:34.720
 but it actually doesn't

00:28:34.720 --> 00:28:35.720
 deal with the problem.

00:28:37.940 --> 00:28:38.259
 You see,

00:28:38.340 --> 00:28:38.900
 here's the thing

00:28:38.900 --> 00:28:39.920
 about the Bible text

00:28:39.920 --> 00:28:41.000
 is the Bible text

00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:42.380
 is not like,

00:28:43.820 --> 00:28:44.660
 when it's talking

00:28:44.660 --> 00:28:45.400
 about the flesh

00:28:45.400 --> 00:28:46.460
 and the spirit,

00:28:46.660 --> 00:28:47.660
 it's not like

00:28:47.660 --> 00:28:48.360
 that boss

00:28:48.360 --> 00:28:49.220
 that I began

00:28:49.220 --> 00:28:50.340
 my sermon with

00:28:50.340 --> 00:28:51.400
 who loved

00:28:51.400 --> 00:28:52.200
 to find ways

00:28:52.200 --> 00:28:53.200
 to humiliate

00:28:53.200 --> 00:28:54.360
 the summer students.

00:28:55.480 --> 00:28:56.660
 And if he couldn't

00:28:56.660 --> 00:28:57.600
 humiliate them,

00:28:57.920 --> 00:28:58.880
 then he would

00:28:58.880 --> 00:28:59.360
 give them

00:28:59.360 --> 00:29:00.700
 a bit of a tongue-lashing

00:29:00.700 --> 00:29:01.299
 about the fact

00:29:01.299 --> 00:29:01.980
 that they wouldn't

00:29:01.980 --> 00:29:02.700
 obey him.

00:29:03.220 --> 00:29:03.859
 And the Bible

00:29:03.859 --> 00:29:04.859
 isn't like this at all.

00:29:04.960 --> 00:29:05.960
 The Bible here

00:29:05.960 --> 00:29:07.519
 is like when you

00:29:07.519 --> 00:29:08.460
 go to the doctor

00:29:08.460 --> 00:29:09.759
 because your wife

00:29:09.759 --> 00:29:11.539
 or your sister

00:29:11.539 --> 00:29:12.460
 or your friend

00:29:12.460 --> 00:29:13.839
 finally cajoles you

00:29:13.839 --> 00:29:14.500
 into going

00:29:14.500 --> 00:29:16.240
 and you have

00:29:16.240 --> 00:29:16.919
 some pains

00:29:16.919 --> 00:29:17.599
 in your body

00:29:17.599 --> 00:29:18.139
 and maybe you

00:29:18.139 --> 00:29:18.980
 have some rashes

00:29:18.980 --> 00:29:20.220
 and the doctor

00:29:20.220 --> 00:29:20.519
 says,

00:29:20.619 --> 00:29:21.019
 I have some

00:29:21.019 --> 00:29:21.980
 very bad news

00:29:21.980 --> 00:29:22.359
 for you.

00:29:22.419 --> 00:29:23.399
 You have cancer.

00:29:24.279 --> 00:29:25.419
 But the good news

00:29:25.419 --> 00:29:26.339
 is because you

00:29:26.339 --> 00:29:27.379
 came in,

00:29:27.380 --> 00:29:29.760
 we think we

00:29:29.760 --> 00:29:30.580
 can cure it.

00:29:36.000 --> 00:29:37.360
 And that's

00:29:37.360 --> 00:29:38.440
 what's going on

00:29:38.440 --> 00:29:39.160
 here in the Bible.

00:29:40.740 --> 00:29:42.260
 It's not God

00:29:42.260 --> 00:29:43.960
 trying to belittle us.

00:29:44.180 --> 00:29:44.880
 It's God

00:29:44.880 --> 00:29:45.940
 trying to catch

00:29:45.940 --> 00:29:46.860
 our attention

00:29:46.860 --> 00:29:51.460
 so he can save us.

00:29:51.460 --> 00:29:57.420
 so he can save us.

00:30:02.819 --> 00:30:03.299
 So,

00:30:03.420 --> 00:30:04.180
 George,

00:30:04.240 --> 00:30:04.940
 I'm still a little bit

00:30:04.940 --> 00:30:06.019
 confused,

00:30:06.299 --> 00:30:07.039
 you might say.

00:30:09.480 --> 00:30:09.920
 Like,

00:30:10.059 --> 00:30:10.299
 okay,

00:30:10.380 --> 00:30:11.319
 so what is it

00:30:11.319 --> 00:30:12.200
 that the Holy Spirit

00:30:12.200 --> 00:30:13.360
 puts new desires

00:30:13.360 --> 00:30:13.799
 in us

00:30:13.799 --> 00:30:14.799
 and takes away

00:30:14.799 --> 00:30:15.779
 old desires?

00:30:16.640 --> 00:30:17.120
 Like,

00:30:18.000 --> 00:30:18.740
 like I don't quite

00:30:18.740 --> 00:30:19.579
 understand what's

00:30:19.579 --> 00:30:20.079
 going on.

00:30:20.079 --> 00:30:20.359
 Well,

00:30:20.419 --> 00:30:21.139
 here's where

00:30:21.139 --> 00:30:21.960
 it's a little bit

00:30:21.960 --> 00:30:22.619
 helpful to know

00:30:22.619 --> 00:30:23.679
 the original language.

00:30:24.179 --> 00:30:25.619
 Look at verses 16

00:30:25.619 --> 00:30:26.779
 again.

00:30:27.740 --> 00:30:28.139
 But I say,

00:30:28.439 --> 00:30:29.159
 walk by the Spirit

00:30:29.159 --> 00:30:29.839
 and you will not

00:30:29.839 --> 00:30:31.079
 gratify the desires

00:30:31.079 --> 00:30:32.059
 of the flesh.

00:30:32.960 --> 00:30:34.279
 And in verse 17,

00:30:34.379 --> 00:30:35.059
 for the desires

00:30:35.059 --> 00:30:35.659
 of the flesh

00:30:35.659 --> 00:30:36.720
 are against the Spirit

00:30:36.720 --> 00:30:37.460
 and the desires

00:30:37.460 --> 00:30:38.079
 of the Spirit

00:30:38.079 --> 00:30:38.919
 are against the flesh

00:30:38.919 --> 00:30:39.419
 for these are

00:30:39.419 --> 00:30:40.419
 opposed to each other

00:30:40.419 --> 00:30:41.419
 to keep you

00:30:41.419 --> 00:30:42.259
 from doing the things

00:30:42.259 --> 00:30:43.039
 you want to do.

00:30:43.879 --> 00:30:44.639
 But if you are led

00:30:44.639 --> 00:30:45.259
 by the Spirit,

00:30:45.359 --> 00:30:46.359
 you are not under the law.

00:30:46.879 --> 00:30:47.740
 So here's the thing.

00:30:47.859 --> 00:30:48.799
 The word desires,

00:30:48.939 --> 00:30:49.659
 if you could put it up

00:30:49.660 --> 00:30:51.440
 the next point,

00:30:52.640 --> 00:30:53.440
 what actually

00:30:53.440 --> 00:30:54.519
 the text is saying

00:30:54.519 --> 00:30:55.640
 here is that the flesh,

00:30:55.700 --> 00:30:56.380
 it's by the nature

00:30:56.380 --> 00:30:57.019
 of the flesh

00:30:57.019 --> 00:30:58.580
 to over-desire.

00:31:01.500 --> 00:31:02.380
 It's of the nature

00:31:02.380 --> 00:31:02.900
 of the flesh

00:31:02.900 --> 00:31:03.940
 to over-desire.

00:31:04.200 --> 00:31:05.160
 And the translators,

00:31:05.279 --> 00:31:05.960
 when they're translating

00:31:05.960 --> 00:31:06.480
 the text,

00:31:07.160 --> 00:31:08.240
 the word desires

00:31:08.240 --> 00:31:09.680
 connected to the Holy Spirit

00:31:09.680 --> 00:31:10.460
 isn't there.

00:31:11.000 --> 00:31:12.160
 But there's a translation

00:31:12.160 --> 00:31:12.700
 issue.

00:31:12.779 --> 00:31:13.740
 In the original language,

00:31:13.880 --> 00:31:15.080
 it says that the desires

00:31:15.080 --> 00:31:15.759
 of the flesh,

00:31:15.759 --> 00:31:17.000
 the over-desires

00:31:17.000 --> 00:31:17.640
 of the flesh

00:31:17.640 --> 00:31:18.619
 are against the Spirit.

00:31:19.279 --> 00:31:20.059
 And the Spirit

00:31:20.059 --> 00:31:21.240
 comes against them.

00:31:22.319 --> 00:31:24.359
 But it comes against them

00:31:24.359 --> 00:31:25.079
 with power

00:31:25.079 --> 00:31:27.000
 and it's a translation problem.

00:31:27.200 --> 00:31:29.460
 So desires catches it

00:31:29.460 --> 00:31:30.160
 for all of us.

00:31:30.680 --> 00:31:32.339
 But it's of the very nature

00:31:32.339 --> 00:31:33.819
 of a God project

00:31:33.819 --> 00:31:35.200
 to over-desire.

00:31:35.960 --> 00:31:37.039
 And this is all

00:31:37.039 --> 00:31:38.339
 where Genesis 1, 2,

00:31:38.380 --> 00:31:39.539
 and 3 is so wise.

00:31:39.980 --> 00:31:40.940
 So is it right

00:31:40.940 --> 00:31:42.299
 for me to desire my wife?

00:31:42.420 --> 00:31:43.140
 Yes, it is right

00:31:43.140 --> 00:31:44.500
 for me to desire my wife.

00:31:44.500 --> 00:31:45.880
 If I lost desire

00:31:45.880 --> 00:31:46.700
 for my wife,

00:31:46.819 --> 00:31:48.619
 that would be a problem.

00:31:49.660 --> 00:31:50.660
 She would experience

00:31:50.660 --> 00:31:51.539
 it as a problem.

00:31:51.920 --> 00:31:52.960
 And if I was to share it

00:31:52.960 --> 00:31:53.240
 with you,

00:31:53.299 --> 00:31:54.440
 you'd say that's a problem.

00:31:57.000 --> 00:31:58.319
 So the text is in here

00:31:58.319 --> 00:31:59.099
 saying that I should

00:31:59.099 --> 00:31:59.960
 lose my desire

00:31:59.960 --> 00:32:00.640
 for my wife

00:32:00.640 --> 00:32:01.359
 or my desire

00:32:01.359 --> 00:32:02.880
 to see my kids thrive

00:32:02.880 --> 00:32:04.460
 or my desire,

00:32:04.700 --> 00:32:04.940
 I mean,

00:32:04.980 --> 00:32:05.880
 other types of things

00:32:05.880 --> 00:32:06.579
 or my desire

00:32:06.579 --> 00:32:07.440
 to have some money

00:32:07.440 --> 00:32:08.720
 so I can pay my bills

00:32:08.720 --> 00:32:10.640
 or to have some control

00:32:10.640 --> 00:32:11.299
 in my life

00:32:11.299 --> 00:32:13.019
 so my life is in chaos.

00:32:13.160 --> 00:32:14.440
 Those aren't bad desires.

00:32:14.500 --> 00:32:15.740
 But what happens

00:32:15.740 --> 00:32:17.319
 is that our God project

00:32:17.319 --> 00:32:18.799
 leads us to over-desire.

00:32:21.299 --> 00:32:22.619
 That all of a sudden

00:32:22.619 --> 00:32:24.380
 in my life,

00:32:24.619 --> 00:32:26.359
 no matter how much money

00:32:26.359 --> 00:32:27.019
 I'm making,

00:32:27.180 --> 00:32:28.500
 I always think within myself,

00:32:29.160 --> 00:32:30.359
 if I only was making

00:32:30.359 --> 00:32:31.640
 an extra 10 grand,

00:32:31.779 --> 00:32:32.539
 my life would be

00:32:32.539 --> 00:32:33.339
 so much better.

00:32:34.400 --> 00:32:35.180
 And then you make

00:32:35.180 --> 00:32:36.200
 the extra 10 grand

00:32:36.200 --> 00:32:37.019
 and what's still going

00:32:37.019 --> 00:32:37.460
 on in your heart?

00:32:37.500 --> 00:32:38.220
 If I only made

00:32:38.220 --> 00:32:39.339
 an extra 10 grand,

00:32:39.640 --> 00:32:40.480
 my life would be

00:32:40.480 --> 00:32:41.259
 so much better.

00:32:41.859 --> 00:32:42.500
 Or you over-desire

00:32:42.500 --> 00:32:43.680
 over-desire your wife

00:32:43.680 --> 00:32:44.440
 and all of a sudden

00:32:44.440 --> 00:32:45.480
 you're putting too much

00:32:45.480 --> 00:32:46.119
 on your wife

00:32:46.119 --> 00:32:47.720
 in terms of your happiness,

00:32:47.880 --> 00:32:48.779
 your satisfaction,

00:32:49.500 --> 00:32:51.740
 in terms of getting meaning,

00:32:52.119 --> 00:32:55.480
 of you become suffocating.

00:32:55.740 --> 00:32:55.900
 You know,

00:32:55.960 --> 00:32:56.740
 we all understand

00:32:56.740 --> 00:32:58.160
 how you can over-desire.

00:32:58.579 --> 00:32:59.240
 And that's just what

00:32:59.240 --> 00:32:59.960
 the Bible is saying

00:32:59.960 --> 00:33:00.720
 is that what happens

00:33:00.720 --> 00:33:01.640
 is when the Holy Spirit

00:33:01.640 --> 00:33:02.680
 comes in and opposes,

00:33:03.160 --> 00:33:04.279
 it doesn't oppose

00:33:04.279 --> 00:33:06.200
 proper desires,

00:33:06.200 --> 00:33:08.700
 it opposes over-desires.

00:33:11.380 --> 00:33:12.880
 It seeks to heal

00:33:12.880 --> 00:33:14.519
 the Holy Spirit.

00:33:14.700 --> 00:33:16.019
 He heals

00:33:16.019 --> 00:33:17.920
 and restores

00:33:17.920 --> 00:33:20.019
 our desires.

00:33:21.700 --> 00:33:22.539
 And if you could

00:33:22.539 --> 00:33:23.460
 wrap up the next point,

00:33:24.299 --> 00:33:26.380
 this is really important

00:33:26.380 --> 00:33:27.420
 for you to understand,

00:33:27.660 --> 00:33:28.640
 is that when I put

00:33:28.640 --> 00:33:30.080
 my faith in Jesus Christ,

00:33:30.140 --> 00:33:31.259
 I put the word I there

00:33:31.259 --> 00:33:32.400
 so that if you write it down,

00:33:32.480 --> 00:33:33.140
 you're writing it down

00:33:33.140 --> 00:33:33.799
 for yourself.

00:33:33.799 --> 00:33:35.559
 When I put my faith

00:33:35.559 --> 00:33:36.599
 in Jesus Christ

00:33:36.599 --> 00:33:37.720
 to save me,

00:33:38.740 --> 00:33:41.119
 he does save me.

00:33:41.579 --> 00:33:43.159
 This is very important language.

00:33:44.960 --> 00:33:47.159
 Jesus always is the one

00:33:47.159 --> 00:33:48.139
 who saves.

00:33:49.819 --> 00:33:52.099
 I contribute nothing

00:33:52.099 --> 00:33:53.740
 to him saving.

00:33:56.240 --> 00:33:57.819
 My spirit,

00:33:58.099 --> 00:33:58.940
 my flesh,

00:33:59.059 --> 00:33:59.919
 will always want

00:33:59.919 --> 00:34:00.680
 to make it think

00:34:00.680 --> 00:34:01.659
 that I've contributed

00:34:01.659 --> 00:34:03.259
 some little thing about it.

00:34:03.259 --> 00:34:04.599
 my winsomeness,

00:34:04.879 --> 00:34:06.259
 my ability

00:34:06.259 --> 00:34:07.779
 to seek after God,

00:34:07.920 --> 00:34:08.639
 my ability

00:34:08.639 --> 00:34:10.840
 to know the Bible,

00:34:11.099 --> 00:34:11.820
 my, you know,

00:34:11.900 --> 00:34:12.480
 whatever it is,

00:34:12.559 --> 00:34:13.239
 my ability

00:34:13.239 --> 00:34:14.360
 to sort of be open

00:34:14.360 --> 00:34:14.800
 to the Holy,

00:34:14.900 --> 00:34:15.880
 like, I'll always want

00:34:15.880 --> 00:34:16.619
 to keep slipping

00:34:16.619 --> 00:34:17.280
 in something,

00:34:17.420 --> 00:34:18.719
 but I never add anything.

00:34:18.920 --> 00:34:20.099
 Jesus does it all.

00:34:21.199 --> 00:34:21.820
 And you know what?

00:34:22.139 --> 00:34:22.840
 The more you grow

00:34:22.840 --> 00:34:23.400
 in Christ,

00:34:24.079 --> 00:34:24.780
 praise God

00:34:24.780 --> 00:34:25.579
 that he does it all.

00:34:25.920 --> 00:34:26.159
 Why?

00:34:26.800 --> 00:34:27.940
 Because I am weak

00:34:27.940 --> 00:34:28.559
 and frail.

00:34:30.000 --> 00:34:30.880
 I am weak

00:34:30.880 --> 00:34:31.519
 and frail.

00:34:31.519 --> 00:34:33.000
 And sometimes

00:34:33.000 --> 00:34:34.119
 I do absolutely

00:34:34.119 --> 00:34:34.940
 horrible things.

00:34:35.000 --> 00:34:35.599
 And even when I don't

00:34:35.599 --> 00:34:36.420
 do horrible things,

00:34:36.460 --> 00:34:37.940
 I think horrible things.

00:34:38.239 --> 00:34:39.000
 And sometimes

00:34:39.000 --> 00:34:40.239
 everything within me

00:34:40.239 --> 00:34:41.440
 wants to turn my back

00:34:41.440 --> 00:34:42.320
 away from God.

00:34:42.440 --> 00:34:43.759
 And if I had to contribute

00:34:43.759 --> 00:34:45.219
 something to my salvation,

00:34:45.480 --> 00:34:46.300
 woe is me!

00:34:46.599 --> 00:34:47.320
 Woe is me!

00:34:47.440 --> 00:34:48.239
 Woe is me!

00:34:49.099 --> 00:34:49.920
 Praise God

00:34:49.920 --> 00:34:51.219
 that I don't add anything

00:34:51.219 --> 00:34:52.000
 to what he does.

00:34:52.119 --> 00:34:53.079
 He does it all.

00:34:53.739 --> 00:34:54.860
 He saves me.

00:34:54.860 --> 00:34:58.579
 I put my hand out

00:34:58.579 --> 00:34:59.120
 to receive

00:34:59.120 --> 00:35:00.420
 what only he can give

00:35:00.420 --> 00:35:01.599
 and only he can do

00:35:01.599 --> 00:35:02.660
 and he has done

00:35:02.660 --> 00:35:03.380
 in the person

00:35:03.380 --> 00:35:04.660
 of God

00:35:04.660 --> 00:35:05.559
 has done in the person

00:35:05.559 --> 00:35:06.180
 of his son

00:35:06.180 --> 00:35:07.480
 dying upon the cross

00:35:07.480 --> 00:35:08.360
 for me.

00:35:08.920 --> 00:35:10.079
 When I put my faith

00:35:10.079 --> 00:35:10.800
 in Jesus Christ

00:35:10.800 --> 00:35:11.360
 to save me,

00:35:11.400 --> 00:35:12.300
 he does save me.

00:35:12.360 --> 00:35:13.300
 And what else happens?

00:35:13.620 --> 00:35:14.760
 The whole book of Galatians

00:35:14.760 --> 00:35:15.640
 is always telling us

00:35:15.640 --> 00:35:16.079
 other things.

00:35:16.340 --> 00:35:17.240
 Well, we become adopted

00:35:17.240 --> 00:35:18.000
 as his child.

00:35:18.280 --> 00:35:19.840
 We've been made free.

00:35:20.260 --> 00:35:21.960
 We've been guaranteed heaven.

00:35:22.340 --> 00:35:22.980
 There tells us

00:35:22.980 --> 00:35:24.000
 a whole pile of things.

00:35:24.000 --> 00:35:25.900
 And in Galatians chapter 3,

00:35:25.960 --> 00:35:26.460
 if you go back

00:35:26.460 --> 00:35:27.199
 and look at it earlier,

00:35:27.400 --> 00:35:29.119
 chapter 3 verse 2,

00:35:29.179 --> 00:35:29.639
 I think it is,

00:35:29.679 --> 00:35:30.280
 or 1 and 2,

00:35:30.940 --> 00:35:31.420
 one of the things

00:35:31.420 --> 00:35:32.000
 that happens is

00:35:32.000 --> 00:35:34.820
 I put my hand out.

00:35:35.579 --> 00:35:36.300
 In fact, really,

00:35:36.500 --> 00:35:37.380
 God helps me

00:35:37.380 --> 00:35:38.360
 put my hand out

00:35:38.360 --> 00:35:40.420
 and I receive

00:35:40.420 --> 00:35:41.559
 what only he can give

00:35:41.559 --> 00:35:42.079
 in the person

00:35:42.079 --> 00:35:42.940
 and the work of his son

00:35:42.940 --> 00:35:43.860
 and God saves me

00:35:43.860 --> 00:35:44.900
 and at the same time

00:35:44.900 --> 00:35:46.579
 the Holy Spirit

00:35:46.579 --> 00:35:49.219
 is bestowed upon me

00:35:49.219 --> 00:35:50.400
 to indwell me.

00:35:54.000 --> 00:35:56.019
 The Holy Spirit

00:35:56.019 --> 00:35:58.260
 indwells the Christian.

00:36:02.920 --> 00:36:04.179
 And that's why

00:36:04.179 --> 00:36:07.340
 if you look at this text,

00:36:07.599 --> 00:36:08.480
 the Bible here,

00:36:08.679 --> 00:36:10.420
 I'm starting to run out of time,

00:36:10.559 --> 00:36:11.940
 the Bible here

00:36:11.940 --> 00:36:13.360
 really wants to emphasize

00:36:13.360 --> 00:36:15.059
 the focus

00:36:15.059 --> 00:36:16.500
 on the Holy Spirit

00:36:16.500 --> 00:36:17.420
 in this text

00:36:17.420 --> 00:36:18.519
 in light of Jesus.

00:36:18.519 --> 00:36:18.659
 Jesus.

00:36:20.860 --> 00:36:21.320
 And

00:36:21.320 --> 00:36:23.800
 it does it

00:36:23.800 --> 00:36:24.440
 by using

00:36:24.440 --> 00:36:26.259
 four similar verbs,

00:36:26.800 --> 00:36:27.659
 but they're not

00:36:27.659 --> 00:36:28.840
 identical verbs.

00:36:29.840 --> 00:36:30.840
 If you could put up

00:36:30.840 --> 00:36:31.539
 the next point,

00:36:33.019 --> 00:36:36.059
 look at chapter 6,

00:36:36.119 --> 00:36:36.960
 verse 16.

00:36:37.400 --> 00:36:37.840
 It says,

00:36:37.940 --> 00:36:38.539
 but I say,

00:36:38.860 --> 00:36:39.980
 walk by the Spirit

00:36:39.980 --> 00:36:41.559
 and you will not

00:36:41.559 --> 00:36:42.659
 gratify the desires

00:36:42.659 --> 00:36:43.219
 of the flesh.

00:36:43.619 --> 00:36:44.420
 This verse

00:36:44.420 --> 00:36:45.420
 is really important.

00:36:45.659 --> 00:36:45.840
 Like,

00:36:45.880 --> 00:36:46.619
 I recommend you

00:36:46.619 --> 00:36:47.340
 memorize it.

00:36:47.340 --> 00:36:48.740
 Notice it doesn't say

00:36:48.740 --> 00:36:49.780
 walk by the Spirit

00:36:49.780 --> 00:36:51.620
 and don't gratify

00:36:51.620 --> 00:36:52.980
 the desires of the flesh

00:36:52.980 --> 00:36:54.079
 as if they're equal.

00:36:54.780 --> 00:36:56.180
 It says the focus

00:36:56.180 --> 00:36:58.579
 is on thinking

00:36:58.579 --> 00:36:59.420
 about Jesus

00:36:59.420 --> 00:37:00.160
 and what he did

00:37:00.160 --> 00:37:01.300
 first upon the cross

00:37:01.300 --> 00:37:01.980
 and the gift

00:37:01.980 --> 00:37:02.940
 of the Holy Spirit

00:37:02.940 --> 00:37:03.780
 and the focus

00:37:03.780 --> 00:37:05.240
 is on the Holy Spirit.

00:37:06.120 --> 00:37:07.780
 And the more we focus

00:37:07.780 --> 00:37:09.140
 on walking

00:37:09.140 --> 00:37:10.039
 by the Spirit,

00:37:10.280 --> 00:37:11.320
 a consequence

00:37:11.320 --> 00:37:13.120
 is not walking,

00:37:13.920 --> 00:37:15.420
 is not gratifying

00:37:15.420 --> 00:37:16.079
 the desires

00:37:16.079 --> 00:37:16.860
 of the flesh.

00:37:17.340 --> 00:37:19.559
 And so here

00:37:19.559 --> 00:37:20.380
 in verse 16,

00:37:20.460 --> 00:37:20.940
 what does it say?

00:37:21.079 --> 00:37:22.160
 Walk by the Spirit.

00:37:22.720 --> 00:37:23.280
 Jump down

00:37:23.280 --> 00:37:24.180
 to verse 18.

00:37:24.579 --> 00:37:25.220
 But if you are

00:37:25.220 --> 00:37:26.880
 led by the Spirit,

00:37:27.579 --> 00:37:28.240
 jump down

00:37:28.240 --> 00:37:31.059
 to verse 24.

00:37:31.620 --> 00:37:31.960
 And those

00:37:31.960 --> 00:37:32.380
 who belong

00:37:32.380 --> 00:37:33.240
 to Jesus Christ

00:37:33.240 --> 00:37:33.860
 have crucified

00:37:33.860 --> 00:37:34.400
 the flesh

00:37:34.400 --> 00:37:35.320
 with its passions

00:37:35.320 --> 00:37:35.940
 and desires.

00:37:35.940 --> 00:37:37.000
 Verse 25,

00:37:37.120 --> 00:37:37.880
 if we live

00:37:37.880 --> 00:37:38.700
 by the Spirit,

00:37:38.840 --> 00:37:39.620
 let us also

00:37:39.620 --> 00:37:41.140
 keep in step

00:37:41.140 --> 00:37:42.200
 with the Spirit.

00:37:42.740 --> 00:37:43.900
 Four times

00:37:43.900 --> 00:37:44.800
 in a small number

00:37:44.800 --> 00:37:45.260
 verses,

00:37:45.620 --> 00:37:46.539
 it keeps saying

00:37:46.539 --> 00:37:47.900
 the Holy Spirit,

00:37:48.200 --> 00:37:49.180
 he is in you.

00:37:49.580 --> 00:37:51.140
 He's not tame.

00:37:51.980 --> 00:37:52.800
 He's not just

00:37:52.800 --> 00:37:53.480
 like somebody

00:37:53.480 --> 00:37:54.019
 that you can just

00:37:54.019 --> 00:37:54.980
 snap your fingers

00:37:54.980 --> 00:37:56.039
 at your beck and call.

00:37:56.500 --> 00:37:57.180
 He's God,

00:37:57.280 --> 00:37:57.900
 you're not.

00:37:58.380 --> 00:37:59.860
 But he dwells

00:37:59.860 --> 00:38:00.539
 within you.

00:38:00.900 --> 00:38:02.340
 And he is a person.

00:38:03.000 --> 00:38:04.720
 And he has a heart.

00:38:05.100 --> 00:38:06.100
 And he has a will.

00:38:06.460 --> 00:38:08.860
 And his will

00:38:08.860 --> 00:38:09.440
 within you

00:38:09.440 --> 00:38:10.260
 is to constantly

00:38:10.260 --> 00:38:10.940
 bring you back

00:38:10.940 --> 00:38:11.460
 to Jesus

00:38:11.460 --> 00:38:12.740
 to constantly

00:38:12.740 --> 00:38:13.720
 restore you

00:38:13.720 --> 00:38:14.200
 to the way

00:38:14.200 --> 00:38:15.280
 that God desired

00:38:15.280 --> 00:38:16.000
 to make you

00:38:16.000 --> 00:38:16.780
 in all of your

00:38:16.780 --> 00:38:17.559
 uniqueness,

00:38:18.320 --> 00:38:19.240
 in all of the ways

00:38:19.240 --> 00:38:19.740
 that you are

00:38:19.740 --> 00:38:22.139
 special and irreplaceable.

00:38:22.639 --> 00:38:23.440
 And he's going

00:38:23.440 --> 00:38:24.740
 to heal your desires.

00:38:25.079 --> 00:38:25.519
 He's going to

00:38:25.519 --> 00:38:26.800
 reorder your desires.

00:38:27.159 --> 00:38:27.980
 For your desires

00:38:27.980 --> 00:38:28.539
 that are weak,

00:38:28.720 --> 00:38:29.179
 he's going to

00:38:29.179 --> 00:38:30.039
 inflame them.

00:38:30.360 --> 00:38:31.300
 For your desires

00:38:31.300 --> 00:38:32.300
 that are over desires,

00:38:32.659 --> 00:38:33.260
 he's going to

00:38:33.260 --> 00:38:33.980
 tame them.

00:38:34.240 --> 00:38:34.700
 He's going to

00:38:34.700 --> 00:38:35.099
 bring them

00:38:35.099 --> 00:38:36.460
 to their proper place.

00:38:36.880 --> 00:38:37.300
 And so,

00:38:37.539 --> 00:38:39.059
 because the Holy Spirit's

00:38:39.059 --> 00:38:39.880
 presence in your life

00:38:39.880 --> 00:38:40.500
 is so important,

00:38:40.500 --> 00:38:41.760
 because his work

00:38:41.760 --> 00:38:42.639
 is so important,

00:38:43.019 --> 00:38:44.099
 think about Jesus.

00:38:44.400 --> 00:38:45.159
 Think about the gift

00:38:45.159 --> 00:38:45.920
 of the Holy Spirit.

00:38:46.320 --> 00:38:47.179
 And every day say,

00:38:47.280 --> 00:38:47.500
 Father,

00:38:47.619 --> 00:38:48.800
 help me to walk

00:38:48.800 --> 00:38:50.739
 by the Holy Spirit today.

00:38:50.920 --> 00:38:52.099
 As I go into this meeting,

00:38:52.239 --> 00:38:52.460
 Father,

00:38:52.559 --> 00:38:53.280
 help me to walk

00:38:53.280 --> 00:38:54.039
 by the Holy Spirit.

00:38:54.139 --> 00:38:54.920
 Help me to be led

00:38:54.920 --> 00:38:55.920
 by the Holy Spirit.

00:38:56.320 --> 00:38:57.219
 Help me to live

00:38:57.219 --> 00:38:58.099
 by the Holy Spirit

00:38:58.099 --> 00:38:59.099
 so that I understand

00:38:59.099 --> 00:39:00.079
 my life comes

00:39:00.079 --> 00:39:00.900
 from the Holy Spirit,

00:39:01.159 --> 00:39:02.119
 not my success

00:39:02.119 --> 00:39:02.880
 in this meeting.

00:39:03.199 --> 00:39:03.980
 Help me to keep

00:39:03.980 --> 00:39:05.139
 in step with the Holy Spirit

00:39:05.139 --> 00:39:06.400
 because he is going

00:39:06.400 --> 00:39:07.380
 to go before me.

00:39:07.800 --> 00:39:08.579
 And it's just like,

00:39:08.760 --> 00:39:09.219
 I don't know,

00:39:09.340 --> 00:39:10.480
 if there was really

00:39:10.480 --> 00:39:11.059
 deep snow

00:39:11.059 --> 00:39:12.440
 and I had a two-year-old

00:39:12.440 --> 00:39:12.960
 with me

00:39:12.960 --> 00:39:13.780
 and I'd say,

00:39:13.860 --> 00:39:14.059
 listen,

00:39:14.240 --> 00:39:14.960
 I'm going to go

00:39:14.960 --> 00:39:16.159
 through the snow first

00:39:16.159 --> 00:39:17.320
 and I'm going to walk

00:39:17.320 --> 00:39:18.780
 like this in a shuffling way

00:39:18.780 --> 00:39:19.280
 so that I'm going

00:39:19.280 --> 00:39:20.139
 to make a big ridge

00:39:20.139 --> 00:39:21.559
 and you come behind me.

00:39:23.300 --> 00:39:24.039
 And that's what

00:39:24.039 --> 00:39:24.840
 the Holy Spirit

00:39:24.840 --> 00:39:27.059
 desires to do

00:39:27.059 --> 00:39:27.740
 in our lives.

00:39:27.739 --> 00:39:37.759
 You know what?

00:39:38.019 --> 00:39:39.000
 Let's look at sin

00:39:39.000 --> 00:39:42.279
 because now

00:39:42.279 --> 00:39:43.039
 that the Bible

00:39:43.039 --> 00:39:43.959
 has set this,

00:39:44.339 --> 00:39:45.179
 it wants to say,

00:39:45.279 --> 00:39:45.379
 okay,

00:39:45.419 --> 00:39:46.159
 what does the flesh

00:39:46.159 --> 00:39:46.779
 look like?

00:39:48.579 --> 00:39:49.619
 Verse 19.

00:39:50.759 --> 00:39:51.399
 Remember I said

00:39:51.399 --> 00:39:52.699
 the Bible's very serious

00:39:52.699 --> 00:39:54.879
 and

00:39:54.879 --> 00:40:00.159
 if the Bible

00:40:00.159 --> 00:40:00.899
 wounds us

00:40:00.899 --> 00:40:01.699
 by talking about

00:40:01.699 --> 00:40:02.500
 things in our life

00:40:02.500 --> 00:40:03.839
 that aren't right,

00:40:04.679 --> 00:40:05.919
 it only does it

00:40:05.919 --> 00:40:06.719
 in the context

00:40:06.719 --> 00:40:07.239
 of this

00:40:07.239 --> 00:40:09.039
 constant reminder

00:40:09.039 --> 00:40:10.259
 to remember Jesus

00:40:10.259 --> 00:40:11.739
 and remember the Holy Spirit

00:40:11.739 --> 00:40:13.319
 that instead of

00:40:13.319 --> 00:40:14.000
 giving ourselves

00:40:14.000 --> 00:40:14.779
 to these things

00:40:14.779 --> 00:40:15.319
 that we walk

00:40:15.319 --> 00:40:16.139
 by the Holy Spirit,

00:40:16.279 --> 00:40:17.219
 live by the Holy Spirit

00:40:17.219 --> 00:40:18.439
 or led by the Holy Spirit

00:40:18.440 --> 00:40:19.940
 and are keeping

00:40:19.940 --> 00:40:20.400
 in step

00:40:20.400 --> 00:40:21.320
 with the Holy Spirit.

00:40:23.220 --> 00:40:23.800
 And so look

00:40:23.800 --> 00:40:24.720
 at verse 19.

00:40:25.920 --> 00:40:26.440
 Now the works

00:40:26.440 --> 00:40:27.039
 of the flesh

00:40:27.039 --> 00:40:28.320
 are evident.

00:40:29.860 --> 00:40:31.039
 Sexual immorality.

00:40:32.840 --> 00:40:33.619
 Now I just have a,

00:40:37.340 --> 00:40:38.340
 okay,

00:40:39.820 --> 00:40:41.019
 sexual immorality

00:40:41.019 --> 00:40:42.780
 in the original language,

00:40:43.280 --> 00:40:44.400
 here's the other thing.

00:40:44.480 --> 00:40:45.000
 If you want to look

00:40:45.000 --> 00:40:45.960
 at the end of the list,

00:40:46.679 --> 00:40:47.679
 look at the list,

00:40:47.679 --> 00:40:48.980
 verse 19.

00:40:49.139 --> 00:40:49.579
 Now the works

00:40:49.579 --> 00:40:50.000
 of the flesh

00:40:50.000 --> 00:40:50.339
 are evident.

00:40:50.440 --> 00:40:50.799
 It's going to give

00:40:50.799 --> 00:40:51.659
 a list of 15.

00:40:51.819 --> 00:40:52.079
 Look,

00:40:52.259 --> 00:40:52.739
 skip down

00:40:52.739 --> 00:40:53.519
 to verse 21.

00:40:54.519 --> 00:40:55.179
 I warn you

00:40:55.179 --> 00:40:55.899
 as I warned you

00:40:55.899 --> 00:40:56.339
 before

00:40:56.339 --> 00:40:57.819
 that those

00:40:57.819 --> 00:40:58.759
 who do such things

00:40:58.759 --> 00:40:59.639
 will not inherit

00:40:59.639 --> 00:41:00.699
 the kingdom of God.

00:41:05.599 --> 00:41:06.379
 Could you put

00:41:06.379 --> 00:41:08.259
 the next point up?

00:41:10.339 --> 00:41:11.519
 The Bible wants us

00:41:11.519 --> 00:41:12.399
 to have an assurance

00:41:12.399 --> 00:41:13.500
 that God saves

00:41:13.500 --> 00:41:14.759
 and it wants

00:41:14.759 --> 00:41:15.599
 to warn us

00:41:15.599 --> 00:41:16.440
 about the danger

00:41:16.440 --> 00:41:17.500
 of complacency.

00:41:18.659 --> 00:41:19.480
 And it also

00:41:19.480 --> 00:41:20.259
 wants to warn us

00:41:20.259 --> 00:41:20.940
 about the danger

00:41:20.940 --> 00:41:21.679
 of presumption

00:41:21.679 --> 00:41:23.079
 and self-serving faith.

00:41:24.139 --> 00:41:26.039
 And the Bible here

00:41:26.039 --> 00:41:27.099
 isn't saying

00:41:27.099 --> 00:41:28.879
 that if we do

00:41:28.879 --> 00:41:30.199
 any of these sins,

00:41:30.639 --> 00:41:31.279
 it means,

00:41:31.419 --> 00:41:32.039
 or if we're still

00:41:32.039 --> 00:41:33.319
 doing any of these sins,

00:41:33.460 --> 00:41:34.099
 that it means

00:41:34.099 --> 00:41:34.519
 that we're not

00:41:34.519 --> 00:41:35.079
 a Christian.

00:41:37.219 --> 00:41:38.299
 This latter part

00:41:38.299 --> 00:41:38.779
 of the verse,

00:41:39.319 --> 00:41:40.199
 here's a simple way

00:41:40.199 --> 00:41:41.079
 to understand it.

00:41:41.139 --> 00:41:42.099
 Just because you have

00:41:42.099 --> 00:41:43.239
 to dash for the bus

00:41:43.239 --> 00:41:44.659
 doesn't mean

00:41:44.659 --> 00:41:45.179
 you're training

00:41:45.179 --> 00:41:45.940
 for a marathon.

00:41:48.319 --> 00:41:49.019
 Just because

00:41:49.019 --> 00:41:50.000
 sometimes you dash

00:41:50.000 --> 00:41:51.000
 to catch the bus

00:41:51.000 --> 00:41:52.139
 doesn't mean

00:41:52.139 --> 00:41:52.619
 you're training

00:41:52.619 --> 00:41:53.279
 for a marathon.

00:41:54.480 --> 00:41:55.739
 And the Bible text

00:41:55.739 --> 00:41:56.779
 here isn't talking

00:41:56.779 --> 00:41:57.359
 about the fact

00:41:57.359 --> 00:41:57.859
 that Christians

00:41:57.859 --> 00:41:58.799
 do these things,

00:41:58.799 --> 00:41:59.639
 it's talking about

00:41:59.639 --> 00:42:00.440
 those who begin

00:42:00.440 --> 00:42:01.980
 to train in them,

00:42:01.980 --> 00:42:05.159
 that begin to make

00:42:05.159 --> 00:42:06.059
 it a way of life.

00:42:06.840 --> 00:42:07.420
 And the Bible

00:42:07.420 --> 00:42:08.460
 is warning us

00:42:08.460 --> 00:42:09.820
 that if, in fact,

00:42:09.880 --> 00:42:10.420
 it's becoming

00:42:10.420 --> 00:42:11.280
 a way of life,

00:42:11.480 --> 00:42:12.380
 maybe it's a sign

00:42:12.380 --> 00:42:12.840
 that we've never

00:42:12.840 --> 00:42:13.460
 given our lives

00:42:13.460 --> 00:42:13.940
 to Jesus,

00:42:14.500 --> 00:42:15.340
 or maybe it's just

00:42:15.340 --> 00:42:16.099
 a sign that we are

00:42:16.099 --> 00:42:16.980
 going very, very

00:42:16.980 --> 00:42:18.079
 far from God,

00:42:18.240 --> 00:42:19.400
 far from fruitfulness,

00:42:19.920 --> 00:42:20.920
 and we need to call

00:42:20.920 --> 00:42:21.300
 out to Him

00:42:21.300 --> 00:42:21.880
 in repentance.

00:42:23.260 --> 00:42:24.480
 So this word

00:42:24.480 --> 00:42:25.840
 about porneia,

00:42:26.280 --> 00:42:27.800
 what this word

00:42:27.800 --> 00:42:28.940
 sexual immorality

00:42:28.940 --> 00:42:29.440
 means,

00:42:30.400 --> 00:42:31.320
 is it means

00:42:31.320 --> 00:42:34.559
 that God

00:42:34.559 --> 00:42:36.019
 designed sex

00:42:36.019 --> 00:42:37.740
 to be between

00:42:37.740 --> 00:42:38.740
 a man

00:42:38.740 --> 00:42:39.380
 and a woman

00:42:39.380 --> 00:42:40.579
 in the context

00:42:40.579 --> 00:42:42.700
 of holy matrimony.

00:42:44.159 --> 00:42:45.039
 And that any

00:42:45.039 --> 00:42:46.700
 sexual gratification,

00:42:46.940 --> 00:42:48.079
 sexual gratification,

00:42:48.760 --> 00:42:50.900
 sexual gratifying

00:42:51.820 --> 00:42:51.900
 yourself,

00:42:53.039 --> 00:42:53.760
 or sexually

00:42:53.760 --> 00:42:55.159
 inflaming yourself

00:42:55.159 --> 00:42:57.400
 outside of marriage

00:42:57.400 --> 00:42:58.300
 is a sin.

00:42:58.940 --> 00:43:00.019
 outside of

00:43:00.019 --> 00:43:01.300
 heterosexual marriage.

00:43:03.599 --> 00:43:05.679
 And that's

00:43:05.679 --> 00:43:06.139
 what the Bible

00:43:06.139 --> 00:43:06.579
 teaches.

00:43:07.740 --> 00:43:09.139
 This church

00:43:09.139 --> 00:43:10.380
 originally

00:43:10.380 --> 00:43:11.679
 owned the building

00:43:11.679 --> 00:43:13.400
 just up the street.

00:43:14.179 --> 00:43:15.260
 And we used

00:43:15.260 --> 00:43:15.820
 to be called

00:43:15.820 --> 00:43:16.820
 St. Albans.

00:43:17.460 --> 00:43:18.320
 And one of the

00:43:18.320 --> 00:43:18.720
 reasons

00:43:18.720 --> 00:43:20.019
 that we left

00:43:20.019 --> 00:43:20.860
 the Anglican Church

00:43:20.860 --> 00:43:21.500
 of Canada

00:43:21.500 --> 00:43:22.679
 is that the

00:43:22.679 --> 00:43:23.420
 Anglican Church

00:43:23.420 --> 00:43:24.159
 of Canada

00:43:24.159 --> 00:43:25.480
 believes

00:43:25.480 --> 00:43:27.059
 that there is

00:43:27.059 --> 00:43:27.940
 a way for a man

00:43:27.940 --> 00:43:28.500
 to sexually

00:43:28.500 --> 00:43:29.119
 know a man

00:43:29.119 --> 00:43:29.599
 or a woman

00:43:29.599 --> 00:43:30.139
 to sexually

00:43:30.139 --> 00:43:30.820
 know a woman

00:43:30.820 --> 00:43:32.400
 that is not,

00:43:32.559 --> 00:43:33.400
 that is actually

00:43:33.400 --> 00:43:34.400
 holy

00:43:34.400 --> 00:43:35.659
 and blessed

00:43:35.659 --> 00:43:36.400
 by God

00:43:36.400 --> 00:43:37.920
 and should be

00:43:37.920 --> 00:43:38.679
 upheld

00:43:38.679 --> 00:43:39.679
 and blessed

00:43:39.679 --> 00:43:40.360
 and called

00:43:40.360 --> 00:43:40.900
 holy

00:43:40.900 --> 00:43:41.900
 by the church.

00:43:44.099 --> 00:43:45.220
 But the Bible

00:43:45.220 --> 00:43:46.300
 here says

00:43:46.300 --> 00:43:47.619
 that those

00:43:47.619 --> 00:43:49.000
 who train

00:43:49.000 --> 00:43:49.740
 in sexual

00:43:49.740 --> 00:43:50.900
 immorality

00:43:50.900 --> 00:43:51.980
 will not

00:43:51.980 --> 00:43:52.400
 inherit

00:43:52.400 --> 00:43:52.420
 will not inherit

00:43:52.420 --> 00:43:52.920
 the kingdom

00:43:52.920 --> 00:43:53.539
 of God.

00:43:57.059 --> 00:43:58.059
 This becomes

00:43:58.059 --> 00:43:58.820
 a salvation

00:43:58.820 --> 00:43:59.500
 issue.

00:44:01.940 --> 00:44:02.780
 And because

00:44:02.780 --> 00:44:03.680
 it's a salvation

00:44:03.680 --> 00:44:04.380
 issue

00:44:04.380 --> 00:44:05.840
 as well as

00:44:05.840 --> 00:44:06.240
 an issue

00:44:06.240 --> 00:44:06.720
 as to whether

00:44:06.720 --> 00:44:07.400
 or not the Bible

00:44:07.400 --> 00:44:08.019
 is actually

00:44:08.019 --> 00:44:08.559
 true,

00:44:09.559 --> 00:44:10.420
 we as a

00:44:10.420 --> 00:44:11.039
 congregation

00:44:11.039 --> 00:44:12.320
 had to leave

00:44:12.320 --> 00:44:13.380
 at great cost

00:44:13.380 --> 00:44:14.059
 the Anglican

00:44:14.059 --> 00:44:14.880
 Church of Canada

00:44:14.880 --> 00:44:16.099
 and become

00:44:16.099 --> 00:44:16.619
 Church of the

00:44:16.619 --> 00:44:16.980
 Messiah.

00:44:19.539 --> 00:44:20.660
 Now if you're

00:44:20.660 --> 00:44:21.160
 here and you

00:44:21.160 --> 00:44:21.720
 struggle with

00:44:21.720 --> 00:44:22.260
 those things,

00:44:22.360 --> 00:44:22.720
 you struggle

00:44:22.720 --> 00:44:22.960
 with,

00:44:23.200 --> 00:44:23.460
 like,

00:44:23.740 --> 00:44:24.360
 the Bible

00:44:24.360 --> 00:44:24.619
 is,

00:44:25.340 --> 00:44:26.220
 it's a hard

00:44:26.220 --> 00:44:26.780
 teaching,

00:44:27.059 --> 00:44:28.160
 but it's a wise

00:44:28.160 --> 00:44:28.920
 teaching because

00:44:28.920 --> 00:44:30.200
 God designed

00:44:30.200 --> 00:44:32.519
 us that if

00:44:32.519 --> 00:44:33.380
 we are called

00:44:33.380 --> 00:44:33.920
 to holy

00:44:33.920 --> 00:44:34.660
 matrimony,

00:44:35.000 --> 00:44:35.579
 that we are

00:44:35.579 --> 00:44:36.900
 called for

00:44:36.900 --> 00:44:37.660
 that season

00:44:37.660 --> 00:44:38.320
 to,

00:44:38.820 --> 00:44:39.220
 for a man

00:44:39.220 --> 00:44:39.880
 to be with a

00:44:39.880 --> 00:44:40.119
 woman,

00:44:40.440 --> 00:44:41.220
 just one woman,

00:44:41.219 --> 00:44:42.119
 and for a

00:44:42.119 --> 00:44:42.539
 woman to be

00:44:42.539 --> 00:44:43.099
 with a man,

00:44:43.239 --> 00:44:44.079
 just one man,

00:44:44.379 --> 00:44:44.939
 and that that's

00:44:44.939 --> 00:44:45.759
 God's intention.

00:44:48.799 --> 00:44:49.480
 The others,

00:44:49.719 --> 00:44:50.019
 very,

00:44:50.159 --> 00:44:50.759
 very briefly,

00:44:52.299 --> 00:44:53.279
 sexual immorality

00:44:53.279 --> 00:44:53.799
 is sort of the

00:44:53.799 --> 00:44:54.659
 general term.

00:44:55.579 --> 00:44:56.179
 Impurity

00:44:56.179 --> 00:44:58.239
 is actually,

00:45:00.000 --> 00:45:01.699
 it would

00:45:01.699 --> 00:45:02.039
 actually

00:45:02.039 --> 00:45:02.939
 characterize

00:45:02.939 --> 00:45:04.000
 the transgender

00:45:04.000 --> 00:45:04.739
 movement.

00:45:05.459 --> 00:45:05.759
 It would

00:45:05.759 --> 00:45:06.679
 refer to

00:45:06.679 --> 00:45:09.939
 outside of the

00:45:09.939 --> 00:45:10.779
 perspective of

00:45:10.780 --> 00:45:11.440
 one man to

00:45:11.440 --> 00:45:11.940
 one woman

00:45:11.940 --> 00:45:13.080
 in holy

00:45:13.080 --> 00:45:13.860
 matrimony,

00:45:14.560 --> 00:45:15.060
 odd

00:45:15.060 --> 00:45:16.940
 types of

00:45:16.940 --> 00:45:17.700
 sexuality,

00:45:18.740 --> 00:45:19.880
 and that's

00:45:19.880 --> 00:45:20.360
 what it's

00:45:20.360 --> 00:45:21.080
 referring to,

00:45:21.260 --> 00:45:22.380
 and sensuality

00:45:22.380 --> 00:45:23.240
 refers to

00:45:23.240 --> 00:45:24.280
 sexualizing

00:45:24.280 --> 00:45:25.000
 everything.

00:45:25.900 --> 00:45:26.460
 It would

00:45:26.460 --> 00:45:27.280
 condemn a lot

00:45:27.280 --> 00:45:27.540
 of the

00:45:27.540 --> 00:45:28.480
 advertising that

00:45:28.480 --> 00:45:29.100
 happens on

00:45:29.100 --> 00:45:30.060
 our televisions

00:45:30.060 --> 00:45:31.860
 where everything

00:45:31.860 --> 00:45:33.300
 is sexualized,

00:45:34.180 --> 00:45:35.320
 and then the

00:45:35.320 --> 00:45:35.920
 Bible here

00:45:35.920 --> 00:45:36.519
 talks about

00:45:36.519 --> 00:45:37.120
 religion in

00:45:37.120 --> 00:45:37.660
 particular,

00:45:37.800 --> 00:45:38.420
 idolatry,

00:45:38.519 --> 00:45:38.940
 which is the

00:45:38.940 --> 00:45:39.300
 actual

00:45:39.300 --> 00:45:40.060
 worshiping of

00:45:40.060 --> 00:45:40.620
 idols,

00:45:40.780 --> 00:45:42.100
 if you

00:45:42.100 --> 00:45:42.560
 take a

00:45:42.560 --> 00:45:43.540
 yoga class,

00:45:43.980 --> 00:45:44.460
 and in the

00:45:44.460 --> 00:45:45.180
 yoga class

00:45:45.180 --> 00:45:45.460
 you are

00:45:45.460 --> 00:45:46.240
 encouraged to

00:45:46.240 --> 00:45:46.620
 use a

00:45:46.620 --> 00:45:47.060
 mantra,

00:45:47.840 --> 00:45:48.940
 you are in

00:45:48.940 --> 00:45:49.519
 the mantra

00:45:49.519 --> 00:45:50.340
 calling out

00:45:50.340 --> 00:45:50.940
 to a

00:45:50.940 --> 00:45:51.840
 Hindu god,

00:45:52.220 --> 00:45:53.080
 and you

00:45:53.080 --> 00:45:53.380
 would be

00:45:53.380 --> 00:45:53.820
 violating

00:45:53.820 --> 00:45:54.660
 idolatry.

00:45:56.080 --> 00:45:56.880
 Sorcery

00:45:56.880 --> 00:45:59.320
 is engaging

00:45:59.320 --> 00:46:00.260
 in

00:46:00.260 --> 00:46:02.380
 witchcraft

00:46:02.380 --> 00:46:03.820
 or dabbling

00:46:03.820 --> 00:46:04.900
 in spiritual

00:46:04.900 --> 00:46:05.600
 things.

00:46:05.599 --> 00:46:05.719
 sorcery.

00:46:06.279 --> 00:46:06.980
 If you

00:46:06.980 --> 00:46:07.239
 use

00:46:07.239 --> 00:46:08.139
 words,

00:46:08.539 --> 00:46:08.819
 you are

00:46:08.819 --> 00:46:09.299
 violating

00:46:09.299 --> 00:46:09.639
 this

00:46:09.639 --> 00:46:10.099
 command.

00:46:11.699 --> 00:46:12.380
 If you are

00:46:12.380 --> 00:46:12.799
 going to

00:46:12.799 --> 00:46:12.960
 a

00:46:12.960 --> 00:46:13.980
 naturopath,

00:46:15.139 --> 00:46:16.699
 not just

00:46:16.699 --> 00:46:17.039
 because you

00:46:17.039 --> 00:46:17.239
 have to

00:46:17.239 --> 00:46:17.579
 have some

00:46:17.579 --> 00:46:18.079
 herbs or

00:46:18.079 --> 00:46:18.440
 something,

00:46:18.579 --> 00:46:19.059
 but if they are

00:46:19.059 --> 00:46:19.559
 giving you

00:46:19.559 --> 00:46:20.199
 these herbs

00:46:20.199 --> 00:46:20.920
 because there are

00:46:20.920 --> 00:46:21.920
 spiritual forces

00:46:21.920 --> 00:46:22.619
 in your body

00:46:22.619 --> 00:46:23.139
 that have to

00:46:23.139 --> 00:46:23.880
 be balanced,

00:46:25.420 --> 00:46:26.659
 then you are

00:46:26.659 --> 00:46:27.319
 claiming to be

00:46:27.319 --> 00:46:27.779
 able to

00:46:27.779 --> 00:46:28.639
 manipulate these

00:46:28.639 --> 00:46:29.719
 spiritual forces,

00:46:29.920 --> 00:46:30.339
 and that would

00:46:30.339 --> 00:46:31.139
 be sorcery.

00:46:31.139 --> 00:46:33.339
 in the ancient

00:46:33.339 --> 00:46:34.239
 world as well,

00:46:34.339 --> 00:46:34.679
 one of the

00:46:34.679 --> 00:46:35.539
 primary uses

00:46:35.539 --> 00:46:36.739
 of potions

00:46:36.739 --> 00:46:37.359
 was to

00:46:37.359 --> 00:46:38.379
 create abortions.

00:46:40.980 --> 00:46:41.759
 So this

00:46:41.759 --> 00:46:42.519
 text is in

00:46:42.519 --> 00:46:43.359
 fact also

00:46:43.359 --> 00:46:45.619
 warning you

00:46:45.619 --> 00:46:46.460
 against anything

00:46:46.460 --> 00:46:47.039
 that you would

00:46:47.039 --> 00:46:47.879
 do, any

00:46:47.879 --> 00:46:48.599
 drug that you

00:46:48.599 --> 00:46:49.139
 would take

00:46:49.139 --> 00:46:50.460
 to artificially

00:46:50.460 --> 00:46:51.259
 cause an

00:46:51.259 --> 00:46:51.679
 abortion.

00:46:53.839 --> 00:46:54.940
 If you are

00:46:54.940 --> 00:46:55.679
 here today

00:46:55.679 --> 00:46:56.139
 and you have

00:46:56.139 --> 00:46:56.480
 had an

00:46:56.480 --> 00:46:56.879
 abortion,

00:46:57.739 --> 00:46:58.619
 I know this

00:46:58.619 --> 00:46:59.039
 is a very

00:46:59.039 --> 00:46:59.980
 painful thing

00:46:59.980 --> 00:47:01.119
 to find in

00:47:01.119 --> 00:47:01.599
 the Bible,

00:47:02.400 --> 00:47:04.239
 but the

00:47:04.239 --> 00:47:05.440
 Bible confronts

00:47:05.440 --> 00:47:06.059
 us with our

00:47:06.059 --> 00:47:06.980
 sin so

00:47:06.980 --> 00:47:07.359
 that we

00:47:07.359 --> 00:47:07.659
 would,

00:47:08.000 --> 00:47:09.739
 with broken

00:47:09.739 --> 00:47:10.440
 hearts,

00:47:11.079 --> 00:47:11.699
 come to

00:47:11.699 --> 00:47:12.980
 God for

00:47:12.980 --> 00:47:13.639
 healing and

00:47:13.639 --> 00:47:14.219
 restoration,

00:47:14.819 --> 00:47:16.719
 not for

00:47:16.719 --> 00:47:17.420
 condemnation

00:47:17.420 --> 00:47:17.839
 forever.

00:47:19.380 --> 00:47:19.779
 Enmity

00:47:19.779 --> 00:47:22.380
 is to

00:47:22.380 --> 00:47:24.019
 inflame

00:47:24.019 --> 00:47:25.339
 anger

00:47:25.339 --> 00:47:25.839
 between

00:47:25.839 --> 00:47:26.420
 groups.

00:47:27.480 --> 00:47:28.059
 Strife

00:47:28.059 --> 00:47:29.239
 is actually

00:47:29.239 --> 00:47:30.259
 also connected

00:47:30.259 --> 00:47:30.759
 to it,

00:47:31.119 --> 00:47:31.920
 actually being

00:47:31.920 --> 00:47:32.519
 involved,

00:47:32.699 --> 00:47:33.359
 not just in

00:47:33.359 --> 00:47:33.819
 trying to

00:47:33.819 --> 00:47:34.339
 stir up

00:47:34.339 --> 00:47:34.900
 people being

00:47:34.900 --> 00:47:35.539
 angry with

00:47:35.539 --> 00:47:36.059
 each other,

00:47:36.599 --> 00:47:37.099
 but to

00:47:37.099 --> 00:47:38.000
 actually cause

00:47:38.000 --> 00:47:38.380
 there to be

00:47:38.380 --> 00:47:39.000
 conflict.

00:47:39.599 --> 00:47:40.319
 Jealousy is

00:47:40.319 --> 00:47:40.799
 sort of just

00:47:40.799 --> 00:47:41.139
 what it

00:47:41.139 --> 00:47:41.519
 says.

00:47:42.500 --> 00:47:42.859
 It's

00:47:42.859 --> 00:47:44.759
 desiring too

00:47:44.759 --> 00:47:45.319
 much what

00:47:45.319 --> 00:47:45.980
 somebody else

00:47:45.980 --> 00:47:46.420
 has,

00:47:46.940 --> 00:47:47.719
 feeling angry

00:47:47.719 --> 00:47:48.199
 at what they

00:47:48.199 --> 00:47:48.480
 have,

00:47:48.599 --> 00:47:49.119
 desiring to

00:47:49.119 --> 00:47:49.420
 take it

00:47:49.420 --> 00:47:49.900
 away from

00:47:49.900 --> 00:47:50.159
 them.

00:47:50.980 --> 00:47:51.440
 Fits of

00:47:51.440 --> 00:47:51.940
 anger

00:47:51.940 --> 00:47:52.739
 isn't a type

00:47:52.739 --> 00:47:53.199
 of holy

00:47:53.199 --> 00:47:53.579
 anger,

00:47:53.739 --> 00:47:54.099
 but it's

00:47:54.099 --> 00:47:54.599
 especially

00:47:54.599 --> 00:47:55.199
 true of

00:47:55.199 --> 00:47:55.699
 those who

00:47:55.699 --> 00:47:56.559
 nurture

00:47:56.559 --> 00:47:57.759
 anger and

00:47:57.759 --> 00:47:58.380
 allow it to

00:47:58.380 --> 00:47:58.700
 have a

00:47:58.700 --> 00:47:58.960
 great

00:47:58.960 --> 00:47:59.740
 simmering

00:47:59.740 --> 00:48:00.240
 or even

00:48:00.240 --> 00:48:01.160
 boiling role

00:48:01.160 --> 00:48:01.440
 in our

00:48:01.440 --> 00:48:01.960
 lives.

00:48:03.220 --> 00:48:03.820
 Rivalries

00:48:03.820 --> 00:48:04.700
 is going

00:48:04.700 --> 00:48:04.980
 into

00:48:04.980 --> 00:48:05.700
 organizations,

00:48:05.980 --> 00:48:06.400
 especially

00:48:06.400 --> 00:48:06.940
 churches,

00:48:07.180 --> 00:48:07.519
 and trying

00:48:07.519 --> 00:48:08.059
 to create

00:48:08.059 --> 00:48:08.720
 parties.

00:48:09.460 --> 00:48:09.980
 And rivalry

00:48:09.980 --> 00:48:10.980
 dissensions is a

00:48:10.980 --> 00:48:11.740
 similar type of

00:48:11.740 --> 00:48:12.559
 idea as is

00:48:12.559 --> 00:48:13.039
 divisions.

00:48:13.960 --> 00:48:14.660
 It's just an

00:48:14.660 --> 00:48:15.980
 escalating of

00:48:15.980 --> 00:48:16.539
 going from

00:48:16.539 --> 00:48:17.240
 having we're

00:48:17.240 --> 00:48:17.680
 all one

00:48:17.680 --> 00:48:18.059
 group and

00:48:18.059 --> 00:48:18.440
 there's other

00:48:18.440 --> 00:48:19.200
 groups to

00:48:19.200 --> 00:48:20.860
 creating arguments

00:48:20.860 --> 00:48:21.680
 between them to

00:48:21.680 --> 00:48:22.640
 actually splitting

00:48:22.640 --> 00:48:23.800
 and causing

00:48:23.800 --> 00:48:25.720
 breakdowns in

00:48:25.720 --> 00:48:26.539
 human relations

00:48:26.539 --> 00:48:27.420
 and families

00:48:27.420 --> 00:48:28.240
 and churches

00:48:28.240 --> 00:48:29.140
 and unions

00:48:29.140 --> 00:48:30.000
 and government

00:48:30.000 --> 00:48:32.140
 over matters

00:48:32.140 --> 00:48:32.660
 which don't

00:48:32.660 --> 00:48:33.220
 really at the

00:48:33.220 --> 00:48:33.500
 end of the

00:48:33.500 --> 00:48:34.100
 day matter.

00:48:34.880 --> 00:48:35.400
 Envy is

00:48:35.400 --> 00:48:36.360
 feeling sorrow

00:48:36.360 --> 00:48:37.260
 of a blessing

00:48:37.260 --> 00:48:37.820
 that somebody

00:48:37.820 --> 00:48:38.480
 else has.

00:48:38.660 --> 00:48:39.380
 Drunkenness is

00:48:39.380 --> 00:48:39.820
 obvious.

00:48:39.980 --> 00:48:40.440
 It would also

00:48:40.440 --> 00:48:42.560
 include most

00:48:42.560 --> 00:48:43.440
 drug use.

00:48:44.140 --> 00:48:44.800
 And orgies,

00:48:45.060 --> 00:48:45.860
 there's no good

00:48:45.860 --> 00:48:47.120
 word in English

00:48:47.120 --> 00:48:48.080
 for the word

00:48:48.080 --> 00:48:48.660
 orgies,

00:48:48.780 --> 00:48:49.240
 but it's not

00:48:49.240 --> 00:48:49.800
 referring to

00:48:49.800 --> 00:48:50.180
 sex.

00:48:50.320 --> 00:48:51.000
 It's referring

00:48:51.000 --> 00:48:52.039
 to gathering

00:48:52.039 --> 00:48:52.600
 together with

00:48:52.600 --> 00:48:53.220
 other people

00:48:53.219 --> 00:48:54.079
 to take drugs

00:48:54.079 --> 00:48:54.419
 and get

00:48:54.419 --> 00:48:55.099
 completely

00:48:55.099 --> 00:48:55.919
 hammered.

00:48:58.559 --> 00:48:59.299
 And things

00:48:59.299 --> 00:48:59.899
 like these I

00:48:59.899 --> 00:49:00.519
 warn you as I

00:49:00.519 --> 00:49:00.879
 warned you

00:49:00.879 --> 00:49:01.459
 before that

00:49:01.459 --> 00:49:02.019
 those who do

00:49:02.019 --> 00:49:02.539
 such things

00:49:02.539 --> 00:49:02.899
 will not

00:49:02.899 --> 00:49:03.419
 inherit the

00:49:03.419 --> 00:49:03.879
 kingdom of

00:49:03.879 --> 00:49:04.159
 God.

00:49:05.599 --> 00:49:06.279
 But the

00:49:06.279 --> 00:49:07.639
 fruit of

00:49:07.639 --> 00:49:08.159
 the Spirit,

00:49:08.339 --> 00:49:08.739
 remember this

00:49:08.739 --> 00:49:09.500
 all begins by

00:49:09.500 --> 00:49:09.980
 the fact that

00:49:09.980 --> 00:49:10.739
 the Holy Spirit

00:49:10.739 --> 00:49:11.279
 is moving in

00:49:11.279 --> 00:49:11.839
 our lives.

00:49:12.639 --> 00:49:13.019
 And notice

00:49:13.019 --> 00:49:13.539
 that the word

00:49:13.539 --> 00:49:15.079
 works is

00:49:15.079 --> 00:49:15.599
 plural,

00:49:16.079 --> 00:49:16.619
 fruit is

00:49:16.619 --> 00:49:17.079
 singular.

00:49:17.419 --> 00:49:18.259
 Works implies

00:49:18.259 --> 00:49:19.000
 things that we

00:49:19.000 --> 00:49:19.319
 do,

00:49:20.259 --> 00:49:21.299
 fruit implies

00:49:21.299 --> 00:49:21.639
 that it's

00:49:21.639 --> 00:49:22.259
 something God

00:49:22.259 --> 00:49:22.639
 does.

00:49:23.219 --> 00:49:24.679
 But the

00:49:24.679 --> 00:49:25.199
 fruit of the

00:49:25.199 --> 00:49:26.519
 Spirit is

00:49:26.519 --> 00:49:27.019
 love,

00:49:27.980 --> 00:49:28.299
 joy,

00:49:29.399 --> 00:49:29.819
 peace,

00:49:31.000 --> 00:49:31.599
 patience.

00:49:32.480 --> 00:49:33.259
 Love, by the

00:49:33.259 --> 00:49:33.739
 way, here,

00:49:34.119 --> 00:49:34.639
 all of these

00:49:34.639 --> 00:49:35.259
 words, some of

00:49:35.259 --> 00:49:35.919
 them sound like

00:49:35.919 --> 00:49:36.539
 they're emotions.

00:49:36.799 --> 00:49:37.199
 These aren't

00:49:37.199 --> 00:49:39.019
 emotions, but

00:49:39.019 --> 00:49:39.599
 all of these

00:49:39.599 --> 00:49:40.119
 things have

00:49:40.119 --> 00:49:40.599
 emotional

00:49:40.599 --> 00:49:41.739
 consequences for

00:49:41.739 --> 00:49:42.299
 our lives.

00:49:43.179 --> 00:49:43.839
 Love means

00:49:43.839 --> 00:49:44.459
 self-giving

00:49:44.459 --> 00:49:44.879
 love.

00:49:46.199 --> 00:49:47.000
 Joy means that

00:49:47.000 --> 00:49:47.459
 you are drawing

00:49:47.459 --> 00:49:48.480
 close to God

00:49:48.480 --> 00:49:48.899
 who is the

00:49:48.899 --> 00:49:49.639
 source of all

00:49:49.639 --> 00:49:50.019
 joy.

00:49:50.019 --> 00:49:52.840
 peace means

00:49:52.840 --> 00:49:53.900
 that you're

00:49:53.900 --> 00:49:54.599
 having a type

00:49:54.599 --> 00:49:55.259
 of balance

00:49:55.259 --> 00:49:55.880
 in your life

00:49:55.880 --> 00:49:56.460
 that comes

00:49:56.460 --> 00:49:57.019
 from having

00:49:57.019 --> 00:49:57.860
 your desires

00:49:57.860 --> 00:49:58.940
 properly ordered

00:49:58.940 --> 00:49:59.840
 and having

00:49:59.840 --> 00:50:00.619
 Jesus as the

00:50:00.619 --> 00:50:01.059
 Lord of your

00:50:01.059 --> 00:50:01.440
 life.

00:50:02.639 --> 00:50:03.340
 Patience is

00:50:03.340 --> 00:50:03.860
 the ability

00:50:03.860 --> 00:50:05.099
 to put up

00:50:05.099 --> 00:50:05.639
 with people,

00:50:06.480 --> 00:50:07.860
 to not

00:50:07.860 --> 00:50:08.619
 flare up

00:50:08.619 --> 00:50:08.900
 with them

00:50:08.900 --> 00:50:09.420
 in anger.

00:50:10.159 --> 00:50:10.820
 Kindness is

00:50:10.820 --> 00:50:11.219
 not just

00:50:11.219 --> 00:50:11.679
 putting up

00:50:11.679 --> 00:50:12.000
 with them,

00:50:12.059 --> 00:50:12.519
 but actually

00:50:12.519 --> 00:50:13.099
 looking at

00:50:13.099 --> 00:50:13.420
 them and

00:50:13.420 --> 00:50:14.039
 desiring to

00:50:14.039 --> 00:50:14.360
 do them

00:50:14.360 --> 00:50:14.759
 good.

00:50:15.699 --> 00:50:16.539
 Goodness just

00:50:16.539 --> 00:50:17.119
 means being

00:50:17.119 --> 00:50:17.519
 good.

00:50:18.559 --> 00:50:19.000
 Faithfulness

00:50:19.000 --> 00:50:19.639
 means that

00:50:19.639 --> 00:50:20.119
 you're learning

00:50:20.119 --> 00:50:20.779
 how to keep

00:50:20.779 --> 00:50:21.400
 your word.

00:50:22.420 --> 00:50:22.819
 Gentleness

00:50:22.819 --> 00:50:23.480
 means that

00:50:23.480 --> 00:50:23.839
 when you're

00:50:23.839 --> 00:50:24.380
 dealing with

00:50:24.380 --> 00:50:25.079
 people who

00:50:25.079 --> 00:50:26.339
 otherwise would

00:50:26.339 --> 00:50:26.960
 inflame you

00:50:26.960 --> 00:50:27.500
 and make you

00:50:27.500 --> 00:50:29.359
 angry, that

00:50:29.359 --> 00:50:29.779
 you have

00:50:29.779 --> 00:50:30.519
 habits and

00:50:30.519 --> 00:50:31.380
 practices to

00:50:31.380 --> 00:50:31.739
 deal with

00:50:31.739 --> 00:50:32.039
 them well

00:50:32.039 --> 00:50:32.759
 just gently.

00:50:34.039 --> 00:50:34.900
 And self-control

00:50:34.900 --> 00:50:35.960
 means just

00:50:35.960 --> 00:50:37.440
 the Holy Spirit

00:50:37.440 --> 00:50:38.139
 is bringing

00:50:38.139 --> 00:50:38.980
 healing into

00:50:38.980 --> 00:50:40.440
 your life so

00:50:40.440 --> 00:50:40.759
 that your

00:50:40.759 --> 00:50:41.500
 passions and

00:50:41.500 --> 00:50:42.259
 desires come

00:50:42.259 --> 00:50:42.739
 under some

00:50:42.739 --> 00:50:43.199
 type of

00:50:43.199 --> 00:50:43.699
 control.

00:50:43.699 --> 00:50:43.759
 people.

00:50:47.239 --> 00:50:47.980
 Just a

00:50:47.980 --> 00:50:48.439
 couple of

00:50:48.439 --> 00:50:48.960
 things in

00:50:48.960 --> 00:50:50.359
 closing because

00:50:50.359 --> 00:50:54.000
 I've gone

00:50:54.000 --> 00:50:54.539
 maybe a bit

00:50:54.539 --> 00:50:55.059
 too long.

00:50:55.879 --> 00:50:56.199
 If you could

00:50:56.199 --> 00:50:56.500
 put up the

00:50:56.500 --> 00:50:57.059
 next point,

00:50:57.239 --> 00:50:57.579
 the three

00:50:57.579 --> 00:50:58.119
 points just

00:50:58.119 --> 00:50:58.719
 very quickly

00:50:58.719 --> 00:50:59.339
 in closing.

00:51:00.259 --> 00:51:00.699
 The works

00:51:00.699 --> 00:51:01.239
 of the flesh

00:51:01.239 --> 00:51:01.739
 are radically

00:51:01.739 --> 00:51:02.399
 different than

00:51:02.399 --> 00:51:02.919
 the fruit of

00:51:02.919 --> 00:51:03.259
 the Holy

00:51:03.259 --> 00:51:03.699
 Spirit.

00:51:04.919 --> 00:51:05.739
 Fruit is

00:51:05.739 --> 00:51:06.779
 definitely telling

00:51:06.779 --> 00:51:07.259
 us that it's

00:51:07.259 --> 00:51:07.819
 God who's

00:51:07.819 --> 00:51:08.239
 doing it.

00:51:08.319 --> 00:51:08.779
 Next one.

00:51:10.259 --> 00:51:10.719
 The gifts

00:51:10.719 --> 00:51:11.259
 of the Holy

00:51:11.259 --> 00:51:12.319
 Spirit are

00:51:12.319 --> 00:51:13.619
 not assigned

00:51:13.619 --> 00:51:15.279
 to the

00:51:15.279 --> 00:51:15.839
 sanctification

00:51:15.839 --> 00:51:15.980
 becoming more

00:51:15.980 --> 00:51:16.679
 like Jesus.

00:51:17.519 --> 00:51:18.460
 The fruit

00:51:18.460 --> 00:51:19.619
 of the Holy

00:51:19.619 --> 00:51:20.859
 Spirit is

00:51:20.859 --> 00:51:21.400
 the sign of

00:51:21.400 --> 00:51:22.179
 sanctification.

00:51:22.880 --> 00:51:23.579
 Next point.

00:51:25.759 --> 00:51:26.420
 Sanctification

00:51:26.420 --> 00:51:27.440
 is slow.

00:51:28.420 --> 00:51:28.859
 It is

00:51:28.859 --> 00:51:29.519
 measured in

00:51:29.519 --> 00:51:30.099
 years,

00:51:30.480 --> 00:51:31.440
 not in

00:51:31.440 --> 00:51:32.000
 seconds.

00:51:32.980 --> 00:51:33.599
 One of the

00:51:33.599 --> 00:51:34.119
 things that the

00:51:34.119 --> 00:51:34.739
 devil likes to

00:51:34.739 --> 00:51:35.199
 do to beat

00:51:35.199 --> 00:51:36.679
 us up is

00:51:36.679 --> 00:51:37.380
 make us very,

00:51:37.519 --> 00:51:38.179
 very aware

00:51:38.179 --> 00:51:39.480
 of our

00:51:39.480 --> 00:51:40.239
 failures of

00:51:40.239 --> 00:51:40.639
 the day

00:51:40.639 --> 00:51:42.179
 and blind

00:51:42.179 --> 00:51:43.460
 us to the

00:51:43.460 --> 00:51:44.179
 changes that

00:51:44.179 --> 00:51:44.559
 have come

00:51:44.559 --> 00:51:44.940
 in us

00:51:44.940 --> 00:51:45.760
 over a

00:51:45.760 --> 00:51:46.039
 year.

00:51:50.619 --> 00:51:51.300
 I invite

00:51:51.300 --> 00:51:51.900
 you all to

00:51:51.900 --> 00:51:52.260
 stand.

00:51:52.699 --> 00:51:52.980
 You've been

00:51:52.980 --> 00:51:53.760
 very patient.

00:51:58.400 --> 00:51:59.199
 And I'm

00:51:59.199 --> 00:51:59.639
 going to pray

00:51:59.639 --> 00:52:00.079
 in a moment,

00:52:00.260 --> 00:52:01.099
 but I just,

00:52:01.519 --> 00:52:02.480
 I think I'd

00:52:02.480 --> 00:52:02.940
 like to just

00:52:02.940 --> 00:52:03.280
 do,

00:52:03.280 --> 00:52:03.780
 um,

00:52:03.780 --> 00:52:08.760
 yeah,

00:52:08.880 --> 00:52:09.120
 we're just

00:52:09.120 --> 00:52:09.280
 going to,

00:52:09.280 --> 00:52:09.500
 we're going

00:52:09.500 --> 00:52:09.840
 to pray.

00:52:11.940 --> 00:52:12.660
 And then,

00:52:12.740 --> 00:52:13.040
 uh,

00:52:13.100 --> 00:52:13.420
 then I'm

00:52:13.420 --> 00:52:13.580
 going to

00:52:13.580 --> 00:52:14.000
 invite you

00:52:14.000 --> 00:52:14.440
 all to

00:52:14.440 --> 00:52:15.040
 sit down

00:52:15.040 --> 00:52:15.620
 after I've

00:52:15.620 --> 00:52:16.019
 just prayed

00:52:16.019 --> 00:52:16.620
 over you.

00:52:16.620 --> 00:52:17.360
 And I'm

00:52:17.360 --> 00:52:17.540
 going to

00:52:17.540 --> 00:52:18.040
 give you an

00:52:18.040 --> 00:52:18.880
 opportunity to

00:52:18.880 --> 00:52:19.240
 pray out

00:52:19.240 --> 00:52:19.640
 loud,

00:52:20.640 --> 00:52:21.440
 uh,

00:52:21.720 --> 00:52:23.900
 to be

00:52:23.900 --> 00:52:24.600
 audible and

00:52:24.600 --> 00:52:25.100
 brief and

00:52:25.100 --> 00:52:25.480
 clear,

00:52:25.480 --> 00:52:27.019
 uh,

00:52:27.080 --> 00:52:27.880
 around the

00:52:27.880 --> 00:52:28.620
 different things

00:52:28.620 --> 00:52:29.240
 that the Holy

00:52:29.240 --> 00:52:29.900
 Spirit might

00:52:29.900 --> 00:52:30.519
 have put on

00:52:30.519 --> 00:52:31.120
 your hearts

00:52:31.119 --> 00:52:31.519
 as the

00:52:31.519 --> 00:52:32.079
 sermon has

00:52:32.079 --> 00:52:32.799
 been preached.

00:52:34.299 --> 00:52:35.099
 Maybe just a

00:52:35.099 --> 00:52:35.679
 calling out to

00:52:35.679 --> 00:52:36.299
 God for the

00:52:36.299 --> 00:52:37.099
 Holy Spirit to

00:52:37.099 --> 00:52:37.559
 work in our

00:52:37.559 --> 00:52:38.400
 lives more,

00:52:39.239 --> 00:52:39.460
 uh,

00:52:39.599 --> 00:52:40.380
 calling out to

00:52:40.380 --> 00:52:41.359
 God for the

00:52:41.359 --> 00:52:41.719
 fruit of the

00:52:41.719 --> 00:52:42.400
 Spirit more,

00:52:42.519 --> 00:52:43.279
 just in whatever

00:52:43.279 --> 00:52:43.539
 way.

00:52:43.599 --> 00:52:44.000
 If it's just

00:52:44.000 --> 00:52:44.440
 comparative

00:52:44.440 --> 00:52:45.219
 silence because

00:52:45.219 --> 00:52:45.960
 there's kids in

00:52:45.960 --> 00:52:46.239
 the room,

00:52:46.319 --> 00:52:47.519
 then that's

00:52:47.519 --> 00:52:48.199
 fine as well.

00:52:48.299 --> 00:52:48.639
 And I'll,

00:52:48.639 --> 00:52:48.960
 I'll,

00:52:48.960 --> 00:52:49.980
 I'll bring it

00:52:49.980 --> 00:52:51.279
 to a close by,

00:52:51.440 --> 00:52:52.019
 uh,

00:52:52.019 --> 00:52:53.359
 having us go

00:52:53.359 --> 00:52:53.679
 into one of

00:52:53.679 --> 00:52:54.759
 the colics that

00:52:54.759 --> 00:52:55.259
 will be up on

00:52:55.259 --> 00:52:55.719
 the screen.

00:52:56.880 --> 00:52:57.639
 But let's just

00:52:57.639 --> 00:52:58.279
 bow our heads in

00:52:58.279 --> 00:52:58.500
 prayer.

00:52:58.639 --> 00:52:58.900
 Father,

00:52:59.839 --> 00:53:00.199
 uh,

00:53:00.199 --> 00:53:00.920
 we thank you for

00:53:00.920 --> 00:53:01.280
 Jesus.

00:53:01.460 --> 00:53:02.079
 We thank you for

00:53:02.079 --> 00:53:02.619
 what he did for

00:53:02.619 --> 00:53:03.000
 us on the

00:53:03.000 --> 00:53:03.420
 cross.

00:53:04.200 --> 00:53:04.900
 We ask,

00:53:05.059 --> 00:53:05.240
 Father,

00:53:05.320 --> 00:53:05.980
 that your Holy

00:53:05.980 --> 00:53:07.900
 Spirit would

00:53:07.900 --> 00:53:09.340
 make us disciples

00:53:09.340 --> 00:53:10.180
 of Jesus who

00:53:10.180 --> 00:53:10.880
 are gripped by

00:53:10.880 --> 00:53:11.559
 the gospel.

00:53:12.200 --> 00:53:13.220
 And as we are

00:53:13.220 --> 00:53:13.900
 gripped by the

00:53:13.900 --> 00:53:14.380
 gospel,

00:53:14.980 --> 00:53:15.880
 that we would

00:53:15.880 --> 00:53:17.460
 be a people who

00:53:17.460 --> 00:53:18.300
 are walking by

00:53:18.300 --> 00:53:19.220
 the Holy Spirit,

00:53:19.820 --> 00:53:21.920
 who are led by

00:53:21.920 --> 00:53:22.900
 the Holy Spirit,

00:53:23.260 --> 00:53:24.619
 who are living by

00:53:24.619 --> 00:53:25.599
 the Holy Spirit,

00:53:26.320 --> 00:53:27.000
 and are keeping

00:53:27.000 --> 00:53:28.019
 in step with the

00:53:28.019 --> 00:53:28.800
 Holy Spirit,

00:53:28.800 --> 00:53:31.440
 as we crucify

00:53:31.440 --> 00:53:32.140
 the flesh,

00:53:32.820 --> 00:53:33.780
 and live for

00:53:33.780 --> 00:53:34.460
 your glory.

00:53:35.300 --> 00:53:35.600
 Father,

00:53:35.680 --> 00:53:36.180
 we ask that

00:53:36.180 --> 00:53:37.039
 your Holy Spirit

00:53:37.039 --> 00:53:37.600
 would do that

00:53:37.600 --> 00:53:38.360
 in our lives,

00:53:38.840 --> 00:53:39.500
 and that we're

00:53:39.500 --> 00:53:40.300
 doing our lives

00:53:40.300 --> 00:53:41.019
 as individuals,

00:53:41.420 --> 00:53:42.039
 and as a

00:53:42.039 --> 00:53:42.440
 congregation.

00:53:43.480 --> 00:53:44.140
 And we ask

00:53:44.140 --> 00:53:44.539
 this in the

00:53:44.539 --> 00:53:45.180
 name of Jesus.

00:53:45.860 --> 00:53:46.240
 Amen.