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 Okay, well, good morning, everyone. Lovely to see you here today. Please can I invite you to grab a Bible and absolutely use the contents page to find this book of the Bible called The Song of Songs.

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 I would say it's just after Ecclesiastes, but that might actually cause more confusion than help. So contents page, The Book of the Song of Songs is where we're going to be over the next six weeks, getting into this wonderful book of the Bible together.

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 I don't think we've ever preached here in my time at Brunsfield. So really excited to get into it today.

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 Today, we're going to read chapter one and the first little bit of chapter two in about 15 minutes time. So just in case you think I've lost the plot, that's the plan.

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 So please do keep it open in front of you. I thought it'd be helpful to try and get our bearings in this portion of God's words today.

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 And with that in mind, let me confess what Alex and I watch when we're tired and we just want to watch some mindless TV at the end of the day.

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 You know, we've all got our kind of go-to programs. Maybe it's the Beach Grove Garden. Maybe it's Full Contact Six Nations on Netflix.

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 Well, for us, it's Friends. And you can judge me on that if you want. I'm okay.

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 We're watching Friends recently and there's a scene that came up where Joey and Monica are talking about how easy it is to move on after a breakup.

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 And this is Peak 90s TV. I grew up on this stuff. Joey says this,

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 It's never taken me more than a week to get over a relationship.

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 To which Monica replies,

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 It's never taken you more than a shower to get over a relationship.

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 Peak 90s, friends.

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 Let me summarize Joey Tribbiani's attitude to women.

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 As long as it's consensual and no one gets hurt, then it's game on.

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 And if it ever gets costly and you don't fancy the hassle, then move on.

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 It's the best way to live your life.

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 Not the kind of greeting you want in your Valentine's Day card, is it?

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 When that day rolls around in February.

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 But it is what the sexual evolution of the last few decades promised us.

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 More sex, better sex, and more fulfilled people.

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 And we've got to ask the question, a couple of decades on,

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 Has this revolution worked?

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 Has the revolution as it threw off the old sex reserved for marriage fetters of previous generations,

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 has it worked?

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 Well, it's interesting you've got people around today,

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 non-Christians feeding into this discussion,

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 who are telling us that it hasn't.

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 So here, for example, is non-Christian sociologist Jean Twenge,

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 in her book Generations,

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 which is well worth a read as she tracks the differences in the generations.

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 And it's a fascinating read.

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 Here's what she says.

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 Gen Z adults should be having the time of their life sexually.

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 But they aren't.

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 In fact, Gen Z is having markedly less sex than Gen Xers and Millennials did as young adults.

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 Maybe you've heard of the sex recession.

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 For Gen Z, it's a sex depression.

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 Interesting.

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 Or here's American non-Christian author Louise Perry,

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 in her book The Case Against the Sexual Revolution.

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 She writes this.

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 I don't believe the last 60 years or so should be understood as a period of exclusive progress or exclusive decline.

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 Because the sexual revolution has not freed all of us,

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 but it has freed some of us,

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 and selectively,

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 and at a price.

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 And if you read her book,

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 here's what she observes.

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 Who are the people in our world,

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 down in the generations,

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 who've benefited from the sexual revolution

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 and what it promised?

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 The rich,

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 those with power,

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 and those who are famous.

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 Now, worth clocking that for where we're going to go in about 15 minutes' time.

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 Friends, here's two observations for you this morning.

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 However you come to church,

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 whenever you think about the God of the Bible,

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 whatever you find yourself doing in life,

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 here's two observations.

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 Number one,

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 the sexual ethic of our generation isn't delivering.

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 And number two,

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 what God has to say is worth hearing.

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 Because God has something to say into this whole arena of sex, romance, and relationships.

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 And maybe for you here today,

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 that is brand new.

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 You thought,

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 I didn't think God had anything to say into that whole subject.

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 Friends, I love that you're here,

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 if that's what you're thinking today.

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 Love that you're here.

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 And I'd love for you,

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 with patience and grace,

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 to journey with us as a church

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 as we explore what God has to say into this whole arena.

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 Have you ever considered,

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 dear friend,

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 that there is more to the heart of Christianity

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 than maybe you've got in your mind at present?

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 Have you ever considered that those longings that you have to be loved and to be known,

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 and why they seem to be so elusive,

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 is because you're looking for it in all the wrong places.

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 Have you ever considered that the purpose of our existence,

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 the reason that we are created with desires,

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 is that so we'd have our breath taken away

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 by a different kind of love from the God of the universe.

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 Come and journey with this in this book.

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 Because here is an eight chapter love drama

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 that celebrates the love and sexual intimacy

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 that is enjoyed in an exclusive relationship

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 between a man and a woman.

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 Now get this,

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 this is a song that was considered so racy and suggestive

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 that apparently Jewish men were not allowed to read it publicly

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 in the synagogue until they were 30.

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 Welcome to the Song of Songs,

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 which is a Hebrew superlative,

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 basically saying this is the best song ever.

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 And the Song of Songs,

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 along with the Psalms, Ecclesiastes, and Proverbs,

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 this is part of the wisdom section of our Bible.

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 I think it's probably one of the least understood

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 and tapped into portions of the Bible.

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 And it's wonderful.

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 The wisdom section of our Bibles

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 have all sorts of things to say into our everyday realities.

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 Wisdom literature,

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 this is all about how to live God's way

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 in God's world for our good.

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 Say it again.

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 How to live in God's way

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 in God's world

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 for our good.

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 Isn't it amazing that God would speak into this?

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 Friends, God has things to say

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 into every aspect of our life.

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 And he has things to say

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 into the deepest parts of our lives.

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 Do you know why?

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 Because he made all of life.

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 And that means we always need to be asking ourselves

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 when we're in this portion of our Bibles

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 is how is this teaching us to be wise?

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 What is there here for me to learn?

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 What am I supposed to be understanding

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 about sex and relationships?

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 And what we're going to get in the Song of Songs

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 is the great debunking of two great lies

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 which we often believe about sex.

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 Here's the first one.

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 I'm sorry I didn't quite line up in the PowerPoint.

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 The first one is a lie

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 that we too easily assume in the church

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 and it's this,

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 that we can't talk about it.

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 And the Song of Songs would come along,

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 burst that bubble and say not true.

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 I think because we often don't talk about it,

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 what we've often done as the church

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 is that we've passed on to the next generation

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 a bunch of sexual morals

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 at the expense of the accompanying story

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 which undergirds it

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 and which people can understand it.

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 And because we've not passed on that story,

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 we've just passed on morals.

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 No wonder people, friends,

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 look in the world and think

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 they're having so much more fun than we are.

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 As far as the origin of human sexual desires

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 is concerned,

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 can we just put it out there

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 that this was God's move?

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 Right?

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 It's not like Adam and Eve got together

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 at the beginning of the Bible

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 and God happened to walk along

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 and catch them in the act

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 and said to himself,

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 how on earth did they figure that out?

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 No, being naked and not ashamed,

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 man and woman delighting to become one flesh

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 as they come together

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 was God's idea, not humanity's.

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 And that's to say right up top

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 that God is for sex.

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 God put those desires in human beings.

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 Yes, for us to enjoy,

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 but we're going to see as we go on

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 ultimately as a signpost for us to see

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 that it points to something deeper.

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 And here's the second line

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 and it's one that we too easily accept

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 from our culture

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 and it's namely this.

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 Feelings are king.

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 Either sex is nothing,

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 but Joey Tribbiani is treated as cheap.

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 It is the,

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 what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas

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 or as Tina Turner sang,

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 if you're around in this generation,

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 what's love got to do with it?

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 Lyrics as shallow as they are catchy,

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 it's physical only logical.

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 You must try to ignore

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 that it means more than that.

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 So sex is cheap,

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 sex is nothing,

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 or we go the other extreme

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 and sex is everything.

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 We're going to think about this more next week,

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 that you've got to find the one.

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 And if you don't find the one,

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 then you're missing out.

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 And what we've got to see

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 is that this is the drumbeat of the world.

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 It's the narrative

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 that we're consistently being sold

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 when it comes to sex and romance.

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 And again,

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 the Song of Songs would come along,

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 burst the bubble and say,

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 not true.

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 And that's why,

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 to quote my friend Tom,

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 down in Bath,

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 what this series is all about

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 is turning down

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 the volume of the world's song

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 and turning up the volume

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 of the Song of Songs.

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 Let me just go pastoral

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 just for a minute.

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 Because maybe you're thinking,

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 honestly,

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 the last thing that I need right now

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 is a love song.

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 If I wanted that,

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 I'd just tune into Radio 2

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 on a Sunday morning,

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 listen to Michael Ball,

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 does it way better than we do.

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 Because then at least

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 I could turn it off.

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 Maybe for you,

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 even contemplating this stuff,

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 it just brings back

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 memories and feelings

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 of regret and mistakes.

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 Or maybe it's pain

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 because it reminds you

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 of someone

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 who you once shared

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 that level of

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 human and sexual intimacy with

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 and you miss them

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 more than words

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 they can convey.

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 Or maybe it's resentment

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 because you'd love

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 to be married,

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 but for whatever reason

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 it just

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 hasn't happened

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 for you.

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 Hear me say,

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 however this lands

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 on you today,

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 two things.

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 Number one,

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 that it's okay,

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 in fact,

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 it's more than okay

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 to find it difficult.

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 And part of being

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 a church family together

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 is carrying

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 each other's burdens.

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 the happiness

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 and the heartache.

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 God has put us

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 in each other's lives

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 so that we can walk

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 with each other

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 through the joys

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 and the sorrows

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 that come our way.

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 But here's thing number two.

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 Friends,

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 to some extent,

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 we are all wounded

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 in this area.

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 And we all need

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 the healing

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 perspective

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 and hope

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 which is found

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 in the Song of Songs

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 because this song

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 is one

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 massive signpost

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 to the beauty

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 of Jesus.

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 And my prayer

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 for this

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 series

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 series

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 is we

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 contemplate

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 his person

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 and his character

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 is that we would

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 feel the intensity

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 of his love

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 towards us.

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 How often in life

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 it feels like

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 no human words

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 can really

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 heal

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 and help

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 when we are

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 wounded

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 and hurt

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 in this area.

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 But his words

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 can.

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 And I pray

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 that they will.

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 Now listen,

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 some of your Bibles

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 might say

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 Song of Solomon.

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 Maybe just worth

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 asking at this point

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 who's this guy

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 Solomon.

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 Well Solomon

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 is the son

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 of King David

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 and Solomon

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 in the Bible

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 becomes synonymous

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 with two things.

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 Two W's

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 if you like.

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 Here they are.

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 Number one

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 is wisdom.

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 So he comes

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 to personify

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 wisdom

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 through

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 the Bible.

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 It's the gift

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 that God

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 gave him.

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 But here's

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 number two.

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 It's woman.

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 And I love

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 that the Bible

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 gives us that

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 warts and all.

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 His downfall

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 is his love

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 of sex

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 and of women.

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 In fact,

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 the Bible

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 would tell us

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 that this guy

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 had a thousand

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 sexual partners.

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 Women are tools

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 to be used

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 to satisfy

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 his sexual desires.

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 Think back

00:14:09.659 --> 00:14:10.239
 to that quote

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 a few minutes ago

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 in Solomon's world

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 who has benefited

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 from the sexual

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 ethic of his

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 day.

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 He has.

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 Why?

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 Because he is rich,

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 he is powerful,

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 and he is famous.

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 And all that means

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 that unless he had

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 a complete change

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 of heart,

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 I think he is

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 unlikely to be

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 the author of

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 this song

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 because this is

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 all about sexual

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 enjoyment in a

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 one man,

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 one woman marriage

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 context,

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 and that wasn't

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 really his game.

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 So what is

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 perhaps likely

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 going on here

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 is that the person

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 who wrote this

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 is putting words

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 in Solomon's mouth

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 as it were

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 as he symbolizes

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 and personifies

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 wisdom as if to say

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 this is how

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 true wisdom

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 speaks and operates

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 when it comes

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 to sex

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 and relationships.

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 And here's what

00:14:58.059 --> 00:14:58.779
 we're going to see.

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 God's heart

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 for this,

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 his blueprint

00:15:02.620 --> 00:15:03.559
 is that this is

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 not about

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 self-serving.

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 No, wisdom

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 for sex

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 and relationships

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 is man and woman

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 made equal

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 in dignity

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 and worth

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 in the image

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 of God,

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 participating

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 in a relationship

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 of radical

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 self-giving.

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 And this goes

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 right against

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 the grain

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 of that day

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 and it goes

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 right against

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 the grain of this day

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 just in different ways.

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 But here's what

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 I want you to see.

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 Notice,

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 come with me to the text.

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 We're going to get there.

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 Notice who gets

00:15:38.000 --> 00:15:38.740
 the microphone

00:15:38.740 --> 00:15:40.139
 first in this song.

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 Have a look at it.

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 Who gets the microphone

00:15:41.620 --> 00:15:42.240
 first?

00:15:43.620 --> 00:15:44.100
 Clue?

00:15:46.159 --> 00:15:47.220
 It's not him.

00:15:48.799 --> 00:15:49.679
 Do you see it?

00:15:50.059 --> 00:15:50.840
 It's not him.

00:15:52.439 --> 00:15:52.919
 Again,

00:15:53.000 --> 00:15:54.000
 think of Solomon's world.

00:15:54.159 --> 00:15:54.759
 Think of the

00:15:54.759 --> 00:15:55.799
 sexual ethic

00:15:55.799 --> 00:15:56.620
 of his day.

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 Who gets the first

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 line in this song?

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 It's her.

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 Hugely significant.

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 Because she is

00:16:04.080 --> 00:16:05.420
 no damsel in distress.

00:16:06.360 --> 00:16:07.660
 The woman in this song

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 is not some kind

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 of Middle Eastern

00:16:10.120 --> 00:16:11.360
 eye candy.

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 She is on the front foot

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 and she's telling us

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 why she's singing

00:16:15.800 --> 00:16:16.340
 her song.

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 She's telling us

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 what she's found

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 in her man

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 and her man's

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 going to tell us

00:16:20.500 --> 00:16:21.840
 what he has found

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 in her.

00:16:23.060 --> 00:16:23.300
 Now,

00:16:23.400 --> 00:16:23.759
 we're going to get

00:16:23.759 --> 00:16:24.259
 to the text.

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 Bogdan's going to

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 come.

00:16:25.220 --> 00:16:25.799
 We need this

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 in 30 seconds time.

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 But here's the question

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 I want you to ask

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 as we walk through it.

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 Because remember,

00:16:30.840 --> 00:16:31.659
 this is a song

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 and we hear it

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 how we hear

00:16:33.860 --> 00:16:34.960
 our modern day songs

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 full of images,

00:16:35.939 --> 00:16:36.460
 metaphors,

00:16:36.679 --> 00:16:37.080
 poetry,

00:16:37.379 --> 00:16:38.559
 all that kind of thing.

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 Don't need to take

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 everything literally

00:16:40.860 --> 00:16:42.580
 because you're getting

00:16:42.580 --> 00:16:43.100
 a lot of bother

00:16:43.100 --> 00:16:43.559
 if you do that

00:16:43.559 --> 00:16:44.100
 in this song.

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 But you can work out

00:16:46.120 --> 00:16:46.919
 what's going on

00:16:46.919 --> 00:16:47.460
 as you feel

00:16:47.460 --> 00:16:48.500
 the beat of this song.

00:16:48.700 --> 00:16:48.840
 Right,

00:16:49.039 --> 00:16:49.360
 Bogdan,

00:16:49.439 --> 00:16:50.019
 here's the question.

00:16:50.139 --> 00:16:50.500
 What are they

00:16:50.500 --> 00:16:51.399
 trying to tell us

00:16:51.399 --> 00:16:52.419
 about their love

00:16:52.419 --> 00:16:53.039
 for each other

00:16:53.039 --> 00:16:53.699
 in this song?

00:16:53.879 --> 00:16:54.120
 Bogdan,

00:16:54.179 --> 00:16:54.779
 you come and read it

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 and then we'll get

00:16:55.199 --> 00:16:55.959
 back into it

00:16:55.959 --> 00:16:56.740
 together.

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 Morning.

00:17:03.879 --> 00:17:04.519
 I'm Bogdan,

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 a member here.

00:17:05.920 --> 00:17:07.180
 We're in Song of Songs 1

00:17:07.180 --> 00:17:09.359
 down to 2-7.

00:17:10.740 --> 00:17:11.960
 Song of Songs 1.

00:17:14.000 --> 00:17:15.000
 Solomon's Song of Songs.

00:17:16.059 --> 00:17:17.019
 Let him kiss me

00:17:17.019 --> 00:17:17.539
 with the kisses

00:17:17.539 --> 00:17:18.240
 of his mouth

00:17:18.240 --> 00:17:18.859
 for your love

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 is more delightful

00:17:19.619 --> 00:17:20.259
 than wine.

00:17:20.259 --> 00:17:22.119
 Pleasing is the fragrance

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 of your perfumes.

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 Your name is like

00:17:24.180 --> 00:17:25.119
 perfume poured out.

00:17:25.859 --> 00:17:26.599
 No wonder the young

00:17:26.599 --> 00:17:27.259
 women love you.

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 Take me away with you.

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 Let us hurry.

00:17:30.160 --> 00:17:31.180
 Let the king bring me

00:17:31.180 --> 00:17:31.920
 into his chambers.

00:17:32.980 --> 00:17:34.259
 We rejoice in the delight

00:17:34.259 --> 00:17:34.539
 of you.

00:17:34.619 --> 00:17:36.640
 We praise your love

00:17:36.640 --> 00:17:37.279
 more than wine.

00:17:38.420 --> 00:17:39.480
 How right they are

00:17:39.480 --> 00:17:40.160
 to adore you.

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 Dark am I,

00:17:41.440 --> 00:17:41.940
 yet lovely.

00:17:42.319 --> 00:17:43.180
 Daughters of Jerusalem.

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 Dark like the tents

00:17:44.480 --> 00:17:44.859
 of Kedar,

00:17:45.119 --> 00:17:46.279
 like the tent curtains

00:17:46.279 --> 00:17:46.839
 of Solomon.

00:17:47.859 --> 00:17:49.440
 Do not stare at me

00:17:49.440 --> 00:17:50.340
 because I am dark,

00:17:50.420 --> 00:17:51.259
 because I am darkened

00:17:51.259 --> 00:17:51.840
 by the sun.

00:17:52.400 --> 00:17:53.160
 My mother's sons

00:17:53.160 --> 00:17:54.059
 were angry with me

00:17:54.059 --> 00:17:55.100
 and made me take care

00:17:55.100 --> 00:17:55.860
 of their vineyards,

00:17:56.120 --> 00:17:56.900
 my own vineyard

00:17:56.900 --> 00:17:57.640
 that I had to neglect.

00:17:58.600 --> 00:17:59.140
 Tell me,

00:17:59.220 --> 00:18:00.000
 you whom I love,

00:18:00.460 --> 00:18:01.100
 where you gaze

00:18:01.100 --> 00:18:02.140
 your flock

00:18:02.140 --> 00:18:03.140
 and where you rest

00:18:03.140 --> 00:18:04.059
 your sheep at midday.

00:18:04.840 --> 00:18:05.900
 Why should I be like

00:18:05.900 --> 00:18:06.539
 a veiled woman

00:18:06.539 --> 00:18:07.320
 besides the flock

00:18:07.320 --> 00:18:07.960
 of your friends?

00:18:09.240 --> 00:18:10.180
 If you do not know

00:18:10.180 --> 00:18:11.240
 a most beautiful woman,

00:18:11.480 --> 00:18:12.240
 follow the tracks

00:18:12.240 --> 00:18:12.720
 of the sheep

00:18:12.720 --> 00:18:13.720
 and graze your young goats

00:18:13.720 --> 00:18:14.240
 by the tent

00:18:14.240 --> 00:18:14.960
 of the shepherds.

00:18:14.960 --> 00:18:16.779
 I liken you,

00:18:16.860 --> 00:18:17.299
 my darling,

00:18:17.440 --> 00:18:17.900
 to a mare

00:18:17.900 --> 00:18:19.259
 among Therese chariot horses.

00:18:20.180 --> 00:18:20.579
 Your cheeks

00:18:20.579 --> 00:18:21.100
 are beautiful

00:18:21.100 --> 00:18:21.700
 with earrings,

00:18:22.120 --> 00:18:22.480
 your neck

00:18:22.480 --> 00:18:23.380
 with strings of jewels.

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 We will make you

00:18:24.819 --> 00:18:25.559
 earrings of gold

00:18:25.559 --> 00:18:26.460
 studded with silver.

00:18:27.900 --> 00:18:28.319
 While the king

00:18:28.319 --> 00:18:29.019
 was at his table,

00:18:29.120 --> 00:18:29.620
 my perfume

00:18:29.620 --> 00:18:30.600
 spread its fragrance.

00:18:31.279 --> 00:18:32.259
 My beloved is to me

00:18:32.259 --> 00:18:33.079
 a statue of mare

00:18:33.079 --> 00:18:34.360
 resting between my breasts.

00:18:35.000 --> 00:18:36.000
 My beloved is to me

00:18:36.000 --> 00:18:37.299
 a cluster of henna blossoms

00:18:37.299 --> 00:18:38.440
 from the vineyards

00:18:38.440 --> 00:18:38.980
 of En Gedi.

00:18:40.140 --> 00:18:41.539
 How beautiful you are,

00:18:41.600 --> 00:18:42.059
 my darling.

00:18:42.059 --> 00:18:43.359
 Oh, how beautiful.

00:18:43.819 --> 00:18:44.619
 Your eyes are dull.

00:18:45.200 --> 00:18:46.399
 How handsome you are,

00:18:46.460 --> 00:18:46.940
 my beloved.

00:18:47.359 --> 00:18:48.039
 Oh, how charming.

00:18:48.259 --> 00:18:49.659
 And our bed is verdant.

00:18:50.940 --> 00:18:52.859
 The barns of our house

00:18:52.859 --> 00:18:53.819
 are chedders,

00:18:54.179 --> 00:18:55.240
 our rafters are furs.

00:18:56.839 --> 00:18:58.240
 I am a rose of Sharon,

00:18:58.599 --> 00:18:59.919
 a lily in the valleys.

00:19:00.639 --> 00:19:02.740
 Like a lily among the ferns

00:19:02.740 --> 00:19:03.599
 is my darling

00:19:03.599 --> 00:19:04.579
 among the young woman.

00:19:05.500 --> 00:19:06.379
 Like an apple tree

00:19:06.379 --> 00:19:07.000
 among the trees

00:19:07.000 --> 00:19:07.500
 of the forest

00:19:07.500 --> 00:19:08.200
 is my beloved

00:19:08.200 --> 00:19:09.079
 among the young man.

00:19:09.619 --> 00:19:11.000
 I delight to sit in the shade

00:19:11.000 --> 00:19:12.640
 and its fruit is sweet

00:19:12.640 --> 00:19:13.440
 to my taste.

00:19:14.720 --> 00:19:15.740
 Let him lead me

00:19:15.740 --> 00:19:16.740
 to the banquet hall

00:19:16.740 --> 00:19:17.579
 and let his banner

00:19:17.579 --> 00:19:18.539
 over me be love.

00:19:19.180 --> 00:19:20.319
 Strengthen me with raisins,

00:19:20.480 --> 00:19:21.640
 refreshing me with apples,

00:19:21.980 --> 00:19:23.339
 for I am faint with love.

00:19:24.099 --> 00:19:25.559
 His left arm is under my head

00:19:25.559 --> 00:19:26.980
 and his right arm embraces me.

00:19:27.720 --> 00:19:28.539
 Daughters of Jerusalem,

00:19:28.680 --> 00:19:29.400
 I charge you

00:19:29.400 --> 00:19:30.180
 by the gazelles

00:19:30.180 --> 00:19:30.980
 and by the dogs

00:19:30.980 --> 00:19:31.619
 of the fields

00:19:31.619 --> 00:19:33.039
 to not arouse

00:19:33.039 --> 00:19:34.019
 or awaken love

00:19:34.019 --> 00:19:35.099
 until it so desires.

00:19:35.900 --> 00:19:36.680
 This is God's word.

00:19:36.680 --> 00:19:36.680


00:19:36.680 --> 00:19:36.740
 Amen.

00:19:41.000 --> 00:19:41.440
 Nice.

00:19:41.579 --> 00:19:41.819
 Okay.

00:19:42.039 --> 00:19:42.740
 Bogdan did that

00:19:42.740 --> 00:19:43.319
 without giggling.

00:19:43.619 --> 00:19:43.960
 Excellent.

00:19:45.200 --> 00:19:45.960
 It's brilliant.

00:19:46.099 --> 00:19:46.460
 So friends,

00:19:46.500 --> 00:19:47.000
 what we have here

00:19:47.000 --> 00:19:47.819
 in the opening scene,

00:19:47.960 --> 00:19:49.460
 remember this is a drama.

00:19:50.799 --> 00:19:51.960
 So I think you can

00:19:51.960 --> 00:19:52.619
 kind of make a case

00:19:52.619 --> 00:19:54.059
 that there's a progression

00:19:54.059 --> 00:19:55.299
 throughout this.

00:19:55.440 --> 00:19:56.640
 We'll find the wedding day

00:19:56.640 --> 00:19:57.579
 in a couple of weeks' time

00:19:57.579 --> 00:19:58.339
 but what we have

00:19:58.339 --> 00:19:59.059
 in this section

00:19:59.059 --> 00:19:59.920
 is this couple

00:19:59.920 --> 00:20:00.720
 kind of first

00:20:00.720 --> 00:20:02.019
 meeting each other.

00:20:02.720 --> 00:20:04.000
 And really her song

00:20:04.000 --> 00:20:06.559
 has got two notes to it.

00:20:07.039 --> 00:20:08.180
 Now track with me

00:20:08.180 --> 00:20:09.039
 in the text

00:20:09.039 --> 00:20:09.720
 and you'll see this.

00:20:10.139 --> 00:20:10.899
 She's telling us

00:20:10.899 --> 00:20:12.039
 firstly why

00:20:12.039 --> 00:20:13.500
 she's fallen for him.

00:20:15.019 --> 00:20:15.879
 Now notice

00:20:15.879 --> 00:20:17.359
 how sensual this is.

00:20:17.480 --> 00:20:18.200
 Verse 1.

00:20:19.579 --> 00:20:20.799
 She enjoys his touch.

00:20:20.899 --> 00:20:21.819
 She wants to be kissed

00:20:21.819 --> 00:20:23.460
 by him all over.

00:20:23.599 --> 00:20:24.440
 Verse 2.

00:20:25.339 --> 00:20:26.059
 Guy's clearly got

00:20:26.059 --> 00:20:27.019
 his old spice on.

00:20:27.859 --> 00:20:28.859
 He smells great.

00:20:30.779 --> 00:20:31.879
 She says the thought

00:20:31.879 --> 00:20:33.000
 of being with him

00:20:33.000 --> 00:20:34.159
 is better than tasting

00:20:34.159 --> 00:20:36.000
 the best wine.

00:20:36.279 --> 00:20:36.779
 But here's what

00:20:36.779 --> 00:20:37.659
 I want you to see.

00:20:37.660 --> 00:20:39.440
 What else has she

00:20:39.440 --> 00:20:40.420
 fallen for

00:20:40.420 --> 00:20:41.440
 about this guy?

00:20:43.019 --> 00:20:44.080
 His name.

00:20:44.380 --> 00:20:44.940
 Do you see it?

00:20:45.680 --> 00:20:46.540
 His name.

00:20:46.980 --> 00:20:47.920
 Which in the Bible

00:20:47.920 --> 00:20:49.460
 is always associated

00:20:49.460 --> 00:20:51.580
 with one's character.

00:20:53.000 --> 00:20:53.940
 So in other words

00:20:53.940 --> 00:20:55.200
 you hear this guy's name

00:20:55.200 --> 00:20:56.880
 and you're thinking

00:20:56.880 --> 00:20:57.540
 to yourself

00:20:57.540 --> 00:20:58.460
 quality guy.

00:21:00.240 --> 00:21:01.400
 He's a catch.

00:21:02.680 --> 00:21:03.720
 And that's why

00:21:03.720 --> 00:21:04.240
 she knows

00:21:04.240 --> 00:21:05.480
 that all the girls

00:21:05.480 --> 00:21:07.420
 want you.

00:21:07.420 --> 00:21:08.300
 Now this guy's

00:21:08.300 --> 00:21:08.940
 a shepherd.

00:21:09.200 --> 00:21:09.960
 That's what he does.

00:21:10.920 --> 00:21:11.600
 But to her

00:21:11.600 --> 00:21:12.580
 he's like a king.

00:21:12.920 --> 00:21:13.880
 That's what's going on here.

00:21:14.240 --> 00:21:15.100
 He's the cream

00:21:15.100 --> 00:21:15.840
 of the crop.

00:21:16.340 --> 00:21:17.019
 The love bug

00:21:17.019 --> 00:21:18.180
 has well and truly

00:21:18.180 --> 00:21:18.680
 bitten.

00:21:18.980 --> 00:21:19.940
 She is smitten.

00:21:21.440 --> 00:21:22.000
 And then we get

00:21:22.000 --> 00:21:22.400
 this group.

00:21:22.500 --> 00:21:23.000
 Do you see them

00:21:23.000 --> 00:21:24.880
 called the others?

00:21:26.080 --> 00:21:26.800
 You jump in here

00:21:26.800 --> 00:21:28.060
 at verse 4.

00:21:28.200 --> 00:21:28.820
 The friends.

00:21:28.980 --> 00:21:29.620
 They're kind of like

00:21:29.620 --> 00:21:30.539
 the best friends

00:21:30.539 --> 00:21:31.120
 of the woman.

00:21:31.259 --> 00:21:31.860
 So this is

00:21:31.860 --> 00:21:33.600
 bridesmaid material.

00:21:34.000 --> 00:21:34.960
 This little group here.

00:21:35.840 --> 00:21:36.519
 And all the way

00:21:36.519 --> 00:21:37.079
 through the song

00:21:37.079 --> 00:21:37.539
 they're kind of

00:21:37.539 --> 00:21:38.259
 in the background

00:21:38.259 --> 00:21:40.240
 watching this romance

00:21:40.240 --> 00:21:41.120
 between this guy

00:21:41.120 --> 00:21:41.819
 and this gal

00:21:41.819 --> 00:21:43.700
 blossom and flourish.

00:21:44.279 --> 00:21:45.360
 And they pop up

00:21:45.360 --> 00:21:47.400
 throughout the book

00:21:47.400 --> 00:21:49.120
 offering wisdom.

00:21:50.519 --> 00:21:50.880
 Now again

00:21:50.880 --> 00:21:51.720
 I guess this group

00:21:51.720 --> 00:21:52.380
 are a bit like

00:21:52.380 --> 00:21:53.539
 that scene in Greece.

00:21:53.779 --> 00:21:53.960
 Do you know

00:21:53.960 --> 00:21:54.420
 the one where

00:21:54.420 --> 00:21:55.559
 all the girls

00:21:55.559 --> 00:21:56.620
 gather around Sandy

00:21:56.620 --> 00:21:57.460
 and tell me more

00:21:57.460 --> 00:21:58.059
 tell me more.

00:21:58.140 --> 00:21:58.900
 That's the kind of thing

00:21:58.900 --> 00:21:59.720
 that's going on here.

00:21:59.720 --> 00:22:00.279
 Right?

00:22:01.339 --> 00:22:02.200
 And you've got to

00:22:02.200 --> 00:22:02.779
 see this.

00:22:03.920 --> 00:22:04.980
 Her happiness

00:22:04.980 --> 00:22:07.620
 is their happiness.

00:22:07.940 --> 00:22:08.519
 Do you see it?

00:22:10.039 --> 00:22:11.000
 Her happiness

00:22:11.000 --> 00:22:11.880
 is their happiness.

00:22:12.120 --> 00:22:12.720
 Side note

00:22:12.720 --> 00:22:13.799
 how wonderful

00:22:13.799 --> 00:22:14.339
 are friends

00:22:14.339 --> 00:22:14.920
 in your life

00:22:14.920 --> 00:22:15.460
 like that

00:22:15.460 --> 00:22:18.019
 who genuinely

00:22:18.019 --> 00:22:19.960
 are happy

00:22:19.960 --> 00:22:20.600
 for you

00:22:20.600 --> 00:22:21.839
 when life goes well.

00:22:22.440 --> 00:22:23.360
 Who don't begrudge.

00:22:23.480 --> 00:22:24.539
 Who don't get jealous.

00:22:24.799 --> 00:22:26.140
 Friends who genuinely

00:22:26.140 --> 00:22:27.720
 want the best

00:22:27.720 --> 00:22:28.120
 for you.

00:22:28.119 --> 00:22:28.519
 Can I say

00:22:28.519 --> 00:22:29.179
 it's a wonderful

00:22:29.179 --> 00:22:30.099
 sign of maturity?

00:22:33.759 --> 00:22:35.139
 Be that kind of friend.

00:22:37.539 --> 00:22:38.479
 But the camera

00:22:38.479 --> 00:22:40.399
 pans back to her

00:22:40.399 --> 00:22:42.279
 and we get the sense

00:22:42.279 --> 00:22:44.919
 that she's beginning

00:22:44.919 --> 00:22:46.119
 to feel insecure

00:22:46.119 --> 00:22:47.439
 about how she looks.

00:22:49.339 --> 00:22:50.399
 Verse 5

00:22:50.399 --> 00:22:52.379
 I am very dark.

00:22:53.699 --> 00:22:54.259
 Similarly

00:22:54.259 --> 00:22:56.479
 like the tents

00:22:56.479 --> 00:22:57.119
 of Kedar.

00:22:57.119 --> 00:22:57.799
 Kedar.

00:22:57.799 --> 00:22:58.899
 Now those

00:22:58.899 --> 00:23:00.439
 were tents

00:23:00.439 --> 00:23:01.559
 that were notorious

00:23:01.559 --> 00:23:02.319
 for being made

00:23:02.319 --> 00:23:04.239
 of dark brown cowhide.

00:23:04.359 --> 00:23:05.379
 So you get the imagery

00:23:05.379 --> 00:23:06.659
 here of what she's saying.

00:23:07.019 --> 00:23:07.619
 Now you might be thinking

00:23:07.619 --> 00:23:08.819
 why is that an issue?

00:23:11.579 --> 00:23:12.699
 Well to have a tan

00:23:12.699 --> 00:23:13.479
 in this day

00:23:13.479 --> 00:23:14.979
 isn't a sign

00:23:14.979 --> 00:23:16.019
 of health and wealth

00:23:16.019 --> 00:23:16.979
 like it is today.

00:23:17.179 --> 00:23:17.699
 Like she's just

00:23:17.699 --> 00:23:18.459
 come back from

00:23:18.459 --> 00:23:20.099
 the south of Spain

00:23:20.099 --> 00:23:21.059
 or something like that.

00:23:21.179 --> 00:23:21.359
 Right?

00:23:21.479 --> 00:23:22.659
 Her skin is tanned.

00:23:22.759 --> 00:23:23.319
 Do you see it?

00:23:23.399 --> 00:23:24.099
 Verse 6

00:23:24.099 --> 00:23:26.299
 because her

00:23:26.299 --> 00:23:27.339
 stepbrothers

00:23:27.339 --> 00:23:29.019
 have made her

00:23:29.019 --> 00:23:29.619
 go out

00:23:29.619 --> 00:23:30.179
 and work

00:23:30.179 --> 00:23:31.079
 in the farm.

00:23:32.159 --> 00:23:32.679
 Do you see it?

00:23:32.740 --> 00:23:33.659
 And she's tanned

00:23:33.659 --> 00:23:34.659
 from all that

00:23:34.659 --> 00:23:36.079
 time that she's spent

00:23:36.079 --> 00:23:37.579
 working in the

00:23:37.579 --> 00:23:38.459
 baking sun.

00:23:38.460 --> 00:23:40.620
 And I guess

00:23:40.620 --> 00:23:41.460
 her tan

00:23:41.460 --> 00:23:42.779
 says to the world

00:23:42.779 --> 00:23:44.880
 that if you like

00:23:44.880 --> 00:23:45.579
 she is a

00:23:45.579 --> 00:23:46.380
 working class

00:23:46.380 --> 00:23:46.940
 kind of girl.

00:23:48.340 --> 00:23:49.140
 And that's why

00:23:49.140 --> 00:23:49.720
 she says

00:23:49.720 --> 00:23:50.880
 my own vineyard

00:23:50.880 --> 00:23:51.819
 I had to neglect.

00:23:51.940 --> 00:23:52.420
 Now vineyard

00:23:52.420 --> 00:23:52.900
 they're just a

00:23:52.900 --> 00:23:53.759
 metaphor for her

00:23:53.759 --> 00:23:54.240
 body.

00:23:55.640 --> 00:23:56.420
 You get the picture?

00:23:57.279 --> 00:23:58.120
 She's been working

00:23:58.120 --> 00:23:58.660
 all day.

00:23:58.819 --> 00:23:59.920
 Her hair's everywhere.

00:24:00.180 --> 00:24:00.720
 She smells

00:24:00.720 --> 00:24:01.380
 terrible.

00:24:01.559 --> 00:24:02.500
 She looks sweaty.

00:24:02.980 --> 00:24:03.799
 Every one of her

00:24:03.799 --> 00:24:04.420
 fingernails

00:24:04.420 --> 00:24:05.019
 has got dirt

00:24:05.019 --> 00:24:05.519
 underneath.

00:24:05.519 --> 00:24:07.500
 And what she

00:24:07.500 --> 00:24:08.180
 says

00:24:08.180 --> 00:24:10.240
 she looks

00:24:10.240 --> 00:24:10.940
 at herself

00:24:10.940 --> 00:24:12.799
 she says

00:24:12.799 --> 00:24:13.639
 I am a rose

00:24:13.639 --> 00:24:14.299
 of Sharon

00:24:14.299 --> 00:24:15.980
 a lily

00:24:15.980 --> 00:24:16.980
 of the valleys.

00:24:17.339 --> 00:24:17.779
 Now we've got to

00:24:17.779 --> 00:24:18.440
 work a wee bit hard

00:24:18.440 --> 00:24:19.220
 to see what she's

00:24:19.220 --> 00:24:19.799
 saying there.

00:24:20.940 --> 00:24:22.099
 A rose of Sharon

00:24:22.099 --> 00:24:23.859
 is like

00:24:23.859 --> 00:24:25.019
 a common ground

00:24:25.019 --> 00:24:26.200
 flower in this day.

00:24:27.200 --> 00:24:27.879
 So if your garden

00:24:27.879 --> 00:24:28.480
 is anything like

00:24:28.480 --> 00:24:29.379
 mine right now

00:24:29.379 --> 00:24:31.319
 this is like

00:24:31.319 --> 00:24:32.259
 a daisy.

00:24:33.259 --> 00:24:34.539
 Every single one

00:24:34.539 --> 00:24:35.379
 looks the same.

00:24:35.879 --> 00:24:36.619
 You couldn't tell

00:24:36.619 --> 00:24:37.299
 the difference

00:24:37.299 --> 00:24:38.240
 from any of them.

00:24:39.159 --> 00:24:39.940
 There's nothing

00:24:39.940 --> 00:24:40.819
 to see here.

00:24:41.839 --> 00:24:42.420
 That's what she's

00:24:42.420 --> 00:24:43.279
 saying about herself.

00:24:44.159 --> 00:24:44.879
 And all that

00:24:44.879 --> 00:24:45.740
 means that she's

00:24:45.740 --> 00:24:46.759
 thinking to herself

00:24:46.759 --> 00:24:48.759
 I don't like

00:24:48.759 --> 00:24:49.500
 the way I look.

00:24:52.079 --> 00:24:52.720
 Now friends

00:24:52.720 --> 00:24:53.299
 how modern

00:24:53.299 --> 00:24:53.819
 is that?

00:24:56.720 --> 00:24:57.359
 And I was

00:24:57.359 --> 00:24:57.879
 reading this week

00:24:57.879 --> 00:24:58.440
 about how one

00:24:58.440 --> 00:24:58.799
 of the most

00:24:58.799 --> 00:25:00.779
 popular social

00:25:00.779 --> 00:25:01.599
 media picture

00:25:01.599 --> 00:25:02.539
 filters made

00:25:02.539 --> 00:25:03.339
 popular by the

00:25:03.339 --> 00:25:04.079
 likes of Kim

00:25:04.079 --> 00:25:04.619
 Kardashian

00:25:04.619 --> 00:25:05.720
 is this thing

00:25:05.720 --> 00:25:06.559
 called Insta

00:25:06.559 --> 00:25:07.019
 Baddy.

00:25:08.319 --> 00:25:08.799
 And it's this

00:25:08.799 --> 00:25:09.639
 filter where

00:25:09.639 --> 00:25:10.220
 you can

00:25:10.220 --> 00:25:12.879
 girls can puff

00:25:12.879 --> 00:25:13.519
 up their lips

00:25:13.519 --> 00:25:14.019
 and narrow

00:25:14.019 --> 00:25:14.980
 their cheekbones.

00:25:15.119 --> 00:25:15.579
 Young girls

00:25:15.579 --> 00:25:16.279
 are using this

00:25:16.279 --> 00:25:17.079
 all the time.

00:25:17.459 --> 00:25:17.879
 And the

00:25:17.879 --> 00:25:20.279
 tragedy of it

00:25:20.279 --> 00:25:21.099
 is that experts

00:25:21.099 --> 00:25:21.720
 have concluded

00:25:21.720 --> 00:25:22.879
 about this filter

00:25:22.879 --> 00:25:24.299
 that it's almost

00:25:24.299 --> 00:25:25.619
 impossible to

00:25:25.619 --> 00:25:26.099
 replicate

00:25:26.099 --> 00:25:27.720
 in real life.

00:25:27.799 --> 00:25:28.199
 In other words

00:25:28.199 --> 00:25:28.980
 it is totally

00:25:28.980 --> 00:25:29.639
 unnatural.

00:25:29.640 --> 00:25:29.759
 natural.

00:25:30.759 --> 00:25:31.259
 And I feel

00:25:31.259 --> 00:25:32.200
 that in a way

00:25:32.200 --> 00:25:32.900
 maybe that I

00:25:32.900 --> 00:25:33.440
 wouldn't have a

00:25:33.440 --> 00:25:34.000
 decade ago

00:25:34.000 --> 00:25:34.480
 with four

00:25:34.480 --> 00:25:34.960
 daughters,

00:25:35.100 --> 00:25:35.400
 the world

00:25:35.400 --> 00:25:35.680
 that they're

00:25:35.680 --> 00:25:36.140
 growing up

00:25:36.140 --> 00:25:36.320
 in.

00:25:36.460 --> 00:25:36.680
 Friends,

00:25:36.740 --> 00:25:37.060
 what are we

00:25:37.060 --> 00:25:37.500
 teaching them

00:25:37.500 --> 00:25:38.140
 about beauty

00:25:38.140 --> 00:25:39.720
 and where

00:25:39.720 --> 00:25:40.160
 it comes

00:25:40.160 --> 00:25:40.500
 from?

00:25:42.860 --> 00:25:43.520
 Here is a

00:25:43.520 --> 00:25:44.020
 young woman

00:25:44.020 --> 00:25:45.140
 feeling unworthy

00:25:45.140 --> 00:25:47.140
 because she

00:25:47.140 --> 00:25:48.100
 doesn't fit into

00:25:48.100 --> 00:25:49.420
 social stereotypes

00:25:49.420 --> 00:25:51.060
 about what beauty

00:25:51.060 --> 00:25:52.160
 really is.

00:25:52.160 --> 00:25:56.040
 and we need

00:25:56.040 --> 00:25:56.759
 to see where

00:25:56.759 --> 00:25:57.720
 she finds it.

00:26:00.880 --> 00:26:01.500
 And friends,

00:26:01.540 --> 00:26:02.240
 this is wonderful

00:26:02.240 --> 00:26:02.640
 and if you take

00:26:02.640 --> 00:26:03.279
 one thing from

00:26:03.279 --> 00:26:03.660
 this today,

00:26:03.779 --> 00:26:04.420
 take this.

00:26:05.820 --> 00:26:06.560
 She doesn't

00:26:06.560 --> 00:26:07.259
 find it from

00:26:07.259 --> 00:26:08.040
 within herself.

00:26:10.440 --> 00:26:11.600
 She finds it

00:26:11.600 --> 00:26:12.240
 in what this

00:26:12.240 --> 00:26:13.720
 man from

00:26:13.720 --> 00:26:14.519
 the outside

00:26:14.519 --> 00:26:16.960
 says is true

00:26:16.960 --> 00:26:17.759
 about her

00:26:17.759 --> 00:26:19.880
 and that he

00:26:19.880 --> 00:26:20.980
 speaks it over

00:26:20.980 --> 00:26:21.300
 her.

00:26:22.160 --> 00:26:23.220
 And his

00:26:23.220 --> 00:26:23.700
 words from

00:26:23.700 --> 00:26:24.279
 the outside

00:26:24.279 --> 00:26:25.100
 into her

00:26:25.100 --> 00:26:26.100
 life totally

00:26:26.100 --> 00:26:27.140
 transform the

00:26:27.140 --> 00:26:27.480
 game.

00:26:29.540 --> 00:26:30.000
 Again,

00:26:30.019 --> 00:26:30.540
 we're going to

00:26:30.540 --> 00:26:31.019
 park that

00:26:31.019 --> 00:26:31.440
 thought from

00:26:31.440 --> 00:26:31.680
 where we

00:26:31.680 --> 00:26:32.460
 finish at the

00:26:32.460 --> 00:26:32.820
 end.

00:26:34.660 --> 00:26:35.400
 Because is

00:26:35.400 --> 00:26:36.220
 she unworthy?

00:26:36.420 --> 00:26:36.740
 What does

00:26:36.740 --> 00:26:37.540
 this guy think

00:26:37.540 --> 00:26:38.080
 about her?

00:26:38.160 --> 00:26:38.480
 Is he going

00:26:38.480 --> 00:26:38.900
 to run a

00:26:38.900 --> 00:26:39.500
 mile when he

00:26:39.500 --> 00:26:40.120
 really sees

00:26:40.120 --> 00:26:40.680
 who she is?

00:26:41.019 --> 00:26:41.420
 See him

00:26:41.420 --> 00:26:42.060
 respond at

00:26:42.060 --> 00:26:42.580
 verse 8.

00:26:44.440 --> 00:26:45.380
 And see

00:26:45.380 --> 00:26:46.160
 how his

00:26:46.160 --> 00:26:46.800
 words

00:26:46.800 --> 00:26:48.080
 transform

00:26:48.080 --> 00:26:49.540
 her.

00:26:49.720 --> 00:26:50.120
 What does

00:26:50.120 --> 00:26:50.860
 he say?

00:26:50.859 --> 00:26:52.099
 Oh,

00:26:52.179 --> 00:26:53.599
 most beautiful

00:26:53.599 --> 00:26:55.500
 among women.

00:26:55.619 --> 00:26:56.000
 What's he

00:26:56.000 --> 00:26:56.359
 saying?

00:26:56.399 --> 00:26:56.819
 The feeling

00:26:56.819 --> 00:26:57.539
 is mutual.

00:26:57.919 --> 00:26:58.240
 What does

00:26:58.240 --> 00:26:58.679
 he say?

00:26:59.019 --> 00:26:59.399
 I love

00:26:59.399 --> 00:26:59.619
 this.

00:26:59.699 --> 00:27:00.259
 I compare

00:27:00.259 --> 00:27:00.500
 you,

00:27:00.619 --> 00:27:01.119
 my love,

00:27:01.619 --> 00:27:02.339
 not to a

00:27:02.339 --> 00:27:02.719
 summer's

00:27:02.719 --> 00:27:03.039
 day.

00:27:04.699 --> 00:27:05.319
 He says,

00:27:05.379 --> 00:27:05.839
 I compare

00:27:05.839 --> 00:27:06.339
 you to a

00:27:06.339 --> 00:27:06.799
 mare among

00:27:06.799 --> 00:27:07.299
 Pharaoh's

00:27:07.299 --> 00:27:07.639
 chariots.

00:27:07.699 --> 00:27:07.839
 Now,

00:27:07.979 --> 00:27:09.039
 given you're

00:27:09.039 --> 00:27:09.439
 like a

00:27:09.439 --> 00:27:09.719
 horse,

00:27:09.779 --> 00:27:10.019
 there's not

00:27:10.019 --> 00:27:10.559
 a chat up

00:27:10.559 --> 00:27:10.719
 line,

00:27:10.779 --> 00:27:10.979
 guys,

00:27:11.019 --> 00:27:11.240
 that we

00:27:11.240 --> 00:27:11.579
 should be

00:27:11.579 --> 00:27:11.859
 using

00:27:11.859 --> 00:27:12.279
 anytime

00:27:12.279 --> 00:27:12.759
 soon.

00:27:12.759 --> 00:27:15.799
 But when

00:27:15.799 --> 00:27:16.319
 you consider

00:27:16.319 --> 00:27:17.059
 that Pharaoh's

00:27:17.059 --> 00:27:17.720
 chariots,

00:27:17.940 --> 00:27:18.519
 this is the

00:27:18.519 --> 00:27:19.059
 king's

00:27:19.059 --> 00:27:19.440
 horses.

00:27:19.900 --> 00:27:20.019
 Now,

00:27:20.059 --> 00:27:20.140
 if you

00:27:20.140 --> 00:27:20.339
 remember

00:27:20.339 --> 00:27:20.579
 that

00:27:20.579 --> 00:27:20.980
 Aladdin

00:27:20.980 --> 00:27:21.440
 street

00:27:21.440 --> 00:27:21.900
 parade,

00:27:22.079 --> 00:27:22.200
 you can

00:27:22.200 --> 00:27:22.480
 tell what

00:27:22.480 --> 00:27:23.420
 life stage

00:27:23.420 --> 00:27:23.839
 I'm at,

00:27:23.940 --> 00:27:24.140
 okay?

00:27:25.420 --> 00:27:26.180
 You understand

00:27:26.180 --> 00:27:26.500
 that the

00:27:26.500 --> 00:27:26.839
 horses,

00:27:26.980 --> 00:27:27.379
 the king's

00:27:27.379 --> 00:27:27.819
 horses are

00:27:27.819 --> 00:27:28.119
 going to be

00:27:28.119 --> 00:27:28.759
 dressed in

00:27:28.759 --> 00:27:29.599
 fine linen,

00:27:29.779 --> 00:27:30.460
 adorned in

00:27:30.460 --> 00:27:30.819
 jewels.

00:27:31.000 --> 00:27:31.319
 That's what

00:27:31.319 --> 00:27:31.920
 she's saying.

00:27:33.099 --> 00:27:33.680
 You're the

00:27:33.680 --> 00:27:34.240
 best.

00:27:35.920 --> 00:27:36.799
 Verse 15,

00:27:36.879 --> 00:27:37.119
 you are

00:27:37.119 --> 00:27:37.700
 beautiful,

00:27:37.859 --> 00:27:38.259
 my love.

00:27:38.500 --> 00:27:39.259
 How beautiful,

00:27:39.440 --> 00:27:39.940
 you ask?

00:27:40.079 --> 00:27:40.259
 Well,

00:27:40.339 --> 00:27:40.879
 chapter 2,

00:27:40.940 --> 00:27:41.400
 verse 2,

00:27:41.400 --> 00:27:41.820
 you are

00:27:41.820 --> 00:27:42.360
 like a

00:27:42.360 --> 00:27:42.980
 lily among

00:27:42.980 --> 00:27:43.440
 brambles.

00:27:43.500 --> 00:27:43.759
 Again,

00:27:43.840 --> 00:27:44.000
 going to

00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:44.580
 work hard.

00:27:47.160 --> 00:27:47.900
 Lily among

00:27:47.900 --> 00:27:48.460
 brambles.

00:27:48.540 --> 00:27:48.820
 What is

00:27:48.820 --> 00:27:49.300
 he saying?

00:27:51.340 --> 00:27:51.740
 He's

00:27:51.740 --> 00:27:52.100
 saying all

00:27:52.100 --> 00:27:52.480
 the girls

00:27:52.480 --> 00:27:52.720
 in the

00:27:52.720 --> 00:27:53.040
 world are

00:27:53.040 --> 00:27:53.480
 black and

00:27:53.480 --> 00:27:53.900
 white and

00:27:53.900 --> 00:27:54.259
 you're the

00:27:54.259 --> 00:27:54.700
 only one

00:27:54.700 --> 00:27:55.140
 in color.

00:27:55.380 --> 00:27:55.600
 That's what

00:27:55.600 --> 00:27:56.000
 he's saying.

00:27:57.120 --> 00:27:57.660
 He's got

00:27:57.660 --> 00:27:58.780
 eyes for

00:27:58.780 --> 00:28:00.460
 her alone.

00:28:04.259 --> 00:28:04.680
 And see

00:28:04.680 --> 00:28:05.560
 secondly then,

00:28:05.780 --> 00:28:06.500
 her tell us

00:28:06.500 --> 00:28:07.040
 then in light

00:28:07.040 --> 00:28:07.420
 of his

00:28:07.420 --> 00:28:07.880
 words to

00:28:07.880 --> 00:28:08.100
 her,

00:28:09.400 --> 00:28:10.019
 how she

00:28:10.019 --> 00:28:10.740
 feels when

00:28:10.740 --> 00:28:11.280
 she's with

00:28:11.279 --> 00:28:11.460
 him.

00:28:12.740 --> 00:28:13.399
 Verse 3

00:28:13.399 --> 00:28:13.819
 of chapter

00:28:13.819 --> 00:28:14.180
 2,

00:28:14.519 --> 00:28:14.980
 what great

00:28:14.980 --> 00:28:15.579
 delight as

00:28:15.579 --> 00:28:16.019
 I sat

00:28:16.019 --> 00:28:16.399
 in his

00:28:16.399 --> 00:28:16.839
 shadow.

00:28:17.000 --> 00:28:17.420
 Get this,

00:28:17.740 --> 00:28:18.720
 his banner

00:28:18.720 --> 00:28:19.720
 over me

00:28:19.720 --> 00:28:20.420
 was love.

00:28:21.639 --> 00:28:22.180
 So she's

00:28:22.180 --> 00:28:22.980
 telling everyone

00:28:22.980 --> 00:28:23.779
 who'll listen

00:28:23.779 --> 00:28:25.160
 that when

00:28:25.160 --> 00:28:25.680
 she's in the

00:28:25.680 --> 00:28:26.379
 presence of

00:28:26.379 --> 00:28:26.899
 her man,

00:28:27.980 --> 00:28:29.740
 she finds

00:28:29.740 --> 00:28:30.299
 life,

00:28:31.619 --> 00:28:32.180
 she finds

00:28:32.180 --> 00:28:32.879
 acceptance,

00:28:33.859 --> 00:28:34.599
 she finds

00:28:34.599 --> 00:28:35.160
 love,

00:28:36.259 --> 00:28:36.619
 and she

00:28:36.619 --> 00:28:37.480
 finds security.

00:28:37.480 --> 00:28:37.599
 love.

00:28:37.599 --> 00:28:38.039
 She's

00:28:38.039 --> 00:28:39.079
 with her

00:28:39.079 --> 00:28:37.599
 man.

00:28:39.599 --> 00:28:39.839
 That's the

00:28:39.839 --> 00:28:40.200
 kind of

00:28:40.200 --> 00:28:41.220
 love she

00:28:41.220 --> 00:28:42.559
 feels when

00:28:42.559 --> 00:28:43.039
 she's with

00:28:43.039 --> 00:28:43.460
 her man.

00:28:44.120 --> 00:28:44.519
 And that's

00:28:44.519 --> 00:28:44.920
 why she

00:28:44.920 --> 00:28:45.360
 turns to

00:28:45.360 --> 00:28:45.900
 her friends,

00:28:46.019 --> 00:28:46.720
 these daughters

00:28:46.720 --> 00:28:47.440
 of Jerusalem,

00:28:47.539 --> 00:28:48.140
 again verse

00:28:48.140 --> 00:28:48.420
 seven,

00:28:48.500 --> 00:28:48.700
 and she

00:28:48.700 --> 00:28:49.240
 says,

00:28:50.319 --> 00:28:51.579
 nothing compares

00:28:51.579 --> 00:28:52.180
 to this.

00:28:54.039 --> 00:28:54.460
 Nothing

00:28:54.460 --> 00:28:55.180
 compares to

00:28:55.180 --> 00:28:55.539
 this.

00:28:56.819 --> 00:28:57.400
 And then

00:28:57.400 --> 00:28:57.920
 comes the

00:28:57.920 --> 00:28:58.380
 refrain,

00:28:58.500 --> 00:28:58.799
 one that

00:28:58.799 --> 00:28:59.079
 we're going

00:28:59.079 --> 00:28:59.460
 to hear

00:28:59.460 --> 00:29:00.620
 repeated often

00:29:00.620 --> 00:29:01.220
 throughout

00:29:01.220 --> 00:29:02.059
 this letter.

00:29:02.059 --> 00:29:02.359
 It's going

00:29:02.359 --> 00:29:02.619
 to come

00:29:02.619 --> 00:29:03.139
 up three

00:29:03.139 --> 00:29:04.460
 times at

00:29:04.460 --> 00:29:05.179
 key points

00:29:05.179 --> 00:29:05.579
 throughout.

00:29:06.659 --> 00:29:07.000
 Her

00:29:07.000 --> 00:29:07.619
 advice to

00:29:07.619 --> 00:29:08.379
 her friends

00:29:08.379 --> 00:29:10.579
 is do

00:29:10.579 --> 00:29:11.299
 not stir

00:29:11.299 --> 00:29:11.919
 up or

00:29:11.919 --> 00:29:12.379
 awaken

00:29:12.379 --> 00:29:14.139
 love until

00:29:14.139 --> 00:29:14.759
 it pleases.

00:29:14.919 --> 00:29:15.200
 Or in

00:29:15.200 --> 00:29:15.679
 other words,

00:29:15.819 --> 00:29:16.879
 until the

00:29:16.879 --> 00:29:18.480
 time is

00:29:18.480 --> 00:29:18.859
 right.

00:29:20.139 --> 00:29:20.519
 And you

00:29:20.519 --> 00:29:21.039
 better believe

00:29:21.039 --> 00:29:21.419
 in a few

00:29:21.419 --> 00:29:22.079
 chapters time,

00:29:22.200 --> 00:29:22.619
 she is going

00:29:22.619 --> 00:29:23.339
 to tell us

00:29:23.339 --> 00:29:23.740
 when the

00:29:23.740 --> 00:29:24.200
 time is

00:29:24.200 --> 00:29:24.480
 right.

00:29:25.200 --> 00:29:25.839
 And I'm

00:29:25.839 --> 00:29:26.259
 away that

00:29:26.259 --> 00:29:26.579
 weekend,

00:29:26.720 --> 00:29:26.839
 and I've

00:29:26.839 --> 00:29:27.319
 given it to

00:29:27.319 --> 00:29:27.679
 JT,

00:29:27.799 --> 00:29:28.000
 and he'll

00:29:28.000 --> 00:29:28.259
 do a

00:29:28.259 --> 00:29:28.599
 wonderful

00:29:28.599 --> 00:29:29.079
 job of

00:29:29.079 --> 00:29:29.319
 that.

00:29:30.879 --> 00:29:31.519
 But here

00:29:31.519 --> 00:29:31.960
 is what

00:29:31.960 --> 00:29:32.180
 she's

00:29:32.180 --> 00:29:32.480
 saying.

00:29:32.660 --> 00:29:32.819
 You're

00:29:32.819 --> 00:29:33.119
 not going

00:29:33.119 --> 00:29:33.519
 to find

00:29:33.519 --> 00:29:33.859
 a love

00:29:33.859 --> 00:29:34.359
 like this

00:29:34.359 --> 00:29:34.599
 in a

00:29:34.599 --> 00:29:34.980
 one-night

00:29:34.980 --> 00:29:35.500
 stand.

00:29:35.940 --> 00:29:36.220
 It's

00:29:36.220 --> 00:29:37.000
 too precious

00:29:37.000 --> 00:29:37.400
 just to

00:29:37.400 --> 00:29:37.759
 give away

00:29:37.759 --> 00:29:38.400
 to somebody

00:29:38.400 --> 00:29:39.139
 who may

00:29:39.139 --> 00:29:39.480
 or may

00:29:39.480 --> 00:29:39.940
 not be

00:29:39.940 --> 00:29:40.440
 there the

00:29:40.440 --> 00:29:41.079
 day after.

00:29:42.400 --> 00:29:42.599
 No,

00:29:42.660 --> 00:29:43.440
 to experience

00:29:43.440 --> 00:29:43.779
 it,

00:29:43.799 --> 00:29:44.180
 she's saying

00:29:44.180 --> 00:29:44.460
 to her

00:29:44.460 --> 00:29:44.720
 friends,

00:29:44.799 --> 00:29:45.019
 with a

00:29:45.019 --> 00:29:45.639
 person who

00:29:45.639 --> 00:29:46.660
 has committed

00:29:46.660 --> 00:29:47.240
 themselves,

00:29:47.379 --> 00:29:47.920
 body and

00:29:47.920 --> 00:29:48.500
 soul to

00:29:48.500 --> 00:29:48.839
 you,

00:29:48.920 --> 00:29:49.200
 we'll think

00:29:49.200 --> 00:29:49.440
 about more

00:29:49.440 --> 00:29:49.700
 about that

00:29:49.700 --> 00:29:50.180
 next week,

00:29:50.400 --> 00:29:50.799
 and isn't

00:29:50.799 --> 00:29:51.379
 just in

00:29:51.379 --> 00:29:51.859
 it for

00:29:51.859 --> 00:29:52.379
 you on

00:29:52.379 --> 00:29:52.559
 your

00:29:52.559 --> 00:29:53.480
 Instagrammable

00:29:53.480 --> 00:29:54.379
 best days,

00:29:55.500 --> 00:29:55.940
 but will

00:29:55.940 --> 00:29:56.420
 still be

00:29:56.420 --> 00:29:56.920
 there loving

00:29:56.920 --> 00:29:57.119
 you,

00:29:57.200 --> 00:29:57.779
 holding you on

00:29:57.779 --> 00:29:58.339
 your worst

00:29:58.339 --> 00:29:58.819
 days.

00:29:59.700 --> 00:30:00.339
 That's the

00:30:00.339 --> 00:30:00.939
 right time.

00:30:02.539 --> 00:30:02.740
 Friends,

00:30:02.779 --> 00:30:03.319
 the sexual

00:30:03.319 --> 00:30:04.319
 intimacy of

00:30:04.319 --> 00:30:04.879
 this song,

00:30:05.000 --> 00:30:05.759
 it's intimacy

00:30:05.759 --> 00:30:06.699
 in the

00:30:06.699 --> 00:30:08.259
 context of

00:30:08.259 --> 00:30:08.740
 commitment.

00:30:10.799 --> 00:30:11.139
 And so,

00:30:11.720 --> 00:30:13.359
 two questions

00:30:13.359 --> 00:30:14.099
 this text

00:30:14.099 --> 00:30:15.059
 asks us

00:30:15.059 --> 00:30:16.359
 to think

00:30:16.359 --> 00:30:16.799
 about when

00:30:16.799 --> 00:30:17.179
 it comes

00:30:17.179 --> 00:30:17.480
 to the

00:30:17.480 --> 00:30:18.000
 whole area

00:30:18.000 --> 00:30:18.559
 of sex

00:30:18.559 --> 00:30:19.079
 and romance.

00:30:19.220 --> 00:30:19.500
 Here they

00:30:19.500 --> 00:30:19.720
 are.

00:30:20.059 --> 00:30:20.599
 Number one,

00:30:20.720 --> 00:30:20.939
 friends,

00:30:21.019 --> 00:30:21.399
 are we

00:30:21.399 --> 00:30:22.019
 looking for

00:30:22.019 --> 00:30:22.419
 the right

00:30:22.419 --> 00:30:22.919
 things?

00:30:25.039 --> 00:30:25.819
 The wisdom

00:30:25.819 --> 00:30:26.119
 here,

00:30:26.240 --> 00:30:26.599
 particularly

00:30:26.599 --> 00:30:27.240
 for those

00:30:27.240 --> 00:30:27.599
 of us

00:30:27.599 --> 00:30:28.599
 who aren't

00:30:28.599 --> 00:30:29.159
 married,

00:30:29.160 --> 00:30:30.640
 but are

00:30:30.640 --> 00:30:31.440
 looking into

00:30:31.440 --> 00:30:32.120
 this whole

00:30:32.120 --> 00:30:32.900
 area of

00:30:32.900 --> 00:30:33.660
 relationships,

00:30:34.660 --> 00:30:35.580
 is to

00:30:35.580 --> 00:30:36.259
 base those

00:30:36.259 --> 00:30:37.380
 decisions on

00:30:37.380 --> 00:30:38.200
 more than

00:30:38.200 --> 00:30:38.960
 just how

00:30:38.960 --> 00:30:39.980
 someone looks.

00:30:41.580 --> 00:30:42.540
 Are you

00:30:42.540 --> 00:30:43.279
 looking for

00:30:43.279 --> 00:30:44.220
 someone who

00:30:44.220 --> 00:30:45.040
 has a name,

00:30:46.320 --> 00:30:47.160
 their

00:30:47.160 --> 00:30:47.980
 character,

00:30:48.980 --> 00:30:49.540
 and in

00:30:49.540 --> 00:30:50.200
 particular,

00:30:50.800 --> 00:30:51.540
 do they

00:30:51.540 --> 00:30:52.420
 love Jesus?

00:30:53.860 --> 00:30:54.400
 Do they

00:30:54.400 --> 00:30:55.040
 love him?

00:30:55.160 --> 00:30:55.440
 Do they

00:30:55.440 --> 00:30:56.540
 seek to

00:30:56.539 --> 00:30:58.440
 follow him?

00:30:58.720 --> 00:30:59.159
 And as

00:30:59.159 --> 00:30:59.759
 they follow

00:30:59.759 --> 00:31:00.220
 him,

00:31:00.279 --> 00:31:00.579
 are they

00:31:00.579 --> 00:31:00.859
 going to

00:31:00.859 --> 00:31:01.980
 love you

00:31:01.980 --> 00:31:03.119
 like he

00:31:03.119 --> 00:31:03.879
 loves you?

00:31:05.639 --> 00:31:05.980
 And would

00:31:05.980 --> 00:31:06.539
 you strive

00:31:06.539 --> 00:31:07.019
 to be

00:31:07.019 --> 00:31:07.659
 someone of

00:31:07.659 --> 00:31:08.159
 whom others

00:31:08.159 --> 00:31:08.680
 look at

00:31:08.680 --> 00:31:09.460
 and conclude,

00:31:09.700 --> 00:31:10.339
 what a

00:31:10.339 --> 00:31:10.619
 name.

00:31:12.779 --> 00:31:13.399
 And for

00:31:13.399 --> 00:31:13.799
 those of us

00:31:13.799 --> 00:31:14.099
 who are

00:31:14.099 --> 00:31:14.460
 married,

00:31:14.619 --> 00:31:15.019
 let this

00:31:15.019 --> 00:31:15.859
 remind us

00:31:15.859 --> 00:31:16.339
 of the

00:31:16.339 --> 00:31:17.259
 power of

00:31:17.259 --> 00:31:17.700
 words.

00:31:19.319 --> 00:31:20.000
 As we

00:31:20.000 --> 00:31:20.700
 watch this

00:31:20.700 --> 00:31:21.359
 young couple

00:31:21.359 --> 00:31:22.259
 shower each

00:31:22.259 --> 00:31:22.819
 other with

00:31:22.819 --> 00:31:23.379
 compliments,

00:31:23.380 --> 00:31:24.240
 the challenge

00:31:24.240 --> 00:31:24.900
 is not

00:31:24.900 --> 00:31:25.460
 to lose

00:31:25.460 --> 00:31:26.340
 that sense

00:31:26.340 --> 00:31:27.780
 of appreciation

00:31:27.780 --> 00:31:28.860
 and affection

00:31:28.860 --> 00:31:29.360
 for your

00:31:29.360 --> 00:31:29.800
 spouse.

00:31:32.760 --> 00:31:33.400
 You know,

00:31:33.440 --> 00:31:33.940
 what attracted

00:31:33.940 --> 00:31:34.540
 you to your

00:31:34.540 --> 00:31:35.060
 spouse in

00:31:35.060 --> 00:31:35.420
 the first

00:31:35.420 --> 00:31:35.840
 place?

00:31:38.320 --> 00:31:38.980
 When was

00:31:38.980 --> 00:31:39.360
 the last

00:31:39.360 --> 00:31:39.800
 time you

00:31:39.800 --> 00:31:40.500
 held hands

00:31:40.500 --> 00:31:41.040
 in public?

00:31:42.940 --> 00:31:43.600
 What do

00:31:43.600 --> 00:31:44.220
 you notice

00:31:44.220 --> 00:31:44.760
 about them

00:31:44.760 --> 00:31:45.440
 today that

00:31:45.440 --> 00:31:45.980
 you can

00:31:45.980 --> 00:31:47.040
 compliment

00:31:47.040 --> 00:31:47.740
 them on,

00:31:47.840 --> 00:31:48.380
 particularly

00:31:48.380 --> 00:31:48.980
 when it

00:31:48.980 --> 00:31:49.480
 comes to

00:31:49.480 --> 00:31:49.800
 their

00:31:49.800 --> 00:31:51.060
 character?

00:31:51.280 --> 00:31:51.660
 Where are

00:31:51.660 --> 00:31:52.220
 they growing

00:31:52.220 --> 00:31:53.240
 in

00:31:53.240 --> 00:31:53.759
 godliness?

00:31:54.259 --> 00:31:55.460
 This says

00:31:55.460 --> 00:31:56.100
 to us,

00:31:56.819 --> 00:31:57.339
 don't let

00:31:57.339 --> 00:31:57.980
 the fire

00:31:57.980 --> 00:31:58.779
 of romance

00:31:58.779 --> 00:31:59.360
 go out

00:31:59.360 --> 00:32:00.319
 if it's

00:32:00.319 --> 00:32:00.900
 in your

00:32:00.900 --> 00:32:01.980
 power to

00:32:01.980 --> 00:32:02.700
 do something

00:32:02.700 --> 00:32:04.059
 about it.

00:32:06.240 --> 00:32:06.759
 So,

00:32:06.799 --> 00:32:06.920
 friends,

00:32:06.960 --> 00:32:07.180
 are we

00:32:07.180 --> 00:32:07.579
 looking for

00:32:07.579 --> 00:32:07.980
 the right

00:32:07.980 --> 00:32:08.460
 things?

00:32:08.860 --> 00:32:09.200
 And here's

00:32:09.200 --> 00:32:09.620
 the second

00:32:09.620 --> 00:32:09.920
 thing.

00:32:09.980 --> 00:32:10.339
 Are we

00:32:10.339 --> 00:32:11.059
 listening to

00:32:11.059 --> 00:32:11.480
 the right

00:32:11.480 --> 00:32:11.980
 words?

00:32:14.680 --> 00:32:15.160
 Because

00:32:15.160 --> 00:32:15.640
 maybe you

00:32:15.640 --> 00:32:16.920
 hear the

00:32:16.920 --> 00:32:17.920
 words of

00:32:17.920 --> 00:32:18.779
 verse 15.

00:32:20.539 --> 00:32:21.019
 Behold,

00:32:21.140 --> 00:32:21.400
 you are

00:32:21.400 --> 00:32:21.920
 beautiful,

00:32:22.100 --> 00:32:22.740
 my love.

00:32:24.120 --> 00:32:24.519
 And you

00:32:24.519 --> 00:32:25.120
 long that

00:32:25.120 --> 00:32:25.680
 someone would

00:32:25.680 --> 00:32:26.300
 say that

00:32:26.300 --> 00:32:27.560
 about you.

00:32:29.900 --> 00:32:30.480
 And this

00:32:30.480 --> 00:32:30.720
 is where

00:32:30.720 --> 00:32:30.940
 we're going

00:32:30.940 --> 00:32:31.400
 to close

00:32:31.400 --> 00:32:31.980
 this first

00:32:31.980 --> 00:32:32.660
 section this

00:32:32.660 --> 00:32:33.019
 morning.

00:32:33.620 --> 00:32:34.000
 We're going

00:32:34.000 --> 00:32:34.400
 to pick up

00:32:34.400 --> 00:32:34.860
 so many

00:32:34.860 --> 00:32:35.160
 more of

00:32:35.160 --> 00:32:35.600
 these themes

00:32:35.600 --> 00:32:35.960
 as we

00:32:35.960 --> 00:32:36.220
 go.

00:32:37.640 --> 00:32:38.160
 But I

00:32:38.160 --> 00:32:38.460
 just want

00:32:38.460 --> 00:32:38.880
 to finish

00:32:38.880 --> 00:32:39.160
 here.

00:32:39.360 --> 00:32:39.640
 You know,

00:32:39.680 --> 00:32:40.080
 maybe you're

00:32:40.080 --> 00:32:40.500
 of this

00:32:40.500 --> 00:32:41.080
 generation

00:32:41.080 --> 00:32:43.000
 who you

00:32:43.000 --> 00:32:43.440
 played this

00:32:43.440 --> 00:32:43.800
 game where

00:32:43.800 --> 00:32:44.140
 you picked

00:32:44.140 --> 00:32:44.420
 up a

00:32:44.420 --> 00:32:44.840
 daisy and

00:32:44.840 --> 00:32:45.080
 you did

00:32:45.080 --> 00:32:45.580
 this whole

00:32:45.580 --> 00:32:45.880
 thing,

00:32:45.980 --> 00:32:46.280
 you pulled

00:32:46.280 --> 00:32:46.600
 off the

00:32:46.600 --> 00:32:47.220
 petals one

00:32:47.220 --> 00:32:47.620
 by one.

00:32:47.680 --> 00:32:47.860
 Remember

00:32:47.860 --> 00:32:48.340
 that line?

00:32:49.160 --> 00:32:49.620
 He loves

00:32:49.619 --> 00:32:49.859
 me,

00:32:50.459 --> 00:32:50.939
 he loves

00:32:50.939 --> 00:32:51.339
 me not,

00:32:51.439 --> 00:32:51.939
 he loves

00:32:51.939 --> 00:32:52.199
 me,

00:32:52.839 --> 00:32:53.500
 he loves

00:32:53.500 --> 00:32:54.039
 me not.

00:32:54.199 --> 00:32:54.899
 Which way

00:32:54.899 --> 00:32:55.219
 is it

00:32:55.219 --> 00:32:55.439
 going to

00:32:55.439 --> 00:32:55.719
 go?

00:32:57.939 --> 00:32:58.399
 Strikes

00:32:58.399 --> 00:32:58.739
 me that

00:32:58.739 --> 00:32:59.159
 that is

00:32:59.159 --> 00:32:59.659
 where this

00:32:59.659 --> 00:33:00.199
 woman is

00:33:00.199 --> 00:33:00.479
 at the

00:33:00.479 --> 00:33:00.899
 start of

00:33:00.899 --> 00:33:01.379
 this song.

00:33:03.959 --> 00:33:04.559
 I'm not

00:33:04.559 --> 00:33:04.919
 sure he

00:33:04.919 --> 00:33:05.339
 does.

00:33:07.719 --> 00:33:08.159
 Friends,

00:33:08.219 --> 00:33:08.539
 the good

00:33:08.539 --> 00:33:09.159
 news for

00:33:09.159 --> 00:33:09.979
 you today

00:33:09.979 --> 00:33:11.519
 as we

00:33:11.519 --> 00:33:12.059
 think about

00:33:12.059 --> 00:33:13.179
 the broader

00:33:13.179 --> 00:33:13.959
 purpose of

00:33:13.959 --> 00:33:14.439
 this song

00:33:14.439 --> 00:33:14.739
 and where

00:33:14.739 --> 00:33:15.199
 it points

00:33:15.199 --> 00:33:15.439
 us,

00:33:15.899 --> 00:33:16.579
 is that if

00:33:16.579 --> 00:33:17.159
 your faith

00:33:17.160 --> 00:33:17.580
 is in

00:33:17.580 --> 00:33:17.920
 Jesus,

00:33:18.100 --> 00:33:18.620
 there is

00:33:18.620 --> 00:33:19.300
 someone who

00:33:19.300 --> 00:33:19.800
 says it

00:33:19.800 --> 00:33:20.440
 over you

00:33:20.440 --> 00:33:22.120
 and delights

00:33:22.120 --> 00:33:22.740
 to say it

00:33:22.740 --> 00:33:23.400
 over you.

00:33:24.160 --> 00:33:24.640
 He says,

00:33:25.060 --> 00:33:25.660
 you are

00:33:25.660 --> 00:33:26.440
 beautiful,

00:33:26.640 --> 00:33:27.240
 my love,

00:33:27.580 --> 00:33:27.980
 and his

00:33:27.980 --> 00:33:28.460
 name is

00:33:28.460 --> 00:33:28.820
 Jesus.

00:33:30.400 --> 00:33:31.960
 And let's

00:33:31.960 --> 00:33:32.840
 allow that

00:33:32.840 --> 00:33:33.620
 to bring us

00:33:33.620 --> 00:33:34.759
 wonderful

00:33:34.759 --> 00:33:36.080
 assurance

00:33:36.080 --> 00:33:36.759
 today.

00:33:37.759 --> 00:33:38.019
 No matter

00:33:38.019 --> 00:33:38.740
 what your

00:33:38.740 --> 00:33:40.080
 marital status,

00:33:40.300 --> 00:33:41.100
 your romantic

00:33:41.100 --> 00:33:41.759
 relationships,

00:33:42.019 --> 00:33:42.840
 wherever you're

00:33:42.840 --> 00:33:43.000
 at,

00:33:43.060 --> 00:33:43.220
 friends,

00:33:43.500 --> 00:33:44.500
 this is the

00:33:44.500 --> 00:33:45.100
 voice that

00:33:45.100 --> 00:33:45.680
 matters.

00:33:45.680 --> 00:33:47.200
 And this

00:33:47.200 --> 00:33:47.640
 is the

00:33:47.640 --> 00:33:48.220
 voice that

00:33:48.220 --> 00:33:48.759
 we need

00:33:48.759 --> 00:33:49.360
 to allow

00:33:49.360 --> 00:33:50.400
 to transform

00:33:50.400 --> 00:33:50.860
 us.

00:33:51.120 --> 00:33:51.480
 And the

00:33:51.480 --> 00:33:52.120
 wonderful thing

00:33:52.120 --> 00:33:52.480
 is the

00:33:52.480 --> 00:33:53.039
 gospel says

00:33:53.039 --> 00:33:53.420
 it's not

00:33:53.420 --> 00:33:54.000
 token.

00:33:55.279 --> 00:33:56.080
 The wonder

00:33:56.080 --> 00:33:56.440
 of the

00:33:56.440 --> 00:33:57.279
 gospel is

00:33:57.279 --> 00:33:57.980
 that Jesus

00:33:57.980 --> 00:33:58.960
 loved us

00:33:58.960 --> 00:34:00.460
 even when

00:34:00.460 --> 00:34:01.019
 we were

00:34:01.019 --> 00:34:01.740
 his enemies.

00:34:03.740 --> 00:34:04.779
 He loved

00:34:04.779 --> 00:34:05.480
 us when we

00:34:05.480 --> 00:34:06.039
 were dead

00:34:06.039 --> 00:34:06.420
 in our

00:34:06.420 --> 00:34:07.400
 transgressions

00:34:07.400 --> 00:34:08.559
 and sins.

00:34:08.619 --> 00:34:09.200
 So it's not

00:34:09.200 --> 00:34:10.059
 like we made

00:34:10.059 --> 00:34:10.539
 the first

00:34:10.539 --> 00:34:11.000
 move.

00:34:12.400 --> 00:34:12.659
 The

00:34:12.659 --> 00:34:13.619
 gospel says

00:34:13.619 --> 00:34:14.500
 the

00:34:14.500 --> 00:34:15.980
 initiative

00:34:15.980 --> 00:34:17.059
 was all

00:34:17.059 --> 00:34:17.480
 his.

00:34:18.639 --> 00:34:18.839
 A

00:34:18.839 --> 00:34:19.500
 father that

00:34:19.500 --> 00:34:19.960
 existed,

00:34:20.139 --> 00:34:20.319
 father,

00:34:20.460 --> 00:34:20.579
 son,

00:34:20.679 --> 00:34:20.920
 spirit,

00:34:21.019 --> 00:34:21.420
 the father

00:34:21.420 --> 00:34:21.980
 sends the

00:34:21.980 --> 00:34:22.259
 son,

00:34:22.339 --> 00:34:22.779
 the son

00:34:22.779 --> 00:34:24.460
 takes human

00:34:24.460 --> 00:34:25.059
 flesh,

00:34:25.159 --> 00:34:25.579
 the son

00:34:25.579 --> 00:34:26.339
 came for

00:34:26.339 --> 00:34:26.739
 us,

00:34:26.739 --> 00:34:27.639
 he lived

00:34:27.639 --> 00:34:28.279
 for us,

00:34:28.420 --> 00:34:29.259
 he died

00:34:29.259 --> 00:34:29.759
 for us,

00:34:29.799 --> 00:34:30.179
 and if your

00:34:30.179 --> 00:34:31.139
 faith is in

00:34:31.139 --> 00:34:31.819
 him today,

00:34:32.299 --> 00:34:32.960
 you can

00:34:32.960 --> 00:34:34.079
 know on

00:34:34.079 --> 00:34:34.639
 your best

00:34:34.639 --> 00:34:35.039
 day and

00:34:35.039 --> 00:34:35.339
 on your

00:34:35.339 --> 00:34:35.819
 worst day

00:34:35.819 --> 00:34:36.119
 that he

00:34:36.119 --> 00:34:36.799
 loves you,

00:34:37.579 --> 00:34:38.279
 he has

00:34:38.279 --> 00:34:38.940
 taken

00:34:38.940 --> 00:34:40.360
 all your

00:34:40.360 --> 00:34:40.780
 shame,

00:34:41.840 --> 00:34:43.599
 and all

00:34:43.599 --> 00:34:44.539
 our mistakes,

00:34:45.420 --> 00:34:46.740
 and all

00:34:46.740 --> 00:34:47.679
 our regrets,

00:34:47.880 --> 00:34:48.500
 and all

00:34:48.500 --> 00:34:49.139
 our guilt,

00:34:49.280 --> 00:34:49.619
 he has

00:34:49.619 --> 00:34:50.440
 taken it

00:34:50.440 --> 00:34:51.619
 away through

00:34:51.619 --> 00:34:52.400
 his work

00:34:52.400 --> 00:34:53.579
 on the

00:34:53.579 --> 00:34:54.119
 cross.

00:34:55.079 --> 00:34:56.639
 And at

00:34:56.639 --> 00:34:57.900
 the time

00:34:57.900 --> 00:34:59.559
 he united

00:34:59.559 --> 00:35:00.119
 us to

00:35:00.119 --> 00:35:01.360
 himself and

00:35:01.360 --> 00:35:02.200
 he clothed

00:35:02.200 --> 00:35:03.400
 us with

00:35:03.400 --> 00:35:04.320
 his beauty.

00:35:05.599 --> 00:35:06.720
 And that's

00:35:06.720 --> 00:35:07.460
 why he says

00:35:07.460 --> 00:35:08.200
 to us on

00:35:08.199 --> 00:35:08.779
 our best

00:35:08.779 --> 00:35:09.859
 days and

00:35:09.859 --> 00:35:10.179
 on our

00:35:10.179 --> 00:35:10.980
 worst days,

00:35:11.500 --> 00:35:12.559
 you are

00:35:12.559 --> 00:35:13.859
 beautiful,

00:35:14.699 --> 00:35:15.399
 my love.

00:35:17.119 --> 00:35:17.399
 Oh,

00:35:17.419 --> 00:35:17.619
 friends,

00:35:17.699 --> 00:35:18.139
 let us be

00:35:18.139 --> 00:35:19.219
 reminded of

00:35:19.219 --> 00:35:20.199
 our Savior

00:35:20.199 --> 00:35:22.119
 and his

00:35:22.119 --> 00:35:23.339
 stunning and

00:35:23.339 --> 00:35:24.559
 his surprising

00:35:24.559 --> 00:35:26.879
 love for

00:35:26.879 --> 00:35:27.199
 us.

00:35:27.299 --> 00:35:27.919
 Don't ever

00:35:27.919 --> 00:35:28.639
 doubt it.

00:35:29.359 --> 00:35:30.000
 No matter

00:35:30.000 --> 00:35:30.919
 how you're

00:35:30.919 --> 00:35:31.379
 feeling,

00:35:31.460 --> 00:35:31.639
 no matter

00:35:31.639 --> 00:35:32.519
 what season

00:35:32.519 --> 00:35:33.000
 of life

00:35:33.000 --> 00:35:33.480
 that you're

00:35:33.480 --> 00:35:33.779
 in,

00:35:34.239 --> 00:35:34.719
 do not

00:35:34.719 --> 00:35:35.399
 doubt his

00:35:35.399 --> 00:35:36.219
 love and

00:35:36.219 --> 00:35:37.000
 his commitment

00:35:37.000 --> 00:35:38.380
 to us.

00:35:39.380 --> 00:35:40.219
 And the

00:35:40.219 --> 00:35:40.920
 thing is,

00:35:41.380 --> 00:35:42.300
 Christ loves

00:35:42.300 --> 00:35:43.679
 us and

00:35:43.679 --> 00:35:44.619
 he longs

00:35:44.619 --> 00:35:44.920
 through the

00:35:44.920 --> 00:35:45.559
 circumstances

00:35:45.559 --> 00:35:46.119
 of our

00:35:46.119 --> 00:35:46.619
 lives to

00:35:46.619 --> 00:35:47.579
 teach us

00:35:47.579 --> 00:35:49.260
 and to

00:35:49.260 --> 00:35:49.900
 birth in

00:35:49.900 --> 00:35:50.860
 us that

00:35:50.860 --> 00:35:51.860
 same love

00:35:51.860 --> 00:35:52.480
 for him

00:35:52.480 --> 00:35:54.019
 in return.

00:35:56.219 --> 00:35:56.940
 You know,

00:35:56.980 --> 00:35:57.539
 we all feel

00:35:57.539 --> 00:35:58.239
 that love is,

00:35:58.340 --> 00:35:58.820
 as you two

00:35:58.820 --> 00:35:59.239
 sang,

00:35:59.340 --> 00:36:00.099
 the sweetest

00:36:00.099 --> 00:36:00.420
 thing.

00:36:00.420 --> 00:36:03.159
 but with

00:36:03.159 --> 00:36:03.619
 Jesus,

00:36:04.099 --> 00:36:05.139
 we can

00:36:05.139 --> 00:36:05.800
 know why.

00:36:06.860 --> 00:36:07.760
 Because his

00:36:07.760 --> 00:36:08.920
 love for

00:36:08.920 --> 00:36:11.599
 us is the

00:36:11.599 --> 00:36:12.139
 story of

00:36:12.139 --> 00:36:12.639
 the cosmos.

00:36:14.500 --> 00:36:15.159
 Can I just

00:36:15.159 --> 00:36:15.579
 plug, just

00:36:15.579 --> 00:36:16.039
 before we

00:36:16.039 --> 00:36:16.460
 pray and

00:36:16.460 --> 00:36:16.820
 finish,

00:36:17.639 --> 00:36:18.260
 we've got

00:36:18.260 --> 00:36:18.820
 tons of

00:36:18.820 --> 00:36:19.220
 these books

00:36:19.220 --> 00:36:19.480
 at the

00:36:19.480 --> 00:36:19.900
 back to

00:36:19.900 --> 00:36:20.280
 flog,

00:36:20.500 --> 00:36:20.880
 and they're

00:36:20.880 --> 00:36:21.079
 free,

00:36:21.159 --> 00:36:21.500
 just take

00:36:21.500 --> 00:36:21.720
 them or

00:36:21.720 --> 00:36:21.820
 you can

00:36:21.820 --> 00:36:22.000
 give a

00:36:22.000 --> 00:36:22.300
 donation

00:36:22.300 --> 00:36:22.559
 if you

00:36:22.559 --> 00:36:22.680
 want.

00:36:22.740 --> 00:36:22.840
 They're

00:36:22.840 --> 00:36:23.000
 just

00:36:23.000 --> 00:36:23.200
 called

00:36:23.200 --> 00:36:23.940
 Surprised

00:36:23.940 --> 00:36:24.280
 by

00:36:24.280 --> 00:36:24.900
 Jesus.

00:36:26.079 --> 00:36:26.340
 Friends,

00:36:26.360 --> 00:36:26.579
 if your

00:36:26.579 --> 00:36:27.179
 affections

00:36:27.179 --> 00:36:27.700
 for him

00:36:27.700 --> 00:36:29.960
 have maybe

00:36:29.960 --> 00:36:30.659
 petered out,

00:36:30.740 --> 00:36:31.200
 maybe they're

00:36:31.200 --> 00:36:31.599
 low,

00:36:31.840 --> 00:36:32.260
 maybe you're

00:36:32.260 --> 00:36:32.940
 struggling at

00:36:32.940 --> 00:36:33.179
 the minute,

00:36:33.280 --> 00:36:33.700
 maybe you're

00:36:33.700 --> 00:36:33.940
 weary,

00:36:34.059 --> 00:36:34.920
 can I highly

00:36:34.920 --> 00:36:35.960
 suggest this

00:36:35.960 --> 00:36:36.519
 book will

00:36:36.519 --> 00:36:37.179
 help you.

00:36:37.980 --> 00:36:38.220
 Maybe

00:36:38.220 --> 00:36:39.079
 something fresh

00:36:39.079 --> 00:36:39.500
 to read

00:36:39.500 --> 00:36:40.260
 devotionally,

00:36:40.360 --> 00:36:40.740
 maybe just

00:36:40.740 --> 00:36:41.240
 something to

00:36:41.240 --> 00:36:41.760
 read this

00:36:41.760 --> 00:36:42.260
 afternoon.

00:36:43.139 --> 00:36:43.760
 It is

00:36:43.760 --> 00:36:44.280
 wonderful.

00:36:45.500 --> 00:36:45.880
 Come and

00:36:45.880 --> 00:36:46.579
 be surprised

00:36:46.579 --> 00:36:47.280
 by Jesus.

00:36:47.460 --> 00:36:48.000
 His love

00:36:48.000 --> 00:36:48.619
 for us

00:36:48.619 --> 00:36:50.579
 is the

00:36:50.579 --> 00:36:51.059
 story of

00:36:51.059 --> 00:36:51.519
 the cosmos.

00:36:51.780 --> 00:36:52.139
 Please come

00:36:52.139 --> 00:36:52.579
 back next

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 week,

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 we'll get

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 more into

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 this song,

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 but why

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 don't just

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 now we

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 pause and

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 let's pray

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 because I

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 realize that

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 we've touched

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 on a lot

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 of things

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 this morning

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 and let's

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 allow God

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 through his

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 Holy Spirit

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 to minister

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 to us this

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 morning through

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 his word.

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 And so

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 Father,

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 I am so

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 aware of

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 my inadequacy

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 here,

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 inadequacy

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 here.

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 Father,

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 I pray that

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 your spirit

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 would be

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 working in

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 our lives.

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 Lord,

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 even to

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 the deepest

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 of wounds,

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 would he

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 through your

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 word be

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 bringing that

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 healing knowledge

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 of who Jesus

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 is today.

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 Father,

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 we just want

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 to commit

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 ourselves to

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 you and we

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 ask that you

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 would help

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 raise our

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 eyes to

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 consider the

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 beauty and

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 the worth

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 of Jesus.

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 Thank you

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 truly that he

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 is the great

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 lover of

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 souls.

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 Father,

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 help us to

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 rest in

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 his wonderful

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 love for us,

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 we pray.

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 In Jesus'

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 name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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