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 I come to you this morning in weakness and in much fear and trembling.

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 So let's pray.

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 Lord, we thank you that by your grace you have gathered us here this morning.

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 And we thank you that your spirit, Lord, enables us.

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 Lord, enables us to hear your word, enables us to sing your praises.

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 Lord, enables us to turn towards you.

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 Lord, when in all of our bent we would turn away and run.

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 In all of our bent we would do something else.

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 But God, you have turned us towards you.

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 And what a grace that is.

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 Lord, I pray this morning that you would be manifest among us by your spirit.

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 Lord, that as we look at your word, you would fill our hearts with the glory of all that you are.

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 And we would respond in worship.

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 Praise.

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 Adoration.

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 Love.

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 Sacrifice.

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 Service.

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 For you.

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 We pray this in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 I wonder if you've ever been embarrassed by Jesus.

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 I was thinking about this as I was preparing this week.

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 A couple of years ago I had the privilege of opportunity.

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 Privilege might be the wrong word.

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 I had the opportunity to go to one of my uncle's funeral.

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 He had lived a good life.

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 And I had a chance to go.

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 And interact with my extended family that I don't get to see very often.

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 And the question always comes up.

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 Oh, so what are you up to these days?

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 What are you doing?

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 Well, I'm a...

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 And I found welling up in my heart just a little bit of embarrassment.

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 Embarrassment about how they might view my answers.

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 What they might think.

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 You're an Ivy League graduate who's a Baptist pastor.

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 You identify with those people that I really have no interest in knowing.

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 From what I know.

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 From the media.

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 From my perception.

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 I found myself traversing the minefield of what I feared their perceptions of my answers might be.

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 But deep down inside I wonder too if I was just a little embarrassed about Jesus himself.

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 If I was just a little bit concerned about how...

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 More concerned about how they would think of me than what my Lord would think of me in that moment.

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 And underneath that I wondered if maybe deep down I lacked a kind of certainty in the moment.

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 That Jesus would be all that I could ever want him to be.

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 For me and for this world.

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 You know, in that context I want to be winsome and not unnecessarily offend.

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 I don't want to be boorish or identified with some things that honestly I'm embarrassed by.

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 And the perception of what people think about what it means to be a follower of Jesus in this world.

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 I want to avoid those things.

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 But I wonder...

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 What I saw that day in my own heart was that...

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 At its core it wasn't just those things.

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 It was that I was a little embarrassed.

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 I was a little uncertain as to whether Jesus really was all that I need him to be.

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 This doubt is reinforced in the worlds that maybe you live in.

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 The academy asks...

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 Aren't we beyond that?

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 That's so 30 AD.

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 We've gone beyond that now.

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 Our knowledge has increased.

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 That can't be real.

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 Or we meet the suffering.

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 And they say...

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 Where is this Jesus?

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 He hasn't fixed my problem yet.

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 We meet the businessman.

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 And he says...

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 Well, what good is Jesus going to do for my bottom line?

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 That's not very practical.

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 So heavenly minded but no earthly good.

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 The high achiever says...

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 Jesus?

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 I've made it this far on my own.

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 Why would I need him?

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 The tolerant society says...

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 You don't really think Jesus is everything, do you?

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 Like...

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 How could you deny all these other things?

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 And the hurting say...

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 Why...

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 Why would Jesus be everything to me if I still hurt the way I do?

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 I don't know if you're here exploring Christianity here this morning.

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 Maybe you've been in church for a long time.

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 But you find that you ask these questions.

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 You hear these questions.

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 And you see in your own heart some doubt.

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 Some uncertainty.

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 You ask yourself...

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 Is he really enough?

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 How do we show this in our lives?

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 Well...

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 I think sometimes we hedge our futures.

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 Yeah...

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 Jesus is everything I need.

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 But I really need a really killer resume as well.

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 So that I can get ahead.

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 Yeah...

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 Jesus is all that I need.

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 But in these contexts, I kind of need to downplay that.

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 And let people know about these other things that are going to be really impressive.

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 These other identities that I embrace.

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 So that you'll think highly of me and accept me.

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 We hedge our reputations.

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 I don't want to be known as that guy in my circle.

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 That kind of fringy, out there, Jesus guy or gal.

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 And ultimately, friends, we can hedge our very salvation.

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 Yeah, Jesus is everything for me.

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 But don't I have to...

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 Can I...

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 Isn't there something I need to do?

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 Isn't there something I need to add to it?

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 Isn't there something else that I contribute to it?

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 That...

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 I feel so helpless.

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 I feel like I should be doing something.

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 So that Jesus will find me acceptable.

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 These are ways in which I think we show our doubt.

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 That Jesus really is enough.

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 That Jesus is all that we would want.

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 Our passage this morning helps us think more clearly about it.

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 We're continuing in our series in 1 Corinthians.

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 We're looking at page...

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 1 Corinthians chapter 2, verses 1 through 5.

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 We're on page 952 in the Pew Bible.

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 If you want to look there with me.

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 And as you're turning there,

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 let me just give us a little bit of recap of where we've been.

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 This whole section, starting back in chapter 1, verse 10,

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 is about divisions.

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 And divisions that have divided the church

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 related to their identification with particular leaders.

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 I'm of Paul.

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 I'm of Apollos.

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 I'm of Cephas.

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 Those sorts of things.

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 And Paul says,

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 your divisions are rooted in misplaced identity

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 and a missed evaluation of what's really important

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 in your spiritual leaders

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 in such a way that you have allowed the wisdom of the world,

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 the way that the world around you,

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 the Corinthian world,

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 the competitive get-ahead,

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 ride-the-coattails-to-the-top world,

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 you have allowed those things to shape

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 how you are living together as followers of Jesus.

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 You are more Corinthian than you are a Christian

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 in these ways.

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 The Corinthians were on the side of worldly wisdom

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 rather than God's wisdom,

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 which makes foolish the wisdom of the world.

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 And he went on in verses 18 through 25 to say,

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 God showed the foolishness of the wisdom of the world

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 through the very act of salvation,

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 by the cross of Christ,

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 by sending Jesus to die.

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 He shamed all of this worldly wisdom.

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 He exposed all of the human-centeredness

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 of those in the church.

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 And he said,

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 I want you to see this so clearly,

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 how you have been infected

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 and how you have been shaped

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 by the wisdom of the world.

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 So he went on at the end of chapter one,

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 verses 26 through 30,

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 and he says,

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 look,

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 you're competing with one another

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 about being great or being wise

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 or being powerful or being spiritual

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 or being important.

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 But who were you?

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 You can't even make it in the world's eyes,

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 let alone by the kingdom of God.

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 But isn't it great that God has chosen you

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 to display his grace

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 and so that you might not boast in yourselves,

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 but that you might boast in God

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 and the greatness of the work that God has done.

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 Paul's saying,

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 in your Corinthian example,

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 this is partly how you see the cross of Christ

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 shaming the foolishness of the world

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 and exalting the wisdom of God

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 in achieving salvation the way he did.

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 And then the passage we come to today,

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 chapter two, verses one through five,

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 he says,

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 and not only was your experience of that,

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 but remember what I was like among you.

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 I want to use my own ministry as an example.

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 of what God is doing

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 when he confounds the foolishness of the world.

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 So, having said that,

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 let's look at the passage together.

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 Chapter two, verse one.

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 And I, when I came to you, brothers,

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 did not come proclaiming to you

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 the testimony of God with lofty speech or wisdom,

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 for I decided to know nothing among you

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 except Jesus Christ and him crucified.

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 And I was with you in weakness

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 and in fear and much trembling.

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 And my speech and my message

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 were not in plausible words of wisdom,

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 but in demonstration of the spirit and of power,

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 that your faith might not rest

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 in the wisdom of men,

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 but in the power of God.

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 Paul uses his own example,

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 his mode of ministry,

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 to try to point the Corinthians again

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 to the thing that he's been trying to help them see

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 for quite a while now in this passage.

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 He's reminding them again,

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 Jesus Christ and him crucified

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 is everything you ever need him to be.

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 He's the content of the gospel.

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 He's the pattern of the gospel messenger.

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 And he alone is the one

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 who gives us true hope of real salvation.

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 So let's look at those things,

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 the content, the pattern,

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 and then the hope of salvation.

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 In verses one and two, look with me again.

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 What we see is that Paul says

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 that the content of the gospel testified to

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 is the crucified Christ.

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 His point is actually really simple.

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 It doesn't take a lot of exegesis

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 to see what his main point is.

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 I decided to forsake

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 all of the forms of speech and pattern

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 that you might think would be so impressive

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 and to simply proclaim to you

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 the message of Jesus Christ

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 and him crucified.

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 Paul says,

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 what did I talk to you about?

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 What did I boast to you about?

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 I talked about one who came and died,

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 one who came and lived a perfect life.

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 And yet, though he deserved all honor

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 and glory and power,

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 he humbled himself,

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 made himself a servant,

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 offered himself up in the place

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 of you and me,

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 was crucified as a rebel,

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 he who had always obeyed his father.

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 He offered himself up in the place of our sin

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 as the perfect substitute

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 and as a sacrifice,

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 giving his very own life

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 to pay the penalty that our sins deserve.

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 He said,

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 this is what I knew among you,

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 you worldly wise who love all these other things.

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 He says this in a context where

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 the Corinthians loved

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 those who were self-reliant

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 and self-exalting in their rhetoric.

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 We might know of a place like that nearby here

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 where people think well of fine-sounding arguments

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 and brilliance

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 and groundbreaking ideas and concepts,

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 where people are in love

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 with those kinds of shows and displays.

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 And underneath it,

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 Paul's exposing the heart,

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 the heart of the wisdom of the world

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 that says,

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 can you meet my standard of judgment?

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 Can you entertain me,

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 tickle my fancy,

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 impress me, will you?

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 Can you compete

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 and show yourself to be impressive?

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 And you know,

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 it's not only at that fine university next door,

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 but in all of our tribes,

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 no matter where we live,

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 there's gonna be some evaluation

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 of I'm gonna give you respect

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 because you speak to me

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 or you show yourself in a certain way.

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 Those of you who are in high school,

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 think about this.

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 What do your high school friends value?

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 Sarcasm.

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 Irony.

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 Quick banter.

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 An ability to communicate

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 in incomprehensible acronyms

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 on a little device in your hand.

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 That's my old man's version of it, right?

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 140 characters.

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 Whatever it is, I don't know.

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 You guys know better than I do.

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 But in each of your tribes,

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 there are gonna be certain ways

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 that you're gonna be seen as impressive.

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 In each of your little social milieus,

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 there's gonna be a certain way

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 that people are gonna think well of you

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 if you kind of play along and do the dance.

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 Paul says,

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 I will not play along

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 in order to be heard.

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 Now, let's make sure we don't misunderstand Paul

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 in some other ways

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 that people have misunderstood him.

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 Paul is not saying

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 that you shouldn't be thinking

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 or engaged in a healthy conversation with people.

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 Right?

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 If you go through the book of Acts,

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 particularly chapters 18 and 19,

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 in Thessalonica, Athens, Corinth, and Ephesus,

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 you see Paul reasoning and persuading.

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 Paul isn't saying,

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 I just am gonna preach,

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 Jesus died on the cross for your sins

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 and that's all I need to say.

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 Paul was engaged in these long conversations,

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 proving from the Old Testament

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 how Jesus was the Messiah,

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 showing how Jesus is the hope,

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 and by the resurrection of the dead

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 that he is actually the thing

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 that you've been longing for

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 as you worship these idols

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 that you don't know about in Athens

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 and on and on and on.

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 So it's not about not thinking

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 or not engaging

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 or not seeking to persuade a reason.

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 It's also not about not contextualizing.

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 As we read ahead in chapter nine,

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 Paul himself will say,

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 I became all things to all men

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 so that I by all means might win some.

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 To the Jews, I became like a Jew.

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 So we wanna remove every stumbling block

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 to someone understanding the gospel,

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 every cultural barrier,

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 every personality trait

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 that might somehow mar my ability

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 to share with you

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 about the great news

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 of what God has done in Christ.

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 There's an important place for that.

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 It's not about Paul saying,

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 well,

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 in order to depend on the spirit and power,

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 I'm not gonna prepare

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 for my sermon this week.

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 I'm just gonna believe

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 that God's gonna lead me

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 and give me the words,

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 and so I'm just gonna stand up there

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 and be completely unready

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 and hope that God will bless me.

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 That's not what Paul is saying.

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 Paul is also not saying

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 that he didn't know anything.

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 He actually knew how to make a tent,

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 it seems,

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 because that was his job.

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 He's not saying that

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 the only knowledge

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 that has any value in the world

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 is the knowledge of Christ.

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 So for those of you

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 who are exploring the intricacies

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 of how the immune system

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 is unable to attack a cancer cell,

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 for those of you

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 who spend your life

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 figuring out the best way

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 to parent a teenager

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 through all of the joys

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 and trials of that time of life,

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 for those of you

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 who actually know

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 how to change a tire

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 and swing a hammer,

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 all of those knowledges

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 God blesses

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 and then loves

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 and enjoys

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 and wants you to see it.

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 There's an important place for it.

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 But what Paul is saying

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 is that I am focused

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 on this above all things.

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 I am focused on Christ.

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 If I know all things

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 but I don't know Christ,

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 I don't know anything

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 that's really important.

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 And if I know Christ,

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 all the other knowledge

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 that I have

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 becomes properly placed

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 in my world,

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 I find that my exploration

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 of all this other knowledge

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 becomes a great joy

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 because I see it fitting in

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 with a God

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 who created the world

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 and a God

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 who has redeemed the world

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 and a God

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 who will remake the world one day.

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 But Christ is at the center

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 and the focal point

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 of all of that understanding.

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 And Paul's not only saying

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 this is what I focus on

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 but he's also saying

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 this is what I rely upon.

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 It's not my message.

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 Did you see in verse 1?

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 I did not come proclaiming to you

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 the testimony of God.

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 Paul's saying

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 this isn't my story

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 that I've made up for you.

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 I am simply telling you

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 what I have seen and heard.

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 What God has objectively done

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 in history

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 that I am now explaining to you

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 and proclaiming to you.

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 This isn't a self-generated message.

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 This is one that I have received

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 and that I am passing along to you.

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 This is what Paul was trying to say

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 in verse 17 and 18 of chapter 1

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 when he talks about

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 I wanted to come to you

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 but not in words of human eloquence

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 lest the cross of Christ

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 be emptied of its power.

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 Verse 18

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 For the word of the cross

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 is folly to those who are perishing

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 but to us who are being saved

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 it is the power of God.

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 And that's what I'm relying on.

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 God's message is going to come to you

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 and as I speak it

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 it is God's power

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 that is going to be at work at you.

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 Not because I'm clever

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 or because I'm impressive.

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 There are lots of applications

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 for us today

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 lots of ways for us

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 to think about

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 how we pursue ministry

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 but we have much more to say

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 so quickly

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 I simply want to ask these questions

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 what do you focus on?

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 What do you focus on in your life?

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 What do you spend time investing in?

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 What do you talk about?

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 What do people know you for?

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 Secondly

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 what do you rely on?

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 When things get difficult

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 when the pressure is on

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 where is your default?

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 Is it to run to the shadow of the cross

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 and to find their strength

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 and comfort

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 and solace and hope?

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 Or do you run to every other strategy

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 every other hope

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 every other prop

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 to try to get you through?

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 And Paul says

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 I determined to know

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 nothing among you

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 but Jesus Christ

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 and him crucified

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 he's saying

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 Christ is all

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 that you ever really need.

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 He's not only the content

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 of Paul's preaching

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 but he's also

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 the pattern.

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 Look with me again

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 in verses 3 and 4.

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 Let's read it.

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 And I was with you

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 in weakness

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 and in fear

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 and in much trembling

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 in my speech

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 and my message

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 were not in plausible

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 words of wisdom

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 but in demonstration

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 of the spirit

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 and of power.

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 Again

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 it's fairly straightforward

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 it seems

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 Paul's saying

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 I wasn't relying

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 on myself

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 I actually came to you

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 in weakness

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 and in fear

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 and in trembling.

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 And it's interesting

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 the commentators wrestle with

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 what was Paul afraid of?

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 Paul didn't seem

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 to be shrinking back

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 and not proclaiming

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 the glory of Christ

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 nor in fact

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 did it seem like

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 he was ineffective.

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 There were actually

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 people responding

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 to his preaching

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 but interestingly

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 in the middle

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 of that account

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 where some were responding

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 and some were not

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 as is typical

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 as we saw

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 in the book of Acts

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 as we saw

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 the proclamation

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 of the gospel

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 the Lord comes

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 to Paul at night.

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 Do you remember

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 what he says

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 in Acts 18?

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 The Lord says

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 don't be afraid

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 I have many more

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 in this city.

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 Paul wasn't afraid

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 of man's response.

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 He wasn't afraid

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 of persecution.

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 He wasn't afraid

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 of his own inability.

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 I don't even think

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 he was afraid

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 of the fruitlessness

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 of his ministry.

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 I think he was afraid

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 that he might not

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 be able to faithfully

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 discharge

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 the calling

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 that God has given us.

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 And he might be afraid

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 humanly.

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 He might have said

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 is this really

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 is this really worth it?

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 Can I actually do this?

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 And God comes in

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 and he says

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 Paul remember

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 this isn't your

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 ministry.

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 This is mine.

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 I'm using you.

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 Go be faithful

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 but do so

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 in great freedom

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 and boldness

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 not fear.

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 Do it in great faith

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 because I am the God

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 who already has people

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 in the city.

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 I'm going to be at work.

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 So don't be afraid.

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 Paul's weaknesses

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 in Corinthians

00:23:55.579 --> 00:23:56.599
 are often tied

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 to his physical inability

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 to his lack

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 of impressiveness

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 of his persona.

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 There are lots

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 of different ways

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 that people have seen this.

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 Paul says

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 I came to you

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 in that way.

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 It reminds you

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 a little bit

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 oh and then he says

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 I came to you

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 in that way

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 in a demonstration

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 of the spirit

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 and of power.

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 Well what does

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 that look like?

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 It reminds you

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 a little bit

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 of the church

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 in Corinth.

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 Paul writes

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 to them about this.

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 We know brothers

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 loved by God

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 that he's chosen you

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 because our gospel

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 came to you

00:24:36.359 --> 00:24:37.459
 not only in word

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 but in power

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 and in the Holy Spirit

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 and with full conviction.

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 You know what kind

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 of men we prove

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 to be among you

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 for your sake

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 and then he goes on

00:24:44.719 --> 00:24:45.000
 to say

00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:46.000
 and you endured

00:24:46.000 --> 00:24:46.899
 great suffering

00:24:46.900 --> 00:24:47.560
 as a result

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 of your faith

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 and you were steadfast

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 and that's because

00:24:51.300 --> 00:24:52.680
 I saw that

00:24:52.680 --> 00:24:53.540
 though I came

00:24:53.540 --> 00:24:54.380
 and proclaimed to you

00:24:54.380 --> 00:24:55.060
 what was real

00:24:55.060 --> 00:24:55.800
 was that God

00:24:55.800 --> 00:24:56.280
 had worked

00:24:56.280 --> 00:24:57.019
 in your life.

00:24:58.080 --> 00:24:58.340
 In fact

00:24:58.340 --> 00:24:58.960
 this is exactly

00:24:58.960 --> 00:24:59.540
 what he says

00:24:59.540 --> 00:25:00.120
 further on

00:25:00.120 --> 00:25:00.580
 in the letter

00:25:00.580 --> 00:25:01.960
 of 1 Thessalonians

00:25:01.960 --> 00:25:02.560
 chapter 2

00:25:02.560 --> 00:25:03.500
 verse 13

00:25:03.500 --> 00:25:03.880
 he says

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 we thank God

00:25:04.800 --> 00:25:05.820
 constantly for this

00:25:05.820 --> 00:25:06.640
 that when you receive

00:25:06.640 --> 00:25:07.500
 the word of God

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 which you heard

00:25:08.100 --> 00:25:08.580
 from us

00:25:08.580 --> 00:25:09.680
 you accepted it

00:25:09.680 --> 00:25:10.500
 not as the word

00:25:10.500 --> 00:25:11.060
 of man

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 but as what it

00:25:12.840 --> 00:25:13.540
 really is

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 the word of God

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 which is at work

00:25:15.280 --> 00:25:16.259
 in you believers.

00:25:16.900 --> 00:25:19.540
 Paul says

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 when I came

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 the whole manner

00:25:21.420 --> 00:25:22.120
 of my coming

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 was not to make

00:25:23.200 --> 00:25:23.980
 much of me

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 but to follow

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 in the patterns

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 of John the Baptist

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 I must decrease

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 so that he must increase

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 so that Jesus

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 would be exalted

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 so that when

00:25:33.800 --> 00:25:35.540
 when others

00:25:35.540 --> 00:25:36.480
 heard his preaching

00:25:36.480 --> 00:25:37.240
 they didn't think

00:25:37.240 --> 00:25:37.560
 wow

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 Paul's a great order

00:25:38.640 --> 00:25:40.259
 they thought

00:25:40.259 --> 00:25:41.160
 wow

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 Jesus is a great savior

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 and they would be

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 cut to the quick

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 they would see

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 the weight

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 of their sin

00:25:47.679 --> 00:25:48.479
 and the offensiveness

00:25:48.479 --> 00:25:49.359
 before God

00:25:49.359 --> 00:25:50.279
 and they would see

00:25:50.279 --> 00:25:50.819
 the glory

00:25:50.819 --> 00:25:51.359
 of what God

00:25:51.359 --> 00:25:51.739
 has done

00:25:51.739 --> 00:25:52.359
 in Christ

00:25:52.359 --> 00:25:54.199
 and they would

00:25:54.199 --> 00:25:55.379
 turn and believe

00:25:55.379 --> 00:25:56.719
 and be filled

00:25:56.719 --> 00:25:57.459
 with joy

00:25:57.459 --> 00:25:59.019
 at their forgiveness

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 that they have

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 be filled

00:26:00.859 --> 00:26:01.959
 with a new life

00:26:01.959 --> 00:26:05.099
 that overflowed

00:26:05.099 --> 00:26:06.339
 in so many ways

00:26:06.339 --> 00:26:09.019
 Paul came

00:26:09.019 --> 00:26:09.619
 with dependence

00:26:09.619 --> 00:26:10.739
 not displays

00:26:10.739 --> 00:26:11.319
 or skill

00:26:11.319 --> 00:26:11.939
 or ability

00:26:11.940 --> 00:26:12.680
 he came

00:26:12.680 --> 00:26:13.420
 in humility

00:26:13.420 --> 00:26:14.240
 not in human

00:26:14.240 --> 00:26:15.100
 exhibitionism

00:26:15.100 --> 00:26:15.799
 he came

00:26:15.799 --> 00:26:16.340
 in weakness

00:26:16.340 --> 00:26:17.180
 not in a show

00:26:17.180 --> 00:26:17.700
 of power

00:26:17.700 --> 00:26:18.500
 or authority

00:26:18.500 --> 00:26:21.740
 he came

00:26:21.740 --> 00:26:23.640
 like the blind

00:26:23.640 --> 00:26:24.000
 man

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 in John

00:26:24.600 --> 00:26:25.580
 9

00:26:25.580 --> 00:26:27.240
 said I don't

00:26:27.240 --> 00:26:27.660
 know about

00:26:27.660 --> 00:26:28.200
 that Jesus

00:26:28.200 --> 00:26:29.000
 but once I was

00:26:29.000 --> 00:26:29.440
 blind

00:26:29.440 --> 00:26:30.160
 and now

00:26:30.160 --> 00:26:30.960
 I can see

00:26:30.960 --> 00:26:32.680
 he came

00:26:32.680 --> 00:26:33.279
 like the woman

00:26:33.279 --> 00:26:33.940
 in Samaria

00:26:33.940 --> 00:26:35.000
 who went back

00:26:35.000 --> 00:26:35.820
 to her town

00:26:35.820 --> 00:26:36.539
 that had shunned

00:26:36.539 --> 00:26:36.900
 her and said

00:26:36.900 --> 00:26:37.360
 come

00:26:37.360 --> 00:26:38.240
 see a man

00:26:38.240 --> 00:26:38.799
 who told me

00:26:38.799 --> 00:26:39.680
 everything I ever

00:26:39.680 --> 00:26:40.200
 did

00:26:40.200 --> 00:26:41.200
 her shame

00:26:41.200 --> 00:26:42.019
 was completely

00:26:42.019 --> 00:26:42.680
 gone

00:26:42.680 --> 00:26:43.580
 as she knew

00:26:43.580 --> 00:26:44.299
 the acceptance

00:26:44.299 --> 00:26:45.920
 of this Jesus

00:26:45.920 --> 00:26:49.680
 he came

00:26:49.680 --> 00:26:50.660
 as one beggar

00:26:50.660 --> 00:26:52.480
 telling another beggar

00:26:52.480 --> 00:26:53.759
 where to find bread

00:26:53.759 --> 00:26:57.460
 and it's humbling

00:26:57.460 --> 00:26:58.080
 isn't it

00:26:58.080 --> 00:26:59.340
 it's humbling

00:26:59.340 --> 00:26:59.840
 to admit

00:26:59.840 --> 00:27:00.500
 you're a beggar

00:27:00.500 --> 00:27:01.400
 who needs bread

00:27:01.400 --> 00:27:03.460
 and that's how

00:27:03.460 --> 00:27:04.200
 God shames

00:27:04.200 --> 00:27:04.960
 the wise

00:27:04.960 --> 00:27:06.400
 and the self-sufficient

00:27:06.400 --> 00:27:08.019
 and the self-important

00:27:08.019 --> 00:27:09.559
 and the self-reliant

00:27:09.559 --> 00:27:14.019
 Paul

00:27:14.019 --> 00:27:15.879
 then finishes

00:27:15.879 --> 00:27:16.579
 this sentence

00:27:16.579 --> 00:27:17.259
 with a purpose

00:27:17.259 --> 00:27:17.599
 statement

00:27:17.599 --> 00:27:18.440
 and this is actually

00:27:18.440 --> 00:27:18.960
 where I want

00:27:18.960 --> 00:27:20.000
 the weight of our time

00:27:20.000 --> 00:27:21.019
 to land today

00:27:21.019 --> 00:27:22.839
 Paul came

00:27:22.839 --> 00:27:23.679
 saying I came

00:27:23.679 --> 00:27:25.099
 only proclaiming

00:27:25.099 --> 00:27:25.740
 Jesus Christ

00:27:25.740 --> 00:27:26.519
 and him crucified

00:27:26.519 --> 00:27:27.460
 I came

00:27:27.460 --> 00:27:29.039
 demonstrating

00:27:29.039 --> 00:27:30.579
 this as a pattern

00:27:30.579 --> 00:27:31.339
 of how I want

00:27:31.339 --> 00:27:31.879
 to live

00:27:31.879 --> 00:27:33.740
 but verse 5

00:27:33.740 --> 00:27:34.819
 is the sweetness

00:27:34.819 --> 00:27:35.460
 of this

00:27:35.460 --> 00:27:36.619
 passage

00:27:36.619 --> 00:27:37.359
 I believe

00:27:37.359 --> 00:27:38.539
 in so many ways

00:27:38.539 --> 00:27:39.500
 and you see

00:27:39.500 --> 00:27:39.920
 the heart

00:27:39.920 --> 00:27:40.579
 of the apostle

00:27:40.579 --> 00:27:41.579
 look with me

00:27:41.579 --> 00:27:41.899
 at it

00:27:41.899 --> 00:27:42.720
 verse 5

00:27:42.720 --> 00:27:43.819
 that

00:27:43.819 --> 00:27:45.659
 might even be

00:27:45.659 --> 00:27:47.000
 stronger translated

00:27:47.000 --> 00:27:48.159
 so that

00:27:48.159 --> 00:27:49.720
 in order that

00:27:49.720 --> 00:27:51.139
 I did these things

00:27:51.139 --> 00:27:52.460
 with a purpose

00:27:52.460 --> 00:27:53.579
 that

00:27:53.579 --> 00:27:56.599
 your faith

00:27:56.599 --> 00:27:57.379
 might not rest

00:27:57.379 --> 00:27:57.920
 on the wisdom

00:27:57.920 --> 00:27:58.440
 of men

00:27:58.440 --> 00:28:01.080
 but in the power

00:28:01.080 --> 00:28:02.100
 of God

00:28:02.100 --> 00:28:06.779
 Paul's greatest fear

00:28:06.779 --> 00:28:07.779
 is that as the

00:28:07.779 --> 00:28:08.680
 Corinthian church

00:28:08.680 --> 00:28:09.740
 was influenced

00:28:09.740 --> 00:28:10.940
 by the world

00:28:10.940 --> 00:28:12.080
 that they lived in

00:28:12.080 --> 00:28:14.120
 as they took up

00:28:14.120 --> 00:28:14.740
 the mantle

00:28:14.740 --> 00:28:15.799
 of this wisdom

00:28:15.799 --> 00:28:16.600
 that was being

00:28:16.600 --> 00:28:19.059
 that was infiltrating

00:28:19.059 --> 00:28:20.200
 into their hearts

00:28:20.200 --> 00:28:21.180
 and minds

00:28:21.180 --> 00:28:23.160
 as they were beginning

00:28:23.160 --> 00:28:24.360
 to esteem

00:28:24.360 --> 00:28:25.500
 and to trust in

00:28:25.500 --> 00:28:26.920
 and to rely on

00:28:26.920 --> 00:28:27.820
 and to honor

00:28:27.820 --> 00:28:29.160
 these things

00:28:29.160 --> 00:28:32.160
 that their faith

00:28:32.160 --> 00:28:32.820
 would be put

00:28:32.820 --> 00:28:34.240
 in the wrong thing

00:28:34.240 --> 00:28:35.600
 that their faith

00:28:35.600 --> 00:28:36.360
 would ultimately

00:28:36.360 --> 00:28:38.140
 be put in something

00:28:38.140 --> 00:28:39.860
 that cannot bear

00:28:39.860 --> 00:28:41.320
 the weight

00:28:41.320 --> 00:28:42.440
 of what they're

00:28:42.440 --> 00:28:44.019
 trusting it for

00:28:44.019 --> 00:28:47.140
 that their faith

00:28:47.140 --> 00:28:48.259
 would be in the wrong

00:28:48.259 --> 00:28:49.180
 foundation

00:28:49.180 --> 00:28:52.840
 that they would

00:28:52.840 --> 00:28:53.759
 build their identity

00:28:53.759 --> 00:28:55.539
 on the spiritual

00:28:55.539 --> 00:28:55.960
 leaders

00:28:55.960 --> 00:28:56.299
 they

00:28:56.299 --> 00:28:58.619
 attach themselves

00:28:58.619 --> 00:28:58.960
 to

00:28:58.960 --> 00:29:01.200
 and in doing so

00:29:01.200 --> 00:29:02.079
 they would divide

00:29:02.079 --> 00:29:02.920
 over a competitive

00:29:02.920 --> 00:29:03.460
 spirit

00:29:03.460 --> 00:29:04.059
 as they tried

00:29:04.059 --> 00:29:05.460
 to find themselves

00:29:05.460 --> 00:29:06.259
 getting ahead

00:29:06.259 --> 00:29:07.019
 in the church

00:29:07.019 --> 00:29:10.519
 that in their

00:29:10.519 --> 00:29:11.059
 comparison

00:29:11.059 --> 00:29:11.859
 they would fall

00:29:11.859 --> 00:29:13.000
 into boasting

00:29:13.000 --> 00:29:14.480
 about themselves

00:29:14.480 --> 00:29:19.500
 and ultimately

00:29:19.500 --> 00:29:20.180
 finding

00:29:20.180 --> 00:29:21.400
 as many of us

00:29:21.400 --> 00:29:22.299
 do at one point

00:29:22.299 --> 00:29:22.680
 or another

00:29:22.680 --> 00:29:23.420
 in our life

00:29:23.420 --> 00:29:24.759
 that the things

00:29:24.759 --> 00:29:25.360
 that we boast

00:29:25.360 --> 00:29:25.680
 about

00:29:25.680 --> 00:29:26.200
 and the things

00:29:26.200 --> 00:29:27.080
 we rely upon

00:29:27.080 --> 00:29:27.960
 cannot bear

00:29:27.960 --> 00:29:28.880
 the weight

00:29:28.880 --> 00:29:31.880
 that the wisdom

00:29:31.880 --> 00:29:32.460
 of the world

00:29:32.460 --> 00:29:33.100
 is ultimately

00:29:33.100 --> 00:29:33.980
 shown to be

00:29:33.980 --> 00:29:34.380
 empty

00:29:34.380 --> 00:29:37.580
 and therefore

00:29:37.580 --> 00:29:38.200
 foolish

00:29:38.200 --> 00:29:39.019
 to trust in

00:29:39.019 --> 00:29:40.940
 he wants

00:29:40.940 --> 00:29:41.720
 to destroy

00:29:41.720 --> 00:29:43.080
 this self-exalting

00:29:43.080 --> 00:29:44.740
 self-saving

00:29:44.740 --> 00:29:46.620
 self-justifying

00:29:46.620 --> 00:29:47.279
 spirit

00:29:47.279 --> 00:29:50.000
 to point

00:29:50.000 --> 00:29:50.539
 to another

00:29:50.539 --> 00:29:50.940
 way

00:29:50.940 --> 00:29:54.240
 so that your

00:29:54.240 --> 00:29:54.720
 faith might

00:29:54.720 --> 00:29:55.279
 not rest

00:29:55.279 --> 00:29:55.880
 on the wisdom

00:29:55.880 --> 00:29:56.440
 of men

00:29:56.440 --> 00:29:57.380
 but in the

00:29:57.380 --> 00:29:58.240
 power of God

00:29:58.240 --> 00:29:59.860
 now I want you

00:29:59.860 --> 00:30:00.440
 to look with me

00:30:00.440 --> 00:30:00.900
 for a minute

00:30:00.900 --> 00:30:01.539
 go back

00:30:01.539 --> 00:30:02.200
 to verse

00:30:02.200 --> 00:30:04.000
 18

00:30:04.000 --> 00:30:06.240
 of chapter 1

00:30:06.240 --> 00:30:08.100
 because the power

00:30:08.100 --> 00:30:08.500
 of God

00:30:08.500 --> 00:30:09.200
 there is not

00:30:09.200 --> 00:30:10.200
 just a generic

00:30:10.200 --> 00:30:11.400
 power of God

00:30:11.400 --> 00:30:13.000
 so that your faith

00:30:13.000 --> 00:30:13.660
 might rely

00:30:13.660 --> 00:30:14.820
 on the power

00:30:14.820 --> 00:30:15.259
 of God

00:30:15.259 --> 00:30:16.120
 because he created

00:30:16.120 --> 00:30:16.640
 the world

00:30:16.640 --> 00:30:17.660
 even though he did

00:30:17.660 --> 00:30:17.980
 that

00:30:17.980 --> 00:30:19.500
 or the power

00:30:19.500 --> 00:30:19.980
 of God

00:30:19.980 --> 00:30:20.940
 because he can

00:30:20.940 --> 00:30:21.500
 move mountains

00:30:21.500 --> 00:30:22.040
 because he can

00:30:22.040 --> 00:30:22.560
 do that

00:30:22.560 --> 00:30:24.140
 but it's not

00:30:24.140 --> 00:30:25.180
 it's not a generic

00:30:25.180 --> 00:30:26.019
 term for him

00:30:26.019 --> 00:30:26.940
 it's actually a part

00:30:26.940 --> 00:30:27.680
 of his argument

00:30:27.680 --> 00:30:29.340
 verse 18

00:30:29.340 --> 00:30:30.940
 for the word

00:30:30.940 --> 00:30:31.840
 of the cross

00:30:31.840 --> 00:30:32.640
 is folly

00:30:32.640 --> 00:30:33.279
 to those

00:30:33.279 --> 00:30:34.360
 who are perishing

00:30:34.360 --> 00:30:35.440
 but to us

00:30:35.440 --> 00:30:35.980
 who are being

00:30:35.980 --> 00:30:36.540
 saved

00:30:36.540 --> 00:30:38.040
 it is

00:30:38.040 --> 00:30:38.720
 the power

00:30:38.720 --> 00:30:39.620
 of God

00:30:39.620 --> 00:30:44.400
 as Paul says

00:30:44.400 --> 00:30:45.259
 in Romans 1

00:30:45.259 --> 00:30:46.440
 the gospel

00:30:46.440 --> 00:30:47.319
 is the power

00:30:47.319 --> 00:30:47.960
 of God

00:30:47.960 --> 00:30:48.879
 unto salvation

00:30:48.879 --> 00:30:49.640
 for all

00:30:49.640 --> 00:30:50.460
 who believe

00:30:50.460 --> 00:30:53.039
 it is this message

00:30:53.039 --> 00:30:54.299
 not just the message

00:30:54.299 --> 00:30:54.879
 of Jesus

00:30:54.879 --> 00:30:56.039
 but particularly

00:30:56.039 --> 00:30:57.420
 the message

00:30:57.420 --> 00:30:58.619
 of Jesus Christ

00:30:58.619 --> 00:30:59.839
 crucified

00:30:59.839 --> 00:31:03.200
 hanged

00:31:03.200 --> 00:31:04.440
 on a tree

00:31:04.440 --> 00:31:07.259
 nailed

00:31:07.259 --> 00:31:09.619
 in a bloody

00:31:09.619 --> 00:31:10.519
 execution

00:31:10.519 --> 00:31:14.099
 Paul says

00:31:14.099 --> 00:31:14.879
 this

00:31:14.879 --> 00:31:18.039
 is the one

00:31:18.039 --> 00:31:18.399
 place

00:31:18.399 --> 00:31:18.799
 where you

00:31:18.799 --> 00:31:19.519
 will find

00:31:19.519 --> 00:31:21.079
 something to

00:31:21.079 --> 00:31:21.559
 believe in

00:31:21.559 --> 00:31:22.139
 that will not

00:31:22.139 --> 00:31:22.740
 fail you

00:31:22.740 --> 00:31:25.359
 something to

00:31:25.359 --> 00:31:26.039
 believe in

00:31:26.039 --> 00:31:28.139
 that will not

00:31:28.139 --> 00:31:28.919
 let you down

00:31:28.919 --> 00:31:33.539
 because

00:31:33.539 --> 00:31:34.559
 as verse

00:31:34.559 --> 00:31:35.159
 24

00:31:35.159 --> 00:31:35.899
 says

00:31:35.899 --> 00:31:37.740
 Christ

00:31:37.740 --> 00:31:39.240
 is the

00:31:39.240 --> 00:31:39.559
 wisdom

00:31:39.559 --> 00:31:40.240
 of God

00:31:40.240 --> 00:31:41.559
 and the

00:31:41.559 --> 00:31:42.059
 power of

00:31:42.059 --> 00:31:42.480
 God

00:31:42.480 --> 00:31:43.779
 Christ

00:31:43.779 --> 00:31:44.400
 crucified

00:31:44.400 --> 00:31:46.460
 how can

00:31:46.460 --> 00:31:46.839
 this be

00:31:46.839 --> 00:31:47.160
 true

00:31:47.160 --> 00:31:49.039
 when I

00:31:49.039 --> 00:31:49.519
 walk into

00:31:49.519 --> 00:31:49.920
 my

00:31:49.920 --> 00:31:51.279
 family

00:31:51.279 --> 00:31:51.740
 reunion

00:31:51.740 --> 00:31:53.500
 when you

00:31:53.500 --> 00:31:54.000
 walk into

00:31:54.000 --> 00:31:54.819
 your lab

00:31:54.819 --> 00:31:55.620
 at work

00:31:55.620 --> 00:31:56.980
 when you

00:31:56.980 --> 00:31:57.700
 go about

00:31:57.700 --> 00:31:58.339
 your daily

00:31:58.339 --> 00:31:58.960
 life

00:31:58.960 --> 00:32:00.960
 raising

00:32:00.960 --> 00:32:01.599
 your kids

00:32:01.599 --> 00:32:02.160
 doing your

00:32:02.160 --> 00:32:02.559
 shopping

00:32:02.559 --> 00:32:04.860
 taking your

00:32:04.860 --> 00:32:05.360
 classes

00:32:05.360 --> 00:32:06.819
 whatever it

00:32:06.819 --> 00:32:07.140
 is that

00:32:07.140 --> 00:32:07.599
 employs

00:32:07.599 --> 00:32:08.319
 your day

00:32:08.319 --> 00:32:09.380
 how could

00:32:09.380 --> 00:32:09.640
 it be

00:32:09.640 --> 00:32:10.120
 true that

00:32:10.120 --> 00:32:10.420
 Jesus

00:32:10.420 --> 00:32:11.140
 Christ

00:32:11.140 --> 00:32:13.140
 crucified

00:32:13.140 --> 00:32:13.740
 is the

00:32:13.740 --> 00:32:14.080
 wisdom

00:32:14.080 --> 00:32:14.720
 of God

00:32:14.720 --> 00:32:15.460
 and the

00:32:15.460 --> 00:32:15.800
 power

00:32:15.800 --> 00:32:16.460
 of God

00:32:16.460 --> 00:32:19.539
 I think

00:32:19.539 --> 00:32:20.039
 this is the

00:32:20.039 --> 00:32:20.600
 question that

00:32:20.600 --> 00:32:21.140
 Paul wants

00:32:21.140 --> 00:32:21.560
 us to

00:32:21.560 --> 00:32:22.539
 dig into

00:32:22.539 --> 00:32:23.440
 to understand

00:32:23.440 --> 00:32:24.080
 why he did

00:32:24.080 --> 00:32:24.380
 what he

00:32:24.380 --> 00:32:24.660
 did

00:32:24.660 --> 00:32:28.240
 Christ

00:32:28.240 --> 00:32:28.860
 the wisdom

00:32:28.860 --> 00:32:29.360
 of God

00:32:29.360 --> 00:32:29.740
 Christ

00:32:29.740 --> 00:32:30.360
 crucified

00:32:30.360 --> 00:32:31.000
 the wisdom

00:32:31.000 --> 00:32:31.380
 of God

00:32:31.380 --> 00:32:31.860
 how can

00:32:31.860 --> 00:32:32.320
 that be

00:32:32.320 --> 00:32:33.920
 it seems

00:32:33.920 --> 00:32:34.279
 foolish

00:32:34.279 --> 00:32:34.640
 right

00:32:34.640 --> 00:32:36.840
 the king

00:32:36.840 --> 00:32:37.080
 of the

00:32:37.080 --> 00:32:37.400
 world

00:32:37.400 --> 00:32:38.120
 the creator

00:32:38.120 --> 00:32:39.840
 takes on

00:32:39.840 --> 00:32:41.000
 human form

00:32:41.000 --> 00:32:41.480
 and becomes

00:32:41.480 --> 00:32:41.800
 a part

00:32:41.800 --> 00:32:42.040
 of the

00:32:42.040 --> 00:32:42.540
 creation

00:32:42.540 --> 00:32:44.920
 he who

00:32:44.920 --> 00:32:45.660
 had all

00:32:45.660 --> 00:32:46.140
 power

00:32:46.140 --> 00:32:47.600
 laid it

00:32:47.600 --> 00:32:48.080
 aside

00:32:48.080 --> 00:32:50.200
 he who

00:32:50.200 --> 00:32:50.480
 knows

00:32:50.480 --> 00:32:51.080
 everything

00:32:51.080 --> 00:32:52.860
 submitted

00:32:52.860 --> 00:32:53.380
 himself

00:32:53.380 --> 00:32:54.140
 to another

00:32:54.140 --> 00:33:00.380
 why is

00:33:00.380 --> 00:33:00.820
 this the

00:33:00.820 --> 00:33:01.140
 wisdom

00:33:01.140 --> 00:33:02.060
 of God

00:33:02.060 --> 00:33:03.720
 to do

00:33:03.720 --> 00:33:04.059
 it this

00:33:04.059 --> 00:33:04.319
 way

00:33:04.319 --> 00:33:06.279
 well

00:33:06.279 --> 00:33:07.200
 there are

00:33:07.200 --> 00:33:07.600
 lots of

00:33:07.600 --> 00:33:08.059
 arguments

00:33:08.059 --> 00:33:08.559
 and lots

00:33:08.559 --> 00:33:08.980
 of ways

00:33:08.980 --> 00:33:09.319
 we could

00:33:09.319 --> 00:33:10.120
 explore this

00:33:10.120 --> 00:33:10.740
 I want

00:33:10.740 --> 00:33:11.100
 to explore

00:33:11.100 --> 00:33:11.480
 it in one

00:33:11.480 --> 00:33:12.339
 particular way

00:33:12.339 --> 00:33:12.880
 that I hope

00:33:12.880 --> 00:33:13.500
 you will find

00:33:13.500 --> 00:33:14.539
 sufficient

00:33:14.539 --> 00:33:15.559
 turn with me

00:33:15.559 --> 00:33:15.860
 over to

00:33:15.860 --> 00:33:16.140
 Romans

00:33:16.140 --> 00:33:16.900
 chapter 3

00:33:16.900 --> 00:33:18.759
 there's a

00:33:18.759 --> 00:33:19.440
 statement here

00:33:19.440 --> 00:33:20.200
 that

00:33:20.200 --> 00:33:21.360
 when we

00:33:21.360 --> 00:33:21.920
 understand

00:33:21.920 --> 00:33:22.880
 it

00:33:22.880 --> 00:33:27.460
 will help

00:33:27.460 --> 00:33:27.940
 us see

00:33:27.940 --> 00:33:28.440
 the wisdom

00:33:28.440 --> 00:33:29.019
 of God

00:33:29.019 --> 00:33:33.700
 in Romans

00:33:33.700 --> 00:33:34.359
 3

00:33:34.359 --> 00:33:34.900
 21

00:33:34.900 --> 00:33:35.160
 through

00:33:35.160 --> 00:33:35.619
 25

00:33:35.619 --> 00:33:36.279
 if you

00:33:36.279 --> 00:33:36.539
 don't

00:33:36.539 --> 00:33:36.700
 know

00:33:36.700 --> 00:33:36.920
 this

00:33:36.920 --> 00:33:37.299
 passage

00:33:37.299 --> 00:33:37.700
 you should

00:33:37.700 --> 00:33:37.980
 spend

00:33:37.980 --> 00:33:38.379
 the next

00:33:38.379 --> 00:33:38.799
 three

00:33:38.799 --> 00:33:39.119
 months

00:33:39.119 --> 00:33:39.539
 reading

00:33:39.539 --> 00:33:39.799
 it

00:33:39.799 --> 00:33:40.940
 because

00:33:40.940 --> 00:33:41.279
 it is

00:33:41.279 --> 00:33:41.559
 one of

00:33:41.559 --> 00:33:41.879
 the most

00:33:41.879 --> 00:33:42.619
 significant

00:33:42.619 --> 00:33:43.420
 explanations

00:33:43.420 --> 00:33:43.940
 of the

00:33:43.940 --> 00:33:44.599
 very core

00:33:44.599 --> 00:33:44.900
 of the

00:33:44.900 --> 00:33:45.160
 Christian

00:33:45.160 --> 00:33:45.500
 message

00:33:45.500 --> 00:33:45.779
 in the

00:33:45.779 --> 00:33:46.119
 gospel

00:33:46.119 --> 00:33:46.940
 then

00:33:46.940 --> 00:33:47.139
 read

00:33:47.139 --> 00:33:47.460
 the rest

00:33:47.460 --> 00:33:47.619
 of

00:33:47.619 --> 00:33:47.900
 Romans

00:33:47.900 --> 00:33:48.279
 for the

00:33:48.279 --> 00:33:48.480
 next

00:33:48.480 --> 00:33:48.759
 10

00:33:48.759 --> 00:33:49.079
 years

00:33:49.079 --> 00:33:49.579
 and

00:33:49.579 --> 00:33:49.720
 then

00:33:49.720 --> 00:33:49.920
 you'll

00:33:49.920 --> 00:33:50.279
 understand

00:33:50.279 --> 00:33:50.519
 how

00:33:50.519 --> 00:33:51.039
 significant

00:33:51.039 --> 00:33:51.319
 it

00:33:51.319 --> 00:33:51.539
 is

00:33:51.539 --> 00:33:51.759
 and

00:33:51.759 --> 00:33:52.099
 then

00:33:52.099 --> 00:33:52.819
 man

00:33:52.819 --> 00:33:53.259
 your

00:33:53.259 --> 00:33:53.480
 heart

00:33:53.480 --> 00:33:53.639
 will

00:33:53.639 --> 00:33:53.759
 be

00:33:53.759 --> 00:33:53.859
 in

00:33:53.859 --> 00:33:54.000
 a

00:33:54.000 --> 00:33:54.139
 good

00:33:54.139 --> 00:33:54.539
 place

00:33:54.539 --> 00:33:55.319
 but

00:33:55.319 --> 00:33:56.559
 verses

00:33:56.559 --> 00:33:56.980
 21

00:33:56.980 --> 00:33:57.160
 through

00:33:57.160 --> 00:33:57.680
 25

00:33:57.680 --> 00:33:58.240
 Paul is

00:33:58.240 --> 00:33:58.500
 saying

00:33:58.500 --> 00:33:58.700
 that

00:33:58.700 --> 00:33:59.120
 the

00:33:59.120 --> 00:33:59.660
 problem

00:33:59.660 --> 00:34:00.080
 of

00:34:00.080 --> 00:34:00.680
 sin

00:34:00.680 --> 00:34:01.400
 against

00:34:01.400 --> 00:34:01.759
 a

00:34:01.759 --> 00:34:02.180
 holy

00:34:02.180 --> 00:34:02.960
 God

00:34:02.960 --> 00:34:03.980
 has

00:34:03.980 --> 00:34:04.580
 created

00:34:04.580 --> 00:34:05.080
 a

00:34:05.080 --> 00:34:05.620
 huge

00:34:05.620 --> 00:34:06.200
 problem

00:34:06.200 --> 00:34:07.019
 how

00:34:07.019 --> 00:34:07.440
 can

00:34:07.440 --> 00:34:07.820
 we

00:34:07.820 --> 00:34:08.559
 stand

00:34:08.559 --> 00:34:09.180
 as

00:34:09.180 --> 00:34:09.700
 sinful

00:34:09.700 --> 00:34:10.200
 people

00:34:10.200 --> 00:34:10.599
 before

00:34:10.599 --> 00:34:10.840
 a

00:34:10.840 --> 00:34:11.079
 holy

00:34:11.079 --> 00:34:11.599
 God

00:34:11.599 --> 00:34:13.240
 where

00:34:13.240 --> 00:34:13.519
 can

00:34:13.519 --> 00:34:13.720
 we

00:34:13.720 --> 00:34:14.059
 find

00:34:14.059 --> 00:34:14.260
 a

00:34:14.260 --> 00:34:14.700
 righteousness

00:34:14.700 --> 00:34:15.519
 sufficient

00:34:15.519 --> 00:34:16.320
 for

00:34:16.320 --> 00:34:16.720
 us

00:34:16.720 --> 00:34:17.300
 in

00:34:17.300 --> 00:34:17.619
 that

00:34:17.619 --> 00:34:18.119
 courtroom

00:34:18.119 --> 00:34:18.740
 and

00:34:18.740 --> 00:34:18.940
 in

00:34:18.940 --> 00:34:19.159
 his

00:34:19.159 --> 00:34:19.780
 presence

00:34:19.780 --> 00:34:23.300
 and

00:34:23.300 --> 00:34:23.579
 Paul

00:34:23.579 --> 00:34:24.099
 says

00:34:24.099 --> 00:34:24.800
 well

00:34:24.800 --> 00:34:25.340
 he's

00:34:25.340 --> 00:34:25.680
 provided

00:34:25.680 --> 00:34:26.139
 Jesus

00:34:26.139 --> 00:34:26.559
 Jesus

00:34:26.559 --> 00:34:26.820
 and

00:34:26.820 --> 00:34:26.960
 his

00:34:26.960 --> 00:34:27.519
 perfect

00:34:27.519 --> 00:34:28.119
 righteousness

00:34:28.119 --> 00:34:29.239
 is

00:34:29.239 --> 00:34:29.619
 now

00:34:29.619 --> 00:34:30.320
 given

00:34:30.320 --> 00:34:30.639
 to

00:34:30.639 --> 00:34:31.059
 us

00:34:31.059 --> 00:34:31.500
 so

00:34:31.500 --> 00:34:31.659
 that

00:34:31.659 --> 00:34:31.820
 he

00:34:31.820 --> 00:34:32.019
 is

00:34:32.019 --> 00:34:32.320
 given

00:34:32.320 --> 00:34:32.639
 to

00:34:32.639 --> 00:34:33.079
 us

00:34:33.079 --> 00:34:34.079
 as

00:34:34.079 --> 00:34:34.219
 a

00:34:34.219 --> 00:34:35.079
 propitiation

00:34:35.079 --> 00:34:35.539
 by

00:34:35.539 --> 00:34:35.840
 his

00:34:35.840 --> 00:34:36.219
 blood

00:34:36.219 --> 00:34:36.400
 to

00:34:36.400 --> 00:34:36.559
 be

00:34:36.559 --> 00:34:37.059
 received

00:34:37.059 --> 00:34:37.340
 by

00:34:37.340 --> 00:34:37.739
 faith

00:34:37.739 --> 00:34:38.719
 this

00:34:38.719 --> 00:34:38.900
 was

00:34:38.900 --> 00:34:39.079
 to

00:34:39.079 --> 00:34:39.280
 show

00:34:39.280 --> 00:34:39.759
 God's

00:34:39.759 --> 00:34:40.320
 righteousness

00:34:40.320 --> 00:34:41.159
 because

00:34:41.159 --> 00:34:41.380
 in

00:34:41.380 --> 00:34:41.559
 his

00:34:41.559 --> 00:34:41.980
 divine

00:34:41.980 --> 00:34:42.739
 forbearance

00:34:42.739 --> 00:34:43.019
 he

00:34:43.019 --> 00:34:43.179
 had

00:34:43.179 --> 00:34:43.480
 passed

00:34:43.480 --> 00:34:43.739
 over

00:34:43.739 --> 00:34:44.139
 former

00:34:44.139 --> 00:34:44.559
 sins

00:34:44.559 --> 00:34:45.199
 verse

00:34:45.199 --> 00:34:45.800
 26

00:34:45.800 --> 00:34:46.099
 here's

00:34:46.099 --> 00:34:46.259
 the

00:34:46.259 --> 00:34:46.519
 key

00:34:46.519 --> 00:34:46.920
 it

00:34:46.920 --> 00:34:47.119
 was

00:34:47.119 --> 00:34:47.300
 to

00:34:47.300 --> 00:34:47.559
 show

00:34:47.559 --> 00:34:47.739
 his

00:34:47.739 --> 00:34:48.360
 righteousness

00:34:48.360 --> 00:34:48.800
 at

00:34:48.800 --> 00:34:48.940
 the

00:34:48.940 --> 00:34:49.259
 present

00:34:49.259 --> 00:34:49.719
 time

00:34:49.719 --> 00:34:50.199
 so

00:34:50.199 --> 00:34:50.360
 that

00:34:50.360 --> 00:34:50.500
 he

00:34:50.500 --> 00:34:50.759
 might

00:34:50.759 --> 00:34:50.960
 be

00:34:50.960 --> 00:34:51.440
 just

00:34:51.440 --> 00:34:51.900
 and

00:34:51.900 --> 00:34:52.079
 the

00:34:52.079 --> 00:34:52.820
 justifier

00:34:52.820 --> 00:34:54.139
 of

00:34:54.139 --> 00:34:54.259
 the

00:34:54.259 --> 00:34:54.460
 one

00:34:54.460 --> 00:34:54.599
 who

00:34:54.599 --> 00:34:54.800
 has

00:34:54.800 --> 00:34:55.159
 faith

00:34:55.159 --> 00:34:55.359
 in

00:34:55.359 --> 00:34:55.759
 Jesus

00:34:55.759 --> 00:34:57.639
 now

00:34:57.639 --> 00:34:58.159
 in

00:34:58.159 --> 00:34:58.339
 our

00:34:58.339 --> 00:34:58.639
 culture

00:34:58.639 --> 00:34:59.059
 today

00:34:59.059 --> 00:34:59.460
 this

00:34:59.460 --> 00:34:59.759
 doesn't

00:34:59.759 --> 00:34:59.940
 seem

00:34:59.940 --> 00:35:00.179
 very

00:35:00.179 --> 00:35:00.619
 impressive

00:35:00.619 --> 00:35:00.940
 do you

00:35:00.940 --> 00:35:01.059
 know

00:35:01.059 --> 00:35:01.379
 why

00:35:01.379 --> 00:35:01.839
 we

00:35:01.839 --> 00:35:02.119
 think

00:35:02.119 --> 00:35:02.319
 we're

00:35:02.319 --> 00:35:02.739
 okay

00:35:02.739 --> 00:35:03.199
 and

00:35:03.199 --> 00:35:03.339
 we

00:35:03.339 --> 00:35:03.500
 don't

00:35:03.500 --> 00:35:03.699
 think

00:35:03.699 --> 00:35:03.920
 God

00:35:03.920 --> 00:35:04.119
 has

00:35:04.119 --> 00:35:04.359
 very

00:35:04.359 --> 00:35:04.619
 high

00:35:04.619 --> 00:35:05.059
 standards

00:35:05.059 --> 00:35:05.719
 so

00:35:05.719 --> 00:35:05.940
 we

00:35:05.940 --> 00:35:06.279
 walk

00:35:06.279 --> 00:35:06.480
 into

00:35:06.480 --> 00:35:06.659
 the

00:35:06.659 --> 00:35:06.879
 holy

00:35:06.879 --> 00:35:07.279
 courtroom

00:35:07.279 --> 00:35:07.460
 and

00:35:07.460 --> 00:35:07.619
 we're

00:35:07.619 --> 00:35:07.899
 like

00:35:07.899 --> 00:35:08.399
 hey

00:35:08.399 --> 00:35:08.659
 I

00:35:08.659 --> 00:35:09.119
 know

00:35:09.119 --> 00:35:09.599
 the

00:35:09.599 --> 00:35:09.819
 speed

00:35:09.819 --> 00:35:10.000
 limit

00:35:10.000 --> 00:35:10.259
 says

00:35:10.259 --> 00:35:10.579
 30

00:35:10.579 --> 00:35:10.739
 but

00:35:10.739 --> 00:35:10.839
 I

00:35:10.839 --> 00:35:10.960
 was

00:35:10.960 --> 00:35:11.139
 going

00:35:11.139 --> 00:35:11.579
 34

00:35:11.579 --> 00:35:11.879
 it's

00:35:11.879 --> 00:35:12.059
 not

00:35:12.059 --> 00:35:12.279
 that

00:35:12.279 --> 00:35:12.699
 bad

00:35:12.699 --> 00:35:13.139
 your

00:35:13.139 --> 00:35:13.500
 radar

00:35:13.500 --> 00:35:13.920
 can't

00:35:13.920 --> 00:35:14.299
 really

00:35:14.299 --> 00:35:15.619
 calibrate

00:35:15.619 --> 00:35:15.839
 to

00:35:15.839 --> 00:35:16.099
 within

00:35:16.099 --> 00:35:16.599
 five

00:35:16.599 --> 00:35:16.859
 so

00:35:16.859 --> 00:35:17.359
 I'm

00:35:17.359 --> 00:35:17.759
 good

00:35:17.759 --> 00:35:18.500
 I've

00:35:18.500 --> 00:35:18.679
 got

00:35:18.679 --> 00:35:18.779
 to

00:35:18.779 --> 00:35:18.899
 be

00:35:18.900 --> 00:35:19.119
 good

00:35:19.119 --> 00:35:19.420
 before

00:35:19.420 --> 00:35:19.700
 like

00:35:19.700 --> 00:35:19.920
 I'm

00:35:19.920 --> 00:35:20.139
 really

00:35:20.139 --> 00:35:20.500
 okay

00:35:20.500 --> 00:35:20.900
 here

00:35:20.900 --> 00:35:21.519
 I need

00:35:21.519 --> 00:35:21.720
 to be

00:35:21.720 --> 00:35:21.920
 let

00:35:21.920 --> 00:35:22.380
 loose

00:35:22.380 --> 00:35:23.139
 I need

00:35:23.139 --> 00:35:23.340
 to be

00:35:23.340 --> 00:35:23.619
 set

00:35:23.619 --> 00:35:24.000
 free

00:35:24.000 --> 00:35:24.619
 I need

00:35:24.619 --> 00:35:24.840
 to be

00:35:24.840 --> 00:35:25.320
 justified

00:35:25.320 --> 00:35:25.760
 in this

00:35:25.760 --> 00:35:26.019
 courtroom

00:35:26.019 --> 00:35:26.380
 I didn't

00:35:26.380 --> 00:35:26.760
 really do

00:35:26.760 --> 00:35:27.019
 anything

00:35:27.019 --> 00:35:27.440
 wrong

00:35:27.440 --> 00:35:30.740
 deep

00:35:30.740 --> 00:35:31.019
 in our

00:35:31.019 --> 00:35:31.380
 hearts

00:35:31.380 --> 00:35:32.780
 we want

00:35:32.780 --> 00:35:33.220
 God to

00:35:33.220 --> 00:35:33.360
 be

00:35:33.360 --> 00:35:33.639
 God

00:35:33.639 --> 00:35:33.780
 who

00:35:33.780 --> 00:35:34.000
 says

00:35:34.000 --> 00:35:34.180
 yeah

00:35:34.180 --> 00:35:34.480
 that's

00:35:34.480 --> 00:35:34.800
 okay

00:35:34.800 --> 00:35:35.440
 it's

00:35:35.440 --> 00:35:35.579
 not

00:35:35.579 --> 00:35:35.760
 that

00:35:35.760 --> 00:35:36.079
 bad

00:35:36.079 --> 00:35:36.639
 don't

00:35:36.639 --> 00:35:36.820
 worry

00:35:36.820 --> 00:35:37.119
 about

00:35:37.119 --> 00:35:37.280
 it

00:35:37.280 --> 00:35:37.519
 it's

00:35:37.519 --> 00:35:37.880
 fine

00:35:37.880 --> 00:35:41.440
 and

00:35:41.440 --> 00:35:41.619
 that's

00:35:41.619 --> 00:35:41.740
 why

00:35:41.740 --> 00:35:41.960
 this

00:35:41.960 --> 00:35:42.180
 verse

00:35:42.180 --> 00:35:42.460
 doesn't

00:35:42.460 --> 00:35:42.660
 have

00:35:42.660 --> 00:35:42.860
 any

00:35:42.860 --> 00:35:43.059
 meaning

00:35:43.059 --> 00:35:43.320
 to

00:35:43.320 --> 00:35:43.619
 us

00:35:43.619 --> 00:35:44.039
 but

00:35:44.039 --> 00:35:44.180
 if

00:35:44.180 --> 00:35:44.320
 we

00:35:44.320 --> 00:35:44.800
 understand

00:35:44.800 --> 00:35:45.039
 that

00:35:45.039 --> 00:35:45.260
 God

00:35:45.260 --> 00:35:45.420
 is

00:35:45.420 --> 00:35:45.920
 perfectly

00:35:45.920 --> 00:35:46.420
 holy

00:35:46.420 --> 00:35:46.900
 and

00:35:46.900 --> 00:35:47.260
 in his

00:35:47.260 --> 00:35:47.619
 holiness

00:35:47.619 --> 00:35:47.980
 he

00:35:47.980 --> 00:35:48.340
 loves

00:35:48.340 --> 00:35:48.660
 all

00:35:48.660 --> 00:35:48.840
 that

00:35:48.840 --> 00:35:48.980
 is

00:35:48.980 --> 00:35:49.280
 good

00:35:49.280 --> 00:35:49.680
 and

00:35:49.680 --> 00:35:50.039
 beautiful

00:35:50.039 --> 00:35:50.320
 and

00:35:50.320 --> 00:35:50.660
 right

00:35:50.660 --> 00:35:51.019
 in the

00:35:51.019 --> 00:35:51.400
 world

00:35:51.400 --> 00:35:51.880
 and

00:35:51.880 --> 00:35:52.139
 therefore

00:35:52.139 --> 00:35:52.539
 any

00:35:52.539 --> 00:35:53.079
 deviation

00:35:53.079 --> 00:35:53.619
 from

00:35:53.619 --> 00:35:53.960
 that

00:35:53.960 --> 00:35:54.599
 perfection

00:35:54.599 --> 00:35:56.900
 is

00:35:56.900 --> 00:35:57.099
 an

00:35:57.099 --> 00:35:57.820
 aberration

00:35:57.820 --> 00:35:58.420
 and an

00:35:58.420 --> 00:35:59.000
 offense

00:35:59.000 --> 00:35:59.900
 to the

00:35:59.900 --> 00:36:00.240
 beauty

00:36:00.240 --> 00:36:00.599
 of that

00:36:00.599 --> 00:36:01.099
 perfection

00:36:01.099 --> 00:36:01.360
 that

00:36:01.360 --> 00:36:01.660
 God

00:36:01.660 --> 00:36:02.240
 is

00:36:02.240 --> 00:36:02.660
 and

00:36:02.660 --> 00:36:02.800
 that

00:36:02.800 --> 00:36:03.000
 God

00:36:03.000 --> 00:36:03.500
 intended

00:36:03.500 --> 00:36:04.000
 for us

00:36:04.000 --> 00:36:04.180
 as

00:36:04.180 --> 00:36:04.440
 human

00:36:04.440 --> 00:36:04.980
 beings

00:36:04.980 --> 00:36:06.380
 and

00:36:06.380 --> 00:36:06.500
 that

00:36:06.500 --> 00:36:06.660
 our

00:36:06.660 --> 00:36:07.000
 step

00:36:07.000 --> 00:36:07.500
 away

00:36:07.500 --> 00:36:07.660
 and

00:36:07.660 --> 00:36:08.079
 out

00:36:08.079 --> 00:36:08.400
 of

00:36:08.400 --> 00:36:08.940
 all

00:36:08.940 --> 00:36:09.099
 of

00:36:09.099 --> 00:36:09.260
 that

00:36:09.260 --> 00:36:09.559
 goodness

00:36:09.559 --> 00:36:09.820
 and

00:36:09.820 --> 00:36:10.059
 beauty

00:36:10.059 --> 00:36:10.559
 and

00:36:10.559 --> 00:36:11.360
 perfection

00:36:11.360 --> 00:36:11.619
 that

00:36:11.619 --> 00:36:11.860
 God

00:36:11.860 --> 00:36:12.079
 is

00:36:12.079 --> 00:36:12.480
 is

00:36:12.480 --> 00:36:12.619
 an

00:36:12.619 --> 00:36:12.880
 act

00:36:12.880 --> 00:36:13.260
 not

00:36:13.260 --> 00:36:13.559
 just

00:36:13.559 --> 00:36:13.840
 of

00:36:13.840 --> 00:36:14.780
 misstep

00:36:14.780 --> 00:36:15.000
 but

00:36:15.000 --> 00:36:15.180
 is

00:36:15.180 --> 00:36:15.519
 an act

00:36:15.519 --> 00:36:15.660
 of

00:36:16.900 --> 00:36:17.539
 rejection

00:36:17.539 --> 00:36:18.019
 it

00:36:18.019 --> 00:36:18.139
 is

00:36:18.139 --> 00:36:18.240
 an

00:36:18.240 --> 00:36:18.420
 act

00:36:18.420 --> 00:36:18.579
 of

00:36:18.579 --> 00:36:18.920
 wanting

00:36:18.920 --> 00:36:19.200
 to

00:36:19.200 --> 00:36:19.539
 go

00:36:19.539 --> 00:36:19.740
 in

00:36:19.740 --> 00:36:19.840
 the

00:36:19.840 --> 00:36:20.119
 ways

00:36:20.119 --> 00:36:20.240
 of

00:36:20.240 --> 00:36:20.360
 the

00:36:20.360 --> 00:36:20.660
 world

00:36:20.660 --> 00:36:20.840
 and

00:36:20.840 --> 00:36:20.980
 to

00:36:20.980 --> 00:36:21.139
 say

00:36:21.139 --> 00:36:21.700
 I

00:36:21.700 --> 00:36:21.960
 know

00:36:21.960 --> 00:36:22.220
 better

00:36:22.220 --> 00:36:22.440
 than

00:36:22.440 --> 00:36:22.800
 God

00:36:22.800 --> 00:36:23.019
 what

00:36:23.019 --> 00:36:23.160
 is

00:36:23.160 --> 00:36:23.360
 good

00:36:23.360 --> 00:36:23.500
 and

00:36:23.500 --> 00:36:23.680
 right

00:36:23.680 --> 00:36:23.840
 in

00:36:23.840 --> 00:36:24.240
 this

00:36:24.240 --> 00:36:24.720
 world

00:36:24.720 --> 00:36:27.180
 and

00:36:27.180 --> 00:36:27.460
 in

00:36:27.460 --> 00:36:27.800
 light

00:36:27.800 --> 00:36:27.980
 of

00:36:27.980 --> 00:36:28.200
 that

00:36:28.200 --> 00:36:28.420
 when

00:36:28.420 --> 00:36:28.579
 you

00:36:28.579 --> 00:36:28.960
 see

00:36:28.960 --> 00:36:29.220
 the

00:36:29.220 --> 00:36:29.539
 depth

00:36:29.539 --> 00:36:29.700
 of

00:36:29.700 --> 00:36:29.840
 the

00:36:29.840 --> 00:36:30.360
 offense

00:36:30.360 --> 00:36:30.559
 of

00:36:30.559 --> 00:36:30.980
 sin

00:36:30.980 --> 00:36:31.400
 and

00:36:31.400 --> 00:36:31.599
 how

00:36:31.599 --> 00:36:32.280
 tragic

00:36:32.280 --> 00:36:32.500
 and

00:36:32.500 --> 00:36:32.700
 how

00:36:32.700 --> 00:36:33.240
 terrible

00:36:33.240 --> 00:36:33.579
 it

00:36:33.579 --> 00:36:34.059
 is

00:36:34.059 --> 00:36:35.920
 you

00:36:35.920 --> 00:36:36.059
 are

00:36:36.059 --> 00:36:36.320
 then

00:36:36.320 --> 00:36:36.579
 left

00:36:36.579 --> 00:36:36.780
 with

00:36:36.780 --> 00:36:36.920
 a

00:36:36.920 --> 00:36:37.220
 question

00:36:37.220 --> 00:36:37.420
 if

00:36:37.420 --> 00:36:37.539
 you

00:36:37.539 --> 00:36:37.960
 follow

00:36:37.960 --> 00:36:38.180
 the

00:36:38.180 --> 00:36:38.539
 logic

00:36:38.539 --> 00:36:38.900
 well

00:36:38.900 --> 00:36:39.559
 how

00:36:39.559 --> 00:36:39.920
 then

00:36:39.920 --> 00:36:40.180
 can

00:36:40.180 --> 00:36:40.539
 God

00:36:40.539 --> 00:36:41.260
 ever

00:36:41.260 --> 00:36:42.139
 accept

00:36:42.139 --> 00:36:42.660
 any

00:36:46.900 --> 00:36:47.220
 where

00:36:47.220 --> 00:36:48.139
 where

00:36:48.139 --> 00:36:48.460
 is

00:36:48.460 --> 00:36:48.940
 there

00:36:48.940 --> 00:36:49.240
 a

00:36:49.240 --> 00:36:49.680
 righteousness

00:36:49.680 --> 00:36:50.019
 that

00:36:50.019 --> 00:36:50.260
 I

00:36:50.260 --> 00:36:50.440
 can

00:36:50.440 --> 00:36:50.960
 stand

00:36:50.960 --> 00:36:51.340
 in

00:36:51.340 --> 00:36:54.559
 under

00:36:54.559 --> 00:36:54.840
 which

00:36:54.840 --> 00:36:55.119
 God

00:36:55.119 --> 00:36:55.320
 will

00:36:55.320 --> 00:36:55.760
 accept

00:36:55.760 --> 00:36:56.039
 me

00:36:56.039 --> 00:36:59.860
 and

00:36:59.860 --> 00:37:00.079
 Paul

00:37:00.079 --> 00:37:00.340
 says

00:37:00.340 --> 00:37:00.780
 this

00:37:00.780 --> 00:37:00.980
 is

00:37:00.980 --> 00:37:01.360
 Christ

00:37:01.360 --> 00:37:01.960
 crucified

00:37:01.960 --> 00:37:04.300
 because

00:37:04.300 --> 00:37:04.660
 only

00:37:04.660 --> 00:37:04.860
 a

00:37:04.860 --> 00:37:05.200
 God

00:37:05.200 --> 00:37:05.360
 who

00:37:05.360 --> 00:37:05.760
 became

00:37:05.760 --> 00:37:06.360
 man

00:37:06.360 --> 00:37:07.619
 could

00:37:07.619 --> 00:37:07.820
 live

00:37:07.820 --> 00:37:08.000
 a

00:37:08.000 --> 00:37:08.300
 sinless

00:37:08.300 --> 00:37:08.820
 life

00:37:08.820 --> 00:37:11.420
 only

00:37:11.420 --> 00:37:13.119
 a

00:37:13.119 --> 00:37:13.539
 man

00:37:13.539 --> 00:37:13.820
 could

00:37:13.820 --> 00:37:14.119
 offer

00:37:14.119 --> 00:37:14.519
 himself

00:37:14.519 --> 00:37:14.940
 up

00:37:14.940 --> 00:37:16.579
 in

00:37:16.579 --> 00:37:16.679
 the

00:37:16.679 --> 00:37:16.920
 place

00:37:16.920 --> 00:37:17.059
 of

00:37:17.059 --> 00:37:17.320
 another

00:37:17.320 --> 00:37:17.800
 man

00:37:17.800 --> 00:37:18.659
 for

00:37:18.659 --> 00:37:18.880
 their

00:37:18.880 --> 00:37:19.300
 sin

00:37:19.300 --> 00:37:22.920
 only

00:37:22.920 --> 00:37:24.119
 Jesus

00:37:24.119 --> 00:37:25.980
 could

00:37:25.980 --> 00:37:26.260
 live

00:37:26.260 --> 00:37:26.599
 both

00:37:26.599 --> 00:37:26.820
 the

00:37:26.820 --> 00:37:27.400
 perfect

00:37:27.400 --> 00:37:28.840
 sinless

00:37:28.840 --> 00:37:29.260
 life

00:37:29.260 --> 00:37:29.460
 that

00:37:29.460 --> 00:37:29.639
 was

00:37:29.639 --> 00:37:30.360
 required

00:37:30.360 --> 00:37:31.139
 for

00:37:31.139 --> 00:37:31.340
 a

00:37:31.340 --> 00:37:31.720
 righteousness

00:37:31.720 --> 00:37:32.079
 that

00:37:32.079 --> 00:37:32.240
 was

00:37:32.240 --> 00:37:32.820
 acceptable

00:37:32.820 --> 00:37:33.139
 before

00:37:33.139 --> 00:37:34.220
 God

00:37:34.220 --> 00:37:35.340
 and

00:37:35.340 --> 00:37:36.840
 offer

00:37:36.840 --> 00:37:37.300
 himself

00:37:37.300 --> 00:37:37.700
 up

00:37:37.700 --> 00:37:38.039
 in

00:37:38.039 --> 00:37:38.159
 the

00:37:38.159 --> 00:37:38.460
 place

00:37:38.460 --> 00:37:38.619
 of

00:37:38.619 --> 00:37:38.920
 sinful

00:37:38.920 --> 00:37:39.340
 man

00:37:39.340 --> 00:37:43.500
 and

00:37:43.500 --> 00:37:43.820
 so

00:37:43.820 --> 00:37:44.059
 we

00:37:44.059 --> 00:37:44.500
 see

00:37:44.500 --> 00:37:45.679
 the

00:37:45.679 --> 00:37:46.500
 remarkable

00:37:46.500 --> 00:37:47.079
 wisdom

00:37:47.079 --> 00:37:47.320
 of

00:37:47.320 --> 00:37:47.719
 God

00:37:47.719 --> 00:37:50.659
 how

00:37:50.659 --> 00:37:50.940
 else

00:37:50.940 --> 00:37:51.099
 can

00:37:51.099 --> 00:37:51.239
 we

00:37:51.239 --> 00:37:51.440
 be

00:37:51.440 --> 00:37:51.940
 saved

00:37:51.940 --> 00:37:53.800
 all

00:37:53.800 --> 00:37:54.019
 the

00:37:54.019 --> 00:37:54.460
 Corinthians

00:37:54.460 --> 00:37:55.119
 things

00:37:55.119 --> 00:37:55.340
 that

00:37:55.340 --> 00:37:55.460
 they

00:37:55.460 --> 00:37:55.619
 were

00:37:55.619 --> 00:37:55.980
 running

00:37:55.980 --> 00:37:56.320
 after

00:37:56.320 --> 00:37:56.539
 were

00:37:56.539 --> 00:37:56.920
 different

00:37:56.920 --> 00:37:57.239
 ways

00:37:57.239 --> 00:37:57.380
 of

00:37:57.380 --> 00:37:57.579
 saying

00:37:57.579 --> 00:37:58.079
 maybe

00:37:58.079 --> 00:37:58.340
 this

00:37:58.340 --> 00:37:58.500
 can

00:37:58.500 --> 00:37:58.739
 save

00:37:58.739 --> 00:37:58.840
 you

00:37:58.840 --> 00:37:59.099
 maybe

00:37:59.099 --> 00:37:59.360
 this

00:37:59.360 --> 00:37:59.539
 can

00:37:59.539 --> 00:37:59.739
 save

00:37:59.739 --> 00:37:59.840
 you

00:37:59.840 --> 00:38:00.059
 maybe

00:38:00.059 --> 00:38:00.320
 this

00:38:00.320 --> 00:38:00.500
 can

00:38:00.500 --> 00:38:00.719
 save

00:38:00.719 --> 00:38:00.840
 you

00:38:00.840 --> 00:38:01.260
 maybe

00:38:01.260 --> 00:38:01.559
 these

00:38:01.559 --> 00:38:02.139
 things

00:38:02.139 --> 00:38:02.280
 will

00:38:02.280 --> 00:38:02.420
 be

00:38:02.420 --> 00:38:02.739
 enough

00:38:02.739 --> 00:38:02.880
 or

00:38:02.880 --> 00:38:03.300
 hedge

00:38:03.300 --> 00:38:03.480
 your

00:38:03.480 --> 00:38:03.739
 bets

00:38:03.739 --> 00:38:03.960
 by

00:38:03.960 --> 00:38:04.420
 including

00:38:04.420 --> 00:38:04.719
 these

00:38:04.719 --> 00:38:05.000
 things

00:38:05.000 --> 00:38:05.159
 in

00:38:05.159 --> 00:38:05.280
 the

00:38:05.280 --> 00:38:05.900
 process

00:38:05.900 --> 00:38:07.800
 but

00:38:07.800 --> 00:38:07.960
 the

00:38:07.960 --> 00:38:08.280
 gospel

00:38:08.280 --> 00:38:08.679
 says

00:38:08.679 --> 00:38:09.099
 friends

00:38:09.099 --> 00:38:09.320
 there

00:38:09.320 --> 00:38:09.480
 is

00:38:09.480 --> 00:38:10.000
 nowhere

00:38:10.000 --> 00:38:10.739
 there

00:38:10.739 --> 00:38:10.920
 is

00:38:10.920 --> 00:38:11.199
 no

00:38:11.199 --> 00:38:11.739
 righteousness

00:38:11.739 --> 00:38:12.239
 good

00:38:12.239 --> 00:38:12.559
 enough

00:38:12.559 --> 00:38:12.980
 there

00:38:12.980 --> 00:38:13.119
 is

00:38:13.119 --> 00:38:13.460
 nothing

00:38:14.500 --> 00:38:14.780
 nothing

00:38:14.780 --> 00:38:15.059
 you

00:38:15.059 --> 00:38:15.260
 can

00:38:15.260 --> 00:38:15.579
 build

00:38:15.579 --> 00:38:16.099
 there

00:38:16.099 --> 00:38:16.280
 is

00:38:16.280 --> 00:38:16.579
 no

00:38:16.579 --> 00:38:16.960
 goodness

00:38:16.960 --> 00:38:17.280
 you

00:38:17.280 --> 00:38:17.500
 can

00:38:17.500 --> 00:38:18.000
 create

00:38:18.000 --> 00:38:18.639
 concoct

00:38:18.639 --> 00:38:19.099
 or

00:38:19.099 --> 00:38:19.539
 dream

00:38:19.539 --> 00:38:19.860
 up

00:38:19.860 --> 00:38:20.239
 or

00:38:20.239 --> 00:38:20.579
 live

00:38:20.579 --> 00:38:20.920
 out

00:38:20.920 --> 00:38:21.280
 that

00:38:21.280 --> 00:38:21.440
 will

00:38:21.440 --> 00:38:21.980
 ever

00:38:21.980 --> 00:38:23.059
 overcome

00:38:23.059 --> 00:38:24.539
 the

00:38:24.539 --> 00:38:24.860
 sin

00:38:24.860 --> 00:38:25.059
 that

00:38:25.059 --> 00:38:25.480
 stains

00:38:25.480 --> 00:38:25.699
 your

00:38:25.699 --> 00:38:26.019
 heart

00:38:26.019 --> 00:38:26.239
 the

00:38:26.239 --> 00:38:26.679
 fatal

00:38:26.679 --> 00:38:27.219
 flaw

00:38:27.219 --> 00:38:27.480
 of

00:38:27.480 --> 00:38:28.019
 self

00:38:28.019 --> 00:38:29.800
 that

00:38:29.800 --> 00:38:30.059
 John

00:38:30.059 --> 00:38:30.380
 preached

00:38:30.380 --> 00:38:30.619
 about

00:38:30.619 --> 00:38:30.960
 a couple

00:38:30.960 --> 00:38:31.079
 of

00:38:31.079 --> 00:38:31.280
 weeks

00:38:31.280 --> 00:38:31.659
 ago

00:38:31.659 --> 00:38:34.800
 and

00:38:34.800 --> 00:38:35.039
 so

00:38:35.039 --> 00:38:35.360
 God

00:38:35.360 --> 00:38:35.559
 has

00:38:35.559 --> 00:38:35.860
 stepped

00:38:35.860 --> 00:38:36.119
 in

00:38:36.119 --> 00:38:36.539
 and

00:38:36.539 --> 00:38:36.739
 in

00:38:36.739 --> 00:38:37.019
 his

00:38:37.019 --> 00:38:37.800
 infinite

00:38:37.800 --> 00:38:38.280
 wisdom

00:38:38.280 --> 00:38:38.559
 has

00:38:38.559 --> 00:38:38.920
 done

00:38:38.920 --> 00:38:39.699
 something

00:38:39.699 --> 00:38:40.679
 unbelievable

00:38:40.679 --> 00:38:41.280
 no

00:38:41.280 --> 00:38:41.599
 one

00:38:41.599 --> 00:38:41.780
 would

00:38:41.780 --> 00:38:41.940
 have

00:38:41.940 --> 00:38:42.179
 thought

00:38:42.179 --> 00:38:42.500
 this

00:38:42.500 --> 00:38:42.840
 up

00:38:42.840 --> 00:38:46.660
 the

00:38:46.660 --> 00:38:46.960
 mystery

00:38:46.960 --> 00:38:47.120
 of

00:38:47.120 --> 00:38:47.240
 the

00:38:47.240 --> 00:38:47.640
 trinity

00:38:47.640 --> 00:38:48.420
 becomes

00:38:48.420 --> 00:38:48.620
 the

00:38:48.620 --> 00:38:48.920
 mystery

00:38:48.920 --> 00:38:49.079
 of

00:38:49.079 --> 00:38:49.220
 the

00:38:49.220 --> 00:38:49.740
 incarnation

00:38:49.740 --> 00:38:50.720
 becomes

00:38:50.720 --> 00:38:50.960
 the

00:38:50.960 --> 00:38:51.340
 glory

00:38:51.340 --> 00:38:51.519
 of

00:38:51.519 --> 00:38:51.640
 the

00:38:51.640 --> 00:38:52.500
 crucifixion

00:38:52.500 --> 00:38:52.880
 and

00:38:52.880 --> 00:38:53.019
 the

00:38:53.019 --> 00:38:53.600
 resurrection

00:38:53.600 --> 00:38:56.340
 so

00:38:56.340 --> 00:38:56.579
 that

00:38:56.579 --> 00:38:56.880
 God

00:38:56.880 --> 00:38:57.120
 might

00:38:57.120 --> 00:38:57.720
 accept

00:38:57.720 --> 00:38:58.280
 sinners

00:38:58.280 --> 00:38:58.660
 like

00:38:58.660 --> 00:38:58.940
 you

00:38:58.940 --> 00:38:59.140
 and

00:38:59.140 --> 00:38:59.400
 me

00:38:59.400 --> 00:39:03.980
 this

00:39:03.980 --> 00:39:04.120
 is

00:39:04.120 --> 00:39:04.260
 the

00:39:04.260 --> 00:39:04.539
 wisdom

00:39:04.539 --> 00:39:04.760
 of

00:39:04.760 --> 00:39:05.160
 God

00:39:05.160 --> 00:39:06.559
 yes

00:39:06.559 --> 00:39:09.039
 God

00:39:09.039 --> 00:39:09.220
 had

00:39:09.220 --> 00:39:09.720
 created

00:39:09.720 --> 00:39:10.240
 by his

00:39:10.240 --> 00:39:10.519
 own

00:39:10.519 --> 00:39:11.019
 righteousness

00:39:11.019 --> 00:39:11.559
 and by

00:39:11.559 --> 00:39:11.780
 the

00:39:11.780 --> 00:39:12.000
 sin

00:39:12.000 --> 00:39:12.159
 in

00:39:12.159 --> 00:39:12.280
 the

00:39:12.280 --> 00:39:12.599
 world

00:39:12.599 --> 00:39:12.860
 what

00:39:12.860 --> 00:39:13.159
 seemed

00:39:13.159 --> 00:39:13.320
 to

00:39:13.320 --> 00:39:13.420
 be

00:39:13.420 --> 00:39:13.539
 an

00:39:13.539 --> 00:39:14.099
 unsolvable

00:39:14.099 --> 00:39:14.559
 problem

00:39:14.559 --> 00:39:15.039
 and

00:39:15.039 --> 00:39:15.199
 then

00:39:15.199 --> 00:39:15.380
 he

00:39:15.380 --> 00:39:15.699
 stepped

00:39:15.699 --> 00:39:15.920
 in

00:39:15.920 --> 00:39:16.119
 and

00:39:16.119 --> 00:39:16.320
 he

00:39:16.320 --> 00:39:16.739
 solved

00:39:16.739 --> 00:39:16.900
 it

00:39:16.900 --> 00:39:17.039
 in

00:39:17.039 --> 00:39:17.159
 the

00:39:17.159 --> 00:39:17.360
 most

00:39:17.360 --> 00:39:18.159
 unimaginable

00:39:18.159 --> 00:39:18.599
 way

00:39:18.599 --> 00:39:20.920
 so that

00:39:20.920 --> 00:39:21.079
 we

00:39:21.079 --> 00:39:21.280
 might

00:39:21.280 --> 00:39:21.480
 know

00:39:21.480 --> 00:39:21.679
 that

00:39:21.679 --> 00:39:22.119
 salvation

00:39:22.119 --> 00:39:22.360
 is

00:39:22.360 --> 00:39:22.579
 not

00:39:22.579 --> 00:39:22.699
 of

00:39:22.699 --> 00:39:22.960
 us

00:39:22.960 --> 00:39:23.159
 but

00:39:23.159 --> 00:39:23.340
 it's

00:39:23.340 --> 00:39:23.480
 of

00:39:23.480 --> 00:39:23.840
 God

00:39:23.840 --> 00:39:24.099
 from

00:39:24.099 --> 00:39:24.579
 first

00:39:24.579 --> 00:39:24.840
 to

00:39:24.840 --> 00:39:25.280
 last

00:39:25.280 --> 00:39:26.199
 so

00:39:26.199 --> 00:39:26.340
 that

00:39:26.340 --> 00:39:26.480
 we

00:39:26.480 --> 00:39:26.699
 might

00:39:26.699 --> 00:39:26.920
 not

00:39:26.920 --> 00:39:27.260
 boast

00:39:27.260 --> 00:39:27.480
 in

00:39:27.480 --> 00:39:28.159
 anything

00:39:28.159 --> 00:39:29.380
 of

00:39:29.380 --> 00:39:29.920
 ourselves

00:39:29.920 --> 00:39:30.500
 but

00:39:30.500 --> 00:39:30.880
 boast

00:39:30.880 --> 00:39:31.380
 only

00:39:31.380 --> 00:39:32.199
 in

00:39:32.199 --> 00:39:32.480
 Jesus

00:39:32.480 --> 00:39:33.059
 Christ

00:39:33.059 --> 00:39:35.320
 this

00:39:35.320 --> 00:39:35.460
 is

00:39:35.460 --> 00:39:35.639
 why

00:39:35.639 --> 00:39:35.960
 Paul

00:39:35.960 --> 00:39:36.440
 felt

00:39:36.440 --> 00:39:36.619
 that

00:39:36.619 --> 00:39:36.980
 that was

00:39:36.980 --> 00:39:37.500
 sufficient

00:39:37.500 --> 00:39:38.340
 for

00:39:38.340 --> 00:39:38.519
 his

00:39:38.519 --> 00:39:38.840
 preaching

00:39:38.840 --> 00:39:39.420
 content

00:39:39.420 --> 00:39:40.139
 this

00:39:40.139 --> 00:39:40.319
 was

00:39:40.319 --> 00:39:40.699
 sufficient

00:39:40.699 --> 00:39:41.019
 to

00:39:41.019 --> 00:39:41.279
 say

00:39:41.279 --> 00:39:41.500
 what

00:39:41.500 --> 00:39:41.619
 he

00:39:41.619 --> 00:39:41.839
 needed

00:39:41.839 --> 00:39:42.059
 to

00:39:42.059 --> 00:39:42.339
 say

00:39:42.339 --> 00:39:43.400
 this

00:39:43.400 --> 00:39:43.539
 is

00:39:43.539 --> 00:39:43.699
 the

00:39:43.699 --> 00:39:44.059
 wisdom

00:39:44.059 --> 00:39:44.539
 of

00:39:44.539 --> 00:39:44.879
 God

00:39:44.879 --> 00:39:45.319
 and

00:39:45.319 --> 00:39:45.539
 when

00:39:45.539 --> 00:39:45.739
 we

00:39:45.739 --> 00:39:46.159
 receive

00:39:46.159 --> 00:39:46.440
 this

00:39:46.440 --> 00:39:46.639
 then

00:39:46.639 --> 00:39:47.119
 we

00:39:47.119 --> 00:39:47.339
 are

00:39:47.339 --> 00:39:47.940
 free

00:39:47.940 --> 00:39:49.039
 we

00:39:49.039 --> 00:39:49.219
 are

00:39:49.219 --> 00:39:49.619
 freed

00:39:49.619 --> 00:39:49.859
 from

00:39:49.859 --> 00:39:50.359
 all

00:39:50.359 --> 00:39:50.519
 of

00:39:50.519 --> 00:39:50.639
 the

00:39:50.639 --> 00:39:51.139
 performance

00:39:51.139 --> 00:39:51.420
 and

00:39:51.420 --> 00:39:51.839
 all

00:39:51.839 --> 00:39:52.000
 of

00:39:52.000 --> 00:39:52.119
 the

00:39:52.119 --> 00:39:52.359
 effort

00:39:52.359 --> 00:39:52.539
 we

00:39:52.539 --> 00:39:52.779
 spend

00:39:52.779 --> 00:39:53.099
 trying

00:39:53.099 --> 00:39:53.219
 to

00:39:53.219 --> 00:39:53.400
 make

00:39:53.400 --> 00:39:53.739
 ourselves

00:39:53.739 --> 00:39:54.000
 good

00:39:54.000 --> 00:39:54.239
 enough

00:39:54.239 --> 00:39:54.699
 we

00:39:54.699 --> 00:39:54.859
 are

00:39:54.859 --> 00:39:55.239
 free

00:39:55.239 --> 00:39:55.500
 from

00:39:55.500 --> 00:39:56.079
 all

00:39:56.079 --> 00:39:56.739
 of

00:39:56.739 --> 00:39:57.019
 our

00:39:57.019 --> 00:39:57.859
 trying

00:39:57.859 --> 00:39:58.019
 to

00:39:58.019 --> 00:39:58.219
 figure

00:39:58.219 --> 00:39:58.460
 out

00:39:58.460 --> 00:39:58.679
 if

00:39:58.679 --> 00:39:58.799
 I

00:39:58.799 --> 00:39:58.980
 can

00:39:58.980 --> 00:39:59.519
 only

00:39:59.519 --> 00:40:00.000
 latch

00:40:00.000 --> 00:40:00.420
 myself

00:40:00.420 --> 00:40:00.679
 on

00:40:00.679 --> 00:40:01.019
 here

00:40:01.019 --> 00:40:01.339
 or

00:40:01.339 --> 00:40:02.299
 develop

00:40:02.299 --> 00:40:02.739
 this

00:40:02.739 --> 00:40:03.219
 skill

00:40:03.219 --> 00:40:03.599
 or

00:40:03.599 --> 00:40:04.259
 get

00:40:04.259 --> 00:40:04.539
 ahead

00:40:04.539 --> 00:40:04.739
 in

00:40:04.739 --> 00:40:05.059
 these

00:40:05.059 --> 00:40:05.480
 ways

00:40:10.139 --> 00:40:10.679
 things

00:40:10.679 --> 00:40:11.299
 we

00:40:11.299 --> 00:40:11.379
 are

00:40:11.379 --> 00:40:11.659
 free

00:40:11.659 --> 00:40:11.879
 from

00:40:11.879 --> 00:40:12.019
 the

00:40:12.019 --> 00:40:12.420
 illusion

00:40:12.420 --> 00:40:12.659
 of

00:40:12.659 --> 00:40:12.879
 self

00:40:12.879 --> 00:40:13.440
 promotion

00:40:13.440 --> 00:40:14.400
 and

00:40:14.400 --> 00:40:14.679
 self

00:40:14.679 --> 00:40:15.179
 boasting

00:40:15.179 --> 00:40:16.119
 and

00:40:16.119 --> 00:40:16.259
 we

00:40:16.259 --> 00:40:16.420
 are

00:40:16.420 --> 00:40:16.759
 free

00:40:16.759 --> 00:40:17.139
 instead

00:40:17.139 --> 00:40:17.779
 to

00:40:17.779 --> 00:40:18.239
 receive

00:40:18.239 --> 00:40:18.519
 from

00:40:18.519 --> 00:40:18.900
 God

00:40:18.900 --> 00:40:19.400
 a

00:40:19.400 --> 00:40:19.839
 salvation

00:40:19.839 --> 00:40:20.059
 that

00:40:20.059 --> 00:40:20.179
 we

00:40:20.179 --> 00:40:20.359
 could

00:40:20.359 --> 00:40:20.799
 never

00:40:20.799 --> 00:40:21.799
 create

00:40:21.799 --> 00:40:21.980
 on

00:40:21.980 --> 00:40:22.139
 our

00:40:22.139 --> 00:40:22.420
 own

00:40:22.420 --> 00:40:23.319
 and

00:40:23.319 --> 00:40:23.500
 in

00:40:23.500 --> 00:40:23.719
 doing

00:40:23.719 --> 00:40:24.119
 so

00:40:24.119 --> 00:40:25.319
 we

00:40:25.319 --> 00:40:25.559
 have

00:40:25.559 --> 00:40:25.759
 an

00:40:25.759 --> 00:40:26.539
 untouchable

00:40:26.539 --> 00:40:28.359
 confidence

00:40:28.359 --> 00:40:28.920
 before

00:40:28.920 --> 00:40:29.319
 God

00:40:29.319 --> 00:40:32.559
 not

00:40:32.559 --> 00:40:32.839
 only

00:40:32.839 --> 00:40:33.059
 is

00:40:33.059 --> 00:40:33.480
 Christ

00:40:33.480 --> 00:40:34.139
 crucified

00:40:34.139 --> 00:40:34.519
 the

00:40:34.519 --> 00:40:34.879
 wisdom

00:40:34.879 --> 00:40:35.139
 of

00:40:35.139 --> 00:40:35.420
 God

00:40:35.420 --> 00:40:35.579
 in

00:40:35.579 --> 00:40:35.779
 this

00:40:35.779 --> 00:40:36.059
 way

00:40:36.059 --> 00:40:36.719
 but

00:40:36.719 --> 00:40:37.039
 Christ

00:40:37.039 --> 00:40:37.619
 crucified

00:40:37.619 --> 00:40:38.099
 is

00:40:38.099 --> 00:40:38.279
 the

00:40:38.279 --> 00:40:38.719
 power

00:40:38.719 --> 00:40:39.079
 of

00:40:39.079 --> 00:40:39.420
 God

00:40:39.420 --> 00:40:42.460
 the

00:40:42.460 --> 00:40:42.840
 power

00:40:42.840 --> 00:40:43.019
 of

00:40:43.019 --> 00:40:43.380
 one

00:40:43.380 --> 00:40:44.320
 whose

00:40:44.320 --> 00:40:45.340
 life

00:40:45.340 --> 00:40:45.519
 was

00:40:45.519 --> 00:40:45.780
 not

00:40:45.780 --> 00:40:46.139
 taken

00:40:46.139 --> 00:40:46.480
 from

00:40:46.480 --> 00:40:46.720
 him

00:40:46.720 --> 00:40:46.900
 but

00:40:46.900 --> 00:40:47.079
 who

00:40:47.079 --> 00:40:47.519
 laid

00:40:47.519 --> 00:40:47.700
 it

00:40:47.700 --> 00:40:47.980
 down

00:40:47.980 --> 00:40:48.519
 willingly

00:40:48.519 --> 00:40:49.420
 in

00:40:49.420 --> 00:40:49.880
 love

00:40:49.880 --> 00:40:50.300
 for

00:40:50.300 --> 00:40:50.519
 his

00:40:50.519 --> 00:40:50.940
 people

00:40:50.940 --> 00:40:53.300
 the

00:40:53.300 --> 00:40:53.740
 power

00:40:53.740 --> 00:40:54.099
 of

00:40:54.099 --> 00:40:54.539
 one

00:40:54.539 --> 00:40:55.880
 through

00:40:55.880 --> 00:40:56.360
 whose

00:40:56.360 --> 00:40:56.920
 death

00:40:56.920 --> 00:40:57.180
 the

00:40:57.180 --> 00:40:57.820
 power

00:40:57.820 --> 00:40:58.260
 of

00:40:58.260 --> 00:40:58.519
 the

00:40:58.519 --> 00:40:59.119
 devil

00:40:59.119 --> 00:40:59.840
 that

00:40:59.840 --> 00:41:00.019
 is

00:41:00.019 --> 00:41:00.240
 the

00:41:00.240 --> 00:41:00.639
 enemy

00:41:00.639 --> 00:41:00.940
 who

00:41:00.940 --> 00:41:01.180
 seeks

00:41:01.180 --> 00:41:01.360
 to

00:41:01.360 --> 00:41:01.820
 accuse

00:41:01.820 --> 00:41:02.220
 and

00:41:02.220 --> 00:41:02.639
 destroy

00:41:02.639 --> 00:41:03.139
 us

00:41:03.139 --> 00:41:04.000
 was

00:41:04.000 --> 00:41:04.500
 broken

00:41:04.500 --> 00:41:04.980
 according

00:41:04.980 --> 00:41:05.180
 to

00:41:05.180 --> 00:41:05.559
 Hebrews

00:41:05.559 --> 00:41:05.980
 2

00:41:05.980 --> 00:41:09.320
 turn

00:41:09.320 --> 00:41:09.659
 with me

00:41:09.659 --> 00:41:10.139
 in

00:41:10.139 --> 00:41:10.480
 1st

00:41:10.480 --> 00:41:10.760
 Corinthians

00:41:10.760 --> 00:41:11.219
 again

00:41:11.219 --> 00:41:11.719
 to

00:41:11.719 --> 00:41:11.840
 the

00:41:11.840 --> 00:41:12.000
 end

00:41:12.000 --> 00:41:12.119
 of

00:41:12.119 --> 00:41:12.240
 the

00:41:12.240 --> 00:41:13.159
 book

00:41:13.159 --> 00:41:16.320
 1st

00:41:16.320 --> 00:41:16.639
 Corinthians

00:41:16.639 --> 00:41:17.219
 15

00:41:17.219 --> 00:41:18.420
 well

00:41:18.420 --> 00:41:18.639
 known

00:41:18.639 --> 00:41:19.179
 verses

00:41:19.179 --> 00:41:20.480
 Hanel's

00:41:20.480 --> 00:41:20.860
 Messiah

00:41:20.860 --> 00:41:21.360
 captures

00:41:21.360 --> 00:41:21.539
 it

00:41:21.539 --> 00:41:22.199
 beautifully

00:41:22.199 --> 00:41:23.380
 death

00:41:23.380 --> 00:41:23.740
 where

00:41:23.740 --> 00:41:24.000
 is

00:41:24.000 --> 00:41:24.860
 your

00:41:24.860 --> 00:41:25.300
 victory

00:41:25.300 --> 00:41:25.840
 death

00:41:25.840 --> 00:41:26.219
 where

00:41:26.219 --> 00:41:26.440
 is

00:41:26.440 --> 00:41:26.639
 your

00:41:26.639 --> 00:41:27.139
 sting

00:41:27.139 --> 00:41:28.099
 the

00:41:28.099 --> 00:41:28.320
 sting

00:41:28.320 --> 00:41:28.539
 of

00:41:28.539 --> 00:41:29.579
 death

00:41:29.579 --> 00:41:29.800
 is

00:41:29.800 --> 00:41:30.099
 sin

00:41:30.099 --> 00:41:30.240
 and

00:41:30.240 --> 00:41:30.380
 the

00:41:30.380 --> 00:41:30.740
 power

00:41:30.740 --> 00:41:30.960
 of

00:41:30.960 --> 00:41:31.260
 sin

00:41:31.260 --> 00:41:31.460
 is

00:41:31.460 --> 00:41:31.639
 the

00:41:31.639 --> 00:41:32.019
 law

00:41:32.019 --> 00:41:34.139
 but

00:41:34.139 --> 00:41:34.679
 in

00:41:34.679 --> 00:41:34.800
 the

00:41:34.800 --> 00:41:35.019
 flow

00:41:35.019 --> 00:41:35.159
 of

00:41:35.159 --> 00:41:35.280
 the

00:41:35.280 --> 00:41:35.679
 argument

00:41:35.679 --> 00:41:36.119
 Jesus

00:41:36.119 --> 00:41:36.599
 Christ

00:41:36.599 --> 00:41:36.840
 is

00:41:36.840 --> 00:41:37.119
 risen

00:41:37.119 --> 00:41:37.420
 from

00:41:37.420 --> 00:41:37.599
 the

00:41:37.599 --> 00:41:37.860
 dead

00:41:37.860 --> 00:41:38.139
 and

00:41:38.139 --> 00:41:38.739
 therefore

00:41:38.739 --> 00:41:39.900
 thanks

00:41:39.900 --> 00:41:40.099
 be

00:41:40.099 --> 00:41:40.259
 to

00:41:40.259 --> 00:41:40.639
 God

00:41:40.639 --> 00:41:41.780
 who

00:41:41.780 --> 00:41:42.059
 gives

00:41:42.059 --> 00:41:42.259
 us

00:41:42.259 --> 00:41:42.500
 the

00:41:42.500 --> 00:41:42.980
 victory

00:41:42.980 --> 00:41:43.460
 through

00:41:43.460 --> 00:41:43.659
 our

00:41:43.659 --> 00:41:43.940
 Lord

00:41:43.940 --> 00:41:44.259
 Jesus

00:41:44.259 --> 00:41:44.900
 Christ

00:41:44.900 --> 00:41:46.039
 because

00:41:46.039 --> 00:41:46.480
 when

00:41:46.480 --> 00:41:46.940
 we

00:41:46.940 --> 00:41:47.259
 are

00:41:47.259 --> 00:41:47.699
 identified

00:41:47.699 --> 00:41:48.119
 with

00:41:48.119 --> 00:41:48.559
 Christ

00:41:48.559 --> 00:41:48.860
 by

00:41:48.860 --> 00:41:49.340
 faith

00:41:49.340 --> 00:41:49.519
 when

00:41:49.519 --> 00:41:49.719
 we

00:41:49.719 --> 00:41:50.039
 take

00:41:50.039 --> 00:41:50.420
 upon

00:41:50.420 --> 00:41:51.000
 his

00:41:51.000 --> 00:41:51.619
 righteousness

00:41:51.619 --> 00:41:52.599
 then

00:41:52.599 --> 00:41:52.880
 we

00:41:52.880 --> 00:41:53.199
 now

00:41:53.199 --> 00:41:53.480
 know

00:41:53.480 --> 00:41:53.699
 that

00:41:53.699 --> 00:41:53.860
 we

00:41:53.860 --> 00:41:54.039
 will

00:41:54.039 --> 00:41:54.239
 be

00:41:54.239 --> 00:41:54.619
 raised

00:41:54.619 --> 00:41:54.900
 with

00:41:54.900 --> 00:41:55.199
 him

00:41:55.199 --> 00:41:55.420
 that

00:41:55.420 --> 00:41:55.759
 death

00:41:55.759 --> 00:41:55.960
 is

00:41:55.960 --> 00:41:56.219
 no

00:41:56.219 --> 00:41:56.659
 longer

00:41:56.659 --> 00:41:56.900
 the

00:41:56.900 --> 00:41:57.259
 great

00:41:57.259 --> 00:41:57.679
 enemy

00:41:57.679 --> 00:41:58.219
 but

00:41:58.219 --> 00:41:58.519
 death

00:41:58.519 --> 00:41:58.679
 is

00:41:58.679 --> 00:41:58.820
 a

00:41:58.820 --> 00:41:59.259
 defeated

00:41:59.259 --> 00:41:59.940
 foe

00:41:59.940 --> 00:42:00.579
 and

00:42:00.579 --> 00:42:00.860
 death

00:42:00.860 --> 00:42:01.039
 is

00:42:01.039 --> 00:42:01.460
 actually

00:42:01.460 --> 00:42:01.699
 a

00:42:01.699 --> 00:42:02.019
 gateway

00:42:02.019 --> 00:42:02.480
 into

00:42:02.480 --> 00:42:03.059
 eternity

00:42:03.059 --> 00:42:03.420
 and

00:42:03.420 --> 00:42:03.860
 glory

00:42:03.860 --> 00:42:04.199
 with

00:42:04.199 --> 00:42:04.699
 God

00:42:04.699 --> 00:42:05.960
 that

00:42:05.960 --> 00:42:06.119
 the

00:42:06.119 --> 00:42:06.519
 stain

00:42:06.519 --> 00:42:06.719
 of

00:42:06.719 --> 00:42:07.019
 sin

00:42:07.019 --> 00:42:07.219
 has

00:42:07.219 --> 00:42:07.739
 actually

00:42:07.739 --> 00:42:08.000
 been

00:42:08.000 --> 00:42:08.539
 removed

00:42:08.539 --> 00:42:08.980
 and

00:42:08.980 --> 00:42:09.219
 by

00:42:09.219 --> 00:42:09.460
 his

00:42:09.460 --> 00:42:09.980
 resurrection

00:42:09.980 --> 00:42:10.279
 we

00:42:10.279 --> 00:42:10.440
 know

00:42:10.440 --> 00:42:10.619
 that

00:42:10.619 --> 00:42:10.820
 there

00:42:10.820 --> 00:42:10.980
 is

00:42:10.980 --> 00:42:11.139
 a

00:42:11.139 --> 00:42:11.500
 life

00:42:11.500 --> 00:42:12.179
 for

00:42:12.179 --> 00:42:12.619
 us

00:42:12.619 --> 00:42:12.840
 that

00:42:12.840 --> 00:42:13.000
 will

00:42:13.000 --> 00:42:13.259
 have

00:42:13.259 --> 00:42:13.579
 no

00:42:13.579 --> 00:42:13.900
 more

00:42:13.900 --> 00:42:14.340
 sin

00:42:14.340 --> 00:42:15.559
 and

00:42:15.559 --> 00:42:15.880
 therefore

00:42:15.880 --> 00:42:16.139
 no

00:42:16.139 --> 00:42:16.340
 more

00:42:16.340 --> 00:42:16.820
 tears

00:42:16.820 --> 00:42:17.199
 no

00:42:17.199 --> 00:42:17.440
 more

00:42:17.440 --> 00:42:17.880
 sorrow

00:42:17.880 --> 00:42:18.480
 and

00:42:18.480 --> 00:42:18.639
 no

00:42:18.639 --> 00:42:18.880
 more

00:42:18.880 --> 00:42:19.480
 strife

00:42:19.480 --> 00:42:20.480
 and

00:42:20.480 --> 00:42:20.759
 also

00:42:20.759 --> 00:42:21.059
 no

00:42:21.059 --> 00:42:21.380
 more

00:42:21.380 --> 00:42:21.980
 boasting

00:42:21.980 --> 00:42:22.579
 and

00:42:22.579 --> 00:42:22.779
 no

00:42:22.779 --> 00:42:23.000
 more

00:42:23.000 --> 00:42:23.340
 self

00:42:23.340 --> 00:42:23.900
 promoting

00:42:23.900 --> 00:42:25.920
 and

00:42:25.920 --> 00:42:26.159
 this

00:42:26.159 --> 00:42:26.320
 is

00:42:26.320 --> 00:42:26.480
 the

00:42:26.480 --> 00:42:26.860
 power

00:42:26.860 --> 00:42:27.099
 of

00:42:27.099 --> 00:42:27.460
 God

00:42:27.460 --> 00:42:28.059
 that

00:42:28.059 --> 00:42:28.320
 this

00:42:28.320 --> 00:42:29.480
 creator

00:42:29.480 --> 00:42:29.940
 God

00:42:29.940 --> 00:42:30.159
 who

00:42:30.159 --> 00:42:30.559
 entered

00:42:30.559 --> 00:42:30.860
 in

00:42:30.860 --> 00:42:31.340
 to

00:42:31.340 --> 00:42:31.579
 this

00:42:31.579 --> 00:42:32.140
 incredible

00:42:32.140 --> 00:42:32.539
 act

00:42:32.539 --> 00:42:32.700
 of

00:42:32.700 --> 00:42:33.519
 crucifixion

00:42:33.519 --> 00:42:34.539
 he

00:42:34.539 --> 00:42:34.900
 also

00:42:34.900 --> 00:42:35.460
 rose

00:42:35.460 --> 00:42:35.960
 from

00:42:35.960 --> 00:42:36.180
 the

00:42:36.180 --> 00:42:36.519
 dead

00:42:36.519 --> 00:42:39.160
 and

00:42:39.160 --> 00:42:39.280
 he

00:42:39.280 --> 00:42:39.460
 did

00:42:39.460 --> 00:42:39.680
 this

00:42:39.680 --> 00:42:39.880
 to

00:42:39.880 --> 00:42:40.280
 rescue

00:42:40.280 --> 00:42:40.760
 us

00:42:40.760 --> 00:42:41.220
 and

00:42:41.220 --> 00:42:41.360
 to

00:42:41.360 --> 00:42:41.660
 create

00:42:41.660 --> 00:42:41.840
 a

00:42:41.840 --> 00:42:42.120
 kingdom

00:42:42.120 --> 00:42:42.480
 not

00:42:42.480 --> 00:42:42.720
 by

00:42:42.720 --> 00:42:43.260
 oppression

00:42:43.260 --> 00:42:45.140
 not

00:42:45.140 --> 00:42:45.519
 to

00:42:45.519 --> 00:42:46.460
 impose

00:42:46.460 --> 00:42:47.180
 himself

00:42:47.180 --> 00:42:49.200
 forcefully

00:42:49.200 --> 00:42:49.640
 upon

00:42:49.640 --> 00:42:50.140
 us

00:42:50.140 --> 00:42:51.760
 but

00:42:51.760 --> 00:42:51.980
 by

00:42:51.980 --> 00:42:52.559
 humility

00:42:52.559 --> 00:42:53.820
 and

00:42:53.820 --> 00:42:54.019
 by

00:42:54.019 --> 00:42:54.579
 submission

00:42:54.579 --> 00:42:55.240
 to

00:42:55.240 --> 00:42:55.460
 his

00:42:55.460 --> 00:42:55.900
 father

00:42:55.900 --> 00:42:56.579
 by

00:42:56.579 --> 00:42:57.099
 offering

00:42:57.099 --> 00:42:57.640
 himself

00:42:57.640 --> 00:42:58.039
 up

00:42:58.039 --> 00:42:58.220
 as

00:42:58.220 --> 00:42:58.380
 a

00:42:58.380 --> 00:42:58.840
 sacrifice

00:42:58.840 --> 00:42:59.480
 he

00:42:59.480 --> 00:42:59.840
 gained

00:42:59.840 --> 00:42:59.980
 the

00:42:59.980 --> 00:43:00.280
 greatest

00:43:00.280 --> 00:43:00.780
 victory

00:43:00.780 --> 00:43:00.940
 in

00:43:00.940 --> 00:43:01.200
 all

00:43:01.200 --> 00:43:01.400
 the

00:43:01.400 --> 00:43:01.880
 world

00:43:01.880 --> 00:43:05.360
 friends

00:43:05.360 --> 00:43:05.580
 we

00:43:05.580 --> 00:43:05.980
 want

00:43:05.980 --> 00:43:06.220
 so

00:43:06.220 --> 00:43:06.640
 much

00:43:06.640 --> 00:43:07.240
 for

00:43:07.240 --> 00:43:07.400
 there

00:43:07.400 --> 00:43:07.500
 to

00:43:07.500 --> 00:43:07.600
 be

00:43:07.600 --> 00:43:07.720
 a

00:43:07.720 --> 00:43:07.960
 power

00:43:07.960 --> 00:43:08.100
 in

00:43:08.100 --> 00:43:08.200
 the

00:43:08.200 --> 00:43:08.480
 world

00:43:08.480 --> 00:43:08.680
 that

00:43:08.680 --> 00:43:08.960
 makes

00:43:08.960 --> 00:43:09.240
 things

00:43:09.240 --> 00:43:09.560
 right

00:43:09.560 --> 00:43:09.840
 don't

00:43:09.840 --> 00:43:10.019
 we

00:43:10.019 --> 00:43:11.060
 we

00:43:11.060 --> 00:43:11.300
 want

00:43:11.300 --> 00:43:11.460
 the

00:43:11.460 --> 00:43:11.780
 famine

00:43:11.780 --> 00:43:12.019
 to

00:43:12.019 --> 00:43:12.800
 end

00:43:12.800 --> 00:43:12.960
 we

00:43:12.960 --> 00:43:13.200
 want

00:43:13.200 --> 00:43:13.380
 the

00:43:13.380 --> 00:43:13.940
 terrorists

00:43:13.940 --> 00:43:14.720
 to

00:43:14.720 --> 00:43:14.920
 be

00:43:14.920 --> 00:43:15.460
 stopped

00:43:15.460 --> 00:43:16.160
 we

00:43:16.160 --> 00:43:16.560
 want

00:43:16.560 --> 00:43:16.980
 the

00:43:16.980 --> 00:43:17.280
 sickness

00:43:17.280 --> 00:43:17.620
 to

00:43:17.620 --> 00:43:17.800
 be

00:43:17.800 --> 00:43:18.260
 cured

00:43:18.260 --> 00:43:20.360
 we

00:43:20.360 --> 00:43:20.600
 want

00:43:20.600 --> 00:43:20.760
 our

00:43:20.760 --> 00:43:21.080
 own

00:43:21.080 --> 00:43:21.360
 little

00:43:21.360 --> 00:43:21.720
 kingdoms

00:43:21.720 --> 00:43:21.980
 of

00:43:21.980 --> 00:43:22.140
 our

00:43:22.140 --> 00:43:22.620
 lives

00:43:22.620 --> 00:43:22.820
 to

00:43:22.820 --> 00:43:22.980
 be

00:43:22.980 --> 00:43:23.560
 successful

00:43:23.560 --> 00:43:24.480
 and

00:43:24.480 --> 00:43:24.860
 happy

00:43:24.860 --> 00:43:29.640
 but

00:43:29.640 --> 00:43:30.120
 friends

00:43:30.120 --> 00:43:31.320
 Jesus

00:43:31.320 --> 00:43:31.740
 comes

00:43:31.740 --> 00:43:31.920
 and

00:43:31.920 --> 00:43:32.059
 he

00:43:32.059 --> 00:43:32.480
 says

00:43:32.480 --> 00:43:33.940
 all

00:43:33.940 --> 00:43:34.099
 the

00:43:34.099 --> 00:43:34.519
 powers

00:43:34.519 --> 00:43:34.740
 of

00:43:34.740 --> 00:43:34.920
 this

00:43:34.920 --> 00:43:35.260
 world

00:43:35.260 --> 00:43:35.700
 can't

00:43:35.700 --> 00:43:35.980
 solve

00:43:35.980 --> 00:43:36.280
 those

00:43:36.280 --> 00:43:36.740
 things

00:43:36.740 --> 00:43:39.280
 they've

00:43:39.280 --> 00:43:39.380
 been

00:43:39.380 --> 00:43:39.720
 going on

00:43:39.720 --> 00:43:39.960
 for a

00:43:39.960 --> 00:43:40.160
 long

00:43:40.160 --> 00:43:40.440
 time

00:43:40.440 --> 00:43:40.760
 haven't

00:43:40.760 --> 00:43:40.960
 they

00:43:40.960 --> 00:43:42.099
 as much

00:43:42.099 --> 00:43:42.400
 as we

00:43:42.400 --> 00:43:42.840
 so

00:43:42.840 --> 00:43:43.440
 desperately

00:43:43.440 --> 00:43:43.800
 want to

00:43:43.800 --> 00:43:44.059
 believe

00:43:44.059 --> 00:43:44.340
 it'll

00:43:44.340 --> 00:43:44.519
 get

00:43:44.519 --> 00:43:44.780
 better

00:43:44.780 --> 00:43:45.240
 it's

00:43:45.240 --> 00:43:45.420
 not

00:43:45.420 --> 00:43:45.700
 going

00:43:45.700 --> 00:43:45.960
 to

00:43:45.960 --> 00:43:47.340
 but

00:43:47.340 --> 00:43:47.780
 Jesus

00:43:47.780 --> 00:43:48.440
 has

00:43:48.440 --> 00:43:48.860
 come

00:43:48.860 --> 00:43:49.320
 and

00:43:49.320 --> 00:43:49.680
 Jesus

00:43:49.680 --> 00:43:49.940
 has

00:43:49.940 --> 00:43:50.780
 defeated

00:43:50.780 --> 00:43:51.360
 the power

00:43:51.360 --> 00:43:52.000
 of sin

00:43:52.000 --> 00:43:52.980
 and death

00:43:52.980 --> 00:43:53.679
 in this

00:43:53.679 --> 00:43:54.099
 world

00:43:54.099 --> 00:43:56.719
 and

00:43:56.719 --> 00:43:56.980
 those

00:43:56.980 --> 00:43:57.239
 are the

00:43:57.239 --> 00:43:57.559
 greatest

00:43:57.559 --> 00:43:58.179
 enemies

00:43:58.179 --> 00:43:59.460
 think

00:43:59.460 --> 00:43:59.739
 about

00:43:59.739 --> 00:43:59.940
 how

00:43:59.940 --> 00:44:00.119
 the

00:44:00.119 --> 00:44:00.360
 world

00:44:00.360 --> 00:44:00.519
 would

00:44:00.519 --> 00:44:00.659
 be

00:44:00.659 --> 00:44:01.039
 changed

00:44:01.039 --> 00:44:01.280
 if

00:44:01.280 --> 00:44:01.559
 we

00:44:01.559 --> 00:44:01.780
 were

00:44:01.780 --> 00:44:02.019
 not

00:44:02.019 --> 00:44:02.380
 afraid

00:44:02.380 --> 00:44:02.579
 of

00:44:02.579 --> 00:44:02.880
 death

00:44:02.880 --> 00:44:03.380
 anymore

00:44:03.380 --> 00:44:04.280
 think

00:44:04.280 --> 00:44:04.539
 about

00:44:04.539 --> 00:44:04.699
 how

00:44:04.699 --> 00:44:04.940
 much

00:44:04.940 --> 00:44:05.219
 good

00:44:05.219 --> 00:44:05.400
 we

00:44:05.400 --> 00:44:05.539
 could

00:44:05.539 --> 00:44:05.699
 do

00:44:05.699 --> 00:44:05.820
 in

00:44:05.820 --> 00:44:05.920
 the

00:44:05.920 --> 00:44:06.159
 world

00:44:06.159 --> 00:44:06.340
 if

00:44:06.340 --> 00:44:06.599
 we

00:44:06.599 --> 00:44:06.960
 didn't

00:44:06.960 --> 00:44:07.260
 spend

00:44:07.260 --> 00:44:07.440
 all

00:44:07.440 --> 00:44:07.559
 of

00:44:07.559 --> 00:44:07.679
 our

00:44:07.679 --> 00:44:08.079
 time

00:44:08.079 --> 00:44:09.219
 justifying

00:44:09.219 --> 00:44:09.880
 ourselves

00:44:09.880 --> 00:44:12.300
 see

00:44:12.300 --> 00:44:12.500
 about

00:44:12.500 --> 00:44:12.659
 how

00:44:12.659 --> 00:44:13.000
 different

00:44:13.000 --> 00:44:13.179
 it

00:44:13.179 --> 00:44:13.340
 would

00:44:13.340 --> 00:44:13.519
 be

00:44:13.519 --> 00:44:13.679
 if

00:44:13.679 --> 00:44:13.840
 we

00:44:13.840 --> 00:44:14.199
 walked

00:44:14.199 --> 00:44:14.360
 in

00:44:14.360 --> 00:44:14.480
 the

00:44:14.480 --> 00:44:14.860
 pattern

00:44:14.860 --> 00:44:15.079
 of

00:44:15.079 --> 00:44:15.340
 one

00:44:15.340 --> 00:44:15.619
 who

00:44:15.619 --> 00:44:16.500
 came

00:44:16.500 --> 00:44:16.840
 not

00:44:16.840 --> 00:44:17.039
 to

00:44:17.039 --> 00:44:17.280
 be

00:44:17.280 --> 00:44:17.599
 served

00:44:17.599 --> 00:44:17.840
 but

00:44:17.840 --> 00:44:18.059
 to

00:44:18.059 --> 00:44:18.380
 serve

00:44:18.380 --> 00:44:18.539
 and

00:44:18.539 --> 00:44:18.800
 give

00:44:18.800 --> 00:44:19.000
 his

00:44:19.000 --> 00:44:19.360
 life

00:44:19.360 --> 00:44:19.619
 a

00:44:19.619 --> 00:44:19.900
 ransom

00:44:19.900 --> 00:44:20.440
 for

00:44:20.440 --> 00:44:20.760
 many

00:44:20.760 --> 00:44:23.019
 the

00:44:23.019 --> 00:44:23.420
 power

00:44:23.420 --> 00:44:23.639
 is

00:44:23.639 --> 00:44:23.900
 not

00:44:23.900 --> 00:44:24.059
 in

00:44:24.059 --> 00:44:24.179
 the

00:44:24.179 --> 00:44:24.619
 display

00:44:24.619 --> 00:44:24.960
 and

00:44:24.960 --> 00:44:25.079
 the

00:44:25.079 --> 00:44:25.360
 power

00:44:25.360 --> 00:44:25.539
 is

00:44:25.539 --> 00:44:25.760
 not

00:44:25.760 --> 00:44:25.920
 in

00:44:25.920 --> 00:44:26.059
 the

00:44:26.059 --> 00:44:26.340
 show

00:44:26.340 --> 00:44:26.539
 the

00:44:26.539 --> 00:44:26.840
 power

00:44:26.840 --> 00:44:27.019
 is

00:44:27.019 --> 00:44:27.139
 in

00:44:27.139 --> 00:44:27.300
 the

00:44:27.300 --> 00:44:27.820
 substance

00:44:27.820 --> 00:44:28.480
 of

00:44:28.480 --> 00:44:28.780
 Jesus

00:44:28.780 --> 00:44:29.260
 Christ

00:44:29.260 --> 00:44:29.480
 and

00:44:29.480 --> 00:44:29.760
 him

00:44:29.760 --> 00:44:30.360
 crucified

00:44:30.360 --> 00:44:31.519
 and

00:44:31.519 --> 00:44:31.739
 part

00:44:31.739 --> 00:44:31.840
 of

00:44:31.840 --> 00:44:31.980
 what

00:44:31.980 --> 00:44:32.199
 Paul

00:44:32.199 --> 00:44:32.380
 is

00:44:32.380 --> 00:44:32.559
 saying

00:44:32.559 --> 00:44:32.699
 to

00:44:32.699 --> 00:44:32.840
 the

00:44:32.840 --> 00:44:33.179
 Corinthian

00:44:33.179 --> 00:44:33.460
 church

00:44:33.460 --> 00:44:33.619
 is

00:44:33.619 --> 00:44:33.880
 you

00:44:33.880 --> 00:44:34.139
 know

00:44:34.139 --> 00:44:34.400
 this

00:44:34.400 --> 00:44:34.820
 power

00:44:34.820 --> 00:44:35.480
 because

00:44:35.480 --> 00:44:35.760
 you

00:44:35.760 --> 00:44:35.920
 are

00:44:35.920 --> 00:44:36.280
 here

00:44:36.280 --> 00:44:37.039
 you

00:44:37.039 --> 00:44:37.199
 have

00:44:37.199 --> 00:44:37.460
 heard

00:44:37.460 --> 00:44:37.719
 this

00:44:37.719 --> 00:44:38.039
 message

00:44:38.039 --> 00:44:38.219
 and

00:44:38.219 --> 00:44:38.340
 it

00:44:38.340 --> 00:44:38.480
 has

00:44:38.480 --> 00:44:38.880
 changed

00:44:38.880 --> 00:44:39.099
 your

00:44:39.099 --> 00:44:39.500
 life

00:44:39.500 --> 00:44:41.159
 and

00:44:41.159 --> 00:44:41.280
 I

00:44:41.280 --> 00:44:41.500
 say

00:44:41.500 --> 00:44:41.760
 that

00:44:41.760 --> 00:44:41.960
 to

00:44:41.960 --> 00:44:42.219
 many

00:44:42.219 --> 00:44:42.420
 of

00:44:42.420 --> 00:44:42.599
 you

00:44:42.599 --> 00:44:42.880
 this

00:44:42.880 --> 00:44:43.260
 morning

00:44:43.260 --> 00:44:44.780
 you

00:44:44.780 --> 00:44:45.060
 know

00:44:45.060 --> 00:44:45.320
 this

00:44:45.320 --> 00:44:45.780
 power

00:44:45.780 --> 00:44:47.220
 don't

00:44:47.220 --> 00:44:47.500
 doubt

00:44:47.500 --> 00:44:47.760
 it

00:44:47.760 --> 00:44:49.200
 don't

00:44:49.200 --> 00:44:49.620
 question

00:44:49.620 --> 00:44:50.180
 it

00:44:50.180 --> 00:44:54.540
 what

00:44:54.540 --> 00:44:54.700
 we

00:44:54.700 --> 00:44:54.920
 think

00:44:54.920 --> 00:44:55.080
 is

00:44:55.080 --> 00:44:55.560
 wise

00:44:55.560 --> 00:44:55.820
 is

00:44:55.820 --> 00:44:56.060
 not

00:44:56.060 --> 00:44:56.340
 really

00:44:56.340 --> 00:44:56.700
 wise

00:44:56.700 --> 00:44:57.100
 enough

00:44:57.100 --> 00:44:58.480
 to

00:44:58.480 --> 00:44:58.680
 help

00:44:58.680 --> 00:44:58.840
 us

00:44:58.840 --> 00:44:59.200
 navigate

00:44:59.200 --> 00:44:59.420
 the

00:44:59.420 --> 00:44:59.640
 world

00:44:59.640 --> 00:44:59.820
 we

00:44:59.820 --> 00:45:00.060
 live

00:45:00.060 --> 00:45:00.440
 in

00:45:00.440 --> 00:45:01.600
 what

00:45:01.600 --> 00:45:01.780
 we

00:45:01.780 --> 00:45:02.000
 think

00:45:02.000 --> 00:45:02.140
 is

00:45:02.140 --> 00:45:02.520
 strong

00:45:02.520 --> 00:45:02.800
 isn't

00:45:02.800 --> 00:45:03.020
 really

00:45:03.020 --> 00:45:03.420
 strong

00:45:03.420 --> 00:45:03.800
 enough

00:45:03.800 --> 00:45:04.700
 against

00:45:04.700 --> 00:45:04.920
 the

00:45:04.920 --> 00:45:05.140
 most

00:45:05.140 --> 00:45:05.740
 profound

00:45:05.740 --> 00:45:07.160
 enemies

00:45:07.160 --> 00:45:07.460
 of

00:45:07.460 --> 00:45:07.900
 life

00:45:07.900 --> 00:45:09.820
 but

00:45:09.820 --> 00:45:10.060
 friends

00:45:10.060 --> 00:45:10.260
 we

00:45:10.260 --> 00:45:10.440
 have

00:45:10.440 --> 00:45:10.820
 Christ

00:45:10.820 --> 00:45:11.400
 crucified

00:45:11.400 --> 00:45:12.080
 the

00:45:12.080 --> 00:45:12.440
 wisdom

00:45:12.440 --> 00:45:12.680
 of

00:45:12.680 --> 00:45:13.000
 God

00:45:13.000 --> 00:45:13.139
 and

00:45:13.139 --> 00:45:13.280
 the

00:45:13.280 --> 00:45:13.679
 power

00:45:13.679 --> 00:45:13.980
 of

00:45:13.980 --> 00:45:14.420
 God

00:45:14.420 --> 00:45:17.539
 and

00:45:17.539 --> 00:45:17.659
 if

00:45:17.659 --> 00:45:17.820
 you're

00:45:17.820 --> 00:45:18.320
 exploring

00:45:18.320 --> 00:45:18.679
 this

00:45:18.679 --> 00:45:19.079
 morning

00:45:19.079 --> 00:45:20.199
 figuring

00:45:20.199 --> 00:45:20.500
 out

00:45:20.500 --> 00:45:20.699
 what

00:45:20.699 --> 00:45:21.079
 Christianity

00:45:21.079 --> 00:45:21.239
 is

00:45:21.239 --> 00:45:21.400
 all

00:45:21.400 --> 00:45:21.619
 about

00:45:21.619 --> 00:45:21.780
 I

00:45:21.780 --> 00:45:22.000
 tell

00:45:22.000 --> 00:45:22.119
 you

00:45:22.119 --> 00:45:22.360
 this

00:45:22.360 --> 00:45:22.539
 is

00:45:22.539 --> 00:45:22.760
 it

00:45:22.760 --> 00:45:23.340
 Jesus

00:45:23.340 --> 00:45:23.760
 Christ

00:45:23.760 --> 00:45:23.960
 and

00:45:23.960 --> 00:45:24.139
 him

00:45:24.139 --> 00:45:24.659
 crucified

00:45:24.659 --> 00:45:25.980
 understand

00:45:25.980 --> 00:45:26.380
 it

00:45:26.380 --> 00:45:26.860
 seek

00:45:26.860 --> 00:45:27.119
 it

00:45:27.119 --> 00:45:28.039
 seek

00:45:28.039 --> 00:45:28.219
 to

00:45:28.219 --> 00:45:28.679
 understand

00:45:28.679 --> 00:45:29.019
 how

00:45:29.019 --> 00:45:29.340
 this

00:45:29.340 --> 00:45:29.619
 could

00:45:29.619 --> 00:45:29.840
 be

00:45:29.840 --> 00:45:30.199
 true

00:45:30.199 --> 00:45:31.039
 how

00:45:31.039 --> 00:45:31.440
 anyone

00:45:31.440 --> 00:45:31.719
 could

00:45:31.719 --> 00:45:32.059
 believe

00:45:32.059 --> 00:45:32.500
 this

00:45:32.500 --> 00:45:34.940
 and

00:45:34.940 --> 00:45:35.079
 if

00:45:35.079 --> 00:45:35.199
 you

00:45:35.199 --> 00:45:35.320
 are

00:45:35.320 --> 00:45:35.519
 a

00:45:35.519 --> 00:45:35.780
 believer

00:45:35.780 --> 00:45:37.139
 be

00:45:37.139 --> 00:45:37.579
 strengthened

00:45:37.579 --> 00:45:37.840
 in

00:45:37.840 --> 00:45:37.980
 your

00:45:37.980 --> 00:45:38.400
 belief

00:45:38.400 --> 00:45:39.659
 don't

00:45:39.659 --> 00:45:40.000
 doubt

00:45:40.000 --> 00:45:42.219
 don't

00:45:42.219 --> 00:45:42.579
 doubt

00:45:42.579 --> 00:45:43.900
 don't

00:45:43.900 --> 00:45:44.019
 be

00:45:44.019 --> 00:45:44.519
 embarrassed

00:45:44.519 --> 00:45:44.840
 by

00:45:44.840 --> 00:45:45.319
 Jesus

00:45:45.319 --> 00:45:45.619
 and

00:45:45.619 --> 00:45:45.819
 him

00:45:45.819 --> 00:45:46.319
 crucified

00:45:46.319 --> 00:45:47.980
 but

00:45:47.980 --> 00:45:48.599
 believe

00:45:48.599 --> 00:45:51.739
 let's

00:45:51.739 --> 00:45:51.980
 pray

00:45:51.980 --> 00:45:56.900
 Lord we

00:45:56.900 --> 00:45:57.340
 thank you

00:45:57.340 --> 00:45:57.739
 for

00:45:57.739 --> 00:45:58.279
 Jesus

00:45:58.279 --> 00:45:58.860
 and we

00:45:58.860 --> 00:45:59.219
 thank you

00:45:59.219 --> 00:45:59.719
 for him

00:45:59.719 --> 00:46:00.639
 crucified

00:46:00.639 --> 00:46:02.559
 Lord this

00:46:02.559 --> 00:46:02.840
 is the

00:46:02.840 --> 00:46:03.279
 great work

00:46:03.279 --> 00:46:03.579
 that you

00:46:03.579 --> 00:46:03.960
 have done

00:46:03.960 --> 00:46:04.539
 for us

00:46:04.539 --> 00:46:06.639
 Lord we

00:46:06.639 --> 00:46:07.179
 pray that

00:46:07.179 --> 00:46:07.559
 you would

00:46:07.559 --> 00:46:08.079
 this morning

00:46:08.079 --> 00:46:08.599
 help us

00:46:08.599 --> 00:46:09.340
 to understand

00:46:09.340 --> 00:46:09.900
 and to see

00:46:09.900 --> 00:46:10.420
 it and in

00:46:10.420 --> 00:46:11.220
 in doing

00:46:11.220 --> 00:46:11.680
 so that

00:46:11.680 --> 00:46:12.000
 we would

00:46:12.000 --> 00:46:12.480
 believe

00:46:12.480 --> 00:46:13.700
 and by

00:46:13.700 --> 00:46:14.139
 believing

00:46:14.139 --> 00:46:15.460
 we would

00:46:15.460 --> 00:46:15.980
 have life

00:46:15.980 --> 00:46:16.300
 in your

00:46:16.300 --> 00:46:16.579
 name

00:46:16.579 --> 00:46:18.139
 for your

00:46:18.139 --> 00:46:18.659
 glory we

00:46:18.659 --> 00:46:19.039
 pray in

00:46:19.039 --> 00:46:19.659
 Jesus name

00:46:19.659 --> 00:46:20.200
 amen

00:46:20.200 --> 00:46:22.260
 there's no

00:46:22.260 --> 00:46:23.019
 fitting way to

00:46:23.019 --> 00:46:23.720
 follow up

00:46:23.720 --> 00:46:24.559
 from a sermon

00:46:24.559 --> 00:46:25.159
 like this

00:46:25.159 --> 00:46:25.780
 than to do

00:46:25.780 --> 00:46:26.320
 a baptism

00:46:26.320 --> 00:46:27.559
 to testify

00:46:27.559 --> 00:46:27.940
 to the

00:46:27.940 --> 00:46:28.500
 power of

00:46:28.500 --> 00:46:28.720
 God

00:46:28.720 --> 00:46:29.840
 in our

00:46:29.840 --> 00:46:30.119
 lives

00:46:30.119 --> 00:46:30.800
 so John

00:46:30.800 --> 00:46:31.519
 or Greg

00:46:31.519 --> 00:46:31.780
 I don't

00:46:31.780 --> 00:46:31.980
 know

00:46:31.980 --> 00:46:32.159
 what

00:46:32.159 --> 00:46:32.360
 the

00:46:32.360 --> 00:46:39.420
 thank you