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 Okay.

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 Please turn with me to Philippians chapter 3, verses 12 to 21.

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 Let me seek God's help as we read and preach.

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 God, we ask you again, we seek you,

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 because without your power,

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 without you speaking to us through your word,

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 I myself can accomplish nothing.

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 Lord, we want to,

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 in just the same way that

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 immigrants, foreigners, when they just arrive

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 to this country,

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 stand out.

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 It's obvious they're not from here.

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 Lord, we want to be Christians

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 who are so heavenly-minded,

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 who live according to our citizenship in heaven,

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 so it is obvious to the world

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 we're not from here.

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 This is not our home.

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 We belong to another kingdom.

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 God, with your word,

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 our charter,

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 our constitution,

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 our founding document,

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 we pray that you would reorient us this evening.

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 and fix

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 our minds,

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 our eyes,

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 on Christ Jesus,

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 our heavenly price.

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 In Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Philippians chapter 3,

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 verses 12 to 21.

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 Not that I have already obtained this,

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 or am already perfect,

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 but I press on to make it my own,

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 because Christ Jesus has made me his own.

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 Brothers,

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 I do not consider that I have made it my own,

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 but one thing I do,

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 forgetting what lies behind

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 and straining forward to what lies ahead.

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 I press on toward the goal

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 for the prize of the upward call of God

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 in Christ Jesus.

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 Let those of us who are mature think this way,

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 and if in anything you think otherwise,

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 God will reveal that also to you.

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 Only let us hold true to what we have attained.

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 Brothers,

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 join in imitating me.

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 And keep your eyes on those

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 who walk according to the example

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 you have in us.

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 For many of whom I have often told you,

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 and now tell you even with tears,

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 walk as enemies of the cross of Christ.

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 Their end is destruction.

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 Their God is their belly.

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 And they glory in their shame

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 with minds set on earthly things.

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 But our citizenship is in heaven,

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 and from it we await a Savior,

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 the Lord Jesus Christ,

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 who will transform our lowly body

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 to be like his glorious body

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 by the power that enables him

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 even to subject all things to himself.

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 This is God's holy and authoritative word.

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 After winning his fourth NBA championship

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 and his fourth finals MVP trophy last season

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 with the Los Angeles Lakers,

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 LeBron James,

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 one of the greatest basketball players of all time,

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 entered his 18th season

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 as a 36-year-old,

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 which makes him ancient

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 by professional athlete standards.

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 And what's amazing is that he is still

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 arguably one of the best players in the NBA.

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 His feats of athleticism are incredible,

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 but his longevity,

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 his endurance is what's even more impressive.

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 And this is because of the way

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 he completely dedicates himself to the sport.

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 He spends $1.5 million per year

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 in order to maintain his body

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 and prevent injuries.

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 He regularly uses creotherapy,

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 meaning he intentionally subjects his body

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 to freezing temperatures

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 in order to relieve muscle pain,

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 sprains, and swelling.

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 He also uses hyperbaric oxygen therapy,

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 where he intentionally subjects himself

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 to high atmospheric pressures

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 in order to oxygenate his body

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 and reduce inflammation.

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 And he also adheres to a...

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 I mean, I don't know the merits

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 of all those therapies,

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 but he does these things.

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 He also adheres to a strict diet,

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 avoiding sugar and dairy altogether,

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 and following the lowest possible carb diet.

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 And of course,

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 he subjects himself daily

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 to the grueling workouts.

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 And all of these are unpleasant,

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 uncomfortable,

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 even painful experiences.

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 And yet LeBron James subjects himself to these

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 because to him,

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 winning an NBA championship

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 and becoming the greatest basketball player

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 of all time

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 outweighs these pains,

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 these expenses.

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 His eyes are set on a greater prize.

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 And that focus is the key to his perseverance.

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 And in this passage,

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 Paul uses the metaphor

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 of an athletic competition,

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 a race,

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 one of his favorite metaphors,

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 which he uses in at least six places

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 to teach us that,

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 like a runner in a race,

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 we should press on with our minds

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 set on the heavenly prize

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 in Christ Jesus.

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 So first, we're going to talk about

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 setting our minds on our heavenly prize,

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 verses 12 to 16.

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 And then we'll talk about

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 keeping our eyes on heavenly people.

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 We'll just go to the end of the chapter,

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 chapter 3, verse 17 to 21.

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 So let's first talk about

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 setting our minds on our heavenly prize,

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 verses 12 to 16.

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 In the preceding passage,

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 Paul just said that he was,

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 he has suffered the loss of all things

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 and counted them as rubbish

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 in order that he might gain Christ.

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 So in order that he might know Christ

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 and the power of his resurrection,

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 Paul says he's forsaken all things

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 in order to do that.

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 Now he's qualifying that statement

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 in verse 12.

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 He says,

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 Not that I have already obtained this

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 or am already perfect,

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 but I press on to make it my own,

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 because Christ Jesus has made me his own.

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 This is the already but not yet reality

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 of the Christian salvation.

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 On the one hand,

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 Paul says Christ Jesus has made me his own.

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 It's already happened.

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 But on the other hand,

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 he says,

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 Paul's Christ,

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 I have not yet obtained this.

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 So he presses on to make it his own.

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 Already, but not yet.

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 If you are a Christian,

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 then you know Christ truly,

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 but you do not yet know him fully.

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 We know the power of his resurrection truly,

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 but we do not yet know it fully.

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 So let this be an encouragement to you.

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 If you have lamented that you do not know the Lord

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 as you ought to,

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 if you have wept at the slow progress

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 of your own sanctification,

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 if you have longed to see Christ face to face

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 and not as in a dim reflection,

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 then you can take heart,

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 because you have not yet arrived.

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 What you have in your possession now,

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 what you experience now,

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 is not all there is.

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 There's so much more in store.

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 And so we ought to press on

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 to make it our own.

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 But for those of us who are complacent,

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 for those of us who are living like

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 we have already attained the fullness of Christ,

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 let this be a warning.

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 You have not arrived.

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 If you're coasting now

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 like you're on a victory lap,

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 you are badly mistaken.

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 You're like the Slovenian cyclist,

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 Luca Pibernic,

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 who raises his arm

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 and pumps his fist in celebration

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 at the Tour of Italy

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 when there's still one lap left to go.

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 And consequently loses the race

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 going from first place to 148th place.

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 The race isn't over.

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 We have not yet arrived.

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 And Paul was motivated

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 to press on by this great reality.

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 He says in verse 12,

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 Because Christ Jesus has made me his own.

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 That's the reason why Paul presses on.

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 He says something similar

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 in 1 Corinthians 6, 19.

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 You are not your own,

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 for you were bought with a price.

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 1 Peter 2, 14-19 says,

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 Do not be conformed to the passions

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 of your former ignorance,

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 but as he who called you is holy,

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 you also be holy in all your conduct,

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 knowing that you were ransomed

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 from the futile ways

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 inherited from your forefathers,

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 not with perishable things,

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 such as silver or gold,

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 but with the precious blood of Christ.

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 You establish ownership over something

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 by paying for it.

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 Christ owns us because he purchased us

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 with his own blood.

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 This was Paul's reason for pressing on.

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 He's saying,

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 I was worthless,

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 a damaged good,

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 an undeserving sinner,

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 incapable of fulfilling my God-given purpose,

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 and yet for some inexplicable reason,

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 Christ paid the highest price

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 to make me his own.

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 Me, the chief of sinners.

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 I'm his own.

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 I'm no longer my own man.

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 I belong to another.

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 If Christ died to make me his own,

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 I will live to make him my own.

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 He is my master,

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 and I shall do his bidding

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 until the day I die

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 and eternity thereafter.

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 That's Paul's mindset.

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 We don't strive in order

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 to belong to Christ.

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 No, we strive

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 because we already belong to Christ.

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 He has paid the highest price for us.

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 And this is very important

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 because if you strive

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 in your own strength,

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 out of your own willpower

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 and character,

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 you will surely fail.

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 Paul was able to press on

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 till the very end

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 only because he was spurred on

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 by what Christ did for him.

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 Christ was his impetus

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 and his goal.

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 We are not our own.

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 We are Christ's.

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 But we have not yet fully

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 made Christ our own.

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 And that's our lifelong pursuit.

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 As those who already belong to Christ,

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 we press on toward that day

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 when Christ will be our all in all.

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 And so Paul says in verses 13 to 14,

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 brothers,

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 I do not consider

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 that I have made it my own,

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 but one thing I do,

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 forgetting what lies behind

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 and straining forward

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 to what lies ahead,

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 I press on toward the goal

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 for the prize of the upward call

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 of God in Christ Jesus.

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 Paul lived with this singular focus

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 in his life.

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 He was only concerned

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 about one thing.

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 Paul accomplished many things

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 during his time on earth,

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 as we know.

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 He was instrumentally in establishing

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 or helping to establish

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 more than a dozen churches.

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 He says in Romans 15, 19,

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 from Jerusalem

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 and all the way around to Illyricum,

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 I have fulfilled the ministry

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 of the gospel of Christ.

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 That's from modern-day Israel

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 up north through Lebanon and Syria

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 across Turkey

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 and westward toward Greece

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 all the way to Albania,

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 where our,

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 where Mr. Bishop,

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 our resident missionary,

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 is serving.

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 That covers a distance

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 of more than 1,500 miles

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 in days before cars and planes.

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 Paul wrote 13 of the 24 books

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 in the New Testament,

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 more than half.

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 And he did all of this

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 as a bivocational minister

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 while working as a tent maker

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 in order not to be

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 a financial burden

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 to those whom he ministered to.

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 In short,

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 Paul was a man

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 of prodigious productivity,

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 and yet Paul says,

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 one thing I do.

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 In his mind,

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 Paul wasn't doing

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 a hundred different things.

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 He wasn't busy

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 doing a lot of different things.

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 Paul was doing one thing

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 in a hundred different ways.

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 He made tents

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 so that he might

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 preach Christ.

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 He ate and drank

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 so that he might

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 preach Christ.

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 He planted churches

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 so that he might

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 preach Christ.

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 He wrote letters

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 so that he might

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 preach Christ.

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 For him to live

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 was Christ

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 and to die

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 was gain.

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 And his goal

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 was Christ

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 and nothing else.

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 What will people

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 put on your epitaph?

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 What will people

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 say on your gravestone?

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 When people

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 examine your life,

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 what will they say

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 was your purpose,

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 your calling?

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 For the Christian,

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 the answer

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 should always be

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 Christ.

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 And this entails

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 forgetting what lies behind

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 and straining forward

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 to what lies ahead.

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 In a race,

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 all that matters

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 is what's ahead of you.

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 It doesn't matter

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 how far you've come

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 or how little

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 you've come

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 if you don't

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 finish the race.

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 It doesn't matter

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 what kind of

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 blistering pace

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 you have kept up.

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 It's all for nothing

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 if you don't

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 finish the race.

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 Early in chapter 3,

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 Paul spoke of all

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 the things that he

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 used to put his

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 confidence in.

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 Circumcised on the

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 eighth day,

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 of the people of Israel,

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 of the tribe of Benjamin,

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 Hebrew of Hebrews,

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 as to the law of Pharisee,

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 as to zeal,

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 a persecutor of the church,

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 as to righteousness

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 under the law,

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 blameless.

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 But, he said in verse 8,

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 he counts all those

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 things as trash.

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 In order that he

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 might gain Christ.

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 We must forget

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 all that we used

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 to put our confidence in

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 for our right standing

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 with God.

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 We must forget about them.

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 Being successful,

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 beautiful,

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 intelligent,

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 rich,

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 or famous

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 gets us places

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 in this world,

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 but not with God.

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 We must put our

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 former ways

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 behind us.

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 This is good news

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 for those of us

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 who have been

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 struggling also.

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 No matter what kind

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 of sin is in your past,

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 no matter what kind

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 of pain,

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 brokenness,

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 hardness,

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 is in your past,

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 in your life now,

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 you can forget it.

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 Leave it behind

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 and strain forward

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 toward what is ahead

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 because of what

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 Christ has done.

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 2 Corinthians 5,

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 17 says,

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 If anyone is in Christ,

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 he is a new creation.

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 The old has passed away.

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 Behold,

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 the new has come.

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 A little earlier,

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 a little before that

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 in the same chapter,

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 it says,

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 Christ died for all

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 that those who live

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 might no longer

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 live for themselves,

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 but for him

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 who for their sake

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 died and was raised.

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 Before Christ called us

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 and purchased us,

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 we live for ourselves.

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 We follow the rebellious

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 patterns of this world.

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 We gratify the sinful

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 desires of the flesh.

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 But now that we belong

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 to Christ,

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 we must forget

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 what lies behind

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 and strain forward

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 to what lies ahead.

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 One of the most famous

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 races in modern history

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 was the One Mile Race

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 at the 1954

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 British Empire Games

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 in Vancouver, Canada.

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 Earlier that year,

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 England's Roger Bannister

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 had become the first man

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 to run the mile

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 under four minutes,

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 which previously seemed

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 to be an impossible barrier.

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 But just 46 days later,

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 his great rival,

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 the Australian John Landy,

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 beat his world record

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 by 1.5 seconds,

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 which is not a small amount

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 in a mile race.

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 And this drama

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 created a great buildup

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 toward the 1954

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 British Empire Games

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 where Roger Bannister

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 and John Landy

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 would compete together.

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 The race between

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 world's two fastest

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 mile runners

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 was billed by the press

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 as the race of the century

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 or the miracle mile.

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 Over 100 million people

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 tuned in by radio

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 and millions more

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 saw it on TV.

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 You can actually see

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 the whole race on YouTube.

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 By the third

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 of the four laps,

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 it became a two-man race

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 between Roger Bannister

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 and John Landy

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 who were far outpacing

00:18:06.099 --> 00:18:07.000
 the rest of the field.

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 John Landy

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 had been ahead

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 of Roger Bannister

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 for the entirety

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 of the race

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 and for most

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 of the final lap

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 remained about

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 eight feet or so ahead.

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 But there's a dramatic

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 moment in that

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 final stretch

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 of the final lap

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 where Bannister

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 starts to make his move

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 trying to pass Landy.

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 And at that point,

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 the crowd is roaring

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 and as they see

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 that both men

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 are on pace

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 to break

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 the four-minute barrier

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 again,

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 second time,

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 and no longer

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 able to hear

00:18:37.199 --> 00:18:38.079
 the footfalls

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 behind him

00:18:38.859 --> 00:18:39.500
 due to the crowd,

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 Landy looks over

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 his left shoulder

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 to see how close

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 Bannister is

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 behind him.

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 And during that

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 exact moment,

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 to his great dismay,

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 Roger Bannister

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 passes him

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 on his right.

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 And there's a

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 perfect,

00:18:56.659 --> 00:18:57.039
 iconic

00:18:57.039 --> 00:18:58.359
 picture

00:18:58.359 --> 00:18:59.679
 of that exact

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 moment

00:19:00.079 --> 00:19:02.139
 with John Landy

00:19:02.139 --> 00:19:02.879
 looking back

00:19:02.879 --> 00:19:04.819
 and Roger Bannister

00:19:04.819 --> 00:19:05.839
 looking straight ahead

00:19:05.839 --> 00:19:07.139
 and soaring

00:19:07.139 --> 00:19:07.779
 past him.

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 It was made

00:19:10.220 --> 00:19:10.939
 into a statue.

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 And looking

00:19:14.480 --> 00:19:15.139
 at the bronze

00:19:15.139 --> 00:19:15.699
 sculpture

00:19:15.699 --> 00:19:17.359
 of that moment,

00:19:17.659 --> 00:19:18.240
 John Landy

00:19:18.240 --> 00:19:19.000
 said one time,

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 while Lot's wife

00:19:22.000 --> 00:19:22.500
 was turned

00:19:22.500 --> 00:19:23.000
 into a pillar

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 of salt

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 for looking back,

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 I am probably

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 the only one

00:19:26.199 --> 00:19:26.759
 ever turned

00:19:26.759 --> 00:19:27.419
 into bronze

00:19:27.419 --> 00:19:28.379
 for looking back.

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 At least he was

00:19:33.360 --> 00:19:33.980
 a good sport.

00:19:35.760 --> 00:19:36.740
 In his later

00:19:36.740 --> 00:19:37.580
 recollections,

00:19:38.020 --> 00:19:38.600
 Bannister said

00:19:38.600 --> 00:19:39.040
 that seeing

00:19:39.040 --> 00:19:40.440
 Landy glance back

00:19:40.440 --> 00:19:40.940
 gave him

00:19:40.940 --> 00:19:41.800
 great confidence

00:19:41.800 --> 00:19:42.380
 that he could

00:19:42.380 --> 00:19:42.960
 beat him

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 because it

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 exposes uncertainty

00:19:45.120 --> 00:19:46.120
 and doubt.

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 When you're

00:19:49.080 --> 00:19:49.960
 running the race

00:19:49.960 --> 00:19:50.640
 as a Christian,

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 you're not

00:19:51.700 --> 00:19:52.360
 supposed to

00:19:52.360 --> 00:19:52.860
 look back.

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 Jesus says

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 in Luke 9,

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 62,

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 no one

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 who puts

00:19:59.620 --> 00:20:00.100
 his hand

00:20:00.100 --> 00:20:00.880
 to the plow

00:20:00.880 --> 00:20:01.940
 and looks

00:20:01.940 --> 00:20:02.500
 back

00:20:02.500 --> 00:20:03.740
 is fit

00:20:03.740 --> 00:20:04.700
 for the

00:20:04.700 --> 00:20:05.220
 kingdom of

00:20:05.220 --> 00:20:05.520
 God.

00:20:08.300 --> 00:20:09.120
 If you're

00:20:09.120 --> 00:20:09.820
 looking back,

00:20:10.120 --> 00:20:10.620
 you cannot

00:20:10.620 --> 00:20:11.740
 press on.

00:20:12.340 --> 00:20:13.000
 You cannot

00:20:13.000 --> 00:20:14.160
 strain forward.

00:20:15.120 --> 00:20:15.540
 Twice,

00:20:15.680 --> 00:20:16.200
 Paul says,

00:20:16.280 --> 00:20:17.320
 I press on.

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 I press on.

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 Verse 12,

00:20:19.160 --> 00:20:19.660
 verse 14,

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 the word means

00:20:20.140 --> 00:20:20.860
 to pursue,

00:20:21.300 --> 00:20:22.220
 run after

00:20:22.220 --> 00:20:22.760
 something.

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 And in verse 13,

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 he speaks of

00:20:24.520 --> 00:20:25.580
 straining forward

00:20:25.580 --> 00:20:26.540
 to what lies ahead.

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 that word recalls

00:20:27.819 --> 00:20:28.619
 how the runner

00:20:28.619 --> 00:20:29.639
 lurches forward

00:20:29.639 --> 00:20:30.639
 at the finish line

00:20:30.639 --> 00:20:32.180
 with all his might

00:20:32.180 --> 00:20:32.980
 to get ahead,

00:20:33.220 --> 00:20:33.879
 cross the line

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 before everyone else.

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 There should be

00:20:35.920 --> 00:20:36.619
 a direction

00:20:36.619 --> 00:20:38.079
 in the Christian's

00:20:38.079 --> 00:20:38.460
 life.

00:20:38.899 --> 00:20:39.759
 Our lives should be

00:20:39.759 --> 00:20:41.299
 directed heavenward.

00:20:43.079 --> 00:20:44.859
 Every aspect of our lives

00:20:44.859 --> 00:20:47.359
 should be stretched out

00:20:47.359 --> 00:20:49.039
 toward the heavenly prize

00:20:49.039 --> 00:20:51.019
 that lies before us.

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 And Paul describes

00:20:54.519 --> 00:20:55.359
 that heavenly prize

00:20:55.359 --> 00:20:56.200
 in verse 14,

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 I press on

00:20:57.299 --> 00:20:58.559
 toward the goal

00:20:58.559 --> 00:20:59.740
 for the prize

00:20:59.740 --> 00:21:01.039
 of the upward call

00:21:01.039 --> 00:21:01.680
 of God

00:21:01.680 --> 00:21:03.059
 in Christ Jesus.

00:21:04.940 --> 00:21:05.819
 Paul's talking

00:21:05.819 --> 00:21:06.500
 about the day

00:21:06.500 --> 00:21:07.539
 when his knowledge

00:21:07.539 --> 00:21:08.119
 of Christ,

00:21:08.400 --> 00:21:09.539
 his union with Christ

00:21:09.539 --> 00:21:10.700
 will be consummated.

00:21:10.920 --> 00:21:11.879
 When having shared

00:21:11.879 --> 00:21:13.000
 in Christ's sufferings,

00:21:13.039 --> 00:21:14.000
 he will finally

00:21:14.000 --> 00:21:15.019
 get to share

00:21:15.019 --> 00:21:15.920
 in Christ's

00:21:15.920 --> 00:21:17.019
 resurrection glory.

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 It's tragic

00:21:19.240 --> 00:21:21.440
 that many Christians

00:21:21.440 --> 00:21:23.660
 live like the rest

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 of the world,

00:21:24.819 --> 00:21:25.420
 trying to make

00:21:25.420 --> 00:21:27.039
 this life last forever.

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 We live in a culture

00:21:33.279 --> 00:21:34.119
 that is perpetually

00:21:34.119 --> 00:21:35.839
 trying to defy age

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 and delay death.

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 We pluck our white hairs,

00:21:41.859 --> 00:21:42.740
 fill in our wrinkles,

00:21:43.460 --> 00:21:44.359
 get facelifts.

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 We exercise,

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 eat organic.

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 Some call millennials,

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 those born between

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 1981 and 1996,

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 the wellness generation,

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 because so many of them

00:21:55.599 --> 00:21:56.319
 claim that health

00:21:56.319 --> 00:21:56.959
 and wellness

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 are an important factor

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 in their lives,

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 one of the most important

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 factors in their lives.

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 And because they eat

00:22:02.539 --> 00:22:03.399
 healthier and exercise

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 more than previous generations.

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 Of course,

00:22:06.619 --> 00:22:07.500
 it's good for us

00:22:07.500 --> 00:22:08.179
 to eat healthy

00:22:08.179 --> 00:22:08.919
 and exercise,

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 but our goal

00:22:11.019 --> 00:22:12.299
 in those things

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 shouldn't be

00:22:13.160 --> 00:22:14.160
 to perpetuate

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 this life.

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 That's like

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 wanting to stay

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 in the race

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 without ever

00:22:21.100 --> 00:22:22.340
 finishing the race.

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 Why would you

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 want that?

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 Our lives

00:22:27.680 --> 00:22:28.540
 should be characterized

00:22:28.540 --> 00:22:29.980
 by straining

00:22:29.980 --> 00:22:30.580
 forward

00:22:30.580 --> 00:22:31.759
 toward eternity.

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 That's where

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 our prize is.

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 But Paul understands

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 that not everybody

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 has the same level

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 of spiritual maturity.

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 He says in verses 15 to 16,

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 let those of us

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 who are mature

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 think this way,

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 and if in anything

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 you think otherwise,

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 God will reveal

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 that also to you.

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 Only let us hold true

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 to what we have attained.

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 Mature Christians,

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 Paul says,

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 think this way.

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 Paul repeats

00:23:01.780 --> 00:23:02.580
 that verb twice

00:23:02.580 --> 00:23:03.380
 in verse 15.

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 This is the same word

00:23:04.620 --> 00:23:05.280
 that Paul used

00:23:05.280 --> 00:23:06.160
 earlier in Philippians

00:23:06.160 --> 00:23:06.759
 chapter 2,

00:23:06.840 --> 00:23:07.320
 verse 2,

00:23:07.600 --> 00:23:08.380
 when he exhorted

00:23:08.380 --> 00:23:09.320
 the Philippian believers

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 to have the same mind,

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 one mind.

00:23:12.899 --> 00:23:13.679
 It's the same word

00:23:13.679 --> 00:23:14.039
 that he used

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 in chapter 2,

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 verse 5,

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 to say,

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 have this mind

00:23:16.720 --> 00:23:17.639
 among yourselves,

00:23:17.859 --> 00:23:18.639
 which is yours

00:23:18.639 --> 00:23:19.720
 in Christ Jesus.

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 Namely,

00:23:20.839 --> 00:23:21.559
 the mindset

00:23:21.559 --> 00:23:22.659
 of Christ

00:23:22.659 --> 00:23:23.939
 in which he endured

00:23:23.939 --> 00:23:24.779
 humiliation

00:23:24.779 --> 00:23:26.119
 and suffering

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 in obedience

00:23:26.879 --> 00:23:27.639
 to his Father

00:23:27.639 --> 00:23:28.639
 and was subsequently

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 glorified because of it.

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 Paul uses

00:23:31.639 --> 00:23:32.419
 the same word

00:23:32.419 --> 00:23:33.159
 in verse 19

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 to denounce

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 those who have

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 their minds

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 set on earthly things.

00:23:37.580 --> 00:23:38.380
 In short,

00:23:38.480 --> 00:23:39.279
 then the mindset

00:23:39.279 --> 00:23:40.019
 that Paul is

00:23:40.019 --> 00:23:40.800
 commending to us

00:23:40.800 --> 00:23:41.400
 is the mindset

00:23:41.400 --> 00:23:42.120
 of Christ,

00:23:42.600 --> 00:23:43.300
 the mindset

00:23:43.300 --> 00:23:44.300
 that embraces

00:23:44.300 --> 00:23:45.480
 sharing in

00:23:45.480 --> 00:23:46.460
 Christ's suffering,

00:23:47.180 --> 00:23:47.940
 sharing in

00:23:47.940 --> 00:23:49.019
 the death of Christ,

00:23:50.000 --> 00:23:51.060
 dying to ourselves

00:23:51.060 --> 00:23:51.519
 daily

00:23:51.519 --> 00:23:52.880
 in order

00:23:52.880 --> 00:23:54.000
 to attain

00:23:54.000 --> 00:23:54.700
 to the resurrection

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 of the dead.

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 The mind

00:23:58.400 --> 00:23:59.080
 that is set

00:23:59.080 --> 00:23:59.980
 on the heavenly

00:23:59.980 --> 00:24:00.500
 prize,

00:24:00.680 --> 00:24:01.279
 Christ Jesus,

00:24:01.400 --> 00:24:02.120
 and not on

00:24:02.119 --> 00:24:03.239
 earthly things.

00:24:05.839 --> 00:24:06.559
 This is

00:24:06.559 --> 00:24:07.419
 very important,

00:24:07.479 --> 00:24:08.199
 our mindset,

00:24:08.439 --> 00:24:09.039
 not what we

00:24:09.039 --> 00:24:10.179
 claim to think.

00:24:10.839 --> 00:24:11.399
 There are many

00:24:11.399 --> 00:24:12.079
 things we claim

00:24:12.079 --> 00:24:12.559
 to think,

00:24:12.679 --> 00:24:13.359
 but Paul's

00:24:13.359 --> 00:24:13.759
 talking about

00:24:13.759 --> 00:24:14.239
 what we

00:24:14.239 --> 00:24:15.699
 actually think,

00:24:16.039 --> 00:24:16.500
 what we

00:24:16.500 --> 00:24:17.799
 actually believe.

00:24:18.639 --> 00:24:19.559
 We might say

00:24:19.559 --> 00:24:20.459
 what we believe

00:24:20.459 --> 00:24:21.119
 in our hearts.

00:24:21.559 --> 00:24:22.559
 If you actually

00:24:22.559 --> 00:24:23.619
 have this mindset,

00:24:23.779 --> 00:24:24.639
 it governs,

00:24:24.679 --> 00:24:25.359
 it controls

00:24:25.359 --> 00:24:26.179
 the way we live.

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 That's why

00:24:28.259 --> 00:24:28.679
 Paul says

00:24:28.679 --> 00:24:29.439
 in Romans 12

00:24:29.439 --> 00:24:29.919
 verse 2,

00:24:30.000 --> 00:24:30.479
 do not be

00:24:30.479 --> 00:24:31.239
 conformed

00:24:31.239 --> 00:24:31.939
 to this world

00:24:31.940 --> 00:24:32.519
 but be

00:24:32.519 --> 00:24:33.000
 transformed

00:24:33.000 --> 00:24:33.480
 by the

00:24:33.480 --> 00:24:33.880
 renewal

00:24:33.880 --> 00:24:34.440
 of your

00:24:34.440 --> 00:24:35.180
 mind.

00:24:37.420 --> 00:24:37.980
 Paul

00:24:37.980 --> 00:24:38.620
 trusts

00:24:38.620 --> 00:24:38.900
 that

00:24:38.900 --> 00:24:39.220
 even

00:24:39.220 --> 00:24:39.519
 for

00:24:39.519 --> 00:24:39.980
 believers,

00:24:40.220 --> 00:24:40.440
 however,

00:24:40.580 --> 00:24:40.860
 who have

00:24:40.860 --> 00:24:41.700
 not attained

00:24:41.700 --> 00:24:42.160
 a mature

00:24:42.160 --> 00:24:42.559
 mindset,

00:24:43.120 --> 00:24:43.779
 that God

00:24:43.779 --> 00:24:44.360
 will eventually

00:24:44.360 --> 00:24:44.980
 reveal that

00:24:44.980 --> 00:24:45.559
 also to

00:24:45.559 --> 00:24:45.799
 them.

00:24:48.299 --> 00:24:48.860
 Paul's

00:24:48.860 --> 00:24:49.460
 faith in

00:24:49.460 --> 00:24:49.900
 God here

00:24:49.900 --> 00:24:50.680
 is exemplary.

00:24:50.940 --> 00:24:51.220
 It's

00:24:51.220 --> 00:24:52.380
 very helpful

00:24:52.380 --> 00:24:53.000
 and instructive

00:24:53.000 --> 00:24:53.279
 for me.

00:24:53.920 --> 00:24:54.400
 If you

00:24:54.400 --> 00:24:54.700
 have ever

00:24:54.700 --> 00:24:55.240
 tried to

00:24:55.240 --> 00:24:55.600
 disciple

00:24:55.600 --> 00:24:56.080
 someone

00:24:56.080 --> 00:24:56.900
 or minister

00:24:56.900 --> 00:24:57.420
 to someone,

00:24:58.279 --> 00:24:58.860
 you know

00:24:58.860 --> 00:24:59.180
 what it

00:24:59.180 --> 00:24:59.620
 feels like

00:24:59.620 --> 00:24:59.860
 to be

00:24:59.860 --> 00:25:00.440
 disappointed,

00:25:00.440 --> 00:25:01.920
 and even

00:25:01.920 --> 00:25:02.740
 exasperated

00:25:02.740 --> 00:25:03.480
 by a

00:25:03.480 --> 00:25:03.980
 person's

00:25:03.980 --> 00:25:04.519
 dullness,

00:25:05.140 --> 00:25:05.779
 slowness,

00:25:05.980 --> 00:25:06.500
 or lack

00:25:06.500 --> 00:25:07.160
 of progress.

00:25:08.900 --> 00:25:10.100
 But Paul

00:25:10.100 --> 00:25:12.420
 has an

00:25:12.420 --> 00:25:12.960
 incredible

00:25:12.960 --> 00:25:13.779
 capacity for

00:25:13.779 --> 00:25:14.259
 patience

00:25:14.259 --> 00:25:15.620
 because he

00:25:15.620 --> 00:25:17.160
 really believes

00:25:17.160 --> 00:25:18.240
 what he said

00:25:18.240 --> 00:25:18.860
 earlier in

00:25:18.860 --> 00:25:19.480
 chapter 1

00:25:19.480 --> 00:25:20.160
 verse 6,

00:25:20.640 --> 00:25:20.740
 that,

00:25:20.880 --> 00:25:21.180
 and I am

00:25:21.180 --> 00:25:22.000
 sure of

00:25:22.000 --> 00:25:22.420
 this,

00:25:22.960 --> 00:25:23.360
 that he

00:25:23.360 --> 00:25:24.279
 who began

00:25:24.279 --> 00:25:25.240
 a good work

00:25:25.240 --> 00:25:25.940
 in you

00:25:25.940 --> 00:25:27.000
 will bring

00:25:27.000 --> 00:25:27.340
 it to

00:25:27.340 --> 00:25:28.019
 completion

00:25:28.019 --> 00:25:28.819
 at the

00:25:28.819 --> 00:25:29.579
 day of

00:25:29.579 --> 00:25:29.839
 Jesus

00:25:29.839 --> 00:25:30.359
 Christ.

00:25:31.259 --> 00:25:31.960
 Not only

00:25:31.960 --> 00:25:32.220
 in his

00:25:32.220 --> 00:25:32.879
 own life,

00:25:33.000 --> 00:25:33.460
 but also

00:25:33.460 --> 00:25:33.920
 with regard

00:25:33.920 --> 00:25:34.220
 to the

00:25:34.220 --> 00:25:34.639
 lives of

00:25:34.639 --> 00:25:35.000
 other

00:25:35.000 --> 00:25:35.460
 believers,

00:25:35.700 --> 00:25:36.200
 Paul had

00:25:36.200 --> 00:25:36.819
 the long

00:25:36.819 --> 00:25:37.200
 view,

00:25:37.839 --> 00:25:38.500
 a lifetime

00:25:38.500 --> 00:25:39.519
 of discipleship

00:25:39.519 --> 00:25:39.920
 in light

00:25:39.920 --> 00:25:40.619
 of eternity.

00:25:41.900 --> 00:25:42.539
 That's an

00:25:42.539 --> 00:25:43.000
 encouragement,

00:25:43.160 --> 00:25:43.420
 that should be

00:25:43.420 --> 00:25:43.839
 an encouragement

00:25:43.839 --> 00:25:44.200
 to us,

00:25:44.259 --> 00:25:44.559
 brothers and

00:25:44.559 --> 00:25:44.759
 sisters,

00:25:44.900 --> 00:25:45.279
 you have

00:25:45.279 --> 00:25:46.119
 not yet

00:25:46.119 --> 00:25:46.759
 arrived,

00:25:47.119 --> 00:25:47.740
 but you

00:25:47.740 --> 00:25:48.339
 will

00:25:48.339 --> 00:25:49.379
 arrive

00:25:49.379 --> 00:25:50.579
 because Christ

00:25:50.579 --> 00:25:51.299
 promises

00:25:51.299 --> 00:25:52.319
 to take

00:25:52.319 --> 00:25:52.839
 us there.

00:25:53.359 --> 00:25:53.879
 You just

00:25:53.879 --> 00:25:54.539
 need to

00:25:54.539 --> 00:25:55.799
 hold on,

00:25:56.619 --> 00:25:57.299
 stand

00:25:57.299 --> 00:25:58.039
 firm,

00:25:58.799 --> 00:25:59.500
 persevere.

00:26:09.639 --> 00:26:10.379
 Brothers and

00:26:10.379 --> 00:26:10.619
 sisters,

00:26:10.779 --> 00:26:11.700
 I am

00:26:11.700 --> 00:26:12.359
 burdened

00:26:12.359 --> 00:26:13.980
 daily as

00:26:13.980 --> 00:26:14.399
 I think

00:26:14.399 --> 00:26:15.359
 about some

00:26:15.359 --> 00:26:15.859
 people who

00:26:15.859 --> 00:26:16.539
 might not

00:26:16.539 --> 00:26:17.440
 persevere to

00:26:17.440 --> 00:26:17.819
 the end.

00:26:23.379 --> 00:26:24.200
 We need

00:26:24.200 --> 00:26:24.599
 to hold

00:26:24.599 --> 00:26:24.799
 on.

00:26:27.299 --> 00:26:31.180
 what matters

00:26:31.180 --> 00:26:31.819
 is that we

00:26:31.819 --> 00:26:33.079
 hold true,

00:26:33.279 --> 00:26:33.579
 Paul says,

00:26:33.639 --> 00:26:34.200
 to what we

00:26:34.200 --> 00:26:34.919
 have attained.

00:26:35.759 --> 00:26:36.500
 Whatever the

00:26:36.500 --> 00:26:37.200
 level of faith

00:26:37.200 --> 00:26:37.639
 God has

00:26:37.639 --> 00:26:38.159
 granted to

00:26:38.159 --> 00:26:38.299
 us,

00:26:38.339 --> 00:26:38.639
 we should

00:26:38.639 --> 00:26:39.119
 live in

00:26:39.119 --> 00:26:39.639
 proportion

00:26:39.639 --> 00:26:40.500
 to that

00:26:40.500 --> 00:26:40.839
 faith,

00:26:40.980 --> 00:26:41.579
 following the

00:26:41.579 --> 00:26:42.019
 pattern of

00:26:42.019 --> 00:26:42.500
 Christ's

00:26:42.500 --> 00:26:42.940
 death and

00:26:42.940 --> 00:26:43.399
 resurrection,

00:26:44.200 --> 00:26:44.740
 dying to

00:26:44.740 --> 00:26:45.139
 selfish,

00:26:45.339 --> 00:26:45.980
 sinful desires

00:26:45.980 --> 00:26:46.339
 and living

00:26:46.339 --> 00:26:47.000
 to Christ.

00:26:47.579 --> 00:26:48.339
 The phrase

00:26:48.339 --> 00:26:49.379
 hold true

00:26:49.379 --> 00:26:49.980
 is a

00:26:49.980 --> 00:26:50.680
 translation of

00:26:50.680 --> 00:26:51.039
 the Greek

00:26:51.039 --> 00:26:51.460
 term that

00:26:51.460 --> 00:26:52.180
 originally meant

00:26:52.180 --> 00:26:53.019
 to be drawn

00:26:53.019 --> 00:26:53.859
 up in a

00:26:53.859 --> 00:26:54.220
 line,

00:26:54.740 --> 00:26:55.480
 especially in

00:26:55.480 --> 00:26:55.960
 a military

00:26:55.960 --> 00:26:56.620
 context.

00:26:57.380 --> 00:26:57.940
 It's used

00:26:57.940 --> 00:26:58.559
 here in a

00:26:58.559 --> 00:26:58.980
 figurative

00:26:58.980 --> 00:26:59.360
 sense.

00:26:59.480 --> 00:26:59.920
 We are to

00:26:59.920 --> 00:27:00.680
 hold the

00:27:00.680 --> 00:27:01.200
 lines,

00:27:01.319 --> 00:27:01.579
 so to

00:27:01.579 --> 00:27:01.900
 speak.

00:27:03.360 --> 00:27:04.340
 However far

00:27:04.340 --> 00:27:04.900
 along we

00:27:04.900 --> 00:27:05.579
 have advanced

00:27:05.579 --> 00:27:06.059
 in our

00:27:06.059 --> 00:27:06.960
 Christian walk,

00:27:07.299 --> 00:27:08.420
 make every

00:27:08.420 --> 00:27:09.100
 aspect of

00:27:09.100 --> 00:27:09.640
 your life

00:27:09.640 --> 00:27:10.259
 down the

00:27:10.259 --> 00:27:11.860
 line conformed

00:27:11.860 --> 00:27:12.579
 to that

00:27:12.579 --> 00:27:12.900
 line.

00:27:16.500 --> 00:27:17.240
 We are

00:27:17.240 --> 00:27:17.980
 comrades in

00:27:17.980 --> 00:27:18.360
 arms.

00:27:19.480 --> 00:27:19.940
 And whenever

00:27:19.940 --> 00:27:20.579
 by God's

00:27:20.579 --> 00:27:21.160
 grace we

00:27:21.160 --> 00:27:21.940
 advance another

00:27:21.940 --> 00:27:22.819
 step in our

00:27:22.819 --> 00:27:23.700
 knowledge of

00:27:23.700 --> 00:27:23.940
 Him,

00:27:24.279 --> 00:27:25.019
 in our faith

00:27:25.019 --> 00:27:25.480
 in Him,

00:27:25.639 --> 00:27:26.059
 then we

00:27:26.059 --> 00:27:26.720
 bring every

00:27:26.720 --> 00:27:27.319
 aspect of

00:27:27.319 --> 00:27:27.720
 our lives

00:27:27.720 --> 00:27:28.500
 once again

00:27:28.500 --> 00:27:29.700
 into conformity

00:27:29.700 --> 00:27:30.180
 with that

00:27:30.180 --> 00:27:30.660
 line.

00:27:31.940 --> 00:27:32.420
 Hold

00:27:32.420 --> 00:27:32.980
 true.

00:27:36.480 --> 00:27:37.420
 Then take

00:27:37.420 --> 00:27:38.200
 another step.

00:27:38.960 --> 00:27:39.359
 Then take

00:27:39.359 --> 00:27:40.200
 another step

00:27:40.200 --> 00:27:41.319
 until that

00:27:41.319 --> 00:27:42.079
 day when

00:27:42.079 --> 00:27:42.980
 finally we

00:27:42.980 --> 00:27:43.599
 arrive in

00:27:43.599 --> 00:27:44.079
 our heavenly

00:27:44.079 --> 00:27:44.460
 kingdom.

00:27:46.019 --> 00:27:46.960
 Until that

00:27:46.960 --> 00:27:47.379
 day when

00:27:47.379 --> 00:27:47.940
 we're finally

00:27:47.940 --> 00:27:48.379
 home.

00:27:48.380 --> 00:27:54.300
 that's the

00:27:54.300 --> 00:27:54.880
 first half of

00:27:54.880 --> 00:27:55.340
 our passage,

00:27:55.480 --> 00:27:55.900
 setting our

00:27:55.900 --> 00:27:56.740
 minds on

00:27:56.740 --> 00:27:57.120
 our heavenly

00:27:57.120 --> 00:27:57.540
 prize.

00:27:58.540 --> 00:27:58.980
 In the

00:27:58.980 --> 00:27:59.460
 second half,

00:27:59.540 --> 00:27:59.980
 Paul tells

00:27:59.980 --> 00:28:00.500
 us to keep

00:28:00.500 --> 00:28:01.440
 our eyes on

00:28:01.440 --> 00:28:02.360
 heaven-minded

00:28:02.360 --> 00:28:03.020
 Christians,

00:28:03.900 --> 00:28:04.820
 keeping our

00:28:04.820 --> 00:28:05.220
 eyes on

00:28:05.220 --> 00:28:05.600
 heavenly

00:28:05.600 --> 00:28:06.060
 people.

00:28:07.200 --> 00:28:07.700
 He says

00:28:07.700 --> 00:28:08.020
 in verse

00:28:08.020 --> 00:28:08.600
 17,

00:28:08.840 --> 00:28:09.080
 brothers,

00:28:09.260 --> 00:28:09.760
 join in

00:28:09.760 --> 00:28:10.300
 imitating

00:28:10.300 --> 00:28:11.120
 me and

00:28:11.120 --> 00:28:11.620
 keep your

00:28:11.620 --> 00:28:12.120
 eyes on

00:28:12.120 --> 00:28:12.560
 those who

00:28:12.560 --> 00:28:13.280
 walk according

00:28:13.280 --> 00:28:13.580
 to the

00:28:13.580 --> 00:28:14.160
 example you

00:28:14.160 --> 00:28:14.620
 have in

00:28:14.620 --> 00:28:14.900
 us.

00:28:14.900 --> 00:28:16.500
 many

00:28:16.500 --> 00:28:17.100
 Christians are

00:28:17.100 --> 00:28:17.840
 uneasy about

00:28:17.840 --> 00:28:18.540
 such language

00:28:18.540 --> 00:28:19.440
 of imitation.

00:28:20.259 --> 00:28:20.800
 It strikes

00:28:20.800 --> 00:28:21.280
 us as

00:28:21.280 --> 00:28:22.180
 brash and

00:28:22.180 --> 00:28:22.759
 boastful

00:28:22.759 --> 00:28:23.259
 perhaps.

00:28:24.300 --> 00:28:24.740
 Imitate

00:28:24.740 --> 00:28:25.120
 you?

00:28:25.640 --> 00:28:26.400
 Why should

00:28:26.400 --> 00:28:26.740
 I do

00:28:26.740 --> 00:28:27.160
 that?

00:28:27.780 --> 00:28:28.400
 Why should

00:28:28.400 --> 00:28:29.400
 I imitate

00:28:29.400 --> 00:28:29.840
 you?

00:28:31.440 --> 00:28:32.080
 But this

00:28:32.080 --> 00:28:32.640
 attitude

00:28:32.640 --> 00:28:33.880
 simultaneously

00:28:33.880 --> 00:28:34.780
 exposes

00:28:34.780 --> 00:28:36.540
 one, our

00:28:36.540 --> 00:28:36.940
 ignorance,

00:28:37.720 --> 00:28:38.300
 and two,

00:28:38.400 --> 00:28:38.800
 our lack

00:28:38.800 --> 00:28:39.340
 of humility

00:28:39.340 --> 00:28:40.160
 and teachability.

00:28:41.960 --> 00:28:42.820
 First, it

00:28:42.820 --> 00:28:43.560
 exposes our

00:28:43.560 --> 00:28:44.700
 ignorance of

00:28:44.700 --> 00:28:45.720
 the fact that

00:28:45.720 --> 00:28:46.180
 whether we

00:28:46.180 --> 00:28:46.720
 like it or

00:28:46.720 --> 00:28:47.460
 not, we

00:28:47.460 --> 00:28:48.340
 are already

00:28:48.340 --> 00:28:49.460
 imitating

00:28:49.460 --> 00:28:50.160
 someone.

00:28:52.640 --> 00:28:53.519
 We're social

00:28:53.519 --> 00:28:53.960
 creatures.

00:28:54.420 --> 00:28:55.000
 We are

00:28:55.000 --> 00:28:56.220
 always imitating

00:28:56.220 --> 00:28:57.580
 somebody in

00:28:57.580 --> 00:28:58.420
 one way or

00:28:58.420 --> 00:28:58.720
 another.

00:28:59.840 --> 00:29:00.640
 There's not a

00:29:00.640 --> 00:29:01.240
 single person

00:29:01.240 --> 00:29:01.740
 on earth who

00:29:01.740 --> 00:29:02.059
 is not

00:29:02.059 --> 00:29:02.880
 influenced by

00:29:02.880 --> 00:29:03.920
 other people.

00:29:04.400 --> 00:29:05.019
 If you say,

00:29:05.120 --> 00:29:05.500
 well, I'm

00:29:05.500 --> 00:29:05.799
 going to be

00:29:05.799 --> 00:29:06.240
 my own

00:29:06.240 --> 00:29:06.759
 person, I'm

00:29:06.759 --> 00:29:07.000
 going to be

00:29:07.000 --> 00:29:07.519
 different,

00:29:07.940 --> 00:29:08.559
 unique, a

00:29:08.559 --> 00:29:09.460
 non-conformist,

00:29:09.900 --> 00:29:10.319
 well, then

00:29:10.319 --> 00:29:11.299
 you're imitating

00:29:11.299 --> 00:29:12.160
 thousands of

00:29:12.160 --> 00:29:13.080
 other non-conformists

00:29:13.080 --> 00:29:13.480
 that have gone

00:29:13.480 --> 00:29:14.000
 before you.

00:29:14.700 --> 00:29:17.519
 It might be

00:29:17.519 --> 00:29:18.100
 our parents,

00:29:18.480 --> 00:29:18.819
 siblings,

00:29:19.420 --> 00:29:19.819
 colleagues,

00:29:20.019 --> 00:29:20.480
 professors,

00:29:20.819 --> 00:29:21.259
 celebrities,

00:29:21.519 --> 00:29:22.039
 politicians,

00:29:22.340 --> 00:29:23.299
 or friends,

00:29:23.580 --> 00:29:24.220
 but we are

00:29:24.220 --> 00:29:25.440
 already imitating

00:29:25.440 --> 00:29:26.140
 someone.

00:29:27.539 --> 00:29:28.519
 Second, it

00:29:28.519 --> 00:29:29.160
 exposes our

00:29:29.160 --> 00:29:29.539
 lack of

00:29:29.539 --> 00:29:30.180
 humility and

00:29:30.180 --> 00:29:30.740
 teachability.

00:29:30.880 --> 00:29:31.180
 We don't

00:29:31.180 --> 00:29:31.720
 like the

00:29:31.720 --> 00:29:32.980
 idea of

00:29:32.980 --> 00:29:33.440
 imitating

00:29:33.440 --> 00:29:34.779
 someone because

00:29:34.779 --> 00:29:35.799
 we think more

00:29:35.799 --> 00:29:36.319
 highly of

00:29:36.319 --> 00:29:37.600
 ourselves than

00:29:37.600 --> 00:29:37.980
 others.

00:29:37.980 --> 00:29:40.039
 our pride

00:29:40.039 --> 00:29:41.200
 expresses itself

00:29:41.200 --> 00:29:41.720
 in rugged

00:29:41.720 --> 00:29:42.799
 individualism

00:29:42.799 --> 00:29:44.900
 and self-sufficiency.

00:29:46.799 --> 00:29:47.819
 But imitation

00:29:47.819 --> 00:29:48.660
 is an

00:29:48.660 --> 00:29:49.819
 essential part

00:29:49.819 --> 00:29:51.140
 of discipleship

00:29:51.140 --> 00:29:51.900
 that we find

00:29:51.900 --> 00:29:52.500
 all over

00:29:52.500 --> 00:29:52.900
 Scripture.

00:29:55.299 --> 00:29:56.220
 Paul says

00:29:56.220 --> 00:29:57.140
 this no less

00:29:57.140 --> 00:29:57.700
 than seven

00:29:57.700 --> 00:29:58.380
 times throughout

00:29:58.380 --> 00:29:58.920
 his letters.

00:29:59.599 --> 00:30:00.120
 1 Corinthians

00:30:00.120 --> 00:30:00.819
 chapter 4,

00:30:00.920 --> 00:30:01.500
 15 to 7,

00:30:01.559 --> 00:30:01.779
 he says,

00:30:01.860 --> 00:30:02.480
 I urge you

00:30:02.480 --> 00:30:02.759
 then,

00:30:02.860 --> 00:30:03.759
 be imitators

00:30:03.759 --> 00:30:04.259
 of me.

00:30:04.259 --> 00:30:05.259
 1 Corinthians

00:30:05.259 --> 00:30:05.619
 11,

00:30:05.759 --> 00:30:06.000
 1,

00:30:06.079 --> 00:30:06.839
 be imitators

00:30:06.839 --> 00:30:07.420
 of me as

00:30:07.420 --> 00:30:08.019
 I am of

00:30:08.019 --> 00:30:08.539
 Christ.

00:30:09.059 --> 00:30:09.420
 Philippians

00:30:09.420 --> 00:30:09.660
 4,

00:30:09.720 --> 00:30:09.960
 9,

00:30:10.059 --> 00:30:10.500
 what you

00:30:10.500 --> 00:30:11.019
 have heard

00:30:11.019 --> 00:30:11.619
 and seen

00:30:11.619 --> 00:30:12.259
 in me,

00:30:12.640 --> 00:30:13.019
 practice

00:30:13.019 --> 00:30:13.759
 these things.

00:30:14.140 --> 00:30:14.759
 1 Thessalonians

00:30:14.759 --> 00:30:15.019
 1,

00:30:15.119 --> 00:30:15.339
 6,

00:30:15.400 --> 00:30:15.779
 you became

00:30:15.779 --> 00:30:16.379
 imitators

00:30:16.379 --> 00:30:16.900
 of us

00:30:16.900 --> 00:30:17.200
 and of

00:30:17.200 --> 00:30:17.640
 the Lord.

00:30:18.079 --> 00:30:18.900
 2 Thessalonians

00:30:18.900 --> 00:30:19.160
 3,

00:30:19.259 --> 00:30:19.440
 7,

00:30:19.480 --> 00:30:19.660
 and 9,

00:30:19.720 --> 00:30:20.220
 you yourselves

00:30:20.220 --> 00:30:20.759
 know how

00:30:20.759 --> 00:30:21.140
 you ought

00:30:21.140 --> 00:30:21.779
 to imitate

00:30:21.779 --> 00:30:22.359
 us.

00:30:24.079 --> 00:30:24.640
 Whenever

00:30:24.640 --> 00:30:25.460
 Paul says

00:30:25.460 --> 00:30:26.480
 imitate me,

00:30:26.900 --> 00:30:27.279
 he is

00:30:27.279 --> 00:30:27.640
 saying,

00:30:27.839 --> 00:30:28.720
 imitate me

00:30:28.720 --> 00:30:29.180
 as I

00:30:29.180 --> 00:30:29.579
 imitate

00:30:29.579 --> 00:30:30.440
 Christ.

00:30:30.440 --> 00:30:34.320
 He is

00:30:34.320 --> 00:30:34.820
 concerned

00:30:34.820 --> 00:30:35.559
 with making

00:30:35.559 --> 00:30:36.240
 Christ

00:30:36.240 --> 00:30:36.840
 followers,

00:30:37.000 --> 00:30:37.779
 not Paul

00:30:37.779 --> 00:30:38.440
 followers.

00:30:40.299 --> 00:30:41.160
 And that is

00:30:41.160 --> 00:30:41.860
 why he adds,

00:30:42.000 --> 00:30:42.700
 keep your

00:30:42.700 --> 00:30:43.660
 eyes on

00:30:43.660 --> 00:30:44.259
 those who

00:30:44.259 --> 00:30:44.960
 walk according

00:30:44.960 --> 00:30:45.299
 to the

00:30:45.299 --> 00:30:46.200
 example you

00:30:46.200 --> 00:30:46.620
 have in

00:30:46.620 --> 00:30:46.860
 us.

00:30:47.259 --> 00:30:47.720
 Paul is

00:30:47.720 --> 00:30:48.299
 just one

00:30:48.299 --> 00:30:49.100
 example among

00:30:49.100 --> 00:30:49.440
 many.

00:30:49.840 --> 00:30:50.140
 And he

00:30:50.140 --> 00:30:50.620
 wants the

00:30:50.620 --> 00:30:51.059
 Philippian

00:30:51.059 --> 00:30:52.059
 believers to

00:30:52.059 --> 00:30:53.039
 imitate those

00:30:53.039 --> 00:30:53.900
 whose lives

00:30:53.900 --> 00:30:54.820
 follow the

00:30:54.820 --> 00:30:55.380
 pattern of

00:30:55.380 --> 00:30:55.920
 Christ and

00:30:55.920 --> 00:30:56.500
 his gospel.

00:30:57.019 --> 00:30:57.519
 Like

00:30:57.519 --> 00:30:58.120
 Timothy

00:30:58.120 --> 00:30:59.200
 and Epaphroditus

00:30:59.200 --> 00:31:00.019
 that Paul

00:31:00.019 --> 00:31:00.720
 commended earlier

00:31:00.720 --> 00:31:01.079
 in chapter

00:31:01.079 --> 00:31:01.379
 2.

00:31:02.879 --> 00:31:03.879
 This pattern

00:31:03.879 --> 00:31:04.599
 of instruction

00:31:04.599 --> 00:31:05.879
 and imitation

00:31:05.879 --> 00:31:07.180
 was modeled

00:31:07.180 --> 00:31:07.940
 by Christ

00:31:07.940 --> 00:31:08.400
 himself.

00:31:09.220 --> 00:31:09.740
 In Mark

00:31:09.740 --> 00:31:10.339
 chapter 3

00:31:10.339 --> 00:31:11.119
 verse 14,

00:31:11.599 --> 00:31:12.900
 perhaps a

00:31:12.900 --> 00:31:13.420
 paradigmatic

00:31:13.420 --> 00:31:14.339
 verse for

00:31:14.339 --> 00:31:15.139
 discipleship,

00:31:15.539 --> 00:31:16.379
 when Jesus

00:31:16.379 --> 00:31:17.099
 chooses his

00:31:17.099 --> 00:31:17.359
 twelve

00:31:17.359 --> 00:31:17.920
 disciples,

00:31:17.920 --> 00:31:18.819
 it says that

00:31:18.819 --> 00:31:19.440
 he appointed

00:31:19.440 --> 00:31:21.759
 them so

00:31:21.759 --> 00:31:22.779
 that they

00:31:22.779 --> 00:31:23.480
 might be

00:31:23.480 --> 00:31:24.379
 with him

00:31:24.379 --> 00:31:25.519
 and he

00:31:25.519 --> 00:31:26.440
 might send

00:31:26.440 --> 00:31:26.960
 them out

00:31:26.960 --> 00:31:28.039
 to preach

00:31:28.039 --> 00:31:29.000
 and have

00:31:29.000 --> 00:31:30.000
 authority to

00:31:30.000 --> 00:31:30.779
 cast out

00:31:30.779 --> 00:31:31.119
 demons.

00:31:32.759 --> 00:31:33.920
 This verse

00:31:33.920 --> 00:31:34.859
 encapsulates

00:31:34.859 --> 00:31:35.400
 what we

00:31:35.400 --> 00:31:35.940
 might call

00:31:35.940 --> 00:31:36.440
 the three

00:31:36.440 --> 00:31:37.019
 ingredients

00:31:37.019 --> 00:31:37.859
 of discipling.

00:31:38.859 --> 00:31:39.480
 One,

00:31:39.640 --> 00:31:40.240
 presence.

00:31:40.960 --> 00:31:41.660
 Two,

00:31:42.019 --> 00:31:42.420
 preaching.

00:31:43.079 --> 00:31:43.599
 Three,

00:31:44.160 --> 00:31:44.680
 power.

00:31:46.859 --> 00:31:47.500
 Jesus

00:31:47.500 --> 00:31:48.759
 teaches them

00:31:48.759 --> 00:31:49.559
 to preach

00:31:49.559 --> 00:31:50.019
 the word,

00:31:50.359 --> 00:31:51.019
 to proclaim

00:31:51.019 --> 00:31:51.539
 the gospel,

00:31:51.660 --> 00:31:51.859
 but he

00:31:51.859 --> 00:31:52.640
 also imparts

00:31:52.640 --> 00:31:53.240
 them with

00:31:53.240 --> 00:31:53.759
 spiritual

00:31:53.759 --> 00:31:54.359
 authority,

00:31:54.980 --> 00:31:55.259
 spiritual

00:31:55.259 --> 00:31:55.880
 power.

00:31:56.660 --> 00:31:57.519
 But that's

00:31:57.519 --> 00:31:58.039
 not all.

00:31:58.039 --> 00:31:58.899
 he spends

00:31:58.899 --> 00:31:59.960
 time with

00:31:59.960 --> 00:32:00.240
 them.

00:32:00.639 --> 00:32:00.960
 They do

00:32:00.960 --> 00:32:01.859
 life together.

00:32:03.519 --> 00:32:04.740
 He offers

00:32:04.740 --> 00:32:05.440
 them his

00:32:05.440 --> 00:32:06.019
 presence

00:32:06.019 --> 00:32:07.700
 and invites

00:32:07.700 --> 00:32:08.059
 them to

00:32:08.059 --> 00:32:08.839
 watch and

00:32:08.839 --> 00:32:09.519
 imitate his

00:32:09.519 --> 00:32:09.879
 life.

00:32:12.200 --> 00:32:13.159
 To put it

00:32:13.159 --> 00:32:13.740
 another way,

00:32:13.899 --> 00:32:14.940
 discipling requires

00:32:14.940 --> 00:32:15.599
 three things,

00:32:15.680 --> 00:32:16.240
 the church,

00:32:16.960 --> 00:32:17.960
 the word,

00:32:18.579 --> 00:32:19.079
 and the

00:32:19.079 --> 00:32:19.480
 spirit.

00:32:19.480 --> 00:32:21.480
 God is

00:32:21.480 --> 00:32:21.720
 the

00:32:21.720 --> 00:32:22.059
 God.

00:32:22.059 --> 00:32:22.180
 The

00:32:22.180 --> 00:32:22.420
 church, the

00:32:22.420 --> 00:32:23.180
 gathering of

00:32:23.180 --> 00:32:23.680
 Christians,

00:32:23.900 --> 00:32:24.660
 supplies the

00:32:24.660 --> 00:32:25.680
 presence, the

00:32:25.680 --> 00:32:26.940
 body of in

00:32:26.940 --> 00:32:27.559
 the flesh

00:32:27.559 --> 00:32:28.599
 believers who

00:32:28.599 --> 00:32:29.319
 are covenanted

00:32:29.319 --> 00:32:30.140
 together and

00:32:30.140 --> 00:32:30.819
 accountable to

00:32:30.819 --> 00:32:31.319
 each other,

00:32:32.259 --> 00:32:33.279
 whose examples

00:32:33.279 --> 00:32:33.740
 we can

00:32:33.740 --> 00:32:34.059
 imitate.

00:32:35.660 --> 00:32:36.740
 The word of

00:32:36.740 --> 00:32:37.559
 God is what we

00:32:37.559 --> 00:32:38.759
 must be taught to

00:32:38.759 --> 00:32:39.299
 obey and

00:32:39.299 --> 00:32:39.720
 proclaim.

00:32:40.680 --> 00:32:41.140
 Then the

00:32:41.140 --> 00:32:42.000
 spirit of God is

00:32:42.000 --> 00:32:42.420
 the one who

00:32:42.420 --> 00:32:43.039
 imparts the

00:32:43.039 --> 00:32:43.900
 authority, the

00:32:43.900 --> 00:32:45.019
 power necessary

00:32:45.019 --> 00:32:45.700
 for us to

00:32:45.700 --> 00:32:47.019
 fulfill God's,

00:32:47.160 --> 00:32:48.180
 the commission that

00:32:48.180 --> 00:32:48.640
 God has given.

00:32:49.720 --> 00:32:50.400
 So the

00:32:50.400 --> 00:32:51.240
 church, the

00:32:51.240 --> 00:32:51.940
 word, the

00:32:51.940 --> 00:32:52.880
 spirit, the

00:32:52.880 --> 00:32:53.960
 presence, the

00:32:53.960 --> 00:32:55.080
 preaching, the

00:32:55.080 --> 00:32:56.259
 power, and I

00:32:56.259 --> 00:32:56.920
 want to challenge

00:32:56.920 --> 00:32:57.660
 all of our

00:32:57.660 --> 00:32:58.420
 members to be

00:32:58.420 --> 00:32:59.120
 involved in

00:32:59.120 --> 00:33:00.240
 discipling someone.

00:33:03.060 --> 00:33:04.200
 You can call it

00:33:04.200 --> 00:33:05.080
 beating together,

00:33:05.980 --> 00:33:06.740
 you could call it

00:33:06.740 --> 00:33:07.720
 accountability, you

00:33:07.720 --> 00:33:08.340
 can call it

00:33:08.340 --> 00:33:09.600
 discipling, whatever

00:33:09.600 --> 00:33:10.519
 you call it.

00:33:10.840 --> 00:33:11.880
 You need to be in

00:33:11.880 --> 00:33:13.140
 intentional relationships

00:33:13.140 --> 00:33:14.279
 with other members

00:33:14.279 --> 00:33:15.019
 of the church in

00:33:15.019 --> 00:33:15.779
 which you are being

00:33:15.779 --> 00:33:16.960
 helped and

00:33:16.960 --> 00:33:17.920
 helping others

00:33:17.920 --> 00:33:19.000
 to follow Jesus

00:33:19.000 --> 00:33:19.680
 and become more

00:33:19.680 --> 00:33:20.140
 like him.

00:33:22.500 --> 00:33:23.259
 On the one

00:33:23.259 --> 00:33:23.860
 hand, if you

00:33:23.860 --> 00:33:24.440
 don't think there

00:33:24.440 --> 00:33:25.300
 is anyone mature

00:33:25.300 --> 00:33:26.480
 enough or

00:33:26.480 --> 00:33:27.300
 suitable enough to

00:33:27.300 --> 00:33:27.840
 disciple you,

00:33:27.900 --> 00:33:28.340
 remember that

00:33:28.340 --> 00:33:28.720
 there is no

00:33:28.720 --> 00:33:29.800
 perfect discipler

00:33:29.800 --> 00:33:31.980
 and that God

00:33:31.980 --> 00:33:33.320
 uses imperfect

00:33:33.320 --> 00:33:34.259
 human vessels

00:33:34.259 --> 00:33:36.900
 to fulfill his

00:33:36.900 --> 00:33:37.840
 perfect purpose.

00:33:39.060 --> 00:33:40.180
 The more mature

00:33:40.180 --> 00:33:40.840
 and humble you

00:33:40.840 --> 00:33:41.420
 are, the more

00:33:41.420 --> 00:33:42.100
 you will find that

00:33:42.100 --> 00:33:42.700
 you can learn

00:33:42.700 --> 00:33:43.300
 from others.

00:33:44.460 --> 00:33:45.180
 I'm regularly

00:33:45.180 --> 00:33:46.120
 challenged by

00:33:46.120 --> 00:33:47.080
 men I disciple

00:33:47.079 --> 00:33:48.439
 and I learn

00:33:48.439 --> 00:33:48.919
 from them.

00:33:50.839 --> 00:33:51.639
 On the other

00:33:51.639 --> 00:33:52.179
 hand, if you

00:33:52.179 --> 00:33:52.819
 think you're

00:33:52.819 --> 00:33:54.119
 not mature

00:33:54.119 --> 00:33:54.599
 enough to

00:33:54.599 --> 00:33:55.379
 disciple people,

00:33:56.240 --> 00:33:56.919
 remember that

00:33:56.919 --> 00:33:57.699
 any true

00:33:57.699 --> 00:33:58.439
 follower of

00:33:58.439 --> 00:33:59.119
 Christ can

00:33:59.119 --> 00:33:59.639
 disciple

00:33:59.639 --> 00:34:01.480
 because at

00:34:01.480 --> 00:34:02.099
 the very least

00:34:02.099 --> 00:34:02.799
 you know the

00:34:02.799 --> 00:34:03.339
 gospel of

00:34:03.339 --> 00:34:04.000
 Jesus Christ.

00:34:04.539 --> 00:34:05.279
 That's what it

00:34:05.279 --> 00:34:05.799
 means to be a

00:34:05.799 --> 00:34:06.099
 Christian.

00:34:08.019 --> 00:34:08.779
 So that means

00:34:08.779 --> 00:34:09.279
 you can share

00:34:09.279 --> 00:34:10.099
 the gospel with

00:34:10.099 --> 00:34:11.119
 unbelievers around

00:34:11.119 --> 00:34:12.579
 you and you can

00:34:12.579 --> 00:34:13.319
 disciple them.

00:34:13.320 --> 00:34:14.620
 And when it

00:34:14.620 --> 00:34:15.200
 comes to other

00:34:15.200 --> 00:34:15.760
 church members,

00:34:15.940 --> 00:34:16.640
 you can initiate

00:34:16.640 --> 00:34:17.840
 spiritual conversations

00:34:17.840 --> 00:34:19.559
 instead of just

00:34:19.559 --> 00:34:20.240
 talking about the

00:34:20.240 --> 00:34:21.280
 latest TV show

00:34:21.280 --> 00:34:22.300
 or the NFL

00:34:22.300 --> 00:34:23.519
 playoffs, talk

00:34:23.519 --> 00:34:24.400
 about last week's

00:34:24.400 --> 00:34:24.680
 sermon.

00:34:26.039 --> 00:34:27.039
 Ask them about

00:34:27.039 --> 00:34:27.900
 what God has been

00:34:27.900 --> 00:34:28.620
 teaching them.

00:34:29.420 --> 00:34:30.200
 Share what you

00:34:30.200 --> 00:34:30.860
 have been learning

00:34:30.860 --> 00:34:31.460
 from God.

00:34:32.059 --> 00:34:32.960
 Ask them how

00:34:32.960 --> 00:34:33.539
 they are doing

00:34:33.539 --> 00:34:34.140
 spiritually.

00:34:34.559 --> 00:34:35.260
 What has been

00:34:35.260 --> 00:34:35.980
 hard in their

00:34:35.980 --> 00:34:36.420
 lives.

00:34:36.880 --> 00:34:37.440
 Ask them how

00:34:37.440 --> 00:34:38.000
 you can pray

00:34:38.000 --> 00:34:38.420
 for them.

00:34:39.640 --> 00:34:40.340
 Our own

00:34:40.340 --> 00:34:41.539
 discipleship

00:34:41.539 --> 00:34:42.960
 following Christ

00:34:42.960 --> 00:34:44.539
 entails

00:34:44.539 --> 00:34:45.960
 discipling

00:34:45.960 --> 00:34:46.759
 others.

00:34:48.159 --> 00:34:48.980
 So if we're

00:34:48.980 --> 00:34:49.679
 not following

00:34:49.679 --> 00:34:50.559
 Christ well,

00:34:50.840 --> 00:34:51.759
 we're not doing

00:34:51.759 --> 00:34:52.340
 our own

00:34:52.340 --> 00:34:53.900
 discipleship if

00:34:53.900 --> 00:34:54.219
 we're not

00:34:54.219 --> 00:34:55.099
 discipling others.

00:34:57.940 --> 00:34:58.880
 You don't have

00:34:58.880 --> 00:34:59.460
 to be perfect

00:34:59.460 --> 00:34:59.900
 in order to

00:34:59.900 --> 00:35:00.559
 disciple others.

00:35:00.699 --> 00:35:01.159
 Paul himself

00:35:01.159 --> 00:35:02.659
 says, I have

00:35:02.659 --> 00:35:03.420
 not obtained

00:35:03.420 --> 00:35:03.759
 this.

00:35:04.039 --> 00:35:04.860
 I'm not already

00:35:04.860 --> 00:35:05.360
 perfect.

00:35:06.519 --> 00:35:07.039
 The important

00:35:07.039 --> 00:35:07.539
 part of

00:35:07.539 --> 00:35:08.320
 discipling relations

00:35:08.320 --> 00:35:09.300
 is confessing

00:35:09.300 --> 00:35:10.239
 your own sins

00:35:10.239 --> 00:35:10.980
 and weaknesses.

00:35:11.539 --> 00:35:12.259
 And showing

00:35:12.259 --> 00:35:12.960
 people that

00:35:12.960 --> 00:35:13.719
 you can lean

00:35:13.719 --> 00:35:14.300
 on Christ

00:35:14.300 --> 00:35:14.840
 through them.

00:35:16.699 --> 00:35:17.320
 So then

00:35:17.320 --> 00:35:17.960
 another helpful

00:35:17.960 --> 00:35:18.679
 practice is to

00:35:18.679 --> 00:35:19.519
 invite correction

00:35:19.519 --> 00:35:20.059
 and feedback.

00:35:22.079 --> 00:35:22.920
 Usually it

00:35:22.920 --> 00:35:23.320
 will be the

00:35:23.320 --> 00:35:24.880
 case in

00:35:24.880 --> 00:35:26.019
 these discipling

00:35:26.019 --> 00:35:26.820
 relations that

00:35:26.820 --> 00:35:28.259
 older believers

00:35:28.259 --> 00:35:28.860
 will disciple

00:35:28.860 --> 00:35:29.719
 younger believers.

00:35:30.340 --> 00:35:31.019
 That's usually

00:35:31.019 --> 00:35:31.460
 the case.

00:35:31.559 --> 00:35:32.320
 1 Timothy 5,

00:35:32.360 --> 00:35:33.019
 1-2 says,

00:35:33.119 --> 00:35:33.880
 Do not rebuke

00:35:33.880 --> 00:35:34.519
 an older man,

00:35:34.579 --> 00:35:35.139
 but encourage

00:35:35.139 --> 00:35:35.500
 him as you

00:35:35.500 --> 00:35:36.039
 would a father.

00:35:36.659 --> 00:35:37.179
 Younger men

00:35:37.179 --> 00:35:37.619
 as brothers,

00:35:37.759 --> 00:35:38.239
 older women

00:35:38.239 --> 00:35:38.739
 as mothers,

00:35:38.900 --> 00:35:39.440
 younger women

00:35:39.440 --> 00:35:39.980
 as sisters

00:35:39.980 --> 00:35:40.380
 in all

00:35:40.380 --> 00:35:40.760
 purity.

00:35:41.599 --> 00:35:42.119
 But scripture

00:35:42.119 --> 00:35:42.760
 also has

00:35:42.760 --> 00:35:43.679
 numerous examples

00:35:43.679 --> 00:35:44.280
 in the Old

00:35:44.280 --> 00:35:44.740
 and New

00:35:44.740 --> 00:35:45.519
 Testament of

00:35:45.519 --> 00:35:45.920
 the younger

00:35:45.920 --> 00:35:46.500
 teaching the

00:35:46.500 --> 00:35:46.760
 older.

00:35:48.400 --> 00:35:48.920
 And the

00:35:48.920 --> 00:35:49.599
 older we

00:35:49.599 --> 00:35:50.000
 get,

00:35:51.039 --> 00:35:51.480
 thankfully,

00:35:52.480 --> 00:35:53.699
 most of us

00:35:53.699 --> 00:35:54.039
 have long

00:35:54.039 --> 00:35:54.599
 ways to go.

00:35:56.659 --> 00:35:57.400
 The older

00:35:57.400 --> 00:35:57.920
 we get,

00:35:58.280 --> 00:35:59.000
 the more we

00:35:59.000 --> 00:35:59.420
 will also

00:35:59.420 --> 00:35:59.780
 have to

00:35:59.780 --> 00:36:00.079
 grow in

00:36:00.079 --> 00:36:00.480
 humility

00:36:00.480 --> 00:36:01.460
 and learn

00:36:01.460 --> 00:36:01.900
 from our

00:36:01.900 --> 00:36:02.659
 peers and

00:36:02.659 --> 00:36:03.000
 those who

00:36:03.000 --> 00:36:03.420
 are younger

00:36:03.420 --> 00:36:04.019
 than us.

00:36:04.659 --> 00:36:05.400
 Because if we

00:36:05.400 --> 00:36:05.659
 don't,

00:36:05.719 --> 00:36:06.199
 we won't have

00:36:06.199 --> 00:36:06.659
 any teachers

00:36:06.659 --> 00:36:07.079
 left.

00:36:11.799 --> 00:36:12.419
 Let's try

00:36:12.419 --> 00:36:12.739
 to make

00:36:12.739 --> 00:36:13.480
 verse 17

00:36:13.480 --> 00:36:14.259
 more common

00:36:14.259 --> 00:36:14.819
 in our church.

00:36:14.919 --> 00:36:15.159
 Brothers,

00:36:15.299 --> 00:36:16.239
 join in imitating

00:36:16.239 --> 00:36:17.019
 me and keep

00:36:17.019 --> 00:36:17.500
 your eyes on

00:36:17.500 --> 00:36:18.059
 those who walk

00:36:18.059 --> 00:36:18.519
 according to

00:36:18.519 --> 00:36:19.000
 the example

00:36:19.000 --> 00:36:19.539
 you have

00:36:19.539 --> 00:36:20.039
 in us.

00:36:21.119 --> 00:36:21.639
 We're a

00:36:21.639 --> 00:36:22.179
 small and

00:36:22.179 --> 00:36:22.779
 young church,

00:36:22.859 --> 00:36:23.159
 but there's

00:36:23.159 --> 00:36:23.819
 still plenty

00:36:23.819 --> 00:36:24.359
 of people

00:36:24.359 --> 00:36:24.859
 here who

00:36:24.859 --> 00:36:25.419
 are carrying

00:36:25.419 --> 00:36:26.179
 their cross

00:36:26.179 --> 00:36:27.079
 and following

00:36:27.079 --> 00:36:27.799
 Jesus,

00:36:28.239 --> 00:36:28.899
 whose examples

00:36:28.899 --> 00:36:29.299
 you should

00:36:29.299 --> 00:36:30.000
 aspire to.

00:36:32.639 --> 00:36:33.460
 Since we're

00:36:33.460 --> 00:36:34.199
 in the process

00:36:34.199 --> 00:36:34.899
 of evaluating

00:36:34.900 --> 00:36:35.559
 our deacon

00:36:35.559 --> 00:36:35.920
 candidates,

00:36:36.019 --> 00:36:36.380
 let me just

00:36:36.380 --> 00:36:37.019
 highlight some

00:36:37.019 --> 00:36:37.519
 of the deacon

00:36:37.519 --> 00:36:37.960
 candidates.

00:36:41.440 --> 00:36:42.240
 You will,

00:36:42.519 --> 00:36:43.059
 you probably

00:36:43.059 --> 00:36:43.619
 will not be

00:36:43.619 --> 00:36:44.340
 able to

00:36:44.340 --> 00:36:45.680
 imitate

00:36:45.680 --> 00:36:47.280
 John So's

00:36:47.280 --> 00:36:47.880
 dry sense

00:36:47.880 --> 00:36:48.320
 of humor,

00:36:48.700 --> 00:36:51.900
 but you

00:36:51.900 --> 00:36:52.400
 should

00:36:52.400 --> 00:36:53.440
 imitate the

00:36:53.440 --> 00:36:54.059
 way he

00:36:54.059 --> 00:36:55.099
 invests

00:36:55.099 --> 00:36:55.700
 intentionally

00:36:55.700 --> 00:36:56.920
 in relationships,

00:36:57.539 --> 00:36:58.340
 in people,

00:36:59.180 --> 00:36:59.660
 pours into

00:36:59.660 --> 00:37:00.300
 their lives

00:37:00.300 --> 00:37:00.780
 with the

00:37:00.780 --> 00:37:01.039
 word of

00:37:01.039 --> 00:37:01.280
 God.

00:37:04.900 --> 00:37:07.480
 You might

00:37:07.480 --> 00:37:07.880
 not be

00:37:07.880 --> 00:37:08.880
 able to

00:37:08.880 --> 00:37:09.460
 imitate

00:37:09.460 --> 00:37:10.800
 Lauren

00:37:10.800 --> 00:37:11.320
 Miller's

00:37:11.320 --> 00:37:11.760
 delicious

00:37:11.760 --> 00:37:12.160
 cooking,

00:37:12.880 --> 00:37:14.860
 but you

00:37:14.860 --> 00:37:15.400
 should

00:37:15.400 --> 00:37:16.200
 imitate

00:37:16.200 --> 00:37:17.119
 the way

00:37:17.119 --> 00:37:17.820
 she uses

00:37:17.820 --> 00:37:18.500
 her home

00:37:18.500 --> 00:37:19.000
 as a

00:37:19.000 --> 00:37:19.420
 base

00:37:19.420 --> 00:37:20.660
 to

00:37:20.660 --> 00:37:21.320
 integrate

00:37:21.320 --> 00:37:21.800
 people

00:37:21.800 --> 00:37:22.139
 into the

00:37:22.139 --> 00:37:22.360
 church,

00:37:22.480 --> 00:37:22.960
 bring them

00:37:22.960 --> 00:37:23.320
 into the

00:37:23.320 --> 00:37:23.539
 fold,

00:37:23.700 --> 00:37:24.039
 welcome

00:37:24.039 --> 00:37:24.420
 them,

00:37:24.740 --> 00:37:24.880
 to

00:37:24.880 --> 00:37:25.300
 counsel

00:37:25.300 --> 00:37:25.639
 them.

00:37:26.639 --> 00:37:27.099
 You

00:37:27.099 --> 00:37:27.260
 should

00:37:27.260 --> 00:37:27.559
 imitate

00:37:27.559 --> 00:37:27.920
 that.

00:37:27.920 --> 00:37:34.840
 you

00:37:34.840 --> 00:37:35.079
 might

00:37:35.079 --> 00:37:35.500
 never

00:37:35.500 --> 00:37:36.880
 give

00:37:36.880 --> 00:37:37.180
 birth

00:37:37.180 --> 00:37:37.300
 to

00:37:37.300 --> 00:37:37.440
 and

00:37:37.440 --> 00:37:37.680
 raise

00:37:37.680 --> 00:37:38.079
 six

00:37:38.079 --> 00:37:38.480
 children

00:37:38.480 --> 00:37:38.780
 like

00:37:38.780 --> 00:37:39.200
 Cheryl's

00:37:39.200 --> 00:37:39.420
 doing,

00:37:40.260 --> 00:37:42.980
 but you

00:37:42.980 --> 00:37:43.200
 should

00:37:43.200 --> 00:37:43.639
 imitate

00:37:43.639 --> 00:37:44.500
 the

00:37:44.500 --> 00:37:44.960
 humility,

00:37:45.700 --> 00:37:45.960
 the

00:37:45.960 --> 00:37:46.579
 gentleness,

00:37:47.119 --> 00:37:47.639
 and the

00:37:47.639 --> 00:37:48.039
 warm,

00:37:48.340 --> 00:37:48.720
 nurturing

00:37:48.720 --> 00:37:49.300
 love with

00:37:49.300 --> 00:37:50.220
 which Cheryl

00:37:50.220 --> 00:37:50.940
 has showered

00:37:50.940 --> 00:37:52.139
 many people

00:37:52.139 --> 00:37:52.420
 in her

00:37:52.420 --> 00:37:52.800
 church.

00:37:52.800 --> 00:37:57.880
 imitate

00:37:57.880 --> 00:37:58.780
 such

00:37:58.780 --> 00:37:59.280
 people.

00:38:03.539 --> 00:38:04.160
 There

00:38:04.160 --> 00:38:04.420
 are many

00:38:04.420 --> 00:38:05.100
 others in

00:38:05.100 --> 00:38:05.400
 the church

00:38:05.400 --> 00:38:05.660
 I can

00:38:05.660 --> 00:38:06.180
 point to.

00:38:06.519 --> 00:38:06.740
 Keep

00:38:06.740 --> 00:38:07.400
 your eyes

00:38:07.400 --> 00:38:08.120
 on heaven

00:38:08.120 --> 00:38:08.900
 minded

00:38:08.900 --> 00:38:09.640
 Christians.

00:38:17.800 --> 00:38:18.440
 Good

00:38:18.440 --> 00:38:18.860
 godly

00:38:18.860 --> 00:38:19.260
 examples

00:38:19.260 --> 00:38:19.760
 of others

00:38:19.760 --> 00:38:19.980
 are

00:38:19.980 --> 00:38:20.800
 especially

00:38:20.800 --> 00:38:22.620
 important

00:38:22.619 --> 00:38:23.279
 because

00:38:23.279 --> 00:38:24.559
 sometimes

00:38:24.559 --> 00:38:26.900
 well not

00:38:26.900 --> 00:38:27.440
 sometimes

00:38:27.440 --> 00:38:27.960
 all the

00:38:27.960 --> 00:38:28.239
 time

00:38:28.239 --> 00:38:29.119
 we are

00:38:29.119 --> 00:38:29.719
 bombarded

00:38:29.719 --> 00:38:30.319
 by the

00:38:30.319 --> 00:38:30.699
 world

00:38:30.699 --> 00:38:32.119
 with bad

00:38:32.119 --> 00:38:32.719
 examples.

00:38:35.319 --> 00:38:36.219
 Paul says

00:38:36.219 --> 00:38:36.579
 in verses

00:38:36.579 --> 00:38:37.199
 18 to

00:38:37.199 --> 00:38:37.599
 19

00:38:37.599 --> 00:38:38.259
 for many

00:38:38.259 --> 00:38:39.059
 of whom

00:38:39.059 --> 00:38:39.319
 I have

00:38:39.319 --> 00:38:40.039
 often told

00:38:40.039 --> 00:38:40.339
 you and

00:38:40.339 --> 00:38:40.799
 now tell

00:38:40.799 --> 00:38:41.299
 you even

00:38:41.299 --> 00:38:42.119
 with tears

00:38:42.119 --> 00:38:44.000
 walk as

00:38:44.000 --> 00:38:44.759
 enemies of

00:38:44.759 --> 00:38:45.159
 the cross

00:38:45.159 --> 00:38:45.779
 of Christ

00:38:45.779 --> 00:38:47.019
 their end

00:38:47.019 --> 00:38:47.839
 is destruction

00:38:47.839 --> 00:38:48.920
 their god

00:38:48.920 --> 00:38:49.259
 is their

00:38:49.259 --> 00:38:49.659
 belly

00:38:49.659 --> 00:38:50.219
 and they

00:38:50.219 --> 00:38:50.819
 glory in

00:38:50.819 --> 00:38:51.460
 their shame

00:38:51.460 --> 00:38:51.940
 with

00:38:51.940 --> 00:38:52.740
 minds set

00:38:52.740 --> 00:38:53.360
 on earthly

00:38:53.360 --> 00:38:54.019
 things.

00:38:54.760 --> 00:38:55.119
 Paul

00:38:55.119 --> 00:38:56.179
 implores the

00:38:56.179 --> 00:38:56.800
 Philippians

00:38:56.800 --> 00:38:57.740
 even with

00:38:57.740 --> 00:38:58.400
 tears

00:38:58.400 --> 00:38:59.539
 because he's

00:38:59.539 --> 00:39:00.300
 concerned for

00:39:00.300 --> 00:39:01.079
 them because

00:39:01.079 --> 00:39:01.619
 there's so

00:39:01.619 --> 00:39:02.320
 many bad

00:39:02.320 --> 00:39:03.619
 examples that

00:39:03.619 --> 00:39:04.119
 might lead

00:39:04.119 --> 00:39:04.800
 them astray

00:39:04.800 --> 00:39:05.260
 so that

00:39:05.260 --> 00:39:06.220
 people don't

00:39:06.220 --> 00:39:06.880
 make it to

00:39:06.880 --> 00:39:07.460
 the end.

00:39:10.039 --> 00:39:11.200
 Don't follow

00:39:11.200 --> 00:39:12.019
 such people.

00:39:12.019 --> 00:39:17.539
 he says

00:39:17.539 --> 00:39:18.219
 they live

00:39:18.219 --> 00:39:19.400
 as enemies

00:39:19.400 --> 00:39:19.719
 of the

00:39:19.719 --> 00:39:20.119
 cross of

00:39:20.119 --> 00:39:20.340
 Christ

00:39:20.340 --> 00:39:20.599
 because

00:39:20.599 --> 00:39:20.860
 their

00:39:20.860 --> 00:39:21.360
 lives

00:39:21.360 --> 00:39:22.280
 contradict

00:39:22.280 --> 00:39:22.980
 the

00:39:22.980 --> 00:39:23.460
 pattern

00:39:23.460 --> 00:39:23.699
 of

00:39:23.699 --> 00:39:24.219
 Christ's

00:39:24.219 --> 00:39:24.500
 death

00:39:24.500 --> 00:39:24.659
 and

00:39:24.659 --> 00:39:25.159
 resurrection

00:39:25.159 --> 00:39:26.599
 instead

00:39:26.599 --> 00:39:26.880
 of

00:39:26.880 --> 00:39:27.360
 modeling

00:39:27.360 --> 00:39:27.679
 a

00:39:27.679 --> 00:39:28.159
 cross

00:39:28.159 --> 00:39:28.619
 shaped

00:39:28.619 --> 00:39:29.099
 life

00:39:29.099 --> 00:39:29.579
 a

00:39:29.579 --> 00:39:29.860
 life

00:39:29.860 --> 00:39:30.400
 characterized

00:39:30.400 --> 00:39:30.739
 by

00:39:30.739 --> 00:39:31.340
 sharing

00:39:31.340 --> 00:39:31.639
 in the

00:39:31.639 --> 00:39:31.920
 suffering

00:39:31.920 --> 00:39:32.099
 of

00:39:32.099 --> 00:39:32.380
 Christ

00:39:32.380 --> 00:39:33.059
 dying

00:39:33.059 --> 00:39:33.259
 to

00:39:33.259 --> 00:39:33.420
 our

00:39:33.420 --> 00:39:33.659
 sinful

00:39:33.659 --> 00:39:34.320
 desires

00:39:34.320 --> 00:39:36.119
 counting

00:39:36.119 --> 00:39:36.519
 what the

00:39:36.519 --> 00:39:36.759
 world

00:39:36.759 --> 00:39:37.159
 considers

00:39:37.159 --> 00:39:37.460
 gain

00:39:37.460 --> 00:39:37.619
 as

00:39:37.619 --> 00:39:38.199
 loss

00:39:38.199 --> 00:39:39.099
 because

00:39:39.099 --> 00:39:39.299
 of

00:39:39.299 --> 00:39:39.439
 the

00:39:39.439 --> 00:39:40.119
 surpassing

00:39:40.119 --> 00:39:40.519
 worth

00:39:40.519 --> 00:39:40.699
 of

00:39:40.699 --> 00:39:40.960
 knowing

00:39:40.960 --> 00:39:41.439
 Christ

00:39:41.439 --> 00:39:42.279
 instead

00:39:42.279 --> 00:39:42.539
 of

00:39:42.539 --> 00:39:42.779
 doing

00:39:42.779 --> 00:39:43.039
 that

00:39:43.039 --> 00:39:43.239
 these

00:39:43.239 --> 00:39:43.639
 enemies

00:39:43.639 --> 00:39:43.859
 of

00:39:43.859 --> 00:39:43.980
 the

00:39:43.980 --> 00:39:44.239
 cross

00:39:44.239 --> 00:39:44.399
 of

00:39:44.399 --> 00:39:44.819
 Christ

00:39:44.819 --> 00:39:45.619
 considered

00:39:45.619 --> 00:39:46.159
 worldly

00:39:46.159 --> 00:39:46.519
 and

00:39:46.519 --> 00:39:47.119
 fleshly

00:39:47.119 --> 00:39:47.519
 things

00:39:47.519 --> 00:39:47.819
 their

00:39:47.819 --> 00:39:48.199
 gain

00:39:48.199 --> 00:39:50.899
 this is a

00:39:50.899 --> 00:39:51.619
 broad description

00:39:51.619 --> 00:39:52.299
 that fits

00:39:52.299 --> 00:39:53.099
 many people

00:39:53.099 --> 00:39:54.419
 the Judaizers

00:39:54.419 --> 00:39:54.980
 that we talked

00:39:54.980 --> 00:39:55.439
 about last

00:39:55.439 --> 00:39:55.980
 week were

00:39:55.980 --> 00:39:56.759
 such people

00:39:56.759 --> 00:39:57.980
 Paul uses

00:39:57.980 --> 00:39:58.779
 very similar

00:39:58.779 --> 00:39:59.339
 language to

00:39:59.339 --> 00:39:59.899
 describe them

00:39:59.899 --> 00:40:00.419
 in Galatians

00:40:00.419 --> 00:40:00.859
 6

00:40:00.859 --> 00:40:02.759
 12-15

00:40:02.759 --> 00:40:03.119
 he says

00:40:03.119 --> 00:40:03.819
 it is those

00:40:03.819 --> 00:40:04.359
 who want

00:40:04.359 --> 00:40:04.759
 to make

00:40:04.759 --> 00:40:05.139
 a good

00:40:05.139 --> 00:40:05.639
 showing

00:40:05.639 --> 00:40:06.019
 in the

00:40:06.019 --> 00:40:06.519
 flesh

00:40:06.519 --> 00:40:07.319
 who would

00:40:07.319 --> 00:40:07.679
 force

00:40:07.679 --> 00:40:07.859
 you to

00:40:07.860 --> 00:40:08.019
 be

00:40:08.019 --> 00:40:08.820
 circumcised

00:40:08.820 --> 00:40:09.620
 and only

00:40:09.620 --> 00:40:09.860
 in order

00:40:09.860 --> 00:40:10.140
 that they

00:40:10.140 --> 00:40:10.480
 may not

00:40:10.480 --> 00:40:10.640
 be

00:40:10.640 --> 00:40:11.120
 persecuted

00:40:11.120 --> 00:40:11.500
 for the

00:40:11.500 --> 00:40:11.820
 cross

00:40:11.820 --> 00:40:12.000
 of

00:40:12.000 --> 00:40:12.480
 Christ

00:40:12.480 --> 00:40:13.360
 for

00:40:13.360 --> 00:40:13.599
 even

00:40:13.599 --> 00:40:13.960
 those

00:40:13.960 --> 00:40:14.079
 who

00:40:14.079 --> 00:40:14.200
 are

00:40:14.200 --> 00:40:14.840
 circumcised

00:40:14.840 --> 00:40:15.099
 do not

00:40:15.099 --> 00:40:15.539
 themselves

00:40:15.539 --> 00:40:15.820
 keep

00:40:15.820 --> 00:40:16.019
 the

00:40:16.019 --> 00:40:16.300
 law

00:40:16.300 --> 00:40:16.480
 but

00:40:16.480 --> 00:40:16.640
 they

00:40:16.640 --> 00:40:17.039
 desire

00:40:17.039 --> 00:40:17.160
 to

00:40:17.160 --> 00:40:17.280
 have

00:40:17.280 --> 00:40:17.400
 you

00:40:17.400 --> 00:40:17.920
 circumcised

00:40:17.920 --> 00:40:18.039
 that

00:40:18.039 --> 00:40:18.160
 they

00:40:18.160 --> 00:40:18.300
 may

00:40:18.300 --> 00:40:18.860
 boast

00:40:18.860 --> 00:40:19.460
 in

00:40:19.460 --> 00:40:19.660
 your

00:40:19.660 --> 00:40:20.240
 flesh

00:40:20.240 --> 00:40:22.160
 but

00:40:22.160 --> 00:40:22.680
 far

00:40:22.680 --> 00:40:23.059
 be it

00:40:23.059 --> 00:40:23.240
 from

00:40:23.240 --> 00:40:23.440
 me

00:40:23.440 --> 00:40:23.640
 to

00:40:23.640 --> 00:40:23.880
 boast

00:40:23.880 --> 00:40:24.320
 except

00:40:24.320 --> 00:40:24.480
 in

00:40:24.480 --> 00:40:24.620
 the

00:40:24.620 --> 00:40:24.980
 cross

00:40:24.980 --> 00:40:25.120
 of

00:40:25.120 --> 00:40:25.240
 our

00:40:25.240 --> 00:40:25.420
 Lord

00:40:25.420 --> 00:40:25.660
 Jesus

00:40:25.660 --> 00:40:26.140
 Christ

00:40:26.140 --> 00:40:26.740
 by

00:40:26.740 --> 00:40:26.900
 which

00:40:26.900 --> 00:40:27.079
 the

00:40:27.079 --> 00:40:27.360
 world

00:40:27.360 --> 00:40:27.559
 has

00:40:27.559 --> 00:40:27.720
 been

00:40:27.720 --> 00:40:28.240
 crucified

00:40:28.240 --> 00:40:28.539
 to

00:40:28.539 --> 00:40:28.780
 me

00:40:28.780 --> 00:40:29.240
 and

00:40:29.240 --> 00:40:29.420
 I

00:40:29.420 --> 00:40:29.559
 to

00:40:29.559 --> 00:40:29.720
 the

00:40:29.720 --> 00:40:30.039
 world

00:40:30.039 --> 00:40:30.519
 for

00:40:30.519 --> 00:40:30.820
 neither

00:40:30.820 --> 00:40:31.620
 circumcision

00:40:31.620 --> 00:40:32.340
 counts

00:40:32.340 --> 00:40:32.860
 for

00:40:32.860 --> 00:40:33.440
 anything

00:40:33.440 --> 00:40:33.840
 nor

00:40:33.840 --> 00:40:34.720
 uncircumcision

00:40:34.720 --> 00:40:35.720
 but a

00:40:35.720 --> 00:40:36.160
 new

00:40:36.160 --> 00:40:36.840
 creation

00:40:36.840 --> 00:40:38.840
 don't

00:40:38.840 --> 00:40:39.600
 follow

00:40:39.600 --> 00:40:40.300
 those

00:40:40.300 --> 00:40:40.480
 who

00:40:40.480 --> 00:40:40.700
 would

00:40:40.700 --> 00:40:41.019
 take

00:40:41.019 --> 00:40:41.240
 your

00:40:41.240 --> 00:40:41.660
 eyes

00:40:41.660 --> 00:40:41.960
 off

00:40:41.960 --> 00:40:42.100
 of

00:40:42.100 --> 00:40:42.240
 the

00:40:42.240 --> 00:40:42.600
 cross

00:40:42.600 --> 00:40:42.780
 of

00:40:42.780 --> 00:40:43.180
 Christ

00:40:43.180 --> 00:40:44.039
 don't

00:40:44.039 --> 00:40:44.360
 follow

00:40:44.360 --> 00:40:44.620
 those

00:40:44.620 --> 00:40:44.760
 who

00:40:44.760 --> 00:40:44.920
 would

00:40:44.920 --> 00:40:45.180
 tell

00:40:45.180 --> 00:40:45.360
 you

00:40:45.360 --> 00:40:45.539
 that

00:40:45.539 --> 00:40:45.780
 there's

00:40:45.780 --> 00:40:46.120
 another

00:40:46.120 --> 00:40:46.600
 way

00:40:46.600 --> 00:40:47.539
 to

00:40:47.539 --> 00:40:47.740
 be

00:40:47.740 --> 00:40:47.960
 saved

00:40:47.960 --> 00:40:48.340
 don't

00:40:48.340 --> 00:40:48.600
 follow

00:40:48.600 --> 00:40:48.820
 those

00:40:48.820 --> 00:40:48.920
 who

00:40:48.920 --> 00:40:49.039
 would

00:40:49.039 --> 00:40:49.240
 say

00:40:49.240 --> 00:40:49.400
 that

00:40:49.400 --> 00:40:49.640
 there's

00:40:49.640 --> 00:40:49.880
 this

00:40:49.880 --> 00:40:50.140
 other

00:40:50.140 --> 00:40:50.760
 criteria

00:40:50.760 --> 00:40:51.400
 you

00:40:51.400 --> 00:40:51.700
 have

00:40:51.700 --> 00:40:51.880
 to

00:40:51.880 --> 00:40:52.220
 meet

00:40:52.220 --> 00:40:55.320
 apart

00:40:55.320 --> 00:40:55.600
 from

00:40:55.600 --> 00:40:56.039
 Christ

00:40:56.039 --> 00:40:59.220
 the

00:40:59.220 --> 00:40:59.640
 description

00:40:59.640 --> 00:41:00.100
 of these

00:41:00.100 --> 00:41:00.420
 enemies

00:41:00.420 --> 00:41:00.700
 of the

00:41:00.700 --> 00:41:00.900
 cross

00:41:00.900 --> 00:41:01.039
 of

00:41:01.039 --> 00:41:01.280
 Christ

00:41:01.280 --> 00:41:01.440
 in

00:41:01.440 --> 00:41:01.599
 verse

00:41:01.599 --> 00:41:01.980
 19

00:41:01.980 --> 00:41:02.260
 is

00:41:02.260 --> 00:41:02.820
 intentionally

00:41:02.820 --> 00:41:03.760
 contrasted

00:41:03.760 --> 00:41:03.960
 with

00:41:03.960 --> 00:41:04.500
 verse

00:41:04.500 --> 00:41:04.840
 20

00:41:04.840 --> 00:41:04.980
 and

00:41:04.980 --> 00:41:05.460
 21

00:41:05.460 --> 00:41:06.400
 which

00:41:06.400 --> 00:41:06.880
 describes

00:41:06.880 --> 00:41:07.280
 Paul

00:41:07.280 --> 00:41:07.460
 and

00:41:07.460 --> 00:41:07.619
 the

00:41:07.619 --> 00:41:07.940
 Philippian

00:41:07.940 --> 00:41:08.340
 believers

00:41:08.340 --> 00:41:10.119
 they are

00:41:10.119 --> 00:41:10.300
 the

00:41:10.300 --> 00:41:10.800
 bearers

00:41:10.800 --> 00:41:11.019
 of

00:41:11.019 --> 00:41:11.280
 the

00:41:11.280 --> 00:41:11.519
 cross

00:41:11.519 --> 00:41:11.680
 of

00:41:11.680 --> 00:41:12.059
 Christ

00:41:12.059 --> 00:41:13.260
 verse

00:41:13.260 --> 00:41:13.680
 19

00:41:13.680 --> 00:41:14.000
 says

00:41:14.000 --> 00:41:14.200
 of the

00:41:14.200 --> 00:41:14.500
 enemies

00:41:14.500 --> 00:41:14.780
 their

00:41:14.780 --> 00:41:15.300
 end

00:41:15.300 --> 00:41:15.619
 is

00:41:15.619 --> 00:41:16.220
 destruction

00:41:16.220 --> 00:41:17.480
 the

00:41:17.480 --> 00:41:17.800
 end

00:41:17.800 --> 00:41:18.059
 of the

00:41:18.059 --> 00:41:18.400
 enemies

00:41:18.400 --> 00:41:18.740
 of the

00:41:18.740 --> 00:41:19.059
 cross

00:41:19.059 --> 00:41:19.420
 stand

00:41:19.420 --> 00:41:19.579
 in

00:41:19.579 --> 00:41:19.800
 stark

00:41:19.800 --> 00:41:20.300
 contrast

00:41:20.300 --> 00:41:20.460
 to

00:41:20.460 --> 00:41:20.559
 the

00:41:20.559 --> 00:41:20.760
 word

00:41:20.760 --> 00:41:21.260
 goal

00:41:21.260 --> 00:41:21.639
 Paul

00:41:21.639 --> 00:41:21.920
 used

00:41:21.920 --> 00:41:22.059
 in

00:41:22.059 --> 00:41:22.260
 verse

00:41:22.260 --> 00:41:22.760
 14

00:41:22.760 --> 00:41:23.420
 to

00:41:23.420 --> 00:41:23.820
 describe

00:41:23.820 --> 00:41:24.000
 how

00:41:24.000 --> 00:41:24.200
 he's

00:41:24.200 --> 00:41:24.519
 pressing

00:41:24.519 --> 00:41:24.880
 on

00:41:24.880 --> 00:41:25.180
 toward

00:41:25.180 --> 00:41:25.400
 the

00:41:25.400 --> 00:41:25.880
 goal

00:41:25.880 --> 00:41:26.480
 the

00:41:26.480 --> 00:41:26.940
 end

00:41:26.940 --> 00:41:27.500
 the

00:41:27.500 --> 00:41:28.000
 price

00:41:30.420 --> 00:41:31.460
 the

00:41:31.460 --> 00:41:31.900
 end

00:41:31.900 --> 00:41:32.099
 of

00:41:32.099 --> 00:41:32.340
 those

00:41:32.340 --> 00:41:32.500
 who

00:41:32.500 --> 00:41:32.960
 oppose

00:41:32.960 --> 00:41:33.180
 the

00:41:33.180 --> 00:41:33.619
 cross

00:41:33.619 --> 00:41:33.860
 and

00:41:33.860 --> 00:41:33.980
 the

00:41:33.980 --> 00:41:34.220
 cross

00:41:34.220 --> 00:41:34.460
 shaped

00:41:34.460 --> 00:41:34.700
 life

00:41:34.700 --> 00:41:34.820
 will

00:41:34.820 --> 00:41:34.920
 be

00:41:34.920 --> 00:41:35.480
 destruction

00:41:35.480 --> 00:41:36.920
 ironically

00:41:36.920 --> 00:41:37.760
 but

00:41:37.760 --> 00:41:37.920
 the

00:41:37.920 --> 00:41:38.260
 end

00:41:38.260 --> 00:41:38.500
 of

00:41:38.500 --> 00:41:38.820
 those

00:41:38.820 --> 00:41:38.980
 who

00:41:38.980 --> 00:41:39.740
 embrace

00:41:39.740 --> 00:41:40.099
 the

00:41:40.099 --> 00:41:40.539
 cross

00:41:40.539 --> 00:41:40.760
 and

00:41:40.760 --> 00:41:40.960
 the

00:41:40.960 --> 00:41:41.440
 suffering

00:41:41.440 --> 00:41:41.700
 the

00:41:41.700 --> 00:41:42.059
 cross

00:41:42.059 --> 00:41:42.360
 shaped

00:41:42.360 --> 00:41:42.700
 life

00:41:42.700 --> 00:41:43.260
 will

00:41:43.260 --> 00:41:43.599
 have

00:41:43.599 --> 00:41:44.159
 eternal

00:41:44.159 --> 00:41:44.539
 life

00:41:44.539 --> 00:41:44.740
 and

00:41:44.740 --> 00:41:45.039
 glory

00:41:45.039 --> 00:41:45.280
 with

00:41:45.280 --> 00:41:45.680
 Christ

00:41:45.680 --> 00:41:47.480
 it

00:41:47.480 --> 00:41:47.680
 says

00:41:47.680 --> 00:41:47.820
 in

00:41:47.820 --> 00:41:48.000
 verse

00:41:48.000 --> 00:41:48.320
 20

00:41:48.320 --> 00:41:48.599
 from

00:41:48.599 --> 00:41:48.740
 it

00:41:48.740 --> 00:41:48.920
 we

00:41:48.920 --> 00:41:49.240
 await

00:41:49.240 --> 00:41:49.460
 a

00:41:49.460 --> 00:41:49.900
 savior

00:41:49.900 --> 00:41:50.280
 the

00:41:50.280 --> 00:41:50.740
 Lord

00:41:50.740 --> 00:41:51.360
 Jesus

00:41:51.360 --> 00:41:52.039
 Christ

00:41:52.039 --> 00:41:54.840
 verse

00:41:54.840 --> 00:41:55.320
 19

00:41:55.320 --> 00:41:55.700
 says

00:41:55.700 --> 00:41:55.940
 of the

00:41:55.940 --> 00:41:56.240
 enemies

00:41:56.240 --> 00:41:56.480
 of the

00:41:56.480 --> 00:41:56.700
 cross

00:41:56.700 --> 00:41:56.960
 their

00:41:56.960 --> 00:41:57.480
 God

00:41:57.480 --> 00:41:57.740
 is

00:41:57.740 --> 00:41:57.980
 their

00:41:57.980 --> 00:41:58.420
 belly

00:41:58.420 --> 00:42:00.039
 Paul

00:42:00.039 --> 00:42:00.340
 uses

00:42:00.340 --> 00:42:00.559
 that

00:42:00.559 --> 00:42:00.880
 same

00:42:00.880 --> 00:42:01.159
 word

00:42:01.159 --> 00:42:01.500
 belly

00:42:01.500 --> 00:42:01.740
 in

00:42:01.740 --> 00:42:02.000
 Romans

00:42:02.000 --> 00:42:02.500
 16

00:42:02.500 --> 00:42:02.880
 17

00:42:02.880 --> 00:42:03.039
 to

00:42:03.039 --> 00:42:03.240
 18

00:42:03.240 --> 00:42:03.420
 I

00:42:03.420 --> 00:42:03.700
 appeal

00:42:03.700 --> 00:42:03.860
 to

00:42:03.860 --> 00:42:03.980
 you

00:42:03.980 --> 00:42:04.300
 brothers

00:42:04.300 --> 00:42:04.940
 to

00:42:04.940 --> 00:42:05.220
 watch

00:42:05.220 --> 00:42:05.480
 out

00:42:05.480 --> 00:42:05.599
 for

00:42:05.599 --> 00:42:05.840
 those

00:42:05.840 --> 00:42:05.980
 who

00:42:05.980 --> 00:42:06.320
 cause

00:42:06.320 --> 00:42:06.860
 divisions

00:42:06.860 --> 00:42:07.460
 and

00:42:07.460 --> 00:42:07.880
 create

00:42:07.880 --> 00:42:08.519
 obstacles

00:42:08.519 --> 00:42:09.200
 contrary

00:42:09.200 --> 00:42:09.639
 to the

00:42:09.639 --> 00:42:10.000
 doctrine

00:42:10.000 --> 00:42:10.180
 that

00:42:10.180 --> 00:42:10.280
 you

00:42:10.280 --> 00:42:10.559
 have

00:42:10.559 --> 00:42:10.720
 been

00:42:10.720 --> 00:42:11.119
 taught

00:42:11.119 --> 00:42:12.079
 avoid

00:42:12.079 --> 00:42:12.480
 them

00:42:12.480 --> 00:42:13.320
 for

00:42:13.320 --> 00:42:13.659
 such

00:42:13.659 --> 00:42:14.159
 persons

00:42:14.159 --> 00:42:14.340
 do

00:42:14.340 --> 00:42:14.519
 not

00:42:14.519 --> 00:42:14.820
 serve

00:42:14.820 --> 00:42:14.980
 our

00:42:14.980 --> 00:42:15.220
 Lord

00:42:15.220 --> 00:42:15.680
 Christ

00:42:15.680 --> 00:42:16.180
 but

00:42:16.180 --> 00:42:16.519
 their

00:42:16.519 --> 00:42:17.079
 own

00:42:17.079 --> 00:42:18.559
 appetites

00:42:18.559 --> 00:42:19.460
 the

00:42:19.460 --> 00:42:19.740
 same

00:42:19.740 --> 00:42:20.000
 word

00:42:20.000 --> 00:42:20.320
 literally

00:42:20.320 --> 00:42:20.760
 belly

00:42:20.760 --> 00:42:22.980
 and

00:42:22.980 --> 00:42:23.200
 by

00:42:23.200 --> 00:42:23.599
 smooth

00:42:23.599 --> 00:42:23.960
 talk

00:42:23.960 --> 00:42:24.139
 and

00:42:24.139 --> 00:42:24.539
 flattery

00:42:24.539 --> 00:42:24.659
 they

00:42:24.659 --> 00:42:25.039
 deceive

00:42:25.039 --> 00:42:25.240
 the

00:42:25.240 --> 00:42:25.539
 hearts

00:42:25.539 --> 00:42:25.659
 of

00:42:25.659 --> 00:42:25.780
 the

00:42:25.780 --> 00:42:26.220
 naive

00:42:26.220 --> 00:42:27.420
 their

00:42:27.420 --> 00:42:27.800
 God

00:42:27.800 --> 00:42:27.940
 is

00:42:27.940 --> 00:42:28.120
 their

00:42:28.120 --> 00:42:28.600
 belly

00:42:28.600 --> 00:42:29.400
 that

00:42:29.400 --> 00:42:30.080
 means

00:42:30.080 --> 00:42:30.380
 that

00:42:30.380 --> 00:42:30.539
 they

00:42:30.539 --> 00:42:30.700
 do

00:42:30.700 --> 00:42:30.900
 not

00:42:30.900 --> 00:42:31.460
 submit

00:42:31.460 --> 00:42:31.660
 to

00:42:31.660 --> 00:42:31.900
 the

00:42:31.900 --> 00:42:32.440
 lordship

00:42:32.440 --> 00:42:32.620
 of

00:42:32.620 --> 00:42:33.120
 Christ

00:42:33.120 --> 00:42:33.700
 but

00:42:33.700 --> 00:42:34.060
 live

00:42:34.060 --> 00:42:34.480
 instead

00:42:34.480 --> 00:42:35.200
 selfishly

00:42:35.200 --> 00:42:35.360
 to

00:42:35.360 --> 00:42:35.880
 indulge

00:42:35.880 --> 00:42:36.240
 their

00:42:36.240 --> 00:42:36.640
 own

00:42:36.640 --> 00:42:37.320
 appetites

00:42:37.320 --> 00:42:37.680
 and

00:42:37.680 --> 00:42:37.800
 to

00:42:37.800 --> 00:42:38.220
 advance

00:42:38.220 --> 00:42:38.580
 their

00:42:38.580 --> 00:42:39.060
 own

00:42:39.060 --> 00:42:39.980
 interests

00:42:39.980 --> 00:42:42.280
 this

00:42:42.280 --> 00:42:42.460
 is

00:42:42.460 --> 00:42:43.180
 contrasted

00:42:43.180 --> 00:42:43.400
 again

00:42:43.400 --> 00:42:43.600
 with

00:42:43.600 --> 00:42:43.840
 verse

00:42:43.840 --> 00:42:44.240
 20

00:42:44.240 --> 00:42:45.100
 we

00:42:45.100 --> 00:42:45.700
 await

00:42:45.700 --> 00:42:45.940
 a

00:42:45.940 --> 00:42:46.539
 savior

00:42:46.539 --> 00:42:47.140
 the

00:42:47.140 --> 00:42:47.760
 Lord

00:42:47.760 --> 00:42:48.380
 Jesus

00:42:48.380 --> 00:42:48.840
 Christ

00:42:48.840 --> 00:42:49.539
 we

00:42:49.539 --> 00:42:49.720
 do

00:42:49.720 --> 00:42:49.960
 not

00:42:49.960 --> 00:42:50.560
 serve

00:42:50.560 --> 00:42:50.980
 our

00:42:50.980 --> 00:42:51.700
 bellies

00:42:51.700 --> 00:42:52.260
 we

00:42:52.260 --> 00:42:52.820
 serve

00:42:52.820 --> 00:42:53.560
 the

00:42:53.560 --> 00:42:53.980
 Lord

00:42:53.980 --> 00:42:54.480
 Jesus

00:42:54.480 --> 00:42:54.980
 Christ

00:42:54.980 --> 00:42:58.860
 verse

00:42:58.860 --> 00:42:59.240
 19

00:42:59.240 --> 00:42:59.519
 says

00:42:59.519 --> 00:42:59.659
 that

00:42:59.659 --> 00:42:59.760
 the

00:42:59.760 --> 00:43:00.039
 enemies

00:43:00.039 --> 00:43:00.179
 of

00:43:00.179 --> 00:43:00.300
 the

00:43:00.300 --> 00:43:00.559
 cross

00:43:00.559 --> 00:43:01.119
 glory

00:43:01.119 --> 00:43:01.380
 in

00:43:01.380 --> 00:43:01.559
 their

00:43:01.559 --> 00:43:02.039
 shame

00:43:02.039 --> 00:43:02.940
 this

00:43:02.940 --> 00:43:03.079
 is

00:43:03.079 --> 00:43:03.639
 contrasted

00:43:03.639 --> 00:43:03.760
 with

00:43:03.760 --> 00:43:03.940
 verse

00:43:03.940 --> 00:43:04.360
 21

00:43:04.360 --> 00:43:04.599
 which

00:43:04.599 --> 00:43:04.780
 says

00:43:04.780 --> 00:43:04.880
 that

00:43:04.880 --> 00:43:04.980
 the

00:43:04.980 --> 00:43:05.139
 Lord

00:43:05.139 --> 00:43:05.500
 Jesus

00:43:05.500 --> 00:43:06.000
 Christ

00:43:06.000 --> 00:43:06.559
 will

00:43:06.559 --> 00:43:07.099
 transform

00:43:07.099 --> 00:43:07.519
 our

00:43:07.519 --> 00:43:08.019
 lowly

00:43:08.019 --> 00:43:08.300
 body

00:43:08.300 --> 00:43:08.599
 to be

00:43:08.599 --> 00:43:08.820
 like

00:43:08.820 --> 00:43:09.059
 his

00:43:09.059 --> 00:43:10.039
 glorious

00:43:10.039 --> 00:43:10.900
 body

00:43:10.900 --> 00:43:11.860
 by

00:43:11.860 --> 00:43:12.019
 the

00:43:12.019 --> 00:43:12.340
 power

00:43:12.340 --> 00:43:12.500
 that

00:43:12.500 --> 00:43:12.880
 enables

00:43:12.880 --> 00:43:13.039
 him

00:43:13.039 --> 00:43:13.199
 even

00:43:13.199 --> 00:43:13.340
 to

00:43:13.340 --> 00:43:13.679
 subject

00:43:13.679 --> 00:43:13.900
 all

00:43:13.900 --> 00:43:14.179
 things

00:43:14.179 --> 00:43:14.360
 to

00:43:14.360 --> 00:43:14.800
 himself

00:43:14.800 --> 00:43:15.860
 all

00:43:15.860 --> 00:43:16.059
 that

00:43:16.059 --> 00:43:16.240
 the

00:43:16.240 --> 00:43:16.579
 enemies

00:43:16.579 --> 00:43:16.780
 of

00:43:16.780 --> 00:43:16.920
 the

00:43:16.920 --> 00:43:17.260
 cross

00:43:17.260 --> 00:43:17.820
 glory

00:43:17.820 --> 00:43:18.240
 in

00:43:18.240 --> 00:43:19.139
 their

00:43:19.139 --> 00:43:19.800
 confidence

00:43:19.800 --> 00:43:20.000
 in

00:43:20.000 --> 00:43:20.139
 the

00:43:20.139 --> 00:43:20.500
 flesh

00:43:20.500 --> 00:43:20.760
 their

00:43:20.760 --> 00:43:21.300
 worldly

00:43:21.300 --> 00:43:22.079
 accomplishments

00:43:22.079 --> 00:43:22.840
 their

00:43:22.840 --> 00:43:23.400
 reliance

00:43:23.400 --> 00:43:23.679
 on

00:43:23.679 --> 00:43:24.159
 religious

00:43:24.159 --> 00:43:24.800
 credentials

00:43:24.800 --> 00:43:25.240
 rather

00:43:25.240 --> 00:43:25.440
 than

00:43:25.440 --> 00:43:25.600
 on

00:43:25.600 --> 00:43:26.000
 Christ

00:43:26.000 --> 00:43:26.740
 all

00:43:26.740 --> 00:43:26.900
 of

00:43:26.900 --> 00:43:27.100
 these

00:43:27.100 --> 00:43:27.440
 things

00:43:27.440 --> 00:43:27.640
 are

00:43:27.640 --> 00:43:28.140
 actually

00:43:28.140 --> 00:43:28.600
 their

00:43:28.600 --> 00:43:29.100
 shame

00:43:29.100 --> 00:43:30.340
 because

00:43:30.340 --> 00:43:31.220
 they are

00:43:31.220 --> 00:43:31.880
 cut off

00:43:31.880 --> 00:43:32.220
 from

00:43:32.220 --> 00:43:32.620
 Christ

00:43:32.620 --> 00:43:33.160
 on account

00:43:33.160 --> 00:43:33.320
 of

00:43:33.320 --> 00:43:33.519
 these

00:43:33.519 --> 00:43:33.860
 things

00:43:33.860 --> 00:43:34.060
 that

00:43:34.060 --> 00:43:34.180
 they

00:43:34.180 --> 00:43:34.360
 put

00:43:34.360 --> 00:43:34.519
 their

00:43:34.519 --> 00:43:34.840
 trust

00:43:34.840 --> 00:43:35.440
 in

00:43:35.440 --> 00:43:37.640
 as

00:43:37.640 --> 00:43:37.980
 John

00:43:37.980 --> 00:43:38.420
 Tillerson

00:43:38.420 --> 00:43:38.640
 an

00:43:38.640 --> 00:43:39.060
 Anglican

00:43:39.060 --> 00:43:39.340
 bishop

00:43:39.340 --> 00:43:39.760
 from the

00:43:39.760 --> 00:43:40.700
 1700s

00:43:40.700 --> 00:43:41.019
 once

00:43:41.019 --> 00:43:41.340
 said

00:43:41.340 --> 00:43:42.200
 he who

00:43:42.200 --> 00:43:42.820
 provides

00:43:42.820 --> 00:43:43.180
 for

00:43:43.180 --> 00:43:43.519
 this

00:43:43.519 --> 00:43:44.019
 life

00:43:44.019 --> 00:43:45.019
 but

00:43:45.019 --> 00:43:45.320
 takes

00:43:45.320 --> 00:43:45.600
 no

00:43:45.600 --> 00:43:46.019
 care

00:43:46.019 --> 00:43:46.240
 for

00:43:46.240 --> 00:43:46.820
 eternity

00:43:46.820 --> 00:43:47.680
 is

00:43:47.680 --> 00:43:48.320
 wise

00:43:48.320 --> 00:43:48.720
 for

00:43:48.720 --> 00:43:48.920
 a

00:43:48.920 --> 00:43:49.340
 moment

00:43:49.340 --> 00:43:50.120
 but

00:43:50.120 --> 00:43:50.300
 a

00:43:50.300 --> 00:43:50.640
 fool

00:43:50.640 --> 00:43:51.600
 forever

00:43:51.599 --> 00:43:55.539
 but

00:43:55.539 --> 00:43:56.079
 Christians

00:43:56.079 --> 00:43:56.400
 who

00:43:56.400 --> 00:43:56.679
 have

00:43:56.679 --> 00:43:57.279
 shame

00:43:57.279 --> 00:43:57.500
 in

00:43:57.500 --> 00:43:57.719
 this

00:43:57.719 --> 00:43:58.079
 world

00:43:58.079 --> 00:43:59.360
 because

00:43:59.360 --> 00:43:59.679
 of

00:43:59.679 --> 00:43:59.860
 their

00:43:59.860 --> 00:44:00.460
 lowly

00:44:00.460 --> 00:44:01.000
 bodies

00:44:01.000 --> 00:44:01.639
 because

00:44:01.639 --> 00:44:01.900
 of

00:44:01.900 --> 00:44:02.079
 their

00:44:02.079 --> 00:44:02.860
 infirmities

00:44:02.860 --> 00:44:03.159
 because

00:44:03.159 --> 00:44:03.440
 of

00:44:03.440 --> 00:44:03.599
 their

00:44:03.599 --> 00:44:04.099
 weaknesses

00:44:04.099 --> 00:44:04.480
 because

00:44:04.480 --> 00:44:04.699
 of

00:44:04.699 --> 00:44:04.860
 their

00:44:04.860 --> 00:44:05.539
 sufferings

00:44:05.539 --> 00:44:06.000
 because

00:44:06.000 --> 00:44:06.339
 of

00:44:06.339 --> 00:44:06.539
 their

00:44:06.539 --> 00:44:07.000
 deaths

00:44:07.000 --> 00:44:07.219
 to

00:44:07.219 --> 00:44:07.579
 self

00:44:07.579 --> 00:44:08.380
 those

00:44:08.380 --> 00:44:08.519
 who

00:44:08.519 --> 00:44:08.719
 put

00:44:08.719 --> 00:44:09.000
 no

00:44:09.000 --> 00:44:09.519
 confidence

00:44:09.519 --> 00:44:09.719
 in

00:44:09.719 --> 00:44:09.860
 the

00:44:09.860 --> 00:44:10.119
 flesh

00:44:10.119 --> 00:44:10.299
 but

00:44:10.299 --> 00:44:10.460
 put

00:44:10.460 --> 00:44:10.699
 all

00:44:10.699 --> 00:44:10.860
 their

00:44:10.860 --> 00:44:11.179
 trust

00:44:11.179 --> 00:44:11.319
 in

00:44:11.319 --> 00:44:11.559
 Jesus

00:44:11.559 --> 00:44:12.019
 Christ

00:44:12.019 --> 00:44:12.940
 they

00:44:12.940 --> 00:44:13.360
 will

00:44:13.360 --> 00:44:13.619
 be

00:44:13.619 --> 00:44:14.259
 conformed

00:44:14.259 --> 00:44:14.380
 to

00:44:14.380 --> 00:44:14.579
 the

00:44:14.579 --> 00:44:15.039
 suffering

00:44:15.039 --> 00:44:16.480
 in

00:44:16.480 --> 00:44:16.599
 the

00:44:16.599 --> 00:44:16.960
 future

00:44:16.960 --> 00:44:17.179
 they

00:44:17.179 --> 00:44:17.300
 will

00:44:17.300 --> 00:44:17.440
 be

00:44:17.440 --> 00:44:17.900
 conformed

00:44:17.900 --> 00:44:18.000
 to

00:44:18.000 --> 00:44:18.219
 the

00:44:18.219 --> 00:44:18.759
 glorious

00:44:18.759 --> 00:44:19.239
 body

00:44:19.239 --> 00:44:19.759
 of

00:44:19.759 --> 00:44:20.000
 Jesus

00:44:20.000 --> 00:44:20.539
 Christ

00:44:20.539 --> 00:44:22.460
 they

00:44:22.460 --> 00:44:22.539
 will

00:44:22.539 --> 00:44:22.659
 be

00:44:22.659 --> 00:44:23.380
 transformed

00:44:23.380 --> 00:44:26.039
 and

00:44:26.039 --> 00:44:26.440
 finally

00:44:26.440 --> 00:44:27.079
 verse 19

00:44:27.079 --> 00:44:27.579
 describes

00:44:27.579 --> 00:44:28.139
 the enemies

00:44:28.139 --> 00:44:28.420
 of the

00:44:28.420 --> 00:44:28.679
 cross

00:44:28.679 --> 00:44:29.000
 as those

00:44:29.000 --> 00:44:29.239
 whose

00:44:29.239 --> 00:44:29.759
 minds

00:44:29.759 --> 00:44:30.360
 are set

00:44:30.360 --> 00:44:30.699
 on

00:44:30.699 --> 00:44:31.219
 earthly

00:44:31.219 --> 00:44:31.759
 things

00:44:31.759 --> 00:44:33.420
 in

00:44:33.420 --> 00:44:33.960
 contrast

00:44:33.960 --> 00:44:34.480
 verse 20

00:44:34.480 --> 00:44:34.719
 says

00:44:34.719 --> 00:44:35.099
 our

00:44:35.099 --> 00:44:35.679
 citizenship

00:44:35.679 --> 00:44:36.579
 is

00:44:36.579 --> 00:44:36.940
 in

00:44:36.940 --> 00:44:37.420
 heaven

00:44:37.420 --> 00:44:39.639
 Philippi

00:44:39.639 --> 00:44:40.099
 was a

00:44:40.099 --> 00:44:40.500
 colony

00:44:40.500 --> 00:44:40.719
 of

00:44:40.719 --> 00:44:41.039
 Rome

00:44:41.039 --> 00:44:41.599
 but

00:44:41.599 --> 00:44:41.779
 the

00:44:41.779 --> 00:44:42.199
 Philippian

00:44:42.199 --> 00:44:42.800
 church

00:44:42.800 --> 00:44:43.940
 was a

00:44:43.940 --> 00:44:44.360
 colony

00:44:44.360 --> 00:44:45.019
 of

00:44:45.019 --> 00:44:45.380
 heaven

00:44:45.380 --> 00:44:48.220
 and

00:44:48.220 --> 00:44:48.340
 they

00:44:48.340 --> 00:44:48.720
 needed

00:44:48.720 --> 00:44:48.960
 to

00:44:48.960 --> 00:44:49.280
 live

00:44:49.280 --> 00:44:49.880
 appropriately

00:44:49.880 --> 00:44:50.059
 in

00:44:50.059 --> 00:44:50.480
 accordance

00:44:50.480 --> 00:44:50.920
 with

00:44:50.920 --> 00:44:51.160
 their

00:44:51.160 --> 00:44:51.700
 citizenship

00:44:51.700 --> 00:44:54.860
 Paul

00:44:54.860 --> 00:44:55.240
 uses

00:44:55.240 --> 00:44:56.059
 very

00:44:56.059 --> 00:44:56.340
 similar

00:44:56.340 --> 00:44:56.660
 language

00:44:56.660 --> 00:44:56.800
 in

00:44:56.800 --> 00:44:57.220
 Colossians

00:44:57.220 --> 00:44:57.500
 3

00:44:57.500 --> 00:44:57.740
 2

00:44:57.740 --> 00:44:57.980
 5

00:44:57.980 --> 00:44:58.099
 he

00:44:58.099 --> 00:44:58.220
 says

00:44:58.220 --> 00:44:58.460
 set

00:44:58.460 --> 00:44:58.660
 your

00:44:58.660 --> 00:44:59.039
 minds

00:44:59.039 --> 00:44:59.220
 on

00:44:59.220 --> 00:44:59.460
 things

00:44:59.460 --> 00:44:59.620
 that

00:44:59.620 --> 00:44:59.720
 are

00:44:59.720 --> 00:45:00.200
 above

00:45:00.200 --> 00:45:01.120
 not

00:45:01.120 --> 00:45:01.320
 on

00:45:01.320 --> 00:45:01.519
 things

00:45:01.519 --> 00:45:01.700
 that

00:45:01.700 --> 00:45:01.820
 are

00:45:01.820 --> 00:45:01.980
 on

00:45:01.980 --> 00:45:02.300
 earth

00:45:02.300 --> 00:45:02.860
 for

00:45:02.860 --> 00:45:03.019
 you

00:45:03.019 --> 00:45:03.180
 have

00:45:03.180 --> 00:45:03.539
 died

00:45:03.539 --> 00:45:03.680
 and

00:45:03.680 --> 00:45:03.800
 your

00:45:03.800 --> 00:45:04.079
 life

00:45:04.079 --> 00:45:04.240
 is

00:45:04.240 --> 00:45:04.420
 hidden

00:45:04.420 --> 00:45:04.579
 with

00:45:04.579 --> 00:45:04.920
 Christ

00:45:04.920 --> 00:45:05.200
 in

00:45:05.200 --> 00:45:05.599
 God

00:45:05.599 --> 00:45:06.500
 when

00:45:06.500 --> 00:45:06.900
 Christ

00:45:06.900 --> 00:45:07.059
 who

00:45:07.059 --> 00:45:07.160
 is

00:45:07.160 --> 00:45:07.300
 your

00:45:07.300 --> 00:45:07.700
 life

00:45:07.700 --> 00:45:08.260
 appears

00:45:08.260 --> 00:45:08.700
 then

00:45:08.700 --> 00:45:08.820
 you

00:45:08.820 --> 00:45:09.120
 also

00:45:09.120 --> 00:45:09.320
 will

00:45:09.320 --> 00:45:09.579
 appear

00:45:09.579 --> 00:45:09.780
 with

00:45:09.780 --> 00:45:09.900
 him

00:45:09.900 --> 00:45:10.039
 in

00:45:10.039 --> 00:45:10.400
 glory

00:45:10.400 --> 00:45:11.200
 put

00:45:11.200 --> 00:45:11.420
 to

00:45:11.420 --> 00:45:11.760
 death

00:45:11.760 --> 00:45:12.220
 therefore

00:45:12.219 --> 00:45:12.759
 what is

00:45:12.759 --> 00:45:13.239
 earthly

00:45:13.239 --> 00:45:13.699
 in

00:45:13.699 --> 00:45:14.079
 you

00:45:14.079 --> 00:45:15.559
 sexual

00:45:15.559 --> 00:45:16.199
 immorality

00:45:16.199 --> 00:45:17.299
 impurity

00:45:17.299 --> 00:45:18.219
 passion

00:45:18.219 --> 00:45:18.839
 evil

00:45:18.839 --> 00:45:19.299
 desire

00:45:19.299 --> 00:45:19.799
 and

00:45:19.799 --> 00:45:20.519
 covetousness

00:45:20.519 --> 00:45:20.839
 which is

00:45:20.839 --> 00:45:21.539
 idolatry

00:45:21.539 --> 00:45:24.239
 worldly

00:45:24.239 --> 00:45:24.899
 success

00:45:24.899 --> 00:45:25.719
 money

00:45:25.719 --> 00:45:26.899
 fame

00:45:26.899 --> 00:45:27.839
 sex

00:45:27.839 --> 00:45:28.579
 these

00:45:28.579 --> 00:45:29.579
 are all

00:45:29.579 --> 00:45:30.099
 earthly

00:45:30.099 --> 00:45:30.699
 things

00:45:30.699 --> 00:45:35.959
 only

00:45:35.959 --> 00:45:36.239
 the

00:45:36.239 --> 00:45:36.679
 enemies

00:45:36.679 --> 00:45:37.000
 of the

00:45:37.000 --> 00:45:37.219
 cross

00:45:37.219 --> 00:45:37.379
 of

00:45:37.379 --> 00:45:37.659
 Christ

00:45:37.659 --> 00:45:38.239
 fix

00:45:38.239 --> 00:45:38.559
 their

00:45:38.559 --> 00:45:39.059
 eyes

00:45:39.059 --> 00:45:39.439
 on

00:45:39.439 --> 00:45:39.759
 these

00:45:39.759 --> 00:45:40.119
 things

00:45:40.119 --> 00:45:43.000
 but

00:45:43.000 --> 00:45:43.299
 we

00:45:43.299 --> 00:45:43.559
 are

00:45:43.559 --> 00:45:43.940
 citizens

00:45:43.940 --> 00:45:44.359
 of

00:45:44.359 --> 00:45:44.799
 heaven

00:45:44.799 --> 00:45:46.079
 we

00:45:46.079 --> 00:45:46.299
 are

00:45:46.299 --> 00:45:47.019
 aliens

00:45:47.019 --> 00:45:48.259
 we're

00:45:48.259 --> 00:45:48.799
 foreigners

00:45:48.799 --> 00:45:52.539
 the

00:45:52.539 --> 00:45:52.719
 way

00:45:52.719 --> 00:45:52.900
 we

00:45:52.900 --> 00:45:53.299
 study

00:45:53.299 --> 00:45:53.859
 the

00:45:53.859 --> 00:45:54.019
 way

00:45:54.019 --> 00:45:54.199
 we

00:45:54.199 --> 00:45:54.599
 work

00:45:54.599 --> 00:45:54.799
 the

00:45:54.799 --> 00:45:54.900
 way

00:45:54.900 --> 00:45:55.039
 we

00:45:55.039 --> 00:45:55.380
 spend

00:45:55.380 --> 00:45:55.599
 our

00:45:55.599 --> 00:45:55.920
 money

00:45:55.920 --> 00:45:56.179
 the

00:45:56.179 --> 00:45:56.299
 way

00:45:56.299 --> 00:45:56.460
 we

00:45:56.460 --> 00:45:56.759
 treat

00:45:56.759 --> 00:45:57.179
 people

00:45:57.179 --> 00:45:57.759
 the

00:45:57.759 --> 00:45:57.920
 way

00:45:57.920 --> 00:45:58.079
 we

00:45:58.079 --> 00:45:58.480
 relate

00:45:58.480 --> 00:45:58.719
 to

00:45:58.719 --> 00:45:59.039
 people

00:45:59.039 --> 00:45:59.259
 of

00:45:59.259 --> 00:45:59.359
 the

00:45:59.359 --> 00:45:59.699
 opposite

00:45:59.699 --> 00:46:00.119
 gender

00:46:00.119 --> 00:46:00.339
 the

00:46:00.339 --> 00:46:00.480
 way

00:46:00.480 --> 00:46:00.659
 we

00:46:00.659 --> 00:46:00.880
 do

00:46:00.880 --> 00:46:01.519
 marriage

00:46:01.519 --> 00:46:02.179
 the

00:46:02.179 --> 00:46:02.380
 way

00:46:02.380 --> 00:46:02.599
 we

00:46:02.599 --> 00:46:03.000
 raise

00:46:03.000 --> 00:46:03.199
 our

00:46:03.199 --> 00:46:03.639
 children

00:46:03.639 --> 00:46:04.480
 all

00:46:04.480 --> 00:46:04.639
 of

00:46:04.639 --> 00:46:04.819
 these

00:46:04.819 --> 00:46:05.079
 things

00:46:05.079 --> 00:46:05.299
 should

00:46:05.299 --> 00:46:05.519
 make

00:46:05.519 --> 00:46:05.679
 the

00:46:05.679 --> 00:46:05.980
 people

00:46:05.980 --> 00:46:06.179
 of

00:46:06.179 --> 00:46:06.359
 this

00:46:06.359 --> 00:46:06.679
 world

00:46:06.679 --> 00:46:07.119
 raise

00:46:07.119 --> 00:46:07.359
 their

00:46:07.359 --> 00:46:07.799
 eyebrows

00:46:07.799 --> 00:46:08.039
 and

00:46:08.039 --> 00:46:08.380
 say

00:46:08.380 --> 00:46:08.940
 you're

00:46:08.940 --> 00:46:09.119
 not

00:46:09.119 --> 00:46:09.480
 from

00:46:09.480 --> 00:46:09.880
 here

00:46:09.880 --> 00:46:10.340
 are

00:46:10.340 --> 00:46:10.599
 you

00:46:10.599 --> 00:46:16.900
 the

00:46:16.900 --> 00:46:17.220
 word

00:46:17.220 --> 00:46:17.780
 savior

00:46:17.780 --> 00:46:18.079
 was

00:46:18.079 --> 00:46:18.500
 commonly

00:46:18.500 --> 00:46:18.960
 used

00:46:18.960 --> 00:46:19.280
 in

00:46:19.280 --> 00:46:19.440
 the

00:46:19.440 --> 00:46:19.860
 greco-roman

00:46:19.860 --> 00:46:20.119
 world

00:46:20.119 --> 00:46:20.300
 to

00:46:20.300 --> 00:46:20.539
 refer

00:46:20.539 --> 00:46:20.740
 to

00:46:20.740 --> 00:46:21.200
 Caesar

00:46:21.200 --> 00:46:22.300
 but

00:46:22.300 --> 00:46:22.640
 Paul

00:46:22.640 --> 00:46:23.160
 declares

00:46:23.160 --> 00:46:23.400
 here

00:46:23.400 --> 00:46:23.599
 that

00:46:23.599 --> 00:46:23.800
 our

00:46:23.800 --> 00:46:24.140
 only

00:46:24.140 --> 00:46:24.619
 savior

00:46:24.619 --> 00:46:25.280
 is

00:46:25.280 --> 00:46:25.760
 Jesus

00:46:25.760 --> 00:46:26.539
 Christ

00:46:26.539 --> 00:46:27.420
 the

00:46:27.420 --> 00:46:28.000
 Philippians

00:46:28.000 --> 00:46:28.619
 ultimate

00:46:28.619 --> 00:46:29.160
 citizenship

00:46:29.160 --> 00:46:29.820
 was not

00:46:29.820 --> 00:46:30.119
 in the

00:46:30.119 --> 00:46:30.340
 Roman

00:46:30.340 --> 00:46:30.840
 empire

00:46:30.840 --> 00:46:31.880
 and

00:46:31.880 --> 00:46:32.320
 likewise

00:46:32.320 --> 00:46:32.840
 our

00:46:32.840 --> 00:46:33.200
 ultimate

00:46:33.200 --> 00:46:33.640
 citizenship

00:46:33.640 --> 00:46:34.380
 is not

00:46:34.380 --> 00:46:34.760
 in the

00:46:34.760 --> 00:46:34.980
 United

00:46:34.980 --> 00:46:35.360
 States

00:46:35.360 --> 00:46:35.500
 of

00:46:35.500 --> 00:46:35.940
 America

00:46:35.940 --> 00:46:37.820
 or

00:46:37.820 --> 00:46:38.019
 any

00:46:38.019 --> 00:46:38.300
 other

00:46:38.300 --> 00:46:38.780
 kingdom

00:46:38.780 --> 00:46:42.080
 this

00:46:42.080 --> 00:46:42.260
 is

00:46:42.260 --> 00:46:42.640
 why

00:46:42.640 --> 00:46:42.920
 even

00:46:42.920 --> 00:46:43.280
 when

00:46:43.280 --> 00:46:43.900
 kingdoms

00:46:43.900 --> 00:46:44.460
 totter

00:46:44.460 --> 00:46:45.220
 even

00:46:45.220 --> 00:46:45.620
 when

00:46:45.620 --> 00:46:46.540
 democracies

00:46:46.540 --> 00:46:47.180
 falter

00:46:47.180 --> 00:46:48.140
 we

00:46:48.140 --> 00:46:48.420
 are

00:46:48.420 --> 00:46:48.760
 not

00:46:48.760 --> 00:46:49.200
 shaken

00:46:49.200 --> 00:46:49.600
 because

00:46:49.600 --> 00:46:49.920
 our

00:46:49.920 --> 00:46:50.480
 king

00:46:50.480 --> 00:46:51.100
 is

00:46:51.100 --> 00:46:51.340
 still

00:46:51.340 --> 00:46:51.519
 on

00:46:51.519 --> 00:46:51.640
 the

00:46:51.640 --> 00:46:51.960
 throne

00:46:51.960 --> 00:46:57.060
 we

00:46:57.060 --> 00:46:57.440
 need

00:46:57.440 --> 00:46:57.640
 to

00:46:57.640 --> 00:46:58.000
 press

00:46:58.000 --> 00:46:58.460
 on

00:46:58.460 --> 00:46:58.680
 with

00:46:58.680 --> 00:46:58.900
 our

00:46:58.900 --> 00:46:59.460
 minds

00:46:59.460 --> 00:46:59.680
 set

00:46:59.680 --> 00:46:59.900
 on

00:46:59.900 --> 00:47:00.140
 the

00:47:00.140 --> 00:47:00.600
 heavenly

00:47:00.600 --> 00:47:01.260
 prize

00:47:01.260 --> 00:47:01.820
 in

00:47:01.820 --> 00:47:02.100
 Christ

00:47:02.100 --> 00:47:02.640
 Jesus

00:47:02.639 --> 00:47:06.420
 brothers

00:47:06.420 --> 00:47:06.599
 and

00:47:06.599 --> 00:47:06.980
 sisters

00:47:06.980 --> 00:47:07.400
 we

00:47:07.400 --> 00:47:07.719
 march

00:47:07.719 --> 00:47:07.900
 by

00:47:07.900 --> 00:47:08.099
 the

00:47:08.099 --> 00:47:08.400
 bead

00:47:08.400 --> 00:47:09.000
 of

00:47:09.000 --> 00:47:09.379
 Christ

00:47:09.379 --> 00:47:09.619
 our

00:47:09.619 --> 00:47:09.920
 king

00:47:09.920 --> 00:47:12.400
 our

00:47:12.400 --> 00:47:12.779
 battle

00:47:12.779 --> 00:47:12.940
 is

00:47:12.940 --> 00:47:13.139
 not

00:47:13.139 --> 00:47:13.319
 yet

00:47:13.319 --> 00:47:13.639
 over

00:47:13.639 --> 00:47:14.679
 our

00:47:14.679 --> 00:47:15.179
 race

00:47:15.179 --> 00:47:15.719
 is

00:47:15.719 --> 00:47:16.039
 not

00:47:16.039 --> 00:47:16.359
 yet

00:47:16.359 --> 00:47:16.759
 over

00:47:16.759 --> 00:47:18.440
 so

00:47:18.440 --> 00:47:18.679
 let's

00:47:18.679 --> 00:47:18.940
 set

00:47:18.940 --> 00:47:19.139
 our

00:47:19.139 --> 00:47:19.559
 minds

00:47:19.559 --> 00:47:19.859
 on

00:47:19.859 --> 00:47:20.139
 our

00:47:20.139 --> 00:47:20.599
 heavenly

00:47:20.599 --> 00:47:21.099
 prize

00:47:21.099 --> 00:47:21.799
 and

00:47:21.799 --> 00:47:22.099
 keep

00:47:22.099 --> 00:47:22.319
 our

00:47:22.319 --> 00:47:22.799
 eyes

00:47:22.799 --> 00:47:23.480
 on

00:47:23.480 --> 00:47:23.920
 heavenly

00:47:23.920 --> 00:47:25.079
 people

00:47:25.079 --> 00:47:30.559
 lord

00:47:30.559 --> 00:47:30.920
 it

00:47:30.920 --> 00:47:31.460
 belongs

00:47:31.460 --> 00:47:31.900
 not

00:47:31.900 --> 00:47:32.139
 to

00:47:32.139 --> 00:47:32.360
 my

00:47:32.360 --> 00:47:32.679
 care

00:47:32.679 --> 00:47:33.819
 whether

00:47:33.819 --> 00:47:34.039
 I

00:47:34.039 --> 00:47:34.319
 die

00:47:34.319 --> 00:47:34.500
 or

00:47:34.500 --> 00:47:34.819
 live

00:47:34.819 --> 00:47:36.719
 to

00:47:36.719 --> 00:47:37.039
 love

00:47:37.039 --> 00:47:37.259
 and

00:47:37.259 --> 00:47:37.659
 serve

00:47:37.659 --> 00:47:37.920
 thee

00:47:37.920 --> 00:47:38.199
 is

00:47:38.199 --> 00:47:38.380
 my

00:47:38.380 --> 00:47:38.819
 share

00:47:38.819 --> 00:47:39.420
 and

00:47:39.420 --> 00:47:39.719
 this

00:47:39.719 --> 00:47:40.019
 thy

00:47:40.019 --> 00:47:40.380
 grace

00:47:40.380 --> 00:47:40.639
 must

00:47:40.639 --> 00:47:40.900
 give

00:47:40.900 --> 00:47:42.699
 if

00:47:42.699 --> 00:47:43.079
 life

00:47:43.079 --> 00:47:43.319
 be

00:47:43.319 --> 00:47:43.579
 long

00:47:43.579 --> 00:47:43.759
 I

00:47:43.759 --> 00:47:43.940
 will

00:47:43.940 --> 00:47:44.139
 be

00:47:44.139 --> 00:47:44.559
 glad

00:47:44.559 --> 00:47:44.940
 that

00:47:44.940 --> 00:47:45.079
 I

00:47:45.079 --> 00:47:45.219
 may

00:47:45.219 --> 00:47:45.639
 long

00:47:45.639 --> 00:47:46.039
 obey

00:47:46.039 --> 00:47:47.019
 if

00:47:47.019 --> 00:47:47.539
 short

00:47:47.539 --> 00:47:47.980
 yet

00:47:47.980 --> 00:47:48.279
 why

00:47:48.279 --> 00:47:48.519
 should

00:47:48.519 --> 00:47:48.639
 I

00:47:48.639 --> 00:47:48.819
 be

00:47:48.819 --> 00:47:49.219
 sad

00:47:49.219 --> 00:47:49.779
 to

00:47:49.779 --> 00:47:50.340
 welcome

00:47:50.340 --> 00:47:50.880
 endless

00:47:50.880 --> 00:47:51.259
 day

00:47:51.259 --> 00:47:53.099
 Christ

00:47:53.099 --> 00:47:53.539
 leads

00:47:53.539 --> 00:47:53.739
 me

00:47:53.739 --> 00:47:54.019
 through

00:47:54.019 --> 00:47:54.299
 no

00:47:54.299 --> 00:47:54.719
 darker

00:47:54.719 --> 00:47:55.179
 rooms

00:47:55.179 --> 00:47:55.359
 than

00:47:55.359 --> 00:47:55.539
 he

00:47:55.539 --> 00:47:55.839
 went

00:47:55.839 --> 00:47:56.079
 through

00:47:56.079 --> 00:47:56.579
 before

00:47:56.579 --> 00:47:57.659
 he

00:47:57.659 --> 00:47:58.019
 that

00:47:58.019 --> 00:47:58.359
 unto

00:47:58.359 --> 00:47:58.899
 God's

00:47:58.899 --> 00:47:59.199
 kingdom

00:47:59.199 --> 00:47:59.739
 comes

00:47:59.739 --> 00:48:00.219
 must

00:48:00.219 --> 00:48:00.679
 enter

00:48:00.679 --> 00:48:01.000
 by

00:48:01.000 --> 00:48:01.299
 this

00:48:01.299 --> 00:48:01.579
 door

00:48:01.579 --> 00:48:03.219
 come

00:48:03.219 --> 00:48:03.559
 lord

00:48:03.559 --> 00:48:03.839
 when

00:48:03.839 --> 00:48:04.259
 grace

00:48:04.259 --> 00:48:04.559
 hath

00:48:04.559 --> 00:48:04.839
 made

00:48:04.839 --> 00:48:05.039
 me

00:48:05.039 --> 00:48:05.379
 meet

00:48:05.379 --> 00:48:05.779
 thy

00:48:05.779 --> 00:48:06.179
 blessed

00:48:06.179 --> 00:48:06.659
 face

00:48:06.659 --> 00:48:06.859
 to

00:48:06.859 --> 00:48:07.139
 see

00:48:07.139 --> 00:48:08.159
 for

00:48:08.159 --> 00:48:08.419
 if

00:48:08.419 --> 00:48:08.639
 thy

00:48:08.639 --> 00:48:09.039
 work

00:48:09.039 --> 00:48:09.259
 on

00:48:09.259 --> 00:48:09.599
 earth

00:48:09.599 --> 00:48:09.819
 be

00:48:09.819 --> 00:48:10.219
 sweet

00:48:10.219 --> 00:48:10.779
 what

00:48:10.779 --> 00:48:11.179
 will

00:48:11.179 --> 00:48:11.500
 thy

00:48:11.500 --> 00:48:11.879
 glory

00:48:11.879 --> 00:48:12.159
 be

00:48:12.159 --> 00:48:13.799
 then

00:48:13.799 --> 00:48:13.980
 I

00:48:13.980 --> 00:48:14.199
 shall

00:48:14.199 --> 00:48:14.519
 end

00:48:14.519 --> 00:48:14.919
 my

00:48:14.919 --> 00:48:15.319
 sad

00:48:15.319 --> 00:48:15.959
 complaints

00:48:15.959 --> 00:48:16.319
 and

00:48:16.319 --> 00:48:16.659
 weary

00:48:16.659 --> 00:48:17.099
 sinful

00:48:17.099 --> 00:48:17.619
 days

00:48:17.619 --> 00:48:18.379
 and

00:48:18.379 --> 00:48:18.779
 join

00:48:18.779 --> 00:48:19.059
 with

00:48:19.059 --> 00:48:19.239
 the

00:48:19.239 --> 00:48:19.879
 triumphant

00:48:19.879 --> 00:48:20.379
 saints

00:48:20.379 --> 00:48:20.659
 that

00:48:20.659 --> 00:48:21.119
 sing

00:48:21.119 --> 00:48:21.419
 my

00:48:21.419 --> 00:48:22.119
 saviour's

00:48:22.119 --> 00:48:22.500
 praise

00:48:22.500 --> 00:48:23.820
 my

00:48:23.820 --> 00:48:24.420
 knowledge

00:48:24.420 --> 00:48:24.940
 of that

00:48:24.940 --> 00:48:25.320
 life

00:48:25.320 --> 00:48:25.539
 is

00:48:25.539 --> 00:48:25.880
 small

00:48:25.880 --> 00:48:26.480
 the

00:48:26.480 --> 00:48:26.739
 eye

00:48:26.739 --> 00:48:26.960
 of

00:48:26.960 --> 00:48:27.239
 faith

00:48:27.239 --> 00:48:27.519
 is

00:48:27.519 --> 00:48:27.820
 dim

00:48:27.820 --> 00:48:29.099
 but

00:48:29.099 --> 00:48:29.320
 tis

00:48:29.320 --> 00:48:29.860
 enough

00:48:29.860 --> 00:48:30.219
 that

00:48:30.219 --> 00:48:30.659
 Christ

00:48:30.659 --> 00:48:31.019
 knows

00:48:31.019 --> 00:48:31.420
 all

00:48:31.420 --> 00:48:32.059
 and

00:48:32.059 --> 00:48:32.320
 I

00:48:32.320 --> 00:48:32.679
 shall

00:48:32.679 --> 00:48:32.980
 be

00:48:32.980 --> 00:48:33.340
 with

00:48:33.340 --> 00:48:33.679
 him

00:48:33.679 --> 00:48:35.739
 amen

00:48:35.739 --> 00:48:36.539
 so

00:48:36.539 --> 00:48:37.859
 man

00:48:37.859 --> 00:48:42.579
 to

00:48:44.259 --> 00:48:45.219
 have

00:48:45.219 --> 00:48:45.299
 to

00:48:45.299 --> 00:48:52.399
 him