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 Our text this morning is 2 Corinthians chapter 5.

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 How does what will occur affect us now?

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 Romans 8, we just got finished.

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 Nathan just got finished preaching through Romans 8.

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 And it ends with the love of God.

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 It ends with God's love being played out.

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 For we receive future glory.

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 And that nothing can take that away from us.

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 Not even our sin.

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 The future glory of being perfected.

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 The future glory of no longer dealing with sin and death and suffering.

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 The future glory of being perfect.

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 That's what we're going to talk about this morning.

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 When we talk about this future glory,

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 there are two typical responses or reactions to it.

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 One is that people don't understand it,

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 so they take that teaching and they just kind of shelf it.

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 They just kind of put it up on the shelf and say,

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 okay, I'm going to just leave that alone.

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 I don't really understand it, so let's just...

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 The other reaction is,

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 it's so far out there in the future

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 that they take it and they just shelf it.

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 They just put it up on the shelf and say,

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 let's not worry about it.

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 It's not anything that affects us right now.

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 Well, in both cases, it doesn't affect us now.

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 In both cases, it has nothing to do with us now

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 because we ignore it.

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 We just let it sit there.

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 I don't know if this is a curse or this is a good thing,

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 but I'm wired to ask the question, so what?

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 So if I read something in the Bible,

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 if I read some commandment,

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 or if I read some story,

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 I always ask the question, so what now?

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 So why is this important?

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 How does this really affect me now?

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 What's the purpose of reading this?

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 And this morning,

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 I want to answer that question for us

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 concerning future glory,

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 our future glory.

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 Now here's the important thing

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 to answer, to talk about for a second.

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 Our future glory affects our ministry now.

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 I've already said that,

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 and I want to make it clear to you

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 that you guys are all ministers,

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 not just me or Nathan

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 or any other ordained pastor or reverend in here.

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 You guys are all ministers of the gospel.

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 In fact, that's one of the criteria

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 or requirements of being a member

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 of Christ's family church

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 is you to accept that responsibility

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 of being a minister.

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 So when we're out,

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 when we're living life with people,

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 when we're trying to live out

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 this Christian life,

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 we are ministers.

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 We are communicating a truth.

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 And I want you to see this morning

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 through our text,

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 and hopefully through my words,

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 that our future glory affects

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 how we live,

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 how we act,

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 how our day is played out.

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 So let me pray,

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 and then I'll read our text,

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 and we'll dig in.

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 Father, I thank you for this moment in time.

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 I thank you that you have called us here

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 this morning to hear your word.

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 God, I pray that I will hear your word

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 this morning through you speaking to me.

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 Pray, God, that all of us

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 will receive your word this morning

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 through you speaking to us.

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 God, use me this morning.

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 Let what is spoken not be my opinions,

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 but let it be your word,

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 your truth to us.

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 God, I ask for boldness

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 and for clarity of mind.

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 God, that I can make much of you

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 and little of me this morning.

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 Help us to hear,

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 not only hear,

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 but to obey,

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 to follow through,

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 to live out

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 what we hear this morning.

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 We love you

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 because you first loved us

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 through your son Jesus,

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 and it's in his wonderful name I pray.

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 Amen.

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 I'm going to start reading

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 in chapter 4, verse 1.

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 Our text is chapter 5,

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 but I think when I read it,

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 you guys understand,

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 it kind of gives us a little bit of context

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 for our text this morning.

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 So starting in chapter 4, verse 1.

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 Therefore,

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 having this ministry by the mercy of God,

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 we do not lose heart,

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 but we have renounced

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 disgraceful, underhanded ways.

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 We refuse to practice cunning

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 or to tamper with God's word.

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 But by the open statement of the truth,

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 we would commend ourselves

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 to everyone's conscience

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 in the sight of God.

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 And even if our gospel is veiled,

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 it is veiled only to those

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 who are perishing.

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 In their case,

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 the God of this world

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 has blinded the minds

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 of the unbelievers

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 to keep them from seeing

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 the light of the gospel,

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 the glory of Christ,

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 who is the image of God.

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 For what we proclaim

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 is not ourselves,

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 but Jesus Christ as Lord,

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 with ourselves as your servants

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 for Jesus' sake.

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 For God, who said,

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 let light shine out of darkness,

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 has shown in our hearts

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 to give the light

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 of the knowledge

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 of the glory of God

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 in the face of Jesus Christ.

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 But we have this treasure

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 in jars of clay

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 to show that the surpassing power

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 belongs to God

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 and not to us.

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 We are afflicted in every way,

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 but not crushed.

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 Perplexed,

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 but not driven to despair.

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 Persecuted,

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 but not forsaken.

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 Struck down,

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 but not destroyed.

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 Always carrying in the body

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 the death of Jesus,

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 so that the life of Jesus

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 may also be manifested

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 in our bodies.

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 For we who live

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 are always being given over

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 to death for Jesus' sake,

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 so that the life of Jesus

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 also may be manifested

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 in our mortal flesh.

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 So death is at work in us,

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 but life in you.

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 Since we have the same spirit of faith

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 according to what has been written,

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 I believed and so I spoke,

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 we also believe,

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 and so we also speak,

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 knowing that He who raised

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 the Lord Jesus

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 will raise us also with Jesus

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 and bring us with you

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 into His presence.

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 For it is all for your sake

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 that as grace extends

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 to more and more people,

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 it may increase thanksgiving

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 to the glory of God.

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 So we do not lose heart.

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 Though our outer self

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 is wasting away,

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 our inner self

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 is being renewed day by day.

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 For this light,

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 momentary affliction

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 is preparing for us

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 an eternal weight of glory

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 beyond all comparison.

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 As we look not

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 to the things that are seen,

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 but the things that are unseen.

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 For the things that are seen

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 are transit,

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 but the things that are unseen

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 are eternal.

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 For we know that at the tent

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 that is our earthly home

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 is destroyed,

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 we have a building from God,

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 a house not made with hands,

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 eternal in the heavens.

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 But in this tent we groan,

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 longing to put on

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 our heavenly dwelling.

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 If indeed by putting it on

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 we may not be found naked.

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 For while we are still

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 in this tent,

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 we groan,

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 being burdened,

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 not that we will be unclothed,

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 but that we will be

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 further clothed,

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 so that what is mortal

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 may be swallowed up by life.

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 He who has prepared us

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 for this very thing

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 is God,

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 who has given us

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 the Spirit

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 as a guarantee.

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 So we are always

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 of good courage.

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 We know that while

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 we are at home in the body,

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 we are away from the Lord.

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 For we walk by faith,

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 not by sight.

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 Yes,

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 we are of good courage,

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 and we would rather

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 be away from the body

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 and at home with the Lord.

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 So whether we are

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 at home or away,

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 we make it our aim

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 to please Him.

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 For we must all appear

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 before the judgment seat

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 of Christ,

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 so that each one

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 may receive what is due

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 for what he has done

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 in the body,

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 whether good or evil.

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 Therefore,

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 knowing the fear

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 of the Lord,

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 we persuade others.

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 But what we are

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 is known to God,

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 and I hope it is known

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 also to your conscience.

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 We are not commending

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 ourselves to you again,

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 but giving you cause

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 to boast about us,

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 so that you may be able

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 to answer those

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 who boast about

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 outward appearance

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 and not about

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 what is in the heart.

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 For if we are beside

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 ourselves,

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 it is for God.

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 If we are in our right mind,

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 it is for you.

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 For the love of Christ

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 controls us,

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 because we have

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 concluded this,

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 that one has died

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 for all,

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 therefore all have died.

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 And He died for all,

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 that those who live

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 might no longer live

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 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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 From now on,

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 therefore,

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 we regard no one

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 according to the flesh,

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 even though we once

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 regarded Christ

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 according to the flesh.

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 We regard Him

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 thus no longer.

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 Therefore,

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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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 All this is from God,

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 who through Christ

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 reconciled us to Himself

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 and gave us

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 the ministry

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 of reconciliation.

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 That is,

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 in Christ,

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 God was reconciling

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 the world to Himself,

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 not counting their trespasses

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 against them

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 and entrusting to us

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 the message

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 of reconciliation.

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 Therefore,

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 we are ambassadors

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 for Christ.

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 God making His appeal

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 through us.

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 We implore you

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 on behalf of Christ,

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 be reconciled to God.

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 For our sake,

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 He made Him to be sin

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 who knew no sin,

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 so that in Him

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 we might become

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 the righteousness

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 of God.

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 I don't know

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 if you picked up

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 on some of the language

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 that Paul was using,

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 but in chapter 4,

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 verse 17,

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 he says,

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 for this light

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 momentary affliction.

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 I just kind of chuckled

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 when I read that

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 for the first time.

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 What in the world

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 is he talking about,

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 this light momentary affliction?

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 He's talking about

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 all the suffering

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 and everything

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 that he's gone through.

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 Not right now,

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 but later on

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 in your studies

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 and you're reading,

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 flip over and look

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 at chapter 11

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 and see all the stuff

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 that Paul has gone through.

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 He gives you a giant list

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 of his afflictions

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 and he's calling

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 those things

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 light momentary afflictions.

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 So,

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 just incredible

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 by itself.

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 Now,

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 our text this morning

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 is chapter 5,

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 1 through 10.

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 And it's a big chunk

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 and I understand that,

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 but I wanted to read

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 before and after

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 for you

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 so you can kind of

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 see where it sits.

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 What I want to do

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 with 1 through 4

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 is kind of give you guys

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 a quick summary.

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 This is basically

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 Romans chapter 8 again

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 talking about

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 our future glory.

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 It relates very well,

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 transfers very well.

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 I want to go through that,

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 give it the respect

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 that it's due

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 and then our points

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 this morning

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 are 5 through 10.

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 So,

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 1 through 4,

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 really quick.

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 Verse 1,

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 it says,

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 For we know

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 that if the tent

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 that is our earthly home

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 is destroyed,

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 we have a building

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 from God,

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 a house not made

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 with hands,

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 eternal in the heavens.

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 Now,

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 what Paul does here,

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 Paul,

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 the author of 2 Corinthians,

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 what he does here

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 is he compares

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 tent and building.

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 He compares

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 mortal and immortal.

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 He compares

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 this life

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 and the life to come.

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 Our life here

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 is like living in a tent

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 or being in a tent.

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 It's temporary.

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 Storms come.

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 It gets beaten down.

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 You've got to put it back up.

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 There's guys in here

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 who love camping.

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 I don't really enjoy camping.

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 There's several reasons why.

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 One of them,

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 I hate laying on the floor

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 or laying on the ground.

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 I'm a tall guy

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 so it's hard to find

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 padding that fits my body.

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 I hate trying to set up the tent

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 and usually you're setting it up

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 at night

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 and you're trying to do it

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 with a headlamp.

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 I just don't enjoy any of that.

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 But,

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 you go camping,

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 you have to set up the tent,

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 you have to take it down

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 and that's kind of the idea

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 that Paul is getting at here.

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 It's temporary.

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 It's going to be taken down.

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 It's going to be removed.

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 And he's communicating here

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 that our tent,

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 our earthly home

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 is going to be destroyed.

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 We're going to leave this place.

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 And what we're going to leave too

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 is that earthly building,

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 an earthly home

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 that God is building for us,

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 that God has built for us.

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 One thing I want you to see

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 is here it says,

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 for we know,

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 the first three words,

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 for we know,

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 and that is a certainty.

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 That is a,

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 you die as a Christian,

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 as a believer,

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 as a follower of Jesus Christ,

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 you die,

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 you're going to be in the building

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 and the home

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 that he is building for you.

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 It's not a question.

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 It is as certain

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 as dying is.

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 It is positive,

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 definite,

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 going to happen.

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 And in Romans chapter 8,

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 we learn about

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 nothing is going to take us away

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 from the love of God.

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 In Romans chapter 8,

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 we learn,

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 we learn that we have this assurance

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 in our salvation

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 that Nathan said last week

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 that even our sin

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 can't take that away.

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 Even our sin

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 can't ruin that

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 because of Christ.

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 And,

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 and that assurance,

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 that certainty

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 is the same certainty here

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 that when we die,

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 we are in

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 the building

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 that God is building.

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 Well,

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 in verse 2,

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 we see another,

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 a term here

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 that is similar

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 and found in Romans chapter 8 also.

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 Verse 2,

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 it says,

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 for in this tent

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 we groan,

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 longing to put on

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 our heavenly dwelling.

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 This groaning,

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 if you remember

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 in chapter 8 of Romans,

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 the creation groans

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 to be finally perfected.

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 This groaning here

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 is not just a,

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 it's not a sigh,

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 it's not a,

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 it's not a,

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 mmm,

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 that'd be great,

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 you know,

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 that'd be good,

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 but I'm really

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 looking forward to that.

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 No,

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 it's a,

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 it's a deep down

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 longing and desire

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 that can't be curved.

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 It's a,

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 it's a hunger

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 that can't be crushed.

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 Can't be quenched.

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 Do you long?

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 Do you groan

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 for future glory,

00:14:38.180 --> 00:14:39.279
 for our heavenly dwelling,

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 for that building,

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 that time,

00:14:41.060 --> 00:14:42.540
 that perfect body

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 that God is,

00:14:43.300 --> 00:14:44.560
 is getting ready

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 for us?

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 So,

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 the suffering,

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 the death,

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 the pain,

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 the mortality,

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 all of that goes away.

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 All of that disappears.

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 Do you,

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 do you long for that moment?

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 Is that,

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 is that a great desire

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 in your life?

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 In,

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 in,

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 in verse 4,

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 we get the same text,

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 the same language,

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 for while we are still

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 in this tent,

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 we groan,

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 being burdened,

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 being burdened,

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 just that weight,

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 that longing here,

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 that,

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 that overwhelming power,

00:15:24.840 --> 00:15:26.159
 overwhelming feeling

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 that we want to be

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 somewhere else.

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 Do you have that?

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 You know,

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 it's cliche to say that,

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 that death is the beginning.

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 Death is only just the beginning.

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 You know,

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 it's just kind of,

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 kind of a silly statement.

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 And I,

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 but Paul believed that.

00:15:42.259 --> 00:15:42.639
 Paul,

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 the writer of this text,

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 the writer of this book,

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 believed that.

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 Philippians 1,

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 21,

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 for to live is Christ

00:15:51.440 --> 00:15:52.800
 and to die is what?

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 Gain.

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 He,

00:15:56.759 --> 00:15:56.980
 he,

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 he saw death

00:15:57.940 --> 00:15:58.720
 as being the,

00:15:58.720 --> 00:15:59.080
 the,

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 the greatest thing

00:16:00.220 --> 00:16:01.100
 because then he's with,

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 with the Savior,

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 he's with God,

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 he's perfected.

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 I wonder how many of us

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 have that perspective.

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 How many of us

00:16:08.740 --> 00:16:09.500
 are groaning,

00:16:09.659 --> 00:16:10.840
 are eagerly awaiting

00:16:10.840 --> 00:16:11.460
 that moment,

00:16:12.100 --> 00:16:13.039
 that moment when,

00:16:14.220 --> 00:16:15.419
 when we no longer

00:16:15.419 --> 00:16:17.080
 suffer with sin

00:16:17.080 --> 00:16:17.720
 and death,

00:16:18.220 --> 00:16:18.860
 mortality,

00:16:20.360 --> 00:16:21.019
 from every,

00:16:21.059 --> 00:16:22.559
 every fiber of our being.

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 Do we,

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 do we long for that?

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 That's,

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 that's the picture here

00:16:25.860 --> 00:16:26.740
 of this future glory

00:16:26.740 --> 00:16:27.159
 to be,

00:16:27.779 --> 00:16:28.139
 as we,

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 we desire,

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 we long for it.

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 In,

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 in verse 3,

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 if indeed by putting it on

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 we may not be found naked,

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 and the end of verse 4,

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 not that we would be unclothed,

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 but that we would be

00:16:40.220 --> 00:16:41.420
 further clothed

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 so that what is mortal

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 may be swallowed up

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 by life.

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 He makes another comparison

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 saying the same thing.

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 Clothed and unclothed.

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 Here,

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 we're unclothed.

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 But in eternity,

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 future glory,

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 we're clothed.

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 He compares the two for us.

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 He wants to make a,

00:17:03.939 --> 00:17:05.000
 he wants to make a point

00:17:05.000 --> 00:17:05.859
 that we understand

00:17:05.859 --> 00:17:06.279
 that,

00:17:06.599 --> 00:17:08.099
 that when we die here,

00:17:08.579 --> 00:17:09.240
 immediately,

00:17:09.619 --> 00:17:10.879
 we're in heaven.

00:17:11.379 --> 00:17:11.819
 Immediately,

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 we're perfected.

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 Immediately,

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 there's not this waiting,

00:17:15.759 --> 00:17:16.519
 there's not this,

00:17:17.639 --> 00:17:18.639
 time of,

00:17:18.639 --> 00:17:20.039
 of purgatory,

00:17:20.299 --> 00:17:21.579
 or whatever these other,

00:17:21.940 --> 00:17:23.299
 literary,

00:17:23.980 --> 00:17:25.379
 creations,

00:17:26.059 --> 00:17:26.859
 have come up with.

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 We,

00:17:27.740 --> 00:17:28.980
 we die,

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 we are in eternity.

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 We are future glory.

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 There's no moment

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 of unclothed time.

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 And that's important

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 because,

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 because it,

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 it kind of,

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 kind of fuels us.

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 It fuels living

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 even now.

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 We know that,

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 that when we die,

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 we are with Him.

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 And that's,

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 that should be encouraging

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 to us.

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 So,

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 that kind of sets us up,

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 that kind of gives us

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 one through four.

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 That's the future glory

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 related to Romans chapter 8,

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 kind of bringing us

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 and keep carrying that through.

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 Now,

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 five points this morning,

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 and we're going to see them

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 in five through ten.

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 Five points of how does

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 our future glory

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 affect our ministry now.

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 Now,

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 the first point

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 is found in verse five.

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 Verse five reads,

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 He who has prepared us

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 for this very thing

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 is God,

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 who has given us

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 the Spirit

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 as a guarantee.

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 Now,

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 this may not sound like

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 something that affects us,

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 but the truth is

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 that God is right now

00:18:35.700 --> 00:18:36.980
 preparing us

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 for our future glory.

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 God is preparing us

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 and making us ready

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 for that,

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 that time.

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 God,

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 who,

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 who put the stars

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 by His word

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 where they are

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 and told them to stay,

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 who raised the mountains

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 to a certain point

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 and told them

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 to stay right there.

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 The God who gave us,

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 who planned eternity past,

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 that on,

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 what was yesterday,

00:19:02.039 --> 00:19:02.819
 May 5th,

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 we would have a super moon.

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 This God,

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 through His word,

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 decided that was going to happen.

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 The God whose word

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 is redeeming a people

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 of every tribe and tongue.

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 This God is preparing us

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 for future glory.

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 Now,

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 I had the privilege,

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 I'll say privilege,

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 to go to the outlet mall yesterday.

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 I had to make a return

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 and had to make a purchase.

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 And as I'm driving down 400,

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 headed that way,

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 I am formulating a plan

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 of where I'm going to go,

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 how I'm going to get there,

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 and what's going to be

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 my most efficient way

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 of getting in and out.

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 So if I go to this store,

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 return this,

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 and I go down there,

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 come there,

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 so where do I need to park

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 within that area

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 so that I can just get out of there

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 as fast as possible

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 because Saturday

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 at the outlet mall,

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 this is crazy.

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 Well,

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 my plan didn't work.

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 I failed.

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 But I tried

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 to come up with a plan.

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 God is coming up

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 with a plan.

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 God is working His plan out

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 for you and for me

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 and permitting

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 and allowing things to happen

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 that is perfecting us

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 and getting us

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 and preparing us

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 for future glory.

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 He's preparing us

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 for that moment in time.

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 In chapter 4, verse 17,

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 I kind of touched on it.

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 It says,

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 for this light,

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 momentary affliction,

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 so everything that Paul

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 has suffered through,

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 is preparing for us

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 an eternal weight of glory

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 beyond all comparison.

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 Beyond all comparison.

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 So if God is preparing us

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 for future glory

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 and it is beyond comparison,

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 that should lighten our step

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 and make our voices bold

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 and live a certain way.

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 God is preparing us.

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 This light,

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 momentary affliction,

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 the suffering,

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 the sickness that we deal with,

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 the sin that we struggle with,

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 death,

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 the fight and the stride

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 that we have for holiness.

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 Those moments where we just say

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 we can't make it.

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 I can't live sinless.

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 I can't fight this sin any longer.

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 The desires to be somewhere else.

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 Those Southwest Airlines commercials

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 want to get away.

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 Desire to be somewhere else

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 because we just can't make it anymore.

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 All of that goes away.

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 All of that disappears

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 when we reach our future glory.

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 All of that will be no more.

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 And what's going to be left

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 is pure worship

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 and euphoria

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 and thanksgiving

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 to the suffering

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 that we go through now.

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 The struggle

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 and the fight

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 and the harsh,

00:22:07.220 --> 00:22:07.980
 the hard struggles

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 that we have,

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 all of that

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 is going to make

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 our Savior

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 that much better.

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 Our Savior

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 that much sweeter

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 to our eyes.

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 That much greater

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 because He's going to get us

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 through those times

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 and He's going to

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 take all of that away.

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 God is preparing us

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 even now.

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 Even now

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 for future glory.

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 And that should,

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 and I think does,

00:22:36.980 --> 00:22:38.440
 affect our ministry here.

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 Knowing that what we're going through,

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 God is using

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 to prepare us

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 for something greater.

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 So if we know

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 that God is preparing us,

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 then in verse 6,

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 first part of verse 6,

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 we have courage then.

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 Look at verse 6.

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 So we are always

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 of good courage.

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 So we are always

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 of good courage.

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 We know from the story

00:23:04.980 --> 00:23:05.720
 of Paul

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 that Paul abandoned

00:23:07.339 --> 00:23:09.000
 his life.

00:23:09.319 --> 00:23:10.039
 Like he just said,

00:23:10.559 --> 00:23:11.480
 to live is Christ

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 and to die is gain.

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 So I'm just going to go

00:23:13.860 --> 00:23:14.559
 full bore

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 and I'm going to preach

00:23:15.400 --> 00:23:15.920
 the Gospel

00:23:15.920 --> 00:23:16.720
 no matter what.

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 If it puts me in jail,

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 great.

00:23:18.640 --> 00:23:19.920
 If it kills me,

00:23:20.000 --> 00:23:20.299
 great.

00:23:20.980 --> 00:23:22.680
 If it makes me

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 shipwrecked on a boat,

00:23:25.059 --> 00:23:25.360
 great.

00:23:25.500 --> 00:23:26.940
 I'm going to put everything

00:23:26.940 --> 00:23:28.019
 aside for the Gospel.

00:23:28.360 --> 00:23:29.720
 That was what Paul did

00:23:29.720 --> 00:23:32.000
 for the mission

00:23:32.000 --> 00:23:33.120
 that God had called him.

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 I remember

00:23:34.480 --> 00:23:36.140
 in 2006

00:23:36.140 --> 00:23:37.880
 at the Summer X Games,

00:23:38.519 --> 00:23:39.920
 I remember watching

00:23:39.920 --> 00:23:41.759
 Travis Pastrana,

00:23:42.000 --> 00:23:42.860
 I don't know if you guys know,

00:23:42.940 --> 00:23:43.799
 motocross guy.

00:23:45.000 --> 00:23:46.559
 And they had built up

00:23:46.559 --> 00:23:47.200
 this hype

00:23:47.200 --> 00:23:48.240
 that he was going to

00:23:48.240 --> 00:23:49.000
 attempt to do

00:23:49.000 --> 00:23:50.039
 a double back flip

00:23:50.039 --> 00:23:51.200
 on the big air

00:23:51.200 --> 00:23:52.119
 motocross trick

00:23:52.119 --> 00:23:52.460
 or whatever.

00:23:52.559 --> 00:23:52.859
 I don't even know

00:23:52.859 --> 00:23:53.539
 what it's called anymore.

00:23:53.640 --> 00:23:54.059
 I'm too old.

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 They built it up

00:23:58.839 --> 00:23:59.940
 and so you had to watch.

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 It was just this moment

00:24:00.920 --> 00:24:02.500
 and he's up

00:24:02.500 --> 00:24:03.799
 at the top of the ramp

00:24:03.799 --> 00:24:04.759
 to get speed

00:24:04.759 --> 00:24:08.019
 and there's a moment

00:24:08.019 --> 00:24:08.980
 where he's sitting up there

00:24:08.980 --> 00:24:09.920
 before he goes down

00:24:09.920 --> 00:24:11.059
 that he needs to decide

00:24:11.059 --> 00:24:11.779
 whether or not

00:24:11.779 --> 00:24:12.640
 he's going to do this

00:24:12.640 --> 00:24:12.960
 or not.

00:24:12.960 --> 00:24:15.440
 Now, it's never been done before.

00:24:16.400 --> 00:24:18.400
 He's done it in pools

00:24:18.400 --> 00:24:19.400
 filled with padding.

00:24:19.660 --> 00:24:20.279
 I mean, that's about

00:24:20.279 --> 00:24:21.200
 all he's done it in.

00:24:21.740 --> 00:24:22.920
 So now he's trying to do it

00:24:22.920 --> 00:24:23.860
 on a motorcycle,

00:24:24.559 --> 00:24:25.600
 double back flip,

00:24:25.740 --> 00:24:26.680
 big, big deal.

00:24:27.539 --> 00:24:28.460
 And there's this moment

00:24:28.460 --> 00:24:29.700
 where he's got to decide,

00:24:30.180 --> 00:24:32.579
 am I going to abandon my life

00:24:32.579 --> 00:24:34.740
 and attempt this

00:24:34.740 --> 00:24:35.940
 or am I just going to

00:24:35.940 --> 00:24:37.000
 stay safe

00:24:37.000 --> 00:24:37.920
 and just kind of

00:24:37.920 --> 00:24:38.900
 ride down real slow

00:24:38.900 --> 00:24:39.420
 and just do

00:24:39.420 --> 00:24:41.380
 some silly trick

00:24:41.380 --> 00:24:42.279
 that everybody does.

00:24:42.960 --> 00:24:44.279
 And he, you know,

00:24:44.299 --> 00:24:45.019
 went forward

00:24:45.019 --> 00:24:45.799
 and did it.

00:24:46.359 --> 00:24:47.039
 Of course,

00:24:47.119 --> 00:24:48.379
 they made it way more dramatic

00:24:48.379 --> 00:24:49.720
 and his mom's crying

00:24:49.720 --> 00:24:50.720
 and, you know,

00:24:50.740 --> 00:24:52.119
 really scared for him

00:24:52.119 --> 00:24:53.319
 and, you know,

00:24:53.339 --> 00:24:53.920
 he gets off

00:24:53.920 --> 00:24:54.599
 and everybody's

00:24:54.599 --> 00:24:55.519
 jumping up and down

00:24:55.519 --> 00:24:56.899
 and he ends up doing it.

00:24:57.440 --> 00:24:57.700
 Well,

00:24:58.579 --> 00:24:59.559
 we may not do

00:24:59.559 --> 00:25:00.480
 double back flips.

00:25:00.879 --> 00:25:01.480
 I'm pretty sure

00:25:01.480 --> 00:25:02.220
 none of us in here

00:25:02.220 --> 00:25:03.200
 will do double back flips

00:25:03.200 --> 00:25:04.799
 on a motocross bike.

00:25:05.539 --> 00:25:07.119
 But we will abandon

00:25:07.119 --> 00:25:08.399
 and we can abandon

00:25:08.399 --> 00:25:09.220
 our lives.

00:25:09.639 --> 00:25:10.960
 We can say

00:25:10.960 --> 00:25:12.019
 the gospel

00:25:12.019 --> 00:25:12.860
 is more important.

00:25:12.980 --> 00:25:13.700
 We can say

00:25:13.700 --> 00:25:15.539
 that building the kingdom

00:25:15.539 --> 00:25:16.700
 and extending the kingdom

00:25:16.700 --> 00:25:17.980
 is far more important

00:25:17.980 --> 00:25:19.819
 than our comfort

00:25:19.819 --> 00:25:21.340
 or than this life here.

00:25:21.980 --> 00:25:23.340
 We can certainly,

00:25:23.640 --> 00:25:25.180
 certainly say that.

00:25:25.240 --> 00:25:25.920
 And in fact,

00:25:26.819 --> 00:25:27.460
 you and I

00:25:27.460 --> 00:25:29.000
 abandon everything good

00:25:29.000 --> 00:25:30.160
 when we choose to sin.

00:25:31.059 --> 00:25:32.019
 And that's the reality.

00:25:32.440 --> 00:25:32.680
 So,

00:25:32.840 --> 00:25:33.620
 it's not really

00:25:33.620 --> 00:25:34.860
 that hard of a thought.

00:25:34.859 --> 00:25:38.099
 So,

00:25:38.259 --> 00:25:39.559
 we can abandon

00:25:39.559 --> 00:25:40.439
 our lives.

00:25:41.139 --> 00:25:42.819
 We can live courageously,

00:25:42.959 --> 00:25:43.799
 live boldly

00:25:43.799 --> 00:25:46.219
 because we know,

00:25:46.759 --> 00:25:47.719
 Romans chapter 8,

00:25:48.199 --> 00:25:49.059
 that God will not

00:25:49.059 --> 00:25:49.859
 abandon us

00:25:49.859 --> 00:25:51.139
 no matter what.

00:25:52.199 --> 00:25:53.399
 If we are His child,

00:25:53.500 --> 00:25:54.819
 we are His child forever.

00:25:56.000 --> 00:25:57.740
 God is preparing us

00:25:57.740 --> 00:25:59.399
 for glorious destiny.

00:26:00.500 --> 00:26:01.559
 And we can be courageous,

00:26:01.819 --> 00:26:02.279
 courageous.

00:26:02.279 --> 00:26:04.220
 We can be bold

00:26:04.220 --> 00:26:05.440
 in how we act

00:26:05.440 --> 00:26:06.279
 and how we live.

00:26:06.619 --> 00:26:07.480
 We can also be bold

00:26:07.480 --> 00:26:08.399
 through the suffering

00:26:08.399 --> 00:26:09.339
 and through the hardships

00:26:09.339 --> 00:26:10.700
 and through the troubled times.

00:26:14.000 --> 00:26:15.399
 Here are some examples

00:26:15.399 --> 00:26:17.740
 of being courageous

00:26:17.740 --> 00:26:18.839
 and being bold.

00:26:20.500 --> 00:26:21.799
 Move to a place

00:26:21.799 --> 00:26:23.339
 that doesn't make sense.

00:26:24.700 --> 00:26:25.660
 Maybe it's dangerous.

00:26:26.139 --> 00:26:27.039
 Maybe it's dangerous.

00:26:27.740 --> 00:26:29.259
 Maybe it's just culturally

00:26:29.259 --> 00:26:30.420
 not even your culture

00:26:30.420 --> 00:26:30.920
 at all.

00:26:31.660 --> 00:26:32.359
 But maybe God

00:26:32.359 --> 00:26:33.519
 is calling you there.

00:26:35.440 --> 00:26:37.660
 Maybe to be courageous

00:26:37.660 --> 00:26:38.799
 and live boldly,

00:26:39.720 --> 00:26:40.619
 you run a business

00:26:40.619 --> 00:26:41.859
 just so that you can

00:26:41.859 --> 00:26:42.700
 give your profit

00:26:42.700 --> 00:26:44.000
 to building a kingdom.

00:26:48.200 --> 00:26:48.799
 Maybe you,

00:26:49.799 --> 00:26:50.019
 you know,

00:26:50.019 --> 00:26:51.359
 some of the hardest moments

00:26:51.359 --> 00:26:52.579
 of being a Christian

00:26:52.579 --> 00:26:53.539
 and trying to share

00:26:53.539 --> 00:26:54.119
 the Gospel

00:26:54.119 --> 00:26:55.959
 that I find

00:26:55.959 --> 00:26:57.379
 are those moments

00:26:57.379 --> 00:26:59.559
 where you're having

00:26:59.559 --> 00:27:00.379
 a conversation

00:27:00.379 --> 00:27:00.879
 with somebody

00:27:00.879 --> 00:27:01.579
 and you're trying

00:27:01.579 --> 00:27:02.219
 to turn it

00:27:02.219 --> 00:27:03.039
 towards the Gospel.

00:27:03.439 --> 00:27:03.979
 You guys know

00:27:03.979 --> 00:27:04.759
 those moments, right?

00:27:04.799 --> 00:27:05.659
 You're trying to just,

00:27:06.339 --> 00:27:07.539
 I wish you'd just say

00:27:07.539 --> 00:27:08.479
 something about Jesus.

00:27:08.979 --> 00:27:09.579
 Then I could just

00:27:09.579 --> 00:27:10.179
 turn it.

00:27:10.819 --> 00:27:11.259
 Those are like

00:27:11.259 --> 00:27:12.419
 the hardest moments

00:27:12.419 --> 00:27:15.199
 to try to turn

00:27:15.199 --> 00:27:16.159
 those conversations.

00:27:17.359 --> 00:27:18.039
 They're hard

00:27:18.039 --> 00:27:18.599
 because you've got

00:27:18.599 --> 00:27:19.159
 to be bold.

00:27:19.539 --> 00:27:20.199
 You've got to just say,

00:27:20.279 --> 00:27:20.539
 look,

00:27:21.059 --> 00:27:21.759
 let me tell you

00:27:21.759 --> 00:27:22.199
 about Jesus.

00:27:22.200 --> 00:27:24.220
 Let me tell you

00:27:24.220 --> 00:27:25.259
 about what Christ

00:27:25.259 --> 00:27:26.420
 has done in my life.

00:27:28.500 --> 00:27:28.700
 So,

00:27:29.640 --> 00:27:30.940
 can you be bold

00:27:30.940 --> 00:27:31.779
 in speaking

00:27:31.779 --> 00:27:32.580
 and turning

00:27:32.580 --> 00:27:33.660
 those conversations,

00:27:34.400 --> 00:27:36.080
 turning those conversations

00:27:36.080 --> 00:27:36.900
 to the Gospel?

00:27:39.440 --> 00:27:39.819
 How about,

00:27:40.539 --> 00:27:41.259
 a lot of you guys

00:27:41.259 --> 00:27:42.080
 are college students

00:27:42.080 --> 00:27:42.740
 and you don't have

00:27:42.740 --> 00:27:43.539
 kids right now

00:27:43.539 --> 00:27:44.180
 and this relates

00:27:44.180 --> 00:27:45.039
 to me and a few

00:27:45.039 --> 00:27:45.680
 others in here,

00:27:45.759 --> 00:27:46.580
 but what if,

00:27:47.500 --> 00:27:48.740
 what if you had kids

00:27:48.740 --> 00:27:50.019
 and God called you

00:27:50.019 --> 00:27:51.779
 to an inner city

00:27:51.779 --> 00:27:53.059
 where crime

00:27:53.059 --> 00:27:53.759
 is rampant,

00:27:54.460 --> 00:27:55.720
 where it's uncomfortable

00:27:55.720 --> 00:27:57.279
 and culture

00:27:57.279 --> 00:27:58.700
 is totally different

00:27:58.700 --> 00:27:59.500
 and totally

00:27:59.500 --> 00:28:01.579
 unrelatable to you,

00:28:01.619 --> 00:28:02.519
 but God is calling

00:28:02.519 --> 00:28:02.920
 you there?

00:28:04.000 --> 00:28:04.720
 Would you do it?

00:28:05.279 --> 00:28:06.059
 Would you be bold?

00:28:06.119 --> 00:28:06.960
 Would you be courageous

00:28:06.960 --> 00:28:09.420
 to do just that?

00:28:11.200 --> 00:28:12.200
 So we know

00:28:12.200 --> 00:28:13.579
 God is preparing us.

00:28:14.139 --> 00:28:15.539
 We have courage.

00:28:15.740 --> 00:28:16.440
 We're bold.

00:28:16.440 --> 00:28:19.480
 But also,

00:28:19.700 --> 00:28:20.259
 in verse 7,

00:28:20.340 --> 00:28:21.740
 we find that our faith

00:28:21.740 --> 00:28:23.160
 is secure

00:28:23.160 --> 00:28:23.840
 or sure.

00:28:24.779 --> 00:28:25.480
 Our faith

00:28:25.480 --> 00:28:26.120
 is secure

00:28:26.120 --> 00:28:28.960
 or sure.

00:28:29.779 --> 00:28:30.539
 Verse 7,

00:28:30.620 --> 00:28:31.299
 for we walk

00:28:31.299 --> 00:28:32.080
 by faith,

00:28:32.720 --> 00:28:34.220
 not by sight.

00:28:35.940 --> 00:28:36.140
 Now,

00:28:36.259 --> 00:28:37.059
 what this

00:28:37.059 --> 00:28:37.980
 verse is,

00:28:38.299 --> 00:28:39.140
 there's far more

00:28:39.140 --> 00:28:39.720
 to it than

00:28:39.720 --> 00:28:40.720
 just these

00:28:40.720 --> 00:28:41.380
 seven or eight

00:28:41.380 --> 00:28:41.980
 words.

00:28:41.980 --> 00:28:42.140
 words.

00:28:42.940 --> 00:28:43.940
 What it's saying

00:28:43.940 --> 00:28:44.980
 is that our footing

00:28:44.980 --> 00:28:46.299
 or the root

00:28:46.299 --> 00:28:47.039
 of our faith

00:28:47.039 --> 00:28:48.039
 is sure.

00:28:48.240 --> 00:28:49.000
 It's going to happen.

00:28:49.640 --> 00:28:51.360
 It's almost like

00:28:51.360 --> 00:28:52.420
 a synonym

00:28:52.420 --> 00:28:53.140
 for hope

00:28:53.140 --> 00:28:53.960
 here.

00:28:54.019 --> 00:28:54.680
 We know

00:28:54.680 --> 00:28:55.579
 that it's going

00:28:55.579 --> 00:28:56.200
 to occur.

00:28:57.640 --> 00:28:58.420
 Related to

00:28:58.420 --> 00:28:59.160
 verse 18

00:28:59.160 --> 00:29:00.000
 in chapter 4

00:29:00.000 --> 00:29:00.700
 where it says,

00:29:02.019 --> 00:29:02.680
 as we look,

00:29:03.120 --> 00:29:03.860
 not to the things

00:29:03.860 --> 00:29:04.420
 that are seen,

00:29:04.519 --> 00:29:05.200
 but to the things

00:29:05.200 --> 00:29:06.140
 that are unseen.

00:29:06.360 --> 00:29:06.799
 For the things

00:29:06.799 --> 00:29:07.259
 that are seen

00:29:07.259 --> 00:29:07.759
 are transit,

00:29:07.860 --> 00:29:08.339
 but the things

00:29:08.339 --> 00:29:09.140
 that are unseen

00:29:09.140 --> 00:29:10.140
 are eternal.

00:29:10.140 --> 00:29:11.620
 Things that are unseen

00:29:11.620 --> 00:29:12.180
 are eternal.

00:29:12.360 --> 00:29:13.240
 They're going to

00:29:13.240 --> 00:29:13.580
 happen.

00:29:13.700 --> 00:29:15.320
 They're in play.

00:29:18.480 --> 00:29:19.400
 They're sure

00:29:19.400 --> 00:29:20.720
 to occur.

00:29:22.380 --> 00:29:23.540
 We have a certainty

00:29:23.540 --> 00:29:25.460
 that it's going

00:29:25.460 --> 00:29:25.920
 to happen.

00:29:26.020 --> 00:29:26.759
 It reminds me

00:29:26.759 --> 00:29:28.080
 of Romans chapter 4

00:29:28.080 --> 00:29:29.100
 where it talks

00:29:29.100 --> 00:29:29.780
 about Abraham.

00:29:30.460 --> 00:29:31.280
 In verse 21

00:29:31.280 --> 00:29:31.700
 it says,

00:29:31.800 --> 00:29:32.680
 Abraham was fully

00:29:32.680 --> 00:29:34.400
 convinced that God

00:29:34.400 --> 00:29:35.060
 was going to do

00:29:35.060 --> 00:29:35.800
 what He promised.

00:29:37.180 --> 00:29:37.440
 Now,

00:29:38.220 --> 00:29:39.200
 our faith

00:29:39.200 --> 00:29:41.420
 the root

00:29:41.420 --> 00:29:42.140
 of our faith

00:29:42.140 --> 00:29:42.759
 is sure.

00:29:42.880 --> 00:29:43.360
 It's going

00:29:43.360 --> 00:29:43.900
 to happen.

00:29:46.080 --> 00:29:46.440
 But here,

00:29:47.880 --> 00:29:49.799
 people like

00:29:49.799 --> 00:29:50.460
 to illustrate

00:29:50.460 --> 00:29:51.660
 faith by saying

00:29:51.660 --> 00:29:52.420
 that if I sit

00:29:52.420 --> 00:29:53.200
 down in a chair,

00:29:53.299 --> 00:29:53.900
 I have faith

00:29:53.900 --> 00:29:54.480
 in that chair

00:29:54.480 --> 00:29:55.100
 that's not going

00:29:55.100 --> 00:29:55.860
 to break under me.

00:29:56.059 --> 00:29:56.440
 That is going

00:29:56.440 --> 00:29:57.019
 to hold me.

00:29:57.920 --> 00:29:58.620
 I agree

00:29:58.620 --> 00:29:59.259
 that that's a

00:29:59.259 --> 00:30:00.319
 description of faith,

00:30:00.460 --> 00:30:01.120
 but I think it

00:30:01.120 --> 00:30:01.880
 loses something

00:30:01.880 --> 00:30:02.620
 because that chair

00:30:02.620 --> 00:30:03.340
 could break.

00:30:04.039 --> 00:30:04.759
 That chair

00:30:04.759 --> 00:30:05.700
 could be faulty.

00:30:05.840 --> 00:30:06.240
 That chair

00:30:06.240 --> 00:30:07.140
 could mess up

00:30:07.140 --> 00:30:07.539
 somehow,

00:30:07.819 --> 00:30:08.340
 some way.

00:30:09.200 --> 00:30:09.920
 This type

00:30:09.920 --> 00:30:10.360
 of faith,

00:30:10.920 --> 00:30:11.660
 this surety

00:30:11.660 --> 00:30:12.000
 here,

00:30:12.420 --> 00:30:12.940
 is that chair

00:30:12.940 --> 00:30:13.519
 will never,

00:30:13.660 --> 00:30:13.980
 ever,

00:30:14.200 --> 00:30:15.160
 ever break.

00:30:16.380 --> 00:30:17.120
 The illustration

00:30:17.120 --> 00:30:18.220
 kind of falls

00:30:18.220 --> 00:30:18.900
 short a little

00:30:18.900 --> 00:30:19.420
 bit there.

00:30:21.519 --> 00:30:22.240
 Abraham was

00:30:22.240 --> 00:30:23.120
 fully convinced

00:30:23.120 --> 00:30:23.660
 that God

00:30:23.660 --> 00:30:24.000
 would do

00:30:24.000 --> 00:30:24.559
 what He promised.

00:30:25.900 --> 00:30:26.559
 Can you be

00:30:26.559 --> 00:30:27.400
 fully convinced

00:30:27.400 --> 00:30:28.920
 that what God

00:30:28.920 --> 00:30:29.559
 has called you

00:30:29.559 --> 00:30:29.740
 to,

00:30:29.819 --> 00:30:30.080
 He's going

00:30:30.080 --> 00:30:33.080
 to enable

00:30:33.080 --> 00:30:33.600
 you to do

00:30:33.600 --> 00:30:33.759
 it?

00:30:34.160 --> 00:30:34.600
 He's going

00:30:34.600 --> 00:30:35.120
 to empower

00:30:35.120 --> 00:30:35.600
 you to do

00:30:35.600 --> 00:30:35.759
 it?

00:30:36.480 --> 00:30:37.000
 He's going

00:30:37.000 --> 00:30:37.440
 to walk

00:30:37.440 --> 00:30:37.900
 you through

00:30:37.900 --> 00:30:38.200
 it.

00:30:40.200 --> 00:30:40.759
 Here's a

00:30:40.759 --> 00:30:41.200
 trouble that

00:30:41.200 --> 00:30:41.660
 we have.

00:30:42.340 --> 00:30:42.900
 Faith is

00:30:42.900 --> 00:30:44.620
 internal.

00:30:45.279 --> 00:30:46.019
 It's something

00:30:46.019 --> 00:30:46.940
 that's hard

00:30:46.940 --> 00:30:47.539
 to measure.

00:30:48.420 --> 00:30:48.980
 It's hard.

00:30:49.640 --> 00:30:50.620
 I can't tell you

00:30:50.620 --> 00:30:51.160
 how faithful

00:30:51.160 --> 00:30:51.680
 I am.

00:30:52.279 --> 00:30:52.660
 On a scale

00:30:52.660 --> 00:30:53.220
 of 1 to 10,

00:30:53.279 --> 00:30:54.140
 I'm an 8 right

00:30:54.140 --> 00:30:54.380
 now.

00:30:54.779 --> 00:30:55.559
 It just doesn't

00:30:55.559 --> 00:30:55.860
 work.

00:30:55.960 --> 00:30:57.360
 I can't look at

00:30:57.360 --> 00:30:58.100
 Josh or look

00:30:58.100 --> 00:30:58.860
 at anybody

00:30:58.860 --> 00:30:59.539
 else in here

00:30:59.539 --> 00:31:00.000
 and say,

00:31:00.840 --> 00:31:01.940
 faithful.

00:31:01.940 --> 00:31:03.220
 I see your

00:31:03.220 --> 00:31:03.740
 faith level.

00:31:03.920 --> 00:31:04.480
 It's high.

00:31:04.880 --> 00:31:05.440
 Well done.

00:31:06.340 --> 00:31:07.019
 It doesn't

00:31:07.019 --> 00:31:07.400
 work.

00:31:08.220 --> 00:31:09.840
 What I can

00:31:09.840 --> 00:31:11.100
 measure and

00:31:11.100 --> 00:31:11.660
 what we can

00:31:11.660 --> 00:31:12.240
 measure is

00:31:12.240 --> 00:31:12.940
 the actions.

00:31:13.640 --> 00:31:15.120
 It's the play

00:31:15.120 --> 00:31:16.660
 out of that

00:31:16.660 --> 00:31:17.120
 faith.

00:31:19.519 --> 00:31:20.299
 So how do

00:31:20.299 --> 00:31:21.019
 we react

00:31:21.019 --> 00:31:22.500
 to the

00:31:22.500 --> 00:31:22.860
 suffering?

00:31:23.500 --> 00:31:24.059
 How do we

00:31:24.059 --> 00:31:25.259
 react when

00:31:25.259 --> 00:31:25.820
 things don't

00:31:25.820 --> 00:31:26.380
 go our

00:31:26.380 --> 00:31:26.720
 way?

00:31:26.720 --> 00:31:31.360
 How do

00:31:31.360 --> 00:31:32.819
 we deal

00:31:32.819 --> 00:31:33.839
 with certain

00:31:33.839 --> 00:31:34.220
 people?

00:31:34.440 --> 00:31:34.880
 How do we

00:31:34.880 --> 00:31:36.660
 deal with our

00:31:36.660 --> 00:31:37.160
 struggles?

00:31:37.500 --> 00:31:38.120
 Do we hide

00:31:38.120 --> 00:31:38.400
 them?

00:31:38.480 --> 00:31:38.900
 Or are we

00:31:38.900 --> 00:31:40.079
 faithful to

00:31:40.079 --> 00:31:40.960
 confess them?

00:31:41.019 --> 00:31:41.240
 Are we

00:31:41.240 --> 00:31:41.819
 faithful to

00:31:41.819 --> 00:31:42.680
 communicate them

00:31:42.680 --> 00:31:43.240
 and to say,

00:31:43.460 --> 00:31:44.279
 I need your

00:31:44.279 --> 00:31:44.600
 help?

00:31:46.640 --> 00:31:47.460
 Those are

00:31:47.460 --> 00:31:47.980
 how we

00:31:47.980 --> 00:31:48.600
 measure our

00:31:48.600 --> 00:31:48.960
 faith.

00:31:49.319 --> 00:31:49.660
 And what we

00:31:49.660 --> 00:31:49.960
 put our

00:31:49.960 --> 00:31:50.559
 faith in

00:31:50.559 --> 00:31:52.339
 is sure.

00:31:52.900 --> 00:31:53.539
 It's never

00:31:53.539 --> 00:31:54.339
 going to fail.

00:31:54.640 --> 00:31:55.059
 What we put

00:31:55.059 --> 00:31:55.819
 our faith in

00:31:55.819 --> 00:31:57.419
 is certain.

00:31:58.500 --> 00:31:59.259
 And knowing

00:31:59.259 --> 00:32:01.700
 that we

00:32:01.700 --> 00:32:02.179
 can and

00:32:02.179 --> 00:32:02.539
 will be

00:32:02.539 --> 00:32:03.019
 courageous.

00:32:04.220 --> 00:32:04.839
 Knowing that

00:32:04.839 --> 00:32:05.759
 God is

00:32:05.759 --> 00:32:06.759
 going to do

00:32:06.759 --> 00:32:08.019
 fully convinced

00:32:08.019 --> 00:32:08.439
 that he's

00:32:08.439 --> 00:32:08.919
 going to do

00:32:08.919 --> 00:32:09.200
 what he

00:32:09.200 --> 00:32:09.579
 promised.

00:32:13.339 --> 00:32:14.079
 Look what

00:32:14.079 --> 00:32:14.839
 Abraham did.

00:32:15.539 --> 00:32:16.119
 Fully

00:32:16.119 --> 00:32:16.700
 convinced.

00:32:17.480 --> 00:32:18.259
 What can

00:32:18.259 --> 00:32:18.939
 you and I

00:32:18.939 --> 00:32:19.859
 do fully

00:32:19.859 --> 00:32:20.579
 convinced that

00:32:20.579 --> 00:32:22.139
 God will

00:32:22.139 --> 00:32:22.579
 never leave

00:32:22.579 --> 00:32:22.960
 us nor

00:32:22.960 --> 00:32:23.359
 forsake

00:32:23.359 --> 00:32:23.679
 us?

00:32:24.559 --> 00:32:25.480
 That nothing

00:32:25.480 --> 00:32:26.039
 can separate

00:32:26.039 --> 00:32:26.319
 us from

00:32:26.319 --> 00:32:26.620
 the love

00:32:26.620 --> 00:32:27.120
 of God.

00:32:27.539 --> 00:32:27.740
 Romans

00:32:27.740 --> 00:32:28.380
 chapter 8.

00:32:30.319 --> 00:32:31.319
 Our faith,

00:32:31.599 --> 00:32:31.900
 what our

00:32:31.900 --> 00:32:32.640
 faith is in,

00:32:33.799 --> 00:32:34.279
 is sure.

00:32:36.240 --> 00:32:36.900
 But not

00:32:36.900 --> 00:32:37.380
 only that,

00:32:39.440 --> 00:32:40.640
 not only

00:32:40.640 --> 00:32:40.940
 that,

00:32:41.880 --> 00:32:42.620
 but out of

00:32:42.620 --> 00:32:43.099
 our faith

00:32:43.099 --> 00:32:43.799
 that is sure

00:32:43.799 --> 00:32:44.920
 and living

00:32:44.920 --> 00:32:45.599
 courageously

00:32:45.599 --> 00:32:46.180
 and knowing

00:32:46.180 --> 00:32:46.740
 that God

00:32:46.740 --> 00:32:47.380
 is preparing

00:32:47.380 --> 00:32:48.519
 us for

00:32:48.519 --> 00:32:49.299
 future glory,

00:32:49.920 --> 00:32:51.180
 we please

00:32:51.180 --> 00:32:51.839
 him.

00:32:52.480 --> 00:32:53.500
 We strive

00:32:53.500 --> 00:32:54.180
 to please

00:32:54.180 --> 00:32:54.460
 him.

00:32:54.460 --> 00:32:55.279
 Verse 8

00:32:55.279 --> 00:32:55.660
 and 9.

00:32:58.019 --> 00:32:58.740
 It says,

00:32:59.099 --> 00:32:59.140
 yes,

00:32:59.500 --> 00:33:00.200
 we are of

00:33:00.200 --> 00:33:00.900
 good courage

00:33:00.900 --> 00:33:01.759
 and we

00:33:01.759 --> 00:33:02.220
 would rather

00:33:02.220 --> 00:33:02.759
 be away

00:33:02.759 --> 00:33:03.079
 from the

00:33:03.079 --> 00:33:03.539
 body and

00:33:03.539 --> 00:33:03.980
 at home

00:33:03.980 --> 00:33:04.319
 with the

00:33:04.319 --> 00:33:04.559
 Lord.

00:33:05.319 --> 00:33:05.920
 So whether

00:33:05.920 --> 00:33:06.359
 we are at

00:33:06.359 --> 00:33:06.980
 home or

00:33:06.980 --> 00:33:07.420
 away,

00:33:08.140 --> 00:33:08.799
 we make

00:33:08.799 --> 00:33:09.079
 it our

00:33:09.079 --> 00:33:10.160
 aim to

00:33:10.160 --> 00:33:10.680
 please

00:33:10.680 --> 00:33:11.400
 him.

00:33:13.480 --> 00:33:14.220
 Here or

00:33:14.220 --> 00:33:14.440
 there,

00:33:14.839 --> 00:33:15.279
 here on

00:33:15.279 --> 00:33:15.599
 earth,

00:33:15.900 --> 00:33:16.440
 mortal or

00:33:16.440 --> 00:33:16.819
 immortal,

00:33:18.019 --> 00:33:18.720
 perfect or

00:33:18.720 --> 00:33:19.339
 imperfect.

00:33:22.860 --> 00:33:23.299
 Baseball

00:33:23.299 --> 00:33:24.039
 season is

00:33:24.039 --> 00:33:25.339
 going.

00:33:25.579 --> 00:33:25.920
 The Atlanta

00:33:25.920 --> 00:33:26.380
 Braves,

00:33:26.440 --> 00:33:26.779
 they play

00:33:26.779 --> 00:33:28.200
 162 games

00:33:28.200 --> 00:33:28.600
 a year,

00:33:29.140 --> 00:33:30.079
 81 games

00:33:30.079 --> 00:33:30.519
 at home,

00:33:30.660 --> 00:33:31.500
 81 games

00:33:31.500 --> 00:33:31.799
 away.

00:33:32.480 --> 00:33:32.799
 And I'm

00:33:32.799 --> 00:33:33.339
 pretty sure

00:33:33.339 --> 00:33:33.900
 the manager

00:33:33.900 --> 00:33:34.160
 of the

00:33:34.160 --> 00:33:34.539
 Braves

00:33:34.539 --> 00:33:35.220
 doesn't say,

00:33:35.799 --> 00:33:36.240
 guys,

00:33:37.059 --> 00:33:37.360
 we're just

00:33:37.360 --> 00:33:37.519
 going to

00:33:37.519 --> 00:33:37.819
 throw in

00:33:37.819 --> 00:33:38.220
 the towel

00:33:38.220 --> 00:33:38.460
 on the

00:33:38.460 --> 00:33:39.140
 away games.

00:33:40.420 --> 00:33:41.039
 Don't worry

00:33:41.039 --> 00:33:41.460
 about it.

00:33:41.839 --> 00:33:42.120
 We'll just,

00:33:42.279 --> 00:33:43.240
 we'll work

00:33:43.240 --> 00:33:43.680
 really hard

00:33:43.680 --> 00:33:43.960
 for our

00:33:43.960 --> 00:33:44.519
 home games.

00:33:45.000 --> 00:33:45.360
 We'll work

00:33:45.360 --> 00:33:45.819
 really hard

00:33:45.819 --> 00:33:46.120
 when we're

00:33:46.120 --> 00:33:46.500
 home.

00:33:46.900 --> 00:33:47.240
 When we're

00:33:47.240 --> 00:33:47.579
 away,

00:33:47.680 --> 00:33:48.099
 we'll just

00:33:48.099 --> 00:33:49.559
 forget about

00:33:49.559 --> 00:33:49.680
 it.

00:33:49.740 --> 00:33:50.039
 No big

00:33:50.039 --> 00:33:50.279
 deal.

00:33:50.740 --> 00:33:51.220
 Pretty sure

00:33:51.220 --> 00:33:51.640
 that doesn't

00:33:51.640 --> 00:33:51.940
 happen.

00:33:53.019 --> 00:33:53.839
 For us,

00:33:54.480 --> 00:33:54.900
 here,

00:33:55.779 --> 00:33:56.460
 living here,

00:33:56.539 --> 00:33:57.220
 living away

00:33:57.220 --> 00:33:57.640
 from the

00:33:57.640 --> 00:33:57.859
 Lord,

00:33:58.180 --> 00:33:58.720
 away from

00:33:58.720 --> 00:33:59.500
 his presence,

00:34:01.579 --> 00:34:02.000
 and this

00:34:02.000 --> 00:34:03.400
 body,

00:34:03.799 --> 00:34:04.339
 imperfect

00:34:04.339 --> 00:34:05.720
 and sinful

00:34:05.720 --> 00:34:06.240
 a lot of

00:34:06.240 --> 00:34:06.740
 the time,

00:34:07.680 --> 00:34:08.840
 we strive

00:34:08.840 --> 00:34:09.420
 to please

00:34:09.420 --> 00:34:09.719
 him.

00:34:10.260 --> 00:34:11.380
 We strive.

00:34:12.579 --> 00:34:13.179
 It is a

00:34:13.179 --> 00:34:13.619
 fight

00:34:13.619 --> 00:34:16.199
 to please

00:34:16.199 --> 00:34:16.519
 him.

00:34:16.519 --> 00:34:17.199
 him.

00:34:17.199 --> 00:34:17.400
 And him

00:34:17.400 --> 00:34:17.780
 alone.

00:34:19.360 --> 00:34:20.460
 Not our

00:34:20.460 --> 00:34:21.019
 parents,

00:34:21.579 --> 00:34:22.800
 not others,

00:34:23.639 --> 00:34:24.099
 not our

00:34:24.099 --> 00:34:24.559
 teachers,

00:34:24.820 --> 00:34:25.519
 not our

00:34:25.519 --> 00:34:26.400
 significant

00:34:26.400 --> 00:34:26.900
 others,

00:34:27.039 --> 00:34:27.519
 our wives,

00:34:27.619 --> 00:34:28.099
 our husbands,

00:34:28.320 --> 00:34:28.800
 our boyfriends,

00:34:28.900 --> 00:34:29.360
 our girlfriends,

00:34:29.920 --> 00:34:30.780
 or our pastors.

00:34:31.360 --> 00:34:32.420
 We seek and

00:34:32.420 --> 00:34:33.420
 aim to please

00:34:33.420 --> 00:34:34.519
 him and

00:34:34.519 --> 00:34:35.059
 him alone.

00:34:35.860 --> 00:34:36.920
 Every decision,

00:34:37.599 --> 00:34:38.719
 every action,

00:34:39.159 --> 00:34:40.079
 every word that

00:34:40.079 --> 00:34:40.699
 comes from our

00:34:40.699 --> 00:34:41.039
 mouth,

00:34:41.199 --> 00:34:41.699
 does it

00:34:41.699 --> 00:34:42.480
 please him?

00:34:43.679 --> 00:34:44.199
 Does it,

00:34:44.599 --> 00:34:45.000
 is it

00:34:45.000 --> 00:34:46.019
 acceptable to

00:34:46.019 --> 00:34:46.300
 him?

00:34:47.099 --> 00:34:47.820
 Remember those

00:34:47.820 --> 00:34:49.340
 WWJD bracelets?

00:34:49.699 --> 00:34:49.980
 What would

00:34:49.980 --> 00:34:50.539
 Jesus do?

00:34:50.739 --> 00:34:51.000
 You guys

00:34:51.000 --> 00:34:51.420
 remember those?

00:34:51.480 --> 00:34:51.739
 Shake your

00:34:51.739 --> 00:34:51.880
 head,

00:34:51.940 --> 00:34:52.159
 you do.

00:34:52.739 --> 00:34:53.179
 You guys

00:34:53.179 --> 00:34:53.519
 all had

00:34:53.519 --> 00:34:53.619
 them,

00:34:53.679 --> 00:34:53.880
 didn't you?

00:34:54.840 --> 00:34:55.259
 Everybody

00:34:55.259 --> 00:34:55.559
 did.

00:34:56.019 --> 00:34:56.460
 I had

00:34:56.460 --> 00:34:56.679
 one.

00:34:59.780 --> 00:35:00.179
 WWJD,

00:35:00.259 --> 00:35:00.579
 what would

00:35:00.579 --> 00:35:01.199
 Jesus do?

00:35:02.199 --> 00:35:02.800
 The better

00:35:02.800 --> 00:35:03.599
 question is,

00:35:04.719 --> 00:35:05.420
 does this

00:35:05.420 --> 00:35:06.559
 please God?

00:35:06.639 --> 00:35:06.880
 Would this

00:35:06.880 --> 00:35:07.559
 be acceptable

00:35:07.559 --> 00:35:08.299
 acceptable to

00:35:08.299 --> 00:35:08.679
 God?

00:35:11.019 --> 00:35:11.340
 Without

00:35:11.340 --> 00:35:12.480
 Jesus,

00:35:13.119 --> 00:35:13.619
 without the

00:35:13.619 --> 00:35:14.360
 Spirit as

00:35:14.360 --> 00:35:15.039
 our guarantee,

00:35:15.820 --> 00:35:16.420
 without being

00:35:16.420 --> 00:35:17.000
 a Christian,

00:35:17.179 --> 00:35:17.960
 it's pointless

00:35:17.960 --> 00:35:19.000
 to even ask

00:35:19.000 --> 00:35:20.059
 that question.

00:35:20.860 --> 00:35:21.759
 It's pointless

00:35:21.759 --> 00:35:22.440
 to ask,

00:35:22.579 --> 00:35:23.139
 would this be

00:35:23.139 --> 00:35:23.900
 acceptable to

00:35:23.900 --> 00:35:24.179
 God?

00:35:24.559 --> 00:35:25.219
 Because it's

00:35:25.219 --> 00:35:26.259
 impossible to

00:35:26.259 --> 00:35:26.820
 please God

00:35:26.820 --> 00:35:27.519
 without Jesus.

00:35:28.059 --> 00:35:29.039
 It's impossible

00:35:29.039 --> 00:35:31.599
 to please

00:35:31.599 --> 00:35:32.779
 him because

00:35:32.780 --> 00:35:33.220
 of the

00:35:33.220 --> 00:35:33.540
 sin.

00:35:37.019 --> 00:35:37.600
 The

00:35:37.600 --> 00:35:38.640
 gospel reminds

00:35:38.640 --> 00:35:39.260
 us of our

00:35:39.260 --> 00:35:39.540
 sin.

00:35:39.620 --> 00:35:40.280
 It reminds

00:35:40.280 --> 00:35:41.540
 us of who

00:35:41.540 --> 00:35:41.980
 we are,

00:35:42.400 --> 00:35:43.160
 of our need

00:35:43.160 --> 00:35:43.860
 of a Savior,

00:35:45.380 --> 00:35:45.660
 that we

00:35:45.660 --> 00:35:46.060
 can't do

00:35:46.060 --> 00:35:46.660
 anything,

00:35:47.540 --> 00:35:47.940
 can do

00:35:47.940 --> 00:35:49.980
 nothing about

00:35:49.980 --> 00:35:50.740
 our sin,

00:35:51.500 --> 00:35:51.800
 that we

00:35:51.800 --> 00:35:52.500
 need God.

00:35:54.180 --> 00:35:54.700
 The

00:35:54.700 --> 00:35:55.500
 gospel also

00:35:55.500 --> 00:35:56.480
 enables us

00:35:56.480 --> 00:35:56.960
 to please

00:35:56.960 --> 00:35:57.320
 God.

00:35:57.660 --> 00:35:58.120
 Through the

00:35:58.120 --> 00:35:58.500
 gospel,

00:35:58.660 --> 00:35:59.260
 through Jesus

00:35:59.260 --> 00:35:59.800
 Christ,

00:36:00.320 --> 00:36:01.000
 his life,

00:36:01.360 --> 00:36:01.640
 death,

00:36:01.740 --> 00:36:01.860
 and

00:36:01.860 --> 00:36:02.420
 resurrection,

00:36:02.780 --> 00:36:03.480
 through what

00:36:03.480 --> 00:36:04.060
 he has done

00:36:04.060 --> 00:36:04.340
 on the

00:36:04.340 --> 00:36:04.840
 cross,

00:36:05.540 --> 00:36:06.340
 we can

00:36:06.340 --> 00:36:08.000
 be acceptable

00:36:08.000 --> 00:36:08.460
 to God.

00:36:08.519 --> 00:36:09.040
 Because,

00:36:09.140 --> 00:36:09.840
 as I read

00:36:09.840 --> 00:36:11.860
 in 2 Corinthians

00:36:11.860 --> 00:36:12.800
 5.21,

00:36:13.360 --> 00:36:13.860
 for our

00:36:13.860 --> 00:36:14.200
 sake,

00:36:14.280 --> 00:36:14.620
 he made

00:36:14.620 --> 00:36:15.000
 him,

00:36:15.180 --> 00:36:15.740
 being Jesus,

00:36:15.840 --> 00:36:16.320
 to be sin,

00:36:16.380 --> 00:36:16.740
 who knew

00:36:16.740 --> 00:36:17.360
 no sin,

00:36:18.280 --> 00:36:18.740
 so that in

00:36:18.740 --> 00:36:19.120
 him we

00:36:19.120 --> 00:36:19.700
 might become

00:36:19.700 --> 00:36:20.640
 the righteousness

00:36:20.640 --> 00:36:21.680
 of God.

00:36:26.240 --> 00:36:26.900
 It is

00:36:26.900 --> 00:36:27.519
 impossible

00:36:27.519 --> 00:36:28.460
 to please

00:36:28.460 --> 00:36:28.880
 God

00:36:28.880 --> 00:36:30.120
 without

00:36:30.120 --> 00:36:30.560
 Jesus.

00:36:32.780 --> 00:36:33.920
 it is

00:36:33.920 --> 00:36:34.600
 only by

00:36:34.600 --> 00:36:35.140
 the power

00:36:35.140 --> 00:36:35.700
 of God

00:36:35.700 --> 00:36:36.080
 in your

00:36:36.080 --> 00:36:36.580
 life that

00:36:36.580 --> 00:36:36.900
 you can

00:36:36.900 --> 00:36:37.300
 please

00:36:37.300 --> 00:36:38.640
 him for

00:36:38.640 --> 00:36:39.440
 your glory,

00:36:40.040 --> 00:36:40.960
 for his

00:36:40.960 --> 00:36:41.400
 glory,

00:36:41.600 --> 00:36:42.019
 and your

00:36:42.019 --> 00:36:42.800
 good.

00:36:43.960 --> 00:36:44.560
 So the

00:36:44.560 --> 00:36:45.460
 question is,

00:36:46.000 --> 00:36:46.700
 Paul says

00:36:46.700 --> 00:36:47.200
 that we

00:36:47.200 --> 00:36:48.580
 please him,

00:36:48.860 --> 00:36:49.620
 we aim to

00:36:49.620 --> 00:36:50.300
 please him,

00:36:50.360 --> 00:36:50.560
 but he

00:36:50.560 --> 00:36:51.040
 doesn't tell

00:36:51.040 --> 00:36:51.480
 us how.

00:36:51.760 --> 00:36:52.160
 He doesn't

00:36:52.160 --> 00:36:52.620
 give us

00:36:52.620 --> 00:36:53.840
 three steps,

00:36:53.940 --> 00:36:54.600
 five steps,

00:36:54.680 --> 00:36:55.019
 to pleasing

00:36:55.019 --> 00:36:55.280
 him,

00:36:55.360 --> 00:36:55.860
 so here I

00:36:55.860 --> 00:36:56.180
 thought I'd

00:36:56.180 --> 00:36:56.480
 help you

00:36:56.480 --> 00:36:56.880
 out just

00:36:56.880 --> 00:36:57.740
 a little

00:36:57.740 --> 00:36:58.000
 bit.

00:36:58.000 --> 00:36:58.460
 We've

00:36:58.460 --> 00:36:58.719
 got to

00:36:58.719 --> 00:36:59.320
 look at

00:36:59.320 --> 00:36:59.840
 some other

00:36:59.840 --> 00:37:00.679
 verses in

00:37:00.679 --> 00:37:01.519
 this letter,

00:37:03.440 --> 00:37:03.760
 but I

00:37:03.760 --> 00:37:04.739
 think we'll

00:37:04.739 --> 00:37:06.679
 all agree

00:37:06.679 --> 00:37:07.400
 that these

00:37:07.400 --> 00:37:08.480
 are here.

00:37:09.440 --> 00:37:09.800
 So how

00:37:09.800 --> 00:37:10.019
 do we

00:37:10.019 --> 00:37:10.679
 please God?

00:37:11.719 --> 00:37:11.940
 Well,

00:37:11.960 --> 00:37:12.440
 first of all,

00:37:12.500 --> 00:37:12.940
 we speak

00:37:12.940 --> 00:37:13.559
 boldly

00:37:13.559 --> 00:37:16.280
 the gospel.

00:37:17.460 --> 00:37:18.199
 We speak

00:37:18.199 --> 00:37:18.719
 boldly

00:37:18.719 --> 00:37:19.320
 the gospel.

00:37:19.820 --> 00:37:20.239
 In chapter

00:37:20.239 --> 00:37:20.780
 five,

00:37:20.860 --> 00:37:21.360
 later on,

00:37:21.420 --> 00:37:21.699
 in verse

00:37:21.699 --> 00:37:22.059
 20,

00:37:22.139 --> 00:37:22.719
 it says,

00:37:23.800 --> 00:37:24.039
 therefore,

00:37:24.280 --> 00:37:24.539
 we are

00:37:24.539 --> 00:37:25.599
 ambassadors for

00:37:25.599 --> 00:37:25.960
 Christ.

00:37:26.059 --> 00:37:26.500
 We are his

00:37:26.500 --> 00:37:27.159
 representatives.

00:37:28.000 --> 00:37:29.559
 God making

00:37:29.559 --> 00:37:30.119
 his appeal

00:37:30.119 --> 00:37:30.860
 through us.

00:37:31.739 --> 00:37:32.519
 We implore

00:37:32.519 --> 00:37:33.199
 you on

00:37:33.199 --> 00:37:33.860
 behalf of

00:37:33.860 --> 00:37:34.519
 Christ,

00:37:35.239 --> 00:37:36.099
 be reconciled

00:37:36.099 --> 00:37:36.599
 to God.

00:37:37.619 --> 00:37:37.960
 Paul

00:37:37.960 --> 00:37:38.739
 communicating

00:37:38.739 --> 00:37:39.059
 to the

00:37:39.059 --> 00:37:39.519
 church at

00:37:39.519 --> 00:37:39.780
 Corinth.

00:37:40.980 --> 00:37:41.300
 Chapter

00:37:41.300 --> 00:37:41.739
 three,

00:37:42.159 --> 00:37:42.820
 verse 12,

00:37:43.619 --> 00:37:43.880
 it says,

00:37:44.119 --> 00:37:44.300
 since we

00:37:44.300 --> 00:37:44.739
 have such

00:37:44.739 --> 00:37:45.179
 a hope,

00:37:46.139 --> 00:37:46.559
 such a

00:37:46.559 --> 00:37:47.659
 surety that

00:37:47.659 --> 00:37:48.300
 what is going

00:37:48.300 --> 00:37:48.860
 to be

00:37:48.860 --> 00:37:49.719
 promised will

00:37:49.719 --> 00:37:50.260
 happen,

00:37:51.460 --> 00:37:53.079
 we are

00:37:53.079 --> 00:37:54.019
 very bold.

00:37:56.820 --> 00:37:57.440
 Speak

00:37:57.440 --> 00:37:58.119
 boldly

00:37:58.119 --> 00:37:58.960
 the gospel.

00:38:01.099 --> 00:38:01.539
 Secondly,

00:38:01.780 --> 00:38:02.200
 how do we

00:38:02.200 --> 00:38:02.860
 please God?

00:38:03.800 --> 00:38:04.200
 Living

00:38:04.200 --> 00:38:05.000
 courageous

00:38:05.000 --> 00:38:05.780
 lives,

00:38:06.940 --> 00:38:07.960
 this life

00:38:07.960 --> 00:38:09.159
 in suffering

00:38:09.159 --> 00:38:09.800
 and pain.

00:38:10.659 --> 00:38:10.980
 This is

00:38:10.980 --> 00:38:11.460
 found in our

00:38:11.460 --> 00:38:11.840
 text,

00:38:11.940 --> 00:38:12.619
 verse 6.

00:38:13.720 --> 00:38:14.159
 So we are

00:38:14.159 --> 00:38:14.980
 always of

00:38:14.980 --> 00:38:15.760
 good courage,

00:38:16.820 --> 00:38:17.880
 always of

00:38:17.880 --> 00:38:18.539
 good courage,

00:38:18.639 --> 00:38:19.659
 living courageously

00:38:19.659 --> 00:38:20.200
 through this

00:38:20.200 --> 00:38:20.539
 life.

00:38:22.539 --> 00:38:23.480
 Third thing

00:38:23.480 --> 00:38:24.200
 to please God

00:38:24.200 --> 00:38:24.980
 is living by

00:38:24.980 --> 00:38:25.639
 faith.

00:38:26.320 --> 00:38:26.920
 Found in

00:38:26.920 --> 00:38:27.519
 our text,

00:38:27.920 --> 00:38:28.460
 verse 7,

00:38:28.579 --> 00:38:29.340
 for we walk

00:38:29.340 --> 00:38:30.559
 by faith,

00:38:30.659 --> 00:38:31.460
 not by sight.

00:38:31.960 --> 00:38:32.820
 We walk

00:38:32.820 --> 00:38:34.159
 knowing that

00:38:34.159 --> 00:38:34.599
 God is

00:38:34.599 --> 00:38:34.980
 faithful.

00:38:35.159 --> 00:38:35.719
 God is

00:38:35.719 --> 00:38:36.619
 what He

00:38:36.619 --> 00:38:37.480
 promised is

00:38:37.480 --> 00:38:38.099
 sure to

00:38:38.099 --> 00:38:38.679
 occur.

00:38:40.880 --> 00:38:41.280
 Fourth,

00:38:41.980 --> 00:38:42.860
 bringing glory

00:38:42.860 --> 00:38:43.440
 to God,

00:38:44.219 --> 00:38:45.199
 not to

00:38:45.199 --> 00:38:45.719
 ourselves,

00:38:46.079 --> 00:38:46.480
 glory to

00:38:46.480 --> 00:38:46.860
 God.

00:38:47.860 --> 00:38:48.360
 Found in

00:38:48.360 --> 00:38:50.159
 chapter 4,

00:38:50.240 --> 00:38:50.940
 verse 15,

00:38:50.940 --> 00:38:52.460
 for it is

00:38:52.460 --> 00:38:52.980
 all for

00:38:52.980 --> 00:38:53.619
 your sake,

00:38:53.740 --> 00:38:53.960
 so that

00:38:53.960 --> 00:38:54.579
 as grace

00:38:54.579 --> 00:38:55.280
 extends to

00:38:55.280 --> 00:38:56.019
 more and

00:38:56.019 --> 00:38:56.740
 more people,

00:38:56.860 --> 00:38:57.159
 it may

00:38:57.159 --> 00:38:57.599
 increase

00:38:57.599 --> 00:38:58.260
 thanksgiving

00:38:58.260 --> 00:38:59.619
 to the

00:38:59.619 --> 00:39:00.659
 glory of

00:39:00.659 --> 00:39:01.059
 God.

00:39:02.619 --> 00:39:02.960
 And then

00:39:02.960 --> 00:39:03.440
 fifthly,

00:39:03.940 --> 00:39:04.480
 living out

00:39:04.480 --> 00:39:05.240
 the message

00:39:05.240 --> 00:39:06.200
 of Christ

00:39:06.200 --> 00:39:07.059
 reconciling

00:39:07.059 --> 00:39:07.539
 death.

00:39:08.340 --> 00:39:08.800
 End of

00:39:08.800 --> 00:39:09.579
 chapter 5.

00:39:12.099 --> 00:39:12.360
 In

00:39:12.360 --> 00:39:12.820
 Christ,

00:39:12.940 --> 00:39:13.720
 verse 19,

00:39:13.800 --> 00:39:14.260
 in Christ

00:39:14.260 --> 00:39:14.780
 God was

00:39:14.780 --> 00:39:15.679
 reconciling the

00:39:15.679 --> 00:39:16.159
 world to

00:39:16.159 --> 00:39:16.619
 Himself,

00:39:17.340 --> 00:39:18.059
 not counting

00:39:18.059 --> 00:39:18.920
 their trespasses

00:39:18.920 --> 00:39:19.639
 against them,

00:39:19.639 --> 00:39:20.679
 and entrusting

00:39:20.679 --> 00:39:21.400
 to us the

00:39:21.400 --> 00:39:21.980
 message of

00:39:21.980 --> 00:39:22.559
 reconciliation.

00:39:23.500 --> 00:39:23.799
 Therefore,

00:39:23.980 --> 00:39:24.219
 we are

00:39:24.219 --> 00:39:25.079
 ambassadors for

00:39:25.079 --> 00:39:25.440
 Christ,

00:39:25.559 --> 00:39:26.079
 God making

00:39:26.079 --> 00:39:26.559
 His appeal

00:39:26.559 --> 00:39:27.219
 through us.

00:39:27.819 --> 00:39:28.420
 We implore

00:39:28.420 --> 00:39:28.679
 you on

00:39:28.679 --> 00:39:29.179
 behalf of

00:39:29.179 --> 00:39:29.639
 Christ,

00:39:29.819 --> 00:39:30.759
 be reconciled

00:39:30.759 --> 00:39:31.199
 to God.

00:39:31.839 --> 00:39:32.299
 For our

00:39:32.299 --> 00:39:32.659
 sake He

00:39:32.659 --> 00:39:33.059
 made Him

00:39:33.059 --> 00:39:33.339
 to be

00:39:33.339 --> 00:39:34.119
 sin who

00:39:34.119 --> 00:39:34.619
 knew no

00:39:34.619 --> 00:39:34.900
 sin,

00:39:34.980 --> 00:39:35.239
 so that

00:39:35.239 --> 00:39:35.739
 in Him

00:39:35.739 --> 00:39:36.539
 we might

00:39:36.539 --> 00:39:37.500
 become the

00:39:37.500 --> 00:39:37.920
 righteousness

00:39:37.920 --> 00:39:39.000
 of God.

00:39:39.219 --> 00:39:40.339
 Living the

00:39:40.339 --> 00:39:40.940
 message of

00:39:40.940 --> 00:39:41.400
 Christ

00:39:41.400 --> 00:39:42.139
 reconciling

00:39:42.139 --> 00:39:43.440
 death out

00:39:43.440 --> 00:39:44.299
 for people

00:39:44.299 --> 00:39:44.719
 to see.

00:39:46.279 --> 00:39:47.259
 So finally,

00:39:47.879 --> 00:39:48.359
 the last

00:39:48.359 --> 00:39:48.799
 point,

00:39:48.800 --> 00:39:49.760
 this doesn't

00:39:49.760 --> 00:39:50.160
 sound like

00:39:50.160 --> 00:39:50.600
 a point,

00:39:50.940 --> 00:39:51.160
 but I

00:39:51.160 --> 00:39:51.680
 promise it

00:39:51.680 --> 00:39:52.019
 is.

00:39:53.620 --> 00:39:54.280
 We are

00:39:54.280 --> 00:39:54.700
 going to

00:39:54.700 --> 00:39:55.280
 be judged

00:39:55.280 --> 00:39:55.560
 for what

00:39:55.560 --> 00:39:55.960
 we do

00:39:55.960 --> 00:39:56.580
 here on

00:39:56.580 --> 00:39:56.900
 earth.

00:39:57.539 --> 00:39:58.160
 We are

00:39:58.160 --> 00:39:58.539
 going to

00:39:58.539 --> 00:39:59.220
 be judged

00:39:59.220 --> 00:40:00.060
 for what

00:40:00.060 --> 00:40:00.560
 we do

00:40:00.560 --> 00:40:01.460
 here on

00:40:01.460 --> 00:40:01.720
 earth.

00:40:02.140 --> 00:40:02.620
 Chapter

00:40:02.620 --> 00:40:03.060
 5,

00:40:03.140 --> 00:40:03.660
 verse 10.

00:40:05.900 --> 00:40:06.300
 For we

00:40:06.300 --> 00:40:07.440
 must all

00:40:07.440 --> 00:40:08.420
 appear before

00:40:08.420 --> 00:40:08.920
 the judgment

00:40:08.920 --> 00:40:09.340
 seat of

00:40:09.340 --> 00:40:09.800
 Christ,

00:40:10.360 --> 00:40:10.900
 so that

00:40:10.900 --> 00:40:11.460
 each one

00:40:11.460 --> 00:40:12.039
 may receive

00:40:12.039 --> 00:40:12.400
 what is

00:40:12.400 --> 00:40:12.900
 due for

00:40:12.900 --> 00:40:13.120
 what he

00:40:13.120 --> 00:40:13.640
 has done

00:40:13.640 --> 00:40:13.980
 in the

00:40:13.980 --> 00:40:14.320
 body,

00:40:14.820 --> 00:40:15.080
 whether

00:40:15.080 --> 00:40:16.340
 good or

00:40:16.340 --> 00:40:17.100
 evil.

00:40:17.099 --> 00:40:19.559
 there is

00:40:19.559 --> 00:40:20.400
 no chance

00:40:20.400 --> 00:40:23.699
 of avoiding

00:40:23.699 --> 00:40:24.239
 this.

00:40:24.860 --> 00:40:25.119
 There is

00:40:25.119 --> 00:40:25.819
 no chance

00:40:25.819 --> 00:40:28.480
 of melting

00:40:28.480 --> 00:40:29.019
 into the

00:40:29.019 --> 00:40:29.400
 crowd,

00:40:29.980 --> 00:40:30.259
 of just

00:40:30.259 --> 00:40:30.559
 kind of

00:40:30.559 --> 00:40:31.119
 disappearing

00:40:31.119 --> 00:40:31.619
 and not

00:40:31.619 --> 00:40:32.199
 being held

00:40:32.199 --> 00:40:32.679
 accountable.

00:40:33.460 --> 00:40:33.839
 There is

00:40:33.839 --> 00:40:34.719
 no chance

00:40:34.719 --> 00:40:35.920
 that you

00:40:35.920 --> 00:40:36.400
 or I

00:40:36.400 --> 00:40:37.059
 can fool

00:40:37.059 --> 00:40:37.519
 God.

00:40:38.420 --> 00:40:38.900
 There is

00:40:38.900 --> 00:40:40.519
 no ability

00:40:40.519 --> 00:40:41.099
 for us

00:40:41.099 --> 00:40:41.480
 to be able

00:40:41.480 --> 00:40:41.980
 to say,

00:40:42.099 --> 00:40:42.360
 God,

00:40:42.440 --> 00:40:43.059
 I am not

00:40:43.059 --> 00:40:43.679
 that person.

00:40:43.679 --> 00:40:48.259
 we will

00:40:48.259 --> 00:40:48.879
 be judged

00:40:48.879 --> 00:40:49.239
 and held

00:40:49.239 --> 00:40:49.799
 responsible

00:40:49.799 --> 00:40:50.359
 for how

00:40:50.359 --> 00:40:51.000
 we live

00:40:51.000 --> 00:40:51.500
 as

00:40:51.500 --> 00:40:52.000
 Christians.

00:40:53.519 --> 00:40:54.039
 This

00:40:54.039 --> 00:40:54.379
 judgment

00:40:54.379 --> 00:40:55.139
 is not

00:40:55.139 --> 00:40:56.879
 to determine

00:40:56.879 --> 00:40:57.259
 whether

00:40:57.259 --> 00:40:57.940
 we're

00:40:57.940 --> 00:40:58.619
 saved or

00:40:58.619 --> 00:40:58.819
 not,

00:40:58.879 --> 00:40:59.279
 whether we

00:40:59.279 --> 00:40:59.639
 are a

00:40:59.639 --> 00:40:59.879
 Christian

00:40:59.879 --> 00:41:00.299
 or not.

00:41:00.399 --> 00:41:00.779
 It's

00:41:00.779 --> 00:41:01.319
 nothing

00:41:01.319 --> 00:41:02.059
 like

00:41:02.059 --> 00:41:02.419
 that.

00:41:08.419 --> 00:41:08.940
 It's

00:41:08.940 --> 00:41:09.599
 to show

00:41:09.599 --> 00:41:10.039
 us that

00:41:10.039 --> 00:41:10.319
 what we

00:41:10.319 --> 00:41:10.899
 do here

00:41:10.899 --> 00:41:11.440
 has

00:41:11.440 --> 00:41:11.919
 eternal

00:41:11.919 --> 00:41:12.559
 implications.

00:41:13.679 --> 00:41:14.319
 To remind

00:41:14.319 --> 00:41:16.379
 us that

00:41:16.379 --> 00:41:17.279
 we have

00:41:17.279 --> 00:41:17.960
 been saved

00:41:17.960 --> 00:41:19.440
 not for

00:41:19.440 --> 00:41:20.239
 aimlessness

00:41:20.239 --> 00:41:21.739
 or indifference,

00:41:22.739 --> 00:41:23.719
 but to

00:41:23.719 --> 00:41:24.359
 live for

00:41:24.359 --> 00:41:24.879
 the Lord.

00:41:25.919 --> 00:41:26.239
 We read

00:41:26.239 --> 00:41:26.579
 in verse

00:41:26.579 --> 00:41:27.139
 15,

00:41:28.399 --> 00:41:29.159
 chapter 5.

00:41:31.339 --> 00:41:32.039
 To remind

00:41:32.039 --> 00:41:32.960
 all believers

00:41:32.960 --> 00:41:36.159
 that we

00:41:36.159 --> 00:41:36.859
 are righteous

00:41:36.859 --> 00:41:37.559
 by faith

00:41:37.559 --> 00:41:38.019
 alone,

00:41:38.419 --> 00:41:39.119
 in Christ

00:41:39.119 --> 00:41:39.599
 alone,

00:41:40.039 --> 00:41:40.339
 and the

00:41:40.339 --> 00:41:40.859
 faith that

00:41:40.859 --> 00:41:41.779
 justifies is

00:41:41.779 --> 00:41:42.639
 to be expressed

00:41:42.639 --> 00:41:43.279
 by love

00:41:43.280 --> 00:41:43.860
 and obedience.

00:41:44.580 --> 00:41:45.000
 Meaning,

00:41:46.480 --> 00:41:46.800
 that we're

00:41:46.800 --> 00:41:49.060
 saved by

00:41:49.060 --> 00:41:49.760
 faith alone

00:41:49.760 --> 00:41:50.220
 and Christ

00:41:50.220 --> 00:41:50.600
 alone.

00:41:51.300 --> 00:41:51.700
 We all

00:41:51.700 --> 00:41:52.040
 shake our

00:41:52.040 --> 00:41:52.320
 head to

00:41:52.320 --> 00:41:52.540
 that.

00:41:53.280 --> 00:41:53.640
 But it's

00:41:53.640 --> 00:41:53.840
 to be

00:41:53.840 --> 00:41:54.440
 played out

00:41:54.440 --> 00:41:54.800
 in our

00:41:54.800 --> 00:41:55.320
 love and

00:41:55.320 --> 00:41:55.880
 obedience

00:41:55.880 --> 00:41:57.260
 to others.

00:41:57.780 --> 00:41:58.380
 Our love

00:41:58.380 --> 00:41:58.900
 and obedience

00:41:58.900 --> 00:41:59.540
 to those

00:41:59.540 --> 00:42:01.320
 who need

00:42:01.320 --> 00:42:02.120
 Jesus.

00:42:03.519 --> 00:42:04.040
 Our love

00:42:04.040 --> 00:42:04.560
 and obedience

00:42:04.560 --> 00:42:06.000
 to God.

00:42:06.000 --> 00:42:06.059
 God,

00:42:06.659 --> 00:42:08.519
 how we

00:42:08.519 --> 00:42:08.980
 live here

00:42:08.980 --> 00:42:09.900
 has eternal

00:42:09.900 --> 00:42:10.719
 implications.

00:42:12.760 --> 00:42:13.260
 Listen to

00:42:13.260 --> 00:42:14.400
 one of the

00:42:14.400 --> 00:42:15.199
 commentators

00:42:15.199 --> 00:42:15.559
 wrote,

00:42:15.659 --> 00:42:15.900
 and this is

00:42:15.900 --> 00:42:16.119
 how he

00:42:16.119 --> 00:42:16.659
 explained it,

00:42:16.699 --> 00:42:16.880
 and I

00:42:16.880 --> 00:42:17.599
 couldn't put

00:42:17.599 --> 00:42:18.000
 it in any

00:42:18.000 --> 00:42:18.679
 better terms.

00:42:19.300 --> 00:42:19.500
 He says,

00:42:19.500 --> 00:42:19.940
 you can be

00:42:19.940 --> 00:42:20.500
 certain of

00:42:20.500 --> 00:42:20.880
 this.

00:42:21.760 --> 00:42:22.099
 When the

00:42:22.099 --> 00:42:22.480
 day of

00:42:22.480 --> 00:42:22.800
 judgment

00:42:22.800 --> 00:42:23.460
 comes,

00:42:24.139 --> 00:42:24.539
 we shall

00:42:24.539 --> 00:42:25.000
 not be

00:42:25.000 --> 00:42:25.739
 asked what

00:42:25.739 --> 00:42:26.059
 we have

00:42:26.059 --> 00:42:26.400
 read,

00:42:27.519 --> 00:42:28.860
 but what

00:42:28.860 --> 00:42:29.119
 we have

00:42:29.119 --> 00:42:29.440
 done.

00:42:30.280 --> 00:42:31.460
 Not how

00:42:31.460 --> 00:42:32.019
 well we

00:42:32.019 --> 00:42:32.599
 have spoken,

00:42:33.300 --> 00:42:33.940
 but how

00:42:33.940 --> 00:42:34.480
 well we

00:42:34.480 --> 00:42:34.920
 have lived.

00:42:36.800 --> 00:42:37.460
 We will

00:42:37.460 --> 00:42:37.900
 not be

00:42:37.900 --> 00:42:38.440
 judged,

00:42:39.059 --> 00:42:39.480
 or not be

00:42:39.480 --> 00:42:39.980
 asked what

00:42:39.980 --> 00:42:40.300
 we have

00:42:40.300 --> 00:42:40.599
 read,

00:42:41.599 --> 00:42:42.420
 but what

00:42:42.420 --> 00:42:42.699
 we have

00:42:42.699 --> 00:42:43.039
 done.

00:42:43.719 --> 00:42:44.440
 Not how

00:42:44.440 --> 00:42:44.820
 well we

00:42:44.820 --> 00:42:45.360
 have spoken,

00:42:46.360 --> 00:42:46.739
 but how

00:42:46.739 --> 00:42:47.179
 well we

00:42:47.179 --> 00:42:47.679
 have lived.

00:42:47.679 --> 00:42:49.779
 Whoa.

00:42:50.779 --> 00:42:51.519
 That gets

00:42:51.519 --> 00:42:51.739
 me.

00:42:53.559 --> 00:42:54.259
 We don't

00:42:54.259 --> 00:42:55.219
 do good

00:42:55.219 --> 00:42:55.559
 deeds,

00:42:55.619 --> 00:42:55.879
 we don't

00:42:55.879 --> 00:42:56.399
 love our

00:42:56.399 --> 00:42:56.719
 neighbor,

00:42:56.859 --> 00:42:57.199
 we don't

00:42:57.199 --> 00:42:58.000
 love and

00:42:58.000 --> 00:42:58.739
 obey God,

00:42:58.799 --> 00:42:59.079
 we don't

00:42:59.079 --> 00:42:59.639
 leave this

00:42:59.639 --> 00:43:00.279
 place and

00:43:00.279 --> 00:43:00.639
 live a

00:43:00.639 --> 00:43:00.899
 different

00:43:00.899 --> 00:43:01.899
 life for

00:43:01.899 --> 00:43:04.559
 the kingdom

00:43:04.559 --> 00:43:05.839
 because we're

00:43:05.839 --> 00:43:06.279
 trying to

00:43:06.279 --> 00:43:07.159
 earn God's

00:43:07.159 --> 00:43:07.480
 favor.

00:43:07.599 --> 00:43:08.119
 We live

00:43:08.119 --> 00:43:08.879
 that way

00:43:08.879 --> 00:43:09.419
 because He's

00:43:09.419 --> 00:43:10.019
 already shown

00:43:10.019 --> 00:43:10.419
 us that

00:43:10.419 --> 00:43:10.799
 favor.

00:43:11.359 --> 00:43:11.759
 He's already

00:43:11.759 --> 00:43:12.379
 shown us

00:43:12.379 --> 00:43:12.919
 that love

00:43:12.919 --> 00:43:13.219
 and that

00:43:13.219 --> 00:43:13.739
 grace.

00:43:17.679 --> 00:43:20.319
 when you

00:43:20.319 --> 00:43:21.279
 diet,

00:43:21.819 --> 00:43:23.139
 I have no

00:43:23.139 --> 00:43:23.779
 experience in

00:43:23.779 --> 00:43:24.159
 dieting,

00:43:24.299 --> 00:43:25.779
 I'm this

00:43:25.779 --> 00:43:26.279
 big for a

00:43:26.279 --> 00:43:26.480
 reason,

00:43:28.480 --> 00:43:29.339
 when you

00:43:29.339 --> 00:43:29.599
 diet,

00:43:29.679 --> 00:43:29.960
 you don't

00:43:29.960 --> 00:43:30.480
 think about

00:43:30.480 --> 00:43:31.039
 the food

00:43:31.039 --> 00:43:31.419
 that you

00:43:31.419 --> 00:43:32.059
 can't eat.

00:43:34.460 --> 00:43:35.079
 You don't

00:43:35.079 --> 00:43:35.739
 think about

00:43:35.739 --> 00:43:37.639
 the cakes

00:43:37.639 --> 00:43:38.419
 and the

00:43:38.419 --> 00:43:39.079
 snacks and

00:43:39.079 --> 00:43:39.539
 the cookies

00:43:39.539 --> 00:43:40.219
 and the

00:43:40.219 --> 00:43:41.039
 sodas and

00:43:41.039 --> 00:43:41.940
 all of that

00:43:41.940 --> 00:43:42.219
 that you

00:43:42.219 --> 00:43:42.859
 can't eat.

00:43:44.759 --> 00:43:45.480
 You also

00:43:45.480 --> 00:43:45.940
 don't think

00:43:45.940 --> 00:43:46.460
 about the

00:43:46.460 --> 00:43:46.940
 horrible,

00:43:46.940 --> 00:43:47.920
 how horrible

00:43:47.920 --> 00:43:48.360
 the food

00:43:48.360 --> 00:43:48.700
 is that

00:43:48.700 --> 00:43:49.119
 you are

00:43:49.119 --> 00:43:49.440
 eating.

00:43:50.340 --> 00:43:50.720
 The no

00:43:50.720 --> 00:43:51.220
 flavor,

00:43:51.460 --> 00:43:52.019
 the vegetables,

00:43:52.159 --> 00:43:52.460
 whatever.

00:43:54.519 --> 00:43:55.119
 You do

00:43:55.119 --> 00:43:55.639
 either of

00:43:55.639 --> 00:43:56.099
 those,

00:43:56.400 --> 00:43:57.000
 you're going

00:43:57.000 --> 00:43:57.480
 to fail

00:43:57.480 --> 00:43:58.179
 at dieting.

00:44:00.980 --> 00:44:01.539
 It's going

00:44:01.539 --> 00:44:02.079
 to last a

00:44:02.079 --> 00:44:02.340
 week,

00:44:02.460 --> 00:44:02.740
 maybe,

00:44:03.460 --> 00:44:03.840
 depending on

00:44:03.840 --> 00:44:04.340
 how strong

00:44:04.340 --> 00:44:04.760
 you are.

00:44:06.539 --> 00:44:07.139
 You're not

00:44:07.139 --> 00:44:07.360
 going to

00:44:07.360 --> 00:44:07.800
 last.

00:44:09.740 --> 00:44:10.360
 When you

00:44:10.360 --> 00:44:10.960
 do diet,

00:44:11.059 --> 00:44:11.179
 though,

00:44:11.200 --> 00:44:11.659
 you think

00:44:11.659 --> 00:44:13.000
 about what's

00:44:13.000 --> 00:44:13.480
 going to

00:44:13.480 --> 00:44:13.659
 happen.

00:44:13.760 --> 00:44:14.079
 You think

00:44:14.079 --> 00:44:14.559
 about how

00:44:14.559 --> 00:44:14.860
 you're going

00:44:14.860 --> 00:44:15.320
 to look.

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 You think

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 about the

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 clothes that

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 you're going

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 to be able

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 to wear.

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 You think

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 about how

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 long you're

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 going to be

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 able to run

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 or what

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 sport you're

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 going to be

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 able to

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 play or

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 how good

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 you're going

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 to look

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 in a

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 bathing

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 suit.

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 Likewise,

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 our future

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 glory should

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 have that

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 same impact

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 on us.

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 What's going

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 to happen,

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 what's going

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 to occur

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 should fuel

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 how we live

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 here,

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 how we love

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 people,

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 how bold

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 we are,

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 how courageous

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 we are.

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 God is

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 preparing us

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 for future

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 glory.

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 He is

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 working and

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 permitting things

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 to happen in

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 our lives so

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 that we can

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 cherish even

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 more that

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 moment.

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 Our faith and

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 what we put our

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 faith in is

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 secure.

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 It does not

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 move.

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 It does not

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 change.

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 It's going to

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 happen.

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 we strive to

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 please him.

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 We live

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 courageous

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 lives.

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 We're going

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 to be held

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 accountable for

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 how we live.

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 Our future

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 glory affects

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 our ministry

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 now.

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 It affects

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 how we live

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 now, how we

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 love now,

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 others and

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 God.

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 Let's pray

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 together.

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 Let's pray

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 together.

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 Let's pray

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