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 Father, we ask that you would continue to show mercy upon us and pour out the Holy Spirit upon us,

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 those gathered here in person, those gathering online, those who might watch this later.

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 We ask, Father, that the Holy Spirit would fall with might and power and deep conviction,

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 that we might not only hear your word well, that we would also do and live your word well.

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 And this we ask in the name of Jesus, your Son and our Savior. Amen.

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 Amen. Please be seated.

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 So I don't know if you, where everybody is with Jesus, who are here, and those watching online, where everyone is with Jesus.

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 But one of the things which Christians don't really like talking about, and if you're not a Christian, you might not realize that this is the case,

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 is that Christians often struggle with disappointment with God.

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 We Christians often struggle with disappointment with God.

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 And in fact, Christians often struggle with disappointment with God's word.

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 We have a problem in our lives, and we go to read God's word, and it doesn't seem to do anything at all for us.

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 It doesn't seem to give us any insight.

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 It doesn't seem to give us any particular peace.

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 And so we become a bit cynical about God's word.

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 Some of us will continue reading through our cynicism.

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 Others will just quietly go from reading the word on a regular basis, being every day, to once a week, to once a month, to once every six months,

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 to we can't remember the last time we read God's word.

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 And now that George is saying this up front, we feel a tiny bit guilty.

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 But the fact of the matter is, is that Christians struggle often, without being able to share it with anybody, with disappointment about God's word.

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 It doesn't seem to speak to them at all.

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 In fact, it's a very common problem that Christians in small groups would rather not study the Bible,

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 but they'd rather study something that's more interesting and more helpful.

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 We'd rather study something by C.S. Lewis or, you know, Kyle Strobel or something like that,

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 because that just seems to be far more helpful than reading God's word.

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 This is going to really come to the fore for us a bit with this passage that we're looking at today,

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 because the passage is talking about, on one level, a very, very, very contemporary problem,

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 which is the control of the tongue, control of your speech, and the problems that go along with it.

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 I mean, we live in an age...

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 I think last week I said a couple of things off the cuff, and I think I shared with you that's how Amy Van Hemmen,

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 when she was her admin person in staff meetings, about every second staff meeting,

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 she'd say in the middle of the staff meeting after I'd said something that,

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 George, is why we're not allowing you to have a Twitter account.

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 But we live in an age where people are hypercritical about speech in social media.

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 So to hear that the Bible is going to talk about the tongue, the text that Shane just read,

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 in fact, now you're maybe going back and saying,

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 wow, he read that and nothing jumped out at me as being particularly helpful.

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 And if that's the case, aha!

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 We start to have a little bit of a window into the problem that we Christians have with God's word,

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 and the disappointment we have with it, and the disappointment we have with God.

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 So let's walk towards that issue.

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 Let's look at the text again, and also at the same time,

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 look a little bit at our disappointment with God.

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 So it's James chapter 3, verses 1 to 12.

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 Those of you who are watching online, we preach through books of the Bible,

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 and that means that sometimes we have to talk about things which aren't very popular culturally,

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 that are very counterculture in terms of today.

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 In fact, I'm going to have to make a very profoundly countercultural reference

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 in the process of doing this sermon.

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 But just sort of try to extend a little bit of grace to me as we do that.

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 But we read through books of the Bible.

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 We don't hide anything.

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 Everything in the Bible was written as a book,

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 and so the best way to understand it is to read it like a book,

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 to go from the beginning to the end.

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 And today we're at James chapter 3, verses 1 to 12.

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 And it goes with this.

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 Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers and sisters,

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 for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness.

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 Now, I'm just going to pause here for this.

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 First of all, I take that very seriously.

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 But one of the things I'd ask is that if you would have kindness towards me

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 and pray that every time I have to open the Word of God to teach and preach,

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 that I would take it very seriously,

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 that I will be judged with greater strictness.

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 And pray not just for me, but for those who lead small groups

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 when they look at the Bible or talk about the Bible.

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 When our Sunday school, I mean Messiah Kids Sunday school,

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 just in general, when anybody is opening the Word,

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 pray that this text will come to them

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 and they will understand their responsibility under God

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 as they teach, as we teach, as I teach.

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 And especially in me, because in our polity,

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 I have, in a sense, like the top teacher role.

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 That's partly in Anglican polity, how they understand who the rector is,

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 is that I have the primary responsibility

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 for handling the Word of God well.

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 So please pray for me

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 and that I will be able to do that very well.

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 Maybe by the end of the service,

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 you'll say, boy, George, I need to pray for you more.

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 And if that's the only thing you get out of a sermon,

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 then I guess that's not a bad thing,

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 that you'll pray for me more,

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 that I can handle the Word of God better.

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 I'll just read that text again,

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 and then we'll look at verse 2.

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 Not many of you should become teachers,

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 my brothers and sisters,

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 for you know that we who teach

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 will be judged with greater strictness.

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 For we all stumble in many ways.

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 And if anyone does not stumble in what he says,

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 he is a perfect man, a perfect person,

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 able also to bridle his whole body.

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 And here body is being used as a sort of a metaphor

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 for the whole person, including the physical.

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 So it says something which is very, very true.

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 The word stumble here means sin.

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 And so every single person sins at some time or another

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 in terms of how they speak.

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 In fact, actually, it makes the interesting observation,

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 and this is sort of a key to what's going to go on

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 with the rest of his little teaching

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 about the use of our tongue or the use of speech,

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 is that in fact, if you ever met a person

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 who had perfect control of their speech all the time

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 and used speech perfectly all the time,

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 that could only be possible if the individual was perfect.

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 And so given that there are no perfect people,

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 Jesus being an exception,

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 that means we're all going to say things which are wrong.

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 We're going to stumble in terms of how we speak.

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 And now it's interesting.

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 James then doesn't go on to say,

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 therefore, make sure that your preacher

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 or your pastor is kind with himself.

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 Or therefore, don't be too hard on him

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 if he makes a mistake.

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 Or for me just to say to myself,

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 well, you know, I said five or six really stupid things,

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 two heretical things,

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 but what the heck, everybody stumbles.

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 So it could be that James introduces that.

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 It would be a very Canadian way, actually,

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 a certain type of branch of Canadian thinking

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 for him to go from that.

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 We're going to be judged with greater strictness,

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 but let's be kind.

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 In fact, if you think about that,

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 it's a very common refrain in our culture.

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 You have to learn to be kind to yourself,

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 be kinder to yourself, be kind to yourself.

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 It's a very, it's in a sense,

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 how we would understand the normal wisdom of the world

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 about how it is to handle speech.

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 But James doesn't go in that direction.

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 He takes it in a very, very different direction.

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 But he doesn't take it actually

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 in the direction that we want.

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 We would like him after saying something like,

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 be kind to yourself

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 or be kind with the other person.

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 And we'd want him then to maybe say,

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 and by the way,

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 here are three simple points to control your speech.

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 And so if, in fact,

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 the Bible went from these two verses

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 to say that, you know,

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 verse three is be kind,

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 and then verse four, five, and six

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 are verses about how to have better control of your tongue,

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 we would all probably say,

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 well, no wonder we really want to study the Bible.

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 It's just, it's really practical, really helpful.

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 It really touches me.

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 It really makes me feel good.

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 But in fact, the Bible doesn't do any of those things.

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 It goes in a very different direction.

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 And when we go to the very different direction,

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 that we start to, if we're conscious of it,

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 see our disappointment with God and with his word.

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 So what happens next?

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 Well, let's look at verse three.

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 James goes on to say,

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 if we put bits into the mouths of horses

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 so that they obey us,

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 we guide their whole bodies as well.

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 Look at the ships also,

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 though they are so large

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 and are driven by strong winds.

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 They are guided by a very small rudder,

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 wherever the will of the pilot directs.

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 Just sort of pause here before I keep reading.

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 So he's just making a very sort of a simple,

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 commonplace observation

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 that in many cases,

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 there are cases in the world

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 that we just see naturally

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 that a very, very, very tiny thing

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 can control the big thing.

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 He's just sort of drawing that to our attention

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 with how you work with really big horses

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 and how you work with big ships.

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 The very small thing can, in fact,

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 be very powerful in controlling the big thing.

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 And then he continues on,

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 and now his analogy starts to get

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 a little bit more telling here,

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 where in verse five he goes also,

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 so also the tongue is a small member.

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 And member here is saying,

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 if you think about the body,

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 the tongue is a pretty small part of the body.

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 Yet it boasts of great things.

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 In other words, we use our speech

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 as if it is like the bit in the horse.

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 It is like the rudder in the ship.

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 And the tongue,

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 our speech, it readily accepts

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 that type of role of control,

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 of presenting the person,

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 of being able to master situations,

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 of being able to have

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 just a greater power in situations.

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 We understand that, we grasp that.

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 So he's going from, okay, you know,

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 our speech, it's very common for us

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 to boast of this,

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 that our speech has this power in the world.

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 And of course, obviously,

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 the more powerful you are,

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 the more powerful that you think

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 your speech has,

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 that the prime minister thinks

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 his speech is going to have

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 far greater control

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 than maybe one of you.

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 But we all,

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 even in our smaller roles,

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 think that speech is going to have

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 that type of power.

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 So in a sense,

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 we're setting ourselves up

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 to think a little bit

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 about what actually happens

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 with our speech,

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 which is what he does

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 very next breath.

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 The second part of verse 5,

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 how great a forest is set ablaze

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 by such a small fire.

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 And the tongue is a fire,

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 a world of unrighteousness.

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 The tongue is set among our members,

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 staining the whole body,

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 sitting on fire the entire course of life,

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 and set on fire by hell.

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 Now, a lot of us have a problem

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 with a text like this.

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 It seems to be a little bit extreme.

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 But if you think about it for a second,

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 it's actually not very extreme at all.

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 If we were doing this

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 in a retreat context,

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 praise God,

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 the day will come

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 when we can crowd into a living room

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 or go off to a retreat location

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 and we can sit without masks

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 and see each other's faces.

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 But we go to some type of a retreat

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 and I said,

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 you're going to have three pieces of paper

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 in front of you,

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 you have a pen.

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 You're going to have

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 a little cardboard thing

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 so nobody can see it.

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 I want to assure you

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 before we go into this exercise

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 that nobody is to see

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 what you're going to write.

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 I'm not going to ask to see it.

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 You're not going to be asked

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 to show anybody.

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 And at the end of it,

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 we're going to,

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 there's a fire here

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 and we're going to all throw

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 the pieces of paper in the fire.

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 So you can just be completely

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 as honest as you possibly can.

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 And I said,

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 so the first thing

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 I'd like you to do

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 is we're going to take five minutes.

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 I'm going to set my timer

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 and take five minutes

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 and write down

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 times in your life

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 where somebody has said

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 something to you

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 that was very hard

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 and cutting.

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 Go.

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 Now my guess is

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 we'd fill that five minutes

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 quite effortlessly.

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 Like if I was to ask you that,

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 every single one of us

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 would be able to think

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 of different times

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 that people have said

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 something to us

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 that's been very hard

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 and very, very cutting.

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 We wouldn't have problems.

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 We wouldn't have to think,

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 gosh, I got to go back.

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 Like I'm really old.

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 Gosh, I got to go back

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 till I was like four

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 or something like that.

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 No, you know,

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 there'd be all sorts of times.

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 In fact,

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 you'd almost want to do this

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 with a retreat context

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 that there's going to be

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 some prayers for healing

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 and forgiveness afterwards

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 because it could be triggering

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 some of the terrible things

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 that your husband,

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 your wife,

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 you know,

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 your ex-husband,

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 your ex-wife,

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 you know,

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 your neighbor,

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 your boss,

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 your teacher

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 have said to you

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 that still have power

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 into your life

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 even today.

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 But then I said,

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 we get over that.

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 I said,

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 now we're going to take

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 five minutes

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 and I'd just like you

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 to write down

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 things that you've said

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 to other people

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 that have really hurt them

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 and you wish

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 you could take them back.

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 Once again,

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 I'd got $100.

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 None of us would have

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 problems thinking it.

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 In fact,

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 the fact of the matter is

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 is that if one of you

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 had problems

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 coming up with anything

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 that you'd said wrong,

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 what would all of the rest

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 of us say?

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 You are so self-absorbed

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 and narcissistic

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 that you don't ever recognize

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 having said anything hard?

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 Like it wouldn't be,

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 none of us,

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 not a single one of us

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 would take it as a sign

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 of holiness

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 that a person can't think

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 of things that they've said

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 that have hurt another person.

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 None of us.

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 And I'm not even just saying

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 us because we're,

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 you know,

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 Christians here.

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 If you went to a local

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 Tim Hortons,

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 you went to a local

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 Starbucks,

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 a bridgehead,

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 you went to a bar,

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 a restaurant,

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 you took your people

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 at workplace

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 and you said,

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 we're going to do this exercise

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 and there was this one person

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 who couldn't think of

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 a single thing

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 that they could say

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 that they'd ever hurt

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 another person

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 and everybody would go,

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 oh gosh,

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 boy,

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 that person must be

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 really narcissistic

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 and self-absorbed.

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 That's what we would all say.

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 Why?

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 Because we can all think

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 of things that we've said.

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 And that actually

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 would even get worse.

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 I said,

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 okay,

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 now we're in our third

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 five-minute period

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 and you have a third

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 piece of paper.

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 Okay,

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 we've dealt with things

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 that people have said to you,

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 things that you have said

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 to other people.

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 I want you to write down

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 things that you've said

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 in the car

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 or in your mind

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 but not to the other person.

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 Write it down

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 on a piece of paper.

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 Well,

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 if you're at all

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 self-aware

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 and not self-absorbed

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 and narcissistic,

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 there'd be smoke

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 in the room.

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 I mean,

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 unless you guys

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 and gals

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 are all vastly

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 more holy than I am,

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 which is probably

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 the case in most cases,

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 but even if you're holy,

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 you'd have all sorts

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 of things that you say

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 in your mind

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 about people,

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 your boss,

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 your wife,

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 your husband,

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 your best friend,

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 your kids.

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 So,

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 if that's in fact

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 the case,

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 why is it that we have

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 such a hard time

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 with verse six

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 and verse five?

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 Listen to it again

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 where it says,

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 the second half

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 of verse five,

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 how great a forest

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 is set ablaze

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 by such a small fire.

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 How many of us

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 have trouble

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 in our marriages,

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 in fact,

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 have had friendships

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 or relationships break,

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 have lost promotions,

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 have had deep trouble

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 in our lives

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 because of something

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 that we've said?

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 How many of us

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 have a hard time

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 relating to maybe

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 a father or a mother

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 even today,

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 even if it's just

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 the memory of them

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 because of something

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 that they've said?

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 Isn't that true?

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 Verse six,

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 and the tongue is a fire,

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 a world of unrighteousness.

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 In other words,

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 it reveals to us

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 things about ourselves

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 which are deeply wrong.

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 It stains the whole body

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 and sets on fire

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 the course of our life

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 and actually,

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 when I hear set on fire

00:16:01.659 --> 00:16:02.379
 by hell,

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 I'm not going to talk

00:16:04.299 --> 00:16:05.360
 about the reality of hell

00:16:05.360 --> 00:16:06.620
 but Christians,

00:16:07.199 --> 00:16:08.000
 Orthodox Christians

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 believe that hell exists.

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 But the other thing

00:16:11.699 --> 00:16:12.699
 which is just true

00:16:12.699 --> 00:16:13.219
 about that,

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 about all of this thing

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 is this,

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 that there is a profound

00:16:15.939 --> 00:16:17.000
 mystery to evil,

00:16:17.860 --> 00:16:18.819
 that there is something

00:16:18.819 --> 00:16:19.419
 about evil

00:16:19.419 --> 00:16:20.720
 which is irreducible,

00:16:21.819 --> 00:16:23.299
 that if we once again

00:16:23.299 --> 00:16:25.279
 we are not so self-absorbed

00:16:25.279 --> 00:16:26.579
 that we can't be self-aware,

00:16:26.720 --> 00:16:27.720
 that we are so addicted

00:16:27.720 --> 00:16:28.839
 to narcissism,

00:16:29.199 --> 00:16:30.079
 there are times

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 in our life,

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 I mean there's times

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 in my life I might say,

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 well you know,

00:16:32.519 --> 00:16:33.480
 I said that bad thing

00:16:33.480 --> 00:16:34.079
 to my wife,

00:16:34.779 --> 00:16:35.439
 you know,

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 but the fact is,

00:16:36.259 --> 00:16:36.399
 you know,

00:16:36.399 --> 00:16:37.720
 I was under a lot of stress,

00:16:38.319 --> 00:16:39.259
 the fact of the matter is

00:16:39.259 --> 00:16:40.259
 you'd said a couple of,

00:16:40.759 --> 00:16:41.000
 you know,

00:16:41.039 --> 00:16:42.120
 you said two or three things

00:16:42.120 --> 00:16:42.799
 to me that,

00:16:42.919 --> 00:16:43.139
 you know,

00:16:43.139 --> 00:16:44.339
 sort of put me off,

00:16:44.759 --> 00:16:45.860
 I'm tired,

00:16:46.120 --> 00:16:46.519
 you know,

00:16:46.579 --> 00:16:47.980
 I'm hangry,

00:16:48.240 --> 00:16:48.439
 like,

00:16:48.500 --> 00:16:48.679
 you know,

00:16:48.740 --> 00:16:49.559
 I can come up with,

00:16:49.679 --> 00:16:50.159
 but you know,

00:16:50.199 --> 00:16:51.100
 the fact of the matter is

00:16:51.100 --> 00:16:52.139
 there's some times

00:16:52.139 --> 00:16:53.299
 where it just comes out.

00:16:55.279 --> 00:16:56.299
 It just is there.

00:16:59.379 --> 00:17:00.819
 You could tell a truth

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 and the truth

00:17:01.519 --> 00:17:02.740
 wouldn't even cost you anything,

00:17:02.879 --> 00:17:03.419
 like the person

00:17:03.419 --> 00:17:04.180
 might even be happy

00:17:04.180 --> 00:17:04.799
 that you say the truth,

00:17:04.879 --> 00:17:05.500
 but you say a lie.

00:17:07.200 --> 00:17:08.399
 You could just make

00:17:08.399 --> 00:17:08.960
 a compliment,

00:17:09.059 --> 00:17:09.680
 it would be easy,

00:17:09.779 --> 00:17:10.539
 but instead you make

00:17:10.539 --> 00:17:10.980
 an insult

00:17:10.980 --> 00:17:11.960
 and it's just there,

00:17:12.379 --> 00:17:13.500
 it just springs out.

00:17:16.539 --> 00:17:17.799
 You can't blame it

00:17:17.799 --> 00:17:18.500
 on your upbringing,

00:17:18.720 --> 00:17:19.839
 you can't blame it

00:17:19.839 --> 00:17:20.299
 on anything,

00:17:20.500 --> 00:17:21.379
 you can't give any type,

00:17:21.460 --> 00:17:22.339
 it's just there.

00:17:22.339 --> 00:17:25.419
 And so,

00:17:25.599 --> 00:17:26.359
 all of a sudden

00:17:26.359 --> 00:17:27.279
 we see that this

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 which looks a little bit

00:17:28.480 --> 00:17:29.819
 as if it's a bit extreme,

00:17:31.480 --> 00:17:33.699
 is actually

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 describing

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 what we are like

00:17:36.199 --> 00:17:37.839
 as human beings.

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 And in fact,

00:17:41.419 --> 00:17:41.639
 actually,

00:17:41.720 --> 00:17:42.139
 remember I said

00:17:42.139 --> 00:17:42.539
 at the beginning

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 that one of the things,

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 the wisdom of the world

00:17:44.139 --> 00:17:45.179
 is that what we have to do

00:17:45.179 --> 00:17:45.980
 is to be kind

00:17:45.980 --> 00:17:46.819
 with ourselves,

00:17:47.179 --> 00:17:48.259
 but the fact of the matter

00:17:48.259 --> 00:17:49.159
 is that we see

00:17:49.159 --> 00:17:50.559
 that if we understand

00:17:50.559 --> 00:17:51.599
 what really goes on

00:17:51.599 --> 00:17:52.119
 in our lives,

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 that that's actually

00:17:52.759 --> 00:17:54.559
 often very terrible advice.

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 I mean,

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 just imagine for a moment

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 that if I had said

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 something very,

00:18:00.339 --> 00:18:00.559
 very,

00:18:00.639 --> 00:18:01.979
 very cutting and bad,

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 a couple of very,

00:18:02.779 --> 00:18:03.839
 very cutting things

00:18:03.839 --> 00:18:04.799
 to one of my daughters,

00:18:05.519 --> 00:18:09.179
 and this still bothers them

00:18:09.179 --> 00:18:09.959
 to this day,

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 and then here I get up

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 and I stand up

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 on my hind legs

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 and say,

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 you know,

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 sometimes I've said

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 some things

00:18:14.819 --> 00:18:15.759
 that are pretty hard,

00:18:15.799 --> 00:18:16.099
 but I'm trying

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 to be kind to myself.

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 Well,

00:18:20.699 --> 00:18:21.059
 the people

00:18:21.059 --> 00:18:21.740
 who've been hurt

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 by what I've said

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 would say,

00:18:22.939 --> 00:18:23.079
 no,

00:18:23.139 --> 00:18:23.240
 no,

00:18:23.279 --> 00:18:23.419
 no,

00:18:23.500 --> 00:18:23.919
 time out.

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 I don't want you

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 to be kind

00:18:25.959 --> 00:18:26.799
 to yourself.

00:18:27.299 --> 00:18:27.619
 Like,

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 own up to it.

00:18:29.619 --> 00:18:29.939
 Like,

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 I'm glad you have anxiety

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 and are sleepless.

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 Like,

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 good.

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 If you hear somebody

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 saying racist things

00:18:40.480 --> 00:18:41.079
 which are very,

00:18:41.220 --> 00:18:41.700
 very helpful,

00:18:41.819 --> 00:18:42.779
 and then you hear them say,

00:18:42.839 --> 00:18:43.120
 by the way,

00:18:43.140 --> 00:18:43.920
 I'm learning to be kind

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 with myself,

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 say,

00:18:44.779 --> 00:18:45.259
 no,

00:18:45.980 --> 00:18:47.559
 don't be kind

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 with yourself.

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 Like,

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 what you need

00:18:52.200 --> 00:18:53.059
 is repentance,

00:18:53.779 --> 00:18:54.460
 like amendment

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 of life,

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 like taking responsibility

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 for what you did.

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 In some ways,

00:19:06.019 --> 00:19:07.500
 what James is doing here

00:19:07.500 --> 00:19:08.440
 before he continues,

00:19:08.559 --> 00:19:09.380
 he's sitting a little bit

00:19:09.380 --> 00:19:10.000
 of a puzzle

00:19:10.000 --> 00:19:11.299
 and a riddle for us,

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 a bit of a riddle

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 about human experience.

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 And the riddle

00:19:15.640 --> 00:19:17.200
 of the human experience

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 is that we both expect

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 of ourselves

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 and others

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 is that they should

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 always control

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 their speech.

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 Yet at the same time,

00:19:24.799 --> 00:19:26.099
 he's sitting before us

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 that we cannot

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 control our speech

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 all the time.

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 And so,

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 what's the third sentence there?

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 I should control

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 my speech all the time.

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 I can't control

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 my speech all the time.

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 Therefore,

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 maybe I should pretend

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 that I'm holy

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 and righteous

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 and better than you.

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 Maybe I should do,

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 which is a lot

00:19:50.259 --> 00:19:50.960
 of what goes on

00:19:50.960 --> 00:19:52.240
 in our culture right now,

00:19:52.339 --> 00:19:52.920
 which is,

00:19:53.620 --> 00:19:54.220
 sorry,

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 I almost said something.

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 Thank you for whoever

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 is praying for me right now.

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 I almost said something

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 that, you know,

00:20:00.019 --> 00:20:00.259
 anyway,

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 but a lot of times

00:20:02.279 --> 00:20:02.700
 what we do

00:20:02.700 --> 00:20:03.900
 is we get on the attack

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 to make it look

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 like we've arrived,

00:20:05.820 --> 00:20:06.280
 but to hide

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 our own problems.

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 We attack,

00:20:07.920 --> 00:20:08.340
 we attack,

00:20:08.440 --> 00:20:08.840
 we attack

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 and try to make

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 other people feel guilty.

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 Do we pretend

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 that there's some,

00:20:14.040 --> 00:20:14.180
 like,

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 what do we do with that?

00:20:15.660 --> 00:20:15.960
 And so,

00:20:16.019 --> 00:20:17.120
 James is sitting before us

00:20:17.120 --> 00:20:17.840
 a bit of a riddle,

00:20:18.460 --> 00:20:19.340
 something to ponder.

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 And then he goes on

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 a little bit

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 and he tries to make it

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 a little bit deeper

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 for us.

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 Verse 7,

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 for every kind

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 of beast and bird

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 of reptile

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 and sea creature

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 and just pause,

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 it's going to be,

00:20:37.440 --> 00:20:37.960
 for those of you

00:20:37.960 --> 00:20:38.660
 who know your Bible

00:20:38.660 --> 00:20:39.400
 very well,

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 it's obvious here

00:20:40.480 --> 00:20:41.660
 that James is making

00:20:41.660 --> 00:20:42.319
 an allusion

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 to Genesis chapter,

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 the sixth day of creation.

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 And he uses

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 these four categories

00:20:48.620 --> 00:20:50.120
 from the sixth day

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 of creation

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 and he's saying

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 basically

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 all of

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 every animal,

00:20:55.440 --> 00:20:56.640
 every creature,

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 because he's taking

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 the four categories

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 that the book

00:21:01.319 --> 00:21:01.779
 of Genesis

00:21:01.779 --> 00:21:02.559
 and the sixth day

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 of creation

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 uses to talk about

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 every type

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 of creature,

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 animal.

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 And so,

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 I'll read it again.

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 For every kind

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 of beast

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 and bird

00:21:12.140 --> 00:21:12.860
 of reptile

00:21:12.860 --> 00:21:13.600
 and sea creature

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 can be tamed

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 and has been tamed

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 by human beings.

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 But no human being

00:21:19.799 --> 00:21:20.920
 can tame the tongue.

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 It is a restless evil

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 full of deadly poison.

00:21:27.340 --> 00:21:28.279
 Now, once again,

00:21:28.340 --> 00:21:29.240
 it sounds a bit extreme,

00:21:29.360 --> 00:21:30.100
 but there is something

00:21:30.100 --> 00:21:31.019
 restlessness.

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 There's a restlessness

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 to our speech.

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 That we,

00:21:39.500 --> 00:21:40.279
 if we're at all

00:21:40.279 --> 00:21:40.900
 self-aware,

00:21:41.019 --> 00:21:42.320
 we know that there are times

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 when we just say something,

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 we exaggerate,

00:21:44.840 --> 00:21:47.300
 we under things,

00:21:47.480 --> 00:21:48.900
 we flatter

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 when we know

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 we're doing the wrong thing,

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 we insult,

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 we put down.

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 There's something

00:21:53.180 --> 00:21:54.539
 unstoppable

00:21:55.059 --> 00:21:55.539
 and unsettled

00:21:56.259 --> 00:21:57.359
 about our speech,

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 even amongst

00:21:58.440 --> 00:21:59.420
 the most controlled.

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 And how is it?

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 Like,

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 if you think about it

00:22:03.619 --> 00:22:04.019
 for a second,

00:22:04.159 --> 00:22:04.799
 now this is like

00:22:04.799 --> 00:22:05.539
 James,

00:22:05.539 --> 00:22:06.539
 James,

00:22:06.740 --> 00:22:07.240
 Jim,

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 yes,

00:22:08.399 --> 00:22:09.460
 but probably what

00:22:09.460 --> 00:22:10.240
 Jesus called him,

00:22:10.319 --> 00:22:10.500
 Jimmy,

00:22:10.920 --> 00:22:11.680
 but James,

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 he's setting this riddle.

00:22:15.339 --> 00:22:15.460
 Like,

00:22:15.519 --> 00:22:16.180
 why is it?

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 Why is it

00:22:17.100 --> 00:22:19.460
 that human beings

00:22:19.460 --> 00:22:19.820
 can,

00:22:20.060 --> 00:22:20.420
 in a sense,

00:22:20.539 --> 00:22:21.880
 master or control

00:22:21.880 --> 00:22:23.420
 every single type

00:22:23.420 --> 00:22:23.940
 of animal

00:22:23.940 --> 00:22:26.160
 in some way or another?

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 I mean,

00:22:26.460 --> 00:22:27.200
 whether it's through our,

00:22:27.560 --> 00:22:27.799
 you know,

00:22:27.880 --> 00:22:29.500
 not a particular individual,

00:22:29.640 --> 00:22:30.320
 but human beings

00:22:30.320 --> 00:22:30.840
 in general,

00:22:30.960 --> 00:22:31.580
 doing something

00:22:31.580 --> 00:22:32.320
 that makes an animal

00:22:32.320 --> 00:22:33.240
 to go extinct

00:22:33.240 --> 00:22:34.640
 or causes others

00:22:34.640 --> 00:22:35.200
 to flourish

00:22:35.200 --> 00:22:36.019
 or kills

00:22:36.019 --> 00:22:36.720
 or poisons

00:22:36.720 --> 00:22:37.220
 or whatever,

00:22:37.220 --> 00:22:37.820
 but there's this

00:22:37.820 --> 00:22:38.779
 general power

00:22:38.779 --> 00:22:39.660
 that we have.

00:22:39.860 --> 00:22:40.799
 But why is it

00:22:40.799 --> 00:22:41.680
 that we can do that?

00:22:41.779 --> 00:22:41.900
 Like,

00:22:41.960 --> 00:22:42.640
 why is it

00:22:42.640 --> 00:22:43.240
 that you can,

00:22:43.380 --> 00:22:43.600
 you know,

00:22:43.600 --> 00:22:44.080
 you can have somebody

00:22:44.080 --> 00:22:44.759
 who can tame a,

00:22:44.840 --> 00:22:45.320
 you know,

00:22:45.340 --> 00:22:46.180
 a snake charmer

00:22:46.180 --> 00:22:47.120
 or an elephant trainer

00:22:47.120 --> 00:22:47.700
 or a dog

00:22:47.700 --> 00:22:47.980
 or whatever.

00:22:48.039 --> 00:22:48.860
 We can actually do that

00:22:48.860 --> 00:22:49.700
 to ourselves

00:22:49.700 --> 00:22:51.360
 with what we say.

00:22:51.420 --> 00:22:51.560
 Like,

00:22:51.600 --> 00:22:52.220
 why is that?

00:22:52.259 --> 00:22:53.259
 How come that is?

00:22:54.660 --> 00:22:55.779
 How come that is?

00:23:00.860 --> 00:23:01.259
 But,

00:23:01.320 --> 00:23:01.640
 by the way,

00:23:01.720 --> 00:23:01.880
 what,

00:23:01.880 --> 00:23:03.720
 what James is doing here,

00:23:03.779 --> 00:23:04.299
 remember I said

00:23:04.299 --> 00:23:05.000
 that this text

00:23:05.000 --> 00:23:05.940
 reveals a little bit

00:23:05.940 --> 00:23:06.740
 at first about

00:23:06.740 --> 00:23:07.360
 our disappointment

00:23:07.360 --> 00:23:07.940
 with God

00:23:07.940 --> 00:23:08.960
 because what we want

00:23:08.960 --> 00:23:09.900
 is we want something

00:23:09.900 --> 00:23:10.700
 like be kind

00:23:10.700 --> 00:23:11.420
 to yourselves,

00:23:11.680 --> 00:23:12.720
 and then we want

00:23:12.720 --> 00:23:13.660
 a couple of techniques

00:23:13.660 --> 00:23:14.360
 about how to use

00:23:14.360 --> 00:23:15.120
 our tongue better,

00:23:15.440 --> 00:23:16.480
 but the fact of the matter

00:23:16.480 --> 00:23:16.980
 is,

00:23:17.120 --> 00:23:18.120
 is that what often

00:23:18.120 --> 00:23:19.600
 happens with techniques

00:23:19.600 --> 00:23:20.480
 is they don't,

00:23:20.560 --> 00:23:21.779
 if you don't understand

00:23:21.779 --> 00:23:23.140
 the way the world is,

00:23:23.840 --> 00:23:25.320
 you can't provide wisdom.

00:23:27.920 --> 00:23:28.820
 There's a fellow

00:23:28.820 --> 00:23:29.759
 who comes to the clock

00:23:29.759 --> 00:23:31.200
 and for many years

00:23:31.200 --> 00:23:31.779
 he had a very,

00:23:31.900 --> 00:23:32.880
 very high level job

00:23:32.880 --> 00:23:33.720
 in the government

00:23:33.720 --> 00:23:35.060
 and he was an expert

00:23:35.060 --> 00:23:36.900
 on federal,

00:23:37.660 --> 00:23:38.620
 the relationship

00:23:38.620 --> 00:23:39.620
 of the federal government

00:23:39.620 --> 00:23:40.440
 to the provinces.

00:23:41.440 --> 00:23:42.240
 He had risen

00:23:42.240 --> 00:23:42.900
 to the top

00:23:42.900 --> 00:23:43.799
 of the Privy Council,

00:23:43.960 --> 00:23:44.700
 a very high position

00:23:44.700 --> 00:23:45.519
 in the Privy Council

00:23:45.519 --> 00:23:47.500
 and he knew the history,

00:23:47.620 --> 00:23:48.440
 he knew the laws

00:23:48.440 --> 00:23:49.420
 and I'm sure

00:23:49.420 --> 00:23:50.320
 that if one of you

00:23:50.320 --> 00:23:51.420
 one day went and said,

00:23:51.500 --> 00:23:51.860
 by the way,

00:23:51.900 --> 00:23:52.500
 I figured out

00:23:52.500 --> 00:23:53.500
 this wonderful thing

00:23:53.500 --> 00:23:54.740
 with COVID and masks

00:23:54.740 --> 00:23:55.740
 and this is my wisdom,

00:23:55.840 --> 00:23:56.460
 they should do this

00:23:56.460 --> 00:23:57.320
 and this and this and this

00:23:57.320 --> 00:23:58.720
 and after one minute

00:23:58.720 --> 00:24:00.059
 of you talking to him,

00:24:00.120 --> 00:24:00.660
 he'd know that you

00:24:00.660 --> 00:24:01.440
 have no idea

00:24:01.440 --> 00:24:02.580
 about how provincial

00:24:02.580 --> 00:24:03.559
 and interprovincial,

00:24:03.720 --> 00:24:03.960
 you know,

00:24:04.019 --> 00:24:05.120
 federal and interprovincial

00:24:05.120 --> 00:24:05.799
 things work.

00:24:06.160 --> 00:24:06.759
 Like you were

00:24:06.759 --> 00:24:07.580
 as clueless

00:24:07.579 --> 00:24:09.539
 as that door

00:24:09.539 --> 00:24:10.339
 over there

00:24:10.339 --> 00:24:11.740
 and the more you talk,

00:24:11.839 --> 00:24:13.299
 the more he'd realize

00:24:13.299 --> 00:24:14.039
 that you actually

00:24:14.039 --> 00:24:14.679
 know nothing

00:24:14.679 --> 00:24:15.939
 and so any advice

00:24:15.939 --> 00:24:16.359
 you give

00:24:16.359 --> 00:24:19.059
 is worse than useless

00:24:19.059 --> 00:24:19.960
 because you're not

00:24:19.960 --> 00:24:20.659
 talking about

00:24:20.659 --> 00:24:21.599
 the real world.

00:24:22.799 --> 00:24:23.480
 There are some of you

00:24:23.480 --> 00:24:24.500
 here who are engineers

00:24:24.500 --> 00:24:25.819
 and within your sphere

00:24:25.819 --> 00:24:26.399
 of engineering,

00:24:26.539 --> 00:24:26.960
 if I said,

00:24:27.039 --> 00:24:27.259
 oh, you know,

00:24:27.319 --> 00:24:28.019
 there's this technological

00:24:28.019 --> 00:24:29.000
 problem and I figure

00:24:29.000 --> 00:24:29.899
 out a way to solve it

00:24:29.899 --> 00:24:31.279
 and then within 10 seconds

00:24:31.279 --> 00:24:32.099
 they realize you don't

00:24:32.099 --> 00:24:33.500
 know the vaguest thing

00:24:33.500 --> 00:24:34.140
 in the world

00:24:34.140 --> 00:24:36.480
 about that engineering

00:24:36.480 --> 00:24:37.039
 problem

00:24:37.039 --> 00:24:38.279
 and every extra

00:24:38.279 --> 00:24:39.819
 five seconds of conversation

00:24:39.819 --> 00:24:41.559
 just cements the depth

00:24:41.559 --> 00:24:42.839
 of your ignorance.

00:24:44.000 --> 00:24:44.960
 Your technique will not

00:24:44.960 --> 00:24:46.019
 be of any use.

00:24:47.380 --> 00:24:48.200
 You need often

00:24:48.200 --> 00:24:49.720
 in self-help books

00:24:49.720 --> 00:24:53.680
 which provide techniques.

00:24:54.460 --> 00:24:56.359
 It does not emerge

00:24:56.359 --> 00:24:57.519
 out of one

00:24:57.519 --> 00:24:58.680
 who has thought

00:24:58.680 --> 00:25:00.039
 about the nature

00:25:00.039 --> 00:25:01.680
 of human beings.

00:25:01.680 --> 00:25:03.560
 not always obviously.

00:25:03.700 --> 00:25:04.120
 There can be

00:25:04.120 --> 00:25:05.039
 some good advice

00:25:05.039 --> 00:25:06.259
 that comes

00:25:06.259 --> 00:25:07.240
 but often it comes

00:25:07.240 --> 00:25:08.080
 out of a lack

00:25:08.080 --> 00:25:08.840
 of awareness,

00:25:09.519 --> 00:25:11.360
 a lack of real pondering

00:25:11.360 --> 00:25:12.740
 the riddle

00:25:12.740 --> 00:25:13.400
 and the mystery

00:25:13.400 --> 00:25:14.060
 and the enigma

00:25:14.060 --> 00:25:15.340
 of human beings

00:25:15.340 --> 00:25:16.060
 in speech.

00:25:17.560 --> 00:25:18.360
 And he's going to

00:25:18.360 --> 00:25:19.740
 press into the mystery

00:25:19.740 --> 00:25:20.519
 of what it means

00:25:20.519 --> 00:25:21.039
 to be human

00:25:21.039 --> 00:25:22.000
 and how we use speech

00:25:22.000 --> 00:25:23.000
 in verses 9 and 10.

00:25:23.080 --> 00:25:23.900
 Look at what he says.

00:25:24.299 --> 00:25:24.900
 With it,

00:25:24.940 --> 00:25:25.759
 this is our speech,

00:25:25.860 --> 00:25:27.039
 we bless our Lord

00:25:27.039 --> 00:25:27.759
 and Father

00:25:27.759 --> 00:25:29.060
 and with it

00:25:29.060 --> 00:25:30.279
 we curse people

00:25:30.279 --> 00:25:30.820
 who are made

00:25:30.820 --> 00:25:31.460
 in the likeness

00:25:31.460 --> 00:25:32.019
 of God.

00:25:32.380 --> 00:25:33.860
 From the same mouth

00:25:33.860 --> 00:25:35.480
 come blessing

00:25:35.480 --> 00:25:36.160
 and cursing.

00:25:36.240 --> 00:25:37.360
 My brothers and sisters,

00:25:37.539 --> 00:25:38.039
 these things

00:25:38.039 --> 00:25:39.220
 ought not to be so.

00:25:43.259 --> 00:25:44.480
 If this week

00:25:44.480 --> 00:25:45.220
 one of you

00:25:45.220 --> 00:25:46.140
 who's in a small group

00:25:46.140 --> 00:25:46.860
 and I encourage you

00:25:46.860 --> 00:25:47.759
 to be in small groups,

00:25:47.819 --> 00:25:48.220
 if one of you

00:25:48.220 --> 00:25:48.940
 is in a small group

00:25:48.940 --> 00:25:49.140
 said,

00:25:49.240 --> 00:25:49.440
 you know,

00:25:50.160 --> 00:25:51.940
 so I just need

00:25:51.940 --> 00:25:52.660
 to get something

00:25:52.660 --> 00:25:53.400
 off my chest.

00:25:53.799 --> 00:25:53.940
 No,

00:25:54.200 --> 00:25:55.420
 so blessing God

00:25:55.420 --> 00:25:56.140
 means that

00:25:56.140 --> 00:25:57.079
 when you bless God

00:25:57.079 --> 00:25:58.279
 you get to know

00:25:58.279 --> 00:25:59.000
 who God is

00:25:59.000 --> 00:25:59.519
 in terms of

00:25:59.519 --> 00:26:00.200
 his attributes

00:26:00.200 --> 00:26:01.259
 and his excellencies

00:26:01.259 --> 00:26:02.580
 and his glory

00:26:02.580 --> 00:26:03.600
 and you're able

00:26:03.600 --> 00:26:04.559
 to express it

00:26:04.559 --> 00:26:05.220
 and give thanks

00:26:05.220 --> 00:26:05.840
 and gratitude

00:26:05.840 --> 00:26:07.019
 and in a sense

00:26:07.019 --> 00:26:07.700
 if you believe

00:26:07.700 --> 00:26:08.160
 that God

00:26:08.160 --> 00:26:09.440
 is the highest being

00:26:09.440 --> 00:26:10.240
 you're talking

00:26:10.240 --> 00:26:10.900
 about the very

00:26:10.900 --> 00:26:12.019
 highest things

00:26:12.019 --> 00:26:13.299
 and if you understand

00:26:13.299 --> 00:26:14.460
 cursing partially

00:26:14.460 --> 00:26:15.940
 as not necessarily

00:26:15.940 --> 00:26:16.860
 casting a spell

00:26:16.860 --> 00:26:18.100
 but as wishing,

00:26:18.299 --> 00:26:18.960
 doing something

00:26:18.960 --> 00:26:19.840
 so that the person

00:26:19.840 --> 00:26:20.539
 withers,

00:26:20.940 --> 00:26:22.019
 that they're diminished,

00:26:22.600 --> 00:26:23.779
 that they are shamed,

00:26:24.279 --> 00:26:24.960
 that if you understand

00:26:24.960 --> 00:26:25.660
 that that is what

00:26:25.660 --> 00:26:26.400
 cursing is,

00:26:26.400 --> 00:26:27.700
 if one of you

00:26:27.700 --> 00:26:28.420
 in a small group

00:26:28.420 --> 00:26:28.860
 this week

00:26:28.860 --> 00:26:29.060
 said,

00:26:29.140 --> 00:26:29.259
 you know,

00:26:29.300 --> 00:26:29.700
 I had this

00:26:29.700 --> 00:26:31.140
 really great time

00:26:31.140 --> 00:26:31.900
 of worship

00:26:31.900 --> 00:26:32.680
 on Sunday,

00:26:33.140 --> 00:26:34.220
 the scripture text,

00:26:34.340 --> 00:26:34.759
 the singing,

00:26:34.860 --> 00:26:35.420
 everything was just

00:26:35.420 --> 00:26:35.940
 so good

00:26:35.940 --> 00:26:36.680
 and yet,

00:26:36.759 --> 00:26:37.019
 you know,

00:26:37.160 --> 00:26:38.100
 I got home

00:26:38.100 --> 00:26:39.000
 and I just did

00:26:39.000 --> 00:26:39.920
 this to my wife.

00:26:41.180 --> 00:26:42.600
 I just said this

00:26:42.600 --> 00:26:47.920
 or I said this

00:26:47.920 --> 00:26:48.680
 to my kids

00:26:48.680 --> 00:26:49.259
 or I went out

00:26:49.259 --> 00:26:49.980
 for coffee

00:26:49.980 --> 00:26:51.180
 or I saw my mom

00:26:51.180 --> 00:26:51.600
 or I talked

00:26:51.600 --> 00:26:52.060
 to my dad

00:26:52.060 --> 00:26:53.120
 and I just did this.

00:26:53.820 --> 00:26:54.300
 You know what?

00:26:54.560 --> 00:26:55.240
 None of us

00:26:55.240 --> 00:26:56.220
 would be surprised.

00:26:58.720 --> 00:26:59.759
 Like every single

00:26:59.759 --> 00:27:00.259
 one of us

00:27:00.259 --> 00:27:00.519
 would say,

00:27:00.579 --> 00:27:01.059
 I've been there.

00:27:02.160 --> 00:27:03.079
 I've been there.

00:27:04.859 --> 00:27:05.700
 I've been there.

00:27:07.859 --> 00:27:09.160
 And at a deeper level,

00:27:09.319 --> 00:27:09.940
 how is it

00:27:09.940 --> 00:27:10.940
 that the German people

00:27:10.940 --> 00:27:11.579
 could produce

00:27:11.579 --> 00:27:12.779
 Bach and Auschwitz?

00:27:16.940 --> 00:27:17.720
 How is it

00:27:17.720 --> 00:27:18.700
 that the German people

00:27:18.700 --> 00:27:19.319
 could produce

00:27:19.319 --> 00:27:21.160
 Bach and Mozart

00:27:21.160 --> 00:27:24.480
 and Auschwitz?

00:27:25.240 --> 00:27:31.660
 And we know

00:27:31.660 --> 00:27:32.259
 that this ought

00:27:32.259 --> 00:27:33.400
 not to be.

00:27:36.599 --> 00:27:37.579
 That in the world

00:27:37.579 --> 00:27:38.779
 of is and is

00:27:38.779 --> 00:27:39.799
 and is and is

00:27:39.799 --> 00:27:41.099
 that there's an ought

00:27:41.099 --> 00:27:42.579
 that's there,

00:27:42.700 --> 00:27:43.339
 that it ought

00:27:43.339 --> 00:27:44.500
 not to be.

00:27:46.620 --> 00:27:47.960
 And then he brings it

00:27:47.960 --> 00:27:48.960
 to a bit of a close

00:27:48.960 --> 00:27:49.599
 before he moves

00:27:49.599 --> 00:27:50.279
 into other things

00:27:50.279 --> 00:27:51.579
 in verses 11 and 12.

00:27:51.940 --> 00:27:52.720
 And actually,

00:27:52.819 --> 00:27:53.700
 what he does here now

00:27:53.700 --> 00:27:54.480
 is he said

00:27:54.480 --> 00:27:55.059
 because we all

00:27:55.059 --> 00:27:55.580
 understand,

00:27:55.799 --> 00:27:56.559
 look what he does,

00:27:56.580 --> 00:27:56.940
 it's a very,

00:27:57.039 --> 00:27:57.920
 very clever type

00:27:57.920 --> 00:27:58.319
 of thing

00:27:58.319 --> 00:27:59.640
 to try to communicate

00:27:59.640 --> 00:28:00.640
 how human beings

00:28:00.640 --> 00:28:01.779
 are both natural

00:28:01.779 --> 00:28:02.819
 and unnatural,

00:28:03.400 --> 00:28:04.340
 that we are both

00:28:04.340 --> 00:28:06.200
 glorious and monstrous,

00:28:06.440 --> 00:28:07.640
 that we are both

00:28:07.640 --> 00:28:09.440
 good and evil.

00:28:09.580 --> 00:28:10.400
 And now he's done

00:28:10.400 --> 00:28:10.900
 some of that things.

00:28:10.980 --> 00:28:11.620
 He wants to bring home

00:28:11.620 --> 00:28:12.360
 the fact that we are

00:28:12.360 --> 00:28:13.840
 natural in the natural world

00:28:13.840 --> 00:28:14.900
 and yet there's something

00:28:14.900 --> 00:28:16.900
 profoundly unnatural

00:28:16.900 --> 00:28:18.200
 about human beings.

00:28:18.400 --> 00:28:19.140
 How does he put it

00:28:19.140 --> 00:28:20.300
 in verses 11 and 12?

00:28:21.140 --> 00:28:22.080
 Does a spring

00:28:22.080 --> 00:28:23.860
 pour forth from the same

00:28:23.860 --> 00:28:24.960
 opening both fresh

00:28:24.960 --> 00:28:25.840
 and salt water?

00:28:27.060 --> 00:28:28.220
 Can a fig tree,

00:28:28.560 --> 00:28:29.580
 my brothers or sisters,

00:28:29.740 --> 00:28:30.420
 bear olives?

00:28:31.140 --> 00:28:32.380
 Or a grapevine

00:28:32.380 --> 00:28:33.740
 produce figs?

00:28:34.400 --> 00:28:35.840
 Neither can a salt pond

00:28:35.840 --> 00:28:37.040
 yield fresh water.

00:28:38.020 --> 00:28:39.220
 So why is it

00:28:39.220 --> 00:28:40.259
 that there's something

00:28:40.259 --> 00:28:40.940
 about human beings?

00:28:40.960 --> 00:28:42.120
 We all know we're natural

00:28:42.120 --> 00:28:44.020
 and yet there's something

00:28:44.020 --> 00:28:45.080
 profoundly unnatural

00:28:45.080 --> 00:28:45.840
 about us.

00:28:46.540 --> 00:28:46.920
 In fact,

00:28:46.920 --> 00:28:47.560
 if you could put up

00:28:47.560 --> 00:28:48.420
 the first point,

00:28:50.019 --> 00:28:53.900
 what James is doing

00:28:53.900 --> 00:28:54.320
 is saying,

00:28:54.400 --> 00:28:55.420
 a human being

00:28:55.420 --> 00:28:56.300
 is a riddle

00:28:56.300 --> 00:28:57.840
 wrapped in a mystery

00:28:57.840 --> 00:28:59.860
 inside an enigma.

00:29:00.800 --> 00:29:02.539
 How can you be both

00:29:02.539 --> 00:29:04.320
 natural and unnatural,

00:29:04.980 --> 00:29:06.100
 good and evil,

00:29:06.700 --> 00:29:08.580
 glorious and monstrous?

00:29:10.800 --> 00:29:12.080
 A human being

00:29:12.080 --> 00:29:12.840
 is a riddle

00:29:12.840 --> 00:29:14.380
 wrapped in a mystery

00:29:14.380 --> 00:29:16.400
 inside an enigma.

00:29:16.920 --> 00:29:18.080
 That's a phrase

00:29:18.080 --> 00:29:19.279
 from Winston Churchill

00:29:19.279 --> 00:29:20.480
 used to describe Russia.

00:29:21.960 --> 00:29:23.080
 How can you be

00:29:23.080 --> 00:29:23.920
 both natural

00:29:23.920 --> 00:29:24.840
 and unnatural,

00:29:25.600 --> 00:29:26.600
 good and evil,

00:29:26.779 --> 00:29:28.900
 glorious and monstrous?

00:29:31.300 --> 00:29:31.779
 Now,

00:29:31.840 --> 00:29:32.440
 it's even harder

00:29:32.440 --> 00:29:33.460
 for us in our day and age

00:29:33.460 --> 00:29:34.300
 to try to get our minds

00:29:34.300 --> 00:29:35.320
 around this problem.

00:29:35.519 --> 00:29:35.640
 But,

00:29:36.240 --> 00:29:36.860
 you see,

00:29:37.039 --> 00:29:38.620
 we wanted a few words

00:29:38.620 --> 00:29:39.779
 to easily calm

00:29:39.779 --> 00:29:40.460
 our conscience

00:29:40.460 --> 00:29:41.240
 in a couple of

00:29:41.240 --> 00:29:42.200
 simple techniques.

00:29:42.200 --> 00:29:42.279
 techniques.

00:29:44.039 --> 00:29:44.559
 But,

00:29:44.559 --> 00:29:45.380
 James

00:29:45.380 --> 00:29:46.960
 is saying,

00:29:47.600 --> 00:29:48.140
 under the

00:29:48.140 --> 00:29:49.140
 renewing power

00:29:49.140 --> 00:29:49.880
 of the Holy Spirit

00:29:49.880 --> 00:29:50.519
 and the Gospel,

00:29:50.819 --> 00:29:51.559
 I'd like you

00:29:51.559 --> 00:29:52.640
 to learn wisdom.

00:29:55.319 --> 00:29:55.799
 Like,

00:29:55.900 --> 00:29:57.279
 wisdom for the real world

00:29:57.279 --> 00:29:59.480
 before you manage

00:29:59.480 --> 00:30:00.080
 techniques

00:30:00.080 --> 00:30:01.580
 for an unreal world.

00:30:01.579 --> 00:30:05.460
 So,

00:30:05.559 --> 00:30:06.500
 here I just ask

00:30:06.500 --> 00:30:06.980
 a little bit

00:30:06.980 --> 00:30:07.899
 of mercy for you.

00:30:07.960 --> 00:30:08.480
 I'm going to make

00:30:08.480 --> 00:30:09.119
 a reference

00:30:09.119 --> 00:30:10.359
 to one of the two reasons

00:30:10.359 --> 00:30:11.119
 why we have a lot

00:30:11.119 --> 00:30:11.500
 of trouble

00:30:11.500 --> 00:30:12.059
 trying to think

00:30:12.059 --> 00:30:12.879
 this through today.

00:30:14.159 --> 00:30:14.519
 And,

00:30:14.559 --> 00:30:15.839
 and,

00:30:15.839 --> 00:30:16.179
 and,

00:30:16.299 --> 00:30:17.159
 and,

00:30:17.159 --> 00:30:17.919
 and it's this.

00:30:20.000 --> 00:30:20.759
 I know that

00:30:20.759 --> 00:30:21.599
 in a room like this,

00:30:21.659 --> 00:30:22.359
 there's at least

00:30:22.359 --> 00:30:23.099
 one person

00:30:23.099 --> 00:30:24.519
 who's had an abortion

00:30:24.519 --> 00:30:26.259
 or helped somebody

00:30:26.259 --> 00:30:27.059
 to have an abortion.

00:30:27.059 --> 00:30:28.419
 And,

00:30:28.480 --> 00:30:28.980
 amongst those

00:30:28.980 --> 00:30:29.519
 who are watching

00:30:29.519 --> 00:30:30.220
 this online,

00:30:30.859 --> 00:30:31.359
 there's almost

00:30:31.359 --> 00:30:32.059
 definitely some

00:30:32.059 --> 00:30:32.639
 who are watching

00:30:32.639 --> 00:30:33.279
 this that have

00:30:33.279 --> 00:30:34.139
 either had an abortion,

00:30:35.079 --> 00:30:36.039
 work in the abortion

00:30:36.039 --> 00:30:36.639
 industry,

00:30:38.279 --> 00:30:38.679
 enable,

00:30:39.059 --> 00:30:39.700
 have enabled

00:30:39.700 --> 00:30:40.359
 or argued

00:30:40.359 --> 00:30:41.259
 for abortions.

00:30:41.740 --> 00:30:42.200
 So,

00:30:42.259 --> 00:30:42.639
 I know that

00:30:42.639 --> 00:30:43.539
 in my reference

00:30:43.539 --> 00:30:44.159
 right here,

00:30:44.299 --> 00:30:45.619
 I'm doing something

00:30:45.619 --> 00:30:46.460
 which might evoke

00:30:46.460 --> 00:30:47.379
 anger and pain

00:30:47.379 --> 00:30:47.980
 within you.

00:30:49.639 --> 00:30:50.079
 And,

00:30:50.159 --> 00:30:50.579
 I actually thought

00:30:50.579 --> 00:30:51.159
 and prayed along

00:30:51.159 --> 00:30:51.539
 as to whether

00:30:51.539 --> 00:30:52.740
 I was going to say this,

00:30:52.799 --> 00:30:53.419
 but I realized

00:30:53.419 --> 00:30:54.399
 I needed to say it

00:30:54.399 --> 00:30:55.639
 because of the nature

00:30:55.639 --> 00:30:56.220
 of the text

00:30:56.220 --> 00:30:56.679
 and the nature

00:30:56.680 --> 00:30:57.200
 of the riddle

00:30:57.200 --> 00:30:58.240
 which the text

00:30:58.240 --> 00:30:59.160
 has set before us.

00:30:59.660 --> 00:30:59.920
 So,

00:31:00.000 --> 00:31:01.360
 I just want to assure you

00:31:01.360 --> 00:31:03.340
 that I know

00:31:03.340 --> 00:31:04.160
 that many times

00:31:04.160 --> 00:31:05.100
 Christians talk

00:31:05.100 --> 00:31:06.180
 as if the church

00:31:06.180 --> 00:31:07.140
 gathered

00:31:07.140 --> 00:31:08.539
 is a rally

00:31:08.539 --> 00:31:09.840
 for the

00:31:09.840 --> 00:31:10.980
 anointed

00:31:10.980 --> 00:31:12.779
 and the righteous

00:31:12.779 --> 00:31:14.620
 to wage war

00:31:14.620 --> 00:31:16.019
 on an unholy

00:31:16.019 --> 00:31:17.220
 and unrighteous world.

00:31:17.740 --> 00:31:17.840
 And,

00:31:17.940 --> 00:31:18.200
 there have been

00:31:18.200 --> 00:31:18.940
 many churches

00:31:18.940 --> 00:31:19.480
 that talk

00:31:19.480 --> 00:31:20.380
 and act like that.

00:31:20.660 --> 00:31:20.900
 And,

00:31:20.960 --> 00:31:21.680
 I want to tell you

00:31:21.680 --> 00:31:22.420
 that that is not

00:31:22.420 --> 00:31:23.500
 the biblical understanding

00:31:23.500 --> 00:31:24.080
 of the church

00:31:24.080 --> 00:31:24.820
 and hopefully

00:31:24.820 --> 00:31:25.560
 it will never be

00:31:25.560 --> 00:31:26.220
 the understanding

00:31:26.220 --> 00:31:26.640
 of church

00:31:26.640 --> 00:31:27.160
 and the Messiah.

00:31:28.279 --> 00:31:29.019
 The church

00:31:29.019 --> 00:31:29.779
 is a hospital

00:31:29.779 --> 00:31:31.759
 for sinners.

00:31:33.839 --> 00:31:35.019
 It is a hospital

00:31:35.019 --> 00:31:36.420
 for the sinful

00:31:36.420 --> 00:31:37.720
 and the broken.

00:31:39.000 --> 00:31:39.740
 There's a place

00:31:39.740 --> 00:31:40.880
 where beggars

00:31:40.880 --> 00:31:41.620
 come to get

00:31:41.620 --> 00:31:42.339
 free bread.

00:31:44.640 --> 00:31:45.100
 And,

00:31:45.200 --> 00:31:45.740
 that's what a church

00:31:45.740 --> 00:31:46.059
 is.

00:31:47.420 --> 00:31:47.880
 And,

00:31:47.960 --> 00:31:48.779
 so if there are

00:31:48.779 --> 00:31:49.299
 any here

00:31:49.299 --> 00:31:49.920
 or any who are

00:31:49.920 --> 00:31:50.319
 watching

00:31:50.319 --> 00:31:50.839
 who have had

00:31:50.839 --> 00:31:51.339
 an abortion

00:31:51.339 --> 00:31:52.220
 or have been

00:31:52.220 --> 00:31:52.860
 part of having

00:31:52.860 --> 00:31:53.319
 an abortion,

00:31:53.400 --> 00:31:54.000
 I just want to

00:31:54.000 --> 00:31:54.480
 assure you

00:31:54.480 --> 00:31:54.980
 that Jesus

00:31:54.980 --> 00:31:55.620
 loves you

00:31:55.620 --> 00:31:58.500
 and that the

00:31:58.500 --> 00:31:58.960
 way to move

00:31:58.960 --> 00:31:59.640
 forward is always

00:31:59.640 --> 00:32:00.299
 to come to him

00:32:00.299 --> 00:32:01.160
 first for grace

00:32:01.160 --> 00:32:01.720
 and mercy.

00:32:03.579 --> 00:32:03.960
 And,

00:32:04.059 --> 00:32:04.420
 if you want to

00:32:04.420 --> 00:32:05.200
 have conversations

00:32:05.200 --> 00:32:06.000
 with us about

00:32:06.000 --> 00:32:06.279
 that,

00:32:06.380 --> 00:32:06.799
 you will be

00:32:06.799 --> 00:32:07.420
 listened to

00:32:07.420 --> 00:32:08.099
 without any

00:32:08.099 --> 00:32:09.099
 judgment whatsoever,

00:32:09.099 --> 00:32:10.059
 only with love.

00:32:11.980 --> 00:32:12.299
 And,

00:32:12.420 --> 00:32:12.759
 that even the

00:32:12.759 --> 00:32:13.319
 hardest parts

00:32:13.319 --> 00:32:14.120
 of God's word

00:32:14.120 --> 00:32:14.759
 that confront

00:32:14.759 --> 00:32:15.460
 things in our

00:32:15.460 --> 00:32:16.099
 lives which are

00:32:16.099 --> 00:32:16.700
 very hard

00:32:16.700 --> 00:32:17.579
 is always so

00:32:17.579 --> 00:32:18.220
 that he will

00:32:18.220 --> 00:32:19.099
 connect with you

00:32:19.099 --> 00:32:19.500
 and that you

00:32:19.500 --> 00:32:19.799
 can know

00:32:19.799 --> 00:32:20.119
 as love

00:32:20.119 --> 00:32:20.559
 and mercy.

00:32:23.559 --> 00:32:23.959
 But,

00:32:24.039 --> 00:32:24.579
 I mention that

00:32:24.579 --> 00:32:25.299
 because what is

00:32:25.299 --> 00:32:25.859
 at the heart,

00:32:26.000 --> 00:32:26.519
 one of the things

00:32:26.519 --> 00:32:27.059
 which is at the

00:32:27.059 --> 00:32:27.959
 heart of abortion

00:32:27.959 --> 00:32:29.199
 is it separates

00:32:29.199 --> 00:32:29.899
 the human

00:32:29.899 --> 00:32:30.879
 from the person.

00:32:33.719 --> 00:32:34.639
 It separates

00:32:34.639 --> 00:32:35.359
 the human

00:32:35.359 --> 00:32:36.579
 from the person.

00:32:37.619 --> 00:32:38.019
 And,

00:32:38.099 --> 00:32:38.759
 when it separates

00:32:38.759 --> 00:32:39.379
 the human

00:32:39.379 --> 00:32:40.339
 from the person

00:32:40.339 --> 00:32:42.019
 and then the

00:32:42.019 --> 00:32:42.779
 person starts

00:32:42.779 --> 00:32:43.480
 to increasingly

00:32:43.480 --> 00:32:44.219
 become some

00:32:44.219 --> 00:32:44.939
 type of a

00:32:44.939 --> 00:32:45.740
 construct,

00:32:46.459 --> 00:32:47.240
 it makes it

00:32:47.240 --> 00:32:47.879
 hard for us

00:32:47.880 --> 00:32:48.420
 to think of

00:32:48.420 --> 00:32:49.100
 human beings

00:32:49.100 --> 00:32:49.460
 and who

00:32:49.460 --> 00:32:50.060
 human beings

00:32:50.060 --> 00:32:50.240
 are.

00:32:50.320 --> 00:32:50.580
 It's one of

00:32:50.580 --> 00:32:50.980
 the reasons

00:32:50.980 --> 00:32:51.400
 why,

00:32:52.020 --> 00:32:52.680
 flowing out

00:32:52.680 --> 00:32:53.420
 of the deep

00:32:53.420 --> 00:32:53.940
 hold of

00:32:53.940 --> 00:32:55.960
 abortion in

00:32:55.960 --> 00:32:56.920
 our country,

00:32:57.560 --> 00:32:58.100
 that we have

00:32:58.100 --> 00:32:59.020
 discussions as

00:32:59.020 --> 00:32:59.320
 to whether

00:32:59.320 --> 00:33:00.420
 robots can be

00:33:00.420 --> 00:33:00.920
 persons,

00:33:01.780 --> 00:33:02.200
 whether there

00:33:02.200 --> 00:33:02.680
 will be a

00:33:02.680 --> 00:33:03.680
 time that

00:33:03.680 --> 00:33:04.180
 artificial

00:33:04.180 --> 00:33:05.000
 intelligence

00:33:05.000 --> 00:33:06.560
 can move

00:33:06.560 --> 00:33:07.260
 to becoming

00:33:07.260 --> 00:33:08.320
 a person,

00:33:08.820 --> 00:33:09.560
 whether a

00:33:09.560 --> 00:33:10.980
 whale or a

00:33:10.980 --> 00:33:12.060
 dolphin or a

00:33:12.060 --> 00:33:13.280
 chimpanzee can

00:33:13.280 --> 00:33:14.320
 be a person

00:33:14.320 --> 00:33:15.460
 because we've

00:33:15.460 --> 00:33:17.180
 completely decoupled

00:33:17.180 --> 00:33:19.320
 separated being

00:33:19.320 --> 00:33:20.019
 human from

00:33:20.019 --> 00:33:20.420
 being a

00:33:20.420 --> 00:33:22.160
 person because

00:33:22.160 --> 00:33:23.100
 then what

00:33:23.100 --> 00:33:24.220
 happens in

00:33:24.220 --> 00:33:25.320
 the womb is

00:33:25.320 --> 00:33:25.799
 not of a

00:33:25.799 --> 00:33:26.980
 person but

00:33:26.980 --> 00:33:28.400
 just of some

00:33:28.400 --> 00:33:29.600
 physical stuff.

00:33:30.600 --> 00:33:31.160
 And that

00:33:31.160 --> 00:33:31.779
 makes it very

00:33:31.779 --> 00:33:32.600
 hard for us to

00:33:32.600 --> 00:33:33.200
 have any type

00:33:33.200 --> 00:33:34.259
 of wisdom about

00:33:34.259 --> 00:33:34.920
 thinking about

00:33:34.920 --> 00:33:35.299
 this.

00:33:36.700 --> 00:33:37.660
 The Bible

00:33:37.660 --> 00:33:38.400
 makes it very

00:33:38.400 --> 00:33:41.019
 clear that

00:33:41.019 --> 00:33:42.360
 every human

00:33:42.360 --> 00:33:42.840
 being,

00:33:43.400 --> 00:33:44.220
 every human

00:33:44.220 --> 00:33:45.500
 being is made

00:33:45.500 --> 00:33:46.100
 in the likeness

00:33:46.099 --> 00:33:47.500
 of God and

00:33:47.500 --> 00:33:48.159
 has inherent

00:33:48.159 --> 00:33:48.740
 worth and

00:33:48.740 --> 00:33:49.179
 dignity.

00:33:50.339 --> 00:33:51.299
 Every human

00:33:51.299 --> 00:33:52.619
 being, both

00:33:52.619 --> 00:33:53.079
 those in the

00:33:53.079 --> 00:33:54.199
 womb, the

00:33:54.199 --> 00:33:54.799
 most severely

00:33:54.799 --> 00:33:55.719
 handicapped,

00:33:56.319 --> 00:33:56.859
 the most

00:33:56.859 --> 00:33:58.219
 elderly, the

00:33:58.219 --> 00:33:59.299
 most diseased,

00:33:59.959 --> 00:34:00.740
 that we can go

00:34:00.740 --> 00:34:01.559
 to India and

00:34:01.559 --> 00:34:02.019
 go to the

00:34:02.019 --> 00:34:02.699
 most lowest

00:34:02.699 --> 00:34:03.459
 despised

00:34:03.459 --> 00:34:04.319
 classes and

00:34:04.319 --> 00:34:05.119
 castes and

00:34:05.119 --> 00:34:06.559
 say you are

00:34:06.559 --> 00:34:07.439
 a human being

00:34:07.439 --> 00:34:08.400
 made in the

00:34:08.400 --> 00:34:09.119
 likeness of

00:34:09.119 --> 00:34:09.639
 God.

00:34:10.159 --> 00:34:11.159
 And because you

00:34:11.159 --> 00:34:11.599
 are a human

00:34:11.599 --> 00:34:12.319
 being made in

00:34:12.319 --> 00:34:13.019
 the likeness of

00:34:13.019 --> 00:34:13.539
 God, you

00:34:13.539 --> 00:34:14.280
 have an

00:34:14.280 --> 00:34:16.000
 integrity and

00:34:16.000 --> 00:34:17.860
 a worth which

00:34:17.860 --> 00:34:19.380
 is not bestowed

00:34:19.380 --> 00:34:20.420
 by the powerful

00:34:20.420 --> 00:34:21.199
 or by the

00:34:21.199 --> 00:34:22.360
 state or by

00:34:22.360 --> 00:34:23.519
 religion or

00:34:23.519 --> 00:34:24.460
 by ideology

00:34:24.460 --> 00:34:25.840
 and cannot be

00:34:25.840 --> 00:34:26.579
 removed by

00:34:26.579 --> 00:34:27.500
 them but is

00:34:27.500 --> 00:34:28.259
 to be acknowledged

00:34:28.259 --> 00:34:29.480
 by the powerful

00:34:29.480 --> 00:34:30.179
 and is to be

00:34:30.179 --> 00:34:31.019
 acknowledged by

00:34:31.019 --> 00:34:31.659
 the state.

00:34:32.559 --> 00:34:33.320
 Your dignity

00:34:33.320 --> 00:34:34.679
 comes as a

00:34:34.679 --> 00:34:35.519
 human being

00:34:35.519 --> 00:34:36.480
 from being

00:34:36.480 --> 00:34:37.599
 made in the

00:34:37.599 --> 00:34:38.500
 likeness of

00:34:38.500 --> 00:34:39.000
 God.

00:34:40.880 --> 00:34:41.679
 And because

00:34:41.679 --> 00:34:42.460
 you are a

00:34:42.460 --> 00:34:43.019
 human being

00:34:43.019 --> 00:34:43.719
 made in the

00:34:43.719 --> 00:34:44.320
 likeness of

00:34:44.320 --> 00:34:46.000
 God, it

00:34:46.000 --> 00:34:46.659
 means that

00:34:46.659 --> 00:34:47.119
 there is

00:34:47.119 --> 00:34:48.039
 something which

00:34:48.039 --> 00:34:48.900
 is unique

00:34:48.900 --> 00:34:49.579
 about being

00:34:49.579 --> 00:34:50.019
 human.

00:34:51.679 --> 00:34:52.260
 We have

00:34:52.260 --> 00:34:52.920
 another problem

00:34:52.920 --> 00:34:53.519
 which flows

00:34:53.519 --> 00:34:53.900
 from the

00:34:53.900 --> 00:34:54.559
 naturalistic

00:34:54.559 --> 00:34:55.119
 understanding

00:34:55.119 --> 00:34:56.460
 of evolution

00:34:56.460 --> 00:34:57.539
 and if in

00:34:57.539 --> 00:34:57.960
 fact the

00:34:57.960 --> 00:34:58.579
 naturalistic

00:34:58.579 --> 00:34:59.920
 understanding

00:34:59.920 --> 00:35:00.460
 of evolution

00:35:00.460 --> 00:35:01.260
 as it moves

00:35:01.260 --> 00:35:02.280
 through society

00:35:02.280 --> 00:35:02.820
 and it moves

00:35:02.820 --> 00:35:03.179
 through the

00:35:03.179 --> 00:35:04.039
 culture, it

00:35:04.039 --> 00:35:04.760
 becomes harder

00:35:04.760 --> 00:35:05.179
 and harder

00:35:05.179 --> 00:35:05.539
 and harder

00:35:05.539 --> 00:35:06.239
 to understand

00:35:06.239 --> 00:35:07.019
 why there is

00:35:07.019 --> 00:35:07.440
 anything

00:35:07.440 --> 00:35:08.380
 specifically

00:35:08.380 --> 00:35:09.099
 unique about

00:35:09.099 --> 00:35:09.820
 human beings.

00:35:10.019 --> 00:35:10.800
 Why should we

00:35:10.800 --> 00:35:11.480
 value a human

00:35:11.480 --> 00:35:12.139
 being over a

00:35:12.139 --> 00:35:12.400
 dog?

00:35:12.519 --> 00:35:13.079
 Why should we

00:35:13.079 --> 00:35:13.840
 value a human

00:35:13.840 --> 00:35:14.920
 being over a

00:35:14.920 --> 00:35:15.220
 tree?

00:35:15.380 --> 00:35:15.980
 Why should we

00:35:15.980 --> 00:35:16.659
 value a human

00:35:16.659 --> 00:35:17.280
 being over a

00:35:17.280 --> 00:35:17.940
 plant or a

00:35:17.940 --> 00:35:18.360
 microbe?

00:35:18.360 --> 00:35:18.800
 Well there is

00:35:18.800 --> 00:35:19.280
 no reason

00:35:19.280 --> 00:35:19.740
 other than

00:35:19.740 --> 00:35:20.800
 our quest

00:35:20.800 --> 00:35:21.579
 for power.

00:35:22.880 --> 00:35:23.220
 But the

00:35:23.220 --> 00:35:24.039
 Bible says

00:35:24.039 --> 00:35:24.920
 the fundamental

00:35:24.920 --> 00:35:25.700
 insight of

00:35:25.700 --> 00:35:26.179
 every human

00:35:26.179 --> 00:35:26.679
 being that

00:35:26.679 --> 00:35:27.059
 there is

00:35:27.059 --> 00:35:28.179
 something unique

00:35:28.179 --> 00:35:29.159
 about being

00:35:29.159 --> 00:35:29.920
 a human

00:35:29.920 --> 00:35:30.579
 being.

00:35:32.480 --> 00:35:33.980
 That sense

00:35:33.980 --> 00:35:35.220
 is based

00:35:35.220 --> 00:35:36.059
 in reality.

00:35:36.300 --> 00:35:36.860
 Only the

00:35:36.860 --> 00:35:37.660
 Bible makes

00:35:37.660 --> 00:35:38.480
 clear that

00:35:38.480 --> 00:35:39.059
 human beings

00:35:39.059 --> 00:35:39.820
 are made

00:35:39.820 --> 00:35:40.860
 in the

00:35:40.860 --> 00:35:41.519
 likeness

00:35:41.519 --> 00:35:42.480
 of God.

00:35:44.660 --> 00:35:45.460
 And because

00:35:45.460 --> 00:35:46.039
 human beings

00:35:46.039 --> 00:35:46.480
 are made in

00:35:46.480 --> 00:35:46.960
 the likeness

00:35:46.960 --> 00:35:47.360
 of God

00:35:47.360 --> 00:35:48.420
 that is why

00:35:48.420 --> 00:35:48.900
 there is

00:35:48.900 --> 00:35:50.039
 something in

00:35:50.039 --> 00:35:50.700
 a sense both

00:35:50.700 --> 00:35:51.440
 natural and

00:35:51.440 --> 00:35:52.400
 unnatural about

00:35:52.400 --> 00:35:52.539
 us.

00:35:52.599 --> 00:35:53.079
 Why there is

00:35:53.079 --> 00:35:53.960
 something glorious

00:35:53.960 --> 00:35:54.820
 about us.

00:35:57.320 --> 00:35:58.400
 But of all

00:35:58.400 --> 00:35:58.980
 the created

00:35:58.980 --> 00:36:00.120
 things only

00:36:00.120 --> 00:36:00.700
 human beings

00:36:00.700 --> 00:36:01.200
 are made in

00:36:01.200 --> 00:36:01.700
 the image

00:36:01.700 --> 00:36:02.720
 and likeness

00:36:02.720 --> 00:36:03.599
 of the

00:36:03.599 --> 00:36:04.420
 triune God.

00:36:04.420 --> 00:36:06.659
 only human

00:36:06.659 --> 00:36:07.220
 beings.

00:36:09.059 --> 00:36:09.300
 In fact

00:36:09.300 --> 00:36:09.619
 if you could

00:36:09.619 --> 00:36:09.920
 put up the

00:36:09.920 --> 00:36:10.519
 next point

00:36:10.519 --> 00:36:11.940
 the biblical

00:36:11.940 --> 00:36:12.639
 gospel is

00:36:12.639 --> 00:36:13.079
 the only

00:36:13.079 --> 00:36:14.460
 key that

00:36:14.460 --> 00:36:15.420
 fits the

00:36:15.420 --> 00:36:15.800
 riddle

00:36:15.800 --> 00:36:16.700
 wrapped in

00:36:16.700 --> 00:36:17.260
 a mystery

00:36:17.260 --> 00:36:18.380
 inside the

00:36:18.380 --> 00:36:19.519
 enigma of

00:36:19.519 --> 00:36:19.920
 the human

00:36:19.920 --> 00:36:20.460
 condition.

00:36:21.180 --> 00:36:21.860
 The biblical

00:36:21.860 --> 00:36:22.760
 gospel is the

00:36:22.760 --> 00:36:23.860
 only key that

00:36:23.860 --> 00:36:24.559
 fits the

00:36:24.559 --> 00:36:24.920
 riddle

00:36:24.920 --> 00:36:25.659
 wrapped in

00:36:25.659 --> 00:36:26.200
 a mystery

00:36:26.200 --> 00:36:27.220
 inside the

00:36:27.220 --> 00:36:28.420
 enigma of

00:36:28.420 --> 00:36:28.800
 the human

00:36:28.800 --> 00:36:29.300
 condition

00:36:29.300 --> 00:36:30.119
 of your

00:36:30.119 --> 00:36:31.019
 human

00:36:31.019 --> 00:36:31.599
 condition

00:36:31.599 --> 00:36:34.279
 human

00:36:34.279 --> 00:36:34.860
 beings.

00:36:35.339 --> 00:36:35.759
 The biblical

00:36:35.759 --> 00:36:36.639
 narrative tells

00:36:36.639 --> 00:36:37.099
 us we're

00:36:37.099 --> 00:36:38.000
 made in the

00:36:38.000 --> 00:36:38.739
 likeness of

00:36:38.739 --> 00:36:39.460
 the triune

00:36:39.460 --> 00:36:39.940
 God.

00:36:40.079 --> 00:36:40.400
 Hence we

00:36:40.400 --> 00:36:40.960
 were made

00:36:40.960 --> 00:36:41.739
 to be social.

00:36:41.940 --> 00:36:42.119
 We were

00:36:42.119 --> 00:36:42.799
 made to be

00:36:42.799 --> 00:36:43.219
 communal.

00:36:43.739 --> 00:36:43.960
 We were

00:36:43.960 --> 00:36:44.920
 made to be

00:36:44.920 --> 00:36:45.319
 with other

00:36:45.319 --> 00:36:45.960
 people to

00:36:45.960 --> 00:36:46.659
 have our

00:36:46.659 --> 00:36:47.539
 faces show

00:36:47.539 --> 00:36:48.159
 and reflect

00:36:48.159 --> 00:36:48.599
 who we

00:36:48.599 --> 00:36:49.079
 are and

00:36:49.079 --> 00:36:49.920
 to hear

00:36:49.920 --> 00:36:50.739
 speech and

00:36:50.739 --> 00:36:51.480
 conversation

00:36:51.480 --> 00:36:51.839
 and to

00:36:51.839 --> 00:36:52.639
 grow together.

00:36:52.839 --> 00:36:53.779
 God made

00:36:53.779 --> 00:36:54.539
 us in

00:36:54.539 --> 00:36:55.659
 his likeness

00:36:55.659 --> 00:36:56.940
 so that we

00:36:56.940 --> 00:36:57.759
 would have a

00:36:57.759 --> 00:36:58.659
 special role

00:36:58.659 --> 00:36:58.980
 in the

00:36:58.980 --> 00:36:59.679
 created order

00:36:59.679 --> 00:37:00.000
 of being

00:37:00.000 --> 00:37:00.699
 fruitful and

00:37:00.699 --> 00:37:01.259
 multiplying

00:37:01.260 --> 00:37:02.220
 and caring

00:37:02.220 --> 00:37:02.640
 for the

00:37:02.640 --> 00:37:03.060
 world to

00:37:03.060 --> 00:37:03.380
 be the

00:37:03.380 --> 00:37:04.120
 gardeners

00:37:04.120 --> 00:37:04.980
 and sub

00:37:04.980 --> 00:37:05.840
 creators of

00:37:05.840 --> 00:37:06.480
 his created

00:37:06.480 --> 00:37:07.420
 order and

00:37:07.420 --> 00:37:08.260
 we used

00:37:08.260 --> 00:37:09.220
 our glory

00:37:09.220 --> 00:37:10.520
 our splendor

00:37:10.520 --> 00:37:11.160
 which was

00:37:11.160 --> 00:37:12.120
 made to

00:37:12.120 --> 00:37:12.840
 have a

00:37:12.840 --> 00:37:13.500
 relationship

00:37:13.500 --> 00:37:13.960
 with a

00:37:13.960 --> 00:37:14.840
 triune God

00:37:14.840 --> 00:37:15.400
 and to have

00:37:15.400 --> 00:37:16.020
 a relationship

00:37:16.020 --> 00:37:16.520
 with each

00:37:16.520 --> 00:37:16.880
 other and

00:37:16.880 --> 00:37:17.400
 we use

00:37:17.400 --> 00:37:17.840
 that to

00:37:17.840 --> 00:37:18.400
 turn from

00:37:18.400 --> 00:37:18.940
 God and

00:37:18.940 --> 00:37:19.420
 turn from

00:37:19.420 --> 00:37:19.900
 each other

00:37:19.900 --> 00:37:20.720
 in self

00:37:20.720 --> 00:37:21.580
 exaltation

00:37:21.580 --> 00:37:22.420
 and in so

00:37:22.420 --> 00:37:23.040
 doing that

00:37:23.040 --> 00:37:23.720
 we bent

00:37:23.720 --> 00:37:24.380
 ourselves

00:37:24.380 --> 00:37:25.180
 we broke

00:37:25.180 --> 00:37:25.840
 ourselves

00:37:25.840 --> 00:37:26.800
 we twisted

00:37:26.800 --> 00:37:27.460
 ourselves

00:37:27.460 --> 00:37:28.000
 the biblical

00:37:28.000 --> 00:37:28.680
 word is

00:37:28.680 --> 00:37:29.680
 we fell

00:37:29.679 --> 00:37:32.019
 and God

00:37:32.019 --> 00:37:32.319
 in his

00:37:32.319 --> 00:37:32.839
 mercy and

00:37:32.839 --> 00:37:33.299
 kindness

00:37:33.299 --> 00:37:34.059
 did not

00:37:34.059 --> 00:37:35.460
 erase us

00:37:35.460 --> 00:37:36.559
 or erase

00:37:36.559 --> 00:37:37.359
 his likeness

00:37:37.359 --> 00:37:37.859
 in us

00:37:37.859 --> 00:37:38.699
 and so that

00:37:38.699 --> 00:37:39.219
 every human

00:37:39.219 --> 00:37:39.739
 being is

00:37:39.739 --> 00:37:40.619
 both made

00:37:40.619 --> 00:37:40.940
 in the

00:37:40.940 --> 00:37:41.539
 likeness of

00:37:41.539 --> 00:37:42.000
 God and

00:37:42.000 --> 00:37:42.359
 there is

00:37:42.359 --> 00:37:43.119
 something about

00:37:43.119 --> 00:37:43.579
 us that is

00:37:43.579 --> 00:37:44.339
 glorious and

00:37:44.339 --> 00:37:44.919
 that can bless

00:37:44.919 --> 00:37:45.899
 God but at

00:37:45.899 --> 00:37:46.559
 the same time

00:37:46.559 --> 00:37:46.899
 there is

00:37:46.899 --> 00:37:47.559
 something in

00:37:47.559 --> 00:37:48.239
 every single

00:37:48.239 --> 00:37:48.899
 aspect of

00:37:48.899 --> 00:37:49.440
 what makes

00:37:49.440 --> 00:37:50.099
 us us

00:37:50.099 --> 00:37:50.719
 what makes

00:37:50.719 --> 00:37:51.199
 me me

00:37:51.199 --> 00:37:51.539
 and what

00:37:51.539 --> 00:37:52.059
 makes you

00:37:52.059 --> 00:37:52.919
 you that

00:37:52.919 --> 00:37:53.579
 is twisted

00:37:53.579 --> 00:37:53.919
 that has

00:37:53.919 --> 00:37:54.539
 been touched

00:37:54.539 --> 00:37:55.259
 by our

00:37:55.259 --> 00:37:56.019
 desire to

00:37:56.019 --> 00:37:56.559
 turn from

00:37:56.559 --> 00:37:57.019
 God and

00:37:57.019 --> 00:37:57.519
 turn from

00:37:57.519 --> 00:37:57.980
 others and

00:37:57.980 --> 00:37:58.419
 turn from

00:37:58.420 --> 00:37:58.800
 the created

00:37:58.800 --> 00:37:59.619
 order and

00:37:59.619 --> 00:37:59.920
 to live

00:37:59.920 --> 00:38:00.639
 an imaginary

00:38:00.639 --> 00:38:02.300
 life where

00:38:02.300 --> 00:38:02.700
 we are

00:38:02.700 --> 00:38:03.460
 exalted and

00:38:03.460 --> 00:38:03.880
 we are

00:38:03.880 --> 00:38:04.659
 great and

00:38:04.659 --> 00:38:05.000
 we are

00:38:05.000 --> 00:38:05.639
 powerful and

00:38:05.639 --> 00:38:06.099
 we can do

00:38:06.099 --> 00:38:06.680
 what we want

00:38:06.680 --> 00:38:07.220
 and we can

00:38:07.220 --> 00:38:07.820
 declare who

00:38:07.820 --> 00:38:08.360
 we are and

00:38:08.360 --> 00:38:09.200
 we can declare

00:38:09.200 --> 00:38:09.880
 the meaning

00:38:09.880 --> 00:38:10.460
 of our lives

00:38:10.460 --> 00:38:10.860
 and there is

00:38:10.860 --> 00:38:11.720
 something in

00:38:11.720 --> 00:38:12.440
 every human

00:38:12.440 --> 00:38:13.320
 being that

00:38:13.320 --> 00:38:15.099
 is monstrous

00:38:15.099 --> 00:38:16.780
 it is why

00:38:16.780 --> 00:38:17.360
 that on one

00:38:17.360 --> 00:38:18.300
 level statistically

00:38:18.300 --> 00:38:19.180
 speaking what

00:38:19.180 --> 00:38:19.659
 you see in

00:38:19.659 --> 00:38:20.280
 human beings

00:38:20.280 --> 00:38:20.760
 is that we

00:38:20.760 --> 00:38:21.380
 are completely

00:38:21.380 --> 00:38:22.119
 natural but

00:38:22.119 --> 00:38:22.480
 it is not

00:38:22.480 --> 00:38:23.000
 natural in

00:38:23.000 --> 00:38:23.460
 the sense of

00:38:23.460 --> 00:38:23.920
 what God

00:38:23.920 --> 00:38:25.000
 intended and

00:38:25.000 --> 00:38:25.680
 because he

00:38:25.680 --> 00:38:26.440
 never removed

00:38:26.440 --> 00:38:27.220
 his likeness

00:38:27.220 --> 00:38:27.840
 from us

00:38:27.840 --> 00:38:28.559
 we have

00:38:28.559 --> 00:38:29.059
 this deep

00:38:29.059 --> 00:38:29.660
 sense that

00:38:29.660 --> 00:38:30.079
 it is not

00:38:30.079 --> 00:38:31.120
 in fact the

00:38:31.120 --> 00:38:31.680
 way things

00:38:31.680 --> 00:38:32.140
 are supposed

00:38:32.140 --> 00:38:32.600
 to be

00:38:32.600 --> 00:38:34.900
 that there

00:38:34.900 --> 00:38:35.579
 is something

00:38:35.579 --> 00:38:37.160
 unnatural about

00:38:37.160 --> 00:38:38.300
 the naturalness

00:38:38.300 --> 00:38:38.900
 of human

00:38:38.900 --> 00:38:39.480
 beings

00:38:39.480 --> 00:38:41.519
 and that God

00:38:41.519 --> 00:38:42.260
 in his mercy

00:38:42.260 --> 00:38:43.140
 seeing our

00:38:43.140 --> 00:38:43.900
 problem

00:38:43.900 --> 00:38:45.660
 does what

00:38:45.660 --> 00:38:46.519
 only the

00:38:46.519 --> 00:38:47.500
 biblical gospel

00:38:47.500 --> 00:38:48.220
 can account

00:38:48.220 --> 00:38:48.559
 for

00:38:48.559 --> 00:38:49.740
 that God

00:38:49.740 --> 00:38:50.200
 would show

00:38:50.200 --> 00:38:50.780
 mercy

00:38:50.780 --> 00:38:52.240
 in a way

00:38:52.240 --> 00:38:52.700
 that can

00:38:52.700 --> 00:38:53.539
 touch every

00:38:53.539 --> 00:38:54.360
 human being

00:38:54.360 --> 00:38:55.120
 who is made

00:38:55.119 --> 00:38:55.460
 in the

00:38:55.460 --> 00:38:56.079
 likeness of

00:38:56.079 --> 00:38:56.440
 God

00:38:56.440 --> 00:38:58.179
 because you

00:38:58.179 --> 00:38:58.539
 see if

00:38:58.539 --> 00:38:59.199
 every human

00:38:59.199 --> 00:38:59.579
 being is

00:38:59.579 --> 00:38:59.960
 made in

00:38:59.960 --> 00:39:00.539
 the likeness

00:39:00.539 --> 00:39:01.019
 of God

00:39:01.019 --> 00:39:01.599
 that means

00:39:01.599 --> 00:39:02.219
 that God

00:39:02.219 --> 00:39:02.880
 himself

00:39:02.880 --> 00:39:03.579
 God the

00:39:03.579 --> 00:39:03.980
 son of

00:39:03.980 --> 00:39:04.420
 God the

00:39:04.420 --> 00:39:04.859
 one in

00:39:04.859 --> 00:39:05.679
 whose likeness

00:39:05.679 --> 00:39:06.019
 we are

00:39:06.019 --> 00:39:06.440
 made

00:39:06.440 --> 00:39:07.859
 that he

00:39:07.859 --> 00:39:08.420
 could both

00:39:08.420 --> 00:39:09.000
 remaining

00:39:09.000 --> 00:39:09.719
 the God

00:39:09.719 --> 00:39:10.440
 himself

00:39:10.440 --> 00:39:11.900
 could take

00:39:11.900 --> 00:39:12.659
 into himself

00:39:12.659 --> 00:39:13.639
 our nature

00:39:13.639 --> 00:39:14.159
 as being in

00:39:14.159 --> 00:39:15.039
 his likeness

00:39:15.039 --> 00:39:17.380
 and that he

00:39:17.380 --> 00:39:18.179
 then could live

00:39:18.179 --> 00:39:18.779
 the life of

00:39:18.779 --> 00:39:19.179
 unbroken

00:39:19.179 --> 00:39:19.900
 communion and

00:39:19.900 --> 00:39:20.259
 fellowship

00:39:20.260 --> 00:39:21.460
 with God

00:39:21.460 --> 00:39:21.780
 that we

00:39:21.780 --> 00:39:22.180
 could not

00:39:22.180 --> 00:39:22.560
 live

00:39:22.560 --> 00:39:24.180
 and that he

00:39:24.180 --> 00:39:25.040
 could die

00:39:25.040 --> 00:39:26.720
 on a cross

00:39:26.720 --> 00:39:28.340
 as a sacrifice

00:39:28.340 --> 00:39:30.440
 satisfying the

00:39:30.440 --> 00:39:31.120
 demands of

00:39:31.120 --> 00:39:31.740
 justice

00:39:31.740 --> 00:39:34.180
 and that he

00:39:34.180 --> 00:39:34.980
 could rise

00:39:34.980 --> 00:39:35.620
 from the

00:39:35.620 --> 00:39:35.900
 dead

00:39:35.900 --> 00:39:36.620
 burying in

00:39:36.620 --> 00:39:37.280
 himself in

00:39:37.280 --> 00:39:37.860
 his risen

00:39:37.860 --> 00:39:39.120
 resurrection

00:39:39.120 --> 00:39:40.360
 our human

00:39:40.360 --> 00:39:40.900
 nature

00:39:40.900 --> 00:39:41.820
 and that

00:39:41.820 --> 00:39:42.300
 because

00:39:42.300 --> 00:39:43.540
 every human

00:39:43.540 --> 00:39:43.940
 being is

00:39:43.940 --> 00:39:44.400
 made in

00:39:44.400 --> 00:39:45.160
 the likeness

00:39:45.160 --> 00:39:45.680
 of God

00:39:45.680 --> 00:39:46.200
 if the

00:39:46.200 --> 00:39:47.020
 God

00:39:47.020 --> 00:39:47.460
 in whose

00:39:47.460 --> 00:39:47.980
 likeness

00:39:47.980 --> 00:39:48.280
 we are

00:39:48.280 --> 00:39:48.560
 made

00:39:48.560 --> 00:39:49.320
 does something

00:39:49.320 --> 00:39:49.640
 it is

00:39:49.639 --> 00:39:49.960
 something

00:39:49.960 --> 00:39:50.379
 which is

00:39:50.379 --> 00:39:50.900
 potentially

00:39:50.900 --> 00:39:51.379
 available

00:39:51.379 --> 00:39:51.980
 for every

00:39:51.980 --> 00:39:52.259
 human

00:39:52.259 --> 00:39:52.619
 being

00:39:52.619 --> 00:39:53.679
 and only

00:39:53.679 --> 00:39:53.859
 the

00:39:53.859 --> 00:39:54.159
 biblical

00:39:54.159 --> 00:39:54.719
 gospel

00:39:54.719 --> 00:39:59.859
 can account

00:39:59.859 --> 00:40:00.299
 for that

00:40:00.299 --> 00:40:01.019
 and can

00:40:01.019 --> 00:40:01.519
 offer real

00:40:01.519 --> 00:40:01.920
 mercy

00:40:01.920 --> 00:40:04.619
 the way

00:40:04.619 --> 00:40:05.059
 that Jesus

00:40:05.059 --> 00:40:05.659
 is introduced

00:40:05.659 --> 00:40:06.019
 in the

00:40:06.019 --> 00:40:06.519
 gospels

00:40:06.519 --> 00:40:07.599
 is as

00:40:07.599 --> 00:40:08.480
 Emmanuel

00:40:08.480 --> 00:40:10.000
 God

00:40:10.000 --> 00:40:11.199
 with us

00:40:11.199 --> 00:40:12.039
 in the

00:40:12.039 --> 00:40:12.500
 midst of

00:40:12.500 --> 00:40:13.599
 our mess

00:40:13.599 --> 00:40:14.679
 and the

00:40:14.679 --> 00:40:15.000
 mess of

00:40:15.000 --> 00:40:15.679
 our life

00:40:15.679 --> 00:40:16.579
 only without

00:40:16.579 --> 00:40:17.119
 sin

00:40:17.119 --> 00:40:18.179
 to redeem

00:40:18.179 --> 00:40:18.619
 us

00:40:18.619 --> 00:40:20.559
 he

00:40:20.559 --> 00:40:20.859
 enters

00:40:20.859 --> 00:40:21.099
 the

00:40:21.099 --> 00:40:21.579
 mystery

00:40:21.579 --> 00:40:22.460
 of

00:40:22.460 --> 00:40:22.579
 what

00:40:22.579 --> 00:40:22.679
 it

00:40:22.679 --> 00:40:22.880
 means

00:40:22.880 --> 00:40:23.000
 to

00:40:23.000 --> 00:40:23.139
 be

00:40:23.139 --> 00:40:23.500
 human

00:40:23.500 --> 00:40:24.219
 that

00:40:24.219 --> 00:40:24.460
 we

00:40:24.460 --> 00:40:24.719
 might

00:40:24.719 --> 00:40:25.059
 enter

00:40:25.059 --> 00:40:25.259
 the

00:40:25.259 --> 00:40:25.719
 mystery

00:40:25.719 --> 00:40:26.579
 of

00:40:26.579 --> 00:40:26.880
 grace

00:40:26.880 --> 00:40:27.079
 and

00:40:27.079 --> 00:40:27.519
 redemption

00:40:27.519 --> 00:40:28.339
 at

00:40:28.339 --> 00:40:28.579
 great

00:40:28.579 --> 00:40:29.079
 cost

00:40:29.079 --> 00:40:29.440
 to

00:40:29.440 --> 00:40:29.739
 God

00:40:29.739 --> 00:40:32.279
 and that

00:40:32.279 --> 00:40:32.719
 we receive

00:40:32.719 --> 00:40:33.119
 this by

00:40:33.119 --> 00:40:33.559
 faith

00:40:33.559 --> 00:40:35.440
 if you

00:40:35.440 --> 00:40:35.819
 could put

00:40:35.819 --> 00:40:36.119
 the

00:40:36.119 --> 00:40:37.579
 last

00:40:37.579 --> 00:40:38.400
 point up

00:40:38.400 --> 00:40:38.659
 that would

00:40:38.659 --> 00:40:38.960
 be very

00:40:38.960 --> 00:40:39.359
 helpful

00:40:39.360 --> 00:40:41.420
 so

00:40:41.420 --> 00:40:41.760
 not only

00:40:41.760 --> 00:40:42.019
 has the

00:40:42.019 --> 00:40:42.340
 biblical

00:40:42.340 --> 00:40:42.780
 gospel

00:40:42.780 --> 00:40:43.059
 as the

00:40:43.059 --> 00:40:43.360
 only

00:40:43.360 --> 00:40:43.760
 key

00:40:43.760 --> 00:40:43.980
 that

00:40:43.980 --> 00:40:44.300
 fits

00:40:44.300 --> 00:40:44.539
 the

00:40:44.539 --> 00:40:44.900
 riddle

00:40:44.900 --> 00:40:45.340
 wrapped

00:40:45.340 --> 00:40:45.460
 in

00:40:45.460 --> 00:40:45.579
 a

00:40:45.579 --> 00:40:45.900
 mystery

00:40:45.900 --> 00:40:46.280
 inside

00:40:46.280 --> 00:40:46.460
 the

00:40:46.460 --> 00:40:46.800
 enigma

00:40:46.800 --> 00:40:47.000
 of

00:40:47.000 --> 00:40:47.099
 the

00:40:47.099 --> 00:40:47.320
 human

00:40:47.320 --> 00:40:47.800
 condition

00:40:47.800 --> 00:40:48.039
 the

00:40:48.039 --> 00:40:48.380
 biblical

00:40:48.380 --> 00:40:48.860
 gospel

00:40:48.860 --> 00:40:49.440
 provides

00:40:49.440 --> 00:40:49.700
 the

00:40:49.700 --> 00:40:50.039
 means

00:40:50.039 --> 00:40:50.220
 of

00:40:50.220 --> 00:40:50.660
 grace

00:40:50.660 --> 00:40:51.280
 for

00:40:51.280 --> 00:40:51.599
 humbly

00:40:51.599 --> 00:40:52.000
 pressing

00:40:52.000 --> 00:40:52.360
 on

00:40:52.360 --> 00:40:53.519
 remember

00:40:53.519 --> 00:40:53.680
 the

00:40:53.680 --> 00:40:54.000
 mystery

00:40:54.000 --> 00:40:54.260
 is

00:40:54.260 --> 00:40:54.539
 this

00:40:54.539 --> 00:40:54.800
 we

00:40:54.800 --> 00:40:55.059
 should

00:40:55.059 --> 00:40:55.480
 control

00:40:55.480 --> 00:40:55.720
 our

00:40:55.720 --> 00:40:56.160
 speech

00:40:56.160 --> 00:40:56.660
 we

00:40:56.660 --> 00:40:57.039
 can't

00:40:57.039 --> 00:40:57.360
 control

00:40:57.360 --> 00:40:57.599
 our

00:40:57.599 --> 00:40:58.039
 speech

00:40:58.039 --> 00:40:58.940
 therefore

00:40:58.940 --> 00:40:59.480
 well

00:40:59.480 --> 00:40:59.620
 we

00:40:59.620 --> 00:40:59.800
 should

00:40:59.800 --> 00:41:00.340
 despair

00:41:00.340 --> 00:41:01.420
 or

00:41:01.420 --> 00:41:01.579
 we

00:41:01.579 --> 00:41:01.740
 should

00:41:01.740 --> 00:41:02.039
 become

00:41:02.039 --> 00:41:02.480
 cynical

00:41:02.480 --> 00:41:03.200
 or

00:41:03.200 --> 00:41:03.400
 we

00:41:03.400 --> 00:41:03.700
 should

00:41:03.700 --> 00:41:04.280
 pretend

00:41:04.280 --> 00:41:10.780
 but

00:41:10.780 --> 00:41:10.960
 the

00:41:10.960 --> 00:41:11.500
 biblical

00:41:11.500 --> 00:41:11.960
 gospel

00:41:11.960 --> 00:41:12.680
 holds

00:41:12.680 --> 00:41:13.080
 us

00:41:13.080 --> 00:41:13.720
 if

00:41:13.720 --> 00:41:13.880
 we

00:41:13.880 --> 00:41:14.040
 are

00:41:14.040 --> 00:41:14.300
 in

00:41:14.300 --> 00:41:14.500
 the

00:41:14.500 --> 00:41:15.019
 security

00:41:15.019 --> 00:41:15.560
 of

00:41:15.560 --> 00:41:16.220
 mercy

00:41:16.220 --> 00:41:19.140
 we

00:41:19.140 --> 00:41:19.280
 are

00:41:19.280 --> 00:41:19.400
 in

00:41:19.400 --> 00:41:19.540
 the

00:41:19.540 --> 00:41:20.040
 security

00:41:20.040 --> 00:41:20.380
 of

00:41:20.380 --> 00:41:20.800
 mercy

00:41:20.800 --> 00:41:21.920
 we

00:41:21.920 --> 00:41:22.200
 have

00:41:22.200 --> 00:41:22.400
 the

00:41:22.400 --> 00:41:22.840
 grace

00:41:22.840 --> 00:41:23.200
 to

00:41:23.200 --> 00:41:23.580
 humbly

00:41:23.580 --> 00:41:23.940
 press

00:41:23.940 --> 00:41:24.240
 on

00:41:24.240 --> 00:41:26.680
 under

00:41:26.680 --> 00:41:26.960
 the

00:41:26.960 --> 00:41:27.480
 security

00:41:27.480 --> 00:41:27.780
 of

00:41:27.780 --> 00:41:28.220
 mercy

00:41:28.220 --> 00:41:29.000
 no

00:41:29.000 --> 00:41:29.540
 Christian

00:41:29.540 --> 00:41:29.860
 should

00:41:29.860 --> 00:41:30.160
 ever

00:41:30.160 --> 00:41:30.519
 start

00:41:30.519 --> 00:41:30.720
 to

00:41:30.720 --> 00:41:31.040
 say

00:41:31.040 --> 00:41:31.860
 you

00:41:31.860 --> 00:41:31.960
 know

00:41:31.960 --> 00:41:32.180
 what

00:41:32.180 --> 00:41:32.560
 I'm

00:41:32.560 --> 00:41:32.620
 going

00:41:32.620 --> 00:41:32.700
 to

00:41:32.700 --> 00:41:32.960
 stop

00:41:32.960 --> 00:41:33.220
 trying

00:41:33.220 --> 00:41:33.380
 to

00:41:33.380 --> 00:41:33.580
 care

00:41:33.580 --> 00:41:33.820
 about

00:41:33.820 --> 00:41:34.080
 my

00:41:34.079 --> 00:41:34.599
 speech

00:41:34.599 --> 00:41:35.599
 no

00:41:35.599 --> 00:41:36.880
 the

00:41:36.880 --> 00:41:37.259
 gospel

00:41:37.259 --> 00:41:37.819
 holds

00:41:37.819 --> 00:41:38.239
 us

00:41:38.239 --> 00:41:40.259
 never

00:41:40.259 --> 00:41:41.000
 surrender

00:41:41.000 --> 00:41:41.420
 to

00:41:41.420 --> 00:41:41.920
 cynicism

00:41:41.920 --> 00:41:42.159
 or

00:41:42.159 --> 00:41:42.639
 despair

00:41:42.639 --> 00:41:44.039
 always

00:41:44.039 --> 00:41:44.539
 press

00:41:44.539 --> 00:41:44.860
 on

00:41:44.860 --> 00:41:45.179
 towards

00:41:45.179 --> 00:41:45.619
 controlling

00:41:45.619 --> 00:41:45.880
 your

00:41:45.880 --> 00:41:46.360
 speech

00:41:46.360 --> 00:41:47.699
 ask

00:41:47.699 --> 00:41:47.900
 the

00:41:47.900 --> 00:41:48.119
 Lord

00:41:48.119 --> 00:41:48.360
 for

00:41:48.360 --> 00:41:48.819
 mercy

00:41:48.819 --> 00:41:49.039
 that

00:41:49.039 --> 00:41:49.179
 you

00:41:49.179 --> 00:41:49.380
 might

00:41:49.380 --> 00:41:49.619
 do

00:41:49.619 --> 00:41:49.860
 it

00:41:49.860 --> 00:41:51.599
 at

00:41:51.599 --> 00:41:51.739
 the

00:41:51.739 --> 00:41:51.940
 same

00:41:51.940 --> 00:41:52.340
 time

00:41:52.340 --> 00:41:53.099
 know

00:41:53.099 --> 00:41:53.380
 that

00:41:53.380 --> 00:41:53.659
 as

00:41:53.659 --> 00:41:53.840
 you

00:41:53.840 --> 00:41:54.259
 pursue

00:41:54.259 --> 00:41:54.480
 it

00:41:54.480 --> 00:41:54.619
 you

00:41:54.619 --> 00:41:54.779
 will

00:41:54.779 --> 00:41:55.139
 stumble

00:41:55.139 --> 00:41:56.920
 but

00:41:56.920 --> 00:41:57.059
 do

00:41:57.059 --> 00:41:57.219
 not

00:41:57.219 --> 00:41:57.400
 let

00:41:57.400 --> 00:41:57.619
 that

00:41:57.619 --> 00:41:58.000
 cause

00:41:58.000 --> 00:41:58.139
 you

00:41:58.139 --> 00:41:58.799
 despair

00:41:58.799 --> 00:42:00.219
 but

00:42:00.219 --> 00:42:00.440
 once

00:42:00.440 --> 00:42:00.719
 again

00:42:00.719 --> 00:42:01.059
 seek

00:42:01.059 --> 00:42:01.219
 out

00:42:01.219 --> 00:42:01.380
 the

00:42:01.380 --> 00:42:01.719
 Lord's

00:42:01.719 --> 00:42:02.139
 mercy

00:42:02.139 --> 00:42:03.500
 and

00:42:03.500 --> 00:42:04.059
 repent

00:42:04.059 --> 00:42:05.420
 and

00:42:05.420 --> 00:42:05.780
 be

00:42:05.780 --> 00:42:07.300
 reconciled

00:42:07.300 --> 00:42:07.920
 make

00:42:07.920 --> 00:42:08.699
 amends

00:42:08.699 --> 00:42:10.159
 secure

00:42:10.159 --> 00:42:10.480
 in the

00:42:10.480 --> 00:42:10.820
 mercy

00:42:10.820 --> 00:42:11.400
 and the

00:42:11.400 --> 00:42:11.900
 knowledge

00:42:11.900 --> 00:42:12.900
 that God

00:42:12.900 --> 00:42:13.340
 the Son

00:42:13.340 --> 00:42:13.800
 of God

00:42:13.800 --> 00:42:14.519
 knew all

00:42:14.519 --> 00:42:14.960
 of that

00:42:14.960 --> 00:42:15.340
 when he

00:42:15.340 --> 00:42:16.019
 died for

00:42:16.019 --> 00:42:16.400
 you

00:42:16.400 --> 00:42:19.019
 and that

00:42:19.019 --> 00:42:19.179
 your

00:42:19.179 --> 00:42:19.860
 relationship

00:42:19.860 --> 00:42:20.760
 with the

00:42:20.760 --> 00:42:21.199
 eternal

00:42:21.199 --> 00:42:21.780
 triune

00:42:21.780 --> 00:42:22.159
 God

00:42:22.159 --> 00:42:22.900
 is secure

00:42:22.900 --> 00:42:23.699
 not because

00:42:23.699 --> 00:42:24.039
 of what

00:42:24.039 --> 00:42:24.300
 you've

00:42:24.300 --> 00:42:24.500
 done

00:42:24.500 --> 00:42:24.960
 but because

00:42:24.960 --> 00:42:25.280
 of what

00:42:25.280 --> 00:42:25.760
 he has

00:42:25.760 --> 00:42:26.159
 done

00:42:26.159 --> 00:42:27.179
 so that

00:42:27.179 --> 00:42:27.539
 as the

00:42:27.539 --> 00:42:27.960
 gospel

00:42:27.960 --> 00:42:28.659
 grips you

00:42:28.659 --> 00:42:29.179
 you realize

00:42:29.179 --> 00:42:29.639
 that you

00:42:29.639 --> 00:42:30.400
 can walk

00:42:30.400 --> 00:42:30.920
 towards

00:42:30.920 --> 00:42:31.420
 forgiveness

00:42:31.420 --> 00:42:32.059
 you can

00:42:32.059 --> 00:42:32.519
 walk

00:42:32.519 --> 00:42:33.079
 towards

00:42:33.079 --> 00:42:33.800
 repentance

00:42:33.800 --> 00:42:34.400
 you can

00:42:34.400 --> 00:42:34.820
 walk

00:42:34.820 --> 00:42:35.180
 towards

00:42:35.180 --> 00:42:35.500
 amendment

00:42:35.500 --> 00:42:35.900
 of life

00:42:35.900 --> 00:42:36.619
 you can

00:42:36.619 --> 00:42:37.200
 walk

00:42:37.200 --> 00:42:37.760
 towards

00:42:37.760 --> 00:42:38.380
 reconciliation

00:42:38.380 --> 00:42:39.000
 you will

00:42:39.000 --> 00:42:39.480
 need to

00:42:39.480 --> 00:42:39.860
 do all

00:42:39.860 --> 00:42:40.119
 of that

00:42:40.119 --> 00:42:40.500
 why

00:42:40.500 --> 00:42:41.200
 because

00:42:41.200 --> 00:42:41.760
 until you

00:42:41.760 --> 00:42:42.340
 see Jesus

00:42:42.340 --> 00:42:42.840
 face to

00:42:42.840 --> 00:42:43.059
 face

00:42:43.059 --> 00:42:43.440
 you will

00:42:43.440 --> 00:42:43.940
 stumble

00:42:43.940 --> 00:42:47.840
 but the

00:42:47.840 --> 00:42:48.240
 means of

00:42:48.240 --> 00:42:48.599
 grace are

00:42:48.599 --> 00:42:48.860
 that you

00:42:48.860 --> 00:42:49.500
 will stumble

00:42:49.500 --> 00:42:50.820
 so call

00:42:50.820 --> 00:42:51.260
 out to the

00:42:51.260 --> 00:42:51.700
 Lord for

00:42:51.700 --> 00:42:52.260
 mercy and

00:42:52.260 --> 00:42:52.820
 know that

00:42:52.820 --> 00:42:53.760
 mercy allows

00:42:53.760 --> 00:42:54.119
 you to

00:42:54.119 --> 00:42:54.680
 say that

00:42:54.680 --> 00:42:55.160
 was wrong

00:42:55.160 --> 00:42:55.539
 that just

00:42:55.539 --> 00:42:55.900
 came out

00:42:55.900 --> 00:42:56.280
 of hell

00:42:56.280 --> 00:42:56.680
 that is

00:42:56.680 --> 00:42:57.180
 just wrong

00:42:57.180 --> 00:42:57.599
 Lord have

00:42:57.599 --> 00:42:58.019
 mercy help

00:42:58.019 --> 00:42:58.440
 me not to

00:42:58.440 --> 00:42:58.639
 do it

00:42:58.639 --> 00:42:59.039
 again

00:42:59.039 --> 00:43:00.300
 help me

00:43:00.300 --> 00:43:00.940
 to renounce

00:43:00.940 --> 00:43:01.199
 that at

00:43:01.199 --> 00:43:01.480
 the same

00:43:01.480 --> 00:43:01.880
 time help

00:43:01.880 --> 00:43:02.099
 me to

00:43:02.099 --> 00:43:02.480
 never

00:43:02.480 --> 00:43:03.500
 press on

00:43:03.500 --> 00:43:04.320
 and press

00:43:04.320 --> 00:43:04.900
 on to

00:43:04.900 --> 00:43:05.480
 press on

00:43:05.480 --> 00:43:05.900
 to become

00:43:05.900 --> 00:43:06.739
 more like

00:43:06.739 --> 00:43:07.139
 God has

00:43:07.139 --> 00:43:07.779
 intended you

00:43:07.779 --> 00:43:09.159
 friends if

00:43:09.159 --> 00:43:09.480
 you've never

00:43:09.480 --> 00:43:09.779
 given your

00:43:09.779 --> 00:43:10.139
 life to

00:43:10.139 --> 00:43:10.599
 Jesus there

00:43:10.599 --> 00:43:10.840
 is no

00:43:10.840 --> 00:43:11.300
 time better

00:43:11.300 --> 00:43:11.599
 than now

00:43:11.599 --> 00:43:12.059
 only the

00:43:12.059 --> 00:43:13.719
 Bible only

00:43:13.719 --> 00:43:14.219
 the biblical

00:43:14.219 --> 00:43:15.059
 gospel begins

00:43:15.059 --> 00:43:15.679
 to make clear

00:43:15.679 --> 00:43:16.219
 to you the

00:43:16.219 --> 00:43:17.259
 riddle the

00:43:17.259 --> 00:43:18.000
 enigma the

00:43:18.000 --> 00:43:18.599
 mystery of

00:43:18.599 --> 00:43:19.019
 your human

00:43:19.019 --> 00:43:20.860
 condition in

00:43:20.860 --> 00:43:21.320
 a way that

00:43:21.320 --> 00:43:22.719
 respects and

00:43:22.719 --> 00:43:23.840
 gives integrity

00:43:23.840 --> 00:43:24.679
 to who you

00:43:24.679 --> 00:43:25.860
 are only the

00:43:25.860 --> 00:43:27.219
 gospel provides

00:43:27.219 --> 00:43:28.300
 the way for

00:43:28.300 --> 00:43:28.599
 you to be

00:43:28.599 --> 00:43:29.019
 made right

00:43:29.019 --> 00:43:29.539
 with God

00:43:29.539 --> 00:43:30.159
 and the

00:43:30.159 --> 00:43:30.619
 means of

00:43:30.619 --> 00:43:31.519
 grace for

00:43:31.519 --> 00:43:31.759
 you to

00:43:31.759 --> 00:43:32.300
 press on

00:43:32.300 --> 00:43:33.000
 and to

00:43:33.000 --> 00:43:33.500
 know life

00:43:33.500 --> 00:43:34.579
 please stand

00:43:34.579 --> 00:43:43.300
 bow our

00:43:43.300 --> 00:43:43.679
 heads in

00:43:43.679 --> 00:43:44.000
 prayer

00:43:44.000 --> 00:43:50.219
 father we

00:43:50.219 --> 00:43:50.860
 thank you so

00:43:50.860 --> 00:43:51.400
 much that when

00:43:51.400 --> 00:43:51.840
 we gather

00:43:51.840 --> 00:43:52.480
 together as

00:43:52.480 --> 00:43:53.199
 your people on

00:43:53.199 --> 00:43:53.619
 a Sunday

00:43:53.619 --> 00:43:54.139
 morning

00:43:54.139 --> 00:43:55.639
 we're in our

00:43:55.639 --> 00:43:56.500
 small groups

00:43:56.500 --> 00:43:56.940
 we're in our

00:43:56.940 --> 00:43:57.340
 mentoring

00:43:57.340 --> 00:43:58.079
 relationships

00:43:58.079 --> 00:43:59.940
 that father

00:43:59.940 --> 00:44:01.340
 we are not

00:44:01.340 --> 00:44:02.240
 coming together

00:44:02.240 --> 00:44:02.660
 as the

00:44:02.660 --> 00:44:03.400
 perfect the

00:44:03.400 --> 00:44:03.900
 anointed

00:44:03.900 --> 00:44:05.460
 the exalted

00:44:05.460 --> 00:44:06.940
 the ones who

00:44:06.940 --> 00:44:07.620
 are above other

00:44:07.620 --> 00:44:08.360
 human beings

00:44:08.360 --> 00:44:09.100
 that father you

00:44:09.100 --> 00:44:10.079
 want to have us

00:44:10.079 --> 00:44:11.260
 enter in ever

00:44:11.260 --> 00:44:12.620
 more deeply as

00:44:12.620 --> 00:44:13.320
 we're gripped by

00:44:13.320 --> 00:44:14.120
 the gospel ever

00:44:14.120 --> 00:44:15.079
 more deeply into

00:44:15.079 --> 00:44:15.880
 the mystery and

00:44:15.880 --> 00:44:16.400
 the riddle and

00:44:16.400 --> 00:44:17.440
 the enigma of

00:44:17.440 --> 00:44:17.840
 the human

00:44:17.840 --> 00:44:18.780
 situation and the

00:44:18.780 --> 00:44:19.519
 human condition

00:44:19.519 --> 00:44:20.160
 that we find

00:44:20.160 --> 00:44:20.980
 ourselves in

00:44:20.980 --> 00:44:22.920
 and we give

00:44:22.920 --> 00:44:23.639
 you thanks and

00:44:23.639 --> 00:44:24.360
 praise that your

00:44:24.360 --> 00:44:25.740
 son entered

00:44:25.740 --> 00:44:26.880
 into that in a

00:44:26.880 --> 00:44:27.820
 way to save us

00:44:27.820 --> 00:44:28.420
 and to redeem

00:44:28.420 --> 00:44:29.139
 us that we can

00:44:29.139 --> 00:44:29.900
 know by faith

00:44:29.900 --> 00:44:30.940
 receive by faith

00:44:30.940 --> 00:44:33.039
 and that he will

00:44:33.039 --> 00:44:34.059
 walk with us

00:44:34.059 --> 00:44:35.219
 and in us and

00:44:35.219 --> 00:44:36.179
 we will walk with

00:44:36.179 --> 00:44:37.360
 him and in him

00:44:37.360 --> 00:44:39.260
 as we press on

00:44:39.260 --> 00:44:42.800
 as we stand up

00:44:42.800 --> 00:44:43.840
 after we have

00:44:43.840 --> 00:44:45.559
 fallen and so

00:44:45.559 --> 00:44:46.500
 father we thank you

00:44:46.500 --> 00:44:47.360
 for that father

00:44:47.360 --> 00:44:48.360
 make us disciples

00:44:48.360 --> 00:44:49.639
 of Jesus who are

00:44:49.639 --> 00:44:50.159
 more and more

00:44:50.159 --> 00:44:50.879
 gripped by the

00:44:50.879 --> 00:44:52.119
 gospel that we

00:44:52.119 --> 00:44:52.900
 might learn to

00:44:52.900 --> 00:44:53.719
 speak and to

00:44:53.719 --> 00:44:54.739
 live for your

00:44:54.739 --> 00:44:56.659
 great glory and

00:44:56.659 --> 00:44:57.420
 for the good of

00:44:57.420 --> 00:44:58.239
 our husbands and

00:44:58.239 --> 00:44:59.299
 wives our friends

00:44:59.299 --> 00:45:00.219
 our children our

00:45:00.219 --> 00:45:01.500
 parents our

00:45:01.500 --> 00:45:02.379
 bosses our

00:45:02.379 --> 00:45:03.500
 co-workers those

00:45:03.500 --> 00:45:04.259
 who work underneath

00:45:04.259 --> 00:45:05.739
 us our neighbors

00:45:05.739 --> 00:45:08.219
 our friends and

00:45:08.219 --> 00:45:09.539
 the the passerby

00:45:09.539 --> 00:45:10.339
 that we come to

00:45:10.339 --> 00:45:11.579
 see father because

00:45:11.579 --> 00:45:12.619
 so gripped by the

00:45:12.619 --> 00:45:13.339
 gospel that we

00:45:13.339 --> 00:45:14.039
 might forward

00:45:14.039 --> 00:45:15.139
 move forward

00:45:15.139 --> 00:45:16.359
 repenting as we

00:45:16.359 --> 00:45:17.279
 need but pressing

00:45:17.279 --> 00:45:18.420
 on and pressing on

00:45:18.420 --> 00:45:19.840
 to speak words of

00:45:19.840 --> 00:45:21.220
 blessing not

00:45:21.220 --> 00:45:22.639
 cursing speak

00:45:22.639 --> 00:45:23.659
 words of truth

00:45:23.659 --> 00:45:24.900
 and not lie

00:45:24.900 --> 00:45:26.860
 words of justice

00:45:26.860 --> 00:45:28.139
 and goodness not

00:45:28.139 --> 00:45:29.440
 injustice and evil

00:45:29.440 --> 00:45:31.200
 words of mercy

00:45:31.200 --> 00:45:33.400
 rather than vengeance

00:45:33.400 --> 00:45:35.380
 words of forgiveness

00:45:35.380 --> 00:45:37.320
 rather than hatred

00:45:37.320 --> 00:45:39.340
 and all God's people

00:45:39.340 --> 00:45:40.880
 said amen