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 I would like you to turn your Bibles this morning to Ephesians chapter 6 verse 24.

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! And Pastor Saul has rightly identified the fact that this is the last sermon at this point in the book of Ephesians.

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 Lord willing, next Sunday it will be my blessing and my privilege to join you in opening the book of John and beginning to preach in John chapter 1 verse 1.

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 I do want to explain by way of introduction that there is a reason that preaching in an expositional fashion begins with John 1 verse 1 or Ephesians 1 verse 1 and carries through to the end.

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 And that the timing of the sequence of sermons is not preordained.

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 I believe fully that the Word of God is to be taken in its entirety.

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 I believe that preaching, which is the passionate declaring of the truth of God, is to be something that fundamentally is dependent upon the text.

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 And at the end of the day, when I make a statement in the passage or in the process of preaching, one of the things that you should be able to do in every case is you should be able to connect that statement,

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 even where there is an illustration, it should have linkage back to the Scriptures themselves.

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 When someone comes to this pulpit, they come in some sense with an obligation, with a responsibility of saying,

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 Thus saith the Lord.

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 I am not an Old Testament prophet.

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 And the best I can do when I say, Thus saith the Lord, is say, Here it is.

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 You can read it for yourself and you can see what God has to say to you.

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 I want you to understand this morning that the words of God are supremely important.

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 We underestimate the importance of words other than when we are zinged and dinged by them.

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 Do you understand what I'm saying?

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 They fall sometimes all too carelessly from my lips and I would rather suspect from others' lips.

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 God has said that words are supremely important and I want you to understand that it was by His Word that the universe was formed out of nothing.

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 I think of one other illustration.

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 I was reading earlier in the book of Ezekiel where Ezekiel the prophet is given that very, very sad responsibility of making it clear to God's people that He's done messing with them

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 and He is going to discipline them for a long time.

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 I remember with my children that one of the things they wanted to know when we were going to the place of judgment.

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 How many of you know what I mean by that?

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 Our protocol in my family was that I would usually have to go and pray so I could kind of balance my thoughts and my heart and be reasonable in the process.

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 And I wanted them to spend some time deliberating upon the offense or issue and whatever.

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 And then we would come together and we'd have a little conversation and then I would go somewhere privately so we could deal with this more directly.

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 And one of the questions that my sons were more inclined to this, they were all about, so how many times?

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 Do you follow that?

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 How many times?

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 I would say to them, eventually it dawned on me, early on I'd say, well, there will be three.

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 And they'd be counting.

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 And they would kind of grit their teeth and take the three and it, how many of you know as parents that sometimes you know you're not getting through with three?

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 And I remember the first time that having given the diagnosis in advance when I decided it was time to add a few for the sake of impact, my son said to me, that's more than you said.

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 And that was the last time that I ever advised them in advance of what was coming.

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 In Ezekiel, God says you're going to catch it for a long time.

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 And Ezekiel is broken as he considers the burden of what God is going to do to his people.

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 And then God says, I want you to see this valley of dried bones.

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 We are having all kinds of microphone issues, and I am the contributor to most of them.

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 God says, I want you to see this valley of dried bones.

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 And God says to Ezekiel, can these bones live again?

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 I love what Ezekiel says.

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 King James, he says, thou knowest, Lord.

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 In other words, it's up to you.

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 I like that.

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 But then God says, listen, speak to them.

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 We underestimate the power of the word of God.

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 And so this morning, as we take this passage in hand, I ask that you pray.

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 That the Spirit of God may take these words and have them make a difference in your life.

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 Let me read them.

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 Grace to all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with love incorruptible.

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 Father God, we are right to be dependent upon your Spirit this morning.

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 And to plead with you with all humility and with confessed inadequacy that both the hearing and the declaration of the word of God,

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 apart from the power of the Spirit, are much like what is recorded in 1 Corinthians 13,

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 where it says, I'm just a clanging cymbal or a banging gong.

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 And so we would ask that you would take your word and that it would be heard by your people.

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 And the effect of your word on the hearts of people that know the Lord Jesus Christ

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 would be evident in the progressive transformation that is described in 2 Corinthians 3, verse 18,

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 that beholding as in a mirror the face of our Lord Jesus, we grow from glory to glory.

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 And that's by the Spirit.

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 And we ask this in your precious name.

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 Amen.

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 I guess it's no accident that Paul closes out the book of Ephesians with the word grace.

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 And that's what we find here.

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 Verse 24, it says,

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 Grace be with all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with love incorruptible.

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 And I want to appeal to you this morning that while it is the last verse and this is the last sermon,

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 by no means should it be something that we kind of, well, let's get on with it.

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 We're going to do some other book later and move on through it.

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 No, no, no.

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 The words are supremely important to you today.

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 And the apostle, as he was instructed by the Spirit of God, said,

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 Hey, listen, I want to close off with this profound central thought in the life of the church at Ephesus.

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 And so here he is using the word grace.

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 And we recognize that it is a word that if I were to track its significance through the book of Ephesians,

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 we would find that Paul used it over and over again.

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 I will at least recognize for you that it's the way he began the book.

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 Over there in Ephesians chapter 1, I think it is in verse 3 or 2,

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 it says,

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 Paul, an apostle to the saints, grace to you.

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 And so I want you to understand that if we're really going to grasp the significance of this word,

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 while it's so brief and we have a tendency to gloss over it,

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 I want you to recognize that, first of all,

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 grace must be understood against the backdrop of man's condition.

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 The truth is, is before the Bible tells us the good news,

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 the Bible tells us the bad news.

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 It tells us the ugly reality of the heart that we have,

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 and it recognizes for us, whether we're inclined to it or not,

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 to grab a hold of the truth that apart from God doing something in us,

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 we are beyond measure, inadequate, insignificant, ineffective,

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 in bringing about anything of eternal value in our soul.

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 I want you to think with me of just how Paul plays this out,

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 and we want to take a look at Ephesians chapter 2, verse 1 through 5,

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 where we find a fairly robust argument to help us understand just how bad the news is.

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 I'm not going to take the time of fleshing all of it out,

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 but recognize as we look at this passage, Ephesians chapter 2, verse 1, it says,

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 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins.

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 How dead is dead?

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 I want you to understand that dead is beyond any possible redemption,

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 or any remedy, or any resuscitation.

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 When a person is genuinely dead, they are absolutely incapable of doing anything at all.

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 The idea that some people have, that salvation is a partnering where God does something and man does something,

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 has no basis in Scripture.

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 Now, is it true that we are responsible for responding to the Gospel?

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 Absolutely, without question.

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 And the Scripture is clear on that.

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 But mark this, it is the work of God that makes us respondable.

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 And as we look at this passage and mark what it says,

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 Paul uses one of the very, very graphic indicators of just how bad the unregenerate heart is.

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 He says,

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 You were dead.

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 And dead men cannot help themselves.

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 He says,

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 How many of you, when you listen to the news,

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 find yourself appalled at the world we live in,

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 and the absolute depravity that you see everywhere you turn?

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 This last week, jets shot out of the sky by rebels or by Russia.

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 We don't know at this point the fact.

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 But mark it, what is going on now is that whoever was responsible,

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 instead of saying,

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 Man, I messed up,

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 and having a humble and a contrite heart and saying,

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 That was wrong to do.

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 Do you know what's going on?

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 Everybody's trying to do their best to cover what's going on and hide the truth.

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 And it's not just in Russia that that kind of behavior is going on.

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 The Bible makes it undeniably clear that we in our sinful state,

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 mark it,

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 we are dead in sins.

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 That's what we find in the passage.

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 We are slaves to Satan in our passions.

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 And furthermore, as we look at it here,

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 it says there in verse 3,

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 it says,

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 We were by nature children of wrath.

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 In other words,

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 we are doomed to eternal judgment.

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 Have you ever wondered why the unbelievers seemingly can get away

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 with some things that believers cannot get away with?

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 You ever remarked that?

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 The fact of the matter is,

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 is that the condemned man gets his last meal.

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 And God deals with his children on a profoundly different basis

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 than he deals with unbelievers.

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 He, for a large part,

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 allows unbelievers to kind of bumble along in their wickedness,

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 and eventually they face the judgment.

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 God, in his long-suffering patience,

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 allows far more than you or I would.

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 Now listen carefully to me.

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 Until we stop and realize how much he has allowed for us,

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 and then we are sympathetic,

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 and when we pray for those who are caught in their sin,

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 our prayer should be this way.

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 Lord, be as merciful with them as you have been with me.

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 Paul says,

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 listen,

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 the grace

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 that God has given to you

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 is something that is appreciated against the backdrop

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 of the darkness of depravity and sin.

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 There's another fact that I think we need to understand

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 as we think about the matter of God's grace,

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 and that is this,

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 that grace is Christocentric.

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 And what I mean by that

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 is that grace is all about the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 And understanding God's grace

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 and appreciating God's grace

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 cannot be separated from

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 getting a hold of the beauty of the Lord Jesus Christ himself

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 and being affected by him.

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 Let me put it this way.

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 Grace

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 really refers to the unmerited favor and work of God

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 in Christ Jesus.

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 Let me have you look at a couple different passages

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 to kind of track this if you would.

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 And I strongly encourage you to follow in your own Bible

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 so you can allow the text

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 to resonate with your heart

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 and you can look at it

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 and identify what's being said.

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 Turn to Titus chapter 2 verse 11.

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 Titus chapter 2 verse 11.

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 For the grace of God has appeared

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 bringing salvation for all people.

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 Well, what was the appearance of grace?

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 Was it some kind of aura?

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 How many of you have ever seen pictures

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 of the Aurea Borealis

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 or however it's said?

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 You know, the wonderful night sky

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 over Alaska and over the polar region.

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 The grace of God that has appeared

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 is not talking about some kind of vision out there abstractly.

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 It's talking about the reality of the Christ himself

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 coming to us.

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 Over in John chapter 1.

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 See, you knew I would get there, didn't you?

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 John chapter 1.

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 It just happened to work out that way.

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 But John chapter 1.

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 I want you to listen

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 as we look at a verse

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 that we won't get to in the first several weeks.

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 Verse 14.

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 And the word became flesh

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 and dwelt among us

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 and we have seen his glory.

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 Glory as of the only Son from the Father

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 full of grace and truth.

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 That word full that is used there

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 talks about pleroma.

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 It means absolutely packed

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 with all there is of grace and truth.

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 Jesus Christ

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 was not a personification

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 of the grace and truth of God.

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 He is the fullness

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 of the grace of God.

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 It goes on to say in verse 15,

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 John bore witness about him and cried,

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 This was he of whom I said,

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 He who comes after me ranks before me

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 because he was before me.

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 And from his fullness

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 we have all received

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 grace upon grace.

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 grace.

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 You know what it's saying?

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 It is through the Lord Jesus Christ

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 that we have received

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 the fullness

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 of the grace of God

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 that is packed in

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 upon our lives

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 beyond measure.

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 How many of you

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 when you want to emphasize something

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 say the word more than once?

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 Your children.

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 You say this is really

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 what?

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 Really, really

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 important.

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 This is very, very

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 hot.

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 When we have hot food

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 we will say

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 to family members

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 that are eating with us,

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 this is,

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 you know,

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 this is the pleban

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 and this is the generic version

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 to be eaten by people

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 that are not of our persuasion.

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 But this,

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 talking about the curry

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 that's real,

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 is really, really hot.

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 Judith refers to it

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 as smoking.

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 Okay?

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 We emphasize

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 with kind of doubling up

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 and so

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 in John

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 the apostle says

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 we have,

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 from his fullness,

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 we have all received

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 grace upon grace.

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 It is in the Lord Jesus Christ

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 in his person

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 that we receive

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 the fullness

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 of what God has for us

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 and grasping that

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 means that our heart

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 is touched by the reality

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 and the sweetness

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 of the person

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 of the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 In another way

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 we could say

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 that grace is the full

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 and effective

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 one-way love

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 of God

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 in Christ Jesus.

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 I want you to think

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 with me about that.

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 Grace is the full

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 and effective

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 one-way love

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 of God

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 in Christ Jesus.

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 Now I want you to think

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 with me about that

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 because for the most part

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 we have a great tendency

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 to have our love

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 governed to a certain degree

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 by what we're getting

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 out of the investment.

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 How many of you

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 would admit that publicly

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 and say,

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 that's me?

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 No,

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 we wouldn't.

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 But hey,

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 when people behave

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 in an unloving fashion

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 towards us,

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 what often happens

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 to our love?

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 What happens?

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 If it diminishes

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 significantly

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 then I would have to say

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 that that love

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 that we have professed

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 at one point

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 or another

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 really doesn't have

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 a close connection

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 with the love

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 that comes from Christ.

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 Christ's love for us

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 is a love

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 that is one way

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 in its affection

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 and care for us.

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 And I think it's important

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 for us to recognize

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 just the nature of this.

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 So when Paul here

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 makes that statement

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 that we enjoy

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 the grace of God

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 he is speaking about

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 the way in which

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 Christ loves us.

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 So when Paul closes off

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 this wonderful book

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 by using the word grace

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 as a summary

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 he really is using it

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 in one sense

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 to remind us

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 of the wonderful fact

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 that our salvation

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 is not the work

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 of human effort

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 and none of us

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 who enjoy

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 genuine conversion

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 can say,

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 hey listen,

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 and by the way

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 I earned that

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 you don't know

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 how much I suffered

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 to get it.

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 Those who appreciate

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 the grace of God

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 are always humbled

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 by the reality

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 that what they have

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 has nothing to do

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 with who they are

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 or what they've done

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 but they are struck

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 by the reality

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 that salvation

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 has come to them

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 by virtue

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 of the grace of God.

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 Well with that said

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 let's take a look

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 at the second part

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 of this passage

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 and mark that

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 God's grace

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 works in such a fashion

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 that it produces

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 a difference

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 in the heart

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 of the person

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 who is a genuine believer

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 and I think that

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 it's very interesting

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 that Paul

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 here at the very last

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 how many of you know

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 that when you're coming

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 towards the end

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 of your instructions

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 or your lesson

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 where your children

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 or whoever

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 you always try

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 to press it together

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 to make it pretty simple

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 so you can get their hand

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 they can get their hands

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 around it.

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 Grace

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 and then mark

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 what he says

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 be with all

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 who love

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 our Lord Jesus Christ

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 with love

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 incorruptible.

00:20:10.259 --> 00:20:10.779
 Grace

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 that is of God

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 produces

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 something

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 that Paul

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 wants us

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 to understand.

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 Grace

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 to those

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 who love

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 the Lord

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 Jesus Christ.

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 Now let's stop

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 just for a minute

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 so that we again

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 can frame

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 this idea

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 what Paul

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 is saying

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 when he says

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 grace

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 to all

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 who love

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 the Lord

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 Jesus Christ.

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 Does everybody

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 in the world

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 love Jesus?

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 What's the answer?

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 No.

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 Are there those

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 who actually hate

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 the Lord Jesus?

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 Yes.

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 I want you

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 to recognize

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 that Paul

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 has some

00:20:47.960 --> 00:20:49.019
 pretty strident

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 pretty militant

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 things to say

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 about this business

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 of loving Christ.

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 Turn back

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 in your Bible

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 if you will

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 you're in Ephesians

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 so turn back

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 to 1 Corinthians

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 chapter 16

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 verse 22.

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 1 Corinthians

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 chapter 16

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 verse 22.

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 2.

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 If anyone

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 has no love

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 for the Lord

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 can I read

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 the rest of it

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 and you'll

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 track with me?

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 Let him

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 be

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 accursed.

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 If anyone

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 has no love

00:21:23.199 --> 00:21:23.759
 for the Lord

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 let him

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 be accursed

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 our Lord

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 comes.

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 Now

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 our sign

00:21:29.000 --> 00:21:29.519
 out there

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 says Marantha.

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 It actually

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 is Maranatha.

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 Since my

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 email

00:21:38.519 --> 00:21:40.280
 has NBC

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 Columbus

00:21:41.960 --> 00:21:42.500
 on it

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 and someone

00:21:43.320 --> 00:21:44.380
 will say

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 well what

00:21:45.140 --> 00:21:45.640
 does M

00:21:45.640 --> 00:21:46.160
 stand for?

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 I always

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 opt for the

00:21:47.320 --> 00:21:47.920
 mother instead

00:21:47.920 --> 00:21:48.200
 of the

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 Maranatha

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 to explain.

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 It's like

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 mother

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 boy

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 cat.

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 I don't

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 go Maranatha

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 boy

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 cat

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 because

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 it always

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 kind of

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 flummoxes

00:21:59.320 --> 00:21:59.840
 them when

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 you give

00:22:00.279 --> 00:22:00.659
 them the

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 Maranatha

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 part.

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 I appreciate

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 the fact

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 that our

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 sign says

00:22:04.240 --> 00:22:04.819
 Maranatha

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 our Lord

00:22:05.599 --> 00:22:05.980
 comes.

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 I'm curious

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 if anybody

00:22:08.319 --> 00:22:08.759
 ever thought

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 about saying

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 if anybody

00:22:09.599 --> 00:22:10.139
 doesn't love

00:22:10.139 --> 00:22:10.539
 Jesus

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 they're cursed.

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 Put that

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 on the

00:22:12.720 --> 00:22:13.299
 sign too.

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 I mean

00:22:16.779 --> 00:22:17.139
 hey

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 we're being

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 pretty divisive

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 to split the

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 verse in

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 half right?

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 No well

00:22:21.059 --> 00:22:21.539
 it's alright

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 stop while

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 I'm ahead.

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 But

00:22:22.939 --> 00:22:23.859
 hey

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 loving Christ

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 is pretty

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 serious

00:22:27.519 --> 00:22:28.019
 business.

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 And Paul

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 as he

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 takes and

00:22:33.740 --> 00:22:34.399
 summarizes

00:22:34.399 --> 00:22:34.879
 the matter

00:22:34.879 --> 00:22:35.779
 of salvation

00:22:35.779 --> 00:22:36.299
 he says

00:22:36.299 --> 00:22:36.819
 listen

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 grace

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 brings about

00:22:41.480 --> 00:22:42.619
 a love

00:22:42.619 --> 00:22:43.279
 for the

00:22:43.279 --> 00:22:43.799
 Lord Jesus

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 Christ.

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 That's what

00:22:47.339 --> 00:22:47.980
 salvation

00:22:47.980 --> 00:22:48.619
 produces.

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 How do I

00:22:50.379 --> 00:22:50.899
 know

00:22:50.899 --> 00:22:52.019
 that I am

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 a child

00:22:52.559 --> 00:22:53.099
 of God

00:22:53.099 --> 00:22:53.720
 that I

00:22:53.720 --> 00:22:54.720
 have genuine

00:22:54.720 --> 00:22:55.699
 salvation

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 that I

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 am one

00:22:57.319 --> 00:22:57.779
 of his

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 and I

00:22:58.360 --> 00:22:58.860
 will spend

00:22:58.860 --> 00:22:59.400
 eternity

00:22:59.400 --> 00:22:59.960
 in heaven?

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 Is it

00:23:00.880 --> 00:23:01.580
 because

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 at one

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 point or

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 another

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 I said

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 Lord

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 Lord

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 and the

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 answer

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 is

00:23:05.480 --> 00:23:06.059
 not

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 necessarily.

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 Is it

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 because

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 at one

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 point

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 I was

00:23:10.980 --> 00:23:11.400
 baptized?

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 Not

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 necessarily

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 and it

00:23:13.720 --> 00:23:14.059
 will be

00:23:14.059 --> 00:23:14.720
 our joy

00:23:14.720 --> 00:23:15.340
 this morning

00:23:15.340 --> 00:23:16.259
 to hear

00:23:16.259 --> 00:23:16.980
 the testimony

00:23:16.980 --> 00:23:17.700
 of a young

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 lady

00:23:18.059 --> 00:23:19.160
 and see

00:23:19.160 --> 00:23:19.700
 her be

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 obedient to

00:23:20.440 --> 00:23:20.740
 the Lord

00:23:20.740 --> 00:23:21.160
 in a matter

00:23:21.160 --> 00:23:22.100
 of baptism.

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 But is

00:23:23.199 --> 00:23:24.240
 her salvation

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 dependent upon

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 her going

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 through that

00:23:26.740 --> 00:23:27.199
 motion?

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 The answer

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 is no.

00:23:30.259 --> 00:23:30.939
 Salvation is

00:23:30.939 --> 00:23:31.240
 the work

00:23:31.240 --> 00:23:31.699
 of God

00:23:31.699 --> 00:23:32.399
 and the work

00:23:32.399 --> 00:23:32.719
 of God

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 produces

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 something that

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 can be

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 identified and

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 we look now

00:23:37.119 --> 00:23:37.980
 at this passage

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 and recognize

00:23:38.719 --> 00:23:39.779
 the character

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 of saving

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 and keeping

00:23:41.659 --> 00:23:42.259
 grace.

00:23:44.939 --> 00:23:45.879
 As we take

00:23:45.879 --> 00:23:46.379
 up the last

00:23:46.379 --> 00:23:47.679
 part of this

00:23:47.679 --> 00:23:49.859
 text we see

00:23:49.859 --> 00:23:50.519
 that Paul puts

00:23:50.519 --> 00:23:51.259
 a great deal

00:23:51.259 --> 00:23:52.019
 of weight on

00:23:52.019 --> 00:23:52.539
 the idea

00:23:52.539 --> 00:23:53.079
 of love.

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 Not in an

00:23:53.660 --> 00:23:54.720
 abstract sense

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 but in a

00:23:56.000 --> 00:23:56.759
 very real

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 and practical

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 way.

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 Now you'll

00:23:58.920 --> 00:23:59.440
 remember the

00:23:59.440 --> 00:24:00.240
 great commandment

00:24:00.240 --> 00:24:00.900
 in Deuteronomy

00:24:00.900 --> 00:24:01.500
 chapter 6

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 verse 5

00:24:01.960 --> 00:24:02.259
 it says

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 Hear O Israel

00:24:03.259 --> 00:24:03.700
 the Lord

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 our God

00:24:04.180 --> 00:24:04.599
 the Lord

00:24:04.599 --> 00:24:05.119
 is one

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 and you

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 shall

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 love him.

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 I remember

00:24:10.799 --> 00:24:12.400
 in an

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 earlier

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 day

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 I was

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 a teacher

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 in a

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 Christian

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 school

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 and our

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 president

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 of that

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 Christian

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 school

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 a sweet

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 man

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 named

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 Ralph

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 Bainham

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 would get

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 up almost

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 on a daily

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 basis

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 and his

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 how many

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 of you know

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 that sometimes

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 we fall

00:24:32.080 --> 00:24:32.819
 into standard

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 patterns of

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 praying.

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 Some people

00:24:35.640 --> 00:24:36.640
 cannot start

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 their prayer

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 out with

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 something like

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 dear heavenly

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 father

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 it's like

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 hitting the

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 starter key

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 you know

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 can I pray

00:24:42.360 --> 00:24:42.980
 without saying

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 dear heavenly

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 father

00:24:43.920 --> 00:24:44.900
 Ralph could

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 not pray

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 without saying

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 we love

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 you today

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 and I

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 have to tell

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 you as a

00:24:50.640 --> 00:24:51.080
 young man

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 sitting there

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 I had to

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 believe that

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 it wasn't

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 true of all

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 of us

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 because we

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 is what

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 we is more

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 than I

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 and I

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 knew some

00:25:01.800 --> 00:25:02.220
 of the other

00:25:02.220 --> 00:25:02.900
 jerks that I

00:25:02.900 --> 00:25:03.380
 was working

00:25:03.380 --> 00:25:03.880
 with all

00:25:03.880 --> 00:25:04.440
 their Christian

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 I knew some

00:25:05.780 --> 00:25:06.000
 of their

00:25:06.000 --> 00:25:06.540
 hearts and

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 and I knew

00:25:07.100 --> 00:25:07.500
 some of the

00:25:07.500 --> 00:25:08.580
 little disputes

00:25:08.580 --> 00:25:09.460
 and little

00:25:09.460 --> 00:25:10.120
 petty things

00:25:10.120 --> 00:25:10.860
 going on in

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 lots of our

00:25:11.780 --> 00:25:12.259
 lives and I

00:25:12.259 --> 00:25:13.220
 thought we

00:25:13.220 --> 00:25:13.960
 love you today

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 I wish

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 Paul says

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 this he says

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 hey listen

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 grace to

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 all who

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 love the

00:25:24.500 --> 00:25:25.140
 Lord Jesus

00:25:25.140 --> 00:25:25.700
 Christ

00:25:25.700 --> 00:25:26.660
 and when we

00:25:26.660 --> 00:25:27.259
 stop and think

00:25:27.259 --> 00:25:27.680
 about it we

00:25:27.680 --> 00:25:29.259
 recognize that

00:25:29.259 --> 00:25:30.180
 this business of

00:25:30.180 --> 00:25:31.059
 loving God is

00:25:31.059 --> 00:25:31.860
 pretty serious

00:25:31.860 --> 00:25:35.220
 Mark chapter

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 12 verse

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 28 through

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 31 and I'm

00:25:37.400 --> 00:25:37.740
 not going to

00:25:37.740 --> 00:25:38.299
 go there but

00:25:38.299 --> 00:25:39.160
 mark it for

00:25:39.160 --> 00:25:40.180
 you in Mark

00:25:40.180 --> 00:25:40.960
 chapter 12 we

00:25:40.960 --> 00:25:41.960
 have an attorney

00:25:41.960 --> 00:25:42.660
 come to Jesus

00:25:42.660 --> 00:25:43.160
 and said all

00:25:43.160 --> 00:25:43.500
 right all

00:25:43.500 --> 00:25:43.680
 right

00:25:43.680 --> 00:25:44.440
 which is the

00:25:44.440 --> 00:25:44.840
 big law

00:25:44.840 --> 00:25:45.340
 which is the

00:25:45.340 --> 00:25:45.660
 big one

00:25:45.660 --> 00:25:46.080
 keep that

00:25:46.080 --> 00:25:46.340
 one

00:25:46.340 --> 00:25:48.160
 now understand

00:25:48.160 --> 00:25:50.200
 that the

00:25:50.200 --> 00:25:50.880
 Jews had

00:25:50.880 --> 00:25:51.779
 developed this

00:25:51.779 --> 00:25:52.820
 system

00:25:52.820 --> 00:25:54.440
 where I

00:25:54.440 --> 00:25:54.720
 think they

00:25:54.720 --> 00:25:55.160
 had a total

00:25:55.160 --> 00:25:56.200
 of 618

00:25:56.200 --> 00:25:56.840
 laws

00:25:56.840 --> 00:25:58.360
 I mean you

00:25:58.360 --> 00:25:58.740
 have the

00:25:58.740 --> 00:25:59.500
 Ten Commandments

00:25:59.500 --> 00:25:59.940
 that are the

00:25:59.940 --> 00:26:00.440
 biggies

00:26:00.440 --> 00:26:01.779
 but under the

00:26:01.779 --> 00:26:02.560
 Ten Commandments

00:26:02.560 --> 00:26:03.019
 there were

00:26:03.019 --> 00:26:03.620
 there were

00:26:03.620 --> 00:26:03.960
 kind of

00:26:03.960 --> 00:26:04.640
 categories

00:26:04.640 --> 00:26:04.920
 there's

00:26:04.920 --> 00:26:05.140
 sub

00:26:05.140 --> 00:26:05.759
 categories

00:26:05.759 --> 00:26:06.700
 and really

00:26:06.700 --> 00:26:07.220
 if you're

00:26:07.220 --> 00:26:07.620
 into

00:26:07.620 --> 00:26:08.820
 keeping the

00:26:08.820 --> 00:26:09.100
 law

00:26:09.100 --> 00:26:09.700
 I mean it's

00:26:09.700 --> 00:26:10.259
 not like you

00:26:10.259 --> 00:26:10.759
 get to do

00:26:10.759 --> 00:26:11.380
 some and not

00:26:11.380 --> 00:26:11.820
 the others

00:26:11.820 --> 00:26:12.279
 we're all

00:26:12.279 --> 00:26:12.779
 about that

00:26:12.779 --> 00:26:13.720
 but really

00:26:13.720 --> 00:26:14.259
 keeping all

00:26:14.259 --> 00:26:14.460
 of it

00:26:14.460 --> 00:26:14.799
 and everybody

00:26:14.799 --> 00:26:15.160
 reckoned

00:26:15.160 --> 00:26:15.940
 oh let's

00:26:15.940 --> 00:26:16.359
 go for the

00:26:16.359 --> 00:26:16.660
 biggies

00:26:16.660 --> 00:26:16.960
 the ones

00:26:16.960 --> 00:26:17.099
 that are

00:26:17.099 --> 00:26:17.559
 important

00:26:17.559 --> 00:26:18.220
 so they

00:26:18.220 --> 00:26:18.559
 came to

00:26:18.559 --> 00:26:18.819
 Jesus

00:26:18.819 --> 00:26:19.119
 and said

00:26:19.119 --> 00:26:19.480
 all right

00:26:19.480 --> 00:26:20.160
 which is

00:26:20.160 --> 00:26:20.700
 the biggie

00:26:20.700 --> 00:26:22.059
 and you

00:26:22.059 --> 00:26:22.339
 know what he

00:26:22.339 --> 00:26:22.619
 said

00:26:22.619 --> 00:26:24.139
 he didn't

00:26:24.139 --> 00:26:24.599
 say keep

00:26:24.599 --> 00:26:25.059
 the Sabbath

00:26:25.059 --> 00:26:27.200
 he didn't

00:26:27.200 --> 00:26:28.119
 say tithe

00:26:28.119 --> 00:26:30.339
 he didn't

00:26:30.339 --> 00:26:31.019
 say show

00:26:31.019 --> 00:26:31.759
 up at

00:26:31.759 --> 00:26:32.279
 services

00:26:32.279 --> 00:26:33.259
 he says

00:26:33.259 --> 00:26:34.019
 love

00:26:34.019 --> 00:26:34.979
 God

00:26:34.979 --> 00:26:36.579
 love

00:26:36.579 --> 00:26:36.979
 God

00:26:36.979 --> 00:26:40.159
 I want

00:26:40.159 --> 00:26:40.319
 you to

00:26:40.319 --> 00:26:40.779
 understand

00:26:40.779 --> 00:26:41.359
 that the

00:26:41.359 --> 00:26:42.019
 grace that

00:26:42.019 --> 00:26:42.719
 saves is

00:26:42.719 --> 00:26:43.219
 also the

00:26:43.219 --> 00:26:43.699
 grace that

00:26:43.699 --> 00:26:44.179
 changes

00:26:44.179 --> 00:26:46.099
 and the

00:26:46.099 --> 00:26:46.659
 power of

00:26:46.659 --> 00:26:47.139
 God that

00:26:47.139 --> 00:26:47.799
 changes the

00:26:47.799 --> 00:26:48.259
 sinner from

00:26:48.259 --> 00:26:48.719
 being a

00:26:48.719 --> 00:26:49.479
 crass lover

00:26:49.479 --> 00:26:50.119
 of self

00:26:50.119 --> 00:26:50.959
 into a

00:26:50.959 --> 00:26:51.399
 lover of

00:26:51.399 --> 00:26:51.779
 Christ

00:26:51.779 --> 00:26:52.259
 is the

00:26:52.259 --> 00:26:52.759
 salvation

00:26:52.759 --> 00:26:53.239
 that we

00:26:53.239 --> 00:26:53.779
 mark and

00:26:53.779 --> 00:26:54.219
 recognize

00:26:54.219 --> 00:26:55.279
 as genuine

00:26:55.279 --> 00:26:58.299
 so let me

00:26:58.299 --> 00:26:58.819
 stop you here

00:26:58.819 --> 00:26:59.279
 just for a

00:26:59.279 --> 00:26:59.660
 second and

00:26:59.660 --> 00:27:00.200
 ask you to

00:27:00.200 --> 00:27:00.960
 look at that

00:27:00.960 --> 00:27:01.859
 little phrase

00:27:01.859 --> 00:27:03.680
 who love

00:27:03.680 --> 00:27:04.359
 the Lord

00:27:04.359 --> 00:27:05.359
 Jesus Christ

00:27:05.359 --> 00:27:07.720
 I wonder if

00:27:07.720 --> 00:27:08.399
 as you think

00:27:08.399 --> 00:27:08.859
 about your

00:27:08.859 --> 00:27:09.639
 salvation you

00:27:09.639 --> 00:27:10.059
 would say

00:27:10.059 --> 00:27:10.819
 the real

00:27:10.819 --> 00:27:11.319
 marker

00:27:11.319 --> 00:27:12.099
 the thing

00:27:12.099 --> 00:27:13.279
 that sets

00:27:13.279 --> 00:27:14.019
 me apart

00:27:14.019 --> 00:27:14.460
 from the

00:27:14.460 --> 00:27:15.039
 rest of the

00:27:15.039 --> 00:27:15.839
 world is

00:27:15.839 --> 00:27:16.759
 that I do

00:27:16.759 --> 00:27:17.899
 sincerely love

00:27:17.899 --> 00:27:18.759
 Jesus Christ

00:27:18.759 --> 00:27:20.279
 that's what

00:27:20.279 --> 00:27:21.019
 Paul's saying

00:27:21.019 --> 00:27:22.420
 he's saying

00:27:22.420 --> 00:27:22.859
 a real

00:27:22.859 --> 00:27:23.339
 believer

00:27:23.339 --> 00:27:25.119
 one who has

00:27:25.119 --> 00:27:25.899
 received the

00:27:25.899 --> 00:27:26.519
 fullness of

00:27:26.519 --> 00:27:27.239
 God's grace

00:27:27.239 --> 00:27:28.119
 can be

00:27:28.119 --> 00:27:28.639
 ultimately

00:27:28.639 --> 00:27:29.379
 characterized

00:27:29.379 --> 00:27:30.219
 by the

00:27:30.219 --> 00:27:30.599
 fact that

00:27:30.599 --> 00:27:31.039
 they love

00:27:31.039 --> 00:27:31.839
 Christ

00:27:31.839 --> 00:27:40.419
 I want

00:27:40.419 --> 00:27:40.619
 you to

00:27:40.619 --> 00:27:41.059
 understand

00:27:41.059 --> 00:27:41.399
 that

00:27:41.399 --> 00:27:44.179
 loving him

00:27:44.179 --> 00:27:45.079
 is not a

00:27:45.079 --> 00:27:46.000
 simple

00:27:46.000 --> 00:27:46.939
 discipline of

00:27:46.939 --> 00:27:47.439
 the intellect

00:27:47.439 --> 00:27:47.679
 do you

00:27:47.679 --> 00:27:48.259
 understand that

00:27:48.259 --> 00:27:49.159
 how many of

00:27:49.159 --> 00:27:49.319
 you have

00:27:49.319 --> 00:27:49.899
 decided to

00:27:49.899 --> 00:27:50.359
 love people

00:27:50.359 --> 00:27:50.679
 more

00:27:50.679 --> 00:27:52.019
 just kind

00:27:52.019 --> 00:27:52.419
 of arbitrary

00:27:52.419 --> 00:27:53.239
 you realize

00:27:53.239 --> 00:27:53.619
 you're a little

00:27:53.619 --> 00:27:54.199
 on the south

00:27:54.199 --> 00:27:54.719
 side of this

00:27:54.720 --> 00:27:55.240
 thing and so

00:27:55.240 --> 00:27:56.019
 all right

00:27:56.019 --> 00:27:57.180
 let's try a

00:27:57.180 --> 00:27:57.660
 little bit of

00:27:57.660 --> 00:27:58.240
 better love

00:27:58.240 --> 00:27:58.620
 for other

00:27:58.620 --> 00:27:58.940
 people

00:27:58.940 --> 00:27:59.960
 what happens

00:27:59.960 --> 00:28:00.400
 the minute

00:28:00.400 --> 00:28:01.039
 you make that

00:28:01.039 --> 00:28:01.880
 conscious deliberate

00:28:01.880 --> 00:28:02.380
 decision

00:28:02.380 --> 00:28:03.579
 at least for me

00:28:03.579 --> 00:28:04.079
 here's how it

00:28:04.079 --> 00:28:04.559
 plays out

00:28:04.559 --> 00:28:06.420
 I make that

00:28:06.420 --> 00:28:07.460
 decision and

00:28:07.460 --> 00:28:08.079
 the Holy Spirit

00:28:08.079 --> 00:28:08.720
 says hey

00:28:08.720 --> 00:28:09.740
 let me test

00:28:09.740 --> 00:28:09.960
 you

00:28:09.960 --> 00:28:13.000
 and I'll be

00:28:13.000 --> 00:28:13.779
 sitting in the

00:28:13.779 --> 00:28:14.500
 family room

00:28:14.500 --> 00:28:15.160
 thinking you know

00:28:15.160 --> 00:28:16.660
 you know I

00:28:16.660 --> 00:28:17.319
 want to work at

00:28:17.319 --> 00:28:17.920
 love but I'd

00:28:17.920 --> 00:28:18.500
 rather work at

00:28:18.500 --> 00:28:19.019
 people that are

00:28:19.019 --> 00:28:19.900
 in Africa or

00:28:19.900 --> 00:28:20.900
 India and my

00:28:20.900 --> 00:28:21.559
 wife is sitting

00:28:21.559 --> 00:28:22.799
 there as I'm

00:28:22.799 --> 00:28:23.440
 kind of relaxing

00:28:23.440 --> 00:28:23.920
 she says would

00:28:23.920 --> 00:28:24.460
 you get me a

00:28:24.460 --> 00:28:25.180
 drink of water

00:28:25.180 --> 00:28:27.680
 you got to be

00:28:27.680 --> 00:28:28.340
 kidding me

00:28:28.340 --> 00:28:29.500
 are your legs

00:28:29.500 --> 00:28:29.900
 broken

00:28:29.900 --> 00:28:35.640
 hey love

00:28:35.640 --> 00:28:36.799
 right right

00:28:36.799 --> 00:28:37.400
 how many of you

00:28:37.400 --> 00:28:37.960
 understand that

00:28:37.960 --> 00:28:39.440
 the test plays

00:28:39.440 --> 00:28:39.960
 out in real

00:28:39.960 --> 00:28:40.640
 time right

00:28:40.640 --> 00:28:41.340
 where you are

00:28:41.340 --> 00:28:44.720
 I want you to

00:28:44.720 --> 00:28:45.160
 look at

00:28:45.160 --> 00:28:47.039
 1st John

00:28:47.039 --> 00:28:47.620
 chapter 4

00:28:47.620 --> 00:28:48.220
 verse 19

00:28:48.220 --> 00:28:48.779
 as you think

00:28:48.779 --> 00:28:49.180
 about this

00:28:49.180 --> 00:28:49.559
 matter of

00:28:49.559 --> 00:28:49.839
 love

00:28:49.839 --> 00:28:54.779
 1st John

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 chapter 4

00:28:55.319 --> 00:28:55.879
 verse 19

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 we love him

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 because what

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 because he

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 first loved us

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 here's the

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 truth

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 the grace

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 of God

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 that has

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 appeared

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 bringing salvation

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 to all people

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 takes those

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 who by nature

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 prior to their

00:29:11.319 --> 00:29:11.839
 conversion

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 were self

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 focused

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 naval

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 gazers

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 and turns

00:29:17.140 --> 00:29:17.460
 them into

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 people who

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 from their

00:29:18.799 --> 00:29:19.200
 heart

00:29:19.200 --> 00:29:19.700
 love the

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 Lord Jesus

00:29:20.200 --> 00:29:20.720
 Christ

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 he loved

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 us enough

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 that he

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 pursued us

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 in our

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 selfish

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 arrogant

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 stubborn

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 belittling

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 character

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 and he

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 found us

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 where we

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 are

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 he wrapped

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 his arms

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 around us

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 and he

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 saved us

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 by his

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 kindness

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 and his

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 grace

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 paid the

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 price

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 for our

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 sins

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 upon the

00:29:38.740 --> 00:29:39.080
 cross

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 and has

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 granted us

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 everlasting

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 life

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 and Paul

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 says

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 hey listen

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 grace

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 to all

00:29:46.799 --> 00:29:48.639
 who love

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 the Lord

00:29:49.119 --> 00:29:49.699
 Jesus

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 Christ

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 I want

00:29:53.379 --> 00:29:53.619
 you to

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 recognize

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 that

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 that being

00:29:55.579 --> 00:29:56.000
 a person

00:29:56.000 --> 00:29:56.459
 who loves

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 the Lord

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 Jesus

00:29:57.079 --> 00:29:57.439
 Christ

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 has very

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 real

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 effect

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 on the

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 way in

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 which we

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 relate to

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 other

00:30:03.799 --> 00:30:04.099
 people

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 isn't

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 that right

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 let's go

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 back just

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 for a

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 little bit

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 to Ephesians

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 chapter 6

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 verse 21

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 very

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 interesting

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 the way

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 Paul closes

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 off this

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 this very

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 very theological

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 book

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 Ephesians

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 chapter 1

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 through 3

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 is perhaps

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 one of the

00:30:20.900 --> 00:30:22.259
 most theological

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 expositions

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 of the

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 the nature

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 or the work

00:30:26.100 --> 00:30:26.519
 of God

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 in salvation

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 it's deep

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 and heavy

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 the last

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 three chapters

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 are about

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 how

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 God

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 having worked

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 our salvation

00:30:35.900 --> 00:30:36.900
 works to

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 amend

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 and transform

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 our behavior

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 the closing

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 statements

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 he makes

00:30:41.500 --> 00:30:42.740
 in Ephesians

00:30:42.740 --> 00:30:43.360
 are about

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 the matter

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 of love

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 so that

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 you also

00:30:46.400 --> 00:30:46.780
 may know

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 how I am

00:30:47.460 --> 00:30:47.760
 and what

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 I am doing

00:30:48.360 --> 00:30:48.860
 Tychicus

00:30:48.860 --> 00:30:49.980
 the beloved

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 brother

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 and faithful

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 minister

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 of the

00:30:51.540 --> 00:30:51.780
 Lord

00:30:51.780 --> 00:30:52.440
 will tell

00:30:52.440 --> 00:30:52.600
 you

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 everything

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 I've sent

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 him to

00:30:53.780 --> 00:30:54.040
 you for

00:30:54.040 --> 00:30:54.600
 this purpose

00:30:54.600 --> 00:30:55.260
 that you

00:30:55.260 --> 00:30:55.600
 may know

00:30:55.600 --> 00:30:56.120
 how we

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 are

00:30:56.380 --> 00:30:57.100
 and that

00:30:57.100 --> 00:30:57.560
 he may

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 encourage

00:30:58.080 --> 00:30:58.800
 your hearts

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 Paul's saying

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 hey

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 I just

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 as I've

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 stopped

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 this letter

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 I want

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 you to

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 know

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 I love

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 you

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 and then

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 verse

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 22

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 or 23

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 peace

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 be to

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 the brothers

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 and love

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 with faith

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 characteristic

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 of genuine

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 Christian

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 fellowship

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 as a love

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 for one

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 another

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 that transcends

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 what the

00:31:16.919 --> 00:31:17.339
 unbelieving

00:31:17.339 --> 00:31:17.779
 world

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 understands

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 the unbelieving

00:31:21.099 --> 00:31:21.919
 world is very

00:31:21.919 --> 00:31:22.819
 limited in their

00:31:22.819 --> 00:31:23.859
 comprehension of

00:31:23.859 --> 00:31:24.919
 love and it is

00:31:24.919 --> 00:31:26.259
 largely self-serving

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 I had the

00:31:26.719 --> 00:31:27.799
 wonderful opportunity

00:31:27.799 --> 00:31:29.039
 this last week

00:31:29.039 --> 00:31:29.699
 of talking with

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 an individual

00:31:30.219 --> 00:31:31.059
 who called in

00:31:31.059 --> 00:31:32.980
 way in advance

00:31:32.980 --> 00:31:33.980
 normally most of

00:31:33.980 --> 00:31:35.099
 my premarital

00:31:35.099 --> 00:31:35.920
 wedding calls

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 are March

00:31:37.000 --> 00:31:37.539
 April May

00:31:37.539 --> 00:31:38.019
 this person

00:31:38.019 --> 00:31:38.599
 called and said

00:31:38.599 --> 00:31:39.519
 I'd like to

00:31:39.519 --> 00:31:40.120
 talk to you

00:31:40.120 --> 00:31:40.640
 about a wedding

00:31:40.640 --> 00:31:41.259
 in 15

00:31:41.259 --> 00:31:41.720
 I thought

00:31:41.720 --> 00:31:42.480
 we're way

00:31:42.480 --> 00:31:42.860
 ahead

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 and as I

00:31:45.720 --> 00:31:46.460
 began to talk

00:31:46.460 --> 00:31:47.019
 it became quite

00:31:47.019 --> 00:31:47.620
 evident that this

00:31:47.620 --> 00:31:48.519
 person also needed

00:31:48.519 --> 00:31:49.700
 to hear the sweet

00:31:49.700 --> 00:31:50.420
 truth of the Lord

00:31:50.420 --> 00:31:51.059
 Jesus Christ

00:31:51.059 --> 00:31:51.660
 and the gospel

00:31:51.660 --> 00:31:53.360
 and I explained

00:31:53.360 --> 00:31:54.279
 to that person

00:31:54.279 --> 00:31:55.599
 there's a fundamental

00:31:55.599 --> 00:31:56.200
 difference

00:31:56.200 --> 00:31:57.279
 now both a

00:31:57.279 --> 00:31:58.019
 civil marriage

00:31:58.019 --> 00:31:59.140
 and a church

00:31:59.140 --> 00:31:59.720
 wedding

00:31:59.720 --> 00:32:01.120
 can accomplish

00:32:01.120 --> 00:32:01.940
 in some senses

00:32:01.940 --> 00:32:02.460
 something

00:32:02.460 --> 00:32:03.519
 somewhat similar

00:32:03.519 --> 00:32:04.319
 they're both

00:32:04.319 --> 00:32:04.859
 binding

00:32:04.859 --> 00:32:05.759
 in the court

00:32:05.759 --> 00:32:07.960
 I said

00:32:07.960 --> 00:32:08.639
 the difference

00:32:08.639 --> 00:32:09.619
 is that a

00:32:09.619 --> 00:32:10.220
 civil wedding

00:32:10.220 --> 00:32:10.900
 is a contract

00:32:10.900 --> 00:32:11.859
 where both

00:32:11.859 --> 00:32:12.639
 parties whether

00:32:12.639 --> 00:32:13.359
 stated or

00:32:13.359 --> 00:32:13.700
 otherwise

00:32:13.700 --> 00:32:14.740
 are kind of

00:32:14.740 --> 00:32:15.759
 agreeing that

00:32:15.759 --> 00:32:16.299
 well I'll do

00:32:16.299 --> 00:32:16.900
 this if you'll

00:32:16.900 --> 00:32:17.240
 do that

00:32:17.240 --> 00:32:17.799
 I'm amazed

00:32:17.799 --> 00:32:18.160
 at how many

00:32:18.160 --> 00:32:18.700
 times I bump

00:32:18.700 --> 00:32:19.200
 into people

00:32:19.200 --> 00:32:19.879
 who think

00:32:19.879 --> 00:32:20.700
 that marriage

00:32:20.700 --> 00:32:21.200
 and love

00:32:21.200 --> 00:32:21.700
 is all about

00:32:21.700 --> 00:32:22.099
 kind of a

00:32:22.099 --> 00:32:23.000
 50-50 bargain

00:32:23.000 --> 00:32:25.500
 that's not

00:32:25.500 --> 00:32:27.180
 the Bible's

00:32:27.180 --> 00:32:27.400
 view

00:32:27.400 --> 00:32:29.639
 the Bible

00:32:29.639 --> 00:32:31.039
 sees marriage

00:32:31.039 --> 00:32:32.299
 as a one

00:32:32.299 --> 00:32:33.059
 way covenant

00:32:33.059 --> 00:32:33.679
 I'm going

00:32:33.679 --> 00:32:33.960
 to do

00:32:33.960 --> 00:32:34.460
 this

00:32:34.460 --> 00:32:35.659
 for better

00:32:35.659 --> 00:32:36.399
 or for worse

00:32:36.399 --> 00:32:38.279
 sickness

00:32:38.279 --> 00:32:38.720
 and in

00:32:38.720 --> 00:32:39.079
 health

00:32:39.079 --> 00:32:40.539
 richer

00:32:40.539 --> 00:32:41.200
 for poorer

00:32:41.200 --> 00:32:42.119
 and then

00:32:42.119 --> 00:32:42.480
 there's that

00:32:42.480 --> 00:32:43.679
 little statement

00:32:43.679 --> 00:32:44.319
 at the end

00:32:44.319 --> 00:32:45.240
 how's it go

00:32:45.240 --> 00:32:46.460
 till

00:32:46.460 --> 00:32:47.759
 death

00:32:47.759 --> 00:32:48.799
 do

00:32:48.799 --> 00:32:49.960
 us

00:32:49.960 --> 00:32:50.940
 part

00:32:50.940 --> 00:32:56.660
 after I

00:32:56.660 --> 00:32:57.299
 came back

00:32:57.299 --> 00:32:57.660
 from

00:32:57.660 --> 00:32:59.039
 Caleb and

00:32:59.039 --> 00:32:59.620
 Charity's

00:32:59.620 --> 00:33:00.600
 ceremony

00:33:00.600 --> 00:33:01.580
 on Friday

00:33:01.580 --> 00:33:01.860
 night

00:33:01.860 --> 00:33:02.220
 I happened

00:33:02.220 --> 00:33:02.559
 to stop

00:33:02.559 --> 00:33:03.000
 by and

00:33:03.000 --> 00:33:03.960
 went into

00:33:03.960 --> 00:33:04.660
 the nursing

00:33:04.660 --> 00:33:05.000
 home to

00:33:05.000 --> 00:33:05.360
 see dad

00:33:05.360 --> 00:33:05.700
 and mom

00:33:05.700 --> 00:33:06.120
 and found

00:33:06.120 --> 00:33:06.400
 that they

00:33:06.400 --> 00:33:06.960
 were sleeping

00:33:06.960 --> 00:33:08.340
 I didn't

00:33:08.340 --> 00:33:08.980
 awaken them

00:33:08.980 --> 00:33:10.140
 but I

00:33:10.140 --> 00:33:10.860
 noticed that

00:33:10.860 --> 00:33:11.600
 my brother

00:33:11.600 --> 00:33:12.100
 had pushed

00:33:12.100 --> 00:33:12.600
 my dad

00:33:12.600 --> 00:33:13.279
 over next

00:33:13.279 --> 00:33:13.580
 to my

00:33:13.580 --> 00:33:13.920
 mom's

00:33:13.920 --> 00:33:14.220
 bed

00:33:14.220 --> 00:33:22.039
 that's

00:33:22.039 --> 00:33:22.339
 covenant

00:33:22.339 --> 00:33:22.720
 work

00:33:22.720 --> 00:33:24.380
 that's

00:33:24.380 --> 00:33:24.640
 not a

00:33:24.640 --> 00:33:25.100
 contract

00:33:25.100 --> 00:33:27.880
 and that

00:33:27.880 --> 00:33:28.299
 kind of

00:33:28.299 --> 00:33:28.700
 love

00:33:28.700 --> 00:33:30.880
 is what

00:33:30.880 --> 00:33:31.519
 Jesus

00:33:31.519 --> 00:33:33.839
 does

00:33:33.839 --> 00:33:34.120
 in the

00:33:34.120 --> 00:33:34.539
 life of

00:33:34.539 --> 00:33:35.019
 a person

00:33:35.019 --> 00:33:35.319
 who's

00:33:35.319 --> 00:33:35.740
 transformed

00:33:35.740 --> 00:33:36.319
 by grace

00:33:36.319 --> 00:33:36.519
 do you

00:33:36.519 --> 00:33:36.819
 understand

00:33:36.819 --> 00:33:37.120
 that

00:33:37.119 --> 00:33:44.599
 Ephesians

00:33:44.599 --> 00:33:45.159
 makes it

00:33:45.159 --> 00:33:45.559
 clear

00:33:45.559 --> 00:33:47.939
 that when

00:33:47.939 --> 00:33:48.339
 the work

00:33:48.339 --> 00:33:48.799
 of God

00:33:48.799 --> 00:33:49.199
 is at

00:33:49.199 --> 00:33:49.699
 play

00:33:49.699 --> 00:33:50.000
 in our

00:33:50.000 --> 00:33:50.419
 life

00:33:50.419 --> 00:33:51.719
 it makes

00:33:51.719 --> 00:33:52.159
 a difference

00:33:52.159 --> 00:33:52.459
 in the

00:33:52.459 --> 00:33:52.959
 relationships

00:33:52.959 --> 00:33:53.659
 we have

00:33:53.659 --> 00:33:56.579
 and so

00:33:56.579 --> 00:33:56.879
 as you

00:33:56.879 --> 00:33:57.199
 look at

00:33:57.199 --> 00:33:57.379
 this

00:33:57.379 --> 00:33:57.779
 passage

00:33:57.779 --> 00:33:58.159
 I want

00:33:58.159 --> 00:33:58.359
 you to

00:33:58.359 --> 00:33:58.859
 understand

00:33:58.859 --> 00:33:59.219
 that

00:33:59.219 --> 00:34:00.359
 the

00:34:00.359 --> 00:34:00.779
 apostle

00:34:00.779 --> 00:34:01.299
 is kind

00:34:01.299 --> 00:34:01.399
 of

00:34:01.399 --> 00:34:01.719
 bringing

00:34:01.719 --> 00:34:02.179
 things

00:34:02.179 --> 00:34:02.479
 to a

00:34:02.479 --> 00:34:02.779
 close

00:34:02.779 --> 00:34:03.059
 and he

00:34:03.059 --> 00:34:03.259
 says

00:34:03.259 --> 00:34:03.659
 listen

00:34:03.659 --> 00:34:04.279
 he wants

00:34:04.279 --> 00:34:04.639
 us to

00:34:04.639 --> 00:34:05.099
 understand

00:34:05.099 --> 00:34:06.039
 grace

00:34:06.039 --> 00:34:07.539
 this

00:34:07.539 --> 00:34:08.420
 undeserved

00:34:08.420 --> 00:34:09.199
 richness

00:34:09.199 --> 00:34:10.779
 the work

00:34:10.779 --> 00:34:11.259
 of God

00:34:11.259 --> 00:34:11.940
 in saving

00:34:11.940 --> 00:34:12.519
 you

00:34:12.519 --> 00:34:13.759
 produces

00:34:13.759 --> 00:34:15.380
 a love

00:34:15.380 --> 00:34:16.279
 for

00:34:16.279 --> 00:34:17.159
 Christ

00:34:17.159 --> 00:34:18.000
 how do I

00:34:18.000 --> 00:34:18.340
 know I'm

00:34:18.340 --> 00:34:18.719
 saved

00:34:18.719 --> 00:34:21.099
 I have

00:34:21.099 --> 00:34:21.559
 a love

00:34:21.559 --> 00:34:22.219
 for Christ

00:34:22.219 --> 00:34:23.139
 that I

00:34:23.139 --> 00:34:23.679
 didn't

00:34:23.679 --> 00:34:24.340
 create

00:34:24.340 --> 00:34:25.420
 he did

00:34:25.420 --> 00:34:29.300
 so do

00:34:29.300 --> 00:34:29.619
 you really

00:34:29.619 --> 00:34:30.079
 love him

00:34:30.079 --> 00:34:31.460
 do you

00:34:31.460 --> 00:34:31.920
 really love

00:34:31.920 --> 00:34:32.360
 him

00:34:32.360 --> 00:34:33.739
 mark the

00:34:33.739 --> 00:34:34.360
 last little

00:34:34.360 --> 00:34:34.759
 part

00:34:34.759 --> 00:34:35.259
 actually

00:34:35.260 --> 00:34:36.560
 very

00:34:36.560 --> 00:34:37.000
 interesting

00:34:37.000 --> 00:34:37.420
 statement

00:34:37.420 --> 00:34:37.760
 it says

00:34:37.760 --> 00:34:38.280
 with love

00:34:38.280 --> 00:34:39.140
 incorruptible

00:34:39.140 --> 00:34:42.160
 I actually

00:34:42.160 --> 00:34:42.720
 as I was

00:34:42.720 --> 00:34:43.420
 thinking about

00:34:43.420 --> 00:34:43.740
 this

00:34:43.740 --> 00:34:44.820
 last week

00:34:44.820 --> 00:34:45.440
 I kind

00:34:45.440 --> 00:34:45.780
 of thought

00:34:45.780 --> 00:34:46.100
 about

00:34:46.100 --> 00:34:46.900
 being a

00:34:46.900 --> 00:34:47.240
 juvenile

00:34:47.240 --> 00:34:49.940
 I love

00:34:49.940 --> 00:34:50.460
 lots of

00:34:50.460 --> 00:34:50.760
 people

00:34:50.760 --> 00:34:51.940
 girls

00:34:51.940 --> 00:34:52.460
 so we

00:34:52.460 --> 00:34:52.820
 get this

00:34:52.820 --> 00:34:53.100
 clear

00:34:53.100 --> 00:34:54.460
 you know

00:34:54.460 --> 00:34:55.440
 I remember

00:34:55.440 --> 00:34:56.020
 in fourth

00:34:56.020 --> 00:34:56.360
 grade

00:34:56.360 --> 00:34:57.580
 losing my

00:34:57.580 --> 00:34:58.080
 way for

00:34:58.080 --> 00:34:58.540
 the first

00:34:58.540 --> 00:34:59.220
 time in

00:34:59.220 --> 00:34:59.540
 memory

00:34:59.540 --> 00:35:00.920
 because I

00:35:00.920 --> 00:35:01.720
 walked home

00:35:01.720 --> 00:35:02.240
 following

00:35:02.240 --> 00:35:02.680
 Wanda

00:35:02.680 --> 00:35:03.040
 Cooper

00:35:03.040 --> 00:35:04.220
 I remember

00:35:04.220 --> 00:35:04.640
 her name

00:35:04.639 --> 00:35:06.920
 how I

00:35:06.920 --> 00:35:07.359
 got home

00:35:07.359 --> 00:35:07.739
 I have

00:35:07.739 --> 00:35:08.279
 no idea

00:35:08.279 --> 00:35:08.940
 but Wanda

00:35:08.940 --> 00:35:09.960
 I found

00:35:09.960 --> 00:35:10.339
 out later

00:35:10.339 --> 00:35:10.739
 she was

00:35:10.739 --> 00:35:12.960
 a Presbyterian

00:35:12.960 --> 00:35:13.219
 and that

00:35:13.219 --> 00:35:13.599
 wouldn't work

00:35:13.599 --> 00:35:13.859
 for a

00:35:13.859 --> 00:35:14.099
 Baptist

00:35:14.099 --> 00:35:14.519
 so I

00:35:14.519 --> 00:35:14.839
 stopped

00:35:14.839 --> 00:35:15.079
 my

00:35:15.079 --> 00:35:15.480
 interest

00:35:15.480 --> 00:35:15.779
 but

00:35:15.779 --> 00:35:17.980
 Wanda

00:35:17.980 --> 00:35:18.960
 swept me

00:35:18.960 --> 00:35:19.339
 off my

00:35:19.339 --> 00:35:19.659
 feet

00:35:19.659 --> 00:35:20.199
 fourth

00:35:20.199 --> 00:35:20.500
 grade

00:35:20.500 --> 00:35:22.699
 and

00:35:22.699 --> 00:35:24.159
 it was

00:35:24.159 --> 00:35:24.359
 the first

00:35:24.359 --> 00:35:24.619
 time I

00:35:24.619 --> 00:35:25.000
 was lost

00:35:25.000 --> 00:35:25.259
 I do

00:35:25.259 --> 00:35:25.480
 want you

00:35:25.480 --> 00:35:25.679
 to know

00:35:25.679 --> 00:35:25.940
 that

00:35:25.940 --> 00:35:26.719
 ever since

00:35:26.719 --> 00:35:26.900
 then

00:35:26.900 --> 00:35:27.079
 it's

00:35:27.079 --> 00:35:27.259
 been

00:35:27.259 --> 00:35:27.759
 downhill

00:35:27.760 --> 00:35:31.220
 you know

00:35:31.220 --> 00:35:34.440
 I remember

00:35:34.440 --> 00:35:34.800
 actually

00:35:34.800 --> 00:35:35.160
 this is

00:35:35.160 --> 00:35:35.580
 the truth

00:35:35.580 --> 00:35:36.700
 sitting in

00:35:36.700 --> 00:35:37.200
 a field

00:35:37.200 --> 00:35:37.900
 on a

00:35:37.900 --> 00:35:38.340
 hillside

00:35:38.340 --> 00:35:38.580
 with

00:35:38.580 --> 00:35:39.080
 daisies

00:35:39.080 --> 00:35:39.540
 around me

00:35:39.540 --> 00:35:39.780
 and I

00:35:39.780 --> 00:35:39.980
 thought

00:35:39.980 --> 00:35:40.760
 I was

00:35:40.760 --> 00:35:41.060
 trying to

00:35:41.060 --> 00:35:41.420
 figure out

00:35:41.420 --> 00:35:41.820
 if Claire

00:35:41.820 --> 00:35:42.380
 Blickenstaff

00:35:42.380 --> 00:35:42.740
 loved me

00:35:42.740 --> 00:35:43.000
 at that

00:35:43.000 --> 00:35:43.260
 point

00:35:43.260 --> 00:35:43.880
 so I

00:35:43.880 --> 00:35:44.180
 went to

00:35:44.180 --> 00:35:44.620
 the flower

00:35:44.620 --> 00:35:45.080
 routine

00:35:45.080 --> 00:35:45.400
 how many

00:35:45.400 --> 00:35:45.520
 of you

00:35:45.520 --> 00:35:45.860
 understand

00:35:45.860 --> 00:35:46.260
 the flower

00:35:46.260 --> 00:35:46.660
 routine

00:35:46.660 --> 00:35:48.860
 okay

00:35:48.860 --> 00:35:50.180
 it's

00:35:50.180 --> 00:35:50.620
 embarrassing

00:35:50.620 --> 00:35:51.080
 but you

00:35:51.080 --> 00:35:51.220
 know

00:35:51.220 --> 00:35:51.660
 there I

00:35:51.660 --> 00:35:51.960
 was

00:35:51.960 --> 00:35:52.160
 she

00:35:52.160 --> 00:35:52.400
 loves

00:35:52.400 --> 00:35:52.540
 me

00:35:52.540 --> 00:35:52.700
 she

00:35:52.700 --> 00:35:52.900
 loves

00:35:52.900 --> 00:35:53.040
 me

00:35:53.040 --> 00:35:53.260
 not

00:35:53.260 --> 00:35:53.860
 but you

00:35:53.860 --> 00:35:53.940
 know

00:35:53.940 --> 00:35:54.080
 I

00:35:54.080 --> 00:35:54.440
 figured

00:35:54.440 --> 00:35:54.860
 out

00:35:54.860 --> 00:35:55.840
 that

00:35:55.840 --> 00:35:56.519
 you

00:35:56.519 --> 00:35:56.619
 know

00:35:56.619 --> 00:35:56.880
 being

00:35:56.880 --> 00:35:57.139
 that's

00:35:57.139 --> 00:35:57.260
 a

00:35:57.260 --> 00:35:57.619
 binary

00:35:57.619 --> 00:35:58.079
 formula

00:35:58.079 --> 00:35:58.360
 I

00:35:58.360 --> 00:35:58.539
 could

00:35:58.539 --> 00:35:58.780
 figure

00:35:58.780 --> 00:35:58.980
 out

00:35:58.980 --> 00:35:59.119
 that

00:35:59.119 --> 00:35:59.340
 she

00:35:59.340 --> 00:35:59.579
 always

00:35:59.579 --> 00:35:59.820
 loved

00:35:59.820 --> 00:35:59.920
 me

00:35:59.920 --> 00:36:00.079
 do you

00:36:00.079 --> 00:36:00.159
 know

00:36:00.159 --> 00:36:00.280
 how

00:36:00.280 --> 00:36:00.400
 I

00:36:00.400 --> 00:36:00.740
 did it

00:36:00.740 --> 00:36:02.079
 it

00:36:02.079 --> 00:36:02.240
 was

00:36:02.240 --> 00:36:02.460
 either

00:36:02.460 --> 00:36:03.340
 2 4 6 8

00:36:03.340 --> 00:36:03.820
 whatever the

00:36:03.820 --> 00:36:04.200
 pick and

00:36:04.200 --> 00:36:04.900
 it worked

00:36:04.900 --> 00:36:05.340
 out but

00:36:05.340 --> 00:36:05.820
 she actually

00:36:05.820 --> 00:36:06.519
 didn't so

00:36:06.519 --> 00:36:08.139
 flowers didn't

00:36:08.139 --> 00:36:08.659
 play out

00:36:08.659 --> 00:36:09.000
 there were

00:36:09.000 --> 00:36:09.579
 lots of

00:36:09.579 --> 00:36:10.220
 reasons not

00:36:10.220 --> 00:36:10.599
 to love

00:36:10.599 --> 00:36:10.820
 me

00:36:10.820 --> 00:36:14.059
 our love

00:36:14.059 --> 00:36:14.599
 is a

00:36:14.599 --> 00:36:15.260
 relatively

00:36:15.260 --> 00:36:16.099
 fickle

00:36:16.099 --> 00:36:17.720
 thing

00:36:17.720 --> 00:36:18.200
 isn't it

00:36:18.200 --> 00:36:19.340
 I can't

00:36:19.340 --> 00:36:19.679
 tell you

00:36:19.679 --> 00:36:20.340
 how many

00:36:20.340 --> 00:36:20.840
 times I've

00:36:20.840 --> 00:36:21.679
 had couples

00:36:21.679 --> 00:36:22.019
 in my

00:36:22.019 --> 00:36:22.460
 office and

00:36:22.460 --> 00:36:22.700
 I'll have

00:36:22.700 --> 00:36:23.099
 the husband

00:36:23.099 --> 00:36:23.360
 or the

00:36:23.360 --> 00:36:23.740
 wife say

00:36:23.740 --> 00:36:23.980
 well I

00:36:23.980 --> 00:36:24.139
 don't

00:36:24.139 --> 00:36:24.480
 love her

00:36:24.480 --> 00:36:24.719
 anymore

00:36:24.719 --> 00:36:25.420
 and I'm

00:36:25.420 --> 00:36:25.839
 happy to

00:36:25.839 --> 00:36:26.319
 say that's

00:36:26.319 --> 00:36:26.619
 not a

00:36:26.619 --> 00:36:27.019
 problem

00:36:27.019 --> 00:36:27.259
 to

00:36:27.259 --> 00:36:27.819
 Jesus

00:36:27.819 --> 00:36:29.299
 do you

00:36:29.299 --> 00:36:29.500
 follow

00:36:29.500 --> 00:36:29.819
 that

00:36:29.819 --> 00:36:31.079
 I'm

00:36:31.079 --> 00:36:31.259
 not

00:36:31.259 --> 00:36:31.739
 concerned

00:36:31.739 --> 00:36:32.059
 if you

00:36:32.059 --> 00:36:32.339
 don't

00:36:32.339 --> 00:36:32.579
 love

00:36:32.579 --> 00:36:32.779
 her

00:36:32.779 --> 00:36:34.379
 because

00:36:34.379 --> 00:36:35.319
 that's

00:36:35.319 --> 00:36:35.679
 your

00:36:35.679 --> 00:36:36.119
 problem

00:36:36.119 --> 00:36:36.480
 that's

00:36:36.480 --> 00:36:36.679
 not

00:36:36.679 --> 00:36:37.199
 hers

00:36:37.199 --> 00:36:38.339
 and

00:36:38.339 --> 00:36:38.839
 I

00:36:38.839 --> 00:36:39.039
 can

00:36:39.039 --> 00:36:39.299
 tell

00:36:39.299 --> 00:36:39.500
 you

00:36:39.500 --> 00:36:39.940
 that

00:36:39.940 --> 00:36:40.379
 Jesus

00:36:40.379 --> 00:36:40.739
 can

00:36:40.739 --> 00:36:41.179
 fix

00:36:41.179 --> 00:36:41.539
 the

00:36:41.539 --> 00:36:41.940
 attitude

00:36:41.940 --> 00:36:42.239
 you

00:36:42.239 --> 00:36:42.779
 have

00:36:42.779 --> 00:36:47.199
 love

00:36:47.199 --> 00:36:47.679
 that is

00:36:47.679 --> 00:36:48.679
 incorruptible

00:36:48.679 --> 00:36:49.379
 is love

00:36:49.379 --> 00:36:50.079
 that comes

00:36:50.079 --> 00:36:50.579
 from

00:36:50.579 --> 00:36:51.119
 God

00:36:51.119 --> 00:36:51.719
 and is

00:36:51.719 --> 00:36:52.339
 sustained

00:36:52.339 --> 00:36:52.679
 by

00:36:52.679 --> 00:36:53.199
 God

00:36:53.199 --> 00:36:56.000
 and that's

00:36:56.000 --> 00:36:56.739
 love

00:36:56.739 --> 00:36:58.960
 that is

00:36:58.960 --> 00:36:59.519
 his

00:36:59.519 --> 00:37:00.799
 and never

00:37:00.799 --> 00:37:01.439
 changes

00:37:01.439 --> 00:37:05.879
 it's a very

00:37:05.879 --> 00:37:06.960
 interesting way to end

00:37:06.960 --> 00:37:07.579
 this book

00:37:07.579 --> 00:37:08.480
 do you follow that

00:37:08.480 --> 00:37:10.639
 do you know how the book

00:37:10.639 --> 00:37:11.359
 begins

00:37:11.359 --> 00:37:15.659
 chapter 1 through 3

00:37:15.659 --> 00:37:17.500
 is fairly robust

00:37:17.500 --> 00:37:18.359
 in its argument

00:37:18.360 --> 00:37:19.019
 for the

00:37:19.019 --> 00:37:19.800
 unconditional

00:37:19.800 --> 00:37:20.360
 affection

00:37:20.360 --> 00:37:21.019
 for God

00:37:21.019 --> 00:37:21.559
 of God

00:37:21.559 --> 00:37:22.680
 for individuals

00:37:22.680 --> 00:37:23.599
 that he saves

00:37:23.599 --> 00:37:26.099
 and he ends

00:37:26.099 --> 00:37:26.480
 off

00:37:26.480 --> 00:37:27.240
 kind of

00:37:27.240 --> 00:37:28.400
 challenging us

00:37:28.400 --> 00:37:29.039
 to think

00:37:29.039 --> 00:37:30.420
 pretty seriously

00:37:30.420 --> 00:37:31.500
 about whether

00:37:31.500 --> 00:37:32.300
 we have it

00:37:32.300 --> 00:37:32.920
 or not

00:37:32.920 --> 00:37:34.380
 that's

00:37:34.380 --> 00:37:34.780
 interesting

00:37:34.780 --> 00:37:35.519
 isn't it

00:37:35.519 --> 00:37:37.420
 do you really

00:37:37.420 --> 00:37:37.980
 love him

00:37:37.980 --> 00:37:38.800
 unconditionally

00:37:38.800 --> 00:37:41.039
 or is

00:37:41.039 --> 00:37:41.500
 your love

00:37:41.500 --> 00:37:41.880
 something

00:37:41.880 --> 00:37:42.200
 that

00:37:42.200 --> 00:37:42.740
 well look

00:37:42.740 --> 00:37:43.120
 at it

00:37:43.120 --> 00:37:44.260
 grace be

00:37:44.260 --> 00:37:45.160
 with all

00:37:45.160 --> 00:37:48.740
 who love

00:37:48.740 --> 00:37:49.380
 our Lord

00:37:49.380 --> 00:37:50.300
 Jesus Christ

00:37:50.300 --> 00:37:51.039
 with love

00:37:51.039 --> 00:37:52.340
 incorruptible

00:37:52.340 --> 00:37:52.340


00:37:57.019 --> 00:37:57.620
 What's

00:37:57.620 --> 00:37:57.920
 your love

00:37:57.920 --> 00:37:58.260
 like?

00:38:00.160 --> 00:38:00.920
 Can you

00:38:00.920 --> 00:38:01.519
 track the

00:38:01.519 --> 00:38:02.000
 fact that

00:38:02.000 --> 00:38:02.300
 it has

00:38:02.300 --> 00:38:02.840
 grown over

00:38:02.840 --> 00:38:03.380
 the years?

00:38:05.940 --> 00:38:06.500
 Can

00:38:06.500 --> 00:38:06.660
 you?

00:38:06.660 --> 00:38:06.720
 Can you?

00:38:08.800 --> 00:38:10.680
 in Revelation

00:38:10.680 --> 00:38:11.360
 chapter 3

00:38:11.360 --> 00:38:11.860
 you remember

00:38:11.860 --> 00:38:12.420
 that the

00:38:12.420 --> 00:38:12.940
 spirit of

00:38:12.940 --> 00:38:13.120
 God

00:38:13.120 --> 00:38:13.440
 actually

00:38:13.440 --> 00:38:13.840
 Christ

00:38:13.840 --> 00:38:14.360
 comes

00:38:14.360 --> 00:38:14.660
 to the

00:38:14.660 --> 00:38:15.019
 church

00:38:15.019 --> 00:38:15.300
 there

00:38:15.300 --> 00:38:15.440
 at

00:38:15.440 --> 00:38:16.180
 Laodicea

00:38:16.180 --> 00:38:17.460
 not Laodicea

00:38:17.460 --> 00:38:18.340
 church at

00:38:18.340 --> 00:38:18.600
 Ephesus

00:38:18.600 --> 00:38:18.900
 I think

00:38:18.900 --> 00:38:19.160
 it is

00:38:19.160 --> 00:38:19.360
 and he

00:38:19.360 --> 00:38:19.539
 says

00:38:19.539 --> 00:38:19.880
 you have

00:38:19.880 --> 00:38:20.380
 lost

00:38:20.380 --> 00:38:20.740
 your

00:38:20.740 --> 00:38:21.260
 first

00:38:21.260 --> 00:38:21.620
 what?

00:38:22.360 --> 00:38:22.840
 Love

00:38:22.840 --> 00:38:28.519
 What's

00:38:28.519 --> 00:38:28.840
 your love

00:38:28.840 --> 00:38:29.280
 for Christ

00:38:29.280 --> 00:38:29.760
 like this

00:38:29.760 --> 00:38:30.019
 morning?

00:38:32.780 --> 00:38:33.660
 If you

00:38:33.660 --> 00:38:34.280
 are his

00:38:34.280 --> 00:38:34.780
 child

00:38:34.780 --> 00:38:35.880
 he is

00:38:35.880 --> 00:38:36.800
 at work

00:38:36.800 --> 00:38:37.460
 and has

00:38:37.460 --> 00:38:38.160
 been at

00:38:38.160 --> 00:38:38.440
 work

00:38:38.440 --> 00:38:39.119
 and will

00:38:39.119 --> 00:38:39.679
 continue

00:38:39.679 --> 00:38:40.300
 working

00:38:40.300 --> 00:38:41.340
 to cause

00:38:41.340 --> 00:38:41.740
 you to

00:38:41.740 --> 00:38:42.099
 grow

00:38:42.099 --> 00:38:42.800
 in your

00:38:42.800 --> 00:38:43.179
 love

00:38:43.179 --> 00:38:43.599
 for him

00:38:43.599 --> 00:38:43.820
 do you

00:38:43.820 --> 00:38:44.139
 realize

00:38:44.139 --> 00:38:44.380
 that?

00:38:44.519 --> 00:38:44.720
 That's

00:38:44.720 --> 00:38:45.000
 what he's

00:38:45.000 --> 00:38:45.200
 going to

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 do

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 now listen

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 to be

00:38:47.619 --> 00:38:47.880
 carefully

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 so you

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 don't

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 miss

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 this

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 it's

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 a whole

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 lot

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 better

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 to come

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 along

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 willingly

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 saying

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 I

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 want to

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 work

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 at that

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 I

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 need

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 help

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 at

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 that

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 I

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 really

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 want

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 to

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 take

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 this

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 seriously

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 let me

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 continue

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 to

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 grow

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 in

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 love

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 because

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 if

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 you're

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 his

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 child

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 and

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 you

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 decide

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 I

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 don't

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 care

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 right

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 now

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 now guess

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 what he

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 does

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 to the

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 I

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 don't

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 care

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 right

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 now

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 crowd

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 everybody

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 here

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 who

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 has

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 any

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 miles

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 on

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 their

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 tires

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 knows

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 that

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 the

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 I

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 don't

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 care

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 right

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 now

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 can

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 cause

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 him

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 to

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 do

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 what

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 we

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 sing

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 that

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 song

00:39:17.219 --> 00:39:17.519
 oh

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 love

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 that

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 will

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 not

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 let

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 me

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 go

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 when

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 does

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 it

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 become

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 evident

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 that

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 he

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 will

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 not

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 let

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 you

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 go

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 it's

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 when

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 you

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 try

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 to

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 walk

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 off

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 and

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 do

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 your

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 own

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 thing

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 for

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 a

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 little

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 the

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 apostle

00:39:35.199 --> 00:39:35.479
 says

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 I

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 want

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 you

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 to

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 understand

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 grace

00:39:37.039 --> 00:39:39.719
 to

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 all

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 who

00:39:41.859 --> 00:39:42.199
 love

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 our

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 Lord

00:39:42.679 --> 00:39:43.059
 Jesus

00:39:43.059 --> 00:39:43.779
 Christ

00:39:43.779 --> 00:39:45.339
 with

00:39:45.339 --> 00:39:45.859
 love

00:39:45.859 --> 00:39:47.759
 incorruptible

00:39:47.759 --> 00:39:47.779
!

00:39:50.299 --> 00:39:51.199
 Is

00:39:51.199 --> 00:39:51.339
 that

00:39:51.339 --> 00:39:51.559
 you?

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 Is

00:39:55.319 --> 00:39:55.459
 that

00:39:55.459 --> 00:39:55.679
 you?

00:39:58.859 --> 00:39:59.779
 That's

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 a fair

00:39:59.979 --> 00:40:00.399
 question

00:40:00.399 --> 00:40:02.179
 let's

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 close

00:40:02.419 --> 00:40:02.559
 in

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 prayer

00:40:03.239 --> 00:40:08.179
 Father

00:40:08.179 --> 00:40:08.439
 God

00:40:08.439 --> 00:40:08.679
 without

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 question

00:40:09.199 --> 00:40:09.479
 this

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 morning

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 as we

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 take

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 this

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 word

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 and

00:40:11.219 --> 00:40:12.159
 handle

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 it

00:40:12.359 --> 00:40:12.559
 by

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 your

00:40:12.819 --> 00:40:13.199
 grace

00:40:13.199 --> 00:40:13.399
 and

00:40:13.399 --> 00:40:13.799
 power

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 we're

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 overwhelmed

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 to stop

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 and realize

00:40:17.679 --> 00:40:18.259
 that while

00:40:18.259 --> 00:40:18.759
 we were yet

00:40:18.759 --> 00:40:19.079
 sinners

00:40:19.079 --> 00:40:19.459
 Christ

00:40:19.459 --> 00:40:19.839
 died

00:40:19.839 --> 00:40:20.439
 for us

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 and

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 he

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 and his

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 love

00:40:23.119 --> 00:40:23.659
 pursued

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 us

00:40:23.899 --> 00:40:24.119
 while

00:40:24.119 --> 00:40:24.299
 we

00:40:24.299 --> 00:40:24.500
 were

00:40:24.500 --> 00:40:25.299
 unloving

00:40:25.299 --> 00:40:25.519
 and

00:40:25.519 --> 00:40:26.259
 unlovable

00:40:26.259 --> 00:40:26.939
 while

00:40:26.939 --> 00:40:27.139
 we

00:40:27.139 --> 00:40:27.299
 were

00:40:27.299 --> 00:40:27.599
 yet

00:40:27.599 --> 00:40:29.299
 burdensome

00:40:29.299 --> 00:40:29.879
 and

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 dark

00:40:30.379 --> 00:40:32.419
 and

00:40:32.419 --> 00:40:32.639
 by

00:40:32.639 --> 00:40:32.839
 your

00:40:32.839 --> 00:40:33.239
 grace

00:40:33.239 --> 00:40:33.420
 you

00:40:33.420 --> 00:40:33.599
 have

00:40:33.599 --> 00:40:33.920
 taken

00:40:33.920 --> 00:40:34.440
 hearts

00:40:34.440 --> 00:40:34.659
 that

00:40:34.659 --> 00:40:34.859
 were

00:40:34.859 --> 00:40:35.500
 stony

00:40:35.500 --> 00:40:36.059
 cold

00:40:36.059 --> 00:40:36.279
 and

00:40:36.279 --> 00:40:36.719
 dead

00:40:36.719 --> 00:40:37.279
 and

00:40:37.279 --> 00:40:37.519
 you've

00:40:37.519 --> 00:40:37.759
 made

00:40:37.759 --> 00:40:37.940
 us

00:40:37.940 --> 00:40:38.179
 to be

00:40:38.179 --> 00:40:38.579
 lovers

00:40:38.579 --> 00:40:38.940
 of the

00:40:38.940 --> 00:40:39.159
 living

00:40:39.159 --> 00:40:39.739
 God

00:40:39.739 --> 00:40:45.099
 and we

00:40:45.099 --> 00:40:45.400
 need to

00:40:45.400 --> 00:40:45.759
 confess

00:40:45.759 --> 00:40:46.319
 that sometimes

00:40:46.319 --> 00:40:47.019
 our love

00:40:47.019 --> 00:40:47.859
 gets cold

00:40:47.859 --> 00:40:50.159
 and

00:40:50.159 --> 00:40:51.059
 self-consuming

00:40:51.059 --> 00:40:53.719
 and we

00:40:53.719 --> 00:40:54.159
 are so

00:40:54.159 --> 00:40:54.500
 very

00:40:54.500 --> 00:40:55.000
 thankful

00:40:55.000 --> 00:40:55.659
 that you

00:40:55.659 --> 00:40:56.480
 will not

00:40:56.480 --> 00:40:56.960
 let us

00:40:56.960 --> 00:40:57.279
 go

00:40:57.279 --> 00:40:59.119
 and you

00:40:59.119 --> 00:40:59.539
 continue

00:40:59.539 --> 00:41:00.159
 helping us

00:41:00.159 --> 00:41:00.440
 grow

00:41:00.440 --> 00:41:02.579
 we want

00:41:02.579 --> 00:41:02.799
 to be

00:41:02.799 --> 00:41:03.219
 quick

00:41:03.219 --> 00:41:05.059
 to

00:41:05.059 --> 00:41:05.559
 confess

00:41:05.559 --> 00:41:06.279
 the frailty

00:41:06.279 --> 00:41:07.940
 of our

00:41:07.940 --> 00:41:08.699
 affections

00:41:08.699 --> 00:41:10.579
 and ask

00:41:10.579 --> 00:41:11.139
 your spirit

00:41:11.139 --> 00:41:11.799
 to work

00:41:11.799 --> 00:41:13.320
 to stir

00:41:13.320 --> 00:41:13.820
 our hearts

00:41:13.820 --> 00:41:14.360
 up anew

00:41:14.360 --> 00:41:15.680
 to

00:41:15.680 --> 00:41:16.059
 remember

00:41:16.059 --> 00:41:16.480
 that it's

00:41:16.480 --> 00:41:16.880
 all of

00:41:16.880 --> 00:41:17.340
 grace

00:41:17.340 --> 00:41:20.720
 and you

00:41:20.720 --> 00:41:20.980
 are the

00:41:20.980 --> 00:41:21.400
 one that

00:41:21.400 --> 00:41:21.640
 is

00:41:21.640 --> 00:41:22.360
 supremely

00:41:22.360 --> 00:41:22.800
 worthy

00:41:22.800 --> 00:41:25.620
 and we

00:41:25.620 --> 00:41:26.019
 ask that

00:41:26.019 --> 00:41:26.240
 you do

00:41:26.240 --> 00:41:26.660
 that this

00:41:26.660 --> 00:41:26.960
 morning

00:41:26.960 --> 00:41:28.980
 in your

00:41:28.980 --> 00:41:29.780
 precious name

00:41:29.780 --> 00:41:30.559
 amen

00:41:30.559 --> 00:41:32.219
 so

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