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 Thank you very much, Peyton. Great job.

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 I am thrilled this morning to be able to introduce to you our guest preacher, Dr. John Blanchard.

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 A lot of you remember him. This is his third time to be with us.

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 For those of you who do not, Dr. Blanchard is an internationally known preacher, teacher, and author.

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 He and his wife Pam live just outside of London, England.

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 A little town named Banstead.

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 As much as I would like to think that he flew here just to preach in our church,

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 I have to say that he did not.

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 He comes to this country from time to time.

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 And since I have discovered that he does, I have given him an open invitation

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 to let me know whenever he's going to be here.

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 Because I would love for him to preach.

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 And I get a lot of positive feedback when I announce that you're going to be here.

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 I've had several, I won't say really how smart-alecky they are to let me know.

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 I'm really looking forward to this week's sermon.

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 I first heard Dr. Blanchard many years ago when I was in seminary at Fort Worth, Texas.

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 He came to our church, South Cliff Baptist Church, to lead a Bible conference.

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 That's when I first learned about him and his ministry and became familiar with his books.

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 He has written numerous books.

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 His specialty, I guess you might say, is evangelism and defending the Christian faith, apologetics.

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 Or, one way to think about it, he has been gifted by God to be able to answer a lot of questions

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 that not just unbelievers, but real skeptics, even atheists, ask.

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 Two that have stood out to me,

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 Ultimate Questions, is a book that I think there's over 14 million in print

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 in what, I read this 60 different languages.

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 It has been used by God probably more than any booklet tract

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 in these last 50 years than anything else.

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 It's still being used today.

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 He does not have them here today, but I would encourage you,

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 if you know people that you would like to engage in an evangelistic conversation,

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 talk to them about their relationship with the Lord.

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 And you know they've got a lot of questions, and you know they'll read.

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 Get a copy of this.

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 If you know that they really will read, if they really are interested,

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 get a copy of his book, Write with God.

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 I've given several of these away, and many of these over the years.

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 And God has truly blessed those efforts throughout the world.

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 Throughout the world.

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 Not just among English-speaking people.

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 Today, he is going to be, he has three books available.

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 These books are designed to really help us to be better prepared

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 to explain to people what we believe and why we believe,

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 especially people who are maybe antagonistic.

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 And I've asked him to share a little bit about them

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 before he preaches this morning,

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 because they are helpful small books for us to become better equipped

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 to live in this postmodern skeptical world

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 and really not just say what we believe,

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 to be able to defend it, articulate it well.

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 I want to read one quote from John MacArthur

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 as he was endorsing one of Dr. Blanchard's books.

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 For those of you who know John MacArthur,

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 you know that he doesn't say things he doesn't really believe.

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 He doesn't mean.

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 He says this,

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 John Blanchard is a master

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 when it comes to applying the timeless truths of the Bible

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 to these postmodern times.

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 And that's the real reason why I wanted him to come and preach,

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 why he has this open invitation.

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 God has gifted him

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 to communicate the truth of his word

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 in a very clear,

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 understandable,

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 applicable kind of way.

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 So hear him prayerfully and carefully this morning

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 with the intent

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 of hearing what the Lord is saying to you

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 so you can do it.

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 Dr. Blanchard?

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 Well, I will ask the Lord to forgive your pastor

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 for those generous words

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 and then to forgive me for enjoying them all.

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 Excuse this,

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 but those who were here for the first service

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 will know that I struggled for about five minutes

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 with an army of frogs in my throat,

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 so I'm trying to drown them before we begin.

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 But seriously, thank you for those very kind words.

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 And I do remember

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 preaching at Southcliffe

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 and at Southwestern Seminary

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 all those years ago.

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 Your pastor then was Paul Burleson,

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 and I've subsequently preached many times

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 for his son,

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 Wade Burleson,

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 in various places in Oklahoma.

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 So you and I, in a sense,

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 go back a long way

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 even though the link was

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 kind of a little tenuous.

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 I'm not sure about an invitation

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 to come back to Pickens.

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 I think it's an order.

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 My very good friends,

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 Trey and Cinder Lee,

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 over at Kiawee,

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 arranged some of my itinerary

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 in this part of the world.

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 And after I'd first preached here,

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 your pastor said to Trey,

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 whenever he comes here,

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 he will preach for me again.

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 That's not an invitation.

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 That's an order.

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 And I don't like to fall foul

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 of American pastor,

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 so I just do what I'm told.

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 You know, he's the head of the house,

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 but I just do whatever he asks me to do.

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 So he instructed me

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 to be here this morning,

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 and here I am.

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 Let me say just a word,

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 although he's stolen them from me now

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 about the three books that he mentioned.

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 That's okay.

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 He's got them here.

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 And this will be very brief

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 for one reason that you will discover.

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 Thank you.

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 Very, very shortly.

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 I had three books published last year

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 that were deliberately aimed

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 to help Christians

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 get the gospel across to other people.

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 For example,

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 your country and mine

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 have never been so invaded

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 by atheistic and agnostic thoughts.

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 Christianity is being pushed

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 into the background,

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 and it's widely suggested

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 that there is no God,

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 and if there is,

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 how in the world can we come to know him?

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 So I've written this little book called

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 Does Atheism Make Sense?

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 Does it make cosmic sense,

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 rational sense,

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 human sense,

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 moral sense?

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 And then having showed that it doesn't,

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 I go on to show that God does

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 answer all those questions

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 in a positive way.

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 One of the areas that people

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 will bring up to you

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 and may bring up to you

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 as you're seeking to witness to them

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 would be,

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 yes, but science now

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 has shown that we don't need God.

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 Science answers so many questions.

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 Why do we need God?

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 So this book is called Science Fiction.

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 Has science disposed of God?

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 And the other is,

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 and they're all so relevant today,

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 we now live,

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 your country and mine

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 and elsewhere in the world,

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 in such a pluralistic society,

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 religiously speaking.

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 And so Christianity is one of many faiths

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 that are pushing very hard

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 to make their case known.

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 Hinduism, Islam, of course,

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 Buddhism, and many others.

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 So the question we need to ask

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 as Christians is,

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 or that they may ask

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 and we need to answer,

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 is, well, why Jesus?

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 What makes Jesus so different

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 and exclusive from all the others?

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 That's what I've tried to address

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 in that book.

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 Now, all of that said,

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 there are these three titles.

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 One of them was so in such demand

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 we had to fly it over

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 literally within the past few days

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 from the UK to be here

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 for this morning,

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 and they're not going to be available

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 anywhere else

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 on this particular tour.

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 The good news is

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 that they're available

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 as a package of three

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 at a discounted price.

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 The bad news is this.

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 The first service was peopled

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 by a plague of locusts

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 with the result

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 there are ten sets left.

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 So I'm sure some of you thought

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 there was always an advantage

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 to be sitting

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 in the back rows of the church.

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 And this morning,

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 you're right

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 because you will get them

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 before the others.

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 And I am sorry about that,

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 but let me just say this

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 and quite seriously,

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 if at the end of this morning service,

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 when, of course,

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 they will all have gone

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 very quickly,

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 if your pastor feels

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 there is scope

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 to get some more in

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 so that more of you

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 may get the books,

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 I will arrange with him

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 that that can be done,

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 even if the discount

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 isn't quite as you see it here today,

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 but at least it will be

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 a very reasonable cost

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 and we can get them in for you.

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 At this morning service,

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 I want to ask you this question.

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 I want you to imagine

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 that it became an offense

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 in this country

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 to be a Christian.

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 I've never been more interested

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 in American politics

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 as I am at the moment.

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 Some of you have never been

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 less interested, I guess.

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 But it's simply fascinating

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 to see what's happening

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 in the United States

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 and then see what's happening

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 in the UK

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 and to see actually

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 a correlation between the two.

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 They're actually

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 in the same ballpark

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 and it really is fascinating

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 the way new laws

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 are being brought in

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 and in our country,

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 tragically,

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 I mean,

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 a conservative,

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 small c,

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 a conservative government

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 passing laws

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 that are pushing

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 biblical truth

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 further and further

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 into the margin.

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 Suppose you reach the stage

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 where here in the US

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 it was a federal offense

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 to be a Christian.

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 Now just imagine that.

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 Here's my question.

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 Would there be enough evidence

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 to convict you?

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 Now I know that's turning things

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 in an interesting direction,

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 but just use your imagination again.

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 It's a federal offense.

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 You know,

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 there's a tweet from,

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 I can't think of his name,

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 but anyway,

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 there's a tweet from somebody

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 who says it's now

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 a federal offense

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 to be a Christian

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 and you're holed up

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 before a local judge

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 or some kind of higher court

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 and you are charged

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 with being a Christian

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 and the evidence is called for.

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 So your husband

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 or your wife

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 or your children

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 or your parents

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 or all of the above,

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 the people with whom you work,

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 the people with whom you socialize

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 and they give evidence

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 as to the quality of your life,

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 the things you see and read,

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 the things you say,

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 the things you do,

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 the way you react

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 and you yourself

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 are called to the witness stand

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 and you give your own evidence

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 on your behalf.

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 And now the judge considers

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 his verdict.

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 And instead of having

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 all the statutes

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 of a couple hundred years

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 behind him

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 and law cases

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 that he can refer

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 and then link his judgment

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 to one that was given

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 by that judge here

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 or this judge over here,

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 what he has in front of him

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 is a New Testament.

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 And so all the evidence

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 that has been given

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 in your place

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 and by you yourself,

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 he now brings

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 alongside the teaching

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 of the New Testament.

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 And he has to decide

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 whether on the basis

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 of what he's heard

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 from them and from you,

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 whether you are

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 a New Testament Christian.

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 And my question remains,

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 would there be enough evidence

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 to convict you?

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 Now the obvious way

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 to find out

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 is to go to the New Testament.

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 And so that's what

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 we're going to do.

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 In fact,

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 the entire New Testament

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 from beginning to end.

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 So I'll just give you

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 a warning about that.

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 My plane doesn't leave

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 Greenville until early

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 on Tuesday afternoon,

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 so we have plenty of time.

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 We're going to go through

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 the entire New Testament

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 in this service.

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 The front doors are locked.

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 You can't get out.

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 We're fully ready

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 to settle down to this.

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 Let me put it this way,

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 and after a little while,

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 you'll begin to see

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 it's not going to be

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 quite as long

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 as you thought.

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 But we'll be finished

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 by three o'clock.

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 I'll guarantee you that.

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 Some of you look very pale.

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 And the turkey in the oven

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 is looking even paler.

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 The New Testament

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 begins with the Gospel.

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 It begins with the Gospel.

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 Now there's only one Gospel.

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 We say there are four Gospels,

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 and I know what we mean by that.

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 One written by Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John,

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 but they're all telling the same story

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 from a different perspective

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 in a different manner

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 with their own style of writing

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 and so forth.

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 But there is only one Gospel.

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 It is said that the first

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 of the four Gospel books

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 to be written

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 was the Gospel of Mark,

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 and it begins with these words,

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 the beginning of the Gospel

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 about Jesus Christ,

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 the Son of God.

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 So here's my point.

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 The New Testament begins

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 with the Gospel of Jesus Christ,

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 the Son of God.

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 And the New Testament Christian

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 begins with the Gospel

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 of Jesus Christ,

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 the Son of God.

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 I want you to imagine

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 that you had no religion at all,

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 and you decided the time had come

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 to pursue the religious idea.

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 Was there some kind of religion

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 that was the right one after all?

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 So you go into a library,

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 for example,

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 where you would find,

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 amongst other things,

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 the Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics.

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 It runs to 13 enormous volumes.

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 And so there you are,

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 you're going to take some hours

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 and come back day after day

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 and take many more hours,

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 thumbing through these thousands of pages,

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 seeking to find the answer

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 to the question.

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 It's been said,

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 man is a religious animal.

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 He must and will have some religion.

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 And so you're looking for one.

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 And you would find it very easy

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 to dismiss some of the religions

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 you read about.

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 For example,

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 you'd come across something called animism,

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 which says that you can worship wood

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 and fire and stone

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 and trees and mountains.

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 And you say,

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 well, that sounds very interesting,

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 but that can't possibly be right.

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 Then you might come across

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 the religion of Hinduism.

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 And you say,

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 look, I'm looking for,

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 I'm looking for God,

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 a God,

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 the God,

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 whom I can worship.

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 But,

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 trouble about Hinduism,

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 it has 33 million gods.

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 So how about I know

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 which is the right one

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 and do I have to worship all of them

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 and in what way?

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 Well, you'd pretty soon

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 turn away from that,

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 I'm sure.

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 You might then turn to something

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 called Buddhism.

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 And you'd begin to study that

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 and then discover,

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 actually,

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 it has no deities at all.

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 So if I'm trying to find

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 the one true God,

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 I certainly won't find it

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 in a religion

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 that has no God.

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 You might study,

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 as well you might in these days,

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 Islam.

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 And when you did,

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 you would discover,

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 well,

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 this God

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 is remote.

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 I cannot have a personal

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 relationship with Him

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 and I really don't like

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 that idea at all.

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 you'd come across

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 something called

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 polytheism,

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 which simply says

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 there are many gods

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 and I need to spend time there.

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 Just many gods,

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 any of whom might be

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 the right one,

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 that gets you nowhere either.

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 You'd come across

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 something called

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 pantheism,

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 which says

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 everything is God

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 and God is everything.

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 And you say,

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 well,

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 that is ridiculous.

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 That means I could

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 worship the floor

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 I'm standing on

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 or the roof over my head

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 or a hot dog.

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 Everything is God

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 and God is everything.

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 Well,

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 that can't possibly

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 be right.

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 But then,

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 having dismissed

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 all of those,

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 you might then

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 turn to the Bible

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 and you would come across

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 this statement

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 by the Apostle Paul

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 without giving you time

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 to turn it up.

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 Let me read it to you.

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 So you would be saying,

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 now all of those others,

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 they would all still

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 leave me lost,

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 absolutely lost,

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 cut off from God,

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 unable to be in touch

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 with Him,

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 unable to have a living

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 relationship with Him,

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 unable to get all the blessings

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 that He could bring

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 into my life.

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 Now listen to this.

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 Here's the Apostle Paul.

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 Brothers,

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 my heart's desire

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 and prayer to God

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 for the Israelites

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 is that they may be saved.

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 Wait a minute.

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 we're not now talking

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 of animists,

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 Buddhists,

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 Muslims,

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 pantheists,

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 polytheists.

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 Paul is now referring

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 to Jewish people.

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 And when Paul wrote

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 those words,

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 the Jews were the only

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 people who believed

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 in there being

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 one God,

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 the one true God,

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 the creator of heaven

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 and earth,

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 the sustainer of everything,

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 of all reality,

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 outside of himself.

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 But here's the Apostle Paul

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 saying of these people

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 who had rejected

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 the Greek and the Roman

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 ideas of there being

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 many gods

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 and believed in there being

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 one sovereign creator

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 and sustainer of the universe

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 and Paul says

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 about them,

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 my heart's desire

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 for them,

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 my heart is breaking

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 for them

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 for this reason,

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 I want them to be saved.

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 So they're lost too.

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 So they believe

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 in one God,

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 the God,

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 the only true God,

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 and Paul says

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 they're lost.

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 He goes on,

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 I can testify about them,

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 they are jealous for God,

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 I mean they really

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 want to know God,

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 but their zeal

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 is not based

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 on knowledge

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 since they disregarded

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 the righteousness

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 that comes from God

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 and went about

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 to establish their own.

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 It's such a vivid word.

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 You can just imagine

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 if you read

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 the Old Testament,

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 all the rituals

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 and the rites

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 and the ceremonies

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 and the services

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 and the sacrifices.

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 All of this

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 that they went through,

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 you can just see them

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 scuttling around,

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 if I dare to say it,

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 like ants

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 trying to find

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 the answer to something.

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 So here they are

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 trying to fulfill

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 all of these rites

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 and rituals,

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 all these services

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 and ceremonies.

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 Paul says

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 this is their problem.

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 They are going about

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 to establish

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 their own righteousness,

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 build up their own

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 case before God,

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 and they have neglected,

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 which is the same

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 as rejected,

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 they have disregarded

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 the righteousness

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 that comes from God.

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 They sought

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 to establish their own.

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 They did not submit

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 to God's righteousness.

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 And then he adds,

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 Christ is the end

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 of the law

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 so that there may be

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 righteousness

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 for everyone

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 who believes.

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 And Paul knew

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 exactly what he was

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 talking about.

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 He says this

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 about the,

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 when writing

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 to the Philippians.

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 If anyone else

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 thinks he has reasons

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 to put confidence

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 in the flesh,

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 I have more.

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 Circumcised the eighth day

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 of the people of Israel,

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 of the tribe of Benjamin,

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 a Hebrew of the Hebrews,

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 in regard to the law,

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 a Pharisee,

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 as for zeal,

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 persecuting the church,

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 as for legalistic righteousness,

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 all the bits and pieces

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 of legalistic righteousness,

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 as for legalistic righteousness,

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 faultless.

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 So when Paul says,

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 look,

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 my heart is breaking,

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 not of course for people

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 who are atheists

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 and agnostics

00:19:57.359 --> 00:19:58.539
 and worshipping Greek

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 and Roman gods,

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 but my heart is also

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 breaking for people

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 who are ethnically Jews.

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 And they do believe

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 in the one true God.

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 So at least they're pointed

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 in the right direction.

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 But they're lost.

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 They're not saved.

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 And the reason

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 they're not saved

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 is this.

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 Instead of accepting

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 the righteousness

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 that God has provided,

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 they're going about

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 to establish

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 their own righteousness.

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 They're believing

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 that God grades on a curve

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 and if they check enough boxes,

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 as far as religion is concerned,

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 then God will accept them

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 and receive them

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 into His family,

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 giving them the forgiveness

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 of sins

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 and eternal life.

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 Now that was his great concern

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 about them.

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 I wonder if he would say

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 the same about you today.

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 One of the great advantages

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 of coming to a church

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 like this,

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 where I'm here only

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 once a year

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 or never more than that,

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 is that I simply don't know

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 who you are as individuals.

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 I see your face now

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 looking at me

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 and I don't know

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 where you stand,

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 so I can ask you

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 this question.

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 Is in any way

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 this true of you?

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 If I were to ask you

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 how can you be

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 or are you

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 absolutely sure

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 that you are

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 a New Testament Christian

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 because you have begun

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 not with rites

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 and rituals

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 and ceremonies

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 and walking to the front

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 and responding

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 to altar calls

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 and being baptized

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 and joining a Baptist church.

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 There'll be

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 countless numbers

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 of those

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 who will never be in heaven.

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 But are you sure

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 that you are

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 a New Testament Christian

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 because you have begun

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 in the only place

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 you can begin

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 which is

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 with Jesus Christ

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 as your own

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 personal Savior.

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 That is so hugely

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 important.

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 Let me put it this way

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 to you

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 and it may shock you.

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 Nobody becomes a Christian

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 by believing the Bible.

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 Nobody.

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 You say,

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 well I believe

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 this and this

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 and I believe the Bible.

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 Good.

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 Well I've got news for you.

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 So does the devil.

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 And James says that

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 in his epistle.

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 You believe in one God?

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 That's fine.

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 So do all the devils

00:22:11.400 --> 00:22:11.759
 in hell

00:22:11.759 --> 00:22:12.420
 and they shudder

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 in terror.

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 Nobody becomes

00:22:14.680 --> 00:22:15.140
 a Christian

00:22:15.140 --> 00:22:16.200
 without believing

00:22:16.200 --> 00:22:16.700
 the Bible

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 but nobody

00:22:17.480 --> 00:22:18.500
 becomes a Christian

00:22:18.500 --> 00:22:20.019
 merely by believing

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 that what the Bible

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 says is true.

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 Any profession

00:22:23.319 --> 00:22:25.059
 to be a Christian

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 without a personal

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 commitment to Christ

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 is a catastrophic

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 mistake.

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 You may know

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 the gospel

00:22:31.660 --> 00:22:33.640
 but do you know

00:22:33.640 --> 00:22:34.299
 the Savior?

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 So a New Testament

00:22:36.740 --> 00:22:37.299
 Christian

00:22:37.299 --> 00:22:39.599
 begins with

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 the gospel.

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 Let me ask that

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 last question again

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 and please think

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 seriously about it

00:22:44.399 --> 00:22:45.359
 as you sit there

00:22:45.359 --> 00:22:46.359
 facing me this morning.

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 You may know

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 the gospel

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 and if you worship

00:22:50.559 --> 00:22:51.200
 in a church

00:22:51.200 --> 00:22:52.440
 as sound as this one

00:22:52.440 --> 00:22:53.460
 with a pastor

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 as good as you have here

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 you should certainly

00:22:56.659 --> 00:22:57.579
 know the gospel

00:22:57.579 --> 00:22:59.699
 but do you know

00:22:59.699 --> 00:23:00.240
 the Savior?

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 Can you sing

00:23:02.519 --> 00:23:03.279
 the Lord is

00:23:03.279 --> 00:23:05.779
 my shepherd?

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 And if not

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 listen on

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 very carefully.

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 Well secondly

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 the gospel

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 is followed by

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 Acts

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 and you'll be relieved

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 to know

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 that already

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 we've got

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 through four books

00:23:18.119 --> 00:23:18.699
 of the Bible

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 and it is immediately

00:23:20.079 --> 00:23:21.419
 followed by Acts.

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 and that's made clear

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 if we read

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 from Ephesians

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 two verses

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 that some of you

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 will know

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 very well.

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 By grace

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 are you saved

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 through faith

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 and that not

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 of yourselves

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 it's the gift

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 of God

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 not of works

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 so no one

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 can boast

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 and then goes on

00:23:36.480 --> 00:23:36.940
 to say this

00:23:36.940 --> 00:23:37.539
 in verse 10

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 for we are

00:23:38.500 --> 00:23:39.380
 his workmanship

00:23:39.380 --> 00:23:41.519
 created in Christ

00:23:41.519 --> 00:23:41.900
 Jesus

00:23:41.900 --> 00:23:43.400
 to do good works

00:23:43.400 --> 00:23:44.440
 which he has prepared

00:23:44.440 --> 00:23:45.440
 in advance

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 for us

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 to do.

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 Or

00:23:48.140 --> 00:23:50.380
 2 Corinthians 5

00:23:50.380 --> 00:23:51.540
 if anyone

00:23:51.540 --> 00:23:52.360
 is in Christ

00:23:52.360 --> 00:23:54.400
 he is a new

00:23:54.400 --> 00:23:54.960
 creation.

00:23:55.760 --> 00:23:56.220
 The old

00:23:56.220 --> 00:23:56.800
 has gone

00:23:56.800 --> 00:23:57.960
 the new

00:23:57.960 --> 00:23:58.620
 has come.

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 Now

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 that doesn't mean

00:24:00.700 --> 00:24:01.300
 that when you

00:24:01.300 --> 00:24:01.960
 become a Christian

00:24:01.960 --> 00:24:03.020
 you become perfect.

00:24:03.880 --> 00:24:05.080
 Charles Haddon Spurgeon

00:24:05.080 --> 00:24:05.520
 once said

00:24:05.520 --> 00:24:06.000
 he'd only met

00:24:06.000 --> 00:24:06.840
 one perfect man

00:24:06.840 --> 00:24:07.200
 and he was

00:24:07.200 --> 00:24:07.980
 a perfect nuisance

00:24:07.980 --> 00:24:09.280
 and some of you

00:24:09.280 --> 00:24:09.980
 ladies are saying

00:24:09.980 --> 00:24:10.340
 yeah I know

00:24:10.340 --> 00:24:10.920
 I married him.

00:24:11.180 --> 00:24:11.560
 Well let's

00:24:11.560 --> 00:24:12.380
 we'll pass over

00:24:12.380 --> 00:24:13.400
 that for the time being

00:24:13.400 --> 00:24:14.560
 the pastor will hold

00:24:14.560 --> 00:24:15.340
 marriage counseling

00:24:15.340 --> 00:24:16.360
 sessions if you need them

00:24:16.360 --> 00:24:16.880
 but

00:24:16.880 --> 00:24:18.060
 no

00:24:18.060 --> 00:24:19.140
 when you become

00:24:19.140 --> 00:24:20.020
 a person who becomes

00:24:20.019 --> 00:24:20.379
 a Christian

00:24:20.379 --> 00:24:21.039
 doesn't become

00:24:21.039 --> 00:24:21.519
 perfect

00:24:21.519 --> 00:24:22.480
 but hear me

00:24:22.480 --> 00:24:22.819
 carefully

00:24:22.819 --> 00:24:24.519
 he becomes

00:24:24.519 --> 00:24:25.500
 different.

00:24:26.460 --> 00:24:27.420
 The very word

00:24:27.420 --> 00:24:28.259
 conversion

00:24:28.259 --> 00:24:29.440
 could tell you that.

00:24:29.819 --> 00:24:30.799
 I've lived long enough

00:24:30.799 --> 00:24:31.799
 to know when in my

00:24:31.799 --> 00:24:32.960
 my house

00:24:32.960 --> 00:24:33.859
 in the tiny island

00:24:33.859 --> 00:24:34.619
 on which I live

00:24:34.619 --> 00:24:35.500
 just off the coast

00:24:35.500 --> 00:24:36.559
 of France

00:24:36.559 --> 00:24:37.460
 I can remember

00:24:37.460 --> 00:24:38.660
 when we converted

00:24:38.660 --> 00:24:40.819
 from gas

00:24:40.819 --> 00:24:42.200
 to electricity.

00:24:43.299 --> 00:24:43.519
 I mean

00:24:43.519 --> 00:24:44.819
 it's a conversion

00:24:44.819 --> 00:24:45.420
 from one

00:24:45.420 --> 00:24:46.819
 that is a change.

00:24:46.819 --> 00:24:48.759
 so the question

00:24:48.759 --> 00:24:49.579
 I have to ask you

00:24:49.579 --> 00:24:49.980
 this morning

00:24:49.980 --> 00:24:51.439
 in examining the question

00:24:51.439 --> 00:24:52.659
 are you a New Testament

00:24:52.659 --> 00:24:53.159
 Christian

00:24:53.159 --> 00:24:53.779
 is

00:24:53.779 --> 00:24:55.539
 what is different?

00:24:55.700 --> 00:24:56.200
 Think of the

00:24:56.200 --> 00:24:57.200
 Corinthian verse again

00:24:57.200 --> 00:24:58.019
 old things

00:24:58.019 --> 00:24:59.000
 the old has gone

00:24:59.000 --> 00:25:00.220
 the new has come.

00:25:00.779 --> 00:25:01.700
 How many things

00:25:01.700 --> 00:25:02.460
 have gone

00:25:02.460 --> 00:25:03.039
 in your life?

00:25:03.119 --> 00:25:03.700
 I don't mean

00:25:03.700 --> 00:25:05.359
 and I'm being careful here

00:25:05.359 --> 00:25:06.119
 I don't mean gone

00:25:06.119 --> 00:25:07.039
 permanently

00:25:07.039 --> 00:25:07.879
 and never again

00:25:07.879 --> 00:25:08.599
 do they rear

00:25:08.599 --> 00:25:09.500
 their sinful

00:25:09.500 --> 00:25:11.119
 ugly filthy head

00:25:11.119 --> 00:25:11.699
 but

00:25:11.699 --> 00:25:13.239
 essentially

00:25:13.239 --> 00:25:14.279
 they have gone.

00:25:15.099 --> 00:25:15.819
 What things

00:25:15.819 --> 00:25:16.359
 have gone

00:25:16.359 --> 00:25:16.959
 in your life?

00:25:17.879 --> 00:25:18.819
 And what things

00:25:18.819 --> 00:25:19.679
 are new

00:25:19.679 --> 00:25:20.259
 in your life?

00:25:20.339 --> 00:25:21.099
 Things that simply

00:25:21.099 --> 00:25:22.039
 as you look back

00:25:22.039 --> 00:25:23.379
 were never there before.

00:25:24.819 --> 00:25:25.799
 Your interest

00:25:25.799 --> 00:25:26.500
 in the gospel.

00:25:27.459 --> 00:25:28.199
 Your love

00:25:28.199 --> 00:25:29.159
 of God's word.

00:25:30.359 --> 00:25:30.919
 Your willingness

00:25:30.919 --> 00:25:31.719
 to read it

00:25:31.719 --> 00:25:32.500
 and study it.

00:25:33.819 --> 00:25:34.899
 Your prayer life.

00:25:36.419 --> 00:25:37.119
 Your concern

00:25:37.119 --> 00:25:37.619
 for people

00:25:37.619 --> 00:25:38.179
 you know

00:25:38.179 --> 00:25:39.339
 who are not

00:25:39.339 --> 00:25:39.759
 Christians.

00:25:39.759 --> 00:25:41.680
 you're interested

00:25:41.680 --> 00:25:42.539
 in mission

00:25:42.539 --> 00:25:43.180
 enterprise

00:25:43.180 --> 00:25:44.000
 throughout the world.

00:25:44.539 --> 00:25:45.220
 How many of those

00:25:45.220 --> 00:25:45.940
 things have come

00:25:45.940 --> 00:25:46.500
 and you can say

00:25:46.500 --> 00:25:47.359
 that's when

00:25:47.359 --> 00:25:48.140
 the change happened.

00:25:49.859 --> 00:25:50.279
 So

00:25:50.279 --> 00:25:52.579
 the New Testament

00:25:52.579 --> 00:25:53.680
 begins with the gospel

00:25:53.680 --> 00:25:54.960
 it is immediately

00:25:54.960 --> 00:25:56.779
 followed by Acts

00:25:56.779 --> 00:25:57.920
 and if the Acts

00:25:57.920 --> 00:25:58.440
 aren't there

00:25:58.440 --> 00:25:59.220
 if the change

00:25:59.220 --> 00:26:00.339
 is not there

00:26:00.339 --> 00:26:02.279
 then how can you know

00:26:02.279 --> 00:26:02.900
 that the gospel

00:26:02.900 --> 00:26:03.640
 has taken root

00:26:03.640 --> 00:26:04.299
 in your heart?

00:26:04.660 --> 00:26:05.599
 As someone put it

00:26:05.599 --> 00:26:06.819
 the problem is

00:26:06.819 --> 00:26:07.720
 that many people

00:26:07.720 --> 00:26:08.480
 come to church

00:26:08.480 --> 00:26:09.980
 just as they are

00:26:09.980 --> 00:26:10.660
 they sing

00:26:10.660 --> 00:26:11.539
 just as I am

00:26:11.539 --> 00:26:12.799
 and they go away

00:26:12.799 --> 00:26:13.720
 just as they were.

00:26:14.680 --> 00:26:15.559
 Now that's not

00:26:15.559 --> 00:26:16.460
 supposed to be

00:26:16.460 --> 00:26:17.319
 what happens.

00:26:18.099 --> 00:26:19.099
 Now it is possible

00:26:19.099 --> 00:26:19.519
 of course

00:26:19.519 --> 00:26:20.620
 to have good works

00:26:20.620 --> 00:26:21.799
 and I'm talking

00:26:21.799 --> 00:26:22.640
 of philanthropy

00:26:22.640 --> 00:26:23.940
 and social good works

00:26:23.940 --> 00:26:24.120
 now.

00:26:24.339 --> 00:26:24.900
 It's possible

00:26:24.900 --> 00:26:25.620
 to have good works

00:26:25.620 --> 00:26:26.740
 and not to be a Christian

00:26:26.740 --> 00:26:28.099
 but it is impossible

00:26:28.099 --> 00:26:29.240
 to be a true

00:26:29.240 --> 00:26:31.000
 New Testament Christian

00:26:31.000 --> 00:26:32.200
 and not to have

00:26:32.200 --> 00:26:33.880
 a measure of good works

00:26:33.880 --> 00:26:35.000
 that backs it up.

00:26:35.860 --> 00:26:37.420
 The Red Cross International

00:26:37.420 --> 00:26:38.340
 as it's now known

00:26:38.340 --> 00:26:39.779
 was founded by a man

00:26:39.779 --> 00:26:41.060
 called Jean-Henri Dunant

00:26:41.060 --> 00:26:42.600
 whose driving force

00:26:42.600 --> 00:26:43.480
 was the teaching

00:26:43.480 --> 00:26:44.300
 of scripture

00:26:44.300 --> 00:26:46.320
 and it does the most

00:26:46.320 --> 00:26:47.060
 staggering

00:26:47.060 --> 00:26:48.600
 almost unbelievable work

00:26:48.600 --> 00:26:49.860
 all around the world

00:26:49.860 --> 00:26:51.259
 so there are good works

00:26:51.259 --> 00:26:51.700
 there

00:26:51.700 --> 00:26:53.539
 but let me tell you

00:26:53.539 --> 00:26:54.519
 of another organization

00:26:54.519 --> 00:26:55.580
 that does amazing

00:26:55.580 --> 00:26:56.160
 good works

00:26:56.160 --> 00:26:57.440
 particularly in some

00:26:57.440 --> 00:26:58.140
 parts of the world

00:26:58.140 --> 00:26:58.759
 it's called

00:26:58.759 --> 00:26:59.500
 the Red Crescent

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 and it has no Christian

00:27:01.680 --> 00:27:02.360
 backing at all

00:27:02.360 --> 00:27:03.560
 it is exactly

00:27:03.560 --> 00:27:04.200
 the opposite

00:27:04.200 --> 00:27:05.860
 and if you were

00:27:05.860 --> 00:27:06.380
 to tell

00:27:06.380 --> 00:27:08.519
 a radical Muslim

00:27:08.519 --> 00:27:09.740
 that the work

00:27:09.740 --> 00:27:10.500
 of the Red Crescent

00:27:10.500 --> 00:27:11.620
 shows that they're Christian

00:27:11.620 --> 00:27:12.600
 you may need

00:27:12.600 --> 00:27:13.340
 the Red Cross

00:27:13.340 --> 00:27:14.279
 or worse

00:27:14.279 --> 00:27:16.319
 so again

00:27:16.319 --> 00:27:17.100
 it's possible

00:27:17.100 --> 00:27:17.819
 to have good work

00:27:17.819 --> 00:27:18.720
 to do good things

00:27:18.720 --> 00:27:20.000
 and not to be a Christian

00:27:20.000 --> 00:27:21.140
 it is impossible

00:27:21.140 --> 00:27:22.400
 to be a true

00:27:22.400 --> 00:27:23.840
 New Testament Christian

00:27:23.840 --> 00:27:25.279
 and not to do

00:27:25.279 --> 00:27:26.220
 good works

00:27:26.220 --> 00:27:27.220
 the change

00:27:27.220 --> 00:27:28.580
 certainly is there

00:27:28.580 --> 00:27:29.759
 and without it

00:27:29.759 --> 00:27:31.299
 all claims

00:27:31.299 --> 00:27:32.100
 are simply

00:27:32.100 --> 00:27:32.680
 not worth

00:27:32.680 --> 00:27:33.660
 the air they are

00:27:33.660 --> 00:27:34.240
 breathed into

00:27:34.240 --> 00:27:35.539
 and James

00:27:35.539 --> 00:27:35.820
 again

00:27:35.820 --> 00:27:36.600
 one of my favorite

00:27:36.600 --> 00:27:37.740
 authors in the New Testament

00:27:37.740 --> 00:27:39.259
 takes us exactly there

00:27:39.259 --> 00:27:40.400
 in his own

00:27:40.400 --> 00:27:41.019
 inimitable

00:27:41.019 --> 00:27:42.539
 and illustrative way

00:27:42.539 --> 00:27:43.560
 listen to him here

00:27:43.560 --> 00:27:45.160
 in chapter 2

00:27:45.160 --> 00:27:47.860
 what good is it

00:27:47.860 --> 00:27:48.400
 my brothers

00:27:48.400 --> 00:27:50.120
 if a man

00:27:50.120 --> 00:27:51.519
 claims to have faith

00:27:51.519 --> 00:27:54.000
 but has no deeds

00:27:54.000 --> 00:27:56.360
 can such faith

00:27:56.360 --> 00:27:57.100
 save him

00:27:57.100 --> 00:27:57.960
 well there's the

00:27:57.960 --> 00:27:58.940
 rhetorical question

00:27:58.940 --> 00:27:59.960
 here's the person

00:27:59.960 --> 00:28:00.220
 who says

00:28:00.220 --> 00:28:00.840
 I'm a Christian

00:28:00.839 --> 00:28:02.559
 you examine

00:28:02.559 --> 00:28:03.259
 their lives

00:28:03.259 --> 00:28:04.019
 to see

00:28:04.019 --> 00:28:04.899
 what changes

00:28:04.899 --> 00:28:05.399
 there are

00:28:05.399 --> 00:28:05.740
 and you

00:28:05.740 --> 00:28:06.819
 privately think

00:28:06.819 --> 00:28:07.959
 well I'm not sure

00:28:07.959 --> 00:28:08.639
 I see the kind

00:28:08.639 --> 00:28:09.039
 of difference

00:28:09.039 --> 00:28:09.639
 I would expect

00:28:09.639 --> 00:28:10.139
 there to be

00:28:10.139 --> 00:28:10.939
 in a genuine

00:28:10.939 --> 00:28:11.779
 Christian there

00:28:11.779 --> 00:28:12.500
 but James

00:28:12.500 --> 00:28:13.279
 doesn't leave it there

00:28:13.279 --> 00:28:13.839
 he gives us

00:28:13.839 --> 00:28:14.379
 an illustration

00:28:14.379 --> 00:28:15.419
 which he is so

00:28:15.419 --> 00:28:16.099
 good at

00:28:16.099 --> 00:28:17.379
 suppose a brother

00:28:17.379 --> 00:28:17.899
 or sister

00:28:17.899 --> 00:28:19.179
 is without clothes

00:28:19.179 --> 00:28:20.259
 and daily food

00:28:20.259 --> 00:28:21.639
 if one of you

00:28:21.639 --> 00:28:22.199
 says to him

00:28:22.199 --> 00:28:23.039
 go I wish you

00:28:23.039 --> 00:28:23.779
 well keep warm

00:28:23.779 --> 00:28:24.419
 and well fed

00:28:24.419 --> 00:28:25.519
 but does nothing

00:28:25.519 --> 00:28:26.319
 about his physical

00:28:26.319 --> 00:28:26.759
 needs

00:28:26.759 --> 00:28:27.819
 what good is it

00:28:27.819 --> 00:28:29.419
 and of course

00:28:29.419 --> 00:28:29.819
 the answer

00:28:29.819 --> 00:28:30.579
 is no good

00:28:30.579 --> 00:28:30.960
 at all

00:28:30.960 --> 00:28:31.960
 in the same

00:28:31.960 --> 00:28:32.659
 way faith

00:28:32.659 --> 00:28:33.399
 by itself

00:28:33.399 --> 00:28:34.279
 if it is not

00:28:34.279 --> 00:28:34.960
 accompanied by

00:28:34.960 --> 00:28:35.419
 action

00:28:35.419 --> 00:28:36.119
 is dead

00:28:36.119 --> 00:28:38.279
 I don't think

00:28:38.279 --> 00:28:38.679
 I need to

00:28:38.679 --> 00:28:39.539
 illustrate James'

00:28:39.720 --> 00:28:40.259
 illustration

00:28:40.259 --> 00:28:41.460
 it is so crystal

00:28:41.460 --> 00:28:42.220
 clear

00:28:42.220 --> 00:28:43.079
 and so

00:28:43.079 --> 00:28:43.799
 I won't

00:28:43.799 --> 00:28:44.460
 elaborate

00:28:44.460 --> 00:28:45.460
 he has done

00:28:45.460 --> 00:28:45.839
 the job

00:28:45.839 --> 00:28:46.599
 perfectly well

00:28:46.599 --> 00:28:47.639
 God never

00:28:47.639 --> 00:28:48.599
 does a saving

00:28:48.599 --> 00:28:49.539
 work in the

00:28:49.539 --> 00:28:49.899
 heart

00:28:49.899 --> 00:28:51.639
 without doing

00:28:51.639 --> 00:28:52.299
 a changing

00:28:52.299 --> 00:28:53.500
 work in the

00:28:53.500 --> 00:28:53.799
 life

00:28:53.799 --> 00:28:55.960
 and thirdly

00:28:55.960 --> 00:28:57.339
 and won't

00:28:57.339 --> 00:28:57.819
 you be glad

00:28:57.819 --> 00:28:58.299
 that that's

00:28:58.299 --> 00:28:58.819
 the gospel

00:28:58.819 --> 00:28:59.399
 and acts

00:28:59.399 --> 00:28:59.659
 over

00:28:59.659 --> 00:29:00.180
 we're now

00:29:00.180 --> 00:29:00.559
 into the

00:29:00.559 --> 00:29:00.960
 epistles

00:29:00.960 --> 00:29:02.039
 a new

00:29:02.039 --> 00:29:02.419
 testament

00:29:02.419 --> 00:29:02.859
 Christian

00:29:02.859 --> 00:29:03.379
 becomes

00:29:03.379 --> 00:29:04.019
 an epistle

00:29:04.019 --> 00:29:04.819
 listen to

00:29:04.819 --> 00:29:05.399
 these words

00:29:05.399 --> 00:29:06.200
 from Paul

00:29:06.200 --> 00:29:07.180
 to the

00:29:07.180 --> 00:29:07.740
 Corinthian

00:29:07.740 --> 00:29:08.259
 church

00:29:08.259 --> 00:29:09.240
 are we

00:29:09.240 --> 00:29:09.599
 beginning

00:29:09.599 --> 00:29:10.259
 to commend

00:29:10.259 --> 00:29:10.779
 ourselves

00:29:10.779 --> 00:29:11.200
 again

00:29:11.200 --> 00:29:12.339
 or do

00:29:12.339 --> 00:29:12.740
 we need

00:29:12.740 --> 00:29:13.200
 like some

00:29:13.200 --> 00:29:13.539
 people

00:29:13.539 --> 00:29:13.980
 letters

00:29:13.980 --> 00:29:14.720
 of recommendation

00:29:14.720 --> 00:29:15.399
 to you

00:29:15.399 --> 00:29:15.819
 or from

00:29:15.819 --> 00:29:16.039
 you

00:29:16.039 --> 00:29:16.919
 you

00:29:16.919 --> 00:29:17.559
 yourselves

00:29:17.559 --> 00:29:18.099
 are our

00:29:18.099 --> 00:29:18.519
 letter

00:29:18.519 --> 00:29:19.159
 written

00:29:19.159 --> 00:29:19.659
 on our

00:29:19.659 --> 00:29:20.079
 hearts

00:29:20.079 --> 00:29:20.659
 known

00:29:20.659 --> 00:29:21.099
 and read

00:29:21.099 --> 00:29:21.799
 by everybody

00:29:21.799 --> 00:29:22.899
 you show

00:29:22.900 --> 00:29:23.800
 that you

00:29:23.800 --> 00:29:24.160
 are a

00:29:24.160 --> 00:29:24.420
 letter

00:29:24.420 --> 00:29:24.759
 from

00:29:24.759 --> 00:29:25.259
 Christ

00:29:25.259 --> 00:29:26.280
 the result

00:29:26.280 --> 00:29:26.900
 of our

00:29:26.900 --> 00:29:27.340
 ministry

00:29:27.340 --> 00:29:27.820
 written

00:29:27.820 --> 00:29:28.480
 not with

00:29:28.480 --> 00:29:28.660
 ink

00:29:28.660 --> 00:29:28.940
 but with

00:29:28.940 --> 00:29:29.320
 the spirit

00:29:29.320 --> 00:29:29.660
 of the

00:29:29.660 --> 00:29:29.820
 living

00:29:29.820 --> 00:29:30.200
 God

00:29:30.200 --> 00:29:30.780
 not on

00:29:30.780 --> 00:29:31.060
 tablets

00:29:31.060 --> 00:29:31.580
 of stone

00:29:31.580 --> 00:29:32.180
 but on

00:29:32.180 --> 00:29:32.600
 tablets

00:29:32.600 --> 00:29:33.560
 of human

00:29:33.560 --> 00:29:34.060
 hearts

00:29:34.060 --> 00:29:34.640
 let me go

00:29:34.640 --> 00:29:35.080
 back over

00:29:35.080 --> 00:29:35.620
 that and read

00:29:35.620 --> 00:29:36.200
 one sentence

00:29:36.200 --> 00:29:36.560
 again

00:29:36.560 --> 00:29:37.220
 you are

00:29:37.220 --> 00:29:37.519
 our

00:29:37.519 --> 00:29:37.860
 letter

00:29:37.860 --> 00:29:38.880
 written

00:29:38.880 --> 00:29:39.320
 on our

00:29:39.320 --> 00:29:39.700
 hearts

00:29:39.700 --> 00:29:40.460
 known

00:29:40.460 --> 00:29:41.400
 and read

00:29:41.400 --> 00:29:41.980
 by

00:29:41.980 --> 00:29:42.800
 everybody

00:29:42.800 --> 00:29:43.820
 here's the

00:29:43.820 --> 00:29:44.019
 point

00:29:44.019 --> 00:29:44.519
 there was

00:29:44.519 --> 00:29:45.320
 an evangelist

00:29:45.320 --> 00:29:45.640
 in England

00:29:45.640 --> 00:29:46.120
 many years

00:29:46.120 --> 00:29:46.320
 ago

00:29:46.320 --> 00:29:46.580
 called

00:29:46.580 --> 00:29:46.900
 Gypsy

00:29:46.900 --> 00:29:47.259
 Smith

00:29:47.259 --> 00:29:48.180
 and he

00:29:48.180 --> 00:29:48.480
 used to

00:29:48.480 --> 00:29:48.660
 say

00:29:48.660 --> 00:29:48.960
 there are

00:29:48.960 --> 00:29:49.320
 five

00:29:49.320 --> 00:29:49.880
 gospels

00:29:49.880 --> 00:29:50.840
 Matthew

00:29:50.840 --> 00:29:51.500
 Mark

00:29:51.500 --> 00:29:52.000
 Luke

00:29:52.000 --> 00:29:52.620
 John

00:29:52.619 --> 00:29:53.599
 and the

00:29:53.599 --> 00:29:53.859
 life

00:29:53.859 --> 00:29:54.139
 of the

00:29:54.139 --> 00:29:54.479
 Christian

00:29:54.479 --> 00:29:55.719
 and he

00:29:55.719 --> 00:29:55.839
 said

00:29:55.839 --> 00:29:56.259
 the trouble

00:29:56.259 --> 00:29:56.779
 is most

00:29:56.779 --> 00:29:57.079
 people

00:29:57.079 --> 00:29:57.539
 don't read

00:29:57.539 --> 00:29:57.939
 the first

00:29:57.939 --> 00:29:58.199
 four

00:29:58.199 --> 00:29:59.979
 and that's

00:29:59.979 --> 00:30:00.219
 true

00:30:00.219 --> 00:30:01.199
 most people

00:30:01.199 --> 00:30:01.819
 outside in

00:30:01.819 --> 00:30:02.459
 this wonderful

00:30:02.459 --> 00:30:03.259
 country of

00:30:03.259 --> 00:30:03.439
 yours

00:30:03.439 --> 00:30:04.079
 this wonderful

00:30:04.079 --> 00:30:04.639
 state of

00:30:04.639 --> 00:30:04.919
 yours

00:30:04.919 --> 00:30:06.819
 most people

00:30:06.819 --> 00:30:08.059
 don't read

00:30:08.059 --> 00:30:09.479
 the gospels

00:30:09.479 --> 00:30:09.899
 the four

00:30:09.899 --> 00:30:10.359
 gospels

00:30:10.359 --> 00:30:10.679
 Matthew

00:30:10.679 --> 00:30:10.959
 Mark

00:30:10.959 --> 00:30:11.179
 Luke

00:30:11.179 --> 00:30:11.579
 and John

00:30:11.579 --> 00:30:12.099
 but hear

00:30:12.099 --> 00:30:12.259
 me

00:30:12.259 --> 00:30:12.599
 carefully

00:30:12.599 --> 00:30:13.819
 if you

00:30:13.819 --> 00:30:14.459
 profess to

00:30:14.459 --> 00:30:14.799
 be a

00:30:14.799 --> 00:30:15.199
 Christian

00:30:15.199 --> 00:30:16.879
 and they

00:30:16.879 --> 00:30:17.599
 know that

00:30:17.599 --> 00:30:18.079
 you profess

00:30:18.079 --> 00:30:18.679
 to be a

00:30:18.679 --> 00:30:18.979
 Christian

00:30:18.979 --> 00:30:20.279
 they read

00:30:20.279 --> 00:30:20.739
 you

00:30:20.740 --> 00:30:22.440
 that was

00:30:22.440 --> 00:30:22.740
 Gypsy

00:30:22.740 --> 00:30:23.099
 Smith's

00:30:23.099 --> 00:30:23.299
 point

00:30:23.299 --> 00:30:24.019
 they read

00:30:24.019 --> 00:30:24.880
 you

00:30:24.880 --> 00:30:25.900
 they do

00:30:25.900 --> 00:30:27.460
 if you

00:30:27.460 --> 00:30:28.099
 profess to

00:30:28.099 --> 00:30:28.359
 be a

00:30:28.359 --> 00:30:28.559
 Christian

00:30:28.559 --> 00:30:29.160
 if they

00:30:29.160 --> 00:30:29.559
 know you

00:30:29.559 --> 00:30:29.980
 at first

00:30:29.980 --> 00:30:30.319
 Baptist

00:30:30.319 --> 00:30:30.700
 Pickens

00:30:30.700 --> 00:30:31.319
 every Sunday

00:30:31.319 --> 00:30:32.039
 and on

00:30:32.039 --> 00:30:32.480
 Monday

00:30:32.480 --> 00:30:34.880
 you're at

00:30:34.880 --> 00:30:35.359
 work with

00:30:35.359 --> 00:30:35.960
 them or at

00:30:35.960 --> 00:30:36.400
 home with

00:30:36.400 --> 00:30:36.839
 them or

00:30:36.839 --> 00:30:37.579
 socializing

00:30:37.579 --> 00:30:38.059
 with them

00:30:38.059 --> 00:30:39.680
 they are

00:30:39.680 --> 00:30:40.339
 reading you

00:30:40.339 --> 00:30:42.079
 and you

00:30:42.079 --> 00:30:42.579
 may say

00:30:42.579 --> 00:30:42.940
 something

00:30:42.940 --> 00:30:43.640
 do something

00:30:43.640 --> 00:30:44.319
 express an

00:30:44.319 --> 00:30:44.920
 opinion about

00:30:44.920 --> 00:30:45.319
 something

00:30:45.319 --> 00:30:47.059
 and privately

00:30:47.059 --> 00:30:47.819
 at least

00:30:47.819 --> 00:30:48.400
 privately

00:30:48.400 --> 00:30:49.120
 and maybe

00:30:49.120 --> 00:30:49.940
 more openly

00:30:49.940 --> 00:30:50.420
 than that

00:30:50.420 --> 00:30:50.980
 they say

00:30:50.980 --> 00:30:51.780
 well

00:30:51.780 --> 00:30:52.800
 if that's

00:30:52.800 --> 00:30:52.980
 what

00:30:52.980 --> 00:30:53.420
 Christianity

00:30:53.420 --> 00:30:54.140
 does for

00:30:54.140 --> 00:30:54.320
 you

00:30:54.320 --> 00:30:55.240
 I just

00:30:55.240 --> 00:30:55.480
 don't

00:30:55.480 --> 00:30:56.019
 need it

00:30:56.019 --> 00:30:57.140
 they are

00:30:57.140 --> 00:30:57.800
 reading

00:30:57.800 --> 00:30:58.800
 you

00:30:58.800 --> 00:31:02.660
 outside of

00:31:02.660 --> 00:31:03.100
 the Bible

00:31:03.100 --> 00:31:04.600
 you are

00:31:04.600 --> 00:31:05.040
 the only

00:31:05.040 --> 00:31:05.640
 visible

00:31:05.640 --> 00:31:06.140
 means

00:31:06.140 --> 00:31:06.600
 that God

00:31:06.600 --> 00:31:07.019
 has

00:31:07.019 --> 00:31:07.920
 of

00:31:07.920 --> 00:31:08.500
 demonstrating

00:31:08.500 --> 00:31:09.200
 the power

00:31:09.200 --> 00:31:10.120
 and the

00:31:10.120 --> 00:31:10.400
 relevance

00:31:10.400 --> 00:31:10.820
 of the

00:31:10.820 --> 00:31:11.180
 gospel

00:31:11.180 --> 00:31:13.220
 outside of

00:31:13.220 --> 00:31:13.660
 the Bible

00:31:13.660 --> 00:31:15.480
 you are

00:31:15.480 --> 00:31:15.820
 the only

00:31:15.820 --> 00:31:16.180
 if you're a

00:31:16.180 --> 00:31:16.580
 professing

00:31:16.580 --> 00:31:16.900
 Christian

00:31:16.900 --> 00:31:17.480
 you are

00:31:17.480 --> 00:31:17.820
 the only

00:31:17.820 --> 00:31:18.380
 visible

00:31:18.380 --> 00:31:18.900
 means

00:31:18.900 --> 00:31:19.360
 that God

00:31:19.360 --> 00:31:19.800
 has

00:31:19.800 --> 00:31:21.060
 of

00:31:21.060 --> 00:31:21.600
 expressing

00:31:21.600 --> 00:31:22.620
 the power

00:31:22.620 --> 00:31:24.600
 and the

00:31:24.600 --> 00:31:25.220
 relevance

00:31:25.220 --> 00:31:25.740
 of the

00:31:25.740 --> 00:31:26.080
 gospel

00:31:26.080 --> 00:31:26.440
 and you

00:31:26.440 --> 00:31:26.660
 say

00:31:26.660 --> 00:31:27.460
 no that

00:31:27.460 --> 00:31:27.720
 can't

00:31:27.720 --> 00:31:28.019
 be right

00:31:28.019 --> 00:31:28.700
 the heavens

00:31:28.700 --> 00:31:29.340
 declare the

00:31:29.340 --> 00:31:29.840
 glory of

00:31:29.840 --> 00:31:30.060
 God

00:31:30.060 --> 00:31:30.840
 the skies

00:31:30.840 --> 00:31:31.540
 proclaim the

00:31:31.540 --> 00:31:31.900
 work of

00:31:31.900 --> 00:31:32.380
 his hands

00:31:32.380 --> 00:31:33.160
 well of

00:31:33.160 --> 00:31:33.480
 course I've

00:31:33.480 --> 00:31:33.759
 heard of

00:31:33.759 --> 00:31:34.200
 that verse

00:31:34.200 --> 00:31:34.500
 I know

00:31:34.500 --> 00:31:34.900
 that verse

00:31:34.900 --> 00:31:35.280
 perfectly

00:31:35.280 --> 00:31:35.640
 well

00:31:35.640 --> 00:31:36.560
 but answer

00:31:36.560 --> 00:31:36.880
 me this

00:31:36.880 --> 00:31:37.280
 question

00:31:37.280 --> 00:31:38.759
 how much

00:31:38.759 --> 00:31:39.100
 of the

00:31:39.100 --> 00:31:39.780
 gospel do

00:31:39.780 --> 00:31:40.380
 you see

00:31:40.380 --> 00:31:41.140
 in the

00:31:41.140 --> 00:31:41.400
 sun

00:31:41.400 --> 00:31:41.960
 the moon

00:31:41.960 --> 00:31:42.640
 the stars

00:31:42.640 --> 00:31:43.680
 the clouds

00:31:43.680 --> 00:31:45.200
 the rivers

00:31:45.200 --> 00:31:45.759
 the trees

00:31:45.759 --> 00:31:46.100
 the flowers

00:31:46.099 --> 00:31:46.679
 how much

00:31:46.679 --> 00:31:47.139
 of the

00:31:47.139 --> 00:31:47.719
 I'm not

00:31:47.719 --> 00:31:48.279
 asking how

00:31:48.279 --> 00:31:48.659
 much of

00:31:48.659 --> 00:31:49.139
 the power

00:31:49.139 --> 00:31:49.579
 of God

00:31:49.579 --> 00:31:50.179
 or the

00:31:50.179 --> 00:31:50.599
 love of

00:31:50.599 --> 00:31:50.779
 God

00:31:50.779 --> 00:31:51.059
 or the

00:31:51.059 --> 00:31:51.480
 imagination

00:31:51.480 --> 00:31:52.119
 of God

00:31:52.119 --> 00:31:52.399
 or the

00:31:52.399 --> 00:31:52.639
 beauty

00:31:52.639 --> 00:31:53.000
 of God

00:31:53.000 --> 00:31:54.000
 my question

00:31:54.000 --> 00:31:54.679
 is specific

00:31:54.679 --> 00:31:55.579
 how much

00:31:55.579 --> 00:31:56.099
 of the

00:31:56.099 --> 00:31:56.599
 gospel

00:31:56.599 --> 00:31:57.639
 do you

00:31:57.639 --> 00:31:58.079
 see in

00:31:58.079 --> 00:31:58.319
 them

00:31:58.319 --> 00:31:59.000
 and the

00:31:59.000 --> 00:31:59.319
 answer

00:31:59.319 --> 00:31:59.659
 is

00:31:59.659 --> 00:32:00.599
 absolutely

00:32:00.599 --> 00:32:01.379
 nothing

00:32:01.379 --> 00:32:04.480
 the only

00:32:04.480 --> 00:32:04.939
 places

00:32:04.939 --> 00:32:05.539
 the gospel

00:32:05.539 --> 00:32:06.159
 is seen

00:32:06.159 --> 00:32:07.419
 is in

00:32:07.419 --> 00:32:07.919
 the word

00:32:07.919 --> 00:32:08.459
 of God

00:32:08.459 --> 00:32:09.019
 the living

00:32:09.019 --> 00:32:10.000
 and enduring

00:32:10.000 --> 00:32:10.740
 word

00:32:10.740 --> 00:32:11.759
 of God

00:32:11.759 --> 00:32:12.639
 and I'm

00:32:12.639 --> 00:32:13.219
 glad to be

00:32:13.219 --> 00:32:13.879
 preaching in a

00:32:13.879 --> 00:32:14.199
 church

00:32:14.200 --> 00:32:15.559
 the position

00:32:15.559 --> 00:32:15.960
 of whose

00:32:15.960 --> 00:32:16.360
 pastor

00:32:16.360 --> 00:32:16.840
 is this

00:32:16.840 --> 00:32:17.460
 what the

00:32:17.460 --> 00:32:18.259
 bible says

00:32:18.259 --> 00:32:18.960
 God

00:32:18.960 --> 00:32:19.440
 says

00:32:19.440 --> 00:32:21.420
 so the

00:32:21.420 --> 00:32:22.000
 only places

00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:22.600
 are the

00:32:22.600 --> 00:32:23.080
 written word

00:32:23.080 --> 00:32:23.519
 of God

00:32:23.519 --> 00:32:24.259
 and the

00:32:24.259 --> 00:32:24.940
 lives of

00:32:24.940 --> 00:32:25.500
 professing

00:32:25.500 --> 00:32:26.080
 Christians

00:32:26.080 --> 00:32:27.600
 doesn't that

00:32:27.600 --> 00:32:28.059
 bring to

00:32:28.059 --> 00:32:28.640
 your heart

00:32:28.640 --> 00:32:29.000
 as it

00:32:29.000 --> 00:32:29.400
 does to

00:32:29.400 --> 00:32:29.620
 mine

00:32:29.620 --> 00:32:30.620
 a tremendous

00:32:30.620 --> 00:32:31.400
 sense of

00:32:31.400 --> 00:32:32.680
 responsibility

00:32:32.680 --> 00:32:34.440
 I remember

00:32:34.440 --> 00:32:35.259
 the story

00:32:35.259 --> 00:32:35.720
 of two

00:32:35.720 --> 00:32:37.080
 college

00:32:37.080 --> 00:32:37.500
 students

00:32:37.500 --> 00:32:37.980
 who met

00:32:37.980 --> 00:32:39.360
 I guess

00:32:39.360 --> 00:32:39.960
 in seminary

00:32:39.960 --> 00:32:40.180
 and they

00:32:40.180 --> 00:32:40.700
 were discussing

00:32:40.700 --> 00:32:41.220
 various

00:32:41.220 --> 00:32:42.039
 translations

00:32:42.039 --> 00:32:42.480
 of the

00:32:42.480 --> 00:32:42.779
 bible

00:32:42.779 --> 00:32:43.599
 and one

00:32:43.599 --> 00:32:44.039
 said to

00:32:44.039 --> 00:32:44.379
 the other

00:32:44.379 --> 00:32:44.700
 what is

00:32:44.700 --> 00:32:44.879
 your

00:32:44.879 --> 00:32:45.319
 favorite

00:32:45.319 --> 00:32:45.899
 translation

00:32:45.899 --> 00:32:46.359
 he said

00:32:46.359 --> 00:32:46.839
 my

00:32:46.839 --> 00:32:47.440
 mother's

00:32:47.440 --> 00:32:48.920
 and the

00:32:48.920 --> 00:32:49.759
 other guy

00:32:49.759 --> 00:32:50.359
 was thrown

00:32:50.359 --> 00:32:50.839
 back a bit

00:32:50.839 --> 00:32:51.180
 and said

00:32:51.180 --> 00:32:52.519
 your mother's

00:32:52.519 --> 00:32:53.799
 I didn't

00:32:53.799 --> 00:32:54.319
 know she'd

00:32:54.319 --> 00:32:54.759
 written a

00:32:54.759 --> 00:32:55.220
 translation

00:32:55.220 --> 00:32:55.579
 of the

00:32:55.579 --> 00:32:55.839
 bible

00:32:55.839 --> 00:32:56.200
 does she

00:32:56.200 --> 00:32:56.359
 know

00:32:56.359 --> 00:32:56.759
 Hebrew

00:32:56.759 --> 00:32:57.119
 no

00:32:57.119 --> 00:32:57.639
 Greek

00:32:57.639 --> 00:32:58.039
 no

00:32:58.039 --> 00:32:59.539
 then what

00:32:59.539 --> 00:32:59.859
 is her

00:32:59.859 --> 00:33:00.500
 translation

00:33:00.500 --> 00:33:02.139
 his friend

00:33:02.139 --> 00:33:02.700
 said it's

00:33:02.700 --> 00:33:03.299
 a translation

00:33:03.299 --> 00:33:03.799
 into

00:33:03.799 --> 00:33:04.279
 action

00:33:04.279 --> 00:33:06.079
 now what

00:33:06.079 --> 00:33:06.559
 kind of

00:33:06.559 --> 00:33:07.159
 translation

00:33:07.159 --> 00:33:08.220
 are you

00:33:08.220 --> 00:33:09.519
 we have

00:33:09.519 --> 00:33:10.460
 a lot

00:33:10.460 --> 00:33:10.599
 of

00:33:10.599 --> 00:33:11.139
 translations

00:33:11.139 --> 00:33:11.579
 in the

00:33:11.579 --> 00:33:11.779
 world

00:33:11.779 --> 00:33:12.079
 today

00:33:12.079 --> 00:33:12.619
 and a

00:33:12.619 --> 00:33:12.799
 number

00:33:12.799 --> 00:33:13.059
 of

00:33:13.059 --> 00:33:13.759
 paraphrases

00:33:13.759 --> 00:33:14.200
 too

00:33:14.200 --> 00:33:15.299
 I hope

00:33:15.299 --> 00:33:15.579
 that you

00:33:15.579 --> 00:33:15.779
 don't

00:33:15.779 --> 00:33:16.259
 use a

00:33:16.259 --> 00:33:16.879
 paraphrase

00:33:16.879 --> 00:33:17.200
 as your

00:33:17.200 --> 00:33:17.599
 main

00:33:17.599 --> 00:33:18.000
 study

00:33:18.000 --> 00:33:18.259
 of the

00:33:18.259 --> 00:33:18.480
 bible

00:33:18.480 --> 00:33:19.319
 paraphrases

00:33:19.319 --> 00:33:20.500
 can be

00:33:20.500 --> 00:33:21.400
 of some

00:33:21.400 --> 00:33:21.819
 use

00:33:21.819 --> 00:33:22.900
 usually

00:33:22.900 --> 00:33:23.500
 by one

00:33:23.500 --> 00:33:23.900
 person

00:33:23.900 --> 00:33:24.139
 which

00:33:24.139 --> 00:33:24.539
 immediately

00:33:24.539 --> 00:33:24.920
 makes

00:33:24.920 --> 00:33:25.180
 them

00:33:25.180 --> 00:33:25.879
 slightly

00:33:25.879 --> 00:33:26.160
 more

00:33:26.160 --> 00:33:26.599
 dangerous

00:33:26.599 --> 00:33:27.059
 at least

00:33:27.059 --> 00:33:27.400
 slightly

00:33:27.400 --> 00:33:27.639
 more

00:33:27.639 --> 00:33:28.059
 dangerous

00:33:28.059 --> 00:33:29.099
 but

00:33:29.099 --> 00:33:29.799
 are you

00:33:29.799 --> 00:33:29.960
 a

00:33:29.960 --> 00:33:30.519
 paraphrase

00:33:30.519 --> 00:33:30.819
 in other

00:33:30.819 --> 00:33:31.019
 words

00:33:31.019 --> 00:33:31.720
 sure

00:33:31.720 --> 00:33:31.920
 you

00:33:31.920 --> 00:33:32.460
 touch

00:33:32.460 --> 00:33:32.779
 on the

00:33:32.779 --> 00:33:33.079
 general

00:33:33.079 --> 00:33:33.400
 meaning

00:33:33.400 --> 00:33:33.660
 of the

00:33:33.660 --> 00:33:33.900
 bible

00:33:33.900 --> 00:33:34.180
 here

00:33:34.180 --> 00:33:34.500
 and there

00:33:34.500 --> 00:33:34.779
 in your

00:33:34.779 --> 00:33:35.059
 life

00:33:35.059 --> 00:33:35.639
 or are

00:33:35.639 --> 00:33:35.759
 you

00:33:35.759 --> 00:33:36.220
 a good

00:33:36.220 --> 00:33:36.859
 translation

00:33:36.859 --> 00:33:37.680
 of what

00:33:37.680 --> 00:33:38.220
 the word

00:33:38.220 --> 00:33:38.980
 of god

00:33:38.980 --> 00:33:39.539
 says

00:33:39.539 --> 00:33:41.100
 jesus

00:33:41.100 --> 00:33:41.600
 said

00:33:41.600 --> 00:33:43.700
 i find

00:33:43.700 --> 00:33:44.120
 a most

00:33:44.120 --> 00:33:44.799
 searching

00:33:44.799 --> 00:33:45.220
 thing

00:33:45.220 --> 00:33:47.100
 he who

00:33:47.100 --> 00:33:49.000
 is with

00:33:49.000 --> 00:33:49.339
 me

00:33:49.339 --> 00:33:50.019
 he who is

00:33:50.019 --> 00:33:50.360
 not with

00:33:50.360 --> 00:33:50.500
 me

00:33:50.500 --> 00:33:50.940
 is against

00:33:50.940 --> 00:33:51.220
 me

00:33:51.220 --> 00:33:51.819
 well we

00:33:51.819 --> 00:33:52.279
 know that

00:33:52.279 --> 00:33:52.700
 and perhaps

00:33:52.700 --> 00:33:52.980
 when we're

00:33:52.980 --> 00:33:53.460
 thinking in

00:33:53.460 --> 00:33:53.920
 terms of

00:33:53.920 --> 00:33:54.519
 evangelism

00:33:54.519 --> 00:33:55.420
 we say

00:33:55.420 --> 00:33:55.960
 to someone

00:33:55.960 --> 00:33:56.519
 who may

00:33:56.519 --> 00:33:56.900
 say well

00:33:56.900 --> 00:33:57.819
 i'm not

00:33:57.819 --> 00:33:58.400
 i'm not a

00:33:58.400 --> 00:33:58.740
 committed

00:33:58.740 --> 00:33:59.220
 christian

00:33:59.220 --> 00:33:59.860
 but i'm

00:33:59.860 --> 00:34:00.339
 not against

00:34:00.339 --> 00:34:00.640
 it you

00:34:00.640 --> 00:34:01.360
 understand i'm

00:34:01.360 --> 00:34:01.860
 sort of sitting

00:34:01.860 --> 00:34:02.400
 on the fence

00:34:02.400 --> 00:34:02.740
 i'm in

00:34:02.740 --> 00:34:03.059
 between

00:34:03.059 --> 00:34:03.860
 and then we

00:34:03.860 --> 00:34:04.440
 pile in

00:34:04.440 --> 00:34:04.799
 with no

00:34:04.799 --> 00:34:05.259
 but jesus

00:34:05.259 --> 00:34:06.000
 said he

00:34:06.000 --> 00:34:06.279
 who is

00:34:06.279 --> 00:34:06.779
 not with

00:34:06.779 --> 00:34:07.019
 me

00:34:07.019 --> 00:34:07.740
 is against

00:34:07.740 --> 00:34:07.960
 me

00:34:07.960 --> 00:34:08.300
 there's

00:34:08.300 --> 00:34:08.460
 no

00:34:08.460 --> 00:34:08.880
 fence

00:34:08.880 --> 00:34:09.240
 on which

00:34:09.240 --> 00:34:09.340
 you

00:34:09.340 --> 00:34:09.519
 can

00:34:09.519 --> 00:34:09.760
 sit

00:34:09.760 --> 00:34:10.139
 if

00:34:10.139 --> 00:34:10.260
 you're

00:34:10.260 --> 00:34:10.400
 not

00:34:10.400 --> 00:34:10.639
 with

00:34:10.639 --> 00:34:10.840
 him

00:34:10.840 --> 00:34:11.179
 you're

00:34:11.179 --> 00:34:11.480
 against

00:34:11.480 --> 00:34:11.699
 him

00:34:11.699 --> 00:34:12.240
 so we're

00:34:12.240 --> 00:34:12.480
 happy

00:34:12.480 --> 00:34:12.800
 enough to

00:34:12.800 --> 00:34:13.119
 go along

00:34:13.119 --> 00:34:13.500
 with that

00:34:13.500 --> 00:34:14.280
 but why

00:34:14.280 --> 00:34:14.599
 don't we

00:34:14.599 --> 00:34:15.159
 complete the

00:34:15.159 --> 00:34:15.579
 sentence

00:34:15.579 --> 00:34:16.220
 which goes

00:34:16.220 --> 00:34:16.800
 like this

00:34:16.800 --> 00:34:18.320
 and he

00:34:18.320 --> 00:34:19.019
 who gathers

00:34:19.019 --> 00:34:19.579
 not with

00:34:19.579 --> 00:34:19.920
 me

00:34:19.920 --> 00:34:21.860
 scatters

00:34:21.860 --> 00:34:23.280
 so my

00:34:23.280 --> 00:34:23.920
 question to

00:34:23.920 --> 00:34:24.420
 you this

00:34:24.420 --> 00:34:24.900
 morning is

00:34:24.900 --> 00:34:25.240
 this

00:34:25.240 --> 00:34:27.159
 as people

00:34:27.159 --> 00:34:27.699
 you mix

00:34:27.699 --> 00:34:28.340
 with outside

00:34:28.340 --> 00:34:28.679
 of the

00:34:28.679 --> 00:34:29.079
 church

00:34:29.079 --> 00:34:32.019
 listen to

00:34:32.019 --> 00:34:32.360
 what you

00:34:32.360 --> 00:34:33.019
 say see

00:34:33.019 --> 00:34:33.380
 how you

00:34:33.380 --> 00:34:33.840
 react

00:34:33.840 --> 00:34:34.980
 watch how

00:34:34.980 --> 00:34:35.659
 you behave

00:34:35.659 --> 00:34:37.139
 are they

00:34:37.139 --> 00:34:38.039
 more likely

00:34:38.039 --> 00:34:38.559
 to be

00:34:38.559 --> 00:34:39.079
 gathered

00:34:39.079 --> 00:34:40.559
 towards

00:34:40.559 --> 00:34:41.179
 the gospel

00:34:41.179 --> 00:34:42.779
 or driven

00:34:42.779 --> 00:34:43.339
 from it

00:34:43.339 --> 00:34:44.699
 are they

00:34:44.699 --> 00:34:45.480
 more likely

00:34:45.480 --> 00:34:46.379
 perhaps

00:34:46.379 --> 00:34:46.879
 privately

00:34:46.879 --> 00:34:47.299
 to begin

00:34:47.299 --> 00:34:47.679
 with to

00:34:47.679 --> 00:34:48.000
 say

00:34:48.000 --> 00:34:50.099
 you know

00:34:50.099 --> 00:34:50.460
 they've got

00:34:50.460 --> 00:34:51.000
 something I

00:34:51.000 --> 00:34:51.500
 don't have

00:34:51.500 --> 00:34:53.159
 and it's not

00:34:53.159 --> 00:34:53.639
 just that they

00:34:53.639 --> 00:34:54.139
 go to church

00:34:54.139 --> 00:34:54.639
 because I know

00:34:54.639 --> 00:34:55.099
 other people

00:34:55.099 --> 00:34:55.460
 who go to

00:34:55.460 --> 00:34:55.819
 church and

00:34:55.819 --> 00:34:56.279
 their lives

00:34:56.279 --> 00:34:57.299
 aren't like

00:34:57.299 --> 00:34:57.579
 that

00:34:57.579 --> 00:34:58.279
 they've got

00:34:58.279 --> 00:34:58.960
 something I

00:34:58.960 --> 00:34:59.339
 haven't got

00:34:59.339 --> 00:35:00.159
 it's a great

00:35:00.159 --> 00:35:01.159
 moment when

00:35:01.159 --> 00:35:01.739
 that happens

00:35:01.739 --> 00:35:02.159
 because it

00:35:02.159 --> 00:35:02.579
 gives you a

00:35:02.579 --> 00:35:03.000
 chance to

00:35:03.000 --> 00:35:03.739
 say what

00:35:03.739 --> 00:35:04.359
 it is or

00:35:04.359 --> 00:35:05.039
 more accurately

00:35:05.039 --> 00:35:05.779
 who it

00:35:05.779 --> 00:35:06.359
 is you

00:35:06.359 --> 00:35:07.239
 have that

00:35:07.239 --> 00:35:07.639
 they don't

00:35:07.639 --> 00:35:08.479
 have but

00:35:08.479 --> 00:35:08.939
 he who

00:35:08.939 --> 00:35:10.699
 isn't gathering

00:35:10.699 --> 00:35:12.339
 with me I

00:35:12.339 --> 00:35:12.779
 mean not

00:35:12.779 --> 00:35:13.339
 dramatically

00:35:13.339 --> 00:35:14.079
 and consciously

00:35:14.079 --> 00:35:14.779
 and immediately

00:35:14.779 --> 00:35:15.839
 but he whose

00:35:15.839 --> 00:35:16.639
 life is not

00:35:16.639 --> 00:35:17.899
 steadily pointing

00:35:17.899 --> 00:35:18.619
 people in the

00:35:18.619 --> 00:35:19.299
 right direction

00:35:19.299 --> 00:35:20.779
 is scattering

00:35:20.779 --> 00:35:21.399
 them abroad

00:35:21.399 --> 00:35:21.879
 isn't that a

00:35:21.879 --> 00:35:22.539
 terrible thing

00:35:22.539 --> 00:35:23.739
 that as a

00:35:23.739 --> 00:35:24.419
 professing

00:35:24.419 --> 00:35:25.019
 Christian the

00:35:25.019 --> 00:35:25.419
 way you

00:35:25.419 --> 00:35:26.500
 live is

00:35:26.500 --> 00:35:27.359
 driving people

00:35:27.359 --> 00:35:28.519
 further away

00:35:28.519 --> 00:35:30.119
 from the

00:35:30.119 --> 00:35:30.679
 Savior you

00:35:30.679 --> 00:35:31.000
 love

00:35:31.000 --> 00:35:32.939
 and then

00:35:32.939 --> 00:35:33.539
 finally

00:35:33.539 --> 00:35:34.259
 we come

00:35:34.259 --> 00:35:34.539
 to the

00:35:34.539 --> 00:35:34.960
 book of

00:35:34.960 --> 00:35:35.860
 Revelation

00:35:35.860 --> 00:35:37.599
 so we

00:35:37.599 --> 00:35:38.019
 can catch

00:35:38.019 --> 00:35:38.480
 that plane

00:35:38.480 --> 00:35:38.960
 on Tuesday

00:35:38.960 --> 00:35:39.519
 after all

00:35:39.519 --> 00:35:39.980
 because we're

00:35:39.980 --> 00:35:40.539
 nearly through

00:35:40.539 --> 00:35:41.519
 the entire

00:35:41.519 --> 00:35:42.320
 New Testament

00:35:42.320 --> 00:35:43.500
 and the

00:35:43.500 --> 00:35:44.279
 opening words

00:35:44.279 --> 00:35:44.639
 in the book

00:35:44.639 --> 00:35:45.119
 of Revelation

00:35:45.119 --> 00:35:45.579
 are the

00:35:45.579 --> 00:35:46.000
 revelation

00:35:46.000 --> 00:35:46.579
 of Jesus

00:35:46.579 --> 00:35:47.099
 Christ

00:35:47.099 --> 00:35:48.279
 which God

00:35:48.279 --> 00:35:48.739
 gave him

00:35:48.739 --> 00:35:49.119
 to show

00:35:49.119 --> 00:35:49.840
 his servants

00:35:49.840 --> 00:35:51.059
 what must

00:35:51.059 --> 00:35:51.639
 soon

00:35:51.639 --> 00:35:52.420
 take

00:35:52.420 --> 00:35:53.420
 place

00:35:53.420 --> 00:35:56.699
 this

00:35:56.699 --> 00:35:57.539
 life is

00:35:57.539 --> 00:35:58.039
 not all

00:35:58.039 --> 00:35:58.420
 there is

00:35:58.420 --> 00:35:58.800
 there is

00:35:58.800 --> 00:35:59.119
 another

00:35:59.119 --> 00:36:00.460
 and there

00:36:00.460 --> 00:36:00.920
 is a day

00:36:00.920 --> 00:36:01.320
 which will

00:36:01.320 --> 00:36:01.880
 soon take

00:36:01.880 --> 00:36:02.159
 place

00:36:02.159 --> 00:36:02.599
 a day of

00:36:02.599 --> 00:36:02.980
 reckoning

00:36:02.980 --> 00:36:03.800
 a day

00:36:03.800 --> 00:36:04.159
 of

00:36:04.159 --> 00:36:04.559
 judgment

00:36:04.559 --> 00:36:06.079
 and in

00:36:06.079 --> 00:36:06.440
 my view

00:36:06.440 --> 00:36:06.780
 there are

00:36:06.780 --> 00:36:07.059
 two

00:36:07.059 --> 00:36:07.880
 major

00:36:07.880 --> 00:36:10.300
 errors

00:36:10.300 --> 00:36:12.340
 that are

00:36:12.340 --> 00:36:13.059
 being committed

00:36:13.059 --> 00:36:13.500
 and being

00:36:13.500 --> 00:36:14.179
 lived by

00:36:14.179 --> 00:36:14.599
 people

00:36:14.599 --> 00:36:15.280
 who are

00:36:15.280 --> 00:36:15.500
 not

00:36:15.500 --> 00:36:15.820
 committed

00:36:15.820 --> 00:36:16.260
 Christians

00:36:16.260 --> 00:36:17.059
 they both

00:36:17.059 --> 00:36:17.480
 have long

00:36:17.480 --> 00:36:17.980
 names but

00:36:17.980 --> 00:36:18.480
 they're easy

00:36:18.480 --> 00:36:19.900
 to explain

00:36:19.900 --> 00:36:20.440
 the first

00:36:20.440 --> 00:36:21.760
 is universalism

00:36:21.760 --> 00:36:22.500
 there are

00:36:22.500 --> 00:36:22.980
 millions of

00:36:22.980 --> 00:36:23.460
 people in

00:36:23.460 --> 00:36:24.000
 these United

00:36:24.000 --> 00:36:24.579
 States who

00:36:24.579 --> 00:36:24.940
 feel

00:36:24.940 --> 00:36:26.219
 well of

00:36:26.219 --> 00:36:26.539
 course I

00:36:26.539 --> 00:36:27.099
 realize I'm

00:36:27.099 --> 00:36:27.380
 not a

00:36:27.380 --> 00:36:27.599
 committed

00:36:27.599 --> 00:36:28.000
 Christian

00:36:28.000 --> 00:36:28.320
 I don't

00:36:28.320 --> 00:36:28.599
 go to

00:36:28.599 --> 00:36:28.800
 church

00:36:28.800 --> 00:36:29.199
 don't read

00:36:29.199 --> 00:36:29.759
 my Bible

00:36:29.759 --> 00:36:30.919
 but the

00:36:30.919 --> 00:36:31.379
 great thing

00:36:31.379 --> 00:36:31.759
 is that

00:36:31.759 --> 00:36:32.159
 God is

00:36:32.159 --> 00:36:32.480
 love

00:36:32.480 --> 00:36:34.019
 and

00:36:34.019 --> 00:36:35.879
 therefore at

00:36:35.879 --> 00:36:36.259
 the end of

00:36:36.259 --> 00:36:36.579
 the day

00:36:36.579 --> 00:36:37.539
 whatever failure

00:36:37.539 --> 00:36:38.039
 I've been

00:36:38.039 --> 00:36:38.859
 whatever failures

00:36:38.859 --> 00:36:39.419
 I've shown

00:36:39.419 --> 00:36:40.500
 God's love

00:36:40.500 --> 00:36:41.339
 will wrap

00:36:41.339 --> 00:36:41.739
 his arms

00:36:41.739 --> 00:36:42.279
 around me

00:36:42.279 --> 00:36:43.179
 and draw

00:36:43.179 --> 00:36:43.939
 me to

00:36:43.939 --> 00:36:44.439
 himself

00:36:44.439 --> 00:36:45.219
 with all

00:36:45.219 --> 00:36:45.599
 the rest

00:36:45.599 --> 00:36:46.179
 of humanity

00:36:46.179 --> 00:36:46.579
 forever

00:36:46.579 --> 00:36:47.139
 that is

00:36:47.139 --> 00:36:47.480
 called

00:36:47.480 --> 00:36:48.839
 universalism

00:36:48.839 --> 00:36:49.279
 and you

00:36:49.279 --> 00:36:49.879
 understand why

00:36:49.879 --> 00:36:50.299
 it has that

00:36:50.299 --> 00:36:50.539
 word

00:36:50.539 --> 00:36:51.419
 the other

00:36:51.419 --> 00:36:53.079
 is annihilationism

00:36:53.079 --> 00:36:54.919
 and annihilationism

00:36:54.920 --> 00:36:56.139
 says there

00:36:56.139 --> 00:36:56.500
 is no

00:36:56.500 --> 00:36:56.900
 God

00:36:56.900 --> 00:36:58.579
 and when

00:36:58.579 --> 00:36:59.039
 we die

00:36:59.039 --> 00:36:59.500
 we die

00:36:59.500 --> 00:36:59.800
 and that's

00:36:59.800 --> 00:37:00.099
 the end

00:37:00.099 --> 00:37:00.360
 of it

00:37:00.360 --> 00:37:02.420
 that's the

00:37:02.420 --> 00:37:02.980
 end of the

00:37:02.980 --> 00:37:03.380
 whole

00:37:03.380 --> 00:37:04.200
 story

00:37:04.200 --> 00:37:06.579
 but it's

00:37:06.579 --> 00:37:06.980
 not the

00:37:06.980 --> 00:37:07.420
 end of the

00:37:07.420 --> 00:37:07.800
 story

00:37:07.800 --> 00:37:09.860
 my question

00:37:09.860 --> 00:37:11.480
 is do

00:37:11.480 --> 00:37:11.860
 you know

00:37:11.860 --> 00:37:12.500
 where you

00:37:12.500 --> 00:37:13.240
 are going

00:37:13.240 --> 00:37:13.559
 there's a

00:37:13.559 --> 00:37:14.099
 lovely story

00:37:14.099 --> 00:37:14.599
 told of

00:37:14.599 --> 00:37:15.519
 Albert Einstein

00:37:15.519 --> 00:37:15.960
 the great

00:37:15.960 --> 00:37:16.260
 German

00:37:16.260 --> 00:37:16.800
 scientist

00:37:16.800 --> 00:37:17.760
 traveling in

00:37:17.760 --> 00:37:18.079
 a train

00:37:18.079 --> 00:37:18.659
 one day

00:37:18.659 --> 00:37:19.059
 a number

00:37:19.059 --> 00:37:19.320
 of years

00:37:19.320 --> 00:37:19.639
 ago of

00:37:19.639 --> 00:37:19.820
 course

00:37:19.820 --> 00:37:20.360
 in Germany

00:37:20.360 --> 00:37:21.159
 and the

00:37:21.159 --> 00:37:21.380
 ticket

00:37:21.380 --> 00:37:21.780
 inspector

00:37:21.780 --> 00:37:22.440
 came along

00:37:22.440 --> 00:37:24.519
 and found

00:37:24.519 --> 00:37:24.880
 Einstein

00:37:24.880 --> 00:37:25.559
 doing this

00:37:25.559 --> 00:37:26.280
 and goodness

00:37:26.280 --> 00:37:26.500
 me

00:37:26.500 --> 00:37:26.739
 and he

00:37:26.739 --> 00:37:26.900
 said

00:37:26.900 --> 00:37:27.159
 can I

00:37:27.159 --> 00:37:27.460
 help you

00:37:27.460 --> 00:37:27.619
 he said

00:37:27.619 --> 00:37:28.719
 well I've

00:37:28.719 --> 00:37:30.119
 lost my

00:37:30.119 --> 00:37:30.380
 ticket

00:37:30.380 --> 00:37:31.039
 and in the

00:37:31.039 --> 00:37:31.500
 course of

00:37:31.500 --> 00:37:32.159
 the inspector

00:37:32.159 --> 00:37:32.599
 being there

00:37:32.599 --> 00:37:32.900
 and looking

00:37:32.900 --> 00:37:33.119
 at it

00:37:33.119 --> 00:37:34.139
 suddenly realized

00:37:34.139 --> 00:37:34.639
 who he was

00:37:34.639 --> 00:37:34.880
 and said

00:37:34.880 --> 00:37:36.079
 oh professor

00:37:36.079 --> 00:37:36.539
 don't worry

00:37:36.539 --> 00:37:37.079
 about that

00:37:37.079 --> 00:37:37.579
 I know

00:37:37.579 --> 00:37:37.860
 you are

00:37:37.860 --> 00:37:38.380
 that's fine

00:37:38.380 --> 00:37:40.599
 so the

00:37:40.599 --> 00:37:41.059
 train went

00:37:41.059 --> 00:37:41.280
 on

00:37:41.280 --> 00:37:41.739
 stopped at

00:37:41.739 --> 00:37:41.960
 another

00:37:41.960 --> 00:37:42.340
 station

00:37:42.340 --> 00:37:43.159
 again the

00:37:43.159 --> 00:37:43.539
 inspector

00:37:43.539 --> 00:37:44.139
 comes around

00:37:44.139 --> 00:37:45.059
 looking for

00:37:45.059 --> 00:37:45.699
 tickets for

00:37:45.699 --> 00:37:46.019
 those who

00:37:46.019 --> 00:37:46.559
 just joined

00:37:46.559 --> 00:37:46.960
 the train

00:37:46.960 --> 00:37:47.800
 this time

00:37:47.800 --> 00:37:48.440
 found Einstein

00:37:48.440 --> 00:37:48.880
 on his

00:37:48.880 --> 00:37:49.259
 hands and

00:37:49.259 --> 00:37:49.440
 knees

00:37:49.440 --> 00:37:49.920
 looking under

00:37:49.920 --> 00:37:50.360
 the seat

00:37:50.360 --> 00:37:51.820
 and he

00:37:51.820 --> 00:37:52.340
 said can I

00:37:52.340 --> 00:37:52.679
 help you

00:37:52.679 --> 00:37:52.800
 sir

00:37:52.800 --> 00:37:53.039
 he said

00:37:53.039 --> 00:37:53.639
 I'm

00:37:53.639 --> 00:37:54.079
 looking for

00:37:54.079 --> 00:37:55.239
 my

00:37:55.239 --> 00:37:55.639
 ticket

00:37:55.639 --> 00:37:56.759
 and the

00:37:56.759 --> 00:37:57.119
 inspector

00:37:57.119 --> 00:37:57.679
 said sir

00:37:57.679 --> 00:37:58.199
 I told

00:37:58.199 --> 00:37:58.460
 you

00:37:58.460 --> 00:37:59.440
 I don't

00:37:59.440 --> 00:37:59.819
 need your

00:37:59.819 --> 00:38:00.079
 ticket

00:38:00.079 --> 00:38:00.639
 I know

00:38:00.639 --> 00:38:01.000
 who you

00:38:01.000 --> 00:38:01.440
 are

00:38:01.440 --> 00:38:02.440
 and Einstein

00:38:02.440 --> 00:38:02.940
 said I

00:38:02.940 --> 00:38:03.340
 know who

00:38:03.340 --> 00:38:03.639
 I am

00:38:03.639 --> 00:38:03.900
 I don't

00:38:03.900 --> 00:38:04.119
 know where

00:38:04.119 --> 00:38:04.259
 I'm

00:38:04.259 --> 00:38:04.599
 going

00:38:04.599 --> 00:38:08.779
 now I'm

00:38:08.779 --> 00:38:09.239
 sure you

00:38:09.239 --> 00:38:09.659
 know who

00:38:09.659 --> 00:38:10.179
 you are

00:38:10.179 --> 00:38:12.239
 but do

00:38:12.239 --> 00:38:12.539
 you know

00:38:12.539 --> 00:38:12.880
 where you're

00:38:12.880 --> 00:38:13.159
 going

00:38:13.159 --> 00:38:15.099
 there's

00:38:15.099 --> 00:38:15.319
 going to

00:38:15.319 --> 00:38:15.619
 be a

00:38:15.619 --> 00:38:16.319
 great day

00:38:16.319 --> 00:38:17.039
 of judgment

00:38:17.039 --> 00:38:17.920
 of separation

00:38:17.920 --> 00:38:19.719
 and the

00:38:19.719 --> 00:38:20.239
 bible does

00:38:20.239 --> 00:38:20.819
 not teach

00:38:20.819 --> 00:38:21.799
 universalism

00:38:21.799 --> 00:38:23.039
 we'll all

00:38:23.039 --> 00:38:23.679
 be saved

00:38:23.679 --> 00:38:25.500
 nor does

00:38:25.500 --> 00:38:25.900
 it teach

00:38:25.900 --> 00:38:27.079
 annihilationism

00:38:27.079 --> 00:38:28.259
 there is

00:38:28.259 --> 00:38:28.779
 no god

00:38:28.779 --> 00:38:29.119
 there is

00:38:29.119 --> 00:38:29.559
 no heaven

00:38:29.559 --> 00:38:29.920
 there is

00:38:29.920 --> 00:38:30.360
 no hell

00:38:30.360 --> 00:38:30.839
 we'll just

00:38:30.839 --> 00:38:31.539
 be zapped

00:38:31.539 --> 00:38:32.699
 and that's

00:38:32.699 --> 00:38:33.000
 the end

00:38:33.000 --> 00:38:33.259
 of it

00:38:33.259 --> 00:38:34.759
 it does

00:38:34.759 --> 00:38:35.259
 teach that

00:38:35.259 --> 00:38:35.519
 we are

00:38:35.519 --> 00:38:36.179
 answerable

00:38:36.179 --> 00:38:37.000
 to the

00:38:37.000 --> 00:38:37.279
 lord

00:38:37.279 --> 00:38:38.440
 for the

00:38:38.440 --> 00:38:38.860
 lives

00:38:38.860 --> 00:38:39.400
 we live

00:38:39.400 --> 00:38:40.739
 no

00:38:40.739 --> 00:38:41.179
 christian

00:38:41.179 --> 00:38:41.579
 will be

00:38:41.579 --> 00:38:42.139
 lost

00:38:42.139 --> 00:38:43.279
 there's

00:38:43.279 --> 00:38:43.599
 no

00:38:43.599 --> 00:38:44.320
 condemnation

00:38:44.320 --> 00:38:44.759
 to those

00:38:44.759 --> 00:38:45.000
 who are

00:38:45.000 --> 00:38:45.440
 in christ

00:38:45.440 --> 00:38:45.920
 jesus

00:38:45.920 --> 00:38:47.300
 but the

00:38:47.300 --> 00:38:47.860
 bible does

00:38:47.860 --> 00:38:48.380
 speak of

00:38:48.380 --> 00:38:48.840
 rewards

00:38:48.840 --> 00:38:49.480
 and blessings

00:38:49.480 --> 00:38:49.980
 in heaven

00:38:49.980 --> 00:38:51.239
 that are

00:38:51.239 --> 00:38:51.779
 calibrated

00:38:51.779 --> 00:38:52.279
 in ways

00:38:52.279 --> 00:38:52.800
 beyond

00:38:52.800 --> 00:38:53.340
 our

00:38:53.340 --> 00:38:53.880
 reckoning

00:38:53.880 --> 00:38:55.320
 that are

00:38:55.320 --> 00:38:55.900
 related to

00:38:55.900 --> 00:38:56.360
 the kind

00:38:56.360 --> 00:38:56.980
 of lives

00:38:56.980 --> 00:38:58.500
 we live

00:38:58.500 --> 00:38:59.639
 as christians

00:38:59.639 --> 00:39:00.800
 true christians

00:39:00.800 --> 00:39:01.579
 new testament

00:39:01.579 --> 00:39:02.179
 christians

00:39:02.179 --> 00:39:03.179
 know that

00:39:03.179 --> 00:39:03.719
 life is

00:39:03.719 --> 00:39:04.400
 not trivial

00:39:04.400 --> 00:39:05.800
 nothing

00:39:05.800 --> 00:39:06.719
 in life

00:39:06.719 --> 00:39:07.340
 is trivial

00:39:07.340 --> 00:39:08.900
 because

00:39:08.900 --> 00:39:09.860
 for everything

00:39:09.860 --> 00:39:10.440
 in life

00:39:10.440 --> 00:39:11.480
 we are

00:39:11.480 --> 00:39:12.280
 accountable

00:39:12.280 --> 00:39:13.639
 so

00:39:13.639 --> 00:39:14.500
 I end

00:39:14.500 --> 00:39:15.079
 as I began

00:39:15.079 --> 00:39:15.659
 by asking

00:39:15.659 --> 00:39:15.940
 you the

00:39:15.940 --> 00:39:16.219
 question

00:39:16.219 --> 00:39:16.579
 are you

00:39:16.579 --> 00:39:17.000
 a new

00:39:17.000 --> 00:39:17.559
 testament

00:39:17.559 --> 00:39:18.679
 christian

00:39:18.679 --> 00:39:19.940
 have you

00:39:19.940 --> 00:39:20.240
 begun

00:39:20.240 --> 00:39:20.559
 with the

00:39:20.559 --> 00:39:20.920
 gospel

00:39:20.920 --> 00:39:22.980
 are there

00:39:22.980 --> 00:39:23.380
 acts in

00:39:23.380 --> 00:39:23.760
 your life

00:39:23.760 --> 00:39:24.400
 that show

00:39:24.400 --> 00:39:25.659
 that it

00:39:25.659 --> 00:39:26.139
 has taken

00:39:26.139 --> 00:39:26.480
 root

00:39:26.480 --> 00:39:28.480
 do you

00:39:28.480 --> 00:39:29.039
 recognize

00:39:29.039 --> 00:39:29.699
 realize

00:39:29.699 --> 00:39:30.300
 accept

00:39:30.300 --> 00:39:31.139
 that you

00:39:31.139 --> 00:39:31.539
 are an

00:39:31.539 --> 00:39:31.900
 epistle

00:39:31.900 --> 00:39:32.219
 and that

00:39:32.219 --> 00:39:32.619
 people are

00:39:32.619 --> 00:39:33.199
 reading you

00:39:33.199 --> 00:39:34.539
 that because

00:39:34.539 --> 00:39:34.940
 they don't

00:39:34.940 --> 00:39:35.400
 open this

00:39:35.400 --> 00:39:35.760
 book and

00:39:35.760 --> 00:39:36.159
 read it

00:39:36.159 --> 00:39:37.159
 they've got

00:39:37.159 --> 00:39:37.679
 your life

00:39:37.679 --> 00:39:38.199
 to read

00:39:38.199 --> 00:39:39.420
 is your

00:39:39.420 --> 00:39:40.199
 life likely

00:39:40.199 --> 00:39:40.760
 to draw

00:39:40.760 --> 00:39:41.619
 them towards

00:39:41.619 --> 00:39:42.199
 christ

00:39:42.199 --> 00:39:43.539
 or drive

00:39:43.539 --> 00:39:43.920
 them from

00:39:43.920 --> 00:39:44.139
 him

00:39:44.139 --> 00:39:45.420
 and are

00:39:45.420 --> 00:39:45.920
 you living

00:39:45.920 --> 00:39:46.920
 each day

00:39:46.920 --> 00:39:48.719
 conscious

00:39:48.719 --> 00:39:49.280
 that one

00:39:49.280 --> 00:39:49.659
 day there

00:39:49.659 --> 00:39:50.099
 will be an

00:39:50.099 --> 00:39:50.420
 account

00:39:50.420 --> 00:39:51.519
 and you

00:39:51.519 --> 00:39:51.960
 look and

00:39:51.960 --> 00:39:52.460
 long for

00:39:52.460 --> 00:39:52.760
 the day

00:39:52.760 --> 00:39:53.059
 when you

00:39:53.059 --> 00:39:53.420
 will hear

00:39:53.420 --> 00:39:53.760
 those

00:39:53.760 --> 00:39:54.280
 blessed

00:39:54.280 --> 00:39:54.840
 words

00:39:54.840 --> 00:39:56.460
 enter

00:39:56.460 --> 00:39:56.980
 into the

00:39:56.980 --> 00:39:57.240
 joy

00:39:57.240 --> 00:39:57.619
 of your

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 lord

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 well done

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 good

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 and faithful

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 servant

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 my responsibility

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 to be preaching

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 those truths

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 in these days

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 and as we

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 said earlier

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 in the realm

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 of apologetic

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 seeking to

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 equip

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 christians to

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 answer the

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 questions that

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 others will be

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 asking them

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 hence the

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 three books

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 that were

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 mentioned

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 earlier

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 and hence

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 I'm afraid

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 the bad

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 news

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 that are

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 only ten

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 sets

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 left

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 but you

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 will be

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 able to

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 talk to

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 your pastor

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 afterwards

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 if you

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 want them

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 beyond

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 this

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 morning's

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 service

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 let's

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 bow our

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 heads

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 in

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 prayer

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 together

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 our

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 heavenly

00:40:32.360 --> 00:40:32.779
 father

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 what we

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 know

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 not

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 teach

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 us

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 and what

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 we have

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 not

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 give

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 us

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 and what

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 we are

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 not

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 make

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 us

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 and we

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 pray in

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 the name

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 of your

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 son

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 our

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 savior

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 amen

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 mom

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 tenía

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 em

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 ale

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 신

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 man