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 Good morning.

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 My name is Matthew Capone and I'm the pastor here at Cheyenne Mountain Presbyterian Church

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 and it's our joy to have you with us today.

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 Special welcome if you are new or visiting with us.

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 We are glad you're here.

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 And we're glad you're here not because we are trying to fill seats

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 but because we are following after Jesus together as one community.

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 And as we follow after Jesus we are convinced that there's no one so good

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 that they don't need God's grace and no one so bad that they can't have it.

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 And so God has something to say to everyone in his word

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 and everyone needs to hear what God has to say to us.

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 If you've been with us you know that we have recently started the book of Nehemiah

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 and the book of Nehemiah is a book first about a man who's named Nehemiah.

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 It's a man who lived in the 5th century in the Old Testament

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 the time when God's people was known as the nation of Israel.

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 And as we saw in chapter 1 this man came to a place of great repentance

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 because he saw the ways in which God's people had abandoned God's mission.

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 Nehemiah repented of his involvement in that his failures

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 as well as the failures of the people he led

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 because he saw that the city that God had given to his people

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 the city of Jerusalem which was meant to show the entire world

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 what it was like when God's people lived according to God's ways

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 had instead become broken down in a shame.

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 And so in chapter 1 he repented of that.

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 In chapter 2 he began to work and act and pray

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 to return to the mission that God had given him.

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 And so just as we talked about in our confession of faith this morning

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 and repentance it's not just turning away from sin and our failures

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 but turning back to everything that God has called us to.

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 And so we're going to continue the story of Nehemiah

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 and his turning back to God's calling

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 but we're going to read not so much about Nehemiah this morning

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 as we are about all the different people who are involved in the rebuilding.

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 And here it's going to be specifically the rebuilding of the wall that's around Jerusalem.

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 There's another book in the Bible called Ezra

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 that deals with the rebuilding of the temple.

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 And this book is going to be part of that greater story

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 the rebuilding of the wall around Jerusalem.

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 And as I think about chapter 3 it makes me think about coffee.

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 There was, if you know and have followed

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 you know as we've gone through the last couple decades

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 there's been a shift in the way that people consume and think about coffee.

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 It used to be that you would just simply go to the store

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 and you would think about

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 and maybe you still think about this way

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 there's actually two generational ways of thinking about coffee.

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 If you are an older generation

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 you think about coffee in terms of price per pound.

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 If you are a younger generation

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 your tendency is going to think about coffee in price per cup.

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 Which means that the way you think about coffee

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 is going to change what you're going to be willing to pay for it.

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 And part of this changing from pound to cup

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 is the involvement of what we all know as the K-cups

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 the Keurig machines or pod coffee.

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 Where you can not necessarily share one pot

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 that you make with other people

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 but each person gets to pick their own flavor.

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 Whether they want tea or coffee or something else.

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 And so there was an article recently

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 when I say recently now

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 I guess it's been about five or six years

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 that came out in the New York Times

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 called The High Price of Individualism.

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 And it broke down the price per pound

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 of bagged coffee versus pod coffee.

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 And so you know if you go to the grocery store

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 and you buy cheaper coffee

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 it might cost you five to six dollars per pound.

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 If you buy slightly better coffee

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 it might be ten to twelve dollars per pound.

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 And then this article

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 and this has gone up since then

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 but at the time

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 the very finest coffee that you could buy

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 would be about twenty dollars per pound.

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 And now that's gone up

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 in the last five or six years

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 you can now buy very nice coffee

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 here in Colorado Springs

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 for twenty-five or twenty-six dollars a pound

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 if you want.

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 But they then after that

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 calculated the price of coffee

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 that came in pods.

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 They figured out how much it was per cup

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 compared to a bag.

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 And you don't have to say out loud

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 but I do want you to think for a second

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 and guess how much does coffee cost per pound

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 if you buy it in pods rather than a bag.

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 Instead of the most expensive bag coffee

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 which was about twenty dollars

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 at the time

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 the calculated price of pod coffee

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 was fifty

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 or fifty-one dollars a pound.

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 In other words

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 more than twice as much

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 as the finest coffee

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 you could buy per bag.

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 And so the point is

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 is partially this

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 that the title

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 of the article was correct

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 when it said

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 the high price

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 of individualism.

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 But as we come to this passage

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 and by the way

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 I mean to cast no aspersions

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 or shame

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 for anyone who uses pod coffee

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 I've used pod coffee before

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 that's not my point

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 in bringing all this up.

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 But as we come to a list

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 of names and people

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 doing work

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 in Nehemiah chapter three

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 we're going to encounter

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 two types of people.

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 We are going to encounter

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 coffee pot people

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 and we're going to encounter

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 cake up people.

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 We're going to hear about

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 different types of people

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 from all different kinds

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 of groups

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 and some people

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 are going to be

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 different people

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 that join one mission

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 and then we're going

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 to come across

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 different people

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 with different missions.

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 We'll see different people

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 with one mission

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 and different people

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 with different missions.

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 In other words

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 we'll have pot people.

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 People who are different

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 in age and generation

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 but they're willing

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 to drink the same brew

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 from the same pot.

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 And then we'll encounter

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 people who come

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 from different generations

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 and vocations

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 and stages

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 but they're one

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 to insist

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 on their own way.

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 And so as we read

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 this chapter

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 I'm going to just name

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 what's about to happen.

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 We are going to read

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 a lot of names.

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 And so if you're tempted

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 to shut down

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 and turn off your mind

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 as we read through them

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 my challenge to you

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 is this.

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 See if you can find

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 the cake up people

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 as we read along.

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 Now I'll tell you

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 I'll let it out of the bag

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 a little bit.

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 Most of the people

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 in this chapter

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 are coffee pot people.

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 The cake up people

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 show up in one half

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 of one verse.

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 So it's not a hard needle

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 to find

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 but it is a needle.

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 So my challenge to you

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 is as we read along

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 to see if you can

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 pick out

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 who the cake up people are.

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 Again no shame

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 if you use cake cups

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 that's not the point.

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 Right?

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 But it's different people

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 on one mission

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 versus different people

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 with different missions.

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 And so with that

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 we're in Nehemiah chapter 3.

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 As we come to chapter 3

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 remember that this is

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 God's word.

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 And God tells us

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 that his word

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 is a lamp to our feet

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 and a light to our path.

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 In other words

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 God has not left us alone

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 to stumble in the dark

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 but instead

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 he's given us

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 his word

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 to show us

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 how we should go.

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 And so we're in

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 Nehemiah chapter 3

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 starting at verse 1.

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 Then Eliashib the high priest

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 rose up

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 with his brothers

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 the priests

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 and they built

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 the sheep gate.

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 They consecrated

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 and set its doors.

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 They consecrated it

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 as far

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 as the tower

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 of the hundred.

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 As far as

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 the tower

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 of Hananel.

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 And next to him

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 the men of Jericho

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 built.

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 And next to them

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 Zachar the son

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 of Emri built.

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 The sons of Hassanah

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 built the fish gate.

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 They laid its beams

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 and set its doors

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 its bolts

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 and its bars.

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 And next to them

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 Merimoth the son

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 of Uriah

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 son of Hackah

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 is repaired.

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 And next to them

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 Meshulam the son

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 of Berechiah

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 son of Meshuzabel

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 repaired.

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 And next to them

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 Zadok the son

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 of Banna repaired.

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 Verse 5.

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 And next to them

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 the Tekoach

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 repaired.

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 But their nobles

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 would not stoop

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 to serve their lord.

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 Verse 6.

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 Joyada the son

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 of Passiah

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 and Meshulam

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 the son of Besodiah

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 repaired the gate

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 of Yeshanah.

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 They laid its beams

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 and set its doors

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 its bolts

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 and its bars.

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 And next to them

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 repaired Melatiah

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 the Gibeonite

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 and Jaden the Maranaphite

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 the men of Gibeon

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 and of Mizpah

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 the seat of the governor

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 of the province

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 beyond the river.

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 Verse 8.

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 Next to them

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 Uzziel the son

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 of Harhiah

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 goldsmiths

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 repaired.

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 Next to him

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 Hananiah

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 one of the perfumers

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 repaired

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 and they restored

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 Jerusalem as far

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 as the broad wall.

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 Next to them

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 Rephiah the son

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 of Hur

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 ruler of half

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 the district

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 of Jerusalem

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 repaired.

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 Next to them

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 Jediah the son

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 of Haramath

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 repaired opposite

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 his house.

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 And next to him

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 Hattish the son

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 of Heshabnea

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 repaired.

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 Malkijah the son

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 of Haram

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 and Hashib the son

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 of Pahath Moab

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 repaired another section

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 in the tower

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 of the ovens.

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 Next to him

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 Shalom the son

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 of Halahesh

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 ruler of half

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 the district

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 of Jerusalem

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 repaired.

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 He and his

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 daughters.

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 Hanan and the

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 inhabitants of Zenoa

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 repaired the valley

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 gate.

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 They rebuilt it

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 and set its doors

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 its bolts

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 and its bars

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 and repaired

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 a thousand cubits

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 of the wall

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 as far as

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 the dung gate.

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 Verse 14.

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 Malkijah the son

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 of Rechab

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 ruler of the

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 district of Beth

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 Hecarim

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 repaired the dung gate.

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 He rebuilt it

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 and set its doors

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 its bolts

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 and its bars.

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 And Shalom

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 the son

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 of Kolhose

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 ruler of the

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 district of Mizpah

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 repaired the fountain

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 gate.

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 He rebuilt it

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 and covered it

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 and set its doors

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 its bolts

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 and its bars.

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 And he built

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 the wall

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 of the pool

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 of Shelah

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 of the king's

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 garden

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 as far as

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 the stairs

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 that go down

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 from the city

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 of David.

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 After him

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 Nehemiah

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 the son

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 of Azbek

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 ruler of half

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 the district

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 of Beth

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 Zer

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 repaired to a

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 point opposite

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 the tombs

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 of David

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 as far as

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 the artificial

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 pool

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 and as far

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 as the house

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 of the mighty

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 men.

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 After him

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 the Levites

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 repaired.

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 Rehim

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 the son

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 of Bani.

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 Next to him

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 Hashabiah

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 ruler of half

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 the district

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 of Calah

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 repaired for

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 his district.

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 After him

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 their brothers

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 repaired.

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 Babi the son

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 of Hinnadad

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 ruler of half

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 the district

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 of Calah.

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 Next to him

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 Ezra the son

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 of Jeshua

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 ruler of Mizpah

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 repaired another

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 section opposite

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 the ascent to

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 the armory

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 at the buttress.

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 After him

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 Baruch the son

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 of Zabiah

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 repaired another

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 section from

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 the buttress

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 to the door

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 of the house

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 of Eliashib

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 the high priest.

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 Verse 21

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 After him

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 Merimoth the son

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 of Uriah

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 son of Hachaz

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 repaired another

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 section from

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 the door of

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 the house

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 of Eliashib

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 to the end

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 of the house

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 of Eliashib.

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 After him

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 the priests

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 the men

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 of the surrounding

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 area repaired.

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 After them

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 Benjamin and

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 Hashab repaired

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 opposite their

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 house.

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 After them

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 Azariah the son

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 of Maseah

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 son of Ananiah

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 repaired beside

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 his own house.

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 After him

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 Benui the son

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 of Hinnadad

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 repaired another

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 section from

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 the house

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 of Azariah

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 to the buttress

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 into the corner.

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 Paliel the son

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 of Uzziah

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 repaired opposite

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 the buttress

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 and the tower

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 projecting from

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 the upper house

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 of the king

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 at the court

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 of the guard.

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 After him

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 Padaiah the son

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 of Peresh

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 and the temple

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 servants living

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 on Ophel

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 repaired to a

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 point opposite

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 the water

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 gate on the

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 east and

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 the projecting

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 tower.

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 After him

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 the Techoites

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 repaired another

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 section opposite

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 the great

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 projecting tower

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 as far as

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 the wall

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 of Ophel.

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 Above the

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 horse gate

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 the priests

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 repaired each

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 one opposite

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 his own

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 house.

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 Verse 29

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 After them

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 Zadok the son

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 of Emmer

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 repaired opposite

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 his own

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 house.

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 After him

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 Shemaiah the son

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 of Shekaniah the

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 keeper of the

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 east gate

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 repaired.

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 After him

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 Hananiah the son

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 of Shelemiah

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 and Hanan the

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 sixth son of

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 Zalaph repaired

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 another section.

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 After him

00:11:05.860 --> 00:11:06.759
 Meshulam the son

00:11:06.759 --> 00:11:07.439
 of Berechiah

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 repaired opposite

00:11:08.179 --> 00:11:08.799
 his chamber.

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 After him

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 Malkijah one

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 of the goldsmiths

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 repaired as far

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 as the house

00:11:13.360 --> 00:11:13.799
 of the temple

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 servants and of

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 the merchants

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 opposite the

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 muster gate

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 and to the

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 upper chamber

00:11:18.179 --> 00:11:18.659
 of the corner.

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 And between

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 the upper

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 chamber of the

00:11:21.279 --> 00:11:21.699
 corner and

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 the sheep gate

00:11:22.339 --> 00:11:23.559
 the goldsmiths

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 and the

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 merchants

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 repaired.

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 Please pray

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 with me as we

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 come to this

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 portion of

00:11:29.419 --> 00:11:29.959
 God's word.

00:11:33.099 --> 00:11:33.759
 Dear Father

00:11:33.759 --> 00:11:34.099
 in heaven

00:11:34.099 --> 00:11:35.019
 we thank you

00:11:35.019 --> 00:11:35.319
 that you've

00:11:35.319 --> 00:11:35.839
 given us your

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 word.

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 That you

00:11:37.199 --> 00:11:38.679
 speak to us.

00:11:38.739 --> 00:11:39.000
 You don't

00:11:39.000 --> 00:11:39.739
 leave us alone

00:11:39.739 --> 00:11:41.019
 to figure things

00:11:41.019 --> 00:11:41.559
 out on our

00:11:41.559 --> 00:11:41.779
 own.

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 And so we ask

00:11:43.259 --> 00:11:43.620
 that you would

00:11:43.620 --> 00:11:44.199
 do that now.

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 That you would

00:11:45.379 --> 00:11:46.899
 use this part

00:11:46.899 --> 00:11:47.700
 of your word

00:11:47.700 --> 00:11:49.439
 to shape us

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 and form us

00:11:50.340 --> 00:11:51.539
 into the people

00:11:51.539 --> 00:11:52.120
 you want us

00:11:52.120 --> 00:11:52.399
 to be.

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 We ask all

00:11:53.500 --> 00:11:54.019
 these things

00:11:54.019 --> 00:11:54.419
 in the name

00:11:54.419 --> 00:11:54.919
 of your son.

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 Amen.

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 If you remember

00:11:59.700 --> 00:12:00.960
 from last week

00:12:00.960 --> 00:12:02.059
 the very end

00:12:02.059 --> 00:12:02.840
 of chapter 2

00:12:02.840 --> 00:12:04.139
 Nehemiah

00:12:04.139 --> 00:12:05.059
 tells everyone

00:12:05.059 --> 00:12:05.939
 in verse 18

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 to rise up

00:12:07.500 --> 00:12:08.200
 and build.

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 And so that

00:12:09.899 --> 00:12:10.500
 same phrase

00:12:10.500 --> 00:12:11.519
 is repeated

00:12:11.519 --> 00:12:12.059
 here at the

00:12:12.059 --> 00:12:12.480
 beginning of

00:12:12.480 --> 00:12:13.059
 chapter 3

00:12:13.059 --> 00:12:13.580
 just as he

00:12:13.580 --> 00:12:14.019
 told them

00:12:14.019 --> 00:12:14.559
 in chapter 2

00:12:14.559 --> 00:12:15.100
 to rise up

00:12:15.100 --> 00:12:15.419
 and build

00:12:15.419 --> 00:12:15.980
 then we hear

00:12:15.980 --> 00:12:16.659
 in verse 1

00:12:16.659 --> 00:12:17.679
 the high priest

00:12:17.679 --> 00:12:18.059
 rose up

00:12:18.059 --> 00:12:18.620
 with his brothers

00:12:18.620 --> 00:12:19.220
 the priests.

00:12:19.860 --> 00:12:20.819
 They rose up.

00:12:22.220 --> 00:12:22.939
 And so we begin

00:12:22.939 --> 00:12:23.539
 to see people

00:12:23.539 --> 00:12:24.379
 doing exactly

00:12:24.379 --> 00:12:25.000
 what Nehemiah

00:12:25.000 --> 00:12:25.559
 had asked them

00:12:25.559 --> 00:12:25.840
 to do

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 and as we see

00:12:26.399 --> 00:12:26.779
 it there's

00:12:26.779 --> 00:12:27.480
 all kinds

00:12:27.480 --> 00:12:27.860
 of different

00:12:27.860 --> 00:12:28.399
 groups and

00:12:28.399 --> 00:12:28.860
 individuals.

00:12:29.100 --> 00:12:29.439
 We have the

00:12:29.439 --> 00:12:29.840
 priests

00:12:29.840 --> 00:12:31.039
 in verse 1.

00:12:32.879 --> 00:12:33.579
 And so we have

00:12:33.579 --> 00:12:34.019
 people that

00:12:34.019 --> 00:12:35.259
 have a specific

00:12:35.259 --> 00:12:35.980
 calling working

00:12:35.980 --> 00:12:36.840
 together to rebuild

00:12:36.840 --> 00:12:37.179
 the wall.

00:12:37.259 --> 00:12:37.679
 Then we have

00:12:37.679 --> 00:12:38.279
 tradesmen.

00:12:39.199 --> 00:12:40.059
 We see different

00:12:40.059 --> 00:12:41.100
 guilds in verse 8

00:12:41.100 --> 00:12:42.100
 with the goldsmiths

00:12:42.100 --> 00:12:42.899
 and the perfumers.

00:12:42.899 --> 00:12:43.819
 They're working

00:12:43.819 --> 00:12:44.679
 together as a group.

00:12:44.779 --> 00:12:45.279
 People who are

00:12:45.279 --> 00:12:45.899
 bound together

00:12:45.899 --> 00:12:46.559
 by a trade

00:12:46.559 --> 00:12:47.340
 and a vocation.

00:12:48.419 --> 00:12:48.860
 There's also

00:12:48.860 --> 00:12:49.419
 individuals.

00:12:49.579 --> 00:12:50.319
 We see later on

00:12:50.319 --> 00:12:51.220
 in verse 23

00:12:51.220 --> 00:12:51.939
 and other parts

00:12:51.939 --> 00:12:52.519
 that the people

00:12:52.519 --> 00:12:53.620
 who are building

00:12:53.620 --> 00:12:54.480
 walls close to

00:12:54.480 --> 00:12:54.939
 the houses

00:12:54.939 --> 00:12:56.139
 are individuals.

00:12:58.439 --> 00:12:59.120
 And one man

00:12:59.120 --> 00:13:00.139
 if you caught it

00:13:00.139 --> 00:13:00.759
 in verse 12

00:13:00.759 --> 00:13:01.179
 I should have

00:13:01.179 --> 00:13:01.819
 actually made you

00:13:01.819 --> 00:13:02.500
 watch for this one

00:13:02.500 --> 00:13:02.740
 as well.

00:13:02.819 --> 00:13:03.500
 One man comes out

00:13:03.500 --> 00:13:03.879
 with all his

00:13:03.879 --> 00:13:05.199
 daughters to rebuild.

00:13:06.740 --> 00:13:07.319
 And so this is

00:13:07.319 --> 00:13:08.059
 someone presumably

00:13:08.059 --> 00:13:08.799
 who did not have

00:13:08.799 --> 00:13:09.819
 any sons to help him

00:13:09.819 --> 00:13:10.379
 but he still

00:13:10.379 --> 00:13:11.480
 he and his family

00:13:11.480 --> 00:13:12.360
 wanted to take part

00:13:12.360 --> 00:13:12.860
 in the work.

00:13:14.379 --> 00:13:15.080
 Not only are there

00:13:15.080 --> 00:13:15.860
 different people

00:13:15.860 --> 00:13:16.740
 but there's all kinds

00:13:16.740 --> 00:13:17.539
 of different abilities.

00:13:18.480 --> 00:13:19.419
 If you were listening

00:13:19.419 --> 00:13:20.180
 carefully you know

00:13:20.180 --> 00:13:20.840
 that there were parts

00:13:20.840 --> 00:13:21.519
 where we heard about

00:13:21.519 --> 00:13:22.659
 another section.

00:13:22.940 --> 00:13:23.980
 For example in verse 4

00:13:23.980 --> 00:13:25.300
 we met Merrimoth

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 the son of Uriah.

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 And I know that you all

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 were keeping extremely

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 close track of all

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 these names.

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 And so all of you

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 noticed in verse 21

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 when Merrimoth

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 the son of Uriah

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 showed up again.

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 Not telling you

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 anything you didn't

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 see already.

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 You notice in verse 21

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 it says Merrimoth

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 the son of Uriah

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 repaired another section.

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 And so we have

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 people of different

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 groups and backgrounds

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 coming together

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 but also people

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 of different abilities.

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 Some people are able

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 to build more sections

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 than other people.

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 There's different interests.

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 The priests

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 repair the sheep gate

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 which is how we started

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 in the beginning

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 and ended in this chapter.

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 Now why would the priests

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 repair the sheep gate?

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 That's going to be

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 the place where the

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 sacrifices are brought in

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 for their work.

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 We don't know for sure

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 but some scholars

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 believe that the section

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 that the tradesmen

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 are repaying

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 are sections that

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 were close to their shops.

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 And we know that

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 the sections that

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 the individuals repaired

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 are close to their houses.

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 And so in this building

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 not everyone is expected

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 to be the same.

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 There are different groups

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 working together.

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 And yet they're working

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 together towards

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 the same goal.

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 And so not every person

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 is the same.

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 Not every group

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 is the same

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 but their mission

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 is.

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 Not every person

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 is the same.

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 Not every group

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 is the same

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 but their mission

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 is.

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 They are all

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 different kinds of people

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 from different places

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 and different backgrounds

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 and yet they choose

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 to drink

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 from the same pot.

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 And so what's true

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 of God's people

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 in the Old Testament

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 of these folks

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 in Jerusalem

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 rebuilding the wall

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 around their city

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 is true of us as well.

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 We have different groups

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 in our church.

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 We have military

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 service members.

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 We have widows.

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 We have young families

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 and we have retirees.

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 We have families

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 who homeschool

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 and families that do not.

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 And so just like

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 every church

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 or group

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 we have different

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 kinds of people.

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 We have people

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 with different interests

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 different abilities.

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 People who come

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 from different backgrounds

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 who if we were in Jerusalem

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 we might live

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 in different parts

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 of the city.

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 And that's not the part

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 that's surprising, right?

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 Any group that you find

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 there's going to be people

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 with different interests

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 and what is surprising here

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 is not that there are groups.

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 That's not unusual.

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 What's unusual

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 is that these are groups

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 that are working together.

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 And so while the people

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 are different

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 the mission is the same.

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 While the people

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 are different

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 the mission is the same.

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 We can imagine

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 that there were probably

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 disagreements going on

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 about how things

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 should be done

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 and who should repair what.

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 And what we find

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 in this chapter

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 is all of these people

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 not hearing about

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 their disagreements

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 except for our K-cup people

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 which we'll get to

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 in a minute.

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 Not hearing about

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 their disagreements

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 but hearing about

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 all the ways

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 that they lifted

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 their hands and work.

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 They did what Nehemiah

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 called them to do

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 in chapter 2

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 to rise up and build.

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 And throughout

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 this whole chapter

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 that's what we see

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 people rising up

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 to build.

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 And so they don't stop

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 being part of their groups.

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 Nehemiah doesn't

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 tell the priests

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 that they have to join

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 with the perfumers.

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 He doesn't tell

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 the individuals

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 that they need to join

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 the goldsmiths.

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 He lets each group

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 work together

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 for their interests.

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 All he asks here

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 all that we see

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 that's required

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 is that they're working

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 together for the common goal.

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 And so this is similar

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 to what we saw

00:16:50.919 --> 00:16:51.459
 in Philippians.

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 In Philippians

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 we talked about

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 looking out

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 not for our own interests

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 but for the interests

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 of others.

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 Being question people

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 rather than answer people

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 looking to understand

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 what it is other groups

00:17:01.639 --> 00:17:02.460
 of people in the church

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 need.

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 And here it's similar

00:17:04.400 --> 00:17:05.240
 but slightly different.

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 Instead of looking

00:17:06.400 --> 00:17:07.400
 to others' interests

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 ahead of our own

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 we see these groups

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 looking to the interests

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 of the mission

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 ahead of their own.

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 If you remember

00:17:15.940 --> 00:17:16.619
 last week

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 I defined God's mission

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 as the part

00:17:18.559 --> 00:17:19.259
 of the Lord's Prayer

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 where we ask

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 that God's kingdom

00:17:20.819 --> 00:17:21.980
 would come on earth

00:17:21.980 --> 00:17:23.400
 just as it is in heaven.

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 And so these groups

00:17:25.920 --> 00:17:26.799
 are not looking

00:17:26.799 --> 00:17:29.119
 to put the interests

00:17:29.119 --> 00:17:30.319
 necessarily of another group

00:17:30.319 --> 00:17:30.919
 above their own

00:17:30.919 --> 00:17:31.599
 like we talked about

00:17:31.599 --> 00:17:32.179
 in Philippians

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 but they're looking

00:17:33.099 --> 00:17:34.099
 to put the interests

00:17:34.099 --> 00:17:34.959
 of God's mission

00:17:34.959 --> 00:17:36.239
 ahead of their own.

00:17:36.859 --> 00:17:37.500
 They're looking to

00:17:37.500 --> 00:17:38.119
 in this case

00:17:38.119 --> 00:17:38.759
 put the interests

00:17:38.759 --> 00:17:39.359
 of Jerusalem.

00:17:39.519 --> 00:17:40.679
 Jerusalem being a city

00:17:40.679 --> 00:17:41.399
 that could actually

00:17:41.399 --> 00:17:42.759
 show God's goodness

00:17:42.759 --> 00:17:43.439
 and his love

00:17:43.439 --> 00:17:44.039
 and his justice

00:17:44.039 --> 00:17:44.659
 to the world.

00:17:47.759 --> 00:17:48.739
 It's the mission

00:17:48.739 --> 00:17:50.459
 that they're pursuing

00:17:50.459 --> 00:17:51.839
 that gives them joy.

00:17:53.639 --> 00:17:54.539
 It's the mission

00:17:54.539 --> 00:17:55.319
 that allows them

00:17:55.319 --> 00:17:56.259
 to work together

00:17:56.259 --> 00:17:57.359
 as different types

00:17:57.359 --> 00:17:58.299
 and kinds of people.

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 It's the mission

00:18:00.339 --> 00:18:00.959
 that allows them

00:18:00.959 --> 00:18:01.759
 to put aside

00:18:01.759 --> 00:18:02.539
 their interests

00:18:02.539 --> 00:18:02.979
 and perhaps

00:18:02.979 --> 00:18:03.779
 even their abilities.

00:18:03.919 --> 00:18:04.539
 My guess is that

00:18:04.539 --> 00:18:05.199
 the priests

00:18:05.199 --> 00:18:06.679
 were not great

00:18:06.679 --> 00:18:07.279
 wall builders

00:18:07.279 --> 00:18:10.059
 and the perfumers

00:18:10.059 --> 00:18:10.719
 may not have been

00:18:10.719 --> 00:18:11.139
 either.

00:18:13.500 --> 00:18:14.559
 Maybe the goldsmiths

00:18:14.559 --> 00:18:15.240
 had some advantages.

00:18:16.740 --> 00:18:17.500
 But that wasn't

00:18:17.500 --> 00:18:17.979
 what mattered.

00:18:20.159 --> 00:18:20.740
 It wasn't their

00:18:20.740 --> 00:18:21.639
 backgrounds that mattered

00:18:21.639 --> 00:18:22.259
 their abilities.

00:18:22.399 --> 00:18:22.799
 What mattered

00:18:22.799 --> 00:18:23.639
 was coming together

00:18:23.639 --> 00:18:25.199
 for one mission.

00:18:25.200 --> 00:18:26.720
 They put aside

00:18:26.720 --> 00:18:27.539
 their own preferences,

00:18:28.180 --> 00:18:29.360
 their own happiness.

00:18:30.980 --> 00:18:31.400
 These are people

00:18:31.400 --> 00:18:31.900
 who have chosen

00:18:31.900 --> 00:18:33.380
 to drink from the coffee pot

00:18:33.380 --> 00:18:34.900
 even if what they

00:18:34.900 --> 00:18:35.400
 would prefer

00:18:35.400 --> 00:18:35.940
 at that moment

00:18:35.940 --> 00:18:36.920
 would be herbal tea

00:18:36.920 --> 00:18:38.880
 or some hot cocoa.

00:18:41.180 --> 00:18:41.759
 And so that's what

00:18:41.759 --> 00:18:42.259
 brings them

00:18:42.259 --> 00:18:42.819
 and joins them

00:18:42.819 --> 00:18:43.400
 all together.

00:18:44.980 --> 00:18:46.440
 There was an article

00:18:46.440 --> 00:18:47.279
 a few years ago

00:18:47.279 --> 00:18:48.259
 in Forbes magazine

00:18:48.259 --> 00:18:49.880
 about working

00:18:49.880 --> 00:18:50.580
 with employees

00:18:50.580 --> 00:18:51.259
 as a business

00:18:51.259 --> 00:18:51.799
 and the article

00:18:51.799 --> 00:18:52.279
 was titled

00:18:52.279 --> 00:18:53.639
 Why Employee Happiness

00:18:53.639 --> 00:18:55.519
 is the Wrong Goal.

00:18:57.259 --> 00:18:57.960
 And the point

00:18:57.960 --> 00:18:58.359
 of the article

00:18:58.359 --> 00:18:59.399
 was that many companies

00:18:59.399 --> 00:19:00.180
 are trying to do

00:19:00.180 --> 00:19:01.119
 everything to meet

00:19:01.119 --> 00:19:01.899
 the preferences

00:19:01.899 --> 00:19:03.519
 of their employees

00:19:03.519 --> 00:19:04.259
 to satisfy

00:19:04.259 --> 00:19:05.279
 and cater to

00:19:05.279 --> 00:19:06.359
 little things

00:19:06.359 --> 00:19:06.879
 that they want

00:19:06.879 --> 00:19:07.339
 or need

00:19:07.339 --> 00:19:08.599
 and yet in doing that

00:19:08.599 --> 00:19:09.099
 they're pursuing

00:19:09.099 --> 00:19:10.000
 the wrong thing.

00:19:11.059 --> 00:19:11.879
 Instead they should be

00:19:11.879 --> 00:19:12.879
 pointing people together

00:19:12.879 --> 00:19:13.720
 towards one mission

00:19:13.720 --> 00:19:14.720
 and so the author

00:19:14.720 --> 00:19:15.379
 of this article

00:19:15.379 --> 00:19:16.399
 a woman named Liz Ryan

00:19:16.399 --> 00:19:17.000
 says this

00:19:17.000 --> 00:19:18.779
 let's imagine

00:19:18.779 --> 00:19:19.339
 a person

00:19:19.339 --> 00:19:20.460
 completely immersed

00:19:20.460 --> 00:19:21.660
 in his or her work.

00:19:22.299 --> 00:19:22.960
 We'll use

00:19:22.960 --> 00:19:24.339
 the greatest violin maker

00:19:24.339 --> 00:19:24.859
 in the world

00:19:24.859 --> 00:19:25.720
 as our example.

00:19:26.680 --> 00:19:27.160
 I don't know

00:19:27.160 --> 00:19:27.539
 who makes

00:19:27.539 --> 00:19:28.539
 the greatest violins

00:19:28.539 --> 00:19:29.000
 in the world

00:19:29.000 --> 00:19:30.039
 but we'll imagine

00:19:30.039 --> 00:19:30.839
 that it's an Italian

00:19:30.839 --> 00:19:31.559
 violin maker

00:19:31.559 --> 00:19:32.140
 named Franco

00:19:32.140 --> 00:19:33.579
 and that Franco

00:19:33.579 --> 00:19:34.259
 has a studio

00:19:34.259 --> 00:19:35.619
 where 15 or 20

00:19:35.619 --> 00:19:36.700
 apprentice and journeyman

00:19:36.700 --> 00:19:37.420
 violin makers

00:19:37.420 --> 00:19:38.779
 work alongside Franco

00:19:38.779 --> 00:19:40.019
 making the most

00:19:40.019 --> 00:19:41.000
 exquisite violins

00:19:41.000 --> 00:19:41.480
 in the world.

00:19:42.940 --> 00:19:44.480
 Is Franco happy?

00:19:44.480 --> 00:19:48.420
 He is alternately ecstatic

00:19:48.420 --> 00:19:49.400
 frustrated

00:19:49.400 --> 00:19:50.299
 transported

00:19:50.299 --> 00:19:51.140
 confused

00:19:51.140 --> 00:19:51.860
 exhausted

00:19:51.860 --> 00:19:53.620
 and lost in the zone.

00:19:54.519 --> 00:19:55.599
 He and his work

00:19:55.599 --> 00:19:56.360
 are inextricable

00:19:56.360 --> 00:19:57.759
 from one another.

00:19:58.519 --> 00:19:59.519
 No one would say

00:19:59.519 --> 00:20:00.180
 about Franco

00:20:00.180 --> 00:20:01.180
 or his employees

00:20:01.180 --> 00:20:02.099
 they are happy.

00:20:03.720 --> 00:20:04.480
 Instead people

00:20:04.480 --> 00:20:05.259
 in Franco's town

00:20:05.259 --> 00:20:05.680
 would say

00:20:05.680 --> 00:20:06.559
 those guys

00:20:06.559 --> 00:20:08.079
 live and breathe

00:20:08.079 --> 00:20:09.019
 violins

00:20:09.019 --> 00:20:10.099
 and people

00:20:10.099 --> 00:20:10.860
 around the world

00:20:10.860 --> 00:20:11.480
 rejoice.

00:20:11.480 --> 00:20:15.640
 when we as a church

00:20:15.640 --> 00:20:17.559
 embrace

00:20:17.559 --> 00:20:18.900
 bringing God's kingdom

00:20:18.900 --> 00:20:19.740
 here on earth

00:20:19.740 --> 00:20:20.740
 as it is in heaven

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 it will not necessarily

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 make us happy.

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 It will not necessarily

00:20:26.240 --> 00:20:27.599
 meet all our preferences

00:20:27.599 --> 00:20:28.539
 and priorities.

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 We will be

00:20:29.880 --> 00:20:31.039
 alternately ecstatic

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 frustrated

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 transported

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 confused

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 exhausted

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 and lost

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 in the zone.

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 And our hope

00:20:40.019 --> 00:20:41.319
 is that people here

00:20:41.319 --> 00:20:42.539
 in southwest

00:20:42.539 --> 00:20:43.480
 Colorado Springs

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 would say

00:20:44.019 --> 00:20:45.319
 that church

00:20:45.319 --> 00:20:46.759
 lives and breathes

00:20:46.759 --> 00:20:47.460
 God's kingdom

00:20:47.460 --> 00:20:48.919
 so that people

00:20:48.919 --> 00:20:49.619
 around the world

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 can rejoice.

00:20:53.819 --> 00:20:54.960
 We can be

00:20:54.960 --> 00:20:55.960
 different people

00:20:55.960 --> 00:20:57.460
 with one mission

00:20:57.460 --> 00:20:59.539
 or different people

00:20:59.539 --> 00:21:01.019
 with different missions.

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 But only when we are

00:21:03.039 --> 00:21:03.720
 different people

00:21:03.720 --> 00:21:04.839
 with one mission

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 will people

00:21:05.779 --> 00:21:06.480
 around the world

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 rejoice.

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 now I asked you

00:21:11.079 --> 00:21:11.640
 to look for

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 the K-cup people

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 I would be really

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 impressed if you

00:21:15.220 --> 00:21:15.660
 found them

00:21:15.660 --> 00:21:16.980
 because they are

00:21:16.980 --> 00:21:17.500
 hidden in one

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 half of one verse

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 Susie has it

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 she is giving me

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 the sign

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 it is verse 5

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 the Techoites

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 are going to go down

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 as infamous

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 in the book of Nehemiah

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 for this one verse

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 chapter 3

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 verse 5

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 Now lord here

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 is in the singular

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 you may have a note

00:21:44.019 --> 00:21:44.460
 in your Bible

00:21:44.460 --> 00:21:45.119
 saying it could also

00:21:45.119 --> 00:21:46.099
 be the plural

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 lords

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 what most likely

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 is being referred to

00:21:49.420 --> 00:21:50.460
 is either Nehemiah

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 as a person here

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 or just supervisors

00:21:52.139 --> 00:21:52.720
 in general

00:21:52.720 --> 00:21:55.319
 and this language

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 here of stooping

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 to serve

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 is language of

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 these group of

00:21:58.680 --> 00:21:59.660
 nobles being too

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 proud to take part

00:22:01.000 --> 00:22:01.759
 in building the wall

00:22:01.759 --> 00:22:05.480
 I mentioned earlier

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 that probably not

00:22:06.340 --> 00:22:07.240
 everyone agreed

00:22:07.240 --> 00:22:08.440
 about everything

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 we don't know

00:22:11.000 --> 00:22:11.700
 why exactly

00:22:11.700 --> 00:22:12.279
 these nobles

00:22:12.279 --> 00:22:12.779
 were upset

00:22:12.779 --> 00:22:13.279
 it could be

00:22:13.279 --> 00:22:13.820
 that they had

00:22:13.820 --> 00:22:15.039
 a different plan

00:22:15.039 --> 00:22:15.920
 for building the wall

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 maybe they wanted

00:22:17.480 --> 00:22:18.220
 to mix the groups

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 up we don't know

00:22:18.920 --> 00:22:20.420
 maybe they were

00:22:20.420 --> 00:22:21.320
 upset that they

00:22:21.320 --> 00:22:22.060
 had been living

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 in Jerusalem

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 for a while

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 and this upstart

00:22:24.519 --> 00:22:25.080
 Nehemiah

00:22:25.080 --> 00:22:25.759
 and his friends

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 came in

00:22:26.440 --> 00:22:27.299
 to tell them

00:22:27.299 --> 00:22:27.940
 how to rebuild

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 someone who'd

00:22:29.160 --> 00:22:29.559
 been living

00:22:29.559 --> 00:22:31.299
 in the Persian

00:22:31.299 --> 00:22:32.120
 empire of all

00:22:32.120 --> 00:22:32.580
 places

00:22:32.580 --> 00:22:34.940
 as a cupbearer

00:22:34.940 --> 00:22:37.320
 maybe it's

00:22:37.320 --> 00:22:38.200
 that they thought

00:22:38.200 --> 00:22:38.640
 that building

00:22:38.640 --> 00:22:39.019
 a wall

00:22:39.019 --> 00:22:39.940
 was beneath them

00:22:39.940 --> 00:22:42.660
 but for whatever

00:22:42.660 --> 00:22:43.120
 the reason

00:22:43.120 --> 00:22:43.799
 these nobles

00:22:43.799 --> 00:22:44.500
 decided they

00:22:44.500 --> 00:22:45.080
 were not going

00:22:45.080 --> 00:22:46.140
 to take part

00:22:46.140 --> 00:22:47.960
 and it wasn't

00:22:47.960 --> 00:22:48.340
 because they

00:22:48.340 --> 00:22:48.740
 weren't part

00:22:48.740 --> 00:22:49.360
 of God's people

00:22:49.360 --> 00:22:50.019
 clearly these

00:22:50.019 --> 00:22:50.620
 were part

00:22:50.620 --> 00:22:51.140
 of the remnant

00:22:51.140 --> 00:22:51.500
 that God

00:22:51.500 --> 00:22:52.039
 had preserved

00:22:52.039 --> 00:22:52.700
 from the exile

00:22:52.700 --> 00:22:53.400
 they'd returned

00:22:53.400 --> 00:22:54.140
 to Jerusalem

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 they understood

00:22:56.259 --> 00:22:57.059
 God's mission

00:22:57.059 --> 00:22:57.799
 and the importance

00:22:57.799 --> 00:22:58.460
 of Jerusalem

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 and yet

00:23:00.799 --> 00:23:01.599
 for whatever reason

00:23:01.599 --> 00:23:02.179
 their pride

00:23:02.179 --> 00:23:02.839
 got in the way

00:23:02.839 --> 00:23:06.899
 what was being

00:23:06.899 --> 00:23:07.599
 served up here

00:23:07.599 --> 00:23:08.700
 was a pot of coffee

00:23:08.700 --> 00:23:10.700
 and these nobles

00:23:10.700 --> 00:23:11.339
 wanted to drink

00:23:11.339 --> 00:23:12.000
 something different

00:23:12.000 --> 00:23:13.960
 they didn't want

00:23:13.960 --> 00:23:14.519
 to take part

00:23:14.519 --> 00:23:15.000
 in the mission

00:23:15.000 --> 00:23:15.659
 and so what they

00:23:15.659 --> 00:23:16.519
 did is they let

00:23:16.519 --> 00:23:17.619
 their own preferences

00:23:17.619 --> 00:23:18.619
 and their pride

00:23:18.619 --> 00:23:19.799
 get in the way

00:23:19.799 --> 00:23:20.319
 of God

00:23:20.319 --> 00:23:20.899
 and his kingdom

00:23:20.900 --> 00:23:24.400
 as we can imagine

00:23:24.400 --> 00:23:25.160
 with any

00:23:25.160 --> 00:23:26.140
 endeavor

00:23:26.140 --> 00:23:26.580
 that's worth

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 anything

00:23:26.920 --> 00:23:27.460
 there's lots

00:23:27.460 --> 00:23:27.940
 of ideas

00:23:27.940 --> 00:23:28.440
 and opinions

00:23:28.440 --> 00:23:28.880
 about what

00:23:28.880 --> 00:23:29.400
 should be done

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 lots of people

00:23:31.080 --> 00:23:31.700
 working together

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 I imagine

00:23:32.200 --> 00:23:32.700
 there's probably

00:23:32.700 --> 00:23:33.480
 lots of struggles

00:23:33.480 --> 00:23:33.920
 that we don't

00:23:33.920 --> 00:23:34.280
 hear about

00:23:34.280 --> 00:23:34.820
 in this chapter

00:23:34.820 --> 00:23:37.380
 maybe the perfumers

00:23:37.380 --> 00:23:38.940
 and the goldsmiths

00:23:38.940 --> 00:23:40.100
 borrowed tools

00:23:40.100 --> 00:23:40.720
 from each other

00:23:40.720 --> 00:23:41.460
 and then didn't

00:23:41.460 --> 00:23:42.360
 give them back

00:23:42.360 --> 00:23:44.480
 maybe someone

00:23:44.480 --> 00:23:45.340
 built a little short

00:23:45.340 --> 00:23:46.040
 and didn't go as far

00:23:46.040 --> 00:23:46.620
 as they were supposed

00:23:46.620 --> 00:23:47.140
 to and they

00:23:47.140 --> 00:23:48.080
 left someone else

00:23:48.080 --> 00:23:48.900
 to pick up the slack

00:23:48.900 --> 00:23:51.860
 there'd be all kinds

00:23:51.860 --> 00:23:52.380
 of reasons

00:23:52.380 --> 00:23:53.620
 to not stoop

00:23:53.620 --> 00:23:55.140
 to serve the mission

00:23:55.140 --> 00:23:57.980
 and so the Techoites

00:23:57.980 --> 00:23:59.000
 here serve for us

00:23:59.000 --> 00:23:59.500
 their nobles

00:23:59.500 --> 00:24:01.040
 serve as a negative

00:24:01.040 --> 00:24:01.560
 example

00:24:01.560 --> 00:24:03.460
 while we have

00:24:03.460 --> 00:24:04.160
 different groups

00:24:04.160 --> 00:24:04.840
 coming together

00:24:04.840 --> 00:24:05.720
 for one mission

00:24:05.720 --> 00:24:07.740
 we have one group

00:24:07.740 --> 00:24:09.240
 that decided

00:24:09.240 --> 00:24:10.200
 to put their pride

00:24:10.200 --> 00:24:11.900
 and their preferences

00:24:11.900 --> 00:24:14.140
 above everything

00:24:14.140 --> 00:24:14.840
 that God had

00:24:14.840 --> 00:24:15.220
 for them

00:24:15.220 --> 00:24:16.120
 in his holy city

00:24:16.119 --> 00:24:20.019
 and so this chapter

00:24:20.019 --> 00:24:20.939
 is both an encouragement

00:24:20.939 --> 00:24:21.399
 to us

00:24:21.399 --> 00:24:22.039
 and a warning

00:24:22.039 --> 00:24:23.839
 it's an encouragement

00:24:23.839 --> 00:24:25.039
 that we would come together

00:24:25.039 --> 00:24:25.579
 as people

00:24:25.579 --> 00:24:26.259
 who are very

00:24:26.259 --> 00:24:26.879
 very different

00:24:26.879 --> 00:24:29.019
 and we would pursue

00:24:29.019 --> 00:24:30.199
 one mission together

00:24:30.199 --> 00:24:32.439
 but it's also a warning

00:24:32.439 --> 00:24:33.279
 that if we put

00:24:33.279 --> 00:24:34.099
 our own pride

00:24:34.099 --> 00:24:34.859
 and our preferences

00:24:34.859 --> 00:24:36.679
 ahead of God's mission

00:24:36.679 --> 00:24:39.239
 not only will we

00:24:39.239 --> 00:24:39.879
 impede it

00:24:39.879 --> 00:24:42.959
 but we will lose out

00:24:42.959 --> 00:24:44.500
 on everything

00:24:44.500 --> 00:24:45.400
 that God has

00:24:45.400 --> 00:24:45.920
 for us

00:24:45.920 --> 00:24:48.319
 because it's in this mission

00:24:48.319 --> 00:24:49.140
 it's in this work

00:24:49.140 --> 00:24:50.099
 that God brings

00:24:50.099 --> 00:24:50.539
 his joy

00:24:50.539 --> 00:24:51.140
 to his people

00:24:51.140 --> 00:24:52.200
 it's no fun

00:24:52.200 --> 00:24:53.079
 to live in a city

00:24:53.079 --> 00:24:54.140
 with broken down walls

00:24:54.140 --> 00:24:57.599
 but it's in the rebuilding

00:24:57.599 --> 00:24:58.319
 of Jerusalem

00:24:58.319 --> 00:25:00.220
 that God has given

00:25:00.220 --> 00:25:00.700
 his people

00:25:00.700 --> 00:25:01.319
 an opportunity

00:25:01.319 --> 00:25:02.339
 to come back

00:25:02.339 --> 00:25:03.160
 from all the reasons

00:25:03.160 --> 00:25:03.900
 that they were sent

00:25:03.900 --> 00:25:04.519
 into exile

00:25:04.519 --> 00:25:06.299
 to return to him

00:25:06.299 --> 00:25:06.920
 and his purposes

00:25:06.920 --> 00:25:08.460
 and to find his mission

00:25:08.460 --> 00:25:09.440
 and their purpose

00:25:09.440 --> 00:25:10.359
 as they work together

00:25:10.359 --> 00:25:11.460
 side by side

00:25:11.460 --> 00:25:14.860
 the other thing

00:25:14.860 --> 00:25:15.539
 we see here

00:25:15.539 --> 00:25:16.660
 is that Nehemiah

00:25:16.660 --> 00:25:17.539
 does not rebuild

00:25:17.539 --> 00:25:18.000
 the wall

00:25:18.000 --> 00:25:18.700
 on his own

00:25:18.700 --> 00:25:21.960
 as we come together

00:25:21.960 --> 00:25:22.680
 with different groups

00:25:22.680 --> 00:25:23.559
 on one mission

00:25:23.559 --> 00:25:24.220
 it means that

00:25:24.220 --> 00:25:24.840
 different groups

00:25:24.840 --> 00:25:25.880
 are coming together

00:25:25.880 --> 00:25:27.860
 the book is named

00:25:27.860 --> 00:25:28.620
 after Nehemiah

00:25:28.620 --> 00:25:29.579
 because he leads

00:25:29.579 --> 00:25:30.960
 and yet Nehemiah's name

00:25:30.960 --> 00:25:32.220
 only appears once

00:25:32.220 --> 00:25:33.019
 in this chapter

00:25:33.019 --> 00:25:33.600
 and it's unclear

00:25:33.600 --> 00:25:34.220
 whether it's even

00:25:34.220 --> 00:25:35.160
 the same Nehemiah

00:25:35.160 --> 00:25:38.500
 while Nehemiah

00:25:38.500 --> 00:25:38.960
 is the one

00:25:38.960 --> 00:25:39.519
 who has led

00:25:39.519 --> 00:25:40.420
 the people in repentance

00:25:40.420 --> 00:25:41.580
 and has done the research

00:25:41.580 --> 00:25:43.080
 it's with the efforts

00:25:43.080 --> 00:25:44.259
 of the entire people

00:25:44.259 --> 00:25:44.779
 that the wall

00:25:44.779 --> 00:25:45.340
 is rebuilt

00:25:45.340 --> 00:25:49.400
 and so as we are

00:25:49.400 --> 00:25:49.860
 one

00:25:49.860 --> 00:25:51.160
 different people

00:25:51.160 --> 00:25:52.200
 with one mission

00:25:52.200 --> 00:25:54.920
 the same is

00:25:54.920 --> 00:25:56.360
 true of us

00:25:56.360 --> 00:25:56.900
 it's not just

00:25:56.900 --> 00:25:57.400
 that everyone

00:25:57.400 --> 00:25:58.340
 is working together

00:25:58.340 --> 00:25:59.800
 but that everyone

00:25:59.800 --> 00:26:00.560
 is working

00:26:00.560 --> 00:26:03.019
 we read verses

00:26:03.019 --> 00:26:03.840
 from the New Testament

00:26:03.840 --> 00:26:04.820
 earlier in our service

00:26:04.820 --> 00:26:05.300
 this morning

00:26:05.300 --> 00:26:06.080
 about the many

00:26:06.080 --> 00:26:06.840
 different gifts

00:26:06.840 --> 00:26:07.580
 that God gives

00:26:07.580 --> 00:26:08.200
 to his people

00:26:08.200 --> 00:26:11.019
 and the fact

00:26:11.019 --> 00:26:11.660
 that we need

00:26:11.660 --> 00:26:12.319
 everyone

00:26:12.319 --> 00:26:14.059
 pushing forward

00:26:14.059 --> 00:26:16.000
 for us to do

00:26:16.000 --> 00:26:16.420
 the work

00:26:16.420 --> 00:26:16.799
 that God

00:26:16.799 --> 00:26:17.420
 has given us

00:26:17.420 --> 00:26:17.700
 here

00:26:17.700 --> 00:26:20.680
 our limitation

00:26:20.680 --> 00:26:21.819
 here as a church

00:26:21.819 --> 00:26:23.799
 is not primarily

00:26:23.799 --> 00:26:24.480
 financial

00:26:24.480 --> 00:26:27.240
 our limitations

00:26:27.240 --> 00:26:28.460
 are ones of us

00:26:28.460 --> 00:26:28.960
 being willing

00:26:28.960 --> 00:26:29.759
 to come together

00:26:29.759 --> 00:26:31.140
 all as one group

00:26:31.140 --> 00:26:32.279
 one church

00:26:32.279 --> 00:26:33.080
 to push forward

00:26:33.080 --> 00:26:33.840
 everything that God

00:26:33.840 --> 00:26:34.640
 has for us

00:26:34.640 --> 00:26:36.240
 it's true of the

00:26:36.240 --> 00:26:36.820
 things that we

00:26:36.820 --> 00:26:38.140
 need inside the

00:26:38.140 --> 00:26:38.759
 church and outside

00:26:38.759 --> 00:26:39.320
 the church

00:26:39.320 --> 00:26:41.040
 inside the church

00:26:41.040 --> 00:26:41.780
 we have many

00:26:41.780 --> 00:26:42.860
 places in the wall

00:26:42.860 --> 00:26:43.680
 that need to be built

00:26:43.680 --> 00:26:46.660
 we have nursery

00:26:46.660 --> 00:26:47.320
 workers that we

00:26:47.320 --> 00:26:48.020
 need to come

00:26:48.020 --> 00:26:48.960
 alongside and help

00:26:48.960 --> 00:26:49.740
 us as we disciple

00:26:49.740 --> 00:26:50.259
 our children

00:26:50.259 --> 00:26:53.140
 we are always

00:26:53.140 --> 00:26:54.060
 looking for more

00:26:54.060 --> 00:26:54.900
 people to help

00:26:54.900 --> 00:26:55.820
 us with our

00:26:55.820 --> 00:26:56.680
 sound in the back

00:26:56.680 --> 00:26:59.480
 we are always

00:26:59.480 --> 00:27:00.240
 in need of people

00:27:00.240 --> 00:27:00.960
 to help disciple

00:27:00.960 --> 00:27:01.480
 our children

00:27:01.480 --> 00:27:04.259
 but the point

00:27:04.259 --> 00:27:04.640
 of building

00:27:04.640 --> 00:27:05.079
 Jerusalem

00:27:05.079 --> 00:27:05.980
 is not just

00:27:05.980 --> 00:27:06.299
 so that it

00:27:06.299 --> 00:27:07.079
 would be a place

00:27:07.079 --> 00:27:07.900
 for God's people

00:27:07.900 --> 00:27:08.579
 and their comfort

00:27:08.579 --> 00:27:10.180
 but remember

00:27:10.180 --> 00:27:10.860
 that the purpose

00:27:10.860 --> 00:27:11.579
 was always

00:27:11.579 --> 00:27:12.120
 that it would

00:27:12.120 --> 00:27:12.579
 be something

00:27:12.579 --> 00:27:12.960
 that would

00:27:12.960 --> 00:27:13.960
 show God

00:27:13.960 --> 00:27:14.940
 to the entire

00:27:14.940 --> 00:27:15.420
 world

00:27:15.420 --> 00:27:17.519
 and so our

00:27:17.519 --> 00:27:18.400
 need to build

00:27:18.400 --> 00:27:19.220
 and work together

00:27:19.220 --> 00:27:20.180
 towards one mission

00:27:20.180 --> 00:27:20.839
 is not just

00:27:20.839 --> 00:27:21.259
 that we would

00:27:21.259 --> 00:27:22.319
 be a good

00:27:22.319 --> 00:27:23.099
 community here

00:27:23.099 --> 00:27:23.860
 inside the church

00:27:23.860 --> 00:27:24.279
 but that we

00:27:24.279 --> 00:27:24.720
 would reach

00:27:24.720 --> 00:27:25.480
 people outside

00:27:25.480 --> 00:27:26.019
 the church

00:27:26.019 --> 00:27:26.779
 as well

00:27:26.779 --> 00:27:28.720
 and so we

00:27:28.720 --> 00:27:30.200
 need help

00:27:30.200 --> 00:27:30.660
 and people

00:27:30.660 --> 00:27:31.640
 we are not

00:27:31.640 --> 00:27:32.420
 without many

00:27:32.420 --> 00:27:33.080
 opportunities

00:27:33.080 --> 00:27:34.480
 to reach

00:27:34.480 --> 00:27:35.000
 Fort Carson

00:27:35.000 --> 00:27:35.300
 in fact

00:27:35.300 --> 00:27:35.940
 there's so many

00:27:35.940 --> 00:27:36.420
 opportunities

00:27:36.420 --> 00:27:37.060
 to reach them

00:27:37.060 --> 00:27:37.740
 that we could

00:27:37.740 --> 00:27:38.400
 not do all

00:27:38.400 --> 00:27:38.940
 of it as one

00:27:38.940 --> 00:27:39.300
 church

00:27:39.300 --> 00:27:41.560
 and yet as we

00:27:41.560 --> 00:27:42.220
 come together

00:27:42.220 --> 00:27:43.019
 and work together

00:27:43.019 --> 00:27:44.759
 that's going to

00:27:44.759 --> 00:27:45.220
 be the way

00:27:45.220 --> 00:27:45.759
 that we're able

00:27:45.759 --> 00:27:46.400
 to reach

00:27:46.400 --> 00:27:46.940
 soldiers

00:27:46.940 --> 00:27:47.820
 with the good

00:27:47.820 --> 00:27:48.279
 news of the

00:27:48.279 --> 00:27:48.580
 gospel

00:27:48.580 --> 00:27:51.000
 we need all

00:27:51.000 --> 00:27:51.660
 kinds of

00:27:51.660 --> 00:27:52.380
 different groups

00:27:52.380 --> 00:27:53.180
 coming together

00:27:53.180 --> 00:27:54.279
 to invite our

00:27:54.279 --> 00:27:54.940
 neighbors here

00:27:54.940 --> 00:27:55.600
 to join us

00:27:55.600 --> 00:27:58.259
 I only have

00:27:58.259 --> 00:27:58.980
 a limited number

00:27:58.980 --> 00:27:59.420
 of neighbors

00:27:59.420 --> 00:28:02.180
 but you have

00:28:02.180 --> 00:28:02.660
 neighbors as

00:28:02.660 --> 00:28:02.940
 well

00:28:02.940 --> 00:28:05.320
 and if the

00:28:05.320 --> 00:28:06.140
 goldsmiths

00:28:06.140 --> 00:28:06.880
 and the

00:28:06.880 --> 00:28:07.500
 perfumers

00:28:07.500 --> 00:28:08.160
 and the

00:28:08.160 --> 00:28:08.600
 priests

00:28:08.600 --> 00:28:09.980
 all exert

00:28:09.980 --> 00:28:10.860
 their influence

00:28:10.860 --> 00:28:11.440
 their areas

00:28:11.440 --> 00:28:11.920
 of influence

00:28:11.920 --> 00:28:12.519
 to invite

00:28:12.519 --> 00:28:13.779
 people

00:28:13.779 --> 00:28:14.240
 not just

00:28:14.240 --> 00:28:14.600
 into a

00:28:14.600 --> 00:28:15.039
 relationship

00:28:15.039 --> 00:28:15.560
 with God

00:28:15.560 --> 00:28:15.880
 but a

00:28:15.880 --> 00:28:16.340
 relationship

00:28:16.340 --> 00:28:16.759
 to his

00:28:16.759 --> 00:28:17.100
 people

00:28:17.100 --> 00:28:18.620
 that is

00:28:18.620 --> 00:28:19.240
 when God's

00:28:19.240 --> 00:28:19.500
 kingdom

00:28:19.500 --> 00:28:19.940
 is going

00:28:19.940 --> 00:28:20.440
 to come

00:28:20.440 --> 00:28:20.880
 more and

00:28:20.880 --> 00:28:21.340
 more on

00:28:21.340 --> 00:28:21.539
 earth

00:28:21.539 --> 00:28:21.960
 here at

00:28:21.960 --> 00:28:22.180
 Cheyenne

00:28:22.180 --> 00:28:22.460
 Mountain

00:28:22.460 --> 00:28:24.259
 our

00:28:24.259 --> 00:28:24.720
 thanksgiving

00:28:24.720 --> 00:28:25.140
 baskets

00:28:25.140 --> 00:28:25.720
 this past

00:28:25.720 --> 00:28:25.900
 year

00:28:25.900 --> 00:28:26.340
 went better

00:28:26.340 --> 00:28:26.680
 than they

00:28:26.680 --> 00:28:27.180
 have ever

00:28:27.180 --> 00:28:27.539
 gone

00:28:27.539 --> 00:28:29.700
 because we

00:28:29.700 --> 00:28:30.319
 had so many

00:28:30.319 --> 00:28:30.900
 different people

00:28:30.900 --> 00:28:31.519
 with so many

00:28:31.519 --> 00:28:32.140
 different gifts

00:28:32.140 --> 00:28:32.960
 coming alongside

00:28:32.960 --> 00:28:34.420
 we had people

00:28:34.420 --> 00:28:34.920
 who were gifted

00:28:34.920 --> 00:28:35.559
 in welcoming

00:28:35.559 --> 00:28:36.200
 and greeting

00:28:36.200 --> 00:28:38.019
 who made people

00:28:38.019 --> 00:28:38.600
 who visited our

00:28:38.600 --> 00:28:39.360
 church feel at

00:28:39.360 --> 00:28:39.640
 home

00:28:39.640 --> 00:28:40.980
 we had people

00:28:40.980 --> 00:28:41.380
 with gifts

00:28:41.380 --> 00:28:41.900
 of service

00:28:41.900 --> 00:28:42.360
 who were willing

00:28:42.360 --> 00:28:43.279
 to drive around

00:28:43.279 --> 00:28:44.100
 and drop off

00:28:44.100 --> 00:28:44.880
 baskets to

00:28:44.880 --> 00:28:46.519
 people whose

00:28:46.519 --> 00:28:47.259
 cars were broken

00:28:47.259 --> 00:28:47.740
 down and they

00:28:47.740 --> 00:28:48.220
 weren't able to

00:28:48.220 --> 00:28:48.720
 come pick them

00:28:48.720 --> 00:28:48.960
 up

00:28:48.960 --> 00:28:51.460
 we had people

00:28:51.460 --> 00:28:51.960
 whose gifts

00:28:51.960 --> 00:28:52.240
 were in

00:28:52.240 --> 00:28:52.880
 administration

00:28:52.880 --> 00:28:53.340
 and were able

00:28:53.340 --> 00:28:53.920
 to organize

00:28:53.920 --> 00:28:54.539
 and make sure

00:28:54.539 --> 00:28:55.120
 the details

00:28:55.120 --> 00:28:55.539
 were set

00:28:55.539 --> 00:28:55.840
 right

00:28:55.840 --> 00:28:58.059
 we heard

00:28:58.059 --> 00:28:58.660
 from Autumn

00:28:58.660 --> 00:28:59.360
 last Sunday

00:28:59.360 --> 00:29:00.039
 about all the

00:29:00.039 --> 00:29:00.519
 opportunities

00:29:00.519 --> 00:29:01.220
 that we have

00:29:01.220 --> 00:29:01.860
 to serve

00:29:01.860 --> 00:29:03.340
 with Life

00:29:03.340 --> 00:29:03.620
 Network

00:29:03.620 --> 00:29:04.059
 and help

00:29:04.059 --> 00:29:04.779
 women and

00:29:04.779 --> 00:29:05.200
 men who

00:29:05.200 --> 00:29:05.420
 are in

00:29:05.420 --> 00:29:05.880
 crisis

00:29:05.880 --> 00:29:08.900
 and so

00:29:08.900 --> 00:29:09.240
 God's

00:29:09.240 --> 00:29:09.819
 mission is

00:29:09.819 --> 00:29:10.539
 before us

00:29:10.539 --> 00:29:12.200
 he has

00:29:12.200 --> 00:29:12.700
 given us

00:29:12.700 --> 00:29:13.259
 tremendous

00:29:13.259 --> 00:29:14.000
 opportunities

00:29:14.000 --> 00:29:15.440
 to serve

00:29:15.440 --> 00:29:15.759
 him

00:29:15.759 --> 00:29:16.400
 to bring

00:29:16.400 --> 00:29:16.960
 his kingdom

00:29:16.960 --> 00:29:17.420
 here on

00:29:17.420 --> 00:29:17.860
 earth as it

00:29:17.860 --> 00:29:18.100
 is in

00:29:18.100 --> 00:29:18.340
 heaven

00:29:18.339 --> 00:29:20.259
 and so

00:29:20.259 --> 00:29:20.579
 that's where

00:29:20.579 --> 00:29:21.119
 we find

00:29:21.119 --> 00:29:21.619
 our unity

00:29:21.619 --> 00:29:22.240
 as a people

00:29:22.240 --> 00:29:23.679
 that's where

00:29:23.679 --> 00:29:24.079
 we come

00:29:24.079 --> 00:29:24.500
 together

00:29:24.500 --> 00:29:25.220
 not the

00:29:25.220 --> 00:29:25.639
 same

00:29:25.639 --> 00:29:26.859
 as people

00:29:26.859 --> 00:29:27.379
 with many

00:29:27.379 --> 00:29:27.720
 different

00:29:27.720 --> 00:29:28.099
 gifts

00:29:28.099 --> 00:29:28.679
 many different

00:29:28.679 --> 00:29:29.139
 abilities

00:29:29.139 --> 00:29:30.939
 but we

00:29:30.939 --> 00:29:31.539
 come together

00:29:31.539 --> 00:29:32.139
 with one

00:29:32.139 --> 00:29:32.519
 heart

00:29:32.519 --> 00:29:34.099
 one goal

00:29:34.099 --> 00:29:34.839
 one desire

00:29:34.839 --> 00:29:35.980
 and the

00:29:35.980 --> 00:29:36.500
 desire is

00:29:36.500 --> 00:29:36.959
 not that

00:29:36.959 --> 00:29:37.299
 this would

00:29:37.299 --> 00:29:37.879
 be a place

00:29:37.879 --> 00:29:38.240
 where

00:29:38.240 --> 00:29:39.119
 everything

00:29:39.119 --> 00:29:39.480
 that we

00:29:39.480 --> 00:29:39.740
 want

00:29:39.740 --> 00:29:40.240
 happens

00:29:40.240 --> 00:29:42.039
 but where

00:29:42.039 --> 00:29:42.519
 everything

00:29:42.519 --> 00:29:43.139
 that God

00:29:43.139 --> 00:29:43.519
 wants

00:29:43.519 --> 00:29:44.179
 we pursue

00:29:44.179 --> 00:29:46.259
 it's not

00:29:46.259 --> 00:29:46.679
 a place

00:29:46.679 --> 00:29:46.879
 where

00:29:46.879 --> 00:29:47.279
 everything

00:29:47.279 --> 00:29:47.960
 we want

00:29:47.960 --> 00:29:48.399
 happens

00:29:48.399 --> 00:29:48.819
 but it's

00:29:48.819 --> 00:29:49.139
 a place

00:29:49.139 --> 00:29:49.299
 where

00:29:49.299 --> 00:29:49.759
 everything

00:29:49.759 --> 00:29:50.240
 that God

00:29:50.240 --> 00:29:50.559
 wants

00:29:50.559 --> 00:29:51.599
 we pursue

00:29:51.599 --> 00:29:55.019
 we find

00:29:55.019 --> 00:29:56.059
 our unity

00:29:56.059 --> 00:29:56.359
 in our

00:29:56.359 --> 00:29:56.619
 mission

00:29:56.619 --> 00:29:56.879
 and we

00:29:56.879 --> 00:29:57.259
 find it

00:29:57.259 --> 00:29:57.420
 there

00:29:57.420 --> 00:29:57.740
 because

00:29:57.740 --> 00:29:58.279
 that is

00:29:58.279 --> 00:29:58.599
 where

00:29:58.599 --> 00:29:59.660
 God

00:29:59.660 --> 00:30:00.220
 has found

00:30:00.220 --> 00:30:00.940
 his unity

00:30:00.940 --> 00:30:01.579
 first

00:30:01.579 --> 00:30:03.199
 God

00:30:03.199 --> 00:30:03.220
 God

00:30:03.220 --> 00:30:03.240
 God

00:30:03.240 --> 00:30:03.519
 had a

00:30:03.519 --> 00:30:03.919
 unified

00:30:03.919 --> 00:30:04.579
 mission

00:30:04.579 --> 00:30:06.099
 within

00:30:06.099 --> 00:30:06.319
 the

00:30:06.319 --> 00:30:06.619
 Trinity

00:30:06.619 --> 00:30:07.960
 to this

00:30:07.960 --> 00:30:08.339
 world

00:30:08.339 --> 00:30:09.099
 before he

00:30:09.099 --> 00:30:09.619
 ever called

00:30:09.619 --> 00:30:10.419
 us to do

00:30:10.419 --> 00:30:11.000
 anything with

00:30:11.000 --> 00:30:11.279
 him and

00:30:11.279 --> 00:30:11.740
 for him

00:30:11.740 --> 00:30:14.679
 God sent

00:30:14.679 --> 00:30:15.519
 his son

00:30:15.519 --> 00:30:17.059
 as part

00:30:17.059 --> 00:30:17.319
 of his

00:30:17.319 --> 00:30:17.639
 mission

00:30:17.639 --> 00:30:18.899
 and they

00:30:18.899 --> 00:30:19.539
 were united

00:30:19.539 --> 00:30:20.000
 in that

00:30:20.000 --> 00:30:21.079
 Jesus tells

00:30:21.079 --> 00:30:21.379
 us in

00:30:21.379 --> 00:30:21.899
 John chapter

00:30:21.899 --> 00:30:22.539
 10 that he

00:30:22.539 --> 00:30:22.819
 and the

00:30:22.819 --> 00:30:23.299
 father are

00:30:23.299 --> 00:30:23.759
 one

00:30:23.759 --> 00:30:26.299
 and yet

00:30:26.299 --> 00:30:26.519
 they have

00:30:26.519 --> 00:30:27.179
 different roles

00:30:27.179 --> 00:30:27.539
 in the way

00:30:27.539 --> 00:30:28.139
 they accomplish

00:30:28.139 --> 00:30:28.419
 it

00:30:28.420 --> 00:30:30.360
 God

00:30:30.360 --> 00:30:30.759
 the father

00:30:30.759 --> 00:30:31.360
 sent his

00:30:31.360 --> 00:30:31.680
 son

00:30:31.680 --> 00:30:33.220
 Jesus

00:30:33.220 --> 00:30:33.820
 the son

00:30:33.820 --> 00:30:34.560
 died

00:30:34.560 --> 00:30:36.380
 and he

00:30:36.380 --> 00:30:36.759
 died

00:30:36.759 --> 00:30:37.900
 for our

00:30:37.900 --> 00:30:38.200
 sins

00:30:38.200 --> 00:30:38.620
 he died

00:30:38.620 --> 00:30:39.279
 to redeem

00:30:39.279 --> 00:30:39.820
 people who

00:30:39.820 --> 00:30:40.240
 had rebelled

00:30:40.240 --> 00:30:40.840
 against him

00:30:40.840 --> 00:30:42.820
 but he

00:30:42.820 --> 00:30:43.160
 didn't just

00:30:43.160 --> 00:30:43.640
 redeem us

00:30:43.640 --> 00:30:44.460
 from sin

00:30:44.460 --> 00:30:44.920
 he redeemed

00:30:44.920 --> 00:30:45.539
 us to

00:30:45.539 --> 00:30:46.800
 all the

00:30:46.800 --> 00:30:47.180
 work that

00:30:47.180 --> 00:30:47.480
 he has

00:30:47.480 --> 00:30:48.000
 for us

00:30:48.000 --> 00:30:49.080
 everything

00:30:49.080 --> 00:30:49.539
 that he

00:30:49.539 --> 00:30:50.140
 has to

00:30:50.140 --> 00:30:50.620
 redeem

00:30:50.620 --> 00:30:51.220
 and bring

00:30:51.220 --> 00:30:51.580
 back

00:30:51.580 --> 00:30:52.000
 what's been

00:30:52.000 --> 00:30:52.300
 ruined

00:30:52.300 --> 00:30:52.700
 and broken

00:30:52.700 --> 00:30:53.259
 by sin

00:30:53.259 --> 00:30:55.700
 and so

00:30:55.700 --> 00:30:56.160
 Jesus has

00:30:56.160 --> 00:30:56.539
 a mission

00:30:56.539 --> 00:30:57.080
 as well

00:30:57.080 --> 00:30:57.420
 he says

00:30:57.420 --> 00:30:57.800
 in Luke

00:30:57.800 --> 00:30:58.100
 chapter

00:30:58.099 --> 00:30:58.740
 19 that

00:30:58.740 --> 00:30:59.159
 he came

00:30:59.159 --> 00:30:59.839
 to seek

00:30:59.839 --> 00:31:00.899
 and save

00:31:00.899 --> 00:31:01.459
 the lost

00:31:01.459 --> 00:31:04.059
 and so

00:31:04.059 --> 00:31:04.339
 Jesus'

00:31:04.539 --> 00:31:04.799
 mission

00:31:04.799 --> 00:31:05.559
 to us

00:31:05.559 --> 00:31:07.419
 is the

00:31:07.419 --> 00:31:07.839
 mission

00:31:07.839 --> 00:31:08.740
 that enables

00:31:08.740 --> 00:31:09.259
 us to

00:31:09.259 --> 00:31:09.819
 also join

00:31:09.819 --> 00:31:10.240
 with him

00:31:10.240 --> 00:31:11.759
 he came

00:31:11.759 --> 00:31:12.279
 to seek

00:31:12.279 --> 00:31:12.699
 and save

00:31:12.699 --> 00:31:12.959
 us so

00:31:12.959 --> 00:31:13.179
 that we

00:31:13.179 --> 00:31:13.459
 could be

00:31:13.459 --> 00:31:13.980
 part of

00:31:13.980 --> 00:31:14.459
 his mission

00:31:14.459 --> 00:31:14.899
 here on

00:31:14.899 --> 00:31:15.179
 earth

00:31:15.179 --> 00:31:16.980
 so we

00:31:16.980 --> 00:31:17.639
 follow him

00:31:17.639 --> 00:31:17.980
 in doing

00:31:17.980 --> 00:31:18.339
 what he's

00:31:18.339 --> 00:31:18.959
 already done

00:31:18.959 --> 00:31:19.879
 to bring

00:31:19.879 --> 00:31:20.419
 his kingdom

00:31:20.419 --> 00:31:21.019
 on earth

00:31:21.019 --> 00:31:22.019
 just as

00:31:22.019 --> 00:31:22.240
 it is

00:31:22.240 --> 00:31:22.579
 in heaven

00:31:22.579 --> 00:31:24.259
 it's a

00:31:24.259 --> 00:31:24.539
 mission

00:31:24.539 --> 00:31:25.119
 that Jesus

00:31:25.119 --> 00:31:25.579
 started

00:31:25.579 --> 00:31:27.019
 and it's

00:31:27.019 --> 00:31:27.339
 a mission

00:31:27.339 --> 00:31:27.599
 that he

00:31:27.599 --> 00:31:27.980
 gives to

00:31:27.980 --> 00:31:28.240
 us

00:31:28.240 --> 00:31:28.759
 as well

00:31:28.759 --> 00:31:30.619
 and so

00:31:30.619 --> 00:31:31.099
 the question

00:31:31.099 --> 00:31:31.639
 is not

00:31:31.639 --> 00:31:32.879
 whether we

00:31:32.879 --> 00:31:33.419
 are different

00:31:33.419 --> 00:31:33.939
 because we

00:31:33.939 --> 00:31:34.240
 are

00:31:34.240 --> 00:31:36.339
 the question

00:31:36.339 --> 00:31:36.659
 is whether

00:31:36.659 --> 00:31:37.059
 we will

00:31:37.059 --> 00:31:37.759
 join together

00:31:37.759 --> 00:31:38.279
 in our

00:31:38.279 --> 00:31:38.719
 differences

00:31:38.719 --> 00:31:39.980
 because Jesus

00:31:39.980 --> 00:31:40.699
 has already

00:31:40.699 --> 00:31:41.879
 joined together

00:31:41.879 --> 00:31:42.740
 with us

00:31:42.740 --> 00:31:45.259
 and so

00:31:45.259 --> 00:31:45.559
 we're going to

00:31:45.559 --> 00:31:46.139
 sing about that

00:31:46.139 --> 00:31:46.339
 now

00:31:46.339 --> 00:31:46.879
 we're going to

00:31:46.879 --> 00:31:47.439
 sing about

00:31:47.439 --> 00:31:47.959
 the church

00:31:47.959 --> 00:31:48.779
 arising and

00:31:48.779 --> 00:31:49.199
 doing the

00:31:49.199 --> 00:31:49.559
 work that

00:31:49.559 --> 00:31:50.079
 God's given

00:31:50.079 --> 00:31:50.419
 us

00:31:50.419 --> 00:31:51.500
 because of

00:31:51.500 --> 00:31:51.879
 the work

00:31:51.879 --> 00:31:52.119
 that he

00:31:52.119 --> 00:31:52.619
 has already

00:31:52.619 --> 00:31:53.000
 done

00:31:53.000 --> 00:31:53.880
 for us

00:31:53.880 --> 00:31:55.380
 and so

00:31:55.380 --> 00:31:55.819
 please pray

00:31:55.819 --> 00:31:56.140
 with me

00:31:56.140 --> 00:31:56.380
 as we

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 come to

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 that portion

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 of our

00:31:57.460 --> 00:31:57.880
 service

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 dear father

00:32:00.660 --> 00:32:01.019
 in heaven

00:32:01.019 --> 00:32:01.720
 we thank

00:32:01.720 --> 00:32:01.960
 you

00:32:01.960 --> 00:32:03.680
 for your

00:32:03.680 --> 00:32:03.920
 mission

00:32:03.920 --> 00:32:04.519
 to us

00:32:04.519 --> 00:32:05.059
 we thank

00:32:05.059 --> 00:32:05.359
 you for

00:32:05.359 --> 00:32:05.720
 sending

00:32:05.720 --> 00:32:06.400
 your son

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 so that

00:32:08.539 --> 00:32:09.039
 he could

00:32:09.039 --> 00:32:09.559
 bear the

00:32:09.559 --> 00:32:10.119
 weight of

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 your full

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 and complete

00:32:11.339 --> 00:32:11.799
 justice

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 so that

00:32:12.140 --> 00:32:12.400
 we would

00:32:12.400 --> 00:32:12.799
 not have

00:32:12.799 --> 00:32:13.019
 to

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 thank you

00:32:14.940 --> 00:32:15.640
 for redeeming

00:32:15.640 --> 00:32:16.160
 us from

00:32:16.160 --> 00:32:16.819
 sin so that

00:32:16.819 --> 00:32:17.220
 you could

00:32:17.220 --> 00:32:18.319
 redeem us

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 to righteousness

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 to work

00:32:20.039 --> 00:32:20.400
 together

00:32:20.400 --> 00:32:20.920
 as one

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 community

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 as one

00:32:22.740 --> 00:32:23.060
 church

00:32:23.060 --> 00:32:23.600
 following

00:32:23.600 --> 00:32:24.320
 after you

00:32:24.320 --> 00:32:24.980
 together

00:32:24.980 --> 00:32:25.420
 we ask

00:32:25.420 --> 00:32:25.720
 that you'd

00:32:25.720 --> 00:32:26.039
 send your

00:32:26.039 --> 00:32:26.360
 spirit

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 and you'd

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 help us

00:32:27.019 --> 00:32:27.320
 to do

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 that now

00:32:27.779 --> 00:32:29.019
 we ask

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 all these

00:32:29.420 --> 00:32:29.800
 things in

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 the name

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 of your

00:32:30.300 --> 00:32:30.580
 son

00:32:30.580 --> 00:32:31.500
 amen