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 All right. Good morning.

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 We don't have the full group,

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 and actually a number of our teens are gone

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! because of the spring retreat.

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 So we'll have a smaller crowd anyway,

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!

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 What the cover says, this is not week five, it's week six.

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 And it's not hope for the heart, it's purity in the heart.

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 So you can ignore that,

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 and the rest of the content is in place.

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 All right?

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 Let me pray for us, and we will get started.

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 All right?

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 Father, thank you for the word that you've given to us,

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 that living and powerful word of God

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 that is active, it is effective,

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 it is working, it accomplishes its purposes.

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 Lord, I pray that you would help us,

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 as we seek to kind of wrap up this study this morning,

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 that you will allow all the pieces

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 to really begin to come together

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 as we look at this subject one more time,

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 and we see how to apply your word

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 to the truths and to the difficulties

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 that we experience in this life.

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 God, I pray in all things,

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 not only that you would be glorified,

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 but that your people would be transformed.

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 Transformed from one degree of glory to the other

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 because we are moving in the direction of Jesus Christ.

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 You are imprinting your pattern into our life.

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 You are making us look more and more like Jesus.

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 And you are strengthening our testimony

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 so that we can be the light,

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 the city that's set on a hill that cannot be hidden.

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 Help our light to shine brightly for you.

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 In Jesus' name, amen.

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 All right.

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 So this is the last week that we're together,

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 and I'm grateful for your perseverance

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 and kind of working through this with me

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 as we have been kind of making our way

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 through the last, well, these pathways,

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 the roadmap that I showed you last week

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 and these stops that we've taken

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 to address this significant issue.

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 It's an issue that all of us struggle with.

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 We all struggle with sin.

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 And my guess is that all of us,

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 at one point or the other,

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 not have just struggled with sin,

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 but there have been times

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 where we've felt like sin has had the upper hand

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 in our life.

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 And maybe you felt like,

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 I want to do what God wants me to do,

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 but I just can't seem to find a way.

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 And God wants to not only inform us

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 to know that he has a solution,

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 but he wants us to enjoy the reality

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 of that new identity that we saw

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 in Colossians 1, verse 13.

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 You have been delivered from the domain of darkness.

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 You have been transferred into the kingdom

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 of his beloved son.

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 That's the reality for everyone

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 who has trusted in Jesus as their savior.

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 And so to live in that reality,

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 that's really what this has been about.

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 That's the goal.

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 That's what we all want to enjoy.

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 We want to enjoy the benefits

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 of what he has purchased for us

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 by his son, Jesus on the cross.

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 Okay?

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 Now, this last lesson is full.

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 I mean, it is packed full.

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 You may or may not be able to tell

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 just by looking at the notes there.

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 But what I've tried to do

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 is I've tried to have given you

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 as much of the information

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 in summary form as I can

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 because we're not going to be able

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 to cover it all,

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 at least not thoroughly in our time today.

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 But I want you to have it

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 so you can see it for yourself.

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 And you have some verses there.

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 You have some quotes there.

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 And in each of the main landing points

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 that we've come to,

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 there are going to be five strategies

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 this morning that we're going to cover,

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 five strategies for helping you

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 be able to experience

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 and enjoy the reality

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 of what Christ has purchased for you

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 in the freedom

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 over the bondage of sin,

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 over the control of sin.

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 So there's five strategies

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 that we're going to cover.

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 And each strategy has little sub points

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 that you're going to see.

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 And so I've included

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 at least four,

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 or excuse me,

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 at least two,

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 but most of the time

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 four truth-centering points

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 for each strategy

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 to kind of anchor your mind

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 into what does this point mean

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 and what am I supposed to make of this?

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 But I want to begin

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 with this question.

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 What can change a heart?

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 What can change a heart?

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 What does it take

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 to change a heart?

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 And maybe the companion question is,

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 do I need to change my heart?

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 Fundamentally,

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 we need to believe

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 that something has to change

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 in our heart

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 in order for anything

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 to change in our life.

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 And we said,

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 going back several weeks now,

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 that the heart

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 is the control center.

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 The heart is kind of

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 the operating bank.

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 It is the place

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 where your desires

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 give flame

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 and direction

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 to your actions.

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 Because we said,

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 what we desire,

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 what we want,

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 inevitably leads

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 to what we do.

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 And so,

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 we care about our heart.

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 We need to change our heart.

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 So what do we do

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 to fix our heart?

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 You see over on the left-hand panel,

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 kind of a cloud of words there.

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 Okay?

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 And my guess is that

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 all of us,

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 at one point or the other,

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 have tried to address

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 or counsel

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 or encourage others

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 in their struggle with sin.

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 Or we have tried

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 to get help

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 for the struggles

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 that we have with sin.

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 And so,

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 what we encounter

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 in that process

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 are these kinds of words.

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 Psychology,

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 understanding identity,

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 having the right kind

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 of treatment,

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 the right kind

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 of techniques,

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 this behavior management,

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 this coping skills.

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 We often hear

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 that what we're struggling

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 with is a disease.

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 This is behavior modification.

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 We need some training.

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 We need to understand ethics.

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 All of these kinds of words

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 that help

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 in the culture

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 that we're in,

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 in the places

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 where you are,

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 not only to identify

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 what they think

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 the problem is,

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 but also to try

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 to help provide solutions

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 to those problems.

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 Okay?

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 Now,

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 I know that

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 this is early

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 on Sunday morning.

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 Okay?

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 And maybe you haven't

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 had time

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 for your juices

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 to warm up yet.

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 But,

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 when you think about

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 these kinds

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 of approaches,

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 what is fundamentally

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 wrong

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 with these kinds

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 of approaches?

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 And maybe

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 before we get

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 to that root problem,

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 what are some

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 of the things

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 that you hear

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 or even have said

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 to one another,

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 here's how you can

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 find victory

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 over that issue?

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 What are some

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 of the solutions

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 that we give?

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 With your phone?

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 With your TV?

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 With your,

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 right?

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 What are some

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 solutions that we give?

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 Okay?

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 Sometimes we hear

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 the importance

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 of therapy.

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 You need to go

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 to somebody

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 who can really

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 help you with this.

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 Somebody who really

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 understands your problem.

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 Somebody who can

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 really address

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 the issues.

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 Okay, good.

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 What else?

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 Hey, yeah,

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 set time limits

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 on your phone.

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 Right?

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 This is,

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 obviously,

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 your phone

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 is the problem

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 and what you're

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 looking on your

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 phone is the issue

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 so just eliminate

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 the problem

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 and you'll be okay.

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 Right?

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 Now, is there

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 wisdom in that?

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 Of course there

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 is some wisdom

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 in that.

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 Of course there is.

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 I don't want to

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 dismiss that there

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 are certain helps

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 that we can use

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 to help ourselves

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 create patterns

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 of obedience.

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 Anything else

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 you might have

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 heard?

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 Yeah.

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 Let's find the

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 right filters.

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 Let's find the

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 right blockers.

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 Let's find the

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 right app that

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 can help you

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 address this

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 problem and,

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 you know,

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 all of you who

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 have an Apple

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 iPhone,

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 you're getting

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 that weekly report,

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 you know,

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 your screen time

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 and now even

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 if you have an

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 Android,

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 you're getting

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 what is the

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 screen time?

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 What are the,

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 where do you

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 find yourself?

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 What apps are you

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 on?

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 How long

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 you've been

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 on YouTube?

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 What's the

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 social media

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 usage?

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 All of these

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 things that we

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 do so that we

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 can find a

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 solution and so

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 that we can build

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 discipline and so

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 that we can fix

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 this problem of

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 sin.

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 Now we've

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 recognized,

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 one good thing,

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 we've recognized

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 that sin is a

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 problem,

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 okay?

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 And we're trying

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 to find reasonable,

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 practical ways,

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 solutions to address

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 the problem.

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 Those are,

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 that's good.

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 But what is the

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 fundamental issue

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 with that?

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 You know,

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 I couldn't,

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 I couldn't have

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 put it any

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 better.

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 John,

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 you hit the

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 nail on the

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 head.

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 We address the

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 symptoms instead

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 of the root

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 causes.

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 We're trying to

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 fix the things

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 we do instead

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 of addressing the

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 heart from which

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 those things

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 spring,

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 right?

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 So if we can

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 just,

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 we can just

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 solve my,

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 my action

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 problem,

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 if I can solve

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 the sin problem

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 by the things I

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 do,

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 my doing issue,

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 then we think

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 we've arrived.

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 The problem is

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 that our heart

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 will find a

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 workaround.

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 Our heart will

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 always find a

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 way to express

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 itself to find

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 satisfaction that

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 is more

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 presentable.

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 That maybe you

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 don't do those

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 sins that people

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 will say,

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 that's really bad.

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 What are you

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 thinking about?

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 And we even

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 know in our

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 heart how guilty

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 those things make

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 us feel.

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 But fundamentally,

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 what we end up

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 doing is we

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 then replace

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 those offensive

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 sins with those

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 respectable sins.

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 we find another

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 path.

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 And, you

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 know,

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 I was thinking

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 about giving an

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 example.

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 I think I

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 probably will.

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 So,

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 I won't tell you

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 who.

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 Sorry, I'm

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 trying to think

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 on the fly here.

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 For example,

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 somebody who has

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 an issue with

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 alcoholism.

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 Somebody who

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 is a drunkard

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 and knows that

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 that's a problem.

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 And it's been

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 identified as a

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 problem.

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 And even

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 confronted as an

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 issue.

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 Well, so,

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 then I'll go to

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 a 12-step

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 program.

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 I'll fix my

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 alcoholism.

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 And that's what

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 everyone knows

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 is an issue.

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 But then it

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 produces itself

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 then in

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 different addictions.

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 Addiction for

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 video games.

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 Addiction for

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 movies.

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 Addiction as it

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 relates to

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 leisure and

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 spending time.

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 But, see,

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 those are so

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 much more

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 presentable.

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 And so,

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 those are okay,

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 at least from

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 a worldly

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 standpoint.

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 But it never

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 addresses the

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 heart issue,

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 as John said.

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 It doesn't

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 address the

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 heart issue.

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 So, we then

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 give ourselves

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 a pass because

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 we're like,

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 well, that's not

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 the bad thing.

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 I'm just doing

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 the better thing.

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 It's the okay

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 thing.

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 It's the thing

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 that everyone

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 struggles with.

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 So, you

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 know, if I'm

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 just doing the

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 things that

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 everyone struggles

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 with, then I'm

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 not so bad as

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 so-and-so.

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 You understand?

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 Now, remember,

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 just for review,

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 what are those

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 presentable sins

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 that we talked

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 about, those

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 gateway sins,

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 those things that

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 start you on the

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 path that everyone

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 excuses, but then

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 it leads down the

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 road to these

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 things that everyone

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 understands now

00:13:08.879 --> 00:13:10.120
 is bondage.

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 Remember?

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 What were some

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 of those?

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 Anger.

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 Perfect example.

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 You know, of

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 course I fly off

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 the handle.

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 Everyone flies off

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 the handle.

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 Everyone loses

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 control once in a

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 while.

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 It's okay.

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 That's what people

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 do.

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 Just give me a

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 break already.

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 What else?

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 Comfort.

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 I deserve a

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 little bit of

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 satisfaction.

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 My life is

00:13:36.320 --> 00:13:36.640
 hard.

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 Do you

00:13:37.100 --> 00:13:38.019
 understand how

00:13:38.019 --> 00:13:38.920
 hard my life

00:13:38.920 --> 00:13:39.220
 is?

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 I deserve a

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 break.

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 I need some

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 comfort.

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 And so we

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 pacify ourselves.

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 We give

00:13:46.480 --> 00:13:47.659
 ourselves a

00:13:47.659 --> 00:13:48.080
 pass.

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 And so we

00:13:49.360 --> 00:13:50.639
 run to comfort

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 instead of running

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 to God when

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 things are hard.

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 We want to

00:13:53.840 --> 00:13:55.600
 create escapes.

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 We want to

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 pacify ourselves

00:13:57.540 --> 00:13:59.320
 instead of

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 anchoring ourselves

00:14:00.500 --> 00:14:01.000
 in the,

00:14:01.580 --> 00:14:02.000
 God, this is

00:14:02.000 --> 00:14:03.200
 really hard and

00:14:03.200 --> 00:14:04.200
 I know you

00:14:04.200 --> 00:14:04.960
 can help me.

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 I know that

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 you're bigger

00:14:06.560 --> 00:14:07.100
 than this.

00:14:08.040 --> 00:14:08.500
 What else?

00:14:08.780 --> 00:14:09.000
 Remember?

00:14:09.180 --> 00:14:09.639
 Anything else?

00:14:10.879 --> 00:14:11.360
 Fear.

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 Fear is one

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 and I think we

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 actually talked

00:14:14.480 --> 00:14:15.100
 about that as

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 kind of a

00:14:15.840 --> 00:14:16.860
 heart motivation

00:14:16.860 --> 00:14:19.259
 and a lot of

00:14:19.259 --> 00:14:19.800
 these things are

00:14:19.800 --> 00:14:20.879
 kind of blurred

00:14:20.879 --> 00:14:23.320
 together and we

00:14:23.320 --> 00:14:24.240
 want control.

00:14:24.620 --> 00:14:26.019
 We are afraid and

00:14:26.019 --> 00:14:26.820
 so we want to,

00:14:27.259 --> 00:14:27.840
 again, as it

00:14:27.840 --> 00:14:28.700
 relates to control,

00:14:28.879 --> 00:14:30.220
 we want to remove

00:14:30.220 --> 00:14:31.980
 the potential fear

00:14:31.980 --> 00:14:33.040
 issues away from

00:14:33.040 --> 00:14:33.980
 us and so we'll

00:14:33.980 --> 00:14:34.740
 do what we need

00:14:34.740 --> 00:14:37.220
 to do to ease

00:14:37.220 --> 00:14:38.180
 our hearts.

00:14:39.160 --> 00:14:39.800
 And our hearts

00:14:39.800 --> 00:14:42.360
 drive us to

00:14:42.360 --> 00:14:43.379
 sin that we

00:14:43.379 --> 00:14:44.259
 then excuse

00:14:44.259 --> 00:14:46.040
 because it's not

00:14:46.040 --> 00:14:47.100
 so bad as this

00:14:47.100 --> 00:14:47.879
 other sin over

00:14:47.879 --> 00:14:48.160
 here.

00:14:49.600 --> 00:14:50.080
 And so we're

00:14:50.080 --> 00:14:51.080
 building patterns,

00:14:51.160 --> 00:14:51.460
 aren't we?

00:14:52.259 --> 00:14:52.960
 We're building

00:14:52.960 --> 00:14:54.080
 pathways, aren't

00:14:54.080 --> 00:14:54.259
 we?

00:14:54.840 --> 00:14:55.580
 We're teaching

00:14:55.580 --> 00:14:56.960
 ourselves that

00:14:56.960 --> 00:14:57.800
 sin is okay.

00:14:58.719 --> 00:14:59.559
 That certain sins

00:14:59.559 --> 00:15:00.240
 might be really

00:15:00.240 --> 00:15:00.939
 bad but other

00:15:00.939 --> 00:15:02.019
 sins, eh, you

00:15:02.019 --> 00:15:02.259
 know what?

00:15:02.319 --> 00:15:03.299
 God understands.

00:15:03.740 --> 00:15:04.379
 God will forgive

00:15:04.379 --> 00:15:05.439
 and of course he

00:15:05.439 --> 00:15:05.839
 does.

00:15:06.319 --> 00:15:07.199
 God's grace will

00:15:07.199 --> 00:15:07.539
 forgive.

00:15:09.000 --> 00:15:10.479
 But as soon as we

00:15:10.479 --> 00:15:11.359
 come to a place

00:15:11.359 --> 00:15:12.399
 of saying, you

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 know what?

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 I'm okay.

00:15:14.879 --> 00:15:15.939
 Then we remove

00:15:15.939 --> 00:15:17.439
 the opportunity for

00:15:17.439 --> 00:15:18.159
 real change to

00:15:18.159 --> 00:15:18.799
 actually happen.

00:15:20.179 --> 00:15:21.039
 And so there's no

00:15:21.039 --> 00:15:21.719
 wonder why we

00:15:21.719 --> 00:15:22.579
 continue to struggle

00:15:22.579 --> 00:15:24.719
 with sin because

00:15:24.719 --> 00:15:25.379
 we have all these

00:15:25.379 --> 00:15:26.099
 other sins that

00:15:26.099 --> 00:15:27.039
 we're just okay

00:15:27.039 --> 00:15:27.500
 with.

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 We've just

00:15:28.599 --> 00:15:30.079
 learned to say,

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 well, it's fine.

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 You know, I'll

00:15:31.859 --> 00:15:32.539
 work on this

00:15:32.539 --> 00:15:34.059
 eventually but,

00:15:34.379 --> 00:15:35.079
 eh, you know,

00:15:35.919 --> 00:15:36.740
 everyone is

00:15:36.740 --> 00:15:38.039
 struggling with

00:15:38.039 --> 00:15:39.099
 this so I will

00:15:39.099 --> 00:15:39.339
 too.

00:15:40.539 --> 00:15:41.279
 And that's the

00:15:41.279 --> 00:15:41.559
 problem.

00:15:42.259 --> 00:15:43.659
 The problem is we

00:15:43.659 --> 00:15:44.179
 give ourself a

00:15:44.179 --> 00:15:44.459
 pass.

00:15:45.219 --> 00:15:45.819
 So what are the

00:15:45.819 --> 00:15:46.500
 strategies that we

00:15:46.500 --> 00:15:47.039
 need to put in

00:15:47.039 --> 00:15:47.319
 place?

00:15:47.439 --> 00:15:48.240
 And I've already

00:15:48.240 --> 00:15:48.879
 taken up too much

00:15:48.879 --> 00:15:50.359
 time so I want to

00:15:50.359 --> 00:15:51.839
 try to knock these

00:15:51.839 --> 00:15:52.479
 out a little bit

00:15:52.479 --> 00:15:53.279
 faster.

00:15:54.240 --> 00:15:55.819
 First is you need

00:15:55.819 --> 00:15:56.479
 to become a

00:15:56.479 --> 00:15:57.779
 disciple of the

00:15:57.779 --> 00:15:58.679
 gospel of grace.

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 Become a disciple

00:16:00.980 --> 00:16:01.720
 of the gospel of

00:16:01.720 --> 00:16:01.860
 grace.

00:16:01.939 --> 00:16:02.980
 Now, I know that's

00:16:02.980 --> 00:16:04.259
 kind of ambiguous a

00:16:04.259 --> 00:16:04.699
 little bit.

00:16:06.439 --> 00:16:08.240
 In real practical

00:16:08.240 --> 00:16:12.559
 terms is learn that

00:16:12.559 --> 00:16:14.299
 Jesus has answers for

00:16:14.299 --> 00:16:14.720
 your sin.

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 And learn that his

00:16:17.819 --> 00:16:19.919
 solutions are found

00:16:19.919 --> 00:16:20.539
 in his word.

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 word.

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 And it's found in the

00:16:22.980 --> 00:16:23.419
 gospel.

00:16:23.819 --> 00:16:23.919
 Okay?

00:16:24.419 --> 00:16:25.519
 That as we come to

00:16:25.519 --> 00:16:26.779
 know who Jesus is,

00:16:26.819 --> 00:16:27.959
 we come to know what

00:16:27.959 --> 00:16:30.000
 Jesus did, we come to

00:16:30.000 --> 00:16:31.659
 understand our identity

00:16:31.659 --> 00:16:33.120
 because of what Christ

00:16:33.120 --> 00:16:34.659
 accomplished for us,

00:16:34.779 --> 00:16:36.620
 then we can begin to

00:16:36.620 --> 00:16:38.339
 enjoy the benefits of

00:16:38.339 --> 00:16:40.419
 that as we say, no,

00:16:40.480 --> 00:16:40.919
 wait a second.

00:16:41.699 --> 00:16:42.659
 God has done this for

00:16:42.659 --> 00:16:42.879
 me.

00:16:43.579 --> 00:16:44.500
 God has called me to

00:16:44.500 --> 00:16:44.879
 this.

00:16:45.539 --> 00:16:47.740
 God has delivered me

00:16:47.740 --> 00:16:48.879
 from this sin.

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 This is the new,

00:16:50.419 --> 00:16:51.399
 should be the new

00:16:51.399 --> 00:16:52.939
 posture of my heart.

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 So, Lord, help this to

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 now be the expression,

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 the consistent expression

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 of my life.

00:17:02.159 --> 00:17:03.480
 Well, we talked about

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 the importance of

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 confession and

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 repentance.

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 And again, each of

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 these are going to have

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 some truth statements.

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 I'm not going to be able

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 to cover them all.

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 But this first true

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 statement here is

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 confession brings sin

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 into the light where

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 grace can work.

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 Hidden sin thrives in

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 secrecy.

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 I want us to pause for a

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 moment.

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 I think we all would

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 acknowledge this is true.

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 We would all say, yeah,

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 confession is really

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 important.

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 So why is confession

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 hard?

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 If you're honest, why is

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 confession hard?

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 We don't want to see

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 the truth because it's

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 stinking bright.

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 Okay.

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 I'll get to that in a

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 second.

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 What did you say?

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 Often we don't want to

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 see the truth, but we

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 don't want to.

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 Okay.

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 So we don't want to face

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 the reality of what

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 we're confessing.

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 We get this impression

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 that if we push this

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 down, if we bury it,

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 that maybe no one will

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 really know who we are.

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 No one will really

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 come to appreciate or

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 see what we know to be

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 true of ourselves.

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 And somehow we feel

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 like if we don't push

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 it out in the open,

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 then maybe we can also

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 bury that truth.

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 And it's not really

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 going to be very real

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 for us too.

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 Okay.

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 So we don't confess

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 because we really don't

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 want to admit how bad

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 things are.

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 Okay.

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 Pastor, you said it

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 was an issue of pride.

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 Okay.

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 What about pride is in

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 the way?

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 It's good.

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 Okay.

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 So we don't want to

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 confess sin because we

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 want to give everybody

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 the impression that we

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 have it together.

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 Every time I sin, I

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 thought it was a good

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 idea.

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 Every time we sin, we

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 think it's a good idea.

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 And maybe even the times

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 we know it's not a good

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 idea, we believe that

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 somehow this is going to

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 get me what I want

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 because God is holding

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 out on me in some way.

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 Right?

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 And that's a real

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 problem.

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 Good.

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 What else?

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 Okay.

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 I don't want to bring

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 it out and now I have

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 accountability.

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 It's good.

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 I don't want people to

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 know because I don't

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 want the accountability.

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 And let's be honest,

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 confession makes things

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 really public.

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 There's no wonder why we

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 don't confess.

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 Because oftentimes there

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 are real consequences

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 to confession.

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 confession.

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 And we think that if we

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 just live with it a

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 little longer, people

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 will not just not know.

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 God will give us a pass

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 on that.

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 And then somehow those

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 consequences aren't

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 going to come to bear on

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 my heart.

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 One of the things that my

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 dad said to me constantly,

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 he says, son, make sure

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 your sin will find you

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 out.

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 Make sure your sin will

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 find you out.

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 That's a verse, by the

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 way.

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 And that's a good path

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 because it cuts short

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 this process of sin

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 working in our life and

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 creating bondage and

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 idolatry and all of that

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 brokenness that happens

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 in relationships,

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 brokenness that happens

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 with not being able to

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 serve in the way that we

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 want to, the testimony

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 that gets sullied.

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 And then the longer we

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 walk down the path, the

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 more we feel comfortable

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 with that sin.

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 And it calluses our

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 hearts.

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 And all of that is what

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 we can relinquish if we

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 just say, you know what,

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 I'm going to cut this

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 short.

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 It's going to be really

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 hard, but it's going to be

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 so much better for me to

00:20:45.039 --> 00:20:46.240
 just get it out in the

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 open.

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 And it doesn't always have

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 to be out in the open

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 with everybody, okay?

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 But getting it out in the

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 open with somebody who you

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 have a relationship with

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 who can really help in a

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 significant way, helping

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 overcome that sin, right?

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 Good.

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 Yeah, Elliot.

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 I think sometimes we

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 struggle with confession

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 because we don't

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 understand the events of

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 others.

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 Okay.

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 Think about David.

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 Yeah, that's good.

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 And then it wasn't

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 only for you to not

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 confess it when Nathan

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 came to him.

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 That's good.

00:21:24.620 --> 00:21:25.280
 That's good.

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 That's right.

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 That's good.

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 And so the blindness of

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 David's heart didn't start

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 with a sin with Bathsheba.

00:21:37.040 --> 00:21:37.300
 Okay?

00:21:37.780 --> 00:21:38.600
 And that's how it always

00:21:38.600 --> 00:21:39.019
 is.

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 The blindness of our

00:21:40.780 --> 00:21:42.140
 heart starts much, much

00:21:42.140 --> 00:21:43.560
 earlier in the things that

00:21:43.560 --> 00:21:45.140
 we give a pass to before

00:21:45.140 --> 00:21:47.100
 we ever arrive at the big

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 sins.

00:21:48.360 --> 00:21:48.580
 Okay?

00:21:48.579 --> 00:21:50.039
 That's the gateway that

00:21:50.039 --> 00:21:50.740
 we're talking about.

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 We give ourself a pass when

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 it comes to comfort.

00:21:54.019 --> 00:21:55.099
 We give ourself a pass when

00:21:55.099 --> 00:21:55.939
 it comes to anger.

00:21:56.259 --> 00:21:57.240
 We give ourself a pass when

00:21:57.240 --> 00:21:58.599
 it comes to needing to be

00:21:58.599 --> 00:22:00.740
 in control and not trusting

00:22:00.740 --> 00:22:02.159
 God for his provision.

00:22:02.419 --> 00:22:03.199
 All of those things.

00:22:03.299 --> 00:22:04.000
 And so we're like, no,

00:22:04.059 --> 00:22:06.119
 that one's okay, but this

00:22:06.119 --> 00:22:07.799
 one over here, well, I've

00:22:07.799 --> 00:22:08.980
 got to stay away from that

00:22:08.980 --> 00:22:09.199
 one.

00:22:10.259 --> 00:22:12.399
 But all along, the way we

00:22:12.399 --> 00:22:13.759
 are cutting these grooves

00:22:13.759 --> 00:22:14.759
 moves in our life.

00:22:15.079 --> 00:22:16.460
 There's no wonder why we

00:22:16.460 --> 00:22:18.160
 end up where we end up.

00:22:19.160 --> 00:22:20.619
 It doesn't happen overnight.

00:22:22.099 --> 00:22:25.119
 And so it requires us to

00:22:25.119 --> 00:22:28.079
 have a very clear perspective,

00:22:28.299 --> 00:22:30.619
 a very true perspective of

00:22:30.619 --> 00:22:31.900
 the nature of our hearts

00:22:31.900 --> 00:22:34.839
 early on so that we can put

00:22:34.839 --> 00:22:36.099
 sin to death before it ever

00:22:36.099 --> 00:22:39.400
 becomes a tree in our life.

00:22:40.259 --> 00:22:40.500
 Okay?

00:22:41.140 --> 00:22:42.259
 And we're pulling it out by

00:22:42.259 --> 00:22:42.700
 the roots.

00:22:43.000 --> 00:22:44.640
 John, just going back to

00:22:44.640 --> 00:22:45.640
 what you said, we don't

00:22:45.640 --> 00:22:47.240
 understand the root of the

00:22:47.240 --> 00:22:47.540
 problem.

00:22:47.620 --> 00:22:48.300
 We don't understand the

00:22:48.300 --> 00:22:49.700
 significance of the issue.

00:22:49.759 --> 00:22:50.700
 We're dealing with symptoms

00:22:50.700 --> 00:22:52.380
 instead of root issues.

00:22:53.280 --> 00:22:54.460
 And so we never pull it up

00:22:54.460 --> 00:22:54.840
 by the root.

00:22:54.920 --> 00:22:55.780
 We're just kind of, hey,

00:22:55.960 --> 00:22:56.920
 people can see that.

00:22:56.980 --> 00:22:57.680
 I'm chopping it down.

00:22:57.900 --> 00:22:58.560
 People can see it.

00:22:58.620 --> 00:22:59.300
 I'm chopping it down.

00:22:59.400 --> 00:23:00.519
 But it never fixes the

00:23:00.519 --> 00:23:01.140
 root problems.

00:23:01.920 --> 00:23:02.300
 You know what I'm saying?

00:23:02.880 --> 00:23:03.120
 Okay.

00:23:04.000 --> 00:23:05.519
 I love what David says.

00:23:05.580 --> 00:23:08.160
 He says in Psalm 32, 5,

00:23:08.160 --> 00:23:10.259
 I acknowledge my sin to

00:23:10.259 --> 00:23:10.480
 you.

00:23:11.140 --> 00:23:13.980
 I did not cover my iniquity.

00:23:14.640 --> 00:23:17.200
 I said, I will confess my

00:23:17.200 --> 00:23:18.340
 transgressions to the Lord

00:23:18.340 --> 00:23:21.259
 and you forgave the iniquity

00:23:21.259 --> 00:23:22.220
 of my sins.

00:23:23.019 --> 00:23:25.080
 That's the prize.

00:23:25.980 --> 00:23:27.300
 The prize of confession.

00:23:27.519 --> 00:23:29.040
 The prize of repentance.

00:23:29.840 --> 00:23:31.259
 And we talked about how we

00:23:31.259 --> 00:23:32.460
 need to keep calibrating our

00:23:32.460 --> 00:23:34.120
 heart, keep tuning our heart

00:23:34.120 --> 00:23:36.220
 to the standard that God has

00:23:36.220 --> 00:23:36.720
 given to us.

00:23:36.740 --> 00:23:37.480
 And that's what repentance

00:23:37.480 --> 00:23:37.960
 does.

00:23:38.160 --> 00:23:41.319
 It continues to compare our

00:23:41.319 --> 00:23:42.700
 life with the standard of

00:23:42.700 --> 00:23:43.160
 God's word.

00:23:43.539 --> 00:23:44.480
 And there's a turning.

00:23:44.620 --> 00:23:45.980
 There's a direction to

00:23:45.980 --> 00:23:46.500
 repentance.

00:23:47.180 --> 00:23:48.400
 There's a direction to our

00:23:48.400 --> 00:23:49.599
 life that happens.

00:23:50.500 --> 00:23:52.160
 So confession repentance is

00:23:52.160 --> 00:23:53.900
 the beginning of that

00:23:53.900 --> 00:23:54.500
 process.

00:23:55.279 --> 00:23:58.420
 Saying out loud what is

00:23:58.420 --> 00:23:59.120
 really the problem.

00:23:59.400 --> 00:24:00.259
 Coming to a place of

00:24:00.259 --> 00:24:01.640
 admitting that there's an

00:24:01.640 --> 00:24:01.980
 issue.

00:24:02.360 --> 00:24:03.440
 Not trying to conceal it.

00:24:04.220 --> 00:24:05.299
 The next is weakness and

00:24:05.299 --> 00:24:05.640
 humility.

00:24:05.640 --> 00:24:05.720
 humility.

00:24:06.620 --> 00:24:09.300
 Here's a quote from the

00:24:09.300 --> 00:24:09.460
 book.

00:24:09.540 --> 00:24:10.620
 It says, victory is not

00:24:10.620 --> 00:24:13.040
 found in saying, I can do

00:24:13.040 --> 00:24:13.240
 it.

00:24:13.600 --> 00:24:14.640
 I can make it happen.

00:24:15.120 --> 00:24:16.120
 I can try harder.

00:24:16.120 --> 00:24:17.580
 Or I can be stronger.

00:24:18.660 --> 00:24:20.020
 Victory is found in

00:24:20.020 --> 00:24:22.340
 acknowledging weakness and

00:24:22.340 --> 00:24:24.620
 abandoning self-effort.

00:24:24.619 --> 00:24:26.619
 What do you think?

00:24:26.619 --> 00:24:27.519
 Do you agree or disagree with

00:24:27.519 --> 00:24:27.959
 that statement?

00:24:30.179 --> 00:24:30.859
 What do you think?

00:24:33.419 --> 00:24:33.859
 Okay.

00:24:34.099 --> 00:24:34.839
 Do you agree with that?

00:24:34.939 --> 00:24:35.079
 Okay.

00:24:35.199 --> 00:24:36.819
 So it's there in your

00:24:36.819 --> 00:24:37.119
 guide.

00:24:38.019 --> 00:24:39.319
 Victory is not found in

00:24:39.319 --> 00:24:40.639
 saying, I can do it.

00:24:41.000 --> 00:24:42.079
 I can make it happen.

00:24:42.559 --> 00:24:43.500
 I can try harder.

00:24:44.039 --> 00:24:45.000
 I can be stronger.

00:24:45.939 --> 00:24:46.819
 Victory is found in

00:24:46.819 --> 00:24:48.799
 acknowledging weakness and

00:24:48.799 --> 00:24:50.219
 abandoning self-effort.

00:24:50.220 --> 00:24:52.440
 What do you think?

00:24:53.200 --> 00:24:53.559
 Is that true?

00:25:00.000 --> 00:25:00.700
 That's good.

00:25:02.039 --> 00:25:02.720
 That's good.

00:25:07.519 --> 00:25:08.039
 Sure.

00:25:08.039 --> 00:25:11.399
 And probably not just

00:25:11.399 --> 00:25:13.220
 hard for us to do in

00:25:13.220 --> 00:25:14.379
 trusting God in that way.

00:25:14.599 --> 00:25:15.579
 I think it's probably

00:25:15.579 --> 00:25:17.599
 hard for us to really

00:25:17.599 --> 00:25:18.180
 understand.

00:25:18.720 --> 00:25:18.960
 Okay.

00:25:19.399 --> 00:25:20.240
 Because this doesn't,

00:25:20.319 --> 00:25:21.799
 this isn't the let go

00:25:21.799 --> 00:25:22.440
 and let God.

00:25:22.539 --> 00:25:23.139
 That's not what we're

00:25:23.139 --> 00:25:23.980
 talking about here.

00:25:24.240 --> 00:25:24.519
 Okay.

00:25:25.000 --> 00:25:26.039
 And I think that's the,

00:25:26.099 --> 00:25:27.059
 that's the opposite

00:25:27.059 --> 00:25:28.740
 pendulum swing.

00:25:28.859 --> 00:25:29.799
 We're like, well, I'll

00:25:29.799 --> 00:25:30.799
 just let go and let God

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 and I guess if I sin,

00:25:32.500 --> 00:25:33.839
 then it's God's fault

00:25:33.839 --> 00:25:34.859
 because he hasn't kept

00:25:34.859 --> 00:25:35.460
 me from it.

00:25:35.879 --> 00:25:36.740
 No, that's, that's not

00:25:36.740 --> 00:25:37.180
 right either.

00:25:37.180 --> 00:25:40.019
 No, it's not, well, I

00:25:40.019 --> 00:25:41.100
 can do it all on my

00:25:41.100 --> 00:25:41.360
 own.

00:25:41.460 --> 00:25:42.519
 That's the one side of

00:25:42.519 --> 00:25:42.960
 the pendulum.

00:25:43.400 --> 00:25:44.840
 Or the God will do it

00:25:44.840 --> 00:25:45.519
 all for me.

00:25:45.600 --> 00:25:46.299
 That's the other side of

00:25:46.299 --> 00:25:46.720
 the pendulum.

00:25:47.200 --> 00:25:48.440
 It's, no, God has given

00:25:48.440 --> 00:25:50.080
 me very clear instructions

00:25:50.080 --> 00:25:50.680
 in his word.

00:25:51.860 --> 00:25:53.960
 And by his grace, he has

00:25:53.960 --> 00:25:55.940
 given me the spirit with

00:25:55.940 --> 00:25:57.299
 all the power I could

00:25:57.299 --> 00:26:00.420
 ever need to obey the

00:26:00.420 --> 00:26:01.400
 instructions that he's

00:26:01.400 --> 00:26:01.940
 given to me.

00:26:02.640 --> 00:26:03.920
 So I will apply my

00:26:03.920 --> 00:26:05.340
 heart to know what God

00:26:05.340 --> 00:26:05.740
 says.

00:26:05.740 --> 00:26:07.200
 And I will apply my

00:26:07.200 --> 00:26:08.779
 heart to finding

00:26:08.779 --> 00:26:10.240
 strength from the Lord

00:26:10.240 --> 00:26:11.180
 to do what he's called

00:26:11.180 --> 00:26:11.660
 me to do.

00:26:12.160 --> 00:26:14.680
 It's not about self-help.

00:26:14.799 --> 00:26:15.680
 It's about understanding,

00:26:15.839 --> 00:26:17.220
 identifying God's

00:26:17.220 --> 00:26:18.900
 strategy and following

00:26:18.900 --> 00:26:20.160
 the strategy that he

00:26:20.160 --> 00:26:20.839
 gives to us.

00:26:22.579 --> 00:26:23.680
 It says here,

00:26:25.079 --> 00:26:26.960
 self-confidence fuels

00:26:26.960 --> 00:26:27.980
 failure.

00:26:30.079 --> 00:26:32.019
 Humility invites help.

00:26:32.019 --> 00:26:34.839
 pride isolates.

00:26:35.480 --> 00:26:37.319
 Humility draws strength

00:26:37.319 --> 00:26:38.099
 from God.

00:26:39.519 --> 00:26:42.200
 And then drop down to

00:26:42.200 --> 00:26:43.779
 number three.

00:26:44.740 --> 00:26:46.279
 Humility keeps believers

00:26:46.279 --> 00:26:47.639
 teachable and accountable.

00:26:48.680 --> 00:26:50.680
 Pride resists correction.

00:26:51.519 --> 00:26:52.960
 Humility welcomes it.

00:26:52.960 --> 00:26:56.400
 I love what we find in

00:26:56.400 --> 00:26:57.680
 James chapter 4 verse 6.

00:26:58.319 --> 00:26:58.980
 And here's where the

00:26:58.980 --> 00:27:01.980
 gospel of grace comes to

00:27:01.980 --> 00:27:02.259
 play.

00:27:02.819 --> 00:27:04.059
 Understanding what God has

00:27:04.059 --> 00:27:04.620
 done for us.

00:27:04.759 --> 00:27:05.700
 Understanding the grace

00:27:05.700 --> 00:27:06.860
 that's available for us

00:27:06.860 --> 00:27:07.860
 and how we get it.

00:27:08.500 --> 00:27:09.640
 How do we get grace?

00:27:09.720 --> 00:27:10.259
 What does grace

00:27:10.259 --> 00:27:10.700
 accomplish?

00:27:11.319 --> 00:27:13.460
 Well, notice, he, speaking

00:27:13.460 --> 00:27:14.799
 of God, he gives more

00:27:14.799 --> 00:27:15.279
 grace.

00:27:16.700 --> 00:27:18.299
 Therefore, it says, God

00:27:18.299 --> 00:27:19.259
 opposes the proud.

00:27:19.920 --> 00:27:21.039
 He gives grace to the

00:27:21.039 --> 00:27:21.259
 humble.

00:27:21.259 --> 00:27:24.299
 So there's got to be a

00:27:24.299 --> 00:27:25.200
 spot in our life where

00:27:25.200 --> 00:27:25.839
 we say, you know what?

00:27:26.319 --> 00:27:27.900
 I cannot do this on my

00:27:27.900 --> 00:27:28.079
 own.

00:27:28.960 --> 00:27:30.160
 I am not capable.

00:27:31.400 --> 00:27:32.460
 This is not something I

00:27:32.460 --> 00:27:33.559
 can work out on my own

00:27:33.559 --> 00:27:33.900
 strength.

00:27:35.059 --> 00:27:36.440
 This isn't something I

00:27:36.440 --> 00:27:37.420
 can figure out on my

00:27:37.420 --> 00:27:37.619
 own.

00:27:38.539 --> 00:27:40.000
 I need not only to

00:27:40.000 --> 00:27:41.660
 invite the help of the

00:27:41.660 --> 00:27:42.619
 word of God and the

00:27:42.619 --> 00:27:43.460
 spirit of God.

00:27:44.099 --> 00:27:46.559
 I need to be in the

00:27:46.559 --> 00:27:48.379
 company with godly men,

00:27:48.599 --> 00:27:50.160
 godly women, who can

00:27:50.160 --> 00:27:51.240
 help me as I am.

00:27:51.259 --> 00:27:52.200
 I go in this journey.

00:27:52.700 --> 00:27:54.480
 But because as soon as

00:27:54.480 --> 00:27:55.960
 the enemy has isolated

00:27:55.960 --> 00:27:58.079
 you, and you think you

00:27:58.079 --> 00:27:59.980
 can do it alone, you've

00:27:59.980 --> 00:28:00.299
 lost.

00:28:00.819 --> 00:28:01.619
 At least that's the first

00:28:01.619 --> 00:28:03.200
 step of losing the

00:28:03.200 --> 00:28:03.460
 battle.

00:28:08.819 --> 00:28:10.980
 This really important

00:28:10.980 --> 00:28:12.039
 passage, 2 Corinthians

00:28:12.039 --> 00:28:13.140
 chapter 12, verse 9,

00:28:13.640 --> 00:28:14.500
 where Paul is talking

00:28:14.500 --> 00:28:15.279
 about his thorn in the

00:28:15.279 --> 00:28:15.619
 flesh.

00:28:16.259 --> 00:28:16.879
 And he says, he

00:28:16.879 --> 00:28:17.220
 prayed.

00:28:17.259 --> 00:28:18.099
 Remember, he prays that

00:28:18.099 --> 00:28:18.719
 God would take that

00:28:18.719 --> 00:28:20.079
 thorn away, and God

00:28:20.079 --> 00:28:22.240
 says, I got a better

00:28:22.240 --> 00:28:22.839
 answer for you.

00:28:23.779 --> 00:28:24.679
 And I think it's

00:28:24.679 --> 00:28:25.539
 important to understand

00:28:25.539 --> 00:28:26.599
 that God did not say

00:28:26.599 --> 00:28:26.859
 no.

00:28:27.859 --> 00:28:28.859
 But God had a better

00:28:28.859 --> 00:28:29.259
 yes.

00:28:30.439 --> 00:28:32.059
 This was his yes.

00:28:32.959 --> 00:28:34.759
 He said, my grace is

00:28:34.759 --> 00:28:35.619
 sufficient for you,

00:28:35.779 --> 00:28:36.019
 Paul.

00:28:37.919 --> 00:28:38.759
 You want power?

00:28:39.299 --> 00:28:40.199
 You want strength?

00:28:40.259 --> 00:28:40.659
 Well, there's better

00:28:40.659 --> 00:28:41.059
 strength.

00:28:41.059 --> 00:28:43.440
 Because my power is

00:28:43.440 --> 00:28:44.579
 made perfect in your

00:28:44.579 --> 00:28:45.000
 weakness.

00:28:46.339 --> 00:28:47.179
 So therefore, I will

00:28:47.179 --> 00:28:48.539
 boast all the more

00:28:48.539 --> 00:28:50.179
 gladly of my weakness,

00:28:50.779 --> 00:28:51.940
 so the power of Christ

00:28:51.940 --> 00:28:53.460
 may rest upon me.

00:28:54.619 --> 00:28:56.259
 You know, I don't need

00:28:56.259 --> 00:28:57.599
 you, God, now.

00:28:57.799 --> 00:28:58.299
 I understand.

00:28:59.039 --> 00:29:00.599
 I don't need power that's

00:29:00.599 --> 00:29:01.599
 resident within myself.

00:29:01.679 --> 00:29:03.059
 I need power that comes

00:29:03.059 --> 00:29:03.460
 from you.

00:29:03.740 --> 00:29:05.000
 And so, I'm praying that

00:29:05.000 --> 00:29:05.740
 you would remove this

00:29:05.740 --> 00:29:06.399
 thorn in the flesh so I

00:29:06.399 --> 00:29:07.240
 can have strength to do

00:29:07.240 --> 00:29:08.339
 the ministry you've

00:29:08.339 --> 00:29:08.819
 called me to.

00:29:08.819 --> 00:29:10.460
 But I'm realizing now,

00:29:10.779 --> 00:29:12.000
 because you've come and

00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:13.439
 corrected my perspective,

00:29:13.980 --> 00:29:15.019
 that I get actually more

00:29:15.019 --> 00:29:16.480
 power when I'm weak,

00:29:16.599 --> 00:29:17.259
 physically weak.

00:29:17.619 --> 00:29:19.359
 I get more power when I

00:29:19.359 --> 00:29:20.599
 come to the place of my

00:29:20.599 --> 00:29:21.200
 own limitations.

00:29:21.720 --> 00:29:24.039
 And I begin to depend on

00:29:24.039 --> 00:29:24.759
 your sufficiency.

00:29:25.700 --> 00:29:26.639
 That's what I'm going to

00:29:26.639 --> 00:29:28.079
 now begin to rejoice in.

00:29:29.779 --> 00:29:30.779
 Coming to a place of

00:29:30.779 --> 00:29:32.439
 recognizing our weakness.

00:29:33.319 --> 00:29:34.240
 Coming to a place of

00:29:34.240 --> 00:29:34.599
 humility.

00:29:35.399 --> 00:29:37.559
 Next, we get freedom.

00:29:38.819 --> 00:29:39.819
 We can't have freedom

00:29:39.819 --> 00:29:41.319
 from sin's dominion.

00:29:42.579 --> 00:29:43.379
 You see, Christ has

00:29:43.379 --> 00:29:44.919
 broken sin's authority,

00:29:45.339 --> 00:29:46.339
 not merely its

00:29:46.339 --> 00:29:47.099
 consequences.

00:29:48.379 --> 00:29:49.619
 Sin may tempt, but it

00:29:49.619 --> 00:29:51.139
 no longer rules.

00:29:51.240 --> 00:29:53.059
 That's the reality of our

00:29:53.059 --> 00:29:53.759
 life now.

00:29:55.079 --> 00:29:56.659
 Colossians 1, 13 and 14.

00:29:57.339 --> 00:29:59.500
 He has delivered us from

00:29:59.500 --> 00:30:00.319
 the domain of darkness

00:30:00.319 --> 00:30:03.379
 and transferred us to the

00:30:03.379 --> 00:30:04.819
 kingdom of his beloved

00:30:04.819 --> 00:30:05.200
 son.

00:30:05.200 --> 00:30:06.919
 Now, wait a second, Paul.

00:30:07.079 --> 00:30:08.119
 I'm still here.

00:30:08.819 --> 00:30:10.579
 How has he transferred me?

00:30:10.839 --> 00:30:11.960
 What is your problem?

00:30:12.599 --> 00:30:13.779
 What's going on?

00:30:13.980 --> 00:30:16.279
 Well, the reality of your

00:30:16.279 --> 00:30:18.839
 life is that you are in

00:30:18.839 --> 00:30:19.240
 Christ.

00:30:19.359 --> 00:30:21.359
 And if Christ is there,

00:30:21.579 --> 00:30:22.299
 then you are there.

00:30:23.439 --> 00:30:25.679
 It's kind of the already

00:30:25.679 --> 00:30:27.119
 not yet that we find

00:30:27.119 --> 00:30:28.759
 throughout so much of the

00:30:28.759 --> 00:30:29.079
 scripture.

00:30:29.559 --> 00:30:30.819
 That the reality has been

00:30:30.819 --> 00:30:31.419
 accomplished.

00:30:32.299 --> 00:30:33.659
 And to the extent that in

00:30:33.659 --> 00:30:35.079
 Ephesians chapter 5,

00:30:35.439 --> 00:30:36.659
 we're already seated with

00:30:36.660 --> 00:30:37.840
 him in the heavenly places,

00:30:38.200 --> 00:30:39.340
 actually Ephesians chapter

00:30:39.340 --> 00:30:40.980
 2, we're seated with him

00:30:40.980 --> 00:30:41.660
 in the heavenly places.

00:30:41.660 --> 00:30:42.519
 That's where we are.

00:30:43.100 --> 00:30:44.820
 In God's mind, that's the

00:30:44.820 --> 00:30:45.759
 reality that's been

00:30:45.759 --> 00:30:46.740
 accomplished for us.

00:30:48.180 --> 00:30:51.060
 We have to not be okay

00:30:51.060 --> 00:30:54.480
 with sin because we need

00:30:54.480 --> 00:30:56.540
 to understand that if we're

00:30:56.540 --> 00:30:57.120
 going to live consistently

00:30:57.800 --> 00:30:59.920
 with the identity that God

00:30:59.920 --> 00:31:01.620
 has accomplished for us,

00:31:02.000 --> 00:31:03.160
 that we've been delivered.

00:31:03.160 --> 00:31:06.200
 So don't be a walking

00:31:06.200 --> 00:31:06.940
 contradiction.

00:31:08.320 --> 00:31:10.259
 Don't be okay by being a

00:31:10.259 --> 00:31:11.040
 walking contradiction.

00:31:13.600 --> 00:31:14.740
 All right, moving on.

00:31:16.820 --> 00:31:18.080
 Living in grace.

00:31:18.440 --> 00:31:19.180
 Well, what does this mean?

00:31:20.120 --> 00:31:21.080
 What does it mean to live

00:31:21.080 --> 00:31:21.640
 in grace?

00:31:23.000 --> 00:31:24.560
 I like this statement from

00:31:24.560 --> 00:31:24.900
 the book.

00:31:25.080 --> 00:31:26.200
 Grace does more than

00:31:26.200 --> 00:31:27.180
 impart knowledge.

00:31:27.940 --> 00:31:30.560
 It serves to train the

00:31:30.560 --> 00:31:32.680
 believer in godly living.

00:31:33.160 --> 00:31:36.019
 Grace does more than fix

00:31:36.019 --> 00:31:39.140
 my present sinful condition.

00:31:40.400 --> 00:31:42.720
 Grace is what fuels

00:31:42.720 --> 00:31:43.720
 obedience.

00:31:45.019 --> 00:31:46.400
 As I come to understand

00:31:46.400 --> 00:31:47.720
 what Christ has accomplished

00:31:47.720 --> 00:31:49.740
 for me, it drives me,

00:31:49.800 --> 00:31:52.240
 it compels me to want

00:31:52.240 --> 00:31:53.400
 to obey him more.

00:31:53.660 --> 00:31:54.600
 That's how it should work.

00:31:56.600 --> 00:31:58.100
 Living in grace produces

00:31:58.100 --> 00:31:59.660
 perseverance, not panic.

00:31:59.660 --> 00:32:02.320
 failures become occasions

00:32:02.320 --> 00:32:04.680
 for growth rather than

00:32:04.680 --> 00:32:05.180
 surrender.

00:32:06.440 --> 00:32:09.720
 As I'm learning that God

00:32:09.720 --> 00:32:12.019
 does forgive sins,

00:32:12.500 --> 00:32:13.800
 then it helps me not to

00:32:13.800 --> 00:32:14.440
 give up.

00:32:14.720 --> 00:32:15.920
 It helps me not to feel

00:32:15.920 --> 00:32:17.519
 like a failure that I'm

00:32:17.519 --> 00:32:18.200
 stuck.

00:32:18.440 --> 00:32:19.740
 It helps me understand that

00:32:19.740 --> 00:32:22.440
 God's grace fixes that

00:32:22.440 --> 00:32:24.040
 issue in my life,

00:32:24.160 --> 00:32:25.800
 that brokenness in my life,

00:32:25.799 --> 00:32:27.859
 so that I can move beyond

00:32:27.859 --> 00:32:29.819
 it and enjoy the benefits

00:32:29.819 --> 00:32:32.180
 of that continuing grace

00:32:32.180 --> 00:32:33.779
 that he has invited me to

00:32:33.779 --> 00:32:34.279
 experience.

00:32:34.599 --> 00:32:35.980
 I don't have to be stuck

00:32:35.980 --> 00:32:36.960
 in my sin.

00:32:37.139 --> 00:32:37.879
 I don't have to be a

00:32:37.879 --> 00:32:39.000
 captive to it anymore.

00:32:39.259 --> 00:32:40.099
 I don't have to feel

00:32:40.099 --> 00:32:41.720
 defeated because of what

00:32:41.720 --> 00:32:42.619
 Christ's grace has

00:32:42.619 --> 00:32:43.559
 accomplished for me.

00:32:43.899 --> 00:32:44.539
 Does that make sense?

00:32:46.740 --> 00:32:47.859
 What a beautiful thing.

00:32:49.259 --> 00:32:50.079
 And because of that,

00:32:50.200 --> 00:32:52.740
 grace sustains long-term

00:32:52.740 --> 00:32:53.180
 obedience.

00:32:53.180 --> 00:32:53.400
 independence.

00:32:54.660 --> 00:32:55.600
 See, change is not,

00:32:56.440 --> 00:32:57.440
 change is progressive.

00:32:57.700 --> 00:32:58.420
 It's not instant.

00:32:58.519 --> 00:32:59.779
 We want, we live in an

00:32:59.779 --> 00:33:00.340
 instant world.

00:33:00.440 --> 00:33:01.160
 We want the instant

00:33:01.160 --> 00:33:01.519
 product.

00:33:03.220 --> 00:33:05.299
 But it is a measure of

00:33:05.299 --> 00:33:06.840
 God's grace to lead us

00:33:06.840 --> 00:33:08.880
 one step at a time in the

00:33:08.880 --> 00:33:10.000
 process of sanctification,

00:33:10.140 --> 00:33:11.460
 learning more and more

00:33:11.460 --> 00:33:12.519
 about his faithfulness.

00:33:13.720 --> 00:33:14.460
 Strategy number two.

00:33:15.740 --> 00:33:17.580
 Strategy number two is to

00:33:17.580 --> 00:33:18.240
 clean up your life.

00:33:18.299 --> 00:33:19.360
 Not just be a disciple of

00:33:19.360 --> 00:33:22.180
 grace, but now take sin

00:33:22.180 --> 00:33:23.600
 sin seriously.

00:33:24.160 --> 00:33:25.200
 To clean up your life

00:33:25.200 --> 00:33:26.759
 through thoroughly and

00:33:26.759 --> 00:33:27.240
 biblically.

00:33:28.160 --> 00:33:30.539
 And the standard that God

00:33:30.539 --> 00:33:31.539
 has given to us is a

00:33:31.539 --> 00:33:32.279
 standard of himself.

00:33:33.340 --> 00:33:34.320
 It's a standard of

00:33:34.320 --> 00:33:34.580
 holiness.

00:33:35.660 --> 00:33:36.880
 And we're familiar with

00:33:36.880 --> 00:33:39.440
 what Peter says in 1

00:33:39.440 --> 00:33:40.440
 Peter chapter 1.

00:33:40.519 --> 00:33:43.560
 He says, be holy as I am

00:33:43.560 --> 00:33:43.860
 holy.

00:33:44.060 --> 00:33:44.880
 That's the standard.

00:33:45.400 --> 00:33:46.600
 And we're like, come on.

00:33:47.000 --> 00:33:48.320
 That's a little unrealistic,

00:33:48.460 --> 00:33:48.900
 don't you think?

00:33:48.900 --> 00:33:51.400
 No, it's not unrealistic.

00:33:52.080 --> 00:33:53.040
 It's what God has called

00:33:53.040 --> 00:33:53.360
 us to.

00:33:54.700 --> 00:33:57.100
 And it's so significant

00:33:57.100 --> 00:33:58.740
 that God actually says,

00:33:59.000 --> 00:33:59.740
 well, this is my will.

00:34:00.259 --> 00:34:01.640
 This is my will for you.

00:34:01.740 --> 00:34:03.640
 1 Thessalonians 4, 3 to 8

00:34:03.640 --> 00:34:06.080
 says, this is the will of

00:34:06.080 --> 00:34:07.700
 God, your sanctification,

00:34:08.180 --> 00:34:09.720
 to be like me.

00:34:10.980 --> 00:34:12.000
 You belong to me.

00:34:12.780 --> 00:34:13.980
 You represent me.

00:34:14.519 --> 00:34:15.219
 And so I want you to

00:34:15.219 --> 00:34:15.740
 look like me.

00:34:16.980 --> 00:34:20.179
 So God is intent on

00:34:20.179 --> 00:34:21.380
 working out this

00:34:21.380 --> 00:34:22.599
 sanctification process in

00:34:22.599 --> 00:34:22.840
 us.

00:34:23.500 --> 00:34:24.920
 And how does it look?

00:34:25.360 --> 00:34:26.320
 In 1 Thessalonians

00:34:26.320 --> 00:34:27.380
 chapter 4, it says that

00:34:27.380 --> 00:34:29.559
 you abstain from sexual

00:34:29.559 --> 00:34:30.260
 immorality.

00:34:31.240 --> 00:34:32.059
 That each one of you

00:34:32.059 --> 00:34:32.960
 knows how to control

00:34:32.960 --> 00:34:34.179
 his own body in

00:34:34.179 --> 00:34:35.139
 holiness and honor.

00:34:36.400 --> 00:34:38.760
 Not in the passions of

00:34:38.760 --> 00:34:39.980
 lust like the Gentiles

00:34:39.980 --> 00:34:41.300
 who do not know God.

00:34:41.300 --> 00:34:42.760
 and that no one

00:34:42.760 --> 00:34:44.300
 transgress in wrong

00:34:44.300 --> 00:34:45.100
 his brother in this

00:34:45.100 --> 00:34:45.960
 matter because the

00:34:45.960 --> 00:34:48.500
 Lord is an avenger in

00:34:48.500 --> 00:34:49.700
 all these things.

00:34:50.700 --> 00:34:51.580
 As we told you

00:34:51.580 --> 00:34:52.720
 beforehand and solemnly

00:34:52.720 --> 00:34:53.320
 warned you.

00:34:54.200 --> 00:34:55.160
 For God has not called

00:34:55.160 --> 00:34:57.039
 us to impurity but in

00:34:57.039 --> 00:34:57.360
 holiness.

00:34:57.760 --> 00:34:59.120
 Therefore, whoever

00:34:59.120 --> 00:35:01.060
 disregards this disregards

00:35:01.060 --> 00:35:02.800
 not man but God who

00:35:02.800 --> 00:35:03.880
 gave his Holy Spirit.

00:35:05.440 --> 00:35:05.880
 Wow.

00:35:07.320 --> 00:35:09.400
 Someone summarize this

00:35:09.400 --> 00:35:09.740
 for me.

00:35:09.739 --> 00:35:11.739
 What is...

00:35:11.739 --> 00:35:13.099
 Who's interested in

00:35:13.099 --> 00:35:14.159
 your sanctification?

00:35:16.879 --> 00:35:17.679
 Obvious answer?

00:35:18.819 --> 00:35:19.539
 God is.

00:35:20.539 --> 00:35:21.779
 How interested is God

00:35:21.779 --> 00:35:22.539
 in your sanctification?

00:35:23.759 --> 00:35:25.000
 Like what will God do

00:35:25.000 --> 00:35:27.579
 if you don't care about

00:35:27.579 --> 00:35:28.179
 sanctification?

00:35:28.719 --> 00:35:30.439
 Is he personally vested

00:35:30.439 --> 00:35:30.979
 in this?

00:35:31.979 --> 00:35:33.219
 You better believe it.

00:35:33.759 --> 00:35:35.000
 What does he promise to

00:35:35.000 --> 00:35:36.159
 do for those who are

00:35:36.159 --> 00:35:36.879
 like, eh, you know,

00:35:37.000 --> 00:35:38.039
 it's not that important.

00:35:38.039 --> 00:35:39.980
 What's the word there?

00:35:41.300 --> 00:35:42.139
 An avenger.

00:35:43.980 --> 00:35:45.420
 God is personally

00:35:45.420 --> 00:35:47.000
 going to take matters

00:35:47.000 --> 00:35:47.779
 into his hands.

00:35:48.739 --> 00:35:50.659
 If you are not willing

00:35:50.659 --> 00:35:52.159
 to do it yourself.

00:35:53.039 --> 00:35:56.360
 Boy, God help me not to

00:35:56.360 --> 00:35:58.059
 be in the crosshairs of

00:35:58.059 --> 00:35:58.639
 your vengeance.

00:35:59.880 --> 00:36:00.920
 Help me to take this

00:36:00.920 --> 00:36:01.340
 seriously.

00:36:02.119 --> 00:36:03.159
 Help me to understand the

00:36:03.159 --> 00:36:04.000
 significance of holiness.

00:36:04.000 --> 00:36:04.139
 holiness.

00:36:04.860 --> 00:36:06.780
 And again, holiness,

00:36:07.199 --> 00:36:08.980
 this is, I think,

00:36:09.340 --> 00:36:10.619
 fundamentally our problem.

00:36:11.320 --> 00:36:13.440
 Holiness doesn't start

00:36:13.440 --> 00:36:14.760
 with sexual immorality.

00:36:15.500 --> 00:36:16.440
 That's where you're

00:36:16.440 --> 00:36:17.340
 beginning to cross

00:36:17.340 --> 00:36:18.400
 the finish line

00:36:18.400 --> 00:36:21.019
 of that James 1 process.

00:36:21.900 --> 00:36:23.639
 It starts way back here

00:36:23.639 --> 00:36:26.239
 with a complaining heart.

00:36:26.239 --> 00:36:28.819
 with a critical heart.

00:36:29.500 --> 00:36:32.699
 With an ungrateful heart.

00:36:33.659 --> 00:36:35.919
 With a, I deserve this

00:36:35.919 --> 00:36:36.799
 kind of heart.

00:36:37.299 --> 00:36:38.359
 And this is okay

00:36:38.359 --> 00:36:39.019
 kind of heart.

00:36:39.139 --> 00:36:41.000
 An excusing kind of heart.

00:36:41.119 --> 00:36:42.219
 It starts there,

00:36:42.459 --> 00:36:43.079
 not here.

00:36:43.479 --> 00:36:43.859
 You understand?

00:36:44.719 --> 00:36:45.559
 That's our problem.

00:36:46.559 --> 00:36:47.419
 Our problem is we're

00:36:47.419 --> 00:36:48.239
 addressing issues

00:36:49.079 --> 00:36:50.159
 after we've walked

00:36:50.159 --> 00:36:51.619
 down the road so far

00:36:51.619 --> 00:36:54.779
 that we're kind of

00:36:54.779 --> 00:36:56.159
 already at the place

00:36:56.159 --> 00:36:57.839
 of that final process

00:36:57.839 --> 00:36:59.839
 in James where sin

00:36:59.839 --> 00:37:01.460
 has finally had its way

00:37:01.460 --> 00:37:02.920
 and it's leading to death.

00:37:03.199 --> 00:37:05.039
 You're on death's door.

00:37:05.380 --> 00:37:06.639
 And so you need to back up

00:37:06.639 --> 00:37:07.400
 and come to the place

00:37:07.400 --> 00:37:08.179
 of recognizing,

00:37:08.559 --> 00:37:09.039
 no, wait a second.

00:37:09.440 --> 00:37:11.179
 It started much earlier

00:37:11.179 --> 00:37:12.779
 than that and there are

00:37:12.779 --> 00:37:13.859
 a lot of things I need

00:37:13.859 --> 00:37:14.759
 to begin to work on

00:37:14.759 --> 00:37:16.420
 in my life so I can be holy

00:37:16.420 --> 00:37:18.559
 and then, by God's grace,

00:37:18.880 --> 00:37:19.440
 this will never be

00:37:19.440 --> 00:37:20.099
 an issue for me.

00:37:21.619 --> 00:37:24.619
 Understanding the significance

00:37:24.619 --> 00:37:25.039
 of holiness.

00:37:26.239 --> 00:37:29.319
 Next, kill sin.

00:37:30.739 --> 00:37:31.940
 Kill sin.

00:37:33.619 --> 00:37:35.940
 Every time we succumb to sin,

00:37:36.019 --> 00:37:36.719
 we are performing

00:37:36.719 --> 00:37:37.559
 acts of worship.

00:37:38.779 --> 00:37:39.500
 Let me read that

00:37:39.500 --> 00:37:39.940
 one more time.

00:37:40.960 --> 00:37:42.819
 Every time we succumb to sin,

00:37:43.400 --> 00:37:44.420
 we are performing

00:37:44.420 --> 00:37:45.079
 acts of worship.

00:37:45.159 --> 00:37:45.799
 You are saying,

00:37:46.579 --> 00:37:49.880
 I worship this, not God.

00:37:51.619 --> 00:37:52.759
 That's, we understand

00:37:52.759 --> 00:37:53.699
 how serious that is.

00:37:54.019 --> 00:37:54.659
 It's idolatry.

00:37:56.239 --> 00:37:57.779
 It's so easy to excuse

00:37:57.779 --> 00:37:58.339
 though, isn't it?

00:37:59.799 --> 00:38:01.079
 And thus we become

00:38:01.079 --> 00:38:02.219
 a devoted idolater.

00:38:03.219 --> 00:38:04.639
 Nearly refusing yourself

00:38:04.639 --> 00:38:05.380
 these pleasures

00:38:05.380 --> 00:38:07.119
 will never purify your lust

00:38:07.119 --> 00:38:09.900
 because self has not died.

00:38:10.859 --> 00:38:13.659
 But when you truly die to self

00:38:13.659 --> 00:38:15.599
 and to the elemental spirits

00:38:15.599 --> 00:38:16.179
 of the world,

00:38:16.179 --> 00:38:17.500
 Paul affirms that

00:38:17.500 --> 00:38:19.699
 this is the right kind

00:38:19.699 --> 00:38:20.339
 of death.

00:38:21.119 --> 00:38:21.839
 For you have died,

00:38:21.919 --> 00:38:22.319
 he says,

00:38:22.379 --> 00:38:23.460
 and your life is hidden

00:38:23.460 --> 00:38:25.419
 with Christ in God.

00:38:26.559 --> 00:38:28.579
 Mere behavioral modification

00:38:28.579 --> 00:38:30.179
 and strict self-discipline

00:38:30.779 --> 00:38:32.179
 without a death experience

00:38:33.079 --> 00:38:34.619
 will never bring

00:38:34.619 --> 00:38:36.179
 complete purification.

00:38:39.059 --> 00:38:40.619
 Kill your sin.

00:38:40.619 --> 00:38:43.500
 Do not let even

00:38:43.500 --> 00:38:46.319
 the roots survive.

00:38:46.759 --> 00:38:47.239
 Pull it out.

00:38:48.339 --> 00:38:49.259
 Sin must be confronted

00:38:49.259 --> 00:38:49.859
 aggressively,

00:38:50.319 --> 00:38:52.199
 not managed cautiously.

00:38:53.380 --> 00:38:53.599
 Well,

00:38:54.440 --> 00:38:55.420
 I'm not gonna,

00:38:55.460 --> 00:38:55.960
 I'm gonna avoid

00:38:55.960 --> 00:38:56.659
 this kind of sin

00:38:56.659 --> 00:38:57.659
 because I know

00:38:57.659 --> 00:38:58.199
 this is wrong.

00:38:58.719 --> 00:38:59.759
 But this kind of sin,

00:39:00.119 --> 00:39:00.359
 you know,

00:39:01.339 --> 00:39:02.019
 it's okay.

00:39:02.079 --> 00:39:02.880
 Don't manage sin.

00:39:04.279 --> 00:39:05.359
 Partial obedience

00:39:05.359 --> 00:39:07.839
 leaves sin alive.

00:39:07.840 --> 00:39:11.180
 Next,

00:39:11.500 --> 00:39:12.340
 enliven righteousness.

00:39:13.180 --> 00:39:13.880
 And here's the beauty

00:39:13.880 --> 00:39:16.820
 of God's strategy.

00:39:17.880 --> 00:39:18.860
 There's a both and,

00:39:19.579 --> 00:39:20.480
 not an either or.

00:39:21.360 --> 00:39:22.660
 Because the Lord knows

00:39:22.660 --> 00:39:23.760
 that when we just

00:39:23.760 --> 00:39:24.820
 remove certain things,

00:39:24.900 --> 00:39:25.660
 it leaves a vacuum

00:39:25.660 --> 00:39:26.320
 in its place.

00:39:27.180 --> 00:39:28.519
 When we just remove

00:39:28.519 --> 00:39:29.460
 certain things,

00:39:29.800 --> 00:39:31.220
 then we're left to,

00:39:31.420 --> 00:39:31.559
 okay,

00:39:31.760 --> 00:39:33.539
 so what happens next?

00:39:33.600 --> 00:39:34.320
 And that's what Jesus

00:39:34.320 --> 00:39:35.180
 kind of describes

00:39:35.180 --> 00:39:37.079
 when that man

00:39:37.079 --> 00:39:37.620
 with the demons,

00:39:37.840 --> 00:39:39.340
 was healed,

00:39:39.440 --> 00:39:39.620
 right?

00:39:40.000 --> 00:39:41.120
 And then the demons

00:39:41.120 --> 00:39:41.740
 come back

00:39:41.740 --> 00:39:42.620
 and he brings more

00:39:42.620 --> 00:39:43.579
 because the place

00:39:43.579 --> 00:39:44.200
 has been swept

00:39:44.200 --> 00:39:44.820
 and it's clean

00:39:44.820 --> 00:39:45.720
 and you know

00:39:45.720 --> 00:39:46.320
 what I'm talking about?

00:39:46.640 --> 00:39:47.600
 And this is the same

00:39:47.600 --> 00:39:48.320
 kind of issue,

00:39:48.680 --> 00:39:48.840
 right?

00:39:48.940 --> 00:39:50.200
 So we clean our lives

00:39:50.200 --> 00:39:51.280
 up for a little while

00:39:51.280 --> 00:39:52.720
 and we just can't

00:39:52.720 --> 00:39:53.340
 do it anymore

00:39:53.340 --> 00:39:54.900
 because what we've

00:39:54.900 --> 00:39:56.039
 been counting on

00:39:56.039 --> 00:39:57.400
 and relying on

00:39:57.400 --> 00:39:59.780
 are the self-help

00:39:59.780 --> 00:40:01.840
 behavioral modifications

00:40:01.840 --> 00:40:03.019
 of kind of just

00:40:03.019 --> 00:40:05.260
 not doing this

00:40:05.260 --> 00:40:05.760
 over here

00:40:05.760 --> 00:40:06.200
 but it's never

00:40:06.200 --> 00:40:06.980
 replaced

00:40:06.980 --> 00:40:08.740
 by new good habits.

00:40:09.940 --> 00:40:10.960
 And that's the strategy

00:40:10.960 --> 00:40:11.940
 that God invites us

00:40:11.940 --> 00:40:12.560
 to enjoy.

00:40:13.400 --> 00:40:14.460
 Colossians 3, 5,

00:40:14.680 --> 00:40:15.380
 put to death

00:40:15.380 --> 00:40:16.440
 what is earthly in you

00:40:16.440 --> 00:40:17.180
 but it doesn't

00:40:17.180 --> 00:40:17.840
 stop there.

00:40:19.600 --> 00:40:20.460
 Put on,

00:40:20.740 --> 00:40:21.360
 verse 12,

00:40:21.360 --> 00:40:24.020
 then as God's chosen ones,

00:40:24.160 --> 00:40:25.160
 compassionate hearts,

00:40:25.900 --> 00:40:26.240
 kindness,

00:40:26.460 --> 00:40:26.780
 humility,

00:40:26.920 --> 00:40:27.340
 meekness,

00:40:27.740 --> 00:40:28.440
 patience,

00:40:29.440 --> 00:40:30.460
 bearing with one another

00:40:30.460 --> 00:40:32.440
 and forgiving each other.

00:40:33.460 --> 00:40:34.139
 There's this

00:40:34.139 --> 00:40:35.559
 beautiful strategy

00:40:35.559 --> 00:40:36.980
 of replacing

00:40:36.980 --> 00:40:39.980
 those sinful tendencies

00:40:39.980 --> 00:40:41.960
 with godly ones.

00:40:42.340 --> 00:40:43.559
 Building new grooves,

00:40:44.500 --> 00:40:45.599
 new patterns,

00:40:45.980 --> 00:40:47.059
 new impulses.

00:40:47.179 --> 00:40:48.579
 Now the impulse

00:40:48.579 --> 00:40:49.360
 is to do

00:40:49.360 --> 00:40:51.079
 what is good

00:40:51.079 --> 00:40:52.179
 and the more

00:40:52.179 --> 00:40:53.139
 you are involved

00:40:53.139 --> 00:40:54.380
 in doing the things

00:40:54.380 --> 00:40:55.300
 that please God,

00:40:55.300 --> 00:40:56.240
 the more

00:40:56.240 --> 00:40:58.380
 it invites

00:40:58.380 --> 00:40:59.140
 your heart

00:40:59.140 --> 00:41:00.380
 to experience

00:41:00.380 --> 00:41:01.080
 the benefits

00:41:01.080 --> 00:41:01.920
 of that

00:41:01.920 --> 00:41:02.800
 and to want

00:41:02.800 --> 00:41:03.480
 that more

00:41:03.480 --> 00:41:04.420
 instead of wanting

00:41:04.420 --> 00:41:05.500
 the sin.

00:41:08.740 --> 00:41:09.840
 Strategy number three,

00:41:11.140 --> 00:41:12.160
 do not trust

00:41:12.160 --> 00:41:13.580
 the weather vane

00:41:13.580 --> 00:41:14.560
 of your feelings.

00:41:18.320 --> 00:41:19.440
 And that's

00:41:19.440 --> 00:41:20.500
 what we talked about

00:41:20.500 --> 00:41:21.200
 the first week,

00:41:21.240 --> 00:41:21.519
 remember?

00:41:21.519 --> 00:41:23.059
 See,

00:41:23.199 --> 00:41:24.219
 feelings are

00:41:24.219 --> 00:41:27.000
 meant to be

00:41:27.000 --> 00:41:29.920
 tools for you.

00:41:31.039 --> 00:41:31.820
 They're meant to be

00:41:31.820 --> 00:41:33.219
 tools to address

00:41:33.219 --> 00:41:34.599
 or help to awaken

00:41:34.599 --> 00:41:36.259
 or to see

00:41:36.259 --> 00:41:37.440
 this awareness

00:41:37.440 --> 00:41:39.679
 of who you are

00:41:39.679 --> 00:41:40.500
 and to then

00:41:40.500 --> 00:41:41.440
 drive you

00:41:41.440 --> 00:41:42.099
 to dependence

00:41:42.099 --> 00:41:42.579
 on the Lord.

00:41:42.639 --> 00:41:43.159
 That's what our

00:41:43.159 --> 00:41:44.519
 feelings are meant to do.

00:41:45.259 --> 00:41:46.079
 And we all know this,

00:41:46.159 --> 00:41:47.119
 that feelings change

00:41:47.119 --> 00:41:47.579
 quickly

00:41:47.579 --> 00:41:49.019
 and cannot serve

00:41:49.019 --> 00:41:50.159
 as reliable guides.

00:41:51.519 --> 00:41:52.440
 Some of you

00:41:52.440 --> 00:41:52.960
 are more steady

00:41:52.960 --> 00:41:53.460
 than others,

00:41:53.579 --> 00:41:53.860
 okay?

00:41:54.500 --> 00:41:55.400
 But, you know,

00:41:55.460 --> 00:41:55.980
 I thought I was

00:41:55.980 --> 00:41:56.860
 a pretty steady guy.

00:41:56.960 --> 00:41:57.199
 I thought,

00:41:57.300 --> 00:41:57.400
 you know,

00:41:57.400 --> 00:41:58.259
 I'm not very emotional.

00:41:58.380 --> 00:41:59.059
 I don't cry.

00:41:59.559 --> 00:41:59.820
 Well,

00:42:00.099 --> 00:42:00.980
 that's not

00:42:00.980 --> 00:42:02.280
 the only kind

00:42:02.280 --> 00:42:02.739
 of emotion

00:42:02.739 --> 00:42:03.820
 that God talks about.

00:42:04.539 --> 00:42:05.539
 There's emotional,

00:42:05.800 --> 00:42:06.699
 emotion of anger

00:42:06.699 --> 00:42:08.579
 and even as a kid,

00:42:09.400 --> 00:42:10.039
 anger,

00:42:10.559 --> 00:42:11.159
 that emotion

00:42:11.159 --> 00:42:12.300
 was

00:42:12.300 --> 00:42:14.119
 so impulsive

00:42:14.119 --> 00:42:15.400
 and it was like

00:42:15.400 --> 00:42:16.480
 trigger ready,

00:42:16.759 --> 00:42:17.039
 okay?

00:42:17.199 --> 00:42:18.280
 That's also an emotion

00:42:18.280 --> 00:42:18.840
 by the way.

00:42:18.840 --> 00:42:21.380
 And so I was

00:42:21.380 --> 00:42:22.260
 a pretty emotional guy

00:42:22.260 --> 00:42:23.280
 but didn't think

00:42:23.280 --> 00:42:23.720
 I was.

00:42:24.900 --> 00:42:25.480
 Our emotions

00:42:25.480 --> 00:42:26.900
 serve as very

00:42:26.900 --> 00:42:28.680
 poor guides

00:42:28.680 --> 00:42:29.539
 to life.

00:42:31.260 --> 00:42:32.100
 Feelings are

00:42:32.100 --> 00:42:32.600
 indicators,

00:42:33.000 --> 00:42:33.360
 they're not

00:42:33.360 --> 00:42:33.800
 authorities.

00:42:34.400 --> 00:42:35.519
 You don't have

00:42:35.519 --> 00:42:36.680
 to believe

00:42:36.680 --> 00:42:38.079
 that your feelings

00:42:38.079 --> 00:42:41.300
 must be obeyed.

00:42:42.600 --> 00:42:43.440
 And here's how

00:42:43.440 --> 00:42:44.700
 David does this.

00:42:45.340 --> 00:42:46.160
 What is his strategy?

00:42:46.780 --> 00:42:47.640
 I love this.

00:42:47.639 --> 00:42:49.139
 Psalm 56,

00:42:49.379 --> 00:42:49.920
 3 and 4.

00:42:50.599 --> 00:42:52.119
 When I am afraid,

00:42:52.319 --> 00:42:53.159
 I will what?

00:42:53.960 --> 00:42:55.000
 I will trust

00:42:55.000 --> 00:42:55.879
 in you.

00:42:57.079 --> 00:42:57.920
 In God,

00:42:58.000 --> 00:42:59.279
 whose word I praise,

00:43:00.920 --> 00:43:01.859
 in God I trust.

00:43:02.679 --> 00:43:03.819
 I will not

00:43:03.819 --> 00:43:04.699
 be afraid.

00:43:05.460 --> 00:43:06.159
 What can man

00:43:06.159 --> 00:43:06.619
 do to me?

00:43:07.279 --> 00:43:08.019
 I love that.

00:43:08.799 --> 00:43:09.420
 Psalm 112,

00:43:09.659 --> 00:43:09.960
 7.

00:43:10.699 --> 00:43:11.460
 He is not afraid

00:43:11.460 --> 00:43:12.159
 of bad news.

00:43:12.299 --> 00:43:13.519
 His heart is firm,

00:43:13.940 --> 00:43:15.199
 trusting the Lord.

00:43:15.199 --> 00:43:16.679
 I will not

00:43:16.679 --> 00:43:17.659
 let my feelings

00:43:17.659 --> 00:43:19.919
 have the best

00:43:19.919 --> 00:43:20.259
 of me,

00:43:20.659 --> 00:43:21.359
 have their way.

00:43:21.899 --> 00:43:23.059
 Feelings of hopelessness.

00:43:25.539 --> 00:43:26.599
 Believing feelings

00:43:26.599 --> 00:43:27.279
 over God

00:43:27.279 --> 00:43:28.199
 always results

00:43:28.199 --> 00:43:28.699
 in trouble.

00:43:29.579 --> 00:43:30.319
 I love that.

00:43:31.339 --> 00:43:32.159
 Despair often

00:43:32.159 --> 00:43:33.500
 follows repeated

00:43:33.500 --> 00:43:34.019
 failures,

00:43:34.319 --> 00:43:35.079
 but it does not

00:43:35.079 --> 00:43:36.719
 define reality.

00:43:37.579 --> 00:43:38.939
 And in this process

00:43:38.939 --> 00:43:40.359
 of growing in Christ,

00:43:40.579 --> 00:43:41.039
 we're going to

00:43:41.039 --> 00:43:42.399
 continue to discover

00:43:42.399 --> 00:43:43.739
 how broken we are.

00:43:43.739 --> 00:43:45.219
 That's okay.

00:43:45.759 --> 00:43:46.599
 Because where sin

00:43:46.599 --> 00:43:47.000
 abounds,

00:43:47.139 --> 00:43:47.799
 grace abounds

00:43:47.799 --> 00:43:48.659
 even more.

00:43:48.779 --> 00:43:49.399
 What a blessing

00:43:49.399 --> 00:43:50.859
 that is to us.

00:43:50.939 --> 00:43:51.459
 But it's not

00:43:51.459 --> 00:43:52.699
 now a license

00:43:52.699 --> 00:43:53.579
 for us to continue

00:43:53.579 --> 00:43:53.959
 to sin.

00:43:54.779 --> 00:43:55.739
 Or to feel

00:43:55.739 --> 00:43:56.979
 the sense of hopelessness

00:43:56.979 --> 00:43:57.479
 when I'm like,

00:43:57.539 --> 00:43:58.739
 I just can't seem

00:43:58.739 --> 00:43:59.539
 to find victory.

00:43:59.819 --> 00:44:00.699
 Well, God has answers

00:44:00.699 --> 00:44:01.159
 and I'm going to

00:44:01.159 --> 00:44:01.779
 trust Him

00:44:01.779 --> 00:44:02.779
 for those answers.

00:44:04.039 --> 00:44:05.059
 So past sin

00:44:05.059 --> 00:44:06.339
 does not negate

00:44:06.339 --> 00:44:07.339
 present grace.

00:44:07.639 --> 00:44:08.519
 God's grace

00:44:08.519 --> 00:44:09.359
 is there.

00:44:09.579 --> 00:44:10.159
 It's present.

00:44:10.359 --> 00:44:10.919
 It's available.

00:44:10.920 --> 00:44:12.880
 It's ready

00:44:12.880 --> 00:44:13.880
 to meet you.

00:44:16.940 --> 00:44:17.340
 Again,

00:44:17.480 --> 00:44:18.360
 Psalm 27,

00:44:18.480 --> 00:44:19.000
 verse 13.

00:44:19.139 --> 00:44:19.980
 These are a couple

00:44:19.980 --> 00:44:20.460
 of my favorite

00:44:20.460 --> 00:44:21.200
 verses in the Bible.

00:44:22.200 --> 00:44:22.860
 I would have lost

00:44:22.860 --> 00:44:23.820
 heart unless I had

00:44:23.820 --> 00:44:24.960
 believed that I

00:44:24.960 --> 00:44:26.039
 would see the

00:44:26.039 --> 00:44:27.119
 goodness of the

00:44:27.119 --> 00:44:27.680
 Lord in the land

00:44:27.680 --> 00:44:28.079
 of the living.

00:44:28.960 --> 00:44:29.500
 So then what do we

00:44:29.500 --> 00:44:29.740
 do?

00:44:30.380 --> 00:44:30.940
 You wait on the

00:44:30.940 --> 00:44:31.099
 Lord.

00:44:32.280 --> 00:44:32.840
 You be of good

00:44:32.840 --> 00:44:33.220
 courage.

00:44:34.019 --> 00:44:34.780
 Wait, I say,

00:44:34.860 --> 00:44:35.320
 on the Lord.

00:44:37.360 --> 00:44:38.579
 He settled his

00:44:38.579 --> 00:44:40.099
 heart on the truth

00:44:40.099 --> 00:44:40.960
 of who God was.

00:44:41.619 --> 00:44:42.199
 And regardless

00:44:42.199 --> 00:44:42.599
 of what was

00:44:42.599 --> 00:44:43.159
 taking place

00:44:43.159 --> 00:44:43.880
 around him,

00:44:45.219 --> 00:44:45.980
 he was steady.

00:44:46.420 --> 00:44:47.199
 Man, I want that.

00:44:47.759 --> 00:44:48.380
 I want that

00:44:48.380 --> 00:44:48.880
 steadiness.

00:44:49.559 --> 00:44:49.860
 I don't want to

00:44:49.860 --> 00:44:50.659
 be tossed about

00:44:50.659 --> 00:44:51.860
 my feelings

00:44:51.860 --> 00:44:53.480
 becoming now

00:44:53.480 --> 00:44:57.440
 the thing

00:44:57.440 --> 00:44:57.880
 that I have

00:44:57.880 --> 00:44:59.219
 to obey,

00:44:59.960 --> 00:45:00.659
 the authorities

00:45:00.659 --> 00:45:01.299
 in my life.

00:45:01.940 --> 00:45:02.380
 Number four,

00:45:02.460 --> 00:45:02.980
 strategy four,

00:45:03.099 --> 00:45:03.579
 be vigilant

00:45:03.579 --> 00:45:04.839
 about occasions

00:45:04.839 --> 00:45:05.480
 of temptation.

00:45:05.940 --> 00:45:06.699
 Temptation is

00:45:06.699 --> 00:45:07.739
 strongest when

00:45:07.739 --> 00:45:09.000
 opportunity meets

00:45:09.000 --> 00:45:09.639
 vulnerability.

00:45:10.099 --> 00:45:12.219
 wisdom recognizes

00:45:12.219 --> 00:45:12.819
 patterns,

00:45:13.339 --> 00:45:13.719
 environments,

00:45:13.900 --> 00:45:14.480
 and situations

00:45:14.480 --> 00:45:15.839
 that consistently

00:45:15.839 --> 00:45:17.619
 weaken resolve.

00:45:18.980 --> 00:45:20.299
 Come to a place

00:45:20.299 --> 00:45:21.319
 of knowing and

00:45:21.319 --> 00:45:21.759
 seeing.

00:45:22.159 --> 00:45:23.099
 Become aware

00:45:23.099 --> 00:45:24.079
 of the patterns

00:45:24.079 --> 00:45:25.299
 where you are

00:45:25.299 --> 00:45:26.099
 most vulnerable.

00:45:26.500 --> 00:45:27.759
 Those relationships

00:45:27.759 --> 00:45:29.440
 that often lead

00:45:29.440 --> 00:45:30.159
 you into sin,

00:45:30.460 --> 00:45:31.339
 those places

00:45:31.339 --> 00:45:32.639
 that lead you

00:45:32.639 --> 00:45:33.179
 into sin,

00:45:33.699 --> 00:45:35.659
 those private

00:45:35.659 --> 00:45:36.440
 occurrences

00:45:36.440 --> 00:45:38.000
 where you are

00:45:38.000 --> 00:45:38.679
 and knowing

00:45:38.679 --> 00:45:40.360
 I often

00:45:40.360 --> 00:45:41.099
 fall here,

00:45:41.320 --> 00:45:42.219
 I need to

00:45:42.219 --> 00:45:43.599
 find a solution.

00:45:43.800 --> 00:45:44.539
 I need to

00:45:44.539 --> 00:45:44.820
 run.

00:45:45.119 --> 00:45:45.739
 And I love

00:45:45.739 --> 00:45:46.679
 how Paul puts

00:45:46.679 --> 00:45:46.880
 it.

00:45:46.880 --> 00:45:47.760
 He doesn't say

00:45:47.760 --> 00:45:48.599
 stand up

00:45:48.599 --> 00:45:50.380
 against sinful

00:45:50.380 --> 00:45:50.679
 lust.

00:45:50.739 --> 00:45:51.500
 He says flee

00:45:51.500 --> 00:45:53.099
 sinful lust.

00:45:53.880 --> 00:45:54.940
 We often have to,

00:45:55.179 --> 00:45:55.760
 that's the best

00:45:55.760 --> 00:45:56.159
 strategy.

00:45:57.019 --> 00:45:57.920
 That's the strategy

00:45:57.920 --> 00:45:58.480
 we need to

00:45:58.480 --> 00:45:59.659
 employ most

00:45:59.659 --> 00:46:00.019
 often,

00:46:00.219 --> 00:46:00.619
 I think.

00:46:01.280 --> 00:46:01.760
 Fleeing

00:46:01.760 --> 00:46:02.420
 youthful lust.

00:46:02.840 --> 00:46:03.179
 Finally,

00:46:03.179 --> 00:46:05.980
 sorry we've

00:46:05.980 --> 00:46:06.619
 gone so quickly.

00:46:06.779 --> 00:46:07.299
 There's so much

00:46:07.299 --> 00:46:07.539
 here.

00:46:07.819 --> 00:46:07.980
 Man,

00:46:08.000 --> 00:46:08.339
 there's so much

00:46:08.339 --> 00:46:08.899
 I wanted to

00:46:08.899 --> 00:46:11.099
 cover,

00:46:11.279 --> 00:46:12.980
 but I'm

00:46:12.980 --> 00:46:13.339
 already taking

00:46:13.339 --> 00:46:13.799
 you too long.

00:46:14.859 --> 00:46:15.199
 Finally,

00:46:15.359 --> 00:46:16.019
 learn to

00:46:16.019 --> 00:46:17.059
 trust the

00:46:17.059 --> 00:46:17.419
 Bible,

00:46:17.619 --> 00:46:18.759
 the Bible

00:46:18.759 --> 00:46:19.519
 teaching church.

00:46:21.299 --> 00:46:22.000
 God has

00:46:22.000 --> 00:46:22.639
 graciously

00:46:22.639 --> 00:46:23.639
 given us

00:46:23.639 --> 00:46:25.679
 one another.

00:46:27.159 --> 00:46:27.960
 You are a

00:46:27.960 --> 00:46:28.579
 gift to me.

00:46:29.980 --> 00:46:30.719
 You are a

00:46:30.719 --> 00:46:31.299
 gift to one

00:46:31.299 --> 00:46:31.559
 another.

00:46:31.559 --> 00:46:33.400
 I am a

00:46:33.400 --> 00:46:34.000
 gift to you.

00:46:35.119 --> 00:46:35.779
 And God has

00:46:35.779 --> 00:46:36.099
 put us

00:46:36.099 --> 00:46:36.440
 together.

00:46:37.340 --> 00:46:38.299
 And as we

00:46:38.299 --> 00:46:39.059
 try to

00:46:39.059 --> 00:46:39.960
 conquer sin,

00:46:40.259 --> 00:46:40.840
 we're going to

00:46:40.840 --> 00:46:41.679
 find most

00:46:41.679 --> 00:46:42.639
 often that when

00:46:42.639 --> 00:46:43.380
 we isolate

00:46:43.380 --> 00:46:43.860
 ourselves,

00:46:43.960 --> 00:46:44.639
 then we become

00:46:44.639 --> 00:46:45.279
 vulnerable.

00:46:45.759 --> 00:46:46.380
 We open

00:46:46.380 --> 00:46:47.059
 ourselves up to

00:46:47.059 --> 00:46:47.420
 danger.

00:46:47.840 --> 00:46:48.699
 That is when

00:46:48.699 --> 00:46:49.739
 times are most

00:46:49.739 --> 00:46:50.420
 perilous.

00:46:50.799 --> 00:46:51.279
 And that's what

00:46:51.279 --> 00:46:51.920
 Satan wants to

00:46:51.920 --> 00:46:52.279
 do the most.

00:46:52.460 --> 00:46:53.079
 He wants to

00:46:53.079 --> 00:46:54.579
 separate you,

00:46:54.820 --> 00:46:55.400
 to isolate

00:46:55.400 --> 00:46:55.900
 you,

00:46:56.259 --> 00:46:57.119
 to make you

00:46:57.119 --> 00:46:58.199
 feel one way

00:46:58.199 --> 00:46:58.420
 or the other

00:46:58.420 --> 00:46:58.980
 either you're

00:46:58.980 --> 00:46:59.820
 strong enough

00:46:59.820 --> 00:47:00.579
 or that you're

00:47:00.579 --> 00:47:01.320
 too weak and

00:47:01.320 --> 00:47:01.900
 it's not worth

00:47:01.900 --> 00:47:02.240
 the effort.

00:47:02.380 --> 00:47:02.860
 One of those

00:47:02.860 --> 00:47:03.460
 two extremes.

00:47:03.660 --> 00:47:04.220
 He wants to

00:47:04.220 --> 00:47:04.740
 get you on

00:47:04.740 --> 00:47:05.120
 your own.

00:47:06.160 --> 00:47:06.700
 But God,

00:47:06.820 --> 00:47:07.420
 by his grace,

00:47:07.480 --> 00:47:08.340
 has given us

00:47:08.340 --> 00:47:09.059
 the church.

00:47:09.660 --> 00:47:10.500
 The church is

00:47:10.500 --> 00:47:11.360
 part of the

00:47:11.360 --> 00:47:12.640
 gracious provision

00:47:12.640 --> 00:47:13.660
 of God for

00:47:13.660 --> 00:47:14.940
 every Christian

00:47:14.940 --> 00:47:16.140
 who is struggling

00:47:16.140 --> 00:47:16.880
 with debilitating

00:47:16.880 --> 00:47:17.240
 sin.

00:47:18.680 --> 00:47:19.600
 It provides

00:47:19.600 --> 00:47:21.019
 positive examples

00:47:21.019 --> 00:47:22.539
 to follow as

00:47:22.539 --> 00:47:22.920
 well as

00:47:22.920 --> 00:47:23.780
 authoritative,

00:47:24.240 --> 00:47:24.580
 loving,

00:47:24.940 --> 00:47:25.480
 accountability.

00:47:26.480 --> 00:47:27.680
 God's gracious

00:47:27.680 --> 00:47:28.780
 gift to you

00:47:28.780 --> 00:47:29.980
 is his people,

00:47:30.800 --> 00:47:31.400
 the church.

00:47:33.120 --> 00:47:33.640
 And the more

00:47:33.640 --> 00:47:35.080
 we understand

00:47:35.080 --> 00:47:35.460
 that,

00:47:35.920 --> 00:47:36.840
 the more we'll

00:47:36.840 --> 00:47:38.140
 enjoy the

00:47:38.140 --> 00:47:38.900
 benefits of

00:47:38.900 --> 00:47:39.460
 freedom from

00:47:39.460 --> 00:47:40.740
 sin and the

00:47:40.740 --> 00:47:41.320
 grace that God

00:47:41.320 --> 00:47:41.820
 has given to

00:47:41.820 --> 00:47:42.000
 us.

00:47:42.360 --> 00:47:42.760
 It is a

00:47:42.760 --> 00:47:43.540
 gracious thing

00:47:43.540 --> 00:47:44.160
 that God has

00:47:44.160 --> 00:47:44.820
 given us,

00:47:45.600 --> 00:47:46.280
 his people.

00:47:47.940 --> 00:47:48.560
 Isolation

00:47:48.560 --> 00:47:49.180
 weakens

00:47:49.180 --> 00:47:50.280
 spiritual resistance,

00:47:50.519 --> 00:47:51.120
 but fellowship

00:47:51.120 --> 00:47:52.540
 strengthens it.

00:47:53.580 --> 00:47:55.160
 Sin thrives

00:47:55.159 --> 00:47:56.539
 in secrecy.

00:47:58.299 --> 00:47:59.079
 Don't forget

00:47:59.079 --> 00:47:59.359
 that.

00:48:00.239 --> 00:48:01.279
 Sin thrives

00:48:01.279 --> 00:48:02.519
 in secrecy.

00:48:03.440 --> 00:48:04.059
 Holiness

00:48:04.059 --> 00:48:04.980
 flourishes

00:48:04.980 --> 00:48:05.980
 in the light.

00:48:07.159 --> 00:48:07.839
 Let's be those

00:48:07.839 --> 00:48:08.819
 who walk in

00:48:08.819 --> 00:48:09.179
 the light

00:48:09.179 --> 00:48:10.420
 as he is

00:48:10.420 --> 00:48:10.859
 in the light.

00:48:11.559 --> 00:48:11.940
 And what does

00:48:11.940 --> 00:48:12.239
 it do?

00:48:12.539 --> 00:48:12.679
 Well,

00:48:12.920 --> 00:48:13.739
 John says in

00:48:13.739 --> 00:48:14.519
 1 John 1,

00:48:14.879 --> 00:48:15.559
 then we have

00:48:15.559 --> 00:48:16.599
 fellowship with

00:48:16.599 --> 00:48:17.119
 one another.

00:48:17.619 --> 00:48:19.159
 That's what it

00:48:19.159 --> 00:48:19.519
 does.

00:48:19.960 --> 00:48:20.859
 Walking in the

00:48:20.859 --> 00:48:21.659
 light brings

00:48:21.659 --> 00:48:22.460
 us together

00:48:22.460 --> 00:48:23.159
 that we can

00:48:23.159 --> 00:48:23.799
 continue to

00:48:23.799 --> 00:48:24.839
 enjoy the

00:48:24.840 --> 00:48:26.340
 benefits of

00:48:26.340 --> 00:48:27.620
 light and

00:48:27.620 --> 00:48:28.660
 fellowship and

00:48:28.660 --> 00:48:29.820
 freedom and

00:48:29.820 --> 00:48:32.000
 victory over

00:48:32.000 --> 00:48:32.340
 sin.

00:48:32.460 --> 00:48:33.360
 That's the

00:48:33.360 --> 00:48:33.780
 strategy.

00:48:34.680 --> 00:48:35.420
 But it's one

00:48:35.420 --> 00:48:36.220
 of several.

00:48:37.140 --> 00:48:38.120
 And so I

00:48:38.120 --> 00:48:38.900
 want to dismiss

00:48:38.900 --> 00:48:39.559
 you to be able

00:48:39.559 --> 00:48:40.380
 to talk about

00:48:40.380 --> 00:48:41.200
 this again.

00:48:41.620 --> 00:48:42.100
 We have some

00:48:42.100 --> 00:48:42.900
 smaller groups

00:48:42.900 --> 00:48:43.260
 today.

00:48:43.940 --> 00:48:44.640
 Men will be

00:48:44.640 --> 00:48:45.559
 back in the

00:48:45.559 --> 00:48:46.420
 education wing

00:48:46.420 --> 00:48:46.980
 first floor.

00:48:47.460 --> 00:48:48.440
 Women over in

00:48:48.440 --> 00:48:48.780
 kind of the

00:48:48.780 --> 00:48:49.559
 NPR area.

00:48:50.180 --> 00:48:50.820
 And I think

00:48:50.820 --> 00:48:51.380
 the questions

00:48:51.380 --> 00:48:52.460
 are neutral

00:48:52.460 --> 00:48:53.480
 enough so

00:48:53.480 --> 00:48:54.820
 that teens

00:48:54.820 --> 00:48:55.940
 can be a

00:48:55.940 --> 00:48:56.220
 part of this

00:48:56.220 --> 00:48:56.400
 too.

00:48:56.720 --> 00:48:58.320
 But if you

00:48:58.320 --> 00:48:58.780
 have a teen

00:48:58.780 --> 00:48:59.320
 in your group

00:48:59.320 --> 00:48:59.860
 just be

00:48:59.860 --> 00:49:00.580
 sensitive to

00:49:00.580 --> 00:49:01.840
 the conversations

00:49:01.840 --> 00:49:02.380
 that you have.

00:49:02.559 --> 00:49:02.660
 Alright?

00:49:03.340 --> 00:49:03.680
 Thanks.

00:49:04.180 --> 00:49:04.620
 God bless you.

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