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 The enemy that attacks from within attacks the hardest, inflicts the most damage.

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 Fifth columns, friends that you rely upon, those that you confide in, that you invite to eat at your table, those you trust.

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 But betrayal from these people is a pain that is deeply painful.

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 It is tragic.

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 And even more so when that trusted individual is a leader.

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 There are not many things more tragic in the life of a church when leadership fails.

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 Whether it be a pastor, a priest, a minister, a youth group leader that engages in some kind of abuse or steals or teaches something antithetical to God and his word.

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 Deep pain happens.

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 I have lived in Ottawa almost 18 years.

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 And since coming here, I mean, almost from the beginning, I've been involved in Christian ministry.

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 And if you've been in Ottawa for any amount of time, you would know that the church community is in a city of a million people, very tight.

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 Everybody is maybe two degrees removed, three degrees removed from somebody in another church or in another denomination.

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 So, when things go awry or when abuses happen, the entire Christian community feels it.

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 I know I have, and especially recently, in the past two, three years, it is a tragic, tragic thing.

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 A very painful thing.

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 We begin our new Lenten sermon series in Jude.

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 We're going to be in Jude for five weeks over six weeks.

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 We're going to spend five weeks in Jude, but it'll be over six weeks.

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 And we're going to take a look at Jude, which is the smallest body of work in the New Testament.

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 And it is the only one not written by an apostle.

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 It's very apostolic in its content.

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 But Jude himself was not an apostle.

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 However, this is not a book to overlook.

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 Jude writes with intense authority.

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 He writes with an edge, this Jude.

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 And maybe that's just the way you have to write when you have 25 verses, when you're limited, when you have a short letter.

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 Jude, rather, he is addressing false teaching done by false teachers.

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 He is seeing that there is a great problem within this church.

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 It's an unnamed church.

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 And he wants to see it corrected before it blows up.

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 So he doesn't sugarcoat anything.

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 This man is edgy.

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 I like him.

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 He also worries me, in a sense, when I read it, because I feel the edge, personally.

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 Secondly, he wants to address this issue of bad leadership that is causing havoc in the church.

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 So on one hand, he is an edgy church leader himself.

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 But on the other hand, he is soft and tenderhearted.

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 He loves the church.

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 He does not want to see the church fold.

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 He doesn't want to see the church crumble.

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 He doesn't want hurt to be sown through the church.

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 He wants the church to thrive and for people to enjoy the goodness and beauty of gospel living.

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 Jude is a man with great resolve.

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 He is courageous.

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 He is rock solid in his convictions.

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 So he writes this letter to encourage the church in the faith, that they would stand firm.

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 And a lot of letters in the New Testament are written to churches that are facing a lot of pressure from without.

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 Pluralistic societies existed in the first century, in the early church.

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 It seems like it's a perennial problem in the church.

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 But Jude's primary concern is the strife that is happening within.

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 It is a deeply in-house letter.

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 And for those in leadership, like myself, and some of you also who are in leadership in the church or will be in the future,

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 it's a giant gut check, this letter.

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 So this morning we're going to look at Jude.

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 We're going to look at the introduction that Ken read, verses 1 to 4.

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 And in it we'll witness three things.

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 The first is how Jude reminds God's people of who they are in Christ.

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 First thing he does.

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 The second thing that Jude does is Jude encourages God's people in what they need from Christ.

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 And then the third thing Jude addresses is how God's people ought to contend for the faith alongside or with Christ.

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 So Jude, again, reminds God's people who they are in Christ,

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 encourages God's people in what they need from Christ,

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 and helps God's people to know how they ought to contend for the faith with Christ.

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 So we'll look, point one, how Jude reminds the people who they are in Christ.

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 And look with me, the second half of Jude, verse 1.

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 And it says this,

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 To those who are called, beloved in God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ.

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 This is a standard, in a sense, address of how epistles work.

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 There is a greeting to a specific group of people, those that are called, or the beloved in Christ.

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 So Jude is not doing something new.

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 However, Jude is going to get into some very, very intense issues that will take a lot of courage.

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 And what he is doing right off the bat is reminding God's people who they are.

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 He is, in a sense, establishing, once again, reminding these people where their foundation is.

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 He is giving them confidence in the gospel afresh.

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 They are called, they are loved in God the Father, and are kept in Jesus.

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 And it's interesting, before we even get into those points,

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 do you see the Trinitarian overtones in that opening sentence?

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 To those who are called, the calling of people into the faith is the work of the Holy Spirit.

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 Beloved in God the Father, we are in right relationship with God the Father once again.

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 And then we are kept for Jesus Christ.

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 That is, we will be, in a sense, given the strength and resolve in Christ to make it to the final judgment.

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 We have all three members of the Trinity at work in God's people in the second part of Jude, verse 1.

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 One God, three persons.

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 And that's no mistake.

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 To know the God that we are serving, the God that we bend our knee to, it is deeply foundational.

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 So to speak of the Trinity often and always is a very important thing.

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 To understand that there is only one God, but in the Godhead, God the Holy Spirit is a part of salvation in this way,

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 and God the Father in this way, and God the Son in that way.

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 We don't just pray to God the Father and see Jesus, you know, he's done his part on the cross,

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 he can sit over there, or that the Holy Spirit merely calls us and excites saving faith in our hearts,

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 but I can do without the Holy Spirit.

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 Or it's just Jesus only.

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 Our emphasis is on Jesus only and everything else, God the Holy Spirit, God the Father, fades into the background.

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 It's not like that.

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 We are people who follow one God in three persons, and it's deeply important that that's a part of the foundation.

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 So notice first, though, and we'll move on, the three things that Jude reminds us of in his letter.

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 The first is that we are called out of darkness, that we are called.

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 Called into Christ's glorious light.

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 This, of course, is a reference to salvation.

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 However, Jude seems to be alluding to something that stretches farther back than what Christ has done on the cross.

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 I mean, Christ on the cross is the culmination of salvation history,

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 but who else do we read about in the Old Testament that was called?

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 We see Abraham.

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 Abraham was called.

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 He was a pagan polytheist that was from a part of Mesopotamia.

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 He was not God's people initially, part of God's people initially.

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 But what happens?

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 God calls him out of Ur of the Chaldeans or the Chaldeans, this foreign land.

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 He calls him out of polytheism.

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 He calls him out of paganism, of a type of life that is very anti-gospel, anti-God.

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 And what Jude is trying to say by using this language that we are called by God, by Christ,

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 is that we stand in this unbroken chain of God calling his people out of darkness, beginning with Abraham.

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 That in the New Testament, we don't have some kind of new religion that pops up in history 2,000 years ago,

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 where it had maybe scant reference to centuries or millennia beforehand.

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 No.

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 This is the culmination of one story that begins at creation,

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 but that really begins, in a sense, with Abraham being called out of a distant land

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 and given promises by God of blessing.

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 Jude is telling the church and telling us this morning that we stand in that blessing,

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 that we are Abraham's children.

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 We look to Abraham, in a sense, as the father of our faith.

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 This faith, this being called, is the way that God has always brought close those who are far away

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 so that they may be blessed and be a blessing.

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 Before Jude even gets into the issues of the false teachers,

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 he reminds the church that you have been called.

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 You have no business, in a sense, being a part of God's family,

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 but you have been called by God in the same way that Abraham has

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 and that the blessings and promises that Abraham didn't truly see,

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 you get to live into as a Christian.

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 It's a beautiful reminder for them and for us today of who we are in Christ.

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 Notice also that the Christians are beloved in the Father.

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 This has in mind that we are loved by God and loved in God.

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 It's a bit of a double meaning, that the love of God,

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 in a sense, it is the reality of those who are made right with God,

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 whose sins are no more because of Christ,

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 but it also speaks to God surrounding us and enveloping us in his love.

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 So in a sense, it's a bit of a double promise.

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 That God, he calls us out, he saves us from the life that we lived

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 and also the danger and the calamity outside the world, the flesh, and the devil,

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 but it also speaks to God strengthening us from the inside,

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 giving us spiritual power to do the things that he has called us to do.

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 Trust and obey.

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 We sang earlier a fantastic song,

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 Impossible Without the Spirit's Help.

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 Notice finally that the Christians in verse 1 are kept for Christ Jesus.

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 And June mentions this four times throughout his letter, so it's a bit of a big deal.

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 It speaks to this ultimate future that we can look forward to

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 when the dead in Christ will be raised from the grave.

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 And it speaks to God's faithfulness to us,

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 that the work he has begun, he will see to completion.

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 That if God saves, he will save to the end.

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 In a sense, when he says Jude,

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 when he says that we are kept for Jesus Christ,

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 it gives us deep assurance

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 of the degree and the strength

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 of the salvation that God extends to us.

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 That if you are a part of his church,

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 if you have faith in him,

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 that God's grip on you

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 is much stronger than your grip on him.

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 I heard a wonderful

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 illustration,

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 and to be perfectly honest,

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 I forget where I heard it from

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 this week,

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 but the idea that we hold on to God

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 in the same way that,

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 say, a three-year-old holds on to their dad

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 their dad's hand as they go into a pool.

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 And very quickly,

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 as a two- or three- or four-year-old

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 holds on to dad's hand

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 as they go into a pool,

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 their grip, in a sense,

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 is less important

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 than dad's grip on their hand.

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 The slope going into the deep end,

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 or at least the deeper part of the shallow end,

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 it's too much

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 for a young child to endure,

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 dad needs to hold on to that hand.

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 And likewise,

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 God,

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 his grip on us

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 is far stronger than our grip on him.

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 And praise God for that.

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 This is what is being reminded,

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 this is what Jude is reminding us

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 this morning,

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 his church back then,

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 but also us

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 this morning.

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 This is very important because

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 the church is corrupt,

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 Jude tells us.

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 It's unorthodox,

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 it's abusive,

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 it's greedy,

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 it's given to sensuality,

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 that's a catch-all term

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 of all sorts of different

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 sexual immorality and debauchery.

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 And it's in light of that

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 that we could easily,

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 easily be swayed or discouraged

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 and let go,

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 in a sense,

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 of Christ.

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 But he does not let go of us.

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 Jude reminds us of that.

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 So,

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 before addressing the issue at hand,

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 Jude has reminded his people

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 who they are in Christ.

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 He has reminded his people

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 not in a way that's just

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 kind of like a hype speech,

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 an inspirational speech

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 before a big championship game

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 or a battle

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 between two opposing sides

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 on the battlefield,

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 but it's a reminder

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 that they are loved by God

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 and that he alone

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 fights their battles.

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 It is he who strengthens

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 their weak knees

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 and it is he who will provide

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 what is needed for them

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 to endure and to thrive

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 in the midst of such great trouble.

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 Jude is clear to this church

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 and to us here this morning,

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 we are people that are precious to God.

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 And that's not a sentimental

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 preciousness,

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 so to speak.

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 It is a preciousness to God

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 that is backed with truth

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 that we can rely on

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 eight days a week,

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 all the time.

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 He has saved us from sin and death

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 and has made eternal promises

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 a blessing to us

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 that go to the end of the age

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 but begin right now.

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 He reminds us that God

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 will not leave those

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 he has called

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 that he will not forsake

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 those he loves.

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 We need to be reminded

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 of this often.

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 This is one of the things

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 that Israel,

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 we see in us as well,

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 that they have to constantly

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 be reminded.

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 I've said this in the past,

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 but the most common

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 exhortation to Israel

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 in the Old Testament

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 is remember.

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 And why is that the case?

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 Because we're prone to forget.

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 Jude is reminding us

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 of who we are in Christ.

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 The second point,

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 and this is in verse two,

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 that Jude encourages God's people

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 in what they need from Christ.

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 So look with me

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 at verse two.

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 May mercy, peace, and love

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 be multiplied to you.

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 Mercy, love, and peace

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 in abundance.

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 The church is reminded

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 that they have been

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 shown mercy by God,

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 especially when it comes

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 to the final judgment.

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 No longer are we

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 sons of wrath,

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 we are sons of God.

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 And when I say sons,

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 sons and daughters,

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 but I say sons specifically

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 because what God gives us

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 is firstborn son status.

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 If you don't like being

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 called a son,

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 if you're female,

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 the church is called

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 the bride of Christ,

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 so it kind of goes both ways.

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 Firstborn status

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 as a son

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 is who we are.

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 And this is because

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 of the mercy of God.

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 This mercy is to be imitated,

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 especially,

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 and this is critical

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 for the rest of the letter,

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 to those who are courting

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 or just full-on

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 into apostasy

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 and heresy.

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 If God will accept

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 the heartfelt

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 contrition and repentance

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 of those that are penitent,

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 should not we?

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 And more than that,

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 such mercy leads

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 to repentance

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 that God accepts.

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 What is the point

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 of seeking mercy

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 to a cold

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 and unmerciful tyrant?

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 The fact that mercy

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 is even extended

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 to us speaks

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 to God's character.

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 And this is interesting

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 because during our

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 communion liturgy,

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 we pray this prayer

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 called the prayer

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 of humble access.

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 Now, we pray

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 an adaptation of that,

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 which I don't know

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 if I'm,

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 we've adopted it

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 from our sending church

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 and our sending church

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 is fantastic,

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 but I actually

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 kind of love

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 the original

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 from the 1662

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 book of common prayer.

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 notice,

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 notice that

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 this is a prayer

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 called the prayer

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 of humble access,

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 that we come to God

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 because of the mercies

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 he's extended to us.

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 Listen to how

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 mercy is described

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 in this prayer,

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 specifically how it

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 connects to God.

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 This is what it says.

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 You might know it.

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 It has a bit of a cadence

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 to it.

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 We do not presume

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 to come to this

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 thy table,

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 O merciful Lord,

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 trusting in our

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 own righteousness,

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 but in your manifold

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 and great mercies.

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 We are not worthy

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 so much to gather up

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 the crumbs under thy table.

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 I'm not going to read

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 the whole thing,

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 but this is the last line

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 and I think the most

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 important line.

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 But thou art the same Lord

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 whose property

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 is always to have mercy.

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 It's his very character.

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 It's who he is.

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 In the same way

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 that you could say

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 God is love,

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 you could say

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 God is mercy.

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 This is who he is.

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 Mercy,

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 mercy,

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 mercy.

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 Mercy.

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 Friends,

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 our God delights

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 in showing mercy

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 at salvation

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 and then throughout

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 our sinful lives

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 as we stumble

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 towards eternity.

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 So we ought to

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 in the same way

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 show mercy to others.

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 Not easy.

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 Almost impossible.

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 How do you show mercy

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 to somebody

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 who has hurt you

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 but who has then

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 sought forgiveness

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 and who has truly

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 been penitent

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 we look to Christ

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 for that.

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 We receive

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 mercy

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 so that we then

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 can show mercy.

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 And what follows mercy?

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 It's peace.

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 This is the second thing

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 that Jude says.

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 May mercy

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 and peace

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 be multiplied

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 to you.

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 So peace

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 is critical

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 for the health

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 of our souls.

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 We must receive

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 the peace of God

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 so that we can be

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 at peace

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 with God.

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 God.

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 So interesting

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 that so much

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 of our connection

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 to God

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 is God

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 making

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 the connection

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 with us.

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 Him

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 taking the initiative.

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 Him reaching down.

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 Him doing the things

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 that we can't do.

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 And God continues

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 to give peace

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 not just at salvation

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 but as he holds us fast

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 amid calamity

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 and peril.

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 this does not

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 imply zen

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 calm.

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 This is not

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 a few deep breaths

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 type of peace.

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 It's great.

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 It's wonderful.

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 But it is a peace

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 that is connected

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 to an assurance

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 that God

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 is stronger

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 and greater

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 than storms

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 and calamities.

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 That God

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 will hold us fast.

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 in the next section

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 Jude will describe

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 some of the problems

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 that the church

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 is facing

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 and it is

00:21:36.079 --> 00:21:37.279
 very concerning.

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 I thank God

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 that our church

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 has not experienced

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 any of this.

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 I mean

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 to be perfectly honest

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 if the church

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 without God's

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 provision

00:21:49.159 --> 00:21:50.000
 and strength

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 your pastor

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 would likely quit

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 if half

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 of these things

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 happened

00:21:54.460 --> 00:21:55.740
 in our church.

00:21:57.259 --> 00:21:58.019
 Jude is going

00:21:58.019 --> 00:21:58.500
 to describe

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 some awful things

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 and yet

00:22:02.579 --> 00:22:04.120
 he is going

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 to also say

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 that peace

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 is to be multiplied.

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 Their faith

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 is likely

00:22:09.579 --> 00:22:10.259
 to be shaken

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 but he prays

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 that God's people

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 would enjoy

00:22:13.500 --> 00:22:14.980
 God's peace

00:22:14.980 --> 00:22:15.900
 in this situation.

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 This peace

00:22:18.140 --> 00:22:18.740
 does not allow

00:22:18.740 --> 00:22:19.279
 the believers

00:22:19.279 --> 00:22:21.680
 to falter

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 but to see

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 the end.

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 Finally

00:22:24.500 --> 00:22:26.119
 we see love

00:22:26.119 --> 00:22:26.720
 mercy

00:22:26.720 --> 00:22:27.279
 peace

00:22:27.279 --> 00:22:27.799
 and love.

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 Love is given

00:22:29.299 --> 00:22:29.880
 in abundance

00:22:29.880 --> 00:22:30.339
 as well

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 but in this case

00:22:31.160 --> 00:22:32.019
 it has a specific

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 focus.

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 It is a love

00:22:33.880 --> 00:22:34.779
 that has an

00:22:34.779 --> 00:22:35.940
 animating power

00:22:35.940 --> 00:22:37.059
 that helps us

00:22:37.059 --> 00:22:37.680
 to walk in

00:22:37.680 --> 00:22:38.200
 obedience

00:22:38.200 --> 00:22:39.519
 and faithfulness.

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 As we receive

00:22:41.059 --> 00:22:41.980
 God's love

00:22:41.980 --> 00:22:42.559
 in redemption

00:22:42.559 --> 00:22:43.240
 he continues

00:22:43.240 --> 00:22:43.859
 to give that

00:22:43.859 --> 00:22:45.279
 love in abundance

00:22:45.279 --> 00:22:46.519
 and it invigorates

00:22:46.519 --> 00:22:47.180
 us to live

00:22:47.180 --> 00:22:48.319
 lives that are

00:22:48.319 --> 00:22:48.960
 pleasing and

00:22:48.960 --> 00:22:50.059
 acceptable to God.

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 So what does

00:22:51.839 --> 00:22:53.740
 Jude do?

00:22:54.859 --> 00:22:56.119
 He encourages

00:22:56.119 --> 00:22:57.359
 the church

00:22:57.359 --> 00:22:59.079
 to look to

00:22:59.079 --> 00:22:59.879
 Christ for

00:22:59.879 --> 00:23:00.720
 mercy,

00:23:01.379 --> 00:23:01.679
 peace,

00:23:01.799 --> 00:23:02.240
 and love.

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 They're to

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 animate

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 and equip us

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 as we contend

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 for the faith.

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 Imagine if it

00:23:10.379 --> 00:23:12.079
 was omitted

00:23:12.079 --> 00:23:14.579
 my first point

00:23:14.579 --> 00:23:15.339
 the second part

00:23:15.339 --> 00:23:16.000
 of verse 1

00:23:16.000 --> 00:23:17.680
 and in

00:23:17.680 --> 00:23:18.519
 verse 2

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 and we just

00:23:19.140 --> 00:23:19.960
 the letter

00:23:19.960 --> 00:23:21.259
 Jude

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 a servant

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 of Jesus Christ

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 boom

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 right into

00:23:23.980 --> 00:23:24.539
 verse 3.

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 No reminder

00:23:25.619 --> 00:23:26.279
 of who we are

00:23:26.279 --> 00:23:27.059
 no encouragement

00:23:27.059 --> 00:23:28.660
 in a sense

00:23:28.660 --> 00:23:29.319
 to be equipped

00:23:29.319 --> 00:23:29.940
 by God

00:23:29.940 --> 00:23:30.380
 and it went

00:23:30.380 --> 00:23:31.500
 directly

00:23:31.500 --> 00:23:32.740
 into

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 beloved

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 although I was

00:23:34.740 --> 00:23:35.240
 very eager

00:23:35.240 --> 00:23:36.140
 to write to you

00:23:36.140 --> 00:23:36.619
 about our

00:23:36.619 --> 00:23:37.880
 common salvation

00:23:37.880 --> 00:23:38.359
 I found it

00:23:38.359 --> 00:23:39.259
 necessary

00:23:39.259 --> 00:23:40.420
 to write

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 appealing to you

00:23:41.039 --> 00:23:41.460
 to contend

00:23:41.460 --> 00:23:41.960
 for the faith.

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 I mean

00:23:42.240 --> 00:23:43.640
 in many ways

00:23:43.640 --> 00:23:44.339
 we would crumble

00:23:44.339 --> 00:23:45.099
 under the pressure.

00:23:45.879 --> 00:23:46.519
 It would be

00:23:46.519 --> 00:23:47.199
 very difficult.

00:23:48.339 --> 00:23:48.939
 I'm supposed

00:23:48.939 --> 00:23:49.439
 to do this

00:23:49.439 --> 00:23:50.220
 by myself?

00:23:51.839 --> 00:23:52.759
 There's certain

00:23:52.759 --> 00:23:53.379
 people that have

00:23:53.379 --> 00:23:54.240
 crept in unnoticed

00:23:54.240 --> 00:23:54.959
 who long ago

00:23:54.959 --> 00:23:56.299
 were designated

00:23:56.299 --> 00:23:57.619
 for this condemnation

00:23:57.619 --> 00:23:59.119
 ungodly people

00:23:59.119 --> 00:24:00.000
 who pervert

00:24:00.000 --> 00:24:00.480
 the grace

00:24:00.480 --> 00:24:01.059
 of our God

00:24:01.059 --> 00:24:02.019
 into sensuality.

00:24:02.839 --> 00:24:03.899
 I'm tapping out

00:24:03.899 --> 00:24:04.759
 to find somebody else

00:24:04.759 --> 00:24:05.699
 I can't do this.

00:24:06.639 --> 00:24:07.199
 But you see

00:24:07.199 --> 00:24:08.559
 when verse 1

00:24:08.559 --> 00:24:10.339
 and verse 2

00:24:10.339 --> 00:24:11.379
 are put before

00:24:11.379 --> 00:24:13.000
 verse 3 and 4

00:24:13.000 --> 00:24:14.660
 we realize

00:24:14.660 --> 00:24:15.259
 that it is not

00:24:15.259 --> 00:24:15.980
 in our strength

00:24:15.980 --> 00:24:17.680
 that we are

00:24:17.680 --> 00:24:18.460
 to contend.

00:24:18.839 --> 00:24:19.740
 It is not

00:24:19.740 --> 00:24:20.480
 for our glory

00:24:20.480 --> 00:24:21.420
 that we are

00:24:21.420 --> 00:24:22.119
 to contend

00:24:22.119 --> 00:24:23.099
 but it is God

00:24:23.099 --> 00:24:23.819
 and God alone

00:24:23.819 --> 00:24:26.180
 who gives

00:24:26.180 --> 00:24:26.880
 the strength

00:24:26.880 --> 00:24:28.299
 for his glory

00:24:28.299 --> 00:24:29.180
 for his renown

00:24:29.180 --> 00:24:30.559
 and all of a sudden

00:24:30.559 --> 00:24:31.619
 we see

00:24:31.619 --> 00:24:32.480
 the immovable

00:24:32.480 --> 00:24:35.039
 all powerful

00:24:35.039 --> 00:24:36.799
 completely holy

00:24:36.799 --> 00:24:37.980
 immutable God

00:24:37.980 --> 00:24:39.839
 and then we look

00:24:39.839 --> 00:24:40.680
 at the problems

00:24:40.680 --> 00:24:42.079
 great as they are

00:24:42.079 --> 00:24:42.919
 in front of us

00:24:42.919 --> 00:24:44.379
 and we see

00:24:44.379 --> 00:24:45.159
 who we serve

00:24:45.159 --> 00:24:46.579
 and there is no comparison.

00:24:47.399 --> 00:24:48.480
 We are on the right side

00:24:48.480 --> 00:24:49.619
 we are with

00:24:49.619 --> 00:24:50.399
 the right warrior

00:24:50.399 --> 00:24:52.579
 we have the right strength

00:24:52.579 --> 00:24:54.199
 we have the right courage

00:24:54.199 --> 00:24:55.599
 because it is all

00:24:55.599 --> 00:24:56.399
 in Christ.

00:24:57.740 --> 00:24:58.399
 So let's look

00:24:58.399 --> 00:24:58.980
 finally

00:24:58.980 --> 00:24:59.659
 then

00:24:59.659 --> 00:25:00.079
 at

00:25:00.079 --> 00:25:01.339
 our third point

00:25:01.339 --> 00:25:02.799
 how Jude

00:25:02.799 --> 00:25:04.079
 reminds God's people

00:25:04.079 --> 00:25:05.019
 how they ought

00:25:05.019 --> 00:25:05.579
 to contend

00:25:05.579 --> 00:25:06.240
 for the faith

00:25:06.240 --> 00:25:07.980
 with Christ.

00:25:07.980 --> 00:25:10.660
 so I'll read

00:25:10.660 --> 00:25:11.799
 verse 3 and 4 again

00:25:11.799 --> 00:25:13.180
 Beloved

00:25:13.180 --> 00:25:15.539
 although I was very eager

00:25:15.539 --> 00:25:16.380
 to write to you

00:25:16.380 --> 00:25:17.960
 about our common salvation

00:25:17.960 --> 00:25:19.200
 I found it necessary

00:25:19.200 --> 00:25:20.779
 to write appealing to you

00:25:20.779 --> 00:25:21.940
 to contend

00:25:21.940 --> 00:25:22.660
 for the faith

00:25:22.660 --> 00:25:24.180
 that was once for all

00:25:24.180 --> 00:25:25.180
 delivered to the saints

00:25:25.180 --> 00:25:27.140
 for certain people

00:25:27.140 --> 00:25:28.140
 have crept in

00:25:28.140 --> 00:25:28.779
 unnoticed

00:25:28.779 --> 00:25:30.000
 who long ago

00:25:30.000 --> 00:25:30.900
 were designated

00:25:30.900 --> 00:25:32.220
 for this condemnation

00:25:32.220 --> 00:25:33.920
 ungodly people

00:25:33.920 --> 00:25:34.579
 who pervert

00:25:34.579 --> 00:25:35.939
 the grace

00:25:35.939 --> 00:25:36.659
 of our God

00:25:36.659 --> 00:25:37.759
 with sensuality

00:25:37.759 --> 00:25:38.439
 and deny

00:25:38.439 --> 00:25:39.480
 our only Master

00:25:39.480 --> 00:25:39.899
 and Lord

00:25:39.899 --> 00:25:40.799
 Jesus Christ.

00:25:42.659 --> 00:25:43.439
 There's a lot

00:25:43.439 --> 00:25:44.119
 at stake here.

00:25:45.220 --> 00:25:45.699
 The faith

00:25:45.699 --> 00:25:46.559
 that is

00:25:46.559 --> 00:25:47.559
 the Christian church

00:25:47.559 --> 00:25:48.679
 rooted and sustained

00:25:48.679 --> 00:25:49.839
 in the life

00:25:49.839 --> 00:25:50.579
 death and resurrection

00:25:50.579 --> 00:25:51.099
 of Christ

00:25:51.099 --> 00:25:52.159
 is being actively

00:25:52.159 --> 00:25:53.279
 attacked

00:25:53.279 --> 00:25:54.559
 not from without

00:25:54.559 --> 00:25:56.220
 but from a virus

00:25:56.220 --> 00:25:56.839
 within.

00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:01.079
 There's parasites

00:26:01.079 --> 00:26:03.119
 that are eating away

00:26:03.119 --> 00:26:03.859
 at the life

00:26:03.859 --> 00:26:04.959
 and the health

00:26:04.959 --> 00:26:05.659
 of the church.

00:26:06.879 --> 00:26:07.959
 It's not from without

00:26:07.959 --> 00:26:08.699
 it's not be

00:26:08.699 --> 00:26:11.419
 it's not an attack

00:26:11.419 --> 00:26:12.439
 from Roman authorities

00:26:12.439 --> 00:26:13.459
 it's not rival

00:26:13.459 --> 00:26:14.539
 pagan religions

00:26:14.539 --> 00:26:16.039
 it is from within

00:26:16.039 --> 00:26:17.740
 false teachers

00:26:17.740 --> 00:26:19.439
 that are in the church.

00:26:20.859 --> 00:26:22.459
 This is not a disagreement

00:26:22.459 --> 00:26:22.979
 by the way

00:26:22.979 --> 00:26:24.399
 about a secondary issue.

00:26:25.679 --> 00:26:26.500
 There's a lot

00:26:26.500 --> 00:26:27.619
 of secondary issues

00:26:27.619 --> 00:26:31.259
 even tertiary issues

00:26:31.259 --> 00:26:32.679
 things that are different

00:26:32.680 --> 00:26:33.600
 from denomination

00:26:33.600 --> 00:26:34.580
 or church to church

00:26:34.580 --> 00:26:36.200
 that don't

00:26:36.200 --> 00:26:36.940
 not matter

00:26:36.940 --> 00:26:37.519
 they matter

00:26:37.519 --> 00:26:38.600
 but they don't

00:26:38.600 --> 00:26:39.740
 touch on the core

00:26:39.740 --> 00:26:41.000
 of who God is

00:26:41.000 --> 00:26:42.019
 and what God has done.

00:26:43.140 --> 00:26:43.900
 This is talking

00:26:43.900 --> 00:26:44.740
 about core issues.

00:26:45.759 --> 00:26:47.019
 They are attacking

00:26:47.019 --> 00:26:48.480
 Jude says

00:26:48.480 --> 00:26:50.120
 the common salvation.

00:26:50.860 --> 00:26:51.240
 Now common

00:26:51.240 --> 00:26:52.039
 does not mean

00:26:52.039 --> 00:26:52.799
 ordinary

00:26:52.799 --> 00:26:53.860
 or unexceptional

00:26:53.860 --> 00:26:55.519
 but the shared

00:26:55.519 --> 00:26:56.440
 and widespread

00:26:56.440 --> 00:26:57.539
 unifying

00:26:57.539 --> 00:26:59.120
 single message

00:26:59.120 --> 00:26:59.900
 of salvation.

00:26:59.900 --> 00:26:59.980
 salvation.

00:27:00.860 --> 00:27:01.480
 There's no other

00:27:01.480 --> 00:27:02.320
 salvations.

00:27:03.840 --> 00:27:04.700
 One church

00:27:04.700 --> 00:27:05.960
 can't see Christ

00:27:05.960 --> 00:27:08.300
 as fully man

00:27:08.300 --> 00:27:09.040
 fully God

00:27:09.040 --> 00:27:09.759
 and the other

00:27:09.759 --> 00:27:10.780
 church over here

00:27:10.780 --> 00:27:12.100
 sees Christ

00:27:12.100 --> 00:27:13.900
 as an actor

00:27:13.900 --> 00:27:14.560
 wearing a mask.

00:27:14.640 --> 00:27:15.200
 It's just God

00:27:15.200 --> 00:27:16.300
 who takes the

00:27:16.300 --> 00:27:18.280
 identity of Christ

00:27:18.280 --> 00:27:19.540
 but then sometimes

00:27:19.540 --> 00:27:20.360
 he wears a mask

00:27:20.360 --> 00:27:21.240
 like God the Father

00:27:21.240 --> 00:27:21.880
 and sometimes

00:27:21.880 --> 00:27:22.540
 a mask like

00:27:22.540 --> 00:27:23.780
 God the Holy Spirit

00:27:23.780 --> 00:27:24.960
 or maybe

00:27:24.960 --> 00:27:26.980
 Jesus isn't really man

00:27:26.980 --> 00:27:27.820
 but only spirit

00:27:27.819 --> 00:27:29.200
 or maybe he's just man

00:27:29.200 --> 00:27:30.119
 and not spirit

00:27:30.119 --> 00:27:31.259
 but he's a very holy man.

00:27:31.379 --> 00:27:31.720
 No.

00:27:33.399 --> 00:27:34.240
 There's a common

00:27:34.240 --> 00:27:35.019
 salvation

00:27:35.019 --> 00:27:36.439
 that is rooted

00:27:36.439 --> 00:27:37.679
 in the person

00:27:37.679 --> 00:27:38.240
 of Christ

00:27:38.240 --> 00:27:38.879
 fully man

00:27:38.879 --> 00:27:39.539
 fully God

00:27:39.539 --> 00:27:41.179
 and in his

00:27:41.179 --> 00:27:42.899
 once for all

00:27:42.899 --> 00:27:44.119
 salvation

00:27:44.119 --> 00:27:45.519
 that he won

00:27:45.519 --> 00:27:46.139
 on the cross

00:27:46.139 --> 00:27:47.119
 his sacrifice

00:27:47.119 --> 00:27:48.059
 at Golgotha

00:27:48.059 --> 00:27:49.799
 that when he died

00:27:49.799 --> 00:27:50.379
 and rose again

00:27:50.379 --> 00:27:51.200
 he defeated death.

00:27:51.339 --> 00:27:52.059
 This is the common

00:27:52.059 --> 00:27:52.720
 salvation.

00:27:53.659 --> 00:27:54.679
 This is at its core

00:27:54.679 --> 00:27:56.220
 the nature

00:27:56.220 --> 00:27:56.899
 of God.

00:27:57.819 --> 00:27:59.179
 The salvation

00:27:59.179 --> 00:28:00.000
 is exclusively

00:28:00.000 --> 00:28:01.259
 found in Christ

00:28:01.259 --> 00:28:04.559
 because only Christ

00:28:04.559 --> 00:28:06.220
 could achieve

00:28:06.220 --> 00:28:06.919
 a salvation

00:28:06.919 --> 00:28:07.659
 for people

00:28:07.659 --> 00:28:08.480
 whose predicament

00:28:08.480 --> 00:28:09.279
 was so dire.

00:28:11.319 --> 00:28:12.559
 Our redemption

00:28:12.559 --> 00:28:13.740
 was so impossible

00:28:13.740 --> 00:28:15.019
 to achieve

00:28:15.019 --> 00:28:16.279
 unless God

00:28:16.279 --> 00:28:16.939
 himself

00:28:16.939 --> 00:28:17.919
 achieved it.

00:28:18.019 --> 00:28:18.960
 That's why

00:28:18.960 --> 00:28:20.200
 that's why

00:28:20.200 --> 00:28:21.159
 it's one faith

00:28:21.159 --> 00:28:22.899
 because there's

00:28:22.899 --> 00:28:23.899
 only one Savior

00:28:23.899 --> 00:28:25.939
 and only one God.

00:28:25.940 --> 00:28:25.980
 God.

00:28:27.980 --> 00:28:28.539
 That's why

00:28:28.539 --> 00:28:29.000
 we must not

00:28:29.000 --> 00:28:30.100
 reduce the salvation

00:28:30.100 --> 00:28:31.380
 to an understanding

00:28:31.380 --> 00:28:31.840
 and a sense

00:28:31.840 --> 00:28:32.460
 of conversion

00:28:32.460 --> 00:28:33.420
 alone

00:28:33.420 --> 00:28:34.120
 but understand

00:28:34.120 --> 00:28:34.519
 it to be

00:28:34.519 --> 00:28:35.380
 more robust

00:28:35.380 --> 00:28:36.299
 and rich.

00:28:36.420 --> 00:28:37.100
 So Jude here

00:28:37.100 --> 00:28:37.600
 and we'll see

00:28:37.600 --> 00:28:38.259
 this over the

00:28:38.259 --> 00:28:38.940
 weeks to come

00:28:38.940 --> 00:28:40.820
 Jude has in mind

00:28:40.820 --> 00:28:41.380
 salvation

00:28:41.380 --> 00:28:43.039
 from condemnation

00:28:43.039 --> 00:28:44.220
 that there's

00:28:44.220 --> 00:28:44.660
 salvation

00:28:44.660 --> 00:28:45.519
 from judgment

00:28:45.519 --> 00:28:46.360
 from punishment

00:28:46.360 --> 00:28:47.900
 from conviction

00:28:47.900 --> 00:28:48.860
 from destruction

00:28:48.859 --> 00:28:50.679
 that this

00:28:50.679 --> 00:28:51.619
 salvation

00:28:51.619 --> 00:28:52.539
 that is

00:28:52.539 --> 00:28:53.240
 offered to us

00:28:53.240 --> 00:28:53.919
 by Christ

00:28:53.919 --> 00:28:55.479
 is completely

00:28:55.479 --> 00:28:56.299
 completely

00:28:56.299 --> 00:28:59.219
 it envelops us

00:28:59.219 --> 00:29:00.559
 there's no area

00:29:00.559 --> 00:29:01.079
 of our life

00:29:01.079 --> 00:29:01.959
 it does not touch

00:29:01.959 --> 00:29:03.679
 no part of us

00:29:03.679 --> 00:29:04.559
 that needs redeeming

00:29:04.559 --> 00:29:05.219
 that it does not

00:29:05.219 --> 00:29:05.539
 redeem.

00:29:06.639 --> 00:29:07.859
 This is the faith

00:29:07.859 --> 00:29:08.719
 that's worth defending

00:29:08.719 --> 00:29:09.759
 and contending for.

00:29:10.319 --> 00:29:11.039
 Notice that

00:29:11.039 --> 00:29:12.179
 this contending

00:29:12.179 --> 00:29:13.039
 isn't for

00:29:13.039 --> 00:29:14.699
 just the clergy

00:29:14.700 --> 00:29:15.539
 but it's for

00:29:15.539 --> 00:29:16.220
 all Christians

00:29:16.220 --> 00:29:17.840
 does not mean

00:29:17.840 --> 00:29:18.740
 if you're

00:29:18.740 --> 00:29:19.420
 again kind of

00:29:19.420 --> 00:29:20.759
 feeling like

00:29:20.759 --> 00:29:22.039
 I do not feel

00:29:22.039 --> 00:29:22.500
 like contending

00:29:22.500 --> 00:29:23.100
 for the faith

00:29:23.100 --> 00:29:24.340
 I'm somebody

00:29:24.340 --> 00:29:25.559
 who's a

00:29:25.559 --> 00:29:26.279
 behind the scenes

00:29:26.279 --> 00:29:26.759
 person.

00:29:27.360 --> 00:29:27.920
 Okay understand

00:29:27.920 --> 00:29:28.380
 that God has

00:29:28.380 --> 00:29:28.900
 made you in a

00:29:28.900 --> 00:29:29.380
 certain way

00:29:29.380 --> 00:29:30.960
 everybody is not

00:29:30.960 --> 00:29:31.440
 going to contend

00:29:31.440 --> 00:29:31.900
 for the faith

00:29:31.900 --> 00:29:32.700
 in the same

00:29:32.700 --> 00:29:33.220
 type of way

00:29:33.220 --> 00:29:34.160
 but nevertheless

00:29:34.160 --> 00:29:35.539
 contending for

00:29:35.539 --> 00:29:35.920
 the faith

00:29:35.920 --> 00:29:36.460
 is for all

00:29:36.460 --> 00:29:36.940
 Christians.

00:29:38.000 --> 00:29:38.519
 For all

00:29:38.519 --> 00:29:38.980
 Christians

00:29:38.980 --> 00:29:40.299
 whether you are

00:29:40.299 --> 00:29:41.660
 laity or

00:29:41.660 --> 00:29:42.080
 clergy

00:29:42.080 --> 00:29:43.539
 because there is

00:29:43.539 --> 00:29:44.620
 only one kind

00:29:44.619 --> 00:29:45.159
 of Christian

00:29:45.159 --> 00:29:45.899
 those that are

00:29:45.899 --> 00:29:46.679
 saved by Christ

00:29:46.679 --> 00:29:47.719
 I am no

00:29:47.719 --> 00:29:48.879
 more holy

00:29:48.879 --> 00:29:49.899
 than you

00:29:49.899 --> 00:29:50.699
 sitting in

00:29:50.699 --> 00:29:51.539
 these orange

00:29:51.539 --> 00:29:52.159
 chairs at

00:29:52.159 --> 00:29:52.799
 Holy Redeemer

00:29:52.799 --> 00:29:54.599
 I have a

00:29:54.599 --> 00:29:55.059
 different role

00:29:55.059 --> 00:29:55.599
 in the church

00:29:55.599 --> 00:29:56.279
 but I am the

00:29:56.279 --> 00:29:57.879
 same sinner

00:29:57.879 --> 00:29:58.659
 in a sense

00:29:58.659 --> 00:29:59.379
 that is saved

00:29:59.379 --> 00:29:59.939
 by Christ

00:29:59.939 --> 00:30:00.559
 as you are

00:30:00.559 --> 00:30:02.959
 we are all

00:30:02.959 --> 00:30:03.500
 called to

00:30:03.500 --> 00:30:04.039
 contend

00:30:04.039 --> 00:30:05.439
 for the faith

00:30:05.439 --> 00:30:07.379
 and how do we

00:30:07.379 --> 00:30:07.899
 contend for the

00:30:07.899 --> 00:30:08.039
 faith?

00:30:08.179 --> 00:30:08.959
 The word used

00:30:08.959 --> 00:30:09.459
 here is

00:30:09.459 --> 00:30:10.759
 very much

00:30:10.759 --> 00:30:13.059
 an aggressive

00:30:13.059 --> 00:30:13.859
 type of

00:30:13.859 --> 00:30:14.439
 contending

00:30:14.440 --> 00:30:15.880
 and again

00:30:15.880 --> 00:30:16.220
 that doesn't

00:30:16.220 --> 00:30:16.420
 mean you

00:30:16.420 --> 00:30:16.759
 have to be

00:30:16.759 --> 00:30:17.180
 aggressive

00:30:17.180 --> 00:30:17.840
 but it means

00:30:17.840 --> 00:30:18.160
 you have to

00:30:18.160 --> 00:30:18.900
 be active

00:30:18.900 --> 00:30:19.980
 in contending

00:30:19.980 --> 00:30:20.340
 for the

00:30:20.340 --> 00:30:20.600
 faith

00:30:20.600 --> 00:30:23.120
 whenever the

00:30:23.120 --> 00:30:23.759
 faith is

00:30:23.759 --> 00:30:24.680
 misconstrued

00:30:24.680 --> 00:30:26.259
 whenever it's

00:30:26.259 --> 00:30:26.740
 perverted

00:30:26.740 --> 00:30:27.420
 whenever there's

00:30:27.420 --> 00:30:28.220
 a grave error

00:30:28.220 --> 00:30:29.100
 that leads to

00:30:29.100 --> 00:30:30.200
 other things

00:30:30.200 --> 00:30:31.000
 that are called

00:30:31.000 --> 00:30:32.559
 salvific

00:30:32.559 --> 00:30:33.380
 or looked to

00:30:33.380 --> 00:30:34.160
 for salvation

00:30:34.160 --> 00:30:34.759
 that certainly

00:30:34.759 --> 00:30:35.880
 are not

00:30:35.880 --> 00:30:36.360
 Christ

00:30:36.360 --> 00:30:37.360
 that is when

00:30:37.360 --> 00:30:38.180
 we push back

00:30:38.180 --> 00:30:38.700
 that's when we

00:30:38.700 --> 00:30:39.440
 ask questions

00:30:39.440 --> 00:30:39.920
 when we

00:30:39.920 --> 00:30:41.600
 when we do

00:30:41.600 --> 00:30:41.980
 not go

00:30:41.980 --> 00:30:42.640
 along

00:30:42.640 --> 00:30:43.240
 and we

00:30:43.240 --> 00:30:44.320
 resist

00:30:44.320 --> 00:30:45.500
 things that

00:30:45.500 --> 00:30:45.740
 are not

00:30:45.740 --> 00:30:46.299
 of Christ

00:30:46.299 --> 00:30:48.980
 orthodoxy

00:30:48.980 --> 00:30:49.420
 matters

00:30:49.420 --> 00:30:50.279
 it just

00:30:50.279 --> 00:30:50.660
 does

00:30:50.660 --> 00:30:52.840
 it does

00:30:52.840 --> 00:30:53.180
 I mean

00:30:53.180 --> 00:30:53.440
 there's

00:30:53.440 --> 00:30:54.460
 different

00:30:54.460 --> 00:30:55.100
 expressions

00:30:55.100 --> 00:30:56.320
 of the

00:30:56.320 --> 00:30:57.059
 faith

00:30:57.059 --> 00:30:58.779
 in different

00:30:58.779 --> 00:30:59.539
 contexts

00:30:59.539 --> 00:31:00.259
 in different

00:31:00.259 --> 00:31:00.799
 parts of the

00:31:00.799 --> 00:31:01.140
 world

00:31:01.140 --> 00:31:02.480
 in different

00:31:02.480 --> 00:31:02.940
 traditions

00:31:02.940 --> 00:31:05.039
 but orthodoxy

00:31:05.039 --> 00:31:05.600
 does not

00:31:05.600 --> 00:31:06.200
 change

00:31:06.200 --> 00:31:07.340
 the core

00:31:07.340 --> 00:31:07.680
 of our

00:31:07.680 --> 00:31:07.900
 faith

00:31:07.900 --> 00:31:08.279
 cannot

00:31:08.279 --> 00:31:08.940
 change

00:31:08.940 --> 00:31:10.519
 and that

00:31:10.519 --> 00:31:10.880
 is what

00:31:10.880 --> 00:31:11.200
 Jude is

00:31:11.200 --> 00:31:11.680
 calling us

00:31:11.680 --> 00:31:12.240
 to contend

00:31:12.240 --> 00:31:12.559
 for

00:31:12.559 --> 00:31:14.000
 this is why

00:31:14.000 --> 00:31:14.299
 we are

00:31:14.299 --> 00:31:14.960
 serious about

00:31:14.960 --> 00:31:15.539
 confessing

00:31:15.539 --> 00:31:16.000
 and declaring

00:31:16.000 --> 00:31:17.059
 the creed

00:31:17.059 --> 00:31:17.680
 together every

00:31:17.680 --> 00:31:17.920
 week

00:31:17.920 --> 00:31:19.080
 but notice

00:31:19.080 --> 00:31:19.779
 that the

00:31:19.779 --> 00:31:20.259
 creed

00:31:20.259 --> 00:31:20.759
 confessing

00:31:20.759 --> 00:31:21.019
 it is

00:31:21.019 --> 00:31:21.580
 not enough

00:31:21.580 --> 00:31:22.200
 if it was

00:31:22.200 --> 00:31:22.559
 enough

00:31:22.559 --> 00:31:23.720
 the Anglican

00:31:23.720 --> 00:31:24.080
 Church of

00:31:24.080 --> 00:31:24.400
 Canada

00:31:24.400 --> 00:31:25.279
 or the

00:31:25.279 --> 00:31:25.880
 Presbyterian

00:31:25.880 --> 00:31:26.259
 Church of

00:31:26.259 --> 00:31:26.600
 Canada

00:31:26.600 --> 00:31:27.480
 or the

00:31:27.480 --> 00:31:27.779
 United

00:31:27.779 --> 00:31:28.259
 Church of

00:31:28.259 --> 00:31:28.600
 Canada

00:31:28.600 --> 00:31:29.380
 they would

00:31:29.380 --> 00:31:29.860
 be rock

00:31:29.860 --> 00:31:30.319
 solid

00:31:30.319 --> 00:31:30.900
 robust

00:31:30.900 --> 00:31:32.120
 in their

00:31:32.120 --> 00:31:32.880
 orthodoxy

00:31:32.880 --> 00:31:34.299
 but they

00:31:34.299 --> 00:31:34.640
 have not

00:31:34.640 --> 00:31:34.920
 they've

00:31:34.920 --> 00:31:35.400
 drifted

00:31:35.400 --> 00:31:36.780
 into

00:31:36.780 --> 00:31:37.380
 teachings

00:31:37.380 --> 00:31:37.840
 that do

00:31:37.840 --> 00:31:38.080
 not

00:31:38.080 --> 00:31:38.480
 resemble

00:31:38.480 --> 00:31:38.700
 the

00:31:38.700 --> 00:31:39.019
 gospel

00:31:39.019 --> 00:31:39.240
 of

00:31:39.240 --> 00:31:39.620
 Christ

00:31:39.620 --> 00:31:41.200
 they

00:31:41.200 --> 00:31:41.600
 departed

00:31:41.600 --> 00:31:42.200
 from the

00:31:42.200 --> 00:31:42.380
 very

00:31:42.380 --> 00:31:42.759
 faith

00:31:42.759 --> 00:31:42.980
 that

00:31:42.980 --> 00:31:43.200
 Jude

00:31:43.200 --> 00:31:43.400
 is

00:31:43.400 --> 00:31:43.880
 commending

00:31:43.880 --> 00:31:44.340
 us

00:31:44.340 --> 00:31:44.560
 to

00:31:44.560 --> 00:31:45.040
 contend

00:31:45.040 --> 00:31:45.420
 for

00:31:45.420 --> 00:31:47.900
 our

00:31:47.900 --> 00:31:48.380
 faith

00:31:48.380 --> 00:31:50.259
 it is

00:31:50.259 --> 00:31:50.820
 a beautiful

00:31:50.820 --> 00:31:51.259
 thing

00:31:51.259 --> 00:31:51.720
 but it

00:31:51.720 --> 00:31:52.060
 can be

00:31:52.060 --> 00:31:52.540
 uncomfortable

00:31:52.540 --> 00:31:53.040
 and there

00:31:53.040 --> 00:31:53.200
 are

00:31:53.200 --> 00:31:53.620
 pressures

00:31:53.620 --> 00:31:54.380
 to

00:31:54.380 --> 00:31:56.780
 adjust

00:31:56.780 --> 00:31:57.640
 things

00:31:57.640 --> 00:31:58.360
 to lean

00:31:58.360 --> 00:31:58.620
 into

00:31:58.620 --> 00:31:59.220
 nuance

00:31:59.220 --> 00:32:00.100
 a bit

00:32:00.100 --> 00:32:00.420
 more

00:32:00.420 --> 00:32:01.600
 to

00:32:01.600 --> 00:32:02.320
 explain

00:32:02.320 --> 00:32:02.620
 things

00:32:02.620 --> 00:32:03.019
 away

00:32:03.019 --> 00:32:03.580
 or to

00:32:03.580 --> 00:32:03.880
 talk

00:32:03.880 --> 00:32:04.220
 about

00:32:04.220 --> 00:32:05.600
 yeah

00:32:05.600 --> 00:32:06.299
 that was

00:32:06.299 --> 00:32:06.960
 it's a

00:32:06.960 --> 00:32:07.100
 tough

00:32:07.100 --> 00:32:07.360
 saying

00:32:07.360 --> 00:32:07.559
 in the

00:32:07.559 --> 00:32:07.779
 Bible

00:32:07.779 --> 00:32:07.980
 but

00:32:07.980 --> 00:32:08.400
 it's

00:32:08.400 --> 00:32:08.779
 cultural

00:32:08.779 --> 00:32:11.019
 and yes

00:32:11.019 --> 00:32:11.360
 there's a

00:32:11.360 --> 00:32:11.799
 place to

00:32:11.799 --> 00:32:12.200
 talk about

00:32:12.200 --> 00:32:12.740
 cultural

00:32:12.740 --> 00:32:13.400
 specifics

00:32:13.400 --> 00:32:14.240
 or there

00:32:14.240 --> 00:32:14.860
 is nuance

00:32:14.860 --> 00:32:15.519
 in

00:32:15.519 --> 00:32:16.339
 God's

00:32:16.339 --> 00:32:16.759
 word

00:32:16.759 --> 00:32:17.120
 but

00:32:17.120 --> 00:32:18.700
 are we

00:32:18.700 --> 00:32:19.079
 talking

00:32:19.079 --> 00:32:19.579
 about such

00:32:19.579 --> 00:32:19.920
 things

00:32:19.920 --> 00:32:20.259
 because

00:32:20.259 --> 00:32:20.539
 there's

00:32:20.539 --> 00:32:20.640
 an

00:32:20.640 --> 00:32:21.039
 embarrassment

00:32:21.039 --> 00:32:21.380
 and I

00:32:21.380 --> 00:32:21.779
 will say

00:32:21.779 --> 00:32:22.420
 first

00:32:22.420 --> 00:32:22.700
 thing

00:32:22.700 --> 00:32:23.920
 I had

00:32:23.920 --> 00:32:24.039
 a

00:32:24.039 --> 00:32:24.539
 conversation

00:32:24.539 --> 00:32:25.059
 with

00:32:25.059 --> 00:32:25.660
 somebody

00:32:25.660 --> 00:32:25.960
 on

00:32:25.960 --> 00:32:26.319
 Friday

00:32:26.319 --> 00:32:27.319
 you

00:32:27.319 --> 00:32:27.880
 believe

00:32:27.880 --> 00:32:28.000
 in

00:32:28.000 --> 00:32:28.160
 three

00:32:28.160 --> 00:32:28.600
 gods

00:32:28.599 --> 00:32:30.719
 no

00:32:30.719 --> 00:32:31.079
 not

00:32:31.079 --> 00:32:31.419
 really

00:32:31.419 --> 00:32:32.219
 and then

00:32:32.219 --> 00:32:32.379
 I'm

00:32:32.379 --> 00:32:32.699
 stumbling

00:32:32.699 --> 00:32:33.079
 over my

00:32:33.079 --> 00:32:33.500
 words

00:32:33.500 --> 00:32:33.779
 and

00:32:33.779 --> 00:32:34.459
 eventually

00:32:34.459 --> 00:32:34.879
 the guy

00:32:34.879 --> 00:32:35.339
 was very

00:32:35.339 --> 00:32:35.759
 gracious

00:32:35.759 --> 00:32:36.619
 I was

00:32:36.619 --> 00:32:36.959
 able to

00:32:36.959 --> 00:32:37.419
 explain

00:32:37.419 --> 00:32:37.819
 something

00:32:37.819 --> 00:32:38.399
 but my

00:32:38.399 --> 00:32:39.199
 first gut

00:32:39.199 --> 00:32:39.779
 reaction

00:32:39.779 --> 00:32:40.119
 was

00:32:40.119 --> 00:32:41.959
 yeah I

00:32:41.959 --> 00:32:42.199
 don't know

00:32:42.199 --> 00:32:42.379
 how to

00:32:42.379 --> 00:32:42.659
 explain

00:32:42.659 --> 00:32:42.879
 this

00:32:42.879 --> 00:32:43.079
 this is

00:32:43.079 --> 00:32:43.240
 really

00:32:43.240 --> 00:32:43.459
 hard

00:32:43.459 --> 00:32:44.480
 and it's

00:32:44.480 --> 00:32:44.699
 kind of

00:32:44.699 --> 00:32:45.079
 embarrassing

00:32:45.079 --> 00:32:45.419
 and it

00:32:45.419 --> 00:32:45.759
 seems like

00:32:45.759 --> 00:32:46.279
 a contradiction

00:32:46.279 --> 00:32:46.699
 and I

00:32:46.699 --> 00:32:46.939
 don't want

00:32:46.939 --> 00:32:47.339
 to be

00:32:47.339 --> 00:32:49.159
 a dummy

00:32:49.159 --> 00:32:49.679
 in front

00:32:49.679 --> 00:32:50.279
 of anybody

00:32:50.279 --> 00:32:53.500
 how about

00:32:53.500 --> 00:32:54.679
 doctrines

00:32:54.679 --> 00:32:55.339
 around

00:32:55.339 --> 00:32:56.980
 human

00:32:56.980 --> 00:32:57.579
 sexuality

00:32:57.579 --> 00:32:59.519
 how about

00:32:59.519 --> 00:33:00.240
 doctrines

00:33:00.240 --> 00:33:00.879
 around

00:33:00.879 --> 00:33:01.859
 gender

00:33:01.859 --> 00:33:02.359
 roles

00:33:02.359 --> 00:33:03.839
 how about

00:33:03.839 --> 00:33:04.359
 different

00:33:04.359 --> 00:33:05.039
 doctrines

00:33:05.039 --> 00:33:05.779
 around

00:33:05.779 --> 00:33:07.779
 exclusivity

00:33:07.779 --> 00:33:08.579
 which

00:33:08.579 --> 00:33:09.419
 ultimately

00:33:09.419 --> 00:33:10.220
 means that

00:33:10.220 --> 00:33:10.519
 our

00:33:10.519 --> 00:33:11.379
 Mormon

00:33:11.379 --> 00:33:11.799
 friends

00:33:11.799 --> 00:33:12.359
 or our

00:33:12.359 --> 00:33:12.619
 Muslim

00:33:12.619 --> 00:33:13.179
 friends

00:33:13.179 --> 00:33:14.399
 or our

00:33:14.399 --> 00:33:15.159
 atheistic

00:33:15.159 --> 00:33:15.519
 friends

00:33:15.519 --> 00:33:15.859
 are

00:33:15.859 --> 00:33:17.439
 not just

00:33:17.439 --> 00:33:17.839
 wrong

00:33:17.839 --> 00:33:18.199
 but they

00:33:18.199 --> 00:33:19.019
 are deeply

00:33:19.019 --> 00:33:19.659
 deeply

00:33:19.659 --> 00:33:20.339
 in error

00:33:20.339 --> 00:33:22.480
 it's a

00:33:22.480 --> 00:33:22.619
 hard

00:33:22.619 --> 00:33:23.119
 conversation

00:33:23.119 --> 00:33:23.579
 to have

00:33:23.579 --> 00:33:26.740
 but this

00:33:26.740 --> 00:33:27.039
 is what

00:33:27.039 --> 00:33:27.559
 our faith

00:33:27.559 --> 00:33:28.899
 proclaims

00:33:28.899 --> 00:33:29.920
 and the

00:33:29.920 --> 00:33:30.279
 pressures

00:33:30.279 --> 00:33:30.940
 from without

00:33:30.940 --> 00:33:31.539
 can cause

00:33:31.539 --> 00:33:32.099
 us to

00:33:32.099 --> 00:33:32.319
 make

00:33:32.319 --> 00:33:33.200
 compromises

00:33:33.200 --> 00:33:33.779
 within

00:33:33.779 --> 00:33:34.839
 and Jude

00:33:34.839 --> 00:33:35.420
 is saying

00:33:35.420 --> 00:33:36.680
 contend

00:33:36.680 --> 00:33:38.980
 see we

00:33:38.980 --> 00:33:39.359
 have

00:33:39.359 --> 00:33:40.359
 often

00:33:40.359 --> 00:33:40.960
 times

00:33:40.960 --> 00:33:44.240
 our

00:33:44.240 --> 00:33:44.940
 default

00:33:44.940 --> 00:33:45.500
 is

00:33:45.500 --> 00:33:48.039
 it is

00:33:48.039 --> 00:33:48.740
 to bolster

00:33:48.740 --> 00:33:49.220
 our own

00:33:49.220 --> 00:33:49.819
 reputation

00:33:49.819 --> 00:33:51.599
 and

00:33:51.599 --> 00:33:52.180
 contend

00:33:52.180 --> 00:33:52.559
 for our

00:33:52.559 --> 00:33:52.920
 own

00:33:52.920 --> 00:33:53.500
 reputation

00:33:53.500 --> 00:33:53.879
 and our

00:33:53.879 --> 00:33:54.079
 own

00:33:54.079 --> 00:33:54.359
 glory

00:33:54.359 --> 00:33:54.839
 but not

00:33:54.839 --> 00:33:55.460
 Christ's

00:33:55.460 --> 00:33:55.720
 when it

00:33:55.720 --> 00:33:55.960
 should be

00:33:55.960 --> 00:33:56.440
 the opposite

00:33:56.440 --> 00:33:57.860
 what do

00:33:57.860 --> 00:33:58.220
 I mean

00:33:58.220 --> 00:33:58.880
 the

00:33:58.880 --> 00:33:59.180
 apostle

00:33:59.180 --> 00:33:59.700
 Paul

00:33:59.700 --> 00:34:00.580
 in

00:34:00.580 --> 00:34:01.200
 Philippians

00:34:01.200 --> 00:34:01.920
 he's

00:34:01.920 --> 00:34:02.259
 addressing

00:34:02.259 --> 00:34:02.580
 some

00:34:02.580 --> 00:34:02.920
 issue

00:34:02.920 --> 00:34:03.180
 where

00:34:03.180 --> 00:34:03.320
 there

00:34:03.320 --> 00:34:03.420
 are

00:34:03.420 --> 00:34:03.660
 people

00:34:03.660 --> 00:34:04.340
 proclaiming

00:34:04.340 --> 00:34:04.460
 the

00:34:04.460 --> 00:34:04.799
 gospel

00:34:04.799 --> 00:34:05.259
 because

00:34:05.259 --> 00:34:05.840
 they

00:34:05.840 --> 00:34:06.039
 are

00:34:06.039 --> 00:34:06.559
 envious

00:34:06.559 --> 00:34:07.160
 of him

00:34:07.160 --> 00:34:07.539
 and they

00:34:07.539 --> 00:34:07.700
 are

00:34:07.700 --> 00:34:08.019
 jealous

00:34:08.019 --> 00:34:08.559
 of him

00:34:08.559 --> 00:34:09.220
 and he

00:34:09.220 --> 00:34:09.500
 goes

00:34:09.500 --> 00:34:10.159
 I don't

00:34:10.159 --> 00:34:10.460
 care

00:34:10.460 --> 00:34:11.380
 as they're

00:34:11.380 --> 00:34:11.639
 preaching

00:34:11.639 --> 00:34:12.099
 the gospel

00:34:12.099 --> 00:34:12.440
 what do

00:34:12.440 --> 00:34:12.840
 I care

00:34:12.840 --> 00:34:13.220
 if I

00:34:13.220 --> 00:34:13.820
 look stupid

00:34:13.820 --> 00:34:14.280
 in this

00:34:14.280 --> 00:34:16.380
 as long

00:34:16.380 --> 00:34:16.860
 as Christ

00:34:16.860 --> 00:34:17.519
 is glorified

00:34:17.519 --> 00:34:17.860
 as long

00:34:17.860 --> 00:34:18.119
 as the

00:34:18.119 --> 00:34:18.500
 gospel

00:34:18.500 --> 00:34:18.920
 is going

00:34:18.920 --> 00:34:19.139
 out

00:34:19.139 --> 00:34:19.820
 as long

00:34:19.820 --> 00:34:20.480
 as people

00:34:20.480 --> 00:34:20.740
 are

00:34:20.740 --> 00:34:21.240
 and the

00:34:21.240 --> 00:34:21.720
 idea is

00:34:21.720 --> 00:34:21.960
 that they're

00:34:21.960 --> 00:34:22.300
 preaching

00:34:22.300 --> 00:34:23.380
 the orthodox

00:34:23.380 --> 00:34:23.860
 gospel

00:34:23.860 --> 00:34:24.720
 he's like

00:34:24.720 --> 00:34:24.880
 what do

00:34:24.880 --> 00:34:25.380
 I care

00:34:25.380 --> 00:34:27.620
 but if you

00:34:27.620 --> 00:34:27.800
 go to

00:34:27.800 --> 00:34:28.440
 Galatians

00:34:28.440 --> 00:34:29.880
 the apostle

00:34:29.880 --> 00:34:30.300
 Peter

00:34:30.300 --> 00:34:30.900
 is

00:34:30.900 --> 00:34:31.800
 screwing

00:34:31.800 --> 00:34:32.000
 around

00:34:32.000 --> 00:34:32.260
 with the

00:34:32.260 --> 00:34:32.640
 gospel

00:34:32.640 --> 00:34:34.160
 he is

00:34:34.160 --> 00:34:34.820
 adding to

00:34:34.820 --> 00:34:35.300
 the gospel

00:34:35.300 --> 00:34:36.140
 and Paul

00:34:36.140 --> 00:34:37.740
 he is risking

00:34:37.740 --> 00:34:38.099
 his own

00:34:38.099 --> 00:34:38.700
 reputation

00:34:38.700 --> 00:34:40.320
 in standing

00:34:40.320 --> 00:34:40.840
 in the church

00:34:40.840 --> 00:34:41.200
 and he

00:34:41.200 --> 00:34:42.019
 confronts

00:34:42.019 --> 00:34:42.360
 Peter

00:34:42.360 --> 00:34:43.220
 for the

00:34:43.220 --> 00:34:43.539
 glory

00:34:43.539 --> 00:34:44.300
 of Christ

00:34:44.300 --> 00:34:45.519
 because in

00:34:45.519 --> 00:34:45.920
 the end

00:34:45.920 --> 00:34:47.599
 the apostle

00:34:47.599 --> 00:34:48.400
 Paul is about

00:34:48.400 --> 00:34:49.360
 Christ's glory

00:34:49.360 --> 00:34:50.380
 over his

00:34:50.380 --> 00:34:50.740
 own

00:34:50.739 --> 00:34:51.479
 and if

00:34:51.479 --> 00:34:51.839
 I'm

00:34:51.839 --> 00:34:52.259
 honest

00:34:52.259 --> 00:34:52.579
 it's

00:34:52.579 --> 00:34:52.739
 the

00:34:52.739 --> 00:34:53.239
 reverse

00:34:53.239 --> 00:34:54.139
 nine

00:34:54.139 --> 00:34:54.459
 times

00:34:54.459 --> 00:34:54.699
 out of

00:34:54.699 --> 00:34:54.919
 ten

00:34:54.919 --> 00:34:56.319
 and if

00:34:56.319 --> 00:34:56.439
 you're

00:34:56.439 --> 00:34:57.019
 like me

00:34:57.019 --> 00:34:57.759
 it's

00:34:57.759 --> 00:34:58.119
 probably

00:34:58.119 --> 00:34:58.519
 something

00:34:58.519 --> 00:34:58.979
 similar

00:34:58.979 --> 00:35:01.319
 Jude is

00:35:01.319 --> 00:35:01.619
 saying

00:35:01.619 --> 00:35:02.259
 be about

00:35:02.259 --> 00:35:02.639
 God's

00:35:02.639 --> 00:35:02.979
 glory

00:35:02.979 --> 00:35:03.939
 contend

00:35:03.939 --> 00:35:04.279
 for

00:35:04.279 --> 00:35:05.199
 orthodoxy

00:35:05.199 --> 00:35:05.779
 stand

00:35:05.779 --> 00:35:06.299
 for truth

00:35:06.299 --> 00:35:08.079
 even if

00:35:08.079 --> 00:35:08.419
 you might

00:35:08.419 --> 00:35:08.739
 be called

00:35:08.739 --> 00:35:09.159
 a dummy

00:35:09.159 --> 00:35:10.059
 even if

00:35:10.059 --> 00:35:10.359
 you look

00:35:10.359 --> 00:35:10.839
 stupid

00:35:10.839 --> 00:35:12.059
 even if

00:35:12.059 --> 00:35:13.619
 you

00:35:13.619 --> 00:35:14.159
 offend

00:35:14.159 --> 00:35:15.059
 not because

00:35:15.059 --> 00:35:15.619
 you're

00:35:15.619 --> 00:35:16.259
 rough or

00:35:16.259 --> 00:35:16.779
 brash

00:35:16.779 --> 00:35:17.939
 but because

00:35:17.939 --> 00:35:19.000
 gently

00:35:19.000 --> 00:35:19.939
 and mercifully

00:35:19.940 --> 00:35:20.820
 and with

00:35:20.820 --> 00:35:21.320
 kindness

00:35:21.320 --> 00:35:22.579
 you state

00:35:22.579 --> 00:35:23.019
 the truth

00:35:23.019 --> 00:35:27.099
 I stand

00:35:27.099 --> 00:35:27.380
 on the

00:35:27.380 --> 00:35:27.639
 shoulders

00:35:27.639 --> 00:35:28.340
 as a

00:35:28.340 --> 00:35:28.679
 minister

00:35:28.679 --> 00:35:29.159
 in the

00:35:29.159 --> 00:35:29.519
 Anglican

00:35:29.519 --> 00:35:29.740
 Network

00:35:29.740 --> 00:35:30.159
 of Canada

00:35:30.159 --> 00:35:30.539
 that is

00:35:30.539 --> 00:35:30.679
 our

00:35:30.679 --> 00:35:31.220
 denomination

00:35:31.220 --> 00:35:33.039
 I stand

00:35:33.039 --> 00:35:33.260
 on the

00:35:33.260 --> 00:35:33.519
 shoulders

00:35:33.519 --> 00:35:34.139
 of

00:35:34.139 --> 00:35:34.880
 George

00:35:34.880 --> 00:35:35.380
 Sinclair

00:35:35.380 --> 00:35:36.200
 and David

00:35:36.200 --> 00:35:36.659
 Short

00:35:36.659 --> 00:35:37.440
 and David

00:35:37.440 --> 00:35:38.079
 Crawley

00:35:38.079 --> 00:35:39.800
 just a few

00:35:39.800 --> 00:35:40.240
 names

00:35:40.240 --> 00:35:41.099
 Ray David

00:35:41.099 --> 00:35:41.480
 Glenn

00:35:41.480 --> 00:35:42.019
 men

00:35:42.019 --> 00:35:43.400
 and women

00:35:43.400 --> 00:35:43.900
 as well

00:35:43.900 --> 00:35:44.679
 who left

00:35:44.679 --> 00:35:45.260
 the Anglican

00:35:45.260 --> 00:35:45.619
 Church of

00:35:45.619 --> 00:35:45.960
 Canada

00:35:45.960 --> 00:35:48.599
 almost 15

00:35:48.599 --> 00:35:49.240
 years ago

00:35:49.239 --> 00:35:50.759
 because

00:35:50.759 --> 00:35:52.500
 they spent

00:35:52.500 --> 00:35:53.459
 almost two

00:35:53.459 --> 00:35:53.939
 decades

00:35:53.939 --> 00:35:54.399
 trying to

00:35:54.399 --> 00:35:54.899
 call the

00:35:54.899 --> 00:35:55.459
 church back

00:35:55.459 --> 00:35:56.219
 to orthodoxy

00:35:56.219 --> 00:35:56.779
 contending for

00:35:56.779 --> 00:35:57.159
 the faith

00:35:57.159 --> 00:35:57.799
 and they

00:35:57.799 --> 00:35:58.399
 ultimately had

00:35:58.399 --> 00:35:58.759
 to leave

00:35:58.759 --> 00:35:59.239
 the church

00:35:59.239 --> 00:36:01.339
 I asked

00:36:01.339 --> 00:36:03.779
 George

00:36:03.779 --> 00:36:04.199
 recently

00:36:04.199 --> 00:36:04.779
 he's the

00:36:04.779 --> 00:36:05.039
 minister

00:36:05.039 --> 00:36:05.479
 downtown

00:36:05.479 --> 00:36:07.579
 he mentored

00:36:07.579 --> 00:36:08.799
 me and

00:36:08.799 --> 00:36:09.599
 really is a

00:36:09.599 --> 00:36:10.659
 huge part

00:36:10.659 --> 00:36:10.959
 of this

00:36:10.959 --> 00:36:11.319
 church

00:36:11.319 --> 00:36:12.099
 the life

00:36:12.099 --> 00:36:12.419
 of this

00:36:12.419 --> 00:36:12.739
 church

00:36:12.739 --> 00:36:14.179
 I asked

00:36:14.179 --> 00:36:14.579
 him like

00:36:14.579 --> 00:36:15.000
 what was

00:36:15.000 --> 00:36:15.500
 the fallout

00:36:15.500 --> 00:36:15.979
 from that

00:36:15.980 --> 00:36:17.139
 he said

00:36:17.139 --> 00:36:17.619
 people had

00:36:17.619 --> 00:36:17.900
 nervous

00:36:17.900 --> 00:36:18.880
 breakdowns

00:36:18.880 --> 00:36:19.920
 like a

00:36:19.920 --> 00:36:20.360
 lot of

00:36:20.360 --> 00:36:20.800
 people had

00:36:20.800 --> 00:36:21.079
 nervous

00:36:21.079 --> 00:36:21.760
 breakdowns

00:36:21.760 --> 00:36:22.880
 it was

00:36:22.880 --> 00:36:23.300
 tough

00:36:23.300 --> 00:36:24.380
 we're

00:36:24.380 --> 00:36:24.800
 flesh and

00:36:24.800 --> 00:36:25.119
 blood

00:36:25.119 --> 00:36:26.460
 like you

00:36:26.460 --> 00:36:26.840
 have the

00:36:26.840 --> 00:36:27.360
 world kind

00:36:27.360 --> 00:36:28.000
 of collapsing

00:36:28.000 --> 00:36:28.760
 in their

00:36:28.760 --> 00:36:29.659
 world collapsing

00:36:29.659 --> 00:36:30.400
 in on them

00:36:30.400 --> 00:36:32.460
 okay we're

00:36:32.460 --> 00:36:32.820
 going to stand

00:36:32.820 --> 00:36:33.400
 for the truth

00:36:33.400 --> 00:36:33.760
 we're going to

00:36:33.760 --> 00:36:34.380
 contend but it

00:36:34.380 --> 00:36:34.740
 was really

00:36:34.740 --> 00:36:35.400
 really difficult

00:36:35.400 --> 00:36:37.000
 people lost

00:36:37.000 --> 00:36:37.760
 parts of their

00:36:37.760 --> 00:36:38.320
 pensions

00:36:38.320 --> 00:36:39.800
 their names

00:36:39.800 --> 00:36:40.340
 were dragged

00:36:40.340 --> 00:36:40.719
 through the

00:36:40.719 --> 00:36:41.000
 mud

00:36:41.000 --> 00:36:42.199
 a lot of

00:36:42.199 --> 00:36:42.780
 people still

00:36:42.780 --> 00:36:43.460
 meet in

00:36:43.460 --> 00:36:44.079
 schools

00:36:44.079 --> 00:36:45.960
 and community

00:36:45.960 --> 00:36:46.480
 centers

00:36:46.480 --> 00:36:48.000
 after leaving

00:36:48.000 --> 00:36:48.960
 gorgeous

00:36:48.960 --> 00:36:49.659
 beautiful

00:36:49.659 --> 00:36:50.699
 stained glass

00:36:50.699 --> 00:36:51.219
 historic

00:36:51.219 --> 00:36:51.780
 buildings

00:36:51.780 --> 00:36:53.260
 that

00:36:53.260 --> 00:36:54.019
 that burns

00:36:54.019 --> 00:36:54.619
 it does

00:36:54.619 --> 00:36:56.780
 but is it

00:36:56.780 --> 00:36:57.219
 worth it

00:36:57.219 --> 00:36:58.760
 I think so

00:36:58.760 --> 00:36:59.219
 our church

00:36:59.219 --> 00:37:00.420
 our church

00:37:00.420 --> 00:37:01.579
 is around

00:37:01.579 --> 00:37:02.440
 because of

00:37:02.440 --> 00:37:03.159
 people contending

00:37:03.159 --> 00:37:03.500
 for the

00:37:03.500 --> 00:37:03.800
 faith

00:37:03.800 --> 00:37:08.860
 but how

00:37:08.860 --> 00:37:09.360
 does

00:37:09.360 --> 00:37:11.579
 the need

00:37:11.579 --> 00:37:12.160
 for contending

00:37:12.160 --> 00:37:12.700
 how does

00:37:12.700 --> 00:37:13.000
 that even

00:37:13.000 --> 00:37:13.420
 happen

00:37:13.420 --> 00:37:13.800
 how do

00:37:13.800 --> 00:37:14.280
 these

00:37:14.280 --> 00:37:14.960
 perversions

00:37:14.960 --> 00:37:15.440
 come about

00:37:15.440 --> 00:37:15.660
 in the

00:37:15.660 --> 00:37:15.980
 church

00:37:15.980 --> 00:37:17.720
 much like

00:37:17.720 --> 00:37:18.360
 all issues

00:37:18.360 --> 00:37:18.740
 they come

00:37:18.740 --> 00:37:19.240
 slowly

00:37:19.240 --> 00:37:20.079
 and unnoticed

00:37:20.079 --> 00:37:20.620
 the whole

00:37:20.620 --> 00:37:21.320
 frog in a

00:37:21.320 --> 00:37:21.660
 pot of

00:37:21.660 --> 00:37:22.280
 boiling water

00:37:22.280 --> 00:37:23.120
 small

00:37:23.120 --> 00:37:23.960
 compromises

00:37:23.960 --> 00:37:24.980
 that mount

00:37:24.980 --> 00:37:25.640
 fear and

00:37:25.640 --> 00:37:26.120
 cowardice

00:37:26.120 --> 00:37:26.780
 that masks

00:37:26.780 --> 00:37:27.820
 itself as

00:37:27.820 --> 00:37:28.400
 niceness

00:37:28.400 --> 00:37:29.000
 and mercy

00:37:29.000 --> 00:37:30.200
 look again

00:37:30.200 --> 00:37:30.579
 at verse

00:37:30.579 --> 00:37:30.900
 four

00:37:30.900 --> 00:37:33.400
 for certain

00:37:33.400 --> 00:37:34.120
 people have

00:37:34.120 --> 00:37:34.620
 crept in

00:37:34.620 --> 00:37:35.099
 unnoticed

00:37:35.099 --> 00:37:35.760
 who long ago

00:37:35.760 --> 00:37:36.440
 were designated

00:37:36.440 --> 00:37:36.940
 for this

00:37:36.940 --> 00:37:37.599
 condemnation

00:37:37.599 --> 00:37:38.660
 ungodly

00:37:38.660 --> 00:37:39.220
 people who

00:37:39.219 --> 00:37:39.839
 pervert the

00:37:39.839 --> 00:37:40.419
 grace of

00:37:40.419 --> 00:37:40.959
 our God

00:37:40.959 --> 00:37:41.579
 into

00:37:41.579 --> 00:37:42.599
 sensuality

00:37:42.599 --> 00:37:43.500
 and deny

00:37:43.500 --> 00:37:44.059
 our only

00:37:44.059 --> 00:37:44.859
 master and

00:37:44.859 --> 00:37:45.439
 lord Jesus

00:37:45.439 --> 00:37:45.959
 Christ

00:37:45.959 --> 00:37:48.279
 Jude says

00:37:48.279 --> 00:37:49.559
 that

00:37:49.559 --> 00:37:51.019
 people have

00:37:51.019 --> 00:37:51.500
 crept

00:37:51.500 --> 00:37:52.679
 into the

00:37:52.679 --> 00:37:53.079
 church

00:37:53.079 --> 00:37:54.719
 unnoticed

00:37:54.719 --> 00:37:56.559
 which would

00:37:56.559 --> 00:37:57.299
 imply that

00:37:57.299 --> 00:37:58.039
 people were

00:37:58.039 --> 00:37:58.619
 not contending

00:37:58.619 --> 00:37:58.939
 for the

00:37:58.939 --> 00:37:59.179
 faith

00:37:59.179 --> 00:37:59.539
 and that's

00:37:59.539 --> 00:37:59.919
 not to

00:37:59.919 --> 00:38:00.239
 say

00:38:00.239 --> 00:38:01.159
 that we

00:38:01.159 --> 00:38:01.459
 ought to

00:38:01.459 --> 00:38:01.819
 have a

00:38:01.819 --> 00:38:02.139
 hyper

00:38:02.139 --> 00:38:03.159
 fundamentalist

00:38:03.159 --> 00:38:03.579
 group of

00:38:03.579 --> 00:38:03.939
 people

00:38:03.939 --> 00:38:04.819
 that are

00:38:04.819 --> 00:38:05.379
 splitting

00:38:05.379 --> 00:38:05.959
 hairs

00:38:05.959 --> 00:38:06.819
 that are

00:38:06.819 --> 00:38:07.559
 getting into

00:38:07.559 --> 00:38:08.820
 outrageously

00:38:08.820 --> 00:38:09.360
 long

00:38:09.360 --> 00:38:10.039
 discussions

00:38:10.039 --> 00:38:10.599
 about

00:38:10.599 --> 00:38:11.420
 minutia

00:38:11.420 --> 00:38:12.500
 of doctrine

00:38:12.500 --> 00:38:13.400
 that some

00:38:13.400 --> 00:38:14.239
 theologian

00:38:14.239 --> 00:38:15.659
 600 years

00:38:15.659 --> 00:38:16.059
 ago

00:38:16.059 --> 00:38:17.000
 gone to

00:38:17.000 --> 00:38:17.360
 some kind

00:38:17.360 --> 00:38:17.679
 of fight

00:38:17.679 --> 00:38:18.500
 with three

00:38:18.500 --> 00:38:18.940
 other people

00:38:18.940 --> 00:38:19.400
 that believed

00:38:19.400 --> 00:38:19.599
 in it

00:38:19.599 --> 00:38:20.400
 like ridiculous

00:38:20.400 --> 00:38:20.840
 things

00:38:20.840 --> 00:38:21.239
 no

00:38:21.239 --> 00:38:22.679
 but it

00:38:22.679 --> 00:38:23.039
 means

00:38:23.039 --> 00:38:23.599
 contending

00:38:23.599 --> 00:38:24.079
 for

00:38:24.079 --> 00:38:25.099
 orthodoxy

00:38:25.099 --> 00:38:26.019
 I mean I'm

00:38:26.019 --> 00:38:26.340
 going to say

00:38:26.340 --> 00:38:26.799
 that a lot

00:38:26.799 --> 00:38:27.279
 contending

00:38:27.279 --> 00:38:27.679
 for the

00:38:27.679 --> 00:38:28.000
 truth

00:38:28.000 --> 00:38:30.880
 is an

00:38:30.880 --> 00:38:31.420
 exceptionally

00:38:31.420 --> 00:38:32.119
 strong

00:38:32.119 --> 00:38:32.820
 command here

00:38:32.820 --> 00:38:33.519
 to contend

00:38:33.519 --> 00:38:35.340
 because the

00:38:35.340 --> 00:38:36.320
 teachers that

00:38:36.320 --> 00:38:36.840
 have crept in

00:38:36.840 --> 00:38:38.259
 are exceptionally

00:38:38.259 --> 00:38:38.880
 strong

00:38:38.880 --> 00:38:40.639
 they're

00:38:40.639 --> 00:38:41.320
 deceptive

00:38:41.320 --> 00:38:42.820
 and we also

00:38:42.820 --> 00:38:43.440
 can see that

00:38:43.440 --> 00:38:43.880
 this is a bit

00:38:43.880 --> 00:38:44.380
 of a perennial

00:38:44.380 --> 00:38:45.119
 problem in the

00:38:45.119 --> 00:38:45.599
 church so it's

00:38:45.599 --> 00:38:46.519
 not just we

00:38:46.519 --> 00:38:47.179
 are living in a

00:38:47.179 --> 00:38:47.960
 tough time right

00:38:47.960 --> 00:38:48.719
 now although in

00:38:48.719 --> 00:38:49.380
 some ways we

00:38:49.380 --> 00:38:50.039
 are but it's no

00:38:50.039 --> 00:38:50.719
 different from any

00:38:50.719 --> 00:38:51.440
 other generation

00:38:51.440 --> 00:38:52.980
 every generation

00:38:52.980 --> 00:38:53.719
 must contend

00:38:53.719 --> 00:38:55.500
 our temptation

00:38:55.500 --> 00:38:56.820
 is

00:38:56.820 --> 00:38:59.320
 is to

00:38:59.320 --> 00:39:00.179
 pretend like

00:39:00.179 --> 00:39:01.059
 we are in

00:39:01.059 --> 00:39:02.000
 the good days

00:39:02.000 --> 00:39:02.599
 and I've said

00:39:02.599 --> 00:39:03.940
 this actually a

00:39:03.940 --> 00:39:04.599
 number of times

00:39:04.599 --> 00:39:05.159
 and I believe

00:39:05.159 --> 00:39:05.839
 it it's true

00:39:05.839 --> 00:39:06.699
 but this type

00:39:06.699 --> 00:39:07.179
 of thinking

00:39:07.179 --> 00:39:08.199
 if it's clung

00:39:08.199 --> 00:39:08.860
 to or

00:39:08.860 --> 00:39:10.179
 celebrated too

00:39:10.179 --> 00:39:11.400
 much maybe

00:39:11.400 --> 00:39:11.900
 this is a bit

00:39:11.900 --> 00:39:12.400
 of a problem

00:39:12.400 --> 00:39:13.139
 I have said

00:39:13.139 --> 00:39:14.099
 that we are

00:39:14.099 --> 00:39:15.000
 in like a

00:39:15.000 --> 00:39:16.119
 honeymoon a

00:39:16.119 --> 00:39:16.779
 sweet spot

00:39:16.779 --> 00:39:17.079
 with our

00:39:17.079 --> 00:39:17.519
 church like

00:39:17.519 --> 00:39:17.900
 when

00:39:17.900 --> 00:39:20.519
 when will

00:39:20.519 --> 00:39:20.940
 this shoe

00:39:20.940 --> 00:39:21.420
 drop I

00:39:21.420 --> 00:39:21.759
 don't think

00:39:21.759 --> 00:39:22.440
 it will I

00:39:22.440 --> 00:39:22.839
 think it's a

00:39:22.839 --> 00:39:23.440
 beautiful thing

00:39:23.440 --> 00:39:23.960
 but that kind

00:39:23.960 --> 00:39:24.619
 of mentality

00:39:24.619 --> 00:39:26.739
 as wonderful

00:39:26.739 --> 00:39:27.519
 as it is as

00:39:27.519 --> 00:39:28.279
 as beautiful

00:39:28.279 --> 00:39:29.779
 as these two

00:39:29.779 --> 00:39:30.039
 and a half

00:39:30.039 --> 00:39:30.480
 years have

00:39:30.480 --> 00:39:31.699
 been it

00:39:31.699 --> 00:39:32.000
 can

00:39:32.000 --> 00:39:33.639
 cause us

00:39:33.639 --> 00:39:34.380
 to be blind

00:39:34.380 --> 00:39:35.500
 to the

00:39:35.500 --> 00:39:36.219
 slow

00:39:36.219 --> 00:39:37.300
 introduction

00:39:37.300 --> 00:39:38.320
 of false

00:39:38.320 --> 00:39:39.019
 teaching into

00:39:39.019 --> 00:39:39.579
 the church

00:39:39.579 --> 00:39:40.440
 we must be

00:39:40.440 --> 00:39:40.880
 on guard

00:39:40.880 --> 00:39:41.320
 we must

00:39:41.320 --> 00:39:41.840
 contend

00:39:41.840 --> 00:39:44.599
 there are

00:39:44.599 --> 00:39:45.079
 always

00:39:45.079 --> 00:39:46.119
 difficult

00:39:46.119 --> 00:39:46.739
 truths

00:39:46.739 --> 00:39:49.559
 and falsehoods

00:39:49.559 --> 00:39:50.599
 that come

00:39:50.599 --> 00:39:51.320
 into the

00:39:51.320 --> 00:39:51.659
 church

00:39:51.659 --> 00:39:52.840
 it was the

00:39:52.840 --> 00:39:53.340
 same in

00:39:53.340 --> 00:39:53.800
 2024

00:39:53.800 --> 00:39:55.400
 as it was

00:39:55.400 --> 00:39:56.440
 in 1807

00:39:56.440 --> 00:39:56.880
 by the way

00:39:56.880 --> 00:39:57.340
 that's

00:39:57.340 --> 00:39:58.199
 when the

00:39:58.199 --> 00:39:58.780
 abolition of

00:39:58.780 --> 00:39:59.179
 the slave

00:39:59.179 --> 00:39:59.519
 trade

00:39:59.519 --> 00:40:00.039
 happened

00:40:00.039 --> 00:40:00.059
 happened

00:40:00.059 --> 00:40:02.019
 in 1662

00:40:02.019 --> 00:40:02.960
 the restoration

00:40:02.960 --> 00:40:04.019
 in a sense

00:40:04.019 --> 00:40:04.659
 after the

00:40:04.659 --> 00:40:05.259
 civil war

00:40:05.259 --> 00:40:06.219
 1517

00:40:06.219 --> 00:40:06.900
 with Martin

00:40:06.900 --> 00:40:07.280
 Luther

00:40:07.280 --> 00:40:08.460
 1384

00:40:08.460 --> 00:40:09.199
 is the

00:40:09.199 --> 00:40:09.699
 year when

00:40:09.699 --> 00:40:09.940
 John

00:40:09.940 --> 00:40:10.440
 Wycliffe

00:40:10.440 --> 00:40:11.179
 was

00:40:11.179 --> 00:40:12.059
 was martyred

00:40:12.059 --> 00:40:12.380
 because he

00:40:12.380 --> 00:40:12.980
 stood for

00:40:12.980 --> 00:40:13.500
 the truth

00:40:13.500 --> 00:40:14.079
 the 11th

00:40:14.079 --> 00:40:14.320
 century

00:40:14.320 --> 00:40:14.739
 the 6th

00:40:14.739 --> 00:40:15.000
 century

00:40:15.000 --> 00:40:15.699
 5th

00:40:15.699 --> 00:40:16.759
 on and on

00:40:16.759 --> 00:40:17.380
 all the way

00:40:17.380 --> 00:40:17.679
 to the

00:40:17.679 --> 00:40:18.000
 beginning

00:40:18.000 --> 00:40:18.400
 there's

00:40:18.400 --> 00:40:19.000
 always

00:40:19.000 --> 00:40:20.320
 difficulties

00:40:20.320 --> 00:40:21.780
 perennial

00:40:21.780 --> 00:40:22.599
 problems

00:40:22.599 --> 00:40:22.980
 in the

00:40:22.980 --> 00:40:23.259
 church

00:40:23.259 --> 00:40:24.119
 that we

00:40:24.119 --> 00:40:24.880
 need to

00:40:24.880 --> 00:40:25.360
 contend

00:40:25.360 --> 00:40:25.780
 for

00:40:25.780 --> 00:40:27.180
 the faith

00:40:27.180 --> 00:40:27.940
 is always

00:40:27.940 --> 00:40:29.260
 at risk

00:40:29.260 --> 00:40:31.700
 it has

00:40:31.700 --> 00:40:32.220
 always been

00:40:32.220 --> 00:40:32.600
 the case

00:40:32.600 --> 00:40:32.800
 throughout

00:40:32.800 --> 00:40:33.340
 the entire

00:40:33.340 --> 00:40:33.680
 Bible

00:40:33.680 --> 00:40:34.019
 so it's

00:40:34.019 --> 00:40:34.580
 not simply

00:40:34.580 --> 00:40:35.080
 that Jude

00:40:35.080 --> 00:40:35.840
 here is

00:40:35.840 --> 00:40:36.500
 talking about

00:40:36.500 --> 00:40:37.160
 listen

00:40:37.160 --> 00:40:38.080
 there's

00:40:38.080 --> 00:40:38.300
 something

00:40:38.300 --> 00:40:38.660
 that has

00:40:38.660 --> 00:40:39.040
 happened

00:40:39.040 --> 00:40:40.620
 in this

00:40:40.620 --> 00:40:41.120
 church

00:40:41.120 --> 00:40:42.100
 it's new

00:40:42.100 --> 00:40:42.500
 to the

00:40:42.500 --> 00:40:42.860
 life of

00:40:42.860 --> 00:40:43.140
 God's

00:40:43.140 --> 00:40:43.360
 people

00:40:43.360 --> 00:40:43.780
 no

00:40:43.780 --> 00:40:44.480
 Jude

00:40:44.480 --> 00:40:44.980
 will give

00:40:44.980 --> 00:40:45.340
 and we'll

00:40:45.340 --> 00:40:45.680
 see this

00:40:45.680 --> 00:40:45.920
 in the

00:40:45.920 --> 00:40:46.160
 weeks

00:40:46.160 --> 00:40:46.480
 to come

00:40:46.480 --> 00:40:47.019
 nine

00:40:47.019 --> 00:40:47.360
 different

00:40:47.360 --> 00:40:47.900
 examples

00:40:47.900 --> 00:40:48.940
 from the

00:40:48.940 --> 00:40:49.420
 Old Testament

00:40:49.420 --> 00:40:49.700
 or the

00:40:49.700 --> 00:40:49.940
 Hebrew

00:40:49.940 --> 00:40:50.320
 Bible

00:40:50.320 --> 00:40:51.040
 of opposition

00:40:51.040 --> 00:40:51.700
 to God's

00:40:51.700 --> 00:40:52.280
 salvation

00:40:52.280 --> 00:40:53.220
 these false

00:40:53.220 --> 00:40:53.620
 teachers

00:40:53.620 --> 00:40:53.960
 in the

00:40:53.960 --> 00:40:54.280
 church

00:40:54.280 --> 00:40:55.300
 that is

00:40:55.300 --> 00:40:55.840
 why there

00:40:55.840 --> 00:40:56.260
 is a

00:40:56.260 --> 00:40:56.539
 reference

00:40:56.539 --> 00:40:57.519
 to long

00:40:57.519 --> 00:40:57.840
 ago

00:40:57.840 --> 00:40:58.200
 it says

00:40:58.200 --> 00:40:58.600
 this in

00:40:58.600 --> 00:40:59.560
 verse 4

00:40:59.560 --> 00:41:01.500
 it's

00:41:01.500 --> 00:41:02.180
 to say

00:41:02.180 --> 00:41:02.560
 in a

00:41:02.560 --> 00:41:02.840
 sense

00:41:02.840 --> 00:41:03.539
 that the

00:41:03.539 --> 00:41:03.820
 issue

00:41:03.820 --> 00:41:04.320
 of false

00:41:04.320 --> 00:41:04.760
 teaching

00:41:04.760 --> 00:41:05.780
 has always

00:41:05.780 --> 00:41:06.140
 been

00:41:06.140 --> 00:41:06.600
 and will

00:41:06.600 --> 00:41:07.080
 always

00:41:07.080 --> 00:41:07.480
 be

00:41:07.480 --> 00:41:09.720
 always

00:41:09.720 --> 00:41:10.120
 at its

00:41:10.120 --> 00:41:10.460
 core

00:41:10.460 --> 00:41:11.340
 this false

00:41:11.340 --> 00:41:11.780
 teaching

00:41:11.780 --> 00:41:12.320
 it says

00:41:12.320 --> 00:41:12.600
 at the

00:41:12.600 --> 00:41:12.820
 bottom

00:41:12.820 --> 00:41:13.220
 of verse

00:41:13.220 --> 00:41:13.680
 4

00:41:13.680 --> 00:41:14.380
 is this

00:41:14.380 --> 00:41:14.980
 denial

00:41:14.980 --> 00:41:15.480
 of

00:41:15.480 --> 00:41:16.500
 Jesus

00:41:16.500 --> 00:41:16.900
 as

00:41:16.900 --> 00:41:17.380
 sovereign

00:41:17.380 --> 00:41:17.680
 and

00:41:17.680 --> 00:41:17.960
 Lord

00:41:17.960 --> 00:41:19.080
 that

00:41:19.080 --> 00:41:19.800
 somehow

00:41:19.800 --> 00:41:21.200
 we are

00:41:21.200 --> 00:41:21.740
 in charge

00:41:21.740 --> 00:41:22.200
 and God

00:41:22.200 --> 00:41:22.640
 is not

00:41:22.640 --> 00:41:23.240
 the throne

00:41:23.240 --> 00:41:23.580
 of our

00:41:23.580 --> 00:41:23.960
 hearts

00:41:23.960 --> 00:41:24.860
 the throne

00:41:24.860 --> 00:41:25.160
 of the

00:41:25.160 --> 00:41:25.440
 church

00:41:25.440 --> 00:41:25.700
 in a

00:41:25.700 --> 00:41:25.980
 sense

00:41:25.980 --> 00:41:27.519
 is no

00:41:27.519 --> 00:41:27.820
 longer

00:41:27.820 --> 00:41:28.340
 Christ

00:41:28.340 --> 00:41:29.000
 but is

00:41:29.000 --> 00:41:29.240
 our

00:41:29.240 --> 00:41:29.579
 own

00:41:29.579 --> 00:41:30.780
 it

00:41:30.780 --> 00:41:31.200
 always

00:41:31.200 --> 00:41:31.480
 has

00:41:31.480 --> 00:41:32.079
 to do

00:41:32.079 --> 00:41:33.180
 with

00:41:33.180 --> 00:41:33.980
 the

00:41:33.980 --> 00:41:34.440
 sovereignty

00:41:34.440 --> 00:41:35.300
 and lordship

00:41:35.300 --> 00:41:35.960
 of God

00:41:35.960 --> 00:41:37.160
 and it's

00:41:37.160 --> 00:41:37.880
 so interesting

00:41:37.880 --> 00:41:38.340
 that throughout

00:41:38.340 --> 00:41:39.059
 the Old Testament

00:41:39.059 --> 00:41:39.640
 and we'll touch

00:41:39.640 --> 00:41:40.039
 on this

00:41:40.039 --> 00:41:40.980
 in a couple

00:41:40.980 --> 00:41:41.360
 weeks

00:41:41.360 --> 00:41:43.240
 because Jude

00:41:43.240 --> 00:41:44.140
 references Sodom

00:41:44.140 --> 00:41:44.660
 and Gomorrah

00:41:44.660 --> 00:41:46.559
 but whenever

00:41:46.559 --> 00:41:47.340
 there is a

00:41:47.340 --> 00:41:47.820
 false

00:41:47.820 --> 00:41:50.240
 doctrine

00:41:50.240 --> 00:41:50.840
 or when

00:41:50.840 --> 00:41:51.640
 orthodoxy is

00:41:51.640 --> 00:41:52.160
 abandoned

00:41:52.160 --> 00:41:52.760
 or when this

00:41:52.760 --> 00:41:53.320
 false teaching

00:41:53.320 --> 00:41:53.740
 comes in

00:41:53.740 --> 00:41:54.380
 there always

00:41:54.380 --> 00:41:54.880
 seems to

00:41:54.880 --> 00:41:55.200
 be

00:41:55.200 --> 00:41:56.660
 sexual

00:41:56.660 --> 00:41:58.200
 permissiveness

00:41:58.200 --> 00:41:59.740
 sensuality

00:41:59.740 --> 00:42:00.900
 debauchery

00:42:00.900 --> 00:42:02.460
 that mixes

00:42:02.460 --> 00:42:03.140
 itself

00:42:03.140 --> 00:42:03.860
 into false

00:42:03.860 --> 00:42:04.280
 worship

00:42:04.280 --> 00:42:05.660
 throughout

00:42:05.660 --> 00:42:06.519
 the church's

00:42:06.519 --> 00:42:06.900
 history

00:42:06.900 --> 00:42:09.000
 into the

00:42:09.000 --> 00:42:09.580
 Old Testament

00:42:09.580 --> 00:42:11.760
 even I mean

00:42:11.760 --> 00:42:12.380
 we see it

00:42:12.380 --> 00:42:13.120
 in some ways

00:42:13.120 --> 00:42:14.080
 even with

00:42:14.080 --> 00:42:14.360
 Noah

00:42:14.360 --> 00:42:15.019
 after the

00:42:15.019 --> 00:42:15.300
 flood

00:42:15.300 --> 00:42:17.640
 false worship

00:42:17.640 --> 00:42:18.100
 has an

00:42:18.100 --> 00:42:18.580
 interesting

00:42:18.580 --> 00:42:19.200
 relationship

00:42:19.200 --> 00:42:19.780
 with sexual

00:42:19.780 --> 00:42:20.280
 immorality

00:42:20.280 --> 00:42:20.780
 we'll touch

00:42:20.780 --> 00:42:21.059
 on that

00:42:21.059 --> 00:42:21.280
 in weeks

00:42:21.280 --> 00:42:21.620
 to come

00:42:21.620 --> 00:42:24.160
 so what

00:42:24.160 --> 00:42:24.460
 are we

00:42:24.460 --> 00:42:24.860
 to do

00:42:24.860 --> 00:42:26.440
 well

00:42:26.440 --> 00:42:26.840
 I'll go

00:42:26.840 --> 00:42:27.140
 back to

00:42:27.140 --> 00:42:27.560
 verse 1

00:42:27.560 --> 00:42:27.880
 and 2

00:42:27.880 --> 00:42:28.940
 we are

00:42:28.940 --> 00:42:29.820
 to remind

00:42:29.820 --> 00:42:30.760
 ourselves

00:42:30.760 --> 00:42:31.300
 and each

00:42:31.300 --> 00:42:31.720
 other of

00:42:31.720 --> 00:42:32.000
 who we

00:42:32.000 --> 00:42:32.280
 are in

00:42:32.280 --> 00:42:32.620
 Christ

00:42:32.620 --> 00:42:33.740
 and we

00:42:33.740 --> 00:42:34.019
 are to

00:42:34.019 --> 00:42:34.960
 feed on

00:42:34.960 --> 00:42:35.580
 Christ

00:42:35.580 --> 00:42:35.940
 what he

00:42:35.940 --> 00:42:36.380
 has done

00:42:36.380 --> 00:42:36.840
 for us

00:42:36.840 --> 00:42:37.320
 in his

00:42:37.320 --> 00:42:37.660
 word

00:42:37.660 --> 00:42:38.760
 at the

00:42:38.760 --> 00:42:39.220
 table

00:42:39.220 --> 00:42:40.500
 remembering

00:42:40.500 --> 00:42:41.000
 that he

00:42:41.000 --> 00:42:41.700
 has extended

00:42:41.700 --> 00:42:42.220
 to us

00:42:42.220 --> 00:42:42.840
 mercy

00:42:42.840 --> 00:42:43.820
 peace

00:42:43.820 --> 00:42:44.360
 and love

00:42:44.360 --> 00:42:47.780
 we must

00:42:47.780 --> 00:42:48.260
 contend

00:42:48.260 --> 00:42:48.680
 for the

00:42:48.680 --> 00:42:48.940
 faith

00:42:48.940 --> 00:42:49.480
 in light

00:42:49.480 --> 00:42:49.940
 of that

00:42:49.940 --> 00:42:50.960
 we must

00:42:50.960 --> 00:42:51.559
 cling to

00:42:51.559 --> 00:42:51.960
 God's

00:42:51.960 --> 00:42:52.260
 word

00:42:52.260 --> 00:42:53.620
 and remember

00:42:53.620 --> 00:42:54.780
 that as

00:42:54.780 --> 00:42:55.780
 we are a

00:42:55.780 --> 00:42:56.380
 part of the

00:42:56.380 --> 00:42:56.860
 Protestant

00:42:56.860 --> 00:42:57.320
 Reformation

00:42:57.320 --> 00:42:58.820
 we are a

00:42:58.820 --> 00:42:59.340
 church that

00:42:59.340 --> 00:42:59.860
 has a great

00:42:59.860 --> 00:43:00.320
 history

00:43:00.320 --> 00:43:01.059
 a great

00:43:01.059 --> 00:43:01.480
 tradition

00:43:01.480 --> 00:43:02.480
 but we

00:43:02.480 --> 00:43:02.980
 also

00:43:02.980 --> 00:43:04.180
 embrace

00:43:04.180 --> 00:43:05.480
 the very

00:43:05.480 --> 00:43:06.099
 idea that

00:43:06.099 --> 00:43:06.480
 we are

00:43:06.480 --> 00:43:07.860
 a reformed

00:43:07.860 --> 00:43:08.140
 church

00:43:08.140 --> 00:43:08.620
 always

00:43:08.620 --> 00:43:09.280
 reforming

00:43:09.280 --> 00:43:10.900
 the

00:43:10.900 --> 00:43:12.820
 reformers

00:43:12.820 --> 00:43:13.060
 they would

00:43:13.060 --> 00:43:13.260
 say

00:43:13.260 --> 00:43:13.820
 ecclesia

00:43:13.820 --> 00:43:14.400
 semper

00:43:14.400 --> 00:43:15.640
 reformanda

00:43:15.640 --> 00:43:16.620
 the church

00:43:16.620 --> 00:43:16.920
 that is

00:43:16.920 --> 00:43:17.300
 always

00:43:17.300 --> 00:43:17.960
 reforming

00:43:17.960 --> 00:43:19.200
 always going

00:43:19.200 --> 00:43:20.080
 back to

00:43:20.080 --> 00:43:20.620
 the source

00:43:20.620 --> 00:43:21.460
 to the

00:43:21.460 --> 00:43:21.800
 scriptures

00:43:21.800 --> 00:43:22.860
 always remembering

00:43:22.860 --> 00:43:23.580
 reminding

00:43:23.580 --> 00:43:24.180
 ourselves of

00:43:24.180 --> 00:43:24.700
 the gospel

00:43:24.700 --> 00:43:25.440
 of the truth

00:43:25.440 --> 00:43:26.400
 of who God

00:43:26.400 --> 00:43:26.820
 is

00:43:26.820 --> 00:43:27.560
 of what he

00:43:27.560 --> 00:43:28.040
 has done

00:43:28.040 --> 00:43:28.940
 who Jesus

00:43:28.940 --> 00:43:29.220
 is

00:43:29.220 --> 00:43:29.500
 what the

00:43:29.500 --> 00:43:29.840
 incarnation

00:43:29.840 --> 00:43:30.240
 is

00:43:30.240 --> 00:43:30.760
 to feed

00:43:30.760 --> 00:43:31.440
 on that

00:43:31.440 --> 00:43:32.220
 truth

00:43:32.220 --> 00:43:34.740
 it's also

00:43:34.740 --> 00:43:35.400
 very important

00:43:35.400 --> 00:43:36.100
 when we

00:43:36.100 --> 00:43:36.640
 consider all

00:43:36.640 --> 00:43:37.040
 of this

00:43:37.040 --> 00:43:38.060
 that we

00:43:38.060 --> 00:43:38.519
 do not

00:43:38.519 --> 00:43:39.040
 think of

00:43:39.039 --> 00:43:39.719
 ourselves

00:43:39.719 --> 00:43:40.880
 as somehow

00:43:40.880 --> 00:43:41.460
 prone

00:43:41.460 --> 00:43:42.059
 or not

00:43:42.059 --> 00:43:42.480
 prone

00:43:42.480 --> 00:43:44.320
 to dangers

00:43:44.320 --> 00:43:45.519
 and falsehoods

00:43:45.519 --> 00:43:46.039
 coming in

00:43:46.039 --> 00:43:46.739
 to our

00:43:46.739 --> 00:43:47.059
 church

00:43:47.059 --> 00:43:47.519
 or to our

00:43:47.519 --> 00:43:47.900
 own

00:43:47.900 --> 00:43:48.820
 lives

00:43:48.820 --> 00:43:49.420
 into my

00:43:49.420 --> 00:43:49.719
 life

00:43:49.719 --> 00:43:50.159
 I would

00:43:50.159 --> 00:43:50.519
 say pray

00:43:50.519 --> 00:43:50.860
 for me

00:43:50.860 --> 00:43:51.860
 pray that

00:43:51.860 --> 00:43:52.079
 I would

00:43:52.079 --> 00:43:52.320
 be a

00:43:52.320 --> 00:43:52.579
 faithful

00:43:52.579 --> 00:43:52.980
 minister

00:43:52.980 --> 00:43:54.300
 please

00:43:54.300 --> 00:43:54.800
 I mean

00:43:54.800 --> 00:43:56.119
 I don't

00:43:56.119 --> 00:43:56.500
 just say

00:43:56.500 --> 00:43:56.759
 that

00:43:56.759 --> 00:43:57.599
 pray that

00:43:57.599 --> 00:43:57.840
 I mean

00:43:57.840 --> 00:43:59.059
 I know

00:43:59.059 --> 00:43:59.579
 the darkness

00:43:59.579 --> 00:44:00.000
 of my

00:44:00.000 --> 00:44:00.320
 heart

00:44:00.320 --> 00:44:01.619
 God knows

00:44:01.619 --> 00:44:01.900
 it even

00:44:01.900 --> 00:44:02.199
 more

00:44:02.199 --> 00:44:03.219
 than I

00:44:03.219 --> 00:44:03.480
 do

00:44:03.480 --> 00:44:04.300
 but pray

00:44:04.300 --> 00:44:04.739
 for me

00:44:04.739 --> 00:44:06.159
 pray for

00:44:06.159 --> 00:44:06.559
 each other

00:44:06.559 --> 00:44:07.000
 as well

00:44:07.000 --> 00:44:08.599
 have gut

00:44:08.599 --> 00:44:09.000
 checks

00:44:09.000 --> 00:44:10.940
 ask

00:44:10.940 --> 00:44:11.480
 yourselves

00:44:11.480 --> 00:44:12.219
 am I

00:44:12.219 --> 00:44:12.659
 walking

00:44:12.659 --> 00:44:13.019
 in the

00:44:13.019 --> 00:44:13.300
 truth

00:44:13.300 --> 00:44:13.480
 of

00:44:13.480 --> 00:44:13.860
 Christ

00:44:13.860 --> 00:44:14.639
 if

00:44:14.639 --> 00:44:15.039
 yes

00:44:15.039 --> 00:44:15.699
 Lord

00:44:15.699 --> 00:44:16.179
 help me

00:44:16.179 --> 00:44:16.820
 to endure

00:44:16.820 --> 00:44:17.179
 and to

00:44:17.179 --> 00:44:17.519
 maintain

00:44:17.519 --> 00:44:18.139
 if not

00:44:18.139 --> 00:44:19.599
 I confess

00:44:19.599 --> 00:44:20.239
 my sins

00:44:20.239 --> 00:44:20.679
 I throw

00:44:20.679 --> 00:44:21.219
 myself at

00:44:21.219 --> 00:44:21.639
 your mercy

00:44:21.639 --> 00:44:22.059
 I want

00:44:22.059 --> 00:44:22.519
 to receive

00:44:22.519 --> 00:44:23.079
 your peace

00:44:23.079 --> 00:44:23.579
 why

00:44:23.579 --> 00:44:24.519
 because it's

00:44:24.519 --> 00:44:25.039
 an expression

00:44:25.039 --> 00:44:25.380
 of your

00:44:25.380 --> 00:44:25.679
 love

00:44:25.679 --> 00:44:27.579
 so friends

00:44:27.579 --> 00:44:28.059
 do not

00:44:28.059 --> 00:44:28.820
 depart

00:44:28.820 --> 00:44:29.460
 from the

00:44:29.460 --> 00:44:29.800
 gospel

00:44:29.800 --> 00:44:30.340
 as you

00:44:30.340 --> 00:44:30.719
 contend

00:44:30.719 --> 00:44:31.000
 for the

00:44:31.000 --> 00:44:31.280
 faith

00:44:31.280 --> 00:44:34.500
 feed on

00:44:34.500 --> 00:44:35.139
 the gospel

00:44:35.139 --> 00:44:35.619
 cling to

00:44:35.619 --> 00:44:36.059
 the gospel

00:44:36.059 --> 00:44:36.480
 treasure

00:44:36.480 --> 00:44:37.440
 the gospel

00:44:37.440 --> 00:44:38.000
 and let's

00:44:38.000 --> 00:44:38.260
 do that

00:44:38.260 --> 00:44:38.579
 together

00:44:38.579 --> 00:44:39.320
 amen

00:44:39.320 --> 00:44:40.039
 let us

00:44:40.039 --> 00:44:40.280
 pray

00:44:40.280 --> 00:44:43.099
 father

00:44:43.099 --> 00:44:43.719
 thank you

00:44:43.719 --> 00:44:45.079
 for these

00:44:45.079 --> 00:44:46.420
 edgy

00:44:46.420 --> 00:44:46.980
 words

00:44:46.980 --> 00:44:47.619
 but also

00:44:47.619 --> 00:44:48.400
 incredibly

00:44:48.400 --> 00:44:49.579
 important

00:44:49.579 --> 00:44:50.159
 and

00:44:50.159 --> 00:44:50.840
 pertinent

00:44:50.840 --> 00:44:51.199
 words

00:44:51.199 --> 00:44:51.840
 for us

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 today

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 this church

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 February

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 11th

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 here in

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 Kanata

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 lord

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 would you

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 please

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 remind us

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 of

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 in a

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 sense

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 the

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 precipice

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 that we

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 stand

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 upon

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 that

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 without

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 you

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 things

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 go

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 awry

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 things

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 go

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 downhill

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 things

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 get

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 really

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 messy

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 and chaotic

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 and havoc

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 and calamity

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 become the

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 flavors of

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 the church

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 but lord

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 we don't

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 want that

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 we want

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 to contend

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 for the

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 faith

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 by your

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 strength

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 remind us

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 who we

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 are

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 equip us

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 with you

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 and lord

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 we pray

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 that

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 that

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 everything

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 that you

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 have asked

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 us to do

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 by your

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 spirit

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 you will

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 help us

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 to do

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 that

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 lord

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 we love

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 you

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 help us

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 to love

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 you more

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 we pray

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 all of

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 these things

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 in christ's

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 name

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 amen