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 If I told you that you had to pick one aspect of your life, one thing, it could be a relationship,

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 it could be your income, it could be your job, it could be your skills, it could be your level

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 of holiness, whatever it is. If I told you that you had to choose one aspect of your life and

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 right now we will lock that aspect in. I mean it will stay as it is right now and will not change

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 for good or bad at any point in the rest of your life. What would you choose? Would it be your job?

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 Would it be the amount of money that you earn? Would it be the place that you're in relationally,

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 maybe with your spouse or your kids or with your housemates? Is there an aspect of your life,

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 any aspect at all that you go, you know what, I'm happy with where that is and I actually don't

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 need it to go anywhere else. Now you might be kind of happy, you know like I love my wife,

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 I think we get on pretty well but I'm kind of hoping we keep getting better at being married

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 and our relationship keeps improving. I want it to improve, I think I get paid reasonably well,

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 you might be pretty happy with the income that you get but you wouldn't turn down a slight increase,

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 I mean it wouldn't hurt to have a little bit more money for a holiday or whatever else you want to do.

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 I'm glad that I'm good at certain things and I have certain skills but you know I'd love to

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 get even better or learn. It's built in to every single aspect of our life, even the ones that we're

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 happy about, is this kind of subtle discontent. It's not driving always, sometimes it is but there's

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 this inbuilt sense that I actually want to move forward from here, I actually want the next step,

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 it could be that it's good and you want it a little bit better, it could be that it's horrible

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 and you want it fixed but every aspect of life we have this inbuilt perspective and understanding that

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 we're longing for just a little bit more, just a little bit better, just a little bit happier,

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 just a little bit nicer. We long for more, we hope for more and we actually need that hope

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 because hope is the thing that makes it okay that even though it's good, it's not quite where we

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 want it to be. Hope is the possibility that the things that I'm not okay with are going to improve.

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 We actually need that hope because it doesn't take a whole lot of looking around at the world to see

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 that there are some problems. There's injustice, there's oppression, there's war, there's natural

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 disasters, there's starvation, there's sickness and it's not just out there that there's problems that

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 we sit there and go, it's got to improve, it's here as well. In my life there's pain,

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 there's frustration, there's hurt. In your life there's relational breakdown, there's starvation.

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 And we need hope because hope is the possibility that this isn't all there is.

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 Hope is the thing that protects us from despair. Hope is the thing that releases us from giving up

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 because it just gives the chance that we could be in a better situation. And hope's not an exclusively

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 Christian thing. Everybody in the world needs hope. People need and want to believe that life can get

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 better, that there's going to be a little bit more than this. And in Romans 8 that Nick just read out

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 for us, Paul wants to encourage us that our present sufferings, those things that we're not quite happy

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 with yet, those things that frustrate us, those things that we want to move forward, we want to change,

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 are not worth comparing to the future hope that we look forward to as Christians.

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 They're not worth comparing to heaven. They're not worth comparing to all the goodness that is promised

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 in scripture. Our present situation doesn't weigh up next to just how good it's going to be one day.

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 But our present situation is still our present situation. It's still real. It's still the thing

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 that you wake up each morning going, oh, I've got to go to that job again. I've got to deal with that

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 person again. I'm not feeling well again. It's still real. It's still there. And so we need hope.

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 And we need it every day. And so Paul opens in verse 18. I consider that our present sufferings are

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 not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. Why do we need that hope? For the

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 creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed. For the creation was subjected

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 to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the

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 creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of

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 the children of God. We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth

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 right up to the present time. Not only so, but we ourselves who have the first fruits of the spirit

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 grown inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies. Paul tells

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 us that it's not just us who feel this discontent, that creation itself is frustrated, that the world,

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 the material world around us is frustrated because it is buckling under the weight of its bondage to death.

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 Everything that exists is trapped in a cycle of decay from the point where anything is born or

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 begins, it begins to die. That is the weight that weighs down not just us as people but even

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 trees, nature, forests, all those sorts of things. It is this cycle so that even the creation

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 longs for the day, longs for the future that Christians look forward to when those who belong to God are

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 finally and fully vindicated, fully released from this curse, from this burden.

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 And on top of creation, we've grown inwardly. We've kind of tasted how it's supposed to be.

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 This is what we talked about last week. We've tasted what it is to have the possibility of punishment

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 removed from us. We've tasted the joy of being accepted by God. We've tasted the joy of being

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 promised eternal life, having death taken away. And so we know even more so how much this world is

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 not how it's supposed to be. We feel it even more acutely because God has begun to open our eyes to how

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 it is going to be. And so suddenly, not only is it just this vague sense that it's not quite right,

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 it's actually nowhere near the picture that God is painting for us. Something better is waiting.

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 The redemption of our bodies. The removal of the effects of sin and death. I mean, already,

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 condemnation is gone. The possibility of punishment is gone. But in the future, one day, every trace of

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 sin, every consequence of sin completely removed from creation. One day, heaven. We've had the taste.

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 And so now we're aware what we're missing out on. This might not come as a big surprise to you,

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 but I'm a bit of a soft drink junkie. And so my wife holds grave fears for our two boys.

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 So we have an unofficial line that my son, my older son, we haven't even talked about Hudson yet,

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 he's second. So he's bound to get a softer version. But my oldest son, Bailey, always wants Coke.

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 He sees us drinking. Can I have some? Can I have some? No, no, no. And then we joke, you know,

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 maybe for your 18th birthday, we'll get you some Coke or something like that. And then we're having

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 a half serious conversation the other day. And we said, oh, maybe when he's like 10, we'll let him

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 try some Coke. Because I'm just worried that he's going to be like me. And he's just going to drink

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 it all the time. But Coke has brought out this ginger flavored Coke as a promotion for Christmas.

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 This is not cash for comment, just to clarify. Although if Coke wants to give me some, I'm not going to

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 turn them down. And so we bought some to try it. And it was quite good. It was on the table. And Sal

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 had this genius idea that maybe she'll let Bay try this one because he probably won't like it

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 because it's got ginger in it. And so he said, can I have some? She goes, oh, you just give him a tiny

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 bit in a cup. And you should have seen his eyes light up the second it touched his tongue. He was

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 licking the bottom of his cup to try and get the last dregs out of it. He was trying to wrestle my can

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 off me so that he could continue drinking it for the remainder of dinner. And now the issue is,

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 he knows how good it is. And so whenever I'm drinking Coke and I say, not just a vague sense

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 of it's probably good and one day it'll be nice. He knows exactly what he's missing out on. And so

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 the angst has increased. The answering back has increased. The attempts to steal Coke from the

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 fridge have increased because he knows how good it is. And in a similar way, because we have been

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 invited into God's family, because we have been forgiven, because the power of death has been taken

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 off from hanging over our lives, we know that all the effects of death that we experience,

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 all the effects of sin, sickness, disharmony, oppression, injustice, all these things that we've

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 talked about, we know how good it tastes when those things are gone. And so we long for the day when

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 they are fully and finally removed. And so in this life where they're still here, in this life where

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 day-to-day you still have to deal with frailness, with sickness, with relationship breakdown, with your

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 own failure, we need hope. Hope is essential. But what does hope look like?

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 It's not that we'll no longer experience suffering or difficulty. It's not that somehow suffering or

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 difficulty is not as serious as we thought it was. I mean the image here in Romans, I don't know if you

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 caught it, is that it's like childbirth. Now granted I'm a man, but I can say with a fair degree of

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 confidence that childbirth is at least a 7 out of 10 on the pain scale. I'm joking, I'm joking, it's

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 like a 15, it's crazy, I didn't even want to be in the room. But the point being that the pain is still

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 real. Paul's not trying to shrink it down and go, we've got hope so. It's still there, it still matters,

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 it's still serious. So hope's not about ignoring it or pretending it's not painful. What does hope look

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 like? Verse 25, if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.

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 Hope is patience. That's not the same as disinterest or apathy, because we already heard in verse 23 that

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 we're waiting eagerly. So what does eager patience look like? Well verse 26, in the same way the Spirit

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 helps us in our weakness. So in the same way, it's got to do with patience. In the same way the Spirit

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 helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes

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 for us through wordless groans. And he who searches our hearts, that's God, knows the mind of the Spirit,

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 because the Spirit intercedes for God's people in accordance with the will of God.

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 Eager patience looks like prayer. Hope is expressed in prayer. Hope is lived out in prayer. And the crazy

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 part about this is we don't even know exactly what to pray for in our hope and our discontent.

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 We know things aren't the way they're supposed to be, and so we can pray, God, this sucks,

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 and that's good, and that's right, and that's valid. But our understanding of what God will do,

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 of what it will be like, is so partial that we literally don't even know what to pray for.

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 Christian hope by its nature is not seen. We don't have it yet, and we've never had it.

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 We've got a little taste. We've got clues from God's Word in the Bible. We look forward to no hurt,

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 and no sickness, and no pain, and no tears, but we really don't know what that will be like,

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 because all we've experienced is hurt, sickness, pain, and tears. It sounds appealing, but we actually

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 don't know exactly what it will be. We look forward to meeting God face to face, but none of us has

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 experienced that before, so we've got this kind of veiled, non-detailed idea of what it is that

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 we're hoping for, which could be enough to stifle eagerness. That could be enough for us to get

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 distracted by some other things and think, you know what, I'm going to hope for holidays, retirement,

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 something less. But God bridges the gap between what we know and what we need to know by His Spirit.

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 This is the same Spirit that released us from the power of sin in the beginning of chapter 8,

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 the same Spirit that drew us into God's family as His sons and daughters, which now intercedes for us.

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 He guides us in our hope. He takes our imperfect prayers and kind of sharpens them and aligns them

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 with God's will. It's God's Spirit, so He knows what God's mind is. He knows what it is that we're

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 looking forward to. He knows it perfectly, and so not only is He adjusting our prayers,

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 He's slowly adjusting our hearts, slowly adjusting our desires,

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 aligning our hearts with God's heart, so that as we pray, we're actually being given a sharper image

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 of our hope. We won't see it fully until we get there, but what's going on here is we're praying,

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 these imperfect, fumbled prayers that God would fix everything that's wrong, which is good and right,

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 and the Spirit is taking those imperfect prayers and making them express God's desire.

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 And when someone intercedes, that's not a one-directional interaction. They go between,

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 between us and God. So they take our limited understanding and make it a prayer that is in

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 line with what God has designed, and then they take that prayer that they've sharpened and write it

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 onto our hearts, so that increasingly our desire lines up with God's desire. Increasingly, our vision

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 for the future lines up with God's vision for the future. Christian hope looks like prayer.

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 Prayer because we're eager, because we get this incredible vision, even in its limited

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 bit that we see, we get this incredible vision of what God has in store, and at the same time patient,

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 but because we have this deep confidence in the one who has promised to deliver.

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 But this isn't the same as fatalism either. Christian hope is distinct from the attitude of,

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 hey, it could be worse, or hey, somebody else has it worse than me, or one thing, things will get better.

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 Now, there's some overlap there. There's some truth in those statements,

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 but Christian hope is more than just something that we're waiting for. It's more than that.

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 Christian hope actually transforms right now as well. It is future. That's what hope is by definition.

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 It is something that we look forward to, but it's not just that.

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 Christian hope actually has power today. Power in your situation, in your circumstance.

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 Have a look at verse 28.

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 We know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him,

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 who've been called according to his purpose.

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 We're still in the groaning.

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 We're still in the things that we want to change,

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 but Paul says confidently, we know,

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 not we hope,

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 not fingers crossed,

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 not it's my best guess,

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 we know

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 that in all things God is working for the good of those who love him.

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 This is one of the best known and quoted Bible verses,

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 and it's a good one to have memorized.

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 We love to quote it when times are tough in our own life or to people around us.

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 But how can that be true?

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 What do we mean when we use the word good,

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 and we're talking to somebody who's just lost a loved one?

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 What do we mean when we say God is working for your good

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 as you receive the diagnosis of cancer?

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 What do we mean good as you hear the word that you have lost your job

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 and you will have to work out how to feed your family and pay your rent?

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 Is it like relative?

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 Do we mean, hey, it's not as bad as it could be?

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 At least you're not starving in Africa?

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 Or does the Bible mean,

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 and do we mean when we say it,

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 good is in a sense that this is positive,

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 this is beneficial,

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 maybe even joy giving?

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 What do we mean by good?

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 Good is defined here

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 by God's agenda.

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 Verse 29,

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 for those God foreknew,

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 He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son,

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 that He might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.

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 God's agenda

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 is that you would be made completely like Jesus.

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 Or from last week,

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 in verse 4,

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 God's agenda is that the righteous requirement of the law

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 might be fully met in you.

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 God's design,

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 God's good desire for you

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 is that you get transformed

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 to the point

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 where you're righteous enough

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 to be able to spend all eternity

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 in the presence of God.

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 That's His good for you.

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 That you might spend all eternity

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 in the presence of the One

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 who is all-powerful,

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 all-loving,

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 all-knowing,

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 creator,

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 sustainer,

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 judge,

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 source of every good gift,

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 in the presence of the One

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 who sent His Son

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 to die in your place

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 so that you might have eternity in heaven.

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 That is the good

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 that God is committed to for you.

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 That is the good

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 that it's talking about

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 in Romans 8.28.

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 That's the ultimate good

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 that gives context to everything else.

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 God has raised the bar on good here.

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 I think sometimes we get criticised

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 and maybe fairly

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 that we use this verse unhelpfully

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 and that we kind of,

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 by good we mean,

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 you know,

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 survivable.

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 But God hasn't lowered the bar here

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 so that He can use the word good.

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 He has actually lifted it.

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 Good is no longer defined by

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 I've had a good week.

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 things are good at home.

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 And God's replaced it with

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 I'm one step closer to heaven

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 than I was.

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 God's replaced it with

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 right now,

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 in this moment,

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 in my pain,

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 in my struggle,

00:20:32.340 --> 00:20:32.940
 in my win,

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 in my everything,

00:20:34.200 --> 00:20:35.700
 God is here walking with me.

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 Loving me unconditionally,

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 strengthening me,

00:20:40.580 --> 00:20:41.800
 enabling me to keep going.

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 Context is everything

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 when you think about good.

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 I've got an illustration

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 that I use in

00:20:49.279 --> 00:20:51.279
 a year six scripture lesson

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 that I used to do annually

00:20:52.980 --> 00:20:55.039
 as to try and invite kids along

00:20:55.039 --> 00:20:56.220
 to Jesus mostly,

00:20:56.339 --> 00:20:58.339
 but also to join church and youth.

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 And it's about the two roads.

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 It's a story that Jesus tells.

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 And so I draw up on the board

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 this kind of mountainous goat track

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 with a fence at the front.

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 It's hard to find the entranceway.

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 And then this just amazingly drawn

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 six lane highway

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 with a big neon sign.

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 And ask the kids,

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 which road do you want?

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 And, you know,

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 apart from the kid

00:21:18.719 --> 00:21:19.559
 who knows the answer

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 and just wants to cause trouble,

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 everybody chooses the freeway.

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 Because the freeway looks straight,

00:21:24.119 --> 00:21:24.799
 it looks easy,

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 there's plenty of space,

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 no one's going to get in your way.

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 And that makes total sense.

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 But you don't choose a road

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 based on how it looks.

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 The point of a road

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 is to get you

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 to where you want to go.

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 You can't get on the M2

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 if you want to go to the beach.

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 You might eventually end up at a beach,

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 but it's going to be the long way.

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 You choose the road

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 that's going to take you

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 towards the coast

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 because that's where you want to be.

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 That's the destination

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 that you're trying to get to.

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 We've got to understand

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 that it is a daily miracle

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 for us to keep following Jesus.

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 The Bible makes it clear

00:22:05.919 --> 00:22:07.659
 following Jesus is the goat track.

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 It's the hard path.

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 It's more difficult

00:22:09.960 --> 00:22:11.139
 than just doing your own thing.

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 It is a daily miracle

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 that God enables us

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 to keep going on that track.

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 It is God's grace to us

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 that we are able

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 to persevere through difficulty

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 and get that one step closer

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 to the destination

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 that we actually want.

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 It makes so much more sense

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 if you ignore God

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 to just take the easy road.

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 But what we want

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 is not an easy road.

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 What we want

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 is something better

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 than an easy life.

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 What we want is heaven.

00:22:43.799 --> 00:22:44.339
 What we want

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 is all of the problems dealt with,

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 not just the struggle this week.

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 We want death taken.

00:22:49.399 --> 00:22:50.439
 We want sin taken.

00:22:50.539 --> 00:22:51.579
 We want sickness taken.

00:22:51.699 --> 00:22:52.619
 We want pain taken.

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 We want relational difficulty taken.

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 God has raised the bar on good

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 because he's given us hope

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 for eternity.

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 Our measure now

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 is not how was my week

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 or even how was my year.

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 God has given us a vision,

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 even just a partial vision,

00:23:10.700 --> 00:23:12.520
 that is so good

00:23:12.520 --> 00:23:14.100
 that words can't express it.

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 We need the Spirit's help.

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 Even our wildest imaginations

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 keep falling short

00:23:20.180 --> 00:23:21.440
 of what heaven is going to be.

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 And so everything

00:23:22.580 --> 00:23:23.540
 from now until then

00:23:23.540 --> 00:23:24.340
 needs to be measured

00:23:24.339 --> 00:23:25.799
 in relation to that good,

00:23:26.139 --> 00:23:27.359
 to that destination.

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 That's why Paul says,

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 I consider our present sufferings

00:23:32.459 --> 00:23:33.559
 are not worth comparing

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 with the glory

00:23:34.799 --> 00:23:36.339
 that will be revealed in us.

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 They're still difficult,

00:23:39.819 --> 00:23:41.740
 but they're not worth comparing.

00:23:43.279 --> 00:23:44.379
 And so in the context

00:23:44.379 --> 00:23:46.459
 of marching towards heaven,

00:23:47.779 --> 00:23:50.099
 even difficult can be good.

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 When that's the ultimate good,

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 when that's the thing

00:23:55.619 --> 00:23:57.139
 that defines all other good,

00:23:57.500 --> 00:23:59.779
 even painful can be good

00:23:59.779 --> 00:24:02.379
 because it's taking me

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 to the good that I need

00:24:03.579 --> 00:24:05.019
 and want most.

00:24:08.719 --> 00:24:10.919
 Which takes us to our last question.

00:24:10.920 --> 00:24:15.380
 How do I unlock this kind of power

00:24:15.380 --> 00:24:16.160
 in my life?

00:24:16.380 --> 00:24:17.539
 How do I hold on

00:24:17.539 --> 00:24:18.560
 to that future hope

00:24:18.560 --> 00:24:19.200
 in such a way

00:24:19.200 --> 00:24:21.060
 that it does transform right now?

00:24:21.539 --> 00:24:22.420
 Because it could be

00:24:22.420 --> 00:24:22.960
 that right now

00:24:22.960 --> 00:24:23.779
 you don't have a whole lot

00:24:23.779 --> 00:24:24.580
 of need for hope.

00:24:25.640 --> 00:24:26.519
 When we started,

00:24:26.640 --> 00:24:27.840
 you actually had a few things

00:24:27.840 --> 00:24:28.259
 in your life

00:24:28.259 --> 00:24:28.640
 that you go,

00:24:28.900 --> 00:24:30.019
 I'd be pretty happy

00:24:30.019 --> 00:24:31.160
 if this locked in like that.

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 I like where I live.

00:24:35.640 --> 00:24:36.779
 I like my job.

00:24:37.680 --> 00:24:38.980
 I like my family.

00:24:39.980 --> 00:24:41.259
 Maybe things are going well

00:24:41.259 --> 00:24:43.140
 and so you don't have

00:24:43.140 --> 00:24:44.080
 a whole lot of eagerness

00:24:44.080 --> 00:24:45.920
 for what might be.

00:24:48.640 --> 00:24:50.080
 Or maybe you're at the other end

00:24:50.080 --> 00:24:52.800
 and right now

00:24:52.800 --> 00:24:53.660
 it is a struggle for you

00:24:53.660 --> 00:24:54.500
 to be sitting here,

00:24:55.620 --> 00:24:56.840
 let alone being told

00:24:56.840 --> 00:24:58.279
 that God's working for your good

00:24:58.279 --> 00:24:59.200
 in whatever's going on

00:24:59.200 --> 00:24:59.880
 for you right now.

00:25:01.160 --> 00:25:05.460
 In those circumstances

00:25:05.460 --> 00:25:06.700
 and everything in between,

00:25:06.840 --> 00:25:07.820
 how do we unlock

00:25:07.820 --> 00:25:09.360
 the power that makes

00:25:09.360 --> 00:25:10.620
 right now good?

00:25:11.500 --> 00:25:12.640
 That makes it possible

00:25:12.640 --> 00:25:13.519
 for you to hold on

00:25:13.519 --> 00:25:14.019
 to the truth

00:25:14.019 --> 00:25:15.420
 that God is actively

00:25:15.420 --> 00:25:16.480
 working for your good

00:25:16.480 --> 00:25:17.300
 in your situation?

00:25:20.779 --> 00:25:21.259
 How?

00:25:22.620 --> 00:25:23.500
 Verse 31.

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 What then shall we say

00:25:27.400 --> 00:25:28.820
 in response to these things?

00:25:28.819 --> 00:25:31.599
 If God is for us,

00:25:31.659 --> 00:25:32.819
 who can be against us?

00:25:33.720 --> 00:25:34.879
 He who did not spare

00:25:34.879 --> 00:25:35.579
 his own son

00:25:35.579 --> 00:25:36.899
 but gave him up for us all,

00:25:37.119 --> 00:25:38.299
 how will he not also

00:25:38.299 --> 00:25:39.019
 along with him

00:25:39.019 --> 00:25:40.579
 graciously give us

00:25:40.579 --> 00:25:41.220
 all things?

00:25:44.639 --> 00:25:45.539
 Hear that again.

00:25:46.200 --> 00:25:47.539
 He who did not spare

00:25:47.539 --> 00:25:48.460
 his own son

00:25:48.460 --> 00:25:49.519
 but gave him up

00:25:49.519 --> 00:25:50.139
 for us all,

00:25:50.359 --> 00:25:51.539
 how will he not also

00:25:51.539 --> 00:25:52.299
 along with him

00:25:52.299 --> 00:25:53.439
 graciously give us

00:25:53.439 --> 00:25:54.200
 all things?

00:25:54.200 --> 00:25:56.200
 the foundation

00:25:56.200 --> 00:25:57.059
 for hope,

00:25:58.500 --> 00:26:00.000
 the thing that

00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:01.100
 enables you

00:26:01.100 --> 00:26:01.880
 to look past

00:26:01.880 --> 00:26:02.740
 your circumstance,

00:26:03.500 --> 00:26:04.220
 to believe

00:26:04.220 --> 00:26:05.019
 even when it's hard

00:26:05.019 --> 00:26:05.720
 to know exactly

00:26:05.720 --> 00:26:06.759
 what God is doing,

00:26:07.259 --> 00:26:08.880
 that he is doing good,

00:26:09.420 --> 00:26:11.759
 is Jesus.

00:26:13.420 --> 00:26:14.740
 It's the cross.

00:26:15.319 --> 00:26:16.500
 The cross is the place

00:26:16.500 --> 00:26:17.200
 where we take it

00:26:17.200 --> 00:26:18.220
 not just as empty words

00:26:18.220 --> 00:26:19.920
 but as the all-powerful God

00:26:19.920 --> 00:26:20.819
 who is unmatched

00:26:20.819 --> 00:26:21.580
 in his power

00:26:21.579 --> 00:26:23.099
 expressing an unmatched

00:26:23.099 --> 00:26:24.000
 love for you.

00:26:25.579 --> 00:26:26.639
 It is God who has

00:26:26.639 --> 00:26:28.519
 everything at his disposal

00:26:28.519 --> 00:26:30.099
 choosing to express

00:26:30.099 --> 00:26:30.939
 his love to you

00:26:30.939 --> 00:26:31.599
 in a way that you

00:26:31.599 --> 00:26:32.559
 cannot ignore

00:26:32.559 --> 00:26:36.699
 by sacrificing

00:26:36.699 --> 00:26:37.419
 the thing that

00:26:37.419 --> 00:26:38.439
 matters most to him

00:26:38.439 --> 00:26:41.659
 so that even though

00:26:41.659 --> 00:26:42.720
 you may not know

00:26:42.720 --> 00:26:44.319
 how or why

00:26:44.319 --> 00:26:45.179
 God is doing

00:26:45.179 --> 00:26:45.779
 what he's doing

00:26:45.779 --> 00:26:46.539
 in your life,

00:26:47.740 --> 00:26:49.480
 you can know

00:26:49.480 --> 00:26:50.639
 that it is

00:26:50.639 --> 00:26:51.299
 for your good.

00:26:51.579 --> 00:26:52.579
 God

00:26:52.579 --> 00:26:54.519
 because

00:26:54.519 --> 00:26:55.319
 why would he

00:26:55.319 --> 00:26:56.079
 hold something

00:26:56.079 --> 00:26:56.919
 small like

00:26:56.919 --> 00:26:58.299
 your temporary

00:26:58.299 --> 00:26:58.879
 health

00:26:58.879 --> 00:27:00.279
 or your job

00:27:00.279 --> 00:27:02.019
 or a few dollars

00:27:02.019 --> 00:27:04.119
 or a restored

00:27:04.119 --> 00:27:04.960
 friendship back

00:27:04.960 --> 00:27:05.439
 from you

00:27:05.439 --> 00:27:07.000
 when he's already

00:27:07.000 --> 00:27:07.599
 handed over

00:27:07.599 --> 00:27:08.639
 his precious

00:27:08.639 --> 00:27:10.259
 only son?

00:27:10.259 --> 00:27:19.599
 the all-powerful

00:27:19.599 --> 00:27:20.079
 God

00:27:20.079 --> 00:27:22.319
 the all-powerful

00:27:22.319 --> 00:27:22.960
 father

00:27:22.960 --> 00:27:24.799
 holds nothing

00:27:24.799 --> 00:27:25.299
 back

00:27:25.299 --> 00:27:26.440
 in pursuing

00:27:26.440 --> 00:27:27.000
 your good

00:27:27.000 --> 00:27:30.039
 that's his agenda

00:27:30.039 --> 00:27:31.879
 in transforming

00:27:31.879 --> 00:27:32.740
 you to be more

00:27:32.740 --> 00:27:33.259
 and more

00:27:33.259 --> 00:27:33.980
 like Jesus

00:27:33.980 --> 00:27:36.299
 he's taken

00:27:36.299 --> 00:27:37.200
 condemnation

00:27:37.200 --> 00:27:38.299
 he's taken

00:27:38.299 --> 00:27:39.019
 the only thing

00:27:39.019 --> 00:27:39.700
 that could stop

00:27:39.700 --> 00:27:40.299
 you finishing

00:27:40.299 --> 00:27:40.980
 this path

00:27:40.980 --> 00:27:41.440
 that you're on

00:27:41.440 --> 00:27:41.980
 in heaven

00:27:41.980 --> 00:27:47.380
 and now

00:27:47.380 --> 00:27:47.940
 instead of

00:27:47.940 --> 00:27:49.240
 judgment to fear

00:27:49.240 --> 00:27:51.259
 there's that

00:27:51.259 --> 00:27:52.420
 question in there

00:27:52.420 --> 00:27:53.200
 did you catch it?

00:27:54.059 --> 00:27:54.559
 verse 33

00:27:54.559 --> 00:27:55.180
 who will bring

00:27:55.180 --> 00:27:55.700
 a charge

00:27:55.700 --> 00:27:56.259
 against those

00:27:56.259 --> 00:27:57.259
 whom God

00:27:57.259 --> 00:27:57.819
 has chosen?

00:27:57.819 --> 00:28:01.779
 and the answer

00:28:01.779 --> 00:28:02.399
 down halfway

00:28:02.399 --> 00:28:03.299
 through verse 34

00:28:03.299 --> 00:28:04.899
 no one

00:28:04.899 --> 00:28:08.200
 Christ Jesus

00:28:08.200 --> 00:28:08.819
 who died

00:28:08.819 --> 00:28:09.359
 more than that

00:28:09.359 --> 00:28:09.899
 who was raised

00:28:09.899 --> 00:28:10.279
 to life

00:28:10.279 --> 00:28:10.839
 is at the right

00:28:10.839 --> 00:28:11.460
 hand of God

00:28:11.460 --> 00:28:12.379
 and intercedes

00:28:12.379 --> 00:28:13.019
 for us

00:28:13.019 --> 00:28:14.379
 so the one

00:28:14.379 --> 00:28:15.179
 who will judge

00:28:15.179 --> 00:28:16.359
 the one who

00:28:16.359 --> 00:28:16.720
 will make a

00:28:16.720 --> 00:28:17.279
 decision about

00:28:17.279 --> 00:28:17.939
 whether you get

00:28:17.939 --> 00:28:18.619
 to that glorious

00:28:18.619 --> 00:28:19.240
 hope that you

00:28:19.240 --> 00:28:20.079
 want to get to

00:28:20.079 --> 00:28:20.879
 that hope that

00:28:20.879 --> 00:28:21.519
 has the power

00:28:21.519 --> 00:28:22.539
 to transform you

00:28:22.539 --> 00:28:22.939
 right now

00:28:22.939 --> 00:28:23.659
 and give you joy

00:28:23.659 --> 00:28:24.419
 even in difficult

00:28:24.419 --> 00:28:25.339
 circumstances

00:28:25.339 --> 00:28:29.000
 the only one

00:28:29.000 --> 00:28:29.519
 who could say

00:28:29.519 --> 00:28:30.099
 no you're not

00:28:30.099 --> 00:28:30.539
 welcome

00:28:30.539 --> 00:28:33.539
 says here

00:28:33.539 --> 00:28:34.299
 died and rose

00:28:34.299 --> 00:28:34.639
 again

00:28:34.639 --> 00:28:35.439
 and now

00:28:35.439 --> 00:28:37.439
 sits in heaven

00:28:37.439 --> 00:28:38.519
 at the father's

00:28:38.519 --> 00:28:39.299
 right hand

00:28:39.299 --> 00:28:40.259
 forever

00:28:40.259 --> 00:28:41.639
 Hebrews 7

00:28:41.639 --> 00:28:42.199
 says this is

00:28:42.199 --> 00:28:42.959
 his forever

00:28:42.959 --> 00:28:43.459
 job

00:28:43.459 --> 00:28:45.019
 he sits at

00:28:45.019 --> 00:28:45.839
 the right hand

00:28:45.839 --> 00:28:46.459
 of God

00:28:46.459 --> 00:28:47.959
 saying no no no

00:28:47.959 --> 00:28:48.859
 I love them

00:28:48.859 --> 00:28:49.419
 they're one of mine

00:28:49.419 --> 00:28:52.939
 when you stuff up

00:28:52.939 --> 00:28:53.699
 Jesus is there

00:28:53.699 --> 00:28:54.240
 he's already

00:28:54.240 --> 00:28:54.899
 saying to the

00:28:54.899 --> 00:28:55.119
 father

00:28:55.119 --> 00:28:55.879
 in that moment

00:28:55.879 --> 00:28:56.359
 it's okay

00:28:56.359 --> 00:28:56.979
 I've paid for

00:28:56.979 --> 00:28:57.179
 that

00:28:57.179 --> 00:28:59.299
 he intercedes

00:28:59.299 --> 00:29:00.000
 the judge has

00:29:00.000 --> 00:29:00.599
 gotten off the

00:29:00.599 --> 00:29:01.239
 judgment seat

00:29:01.239 --> 00:29:01.839
 and is standing

00:29:01.839 --> 00:29:02.699
 as your defense

00:29:02.699 --> 00:29:02.979
 lawyer

00:29:02.979 --> 00:29:03.739
 there is no

00:29:03.739 --> 00:29:04.639
 judge left

00:29:04.639 --> 00:29:05.719
 and so your

00:29:05.719 --> 00:29:06.799
 hope is certain

00:29:06.799 --> 00:29:12.000
 the hope you

00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:12.539
 need

00:29:12.539 --> 00:29:13.779
 to face

00:29:13.779 --> 00:29:14.319
 whatever you

00:29:14.319 --> 00:29:14.659
 are going

00:29:14.659 --> 00:29:15.239
 through right

00:29:15.239 --> 00:29:15.619
 now

00:29:15.619 --> 00:29:17.939
 is here

00:29:17.939 --> 00:29:18.439
 in Jesus

00:29:18.439 --> 00:29:22.079
 if you

00:29:22.079 --> 00:29:22.519
 lack

00:29:22.519 --> 00:29:23.339
 eagerness

00:29:23.339 --> 00:29:25.359
 if you've

00:29:25.359 --> 00:29:26.079
 lost sight

00:29:26.079 --> 00:29:26.339
 of how

00:29:26.339 --> 00:29:26.779
 good

00:29:26.779 --> 00:29:27.079
 heaven

00:29:27.079 --> 00:29:27.379
 is going

00:29:27.379 --> 00:29:27.759
 to be

00:29:27.759 --> 00:29:29.740
 then just

00:29:29.740 --> 00:29:30.480
 look at

00:29:30.480 --> 00:29:30.819
 Jesus

00:29:30.819 --> 00:29:31.779
 and see

00:29:31.779 --> 00:29:32.139
 how

00:29:32.139 --> 00:29:33.179
 kind of

00:29:33.179 --> 00:29:33.480
 sad

00:29:33.480 --> 00:29:34.000
 and pathetic

00:29:34.000 --> 00:29:34.459
 the things

00:29:34.459 --> 00:29:34.839
 that you are

00:29:34.839 --> 00:29:35.319
 looking forward

00:29:35.319 --> 00:29:35.679
 to are

00:29:35.679 --> 00:29:36.119
 in reference

00:29:36.119 --> 00:29:36.679
 to him

00:29:36.680 --> 00:29:38.620
 even

00:29:38.620 --> 00:29:38.779
 even though

00:29:38.779 --> 00:29:39.100
 you don't

00:29:39.100 --> 00:29:39.440
 get it

00:29:39.440 --> 00:29:39.840
 completely

00:29:39.840 --> 00:29:40.299
 understand

00:29:40.299 --> 00:29:40.580
 that if

00:29:40.580 --> 00:29:41.019
 it cost

00:29:41.019 --> 00:29:41.519
 Jesus

00:29:41.519 --> 00:29:41.940
 death

00:29:41.940 --> 00:29:42.240
 on the

00:29:42.240 --> 00:29:42.580
 cross

00:29:42.580 --> 00:29:43.440
 to

00:29:43.440 --> 00:29:44.080
 purchase

00:29:44.080 --> 00:29:44.299
 it

00:29:44.299 --> 00:29:44.620
 for you

00:29:44.620 --> 00:29:44.880
 it's

00:29:44.880 --> 00:29:45.080
 going to

00:29:45.080 --> 00:29:45.220
 be

00:29:45.220 --> 00:29:45.539
 better

00:29:45.539 --> 00:29:47.440
 come back

00:29:47.440 --> 00:29:47.779
 here and

00:29:47.779 --> 00:29:48.400
 begin to

00:29:48.400 --> 00:29:49.060
 dream

00:29:49.060 --> 00:29:50.900
 about what

00:29:50.900 --> 00:29:51.420
 God has

00:29:51.420 --> 00:29:51.840
 in store

00:29:51.840 --> 00:29:52.320
 for you

00:29:52.320 --> 00:29:53.539
 and begin

00:29:53.539 --> 00:29:53.920
 to live

00:29:53.920 --> 00:29:54.279
 in light

00:29:54.279 --> 00:29:54.620
 of that

00:29:54.619 --> 00:29:57.659
 if it's

00:29:57.659 --> 00:29:58.159
 hard for

00:29:58.159 --> 00:29:58.419
 you to

00:29:58.419 --> 00:29:58.759
 see

00:29:58.759 --> 00:29:59.699
 how

00:29:59.699 --> 00:30:00.000
 God

00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:00.199
 could

00:30:00.199 --> 00:30:00.379
 be

00:30:00.379 --> 00:30:00.679
 being

00:30:00.679 --> 00:30:01.079
 good

00:30:01.079 --> 00:30:01.319
 to

00:30:01.319 --> 00:30:01.519
 you

00:30:01.519 --> 00:30:01.779
 right

00:30:01.779 --> 00:30:02.079
 now

00:30:02.079 --> 00:30:05.000
 the

00:30:05.000 --> 00:30:05.239
 hope

00:30:05.239 --> 00:30:05.619
 you need

00:30:05.619 --> 00:30:05.899
 is in

00:30:05.899 --> 00:30:06.339
 Jesus

00:30:06.339 --> 00:30:09.559
 won't

00:30:09.559 --> 00:30:09.859
 make the

00:30:09.859 --> 00:30:10.079
 pain

00:30:10.079 --> 00:30:10.619
 disappear

00:30:10.619 --> 00:30:14.899
 but he

00:30:14.899 --> 00:30:15.339
 will walk

00:30:15.339 --> 00:30:15.639
 with you

00:30:15.639 --> 00:30:15.979
 in it

00:30:15.979 --> 00:30:18.539
 and he

00:30:18.539 --> 00:30:19.119
 will guarantee

00:30:19.119 --> 00:30:19.959
 that there

00:30:19.959 --> 00:30:20.319
 will be a

00:30:20.319 --> 00:30:20.839
 good

00:30:20.839 --> 00:30:21.500
 outcome

00:30:21.500 --> 00:30:21.979
 in it

00:30:21.979 --> 00:30:24.079
 it may

00:30:24.079 --> 00:30:24.339
 not be

00:30:24.339 --> 00:30:24.619
 the good

00:30:24.619 --> 00:30:25.039
 outcome

00:30:25.039 --> 00:30:25.960
 that you

00:30:25.960 --> 00:30:26.460
 want from

00:30:26.460 --> 00:30:26.859
 him right

00:30:26.859 --> 00:30:27.139
 now

00:30:27.139 --> 00:30:28.839
 but it

00:30:28.839 --> 00:30:29.059
 will be

00:30:29.059 --> 00:30:29.539
 the best

00:30:29.539 --> 00:30:30.019
 kind of

00:30:30.019 --> 00:30:30.480
 good outcome

00:30:30.480 --> 00:30:31.019
 there is

00:30:31.019 --> 00:30:32.679
 it will

00:30:32.679 --> 00:30:33.119
 be heaven

00:30:33.119 --> 00:30:34.740
 it will

00:30:34.740 --> 00:30:35.099
 be another

00:30:35.099 --> 00:30:35.699
 step in the

00:30:35.699 --> 00:30:36.099
 journey of

00:30:36.099 --> 00:30:36.759
 preparing you

00:30:36.759 --> 00:30:37.419
 for eternity

00:30:37.419 --> 00:30:37.779
 in the

00:30:37.779 --> 00:30:38.339
 presence of

00:30:38.339 --> 00:30:38.599
 God

00:30:38.599 --> 00:30:39.179
 himself

00:30:39.179 --> 00:30:42.579
 the hope

00:30:42.579 --> 00:30:42.980
 you need

00:30:42.980 --> 00:30:43.259
 is in

00:30:43.259 --> 00:30:43.579
 Jesus

00:30:43.579 --> 00:30:46.179
 and lastly

00:30:46.179 --> 00:30:46.539
 if you're

00:30:46.539 --> 00:30:46.899
 not a

00:30:46.899 --> 00:30:47.240
 Christian

00:30:47.240 --> 00:30:50.099
 if this

00:30:50.099 --> 00:30:50.299
 is your

00:30:50.299 --> 00:30:50.819
 first time

00:30:50.819 --> 00:30:51.079
 in this

00:30:51.079 --> 00:30:51.240
 room

00:30:51.240 --> 00:30:51.480
 or if

00:30:51.480 --> 00:30:51.619
 you've

00:30:51.619 --> 00:30:51.720
 been

00:30:51.720 --> 00:30:51.960
 coming

00:30:51.960 --> 00:30:52.159
 here

00:30:52.159 --> 00:30:52.639
 for 40

00:30:52.639 --> 00:30:53.000
 years

00:30:53.000 --> 00:30:53.539
 but you

00:30:53.539 --> 00:30:53.839
 know

00:30:53.839 --> 00:30:54.059
 you're

00:30:54.059 --> 00:30:54.339
 not a

00:30:54.339 --> 00:30:54.659
 Christian

00:30:54.659 --> 00:30:57.519
 and you

00:30:57.519 --> 00:30:58.159
 feel that

00:30:58.159 --> 00:30:58.959
 discontent

00:30:58.959 --> 00:30:59.259
 that we

00:30:59.259 --> 00:30:59.599
 started

00:30:59.599 --> 00:30:59.839
 with

00:30:59.839 --> 00:31:00.299
 you feel

00:31:00.299 --> 00:31:00.899
 that desire

00:31:00.899 --> 00:31:01.339
 that something

00:31:01.339 --> 00:31:01.720
 would be

00:31:01.720 --> 00:31:02.220
 different

00:31:02.220 --> 00:31:03.039
 in your

00:31:03.039 --> 00:31:03.379
 life

00:31:03.379 --> 00:31:03.639
 in the

00:31:03.639 --> 00:31:03.819
 world

00:31:03.819 --> 00:31:04.179
 around

00:31:04.179 --> 00:31:04.439
 you

00:31:04.439 --> 00:31:05.240
 the hope

00:31:05.240 --> 00:31:05.720
 that you

00:31:05.720 --> 00:31:06.159
 need

00:31:06.159 --> 00:31:07.839
 is in

00:31:07.839 --> 00:31:08.159
 Jesus

00:31:08.159 --> 00:31:11.879
 the power

00:31:11.879 --> 00:31:12.639
 to transform

00:31:12.639 --> 00:31:13.500
 your life

00:31:13.500 --> 00:31:14.139
 is in

00:31:14.139 --> 00:31:14.859
 Jesus

00:31:14.859 --> 00:31:17.039
 the one

00:31:17.039 --> 00:31:17.459
 who loves

00:31:17.459 --> 00:31:17.779
 you even

00:31:17.779 --> 00:31:18.059
 though you

00:31:18.059 --> 00:31:18.579
 don't deserve

00:31:18.579 --> 00:31:18.899
 it

00:31:18.899 --> 00:31:19.379
 the one

00:31:19.379 --> 00:31:19.859
 who dies

00:31:19.859 --> 00:31:20.139
 in your

00:31:20.139 --> 00:31:20.480
 place

00:31:20.480 --> 00:31:20.899
 removes

00:31:20.899 --> 00:31:21.619
 condemnation

00:31:21.619 --> 00:31:22.240
 and invites

00:31:22.240 --> 00:31:22.579
 you into

00:31:22.579 --> 00:31:23.259
 his family

00:31:23.259 --> 00:31:25.720
 if you're

00:31:25.720 --> 00:31:26.000
 not a

00:31:26.000 --> 00:31:26.379
 Christian

00:31:26.379 --> 00:31:27.359
 the hope

00:31:27.359 --> 00:31:27.900
 you need

00:31:27.900 --> 00:31:28.940
 not just

00:31:28.940 --> 00:31:29.299
 for this

00:31:29.299 --> 00:31:29.619
 life

00:31:29.619 --> 00:31:30.079
 but for

00:31:30.079 --> 00:31:30.519
 eternity

00:31:30.519 --> 00:31:31.519
 is here

00:31:31.519 --> 00:31:32.019
 in Jesus

00:31:32.019 --> 00:31:34.839
 who dies

00:31:34.839 --> 00:31:35.079
 in your

00:31:35.079 --> 00:31:35.500
 place

00:31:35.500 --> 00:31:37.339
 and forever

00:31:37.339 --> 00:31:38.140
 intercedes

00:31:38.140 --> 00:31:42.940
 what

00:31:42.940 --> 00:31:43.500
 then shall

00:31:43.500 --> 00:31:43.980
 we say

00:31:43.980 --> 00:31:44.580
 in response

00:31:44.580 --> 00:31:45.000
 to these

00:31:45.000 --> 00:31:45.420
 things

00:31:45.420 --> 00:31:46.880
 if God

00:31:46.880 --> 00:31:47.280
 is for

00:31:47.280 --> 00:31:47.620
 us

00:31:47.620 --> 00:31:48.380
 who can

00:31:48.380 --> 00:31:48.860
 be against

00:31:48.860 --> 00:31:49.340
 us

00:31:49.340 --> 00:31:50.920
 he who

00:31:50.920 --> 00:31:51.220
 did not

00:31:51.220 --> 00:31:51.640
 spare

00:31:51.640 --> 00:31:52.040
 his own

00:31:52.040 --> 00:31:52.540
 son

00:31:52.540 --> 00:31:54.000
 but gave

00:31:54.000 --> 00:31:54.259
 him up

00:31:54.259 --> 00:31:54.560
 for us

00:31:54.560 --> 00:31:54.860
 all

00:31:54.860 --> 00:31:55.300
 how will

00:31:55.300 --> 00:31:55.560
 he not

00:31:55.560 --> 00:31:56.040
 also

00:31:56.040 --> 00:31:56.420
 along

00:31:56.420 --> 00:31:56.820
 with him

00:31:56.820 --> 00:31:57.460
 graciously

00:31:57.460 --> 00:31:57.920
 give us

00:31:57.920 --> 00:31:58.660
 all things

00:31:58.660 --> 00:32:00.900
 who will

00:32:00.900 --> 00:32:01.320
 bring any

00:32:01.320 --> 00:32:01.880
 charge

00:32:01.880 --> 00:32:02.500
 against those

00:32:02.500 --> 00:32:02.900
 whom God

00:32:02.900 --> 00:32:03.420
 has chosen

00:32:03.420 --> 00:32:04.100
 it's God

00:32:04.100 --> 00:32:04.900
 who justifies

00:32:04.900 --> 00:32:05.180
 us

00:32:05.180 --> 00:32:06.380
 who then

00:32:06.380 --> 00:32:06.620
 is the

00:32:06.620 --> 00:32:06.960
 one who

00:32:06.960 --> 00:32:07.519
 condemns

00:32:07.519 --> 00:32:08.160
 no one

00:32:08.160 --> 00:32:09.400
 Christ

00:32:09.400 --> 00:32:09.720
 Jesus

00:32:09.720 --> 00:32:10.440
 who died

00:32:10.440 --> 00:32:10.960
 more than

00:32:10.960 --> 00:32:11.100
 that

00:32:11.100 --> 00:32:11.400
 who was

00:32:11.400 --> 00:32:11.720
 raised

00:32:11.720 --> 00:32:12.340
 to life

00:32:12.340 --> 00:32:13.360
 is at

00:32:13.360 --> 00:32:13.780
 the right

00:32:13.780 --> 00:32:14.220
 hand of

00:32:14.220 --> 00:32:14.519
 God

00:32:14.519 --> 00:32:14.800
 and is

00:32:14.800 --> 00:32:15.220
 also

00:32:15.220 --> 00:32:15.880
 interceding

00:32:15.880 --> 00:32:16.440
 for us

00:32:16.440 --> 00:32:18.460
 who shall

00:32:18.460 --> 00:32:19.140
 separate us

00:32:19.140 --> 00:32:19.440
 from the

00:32:19.440 --> 00:32:19.779
 love of

00:32:19.779 --> 00:32:20.200
 Christ

00:32:20.200 --> 00:32:21.580
 shall

00:32:21.580 --> 00:32:22.019
 trouble

00:32:22.019 --> 00:32:22.700
 or

00:32:22.700 --> 00:32:23.100
 hardship

00:32:23.100 --> 00:32:23.680
 or

00:32:23.680 --> 00:32:24.299
 persecution

00:32:24.299 --> 00:32:25.299
 or famine

00:32:25.299 --> 00:32:26.220
 or nakedness

00:32:26.220 --> 00:32:26.840
 or danger

00:32:26.840 --> 00:32:27.500
 or sword

00:32:27.500 --> 00:32:28.840
 as it's

00:32:28.840 --> 00:32:29.059
 written

00:32:29.059 --> 00:32:29.519
 for your

00:32:29.519 --> 00:32:29.759
 sake

00:32:29.759 --> 00:32:30.160
 we face

00:32:30.160 --> 00:32:30.420
 death

00:32:30.420 --> 00:32:30.820
 all day

00:32:30.820 --> 00:32:31.140
 long

00:32:31.140 --> 00:32:32.200
 considered

00:32:32.200 --> 00:32:32.660
 as sheep

00:32:32.660 --> 00:32:32.960
 to be

00:32:32.960 --> 00:32:34.720
 slaughtered

00:32:34.720 --> 00:32:36.380
 no in

00:32:36.380 --> 00:32:36.940
 all these

00:32:36.940 --> 00:32:37.420
 things

00:32:37.420 --> 00:32:38.320
 we are

00:32:38.320 --> 00:32:38.720
 more than

00:32:38.720 --> 00:32:39.259
 conquerors

00:32:39.259 --> 00:32:39.700
 through him

00:32:39.700 --> 00:32:40.100
 who loved

00:32:40.100 --> 00:32:40.500
 us

00:32:40.500 --> 00:32:42.240
 for I'm

00:32:42.240 --> 00:32:42.940
 convinced

00:32:42.940 --> 00:32:45.680
 that neither

00:32:45.680 --> 00:32:46.180
 death

00:32:46.180 --> 00:32:47.140
 nor life

00:32:47.140 --> 00:32:48.920
 neither

00:32:48.920 --> 00:32:49.480
 angels

00:32:49.480 --> 00:32:50.340
 nor demons

00:32:50.340 --> 00:32:51.420
 neither the

00:32:51.420 --> 00:32:51.840
 present

00:32:51.840 --> 00:32:52.320
 nor the

00:32:52.320 --> 00:32:52.759
 future

00:32:52.759 --> 00:32:53.320
 nor any

00:32:53.320 --> 00:32:54.019
 powers

00:32:54.019 --> 00:32:54.480
 neither

00:32:54.480 --> 00:32:54.920
 height

00:32:54.920 --> 00:32:55.620
 nor depth

00:32:55.620 --> 00:32:56.259
 nor anything

00:32:56.259 --> 00:32:56.700
 else in

00:32:56.700 --> 00:32:57.740
 all creation

00:32:57.740 --> 00:32:59.860
 will be able

00:32:59.860 --> 00:33:00.440
 to separate

00:33:00.440 --> 00:33:01.000
 us

00:33:01.000 --> 00:33:02.820
 will be able

00:33:02.820 --> 00:33:03.340
 to separate

00:33:03.340 --> 00:33:03.799
 you

00:33:03.799 --> 00:33:05.680
 from the

00:33:05.680 --> 00:33:06.039
 love of

00:33:06.039 --> 00:33:06.360
 God

00:33:06.360 --> 00:33:07.700
 that is in

00:33:07.700 --> 00:33:08.340
 Christ Jesus

00:33:08.340 --> 00:33:08.799
 our Lord

00:33:08.799 --> 00:33:11.500
 Amen