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 In 1644, the cloud of emotional darkness descended on the Puritan minister, Richard Baxter.

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! There are a number of colliding factors as to why life got so hard for him.

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! There was a civil war that had basically shut down what was a very successful parish ministry.

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 He was shunned as an army chaplain by the nation's leadership because he was, in their words, too spiritual.

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 Close friends of his, dear friends of his life in the civil war.

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 His own father at that point was a political prisoner.

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 His health also broke down, rendering him very ill and weak and thinking at the age of 31 that he was near death.

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 And as all those factors collided and his despair of life set in,

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 Baxter wrote what became one of the most professional books for generations called The Saints' Everlasting Rest in 1650.

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 Baxter, in his book, he calls Christians to contemplate our eternal heavenly rest as a way of life now, in the moment.

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 As an ongoing practice of daily life, constantly recalling the heavenly rest.

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 He exhausts us not to seek our promised rest and comfort here in earth,

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 but to keep the new heavens and the new earth at the forefront of our minds, reflecting on it consistently.

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 And he says that, in fact, that is what fuels a life of faith, love and hope now.

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 Baxter's book, quite famous even to this day, really is echoing the Apostle Paul in the letters to the Thessalonians.

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 The moment Paul started this church, as we know from the first letter, there was persecution.

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 In fact, this young, small church in Thessalonica had never known a time of peace at all.

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 And so Paul's first letter to them was designed to strengthen a church under pressure and to encourage a church that was immature and vulnerable amongst that pressure,

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 in order that they would continue to make progress as believers in the Lord Jesus.

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 Paul urged them, as we know from one of the first letters, to turn away from their sinful life,

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 to walk obediently to God's word and to set their minds and their hearts and their hopes on the return of the Lord Jesus

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 and the future glory and joy that awaits for them in that moment.

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 And so as we open to Thessalonians, we see their trials have not diminished.

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 Paul again strengthened them by pointing them to the glorious end of all things.

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 And that is when Jesus returns.

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 And he also encourages them with the perspective of what it means to live the Christian life until the day of Jesus' return.

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 And what he says is, you will always be at war in one way or another.

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 There will always be a battle.

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 It will always be a struggle in one way or another.

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 Their trials and their sufferings, crucially, are not a sign that God is not powerful, that he's not good,

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 or that God had abandoned them.

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 But it's how God is gloriously changing them.

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 Their hardship is how God is gloriously changing them.

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 So as we open up to Thessalonians, we've got three points there.

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 Apologies for those of you who have got the handouts.

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 It's mostly there in those handouts, but I've had some more recent inspiration very early this morning.

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 Anyway, so three points.

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 First of all, thanksgiving for past grace.

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 So in his first letter, Paul remembered gratefully the Thessalonians, particularly for three things,

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 their faith, their love, and their hope.

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 The trinity of a healthy Christian life, faith, hope, and love.

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 And the fact that they were productive in their faith, in their hope, and their love.

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 And now, however, he emphasizes that these qualities from the first letter to the second letter have actually been increasing and growing.

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 So the persecution that they've been experiencing has not been a hindrance to that at all.

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 At all.

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 The original language here, in fact, means that their faith is growing like a plant in the tropics.

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 You just can't stop it.

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 And their love for all is overflowing.

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 The language is like the floodgates of the dam have been opened and just flooding everywhere.

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 And although he does not mention hope, he does refer to their perseverance and endurance,

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 which in 1 Thessalonians 1 verse 3, he says perseverance and endurance is inspired by hope.

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 It's a hope, he says, that he boasts about to other churches.

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 And it was flourishing even amongst the persecution and trials which they were enduring.

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 And so when he jumps into verse 5,

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 what he's saying here in verse 5 is that growth in faith, in love and hope is not just evidence of God's grace in their lives,

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 but it's also evidence that God's judgment is right.

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 That is, the combination of their trust in Jesus with their current trials, hardships, persecutions they're facing,

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 it's those things together which are producing great, growing faith, growing love, growing hope.

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 And God is right in not just calling them to himself,

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 but he is right in them facing those persecutions, in God gifting them with those persecutions.

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 What Paul is celebrating here in the first few verses is what you would call healthy Christians and a healthy church.

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 Now, Western Christians tend to celebrate the growth of programs and facilities and budgets and staff and attendance and energy,

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 the worship, quality of the worship as signs of church health.

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 Not Paul, necessarily.

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 Paul boasts here of their growing faith, their increasing love for each other,

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 and their hope in the face of hardship.

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 Those things may flow over into progress in other things, but they may not.

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 And the fact that there are growing budgets and so on and so forth are not necessarily a sign that the church is growing in faith or love or hope.

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 And Paul is very keen for them for this growth that they're seeing to continue.

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 And once again, what he does is he gets them to fix their eyes on the hope of their future glory,

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 which is the section, the most of this chapter.

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 And we're launching into a topic that our world society does not like the Christian to talk about.

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 And unfortunately, way too many Christians are embarrassed by.

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 That is the concept of future judgment.

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 All religions in the world believe in some concept of judgment.

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 Or for some, it's the idea of karma.

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 For others, Christians, it's a judgment day.

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 That is, all religions have this concept of a reckoning of some description or accountability of some description.

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 That is, every person will have a day in a cosmic court, face their record,

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 and to satisfy the demands of an eternal absolute justice of some degree, whatever it might be.

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 The secular worldview, however, which is dominant in our society at the moment,

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 rejects the concept of a final judgment because it asserts there is no moral absolutes.

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 And so you cannot have a cosmic judgment if there are no moral absolutes that all people must comply with.

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 So there is no final reckoning.

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 For instance, Sam Harris, a prominent atheist, begins his book, Free Will,

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 by recounting a set of callous crimes committed by two men against an innocent family.

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 And if you read it, it is stomach-churning stuff, awful stuff.

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 And he concludes that while we might seek some level of restorative justice to stop those people doing that again,

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 he says you cannot hold those people morally accountable, however.

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 Sam Harris, secularism.

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 And Western civilization generally hates the idea of judgment.

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 Why would we want to believe and embrace the Bible's teaching on Judgment Day?

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 There are multiple reasons, and I just need to exercise the spiritual gift of superficiality this morning

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 and just mention two.

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 It's not a spiritual gift.

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 Don't need to look that one up.

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 Give me that gift.

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 First of all, because the Bible's teaching on Judgment Day is actually good news.

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 That's the first reason.

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 The problem with removing a final Judgment Day is it doesn't just mean that moral wrongs are never made right.

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 That in itself is a problem.

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 But it also means that no act or life of moral courage is rewarded either.

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 It means both of those things.

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 Not just that there's no accountability for wrong, but there's no reward for right.

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 In fact, removing of Judgment Day means there's nothing at all.

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 Nothing at all.

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 So if you want to remove the concept that, well, I don't like the idea God's going to judge me,

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 but I don't want him to reward me, you remove both when you remove a Judgment Day.

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 You've gotten rid of both.

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 Judgment Day means that every sacrifice we make for others actually matters nothing in the end.

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 It means that no one notices it at all in the end.

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 Those sacrifices are forgotten.

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 But Judgment Day means that those sacrifices will never be forgotten.

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 That there is a reward.

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 There is someone who sees and so everything means something.

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 Everything means something.

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 If, on the other hand, there is no Judgment Day, there is no judge in the end,

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 and human suffering and injustice goes on until the sun burns out and history ends,

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 and that means, according to the Nealist, nothing means anything.

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 There are only two, ultimately, views of life.

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 Either everything means something or nothing means anything.

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 And the difference between the two is Judgment Day.

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 That's the difference.

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 You see, the big secular thinkers of history, Friedrich Nietzsche, Jean-Paul Sartre, Bertrand Russell,

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 all explained away this concept of a final Judgment Day,

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 and all of them were honest enough to suggest that when you do,

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 it takes away all meaning in history.

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 At least they were honest enough to say that.

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 Jean-Paul Sartre once said that atheism is a long, hard, cruel business.

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 And he says, I've lived it to the end.

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 I'm not sure what he was celebrating in that moment,

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 but Judgment Day is good news.

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 But it also is good news because it means that forgiveness is possible.

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 Have a look at verse 6 there.

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 God is just.

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 He will pay back trouble to those who trouble you.

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 Now, when you read that, you go, hang on a bit.

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 That seems really harsh.

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 But it's actually liberating.

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 It's meant to be liberating for the Thessalonian Christians.

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 The liberation here is God is just.

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 He's the one who pays back.

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 You don't have to.

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 You Thessalonians, you Christians,

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 don't need to be in the position of judge of humanity.

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 Being the judge of someone else when they've wronged us

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 is a job that we are not qualified for.

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 Potentially, you know the experience of being in a job

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 that you're not qualified to do.

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 I've known that experience myself when I first became the minister here

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 and other, for instance, when I first became a dad.

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 It's like, what do I do now?

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 This is the ultimate job we are not qualified for.

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 You see, if we keep putting ourselves in the role of judge,

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 jury and sentencer of other people,

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 then we are the ones who become imprisoned in our own bitterness.

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 It destroys us, not them, when we are the judge.

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 And the reality is, some of us just cannot get past the wrongs

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 that have been perpetrated against us

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 because ultimately we don't believe in judgment day.

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 It's not close on the forefront of our minds.

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 Or we haven't understood it.

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 We're not constantly reflecting on it right now.

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 The more the good news of judgment day goes deep into our hearts,

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 ultimately what it means is the more patient and loving

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 and forgiving we will be.

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 The Christian who is harsh in their proclamation of the gospel condemning humanity

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 has not understood judgment day.

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 They've not understood it.

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 It hasn't penetrated to the depths of their hearts.

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 Now, the second reason to believe in this final judgment day

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 is that Jesus tells us so.

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 He reveals the reality of it.

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 Judgment day is good news, but we also need to believe it.

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 In order to believe it, we need evidence for it.

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 And like millions and millions of people throughout history,

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 I myself came to believe in who Jesus is and what he did

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 because of the facts about him, the facts of who he is.

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 You see, when you look at the person of Jesus Christ,

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 you see this combination that you don't see in anyone else in human history.

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 He's incredibly confident and centred on himself

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 and who he is and what he declares about himself,

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 and yet you've never met anyone who is at the same time more humble.

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 He combines both the confidence and the humility.

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 He combines courage to death and incredible tenderness

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 for the sinner and the sufferer.

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 People become overwhelmed by his moral perfection

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 and attracted by his love.

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 And yet it is Jesus who talks about judgment day

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 more than any other biblical writer,

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 more than any of them put together.

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 You see, what we read in the Gospels

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 is that Jesus has come to us not just as a saviour

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 and as a friend, but as a judge.

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 He said that.

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 His salvation absolutely means nothing without judgment.

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 What the Bible says about judgment day is, however, quite distinctive

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 and is often misunderstood

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 and it has massive implications for how we live right now.

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 And the first distinctive compared to other religions

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 is the nature of God's judgment.

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 Have a look there at verses 8 and 9.

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 It says,

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 He will punish those who do not know God

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 and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

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 They'll be punished with everlasting destruction

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 and shut out from the presence of the Lord.

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 Now, sentences like that

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 stir up an emotional response.

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 I could stand on the street corner in Chatswood

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 and talk about God's love

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 and people walk past and go,

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 you know, I'll ignore you, but that's okay.

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 Read this, however,

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 and you're going to get a response of some description.

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 It should, in fact, stir up an emotional response.

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 And, in fact, if you're a Christian

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 and it doesn't stir up an emotional response,

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 it means you need to understand judgment day a bit deeper.

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 The reality is there's no nice way to smooth over words

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 like everlasting destruction.

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 What is important here

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 is to see what this everlasting destruction actually is.

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 Notice the statement.

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 It's actually described for us.

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 Shut out from the presence of the Lord.

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 In other words, everlasting destruction

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 in biblical terms is the removal of God's presence.

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 To not have God is to be eternally destroyed.

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 The presence of the God, of God,

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 is the source of all life and love and beauty,

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 of all goodness,

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 whether we realise it or not.

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 You see, a person walking in the countryside

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 on a beautiful sunny day

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 is living off the presence of the sun in the sky.

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 They feel it.

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 They experience it.

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 They know it.

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 They can see it.

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 But in that exact same moment,

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 a person working in a mine shaft

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 three kilometres under the ground

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 is also living off the presence of the sun

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 even though they don't experience it.

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 They can't feel it.

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 They can't see it.

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 They don't know it.

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 They're both living off the presence of the sun.

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 If in that moment,

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 the sun disappeared,

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 the sun ceased to exist,

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 both of them would freeze to death

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 instantaneously.

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 It matters not whether you are

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 three kilometres under the ground

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 or you're walking in the countryside.

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 It matters not.

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 You're both done.

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 It's not where you are

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 on the face of the earth

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 because you are both

00:22:28.559 --> 00:22:31.980
 living off the sun's presence.

00:22:34.079 --> 00:22:35.700
 You see, what the Bible tells us

00:22:35.700 --> 00:22:37.559
 is that every person in history

00:22:37.559 --> 00:22:40.039
 has lived off the presence of God

00:22:40.039 --> 00:22:41.059
 while they have lived,

00:22:41.259 --> 00:22:42.640
 whether they know it or not,

00:22:42.700 --> 00:22:44.559
 whether they acknowledge it at all.

00:22:45.460 --> 00:22:47.720
 It matters not whether you have sought

00:22:47.720 --> 00:22:50.039
 and trusted and followed him

00:22:50.039 --> 00:22:55.299
 or you instead have existed in darkness

00:22:55.299 --> 00:22:57.580
 and you've rejected him

00:22:57.580 --> 00:22:59.440
 and gone your own way in life.

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 It matters not.

00:23:00.420 --> 00:23:04.960
 Now, every person has breathed his air,

00:23:05.200 --> 00:23:06.039
 drunk his water,

00:23:06.440 --> 00:23:08.240
 lived off his gracious presence.

00:23:09.120 --> 00:23:11.960
 And if God's presence goes,

00:23:13.340 --> 00:23:14.640
 everything goes.

00:23:16.360 --> 00:23:17.980
 There is no life.

00:23:18.400 --> 00:23:19.480
 There is no joy.

00:23:19.840 --> 00:23:20.960
 There is no beauty.

00:23:21.360 --> 00:23:22.440
 There is no good.

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 And so the Bible's teaching

00:23:27.299 --> 00:23:29.480
 on God's judgment day

00:23:29.480 --> 00:23:34.080
 is the thing that all of humanity

00:23:34.080 --> 00:23:37.360
 actually want deep inside of their hearts.

00:23:38.420 --> 00:23:39.880
 Perfect justice.

00:23:43.080 --> 00:23:44.440
 It's what we want.

00:23:46.720 --> 00:23:48.880
 Perfect justice in the sense

00:23:48.880 --> 00:23:52.620
 that the punishment truly fits the crime.

00:23:54.700 --> 00:23:59.760
 The Bible often uses imagery of fire

00:23:59.760 --> 00:24:01.400
 for eternal destruction.

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 Lake of fire, burning fire,

00:24:03.560 --> 00:24:05.760
 Jesus here coming in, blazing fire.

00:24:07.380 --> 00:24:10.900
 It is figurative language.

00:24:12.100 --> 00:24:13.440
 It's figurative language.

00:24:13.440 --> 00:24:17.740
 Now, number one,

00:24:18.320 --> 00:24:19.500
 stick with me in case you think

00:24:19.500 --> 00:24:20.779
 I'm moving into heresy here.

00:24:21.559 --> 00:24:22.120
 Secondly,

00:24:23.660 --> 00:24:24.440
 if you think,

00:24:24.559 --> 00:24:25.620
 oh, phew, great.

00:24:26.420 --> 00:24:27.880
 It's only figurative.

00:24:28.840 --> 00:24:30.880
 Figurative language in the Bible

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 is always used

00:24:32.880 --> 00:24:35.519
 to explain something that is far worse.

00:24:38.259 --> 00:24:40.620
 So figurative language is not better.

00:24:41.059 --> 00:24:42.580
 It's actually far worse.

00:24:43.440 --> 00:24:46.200
 It's symbolic of something

00:24:46.200 --> 00:24:47.940
 that's so much more worse.

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 So the picture of everlasting destruction

00:24:57.220 --> 00:24:59.840
 that you have in the Bible

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 is not God poking people with pitchforks

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 or employing people to do pitchfork poking.

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 It is far worse than that.

00:25:11.759 --> 00:25:14.240
 It is his presence removed.

00:25:15.859 --> 00:25:16.900
 Far worse.

00:25:17.240 --> 00:25:18.400
 It's his presence removed.

00:25:20.039 --> 00:25:23.879
 There is only two ways to live in this life.

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 It's either God's will be done

00:25:26.619 --> 00:25:28.379
 or it's my will be done.

00:25:31.619 --> 00:25:33.460
 There's only two ways to live.

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 It's either facing God

00:25:35.519 --> 00:25:38.059
 or it's turning your back

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 and facing away from God.

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 That's only two ways to live.

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 And the person here described,

00:25:46.340 --> 00:25:48.020
 destined for eternal destruction,

00:25:48.620 --> 00:25:51.060
 are getting what they have chosen

00:25:51.060 --> 00:25:53.080
 and what they have wanted

00:25:53.080 --> 00:25:54.640
 for all of their life.

00:25:56.720 --> 00:25:58.000
 Existence without God.

00:25:58.000 --> 00:26:01.539
 God throughout their life

00:26:01.539 --> 00:26:02.700
 has been facing them,

00:26:02.819 --> 00:26:03.299
 facing them,

00:26:03.400 --> 00:26:03.960
 facing them

00:26:03.960 --> 00:26:05.619
 and they have turned their back

00:26:05.619 --> 00:26:07.500
 and faced the opposite direction

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 and then when they eventually

00:26:11.859 --> 00:26:12.799
 on the judgment day

00:26:12.799 --> 00:26:14.680
 turn to face God's ability

00:26:14.680 --> 00:26:15.700
 for their life,

00:26:16.380 --> 00:26:17.759
 God will turn his face from them.

00:26:19.859 --> 00:26:20.720
 Perfect judgment.

00:26:20.720 --> 00:26:25.819
 And as C.S. Lewis wrote

00:26:25.819 --> 00:26:26.420
 in his book,

00:26:26.519 --> 00:26:27.600
 The Great Divorce,

00:26:28.360 --> 00:26:31.160
 once they get what they want

00:26:31.160 --> 00:26:32.220
 on that moment,

00:26:32.420 --> 00:26:33.600
 on the day of judgment,

00:26:34.319 --> 00:26:36.920
 when they receive it,

00:26:37.920 --> 00:26:40.539
 they still won't change their mind.

00:26:40.539 --> 00:26:43.920
 They still won't change their mind.

00:26:46.420 --> 00:26:48.200
 They will still have for eternity

00:26:48.200 --> 00:26:49.440
 the very thing that they wanted

00:26:49.440 --> 00:26:51.079
 and they will not change their mind.

00:26:53.240 --> 00:26:53.879
 You see,

00:26:54.099 --> 00:26:55.220
 what this means is,

00:26:56.279 --> 00:26:58.339
 this is really important,

00:26:59.379 --> 00:27:01.539
 the Christian teaching on judgment day

00:27:01.539 --> 00:27:03.099
 is not about good and bad

00:27:03.099 --> 00:27:04.839
 at all.

00:27:05.539 --> 00:27:07.559
 It's not about whether I've done enough good

00:27:07.559 --> 00:27:09.839
 and it balances out my bad.

00:27:09.839 --> 00:27:11.319
 It's got nothing to do with

00:27:11.319 --> 00:27:13.439
 good or bad at all.

00:27:16.559 --> 00:27:18.019
 Judgment day gives us

00:27:18.019 --> 00:27:19.679
 what we have been after

00:27:19.679 --> 00:27:20.879
 all of our life.

00:27:22.039 --> 00:27:23.619
 That's what judgment day is.

00:27:24.059 --> 00:27:26.399
 If we have sought communion with God

00:27:26.399 --> 00:27:28.519
 or we have sought distance

00:27:28.519 --> 00:27:29.859
 from God in life,

00:27:29.859 --> 00:27:31.859
 then we will get that

00:27:31.859 --> 00:27:33.679
 on judgment day.

00:27:35.859 --> 00:27:37.419
 It's what we have chosen

00:27:37.419 --> 00:27:38.639
 in relation to God.

00:27:38.640 --> 00:27:40.840
 It's unbelievably just.

00:27:41.820 --> 00:27:43.600
 And the confirmation of this

00:27:43.600 --> 00:27:47.080
 is Jesus Christ on the cross.

00:27:48.800 --> 00:27:50.580
 That's the confirmation of it.

00:27:50.620 --> 00:27:51.980
 That's the evidence for it.

00:27:52.520 --> 00:27:55.000
 And that's why the Christian teaching on this

00:27:55.000 --> 00:27:57.040
 is so distinctive.

00:27:58.320 --> 00:28:01.280
 Because Jesus is the only person

00:28:01.280 --> 00:28:02.120
 in history

00:28:02.119 --> 00:28:05.799
 who has ever gone through judgment day.

00:28:07.659 --> 00:28:08.859
 The only one

00:28:08.859 --> 00:28:10.119
 who's ever gone through

00:28:10.119 --> 00:28:10.959
 the judgment day

00:28:10.959 --> 00:28:12.159
 that's described here.

00:28:14.019 --> 00:28:15.779
 He's the only one in history

00:28:15.779 --> 00:28:17.819
 to be abandoned by God

00:28:17.819 --> 00:28:20.039
 in the most final way.

00:28:21.719 --> 00:28:23.299
 And when Jesus Christ

00:28:23.299 --> 00:28:24.679
 was being crucified,

00:28:24.679 --> 00:28:26.339
 there was no sulfur,

00:28:26.719 --> 00:28:28.259
 there was no burning fire,

00:28:28.259 --> 00:28:30.019
 there was no pitchforks,

00:28:30.180 --> 00:28:31.099
 what happened

00:28:31.099 --> 00:28:32.480
 is God

00:28:32.480 --> 00:28:33.940
 turned his back

00:28:33.940 --> 00:28:34.539
 on him.

00:28:39.039 --> 00:28:40.259
 In fact,

00:28:40.980 --> 00:28:43.140
 his ultimate

00:28:43.140 --> 00:28:43.279
 cry

00:28:44.359 --> 00:28:45.640
 of dereliction,

00:28:46.220 --> 00:28:47.680
 the thing that caused him

00:28:47.680 --> 00:28:48.619
 to scream

00:28:48.619 --> 00:28:50.079
 from the cross

00:28:50.079 --> 00:28:51.200
 was not

00:28:51.200 --> 00:28:52.640
 the spear in the side,

00:28:52.740 --> 00:28:53.700
 was not the nails,

00:28:53.960 --> 00:28:55.240
 it was not the crown of thorns,

00:28:55.240 --> 00:28:56.859
 the thing that called him

00:28:56.859 --> 00:28:58.099
 to scream

00:28:58.099 --> 00:28:59.299
 from the cross

00:28:59.299 --> 00:29:00.019
 is,

00:29:00.279 --> 00:29:00.880
 my God,

00:29:01.220 --> 00:29:02.039
 my God,

00:29:02.120 --> 00:29:04.140
 why have you forsaken me?

00:29:05.880 --> 00:29:07.339
 The cry of dereliction

00:29:07.339 --> 00:29:08.759
 as his father

00:29:08.759 --> 00:29:10.000
 turns his face away.

00:29:11.880 --> 00:29:12.720
 Judgment day.

00:29:16.079 --> 00:29:16.740
 The hell

00:29:16.740 --> 00:29:18.180
 that Jesus experienced

00:29:18.180 --> 00:29:18.940
 on the cross

00:29:18.940 --> 00:29:19.819
 was deeper

00:29:19.819 --> 00:29:20.759
 than any hell

00:29:20.759 --> 00:29:21.660
 than anyone

00:29:21.660 --> 00:29:22.859
 will ever experience

00:29:22.859 --> 00:29:23.880
 in life

00:29:23.880 --> 00:29:24.980
 or the afterlife.

00:29:25.240 --> 00:29:27.480
 on the cross

00:29:27.480 --> 00:29:29.160
 Jesus faced God.

00:29:29.880 --> 00:29:30.240
 You see,

00:29:30.579 --> 00:29:30.940
 Jesus

00:29:30.940 --> 00:29:32.920
 in his entire

00:29:32.920 --> 00:29:34.000
 perfect life

00:29:34.000 --> 00:29:34.940
 lived the life

00:29:34.940 --> 00:29:36.460
 facing God

00:29:36.460 --> 00:29:37.420
 in perfection.

00:29:38.960 --> 00:29:39.660
 Perfect

00:29:39.660 --> 00:29:41.160
 obedience.

00:29:41.819 --> 00:29:42.759
 He obeyed

00:29:42.759 --> 00:29:43.539
 his father

00:29:43.539 --> 00:29:44.859
 all the way

00:29:44.859 --> 00:29:45.799
 to the cross

00:29:45.799 --> 00:29:47.059
 facing God

00:29:47.059 --> 00:29:48.039
 in obedience

00:29:48.039 --> 00:29:49.460
 all the way.

00:29:52.039 --> 00:29:52.880
 His father

00:29:52.880 --> 00:29:53.559
 turned his back

00:29:53.559 --> 00:29:53.880
 on him.

00:29:55.240 --> 00:29:59.339
 and that

00:29:59.339 --> 00:30:01.180
 will never happen

00:30:01.180 --> 00:30:02.460
 to another person

00:30:02.460 --> 00:30:03.420
 in human history.

00:30:04.480 --> 00:30:05.660
 That will never

00:30:05.660 --> 00:30:06.140
 happen

00:30:06.140 --> 00:30:07.039
 to a Christian

00:30:07.039 --> 00:30:08.220
 who looks

00:30:08.220 --> 00:30:10.059
 facing to Jesus

00:30:10.059 --> 00:30:11.740
 in all of their life

00:30:11.740 --> 00:30:12.599
 when judgment day

00:30:12.599 --> 00:30:12.880
 come

00:30:12.880 --> 00:30:13.559
 and that's the

00:30:13.559 --> 00:30:14.579
 confirmation here

00:30:14.579 --> 00:30:16.240
 for the Thessalonians.

00:30:16.240 --> 00:30:16.339
 Jesus,

00:30:16.940 --> 00:30:18.779
 your life

00:30:18.779 --> 00:30:19.440
 of suffering

00:30:19.440 --> 00:30:20.140
 in this moment

00:30:20.140 --> 00:30:20.819
 is not

00:30:20.819 --> 00:30:22.019
 a wasted life

00:30:22.019 --> 00:30:23.799
 because when judgment

00:30:23.799 --> 00:30:24.519
 day comes

00:30:24.519 --> 00:30:25.079
 your father

00:30:25.079 --> 00:30:25.559
 will not

00:30:25.559 --> 00:30:26.319
 turn his face

00:30:26.319 --> 00:30:26.720
 from you

00:30:26.720 --> 00:30:27.759
 and the confirmation

00:30:27.759 --> 00:30:28.440
 he will not

00:30:28.440 --> 00:30:29.079
 turn his face

00:30:29.079 --> 00:30:29.819
 away from you

00:30:29.819 --> 00:30:30.579
 is because

00:30:30.579 --> 00:30:31.140
 he turned it

00:30:31.140 --> 00:30:31.980
 away from his son.

00:30:31.980 --> 00:30:38.660
 Jesus is the only

00:30:38.660 --> 00:30:39.539
 one who

00:30:39.539 --> 00:30:40.180
 experienced

00:30:40.180 --> 00:30:40.920
 the presence

00:30:40.920 --> 00:30:41.360
 of God

00:30:41.360 --> 00:30:41.980
 perfectly.

00:30:42.579 --> 00:30:43.480
 He obeyed God

00:30:43.480 --> 00:30:43.980
 perfectly

00:30:43.980 --> 00:30:44.980
 and on the cross

00:30:44.980 --> 00:30:46.059
 the sun

00:30:46.059 --> 00:30:46.640
 went out

00:30:46.640 --> 00:30:48.319
 for him.

00:30:49.640 --> 00:30:50.319
 He was

00:30:50.319 --> 00:30:51.160
 facing God

00:30:51.160 --> 00:30:51.559
 and God

00:30:51.559 --> 00:30:52.240
 turned his back

00:30:52.240 --> 00:30:52.579
 at him.

00:30:53.360 --> 00:30:53.860
 His hell

00:30:53.860 --> 00:30:54.420
 was deeper

00:30:54.420 --> 00:30:55.480
 than anyone's

00:30:55.480 --> 00:30:58.019
 and his hell

00:30:58.019 --> 00:31:00.720
 pays for all

00:31:00.720 --> 00:31:02.000
 of our sin

00:31:02.000 --> 00:31:04.039
 and guarantees

00:31:04.039 --> 00:31:04.519
 that God

00:31:04.519 --> 00:31:04.900
 will not

00:31:04.900 --> 00:31:05.779
 turn his face

00:31:05.779 --> 00:31:07.279
 away from me

00:31:07.279 --> 00:31:07.900
 on judgment

00:31:07.900 --> 00:31:08.299
 day.

00:31:09.019 --> 00:31:09.720
 No matter

00:31:09.720 --> 00:31:10.380
 who I am

00:31:10.380 --> 00:31:11.519
 no matter

00:31:11.519 --> 00:31:12.079
 what I've done

00:31:12.079 --> 00:31:12.740
 in my life.

00:31:15.480 --> 00:31:16.599
 See the Bible's

00:31:16.599 --> 00:31:17.440
 teaching on

00:31:17.440 --> 00:31:18.880
 judgment day

00:31:18.880 --> 00:31:20.400
 is justice.

00:31:21.700 --> 00:31:22.259
 The punishment

00:31:22.259 --> 00:31:23.200
 fits the crime

00:31:23.200 --> 00:31:26.299
 it explains

00:31:26.299 --> 00:31:26.900
 the cross

00:31:26.900 --> 00:31:28.319
 judgment day

00:31:28.319 --> 00:31:29.440
 explains the cross

00:31:29.440 --> 00:31:31.440
 and the cross

00:31:31.440 --> 00:31:32.400
 explains what

00:31:32.400 --> 00:31:32.900
 happens on

00:31:32.900 --> 00:31:33.580
 judgment day

00:31:33.580 --> 00:31:34.960
 and it is

00:31:34.960 --> 00:31:36.080
 profoundly good

00:31:36.080 --> 00:31:36.600
 news

00:31:36.600 --> 00:31:37.799
 to those

00:31:37.799 --> 00:31:38.400
 who face

00:31:38.400 --> 00:31:39.220
 Jesus now.

00:31:40.519 --> 00:31:41.299
 Turn their

00:31:41.299 --> 00:31:41.920
 face to him

00:31:41.920 --> 00:31:44.960
 and the

00:31:44.960 --> 00:31:45.620
 encouragement

00:31:45.620 --> 00:31:46.240
 here

00:31:46.240 --> 00:31:47.900
 for the

00:31:47.900 --> 00:31:48.819
 Thessalonians

00:31:48.819 --> 00:31:50.019
 is you

00:31:50.019 --> 00:31:50.960
 need to keep

00:31:50.960 --> 00:31:51.779
 your eye

00:31:51.779 --> 00:31:52.440
 on that

00:31:52.440 --> 00:31:53.059
 end.

00:31:53.200 --> 00:31:53.819
 in the

00:31:53.819 --> 00:31:54.220
 midst

00:31:54.220 --> 00:31:55.120
 of

00:31:55.120 --> 00:31:55.840
 suffering

00:31:55.840 --> 00:31:57.180
 temptations

00:31:57.180 --> 00:31:57.920
 sin

00:31:57.920 --> 00:31:59.779
 in this

00:31:59.779 --> 00:32:00.059
 world.

00:32:04.160 --> 00:32:05.259
 Verse 10

00:32:05.259 --> 00:32:06.080
 is the

00:32:06.080 --> 00:32:06.600
 perspective

00:32:06.600 --> 00:32:07.259
 the good

00:32:07.259 --> 00:32:07.680
 news

00:32:07.680 --> 00:32:08.819
 the outcome

00:32:08.819 --> 00:32:09.400
 if you like

00:32:09.400 --> 00:32:10.360
 on that

00:32:10.360 --> 00:32:10.960
 day he

00:32:10.960 --> 00:32:11.559
 comes to

00:32:11.559 --> 00:32:12.220
 be glorified

00:32:12.220 --> 00:32:12.580
 in his

00:32:12.580 --> 00:32:13.340
 holy people

00:32:13.340 --> 00:32:14.380
 and to

00:32:14.380 --> 00:32:15.100
 be marveled

00:32:15.100 --> 00:32:15.519
 at among

00:32:15.519 --> 00:32:16.400
 all those

00:32:16.400 --> 00:32:16.779
 who have

00:32:16.779 --> 00:32:17.279
 believed.

00:32:17.920 --> 00:32:18.360
 There's a

00:32:18.360 --> 00:32:19.000
 little word

00:32:19.000 --> 00:32:20.319
 in that

00:32:20.319 --> 00:32:20.759
 verse

00:32:20.759 --> 00:32:21.319
 that's so

00:32:21.319 --> 00:32:21.759
 easy to

00:32:21.759 --> 00:32:22.140
 miss

00:32:22.140 --> 00:32:23.180
 but it's

00:32:23.180 --> 00:32:23.759
 absolutely

00:32:23.759 --> 00:32:24.540
 essential

00:32:24.540 --> 00:32:25.220
 it's very

00:32:25.220 --> 00:32:25.640
 crucial

00:32:25.640 --> 00:32:26.280
 in fact

00:32:26.280 --> 00:32:27.420
 the way

00:32:27.420 --> 00:32:27.920
 it's put

00:32:27.920 --> 00:32:28.700
 together here

00:32:28.700 --> 00:32:29.100
 in the

00:32:29.100 --> 00:32:30.040
 original language

00:32:30.040 --> 00:32:30.740
 is so

00:32:30.740 --> 00:32:31.200
 unique

00:32:31.200 --> 00:32:31.620
 it's only

00:32:31.620 --> 00:32:32.180
 used two

00:32:32.180 --> 00:32:32.660
 times

00:32:32.660 --> 00:32:33.500
 in the

00:32:33.500 --> 00:32:34.060
 New Testament

00:32:34.060 --> 00:32:34.960
 here in

00:32:34.960 --> 00:32:35.560
 verse 10

00:32:35.560 --> 00:32:36.280
 and again

00:32:36.280 --> 00:32:37.560
 in verse 12

00:32:37.560 --> 00:32:38.340
 two verses

00:32:38.340 --> 00:32:38.700
 later

00:32:38.700 --> 00:32:40.200
 and it's

00:32:40.200 --> 00:32:40.920
 so unique

00:32:40.920 --> 00:32:42.259
 it's

00:32:42.259 --> 00:32:42.420
 it's the

00:32:42.420 --> 00:32:42.840
 word

00:32:42.840 --> 00:32:43.620
 in

00:32:43.620 --> 00:32:45.180
 in

00:32:45.180 --> 00:32:47.440
 what it's

00:32:47.440 --> 00:32:48.019
 saying here

00:32:48.019 --> 00:32:48.440
 is that

00:32:48.440 --> 00:32:49.700
 when Jesus

00:32:49.700 --> 00:32:50.640
 comes on

00:32:50.640 --> 00:32:51.259
 that judgment

00:32:51.259 --> 00:32:51.759
 day

00:32:51.759 --> 00:32:53.039
 Jesus will

00:32:53.039 --> 00:32:53.560
 not be

00:32:53.560 --> 00:32:54.460
 glorified

00:32:54.460 --> 00:32:55.300
 among

00:32:55.300 --> 00:32:56.519
 his holy

00:32:56.519 --> 00:32:57.039
 people

00:32:57.039 --> 00:32:58.420
 as if

00:32:58.420 --> 00:32:59.060
 they will

00:32:59.060 --> 00:32:59.500
 be the

00:32:59.500 --> 00:32:59.960
 stadium

00:32:59.960 --> 00:33:00.560
 in which

00:33:00.560 --> 00:33:01.259
 he appears

00:33:01.259 --> 00:33:04.180
 neither

00:33:04.180 --> 00:33:05.740
 is it

00:33:05.740 --> 00:33:06.800
 by them

00:33:06.799 --> 00:33:07.720
 as if

00:33:07.720 --> 00:33:08.099
 they will

00:33:08.099 --> 00:33:08.440
 be

00:33:08.440 --> 00:33:09.619
 spectators

00:33:09.619 --> 00:33:10.819
 who applaud

00:33:10.819 --> 00:33:11.200
 him

00:33:11.200 --> 00:33:11.919
 for his

00:33:11.919 --> 00:33:12.399
 glory

00:33:12.399 --> 00:33:13.700
 everyone look

00:33:13.700 --> 00:33:13.919
 at his

00:33:13.919 --> 00:33:14.220
 glory

00:33:14.220 --> 00:33:14.559
 kind of

00:33:14.559 --> 00:33:14.779
 thing

00:33:14.779 --> 00:33:16.359
 neither

00:33:16.359 --> 00:33:17.220
 is he

00:33:17.220 --> 00:33:17.839
 glorified

00:33:17.839 --> 00:33:18.579
 through

00:33:18.579 --> 00:33:19.019
 them

00:33:19.019 --> 00:33:19.759
 as if

00:33:19.759 --> 00:33:20.720
 they are

00:33:20.720 --> 00:33:21.359
 the mirrors

00:33:21.359 --> 00:33:22.180
 reflecting

00:33:22.180 --> 00:33:23.220
 his glory

00:33:23.220 --> 00:33:25.779
 he will be

00:33:25.779 --> 00:33:26.559
 glorified

00:33:26.559 --> 00:33:27.579
 in

00:33:27.579 --> 00:33:28.359
 them

00:33:28.359 --> 00:33:31.859
 in that

00:33:31.859 --> 00:33:32.339
 sense

00:33:32.339 --> 00:33:33.679
 his

00:33:33.679 --> 00:33:34.299
 people

00:33:34.299 --> 00:33:35.139
 are like

00:33:35.139 --> 00:33:36.240
 a filament

00:33:36.240 --> 00:33:36.839
 in a

00:33:36.839 --> 00:33:38.299
 light globe

00:33:38.299 --> 00:33:39.539
 which

00:33:39.539 --> 00:33:40.519
 itself

00:33:40.519 --> 00:33:41.879
 glows

00:33:41.879 --> 00:33:43.179
 with light

00:33:43.179 --> 00:33:44.179
 and heat

00:33:44.179 --> 00:33:45.339
 when the

00:33:45.339 --> 00:33:46.119
 electrical

00:33:46.119 --> 00:33:46.839
 current

00:33:46.839 --> 00:33:48.000
 passes

00:33:48.000 --> 00:33:48.839
 through it

00:33:48.839 --> 00:33:50.179
 you see

00:33:50.179 --> 00:33:50.559
 a

00:33:50.559 --> 00:33:53.079
 stadium

00:33:53.079 --> 00:33:55.119
 is

00:33:55.119 --> 00:33:56.000
 never

00:33:56.000 --> 00:33:57.039
 itself

00:33:57.039 --> 00:33:58.039
 changed

00:33:58.039 --> 00:33:59.619
 by

00:33:59.619 --> 00:34:00.700
 the

00:34:00.700 --> 00:34:01.639
 activity

00:34:01.639 --> 00:34:01.980
 of the

00:34:01.980 --> 00:34:02.399
 stadium

00:34:02.399 --> 00:34:02.680
 a

00:34:02.680 --> 00:34:02.980
 theatre

00:34:02.980 --> 00:34:03.599
 is

00:34:03.599 --> 00:34:03.940
 never

00:34:03.940 --> 00:34:04.740
 changed

00:34:04.740 --> 00:34:05.159
 by

00:34:05.159 --> 00:34:06.339
 the

00:34:06.339 --> 00:34:07.680
 play

00:34:07.680 --> 00:34:08.659
 that's

00:34:08.659 --> 00:34:10.340
 played

00:34:10.340 --> 00:34:10.719
 there

00:34:10.719 --> 00:34:11.460
 whatever you

00:34:11.460 --> 00:34:11.820
 call it

00:34:11.820 --> 00:34:12.239
 in there

00:34:12.239 --> 00:34:12.860
 performed

00:34:12.860 --> 00:34:14.039
 in the

00:34:14.039 --> 00:34:14.320
 theatre

00:34:14.320 --> 00:34:16.440
 an

00:34:16.440 --> 00:34:16.940
 audience

00:34:16.940 --> 00:34:17.860
 is never

00:34:17.860 --> 00:34:18.460
 necessarily

00:34:18.460 --> 00:34:19.259
 changed

00:34:19.259 --> 00:34:20.179
 by the

00:34:20.179 --> 00:34:20.679
 drama

00:34:20.679 --> 00:34:21.340
 in the

00:34:21.340 --> 00:34:21.659
 theatre

00:34:21.659 --> 00:34:22.340
 itself

00:34:22.340 --> 00:34:24.079
 a

00:34:24.079 --> 00:34:24.460
 mirror

00:34:24.460 --> 00:34:24.920
 is

00:34:24.920 --> 00:34:25.440
 certainly

00:34:25.440 --> 00:34:25.800
 not

00:34:25.800 --> 00:34:26.500
 changed

00:34:26.500 --> 00:34:27.340
 by the

00:34:27.340 --> 00:34:27.759
 image

00:34:27.760 --> 00:34:27.920
 it

00:34:27.920 --> 00:34:28.320
 reflects

00:34:28.320 --> 00:34:28.520
 in

00:34:28.520 --> 00:34:28.700
 that

00:34:28.700 --> 00:34:29.160
 moment

00:34:29.160 --> 00:34:32.620
 in

00:34:32.620 --> 00:34:32.920
 any

00:34:32.920 --> 00:34:33.380
 moment

00:34:33.380 --> 00:34:33.700
 the

00:34:33.700 --> 00:34:33.900
 mirror

00:34:33.900 --> 00:34:34.220
 of my

00:34:34.220 --> 00:34:34.480
 home

00:34:34.480 --> 00:34:34.620
 is

00:34:34.620 --> 00:34:34.740
 going

00:34:34.740 --> 00:34:34.800
 to

00:34:34.800 --> 00:34:34.940
 get

00:34:34.940 --> 00:34:35.140
 me

00:34:35.140 --> 00:34:35.360
 one

00:34:35.360 --> 00:34:35.720
 moment

00:34:35.720 --> 00:34:36.020
 not

00:34:36.020 --> 00:34:36.200
 the

00:34:36.200 --> 00:34:36.500
 next

00:34:36.500 --> 00:34:36.740
 and

00:34:36.740 --> 00:34:37.700
 the

00:34:37.700 --> 00:34:38.000
 mirror

00:34:38.000 --> 00:34:38.160
 is

00:34:38.160 --> 00:34:38.360
 still

00:34:38.360 --> 00:34:38.540
 the

00:34:38.540 --> 00:34:38.920
 same

00:34:38.920 --> 00:34:41.800
 but

00:34:41.800 --> 00:34:42.020
 a

00:34:42.020 --> 00:34:42.340
 filament

00:34:42.340 --> 00:34:43.780
 in a

00:34:43.780 --> 00:34:44.040
 light

00:34:44.040 --> 00:34:44.360
 bulb

00:34:44.360 --> 00:34:44.700
 is

00:34:44.700 --> 00:34:45.500
 changed

00:34:45.500 --> 00:34:46.700
 dramatically

00:34:46.700 --> 00:34:47.280
 it's

00:34:47.280 --> 00:34:47.760
 actually

00:34:47.760 --> 00:34:48.880
 changed

00:34:48.880 --> 00:34:50.260
 when

00:34:50.260 --> 00:34:50.440
 the

00:34:50.440 --> 00:34:50.920
 electricity

00:34:50.920 --> 00:34:52.640
 flows

00:34:52.640 --> 00:34:53.440
 through

00:34:53.440 --> 00:34:53.620
 it

00:34:53.620 --> 00:34:53.900
 and

00:34:53.900 --> 00:34:54.260
 it

00:34:54.260 --> 00:34:54.980
 glows

00:34:54.980 --> 00:34:56.400
 you

00:34:56.400 --> 00:34:56.539
 see

00:34:56.539 --> 00:34:56.840
 when

00:34:56.840 --> 00:34:57.199
 Jesus

00:34:57.199 --> 00:34:57.900
 revealed

00:34:57.900 --> 00:34:58.179
 in

00:34:58.179 --> 00:34:58.380
 his

00:34:58.380 --> 00:34:58.740
 glory

00:34:58.740 --> 00:34:58.980
 on

00:34:58.980 --> 00:34:59.400
 judgment

00:34:59.400 --> 00:34:59.920
 day

00:34:59.920 --> 00:35:00.800
 he

00:35:00.800 --> 00:35:00.960
 will

00:35:00.960 --> 00:35:01.159
 be

00:35:01.159 --> 00:35:02.280
 glorified

00:35:02.280 --> 00:35:03.000
 in

00:35:03.000 --> 00:35:03.440
 his

00:35:03.440 --> 00:35:03.920
 people

00:35:03.920 --> 00:35:07.860
 we

00:35:07.860 --> 00:35:08.039
 will

00:35:08.039 --> 00:35:08.320
 not

00:35:08.320 --> 00:35:08.800
 only

00:35:08.800 --> 00:35:09.500
 see

00:35:09.500 --> 00:35:10.480
 his

00:35:10.480 --> 00:35:11.039
 glory

00:35:11.039 --> 00:35:11.400
 but

00:35:11.400 --> 00:35:11.699
 we

00:35:11.699 --> 00:35:11.940
 will

00:35:11.940 --> 00:35:12.219
 in

00:35:12.219 --> 00:35:12.519
 fact

00:35:12.519 --> 00:35:13.500
 share

00:35:13.500 --> 00:35:13.840
 his

00:35:13.840 --> 00:35:14.260
 glory

00:35:14.260 --> 00:35:16.500
 that's

00:35:16.500 --> 00:35:16.619
 what

00:35:16.619 --> 00:35:16.820
 it's

00:35:16.820 --> 00:35:17.079
 saying

00:35:17.079 --> 00:35:17.760
 we

00:35:17.760 --> 00:35:17.920
 will

00:35:17.920 --> 00:35:18.260
 share

00:35:18.260 --> 00:35:18.519
 his

00:35:18.519 --> 00:35:18.880
 glory

00:35:18.880 --> 00:35:20.720
 and

00:35:20.720 --> 00:35:21.640
 much

00:35:21.640 --> 00:35:21.880
 more

00:35:21.880 --> 00:35:22.019
 than

00:35:22.019 --> 00:35:22.160
 a

00:35:22.160 --> 00:35:22.360
 light

00:35:22.360 --> 00:35:22.640
 globe

00:35:22.640 --> 00:35:22.880
 where

00:35:22.880 --> 00:35:23.059
 the

00:35:23.059 --> 00:35:23.340
 filament

00:35:23.340 --> 00:35:23.800
 glows

00:35:23.800 --> 00:35:24.340
 temporarily

00:35:24.340 --> 00:35:25.099
 but

00:35:25.099 --> 00:35:25.220
 it

00:35:25.220 --> 00:35:25.400
 only

00:35:25.400 --> 00:35:25.780
 becomes

00:35:25.780 --> 00:35:26.180
 dark

00:35:26.180 --> 00:35:26.360
 and

00:35:26.360 --> 00:35:26.660
 cold

00:35:26.660 --> 00:35:26.960
 again

00:35:26.960 --> 00:35:27.240
 once

00:35:27.240 --> 00:35:27.380
 the

00:35:27.380 --> 00:35:27.760
 electricity

00:35:27.760 --> 00:35:28.420
 stops

00:35:28.420 --> 00:35:29.059
 the

00:35:29.059 --> 00:35:29.460
 Christian

00:35:29.460 --> 00:35:29.720
 will

00:35:29.720 --> 00:35:29.880
 be

00:35:29.880 --> 00:35:30.400
 radically

00:35:30.400 --> 00:35:30.820
 and

00:35:30.820 --> 00:35:31.460
 permanently

00:35:31.460 --> 00:35:32.800
 changed

00:35:32.800 --> 00:35:33.180
 into

00:35:33.180 --> 00:35:33.360
 his

00:35:33.360 --> 00:35:33.700
 the

00:35:33.700 --> 00:35:34.079
 best

00:35:34.079 --> 00:35:34.660
 example

00:35:34.660 --> 00:35:34.880
 of

00:35:34.880 --> 00:35:35.099
 this

00:35:35.099 --> 00:35:35.260
 I

00:35:35.260 --> 00:35:35.440
 think

00:35:35.440 --> 00:35:35.559
 in

00:35:35.559 --> 00:35:35.680
 the

00:35:35.680 --> 00:35:36.000
 Bible

00:35:36.000 --> 00:35:36.480
 is

00:35:36.480 --> 00:35:36.619
 the

00:35:36.619 --> 00:35:37.220
 transfiguration

00:35:37.220 --> 00:35:37.800
 of

00:35:37.800 --> 00:35:38.119
 Jesus

00:35:38.119 --> 00:35:39.539
 where

00:35:39.539 --> 00:35:39.980
 on

00:35:39.980 --> 00:35:40.200
 that

00:35:40.200 --> 00:35:40.760
 occasion

00:35:40.760 --> 00:35:41.680
 Jesus

00:35:41.680 --> 00:35:42.140
 was

00:35:42.140 --> 00:35:43.059
 glorified

00:35:43.059 --> 00:35:43.360
 in

00:35:43.360 --> 00:35:43.559
 his

00:35:43.559 --> 00:35:44.059
 physical

00:35:44.059 --> 00:35:44.539
 body

00:35:44.539 --> 00:35:47.039
 his

00:35:47.039 --> 00:35:48.260
 face

00:35:48.260 --> 00:35:49.140
 just

00:35:49.140 --> 00:35:50.340
 radiated

00:35:50.340 --> 00:35:50.620
 like

00:35:50.620 --> 00:35:50.860
 the

00:35:50.860 --> 00:35:51.220
 sun

00:35:51.220 --> 00:35:51.520
 his

00:35:51.520 --> 00:35:52.520
 skin

00:35:52.520 --> 00:35:52.780
 and

00:35:52.780 --> 00:35:53.200
 clothing

00:35:53.200 --> 00:35:54.120
 gleamed

00:35:54.120 --> 00:35:54.640
 became

00:35:54.640 --> 00:35:54.860
 as

00:35:54.860 --> 00:35:55.400
 white

00:35:55.400 --> 00:35:55.980
 as

00:35:55.980 --> 00:35:56.560
 light

00:35:56.560 --> 00:35:58.160
 in

00:35:58.160 --> 00:35:58.940
 other

00:35:58.940 --> 00:35:59.260
 words

00:35:59.260 --> 00:35:59.620
 his

00:35:59.620 --> 00:36:00.180
 body

00:36:00.180 --> 00:36:01.320
 became

00:36:01.320 --> 00:36:01.680
 a

00:36:01.680 --> 00:36:02.200
 vehicle

00:36:02.200 --> 00:36:02.620
 for

00:36:02.620 --> 00:36:02.860
 his

00:36:02.860 --> 00:36:03.300
 glory

00:36:03.300 --> 00:36:04.700
 and

00:36:04.700 --> 00:36:05.000
 that's

00:36:05.000 --> 00:36:05.160
 the

00:36:05.160 --> 00:36:05.640
 best

00:36:05.640 --> 00:36:06.420
 picture

00:36:06.420 --> 00:36:07.200
 in

00:36:07.200 --> 00:36:07.340
 the

00:36:07.340 --> 00:36:07.520
 New

00:36:07.520 --> 00:36:07.980
 Testament

00:36:07.980 --> 00:36:08.680
 that

00:36:08.680 --> 00:36:08.820
 we

00:36:08.820 --> 00:36:09.000
 can

00:36:09.000 --> 00:36:09.300
 find

00:36:09.300 --> 00:36:09.600
 what

00:36:09.600 --> 00:36:09.820
 will

00:36:09.820 --> 00:36:10.140
 happen

00:36:10.140 --> 00:36:10.280
 on

00:36:10.280 --> 00:36:10.400
 the

00:36:10.400 --> 00:36:10.580
 day

00:36:10.580 --> 00:36:10.800
 when

00:36:10.800 --> 00:36:11.080
 Jesus

00:36:11.080 --> 00:36:11.620
 comes

00:36:11.620 --> 00:36:12.700
 we

00:36:12.700 --> 00:36:12.800
 will

00:36:12.800 --> 00:36:12.980
 be

00:36:12.980 --> 00:36:13.940
 transfigured

00:36:13.940 --> 00:36:14.140
 by

00:36:14.140 --> 00:36:14.360
 the

00:36:14.360 --> 00:36:14.720
 glory

00:36:14.720 --> 00:36:14.920
 of

00:36:14.920 --> 00:36:15.260
 Christ

00:36:15.260 --> 00:36:16.020
 eternally

00:36:16.020 --> 00:36:17.180
 everything

00:36:17.180 --> 00:36:17.760
 that

00:36:17.760 --> 00:36:18.380
 attracts

00:36:18.380 --> 00:36:18.640
 a

00:36:18.640 --> 00:36:19.060
 person

00:36:19.060 --> 00:36:19.560
 to

00:36:19.560 --> 00:36:19.800
 the

00:36:19.800 --> 00:36:20.160
 person

00:36:20.160 --> 00:36:20.380
 of

00:36:20.380 --> 00:36:20.680
 Jesus

00:36:20.680 --> 00:36:21.440
 will

00:36:21.440 --> 00:36:21.740
 become

00:36:21.740 --> 00:36:22.240
 ours

00:36:22.240 --> 00:36:25.080
 it

00:36:25.080 --> 00:36:25.220
 will

00:36:25.220 --> 00:36:25.360
 be

00:36:25.360 --> 00:36:25.760
 ours

00:36:25.760 --> 00:36:26.100
 because

00:36:26.100 --> 00:36:26.680
 verse 10

00:36:26.680 --> 00:36:27.160
 says

00:36:27.160 --> 00:36:28.100
 we are

00:36:28.100 --> 00:36:28.760
 marvelling

00:36:28.760 --> 00:36:29.100
 at

00:36:29.100 --> 00:36:29.400
 him

00:36:29.400 --> 00:36:31.980
 now

00:36:31.980 --> 00:36:33.160
 stick

00:36:33.160 --> 00:36:33.500
 with me

00:36:33.500 --> 00:36:33.860
 here

00:36:33.860 --> 00:36:35.100
 because

00:36:35.100 --> 00:36:35.740
 this is

00:36:35.740 --> 00:36:35.940
 the

00:36:35.940 --> 00:36:36.340
 really

00:36:36.340 --> 00:36:36.700
 really

00:36:36.700 --> 00:36:37.320
 important

00:36:37.320 --> 00:36:37.620
 bit

00:36:37.620 --> 00:36:40.040
 what

00:36:40.040 --> 00:36:40.700
 is it

00:36:40.700 --> 00:36:41.500
 we are

00:36:41.500 --> 00:36:42.100
 marvelling

00:36:42.100 --> 00:36:42.580
 at

00:36:42.580 --> 00:36:46.480
 in

00:36:46.480 --> 00:36:47.040
 particular

00:36:47.039 --> 00:36:48.900
 what

00:36:48.900 --> 00:36:49.279
 we are

00:36:49.279 --> 00:36:49.759
 marvelling

00:36:49.759 --> 00:36:50.099
 at

00:36:50.099 --> 00:36:51.099
 is

00:36:51.099 --> 00:36:51.840
 the

00:36:51.840 --> 00:36:52.340
 love

00:36:52.340 --> 00:36:52.619
 of

00:36:52.619 --> 00:36:52.940
 God

00:36:52.940 --> 00:36:53.159
 for

00:36:53.159 --> 00:36:53.440
 us

00:36:53.440 --> 00:36:54.199
 displayed

00:36:54.199 --> 00:36:54.579
 what

00:36:54.579 --> 00:36:54.960
 Jesus

00:36:54.960 --> 00:36:55.440
 done

00:36:55.440 --> 00:36:55.659
 for

00:36:55.659 --> 00:36:55.860
 us

00:36:55.860 --> 00:36:56.000
 on

00:36:56.000 --> 00:36:56.159
 the

00:36:56.159 --> 00:36:56.579
 cross

00:36:56.579 --> 00:36:58.579
 to

00:36:58.579 --> 00:36:59.139
 marvel

00:36:59.139 --> 00:37:00.300
 is

00:37:00.300 --> 00:37:00.880
 not

00:37:00.880 --> 00:37:01.300
 just

00:37:01.300 --> 00:37:01.480
 to

00:37:01.480 --> 00:37:01.699
 go

00:37:01.699 --> 00:37:02.300
 that

00:37:02.300 --> 00:37:02.480
 was

00:37:02.480 --> 00:37:02.800
 good

00:37:02.800 --> 00:37:04.119
 as

00:37:04.119 --> 00:37:04.279
 you

00:37:04.279 --> 00:37:04.679
 might

00:37:04.679 --> 00:37:04.980
 as

00:37:04.980 --> 00:37:05.239
 a

00:37:05.239 --> 00:37:05.960
 spectator

00:37:05.960 --> 00:37:07.179
 in

00:37:07.179 --> 00:37:07.360
 a

00:37:07.360 --> 00:37:07.800
 stadium

00:37:07.800 --> 00:37:08.659
 watching

00:37:08.659 --> 00:37:09.099
 something

00:37:09.099 --> 00:37:09.500
 before

00:37:09.500 --> 00:37:09.719
 you

00:37:09.719 --> 00:37:09.980
 or

00:37:09.980 --> 00:37:10.119
 in

00:37:10.119 --> 00:37:10.279
 a

00:37:10.279 --> 00:37:10.539
 theatre

00:37:10.539 --> 00:37:11.059
 watching

00:37:11.059 --> 00:37:11.480
 something

00:37:11.480 --> 00:37:11.820
 before

00:37:11.820 --> 00:37:12.000
 you

00:37:12.000 --> 00:37:12.219
 go

00:37:12.219 --> 00:37:12.900
 that

00:37:12.900 --> 00:37:13.079
 was

00:37:13.079 --> 00:37:13.340
 good

00:37:13.340 --> 00:37:13.800
 I

00:37:13.800 --> 00:37:14.159
 admire

00:37:14.159 --> 00:37:14.480
 that

00:37:14.480 --> 00:37:15.039
 they

00:37:15.039 --> 00:37:15.179
 did

00:37:15.179 --> 00:37:15.340
 that

00:37:15.340 --> 00:37:15.699
 well

00:37:15.699 --> 00:37:17.579
 to

00:37:17.579 --> 00:37:18.199
 marvel

00:37:18.199 --> 00:37:18.639
 is

00:37:18.639 --> 00:37:18.960
 so

00:37:18.960 --> 00:37:19.179
 much

00:37:19.179 --> 00:37:19.460
 more

00:37:19.460 --> 00:37:19.639
 than

00:37:19.639 --> 00:37:19.939
 that

00:37:19.939 --> 00:37:20.500
 it

00:37:20.500 --> 00:37:20.719
 is

00:37:20.719 --> 00:37:20.939
 to

00:37:20.939 --> 00:37:21.419
 have

00:37:21.419 --> 00:37:21.739
 our

00:37:21.739 --> 00:37:22.719
 expectations

00:37:22.719 --> 00:37:23.259
 our

00:37:23.259 --> 00:37:24.000
 desires

00:37:24.000 --> 00:37:24.359
 our

00:37:24.359 --> 00:37:25.319
 imagination

00:37:25.319 --> 00:37:27.379
 explode

00:37:27.379 --> 00:37:28.919
 exceedingly

00:37:28.919 --> 00:37:30.000
 that's

00:37:30.000 --> 00:37:30.239
 what it

00:37:30.239 --> 00:37:30.439
 means

00:37:30.439 --> 00:37:30.599
 to

00:37:30.599 --> 00:37:31.000
 marvel

00:37:31.000 --> 00:37:32.039
 it

00:37:32.039 --> 00:37:32.500
 means

00:37:32.500 --> 00:37:32.759
 to

00:37:32.759 --> 00:37:33.399
 have

00:37:33.399 --> 00:37:34.000
 our

00:37:34.000 --> 00:37:34.639
 heart

00:37:34.639 --> 00:37:35.039
 and

00:37:35.039 --> 00:37:35.259
 our

00:37:35.259 --> 00:37:36.059
 mind

00:37:36.059 --> 00:37:38.119
 overflow

00:37:38.119 --> 00:37:39.059
 beyond

00:37:39.059 --> 00:37:40.099
 comprehension

00:37:40.099 --> 00:37:42.739
 and

00:37:42.739 --> 00:37:43.219
 Jesus

00:37:43.219 --> 00:37:43.539
 will

00:37:43.539 --> 00:37:43.719
 be

00:37:43.719 --> 00:37:44.420
 glorified

00:37:44.420 --> 00:37:44.799
 in

00:37:44.799 --> 00:37:44.980
 the

00:37:44.980 --> 00:37:45.380
 Christian

00:37:45.380 --> 00:37:45.940
 on

00:37:45.940 --> 00:37:46.519
 judgment

00:37:46.519 --> 00:37:47.039
 day

00:37:47.039 --> 00:37:47.900
 because

00:37:47.900 --> 00:37:49.019
 we

00:37:49.019 --> 00:37:49.440
 are

00:37:49.440 --> 00:37:50.420
 marveling

00:37:50.420 --> 00:37:50.739
 at

00:37:50.739 --> 00:37:51.099
 him

00:37:51.099 --> 00:37:54.039
 one

00:37:54.039 --> 00:37:54.299
 of the

00:37:54.299 --> 00:37:54.599
 most

00:37:54.599 --> 00:37:55.440
 unpalatable

00:37:55.440 --> 00:37:55.420
!

00:37:55.420 --> 00:37:56.500
 teachings

00:37:56.500 --> 00:37:58.659
 of the

00:37:58.659 --> 00:37:58.980
 Christian

00:37:58.980 --> 00:37:59.440
 faith

00:37:59.440 --> 00:37:59.940
 in our

00:37:59.940 --> 00:38:00.219
 modern

00:38:00.219 --> 00:38:00.679
 day

00:38:00.679 --> 00:38:01.279
 is

00:38:01.279 --> 00:38:01.639
 what

00:38:01.639 --> 00:38:01.920
 we

00:38:01.920 --> 00:38:02.099
 have

00:38:02.099 --> 00:38:02.339
 just

00:38:02.339 --> 00:38:02.579
 looked

00:38:02.579 --> 00:38:02.799
 at

00:38:02.799 --> 00:38:03.199
 here

00:38:03.199 --> 00:38:03.739
 in

00:38:03.739 --> 00:38:03.900
 the

00:38:03.900 --> 00:38:04.460
 God

00:38:04.460 --> 00:38:04.759
 as

00:38:04.759 --> 00:38:05.199
 judge

00:38:05.199 --> 00:38:05.539
 and

00:38:05.539 --> 00:38:05.679
 there

00:38:05.679 --> 00:38:05.900
 being

00:38:05.900 --> 00:38:06.059
 a

00:38:06.059 --> 00:38:06.360
 judgment

00:38:06.360 --> 00:38:06.759
 day

00:38:06.760 --> 00:38:09.180
 many

00:38:09.180 --> 00:38:09.520
 in

00:38:09.520 --> 00:38:09.740
 our

00:38:09.740 --> 00:38:10.400
 society

00:38:10.400 --> 00:38:11.360
 are

00:38:11.360 --> 00:38:12.020
 very

00:38:12.020 --> 00:38:12.640
 willing

00:38:12.640 --> 00:38:12.900
 to

00:38:12.900 --> 00:38:13.420
 accept

00:38:13.420 --> 00:38:13.740
 a

00:38:13.740 --> 00:38:14.220
 God

00:38:14.220 --> 00:38:14.560
 of

00:38:14.560 --> 00:38:15.040
 love

00:38:15.040 --> 00:38:17.360
 a

00:38:17.360 --> 00:38:17.820
 God

00:38:17.820 --> 00:38:18.500
 of

00:38:18.500 --> 00:38:19.080
 love

00:38:19.080 --> 00:38:20.720
 not

00:38:20.720 --> 00:38:20.900
 a

00:38:20.900 --> 00:38:21.220
 God

00:38:21.220 --> 00:38:22.160
 reject

00:38:22.160 --> 00:38:22.540
 Jesus

00:38:22.540 --> 00:38:22.760
 the

00:38:22.760 --> 00:38:23.080
 cross

00:38:23.080 --> 00:38:23.460
 judgment

00:38:23.460 --> 00:38:23.720
 just

00:38:23.720 --> 00:38:23.880
 a

00:38:23.880 --> 00:38:24.080
 God

00:38:24.080 --> 00:38:24.220
 of

00:38:24.220 --> 00:38:24.360
 love

00:38:24.360 --> 00:38:26.380
 and

00:38:26.380 --> 00:38:27.160
 unfortunately

00:38:27.160 --> 00:38:28.040
 way

00:38:28.040 --> 00:38:28.280
 too

00:38:28.280 --> 00:38:28.520
 many

00:38:28.520 --> 00:38:29.240
 churches

00:38:29.240 --> 00:38:30.000
 want

00:38:30.000 --> 00:38:30.140
 to

00:38:30.140 --> 00:38:30.360
 just

00:38:30.360 --> 00:38:30.740
 talk

00:38:30.740 --> 00:38:31.080
 about

00:38:31.080 --> 00:38:31.360
 a

00:38:31.360 --> 00:38:31.740
 God

00:38:31.740 --> 00:38:32.020
 of

00:38:32.020 --> 00:38:32.540
 love

00:38:32.540 --> 00:38:33.800
 in

00:38:33.800 --> 00:38:33.960
 the

00:38:33.960 --> 00:38:34.160
 end

00:38:34.160 --> 00:38:34.320
 what

00:38:34.320 --> 00:38:34.540
 that

00:38:34.540 --> 00:38:35.000
 means

00:38:35.000 --> 00:38:35.240
 is

00:38:35.240 --> 00:38:35.440
 a

00:38:35.440 --> 00:38:35.920
 God

00:38:35.920 --> 00:38:36.780
 that

00:38:36.780 --> 00:38:38.900
 reinterpreted

00:38:38.900 --> 00:38:39.240
 as I

00:38:39.240 --> 00:38:39.500
 see

00:38:39.500 --> 00:38:39.840
 love

00:38:39.840 --> 00:38:40.039
 a

00:38:40.039 --> 00:38:40.300
 God

00:38:40.300 --> 00:38:40.460
 who

00:38:40.460 --> 00:38:40.659
 just

00:38:40.659 --> 00:38:41.260
 approves

00:38:41.260 --> 00:38:41.440
 of

00:38:41.440 --> 00:38:41.720
 me

00:38:41.720 --> 00:38:42.320
 a

00:38:42.320 --> 00:38:42.659
 God

00:38:42.659 --> 00:38:42.900
 whose

00:38:42.900 --> 00:38:43.360
 face

00:38:43.360 --> 00:38:43.539
 is

00:38:43.539 --> 00:38:43.820
 towards

00:38:43.820 --> 00:38:44.360
 me

00:38:44.360 --> 00:38:44.920
 and

00:38:44.920 --> 00:38:45.260
 my

00:38:45.260 --> 00:38:45.680
 face

00:38:45.680 --> 00:38:46.000
 is

00:38:46.000 --> 00:38:46.460
 away

00:38:46.460 --> 00:38:46.720
 from

00:38:46.720 --> 00:38:47.000
 him

00:38:47.000 --> 00:38:47.340
 and

00:38:47.340 --> 00:38:47.460
 he

00:38:47.460 --> 00:38:47.639
 just

00:38:47.639 --> 00:38:47.800
 says

00:38:47.800 --> 00:38:47.920
 well

00:38:47.920 --> 00:38:48.159
 that's

00:38:48.159 --> 00:38:48.539
 okay

00:38:48.539 --> 00:38:49.619
 that's

00:38:49.619 --> 00:38:49.940
 alright

00:38:49.940 --> 00:38:51.680
 I

00:38:51.680 --> 00:38:51.880
 want

00:38:51.880 --> 00:38:51.960
 to

00:38:51.960 --> 00:38:52.460
 affirm

00:38:52.460 --> 00:38:52.720
 that

00:38:52.720 --> 00:38:53.240
 person's

00:38:53.240 --> 00:38:53.619
 choice

00:38:53.619 --> 00:38:53.860
 in

00:38:53.860 --> 00:38:54.240
 life

00:38:54.240 --> 00:38:58.720
 a

00:38:58.720 --> 00:38:58.960
 God

00:38:58.960 --> 00:38:59.059
 who

00:38:59.059 --> 00:38:59.320
 doesn't

00:38:59.320 --> 00:38:59.700
 mind

00:38:59.700 --> 00:38:59.900
 if

00:38:59.900 --> 00:39:00.039
 I

00:39:00.039 --> 00:39:00.360
 live

00:39:00.360 --> 00:39:00.639
 life

00:39:00.639 --> 00:39:00.920
 my

00:39:00.920 --> 00:39:01.340
 way

00:39:01.340 --> 00:39:04.220
 and

00:39:04.220 --> 00:39:04.559
 God's

00:39:04.559 --> 00:39:04.760
 love

00:39:04.760 --> 00:39:05.220
 becomes

00:39:05.219 --> 00:39:05.480
 about

00:39:05.480 --> 00:39:05.759
 what

00:39:05.759 --> 00:39:06.039
 I

00:39:06.039 --> 00:39:06.339
 want

00:39:06.339 --> 00:39:06.519
 him

00:39:06.519 --> 00:39:06.659
 to

00:39:06.659 --> 00:39:07.019
 be

00:39:07.019 --> 00:39:07.779
 not

00:39:07.779 --> 00:39:08.059
 about

00:39:08.059 --> 00:39:08.259
 who

00:39:08.259 --> 00:39:08.439
 he

00:39:08.439 --> 00:39:08.839
 is

00:39:08.839 --> 00:39:09.699
 and

00:39:09.699 --> 00:39:10.079
 so

00:39:10.079 --> 00:39:10.619
 therefore

00:39:10.619 --> 00:39:11.599
 if

00:39:11.599 --> 00:39:11.739
 you

00:39:11.739 --> 00:39:12.019
 look

00:39:12.019 --> 00:39:12.159
 at

00:39:12.159 --> 00:39:12.439
 those

00:39:12.439 --> 00:39:12.919
 people

00:39:12.919 --> 00:39:13.359
 and

00:39:13.359 --> 00:39:13.500
 you

00:39:13.500 --> 00:39:13.719
 look

00:39:13.719 --> 00:39:13.839
 at

00:39:13.839 --> 00:39:14.119
 those

00:39:14.119 --> 00:39:14.639
 churches

00:39:14.639 --> 00:39:15.079
 and

00:39:15.079 --> 00:39:15.359
 look

00:39:15.359 --> 00:39:15.500
 at

00:39:15.500 --> 00:39:15.719
 those

00:39:15.719 --> 00:39:16.059
 people

00:39:16.059 --> 00:39:16.219
 who

00:39:16.219 --> 00:39:16.359
 want

00:39:16.359 --> 00:39:16.500
 to

00:39:16.500 --> 00:39:16.959
 downplay

00:39:16.959 --> 00:39:17.159
 the

00:39:17.159 --> 00:39:17.459
 judgment

00:39:17.459 --> 00:39:17.679
 of

00:39:17.679 --> 00:39:17.879
 God

00:39:17.879 --> 00:39:18.119
 what

00:39:18.119 --> 00:39:18.339
 you

00:39:18.339 --> 00:39:18.859
 see

00:39:18.859 --> 00:39:19.719
 is

00:39:19.719 --> 00:39:20.179
 no

00:39:20.179 --> 00:39:20.980
 change

00:39:20.980 --> 00:39:21.399
 in

00:39:21.399 --> 00:39:21.859
 their

00:39:21.859 --> 00:39:22.519
 life

00:39:22.519 --> 00:39:23.579
 at

00:39:23.579 --> 00:39:24.000
 all

00:39:24.000 --> 00:39:28.000
 at

00:39:28.000 --> 00:39:28.299
 all

00:39:28.299 --> 00:39:29.359
 there

00:39:29.359 --> 00:39:29.500
 is

00:39:29.500 --> 00:39:29.679
 no

00:39:29.679 --> 00:39:30.139
 change

00:39:30.139 --> 00:39:30.579
 change

00:39:30.579 --> 00:39:33.179
 because

00:39:33.179 --> 00:39:33.699
 the

00:39:33.699 --> 00:39:33.900
 love

00:39:33.900 --> 00:39:34.079
 of

00:39:34.079 --> 00:39:34.379
 God

00:39:34.379 --> 00:39:34.739
 does

00:39:34.739 --> 00:39:35.359
 not

00:39:35.359 --> 00:39:37.759
 exceed

00:39:37.759 --> 00:39:38.059
 their

00:39:38.059 --> 00:39:38.960
 expectations

00:39:38.960 --> 00:39:40.219
 their

00:39:40.219 --> 00:39:40.859
 desires

00:39:40.859 --> 00:39:41.299
 or their

00:39:41.299 --> 00:39:41.960
 imagination

00:39:41.960 --> 00:39:42.579
 there is

00:39:42.579 --> 00:39:42.799
 no

00:39:42.799 --> 00:39:43.639
 marvelling

00:39:43.639 --> 00:39:44.460
 and so

00:39:44.460 --> 00:39:44.819
 there is

00:39:44.819 --> 00:39:45.019
 no

00:39:45.019 --> 00:39:45.699
 change

00:39:45.699 --> 00:39:46.719
 Christian

00:39:46.719 --> 00:39:48.980
 it

00:39:48.980 --> 00:39:49.359
 is

00:39:49.359 --> 00:39:49.599
 the

00:39:49.599 --> 00:39:50.619
 marvelling

00:39:50.619 --> 00:39:52.039
 at

00:39:52.039 --> 00:39:52.259
 the

00:39:52.259 --> 00:39:52.920
 gospel

00:39:52.920 --> 00:39:53.440
 that

00:39:53.440 --> 00:39:53.819
 brings

00:39:53.819 --> 00:39:54.539
 change

00:39:54.539 --> 00:40:00.039
 the

00:40:00.039 --> 00:40:00.659
 marvelling

00:40:00.659 --> 00:40:00.800
 of

00:40:00.800 --> 00:40:00.940
 the

00:40:00.940 --> 00:40:01.360
 gospel

00:40:01.360 --> 00:40:03.360
 I

00:40:03.360 --> 00:40:03.500
 want

00:40:03.500 --> 00:40:03.599
 to

00:40:03.599 --> 00:40:03.940
 ask

00:40:03.940 --> 00:40:04.119
 you

00:40:04.119 --> 00:40:04.320
 do

00:40:04.320 --> 00:40:04.500
 you

00:40:04.500 --> 00:40:04.719
 as

00:40:04.719 --> 00:40:04.840
 a

00:40:04.840 --> 00:40:05.039
 Christian

00:40:05.039 --> 00:40:05.259
 do

00:40:05.259 --> 00:40:05.519
 you

00:40:05.519 --> 00:40:05.960
 see

00:40:05.960 --> 00:40:06.179
 that

00:40:06.179 --> 00:40:06.360
 your

00:40:06.360 --> 00:40:06.639
 life

00:40:06.639 --> 00:40:06.840
 is

00:40:06.840 --> 00:40:07.340
 changing

00:40:07.340 --> 00:40:08.920
 are

00:40:08.920 --> 00:40:09.119
 you

00:40:09.119 --> 00:40:09.420
 seeing

00:40:09.420 --> 00:40:09.559
 that

00:40:09.559 --> 00:40:09.699
 you're

00:40:09.699 --> 00:40:09.920
 becoming

00:40:09.920 --> 00:40:10.179
 more

00:40:10.179 --> 00:40:10.679
 compelling

00:40:10.679 --> 00:40:11.759
 as

00:40:11.759 --> 00:40:11.900
 a

00:40:11.900 --> 00:40:12.279
 Christian

00:40:12.279 --> 00:40:13.000
 people

00:40:13.000 --> 00:40:13.599
 noticing

00:40:13.599 --> 00:40:13.900
 the

00:40:13.900 --> 00:40:14.259
 glory

00:40:14.259 --> 00:40:14.480
 of

00:40:14.480 --> 00:40:14.900
 Christ

00:40:14.900 --> 00:40:15.679
 being

00:40:15.679 --> 00:40:16.099
 in

00:40:16.099 --> 00:40:16.239
 you

00:40:16.239 --> 00:40:16.480
 right

00:40:16.480 --> 00:40:16.840
 now

00:40:16.840 --> 00:40:23.259
 there

00:40:23.259 --> 00:40:23.440
 is

00:40:23.440 --> 00:40:23.719
 so

00:40:23.719 --> 00:40:23.960
 much

00:40:23.960 --> 00:40:24.400
 pressure

00:40:24.400 --> 00:40:24.660
 in

00:40:24.660 --> 00:40:24.820
 our

00:40:24.820 --> 00:40:25.039
 world

00:40:25.039 --> 00:40:25.240
 to

00:40:25.240 --> 00:40:25.880
 conform

00:40:25.880 --> 00:40:26.460
 to

00:40:26.460 --> 00:40:26.660
 the

00:40:26.660 --> 00:40:27.079
 values

00:40:27.079 --> 00:40:27.280
 of

00:40:27.280 --> 00:40:27.480
 this

00:40:27.480 --> 00:40:28.019
 world

00:40:28.019 --> 00:40:28.800
 and

00:40:28.800 --> 00:40:29.019
 to

00:40:29.019 --> 00:40:29.539
 reject

00:40:29.539 --> 00:40:29.880
 things

00:40:29.880 --> 00:40:30.000
 that

00:40:30.000 --> 00:40:30.099
 are

00:40:30.099 --> 00:40:30.740
 unpalatable

00:40:30.740 --> 00:40:31.680
 even

00:40:31.680 --> 00:40:32.059
 in

00:40:32.059 --> 00:40:32.380
 good

00:40:32.380 --> 00:40:32.780
 churches

00:40:32.780 --> 00:40:33.019
 the

00:40:33.019 --> 00:40:33.380
 gospel

00:40:33.380 --> 00:40:33.579
 of

00:40:33.579 --> 00:40:33.700
 the

00:40:33.700 --> 00:40:33.900
 Lord

00:40:33.900 --> 00:40:34.220
 Jesus

00:40:34.220 --> 00:40:34.760
 Christ

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 has

00:40:35.220 --> 00:40:35.800
 become

00:40:35.800 --> 00:40:36.039
 an

00:40:36.039 --> 00:40:36.559
 accessory

00:40:36.559 --> 00:40:37.360
 to

00:40:37.360 --> 00:40:37.660
 middle

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 class

00:40:38.019 --> 00:40:38.559
 values

00:40:38.559 --> 00:40:38.780
 where

00:40:38.780 --> 00:40:38.900
 it

00:40:38.900 --> 00:40:39.420
 affirms

00:40:39.420 --> 00:40:39.660
 my

00:40:39.660 --> 00:40:39.980
 choices

00:40:39.980 --> 00:40:40.260
 in

00:40:40.260 --> 00:40:40.639
 life

00:40:40.639 --> 00:40:42.900
 where

00:40:42.900 --> 00:40:43.099
 we

00:40:43.099 --> 00:40:43.280
 are

00:40:43.280 --> 00:40:43.820
 culturally

00:40:43.820 --> 00:40:44.980
 captive

00:40:44.980 --> 00:40:45.400
 to

00:40:45.400 --> 00:40:46.240
 consumerism

00:40:46.240 --> 00:40:46.420
 and

00:40:46.420 --> 00:40:46.900
 convenience

00:40:46.900 --> 00:40:47.240
 and

00:40:47.240 --> 00:40:47.660
 comfort

00:40:47.660 --> 00:40:49.300
 and

00:40:49.300 --> 00:40:49.700
 maybe

00:40:49.700 --> 00:40:49.980
 we're

00:40:49.980 --> 00:40:50.180
 not

00:40:50.180 --> 00:40:50.700
 seeing

00:40:50.700 --> 00:40:50.920
 the

00:40:50.920 --> 00:40:51.519
 growth

00:40:51.519 --> 00:40:51.820
 in

00:40:51.820 --> 00:40:52.300
 faith

00:40:52.300 --> 00:40:52.760
 we

00:40:52.760 --> 00:40:52.880
 are

00:40:52.880 --> 00:40:53.119
 not

00:40:53.119 --> 00:40:53.820
 increasing

00:40:53.820 --> 00:40:53.820


00:40:53.820 --> 00:40:54.280
 in our

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 love

00:40:54.480 --> 00:40:54.680
 for

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 all

00:40:55.140 --> 00:40:55.620
 and

00:40:55.620 --> 00:40:55.800
 we're

00:40:55.800 --> 00:40:56.080
 not

00:40:56.080 --> 00:40:56.559
 enduring

00:40:56.559 --> 00:40:56.860
 with

00:40:56.860 --> 00:40:57.240
 hope

00:40:57.240 --> 00:40:57.620
 and

00:40:57.620 --> 00:40:57.800
 we're

00:40:57.800 --> 00:40:58.039
 not

00:40:58.039 --> 00:40:58.320
 seeing

00:40:58.320 --> 00:40:59.160
 evangelistic

00:40:59.160 --> 00:40:59.660
 fruit

00:40:59.660 --> 00:41:00.260
 because

00:41:00.260 --> 00:41:00.920
 as

00:41:00.920 --> 00:41:01.580
 churches

00:41:01.580 --> 00:41:03.480
 we are

00:41:03.480 --> 00:41:03.820
 not

00:41:03.820 --> 00:41:04.220
 looking

00:41:04.220 --> 00:41:04.480
 much

00:41:04.480 --> 00:41:04.920
 different

00:41:04.920 --> 00:41:05.260
 to the

00:41:05.260 --> 00:41:05.460
 world

00:41:05.460 --> 00:41:05.800
 around

00:41:05.800 --> 00:41:06.240
 us

00:41:06.239 --> 00:41:10.139
 this

00:41:10.139 --> 00:41:10.139


00:41:10.139 --> 00:41:10.439
 is

00:41:10.439 --> 00:41:10.619
 the

00:41:10.619 --> 00:41:11.119
 consequence

00:41:11.119 --> 00:41:11.619
 of

00:41:11.619 --> 00:41:12.299
 redefining

00:41:12.299 --> 00:41:12.799
 God's

00:41:12.799 --> 00:41:13.139
 love

00:41:13.139 --> 00:41:13.819
 as

00:41:13.819 --> 00:41:14.019
 him

00:41:14.019 --> 00:41:14.239
 being

00:41:14.239 --> 00:41:14.419
 the

00:41:14.419 --> 00:41:14.719
 great

00:41:14.719 --> 00:41:15.219
 permission

00:41:15.219 --> 00:41:15.599
 giver

00:41:15.599 --> 00:41:16.319
 this

00:41:16.319 --> 00:41:16.659
 is

00:41:16.659 --> 00:41:16.839
 the

00:41:16.839 --> 00:41:17.359
 consequence

00:41:17.359 --> 00:41:17.919
 of

00:41:17.919 --> 00:41:18.219
 taking

00:41:18.219 --> 00:41:18.479
 our

00:41:18.479 --> 00:41:19.039
 eyes

00:41:19.039 --> 00:41:19.659
 of

00:41:19.659 --> 00:41:20.079
 judgment

00:41:20.079 --> 00:41:20.559
 day

00:41:20.559 --> 00:41:21.559
 being

00:41:21.559 --> 00:41:22.159
 embarrassed

00:41:22.159 --> 00:41:22.579
 by

00:41:22.579 --> 00:41:23.000
 judgment

00:41:23.000 --> 00:41:23.419
 day

00:41:23.419 --> 00:41:25.119
 there

00:41:25.119 --> 00:41:25.739
 is

00:41:25.739 --> 00:41:26.439
 no

00:41:26.439 --> 00:41:27.179
 glory

00:41:27.179 --> 00:41:28.000
 without

00:41:28.000 --> 00:41:28.299
 a

00:41:28.299 --> 00:41:28.699
 cross

00:41:28.699 --> 00:41:30.819
 there

00:41:30.819 --> 00:41:31.339
 is

00:41:31.339 --> 00:41:31.659
 no

00:41:31.659 --> 00:41:32.000
 glory

00:41:32.000 --> 00:41:32.279
 without

00:41:32.279 --> 00:41:32.479
 a

00:41:32.479 --> 00:41:32.699
 cross

00:41:32.699 --> 00:41:33.299
 there

00:41:33.299 --> 00:41:33.519
 is

00:41:33.519 --> 00:41:33.759
 no

00:41:33.759 --> 00:41:34.219
 good

00:41:34.219 --> 00:41:34.439
 there

00:41:34.439 --> 00:41:34.599
 is

00:41:34.599 --> 00:41:34.779
 no

00:41:34.779 --> 00:41:35.339
 grace

00:41:35.340 --> 00:41:35.740
 without

00:41:35.740 --> 00:41:36.200
 judgment

00:41:36.200 --> 00:41:37.840
 it

00:41:37.840 --> 00:41:38.039
 is

00:41:38.039 --> 00:41:38.380
 the

00:41:38.380 --> 00:41:38.940
 marvelling

00:41:38.940 --> 00:41:39.220
 at

00:41:39.220 --> 00:41:39.420
 the

00:41:39.420 --> 00:41:40.019
 wonder

00:41:40.019 --> 00:41:40.400
 of

00:41:40.400 --> 00:41:40.579
 the

00:41:40.579 --> 00:41:41.220
 gospel

00:41:41.220 --> 00:41:41.440
 of

00:41:41.440 --> 00:41:41.579
 the

00:41:41.579 --> 00:41:41.780
 Lord

00:41:41.780 --> 00:41:42.059
 Jesus

00:41:42.059 --> 00:41:42.500
 Christ

00:41:42.500 --> 00:41:43.120
 where

00:41:43.120 --> 00:41:43.800
 justice

00:41:43.800 --> 00:41:44.579
 and

00:41:44.579 --> 00:41:45.100
 mercy

00:41:45.100 --> 00:41:45.760
 meet

00:41:45.760 --> 00:41:46.940
 that

00:41:46.940 --> 00:41:47.320
 brings

00:41:47.320 --> 00:41:47.880
 transformation

00:41:47.880 --> 00:41:48.360
 in

00:41:48.360 --> 00:41:48.740
 life

00:41:48.740 --> 00:41:51.059
 if

00:41:51.059 --> 00:41:51.260
 we

00:41:51.260 --> 00:41:51.720
 don't

00:41:51.720 --> 00:41:52.000
 see

00:41:52.000 --> 00:41:52.240
 what

00:41:52.240 --> 00:41:52.420
 it

00:41:52.420 --> 00:41:52.720
 costs

00:41:52.720 --> 00:41:53.059
 God

00:41:53.059 --> 00:41:53.320
 to

00:41:53.320 --> 00:41:53.600
 love

00:41:53.600 --> 00:41:53.980
 us

00:41:53.980 --> 00:41:54.860
 we

00:41:54.860 --> 00:41:55.059
 have

00:41:55.059 --> 00:41:55.400
 nothing

00:41:55.400 --> 00:41:55.660
 to

00:41:55.660 --> 00:41:55.980
 marvel

00:41:55.980 --> 00:41:56.280
 at

00:41:56.280 --> 00:41:58.300
 which

00:41:58.300 --> 00:41:58.579
 brings

00:41:58.579 --> 00:41:58.720
 me

00:41:58.720 --> 00:41:58.860
 to

00:41:58.860 --> 00:41:59.079
 my

00:41:59.079 --> 00:41:59.400
 third

00:41:59.400 --> 00:41:59.780
 point

00:41:59.780 --> 00:42:00.480
 Paul

00:42:00.480 --> 00:42:01.019
 ends

00:42:01.019 --> 00:42:01.539
 this

00:42:01.539 --> 00:42:02.700
 section

00:42:02.700 --> 00:42:03.640
 by

00:42:03.640 --> 00:42:04.260
 praying

00:42:04.260 --> 00:42:04.519
 and let

00:42:04.519 --> 00:42:04.760
 me be

00:42:04.760 --> 00:42:05.360
 very quick

00:42:05.360 --> 00:42:05.680
 here

00:42:05.680 --> 00:42:07.040
 he

00:42:07.040 --> 00:42:08.120
 prays

00:42:08.120 --> 00:42:09.620
 he

00:42:09.620 --> 00:42:09.900
 doesn't

00:42:09.900 --> 00:42:10.080
 just

00:42:10.080 --> 00:42:10.420
 give them

00:42:10.420 --> 00:42:11.080
 a vision

00:42:11.080 --> 00:42:11.660
 of their

00:42:11.660 --> 00:42:12.100
 future

00:42:12.100 --> 00:42:13.040
 glorification

00:42:13.040 --> 00:42:14.420
 he

00:42:14.420 --> 00:42:15.200
 prays

00:42:15.200 --> 00:42:15.380
 that

00:42:15.380 --> 00:42:15.600
 that

00:42:15.600 --> 00:42:16.180
 future

00:42:16.180 --> 00:42:17.120
 glorification

00:42:17.120 --> 00:42:17.680
 will be

00:42:17.680 --> 00:42:18.200
 starting

00:42:18.200 --> 00:42:18.600
 in them

00:42:18.600 --> 00:42:19.080
 now

00:42:19.080 --> 00:42:19.500
 that

00:42:19.500 --> 00:42:20.100
 the

00:42:20.100 --> 00:42:20.540
 power

00:42:20.540 --> 00:42:20.860
 from

00:42:20.860 --> 00:42:21.200
 God

00:42:21.200 --> 00:42:21.600
 to be

00:42:21.600 --> 00:42:22.200
 changed

00:42:22.200 --> 00:42:22.940
 now

00:42:22.940 --> 00:42:24.020
 he

00:42:24.020 --> 00:42:24.280
 does

00:42:24.280 --> 00:42:24.440
 that

00:42:24.440 --> 00:42:24.580
 in

00:42:24.580 --> 00:42:24.800
 verses

00:42:24.800 --> 00:42:25.280
 11

00:42:25.280 --> 00:42:26.020
 and

00:42:26.020 --> 00:42:26.600
 12

00:42:26.600 --> 00:42:27.380
 he

00:42:27.380 --> 00:42:27.680
 gives

00:42:27.680 --> 00:42:28.100
 thanks

00:42:28.100 --> 00:42:28.440
 for their

00:42:28.440 --> 00:42:28.880
 growth

00:42:28.880 --> 00:42:29.280
 and he

00:42:29.280 --> 00:42:29.760
 prays

00:42:29.760 --> 00:42:29.980
 that it

00:42:29.980 --> 00:42:30.140
 will

00:42:30.140 --> 00:42:30.680
 continue

00:42:30.680 --> 00:42:31.800
 growth

00:42:31.800 --> 00:42:32.240
 in

00:42:32.239 --> 00:42:33.000
 faith

00:42:33.000 --> 00:42:33.959
 love

00:42:33.959 --> 00:42:34.779
 and hope

00:42:34.779 --> 00:42:35.639
 he

00:42:35.639 --> 00:42:35.879
 wants

00:42:35.879 --> 00:42:36.039
 them

00:42:36.039 --> 00:42:36.179
 to

00:42:36.179 --> 00:42:36.579
 see

00:42:36.579 --> 00:42:36.819
 them

00:42:36.819 --> 00:42:37.239
 grow

00:42:37.239 --> 00:42:37.579
 in

00:42:37.579 --> 00:42:37.779
 that

00:42:37.779 --> 00:42:38.119
 way

00:42:38.119 --> 00:42:40.419
 and so

00:42:40.419 --> 00:42:40.659
 let me

00:42:40.659 --> 00:42:40.859
 just

00:42:40.859 --> 00:42:41.239
 leave you

00:42:41.239 --> 00:42:41.539
 with

00:42:41.539 --> 00:42:41.799
 a

00:42:41.799 --> 00:42:42.159
 very

00:42:42.159 --> 00:42:42.639
 quick

00:42:42.639 --> 00:42:43.259
 challenge

00:42:43.259 --> 00:42:43.899
 it

00:42:43.899 --> 00:42:44.039
 could

00:42:44.039 --> 00:42:44.219
 be

00:42:44.219 --> 00:42:44.739
 unpacked

00:42:44.739 --> 00:42:44.879
 in

00:42:44.879 --> 00:42:45.099
 so

00:42:45.099 --> 00:42:45.339
 many

00:42:45.339 --> 00:42:45.899
 ways

00:42:45.900 --> 00:42:46.039
!

00:43:15.900 --> 00:43:16.160
 is the

00:43:16.160 --> 00:43:17.039
 marveling

00:43:17.039 --> 00:43:17.559
 at

00:43:17.559 --> 00:43:17.800
 the

00:43:17.800 --> 00:43:18.079
 love

00:43:18.079 --> 00:43:18.280
 of

00:43:18.280 --> 00:43:18.740
 God

00:43:18.740 --> 00:43:19.420
 displayed

00:43:19.420 --> 00:43:19.800
 in

00:43:19.800 --> 00:43:20.019
 the

00:43:20.019 --> 00:43:20.360
 cross

00:43:20.360 --> 00:43:20.559
 of

00:43:20.559 --> 00:43:21.059
 Christ

00:43:21.059 --> 00:43:21.940
 that

00:43:21.940 --> 00:43:22.820
 transforms

00:43:22.820 --> 00:43:23.400
 us

00:43:23.400 --> 00:43:24.220
 now

00:43:24.220 --> 00:43:26.680
 now

00:43:26.680 --> 00:43:30.800
 if

00:43:30.800 --> 00:43:31.059
 there

00:43:31.059 --> 00:43:31.599
 is no

00:43:31.599 --> 00:43:32.420
 marveling

00:43:32.420 --> 00:43:33.280
 there's

00:43:33.280 --> 00:43:33.500
 no

00:43:33.500 --> 00:43:34.160
 change

00:43:34.160 --> 00:43:36.539
 and

00:43:36.539 --> 00:43:36.820
 in

00:43:36.820 --> 00:43:37.059
 a

00:43:37.059 --> 00:43:37.420
 day

00:43:37.420 --> 00:43:37.740
 when

00:43:37.740 --> 00:43:37.960
 we

00:43:37.960 --> 00:43:38.180
 are

00:43:38.180 --> 00:43:38.860
 bombarded

00:43:38.860 --> 00:43:39.200
 with

00:43:39.200 --> 00:43:40.039
 competing

00:43:40.039 --> 00:43:41.559
 objects

00:43:41.559 --> 00:43:42.180
 of focus

00:43:42.180 --> 00:43:42.519
 in our

00:43:42.519 --> 00:43:43.079
 lives

00:43:43.079 --> 00:43:43.940
 email

00:43:43.940 --> 00:43:44.440
 social

00:43:44.440 --> 00:43:44.980
 media

00:43:44.980 --> 00:43:46.340
 breaking

00:43:46.340 --> 00:43:47.059
 news

00:43:47.059 --> 00:43:47.719
 all the

00:43:47.719 --> 00:43:48.119
 time

00:43:48.119 --> 00:43:48.960
 millions

00:43:48.960 --> 00:43:49.219
 of

00:43:49.219 --> 00:43:49.500
 other

00:43:49.500 --> 00:43:50.059
 things

00:43:50.059 --> 00:43:50.659
 in

00:43:50.659 --> 00:43:50.880
 our

00:43:50.880 --> 00:43:51.380
 lives

00:43:51.380 --> 00:43:52.000
 there

00:43:52.000 --> 00:43:52.260
 has

00:43:52.260 --> 00:43:52.559
 never

00:43:52.559 --> 00:43:52.920
 been

00:43:52.920 --> 00:43:53.199
 a

00:43:53.199 --> 00:43:53.800
 greater

00:43:53.800 --> 00:43:54.340
 need

00:43:54.340 --> 00:43:54.960
 to

00:43:54.960 --> 00:43:55.380
 lift

00:43:55.380 --> 00:43:55.740
 our

00:43:55.740 --> 00:43:56.300
 eyes

00:43:56.300 --> 00:43:56.539
 to

00:43:56.539 --> 00:43:56.800
 the

00:43:56.800 --> 00:43:57.219
 gospel

00:43:57.219 --> 00:43:57.400
 of

00:43:57.400 --> 00:43:57.539
 the

00:43:57.539 --> 00:43:57.740
 Lord

00:43:57.740 --> 00:43:58.039
 Jesus

00:43:58.039 --> 00:43:58.699
 Christ

00:43:58.699 --> 00:43:59.940
 consistently

00:43:59.940 --> 00:44:01.000
 day

00:44:01.000 --> 00:44:01.320
 in

00:44:01.320 --> 00:44:01.559
 day

00:44:01.559 --> 00:44:01.800
 out

00:44:01.800 --> 00:44:02.179
 moment

00:44:02.179 --> 00:44:02.440
 by

00:44:02.440 --> 00:44:02.860
 moment

00:44:02.860 --> 00:44:03.280
 to

00:44:03.280 --> 00:44:03.699
 fix

00:44:03.699 --> 00:44:03.960
 our

00:44:03.960 --> 00:44:04.500
 eyes

00:44:04.500 --> 00:44:04.719
 on

00:44:04.719 --> 00:44:04.860
 the

00:44:04.860 --> 00:44:05.260
 gospel

00:44:05.260 --> 00:44:05.780
 and

00:44:05.780 --> 00:44:05.940
 the

00:44:05.940 --> 00:44:06.420
 eternal

00:44:06.420 --> 00:44:07.019
 hope

00:44:07.019 --> 00:44:07.519
 of

00:44:07.519 --> 00:44:08.139
 glory

00:44:08.139 --> 00:44:08.400
 that

00:44:08.400 --> 00:44:08.860
 awaits

00:44:08.860 --> 00:44:09.300
 all

00:44:09.300 --> 00:44:09.639
 those

00:44:09.639 --> 00:44:09.860
 in

00:44:09.860 --> 00:44:10.199
 him

00:44:10.199 --> 00:44:16.019
 you

00:44:16.019 --> 00:44:17.460
 we

00:44:17.460 --> 00:44:18.339
 us

00:44:18.339 --> 00:44:19.099
 Christians

00:44:19.099 --> 00:44:19.899
 will

00:44:19.899 --> 00:44:20.299
 never

00:44:20.299 --> 00:44:20.859
 see

00:44:20.859 --> 00:44:21.559
 change

00:44:21.559 --> 00:44:21.899
 in

00:44:21.899 --> 00:44:22.219
 our

00:44:22.219 --> 00:44:23.039
 lives

00:44:23.039 --> 00:44:26.279
 while

00:44:26.279 --> 00:44:26.480
 ever

00:44:26.480 --> 00:44:26.719
 we

00:44:26.719 --> 00:44:26.980
 have

00:44:26.980 --> 00:44:27.439
 dust

00:44:27.439 --> 00:44:28.019
 forming

00:44:28.019 --> 00:44:28.899
 on

00:44:28.899 --> 00:44:29.239
 our

00:44:29.239 --> 00:44:29.699
 Bibles

00:44:29.699 --> 00:44:32.519
 this

00:44:32.519 --> 00:44:33.239
 with

00:44:33.239 --> 00:44:33.539
 that

00:44:33.539 --> 00:44:34.000
 future

00:44:34.000 --> 00:44:34.619
 glory

00:44:34.619 --> 00:44:35.099
 this

00:44:35.099 --> 00:44:35.539
 tells

00:44:35.539 --> 00:44:35.980
 me

00:44:35.980 --> 00:44:36.619
 there

00:44:36.619 --> 00:44:36.879
 should

00:44:36.879 --> 00:44:37.099
 be

00:44:37.099 --> 00:44:37.559
 dust

00:44:37.559 --> 00:44:37.799
 on

00:44:37.799 --> 00:44:38.019
 our

00:44:38.019 --> 00:44:38.779
 technology

00:44:38.780 --> 00:44:39.780
 but not

00:44:39.780 --> 00:44:39.920
 on

00:44:39.920 --> 00:44:40.100
 our

00:44:40.100 --> 00:44:40.540
 Bibles

00:44:40.540 --> 00:44:42.760
 that's

00:44:42.760 --> 00:44:42.900
 what

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 this

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 is

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 telling

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 me

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 and

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 if

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 it

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 is

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 not

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 happening

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 we

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 are

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 being

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 captive

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 to

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 the

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 culture

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 of

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 our

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 age

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 we

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 need

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 to

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 be

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 walking

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 with

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 God

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 in

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 prayer

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 we

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 need

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 to

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 be

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 lifting

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 our

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 voices

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 to

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 him

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 in

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 worship

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 and

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 we

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 need

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 the

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 fellowship

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 of

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 brothers

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 and

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 sisters

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 consistently

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 pointing

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 us

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 to

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 the

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 gospel

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 and

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 to

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 the

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 future

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 glory

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 and

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 so I

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 commend

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 to

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 you

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 our

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 next

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 steps

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 here

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 as a

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 church

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 pursue

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 them

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 and be

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 changed