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 Amen.

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 This is a good moment. Do you know that?

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 When the pastor takes off his watch, it's a good moment.

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 Amen.

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 When God's people open their Bibles, that's a good moment.

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 I want you to turn in the Scriptures this morning to Ephesians chapter 5

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 and follow in your own copy as I read the text that we are going to study together this morning,

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 dependent upon the Spirit of God.

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 Ephesians chapter 5, verse 11.

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 Wise, but wise.

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 Making the best use of the time, because the days are evil.

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 Therefore, do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

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 Let's pray together.

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 Father, as we have often said, for us, prayer is not a habit or something that is woven into the routine of our service,

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 but it really is an expression of our dependence and our confidence in you.

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 We pray because you know.

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 We know that you exist.

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 And we know that you hear and answer the prayer of those who come with a contrite and humble heart

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 and ask that you would open our eyes that we might see glorious things in your Word.

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 It's a great thing to be saved.

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 It's a great thing to have been taken out of darkness and put into light.

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 In fact, to be the light, as the Scripture says.

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 And this morning we ask that the Spirit of God would work in us,

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 that as we hear the preaching of the Word,

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 your Spirit would weigh upon our hearts and our consciences,

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 that when we leave this place,

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 we would leave with resolve that we would spend our days with a passion for Christ

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 and a concern and a burden for those who do not know the Lord Jesus.

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 And we're going to trust you for what you do in your people,

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 who you have saved and redeemed for your namesake.

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 And we pray this because of Jesus.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Well, one of the things that I reminded you of last week

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 is that when we take up the book of Ephesians,

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 we recognize a book that deals with the reality of Christian life, first of all,

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 by explaining how it is that we come to faith.

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 And as I was sitting over here on that pew,

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 kind of reviewing in my mind the broad flow of the book,

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 I couldn't help but think about that passage in Ephesians 1, verse 3,

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 where it says,

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 I love that.

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 Do I deserve what I have in the Lord Jesus?

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 Oh, no, no, no, no.

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 But I have it because of Him.

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 And this morning, as we come together,

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 we have the first half of Ephesians behind us.

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 And we have been reminded by the apostle

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 and encouraged by the Spirit of God to understand

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 that salvation is of the Lord,

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 and He who is our Savior took us out of darkness into His light,

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 and He has done that for His glory.

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 Ephesians chapter 3 closes off with that just absolutely spectacular statement,

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 321,

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 unto Him be,

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 who knows it,

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 glory in the church.

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 At various points in my life,

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 I've had all kinds of life verses.

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 How many of you like that?

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 Some people lock in on one,

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 and it's good to go.

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 But for me,

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 I've had more than I know what to do with.

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 But that's probably one of the ones.

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 It's in my office.

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 It's somewhere just central in my thinking is,

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 unto Him be glory,

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 unto Him be glory.

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 Then Paul opens up,

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 and in the remaining part of the book

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 that we are continuing to study,

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 Lord willing,

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 he deals with what believers are to be.

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 We're saved.

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 We're His creation.

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 We're His children.

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 And he explains in chapter 4, 5, and 6

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 how we're to live.

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 And he begins there in Ephesians chapter 4.

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 He says,

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 listen, you're to walk worthy of the calling

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 to which you've been called.

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 Once you become a believer,

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 you don't live your life anymore for yourself.

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 Do you understand that?

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 You live it for Christ.

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 That's why you were saved,

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 for His glory,

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 for His purposes.

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 Chapter 4 explains a little bit

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 of how the church fits and works together

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 and how it's been designed by God

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 to be a manifestation of His glory

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 to the unbelieving world.

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 But then in chapter 5,

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 we saw there at the very beginning of the chapter,

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 it says, listen,

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 you are to be imitators of God.

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 In other words, act like God.

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 Whew.

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 That's a pretty sobering statement.

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 And then what Paul does,

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 as a good teacher would do,

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 is having made that very strong pronouncement

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 that believers are to act like God,

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 and we said, you know,

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 he goes on and explains it in practical terms.

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 And that's what we've been doing

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 as we've been working our way

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 through Ephesians chapter 5.

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 We're recognizing that acting like God

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 means that there are certain kind of behaviors

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 that may have been part of our past

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 that have no part to do with how we are now.

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 We're to be different.

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 Paul then goes on,

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 and as we saw last week,

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 he says,

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 hey, you were darkness.

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 You were darkness.

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 Now you're light.

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 And as a result of being light,

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 there are some very particular things

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 that we as believers are to be engaged in,

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 and yet it becomes a little frustrating,

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 a little challenging,

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 because it says we're not to be dark.

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 We're to be light.

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 But as I pointed out last week in the sermon,

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 guess what?

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 If you are a light,

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 guess where you get put?

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 Does anybody remember?

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 You get put in dark places.

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 Do you realize that?

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 I mean, the only reason you light a candle is what?

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 Because you don't like the dark.

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 And Jesus came into the world

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 to be the light of the world,

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 and he has made us to be light.

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 And I can tell you this,

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 if you're his child,

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 you are going to find yourself in dark places.

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 And God intends for you to shine in those corners

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 and those places where he's put you.

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 He intends for you to make a difference.

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 What we're going to be looking at today

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 is a very practical explanation

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 of how to be light in dark corners

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 and not be overwhelmed by the darkness.

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 So I guess we could say

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 that what we're dealing with this morning

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 is facing and accepting the reality of who we are

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 and dealing with the dark place that we are.

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 So let's look at the passage here

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 and pick up there in verse 11

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 and recognize the first bit of counsel and instruction

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 that the apostle gives to us is this,

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 don't partner with the dark.

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 Don't partner with the dark.

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 Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness.

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 Do you realize that a lot of the Christian life

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 is kind of a balancing act a little bit?

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 And in fact, there are a number of different theological truths

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 that are challenging

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 because our tendency is to be either or.

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 And sometimes there are both ands.

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 And when we are told that we are to be lights in a dark place,

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 we recognize that being in dark places

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 has some complications

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 and some challenges in that circumstance.

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 And the church over the generations

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 and throughout history

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 has kind of struggled a little bit

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 with how can you be light in a dark place?

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 Well, one of the ways that some have done

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 is that they've just kind of been their little light

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 in their little corner,

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 us four no more.

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 Let me give you a couple illustrations of it.

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 How many of you,

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 when you drive up to Millersburg and places like that,

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 notice that there are houses

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 that don't have electric lines running to them?

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 Do you know what that is?

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 When you have a house that has no electricity,

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 it's probably an Amish person,

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 and they have largely withdrawn from culture.

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 They don't have much effect on...

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 When was the last time

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 you had an Amish missionary knocking on your door?

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 Okay, it doesn't happen.

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 They've withdrawn for the large part,

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 and I'm not being disrespectful of them as a people,

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 but I want you to understand

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 that they've withdrawn from the culture

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 and community around them.

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 They really make no bones

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 about the fact that they're detached,

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 and evangelism and impact

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 on other people with the gospel of Christ

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 is not something that they're hardwired for.

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 Now, the Pharisees were really top off on that.

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 That was where they specialized.

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 They were great at pointing out the sins in other people.

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 Remember the Pharisees,

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 kind of walking around real stiff,

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 and everything was just all right,

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 and I've been reading through the book of John,

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 and I was struck by the fact

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 that here are the Pharisees.

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 They come to bring accusation against Jesus,

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 but because they didn't want to pollute themselves,

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 they wouldn't even get near Pilate.

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 He had to come out to them.

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 And the Pharisees were all about

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 spotting sin in other people,

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 and they stood away from it.

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 They were isolated from the heartaches

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 and the hardships

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 and the difficulties that sin creates,

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 and I think we recognize here

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 that sin makes messes.

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 Do you recognize that?

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 Do you understand that?

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 It's no surprise.

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 When you look at what sin does in people's lives,

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 it causes terrible difficulties,

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 and recognizing it is not really

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 all that God has called us to do.

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 Others have gone to the complete opposite,

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 the extreme,

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 and they've accommodated the world

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 to the point that

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 they join in every fad

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 and every debauchery

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 that is practiced today.

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 There are many professing Christians

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 whose lifestyles,

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 their moral conduct,

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 their vocabulary at work,

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 the things that they're interested in,

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 the way in which they want to spend

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 their time someday,

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 really is substantially no different at all

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 from the way the unbelieving world is.

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 I remember several years ago

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 talking with a young man

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 who had kind of come for a period of time

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 and then moved away,

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 and this young man was talking to me

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 about his interest in finding a wife,

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 and so one of the things that he had done

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 is he had visited all the singles ministries

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 in our proximity,

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 in our community.

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 You know what he shared with me?

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 He says the thing that really frustrated him

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 was that in one singles ministry after another,

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 he bumped into gross immorality

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 that was known by people

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 who were in leadership

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 that did absolutely nothing about it.

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 I talked with another man

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 who was a pastor,

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 large church,

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 very successful,

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 and he was complaining a little bit to me,

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 and I was curious

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 as I listened to his complaint.

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 He says,

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 you know,

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 one of the problems I have

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 is that we go all out

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 to bring people in.

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 We are accommodating.

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 We're ready to meet people

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 wherever they are,

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 but then as we begin discipling them,

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 we find that having met them

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 exactly where they are

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 and being actually as accommodating

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 as we are,

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 it's very, very difficult

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 to say to them,

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 hey, listen,

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 you need to stop living

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 with your girlfriend

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 or having premarital intercourse

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 is inappropriate.

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 I am so thankful

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 that I can tell you this morning

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 that the new president

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 of Cedarville University,

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 one of the early things

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 that he did

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 when he came to Cedarville,

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 this is Dr. White,

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 he just took over this fall.

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 When he came,

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 he found out

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 that they were going to have

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 what they call

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 a critical concerns weekend

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 where they had people come in

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 and speak on a number

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 of different critical concerns.

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 And the previous administration

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 had secured a contract

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 with someone to come

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 from Boston College,

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 ostensibly,

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 to minister to believers

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 with this message.

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 Here's the message.

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 It is unrealistic for Christians

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 in the 21st century

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 to expect single people

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 to abstain from premarital intercourse.

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 And the college,

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 the university,

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 had secured a speaker

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 to come in

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 to talk about that theme.

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 Do you follow that?

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 And her premise was,

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 listen,

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 you have really done due diligence

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 if you encourage

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 good Christian boys and girls

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 to at least wait

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 until they really believe

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 that this is the right one.

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 What Dr. John White did

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 was said,

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 look,

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 we would be very glad

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 to pay you the speaking engagement fee

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 that we have agreed,

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 but goodbye.

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 We're not going to accept that.

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 We're not going to accept that.

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 And as I look at the passage,

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 it says,

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 take no part

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 with the unfruitful works

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 of darkness.

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 Understand this,

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 believers are not called

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 to be partners

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 or approving of darkness and sin.

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 That's not hard to recognize

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 in the passage, is it?

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 Being light in a dark place

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 means being an exception.

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 When others are leering

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 at pictures

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 that are immoral

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 and inappropriate,

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 and all you have to do

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 is turn away from that

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 and guess what happens?

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 How many of you have already

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 figured out what happens?

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 They immediately recognize

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 you didn't have to say anything,

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 you just stepped away

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 and what's your problem?

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 Or there is some crude humor

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 that is going around

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 and everybody else

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 is snickering

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 and you're not joining in

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 laughing at what's going on.

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 They come in

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 and they talk the next day

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 about some of the shows

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 that are on TV

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 and some of the ribald humor

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 that is foisted off

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 and you're sitting there saying,

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 hey man,

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 that's not me.

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 I'm not,

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 didn't you watch that?

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 No,

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 really not into that.

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 I don't spend my night

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 waiting up for Saturday Night Live

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 and then talk about it

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 the next morning in the office.

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 Beloved,

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 I want you to understand

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 what it says right here

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 in this passage

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 is God's Word.

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 It's His explicit instruction

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 to His children.

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 He says,

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 don't partner with them.

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 We're not to be entertained

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 or occupied

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 with the sinfulness of our world.

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 You know,

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 you walk through

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 the grocery store

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 and right there

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 on eye level

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 are what kind of magazines?

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 Informative things

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 about how to do your taxes

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 and, you know,

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 no,

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 what's out there?

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 It's all the salacious gossip

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 from an unbelieving world

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 right there at eye level.

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 I got to tell you,

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 I go into doctor's offices

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 and I would prefer

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 that there were magazines

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 like, you know,

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 Peterson's Hunting

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 or something like that.

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 And guess what's always there?

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 People magazine.

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 I don't pick it up.

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 Do you know why

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 I don't pick it up?

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 I don't need to know

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 who is shacking up

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 with so-and-so currently.

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 I don't need to see

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 all the slinky stuff

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 and pay attention.

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 That is not

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 what God called me to do.

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 And I want to encourage you

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 this morning,

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 if you're sitting here

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 and you're part of the kingdom,

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 you're part of the family of God,

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 you don't have to go

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 out of your way

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 to be different.

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 Just don't join in.

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 Second,

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 the passage makes

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 a very interesting statement.

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 It says,

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 do be light

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 in dark places.

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 Now,

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 look at that.

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 It says,

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 but instead

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 expose them.

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 When Paul instructed

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 the Ephesians

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 to reprove

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 and expose

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 the unfruitful works

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 of darkness,

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 he was not really

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 calling believers

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 to be the hateful critics

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 of the darkness.

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 How many of you

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 are aware

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 of Westboro Baptist Church?

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 Raise your hand

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 if you know

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 what I'm speaking about

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 when I say

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 Westboro Baptist Church.

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 Okay?

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 They have taken it

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 upon themselves

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 in a very ungodly fashion

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 to end up

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 demonstrating

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 at funerals,

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 et cetera,

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 and just saying

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 some horrible

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 ungodly things.

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 That's not what

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 God has called us to do.

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 When it says

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 that we are

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 to expose

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 or reprove them,

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 he's not talking

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 about kind of being

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 like Jonah

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 and stomping

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 through the city

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 necessarily.

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 You guys are toast.

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 God hates you.

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 You know,

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 that's not what

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 we were called to do.

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 I remember

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 hearing a story

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 of a Bible college student

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 in North Carolina.

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 Judith and I

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 lived there

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 many years ago.

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 And this Bible college

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 student was deeply

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 convicted about his

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 need to share the gospel.

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 And so what he decided

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 he would do

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 is he would go down

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 to the local drag race site

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 and he hired a sound truck.

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 This was in the old days.

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 Okay?

00:18:27.180 --> 00:18:28.080
 These were sound trucks

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 with the big megaphones

00:18:29.300 --> 00:18:29.940
 out the side,

00:18:30.019 --> 00:18:30.200
 you know,

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 and he parked it

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 on a little knoll

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 above the drag strip.

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 And he was just

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 letting people have it

00:18:36.320 --> 00:18:37.259
 with the sound system.

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 I mean,

00:18:38.380 --> 00:18:39.140
 y'all down there

00:18:39.140 --> 00:18:39.920
 are going to hell!

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 And he was really

00:18:40.980 --> 00:18:41.759
 getting after them.

00:18:42.040 --> 00:18:42.700
 Well, guess what

00:18:42.700 --> 00:18:43.960
 drag sounds are like?

00:18:44.019 --> 00:18:44.660
 Does anybody know?

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 I don't,

00:18:45.580 --> 00:18:46.440
 having ever been there,

00:18:46.540 --> 00:18:47.240
 but Dwayne,

00:18:47.320 --> 00:18:48.019
 are they pretty loud?

00:18:49.180 --> 00:18:49.840
 I mean,

00:18:49.960 --> 00:18:51.279
 what these people did

00:18:51.279 --> 00:18:51.860
 was they just

00:18:51.860 --> 00:18:53.120
 absolutely drownded him out.

00:18:53.180 --> 00:18:54.080
 They never went up the hill

00:18:54.080 --> 00:18:54.720
 to talk to him.

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 They just,

00:18:55.800 --> 00:18:56.060
 you know,

00:18:56.300 --> 00:18:56.840
 they let the,

00:18:56.880 --> 00:18:58.220
 probably burned a lot

00:18:58.220 --> 00:18:59.860
 of nitrous

00:18:59.860 --> 00:19:00.640
 and whatever else,

00:19:00.720 --> 00:19:01.380
 but they were just

00:19:01.380 --> 00:19:02.519
 blasting their engines

00:19:02.519 --> 00:19:04.100
 and eventually he gave up.

00:19:04.200 --> 00:19:04.240
 Now,

00:19:04.279 --> 00:19:05.160
 is that what God's

00:19:05.160 --> 00:19:05.820
 called us to do?

00:19:05.880 --> 00:19:06.519
 The answer is,

00:19:06.660 --> 00:19:06.860
 no,

00:19:06.960 --> 00:19:07.160
 no,

00:19:07.259 --> 00:19:07.500
 no.

00:19:07.500 --> 00:19:07.940
 Okay.

00:19:10.740 --> 00:19:11.180
 So,

00:19:11.339 --> 00:19:13.380
 what is being said?

00:19:15.259 --> 00:19:16.339
 The Greek word

00:19:16.339 --> 00:19:17.980
 carries the idea

00:19:17.980 --> 00:19:18.920
 of exposing

00:19:18.920 --> 00:19:20.019
 the darkness.

00:19:20.940 --> 00:19:21.380
 And,

00:19:21.480 --> 00:19:21.859
 in essence,

00:19:21.960 --> 00:19:22.599
 what we are to do

00:19:22.599 --> 00:19:23.519
 is turn on the light

00:19:23.519 --> 00:19:24.140
 so the darkness

00:19:24.140 --> 00:19:24.740
 can be seen

00:19:24.740 --> 00:19:25.759
 for what it is.

00:19:26.759 --> 00:19:27.900
 Turn on the light

00:19:27.900 --> 00:19:29.279
 so the darkness

00:19:29.279 --> 00:19:29.920
 can be seen

00:19:29.920 --> 00:19:30.759
 for what it is.

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 It actually

00:19:32.940 --> 00:19:34.359
 involves the idea

00:19:34.359 --> 00:19:36.359
 of not only

00:19:36.359 --> 00:19:37.479
 drawing attention

00:19:37.479 --> 00:19:38.199
 to the problem

00:19:38.199 --> 00:19:39.259
 but working

00:19:39.259 --> 00:19:40.000
 to convince

00:19:40.000 --> 00:19:40.779
 the person

00:19:40.779 --> 00:19:41.959
 to change.

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 That's what

00:19:42.899 --> 00:19:43.459
 this Greek word

00:19:43.459 --> 00:19:43.839
 carries.

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 Probably a good

00:19:45.219 --> 00:19:46.119
 illustration of that

00:19:46.119 --> 00:19:46.639
 would be over

00:19:46.639 --> 00:19:47.059
 in Matthew

00:19:47.059 --> 00:19:47.919
 chapter 18

00:19:47.919 --> 00:19:48.559
 verse 15.

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 So,

00:19:49.179 --> 00:19:49.879
 keep your finger

00:19:49.879 --> 00:19:51.019
 in Ephesians

00:19:51.019 --> 00:19:51.699
 and turn back

00:19:51.699 --> 00:19:52.339
 a little bit.

00:19:52.419 --> 00:19:52.979
 Go to Matthew

00:19:52.979 --> 00:19:53.779
 chapter 18

00:19:53.779 --> 00:19:54.519
 verse 15.

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 Classic use

00:19:56.139 --> 00:19:56.759
 of the word

00:19:56.759 --> 00:19:58.079
 and a good

00:19:58.079 --> 00:19:58.599
 illustration

00:19:58.599 --> 00:19:59.299
 of what you

00:19:59.299 --> 00:19:59.579
 and I

00:19:59.579 --> 00:20:00.199
 are called

00:20:00.199 --> 00:20:00.939
 to do.

00:20:02.359 --> 00:20:02.799
 Matthew

00:20:02.799 --> 00:20:03.639
 chapter 18

00:20:03.639 --> 00:20:04.259
 written

00:20:04.259 --> 00:20:05.359
 primarily

00:20:05.359 --> 00:20:06.679
 in relationship

00:20:06.679 --> 00:20:07.479
 to our

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 dealing

00:20:07.979 --> 00:20:08.419
 with one

00:20:08.419 --> 00:20:08.699
 another

00:20:08.699 --> 00:20:09.139
 within the

00:20:09.139 --> 00:20:09.659
 family of

00:20:09.659 --> 00:20:09.919
 God

00:20:09.919 --> 00:20:11.000
 but applicable

00:20:11.000 --> 00:20:11.699
 in that

00:20:11.699 --> 00:20:12.039
 it gives

00:20:12.039 --> 00:20:12.679
 us an idea

00:20:12.679 --> 00:20:13.779
 of how we

00:20:13.779 --> 00:20:14.819
 are to go

00:20:14.819 --> 00:20:15.279
 about

00:20:15.279 --> 00:20:16.559
 correcting

00:20:16.559 --> 00:20:17.240
 dealing with

00:20:17.240 --> 00:20:17.619
 sin

00:20:17.619 --> 00:20:18.439
 in the world

00:20:18.439 --> 00:20:19.039
 around us.

00:20:19.199 --> 00:20:19.759
 Verse 15

00:20:19.759 --> 00:20:21.159
 If your brother

00:20:21.159 --> 00:20:21.899
 sins against

00:20:21.899 --> 00:20:22.279
 you

00:20:22.279 --> 00:20:23.659
 go and tell

00:20:23.659 --> 00:20:24.519
 him his fault

00:20:24.519 --> 00:20:25.279
 between you

00:20:25.279 --> 00:20:26.059
 and him alone

00:20:26.059 --> 00:20:27.119
 if he listens

00:20:27.119 --> 00:20:27.679
 to you

00:20:27.679 --> 00:20:28.379
 you have

00:20:28.379 --> 00:20:28.799
 gained

00:20:28.799 --> 00:20:29.559
 your brother.

00:20:30.819 --> 00:20:31.479
 What is the

00:20:31.479 --> 00:20:32.059
 objective

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 of that passage?

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 It is not

00:20:35.299 --> 00:20:35.740
 to do a

00:20:35.740 --> 00:20:36.359
 drive-by

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 shooting

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 and identify

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 the sinful

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 problem

00:20:39.659 --> 00:20:39.939
 in the

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 person's

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 life.

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 Hey

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 you're a

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 jerk

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 bye

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 no that's

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 not it

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 it's

00:20:45.359 --> 00:20:46.399
 you know

00:20:46.399 --> 00:20:47.639
 it seems

00:20:47.639 --> 00:20:48.119
 you're having

00:20:48.119 --> 00:20:48.579
 problems

00:20:48.579 --> 00:20:49.519
 with relationships

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 have you ever

00:20:51.759 --> 00:20:52.240
 stopped to

00:20:52.240 --> 00:20:52.859
 wonder why

00:20:52.859 --> 00:20:53.679
 that is?

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 Click

00:20:55.579 --> 00:20:57.079
 well yeah

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 I am having

00:20:57.659 --> 00:20:58.000
 problems

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 with relationships

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 relationships

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 well let me

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 talk to you

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 about the

00:21:00.839 --> 00:21:01.359
 person who

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 made a

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 radical

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 difference

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 in my

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 life

00:21:03.859 --> 00:21:04.099
 in the

00:21:04.099 --> 00:21:04.440
 area of

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 relationships

00:21:05.059 --> 00:21:06.059
 and brought

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 me into

00:21:06.700 --> 00:21:07.359
 relationship

00:21:07.359 --> 00:21:07.700
 with the

00:21:07.700 --> 00:21:07.779
 Lord

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 there's a

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 way to

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 do it

00:21:09.099 --> 00:21:10.559
 this

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 verse

00:21:11.359 --> 00:21:12.460
 is talking

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 about

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 turning the

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 light on

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 so people

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 can see

00:21:14.880 --> 00:21:15.299
 the mess

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 they're in

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 let me

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 let me have

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 you also

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 go back

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 if you

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 would

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 to the

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 passage

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 in Matthew

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 chapter 5

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 you're there

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 in Matthew

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 18 so

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 turn back

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 just a little

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 bit more

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 to the

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 passage

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 that we

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 looked at

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 last week

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 Matthew

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 chapter 5

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 verse 14

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 through 16

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 we're

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 saved

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 to be

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 lights

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 and lights

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 get put

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 in dark

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 places

00:21:41.180 --> 00:21:42.480
 Matthew

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 chapter 5

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 verse 14

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 you are

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 the light

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 of the

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 world

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 a city

00:21:45.620 --> 00:21:46.340
 set on

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 a hill

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 cannot

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 be hidden

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 hey

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 everybody

00:21:50.580 --> 00:21:51.460
 around you

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 where you

00:21:51.920 --> 00:21:52.259
 work

00:21:52.259 --> 00:21:53.120
 should know

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 that you

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 are

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 different

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 not because

00:21:57.179 --> 00:21:57.659
 of haircut

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 but because

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 of life

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 transforming

00:22:00.719 --> 00:22:01.299
 power of

00:22:01.299 --> 00:22:01.799
 the gospel

00:22:01.799 --> 00:22:02.539
 that has

00:22:02.539 --> 00:22:02.939
 turned you

00:22:02.939 --> 00:22:03.359
 from being

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 dark

00:22:03.799 --> 00:22:04.519
 into light

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 when everybody

00:22:06.339 --> 00:22:06.959
 else is

00:22:06.959 --> 00:22:07.299
 grumbling

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 about the

00:22:07.779 --> 00:22:08.299
 boss

00:22:08.299 --> 00:22:10.000
 you're not

00:22:10.000 --> 00:22:10.439
 in that

00:22:10.439 --> 00:22:11.899
 when people

00:22:11.899 --> 00:22:12.519
 brag about

00:22:12.519 --> 00:22:12.939
 the fact

00:22:12.939 --> 00:22:13.319
 that they're

00:22:13.319 --> 00:22:13.679
 stealing

00:22:13.679 --> 00:22:14.119
 from the

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 company

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 you're not

00:22:15.279 --> 00:22:15.759
 in that

00:22:15.759 --> 00:22:17.219
 when people

00:22:17.219 --> 00:22:18.500
 are incessantly

00:22:18.500 --> 00:22:19.279
 critical about

00:22:19.279 --> 00:22:20.079
 everything going

00:22:20.079 --> 00:22:20.539
 on

00:22:20.539 --> 00:22:21.299
 and by the

00:22:21.299 --> 00:22:21.479
 way

00:22:21.479 --> 00:22:22.359
 that's easy

00:22:22.359 --> 00:22:22.839
 to do

00:22:22.839 --> 00:22:24.319
 you're not

00:22:24.319 --> 00:22:24.779
 in that

00:22:24.779 --> 00:22:26.139
 you're a

00:22:26.139 --> 00:22:26.680
 person whose

00:22:26.680 --> 00:22:27.339
 heart is

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 focused

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 on the

00:22:28.480 --> 00:22:29.160
 only thing

00:22:29.160 --> 00:22:29.619
 that brings

00:22:29.619 --> 00:22:30.059
 redemption

00:22:30.059 --> 00:22:30.500
 and hope

00:22:30.500 --> 00:22:30.759
 to an

00:22:30.759 --> 00:22:31.220
 unbelieving

00:22:31.220 --> 00:22:31.619
 world

00:22:31.619 --> 00:22:32.259
 and it's

00:22:32.259 --> 00:22:32.559
 not

00:22:32.559 --> 00:22:33.139
 Washington

00:22:33.139 --> 00:22:34.299
 it's the

00:22:34.299 --> 00:22:34.799
 gospel of

00:22:34.799 --> 00:22:35.039
 the Lord

00:22:35.039 --> 00:22:35.319
 Jesus

00:22:35.319 --> 00:22:35.700
 Christ

00:22:35.700 --> 00:22:36.240
 it is

00:22:36.240 --> 00:22:36.680
 the fact

00:22:36.680 --> 00:22:37.200
 that Jesus

00:22:37.200 --> 00:22:37.660
 came into

00:22:37.660 --> 00:22:38.059
 the world

00:22:38.059 --> 00:22:38.759
 to save

00:22:38.759 --> 00:22:39.180
 sinners

00:22:39.180 --> 00:22:40.160
 and change

00:22:40.160 --> 00:22:40.960
 their hearts

00:22:40.960 --> 00:22:43.899
 and Jesus

00:22:43.899 --> 00:22:44.299
 says you

00:22:44.299 --> 00:22:44.660
 are the

00:22:44.660 --> 00:22:45.000
 light

00:22:45.000 --> 00:22:45.779
 you are

00:22:45.779 --> 00:22:46.359
 the light

00:22:46.359 --> 00:22:47.799
 and he

00:22:47.799 --> 00:22:48.200
 says hey

00:22:48.200 --> 00:22:49.519
 people don't

00:22:49.519 --> 00:22:50.240
 light lamps

00:22:50.240 --> 00:22:51.740
 without a

00:22:51.740 --> 00:22:52.079
 reason

00:22:52.079 --> 00:22:53.859
 and then

00:22:53.859 --> 00:22:54.159
 he goes

00:22:54.159 --> 00:22:54.500
 on and

00:22:54.500 --> 00:22:54.939
 says this

00:22:54.939 --> 00:22:55.259
 in verse

00:22:55.259 --> 00:22:55.740
 16

00:22:55.740 --> 00:22:56.419
 in the

00:22:56.419 --> 00:22:56.899
 same way

00:22:56.899 --> 00:22:57.500
 let your

00:22:57.500 --> 00:22:58.240
 light shine

00:22:58.240 --> 00:22:58.919
 before others

00:22:58.919 --> 00:22:59.639
 so that

00:22:59.639 --> 00:23:00.119
 they

00:23:00.119 --> 00:23:00.740
 and who

00:23:00.740 --> 00:23:01.039
 is the

00:23:01.039 --> 00:23:01.319
 they

00:23:01.319 --> 00:23:03.039
 it's the

00:23:03.039 --> 00:23:03.419
 people

00:23:03.419 --> 00:23:04.059
 that are

00:23:04.059 --> 00:23:04.339
 in the

00:23:04.339 --> 00:23:04.740
 dark

00:23:04.740 --> 00:23:06.439
 so that

00:23:06.439 --> 00:23:06.960
 they

00:23:06.960 --> 00:23:08.939
 can see

00:23:08.939 --> 00:23:09.759
 your good

00:23:09.759 --> 00:23:10.199
 works

00:23:10.199 --> 00:23:11.139
 and as it

00:23:11.139 --> 00:23:11.679
 says there

00:23:11.679 --> 00:23:12.439
 and give

00:23:12.439 --> 00:23:12.939
 glory to

00:23:12.939 --> 00:23:13.539
 your father

00:23:13.539 --> 00:23:14.139
 who is in

00:23:14.139 --> 00:23:14.539
 heaven

00:23:14.539 --> 00:23:16.779
 so let me

00:23:16.779 --> 00:23:17.000
 give you

00:23:17.000 --> 00:23:17.679
 some illustrations

00:23:17.680 --> 00:23:18.340
 of how

00:23:18.340 --> 00:23:19.560
 the light

00:23:19.560 --> 00:23:20.519
 exposes

00:23:20.519 --> 00:23:21.580
 the darkness

00:23:21.580 --> 00:23:23.299
 have you

00:23:23.299 --> 00:23:23.880
 turn if you

00:23:23.880 --> 00:23:24.380
 would now

00:23:24.380 --> 00:23:24.880
 to Luke

00:23:24.880 --> 00:23:25.840
 chapter 13

00:23:25.840 --> 00:23:27.640
 Luke chapter

00:23:27.640 --> 00:23:28.180
 13

00:23:28.180 --> 00:23:30.960
 and I want

00:23:30.960 --> 00:23:31.480
 to kind of

00:23:31.480 --> 00:23:31.920
 have you

00:23:31.920 --> 00:23:32.340
 have a little

00:23:32.340 --> 00:23:32.660
 bit of a

00:23:32.660 --> 00:23:33.100
 picture of

00:23:33.100 --> 00:23:33.480
 what takes

00:23:33.480 --> 00:23:33.940
 place in

00:23:33.940 --> 00:23:34.640
 this passage

00:23:34.640 --> 00:23:35.560
 Luke chapter

00:23:35.560 --> 00:23:36.100
 13

00:23:36.100 --> 00:23:36.960
 verse 10

00:23:36.960 --> 00:23:37.660
 through 17

00:23:37.660 --> 00:23:38.880
 is talking

00:23:38.880 --> 00:23:39.460
 about where

00:23:39.460 --> 00:23:40.539
 Jesus is

00:23:40.539 --> 00:23:41.019
 going to

00:23:41.019 --> 00:23:41.460
 heal a

00:23:41.460 --> 00:23:42.160
 woman who

00:23:42.160 --> 00:23:42.480
 is in a

00:23:42.480 --> 00:23:42.820
 mess

00:23:42.820 --> 00:23:45.120
 I was

00:23:45.120 --> 00:23:45.500
 driving

00:23:45.500 --> 00:23:47.080
 yeah I'll

00:23:47.080 --> 00:23:47.580
 say this

00:23:47.579 --> 00:23:50.319
 I was

00:23:50.319 --> 00:23:50.819
 driving

00:23:50.819 --> 00:23:52.179
 out towards

00:23:52.179 --> 00:23:52.759
 Plain City

00:23:52.759 --> 00:23:54.399
 not too

00:23:54.399 --> 00:23:54.919
 long ago

00:23:54.919 --> 00:23:56.079
 and I saw

00:23:56.079 --> 00:23:56.639
 a place

00:23:56.639 --> 00:23:57.000
 that said

00:23:57.000 --> 00:23:57.639
 healing room

00:23:57.639 --> 00:23:59.699
 and then

00:23:59.699 --> 00:24:00.000
 a little

00:24:00.000 --> 00:24:00.639
 subtext

00:24:00.639 --> 00:24:01.199
 said walk

00:24:01.199 --> 00:24:01.399
 ins

00:24:01.399 --> 00:24:01.740
 welcome

00:24:01.740 --> 00:24:04.619
 what would

00:24:04.619 --> 00:24:05.439
 ever happen

00:24:05.439 --> 00:24:06.619
 I won't

00:24:06.619 --> 00:24:06.939
 go there

00:24:06.939 --> 00:24:09.159
 walk ins

00:24:09.159 --> 00:24:09.559
 welcome

00:24:09.559 --> 00:24:11.079
 I mean

00:24:11.079 --> 00:24:11.599
 that's better

00:24:11.599 --> 00:24:12.039
 than urgent

00:24:12.039 --> 00:24:12.279
 care

00:24:12.279 --> 00:24:12.619
 wouldn't you

00:24:12.619 --> 00:24:12.919
 agree with

00:24:12.919 --> 00:24:13.179
 that

00:24:13.179 --> 00:24:14.500
 do you

00:24:14.500 --> 00:24:14.759
 need the

00:24:14.759 --> 00:24:15.159
 address

00:24:15.159 --> 00:24:16.839
 you know

00:24:16.839 --> 00:24:17.919
 I thought

00:24:17.919 --> 00:24:18.359
 to myself

00:24:18.359 --> 00:24:19.439
 so

00:24:19.439 --> 00:24:20.779
 every time

00:24:20.779 --> 00:24:21.480
 Jesus did

00:24:21.480 --> 00:24:21.899
 a miracle

00:24:21.899 --> 00:24:22.439
 guess what

00:24:22.439 --> 00:24:22.839
 it was the

00:24:22.839 --> 00:24:23.439
 real thing

00:24:23.439 --> 00:24:26.259
 it wasn't

00:24:26.259 --> 00:24:26.939
 like take

00:24:26.939 --> 00:24:27.459
 two and see

00:24:27.459 --> 00:24:27.799
 me in the

00:24:27.799 --> 00:24:28.039
 morning

00:24:28.039 --> 00:24:28.439
 it was like

00:24:28.439 --> 00:24:29.019
 you need

00:24:29.019 --> 00:24:29.299
 to help

00:24:29.299 --> 00:24:29.639
 with that

00:24:29.639 --> 00:24:30.000
 bang

00:24:30.000 --> 00:24:30.579
 it's done

00:24:30.579 --> 00:24:32.179
 and anyway

00:24:32.179 --> 00:24:32.839
 here we are

00:24:32.839 --> 00:24:34.139
 Luke chapter

00:24:34.139 --> 00:24:34.579
 13

00:24:34.579 --> 00:24:35.519
 now he was

00:24:35.519 --> 00:24:36.039
 teaching in

00:24:36.039 --> 00:24:36.419
 one of the

00:24:36.419 --> 00:24:36.899
 synagogues

00:24:36.899 --> 00:24:37.339
 on the

00:24:37.339 --> 00:24:37.779
 Sabbath

00:24:37.779 --> 00:24:39.139
 and there

00:24:39.139 --> 00:24:39.439
 was a

00:24:39.439 --> 00:24:39.819
 woman who

00:24:39.819 --> 00:24:40.119
 had a

00:24:40.119 --> 00:24:40.559
 disabling

00:24:40.559 --> 00:24:41.159
 spirit of

00:24:41.159 --> 00:24:41.959
 18 years

00:24:41.959 --> 00:24:42.359
 she was

00:24:42.359 --> 00:24:42.959
 bent over

00:24:42.960 --> 00:24:43.740
 and could

00:24:43.740 --> 00:24:44.340
 not fully

00:24:44.340 --> 00:24:44.799
 straighten

00:24:44.799 --> 00:24:45.299
 herself

00:24:45.299 --> 00:24:45.980
 and when

00:24:45.980 --> 00:24:46.700
 Jesus saw

00:24:46.700 --> 00:24:47.059
 her he

00:24:47.059 --> 00:24:47.500
 called her

00:24:47.500 --> 00:24:47.840
 over and

00:24:47.840 --> 00:24:48.319
 said woman

00:24:48.319 --> 00:24:49.700
 you have

00:24:49.700 --> 00:24:50.279
 been freed

00:24:50.279 --> 00:24:50.700
 from your

00:24:50.700 --> 00:24:51.279
 disability

00:24:51.279 --> 00:24:52.000
 and he

00:24:52.000 --> 00:24:52.440
 laid his

00:24:52.440 --> 00:24:52.900
 hands on

00:24:52.900 --> 00:24:53.220
 her and

00:24:53.220 --> 00:24:53.640
 immediately

00:24:53.640 --> 00:24:54.079
 she was

00:24:54.079 --> 00:24:54.759
 made straight

00:24:54.759 --> 00:24:55.420
 and she

00:24:55.420 --> 00:24:56.200
 glorified

00:24:56.200 --> 00:24:56.779
 God

00:24:56.779 --> 00:24:57.380
 guess what

00:24:57.380 --> 00:24:57.759
 that must

00:24:57.759 --> 00:24:58.079
 have looked

00:24:58.079 --> 00:24:58.559
 like

00:24:58.559 --> 00:25:01.000
 Jesus

00:25:01.000 --> 00:25:01.740
 wow

00:25:01.740 --> 00:25:02.400
 I mean

00:25:02.400 --> 00:25:02.740
 she was

00:25:02.740 --> 00:25:03.480
 fired up

00:25:03.480 --> 00:25:05.079
 how many

00:25:05.079 --> 00:25:05.240
 of you

00:25:05.240 --> 00:25:05.400
 have been

00:25:05.400 --> 00:25:05.779
 sick

00:25:05.779 --> 00:25:06.279
 longer than

00:25:06.279 --> 00:25:06.860
 four days

00:25:06.860 --> 00:25:07.340
 in a row

00:25:07.340 --> 00:25:10.360
 does anybody

00:25:10.360 --> 00:25:10.759
 know that

00:25:10.759 --> 00:25:11.360
 sick is not

00:25:11.360 --> 00:25:11.660
 fun

00:25:11.660 --> 00:25:13.140
 it's not

00:25:13.140 --> 00:25:13.640
 fun

00:25:13.640 --> 00:25:15.140
 and when

00:25:15.140 --> 00:25:16.320
 this lady

00:25:16.320 --> 00:25:16.980
 got lit

00:25:16.980 --> 00:25:17.600
 by the touch

00:25:17.600 --> 00:25:18.060
 of Jesus

00:25:18.060 --> 00:25:18.420
 and her

00:25:18.420 --> 00:25:18.920
 life was

00:25:18.920 --> 00:25:19.300
 changed

00:25:19.300 --> 00:25:20.040
 she

00:25:20.040 --> 00:25:21.920
 she was

00:25:21.920 --> 00:25:22.340
 she was

00:25:22.340 --> 00:25:22.740
 enthusiastic

00:25:22.740 --> 00:25:23.560
 okay

00:25:23.560 --> 00:25:24.660
 she was

00:25:24.660 --> 00:25:25.180
 she was

00:25:25.180 --> 00:25:25.779
 just beside

00:25:25.779 --> 00:25:26.220
 herself

00:25:26.220 --> 00:25:27.640
 oh

00:25:27.640 --> 00:25:28.060
 how did

00:25:28.060 --> 00:25:28.540
 that go

00:25:28.540 --> 00:25:30.420
 well

00:25:30.420 --> 00:25:30.960
 here we go

00:25:30.960 --> 00:25:31.500
 verse 14

00:25:31.500 --> 00:25:31.860
 the ruler

00:25:31.860 --> 00:25:32.100
 of the

00:25:32.100 --> 00:25:32.440
 synagogue

00:25:32.440 --> 00:25:33.400
 indignant

00:25:33.400 --> 00:25:34.060
 because Jesus

00:25:34.060 --> 00:25:34.400
 he healed

00:25:34.400 --> 00:25:34.640
 on the

00:25:34.640 --> 00:25:34.920
 Sabbath

00:25:34.920 --> 00:25:35.600
 said

00:25:35.600 --> 00:25:36.900
 there are

00:25:36.900 --> 00:25:37.500
 six days

00:25:37.500 --> 00:25:37.800
 in which

00:25:37.800 --> 00:25:38.240
 work ought

00:25:38.240 --> 00:25:38.440
 to be

00:25:38.440 --> 00:25:38.680
 done

00:25:38.680 --> 00:25:39.100
 come on

00:25:39.100 --> 00:25:39.480
 these days

00:25:39.480 --> 00:25:40.240
 see me

00:25:40.240 --> 00:25:40.480
 in my

00:25:40.480 --> 00:25:40.779
 office

00:25:40.779 --> 00:25:41.180
 tomorrow

00:25:41.180 --> 00:25:42.120
 you got a

00:25:42.120 --> 00:25:42.380
 problem

00:25:42.380 --> 00:25:43.080
 I'll take

00:25:43.080 --> 00:25:43.340
 care of

00:25:43.340 --> 00:25:43.420
 it

00:25:43.420 --> 00:25:43.680
 then

00:25:43.680 --> 00:25:45.320
 what did

00:25:45.320 --> 00:25:45.860
 Jesus do

00:25:45.860 --> 00:25:47.000
 he healed

00:25:47.000 --> 00:25:47.680
 her publicly

00:25:47.680 --> 00:25:48.160
 right

00:25:48.160 --> 00:25:48.960
 in front

00:25:48.960 --> 00:25:49.580
 of everybody

00:25:49.580 --> 00:25:50.340
 on the

00:25:50.340 --> 00:25:50.680
 Sabbath

00:25:50.680 --> 00:25:51.500
 now

00:25:51.500 --> 00:25:52.220
 we're getting

00:25:52.220 --> 00:25:52.799
 forward to

00:25:52.799 --> 00:25:53.019
 the part

00:25:53.019 --> 00:25:53.279
 I want

00:25:53.279 --> 00:25:53.500
 you to

00:25:53.500 --> 00:25:53.740
 see

00:25:53.740 --> 00:25:54.940
 look if

00:25:54.940 --> 00:25:55.299
 you will

00:25:55.299 --> 00:25:56.100
 okay

00:25:56.100 --> 00:25:59.340
 as he

00:25:59.340 --> 00:26:00.279
 said these

00:26:00.279 --> 00:26:00.900
 things

00:26:00.900 --> 00:26:01.759
 all his

00:26:01.759 --> 00:26:02.640
 adversaries

00:26:02.640 --> 00:26:03.220
 were put

00:26:03.220 --> 00:26:03.860
 to shame

00:26:03.860 --> 00:26:04.820
 and all

00:26:04.820 --> 00:26:05.340
 the people

00:26:05.340 --> 00:26:06.039
 rejoiced

00:26:06.039 --> 00:26:06.500
 at all

00:26:06.500 --> 00:26:07.140
 the glorious

00:26:07.140 --> 00:26:07.700
 things that

00:26:07.700 --> 00:26:08.200
 were done

00:26:08.200 --> 00:26:08.799
 by him

00:26:08.799 --> 00:26:09.900
 do you get

00:26:09.900 --> 00:26:10.220
 that

00:26:10.220 --> 00:26:11.759
 here's

00:26:11.759 --> 00:26:12.200
 the point

00:26:12.200 --> 00:26:14.839
 God

00:26:14.839 --> 00:26:15.299
 does put

00:26:15.299 --> 00:26:15.559
 us in

00:26:15.559 --> 00:26:15.799
 dark

00:26:15.799 --> 00:26:16.299
 places

00:26:16.299 --> 00:26:17.900
 and he

00:26:17.900 --> 00:26:18.259
 puts us

00:26:18.259 --> 00:26:18.640
 in dark

00:26:18.640 --> 00:26:19.000
 places

00:26:19.000 --> 00:26:19.360
 so that

00:26:19.360 --> 00:26:19.539
 the

00:26:19.539 --> 00:26:20.140
 adversary

00:26:20.140 --> 00:26:20.740
 may be

00:26:20.740 --> 00:26:21.100
 put to

00:26:21.100 --> 00:26:21.500
 shame

00:26:21.500 --> 00:26:22.579
 you

00:26:22.579 --> 00:26:22.900
 understand

00:26:22.900 --> 00:26:23.240
 that

00:26:23.240 --> 00:26:24.559
 and the

00:26:24.559 --> 00:26:25.200
 adversary

00:26:25.200 --> 00:26:26.240
 of the

00:26:26.240 --> 00:26:26.779
 gospel

00:26:26.779 --> 00:26:27.740
 hates

00:26:27.740 --> 00:26:28.160
 the

00:26:28.160 --> 00:26:28.640
 testimony

00:26:28.640 --> 00:26:29.420
 of Christ

00:26:29.420 --> 00:26:29.980
 and the

00:26:29.980 --> 00:26:30.380
 power

00:26:30.380 --> 00:26:30.819
 of the

00:26:30.819 --> 00:26:31.279
 cross

00:26:31.279 --> 00:26:31.819
 and so

00:26:31.819 --> 00:26:32.140
 here's

00:26:32.140 --> 00:26:32.279
 the

00:26:32.279 --> 00:26:32.720
 question

00:26:32.720 --> 00:26:33.339
 in the

00:26:33.339 --> 00:26:33.660
 place

00:26:33.660 --> 00:26:33.980
 where he

00:26:33.980 --> 00:26:34.220
 has

00:26:34.220 --> 00:26:34.539
 put

00:26:34.539 --> 00:26:34.819
 you

00:26:34.819 --> 00:26:35.400
 is

00:26:35.400 --> 00:26:35.860
 Christ

00:26:35.860 --> 00:26:36.759
 consistently

00:26:36.759 --> 00:26:37.660
 getting

00:26:37.660 --> 00:26:38.500
 credit

00:26:38.500 --> 00:26:39.180
 for the

00:26:39.180 --> 00:26:39.480
 fact

00:26:39.480 --> 00:26:39.920
 that you're

00:26:39.920 --> 00:26:40.339
 different

00:26:40.339 --> 00:26:40.720
 than the

00:26:40.720 --> 00:26:41.079
 rest of

00:26:41.079 --> 00:26:41.200
 the

00:26:41.200 --> 00:26:41.640
 unbelieving

00:26:41.640 --> 00:26:42.200
 world

00:26:42.200 --> 00:26:42.980
 and what's

00:26:42.980 --> 00:26:43.440
 the answer

00:26:43.440 --> 00:26:44.759
 it ought to

00:26:44.759 --> 00:26:45.079
 be that

00:26:45.079 --> 00:26:45.420
 way

00:26:45.420 --> 00:26:46.160
 isn't that

00:26:46.160 --> 00:26:46.420
 right

00:26:46.420 --> 00:26:47.379
 shouldn't

00:26:47.379 --> 00:26:47.640
 we be

00:26:47.640 --> 00:26:47.960
 different

00:26:47.960 --> 00:26:48.240
 what's

00:26:48.240 --> 00:26:48.660
 the answer

00:26:48.660 --> 00:26:49.480
 oh yes

00:26:49.480 --> 00:26:50.740
 yes

00:26:50.740 --> 00:26:53.160
 and as

00:26:53.160 --> 00:26:53.839
 Paul makes

00:26:53.839 --> 00:26:54.319
 that argument

00:26:54.319 --> 00:26:54.599
 he says

00:26:54.599 --> 00:26:55.119
 listen

00:26:55.119 --> 00:26:57.379
 be different

00:26:57.379 --> 00:26:58.799
 now I want

00:26:58.799 --> 00:26:59.119
 you to look

00:26:59.119 --> 00:26:59.759
 at something

00:26:59.759 --> 00:27:00.119
 else in

00:27:00.119 --> 00:27:00.579
 relationship

00:27:00.579 --> 00:27:01.079
 to this

00:27:01.079 --> 00:27:01.960
 we see

00:27:01.960 --> 00:27:02.539
 Jesus

00:27:02.539 --> 00:27:03.039
 dealing with

00:27:03.039 --> 00:27:03.400
 a problem

00:27:03.400 --> 00:27:03.660
 there

00:27:03.660 --> 00:27:04.380
 but I want

00:27:04.380 --> 00:27:04.640
 you to look

00:27:04.640 --> 00:27:05.040
 at another

00:27:05.040 --> 00:27:05.500
 passage

00:27:05.500 --> 00:27:06.200
 in relationship

00:27:06.200 --> 00:27:06.660
 to this

00:27:06.660 --> 00:27:06.980
 business

00:27:06.980 --> 00:27:07.259
 of what

00:27:07.259 --> 00:27:07.500
 we are

00:27:07.500 --> 00:27:08.100
 all about

00:27:08.100 --> 00:27:09.480
 1st Peter

00:27:09.480 --> 00:27:10.640
 chapter 2

00:27:10.640 --> 00:27:13.460
 verse 13

00:27:13.460 --> 00:27:14.680
 through 17

00:27:14.680 --> 00:27:16.940
 in 13

00:27:16.940 --> 00:27:17.259
 it says

00:27:17.259 --> 00:27:17.820
 be subject

00:27:17.820 --> 00:27:18.220
 for the

00:27:18.220 --> 00:27:18.740
 Lord's sake

00:27:18.740 --> 00:27:19.279
 to every

00:27:19.279 --> 00:27:19.620
 human

00:27:19.620 --> 00:27:20.220
 institution

00:27:20.220 --> 00:27:21.000
 whether

00:27:21.000 --> 00:27:21.720
 to the

00:27:21.720 --> 00:27:22.100
 emperor

00:27:22.100 --> 00:27:22.900
 as supreme

00:27:22.900 --> 00:27:23.400
 stop

00:27:23.400 --> 00:27:23.820
 just for a

00:27:23.820 --> 00:27:24.019
 second

00:27:24.019 --> 00:27:26.040
 do you

00:27:26.040 --> 00:27:26.180
 know

00:27:26.180 --> 00:27:26.640
 does anybody

00:27:26.640 --> 00:27:27.000
 know who

00:27:27.000 --> 00:27:27.380
 the emperor

00:27:27.380 --> 00:27:27.740
 was at

00:27:27.740 --> 00:27:28.140
 this time

00:27:28.140 --> 00:27:29.400
 by the way

00:27:29.400 --> 00:27:29.700
 this was

00:27:29.700 --> 00:27:29.980
 before

00:27:29.980 --> 00:27:30.519
 Facebook

00:27:30.519 --> 00:27:32.420
 does anybody

00:27:32.420 --> 00:27:32.840
 know who

00:27:32.840 --> 00:27:33.240
 the emperor

00:27:33.240 --> 00:27:33.660
 was at

00:27:33.660 --> 00:27:34.079
 this time

00:27:34.079 --> 00:27:34.380
 can anybody

00:27:34.380 --> 00:27:34.859
 tell me

00:27:34.859 --> 00:27:36.500
 Nero

00:27:36.500 --> 00:27:37.680
 folks

00:27:37.680 --> 00:27:39.019
 there is

00:27:39.019 --> 00:27:39.620
 no president

00:27:39.620 --> 00:27:39.980
 that we've

00:27:39.980 --> 00:27:40.640
 ever had

00:27:40.640 --> 00:27:42.279
 or in

00:27:42.279 --> 00:27:43.240
 all probability

00:27:43.240 --> 00:27:43.839
 we'll ever

00:27:43.839 --> 00:27:44.400
 have that

00:27:44.400 --> 00:27:45.059
 will top

00:27:45.059 --> 00:27:45.759
 out who

00:27:45.759 --> 00:27:46.700
 Nero was

00:27:46.700 --> 00:27:47.480
 and how

00:27:47.480 --> 00:27:48.380
 Nero behaved

00:27:48.380 --> 00:27:49.740
 and if you

00:27:49.740 --> 00:27:49.980
 have any

00:27:49.980 --> 00:27:50.579
 question about

00:27:50.579 --> 00:27:50.900
 that

00:27:50.900 --> 00:27:52.140
 google it

00:27:52.140 --> 00:27:53.420
 you'll find

00:27:53.420 --> 00:27:53.680
 out

00:27:53.680 --> 00:27:54.460
 Nero is

00:27:54.460 --> 00:27:54.920
 an absolute

00:27:54.920 --> 00:27:55.599
 despicable

00:27:55.599 --> 00:27:56.140
 wretch

00:27:56.140 --> 00:27:57.120
 and here is

00:27:57.120 --> 00:27:57.759
 what the

00:27:57.759 --> 00:27:58.299
 spirit of

00:27:58.299 --> 00:27:59.180
 God says

00:27:59.180 --> 00:27:59.880
 is to be

00:27:59.880 --> 00:28:00.519
 the attitude

00:28:00.519 --> 00:28:01.220
 of believers

00:28:01.220 --> 00:28:02.259
 towards those

00:28:02.259 --> 00:28:03.019
 who he has

00:28:03.019 --> 00:28:03.559
 placed in

00:28:03.559 --> 00:28:03.940
 authority

00:28:03.940 --> 00:28:04.500
 over us

00:28:04.500 --> 00:28:05.059
 it says

00:28:05.059 --> 00:28:05.720
 be subject

00:28:05.720 --> 00:28:06.160
 for the

00:28:06.160 --> 00:28:06.759
 Lord's sake

00:28:06.759 --> 00:28:07.599
 to every

00:28:07.599 --> 00:28:08.259
 institution

00:28:08.259 --> 00:28:09.099
 what am I

00:28:09.099 --> 00:28:09.759
 subject to

00:28:09.759 --> 00:28:10.180
 I'm not

00:28:10.180 --> 00:28:10.720
 subject to

00:28:10.720 --> 00:28:11.400
 the constitution

00:28:11.400 --> 00:28:12.000
 of the

00:28:12.000 --> 00:28:12.559
 United States

00:28:12.559 --> 00:28:13.059
 of America

00:28:13.059 --> 00:28:13.819
 at the end

00:28:13.819 --> 00:28:14.220
 of the day

00:28:14.220 --> 00:28:14.759
 I am

00:28:14.759 --> 00:28:15.240
 subject

00:28:15.240 --> 00:28:15.859
 to the

00:28:15.859 --> 00:28:16.240
 word of

00:28:16.240 --> 00:28:16.700
 God

00:28:16.700 --> 00:28:17.599
 and I

00:28:17.599 --> 00:28:17.740
 want to

00:28:17.740 --> 00:28:18.200
 be sensitive

00:28:18.200 --> 00:28:18.859
 to the

00:28:18.859 --> 00:28:19.240
 fact that

00:28:19.240 --> 00:28:19.579
 that is

00:28:19.579 --> 00:28:20.220
 my supreme

00:28:20.220 --> 00:28:20.660
 authority

00:28:20.660 --> 00:28:21.359
 and it

00:28:21.359 --> 00:28:21.859
 calls me

00:28:21.859 --> 00:28:22.079
 to have

00:28:22.079 --> 00:28:22.440
 a tender

00:28:22.440 --> 00:28:22.839
 heart

00:28:22.839 --> 00:28:23.400
 in the

00:28:23.400 --> 00:28:23.940
 community

00:28:23.940 --> 00:28:24.680
 and place

00:28:24.680 --> 00:28:24.940
 where he

00:28:24.940 --> 00:28:25.319
 has put

00:28:25.319 --> 00:28:25.559
 me

00:28:25.559 --> 00:28:27.619
 or to

00:28:27.619 --> 00:28:28.160
 governors

00:28:28.160 --> 00:28:28.859
 as sent

00:28:28.859 --> 00:28:29.220
 by him

00:28:29.220 --> 00:28:29.639
 to punish

00:28:29.639 --> 00:28:30.059
 those who

00:28:30.059 --> 00:28:30.519
 do evil

00:28:30.519 --> 00:28:31.119
 and to

00:28:31.119 --> 00:28:31.339
 praise

00:28:31.339 --> 00:28:31.740
 those who

00:28:31.740 --> 00:28:32.079
 do good

00:28:32.079 --> 00:28:32.440
 for this

00:28:32.440 --> 00:28:32.700
 is the

00:28:32.700 --> 00:28:33.039
 will of

00:28:33.039 --> 00:28:33.279
 God

00:28:33.279 --> 00:28:34.000
 that by

00:28:34.000 --> 00:28:34.539
 doing

00:28:34.539 --> 00:28:34.920
 what's

00:28:34.920 --> 00:28:35.259
 the next

00:28:35.259 --> 00:28:35.599
 word

00:28:35.599 --> 00:28:37.379
 what's

00:28:37.379 --> 00:28:37.619
 the next

00:28:37.619 --> 00:28:37.940
 word

00:28:37.940 --> 00:28:40.059
 by doing

00:28:40.059 --> 00:28:40.680
 good

00:28:40.680 --> 00:28:42.579
 by doing

00:28:42.579 --> 00:28:43.000
 good

00:28:43.000 --> 00:28:45.420
 by doing

00:28:45.420 --> 00:28:46.200
 good

00:28:46.200 --> 00:28:47.599
 you should

00:28:47.599 --> 00:28:48.319
 put to

00:28:48.319 --> 00:28:49.039
 silence

00:28:49.039 --> 00:28:49.700
 the

00:28:49.700 --> 00:28:50.200
 ignorance

00:28:50.200 --> 00:28:51.460
 of foolish

00:28:51.460 --> 00:28:52.119
 men

00:28:52.119 --> 00:28:53.920
 that's a pretty

00:28:53.920 --> 00:28:54.579
 powerful argument

00:28:54.579 --> 00:28:55.680
 isn't it

00:28:55.680 --> 00:29:00.519
 the most

00:29:00.519 --> 00:29:00.960
 powerful

00:29:00.960 --> 00:29:01.480
 arguments

00:29:01.480 --> 00:29:01.820
 against

00:29:01.820 --> 00:29:02.279
 abortion

00:29:02.279 --> 00:29:02.759
 today

00:29:02.759 --> 00:29:04.660
 are not

00:29:04.660 --> 00:29:05.140
 made

00:29:05.140 --> 00:29:07.340
 in the

00:29:07.340 --> 00:29:07.720
 halls of

00:29:07.720 --> 00:29:08.180
 congress

00:29:08.180 --> 00:29:09.980
 by

00:29:09.980 --> 00:29:10.460
 senators

00:29:10.460 --> 00:29:11.759
 do you know

00:29:11.759 --> 00:29:11.940
 where the

00:29:11.940 --> 00:29:12.500
 most powerful

00:29:12.500 --> 00:29:12.980
 arguments

00:29:12.980 --> 00:29:13.600
 are made

00:29:13.600 --> 00:29:15.860
 they're made

00:29:15.860 --> 00:29:16.620
 by willing

00:29:16.620 --> 00:29:17.220
 believers

00:29:17.220 --> 00:29:17.580
 who are

00:29:17.580 --> 00:29:18.120
 willing to

00:29:18.120 --> 00:29:18.600
 sacrifice

00:29:18.600 --> 00:29:19.220
 their own

00:29:19.220 --> 00:29:19.759
 resources

00:29:19.759 --> 00:29:20.279
 to help

00:29:20.279 --> 00:29:20.700
 those who

00:29:20.700 --> 00:29:21.160
 are unwed

00:29:21.160 --> 00:29:21.580
 mothers

00:29:21.580 --> 00:29:24.740
 I tell

00:29:24.740 --> 00:29:24.980
 you the

00:29:24.980 --> 00:29:25.400
 thing that

00:29:25.400 --> 00:29:26.120
 has changed

00:29:26.120 --> 00:29:26.980
 the conversation

00:29:26.980 --> 00:29:27.860
 about the

00:29:27.860 --> 00:29:28.420
 matter of

00:29:28.420 --> 00:29:29.259
 pro-life

00:29:29.259 --> 00:29:29.700
 in our

00:29:29.700 --> 00:29:30.220
 community

00:29:30.220 --> 00:29:30.660
 in our

00:29:30.660 --> 00:29:31.060
 culture

00:29:31.060 --> 00:29:31.840
 and I

00:29:31.840 --> 00:29:32.440
 see a

00:29:32.440 --> 00:29:32.900
 positive

00:29:32.900 --> 00:29:33.440
 change

00:29:33.440 --> 00:29:33.820
 happening

00:29:33.820 --> 00:29:34.340
 are there

00:29:34.340 --> 00:29:34.840
 abortions

00:29:34.840 --> 00:29:35.200
 that take

00:29:35.200 --> 00:29:35.540
 place

00:29:35.540 --> 00:29:36.240
 is our

00:29:36.240 --> 00:29:36.640
 government

00:29:36.640 --> 00:29:36.960
 doing

00:29:36.960 --> 00:29:37.340
 everything

00:29:37.340 --> 00:29:37.920
 they can

00:29:37.920 --> 00:29:38.820
 to enhance

00:29:38.820 --> 00:29:39.700
 and encourage

00:29:39.700 --> 00:29:40.180
 abortion

00:29:40.180 --> 00:29:40.680
 yes

00:29:40.680 --> 00:29:41.400
 but what

00:29:41.400 --> 00:29:41.840
 is turning

00:29:41.840 --> 00:29:42.340
 the tide

00:29:42.340 --> 00:29:43.259
 is believers

00:29:43.259 --> 00:29:43.640
 who are

00:29:43.640 --> 00:29:44.100
 willing

00:29:44.100 --> 00:29:44.680
 to be

00:29:44.680 --> 00:29:45.620
 sacrificed

00:29:45.620 --> 00:29:48.140
 and inconvenienced

00:29:48.140 --> 00:29:49.240
 to minister

00:29:49.240 --> 00:29:49.800
 to those

00:29:49.800 --> 00:29:50.220
 who have

00:29:50.220 --> 00:29:50.680
 children

00:29:50.680 --> 00:29:51.340
 out of

00:29:51.340 --> 00:29:51.820
 wedlock

00:29:51.820 --> 00:29:54.320
 you stop

00:29:54.320 --> 00:29:54.540
 and think

00:29:54.540 --> 00:29:55.000
 about it

00:29:55.000 --> 00:29:57.099
 if you

00:29:57.099 --> 00:29:57.359
 were to

00:29:57.359 --> 00:29:57.759
 kind of

00:29:57.759 --> 00:29:58.079
 survey

00:29:58.079 --> 00:29:58.559
 the history

00:29:58.559 --> 00:29:58.819
 of the

00:29:58.819 --> 00:29:59.019
 world

00:29:59.019 --> 00:29:59.319
 you would

00:29:59.319 --> 00:29:59.700
 discover

00:29:59.700 --> 00:30:00.000
 that

00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:01.019
 hospitals

00:30:01.019 --> 00:30:02.920
 schools

00:30:02.920 --> 00:30:03.160
 do you

00:30:03.160 --> 00:30:03.460
 know why

00:30:03.460 --> 00:30:03.839
 we have

00:30:03.839 --> 00:30:04.200
 such an

00:30:04.200 --> 00:30:04.700
 outstanding

00:30:04.700 --> 00:30:05.339
 educational

00:30:05.339 --> 00:30:05.720
 system

00:30:05.720 --> 00:30:06.240
 in America

00:30:06.240 --> 00:30:09.079
 do you

00:30:09.079 --> 00:30:09.559
 know why

00:30:09.559 --> 00:30:11.279
 Princeton

00:30:11.279 --> 00:30:11.960
 Harvard

00:30:11.960 --> 00:30:12.440
 Yale

00:30:12.440 --> 00:30:13.799
 came into

00:30:13.799 --> 00:30:14.059
 being

00:30:14.059 --> 00:30:15.539
 they came

00:30:15.539 --> 00:30:16.000
 into being

00:30:16.000 --> 00:30:16.480
 because

00:30:16.480 --> 00:30:17.039
 Bible

00:30:17.039 --> 00:30:17.460
 believing

00:30:17.460 --> 00:30:17.960
 people

00:30:17.960 --> 00:30:18.619
 understood

00:30:18.619 --> 00:30:19.400
 that

00:30:19.400 --> 00:30:20.140
 God's

00:30:20.140 --> 00:30:20.539
 people

00:30:20.539 --> 00:30:21.140
 need

00:30:21.140 --> 00:30:21.700
 to know

00:30:21.700 --> 00:30:22.339
 the word

00:30:22.339 --> 00:30:23.980
 will

00:30:23.980 --> 00:30:24.279
 teach

00:30:24.279 --> 00:30:24.519
 it

00:30:24.519 --> 00:30:25.539
 will

00:30:25.539 --> 00:30:25.799
 teach

00:30:25.799 --> 00:30:26.039
 it

00:30:26.039 --> 00:30:28.339
 I

00:30:28.339 --> 00:30:28.740
 do

00:30:28.740 --> 00:30:29.019
 like

00:30:29.019 --> 00:30:29.319
 to

00:30:29.319 --> 00:30:29.599
 say

00:30:29.599 --> 00:30:29.839
 that

00:30:29.839 --> 00:30:30.159
 liberals

00:30:30.159 --> 00:30:30.419
 are

00:30:30.419 --> 00:30:30.720
 generous

00:30:30.720 --> 00:30:30.959
 with

00:30:30.959 --> 00:30:31.159
 other

00:30:31.159 --> 00:30:31.500
 people's

00:30:31.500 --> 00:30:31.720
 money

00:30:31.720 --> 00:30:33.279
 and

00:30:33.279 --> 00:30:33.579
 Christians

00:30:33.579 --> 00:30:33.839
 are

00:30:33.839 --> 00:30:34.139
 generous

00:30:34.139 --> 00:30:34.359
 with

00:30:34.359 --> 00:30:34.480
 their

00:30:34.480 --> 00:30:34.720
 own

00:30:34.720 --> 00:30:37.539
 I

00:30:37.539 --> 00:30:39.019
 briefly

00:30:39.019 --> 00:30:39.399
 picked

00:30:39.399 --> 00:30:39.619
 up

00:30:39.619 --> 00:30:40.059
 I am

00:30:40.059 --> 00:30:40.419
 probably

00:30:40.419 --> 00:30:40.939
 not as

00:30:40.939 --> 00:30:41.539
 news savvy

00:30:41.539 --> 00:30:41.919
 as some

00:30:41.919 --> 00:30:42.079
 of the

00:30:42.079 --> 00:30:42.399
 rest of

00:30:42.399 --> 00:30:42.639
 you are

00:30:42.639 --> 00:30:42.919
 but I

00:30:42.919 --> 00:30:43.220
 briefly

00:30:43.220 --> 00:30:43.519
 picked

00:30:43.519 --> 00:30:43.740
 up

00:30:43.740 --> 00:30:44.399
 that

00:30:44.399 --> 00:30:44.559
 there

00:30:44.559 --> 00:30:44.720
 has

00:30:44.720 --> 00:30:44.859
 been

00:30:44.859 --> 00:30:45.059
 a

00:30:45.059 --> 00:30:45.500
 horrible

00:30:45.500 --> 00:30:47.459
 storm

00:30:47.459 --> 00:30:49.500
 tsunami

00:30:49.500 --> 00:30:51.339
 in the

00:30:51.339 --> 00:30:51.779
 Philippines

00:30:51.779 --> 00:30:53.319
 and I

00:30:53.319 --> 00:30:53.559
 got to

00:30:53.559 --> 00:30:53.880
 tell you

00:30:53.880 --> 00:30:54.220
 as soon

00:30:54.220 --> 00:30:54.640
 as we

00:30:54.640 --> 00:30:54.900
 have

00:30:54.900 --> 00:30:55.480
 information

00:30:55.480 --> 00:30:55.900
 on what

00:30:55.900 --> 00:30:56.259
 we can

00:30:56.259 --> 00:30:56.460
 do

00:30:56.460 --> 00:30:56.619
 as

00:30:56.619 --> 00:30:57.019
 believers

00:30:57.019 --> 00:30:57.319
 we're

00:30:57.319 --> 00:30:57.519
 going to

00:30:57.519 --> 00:30:57.759
 step

00:30:57.759 --> 00:30:57.900
 in

00:30:57.900 --> 00:30:58.099
 and we're

00:30:58.099 --> 00:30:58.220
 going to

00:30:58.220 --> 00:30:58.339
 help

00:30:58.339 --> 00:30:58.759
 we're

00:30:58.759 --> 00:30:58.900
 going to

00:30:58.900 --> 00:30:59.180
 fill

00:30:59.180 --> 00:30:59.400
 that

00:30:59.400 --> 00:30:59.799
 basket

00:30:59.799 --> 00:31:00.160
 but we're

00:31:00.160 --> 00:31:00.299
 going to

00:31:00.299 --> 00:31:00.460
 help

00:31:00.460 --> 00:31:00.660
 other

00:31:00.660 --> 00:31:00.920
 people

00:31:00.920 --> 00:31:01.200
 too

00:31:01.200 --> 00:31:02.440
 why

00:31:02.440 --> 00:31:04.660
 because

00:31:04.660 --> 00:31:04.839
 we've

00:31:04.839 --> 00:31:04.940
 been

00:31:04.940 --> 00:31:05.140
 called

00:31:05.140 --> 00:31:05.339
 to be

00:31:05.339 --> 00:31:05.579
 light

00:31:05.579 --> 00:31:05.700
 in

00:31:05.700 --> 00:31:05.900
 dark

00:31:05.900 --> 00:31:06.400
 places

00:31:06.400 --> 00:31:06.880
 well

00:31:06.880 --> 00:31:07.359
 there's

00:31:07.359 --> 00:31:07.460
 a

00:31:07.460 --> 00:31:07.640
 third

00:31:07.640 --> 00:31:07.819
 thing

00:31:07.819 --> 00:31:07.940
 that

00:31:07.940 --> 00:31:08.019
 I

00:31:08.019 --> 00:31:08.200
 want

00:31:08.200 --> 00:31:08.279
 you

00:31:08.279 --> 00:31:08.400
 to

00:31:08.400 --> 00:31:08.660
 see

00:31:08.660 --> 00:31:09.759
 going

00:31:09.759 --> 00:31:09.940
 back

00:31:09.940 --> 00:31:10.059
 to

00:31:10.059 --> 00:31:10.460
 Ephesians

00:31:10.460 --> 00:31:10.859
 chapter

00:31:10.859 --> 00:31:11.940
 5

00:31:11.940 --> 00:31:12.160
 it

00:31:12.160 --> 00:31:12.420
 says

00:31:12.420 --> 00:31:12.819
 there

00:31:12.819 --> 00:31:14.740
 and

00:31:14.740 --> 00:31:14.839
 I

00:31:14.839 --> 00:31:14.980
 just

00:31:14.980 --> 00:31:15.160
 can't

00:31:19.500 --> 00:31:19.859
 when

00:31:19.859 --> 00:31:20.140
 anything

00:31:20.140 --> 00:31:20.400
 is

00:31:20.400 --> 00:31:20.799
 exposed

00:31:20.799 --> 00:31:21.019
 by

00:31:21.019 --> 00:31:21.160
 the

00:31:21.160 --> 00:31:21.359
 light

00:31:21.359 --> 00:31:21.460
 it

00:31:21.460 --> 00:31:21.740
 becomes

00:31:21.740 --> 00:31:22.180
 visible

00:31:22.180 --> 00:31:22.779
 for

00:31:22.779 --> 00:31:23.039
 anything

00:31:23.039 --> 00:31:23.259
 that

00:31:23.259 --> 00:31:23.579
 becomes

00:31:23.579 --> 00:31:23.960
 visible

00:31:23.960 --> 00:31:24.259
 is

00:31:24.259 --> 00:31:24.539
 light

00:31:24.539 --> 00:31:24.759
 let me

00:31:24.759 --> 00:31:24.900
 kind

00:31:24.900 --> 00:31:25.000
 of

00:31:25.000 --> 00:31:25.539
 press

00:31:25.539 --> 00:31:25.740
 this

00:31:25.740 --> 00:31:26.079
 together

00:31:26.079 --> 00:31:26.380
 because

00:31:26.380 --> 00:31:26.539
 of

00:31:26.539 --> 00:31:26.900
 time

00:31:26.900 --> 00:31:28.660
 what

00:31:28.660 --> 00:31:29.119
 remains

00:31:29.119 --> 00:31:29.299
 in

00:31:29.299 --> 00:31:29.460
 our

00:31:29.460 --> 00:31:29.920
 study

00:31:29.920 --> 00:31:30.180
 as

00:31:30.180 --> 00:31:30.299
 we

00:31:30.299 --> 00:31:30.460
 look

00:31:30.460 --> 00:31:30.559
 at

00:31:30.559 --> 00:31:30.740
 this

00:31:30.740 --> 00:31:31.059
 part

00:31:31.059 --> 00:31:31.500
 is

00:31:31.500 --> 00:31:31.680
 that

00:31:31.680 --> 00:31:31.980
 we

00:31:31.980 --> 00:31:32.160
 as

00:31:32.160 --> 00:31:32.519
 believers

00:31:32.519 --> 00:31:32.740
 are

00:31:32.740 --> 00:31:32.900
 to

00:31:32.900 --> 00:31:33.099
 think

00:31:33.099 --> 00:31:33.279
 as

00:31:33.279 --> 00:31:33.559
 short

00:31:33.559 --> 00:31:33.940
 timers

00:31:33.940 --> 00:31:34.079
 now

00:31:34.079 --> 00:31:34.259
 what

00:31:34.259 --> 00:31:34.420
 does

00:31:34.420 --> 00:31:34.539
 it

00:31:34.539 --> 00:31:34.759
 mean

00:31:34.759 --> 00:31:35.119
 to

00:31:35.119 --> 00:31:35.220
 be

00:31:35.220 --> 00:31:35.339
 a

00:31:35.339 --> 00:31:35.579
 short

00:31:35.579 --> 00:31:35.920
 timer

00:31:35.920 --> 00:31:37.299
 huh

00:31:37.299 --> 00:31:39.180
 it

00:31:39.180 --> 00:31:39.359
 means

00:31:39.359 --> 00:31:39.500
 we're

00:31:39.500 --> 00:31:39.740
 checking

00:31:39.740 --> 00:31:39.940
 out

00:31:39.940 --> 00:31:40.160
 pretty

00:31:40.160 --> 00:31:40.480
 soon

00:31:40.480 --> 00:31:41.700
 okay

00:31:41.700 --> 00:31:42.619
 we're

00:31:42.619 --> 00:31:42.759
 not

00:31:42.759 --> 00:31:42.880
 going

00:31:42.880 --> 00:31:42.920
 to

00:31:42.920 --> 00:31:43.039
 be

00:31:43.039 --> 00:31:43.180
 here

00:31:43.180 --> 00:31:43.559
 long

00:31:43.559 --> 00:31:45.000
 and

00:31:45.000 --> 00:31:45.240
 since

00:31:45.240 --> 00:31:45.399
 we

00:31:45.399 --> 00:31:45.619
 don't

00:31:45.619 --> 00:31:45.799
 have

00:31:45.799 --> 00:31:45.920
 a

00:31:45.920 --> 00:31:46.079
 lot

00:31:46.079 --> 00:31:46.200
 of

00:31:46.200 --> 00:31:46.480
 time

00:31:46.480 --> 00:31:46.899
 what

00:31:46.899 --> 00:31:47.039
 we

00:31:47.039 --> 00:31:47.180
 ought

00:31:47.180 --> 00:31:47.240
 to

00:31:47.240 --> 00:31:47.339
 be

00:31:47.339 --> 00:31:47.559
 doing

00:31:47.559 --> 00:31:47.740
 is

00:31:47.740 --> 00:31:48.079
 focusing

00:31:48.079 --> 00:31:48.319
 on

00:31:48.319 --> 00:31:48.420
 the

00:31:48.420 --> 00:31:48.639
 things

00:31:48.639 --> 00:31:48.779
 that

00:31:48.779 --> 00:31:49.039
 really

00:31:49.039 --> 00:31:49.339
 really

00:31:49.339 --> 00:31:49.659
 really

00:31:49.659 --> 00:31:49.940
 really

00:31:49.940 --> 00:31:50.359
 count

00:31:50.359 --> 00:31:54.680
 I

00:31:54.680 --> 00:31:55.039
 take

00:31:55.039 --> 00:31:56.720
 this

00:31:56.720 --> 00:31:57.299
 passage

00:31:57.299 --> 00:31:58.299
 ultimately

00:31:58.299 --> 00:31:59.680
 to be

00:31:59.680 --> 00:32:00.059
 an appeal

00:32:00.059 --> 00:32:00.460
 to us

00:32:00.460 --> 00:32:00.619
 as

00:32:00.619 --> 00:32:00.920
 believers

00:32:00.920 --> 00:32:01.279
 that we

00:32:01.279 --> 00:32:01.379
 are

00:32:01.379 --> 00:32:01.619
 to be

00:32:01.619 --> 00:32:02.000
 engaged

00:32:02.000 --> 00:32:02.139
 in

00:32:02.139 --> 00:32:02.259
 the

00:32:02.259 --> 00:32:02.500
 sweetness

00:32:02.500 --> 00:32:02.740
 of

00:32:02.740 --> 00:32:02.859
 the

00:32:02.859 --> 00:32:03.200
 gospel

00:32:03.200 --> 00:32:03.420
 and

00:32:03.420 --> 00:32:03.639
 bringing

00:32:03.639 --> 00:32:04.039
 light

00:32:04.039 --> 00:32:04.240
 to

00:32:04.240 --> 00:32:04.559
 people

00:32:04.559 --> 00:32:05.019
 whose

00:32:05.019 --> 00:32:05.359
 lives

00:32:05.359 --> 00:32:05.519
 are

00:32:05.519 --> 00:32:05.839
 dark

00:32:05.839 --> 00:32:06.019
 and

00:32:06.019 --> 00:32:06.420
 hopeless

00:32:06.420 --> 00:32:08.619
 our

00:32:08.619 --> 00:32:09.000
 calling

00:32:09.000 --> 00:32:09.180
 is

00:32:09.180 --> 00:32:09.339
 to be

00:32:09.339 --> 00:32:09.720
 active

00:32:09.720 --> 00:32:09.920
 in

00:32:09.920 --> 00:32:10.420
 pleading

00:32:10.420 --> 00:32:11.000
 with

00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:11.559
 unbelievers

00:32:11.559 --> 00:32:11.960
 to come

00:32:11.960 --> 00:32:12.139
 to

00:32:12.140 --> 00:32:12.580
 Christ

00:32:12.580 --> 00:32:13.360
 are

00:32:13.360 --> 00:32:13.560
 we

00:32:13.560 --> 00:32:13.720
 to

00:32:13.720 --> 00:32:13.860
 be

00:32:13.860 --> 00:32:14.280
 involved

00:32:14.280 --> 00:32:14.520
 in

00:32:14.520 --> 00:32:14.780
 doing

00:32:14.780 --> 00:32:15.100
 good

00:32:15.100 --> 00:32:15.520
 works

00:32:15.520 --> 00:32:15.940
 so

00:32:15.940 --> 00:32:16.140
 that

00:32:16.140 --> 00:32:16.480
 God

00:32:16.480 --> 00:32:16.640
 is

00:32:16.640 --> 00:32:17.160
 glorified

00:32:17.160 --> 00:32:17.300
 and

00:32:17.300 --> 00:32:17.420
 the

00:32:17.420 --> 00:32:17.720
 answer

00:32:17.720 --> 00:32:17.940
 is

00:32:17.940 --> 00:32:18.800
 absolutely

00:32:18.800 --> 00:32:19.440
 but

00:32:19.440 --> 00:32:19.759
 good

00:32:19.759 --> 00:32:20.140
 works

00:32:20.140 --> 00:32:21.000
 must

00:32:21.000 --> 00:32:21.259
 be

00:32:21.259 --> 00:32:21.759
 connected

00:32:21.759 --> 00:32:22.400
 with

00:32:22.400 --> 00:32:22.540
 a

00:32:22.540 --> 00:32:22.740
 good

00:32:22.740 --> 00:32:23.180
 word

00:32:23.180 --> 00:32:24.040
 and

00:32:24.040 --> 00:32:24.160
 you

00:32:24.160 --> 00:32:24.240
 know

00:32:24.240 --> 00:32:24.400
 what

00:32:24.400 --> 00:32:24.540
 the

00:32:24.540 --> 00:32:24.759
 word

00:32:24.759 --> 00:32:25.080
 is

00:32:25.080 --> 00:32:25.480
 is

00:32:25.480 --> 00:32:25.720
 that

00:32:25.720 --> 00:32:26.580
 Christ

00:32:26.580 --> 00:32:26.920
 Jesus

00:32:26.920 --> 00:32:27.280
 came

00:32:27.280 --> 00:32:27.460
 into

00:32:27.460 --> 00:32:27.640
 the

00:32:27.640 --> 00:32:27.880
 world

00:32:27.880 --> 00:32:28.080
 to

00:32:28.080 --> 00:32:28.340
 save

00:32:28.340 --> 00:32:28.680
 sinners

00:32:28.680 --> 00:32:28.880
 of

00:32:28.880 --> 00:32:29.060
 whom

00:32:29.060 --> 00:32:29.220
 I

00:32:29.220 --> 00:32:29.360
 am

00:32:29.360 --> 00:32:29.700
 chief

00:32:29.700 --> 00:32:30.240
 and

00:32:30.240 --> 00:32:30.540
 as

00:32:30.540 --> 00:32:30.700
 you

00:32:30.700 --> 00:32:30.860
 are

00:32:30.860 --> 00:32:31.200
 doing

00:32:31.200 --> 00:32:31.600
 good

00:32:31.600 --> 00:32:31.940
 things

00:32:31.940 --> 00:32:32.300
 and

00:32:32.300 --> 00:32:32.460
 you

00:32:32.460 --> 00:32:32.660
 ought

00:32:32.660 --> 00:32:32.720
 to

00:32:32.720 --> 00:32:32.840
 be

00:32:32.840 --> 00:32:33.100
 doing

00:32:33.100 --> 00:32:33.420
 those

00:32:33.420 --> 00:32:33.860
 you

00:32:33.860 --> 00:32:34.240
 have

00:32:34.240 --> 00:32:34.360
 to

00:32:34.360 --> 00:32:34.540
 be

00:32:34.540 --> 00:32:34.940
 sharing

00:32:34.940 --> 00:32:35.360
 the

00:32:35.359 --> 00:32:35.619
 thing

00:32:35.619 --> 00:32:35.779
 that

00:32:35.779 --> 00:32:36.059
 makes

00:32:36.059 --> 00:32:36.240
 a

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 difference

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 for

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 all

00:32:37.199 --> 00:32:37.319
 of

00:32:37.319 --> 00:32:37.719
 eternity

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 can

00:32:40.419 --> 00:32:40.539
 you

00:32:40.539 --> 00:32:40.859
 improve

00:32:40.859 --> 00:32:41.019
 the

00:32:41.019 --> 00:32:41.240
 health

00:32:41.240 --> 00:32:41.379
 and

00:32:41.379 --> 00:32:41.619
 have

00:32:41.619 --> 00:32:42.000
 people

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 go

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 to

00:32:42.299 --> 00:32:42.500
 hell

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 and

00:32:42.919 --> 00:32:43.099
 what's

00:32:43.099 --> 00:32:43.199
 the

00:32:43.199 --> 00:32:43.519
 answer

00:32:43.519 --> 00:32:44.639
 yes

00:32:44.639 --> 00:32:45.740
 particularly

00:32:45.740 --> 00:32:46.000
 if you

00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:46.179
 don't

00:32:46.179 --> 00:32:46.359
 share

00:32:46.359 --> 00:32:46.500
 the

00:32:46.500 --> 00:32:46.839
 gospel

00:32:46.839 --> 00:32:48.459
 can

00:32:48.459 --> 00:32:48.599
 you

00:32:48.599 --> 00:32:48.819
 drill

00:32:48.819 --> 00:32:49.139
 tube

00:32:49.139 --> 00:32:49.519
 wells

00:32:49.519 --> 00:32:50.419
 can

00:32:50.419 --> 00:32:50.559
 you

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 run

00:32:50.819 --> 00:32:51.639
 electricity

00:32:51.639 --> 00:32:52.619
 can

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 you

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 provide

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 all

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 kinds

00:32:53.679 --> 00:32:53.899
 of

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 physical

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 cares

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 and

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 I

00:32:55.379 --> 00:32:55.579
 think

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 we

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 should

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 but

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 beloved

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 woven

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 into

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 the

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 absolutely

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 desperate

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 need

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 of

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 the

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 world

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 is

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 the

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 truth

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 of

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 the

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 fact

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 that

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 men

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 are

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 sinners

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 before

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 a

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 holy

00:33:05.579 --> 00:33:05.880
 God

00:33:05.880 --> 00:33:06.380
 and

00:33:06.380 --> 00:33:06.519
 they

00:33:06.519 --> 00:33:06.720
 have

00:33:06.720 --> 00:33:06.900
 no

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 hope

00:33:07.120 --> 00:33:07.360
 apart

00:33:07.360 --> 00:33:07.539
 from

00:33:07.539 --> 00:33:07.920
 Christ

00:33:07.920 --> 00:33:09.779
 I

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 loved

00:33:10.120 --> 00:33:10.420
 listening

00:33:10.420 --> 00:33:10.559
 to

00:33:10.559 --> 00:33:10.720
 Billy

00:33:10.720 --> 00:33:10.940
 Graham

00:33:10.940 --> 00:33:11.120
 on

00:33:11.120 --> 00:33:11.400
 Thursday

00:33:11.400 --> 00:33:11.680
 night

00:33:11.680 --> 00:33:13.059
 and

00:33:13.059 --> 00:33:13.279
 I

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 got

00:33:13.420 --> 00:33:13.519
 to

00:33:13.519 --> 00:33:13.700
 tell

00:33:13.700 --> 00:33:13.860
 you

00:33:13.860 --> 00:33:14.339
 if

00:33:14.339 --> 00:33:14.480
 you

00:33:14.480 --> 00:33:14.759
 missed

00:33:14.759 --> 00:33:14.900
 an

00:33:14.900 --> 00:33:15.400
 opportunity

00:33:15.400 --> 00:33:16.079
 all

00:33:16.079 --> 00:33:16.220
 you

00:33:16.220 --> 00:33:16.400
 have

00:33:16.400 --> 00:33:16.500
 to

00:33:16.500 --> 00:33:16.700
 do

00:33:16.700 --> 00:33:16.900
 is

00:33:16.900 --> 00:33:17.240
 go

00:33:17.240 --> 00:33:17.539
 to

00:33:17.539 --> 00:33:17.900
 his

00:33:17.900 --> 00:33:18.400
 website

00:33:18.400 --> 00:33:18.720
 and

00:33:18.720 --> 00:33:18.880
 you

00:33:18.880 --> 00:33:19.059
 can

00:33:19.059 --> 00:33:19.460
 download

00:33:19.460 --> 00:33:19.660
 it

00:33:19.660 --> 00:33:19.779
 and

00:33:19.779 --> 00:33:20.079
 watch

00:33:20.079 --> 00:33:20.200
 it

00:33:20.200 --> 00:33:20.339
 on

00:33:20.339 --> 00:33:20.620
 YouTube

00:33:20.620 --> 00:33:20.860
 you

00:33:20.860 --> 00:33:20.980
 can

00:33:20.980 --> 00:33:21.180
 watch

00:33:21.180 --> 00:33:21.279
 it

00:33:21.279 --> 00:33:21.380
 all

00:33:21.380 --> 00:33:21.620
 different

00:33:21.620 --> 00:33:21.920
 kinds

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 of

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 places

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 the

00:33:43.579 --> 00:33:44.980
 latter

00:33:44.980 --> 00:33:45.299
 part

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 of

00:33:45.400 --> 00:33:45.559
 that

00:33:45.559 --> 00:33:45.700
 it

00:33:45.700 --> 00:33:45.900
 says

00:33:45.900 --> 00:33:46.059
 that

00:33:46.059 --> 00:33:46.240
 we

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 are

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 to

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 be

00:33:47.079 --> 00:33:49.559
 careful

00:33:49.559 --> 00:33:50.460
 how

00:33:50.460 --> 00:33:50.700
 we

00:33:50.700 --> 00:33:51.299
 walk

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 not

00:33:52.740 --> 00:33:52.960
 as

00:33:52.960 --> 00:33:53.779
 unwise

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 but

00:33:54.480 --> 00:33:54.680
 as

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 wise

00:33:55.319 --> 00:33:56.839
 we're

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 expected

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 to be

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 wise

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 in

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 our

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 calling

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 turn

00:33:58.779 --> 00:33:59.000
 over

00:33:59.000 --> 00:33:59.120
 if

00:33:59.120 --> 00:33:59.220
 you

00:33:59.220 --> 00:33:59.380
 would

00:33:59.380 --> 00:33:59.539
 just

00:33:59.539 --> 00:33:59.680
 for

00:33:59.680 --> 00:33:59.759
 a

00:33:59.759 --> 00:33:59.900
 moment

00:33:59.900 --> 00:34:00.039
 to

00:34:00.039 --> 00:34:00.599
 Colossians

00:34:00.599 --> 00:34:01.000
 chapter

00:34:01.000 --> 00:34:01.859
 4

00:34:01.859 --> 00:34:02.400
 verse

00:34:02.400 --> 00:34:02.880
 5

00:34:02.880 --> 00:34:03.599
 Colossians

00:34:03.599 --> 00:34:04.359
 chapter

00:34:04.359 --> 00:34:04.799
 4

00:34:04.799 --> 00:34:05.079
 verse

00:34:05.079 --> 00:34:05.380
 5

00:34:05.380 --> 00:34:05.500
 it

00:34:05.500 --> 00:34:05.680
 says

00:34:05.680 --> 00:34:05.859
 this

00:34:05.859 --> 00:34:06.119
 walk

00:34:06.119 --> 00:34:06.299
 in

00:34:06.299 --> 00:34:06.640
 wisdom

00:34:06.640 --> 00:34:06.960
 toward

00:34:06.960 --> 00:34:07.480
 outsiders

00:34:07.480 --> 00:34:08.199
 making

00:34:08.199 --> 00:34:08.480
 the

00:34:08.480 --> 00:34:08.860
 best

00:34:08.860 --> 00:34:09.219
 use

00:34:09.219 --> 00:34:09.400
 of

00:34:09.400 --> 00:34:09.880
 time

00:34:09.880 --> 00:34:12.340
 what's

00:34:12.340 --> 00:34:12.500
 that

00:34:12.500 --> 00:34:12.780
 mean

00:34:12.780 --> 00:34:15.880
 what's

00:34:15.880 --> 00:34:16.000
 that

00:34:16.000 --> 00:34:16.260
 mean

00:34:16.260 --> 00:34:28.760
 I

00:34:28.760 --> 00:34:28.880
 have

00:34:28.880 --> 00:34:29.019
 a

00:34:29.019 --> 00:34:29.320
 friend

00:34:29.320 --> 00:34:30.019
 time

00:34:30.019 --> 00:34:30.500
 in

00:34:30.500 --> 00:34:30.500


00:34:30.500 --> 00:34:30.500


00:34:30.500 --> 00:34:30.500


00:34:30.500 --> 00:34:30.980
 pastoral

00:34:30.980 --> 00:34:31.460
 ministry

00:34:31.460 --> 00:34:33.280
 who

00:34:33.280 --> 00:34:34.280
 earlier

00:34:34.280 --> 00:34:34.660
 this

00:34:34.660 --> 00:34:35.140
 fall

00:34:35.140 --> 00:34:36.460
 had

00:34:36.460 --> 00:34:36.800
 some

00:34:36.800 --> 00:34:37.100
 flu

00:34:37.100 --> 00:34:37.380
 like

00:34:37.380 --> 00:34:37.900
 symptoms

00:34:37.900 --> 00:34:38.380
 and

00:34:38.380 --> 00:34:39.940
 he

00:34:39.940 --> 00:34:40.140
 went

00:34:40.140 --> 00:34:40.300
 into

00:34:40.300 --> 00:34:40.480
 the

00:34:40.480 --> 00:34:40.800
 doctor

00:34:40.800 --> 00:34:41.100
 after

00:34:41.100 --> 00:34:41.360
 three

00:34:41.360 --> 00:34:41.500
 or

00:34:41.500 --> 00:34:41.660
 four

00:34:41.660 --> 00:34:41.960
 days

00:34:41.960 --> 00:34:42.100
 of

00:34:42.100 --> 00:34:42.340
 this

00:34:42.340 --> 00:34:42.580
 and

00:34:42.580 --> 00:34:43.920
 said

00:34:43.920 --> 00:34:44.039
 you

00:34:44.039 --> 00:34:44.220
 know

00:34:44.220 --> 00:34:44.620
 I'm

00:34:44.620 --> 00:34:44.780
 just

00:34:44.780 --> 00:34:44.980
 having

00:34:44.980 --> 00:34:45.240
 trouble

00:34:45.240 --> 00:34:45.600
 shake

00:34:45.600 --> 00:34:45.880
 this

00:34:45.880 --> 00:34:46.000
 and

00:34:46.000 --> 00:34:46.120
 the

00:34:46.120 --> 00:34:46.400
 doctor

00:34:46.400 --> 00:34:46.700
 said

00:34:46.700 --> 00:34:47.300
 okay

00:34:47.300 --> 00:34:47.519
 well

00:34:47.519 --> 00:34:49.140
 listen

00:34:49.140 --> 00:34:49.340
 to him

00:34:49.340 --> 00:34:49.420
 a

00:34:49.420 --> 00:34:49.480
 little

00:34:49.480 --> 00:34:49.580
 bit

00:34:49.580 --> 00:34:49.740
 more

00:34:49.740 --> 00:34:49.840
 and

00:34:49.840 --> 00:34:49.940
 said

00:34:49.940 --> 00:34:50.039
 well

00:34:50.039 --> 00:34:50.140
 let

00:34:50.140 --> 00:34:50.220
 me

00:34:50.220 --> 00:34:50.380
 run

00:34:50.380 --> 00:34:50.559
 some

00:34:50.559 --> 00:34:50.880
 tests

00:34:50.880 --> 00:34:51.019
 and

00:34:51.019 --> 00:34:51.100
 he

00:34:51.100 --> 00:34:51.300
 ran

00:34:51.300 --> 00:34:51.539
 some

00:34:51.539 --> 00:34:51.880
 blood

00:34:51.880 --> 00:34:52.240
 tests

00:34:52.240 --> 00:34:52.460
 and

00:34:52.460 --> 00:34:53.280
 one

00:34:53.280 --> 00:34:53.539
 thing

00:34:53.539 --> 00:34:53.760
 led

00:34:53.760 --> 00:34:53.900
 to

00:34:53.900 --> 00:34:54.220
 another

00:34:54.220 --> 00:34:54.720
 and

00:34:54.720 --> 00:34:55.280
 eventually

00:34:59.320 --> 00:35:01.559
 and fatal leukemia.

00:35:05.039 --> 00:35:06.360
 I've known my friend

00:35:06.360 --> 00:35:09.000
 and his faithfulness to the gospel,

00:35:09.820 --> 00:35:12.260
 the affection that he has for the Lord Jesus Christ,

00:35:12.720 --> 00:35:15.000
 and this dear friend said to me,

00:35:15.059 --> 00:35:15.559
 you know what?

00:35:16.080 --> 00:35:18.519
 I really don't know how long I'm going to live,

00:35:19.400 --> 00:35:21.860
 but I want to live it for Jesus.

00:35:24.400 --> 00:35:27.660
 And he said, it's been one thing for me to preach,

00:35:27.659 --> 00:35:32.639
 not really thinking about the fact that I'm a short timer,

00:35:33.639 --> 00:35:39.599
 and now I recognize I don't have much time.

00:35:42.339 --> 00:35:43.739
 Look at the passage.

00:35:46.940 --> 00:35:49.739
 Making the best use of the time

00:35:49.739 --> 00:35:53.779
 because the days are evil.

00:35:55.179 --> 00:35:56.179
 We're light.

00:35:56.179 --> 00:35:57.500
 You got that?

00:35:58.319 --> 00:35:59.639
 In dark places.

00:36:01.199 --> 00:36:04.239
 And people all around us

00:36:04.239 --> 00:36:06.319
 are stepping off

00:36:06.319 --> 00:36:08.659
 into the darkness of an eternity

00:36:08.659 --> 00:36:11.539
 without Christ in hell forever.

00:36:11.539 --> 00:36:17.699
 So when was the last time

00:36:17.699 --> 00:36:21.199
 that you were light enough

00:36:21.199 --> 00:36:25.380
 that people ask you a reason for the hope that's in you?

00:36:25.380 --> 00:36:31.140
 When was the last time that a neighbor said to you,

00:36:31.960 --> 00:36:32.820
 you know,

00:36:33.760 --> 00:36:35.240
 why are you different?

00:36:37.099 --> 00:36:38.140
 Well, I'm a vegetarian.

00:36:38.500 --> 00:36:38.519
 No.

00:36:38.519 --> 00:36:40.619
 Why are you different?

00:36:40.940 --> 00:36:43.400
 Well, it's because, you know,

00:36:43.460 --> 00:36:45.940
 there was a time in my life where I was an absolute mess.

00:36:46.179 --> 00:36:47.179
 I was dark.

00:36:47.179 --> 00:36:54.259
 And the Spirit of God convinced me of my darkness and brought me to Christ.

00:36:54.260 --> 00:36:55.840
 And I am different not because of me,

00:36:55.840 --> 00:36:58.480
 but because of Him.

00:36:58.480 --> 00:37:03.920
 And I would like to talk to you about Him and let you know that there's hope.

00:37:03.920 --> 00:37:06.579
 A week and a half ago,

00:37:06.800 --> 00:37:07.740
 I shared this already,

00:37:07.860 --> 00:37:09.180
 but it's a great reminder.

00:37:09.179 --> 00:37:12.559
 I've been in the neighborhood where I am for,

00:37:13.659 --> 00:37:14.579
 my wife would tell you,

00:37:14.759 --> 00:37:15.319
 I don't know.

00:37:15.659 --> 00:37:16.419
 It's a long time,

00:37:16.779 --> 00:37:17.539
 five or six years.

00:37:18.119 --> 00:37:20.179
 And I have ministered over and over again.

00:37:20.239 --> 00:37:22.059
 It took about six months for everybody in my neighborhood

00:37:22.059 --> 00:37:24.359
 to figure out that I was a Baptist pastor, right?

00:37:25.179 --> 00:37:27.480
 Once they figured out that I was a Baptist pastor,

00:37:27.579 --> 00:37:28.159
 it was like, you know,

00:37:28.239 --> 00:37:30.460
 they backed off a little bit.

00:37:30.519 --> 00:37:32.879
 But eventually they found out that I'm a pretty ordinary guy.

00:37:32.940 --> 00:37:34.379
 I would help them with projects.

00:37:34.759 --> 00:37:36.299
 And you can use my leaf blower.

00:37:36.539 --> 00:37:37.940
 I have every tool imaginable.

00:37:38.039 --> 00:37:39.119
 You know, share, share, share.

00:37:39.179 --> 00:37:39.859
 Those kind of things.

00:37:40.719 --> 00:37:42.799
 And the other day,

00:37:42.859 --> 00:37:43.799
 my neighbor said to me,

00:37:44.599 --> 00:37:45.799
 my aunt died.

00:37:47.119 --> 00:37:48.239
 Oh, I'm sorry to hear that.

00:37:49.179 --> 00:37:50.739
 Yeah, and I'm wondering where she went.

00:37:51.919 --> 00:37:54.500
 This is a lady who has told me over and over again,

00:37:54.759 --> 00:37:56.679
 and I've shared the gospel with them about two or three times.

00:37:57.000 --> 00:37:57.899
 Don't want to go there.

00:37:58.079 --> 00:37:59.639
 Had a bad experience when I was, you know,

00:37:59.739 --> 00:38:00.799
 young person, blah, blah.

00:38:00.839 --> 00:38:02.019
 Don't want to have anything to do with church.

00:38:02.519 --> 00:38:03.699
 Here she is saying to me,

00:38:03.819 --> 00:38:04.980
 Baptist pastor, that she knows.

00:38:05.239 --> 00:38:06.679
 I don't know where she went.

00:38:06.679 --> 00:38:09.319
 I jumped on that.

00:38:10.599 --> 00:38:11.500
 And here's what I said.

00:38:11.559 --> 00:38:12.000
 I said, you know,

00:38:12.099 --> 00:38:13.859
 that is an important thing to think about.

00:38:14.399 --> 00:38:14.759
 It's pretty,

00:38:14.899 --> 00:38:16.079
 that's a good question.

00:38:16.139 --> 00:38:16.839
 Where did she go?

00:38:16.879 --> 00:38:17.500
 I don't know.

00:38:17.859 --> 00:38:18.519
 I've never met her,

00:38:18.559 --> 00:38:19.480
 so I have no idea.

00:38:19.819 --> 00:38:20.139
 I said,

00:38:20.139 --> 00:38:21.799
 but evidently,

00:38:21.900 --> 00:38:22.839
 you think about that,

00:38:22.879 --> 00:38:23.319
 don't you?

00:38:24.659 --> 00:38:25.559
 Every day.

00:38:26.319 --> 00:38:27.359
 So what am I going to do?

00:38:28.559 --> 00:38:29.299
 I'm sitting there,

00:38:29.319 --> 00:38:29.679
 and she says,

00:38:29.739 --> 00:38:30.759
 the next thing she says is,

00:38:31.059 --> 00:38:31.579
 and by the way,

00:38:31.639 --> 00:38:32.599
 would you do my funeral?

00:38:35.559 --> 00:38:36.879
 Out of the clear blue.

00:38:39.099 --> 00:38:39.839
 I said,

00:38:40.059 --> 00:38:40.359
 oh,

00:38:40.480 --> 00:38:41.839
 I would be honored to.

00:38:43.519 --> 00:38:44.000
 I said,

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 but can I tell you what I would say,

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 so you know ahead of time?

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 What do you think I did?

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 There was a day when I was dark,

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 and you were dark.

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 You understand that?

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 And Christ Jesus came into my life

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 and saved me.

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 And here is his marching orders

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 for Tim Knoyer.

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 You're a short timer here.

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 Use it wisely.

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 Let's close in prayer.

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 Precious Father in God,

00:39:26.420 --> 00:39:26.900
 this morning,

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 as we listen to the Word of God,

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 we want to hear

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 and understand

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 and have our lives

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 affected by the truth.

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 Christ Jesus came into the world

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 to save sinners.

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 And every one of us here

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 can remember,

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 those who are saved,

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 can remember the time

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 that we were dark,

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 and you,

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 by your grace,

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 drew us out of that condition

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 and have given us

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 everlasting life.

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 And we want to use our lives

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 in the time that remains

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 for the testimony of Christ.

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 Now, Lord,

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 it's our privilege

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 to enjoy

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 the faithfulness

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 of individuals

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 who have chosen

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 to be baptized in obedience.

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 Let their testimonies

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 resonate

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 in the hearts

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 of those that are here

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 that don't know Christ.

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 And that's our prayer.

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 Amen.