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 So Proverbs 3, verse 13 onwards.

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 Blessed are those who find wisdom, those who gain understanding.

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 For she is more profitable than silver and yields better returns than gold.

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 She is more precious than rubies.

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 Nothing you desire can compare with her.

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 Long life is in her right hand.

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 In her left hand are riches and honor.

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 Her ways are pleasant ways and all her paths are peace.

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 She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her.

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 Those who hold her fast will be blessed.

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 By wisdom the Lord laid the earth's foundations.

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 By understanding he set the heavens in place.

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 By his knowledge the watery depths were divided and the clouds let drop the dew.

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 My son, do not let wisdom and understanding out of your sight.

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 Preserve sound judgment and discretion.

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 They will be life for you, an ornament to grace your neck.

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 Then you will go on your way in safety and your foot will not stumble.

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 When you lie down, you will not be afraid.

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 When you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.

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 Have no fear of sudden disaster or of the ruin that overtakes the wicked.

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 For the Lord will be at your side and will keep your foot from being snared.

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 Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due when it is in your power to act.

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 Do not say to your neighbor, come back tomorrow and I'll give it to you, when you already have it with you.

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 Do not plot harm against your neighbor who lives trustfully near you.

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 Do not accuse anyone for no reason when they have done you no harm.

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 Do not envy the violent or choose any of their ways.

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 For the Lord detests the perverse but takes the upright into his confidence.

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 The Lord's curse is on the house of the wicked, but he blesses the home of the righteous.

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 He mocks proud mockers, but shows favor to the humble and oppressed.

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 The wise inherit honor, but fools get only shame.

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 Thank you so much, Mary.

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 And good morning, everybody.

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 So I think it's fair to say we all want the blessed life, right?

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 In the Bible, blessed describes a person who is living life optimally as God intended, regardless of their circumstance.

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 I'll say that again.

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 Blessed describes a person who is living life optimally as God intended, regardless of circumstance.

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 But I think it's fair to say also, we all have a different idea of what it actually looks like to be blessed.

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 Is the blessed life the married life?

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 Finding love with the man or woman of your dreams?

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 Having companionship on life's journey?

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 Or is the blessed life the successful life?

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 Having a fulfilling career and a comfortable salary?

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 Giving you the house of your dreams?

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 Is the blessed life the family life?

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 With cute little mini people who look just like you, wreaking havoc around your house?

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 Little people to invest your life in?

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 Is the blessed life the healthy life?

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 To be free from pain?

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 Able to enjoy your retirement well into old age?

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 To travel, see the world?

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 Or what comes to your mind?

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 Whenever you imagine the blessed life?

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 Now if you're young here today, you've still got your whole life ahead of you.

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 You've got that picture in your mind of what the blessed life looks like.

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 And in this speech, King Solomon, the author, he speaks as a father to his son about where he can find that blessed life.

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 And to the son's surprise, it's not found in romance or money or the dream house or traveling the world.

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 It comes from a place that your social media feed will never point you to.

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 Look in verse 13.

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 Blessed are those who find wisdom.

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 The blessed life is the life of wisdom.

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 If you get wisdom, you get the optimal life according to God.

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 In fact, wisdom promises us a more blessed life than we could ever even dream up.

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 Have a look at verse 14.

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 For she, wisdom, is more profitable than silver and yields better returns than gold.

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 Imagine for a second if you made a smart investment on some Google shares back in the 90s, right?

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 And you sold them for a thousand times what you paid for them.

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 That's nothing close to what wisdom will repay you.

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 Look at verse 15.

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 She is more precious than rubies.

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 Nothing you desire can compare with her.

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 Nothing.

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 Not the guy or girl of your dreams.

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 Not the house by the sea or the big money job.

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 Nothing you desire can compare with getting wisdom.

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 That's the case that the father makes to his son with his whole life out ahead of him.

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 But it doesn't make any sense to him.

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 Nor to us, does it?

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 Because when we look around or take a scroll through the old social media,

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 who's running after wisdom as the blessed life?

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 No one.

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 Why wisdom?

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 Well, that's what the father is going to do in this speech.

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 He's going to make the case as to why wisdom, getting wisdom, is the blessed life.

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 Now, before we start, for those of you who aren't young in this room,

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 anyone who's over the age of...

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 Let me see.

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 What age is my wife again?

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 Plus one onto that.

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 No, I'm kidding.

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 I'm not going to put a number on that.

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 I'll offend way too many people all at once.

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 But, yeah, that's a very subjective word, isn't it?

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 Young.

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 But anyone who considers themselves not young anymore,

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 you might be thinking to yourself,

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 why am I going to listen to this text?

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 Because it's directed to a young person.

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 Well, I think you should listen, and this is why.

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 You're probably at a stage in life where you went after the blessed life,

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 but now you realize that those things you went after didn't give it to you.

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 So for anyone who is weary of that endless search for blessing,

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 hear God's word to you today.

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 The search is over.

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 It's wisdom.

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 It's never too late to know the blessed life that God created you to live.

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 So will you pray with me now

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 that we would all take hold of that wisdom that God's offering to us?

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 Let's pray.

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 Father, we have run after many good things as ultimate things,

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 which have left us empty in the end

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 and not giving us the blessing that we sought for.

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 So as we read your word now,

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 open our eyes to see the blessed life that you made us to live

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 and help us to take hold of it.

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 Amen.

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 Okay.

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 So King Solomon is now going to make his case to his son.

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 And here's the first reason he gives

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 for why the blessed life is the life of wisdom.

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 Number one, get wisdom,

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 and it will be for you a tree of life with eternal yields.

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 Look at verse 16.

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 Long life is in wisdom's right hand.

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 In her left hand are riches and honor.

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 Her ways are pleasant ways,

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 and all her paths are peace.

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 How do we make it that?

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 Okay.

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 Now, if we apply the skill for living that Proverbs offers us,

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 the chances are that we will live a longer life

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 and have more money in the bank account, okay?

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 Because you're more likely to stay out of trouble

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 and to make better choices in general, okay?

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 That's what happens when you live according to God's rules.

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 But while this proverb is true,

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 it's not the whole truth of Scripture, is it?

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 It must be balanced with verses like verse 34,

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 where we find that wise people, in God's eyes,

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 are oppressed and are living in very humble circumstances.

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 So for those people, in verse 34,

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 God chose not to give them wealth,

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 even though he considers them to be wise.

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 So the health and wealth that wisdom promises

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 must ultimately be in a different sense,

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 and that becomes clear in verse 18.

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 Read with me.

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 She, wisdom, is a tree of life

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 to those who take hold of her.

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 Those who hold her fast will be blessed.

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 What an image here.

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 A tree of life.

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 Do you remember?

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 The tree of life was there back in the Garden of Eden.

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 It symbolized overflowing life that never ends.

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 Adam and Eve could eat of that fruit in the Garden

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 until they sinned, right?

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 And God barred the way to the tree of life.

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 Their physical bodies would die.

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 But we see this tree again in Revelation,

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 right at the end of the Bible,

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 in the new heavens and earth to come.

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 Listen to this.

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 Revelation 22, verse 2 says this.

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 On each side of the river

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 stood the tree of life,

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 bearing 12 crops of fruit,

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 yielding its fruit every month.

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 This tree of life never runs out of fruit.

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 What is its fruit?

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 Eternal life in God's perfect presence,

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 the new heavens and earth.

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 All our needs satisfied forever.

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 We will never want again.

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 That's the permanent health and prosperity

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 that wisdom promises us,

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 surpassing any temporary health or wealth

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 here on earth.

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 So do you want the blessed life?

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 Get wisdom.

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 And then you will have the blessed life.

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 Live out that life of wisdom.

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 And the tree of eternal life is yours.

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 But the father continues to boast of wisdom to his son.

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 Next he says,

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 Get wisdom,

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 and it will create order

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 in the disorder around you.

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 Have a look at verse 19.

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 By wisdom,

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 the Lord laid the earth's foundations.

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 By understanding,

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 he set the heavens in place.

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 By his knowledge,

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 the watery depths were divided,

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 and the clouds let drop the dew.

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 That is how valuable wisdom is.

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 Can you see there?

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 God created the world by wisdom.

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 Think of how he did it.

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 Genesis 1-2.

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 Now the earth was formless and empty.

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 Darkness was over the surface of the deep.

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 Out of that chaos and disorder,

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 what did God do?

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 He created this exquisitely ordered universe

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 by his wisdom.

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 Just imagine

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 how that same wisdom

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 will create order

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 out of the disorder in our situations

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 if we were to apply it.

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 Take just for an example,

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 a toxic school or work environment.

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 Where gossip is rampant.

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 Okay?

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 Imagine that.

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 Now if you apply

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 God's wisdom

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 about pure speech

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 to that situation,

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 if you start speaking truth and love,

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 if you start building others up

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 with your words

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 and not speaking behind anyone's back,

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 that wisdom in speech

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 begins to create order

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 in the disorder.

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 The culture begins to change.

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 Wisdom will create order

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 in every area of your life

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 if you would just apply it.

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 That sounds to me

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 like the blessed life.

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 Get wisdom

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 and you get the blessed life.

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 And here's the father's

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 third pitch

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 to his son.

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 Here's the third reason

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 why he should take hold of it.

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 Get wisdom

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 and it will protect you

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 from all danger

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 and fear.

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 Even removing it from you.

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 Listen to his appeal

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 in verse 23 actually.

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 He says,

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 if you hold on to wisdom,

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 verse 23,

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 then you will go

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 on your way in safety

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 and your foot will not stumble.

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 When you lie down,

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 you will not be afraid.

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 When you lie down,

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 your sleep will be sweet.

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 Now that sounds like

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 the blessed life, right?

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 Imagine

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 laying down at night

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 without a single fear

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 or care

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 in the world.

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 How could wisdom

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 promise us that?

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 Well, it's true, right?

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 If you live

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 a life

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 according to the wisdom

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 of Proverbs,

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 you're much more likely

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 to stay out of trouble.

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 Okay?

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 You're more likely

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 to be safe

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 from harm.

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 But

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 we live in a disordered world

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 which doesn't function

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 the way God made it to.

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 Sometimes

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 people who act wisely

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 get hurt.

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 So we must balance

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 this truth

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 with other truth

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 in scripture

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 like Proverbs

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 24 verse 16

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 which says this,

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 though the righteous

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 fall

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 seven times,

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 they rise again.

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 So

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 clearly

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 wisdom does not

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 promise freedom

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 from danger

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 and fear

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 in this life.

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 Rather,

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 God must be promising

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 a far superior

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 type

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 of protection

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 to us here.

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 And that is

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 eternal

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 safety

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 with him.

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 Have a look at

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 verse 25

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 in your passage.

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 He says,

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 have no fear

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 of sudden disaster

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 or of the ruin

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 that overtakes

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 the wicked

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 for the Lord

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 will be

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 at your side

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 and will keep

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 your foot

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 from being

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 snared.

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 You see,

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 this eternal

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 safety

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 is grounded

00:16:27.800 --> 00:16:28.920
 in God

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 being at

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 your side

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 protecting you

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 forever.

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 You know,

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 some people

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 think,

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 if I have

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 financial security,

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 if I've got

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 a good alarm

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 system on my

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 house and if

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 I've got

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 big gates

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 up in my

00:16:45.159 --> 00:16:45.600
 driveway,

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 that's

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 proper protection.

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 How about

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 living

00:16:51.519 --> 00:16:52.319
 forever

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 with God

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 physically

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 by your side

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 in the new

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 heavens

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 and earth

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 where evil

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 cannot enter?

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 That is the

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 blessed life.

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 Get wisdom

00:17:04.759 --> 00:17:06.160
 and you

00:17:06.160 --> 00:17:07.319
 get the

00:17:07.319 --> 00:17:08.279
 blessed life.

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 Live out

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 the life

00:17:09.279 --> 00:17:09.720
 of wisdom

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 and all

00:17:10.839 --> 00:17:11.579
 these blessings

00:17:11.579 --> 00:17:13.059
 are yours.

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 But there

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 is one

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 more

00:17:15.220 --> 00:17:16.940
 blessing

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 of wisdom.

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 Get wisdom,

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 the Father

00:17:21.039 --> 00:17:21.460
 says,

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 and it

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 will make

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 you

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 righteous

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 and

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 blameless

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 before God.

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 How is

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 that true?

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 Well,

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 in verse

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 27

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 to 31,

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 we get

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 this list

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 of commands

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 from the

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 Father

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 to the

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 Son

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 of how

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 wisdom

00:17:36.859 --> 00:17:37.259
 is going

00:17:37.259 --> 00:17:37.619
 to work

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 itself out

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 practically

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 in

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 community.

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 It's like

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 the Father

00:17:41.339 --> 00:17:41.639
 says,

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 this is the

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 way of

00:17:43.500 --> 00:17:43.839
 wisdom,

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 so walk

00:17:44.879 --> 00:17:45.299
 in it.

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 Do not

00:17:47.000 --> 00:17:48.039
 go the

00:17:48.039 --> 00:17:49.139
 way of

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 the wicked.

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 Why?

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 Verse 32,

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 he says

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 why.

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 For the

00:17:53.679 --> 00:17:54.959
 Lord detests

00:17:54.959 --> 00:17:55.980
 the perverse,

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 but he takes

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 the upright,

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 or blameless,

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 into his

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 confidence.

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 33,

00:18:01.680 --> 00:18:02.300
 the Lord's

00:18:02.300 --> 00:18:03.080
 curse

00:18:03.080 --> 00:18:03.960
 is on

00:18:03.960 --> 00:18:04.560
 the house

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 of the

00:18:05.240 --> 00:18:05.460
 wicked,

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 but he

00:18:06.120 --> 00:18:07.060
 blesses

00:18:07.060 --> 00:18:08.220
 the home

00:18:08.220 --> 00:18:08.840
 of the

00:18:08.840 --> 00:18:09.140
 righteous.

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 Here's the

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 massive

00:18:11.000 --> 00:18:11.620
 implication

00:18:11.620 --> 00:18:12.080
 of that.

00:18:14.100 --> 00:18:14.600
 God

00:18:14.600 --> 00:18:15.220
 will accept

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 you

00:18:15.820 --> 00:18:16.980
 as

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 righteous,

00:18:18.120 --> 00:18:18.620
 as

00:18:18.620 --> 00:18:19.580
 blameless,

00:18:20.080 --> 00:18:20.500
 if you

00:18:20.500 --> 00:18:21.080
 truly get

00:18:21.080 --> 00:18:21.400
 wisdom.

00:18:22.900 --> 00:18:23.560
 If you

00:18:23.560 --> 00:18:24.080
 live out

00:18:24.080 --> 00:18:24.840
 that life

00:18:24.840 --> 00:18:25.539
 of wisdom,

00:18:25.820 --> 00:18:26.200
 God will

00:18:26.200 --> 00:18:26.620
 see you

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 as being

00:18:27.000 --> 00:18:27.539
 right with

00:18:27.539 --> 00:18:27.699
 him,

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 blameless

00:18:28.259 --> 00:18:28.819
 of fault,

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 the maker

00:18:30.219 --> 00:18:30.539
 of the

00:18:30.539 --> 00:18:30.939
 universe

00:18:30.939 --> 00:18:31.599
 will take

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 you

00:18:31.879 --> 00:18:32.679
 into his

00:18:32.679 --> 00:18:33.439
 confidence,

00:18:34.939 --> 00:18:35.319
 blessing

00:18:35.319 --> 00:18:35.679
 you with

00:18:35.679 --> 00:18:36.179
 his closest

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 presence.

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 Talk about

00:18:39.559 --> 00:18:39.979
 the blessed

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 life.

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 Think about

00:18:42.679 --> 00:18:43.059
 that.

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 And yet

00:18:47.019 --> 00:18:47.559
 we wonder

00:18:47.559 --> 00:18:49.399
 how can

00:18:49.399 --> 00:18:51.219
 we get

00:18:51.219 --> 00:18:52.019
 this blessed

00:18:52.019 --> 00:18:52.579
 life that

00:18:52.579 --> 00:18:53.399
 Solomon promises.

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 The blessed

00:18:56.160 --> 00:18:56.600
 life,

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 as he

00:18:57.900 --> 00:18:58.200
 said,

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 is only

00:18:58.600 --> 00:18:59.040
 for those

00:18:59.040 --> 00:18:59.660
 who get

00:18:59.660 --> 00:19:00.259
 wisdom,

00:19:00.420 --> 00:19:00.960
 who live

00:19:00.960 --> 00:19:01.480
 it out

00:19:01.480 --> 00:19:02.060
 fully.

00:19:02.180 --> 00:19:02.500
 And that's

00:19:02.500 --> 00:19:03.019
 my big

00:19:03.019 --> 00:19:03.420
 problem,

00:19:03.860 --> 00:19:04.300
 and yours

00:19:04.300 --> 00:19:04.759
 also.

00:19:05.680 --> 00:19:06.320
 Because even

00:19:06.320 --> 00:19:07.160
 when we try

00:19:07.160 --> 00:19:07.820
 to get

00:19:07.820 --> 00:19:08.620
 wisdom and

00:19:08.620 --> 00:19:09.440
 apply what

00:19:09.440 --> 00:19:09.900
 we learn

00:19:09.900 --> 00:19:10.420
 in God's

00:19:10.420 --> 00:19:10.560
 word,

00:19:10.900 --> 00:19:11.560
 we all

00:19:11.560 --> 00:19:12.259
 still fail

00:19:12.259 --> 00:19:13.320
 so often.

00:19:13.860 --> 00:19:14.100
 We are

00:19:14.100 --> 00:19:15.000
 still quick

00:19:15.000 --> 00:19:15.500
 to anger.

00:19:16.500 --> 00:19:16.880
 We still

00:19:16.880 --> 00:19:17.460
 speak of

00:19:17.460 --> 00:19:18.060
 others behind

00:19:18.060 --> 00:19:18.779
 their backs.

00:19:19.220 --> 00:19:19.620
 We still

00:19:19.620 --> 00:19:20.259
 take shortcuts

00:19:20.259 --> 00:19:20.800
 at work.

00:19:21.420 --> 00:19:22.000
 We still

00:19:22.000 --> 00:19:22.660
 get pulled

00:19:22.660 --> 00:19:23.340
 into lust

00:19:23.339 --> 00:19:24.179
 and sexual

00:19:24.179 --> 00:19:24.519
 sin.

00:19:24.699 --> 00:19:25.599
 We speak

00:19:25.599 --> 00:19:26.599
 and act

00:19:26.599 --> 00:19:27.679
 foolishly.

00:19:29.039 --> 00:19:29.559
 We are

00:19:29.559 --> 00:19:30.859
 not wise

00:19:30.859 --> 00:19:32.079
 in and of

00:19:32.079 --> 00:19:32.579
 ourselves.

00:19:32.740 --> 00:19:33.379
 So how can

00:19:33.379 --> 00:19:33.699
 we be

00:19:33.699 --> 00:19:34.659
 blameless or

00:19:34.659 --> 00:19:35.259
 righteous before

00:19:35.259 --> 00:19:35.559
 God?

00:19:36.279 --> 00:19:36.980
 How can we

00:19:36.980 --> 00:19:37.799
 inherit that

00:19:37.799 --> 00:19:38.619
 tree of life?

00:19:38.799 --> 00:19:39.159
 How can we

00:19:39.159 --> 00:19:39.699
 experience

00:19:39.699 --> 00:19:41.079
 order in the

00:19:41.079 --> 00:19:41.939
 disorder of

00:19:41.939 --> 00:19:42.259
 our lives?

00:19:42.579 --> 00:19:42.919
 How can we

00:19:42.919 --> 00:19:43.579
 know protection

00:19:43.579 --> 00:19:45.379
 from danger

00:19:45.379 --> 00:19:46.179
 and fear?

00:19:46.259 --> 00:19:46.819
 It seems we

00:19:46.819 --> 00:19:47.579
 qualify for

00:19:47.579 --> 00:19:48.899
 none of

00:19:48.899 --> 00:19:49.659
 these blessings

00:19:49.660 --> 00:19:51.360
 as people

00:19:51.360 --> 00:19:52.160
 who fail

00:19:52.160 --> 00:19:52.880
 to live

00:19:52.880 --> 00:19:53.820
 wisely.

00:19:57.680 --> 00:19:58.600
 But that's

00:19:58.600 --> 00:19:59.000
 where Jesus

00:19:59.000 --> 00:19:59.519
 comes in.

00:20:01.680 --> 00:20:02.519
 Because a

00:20:02.519 --> 00:20:03.080
 thousand years

00:20:03.080 --> 00:20:04.519
 after Proverbs

00:20:04.519 --> 00:20:05.420
 was written,

00:20:06.700 --> 00:20:07.040
 Jesus,

00:20:08.180 --> 00:20:08.580
 the Son

00:20:08.580 --> 00:20:09.120
 of God,

00:20:09.960 --> 00:20:10.580
 became a

00:20:10.580 --> 00:20:11.380
 man and

00:20:11.380 --> 00:20:12.200
 lived as

00:20:12.200 --> 00:20:12.820
 one of us.

00:20:14.060 --> 00:20:14.460
 And he

00:20:14.460 --> 00:20:15.759
 said of

00:20:15.759 --> 00:20:16.100
 himself,

00:20:16.220 --> 00:20:16.900
 just listen

00:20:16.900 --> 00:20:17.200
 to these

00:20:17.200 --> 00:20:17.560
 words of

00:20:17.560 --> 00:20:17.840
 Jesus.

00:20:18.779 --> 00:20:19.240
 He says,

00:20:19.660 --> 00:20:21.340
 one greater

00:20:21.340 --> 00:20:22.240
 than Solomon

00:20:22.240 --> 00:20:23.000
 is here.

00:20:25.800 --> 00:20:26.820
 Where Solomon

00:20:26.820 --> 00:20:27.759
 failed,

00:20:28.120 --> 00:20:29.320
 just like we

00:20:29.320 --> 00:20:29.600
 have,

00:20:30.080 --> 00:20:30.840
 to live a

00:20:30.840 --> 00:20:31.480
 wise life,

00:20:32.320 --> 00:20:33.200
 Jesus walked

00:20:33.200 --> 00:20:33.800
 the way of

00:20:33.800 --> 00:20:34.680
 wisdom perfectly.

00:20:36.220 --> 00:20:37.300
 He personified

00:20:37.300 --> 00:20:37.680
 wisdom.

00:20:37.860 --> 00:20:38.200
 If you want to

00:20:38.200 --> 00:20:38.480
 know what

00:20:38.480 --> 00:20:38.960
 wisdom looks

00:20:38.960 --> 00:20:39.140
 like,

00:20:39.180 --> 00:20:39.580
 just look at

00:20:39.580 --> 00:20:39.840
 Jesus.

00:20:42.160 --> 00:20:43.140
 Paul says,

00:20:44.500 --> 00:20:45.259
 in Christ,

00:20:45.360 --> 00:20:46.000
 not Solomon,

00:20:47.040 --> 00:20:47.660
 are hidden

00:20:47.660 --> 00:20:48.480
 all the

00:20:48.480 --> 00:20:49.560
 treasures of

00:20:49.559 --> 00:20:50.500
 wisdom and

00:20:50.500 --> 00:20:50.960
 knowledge.

00:20:53.919 --> 00:20:54.220
 And yet,

00:20:54.319 --> 00:20:54.619
 Jesus,

00:20:55.179 --> 00:20:56.019
 who is

00:20:56.019 --> 00:20:56.480
 perfect

00:20:56.480 --> 00:20:56.859
 wisdom,

00:20:58.299 --> 00:20:59.879
 was treated

00:20:59.879 --> 00:21:01.379
 like a

00:21:01.379 --> 00:21:01.779
 wicked

00:21:01.779 --> 00:21:02.559
 fool.

00:21:04.240 --> 00:21:05.079
 Like the

00:21:05.079 --> 00:21:05.539
 wicked fools

00:21:05.539 --> 00:21:06.000
 we've all

00:21:06.000 --> 00:21:06.599
 shown ourselves

00:21:06.599 --> 00:21:07.000
 to be.

00:21:07.960 --> 00:21:09.059
 All of our

00:21:09.059 --> 00:21:10.240
 perversity and

00:21:10.240 --> 00:21:11.259
 foolishness was

00:21:11.259 --> 00:21:12.339
 nailed to

00:21:12.339 --> 00:21:13.179
 his cross.

00:21:14.339 --> 00:21:14.779
 And he

00:21:14.779 --> 00:21:15.419
 suffered the

00:21:15.419 --> 00:21:16.740
 full force

00:21:16.740 --> 00:21:17.440
 of God's

00:21:17.440 --> 00:21:18.179
 just wrath

00:21:18.180 --> 00:21:18.799
 against it.

00:21:19.019 --> 00:21:19.420
 The people

00:21:19.420 --> 00:21:19.820
 who walked

00:21:19.820 --> 00:21:20.060
 by,

00:21:20.120 --> 00:21:20.299
 what did

00:21:20.299 --> 00:21:20.480
 they do?

00:21:20.519 --> 00:21:21.100
 They scoffed

00:21:21.100 --> 00:21:21.360
 at him.

00:21:23.240 --> 00:21:24.180
 Satan laughed,

00:21:25.039 --> 00:21:25.799
 scorned him

00:21:25.799 --> 00:21:26.279
 as an

00:21:26.279 --> 00:21:27.680
 abject fool.

00:21:30.460 --> 00:21:31.240
 What happened

00:21:31.240 --> 00:21:31.660
 three days

00:21:31.660 --> 00:21:31.960
 later?

00:21:33.000 --> 00:21:34.180
 He walks

00:21:34.180 --> 00:21:35.500
 out of that

00:21:35.500 --> 00:21:36.200
 grave,

00:21:36.460 --> 00:21:37.100
 victorious

00:21:37.100 --> 00:21:38.380
 over sin

00:21:38.380 --> 00:21:39.000
 and death.

00:21:39.000 --> 00:21:40.019
 He proved

00:21:40.019 --> 00:21:41.080
 himself the

00:21:41.080 --> 00:21:41.840
 wise one

00:21:41.840 --> 00:21:43.480
 once and

00:21:43.480 --> 00:21:44.000
 for all.

00:21:44.000 --> 00:21:46.279
 he made

00:21:46.279 --> 00:21:47.339
 that sacrifice

00:21:47.339 --> 00:21:48.700
 for sin.

00:21:49.119 --> 00:21:49.779
 He flung

00:21:49.779 --> 00:21:50.259
 wide

00:21:50.259 --> 00:21:51.039
 heaven's

00:21:51.039 --> 00:21:51.859
 doors so

00:21:51.859 --> 00:21:52.720
 that all

00:21:52.720 --> 00:21:53.720
 who receive

00:21:53.720 --> 00:21:55.079
 him could

00:21:55.079 --> 00:21:55.819
 be forgiven

00:21:55.819 --> 00:21:56.779
 of their

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 sin and

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 folly.

00:21:58.119 --> 00:21:58.420
 They could

00:21:58.420 --> 00:21:59.319
 be clothed

00:21:59.319 --> 00:21:59.799
 in his

00:21:59.799 --> 00:22:00.519
 righteousness,

00:22:00.900 --> 00:22:01.259
 receiving

00:22:01.259 --> 00:22:01.960
 everything that

00:22:01.960 --> 00:22:02.660
 he deserved.

00:22:04.460 --> 00:22:05.420
 Paul says

00:22:05.420 --> 00:22:06.079
 again,

00:22:06.180 --> 00:22:06.519
 he says,

00:22:06.740 --> 00:22:08.920
 it is because

00:22:08.920 --> 00:22:10.339
 of God

00:22:10.339 --> 00:22:10.880
 that you

00:22:10.880 --> 00:22:11.619
 are in

00:22:11.619 --> 00:22:12.479
 Christ

00:22:12.479 --> 00:22:13.019
 Jesus,

00:22:14.239 --> 00:22:14.719
 who has

00:22:14.719 --> 00:22:15.819
 become for

00:22:15.819 --> 00:22:17.079
 us wisdom

00:22:17.079 --> 00:22:18.259
 from God.

00:22:18.339 --> 00:22:18.919
 That is

00:22:18.919 --> 00:22:19.479
 our

00:22:19.479 --> 00:22:20.079
 righteousness,

00:22:20.839 --> 00:22:21.179
 holiness,

00:22:21.739 --> 00:22:22.500
 and redemption.

00:22:23.739 --> 00:22:24.299
 Paul says,

00:22:24.500 --> 00:22:25.419
 if you receive

00:22:25.419 --> 00:22:25.859
 Jesus,

00:22:26.679 --> 00:22:27.579
 he becomes

00:22:27.579 --> 00:22:28.679
 your wisdom.

00:22:31.439 --> 00:22:31.679
 You see,

00:22:31.739 --> 00:22:32.199
 getting wisdom

00:22:32.199 --> 00:22:32.779
 is not only

00:22:32.779 --> 00:22:33.439
 just a skill

00:22:33.439 --> 00:22:34.359
 for living life

00:22:34.359 --> 00:22:34.639
 well.

00:22:34.739 --> 00:22:35.199
 It is that,

00:22:35.319 --> 00:22:35.739
 absolutely.

00:22:36.259 --> 00:22:36.819
 And we should

00:22:36.819 --> 00:22:37.639
 apply it.

00:22:39.419 --> 00:22:40.239
 Getting wisdom

00:22:40.239 --> 00:22:41.059
 is ultimately

00:22:41.059 --> 00:22:41.940
 receiving

00:22:41.940 --> 00:22:43.079
 Christ,

00:22:43.839 --> 00:22:44.500
 our wisdom,

00:22:45.039 --> 00:22:46.079
 and everything

00:22:46.079 --> 00:22:47.419
 he is for

00:22:47.419 --> 00:22:47.579
 us.

00:22:47.700 --> 00:22:48.679
 That is why

00:22:48.679 --> 00:22:50.299
 getting wisdom

00:22:50.299 --> 00:22:51.339
 is the

00:22:51.339 --> 00:22:52.339
 blessed

00:22:52.339 --> 00:22:53.339
 life.

00:22:55.299 --> 00:22:56.139
 That is

00:22:56.139 --> 00:22:56.539
 how

00:22:56.539 --> 00:22:58.359
 wisdom

00:22:58.359 --> 00:22:59.139
 is truly

00:22:59.139 --> 00:23:00.279
 a tree

00:23:00.279 --> 00:23:01.019
 of life

00:23:01.019 --> 00:23:01.740
 to those

00:23:01.740 --> 00:23:02.119
 who take

00:23:02.119 --> 00:23:02.440
 hold of

00:23:02.440 --> 00:23:02.579
 her.

00:23:03.539 --> 00:23:04.139
 All

00:23:04.139 --> 00:23:04.859
 who receive

00:23:04.859 --> 00:23:05.299
 Christ,

00:23:05.419 --> 00:23:05.859
 their wisdom,

00:23:05.859 --> 00:23:07.000
 will inherit

00:23:07.000 --> 00:23:07.879
 the eternal

00:23:07.879 --> 00:23:09.079
 life that

00:23:09.079 --> 00:23:09.919
 he deserved.

00:23:09.920 --> 00:23:12.120
 we will

00:23:12.120 --> 00:23:12.960
 eat the

00:23:12.960 --> 00:23:13.420
 fruit of

00:23:13.420 --> 00:23:13.720
 the tree

00:23:13.720 --> 00:23:14.200
 of life

00:23:14.200 --> 00:23:15.480
 and be

00:23:15.480 --> 00:23:16.000
 satisfied

00:23:16.000 --> 00:23:16.620
 forever

00:23:16.620 --> 00:23:17.420
 with

00:23:17.420 --> 00:23:17.960
 everything

00:23:17.960 --> 00:23:18.740
 he is

00:23:18.740 --> 00:23:19.360
 for us.

00:23:20.940 --> 00:23:21.539
 Finding

00:23:21.539 --> 00:23:22.240
 Christ,

00:23:22.380 --> 00:23:22.759
 our wisdom,

00:23:22.920 --> 00:23:23.360
 is the

00:23:23.360 --> 00:23:23.660
 blessed

00:23:23.660 --> 00:23:24.360
 life beyond

00:23:24.360 --> 00:23:24.980
 our wildest

00:23:24.980 --> 00:23:25.320
 dreams.

00:23:26.019 --> 00:23:26.240
 And this

00:23:26.240 --> 00:23:26.620
 is also

00:23:26.620 --> 00:23:27.880
 how wisdom

00:23:27.880 --> 00:23:28.440
 will ultimately

00:23:28.440 --> 00:23:29.480
 create order

00:23:29.480 --> 00:23:30.180
 out of all

00:23:30.180 --> 00:23:30.700
 the disorder

00:23:30.700 --> 00:23:31.060
 in this

00:23:31.060 --> 00:23:31.480
 world.

00:23:31.880 --> 00:23:32.480
 Because

00:23:32.480 --> 00:23:34.060
 all of those

00:23:34.060 --> 00:23:34.519
 who receive

00:23:34.519 --> 00:23:35.019
 Christ,

00:23:35.200 --> 00:23:35.779
 their wisdom,

00:23:36.100 --> 00:23:37.039
 are welcomed

00:23:37.039 --> 00:23:37.539
 into his

00:23:37.539 --> 00:23:38.099
 new kingdom

00:23:38.099 --> 00:23:38.639
 where he

00:23:38.639 --> 00:23:38.920
 will make

00:23:38.920 --> 00:23:39.440
 all things

00:23:39.440 --> 00:23:39.899
 new again.

00:23:40.980 --> 00:23:41.799
 No more

00:23:41.799 --> 00:23:42.240
 sadness,

00:23:42.839 --> 00:23:43.200
 suffering,

00:23:43.700 --> 00:23:44.619
 or disorder.

00:23:44.899 --> 00:23:45.819
 Only joy,

00:23:46.200 --> 00:23:46.539
 peace,

00:23:46.659 --> 00:23:47.420
 and love

00:23:47.420 --> 00:23:48.019
 will dwell

00:23:48.019 --> 00:23:48.319
 in that

00:23:48.319 --> 00:23:48.940
 new creation.

00:23:49.700 --> 00:23:49.940
 And it's

00:23:49.940 --> 00:23:50.759
 all yours

00:23:50.759 --> 00:23:52.019
 in Christ.

00:23:52.819 --> 00:23:53.119
 Finding

00:23:53.119 --> 00:23:53.740
 Jesus

00:23:53.740 --> 00:23:54.779
 is the

00:23:54.779 --> 00:23:55.240
 blessed

00:23:55.240 --> 00:23:55.759
 life

00:23:55.759 --> 00:23:56.359
 better than

00:23:56.359 --> 00:23:56.799
 anything

00:23:56.799 --> 00:23:57.559
 we could

00:23:57.559 --> 00:23:57.940
 imagine.

00:23:58.220 --> 00:23:58.460
 But not

00:23:58.460 --> 00:23:58.940
 only that,

00:23:59.740 --> 00:24:00.079
 that's how

00:24:00.079 --> 00:24:01.000
 getting wisdom

00:24:01.000 --> 00:24:01.559
 will ultimately

00:24:01.559 --> 00:24:02.200
 protect you

00:24:02.200 --> 00:24:02.500
 forever.

00:24:03.639 --> 00:24:04.319
 Because if

00:24:04.319 --> 00:24:04.680
 you're in

00:24:04.680 --> 00:24:05.119
 Christ,

00:24:05.119 --> 00:24:06.639
 God the

00:24:06.639 --> 00:24:07.119
 Father

00:24:07.119 --> 00:24:08.359
 has adopted

00:24:08.359 --> 00:24:09.419
 you as

00:24:09.419 --> 00:24:09.919
 his child,

00:24:10.339 --> 00:24:11.079
 and you

00:24:11.079 --> 00:24:11.599
 will live

00:24:11.599 --> 00:24:11.899
 in the

00:24:11.899 --> 00:24:12.459
 shelter of

00:24:12.459 --> 00:24:12.979
 his presence

00:24:12.979 --> 00:24:13.459
 forever.

00:24:14.939 --> 00:24:15.819
 All dangers

00:24:15.819 --> 00:24:16.839
 and fear

00:24:16.839 --> 00:24:17.500
 will be

00:24:17.500 --> 00:24:17.959
 removed.

00:24:19.259 --> 00:24:19.939
 As death

00:24:19.939 --> 00:24:20.839
 is destroyed,

00:24:21.839 --> 00:24:22.579
 finding Jesus

00:24:22.579 --> 00:24:23.239
 is the

00:24:23.239 --> 00:24:24.019
 blessed life

00:24:24.019 --> 00:24:24.559
 that we've

00:24:24.559 --> 00:24:25.159
 always longed

00:24:25.159 --> 00:24:25.359
 for.

00:24:27.019 --> 00:24:27.579
 And lastly,

00:24:28.019 --> 00:24:28.939
 this is also

00:24:28.939 --> 00:24:29.479
 how getting

00:24:29.479 --> 00:24:30.659
 wisdom makes

00:24:30.659 --> 00:24:31.419
 you righteous

00:24:31.419 --> 00:24:32.779
 and blameless

00:24:32.779 --> 00:24:33.439
 before God.

00:24:33.519 --> 00:24:34.519
 Because if

00:24:34.519 --> 00:24:35.019
 you receive

00:24:35.019 --> 00:24:35.359
 Christ,

00:24:35.440 --> 00:24:35.680
 you are

00:24:35.680 --> 00:24:36.480
 clothed

00:24:36.480 --> 00:24:37.460
 in his

00:24:37.460 --> 00:24:38.099
 righteousness.

00:24:38.480 --> 00:24:38.839
 When God

00:24:38.839 --> 00:24:39.139
 the Father

00:24:39.139 --> 00:24:39.740
 looks at

00:24:39.740 --> 00:24:40.000
 you,

00:24:40.799 --> 00:24:41.139
 you are

00:24:41.139 --> 00:24:41.720
 legally

00:24:41.720 --> 00:24:42.500
 declared

00:24:42.500 --> 00:24:43.619
 right

00:24:43.619 --> 00:24:45.200
 before him

00:24:45.200 --> 00:24:46.400
 because

00:24:46.400 --> 00:24:47.759
 of Jesus.

00:24:48.019 --> 00:24:48.379
 You're

00:24:48.379 --> 00:24:48.759
 welcomed

00:24:48.759 --> 00:24:49.400
 into his

00:24:49.400 --> 00:24:50.240
 closest presence

00:24:50.240 --> 00:24:51.160
 right now

00:24:51.160 --> 00:24:51.559
 in a

00:24:51.559 --> 00:24:51.900
 spiritual

00:24:51.900 --> 00:24:52.339
 sense

00:24:52.339 --> 00:24:53.920
 and in

00:24:53.920 --> 00:24:54.240
 the age

00:24:54.240 --> 00:24:54.619
 to come

00:24:54.619 --> 00:24:54.960
 in a

00:24:54.960 --> 00:24:55.319
 physical

00:24:55.319 --> 00:24:56.220
 sense.

00:24:56.759 --> 00:24:57.039
 We will

00:24:57.039 --> 00:24:57.299
 spend

00:24:57.299 --> 00:24:57.839
 eternity

00:24:57.839 --> 00:24:58.879
 with

00:24:58.879 --> 00:24:59.420
 God

00:24:59.420 --> 00:25:00.039
 our

00:25:00.039 --> 00:25:00.339
 King.

00:25:01.079 --> 00:25:01.599
 Let me

00:25:01.599 --> 00:25:02.019
 ask you

00:25:02.019 --> 00:25:02.379
 again,

00:25:02.380 --> 00:25:04.620
 do you

00:25:04.620 --> 00:25:05.100
 have

00:25:05.100 --> 00:25:05.520
 the

00:25:05.520 --> 00:25:05.960
 blessed

00:25:05.960 --> 00:25:06.780
 life?

00:25:11.040 --> 00:25:11.800
 You know,

00:25:11.820 --> 00:25:12.120
 the people

00:25:12.120 --> 00:25:12.900
 around you,

00:25:13.220 --> 00:25:15.360
 they may

00:25:15.360 --> 00:25:15.760
 not think

00:25:15.760 --> 00:25:16.040
 so.

00:25:19.300 --> 00:25:20.180
 The world

00:25:20.180 --> 00:25:20.760
 outside of

00:25:20.760 --> 00:25:21.400
 Christ judges

00:25:21.400 --> 00:25:22.680
 your blessedness

00:25:22.680 --> 00:25:24.380
 by the car

00:25:24.380 --> 00:25:24.840
 that's sitting

00:25:24.840 --> 00:25:25.120
 on your

00:25:25.120 --> 00:25:25.800
 front drive.

00:25:25.799 --> 00:25:29.559
 the world

00:25:29.559 --> 00:25:29.940
 judges

00:25:29.940 --> 00:25:30.379
 your

00:25:30.379 --> 00:25:31.159
 blessedness

00:25:31.159 --> 00:25:31.759
 by the

00:25:31.759 --> 00:25:32.180
 number of

00:25:32.180 --> 00:25:32.700
 kids you

00:25:32.700 --> 00:25:33.099
 have,

00:25:33.819 --> 00:25:34.099
 or the

00:25:34.099 --> 00:25:34.500
 people who

00:25:34.500 --> 00:25:35.139
 love you,

00:25:35.279 --> 00:25:36.000
 or your

00:25:36.000 --> 00:25:36.559
 title and

00:25:36.559 --> 00:25:36.879
 work,

00:25:37.119 --> 00:25:37.359
 or your

00:25:37.359 --> 00:25:38.399
 giftings,

00:25:38.599 --> 00:25:39.240
 or by what

00:25:39.240 --> 00:25:39.799
 your body

00:25:39.799 --> 00:25:40.639
 looks like.

00:25:42.839 --> 00:25:43.799
 This world

00:25:43.799 --> 00:25:44.279
 thinks that

00:25:44.279 --> 00:25:44.879
 temporary

00:25:44.879 --> 00:25:45.599
 wealth

00:25:45.599 --> 00:25:46.919
 and fleeting

00:25:46.919 --> 00:25:47.940
 health are

00:25:47.940 --> 00:25:48.879
 the blessed

00:25:48.879 --> 00:25:49.379
 life,

00:25:49.700 --> 00:25:50.039
 but they

00:25:50.039 --> 00:25:50.440
 don't get

00:25:50.440 --> 00:25:50.680
 it.

00:25:52.799 --> 00:25:53.440
 They

00:25:53.440 --> 00:25:54.019
 don't see

00:25:54.019 --> 00:25:54.980
 the true

00:25:54.980 --> 00:25:55.500
 reality,

00:25:55.799 --> 00:25:56.480
 of what

00:25:56.480 --> 00:25:57.220
 is really

00:25:57.220 --> 00:25:57.680
 going on

00:25:57.680 --> 00:25:57.919
 in this

00:25:57.919 --> 00:25:58.180
 world.

00:25:58.379 --> 00:25:58.480
 They

00:25:58.480 --> 00:25:59.000
 don't see

00:25:59.000 --> 00:25:59.200
 the

00:25:59.200 --> 00:26:00.279
 unspeakably

00:26:00.279 --> 00:26:00.839
 blessed

00:26:00.839 --> 00:26:01.399
 life,

00:26:01.500 --> 00:26:01.759
 which

00:26:01.759 --> 00:26:02.119
 belongs

00:26:02.119 --> 00:26:02.379
 to

00:26:02.379 --> 00:26:03.240
 everyone

00:26:03.240 --> 00:26:03.759
 who

00:26:03.759 --> 00:26:04.200
 receives

00:26:04.200 --> 00:26:04.619
 Christ

00:26:04.619 --> 00:26:04.859
 their

00:26:04.859 --> 00:26:05.180
 wisdom.

00:26:07.339 --> 00:26:07.940
 We

00:26:07.940 --> 00:26:08.599
 don't

00:26:08.599 --> 00:26:09.079
 have

00:26:09.079 --> 00:26:09.519
 the

00:26:09.519 --> 00:26:10.259
 categories

00:26:10.259 --> 00:26:11.299
 to

00:26:11.299 --> 00:26:12.039
 understand

00:26:12.039 --> 00:26:12.299
 how

00:26:12.299 --> 00:26:12.659
 blessed

00:26:12.659 --> 00:26:12.899
 we

00:26:12.899 --> 00:26:13.099
 are

00:26:13.099 --> 00:26:13.379
 right

00:26:13.379 --> 00:26:13.720
 now,

00:26:14.359 --> 00:26:14.779
 because

00:26:14.779 --> 00:26:15.259
 of all

00:26:15.259 --> 00:26:15.519
 that we

00:26:15.519 --> 00:26:15.740
 have

00:26:15.740 --> 00:26:15.879
 in

00:26:15.879 --> 00:26:16.159
 Christ,

00:26:16.399 --> 00:26:16.500
 and

00:26:16.500 --> 00:26:16.700
 because

00:26:16.700 --> 00:26:16.859
 of

00:26:16.859 --> 00:26:17.159
 all

00:26:17.159 --> 00:26:17.419
 that's

00:26:17.419 --> 00:26:17.539
 to

00:26:17.539 --> 00:26:17.799
 come.

00:26:17.799 --> 00:26:19.099
 But

00:26:19.099 --> 00:26:19.299
 we're

00:26:19.299 --> 00:26:19.940
 dead

00:26:19.940 --> 00:26:20.419
 wrong

00:26:20.420 --> 00:26:21.759
 if we

00:26:21.759 --> 00:26:22.019
 think

00:26:22.019 --> 00:26:22.220
 our

00:26:22.220 --> 00:26:23.000
 blessedness

00:26:23.000 --> 00:26:23.900
 is based

00:26:23.900 --> 00:26:24.140
 on the

00:26:24.140 --> 00:26:24.539
 things we

00:26:24.539 --> 00:26:25.240
 do or

00:26:25.240 --> 00:26:25.600
 don't

00:26:25.600 --> 00:26:26.360
 have in

00:26:26.360 --> 00:26:26.539
 this

00:26:26.539 --> 00:26:26.940
 short

00:26:26.940 --> 00:26:27.420
 earthly

00:26:27.420 --> 00:26:27.880
 life.

00:26:31.160 --> 00:26:31.800
 Would

00:26:31.800 --> 00:26:32.180
 you please

00:26:32.180 --> 00:26:32.519
 turn with

00:26:32.519 --> 00:26:32.900
 thee to

00:26:32.900 --> 00:26:33.500
 Luke

00:26:33.500 --> 00:26:33.820
 chapter

00:26:33.820 --> 00:26:34.279
 6.

00:26:43.779 --> 00:26:44.460
 Luke is

00:26:44.460 --> 00:26:44.660
 in the

00:26:44.660 --> 00:26:45.160
 New Testament

00:26:45.160 --> 00:26:46.100
 and the

00:26:46.100 --> 00:26:46.600
 Gospels.

00:26:48.560 --> 00:26:49.019
 Luke

00:26:49.019 --> 00:26:49.540
 chapter 6

00:26:49.540 --> 00:26:49.800
 and verse

00:26:49.800 --> 00:26:50.160
 20.

00:26:50.300 --> 00:26:50.380
 It's

00:26:50.380 --> 00:26:50.720
 page

00:26:50.720 --> 00:26:52.300
 1034

00:26:52.300 --> 00:26:52.960
 if you're

00:26:52.960 --> 00:26:53.140
 in the

00:26:53.140 --> 00:26:53.279
 Red

00:26:53.279 --> 00:26:53.480
 Church

00:26:53.480 --> 00:26:53.759
 Bible.

00:26:56.880 --> 00:26:57.580
 In this

00:26:57.580 --> 00:26:57.880
 sermon

00:26:57.880 --> 00:26:58.340
 on the

00:26:58.340 --> 00:26:58.640
 plain,

00:26:58.880 --> 00:26:59.300
 Jesus

00:26:59.300 --> 00:27:01.620
 illuminates

00:27:01.620 --> 00:27:01.920
 this

00:27:01.920 --> 00:27:02.500
 blessed

00:27:02.500 --> 00:27:03.800
 life

00:27:03.800 --> 00:27:04.840
 that's

00:27:04.840 --> 00:27:05.480
 only found

00:27:05.480 --> 00:27:05.779
 in him.

00:27:05.840 --> 00:27:06.160
 The life

00:27:06.160 --> 00:27:06.519
 that this

00:27:06.519 --> 00:27:06.820
 world

00:27:06.820 --> 00:27:07.259
 doesn't

00:27:07.259 --> 00:27:07.660
 get,

00:27:07.960 --> 00:27:08.279
 doesn't

00:27:08.279 --> 00:27:08.680
 see.

00:27:12.240 --> 00:27:12.759
 He

00:27:12.759 --> 00:27:13.420
 shows it

00:27:13.420 --> 00:27:14.460
 to us.

00:27:14.460 --> 00:27:15.039
 we're

00:27:15.039 --> 00:27:15.220
 going to

00:27:15.220 --> 00:27:15.860
 read from

00:27:15.860 --> 00:27:16.600
 Luke

00:27:16.600 --> 00:27:17.240
 chapter 6

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 verse 20.

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 Looking at

00:27:20.120 --> 00:27:20.720
 his disciples,

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 that is,

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 those who

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 had received

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 Christ as

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 their Lord

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 and wisdom,

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 Jesus said

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 to them,

00:27:31.620 --> 00:27:32.180
 Blessed

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 are you

00:27:33.319 --> 00:27:34.100
 who are

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 poor.

00:27:36.900 --> 00:27:37.660
 What?

00:27:38.799 --> 00:27:39.740
 How could

00:27:39.740 --> 00:27:40.079
 you be

00:27:40.079 --> 00:27:40.620
 blessed

00:27:40.620 --> 00:27:41.920
 if you

00:27:41.920 --> 00:27:42.579
 are poor?

00:27:44.460 --> 00:27:46.440
 Jesus

00:27:46.440 --> 00:27:46.860
 says,

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 for

00:27:48.059 --> 00:27:48.640
 yours

00:27:48.640 --> 00:27:49.559
 is the

00:27:49.559 --> 00:27:49.920
 kingdom

00:27:49.920 --> 00:27:50.900
 of God.

00:27:52.059 --> 00:27:52.400
 You

00:27:52.400 --> 00:27:52.900
 are an

00:27:52.900 --> 00:27:53.380
 heir of

00:27:53.380 --> 00:27:53.860
 all of

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 heaven.

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 Talk

00:27:55.700 --> 00:27:56.259
 about riches

00:27:56.259 --> 00:27:56.860
 beyond your

00:27:56.860 --> 00:27:57.380
 wildest

00:27:57.380 --> 00:27:57.880
 dreams.

00:27:58.660 --> 00:27:58.920
 You

00:27:58.920 --> 00:27:59.420
 may be

00:27:59.420 --> 00:27:59.720
 poor

00:27:59.720 --> 00:28:00.259
 now

00:28:00.259 --> 00:28:01.140
 for a

00:28:01.140 --> 00:28:01.340
 short

00:28:01.340 --> 00:28:01.819
 time,

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 but you

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 are rich

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 because of

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 your coming

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 inheritance

00:28:06.500 --> 00:28:07.340
 in Christ.

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 Verse 21,

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 blessed

00:28:12.640 --> 00:28:13.700
 are you

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 who

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 hunger

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 now.

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 Why?

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 How could

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 that be a

00:28:17.720 --> 00:28:17.940
 blessing?

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 For you

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 will be

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 satisfied.

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 Blessed

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 are you

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 who weep

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 now.

00:28:27.080 --> 00:28:27.500
 Weeping?

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 How could

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 that make

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 you blessed?

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 For you

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 will

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 laugh.

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 A time

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 is coming

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 when tears

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 will be no

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 more.

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 That means

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 that as

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 your tears

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 flow now,

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 you are

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 blessed

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 because they

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 will be

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 replaced with

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 laughter.

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 We don't

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 know when

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 that will

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 happen,

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 whether this

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 life ultimately

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 in the new

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 heavens and

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 earth,

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 but that

00:28:52.880 --> 00:28:53.460
 time is

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 coming.

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 Jesus

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 says you're

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 blessed.

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 Verse 22,

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 blessed are

00:28:58.019 --> 00:28:58.600
 you when

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 people hate

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 you,

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 when they

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 exclude you

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 and insult

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 you and

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 reject your

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 name as

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 evil because

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 of the

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 Son of

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 Man.

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 Has that

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 happened to

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 you?

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 Have you

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 been excluded

00:29:12.259 --> 00:29:13.259
 for no

00:29:13.259 --> 00:29:14.259
 good reason?

00:29:15.839 --> 00:29:16.019
 Have you

00:29:16.019 --> 00:29:16.500
 been treated

00:29:16.500 --> 00:29:17.220
 unfairly,

00:29:17.619 --> 00:29:18.000
 insulted,

00:29:19.319 --> 00:29:20.480
 or even

00:29:20.480 --> 00:29:21.220
 rejected because

00:29:21.220 --> 00:29:21.819
 you decided

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 to honor

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 Jesus and

00:29:24.679 --> 00:29:25.159
 live a life

00:29:25.159 --> 00:29:25.700
 of integrity

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 in your

00:29:26.119 --> 00:29:27.639
 workplace or

00:29:27.639 --> 00:29:27.879
 in your

00:29:27.879 --> 00:29:28.259
 family?

00:29:30.299 --> 00:29:30.799
 What Jesus

00:29:30.799 --> 00:29:31.220
 says to

00:29:31.220 --> 00:29:31.519
 you,

00:29:32.179 --> 00:29:32.740
 verse 23,

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 rejoice in

00:29:35.079 --> 00:29:35.619
 that day

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 and leap

00:29:37.479 --> 00:29:38.379
 for joy.

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 How can

00:29:38.719 --> 00:29:38.939
 we do

00:29:38.939 --> 00:29:39.199
 that?

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 Because

00:29:40.779 --> 00:29:41.919
 grace is

00:29:41.919 --> 00:29:43.279
 your reward

00:29:43.279 --> 00:29:44.639
 in heaven.

00:29:48.139 --> 00:29:48.819
 Jesus

00:29:48.819 --> 00:29:49.519
 says we

00:29:49.519 --> 00:29:49.899
 have no

00:29:49.899 --> 00:29:52.219
 idea the

00:29:52.219 --> 00:29:53.259
 reward that

00:29:53.259 --> 00:29:53.959
 awaits us

00:29:53.959 --> 00:29:54.639
 in heaven.

00:29:56.000 --> 00:29:56.919
 He is going

00:29:56.919 --> 00:29:57.500
 to compensate

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 us a

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 thousandfold

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 for any

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 hurt or

00:30:01.759 --> 00:30:02.720
 harm we

00:30:02.720 --> 00:30:02.839
 have

00:30:02.839 --> 00:30:03.460
 experienced

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 in this

00:30:03.759 --> 00:30:04.220
 life for

00:30:04.220 --> 00:30:04.500
 his

00:30:04.500 --> 00:30:04.799
 sake.

00:30:06.480 --> 00:30:07.000
 Jesus

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 says you

00:30:07.400 --> 00:30:07.920
 are blessed

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 right now

00:30:09.440 --> 00:30:10.000
 in your

00:30:10.000 --> 00:30:10.539
 poverty,

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 in your

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 illness,

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 your grief,

00:30:13.700 --> 00:30:14.500
 your pain,

00:30:14.759 --> 00:30:15.440
 your suffering,

00:30:15.539 --> 00:30:16.359
 if you belong

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 to him because

00:30:17.339 --> 00:30:18.119
 Jesus is making

00:30:18.119 --> 00:30:19.400
 all things new

00:30:19.400 --> 00:30:19.859
 and he's

00:30:19.859 --> 00:30:20.420
 promised it

00:30:20.420 --> 00:30:21.299
 all to

00:30:21.299 --> 00:30:21.700
 you.

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 See how in

00:30:24.019 --> 00:30:24.759
 that text he

00:30:24.759 --> 00:30:25.380
 keeps pointing

00:30:25.380 --> 00:30:26.480
 us forward to

00:30:26.480 --> 00:30:27.119
 the future,

00:30:27.579 --> 00:30:28.059
 crying out,

00:30:28.059 --> 00:30:28.799
 believe me.

00:30:29.639 --> 00:30:30.599
 You have

00:30:30.599 --> 00:30:31.319
 the blessed

00:30:31.319 --> 00:30:32.200
 life if you

00:30:32.200 --> 00:30:32.700
 have me.

00:30:33.599 --> 00:30:34.419
 Even if it

00:30:34.419 --> 00:30:35.139
 doesn't look

00:30:35.139 --> 00:30:36.379
 like it right

00:30:36.379 --> 00:30:37.559
 now, if you

00:30:37.559 --> 00:30:38.240
 could only

00:30:38.240 --> 00:30:39.639
 see what I

00:30:39.639 --> 00:30:40.240
 can see,

00:30:40.500 --> 00:30:41.119
 you'd know

00:30:41.119 --> 00:30:41.879
 that what is

00:30:41.879 --> 00:30:42.539
 coming is

00:30:42.539 --> 00:30:43.299
 better than

00:30:43.299 --> 00:30:44.099
 you could ever

00:30:44.099 --> 00:30:45.019
 imagine.

00:30:45.379 --> 00:30:46.179
 You have the

00:30:46.179 --> 00:30:47.019
 blessed life

00:30:47.019 --> 00:30:48.480
 even now

00:30:48.480 --> 00:30:50.259
 because of

00:30:50.259 --> 00:30:50.639
 what you

00:30:50.639 --> 00:30:51.359
 have in me.

00:30:52.960 --> 00:30:54.059
 So rejoice.

00:30:58.059 --> 00:31:00.179
 As we

00:31:00.179 --> 00:31:00.579
 finish, I've

00:31:00.579 --> 00:31:01.119
 just got two

00:31:01.119 --> 00:31:01.679
 questions.

00:31:02.079 --> 00:31:02.579
 Number one,

00:31:03.839 --> 00:31:04.579
 is Christ

00:31:04.579 --> 00:31:05.440
 your wisdom

00:31:05.440 --> 00:31:05.980
 today?

00:31:09.419 --> 00:31:10.139
 The last

00:31:10.139 --> 00:31:10.599
 verse in our

00:31:10.599 --> 00:31:11.220
 passage says

00:31:11.220 --> 00:31:11.960
 that the

00:31:11.960 --> 00:31:13.339
 wise inherit

00:31:13.339 --> 00:31:14.759
 honor, but

00:31:14.759 --> 00:31:16.019
 fools get

00:31:16.019 --> 00:31:16.759
 only shame.

00:31:18.039 --> 00:31:18.759
 There's no

00:31:18.759 --> 00:31:19.460
 middle ground

00:31:19.460 --> 00:31:19.859
 here.

00:31:20.019 --> 00:31:20.879
 It's black

00:31:20.879 --> 00:31:21.419
 or white.

00:31:21.659 --> 00:31:22.539
 It's wise

00:31:22.539 --> 00:31:23.139
 or fool.

00:31:23.399 --> 00:31:24.259
 It's either

00:31:24.259 --> 00:31:25.299
 you've received

00:31:25.299 --> 00:31:26.220
 Christ as your

00:31:26.220 --> 00:31:29.279
 wisdom or

00:31:29.279 --> 00:31:30.120
 you're lost.

00:31:31.660 --> 00:31:32.539
 You're

00:31:32.539 --> 00:31:34.200
 condemned in

00:31:34.200 --> 00:31:34.799
 your folly

00:31:34.799 --> 00:31:35.720
 and sin.

00:31:36.960 --> 00:31:38.019
 How could

00:31:38.019 --> 00:31:38.860
 you reject

00:31:38.860 --> 00:31:40.259
 his invitation?

00:31:43.440 --> 00:31:44.960
 Repent of

00:31:44.960 --> 00:31:46.700
 your sin and

00:31:46.700 --> 00:31:48.259
 trust him as

00:31:48.259 --> 00:31:49.079
 your Lord and

00:31:49.079 --> 00:31:49.339
 Savior.

00:31:49.680 --> 00:31:50.200
 Run to

00:31:50.200 --> 00:31:50.940
 Christ today.

00:31:51.960 --> 00:31:52.680
 Take hold

00:31:52.680 --> 00:31:54.500
 of him and

00:31:54.500 --> 00:31:56.099
 don't reject

00:31:56.099 --> 00:31:56.460
 him.

00:31:59.900 --> 00:32:00.500
 Second

00:32:00.500 --> 00:32:01.000
 question.

00:32:01.700 --> 00:32:02.359
 If you do

00:32:02.359 --> 00:32:03.339
 know Christ

00:32:03.339 --> 00:32:04.039
 as your

00:32:04.039 --> 00:32:04.740
 wisdom today,

00:32:05.940 --> 00:32:07.819
 where are

00:32:07.819 --> 00:32:08.660
 you looking

00:32:08.660 --> 00:32:09.240
 to for

00:32:09.240 --> 00:32:09.599
 blessing?

00:32:14.460 --> 00:32:15.119
 Are you

00:32:15.119 --> 00:32:15.859
 getting fixated

00:32:15.859 --> 00:32:16.180
 on the

00:32:16.180 --> 00:32:16.700
 temporary

00:32:16.700 --> 00:32:17.200
 things of

00:32:17.200 --> 00:32:17.700
 this world?

00:32:20.339 --> 00:32:21.079
 Are those

00:32:21.079 --> 00:32:21.400
 blessings

00:32:21.400 --> 00:32:22.480
 bogging you

00:32:22.480 --> 00:32:22.819
 down,

00:32:23.359 --> 00:32:23.920
 tripping you

00:32:23.920 --> 00:32:24.079
 up?

00:32:24.079 --> 00:32:24.399
 Are you

00:32:24.399 --> 00:32:25.139
 either

00:32:25.139 --> 00:32:25.679
 obsessed

00:32:25.679 --> 00:32:25.879
 with

00:32:25.879 --> 00:32:26.119
 getting

00:32:26.119 --> 00:32:27.220
 them or

00:32:27.220 --> 00:32:27.960
 miserable

00:32:27.960 --> 00:32:28.779
 and bitter

00:32:28.779 --> 00:32:29.279
 because you

00:32:29.279 --> 00:32:29.699
 don't?

00:32:32.619 --> 00:32:33.299
 We need

00:32:33.299 --> 00:32:33.559
 to say

00:32:33.559 --> 00:32:34.019
 sorry to

00:32:34.019 --> 00:32:34.339
 God for

00:32:34.339 --> 00:32:34.559
 that.

00:32:35.799 --> 00:32:36.279
 Because

00:32:36.279 --> 00:32:36.519
 that's

00:32:36.519 --> 00:32:36.919
 incredibly

00:32:36.919 --> 00:32:37.639
 short-sighted.

00:32:41.059 --> 00:32:41.679
 We need

00:32:41.679 --> 00:32:41.980
 to turn

00:32:41.980 --> 00:32:42.399
 to Jesus

00:32:42.399 --> 00:32:42.779
 again.

00:32:46.519 --> 00:32:47.099
 And when

00:32:47.099 --> 00:32:47.519
 we fix

00:32:47.519 --> 00:32:48.079
 our eyes

00:32:48.079 --> 00:32:49.460
 upon him

00:32:49.460 --> 00:32:50.079
 again,

00:32:50.759 --> 00:32:51.159
 the things

00:32:51.159 --> 00:32:51.399
 of this

00:32:51.399 --> 00:32:52.359
 world are

00:32:52.359 --> 00:32:52.539
 going to

00:32:52.539 --> 00:32:53.079
 grow strangely

00:32:53.079 --> 00:32:56.220
 dim in

00:32:56.220 --> 00:32:56.559
 the light

00:32:56.559 --> 00:32:57.019
 of his

00:32:57.019 --> 00:32:58.199
 glory and

00:32:58.199 --> 00:32:58.579
 grace.

00:33:01.319 --> 00:33:02.099
 The

00:33:02.099 --> 00:33:02.419
 blessed

00:33:02.419 --> 00:33:02.859
 life

00:33:02.859 --> 00:33:04.960
 is the

00:33:04.960 --> 00:33:05.579
 life in

00:33:05.579 --> 00:33:06.220
 Christ,

00:33:06.980 --> 00:33:07.220
 our

00:33:07.220 --> 00:33:07.539
 wisdom.

00:33:08.119 --> 00:33:08.720
 Let's

00:33:08.720 --> 00:33:08.960
 pray.

00:33:08.960 --> 00:33:10.859
 Let's

00:33:10.859 --> 00:33:10.859


00:33:10.859 --> 00:33:11.799
 take

00:33:11.799 --> 00:33:11.799


00:33:11.799 --> 00:33:11.799


00:33:11.799 --> 00:33:11.799


00:33:11.799 --> 00:33:11.799


00:33:11.799 --> 00:33:11.799


00:33:11.799 --> 00:33:11.799


00:33:11.799 --> 00:33:11.799


00:33:11.799 --> 00:33:11.799


00:33:11.799 --> 00:33:11.799


00:33:11.799 --> 00:33:11.799


00:33:11.799 --> 00:33:11.799


00:33:11.799 --> 00:33:11.799


00:33:11.799 --> 00:33:11.799


00:33:11.799 --> 00:33:12.259
 take

00:33:12.259 --> 00:33:11.799
 him.

00:33:11.799 --> 00:33:11.799


00:33:11.799 --> 00:33:12.259
 take

00:33:12.259 --> 00:33:11.799
 him.

00:33:11.799 --> 00:33:11.799


00:33:11.799 --> 00:33:12.259
 take

00:33:12.259 --> 00:33:12.699
 him.

00:33:12.699 --> 00:33:11.799
 Let's

00:33:11.799 --> 00:33:12.259
 take

00:33:12.259 --> 00:33:12.699
 him.

00:33:12.699 --> 00:33:12.699


00:33:12.699 --> 00:33:12.699


00:33:12.699 --> 00:33:13.500
 Let's

00:33:13.500 --> 00:33:13.500


00:33:13.500 --> 00:33:26.279
 we've heard the call to pursue wisdom ultimately in Christ

00:33:26.279 --> 00:33:28.799
 and I'm going to leave a moment for us all

00:33:28.799 --> 00:33:30.619
 to respond to him

00:33:30.619 --> 00:33:33.319
 in the quietness of our own hearts

00:33:43.500 --> 00:34:04.940
 O Lord Jesus

00:34:04.940 --> 00:34:08.940
 we thank you for dying on the cross

00:34:08.940 --> 00:34:11.500
 for all our foolishness

00:34:11.500 --> 00:34:14.619
 so that we could know you

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 as our eternal wisdom

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 and enjoy the blessed life

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 that you made us to live with you forever

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 Amen

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 We're going to sing a song now

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 just to finish

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 This is a song that helps us to fix our eyes

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 on all that Christ is for us

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 I especially love this part of the song

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 And mine are keys to Zion City

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 where beside the King I walk

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 for there my heart has found its treasure

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 Christ is mine forevermore

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 And says this

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 Come rejoice now, O my soul

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 That's what Jesus calls us to do, right?

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 For his love is my reward

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 Fear is gone and hope is sure

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 Christ is mine forevermore

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 Christ is mine forevermore

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 Amen

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 Amen

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 Amen

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 Amen