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 This is a continuation of our exposition of the book of James, and today's text is James chapter 4 verses 7 through 10.

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 I'll begin by reading it, but before I do, let me remind you, beloved, that this is God's word to us.

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 It was written for his glory and our good.

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 So we would all do well to listen to it, to believe its promises and obey its commands.

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 James 4 beginning in verse 7.

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 James' original audience for this letter were Jews who had been dispersed throughout the Roman world,

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 who were professing followers of his half-brother, the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 His concern is that they understand that a saving faith in Jesus, while not earned by works, will be accompanied by works.

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 We have a faith that works.

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 He says in James chapter 2 verse 17 and 18,

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 Faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.

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 But someone will say, you have faith and I have works.

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 Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.

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 So it is the faith that saves us, but it is the works of faith that evidence that salvation.

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 And it is in this context that we need to understand today's text.

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 James wants to be sure that his hearers understand what must be done to be restored to God.

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 He is pastorally concerned for anyone who might claim the name of Christ and not actually be saved.

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 This is a great problem of our day.

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 Just about anybody you'd speak to would say they're a Christian.

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 Living in the southeast, the trouble of ministry often is that you have to convince people that they're not in Christ

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 so that they can place their faith in Christ.

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 James here is seeking our highest good, and he does so in some really striking ways.

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 He says some things that just make you go, whoa.

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 His original audience must have known how much he loved them to receive these kinds of words.

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 Just previously in chapter 4, he said, you adulterous people.

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 He's drawing their minds back to all of the unfaithfulness of the Jewish people throughout the Old Testament.

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 He goes on in verse 4, do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God?

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 Therefore, whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

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 It's a very dichotomous thing that he sets up here.

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 I just would ask you, would you avail yourself of such strong language this morning?

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 Charles Spurgeon delivered a sermon on April 7, 1878, entitled,

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 The Reason Why Many Cannot Find Peace.

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 It was on this text, in which he said, he's talking about people who can't find peace.

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 He said, now I fear that comfort is misplaced in these cases.

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 When we have endeavored to cheer such people,

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 I fear we may have been filming over a wound which needs a sharp knife rather than a soft bandage,

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 a keen lancet rather than a healing liniment.

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 We shall try at this time to show certain uneasy souls why they do not obtain peace

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 and what they must be brought to by the Holy Spirit before they can rightly claim that they are saved.

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 Though our words may be somewhat caustic, they will be uttered in loving faithfulness.

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 And may the Lord our God make them effectual to the ending of the inner strife

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 and the establishment of settled peace."

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 Now that is the great labor of the preacher,

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 to open up God's word to people

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 and to grab a hold of this ancient text,

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 all of its cultural complication and language challenges,

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 with one hand,

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 and to grab a hold of a people with the other

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 and pull them together.

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 How does this mean something for us today

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 and on into this next week

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 and on for forever?

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 But we don't all come to our gatherings in the same state of soul.

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 This is broad discipling that's happening right now.

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 Where exactly each and every person is in this room

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 or across the hall or perhaps listening to the recording of this sometime later,

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 it's very difficult to know.

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 I'm a fan of smaller congregations and meeting in person

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 because there's a greater likelihood that I might know, right?

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 As I pray for our members and think about you,

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 I may have some sense of the state of your soul,

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 but I'm not God.

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 It's hard to really know what's going on.

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 There are guests here.

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 I'm looking at faces I've never seen before.

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 So it's a challenge.

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 It's a labor of a preacher to try to do this.

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 So the preacher must have many kinds of people in mind

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 when he prepares to preach

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 and while he's preaching.

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 And so to do this,

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 I try to think with varied success.

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 I don't know that I do this very well,

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 but I try to think in five different categories.

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 Try to think of categories of people

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 who may come and hear God's word opened.

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 Number one, the weary.

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 Those who have suffered much this past week

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 or have attempted to work to earn God's favor

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 and are just tired.

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 Just come here feeling beat down,

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 feeling their failure,

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 and need to be reminded of the gospel.

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 You need to hear the gospel of Jesus Christ.

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 Jesus' finished work,

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 made real for you.

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 I also try to have in mind the wayward.

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 Those who have imperceptibly drifted

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 from their first love

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 and the holiness that accompanies a pursuit of him.

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 They've just forgotten,

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 just grown a bit cold.

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 The anchor was taken up

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 and they're getting drawn out to sea.

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 And they need to be reminded of the gospel.

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 I try to have in mind the proud.

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 Those who believe that they have done enough

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 this past week.

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 Who come and say,

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 I'm alright.

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 I pulled it off this past week.

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 Enough to earn his favor,

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 thinking they're better than others.

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 And they need to be reminded

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 of the gospel.

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 They need to be reminded

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 there's nothing we could do.

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 We were utterly wretched

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 apart from Christ.

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 I try to keep in mind

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 the lazy.

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 Those who have grown apathetic

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 in their zeal for the Lord

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 and his ways.

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 Who just have stopped really caring

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 about living for the life to come.

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 Are consumed with the life that is now.

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 And they need to be reminded

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 of the gospel.

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 And finally,

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 try to have in mind

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 the lost.

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 Those who have never heard the gospel

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 or have heard the gospel

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 and have never placed saving faith

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 in the Lord Jesus Christ

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 for the salvation

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 of their souls.

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 And I think there's application

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 for all of these categories

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 today.

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 But maybe most particularly

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 for the last.

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 You came to church this morning

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 not just interested

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 but thinking that you're in Christ.

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 Actually thinking,

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 I am a Christian.

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 And I would just like for you to perhaps,

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 not that I want to cast doubt

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 into your souls,

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 but maybe just get you to stop

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 and think,

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 but what if

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 I'm not?

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 So there may be more categories.

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 But generally,

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 I think this framework

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 serves a congregation well.

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 However,

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 it would take too much time

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 and it's not ever my attempt

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 to sort and label you

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 into these categories

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 so neatly.

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 Because I don't have the power

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 to view and assess

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 your souls.

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 I'm encouraged that James

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 also doesn't seem

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 to try to do so.

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 He is concerned

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 for the state

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 of his original audience's

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 souls, right?

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 He's hearing about things

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 that are happening

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 in these churches.

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 He's hearing about

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 unacceptable things

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 that are happening.

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 The way they speak,

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 the way they're showing

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 preferential treatment

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 to one another,

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 the way they're

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 friends with the world.

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 Perhaps,

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 we just see in the beginning

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 of chapter 4,

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 perhaps,

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 somebody professing to know Christ

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 killed somebody.

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 It's quite possible.

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 You do not have

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 and so you murder.

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 But in James 1.16,

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 he simply states,

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 do not be deceived,

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 my beloved brothers.

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 And in James 3.10,

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 he says,

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 my brothers,

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 these things

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 ought not be so.

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 He assumes

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 their professions

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 are genuine,

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 but he is careful

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 to instruct them

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 to test

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 the genuineness

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 of said

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 professions.

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 So that's the context.

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 That's where our text lies.

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 It's in the midst

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 of that.

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 This is his mind.

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 It's his concern

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 and it's my concern

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 for us

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 this morning.

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 So with that context

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 in mind,

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 I want to read the text

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 one more time.

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 Right?

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 Maybe some of it

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 will begin to already

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 kind of be enlightened

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 for you as you go,

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 oh,

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 I see what James

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 is doing here

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 with them

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 and with us.

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 He says,

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 submit yourselves,

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 therefore,

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 to God.

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 Resist the devil

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 and he will flee from you.

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 Draw near to God

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 and he will draw near

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 to you.

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 Cleanse your hands,

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 you sinners,

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 and purify your hearts,

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 you double-minded.

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 Be wretched

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 and mourn

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 and weep.

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 Let your laughter

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 be turned to mourning

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 and your joy

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 to gloom.

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 Humble yourselves

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 before the Lord

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 and he will exalt you.

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 We see in this passage,

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 number one,

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 a comprehensive

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 command,

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 an all-inclusive,

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 a wide,

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 overarching command,

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 the first part

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 of verse seven,

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 submit yourselves,

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 therefore,

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 to God.

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 And at the end

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 of the passage,

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 we see a summary

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 command,

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 which is that

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 accompanied by

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 wonderful promise.

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 Humble yourselves

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 before the Lord

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 and he will exalt you.

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 And then I would

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 submit to you

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 that in between

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 those two,

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 a comprehensive command,

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 this is our two-point

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 summary today,

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 a comprehensive command

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 and a summary command,

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 there are five

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 explanatory commands.

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 Last half of verse seven

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 and through verse nine.

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 So if we're being

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 comprehensively commanded

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 to submit ourselves

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 to God,

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 how,

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 what must we do

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 to be in submission

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 to our God?

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 And I think those commands,

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 those five,

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 help us to understand

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 what that looks like.

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 So let's look first

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 at a comprehensive command.

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 Submit yourselves,

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 therefore,

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 to God.

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 And he says,

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 therefore,

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 so we must back up

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 a little bit

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 and to chapter four

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 and verse six,

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 where James,

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 right,

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 but he gives more grace.

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 Therefore,

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 it says,

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 and he's quoting

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 Proverbs 3,

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 34,

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 God opposes the proud,

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 but gives grace

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 to the humble.

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 Those who are willing

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 to recognize

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 that they are created

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 and then rightly

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 submit themselves

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 to their creator,

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 right?

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 And God gives grace

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 to those who will

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 submit themselves

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 to God.

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 And this is why he says,

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 submit yourselves,

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 therefore,

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 to God.

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 Submission is not a thing

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 that the unregenerate person

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 naturally gravitates toward.

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 In fact,

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 naturally,

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 the unconverted person

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 gravitates away

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 from submission.

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 Submitting is not a thing

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 that a regenerate person does

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 without an ongoing intervention

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 of the Holy Spirit

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 in our lives,

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 right?

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 Given to our flesh,

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 we will tend to not want

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 to submit to authority.

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 We are very inclined

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 to go our own way.

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 We are very inclined

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 to think that we know best

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 and can govern our lives best,

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 right?

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 I am me,

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 therefore,

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 I know what I need

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 better than anyone else.

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 And this is just not true.

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 Just think,

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 our entire national identity

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 is founded in the idea

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 of casting off a despot

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 that we might govern ourselves.

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 But even our founders

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 intended for our experiment

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 in liberty

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 to be one of ordered liberty.

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 And they knew

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 that our people

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 would have to have

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 an even higher authority

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 for the experiment

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 to find any success.

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 It's unraveling in our day

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 because so many of our nation

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 do not have a higher authority

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 that they submit to.

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 We as a culture

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 find ourselves

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 applauding the trailblazer,

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 the rule breaker,

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 the rogue,

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 right?

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 We love this fierce,

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 wild individualism,

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 right?

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 Cast off anything

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 that might tell you

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 you must look like this

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 or do such and such.

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 And I think that permeates

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 our very nature

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 and it extends

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 to other things

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 as well.

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 People have a difficult time

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 submitting themselves.

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 themselves.

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 But every created thing

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 belongs to its creator.

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 Nothing created

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 has any right

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 to declare

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 what it wants to do.

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 This cup,

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 when I want to pick it up

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 and drink water out of it,

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 will be picked up

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 and I will drink water out of it.

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 And the cup cannot say no.

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 And you might go,

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 well, that seems very obvious.

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 We are like the cup.

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 We have a creator

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 who has a right

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 to demand

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 how it is

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 we're meant

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 to act.

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 Our creator

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 has absolute

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 authority.

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 He created

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 all things

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 and he does not

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 relinquish

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 that authority.

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 Charles Spurgeon,

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 same sermon.

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 I don't remember

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 how many times

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 I quote Spurgeon in this.

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 If I do though,

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 it's all from that same sermon.

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 Spurgeon said,

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 common sense

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 teaches

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 that rebellion

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 against omnipotence,

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 which is absolute power,

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 rebellion against

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 omnipotence

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 is both

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 insanity

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 and blasphemy.

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 The great trouble

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 with mankind,

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 the great trouble

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 with us

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 is that we have

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 disregarded

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 this

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 common

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 sense

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 and it's not

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 a new trouble.

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 It was the trouble

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 that caused

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 all the trouble.

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 in the garden,

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 Adam and Eve

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 disregarding the good

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 commands of God

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 and seeking to govern

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 themselves.

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 It was the trouble

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 of Israel

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 before and after

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 the Exodus,

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 setting aside

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 the good commands

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 of God

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 for the idols

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 of the nations

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 and it remains

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 and it remains

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 our trouble.

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 Submission to God,

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 James tells us,

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 is comprehensive.

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 He says,

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 submit

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 yourselves.

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 This is

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 all-inclusive.

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 James says,

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 our very being

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 must be placed

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 under the rule

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 of God.

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 every bit

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 of you,

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 body and soul,

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 your mind

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 and your affections,

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 your desires,

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 your will,

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 must be given

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 to him

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 in allegiance.

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 Every day

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 of your week,

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 every ounce

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 of you

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 must be given

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 to God.

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 Now,

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 at this point,

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 if this feels

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 burdensome

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 to you,

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 if this feels

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 in any way

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 oppressive

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 to you,

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 please hear me.

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 Submission

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 to God

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 is not

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 a displeasurable

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 thing.

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 God is the creator

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 and God

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 knows

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 best.

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 Those of you

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 who know me

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 know that I'm

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 a fairly

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 controlling person.

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 I like things

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 in my life

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 to be just

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 so-so.

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 And a lot of you

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 joke about

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 some of those things

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 that actually

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 don't really matter

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 to me that much.

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 I straighten the chairs

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 almost every Sunday.

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 And when you all leave,

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 I go,

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 I can't believe

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 how crooked

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 these chairs are.

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 I straighten them again.

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 And it's fine.

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 I'm at peace

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 with that.

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 It's okay.

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 If I didn't know

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 the creator,

00:18:35.339 --> 00:18:35.440
 right,

00:18:35.559 --> 00:18:36.480
 God Almighty,

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 the one who is

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 powerful to control

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 all things

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 and knows

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 what's best,

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 I would be a mess.

00:18:45.519 --> 00:18:45.980
 I was sharing

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 with a brother

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 just this past week.

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 I don't know

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 that I would still

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 be alive.

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 I don't know

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 that I could handle

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 how much in my life

00:18:53.180 --> 00:18:53.819
 is actually

00:18:53.819 --> 00:18:54.539
 out of control.

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 the older I get

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 and the more

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 I realize

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 how little

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 I can affect

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 the things

00:18:58.259 --> 00:18:58.920
 in my world

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 if I didn't know

00:19:00.220 --> 00:19:01.680
 the one who is

00:19:01.680 --> 00:19:02.779
 in control.

00:19:03.980 --> 00:19:05.819
 I control so little.

00:19:06.519 --> 00:19:07.399
 And that's good

00:19:07.399 --> 00:19:08.879
 when we realize

00:19:08.879 --> 00:19:09.599
 how desperately

00:19:09.599 --> 00:19:10.259
 we need

00:19:10.259 --> 00:19:11.039
 a creator

00:19:11.039 --> 00:19:12.039
 who is

00:19:12.039 --> 00:19:13.579
 in control.

00:19:14.379 --> 00:19:15.819
 It's not displeasurable

00:19:15.819 --> 00:19:16.659
 to submit yourself

00:19:16.659 --> 00:19:17.159
 to God.

00:19:17.359 --> 00:19:18.659
 God is so full

00:19:18.659 --> 00:19:19.359
 of goodness

00:19:19.359 --> 00:19:20.940
 and loving kindness

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 to those

00:19:22.039 --> 00:19:22.559
 who will submit

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 themselves to him

00:19:23.380 --> 00:19:24.740
 that he will not

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 command us

00:19:25.220 --> 00:19:25.920
 to do anything

00:19:25.920 --> 00:19:26.360
 harmful

00:19:26.360 --> 00:19:27.720
 or forbid us

00:19:27.720 --> 00:19:28.580
 to do anything

00:19:28.580 --> 00:19:29.259
 beneficial

00:19:29.259 --> 00:19:30.980
 and he gets

00:19:30.980 --> 00:19:31.440
 to define

00:19:31.440 --> 00:19:32.180
 those terms.

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 What is good

00:19:34.920 --> 00:19:35.759
 for us?

00:19:37.340 --> 00:19:37.980
 Romans 8,

00:19:38.100 --> 00:19:38.640
 28,

00:19:39.100 --> 00:19:39.660
 and 29.

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 You know this,

00:19:41.559 --> 00:19:41.700
 right?

00:19:41.740 --> 00:19:42.680
 It's in the zeitgeist

00:19:42.680 --> 00:19:43.420
 and we know

00:19:43.420 --> 00:19:44.320
 that for those

00:19:44.320 --> 00:19:45.019
 who love God

00:19:45.019 --> 00:19:46.180
 all things work

00:19:46.180 --> 00:19:47.240
 together for good

00:19:47.240 --> 00:19:47.859
 for those

00:19:47.859 --> 00:19:48.940
 who are called

00:19:48.940 --> 00:19:49.440
 according

00:19:49.440 --> 00:19:51.440
 to his purpose.

00:19:52.200 --> 00:19:53.380
 Those who love God

00:19:53.380 --> 00:19:54.120
 all things

00:19:54.120 --> 00:19:55.160
 every circumstance

00:19:55.160 --> 00:19:55.940
 whatever it is

00:19:55.940 --> 00:19:56.759
 we're walking through

00:19:56.759 --> 00:19:58.240
 they're for good.

00:19:58.539 --> 00:19:58.720
 Right?

00:19:59.079 --> 00:19:59.640
 And we don't have to

00:19:59.640 --> 00:20:00.799
 wonder what is that good?

00:20:00.900 --> 00:20:01.620
 What's the mystery?

00:20:02.019 --> 00:20:02.779
 Someday maybe

00:20:02.779 --> 00:20:03.519
 I'll know

00:20:03.519 --> 00:20:04.920
 because verse 29 says

00:20:04.920 --> 00:20:06.359
 for those

00:20:06.359 --> 00:20:07.240
 whom he foreknew

00:20:07.240 --> 00:20:08.579
 he also predestined

00:20:08.579 --> 00:20:10.120
 to be conformed

00:20:10.120 --> 00:20:11.500
 to the image

00:20:11.500 --> 00:20:12.859
 of his son.

00:20:13.620 --> 00:20:14.539
 This is the great good

00:20:14.539 --> 00:20:15.380
 that God is working

00:20:15.380 --> 00:20:16.220
 in all things

00:20:16.220 --> 00:20:17.720
 our holiness.

00:20:18.339 --> 00:20:18.460
 Right?

00:20:18.579 --> 00:20:19.519
 That we might look

00:20:19.519 --> 00:20:21.440
 more like Christ

00:20:21.440 --> 00:20:22.579
 and gain

00:20:22.579 --> 00:20:23.920
 more of Christ

00:20:23.920 --> 00:20:25.660
 in our lives.

00:20:26.400 --> 00:20:27.940
 It is a wonderful thing

00:20:27.940 --> 00:20:29.380
 to submit yourself

00:20:29.380 --> 00:20:30.559
 to God.

00:20:30.940 --> 00:20:32.200
 It's a wonderful thing

00:20:32.200 --> 00:20:33.140
 to give up control

00:20:33.140 --> 00:20:34.600
 to get off the throne

00:20:34.600 --> 00:20:37.680
 and let God reign

00:20:37.680 --> 00:20:38.900
 in your life.

00:20:39.759 --> 00:20:40.860
 And if God

00:20:40.860 --> 00:20:41.559
 does not reign

00:20:41.559 --> 00:20:42.460
 in your life

00:20:42.460 --> 00:20:44.460
 in an ever-growing measure

00:20:44.460 --> 00:20:45.519
 none of us

00:20:45.519 --> 00:20:46.180
 or doing this

00:20:46.180 --> 00:20:47.019
 with perfection

00:20:47.019 --> 00:20:49.139
 then you may

00:20:49.139 --> 00:20:50.440
 not be saved.

00:20:51.079 --> 00:20:52.099
 It is possible

00:20:52.099 --> 00:20:53.519
 that you've made

00:20:53.519 --> 00:20:55.339
 some mental assent

00:20:55.339 --> 00:20:56.160
 to the gospel

00:20:56.160 --> 00:20:56.980
 of Jesus Christ

00:20:56.980 --> 00:20:58.379
 but you still

00:20:58.379 --> 00:20:59.740
 love your control.

00:21:00.480 --> 00:21:00.980
 You still want

00:21:00.980 --> 00:21:01.400
 to be a friend

00:21:01.400 --> 00:21:02.019
 with the world

00:21:02.019 --> 00:21:03.099
 and this

00:21:03.099 --> 00:21:04.000
 is to be an enemy

00:21:04.000 --> 00:21:05.019
 of God.

00:21:06.740 --> 00:21:07.220
 So,

00:21:07.420 --> 00:21:08.220
 what does it look like

00:21:08.220 --> 00:21:09.440
 to submit

00:21:09.440 --> 00:21:10.319
 ourselves to God?

00:21:10.440 --> 00:21:11.400
 How might we

00:21:11.400 --> 00:21:12.519
 submit ourselves

00:21:12.519 --> 00:21:14.119
 to God?

00:21:14.400 --> 00:21:15.139
 James gives us

00:21:15.139 --> 00:21:16.759
 five explanatory

00:21:16.759 --> 00:21:18.059
 commands.

00:21:18.879 --> 00:21:19.660
 Number one,

00:21:20.579 --> 00:21:21.279
 resist the devil.

00:21:22.400 --> 00:21:23.700
 By which I believe

00:21:23.700 --> 00:21:24.319
 that James

00:21:24.319 --> 00:21:25.660
 means resist

00:21:25.660 --> 00:21:26.599
 all

00:21:26.599 --> 00:21:27.839
 sin.

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 I think there's

00:21:29.799 --> 00:21:31.220
 a spiritual battle

00:21:31.220 --> 00:21:32.099
 reality to what

00:21:32.099 --> 00:21:32.700
 he's saying here

00:21:32.700 --> 00:21:33.139
 but I don't think

00:21:33.139 --> 00:21:33.900
 he just means

00:21:33.900 --> 00:21:34.379
 that.

00:21:34.519 --> 00:21:34.859
 Again,

00:21:35.000 --> 00:21:35.759
 contextually,

00:21:35.960 --> 00:21:37.400
 I think he means

00:21:37.400 --> 00:21:37.980
 resist

00:21:37.980 --> 00:21:40.019
 all sin.

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 Whatever its source

00:21:41.200 --> 00:21:41.839
 might be,

00:21:41.960 --> 00:21:42.440
 whether it's the

00:21:42.440 --> 00:21:43.140
 temptation that the

00:21:43.140 --> 00:21:43.660
 devil brings

00:21:43.660 --> 00:21:44.339
 or our own

00:21:44.339 --> 00:21:44.960
 flesh,

00:21:45.620 --> 00:21:46.539
 we do battle

00:21:46.539 --> 00:21:47.339
 in the spiritual

00:21:47.339 --> 00:21:48.420
 realm and we

00:21:48.420 --> 00:21:49.500
 must be awakened

00:21:49.500 --> 00:21:50.519
 to this

00:21:50.519 --> 00:21:51.720
 reality.

00:21:52.720 --> 00:21:53.500
 If we are

00:21:53.500 --> 00:21:54.339
 submitted to God,

00:21:54.400 --> 00:21:55.400
 we must resist

00:21:55.400 --> 00:21:56.880
 the ways

00:21:56.880 --> 00:21:58.200
 of the devil.

00:21:58.860 --> 00:21:59.500
 We cannot

00:21:59.500 --> 00:22:00.920
 have two

00:22:00.920 --> 00:22:02.460
 masters.

00:22:03.240 --> 00:22:03.940
 We must

00:22:03.940 --> 00:22:04.519
 resist.

00:22:04.980 --> 00:22:05.640
 It takes

00:22:05.640 --> 00:22:06.660
 work.

00:22:06.660 --> 00:22:08.720
 And here

00:22:08.720 --> 00:22:09.400
 we find

00:22:09.400 --> 00:22:10.680
 a promise.

00:22:11.960 --> 00:22:12.620
 This is a

00:22:12.620 --> 00:22:13.320
 great promise.

00:22:14.420 --> 00:22:14.960
 Resist

00:22:14.960 --> 00:22:15.680
 the devil

00:22:15.680 --> 00:22:17.120
 and he will

00:22:17.120 --> 00:22:18.279
 flee from you.

00:22:19.360 --> 00:22:20.000
 Beloved,

00:22:20.140 --> 00:22:20.900
 sin has

00:22:20.900 --> 00:22:21.700
 no power

00:22:21.700 --> 00:22:22.960
 over you.

00:22:23.340 --> 00:22:23.920
 If you are

00:22:23.920 --> 00:22:24.759
 in Christ,

00:22:24.900 --> 00:22:25.400
 you have been

00:22:25.400 --> 00:22:26.580
 set free

00:22:26.580 --> 00:22:27.700
 from sin.

00:22:27.840 --> 00:22:28.140
 Romans

00:22:28.140 --> 00:22:30.140
 chapter 6.

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 It does not

00:22:31.019 --> 00:22:31.740
 have power

00:22:31.740 --> 00:22:32.880
 and you

00:22:32.880 --> 00:22:33.680
 should stop

00:22:33.680 --> 00:22:34.680
 living as if

00:22:34.680 --> 00:22:36.019
 it does.

00:22:37.480 --> 00:22:38.240
 Some of you

00:22:38.240 --> 00:22:38.860
 are in Christ

00:22:38.860 --> 00:22:39.360
 and you just

00:22:39.360 --> 00:22:40.400
 grant power

00:22:40.400 --> 00:22:41.540
 back to sin.

00:22:41.980 --> 00:22:42.800
 It has no

00:22:42.800 --> 00:22:44.200
 power over

00:22:44.200 --> 00:22:44.500
 you.

00:22:45.040 --> 00:22:45.560
 This will take

00:22:45.560 --> 00:22:46.800
 activity on

00:22:46.800 --> 00:22:47.940
 your part.

00:22:48.360 --> 00:22:48.779
 You will have

00:22:48.779 --> 00:22:49.600
 to hold

00:22:49.600 --> 00:22:50.400
 on to Christ.

00:22:50.900 --> 00:22:51.279
 You will have

00:22:51.279 --> 00:22:52.060
 to love the

00:22:52.060 --> 00:22:53.380
 ways of God

00:22:53.380 --> 00:22:54.240
 to resist

00:22:54.240 --> 00:22:55.680
 the devil.

00:22:56.140 --> 00:22:56.400
 It takes

00:22:56.400 --> 00:22:57.019
 activity,

00:22:57.259 --> 00:22:58.840
 but it is

00:22:58.840 --> 00:22:59.440
 accompanied

00:22:59.440 --> 00:23:00.960
 by the grace

00:23:00.960 --> 00:23:01.900
 of God.

00:23:02.000 --> 00:23:02.460
 God will give

00:23:02.460 --> 00:23:03.040
 you the power.

00:23:03.259 --> 00:23:03.720
 If you're in

00:23:03.720 --> 00:23:04.040
 Christ,

00:23:04.039 --> 00:23:04.700
 God has

00:23:04.700 --> 00:23:05.059
 given to

00:23:05.059 --> 00:23:05.639
 you his

00:23:05.639 --> 00:23:06.180
 spirit and

00:23:06.180 --> 00:23:06.379
 he will

00:23:06.379 --> 00:23:06.579
 give you

00:23:06.579 --> 00:23:07.059
 the power

00:23:07.059 --> 00:23:09.240
 to resist

00:23:09.240 --> 00:23:10.119
 and have

00:23:10.119 --> 00:23:10.399
 the devil

00:23:10.399 --> 00:23:10.879
 flee from

00:23:10.879 --> 00:23:11.099
 you.

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 Think

00:23:12.359 --> 00:23:12.920
 practically.

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 Paul says

00:23:14.539 --> 00:23:14.960
 well in

00:23:14.960 --> 00:23:15.579
 1 Corinthians

00:23:15.579 --> 00:23:16.399
 10,

00:23:16.480 --> 00:23:17.000
 13,

00:23:18.220 --> 00:23:19.139
 no temptation

00:23:19.139 --> 00:23:20.859
 has overtaken

00:23:20.859 --> 00:23:21.619
 you that is

00:23:21.619 --> 00:23:22.539
 not common

00:23:22.539 --> 00:23:23.859
 to man.

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 And I think

00:23:24.299 --> 00:23:24.579
 what Paul

00:23:24.579 --> 00:23:24.980
 means to be

00:23:24.980 --> 00:23:25.379
 communicating

00:23:25.379 --> 00:23:25.759
 there is

00:23:25.759 --> 00:23:26.379
 don't think

00:23:26.379 --> 00:23:26.619
 that there

00:23:26.619 --> 00:23:26.980
 are some

00:23:26.980 --> 00:23:27.420
 others,

00:23:27.539 --> 00:23:27.680
 there are

00:23:27.680 --> 00:23:28.240
 some new

00:23:28.240 --> 00:23:28.779
 temptation

00:23:28.779 --> 00:23:29.119
 that no

00:23:29.119 --> 00:23:29.420
 one else

00:23:29.420 --> 00:23:29.859
 has experienced

00:23:29.859 --> 00:23:30.979
 in life

00:23:30.979 --> 00:23:31.659
 and yet

00:23:31.659 --> 00:23:32.079
 you have

00:23:32.079 --> 00:23:32.740
 now experienced

00:23:32.740 --> 00:23:33.199
 it and it

00:23:33.199 --> 00:23:33.539
 is too

00:23:33.539 --> 00:23:34.359
 powerful for

00:23:34.359 --> 00:23:34.559
 you to

00:23:34.559 --> 00:23:34.939
 resist.

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 It's common.

00:23:36.779 --> 00:23:37.559
 Same stuff.

00:23:38.019 --> 00:23:38.379
 We're all

00:23:38.379 --> 00:23:38.719
 dealing with

00:23:38.719 --> 00:23:39.099
 the same

00:23:39.099 --> 00:23:39.859
 temptation.

00:23:40.500 --> 00:23:41.039
 No temptation

00:23:41.039 --> 00:23:41.619
 has overtaken

00:23:41.619 --> 00:23:42.659
 you that is

00:23:42.659 --> 00:23:43.199
 not common

00:23:43.199 --> 00:23:43.740
 to man.

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 And I feel

00:23:45.479 --> 00:23:45.779
 the Greek

00:23:45.779 --> 00:23:46.219
 doesn't have

00:23:46.219 --> 00:23:46.519
 it, but I

00:23:46.519 --> 00:23:46.719
 almost feel

00:23:46.719 --> 00:23:46.899
 like there

00:23:46.899 --> 00:23:47.079
 should be

00:23:47.079 --> 00:23:47.419
 a but in

00:23:47.419 --> 00:23:47.519
 here.

00:23:47.699 --> 00:23:48.559
 But God

00:23:48.559 --> 00:23:50.899
 is faithful

00:23:50.899 --> 00:23:52.199
 and he will

00:23:52.199 --> 00:23:52.699
 not let you

00:23:52.699 --> 00:23:53.039
 be tempted

00:23:53.039 --> 00:23:54.219
 beyond your

00:23:54.219 --> 00:23:54.679
 ability.

00:23:55.279 --> 00:23:56.079
 But with the

00:23:56.079 --> 00:23:56.619
 temptation,

00:23:57.299 --> 00:23:58.319
 he will also

00:23:58.319 --> 00:23:59.519
 provide the

00:23:59.519 --> 00:23:59.799
 way of

00:23:59.799 --> 00:24:00.480
 escape that

00:24:00.480 --> 00:24:00.740
 you may

00:24:00.740 --> 00:24:01.200
 be able

00:24:01.200 --> 00:24:02.279
 to endure

00:24:02.279 --> 00:24:03.160
 it, to

00:24:03.160 --> 00:24:05.519
 resist the

00:24:05.519 --> 00:24:05.799
 devil.

00:24:06.839 --> 00:24:07.700
 So there

00:24:07.700 --> 00:24:08.160
 should be

00:24:08.160 --> 00:24:09.180
 in us that

00:24:09.180 --> 00:24:09.599
 kind of

00:24:09.599 --> 00:24:10.539
 compulsion, a

00:24:10.539 --> 00:24:11.039
 hatred of

00:24:11.039 --> 00:24:11.359
 sin.

00:24:11.720 --> 00:24:12.519
 If you are

00:24:12.519 --> 00:24:13.039
 in Christ,

00:24:13.139 --> 00:24:13.639
 you will not

00:24:13.639 --> 00:24:14.460
 love your

00:24:14.460 --> 00:24:14.799
 sin.

00:24:15.339 --> 00:24:15.859
 You will

00:24:15.859 --> 00:24:16.680
 still sin.

00:24:17.119 --> 00:24:17.460
 We are

00:24:17.460 --> 00:24:17.980
 not yet

00:24:17.980 --> 00:24:19.379
 entirely free

00:24:19.379 --> 00:24:20.460
 from our

00:24:20.460 --> 00:24:20.799
 flesh.

00:24:21.519 --> 00:24:22.079
 You will

00:24:22.079 --> 00:24:23.519
 still sin,

00:24:23.720 --> 00:24:24.379
 but you've

00:24:24.379 --> 00:24:24.920
 been set free

00:24:24.920 --> 00:24:25.200
 from the

00:24:25.200 --> 00:24:25.859
 power of it

00:24:25.859 --> 00:24:26.279
 and you

00:24:26.279 --> 00:24:26.859
 shouldn't

00:24:26.859 --> 00:24:27.759
 enjoy it.

00:24:28.240 --> 00:24:28.680
 When you

00:24:28.680 --> 00:24:29.359
 sin, you

00:24:29.359 --> 00:24:30.479
 should, here

00:24:30.479 --> 00:24:31.459
 I go again.

00:24:31.919 --> 00:24:32.399
 The same

00:24:32.399 --> 00:24:33.599
 thing, Lord

00:24:33.599 --> 00:24:34.199
 deliver me

00:24:34.199 --> 00:24:34.559
 from this

00:24:34.559 --> 00:24:36.240
 body of

00:24:36.240 --> 00:24:36.559
 death.

00:24:38.379 --> 00:24:40.339
 Second, we

00:24:40.339 --> 00:24:40.959
 are to draw

00:24:40.959 --> 00:24:42.439
 near to

00:24:42.439 --> 00:24:42.799
 God.

00:24:43.759 --> 00:24:44.319
 Another

00:24:44.319 --> 00:24:45.240
 command with

00:24:45.240 --> 00:24:46.000
 a wonderful

00:24:46.000 --> 00:24:47.019
 promise, and

00:24:47.019 --> 00:24:47.399
 this is a

00:24:47.399 --> 00:24:48.359
 most excellent

00:24:48.359 --> 00:24:48.979
 promise.

00:24:51.319 --> 00:24:52.019
 Did you see

00:24:52.019 --> 00:24:52.419
 that cup of

00:24:52.419 --> 00:24:52.539
 bay?

00:24:52.539 --> 00:24:54.099
 God's

00:24:54.099 --> 00:24:54.099


00:24:54.099 --> 00:24:54.539
 God's

00:24:54.539 --> 00:24:54.599
 word.

00:24:54.599 --> 00:24:58.420
 I think

00:24:58.420 --> 00:24:59.039
 that James

00:24:59.039 --> 00:24:59.619
 means for

00:24:59.619 --> 00:24:59.980
 us to

00:24:59.980 --> 00:25:00.779
 understand

00:25:00.779 --> 00:25:01.940
 this

00:25:01.940 --> 00:25:02.339
 drawing

00:25:02.339 --> 00:25:03.000
 near in

00:25:03.000 --> 00:25:03.960
 practical

00:25:03.960 --> 00:25:04.440
 ways.

00:25:04.960 --> 00:25:05.299
 I don't

00:25:05.299 --> 00:25:05.659
 think this

00:25:05.659 --> 00:25:05.940
 is meant

00:25:05.940 --> 00:25:06.299
 to be

00:25:06.299 --> 00:25:07.019
 super

00:25:07.019 --> 00:25:07.639
 emotional.

00:25:08.200 --> 00:25:08.980
 I just

00:25:08.980 --> 00:25:09.220
 want to

00:25:09.220 --> 00:25:09.599
 draw.

00:25:09.879 --> 00:25:10.059
 We

00:25:10.059 --> 00:25:11.420
 write a

00:25:11.420 --> 00:25:11.859
 song about

00:25:11.859 --> 00:25:12.180
 it that

00:25:12.180 --> 00:25:12.619
 would sound

00:25:12.619 --> 00:25:12.859
 like a

00:25:12.859 --> 00:25:13.019
 love

00:25:13.019 --> 00:25:13.379
 song.

00:25:14.180 --> 00:25:14.759
 I think

00:25:14.759 --> 00:25:15.079
 he means

00:25:15.079 --> 00:25:15.339
 very

00:25:15.339 --> 00:25:15.960
 practically

00:25:15.960 --> 00:25:17.720
 study

00:25:17.720 --> 00:25:18.079
 God's

00:25:18.079 --> 00:25:18.619
 word

00:25:18.619 --> 00:25:19.779
 and

00:25:19.779 --> 00:25:20.419
 respond

00:25:20.419 --> 00:25:20.879
 in

00:25:20.879 --> 00:25:21.779
 prayer.

00:25:22.299 --> 00:25:22.859
 I think

00:25:22.859 --> 00:25:23.099
 this is

00:25:23.099 --> 00:25:23.399
 what he

00:25:23.399 --> 00:25:23.759
 means.

00:25:24.599 --> 00:25:25.099
 God has

00:25:25.099 --> 00:25:25.539
 written

00:25:25.539 --> 00:25:26.719
 for us

00:25:26.719 --> 00:25:27.899
 a book.

00:25:28.639 --> 00:25:28.959
 God has

00:25:28.959 --> 00:25:29.799
 condescended

00:25:29.799 --> 00:25:31.019
 to become

00:25:31.019 --> 00:25:32.079
 an author.

00:25:32.559 --> 00:25:33.199
 God

00:25:33.199 --> 00:25:33.619
 Almighty,

00:25:33.759 --> 00:25:34.299
 creator of

00:25:34.299 --> 00:25:34.679
 heaven and

00:25:34.679 --> 00:25:34.879
 earth.

00:25:35.039 --> 00:25:35.739
 We can't

00:25:35.739 --> 00:25:36.359
 even kind

00:25:36.359 --> 00:25:37.239
 of fathom

00:25:37.239 --> 00:25:37.799
 his

00:25:37.799 --> 00:25:38.579
 immensity,

00:25:38.979 --> 00:25:39.859
 his power.

00:25:40.759 --> 00:25:41.500
 We are

00:25:41.500 --> 00:25:42.419
 forever.

00:25:43.059 --> 00:25:43.539
 Get this,

00:25:43.559 --> 00:25:43.779
 if you're

00:25:43.779 --> 00:25:44.159
 in Christ,

00:25:44.259 --> 00:25:44.439
 you're going

00:25:44.439 --> 00:25:44.679
 to be with

00:25:44.679 --> 00:25:45.419
 God for

00:25:45.419 --> 00:25:46.259
 eternity

00:25:46.259 --> 00:25:47.979
 realizing

00:25:47.980 --> 00:25:48.420
 his

00:25:48.420 --> 00:25:48.880
 immensity

00:25:48.880 --> 00:25:49.799
 and his

00:25:49.799 --> 00:25:50.140
 power.

00:25:50.339 --> 00:25:50.660
 That's an

00:25:50.660 --> 00:25:51.039
 astounding

00:25:51.039 --> 00:25:51.400
 thing to

00:25:51.400 --> 00:25:51.759
 think about.

00:25:51.839 --> 00:25:52.039
 We are

00:25:52.039 --> 00:25:52.339
 going to

00:25:52.339 --> 00:25:52.980
 again and

00:25:52.980 --> 00:25:53.519
 again and

00:25:53.519 --> 00:25:54.039
 again and

00:25:54.039 --> 00:25:55.079
 again receive

00:25:55.079 --> 00:25:56.099
 new revelation

00:25:56.099 --> 00:25:56.740
 about the

00:25:56.740 --> 00:25:57.400
 greatness of

00:25:57.400 --> 00:25:57.779
 our God.

00:25:59.460 --> 00:26:00.079
 He wrote

00:26:00.079 --> 00:26:00.559
 a book

00:26:00.559 --> 00:26:02.539
 and we

00:26:02.539 --> 00:26:03.319
 neglect it.

00:26:04.740 --> 00:26:05.500
 It is a

00:26:05.500 --> 00:26:06.120
 precious book.

00:26:06.259 --> 00:26:06.660
 Every

00:26:06.660 --> 00:26:07.539
 single

00:26:07.539 --> 00:26:08.740
 word.

00:26:10.420 --> 00:26:10.740
 If you're

00:26:10.740 --> 00:26:10.960
 going to

00:26:10.960 --> 00:26:11.339
 resist,

00:26:12.059 --> 00:26:12.259
 if you're

00:26:12.259 --> 00:26:12.380
 going to

00:26:12.380 --> 00:26:13.180
 submit yourself

00:26:13.180 --> 00:26:13.599
 to God,

00:26:13.660 --> 00:26:13.839
 you're going

00:26:13.839 --> 00:26:14.180
 to do it

00:26:14.180 --> 00:26:14.839
 on his

00:26:14.839 --> 00:26:15.680
 terms.

00:26:16.740 --> 00:26:17.140
 Be careful

00:26:17.140 --> 00:26:17.420
 that you

00:26:17.420 --> 00:26:17.700
 don't have

00:26:17.700 --> 00:26:18.059
 a God

00:26:18.059 --> 00:26:18.279
 of your

00:26:18.279 --> 00:26:18.559
 own

00:26:18.559 --> 00:26:19.000
 making.

00:26:19.960 --> 00:26:20.580
 It is

00:26:20.580 --> 00:26:21.180
 incredible

00:26:21.180 --> 00:26:21.740
 to me

00:26:21.740 --> 00:26:22.400
 the number

00:26:22.400 --> 00:26:22.680
 of people

00:26:22.680 --> 00:26:23.220
 that profess

00:26:23.220 --> 00:26:23.640
 faith in

00:26:23.640 --> 00:26:24.319
 Jesus Christ

00:26:24.319 --> 00:26:24.720
 and then

00:26:24.720 --> 00:26:24.940
 in the

00:26:24.940 --> 00:26:25.819
 same breath

00:26:25.819 --> 00:26:26.279
 will say

00:26:26.279 --> 00:26:26.700
 something

00:26:26.700 --> 00:26:27.420
 about God

00:26:27.420 --> 00:26:27.759
 that is

00:26:27.759 --> 00:26:28.299
 flatly

00:26:28.299 --> 00:26:29.259
 untrue

00:26:29.259 --> 00:26:30.519
 and not

00:26:30.519 --> 00:26:31.019
 unclear

00:26:31.019 --> 00:26:31.319
 in the

00:26:31.319 --> 00:26:31.559
 Bible.

00:26:32.319 --> 00:26:32.940
 God has

00:26:32.940 --> 00:26:33.559
 spoken

00:26:33.559 --> 00:26:34.580
 to us.

00:26:35.360 --> 00:26:35.740
 We're

00:26:35.740 --> 00:26:35.860
 going to

00:26:35.860 --> 00:26:36.100
 draw near

00:26:36.100 --> 00:26:37.080
 to God

00:26:37.080 --> 00:26:37.680
 himself.

00:26:38.039 --> 00:26:38.160
 We're

00:26:38.160 --> 00:26:38.360
 going to

00:26:38.360 --> 00:26:38.799
 do it

00:26:38.799 --> 00:26:39.640
 in the

00:26:39.640 --> 00:26:40.380
 study of

00:26:40.380 --> 00:26:40.680
 his

00:26:40.680 --> 00:26:41.480
 word and

00:26:41.480 --> 00:26:41.900
 then in

00:26:41.900 --> 00:26:43.279
 response

00:26:43.279 --> 00:26:44.580
 to that

00:26:44.580 --> 00:26:45.019
 word.

00:26:46.019 --> 00:26:46.360
 Prayer does

00:26:46.360 --> 00:26:46.819
 not seek

00:26:46.819 --> 00:26:47.779
 to control

00:26:47.779 --> 00:26:48.359
 God,

00:26:48.720 --> 00:26:49.379
 but to

00:26:49.379 --> 00:26:49.919
 find us

00:26:49.919 --> 00:26:50.099
 in

00:26:50.099 --> 00:26:50.659
 submission

00:26:50.659 --> 00:26:52.200
 to him.

00:26:53.200 --> 00:26:53.399
 You ever

00:26:53.399 --> 00:26:53.599
 had a

00:26:53.599 --> 00:26:54.019
 conversation

00:26:54.019 --> 00:26:54.599
 with somebody

00:26:54.599 --> 00:26:54.960
 and you

00:26:54.960 --> 00:26:55.279
 can pretty

00:26:55.279 --> 00:26:55.759
 quickly get

00:26:55.759 --> 00:26:56.000
 that they

00:26:56.000 --> 00:26:56.359
 are not

00:26:56.359 --> 00:26:56.740
 listening

00:26:56.740 --> 00:26:57.439
 to you?

00:26:58.279 --> 00:26:58.839
 You do

00:26:58.839 --> 00:26:59.419
 not desire

00:26:59.419 --> 00:26:59.879
 to be in

00:26:59.879 --> 00:27:00.619
 any kind

00:27:00.619 --> 00:27:01.059
 of relationship

00:27:01.059 --> 00:27:01.460
 with you

00:27:01.460 --> 00:27:01.819
 at all.

00:27:02.279 --> 00:27:03.019
 An argument

00:27:03.019 --> 00:27:03.720
 especially where

00:27:03.720 --> 00:27:03.960
 they're just

00:27:03.960 --> 00:27:04.519
 not hearing

00:27:04.519 --> 00:27:05.740
 the clear

00:27:05.740 --> 00:27:06.299
 things that

00:27:06.299 --> 00:27:06.679
 you're saying

00:27:06.679 --> 00:27:07.039
 to them

00:27:07.039 --> 00:27:07.220
 and their

00:27:07.220 --> 00:27:07.619
 responses

00:27:07.619 --> 00:27:08.220
 make no

00:27:08.220 --> 00:27:08.639
 sense

00:27:08.639 --> 00:27:10.019
 whatsoever.

00:27:10.619 --> 00:27:11.119
 A lot of

00:27:11.119 --> 00:27:11.419
 us speak

00:27:11.420 --> 00:27:11.779
 to God

00:27:11.779 --> 00:27:12.240
 that way.

00:27:13.240 --> 00:27:13.620
 God's

00:27:13.620 --> 00:27:13.800
 like,

00:27:14.200 --> 00:27:14.940
 why would

00:27:14.940 --> 00:27:15.259
 you pray

00:27:15.259 --> 00:27:15.700
 that?

00:27:15.860 --> 00:27:16.080
 I've

00:27:16.080 --> 00:27:16.259
 already

00:27:16.259 --> 00:27:16.880
 told you.

00:27:17.580 --> 00:27:18.060
 I've

00:27:18.060 --> 00:27:18.640
 taught you

00:27:18.640 --> 00:27:19.279
 how to

00:27:19.279 --> 00:27:19.580
 pray.

00:27:20.019 --> 00:27:20.380
 You should

00:27:20.380 --> 00:27:20.840
 know the

00:27:20.840 --> 00:27:21.840
 things to

00:27:21.840 --> 00:27:22.400
 ask for.

00:27:22.700 --> 00:27:22.980
 You should

00:27:22.980 --> 00:27:23.779
 be directed

00:27:23.779 --> 00:27:24.539
 as you

00:27:24.539 --> 00:27:25.480
 come near

00:27:25.480 --> 00:27:26.860
 to me.

00:27:27.779 --> 00:27:28.460
 God speaks

00:27:28.460 --> 00:27:28.900
 to us by

00:27:28.900 --> 00:27:29.360
 his word

00:27:29.360 --> 00:27:29.700
 and we

00:27:29.700 --> 00:27:30.200
 respond

00:27:30.200 --> 00:27:30.880
 according

00:27:30.880 --> 00:27:31.519
 to his

00:27:31.519 --> 00:27:32.000
 word

00:27:32.000 --> 00:27:33.860
 in prayer.

00:27:35.140 --> 00:27:35.660
 Here

00:27:35.660 --> 00:27:36.019
 is another

00:27:36.019 --> 00:27:36.220
 one,

00:27:36.259 --> 00:27:36.560
 Spurgeon.

00:27:37.340 --> 00:27:37.840
 Prayer is

00:27:37.840 --> 00:27:38.460
 feeling that

00:27:38.460 --> 00:27:38.860
 God is

00:27:38.860 --> 00:27:40.019
 present and

00:27:40.019 --> 00:27:40.619
 the desire

00:27:40.619 --> 00:27:41.000
 of the

00:27:41.000 --> 00:27:41.400
 soul to

00:27:41.400 --> 00:27:41.819
 come near

00:27:41.819 --> 00:27:42.339
 to him

00:27:42.339 --> 00:27:43.339
 so as

00:27:43.339 --> 00:27:43.759
 to know

00:27:43.759 --> 00:27:44.619
 his influence,

00:27:44.940 --> 00:27:45.599
 to know

00:27:45.599 --> 00:27:46.359
 his love,

00:27:46.519 --> 00:27:47.240
 to feel

00:27:47.240 --> 00:27:48.000
 his power

00:27:48.000 --> 00:27:49.000
 and to be

00:27:49.000 --> 00:27:49.859
 conformed

00:27:49.859 --> 00:27:50.940
 to his

00:27:50.940 --> 00:27:51.220
 will.

00:27:53.579 --> 00:27:54.259
 If you

00:27:54.259 --> 00:27:54.660
 are in

00:27:54.660 --> 00:27:55.099
 Christ,

00:27:55.759 --> 00:27:56.200
 not with

00:27:56.200 --> 00:27:56.680
 perfection,

00:27:57.299 --> 00:27:57.859
 but you

00:27:57.859 --> 00:27:58.839
 should desire

00:27:58.839 --> 00:27:59.660
 to meet

00:27:59.660 --> 00:28:00.059
 with God

00:28:00.059 --> 00:28:00.319
 in his

00:28:00.319 --> 00:28:00.900
 word and

00:28:00.900 --> 00:28:01.480
 to respond

00:28:01.480 --> 00:28:01.960
 to him

00:28:01.960 --> 00:28:03.000
 in prayer.

00:28:03.599 --> 00:28:04.220
 And I

00:28:04.220 --> 00:28:04.440
 don't want

00:28:04.440 --> 00:28:04.740
 to pretend

00:28:04.740 --> 00:28:05.180
 for a

00:28:05.180 --> 00:28:06.440
 moment that

00:28:06.440 --> 00:28:06.819
 I don't

00:28:06.819 --> 00:28:07.660
 also struggle

00:28:07.660 --> 00:28:08.379
 with the

00:28:08.379 --> 00:28:08.920
 habits of

00:28:08.920 --> 00:28:09.240
 grace.

00:28:09.240 --> 00:28:10.299
 There are

00:28:10.299 --> 00:28:10.819
 days that

00:28:10.819 --> 00:28:11.120
 it's the

00:28:11.120 --> 00:28:11.579
 very thing

00:28:11.579 --> 00:28:11.940
 I ought

00:28:11.940 --> 00:28:12.240
 to do

00:28:12.240 --> 00:28:12.480
 and it's

00:28:12.480 --> 00:28:12.799
 the thing

00:28:12.799 --> 00:28:13.220
 that I

00:28:13.220 --> 00:28:14.000
 don't

00:28:14.000 --> 00:28:14.759
 do.

00:28:15.500 --> 00:28:15.980
 But in

00:28:15.980 --> 00:28:16.680
 ever-growing

00:28:16.680 --> 00:28:17.319
 ways,

00:28:17.779 --> 00:28:18.680
 I find

00:28:18.680 --> 00:28:19.079
 myself

00:28:19.079 --> 00:28:19.519
 loving

00:28:19.519 --> 00:28:20.039
 God's

00:28:20.039 --> 00:28:20.319
 word

00:28:20.319 --> 00:28:20.819
 more

00:28:20.819 --> 00:28:21.579
 and more

00:28:21.579 --> 00:28:22.200
 and more

00:28:22.200 --> 00:28:22.599
 as its

00:28:22.599 --> 00:28:23.120
 complexity

00:28:23.120 --> 00:28:23.620
 is open

00:28:23.620 --> 00:28:24.019
 to me,

00:28:24.180 --> 00:28:24.480
 as he

00:28:24.480 --> 00:28:24.799
 comes to

00:28:24.799 --> 00:28:25.140
 alive

00:28:25.140 --> 00:28:25.519
 to me

00:28:25.519 --> 00:28:26.220
 in the

00:28:26.220 --> 00:28:26.620
 text.

00:28:27.120 --> 00:28:27.559
 And more

00:28:27.559 --> 00:28:27.880
 and more

00:28:27.880 --> 00:28:28.500
 I recognize

00:28:28.500 --> 00:28:28.880
 that I

00:28:28.880 --> 00:28:29.120
 need to

00:28:29.120 --> 00:28:29.319
 submit

00:28:29.319 --> 00:28:29.680
 myself

00:28:29.680 --> 00:28:30.120
 to him

00:28:30.120 --> 00:28:30.859
 in prayer.

00:28:30.960 --> 00:28:31.259
 I need

00:28:31.259 --> 00:28:31.599
 him for

00:28:31.599 --> 00:28:32.259
 every

00:28:32.259 --> 00:28:33.000
 single

00:28:33.000 --> 00:28:33.620
 moment

00:28:33.620 --> 00:28:34.200
 of every

00:28:34.200 --> 00:28:35.120
 day.

00:28:35.480 --> 00:28:35.660
 It should

00:28:35.660 --> 00:28:35.880
 be a

00:28:35.880 --> 00:28:36.200
 growing

00:28:36.200 --> 00:28:36.680
 reality

00:28:36.680 --> 00:28:37.019
 in your

00:28:37.019 --> 00:28:37.359
 life

00:28:37.359 --> 00:28:38.459
 if you

00:28:38.459 --> 00:28:39.559
 are in

00:28:39.559 --> 00:28:39.899
 Christ.

00:28:41.159 --> 00:28:41.599
 We'll take

00:28:41.599 --> 00:28:41.879
 the next

00:28:41.879 --> 00:28:42.500
 two together

00:28:42.500 --> 00:28:43.359
 because they

00:28:43.359 --> 00:28:44.119
 really are

00:28:44.119 --> 00:28:44.639
 intricately

00:28:44.639 --> 00:28:45.559
 connected.

00:28:46.839 --> 00:28:47.679
 Number three,

00:28:47.859 --> 00:28:48.319
 cleanse your

00:28:48.319 --> 00:28:48.779
 hands.

00:28:48.979 --> 00:28:49.259
 And number

00:28:49.259 --> 00:28:49.699
 four,

00:28:50.199 --> 00:28:51.939
 purify your

00:28:51.939 --> 00:28:52.339
 hearts.

00:28:53.339 --> 00:28:54.000
 James tells

00:28:54.000 --> 00:28:54.779
 us that the

00:28:54.779 --> 00:28:55.299
 ones submitted

00:28:55.299 --> 00:28:55.719
 to God

00:28:55.719 --> 00:28:56.179
 will desire

00:28:56.179 --> 00:28:56.919
 to give

00:28:56.919 --> 00:28:57.500
 up sin.

00:28:58.199 --> 00:28:59.259
 Both sins

00:28:59.259 --> 00:29:00.179
 external,

00:29:00.819 --> 00:29:01.199
 cleanse your

00:29:01.199 --> 00:29:01.740
 hands,

00:29:01.740 --> 00:29:03.319
 and sins

00:29:03.319 --> 00:29:04.220
 internal

00:29:04.220 --> 00:29:05.359
 purify

00:29:05.359 --> 00:29:06.380
 your

00:29:06.380 --> 00:29:06.740
 hearts.

00:29:07.880 --> 00:29:08.420
 We should

00:29:08.420 --> 00:29:09.059
 want to

00:29:09.059 --> 00:29:09.900
 give up

00:29:09.900 --> 00:29:10.720
 sin.

00:29:11.240 --> 00:29:11.759
 A refusal

00:29:11.759 --> 00:29:12.359
 to do so

00:29:12.359 --> 00:29:13.160
 is inconsistent

00:29:13.160 --> 00:29:14.180
 with submission

00:29:14.180 --> 00:29:15.500
 to God.

00:29:15.720 --> 00:29:16.079
 You can't

00:29:16.079 --> 00:29:16.799
 be a

00:29:16.799 --> 00:29:17.180
 friend

00:29:17.180 --> 00:29:18.140
 of the

00:29:18.140 --> 00:29:18.460
 world

00:29:18.460 --> 00:29:20.180
 and a

00:29:20.180 --> 00:29:20.460
 friend of

00:29:20.460 --> 00:29:20.759
 God.

00:29:21.400 --> 00:29:22.000
 If you

00:29:22.000 --> 00:29:22.220
 are to

00:29:22.220 --> 00:29:23.079
 have God,

00:29:23.480 --> 00:29:23.859
 then you'll

00:29:23.859 --> 00:29:24.120
 have him

00:29:24.120 --> 00:29:24.480
 on his

00:29:24.480 --> 00:29:25.880
 terms.

00:29:26.220 --> 00:29:26.519
 James has

00:29:26.519 --> 00:29:26.799
 made this

00:29:26.799 --> 00:29:27.160
 point in

00:29:27.160 --> 00:29:27.579
 James chapter

00:29:27.579 --> 00:29:28.380
 four in

00:29:28.380 --> 00:29:29.620
 verse

00:29:29.620 --> 00:29:29.940
 four.

00:29:30.660 --> 00:29:31.259
 Here's a

00:29:31.259 --> 00:29:31.839
 people he's

00:29:31.839 --> 00:29:32.519
 writing to.

00:29:32.960 --> 00:29:33.680
 Perhaps this

00:29:33.680 --> 00:29:33.980
 morning,

00:29:34.079 --> 00:29:34.559
 somebody he's

00:29:34.559 --> 00:29:35.240
 writing to

00:29:35.240 --> 00:29:36.359
 were trying

00:29:36.359 --> 00:29:36.859
 to commit

00:29:36.859 --> 00:29:37.839
 themselves in

00:29:37.839 --> 00:29:39.000
 two places.

00:29:39.960 --> 00:29:40.779
 He says,

00:29:40.940 --> 00:29:42.240
 you adulterous

00:29:42.240 --> 00:29:43.460
 people.

00:29:44.900 --> 00:29:45.900
 My wife's

00:29:45.900 --> 00:29:46.400
 name is

00:29:46.400 --> 00:29:47.000
 Sam,

00:29:47.400 --> 00:29:48.119
 and I've

00:29:48.119 --> 00:29:48.559
 committed to

00:29:48.559 --> 00:29:49.240
 her as

00:29:49.240 --> 00:29:50.180
 my wife.

00:29:50.279 --> 00:29:50.440
 And I'm

00:29:50.440 --> 00:29:50.779
 not to be

00:29:50.779 --> 00:29:51.220
 committed to

00:29:51.220 --> 00:29:51.640
 any other

00:29:51.640 --> 00:29:51.960
 woman.

00:29:52.640 --> 00:29:52.920
 It's my

00:29:52.920 --> 00:29:53.039
 wife,

00:29:53.119 --> 00:29:53.579
 just Sam.

00:29:53.940 --> 00:29:54.319
 Otherwise,

00:29:54.440 --> 00:29:54.900
 I would be

00:29:54.900 --> 00:29:56.440
 an adulterer.

00:29:56.539 --> 00:29:56.859
 This is what

00:29:56.859 --> 00:29:57.180
 he's calling

00:29:57.180 --> 00:29:57.720
 a person

00:29:57.720 --> 00:29:58.740
 who tries

00:29:58.740 --> 00:29:59.180
 to live

00:29:59.180 --> 00:29:59.379
 in the

00:29:59.379 --> 00:29:59.779
 world,

00:29:59.960 --> 00:30:00.379
 have the

00:30:00.379 --> 00:30:00.700
 things of

00:30:00.700 --> 00:30:01.220
 the world,

00:30:01.259 --> 00:30:02.119
 and also

00:30:02.119 --> 00:30:03.859
 have God.

00:30:03.940 --> 00:30:04.160
 And here

00:30:04.160 --> 00:30:04.700
 James calls

00:30:04.700 --> 00:30:05.019
 this type

00:30:05.019 --> 00:30:05.599
 of behavior

00:30:05.599 --> 00:30:07.019
 double-minded.

00:30:07.299 --> 00:30:08.339
 Double-mindedness.

00:30:08.400 --> 00:30:08.720
 As if you

00:30:08.720 --> 00:30:09.140
 have two

00:30:09.140 --> 00:30:09.839
 brains in

00:30:09.839 --> 00:30:10.599
 your head,

00:30:10.819 --> 00:30:12.099
 which should

00:30:12.099 --> 00:30:13.400
 be an

00:30:13.400 --> 00:30:14.079
 impossibility.

00:30:15.059 --> 00:30:15.279
 It's not

00:30:15.279 --> 00:30:15.559
 the first

00:30:15.559 --> 00:30:15.940
 time he's

00:30:15.940 --> 00:30:16.339
 used this

00:30:16.339 --> 00:30:16.640
 phrase.

00:30:16.720 --> 00:30:16.960
 In chapter

00:30:16.960 --> 00:30:17.240
 one,

00:30:17.299 --> 00:30:17.799
 verse eight,

00:30:17.859 --> 00:30:18.240
 he says

00:30:18.240 --> 00:30:18.519
 that the

00:30:18.519 --> 00:30:18.960
 double-minded

00:30:18.960 --> 00:30:19.839
 person is

00:30:19.839 --> 00:30:21.859
 unstable in

00:30:21.859 --> 00:30:23.299
 all his

00:30:23.299 --> 00:30:23.839
 ways.

00:30:25.839 --> 00:30:26.500
 Your

00:30:26.500 --> 00:30:27.539
 devotion to

00:30:27.539 --> 00:30:27.879
 God and

00:30:27.879 --> 00:30:28.359
 his ways

00:30:28.359 --> 00:30:29.279
 should be

00:30:29.279 --> 00:30:30.519
 clear,

00:30:31.019 --> 00:30:32.539
 growing in

00:30:32.539 --> 00:30:32.839
 its

00:30:32.839 --> 00:30:34.019
 clarity.

00:30:35.519 --> 00:30:35.720
 And I

00:30:35.720 --> 00:30:36.119
 think here

00:30:36.119 --> 00:30:36.680
 that James

00:30:36.680 --> 00:30:37.559
 likely has

00:30:37.559 --> 00:30:39.279
 Psalm 119,

00:30:39.440 --> 00:30:40.879
 verse 113

00:30:40.879 --> 00:30:42.160
 in mind.

00:30:42.220 --> 00:30:42.399
 If you're

00:30:42.399 --> 00:30:42.920
 unfamiliar with

00:30:42.920 --> 00:30:43.819
 Psalm 119,

00:30:43.960 --> 00:30:44.639
 it is all

00:30:44.639 --> 00:30:45.960
 about the

00:30:45.960 --> 00:30:46.539
 beauty,

00:30:47.139 --> 00:30:47.819
 the worth,

00:30:47.879 --> 00:30:48.539
 the value

00:30:48.539 --> 00:30:50.079
 of God's

00:30:50.079 --> 00:30:50.940
 word.

00:30:51.000 --> 00:30:51.220
 And here

00:30:51.220 --> 00:30:51.639
 the psalmist

00:30:51.639 --> 00:30:52.099
 says,

00:30:52.099 --> 00:30:53.240
 I hate

00:30:53.240 --> 00:30:54.119
 the double-minded,

00:30:54.859 --> 00:30:55.779
 but I

00:30:55.779 --> 00:30:56.619
 love

00:30:56.619 --> 00:30:57.759
 your law.

00:30:57.879 --> 00:30:58.059
 He

00:30:58.059 --> 00:30:58.980
 juxtaposes

00:30:58.980 --> 00:30:59.919
 that, right?

00:30:59.980 --> 00:31:00.359
 He's saying,

00:31:00.459 --> 00:31:00.859
 I'm not

00:31:00.859 --> 00:31:01.399
 double-minded

00:31:01.399 --> 00:31:01.879
 because I

00:31:01.879 --> 00:31:02.959
 love your

00:31:02.959 --> 00:31:03.799
 law.

00:31:04.000 --> 00:31:04.500
 I want to

00:31:04.500 --> 00:31:05.399
 submit myself

00:31:05.399 --> 00:31:06.719
 to your

00:31:06.719 --> 00:31:08.319
 law.

00:31:09.139 --> 00:31:09.539
 So,

00:31:10.159 --> 00:31:10.500
 cleanse your

00:31:10.500 --> 00:31:11.339
 hands and

00:31:11.339 --> 00:31:13.139
 purify your

00:31:13.139 --> 00:31:13.500
 hearts.

00:31:14.859 --> 00:31:15.399
 Fifth,

00:31:16.779 --> 00:31:17.259
 mourn

00:31:17.259 --> 00:31:18.539
 your sin.

00:31:19.539 --> 00:31:19.799
 He said,

00:31:19.839 --> 00:31:20.259
 be wretched

00:31:20.259 --> 00:31:21.640
 and mourn

00:31:21.640 --> 00:31:22.140
 and weep.

00:31:22.180 --> 00:31:22.420
 Let your

00:31:22.420 --> 00:31:22.879
 laughter be

00:31:22.879 --> 00:31:23.220
 turned to

00:31:23.220 --> 00:31:23.619
 mourning and

00:31:23.619 --> 00:31:24.220
 your joy

00:31:24.220 --> 00:31:25.839
 to gloom.

00:31:26.980 --> 00:31:27.640
 James here

00:31:27.640 --> 00:31:28.119
 is not

00:31:28.119 --> 00:31:28.759
 contradicting

00:31:28.759 --> 00:31:29.539
 all of the

00:31:29.539 --> 00:31:29.839
 Bible's

00:31:29.839 --> 00:31:30.759
 teaching about

00:31:30.759 --> 00:31:31.059
 joy.

00:31:32.220 --> 00:31:32.440
 You've

00:31:32.440 --> 00:31:32.799
 got to

00:31:32.799 --> 00:31:33.740
 place it

00:31:33.740 --> 00:31:34.519
 in its

00:31:34.519 --> 00:31:35.879
 context.

00:31:36.400 --> 00:31:36.819
 Those in

00:31:36.819 --> 00:31:37.379
 Christ have

00:31:37.379 --> 00:31:38.220
 great reason

00:31:38.220 --> 00:31:39.259
 for great

00:31:39.259 --> 00:31:39.579
 joy,

00:31:39.799 --> 00:31:40.559
 abiding,

00:31:41.039 --> 00:31:42.019
 unalterable

00:31:42.019 --> 00:31:42.599
 joy.

00:31:43.960 --> 00:31:44.720
 James is

00:31:44.720 --> 00:31:45.160
 speaking to

00:31:45.160 --> 00:31:45.559
 those who

00:31:45.559 --> 00:31:46.200
 profess faith

00:31:46.200 --> 00:31:46.779
 in Jesus

00:31:46.779 --> 00:31:47.279
 Christ,

00:31:47.980 --> 00:31:48.480
 and then

00:31:48.480 --> 00:31:49.119
 they sin

00:31:49.119 --> 00:31:49.839
 with

00:31:49.839 --> 00:31:50.519
 frivolity.

00:31:52.000 --> 00:31:52.599
 They're

00:31:52.599 --> 00:31:53.319
 licentious

00:31:53.319 --> 00:31:54.179
 in their

00:31:54.179 --> 00:31:55.099
 sinning.

00:31:55.639 --> 00:31:56.059
 They treat

00:31:56.059 --> 00:31:56.979
 lightly the

00:31:56.979 --> 00:31:58.459
 sacrifice of

00:31:58.459 --> 00:31:59.159
 Jesus Christ.

00:31:59.879 --> 00:32:00.139
 Cheap

00:32:00.139 --> 00:32:00.639
 grace.

00:32:01.119 --> 00:32:01.559
 They just

00:32:01.559 --> 00:32:01.859
 think they

00:32:01.859 --> 00:32:02.139
 can go

00:32:02.139 --> 00:32:02.399
 off and

00:32:02.399 --> 00:32:02.759
 do whatever

00:32:02.759 --> 00:32:03.099
 they want

00:32:03.099 --> 00:32:03.379
 to do,

00:32:03.459 --> 00:32:03.659
 and they

00:32:03.659 --> 00:32:04.279
 have a

00:32:04.279 --> 00:32:05.319
 great time

00:32:05.319 --> 00:32:06.559
 doing it.

00:32:07.639 --> 00:32:08.079
 They're like

00:32:08.079 --> 00:32:08.679
 the Israelites

00:32:08.679 --> 00:32:09.579
 in the days

00:32:09.579 --> 00:32:09.959
 of the

00:32:09.959 --> 00:32:10.279
 prophet

00:32:10.279 --> 00:32:11.419
 Jeremiah.

00:32:11.699 --> 00:32:12.000
 This is

00:32:12.000 --> 00:32:12.659
 chapter 6,

00:32:12.719 --> 00:32:13.399
 verse 13

00:32:13.399 --> 00:32:14.599
 and following.

00:32:15.239 --> 00:32:15.719
 For from

00:32:15.719 --> 00:32:16.199
 the least

00:32:16.199 --> 00:32:16.599
 to the

00:32:16.599 --> 00:32:16.859
 greatest

00:32:16.859 --> 00:32:17.299
 of them,

00:32:17.959 --> 00:32:18.339
 everyone

00:32:18.339 --> 00:32:18.899
 is greedy

00:32:18.899 --> 00:32:19.679
 for unjust

00:32:19.679 --> 00:32:20.199
 gain,

00:32:20.379 --> 00:32:20.699
 and from

00:32:20.699 --> 00:32:21.559
 prophet to

00:32:21.559 --> 00:32:21.979
 priest,

00:32:22.240 --> 00:32:22.559
 everyone

00:32:22.559 --> 00:32:23.299
 deals

00:32:23.299 --> 00:32:24.539
 falsely.

00:32:25.439 --> 00:32:26.139
 They have

00:32:26.139 --> 00:32:26.839
 healed the

00:32:26.839 --> 00:32:27.199
 wound of

00:32:27.199 --> 00:32:27.719
 my people

00:32:27.719 --> 00:32:28.339
 lightly,

00:32:28.839 --> 00:32:29.259
 saying,

00:32:29.679 --> 00:32:30.079
 peace,

00:32:30.399 --> 00:32:30.819
 peace,

00:32:31.279 --> 00:32:31.939
 when there

00:32:31.939 --> 00:32:32.379
 is no

00:32:32.379 --> 00:32:32.819
 peace.

00:32:33.699 --> 00:32:34.079
 Were they

00:32:34.079 --> 00:32:35.159
 ashamed when

00:32:35.159 --> 00:32:35.659
 they committed

00:32:35.659 --> 00:32:36.240
 abomination?

00:32:37.379 --> 00:32:37.819
 No,

00:32:38.299 --> 00:32:38.919
 they were not

00:32:38.919 --> 00:32:39.719
 at all ashamed.

00:32:40.359 --> 00:32:41.000
 They did not

00:32:41.000 --> 00:32:42.079
 know how to

00:32:42.079 --> 00:32:42.539
 blush.

00:32:42.539 --> 00:32:43.799
 Therefore,

00:32:43.940 --> 00:32:44.259
 they shall

00:32:44.259 --> 00:32:44.839
 fall among

00:32:44.839 --> 00:32:45.240
 those who

00:32:45.240 --> 00:32:45.659
 fall.

00:32:45.980 --> 00:32:46.299
 At the

00:32:46.299 --> 00:32:46.859
 time that

00:32:46.859 --> 00:32:47.359
 I punish

00:32:47.359 --> 00:32:47.559
 them,

00:32:47.599 --> 00:32:48.159
 they shall

00:32:48.159 --> 00:32:48.920
 be

00:32:48.920 --> 00:32:49.759
 overthrown,

00:32:50.319 --> 00:32:52.139
 says the

00:32:52.139 --> 00:32:52.440
 Lord.

00:32:53.819 --> 00:32:54.740
 We should

00:32:54.740 --> 00:32:55.639
 not sin

00:32:55.639 --> 00:32:56.339
 lightly.

00:32:57.659 --> 00:32:58.319
 All of

00:32:58.319 --> 00:32:58.720
 this effort

00:32:58.720 --> 00:32:59.079
 that James

00:32:59.079 --> 00:32:59.460
 is talking

00:32:59.460 --> 00:32:59.779
 about,

00:32:59.899 --> 00:33:00.240
 all of

00:33:00.240 --> 00:33:00.460
 these

00:33:00.460 --> 00:33:01.279
 submitting

00:33:01.279 --> 00:33:02.259
 explanatory

00:33:02.259 --> 00:33:03.039
 commands,

00:33:03.159 --> 00:33:03.460
 we will

00:33:03.460 --> 00:33:03.779
 not do

00:33:03.779 --> 00:33:03.920
 with

00:33:03.920 --> 00:33:04.359
 perfection,

00:33:04.539 --> 00:33:04.920
 but when

00:33:04.920 --> 00:33:05.599
 we fail

00:33:05.599 --> 00:33:06.019
 to do

00:33:06.019 --> 00:33:06.339
 them,

00:33:06.700 --> 00:33:07.019
 we should

00:33:07.019 --> 00:33:07.759
 mourn

00:33:07.759 --> 00:33:09.180
 our sin.

00:33:10.680 --> 00:33:11.379
 Jesus in

00:33:11.379 --> 00:33:11.579
 Matthew

00:33:11.579 --> 00:33:12.339
 chapter 5,

00:33:12.339 --> 00:33:13.079
 the Sermon

00:33:13.079 --> 00:33:13.319
 on the

00:33:13.319 --> 00:33:13.619
 Mount,

00:33:13.799 --> 00:33:14.220
 called the

00:33:14.220 --> 00:33:14.899
 Beatitudes,

00:33:15.079 --> 00:33:15.720
 he says,

00:33:16.379 --> 00:33:16.740
 blessed,

00:33:17.119 --> 00:33:17.439
 you could

00:33:17.439 --> 00:33:18.379
 insert there,

00:33:18.500 --> 00:33:19.119
 happy or

00:33:19.119 --> 00:33:19.679
 joyful,

00:33:20.459 --> 00:33:21.419
 are those

00:33:21.419 --> 00:33:22.159
 who

00:33:22.159 --> 00:33:23.699
 mourn,

00:33:24.399 --> 00:33:25.359
 for they

00:33:25.359 --> 00:33:26.039
 shall be

00:33:26.039 --> 00:33:27.079
 comforted.

00:33:27.819 --> 00:33:28.119
 We're

00:33:28.119 --> 00:33:28.459
 mourning,

00:33:28.559 --> 00:33:28.939
 we're mourning

00:33:28.939 --> 00:33:30.139
 over our

00:33:30.139 --> 00:33:31.379
 fallen condition,

00:33:32.039 --> 00:33:32.659
 even though

00:33:32.659 --> 00:33:32.980
 we've been

00:33:32.980 --> 00:33:33.539
 redeemed in

00:33:33.539 --> 00:33:34.000
 Christ,

00:33:35.039 --> 00:33:35.740
 longing for

00:33:35.740 --> 00:33:36.319
 that day

00:33:36.319 --> 00:33:36.679
 when he

00:33:36.679 --> 00:33:37.079
 will make

00:33:37.079 --> 00:33:38.099
 all things

00:33:38.099 --> 00:33:38.319
 new.

00:33:38.579 --> 00:33:38.959
 We'll put

00:33:38.959 --> 00:33:39.259
 off these

00:33:39.259 --> 00:33:39.720
 bodies of

00:33:39.720 --> 00:33:39.959
 death,

00:33:40.179 --> 00:33:40.419
 we'll be

00:33:40.419 --> 00:33:40.619
 given

00:33:40.619 --> 00:33:41.139
 resurrection

00:33:41.139 --> 00:33:41.619
 bodies,

00:33:41.619 --> 00:33:42.559
 when we

00:33:42.559 --> 00:33:43.219
 can sin

00:33:43.219 --> 00:33:43.859
 no more,

00:33:44.479 --> 00:33:44.919
 that will

00:33:44.919 --> 00:33:45.179
 be our

00:33:45.179 --> 00:33:45.899
 glorified

00:33:45.899 --> 00:33:47.059
 state.

00:33:47.659 --> 00:33:48.439
 I think

00:33:48.439 --> 00:33:48.879
 that as we

00:33:48.879 --> 00:33:49.500
 await that,

00:33:49.599 --> 00:33:50.059
 the Christian

00:33:50.059 --> 00:33:50.479
 should be

00:33:50.479 --> 00:33:51.099
 all at

00:33:51.099 --> 00:33:52.339
 once the

00:33:52.339 --> 00:33:53.159
 most sad

00:33:53.159 --> 00:33:54.159
 and the

00:33:54.159 --> 00:33:55.119
 most happy

00:33:55.119 --> 00:33:56.019
 of people,

00:33:56.399 --> 00:33:57.219
 all at the

00:33:57.219 --> 00:33:57.759
 same time.

00:33:59.039 --> 00:33:59.859
 Sad because

00:33:59.859 --> 00:34:00.399
 we know the

00:34:00.399 --> 00:34:00.939
 weight of our

00:34:00.939 --> 00:34:01.859
 own sin and

00:34:01.859 --> 00:34:02.699
 that of the

00:34:02.699 --> 00:34:03.079
 world,

00:34:04.099 --> 00:34:05.279
 happy because

00:34:05.279 --> 00:34:05.639
 we've been

00:34:05.639 --> 00:34:06.319
 delivered from

00:34:06.319 --> 00:34:06.579
 it,

00:34:06.959 --> 00:34:07.500
 and know that

00:34:07.500 --> 00:34:08.059
 one day

00:34:08.059 --> 00:34:09.179
 it'll all be

00:34:09.179 --> 00:34:09.599
 fixed.

00:34:09.599 --> 00:34:12.019
 Thomas Adams,

00:34:12.139 --> 00:34:12.639
 this is the

00:34:12.639 --> 00:34:13.259
 quotation on

00:34:13.259 --> 00:34:13.819
 your bulletin,

00:34:14.279 --> 00:34:14.460
 said,

00:34:14.559 --> 00:34:15.119
 we spend our

00:34:15.119 --> 00:34:15.659
 years with

00:34:15.659 --> 00:34:16.239
 sighing,

00:34:16.639 --> 00:34:17.099
 it is a

00:34:17.099 --> 00:34:17.739
 valley of

00:34:17.739 --> 00:34:18.299
 tears,

00:34:18.759 --> 00:34:19.339
 but death

00:34:19.339 --> 00:34:19.779
 is the

00:34:19.779 --> 00:34:20.679
 funeral of

00:34:20.679 --> 00:34:21.920
 all our

00:34:21.920 --> 00:34:22.400
 sorrows.

00:34:23.400 --> 00:34:24.119
 So we have

00:34:24.119 --> 00:34:25.019
 this comprehensive

00:34:25.019 --> 00:34:25.599
 command,

00:34:25.739 --> 00:34:26.699
 submit yourselves

00:34:26.699 --> 00:34:28.299
 therefore to

00:34:28.299 --> 00:34:28.619
 God,

00:34:28.679 --> 00:34:29.659
 and the five

00:34:29.659 --> 00:34:30.179
 explanatory

00:34:30.179 --> 00:34:30.980
 commands that

00:34:30.980 --> 00:34:31.659
 accompany it.

00:34:32.360 --> 00:34:33.099
 Second point

00:34:33.099 --> 00:34:33.819
 is a summary

00:34:33.819 --> 00:34:34.960
 command accompanied

00:34:34.960 --> 00:34:36.079
 by a promise,

00:34:36.440 --> 00:34:36.739
 and this is

00:34:36.739 --> 00:34:37.639
 brief, I promise,

00:34:38.000 --> 00:34:38.839
 so here we go.

00:34:39.599 --> 00:34:40.579
 Humble yourselves

00:34:40.579 --> 00:34:41.599
 before the

00:34:41.599 --> 00:34:42.819
 Lord, and

00:34:42.819 --> 00:34:43.440
 he will exalt

00:34:43.440 --> 00:34:43.679
 you.

00:34:44.799 --> 00:34:45.500
 If we are

00:34:45.500 --> 00:34:46.039
 submitted to

00:34:46.039 --> 00:34:46.799
 God, then the

00:34:46.799 --> 00:34:47.659
 posture of our

00:34:47.659 --> 00:34:49.079
 hearts will be

00:34:49.079 --> 00:34:49.559
 humility.

00:34:50.360 --> 00:34:51.400
 The emotional

00:34:51.400 --> 00:34:52.179
 position of

00:34:52.179 --> 00:34:52.639
 submission,

00:34:53.299 --> 00:34:54.019
 right, is

00:34:54.019 --> 00:34:54.639
 humility,

00:34:55.299 --> 00:34:56.079
 recognizing that

00:34:56.079 --> 00:34:56.739
 we are not

00:34:56.739 --> 00:34:57.460
 God, and

00:34:57.460 --> 00:34:58.719
 that he is,

00:34:58.799 --> 00:34:59.119
 that we get

00:34:59.119 --> 00:34:59.940
 our very being

00:34:59.940 --> 00:35:00.860
 and we need

00:35:00.860 --> 00:35:02.139
 everything from

00:35:02.139 --> 00:35:02.440
 him.

00:35:03.360 --> 00:35:03.880
 If we have

00:35:03.880 --> 00:35:04.319
 not come to

00:35:04.319 --> 00:35:04.599
 the end of

00:35:04.599 --> 00:35:05.079
 ourselves,

00:35:05.900 --> 00:35:06.619
 recognize that

00:35:06.619 --> 00:35:07.299
 we are nothing,

00:35:07.440 --> 00:35:08.199
 we have nothing,

00:35:08.339 --> 00:35:09.079
 and we can do

00:35:09.079 --> 00:35:10.000
 nothing apart

00:35:10.000 --> 00:35:11.239
 from God,

00:35:12.099 --> 00:35:12.579
 then we do

00:35:12.579 --> 00:35:13.380
 not deserve

00:35:13.380 --> 00:35:14.019
 his mercy

00:35:14.019 --> 00:35:14.759
 and grace,

00:35:14.840 --> 00:35:15.159
 which he

00:35:15.159 --> 00:35:16.500
 freely grants

00:35:16.500 --> 00:35:17.420
 to the

00:35:17.420 --> 00:35:18.579
 humble in

00:35:18.579 --> 00:35:18.960
 the personal

00:35:18.960 --> 00:35:20.079
 work of

00:35:20.079 --> 00:35:20.739
 Jesus Christ.

00:35:22.079 --> 00:35:23.079
 Psalm 51,

00:35:23.199 --> 00:35:23.840
 verse 17,

00:35:23.980 --> 00:35:24.340
 the psalmist

00:35:24.340 --> 00:35:24.579
 write,

00:35:24.679 --> 00:35:25.420
 the sacrifices

00:35:25.420 --> 00:35:26.380
 of God

00:35:26.380 --> 00:35:27.880
 are a broken

00:35:27.880 --> 00:35:28.840
 spirit,

00:35:29.500 --> 00:35:30.159
 a broken

00:35:30.159 --> 00:35:31.319
 and contrite

00:35:31.319 --> 00:35:31.799
 heart,

00:35:32.059 --> 00:35:32.619
 O God,

00:35:33.360 --> 00:35:33.819
 you will

00:35:33.819 --> 00:35:35.519
 not despise.

00:35:35.519 --> 00:35:36.940
 and the

00:35:36.940 --> 00:35:37.679
 humble heart

00:35:37.679 --> 00:35:38.380
 is given

00:35:38.380 --> 00:35:39.860
 this glorious

00:35:39.860 --> 00:35:40.539
 promise,

00:35:41.039 --> 00:35:41.619
 and he

00:35:41.619 --> 00:35:42.480
 will

00:35:42.480 --> 00:35:44.480
 exalt you.

00:35:45.599 --> 00:35:46.159
 So in

00:35:46.159 --> 00:35:46.539
 closing,

00:35:46.699 --> 00:35:46.900
 you can

00:35:46.900 --> 00:35:47.780
 leave James,

00:35:47.880 --> 00:35:48.159
 turn with

00:35:48.159 --> 00:35:48.420
 me to

00:35:48.420 --> 00:35:48.759
 Matthew

00:35:48.759 --> 00:35:49.639
 chapter 20,

00:35:51.099 --> 00:35:54.400
 as I

00:35:54.400 --> 00:35:54.840
 command this

00:35:54.840 --> 00:35:55.940
 cup to

00:35:55.940 --> 00:35:56.239
 wet my

00:35:56.239 --> 00:35:56.460
 whistle.

00:35:56.460 --> 00:36:14.059
 I think

00:36:14.059 --> 00:36:14.519
 this little

00:36:14.519 --> 00:36:15.539
 picture in

00:36:15.539 --> 00:36:16.019
 the life of

00:36:16.019 --> 00:36:16.599
 Jesus and

00:36:16.599 --> 00:36:17.159
 the disciples

00:36:17.159 --> 00:36:18.720
 is very

00:36:18.720 --> 00:36:19.360
 helpful and

00:36:19.360 --> 00:36:19.880
 instructive as

00:36:19.880 --> 00:36:20.420
 Jesus teaches

00:36:20.420 --> 00:36:21.320
 as well in

00:36:21.320 --> 00:36:21.500
 it.

00:36:22.380 --> 00:36:22.980
 Humble

00:36:22.980 --> 00:36:23.679
 yourselves

00:36:23.679 --> 00:36:24.179
 before the

00:36:24.179 --> 00:36:24.559
 Lord and

00:36:24.559 --> 00:36:25.380
 he will

00:36:25.380 --> 00:36:26.360
 exalt you.

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 I'll begin

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 reading in

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 verse 17.

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 And as

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 Jesus was

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 going up to

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 Jerusalem,

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 he took

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 the twelve

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 disciples aside

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 and on the

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 way he

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 said to

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 them,

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 see,

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 we are

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 going up

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 to Jerusalem

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 and the

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 Son of

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 Man will

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 be delivered

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 over to

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 the chief

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 priests

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 and scribes

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 and they

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 will condemn

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 him to

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 death and

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 deliver him

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 over to

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 the Gentiles

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 to be mocked

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 and flogged

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 and crucified

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 and he

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 will be

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 raised on

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 the third

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 day.

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 Now,

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 they,

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 as they

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 hear this,

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 they're hearing

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 Son of Man

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 from the

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 book of

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 Daniel,

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 a forever

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 king,

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 a reigning

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 forever

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 king.

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 And they

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 had recognized

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 this is who

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 he was,

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 so then he

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 says,

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 but I'm

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 going to be

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 condemned

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 to death

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 and delivered

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 to the

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 Gentiles

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 and I'm

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 going to

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 be crucified

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 and of

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 course the

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 glorious

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 promise of

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 his

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 resurrection.

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 But they're

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 confused by

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 this.

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 What's that

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 going to

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 look like?

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 Wait a

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 second,

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 that seems

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 backwards

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 and upside

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 down.

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 So verse

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 20 says,

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 then the

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 mother of

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 the sons

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 of Zebedee

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 came up

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 to him

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 with her

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 sons and

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 kneeling

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 before him

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 she asked

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 him for

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 something.

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 And he

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 said to

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 her,

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 do you

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 want?

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 She said

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 to him,

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 say that

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 these two

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 sons of

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 mine are

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 to sit

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 one at

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 your right

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 hand and

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 one at

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 your left

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 in your

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 kingdom.

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 Jesus

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 answered,

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 you do

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 not know

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 what you

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 are asking.

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 are you

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 able to

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 drink the

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 cup that

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 I am to

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 drink?

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 They said

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 to him,

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 we are

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 able.

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 Now he's

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 talking about

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 the cup of

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 the wrath,

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 eternal wrath

00:38:02.580 --> 00:38:03.260
 of God.

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 And they

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 arrogantly say

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 we are

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 able.

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 He said

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 to them,

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 you will

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 drink my

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 cup.

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 And here

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 he's talking

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 now about

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 the suffering,

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 filling up

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 the afflictions

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 of Christ.

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 Christ,

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 but to

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 sit at

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 my right

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 hand and

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 at my

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 left is

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 not mine

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 to grant,

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 but it

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 is for

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 those for

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 whom it

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 has been

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 prepared by

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 my father.

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 And when

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 the ten heard

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 it,

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 they were

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 indignant

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 at the

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 two brothers.

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 But Jesus

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 called them

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 to him

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 and said,

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 you know

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 that the

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 rulers of

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 the Gentiles

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 lord it

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 over them

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 and their

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 great ones

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 exercise

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 authority

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 over them.

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 It shall

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 not be

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 so among

00:38:45.599 --> 00:38:46.980
 you.

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 But whoever

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 would be

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 great among

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 you must

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 be your

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 servant.

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 And whoever

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 would be

00:38:53.139 --> 00:38:53.779
 first among

00:38:53.779 --> 00:38:55.219
 you must

00:38:55.219 --> 00:38:55.619
 be your

00:38:55.619 --> 00:38:56.159
 slave.

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 Even as

00:38:57.619 --> 00:38:58.079
 the son of

00:38:58.079 --> 00:38:58.900
 man came

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 not to

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 be served,

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 but to

00:39:02.279 --> 00:39:03.799
 serve and

00:39:03.799 --> 00:39:04.179
 to give his

00:39:04.179 --> 00:39:05.739
 life as a

00:39:05.739 --> 00:39:07.420
 ransom for

00:39:07.420 --> 00:39:07.679
 many.

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 And we

00:39:09.599 --> 00:39:10.599
 know now

00:39:10.599 --> 00:39:12.259
 and in a

00:39:12.259 --> 00:39:13.119
 future coming

00:39:13.119 --> 00:39:13.699
 reality,

00:39:13.940 --> 00:39:14.519
 the name of

00:39:14.519 --> 00:39:14.960
 Christ,

00:39:14.960 --> 00:39:16.280
 every knee

00:39:16.280 --> 00:39:16.780
 will bow

00:39:16.780 --> 00:39:17.260
 and every

00:39:17.260 --> 00:39:17.820
 tongue will

00:39:17.820 --> 00:39:18.440
 confess that

00:39:18.440 --> 00:39:19.240
 Jesus Christ

00:39:19.240 --> 00:39:20.420
 is Lord.

00:39:20.820 --> 00:39:21.559
 He has

00:39:21.559 --> 00:39:22.099
 been and

00:39:22.099 --> 00:39:22.699
 will be for

00:39:22.699 --> 00:39:23.320
 eternity

00:39:23.320 --> 00:39:23.960
 exalted.

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 And we

00:39:25.340 --> 00:39:25.920
 will join in

00:39:25.920 --> 00:39:26.400
 that wonderful

00:39:26.400 --> 00:39:27.220
 celebration and

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 be glorified

00:39:28.000 --> 00:39:30.220
 alongside if

00:39:30.220 --> 00:39:31.380
 we will be

00:39:31.380 --> 00:39:32.579
 humble.

00:39:33.920 --> 00:39:34.699
 So we see

00:39:34.699 --> 00:39:35.400
 in this text

00:39:35.400 --> 00:39:36.840
 a sobering,

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 extremely

00:39:38.460 --> 00:39:39.139
 important,

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 of highest,

00:39:40.340 --> 00:39:41.300
 greatest importance,

00:39:42.260 --> 00:39:42.800
 comprehensive

00:39:42.800 --> 00:39:44.539
 command.

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 Submit

00:39:45.700 --> 00:39:46.460
 yourselves

00:39:46.460 --> 00:39:47.140
 therefore

00:39:47.140 --> 00:39:49.120
 to God.

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 And a

00:39:50.539 --> 00:39:51.260
 summary command

00:39:51.260 --> 00:39:52.260
 which is

00:39:52.260 --> 00:39:52.660
 accompanied

00:39:52.660 --> 00:39:53.820
 by a

00:39:53.820 --> 00:39:54.160
 glorious

00:39:54.160 --> 00:39:54.740
 promise.

00:39:55.820 --> 00:39:56.120
 Humble

00:39:56.120 --> 00:39:56.620
 yourselves

00:39:56.620 --> 00:39:57.180
 before the

00:39:57.180 --> 00:39:57.440
 Lord.

00:39:58.260 --> 00:39:58.880
 He will

00:39:58.880 --> 00:40:00.300
 exalt you.

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 Let's pray

00:40:01.460 --> 00:40:01.720
 together.

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 as

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