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 19, beginning at verse 65 and reading through to verse 80, Psalm 119.

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 This is God's word.

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 Do good to your servant according to your word, O Lord.

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 Teach me knowledge and good judgment, for I believe in your commands.

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 Before I was afflicted, I went astray, but now I obey your word.

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 You are good, and what you do is good.

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 Teach me your decrees.

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 Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies, I keep your precepts with all my heart.

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 Their hearts are callous and unfeeling, but I delight in your law.

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 It was good for me to be afflicted, so that I might learn your decrees.

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 The law from your mouth is more precious to me than thousands of pieces of silver and gold.

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 Your hands made me and formed me.

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 Give me understanding to learn your commands.

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 May those who fear you rejoice when they see me, for I have put my hope in your words.

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 I know, O Lord, that your laws are righteous, and in faithfulness you have afflicted me.

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 May your unfailing love be my comfort according to your promise to your servant.

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 Let your compassion come to me that I may live, for your law is my delight.

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 May the arrogant be put to shame for wronging me without cause, but I will meditate on your precepts.

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 May those who fear you turn to me, those who understand your statutes.

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 May my heart be blameless towards your decrees, that I may not be put to shame.

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 Amen.

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 Hebrews 12 and verse 5 through to verse 8.

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 And you have forgotten that word of encouragement that addresses you as sons.

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 My son, do not make light of the Lord's discipline, and do not lose heart when he rebukes you,

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 because the Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes everyone he accepts as a son.

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 Endure hardship as discipline.

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 God is treating you as sons.

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 For what son is not disciplined by his father?

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 If you are not disciplined, and everyone undergoes discipline,

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 then you are illegitimate children and not true sons.

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 Amen.

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 It's common experience for us as human beings to need a spoken encouragement to keep us going in challenging situations.

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 It could be your gym instructor telling you to keep on going,

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 or he'll give you another set of 10 press-ups to do.

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 It might be the mountain guide who assures you the top is not so far away.

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 It could be the rugby fans filling the home stadium so that the fairly mediocre team is able to upset a much better team

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 because of the encouragement that they're getting.

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 Think of an athlete receiving their gold medal, or a movie star collecting an Oscar,

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 and they say, I couldn't have done this without my mom and my dad.

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 They were always there with the right word of encouragement at the right time.

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 Well, the book of Hebrews is all about encouragements.

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 It's a spiritual pep talk for Christians who are wondering whether it's really worth it,

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 whether perhaps they should return to their Old Testament style of temple worship.

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 From the end of chapter 10 onwards, it's had a particular focus on endurance.

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 The Hebrew Christians had suffered many things, we're told in verse 32 of chapter 10,

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 but you have need of endurance.

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 They've already been through a lot, but there's more to come,

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 and they need to keep going.

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 They're discovering that suffering is a normal part of the Christian life.

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 The pressure is relentless.

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 They've been isolated from the temple, from its social life,

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 perhaps from its economic perks and benefits.

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 They feel that they're on their own.

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 They were promised that following Jesus was the way to know God's true blessing.

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 But now perhaps they're wondering if leaving the temple has brought God's judgment upon them.

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 Surely God blesses the righteous is a question that's probably in the back of their minds.

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 And what the writer to the Hebrews has done here in chapter 11

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 is to locate these Christians in the community of faith throughout all the ages.

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 Every significant hero in the Old Testament

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 and many anonymous men and women of faith

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 have had to face suffering, trusting in God's promises.

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 In the first few verses of chapter 12, he points them to Jesus Christ.

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 This is the sinless Messiah.

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 The Messiah, the Christ who the Jews were all waiting for.

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 The pinnacle, the climax of Old Testament religion is this man.

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 And remember how much he suffered.

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 Sinless, yet crucified.

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 Suffering because he obeyed God.

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 Not because he had done something wrong.

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 Suffering beyond anything we can imagine.

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 He is an example.

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 Yes, but he's much more than that.

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 He's the fountainhead.

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 He's the source of the faith and the grace

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 which will keep his people

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 enduring, persevering.

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 Having exhorted these Christians to look to Jesus

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 and to consider Jesus,

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 the writer now reminds them to listen

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 to the voice of God.

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 The voice of God speaking directly to them

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 through his word.

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 Verse 5.

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 Have you forgotten this word of exhortation,

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 this word of encouragement that speaks to you as sons?

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 Well, who's speaking to them as sons?

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 Whose voice is this?

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 Who's exhorting them here?

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 Verse 7.

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 It is God who's treating you as sons.

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 God is speaking to you.

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 These are verses quoted from Proverbs 3, verse 11 and 12.

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 These ancient scriptures, Old Testament scriptures,

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 are addressing Christians as God's sons.

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 Yes, they were written by Solomon,

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 but they were written under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.

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 So we don't just hear Solomon speaking.

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 God has so owned these words

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 that we're to hear his voice in them

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 speaking to our hearts.

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 God is addressing you as sons

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 through his word.

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 I want us to think then

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 about the voice of God addressing Christians

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 in their suffering.

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 There are three areas I hope we can cover.

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 The first is the voice of God itself.

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 Then what does the voice say to us?

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 And how, thirdly,

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 how should we respond to the voice of God?

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 The voice of God itself then,

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 speaking in the words.

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 And the first thing to notice

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 is that the voice of God speaks

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 into people's sufferings.

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 Many people have the experience

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 when they're in pain,

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 when they're lonely,

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 they feel deserted.

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 They believe that God is silent.

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 But this scripture tells us

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 that God continues to speak

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 contrary to our experience.

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 God continues to speak

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 in our suffering.

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 God's word is true

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 in an absolute sense.

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 Not just true,

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 absolutely correct,

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 but true as in never fading,

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 never failing.

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 Always true.

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 What he said,

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 he is still saying.

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 And the ups and downs

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 of our experience

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 do not change the status

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 of scripture.

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 When we are low,

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 when we are in pain,

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 God speaks in scripture.

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 When we're high

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 and we're rejoicing,

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 God speaks in scripture.

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 What he says

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 doesn't dissolve

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 like a will-o'-the-wisp,

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 just because things are difficult

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 in your life.

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 It's at those times

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 of suffering and pain

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 that we discover

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 that God's word

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 is most secure,

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 most solid.

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 We can truly rest on it.

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 It's reliable.

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 What a great privilege that is.

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 Who's speaking to us here?

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 In our sufferings

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 as Christians,

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 we can hear the voice

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 of the one who created

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 and sustains all things.

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 The one who has

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 sovereign power

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 to prevent

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 or allow affliction,

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 to step in

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 and provide a way out.

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 The one who is working

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 all things together

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 for good

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 with omniscient wisdom

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 and absolute power.

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 What a privilege

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 it is to suffer

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 and in our sufferings

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 to hear the words

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 of God

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 which are living

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 and active,

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 life-changing,

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 sanctifying energy.

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 These are the words

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 of eternal life.

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 Where else should we go

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 in our sufferings

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 but to God?

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 Many people

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 go through life's challenges

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 without ever hearing

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 God speaking

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 words of comfort

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 or encouragement.

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 And that puts

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 a great responsibility

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 responsibility on us.

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 The responsibility

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 to listen,

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 to keep reading

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 our Bibles

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 when we're in pain

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 and when we're suffering.

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 To listen to His voice

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 regardless

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 of our condition

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 and to take

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 every opportunity

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 that we can

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 of bringing

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 that voice

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 to those

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 who are lost

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 without the word

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 by bringing

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 God's word

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 to them

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 in their need.

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 The voice

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 of God

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 speaks to us

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 in our sufferings.

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 The second thing

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 about this voice

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 it is the voice

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 of a heavenly Father.

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 When we suffer

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 we often hear

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 lots of voices.

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 We hear

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 our own voice

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 bringing out

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 our neuroses,

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 our inferiority

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 complexes

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 or perhaps

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 our superiority

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 complex,

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 our sense

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 of entitlement

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 and pride

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 and self-pity

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 and self-preservation.

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 There's that voice

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 in me that says

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 I don't deserve this.

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 That's my voice.

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 And then there's

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 other people.

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 People like

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 Job's friends

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 who are ready

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 to come in

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 with all their

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 worldly wisdom

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 and quick fixes.

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 Often the voice

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 of the devil

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 is there too

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 mixed in with it all.

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 Firing his fiery

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 darts of doubt.

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 Accusation,

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 temptation

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 to give up.

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 These voices

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 frequently tell us

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 that our suffering

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 results from our failure.

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 We're suffering

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 because we're guilty.

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 The accusation

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 is there.

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 This is a punishment.

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 But that's not

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 the voice

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 that we hear

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 from God.

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 This is

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 a father's voice.

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 You see,

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 for a Christian,

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 Jesus Christ

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 has taken away

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 every penal

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 consequence of sin.

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 There's no context

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 now for us

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 of punishment

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 in a legal,

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 judgmental sense.

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 When we are

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 suffering,

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 we are not

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 in God's law court

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 to be whipped

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 and beaten

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 and sentenced

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 and condemned

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 and executed.

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 As Christians,

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 when we suffer,

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 it's as though

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 we're in God's

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 living room.

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 Our father

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 is there

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 correcting us.

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 This is not

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 a legal punishment.

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 This is the hand

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 of a father's

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 discipline.

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 I'll show you

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 how to do it.

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 You did it wrong.

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 I want you

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 to do it

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 this way.

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 I'm teaching you.

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 I'm correcting you.

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 I'm helping you

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 to grow.

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 I'm fitting you

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 to come home

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 to heaven.

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 It's a father's voice.

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 And that's one

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 of the most

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 liberating things

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 a Christian

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 can ever realize.

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 Our faith

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 is not just

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 about being forgiven.

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 Jesus Christ

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 has accomplished

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 a full forgiveness

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 for sins

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 by his sinless life

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 and his sacrificial death.

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 In him,

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 we are completely

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 justified.

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 But that doesn't

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 make us

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 islands of righteousness,

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 isolated.

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 We're forgiven

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 in order to be adopted.

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 Our sins

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 are taken away.

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 The debt

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 that we owe

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 to Adam

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 is paid

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 so that we

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 might be brought

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 into the family

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 of God

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 and made heirs

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 of God

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 and joint heirs

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 with Christ.

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 From that point on,

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 we are not to view

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 any part

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 of our experience

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 as falling

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 outside

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 of the relationship

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 of covenant love.

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 Everything

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 we encounter

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 as Christians,

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 we encounter

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 with God

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 as our Father

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 and Jesus Christ

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 as our brother

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 and the Holy Spirit

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 within us

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 testifying

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 that we are born

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 into that family

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 as we cry out,

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 Abba, Father.

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 Father.

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 There's nothing

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 you go through

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 as a Christian

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 on your own.

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 Everything you face,

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 you face as a child

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 of God's.

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 Whatever comes

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 your way,

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 you can face it

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 knowing that the God

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 who feeds the birds

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 and clothes the lilies

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 is your Father.

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 Jesus Christ

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 is sitting

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 at the right hand

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 of God,

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 interceding

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 by his very presence,

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 interceding

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 for you,

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 securing God's grace

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 for you

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 in your sufferings

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 and he's able

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 to save

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 to the uttermost

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 in every situation

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 and he is not ashamed

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 to call you brothers.

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 I don't want to add

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 a single word

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 to scripture

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 but I think

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 the context

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 of Romans 8

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 is fitting to say

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 I am sure

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 that neither death

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 nor life,

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 angels nor rulers,

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 nor things present,

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 nor things to come,

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 nor powers,

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 nor height,

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 nor death,

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 nor anything else

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 in all creation

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 will be able

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 to separate us

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 from the fatherly love

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 of God,

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 from the paternal love

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 of God

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 in Christ Jesus

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 our Lord.

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 It's a father's voice.

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 Thirdly,

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 this voice

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 has always been sufficient

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 to sustain people

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 in their sufferings.

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 It's quoted,

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 isn't it,

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 from Proverbs 3.

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 I imagine the saints

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 listed there

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 in Hebrews 11

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 what kept them going

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 in their suffering,

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 in their different trials,

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 clinging on

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 to God's promises.

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 What kept them going?

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 Surely it was

00:17:23.759 --> 00:17:24.640
 the word of God

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 speaking to them.

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 Perhaps they read

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 this scripture.

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 Perhaps they knew

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 Proverbs 3.

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 Perhaps they knew

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 some other text

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 that assured them

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 of God's care.

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 Man shall not live

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 by bread alone,

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 but by every word

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 that proceeds

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 from the mouth

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 of God.

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 The Old Testament saints

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 heard this voice

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 and it was enough

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 to sustain them.

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 The same voice

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 speaks to us,

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 the same word

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 and with the same message.

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 But can we not say

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 more than that?

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 Surely it was

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 the fatherly voice

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 of God

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 that sustained

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 our Lord Jesus Christ

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 in his sufferings.

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 Right before Jesus

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 went into the wilderness

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 to suffer

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 the direct temptation

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 of the devil,

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 what happens?

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 The father speaks

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 to him,

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 my son

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 in whom I am

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 well pleased.

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 It's the father's

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 affirmation

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 that sets Jesus up

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 as the Holy Spirit

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 descends upon him

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 to go and face

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 that temptation

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 in Matthew 16

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 and 17.

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 The same voice

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 speaks on the

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 Mount of Transfiguration

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 as Jesus begins

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 to predict

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 his sufferings.

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 Jesus could suffer

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 as an obedient son

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 because he heard

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 the father's voice,

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 my son.

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 And then we hear

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 him speaking

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 with the reciprocal voice

00:19:00.759 --> 00:19:02.480
 in Gethsemane

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 and on the cross.

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 Jesus Christ

00:19:05.240 --> 00:19:06.180
 who heard those words,

00:19:06.299 --> 00:19:07.079
 my son,

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 was able to pray

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 in the garden,

00:19:10.220 --> 00:19:10.700
 Father,

00:19:11.259 --> 00:19:12.180
 if this cup

00:19:12.180 --> 00:19:12.940
 can pass,

00:19:13.740 --> 00:19:14.640
 but not my will

00:19:14.640 --> 00:19:15.440
 but yours.

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 Now the one

00:19:17.799 --> 00:19:18.860
 who heard those words,

00:19:18.940 --> 00:19:19.660
 my son,

00:19:20.220 --> 00:19:21.440
 was able to hang

00:19:21.440 --> 00:19:22.200
 on a cross

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 and say,

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 Father,

00:19:24.660 --> 00:19:25.319
 forgive them.

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 Father,

00:19:28.259 --> 00:19:29.640
 into your hands

00:19:29.640 --> 00:19:31.500
 I commit

00:19:31.500 --> 00:19:32.360
 my spirit.

00:19:33.860 --> 00:19:34.720
 Surely the voice

00:19:34.720 --> 00:19:35.259
 of God

00:19:35.259 --> 00:19:36.539
 speaking in the word

00:19:36.539 --> 00:19:38.019
 has been enough

00:19:38.019 --> 00:19:38.940
 to sustain

00:19:38.940 --> 00:19:40.420
 the people,

00:19:40.579 --> 00:19:41.119
 the Christians

00:19:41.119 --> 00:19:42.559
 of all generations,

00:19:42.720 --> 00:19:43.379
 the men and women

00:19:43.379 --> 00:19:44.000
 of faith

00:19:44.000 --> 00:19:45.720
 and significantly

00:19:45.720 --> 00:19:47.159
 our Savior himself

00:19:47.159 --> 00:19:49.460
 in his sufferings.

00:19:51.599 --> 00:19:52.859
 Before we move on

00:19:52.859 --> 00:19:54.079
 to ask what this voice

00:19:54.079 --> 00:19:55.119
 says to us,

00:19:55.859 --> 00:19:56.799
 I want to point out

00:19:56.799 --> 00:19:57.740
 two uncomfortable

00:19:57.740 --> 00:19:58.420
 implications.

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 I was uncertain

00:20:00.619 --> 00:20:01.700
 where to place this

00:20:01.700 --> 00:20:02.839
 in the sermon

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 and I've decided

00:20:03.599 --> 00:20:04.420
 to put it here

00:20:04.420 --> 00:20:05.000
 because I hope

00:20:05.000 --> 00:20:06.039
 it will increase

00:20:06.039 --> 00:20:06.799
 the impact

00:20:06.799 --> 00:20:08.500
 as we listen

00:20:08.500 --> 00:20:09.400
 to what this voice

00:20:09.400 --> 00:20:10.000
 says.

00:20:11.180 --> 00:20:11.819
 Because there's

00:20:11.819 --> 00:20:12.599
 something going on

00:20:12.599 --> 00:20:13.579
 here which is

00:20:13.579 --> 00:20:14.420
 absolutely

00:20:14.420 --> 00:20:15.539
 counter-cultural

00:20:15.539 --> 00:20:18.079
 for Western

00:20:18.079 --> 00:20:18.980
 society.

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 It's so

00:20:20.579 --> 00:20:21.339
 counter-cultural

00:20:21.339 --> 00:20:21.980
 that you might

00:20:21.980 --> 00:20:22.900
 find it offensive

00:20:22.900 --> 00:20:24.799
 when we spell

00:20:24.799 --> 00:20:25.240
 it out.

00:20:26.599 --> 00:20:27.819
 Even as Christians

00:20:27.819 --> 00:20:28.599
 we might find

00:20:28.599 --> 00:20:30.180
 this offensive

00:20:30.180 --> 00:20:31.680
 if we've been

00:20:31.680 --> 00:20:32.500
 unconsciously

00:20:32.500 --> 00:20:33.079
 influenced

00:20:33.079 --> 00:20:34.980
 by our culture.

00:20:36.079 --> 00:20:37.059
 See our culture

00:20:37.059 --> 00:20:38.359
 tells us two things.

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 It tells us

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 that the purpose

00:20:40.539 --> 00:20:41.240
 of our lives

00:20:41.240 --> 00:20:42.299
 is to maximize

00:20:42.299 --> 00:20:44.299
 human flourishing.

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 In other words

00:20:46.819 --> 00:20:47.379
 to minimize

00:20:47.379 --> 00:20:48.000
 suffering.

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 And it also

00:20:51.139 --> 00:20:51.639
 tells us

00:20:51.639 --> 00:20:52.079
 that the way

00:20:52.079 --> 00:20:53.119
 to do that

00:20:53.119 --> 00:20:53.859
 to maximize

00:20:53.859 --> 00:20:54.879
 our flourishing

00:20:54.879 --> 00:20:56.119
 by tapping

00:20:56.119 --> 00:20:57.019
 into resources

00:20:57.019 --> 00:20:57.599
 that we have

00:20:57.599 --> 00:20:58.299
 hidden away

00:20:58.299 --> 00:21:00.199
 inside ourselves.

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 ourselves.

00:21:01.759 --> 00:21:02.620
 But these

00:21:02.620 --> 00:21:03.240
 scriptures are

00:21:03.240 --> 00:21:03.840
 telling us

00:21:03.840 --> 00:21:05.299
 the exact

00:21:05.299 --> 00:21:05.819
 opposite.

00:21:06.720 --> 00:21:07.340
 These scriptures

00:21:07.340 --> 00:21:08.059
 are telling us

00:21:08.059 --> 00:21:08.600
 that God has

00:21:08.600 --> 00:21:09.240
 a very different

00:21:09.240 --> 00:21:10.279
 purpose in mind.

00:21:11.400 --> 00:21:12.039
 His highest

00:21:12.039 --> 00:21:12.759
 aim is not

00:21:12.759 --> 00:21:13.200
 that you would

00:21:13.200 --> 00:21:13.840
 flourish in

00:21:13.840 --> 00:21:14.539
 this world

00:21:14.539 --> 00:21:16.960
 with its

00:21:16.960 --> 00:21:17.759
 brokenness

00:21:17.759 --> 00:21:18.680
 and sinfulness.

00:21:19.680 --> 00:21:20.840
 If you flourish

00:21:20.840 --> 00:21:21.640
 here and that's

00:21:21.640 --> 00:21:22.539
 all you have

00:21:22.539 --> 00:21:24.460
 when life

00:21:24.460 --> 00:21:24.860
 ends

00:21:24.860 --> 00:21:25.559
 your flourishing

00:21:25.559 --> 00:21:26.059
 ends.

00:21:26.059 --> 00:21:28.679
 God's working

00:21:28.679 --> 00:21:29.679
 on our

00:21:29.679 --> 00:21:30.200
 eternal

00:21:30.200 --> 00:21:30.899
 flourishing.

00:21:31.819 --> 00:21:32.559
 He's preparing

00:21:32.559 --> 00:21:33.899
 us for heaven

00:21:33.899 --> 00:21:34.599
 where we'll be

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 absolutely

00:21:35.240 --> 00:21:36.339
 dependent on

00:21:36.339 --> 00:21:36.619
 him.

00:21:37.460 --> 00:21:38.159
 Absolutely

00:21:38.159 --> 00:21:38.839
 in love

00:21:38.839 --> 00:21:39.299
 with him

00:21:39.299 --> 00:21:39.779
 forever

00:21:39.779 --> 00:21:42.079
 in the most

00:21:42.079 --> 00:21:42.679
 flourishing

00:21:42.679 --> 00:21:43.460
 relationship

00:21:43.460 --> 00:21:44.899
 possible.

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 And because

00:21:46.000 --> 00:21:46.700
 that's his

00:21:46.700 --> 00:21:47.119
 goal

00:21:47.119 --> 00:21:49.599
 he has

00:21:49.599 --> 00:21:50.019
 ordained

00:21:50.019 --> 00:21:50.720
 to continue

00:21:50.720 --> 00:21:51.339
 to allow

00:21:51.339 --> 00:21:51.859
 us to

00:21:51.859 --> 00:21:52.179
 suffer

00:21:52.179 --> 00:21:53.879
 for a

00:21:53.879 --> 00:21:54.539
 short while

00:21:54.539 --> 00:21:55.000
 in this

00:21:55.000 --> 00:21:55.480
 world

00:21:55.480 --> 00:21:57.380
 that we

00:21:57.380 --> 00:21:57.779
 might

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 go to

00:21:58.720 --> 00:21:59.039
 heaven

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 where

00:21:59.440 --> 00:21:59.960
 suffering

00:21:59.960 --> 00:22:00.380
 will be

00:22:00.380 --> 00:22:00.620
 wiped

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 away

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 forever.

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 But the

00:22:05.160 --> 00:22:05.700
 second thing

00:22:05.700 --> 00:22:06.160
 that this

00:22:06.160 --> 00:22:06.759
 scripture

00:22:06.759 --> 00:22:07.740
 tells us

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 which is

00:22:08.620 --> 00:22:09.279
 so contrary

00:22:09.279 --> 00:22:10.440
 to what we

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 hear from

00:22:10.920 --> 00:22:11.420
 the world

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 is that

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 you do

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 not have

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 the resources

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 that you

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 need

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 to flourish

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 buried

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 inside

00:22:18.660 --> 00:22:19.380
 yourself.

00:22:20.299 --> 00:22:20.620
 God's

00:22:20.620 --> 00:22:21.079
 purposes

00:22:21.079 --> 00:22:21.740
 of eternal

00:22:21.740 --> 00:22:22.279
 flourishing

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 are not

00:22:22.620 --> 00:22:22.839
 going to

00:22:22.839 --> 00:22:23.460
 be achieved

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 by you

00:22:24.319 --> 00:22:24.660
 digging

00:22:24.660 --> 00:22:25.059
 deep

00:22:25.059 --> 00:22:25.480
 and looking

00:22:25.480 --> 00:22:25.919
 within

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 and realizing

00:22:27.079 --> 00:22:27.879
 your potential

00:22:27.879 --> 00:22:29.019
 and being

00:22:29.019 --> 00:22:29.539
 true to

00:22:29.539 --> 00:22:29.899
 yourself

00:22:29.899 --> 00:22:30.500
 and following

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 your heart.

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 No, this

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 tells us

00:22:33.579 --> 00:22:33.819
 that we

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 can only

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 achieve

00:22:34.980 --> 00:22:35.740
 God's

00:22:35.740 --> 00:22:36.559
 purpose

00:22:36.559 --> 00:22:37.119
 for our

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 lives

00:22:37.599 --> 00:22:39.159
 as he

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 disciplines

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 us,

00:22:40.799 --> 00:22:41.879
 as he

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 corrects

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 us.

00:22:43.319 --> 00:22:43.720
 We're not

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 basically right

00:22:44.599 --> 00:22:45.339
 on the inside

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 and God

00:22:45.720 --> 00:22:46.539
 knows that.

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 We only

00:22:48.539 --> 00:22:49.359
 flourish as

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 we submit

00:22:50.039 --> 00:22:51.339
 to his

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 hand

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 and to

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 his

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 voice.

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 We don't

00:22:54.859 --> 00:22:55.299
 have the

00:22:55.299 --> 00:22:55.799
 resources

00:22:55.799 --> 00:22:56.339
 inside

00:22:56.339 --> 00:22:56.799
 ourselves

00:22:56.799 --> 00:22:57.299
 to make

00:22:57.299 --> 00:22:57.679
 ourselves

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 right.

00:22:59.259 --> 00:22:59.839
 We can't

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 endure the

00:23:00.519 --> 00:23:00.960
 correction

00:23:00.960 --> 00:23:02.359
 process by

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 listening to

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 our heart.

00:23:04.779 --> 00:23:05.279
 Only the

00:23:05.279 --> 00:23:05.799
 voice of

00:23:05.799 --> 00:23:06.339
 God is

00:23:06.339 --> 00:23:06.899
 sufficient.

00:23:08.179 --> 00:23:08.519
 But I

00:23:08.519 --> 00:23:08.879
 would add

00:23:08.879 --> 00:23:09.419
 this, only

00:23:09.419 --> 00:23:09.960
 the voice

00:23:09.960 --> 00:23:10.439
 of God

00:23:10.439 --> 00:23:12.639
 is also

00:23:12.639 --> 00:23:13.639
 necessary

00:23:13.639 --> 00:23:15.359
 to sustain

00:23:15.359 --> 00:23:15.819
 us in

00:23:15.819 --> 00:23:16.059
 our

00:23:16.059 --> 00:23:16.559
 suffering.

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 if God

00:23:19.339 --> 00:23:19.919
 did not

00:23:19.919 --> 00:23:20.679
 call us

00:23:20.679 --> 00:23:21.639
 but just

00:23:21.639 --> 00:23:22.279
 left us

00:23:22.279 --> 00:23:22.619
 in the

00:23:22.619 --> 00:23:23.000
 eerie

00:23:23.000 --> 00:23:23.539
 silence

00:23:23.539 --> 00:23:24.339
 of sin,

00:23:24.839 --> 00:23:25.079
 what

00:23:25.079 --> 00:23:25.619
 potential

00:23:25.619 --> 00:23:26.099
 would you

00:23:26.099 --> 00:23:26.539
 have?

00:23:28.139 --> 00:23:28.659
 If God

00:23:28.659 --> 00:23:29.559
 merely left

00:23:29.559 --> 00:23:29.940
 you to

00:23:29.940 --> 00:23:30.639
 realize your

00:23:30.639 --> 00:23:31.319
 own potential

00:23:31.319 --> 00:23:31.799
 as a

00:23:31.799 --> 00:23:32.039
 sinner,

00:23:33.299 --> 00:23:33.720
 we'd all

00:23:33.720 --> 00:23:34.259
 be damned.

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 If he

00:23:35.679 --> 00:23:36.539
 didn't speak

00:23:36.539 --> 00:23:37.720
 his words

00:23:37.720 --> 00:23:38.379
 of correction

00:23:38.379 --> 00:23:39.059
 to us

00:23:39.059 --> 00:23:39.379
 and of

00:23:39.379 --> 00:23:40.059
 discipline,

00:23:40.659 --> 00:23:41.099
 we'd be

00:23:41.099 --> 00:23:41.839
 like spiritual

00:23:41.839 --> 00:23:42.480
 tombs.

00:23:43.139 --> 00:23:43.500
 We could

00:23:43.500 --> 00:23:44.099
 rest in

00:23:44.099 --> 00:23:45.399
 peace and

00:23:45.399 --> 00:23:46.119
 realize the

00:23:46.119 --> 00:23:46.779
 potential of

00:23:46.779 --> 00:23:47.159
 those who

00:23:47.159 --> 00:23:47.619
 are dead

00:23:47.619 --> 00:23:48.619
 to

00:23:48.619 --> 00:23:49.439
 disintegrate

00:23:49.439 --> 00:23:49.799
 and to

00:23:49.799 --> 00:23:50.299
 decay.

00:23:51.500 --> 00:23:52.179
 Implicit

00:23:52.179 --> 00:23:52.719
 in Hebrews

00:23:52.719 --> 00:23:53.439
 12 here

00:23:53.439 --> 00:23:54.159
 is a

00:23:54.159 --> 00:23:54.839
 message of

00:23:54.839 --> 00:23:55.659
 absolute

00:23:55.659 --> 00:23:56.379
 sovereign

00:23:56.379 --> 00:23:57.239
 grace.

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 A person

00:23:59.179 --> 00:23:59.739
 is only

00:23:59.739 --> 00:24:00.479
 brought to

00:24:00.479 --> 00:24:01.859
 heaven as

00:24:01.859 --> 00:24:02.399
 God the

00:24:02.399 --> 00:24:03.299
 Father works

00:24:03.299 --> 00:24:04.000
 his salvation

00:24:04.000 --> 00:24:05.000
 in us

00:24:05.000 --> 00:24:06.899
 from outside.

00:24:07.239 --> 00:24:07.959
 Only as we

00:24:07.959 --> 00:24:08.599
 look out

00:24:08.599 --> 00:24:10.099
 to a

00:24:10.099 --> 00:24:10.459
 suffering

00:24:10.459 --> 00:24:11.199
 saviour,

00:24:11.659 --> 00:24:12.339
 only as we

00:24:12.339 --> 00:24:13.079
 listen to a

00:24:13.079 --> 00:24:13.599
 voice that

00:24:13.599 --> 00:24:14.299
 speaks to us

00:24:14.299 --> 00:24:14.899
 from heaven,

00:24:14.900 --> 00:24:16.380
 only as we

00:24:16.380 --> 00:24:17.000
 receive the

00:24:17.000 --> 00:24:17.380
 gift of

00:24:17.380 --> 00:24:17.700
 the Holy

00:24:17.700 --> 00:24:19.420
 Spirit who

00:24:19.420 --> 00:24:20.180
 brings life

00:24:20.180 --> 00:24:20.880
 and grace

00:24:20.880 --> 00:24:22.160
 imparts it

00:24:22.160 --> 00:24:22.820
 to us.

00:24:23.800 --> 00:24:24.420
 Thank God

00:24:24.420 --> 00:24:24.780
 that he

00:24:24.780 --> 00:24:25.900
 doesn't leave

00:24:25.900 --> 00:24:26.240
 us to

00:24:26.240 --> 00:24:26.960
 realize our

00:24:26.960 --> 00:24:27.800
 potential as

00:24:27.800 --> 00:24:28.160
 sinners.

00:24:28.840 --> 00:24:29.420
 The world

00:24:29.420 --> 00:24:29.880
 is bad

00:24:29.880 --> 00:24:30.220
 enough.

00:24:31.360 --> 00:24:32.060
 Imagine a

00:24:32.060 --> 00:24:32.560
 world where

00:24:32.560 --> 00:24:33.259
 every sinner

00:24:33.259 --> 00:24:33.780
 was left

00:24:33.780 --> 00:24:34.780
 unrestrained

00:24:34.780 --> 00:24:36.480
 to fulfill

00:24:36.480 --> 00:24:38.280
 their potential

00:24:38.280 --> 00:24:40.140
 for evil.

00:24:40.140 --> 00:24:42.520
 this voice

00:24:42.520 --> 00:24:44.020
 then, the

00:24:44.020 --> 00:24:44.620
 voice of

00:24:44.620 --> 00:24:45.840
 God that

00:24:45.840 --> 00:24:48.420
 speaks, tells

00:24:48.420 --> 00:24:49.320
 us we

00:24:49.320 --> 00:24:50.259
 can't save

00:24:50.259 --> 00:24:51.120
 ourselves.

00:24:52.360 --> 00:24:53.200
 And as

00:24:53.200 --> 00:24:54.040
 Christians we

00:24:54.040 --> 00:24:54.460
 need to

00:24:54.460 --> 00:24:55.759
 realize that

00:24:55.759 --> 00:24:56.280
 we cannot

00:24:56.280 --> 00:24:57.500
 fit ourselves

00:24:57.500 --> 00:24:58.660
 for heaven,

00:24:59.520 --> 00:25:00.360
 but we must

00:25:00.360 --> 00:25:01.860
 be in God's

00:25:01.860 --> 00:25:02.680
 crucible.

00:25:03.480 --> 00:25:04.400
 We need him

00:25:04.400 --> 00:25:05.100
 to work on

00:25:05.100 --> 00:25:06.620
 us, and that

00:25:06.620 --> 00:25:07.100
 is more

00:25:07.100 --> 00:25:08.520
 precious than

00:25:08.519 --> 00:25:09.240
 anything that

00:25:09.240 --> 00:25:09.839
 this world

00:25:09.839 --> 00:25:11.259
 can offer.

00:25:15.579 --> 00:25:16.339
 What then

00:25:16.339 --> 00:25:16.700
 does the

00:25:16.700 --> 00:25:17.119
 voice of

00:25:17.119 --> 00:25:17.839
 God say?

00:25:19.519 --> 00:25:20.220
 What does

00:25:20.220 --> 00:25:20.799
 the voice of

00:25:20.799 --> 00:25:21.639
 God say to

00:25:21.639 --> 00:25:22.180
 people when

00:25:22.180 --> 00:25:22.799
 they're suffering?

00:25:22.799 --> 00:25:22.859
 suffering?

00:25:24.919 --> 00:25:25.700
 We know there

00:25:25.700 --> 00:25:26.079
 are people

00:25:26.079 --> 00:25:26.700
 here who are

00:25:26.700 --> 00:25:27.059
 suffering,

00:25:27.200 --> 00:25:28.460
 obviously, and

00:25:28.460 --> 00:25:29.079
 there are others

00:25:29.079 --> 00:25:29.559
 who are perhaps

00:25:29.559 --> 00:25:30.159
 suffering in

00:25:30.159 --> 00:25:30.759
 ways that we

00:25:30.759 --> 00:25:31.299
 don't know

00:25:31.299 --> 00:25:31.700
 about.

00:25:32.879 --> 00:25:33.500
 Some of you

00:25:33.500 --> 00:25:33.879
 may be

00:25:33.879 --> 00:25:34.599
 suffering because

00:25:34.599 --> 00:25:35.299
 of injustice

00:25:35.299 --> 00:25:35.659
 you've

00:25:35.659 --> 00:25:36.819
 experienced as

00:25:36.819 --> 00:25:38.159
 a direct result

00:25:38.159 --> 00:25:38.819
 of your faith.

00:25:38.879 --> 00:25:39.419
 Because you

00:25:39.419 --> 00:25:39.700
 are a

00:25:39.700 --> 00:25:41.180
 Christian, that

00:25:41.180 --> 00:25:42.159
 opportunity didn't

00:25:42.159 --> 00:25:43.139
 come to you, or

00:25:43.139 --> 00:25:44.059
 you were isolated

00:25:44.059 --> 00:25:44.980
 and excluded.

00:25:46.539 --> 00:25:47.339
 But some of

00:25:47.339 --> 00:25:47.960
 you are suffering

00:25:47.960 --> 00:25:48.639
 an illness,

00:25:49.919 --> 00:25:51.079
 maybe bereavement,

00:25:51.180 --> 00:25:51.819
 maybe the loss

00:25:51.819 --> 00:25:53.899
 of a child, maybe

00:25:53.899 --> 00:25:55.399
 various kinds of

00:25:55.399 --> 00:25:56.179
 failure and

00:25:56.179 --> 00:25:57.240
 disappointment and

00:25:57.240 --> 00:25:58.079
 depression and

00:25:58.079 --> 00:25:58.839
 other forms of

00:25:58.839 --> 00:25:59.700
 mental illness,

00:26:01.039 --> 00:26:01.720
 the psychological

00:26:01.720 --> 00:26:02.559
 and physical

00:26:02.559 --> 00:26:03.500
 consequences of

00:26:03.500 --> 00:26:04.059
 rape or

00:26:04.059 --> 00:26:05.099
 domestic abuse

00:26:05.099 --> 00:26:06.139
 or injustice

00:26:06.139 --> 00:26:07.259
 or humiliation.

00:26:07.879 --> 00:26:08.519
 I don't know

00:26:08.519 --> 00:26:08.980
 what you're

00:26:08.980 --> 00:26:09.419
 suffering.

00:26:10.980 --> 00:26:11.659
 These things

00:26:11.659 --> 00:26:12.139
 are not the

00:26:12.139 --> 00:26:13.139
 direct result of

00:26:13.139 --> 00:26:15.039
 your faith, but

00:26:15.039 --> 00:26:15.700
 they raise the

00:26:15.700 --> 00:26:16.480
 same troubled

00:26:16.480 --> 00:26:17.879
 question for you

00:26:17.879 --> 00:26:18.599
 as Christians.

00:26:18.939 --> 00:26:19.619
 Why am I

00:26:19.619 --> 00:26:19.960
 suffering?

00:26:20.119 --> 00:26:20.639
 Where is

00:26:20.639 --> 00:26:21.079
 God?

00:26:21.079 --> 00:26:22.259
 what's he

00:26:22.259 --> 00:26:22.980
 doing to

00:26:22.980 --> 00:26:23.199
 me?

00:26:23.339 --> 00:26:23.759
 Why do

00:26:23.759 --> 00:26:24.559
 sinful people

00:26:24.559 --> 00:26:25.000
 seem to

00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:25.559
 have it so

00:26:25.559 --> 00:26:25.960
 easily?

00:26:27.679 --> 00:26:28.119
 And I'm

00:26:28.119 --> 00:26:28.679
 concerned that

00:26:28.679 --> 00:26:29.240
 this doesn't

00:26:29.240 --> 00:26:30.259
 remain abstract

00:26:30.259 --> 00:26:31.879
 or theoretical.

00:26:32.599 --> 00:26:33.359
 Scripture takes

00:26:33.359 --> 00:26:34.039
 these questions

00:26:34.039 --> 00:26:34.720
 seriously.

00:26:35.939 --> 00:26:36.740
 Nowhere does

00:26:36.740 --> 00:26:37.519
 God tell us

00:26:37.519 --> 00:26:37.819
 that these

00:26:37.819 --> 00:26:38.159
 things are

00:26:38.159 --> 00:26:38.539
 good.

00:26:39.539 --> 00:26:40.039
 They'll have

00:26:40.039 --> 00:26:40.839
 no place in

00:26:40.839 --> 00:26:41.539
 the perfections

00:26:41.539 --> 00:26:42.019
 of heaven.

00:26:43.539 --> 00:26:44.179
 Nowhere does

00:26:44.179 --> 00:26:44.740
 God tell you

00:26:44.740 --> 00:26:45.240
 to pull up

00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:45.759
 your socks

00:26:45.759 --> 00:26:46.779
 and start

00:26:46.779 --> 00:26:47.240
 your upper

00:26:47.240 --> 00:26:47.579
 lip.

00:26:47.579 --> 00:26:50.919
 big sections

00:26:50.919 --> 00:26:51.500
 of Scripture

00:26:51.500 --> 00:26:52.699
 talk about

00:26:52.699 --> 00:26:53.439
 how to deal

00:26:53.439 --> 00:26:53.779
 with the

00:26:53.779 --> 00:26:54.720
 painful trials

00:26:54.720 --> 00:26:55.699
 and temptations

00:26:55.699 --> 00:26:57.339
 of living in

00:26:57.339 --> 00:26:57.879
 a broken

00:26:57.879 --> 00:26:59.000
 sinful world.

00:26:59.119 --> 00:26:59.500
 These things

00:26:59.500 --> 00:26:59.960
 are evil.

00:26:59.960 --> 00:27:03.279
 what is good?

00:27:04.559 --> 00:27:05.400
 All of that

00:27:05.400 --> 00:27:06.440
 is evil.

00:27:06.559 --> 00:27:07.059
 The suffering

00:27:07.059 --> 00:27:08.140
 is wrong

00:27:08.140 --> 00:27:08.940
 and is bad

00:27:08.940 --> 00:27:09.519
 but what is

00:27:09.519 --> 00:27:10.079
 good is that

00:27:10.079 --> 00:27:10.779
 God continues

00:27:10.779 --> 00:27:11.360
 to speak

00:27:11.360 --> 00:27:12.799
 in the midst

00:27:12.799 --> 00:27:13.340
 of it all.

00:27:14.340 --> 00:27:15.019
 So I'm not

00:27:15.019 --> 00:27:15.620
 asking what

00:27:15.620 --> 00:27:16.079
 does God

00:27:16.079 --> 00:27:17.600
 say in a

00:27:17.600 --> 00:27:18.019
 philosophical

00:27:18.019 --> 00:27:20.160
 way or what

00:27:20.160 --> 00:27:20.819
 does God say

00:27:20.819 --> 00:27:21.500
 to Christians

00:27:21.500 --> 00:27:22.420
 in general

00:27:22.420 --> 00:27:23.480
 but what

00:27:23.480 --> 00:27:23.900
 does God

00:27:23.900 --> 00:27:24.400
 say to

00:27:24.400 --> 00:27:24.840
 you

00:27:24.840 --> 00:27:26.680
 in your

00:27:26.680 --> 00:27:27.440
 sufferance

00:27:27.440 --> 00:27:29.100
 and this

00:27:29.100 --> 00:27:29.400
 is what

00:27:29.400 --> 00:27:29.960
 he says

00:27:29.960 --> 00:27:31.380
 verse 5

00:27:31.380 --> 00:27:32.940
 my son

00:27:32.940 --> 00:27:34.500
 do not

00:27:34.500 --> 00:27:35.240
 make light

00:27:35.240 --> 00:27:35.580
 of the

00:27:35.580 --> 00:27:36.000
 Lord's

00:27:36.000 --> 00:27:36.560
 discipline

00:27:36.560 --> 00:27:38.300
 don't lose

00:27:38.300 --> 00:27:39.019
 heart when

00:27:39.019 --> 00:27:39.840
 he rebukes

00:27:39.840 --> 00:27:40.100
 you.

00:27:41.019 --> 00:27:41.720
 My son

00:27:41.720 --> 00:27:43.320
 don't get

00:27:43.320 --> 00:27:43.820
 discouraged

00:27:43.820 --> 00:27:45.880
 don't give

00:27:45.880 --> 00:27:46.180
 in to

00:27:46.180 --> 00:27:46.600
 doubt

00:27:46.600 --> 00:27:48.460
 don't give

00:27:48.460 --> 00:27:48.779
 in to

00:27:48.779 --> 00:27:49.320
 dismay

00:27:49.320 --> 00:27:49.860
 don't get

00:27:49.860 --> 00:27:50.860
 downcast

00:27:50.859 --> 00:27:51.599
 distressed

00:27:51.599 --> 00:27:52.359
 don't be

00:27:52.359 --> 00:27:52.859
 overly

00:27:52.859 --> 00:27:53.559
 distressed

00:27:53.559 --> 00:27:54.319
 by this

00:27:54.319 --> 00:27:55.339
 and don't

00:27:55.339 --> 00:27:56.000
 believe the

00:27:56.000 --> 00:27:56.399
 lie that

00:27:56.399 --> 00:27:57.059
 you deserted

00:27:57.059 --> 00:27:59.000
 and whatever

00:27:59.000 --> 00:27:59.439
 you do

00:27:59.439 --> 00:28:00.099
 don't desert

00:28:00.099 --> 00:28:00.479
 me

00:28:00.479 --> 00:28:01.899
 keep going

00:28:01.899 --> 00:28:02.579
 stick with

00:28:02.579 --> 00:28:02.740
 it

00:28:02.740 --> 00:28:03.459
 persevere

00:28:03.459 --> 00:28:04.019
 like the

00:28:04.019 --> 00:28:04.439
 saints

00:28:04.439 --> 00:28:05.199
 endure

00:28:05.199 --> 00:28:05.939
 like your

00:28:05.939 --> 00:28:06.399
 savior

00:28:06.399 --> 00:28:08.039
 it's too

00:28:08.039 --> 00:28:08.679
 soon to

00:28:08.679 --> 00:28:09.019
 quit

00:28:09.019 --> 00:28:11.119
 I know

00:28:11.119 --> 00:28:11.599
 how much

00:28:11.599 --> 00:28:11.939
 you can

00:28:11.939 --> 00:28:12.240
 take

00:28:12.240 --> 00:28:12.500
 and I

00:28:12.500 --> 00:28:13.079
 won't allow

00:28:13.079 --> 00:28:13.539
 this to

00:28:13.539 --> 00:28:14.099
 continue

00:28:14.099 --> 00:28:15.259
 beyond the

00:28:15.259 --> 00:28:15.839
 grace I

00:28:15.839 --> 00:28:16.539
 supply to

00:28:16.539 --> 00:28:17.099
 sustain

00:28:17.099 --> 00:28:17.479
 you

00:28:17.479 --> 00:28:19.919
 what else

00:28:19.919 --> 00:28:20.319
 does the

00:28:20.319 --> 00:28:20.919
 lord say

00:28:20.919 --> 00:28:23.019
 because the

00:28:23.019 --> 00:28:24.500
 lord disciplines

00:28:24.500 --> 00:28:26.019
 those he

00:28:26.019 --> 00:28:26.379
 loves he

00:28:26.379 --> 00:28:26.980
 disciplines

00:28:26.980 --> 00:28:28.639
 my son

00:28:28.639 --> 00:28:30.539
 I never

00:28:30.539 --> 00:28:31.179
 cause my

00:28:31.179 --> 00:28:31.859
 children a

00:28:31.859 --> 00:28:32.339
 needless

00:28:32.339 --> 00:28:32.679
 tear

00:28:32.679 --> 00:28:34.339
 you can't

00:28:34.339 --> 00:28:34.720
 see it

00:28:34.720 --> 00:28:35.059
 yet but

00:28:35.059 --> 00:28:35.439
 there's a

00:28:35.439 --> 00:28:36.179
 purpose in

00:28:36.179 --> 00:28:36.559
 this

00:28:36.559 --> 00:28:38.839
 I'm using

00:28:38.839 --> 00:28:39.359
 this to

00:28:39.359 --> 00:28:40.119
 shape you

00:28:40.119 --> 00:28:42.019
 it's only a

00:28:42.019 --> 00:28:43.000
 temporary means

00:28:43.000 --> 00:28:43.619
 it'll pass

00:28:43.619 --> 00:28:44.079
 away you'll

00:28:44.079 --> 00:28:44.619
 get beyond

00:28:44.619 --> 00:28:45.659
 this this

00:28:45.659 --> 00:28:46.240
 is just

00:28:46.240 --> 00:28:46.919
 passing

00:28:46.919 --> 00:28:47.480
 trouble

00:28:47.480 --> 00:28:48.740
 it's not

00:28:48.740 --> 00:28:49.480
 your end

00:28:49.480 --> 00:28:50.960
 I'm using

00:28:50.960 --> 00:28:51.299
 it to

00:28:51.299 --> 00:28:52.079
 purify your

00:28:52.079 --> 00:28:52.480
 faith

00:28:52.480 --> 00:28:53.539
 I'm using

00:28:53.539 --> 00:28:54.039
 this to

00:28:54.039 --> 00:28:54.460
 make you

00:28:54.460 --> 00:28:55.000
 more like

00:28:55.000 --> 00:28:55.519
 Jesus

00:28:55.519 --> 00:28:56.599
 I'm using

00:28:56.599 --> 00:28:57.059
 this to

00:28:57.059 --> 00:28:57.920
 develop your

00:28:57.920 --> 00:28:58.480
 spiritual

00:28:58.480 --> 00:28:59.160
 character

00:28:59.160 --> 00:29:00.319
 you ask me

00:29:00.319 --> 00:29:01.039
 to sanctify

00:29:01.039 --> 00:29:01.519
 you

00:29:01.519 --> 00:29:03.019
 this is the

00:29:03.019 --> 00:29:03.579
 way I do

00:29:03.579 --> 00:29:03.839
 it

00:29:03.839 --> 00:29:05.620
 I'm not

00:29:05.620 --> 00:29:06.319
 just preparing

00:29:06.319 --> 00:29:06.680
 you for

00:29:06.680 --> 00:29:07.519
 greater service

00:29:07.519 --> 00:29:08.299
 and usefulness

00:29:08.299 --> 00:29:08.680
 in this

00:29:08.680 --> 00:29:09.140
 world

00:29:09.140 --> 00:29:10.960
 I'm preparing

00:29:10.960 --> 00:29:11.400
 you for

00:29:11.400 --> 00:29:12.019
 service in

00:29:12.019 --> 00:29:12.339
 heaven

00:29:12.339 --> 00:29:13.860
 and in

00:29:13.860 --> 00:29:14.500
 glory

00:29:14.500 --> 00:29:18.180
 I'm

00:29:18.180 --> 00:29:18.539
 only ever

00:29:18.539 --> 00:29:18.799
 going to

00:29:18.799 --> 00:29:19.660
 take from

00:29:19.660 --> 00:29:19.980
 you what

00:29:19.980 --> 00:29:20.380
 you'll have

00:29:20.380 --> 00:29:20.740
 to give

00:29:20.740 --> 00:29:21.339
 up anyway

00:29:21.339 --> 00:29:23.200
 you can't

00:29:23.200 --> 00:29:23.740
 hold on to

00:29:23.740 --> 00:29:24.299
 these things

00:29:24.299 --> 00:29:24.759
 forever

00:29:24.759 --> 00:29:26.279
 you want to

00:29:26.279 --> 00:29:26.779
 come and be

00:29:26.779 --> 00:29:27.440
 with me in

00:29:27.440 --> 00:29:27.720
 heaven

00:29:27.720 --> 00:29:28.519
 you have to

00:29:28.519 --> 00:29:29.180
 let go of

00:29:29.180 --> 00:29:29.759
 this world's

00:29:29.759 --> 00:29:30.259
 possessions

00:29:30.259 --> 00:29:31.539
 one day you'll

00:29:31.539 --> 00:29:32.039
 have to leave

00:29:32.039 --> 00:29:32.680
 your friends and

00:29:32.680 --> 00:29:33.140
 your family

00:29:33.140 --> 00:29:33.700
 behind

00:29:33.700 --> 00:29:34.579
 your honor

00:29:34.579 --> 00:29:34.960
 and your

00:29:34.960 --> 00:29:35.720
 respect and

00:29:35.720 --> 00:29:36.420
 your reputation

00:29:36.420 --> 00:29:37.079
 it'll all be

00:29:37.079 --> 00:29:37.539
 gone

00:29:37.539 --> 00:29:38.980
 even your

00:29:38.980 --> 00:29:39.660
 health and

00:29:39.660 --> 00:29:40.480
 your life

00:29:40.480 --> 00:29:42.339
 you have to

00:29:42.339 --> 00:29:42.859
 let go of

00:29:42.859 --> 00:29:43.559
 those things

00:29:43.559 --> 00:29:45.059
 because one

00:29:45.059 --> 00:29:46.399
 day Christ

00:29:46.399 --> 00:29:47.099
 will come and

00:29:47.099 --> 00:29:47.939
 transform your

00:29:47.939 --> 00:29:48.779
 lowly body

00:29:48.779 --> 00:29:50.199
 to be like

00:29:50.199 --> 00:29:50.879
 his glorious

00:29:50.879 --> 00:29:51.379
 body

00:29:51.379 --> 00:29:52.859
 I'm only going

00:29:52.859 --> 00:29:53.459
 to take from

00:29:53.459 --> 00:29:53.919
 you what you

00:29:53.919 --> 00:29:54.559
 have to leave

00:29:54.559 --> 00:29:55.479
 behind anyway

00:29:55.479 --> 00:29:56.639
 this is

00:29:56.639 --> 00:29:57.159
 discipline

00:29:57.159 --> 00:29:57.619
 this is

00:29:57.619 --> 00:29:58.119
 correction

00:29:58.119 --> 00:29:59.059
 this is

00:29:59.059 --> 00:29:59.579
 training

00:29:59.579 --> 00:30:01.399
 I'm teaching

00:30:01.399 --> 00:30:01.959
 you to let

00:30:01.959 --> 00:30:02.639
 go of this

00:30:02.639 --> 00:30:03.500
 world now

00:30:03.500 --> 00:30:04.879
 so that you

00:30:04.879 --> 00:30:05.579
 won't stumble

00:30:05.579 --> 00:30:06.199
 and fall

00:30:06.199 --> 00:30:06.879
 when you come

00:30:06.879 --> 00:30:07.419
 to cross

00:30:07.419 --> 00:30:08.459
 the waters

00:30:08.459 --> 00:30:09.119
 of death

00:30:09.119 --> 00:30:10.479
 I'm teaching

00:30:10.479 --> 00:30:11.119
 you to loosen

00:30:11.119 --> 00:30:11.859
 your grip on

00:30:11.859 --> 00:30:12.279
 things you

00:30:12.279 --> 00:30:12.839
 can't keep

00:30:12.839 --> 00:30:14.659
 so that you

00:30:14.659 --> 00:30:15.059
 can keep

00:30:15.059 --> 00:30:15.439
 those

00:30:15.439 --> 00:30:16.659
 gain those

00:30:16.659 --> 00:30:17.059
 treasures

00:30:17.059 --> 00:30:17.659
 you'll never

00:30:17.659 --> 00:30:18.099
 lose

00:30:18.099 --> 00:30:20.039
 what else

00:30:20.039 --> 00:30:20.399
 does the

00:30:20.399 --> 00:30:21.019
 voice of God

00:30:21.019 --> 00:30:21.659
 say to us

00:30:21.659 --> 00:30:22.000
 in our

00:30:22.000 --> 00:30:22.399
 suffering

00:30:22.399 --> 00:30:24.599
 because the

00:30:24.599 --> 00:30:25.399
 Lord disciplines

00:30:25.399 --> 00:30:26.319
 those he

00:30:26.319 --> 00:30:26.939
 loves

00:30:26.939 --> 00:30:29.000
 and chastises

00:30:29.000 --> 00:30:30.619
 punishes

00:30:30.619 --> 00:30:31.359
 everyone he

00:30:31.359 --> 00:30:32.519
 accepts as a

00:30:32.519 --> 00:30:32.839
 son

00:30:32.839 --> 00:30:34.599
 my son

00:30:34.599 --> 00:30:36.339
 I love

00:30:36.339 --> 00:30:36.639
 you

00:30:36.639 --> 00:30:38.299
 I love

00:30:38.299 --> 00:30:38.980
 you now

00:30:38.980 --> 00:30:40.500
 I love

00:30:40.500 --> 00:30:41.000
 you in

00:30:41.000 --> 00:30:41.799
 your suffering

00:30:41.799 --> 00:30:43.220
 I don't

00:30:43.220 --> 00:30:43.919
 treat everyone

00:30:43.919 --> 00:30:44.799
 like this

00:30:44.799 --> 00:30:46.460
 many people

00:30:46.460 --> 00:30:47.099
 have rejected

00:30:47.099 --> 00:30:47.700
 my love

00:30:47.700 --> 00:30:48.359
 and rejected

00:30:48.359 --> 00:30:49.139
 my son

00:30:49.139 --> 00:30:50.119
 but you've

00:30:50.119 --> 00:30:50.960
 received my

00:30:50.960 --> 00:30:51.619
 son as the

00:30:51.619 --> 00:30:52.839
 manifestation of

00:30:52.839 --> 00:30:53.599
 my infinite

00:30:53.599 --> 00:30:54.740
 love to you

00:30:54.740 --> 00:30:56.119
 and now I

00:30:56.119 --> 00:30:56.659
 ask you to

00:30:56.659 --> 00:30:57.359
 receive this

00:30:57.359 --> 00:30:57.859
 suffering

00:30:57.859 --> 00:31:00.899
 as the work

00:31:00.899 --> 00:31:01.639
 of my love

00:31:01.639 --> 00:31:02.460
 in your life

00:31:02.460 --> 00:31:04.000
 I love you

00:31:04.000 --> 00:31:05.419
 the Lord only

00:31:05.419 --> 00:31:06.399
 disciplines those

00:31:06.399 --> 00:31:07.220
 he loves

00:31:07.220 --> 00:31:09.640
 I'm doing

00:31:09.640 --> 00:31:10.120
 this because

00:31:10.120 --> 00:31:10.600
 you're part

00:31:10.600 --> 00:31:10.880
 of my

00:31:10.880 --> 00:31:11.400
 family

00:31:11.400 --> 00:31:12.279
 I only

00:31:12.279 --> 00:31:12.799
 do this

00:31:12.799 --> 00:31:13.220
 to those

00:31:13.220 --> 00:31:13.559
 who are

00:31:13.559 --> 00:31:13.920
 in my

00:31:13.920 --> 00:31:14.440
 family

00:31:14.440 --> 00:31:15.799
 I don't

00:31:15.799 --> 00:31:16.559
 take delight

00:31:16.559 --> 00:31:17.319
 in or

00:31:17.319 --> 00:31:17.779
 pleasure

00:31:17.779 --> 00:31:18.440
 in afflicting

00:31:18.440 --> 00:31:18.640
 you

00:31:18.640 --> 00:31:19.120
 my heart

00:31:19.120 --> 00:31:19.480
 is not

00:31:19.480 --> 00:31:19.900
 in it

00:31:19.900 --> 00:31:22.180
 but I do

00:31:22.180 --> 00:31:22.740
 delight in

00:31:22.740 --> 00:31:23.079
 what you

00:31:23.079 --> 00:31:23.620
 will become

00:31:23.620 --> 00:31:24.360
 through this

00:31:24.360 --> 00:31:26.339
 be assured

00:31:26.339 --> 00:31:26.900
 then that I

00:31:26.900 --> 00:31:27.519
 love you

00:31:27.519 --> 00:31:28.279
 and that

00:31:28.279 --> 00:31:28.860
 my love

00:31:28.860 --> 00:31:29.440
 for you

00:31:29.440 --> 00:31:30.019
 determines

00:31:30.019 --> 00:31:30.819
 my methods

00:31:30.819 --> 00:31:31.600
 and my goals

00:31:31.600 --> 00:31:32.279
 even if you

00:31:32.279 --> 00:31:33.220
 can't understand

00:31:33.220 --> 00:31:34.279
 that now

00:31:34.279 --> 00:31:37.420
 what else

00:31:37.420 --> 00:31:38.019
 does God's

00:31:38.019 --> 00:31:38.500
 voice say

00:31:38.500 --> 00:31:39.079
 to us

00:31:39.079 --> 00:31:43.200
 it is for

00:31:43.200 --> 00:31:43.819
 discipline

00:31:43.819 --> 00:31:44.960
 that you

00:31:44.960 --> 00:31:45.420
 have to

00:31:45.420 --> 00:31:45.980
 endure

00:31:45.980 --> 00:31:47.279
 God is

00:31:47.279 --> 00:31:47.860
 treating you

00:31:47.860 --> 00:31:48.620
 as sons

00:31:48.620 --> 00:31:50.039
 for what

00:31:50.039 --> 00:31:50.839
 son is

00:31:50.839 --> 00:31:51.500
 there whom

00:31:51.500 --> 00:31:52.039
 his father

00:31:52.039 --> 00:31:52.559
 does not

00:31:52.559 --> 00:31:53.079
 discipline

00:31:53.079 --> 00:31:53.920
 if you're

00:31:53.920 --> 00:31:54.579
 left without

00:31:54.579 --> 00:31:55.200
 discipline

00:31:55.200 --> 00:31:56.660
 in which

00:31:56.660 --> 00:31:57.140
 all have

00:31:57.140 --> 00:31:57.819
 participated

00:31:57.819 --> 00:31:58.299
 then you

00:31:58.299 --> 00:31:59.180
 are illegitimate

00:31:59.180 --> 00:31:59.839
 children and

00:31:59.839 --> 00:32:00.500
 not sons

00:32:00.500 --> 00:32:01.640
 my son

00:32:01.640 --> 00:32:03.820
 this is a

00:32:03.820 --> 00:32:04.420
 mark of the

00:32:04.420 --> 00:32:05.340
 reality of

00:32:05.340 --> 00:32:06.060
 your faith

00:32:06.060 --> 00:32:07.220
 don't listen

00:32:07.220 --> 00:32:07.980
 to the devil

00:32:07.980 --> 00:32:09.000
 don't listen

00:32:09.000 --> 00:32:09.700
 to Job's

00:32:09.700 --> 00:32:10.060
 friends

00:32:10.060 --> 00:32:10.700
 don't listen

00:32:10.700 --> 00:32:11.020
 to the

00:32:11.020 --> 00:32:11.660
 accusations

00:32:11.660 --> 00:32:13.060
 you're not

00:32:13.060 --> 00:32:13.560
 suffering

00:32:13.560 --> 00:32:15.460
 because you're

00:32:15.460 --> 00:32:15.960
 a religious

00:32:15.960 --> 00:32:16.700
 fraud

00:32:16.700 --> 00:32:18.120
 you're not

00:32:18.120 --> 00:32:18.520
 suffering

00:32:18.520 --> 00:32:19.020
 because your

00:32:19.020 --> 00:32:19.740
 holiness is

00:32:19.740 --> 00:32:20.580
 superficial and

00:32:20.580 --> 00:32:21.100
 fake

00:32:21.100 --> 00:32:22.960
 you're suffering

00:32:22.960 --> 00:32:24.000
 because I

00:32:24.000 --> 00:32:24.660
 can see

00:32:24.660 --> 00:32:26.120
 your heart

00:32:26.120 --> 00:32:26.940
 and your

00:32:26.940 --> 00:32:27.560
 faith is

00:32:27.560 --> 00:32:28.060
 authentic

00:32:28.060 --> 00:32:28.500
 there's

00:32:28.500 --> 00:32:29.100
 something here

00:32:29.100 --> 00:32:29.500
 I can

00:32:29.500 --> 00:32:30.160
 strengthen

00:32:30.160 --> 00:32:31.620
 and purify

00:32:31.619 --> 00:32:32.500
 and I

00:32:32.500 --> 00:32:33.039
 will do

00:32:33.039 --> 00:32:33.839
 that through

00:32:33.839 --> 00:32:34.459
 suffering

00:32:34.459 --> 00:32:35.099
 so stick

00:32:35.099 --> 00:32:35.639
 with it

00:32:35.639 --> 00:32:36.919
 go through

00:32:36.919 --> 00:32:37.359
 the whole

00:32:37.359 --> 00:32:37.959
 lesson

00:32:37.959 --> 00:32:39.259
 the more

00:32:39.259 --> 00:32:40.019
 you endure

00:32:40.019 --> 00:32:40.559
 the more

00:32:40.559 --> 00:32:40.899
 you will

00:32:40.899 --> 00:32:41.799
 gain from

00:32:41.799 --> 00:32:42.619
 this discipline

00:32:42.619 --> 00:32:43.939
 and what

00:32:43.939 --> 00:32:44.279
 you will

00:32:44.279 --> 00:32:44.659
 gain

00:32:44.659 --> 00:32:45.979
 you'll never

00:32:45.979 --> 00:32:46.639
 lose

00:32:46.639 --> 00:32:48.899
 you are not

00:32:48.899 --> 00:32:49.500
 of those who

00:32:49.500 --> 00:32:50.119
 shrink back

00:32:50.119 --> 00:32:50.459
 and are

00:32:50.459 --> 00:32:50.959
 destroyed

00:32:50.959 --> 00:32:52.779
 but of those

00:32:52.779 --> 00:32:53.159
 who have

00:32:53.159 --> 00:32:53.659
 faith

00:32:53.659 --> 00:32:55.259
 and preserve

00:32:55.259 --> 00:32:56.219
 their souls

00:32:56.219 --> 00:32:58.899
 God speaks

00:32:58.899 --> 00:32:59.739
 here as well

00:32:59.740 --> 00:33:00.980
 to those

00:33:00.980 --> 00:33:01.500
 who are not

00:33:01.500 --> 00:33:01.839
 in his

00:33:01.839 --> 00:33:02.259
 family

00:33:02.259 --> 00:33:04.140
 if you're

00:33:04.140 --> 00:33:04.400
 not

00:33:04.400 --> 00:33:05.000
 disciplined

00:33:05.000 --> 00:33:06.440
 then you're

00:33:06.440 --> 00:33:07.380
 illegitimate

00:33:07.380 --> 00:33:07.940
 children

00:33:07.940 --> 00:33:09.460
 and not

00:33:09.460 --> 00:33:09.759
 true

00:33:09.759 --> 00:33:10.259
 sons

00:33:10.259 --> 00:33:11.640
 there's a

00:33:11.640 --> 00:33:12.359
 warning here

00:33:12.359 --> 00:33:13.720
 don't be

00:33:13.720 --> 00:33:14.680
 satisfied with

00:33:14.680 --> 00:33:15.500
 merely the

00:33:15.500 --> 00:33:16.440
 outward appearance

00:33:16.440 --> 00:33:16.819
 of a

00:33:16.819 --> 00:33:17.319
 Christian

00:33:17.319 --> 00:33:19.359
 hanging out

00:33:19.359 --> 00:33:20.120
 in church

00:33:20.120 --> 00:33:22.099
 visiting God's

00:33:22.099 --> 00:33:22.819
 family without

00:33:22.819 --> 00:33:23.579
 becoming a

00:33:23.579 --> 00:33:24.559
 part of God's

00:33:24.559 --> 00:33:25.000
 family

00:33:25.000 --> 00:33:27.480
 you can go

00:33:27.480 --> 00:33:27.859
 through all

00:33:27.859 --> 00:33:28.339
 kinds of

00:33:28.339 --> 00:33:29.539
 religious motions

00:33:29.539 --> 00:33:30.440
 Christian

00:33:30.440 --> 00:33:31.220
 activities

00:33:31.220 --> 00:33:32.960
 but you can

00:33:32.960 --> 00:33:33.380
 do it

00:33:33.380 --> 00:33:34.059
 without ever

00:33:34.059 --> 00:33:34.700
 hearing the

00:33:34.700 --> 00:33:35.299
 voice of

00:33:35.299 --> 00:33:36.099
 God speak

00:33:36.099 --> 00:33:36.660
 to you as

00:33:36.660 --> 00:33:37.259
 his son

00:33:37.259 --> 00:33:39.660
 there's a

00:33:39.660 --> 00:33:40.500
 warning here

00:33:40.500 --> 00:33:42.519
 if you're

00:33:42.519 --> 00:33:42.940
 not a

00:33:42.940 --> 00:33:43.319
 Christian

00:33:43.319 --> 00:33:44.380
 then the

00:33:44.380 --> 00:33:45.220
 aroma of

00:33:45.220 --> 00:33:46.119
 sin and

00:33:46.119 --> 00:33:46.619
 death is

00:33:46.619 --> 00:33:47.079
 still all

00:33:47.079 --> 00:33:47.619
 over your

00:33:47.619 --> 00:33:48.079
 suffering

00:33:48.079 --> 00:33:49.839
 I don't

00:33:49.839 --> 00:33:50.200
 mean to

00:33:50.200 --> 00:33:51.039
 sound harsh

00:33:51.039 --> 00:33:51.960
 I don't

00:33:51.960 --> 00:33:52.339
 mean that

00:33:52.339 --> 00:33:52.559
 you're

00:33:52.559 --> 00:33:53.180
 suffering as

00:33:53.180 --> 00:33:53.740
 a direct

00:33:53.740 --> 00:33:54.660
 kind of

00:33:54.660 --> 00:33:55.180
 a guilt

00:33:55.180 --> 00:33:56.000
 punishment

00:33:56.000 --> 00:33:56.500
 but there's

00:33:56.500 --> 00:33:57.060
 a warning

00:33:57.060 --> 00:33:57.560
 here

00:33:57.560 --> 00:33:59.120
 if you're

00:33:59.120 --> 00:33:59.660
 not hearing

00:33:59.660 --> 00:34:00.460
 God speak

00:34:00.460 --> 00:34:01.000
 to you as

00:34:01.000 --> 00:34:02.240
 father in

00:34:02.240 --> 00:34:03.300
 your sufferings

00:34:03.300 --> 00:34:04.920
 one day

00:34:04.920 --> 00:34:05.360
 you'll hear

00:34:05.360 --> 00:34:05.779
 him speak

00:34:05.779 --> 00:34:06.320
 to you as

00:34:06.320 --> 00:34:06.940
 judge

00:34:06.940 --> 00:34:09.400
 we would

00:34:09.400 --> 00:34:09.880
 be cruel

00:34:09.880 --> 00:34:10.460
 people

00:34:10.460 --> 00:34:11.579
 if we

00:34:11.579 --> 00:34:12.079
 showed you

00:34:12.079 --> 00:34:12.599
 care in

00:34:12.599 --> 00:34:13.280
 your immediate

00:34:13.280 --> 00:34:13.940
 suffering

00:34:13.940 --> 00:34:15.300
 didn't warn

00:34:15.300 --> 00:34:15.820
 you of the

00:34:15.820 --> 00:34:16.539
 danger for

00:34:16.539 --> 00:34:17.599
 those who

00:34:17.599 --> 00:34:19.460
 die outside

00:34:19.460 --> 00:34:20.139
 of God's

00:34:20.139 --> 00:34:20.599
 love in

00:34:20.599 --> 00:34:20.920
 Jesus

00:34:20.920 --> 00:34:21.519
 Christ

00:34:21.519 --> 00:34:23.840
 in your

00:34:23.840 --> 00:34:24.559
 sufferings

00:34:24.559 --> 00:34:24.960
 hear the

00:34:24.960 --> 00:34:25.460
 voice of

00:34:25.460 --> 00:34:25.739
 God

00:34:25.739 --> 00:34:26.099
 as a

00:34:26.099 --> 00:34:26.559
 warning

00:34:26.559 --> 00:34:28.039
 but in

00:34:28.039 --> 00:34:28.279
 that

00:34:28.279 --> 00:34:28.719
 warning

00:34:28.719 --> 00:34:29.420
 hear a

00:34:29.420 --> 00:34:29.799
 veiled

00:34:29.799 --> 00:34:30.579
 invitation

00:34:30.579 --> 00:34:31.900
 of his

00:34:31.900 --> 00:34:32.519
 grace

00:34:32.519 --> 00:34:34.519
 those who

00:34:34.519 --> 00:34:35.460
 receive God's

00:34:35.460 --> 00:34:36.059
 warnings

00:34:36.059 --> 00:34:37.299
 really have

00:34:37.299 --> 00:34:37.779
 to wait

00:34:37.779 --> 00:34:38.579
 long before

00:34:38.579 --> 00:34:39.400
 they hear his

00:34:39.400 --> 00:34:39.940
 voice of

00:34:39.940 --> 00:34:40.400
 mercy

00:34:40.400 --> 00:34:41.980
 here's your

00:34:41.980 --> 00:34:42.500
 suffering

00:34:42.500 --> 00:34:43.500
 let it

00:34:43.500 --> 00:34:44.159
 drive you

00:34:44.159 --> 00:34:44.799
 to Christ

00:34:44.799 --> 00:34:45.179
 let it

00:34:45.179 --> 00:34:45.719
 drive you

00:34:45.719 --> 00:34:46.219
 back to

00:34:46.219 --> 00:34:46.960
 God's

00:34:46.960 --> 00:34:48.000
 why are

00:34:48.000 --> 00:34:48.619
 you suffering

00:34:48.619 --> 00:34:49.460
 on your

00:34:49.460 --> 00:34:50.000
 own in

00:34:50.000 --> 00:34:50.420
 isolation

00:34:50.420 --> 00:34:51.019
 when there

00:34:51.019 --> 00:34:51.360
 is a

00:34:51.360 --> 00:34:51.900
 God of

00:34:51.900 --> 00:34:52.340
 love

00:34:52.340 --> 00:34:53.500
 who would

00:34:53.500 --> 00:34:54.039
 speak to

00:34:54.039 --> 00:34:54.440
 you in

00:34:54.440 --> 00:34:55.360
 his word

00:34:55.360 --> 00:34:56.340
 if you

00:34:56.340 --> 00:34:56.760
 would just

00:34:56.760 --> 00:34:58.019
 turn from

00:34:58.019 --> 00:34:58.599
 your sin

00:34:58.599 --> 00:35:00.159
 and trust

00:35:00.159 --> 00:35:00.519
 him

00:35:00.519 --> 00:35:03.039
 finally and

00:35:03.039 --> 00:35:03.579
 I've gone

00:35:03.579 --> 00:35:04.579
 over time

00:35:04.579 --> 00:35:06.579
 how should

00:35:06.579 --> 00:35:07.119
 suffering

00:35:07.119 --> 00:35:07.760
 Christians

00:35:07.760 --> 00:35:09.880
 respond to

00:35:09.880 --> 00:35:10.440
 the voice

00:35:10.440 --> 00:35:11.039
 of God

00:35:11.039 --> 00:35:13.180
 he tells us

00:35:13.180 --> 00:35:13.539
 that he's

00:35:13.539 --> 00:35:14.019
 disciplined

00:35:14.019 --> 00:35:14.659
 us he's got

00:35:14.659 --> 00:35:15.280
 a purpose

00:35:15.280 --> 00:35:15.880
 it's out of

00:35:15.880 --> 00:35:16.400
 love

00:35:16.400 --> 00:35:17.260
 is out

00:35:17.260 --> 00:35:17.599
 of his

00:35:17.599 --> 00:35:18.180
 care

00:35:18.180 --> 00:35:19.340
 how do

00:35:19.340 --> 00:35:19.920
 we respond

00:35:19.920 --> 00:35:20.340
 to that

00:35:20.340 --> 00:35:20.579
 as

00:35:20.579 --> 00:35:21.280
 Christians

00:35:21.280 --> 00:35:23.539
 three

00:35:23.539 --> 00:35:24.099
 things

00:35:24.099 --> 00:35:25.680
 receive

00:35:25.680 --> 00:35:26.680
 by faith

00:35:26.680 --> 00:35:27.980
 what that

00:35:27.980 --> 00:35:28.380
 voice

00:35:28.380 --> 00:35:29.180
 imparts

00:35:29.180 --> 00:35:30.720
 it does

00:35:30.720 --> 00:35:31.380
 not promise

00:35:31.380 --> 00:35:32.079
 you immediate

00:35:32.079 --> 00:35:32.880
 release from

00:35:32.880 --> 00:35:33.500
 your suffering

00:35:33.500 --> 00:35:35.660
 but it does

00:35:35.660 --> 00:35:36.220
 tell you that

00:35:36.220 --> 00:35:36.960
 there's purpose

00:35:36.960 --> 00:35:38.039
 and privilege

00:35:38.039 --> 00:35:39.300
 that there's

00:35:39.300 --> 00:35:39.840
 hope

00:35:39.840 --> 00:35:40.780
 and there's

00:35:40.780 --> 00:35:41.440
 assurance

00:35:41.440 --> 00:35:43.260
 to be had

00:35:43.260 --> 00:35:44.240
 whilst you

00:35:44.240 --> 00:35:44.599
 suffer

00:35:44.599 --> 00:35:47.159
 resign

00:35:47.159 --> 00:35:47.960
 yourself

00:35:47.960 --> 00:35:48.739
 to God's

00:35:48.739 --> 00:35:49.380
 contrary

00:35:49.380 --> 00:35:50.839
 providence

00:35:50.839 --> 00:35:52.639
 I recognize

00:35:52.639 --> 00:35:53.460
 that this is a

00:35:53.460 --> 00:35:54.339
 father who's

00:35:54.339 --> 00:35:55.299
 infinitely more

00:35:55.299 --> 00:35:56.460
 wise than

00:35:56.460 --> 00:35:57.199
 you are

00:35:57.199 --> 00:35:57.819
 and he knows

00:35:57.819 --> 00:35:58.279
 what he's

00:35:58.279 --> 00:35:58.739
 doing

00:35:58.739 --> 00:36:00.779
 and rest

00:36:00.779 --> 00:36:01.659
 in that fact

00:36:01.659 --> 00:36:03.259
 the way

00:36:03.259 --> 00:36:04.139
 as you did

00:36:04.139 --> 00:36:05.000
 as a child

00:36:05.000 --> 00:36:06.179
 when you didn't

00:36:06.179 --> 00:36:06.819
 know what mum

00:36:06.819 --> 00:36:07.400
 and dad were

00:36:07.400 --> 00:36:07.940
 on about

00:36:07.940 --> 00:36:09.539
 but you knew

00:36:09.539 --> 00:36:10.059
 they were mum

00:36:10.059 --> 00:36:10.460
 and dad

00:36:10.460 --> 00:36:11.519
 and they loved

00:36:11.519 --> 00:36:11.839
 you

00:36:11.839 --> 00:36:13.079
 and so you

00:36:13.079 --> 00:36:13.679
 went along

00:36:13.679 --> 00:36:14.960
 resign yourself

00:36:14.960 --> 00:36:16.819
 the hymn writer

00:36:16.819 --> 00:36:17.699
 said the bud

00:36:17.699 --> 00:36:18.319
 may have a

00:36:18.319 --> 00:36:19.119
 bitter taste

00:36:19.119 --> 00:36:20.639
 but sweet

00:36:20.639 --> 00:36:21.859
 will be the

00:36:21.859 --> 00:36:22.339
 flower

00:36:22.339 --> 00:36:24.799
 there's something

00:36:24.799 --> 00:36:25.579
 to thank God

00:36:25.579 --> 00:36:26.119
 for in the

00:36:26.119 --> 00:36:27.019
 hardest trials

00:36:27.019 --> 00:36:28.579
 and even if you

00:36:28.579 --> 00:36:29.399
 can't see what

00:36:29.399 --> 00:36:29.919
 it is

00:36:29.919 --> 00:36:31.579
 you can thank

00:36:31.579 --> 00:36:32.259
 him for the

00:36:32.259 --> 00:36:33.519
 loving purpose

00:36:33.519 --> 00:36:34.519
 which is assured

00:36:34.519 --> 00:36:37.159
 in his word

00:36:37.159 --> 00:36:39.259
 receive by faith

00:36:39.259 --> 00:36:40.339
 then what his

00:36:40.339 --> 00:36:41.460
 voice imparts

00:36:41.460 --> 00:36:43.539
 secondly

00:36:43.539 --> 00:36:44.360
 answer the

00:36:44.360 --> 00:36:44.760
 voice

00:36:44.760 --> 00:36:46.420
 which calls

00:36:46.420 --> 00:36:47.179
 you sons

00:36:47.179 --> 00:36:49.639
 follow Jesus

00:36:49.639 --> 00:36:50.340
 example

00:36:50.340 --> 00:36:51.940
 when

00:36:51.940 --> 00:36:53.079
 God the

00:36:53.079 --> 00:36:53.920
 father spoke

00:36:53.920 --> 00:36:54.380
 to our

00:36:54.380 --> 00:36:54.880
 Lord and

00:36:54.880 --> 00:36:55.340
 said my

00:36:55.340 --> 00:36:55.840
 son

00:36:55.840 --> 00:36:58.139
 he answered

00:36:58.139 --> 00:36:58.619
 back

00:36:58.619 --> 00:37:00.119
 father

00:37:00.119 --> 00:37:03.420
 to follow

00:37:03.420 --> 00:37:04.240
 his example

00:37:04.240 --> 00:37:04.699
 in this

00:37:04.699 --> 00:37:05.880
 is to bring

00:37:05.880 --> 00:37:06.360
 us into

00:37:06.360 --> 00:37:06.780
 fellowship

00:37:06.780 --> 00:37:07.440
 with every

00:37:07.440 --> 00:37:08.179
 person in

00:37:08.179 --> 00:37:08.599
 the blessed

00:37:08.599 --> 00:37:09.159
 trinity

00:37:09.159 --> 00:37:10.699
 because we

00:37:10.699 --> 00:37:11.279
 look at the

00:37:11.279 --> 00:37:11.960
 son and we

00:37:11.960 --> 00:37:12.619
 see him

00:37:12.619 --> 00:37:13.460
 crying father

00:37:13.460 --> 00:37:14.219
 forgive them

00:37:14.219 --> 00:37:14.980
 and that's

00:37:14.980 --> 00:37:15.920
 for us

00:37:15.920 --> 00:37:18.400
 and then we

00:37:18.400 --> 00:37:19.079
 listen to the

00:37:19.079 --> 00:37:19.719
 word and we

00:37:19.719 --> 00:37:20.719
 heard hear the

00:37:20.719 --> 00:37:21.500
 voice of God

00:37:21.500 --> 00:37:22.380
 saying my

00:37:22.380 --> 00:37:23.119
 son don't

00:37:23.119 --> 00:37:23.759
 grow weary

00:37:23.759 --> 00:37:24.659
 he's speaking

00:37:24.659 --> 00:37:25.679
 to us

00:37:25.679 --> 00:37:28.719
 and then the

00:37:28.719 --> 00:37:29.759
 spirit adds

00:37:29.759 --> 00:37:30.839
 his internal

00:37:30.839 --> 00:37:32.500
 testimony in

00:37:32.500 --> 00:37:33.139
 our hearts

00:37:33.139 --> 00:37:34.199
 assures us

00:37:34.199 --> 00:37:35.299
 that this

00:37:35.299 --> 00:37:36.339
 this

00:37:36.339 --> 00:37:37.799
 encouragement

00:37:37.799 --> 00:37:38.679
 my son

00:37:38.679 --> 00:37:40.359
 is spoken

00:37:40.359 --> 00:37:42.519
 in us

00:37:42.519 --> 00:37:44.419
 and as

00:37:44.419 --> 00:37:45.399
 sons we

00:37:45.399 --> 00:37:46.139
 answer that

00:37:46.139 --> 00:37:46.739
 voice and

00:37:46.739 --> 00:37:47.419
 cry out

00:37:47.419 --> 00:37:48.719
 Abba

00:37:48.719 --> 00:37:49.159
 father

00:37:49.159 --> 00:37:50.699
 and we

00:37:50.699 --> 00:37:51.519
 find ourselves

00:37:51.519 --> 00:37:52.759
 in the midst

00:37:52.759 --> 00:37:53.199
 of our

00:37:53.199 --> 00:37:53.960
 sufferings

00:37:53.960 --> 00:37:55.780
 communing

00:37:55.780 --> 00:37:56.340
 with God

00:37:56.340 --> 00:37:56.980
 himself

00:37:56.980 --> 00:37:58.119
 our

00:37:58.119 --> 00:37:58.860
 father son

00:37:58.860 --> 00:38:00.099
 and holy

00:38:00.099 --> 00:38:00.720
 spirit

00:38:00.720 --> 00:38:03.480
 thirdly

00:38:03.480 --> 00:38:04.099
 finally

00:38:04.099 --> 00:38:05.099
 close here

00:38:05.099 --> 00:38:06.480
 obey the

00:38:06.480 --> 00:38:06.940
 voice

00:38:06.940 --> 00:38:09.019
 obey the

00:38:09.019 --> 00:38:09.320
 voice

00:38:09.320 --> 00:38:09.699
 I don't

00:38:09.699 --> 00:38:10.159
 know what

00:38:10.159 --> 00:38:10.420
 you're

00:38:10.420 --> 00:38:10.840
 suffering

00:38:10.840 --> 00:38:11.280
 I don't

00:38:11.280 --> 00:38:11.619
 know what

00:38:11.619 --> 00:38:12.179
 temptation

00:38:12.179 --> 00:38:12.840
 you face

00:38:12.840 --> 00:38:13.539
 I don't

00:38:13.539 --> 00:38:13.860
 know what

00:38:13.860 --> 00:38:14.300
 doubt

00:38:14.300 --> 00:38:16.980
 or bitterness

00:38:16.980 --> 00:38:17.880
 of mind

00:38:17.880 --> 00:38:18.720
 you're struggling

00:38:18.720 --> 00:38:20.139
 with as

00:38:20.139 --> 00:38:21.300
 we speak

00:38:21.300 --> 00:38:23.619
 but take up

00:38:23.619 --> 00:38:24.299
 that position

00:38:24.299 --> 00:38:25.019
 of fellowship

00:38:25.019 --> 00:38:25.900
 with God

00:38:25.900 --> 00:38:27.480
 a trust in

00:38:27.480 --> 00:38:28.019
 the provision

00:38:28.019 --> 00:38:28.739
 of grace

00:38:28.739 --> 00:38:29.920
 that he

00:38:29.920 --> 00:38:30.779
 promises

00:38:30.779 --> 00:38:31.699
 and obey

00:38:31.699 --> 00:38:33.359
 we

00:38:33.359 --> 00:38:34.299
 persevere

00:38:34.299 --> 00:38:35.319
 we

00:38:35.319 --> 00:38:35.940
 Christians

00:38:35.940 --> 00:38:36.859
 persevere

00:38:36.859 --> 00:38:37.480
 we

00:38:37.480 --> 00:38:38.039
 Christians

00:38:38.039 --> 00:38:38.839
 endure

00:38:38.839 --> 00:38:39.900
 we're not

00:38:39.900 --> 00:38:40.339
 the people

00:38:40.339 --> 00:38:40.739
 who give

00:38:40.739 --> 00:38:41.039
 up

00:38:41.039 --> 00:38:42.259
 you're not

00:38:42.259 --> 00:38:42.819
 the person

00:38:42.819 --> 00:38:43.440
 who gives

00:38:43.440 --> 00:38:43.739
 up

00:38:43.739 --> 00:38:44.679
 we don't

00:38:44.679 --> 00:38:45.179
 give in

00:38:45.179 --> 00:38:46.420
 we don't

00:38:46.420 --> 00:38:47.119
 turn back

00:38:47.119 --> 00:38:47.679
 we don't

00:38:47.679 --> 00:38:48.319
 tune out

00:38:48.319 --> 00:38:49.359
 we don't

00:38:49.359 --> 00:38:50.039
 turn off

00:38:50.039 --> 00:38:50.539
 we don't

00:38:50.539 --> 00:38:51.259
 grow weary

00:38:51.260 --> 00:38:52.420
 we don't

00:38:52.420 --> 00:38:53.100
 pull back

00:38:53.100 --> 00:38:53.760
 we don't

00:38:53.760 --> 00:38:54.500
 slack off

00:38:54.500 --> 00:38:55.740
 we have

00:38:55.740 --> 00:38:56.420
 Jesus as

00:38:56.420 --> 00:38:57.180
 our saviour

00:38:57.180 --> 00:38:58.740
 God the

00:38:58.740 --> 00:38:59.160
 father

00:38:59.160 --> 00:39:00.260
 as our

00:39:00.260 --> 00:39:00.880
 heavenly

00:39:00.880 --> 00:39:01.460
 father

00:39:01.460 --> 00:39:03.040
 the promised

00:39:03.040 --> 00:39:03.920
 holy spirit

00:39:03.920 --> 00:39:04.840
 within us

00:39:04.840 --> 00:39:06.640
 and a

00:39:06.640 --> 00:39:07.760
 glorious future

00:39:07.760 --> 00:39:08.220
 ahead

00:39:08.220 --> 00:39:10.160
 we are not

00:39:10.160 --> 00:39:10.700
 the ones

00:39:10.700 --> 00:39:11.120
 who draw

00:39:11.120 --> 00:39:11.500
 back

00:39:11.500 --> 00:39:12.800
 but those

00:39:12.800 --> 00:39:13.380
 who press

00:39:13.380 --> 00:39:13.880
 on in

00:39:13.880 --> 00:39:14.200
 faith

00:39:14.200 --> 00:39:16.640
 and obediently

00:39:16.640 --> 00:39:17.440
 serve

00:39:17.440 --> 00:39:18.840
 our God

00:39:18.840 --> 00:39:20.360
 in faith

00:39:20.360 --> 00:39:21.480
 amen

00:39:21.480 --> 00:39:22.640
 and have

00:39:22.640 --> 00:39:23.260
 you forgotten

00:39:23.260 --> 00:39:25.140
 the exhortation

00:39:25.140 --> 00:39:26.340
 that addresses

00:39:26.340 --> 00:39:26.940
 you as

00:39:26.940 --> 00:39:27.420
 sons

00:39:27.420 --> 00:39:28.820
 my son

00:39:28.820 --> 00:39:29.500
 do not

00:39:29.500 --> 00:39:29.980
 regard

00:39:29.980 --> 00:39:30.440
 lightly

00:39:30.440 --> 00:39:31.100
 the discipline

00:39:31.100 --> 00:39:31.579
 of the

00:39:31.579 --> 00:39:31.900
 Lord

00:39:31.900 --> 00:39:33.220
 nor be

00:39:33.220 --> 00:39:33.620
 weary

00:39:33.620 --> 00:39:34.519
 when reproved

00:39:34.519 --> 00:39:35.120
 by him

00:39:35.120 --> 00:39:36.300
 for the

00:39:36.300 --> 00:39:36.480
 Lord

00:39:36.480 --> 00:39:37.120
 disciplines

00:39:37.120 --> 00:39:37.539
 the one

00:39:37.539 --> 00:39:38.180
 he loves

00:39:38.180 --> 00:39:40.260
 and chastises

00:39:40.260 --> 00:39:41.140
 every son

00:39:41.140 --> 00:39:41.680
 whom he

00:39:41.680 --> 00:39:42.380
 receives

00:39:42.380 --> 00:39:43.960
 it is for

00:39:43.960 --> 00:39:44.539
 discipline

00:39:44.539 --> 00:39:44.900
 that you

00:39:44.900 --> 00:39:45.340
 have to

00:39:45.340 --> 00:39:45.780
 endure

00:39:45.780 --> 00:39:47.220
 God is

00:39:47.220 --> 00:39:47.600
 treating

00:39:47.599 --> 00:39:48.219
 you

00:39:48.219 --> 00:39:49.360
 as

00:39:49.360 --> 00:39:49.799
 sons

00:39:49.799 --> 00:39:50.579
 amen