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 James chapter 4. James is speaking to the Jewish Christians, the Jews among the dispersion, who are professing Christ.

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! He starts off his chapter by bringing up what is a friendship with the world, a type of worldliness in them that he confronts very directly.

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 And we'll see as we go through this how James deals with them and hopefully draw some conclusions for our church this day and age.

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 Before we dig into the text, I'm just going to pray and then we'll walk through it. Sound good?

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 All right. Lord, I thank you, God, for your word. Thank you, God, that in your word is power.

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 Thank you that it is a living word that is alive and active.

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 I pray, God, that you would help me to speak truthfully from your word, that you would give me your mouth, Lord, to only speak what you are saying.

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 I pray that you would encourage us, Lord, and build us up today, that we would walk away more sanctified, Lord, more trusting of you, more repentant, God.

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 In true and earnest repentance, Lord, we would turn back to you where we have gone astray.

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 In Jesus' name. Amen.

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 Okay, James chapter 4, beginning in verse 1.

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 It says,

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 Okay, so there's a lot in here.

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 As I was praying and thinking about how I would present this before you.

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 James is writing to Christians who are duplicitous in their living and acting as Christians.

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 He starts off with a question.

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 He says,

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 So he poses a question.

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 Obviously, there's not perfect unity.

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 At least that, you know, he can maybe see.

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 He knows that there's tension.

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 And then there's a little bit of fighting.

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 There's a little bit of arguing.

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 There's a little bit of obvious quarreling.

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 And he asks the question.

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 He's like,

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 What causes this?

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 Okay.

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 And then he almost rhetorically answers just after.

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 He says,

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 Isn't that this, that your passions are at war within you?

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 In other words, you fight because you want to fight from deep within.

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 You have a genuine reason for fighting.

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 It's not happenstance.

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 It's not, well, you know, like, I just don't get along with this person.

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 And, you know, so we bicker, you know.

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 He clearly gets to the heart of the quarreling and the fighting by saying,

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 There's something within us or within you that drives the fighting, and it's your passions.

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 He says,

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 Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you?

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 In Mark 7, verse 14, Jesus says,

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 And he called the people again and said to them,

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 Hear me, all of you, and understand.

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 There's nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him.

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 But the things that come out of a person are what defile him.

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 Okay, so Jesus doubles down in a very similar manner to James,

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 saying that it's not the externals that frustrate us and cause us to quarrel and fight,

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 but the internals.

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 Okay, out of our, Jesus later says,

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 Out of our heart come all these things, envy and malice and greed and lust,

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 and all these things from within, out of our own hearts.

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 James is doing the same thing as Jesus.

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 He's doubling down and saying,

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 I know exactly what's going on here.

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 And I think you can see later that they actually do as well,

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 but there is a suppression of that truth,

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 or maybe a sharing,

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 even though they do know the truth that's within them,

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 there's a sharing of, or being okay with that,

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 that's letting them go on and quarreling and fighting.

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 And so, you can see here in Mark 7, when Jesus speaks,

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 he's almost reminding the people.

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 You can see it, he says,

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 he called the people again to himself.

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 And then, he's very direct.

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 He says, hear me all of you,

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 and understand that it's not,

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 there's nothing outside a person

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 that by going into him can defile him.

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 Okay, so he's reiterating, he's like,

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 you have to remember something about what comes from within,

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 and what issues from within outward,

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 not merely outward in.

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 Okay, and then he explains

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 how that person is guilty from within,

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 and not from the outside causes.

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 So, a lot of the times with us,

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 you know, in our day-to-day life,

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 we're tempted to think that

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 we get ripped off by

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 so many different things.

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 You know,

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 if only I made more money,

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 if only I had,

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 you know,

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 a different boss,

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 maybe different spouse,

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 you know,

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 if only he understood me,

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 if only she didn't nag me,

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 all these things.

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 I am this way because of the outside.

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 Okay?

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 Well, Jesus says,

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 no, you're not this way.

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 These frustrations within you

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 aren't merely,

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 only causal from the outside.

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 There's another acting thing,

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 and that's called your passions within you.

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 Paul gets at this when he says that

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 our passions are aroused by the law.

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 So, when the commandment comes,

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 sin comes as well.

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 It comes alive in us.

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 Not in the other person,

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 but in us,

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 Paul says in Romans 7.

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 And so,

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 it's really important for us to remember

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 as we're reading James,

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 is that

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 we are the same,

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 you know,

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 these people were born after Adam

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 in sin,

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 and so are we.

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 So,

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 this type of quarreling,

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 this type of struggle,

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 is the same struggle

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 that we are vulnerable to.

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 Okay?

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 And these aren't

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 maybe degenerate unbelievers.

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 These are professing Christians.

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 So,

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 this is our category as well.

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 So,

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 when we read this,

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 let's hear the words of James

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 and examine ourselves.

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 Amen?

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 Amen?

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 Okay.

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 You see this all the time.

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 I think,

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 honestly,

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 with parenting,

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 it's even more clear.

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 Parents love to make excuses

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 for their children's misbehavior,

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 even if there's some truth to them.

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 You know,

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 I hear a lot,

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 you know,

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 he just didn't nap.

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 Sorry.

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 It's just like,

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 well,

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 yeah,

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 it makes sense.

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 I would probably be a little crabby

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 if I was tired,

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 but,

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 in the end,

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 his lack of napping

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 is not the causal agent

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 for his screaming.

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 Right?

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 They come out of the womb

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 disobedient,

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 and

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 it's not merely that

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 the world is against them.

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 It might be,

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 but

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 we as parents

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 are supposed to teach them

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 how to master their passions

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 within them.

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 Okay?

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 You know,

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 I was listening to,

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 actually,

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 an unbelieving parent talk

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 to his son,

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 probably three or four years old,

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 and his son was really fussy,

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 would not calm down,

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 and all the dad was saying

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 is basically,

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 son,

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 like,

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 you ate a lot of sugar.

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 You know,

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 that's what happens

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 when you have too much sugar.

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 You know,

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 you hit a low,

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 and you need to learn from that.

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 I'm kind of thinking,

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 like,

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 he probably did eat a lot of sugar,

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 but that is not the reason

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 for why he's acting this way.

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 You know,

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 in fact,

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 if I ate a lot of sugar,

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 I would probably be super stoked.

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 You know,

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 like,

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 maybe I'll hit a low later

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 and be like him,

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 but

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 the problem is not

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 the externals.

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 I think you guys get that,

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 but

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 it's not merely that,

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 you know,

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 it's all external,

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 but

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 we frustrate ourselves,

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 you know.

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 This dad was trying

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 to convince his son

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 that he really valued

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 not fussing,

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 which was pretty much

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 pointless for his son

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 because his son

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 clearly didn't have that

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 as a category for value.

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 You know,

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 he valued sugar,

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 you know.

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 Not fussing,

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 he was cool with not fussing

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 because

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 he wants something

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 completely different.

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 That's an easy

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 illustration for us,

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 but we,

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 like children

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 in Christ,

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 if we are not

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 sanctified by the Holy Spirit,

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 are not mature

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 and are like children,

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 okay,

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 in that we

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 want to do the things

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 that we should not

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 want to do.

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 From within,

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 we

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 don't have self-control,

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 you know.

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 We might have

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 it put together

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 on the outside,

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 but where

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 is our hearts?

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 Are we like children

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 in our hearts,

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 wanting,

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 maybe even lusting,

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 as we're going to examine

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 the way that James speaks?

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 So it's good to ask ourselves

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 and even pray,

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 Lord,

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 make us not like children,

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 as the Apostle Paul said.

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 Let us grow up

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 into maturity.

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 Save us from the ways

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 that we are

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 throwing

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 inner tantrums.

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 Okay,

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 and so

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 James says,

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 is it not your passions

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 that are at war

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 within you?

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 All right,

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 and

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 he says,

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 you desire,

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 so that's the passion element,

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 you desire

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 and do not have,

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 so you murder.

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 You can even hear

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 James chapter 1

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 in here,

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 the progression of sin.

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 First comes desire,

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 and then

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 it gives birth

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 to sin.

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 It says,

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 you desire

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 and do not have,

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 so you murder.

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 You covet

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 and cannot obtain,

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 so you fight

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 and quarrel.

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 You do not have

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 because you do not ask.

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 So we fight

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 and quarrel

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 because we want to.

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 We fight

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 also because we're empty.

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 Okay,

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 notice how

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 James says,

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 you desire

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 and do not have,

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 okay,

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 emptiness.

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 You don't have,

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 and so you murder.

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 Now,

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 emptiness

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 doesn't necessarily

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 lead to

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 only the sin of murder,

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 as we can see

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 when James says,

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 you also covet

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 and what?

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 And cannot obtain,

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 so you don't have

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 something again.

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 Okay,

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 you do not have,

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 can't obtain,

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 you don't possess,

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 because you do not ask.

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 So,

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 we see James

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 is going hard,

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 he's saying,

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 he's like,

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 you fight because

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 you want to,

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 and you fight

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 because you're empty.

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 You fight because

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 you don't have something.

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 The emptiness

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 always comes

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 from a place

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 of not being satisfied.

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 It always comes

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 from the lack

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 of satisfaction,

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 lack of having enough,

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 and so,

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 that makes

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 our passions

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 eager

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 to fill

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 the lack,

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 right?

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 And James

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 says,

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 you do not have,

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 almost shockingly,

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 in a way,

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 shockingly simple,

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 that is,

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 you do not have

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 simply because

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 you don't ask.

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 So,

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 he turns it away

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 from their passions

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 and their emptiness

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 and now turns it

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 towards God.

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 You don't,

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 you don't have

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 something because

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 you don't actually

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 come to the one

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 who possesses it,

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 who owns everything,

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 who is God,

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 who created you

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 in this world

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 with everything in it.

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 You don't have

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 because you don't

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 come and ask.

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 You ask,

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 verse,

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 in verse 3,

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 you ask and do

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 not receive

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 because you ask

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 wrongly.

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 Okay,

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 now he's doubling

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 down on even

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 the asking.

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 It's not merely

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 asking,

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 but it's,

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 why do you ask?

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 What do you ask

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 for?

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 With what motive?

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 He says,

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 you do not ask,

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 or you ask

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 and do not receive

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 because you ask

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 wrongly

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 to spend it

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 on your own

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 passions.

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 He says,

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 there is a way

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 that you come

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 to the Lord

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 that's genuine.

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 That doesn't say,

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 okay, James,

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 we get it.

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 Pray to the Lord,

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 you know,

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 and we'll get something.

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 I'll pray to the Lord.

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 Lord,

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 give me what I want.

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 You know,

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 just,

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 just make,

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 make my wife

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 less this way.

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 It's like,

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 well,

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 the Lord's just like,

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 maybe I called you

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 to love her,

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 right?

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 And vice versa.

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 We pray all the time.

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 Maybe we don't,

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 maybe we don't call it prayer.

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 Maybe we just offer up

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 thoughts to God

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 of accusations

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 of the things

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 in our life.

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 But this is an asking,

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 this is an asking

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 that's wrong.

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 This is asking wrongly.

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 And we need to watch out

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 with how we approach God.

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 And we're going to see

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 as James walks through this,

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 how we actually do truly

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 come to the Lord

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 and ask genuinely.

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 that we receive.

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 So he says,

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 you ask and do not receive

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 because you ask wrongly.

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 Spend it

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 on your own passions.

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 This reminds me of

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 when Jesus fed

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 the 5,000.

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 He gave them all bread,

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 performed the miracle.

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 And he,

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 he brought a crowd with them

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 as he left.

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 and then he started

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 to speak to them

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 and he's just like,

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 I know why you're seeking me.

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 It's because

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 you enjoyed the bread

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 I gave you

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 and you probably want

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 some more of that.

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 Maybe it wasn't a bad thing,

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 but you can kind of hear

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 a tone in there

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 of

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 childlike

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 following.

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 You're only seeking me

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 because I fed you.

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 You know,

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 you don't really want

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 to ask of me

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 for my teaching.

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 You don't really care

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 about my teaching.

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 You want to be fed again.

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 And that's when he,

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 of course,

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 says,

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 I am the bread of life.

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 I am

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 the one who comes down

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 from heaven

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 and feeds you.

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 Not in a mere

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 temporal sense,

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 but I feed your soul.

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 You know,

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 and so

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 you can hear that

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 even as James speaks

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 with the asking

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 of the Lord.

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 Do we ask

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 in the mere temporal sense

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 for a temporal bread,

00:17:00.820 --> 00:17:01.379
 so to speak?

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 Or are we seeking

00:17:02.480 --> 00:17:03.000
 the Lord

00:17:03.000 --> 00:17:04.740
 because we want Him?

00:17:05.339 --> 00:17:06.519
 We want the satisfaction

00:17:06.519 --> 00:17:07.660
 that comes from Him

00:17:07.660 --> 00:17:08.920
 as the bread of life.

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 So in verse 3,

00:17:11.640 --> 00:17:11.980
 he says,

00:17:12.039 --> 00:17:13.039
 you ask and do not receive

00:17:13.039 --> 00:17:13.740
 because you want

00:17:13.740 --> 00:17:14.700
 to spend it wrongly.

00:17:15.339 --> 00:17:16.680
 And then James

00:17:16.680 --> 00:17:17.799
 keeps going.

00:17:18.740 --> 00:17:19.460
 He says,

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 you adulterous people.

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 He brings His rebuke

00:17:24.240 --> 00:17:26.539
 just almost to its antithesis.

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 He calls them

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 an adulterous people.

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 Okay?

00:17:30.599 --> 00:17:30.759
 I mean,

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 this is,

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 so if you're a Jew,

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 even if you're a,

00:17:37.079 --> 00:17:38.960
 now a Messianic Jew,

00:17:39.319 --> 00:17:40.140
 follower of Jesus,

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 you don't forget

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 all that you were raised

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 and born with

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 from the Old Testament

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 scriptures.

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 These people are

00:17:48.339 --> 00:17:50.299
 well keyed into the law.

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 And that is one,

00:17:51.660 --> 00:17:52.200
 as we know,

00:17:52.279 --> 00:17:53.400
 one of the Ten Commandments,

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 you shall not commit adultery.

00:17:55.960 --> 00:17:56.140
 Okay?

00:17:56.240 --> 00:17:57.640
 So he just straight up,

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 doesn't seem like he

00:18:00.040 --> 00:18:02.019
 cuts any corners.

00:18:02.820 --> 00:18:05.960
 He spares the temperate speech.

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 And he just says,

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 you are an adulterous people.

00:18:09.880 --> 00:18:10.080
 Okay?

00:18:10.560 --> 00:18:10.820
 Sure,

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 if I would hear this

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 and I had a little bit

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 of pride in me,

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 I would be very offended.

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 So James says,

00:18:17.360 --> 00:18:18.759
 you're an adulterous people.

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 And both the Old Testament

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 and the New Testament

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 speaks of God

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 in a way,

00:18:24.140 --> 00:18:24.880
 many times,

00:18:24.880 --> 00:18:25.920
 as our husband,

00:18:26.220 --> 00:18:27.380
 we are his bride

00:18:27.380 --> 00:18:28.720
 in a covenant,

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 in a marriage covenant,

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 so to speak,

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 spiritually.

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 And,

00:18:32.680 --> 00:18:34.839
 the Jews know this.

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 And so James says,

00:18:37.079 --> 00:18:37.420
 you

00:18:37.420 --> 00:18:39.940
 are a people

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 having an affair.

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 there's something

00:18:45.579 --> 00:18:47.819
 grossly unfaithful

00:18:47.819 --> 00:18:48.819
 about you.

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 There's an infidelity

00:18:50.640 --> 00:18:51.500
 that has snuck

00:18:51.500 --> 00:18:52.539
 into your hearts

00:18:52.539 --> 00:18:54.420
 with how you live,

00:18:54.759 --> 00:18:55.879
 with how you say,

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 I live for the Lord.

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 I live for God.

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 And he's saying,

00:19:01.460 --> 00:19:03.500
 you are an adulterous people.

00:19:04.059 --> 00:19:05.740
 You fight and quarrel.

00:19:06.180 --> 00:19:07.319
 You let your lust

00:19:07.319 --> 00:19:08.180
 and your passions

00:19:08.180 --> 00:19:08.920
 rule you.

00:19:09.740 --> 00:19:09.980
 Okay?

00:19:09.980 --> 00:19:11.819
 We want to say,

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 and I would caution

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 even myself

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 as I read this,

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 we want to say,

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 surely not me.

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 You know?

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 Or surely not to

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 the degree

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 that I would

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 put other

00:19:22.059 --> 00:19:24.500
 people in the category of.

00:19:24.860 --> 00:19:25.059
 You know,

00:19:25.099 --> 00:19:25.880
 that's not me.

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 I know who it is.

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 They're in that category.

00:19:28.720 --> 00:19:29.140
 And so,

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 I think I'm good

00:19:30.180 --> 00:19:30.759
 with the Lord.

00:19:32.120 --> 00:19:32.599
 James,

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 watch out.

00:19:34.799 --> 00:19:35.620
 So as to

00:19:35.620 --> 00:19:36.599
 not actually

00:19:36.599 --> 00:19:37.360
 be found

00:19:37.360 --> 00:19:37.960
 genuinely

00:19:37.960 --> 00:19:39.220
 in the category

00:19:39.220 --> 00:19:40.259
 that James

00:19:40.259 --> 00:19:41.039
 is speaking to.

00:19:41.440 --> 00:19:42.180
 The Lord wants

00:19:42.180 --> 00:19:43.120
 us to be humble

00:19:43.120 --> 00:19:44.480
 and receive

00:19:44.480 --> 00:19:45.259
 what the Lord

00:19:45.259 --> 00:19:45.799
 is saying

00:19:45.799 --> 00:19:46.480
 to James.

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 Examine ourselves.

00:19:48.740 --> 00:19:50.019
 He spares no expense.

00:19:50.559 --> 00:19:51.059
 He says,

00:19:51.220 --> 00:19:52.380
 you are an adulterous people,

00:19:52.500 --> 00:19:53.500
 unfaithful in the way

00:19:53.500 --> 00:19:54.160
 that you are living

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 and acting.

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 And the reason

00:19:56.120 --> 00:19:56.819
 that I know this,

00:19:56.880 --> 00:19:57.279
 he says,

00:19:57.340 --> 00:19:58.039
 is because you are

00:19:58.039 --> 00:19:59.019
 fighting and quarreling.

00:19:59.700 --> 00:19:59.920
 Okay?

00:19:59.920 --> 00:20:01.759
 Now,

00:20:01.980 --> 00:20:03.720
 that doesn't mean

00:20:03.720 --> 00:20:04.940
 that we're off the hook

00:20:04.940 --> 00:20:05.900
 if you have

00:20:05.900 --> 00:20:06.480
 a

00:20:06.480 --> 00:20:08.779
 merely

00:20:08.779 --> 00:20:09.519
 externally

00:20:09.519 --> 00:20:10.740
 non-quarreling

00:20:10.740 --> 00:20:11.600
 marriage,

00:20:11.920 --> 00:20:12.700
 friendships,

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 etc.

00:20:13.539 --> 00:20:14.420
 Because remember,

00:20:14.560 --> 00:20:15.140
 he doubles down

00:20:15.140 --> 00:20:15.759
 on the passions.

00:20:16.840 --> 00:20:17.000
 You know,

00:20:17.700 --> 00:20:19.000
 there is a way,

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 and I'm sure

00:20:19.500 --> 00:20:20.019
 all of you

00:20:20.019 --> 00:20:20.900
 have experienced this,

00:20:21.360 --> 00:20:21.840
 where you can

00:20:21.840 --> 00:20:22.500
 hold it together,

00:20:22.840 --> 00:20:24.340
 but you are angry

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 on the inside.

00:20:26.500 --> 00:20:26.660
 Okay?

00:20:27.560 --> 00:20:28.440
 James is also

00:20:28.440 --> 00:20:29.600
 speaking to us.

00:20:29.920 --> 00:20:31.500
 Who know that

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 and struggle with that.

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 Maybe we'd be humble.

00:20:34.100 --> 00:20:34.259
 Okay?

00:20:35.900 --> 00:20:37.940
 This is the exact language,

00:20:38.060 --> 00:20:38.320
 actually,

00:20:38.420 --> 00:20:39.360
 that Jesus uses

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 in Matthew 12,

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 when he's talking

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 to the Pharisees,

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 essentially the

00:20:44.360 --> 00:20:46.500
 proud ones

00:20:46.500 --> 00:20:47.519
 of his day,

00:20:48.120 --> 00:20:49.360
 professing Christians,

00:20:49.680 --> 00:20:49.940
 maybe,

00:20:50.100 --> 00:20:51.460
 they would say,

00:20:51.940 --> 00:20:52.460
 or at least

00:20:52.460 --> 00:20:53.640
 followers of

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 their father Abraham.

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 He says,

00:20:57.519 --> 00:20:58.200
 an evil

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 and adulterous

00:21:00.279 --> 00:21:01.000
 generation

00:21:01.000 --> 00:21:02.440
 seeks for a sign,

00:21:02.620 --> 00:21:03.440
 but no sign

00:21:03.440 --> 00:21:04.100
 will be given,

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 except the sign

00:21:05.819 --> 00:21:06.799
 of the prophet Jonah.

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 So he uses,

00:21:08.400 --> 00:21:08.680
 again,

00:21:09.340 --> 00:21:10.140
 to the Jews,

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 this image

00:21:11.620 --> 00:21:12.680
 of evil

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 and adulterous

00:21:14.480 --> 00:21:16.240
 infidelity.

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 and we

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 must take heed

00:21:19.759 --> 00:21:21.299
 that we

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 understand

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 where James

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 is going.

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 So,

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 moving on,

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 what does he say

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 after his

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 strong abuse?

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 Do you not

00:21:30.259 --> 00:21:30.720
 know

00:21:30.720 --> 00:21:31.839
 that friendship

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 with the world

00:21:32.579 --> 00:21:33.160
 is enmity

00:21:33.160 --> 00:21:33.740
 with God?

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 Therefore,

00:21:35.519 --> 00:21:36.180
 whoever wishes

00:21:36.180 --> 00:21:37.640
 to be a friend

00:21:37.640 --> 00:21:38.680
 of the world

00:21:38.680 --> 00:21:39.420
 makes himself

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 an enemy

00:21:40.579 --> 00:21:41.259
 of God.

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 in what ways

00:21:45.000 --> 00:21:45.599
 do we live

00:21:45.599 --> 00:21:46.140
 our lives

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 that are,

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 that we know,

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 what areas

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 are we neutral

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 to the world

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 so that we can

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 have

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 maybe some

00:22:00.599 --> 00:22:01.079
 pleasure

00:22:01.079 --> 00:22:02.900
 and mostly,

00:22:03.420 --> 00:22:04.119
 we might say,

00:22:04.599 --> 00:22:05.720
 living for the Lord,

00:22:05.859 --> 00:22:07.119
 that sort of thing.

00:22:07.599 --> 00:22:08.200
 I would,

00:22:08.200 --> 00:22:08.220
 I would,

00:22:08.220 --> 00:22:08.980
 I would press this

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 that there is no

00:22:09.759 --> 00:22:11.039
 neutrality to the world.

00:22:11.259 --> 00:22:12.980
 that we can share.

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 Neutrality to the world

00:22:15.460 --> 00:22:16.559
 ends

00:22:16.559 --> 00:22:17.640
 in serving

00:22:17.640 --> 00:22:18.299
 two masters.

00:22:19.299 --> 00:22:19.519
 We,

00:22:19.519 --> 00:22:20.460
 we can't be neutral.

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 We either have to be

00:22:22.339 --> 00:22:24.079
 enemies of the world

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 so as

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 to not be

00:22:27.180 --> 00:22:27.940
 drawn in

00:22:27.940 --> 00:22:29.000
 by the world.

00:22:30.599 --> 00:22:31.879
 Friendship with the world

00:22:31.879 --> 00:22:33.200
 is enmity with God.

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 You know,

00:22:35.440 --> 00:22:36.440
 a lot of examples

00:22:36.440 --> 00:22:37.019
 of this is,

00:22:37.119 --> 00:22:37.359
 obviously,

00:22:37.500 --> 00:22:38.240
 we're put in,

00:22:38.240 --> 00:22:39.200
 we're in the world.

00:22:40.220 --> 00:22:40.660
 Jesus says,

00:22:40.839 --> 00:22:41.059
 you know,

00:22:41.059 --> 00:22:41.639
 we're in the world

00:22:41.639 --> 00:22:42.579
 but not of the world.

00:22:42.940 --> 00:22:43.799
 We're called to preach

00:22:43.799 --> 00:22:45.279
 the gospel to the world

00:22:45.279 --> 00:22:46.259
 so we have to

00:22:46.259 --> 00:22:47.980
 interact with the world,

00:22:48.099 --> 00:22:48.960
 much of the world,

00:22:49.039 --> 00:22:49.819
 all the time.

00:22:50.539 --> 00:22:50.799
 But,

00:22:50.940 --> 00:22:52.079
 obviously,

00:22:52.440 --> 00:22:53.899
 I hope it's obvious

00:22:53.899 --> 00:22:54.879
 that James is speaking

00:22:54.879 --> 00:22:55.839
 about the state

00:22:55.839 --> 00:22:56.539
 of our souls

00:22:56.539 --> 00:22:57.460
 with the world.

00:22:58.319 --> 00:22:59.519
 Our souls must remain

00:22:59.519 --> 00:23:00.879
 untouched by the stain

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 of the world.

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 And he's speaking

00:23:03.039 --> 00:23:03.539
 of the world

00:23:03.539 --> 00:23:04.259
 in this sense,

00:23:04.259 --> 00:23:07.539
 not in the

00:23:07.539 --> 00:23:08.539
 all-encompassing

00:23:08.539 --> 00:23:09.319
 general world

00:23:09.319 --> 00:23:10.660
 but the world

00:23:10.660 --> 00:23:11.640
 that is in rebellion

00:23:11.640 --> 00:23:12.319
 against God

00:23:12.319 --> 00:23:13.980
 and the ways of God

00:23:13.980 --> 00:23:15.619
 that doesn't accept

00:23:15.619 --> 00:23:16.319
 God's Son,

00:23:16.619 --> 00:23:17.319
 Jesus Christ.

00:23:18.619 --> 00:23:20.579
 And we must watch out

00:23:20.579 --> 00:23:21.259
 that we don't

00:23:22.200 --> 00:23:23.259
 become

00:23:23.779 --> 00:23:25.339
 neutral.

00:23:26.619 --> 00:23:27.099
 Obviously,

00:23:27.220 --> 00:23:27.779
 not share,

00:23:28.039 --> 00:23:28.900
 but the neutrality

00:23:28.900 --> 00:23:29.740
 is difficult.

00:23:29.740 --> 00:23:30.960
 That is where

00:23:30.960 --> 00:23:31.799
 the schemes of the devil

00:23:31.799 --> 00:23:32.720
 want to sneak in

00:23:32.720 --> 00:23:34.920
 and let us think

00:23:34.920 --> 00:23:36.019
 like the world.

00:23:36.620 --> 00:23:37.480
 We're born into it.

00:23:37.539 --> 00:23:38.079
 We're born into

00:23:38.079 --> 00:23:38.759
 actually already

00:23:38.759 --> 00:23:40.140
 having a carnal mindset.

00:23:41.539 --> 00:23:42.420
 And praise be to God

00:23:42.420 --> 00:23:43.539
 that if we're in Christ,

00:23:43.880 --> 00:23:44.700
 we are daily

00:23:44.700 --> 00:23:45.920
 being sanctified,

00:23:46.339 --> 00:23:47.720
 saved from that carnality,

00:23:48.620 --> 00:23:49.700
 but take heed.

00:23:50.279 --> 00:23:50.460
 You know,

00:23:50.579 --> 00:23:51.259
 Corinthians says,

00:23:51.680 --> 00:23:53.140
 if any man thinks

00:23:53.140 --> 00:23:53.740
 he stands,

00:23:53.880 --> 00:23:54.539
 let him take heed

00:23:54.539 --> 00:23:55.299
 lest he fall.

00:23:56.059 --> 00:23:56.240
 Okay?

00:23:56.539 --> 00:23:57.559
 God is saving us,

00:23:57.599 --> 00:23:58.120
 no doubt.

00:23:58.420 --> 00:23:59.000
 And we should have

00:23:59.000 --> 00:23:59.620
 assurance

00:23:59.619 --> 00:24:01.299
 on God's promises

00:24:01.299 --> 00:24:03.000
 that he will indeed

00:24:03.000 --> 00:24:03.859
 cleanse us,

00:24:04.239 --> 00:24:05.959
 but God does not want

00:24:05.959 --> 00:24:06.879
 us to be

00:24:06.879 --> 00:24:07.619
 unaware

00:24:07.619 --> 00:24:08.959
 and passive.

00:24:10.599 --> 00:24:11.039
 And so,

00:24:11.719 --> 00:24:14.419
 that leads me to

00:24:14.419 --> 00:24:17.239
 the next part of James

00:24:17.239 --> 00:24:19.339
 where James

00:24:19.339 --> 00:24:20.339
 starts to begin

00:24:20.339 --> 00:24:21.659
 his solution

00:24:21.659 --> 00:24:23.879
 to their problem.

00:24:24.659 --> 00:24:25.399
 He kind of just went

00:24:25.399 --> 00:24:26.359
 on a mini saga

00:24:26.359 --> 00:24:28.419
 of explaining,

00:24:28.420 --> 00:24:29.380
 diagnosing,

00:24:29.380 --> 00:24:29.380


00:24:29.380 --> 00:24:30.519
 and then rebuking

00:24:30.519 --> 00:24:31.100
 them hardcore

00:24:31.100 --> 00:24:32.480
 for what's going on.

00:24:34.100 --> 00:24:35.200
 And he says

00:24:35.200 --> 00:24:36.720
 in

00:24:36.720 --> 00:24:39.180
 verse 6,

00:24:39.720 --> 00:24:42.160
 right there,

00:24:43.160 --> 00:24:43.340
 yeah,

00:24:43.380 --> 00:24:43.880
 verse 6,

00:24:43.980 --> 00:24:45.300
 but he gives more grace.

00:24:46.500 --> 00:24:46.740
 Therefore,

00:24:46.880 --> 00:24:47.140
 it says,

00:24:47.360 --> 00:24:48.620
 God opposes the proud

00:24:48.620 --> 00:24:50.380
 but gives grace

00:24:50.380 --> 00:24:51.480
 to the humble.

00:24:52.460 --> 00:24:53.420
 This is the first part

00:24:53.420 --> 00:24:53.900
 of his portion

00:24:53.900 --> 00:24:55.140
 that we kind of get

00:24:55.140 --> 00:24:56.160
 a little bit of a lift,

00:24:56.720 --> 00:24:57.000
 right?

00:24:57.560 --> 00:24:58.540
 At least on the back

00:24:58.540 --> 00:24:59.040
 end of that.

00:24:59.400 --> 00:24:59.800
 He says,

00:25:00.240 --> 00:25:01.280
 God opposes

00:25:01.280 --> 00:25:02.400
 the proud

00:25:02.400 --> 00:25:03.660
 but gives grace

00:25:03.660 --> 00:25:04.480
 to the humble.

00:25:05.540 --> 00:25:06.259
 A lot of this

00:25:06.259 --> 00:25:06.880
 comes from

00:25:06.880 --> 00:25:07.740
 simply not

00:25:07.740 --> 00:25:08.840
 knowing God

00:25:08.840 --> 00:25:11.000
 as he truly is

00:25:11.000 --> 00:25:12.120
 and

00:25:12.120 --> 00:25:13.780
 the pride

00:25:13.780 --> 00:25:14.660
 of life

00:25:14.660 --> 00:25:16.220
 as 1 John says,

00:25:16.660 --> 00:25:17.940
 the love of the world,

00:25:18.620 --> 00:25:19.560
 things like money,

00:25:20.040 --> 00:25:20.740
 things like just

00:25:20.740 --> 00:25:22.240
 ways of thinking

00:25:22.240 --> 00:25:23.220
 that are carnal.

00:25:23.220 --> 00:25:24.420
 all these things

00:25:24.420 --> 00:25:25.180
 are desirable

00:25:25.180 --> 00:25:26.500
 but when we actually

00:25:26.500 --> 00:25:27.579
 think about God,

00:25:28.319 --> 00:25:30.960
 we seldom have

00:25:30.960 --> 00:25:31.920
 a true fear

00:25:31.920 --> 00:25:33.420
 that extinguishes

00:25:33.420 --> 00:25:34.079
 our pride.

00:25:35.319 --> 00:25:36.380
 If we truly

00:25:36.380 --> 00:25:37.180
 feared the Lord,

00:25:37.819 --> 00:25:38.799
 we would regard

00:25:38.799 --> 00:25:39.940
 the ways

00:25:39.940 --> 00:25:40.620
 and the methods

00:25:40.620 --> 00:25:41.440
 of the world

00:25:41.440 --> 00:25:42.600
 as nothing

00:25:42.600 --> 00:25:43.799
 in comparison

00:25:43.799 --> 00:25:44.680
 to the ways

00:25:44.680 --> 00:25:45.180
 of God.

00:25:46.440 --> 00:25:47.140
 God,

00:25:47.400 --> 00:25:48.980
 as in the prophets,

00:25:50.019 --> 00:25:50.880
 I think Isaiah

00:25:50.880 --> 00:25:51.720
 the prophet says

00:25:51.720 --> 00:25:52.079
 that

00:25:52.079 --> 00:25:55.579
 the Lord says

00:25:55.579 --> 00:25:56.000
 that I

00:25:56.000 --> 00:25:58.539
 am not like you.

00:25:59.640 --> 00:26:00.799
 My thoughts,

00:26:01.240 --> 00:26:01.940
 what I think

00:26:01.940 --> 00:26:02.579
 as God,

00:26:02.759 --> 00:26:03.920
 are not your thoughts.

00:26:06.039 --> 00:26:07.860
 We are not God.

00:26:08.640 --> 00:26:09.259
 Now a lot of us

00:26:09.259 --> 00:26:09.799
 may be like,

00:26:09.880 --> 00:26:10.319
 well duh,

00:26:10.600 --> 00:26:11.720
 we're not God.

00:26:12.559 --> 00:26:12.940
 But

00:26:12.940 --> 00:26:15.980
 we act

00:26:15.980 --> 00:26:16.740
 as though

00:26:16.740 --> 00:26:17.640
 we have

00:26:17.640 --> 00:26:18.380
 the final say,

00:26:19.400 --> 00:26:20.120
 that we are

00:26:20.120 --> 00:26:21.380
 the masters

00:26:21.380 --> 00:26:22.559
 of our own destiny,

00:26:22.720 --> 00:26:23.279
 so to speak.

00:26:23.620 --> 00:26:25.240
 We determine

00:26:25.240 --> 00:26:26.259
 the ways

00:26:26.259 --> 00:26:26.740
 and methods

00:26:26.740 --> 00:26:27.539
 of our life.

00:26:28.180 --> 00:26:29.320
 But let me remind us

00:26:29.320 --> 00:26:30.100
 that God

00:26:30.100 --> 00:26:31.320
 is not like us.

00:26:32.480 --> 00:26:32.640
 Okay?

00:26:33.200 --> 00:26:34.340
 God is not

00:26:34.340 --> 00:26:35.120
 like us.

00:26:35.519 --> 00:26:36.640
 God is not a man

00:26:36.640 --> 00:26:37.779
 that he should

00:26:37.779 --> 00:26:38.259
 lie,

00:26:38.340 --> 00:26:39.259
 the scripture says.

00:26:39.259 --> 00:26:40.619
 We lie

00:26:40.619 --> 00:26:41.480
 to ourselves

00:26:41.480 --> 00:26:42.599
 and are tempted

00:26:42.599 --> 00:26:44.700
 by the king

00:26:44.700 --> 00:26:45.359
 of lies,

00:26:45.559 --> 00:26:45.980
 the devil.

00:26:46.619 --> 00:26:47.299
 He speaks

00:26:47.299 --> 00:26:48.519
 and we listen.

00:26:49.180 --> 00:26:49.319
 Okay?

00:26:49.619 --> 00:26:51.000
 God is not like us.

00:26:51.559 --> 00:26:52.759
 God is so far

00:26:52.759 --> 00:26:54.059
 different from us.

00:26:54.720 --> 00:26:54.839
 And

00:26:54.839 --> 00:26:56.339
 make no mistake,

00:26:57.000 --> 00:26:58.019
 God is condescended

00:26:58.019 --> 00:26:59.180
 to where we

00:26:59.180 --> 00:27:00.119
 can know him

00:27:00.119 --> 00:27:01.720
 and become like us

00:27:01.720 --> 00:27:02.519
 in the sense that

00:27:02.519 --> 00:27:03.339
 in the face

00:27:03.339 --> 00:27:04.119
 of Jesus Christ

00:27:04.119 --> 00:27:05.339
 that we can know God.

00:27:05.339 --> 00:27:06.539
 But make no mistake

00:27:06.539 --> 00:27:07.519
 that God

00:27:07.519 --> 00:27:08.319
 is not

00:27:08.319 --> 00:27:09.379
 one of us.

00:27:10.199 --> 00:27:10.339
 Okay?

00:27:10.899 --> 00:27:12.099
 God is completely other.

00:27:12.539 --> 00:27:13.679
 He is completely holy

00:27:13.679 --> 00:27:15.019
 without stain,

00:27:15.159 --> 00:27:15.939
 without threat

00:27:15.939 --> 00:27:16.740
 of neutrality

00:27:16.740 --> 00:27:17.439
 to the world.

00:27:17.879 --> 00:27:18.819
 He would have to

00:27:18.819 --> 00:27:19.899
 not be God

00:27:19.899 --> 00:27:21.359
 to lay down

00:27:21.359 --> 00:27:22.939
 his divine

00:27:22.939 --> 00:27:23.759
 nature

00:27:23.759 --> 00:27:25.179
 in order to

00:27:25.179 --> 00:27:26.859
 be like us.

00:27:27.480 --> 00:27:28.459
 And I'm saying

00:27:28.459 --> 00:27:29.139
 all these things

00:27:29.139 --> 00:27:29.959
 that are the fundamental

00:27:29.959 --> 00:27:31.159
 things in Christianity

00:27:31.159 --> 00:27:32.199
 that we should

00:27:32.199 --> 00:27:33.339
 yes and amen

00:27:33.339 --> 00:27:33.919
 and even

00:27:33.919 --> 00:27:34.480
 you know

00:27:34.480 --> 00:27:35.500
 in the general sense

00:27:35.500 --> 00:27:36.000
 we do.

00:27:36.740 --> 00:27:37.960
 But I'm reminding us

00:27:37.960 --> 00:27:39.460
 because we're forgetful.

00:27:40.319 --> 00:27:40.480
 Okay?

00:27:41.620 --> 00:27:42.579
 It means that

00:27:42.579 --> 00:27:43.380
 all of our

00:27:43.380 --> 00:27:44.480
 methods,

00:27:44.980 --> 00:27:45.519
 all of our

00:27:45.519 --> 00:27:46.059
 principles,

00:27:46.700 --> 00:27:47.160
 all of our

00:27:47.160 --> 00:27:47.660
 practices,

00:27:47.960 --> 00:27:48.279
 beliefs,

00:27:48.460 --> 00:27:48.839
 opinions,

00:27:49.019 --> 00:27:49.360
 preferences,

00:27:49.620 --> 00:27:49.900
 tastes,

00:27:50.019 --> 00:27:50.440
 styles,

00:27:50.839 --> 00:27:51.380
 must

00:27:51.380 --> 00:27:53.599
 in the end

00:27:53.599 --> 00:27:55.240
 come into subjection

00:27:55.240 --> 00:27:56.519
 and must bow

00:27:56.519 --> 00:27:57.559
 prostrate before

00:27:57.559 --> 00:27:58.779
 the true and living God.

00:27:59.660 --> 00:27:59.960
 Okay?

00:28:00.039 --> 00:28:00.740
 His name

00:28:00.740 --> 00:28:01.860
 is the King

00:28:01.860 --> 00:28:02.519
 of Kings.

00:28:02.940 --> 00:28:03.500
 And

00:28:03.500 --> 00:28:04.359
 he will have that

00:28:04.359 --> 00:28:05.099
 written on his thigh

00:28:05.099 --> 00:28:05.819
 when he comes.

00:28:06.740 --> 00:28:07.819
 We're forgetful.

00:28:08.980 --> 00:28:10.059
 The reason I bring this up

00:28:10.059 --> 00:28:11.180
 is because

00:28:11.180 --> 00:28:12.500
 to not

00:28:12.500 --> 00:28:13.940
 live and regard

00:28:13.940 --> 00:28:14.720
 God as such

00:28:14.720 --> 00:28:15.680
 is to be proud.

00:28:16.759 --> 00:28:16.920
 Okay?

00:28:18.079 --> 00:28:18.819
 James says

00:28:18.819 --> 00:28:19.779
 in verse 6,

00:28:19.880 --> 00:28:20.759
 but he gives more

00:28:20.759 --> 00:28:21.480
 grace.

00:28:22.019 --> 00:28:22.559
 Therefore it says

00:28:22.559 --> 00:28:23.900
 God opposes the proud

00:28:23.900 --> 00:28:25.079
 but gives grace

00:28:25.079 --> 00:28:25.759
 to the humble.

00:28:25.759 --> 00:28:26.160
 So,

00:28:26.160 --> 00:28:31.980
 this is also

00:28:31.980 --> 00:28:33.000
 another weighty

00:28:33.000 --> 00:28:33.340
 verse.

00:28:33.820 --> 00:28:34.759
 God opposes

00:28:34.759 --> 00:28:35.840
 the proud.

00:28:36.100 --> 00:28:36.800
 God straight up

00:28:36.800 --> 00:28:37.620
 opposes our

00:28:37.620 --> 00:28:38.420
 prideful selves.

00:28:39.420 --> 00:28:39.880
 I don't know

00:28:39.880 --> 00:28:40.300
 about you,

00:28:40.440 --> 00:28:42.460
 but I do not

00:28:42.460 --> 00:28:43.040
 want to be

00:28:43.040 --> 00:28:44.000
 opposed by God.

00:28:47.220 --> 00:28:48.180
 Even as we

00:28:48.180 --> 00:28:49.040
 build this church,

00:28:49.759 --> 00:28:50.880
 it would be

00:28:50.880 --> 00:28:53.320
 a lot of sorrow

00:28:53.320 --> 00:28:55.580
 if in our pride

00:28:55.580 --> 00:28:56.640
 God opposed

00:28:56.640 --> 00:28:57.420
 Christ's church.

00:28:58.340 --> 00:28:58.720
 Lord,

00:28:58.860 --> 00:28:59.300
 save us

00:28:59.300 --> 00:28:59.980
 and help us

00:28:59.980 --> 00:29:00.820
 that we be not

00:29:00.820 --> 00:29:01.580
 lifted up

00:29:01.580 --> 00:29:03.460
 in our own souls.

00:29:03.900 --> 00:29:04.740
 That we not

00:29:04.740 --> 00:29:06.080
 care so much

00:29:06.080 --> 00:29:06.680
 for the things

00:29:06.680 --> 00:29:07.260
 of the world

00:29:07.260 --> 00:29:08.880
 or the thoughts

00:29:08.880 --> 00:29:09.520
 of men

00:29:09.520 --> 00:29:11.380
 that we

00:29:11.380 --> 00:29:13.780
 care less

00:29:13.780 --> 00:29:14.560
 about the thoughts

00:29:14.560 --> 00:29:15.180
 of God.

00:29:15.180 --> 00:29:16.960
 God

00:29:16.960 --> 00:29:18.820
 So,

00:29:18.940 --> 00:29:19.279
 let's really

00:29:19.279 --> 00:29:19.980
 consider the

00:29:19.980 --> 00:29:20.740
 severity of this.

00:29:20.779 --> 00:29:21.320
 It's not merely

00:29:21.320 --> 00:29:23.100
 that our spouses

00:29:23.100 --> 00:29:24.259
 oppose us,

00:29:24.460 --> 00:29:25.299
 our friends

00:29:25.299 --> 00:29:26.120
 when we're

00:29:26.120 --> 00:29:26.779
 prideful or

00:29:26.779 --> 00:29:27.580
 in some general

00:29:27.580 --> 00:29:28.440
 way that life

00:29:28.440 --> 00:29:29.580
 is of less

00:29:29.580 --> 00:29:30.880
 quality and

00:29:30.880 --> 00:29:31.580
 worse for us

00:29:31.580 --> 00:29:32.140
 because of our

00:29:32.140 --> 00:29:32.539
 pride,

00:29:33.039 --> 00:29:33.500
 but it's

00:29:33.500 --> 00:29:33.980
 actually,

00:29:34.080 --> 00:29:34.620
 maybe all those

00:29:34.620 --> 00:29:35.120
 things are true,

00:29:35.660 --> 00:29:36.460
 but it's actually

00:29:36.460 --> 00:29:37.720
 that the almighty

00:29:37.720 --> 00:29:38.340
 true and living

00:29:38.340 --> 00:29:39.019
 God who created

00:29:39.019 --> 00:29:40.380
 us opposes us

00:29:40.380 --> 00:29:41.039
 in some way.

00:29:42.180 --> 00:29:44.299
 God stands

00:29:44.299 --> 00:29:45.039
 against us

00:29:45.039 --> 00:29:45.779
 when we're proud.

00:29:46.079 --> 00:29:46.519
 You see this

00:29:46.519 --> 00:29:47.180
 throughout scripture

00:29:47.180 --> 00:29:48.079
 many times.

00:29:48.599 --> 00:29:48.740
 I mean,

00:29:48.779 --> 00:29:49.159
 you could even

00:29:49.159 --> 00:29:50.339
 say that that

00:29:50.339 --> 00:29:51.099
 was the origin

00:29:51.099 --> 00:29:51.720
 of evil.

00:29:52.440 --> 00:29:53.039
 It was the pride

00:29:53.039 --> 00:29:53.700
 of Lucifer

00:29:53.700 --> 00:29:54.960
 that made him

00:29:54.960 --> 00:29:55.920
 be cast down.

00:29:56.500 --> 00:29:57.220
 It was the pride

00:29:57.220 --> 00:29:57.819
 of Adam and Eve

00:29:57.819 --> 00:29:58.279
 in the garden

00:29:58.279 --> 00:29:59.159
 that brought

00:29:59.159 --> 00:29:59.940
 humanity with

00:29:59.940 --> 00:30:00.940
 him into the grave.

00:30:01.440 --> 00:30:01.980
 It was the pride

00:30:01.980 --> 00:30:02.619
 of Saul

00:30:02.619 --> 00:30:04.899
 that he became

00:30:04.899 --> 00:30:06.019
 wise in his own

00:30:06.019 --> 00:30:06.279
 eyes,

00:30:06.379 --> 00:30:06.960
 Samuel said,

00:30:07.740 --> 00:30:08.399
 and he lifted

00:30:08.399 --> 00:30:09.099
 himself up

00:30:09.099 --> 00:30:09.799
 that he was

00:30:09.799 --> 00:30:10.659
 removed as

00:30:10.659 --> 00:30:11.420
 God's anointed.

00:30:13.180 --> 00:30:14.099
 This lives

00:30:14.099 --> 00:30:14.679
 very close

00:30:14.679 --> 00:30:15.199
 at hand.

00:30:16.579 --> 00:30:16.579


00:30:17.099 --> 00:30:19.379
 O Christ

00:30:19.379 --> 00:30:19.639
 Church,

00:30:19.819 --> 00:30:20.219
 may we not

00:30:20.219 --> 00:30:20.980
 build God's

00:30:20.980 --> 00:30:21.419
 house with

00:30:21.419 --> 00:30:21.839
 pride in our

00:30:21.839 --> 00:30:22.179
 hearts,

00:30:22.459 --> 00:30:23.519
 for God

00:30:23.519 --> 00:30:23.899
 will not

00:30:23.899 --> 00:30:24.619
 build with

00:30:24.619 --> 00:30:24.939
 us.

00:30:26.259 --> 00:30:26.939
 So what are

00:30:26.939 --> 00:30:27.500
 some examples

00:30:27.500 --> 00:30:27.959
 of pride?

00:30:29.480 --> 00:30:30.500
 There's so many

00:30:30.500 --> 00:30:31.219
 examples of

00:30:31.219 --> 00:30:31.500
 pride.

00:30:33.500 --> 00:30:34.259
 When I was

00:30:34.259 --> 00:30:34.639
 praying

00:30:34.639 --> 00:30:36.119
 specifically for

00:30:36.119 --> 00:30:36.879
 our body

00:30:36.879 --> 00:30:37.519
 and the Lord

00:30:37.519 --> 00:30:38.019
 to speak,

00:30:38.099 --> 00:30:38.219
 like,

00:30:38.299 --> 00:30:38.439
 Lord,

00:30:38.519 --> 00:30:38.939
 if you

00:30:38.940 --> 00:30:41.340
 would convict

00:30:41.340 --> 00:30:41.980
 us of this

00:30:41.980 --> 00:30:43.420
 sin of

00:30:43.420 --> 00:30:44.259
 elevation and

00:30:44.259 --> 00:30:45.539
 loftiness in

00:30:45.539 --> 00:30:45.880
 our own

00:30:45.880 --> 00:30:46.559
 selves and in

00:30:46.559 --> 00:30:46.820
 our own

00:30:46.820 --> 00:30:47.180
 pride,

00:30:47.700 --> 00:30:47.940
 what would

00:30:47.940 --> 00:30:48.279
 it be?

00:30:48.620 --> 00:30:49.900
 And a couple

00:30:49.900 --> 00:30:50.519
 things came to

00:30:50.519 --> 00:30:51.039
 mind that I

00:30:51.039 --> 00:30:51.580
 think maybe

00:30:51.580 --> 00:30:52.539
 aren't concrete

00:30:52.539 --> 00:30:53.559
 but could be

00:30:53.559 --> 00:30:54.340
 for our body.

00:30:55.100 --> 00:30:55.660
 One of them

00:30:55.660 --> 00:30:56.519
 is when we

00:30:56.519 --> 00:30:57.240
 have a culture

00:30:57.240 --> 00:30:57.920
 that speaks

00:30:57.920 --> 00:30:58.840
 the truth in

00:30:58.840 --> 00:30:59.240
 love,

00:31:00.340 --> 00:31:01.380
 as we should,

00:31:01.920 --> 00:31:02.460
 or we

00:31:02.460 --> 00:31:03.340
 confront one

00:31:03.340 --> 00:31:04.360
 another as

00:31:04.360 --> 00:31:04.940
 we should,

00:31:04.940 --> 00:31:06.980
 there's

00:31:06.980 --> 00:31:07.820
 kind of two

00:31:07.820 --> 00:31:08.820
 acting parts

00:31:08.820 --> 00:31:09.840
 in that

00:31:09.840 --> 00:31:10.340
 equation.

00:31:11.160 --> 00:31:11.960
 One is the

00:31:11.960 --> 00:31:12.740
 deliverer,

00:31:12.799 --> 00:31:13.000
 right?

00:31:13.900 --> 00:31:15.059
 Pride in

00:31:15.059 --> 00:31:16.799
 bringing the

00:31:16.799 --> 00:31:17.360
 confrontation,

00:31:18.400 --> 00:31:19.019
 pride in

00:31:19.019 --> 00:31:19.680
 getting it

00:31:19.680 --> 00:31:20.180
 across,

00:31:20.680 --> 00:31:20.880
 right?

00:31:21.200 --> 00:31:22.080
 Trusting in

00:31:22.080 --> 00:31:23.200
 yourself to

00:31:23.200 --> 00:31:23.700
 make something

00:31:23.700 --> 00:31:24.140
 happen,

00:31:24.400 --> 00:31:24.640
 right?

00:31:24.880 --> 00:31:25.380
 So that's

00:31:25.380 --> 00:31:25.860
 pride in the

00:31:25.860 --> 00:31:26.519
 deliverer.

00:31:27.140 --> 00:31:27.860
 But also,

00:31:28.180 --> 00:31:29.840
 let's say

00:31:29.840 --> 00:31:30.720
 there is

00:31:30.720 --> 00:31:31.420
 true speaking

00:31:31.420 --> 00:31:32.220
 the truth in

00:31:32.220 --> 00:31:32.580
 love.

00:31:33.059 --> 00:31:33.840
 So that is

00:31:33.840 --> 00:31:34.559
 without pride.

00:31:34.559 --> 00:31:35.419
 That's truly

00:31:35.419 --> 00:31:35.960
 loving the

00:31:35.960 --> 00:31:36.319
 person,

00:31:36.720 --> 00:31:37.200
 truly caring

00:31:37.200 --> 00:31:37.579
 for them.

00:31:38.200 --> 00:31:38.519
 But then

00:31:38.519 --> 00:31:38.819
 there's the

00:31:38.819 --> 00:31:39.240
 other side

00:31:39.240 --> 00:31:39.779
 of the

00:31:39.779 --> 00:31:40.839
 reception,

00:31:41.019 --> 00:31:41.519
 the receiver

00:31:41.519 --> 00:31:43.119
 of the

00:31:43.119 --> 00:31:43.460
 word.

00:31:45.200 --> 00:31:45.799
 Oftentimes

00:31:45.799 --> 00:31:46.279
 what can

00:31:46.279 --> 00:31:46.700
 happen,

00:31:47.519 --> 00:31:48.359
 I think

00:31:48.359 --> 00:31:49.019
 it's always

00:31:49.019 --> 00:31:50.240
 the case

00:31:50.240 --> 00:31:50.799
 where I'm

00:31:50.799 --> 00:31:51.399
 tempted when

00:31:51.399 --> 00:31:52.000
 I'm confronted

00:31:52.000 --> 00:31:53.519
 with pride,

00:31:53.639 --> 00:31:54.119
 is to

00:31:54.119 --> 00:31:54.659
 immediately

00:31:54.659 --> 00:31:55.240
 be offended.

00:31:56.599 --> 00:31:57.000
 Immediately

00:31:57.000 --> 00:31:57.940
 say,

00:31:58.980 --> 00:32:00.779
 you know,

00:32:00.980 --> 00:32:01.819
 you're wrong,

00:32:02.119 --> 00:32:02.519
 or even

00:32:02.519 --> 00:32:02.879
 if you're

00:32:02.879 --> 00:32:03.179
 right,

00:32:03.279 --> 00:32:03.700
 you're still

00:32:03.700 --> 00:32:04.159
 wrong.

00:32:04.559 --> 00:32:05.059
 You know,

00:32:05.200 --> 00:32:05.759
 kind of

00:32:05.759 --> 00:32:06.119
 attitude.

00:32:06.839 --> 00:32:07.440
 A type

00:32:07.440 --> 00:32:08.539
 of cringe

00:32:08.539 --> 00:32:09.319
 that pushes

00:32:09.319 --> 00:32:10.259
 you to

00:32:10.259 --> 00:32:11.519
 go with

00:32:11.519 --> 00:32:12.059
 your passions,

00:32:13.000 --> 00:32:13.299
 right?

00:32:14.940 --> 00:32:15.980
 And I

00:32:15.980 --> 00:32:16.359
 think this

00:32:16.359 --> 00:32:16.879
 is a way

00:32:16.879 --> 00:32:18.659
 that God

00:32:18.659 --> 00:32:19.200
 would warn

00:32:19.200 --> 00:32:20.679
 us as a

00:32:20.679 --> 00:32:21.940
 church when

00:32:21.940 --> 00:32:22.460
 we are

00:32:22.460 --> 00:32:23.079
 confronted,

00:32:23.639 --> 00:32:24.119
 even with

00:32:24.119 --> 00:32:25.099
 small things,

00:32:26.139 --> 00:32:27.139
 seemingly

00:32:27.139 --> 00:32:27.859
 small things,

00:32:27.899 --> 00:32:28.460
 not to be

00:32:28.460 --> 00:32:29.200
 lifted up

00:32:29.200 --> 00:32:30.620
 in our

00:32:30.620 --> 00:32:32.700
 pride,

00:32:32.700 --> 00:32:33.360
 so as

00:32:33.360 --> 00:32:33.640
 not to

00:32:33.640 --> 00:32:34.120
 receive

00:32:34.120 --> 00:32:34.500
 what the

00:32:34.500 --> 00:32:34.880
 Lord might

00:32:34.880 --> 00:32:35.340
 be saying.

00:32:36.240 --> 00:32:36.420
 Okay?

00:32:38.019 --> 00:32:38.700
 It might

00:32:38.700 --> 00:32:39.200
 seem like

00:32:39.200 --> 00:32:39.480
 on the

00:32:39.480 --> 00:32:39.940
 outside,

00:32:40.100 --> 00:32:40.319
 like,

00:32:40.539 --> 00:32:40.860
 everything

00:32:40.860 --> 00:32:41.259
 can be

00:32:41.259 --> 00:32:42.120
 cordial and

00:32:42.120 --> 00:32:42.840
 temperate and

00:32:42.840 --> 00:32:43.539
 good,

00:32:44.420 --> 00:32:45.700
 but examine

00:32:45.700 --> 00:32:46.240
 our hearts

00:32:46.240 --> 00:32:46.920
 with how we

00:32:46.920 --> 00:32:48.019
 actually believe

00:32:48.019 --> 00:32:48.840
 when someone

00:32:48.840 --> 00:32:49.400
 comes to us

00:32:49.400 --> 00:32:49.660
 and say,

00:32:49.740 --> 00:32:49.980
 hey,

00:32:50.319 --> 00:32:51.360
 I think

00:32:51.360 --> 00:32:52.039
 this might

00:32:52.039 --> 00:32:52.460
 be a little

00:32:52.460 --> 00:32:53.059
 off,

00:32:53.799 --> 00:32:54.299
 or I think

00:32:54.299 --> 00:32:54.700
 there might

00:32:54.700 --> 00:32:54.900
 be,

00:32:54.900 --> 00:32:55.360
 maybe even

00:32:55.360 --> 00:32:55.860
 not like

00:32:55.860 --> 00:32:56.360
 straight up

00:32:56.360 --> 00:32:56.820
 confrontation

00:32:56.820 --> 00:32:57.660
 of sin

00:32:57.660 --> 00:32:58.259
 per se,

00:32:58.860 --> 00:32:59.440
 but maybe

00:32:59.440 --> 00:33:00.259
 even just

00:33:00.259 --> 00:33:01.140
 bringing up

00:33:01.140 --> 00:33:01.980
 our personal

00:33:01.980 --> 00:33:02.780
 ways,

00:33:03.620 --> 00:33:03.940
 bringing up

00:33:03.940 --> 00:33:04.259
 a better

00:33:04.259 --> 00:33:05.180
 method of

00:33:05.180 --> 00:33:05.580
 something,

00:33:06.080 --> 00:33:06.259
 a better

00:33:06.259 --> 00:33:06.560
 way of

00:33:06.560 --> 00:33:06.900
 doing

00:33:06.900 --> 00:33:07.580
 things.

00:33:08.620 --> 00:33:10.360
 If we

00:33:10.360 --> 00:33:11.120
 bring something

00:33:11.120 --> 00:33:11.640
 up and say,

00:33:11.720 --> 00:33:11.940
 hey,

00:33:12.100 --> 00:33:12.780
 I think it

00:33:12.780 --> 00:33:13.300
 would be best

00:33:13.300 --> 00:33:13.600
 to do

00:33:13.600 --> 00:33:14.259
 something this

00:33:14.259 --> 00:33:14.500
 way,

00:33:14.620 --> 00:33:14.759
 X,

00:33:14.800 --> 00:33:14.920
 Y,

00:33:14.980 --> 00:33:15.120
 and Z,

00:33:15.240 --> 00:33:15.920
 insert your

00:33:15.920 --> 00:33:16.740
 own scenario,

00:33:17.540 --> 00:33:18.080
 and the

00:33:18.080 --> 00:33:18.480
 other person

00:33:18.480 --> 00:33:19.120
 is just like,

00:33:19.440 --> 00:33:19.700
 nah,

00:33:19.820 --> 00:33:20.460
 my way is

00:33:20.460 --> 00:33:20.880
 better,

00:33:21.320 --> 00:33:21.759
 kind of

00:33:21.759 --> 00:33:22.400
 reaction in

00:33:22.400 --> 00:33:22.840
 your heart,

00:33:23.259 --> 00:33:23.420
 or,

00:33:23.420 --> 00:33:25.259
 this guy

00:33:25.259 --> 00:33:25.800
 doesn't know

00:33:25.800 --> 00:33:26.080
 what he's

00:33:26.080 --> 00:33:26.740
 talking about,

00:33:27.220 --> 00:33:27.400
 like,

00:33:27.480 --> 00:33:28.160
 I think

00:33:28.160 --> 00:33:28.440
 I'm,

00:33:28.720 --> 00:33:28.920
 you know,

00:33:29.000 --> 00:33:29.560
 my way is

00:33:29.560 --> 00:33:29.880
 better,

00:33:30.580 --> 00:33:31.200
 and your

00:33:31.200 --> 00:33:31.560
 way might

00:33:31.560 --> 00:33:32.019
 be better,

00:33:32.539 --> 00:33:33.180
 but your

00:33:33.180 --> 00:33:33.580
 heart is

00:33:33.580 --> 00:33:33.840
 not,

00:33:34.920 --> 00:33:35.240
 okay,

00:33:35.740 --> 00:33:36.779
 and watch

00:33:36.779 --> 00:33:37.240
 out lest

00:33:37.240 --> 00:33:38.100
 we lift

00:33:38.100 --> 00:33:38.800
 ourselves up,

00:33:38.860 --> 00:33:39.259
 even in

00:33:39.259 --> 00:33:39.720
 the small

00:33:39.720 --> 00:33:40.279
 things,

00:33:40.840 --> 00:33:41.400
 even in

00:33:41.400 --> 00:33:42.279
 the ways

00:33:42.279 --> 00:33:42.539
 and the

00:33:42.539 --> 00:33:43.000
 methods

00:33:43.000 --> 00:33:43.640
 and the

00:33:43.640 --> 00:33:44.080
 principles,

00:33:44.600 --> 00:33:44.900
 okay,

00:33:45.400 --> 00:33:46.900
 the Lord

00:33:46.900 --> 00:33:49.160
 stands

00:33:49.160 --> 00:33:50.200
 against the

00:33:50.200 --> 00:33:50.519
 pride of

00:33:50.519 --> 00:33:51.039
 our hearts,

00:33:51.560 --> 00:33:52.779
 and so,

00:33:52.779 --> 00:33:54.720
 are we

00:33:54.720 --> 00:33:55.059
 immediately

00:33:55.059 --> 00:33:55.460
 offended,

00:33:55.579 --> 00:33:55.779
 do we

00:33:55.779 --> 00:33:56.379
 stay offended,

00:33:56.720 --> 00:33:57.000
 do we

00:33:57.000 --> 00:33:57.319
 provide

00:33:57.319 --> 00:33:57.720
 ourselves

00:33:57.720 --> 00:33:58.119
 with a

00:33:58.119 --> 00:33:58.480
 sort of

00:33:58.480 --> 00:33:59.059
 purgatory,

00:33:59.359 --> 00:33:59.879
 a time

00:33:59.879 --> 00:34:00.940
 where,

00:34:01.119 --> 00:34:02.059
 you know,

00:34:02.099 --> 00:34:02.559
 I'm offended

00:34:02.559 --> 00:34:03.500
 until I'm

00:34:03.500 --> 00:34:03.799
 not,

00:34:04.279 --> 00:34:04.579
 you know,

00:34:05.759 --> 00:34:06.440
 a certain

00:34:06.440 --> 00:34:06.740
 amount of

00:34:06.740 --> 00:34:07.359
 time passed,

00:34:07.460 --> 00:34:08.279
 or my

00:34:08.279 --> 00:34:08.940
 relationship's

00:34:08.940 --> 00:34:09.619
 bad right now,

00:34:09.679 --> 00:34:10.199
 but it'll get

00:34:10.199 --> 00:34:10.920
 good type of

00:34:10.920 --> 00:34:11.259
 attitude,

00:34:11.800 --> 00:34:12.079
 it's like,

00:34:12.199 --> 00:34:12.380
 no,

00:34:12.500 --> 00:34:13.340
 make it right,

00:34:14.119 --> 00:34:15.079
 confess your

00:34:15.079 --> 00:34:15.440
 sin,

00:34:16.179 --> 00:34:17.360
 resist your

00:34:17.360 --> 00:34:17.719
 sin,

00:34:18.440 --> 00:34:19.119
 resist those

00:34:19.119 --> 00:34:20.099
 feelings that

00:34:20.099 --> 00:34:20.559
 rise up

00:34:20.559 --> 00:34:21.119
 within you,

00:34:21.119 --> 00:34:22.139
 okay,

00:34:22.619 --> 00:34:23.219
 we're all

00:34:23.219 --> 00:34:23.980
 susceptible to

00:34:23.980 --> 00:34:24.199
 this,

00:34:24.279 --> 00:34:24.599
 I know

00:34:24.599 --> 00:34:26.119
 myself that

00:34:26.119 --> 00:34:27.199
 I'm tempted

00:34:27.199 --> 00:34:28.219
 many times

00:34:28.219 --> 00:34:29.559
 to be

00:34:29.559 --> 00:34:29.920
 offended,

00:34:30.599 --> 00:34:31.179
 and to

00:34:31.179 --> 00:34:32.259
 think,

00:34:32.659 --> 00:34:33.059
 to elevate

00:34:33.059 --> 00:34:33.839
 my way

00:34:33.839 --> 00:34:35.219
 above others,

00:34:35.699 --> 00:34:36.319
 and God

00:34:36.319 --> 00:34:36.900
 forgive me,

00:34:37.059 --> 00:34:38.219
 and give me a

00:34:38.219 --> 00:34:38.739
 heart after

00:34:38.739 --> 00:34:39.139
 his,

00:34:40.059 --> 00:34:42.279
 lack of

00:34:42.279 --> 00:34:42.759
 submission

00:34:42.759 --> 00:34:45.440
 to God,

00:34:45.480 --> 00:34:45.719
 or the

00:34:45.719 --> 00:34:46.279
 authority that

00:34:46.279 --> 00:34:46.659
 God has

00:34:46.659 --> 00:34:47.059
 appointed,

00:34:47.579 --> 00:34:48.179
 either authority

00:34:48.179 --> 00:34:48.859
 in the church,

00:34:48.860 --> 00:34:50.420
 or authority

00:34:50.420 --> 00:34:51.039
 in the home,

00:34:51.220 --> 00:34:51.620
 husbands,

00:34:52.460 --> 00:34:53.940
 and wives

00:34:53.940 --> 00:34:54.840
 that relationship,

00:34:56.900 --> 00:34:58.860
 one of the

00:34:58.860 --> 00:34:59.120
 worst,

00:34:59.380 --> 00:35:02.400
 one of the

00:35:02.400 --> 00:35:03.079
 worst things

00:35:03.079 --> 00:35:04.760
 to be

00:35:04.760 --> 00:35:06.820
 is a

00:35:06.820 --> 00:35:07.220
 person in

00:35:07.220 --> 00:35:07.680
 authority

00:35:07.680 --> 00:35:09.140
 that although

00:35:09.140 --> 00:35:09.820
 someone

00:35:09.820 --> 00:35:11.140
 submits to

00:35:11.140 --> 00:35:11.720
 your authority

00:35:11.720 --> 00:35:13.360
 and yet

00:35:13.360 --> 00:35:14.019
 disagrees,

00:35:14.460 --> 00:35:15.140
 is kind of

00:35:15.140 --> 00:35:15.840
 begrudgingly

00:35:15.840 --> 00:35:16.700
 goes along

00:35:16.700 --> 00:35:18.160
 in that

00:35:18.160 --> 00:35:18.740
 sort of

00:35:18.740 --> 00:35:19.200
 submission.

00:35:22.200 --> 00:35:23.100
 That's not

00:35:23.100 --> 00:35:23.680
 submission,

00:35:24.140 --> 00:35:25.180
 because full

00:35:25.180 --> 00:35:25.900
 submission actually

00:35:25.900 --> 00:35:26.300
 says,

00:35:26.760 --> 00:35:27.220
 I'm stating

00:35:27.220 --> 00:35:27.559
 what I

00:35:27.559 --> 00:35:27.980
 disagree,

00:35:29.019 --> 00:35:30.240
 if it's not,

00:35:30.539 --> 00:35:30.800
 you know,

00:35:30.840 --> 00:35:31.760
 obviously sin,

00:35:32.320 --> 00:35:33.240
 and things that

00:35:33.240 --> 00:35:34.700
 God tells you

00:35:34.700 --> 00:35:35.220
 to oppose,

00:35:35.600 --> 00:35:36.140
 but if it's

00:35:36.140 --> 00:35:36.920
 mainly things

00:35:36.920 --> 00:35:38.019
 that you have

00:35:38.019 --> 00:35:39.000
 differing opinions,

00:35:39.620 --> 00:35:40.280
 methods,

00:35:40.539 --> 00:35:40.980
 principles,

00:35:40.980 --> 00:35:42.940
 one of the

00:35:42.940 --> 00:35:43.340
 things that's

00:35:43.340 --> 00:35:43.940
 the worst

00:35:43.940 --> 00:35:44.920
 is when

00:35:44.920 --> 00:35:45.380
 you say,

00:35:45.460 --> 00:35:45.780
 you know what,

00:35:45.800 --> 00:35:46.880
 I'll go along

00:35:46.880 --> 00:35:47.440
 with you because

00:35:47.440 --> 00:35:48.059
 you're the guy

00:35:48.059 --> 00:35:48.619
 in authority,

00:35:49.340 --> 00:35:50.139
 you're my

00:35:50.139 --> 00:35:50.500
 husband,

00:35:50.719 --> 00:35:51.500
 but I'm not

00:35:51.500 --> 00:35:51.820
 going to be

00:35:51.820 --> 00:35:52.400
 happy the

00:35:52.400 --> 00:35:52.840
 whole time.

00:35:53.559 --> 00:35:54.099
 I'm just

00:35:54.099 --> 00:35:54.519
 going to go

00:35:54.519 --> 00:35:55.019
 along with

00:35:55.019 --> 00:35:55.539
 you because

00:35:55.539 --> 00:35:57.059
 I have to,

00:35:57.300 --> 00:35:57.800
 and you know

00:35:57.800 --> 00:35:57.900
 what,

00:35:57.920 --> 00:35:58.260
 I disagree,

00:35:58.400 --> 00:35:58.659
 so I don't

00:35:58.659 --> 00:35:59.000
 have to be

00:35:59.000 --> 00:35:59.559
 happy about

00:35:59.559 --> 00:35:59.740
 it.

00:36:00.099 --> 00:36:00.320
 Well,

00:36:00.360 --> 00:36:00.659
 that's not

00:36:00.659 --> 00:36:01.219
 real submission.

00:36:01.460 --> 00:36:02.880
 That's simply

00:36:02.880 --> 00:36:04.000
 trying to

00:36:04.000 --> 00:36:04.659
 appease God

00:36:04.659 --> 00:36:07.980
 and the

00:36:07.980 --> 00:36:08.519
 person you're

00:36:08.519 --> 00:36:10.420
 under just

00:36:10.420 --> 00:36:11.059
 to get

00:36:11.059 --> 00:36:11.519
 by,

00:36:12.240 --> 00:36:13.300
 and the

00:36:13.300 --> 00:36:13.740
 Lord wants

00:36:13.740 --> 00:36:14.300
 us actually

00:36:14.300 --> 00:36:15.079
 to submit

00:36:15.079 --> 00:36:15.559
 with joy,

00:36:16.260 --> 00:36:16.860
 to say,

00:36:16.960 --> 00:36:17.440
 you know what,

00:36:17.480 --> 00:36:18.079
 this is not

00:36:18.079 --> 00:36:18.619
 on me.

00:36:19.380 --> 00:36:19.960
 God has

00:36:19.960 --> 00:36:20.519
 appointed the

00:36:20.519 --> 00:36:21.119
 authorities that

00:36:21.119 --> 00:36:21.400
 be,

00:36:22.099 --> 00:36:23.780
 and I am

00:36:23.780 --> 00:36:24.240
 going to

00:36:24.240 --> 00:36:25.180
 champion their

00:36:25.180 --> 00:36:25.599
 way,

00:36:25.940 --> 00:36:26.639
 even though I

00:36:26.639 --> 00:36:27.000
 disagree,

00:36:27.619 --> 00:36:28.119
 even though it's

00:36:28.119 --> 00:36:28.559
 not how I

00:36:28.559 --> 00:36:29.000
 want it,

00:36:29.159 --> 00:36:30.000
 but I will

00:36:30.000 --> 00:36:30.740
 with joy

00:36:30.740 --> 00:36:31.980
 support them

00:36:31.980 --> 00:36:33.619
 because in

00:36:33.619 --> 00:36:34.220
 doing so,

00:36:34.360 --> 00:36:35.059
 I am

00:36:35.059 --> 00:36:35.700
 obeying the

00:36:35.700 --> 00:36:35.980
 Lord.

00:36:36.800 --> 00:36:37.500
 And when we

00:36:37.500 --> 00:36:38.639
 say we have

00:36:38.639 --> 00:36:39.119
 submission,

00:36:39.619 --> 00:36:40.059
 when we say

00:36:40.059 --> 00:36:40.340
 we,

00:36:40.420 --> 00:36:41.180
 you know,

00:36:41.720 --> 00:36:42.460
 we are

00:36:42.460 --> 00:36:43.220
 obeying,

00:36:43.340 --> 00:36:43.619
 when in

00:36:43.619 --> 00:36:44.180
 reality our

00:36:44.180 --> 00:36:44.579
 hearts are

00:36:44.579 --> 00:36:45.019
 far from

00:36:45.019 --> 00:36:45.420
 obedience,

00:36:45.760 --> 00:36:46.340
 we betray

00:36:46.340 --> 00:36:47.360
 our own

00:36:47.360 --> 00:36:48.059
 selves and

00:36:48.059 --> 00:36:48.440
 the Lord.

00:36:51.340 --> 00:36:52.260
 Another area

00:36:52.260 --> 00:36:53.139
 I think pride

00:36:53.139 --> 00:36:54.180
 can sneak

00:36:54.180 --> 00:36:54.480
 in,

00:36:54.559 --> 00:36:54.900
 or maybe

00:36:54.900 --> 00:36:55.300
 just,

00:36:56.019 --> 00:36:57.599
 this is a

00:36:57.599 --> 00:36:57.840
 little bit

00:36:57.840 --> 00:36:58.079
 at a

00:36:58.079 --> 00:36:58.300
 different

00:36:58.300 --> 00:36:58.680
 angle,

00:36:58.980 --> 00:37:00.820
 but discounting

00:37:00.820 --> 00:37:01.559
 yourself and

00:37:01.559 --> 00:37:02.039
 your gifting.

00:37:03.980 --> 00:37:04.619
 We have

00:37:04.619 --> 00:37:05.639
 some exceptional

00:37:05.639 --> 00:37:06.260
 people in

00:37:06.260 --> 00:37:06.619
 this room,

00:37:07.480 --> 00:37:07.800
 exceptionally

00:37:07.800 --> 00:37:08.619
 gifted people

00:37:08.619 --> 00:37:09.159
 by the

00:37:09.159 --> 00:37:09.460
 Lord.

00:37:09.460 --> 00:37:10.240
 the Lord

00:37:10.240 --> 00:37:10.800
 has given

00:37:10.800 --> 00:37:11.539
 people gifts

00:37:11.539 --> 00:37:11.900
 in this

00:37:11.900 --> 00:37:12.199
 room.

00:37:12.900 --> 00:37:13.079
 And I

00:37:13.079 --> 00:37:13.199
 think

00:37:13.199 --> 00:37:13.639
 sometimes

00:37:13.639 --> 00:37:14.260
 we can

00:37:14.260 --> 00:37:15.579
 discount

00:37:15.579 --> 00:37:16.420
 ourselves

00:37:16.420 --> 00:37:17.740
 and say,

00:37:17.900 --> 00:37:18.000
 no,

00:37:18.099 --> 00:37:18.519
 the Lord,

00:37:18.740 --> 00:37:21.179
 you know,

00:37:21.220 --> 00:37:21.460
 the Lord

00:37:21.460 --> 00:37:22.240
 uses people,

00:37:22.760 --> 00:37:23.420
 but probably

00:37:23.420 --> 00:37:23.920
 not so much

00:37:23.920 --> 00:37:24.300
 me,

00:37:24.980 --> 00:37:26.760
 and I'm

00:37:26.760 --> 00:37:27.199
 fine with

00:37:27.199 --> 00:37:27.599
 that,

00:37:27.800 --> 00:37:28.440
 and maybe

00:37:28.440 --> 00:37:28.900
 I'll just

00:37:28.900 --> 00:37:29.300
 kind of

00:37:29.300 --> 00:37:29.940
 just sit

00:37:29.940 --> 00:37:30.380
 my whole

00:37:30.380 --> 00:37:31.139
 life type

00:37:31.139 --> 00:37:31.760
 of thing.

00:37:31.760 --> 00:37:35.220
 that sounds

00:37:35.220 --> 00:37:35.960
 slightly

00:37:35.960 --> 00:37:36.400
 humble,

00:37:37.160 --> 00:37:37.640
 but the

00:37:37.640 --> 00:37:38.120
 problem is

00:37:38.120 --> 00:37:38.580
 if the

00:37:38.580 --> 00:37:39.300
 Lord gifts

00:37:39.300 --> 00:37:39.600
 you,

00:37:39.940 --> 00:37:40.940
 if it's

00:37:40.940 --> 00:37:41.380
 the Lord

00:37:41.380 --> 00:37:42.060
 who gives

00:37:42.060 --> 00:37:43.160
 and you

00:37:43.160 --> 00:37:43.440
 say,

00:37:43.600 --> 00:37:43.760
 no,

00:37:43.860 --> 00:37:44.580
 I won't,

00:37:45.380 --> 00:37:45.940
 you can

00:37:45.940 --> 00:37:46.700
 see the

00:37:46.700 --> 00:37:47.140
 pride in

00:37:47.140 --> 00:37:47.420
 that,

00:37:47.800 --> 00:37:48.060
 right?

00:37:48.320 --> 00:37:49.000
 You can

00:37:49.000 --> 00:37:49.520
 see the

00:37:49.520 --> 00:37:50.360
 disobedient

00:37:50.360 --> 00:37:51.340
 aspect towards

00:37:51.340 --> 00:37:52.480
 how the

00:37:52.480 --> 00:37:53.600
 Lord gifts

00:37:53.600 --> 00:37:53.920
 us.

00:37:54.560 --> 00:37:54.740
 And so

00:37:54.740 --> 00:37:55.120
 don't

00:37:55.120 --> 00:37:55.660
 discount

00:37:55.660 --> 00:37:56.180
 yourself.

00:37:56.179 --> 00:37:56.940
 If the

00:37:56.940 --> 00:37:57.259
 Spirit of

00:37:57.259 --> 00:37:57.799
 God truly

00:37:57.799 --> 00:37:58.319
 lives in

00:37:58.319 --> 00:37:58.599
 us,

00:37:59.099 --> 00:37:59.679
 then we

00:37:59.679 --> 00:38:01.859
 will want

00:38:01.859 --> 00:38:03.339
 His Spirit

00:38:03.339 --> 00:38:05.119
 to be

00:38:05.119 --> 00:38:05.619
 dispensed

00:38:05.619 --> 00:38:06.299
 from us.

00:38:06.899 --> 00:38:07.019
 Okay?

00:38:07.919 --> 00:38:08.399
 And so

00:38:08.399 --> 00:38:10.480
 where are we

00:38:10.480 --> 00:38:10.679
 at?

00:38:11.159 --> 00:38:11.599
 I think I'm

00:38:11.599 --> 00:38:12.079
 still on

00:38:12.079 --> 00:38:13.639
 verse 6.

00:38:14.079 --> 00:38:14.500
 It says,

00:38:15.460 --> 00:38:15.899
 God opposes

00:38:15.899 --> 00:38:16.379
 the proud,

00:38:16.599 --> 00:38:17.059
 but gives

00:38:17.059 --> 00:38:18.399
 grace to

00:38:18.399 --> 00:38:18.879
 the humble.

00:38:19.119 --> 00:38:19.379
 Submit

00:38:19.379 --> 00:38:19.799
 yourselves

00:38:19.799 --> 00:38:20.419
 therefore to

00:38:20.419 --> 00:38:20.679
 God,

00:38:20.799 --> 00:38:21.339
 resist the

00:38:21.339 --> 00:38:21.619
 devil,

00:38:21.819 --> 00:38:22.039
 and he

00:38:22.039 --> 00:38:22.460
 will flee

00:38:22.460 --> 00:38:22.960
 from you.

00:38:23.739 --> 00:38:24.179
 Draw near to

00:38:24.179 --> 00:38:24.440
 God,

00:38:24.500 --> 00:38:24.659
 and he

00:38:24.659 --> 00:38:24.940
 will draw

00:38:24.940 --> 00:38:25.319
 near to

00:38:25.319 --> 00:38:25.559
 you.

00:38:26.239 --> 00:38:26.659
 Cleanse

00:38:26.659 --> 00:38:27.219
 your hands,

00:38:27.299 --> 00:38:27.779
 you sinners.

00:38:28.039 --> 00:38:28.299
 Purify

00:38:28.299 --> 00:38:28.699
 your hearts,

00:38:28.759 --> 00:38:29.400
 you double-minded.

00:38:32.779 --> 00:38:33.299
 So,

00:38:34.519 --> 00:38:37.360
 he opposes

00:38:37.360 --> 00:38:37.840
 the proud,

00:38:38.400 --> 00:38:39.119
 but he

00:38:39.119 --> 00:38:39.759
 gives grace

00:38:39.759 --> 00:38:40.259
 to the

00:38:40.259 --> 00:38:40.539
 humble.

00:38:42.420 --> 00:38:43.079
 Now we're

00:38:43.079 --> 00:38:43.639
 getting into

00:38:43.639 --> 00:38:44.299
 the good

00:38:44.299 --> 00:38:45.259
 news of

00:38:45.259 --> 00:38:45.900
 this passage,

00:38:46.320 --> 00:38:47.159
 which James

00:38:47.159 --> 00:38:49.259
 prepares us

00:38:49.259 --> 00:38:49.579
 for,

00:38:50.159 --> 00:38:50.659
 I think,

00:38:50.759 --> 00:38:51.320
 in exposing.

00:38:51.460 --> 00:38:51.980
 Every time

00:38:51.980 --> 00:38:52.579
 the gospel

00:38:52.579 --> 00:38:54.659
 comes with

00:38:54.659 --> 00:38:55.179
 good news,

00:38:55.179 --> 00:38:55.739
 it always

00:38:55.739 --> 00:38:56.779
 comes with

00:38:56.779 --> 00:38:57.199
 conviction,

00:38:58.199 --> 00:38:59.199
 with a

00:38:59.199 --> 00:39:00.079
 type of

00:39:00.079 --> 00:39:00.659
 repentance.

00:39:01.419 --> 00:39:01.819
 If the

00:39:01.819 --> 00:39:02.259
 gospel is

00:39:02.259 --> 00:39:02.639
 good news

00:39:02.639 --> 00:39:02.960
 to you,

00:39:03.059 --> 00:39:03.960
 but your

00:39:03.960 --> 00:39:04.319
 sin is

00:39:04.319 --> 00:39:04.799
 nowhere in

00:39:04.799 --> 00:39:05.079
 sight,

00:39:05.559 --> 00:39:05.819
 and there's

00:39:05.819 --> 00:39:06.239
 no evidence

00:39:06.239 --> 00:39:06.779
 of repentance,

00:39:07.779 --> 00:39:10.399
 it's merely

00:39:10.399 --> 00:39:11.000
 good news.

00:39:11.659 --> 00:39:12.319
 It's not the

00:39:12.319 --> 00:39:12.679
 gospel.

00:39:13.639 --> 00:39:14.000
 And so,

00:39:15.000 --> 00:39:15.919
 he says,

00:39:15.919 --> 00:39:16.480
 God opposes

00:39:16.480 --> 00:39:16.960
 the proud,

00:39:17.079 --> 00:39:17.500
 but he gives

00:39:17.500 --> 00:39:18.059
 grace to the

00:39:18.059 --> 00:39:18.299
 humble.

00:39:18.399 --> 00:39:18.859
 So when we

00:39:18.859 --> 00:39:19.500
 know that

00:39:19.500 --> 00:39:19.940
 we're sinners,

00:39:20.659 --> 00:39:21.659
 when we know

00:39:21.659 --> 00:39:22.639
 that we lift

00:39:22.639 --> 00:39:23.359
 ourselves up,

00:39:23.599 --> 00:39:23.980
 what do we

00:39:23.980 --> 00:39:24.299
 do?

00:39:24.659 --> 00:39:25.059
 Do we stay

00:39:25.059 --> 00:39:25.379
 there,

00:39:25.559 --> 00:39:26.159
 like I said,

00:39:26.339 --> 00:39:26.799
 or do we

00:39:26.799 --> 00:39:27.119
 humble

00:39:27.119 --> 00:39:27.679
 ourselves?

00:39:28.879 --> 00:39:29.779
 Humility is

00:39:29.779 --> 00:39:30.739
 always way

00:39:30.739 --> 00:39:32.739
 easier and

00:39:32.739 --> 00:39:33.659
 way better.

00:39:34.399 --> 00:39:35.059
 I mean,

00:39:35.139 --> 00:39:36.000
 easier in the

00:39:36.000 --> 00:39:36.500
 sense where

00:39:36.500 --> 00:39:37.699
 it's not easy

00:39:37.699 --> 00:39:38.480
 that you have

00:39:38.480 --> 00:39:39.219
 to deny your

00:39:39.219 --> 00:39:39.599
 pride,

00:39:39.599 --> 00:39:40.659
 because that's

00:39:40.659 --> 00:39:42.039
 hard to do,

00:39:42.339 --> 00:39:43.460
 but it always

00:39:43.460 --> 00:39:44.339
 goes better.

00:39:45.299 --> 00:39:46.539
 It always is

00:39:46.539 --> 00:39:47.179
 easier in the

00:39:47.179 --> 00:39:47.819
 sense where

00:39:47.819 --> 00:39:49.139
 humility,

00:39:49.139 --> 00:39:50.559
 when someone

00:39:50.559 --> 00:39:51.859
 genuinely

00:39:51.859 --> 00:39:52.519
 confronts you,

00:39:52.559 --> 00:39:53.019
 for example,

00:39:53.519 --> 00:39:53.920
 and says,

00:39:54.000 --> 00:39:54.219
 hey,

00:39:54.679 --> 00:39:55.759
 you sinned in

00:39:55.759 --> 00:39:56.279
 this area,

00:39:56.539 --> 00:39:57.139
 or hey,

00:39:57.279 --> 00:39:57.859
 you're not

00:39:57.859 --> 00:39:58.659
 great at this,

00:39:59.339 --> 00:39:59.519
 you know,

00:39:59.539 --> 00:40:00.139
 speaks the truth

00:40:00.139 --> 00:40:00.639
 and love to

00:40:00.639 --> 00:40:00.879
 you,

00:40:01.179 --> 00:40:01.639
 and you have

00:40:01.639 --> 00:40:02.099
 an option.

00:40:02.579 --> 00:40:02.920
 Do I be

00:40:02.920 --> 00:40:03.420
 lifted up?

00:40:03.500 --> 00:40:04.000
 Do I entertain

00:40:04.000 --> 00:40:04.719
 my pride and

00:40:04.719 --> 00:40:05.099
 offense?

00:40:05.799 --> 00:40:08.099
 Or do I say,

00:40:08.359 --> 00:40:08.879
 this is an

00:40:08.879 --> 00:40:09.639
 opportunity for

00:40:09.639 --> 00:40:10.079
 me to be

00:40:10.079 --> 00:40:10.400
 humble?

00:40:11.759 --> 00:40:12.500
 I can be

00:40:12.500 --> 00:40:13.099
 humble right

00:40:13.099 --> 00:40:13.339
 now.

00:40:13.920 --> 00:40:14.839
 I can say,

00:40:15.259 --> 00:40:15.719
 you're right,

00:40:16.000 --> 00:40:17.539
 I did do

00:40:17.539 --> 00:40:17.879
 that,

00:40:18.299 --> 00:40:18.719
 or yes,

00:40:18.719 --> 00:40:19.119
 that's not

00:40:19.119 --> 00:40:19.659
 my strength.

00:40:20.559 --> 00:40:21.359
 Thank you

00:40:21.359 --> 00:40:22.500
 for bringing

00:40:22.500 --> 00:40:23.119
 this to me.

00:40:23.879 --> 00:40:24.480
 I'll pray

00:40:24.480 --> 00:40:25.179
 about this,

00:40:25.279 --> 00:40:25.779
 you can pray

00:40:25.779 --> 00:40:26.279
 for me,

00:40:26.799 --> 00:40:27.599
 and I'm

00:40:27.599 --> 00:40:27.879
 going to

00:40:27.879 --> 00:40:28.599
 seek the

00:40:28.599 --> 00:40:29.279
 Lord and

00:40:29.279 --> 00:40:30.019
 be better.

00:40:31.199 --> 00:40:31.599
 That's

00:40:31.599 --> 00:40:32.059
 humility.

00:40:32.959 --> 00:40:33.239
 That's

00:40:33.239 --> 00:40:33.539
 humility.

00:40:34.039 --> 00:40:34.859
 That always

00:40:34.859 --> 00:40:38.459
 brings the

00:40:38.459 --> 00:40:39.159
 Lord into

00:40:39.159 --> 00:40:39.459
 it.

00:40:39.899 --> 00:40:40.319
 There's no

00:40:40.319 --> 00:40:41.059
 opposition from

00:40:41.059 --> 00:40:41.699
 God on that.

00:40:42.539 --> 00:40:43.000
 God does

00:40:43.000 --> 00:40:43.519
 not oppose

00:40:43.519 --> 00:40:44.179
 that person

00:40:44.179 --> 00:40:45.379
 that bows

00:40:45.379 --> 00:40:45.980
 and says,

00:40:47.019 --> 00:40:47.239
 Lord,

00:40:47.439 --> 00:40:47.959
 you know

00:40:47.959 --> 00:40:48.659
 you're right,

00:40:49.119 --> 00:40:49.419
 I am

00:40:49.419 --> 00:40:49.679
 but a

00:40:49.679 --> 00:40:50.019
 man,

00:40:50.199 --> 00:40:50.519
 and you

00:40:50.519 --> 00:40:50.639
 are

00:40:50.639 --> 00:40:51.019
 God.

00:40:51.859 --> 00:40:52.039
 Okay?

00:40:53.399 --> 00:40:53.799
 James

00:40:53.799 --> 00:40:54.619
 in verse

00:40:54.619 --> 00:40:55.159
 7 says,

00:40:55.259 --> 00:40:55.439
 submit

00:40:55.439 --> 00:40:55.980
 yourselves

00:40:55.980 --> 00:40:56.699
 therefore

00:40:56.699 --> 00:41:00.179
 to God.

00:41:00.519 --> 00:41:01.059
 After he

00:41:01.059 --> 00:41:01.399
 says all

00:41:01.399 --> 00:41:01.619
 this,

00:41:01.679 --> 00:41:02.019
 he says,

00:41:02.119 --> 00:41:02.639
 what do

00:41:02.639 --> 00:41:02.879
 we do

00:41:02.879 --> 00:41:03.159
 now?

00:41:03.279 --> 00:41:03.399
 We

00:41:03.399 --> 00:41:03.719
 submit.

00:41:03.959 --> 00:41:04.039
 We

00:41:04.039 --> 00:41:04.239
 come

00:41:04.239 --> 00:41:04.659
 underneath

00:41:04.659 --> 00:41:04.879
 the

00:41:04.879 --> 00:41:05.119
 Lord.

00:41:05.119 --> 00:41:05.559
 We

00:41:05.559 --> 00:41:05.819
 agree

00:41:05.819 --> 00:41:06.039
 with

00:41:06.039 --> 00:41:06.199
 the

00:41:06.199 --> 00:41:06.480
 Lord.

00:41:06.699 --> 00:41:06.919
 We

00:41:06.919 --> 00:41:07.119
 agree

00:41:07.119 --> 00:41:07.299
 that

00:41:07.299 --> 00:41:07.679
 only

00:41:07.679 --> 00:41:07.879
 the

00:41:07.879 --> 00:41:08.019
 Lord

00:41:08.019 --> 00:41:08.199
 is

00:41:08.199 --> 00:41:08.519
 right.

00:41:08.959 --> 00:41:09.239
 Submit

00:41:09.239 --> 00:41:09.659
 yourselves

00:41:09.659 --> 00:41:09.959
 therefore

00:41:09.959 --> 00:41:10.219
 to

00:41:10.219 --> 00:41:10.559
 God.

00:41:10.919 --> 00:41:11.299
 Resist

00:41:11.299 --> 00:41:11.480
 the

00:41:11.480 --> 00:41:11.739
 devil

00:41:11.739 --> 00:41:11.959
 and

00:41:11.959 --> 00:41:12.159
 he

00:41:12.159 --> 00:41:12.359
 will

00:41:12.359 --> 00:41:12.839
 flee

00:41:12.839 --> 00:41:13.119
 from

00:41:13.119 --> 00:41:13.339
 you.

00:41:13.340 --> 00:41:14.120
 The

00:41:14.120 --> 00:41:14.440
 author

00:41:14.440 --> 00:41:14.700
 of

00:41:14.700 --> 00:41:15.000
 pride

00:41:15.000 --> 00:41:15.340
 you might

00:41:15.340 --> 00:41:15.600
 even

00:41:15.600 --> 00:41:16.120
 say,

00:41:16.260 --> 00:41:16.760
 the devil

00:41:16.760 --> 00:41:17.800
 tempts us

00:41:17.800 --> 00:41:18.100
 to be

00:41:18.100 --> 00:41:18.539
 proud,

00:41:19.160 --> 00:41:19.860
 tempts us

00:41:19.860 --> 00:41:20.220
 to come

00:41:20.220 --> 00:41:20.400
 in,

00:41:20.480 --> 00:41:20.940
 agrees and

00:41:20.940 --> 00:41:21.440
 partners with

00:41:21.440 --> 00:41:22.059
 our flesh

00:41:22.059 --> 00:41:22.519
 to lift

00:41:22.519 --> 00:41:22.980
 us up.

00:41:23.940 --> 00:41:24.140
 James

00:41:24.140 --> 00:41:24.360
 says,

00:41:24.440 --> 00:41:25.160
 resist him

00:41:25.160 --> 00:41:25.960
 and he'll

00:41:25.960 --> 00:41:26.460
 leave.

00:41:27.199 --> 00:41:27.800
 That's

00:41:27.800 --> 00:41:28.220
 a promise.

00:41:28.659 --> 00:41:28.940
 If you

00:41:28.940 --> 00:41:29.179
 say,

00:41:29.559 --> 00:41:30.019
 I will

00:41:30.019 --> 00:41:30.260
 be

00:41:30.260 --> 00:41:30.659
 humble,

00:41:31.340 --> 00:41:31.840
 even

00:41:31.840 --> 00:41:32.019
 though

00:41:32.019 --> 00:41:32.179
 it's

00:41:32.179 --> 00:41:32.519
 painful,

00:41:32.699 --> 00:41:32.840
 even

00:41:32.840 --> 00:41:33.139
 though

00:41:33.139 --> 00:41:33.420
 my

00:41:33.420 --> 00:41:33.780
 offense

00:41:33.780 --> 00:41:34.019
 is

00:41:34.019 --> 00:41:34.380
 real

00:41:34.380 --> 00:41:34.559
 and

00:41:34.559 --> 00:41:34.960
 strong,

00:41:35.480 --> 00:41:35.659
 I

00:41:35.659 --> 00:41:36.079
 will

00:41:36.079 --> 00:41:37.720
 submit

00:41:37.720 --> 00:41:37.920
 to

00:41:37.920 --> 00:41:38.059
 the

00:41:38.059 --> 00:41:38.380
 Lord

00:41:38.380 --> 00:41:39.139
 and

00:41:39.139 --> 00:41:39.639
 Satan

00:41:39.639 --> 00:41:40.159
 must

00:41:40.159 --> 00:41:40.340
 be

00:41:40.340 --> 00:41:40.679
 gone.

00:41:41.340 --> 00:41:41.780
 He

00:41:41.780 --> 00:41:42.300
 will

00:41:42.300 --> 00:41:42.539
 flee

00:41:42.539 --> 00:41:42.780
 from

00:41:42.780 --> 00:41:43.000
 that

00:41:43.000 --> 00:41:44.179
 person.

00:41:46.940 --> 00:41:47.420
 Verse

00:41:47.420 --> 00:41:47.699
 8,

00:41:47.800 --> 00:41:48.240
 draw near

00:41:48.240 --> 00:41:48.780
 to God

00:41:48.780 --> 00:41:49.119
 and he

00:41:49.119 --> 00:41:49.260
 will

00:41:49.260 --> 00:41:49.720
 draw near

00:41:49.720 --> 00:41:49.920
 to

00:41:49.920 --> 00:41:50.260
 you.

00:41:51.099 --> 00:41:51.420
 Cleanse

00:41:51.420 --> 00:41:51.800
 your hands

00:41:51.800 --> 00:41:51.940
 you

00:41:51.940 --> 00:41:52.220
 sinners

00:41:52.220 --> 00:41:52.420
 and

00:41:52.420 --> 00:41:52.740
 purify

00:41:52.740 --> 00:41:52.940
 your

00:41:52.940 --> 00:41:53.159
 hearts

00:41:53.159 --> 00:41:53.300
 you

00:41:53.300 --> 00:41:53.559
 double

00:41:53.559 --> 00:41:53.920
 minded.

00:41:56.460 --> 00:41:58.579
 This is

00:41:58.579 --> 00:41:58.760
 one of

00:41:58.760 --> 00:41:58.900
 my

00:41:58.900 --> 00:41:59.159
 favorite

00:41:59.159 --> 00:41:59.579
 verses

00:41:59.579 --> 00:42:03.519
 in

00:42:03.519 --> 00:42:04.000
 James,

00:42:04.519 --> 00:42:05.320
 honestly,

00:42:05.559 --> 00:42:05.860
 in the

00:42:05.860 --> 00:42:06.000
 whole

00:42:06.000 --> 00:42:06.340
 Bible.

00:42:06.840 --> 00:42:07.039
 It's

00:42:07.039 --> 00:42:07.159
 a

00:42:07.159 --> 00:42:07.579
 promise.

00:42:08.360 --> 00:42:08.760
 If we

00:42:08.760 --> 00:42:09.039
 draw

00:42:09.039 --> 00:42:09.360
 near

00:42:09.360 --> 00:42:09.559
 to

00:42:09.559 --> 00:42:10.000
 God,

00:42:10.300 --> 00:42:10.480
 he

00:42:10.480 --> 00:42:10.820
 will

00:42:10.820 --> 00:42:11.099
 draw

00:42:11.099 --> 00:42:11.280
 near

00:42:11.280 --> 00:42:11.460
 to

00:42:11.460 --> 00:42:11.760
 us.

00:42:12.519 --> 00:42:12.740
 Okay?

00:42:13.139 --> 00:42:13.699
 How many

00:42:13.699 --> 00:42:14.059
 times

00:42:14.059 --> 00:42:14.260
 are we

00:42:14.260 --> 00:42:14.480
 tempted

00:42:14.480 --> 00:42:14.720
 to

00:42:14.720 --> 00:42:15.079
 feel

00:42:15.079 --> 00:42:15.720
 distant

00:42:15.720 --> 00:42:15.960
 from

00:42:15.960 --> 00:42:16.099
 the

00:42:16.099 --> 00:42:16.400
 Lord,

00:42:16.860 --> 00:42:17.340
 alienated

00:42:17.340 --> 00:42:17.559
 from

00:42:17.559 --> 00:42:17.980
 God,

00:42:18.440 --> 00:42:18.920
 when the

00:42:18.920 --> 00:42:19.159
 scripture

00:42:19.159 --> 00:42:19.679
 says,

00:42:20.240 --> 00:42:20.860
 in fact,

00:42:20.960 --> 00:42:21.380
 that if

00:42:21.380 --> 00:42:21.519
 we

00:42:21.519 --> 00:42:21.740
 were in

00:42:21.740 --> 00:42:22.159
 Christ,

00:42:22.619 --> 00:42:22.740
 we

00:42:22.740 --> 00:42:23.260
 were

00:42:23.260 --> 00:42:24.019
 once

00:42:24.019 --> 00:42:24.900
 alienated,

00:42:25.199 --> 00:42:25.460
 Ephesians

00:42:25.460 --> 00:42:25.840
 says,

00:42:25.840 --> 00:42:26.480
 but now

00:42:26.480 --> 00:42:26.660
 we

00:42:26.660 --> 00:42:26.820
 have

00:42:26.820 --> 00:42:26.980
 been

00:42:26.980 --> 00:42:27.240
 brought

00:42:27.240 --> 00:42:27.579
 near.

00:42:28.280 --> 00:42:28.539
 Okay?

00:42:29.400 --> 00:42:29.900
 Draw

00:42:29.900 --> 00:42:30.320
 near to

00:42:30.320 --> 00:42:30.660
 God,

00:42:30.760 --> 00:42:31.079
 and he

00:42:31.079 --> 00:42:31.420
 will

00:42:31.420 --> 00:42:31.700
 draw

00:42:31.700 --> 00:42:31.920
 near

00:42:31.920 --> 00:42:32.120
 to

00:42:32.120 --> 00:42:32.440
 you.

00:42:32.920 --> 00:42:33.240
 Malachi

00:42:33.240 --> 00:42:33.600
 chapter

00:42:33.600 --> 00:42:33.860
 3,

00:42:33.920 --> 00:42:34.160
 7

00:42:34.160 --> 00:42:34.460
 says,

00:42:34.460 --> 00:42:34.760
 return

00:42:34.760 --> 00:42:35.160
 to

00:42:35.160 --> 00:42:35.579
 me,

00:42:36.140 --> 00:42:36.420
 Lord

00:42:36.420 --> 00:42:36.720
 speaks

00:42:36.720 --> 00:42:36.880
 to

00:42:36.880 --> 00:42:37.160
 Israel,

00:42:37.460 --> 00:42:37.720
 return

00:42:37.720 --> 00:42:38.019
 to

00:42:38.019 --> 00:42:38.440
 me,

00:42:38.900 --> 00:42:39.280
 and I

00:42:39.280 --> 00:42:39.460
 will

00:42:39.460 --> 00:42:39.860
 return

00:42:39.860 --> 00:42:40.100
 to

00:42:40.100 --> 00:42:40.500
 you,

00:42:41.059 --> 00:42:41.340
 says

00:42:41.340 --> 00:42:41.500
 the

00:42:41.500 --> 00:42:41.620
 Lord

00:42:41.620 --> 00:42:41.760
 of

00:42:41.760 --> 00:42:42.059
 hosts.

00:42:42.400 --> 00:42:42.720
 Similar

00:42:42.720 --> 00:42:43.079
 thing,

00:42:43.160 --> 00:42:43.340
 right?

00:42:44.380 --> 00:42:44.680
 And

00:42:44.680 --> 00:42:46.100
 someone

00:42:46.100 --> 00:42:46.340
 will

00:42:46.340 --> 00:42:46.559
 say

00:42:46.559 --> 00:42:46.740
 to

00:42:46.740 --> 00:42:47.000
 me,

00:42:47.260 --> 00:42:47.420
 well,

00:42:47.500 --> 00:42:47.700
 how

00:42:47.700 --> 00:42:48.019
 do

00:42:48.019 --> 00:42:48.200
 I

00:42:48.200 --> 00:42:48.440
 draw

00:42:48.440 --> 00:42:48.640
 near

00:42:48.640 --> 00:42:48.820
 to

00:42:48.820 --> 00:42:49.140
 God?

00:42:49.860 --> 00:42:50.340
 How

00:42:50.340 --> 00:42:50.500
 do

00:42:50.500 --> 00:42:50.620
 you

00:42:50.620 --> 00:42:50.820
 do

00:42:50.820 --> 00:42:51.160
 that?

00:42:51.800 --> 00:42:51.920
 You

00:42:51.920 --> 00:42:52.079
 know,

00:42:52.180 --> 00:42:52.340
 like,

00:42:55.840 --> 00:42:56.600
 what's

00:42:56.600 --> 00:42:57.039
 the

00:42:57.039 --> 00:42:57.360
 way?

00:42:57.760 --> 00:42:57.980
 And

00:42:57.980 --> 00:42:58.079
 the

00:42:58.079 --> 00:42:58.240
 way

00:42:58.240 --> 00:42:58.380
 is

00:42:58.380 --> 00:42:58.500
 through

00:42:58.500 --> 00:42:58.640
 the

00:42:58.640 --> 00:42:59.019
 gospel.

00:43:00.100 --> 00:43:00.340
 At

00:43:00.340 --> 00:43:00.539
 one

00:43:00.539 --> 00:43:00.880
 time,

00:43:00.960 --> 00:43:01.079
 we

00:43:01.079 --> 00:43:01.320
 were

00:43:01.320 --> 00:43:02.059
 alienated,

00:43:02.720 --> 00:43:03.200
 far

00:43:03.200 --> 00:43:03.460
 from

00:43:03.460 --> 00:43:03.860
 God,

00:43:04.700 --> 00:43:05.100
 but

00:43:05.100 --> 00:43:05.600
 now,

00:43:06.000 --> 00:43:06.940
 you

00:43:06.940 --> 00:43:07.220
 don't

00:43:07.220 --> 00:43:07.559
 have

00:43:07.559 --> 00:43:07.820
 to,

00:43:08.079 --> 00:43:08.420
 there's

00:43:08.420 --> 00:43:08.860
 no amount

00:43:08.860 --> 00:43:09.039
 of

00:43:09.039 --> 00:43:09.400
 works

00:43:09.400 --> 00:43:09.620
 you

00:43:09.620 --> 00:43:09.760
 could

00:43:09.760 --> 00:43:10.079
 do,

00:43:10.380 --> 00:43:10.720
 no

00:43:10.720 --> 00:43:11.100
 amount

00:43:11.100 --> 00:43:11.539
 of

00:43:11.539 --> 00:43:12.300
 sacrifices

00:43:12.300 --> 00:43:12.600
 to

00:43:12.600 --> 00:43:12.960
 offer,

00:43:13.640 --> 00:43:13.880
 there

00:43:13.880 --> 00:43:14.059
 is

00:43:14.059 --> 00:43:14.260
 no

00:43:14.260 --> 00:43:14.700
 holy

00:43:14.700 --> 00:43:15.300
 site

00:43:15.300 --> 00:43:15.860
 that

00:43:15.860 --> 00:43:16.000
 you

00:43:16.000 --> 00:43:16.200
 could

00:43:16.200 --> 00:43:16.640
 travel

00:43:16.640 --> 00:43:16.920
 to

00:43:16.920 --> 00:43:17.059
 and

00:43:17.059 --> 00:43:17.160
 do

00:43:17.160 --> 00:43:17.340
 a

00:43:17.340 --> 00:43:17.720
 pilgrimage

00:43:17.720 --> 00:43:18.400
 to.

00:43:19.220 --> 00:43:19.519
 In

00:43:19.519 --> 00:43:19.760
 fact,

00:43:19.860 --> 00:43:20.300
 actually,

00:43:20.800 --> 00:43:21.019
 you

00:43:21.019 --> 00:43:21.240
 can

00:43:21.240 --> 00:43:21.519
 come

00:43:21.519 --> 00:43:21.720
 to

00:43:21.720 --> 00:43:21.880
 the

00:43:21.880 --> 00:43:22.140
 Lord

00:43:22.140 --> 00:43:22.700
 now,

00:43:23.700 --> 00:43:24.300
 presently.

00:43:24.840 --> 00:43:25.120
 That's

00:43:25.120 --> 00:43:25.240
 the

00:43:25.239 --> 00:43:25.519
 good news

00:43:25.519 --> 00:43:25.719
 of the

00:43:25.719 --> 00:43:26.059
 gospel,

00:43:26.299 --> 00:43:26.939
 is that

00:43:26.939 --> 00:43:27.239
 you

00:43:27.239 --> 00:43:27.619
 don't

00:43:27.619 --> 00:43:27.979
 have

00:43:27.979 --> 00:43:28.159
 to

00:43:28.159 --> 00:43:28.479
 rely

00:43:28.479 --> 00:43:28.699
 on

00:43:28.699 --> 00:43:28.839
 your

00:43:28.839 --> 00:43:29.039
 good

00:43:29.039 --> 00:43:29.459
 works,

00:43:29.879 --> 00:43:30.159
 you

00:43:30.159 --> 00:43:30.279
 don't

00:43:30.279 --> 00:43:30.500
 have

00:43:30.500 --> 00:43:30.639
 to

00:43:30.639 --> 00:43:30.859
 rely

00:43:30.859 --> 00:43:31.039
 on

00:43:31.039 --> 00:43:31.319
 someone

00:43:31.319 --> 00:43:31.599
 else

00:43:31.599 --> 00:43:31.759
 to

00:43:31.759 --> 00:43:32.059
 mediate

00:43:32.059 --> 00:43:32.339
 for

00:43:32.339 --> 00:43:32.619
 you,

00:43:32.839 --> 00:43:33.219
 but

00:43:33.219 --> 00:43:33.359
 the

00:43:33.359 --> 00:43:33.679
 gospel

00:43:33.679 --> 00:43:34.159
 preaches

00:43:34.159 --> 00:43:34.539
 to our

00:43:34.539 --> 00:43:34.819
 hearts

00:43:34.819 --> 00:43:35.019
 and

00:43:35.019 --> 00:43:35.399
 says,

00:43:35.719 --> 00:43:35.799
 you

00:43:35.799 --> 00:43:36.000
 can

00:43:36.000 --> 00:43:36.219
 draw

00:43:36.219 --> 00:43:36.500
 near

00:43:36.500 --> 00:43:36.699
 to

00:43:36.699 --> 00:43:37.119
 God

00:43:37.119 --> 00:43:37.659
 now,

00:43:38.459 --> 00:43:39.099
 presently.

00:43:42.279 --> 00:43:42.759
 And

00:43:42.759 --> 00:43:43.000
 someone

00:43:43.000 --> 00:43:43.239
 will

00:43:43.239 --> 00:43:43.599
 say,

00:43:44.079 --> 00:43:44.399
 how do

00:43:44.399 --> 00:43:44.519
 I

00:43:44.519 --> 00:43:44.719
 draw

00:43:44.719 --> 00:43:44.959
 near

00:43:44.959 --> 00:43:45.119
 to

00:43:45.119 --> 00:43:45.359
 God

00:43:45.359 --> 00:43:45.639
 now?

00:43:45.779 --> 00:43:45.979
 Well,

00:43:46.439 --> 00:43:46.679
 thankfully

00:43:46.679 --> 00:43:47.059
 the Bible

00:43:47.059 --> 00:43:47.639
 explains to

00:43:47.639 --> 00:43:47.979
 us how.

00:43:49.139 --> 00:43:49.239
 In

00:43:49.239 --> 00:43:49.419
 Hebrews

00:43:49.419 --> 00:43:49.899
 chapter

00:43:49.899 --> 00:43:50.279
 11

00:43:50.279 --> 00:43:50.500
 verse

00:43:50.500 --> 00:43:50.779
 6

00:43:50.779 --> 00:43:51.059
 says,

00:43:51.739 --> 00:43:51.759
 and

00:43:51.759 --> 00:43:51.919
 without

00:43:55.239 --> 00:43:55.439
 whoever

00:43:55.439 --> 00:43:55.779
 would

00:43:55.779 --> 00:43:56.019
 draw

00:43:56.019 --> 00:43:56.279
 near

00:43:56.279 --> 00:43:56.479
 to

00:43:56.479 --> 00:43:56.859
 God,

00:43:57.099 --> 00:43:57.399
 okay,

00:43:58.079 --> 00:43:58.279
 for

00:43:58.279 --> 00:43:58.619
 whoever

00:43:58.619 --> 00:43:58.919
 would

00:43:58.919 --> 00:43:59.119
 draw

00:43:59.119 --> 00:43:59.379
 near

00:43:59.379 --> 00:43:59.559
 to

00:43:59.559 --> 00:43:59.879
 God

00:43:59.879 --> 00:44:00.219
 must

00:44:00.219 --> 00:44:00.739
 believe

00:44:00.739 --> 00:44:01.419
 that

00:44:01.419 --> 00:44:01.559
 he

00:44:01.559 --> 00:44:02.219
 exists

00:44:02.219 --> 00:44:03.679
 and

00:44:03.679 --> 00:44:03.859
 that

00:44:03.859 --> 00:44:04.019
 he

00:44:04.019 --> 00:44:04.559
 rewards

00:44:04.559 --> 00:44:04.939
 those

00:44:04.939 --> 00:44:05.139
 who

00:44:05.139 --> 00:44:05.439
 seek

00:44:05.439 --> 00:44:05.719
 him.

00:44:07.299 --> 00:44:07.819
 So

00:44:07.819 --> 00:44:08.399
 how do

00:44:08.399 --> 00:44:08.519
 we

00:44:08.519 --> 00:44:08.679
 draw

00:44:08.679 --> 00:44:08.879
 near

00:44:08.879 --> 00:44:09.039
 to

00:44:09.039 --> 00:44:09.279
 God?

00:44:09.359 --> 00:44:09.559
 Whoever

00:44:09.559 --> 00:44:09.859
 would

00:44:09.859 --> 00:44:10.059
 draw

00:44:10.059 --> 00:44:10.259
 near

00:44:10.259 --> 00:44:10.419
 to

00:44:10.419 --> 00:44:10.659
 God,

00:44:10.819 --> 00:44:10.979
 you

00:44:10.979 --> 00:44:11.159
 must

00:44:11.159 --> 00:44:11.459
 believe

00:44:11.459 --> 00:44:11.639
 that

00:44:11.639 --> 00:44:11.759
 you

00:44:11.759 --> 00:44:11.859
 are

00:44:11.859 --> 00:44:12.199
 drawing

00:44:12.199 --> 00:44:12.439
 near

00:44:12.439 --> 00:44:12.639
 to

00:44:12.639 --> 00:44:12.859
 a

00:44:12.859 --> 00:44:13.119
 God

00:44:13.119 --> 00:44:13.339
 who

00:44:13.339 --> 00:44:13.659
 is

00:44:13.659 --> 00:44:13.979
 there,

00:44:14.399 --> 00:44:14.539
 who

00:44:14.539 --> 00:44:14.779
 is

00:44:14.779 --> 00:44:15.399
 approachable,

00:44:15.819 --> 00:44:17.259
 and

00:44:17.259 --> 00:44:17.599
 you

00:44:17.599 --> 00:44:17.839
 must

00:44:17.839 --> 00:44:18.419
 expect

00:44:18.419 --> 00:44:18.799
 something

00:44:18.799 --> 00:44:19.079
 from

00:44:19.079 --> 00:44:19.359
 him,

00:44:20.059 --> 00:44:20.319
 that

00:44:20.319 --> 00:44:20.519
 he

00:44:20.519 --> 00:44:20.799
 would

00:44:20.799 --> 00:44:21.099
 give

00:44:21.099 --> 00:44:21.259
 you

00:44:21.259 --> 00:44:21.619
 something.

00:44:21.619 --> 00:44:23.679
 You

00:44:23.679 --> 00:44:23.819
 can

00:44:23.819 --> 00:44:24.019
 see

00:44:24.019 --> 00:44:24.219
 that

00:44:24.219 --> 00:44:24.659
 throughout

00:44:24.659 --> 00:44:24.940
 all

00:44:24.940 --> 00:44:25.059
 of

00:44:25.059 --> 00:44:25.279
 James

00:44:25.279 --> 00:44:25.719
 speaking.

00:44:25.839 --> 00:44:25.920
 You

00:44:25.920 --> 00:44:26.199
 don't

00:44:26.199 --> 00:44:26.719
 have

00:44:26.719 --> 00:44:27.699
 because

00:44:27.699 --> 00:44:27.859
 you

00:44:27.859 --> 00:44:28.019
 don't

00:44:28.019 --> 00:44:28.380
 ask.

00:44:28.900 --> 00:44:29.079
 Go

00:44:29.079 --> 00:44:29.460
 get

00:44:29.460 --> 00:44:29.859
 what

00:44:29.859 --> 00:44:30.039
 the

00:44:30.039 --> 00:44:30.239
 Lord

00:44:30.239 --> 00:44:30.819
 has.

00:44:31.119 --> 00:44:31.319
 If

00:44:31.319 --> 00:44:31.420
 you

00:44:31.420 --> 00:44:31.579
 draw

00:44:31.579 --> 00:44:31.759
 near

00:44:31.759 --> 00:44:31.920
 to

00:44:31.920 --> 00:44:32.079
 the

00:44:32.079 --> 00:44:32.380
 Lord

00:44:32.380 --> 00:44:33.339
 and

00:44:33.339 --> 00:44:33.659
 believe

00:44:33.659 --> 00:44:33.880
 that

00:44:33.880 --> 00:44:34.019
 he

00:44:34.019 --> 00:44:34.159
 will

00:44:34.159 --> 00:44:34.359
 give

00:44:34.359 --> 00:44:34.460
 it

00:44:34.460 --> 00:44:34.599
 to

00:44:34.599 --> 00:44:34.819
 you,

00:44:35.000 --> 00:44:35.199
 in

00:44:35.199 --> 00:44:35.319
 other

00:44:35.319 --> 00:44:35.519
 words,

00:44:35.960 --> 00:44:36.099
 he

00:44:36.099 --> 00:44:36.460
 rewards

00:44:36.460 --> 00:44:36.719
 those

00:44:36.719 --> 00:44:36.900
 who

00:44:36.900 --> 00:44:37.179
 seek

00:44:37.179 --> 00:44:37.400
 him,

00:44:38.219 --> 00:44:38.539
 then

00:44:38.539 --> 00:44:38.839
 you

00:44:38.839 --> 00:44:39.019
 will

00:44:39.019 --> 00:44:39.239
 draw

00:44:39.239 --> 00:44:39.519
 near.

00:44:39.940 --> 00:44:40.119
 He

00:44:40.119 --> 00:44:40.259
 will

00:44:40.259 --> 00:44:40.440
 give

00:44:40.440 --> 00:44:40.559
 it

00:44:40.559 --> 00:44:40.699
 to

00:44:40.699 --> 00:44:40.880
 you.

00:44:42.119 --> 00:44:42.500
 And

00:44:42.500 --> 00:44:42.759
 so

00:44:42.759 --> 00:44:43.339
 you

00:44:43.339 --> 00:44:43.559
 can't

00:44:43.559 --> 00:44:43.679
 draw

00:44:43.679 --> 00:44:43.859
 near

00:44:43.859 --> 00:44:44.019
 to

00:44:44.019 --> 00:44:44.299
 God

00:44:44.299 --> 00:44:44.779
 unless

00:44:44.779 --> 00:44:45.400
 you

00:44:45.400 --> 00:44:45.679
 believe

00:44:45.679 --> 00:44:46.079
 that

00:44:46.079 --> 00:44:48.000
 he

00:44:48.000 --> 00:44:48.440
 exists.

00:44:48.719 --> 00:44:48.880
 You

00:44:48.880 --> 00:44:49.119
 can't

00:44:49.119 --> 00:44:49.259
 draw

00:44:49.259 --> 00:44:49.440
 near

00:44:49.440 --> 00:44:49.579
 to

00:44:49.579 --> 00:44:49.819
 God

00:44:49.819 --> 00:44:49.960
 if

00:44:49.960 --> 00:44:50.059
 you

00:44:50.059 --> 00:44:50.239
 believe

00:44:50.239 --> 00:44:50.360
 that

00:44:50.360 --> 00:44:50.440
 he

00:44:50.440 --> 00:44:50.559
 will

00:44:50.559 --> 00:44:50.719
 give

00:44:50.719 --> 00:44:50.819
 you

00:44:50.819 --> 00:44:51.099
 nothing.

00:44:52.319 --> 00:44:52.759
 You

00:44:52.759 --> 00:44:52.980
 have

00:44:52.980 --> 00:44:53.099
 to

00:44:53.099 --> 00:44:53.259
 draw

00:44:53.259 --> 00:44:53.559
 near

00:44:53.559 --> 00:44:54.179
 because

00:44:54.179 --> 00:44:55.079
 you

00:44:55.079 --> 00:44:55.319
 know

00:44:55.319 --> 00:44:55.539
 that

00:44:55.539 --> 00:44:55.779
 he

00:44:55.779 --> 00:44:56.119
 is

00:44:56.119 --> 00:44:56.420
 good

00:44:56.420 --> 00:44:57.000
 essentially.

00:44:57.920 --> 00:44:58.119
 And

00:44:58.119 --> 00:44:58.360
 when we

00:44:58.360 --> 00:44:58.519
 draw

00:44:58.519 --> 00:44:58.719
 near

00:44:58.719 --> 00:44:58.860
 to

00:44:58.860 --> 00:44:59.119
 God

00:44:59.119 --> 00:44:59.279
 we

00:44:59.279 --> 00:44:59.460
 should

00:44:59.460 --> 00:44:59.579
 do

00:44:59.579 --> 00:44:59.699
 what

00:44:59.699 --> 00:44:59.799
 the

00:44:59.799 --> 00:45:00.159
 apostle

00:45:00.159 --> 00:45:00.539
 did

00:45:00.539 --> 00:45:01.259
 what

00:45:01.259 --> 00:45:01.500
 Paul

00:45:01.500 --> 00:45:01.719
 did

00:45:01.719 --> 00:45:01.840
 in

00:45:01.840 --> 00:45:02.019
 Romans

00:45:02.019 --> 00:45:02.340
 8.

00:45:02.900 --> 00:45:03.099
 He

00:45:03.099 --> 00:45:03.420
 says

00:45:03.420 --> 00:45:04.799
 in

00:45:04.799 --> 00:45:05.000
 verse

00:45:05.000 --> 00:45:05.480
 32

00:45:05.480 --> 00:45:05.699
 he

00:45:05.699 --> 00:45:06.299
 who

00:45:06.299 --> 00:45:06.500
 did

00:45:06.500 --> 00:45:06.659
 not

00:45:06.659 --> 00:45:06.880
 spare

00:45:06.880 --> 00:45:06.880


00:45:06.980 --> 00:45:07.059
 His

00:45:07.059 --> 00:45:07.259
 own

00:45:07.259 --> 00:45:07.579
 son

00:45:07.579 --> 00:45:08.400
 but

00:45:08.400 --> 00:45:08.619
 gave

00:45:08.619 --> 00:45:08.880
 him

00:45:08.880 --> 00:45:09.579
 up

00:45:09.579 --> 00:45:09.739
 for

00:45:09.739 --> 00:45:09.900
 us

00:45:09.900 --> 00:45:10.219
 all

00:45:10.219 --> 00:45:10.239
!

00:45:10.239 --> 00:45:11.380
 How

00:45:16.079 --> 00:45:16.719
 things

00:45:16.719 --> 00:45:18.259
 okay

00:45:18.259 --> 00:45:19.659
 he

00:45:19.659 --> 00:45:20.400
 will

00:45:20.400 --> 00:45:20.699
 give

00:45:20.699 --> 00:45:21.519
 us

00:45:21.519 --> 00:45:22.980
 all

00:45:22.980 --> 00:45:23.559
 things

00:45:23.559 --> 00:45:24.360
 if

00:45:24.360 --> 00:45:24.460
 we

00:45:24.460 --> 00:45:24.619
 draw

00:45:24.619 --> 00:45:24.779
 near

00:45:24.779 --> 00:45:24.900
 to

00:45:24.900 --> 00:45:25.039
 him

00:45:25.039 --> 00:45:25.219
 through

00:45:25.219 --> 00:45:25.579
 faith.

00:45:29.759 --> 00:45:30.239
 In

00:45:30.239 --> 00:45:30.659
 Luke 11

00:45:30.659 --> 00:45:30.860
 he

00:45:30.860 --> 00:45:31.119
 says

00:45:31.119 --> 00:45:31.299
 for

00:45:31.299 --> 00:45:31.599
 whoever

00:45:31.599 --> 00:45:32.000
 asks

00:45:32.000 --> 00:45:32.480
 receives

00:45:32.480 --> 00:45:32.619
 and

00:45:32.619 --> 00:45:32.779
 the one

00:45:32.779 --> 00:45:32.920
 who

00:45:32.920 --> 00:45:33.159
 seeks

00:45:33.159 --> 00:45:33.619
 finds

00:45:33.619 --> 00:45:34.699
 and

00:45:34.699 --> 00:45:34.779
 to

00:45:34.779 --> 00:45:34.900
 the

00:45:34.900 --> 00:45:35.099
 one

00:45:35.099 --> 00:45:35.259
 who

00:45:35.259 --> 00:45:35.599
 knocks

00:45:35.599 --> 00:45:35.739
 it

00:45:35.739 --> 00:45:35.819
 will

00:45:35.819 --> 00:45:35.960
 be

00:45:35.960 --> 00:45:36.360
 open

00:45:36.360 --> 00:45:36.860
 what

00:45:36.860 --> 00:45:37.159
 father

00:45:37.159 --> 00:45:37.500
 among

00:45:37.500 --> 00:45:37.759
 you

00:45:37.759 --> 00:45:38.019
 if

00:45:38.019 --> 00:45:38.199
 his

00:45:38.199 --> 00:45:38.460
 son

00:45:38.460 --> 00:45:38.759
 asks

00:45:38.759 --> 00:45:38.920
 for

00:45:38.920 --> 00:45:39.420
 fish

00:45:39.420 --> 00:45:40.599
 will

00:45:40.599 --> 00:45:41.119
 instead

00:45:41.119 --> 00:45:42.599
 give

00:45:42.599 --> 00:45:42.719
 him

00:45:42.719 --> 00:45:42.860
 a

00:45:42.860 --> 00:45:43.179
 serpent

00:45:43.179 --> 00:45:44.199
 or

00:45:44.199 --> 00:45:44.299
 if

00:45:44.299 --> 00:45:44.380
 he

00:45:44.380 --> 00:45:44.559
 asks

00:45:44.559 --> 00:45:44.659
 for

00:45:44.659 --> 00:45:44.779
 an

00:45:44.779 --> 00:45:44.980
 egg

00:45:44.980 --> 00:45:45.119
 will

00:45:45.119 --> 00:45:45.279
 give

00:45:45.279 --> 00:45:45.340
 him

00:45:45.340 --> 00:45:45.460
 a

00:45:45.460 --> 00:45:45.920
 scorpion

00:45:45.920 --> 00:45:46.280
 if

00:45:46.280 --> 00:45:46.440
 you

00:45:46.440 --> 00:45:46.659
 then

00:45:46.659 --> 00:45:46.780
 who

00:45:46.780 --> 00:45:46.900
 are

00:45:46.900 --> 00:45:47.300
 evil

00:45:47.300 --> 00:45:47.599
 know

00:45:47.599 --> 00:45:47.720
 how

00:45:47.720 --> 00:45:47.820
 to

00:45:47.820 --> 00:45:47.960
 give

00:45:47.960 --> 00:45:48.180
 good

00:45:48.180 --> 00:45:48.440
 gifts

00:45:48.440 --> 00:45:48.539
 to

00:45:48.539 --> 00:45:48.659
 your

00:45:48.659 --> 00:45:48.920
 children

00:45:48.920 --> 00:45:49.159
 how

00:45:49.159 --> 00:45:49.400
 much

00:45:49.400 --> 00:45:49.619
 more

00:45:49.619 --> 00:45:49.760
 will

00:45:49.760 --> 00:45:49.920
 your

00:45:49.920 --> 00:45:50.300
 heavenly

00:45:50.300 --> 00:45:50.740
 father

00:45:50.740 --> 00:45:51.039
 give

00:45:51.039 --> 00:45:51.200
 the

00:45:51.200 --> 00:45:51.420
 holy

00:45:51.420 --> 00:45:51.860
 spirit

00:45:51.860 --> 00:45:52.880
 to

00:45:52.880 --> 00:45:53.280
 those

00:45:53.280 --> 00:45:53.700
 who

00:45:53.700 --> 00:45:53.980
 ask

00:45:53.980 --> 00:45:54.200
 him

00:45:54.200 --> 00:45:55.840
 and

00:45:55.840 --> 00:45:56.119
 so

00:45:56.119 --> 00:45:58.559
 James

00:45:58.559 --> 00:45:58.900
 is

00:45:58.900 --> 00:46:00.180
 bringing

00:46:00.180 --> 00:46:00.380
 it

00:46:00.380 --> 00:46:00.539
 all

00:46:00.539 --> 00:46:00.659
 the

00:46:00.659 --> 00:46:00.780
 way

00:46:00.780 --> 00:46:01.119
 back

00:46:01.119 --> 00:46:01.400
 to

00:46:01.400 --> 00:46:01.599
 true

00:46:01.599 --> 00:46:02.019
 repentance

00:46:02.019 --> 00:46:03.159
 if

00:46:03.159 --> 00:46:03.260
 we

00:46:03.260 --> 00:46:03.440
 find

00:46:03.440 --> 00:46:03.840
 ourselves

00:46:03.840 --> 00:46:04.559
 proud

00:46:04.559 --> 00:46:05.159
 if

00:46:05.159 --> 00:46:05.260
 we

00:46:05.260 --> 00:46:05.539
 find

00:46:05.539 --> 00:46:06.099
 ourselves

00:46:06.099 --> 00:46:06.940
 lifted

00:46:06.940 --> 00:46:07.300
 up

00:46:07.300 --> 00:46:07.920
 he

00:46:07.920 --> 00:46:08.260
 says

00:46:08.260 --> 00:46:08.500
 draw

00:46:08.500 --> 00:46:08.680
 near

00:46:08.680 --> 00:46:08.820
 to

00:46:08.820 --> 00:46:09.139
 God

00:46:09.139 --> 00:46:10.019
 he

00:46:10.019 --> 00:46:10.220
 says

00:46:10.220 --> 00:46:10.360
 to

00:46:10.360 --> 00:46:10.619
 cleanse

00:46:10.619 --> 00:46:10.780
 your

00:46:10.780 --> 00:46:11.240
 hands

00:46:11.240 --> 00:46:12.420
 okay

00:46:12.420 --> 00:46:13.300
 this

00:46:13.300 --> 00:46:13.300


00:46:13.300 --> 00:46:13.800
 means

00:46:13.800 --> 00:46:13.980
 we

00:46:13.980 --> 00:46:14.340
 actually

00:46:14.340 --> 00:46:14.720
 have

00:46:15.920 --> 00:46:16.360
 about

00:46:16.360 --> 00:46:16.539
 our

00:46:16.539 --> 00:46:16.780
 sin

00:46:16.780 --> 00:46:18.680
 if

00:46:18.680 --> 00:46:18.820
 you

00:46:18.820 --> 00:46:19.059
 find

00:46:19.059 --> 00:46:19.420
 yourself

00:46:19.420 --> 00:46:20.380
 after

00:46:20.380 --> 00:46:20.599
 you

00:46:20.599 --> 00:46:20.880
 sin

00:46:20.880 --> 00:46:21.280
 saying

00:46:21.280 --> 00:46:21.579
 it's

00:46:21.579 --> 00:46:21.760
 all

00:46:21.760 --> 00:46:22.200
 good

00:46:22.200 --> 00:46:22.740
 God

00:46:22.740 --> 00:46:23.240
 forgives

00:46:23.240 --> 00:46:23.619
 me

00:46:23.619 --> 00:46:24.500
 moving

00:46:24.500 --> 00:46:25.099
 on

00:46:25.099 --> 00:46:26.220
 almost

00:46:26.220 --> 00:46:26.619
 as if

00:46:26.619 --> 00:46:26.720
 you

00:46:26.720 --> 00:46:27.059
 forget

00:46:27.059 --> 00:46:27.440
 God

00:46:27.440 --> 00:46:28.139
 I

00:46:28.139 --> 00:46:28.280
 think

00:46:28.280 --> 00:46:28.659
 James

00:46:28.659 --> 00:46:28.840
 is

00:46:28.840 --> 00:46:29.019
 kind

00:46:29.019 --> 00:46:29.119
 of

00:46:29.119 --> 00:46:29.420
 like

00:46:29.420 --> 00:46:30.480
 not

00:46:30.480 --> 00:46:30.720
 true

00:46:30.720 --> 00:46:31.300
 repentance

00:46:31.300 --> 00:46:32.480
 okay

00:46:32.480 --> 00:46:32.639
 we're

00:46:32.639 --> 00:46:32.840
 not

00:46:32.840 --> 00:46:33.180
 into

00:46:33.180 --> 00:46:34.200
 condemnation

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 we're

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 not

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 into

00:46:35.800 --> 00:46:36.480
 beating

00:46:36.480 --> 00:46:36.920
 yourself

00:46:36.920 --> 00:46:37.340
 up

00:46:37.340 --> 00:46:38.380
 but

00:46:38.380 --> 00:46:38.720
 the

00:46:38.720 --> 00:46:39.000
 Lord

00:46:39.000 --> 00:46:39.360
 wants

00:46:39.360 --> 00:46:39.500
 us

00:46:39.500 --> 00:46:39.619
 to

00:46:39.619 --> 00:46:39.780
 be

00:46:39.780 --> 00:46:40.420
 serious

00:46:40.420 --> 00:46:41.220
 about

00:46:41.220 --> 00:46:41.420
 our

00:46:41.420 --> 00:46:41.659
 sin

00:46:41.659 --> 00:46:42.400
 he

00:46:42.400 --> 00:46:42.659
 wants

00:46:42.659 --> 00:46:42.860
 us

00:46:42.860 --> 00:46:43.099
 to

00:46:43.099 --> 00:46:43.720
 genuinely

00:46:43.720 --> 00:46:44.159
 cleanse

00:46:44.159 --> 00:46:44.380
 our

00:46:44.380 --> 00:46:44.920
 hands

00:46:44.920 --> 00:46:45.840
 he

00:46:45.840 --> 00:46:46.180
 says

00:46:46.180 --> 00:46:47.079
 let

00:46:47.079 --> 00:46:47.240
 your

00:46:47.240 --> 00:46:47.539
 laughter

00:46:47.539 --> 00:46:47.720
 be

00:46:47.720 --> 00:46:47.900
 turned

00:46:47.900 --> 00:46:48.079
 to

00:46:48.079 --> 00:46:48.420
 gloom

00:46:48.420 --> 00:46:48.539
 in

00:46:48.539 --> 00:46:48.720
 other

00:46:48.720 --> 00:46:49.000
 words

00:46:49.000 --> 00:46:49.460
 we

00:46:49.460 --> 00:46:49.740
 have

00:46:49.740 --> 00:46:50.220
 to

00:46:50.220 --> 00:46:50.420
 be

00:46:50.420 --> 00:46:51.019
 seriously

00:46:51.019 --> 00:46:51.639
 sorrowful

00:46:51.639 --> 00:46:51.860
 that

00:46:51.860 --> 00:46:52.000
 we

00:46:52.000 --> 00:46:52.139
 have

00:46:52.139 --> 00:46:52.440
 sinned

00:46:52.440 --> 00:46:52.659
 against

00:46:52.659 --> 00:46:52.800
 the

00:46:52.800 --> 00:46:53.019
 holy

00:46:53.019 --> 00:46:53.420
 God

00:46:53.420 --> 00:46:56.000
 and

00:46:56.000 --> 00:46:56.220
 then

00:46:56.220 --> 00:46:56.440
 the

00:46:56.440 --> 00:46:56.860
 promise

00:46:56.860 --> 00:46:57.659
 comes

00:46:57.659 --> 00:46:58.000
 in

00:46:58.000 --> 00:46:58.220
 verse

00:46:58.220 --> 00:46:58.519
 10

00:46:58.519 --> 00:46:58.800
 humble

00:46:58.800 --> 00:46:59.340
 yourselves

00:46:59.340 --> 00:46:59.619
 before

00:46:59.619 --> 00:46:59.800
 the

00:46:59.800 --> 00:47:00.119
 Lord

00:47:00.119 --> 00:47:00.639
 and

00:47:00.639 --> 00:47:00.800
 he

00:47:00.800 --> 00:47:00.980
 will

00:47:00.980 --> 00:47:01.340
 exalt

00:47:01.340 --> 00:47:01.599
 you

00:47:01.599 --> 00:47:02.139
 or

00:47:02.139 --> 00:47:02.220
 in

00:47:02.220 --> 00:47:02.340
 other

00:47:02.340 --> 00:47:02.559
 words

00:47:02.559 --> 00:47:02.780
 and

00:47:02.780 --> 00:47:02.980
 he

00:47:02.980 --> 00:47:03.139
 will

00:47:03.139 --> 00:47:03.360
 lift

00:47:03.360 --> 00:47:03.519
 you

00:47:03.519 --> 00:47:03.780
 up

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 Jesus

00:47:05.119 --> 00:47:05.380
 says

00:47:05.380 --> 00:47:05.639
 whoever

00:47:05.639 --> 00:47:06.019
 exalts

00:47:06.019 --> 00:47:06.420
 himself

00:47:06.420 --> 00:47:06.619
 will

00:47:06.619 --> 00:47:06.760
 be

00:47:06.760 --> 00:47:07.099
 humbled

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!

00:47:14.920 --> 00:47:15.920
 God

00:47:15.920 --> 00:47:16.800
 will

00:47:16.800 --> 00:47:17.099
 come

00:47:17.099 --> 00:47:17.300
 with

00:47:17.300 --> 00:47:17.840
 sincerity

00:47:17.840 --> 00:47:18.340
 in

00:47:18.340 --> 00:47:18.480
 our

00:47:18.480 --> 00:47:18.860
 hearts

00:47:18.860 --> 00:47:19.900
 and

00:47:19.900 --> 00:47:21.019
 we

00:47:21.019 --> 00:47:21.159
 could

00:47:21.159 --> 00:47:21.460
 ask

00:47:21.460 --> 00:47:21.639
 the

00:47:21.639 --> 00:47:21.920
 Lord

00:47:21.920 --> 00:47:23.139
 earnestly

00:47:23.139 --> 00:47:23.340
 to

00:47:23.340 --> 00:47:23.599
 cleanse

00:47:23.599 --> 00:47:23.800
 us

00:47:23.800 --> 00:47:23.900
 in

00:47:23.900 --> 00:47:24.039
 our

00:47:24.039 --> 00:47:24.380
 humility

00:47:24.380 --> 00:47:24.780
 and

00:47:24.780 --> 00:47:24.900
 he

00:47:24.900 --> 00:47:25.159
 will

00:47:25.159 --> 00:47:26.700
 and

00:47:26.700 --> 00:47:26.900
 so

00:47:26.900 --> 00:47:27.139
 I

00:47:27.139 --> 00:47:27.260
 would

00:47:27.260 --> 00:47:27.460
 exhort

00:47:27.460 --> 00:47:27.639
 you

00:47:27.639 --> 00:47:28.019
 guys

00:47:28.019 --> 00:47:30.159
 if

00:47:30.159 --> 00:47:30.380
 any

00:47:30.380 --> 00:47:30.500
 of

00:47:30.500 --> 00:47:30.619
 you

00:47:30.619 --> 00:47:30.900
 be

00:47:30.900 --> 00:47:31.280
 in

00:47:31.280 --> 00:47:31.740
 pride

00:47:31.740 --> 00:47:31.940
 in

00:47:31.940 --> 00:47:32.159
 any

00:47:32.159 --> 00:47:32.440
 way

00:47:32.440 --> 00:47:33.800
 even

00:47:33.800 --> 00:47:34.099
 if

00:47:34.099 --> 00:47:34.460
 you

00:47:34.460 --> 00:47:34.860
 deem

00:47:34.860 --> 00:47:35.099
 it

00:47:35.099 --> 00:47:35.220
 to

00:47:35.220 --> 00:47:35.400
 be

00:47:35.400 --> 00:47:35.840
 small

00:47:35.840 --> 00:47:36.740
 do

00:47:36.740 --> 00:47:36.980
 not

00:47:36.980 --> 00:47:37.220
 deem

00:47:37.220 --> 00:47:37.360
 it

00:47:37.360 --> 00:47:37.659
 small

00:47:37.659 --> 00:47:38.079
 enough

00:47:38.079 --> 00:47:39.380
 so

00:47:39.380 --> 00:47:39.519
 that

00:47:39.519 --> 00:47:39.619
 you

00:47:39.619 --> 00:47:39.780
 do

00:47:39.780 --> 00:47:40.180
 nothing

00:47:40.180 --> 00:47:41.019
 repent

00:47:41.019 --> 00:47:42.180
 cleanse

00:47:42.180 --> 00:47:42.380
 your

00:47:42.380 --> 00:47:42.720
 hands

00:47:42.720 --> 00:47:43.099
 and ask

00:47:43.099 --> 00:47:43.740
 the

00:47:43.740 --> 00:47:43.880
 Lord

00:47:43.880 --> 00:47:44.019
 to

00:47:44.019 --> 00:47:44.320
 forgive

00:47:44.320 --> 00:47:44.539
 you

00:47:44.539 --> 00:47:44.880
 draw

00:47:44.880 --> 00:47:45.100
 near

00:47:45.100 --> 00:47:45.260
 to

00:47:45.260 --> 00:47:45.580
 him

00:47:45.580 --> 00:47:45.920
 who

00:47:45.920 --> 00:47:46.120
 gives

00:47:46.120 --> 00:47:46.580
 grace

00:47:46.580 --> 00:47:47.680
 and

00:47:47.680 --> 00:47:47.840
 he

00:47:47.840 --> 00:47:48.059
 will

00:47:48.059 --> 00:47:48.300
 draw

00:47:48.300 --> 00:47:48.500
 near

00:47:48.500 --> 00:47:48.660
 to

00:47:48.660 --> 00:47:48.960
 you

00:47:48.960 --> 00:47:51.080
 I

00:47:51.080 --> 00:47:51.340
 pray

00:47:51.340 --> 00:47:51.620
 that

00:47:51.620 --> 00:47:52.080
 Christ's

00:47:52.080 --> 00:47:52.240
 church

00:47:52.240 --> 00:47:52.440
 is

00:47:52.440 --> 00:47:52.760
 built

00:47:52.760 --> 00:47:52.940
 that

00:47:52.940 --> 00:47:53.140
 this

00:47:53.140 --> 00:47:53.360
 church

00:47:53.360 --> 00:47:53.519
 is

00:47:53.519 --> 00:47:53.900
 built

00:47:53.900 --> 00:47:54.320
 off

00:47:54.320 --> 00:47:54.580
 of

00:47:54.580 --> 00:47:55.860
 a

00:47:55.860 --> 00:47:56.420
 foundation

00:47:56.420 --> 00:47:56.680
 of

00:47:56.680 --> 00:47:57.100
 humility

00:47:57.100 --> 00:47:57.440
 before

00:47:57.440 --> 00:47:57.640
 the

00:47:57.640 --> 00:47:57.880
 Lord

00:47:57.880 --> 00:47:58.900
 and

00:47:58.900 --> 00:47:59.080
 I

00:47:59.080 --> 00:47:59.340
 believe

00:47:59.340 --> 00:47:59.500
 that

00:47:59.500 --> 00:47:59.640
 the

00:47:59.640 --> 00:47:59.860
 Lord

00:47:59.860 --> 00:48:00.100
 will

00:48:00.100 --> 00:48:00.320
 do

00:48:00.320 --> 00:48:00.660
 that

00:48:00.660 --> 00:48:01.840
 I

00:48:01.840 --> 00:48:02.180
 close

00:48:02.180 --> 00:48:02.460
 with

00:48:02.460 --> 00:48:03.780
 Hebrews

00:48:03.780 --> 00:48:04.100
 chapter

00:48:04.100 --> 00:48:04.500
 10

00:48:04.500 --> 00:48:06.700
 it

00:48:06.700 --> 00:48:07.000
 says

00:48:07.000 --> 00:48:07.600
 let us

00:48:07.600 --> 00:48:07.900
 draw

00:48:07.900 --> 00:48:08.320
 near

00:48:08.320 --> 00:48:08.780
 with a

00:48:08.780 --> 00:48:09.019
 true

00:48:09.019 --> 00:48:09.440
 heart

00:48:09.440 --> 00:48:10.420
 in

00:48:10.420 --> 00:48:10.740
 full

00:48:10.740 --> 00:48:11.220
 assurance

00:48:11.220 --> 00:48:11.420
 of

00:48:11.420 --> 00:48:11.760
 faith

00:48:11.760 --> 00:48:12.539
 with

00:48:12.539 --> 00:48:12.660
 our

00:48:12.660 --> 00:48:12.920
 hearts

00:48:12.920 --> 00:48:13.340
 sprinkled

00:48:13.340 --> 00:48:13.340


00:48:13.420 --> 00:48:13.760
 clean

00:48:13.760 --> 00:48:14.160
 from an

00:48:14.160 --> 00:48:14.340
 evil

00:48:14.340 --> 00:48:14.960
 conscience

00:48:14.960 --> 00:48:16.060
 and

00:48:16.060 --> 00:48:16.200
 their

00:48:16.200 --> 00:48:16.540
 bodies

00:48:16.540 --> 00:48:16.920
 washed

00:48:16.920 --> 00:48:17.080
 with

00:48:17.080 --> 00:48:17.280
 pure

00:48:17.280 --> 00:48:17.660
 water

00:48:17.660 --> 00:48:18.420
 let us

00:48:18.420 --> 00:48:18.940
 hold fast

00:48:18.940 --> 00:48:19.480
 the confession

00:48:19.480 --> 00:48:20.200
 of our

00:48:20.200 --> 00:48:20.580
 hope

00:48:20.580 --> 00:48:20.940
 without

00:48:20.940 --> 00:48:21.820
 wavering

00:48:21.820 --> 00:48:22.500
 for he

00:48:22.500 --> 00:48:22.740
 who

00:48:22.740 --> 00:48:23.160
 promised

00:48:23.160 --> 00:48:23.400
 is

00:48:23.400 --> 00:48:23.860
 faithful

00:48:23.860 --> 00:48:26.140
 and let

00:48:26.140 --> 00:48:26.600
 us consider

00:48:26.600 --> 00:48:27.120
 how to stir

00:48:27.120 --> 00:48:27.980
 one another

00:48:27.980 --> 00:48:28.720
 up to love

00:48:28.720 --> 00:48:28.960
 and good

00:48:28.960 --> 00:48:29.240
 works

00:48:29.240 --> 00:48:29.940
 not neglecting

00:48:29.940 --> 00:48:30.260
 to meet

00:48:30.260 --> 00:48:30.640
 with each

00:48:30.640 --> 00:48:30.920
 other

00:48:30.920 --> 00:48:31.680
 as

00:48:31.680 --> 00:48:32.420
 is the

00:48:32.420 --> 00:48:32.660
 habit

00:48:32.660 --> 00:48:33.060
 of some

00:48:33.060 --> 00:48:33.780
 but encouraging

00:48:33.780 --> 00:48:34.420
 one another

00:48:34.420 --> 00:48:35.460
 as we

00:48:35.460 --> 00:48:35.760
 see

00:48:35.760 --> 00:48:36.040
 the

00:48:36.040 --> 00:48:36.400
 day

00:48:36.400 --> 00:48:36.940
 drawing

00:48:36.940 --> 00:48:37.320
 near

00:48:37.320 --> 00:48:39.720
 as

00:48:39.720 --> 00:48:39.720


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