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 I appreciate so much you sharing with us mainline.

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 That's right up my alley now.

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 I was going to have a running pit there for a moment,

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 and I thought I'd calm down and scare you all to death.

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 If you have your Bibles, turn to Luke chapter 5.

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 Luke chapter 5.

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 When God does new things, we don't always like it.

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 We have a patterned way about us.

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 We kind of like to keep things the way we're familiar with.

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 God often makes moves that do not follow our patterns,

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 and that can be upsetting.

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 Well, let me be honest with you.

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 God's not concerned about upsetting us.

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 He's upset folks before.

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 He taught bringing large crowds in,

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 and four men brought a paralyzed man

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 through the roof of the home in which Jesus was speaking,

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 and he healed that man.

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 And that didn't follow with some people's pattern,

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 so they accused him of blasphemy.

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 When he spoke of fasting,

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 he didn't say it the way the church leaders wanted him to say it,

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 and they said that he was misleading.

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 When he grabbed a handful of grain

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 out of the corner of a field,

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 which the corners were to be left

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 for those who were passing by

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 as well as for the poor,

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 but he happened to do it on the Sabbath.

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 They accused him of breaking the Sabbath

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 because there was work

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 running his hand through the head of a week.

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 When he healed the man with the withered hand,

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 he healed him on the Sabbath.

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 That was considered work.

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 That upset people.

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 When he reached out to Levi,

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 the tax collector,

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 and when he ate with Levi,

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 the tax collector,

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 and therefore the thief,

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 and I sometimes still feel that way,

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 but anyway,

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 the tax collector,

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 and ate with him and his friends,

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 it didn't fall with people's expectations.

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 And they called him out

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 because he was eating with sinners.

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 He don't mind upsetting us.

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 And instead of getting punch drunk

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 from all the fingers being pointed at him,

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 Christ responded with some stories.

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 I want to look at a couple of those today.

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 It's found in Luke chapter 5,

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 verse 33,

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 and it says this,

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 and he said to them,

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 the disciples of John fast often

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 and offer prayers.

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 And so do the disciples of the Pharisees,

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 but yours eat and drink.

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 And Jesus said to them,

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 can you make wedding guests fast

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 while the bridegroom is with them?

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 The days will come

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 when the bridegroom is taken away from them,

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 and then they'll fast in those days.

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 In other words,

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 what he was saying here is this,

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 you fast when you're waiting on God to do something.

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 When you ask for God's intervention,

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 when you are in need,

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 when you have a strong sense,

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 when you need a strong sense of his presence,

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 you fast in those times.

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 The disciples,

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 however,

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 were not waiting on Christ to intervene.

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 Christ was already intervening.

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 As Jesus said so often,

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 the kingdom of God was at hand.

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 He was right there with them.

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 They were not in need.

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 He was providing for them.

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 They felt a very strong sense of his presence.

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 He was standing there.

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 It was not time to fast.

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 It was time to feast

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 because the kingdom of God was at hand.

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 That's exactly what Jesus is saying.

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 He goes on to say in verse 36,

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 he also told them a parable.

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 No one tears a piece from a new garment

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 and puts it on an old garment.

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 If he does,

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 he'll tear the new

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 and the piece from the new

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 will not match the old.

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 And no one puts new wine

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 into old wine skins.

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 If he does,

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 the new wine will burst the skins

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 and it will be spilled

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 and the skins will be destroyed.

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 But new wine must be put

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 into fresh wine skins.

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 And no one after drinking old wine

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 desires new

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 for he says the old is good.

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 He began by comparing his arrival

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 and his ministry to a wedding.

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 One thing I love about the teachings

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 of Jesus, the master teacher,

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 is he always met people

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 where they were

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 and spoke to them

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 in a language that they understood.

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 They were an agrarian people

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 so therefore he spoke a lot of fields

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 and of harvest.

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 They also celebrated weddings

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 and made a big deal out of it.

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 And they also mourned at funerals

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 and they became social events

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 just like they do in our culture today.

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 Except their customs were different

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 than our culture today.

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 And therefore there needs to be

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 some explanation.

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 Because in our day

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 the most anticipated moment

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 is when those doors swing open

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 in the back

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 and that beautiful bride

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 comes down that aisle.

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 That moment is what all little girls

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 dream of

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 and they come down that aisle

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 and everybody sees them

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 standing looking at them

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 amazed by the beauty

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 that they see.

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 Well, it was different then.

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 In that custom

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 the bridegroom came

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 to claim his bride

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 and then take her

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 to the wedding.

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 And it was an anticipated moment.

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 It was

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 the wait for him was

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 people waiting for him

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 was so intense

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 waiting to see

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 when he would come.

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 And sometimes he came late

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 and they would anticipate

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 that much more.

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 And Jesus told story after story

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 about that whole event

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 and what that meant.

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 And once that groom came

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 the anticipation was over

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 and the celebration began

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 and I mean celebrate

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 they did.

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 A wedding in Jesus' day

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 lasted a week.

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 As a man

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 with two girls

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 I'm thankful today

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 and taxed

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 traditional feasts

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 were ignored

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 and the whole community

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 participated.

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 It was a celebration

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 like none other.

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 So when Jesus uses

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 a wedding as an example

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 what he's saying is

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 don't miss out

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 on what God's doing.

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 He's telling them

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 God is incarnate.

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 The promise

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 that the law

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 proclaimed

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 and the law

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 made known

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 the need of

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 has now come.

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 God's incarnate

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 in the flesh before you.

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 Don't miss this opportunity.

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 Quit looking

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 for something else.

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 The anticipation

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 is no more.

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 God does his

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 greatest work

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 in new

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 and different ways.

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 Even in the Old Testament

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 the prophet Isaiah

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 spoke of anticipating

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 God's new ways.

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 Isaiah chapter 43

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 18 and 9

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 says remember

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 not the former things

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 nor consider the things

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 of old.

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 Behold I'm doing

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 a new thing

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 now it springs forth

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 do you not

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 perceive it?

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 So what I'm saying

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 is Jesus was definitely

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 a new thing

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 but Jesus is not

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 the only new thing

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 that God has ever done.

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 He has done

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 new things all along.

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 I mean think

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 just from the garments

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 that God provided

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 for a covering

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 for Adam and Eve

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 in their sinful shame

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 in the garden

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 to the calling

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 and the covenant

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 of Abraham.

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 God's always

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 doing a new thing.

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 From the burning bush

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 life changing

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 experience

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 of the deliverer

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 Moses.

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 Remember that bush

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 was burning

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 but it was not

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 consumed.

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 Amazing sight.

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 to that wonderful

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 charge that he gave

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 to Joshua

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 who replaced

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 Moses

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 and he told him

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 be strong

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 and courageous

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 as you enter

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 into the land

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 that you are to conquer

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 that I promised you.

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 Be strong.

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 Be courageous.

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 God's always

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 doing a new thing.

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 From the greatest

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 strength of the

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 kingdom of David

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 to the sad

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 dissolving

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 of a nation

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 after Solomon.

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 God's always

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 doing a new thing.

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 From the fish's mouth

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 that spit out

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 Jonah

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 to the fiery

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 chariot

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 that Elijah

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 took home.

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 God's always

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 doing a new thing.

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 From a virgin birth

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 of the Savior

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 to the disciples

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 feasting

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 while others

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 with Jesus

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 while others

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 were fasting.

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 God's always

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 doing a new thing.

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 From the wind

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 of the Holy Spirit

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 of God

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 in Acts chapter 2

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 to the personal salvation

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 that every true Christian

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 has experienced.

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 God is always

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 doing a new thing

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 and that new thing

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 that he's still

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 doing today

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 that he wants

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 to do in our lives

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 may not fall

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 into our pattern

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 of expectation.

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 So let me give you

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 some advice.

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 First is this.

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 When God moves

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 celebrate him.

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 when God moves

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 celebrate him

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 don't miss

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 the celebration

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 of his indwelling

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 presence

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 in your life.

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 The Pharisees

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 and the Sadducees

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 are standing around

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 all grim

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 because the focus

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 is not on them

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 and their ways

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 and that was a change

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 but they were focused

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 instead on Christ

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 and his work

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 and Jesus

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 compared that

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 in two stories.

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 the first story

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 that he told

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 was about patches.

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 Now I know

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 some things

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 about patches

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 because when I was

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 growing up

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 there were three types

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 of clothing.

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 There were church clothes

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 there were school clothes

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 and there were play clothes.

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 Now

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 church clothes

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 were highly starched

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 and very uncomfortable.

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 Okay.

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 Apparently

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 it is a sin

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 to worship

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 in comfort.

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 School clothes

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 were better

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 but they were comfortable

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 and they were new.

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 And then play clothes

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 were worn out

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 school clothes.

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 Church clothes

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 don't get worn out

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 praise God.

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 Church clothes

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 are kind of like

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 those clothes

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 the Hebrews wore

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 in the desert

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 for 40 years

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 that never wore out

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 you know.

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 You just outgrow it.

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 You don't

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 you don't wear it out.

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 And if you're

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 the youngest

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 of three boys

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 which I am

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 play clothes

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 are primarily

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 hand-me-downs

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 because the only way

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 you get new school clothes

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 is to outgrow the old

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 or

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 to wear a hole

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 in the knee

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 of the jeans.

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 By the way

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 there was a day

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 that you didn't

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 pay extra

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 to have holes

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 in your jeans.

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 And that if you

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 had a hole

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 in your knee

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 of your jeans

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 you were embarrassed

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 by it.

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 Now

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 I think I'm

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 just going to

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 cut up my jeans

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 and wear them

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 next Sunday.

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 Therefore

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 in order to make

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 that tear

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 more discreet

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 mama would

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 iron on a patch

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 that was always

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 a different color

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 than the jeans

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 she was putting them on.

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 It stood out

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 like a sore thumb

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 but it covered

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 that ghastly hole

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 but everybody knew

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 you had patched

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 jeans on.

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 Jesus knew

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 about patched

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 garments.

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 He came up simple

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 and his clothes

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 got worn

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 and when there's

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 a hole

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 his mother

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 would have

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 sewn a patch

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 of cloth

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 on that.

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 However

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 one thing

00:12:24.240 --> 00:12:24.600
 she would

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 never do

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 is

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 put a

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 sew in

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 an unshrunk

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 patch

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 of cloth

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 because if you

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 take a new

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 piece of cloth

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 that has not

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 shrunk yet

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 and place it

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 on old

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 clothes

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 when it's

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 washed

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 that new

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 fabric

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 will shrink

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 and it will

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 pull against

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 the old

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 fabric

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 where it

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 had been

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 sewn in

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 and that

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 will rip

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 as well.

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 Your problem

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 would not

00:12:57.220 --> 00:12:57.920
 be solved.

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 It wouldn't

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 fix it.

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 Listen

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 Jesus didn't

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 come

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 to patch

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 the existing

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 religious

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 systems.

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 He didn't

00:13:11.680 --> 00:13:12.440
 come to fix

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 parts of the

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 law.

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 Jesus came

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 to fulfill

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 the law.

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 Jesus came

00:13:16.879 --> 00:13:17.720
 to supersede

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 the law

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 and to bring

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 victory

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 where defeat

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 had been.

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 Think about

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 it this way.

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 What did

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 the law

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 do to

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 these men?

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 What had

00:13:26.219 --> 00:13:26.500
 it done

00:13:26.500 --> 00:13:27.039
 to Paul?

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 Paul said

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 that all

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 of his

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 effort to

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 fulfill

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 the law

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 he counts

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 as lost

00:13:32.120 --> 00:13:34.199
 now compared

00:13:34.199 --> 00:13:34.699
 to knowing

00:13:34.699 --> 00:13:35.519
 Christ Jesus.

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 It was a

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 hindrance to

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 him as a

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 matter of

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 fact.

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 He placed

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 his confidence

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 in the

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 accomplishments

00:13:40.519 --> 00:13:40.939
 that he

00:13:40.939 --> 00:13:41.339
 had done

00:13:41.339 --> 00:13:42.019
 and therefore

00:13:42.019 --> 00:13:42.819
 he held

00:13:42.819 --> 00:13:43.439
 off putting

00:13:43.439 --> 00:13:43.879
 his faith

00:13:43.879 --> 00:13:44.299
 in Christ

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 because he

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 thought he

00:13:45.019 --> 00:13:45.579
 was enough

00:13:45.580 --> 00:13:46.720
 because those

00:13:46.720 --> 00:13:47.340
 things that

00:13:47.340 --> 00:13:48.000
 looked religious

00:13:48.000 --> 00:13:48.720
 and right

00:13:48.720 --> 00:13:49.720
 seemed to

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 be sufficient

00:13:50.660 --> 00:13:52.060
 because they

00:13:52.060 --> 00:13:52.520
 made him

00:13:52.520 --> 00:13:53.320
 feel good.

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 They didn't

00:13:55.400 --> 00:13:56.000
 save him.

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 Only Christ

00:13:58.240 --> 00:13:59.000
 saves.

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 The law

00:14:00.379 --> 00:14:00.780
 didn't make

00:14:00.780 --> 00:14:01.360
 him better.

00:14:02.740 --> 00:14:03.540
 Instead of

00:14:03.540 --> 00:14:04.180
 pointing the

00:14:04.180 --> 00:14:06.580
 need of

00:14:06.580 --> 00:14:07.420
 Christ out

00:14:07.420 --> 00:14:07.980
 to him,

00:14:09.060 --> 00:14:09.620
 it instead

00:14:09.620 --> 00:14:10.160
 filled him

00:14:10.160 --> 00:14:10.940
 with pride

00:14:10.940 --> 00:14:13.520
 or possibly

00:14:13.520 --> 00:14:13.940
 guilt.

00:14:15.580 --> 00:14:17.360
 these

00:14:17.360 --> 00:14:18.420
 Pharisees

00:14:18.420 --> 00:14:19.400
 and Sadducees

00:14:19.400 --> 00:14:19.920
 who knew

00:14:19.920 --> 00:14:20.480
 the law

00:14:20.480 --> 00:14:21.420
 so very

00:14:21.420 --> 00:14:23.160
 well had

00:14:23.160 --> 00:14:23.480
 to know

00:14:23.480 --> 00:14:23.960
 as well

00:14:23.960 --> 00:14:24.920
 they could

00:14:24.920 --> 00:14:25.160
 never

00:14:25.160 --> 00:14:25.800
 fulfill it.

00:14:26.920 --> 00:14:27.480
 Had to

00:14:27.480 --> 00:14:27.800
 deal with

00:14:27.800 --> 00:14:28.020
 that.

00:14:28.900 --> 00:14:29.240
 So what

00:14:29.240 --> 00:14:29.600
 do you do

00:14:29.600 --> 00:14:29.840
 with that?

00:14:29.920 --> 00:14:30.240
 You well

00:14:30.240 --> 00:14:30.580
 up with

00:14:30.580 --> 00:14:31.060
 pride.

00:14:32.820 --> 00:14:33.280
 Hopefully

00:14:33.280 --> 00:14:34.020
 pride will

00:14:34.020 --> 00:14:34.759
 cover up

00:14:34.759 --> 00:14:35.600
 your

00:14:35.600 --> 00:14:36.379
 imperfections.

00:14:37.240 --> 00:14:37.500
 Hopefully

00:14:37.500 --> 00:14:38.040
 somehow you

00:14:38.040 --> 00:14:38.800
 can hide

00:14:38.800 --> 00:14:39.860
 what you

00:14:39.860 --> 00:14:40.180
 don't get

00:14:40.180 --> 00:14:40.879
 right if

00:14:40.879 --> 00:14:41.000
 you're

00:14:41.000 --> 00:14:42.360
 pride enough.

00:14:44.240 --> 00:14:44.820
 Have you

00:14:44.820 --> 00:14:45.160
 ever been

00:14:45.160 --> 00:14:45.560
 to Dairy

00:14:45.560 --> 00:14:46.620
 Queen and

00:14:46.620 --> 00:14:47.040
 got one

00:14:47.040 --> 00:14:47.320
 of those

00:14:47.320 --> 00:14:48.100
 dipped ice

00:14:48.100 --> 00:14:48.840
 cream cones

00:14:48.840 --> 00:14:49.800
 where they

00:14:49.800 --> 00:14:50.420
 dip it in?

00:14:50.980 --> 00:14:51.440
 I mean it

00:14:51.440 --> 00:14:53.020
 is nearly

00:14:53.020 --> 00:14:53.540
 magical.

00:14:54.140 --> 00:14:54.780
 It looks

00:14:54.780 --> 00:14:56.160
 so good.

00:14:57.400 --> 00:14:57.820
 It is

00:14:57.820 --> 00:14:58.720
 soft serve

00:14:58.720 --> 00:15:00.379
 ice cream

00:15:00.379 --> 00:15:01.140
 with a

00:15:01.140 --> 00:15:01.660
 hardened

00:15:01.660 --> 00:15:02.940
 chocolate shell

00:15:02.940 --> 00:15:03.660
 over it.

00:15:04.760 --> 00:15:05.420
 And even

00:15:05.420 --> 00:15:06.060
 if the ice

00:15:06.060 --> 00:15:06.480
 cream is

00:15:06.480 --> 00:15:07.220
 melting away

00:15:07.220 --> 00:15:07.540
 on the

00:15:07.540 --> 00:15:08.040
 inside,

00:15:08.520 --> 00:15:09.600
 that chocolate

00:15:09.600 --> 00:15:10.720
 shell is

00:15:10.720 --> 00:15:11.560
 strong

00:15:11.559 --> 00:15:13.579
 until you

00:15:13.579 --> 00:15:13.959
 take a

00:15:13.959 --> 00:15:14.239
 bite.

00:15:15.159 --> 00:15:15.779
 That's the

00:15:15.779 --> 00:15:16.579
 biggest trap

00:15:16.579 --> 00:15:16.979
 they've ever

00:15:16.979 --> 00:15:17.419
 made out of

00:15:17.419 --> 00:15:17.939
 ice cream

00:15:17.939 --> 00:15:20.119
 because it'll

00:15:20.119 --> 00:15:20.479
 make the

00:15:20.479 --> 00:15:21.199
 biggest mess

00:15:21.199 --> 00:15:22.359
 because once

00:15:22.359 --> 00:15:23.059
 you bite

00:15:23.059 --> 00:15:23.679
 through that

00:15:23.679 --> 00:15:24.139
 hardened

00:15:24.139 --> 00:15:24.679
 shell,

00:15:25.000 --> 00:15:25.879
 what you'll

00:15:25.879 --> 00:15:26.979
 find is

00:15:26.979 --> 00:15:27.899
 oftentimes a

00:15:27.899 --> 00:15:28.579
 soft mess

00:15:28.579 --> 00:15:28.959
 and it all

00:15:28.959 --> 00:15:29.479
 just crumbles

00:15:29.479 --> 00:15:30.099
 in your hand.

00:15:30.939 --> 00:15:31.899
 When I think

00:15:31.899 --> 00:15:32.699
 of pride and

00:15:32.699 --> 00:15:32.899
 the way

00:15:32.899 --> 00:15:33.279
 scripture

00:15:33.279 --> 00:15:34.099
 describes pride,

00:15:34.199 --> 00:15:34.599
 that's what I

00:15:34.599 --> 00:15:35.099
 always think

00:15:35.099 --> 00:15:36.959
 of is a

00:15:36.959 --> 00:15:37.500
 dipped ice

00:15:37.500 --> 00:15:38.019
 cream cone

00:15:38.019 --> 00:15:39.019
 because it

00:15:39.019 --> 00:15:39.439
 looks so

00:15:39.439 --> 00:15:39.799
 good.

00:15:39.799 --> 00:15:41.079
 But when

00:15:41.079 --> 00:15:41.579
 you really

00:15:41.579 --> 00:15:42.179
 bite into

00:15:42.179 --> 00:15:42.799
 it and get

00:15:42.799 --> 00:15:43.120
 into the

00:15:43.120 --> 00:15:43.459
 meat of

00:15:43.459 --> 00:15:43.599
 it,

00:15:43.859 --> 00:15:44.359
 it'll fall

00:15:44.359 --> 00:15:44.620
 in your

00:15:44.620 --> 00:15:44.939
 lap and

00:15:44.939 --> 00:15:45.099
 mess.

00:15:45.199 --> 00:15:45.359
 Matter of

00:15:45.359 --> 00:15:45.459
 fact,

00:15:45.519 --> 00:15:45.779
 scripture

00:15:45.779 --> 00:15:47.379
 says pride

00:15:47.379 --> 00:15:48.079
 comes before

00:15:48.079 --> 00:15:48.659
 a fall,

00:15:49.379 --> 00:15:50.219
 a haughty

00:15:50.219 --> 00:15:51.359
 spirit before

00:15:51.359 --> 00:15:52.539
 destruction.

00:15:53.979 --> 00:15:54.259
 And the

00:15:54.259 --> 00:15:55.099
 reality is

00:15:55.099 --> 00:15:57.579
 once Jesus

00:15:57.579 --> 00:15:58.919
 took a

00:15:58.919 --> 00:15:59.399
 bite into

00:15:59.399 --> 00:16:00.299
 their pride,

00:16:00.740 --> 00:16:01.740
 it crumbled.

00:16:03.039 --> 00:16:03.559
 When Christ

00:16:03.559 --> 00:16:04.079
 came and

00:16:04.079 --> 00:16:04.479
 turned the

00:16:04.479 --> 00:16:04.859
 tables,

00:16:04.959 --> 00:16:05.299
 not only

00:16:05.299 --> 00:16:06.000
 physically but

00:16:06.000 --> 00:16:06.539
 spiritually,

00:16:07.019 --> 00:16:07.979
 on all these

00:16:07.979 --> 00:16:08.799
 guys that had

00:16:08.799 --> 00:16:09.500
 invested their

00:16:09.500 --> 00:16:10.159
 time and

00:16:10.159 --> 00:16:10.679
 their effort

00:16:10.679 --> 00:16:11.299
 and pride

00:16:11.299 --> 00:16:11.759
 into it,

00:16:11.980 --> 00:16:12.259
 they were

00:16:12.259 --> 00:16:12.899
 crumbling

00:16:12.899 --> 00:16:13.899
 because we

00:16:13.899 --> 00:16:14.399
 don't like

00:16:14.399 --> 00:16:15.220
 new things.

00:16:15.519 --> 00:16:16.159
 We like to

00:16:16.159 --> 00:16:16.679
 know what's

00:16:16.679 --> 00:16:16.980
 coming,

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 we like it

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 the way we

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 like it,

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 even when it

00:16:19.860 --> 00:16:20.440
 comes from

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 God.

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 But Jesus

00:16:22.419 --> 00:16:24.100
 came to

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 turn the

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 table of the

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 law and to

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 bring refreshment

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 where drought

00:16:27.220 --> 00:16:27.919
 had been.

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 And when God

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 moves,

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 don't fight

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 it.

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 Celebrate

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 him.

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 Second thing

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 is this,

00:16:37.620 --> 00:16:38.539
 when God

00:16:38.539 --> 00:16:39.100
 moves,

00:16:39.500 --> 00:16:40.580
 be refreshed.

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 Because Jesus

00:16:42.440 --> 00:16:42.919
 is not a

00:16:42.919 --> 00:16:43.379
 patch.

00:16:44.679 --> 00:16:45.399
 Jesus is

00:16:45.399 --> 00:16:46.019
 restoration.

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 He's not a

00:16:47.960 --> 00:16:48.559
 swallow that

00:16:48.559 --> 00:16:48.940
 does not

00:16:48.940 --> 00:16:49.440
 satisfy.

00:16:49.720 --> 00:16:50.379
 Jesus comes

00:16:50.379 --> 00:16:51.539
 to refresh,

00:16:52.179 --> 00:16:52.720
 bring new,

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 make whole.

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 And he

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 speaks of

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 the wineskin.

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 Now the

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 wineskin was

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 made from the

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 skin of a goat.

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 They would

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 take the skin

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 of a goat and

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 they would

00:17:03.019 --> 00:17:03.620
 clean it and

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 they would

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 prepare it and

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 they would

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 cut it and

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 then they

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 would sew it

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 into a pouch

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 and they

00:17:08.879 --> 00:17:09.379
 would place

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 fresh squeezed

00:17:10.859 --> 00:17:12.759
 juice into

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 that pouch.

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 And that

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 skin,

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 because it

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 was new,

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 when it was

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 used,

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 it had

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 elasticity in

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 it.

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 And that

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 elasticity allowed

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 that wine to

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 ferment and as

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 it fermented,

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 it would

00:17:28.720 --> 00:17:29.579
 expand.

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 The wine skin

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 would expand as

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 well.

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 if you

00:17:34.759 --> 00:17:35.840
 place fresh

00:17:35.840 --> 00:17:36.960
 juice into

00:17:36.960 --> 00:17:37.400
 an old

00:17:37.400 --> 00:17:38.299
 wineskin,

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 when it

00:17:39.259 --> 00:17:40.100
 fermented and

00:17:40.100 --> 00:17:40.740
 expanded,

00:17:41.060 --> 00:17:41.840
 the wineskin

00:17:41.840 --> 00:17:42.539
 would burst

00:17:42.539 --> 00:17:44.460
 and the

00:17:44.460 --> 00:17:45.680
 drink would

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 be lost.

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 He gives

00:17:48.539 --> 00:17:49.340
 that illustration

00:17:49.340 --> 00:17:50.120
 because Jesus

00:17:50.120 --> 00:17:50.779
 didn't come to

00:17:50.779 --> 00:17:51.279
 fit into our

00:17:51.279 --> 00:17:51.660
 system.

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 He didn't

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 come to fit

00:17:53.980 --> 00:17:54.480
 into their

00:17:54.480 --> 00:17:55.039
 system,

00:17:55.779 --> 00:17:56.840
 but Jesus

00:17:56.840 --> 00:17:57.340
 didn't come to

00:17:57.340 --> 00:17:57.840
 fit into our

00:17:57.840 --> 00:17:58.420
 system either.

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 He came to

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 make things

00:18:01.039 --> 00:18:01.880
 new.

00:18:01.880 --> 00:18:03.460
 all things

00:18:03.460 --> 00:18:04.400
 new.

00:18:06.200 --> 00:18:07.180
 When God

00:18:07.180 --> 00:18:07.920
 moves,

00:18:09.540 --> 00:18:09.940
 throw out

00:18:09.940 --> 00:18:10.300
 the old.

00:18:13.540 --> 00:18:14.100
 Arthur

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 Blessed is an

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 interesting

00:18:15.620 --> 00:18:16.200
 character.

00:18:18.040 --> 00:18:18.300
 Arthur

00:18:18.300 --> 00:18:19.060
 Blessed is a

00:18:19.060 --> 00:18:19.820
 man who got a

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 burden to

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 carry the

00:18:21.360 --> 00:18:22.080
 cross of

00:18:22.080 --> 00:18:23.520
 Christ across

00:18:23.520 --> 00:18:24.220
 the world.

00:18:25.760 --> 00:18:26.520
 He did a

00:18:26.520 --> 00:18:26.940
 lot of it

00:18:26.940 --> 00:18:27.520
 starting, I

00:18:27.520 --> 00:18:27.900
 believe, in

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 the 70s

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 and in the

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 80s.

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 And in

00:18:32.880 --> 00:18:34.080
 1989, he

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 made news

00:18:34.880 --> 00:18:35.400
 because he

00:18:35.400 --> 00:18:35.900
 carried the

00:18:35.900 --> 00:18:36.380
 cross of

00:18:36.380 --> 00:18:37.880
 Christ, or

00:18:37.880 --> 00:18:38.420
 cross that

00:18:38.420 --> 00:18:39.560
 symbolized that

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 one, from

00:18:40.860 --> 00:18:42.300
 California to

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 Washington, D.C.,

00:18:43.680 --> 00:18:45.180
 across the

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 country.

00:18:46.480 --> 00:18:47.020
 He was

00:18:47.020 --> 00:18:47.640
 interviewed, and

00:18:47.640 --> 00:18:48.100
 I vaguely

00:18:48.100 --> 00:18:48.680
 remember him

00:18:48.680 --> 00:18:49.160
 being on

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 television.

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 Since that

00:18:52.360 --> 00:18:53.080
 time, he has

00:18:53.080 --> 00:18:53.640
 carried that

00:18:53.640 --> 00:18:57.320
 cross across

00:18:57.319 --> 00:19:00.119
 43,000 miles

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 and 324

00:19:01.819 --> 00:19:04.039
 nations, island

00:19:04.039 --> 00:19:04.899
 groups, and

00:19:04.899 --> 00:19:06.399
 territories by

00:19:06.399 --> 00:19:06.740
 his own

00:19:06.740 --> 00:19:07.139
 testimony.

00:19:09.019 --> 00:19:10.119
 Now, Arthur's

00:19:10.119 --> 00:19:12.159
 an individual.

00:19:13.799 --> 00:19:14.299
 He's

00:19:14.299 --> 00:19:16.779
 charismatic, and

00:19:16.779 --> 00:19:17.240
 he ran for

00:19:17.240 --> 00:19:17.799
 president in

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 1976 and

00:19:19.919 --> 00:19:20.480
 didn't do very

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 well.

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 I imagine I

00:19:23.559 --> 00:19:24.200
 don't agree with

00:19:24.200 --> 00:19:25.099
 Arthur on a

00:19:25.099 --> 00:19:25.480
 whole lot of

00:19:25.480 --> 00:19:27.720
 things, but I

00:19:27.720 --> 00:19:28.539
 like what R.T.

00:19:28.639 --> 00:19:29.119
 Kendall said

00:19:29.119 --> 00:19:30.700
 about him as I

00:19:30.700 --> 00:19:32.480
 was studying for

00:19:32.480 --> 00:19:32.920
 this sermon.

00:19:34.359 --> 00:19:35.039
 Arthur was in a

00:19:35.039 --> 00:19:35.960
 meeting with 39

00:19:35.960 --> 00:19:37.220
 other men in

00:19:37.220 --> 00:19:37.960
 Phoenix, Arizona

00:19:37.960 --> 00:19:38.599
 years ago.

00:19:39.279 --> 00:19:39.859
 It was a prayer

00:19:39.859 --> 00:19:41.379
 meeting, and they

00:19:41.379 --> 00:19:42.200
 were praying for

00:19:42.200 --> 00:19:42.700
 revival.

00:19:43.779 --> 00:19:44.440
 And they went

00:19:44.440 --> 00:19:45.220
 around that circle

00:19:45.220 --> 00:19:46.180
 with those 40 men

00:19:46.180 --> 00:19:47.879
 in that circle, each

00:19:47.879 --> 00:19:48.319
 one of them

00:19:48.319 --> 00:19:48.740
 praying.

00:19:48.740 --> 00:19:49.480
 The first one

00:19:49.480 --> 00:19:50.339
 prayed for God to

00:19:50.339 --> 00:19:50.980
 bring revival.

00:19:51.440 --> 00:19:52.019
 The second one

00:19:52.019 --> 00:19:52.680
 prayed that God

00:19:52.680 --> 00:19:53.519
 would bring revival.

00:19:54.140 --> 00:19:54.779
 The third one

00:19:54.779 --> 00:19:55.460
 prayed that God

00:19:55.460 --> 00:19:56.200
 would bring revival.

00:19:56.380 --> 00:19:56.859
 And Arthur

00:19:56.859 --> 00:19:57.819
 blessed was number

00:19:57.819 --> 00:19:58.759
 seven in that

00:19:58.759 --> 00:19:59.200
 list.

00:20:00.160 --> 00:20:00.839
 And Arthur

00:20:00.839 --> 00:20:02.480
 prayed that God

00:20:02.480 --> 00:20:03.299
 would bring revival.

00:20:04.240 --> 00:20:05.220
 And after he

00:20:05.220 --> 00:20:06.859
 prayed, he did

00:20:06.859 --> 00:20:07.599
 something that was

00:20:07.599 --> 00:20:08.700
 absolutely scandalous.

00:20:09.240 --> 00:20:10.160
 He opened his

00:20:10.160 --> 00:20:12.359
 eyes, and he

00:20:12.359 --> 00:20:13.859
 looked up while

00:20:13.859 --> 00:20:14.519
 those other men

00:20:14.519 --> 00:20:15.079
 were praying.

00:20:16.200 --> 00:20:16.920
 And when Arthur

00:20:16.920 --> 00:20:17.720
 looked up, he

00:20:17.720 --> 00:20:18.279
 looked out the

00:20:18.279 --> 00:20:18.559
 window.

00:20:18.740 --> 00:20:21.120
 And he saw a

00:20:21.120 --> 00:20:21.960
 restaurant across

00:20:21.960 --> 00:20:22.519
 the street.

00:20:25.220 --> 00:20:26.140
 And he walked

00:20:26.140 --> 00:20:26.480
 out.

00:20:27.559 --> 00:20:28.660
 Walked across the

00:20:28.660 --> 00:20:30.200
 street to the

00:20:30.200 --> 00:20:30.579
 restaurant.

00:20:31.380 --> 00:20:32.460
 When he walked in

00:20:32.460 --> 00:20:34.200
 the restaurant, he

00:20:34.200 --> 00:20:35.079
 announced as he

00:20:35.079 --> 00:20:35.720
 entered the door,

00:20:36.519 --> 00:20:37.660
 does anybody here

00:20:37.660 --> 00:20:38.940
 want to be saved?

00:20:40.819 --> 00:20:41.740
 And the waitress

00:20:41.740 --> 00:20:44.200
 said, I do.

00:20:46.099 --> 00:20:46.980
 He went to the

00:20:46.980 --> 00:20:47.620
 waitress and he

00:20:47.620 --> 00:20:47.900
 said, I do.

00:20:47.900 --> 00:20:49.380
 He said, the

00:20:49.380 --> 00:20:50.200
 church across the

00:20:50.200 --> 00:20:52.240
 street, do they

00:20:52.240 --> 00:20:52.980
 ever come here?

00:20:54.380 --> 00:20:55.300
 She said, they do.

00:20:57.040 --> 00:20:58.420
 She said, do you

00:20:58.420 --> 00:20:59.060
 ever see any other

00:20:59.060 --> 00:20:59.420
 members?

00:20:59.560 --> 00:21:00.220
 She said, yes.

00:21:01.280 --> 00:21:01.920
 He said, have you

00:21:01.920 --> 00:21:02.560
 ever been to that

00:21:02.560 --> 00:21:02.840
 church?

00:21:02.940 --> 00:21:03.640
 She said, no.

00:21:04.900 --> 00:21:05.740
 She said, I see the

00:21:05.740 --> 00:21:06.500
 members on Sunday

00:21:06.500 --> 00:21:07.040
 at lunch.

00:21:08.960 --> 00:21:09.880
 She said, have they

00:21:09.880 --> 00:21:10.700
 ever talked to you

00:21:10.700 --> 00:21:11.340
 about Jesus?

00:21:11.339 --> 00:21:14.039
 She said, no.

00:21:15.679 --> 00:21:17.119
 He said, how many, how

00:21:17.119 --> 00:21:17.679
 long have you been

00:21:17.679 --> 00:21:18.299
 working here?

00:21:18.339 --> 00:21:19.720
 And she said, many

00:21:19.720 --> 00:21:20.379
 years.

00:21:22.119 --> 00:21:23.039
 Arthur led her to

00:21:23.039 --> 00:21:23.519
 Christ.

00:21:24.559 --> 00:21:25.439
 And then he walked

00:21:25.439 --> 00:21:26.240
 back across the

00:21:26.240 --> 00:21:26.519
 street.

00:21:27.720 --> 00:21:28.279
 The prayer meeting

00:21:28.279 --> 00:21:29.220
 was still going on.

00:21:30.379 --> 00:21:31.519
 And he announced,

00:21:31.899 --> 00:21:33.319
 stop your praying.

00:21:34.599 --> 00:21:35.519
 God's answered your

00:21:35.519 --> 00:21:35.819
 prayer.

00:21:35.819 --> 00:21:38.259
 It's time to share

00:21:38.259 --> 00:21:38.700
 Christ.

00:21:40.899 --> 00:21:41.899
 I thank God this

00:21:41.899 --> 00:21:42.639
 morning in a restaurant

00:21:42.639 --> 00:21:43.299
 across the street,

00:21:43.359 --> 00:21:43.679
 don't you?

00:21:46.200 --> 00:21:47.439
 But yet you know and I

00:21:47.439 --> 00:21:48.399
 know there is.

00:21:50.240 --> 00:21:51.079
 There is there all

00:21:51.079 --> 00:21:51.619
 around us.

00:21:54.159 --> 00:21:55.419
 Don't ever try to get

00:21:55.419 --> 00:21:57.099
 God to fit inside your

00:21:57.099 --> 00:21:57.779
 expectations.

00:21:57.779 --> 00:21:57.899
 limitations.

00:22:00.039 --> 00:22:01.379
 Don't ever try to get

00:22:01.379 --> 00:22:02.599
 God to fit inside your

00:22:02.599 --> 00:22:03.180
 limitations.

00:22:06.079 --> 00:22:07.460
 Don't ever try to get

00:22:07.460 --> 00:22:08.700
 God to fit inside your

00:22:08.700 --> 00:22:09.460
 way of life.

00:22:12.639 --> 00:22:13.660
 Give your life.

00:22:15.440 --> 00:22:17.420
 Give your life to Jesus

00:22:17.420 --> 00:22:20.039
 and throw out the old.

00:22:21.920 --> 00:22:23.299
 Let's quit mourning over

00:22:23.299 --> 00:22:24.980
 who we are or who we're

00:22:24.980 --> 00:22:26.319
 not and become what God

00:22:26.319 --> 00:22:27.079
 wants us to be.

00:22:28.339 --> 00:22:29.379
 Let's quit trying to

00:22:29.379 --> 00:22:30.379
 patch our lives with a

00:22:30.379 --> 00:22:31.240
 little bit of Jesus and

00:22:31.240 --> 00:22:32.920
 putting on, instead put on

00:22:32.920 --> 00:22:34.660
 the new self in Christ.

00:22:36.579 --> 00:22:37.960
 Let's quit pouring God

00:22:37.960 --> 00:22:39.420
 into our own worn out

00:22:39.420 --> 00:22:40.700
 ways and start afresh with

00:22:40.700 --> 00:22:41.000
 him.

00:22:42.379 --> 00:22:45.259
 Maybe by just walking

00:22:45.259 --> 00:22:46.079
 across the street.

00:22:49.000 --> 00:22:51.579
 So when Kierkegaard was a

00:22:51.579 --> 00:22:53.359
 19th century Danish

00:22:53.359 --> 00:22:56.259
 theologian and he wrote a

00:22:56.259 --> 00:22:57.579
 parable about ducks.

00:22:57.779 --> 00:23:00.899
 He said there was a little

00:23:00.899 --> 00:23:04.139
 town of ducks and every

00:23:04.139 --> 00:23:05.480
 Sunday the ducks waddled

00:23:05.480 --> 00:23:06.579
 out of their houses and

00:23:06.579 --> 00:23:07.859
 waddled down Main Street to

00:23:07.859 --> 00:23:08.519
 their church.

00:23:09.799 --> 00:23:11.139
 They waddled into the

00:23:11.139 --> 00:23:12.500
 sanctuary and squat in

00:23:12.500 --> 00:23:13.740
 their proper pews.

00:23:14.579 --> 00:23:16.539
 The duck choir waddled in and

00:23:16.539 --> 00:23:17.440
 took its place.

00:23:18.680 --> 00:23:20.220
 Then the duck minister came

00:23:20.220 --> 00:23:21.639
 forward and opened the duck

00:23:21.639 --> 00:23:23.160
 Bible because even ducks have

00:23:23.160 --> 00:23:23.960
 their own version of

00:23:23.960 --> 00:23:24.279
 scripture.

00:23:25.880 --> 00:23:26.980
 And he read it.

00:23:28.079 --> 00:23:32.000
 And he said, ducks, God has

00:23:32.000 --> 00:23:33.059
 given you wings.

00:23:34.519 --> 00:23:37.600
 And with these wings you can

00:23:37.600 --> 00:23:38.039
 fly.

00:23:39.400 --> 00:23:41.400
 And the duck said, amen.

00:23:41.400 --> 00:23:41.600
 Amen.

00:23:41.600 --> 00:23:46.680
 And he said, with these wings you

00:23:46.680 --> 00:23:49.080
 can mount up and soar like

00:23:49.080 --> 00:23:49.480
 eagles.

00:23:50.680 --> 00:23:56.300
 And the duck said, he said, no

00:23:56.300 --> 00:23:59.120
 walls can confirm you, confine

00:23:59.120 --> 00:23:59.340
 you.

00:23:59.400 --> 00:24:02.960
 And the duck said, no fences can

00:24:02.960 --> 00:24:03.580
 hold you.

00:24:03.579 --> 00:24:06.079
 And the duck said, you have

00:24:06.079 --> 00:24:06.619
 wings.

00:24:06.859 --> 00:24:09.419
 And the duck said, God's given

00:24:09.419 --> 00:24:11.559
 you wings and you can fly like

00:24:11.559 --> 00:24:12.079
 birds.

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 And all the ducks said, with

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 enthusiasm together, amen.

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 And then they all waddled home.

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 Hey folks, let's don't waddle no

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 more.

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 Let's don't waddle anymore.

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 Let's trust God to do something

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 new.

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 Not just in us, but in us.

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 And may he be honored and

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 glorified by our obedience.

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 With every head bowed and every

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 eye closed, if you're here this

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 morning and you've never asked the

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 Lord Jesus to come into your heart

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 and life and to save you, I want

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 you to know the greatest

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 opportunity that you'll ever have in

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 this life is to give your heart and

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 life to the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 And if you'll tell him today that

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 you are sorry for the sins that

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 you've done, the wrong that you've

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 committed.

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 know, the only that you have the

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 Allah I get.

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 He heard that early, he was

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 good.

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 That's that much more

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 highlighted.

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 God of mine all waq Right hel expedited

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 ways to get ready for the

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 made want to drop pleasure Seattle.

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 person onój aquela

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 and a star.

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 particular

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 things about everything this

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 is doing.

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 thing about

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 everything about

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 serving you and

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 All that with your heart and

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 living really

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 як

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 is so