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 Amen. Please take your copy of God's Word and join me in Hebrews chapter 12. Our sermon today will be a change from our plan.

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 Preparing to preach the following quote, I always find that I can preach best when I can manage to lie a soak in my text.

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 I like to get a text and find out its meaning and bearings and so on, and then, after I have bathed in it, I delight to lie down in it and let it soak into me.

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 It softens me, or hardens me, or does whatever it ought to do to me, and then I can talk about it.

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 And so this week, the text that had been planned for before us was from John chapter 3, verse 22 through 36, the final kind of recorded testimony of John the Baptist by John the Apostle.

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 And I have done the work of getting the text and finding out its meaning and bearings, doing that careful work, forming an outline, looking at language.

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 But I have had a difficult time this week lying a soak in this particular text.

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 There's another that my mind has gone to again and again and again, not just in this past week, but in the week before that as well.

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 And so that's the text I would like to preach this morning.

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 You know, a true thing about all shepherds is that they are also sheep.

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 And I find sometimes, as the task falls to me to preach, that I also need to be particularly ministered to by the Word.

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 And maybe it could be considered selfish, perhaps.

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 But I think this is what I need to hear this morning.

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 And my hope, then, is that it's also what you need to hear this morning,

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 and that God will bless our time together in His Word.

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 And so Hebrews chapter 12, verses 4 through 11 will be our text for today.

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 And before I read it, I'd like to pray that God would bless our time in it.

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 God, we thank You for Your Word.

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 And we recognize that it was written long ago, that it had an original audience,

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 but that it is a word to us this morning for us to take up and to read and to consider and to believe.

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 We know that it was written for Your glory, that You would be known.

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 And it was also written for our good.

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 And so we ask this morning that You would help us as we take some time to consider it.

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 that we believe its promises, obey its commands,

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 that You would move our affections towards You as we look at it,

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 and we would respond as we should to it.

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 And we pray this for the glory of Christ.

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 Amen.

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 Hebrews 12, beginning in verse 4 and following.

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 In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.

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 And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons?

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 My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor be weary when reproved by Him.

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 For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and chastises every son whom He receives.

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 It is for discipline that you have to endure.

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 God is treating you as sons.

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 For what son is there whom his father does not discipline?

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 If you are left without discipline, in which all have participated,

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 then you are illegitimate children and not sons.

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 Besides this, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them.

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 Shall we not much more be subject to the Father of spirits and live?

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 For they disciplined us for a short time as it seemed best to them.

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 But He disciplines us for our good, that we may share His holiness.

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 For the moment, all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant,

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 but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

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 Some time ago, we studied through the book of Hebrews,

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 and at the very beginning of that study, I read to you a quotation by William Lane,

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 who's a contemporary, respected New Testament authority,

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 and he said this of the book of Hebrews.

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 Hebrews is a delight for the person who loves puzzles.

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 Its form is unusual, its setting in life is uncertain,

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 and its argument is unfamiliar.

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 It invites engagement in the task of defining the undefined.

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 Undefined are the identity of the writer,

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 his conceptual background,

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 the character and location of the community,

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 addressed the circumstances and date of composition,

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 the nature of the crisis to which the document is a response,

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 the literary genre, and the purpose and plan of the work.

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 Although these undefined issues continue to be addressed and debated vigorously,

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 no real consensus has been reached.

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 Lane then goes on to do a very careful work

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 to give us the probabilities and the likelies in his commentary.

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 But one matter is without contention.

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 Lots of contention about this letter,

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 but one is without it.

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 The theme of Hebrews is the supremacy and the finality of Jesus Christ.

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 Christ is greater than, the argument goes,

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 the angels, priests, the old covenant redemptive economy,

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 and Christ is the final word.

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 We need no new revelation.

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 The original audience of this letter were Hellenistic Jewish Christians,

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 that's Greek speaking,

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 that had not seen Jesus,

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 but had heard the gospel and believed,

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 and they were located most likely outside of Rome.

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 They'd most likely been chased out of Rome and were on the outskirts.

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 They were suffering, the book tells us,

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 and they would suffer further,

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 which is a fact that develops the letter's secondary theme,

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 the necessity of faithful endurance.

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 We just sang,

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 O Lord, my rock and my redeemer,

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 and in verse 2, the last three lines,

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 my hope when tides of sorrow rise,

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 my joy when trials are abounding,

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 your faithfulness,

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 my refuge in the night.

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 And so these original Christians who would have received this letter

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 had many trials all around them,

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 and so this secondary theme sets on top of that primary theme

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 that Christ is supreme and he is final.

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 The hope, the confidence, the joy that they could have

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 because of Christ,

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 even in the midst of their trials.

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 In the first three verses of chapter 12,

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 the author uses the metaphor of a race

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 to encourage these believers, right?

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 To press on, to press on to the end, right?

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 After a sweeping Old Testament summary of faithful endurance

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 in chapter 11,

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 he writes in Hebrews 12, verse 1 through 3,

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 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses,

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 let us also lay aside every weight and sin which clings so closely

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 and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,

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 looking to Jesus,

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 the founder and perfecter of our faith,

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 who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross,

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 despising the shame,

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 and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

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 Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself

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 so that you may not grow weary or faint-hearted.

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 And that sets us up for verses 4 through 11, right?

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 The pressing here of the author is that we would endure faithfully to the end,

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 even amidst all of the trials that this life will throw at us.

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 Another Spurgeon quote,

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 I go through a rotation of these coloring sheets for the kiddos,

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 so if you haven't seen this one out there,

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 this is a picture of Charles Spurgeon in a saddle,

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 riding on the back of a snail.

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 It's because he once said,

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 by perseverance, the snail reached the ark.

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 A bit of a picture of the Christian life, right?

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 That we press on to the next thing,

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 and sometimes it feels like applauding.

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 We want to do this by the grace that God provides faithfully.

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 We want to press on.

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 And that's what he's doing in this section of Scripture, right?

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 And so this will be our outline for this morning,

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 and I will explain a little bit further

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 why this text is where my mind has been going.

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 Number one, we see a correction for faltering endurance.

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 Number two, a challenge to sustained endurance.

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 And number three, reasons for sustained endurance.

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 So we see in verses four through six,

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 firstly, a correction for faltering endurance.

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 At the very outset of today's text,

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 he begins with two corrections.

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 First, he corrects them with the fact that

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 while they had suffered,

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 no one had yet been martyred.

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 I think he's working here to give them a bit of perspective.

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 In your struggle against sin, verse four,

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 you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.

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 There seems to be a shift in metaphor here

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 from the Christian life being described as

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 the race that is set before us in verse two

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 to that of a wrestling match with sin.

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 Truly, the Christian life is one that must be run with endurance.

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 And it certainly is a struggle against sin.

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 Now, in verse three of chapter 12,

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 he has just exhorted them to consider him

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 who endured from sinners such hostility against himself.

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 Jesus had shed his blood.

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 They had not.

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 It is as if he is saying,

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 quit being so dramatic.

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 None of you has died yet.

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 In your pursuit of Christ,

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 your master and Lord,

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 he died,

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 but you haven't arrived there yet.

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 And I find this a particularly striking correction

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 for myself and for the church today.

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 We have suffered so little

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 compared to the death of our Lord.

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 What trials we could list in this room, right?

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 Don't quite measure up to martyrdom

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 for the sake of our faith.

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 If we are considering,

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 mindfully thinking about him

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 who endured from sinners

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 such hostility against himself,

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 then we also,

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 the logic follows,

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 should not grow weary

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 or faint-hearted.

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 That's the one correction.

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 Second,

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 the author corrects them

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 because they had failed to remember

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 and apply the scripture

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 to their situation.

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 He says in verse five,

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 and have you forgotten

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 the exhortation that addresses you

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 as sons?

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 They had forgotten.

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 They had forgotten.

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 So,

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 he is reminding them.

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 And ladies,

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 do not forget that the Bible

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 was written at a time

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 when all of the inheritance

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 of a father

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 was granted to his sons.

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 So,

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 you want to be a son

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 as the Bible expresses it.

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 And,

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 you are.

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 Paul wrote in Galatians chapter 3,

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 verse 26,

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 in Christ Jesus,

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 you were all sons of God

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 through faith.

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 Right?

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 Inheritors,

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 that's what you want to see

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 in that place.

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 So,

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 with this in mind,

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 hear the scripture

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 that the author of Hebrews

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 now cites.

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 He said,

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 have you forgotten this text?

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 They had.

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 So,

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 he reminds them,

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 still verse five,

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 my son,

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 do not regard lightly

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 the discipline

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 of the Lord,

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 nor be weary

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 when reproved by him.

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 for the Lord disciplines

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 the one he loves

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 and he chastises

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 every son

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 whom he receives.

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 They had forgotten

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 the application

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 of this text.

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 In verses five and six,

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 there are

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 two negative

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 implications.

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 Right?

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 Don't disdain.

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 Do not regard lightly.

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 Do not think wrongly

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 about the discipline

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 of the Lord.

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 And,

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 don't dismay.

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 Don't be weary

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 when reproved

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 by him.

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 Recognize the place

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 of suffering

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 in the life

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 of a Christian.

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 Don't disdain.

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 Don't dismay.

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 And,

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 the opposite,

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 therefore,

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 the positive implications

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 can also be found

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 from those

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 two verses.

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 We are to

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 regard rightly,

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 to think correctly

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 about

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 the discipline

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 of the Lord

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 and we are to be

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 refreshed.

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 So,

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 don't disdain.

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 Don't dismay.

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 Do regard.

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 Do refresh.

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 Or,

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 be refreshed.

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 The author wants us

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 to see that the

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 challenges that we face

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 in this world

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 are for

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 our

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 good.

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 They are given to us

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 by God's

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 kind hand.

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 Every single one of them.

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 Whatever trial

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 may come

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 for the life

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 of the Christian,

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 it's given to us

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 by God's

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 kind hand.

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 Why?

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 It seems like

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 I could come up

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 with some better ways

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 for God to express

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 kindness

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 towards me.

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 Why does God

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 do it this way?

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 It's because

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 He

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 loves us.

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 The Lord

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 disciplines

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 the one

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 He

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 loves.

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 That's where my mind

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 was going again

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 and again

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 and again

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 over these past

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 two weeks.

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 Of interest,

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 I've preached this text

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 before

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 and I had to

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 grab the notes

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 from someplace else.

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 My study is

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 displaced right now.

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 I'll talk a little bit

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 about why

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 in a minute.

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 I had to

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 do some technological

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 things I don't

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 normally do

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 and I grabbed

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 these notes

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 and I pulled

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 them over

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 to another place

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 and I had to

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 do some formatting

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 and I did a

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 control off.

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 I selected everything

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 and I went back

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 to the standard

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 formatting which

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 took out all

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 of my boldfacing.

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 I like to boldface

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 the text.

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 You ever look

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 at my notes?

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 It's usually

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 the only thing

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 that's boldfaced.

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 It's just the text

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 that we're in

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 and everything else

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 is indented

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 and I keep my head

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 straight in other ways.

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 But the text,

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 the text,

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 and it took

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 out all of the

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 boldfacing

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 of the text

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 and so this morning

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 I'm reading through it

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 and I'm making

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 some little changes

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 and I'm re-bolding

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 the text

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 and I got to

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 the top of the

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 second page

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 and the only thing

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 in this entire

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 set of notes

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 that didn't

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 unbold itself,

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 which is probably

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 some bizarre

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 formatting thing

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 I did the last

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 time I was doing

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 this,

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 but the only thing

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 that wasn't unbolded

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 was that phrase

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 at the top of page

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 two in my notes.

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 The Lord

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 disciplines

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 the one

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 he loves

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 and I cried.

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 It's where my

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 mind had been going.

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 It's what I needed

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 to see.

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 The Lord disciplines

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 the one

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 he loves.

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 Why do trials

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 come into our life?

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 If you're a Christian,

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 it's because God

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 loves you.

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 Being disciplined

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 is a sign

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 that you belong

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 to God

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 and that he

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 is seeking

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 your

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 good.

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 Do you believe

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 this?

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 Do you

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 love

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 the discipline

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 of the Lord

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 the way

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 that you

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 ought to?

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 Or do you

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 think that you

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 know better

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 that the

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 challenges of

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 your life,

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 the things

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 that seem

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 to keep

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 you from

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 enduring

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 faithfully

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 are unfair

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 and misplaced?

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 That they

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 couldn't

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 possibly

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 be

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 kindnesses

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 from God.

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 I think

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 we're all

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 tempted

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 to do

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 that very

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 thing.

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 So,

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 this is my

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 anecdotal,

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 this is why

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 my mind

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 has been

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 on this

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 text.

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 My life's

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 just been

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 really chaotic

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 lately.

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 Lately may

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 not even be

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 the right term

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 for the past

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 five years.

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 Those of you

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 who know us

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 well know

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 that we

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 decided to

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 take on

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 a big

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 house

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 project

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 where we

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 built a

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 house

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 for my

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 parents

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 and now

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 we're

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 remodeling

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 a house

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 and it's

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 taking

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 forever.

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 And it's

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 my fault.

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 I chose

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 to do

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 this

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 thing.

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 It has

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 been a

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 major,

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 major,

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 major

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 task

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 and it

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 is making

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 me go

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 thin.

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 I'm just

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 running on

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 fumes all

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 the time.

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 It's where I

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 spend any

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 extra energy

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 that I have

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 on working

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 on this

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 project.

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 And I'm

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 grateful for

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 it for a

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 lot of

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 reasons.

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 I think

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 there's a

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 lot of

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 good that's

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 going to

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 come out

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 of it.

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 I don't

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 doubt

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 God's

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 goodness

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 in it,

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 but has

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 it been

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 a challenge

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 chugging

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 away at

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 this thing,

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 trying to

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 get it

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 done.

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 So it's a

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 major area

00:19:14.340 --> 00:19:14.860
 of my

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 life that

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 is just

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 incomplete.

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 Things are

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 just in

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 pieces right

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 now.

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 Even the

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 home that

00:19:20.559 --> 00:19:21.660
 I finished,

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 got a

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 CO4 so

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 that my

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 parents could

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 move into

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 it,

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 is not

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 really

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 finished.

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 My sweet

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 mom has

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 just been

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 opening her

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 kitchen drawers

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 without drawer

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 pulls on it

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 this entire

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 time since

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 the beginning

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 of January.

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 because I

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 still got to

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 put knobs on

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 the drawers

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 down at

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 their house.

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 It still

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 needs to be

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 painted,

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 things like

00:19:41.919 --> 00:19:42.240
 that.

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 It's not

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 quite done.

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 And then

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 two weeks

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 ago,

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 you all

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 were likely

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 aware that

00:19:48.839 --> 00:19:49.439
 the downstairs

00:19:49.439 --> 00:19:50.019
 of this

00:19:50.019 --> 00:19:50.700
 church building

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 flooded.

00:19:52.279 --> 00:19:53.019
 Septic system

00:19:53.019 --> 00:19:53.919
 backed up.

00:19:54.639 --> 00:19:54.960
 We had

00:19:54.960 --> 00:19:55.619
 remediators

00:19:55.619 --> 00:19:56.119
 come in

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 Friday night

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 and into

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 Saturday and

00:19:57.759 --> 00:19:58.539
 rip out two

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 thirds of the

00:19:59.000 --> 00:19:59.639
 flooring and

00:19:59.639 --> 00:20:00.399
 flood cut the

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 sheet rock

00:20:00.839 --> 00:20:01.359
 downstairs.

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 Totally

00:20:02.200 --> 00:20:03.039
 displaced me out

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 of my study.

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 It was maybe

00:20:04.379 --> 00:20:04.940
 the one place

00:20:04.940 --> 00:20:05.399
 in my life

00:20:05.399 --> 00:20:05.779
 that things

00:20:05.779 --> 00:20:06.700
 were steady

00:20:06.700 --> 00:20:07.319
 and stable

00:20:07.319 --> 00:20:07.680
 because it was

00:20:07.680 --> 00:20:08.240
 the thing I

00:20:08.240 --> 00:20:08.819
 get to control,

00:20:09.019 --> 00:20:10.299
 my little zone,

00:20:10.480 --> 00:20:11.359
 my space that

00:20:11.359 --> 00:20:11.779
 I got to

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 hang on to.

00:20:13.960 --> 00:20:14.779
 And it got

00:20:14.779 --> 00:20:15.960
 thrown in boxes

00:20:15.960 --> 00:20:16.579
 and moved to

00:20:16.579 --> 00:20:17.079
 the other end

00:20:17.079 --> 00:20:17.579
 of the hall

00:20:17.579 --> 00:20:18.700
 down here.

00:20:18.799 --> 00:20:19.079
 And I

00:20:19.079 --> 00:20:19.599
 frantically

00:20:19.599 --> 00:20:20.279
 packed up the

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 things I

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 thought I

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 needed most

00:20:21.619 --> 00:20:22.119
 and set up

00:20:22.119 --> 00:20:22.480
 a folding

00:20:22.480 --> 00:20:23.079
 table at

00:20:23.079 --> 00:20:23.579
 the house

00:20:23.579 --> 00:20:23.859
 that I'm

00:20:23.859 --> 00:20:24.180
 trying to

00:20:24.180 --> 00:20:24.579
 remodel,

00:20:24.899 --> 00:20:25.259
 which is

00:20:25.259 --> 00:20:26.500
 pretty chaotic.

00:20:28.619 --> 00:20:29.599
 So I'm

00:20:29.599 --> 00:20:31.259
 juggling all

00:20:31.259 --> 00:20:32.180
 of those

00:20:32.180 --> 00:20:33.000
 kinds of

00:20:33.000 --> 00:20:33.400
 things.

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 We're finding

00:20:34.559 --> 00:20:34.859
 that we

00:20:34.859 --> 00:20:35.299
 didn't have

00:20:35.299 --> 00:20:35.680
 the flood

00:20:35.680 --> 00:20:36.220
 coverage that

00:20:36.220 --> 00:20:36.680
 we had hoped

00:20:36.680 --> 00:20:37.220
 for and

00:20:37.220 --> 00:20:37.519
 that the

00:20:37.519 --> 00:20:38.000
 work that's

00:20:38.000 --> 00:20:38.619
 already been

00:20:38.619 --> 00:20:39.160
 down there

00:20:39.160 --> 00:20:39.799
 is being

00:20:39.799 --> 00:20:41.099
 exorbitantly

00:20:41.099 --> 00:20:41.859
 charged for.

00:20:41.960 --> 00:20:42.140
 We're going

00:20:42.140 --> 00:20:42.460
 to have to

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 enter into

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 a whole

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 issue with

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 that company

00:20:46.019 --> 00:20:46.440
 trying to

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 get that

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 sorted out

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 and then to

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 get it all

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 put back

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 together in

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 some reasonable

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 amount of

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 time.

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 Where we're

00:20:53.940 --> 00:20:54.359
 living right

00:20:54.359 --> 00:20:54.759
 now is

00:20:54.759 --> 00:20:55.660
 being really

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 kindly provided

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 for by my

00:20:58.079 --> 00:20:58.779
 father-in-law.

00:20:59.000 --> 00:20:59.799
 They're so sweet

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 to us.

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 We're living

00:21:00.580 --> 00:21:01.240
 rent-free,

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 but we're

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 living in a

00:21:02.539 --> 00:21:03.779
 one-bedroom,

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 one-bath

00:21:04.340 --> 00:21:04.860
 apartment.

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 It's 640

00:21:05.840 --> 00:21:06.420
 square feet.

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 We've been

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 there for

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 five and a

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 half,

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 six years.

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 We've been

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 making it

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 work.

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 Praise God,

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 there's a lot

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 of good

00:21:16.680 --> 00:21:17.039
 things that

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 have come

00:21:17.299 --> 00:21:17.680
 out of it.

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 We've now

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 been there

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 long enough

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 and old

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 enough that

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 things are

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 starting to

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 fall apart.

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 So not only

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 do I have

00:21:23.480 --> 00:21:24.360
 projects here

00:21:24.360 --> 00:21:24.860
 and projects

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 out the other

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 house,

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 I have projects

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 at the place

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 that's supposed

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 to be free

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 and easy.

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 My father-in-law

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 did a cool

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 thing, I think.

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 It looks really

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 neat.

00:21:35.080 --> 00:21:35.440
 He used a

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 galvanized

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 tub for the

00:21:37.400 --> 00:21:37.660
 sink.

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 The bathroom

00:21:38.100 --> 00:21:38.680
 sink is this

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 galvanized

00:21:39.220 --> 00:21:40.400
 tub and it

00:21:40.400 --> 00:21:40.840
 looks neat,

00:21:40.940 --> 00:21:41.180
 but it just

00:21:41.180 --> 00:21:41.759
 doesn't function

00:21:41.759 --> 00:21:42.400
 very well.

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 And we

00:21:44.700 --> 00:21:45.660
 discovered this

00:21:45.660 --> 00:21:46.720
 week that it's

00:21:46.720 --> 00:21:47.620
 rusting through.

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 It has pinhole

00:21:48.720 --> 00:21:50.019
 leaks all over

00:21:50.019 --> 00:21:51.240
 it.

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 And I tried

00:21:53.680 --> 00:21:54.700
 to use some

00:21:54.700 --> 00:21:55.640
 roof flashing

00:21:55.640 --> 00:21:56.280
 to seal it

00:21:56.280 --> 00:21:56.840
 up just for

00:21:56.840 --> 00:21:58.300
 temporary and

00:21:58.300 --> 00:21:58.759
 it failed.

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 So the

00:21:59.960 --> 00:22:00.640
 sink is

00:22:00.640 --> 00:22:01.280
 leaking, it

00:22:01.280 --> 00:22:01.660
 needs to be

00:22:01.660 --> 00:22:02.700
 repaired in

00:22:02.700 --> 00:22:03.600
 some more

00:22:03.600 --> 00:22:04.200
 proper way.

00:22:04.280 --> 00:22:04.620
 That's why I'm

00:22:04.620 --> 00:22:05.040
 not totally

00:22:05.040 --> 00:22:05.640
 clean shaven

00:22:05.640 --> 00:22:06.100
 this morning

00:22:06.100 --> 00:22:06.420
 because I

00:22:06.420 --> 00:22:06.880
 really couldn't

00:22:06.880 --> 00:22:07.220
 use the

00:22:07.220 --> 00:22:08.340
 sink this

00:22:08.340 --> 00:22:08.759
 morning when

00:22:08.759 --> 00:22:10.660
 I got up.

00:22:11.600 --> 00:22:12.220
 So many

00:22:12.220 --> 00:22:13.220
 things going

00:22:13.220 --> 00:22:14.840
 on and on

00:22:14.840 --> 00:22:15.320
 top of that

00:22:15.320 --> 00:22:15.700
 for the last

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 couple of

00:22:16.060 --> 00:22:17.380
 months I've

00:22:17.380 --> 00:22:17.800
 discovered,

00:22:17.980 --> 00:22:18.940
 I've noticed

00:22:18.940 --> 00:22:20.900
 some, I'll

00:22:20.900 --> 00:22:21.220
 call it

00:22:21.220 --> 00:22:22.460
 unexplained

00:22:22.460 --> 00:22:23.840
 bruising on

00:22:23.840 --> 00:22:24.320
 my body.

00:22:25.640 --> 00:22:26.120
 The inside of

00:22:26.120 --> 00:22:26.960
 my forearms,

00:22:27.120 --> 00:22:27.540
 the inside of

00:22:27.540 --> 00:22:29.180
 my biceps,

00:22:29.520 --> 00:22:30.460
 ribs, wrapping

00:22:30.460 --> 00:22:31.220
 around onto my

00:22:31.220 --> 00:22:32.140
 back, up my

00:22:32.140 --> 00:22:33.220
 back, backs of

00:22:33.220 --> 00:22:33.940
 my knees and

00:22:33.940 --> 00:22:34.420
 legs.

00:22:35.820 --> 00:22:36.520
 And we're

00:22:36.520 --> 00:22:36.960
 running blood

00:22:36.960 --> 00:22:37.580
 work and

00:22:37.580 --> 00:22:38.240
 praise God

00:22:38.240 --> 00:22:39.480
 the things that

00:22:39.480 --> 00:22:40.020
 might be popping

00:22:40.020 --> 00:22:40.800
 into your mind

00:22:40.800 --> 00:22:41.560
 that it could be

00:22:41.560 --> 00:22:42.360
 not those

00:22:42.360 --> 00:22:42.840
 things.

00:22:43.640 --> 00:22:44.840
 Got a clean

00:22:44.840 --> 00:22:46.280
 CBC panel

00:22:46.280 --> 00:22:46.720
 back.

00:22:47.759 --> 00:22:48.160
 But we're on

00:22:48.160 --> 00:22:48.960
 this road now

00:22:48.960 --> 00:22:49.380
 trying to figure

00:22:49.380 --> 00:22:49.800
 out what in

00:22:49.800 --> 00:22:50.500
 the world is

00:22:50.500 --> 00:22:51.520
 going on, why.

00:22:51.640 --> 00:22:52.680
 I feel okay but

00:22:52.680 --> 00:22:53.120
 we're just not

00:22:53.120 --> 00:22:54.280
 sure what's

00:22:54.280 --> 00:22:55.340
 happening there.

00:22:55.339 --> 00:22:56.619
 Nothing, nothing

00:22:56.619 --> 00:22:58.419
 seems settled.

00:22:59.139 --> 00:23:00.019
 Nothing seems

00:23:00.019 --> 00:23:01.339
 stable.

00:23:02.199 --> 00:23:03.019
 On top of that, I

00:23:03.019 --> 00:23:03.679
 worry about you

00:23:03.679 --> 00:23:04.000
 guys.

00:23:04.059 --> 00:23:04.679
 There's so much

00:23:04.679 --> 00:23:05.459
 going on in the

00:23:05.459 --> 00:23:05.919
 life of our

00:23:05.919 --> 00:23:06.299
 church.

00:23:07.179 --> 00:23:08.579
 I can't disclose

00:23:08.579 --> 00:23:09.720
 details to you

00:23:09.720 --> 00:23:11.279
 but I got a

00:23:11.279 --> 00:23:11.980
 text this morning,

00:23:12.119 --> 00:23:12.720
 hey we won't be

00:23:12.720 --> 00:23:14.539
 here, rushing a

00:23:14.539 --> 00:23:15.139
 toddler to

00:23:15.139 --> 00:23:15.819
 CHOA, to the

00:23:15.819 --> 00:23:16.599
 emergency room,

00:23:17.399 --> 00:23:19.639
 passed out,

00:23:20.139 --> 00:23:21.240
 blue lips.

00:23:21.699 --> 00:23:22.980
 I mean, and

00:23:22.980 --> 00:23:23.959
 praise God, just

00:23:23.960 --> 00:23:24.400
 before I got

00:23:24.400 --> 00:23:25.180
 up here, I

00:23:25.180 --> 00:23:25.759
 prodded for

00:23:25.759 --> 00:23:26.360
 an update and

00:23:26.360 --> 00:23:27.079
 everything's fine,

00:23:27.579 --> 00:23:28.480
 she's doing

00:23:28.480 --> 00:23:28.940
 well.

00:23:30.539 --> 00:23:31.440
 Those types of

00:23:31.440 --> 00:23:32.539
 things, I mean, I

00:23:32.539 --> 00:23:33.340
 carry them, I

00:23:33.340 --> 00:23:34.360
 worry about you

00:23:34.360 --> 00:23:35.000
 guys and there's

00:23:35.000 --> 00:23:36.100
 so much going on

00:23:36.100 --> 00:23:37.519
 in the life of

00:23:37.519 --> 00:23:38.100
 our church.

00:23:42.000 --> 00:23:42.920
 It's a temptation

00:23:42.920 --> 00:23:45.660
 to lose hope in

00:23:45.660 --> 00:23:46.240
 the midst of all

00:23:46.240 --> 00:23:46.620
 of that.

00:23:47.539 --> 00:23:47.880
 There's a

00:23:47.880 --> 00:23:48.519
 temptation to

00:23:48.519 --> 00:23:49.039
 think it's

00:23:49.039 --> 00:23:49.900
 unfair, but

00:23:49.900 --> 00:23:51.019
 God, I'm doing

00:23:51.019 --> 00:23:51.720
 all the things

00:23:51.720 --> 00:23:52.220
 I think you've

00:23:52.220 --> 00:23:52.720
 had me do.

00:23:52.859 --> 00:23:53.960
 Why does it

00:23:53.960 --> 00:23:54.539
 have to be so

00:23:54.539 --> 00:23:55.440
 hard all the

00:23:55.440 --> 00:23:55.799
 time?

00:23:57.960 --> 00:23:58.500
 Beloved, if

00:23:58.500 --> 00:23:59.279
 our faith is

00:23:59.279 --> 00:24:01.240
 faltering, we

00:24:01.240 --> 00:24:01.559
 need this

00:24:01.559 --> 00:24:01.879
 correction.

00:24:03.559 --> 00:24:04.180
 We need

00:24:04.180 --> 00:24:05.900
 perspective and

00:24:05.900 --> 00:24:06.779
 we need the

00:24:06.779 --> 00:24:08.279
 promises of

00:24:08.279 --> 00:24:08.559
 God.

00:24:09.680 --> 00:24:10.420
 The Lord

00:24:10.420 --> 00:24:12.240
 disciplines the

00:24:12.240 --> 00:24:13.440
 one he

00:24:13.440 --> 00:24:14.599
 loves.

00:24:16.139 --> 00:24:17.220
 Take a phrase

00:24:17.220 --> 00:24:18.180
 away today, if

00:24:18.180 --> 00:24:18.879
 you just blank

00:24:18.879 --> 00:24:19.500
 out everything

00:24:19.500 --> 00:24:20.279
 else that's

00:24:20.279 --> 00:24:21.220
 said this

00:24:21.220 --> 00:24:21.500
 morning.

00:24:21.619 --> 00:24:22.079
 Let that

00:24:22.079 --> 00:24:23.680
 sentence just

00:24:23.680 --> 00:24:25.140
 catch in your

00:24:25.140 --> 00:24:25.819
 head and in

00:24:25.819 --> 00:24:26.299
 your heart.

00:24:26.400 --> 00:24:26.920
 The Lord

00:24:26.920 --> 00:24:28.319
 disciplines the

00:24:28.319 --> 00:24:29.160
 one he

00:24:29.160 --> 00:24:30.519
 loves.

00:24:32.200 --> 00:24:32.940
 To make the

00:24:32.940 --> 00:24:33.940
 point just a

00:24:33.940 --> 00:24:34.220
 little bit

00:24:34.220 --> 00:24:35.980
 further, I'll

00:24:35.980 --> 00:24:36.380
 give you one

00:24:36.380 --> 00:24:37.000
 more text.

00:24:37.160 --> 00:24:37.720
 This is Psalm

00:24:37.720 --> 00:24:38.579
 84 and

00:24:38.579 --> 00:24:39.140
 verse 11.

00:24:40.259 --> 00:24:40.559
 There it

00:24:40.559 --> 00:24:40.720
 says,

00:24:40.819 --> 00:24:41.420
 No good

00:24:41.420 --> 00:24:42.839
 thing does

00:24:42.839 --> 00:24:43.680
 he withhold

00:24:43.680 --> 00:24:45.140
 from those

00:24:45.140 --> 00:24:46.279
 who walk

00:24:46.279 --> 00:24:47.519
 uprightly.

00:24:47.519 --> 00:24:48.519
 good.

00:24:48.519 --> 00:24:49.319
 So if you

00:24:49.319 --> 00:24:49.660
 are in

00:24:49.660 --> 00:24:50.220
 Jesus Christ

00:24:50.220 --> 00:24:50.700
 this morning,

00:24:51.359 --> 00:24:51.799
 if you've

00:24:51.799 --> 00:24:52.359
 repented and

00:24:52.359 --> 00:24:52.759
 believed in

00:24:52.759 --> 00:24:53.259
 the person and

00:24:53.259 --> 00:24:53.599
 work of

00:24:53.599 --> 00:24:54.279
 Jesus, then

00:24:54.279 --> 00:24:54.819
 you are

00:24:54.819 --> 00:24:55.920
 clothed in

00:24:55.920 --> 00:24:56.680
 his righteousness.

00:24:57.379 --> 00:24:57.460
 You

00:24:57.460 --> 00:24:58.619
 therefore walk

00:24:58.619 --> 00:24:59.839
 uprightly before

00:24:59.839 --> 00:25:00.799
 God.

00:25:01.639 --> 00:25:02.279
 And as

00:25:02.279 --> 00:25:03.420
 such, he

00:25:03.420 --> 00:25:04.319
 withholds no

00:25:04.319 --> 00:25:06.000
 good thing

00:25:06.000 --> 00:25:06.480
 from you.

00:25:07.200 --> 00:25:07.759
 That is,

00:25:07.920 --> 00:25:09.619
 your life is

00:25:09.619 --> 00:25:11.259
 full of

00:25:11.259 --> 00:25:11.539
 good.

00:25:12.259 --> 00:25:12.740
 Every

00:25:12.740 --> 00:25:13.259
 circumstance

00:25:13.259 --> 00:25:14.039
 that comes

00:25:14.039 --> 00:25:14.579
 your way,

00:25:15.240 --> 00:25:15.539
 good.

00:25:15.539 --> 00:25:15.539


00:25:16.379 --> 00:25:16.839
 It's a

00:25:16.839 --> 00:25:17.519
 good of

00:25:17.519 --> 00:25:18.440
 God's

00:25:18.440 --> 00:25:19.740
 defining

00:25:19.740 --> 00:25:20.940
 because it

00:25:20.940 --> 00:25:21.259
 is a

00:25:21.259 --> 00:25:22.539
 good that

00:25:22.539 --> 00:25:23.059
 is meant

00:25:23.059 --> 00:25:24.079
 for our

00:25:24.079 --> 00:25:25.420
 sustained

00:25:25.420 --> 00:25:27.019
 endurance.

00:25:28.940 --> 00:25:29.779
 Second

00:25:29.779 --> 00:25:30.859
 point, the

00:25:30.859 --> 00:25:31.859
 challenge to

00:25:31.859 --> 00:25:32.539
 sustained

00:25:32.539 --> 00:25:34.019
 endurance.

00:25:36.259 --> 00:25:37.359
 Verse 7

00:25:37.359 --> 00:25:37.680
 says,

00:25:37.799 --> 00:25:38.460
 It is for

00:25:38.460 --> 00:25:39.779
 discipline that

00:25:39.779 --> 00:25:40.819
 you have to

00:25:40.819 --> 00:25:42.359
 endure.

00:25:43.359 --> 00:25:44.139
 The author

00:25:44.139 --> 00:25:44.799
 has told us

00:25:44.799 --> 00:25:45.519
 that Jesus

00:25:45.519 --> 00:25:46.240
 endured,

00:25:46.460 --> 00:25:47.000
 verse 2,

00:25:47.119 --> 00:25:47.659
 and it

00:25:47.659 --> 00:25:48.319
 is imperative

00:25:48.319 --> 00:25:49.139
 that we

00:25:49.139 --> 00:25:50.339
 endure.

00:25:51.519 --> 00:25:52.240
 Culturally, we

00:25:52.240 --> 00:25:53.000
 tend to have a

00:25:53.000 --> 00:25:54.079
 negative view

00:25:54.079 --> 00:25:54.919
 of discipline.

00:25:55.399 --> 00:25:56.159
 You may have

00:25:56.159 --> 00:25:56.720
 either never

00:25:56.720 --> 00:25:57.399
 been disciplined

00:25:57.399 --> 00:25:58.079
 in your home

00:25:58.079 --> 00:25:58.980
 or were

00:25:58.980 --> 00:25:59.379
 possibly

00:25:59.379 --> 00:26:00.220
 disciplined

00:26:00.220 --> 00:26:01.500
 with severity.

00:26:02.839 --> 00:26:03.159
 The word

00:26:03.159 --> 00:26:03.960
 discipline simply

00:26:03.960 --> 00:26:04.980
 means to

00:26:04.980 --> 00:26:06.700
 teach or

00:26:06.700 --> 00:26:07.279
 instruct.

00:26:08.240 --> 00:26:08.500
 So you

00:26:08.500 --> 00:26:08.919
 could read

00:26:08.919 --> 00:26:09.859
 verse 7,

00:26:09.919 --> 00:26:10.220
 that first

00:26:10.220 --> 00:26:10.759
 part, it

00:26:10.759 --> 00:26:11.500
 is for

00:26:11.500 --> 00:26:12.279
 instruction

00:26:12.279 --> 00:26:12.960
 that you

00:26:12.960 --> 00:26:13.559
 have to

00:26:13.559 --> 00:26:15.059
 endure.

00:26:16.200 --> 00:26:16.819
 That means

00:26:16.819 --> 00:26:17.319
 that discipline

00:26:17.319 --> 00:26:17.879
 ought to be

00:26:17.879 --> 00:26:18.980
 viewed as

00:26:18.980 --> 00:26:20.200
 a positive

00:26:20.200 --> 00:26:20.660
 thing,

00:26:21.460 --> 00:26:22.279
 especially that

00:26:22.279 --> 00:26:23.139
 discipline which

00:26:23.139 --> 00:26:23.980
 comes from

00:26:23.980 --> 00:26:24.539
 the Lord.

00:26:25.779 --> 00:26:26.299
 Additionally,

00:26:26.440 --> 00:26:26.879
 the discipline

00:26:26.879 --> 00:26:27.819
 of God for

00:26:27.819 --> 00:26:28.619
 his children

00:26:28.619 --> 00:26:30.899
 never involves

00:26:30.899 --> 00:26:32.399
 his wrath.

00:26:34.299 --> 00:26:34.819
 Theodore,

00:26:34.819 --> 00:26:36.000
 I'm going to

00:26:36.000 --> 00:26:36.359
 spell his

00:26:36.359 --> 00:26:36.799
 last name

00:26:36.799 --> 00:26:37.019
 and not

00:26:37.019 --> 00:26:37.279
 try to

00:26:37.279 --> 00:26:37.839
 pronounce it,

00:26:38.259 --> 00:26:41.379
 L-A-E-T-S-C-H.

00:26:41.539 --> 00:26:41.819
 If you know

00:26:41.819 --> 00:26:42.359
 who this is

00:26:42.359 --> 00:26:42.659
 and how to

00:26:42.659 --> 00:26:43.019
 pronounce that

00:26:43.019 --> 00:26:43.399
 last name,

00:26:43.480 --> 00:26:43.859
 please tell me

00:26:43.859 --> 00:26:44.079
 later.

00:26:44.480 --> 00:26:44.799
 I want to

00:26:44.799 --> 00:26:45.419
 say Lech,

00:26:45.599 --> 00:26:46.059
 but I

00:26:46.059 --> 00:26:46.460
 don't know.

00:26:46.819 --> 00:26:47.200
 Theodore,

00:26:48.139 --> 00:26:48.460
 an Old

00:26:48.460 --> 00:26:48.679
 Testament

00:26:48.679 --> 00:26:49.099
 scholar,

00:26:49.359 --> 00:26:50.019
 put the

00:26:50.019 --> 00:26:50.919
 point this

00:26:50.919 --> 00:26:51.539
 way,

00:26:52.019 --> 00:26:52.399
 quote,

00:26:52.400 --> 00:26:53.660
 his plans

00:26:53.660 --> 00:26:54.120
 concerning

00:26:54.120 --> 00:26:54.660
 his people

00:26:54.660 --> 00:26:55.860
 are always

00:26:55.860 --> 00:26:56.460
 thoughts of

00:26:56.460 --> 00:26:56.900
 good,

00:26:57.019 --> 00:26:58.019
 of blessing.

00:26:59.100 --> 00:26:59.460
 Even if

00:26:59.460 --> 00:27:00.259
 he is obliged

00:27:00.259 --> 00:27:00.820
 to use

00:27:00.820 --> 00:27:01.300
 the rod,

00:27:01.400 --> 00:27:01.780
 it is the

00:27:01.780 --> 00:27:02.380
 rod not

00:27:02.380 --> 00:27:03.100
 of wrath,

00:27:03.600 --> 00:27:04.080
 but the

00:27:04.080 --> 00:27:04.600
 father's

00:27:04.600 --> 00:27:05.160
 rod of

00:27:05.160 --> 00:27:05.980
 chastisement

00:27:05.980 --> 00:27:06.540
 for their

00:27:06.540 --> 00:27:07.120
 temporal

00:27:07.120 --> 00:27:08.019
 and eternal

00:27:08.019 --> 00:27:08.540
 welfare.

00:27:09.820 --> 00:27:10.280
 This is not

00:27:10.280 --> 00:27:10.740
 a single

00:27:10.740 --> 00:27:11.340
 item of

00:27:11.340 --> 00:27:11.840
 evil in

00:27:11.840 --> 00:27:12.340
 his plans

00:27:12.340 --> 00:27:12.660
 for his

00:27:12.660 --> 00:27:13.000
 people,

00:27:13.200 --> 00:27:13.900
 neither in

00:27:13.900 --> 00:27:14.440
 their motive,

00:27:14.600 --> 00:27:15.080
 nor in

00:27:15.080 --> 00:27:15.759
 their conception,

00:27:16.200 --> 00:27:16.860
 nor in

00:27:16.860 --> 00:27:17.540
 their revelation,

00:27:18.180 --> 00:27:19.060
 nor in

00:27:19.060 --> 00:27:19.480
 their

00:27:19.480 --> 00:27:20.860
 consummation.

00:27:22.400 --> 00:27:22.759
 So we

00:27:22.759 --> 00:27:22.920
 should

00:27:22.920 --> 00:27:23.300
 endure

00:27:23.300 --> 00:27:23.720
 our

00:27:23.720 --> 00:27:24.600
 hardships

00:27:24.600 --> 00:27:25.780
 as

00:27:25.780 --> 00:27:26.720
 kindnesses

00:27:26.720 --> 00:27:27.940
 from God,

00:27:28.019 --> 00:27:28.340
 as

00:27:28.340 --> 00:27:29.400
 helpful

00:27:29.400 --> 00:27:30.980
 discipline.

00:27:32.440 --> 00:27:32.680
 This

00:27:32.680 --> 00:27:33.100
 discipline

00:27:33.100 --> 00:27:34.440
 takes

00:27:34.440 --> 00:27:35.360
 three

00:27:35.360 --> 00:27:35.880
 forms.

00:27:37.040 --> 00:27:37.620
 First,

00:27:37.759 --> 00:27:38.220
 corrective

00:27:38.220 --> 00:27:38.640
 discipline.

00:27:39.620 --> 00:27:40.220
 Sometimes we

00:27:40.220 --> 00:27:40.519
 need to be

00:27:40.519 --> 00:27:41.440
 shown the

00:27:41.440 --> 00:27:42.220
 error of

00:27:42.220 --> 00:27:42.960
 our ways.

00:27:43.440 --> 00:27:44.259
 We need

00:27:44.259 --> 00:27:44.820
 to experience

00:27:44.820 --> 00:27:45.480
 the temporal

00:27:45.480 --> 00:27:46.340
 consequence of

00:27:46.340 --> 00:27:46.980
 our sin to

00:27:46.980 --> 00:27:47.340
 keep us

00:27:47.340 --> 00:27:48.340
 mindful of

00:27:48.340 --> 00:27:48.960
 its eternal

00:27:48.960 --> 00:27:50.200
 consequence if

00:27:50.200 --> 00:27:50.740
 we are not

00:27:50.740 --> 00:27:52.100
 found in

00:27:52.099 --> 00:27:52.500
 Christ.

00:27:53.599 --> 00:27:54.179
 An example

00:27:54.179 --> 00:27:54.639
 of this is

00:27:54.639 --> 00:27:55.039
 found in

00:27:55.039 --> 00:27:55.659
 Paul's

00:27:55.659 --> 00:27:55.939
 letter to

00:27:55.939 --> 00:27:56.059
 the

00:27:56.059 --> 00:27:56.419
 Corinthians.

00:27:57.579 --> 00:27:57.919
 Some of

00:27:57.919 --> 00:27:58.199
 them were

00:27:58.199 --> 00:27:59.159
 sick and

00:27:59.159 --> 00:27:59.519
 some had

00:27:59.519 --> 00:28:00.199
 died because

00:28:00.199 --> 00:28:00.519
 of their

00:28:00.519 --> 00:28:01.219
 abuse of

00:28:01.219 --> 00:28:01.679
 the Lord's

00:28:01.679 --> 00:28:01.939
 Supper.

00:28:02.719 --> 00:28:03.159
 Paul writes

00:28:03.159 --> 00:28:03.719
 in 1 Corinthians

00:28:03.719 --> 00:28:04.119
 11,

00:28:04.179 --> 00:28:04.759
 verse 32,

00:28:04.939 --> 00:28:05.679
 but when we

00:28:05.679 --> 00:28:06.179
 are judged

00:28:06.179 --> 00:28:06.539
 by the

00:28:06.539 --> 00:28:06.759
 Lord,

00:28:06.839 --> 00:28:07.099
 we are

00:28:07.099 --> 00:28:07.599
 disciplined

00:28:07.599 --> 00:28:08.339
 so that

00:28:08.339 --> 00:28:08.740
 we may

00:28:08.740 --> 00:28:09.439
 not be

00:28:09.439 --> 00:28:10.179
 condemned

00:28:10.179 --> 00:28:10.919
 along

00:28:10.919 --> 00:28:12.059
 with the

00:28:12.059 --> 00:28:12.500
 world.

00:28:14.179 --> 00:28:14.679
 Discipline

00:28:14.679 --> 00:28:15.179
 also takes

00:28:15.179 --> 00:28:15.599
 the form

00:28:15.599 --> 00:28:16.819
 of preventative

00:28:16.819 --> 00:28:17.379
 discipline.

00:28:18.439 --> 00:28:19.199
 Sometimes we

00:28:19.199 --> 00:28:19.559
 need to be

00:28:19.559 --> 00:28:20.319
 kept from

00:28:20.319 --> 00:28:21.319
 sin by

00:28:21.319 --> 00:28:22.679
 discipline.

00:28:23.919 --> 00:28:24.419
 An example

00:28:24.419 --> 00:28:24.980
 of this is

00:28:24.980 --> 00:28:25.919
 humility God

00:28:25.919 --> 00:28:26.419
 worked in

00:28:26.419 --> 00:28:26.700
 Paul,

00:28:26.799 --> 00:28:27.039
 which he

00:28:27.039 --> 00:28:27.519
 speaks of

00:28:27.519 --> 00:28:28.480
 in 2 Corinthians

00:28:28.480 --> 00:28:29.339
 chapter 12

00:28:29.339 --> 00:28:30.119
 and verse 7,

00:28:30.220 --> 00:28:30.539
 where he

00:28:30.539 --> 00:28:30.939
 wrote,

00:28:31.599 --> 00:28:31.859
 so to

00:28:31.859 --> 00:28:32.779
 keep me

00:28:32.779 --> 00:28:34.019
 from becoming

00:28:34.019 --> 00:28:35.240
 conceited,

00:28:35.960 --> 00:28:36.539
 because of the

00:28:36.539 --> 00:28:37.619
 surpassing greatness

00:28:37.619 --> 00:28:38.019
 of the

00:28:38.019 --> 00:28:38.599
 revelations,

00:28:38.759 --> 00:28:39.500
 a thorn was

00:28:39.500 --> 00:28:40.179
 given me in

00:28:40.179 --> 00:28:40.740
 the flesh.

00:28:40.879 --> 00:28:41.099
 We don't

00:28:41.099 --> 00:28:41.339
 know what

00:28:41.339 --> 00:28:42.119
 that was,

00:28:42.460 --> 00:28:43.099
 specifically

00:28:43.099 --> 00:28:43.700
 what it

00:28:43.700 --> 00:28:44.259
 was.

00:28:44.599 --> 00:28:45.039
 He calls

00:28:45.039 --> 00:28:45.439
 it a

00:28:45.439 --> 00:28:45.919
 messenger

00:28:45.919 --> 00:28:46.779
 of Satan

00:28:46.779 --> 00:28:47.819
 to harass

00:28:47.819 --> 00:28:48.960
 me to

00:28:48.960 --> 00:28:49.759
 keep me

00:28:49.759 --> 00:28:50.299
 from

00:28:50.299 --> 00:28:50.919
 becoming

00:28:50.919 --> 00:28:52.399
 conceited,

00:28:52.679 --> 00:28:53.559
 to prevent

00:28:53.559 --> 00:28:54.399
 pride in

00:28:54.399 --> 00:28:54.839
 me because

00:28:54.839 --> 00:28:55.460
 of the

00:28:55.460 --> 00:28:55.960
 revelation

00:28:55.960 --> 00:28:56.500
 of God

00:28:56.500 --> 00:28:57.480
 shown to

00:28:57.480 --> 00:28:57.720
 me.

00:28:57.980 --> 00:28:58.220
 This

00:28:58.220 --> 00:28:59.099
 thorn

00:28:59.099 --> 00:29:00.079
 was given

00:29:00.079 --> 00:29:01.200
 to me.

00:29:02.579 --> 00:29:03.500
 The third

00:29:03.500 --> 00:29:03.899
 type of

00:29:03.899 --> 00:29:04.240
 discipline

00:29:04.240 --> 00:29:05.240
 that we

00:29:05.240 --> 00:29:05.839
 see in

00:29:05.839 --> 00:29:06.240
 the Bible

00:29:06.240 --> 00:29:06.639
 is

00:29:06.639 --> 00:29:07.819
 instructive

00:29:07.819 --> 00:29:08.899
 discipline.

00:29:09.919 --> 00:29:10.539
 Sometimes

00:29:10.539 --> 00:29:11.000
 we are

00:29:11.000 --> 00:29:11.240
 taught

00:29:11.240 --> 00:29:11.819
 lessons

00:29:11.819 --> 00:29:12.759
 proactively

00:29:12.759 --> 00:29:13.279
 through

00:29:13.279 --> 00:29:13.960
 discipline.

00:29:15.159 --> 00:29:15.539
 This was

00:29:15.539 --> 00:29:15.839
 the case

00:29:15.839 --> 00:29:16.399
 for Job

00:29:16.399 --> 00:29:17.359
 after enduring

00:29:17.359 --> 00:29:17.919
 much

00:29:17.919 --> 00:29:18.439
 suffering,

00:29:19.179 --> 00:29:19.939
 was neither

00:29:19.939 --> 00:29:20.599
 corrective

00:29:20.599 --> 00:29:21.539
 or preventative.

00:29:22.339 --> 00:29:23.559
 He then

00:29:23.559 --> 00:29:24.459
 declares,

00:29:25.859 --> 00:29:26.419
 I heard

00:29:26.419 --> 00:29:26.679
 of you

00:29:26.679 --> 00:29:27.119
 by the

00:29:27.119 --> 00:29:27.439
 hearing

00:29:27.439 --> 00:29:27.879
 of the

00:29:27.879 --> 00:29:28.179
 ear.

00:29:28.279 --> 00:29:28.599
 This is

00:29:28.599 --> 00:29:29.740
 chapter 42

00:29:29.740 --> 00:29:30.459
 verse 5.

00:29:30.919 --> 00:29:31.679
 But now

00:29:31.679 --> 00:29:33.379
 my eye

00:29:33.379 --> 00:29:35.079
 sees you.

00:29:36.419 --> 00:29:37.059
 I had

00:29:37.059 --> 00:29:37.259
 some

00:29:37.259 --> 00:29:38.339
 understanding

00:29:38.339 --> 00:29:38.740
 of you,

00:29:38.819 --> 00:29:39.279
 but now

00:29:39.279 --> 00:29:39.939
 I have

00:29:39.939 --> 00:29:41.379
 beheld

00:29:41.379 --> 00:29:42.639
 you.

00:29:44.059 --> 00:29:44.419
 And I

00:29:44.419 --> 00:29:44.740
 think

00:29:44.740 --> 00:29:45.559
 God

00:29:45.559 --> 00:29:46.019
 pushes

00:29:46.019 --> 00:29:46.539
 at us

00:29:46.539 --> 00:29:47.139
 in this

00:29:47.139 --> 00:29:47.599
 way

00:29:47.599 --> 00:29:48.819
 all

00:29:48.819 --> 00:29:49.259
 the

00:29:49.259 --> 00:29:50.059
 time.

00:29:51.000 --> 00:29:51.579
 We've

00:29:51.579 --> 00:29:51.799
 come to

00:29:51.799 --> 00:29:52.099
 the end

00:29:52.099 --> 00:29:52.619
 of ourselves

00:29:52.619 --> 00:29:52.940
 thinking

00:29:52.940 --> 00:29:53.200
 that we

00:29:53.200 --> 00:29:53.480
 have it

00:29:53.480 --> 00:29:54.319
 figured out,

00:29:54.420 --> 00:29:54.579
 thinking

00:29:54.579 --> 00:29:54.799
 that we

00:29:54.799 --> 00:29:55.460
 have anything

00:29:55.460 --> 00:29:56.220
 under

00:29:56.220 --> 00:29:57.180
 control

00:29:57.180 --> 00:29:57.940
 that we

00:29:57.940 --> 00:29:58.440
 would flee

00:29:58.440 --> 00:29:58.980
 to him,

00:29:59.359 --> 00:29:59.859
 find our

00:29:59.859 --> 00:30:00.420
 value,

00:30:00.579 --> 00:30:00.980
 our worth,

00:30:01.039 --> 00:30:01.639
 our joy,

00:30:01.740 --> 00:30:02.319
 our peace

00:30:02.319 --> 00:30:03.940
 in him.

00:30:05.839 --> 00:30:06.160
 Through

00:30:06.160 --> 00:30:06.519
 Job's

00:30:06.519 --> 00:30:06.879
 suffering

00:30:06.879 --> 00:30:07.440
 and following

00:30:07.440 --> 00:30:08.200
 dialogue with

00:30:08.200 --> 00:30:08.500
 God,

00:30:08.579 --> 00:30:08.960
 he reached

00:30:08.960 --> 00:30:09.519
 a new,

00:30:09.740 --> 00:30:10.700
 more complete

00:30:10.700 --> 00:30:11.559
 understanding

00:30:11.559 --> 00:30:12.279
 of God.

00:30:12.960 --> 00:30:13.599
 Because Job

00:30:13.599 --> 00:30:14.139
 was doing

00:30:14.139 --> 00:30:14.599
 well,

00:30:14.720 --> 00:30:15.299
 God allowed

00:30:15.299 --> 00:30:15.879
 suffering so

00:30:15.879 --> 00:30:16.480
 that Job

00:30:16.480 --> 00:30:17.179
 would do

00:30:17.179 --> 00:30:18.139
 all the

00:30:18.139 --> 00:30:19.579
 more often

00:30:19.579 --> 00:30:20.419
 instructed

00:30:20.419 --> 00:30:21.799
 through our

00:30:21.799 --> 00:30:22.359
 hardships.

00:30:23.299 --> 00:30:23.759
 God says,

00:30:23.940 --> 00:30:24.240
 good,

00:30:24.619 --> 00:30:25.480
 keep running,

00:30:25.799 --> 00:30:26.819
 endure more,

00:30:27.039 --> 00:30:28.759
 press on.

00:30:30.139 --> 00:30:30.759
 We must

00:30:30.759 --> 00:30:31.159
 remember

00:30:31.159 --> 00:30:31.980
 that the

00:30:31.980 --> 00:30:32.500
 challenges of

00:30:32.500 --> 00:30:33.139
 our lives

00:30:33.139 --> 00:30:33.919
 are discipline

00:30:33.919 --> 00:30:34.599
 that comes

00:30:34.599 --> 00:30:35.220
 in one of

00:30:35.220 --> 00:30:35.759
 these three

00:30:35.759 --> 00:30:36.240
 forms,

00:30:36.359 --> 00:30:36.559
 and we

00:30:36.559 --> 00:30:37.240
 must remember

00:30:37.240 --> 00:30:38.079
 that it

00:30:38.079 --> 00:30:39.240
 is loving

00:30:39.240 --> 00:30:40.779
 and it

00:30:40.779 --> 00:30:41.140
 is for

00:30:41.140 --> 00:30:41.700
 our good.

00:30:43.319 --> 00:30:43.940
 We have

00:30:43.940 --> 00:30:44.539
 options

00:30:44.539 --> 00:30:45.299
 when it

00:30:45.299 --> 00:30:45.620
 comes to

00:30:45.620 --> 00:30:45.740
 our

00:30:45.740 --> 00:30:46.200
 understanding

00:30:46.200 --> 00:30:46.740
 of God.

00:30:47.740 --> 00:30:48.259
 God

00:30:48.259 --> 00:30:48.420
 could be

00:30:48.420 --> 00:30:49.039
 good and

00:30:49.039 --> 00:30:49.319
 not

00:30:49.319 --> 00:30:49.839
 sovereign,

00:30:50.319 --> 00:30:51.240
 hoping that

00:30:51.240 --> 00:30:51.740
 things work

00:30:51.740 --> 00:30:52.180
 out for

00:30:52.180 --> 00:30:53.440
 his people,

00:30:54.000 --> 00:30:54.500
 or God

00:30:54.500 --> 00:30:55.079
 could be

00:30:55.079 --> 00:30:55.700
 sovereign

00:30:55.700 --> 00:30:56.960
 and not

00:30:56.960 --> 00:30:57.460
 good,

00:30:57.920 --> 00:30:59.079
 not enacting

00:30:59.079 --> 00:30:59.599
 his rule

00:30:59.599 --> 00:30:59.980
 over the

00:30:59.980 --> 00:31:00.480
 world to

00:31:00.480 --> 00:31:00.880
 bring about

00:31:00.880 --> 00:31:01.259
 the good

00:31:01.259 --> 00:31:02.079
 of his

00:31:02.079 --> 00:31:02.460
 people,

00:31:02.920 --> 00:31:03.799
 or he

00:31:03.799 --> 00:31:04.180
 could be

00:31:04.180 --> 00:31:05.240
 both,

00:31:05.660 --> 00:31:06.160
 and he

00:31:06.160 --> 00:31:06.620
 is.

00:31:07.240 --> 00:31:07.559
 And he

00:31:07.559 --> 00:31:08.799
 is all

00:31:08.799 --> 00:31:10.019
 the time

00:31:10.019 --> 00:31:10.740
 sovereign

00:31:10.740 --> 00:31:12.200
 and good.

00:31:13.880 --> 00:31:14.440
 James

00:31:14.440 --> 00:31:14.880
 Moffat

00:31:14.880 --> 00:31:16.220
 stated in

00:31:16.220 --> 00:31:16.700
 his commentary

00:31:16.700 --> 00:31:17.220
 on this

00:31:17.220 --> 00:31:17.620
 text,

00:31:18.000 --> 00:31:18.640
 to endure

00:31:18.640 --> 00:31:19.500
 rightly,

00:31:20.160 --> 00:31:21.099
 one must

00:31:21.099 --> 00:31:22.059
 endure

00:31:22.059 --> 00:31:23.799
 intelligently.

00:31:24.359 --> 00:31:24.700
 You must

00:31:24.700 --> 00:31:25.140
 take up

00:31:25.140 --> 00:31:25.960
 these truths

00:31:25.960 --> 00:31:26.720
 and know

00:31:26.720 --> 00:31:28.519
 them that

00:31:28.519 --> 00:31:28.960
 we might

00:31:28.960 --> 00:31:30.039
 endure.

00:31:31.279 --> 00:31:31.799
 Third

00:31:31.799 --> 00:31:32.140
 point,

00:31:32.579 --> 00:31:33.019
 and lastly,

00:31:34.500 --> 00:31:35.099
 reasons

00:31:35.099 --> 00:31:35.839
 for

00:31:35.839 --> 00:31:37.220
 sustained

00:31:37.220 --> 00:31:37.740
 endurance.

00:31:38.059 --> 00:31:38.539
 We picked

00:31:38.539 --> 00:31:38.860
 this up

00:31:38.860 --> 00:31:39.059
 in the

00:31:39.059 --> 00:31:39.539
 last half

00:31:39.539 --> 00:31:40.100
 of verse

00:31:40.100 --> 00:31:41.019
 7 and

00:31:41.019 --> 00:31:41.819
 on through

00:31:41.819 --> 00:31:42.460
 verse 11.

00:31:43.579 --> 00:31:43.880
 The author

00:31:43.880 --> 00:31:44.779
 gives three

00:31:44.779 --> 00:31:45.559
 reasons for

00:31:45.559 --> 00:31:46.259
 sustained

00:31:46.259 --> 00:31:47.460
 endurance.

00:31:48.640 --> 00:31:49.039
 Number

00:31:49.039 --> 00:31:49.420
 one,

00:31:49.819 --> 00:31:51.200
 a paternal

00:31:51.200 --> 00:31:51.920
 reason.

00:31:53.400 --> 00:31:54.039
 Halfway

00:31:54.039 --> 00:31:54.400
 through verse

00:31:54.400 --> 00:31:54.700
 7,

00:31:54.819 --> 00:31:55.339
 God is

00:31:55.339 --> 00:31:56.059
 treating you

00:31:56.059 --> 00:31:56.860
 as

00:31:56.860 --> 00:31:58.420
 sons.

00:31:59.180 --> 00:32:00.039
 The logic

00:32:00.039 --> 00:32:00.480
 goes,

00:32:00.600 --> 00:32:01.200
 if you are

00:32:01.200 --> 00:32:01.819
 sons,

00:32:02.140 --> 00:32:02.600
 then you

00:32:02.600 --> 00:32:03.180
 will receive

00:32:03.180 --> 00:32:03.579
 discipline.

00:32:03.579 --> 00:32:03.659
 discipline.

00:32:04.319 --> 00:32:04.759
 If you

00:32:04.759 --> 00:32:05.159
 are not

00:32:05.159 --> 00:32:05.579
 sons,

00:32:06.379 --> 00:32:06.759
 then you

00:32:06.759 --> 00:32:07.099
 will not

00:32:07.099 --> 00:32:07.579
 receive

00:32:07.579 --> 00:32:08.359
 discipline.

00:32:09.399 --> 00:32:09.799
 Because

00:32:09.799 --> 00:32:10.259
 this is

00:32:10.259 --> 00:32:10.960
 true,

00:32:11.659 --> 00:32:12.079
 we should

00:32:12.079 --> 00:32:12.639
 not regard

00:32:12.639 --> 00:32:13.279
 lightly the

00:32:13.279 --> 00:32:13.740
 discipline of

00:32:13.740 --> 00:32:14.039
 the Lord,

00:32:14.099 --> 00:32:14.859
 nor be

00:32:14.859 --> 00:32:15.460
 weary when

00:32:15.460 --> 00:32:16.019
 reproved

00:32:16.019 --> 00:32:16.579
 by him,

00:32:17.139 --> 00:32:17.599
 but should

00:32:17.599 --> 00:32:18.240
 rather be

00:32:18.240 --> 00:32:19.899
 encouraged to

00:32:19.899 --> 00:32:20.799
 press on

00:32:20.799 --> 00:32:21.659
 by it.

00:32:22.220 --> 00:32:23.139
 I am

00:32:23.139 --> 00:32:23.740
 being

00:32:23.740 --> 00:32:24.679
 taught.

00:32:25.480 --> 00:32:25.759
 Oh,

00:32:26.039 --> 00:32:26.659
 it's so good

00:32:26.659 --> 00:32:27.259
 to be taught

00:32:27.259 --> 00:32:27.740
 because it

00:32:27.740 --> 00:32:28.899
 proves that

00:32:28.899 --> 00:32:30.359
 God loves

00:32:30.359 --> 00:32:30.599
 me.

00:32:32.319 --> 00:32:32.759
 Secondly,

00:32:33.719 --> 00:32:34.579
 we see a

00:32:34.579 --> 00:32:35.579
 lesser to

00:32:35.579 --> 00:32:36.000
 greater

00:32:36.000 --> 00:32:37.339
 reason.

00:32:38.740 --> 00:32:39.259
 The logic

00:32:39.259 --> 00:32:40.119
 here goes,

00:32:40.599 --> 00:32:41.059
 if this

00:32:41.059 --> 00:32:41.619
 is so,

00:32:41.759 --> 00:32:42.159
 then this

00:32:42.159 --> 00:32:42.819
 must be

00:32:42.819 --> 00:32:43.459
 even

00:32:43.459 --> 00:32:44.500
 more

00:32:44.500 --> 00:32:45.819
 so.

00:32:47.000 --> 00:32:47.500
 He says

00:32:47.500 --> 00:32:47.779
 in verse

00:32:47.779 --> 00:32:48.079
 9,

00:32:48.139 --> 00:32:48.879
 besides this,

00:32:49.059 --> 00:32:49.259
 we have

00:32:49.259 --> 00:32:49.839
 had earthly

00:32:49.839 --> 00:32:50.399
 fathers who

00:32:50.399 --> 00:32:50.759
 disciplined

00:32:50.759 --> 00:32:51.000
 us,

00:32:51.039 --> 00:32:51.240
 and we

00:32:51.240 --> 00:32:51.740
 respected

00:32:51.740 --> 00:32:52.099
 them.

00:32:52.839 --> 00:32:53.099
 Shall

00:32:53.099 --> 00:32:53.359
 we not

00:32:53.359 --> 00:32:54.039
 much more

00:32:54.039 --> 00:32:54.699
 be subject

00:32:54.699 --> 00:32:55.139
 to the

00:32:55.139 --> 00:32:55.679
 father of

00:32:55.679 --> 00:32:56.279
 spirits

00:32:56.279 --> 00:32:57.859
 and live?

00:32:59.519 --> 00:32:59.859
 Now,

00:32:59.859 --> 00:33:00.319
 I recognize

00:33:00.319 --> 00:33:00.699
 that not

00:33:00.699 --> 00:33:01.039
 all of

00:33:01.039 --> 00:33:01.979
 you have

00:33:01.979 --> 00:33:02.559
 fathers who

00:33:02.559 --> 00:33:03.019
 disciplined

00:33:03.019 --> 00:33:03.679
 you or

00:33:03.679 --> 00:33:04.299
 disciplined

00:33:04.299 --> 00:33:05.559
 you well.

00:33:06.519 --> 00:33:06.779
 You may

00:33:06.779 --> 00:33:07.299
 not have

00:33:07.299 --> 00:33:07.799
 the type

00:33:07.799 --> 00:33:08.299
 of respect

00:33:08.299 --> 00:33:08.719
 for your

00:33:08.719 --> 00:33:09.240
 fathers that

00:33:09.240 --> 00:33:09.799
 the author

00:33:09.799 --> 00:33:10.519
 is here

00:33:10.519 --> 00:33:11.179
 implying.

00:33:12.240 --> 00:33:12.719
 If that

00:33:12.719 --> 00:33:12.939
 is the

00:33:12.939 --> 00:33:13.359
 case for

00:33:13.359 --> 00:33:13.459
 you,

00:33:13.500 --> 00:33:13.740
 I want

00:33:13.740 --> 00:33:13.939
 you to

00:33:13.939 --> 00:33:14.319
 know that

00:33:14.319 --> 00:33:14.599
 he is

00:33:14.599 --> 00:33:15.099
 speaking

00:33:15.099 --> 00:33:15.599
 in

00:33:15.599 --> 00:33:16.359
 generalities

00:33:16.359 --> 00:33:17.179
 and that

00:33:17.179 --> 00:33:17.619
 the lesson

00:33:17.619 --> 00:33:17.939
 he is

00:33:17.939 --> 00:33:18.219
 teaching

00:33:18.219 --> 00:33:18.659
 does not

00:33:18.659 --> 00:33:19.019
 have to

00:33:19.019 --> 00:33:19.559
 be lost

00:33:19.559 --> 00:33:19.879
 on you

00:33:19.879 --> 00:33:20.099
 because

00:33:20.099 --> 00:33:20.619
 your frame

00:33:20.619 --> 00:33:21.279
 of reference

00:33:21.279 --> 00:33:22.059
 is different

00:33:22.059 --> 00:33:23.159
 from the

00:33:23.159 --> 00:33:23.500
 one he

00:33:23.500 --> 00:33:23.679
 is

00:33:23.679 --> 00:33:24.199
 implying.

00:33:25.419 --> 00:33:26.019
 So here,

00:33:26.119 --> 00:33:26.379
 if you

00:33:26.379 --> 00:33:27.099
 have a

00:33:27.099 --> 00:33:27.699
 father who

00:33:27.699 --> 00:33:28.099
 disciplined

00:33:28.099 --> 00:33:28.539
 you and

00:33:28.539 --> 00:33:29.159
 you respected

00:33:29.159 --> 00:33:29.419
 him,

00:33:29.420 --> 00:33:29.820
 or if

00:33:29.820 --> 00:33:30.060
 you have

00:33:30.060 --> 00:33:30.320
 ever

00:33:30.320 --> 00:33:30.759
 noticed

00:33:30.759 --> 00:33:30.960
 a

00:33:30.960 --> 00:33:31.259
 father

00:33:31.259 --> 00:33:31.840
 who

00:33:31.840 --> 00:33:32.259
 disciplined

00:33:32.259 --> 00:33:32.840
 well and

00:33:32.840 --> 00:33:33.420
 you respected

00:33:33.420 --> 00:33:33.759
 him,

00:33:34.000 --> 00:33:34.740
 then how

00:33:34.740 --> 00:33:35.300
 much

00:33:35.300 --> 00:33:36.120
 more

00:33:36.120 --> 00:33:36.960
 should

00:33:36.960 --> 00:33:37.120
 you

00:33:37.120 --> 00:33:37.620
 respect

00:33:37.620 --> 00:33:38.720
 God?

00:33:39.800 --> 00:33:40.200
 Of course,

00:33:40.300 --> 00:33:40.700
 the answer

00:33:40.700 --> 00:33:41.480
 is much,

00:33:41.840 --> 00:33:42.700
 much

00:33:42.700 --> 00:33:43.920
 more.

00:33:45.039 --> 00:33:45.539
 His loving

00:33:45.539 --> 00:33:46.039
 correction

00:33:46.039 --> 00:33:47.899
 is always

00:33:47.899 --> 00:33:48.980
 perfect

00:33:48.980 --> 00:33:50.339
 and therefore

00:33:50.339 --> 00:33:51.940
 always

00:33:51.940 --> 00:33:53.639
 respectable.

00:33:56.440 --> 00:33:57.180
 We then

00:33:57.180 --> 00:33:57.859
 see a

00:33:57.859 --> 00:33:58.980
 sanctifying

00:33:58.980 --> 00:33:59.799
 reason.

00:34:00.500 --> 00:34:00.899
 I'll tell you

00:34:00.899 --> 00:34:01.139
 there were

00:34:01.139 --> 00:34:01.420
 three,

00:34:01.639 --> 00:34:01.839
 there was

00:34:01.839 --> 00:34:02.059
 actually

00:34:02.059 --> 00:34:02.480
 four.

00:34:03.000 --> 00:34:03.220
 A

00:34:03.220 --> 00:34:03.799
 sanctifying

00:34:03.799 --> 00:34:04.180
 reason.

00:34:04.819 --> 00:34:04.980
 Verse

00:34:04.980 --> 00:34:05.279
 10,

00:34:06.079 --> 00:34:06.359
 they

00:34:06.359 --> 00:34:06.740
 discipline

00:34:06.740 --> 00:34:07.039
 us for

00:34:07.039 --> 00:34:07.420
 a short

00:34:07.420 --> 00:34:08.039
 time as

00:34:08.039 --> 00:34:08.539
 it seemed

00:34:08.539 --> 00:34:09.219
 best to

00:34:09.219 --> 00:34:09.559
 them,

00:34:09.880 --> 00:34:10.320
 but he

00:34:10.320 --> 00:34:10.800
 disciplines

00:34:10.800 --> 00:34:11.500
 us for

00:34:11.500 --> 00:34:12.539
 our good

00:34:12.539 --> 00:34:13.139
 that we

00:34:13.139 --> 00:34:14.199
 may share

00:34:14.199 --> 00:34:15.539
 in his

00:34:15.539 --> 00:34:16.519
 holiness.

00:34:17.920 --> 00:34:18.380
 God's

00:34:18.380 --> 00:34:19.079
 discipline is

00:34:19.079 --> 00:34:20.539
 aimed at

00:34:20.539 --> 00:34:21.719
 making us

00:34:21.719 --> 00:34:23.900
 more like

00:34:23.900 --> 00:34:24.239
 him.

00:34:24.940 --> 00:34:25.840
 And this is a

00:34:25.840 --> 00:34:26.920
 great joy for the

00:34:26.920 --> 00:34:27.980
 Christian heart

00:34:27.980 --> 00:34:29.219
 that we would put

00:34:29.219 --> 00:34:30.119
 off the world and

00:34:30.119 --> 00:34:31.259
 put on and look

00:34:31.259 --> 00:34:32.500
 more like Christ,

00:34:32.579 --> 00:34:33.259
 that God would be

00:34:33.259 --> 00:34:34.739
 exalted in our

00:34:34.739 --> 00:34:35.139
 lives.

00:34:35.139 --> 00:34:37.239
 A parallel to

00:34:37.239 --> 00:34:37.879
 this is Romans

00:34:37.879 --> 00:34:38.539
 chapter 8,

00:34:38.599 --> 00:34:39.539
 verse 28 and

00:34:39.539 --> 00:34:40.059
 29.

00:34:40.259 --> 00:34:40.920
 Many of you are

00:34:40.920 --> 00:34:41.799
 very familiar with

00:34:41.799 --> 00:34:42.440
 verse 28,

00:34:42.799 --> 00:34:43.400
 and we know that

00:34:43.400 --> 00:34:43.859
 for those who

00:34:43.859 --> 00:34:44.379
 love God,

00:34:44.839 --> 00:34:45.759
 all things work

00:34:45.759 --> 00:34:46.920
 together for

00:34:46.920 --> 00:34:47.759
 good, for those

00:34:47.759 --> 00:34:48.440
 who are called

00:34:48.440 --> 00:34:49.920
 according to

00:34:49.920 --> 00:34:50.400
 his purpose.

00:34:50.539 --> 00:34:51.139
 Every Christian

00:34:51.139 --> 00:34:52.519
 loves verse 28.

00:34:53.019 --> 00:34:53.480
 I've not heard

00:34:53.480 --> 00:34:55.039
 anybody try to

00:34:55.039 --> 00:34:55.879
 argue against

00:34:55.879 --> 00:34:57.000
 what verse 28

00:34:57.000 --> 00:34:57.619
 means, but I

00:34:57.619 --> 00:34:58.359
 think they missed

00:34:58.359 --> 00:34:58.980
 some of the

00:34:58.980 --> 00:34:59.940
 point of it.

00:35:00.039 --> 00:35:00.699
 I think a lot of

00:35:00.699 --> 00:35:01.639
 Christians look for

00:35:01.639 --> 00:35:02.619
 the good, and

00:35:02.619 --> 00:35:03.119
 there are some

00:35:03.119 --> 00:35:03.960
 tangible things that

00:35:03.960 --> 00:35:04.579
 we can touch.

00:35:04.579 --> 00:35:05.599
 We can see how

00:35:05.599 --> 00:35:07.119
 particular things

00:35:07.119 --> 00:35:08.000
 are being produced

00:35:08.000 --> 00:35:09.519
 out of the good.

00:35:10.819 --> 00:35:12.400
 I'll go through

00:35:12.400 --> 00:35:12.980
 an intersection,

00:35:13.539 --> 00:35:14.440
 there's an accident

00:35:14.440 --> 00:35:15.299
 in, and I'll be

00:35:15.299 --> 00:35:16.420
 so thankful for the

00:35:16.420 --> 00:35:17.259
 delay that I had

00:35:17.259 --> 00:35:17.960
 earlier, because I

00:35:17.960 --> 00:35:18.360
 could have been in

00:35:18.360 --> 00:35:19.079
 the middle of that

00:35:19.079 --> 00:35:19.480
 accident.

00:35:19.679 --> 00:35:20.440
 I can see, oh,

00:35:20.460 --> 00:35:20.900
 that person that

00:35:20.900 --> 00:35:21.539
 pulled out in front

00:35:21.539 --> 00:35:22.539
 of me, who was so

00:35:22.539 --> 00:35:23.119
 annoying because they

00:35:23.119 --> 00:35:24.059
 were going so slow.

00:35:24.599 --> 00:35:25.299
 Oh, look at the

00:35:25.299 --> 00:35:26.019
 good God worked.

00:35:26.079 --> 00:35:26.860
 I wasn't in this

00:35:26.860 --> 00:35:27.639
 intersection when

00:35:27.639 --> 00:35:28.799
 this accident

00:35:28.799 --> 00:35:29.759
 happened, but we're

00:35:29.759 --> 00:35:30.539
 constantly doing

00:35:30.539 --> 00:35:31.400
 that kind of thing,

00:35:31.400 --> 00:35:32.480
 and the text doesn't

00:35:32.480 --> 00:35:33.279
 leave us guessing

00:35:33.279 --> 00:35:34.119
 what the good is.

00:35:34.579 --> 00:35:35.819
 It doesn't leave us

00:35:35.819 --> 00:35:36.179
 guessing.

00:35:36.779 --> 00:35:37.259
 Paul has something

00:35:37.259 --> 00:35:38.659
 very specific in

00:35:38.659 --> 00:35:38.960
 mind.

00:35:39.059 --> 00:35:39.579
 He goes on in

00:35:39.579 --> 00:35:40.319
 verse 29, for

00:35:40.319 --> 00:35:40.920
 those whom he

00:35:40.920 --> 00:35:41.799
 foreknew, he also

00:35:41.799 --> 00:35:43.319
 predestined to,

00:35:43.440 --> 00:35:44.759
 here it is, be

00:35:44.759 --> 00:35:46.619
 conformed to the

00:35:46.619 --> 00:35:48.139
 image of his

00:35:48.139 --> 00:35:49.799
 son, that we

00:35:49.799 --> 00:35:51.460
 would look more

00:35:51.460 --> 00:35:54.500
 like Christ, in

00:35:54.500 --> 00:35:55.099
 order that he

00:35:55.099 --> 00:35:55.739
 might be the

00:35:55.739 --> 00:35:57.259
 firstborn among

00:35:57.259 --> 00:35:59.519
 many brothers.

00:35:59.519 --> 00:35:59.659
 flesh.

00:36:00.259 --> 00:36:01.099
 So we're being

00:36:01.099 --> 00:36:02.460
 disciplined for

00:36:02.460 --> 00:36:04.019
 holiness.

00:36:06.019 --> 00:36:06.199
 And then

00:36:06.199 --> 00:36:07.480
 fourth, there's a

00:36:07.480 --> 00:36:08.400
 joy-filled

00:36:08.400 --> 00:36:09.599
 reason.

00:36:10.880 --> 00:36:11.400
 Verse 11, for

00:36:11.400 --> 00:36:11.900
 the moment all

00:36:11.900 --> 00:36:12.579
 discipline seems

00:36:12.579 --> 00:36:14.360
 painful rather than

00:36:14.360 --> 00:36:15.820
 pleasant, but

00:36:15.820 --> 00:36:17.360
 later it yields the

00:36:17.360 --> 00:36:18.579
 peaceful fruit of

00:36:18.579 --> 00:36:19.219
 righteousness to

00:36:19.219 --> 00:36:20.280
 those who have

00:36:20.280 --> 00:36:21.900
 been trained by

00:36:21.900 --> 00:36:22.139
 it.

00:36:22.980 --> 00:36:23.860
 The author

00:36:23.860 --> 00:36:24.759
 recognizes that

00:36:24.759 --> 00:36:25.199
 there is a

00:36:25.199 --> 00:36:26.139
 disconnect between

00:36:26.139 --> 00:36:28.059
 the experience of

00:36:28.059 --> 00:36:29.579
 this discipline and

00:36:29.579 --> 00:36:30.900
 the reality of

00:36:30.900 --> 00:36:31.859
 this discipline.

00:36:32.719 --> 00:36:33.619
 He notes in

00:36:33.619 --> 00:36:36.059
 verse 11, it

00:36:36.059 --> 00:36:36.799
 seems painful.

00:36:37.799 --> 00:36:38.659
 It doesn't seem

00:36:38.659 --> 00:36:39.679
 pleasant at all,

00:36:40.400 --> 00:36:40.980
 but by

00:36:40.980 --> 00:36:42.799
 implication it

00:36:42.799 --> 00:36:44.000
 yields

00:36:44.000 --> 00:36:45.699
 pleasantness,

00:36:45.980 --> 00:36:47.420
 which he calls

00:36:47.420 --> 00:36:48.519
 the peaceful

00:36:48.519 --> 00:36:50.859
 fruit of

00:36:50.859 --> 00:36:51.319
 righteousness.

00:36:52.759 --> 00:36:53.359
 Doesn't that

00:36:53.359 --> 00:36:54.199
 sound wonderful?

00:36:54.199 --> 00:36:56.239
 in the midst

00:36:56.239 --> 00:36:57.480
 of trial,

00:36:58.079 --> 00:36:58.859
 in the midst

00:36:58.859 --> 00:37:00.599
 of temptation,

00:37:01.199 --> 00:37:02.379
 we can be

00:37:02.379 --> 00:37:03.239
 steadied.

00:37:04.119 --> 00:37:04.739
 We are

00:37:04.739 --> 00:37:05.639
 steadied by our

00:37:05.639 --> 00:37:06.419
 loving God as

00:37:06.419 --> 00:37:07.599
 he trains us

00:37:07.599 --> 00:37:08.939
 to produce

00:37:08.939 --> 00:37:10.279
 the peaceful

00:37:10.279 --> 00:37:12.500
 fruit of

00:37:12.500 --> 00:37:12.859
 righteousness.

00:37:13.539 --> 00:37:15.079
 As we don't

00:37:15.079 --> 00:37:15.919
 forget the

00:37:15.919 --> 00:37:17.019
 promise that

00:37:17.019 --> 00:37:17.960
 calls us

00:37:17.960 --> 00:37:19.059
 sons,

00:37:19.659 --> 00:37:21.039
 as we remember

00:37:21.039 --> 00:37:22.000
 that he brings

00:37:22.000 --> 00:37:22.679
 things into our

00:37:22.679 --> 00:37:23.639
 life because

00:37:23.639 --> 00:37:25.119
 he loves

00:37:25.119 --> 00:37:25.339
 us,

00:37:25.400 --> 00:37:25.759
 because he

00:37:25.759 --> 00:37:26.599
 wants us to

00:37:26.599 --> 00:37:27.619
 look more

00:37:27.619 --> 00:37:29.519
 like Christ.

00:37:30.000 --> 00:37:30.539
 We're being

00:37:30.539 --> 00:37:31.599
 trained to

00:37:31.599 --> 00:37:32.859
 produce the

00:37:32.859 --> 00:37:34.480
 peaceful fruit

00:37:34.480 --> 00:37:36.059
 of righteousness.

00:37:37.659 --> 00:37:38.000
 Ah,

00:37:38.500 --> 00:37:39.480
 I want through

00:37:39.480 --> 00:37:41.239
 any trial that I

00:37:41.239 --> 00:37:41.759
 experience,

00:37:41.859 --> 00:37:42.920
 and through any

00:37:42.920 --> 00:37:44.000
 trial that you

00:37:44.000 --> 00:37:44.440
 experience,

00:37:44.639 --> 00:37:45.879
 even the suffering

00:37:45.879 --> 00:37:46.239
 that Christ

00:37:46.239 --> 00:37:47.019
 experienced to the

00:37:47.019 --> 00:37:47.779
 point of death,

00:37:48.039 --> 00:37:49.519
 to produce this,

00:37:49.759 --> 00:37:50.000
 right?

00:37:50.519 --> 00:37:51.279
 Unshakeable,

00:37:51.759 --> 00:37:52.859
 steadiness,

00:37:52.860 --> 00:37:54.500
 confidence in the

00:37:54.500 --> 00:37:55.579
 hope of the

00:37:55.579 --> 00:37:56.960
 gospel of Jesus

00:37:56.960 --> 00:37:57.440
 Christ.

00:38:00.320 --> 00:38:01.440
 So hold up

00:38:01.440 --> 00:38:03.760
 and hold on.

00:38:04.980 --> 00:38:05.840
 Regardless of

00:38:05.840 --> 00:38:06.160
 what you're

00:38:06.160 --> 00:38:06.860
 walking through

00:38:06.860 --> 00:38:07.539
 right now,

00:38:08.340 --> 00:38:09.120
 we have a

00:38:09.120 --> 00:38:09.940
 loving God who

00:38:09.940 --> 00:38:10.780
 disciplines us

00:38:10.780 --> 00:38:11.579
 for the sake

00:38:11.579 --> 00:38:13.740
 of faithful

00:38:13.740 --> 00:38:15.539
 endurance.

00:38:15.539 --> 00:38:17.900
 look to

00:38:17.900 --> 00:38:18.340
 Christ,

00:38:18.639 --> 00:38:20.519
 the author

00:38:20.519 --> 00:38:22.619
 and perfecter

00:38:22.619 --> 00:38:23.920
 of our

00:38:23.920 --> 00:38:24.300
 faith.

00:38:25.460 --> 00:38:26.259
 May we be

00:38:26.259 --> 00:38:26.860
 those who

00:38:26.860 --> 00:38:27.440
 declare,

00:38:27.619 --> 00:38:28.320
 Hebrews 10,

00:38:28.420 --> 00:38:28.820
 39,

00:38:29.440 --> 00:38:30.059
 that we are

00:38:30.059 --> 00:38:30.779
 not of those

00:38:30.779 --> 00:38:31.860
 who shrink

00:38:31.860 --> 00:38:33.179
 back and are

00:38:33.179 --> 00:38:33.659
 destroyed,

00:38:33.759 --> 00:38:34.480
 but of those

00:38:34.480 --> 00:38:35.599
 who have faith

00:38:35.599 --> 00:38:37.239
 and preserve

00:38:37.239 --> 00:38:38.880
 their souls.

00:38:39.659 --> 00:38:40.420
 Let's pray

00:38:40.420 --> 00:38:40.719
 together.

00:38:40.719 --> 00:38:43.119
 here.