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 Father, we ask that you would fan into flame within us

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 the true longings and yearnings that are in us as human beings.

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 Father, our yearnings are too weak.

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 We often do not recognize them,

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 but we ask that you would fan into flame within us

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 the longings and yearnings of our heart.

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 And as you fan into flame, Father,

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 the longings and yearnings of our heart,

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 help us, Father, to take comfort in the gospel

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 and to read your word,

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 as seen in it,

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 the end of our longings and our yearnings.

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 And this we ask in the name of Jesus,

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 your Son and our Savior. Amen.

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 Please be seated.

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 Just recently, China celebrated being in existence for 70 years.

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 One of the things that I don't think it was talked about very much

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 in the different news reports about China

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 is that almost from day one,

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 China has persecuted Christians.

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 At some points in time, very, very, very severely.

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 Other times, not quite as much.

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 And in fact, right now,

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 there's a growing persecution of Christians in China.

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 And one of the things which is behind

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 the persecution of Christians in China

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 is the desire of the Chinese government,

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 or the party, I should say.

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 Government gives the wrong impression.

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 The Chinese Communist Party

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 is that they want to make China more Chinese

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 and sort of exclusively Chinese

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 as it's understood by the Chinese communists.

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 And so any type of outside influence

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 or anything which doesn't seem to be Chinese,

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 they want to have to put to death.

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 It's not as well known,

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 it's even less well known in Canada

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 that there is, in fact,

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 growing persecution of Christians in India.

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 Mission organizations have been forced

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 to leave the country,

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 and not all of them, but many of them.

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 And part of what is at work there

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 is a type of Hindu nationalism

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 with a desire to have foreign,

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 non-Indian, non-Hindu influences

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 removed from the country

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 and to have India become more Indian

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 and more Hindu.

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 And it isn't reported very much

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 in the press in Canada,

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 but it's something which has been developing

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 over the last few years or longer.

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 Now, I just want to share that

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 and hold that in sort of a bit of a tension

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 or a bit of a difference

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 to one thing that happened to me very recently.

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 I was in one of my favorite coffee shops,

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 and, you know,

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 I used to always have my Bible open

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 when I was working on my sermon.

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 True Confessions,

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 other than one day of the week,

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 I've gotten so used to using

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 an electronic version of the Bible

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 that I, you know,

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 I use that silly little phone

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 because at my fingertips,

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 I have like dozens and dozens of versions

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 and all that type of stuff.

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 So I realized I wasn't having

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 as many conversations as I used to.

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 So now, whenever I'm working,

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 on my sermon,

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 or just when I'm working,

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 I'll have a Christian book out open.

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 And this particular time,

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 I had a book by C.S. Lewis on the Psalms,

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 and I was working on my sermon.

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 And an Asian couple came into the coffee shop,

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 and I wasn't really,

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 I wasn't paying any attention to them.

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 All of a sudden,

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 the man said,

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 excuse me.

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 And I looked up,

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 and he said,

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 you're reading C.S. Lewis.

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 And I said, yes.

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 And then he looked at me,

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 and he said,

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 are you a brother?

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 And I said, yes.

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 And he reached out his hand,

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 shook my hand.

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 Good to meet a brother.

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 And it made me think afterwards,

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 as I was going home at a time

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 a couple of years ago

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 when I was in Chicago,

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 at the airport in Chicago,

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 and I had been at a conference,

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 a Christian conference,

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 and I happened to be on the same plane

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 with somebody from the conference.

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 They were flying to Toronto from Chicago,

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 and I was flying to Ottawa.

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 But we had time,

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 and so we went to a place

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 to have supper,

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 not a very healthy supper,

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 I think,

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 you know,

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 one of those,

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 you know,

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 two billion calorie hamburgers

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 with fries.

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 And we ordered our meal,

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 and there was no ketchup

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 on the table.

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 We asked,

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 and the waitress said,

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 do you want ketchup?

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 We said, yes.

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 But as she was going to get

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 the ketchup,

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 we bowed our heads,

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 and we prayed grace.

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 Prayed grace.

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 And with our eyes closed.

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 And then we realized

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 that she had come back,

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 and I wish I could imitate her.

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 She didn't have a Chicago accent.

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 She had some pleasant

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 southern accent.

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 I wish I could imitate it.

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 And she said,

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 it's so nice to see brothers

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 unashamed of praying

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 in the Chicago airport.

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 This African-American woman

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 in Chicago

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 from somewhere

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 in the deep south.

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 And that's how she spoke

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 to two white guys.

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 And it just feels so right,

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 doesn't it?

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 So how,

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 you know,

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 why is it that there'd be

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 many people in our country,

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 and not only in our country,

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 but many places around the world,

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 who have a sense

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 that there's just something

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 not right

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 about a country

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 just wanting to be

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 more American,

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 or more Chinese,

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 or more Canadian,

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 or more white,

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 or more black,

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 or more whatever.

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 That there's something

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 just somehow right

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 about the races,

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 and the cultures,

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 and the ethnicities

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 somehow being in harmony.

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 And the Bible text

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 that Laurier read

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 that we're going to look at

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 actually speaks very powerfully

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 into this situation.

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 So it'd be a great help

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 to me,

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 and a great benefit to you,

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 if you were to get

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 your Bibles out

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 and look.

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 It's really,

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 you know,

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 we're going to have

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 the scripture text

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 up on the screen,

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 but it's a really good thing

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 to be able to have

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 your own Bibles with you,

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 that you can make

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 some notes on them,

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 and all of that type of stuff,

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 maybe something you want

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 to memorize

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 or look at later on.

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 But we also have the text

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 up here on the screen,

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 and here's how it begins.

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 It begins like this.

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 It's Ephesians chapter 3.

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 Ephesians chapter 3,

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 and we're going to be looking

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 at verses 1 to 13,

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 but we're going to

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 obviously start at verse 1.

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 Not obviously.

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 We will start at verse 1

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 of going through Ephesians 3 to 1.

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 We're preaching through

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 the book of Ephesians.

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 That's why we're looking

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 at this text,

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 and here's how it begins.

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 For this reason,

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 I, Paul,

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 a prisoner for Christ Jesus

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 on behalf of you Gentiles,

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 and just sort of pause.

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 One of the things

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 which is really interesting

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 about this letter

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 is that Paul begins

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 to say one thing,

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 and then something

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 pops into his head,

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 and he's going to actually

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 spend verses 2 to 13

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 on this other thing

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 that pops into his head,

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 which is what we're going

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 to look at this week,

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 and next week,

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 we get to verse 14.

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 He says,

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 oh yeah,

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 I was going to say,

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 get back on track, Paul,

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 and he goes right back

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 to what he was going

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 to originally talk about,

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 which is this spectacularly

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 beautiful and powerful,

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 mind-blowing prayer,

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 which we're going to look

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 at next week.

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 But Paul is going

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 to talk about one thing,

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 and all of a sudden,

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 something pops into his head,

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 and what really pops

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 into his head

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 is sort of connected

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 to several things.

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 I've said over the different weeks

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 that Paul is writing this

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 from jail.

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 This is why I know

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 that he's writing it

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 from jail,

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 because he talks about

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 being in prison,

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 and from a variety

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 of other things,

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 he's in jail in Rome,

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 and from a variety

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 of other things,

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 if you look at the book of Acts,

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 and you put things together,

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 interestingly enough,

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 one of the reasons,

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 there's two reasons

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 he's in jail.

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 One of the reasons

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 he's in jail

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 is because he's a Christian.

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 The other reason

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 is because he understands

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 the Christian faith

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 to mean that God

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 is making a multiracial,

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 multicultural,

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 multi-ethnic new society,

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 and he is willing

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 to go to jail

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 over that proclamation.

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 And the word Gentiles

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 is a bit of an unusual word

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 if you're a guest here

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 this morning,

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 and for the Jewish people

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 at the time

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 that Paul was writing this,

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 it's around the year 60.

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 Basically,

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 for Jewish people,

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 the word was very simple.

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 There were Jewish,

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 and there was everybody

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 who wasn't Jewish,

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 and if you weren't Jewish,

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 you were a Gentile.

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 And in those days,

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 basically,

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 it meant you were a pagan

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 as well,

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 because that's basically

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 the only options,

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 fundamentally,

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 was being a Jew

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 who believed in the one God

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 and pagans who,

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 I know there's a little bit

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 of things about Zoroastrianism,

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 but fundamentally,

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 just Jews and pagans.

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 And that's who he's talking about.

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 He's in jail

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 because of the pagans,

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 because of everybody

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 other than Jews.

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 And he pauses,

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 and he's going to sort of explain

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 why it is he's in jail.

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 So look at what comes next.

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 He's going to explain

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 why he's in jail.

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 Look at verses 2 and following.

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 Assuming that you have heard

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 of the stewardship

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 of God's grace

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 that was given to me

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 for you.

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 So he's in jail

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 because of God's grace

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 was given to him,

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 and God's grace

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 was given to him

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 not just to puff himself up,

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 but for other people,

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 for them.

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 And then in verse 3,

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 how the mystery

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 was made known to me

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 by revelation,

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 as I have written briefly.

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 That's earlier on

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 in Ephesians.

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 When you read this,

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 you can perceive

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 my insight

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 into the mystery

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 of Christ,

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 which was not made known

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 to the sons of men

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 or the daughters of men

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 in other generations,

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 as it has now been revealed

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 to his holy apostles

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 and prophets

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 by the Holy Spirit.

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 Now just sort of pause

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 there for a second.

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 This sounds very proud

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 and exclusive,

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 doesn't it?

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 I, Paul,

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 know things,

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 a mystery

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 which has been hidden

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 to all other human beings,

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 and I know it.

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 And it sounds actually

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 very proud.

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 In fact,

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 many Canadians,

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 when they hear

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 something like this,

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 it strikes them

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 as a very proud claim,

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 an arrogant type of claim

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 that will make you

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 more and more proud

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 and make you

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 more and more arrogant.

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 But it's actually

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 the complete opposite.

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 When we think

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 that we're mishearing

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 and misunderstanding

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 what's going on.

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 the other night,

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 two weeks ago,

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 I was trying to describe,

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 I teach a course

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 in preaching,

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 and I was trying

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 to describe

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 sort of how the gospel

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 works and how it

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 changes lives.

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 And one of the things

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 I was trying to get

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 people to understand

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 is that there's a default

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 way of human beings

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 thinking.

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 And the gospel

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 goes against that

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 default way of human

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 thinking.

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 And I'm not going to go

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 into the specific thing,

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 but there's the same

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 thing here.

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 There's a default way

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 of human beings thinking.

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 And so,

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 because we have

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 this default way

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 of thinking,

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 when we hear claims

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 like this,

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 we just interpret it

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 within our default

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 way of thinking.

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 But Paul actually here

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 is saying something

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 which is profoundly

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 anti-proud.

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 It's profoundly

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 humbling.

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 I'm going to put it

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 up here in terms

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 of the form of a point.

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 And the point is this,

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 that the true

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 and living God

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 stooped down

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 to Paul

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 to reveal

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 some of what

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 he is thinking

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 and doing.

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 The true and living

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 God stooped

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 down to Paul

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 to reveal

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 some of what

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 he is thinking

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 and doing.

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 This is connected

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 to the blog

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 that I've written

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 this week,

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 which is in the bulletin

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 and it's also online,

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 which is

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 the default thing

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 of the human mind,

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 the human being,

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 is that there's ways

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 for us to ascend

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 to God,

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 to know God

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 and what he's thinking

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 and what he's planning.

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 It's a default

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 of almost every

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 single human being.

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 If there's some way

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 for you or me

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 to do this,

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 it might be

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 through meditation,

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 it might be

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 through rituals,

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 it might be

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 through science

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 or philosophy,

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 it might be

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 through poetry,

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 it might be

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 through developing

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 your mental powers

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 or your emotional powers.

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 It might be just

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 that everybody

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 in the culture,

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 like time out,

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 on the electronic

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 version of the blog,

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 if you look it up

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 later on,

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 I've added a little

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 two sentences

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 that it's not there yet,

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 it'll be there on Monday.

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 Basically,

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 all progressives' thoughts,

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 even though

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 most progressives

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 don't believe

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 there is a God

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 that exists,

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 in fact,

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 at the heart

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 of all progressive thought

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 in a secular form

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 is the belief

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 that they know

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 the future

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 and they know

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 how things are moving

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 towards the future

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 and they know

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 that the future

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 is good

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 and all of those things

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 are things

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 that only God

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 could know

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 and only God

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 could do

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 and so hidden

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 within all claims

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 of progressive thought

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 is a claim

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 to know

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 the mind of God

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 and as I talk

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 about in the blog

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 and I'll share

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 with you right now

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 because you don't

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 have to read my blog,

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 like why read my blog?

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 here's the thing,

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 I'll use a different

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 example from in the blog,

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 what am I thinking

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 of right now?

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 Okay,

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 I don't know

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 how many of you

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 guessed that I was

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 thinking about the fact

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 that I have two

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 grandchildren being born

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 in January.

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 Anybody guess that?

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 You'd guess it,

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 you wouldn't know it,

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 right?

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 So here's the thing,

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 if you human beings

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 can't figure out

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 what another human being

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 is thinking,

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 why on earth

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 would you think

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 you can think

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 what God,

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 know what God

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 is thinking?

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 If you are completely

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 and utterly dependent

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 upon me as a human being

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 to tell you

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 what I'm thinking,

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 why is it we think

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 any human being,

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 any human being

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 could ever know

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 what God is thinking?

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 Unless God tells us,

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 you can't know.

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 And so what Paul

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 is saying here

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 is Paul is saying here

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 there's mysteries

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 that only God knows

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 and he's not saying,

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 and by the way,

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 because of my rituals,

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 because of the power

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 of my intellect,

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 because of the

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 spectacular,

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 sophisticated,

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 way of my emotions

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 and my poetic sensibilities

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 and just,

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 and because of my

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 physical regimen

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 and my diet

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 and all of that stuff,

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 I, no, no,

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 he's not saying that

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 and later on

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 he's even going to mention

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 I'm the least of the least

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 of the least of the least

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 of the apostles.

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 Paul is just making a claim

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 that unworthy as he is,

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 those of you who know

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 a little bit about Paul,

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 why would he say

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 on and on and on

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 throughout his life

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 that he was unworthy?

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 He would say

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 on and on and on

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 throughout his entire life

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 that he was unworthy

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 is because he so thought

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 that Jesus was a dangerous

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 faker,

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 that he conspired

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 with others

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 in positions of power

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 and authority

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 to put Christians

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 in jail

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 and to have them killed.

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 That's why.

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 And he's saying

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 as worthy as he is,

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 God

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 stooped down

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 to Paul

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 to reveal some,

00:14:22.799 --> 00:14:23.459
 not everything,

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 obviously,

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 of what

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 God is thinking

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 and doing.

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 and that's all

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 that Paul did.

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 He just communicates

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 something

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 that he humbly received.

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 You see,

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 it's so hard

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 for us to think

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 that human beings

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 aren't making this claim

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 of knowing what God thinks,

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 which is absurd.

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 That when we read

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 something in the Bible

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 like this,

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 we put it within

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 our categories

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 and don't understand

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 that God's making

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 a very,

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 Paul,

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 the Bible here

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 is making a very,

00:14:51.000 --> 00:14:51.340
 very,

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 very,

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 very different claim.

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 Now,

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 some of you might say,

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 why on earth

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 should we believe

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 such a claim?

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 And that's a very,

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 very good example.

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 I have a friend

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 I talk to regularly

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 and he regularly tells me,

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 you know,

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 every religion

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 makes some types

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 of claims like this

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 and I actually

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 have to keep telling him,

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 actually,

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 they don't all make

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 the same type of claim,

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 by the way.

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 They make actually

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 very,

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 very different claims.

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 But why should we

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 believe this?

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 And I'm not going

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 to go into a long,

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 a long thing about it

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 other than just to say this,

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 that if you know

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 anything at all

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 about Paul from history,

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 you know that he went

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 from being a person

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 who thought that Jesus

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 was a dangerous fake

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 to being a person

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 who saw Jesus

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 after he had risen

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 from the dead.

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 And he,

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 in fact,

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 is an eyewitness

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 to the truth

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 that Jesus died

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 and tasted everything

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 there is to taste

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 of death

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 and on the third day

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 he emerged

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 on the far side

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 of death,

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 having defeated death,

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 that he was resurrected.

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 And Paul

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 is an eyewitness

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 of this truth

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 and he will eventually

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 die a martyr's death

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 maintaining that

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 right till the end

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 when all he had to do

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 to get out of suffering

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 and to get out of death

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 was to say,

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 no, no,

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 just made it up.

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 Just made it up.

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 Goes to his death.

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 Goes to his death.

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 But I want to challenge you

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 with something else

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 because we're going to look

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 at a sense

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 of what Paul is claiming.

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 What Paul is actually

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 going to claim.

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 You see,

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 part of the problem

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 we have with the Christian faith

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 is of the mind.

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 We have different objections

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 to it.

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 But part of it

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 is of the heart.

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 And sometimes,

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 many times,

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 we don't want

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 certain things

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 in Christianity

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 to be true.

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 But what if

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 what Paul is about

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 to reveal,

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 like,

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 what if it's true?

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 Like,

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 I'm going to suggest

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 to you

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 that if

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 if it's true,

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 don't you want

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 it to be true?

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 Like,

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 what Paul is about

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 to say,

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 if we're honest,

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 we want something

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 very much like

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 that

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 to be true.

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 Well,

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 some of you might say

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 don't believe things

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 just because of

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 wish fulfillment.

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 I agree with you,

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 but we're going

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 to walk towards

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 what he says

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 and we're going

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 to just think

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 about it

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 as well as

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 some of the reasons

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 as to what's going

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 on and why

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 it's important.

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 Look at verse 6.

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 If you're following

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 along in your own

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 Bibles,

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 what I've done here,

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 if you're using

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 the ESV,

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 which is usually

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 what I have up

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 on the screen,

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 I've translated

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 this a little bit

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 different.

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 Just trust me,

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 I'm not like

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 some Christian authors

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 who go looking

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 for a translation

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 of the Bible

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 to fit what

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 they want to say.

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 It's actually

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 bringing out

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 what the original

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 language says

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 very clearly,

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 which is a bit

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 more awkward

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 in English.

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 So my translation

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 is a bit more

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 awkward,

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 but it's capturing

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 what is actually

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 there in the original

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 language,

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 and that's this,

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 verse 6.

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 This mystery

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 is that the pagans,

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 the Gentiles,

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 are co-heirs,

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 co-members

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 of the same body,

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 co-partakers

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 of the promise

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 in Christ Jesus.

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 This mystery

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 is that the Gentiles

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 are co-heirs,

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 co-members

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 of the same body,

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 co-partakers

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 of the promise

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 in Christ Jesus.

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 See,

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 if you've been here

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 or if you go back

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 and you read Ephesians,

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 you'll see there's

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 many powerful images

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 of what happened.

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 Jesus died on a cross.

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 I mean,

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 he lived a human life.

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 All the records are

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 that he lived

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 an exemplary human life,

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 and Christians claim

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 that he lived a life

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 always in obedience

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 to God

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 with no type of sin.

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 He dies on a cross,

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 and his death

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 upon the cross

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 is not just a,

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 it's not a tragedy.

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 It's actually

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 everything in his life

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 was moving towards

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 him dying upon the cross,

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 and because he's,

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 he's in a sense

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 the perfect man,

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 the second Adam,

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 and also God's son,

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 what happens

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 on the cross

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 is something

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 that can actually stand

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 or have a bearing

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 for everyone.

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 I shared a couple

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 of weeks ago

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 about how,

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 if you think about it

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 for a second,

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 because he's God's son

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 as well as a human being,

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 that what happens

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 in history

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 at one time

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 in one place

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 just outside

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 of the gates

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 and the walls

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 of Jerusalem

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 is a man dying

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 a death

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 by crucifixion.

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 But at the same time,

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 because of who he is,

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 in a sense,

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 it's something

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 which is happening

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 in eternity,

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 outside of time,

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 and by being outside

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 of time

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 and for all eternity

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 and something

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 that can touch

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 every human being.

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 And so what's going on

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 with the death

00:19:34.319 --> 00:19:34.779
 of Jesus

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 and the cross

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 and his resurrection

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 is this profound

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 substitution

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 and exchange

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 and transaction

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 that God does

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 for us human beings

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 because we cannot

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 do it for ourselves,

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 whereby,

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 in a sense,

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 all of our alienation,

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 all of our shame,

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 all of our wrongdoing,

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 all of the accusations

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 that could be made

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 against us,

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 all of these

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 fall upon him.

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 And his great goodness

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 and his destiny

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 is given to us.

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 And I've given the image

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 over several weeks.

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 It's as if

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 when we call out

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 to Christ

00:20:06.079 --> 00:20:06.819
 to be our Savior,

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 it's as if he comes

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 and wraps his arms

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 around you.

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 And there is this

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 profound

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 act of uniting.

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 I mean,

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 he's still him

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 and you're still you,

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 but there's this

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 profound act

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 of uniting

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 where it turns out

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 because

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 Jesus is,

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 Christ is outside of time

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 but he died in time

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 that on that cross,

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 even though it was

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 2,000 years ago

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 for me,

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 I died on that cross

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 with him

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 and I am raised

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 with him

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 and I am ascended

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 with him.

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 And now Paul

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 is going even farther

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 than this

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 because he describes

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 how in a sense

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 what I've just described

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 is not just

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 what happens to me,

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 it's what happens

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 to you

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 and to you

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 and to you

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 and to you

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 and to you.

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 It means that

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 this morning

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 if there is

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 a person

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 who's the head

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 of an LGBTQ plus

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 chapter,

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 a lesbian,

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 and she

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 gives herself

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 to Christ,

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 Christ embraces

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 her

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 and is united

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 with her

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 and she dies

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 with Christ

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 and is raised

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 with Christ

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 and becomes

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 a new person

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 in Christ.

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 And if this,

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 and if today

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 there is somebody

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 in Kenya

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 in Nairobi

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 who's a lawyer

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 and he gives himself

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 to Christ today,

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 that same thing

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 is happening

00:21:38.400 --> 00:21:39.380
 to that man

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 in Nairobi.

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 and we could

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 go on and on

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 and on and on

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 in the underground

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 church in Iran

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 if sometime today

00:21:47.539 --> 00:21:48.359
 some person

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 bows the knee

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 and asks Jesus

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 to come into their life,

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 Jesus comes

00:21:51.740 --> 00:21:53.000
 and so hugs

00:21:53.000 --> 00:21:53.599
 and is united

00:21:53.599 --> 00:21:54.599
 to him

00:21:54.599 --> 00:21:55.319
 or to her

00:21:55.319 --> 00:21:57.539
 that they die

00:21:57.539 --> 00:21:58.380
 with Jesus

00:21:58.380 --> 00:22:00.279
 and are raised

00:22:00.279 --> 00:22:01.019
 with Jesus

00:22:01.019 --> 00:22:03.960
 and that there

00:22:03.960 --> 00:22:04.519
 is now

00:22:04.519 --> 00:22:05.680
 a new

00:22:05.680 --> 00:22:07.440
 type of human

00:22:07.440 --> 00:22:08.940
 on the planet

00:22:08.940 --> 00:22:09.960
 not by works,

00:22:10.259 --> 00:22:11.180
 not by pride,

00:22:11.420 --> 00:22:12.279
 not by arrogance,

00:22:12.579 --> 00:22:13.680
 not by accomplishment,

00:22:13.680 --> 00:22:16.720
 but the lesbian,

00:22:17.320 --> 00:22:18.200
 the Chinese,

00:22:19.700 --> 00:22:21.060
 the straight old guy,

00:22:21.299 --> 00:22:21.920
 that's me,

00:22:22.940 --> 00:22:27.240
 that waitress

00:22:27.240 --> 00:22:28.240
 from the deep south,

00:22:28.460 --> 00:22:29.360
 African American,

00:22:30.400 --> 00:22:31.420
 the Asian couple,

00:22:32.580 --> 00:22:33.500
 each of us,

00:22:33.500 --> 00:22:34.620
 although Asian

00:22:34.620 --> 00:22:35.279
 and African

00:22:35.279 --> 00:22:35.980
 and American,

00:22:37.120 --> 00:22:39.160
 we all individually

00:22:39.160 --> 00:22:41.380
 are a new human

00:22:41.380 --> 00:22:43.480
 and God

00:22:43.480 --> 00:22:44.160
 doesn't just

00:22:44.160 --> 00:22:45.220
 make new humans,

00:22:45.920 --> 00:22:46.760
 he creates

00:22:46.760 --> 00:22:48.720
 a new society

00:22:48.720 --> 00:22:52.300
 that all of us

00:22:52.300 --> 00:22:53.600
 become members of

00:22:53.600 --> 00:22:54.660
 by adoption

00:22:54.660 --> 00:22:55.280
 and grace

00:22:55.280 --> 00:22:58.120
 and so whether

00:22:58.120 --> 00:22:59.220
 it is that lesbian

00:22:59.220 --> 00:23:00.220
 that I described

00:23:00.220 --> 00:23:01.900
 or the Kenyan lawyer

00:23:01.900 --> 00:23:03.620
 or somebody

00:23:03.620 --> 00:23:04.260
 in the underground

00:23:04.260 --> 00:23:05.160
 church in Iran

00:23:05.160 --> 00:23:06.180
 or somebody

00:23:06.180 --> 00:23:07.140
 in post-modern,

00:23:07.340 --> 00:23:08.100
 post-capitalist

00:23:08.100 --> 00:23:08.880
 Ottawa today,

00:23:09.700 --> 00:23:10.800
 each of us

00:23:10.799 --> 00:23:12.539
 together

00:23:12.539 --> 00:23:14.579
 become co-heirs

00:23:14.579 --> 00:23:17.119
 of the new heaven

00:23:17.119 --> 00:23:17.859
 and the new earth

00:23:17.859 --> 00:23:19.039
 through Jesus

00:23:19.039 --> 00:23:21.299
 and both of us,

00:23:21.379 --> 00:23:22.139
 all of us

00:23:22.139 --> 00:23:23.700
 are equally members

00:23:23.700 --> 00:23:25.240
 of the same body

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 and each of us

00:23:27.799 --> 00:23:29.579
 equally

00:23:29.579 --> 00:23:31.099
 and fully

00:23:31.099 --> 00:23:34.399
 are partakers

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 of the same promise

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 and reality,

00:23:37.839 --> 00:23:40.139
 partakers

00:23:40.139 --> 00:23:41.319
 of the Father

00:23:41.319 --> 00:23:41.939
 and the Son

00:23:41.939 --> 00:23:42.959
 and the Holy Spirit

00:23:42.959 --> 00:23:43.619
 and the love

00:23:43.619 --> 00:23:44.740
 that exists between them

00:23:44.740 --> 00:23:45.359
 that will go on

00:23:45.359 --> 00:23:46.079
 for all eternity

00:23:46.079 --> 00:23:47.359
 and one day

00:23:47.359 --> 00:23:48.199
 become the new heaven

00:23:48.199 --> 00:23:48.919
 and the new earth.

00:23:51.619 --> 00:23:52.659
 And Paul is saying

00:23:52.659 --> 00:23:53.659
 that is what is happening,

00:23:54.019 --> 00:23:54.619
 what God

00:23:54.619 --> 00:23:55.959
 in his grace

00:23:55.959 --> 00:23:56.459
 and mercy

00:23:56.459 --> 00:23:56.919
 is doing.

00:23:57.019 --> 00:23:58.119
 That is the mystery

00:23:58.119 --> 00:23:59.879
 that God

00:23:59.879 --> 00:24:00.519
 who made

00:24:00.519 --> 00:24:01.879
 all human beings

00:24:01.879 --> 00:24:02.459
 equally,

00:24:02.460 --> 00:24:04.039
 whether you are

00:24:04.039 --> 00:24:04.779
 from China

00:24:04.779 --> 00:24:06.259
 or Kenya

00:24:06.259 --> 00:24:08.400
 or South America

00:24:08.400 --> 00:24:09.860
 or Iran

00:24:09.860 --> 00:24:11.620
 or Canada,

00:24:12.779 --> 00:24:13.920
 French or English,

00:24:15.000 --> 00:24:16.039
 whatever language,

00:24:16.200 --> 00:24:16.840
 from India,

00:24:17.779 --> 00:24:18.620
 he made all

00:24:18.620 --> 00:24:19.460
 human beings

00:24:19.460 --> 00:24:20.019
 equally

00:24:20.019 --> 00:24:20.960
 to bear

00:24:20.960 --> 00:24:21.980
 his image

00:24:21.980 --> 00:24:23.480
 and his likeness.

00:24:23.480 --> 00:24:26.220
 and through

00:24:26.220 --> 00:24:27.140
 our desire

00:24:27.140 --> 00:24:28.039
 to be God

00:24:28.039 --> 00:24:28.980
 ourselves,

00:24:30.279 --> 00:24:31.059
 that which

00:24:31.059 --> 00:24:31.920
 should be

00:24:31.920 --> 00:24:32.940
 a wonderful

00:24:32.940 --> 00:24:33.860
 tapestry

00:24:33.860 --> 00:24:34.720
 of beauty,

00:24:35.599 --> 00:24:36.980
 the beauty

00:24:36.980 --> 00:24:37.819
 of languages

00:24:37.819 --> 00:24:38.700
 and the beauty

00:24:38.700 --> 00:24:39.500
 of culture

00:24:39.500 --> 00:24:40.339
 and the beauty

00:24:40.339 --> 00:24:41.380
 of old

00:24:41.380 --> 00:24:42.180
 and young

00:24:42.180 --> 00:24:43.200
 and tall

00:24:43.200 --> 00:24:44.500
 and short

00:24:44.500 --> 00:24:46.480
 and of colors

00:24:46.480 --> 00:24:47.660
 and this beautiful

00:24:47.660 --> 00:24:48.360
 manifold

00:24:48.360 --> 00:24:49.240
 tapestry

00:24:49.240 --> 00:24:49.880
 of beauty

00:24:49.880 --> 00:24:50.519
 that God

00:24:50.519 --> 00:24:51.079
 had created

00:24:51.079 --> 00:24:51.860
 the human race

00:24:51.859 --> 00:24:52.419
 to be

00:24:52.419 --> 00:24:53.979
 became a source

00:24:53.979 --> 00:24:54.839
 of pride

00:24:54.839 --> 00:24:55.740
 and anger

00:24:55.740 --> 00:24:56.599
 and envy

00:24:56.599 --> 00:24:58.099
 and racism

00:24:58.099 --> 00:24:59.279
 and prejudice

00:24:59.279 --> 00:25:00.219
 and hatred

00:25:00.219 --> 00:25:01.039
 and war.

00:25:01.759 --> 00:25:02.740
 But that is not

00:25:02.740 --> 00:25:03.939
 how God designed it.

00:25:04.939 --> 00:25:05.659
 And it is not

00:25:05.659 --> 00:25:06.740
 the end of the story.

00:25:07.699 --> 00:25:08.819
 The end of the story

00:25:08.819 --> 00:25:11.439
 is in a far

00:25:11.439 --> 00:25:12.359
 greater garden

00:25:12.359 --> 00:25:16.879
 than my Kenyan brother

00:25:16.879 --> 00:25:20.839
 and my same-sex

00:25:20.839 --> 00:25:21.719
 attracted sister.

00:25:22.819 --> 00:25:24.079
 And my Chinese

00:25:24.079 --> 00:25:24.619
 sister

00:25:24.619 --> 00:25:25.799
 and I

00:25:25.799 --> 00:25:27.659
 will be in the garden

00:25:27.659 --> 00:25:28.219
 together

00:25:28.219 --> 00:25:29.740
 walking with our

00:25:29.740 --> 00:25:30.500
 Heavenly Father

00:25:30.500 --> 00:25:31.619
 in the cool of the evening.

00:25:32.479 --> 00:25:33.399
 That is the end

00:25:33.399 --> 00:25:33.899
 of the story.

00:25:33.900 --> 00:25:45.320
 Through the gospel

00:25:45.320 --> 00:25:46.380
 ordinary people

00:25:46.380 --> 00:25:47.259
 of every race

00:25:47.259 --> 00:25:47.860
 and culture

00:25:47.860 --> 00:25:49.060
 become co-heirs

00:25:49.060 --> 00:25:49.880
 co-members

00:25:49.880 --> 00:25:50.780
 of the same body

00:25:50.780 --> 00:25:52.080
 and co-partakers

00:25:52.080 --> 00:25:52.780
 of the promise

00:25:52.780 --> 00:25:53.320
 of God.

00:25:54.800 --> 00:25:55.660
 I just want to

00:25:55.660 --> 00:25:56.640
 pause for a second.

00:25:56.640 --> 00:26:03.000
 Why is it

00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:03.720
 that human beings

00:26:03.720 --> 00:26:04.720
 have any longings

00:26:04.720 --> 00:26:05.160
 or yearnings

00:26:05.160 --> 00:26:05.600
 at all?

00:26:06.520 --> 00:26:06.759
 Like,

00:26:06.800 --> 00:26:07.259
 why do we have

00:26:07.259 --> 00:26:07.600
 any?

00:26:11.020 --> 00:26:11.480
 Like,

00:26:11.660 --> 00:26:12.140
 unless,

00:26:12.680 --> 00:26:12.940
 I mean,

00:26:12.980 --> 00:26:13.860
 there may be some people

00:26:13.860 --> 00:26:14.560
 who don't recognize

00:26:14.560 --> 00:26:15.500
 longings and yearnings,

00:26:15.620 --> 00:26:16.160
 but I think

00:26:16.160 --> 00:26:17.140
 most human beings

00:26:17.140 --> 00:26:18.120
 recognize these,

00:26:18.259 --> 00:26:19.060
 that there are longings

00:26:19.060 --> 00:26:19.520
 and yearnings.

00:26:19.519 --> 00:26:21.379
 Maybe it is

00:26:21.379 --> 00:26:22.700
 you have gone

00:26:22.700 --> 00:26:23.839
 on a canoe trip

00:26:23.839 --> 00:26:24.539
 and you're with

00:26:24.539 --> 00:26:25.779
 your best friends

00:26:25.779 --> 00:26:26.799
 or your family

00:26:26.799 --> 00:26:27.500
 and you've had

00:26:27.500 --> 00:26:28.539
 a wonderful day

00:26:28.539 --> 00:26:29.160
 of canoeing,

00:26:29.220 --> 00:26:30.519
 you've had a wonderful meal,

00:26:30.619 --> 00:26:31.259
 you're sitting around

00:26:31.259 --> 00:26:32.160
 the campfire,

00:26:32.619 --> 00:26:33.639
 there's a nice breeze

00:26:33.639 --> 00:26:34.799
 so there's no bugs,

00:26:35.379 --> 00:26:36.779
 and you're full

00:26:36.779 --> 00:26:37.720
 and you're joking

00:26:37.720 --> 00:26:38.859
 and you're just

00:26:38.859 --> 00:26:39.759
 with each other

00:26:39.759 --> 00:26:42.639
 and the stars

00:26:42.639 --> 00:26:44.599
 and it just looks

00:26:44.599 --> 00:26:45.220
 so beautiful

00:26:45.220 --> 00:26:47.279
 and you just think,

00:26:47.279 --> 00:26:49.920
 this is just somehow

00:26:49.920 --> 00:26:52.079
 not just something earthly,

00:26:52.359 --> 00:26:53.500
 but something

00:26:53.500 --> 00:26:55.379
 transcendent,

00:26:55.819 --> 00:26:57.000
 touching on

00:26:57.000 --> 00:26:58.240
 something more

00:26:58.240 --> 00:26:59.720
 and surely

00:26:59.720 --> 00:27:01.139
 there's even more

00:27:01.139 --> 00:27:01.839
 to this

00:27:01.839 --> 00:27:03.319
 and it's a type of

00:27:03.319 --> 00:27:04.500
 enjoyment

00:27:04.500 --> 00:27:05.779
 and longing

00:27:05.779 --> 00:27:09.259
 which we view

00:27:09.259 --> 00:27:10.160
 as a high point

00:27:10.160 --> 00:27:12.420
 in maybe our week

00:27:12.420 --> 00:27:12.879
 or month

00:27:12.879 --> 00:27:13.319
 or year.

00:27:13.319 --> 00:27:17.759
 or maybe it's just

00:27:17.759 --> 00:27:18.679
 on a beautiful,

00:27:18.839 --> 00:27:19.179
 beautiful,

00:27:19.359 --> 00:27:20.659
 beautiful spring day,

00:27:21.460 --> 00:27:22.779
 the snow's melting

00:27:22.779 --> 00:27:23.259
 and it's just

00:27:23.259 --> 00:27:24.879
 the perfect temperature

00:27:24.879 --> 00:27:27.399
 and you can feel

00:27:27.399 --> 00:27:28.579
 the new life coming

00:27:28.579 --> 00:27:31.079
 and you're feeling healthy

00:27:31.079 --> 00:27:32.019
 and there's no pain

00:27:32.019 --> 00:27:32.679
 in your body

00:27:32.679 --> 00:27:33.299
 or maybe there's

00:27:33.299 --> 00:27:33.939
 a little bit of pain

00:27:33.939 --> 00:27:34.500
 in your body

00:27:34.500 --> 00:27:35.419
 but you just look around

00:27:35.419 --> 00:27:35.679
 and say,

00:27:35.779 --> 00:27:36.919
 this is just so

00:27:36.919 --> 00:27:38.939
 touching on

00:27:38.939 --> 00:27:39.759
 something

00:27:39.759 --> 00:27:41.339
 transcendent,

00:27:41.639 --> 00:27:42.819
 something bigger,

00:27:43.319 --> 00:27:44.339
 than experience

00:27:44.339 --> 00:27:45.819
 and at the same time

00:27:45.819 --> 00:27:47.039
 that we have this sense

00:27:47.039 --> 00:27:47.960
 of it's just

00:27:47.960 --> 00:27:50.139
 so right

00:27:50.139 --> 00:27:52.159
 that we have a sense

00:27:52.159 --> 00:27:52.859
 that there must

00:27:52.859 --> 00:27:54.059
 be more.

00:27:55.039 --> 00:27:56.419
 Why does any human being

00:27:56.419 --> 00:27:58.000
 have any experience

00:27:58.000 --> 00:27:58.740
 like that ever?

00:28:00.899 --> 00:28:01.919
 Like if you think about it,

00:28:01.980 --> 00:28:02.740
 we shouldn't have them.

00:28:02.899 --> 00:28:04.159
 We just happen by evolution

00:28:04.159 --> 00:28:04.859
 and when we die,

00:28:04.960 --> 00:28:05.480
 that's it.

00:28:05.939 --> 00:28:07.339
 There's nothing transcendent,

00:28:07.419 --> 00:28:08.619
 there's just the next meal

00:28:08.619 --> 00:28:10.980
 if you want to be

00:28:10.980 --> 00:28:11.700
 brutally honest.

00:28:11.700 --> 00:28:13.140
 But we human beings

00:28:13.140 --> 00:28:14.200
 know that there's something

00:28:14.200 --> 00:28:15.019
 that's longings

00:28:15.019 --> 00:28:15.480
 and yearnings

00:28:15.480 --> 00:28:16.500
 and why is it?

00:28:16.960 --> 00:28:18.680
 Why is it that human beings

00:28:18.680 --> 00:28:19.340
 long?

00:28:19.799 --> 00:28:21.140
 Why is it that if we see

00:28:21.140 --> 00:28:21.460
 something,

00:28:21.559 --> 00:28:22.759
 maybe it's a YouTube video,

00:28:22.880 --> 00:28:23.880
 maybe we're just walking

00:28:23.880 --> 00:28:24.500
 down the street

00:28:24.500 --> 00:28:25.299
 and we see a park

00:28:25.299 --> 00:28:26.160
 and we see kids

00:28:26.160 --> 00:28:27.319
 of every race

00:28:27.319 --> 00:28:28.039
 and culture,

00:28:28.500 --> 00:28:29.360
 not all maybe

00:28:29.360 --> 00:28:31.140
 even able to speak English

00:28:31.140 --> 00:28:32.400
 and we just see them

00:28:32.400 --> 00:28:34.120
 all playing together

00:28:34.120 --> 00:28:35.420
 on a beautiful day

00:28:35.420 --> 00:28:37.279
 and it just looks

00:28:37.279 --> 00:28:39.299
 so beautiful

00:28:39.299 --> 00:28:42.940
 and we say to ourselves,

00:28:43.119 --> 00:28:45.160
 that's just so right.

00:28:47.819 --> 00:28:50.039
 Why is it that that's right

00:28:50.039 --> 00:28:52.899
 and what China and India

00:28:52.899 --> 00:28:54.059
 wants to do is wrong?

00:28:56.539 --> 00:28:57.680
 Like why is it that

00:28:57.680 --> 00:28:59.000
 that's right

00:28:59.000 --> 00:29:03.700
 and being racist

00:29:03.700 --> 00:29:05.500
 is just wrong?

00:29:08.980 --> 00:29:10.480
 Like where do these things

00:29:10.480 --> 00:29:11.200
 come from

00:29:11.200 --> 00:29:12.059
 and how on earth

00:29:12.059 --> 00:29:13.000
 can they possibly

00:29:13.000 --> 00:29:13.900
 be grounded?

00:29:17.579 --> 00:29:18.779
 Where does it come from

00:29:18.779 --> 00:29:19.740
 and can it be true?

00:29:20.660 --> 00:29:21.299
 As I've shared,

00:29:21.720 --> 00:29:22.480
 the Bible says

00:29:22.480 --> 00:29:23.160
 that the story

00:29:23.160 --> 00:29:24.259
 that Canada tells

00:29:24.259 --> 00:29:25.160
 about who we are

00:29:25.160 --> 00:29:26.220
 is just wrong.

00:29:26.220 --> 00:29:28.180
 We are created

00:29:28.180 --> 00:29:29.819
 in the image of God.

00:29:29.920 --> 00:29:30.660
 We are fallen

00:29:30.660 --> 00:29:32.839
 and because we are created,

00:29:33.039 --> 00:29:33.980
 God has continued

00:29:33.980 --> 00:29:35.079
 to put within us

00:29:35.079 --> 00:29:36.460
 and allow to have within us

00:29:36.460 --> 00:29:38.140
 some hints

00:29:38.140 --> 00:29:39.960
 that there is more

00:29:39.960 --> 00:29:40.700
 to this life,

00:29:40.819 --> 00:29:41.680
 that there is in fact

00:29:41.680 --> 00:29:42.819
 a God that exists,

00:29:42.920 --> 00:29:43.620
 that there is in fact

00:29:43.620 --> 00:29:45.019
 a way that he intended

00:29:45.019 --> 00:29:46.579
 and we long for it

00:29:46.579 --> 00:29:47.600
 and I suggest to you

00:29:47.600 --> 00:29:48.420
 that if you follow

00:29:48.420 --> 00:29:49.200
 the longings

00:29:49.200 --> 00:29:49.680
 and yearnings

00:29:49.680 --> 00:29:50.579
 of your heart,

00:29:50.980 --> 00:29:52.420
 it will lead you to God.

00:29:52.500 --> 00:29:53.240
 It will lead you

00:29:53.240 --> 00:29:54.220
 to understand

00:29:54.220 --> 00:29:56.140
 what Paul is revealing

00:29:56.140 --> 00:29:57.000
 in the gospel.

00:29:57.140 --> 00:29:58.600
 It will clarify it

00:29:58.600 --> 00:29:59.800
 and ground it.

00:30:01.220 --> 00:30:02.320
 See, I began by saying

00:30:02.320 --> 00:30:03.200
 what if this picture

00:30:03.200 --> 00:30:03.860
 is true?

00:30:06.940 --> 00:30:07.980
 And on one level,

00:30:08.100 --> 00:30:08.880
 isn't that exactly

00:30:08.880 --> 00:30:10.220
 what we long to be true?

00:30:10.660 --> 00:30:12.020
 What Paul is announcing

00:30:12.020 --> 00:30:14.080
 that God originally did

00:30:14.080 --> 00:30:15.540
 and what he is doing

00:30:15.540 --> 00:30:17.100
 and has done in Christ

00:30:17.100 --> 00:30:18.680
 and what will in fact

00:30:18.680 --> 00:30:20.000
 be the very, very end

00:30:20.000 --> 00:30:20.720
 of the story

00:30:20.720 --> 00:30:22.320
 and Paul is saying this

00:30:22.320 --> 00:30:23.520
 not because he's proud,

00:30:23.660 --> 00:30:24.660
 not because he's arrogant,

00:30:24.660 --> 00:30:25.400
 he is the least

00:30:25.400 --> 00:30:25.880
 of the least

00:30:25.880 --> 00:30:26.320
 of the least

00:30:26.320 --> 00:30:26.720
 of the least

00:30:26.720 --> 00:30:27.240
 of the saints.

00:30:27.519 --> 00:30:28.380
 It has been revealed

00:30:28.380 --> 00:30:29.140
 to him

00:30:29.140 --> 00:30:30.300
 what God

00:30:30.300 --> 00:30:31.940
 has done

00:30:31.940 --> 00:30:32.840
 and is doing

00:30:32.840 --> 00:30:33.600
 in the person

00:30:33.600 --> 00:30:34.320
 of his son

00:30:34.320 --> 00:30:35.640
 as he died upon the cross

00:30:35.640 --> 00:30:36.560
 and rose from the dead.

00:30:40.200 --> 00:30:41.800
 Now we need to wrap this up.

00:30:42.000 --> 00:30:43.279
 The big question

00:30:43.279 --> 00:30:44.120
 that often comes

00:30:44.120 --> 00:30:44.660
 to people

00:30:44.660 --> 00:30:45.220
 when they think

00:30:45.220 --> 00:30:46.040
 about stuff like this,

00:30:46.080 --> 00:30:47.259
 when I talk about things

00:30:47.259 --> 00:30:48.580
 even remotely like this

00:30:48.580 --> 00:30:49.540
 in a coffee shop,

00:30:50.180 --> 00:30:51.620
 is once again,

00:30:51.700 --> 00:30:53.180
 how is our mind hardwired?

00:30:53.180 --> 00:30:54.200
 Usually when people

00:30:54.200 --> 00:30:55.380
 make a claim like that,

00:30:55.420 --> 00:30:56.640
 it means the next thing is,

00:30:57.000 --> 00:30:58.720
 that's why I should be in power.

00:30:59.980 --> 00:31:00.860
 Or in our case,

00:31:00.900 --> 00:31:02.420
 that's why we should be in power.

00:31:03.440 --> 00:31:05.080
 Is that what Paul does next?

00:31:05.220 --> 00:31:05.860
 Not at all.

00:31:06.180 --> 00:31:07.080
 Look how he moves.

00:31:07.539 --> 00:31:08.840
 This is very, very important.

00:31:08.940 --> 00:31:10.400
 Look at verses 7 to 9.

00:31:11.100 --> 00:31:12.000
 Of this gospel,

00:31:12.880 --> 00:31:14.259
 I was made a minister

00:31:14.259 --> 00:31:15.759
 and the word for minister

00:31:15.759 --> 00:31:16.860
 is the word for servant.

00:31:17.880 --> 00:31:18.940
 So of this gospel,

00:31:19.060 --> 00:31:20.460
 I was made a servant

00:31:20.460 --> 00:31:22.140
 according to the gift

00:31:22.140 --> 00:31:23.140
 of God's grace,

00:31:23.660 --> 00:31:24.640
 which was given to me

00:31:24.640 --> 00:31:25.960
 by the working of his power.

00:31:26.600 --> 00:31:27.120
 To me,

00:31:27.680 --> 00:31:28.779
 though I am

00:31:28.779 --> 00:31:29.860
 the very least

00:31:29.860 --> 00:31:30.740
 of all the saints.

00:31:30.819 --> 00:31:31.779
 And in the original language,

00:31:31.880 --> 00:31:32.500
 you could actually say

00:31:32.500 --> 00:31:33.460
 the least of the least

00:31:33.460 --> 00:31:33.980
 of the least

00:31:33.980 --> 00:31:34.500
 of the least

00:31:34.500 --> 00:31:35.019
 of the least

00:31:35.019 --> 00:31:35.579
 of the least.

00:31:36.640 --> 00:31:37.200
 To me,

00:31:37.279 --> 00:31:37.680
 though I am

00:31:37.680 --> 00:31:38.319
 the very least

00:31:38.319 --> 00:31:39.059
 of all the saints,

00:31:39.180 --> 00:31:40.220
 this grace was given.

00:31:41.019 --> 00:31:41.380
 What?

00:31:42.059 --> 00:31:42.740
 To rule?

00:31:42.960 --> 00:31:43.740
 To have authority?

00:31:43.900 --> 00:31:44.680
 To be an elite?

00:31:44.799 --> 00:31:45.720
 To look down your nose

00:31:45.720 --> 00:31:46.360
 at other people?

00:31:46.360 --> 00:31:46.799
 No!

00:31:47.460 --> 00:31:48.200
 A servant!

00:31:48.200 --> 00:31:49.559
 To preach?

00:31:49.700 --> 00:31:50.420
 To proclaim?

00:31:50.980 --> 00:31:53.039
 To every people group?

00:31:53.779 --> 00:31:56.819
 The unsearchable riches of Christ?

00:32:02.480 --> 00:32:04.720
 The gospel makes no one poorer.

00:32:06.720 --> 00:32:08.140
 Do you believe this?

00:32:08.840 --> 00:32:10.100
 Do you believe that to come

00:32:10.100 --> 00:32:12.220
 to know Jesus as your Savior and Lord

00:32:12.220 --> 00:32:13.799
 will only make you richer?

00:32:14.880 --> 00:32:16.519
 Will only make me richer?

00:32:16.519 --> 00:32:18.299
 Could you pray for me

00:32:18.299 --> 00:32:20.500
 that that will be

00:32:20.500 --> 00:32:22.639
 the habit of how I think

00:32:22.639 --> 00:32:23.859
 as I go through my day?

00:32:28.400 --> 00:32:29.960
 That for any person

00:32:29.960 --> 00:32:31.940
 that I get to share the gospel with,

00:32:31.980 --> 00:32:33.740
 if they come to a faith in Christ,

00:32:34.579 --> 00:32:36.519
 they are coming to faith

00:32:36.519 --> 00:32:38.240
 in the one whose riches

00:32:38.240 --> 00:32:39.519
 are untraceable,

00:32:40.420 --> 00:32:40.519
 unsearchable,

00:32:41.519 --> 00:32:42.420
 will never,

00:32:42.720 --> 00:32:43.039
 ever,

00:32:43.299 --> 00:32:43.660
 ever,

00:32:43.859 --> 00:32:45.619
 ever come to an end.

00:32:45.619 --> 00:32:48.019
 Every human being

00:32:48.019 --> 00:32:49.479
 will only be richer

00:32:49.479 --> 00:32:51.799
 when they come to faith

00:32:51.799 --> 00:32:52.759
 in Jesus.

00:32:53.699 --> 00:32:54.739
 Do you believe that?

00:32:57.299 --> 00:32:59.039
 Can we pray for each other

00:32:59.039 --> 00:33:00.879
 that we will believe it

00:33:00.879 --> 00:33:02.859
 as a habit of being,

00:33:04.000 --> 00:33:05.839
 as a habit of how we think?

00:33:05.839 --> 00:33:09.879
 By the grace of God,

00:33:11.159 --> 00:33:12.240
 you are called to be

00:33:12.240 --> 00:33:13.740
 a servant who proclaims,

00:33:13.779 --> 00:33:14.659
 one of a servant

00:33:14.659 --> 00:33:16.619
 who proclaims to the nations

00:33:16.619 --> 00:33:19.919
 the unsearchable riches

00:33:19.919 --> 00:33:20.919
 of Christ.

00:33:23.299 --> 00:33:24.059
 You see,

00:33:24.639 --> 00:33:26.759
 what I would say

00:33:26.759 --> 00:33:28.419
 is for those of us

00:33:28.419 --> 00:33:31.519
 who walk by

00:33:31.519 --> 00:33:32.879
 on a beautiful fall day

00:33:32.879 --> 00:33:33.939
 and see a playground

00:33:33.940 --> 00:33:35.900
 and see a whole pile

00:33:35.900 --> 00:33:38.200
 of unbelievably adorable

00:33:38.200 --> 00:33:39.380
 three-year-olds

00:33:39.380 --> 00:33:40.620
 playing together

00:33:40.620 --> 00:33:43.600
 of all the colors

00:33:43.600 --> 00:33:44.400
 of the rainbow

00:33:44.400 --> 00:33:48.500
 and of different ethnicities

00:33:48.500 --> 00:33:49.580
 and not even maybe

00:33:49.580 --> 00:33:50.820
 being able to speak English

00:33:50.820 --> 00:33:51.539
 to each other.

00:33:51.680 --> 00:33:52.160
 They're speaking

00:33:52.160 --> 00:33:52.900
 their own languages,

00:33:53.039 --> 00:33:54.080
 but they're just playing

00:33:54.080 --> 00:33:54.820
 and they are having

00:33:54.820 --> 00:33:55.740
 a great time

00:33:55.740 --> 00:33:57.080
 and their parents

00:33:57.080 --> 00:33:57.940
 are standing around.

00:33:58.000 --> 00:33:59.039
 Whether they're talking or not,

00:33:59.080 --> 00:33:59.660
 they're just all

00:33:59.660 --> 00:34:00.940
 enjoying the day

00:34:00.940 --> 00:34:02.039
 and enjoying their kids.

00:34:02.039 --> 00:34:04.879
 And we see that

00:34:04.879 --> 00:34:05.960
 and we have a sense

00:34:05.960 --> 00:34:07.299
 that that is somehow

00:34:07.299 --> 00:34:09.059
 how things should be.

00:34:10.119 --> 00:34:11.679
 No matter how secular

00:34:11.679 --> 00:34:12.980
 or atheist you are

00:34:12.980 --> 00:34:14.219
 and you have a sense,

00:34:14.659 --> 00:34:15.480
 maybe even a sense

00:34:15.480 --> 00:34:16.579
 of longing or yearning

00:34:16.579 --> 00:34:17.380
 that that is the way

00:34:17.380 --> 00:34:18.320
 that that should be.

00:34:18.599 --> 00:34:20.300
 That which you know

00:34:20.300 --> 00:34:21.900
 but don't know

00:34:21.900 --> 00:34:23.480
 why it should be

00:34:23.480 --> 00:34:24.880
 other than that you think

00:34:24.880 --> 00:34:25.460
 it should be,

00:34:25.559 --> 00:34:27.000
 the gospel proclaims to you

00:34:27.000 --> 00:34:28.059
 because that is how God

00:34:28.059 --> 00:34:29.779
 created things to be.

00:34:29.780 --> 00:34:31.200
 That is what he is

00:34:31.200 --> 00:34:32.840
 redeeming things to be.

00:34:32.960 --> 00:34:33.940
 That is what he does

00:34:33.940 --> 00:34:35.000
 through the gospel.

00:34:35.180 --> 00:34:36.080
 That is what he desires

00:34:36.080 --> 00:34:37.680
 to do through the church.

00:34:37.920 --> 00:34:39.040
 And that is what

00:34:39.040 --> 00:34:39.700
 the new heaven

00:34:39.700 --> 00:34:40.720
 and the new earth

00:34:40.720 --> 00:34:41.620
 will be like.

00:34:42.660 --> 00:34:44.580
 And it can be only achieved

00:34:44.580 --> 00:34:45.680
 and entered into

00:34:45.680 --> 00:34:47.280
 by faith and trust

00:34:47.280 --> 00:34:48.100
 in Jesus

00:34:48.100 --> 00:34:49.380
 as Savior and Lord.

00:34:49.380 --> 00:34:55.260
 The Bible doesn't kill

00:34:55.260 --> 00:34:56.760
 your longings and yearnings

00:34:56.760 --> 00:34:58.240
 but helps you

00:34:58.240 --> 00:34:59.740
 to understand them

00:34:59.740 --> 00:35:00.800
 and interpret them

00:35:00.800 --> 00:35:02.480
 to kill the ones

00:35:02.480 --> 00:35:03.860
 which are fell and evil

00:35:03.860 --> 00:35:06.680
 and to walk towards those

00:35:06.680 --> 00:35:08.640
 which are rooted in creation

00:35:08.640 --> 00:35:11.960
 redeemed in redemption

00:35:11.960 --> 00:35:14.099
 and will be true

00:35:14.099 --> 00:35:15.619
 for all eternity.

00:35:15.619 --> 00:35:19.819
 I just want to wrap up.

00:35:20.000 --> 00:35:20.480
 There is something

00:35:20.480 --> 00:35:21.460
 which comes next

00:35:21.460 --> 00:35:22.420
 in verse 10.

00:35:23.380 --> 00:35:24.059
 I am just going to

00:35:24.059 --> 00:35:24.739
 put it up there.

00:35:26.159 --> 00:35:26.559
 It just,

00:35:26.659 --> 00:35:27.719
 it blows my mind.

00:35:27.799 --> 00:35:28.099
 I don't know how

00:35:28.099 --> 00:35:28.920
 to communicate it.

00:35:29.519 --> 00:35:30.699
 I just have to show you

00:35:30.699 --> 00:35:31.799
 because you probably

00:35:31.799 --> 00:35:32.619
 missed it when you were

00:35:32.619 --> 00:35:33.079
 reading it.

00:35:33.859 --> 00:35:35.319
 Look at what verse 10 says

00:35:35.319 --> 00:35:36.739
 as we just wrap this up.

00:35:38.299 --> 00:35:39.179
 Remember he said

00:35:39.179 --> 00:35:40.679
 how what God is doing,

00:35:40.759 --> 00:35:41.460
 the mystery is

00:35:41.460 --> 00:35:42.079
 is that when you put

00:35:42.079 --> 00:35:42.980
 our faith in Christ

00:35:42.980 --> 00:35:43.619
 whether it is

00:35:43.619 --> 00:35:44.440
 whoever it is

00:35:44.440 --> 00:35:45.819
 you become a new humanity

00:35:45.819 --> 00:35:46.400
 in Christ

00:35:46.400 --> 00:35:47.039
 and he's creating

00:35:47.039 --> 00:35:48.559
 this new society

00:35:48.559 --> 00:35:50.119
 that is multiracial,

00:35:50.299 --> 00:35:50.920
 multicultural,

00:35:51.219 --> 00:35:52.400
 multilinguistic,

00:35:52.599 --> 00:35:53.539
 multiethnic

00:35:53.539 --> 00:35:54.940
 but one society,

00:35:55.119 --> 00:35:55.960
 one reality.

00:35:56.519 --> 00:35:57.079
 And then look at

00:35:57.079 --> 00:35:57.500
 what he says

00:35:57.500 --> 00:35:58.539
 in verse 10.

00:35:59.019 --> 00:36:00.619
 So that through the church

00:36:00.619 --> 00:36:03.079
 the manifold wisdom

00:36:03.079 --> 00:36:03.900
 of God

00:36:03.900 --> 00:36:05.579
 might now be made known

00:36:05.579 --> 00:36:06.519
 to the rulers

00:36:06.519 --> 00:36:07.480
 and authorities

00:36:07.480 --> 00:36:09.219
 in the heavenlies.

00:36:10.039 --> 00:36:11.659
 And whether that just means

00:36:11.659 --> 00:36:13.440
 different ranks of angels,

00:36:13.619 --> 00:36:14.639
 and whether it means

00:36:14.639 --> 00:36:15.980
 different ranks of angels,

00:36:16.179 --> 00:36:16.819
 the heavens,

00:36:16.960 --> 00:36:17.519
 that's a better way

00:36:17.519 --> 00:36:17.980
 to put it.

00:36:19.000 --> 00:36:20.679
 There's no real simple

00:36:20.679 --> 00:36:21.599
 English word

00:36:21.599 --> 00:36:22.599
 for this idea

00:36:22.599 --> 00:36:23.440
 that above

00:36:23.440 --> 00:36:25.179
 whatever is physical

00:36:25.179 --> 00:36:26.619
 that there is a realm,

00:36:26.779 --> 00:36:27.339
 a realm,

00:36:27.539 --> 00:36:28.279
 a real realm

00:36:28.279 --> 00:36:29.559
 of spiritual beings

00:36:29.559 --> 00:36:30.460
 of both angels

00:36:30.460 --> 00:36:31.179
 and demons

00:36:31.179 --> 00:36:32.980
 and ranks upon ranks

00:36:32.980 --> 00:36:33.579
 of both.

00:36:33.839 --> 00:36:35.199
 And the Bible is saying

00:36:35.199 --> 00:36:36.900
 that what God is doing

00:36:36.900 --> 00:36:37.719
 through the church

00:36:37.719 --> 00:36:39.059
 as hard it is

00:36:39.059 --> 00:36:39.920
 for us to believe

00:36:39.920 --> 00:36:41.279
 because we are lowly

00:36:41.280 --> 00:36:41.840
 and weak

00:36:41.840 --> 00:36:43.460
 is a graduate school

00:36:43.460 --> 00:36:44.960
 seminar that angels

00:36:44.960 --> 00:36:45.620
 and demons

00:36:45.620 --> 00:36:46.500
 are studying.

00:36:48.260 --> 00:36:49.060
 I don't know

00:36:49.060 --> 00:36:50.180
 how to communicate that.

00:36:51.019 --> 00:36:51.820
 And how can anybody

00:36:51.820 --> 00:36:52.680
 communicate that

00:36:52.680 --> 00:36:53.300
 other than that's

00:36:53.300 --> 00:36:54.440
 what the Bible says?

00:36:54.440 --> 00:37:01.360
 only God

00:37:01.360 --> 00:37:02.119
 could use

00:37:02.119 --> 00:37:03.519
 lowly

00:37:03.519 --> 00:37:04.460
 local

00:37:04.460 --> 00:37:06.039
 gospel churches

00:37:06.039 --> 00:37:07.059
 to make known

00:37:07.059 --> 00:37:08.700
 His manifold

00:37:08.700 --> 00:37:09.320
 wisdom

00:37:09.320 --> 00:37:10.099
 to the rulers

00:37:10.099 --> 00:37:10.880
 and authorities

00:37:10.880 --> 00:37:12.380
 in the heavens.

00:37:16.780 --> 00:37:18.099
 We are weak

00:37:18.099 --> 00:37:20.500
 and from a Canadian

00:37:20.500 --> 00:37:21.340
 point of view

00:37:21.340 --> 00:37:22.119
 irrelevant.

00:37:22.119 --> 00:37:23.259
 In fact,

00:37:23.319 --> 00:37:24.539
 maybe even dangerous.

00:37:26.900 --> 00:37:27.839
 But that is not

00:37:27.839 --> 00:37:28.380
 the truth.

00:37:33.000 --> 00:37:33.960
 This should encourage

00:37:33.960 --> 00:37:34.500
 us to pray.

00:37:34.599 --> 00:37:35.279
 Let's just finish

00:37:35.279 --> 00:37:36.219
 and then we will pray.

00:37:38.980 --> 00:37:40.019
 This was according

00:37:40.019 --> 00:37:41.179
 to the eternal purpose,

00:37:41.279 --> 00:37:41.819
 verse 11,

00:37:42.380 --> 00:37:43.460
 that He is realized

00:37:43.460 --> 00:37:44.339
 in Christ Jesus

00:37:44.339 --> 00:37:44.960
 our Lord

00:37:44.960 --> 00:37:46.119
 in whom we have

00:37:46.119 --> 00:37:47.319
 boldness and access

00:37:47.319 --> 00:37:48.159
 with confidence

00:37:48.159 --> 00:37:49.079
 through our faith

00:37:49.079 --> 00:37:49.539
 in Him.

00:37:50.000 --> 00:37:50.940
 So I ask you

00:37:50.940 --> 00:37:51.960
 not to lose heart

00:37:51.960 --> 00:37:52.699
 over what I am

00:37:52.699 --> 00:37:53.599
 suffering for you

00:37:53.599 --> 00:37:55.019
 which is your glory.

00:37:55.960 --> 00:37:56.579
 To be gripped

00:37:56.579 --> 00:37:57.199
 by the gospel

00:37:57.199 --> 00:37:57.559
 and gripped

00:37:57.559 --> 00:37:58.260
 by the scripture

00:37:58.260 --> 00:37:59.500
 is to know

00:37:59.500 --> 00:37:59.920
 that we have

00:37:59.920 --> 00:38:01.019
 access to God

00:38:01.019 --> 00:38:01.900
 and we can be

00:38:01.900 --> 00:38:03.240
 bold in prayer.

00:38:04.920 --> 00:38:05.679
 I invite you all

00:38:05.679 --> 00:38:06.220
 to stand.

00:38:06.220 --> 00:38:06.280
 Thank you.

00:38:16.059 --> 00:38:17.059
 If you have not yet

00:38:17.059 --> 00:38:17.659
 given your life

00:38:17.659 --> 00:38:18.159
 to Christ,

00:38:18.260 --> 00:38:18.900
 there is no better

00:38:18.900 --> 00:38:19.920
 time right now

00:38:19.920 --> 00:38:23.119
 than to say,

00:38:23.320 --> 00:38:23.519
 Lord,

00:38:23.619 --> 00:38:24.460
 I have fears

00:38:24.460 --> 00:38:25.019
 about you.

00:38:25.099 --> 00:38:25.660
 I have fears

00:38:25.660 --> 00:38:26.280
 about what you

00:38:26.280 --> 00:38:27.579
 will do in my life

00:38:27.579 --> 00:38:29.099
 but I know

00:38:29.099 --> 00:38:31.039
 that you are

00:38:31.039 --> 00:38:31.720
 the end of my

00:38:31.720 --> 00:38:32.300
 longings

00:38:32.300 --> 00:38:32.780
 and the end

00:38:32.780 --> 00:38:33.639
 of my yearnings

00:38:33.639 --> 00:38:34.099
 and that

00:38:34.099 --> 00:38:37.079
 what you have

00:38:37.079 --> 00:38:37.740
 done for me

00:38:37.740 --> 00:38:38.260
 in Jesus

00:38:38.260 --> 00:38:39.559
 is what I need

00:38:39.559 --> 00:38:40.200
 to make me

00:38:40.200 --> 00:38:41.039
 right with you

00:38:41.039 --> 00:38:42.099
 and one,

00:38:42.840 --> 00:38:44.240
 with all that

00:38:44.240 --> 00:38:44.820
 you are doing,

00:38:44.960 --> 00:38:45.240
 Father,

00:38:45.360 --> 00:38:46.119
 there is no other

00:38:46.119 --> 00:38:47.200
 way than by faith

00:38:47.199 --> 00:38:47.639
 in Jesus

00:38:47.639 --> 00:38:48.119
 and so,

00:38:48.279 --> 00:38:48.460
 Father,

00:38:48.539 --> 00:38:49.239
 I ask that

00:38:49.239 --> 00:38:50.639
 Jesus would

00:38:50.639 --> 00:38:51.639
 come into my life,

00:38:51.699 --> 00:38:52.079
 that he would

00:38:52.079 --> 00:38:52.899
 be my Savior

00:38:52.899 --> 00:38:53.539
 and that he would

00:38:53.539 --> 00:38:54.279
 be my Lord

00:38:54.279 --> 00:38:54.980
 and I know

00:38:54.980 --> 00:38:55.439
 that he will

00:38:55.439 --> 00:38:56.279
 never let me go

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 and so,

00:38:56.879 --> 00:38:56.960
 Father,

00:38:57.039 --> 00:38:57.879
 I give myself

00:38:57.879 --> 00:38:58.319
 to him.

00:38:58.419 --> 00:38:59.339
 Please take me,

00:38:59.879 --> 00:39:00.839
 all of me,

00:39:00.919 --> 00:39:02.179
 with nothing left over

00:39:02.179 --> 00:39:03.379
 from this day forward

00:39:03.379 --> 00:39:04.319
 to all eternity.

00:39:04.879 --> 00:39:05.939
 I give myself to you.

00:39:05.980 --> 00:39:06.480
 There is no better

00:39:06.480 --> 00:39:07.419
 time than right now

00:39:07.419 --> 00:39:08.500
 to call out to him.

00:39:10.000 --> 00:39:11.079
 For those of us

00:39:11.079 --> 00:39:11.719
 who are weary

00:39:11.719 --> 00:39:12.939
 and broken down

00:39:12.939 --> 00:39:14.339
 by our lowliness,

00:39:14.340 --> 00:39:16.760
 there is no better

00:39:16.760 --> 00:39:17.840
 time than right now

00:39:17.840 --> 00:39:19.079
 to call out to the Lord

00:39:19.079 --> 00:39:19.480
 and say,

00:39:19.600 --> 00:39:19.780
 Father,

00:39:19.900 --> 00:39:20.720
 thank you so much

00:39:20.720 --> 00:39:21.519
 for your word.

00:39:23.920 --> 00:39:25.260
 Use my lowliness

00:39:25.260 --> 00:39:26.340
 for your glory.

00:39:29.200 --> 00:39:30.160
 Fan in the flame

00:39:30.160 --> 00:39:30.660
 within me

00:39:30.660 --> 00:39:31.620
 deeper longings

00:39:31.620 --> 00:39:32.240
 and yearnings,

00:39:32.519 --> 00:39:33.400
 true longings

00:39:33.400 --> 00:39:34.180
 and yearnings.

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 And grow within me

00:39:38.480 --> 00:39:39.880
 a deeper sense

00:39:39.880 --> 00:39:42.539
 of how even

00:39:42.539 --> 00:39:43.860
 in our lowliness

00:39:43.860 --> 00:39:45.200
 you are doing

00:39:45.200 --> 00:39:46.500
 things which have

00:39:46.500 --> 00:39:47.420
 eternal significance.

00:39:47.579 --> 00:39:48.079
 There is no better

00:39:48.079 --> 00:39:48.760
 time than now

00:39:48.760 --> 00:39:49.500
 to call out to him

00:39:49.500 --> 00:39:49.880
 for that.

00:39:52.680 --> 00:39:53.079
 Father,

00:39:53.220 --> 00:39:54.000
 pour out the Holy Spirit

00:39:54.000 --> 00:39:54.539
 upon us.

00:39:54.700 --> 00:39:55.619
 Pour out the Holy Spirit

00:39:55.619 --> 00:39:56.099
 upon us.

00:39:56.220 --> 00:39:57.019
 Pour out the Holy Spirit

00:39:57.019 --> 00:39:57.420
 upon us.

00:39:57.480 --> 00:39:57.720
 Jesus,

00:39:57.940 --> 00:39:58.840
 pour out the Holy Spirit

00:39:58.840 --> 00:39:59.420
 upon us.

00:40:00.019 --> 00:40:00.900
 Make us disciples

00:40:00.900 --> 00:40:01.519
 of Jesus

00:40:01.519 --> 00:40:02.160
 who are gripped

00:40:02.160 --> 00:40:02.960
 by the gospel.

00:40:04.360 --> 00:40:04.760
 Learning

00:40:04.760 --> 00:40:05.960
 to live

00:40:05.960 --> 00:40:06.680
 for your glory.

00:40:08.119 --> 00:40:08.440
 Learning

00:40:08.440 --> 00:40:09.619
 to winsomely

00:40:09.619 --> 00:40:11.300
 and quietly

00:40:11.300 --> 00:40:14.139
 share who Jesus is

00:40:14.139 --> 00:40:15.780
 and what he has done

00:40:15.780 --> 00:40:16.280
 is doing

00:40:16.280 --> 00:40:16.880
 and will do.

00:40:18.860 --> 00:40:19.519
 Help us,

00:40:19.760 --> 00:40:19.800
 Father,

00:40:19.860 --> 00:40:20.400
 not to say

00:40:20.400 --> 00:40:21.740
 people's no for them

00:40:21.740 --> 00:40:23.659
 or to think of ourselves

00:40:23.659 --> 00:40:24.320
 as the world

00:40:24.320 --> 00:40:25.139
 thinks of us,

00:40:25.539 --> 00:40:25.980
 but,

00:40:26.119 --> 00:40:26.320
 Father,

00:40:26.420 --> 00:40:27.260
 make us disciples

00:40:27.260 --> 00:40:27.840
 of Jesus

00:40:27.840 --> 00:40:28.460
 who are gripped

00:40:28.460 --> 00:40:29.320
 by the gospel.

00:40:30.460 --> 00:40:30.940
 Understanding

00:40:30.940 --> 00:40:31.760
 who we are

00:40:31.760 --> 00:40:33.039
 from who Jesus is

00:40:33.039 --> 00:40:33.760
 and what you have

00:40:33.760 --> 00:40:34.780
 revealed in your word.

00:40:36.740 --> 00:40:37.619
 And make us

00:40:37.619 --> 00:40:38.039
 servants,

00:40:38.039 --> 00:40:38.460
 Father,

00:40:38.619 --> 00:40:39.559
 make us servants

00:40:39.559 --> 00:40:41.039
 for your glory

00:40:41.039 --> 00:40:42.079
 and for people's good.

00:40:42.800 --> 00:40:43.739
 And all God's people

00:40:43.739 --> 00:40:44.179
 said,

00:40:44.880 --> 00:40:45.239
 Amen.