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 There was an Anglican priest who auditioned for the show Britain's Got Talent.

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 And in his audition, he sang REM's song, Everybody Hurts.

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 I don't know if you've seen it.

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 You can see it on YouTube, if you know what that is.

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 But the thing was, at the end of this audition, he just mesmerized the crowd.

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 It was like, by the time he finished singing it, the room was silent until Simon Cowell got up and just started applauding.

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 And then at that point, everyone was to their feet, standing ovation for a phenomenally good performance.

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 And the online comments were interesting that flowed on that on YouTube.

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 Some thought that, in fact, he sang it better than REM.

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 And because of the real authenticity in which he sang it from someone who'd been an Anglican priest for many decades.

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 And the amount of hurt that he had dealt with over those years.

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 In fact, some thought that he did it so well that he should, in fact, shift careers.

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 One person made the comment that, I bet you that guy wished he went into a singing career earlier in life.

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 That is, what was being projected in that moment, in that comment, is a value statement.

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 You know, see how you've impacted not just those sitting in the room with you singing,

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 but people online who have seen you.

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 See the impact you've made?

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 Why on earth would you be a minister?

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 Why would you do that?

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 Unfortunately, too many get their view of ministry from the Vicar of Dibley,

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 the Simpsons' Reverend Lovejoy,

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 or Father Brown,

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 or something like that.

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 For many in our society,

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 the role of minister is that they're there,

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 if they have any concept of it all,

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 they're there to be there for times of crisis,

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 significant life events,

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 ministry of the poor,

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 care for the flock,

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 but basically don't say anything offensive

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 and stay out of the way most of the time.

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 That's if they've got any concept.

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 But increasingly,

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 in our day and age,

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 when I say to people what I do,

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 when they ask you,

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 what do you do?

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 And I tell them that.

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 I may as well be telling them

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 that I work for the taxation office

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 or that I work for a big bank.

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 Like, it's a conversation killer.

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 And if there's a follow-up question,

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 it's,

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 but what do you do?

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 Like, what is it that you actually do?

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 For those in the church,

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 we often expect a carer,

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 a scholar,

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 a leader,

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 an evangelist,

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 a manager,

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 a janitor.

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 Without an own diocese,

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 there is an undercurrent of expectation

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 that the wise leader,

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 and I'm quoting someone,

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 that the wise leader

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 will keep everyone in the church

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 on board

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 while they significantly push forward

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 for new growth

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 and reach new people

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 at exactly the same time.

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 In 2 Corinthians,

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 Paul is helping us here

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 and the passage is read out to us.

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 What does authentic ministry look like?

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 We saw yesterday,

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 last week,

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 what does the authentic minister look like?

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 What does the authentic Christian look like?

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 What does authentic gospel ministry look like?

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 That's what we're looking at here right now

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 in 2 Corinthians 2 and 3.

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 You've got this next point out to you already.

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 If you've got the paper version,

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 right down the bottom,

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 point number four is robust love.

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 That's not where I'm heading,

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 but good thing to think about anyway.

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 So go back and do that later.

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 We've got three points

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 I want to particularly focus on.

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 But the situation

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 is that when Paul moved on

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 from his time at Corinth,

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 his opponents moved in.

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 They were eloquent.

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 Eloquent religious leaders

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 who took pride in the outward display

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 of ministry success.

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 They started to drive a wedge

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 between Paul and the church.

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 They criticized Paul,

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 both of his life

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 and his message

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 as being weak,

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 poor,

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 he's not authentic,

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 he's not the real deal,

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 he's not the true apostle,

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 his ministry is not authentic ministry.

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 They started to think that Paul

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 was worldly,

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 insincere,

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 cowardly,

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 weak,

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 theological deviant,

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 who preached a false gospel.

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 And so the Corinthian church

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 is in,

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 significant danger

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 of walking away

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 from the authentic apostle

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 and therefore walking away

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 from the authentic good news

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 And that's what Paul

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 is fighting for

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 in this letter.

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 As we saw,

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 Paul's defending himself,

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 as we saw last week,

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 as he revealed the characteristics

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 of the true apostle,

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 what it means to be

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 a true follower of Jesus.

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 Today,

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 the outlines in front of you,

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 authentic ministry,

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 what it looks like.

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 Paul reveals three important things

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 about authentic gospel ministry,

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 what authentic gospel ministry is,

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 what it does,

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 what it produces.

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 That's where we're going to go,

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 that's the journey.

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 Nick was right,

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 absolutely true,

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 if you do not have a pencil in hand,

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 you don't learn.

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 That is called active engagement

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 in the learning process.

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 So rip it out,

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 or your finger,

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 if you need to,

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 for your iPad,

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 and have the text in front of you open.

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 No arms folded,

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 just looking at me.

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 Okay,

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 what authentic ministry is?

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 Let me just jump to the chase here,

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 it is God speaking through the gospel.

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 Verse 14 to 17,

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 I'm going to jump straight to 17 of chapter 2.

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 Unlike so many,

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 we do not peddle the word of God for profit.

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 On the contrary,

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 in Christ we speak before God with sincerity

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 as those sent from God.

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 Notice that Paul says,

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 the key activity of authentic ministry

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 is the ministry of speaking the word of God.

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 And it's marked by the sincerity

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 of knowing that we are accountable to God.

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 That is a direct shot

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 at Paul's opponents in Corinth,

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 who peddle the word of God for profit.

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 And Paul chooses

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 two word pictures,

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 if you like,

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 that are shocking

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 in this section.

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 First he says in verse 14,

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 but thanks be to God

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 who always leads us

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 as captives

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 in Christ's triumphal procession.

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 Now that doesn't mean

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 what you probably think it means,

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 and it doesn't mean

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 what the super apostles were declaring.

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 It refers

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 to what great Roman generals

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 used to do

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 when they captured a city,

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 a country,

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 a nation,

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 and they conquered it.

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 They led the captives,

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 their enemies,

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 as conquerors.

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 And they led them

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 to the place

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 of death and slavery.

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 They would

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 line them all up behind them

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 and they would triumphantly

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 ride back into Rome.

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 The people of the city of Rome

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 would just be singing

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 the praises of their general,

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 all the treasures

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 that they had captured.

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 First of all,

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 I think they robbed

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 from the nations,

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 and then last of all,

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 the people that they captured.

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 The kings,

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 the rulers,

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 and then the commoners.

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 Verse 14,

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 but thanks be to God

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 who always leads us

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 as captives

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 in Christ's triumphal procession.

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 In other words,

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 Paul's saying,

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 I'm defeated,

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 I'm taken captive

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 by Christ,

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 but he was brought to faith

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 and forgiven

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 and justified

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 and set free

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 from slavery

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 to sin and death

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 and made a glad

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 and willing servant

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 of the greatest general

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 who ever was.

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 You see,

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 what's happening here

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 is Paul's describing

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 the nature of discipleship.

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 You're at the end

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 of the train.

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 You're captive to Christ.

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 Christ.

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 He's the general.

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 He's the triumphant one.

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 Not you,

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 super apostles.

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 Not you.

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 So what Paul's doing here

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 with these word pictures

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 is he's accomplishing

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 two almost opposite things

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 at exactly the same time.

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 On the one hand,

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 God is like a great general

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 and Paul is a conquered

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 and called,

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 Paul is conquered

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 and called to suffer

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 in his service

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 even to die.

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 But on the other hand,

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 God is triumphant

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 and Paul is in his service

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 and through Paul

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 spreading everywhere

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 the good news

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 of the triumphant gospel.

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 Paul is weak.

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 He's a broken vessel.

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 But God is displaying

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 his greatness,

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 his goodness

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 and his power

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 through him.

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 Paul's adversaries

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 at Corinth

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 don't recognize

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 Paul's authority

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 and they don't think

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 Paul is triumphant

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 as a missionary

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 the way they think

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 he should be.

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 Some people are converted,

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 some people are not.

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 Some see Christ in him

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 and some reject Christ

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 because of him.

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 They only see weakness

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 and failure

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 and hardship

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 and difficulty

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 and rejection.

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 He has some success,

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 he has some failures.

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 But they think

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 that if he was

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 a genuine apostle

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 of the triumphant

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 king of kings,

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 then he would have

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 success

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 and triumph

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 in every area

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 of his life.

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 And so Paul chooses

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 a word picture here

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 that describes him

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 both as belonging

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 to a great victor

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 and as a conquered enemy

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 whose service of the king

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 is to suffer

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 and look weak

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 and even die for him.

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 Led in triumphal possession

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 as a defeated foe

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 in the service

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 of a king.

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 And yet,

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 Paul says,

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 this is my delight.

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 This ministry

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 is good news.

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 We go,

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 what?

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 What?

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 Captive?

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 A slave?

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 How's that good news?

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 Paul says,

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 this is my delight

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 because this great victor

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 who leads him

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 in triumphal possession

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 is the king of kings

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 and the lord of lords.

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 This is the one

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 who himself

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 surrendered

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 to the soldiers

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 in the garden

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 of Gethsemane.

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 Condemned to death

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 by a puppet ruler.

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 Led by soldiers

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 through the streets

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 of Jerusalem

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 carrying a cross

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 as the crowds

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 mocked him

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 before being nailed

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 to that cross

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 and dying.

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 And to the eyes

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 of the world,

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 he was to be

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 spat upon.

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 He was a loser.

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 He was defeated

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 in that moment.

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 He was a spectacle

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 to be ridiculed.

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 And yet,

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 as the scriptures tell us,

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 this is no accident

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 of history.

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 This was not

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 an unfortunate event.

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 Jesus himself

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 declared

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 it was going

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 to happen

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 and he was

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 in control

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 of it

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 every single

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 step of the way.

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 Because Jesus

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 declared that

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 I am the God

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 of this universe

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 come into your presence

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 in flesh,

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 the creator

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 and the ruler

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 of all things,

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 the one who assigns

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 the beginning

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 and the end,

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 not just the interpreter

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 of history,

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 but I am the declarer

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 of history.

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 It doesn't happen

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 unless I think it

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 into existence

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 and speak it

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 into existence.

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 The prophet Isaiah

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 says that of this one

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 Jesus,

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 the government

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 of all the universe

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 is resting

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 on his shoulders

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 or rule

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 and authority

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 is his.

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 There is none

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 more powerful

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 and this is the one

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 who chose the path

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 into captivity.

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 This is the one

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 who was led

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 to the place

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 of slaughter.

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 He chose the path

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 of weakness

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 and death

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 so that we

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 would be set free

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 from our rebellion

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 against him,

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 the true king

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 for putting ourselves

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 in the place

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 of being the king

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 of kings.

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 He was crushed

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 so that we aren't.

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 And that's the truth

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 that's captivated

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 Paul's heart,

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 his soul,

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 his mind,

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 his body.

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 He says it

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 explicitly

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 in chapter 5.

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 He says,

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 Christ's love

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 compels us.

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 Because we are

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 convinced that one

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 died for all

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 and therefore

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 all died

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 and he died

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 for all

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 that those

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 who live

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 should no longer

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 live for themselves

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 but for him

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 who died for them

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 and was raised

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 again.

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 And so at the end

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 of chapter 2

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 he uses a

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 second picture

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 of his life

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 as a sacrificial

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 offering

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 that is a sweet

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 fragrance before

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 God.

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 This is him

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 living as one

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 no longer for

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 himself

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 but for him

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 who's captured

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 his heart.

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 Starts in the

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 middle of verse 14.

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 Have a look at it.

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 Got the text in front

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 of you.

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 And uses us

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 to spread the

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 aroma of the

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 knowledge of

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 him everywhere.

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 And so Paul

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 here pitches

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 his missionary

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 life and his

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 ministry as

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 spreading the

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 fragrance of

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 the knowledge

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 of Christ

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 everywhere.

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 When Christ

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 died for

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 our sins

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 allowed himself

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 to be taken

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 captive

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 led to the

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 place of

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 slaughter

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 for our

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 sakes

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 it was

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 like a

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 fragrant

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 offering

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 pleasing

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 to God.

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 Ephesians 5

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 2 says

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 that when

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 Jesus died

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 for sins

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 it was a

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 fragrant

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 offering

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 that was

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 pleasing

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 to God.

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 Now

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 here

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 is Paul

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 standing

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 in the

00:16:26.039 --> 00:16:26.620
 place

00:16:26.620 --> 00:16:27.659
 of Christ

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 as his

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 representative

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 here in

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 the world

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 suffering

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 like Christ

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 in the

00:16:34.399 --> 00:16:34.939
 service

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 of his

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 conquering

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 Lord

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 and he

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 says

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 we

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 are the

00:16:41.020 --> 00:16:41.580
 aroma

00:16:41.580 --> 00:16:42.380
 of Christ

00:16:42.380 --> 00:16:42.720
 to the

00:16:42.720 --> 00:16:43.140
 world.

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 But first

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 of all we

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 are the

00:16:48.300 --> 00:16:48.780
 aroma of

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 Christ

00:16:49.060 --> 00:16:49.540
 to God.

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 God sees

00:16:52.500 --> 00:16:53.300
 my service

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 of him

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 and he

00:16:55.080 --> 00:16:56.040
 smells it

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 and it

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 is pleasing

00:16:57.260 --> 00:16:57.800
 to him.

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 in other

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 words when

00:17:01.039 --> 00:17:01.579
 we suffer

00:17:01.579 --> 00:17:01.859
 in the

00:17:01.859 --> 00:17:02.139
 service

00:17:02.139 --> 00:17:02.679
 of Christ

00:17:02.679 --> 00:17:03.359
 as witnesses

00:17:03.359 --> 00:17:03.779
 to the

00:17:03.779 --> 00:17:04.299
 gospel of

00:17:04.299 --> 00:17:04.559
 Jesus

00:17:04.559 --> 00:17:05.039
 Christ

00:17:05.039 --> 00:17:05.960
 it's like

00:17:05.960 --> 00:17:06.339
 Christ

00:17:06.339 --> 00:17:06.839
 suffering

00:17:06.839 --> 00:17:07.200
 for the

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 lost

00:17:07.519 --> 00:17:08.319
 and God

00:17:08.319 --> 00:17:08.960
 smells

00:17:08.960 --> 00:17:09.299
 this

00:17:09.299 --> 00:17:10.419
 fragrance

00:17:10.419 --> 00:17:10.819
 of

00:17:10.819 --> 00:17:11.419
 sacrificial

00:17:11.419 --> 00:17:12.000
 love

00:17:12.000 --> 00:17:12.480
 and it

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 pleases

00:17:13.059 --> 00:17:13.500
 him.

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 But

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 it's not

00:17:19.879 --> 00:17:20.440
 pleasing to

00:17:20.440 --> 00:17:20.839
 everyone

00:17:20.839 --> 00:17:24.099
 including

00:17:24.099 --> 00:17:25.519
 ironically

00:17:25.519 --> 00:17:25.959
 the

00:17:25.959 --> 00:17:26.559
 Corinthian

00:17:26.559 --> 00:17:27.199
 church.

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 That is

00:17:29.839 --> 00:17:30.500
 there are

00:17:30.500 --> 00:17:31.839
 heart rejoicing

00:17:31.839 --> 00:17:33.539
 and there

00:17:33.539 --> 00:17:33.759
 are

00:17:33.759 --> 00:17:34.139
 heart

00:17:34.139 --> 00:17:34.819
 breaking

00:17:34.819 --> 00:17:35.579
 parts

00:17:35.579 --> 00:17:35.939
 of our

00:17:35.939 --> 00:17:36.619
 service

00:17:36.619 --> 00:17:38.019
 to Christ

00:17:38.019 --> 00:17:38.439
 and the

00:17:38.439 --> 00:17:38.819
 gospel.

00:17:39.659 --> 00:17:40.019
 This

00:17:40.019 --> 00:17:40.559
 aroma

00:17:40.559 --> 00:17:41.279
 the

00:17:41.279 --> 00:17:41.639
 gospel

00:17:41.639 --> 00:17:41.879
 of

00:17:41.879 --> 00:17:42.199
 Jesus

00:17:42.199 --> 00:17:42.839
 Christ

00:17:42.839 --> 00:17:43.740
 divides

00:17:43.740 --> 00:17:43.959
 the

00:17:43.959 --> 00:17:44.259
 world.

00:17:44.379 --> 00:17:44.619
 Look at

00:17:44.619 --> 00:17:44.839
 the

00:17:44.839 --> 00:17:45.519
 division

00:17:45.519 --> 00:17:45.759
 in

00:17:45.759 --> 00:17:46.019
 verses

00:17:46.019 --> 00:17:47.539
 15-16

00:17:47.539 --> 00:17:49.240
 For we

00:17:49.240 --> 00:17:49.539
 are to

00:17:49.539 --> 00:17:49.799
 God

00:17:49.799 --> 00:17:49.960
 the

00:17:49.960 --> 00:17:50.319
 pleasing

00:17:50.319 --> 00:17:50.740
 aroma

00:17:50.740 --> 00:17:51.019
 of

00:17:51.019 --> 00:17:51.420
 Christ

00:17:51.420 --> 00:17:51.680
 among

00:17:51.680 --> 00:17:52.139
 those

00:17:52.139 --> 00:17:52.279
 who

00:17:52.279 --> 00:17:52.339
 are

00:17:52.339 --> 00:17:52.519
 being

00:17:52.519 --> 00:17:53.099
 saved

00:17:53.099 --> 00:17:53.799
 and

00:17:53.799 --> 00:17:54.500
 those

00:17:54.500 --> 00:17:54.680
 who

00:17:54.680 --> 00:17:54.839
 are

00:17:54.839 --> 00:17:55.420
 perishing.

00:17:56.200 --> 00:17:56.680
 To

00:17:56.680 --> 00:17:56.859
 the

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 one

00:17:57.240 --> 00:17:58.240
 we

00:17:58.240 --> 00:17:58.420
 are

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 an

00:17:58.539 --> 00:17:59.019
 aroma

00:17:59.019 --> 00:17:59.460
 that

00:17:59.460 --> 00:17:59.740
 brings

00:17:59.740 --> 00:18:00.319
 death

00:18:00.319 --> 00:18:00.639
 to

00:18:00.639 --> 00:18:00.799
 the

00:18:00.799 --> 00:18:01.079
 other

00:18:01.079 --> 00:18:01.339
 an

00:18:01.339 --> 00:18:01.700
 aroma

00:18:01.700 --> 00:18:01.980
 that

00:18:01.980 --> 00:18:02.500
 brings

00:18:02.500 --> 00:18:03.299
 life.

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 Some

00:18:04.720 --> 00:18:06.099
 smell

00:18:06.099 --> 00:18:06.519
 the

00:18:06.519 --> 00:18:07.160
 sacrificial

00:18:07.160 --> 00:18:07.819
 love

00:18:07.819 --> 00:18:08.039
 of

00:18:08.039 --> 00:18:08.359
 Jesus

00:18:08.359 --> 00:18:08.900
 from

00:18:08.900 --> 00:18:09.119
 the

00:18:09.119 --> 00:18:09.359
 lips

00:18:09.359 --> 00:18:09.500
 and

00:18:09.500 --> 00:18:09.639
 the

00:18:09.639 --> 00:18:09.940
 life

00:18:09.940 --> 00:18:10.119
 of

00:18:10.119 --> 00:18:10.639
 Christians

00:18:10.639 --> 00:18:11.759
 and

00:18:11.759 --> 00:18:11.920
 it

00:18:11.920 --> 00:18:12.500
 only

00:18:12.500 --> 00:18:13.579
 smells

00:18:13.579 --> 00:18:14.420
 like

00:18:14.420 --> 00:18:15.639
 death.

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 They

00:18:18.000 --> 00:18:18.319
 hear

00:18:18.319 --> 00:18:18.519
 the

00:18:18.519 --> 00:18:19.000
 gospel

00:18:19.000 --> 00:18:21.960
 and

00:18:21.960 --> 00:18:22.119
 all

00:18:22.119 --> 00:18:22.319
 they

00:18:22.319 --> 00:18:22.660
 hear

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 is

00:18:22.960 --> 00:18:23.660
 death.

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 They

00:18:24.519 --> 00:18:24.799
 look

00:18:24.799 --> 00:18:24.960
 to

00:18:24.960 --> 00:18:25.139
 the

00:18:25.139 --> 00:18:25.740
 cross

00:18:25.740 --> 00:18:26.579
 and

00:18:26.579 --> 00:18:26.740
 all

00:18:26.740 --> 00:18:26.940
 they

00:18:26.940 --> 00:18:27.359
 see

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 is

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 death.

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 They

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 see

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 failure.

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 They

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 see

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 no

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 life.

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 They

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 see

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 no

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 hope.

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 They

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 see

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 no

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 future,

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 no

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 joy.

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 And

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 so

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 they

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 go,

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 that

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 stinks.

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 And

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 they

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 turn

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 away

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 from

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 it.

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 And

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 if

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 they

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 turn

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 away

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 forever,

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 they

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 die.

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 That's

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 what it

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 says.

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 They

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 die

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 forever.

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 They

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 are

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 perishing.

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 The

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 smell

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 of

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 death

00:18:59.780 --> 00:19:00.580
 leads

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 to

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 death.

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 You

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 smell

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 roadkill

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 as you

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 drive

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 along

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 at

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 100

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 km

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 an

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 hour.

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 Smell

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 roadkill,

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 it's

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 because

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 something's

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 dead.

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 they

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 don't

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 believe.

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 They

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 don't

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 see

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 the

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 heartbreaking

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 side of

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 authentic

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 Christian

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 ministry.

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 There

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 are

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 people

00:19:19.539 --> 00:19:19.740
 who

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 don't

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 believe.

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 They

00:19:21.980 --> 00:19:22.279
 don't

00:19:22.279 --> 00:19:22.480
 see

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 Christ

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 as

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 precious.

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 They

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 don't

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 see his

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 suffering

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 as a

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 treasure.

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 They

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 don't

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 smell

00:19:29.440 --> 00:19:29.740
 his

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 death

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 for

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 sinners

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 as

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 the

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 sweetest

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 fragrance

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 in the

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 universe.

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 it's

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 not a

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 satisfying

00:19:37.039 --> 00:19:37.539
 fragrance.

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 It's

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 simply

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 the

00:19:38.660 --> 00:19:39.000
 smell

00:19:39.000 --> 00:19:39.279
 of

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 death

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 and

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 so

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 they

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 walk

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 away.

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 But

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 the

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 heart

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 rejoicing

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 side

00:19:51.539 --> 00:19:51.819
 of

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 Christian

00:19:52.200 --> 00:19:52.700
 ministry

00:19:52.700 --> 00:19:53.339
 is

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 also

00:19:53.680 --> 00:19:54.019
 in

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 verse

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 16

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 to

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 the

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 other

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 an

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 aroma

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 that

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 brings

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 life.

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 Those

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 who

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 are

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 being

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 saved

00:20:04.079 --> 00:20:04.699
 smell

00:20:04.699 --> 00:20:04.980
 the

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 death

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 of

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 Christ

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 as

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 an

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 aroma

00:20:07.399 --> 00:20:07.720
 of

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 life.

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 They

00:20:09.539 --> 00:20:09.980
 see

00:20:09.980 --> 00:20:10.240
 in

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 his

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 death

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 the

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 substitute

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 that

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 they

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 so

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 desperately

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 need

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 before

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 God.

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 The

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 Son

00:20:15.779 --> 00:20:15.939
 of

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 God

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 dying

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 in

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 their

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 place

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 is

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 the

00:20:17.839 --> 00:20:18.279
 fragrance

00:20:18.279 --> 00:20:18.519
 of

00:20:18.519 --> 00:20:18.879
 life

00:20:18.879 --> 00:20:19.119
 and

00:20:19.119 --> 00:20:19.299
 so

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 they

00:20:19.480 --> 00:20:19.799
 don't

00:20:19.799 --> 00:20:20.039
 turn

00:20:20.039 --> 00:20:20.500
 away.

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 They

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 believe

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 him.

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 They

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 receive

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 him.

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 They

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 embrace

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 him.

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 They

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 treasure

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 him.

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 They

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 submit

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 to

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 him

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 and

00:20:26.659 --> 00:20:26.839
 they

00:20:26.839 --> 00:20:27.480
 live

00:20:27.480 --> 00:20:28.240
 forever.

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 In

00:20:30.859 --> 00:20:31.159
 his

00:20:31.159 --> 00:20:31.559
 death

00:20:31.559 --> 00:20:31.759
 they

00:20:31.759 --> 00:20:31.960
 see

00:20:31.960 --> 00:20:32.559
 life.

00:20:32.559 --> 00:20:34.559
 smelling

00:20:34.559 --> 00:20:35.039
 Christ

00:20:35.039 --> 00:20:35.240
 is

00:20:35.240 --> 00:20:35.399
 the

00:20:35.399 --> 00:20:35.980
 aroma

00:20:35.980 --> 00:20:36.359
 of

00:20:36.359 --> 00:20:36.960
 life

00:20:36.960 --> 00:20:37.179
 that

00:20:37.179 --> 00:20:37.579
 gives

00:20:37.579 --> 00:20:38.139
 life.

00:20:40.599 --> 00:20:40.679
 And

00:20:40.679 --> 00:20:41.099
 authentic

00:20:41.099 --> 00:20:41.480
 gospel

00:20:41.480 --> 00:20:41.899
 ministry

00:20:41.899 --> 00:20:42.259
 is

00:20:42.259 --> 00:20:42.759
 spreading

00:20:42.759 --> 00:20:43.039
 the

00:20:43.039 --> 00:20:43.619
 fragrance

00:20:43.619 --> 00:20:43.899
 of

00:20:43.899 --> 00:20:44.299
 Jesus

00:20:44.299 --> 00:20:45.079
 by

00:20:45.079 --> 00:20:45.460
 speaking

00:20:45.460 --> 00:20:45.759
 the

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 truth

00:20:46.519 --> 00:20:47.639
 of

00:20:47.639 --> 00:20:47.819
 the

00:20:47.819 --> 00:20:48.179
 gospel

00:20:48.179 --> 00:20:48.419
 of

00:20:48.419 --> 00:20:48.799
 Jesus

00:20:48.799 --> 00:20:50.099
 knowing

00:20:50.099 --> 00:20:50.339
 that

00:20:50.339 --> 00:20:50.519
 the

00:20:50.519 --> 00:20:51.119
 triumphant

00:20:51.119 --> 00:20:51.599
 God

00:20:51.599 --> 00:20:52.399
 speaks

00:20:52.399 --> 00:20:52.940
 through

00:20:52.940 --> 00:20:53.480
 us

00:20:53.480 --> 00:20:55.000
 bringing

00:20:55.000 --> 00:20:55.399
 both

00:20:55.399 --> 00:20:55.899
 salvation

00:20:55.899 --> 00:20:56.339
 and

00:20:56.339 --> 00:20:56.740
 judgment.

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 we

00:20:59.259 --> 00:20:59.460
 don't

00:20:59.460 --> 00:20:59.859
 control

00:20:59.859 --> 00:21:00.160
 that.

00:21:02.160 --> 00:21:02.839
 We're

00:21:02.839 --> 00:21:02.960
 going to

00:21:02.960 --> 00:21:03.299
 see more

00:21:03.299 --> 00:21:03.519
 of this

00:21:03.519 --> 00:21:04.039
 next week

00:21:04.039 --> 00:21:04.779
 in chapter

00:21:04.779 --> 00:21:05.120
 four.

00:21:07.460 --> 00:21:07.759
 And so

00:21:07.759 --> 00:21:08.160
 Paul

00:21:08.160 --> 00:21:08.859
 asked this

00:21:08.859 --> 00:21:09.339
 really

00:21:09.339 --> 00:21:10.299
 crucial

00:21:10.299 --> 00:21:11.059
 question

00:21:11.059 --> 00:21:11.620
 in verse

00:21:11.620 --> 00:21:12.220
 16.

00:21:14.440 --> 00:21:15.000
 Who

00:21:15.000 --> 00:21:15.500
 is

00:21:15.500 --> 00:21:16.079
 equal

00:21:16.079 --> 00:21:16.799
 to such

00:21:16.799 --> 00:21:17.480
 a task?

00:21:19.599 --> 00:21:20.279
 Knowing

00:21:20.279 --> 00:21:20.519
 that

00:21:20.519 --> 00:21:21.319
 eternity

00:21:21.319 --> 00:21:21.880
 is at

00:21:21.880 --> 00:21:22.400
 stake

00:21:22.400 --> 00:21:22.700
 through

00:21:22.700 --> 00:21:22.960
 my

00:21:22.960 --> 00:21:23.460
 lips

00:21:23.460 --> 00:21:23.620
 and

00:21:23.620 --> 00:21:23.740
 through

00:21:23.740 --> 00:21:23.920
 my

00:21:23.920 --> 00:21:24.400
 life

00:21:24.400 --> 00:21:25.079
 who

00:21:25.079 --> 00:21:25.339
 can

00:21:25.339 --> 00:21:25.920
 carry

00:21:25.920 --> 00:21:26.200
 that

00:21:26.200 --> 00:21:26.700
 burden?

00:21:26.740 --> 00:21:29.859
 people

00:21:29.859 --> 00:21:30.500
 everywhere

00:21:30.500 --> 00:21:30.960
 are coming

00:21:30.960 --> 00:21:31.579
 to life

00:21:31.579 --> 00:21:32.299
 or death

00:21:32.299 --> 00:21:32.880
 through

00:21:32.880 --> 00:21:33.440
 me

00:21:33.440 --> 00:21:34.140
 representing

00:21:34.140 --> 00:21:34.740
 Christ.

00:21:34.880 --> 00:21:35.120
 Who

00:21:35.120 --> 00:21:35.319
 can

00:21:35.319 --> 00:21:35.599
 carry

00:21:35.599 --> 00:21:35.799
 that

00:21:35.799 --> 00:21:35.980
 burden?

00:21:36.200 --> 00:21:36.339
 Who

00:21:36.339 --> 00:21:36.579
 can

00:21:36.579 --> 00:21:37.160
 carry

00:21:37.160 --> 00:21:37.380
 that

00:21:37.380 --> 00:21:37.819
 weight?

00:21:45.140 --> 00:21:45.660
 Paul

00:21:45.660 --> 00:21:45.880
 says,

00:21:45.960 --> 00:21:46.240
 I am.

00:21:47.180 --> 00:21:48.000
 I can.

00:21:52.059 --> 00:21:52.620
 Not

00:21:52.620 --> 00:21:53.079
 because

00:21:53.079 --> 00:21:53.559
 I am

00:21:53.559 --> 00:21:54.140
 sufficient,

00:21:54.480 --> 00:21:55.140
 he says.

00:21:55.400 --> 00:21:55.579
 Not

00:21:55.579 --> 00:21:55.799
 because

00:21:55.799 --> 00:21:56.220
 you're

00:21:56.220 --> 00:21:56.680
 sufficient.

00:21:59.839 --> 00:22:00.240
 Because

00:22:00.240 --> 00:22:00.400
 we

00:22:00.400 --> 00:22:00.839
 constantly

00:22:00.839 --> 00:22:01.160
 second

00:22:01.160 --> 00:22:01.440
 guess

00:22:01.440 --> 00:22:01.940
 ourselves.

00:22:02.259 --> 00:22:02.640
 Can I

00:22:02.640 --> 00:22:02.779
 do

00:22:02.779 --> 00:22:02.960
 this?

00:22:03.019 --> 00:22:03.259
 Can I

00:22:03.259 --> 00:22:03.519
 bear the

00:22:03.519 --> 00:22:03.799
 weight of

00:22:03.799 --> 00:22:04.360
 being the

00:22:04.360 --> 00:22:04.920
 aroma of

00:22:04.920 --> 00:22:05.360
 Christ at

00:22:05.360 --> 00:22:05.680
 home and

00:22:05.680 --> 00:22:06.299
 at work and

00:22:06.299 --> 00:22:07.079
 on social

00:22:07.079 --> 00:22:07.440
 media and

00:22:07.440 --> 00:22:07.620
 in the

00:22:07.620 --> 00:22:07.940
 playground?

00:22:08.420 --> 00:22:08.740
 And by

00:22:08.740 --> 00:22:09.200
 God's

00:22:09.200 --> 00:22:09.559
 grace,

00:22:09.640 --> 00:22:10.019
 his word

00:22:10.019 --> 00:22:10.259
 to us

00:22:10.259 --> 00:22:10.579
 here is,

00:22:10.680 --> 00:22:10.839
 yes,

00:22:10.920 --> 00:22:11.559
 you can.

00:22:12.380 --> 00:22:13.220
 You can

00:22:13.220 --> 00:22:13.819
 carry that

00:22:13.819 --> 00:22:14.220
 weight.

00:22:15.440 --> 00:22:15.819
 Chapter

00:22:15.819 --> 00:22:16.720
 3,

00:22:16.839 --> 00:22:17.539
 verse 5,

00:22:17.900 --> 00:22:18.120
 our

00:22:18.120 --> 00:22:18.960
 competence

00:22:18.960 --> 00:22:20.259
 comes

00:22:20.259 --> 00:22:21.339
 from

00:22:21.339 --> 00:22:22.660
 God.

00:22:22.660 --> 00:22:24.360
 God's

00:22:24.360 --> 00:22:24.640
 grace,

00:22:24.720 --> 00:22:25.040
 we can

00:22:25.040 --> 00:22:25.519
 bear the

00:22:25.519 --> 00:22:25.980
 weight of

00:22:25.980 --> 00:22:26.340
 being the

00:22:26.340 --> 00:22:27.019
 aroma of

00:22:27.019 --> 00:22:28.300
 Christ wherever

00:22:28.300 --> 00:22:29.400
 he has

00:22:29.400 --> 00:22:30.180
 sovereignly

00:22:30.180 --> 00:22:31.060
 placed us.

00:22:33.120 --> 00:22:34.180
 It is God

00:22:34.180 --> 00:22:34.700
 who speaks

00:22:34.700 --> 00:22:35.500
 through us as

00:22:35.500 --> 00:22:36.220
 we speak the

00:22:36.220 --> 00:22:37.460
 gospel because

00:22:37.460 --> 00:22:38.220
 God speaks

00:22:38.220 --> 00:22:38.560
 through the

00:22:38.560 --> 00:22:39.040
 gospel of

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 Jesus Christ

00:22:39.759 --> 00:22:41.300
 crucified for

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 our sin and

00:22:42.040 --> 00:22:42.820
 race triumphant

00:22:42.820 --> 00:22:43.860
 over sin and

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 death.

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 can I just

00:22:47.420 --> 00:22:47.880
 say it would

00:22:47.880 --> 00:22:48.259
 be really

00:22:48.259 --> 00:22:48.620
 good to

00:22:48.620 --> 00:22:49.360
 remember that

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 really,

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 really good to

00:22:52.559 --> 00:22:53.220
 remember that

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 the next time

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 we think that

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 we've got

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 nothing to say

00:22:55.339 --> 00:22:55.740
 in front of

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 our friends

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 around the

00:22:56.720 --> 00:22:57.279
 dinner table

00:22:57.279 --> 00:22:58.259
 who are not

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 Christians.

00:23:01.019 --> 00:23:01.559
 It would be

00:23:01.559 --> 00:23:02.140
 really good to

00:23:02.140 --> 00:23:02.579
 remember that

00:23:02.579 --> 00:23:03.299
 the next time

00:23:03.299 --> 00:23:03.680
 you're leading

00:23:03.680 --> 00:23:04.180
 a community

00:23:04.180 --> 00:23:04.799
 group and it

00:23:04.799 --> 00:23:05.220
 isn't going

00:23:05.220 --> 00:23:05.940
 so well or

00:23:05.940 --> 00:23:06.500
 a youth group

00:23:06.500 --> 00:23:06.900
 or sharing

00:23:06.900 --> 00:23:07.460
 with a colleague

00:23:07.460 --> 00:23:08.600
 or you're

00:23:08.600 --> 00:23:08.940
 running a

00:23:08.940 --> 00:23:09.539
 ministry and

00:23:09.539 --> 00:23:09.960
 it just seems

00:23:09.960 --> 00:23:10.480
 like nothing's

00:23:10.480 --> 00:23:10.839
 happening.

00:23:11.180 --> 00:23:11.700
 Really good to

00:23:11.700 --> 00:23:12.220
 remember that.

00:23:14.220 --> 00:23:16.539
 the gospel

00:23:16.539 --> 00:23:17.460
 is what we've

00:23:17.460 --> 00:23:18.620
 got and it

00:23:18.620 --> 00:23:20.000
 is sufficient.

00:23:21.299 --> 00:23:21.960
 We're going to

00:23:21.960 --> 00:23:22.640
 talk more about

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 this next week.

00:23:23.880 --> 00:23:24.860
 The gospel is

00:23:24.860 --> 00:23:25.759
 what we've got

00:23:25.759 --> 00:23:27.059
 and it is

00:23:27.059 --> 00:23:28.039
 sufficient.

00:23:30.579 --> 00:23:31.519
 It's not about

00:23:31.519 --> 00:23:32.279
 our personalities,

00:23:32.799 --> 00:23:33.460
 not about our

00:23:33.460 --> 00:23:35.620
 giftedness or

00:23:35.620 --> 00:23:37.180
 our knowledge or

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 even our

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 weakness.

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 And this leads

00:23:42.019 --> 00:23:42.380
 us to the

00:23:42.380 --> 00:23:43.059
 second point that

00:23:43.059 --> 00:23:43.500
 I have about

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 authentic ministry.

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 It's in verses

00:23:45.059 --> 00:23:46.579
 3 to 11 of

00:23:46.579 --> 00:23:47.279
 chapter 3.

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 Authentic

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 ministry, what

00:23:50.500 --> 00:23:51.839
 it does, it

00:23:51.839 --> 00:23:53.720
 changes people.

00:23:55.299 --> 00:23:56.200
 God not only

00:23:56.200 --> 00:23:56.960
 speaks through

00:23:56.960 --> 00:23:57.819
 the gospel but

00:23:57.819 --> 00:23:58.700
 God changes

00:23:58.700 --> 00:24:00.220
 people through

00:24:00.220 --> 00:24:00.859
 the gospel.

00:24:02.200 --> 00:24:02.619
 Now Paul

00:24:02.619 --> 00:24:03.519
 flashes this out

00:24:03.519 --> 00:24:04.319
 for us, first

00:24:04.319 --> 00:24:05.279
 of all, by

00:24:05.279 --> 00:24:06.740
 mentioning how

00:24:06.740 --> 00:24:07.400
 God has

00:24:07.400 --> 00:24:08.039
 changed the

00:24:08.039 --> 00:24:08.420
 Corinthians

00:24:08.420 --> 00:24:10.640
 themselves in

00:24:10.640 --> 00:24:11.460
 verses 1 to 4

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 of chapter 3.

00:24:12.119 --> 00:24:13.119
 ministry.

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 And then

00:24:13.239 --> 00:24:14.679
 secondly, by

00:24:14.679 --> 00:24:16.059
 telling us about

00:24:16.059 --> 00:24:16.859
 the kind of

00:24:16.859 --> 00:24:18.379
 change-producing

00:24:18.379 --> 00:24:19.899
 ministry that

00:24:19.899 --> 00:24:21.619
 God has given

00:24:21.619 --> 00:24:23.419
 to Christians

00:24:23.419 --> 00:24:26.039
 in verses 5 to

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 11, chapter 3.

00:24:28.239 --> 00:24:29.000
 Now Paul's

00:24:29.000 --> 00:24:29.679
 opponents of

00:24:29.679 --> 00:24:30.259
 Corinth were

00:24:30.259 --> 00:24:31.859
 saying, you

00:24:31.859 --> 00:24:32.939
 know, Paul can't

00:24:32.939 --> 00:24:33.579
 be an authentic

00:24:33.579 --> 00:24:35.039
 apostle of Jesus

00:24:35.039 --> 00:24:36.159
 Christ because,

00:24:36.319 --> 00:24:36.719
 you know, frankly,

00:24:36.779 --> 00:24:37.159
 look at his

00:24:37.159 --> 00:24:37.599
 ministry.

00:24:37.599 --> 00:24:38.099
 He's always

00:24:38.099 --> 00:24:38.619
 rejected.

00:24:38.719 --> 00:24:39.359
 He's always in

00:24:39.359 --> 00:24:39.719
 jail.

00:24:40.000 --> 00:24:40.419
 People are

00:24:40.419 --> 00:24:40.779
 running him

00:24:40.779 --> 00:24:41.399
 out of town.

00:24:41.579 --> 00:24:41.859
 They're rejecting

00:24:41.859 --> 00:24:42.119
 you know.

00:24:44.099 --> 00:24:45.119
 Where's the

00:24:45.119 --> 00:24:46.299
 massive crusades

00:24:46.299 --> 00:24:46.919
 and thousands

00:24:46.919 --> 00:24:47.779
 of people coming

00:24:47.779 --> 00:24:48.379
 to life?

00:24:49.079 --> 00:24:49.659
 Where's that

00:24:49.659 --> 00:24:50.000
 happening?

00:24:51.859 --> 00:24:52.559
 He doesn't

00:24:52.559 --> 00:24:53.500
 seem to display

00:24:53.500 --> 00:24:54.719
 the results that

00:24:54.719 --> 00:24:55.819
 you would expect

00:24:55.819 --> 00:24:56.899
 if his ministry

00:24:56.899 --> 00:24:57.479
 was authentic.

00:24:59.399 --> 00:25:00.179
 And so Paul's

00:25:00.179 --> 00:25:01.219
 reply was,

00:25:01.939 --> 00:25:03.359
 guys, kind of

00:25:03.359 --> 00:25:04.759
 awkward, but

00:25:04.759 --> 00:25:05.839
 have a look

00:25:05.839 --> 00:25:06.819
 around because

00:25:06.819 --> 00:25:08.799
 before I came

00:25:08.799 --> 00:25:09.579
 to town with

00:25:09.579 --> 00:25:10.339
 the gospel in

00:25:10.339 --> 00:25:11.539
 Corinth, you

00:25:11.539 --> 00:25:12.039
 didn't even

00:25:12.039 --> 00:25:13.500
 exist as a

00:25:13.500 --> 00:25:13.819
 church.

00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:14.939
 You weren't

00:25:14.939 --> 00:25:15.740
 even there.

00:25:16.279 --> 00:25:16.720
 In other

00:25:16.720 --> 00:25:17.959
 words, you

00:25:17.959 --> 00:25:18.899
 are the fruit

00:25:18.899 --> 00:25:19.740
 of my ministry.

00:25:20.240 --> 00:25:20.599
 Awkward to

00:25:20.599 --> 00:25:21.379
 point it out,

00:25:21.519 --> 00:25:22.339
 but the

00:25:22.339 --> 00:25:23.259
 changes being

00:25:23.259 --> 00:25:24.099
 brought around

00:25:24.099 --> 00:25:24.639
 through the

00:25:24.639 --> 00:25:25.679
 gospel came

00:25:25.679 --> 00:25:27.000
 through me to

00:25:27.000 --> 00:25:27.539
 you.

00:25:28.319 --> 00:25:29.399
 You're my

00:25:29.399 --> 00:25:30.459
 letter of

00:25:30.459 --> 00:25:31.659
 commendation.

00:25:31.660 --> 00:25:34.800
 I don't

00:25:34.800 --> 00:25:35.420
 need the

00:25:35.420 --> 00:25:35.980
 degrees on

00:25:35.980 --> 00:25:36.620
 the wall.

00:25:37.420 --> 00:25:37.740
 I don't

00:25:37.740 --> 00:25:38.240
 need letters

00:25:38.240 --> 00:25:38.779
 of support

00:25:38.779 --> 00:25:39.160
 from the

00:25:39.160 --> 00:25:39.519
 mayor of

00:25:39.519 --> 00:25:39.940
 Athens.

00:25:40.640 --> 00:25:41.180
 You've got

00:25:41.180 --> 00:25:43.220
 you are my

00:25:43.220 --> 00:25:43.900
 commendation.

00:25:44.440 --> 00:25:45.200
 You are the

00:25:45.200 --> 00:25:47.019
 result of

00:25:47.019 --> 00:25:47.560
 my ministry.

00:25:48.779 --> 00:25:49.540
 In other

00:25:49.540 --> 00:25:49.920
 words, the

00:25:49.920 --> 00:25:50.540
 Corinthian church

00:25:50.540 --> 00:25:51.060
 is his

00:25:51.060 --> 00:25:51.600
 boast.

00:25:52.279 --> 00:25:52.779
 They are the

00:25:52.779 --> 00:25:53.480
 proof of his

00:25:53.480 --> 00:25:53.900
 ministry.

00:25:55.680 --> 00:25:56.800
 The lasting

00:25:56.800 --> 00:25:58.500
 fruit of

00:25:58.500 --> 00:25:59.640
 authentic gospel

00:25:59.640 --> 00:26:00.840
 ministry is

00:26:00.840 --> 00:26:01.640
 people.

00:26:01.660 --> 00:26:01.759
 people.

00:26:04.080 --> 00:26:04.840
 Changed

00:26:04.840 --> 00:26:06.700
 people are

00:26:06.700 --> 00:26:07.380
 the lasting

00:26:07.380 --> 00:26:07.900
 fruit of

00:26:07.900 --> 00:26:08.640
 authentic gospel

00:26:08.640 --> 00:26:09.060
 ministry.

00:26:10.180 --> 00:26:11.120
 Not the

00:26:11.120 --> 00:26:11.660
 size of the

00:26:11.660 --> 00:26:12.860
 church, not

00:26:12.860 --> 00:26:14.080
 our mastery of

00:26:14.080 --> 00:26:15.720
 theology, not

00:26:15.720 --> 00:26:16.540
 the books we

00:26:16.540 --> 00:26:18.240
 write, not

00:26:18.240 --> 00:26:19.160
 the talks we

00:26:19.160 --> 00:26:20.700
 give, not

00:26:20.700 --> 00:26:21.680
 the number of

00:26:21.680 --> 00:26:22.400
 programs we

00:26:22.400 --> 00:26:23.500
 run, not

00:26:23.500 --> 00:26:24.120
 the budget

00:26:24.120 --> 00:26:25.000
 being met,

00:26:27.300 --> 00:26:30.180
 or any

00:26:30.180 --> 00:26:30.800
 other metric

00:26:30.800 --> 00:26:31.220
 you want to

00:26:31.220 --> 00:26:31.900
 throw at it.

00:26:33.900 --> 00:26:34.620
 Not the

00:26:34.620 --> 00:26:35.039
 number of

00:26:35.039 --> 00:26:35.799
 gospel endeavors

00:26:35.799 --> 00:26:36.440
 we support

00:26:36.440 --> 00:26:36.920
 around the

00:26:36.920 --> 00:26:37.480
 world or the

00:26:37.480 --> 00:26:38.000
 value of our

00:26:38.000 --> 00:26:38.380
 property.

00:26:38.680 --> 00:26:40.299
 People are the

00:26:40.299 --> 00:26:41.259
 lasting fruit.

00:26:42.600 --> 00:26:43.079
 People have

00:26:43.079 --> 00:26:43.640
 been changed

00:26:43.640 --> 00:26:44.299
 by God

00:26:44.299 --> 00:26:44.680
 through the

00:26:44.680 --> 00:26:45.460
 gospel that

00:26:45.460 --> 00:26:45.720
 has been

00:26:45.720 --> 00:26:46.860
 spoken by

00:26:46.860 --> 00:26:47.460
 us.

00:26:48.000 --> 00:26:48.360
 God

00:26:48.360 --> 00:26:49.360
 eternally

00:26:49.360 --> 00:26:51.079
 changes people

00:26:51.079 --> 00:26:51.680
 through the

00:26:51.680 --> 00:26:52.720
 gospel that

00:26:52.720 --> 00:26:53.339
 has saved

00:26:53.339 --> 00:26:54.559
 us and that

00:26:54.559 --> 00:26:55.120
 we proclaim.

00:26:55.299 --> 00:26:55.740
 That is the

00:26:55.740 --> 00:26:56.380
 heart of what

00:26:56.380 --> 00:26:57.120
 God has given

00:26:57.120 --> 00:26:57.759
 us to do

00:26:57.759 --> 00:26:58.319
 while we

00:26:58.319 --> 00:26:58.640
 are on

00:26:58.640 --> 00:26:58.839
 this

00:26:58.839 --> 00:26:59.160
 planet.

00:27:01.319 --> 00:27:01.799
 And then,

00:27:03.420 --> 00:27:03.940
 sorry, that's

00:27:03.940 --> 00:27:04.359
 what it says in

00:27:04.359 --> 00:27:04.879
 verse 6.

00:27:05.379 --> 00:27:06.059
 God has

00:27:06.059 --> 00:27:06.759
 made us

00:27:06.759 --> 00:27:07.180
 competent

00:27:07.180 --> 00:27:08.460
 ministers of

00:27:08.460 --> 00:27:08.879
 a new

00:27:08.879 --> 00:27:10.200
 covenant, not

00:27:10.200 --> 00:27:10.660
 of the

00:27:10.660 --> 00:27:11.180
 letter, but

00:27:11.180 --> 00:27:11.480
 of the

00:27:11.480 --> 00:27:12.039
 spirit, for

00:27:12.039 --> 00:27:12.339
 the letter

00:27:12.339 --> 00:27:13.519
 kills, but

00:27:13.519 --> 00:27:14.140
 the spirit

00:27:14.140 --> 00:27:16.039
 gives life.

00:27:16.039 --> 00:27:17.960
 Now, if

00:27:17.960 --> 00:27:18.379
 you're starting

00:27:18.379 --> 00:27:18.940
 to doze off

00:27:18.940 --> 00:27:19.339
 right now,

00:27:19.440 --> 00:27:19.799
 stick with

00:27:19.799 --> 00:27:20.240
 me here,

00:27:21.119 --> 00:27:22.019
 because I

00:27:22.019 --> 00:27:22.759
 want to

00:27:22.759 --> 00:27:24.159
 just keep

00:27:24.159 --> 00:27:25.420
 unpacking a

00:27:25.420 --> 00:27:25.980
 little bit

00:27:25.980 --> 00:27:27.319
 what authentic

00:27:27.319 --> 00:27:28.379
 ministry does

00:27:28.379 --> 00:27:28.960
 in changing

00:27:28.960 --> 00:27:29.420
 people.

00:27:29.519 --> 00:27:29.859
 What does it

00:27:29.859 --> 00:27:30.259
 do?

00:27:31.460 --> 00:27:31.879
 What's

00:27:31.879 --> 00:27:33.440
 happening in

00:27:33.440 --> 00:27:34.019
 this change?

00:27:34.059 --> 00:27:34.379
 What sort of

00:27:34.379 --> 00:27:34.940
 change are we

00:27:34.940 --> 00:27:35.480
 looking at?

00:27:37.759 --> 00:27:39.000
 The contrast

00:27:39.000 --> 00:27:39.839
 that Paul works

00:27:39.839 --> 00:27:40.539
 with in verses

00:27:40.539 --> 00:27:42.700
 6 to 11 is

00:27:42.700 --> 00:27:43.759
 pretty straightforward.

00:27:44.339 --> 00:27:45.019
 He has in

00:27:45.019 --> 00:27:45.720
 mind Exodus

00:27:45.720 --> 00:27:46.640
 33, which is

00:27:46.640 --> 00:27:47.039
 on the back

00:27:47.039 --> 00:27:47.519
 of your

00:27:47.519 --> 00:27:48.400
 service sheet.

00:27:49.120 --> 00:27:50.200
 Exodus 33,

00:27:50.539 --> 00:27:51.079
 that was just

00:27:51.079 --> 00:27:51.519
 read out.

00:27:51.839 --> 00:27:52.279
 And he's

00:27:52.279 --> 00:27:52.819
 saying,

00:27:53.980 --> 00:27:57.539
 God really

00:27:57.539 --> 00:27:58.380
 worked through

00:27:58.380 --> 00:27:59.579
 Moses at

00:27:59.579 --> 00:28:00.620
 Mount Sinai

00:28:00.620 --> 00:28:01.220
 and the old

00:28:01.220 --> 00:28:02.000
 covenant of

00:28:02.000 --> 00:28:02.440
 the law.

00:28:03.279 --> 00:28:05.100
 It was a

00:28:05.100 --> 00:28:06.480
 clear display

00:28:06.480 --> 00:28:07.339
 of the power

00:28:07.339 --> 00:28:07.819
 of God.

00:28:07.900 --> 00:28:08.240
 It was

00:28:08.240 --> 00:28:09.160
 spectacular.

00:28:10.039 --> 00:28:10.819
 It was

00:28:10.819 --> 00:28:12.200
 clouds

00:28:12.200 --> 00:28:12.900
 descending,

00:28:13.740 --> 00:28:14.579
 fire,

00:28:14.960 --> 00:28:15.299
 and

00:28:15.299 --> 00:28:16.180
 mountain

00:28:16.180 --> 00:28:16.940
 shaking,

00:28:16.940 --> 00:28:18.940
 and just

00:28:18.940 --> 00:28:20.139
 awesome.

00:28:20.339 --> 00:28:21.139
 I just

00:28:21.139 --> 00:28:21.500
 think,

00:28:21.619 --> 00:28:21.960
 wouldn't it

00:28:21.960 --> 00:28:22.779
 be great

00:28:22.779 --> 00:28:23.359
 nowadays?

00:28:23.980 --> 00:28:24.440
 What would

00:28:24.440 --> 00:28:25.359
 happen at

00:28:25.359 --> 00:28:27.279
 Chatswood if

00:28:27.279 --> 00:28:28.599
 I was to

00:28:28.599 --> 00:28:29.299
 get up week

00:28:29.299 --> 00:28:29.960
 after week,

00:28:30.019 --> 00:28:30.559
 and when I

00:28:30.559 --> 00:28:31.460
 spoke, the

00:28:31.460 --> 00:28:32.419
 foundations of

00:28:32.419 --> 00:28:33.039
 this building

00:28:33.039 --> 00:28:33.980
 shook, and the

00:28:33.980 --> 00:28:34.960
 cloud descended,

00:28:35.180 --> 00:28:36.240
 and just hold

00:28:36.240 --> 00:28:36.700
 on, I'm just

00:28:36.700 --> 00:28:37.279
 talking to God

00:28:37.279 --> 00:28:37.639
 people.

00:28:37.640 --> 00:28:42.480
 baptismal waters

00:28:42.480 --> 00:28:43.280
 were parted,

00:28:43.420 --> 00:28:44.580
 and just

00:28:44.580 --> 00:28:45.740
 imagine people

00:28:45.740 --> 00:28:46.640
 would flock to

00:28:46.640 --> 00:28:47.140
 it because

00:28:47.140 --> 00:28:48.160
 this is

00:28:48.160 --> 00:28:49.080
 spectacular

00:28:49.080 --> 00:28:49.759
 ministry.

00:28:49.920 --> 00:28:50.420
 This is the

00:28:50.420 --> 00:28:51.300
 power stuff

00:28:51.300 --> 00:28:51.920
 we've been

00:28:51.920 --> 00:28:52.860
 looking for.

00:28:52.859 --> 00:28:52.959
 Paul.

00:28:57.500 --> 00:28:58.119
 Paul's saying,

00:28:58.199 --> 00:28:58.740
 God did

00:28:58.740 --> 00:28:59.699
 amazing stuff

00:28:59.699 --> 00:29:00.379
 through Moses,

00:29:01.099 --> 00:29:02.299
 spectacular,

00:29:03.179 --> 00:29:06.119
 but now God

00:29:06.119 --> 00:29:06.719
 has made us

00:29:06.719 --> 00:29:07.299
 servants of a

00:29:07.299 --> 00:29:07.819
 new covenant,

00:29:08.659 --> 00:29:09.759
 a new way of

00:29:09.759 --> 00:29:10.579
 working rather

00:29:10.579 --> 00:29:11.259
 that comes from

00:29:11.259 --> 00:29:11.959
 the Spirit of

00:29:11.959 --> 00:29:13.359
 God rather than

00:29:13.359 --> 00:29:14.459
 words written on

00:29:14.459 --> 00:29:15.559
 tablets of stone.

00:29:16.699 --> 00:29:17.819
 A new way of

00:29:17.819 --> 00:29:18.699
 working brings

00:29:18.699 --> 00:29:20.039
 life rather than

00:29:20.039 --> 00:29:20.339
 death.

00:29:20.339 --> 00:29:21.799
 Now, that was

00:29:21.799 --> 00:29:22.359
 the awkward bit

00:29:22.359 --> 00:29:22.799
 about that

00:29:22.799 --> 00:29:23.319
 passage.

00:29:26.579 --> 00:29:27.579
 What Paul is

00:29:27.579 --> 00:29:28.659
 trying to achieve

00:29:28.659 --> 00:29:30.039
 here is our

00:29:30.039 --> 00:29:31.599
 confidence in

00:29:31.599 --> 00:29:32.500
 gospel ministry

00:29:32.500 --> 00:29:34.579
 when we're losing

00:29:34.579 --> 00:29:35.759
 confidence in the

00:29:35.759 --> 00:29:36.359
 face of gospel

00:29:36.359 --> 00:29:36.679
 ministry.

00:29:36.779 --> 00:29:37.079
 That's what he's

00:29:37.079 --> 00:29:37.500
 trying to do

00:29:37.500 --> 00:29:37.879
 here.

00:29:39.539 --> 00:29:40.519
 In the face of

00:29:40.519 --> 00:29:41.399
 hardship and guilt

00:29:41.399 --> 00:29:42.119
 and rejection and

00:29:42.119 --> 00:29:42.480
 apparent

00:29:42.480 --> 00:29:43.379
 ineffectiveness,

00:29:43.699 --> 00:29:45.299
 his answer is

00:29:45.299 --> 00:29:46.179
 that God

00:29:46.179 --> 00:29:48.480
 miraculously speaks

00:29:48.480 --> 00:29:49.299
 through the gospel

00:29:49.299 --> 00:29:50.099
 message of the

00:29:50.099 --> 00:29:50.439
 death and

00:29:50.439 --> 00:29:51.039
 resurrection of

00:29:51.039 --> 00:29:51.859
 Jesus Christ

00:29:51.859 --> 00:29:53.439
 to bring people

00:29:53.439 --> 00:29:55.099
 to new and

00:29:55.099 --> 00:29:56.679
 eternal life and

00:29:56.679 --> 00:29:57.759
 they are changed

00:29:57.759 --> 00:29:58.319
 forever.

00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:00.559
 Now, Moses'

00:30:00.740 --> 00:30:01.219
 ministry in the

00:30:01.219 --> 00:30:01.939
 Old Testament was

00:30:01.939 --> 00:30:03.579
 very spectacular.

00:30:03.779 --> 00:30:04.559
 It was very

00:30:04.559 --> 00:30:05.079
 impressive.

00:30:05.679 --> 00:30:06.740
 Massive, visible

00:30:06.740 --> 00:30:07.579
 signs of God's

00:30:07.579 --> 00:30:08.639
 presence and

00:30:08.639 --> 00:30:10.219
 Paul says that

00:30:10.219 --> 00:30:11.079
 the proclamation

00:30:11.079 --> 00:30:13.219
 of the gospel in

00:30:13.219 --> 00:30:14.179
 the power of the

00:30:14.179 --> 00:30:15.980
 Spirit leaves

00:30:15.980 --> 00:30:17.559
 Moses' ministry

00:30:17.559 --> 00:30:18.440
 for dead.

00:30:23.440 --> 00:30:24.859
 And he says in

00:30:24.859 --> 00:30:25.639
 chapter 5,

00:30:26.619 --> 00:30:28.059
 you won't get

00:30:28.059 --> 00:30:30.039
 that if you

00:30:30.039 --> 00:30:31.019
 have the attitude

00:30:31.019 --> 00:30:32.779
 of the super

00:30:32.779 --> 00:30:34.279
 apostles who only

00:30:34.279 --> 00:30:34.980
 look at things from

00:30:34.980 --> 00:30:35.539
 the outside,

00:30:36.099 --> 00:30:37.419
 who just want

00:30:37.419 --> 00:30:38.559
 external,

00:30:39.099 --> 00:30:40.559
 physical displays

00:30:40.559 --> 00:30:41.339
 of success,

00:30:41.779 --> 00:30:42.299
 you won't

00:30:42.299 --> 00:30:42.940
 understand.

00:30:43.259 --> 00:30:43.859
 Gospel, true

00:30:43.859 --> 00:30:44.619
 gospel impact.

00:30:48.899 --> 00:30:49.459
 Moses'

00:30:49.659 --> 00:30:50.259
 ministry was

00:30:50.259 --> 00:30:51.539
 quite remarkable

00:30:51.539 --> 00:30:56.719
 except for

00:30:56.719 --> 00:30:58.799
 the fact that

00:30:58.799 --> 00:30:59.639
 it couldn't bring

00:30:59.639 --> 00:31:00.379
 change in

00:31:00.379 --> 00:31:01.539
 anyone's life.

00:31:03.079 --> 00:31:03.919
 That should be

00:31:03.919 --> 00:31:04.699
 pretty obvious to

00:31:04.699 --> 00:31:05.000
 us.

00:31:05.639 --> 00:31:06.939
 When Moses was

00:31:06.939 --> 00:31:07.899
 up on Mount

00:31:07.899 --> 00:31:08.699
 Sinai,

00:31:09.199 --> 00:31:10.959
 3,000 people

00:31:10.959 --> 00:31:11.679
 died at the

00:31:11.679 --> 00:31:12.079
 foot of the

00:31:12.079 --> 00:31:12.619
 mountain as a

00:31:12.619 --> 00:31:13.079
 result of their

00:31:13.079 --> 00:31:13.779
 disobedience.

00:31:16.039 --> 00:31:17.279
 In the midst

00:31:17.279 --> 00:31:17.799
 of the

00:31:17.799 --> 00:31:19.099
 spectacular display

00:31:19.099 --> 00:31:20.619
 of the glory

00:31:20.619 --> 00:31:21.479
 of God,

00:31:22.159 --> 00:31:23.839
 3,000 people

00:31:23.839 --> 00:31:25.179
 died because

00:31:25.179 --> 00:31:25.759
 they couldn't

00:31:25.759 --> 00:31:26.779
 even obey

00:31:26.779 --> 00:31:28.539
 10 simple

00:31:28.539 --> 00:31:29.279
 rules.

00:31:34.659 --> 00:31:36.079
 They had

00:31:36.079 --> 00:31:36.619
 in their

00:31:36.619 --> 00:31:37.459
 possession

00:31:37.459 --> 00:31:39.759
 tablets

00:31:39.759 --> 00:31:41.339
 written on

00:31:41.339 --> 00:31:41.740
 by the

00:31:41.740 --> 00:31:42.559
 finger of

00:31:42.559 --> 00:31:42.859
 God

00:31:42.859 --> 00:31:43.699
 himself.

00:31:50.579 --> 00:31:50.899
 Verse

00:31:50.899 --> 00:31:51.839
 chapter 3

00:31:51.839 --> 00:31:52.480
 verse 7.

00:31:53.659 --> 00:31:53.919
 Now if the

00:31:53.919 --> 00:31:54.339
 ministry that

00:31:54.339 --> 00:31:55.199
 brought death,

00:31:55.659 --> 00:31:55.939
 which is

00:31:55.939 --> 00:31:56.339
 engraved in

00:31:56.339 --> 00:31:56.699
 letters of

00:31:56.699 --> 00:31:56.939
 stone,

00:31:57.019 --> 00:31:57.279
 came with

00:31:57.279 --> 00:31:57.699
 glory so

00:31:57.699 --> 00:31:57.939
 that the

00:31:57.939 --> 00:31:58.179
 Israelites

00:31:58.179 --> 00:31:58.519
 could not

00:31:58.519 --> 00:31:59.019
 look steadily

00:31:59.019 --> 00:31:59.220
 at the

00:31:59.220 --> 00:31:59.559
 face of

00:31:59.559 --> 00:32:00.220
 Moses because

00:32:00.220 --> 00:32:00.519
 of its

00:32:00.519 --> 00:32:00.919
 glory,

00:32:01.299 --> 00:32:01.859
 transitory

00:32:01.859 --> 00:32:02.279
 though it

00:32:02.279 --> 00:32:02.699
 was,

00:32:02.959 --> 00:32:03.459
 will not

00:32:03.459 --> 00:32:03.879
 the ministry

00:32:03.879 --> 00:32:04.079
 of the

00:32:04.079 --> 00:32:04.399
 spirit be

00:32:04.399 --> 00:32:04.959
 even more

00:32:04.959 --> 00:32:05.519
 glorious?

00:32:05.959 --> 00:32:06.220
 If the

00:32:06.220 --> 00:32:06.659
 ministry that

00:32:06.659 --> 00:32:06.819
 brought

00:32:06.819 --> 00:32:07.599
 condemnation

00:32:07.599 --> 00:32:08.139
 was glorious,

00:32:08.220 --> 00:32:08.419
 how much

00:32:08.419 --> 00:32:08.899
 more glorious

00:32:08.899 --> 00:32:09.159
 is the

00:32:09.159 --> 00:32:09.639
 ministry that

00:32:09.639 --> 00:32:09.980
 brings

00:32:09.980 --> 00:32:10.860
 righteousness.

00:32:12.059 --> 00:32:12.900
 Ministry of

00:32:12.900 --> 00:32:13.519
 the gospel

00:32:13.519 --> 00:32:14.759
 brings real

00:32:14.759 --> 00:32:16.299
 time God

00:32:16.299 --> 00:32:16.900
 honoring

00:32:16.900 --> 00:32:17.500
 righteousness.

00:32:17.700 --> 00:32:18.220
 It changes

00:32:18.220 --> 00:32:18.779
 people for

00:32:18.779 --> 00:32:19.339
 eternity.

00:32:19.860 --> 00:32:20.539
 It's like a

00:32:20.539 --> 00:32:21.279
 light bulb

00:32:21.279 --> 00:32:23.900
 and turning

00:32:23.900 --> 00:32:24.319
 a light,

00:32:24.440 --> 00:32:25.259
 grabbing a

00:32:25.259 --> 00:32:25.920
 torch,

00:32:26.120 --> 00:32:26.799
 walking out

00:32:26.799 --> 00:32:27.420
 right now and

00:32:27.420 --> 00:32:28.120
 shining it at

00:32:28.120 --> 00:32:28.680
 the sun.

00:32:30.259 --> 00:32:31.180
 The torch has

00:32:31.180 --> 00:32:32.279
 got no power.

00:32:33.460 --> 00:32:34.240
 It's nothing.

00:32:35.019 --> 00:32:35.799
 The glory

00:32:35.799 --> 00:32:36.440
 between the

00:32:36.440 --> 00:32:37.320
 two is

00:32:37.320 --> 00:32:41.740
 so,

00:32:42.080 --> 00:32:42.440
 I mean,

00:32:43.140 --> 00:32:44.360
 you get

00:32:44.360 --> 00:32:44.580
 it.

00:32:46.740 --> 00:32:47.539
 There's no

00:32:47.539 --> 00:32:48.360
 comparison in

00:32:48.360 --> 00:32:48.920
 brightness and

00:32:48.920 --> 00:32:49.660
 illumination and

00:32:49.660 --> 00:32:49.920
 glory.

00:32:50.580 --> 00:32:51.000
 God has

00:32:51.000 --> 00:32:51.400
 given to

00:32:51.400 --> 00:32:51.980
 Christians,

00:32:52.160 --> 00:32:52.920
 even weak

00:32:52.920 --> 00:32:53.480
 suffering

00:32:53.480 --> 00:32:54.120
 Christians,

00:32:54.539 --> 00:32:55.299
 even Christians

00:32:55.299 --> 00:32:56.799
 struggling with

00:32:56.799 --> 00:32:57.600
 their own sin,

00:32:58.460 --> 00:32:58.820
 given to

00:32:58.820 --> 00:32:59.259
 Christians who

00:32:59.259 --> 00:32:59.880
 embrace the

00:32:59.880 --> 00:33:00.380
 gospel of the

00:33:00.380 --> 00:33:00.799
 Lord Jesus

00:33:00.799 --> 00:33:01.600
 Christ and

00:33:01.600 --> 00:33:02.480
 being led by

00:33:02.480 --> 00:33:02.820
 him in

00:33:02.820 --> 00:33:03.220
 triumphal

00:33:03.220 --> 00:33:03.640
 possession,

00:33:03.640 --> 00:33:05.160
 a ministry

00:33:05.160 --> 00:33:06.580
 that is

00:33:06.580 --> 00:33:08.580
 mind-blowingly

00:33:08.580 --> 00:33:10.380
 superior to

00:33:10.380 --> 00:33:10.920
 Moses.

00:33:15.600 --> 00:33:16.500
 And you

00:33:16.500 --> 00:33:17.020
 will run

00:33:17.020 --> 00:33:18.280
 everywhere else

00:33:18.280 --> 00:33:19.500
 looking for

00:33:19.500 --> 00:33:20.360
 other metrics,

00:33:20.920 --> 00:33:21.340
 looking for

00:33:21.340 --> 00:33:22.160
 some sort of

00:33:22.160 --> 00:33:22.980
 power other

00:33:22.980 --> 00:33:23.420
 than the

00:33:23.420 --> 00:33:23.820
 gospel,

00:33:24.540 --> 00:33:25.640
 if you do

00:33:25.640 --> 00:33:26.900
 not trust the

00:33:26.900 --> 00:33:27.560
 power of the

00:33:27.560 --> 00:33:27.920
 gospel.

00:33:31.300 --> 00:33:32.360
 It's superior

00:33:32.360 --> 00:33:33.180
 because God's

00:33:33.180 --> 00:33:33.880
 glory is

00:33:33.880 --> 00:33:34.600
 revealed in

00:33:34.600 --> 00:33:34.900
 the good

00:33:34.900 --> 00:33:35.279
 news of

00:33:35.279 --> 00:33:35.940
 Jesus Christ

00:33:35.940 --> 00:33:36.400
 died and

00:33:36.400 --> 00:33:36.900
 resurrected.

00:33:37.120 --> 00:33:37.539
 His glory

00:33:37.539 --> 00:33:38.140
 is no longer

00:33:38.140 --> 00:33:38.700
 veiled.

00:33:39.740 --> 00:33:40.299
 That's the

00:33:40.299 --> 00:33:40.880
 main point.

00:33:40.980 --> 00:33:41.400
 I love that

00:33:41.400 --> 00:33:42.160
 song we sang,

00:33:42.400 --> 00:33:42.980
 it is no

00:33:42.980 --> 00:33:43.700
 longer veiled.

00:33:45.019 --> 00:33:45.560
 That's the

00:33:45.560 --> 00:33:46.039
 main point of

00:33:46.039 --> 00:33:46.820
 verses 13

00:33:46.820 --> 00:33:47.580
 to 18.

00:33:47.980 --> 00:33:48.340
 And to

00:33:48.340 --> 00:33:49.080
 simplify these

00:33:49.080 --> 00:33:49.420
 verses,

00:33:49.620 --> 00:33:49.920
 Paul is

00:33:49.920 --> 00:33:50.460
 saying that

00:33:50.460 --> 00:33:50.920
 when the

00:33:50.920 --> 00:33:51.460
 gospel of

00:33:51.460 --> 00:33:51.700
 the Lord

00:33:51.700 --> 00:33:52.240
 Jesus is

00:33:52.240 --> 00:33:52.820
 proclaimed,

00:33:54.180 --> 00:33:55.180
 the so-called

00:33:55.180 --> 00:33:56.560
 weak,

00:33:57.039 --> 00:33:57.560
 defeated,

00:33:57.779 --> 00:33:58.220
 crucified

00:33:58.220 --> 00:33:58.960
 Jesus,

00:33:59.500 --> 00:34:00.220
 what some

00:34:00.220 --> 00:34:00.900
 will see

00:34:00.900 --> 00:34:01.759
 is the

00:34:01.759 --> 00:34:02.840
 magnificence,

00:34:03.380 --> 00:34:04.200
 the beauty,

00:34:04.780 --> 00:34:05.820
 the power,

00:34:06.420 --> 00:34:06.700
 and the

00:34:06.700 --> 00:34:07.519
 splendor,

00:34:07.700 --> 00:34:07.960
 and the

00:34:07.960 --> 00:34:08.820
 value of

00:34:08.820 --> 00:34:09.800
 God himself

00:34:09.800 --> 00:34:10.360
 for the

00:34:10.360 --> 00:34:11.099
 very first

00:34:11.099 --> 00:34:11.500
 time.

00:34:12.380 --> 00:34:12.960
 They will

00:34:12.960 --> 00:34:14.740
 see true

00:34:14.740 --> 00:34:17.700
 glory through

00:34:17.700 --> 00:34:19.360
 apparent

00:34:19.360 --> 00:34:20.680
 inglorious

00:34:20.680 --> 00:34:21.059
 ministry.

00:34:23.380 --> 00:34:24.360
 Some will

00:34:24.360 --> 00:34:24.740
 see the

00:34:24.740 --> 00:34:25.460
 splendor and

00:34:25.460 --> 00:34:26.260
 majesty of the

00:34:26.260 --> 00:34:26.920
 transcendent

00:34:26.920 --> 00:34:27.400
 creator,

00:34:27.639 --> 00:34:28.000
 God,

00:34:28.240 --> 00:34:29.019
 in the face

00:34:29.019 --> 00:34:29.460
 of Jesus

00:34:29.460 --> 00:34:30.099
 Christ.

00:34:31.619 --> 00:34:32.980
 Glory is

00:34:32.980 --> 00:34:33.659
 a very

00:34:33.659 --> 00:34:34.559
 small word

00:34:34.559 --> 00:34:35.420
 with huge

00:34:35.420 --> 00:34:36.159
 significance.

00:34:37.099 --> 00:34:37.599
 All the

00:34:37.599 --> 00:34:38.820
 goodness and

00:34:38.820 --> 00:34:39.559
 perfection and

00:34:39.559 --> 00:34:40.340
 authority and

00:34:40.340 --> 00:34:40.860
 power and

00:34:40.860 --> 00:34:41.539
 majesty and

00:34:41.539 --> 00:34:42.400
 the godness of

00:34:42.400 --> 00:34:43.280
 God is

00:34:43.280 --> 00:34:43.820
 packed into

00:34:43.820 --> 00:34:44.739
 two syllables,

00:34:45.380 --> 00:34:45.800
 glory.

00:34:48.719 --> 00:34:49.460
 Our

00:34:49.460 --> 00:34:50.400
 ministry is

00:34:50.400 --> 00:34:51.139
 wider and

00:34:51.139 --> 00:34:51.739
 deeper and

00:34:51.739 --> 00:34:52.380
 more effective

00:34:52.380 --> 00:34:52.960
 than Moses

00:34:52.960 --> 00:34:53.759
 in bringing

00:34:53.759 --> 00:34:54.759
 lasting change.

00:34:55.259 --> 00:34:55.739
 Why?

00:34:56.000 --> 00:34:57.000
 Because God

00:34:57.000 --> 00:34:58.239
 changes people

00:34:58.239 --> 00:34:58.659
 on the

00:34:58.659 --> 00:34:59.819
 inside through

00:34:59.819 --> 00:35:00.279
 the gospel

00:35:00.279 --> 00:35:00.619
 of the Lord

00:35:00.619 --> 00:35:01.359
 Jesus Christ.

00:35:02.199 --> 00:35:02.939
 Not only

00:35:02.939 --> 00:35:03.299
 does God

00:35:03.299 --> 00:35:04.299
 speak through

00:35:04.299 --> 00:35:05.459
 us when

00:35:05.459 --> 00:35:06.000
 we speak

00:35:06.000 --> 00:35:06.599
 the gospel,

00:35:07.019 --> 00:35:07.579
 but God

00:35:07.579 --> 00:35:08.699
 changes people

00:35:08.699 --> 00:35:09.399
 when we

00:35:09.399 --> 00:35:09.899
 speak the

00:35:09.899 --> 00:35:10.719
 gospel as

00:35:10.719 --> 00:35:11.159
 his glory

00:35:11.159 --> 00:35:11.759
 is revealed

00:35:11.759 --> 00:35:12.500
 in the

00:35:12.500 --> 00:35:12.859
 gospel.

00:35:12.860 --> 00:35:12.980
 gospel.

00:35:18.980 --> 00:35:19.700
 The

00:35:19.700 --> 00:35:20.059
 Spirit

00:35:20.059 --> 00:35:21.660
 opens our

00:35:21.660 --> 00:35:22.240
 hearts

00:35:22.240 --> 00:35:23.720
 to

00:35:23.720 --> 00:35:24.680
 apprehend,

00:35:24.940 --> 00:35:25.559
 to

00:35:25.559 --> 00:35:26.180
 appreciate,

00:35:26.660 --> 00:35:27.200
 to

00:35:27.200 --> 00:35:27.700
 savour,

00:35:27.960 --> 00:35:28.920
 to cherish

00:35:28.920 --> 00:35:29.539
 and treasure

00:35:29.539 --> 00:35:30.280
 the glory of

00:35:30.280 --> 00:35:30.559
 the Lord

00:35:30.559 --> 00:35:31.340
 Jesus Christ.

00:35:33.300 --> 00:35:34.220
 And this

00:35:34.220 --> 00:35:34.900
 happens,

00:35:35.099 --> 00:35:35.559
 as this

00:35:35.559 --> 00:35:35.960
 happened,

00:35:37.160 --> 00:35:37.920
 the Spirit

00:35:37.920 --> 00:35:39.740
 changes our

00:35:39.740 --> 00:35:40.880
 inner desires

00:35:40.880 --> 00:35:41.980
 and drives,

00:35:42.599 --> 00:35:43.840
 so that we

00:35:43.840 --> 00:35:44.720
 want what

00:35:44.720 --> 00:35:45.720
 Jesus wants

00:35:45.720 --> 00:35:46.460
 and we

00:35:46.460 --> 00:35:47.880
 get freedom.

00:35:48.740 --> 00:35:49.280
 See that in

00:35:49.280 --> 00:35:49.860
 verse 17?

00:35:51.140 --> 00:35:51.840
 Authentic

00:35:51.840 --> 00:35:52.880
 ministry changes

00:35:52.880 --> 00:35:53.460
 people from

00:35:53.460 --> 00:35:54.160
 the inside

00:35:54.160 --> 00:35:54.720
 out.

00:35:55.640 --> 00:35:56.140
 It's not

00:35:56.140 --> 00:35:56.720
 external

00:35:56.720 --> 00:35:57.380
 compliance

00:35:57.380 --> 00:35:58.039
 forcing

00:35:58.039 --> 00:35:58.960
 change,

00:35:59.519 --> 00:36:00.360
 but deep

00:36:00.360 --> 00:36:01.079
 internal

00:36:01.079 --> 00:36:02.300
 change of

00:36:02.300 --> 00:36:03.300
 the desires

00:36:03.300 --> 00:36:05.440
 that changes

00:36:05.440 --> 00:36:06.140
 outward

00:36:06.140 --> 00:36:06.660
 behaviour.

00:36:09.119 --> 00:36:09.860
 Genuine

00:36:09.860 --> 00:36:10.460
 conversion.

00:36:10.880 --> 00:36:11.559
 Your whole

00:36:11.559 --> 00:36:12.079
 value

00:36:12.079 --> 00:36:12.579
 system

00:36:12.579 --> 00:36:13.940
 is overturned.

00:36:14.160 --> 00:36:14.860
 I love

00:36:14.860 --> 00:36:15.500
 the story

00:36:15.500 --> 00:36:15.940
 of John

00:36:15.940 --> 00:36:16.380
 Patton.

00:36:16.680 --> 00:36:17.039
 He was

00:36:17.039 --> 00:36:18.160
 one of the

00:36:18.160 --> 00:36:19.099
 first Christian

00:36:19.099 --> 00:36:19.980
 missionaries

00:36:19.980 --> 00:36:21.240
 to the

00:36:21.240 --> 00:36:21.680
 islands of

00:36:21.680 --> 00:36:22.099
 Anuatu.

00:36:22.240 --> 00:36:22.519
 In fact,

00:36:22.559 --> 00:36:22.860
 he was the

00:36:22.860 --> 00:36:23.340
 first Christian

00:36:23.340 --> 00:36:23.840
 missionary

00:36:23.840 --> 00:36:25.019
 to not be

00:36:25.019 --> 00:36:25.720
 eaten on

00:36:25.720 --> 00:36:26.119
 the islands

00:36:26.119 --> 00:36:26.800
 of Anuatu

00:36:26.800 --> 00:36:29.740
 because in

00:36:29.740 --> 00:36:30.260
 those days

00:36:30.260 --> 00:36:31.000
 they were

00:36:31.000 --> 00:36:31.720
 cannibalistic

00:36:31.720 --> 00:36:32.180
 tribes.

00:36:33.460 --> 00:36:34.500
 He wrote

00:36:34.500 --> 00:36:35.000
 in his

00:36:35.000 --> 00:36:36.059
 autobiography

00:36:36.059 --> 00:36:37.579
 about one

00:36:37.579 --> 00:36:38.140
 particular

00:36:38.140 --> 00:36:38.960
 convert to

00:36:38.960 --> 00:36:39.579
 Christianity

00:36:39.579 --> 00:36:40.180
 who was

00:36:40.180 --> 00:36:40.720
 dying.

00:36:40.880 --> 00:36:42.680
 a former

00:36:42.680 --> 00:36:43.619
 cannibal

00:36:43.619 --> 00:36:44.320
 chief.

00:36:47.260 --> 00:36:47.920
 And it's

00:36:47.920 --> 00:36:48.220
 not just

00:36:48.220 --> 00:36:48.780
 because they're

00:36:48.780 --> 00:36:49.180
 hungry.

00:36:49.700 --> 00:36:50.059
 Their whole

00:36:50.059 --> 00:36:51.260
 value system

00:36:51.260 --> 00:36:51.880
 is wrapped

00:36:51.880 --> 00:36:52.079
 up.

00:36:52.200 --> 00:36:53.039
 Their whole

00:36:53.039 --> 00:36:54.860
 perspective in

00:36:54.860 --> 00:36:55.240
 terms of

00:36:55.240 --> 00:36:55.599
 the world

00:36:55.599 --> 00:36:55.740
 view,

00:36:55.800 --> 00:36:55.960
 in terms of

00:36:55.960 --> 00:36:56.460
 the universe

00:36:56.460 --> 00:36:56.980
 is wrapped

00:36:56.980 --> 00:36:57.380
 up in

00:36:57.380 --> 00:36:58.059
 cannibalism.

00:36:58.619 --> 00:36:59.119
 It's not

00:36:59.119 --> 00:36:59.420
 because they've

00:36:59.420 --> 00:36:59.720
 got nothing

00:36:59.720 --> 00:37:00.000
 else to

00:37:00.000 --> 00:37:00.260
 eat.

00:37:03.260 --> 00:37:03.880
 So this

00:37:03.880 --> 00:37:04.420
 former

00:37:04.420 --> 00:37:04.800
 cannibal

00:37:04.800 --> 00:37:05.260
 chief is

00:37:05.260 --> 00:37:05.680
 dying.

00:37:05.679 --> 00:37:06.659
 And when

00:37:06.659 --> 00:37:07.259
 he was

00:37:07.259 --> 00:37:07.679
 dying,

00:37:07.799 --> 00:37:08.299
 he came

00:37:08.299 --> 00:37:08.519
 to

00:37:08.519 --> 00:37:08.879
 Patton

00:37:08.879 --> 00:37:09.339
 to say

00:37:09.339 --> 00:37:09.639
 goodbye

00:37:09.639 --> 00:37:09.879
 to

00:37:09.879 --> 00:37:10.259
 Patton.

00:37:12.059 --> 00:37:12.759
 And Patton

00:37:12.759 --> 00:37:13.539
 writes this.

00:37:13.940 --> 00:37:14.359
 Abraham,

00:37:14.859 --> 00:37:15.279
 that's

00:37:15.279 --> 00:37:16.059
 Patton's

00:37:16.059 --> 00:37:17.460
 Christian

00:37:17.460 --> 00:37:17.859
 aide,

00:37:17.960 --> 00:37:18.500
 who himself

00:37:18.500 --> 00:37:18.799
 was a

00:37:18.799 --> 00:37:19.000
 former

00:37:19.000 --> 00:37:19.440
 cannibal,

00:37:19.539 --> 00:37:19.719
 right?

00:37:19.940 --> 00:37:20.379
 This guy

00:37:20.379 --> 00:37:20.619
 was a

00:37:20.619 --> 00:37:20.799
 former

00:37:20.799 --> 00:37:21.179
 cannibal.

00:37:22.259 --> 00:37:22.719
 He says,

00:37:22.719 --> 00:37:23.259
 Abraham

00:37:23.259 --> 00:37:24.559
 sustained

00:37:24.559 --> 00:37:25.000
 him,

00:37:25.759 --> 00:37:26.119
 tottering

00:37:26.119 --> 00:37:26.459
 to the

00:37:26.459 --> 00:37:26.980
 place of

00:37:26.980 --> 00:37:27.459
 graves.

00:37:28.079 --> 00:37:28.439
 And there

00:37:28.439 --> 00:37:28.899
 he lay

00:37:28.899 --> 00:37:29.980
 down and

00:37:29.980 --> 00:37:30.899
 slept in

00:37:30.899 --> 00:37:31.319
 Jesus.

00:37:32.139 --> 00:37:32.759
 And there

00:37:32.759 --> 00:37:33.459
 the faithful

00:37:33.459 --> 00:37:34.139
 Abraham

00:37:34.139 --> 00:37:35.339
 buried him

00:37:35.339 --> 00:37:36.099
 beside his

00:37:36.099 --> 00:37:36.719
 wife and

00:37:36.719 --> 00:37:37.239
 his children.

00:37:39.199 --> 00:37:39.980
 Get this,

00:37:40.500 --> 00:37:41.039
 that is

00:37:41.039 --> 00:37:42.659
 incomprehensible

00:37:42.659 --> 00:37:43.239
 in their

00:37:43.239 --> 00:37:43.679
 culture.

00:37:44.739 --> 00:37:45.619
 He's dead,

00:37:45.839 --> 00:37:46.199
 we eat

00:37:46.199 --> 00:37:46.419
 him.

00:37:48.299 --> 00:37:49.059
 And here

00:37:49.059 --> 00:37:49.699
 is Abraham

00:37:49.699 --> 00:37:50.899
 caring for a

00:37:50.899 --> 00:37:51.480
 dying man,

00:37:51.559 --> 00:37:51.980
 not eating

00:37:51.980 --> 00:37:52.319
 him,

00:37:53.719 --> 00:37:54.319
 and Patton

00:37:54.319 --> 00:37:55.099
 goes on to

00:37:55.099 --> 00:37:55.359
 say,

00:37:55.719 --> 00:37:56.579
 thus died a

00:37:56.579 --> 00:37:57.399
 man who

00:37:57.399 --> 00:37:57.879
 had been a

00:37:57.879 --> 00:37:58.719
 cannibal chief,

00:37:58.919 --> 00:37:59.539
 but by the

00:37:59.539 --> 00:38:00.359
 grace of God

00:38:00.359 --> 00:38:00.859
 and the love

00:38:00.859 --> 00:38:01.299
 of Jesus

00:38:01.299 --> 00:38:02.339
 changed,

00:38:04.500 --> 00:38:05.859
 transfigured

00:38:05.859 --> 00:38:06.759
 into a

00:38:06.759 --> 00:38:07.519
 character of

00:38:07.519 --> 00:38:08.339
 light and

00:38:08.339 --> 00:38:08.839
 beauty.

00:38:09.739 --> 00:38:10.319
 And then he

00:38:10.319 --> 00:38:10.899
 looks to

00:38:10.899 --> 00:38:11.599
 Europe and

00:38:11.599 --> 00:38:12.159
 all the

00:38:12.159 --> 00:38:13.159
 skepticism of

00:38:13.159 --> 00:38:14.399
 Europe and

00:38:14.399 --> 00:38:15.059
 against the

00:38:15.059 --> 00:38:16.000
 Christian faith.

00:38:17.179 --> 00:38:17.619
 And he

00:38:17.619 --> 00:38:18.359
 says this in

00:38:18.359 --> 00:38:18.980
 his diary,

00:38:19.819 --> 00:38:20.619
 what think

00:38:20.619 --> 00:38:21.759
 ye of this,

00:38:21.939 --> 00:38:22.099
 ye

00:38:22.099 --> 00:38:23.159
 skeptics as

00:38:23.159 --> 00:38:23.480
 to the

00:38:23.480 --> 00:38:24.900
 reality of

00:38:24.900 --> 00:38:25.579
 the power

00:38:25.579 --> 00:38:26.420
 of conversion.

00:38:28.579 --> 00:38:29.559
 All the

00:38:29.559 --> 00:38:30.779
 skepticism of

00:38:30.779 --> 00:38:31.759
 Europe would

00:38:31.759 --> 00:38:32.500
 hide its

00:38:32.500 --> 00:38:33.179
 head in

00:38:33.179 --> 00:38:34.519
 foolish shame

00:38:34.519 --> 00:38:35.639
 and all

00:38:35.639 --> 00:38:36.380
 its doubts

00:38:36.380 --> 00:38:37.400
 would dissolve

00:38:37.400 --> 00:38:38.839
 under one

00:38:38.839 --> 00:38:40.279
 glance of

00:38:40.279 --> 00:38:40.900
 the new

00:38:40.900 --> 00:38:41.500
 light that

00:38:41.500 --> 00:38:43.259
 Jesus and

00:38:43.259 --> 00:38:44.679
 Jesus alone

00:38:44.679 --> 00:38:46.319
 pulls from

00:38:46.319 --> 00:38:47.139
 the converted

00:38:47.139 --> 00:38:48.099
 cannibal's eye.

00:38:48.099 --> 00:38:49.079
 God

00:38:49.079 --> 00:38:50.039
 hear what

00:38:50.039 --> 00:38:50.420
 he's saying

00:38:50.420 --> 00:38:51.000
 there is?

00:38:54.539 --> 00:38:55.380
 Change,

00:38:55.500 --> 00:38:56.119
 deep

00:38:56.119 --> 00:38:57.299
 change,

00:38:58.199 --> 00:38:59.639
 displays the

00:38:59.639 --> 00:39:00.259
 glory of

00:39:00.259 --> 00:39:01.000
 Christ and

00:39:01.000 --> 00:39:02.259
 produces more

00:39:02.259 --> 00:39:04.639
 change in

00:39:04.639 --> 00:39:05.079
 others.

00:39:05.079 --> 00:39:09.900
 one of the

00:39:09.900 --> 00:39:10.380
 strongest

00:39:10.380 --> 00:39:11.319
 arguments,

00:39:11.480 --> 00:39:12.099
 historical

00:39:12.099 --> 00:39:13.019
 arguments for

00:39:13.019 --> 00:39:13.659
 the resurrection

00:39:13.659 --> 00:39:14.319
 of Jesus

00:39:14.319 --> 00:39:16.319
 is how do

00:39:16.319 --> 00:39:17.219
 you explain

00:39:17.219 --> 00:39:18.239
 the change

00:39:18.239 --> 00:39:18.779
 in the

00:39:18.779 --> 00:39:19.259
 disciples?

00:39:20.119 --> 00:39:21.159
 There's no

00:39:21.159 --> 00:39:22.079
 explanation for

00:39:22.079 --> 00:39:22.319
 that.

00:39:23.440 --> 00:39:24.380
 How do you

00:39:24.380 --> 00:39:25.239
 go from being

00:39:25.239 --> 00:39:26.119
 cowards to

00:39:26.119 --> 00:39:27.019
 bold proclaimers

00:39:27.019 --> 00:39:27.639
 of the gospel?

00:39:29.639 --> 00:39:30.920
 There is no

00:39:30.920 --> 00:39:31.639
 explanation,

00:39:32.599 --> 00:39:33.639
 no psychological

00:39:33.639 --> 00:39:34.819
 explanation for

00:39:34.819 --> 00:39:35.000
 it,

00:39:35.599 --> 00:39:36.480
 no historical

00:39:36.480 --> 00:39:37.339
 explanation for

00:39:37.339 --> 00:39:37.659
 it,

00:39:37.659 --> 00:39:39.059
 except they

00:39:39.059 --> 00:39:40.000
 saw the

00:39:40.000 --> 00:39:40.619
 glory of God

00:39:40.619 --> 00:39:41.099
 in the face

00:39:41.099 --> 00:39:42.019
 of Christ in

00:39:42.019 --> 00:39:42.539
 the resurrected

00:39:42.539 --> 00:39:43.079
 Jesus.

00:39:45.839 --> 00:39:46.779
 And they

00:39:46.779 --> 00:39:47.299
 went from

00:39:47.299 --> 00:39:48.239
 being cowards

00:39:48.239 --> 00:39:49.839
 to bold.

00:39:50.759 --> 00:39:51.819
 And that's

00:39:51.819 --> 00:39:52.440
 what authentic

00:39:52.440 --> 00:39:53.559
 ministry produces.

00:39:54.379 --> 00:39:54.940
 The fruit of

00:39:54.940 --> 00:39:55.839
 authentic ministry

00:39:55.839 --> 00:39:56.799
 is changed

00:39:56.799 --> 00:39:57.339
 people,

00:39:57.759 --> 00:39:58.559
 it is bold

00:39:58.559 --> 00:39:59.099
 people.

00:39:59.099 --> 00:40:03.380
 Therefore,

00:40:03.739 --> 00:40:04.279
 verse 12,

00:40:05.339 --> 00:40:07.940
 since we

00:40:07.940 --> 00:40:08.759
 have such

00:40:08.759 --> 00:40:09.579
 a hope,

00:40:10.440 --> 00:40:11.199
 we are

00:40:11.199 --> 00:40:12.239
 very bold.

00:40:14.319 --> 00:40:14.940
 It is

00:40:14.940 --> 00:40:15.719
 the confidence

00:40:15.719 --> 00:40:16.039
 that the

00:40:16.039 --> 00:40:16.299
 sovereign

00:40:16.299 --> 00:40:16.579
 God,

00:40:16.739 --> 00:40:17.559
 spirit of

00:40:17.559 --> 00:40:17.860
 God,

00:40:17.940 --> 00:40:18.500
 is at work

00:40:18.500 --> 00:40:18.819
 in this

00:40:18.819 --> 00:40:19.420
 ministry to

00:40:19.420 --> 00:40:20.299
 change hearts

00:40:20.299 --> 00:40:20.799
 of stone

00:40:20.799 --> 00:40:21.039
 in the

00:40:21.039 --> 00:40:21.440
 hearts of

00:40:21.440 --> 00:40:21.799
 flesh,

00:40:22.159 --> 00:40:22.539
 and to

00:40:22.539 --> 00:40:23.179
 give life

00:40:23.179 --> 00:40:23.980
 and righteousness

00:40:23.980 --> 00:40:25.079
 and permanence

00:40:25.079 --> 00:40:25.900
 to all of

00:40:25.900 --> 00:40:26.559
 God's people,

00:40:27.179 --> 00:40:28.179
 God is at

00:40:28.179 --> 00:40:28.559
 work.

00:40:28.559 --> 00:40:29.059
 It's that

00:40:29.059 --> 00:40:29.559
 confidence

00:40:29.559 --> 00:40:30.079
 that God

00:40:30.079 --> 00:40:30.659
 is at work.

00:40:31.199 --> 00:40:31.559
 It is the

00:40:31.559 --> 00:40:31.960
 hope of the

00:40:31.960 --> 00:40:32.539
 victorious

00:40:32.539 --> 00:40:33.599
 gospel of

00:40:33.599 --> 00:40:34.099
 the triumphant

00:40:34.099 --> 00:40:34.519
 king of

00:40:34.519 --> 00:40:34.739
 kings.

00:40:34.820 --> 00:40:35.179
 The gospel

00:40:35.179 --> 00:40:35.719
 will accomplish

00:40:35.719 --> 00:40:36.519
 all that

00:40:36.519 --> 00:40:37.000
 it was sent

00:40:37.000 --> 00:40:37.420
 to do.

00:40:37.639 --> 00:40:38.000
 It will

00:40:38.000 --> 00:40:38.420
 not come

00:40:38.420 --> 00:40:39.039
 back empty

00:40:39.039 --> 00:40:39.679
 anymore than

00:40:39.679 --> 00:40:39.960
 the word

00:40:39.960 --> 00:40:40.360
 of God

00:40:40.360 --> 00:40:40.820
 can fall

00:40:40.820 --> 00:40:41.099
 to the

00:40:41.099 --> 00:40:41.400
 ground.

00:40:41.799 --> 00:40:42.279
 Paul is

00:40:42.279 --> 00:40:42.860
 utterly

00:40:42.860 --> 00:40:43.599
 confident

00:40:43.599 --> 00:40:44.400
 that the

00:40:44.400 --> 00:40:44.960
 spirit of

00:40:44.960 --> 00:40:45.920
 God will

00:40:45.920 --> 00:40:46.340
 conquer

00:40:46.340 --> 00:40:47.759
 and justify

00:40:47.759 --> 00:40:49.239
 and preserve

00:40:49.239 --> 00:40:50.279
 for glory

00:40:50.279 --> 00:40:51.420
 all whom

00:40:51.420 --> 00:40:51.960
 God has

00:40:51.960 --> 00:40:52.579
 chosen for

00:40:52.579 --> 00:40:53.039
 himself.

00:40:54.279 --> 00:40:55.099
 In other

00:40:55.099 --> 00:40:55.679
 words,

00:40:56.199 --> 00:40:56.840
 he's saying

00:40:56.840 --> 00:40:58.139
 because of

00:40:58.139 --> 00:40:59.119
 this power,

00:40:59.619 --> 00:41:00.259
 I cannot

00:41:00.259 --> 00:41:00.960
 fail.

00:41:04.420 --> 00:41:05.299
 By the

00:41:05.299 --> 00:41:05.960
 almighty

00:41:05.960 --> 00:41:06.460
 power of

00:41:06.460 --> 00:41:06.779
 the Holy

00:41:06.779 --> 00:41:07.159
 Spirit,

00:41:07.259 --> 00:41:07.779
 through the

00:41:07.779 --> 00:41:08.339
 preaching of

00:41:08.339 --> 00:41:08.859
 the gospel,

00:41:09.559 --> 00:41:10.079
 everyone

00:41:10.079 --> 00:41:10.819
 appointed to

00:41:10.819 --> 00:41:11.519
 eternal life

00:41:11.519 --> 00:41:12.259
 will believe.

00:41:13.420 --> 00:41:14.440
 This is the

00:41:14.440 --> 00:41:15.139
 hope of

00:41:15.139 --> 00:41:15.579
 Paul,

00:41:15.980 --> 00:41:16.599
 and so he

00:41:16.599 --> 00:41:17.559
 is bold.

00:41:18.920 --> 00:41:19.960
 And boldness,

00:41:20.259 --> 00:41:21.019
 to understand

00:41:21.019 --> 00:41:21.659
 what it is,

00:41:21.739 --> 00:41:22.199
 it's the

00:41:22.199 --> 00:41:23.339
 opposite of

00:41:23.339 --> 00:41:23.920
 fear and

00:41:23.920 --> 00:41:24.319
 timidity.

00:41:24.320 --> 00:41:26.100
 it's the

00:41:26.100 --> 00:41:26.680
 opposite of

00:41:26.680 --> 00:41:27.440
 shrinking back

00:41:27.440 --> 00:41:27.800
 and pulling

00:41:27.800 --> 00:41:28.260
 away.

00:41:29.000 --> 00:41:29.500
 It's not

00:41:29.500 --> 00:41:30.019
 shame,

00:41:30.280 --> 00:41:30.640
 it's not

00:41:30.640 --> 00:41:31.660
 guarded speech,

00:41:31.880 --> 00:41:32.420
 it's not

00:41:32.420 --> 00:41:33.059
 minting our

00:41:33.059 --> 00:41:33.539
 words,

00:41:33.700 --> 00:41:34.140
 it's not

00:41:34.140 --> 00:41:34.820
 being indirect,

00:41:35.019 --> 00:41:35.240
 it's not

00:41:35.240 --> 00:41:35.900
 being vague,

00:41:35.960 --> 00:41:36.200
 it's not

00:41:36.200 --> 00:41:37.140
 being obscure

00:41:37.140 --> 00:41:38.100
 in our

00:41:38.100 --> 00:41:38.740
 communication.

00:41:39.300 --> 00:41:39.740
 We should

00:41:39.740 --> 00:41:41.240
 never cloud

00:41:41.240 --> 00:41:41.840
 the word

00:41:41.840 --> 00:41:42.360
 of God

00:41:42.360 --> 00:41:43.260
 and the

00:41:43.260 --> 00:41:44.519
 simplicity

00:41:44.519 --> 00:41:45.420
 and the

00:41:45.420 --> 00:41:46.200
 clarity of

00:41:46.200 --> 00:41:46.700
 the gospel

00:41:46.700 --> 00:41:48.640
 with palatable

00:41:48.640 --> 00:41:50.200
 generalities

00:41:50.200 --> 00:41:51.480
 and euphemisms

00:41:51.480 --> 00:41:52.780
 that obscure

00:41:52.780 --> 00:41:54.099
 the clear

00:41:54.099 --> 00:41:54.920
 and the

00:41:54.920 --> 00:41:56.019
 sharp contours

00:41:56.019 --> 00:41:56.300
 of the

00:41:56.300 --> 00:41:56.699
 truth.

00:41:58.260 --> 00:41:58.900
 Boldness

00:41:58.900 --> 00:41:59.460
 is the

00:41:59.460 --> 00:42:00.099
 fruit of

00:42:00.099 --> 00:42:00.539
 hope.

00:42:01.099 --> 00:42:01.480
 Christian

00:42:01.480 --> 00:42:02.800
 hope is

00:42:02.800 --> 00:42:03.480
 the cause

00:42:03.480 --> 00:42:04.019
 of boldness

00:42:04.019 --> 00:42:04.240
 in the

00:42:04.240 --> 00:42:04.480
 Christian

00:42:04.480 --> 00:42:04.900
 life.

00:42:05.320 --> 00:42:05.639
 So,

00:42:05.860 --> 00:42:06.519
 if you

00:42:06.519 --> 00:42:07.199
 are not

00:42:07.199 --> 00:42:07.960
 bold in

00:42:07.960 --> 00:42:08.179
 your

00:42:08.179 --> 00:42:08.760
 witness,

00:42:09.659 --> 00:42:10.079
 if you

00:42:10.079 --> 00:42:11.199
 find yourself

00:42:11.199 --> 00:42:12.019
 in a

00:42:12.019 --> 00:42:13.579
 sphere around

00:42:13.579 --> 00:42:14.360
 the non-Christian

00:42:14.360 --> 00:42:14.860
 world,

00:42:15.179 --> 00:42:16.380
 shrinking back,

00:42:17.539 --> 00:42:17.960
 if you

00:42:17.960 --> 00:42:18.400
 are not

00:42:18.400 --> 00:42:18.980
 courageous,

00:42:20.139 --> 00:42:20.519
 if you

00:42:20.519 --> 00:42:20.900
 are not

00:42:20.900 --> 00:42:21.820
 risk-taking

00:42:21.820 --> 00:42:22.360
 in your

00:42:22.360 --> 00:42:23.000
 ventures of

00:42:23.000 --> 00:42:23.519
 righteousness,

00:42:23.880 --> 00:42:24.300
 if you

00:42:24.300 --> 00:42:24.700
 are not

00:42:24.700 --> 00:42:25.840
 open and

00:42:25.840 --> 00:42:26.420
 straightforward

00:42:26.420 --> 00:42:27.180
 with your

00:42:27.180 --> 00:42:27.920
 speech,

00:42:28.480 --> 00:42:30.579
 it's because

00:42:30.579 --> 00:42:31.380
 your hope

00:42:31.380 --> 00:42:32.500
 is defective.

00:42:38.079 --> 00:42:38.720
 Perhaps

00:42:38.720 --> 00:42:39.200
 you're hoping

00:42:39.200 --> 00:42:39.639
 in the wrong

00:42:39.639 --> 00:42:40.260
 things to

00:42:40.260 --> 00:42:40.619
 make your

00:42:40.619 --> 00:42:41.360
 future happy.

00:42:43.079 --> 00:42:43.700
 Perhaps

00:42:43.700 --> 00:42:44.099
 you've

00:42:44.099 --> 00:42:46.160
 never really

00:42:46.160 --> 00:42:47.019
 thought seriously

00:42:47.019 --> 00:42:47.480
 about the

00:42:47.480 --> 00:42:47.960
 relationship

00:42:47.960 --> 00:42:48.579
 between the

00:42:48.579 --> 00:42:49.180
 strength of

00:42:49.180 --> 00:42:49.559
 your hope

00:42:49.559 --> 00:42:49.780
 and the

00:42:49.780 --> 00:42:50.260
 boldness of

00:42:50.260 --> 00:42:50.680
 your service

00:42:50.679 --> 00:42:51.279
 to Jesus.

00:42:53.419 --> 00:42:53.919
 The

00:42:53.919 --> 00:42:54.219
 relationship

00:42:54.219 --> 00:42:54.659
 is really

00:42:54.659 --> 00:42:55.219
 clear there.

00:42:55.579 --> 00:42:56.159
 Since we

00:42:56.159 --> 00:42:56.819
 have such

00:42:56.819 --> 00:42:57.259
 a hope,

00:42:57.379 --> 00:42:57.859
 we are

00:42:57.859 --> 00:42:58.819
 very bold.

00:42:59.279 --> 00:42:59.980
 Since we

00:42:59.980 --> 00:43:00.399
 have such

00:43:00.399 --> 00:43:00.699
 a hope,

00:43:00.739 --> 00:43:01.299
 and only

00:43:01.299 --> 00:43:01.819
 because we

00:43:01.819 --> 00:43:02.199
 have such

00:43:02.199 --> 00:43:02.579
 a hope,

00:43:03.019 --> 00:43:03.659
 can we

00:43:03.659 --> 00:43:04.199
 and must

00:43:04.199 --> 00:43:04.559
 we be

00:43:04.559 --> 00:43:05.159
 very bold.

00:43:06.239 --> 00:43:06.500
 And so

00:43:06.500 --> 00:43:06.699
 his

00:43:06.699 --> 00:43:07.179
 encouragement

00:43:07.179 --> 00:43:08.139
 here is

00:43:08.139 --> 00:43:08.539
 that if

00:43:08.539 --> 00:43:09.039
 your hope

00:43:09.039 --> 00:43:10.059
 is defective,

00:43:10.440 --> 00:43:11.299
 it's probably

00:43:11.299 --> 00:43:12.000
 got something

00:43:12.000 --> 00:43:12.399
 to do with

00:43:12.399 --> 00:43:12.759
 the fact

00:43:12.759 --> 00:43:13.199
 that you're

00:43:13.199 --> 00:43:13.559
 actually

00:43:13.559 --> 00:43:13.960
 spending

00:43:13.960 --> 00:43:14.679
 more time

00:43:14.679 --> 00:43:16.099
 on YouTube

00:43:16.099 --> 00:43:19.420
 rather than

00:43:19.420 --> 00:43:19.960
 in the

00:43:19.960 --> 00:43:20.279
 Bible,

00:43:21.279 --> 00:43:22.159
 rather than

00:43:22.159 --> 00:43:22.679
 gazing on

00:43:22.679 --> 00:43:23.079
 the gospel.

00:43:25.079 --> 00:43:26.059
 He says,

00:43:26.219 --> 00:43:27.019
 keep fixing

00:43:27.019 --> 00:43:27.980
 your gaze

00:43:27.980 --> 00:43:28.440
 on the

00:43:28.440 --> 00:43:29.139
 glory of

00:43:29.139 --> 00:43:29.699
 God in

00:43:29.699 --> 00:43:30.139
 the face

00:43:30.139 --> 00:43:30.639
 of Christ

00:43:30.639 --> 00:43:31.139
 in the

00:43:31.139 --> 00:43:31.519
 gospel.

00:43:31.839 --> 00:43:32.319
 It is

00:43:32.319 --> 00:43:32.980
 your hope,

00:43:33.179 --> 00:43:33.719
 it is

00:43:33.719 --> 00:43:34.559
 your boldness,

00:43:34.559 --> 00:43:35.139
 and it is

00:43:35.139 --> 00:43:36.380
 the way that

00:43:36.380 --> 00:43:36.759
 God will

00:43:36.759 --> 00:43:37.319
 bring change

00:43:37.319 --> 00:43:37.839
 and transformation

00:43:37.839 --> 00:43:38.599
 in your life.

00:43:40.400 --> 00:43:40.759
 If,

00:43:40.920 --> 00:43:41.219
 however,

00:43:42.059 --> 00:43:42.759
 that's for you,

00:43:42.760 --> 00:43:43.320
 for Christians,

00:43:43.640 --> 00:43:43.860
 if,

00:43:43.960 --> 00:43:44.120
 however,

00:43:44.220 --> 00:43:44.640
 you're here

00:43:44.640 --> 00:43:45.960
 today and

00:43:45.960 --> 00:43:46.460
 you're not

00:43:46.460 --> 00:43:47.000
 a Christian,

00:43:47.940 --> 00:43:50.080
 maybe,

00:43:51.140 --> 00:43:52.340
 even as

00:43:52.340 --> 00:43:52.720
 I've been

00:43:52.720 --> 00:43:53.300
 speaking for

00:43:53.300 --> 00:43:53.800
 the first

00:43:53.800 --> 00:43:54.240
 time,

00:43:54.320 --> 00:43:54.960
 the veil

00:43:54.960 --> 00:43:56.660
 is slipping

00:43:56.660 --> 00:43:57.120
 away.

00:43:59.060 --> 00:43:59.580
 You're

00:43:59.580 --> 00:44:00.140
 starting to

00:44:00.140 --> 00:44:00.920
 see Jesus

00:44:00.920 --> 00:44:01.600
 in a slightly

00:44:01.600 --> 00:44:02.140
 different way

00:44:02.140 --> 00:44:02.580
 than what you

00:44:02.580 --> 00:44:02.980
 did when you

00:44:02.980 --> 00:44:03.620
 first came in

00:44:03.620 --> 00:44:03.880
 here.

00:44:06.100 --> 00:44:06.800
 You heard

00:44:06.800 --> 00:44:07.240
 this stuff

00:44:07.240 --> 00:44:07.700
 about him

00:44:07.700 --> 00:44:08.200
 being the

00:44:08.200 --> 00:44:08.740
 triumphant

00:44:08.740 --> 00:44:09.180
 king of

00:44:09.180 --> 00:44:09.580
 kings who

00:44:09.580 --> 00:44:09.940
 in fact

00:44:09.940 --> 00:44:10.460
 became a

00:44:10.460 --> 00:44:11.500
 slave for

00:44:11.500 --> 00:44:12.160
 your sake.

00:44:12.159 --> 00:44:12.859
 You've

00:44:12.859 --> 00:44:13.339
 heard Paul

00:44:13.339 --> 00:44:13.659
 say,

00:44:13.839 --> 00:44:13.920
 it's

00:44:13.920 --> 00:44:14.379
 Christ's

00:44:14.379 --> 00:44:14.779
 love that

00:44:14.779 --> 00:44:15.219
 compels

00:44:15.219 --> 00:44:15.500
 me,

00:44:15.759 --> 00:44:16.179
 and for

00:44:16.179 --> 00:44:16.559
 the first

00:44:16.559 --> 00:44:16.960
 time,

00:44:17.079 --> 00:44:17.339
 you're

00:44:17.339 --> 00:44:17.500
 not

00:44:17.500 --> 00:44:17.859
 seeing

00:44:17.859 --> 00:44:18.079
 him

00:44:18.079 --> 00:44:18.319
 as

00:44:18.319 --> 00:44:19.819
 judgmental.

00:44:22.019 --> 00:44:22.519
 He's

00:44:22.519 --> 00:44:22.819
 the king

00:44:22.819 --> 00:44:23.219
 of kings

00:44:23.219 --> 00:44:23.539
 who's

00:44:23.539 --> 00:44:23.819
 conquered

00:44:23.819 --> 00:44:24.339
 sin and

00:44:24.339 --> 00:44:24.719
 death and

00:44:24.719 --> 00:44:25.219
 shame and

00:44:25.219 --> 00:44:25.619
 death for

00:44:25.619 --> 00:44:25.859
 you.

00:44:28.119 --> 00:44:28.460
 Can I

00:44:28.460 --> 00:44:28.899
 say that

00:44:28.899 --> 00:44:29.259
 if that's

00:44:29.259 --> 00:44:29.359
 you,

00:44:29.420 --> 00:44:29.639
 have you

00:44:29.639 --> 00:44:30.299
 seen the

00:44:30.299 --> 00:44:31.159
 veil slip

00:44:31.159 --> 00:44:31.619
 for right

00:44:31.619 --> 00:44:31.899
 now?

00:44:33.159 --> 00:44:33.779
 The stakes

00:44:33.779 --> 00:44:34.440
 are very

00:44:34.440 --> 00:44:35.119
 high for

00:44:35.119 --> 00:44:35.399
 you.

00:44:36.119 --> 00:44:36.579
 Come to

00:44:36.579 --> 00:44:36.879
 him,

00:44:37.639 --> 00:44:38.039
 surrender

00:44:38.039 --> 00:44:38.619
 to him,

00:44:38.960 --> 00:44:39.739
 and find

00:44:39.739 --> 00:44:40.500
 your joy

00:44:40.500 --> 00:44:41.279
 in him

00:44:41.279 --> 00:44:42.119
 today.

00:44:42.159 --> 00:44:42.940
 I'd love

00:44:42.940 --> 00:44:43.359
 to speak

00:44:43.359 --> 00:44:43.699
 to you

00:44:43.699 --> 00:44:44.259
 after the

00:44:44.259 --> 00:44:44.599
 service.