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 Today's scripture passage is found in Philippians chapter 3 verses 1 to 16.

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 Please follow along in your bulletin.

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 Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord.

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 To write the same things to you is no trouble to me, and is safe for you.

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 Look out for the dogs.

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 Look out for the evildoers.

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 Look out for those who mutilate the flesh.

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 For we are the circumcision, who worship by the Spirit of God and glory in Christ Jesus.

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 And put no confidence in the flesh, though I myself have reason for confidence in the flesh also.

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 If anyone else thinks he has reason for confidence in the flesh, I have more.

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 Circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, the Hebrew of Hebrews,

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 as to the law, a Pharisee.

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 As to zeal, a persecutor of the church.

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 As to righteousness under the law, blameless.

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 But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ.

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 Indeed, I count everything as loss, because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus, my Lord.

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 For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish.

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 In order that I may gain Christ and be found in him,

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 not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law,

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 but that which comes through faith in Christ,

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 the righteousness from God that depends on faith.

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 That I may know him and the power of his resurrection,

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 and may share his sufferings,

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 becoming like him in his death,

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 that by any means possible, I may attain the resurrection from the dead.

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 Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect,

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 but I press on to make it my own,

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 because Christ Jesus has made me his own.

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 Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own,

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 but one thing I do,

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 forgetting what lies behind,

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 and straining forward to what lies ahead,

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 I press on towards the goal,

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 for the price of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

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 Let those of you who are mature think this way,

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 and if in anything you think otherwise,

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 God will reveal that also to you.

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 Only let us hold true to what we have attained.

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 This is the reading of God's word.

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 Good morning.

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 I'm Eric.

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 If you don't know me, I'm the youth guy here at Watermark Church.

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 It's great to see you all this morning.

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 Everyone still awake and alive after Christmas,

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 and after the end of the world.

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 Yes.

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 So, I usually on Thursdays after work,

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 go over and do some after-school tutoring

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 for some inner-city kids.

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 And a few weeks ago, I was there,

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 I was tutoring this kid that I tutor every week,

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 and he was doing math homework,

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 and he had this word problem.

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 And it said,

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 a watermelon costs $6 per kilogram.

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 The cost of a honeydew melon

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 is one in three-fifths the times

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 that of a watermelon.

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 Daddy buys a honeydew melon

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 that weighs two and a half kg.

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 How much does he pay?

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 So, the kid...

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 Too much.

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 Probably, yes.

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 So, the kid sits there.

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 He thinks really, really hard about it.

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 Doesn't write anything down on the paper.

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 Keeps thinking.

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 Turns to me, and he says,

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 very seriously,

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 maybe it will be free.

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 And I looked at the kid,

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 and I was like,

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 why on earth would this honeydew melon be free?

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 You just have all the problem right here.

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 Why would it be free after you've read all this?

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 And he says,

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 well, maybe daddy knows the shopkeeper.

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 And I said,

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 no, you're not allowed to write that down.

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 But it made me think.

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 You know, in Hong Kong,

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 we are a city that loves our steps.

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 We love our processes.

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 We have a destination,

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 a goal that we want to get to,

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 and we have step A, B, C, D, E,

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 however many we need,

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 to get to that goal.

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 We build a process

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 so we can achieve the ends that we desire.

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 You know, this time of year,

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 that's especially obvious,

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 because we have New Year's resolutions coming up.

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 Everyone wants to lose weight,

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 quit smoking,

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 go to church more,

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 save more money.

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 And everyone has this process

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 and this plan

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 that they have come up with

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 to figure out,

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 here's how we're going to solve this.

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 Here's how we're going to fix this problem

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 in our lives.

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 And while I was doing research this week,

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 I actually found out,

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 interestingly,

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 that 88% of all New Year's resolutions fail,

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 according to a study done in 2007

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 of over 3,000 people.

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 Over 88% of New Year's resolutions fail.

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 As I thought about this kid

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 and how he approached his math problem

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 and us and how we approach life,

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 I had a realization

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 that this kid,

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 rather than turning to the systems

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 that he was supposed to use

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 to solve the problem,

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 solved the problem through a relationship.

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 Instead of writing down,

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 oh, $6 per kg times 1 and 3 fifths

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 times that,

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 times 2 kg,

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 he just said,

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 oh, daddy knows the shopkeeper,

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 it's going to be free.

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 He simplified the entire process

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 and got a better result.

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 And as I thought about us in the church,

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 I realized that a lot of times

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 we approach our spiritual life

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 by trying to improve

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 and trying to fix ourselves

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 through systems.

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 We say,

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 I'm going to read my Bible more,

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 I'm going to go to church more,

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 I'm going to do this,

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 I'm going to do that.

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 And we have this list of systems

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 that we think will fix us,

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 will make us better.

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 But if you look at the Bible,

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 the call is not for us

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 to pursue systems,

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 it's to pursue a relationship.

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 And it says that by pursuing

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 this relationship,

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 we'll not only simplify the process,

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 but we'll also achieve better results.

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 So as we look at today's passage

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 in Philippians chapter 3,

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 we have this guy named

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 the Apostle Paul.

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 Now Paul was the king

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 of fixing himself

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 through resolutions,

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 through systems.

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 He had it all.

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 And he lists off

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 what he has accomplished

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 in this passage.

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 He starts off saying,

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 you know,

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 if anyone thinks

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 that they've done enough good stuff

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 that they can be saved,

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 I am the guy.

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 His first item on the list,

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 he was circumcised

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 on the eighth day.

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 This is a Jewish,

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 part of the Jewish law

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 that baby boys

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 were supposed to be circumcised

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 on the eighth day.

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 And he was,

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 which means that he came

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 from a good family

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 where his parents

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 kept the law for him

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 before he was even old enough

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 to know what was going on.

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 Next up,

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 he's of the people of Israel.

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 He's part of God's chosen people.

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 And he's not just

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 any Israelite.

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 He's from the tribe

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 of Benjamin,

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 which back in the day,

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 Israel had this big split.

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 And 10 of the 12 tribes

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 of Israel left

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 following the king

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 after David's line,

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 the line that God

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 had established.

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 And Benjamin was one

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 of the two tribes

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 that actually stayed

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 and followed that king.

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 And so being part

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 of this tribe

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 was something

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 that he could look at

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 as an accomplishment

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 and achievement.

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 Even though he had

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 no control over

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 what family he was born into,

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 it was still an achievement

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 that he could point to

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 and say,

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 look,

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 I'm better off

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 because of this

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 if we're grading

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 bi-worldly standards.

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 He says he's a Hebrew

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 of Hebrews.

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 As to the law,

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 a Pharisee.

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 He was a religious leader.

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 He wasn't just

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 some random guy

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 on the street.

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 He had studied

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 the Old Testament

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 inside and out.

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 He knew what it said.

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 He was a leader

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 in the religious group.

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 As to Zeal,

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 a persecutor

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 of the church,

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 he believed

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 so strongly

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 in what he believed.

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 He was so passionate

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 about defending

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 God's truth

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 that he had revealed

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 to his people

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 that he was willing

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 to go out

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 and violently

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 persecute

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 the people

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 that he thought

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 were corrupting

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 that truth.

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 As to righteousness

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 under the law,

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 blameless.

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 There was nothing

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 that he had done,

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 nothing in his life

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 that anyone could point to

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 and say,

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 hey,

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 you messed up.

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 He kept all the rules.

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 He had everything

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 going on for him.

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 He had it all.

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 And then you look

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 at the next verse,

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 verse 7.

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 He says,

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 whatever gain I had,

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 I've counted as loss

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 for the sake of Christ.

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 He has this list

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 of accomplishments,

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 all of the systems,

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 all of the processes,

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 and he says,

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 ultimately,

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 it's loss

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 because I found

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 something else,

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 Christ,

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 that's more valuable.

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 The picture he's

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 painting for us here

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 is a business transaction.

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 He has two columns,

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 the assets column

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 and the liabilities column.

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 And he says,

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 formerly,

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 in the assets column,

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 there were all these things.

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 There was circumcised

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 the eighth day

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 of the people of Israel,

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 of the tribe of Benjamin,

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 a Hebrew of Hebrews,

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 as to the law,

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 a Pharisee,

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 as to zeal,

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 a persecutor of the church,

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 as to righteousness

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 under the law,

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 blameless.

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 And he took a big sharpie

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 and crossed out

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 the words assets

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 from the top of that list

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 and wrote liabilities.

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 He drew a new assets column

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 and in that column

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 he wrote one thing,

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 Christ.

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 Everything that he had

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 counted on before,

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 everything that he had

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 leaned on for his salvation,

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 for his hope,

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 he counts it as loss,

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 as liabilities,

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 because ultimately,

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 Christ is the greater thing

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 that he has found.

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 The systems lose their value

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 when he finds this hope

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 in a relationship instead.

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 He then goes on.

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 He says,

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 indeed,

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 for his sake,

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 I have counted

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 everything as loss

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 because of the surpassing worth

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 of knowing Christ Jesus,

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 my Lord.

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 There's another picture

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 we have here.

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 Imagine a man on a boat

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 filled with gold.

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 This man is sailing

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 and he knows

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 that when he reaches the shore,

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 he will be very rich.

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 And a storm hits.

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 He has two options.

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 Either he can take

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 all this gold on the boat,

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 throw it overboard,

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 and survive with his life,

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 or he can hold on

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 to this gold,

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 hold on to this hope

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 of wealth,

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 and drown with his treasure.

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 And he sees

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 that having life

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 is of way more value

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 than having

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 even this great treasure,

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 and so he throws

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 this treasure overboard

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 from his boat

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 because he knows

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 that life

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 is more precious than this.

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 Paul here,

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 he looks at all

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 of his accomplishments,

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 he looks at everything

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 he's accomplished.

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 He says,

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 yeah,

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 these aren't bad things.

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 It's not bad

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 to have been a religious leader.

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 It's not bad

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 to be an Israelite.

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 These are good things.

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 But ultimately,

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 if I hold on to them

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 instead of holding on to Christ,

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 it's going to lead to death.

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 And so I'm going to take them

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 and throw them overboard.

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 Get rid of them

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 because the treasure

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 that I'm reaching towards

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 is of so much more worth

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 and so much more value

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 than even these good things

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 that I have now.

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 And when he talks about

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 how he's,

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 he's,

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 you know,

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 counted these things as loss,

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 it's not just that he's

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 sort of passively

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 letting them go,

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 but he's actively

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 pursuing this

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 because of the worth

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 that he has found instead.

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 He says he counts

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 these things as rubbish.

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 It's not like he

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 gets rid of these things

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 and then keeps looking back

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 and thinks,

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 oh,

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 look at all that I had

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 to give up

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 in order to follow Jesus.

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 No, he says it's rubbish.

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 It's,

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 that word can be translated

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 as crap.

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 This garbage

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 that I've given up.

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 All these good things

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 in comparison

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 to what I've found,

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 they're garbage.

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 I don't care about them.

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 I don't think about them.

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 I don't dwell

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 over what I've lost

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 or given up

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 because I have found

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 something of so much

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 greater value.

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 I am pursuing this instead.

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 And he repeatedly,

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 repeatedly mentions

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 the treasure

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 that he has found

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 in this passage.

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 He says,

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 I've given up

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 all these things.

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 In verse 7,

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 he says,

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 whatever gain I had,

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 I've counted loss.

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 Why?

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 For the sake of Christ.

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 In verse 8,

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 indeed,

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 I count everything as loss.

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 Why?

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 Because of the surpassing

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 worth

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 of knowing

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 Christ Jesus,

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 my Lord.

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 And then he says,

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 for his sake,

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 I've suffered the loss

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 of all things

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 and count them

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 as rubbish.

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 Why?

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 In order that I may

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 gain Christ.

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 This is what it's

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 constantly coming back

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 to for Paul.

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 All of these systems,

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 everything that he had

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 achieved on his own,

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 he says,

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 it's worthless

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 because there's a greater

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 treasure that I have found.

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 He goes on,

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 he says he wants

00:12:37.379 --> 00:12:38.799
 to be found in him,

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 found in Christ,

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 not having a righteousness

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 of his own

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 that comes through

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 the law,

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 but that which comes

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 through faith

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 in Jesus Christ.

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 He goes on

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 in the next verse

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 and says that he wants

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 to know

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 Christ.

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 That's what he's

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 reaching for.

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 That's what he's

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 working towards,

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 to know Christ.

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 To know the power

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 of his resurrection,

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 to share in his

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 sufferings,

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 to become like him

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 in his death,

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 so that by any means

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 possible,

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 he may attain

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 the resurrection

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 of the dead.

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 And then he goes on

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 even further

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 and he says

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 that in verse 14

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 that he's forgetting

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 everything

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 that lies behind,

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 everything he has

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 given up.

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 He's not worrying

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 about that.

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 He's not daydreaming

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 about what he

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 could have had.

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 He's forgetting it

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 and he is straining

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 forward,

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 he is fighting,

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 he is pressing on

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 for this prize,

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 for a treasure,

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 for the upward call

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 of God

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 in Christ Jesus.

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 Paul sees this value

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 of knowing Christ

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 and says that

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 in comparison to this,

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 all of his systems,

00:13:47.580 --> 00:13:48.460
 all of his resolutions,

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 all of his achievements

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 are worthless.

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 And so we can talk

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 about knowing Christ,

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 but it's sort of

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 an abstract idea,

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 right?

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 Like, what does it

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 mean to know Christ?

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 And there's a pastor,

00:14:02.519 --> 00:14:03.679
 he has a very good quote

00:14:03.679 --> 00:14:05.039
 about knowing Christ.

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 His name is J.I. Packer

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 and he says,

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 one does not know

00:14:08.559 --> 00:14:09.439
 a living thing

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 till one knows

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 not merely

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 its past history,

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 but how it's likely

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 to react and behave

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 under specific circumstances.

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 One does not know

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 a living thing

00:14:21.200 --> 00:14:22.879
 till one knows

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 not merely

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 its past history,

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 but how it is likely

00:14:25.659 --> 00:14:26.720
 to react and behave

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 under specific circumstances.

00:14:29.439 --> 00:14:31.240
 So knowing about God

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 is not necessarily

00:14:32.779 --> 00:14:34.200
 the same as knowing God.

00:14:34.200 --> 00:14:35.680
 Knowing God

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 is not just about

00:14:36.900 --> 00:14:37.680
 knowing a list

00:14:37.680 --> 00:14:38.879
 of statistics and facts,

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 but about knowing

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 a living being,

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 about having a relationship

00:14:43.740 --> 00:14:44.140
 with him

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 that we can see

00:14:44.940 --> 00:14:46.000
 and know

00:14:46.000 --> 00:14:47.360
 through experience

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 how he will respond

00:14:48.400 --> 00:14:49.780
 in different situations

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 in our lives.

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 My brother last year,

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 he's a business student,

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 he had to do a project

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 on Hong Kong

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 for school.

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 He read articles,

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 he did research,

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 he called me up

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 and asked me lots of questions

00:15:02.740 --> 00:15:03.520
 about Hong Kong,

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 and he did his project

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 and this past Friday night

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 I was talking to him

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 and during our conversation

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 he made a comment,

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 oh yeah,

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 I'm an expert on Hong Kong.

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 He's never been to Hong Kong,

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 never even been to Asia,

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 and I just laughed at him.

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 I said,

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 you don't know

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 the first thing

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 about Hong Kong.

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 Yeah, you can name off

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 all these statistics,

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 that's great,

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 but if we dropped you

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 in Wan Chai

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 and said,

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 hey,

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 be in Central

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 for a lunch meeting

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 in an hour,

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 he would have no idea

00:15:32.419 --> 00:15:32.899
 what to do,

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 how to get there,

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 where to go.

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 You know,

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 there's a certain vocabulary

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 in Hong Kong

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 that's very different

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 than back in the States.

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 If someone starts talking

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 to him about their flat,

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 he'd be like,

00:15:42.319 --> 00:15:42.519
 huh,

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 what are you talking about?

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 If someone tells him

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 to travel somewhere

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 and take the subway,

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 he'd be looking for the MTR,

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 not a tunnel under the ground.

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 If someone mentions a duvet,

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 he'd be like,

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 what on earth is that?

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 Because he doesn't know Hong Kong,

00:15:57.899 --> 00:15:58.579
 he hasn't been here,

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 he hasn't experienced it,

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 he knows a lot about Hong Kong,

00:16:01.080 --> 00:16:02.100
 he's read the statistics,

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 read the facts,

00:16:02.900 --> 00:16:03.840
 knows the articles,

00:16:04.080 --> 00:16:05.060
 but he's never been here.

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 He doesn't know

00:16:05.740 --> 00:16:06.960
 what this city is about.

00:16:07.080 --> 00:16:07.660
 He doesn't know

00:16:07.660 --> 00:16:09.540
 how people will respond here

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 when he says certain things.

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 Like,

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 if he had to go use the bathroom

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 and he walks up

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 to a local waiter

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 and he says,

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 where's the restroom?

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 He'll probably get a funny face

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 and he wouldn't know that

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 because you have to ask,

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 where's the toilet instead?

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 And then they'll respond.

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 And these are things

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 that you learn about the city

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 through time and experience

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 in the city.

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 And in a similar way,

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 you don't get to know God

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 just by knowing facts about him,

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 but by spending time

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 and gaining experience with him.

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 In university,

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 I had a roommate

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 who got to know me pretty well.

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 We were roommates first semester

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 and then suite mates second semester,

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 so we had a lot of time

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 around each other.

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 For those of you

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 who don't know me,

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 I'm a pretty laid back guy

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 and that really bothered my roommate.

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 He wanted to see me angry.

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 And so he began testing

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 various ways of making me angry.

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 He would make fun of me,

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 he would tease me,

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 that didn't bother me.

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 He would do various things,

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 whatever, no big deal.

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 But finally, one day,

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 he found the one thing

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 that he could do

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 that would make me

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 consistently respond

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 with anger to him.

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 Biting me.

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 We'd be standing next to each other

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 and he'd just turn and be like...

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 And I mean,

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 he would bite hard,

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 he would leave teeth marks.

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 And I would get angry

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 every single time.

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 Understandably, right?

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 Yes?

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 But he knew

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 through the time

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 that we had spent together

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 and through the experiences

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 that we had shared together

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 that if he wanted to see me angry,

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 which apparently he did

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 from time to time,

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 biting me

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 was the way to do that.

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 And so he got to know me,

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 he tested

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 what will work,

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 what will not work

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 to make Eric angry.

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 And biting me

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 was what he found out worked.

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 So one day,

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 he had bit me

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 and I was just like,

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 why are you biting me?

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 He was like,

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 because you never get angry

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 unless I bite you.

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 I didn't get it.

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 But apparently for him,

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 that was how he had learned

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 to anticipate my response.

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 By testing out various means,

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 see how I responded,

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 and then finding the way

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 that I would respond

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 in anger,

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 righteous anger.

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 And just as with these relationships

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 with God,

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 it's not just about

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 learning statistics,

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 it's not just about

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 learning facts,

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 but it's about

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 pursuing a relationship,

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 spending time together,

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 time to get to know him,

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 about building experiences,

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 about consistently seeing,

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 hey, when I need God,

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 how is he responding to me?

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 How is he working in my life?

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 How is he there for me?

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 How is he shaping me

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 to be more like him?

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 And so how do we get to know God?

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 I'm a little bit hesitant right here

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 because I'm up here talking about

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 how it's about a relationship

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 and not steps,

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 and I'm about to give you steps.

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 So I'm going to give you a disclaimer

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 before I give you the steps.

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 That each of these steps

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 is not an end in and of itself.

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 Each of these steps

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 is intended to be a means

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 to the end of having

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 a deeper, fuller relationship

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 with Christ

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 where we know him more.

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 What I mean by that is that

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 if you start reading your Bible

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 for 15 minutes every day,

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 that does not automatically

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 in and of itself

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 make you a better Christian

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 if it doesn't help you

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 to know Jesus.

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 If you start coming to church

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 more often,

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 but it's more about having an item

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 to check off your list

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 instead of pursuing a relationship

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 with God

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 and with other Christians

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 within the church

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 is the wrong motives.

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 And yes,

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 sometimes spiritual disciplines

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 and resolutions

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 are good and even necessary,

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 but they can also be pursued

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 for the wrong reasons.

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 So as I give you this list,

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 it is not a list

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 so that we can check things off

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 and say,

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 all right,

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 I read my Bible today,

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 I prayed today,

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 I'm at church,

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 yes,

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 but it's a list of ways

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 to help pursue

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 a relationship with God

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 to help get to know him better.

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 So the first item

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 is reading our Bibles.

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 It's how God has spoken to us.

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 In Hebrews chapter 1,

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 it says that long ago

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 in many times,

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 many,

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 you know,

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 God spoke to our fathers

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 through the prophets.

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 That God has spoken,

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 that the words that he has spoken

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 are recorded for us here

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 so that we can see them

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 and we can read them.

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 2 Timothy 3.16

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 talks about how

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 all scripture,

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 the Bible,

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 is God-breathed

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 and is given to us

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 to help us grow.

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 That in the Bible,

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 we have the words of God

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 given to us

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 so that we can know him.

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 So that we can pursue

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 this treasure

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 that Paul was pursuing,

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 that Paul said

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 was so valuable

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 that he wanted it

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 even if it cost him his life.

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 3 Timothy 3.16

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 The second thing

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 that we can do

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 is pray.

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 You know,

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 prayer,

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 in prayer,

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 we can express

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 desires to God,

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 we can give thanks to God,

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 we can confess our sins to God,

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 we can talk to God

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 about how great he is.

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 I think one of the most

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 helpful definitions

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 of prayer

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 that I've ever heard

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 is a pastor who said,

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 prayer

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 is living

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 with a constant awareness

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 of God's presence

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 in our everyday lives.

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 that sometimes

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 prayer isn't just

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 getting down on our knees

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 and being like,

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 dear God,

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 please help me with this.

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 But it's

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 as we go to work,

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 as we're riding in the MTR,

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 being aware of the fact

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 that God is with us,

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 that what we do

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 is a reflection

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 of who he is,

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 that when we need him,

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 he is there for us,

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 and that will help us

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 to develop an awareness

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 of his presence with us

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 and activity in our lives

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 on a day-to-day,

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 moment-by-moment basis.

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 Next up,

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 time in gospel community.

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 Other Christians

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 are one of the greatest tools

00:22:13.039 --> 00:22:13.960
 that God has given us

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 to help us become

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 more like him.

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 In gospel community,

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 we are able to see

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 aspects of God's love for us

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 reflected to us

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 in other Christians.

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 When we fail and mess up,

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 we get forgiveness

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 that we don't deserve.

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 We get unconditional love.

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 We have friends

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 who are willing

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 to call us out

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 and tell us

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 when there's something

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 wrong with us

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 instead of ignoring

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 the problem

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 and pretending

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 like it doesn't exist.

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 And there are times

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 where community

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 can go very,

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 very, very wrong.

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 But when it is done properly,

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 it is one of the greatest tools

00:22:53.579 --> 00:22:54.600
 that God uses

00:22:54.600 --> 00:22:56.079
 to make us more like him

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 and to help us know him.

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 Here at Watermark,

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 we like to encourage people

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 to get involved

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 in community groups.

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 If you're not in one,

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 we would encourage you

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 to sign up for one

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 after service.

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 There will be a sign-up table

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 right out back.

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 But this time

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 in gospel community,

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 time around other Christians,

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 where we can speak

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 the gospel to each other,

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 where we can model

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 the transformation

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 that the gospel

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 brings to our lives,

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 is huge

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 and hugely important

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 in helping us

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 get to know Christ.

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 And the fourth item

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 on the list

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 is another one

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 that's sort of vague

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 and ambiguous

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 because its specific

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 application for each person

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 could be very different.

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 But it's living

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 in obedience

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 to God's word.

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 This isn't something,

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 again,

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 this isn't something

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 that in and of itself

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 makes us better Christians.

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 But it's something,

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 it's not something

00:23:44.940 --> 00:23:45.640
 that helps God

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 love us more.

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 That's a gift

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 given to us

00:23:47.940 --> 00:23:48.940
 through what Jesus

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 has done.

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 But,

00:23:51.539 --> 00:23:53.580
 when we obey God,

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 when we obey His word,

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 we are constantly

00:23:56.800 --> 00:23:58.060
 put into situations

00:23:58.060 --> 00:23:59.560
 where we need Him.

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 Maybe,

00:24:01.580 --> 00:24:02.400
 being obedient

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 to God's word

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 will cost us

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 a relationship

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 because the people

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 that we're hanging out with

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 don't want to hang out

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 with someone

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 who's going to

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 actually obey God.

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 And in those moments,

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 we see that God

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 is with us

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 and will not forsake us

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 even when everyone else does.

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 Maybe,

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 being obedient

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 to God's word

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 means that we become

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 more generous,

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 that we give away

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 more of what we have.

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 And we have to learn

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 to trust God

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 to provide for us

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 in our times of need.

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 Maybe it means

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 that rather than

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 finding our hope

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 in a relationship

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 or in a job

00:24:34.580 --> 00:24:35.600
 or in grades,

00:24:36.100 --> 00:24:37.800
 we find our hope

00:24:37.800 --> 00:24:38.220
 in Him

00:24:38.220 --> 00:24:39.140
 and we have to learn

00:24:39.140 --> 00:24:40.340
 that He actually

00:24:40.340 --> 00:24:41.360
 will sustain us,

00:24:41.380 --> 00:24:42.460
 that He is big enough

00:24:42.460 --> 00:24:43.960
 to place our hope in.

00:24:46.420 --> 00:24:46.920
 You know,

00:24:46.920 --> 00:24:47.880
 each of these things,

00:24:47.880 --> 00:24:50.460
 as we go towards them,

00:24:50.820 --> 00:24:52.080
 I guess you could say

00:24:52.080 --> 00:24:52.800
 it's like sharing

00:24:52.800 --> 00:24:53.560
 in His sufferings

00:24:53.560 --> 00:24:54.480
 like Paul talks about

00:24:54.480 --> 00:24:55.160
 in this passage.

00:24:55.940 --> 00:24:56.880
 It's a way of

00:24:56.880 --> 00:24:57.980
 coming alongside

00:24:57.980 --> 00:24:58.900
 and seeing

00:24:58.900 --> 00:25:01.020
 what Jesus' life

00:25:01.020 --> 00:25:01.500
 was like

00:25:01.500 --> 00:25:02.320
 for us

00:25:02.320 --> 00:25:03.000
 when He lived.

00:25:04.260 --> 00:25:05.140
 It helps us

00:25:05.140 --> 00:25:05.780
 to understand

00:25:05.780 --> 00:25:06.660
 what He went through

00:25:06.660 --> 00:25:07.900
 and to develop

00:25:07.900 --> 00:25:09.160
 this trust

00:25:09.160 --> 00:25:10.040
 in God,

00:25:10.580 --> 00:25:11.860
 this relationship

00:25:11.860 --> 00:25:12.880
 with God

00:25:12.880 --> 00:25:14.180
 within our lives.

00:25:14.180 --> 00:25:17.140
 and there are

00:25:17.140 --> 00:25:17.740
 other ways,

00:25:17.860 --> 00:25:18.700
 many other ways

00:25:18.700 --> 00:25:19.799
 that we can grow

00:25:19.799 --> 00:25:20.420
 in our relationship

00:25:20.420 --> 00:25:20.840
 with God,

00:25:20.920 --> 00:25:21.420
 but ultimately,

00:25:21.900 --> 00:25:22.580
 like I said,

00:25:22.960 --> 00:25:24.019
 with any relationship,

00:25:24.519 --> 00:25:25.779
 it comes down

00:25:25.779 --> 00:25:26.940
 to time together

00:25:26.940 --> 00:25:28.640
 and experience

00:25:28.640 --> 00:25:30.060
 of one another.

00:25:30.900 --> 00:25:31.640
 Time together

00:25:31.640 --> 00:25:32.100
 with God

00:25:32.100 --> 00:25:32.880
 either individually

00:25:32.880 --> 00:25:34.140
 or in gospel community

00:25:34.140 --> 00:25:35.180
 where we can get

00:25:35.180 --> 00:25:35.720
 to know Him,

00:25:35.799 --> 00:25:36.299
 get to know

00:25:36.299 --> 00:25:37.440
 what His heart is,

00:25:37.519 --> 00:25:38.240
 how He thinks,

00:25:38.620 --> 00:25:39.779
 and be shaped by that

00:25:39.779 --> 00:25:41.120
 and experience

00:25:41.119 --> 00:25:42.059
 of seeing Him

00:25:42.059 --> 00:25:43.000
 be faithful

00:25:43.000 --> 00:25:44.359
 again and again,

00:25:44.859 --> 00:25:45.500
 of seeing Him

00:25:45.500 --> 00:25:46.979
 work powerfully

00:25:46.979 --> 00:25:47.899
 in situations

00:25:47.899 --> 00:25:49.079
 where we never understood

00:25:49.079 --> 00:25:50.659
 how He could have worked.

00:25:55.039 --> 00:25:56.819
 And this shift

00:25:56.819 --> 00:25:58.159
 from pursuing God

00:25:58.159 --> 00:25:59.299
 through systems

00:25:59.299 --> 00:26:01.459
 and resolutions

00:26:01.459 --> 00:26:03.199
 to pursuing God

00:26:03.199 --> 00:26:03.979
 through a relationship,

00:26:04.559 --> 00:26:06.019
 it doesn't slow down

00:26:06.019 --> 00:26:06.719
 our progress

00:26:06.719 --> 00:26:08.239
 in becoming more like Him.

00:26:08.299 --> 00:26:09.099
 It speeds it up,

00:26:09.159 --> 00:26:09.479
 actually,

00:26:09.480 --> 00:26:10.839
 just like the kid

00:26:10.839 --> 00:26:11.339
 at the start

00:26:11.339 --> 00:26:13.259
 who had Daddy

00:26:13.259 --> 00:26:15.019
 got the honeydew melon

00:26:15.019 --> 00:26:15.380
 for free

00:26:15.380 --> 00:26:16.299
 because of a relationship.

00:26:16.539 --> 00:26:17.720
 When we pursue Christ

00:26:17.720 --> 00:26:18.680
 through this relationship,

00:26:18.799 --> 00:26:20.120
 it speeds up our process.

00:26:20.279 --> 00:26:22.000
 It improves the results.

00:26:23.220 --> 00:26:24.819
 Because as long as we

00:26:24.819 --> 00:26:26.079
 are focused

00:26:26.079 --> 00:26:27.240
 on what we can do,

00:26:27.460 --> 00:26:28.700
 on what we have to change

00:26:28.700 --> 00:26:29.420
 about ourselves,

00:26:29.779 --> 00:26:32.640
 about what's wrong with me,

00:26:33.360 --> 00:26:34.640
 it's like we're slaves.

00:26:35.539 --> 00:26:37.140
 We have this oppressive master

00:26:37.140 --> 00:26:38.180
 standing over us saying,

00:26:38.180 --> 00:26:39.320
 do, do, do,

00:26:39.440 --> 00:26:40.920
 more, more, more,

00:26:41.080 --> 00:26:41.900
 work harder,

00:26:42.180 --> 00:26:42.940
 do better.

00:26:45.000 --> 00:26:46.299
 But when we look to Christ

00:26:46.299 --> 00:26:47.299
 and find our hope

00:26:47.299 --> 00:26:48.240
 in a relationship with Him,

00:26:48.779 --> 00:26:50.960
 we hear His message

00:26:50.960 --> 00:26:51.779
 that it is finished,

00:26:52.440 --> 00:26:53.980
 that it is done,

00:26:54.640 --> 00:26:56.340
 that everything

00:26:56.340 --> 00:26:58.960
 that we need to achieve

00:26:58.960 --> 00:26:59.880
 for God to love us

00:26:59.880 --> 00:27:00.860
 has been achieved

00:27:00.860 --> 00:27:02.060
 by Him.

00:27:02.059 --> 00:27:03.740
 and that rather

00:27:03.740 --> 00:27:04.819
 than pursuing

00:27:04.819 --> 00:27:06.559
 this betterment

00:27:06.559 --> 00:27:08.059
 through being slaves,

00:27:08.440 --> 00:27:09.720
 we can pursue it

00:27:09.720 --> 00:27:10.099
 in freedom

00:27:10.099 --> 00:27:10.779
 because the victory

00:27:10.779 --> 00:27:11.659
 has already been won.

00:27:13.299 --> 00:27:14.159
 There's a pastor

00:27:14.159 --> 00:27:15.200
 named Tulian Chavidyan.

00:27:15.339 --> 00:27:16.619
 He's Billy Graham's grandson.

00:27:16.799 --> 00:27:18.019
 He has this excellent quote

00:27:18.019 --> 00:27:19.039
 and he says,

00:27:19.039 --> 00:27:21.180
 I've come to the realization

00:27:21.180 --> 00:27:22.779
 that when I stop

00:27:22.779 --> 00:27:23.559
 obsessing

00:27:23.559 --> 00:27:24.680
 over my need

00:27:24.680 --> 00:27:25.319
 to improve,

00:27:25.819 --> 00:27:26.619
 that is improvement.

00:27:27.559 --> 00:27:28.480
 When I stop

00:27:28.480 --> 00:27:29.920
 obsessing narcissistically

00:27:29.920 --> 00:27:30.920
 over my need

00:27:30.920 --> 00:27:31.559
 to get better,

00:27:32.240 --> 00:27:33.279
 that is what the Bible

00:27:33.279 --> 00:27:33.680
 means

00:27:33.680 --> 00:27:35.039
 by getting better.

00:27:36.220 --> 00:27:37.720
 Progress in the Christian life

00:27:37.720 --> 00:27:38.220
 is not

00:27:38.220 --> 00:27:39.319
 I'm getting better

00:27:39.319 --> 00:27:40.079
 and better

00:27:40.079 --> 00:27:40.799
 and better.

00:27:41.799 --> 00:27:43.420
 Progress in the Christian life

00:27:43.420 --> 00:27:44.940
 is growing

00:27:44.940 --> 00:27:45.819
 in my realization

00:27:45.819 --> 00:27:47.180
 of just how bad

00:27:47.180 --> 00:27:47.759
 I am

00:27:47.759 --> 00:27:49.000
 and growing

00:27:49.000 --> 00:27:49.920
 in my appreciation

00:27:49.920 --> 00:27:51.600
 of just how much

00:27:51.600 --> 00:27:52.740
 Jesus has done

00:27:52.740 --> 00:27:53.200
 for me.

00:27:54.840 --> 00:27:56.019
 Progress is not

00:27:56.019 --> 00:27:56.600
 okay,

00:27:56.660 --> 00:27:57.620
 I've set my list,

00:27:57.720 --> 00:27:58.560
 I've kept everything

00:27:58.560 --> 00:27:59.220
 on the list,

00:27:59.519 --> 00:28:00.740
 I'm better now

00:28:00.740 --> 00:28:01.840
 than I was at this time

00:28:01.840 --> 00:28:02.360
 last year.

00:28:03.880 --> 00:28:05.140
 Progress is realizing

00:28:05.140 --> 00:28:05.920
 that we are broken,

00:28:06.600 --> 00:28:07.660
 that we are sinners,

00:28:08.360 --> 00:28:10.060
 that we are desperately

00:28:10.060 --> 00:28:11.519
 in need of a Savior

00:28:11.519 --> 00:28:14.019
 and that Jesus

00:28:14.019 --> 00:28:16.180
 is the exact Savior

00:28:16.180 --> 00:28:17.740
 Savior that we need

00:28:17.740 --> 00:28:18.799
 for our problem,

00:28:19.380 --> 00:28:21.500
 that we are way worse

00:28:21.500 --> 00:28:22.539
 than we ever

00:28:22.539 --> 00:28:23.240
 could have imagined,

00:28:23.340 --> 00:28:24.299
 that He loves us

00:28:24.299 --> 00:28:25.120
 way more

00:28:25.120 --> 00:28:26.240
 than we ever

00:28:26.240 --> 00:28:27.259
 could have hoped for.

00:28:29.580 --> 00:28:30.580
 That is what is meant

00:28:30.580 --> 00:28:31.460
 by progress

00:28:31.460 --> 00:28:32.840
 in our Christian faith,

00:28:33.400 --> 00:28:34.620
 getting to know Him

00:28:34.620 --> 00:28:35.240
 more.

00:28:37.060 --> 00:28:38.060
 And so as we

00:28:38.060 --> 00:28:39.180
 get ready to leave today,

00:28:39.220 --> 00:28:39.799
 I want to leave you

00:28:39.799 --> 00:28:40.799
 with a couple questions

00:28:40.799 --> 00:28:42.600
 to consider,

00:28:42.880 --> 00:28:43.340
 think about.

00:28:43.339 --> 00:28:45.480
 the first one is,

00:28:45.599 --> 00:28:46.299
 what is

00:28:46.299 --> 00:28:47.740
 the one

00:28:47.740 --> 00:28:48.379
 passion

00:28:48.379 --> 00:28:49.500
 in your life

00:28:49.500 --> 00:28:50.599
 that makes

00:28:50.599 --> 00:28:51.240
 everything else

00:28:51.240 --> 00:28:51.939
 look like rubbish

00:28:51.939 --> 00:28:52.659
 in comparison?

00:28:54.699 --> 00:28:55.659
 What is the one

00:28:55.659 --> 00:28:56.240
 thing that you say,

00:28:56.299 --> 00:28:57.459
 if I can have this,

00:28:58.899 --> 00:29:00.539
 everything else

00:29:00.539 --> 00:29:01.279
 doesn't matter?

00:29:02.859 --> 00:29:03.519
 Is it

00:29:03.519 --> 00:29:04.319
 knowing Christ?

00:29:04.319 --> 00:29:07.000
 is it

00:29:07.000 --> 00:29:07.539
 having lots

00:29:07.539 --> 00:29:07.819
 and lots

00:29:07.819 --> 00:29:08.159
 of money?

00:29:09.599 --> 00:29:10.179
 Is it

00:29:10.179 --> 00:29:10.619
 finding that

00:29:10.619 --> 00:29:11.240
 special someone

00:29:11.240 --> 00:29:11.960
 and getting

00:29:11.960 --> 00:29:12.740
 that relationship

00:29:12.740 --> 00:29:13.399
 of your dreams?

00:29:14.659 --> 00:29:15.200
 Is it

00:29:15.200 --> 00:29:15.679
 good grades?

00:29:18.799 --> 00:29:19.460
 And if it's

00:29:19.460 --> 00:29:20.119
 not Christ,

00:29:20.679 --> 00:29:21.379
 what would it

00:29:21.379 --> 00:29:22.859
 take for Christ

00:29:22.859 --> 00:29:23.399
 to become

00:29:23.399 --> 00:29:24.179
 that great

00:29:24.179 --> 00:29:24.579
 passion

00:29:24.579 --> 00:29:25.359
 in your life?

00:29:28.159 --> 00:29:29.139
 What changes

00:29:29.139 --> 00:29:29.799
 would need

00:29:29.799 --> 00:29:31.159
 to be made

00:29:31.160 --> 00:29:33.279
 in the way

00:29:33.279 --> 00:29:33.759
 that you think,

00:29:33.840 --> 00:29:34.060
 in the way

00:29:34.060 --> 00:29:34.480
 that you spend

00:29:34.480 --> 00:29:34.880
 your time,

00:29:34.940 --> 00:29:35.160
 in the way

00:29:35.160 --> 00:29:35.580
 that you use

00:29:35.580 --> 00:29:35.920
 your money?

00:29:37.600 --> 00:29:38.180
 And are we

00:29:38.180 --> 00:29:38.680
 willing to make

00:29:38.680 --> 00:29:39.180
 those changes?

00:29:39.480 --> 00:29:40.160
 I know for me,

00:29:40.360 --> 00:29:41.259
 a lot of times

00:29:41.259 --> 00:29:42.340
 when I truly

00:29:42.340 --> 00:29:43.060
 honestly look

00:29:43.060 --> 00:29:43.620
 at my life

00:29:43.620 --> 00:29:45.940
 and I look

00:29:45.940 --> 00:29:46.380
 at what I'm

00:29:46.380 --> 00:29:46.820
 pursuing,

00:29:47.519 --> 00:29:49.540
 it's not

00:29:49.540 --> 00:29:50.380
 Christ

00:29:50.380 --> 00:29:51.720
 as the

00:29:51.720 --> 00:29:52.200
 primary,

00:29:52.480 --> 00:29:52.940
 the main

00:29:52.940 --> 00:29:53.259
 thing.

00:29:54.279 --> 00:29:54.740
 That I look

00:29:54.740 --> 00:29:55.500
 back and I

00:29:55.500 --> 00:29:55.820
 see,

00:29:56.720 --> 00:29:57.080
 you know,

00:29:57.220 --> 00:29:58.420
 I'm dreaming

00:29:58.420 --> 00:29:58.840
 about,

00:29:59.380 --> 00:29:59.580
 oh,

00:29:59.779 --> 00:30:00.460
 imagine if I

00:30:00.460 --> 00:30:00.900
 had this

00:30:00.900 --> 00:30:01.580
 other job

00:30:01.580 --> 00:30:02.740
 and the

00:30:02.740 --> 00:30:04.320
 things that I

00:30:04.320 --> 00:30:04.900
 could buy

00:30:04.900 --> 00:30:05.600
 if I had

00:30:05.600 --> 00:30:05.960
 all this

00:30:05.960 --> 00:30:06.300
 money

00:30:06.300 --> 00:30:08.620
 from working

00:30:08.620 --> 00:30:09.080
 at a bank.

00:30:10.940 --> 00:30:11.540
 And it's

00:30:11.540 --> 00:30:11.840
 not,

00:30:12.180 --> 00:30:12.300
 oh,

00:30:12.420 --> 00:30:13.000
 Christ is my

00:30:13.000 --> 00:30:13.259
 treasure,

00:30:13.400 --> 00:30:13.960
 Christ is my

00:30:13.960 --> 00:30:14.240
 joy,

00:30:14.460 --> 00:30:15.060
 I'm content

00:30:15.060 --> 00:30:15.560
 in him.

00:30:16.580 --> 00:30:17.120
 But it's

00:30:17.120 --> 00:30:17.759
 looking back,

00:30:18.140 --> 00:30:18.940
 it's not

00:30:18.940 --> 00:30:19.840
 counting everything

00:30:19.840 --> 00:30:20.420
 else as rubbish,

00:30:21.060 --> 00:30:23.040
 it's just sort

00:30:23.040 --> 00:30:23.440
 of trying to

00:30:23.440 --> 00:30:24.100
 find a balance.

00:30:24.920 --> 00:30:25.300
 But that's

00:30:25.300 --> 00:30:25.700
 not what

00:30:25.700 --> 00:30:26.200
 Christ calls

00:30:26.200 --> 00:30:26.720
 us to do.

00:30:26.720 --> 00:30:30.839
 there's a

00:30:30.839 --> 00:30:32.019
 booklet on

00:30:32.019 --> 00:30:32.380
 your seat

00:30:32.380 --> 00:30:32.700
 today.

00:30:33.480 --> 00:30:34.200
 We encourage

00:30:34.200 --> 00:30:34.640
 each of you

00:30:34.640 --> 00:30:35.000
 to take

00:30:35.000 --> 00:30:35.519
 those home,

00:30:35.960 --> 00:30:36.519
 to read

00:30:36.519 --> 00:30:36.860
 through them,

00:30:36.900 --> 00:30:37.140
 to fill

00:30:37.140 --> 00:30:37.519
 them out.

00:30:38.000 --> 00:30:38.400
 Basically,

00:30:38.539 --> 00:30:38.700
 these

00:30:38.700 --> 00:30:39.579
 booklets are

00:30:39.579 --> 00:30:39.839
 to help

00:30:39.839 --> 00:30:40.180
 you think

00:30:40.180 --> 00:30:40.620
 through what

00:30:40.620 --> 00:30:40.980
 is my

00:30:40.980 --> 00:30:41.279
 mission,

00:30:41.420 --> 00:30:41.620
 what is

00:30:41.620 --> 00:30:42.019
 my vision,

00:30:42.120 --> 00:30:42.319
 what is

00:30:42.319 --> 00:30:42.920
 my purpose

00:30:42.920 --> 00:30:43.660
 as I

00:30:43.660 --> 00:30:44.240
 enter this

00:30:44.240 --> 00:30:44.640
 new year.

00:30:46.200 --> 00:30:46.819
 We hope

00:30:46.819 --> 00:30:47.039
 that,

00:30:47.240 --> 00:30:47.539
 again,

00:30:47.660 --> 00:30:48.120
 this isn't

00:30:48.120 --> 00:30:48.700
 something that

00:30:48.700 --> 00:30:49.160
 if you fill

00:30:49.160 --> 00:30:49.460
 it out,

00:30:49.519 --> 00:30:49.880
 it'll make

00:30:49.880 --> 00:30:50.240
 you a better

00:30:50.240 --> 00:30:50.640
 Christian.

00:30:51.019 --> 00:30:51.319
 But we're

00:30:51.319 --> 00:30:51.700
 hoping that

00:30:51.700 --> 00:30:51.960
 it's a

00:30:51.960 --> 00:30:52.799
 tool that

00:30:52.799 --> 00:30:53.140
 will help

00:30:53.140 --> 00:30:53.539
 you get

00:30:53.539 --> 00:30:53.880
 to know

00:30:53.880 --> 00:30:54.240
 Christ

00:30:54.240 --> 00:30:55.160
 more in

00:30:55.160 --> 00:30:55.660
 this upcoming

00:30:55.660 --> 00:30:55.940
 year.

00:30:56.720 --> 00:30:59.819
 and we'll

00:30:59.819 --> 00:31:01.160
 know that

00:31:01.160 --> 00:31:01.600
 we've reached

00:31:01.600 --> 00:31:02.200
 this point

00:31:02.200 --> 00:31:03.279
 where we can

00:31:03.279 --> 00:31:03.860
 say Christ

00:31:03.860 --> 00:31:04.440
 is truly

00:31:04.440 --> 00:31:05.039
 our treasure,

00:31:05.700 --> 00:31:06.519
 when we

00:31:06.519 --> 00:31:07.059
 can say

00:31:07.059 --> 00:31:08.640
 simply,

00:31:09.759 --> 00:31:10.279
 honestly,

00:31:10.900 --> 00:31:11.980
 not because

00:31:11.980 --> 00:31:12.500
 we feel

00:31:12.500 --> 00:31:12.960
 that as

00:31:12.960 --> 00:31:13.339
 Christians

00:31:13.339 --> 00:31:13.920
 we ought

00:31:13.920 --> 00:31:14.180
 to,

00:31:14.519 --> 00:31:15.019
 but because

00:31:15.019 --> 00:31:15.500
 it is a

00:31:15.500 --> 00:31:16.319
 plain matter

00:31:16.319 --> 00:31:16.920
 of fact

00:31:16.920 --> 00:31:19.620
 that we

00:31:19.620 --> 00:31:20.079
 have known

00:31:20.079 --> 00:31:20.559
 God.

00:31:22.079 --> 00:31:22.779
 And that

00:31:22.779 --> 00:31:23.420
 because we

00:31:23.420 --> 00:31:23.779
 have known

00:31:23.779 --> 00:31:24.100
 Him,

00:31:25.420 --> 00:31:25.640
 the

00:31:25.640 --> 00:31:26.279
 unpleasantness

00:31:26.279 --> 00:31:26.519
 we have

00:31:26.519 --> 00:31:26.960
 had or

00:31:26.960 --> 00:31:27.099
 the

00:31:27.099 --> 00:31:27.559
 pleasantness

00:31:27.559 --> 00:31:27.799
 we have

00:31:27.799 --> 00:31:28.039
 not

00:31:28.039 --> 00:31:28.399
 had,

00:31:28.819 --> 00:31:30.240
 because we

00:31:30.240 --> 00:31:30.379
 are

00:31:30.379 --> 00:31:30.759
 Christians,

00:31:31.319 --> 00:31:31.839
 does not

00:31:31.839 --> 00:31:32.480
 matter to

00:31:32.480 --> 00:31:33.599
 us because

00:31:33.599 --> 00:31:33.899
 of how

00:31:33.899 --> 00:31:34.779
 great God

00:31:34.779 --> 00:31:35.079
 is in

00:31:35.079 --> 00:31:35.539
 comparison.

00:31:38.599 --> 00:31:39.139
 When we

00:31:39.139 --> 00:31:39.539
 can say

00:31:39.539 --> 00:31:39.859
 that we

00:31:39.859 --> 00:31:40.579
 have known

00:31:40.579 --> 00:31:40.960
 God,

00:31:41.019 --> 00:31:41.359
 not because

00:31:41.359 --> 00:31:41.740
 we feel

00:31:41.740 --> 00:31:42.059
 like we

00:31:42.059 --> 00:31:42.420
 should as

00:31:42.420 --> 00:31:42.740
 Christians,

00:31:42.940 --> 00:31:43.480
 not because

00:31:43.480 --> 00:31:44.480
 we think

00:31:44.480 --> 00:31:44.879
 that's the

00:31:44.879 --> 00:31:45.259
 right church

00:31:45.259 --> 00:31:45.519
 answer,

00:31:45.599 --> 00:31:45.960
 but because

00:31:45.960 --> 00:31:46.799
 it's true,

00:31:46.899 --> 00:31:47.160
 it's a

00:31:47.160 --> 00:31:47.500
 fact,

00:31:48.079 --> 00:31:48.420
 that we

00:31:48.420 --> 00:31:49.220
 have known

00:31:49.220 --> 00:31:49.700
 God,

00:31:49.799 --> 00:31:50.059
 and that

00:31:50.059 --> 00:31:50.859
 because we

00:31:50.859 --> 00:31:51.259
 have known

00:31:51.259 --> 00:31:51.579
 Him,

00:31:52.799 --> 00:31:53.139
 any

00:31:53.139 --> 00:31:54.160
 unpleasantness we

00:31:54.160 --> 00:31:54.559
 have suffered

00:31:54.559 --> 00:31:55.059
 through being

00:31:55.059 --> 00:31:55.500
 Christians,

00:31:55.859 --> 00:31:56.659
 or any

00:31:56.659 --> 00:31:57.259
 pleasantness we

00:31:57.259 --> 00:31:57.639
 have not

00:31:57.639 --> 00:31:58.079
 gotten to

00:31:58.079 --> 00:31:58.960
 enjoy because

00:31:58.960 --> 00:31:59.399
 of following

00:31:59.399 --> 00:31:59.720
 Him,

00:32:00.539 --> 00:32:01.139
 is rubbish,

00:32:01.379 --> 00:32:01.819
 it's worthless,

00:32:02.399 --> 00:32:02.740
 meaningless,

00:32:03.639 --> 00:32:04.460
 in comparison

00:32:04.460 --> 00:32:04.859
 to the

00:32:04.859 --> 00:32:07.000
 treasure that

00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:07.399
 we have found

00:32:07.399 --> 00:32:07.720
 in Him.

00:32:08.639 --> 00:32:09.299
 Let's pray.

00:32:11.299 --> 00:32:11.960
 Father, we

00:32:11.960 --> 00:32:12.940
 thank You for

00:32:12.940 --> 00:32:13.460
 this treasure,

00:32:13.579 --> 00:32:14.039
 we thank You

00:32:14.039 --> 00:32:15.399
 for the fact

00:32:15.399 --> 00:32:16.079
 that You have

00:32:16.079 --> 00:32:16.700
 given us

00:32:16.700 --> 00:32:17.500
 Christ,

00:32:17.619 --> 00:32:18.000
 that You have

00:32:18.000 --> 00:32:18.440
 given us

00:32:18.440 --> 00:32:18.919
 life,

00:32:19.019 --> 00:32:19.319
 that You have

00:32:19.319 --> 00:32:19.679
 given us

00:32:19.679 --> 00:32:20.000
 hope,

00:32:20.279 --> 00:32:20.700
 that You have

00:32:20.700 --> 00:32:21.220
 allowed us

00:32:21.220 --> 00:32:21.980
 to know You.

00:32:21.980 --> 00:32:23.920
 We pray

00:32:23.920 --> 00:32:24.799
 that as we

00:32:24.799 --> 00:32:25.259
 enter this

00:32:25.259 --> 00:32:25.640
 new year,

00:32:25.740 --> 00:32:25.940
 that we

00:32:25.940 --> 00:32:26.819
 would make

00:32:26.819 --> 00:32:27.079
 it our

00:32:27.079 --> 00:32:27.539
 goal to

00:32:27.539 --> 00:32:28.079
 know You,

00:32:29.000 --> 00:32:29.620
 that You

00:32:29.620 --> 00:32:30.019
 would be our

00:32:30.019 --> 00:32:30.319
 treasure,

00:32:30.460 --> 00:32:30.620
 and that

00:32:30.620 --> 00:32:31.380
 everything else

00:32:31.380 --> 00:32:32.539
 would be

00:32:32.539 --> 00:32:33.000
 rubbish in

00:32:33.000 --> 00:32:34.220
 comparison to

00:32:34.220 --> 00:32:34.519
 us.

00:32:36.579 --> 00:32:37.240
 God, give

00:32:37.240 --> 00:32:37.660
 us a greater

00:32:37.660 --> 00:32:38.279
 love for You.

00:32:39.640 --> 00:32:40.700
 Help us to

00:32:40.700 --> 00:32:42.120
 pursue knowing

00:32:42.120 --> 00:32:43.180
 You with

00:32:43.180 --> 00:32:44.079
 every ounce of

00:32:44.079 --> 00:32:44.980
 effort that we

00:32:44.980 --> 00:32:45.460
 can, with

00:32:45.460 --> 00:32:46.860
 every piece

00:32:46.860 --> 00:32:47.579
 of our being.

00:32:49.620 --> 00:32:50.440
 Let us know

00:32:50.440 --> 00:32:50.940
 You more.

00:32:51.980 --> 00:32:52.620
 Let us love

00:32:52.620 --> 00:32:53.019
 You more.

00:32:54.299 --> 00:32:54.920
 In Jesus'

00:32:55.099 --> 00:32:55.279
 name,

00:32:56.180 --> 00:32:56.420
 Amen.

00:32:58.420 --> 00:32:58.860
 Amen.

00:32:59.299 --> 00:32:59.960
 Let's stand

00:32:59.960 --> 00:33:00.740
 and enjoy

00:33:00.740 --> 00:33:01.539
 our relationship

00:33:01.539 --> 00:33:02.180
 with God

00:33:02.180 --> 00:33:03.759
 in the practice

00:33:03.759 --> 00:33:04.360
 that we heard

00:33:04.360 --> 00:33:04.839
 this morning.

00:33:07.539 --> 00:33:08.500
 That I may

00:33:08.500 --> 00:33:09.620
 know Christ

00:33:09.620 --> 00:33:10.120
 more.

00:33:11.440 --> 00:33:12.019
 Can you

00:33:12.019 --> 00:33:12.480
 repeat that

00:33:12.480 --> 00:33:12.799
 with me?

00:33:13.700 --> 00:33:14.140
 That I may

00:33:14.140 --> 00:33:15.240
 know Christ

00:33:15.240 --> 00:33:15.640
 more.

00:33:16.759 --> 00:33:17.599
 That I may

00:33:17.599 --> 00:33:18.960
 know Christ

00:33:18.960 --> 00:33:19.400
 more.

00:33:19.779 --> 00:33:20.440
 I don't know

00:33:20.440 --> 00:33:21.039
 where you are

00:33:21.039 --> 00:33:21.599
 on your journey

00:33:21.599 --> 00:33:22.819
 today where

00:33:22.819 --> 00:33:23.579
 God has you.

00:33:23.699 --> 00:33:24.059
 But I think

00:33:24.059 --> 00:33:24.839
 that's a question

00:33:24.839 --> 00:33:26.000
 that each of

00:33:26.000 --> 00:33:26.599
 us needs to

00:33:26.599 --> 00:33:27.399
 ask this

00:33:27.399 --> 00:33:27.959
 new year.

00:33:28.639 --> 00:33:29.019
 What does it

00:33:29.019 --> 00:33:29.539
 look like for

00:33:29.539 --> 00:33:30.139
 that to happen?

00:33:31.139 --> 00:33:31.879
 What are some

00:33:31.879 --> 00:33:32.519
 things maybe that

00:33:32.519 --> 00:33:33.219
 I need to think

00:33:33.219 --> 00:33:33.839
 about in my

00:33:33.839 --> 00:33:35.119
 world for that

00:33:35.119 --> 00:33:35.579
 to happen?

00:33:36.419 --> 00:33:37.099
 We believe God

00:33:37.099 --> 00:33:37.959
 has placed this

00:33:37.959 --> 00:33:38.699
 church here to

00:33:38.699 --> 00:33:39.399
 help people take

00:33:39.399 --> 00:33:40.500
 that next step

00:33:40.500 --> 00:33:41.719
 wherever they're

00:33:41.719 --> 00:33:42.299
 at in their

00:33:42.299 --> 00:33:43.139
 spiritual journey.

00:33:44.240 --> 00:33:45.000
 That you would

00:33:45.000 --> 00:33:45.759
 know Christ

00:33:45.759 --> 00:33:46.559
 more.

00:33:47.639 --> 00:33:48.639
 And fall in love

00:33:48.640 --> 00:33:49.080
 with him

00:33:49.080 --> 00:33:49.560
 more.

00:33:50.620 --> 00:33:51.100
 It's about a

00:33:51.100 --> 00:33:51.740
 relationship.

00:33:52.780 --> 00:33:53.600
 It's not about

00:33:53.600 --> 00:33:54.160
 religion.

00:33:55.440 --> 00:33:56.080
 It's about a

00:33:56.080 --> 00:33:56.620
 relationship.

00:33:57.740 --> 00:33:58.180
 You know one

00:33:58.180 --> 00:33:58.600
 of the things

00:33:58.600 --> 00:33:58.900
 we've been

00:33:58.900 --> 00:33:59.560
 praying about a

00:33:59.560 --> 00:34:00.040
 lot is someone

00:34:00.040 --> 00:34:00.580
 asked me hey

00:34:00.580 --> 00:34:00.840
 are we going to

00:34:00.840 --> 00:34:01.180
 have a New

00:34:01.180 --> 00:34:01.700
 Year's Eve

00:34:01.700 --> 00:34:02.700
 service and

00:34:02.700 --> 00:34:03.280
 we're like oh

00:34:03.280 --> 00:34:03.759
 wow that would be

00:34:03.759 --> 00:34:05.560
 like four services

00:34:05.560 --> 00:34:06.660
 in eight days

00:34:06.660 --> 00:34:06.980
 right?

00:34:07.380 --> 00:34:08.240
 This craziness.

00:34:08.619 --> 00:34:08.900
 But you know

00:34:08.900 --> 00:34:11.240
 we our hope

00:34:11.240 --> 00:34:12.960
 is maybe I

00:34:12.960 --> 00:34:13.220
 should put it

00:34:13.220 --> 00:34:13.519
 this way.

00:34:14.180 --> 00:34:14.700
 If you walk

00:34:14.700 --> 00:34:15.039
 into our

00:34:15.039 --> 00:34:15.539
 community center

00:34:15.539 --> 00:34:16.260
 there's a sign

00:34:16.260 --> 00:34:16.920
 in Chinese on

00:34:16.920 --> 00:34:17.420
 the wall and

00:34:17.420 --> 00:34:18.159
 it says the

00:34:18.159 --> 00:34:18.800
 first person

00:34:18.800 --> 00:34:19.440
 plants the

00:34:19.440 --> 00:34:20.900
 seed and the

00:34:20.900 --> 00:34:21.639
 next person

00:34:21.639 --> 00:34:22.460
 benefits from

00:34:22.460 --> 00:34:22.980
 the shade.

00:34:24.019 --> 00:34:24.579
 And we believe

00:34:24.579 --> 00:34:25.180
 that no matter

00:34:25.180 --> 00:34:26.780
 how long God

00:34:26.780 --> 00:34:27.820
 has you here

00:34:27.820 --> 00:34:29.519
 whether it's

00:34:29.519 --> 00:34:30.440
 ten days I met

00:34:30.440 --> 00:34:31.300
 somebody here for

00:34:31.300 --> 00:34:31.900
 ten days on

00:34:31.900 --> 00:34:33.260
 school break or

00:34:33.260 --> 00:34:34.240
 it's two years

00:34:34.240 --> 00:34:34.619
 it will turn

00:34:34.619 --> 00:34:35.099
 into twenty

00:34:35.099 --> 00:34:36.639
 years like some

00:34:36.639 --> 00:34:38.200
 people that God

00:34:38.200 --> 00:34:38.780
 wants you to

00:34:38.780 --> 00:34:39.800
 plant a seed

00:34:39.800 --> 00:34:41.539
 which is Jesus

00:34:41.539 --> 00:34:43.539
 Christ in

00:34:43.539 --> 00:34:44.280
 people's lives

00:34:44.280 --> 00:34:45.059
 around you.

00:34:45.500 --> 00:34:46.260
 We're not going

00:34:46.260 --> 00:34:46.680
 to have a

00:34:46.680 --> 00:34:47.000
 New Year's

00:34:47.000 --> 00:34:47.680
 Eve celebration

00:34:47.680 --> 00:34:48.100
 here because

00:34:48.100 --> 00:34:49.060
 we want you

00:34:49.060 --> 00:34:50.180
 to be out

00:34:50.180 --> 00:34:50.900
 in New Year's

00:34:50.900 --> 00:34:51.620
 Eve celebrations

00:34:51.620 --> 00:34:52.060
 with your

00:34:52.060 --> 00:34:53.840
 friends planting

00:34:53.840 --> 00:34:54.460
 the seed of

00:34:54.460 --> 00:34:55.320
 Christ in

00:34:55.320 --> 00:34:56.980
 their life and

00:34:56.980 --> 00:34:57.660
 trusting the

00:34:57.660 --> 00:34:59.620
 Lord to grow

00:34:59.620 --> 00:35:00.040
 it up.

00:35:00.820 --> 00:35:01.200
 They would come

00:35:01.200 --> 00:35:01.700
 to know him.

00:35:02.280 --> 00:35:02.580
 Does that make

00:35:02.580 --> 00:35:02.880
 sense?

00:35:03.700 --> 00:35:04.460
 So we want you

00:35:04.460 --> 00:35:05.240
 to be out there

00:35:05.240 --> 00:35:05.860
 Christine and I

00:35:05.860 --> 00:35:06.140
 are going to be

00:35:06.140 --> 00:35:06.780
 out with some

00:35:06.780 --> 00:35:07.680
 of our closest

00:35:07.680 --> 00:35:08.320
 neighbors we've

00:35:08.320 --> 00:35:08.820
 been trying to

00:35:08.820 --> 00:35:09.580
 spend time with

00:35:09.580 --> 00:35:11.060
 for two years

00:35:11.060 --> 00:35:11.400
 now.

00:35:12.120 --> 00:35:12.500
 Some of the

00:35:12.500 --> 00:35:13.100
 rugby crew.

00:35:13.780 --> 00:35:14.400
 And our prayer is

00:35:14.400 --> 00:35:15.040
 that every one of

00:35:15.040 --> 00:35:15.640
 you would be out

00:35:15.639 --> 00:35:16.099
 there with some

00:35:16.099 --> 00:35:16.739
 of your friends

00:35:16.739 --> 00:35:17.460
 sharing with

00:35:17.460 --> 00:35:18.119
 them getting to

00:35:18.119 --> 00:35:20.619
 know them placing

00:35:20.619 --> 00:35:21.779
 that seed of

00:35:21.779 --> 00:35:22.599
 Jesus that

00:35:22.599 --> 00:35:23.400
 relationship in

00:35:23.400 --> 00:35:23.900
 their world.

00:35:25.059 --> 00:35:26.139
 So we are so

00:35:26.139 --> 00:35:26.819
 excited that you

00:35:26.819 --> 00:35:27.639
 are here with us

00:35:27.639 --> 00:35:28.259
 on this journey

00:35:28.259 --> 00:35:28.859
 for this next

00:35:28.859 --> 00:35:29.179
 year.

00:35:29.639 --> 00:35:30.159
 Again as Eric

00:35:30.159 --> 00:35:31.359
 shared take this

00:35:31.359 --> 00:35:32.400
 home think about

00:35:32.400 --> 00:35:33.579
 it think about it

00:35:33.579 --> 00:35:34.699
 in the context of

00:35:34.699 --> 00:35:36.139
 that I may know

00:35:36.139 --> 00:35:37.519
 Christ more.

00:35:38.960 --> 00:35:40.000
 How can I do

00:35:40.000 --> 00:35:41.519
 that this year?

00:35:42.379 --> 00:35:43.319
 Let me pray for

00:35:43.319 --> 00:35:43.599
 us.

00:35:43.599 --> 00:35:44.779
 Father we just

00:35:44.779 --> 00:35:45.259
 thank you for

00:35:45.259 --> 00:35:45.819
 this day.

00:35:45.940 --> 00:35:46.360
 We thank you

00:35:46.360 --> 00:35:46.839
 that we come

00:35:46.839 --> 00:35:47.699
 before you as

00:35:47.699 --> 00:35:49.559
 your people and

00:35:49.559 --> 00:35:49.940
 we know that

00:35:49.940 --> 00:35:50.360
 you're always

00:35:50.360 --> 00:35:51.000
 with us.

00:35:52.019 --> 00:35:52.819
 And still yet we

00:35:52.819 --> 00:35:54.039
 struggle sometimes

00:35:54.039 --> 00:35:54.900
 as we think about

00:35:54.900 --> 00:35:56.579
 that and wondering

00:35:56.579 --> 00:35:57.199
 if there are

00:35:57.199 --> 00:35:57.860
 things in our

00:35:57.860 --> 00:35:58.500
 world that we

00:35:58.500 --> 00:35:59.779
 cling to instead

00:35:59.779 --> 00:36:00.299
 of you.

00:36:01.579 --> 00:36:02.980
 So I pray for

00:36:02.980 --> 00:36:04.259
 my heart.

00:36:05.339 --> 00:36:06.940
 I pray for all

00:36:06.940 --> 00:36:07.579
 of our hearts

00:36:07.579 --> 00:36:07.960
 here.

00:36:08.960 --> 00:36:09.699
 That you would

00:36:09.699 --> 00:36:10.380
 make it clear

00:36:10.380 --> 00:36:11.160
 what that is

00:36:11.160 --> 00:36:11.780
 in our world

00:36:11.780 --> 00:36:12.260
 today.

00:36:13.260 --> 00:36:13.960
 That you would

00:36:13.960 --> 00:36:14.480
 give us the

00:36:14.480 --> 00:36:15.760
 strength to

00:36:15.760 --> 00:36:17.579
 confess that

00:36:17.579 --> 00:36:18.320
 to you.

00:36:19.220 --> 00:36:20.220
 Because identifying

00:36:20.220 --> 00:36:21.260
 it and confessing

00:36:21.260 --> 00:36:22.019
 it is the big

00:36:22.019 --> 00:36:22.460
 step.

00:36:23.880 --> 00:36:24.440
 Lord we pray

00:36:24.440 --> 00:36:24.860
 that we would

00:36:24.860 --> 00:36:25.640
 fall more in

00:36:25.640 --> 00:36:26.119
 love with your

00:36:26.119 --> 00:36:28.039
 son as we

00:36:28.039 --> 00:36:29.000
 live these things

00:36:29.000 --> 00:36:29.860
 behind that

00:36:29.860 --> 00:36:31.059
 Paul said was

00:36:31.059 --> 00:36:31.920
 scubala.

00:36:33.559 --> 00:36:34.119
 Rubbish.

00:36:34.119 --> 00:36:36.199
 Lord may we

00:36:36.199 --> 00:36:36.859
 be a people

00:36:36.859 --> 00:36:38.359
 that knows

00:36:38.359 --> 00:36:39.139
 you more.

00:36:39.880 --> 00:36:40.880
 That falls in

00:36:40.880 --> 00:36:41.460
 love with you

00:36:41.460 --> 00:36:41.880
 more.

00:36:42.799 --> 00:36:43.460
 And as those

00:36:43.460 --> 00:36:45.380
 95% of Hong

00:36:45.380 --> 00:36:46.319
 Kong around us

00:36:46.319 --> 00:36:48.179
 who walk in

00:36:48.179 --> 00:36:48.880
 darkness they

00:36:48.880 --> 00:36:49.299
 have no

00:36:49.299 --> 00:36:50.179
 relationship with

00:36:50.179 --> 00:36:50.420
 you.

00:36:51.339 --> 00:36:52.159
 Lord we pray

00:36:52.159 --> 00:36:53.960
 that the 95%

00:36:53.960 --> 00:36:56.219
 would see you

00:36:56.219 --> 00:36:57.019
 in us.

00:36:58.299 --> 00:36:58.980
 They would

00:36:58.980 --> 00:37:00.019
 ask questions.

00:37:01.400 --> 00:37:02.000
 The seed

00:37:02.000 --> 00:37:02.739
 would be planted

00:37:02.739 --> 00:37:04.579
 and you

00:37:04.579 --> 00:37:05.139
 would grow it

00:37:05.139 --> 00:37:05.739
 up and

00:37:05.739 --> 00:37:06.399
 eternity would

00:37:06.399 --> 00:37:06.919
 be different.

00:37:08.099 --> 00:37:08.519
 So Lord we

00:37:08.519 --> 00:37:09.279
 come to you

00:37:09.279 --> 00:37:10.079
 this beginning

00:37:10.079 --> 00:37:10.879
 of this next

00:37:10.879 --> 00:37:12.639
 year and we

00:37:12.639 --> 00:37:13.479
 lay it all

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 at your feet.

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 Help us to

00:37:17.639 --> 00:37:18.000
 know you

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 more in a

00:37:19.779 --> 00:37:20.279
 relationship

00:37:20.279 --> 00:37:20.799
 through your

00:37:20.799 --> 00:37:21.259
 son Jesus.

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 We love you.

00:37:23.599 --> 00:37:24.000
 We pray all

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 these things

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 in your son

00:37:24.699 --> 00:37:24.919
 Jesus'

00:37:25.139 --> 00:37:25.599
 holy name.

00:37:26.339 --> 00:37:26.659
 Amen.

00:37:27.359 --> 00:37:28.179
 We'll see you

00:37:28.179 --> 00:37:29.059
 back here next

00:37:29.059 --> 00:37:29.419
 week.

00:37:29.539 --> 00:37:29.979
 Please don't

00:37:29.979 --> 00:37:30.500
 run away.

00:37:30.619 --> 00:37:31.099
 There's food

00:37:31.099 --> 00:37:31.579
 and drinks

00:37:31.579 --> 00:37:32.099
 out there.

00:37:32.099 --> 00:37:33.380
 We'd love

00:37:33.380 --> 00:37:33.659
 to meet

00:37:33.659 --> 00:37:33.880
 you.

00:37:33.880 --> 00:37:34.239
 We'd love

00:37:34.239 --> 00:37:34.739
 to meet

00:37:34.739 --> 00:37:34.940
 you.

00:37:34.940 --> 00:37:35.239
 We'd love

00:37:35.239 --> 00:37:35.739
 to meet

00:37:35.739 --> 00:37:35.940
 you.