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 If you have your Bibles, you can turn to Philippians chapter 2.

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 We're continuing our trek through Philippians last, not last week, but the week before that.

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 Chris preached on Philippians 2, the first portion leading up to verse 12.

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 I will be talking today about verses 12 through 18.

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 And before I get started here, I'm going to pray.

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 Lord, we thank you, God, for your word.

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 Thank you that we have it, Lord, and we're not in the dark.

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 Thank you, Lord, that you lead us always.

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 Pray, Lord, that you would bless this teaching, Lord, that you would speak, Father.

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 You would give us more reverence for you, more of a bold witness, Lord.

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 You would teach us how to live a life free from grumbling, complaining.

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 Lord, encourage us this morning.

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 Lift us up.

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 Lift any burdens, I pray, by your Spirit.

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 In Jesus' name, amen.

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 Okay, so Philippians 2, starting in verse 12.

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 Before I read the text, the very first verse says, therefore, which to give some context,

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 what he's referring therefore to, is the past bunch of verses that actually Chris read.

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 So I'm just going to go back and read that as a backdrop for what Paul is about to lead into here.

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 So let's start at the beginning here.

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 So chapter 2 begins with verse 1.

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 It says,

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 Let each of you look not only...

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 Not only to his own interest, but also to the interest of others.

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 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus.

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 Who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped,

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 but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men,

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 and being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death,

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 even death on a cross.

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 Therefore, God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name,

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 so that at the name of Jesus, every knee should bow in heaven and on earth and under the earth,

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 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

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 So that's the context for what we're about to read.

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 Amazing text that Chris expounded upon.

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 If you want to go listen to his sermon, it may help with the interpretation of the rest of this.

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 But Paul here starts off by saying, therefore, or since, or because of everything I've just said here,

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 my beloved, in verse 12,

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 as you always have obeyed, so now not only in my presence, but much more in my absence,

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 work out your salvation with fear and trembling.

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 For it is God in you, both to will,

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 it is God in you who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.

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 Verse 14,

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 Do all things without grumbling or disputing,

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 that you may be blameless and innocent children of God,

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 without blemish, in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation,

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 among whom you shine as lights in the world,

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 holding fast to the word of life,

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 so that in the day of Christ I may be proud that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.

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 Even if I am to be poured out as a drink offering,

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 upon the sacrificial offering of your faith,

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 I am glad and rejoice with you all.

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 Likewise, you also should be glad and rejoice with me.

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 Okay.

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 So here Paul is setting up his segue out of essentially giving us this image of God in Christ Jesus,

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 humbling himself, taking the form of a servant,

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 not counting equality with God a thing to be grasped,

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 but emptying himself,

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 him giving us this example of humility to follow in his steps.

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 He then exhorts them and says,

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 As you have always obeyed,

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 so now, not only in my presence,

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 but much more in my absence,

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 work out your salvation with fear and trembling.

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 That's the first thing I'm going to discuss here,

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 is what it means to work out our salvation with fear and trembling.

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 But before I do,

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 one quick thing to note is that he says at the beginning,

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 a little bit of a buzzword nowadays,

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 which is,

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 he says to them that they have always obeyed.

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 Obedience.

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 You know,

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 it's clear in Christianity that we're supposed to obey God.

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 It is a little bit of a triggering thing for someone to require obedience to a man.

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 And here Paul says,

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 As you have always obeyed me,

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 not only in my presence,

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 but much more in my absence,

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 do such and such.

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 And so it's important to realize that God has

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 appointed authorities that are to be obeyed.

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 You know,

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 there are other places in scripture that,

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 um,

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 the scriptures say to obey your leaders and submit to them,

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 things like this.

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 And this is one instance where he references,

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 uh,

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 maybe his authority,

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 which can sometimes be a very difficult thing,

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 depending on,

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 uh,

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 your experience with leadership or your experience with authority.

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 But I would just say really quick,

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 before we head into the next portion of this,

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 that Paul's leadership and authority is very different,

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 um,

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 than the hurt and the existing authority or so-called authority that many of us have experienced

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 or can experience or other people have experienced,

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 because he's doing it in a way that not only is appointed by God,

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 but is as a father would have over his children.

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 You can see he starts off by calling them my beloved.

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 You know,

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 this isn't like a master slave relationship.

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 He prefers for it to be father and son.

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 And so just a quick note,

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 uh,

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 on leadership and even Paul's relationship,

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 the Philippians,

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 that he's endearing like a father.

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 He's not requiring things of them like a harsh taskmaster,

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 uh,

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 but he's actually representing godly authority,

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 um,

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 which requires obedience.

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 So,

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 he says,

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 as you have always obeyed.

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 So now not only in my presence,

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 but also more in my absence,

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 you know,

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 this,

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 this kind of means that,

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 um,

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 he's not looking for approval,

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 seeking obedience.

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 You know,

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 if you were to seek approval,

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 um,

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 there's a temptation to be more adamant about obeying when someone's there versus when they're gone.

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 Okay.

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 If you have obedience unto God,

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 um,

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 it's consistent across the board,

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 whether they're there or not,

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 you're obeying because you know,

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 uh,

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 that it's the right thing to do,

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 that it's from the heart.

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 And so Paul is affirming that.

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 He's saying,

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 not only in my presence are you doing this,

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 but much more in my absence.

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 Okay.

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 So

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 as they have always obeyed,

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 now much more do what?

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 He says,

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 work out your salvation with fear and trembling.

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 For it is God who works in you,

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 both to will and to work for his good pleasure.

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 That's the first thing I want to talk about is fear and trembling.

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 Okay.

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 Um,

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 there's probably a somewhat unfortunate,

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 uh,

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 misreading of the fear of the Lord throughout,

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 uh,

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 evangelical Christianity,

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 which,

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 uh,

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 fleshes itself out,

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 maybe in the phrase of like,

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 well,

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 you should never be afraid of God.

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 You know,

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 um,

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 you should,

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 you should never feel like you can't come to God,

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 which is true.

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 We should be able to approach God,

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 but it's not true that we should not fear God.

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 God absolutely,

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 without a doubt,

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 needs to be feared.

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 God is,

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 uh,

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 holy,

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 and he is supremely holy,

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 meaning that there's no one above him.

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 Everything falls below him.

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 There's no king on earth,

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 no government,

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 no nation that will contest the Lord's will.

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 He reigns above them all.

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 And,

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 uh,

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 similarly to authorities that we experience,

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 like governments,

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 or maybe take it down to local level,

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 like the,

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 uh,

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 local authorities,

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 police,

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 what have you.

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 Um,

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 if we regard them rightly,

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 we shouldn't fear them as we would,

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 um,

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 if we hadn't.

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 For example,

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 I don't,

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 I'm not afraid of the police or the cops because,

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 um,

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 I don't live in constant terror of them because I know what they're there for.

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 I know that they're there for good.

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 They're a good authority.

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 However,

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 if I'm a criminal,

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 I probably should be afraid,

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 you know,

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 because even the scriptures say,

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 you know,

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 that the authorities are not a threat to good conduct,

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 you know,

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 but to evil,

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 you know,

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 and you should stand in fear.

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 Similarly with God,

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 we should have a relationship to God as the utmost supreme authority that lives our life in fear and reverence of him,

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 because there is no one other than him.

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 If we,

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 uh,

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 die on our way home,

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 we will stand before the highest authority,

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 uh,

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 not only over earth,

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 but also in heaven.

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 Um,

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 and in that day,

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 um,

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 we will have to give an account for all that we've done.

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 But the question is,

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 how will God deal with us?

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 And I think it would be a mistake for us to live in such a way as though the fear of the Lord,

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 the supremacy of God doesn't exist.

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 Or maybe even what's happened is that through Jesus Christ,

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 the fear of the Lord is eliminated.

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 You know,

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 I think it's possible that amongst,

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 especially young people,

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 that when they come to the Lord,

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 what it means is,

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 well,

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 God and Christ has done everything for me.

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 You know,

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 uh,

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 I can just live how I want because he gave me mercy.

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 He loves me,

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 you know,

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 um,

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 which are all true.

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 But,

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 the Lord's works that he did for you

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 is not a license to forget about the Lord.

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 Uh,

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 we see in the whole Old Testament narrative

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 that God constantly was reminding them,

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 don't forget the God who brought you out of Egypt.

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 Okay?

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 And they,

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 they forgot him.

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 You know,

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 they didn't regard God as holy.

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 They didn't regard God with fear.

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 And God brought serious judgment.

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 Things didn't change in the new covenant

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 in terms of the fear of the Lord

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 and God's holiness.

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 They actually brought,

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 God brought them to its antithesis,

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 or it's,

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 uh,

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 or excuse me,

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 it's completion

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 in the new covenant

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 by giving man no excuse

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 to come to God

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 and to fear him

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 and regard him as holy.

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 And so,

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 when Paul says here,

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 to bring it back to our text,

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 he says,

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 work out your salvation

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 with fear and trembling.

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 Pretty much every experience

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 of the holiness of God

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 and the,

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 uh,

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 uh,

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 encountering God

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 in the,

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 uh,

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 in the Bible

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 has resulted in someone

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 actually trembling before him.

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 You know,

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 in Isaiah 6,

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 when Isaiah comes to the Lord,

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 doesn't even encounter

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 all of the Lord,

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 but just his train,

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 his robe,

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 he falls prostrate trembling.

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 You know,

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 he's immediately aware

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 of his own sin

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 in his life.

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 And,

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 uh,

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 what's interesting

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 is that God is not just

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 to be regarded as,

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 uh,

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 we shouldn't fear him

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 in a sense that

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 leads us to

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 terror always.

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 Like,

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 Isaiah trembled before the Lord

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 and then what did the Lord do

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 after he said

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 that he was a sinner?

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 He touched his lips

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 and cleansed him.

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 Right?

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 So,

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 we should live in a,

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 in a terror that,

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 in a fear of the Lord

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 that is right,

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 but not at the expense

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 of his other attributes,

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 like his mercy

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 and his love,

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 because he is the one

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 who cleanses us.

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 Right?

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 He's a good authority.

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 We shouldn't fear him

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 because he's a bad one,

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 essentially.

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 He is indeed good.

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 But what does it mean

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 to work out

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 our salvation

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 with fear and trembling?

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 I was confronted with this

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 as I was preparing

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 and I'm like,

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 do I live,

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 I ask myself,

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 do I live my life

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 as though I genuinely

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 fear the Lord

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 as the supreme authority

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 compared to any other authority

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 or person

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 at all?

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 You know?

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 Or do I regard man

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 in competition with God?

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 Do I say that

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 I fear the Lord

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 but really I'm afraid of

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 the things of this life?

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 And I was,

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 I was probing myself,

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 I was asking,

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 Lord,

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 give me more

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 genuine fear of you

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 as the supreme God

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 who rules.

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 You know?

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 Paul says

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 to work out

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 your salvation

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 with fear and trembling.

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 Similarly to

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 in Exodus

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 when

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 God delivers

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 the Israelites,

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 you know,

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 he gives them

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 Moses

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 as a leader,

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 parts the Red Sea,

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 leads them out of slavery

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 and

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 that was their salvation.

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 It wasn't salvation

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 necessarily

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 unto

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 bliss yet.

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 You know,

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 he led them

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 in the wilderness

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 and

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 eventually he

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 was going to lead them

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 into the promised land

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 but similarly to us

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 in the new covenant,

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 God has saved us

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 not by delivering us

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 out of slavery

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 of Egypt

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 but maybe

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 as a spiritual slavery,

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 right,

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 Egypt of the heart,

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 right,

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 and saved us

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 into

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 the new covenant

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 through his own blood,

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 parting of the

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 Red Sea

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 of his blood,

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 right?

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 And so

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 we should regard him

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 even more.

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 You know,

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 God dealt with

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 the,

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 what seemed to be

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 the outward

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 circumstantial

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 oppression

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 of

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 Egypt

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 on his people

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 and now

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 God has

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 not only dealt

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 with

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 those things

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 but in our hearts

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 he's dealt

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 with the thing

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 that

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 we never could,

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 you know,

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 and we should tremble

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 at the Lord

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 for doing this,

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 you know.

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 There was no other

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 person,

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 not in ourselves,

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 no Savior

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 out there

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 that could do that.

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 God himself

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 had to be the one

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 to take us out.

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 So what does it

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 mean to fear

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 and tremble?

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 I mainly was

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 thinking when I was

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 preparing about

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 the holiness

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 of God,

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 that,

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 do I regard

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 God as holy?

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 And just to

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 remind us this

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 morning,

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 not only that God

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 is holy,

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 but that holiness

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 means

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 apartness.

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 God is

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 other than

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 us.

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 We're not

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 like God.

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 You know,

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 the scriptures

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 say,

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 the Lord

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 actually rebukes

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 the people

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 in the scriptures

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 and said,

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 you thought

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 that I was

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 one like

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 yourselves,

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 like a man,

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 like I would

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 reason,

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 you know,

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 which is not

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 so.

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 A.W. Pink

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 says,

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 on God's

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 holiness,

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 he is so,

00:18:01.500 --> 00:18:02.180
 speaking of

00:18:02.180 --> 00:18:02.559
 his holiness,

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 he is so

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 because the

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 sum of all

00:18:05.259 --> 00:18:06.339
 moral excellency

00:18:06.339 --> 00:18:07.259
 is found in

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 him.

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 He is

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 absolute purity,

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 unsoiled by

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 even the

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 shadow of

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 sin.

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 All us

00:18:14.859 --> 00:18:15.879
 creatures live

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 underneath the

00:18:16.799 --> 00:18:17.359
 shadow of

00:18:17.359 --> 00:18:17.700
 sin.

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 We're being

00:18:19.019 --> 00:18:19.960
 saved out of

00:18:19.960 --> 00:18:20.579
 the shadow of

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 sin if we're

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 in Christ,

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 but God is

00:18:23.319 --> 00:18:24.019
 completely other

00:18:24.019 --> 00:18:25.559
 than us in

00:18:25.559 --> 00:18:27.319
 that he is

00:18:27.319 --> 00:18:28.079
 untainted,

00:18:28.639 --> 00:18:30.220
 not affected.

00:18:30.819 --> 00:18:31.480
 He rules over

00:18:31.480 --> 00:18:32.059
 sin with

00:18:32.059 --> 00:18:32.919
 utmost purity.

00:18:34.379 --> 00:18:34.759
 And because

00:18:34.759 --> 00:18:35.259
 of that,

00:18:35.500 --> 00:18:36.919
 we have to

00:18:36.919 --> 00:18:37.460
 regard him

00:18:37.460 --> 00:18:38.359
 as holy.

00:18:38.700 --> 00:18:39.440
 We have to

00:18:39.440 --> 00:18:39.899
 regard him

00:18:39.899 --> 00:18:40.720
 as high and

00:18:40.720 --> 00:18:41.159
 lifted up.

00:18:41.240 --> 00:18:41.599
 We have to

00:18:41.599 --> 00:18:42.159
 fear him

00:18:42.159 --> 00:18:42.559
 who is

00:18:42.559 --> 00:18:43.039
 utterly

00:18:43.039 --> 00:18:43.679
 perfect,

00:18:43.919 --> 00:18:44.480
 without any

00:18:44.480 --> 00:18:45.519
 flaw at

00:18:45.519 --> 00:18:45.819
 all.

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 What is

00:18:48.179 --> 00:18:48.399
 home?

00:18:50.319 --> 00:18:50.899
 Habakkuk,

00:18:51.099 --> 00:18:53.359
 Habakkuk 1.13

00:18:53.359 --> 00:18:53.839
 says,

00:18:54.899 --> 00:18:55.359
 the prophet

00:18:55.359 --> 00:18:55.819
 says,

00:18:55.819 --> 00:18:57.039
 you who

00:18:57.039 --> 00:18:57.559
 are of

00:18:57.559 --> 00:18:58.759
 pure eyes,

00:18:59.519 --> 00:19:00.599
 purer eyes

00:19:00.599 --> 00:19:01.019
 than to

00:19:01.019 --> 00:19:01.819
 see evil

00:19:01.819 --> 00:19:02.359
 and cannot

00:19:02.359 --> 00:19:02.759
 look at

00:19:02.759 --> 00:19:03.099
 wrong.

00:19:03.720 --> 00:19:04.379
 God's eyes

00:19:04.379 --> 00:19:05.159
 are purer,

00:19:05.659 --> 00:19:06.319
 so much so

00:19:06.319 --> 00:19:07.099
 that he

00:19:07.099 --> 00:19:07.779
 can't stand

00:19:07.779 --> 00:19:08.240
 to look at

00:19:08.240 --> 00:19:08.539
 evil.

00:19:09.399 --> 00:19:10.359
 He's so far

00:19:10.359 --> 00:19:10.700
 other.

00:19:11.740 --> 00:19:12.439
 We need to

00:19:12.439 --> 00:19:12.939
 treat God

00:19:12.939 --> 00:19:13.460
 this way,

00:19:13.559 --> 00:19:14.139
 Christchurch.

00:19:16.200 --> 00:19:16.939
 Not at the

00:19:16.939 --> 00:19:17.480
 expense of his

00:19:17.480 --> 00:19:18.259
 other attributes,

00:19:19.200 --> 00:19:19.679
 obviously.

00:19:19.680 --> 00:19:21.220
 but we

00:19:21.220 --> 00:19:21.620
 shouldn't

00:19:21.620 --> 00:19:23.180
 forget that

00:19:23.180 --> 00:19:23.960
 he is

00:19:23.960 --> 00:19:24.980
 always holy.

00:19:26.900 --> 00:19:27.640
 We should

00:19:27.640 --> 00:19:28.160
 fear him.

00:19:28.380 --> 00:19:28.720
 We should

00:19:28.720 --> 00:19:29.200
 work out

00:19:29.200 --> 00:19:29.820
 our salvation,

00:19:29.940 --> 00:19:30.400
 the salvation

00:19:30.400 --> 00:19:30.700
 that was

00:19:30.700 --> 00:19:31.360
 purchased by

00:19:31.360 --> 00:19:32.259
 Jesus Christ.

00:19:32.880 --> 00:19:33.600
 We should

00:19:33.600 --> 00:19:34.140
 work that

00:19:34.140 --> 00:19:34.860
 out with

00:19:34.860 --> 00:19:35.400
 reverence

00:19:35.400 --> 00:19:35.960
 and fear

00:19:35.960 --> 00:19:37.840
 to him.

00:19:41.340 --> 00:19:42.100
 I talked

00:19:42.100 --> 00:19:42.460
 a little bit

00:19:42.460 --> 00:19:42.779
 about the

00:19:42.779 --> 00:19:43.220
 narrative of

00:19:43.220 --> 00:19:43.460
 the Old

00:19:43.460 --> 00:19:43.840
 Testament.

00:19:44.620 --> 00:19:44.960
 This is

00:19:44.960 --> 00:19:47.519
 Deuteronomy

00:19:47.519 --> 00:19:48.100
 6.

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 In verse

00:19:50.679 --> 00:19:51.000
 10 it

00:19:51.000 --> 00:19:51.199
 says,

00:19:51.279 --> 00:19:51.480
 When the

00:19:51.480 --> 00:19:52.059
 Lord your

00:19:52.059 --> 00:19:52.719
 God brings

00:19:52.719 --> 00:19:53.099
 you into

00:19:53.099 --> 00:19:53.579
 the land

00:19:53.579 --> 00:19:54.059
 he swore to

00:19:54.059 --> 00:19:54.579
 your fathers,

00:19:54.779 --> 00:19:55.319
 to Abraham,

00:19:55.599 --> 00:19:56.039
 to Isaac,

00:19:56.159 --> 00:19:56.699
 to Jacob,

00:19:57.000 --> 00:19:58.240
 to give

00:19:58.240 --> 00:19:59.740
 you with

00:19:59.740 --> 00:20:00.259
 great and

00:20:00.259 --> 00:20:00.819
 good cities

00:20:00.819 --> 00:20:01.179
 that you

00:20:01.179 --> 00:20:01.559
 did not

00:20:01.559 --> 00:20:01.919
 build,

00:20:02.879 --> 00:20:03.459
 and houses

00:20:03.459 --> 00:20:04.619
 full of all

00:20:04.619 --> 00:20:05.159
 good things

00:20:05.159 --> 00:20:05.439
 that you

00:20:05.439 --> 00:20:05.839
 did not

00:20:05.839 --> 00:20:06.179
 fill,

00:20:07.219 --> 00:20:08.279
 and cisterns

00:20:08.279 --> 00:20:08.659
 that you

00:20:08.659 --> 00:20:09.139
 did not

00:20:09.139 --> 00:20:09.559
 dig,

00:20:10.399 --> 00:20:11.179
 and vineyards

00:20:11.179 --> 00:20:11.719
 and olive

00:20:11.719 --> 00:20:12.199
 trees that

00:20:12.199 --> 00:20:12.519
 you did

00:20:12.519 --> 00:20:13.139
 not plant,

00:20:13.240 --> 00:20:13.579
 and when

00:20:13.579 --> 00:20:14.079
 you eat

00:20:14.079 --> 00:20:14.359
 and are

00:20:14.359 --> 00:20:14.939
 full,

00:20:16.000 --> 00:20:16.579
 then take

00:20:16.579 --> 00:20:17.240
 care lest

00:20:17.240 --> 00:20:17.779
 you forget

00:20:17.779 --> 00:20:18.319
 the Lord,

00:20:19.799 --> 00:20:20.639
 who brought

00:20:20.639 --> 00:20:21.039
 you out of

00:20:21.039 --> 00:20:21.359
 the land

00:20:21.359 --> 00:20:21.920
 of Egypt,

00:20:22.139 --> 00:20:22.539
 out of the

00:20:22.539 --> 00:20:22.980
 house of

00:20:22.980 --> 00:20:23.480
 slavery.

00:20:24.079 --> 00:20:24.759
 It is the

00:20:24.759 --> 00:20:25.359
 Lord your

00:20:25.359 --> 00:20:25.940
 God you

00:20:25.940 --> 00:20:26.539
 shall fear,

00:20:27.500 --> 00:20:27.980
 him you

00:20:27.980 --> 00:20:28.599
 shall serve,

00:20:28.720 --> 00:20:29.259
 and by his

00:20:29.259 --> 00:20:29.720
 name you

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 shall swear.

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 So the

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 Lord is

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 actually to

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 be feared.

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 You know?

00:20:36.639 --> 00:20:37.279
 We should

00:20:37.279 --> 00:20:38.160
 approach God

00:20:38.160 --> 00:20:38.879
 with reverence

00:20:38.879 --> 00:20:39.359
 and fear.

00:20:41.059 --> 00:20:41.819
 We shouldn't

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 run away

00:20:42.339 --> 00:20:42.920
 from God

00:20:42.920 --> 00:20:43.559
 out of fear.

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 We should

00:20:44.160 --> 00:20:44.859
 approach him

00:20:44.859 --> 00:20:46.240
 through fear,

00:20:46.240 --> 00:20:47.160
 knowing that

00:20:47.160 --> 00:20:47.500
 he will

00:20:47.500 --> 00:20:48.019
 take us

00:20:48.019 --> 00:20:48.220
 in,

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 he will

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 accept us,

00:20:49.120 --> 00:20:49.339
 he will

00:20:49.339 --> 00:20:49.640
 love us,

00:20:49.680 --> 00:20:49.839
 he will

00:20:49.839 --> 00:20:50.140
 show us

00:20:50.140 --> 00:20:50.620
 mercy,

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 but we

00:20:52.740 --> 00:20:53.700
 should approach

00:20:53.700 --> 00:20:54.279
 him rightly.

00:20:55.339 --> 00:20:55.799
 Paul says

00:20:55.799 --> 00:20:56.339
 to work out

00:20:56.339 --> 00:20:56.940
 our salvation

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 this way.

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 Here's another

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 one in regards

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 to our

00:21:00.900 --> 00:21:01.559
 salvation.

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 Romans 11,

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 verse 18

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 through 21

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 says,

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 do not be

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 arrogant towards

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 the branches,

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 speaking of

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 Israel.

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 If you

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 are,

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 remember,

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 it is not

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 you who

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 support the

00:21:17.859 --> 00:21:18.219
 root,

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 but the

00:21:20.139 --> 00:21:20.679
 root that

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 supports you.

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 Then you

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 will say,

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 branches were

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 broken off so

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 that I might

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 be grafted

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 in.

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 That is

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 true,

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 verse 20

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 says,

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 they were

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 broken off

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 because of

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 their unbelief,

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 but you

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 stand fast

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 through faith.

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 So do not

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 be proud,

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 but fear.

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 There it

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 is.

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 Do not

00:21:41.180 --> 00:21:41.680
 be proud,

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 but fear.

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 For if God

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 did not

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 spare the

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 natural

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 branches,

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 neither will

00:21:46.259 --> 00:21:46.680
 he spare

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 you.

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 This is a

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 warning to

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 regard God

00:21:51.259 --> 00:21:51.740
 as holy.

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 He dealt

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 with his

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 chosen people,

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 Israel,

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 in a way

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 that he

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 kept telling

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 them,

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 understand

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 this,

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 that I'm

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 the holy

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 one.

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 All

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 others

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 might share

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 in holiness

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 resulting in

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 God.

00:22:08.900 --> 00:22:09.019
 Okay?

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 God does

00:22:10.519 --> 00:22:11.440
 not possess

00:22:11.440 --> 00:22:11.920
 holiness,

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 merely as

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 something that

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 he takes

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 up and

00:22:14.240 --> 00:22:14.740
 puts down.

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 God is

00:22:15.400 --> 00:22:15.740
 holy.

00:22:16.519 --> 00:22:17.160
 He's the

00:22:17.160 --> 00:22:17.879
 very definition

00:22:17.879 --> 00:22:18.379
 of holy,

00:22:18.480 --> 00:22:18.660
 right?

00:22:22.180 --> 00:22:22.839
 So we

00:22:22.839 --> 00:22:23.180
 should not

00:22:23.180 --> 00:22:23.819
 be proud,

00:22:24.359 --> 00:22:24.980
 but we

00:22:24.980 --> 00:22:25.539
 should fear.

00:22:25.920 --> 00:22:26.660
 Being grateful,

00:22:26.799 --> 00:22:27.440
 being thankful

00:22:27.440 --> 00:22:29.000
 in Christ

00:22:29.000 --> 00:22:29.940
 that we were

00:22:29.940 --> 00:22:30.660
 actually grafted

00:22:30.660 --> 00:22:31.039
 in.

00:22:32.879 --> 00:22:33.660
 This was a

00:22:33.660 --> 00:22:33.980
 miracle,

00:22:34.160 --> 00:22:34.559
 according to

00:22:34.559 --> 00:22:34.920
 grace.

00:22:34.920 --> 00:22:39.500
 Paul says

00:22:39.500 --> 00:22:40.660
 to work

00:22:40.660 --> 00:22:41.000
 out your

00:22:41.000 --> 00:22:41.420
 salvation

00:22:41.420 --> 00:22:41.860
 with fear

00:22:41.860 --> 00:22:42.380
 and trembling.

00:22:45.440 --> 00:22:45.980
 This one

00:22:45.980 --> 00:22:46.500
 really struck

00:22:46.500 --> 00:22:46.720
 me.

00:22:46.880 --> 00:22:47.240
 I was

00:22:47.240 --> 00:22:48.120
 asking myself,

00:22:48.220 --> 00:22:48.519
 I'm like,

00:22:49.960 --> 00:22:51.759
 do I live

00:22:51.759 --> 00:22:52.539
 my life so

00:22:52.539 --> 00:22:53.120
 that others,

00:22:53.259 --> 00:22:53.640
 if they were

00:22:53.640 --> 00:22:55.440
 to be kind

00:22:55.440 --> 00:22:55.900
 of a fly

00:22:55.900 --> 00:22:56.519
 on the wall,

00:22:57.100 --> 00:22:57.460
 you know,

00:22:57.920 --> 00:22:59.560
 can look at

00:22:59.560 --> 00:22:59.940
 me and say,

00:23:00.019 --> 00:23:00.420
 that guy

00:23:00.420 --> 00:23:00.800
 really,

00:23:00.799 --> 00:23:02.899
 he has a

00:23:02.899 --> 00:23:03.440
 really high

00:23:03.440 --> 00:23:04.559
 regard for

00:23:04.559 --> 00:23:05.899
 a supremacy

00:23:05.899 --> 00:23:06.579
 that is outside

00:23:06.579 --> 00:23:07.099
 of this world.

00:23:08.899 --> 00:23:09.119
 You know,

00:23:09.599 --> 00:23:10.039
 that guy

00:23:10.039 --> 00:23:11.879
 follows a

00:23:11.879 --> 00:23:12.399
 God that

00:23:12.399 --> 00:23:12.779
 is much

00:23:12.779 --> 00:23:13.339
 higher than

00:23:13.339 --> 00:23:14.559
 just the

00:23:14.559 --> 00:23:14.980
 president,

00:23:15.799 --> 00:23:16.220
 that is much

00:23:16.220 --> 00:23:16.839
 higher than

00:23:16.839 --> 00:23:17.859
 anything on

00:23:17.859 --> 00:23:18.240
 earth.

00:23:19.659 --> 00:23:20.399
 That guy

00:23:20.399 --> 00:23:20.720
 is in

00:23:20.720 --> 00:23:21.200
 submission

00:23:21.200 --> 00:23:22.159
 to the

00:23:22.159 --> 00:23:22.359
 Lord,

00:23:22.919 --> 00:23:23.460
 right?

00:23:23.980 --> 00:23:24.299
 Do we

00:23:24.299 --> 00:23:24.700
 live our

00:23:24.700 --> 00:23:25.899
 lives like

00:23:25.899 --> 00:23:26.379
 we actually

00:23:26.379 --> 00:23:27.059
 fear the

00:23:27.059 --> 00:23:27.299
 Lord?

00:23:27.299 --> 00:23:37.079
 Okay,

00:23:37.180 --> 00:23:37.940
 verse 13.

00:23:42.379 --> 00:23:43.159
 He says,

00:23:43.339 --> 00:23:43.759
 for it

00:23:43.759 --> 00:23:44.599
 is God

00:23:44.599 --> 00:23:46.879
 who works

00:23:46.879 --> 00:23:47.619
 in you

00:23:47.619 --> 00:23:49.259
 both to

00:23:49.259 --> 00:23:49.940
 will and

00:23:49.940 --> 00:23:50.460
 to work

00:23:50.460 --> 00:23:51.180
 for his

00:23:51.180 --> 00:23:51.779
 good pleasure.

00:23:53.720 --> 00:23:54.460
 So Paul

00:23:54.460 --> 00:23:55.440
 expounds,

00:23:55.539 --> 00:23:55.940
 he says,

00:23:56.500 --> 00:23:56.759
 when you

00:23:56.759 --> 00:23:57.119
 work out

00:23:57.119 --> 00:23:57.299
 your

00:23:57.299 --> 00:23:57.779
 salvation,

00:23:58.299 --> 00:23:58.559
 do it

00:23:58.559 --> 00:23:58.939
 with fear

00:23:58.939 --> 00:23:59.439
 and trembling.

00:24:00.659 --> 00:24:01.259
 And the

00:24:01.259 --> 00:24:02.119
 reason why

00:24:02.119 --> 00:24:02.779
 you should

00:24:02.779 --> 00:24:03.139
 fear and

00:24:03.139 --> 00:24:03.799
 tremble is

00:24:03.799 --> 00:24:04.500
 because God

00:24:04.500 --> 00:24:05.059
 dwells in

00:24:05.059 --> 00:24:05.319
 you.

00:24:07.500 --> 00:24:08.299
 You know,

00:24:08.699 --> 00:24:09.079
 like I was

00:24:09.079 --> 00:24:09.459
 just saying,

00:24:09.559 --> 00:24:09.879
 if God

00:24:09.879 --> 00:24:10.399
 is completely

00:24:10.399 --> 00:24:10.819
 other,

00:24:10.959 --> 00:24:11.319
 completely

00:24:11.319 --> 00:24:11.819
 holy,

00:24:12.579 --> 00:24:13.559
 that his

00:24:13.559 --> 00:24:14.579
 holiness is

00:24:14.579 --> 00:24:16.699
 so removed

00:24:16.699 --> 00:24:17.299
 from the

00:24:17.299 --> 00:24:17.599
 sinner,

00:24:18.239 --> 00:24:19.259
 he can't

00:24:19.259 --> 00:24:19.659
 dwell in

00:24:19.659 --> 00:24:20.039
 a sinful

00:24:20.039 --> 00:24:20.519
 vessel.

00:24:22.479 --> 00:24:23.039
 Paul's

00:24:23.039 --> 00:24:23.639
 saying that,

00:24:24.019 --> 00:24:24.399
 don't you

00:24:24.399 --> 00:24:25.379
 realize what's

00:24:25.379 --> 00:24:25.899
 happened in

00:24:25.899 --> 00:24:26.259
 Christ?

00:24:26.259 --> 00:24:27.140
 is that

00:24:27.140 --> 00:24:27.420
 God,

00:24:27.519 --> 00:24:27.759
 who is

00:24:27.759 --> 00:24:28.420
 so holy,

00:24:28.519 --> 00:24:28.980
 has come

00:24:28.980 --> 00:24:29.379
 down,

00:24:29.539 --> 00:24:30.220
 condescended,

00:24:31.000 --> 00:24:31.819
 wrapped himself

00:24:31.819 --> 00:24:32.279
 in human

00:24:32.279 --> 00:24:32.740
 flesh,

00:24:32.960 --> 00:24:33.339
 and then

00:24:33.339 --> 00:24:34.039
 entered by

00:24:34.039 --> 00:24:34.539
 his spirit

00:24:34.539 --> 00:24:35.200
 into you.

00:24:37.180 --> 00:24:37.839
 He's like,

00:24:37.900 --> 00:24:38.200
 you should

00:24:38.200 --> 00:24:38.640
 fear and

00:24:38.640 --> 00:24:39.059
 tremble.

00:24:39.819 --> 00:24:40.079
 God

00:24:40.079 --> 00:24:40.640
 dwells in

00:24:40.640 --> 00:24:40.819
 you.

00:24:41.579 --> 00:24:42.440
 What a

00:24:42.440 --> 00:24:43.460
 privilege to

00:24:43.460 --> 00:24:44.359
 even be a

00:24:44.359 --> 00:24:45.519
 person who

00:24:45.519 --> 00:24:46.119
 God might

00:24:46.119 --> 00:24:47.319
 enter into.

00:24:48.519 --> 00:24:49.299
 But what a

00:24:49.299 --> 00:24:50.039
 humbling thing.

00:24:50.859 --> 00:24:51.099
 You know what I'm

00:24:51.099 --> 00:24:51.299
 saying?

00:24:51.299 --> 00:24:53.359
 This is true,

00:24:53.480 --> 00:24:54.019
 Christchurch.

00:24:54.460 --> 00:24:54.919
 If God

00:24:54.919 --> 00:24:55.639
 really dwells

00:24:55.639 --> 00:24:56.299
 in us,

00:24:56.799 --> 00:24:57.299
 we should

00:24:57.299 --> 00:24:58.299
 understand the

00:24:58.299 --> 00:24:58.799
 God who

00:24:58.799 --> 00:24:59.259
 dwells in

00:24:59.259 --> 00:24:59.559
 us.

00:25:00.440 --> 00:25:00.940
 You know

00:25:00.940 --> 00:25:01.059
 what I'm

00:25:01.059 --> 00:25:01.240
 saying?

00:25:03.819 --> 00:25:04.539
 He says,

00:25:04.639 --> 00:25:05.019
 for it is

00:25:05.019 --> 00:25:05.659
 God in

00:25:05.659 --> 00:25:05.960
 you.

00:25:08.419 --> 00:25:09.639
 He doesn't

00:25:09.639 --> 00:25:10.559
 sit idle in

00:25:10.559 --> 00:25:10.859
 us,

00:25:11.240 --> 00:25:11.500
 right?

00:25:12.119 --> 00:25:12.659
 What does he

00:25:12.659 --> 00:25:12.899
 do?

00:25:13.240 --> 00:25:13.639
 He says,

00:25:13.720 --> 00:25:14.039
 for it is

00:25:14.039 --> 00:25:14.680
 God who

00:25:14.680 --> 00:25:15.419
 works in

00:25:15.419 --> 00:25:15.720
 you.

00:25:16.960 --> 00:25:17.759
 Not only does

00:25:17.759 --> 00:25:18.119
 he work,

00:25:18.119 --> 00:25:18.500
 but he

00:25:18.500 --> 00:25:18.719
 says,

00:25:19.019 --> 00:25:19.279
 both to

00:25:19.279 --> 00:25:20.000
 will and

00:25:20.000 --> 00:25:20.519
 to work,

00:25:20.799 --> 00:25:21.379
 which means

00:25:21.379 --> 00:25:22.379
 that God

00:25:22.379 --> 00:25:24.919
 transforms our

00:25:24.919 --> 00:25:25.339
 hearts,

00:25:25.779 --> 00:25:26.979
 who previously,

00:25:27.159 --> 00:25:27.799
 before he

00:25:27.799 --> 00:25:28.719
 had made us

00:25:28.719 --> 00:25:29.279
 born again,

00:25:29.979 --> 00:25:31.039
 had left us

00:25:31.039 --> 00:25:31.479
 to our own

00:25:31.479 --> 00:25:31.759
 will.

00:25:32.359 --> 00:25:32.859
 If I was

00:25:32.859 --> 00:25:33.359
 left to my

00:25:33.359 --> 00:25:33.859
 own will,

00:25:34.159 --> 00:25:34.459
 I would

00:25:34.459 --> 00:25:35.139
 only reap

00:25:35.139 --> 00:25:35.739
 corruption,

00:25:36.939 --> 00:25:37.199
 right?

00:25:38.019 --> 00:25:38.399
 I would

00:25:38.399 --> 00:25:38.879
 only,

00:25:40.579 --> 00:25:40.959
 the Bible

00:25:40.959 --> 00:25:41.439
 speaks of

00:25:41.439 --> 00:25:42.019
 sin being

00:25:42.019 --> 00:25:43.519
 actually the

00:25:43.519 --> 00:25:44.139
 bondage.

00:25:44.679 --> 00:25:45.159
 Our will is

00:25:45.159 --> 00:25:45.819
 in bondage

00:25:45.819 --> 00:25:46.339
 to sin.

00:25:46.939 --> 00:25:47.279
 I would

00:25:47.279 --> 00:25:47.859
 only choose

00:25:47.859 --> 00:25:48.359
 sin apart

00:25:48.359 --> 00:25:48.899
 from God's

00:25:48.899 --> 00:25:49.259
 grace.

00:25:50.939 --> 00:25:51.740
 And Paul

00:25:51.740 --> 00:25:52.319
 says here

00:25:52.319 --> 00:25:52.619
 that,

00:25:52.899 --> 00:25:53.199
 don't you

00:25:53.199 --> 00:25:53.799
 realize that

00:25:53.799 --> 00:25:54.359
 God is

00:25:54.359 --> 00:25:54.639
 the one

00:25:54.639 --> 00:25:55.099
 who wills

00:25:55.099 --> 00:25:55.419
 in you?

00:25:56.179 --> 00:25:56.839
 The reason

00:25:56.839 --> 00:25:58.259
 why you

00:25:58.259 --> 00:25:58.639
 can bring

00:25:58.639 --> 00:25:58.959
 him good

00:25:58.959 --> 00:25:59.459
 pleasure is

00:25:59.459 --> 00:26:00.119
 because he's

00:26:00.119 --> 00:26:00.439
 the one

00:26:00.439 --> 00:26:01.000
 who began

00:26:01.000 --> 00:26:01.339
 the good

00:26:01.339 --> 00:26:01.719
 work in

00:26:01.719 --> 00:26:01.919
 you.

00:26:02.519 --> 00:26:03.000
 He's

00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:03.639
 willing it,

00:26:04.059 --> 00:26:04.359
 you know,

00:26:04.379 --> 00:26:04.919
 to come to

00:26:04.919 --> 00:26:05.379
 pass,

00:26:05.699 --> 00:26:05.979
 right?

00:26:06.500 --> 00:26:07.159
 He's getting

00:26:07.159 --> 00:26:07.939
 those desires

00:26:07.939 --> 00:26:08.599
 inside of

00:26:08.599 --> 00:26:09.759
 you to

00:26:09.759 --> 00:26:10.399
 want him.

00:26:11.939 --> 00:26:12.539
 We should

00:26:12.539 --> 00:26:13.179
 fear.

00:26:13.519 --> 00:26:13.919
 Make no

00:26:13.919 --> 00:26:14.619
 mistake that

00:26:14.619 --> 00:26:16.479
 although we

00:26:16.479 --> 00:26:17.359
 have desires,

00:26:17.859 --> 00:26:18.799
 that the

00:26:18.799 --> 00:26:19.500
 origin of

00:26:19.500 --> 00:26:20.179
 those desires

00:26:20.179 --> 00:26:20.559
 aren't

00:26:20.559 --> 00:26:21.119
 necessarily

00:26:21.119 --> 00:26:21.659
 ours.

00:26:23.779 --> 00:26:24.259
 That

00:26:24.259 --> 00:26:26.199
 when you

00:26:26.199 --> 00:26:27.399
 realize that

00:26:27.399 --> 00:26:27.979
 the reason

00:26:27.979 --> 00:26:28.599
 that you

00:26:28.599 --> 00:26:29.000
 live your

00:26:29.000 --> 00:26:29.599
 life in a

00:26:29.599 --> 00:26:29.859
 way that

00:26:29.859 --> 00:26:30.399
 is pleasing

00:26:30.399 --> 00:26:30.959
 to God

00:26:30.959 --> 00:26:31.639
 is because

00:26:31.639 --> 00:26:32.259
 of God,

00:26:32.819 --> 00:26:33.419
 that makes

00:26:33.419 --> 00:26:33.879
 you humble.

00:26:35.000 --> 00:26:35.699
 That puts

00:26:35.699 --> 00:26:35.979
 you in your

00:26:35.979 --> 00:26:36.459
 place and

00:26:36.459 --> 00:26:36.719
 says,

00:26:36.879 --> 00:26:37.079
 wow,

00:26:37.419 --> 00:26:37.639
 like,

00:26:38.219 --> 00:26:38.459
 Lord,

00:26:39.219 --> 00:26:39.719
 apart from

00:26:39.719 --> 00:26:40.039
 you,

00:26:40.159 --> 00:26:40.500
 I don't

00:26:40.500 --> 00:26:40.779
 think I

00:26:40.779 --> 00:26:41.159
 would choose

00:26:41.159 --> 00:26:41.399
 you at

00:26:41.399 --> 00:26:41.740
 all.

00:26:42.899 --> 00:26:43.500
 You know?

00:26:43.500 --> 00:26:44.279
 In fact,

00:26:44.359 --> 00:26:44.680
 I think it

00:26:44.680 --> 00:26:44.859
 would be

00:26:44.859 --> 00:26:45.119
 to the

00:26:45.119 --> 00:26:45.599
 contrary.

00:26:46.960 --> 00:26:47.220
 You know?

00:26:47.500 --> 00:26:48.259
 So far to

00:26:48.259 --> 00:26:48.799
 the contrary

00:26:48.799 --> 00:26:51.039
 that looking

00:26:51.039 --> 00:26:51.400
 at my

00:26:51.400 --> 00:26:52.160
 life now

00:26:52.160 --> 00:26:53.339
 and the

00:26:53.339 --> 00:26:54.039
 decisions I've

00:26:54.039 --> 00:26:54.220
 made,

00:26:54.279 --> 00:26:54.799
 I can only

00:26:54.799 --> 00:26:55.160
 give you

00:26:55.160 --> 00:26:55.599
 praise.

00:26:57.119 --> 00:26:57.640
 Right?

00:26:59.400 --> 00:27:00.180
 It's both

00:27:00.180 --> 00:27:00.819
 to will

00:27:00.819 --> 00:27:01.359
 and to

00:27:01.359 --> 00:27:01.740
 work.

00:27:02.579 --> 00:27:02.900
 So God

00:27:02.900 --> 00:27:03.440
 doesn't just

00:27:03.440 --> 00:27:03.900
 change our

00:27:03.900 --> 00:27:04.359
 hearts and

00:27:04.359 --> 00:27:04.720
 then leave

00:27:04.720 --> 00:27:05.039
 us,

00:27:05.240 --> 00:27:05.420
 right?

00:27:05.900 --> 00:27:06.259
 Doesn't

00:27:06.259 --> 00:27:06.759
 make us

00:27:06.759 --> 00:27:08.559
 desire good

00:27:08.559 --> 00:27:09.000
 things and

00:27:09.000 --> 00:27:09.259
 then do

00:27:09.259 --> 00:27:09.640
 nothing,

00:27:10.079 --> 00:27:10.339
 right?

00:27:10.339 --> 00:27:12.980
 From that

00:27:12.980 --> 00:27:14.159
 place of

00:27:14.159 --> 00:27:14.899
 transformation,

00:27:17.539 --> 00:27:18.019
 Ephesians

00:27:18.019 --> 00:27:18.619
 chapter 2,

00:27:18.679 --> 00:27:18.980
 the end of

00:27:18.980 --> 00:27:19.459
 it says that

00:27:19.459 --> 00:27:20.839
 he actually

00:27:20.839 --> 00:27:21.559
 our created

00:27:21.559 --> 00:27:22.980
 purpose was

00:27:22.980 --> 00:27:23.299
 for his

00:27:23.299 --> 00:27:23.819
 workmanship.

00:27:25.199 --> 00:27:25.399
 You know?

00:27:25.980 --> 00:27:26.500
 He created

00:27:26.500 --> 00:27:27.079
 us for good

00:27:27.079 --> 00:27:27.500
 works and

00:27:27.500 --> 00:27:27.799
 praise,

00:27:28.279 --> 00:27:28.519
 right?

00:27:29.279 --> 00:27:29.579
 Again,

00:27:29.679 --> 00:27:30.559
 not wrought

00:27:30.559 --> 00:27:31.199
 by us by

00:27:31.199 --> 00:27:31.720
 any means,

00:27:32.599 --> 00:27:33.519
 but he

00:27:33.519 --> 00:27:34.959
 did it so

00:27:34.959 --> 00:27:35.179
 that we

00:27:35.179 --> 00:27:35.779
 might accomplish

00:27:35.779 --> 00:27:36.279
 something,

00:27:37.179 --> 00:27:37.379
 okay?

00:27:38.539 --> 00:27:39.319
 So Paul's

00:27:39.319 --> 00:27:39.720
 saying that.

00:27:39.799 --> 00:27:40.119
 He's like,

00:27:40.339 --> 00:27:40.579
 you don't

00:27:40.579 --> 00:27:40.980
 understand.

00:27:41.119 --> 00:27:41.480
 If God,

00:27:41.579 --> 00:27:42.240
 if God who

00:27:42.240 --> 00:27:42.559
 is holy

00:27:42.559 --> 00:27:43.220
 came down

00:27:43.220 --> 00:27:43.579
 to this

00:27:43.579 --> 00:27:44.000
 earth and

00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:45.199
 now dwells

00:27:45.199 --> 00:27:45.639
 in you,

00:27:46.299 --> 00:27:47.079
 you're not

00:27:47.079 --> 00:27:47.379
 supposed to

00:27:47.379 --> 00:27:47.759
 be idle

00:27:47.759 --> 00:27:50.379
 anymore and

00:27:50.379 --> 00:27:50.879
 do nothing,

00:27:51.279 --> 00:27:51.579
 but you're

00:27:51.579 --> 00:27:52.079
 also not

00:27:52.079 --> 00:27:52.740
 supposed to

00:27:52.740 --> 00:27:57.839
 be heaping

00:27:57.839 --> 00:27:59.359
 up things

00:27:59.359 --> 00:27:59.679
 of the

00:27:59.679 --> 00:28:00.740
 flesh that

00:28:00.740 --> 00:28:01.480
 are old

00:28:01.480 --> 00:28:02.879
 desires like

00:28:02.879 --> 00:28:03.459
 malice and

00:28:03.459 --> 00:28:03.939
 these things

00:28:03.939 --> 00:28:04.559
 because God

00:28:04.559 --> 00:28:05.000
 actually is

00:28:05.000 --> 00:28:05.899
 transforming you

00:28:05.899 --> 00:28:07.579
 both to

00:28:07.579 --> 00:28:07.879
 will and

00:28:07.879 --> 00:28:08.379
 to work.

00:28:08.859 --> 00:28:09.119
 So not

00:28:09.119 --> 00:28:09.519
 only do you

00:28:09.519 --> 00:28:09.919
 have new

00:28:09.920 --> 00:28:10.660
 desires now,

00:28:10.960 --> 00:28:11.300
 but they're

00:28:11.300 --> 00:28:11.660
 for a

00:28:11.660 --> 00:28:12.080
 purpose.

00:28:12.980 --> 00:28:13.220
 They're

00:28:13.220 --> 00:28:13.519
 for to

00:28:13.519 --> 00:28:14.820
 do the

00:28:14.820 --> 00:28:15.259
 works of

00:28:15.259 --> 00:28:15.560
 God,

00:28:15.620 --> 00:28:15.860
 right?

00:28:16.140 --> 00:28:16.840
 And what's

00:28:16.840 --> 00:28:17.180
 the ultimate

00:28:17.180 --> 00:28:17.539
 end?

00:28:18.680 --> 00:28:19.180
 What do

00:28:19.180 --> 00:28:19.640
 all these

00:28:19.640 --> 00:28:20.380
 works end

00:28:20.380 --> 00:28:20.680
 in?

00:28:20.940 --> 00:28:21.700
 He concludes

00:28:21.700 --> 00:28:22.380
 verse 13

00:28:22.380 --> 00:28:22.920
 by saying,

00:28:23.279 --> 00:28:23.500
 for his

00:28:23.500 --> 00:28:23.960
 good pleasure,

00:28:24.820 --> 00:28:25.039
 okay?

00:28:25.440 --> 00:28:26.279
 God gets

00:28:26.279 --> 00:28:28.000
 delight from

00:28:28.000 --> 00:28:29.259
 our life

00:28:29.259 --> 00:28:29.800
 that he

00:28:29.800 --> 00:28:30.300
 indwells.

00:28:31.140 --> 00:28:31.620
 You know,

00:28:31.620 --> 00:28:31.880
 it's like

00:28:31.880 --> 00:28:32.420
 this circle,

00:28:33.259 --> 00:28:33.600
 you know?

00:28:33.599 --> 00:28:34.439
 But it's

00:28:34.439 --> 00:28:34.819
 not a

00:28:34.819 --> 00:28:35.559
 circle that

00:28:35.559 --> 00:28:35.919
 we're

00:28:35.919 --> 00:28:36.279
 removed

00:28:36.279 --> 00:28:36.659
 from,

00:28:37.539 --> 00:28:37.819
 you know?

00:28:38.179 --> 00:28:38.579
 It's not

00:28:38.579 --> 00:28:39.939
 that we're

00:28:39.939 --> 00:28:40.379
 over here

00:28:40.379 --> 00:28:40.719
 and God

00:28:40.719 --> 00:28:41.119
 just like,

00:28:41.179 --> 00:28:41.399
 all right,

00:28:41.859 --> 00:28:42.099
 I'm going

00:28:42.099 --> 00:28:42.359
 to take

00:28:42.359 --> 00:28:43.500
 over and

00:28:43.500 --> 00:28:43.839
 you're going

00:28:43.839 --> 00:28:44.099
 to just

00:28:44.099 --> 00:28:44.579
 kind of sit

00:28:44.579 --> 00:28:45.079
 by and

00:28:45.079 --> 00:28:45.539
 watch everything

00:28:45.539 --> 00:28:45.879
 happen.

00:28:45.980 --> 00:28:46.119
 No,

00:28:46.199 --> 00:28:46.879
 we are the

00:28:46.879 --> 00:28:47.359
 means by

00:28:47.359 --> 00:28:48.119
 which God

00:28:48.119 --> 00:28:50.379
 actually brings

00:28:50.379 --> 00:28:51.679
 completion to

00:28:51.679 --> 00:28:52.179
 the work,

00:28:52.719 --> 00:28:53.039
 brings

00:28:53.039 --> 00:28:53.899
 some self-pleasure,

00:28:54.279 --> 00:28:54.559
 right?

00:28:54.559 --> 00:28:59.700
 And so

00:28:59.700 --> 00:29:00.119
 when we

00:29:00.119 --> 00:29:00.759
 realize,

00:29:01.119 --> 00:29:03.079
 which Paul

00:29:03.079 --> 00:29:03.559
 is reminding

00:29:03.559 --> 00:29:04.139
 us about,

00:29:04.819 --> 00:29:05.480
 that God

00:29:05.480 --> 00:29:05.819
 is the

00:29:05.819 --> 00:29:06.259
 one who

00:29:06.259 --> 00:29:06.659
 lives in

00:29:06.659 --> 00:29:06.980
 us,

00:29:07.579 --> 00:29:09.500
 that he

00:29:09.500 --> 00:29:09.940
 actually

00:29:09.940 --> 00:29:10.500
 lives,

00:29:10.720 --> 00:29:10.960
 that he's

00:29:10.960 --> 00:29:11.440
 not dead

00:29:11.440 --> 00:29:11.940
 in us

00:29:11.940 --> 00:29:13.039
 or alive

00:29:13.039 --> 00:29:13.419
 in someone

00:29:13.419 --> 00:29:13.919
 else,

00:29:14.480 --> 00:29:14.720
 right?

00:29:14.759 --> 00:29:15.159
 But he's

00:29:15.159 --> 00:29:15.639
 living in

00:29:15.639 --> 00:29:15.980
 us.

00:29:16.039 --> 00:29:16.659
 Each person

00:29:16.659 --> 00:29:17.779
 who is in

00:29:17.779 --> 00:29:18.159
 Christ,

00:29:18.759 --> 00:29:19.359
 Jesus lives

00:29:19.359 --> 00:29:19.779
 in you.

00:29:20.419 --> 00:29:20.679
 That

00:29:20.679 --> 00:29:22.759
 produces

00:29:22.759 --> 00:29:24.539
 an awareness

00:29:24.539 --> 00:29:25.799
 and humility

00:29:25.799 --> 00:29:26.759
 and fear.

00:29:27.000 --> 00:29:27.099
 You know,

00:29:27.119 --> 00:29:27.639
 I think that's

00:29:27.639 --> 00:29:28.220
 the context

00:29:28.220 --> 00:29:28.920
 that we see

00:29:28.920 --> 00:29:31.559
 that Paul

00:29:31.559 --> 00:29:32.000
 is speaking

00:29:32.000 --> 00:29:32.359
 out of.

00:29:32.480 --> 00:29:32.579
 You know,

00:29:32.639 --> 00:29:33.200
 he just got

00:29:33.200 --> 00:29:33.839
 done saying

00:29:33.839 --> 00:29:34.980
 do nothing

00:29:34.980 --> 00:29:35.519
 from selfish

00:29:35.519 --> 00:29:36.019
 ambition,

00:29:36.200 --> 00:29:36.539
 but in

00:29:36.539 --> 00:29:37.039
 humility,

00:29:37.339 --> 00:29:37.539
 right?

00:29:39.240 --> 00:29:40.119
 Jesus humbled

00:29:40.119 --> 00:29:40.579
 himself.

00:29:41.139 --> 00:29:41.619
 He emptied

00:29:41.619 --> 00:29:42.099
 himself,

00:29:42.579 --> 00:29:42.839
 right?

00:29:44.379 --> 00:29:45.180
 We ought

00:29:45.180 --> 00:29:46.159
 to realize

00:29:46.159 --> 00:29:47.059
 that he now

00:29:47.059 --> 00:29:47.899
 dwells in us,

00:29:47.980 --> 00:29:48.159
 you know,

00:29:48.180 --> 00:29:48.859
 and be humble

00:29:48.859 --> 00:29:49.440
 about that.

00:29:54.539 --> 00:29:54.839
 For it is

00:29:54.839 --> 00:29:55.639
 God who

00:29:55.639 --> 00:29:56.240
 works in

00:29:56.240 --> 00:29:56.740
 you both

00:29:56.740 --> 00:29:57.200
 to will

00:29:57.200 --> 00:29:57.500
 and to

00:29:57.500 --> 00:29:57.899
 work for

00:29:57.899 --> 00:29:58.299
 his good

00:29:58.299 --> 00:29:58.680
 pleasure.

00:30:00.960 --> 00:30:01.639
 So Paul

00:30:01.639 --> 00:30:02.319
 exhorts them

00:30:02.319 --> 00:30:03.539
 to realize

00:30:03.539 --> 00:30:04.420
 who lives

00:30:04.420 --> 00:30:04.960
 inside of

00:30:04.960 --> 00:30:05.240
 them,

00:30:05.579 --> 00:30:05.859
 right?

00:30:06.480 --> 00:30:07.240
 To regard

00:30:07.240 --> 00:30:07.859
 him with

00:30:07.859 --> 00:30:08.659
 fear and

00:30:08.659 --> 00:30:09.220
 with trembling,

00:30:10.480 --> 00:30:11.379
 to still

00:30:11.379 --> 00:30:12.220
 approach God

00:30:12.220 --> 00:30:13.200
 as he is,

00:30:13.339 --> 00:30:14.579
 not how he

00:30:14.579 --> 00:30:15.319
 isn't,

00:30:15.839 --> 00:30:16.279
 or is not,

00:30:16.339 --> 00:30:16.559
 you know.

00:30:18.000 --> 00:30:18.879
 And then in

00:30:18.879 --> 00:30:20.859
 verse 14,

00:30:20.960 --> 00:30:21.599
 moving on,

00:30:22.799 --> 00:30:23.159
 he gives

00:30:23.160 --> 00:30:24.040
 an exhortation.

00:30:24.840 --> 00:30:25.320
 Verse 14

00:30:25.320 --> 00:30:25.600
 says,

00:30:25.700 --> 00:30:26.160
 do all

00:30:26.160 --> 00:30:26.620
 things

00:30:26.620 --> 00:30:27.620
 without

00:30:27.620 --> 00:30:28.100
 grumbling

00:30:28.100 --> 00:30:29.259
 or disputing,

00:30:30.440 --> 00:30:31.100
 that you

00:30:31.100 --> 00:30:31.440
 may be

00:30:31.440 --> 00:30:32.019
 blameless

00:30:32.019 --> 00:30:33.000
 and innocent

00:30:33.000 --> 00:30:33.720
 children of

00:30:33.720 --> 00:30:34.140
 God,

00:30:35.660 --> 00:30:39.100
 without

00:30:39.100 --> 00:30:39.560
 blemish

00:30:39.560 --> 00:30:39.820
 in the

00:30:39.820 --> 00:30:40.380
 midst of

00:30:40.380 --> 00:30:40.820
 a crooked

00:30:40.820 --> 00:30:41.420
 and twisted

00:30:41.420 --> 00:30:42.060
 generation,

00:30:42.640 --> 00:30:43.259
 among whom

00:30:43.259 --> 00:30:43.660
 you shine

00:30:43.660 --> 00:30:44.100
 as lights

00:30:44.100 --> 00:30:44.360
 in the

00:30:44.360 --> 00:30:44.640
 world,

00:30:45.380 --> 00:30:45.640
 holding

00:30:45.640 --> 00:30:46.180
 fast to

00:30:46.180 --> 00:30:46.480
 the word

00:30:46.480 --> 00:30:46.980
 of life.

00:30:48.519 --> 00:30:48.840
 So real

00:30:48.840 --> 00:30:49.140
 quick,

00:30:49.300 --> 00:30:49.660
 he starts

00:30:49.660 --> 00:30:50.180
 off by

00:30:50.180 --> 00:30:51.120
 saying,

00:30:51.300 --> 00:30:51.720
 do all

00:30:51.720 --> 00:30:52.160
 things

00:30:52.160 --> 00:30:52.480
 without

00:30:52.480 --> 00:30:52.860
 grumbling

00:30:52.859 --> 00:30:53.719
 or complaining,

00:30:53.859 --> 00:30:54.199
 and that's

00:30:54.199 --> 00:30:54.819
 one of my

00:30:54.819 --> 00:30:55.379
 other points.

00:30:55.659 --> 00:30:55.959
 So fear

00:30:55.959 --> 00:30:56.439
 and trembling,

00:30:57.740 --> 00:31:00.379
 realizing

00:31:00.379 --> 00:31:00.779
 that God

00:31:00.779 --> 00:31:01.079
 is in

00:31:01.079 --> 00:31:01.379
 us,

00:31:02.079 --> 00:31:02.619
 and then

00:31:02.619 --> 00:31:04.159
 this exhortation

00:31:04.159 --> 00:31:04.459
 to do

00:31:04.459 --> 00:31:05.119
 nothing from

00:31:05.119 --> 00:31:05.519
 grumbling

00:31:05.519 --> 00:31:06.619
 or disputing,

00:31:06.879 --> 00:31:07.819
 it says.

00:31:09.899 --> 00:31:10.659
 He says,

00:31:10.759 --> 00:31:11.179
 do all

00:31:11.179 --> 00:31:11.639
 things,

00:31:12.099 --> 00:31:12.719
 not just

00:31:12.719 --> 00:31:13.039
 church

00:31:13.039 --> 00:31:13.579
 things,

00:31:13.759 --> 00:31:14.279
 not just

00:31:14.279 --> 00:31:14.639
 work

00:31:14.639 --> 00:31:15.259
 things,

00:31:15.579 --> 00:31:16.059
 not just

00:31:16.059 --> 00:31:16.419
 home

00:31:16.419 --> 00:31:17.099
 things,

00:31:17.799 --> 00:31:18.079
 right?

00:31:18.699 --> 00:31:19.179
 Wherever

00:31:19.179 --> 00:31:19.979
 you are,

00:31:20.619 --> 00:31:21.079
 as long

00:31:21.079 --> 00:31:21.439
 as God

00:31:21.439 --> 00:31:21.859
 is in

00:31:21.859 --> 00:31:22.099
 you,

00:31:22.179 --> 00:31:22.519
 that means

00:31:22.519 --> 00:31:22.779
 wherever

00:31:22.779 --> 00:31:23.319
 you go,

00:31:23.459 --> 00:31:23.679
 God

00:31:23.679 --> 00:31:24.179
 goes with

00:31:24.179 --> 00:31:24.439
 you,

00:31:24.599 --> 00:31:24.839
 right?

00:31:25.199 --> 00:31:25.559
 Do

00:31:25.559 --> 00:31:25.919
 all

00:31:25.919 --> 00:31:26.379
 things

00:31:26.379 --> 00:31:26.740
 without

00:31:26.740 --> 00:31:27.179
 grumbling

00:31:27.179 --> 00:31:28.000
 or disputing.

00:31:30.459 --> 00:31:30.899
 How

00:31:30.899 --> 00:31:31.639
 often do

00:31:31.639 --> 00:31:32.240
 we complain?

00:31:32.679 --> 00:31:32.879
 You know,

00:31:33.000 --> 00:31:33.240
 like,

00:31:33.500 --> 00:31:34.439
 seems like,

00:31:34.559 --> 00:31:34.919
 honestly,

00:31:35.319 --> 00:31:35.979
 it's the

00:31:35.979 --> 00:31:37.399
 rule of,

00:31:37.500 --> 00:31:37.859
 or order

00:31:37.859 --> 00:31:38.079
 of the

00:31:38.079 --> 00:31:38.299
 day,

00:31:38.399 --> 00:31:38.639
 rule of

00:31:38.639 --> 00:31:39.039
 the day.

00:31:39.619 --> 00:31:39.879
 Like,

00:31:39.939 --> 00:31:40.319
 if you

00:31:40.319 --> 00:31:40.659
 can go

00:31:40.659 --> 00:31:40.979
 a day

00:31:40.979 --> 00:31:41.259
 without

00:31:41.259 --> 00:31:41.959
 being around

00:31:41.959 --> 00:31:42.259
 someone

00:31:42.259 --> 00:31:42.779
 complaining,

00:31:42.899 --> 00:31:43.199
 or you

00:31:43.199 --> 00:31:43.579
 yourself

00:31:43.579 --> 00:31:43.799
 not

00:31:43.799 --> 00:31:44.219
 complaining,

00:31:44.419 --> 00:31:44.759
 it's like

00:31:44.759 --> 00:31:45.099
 missing

00:31:45.099 --> 00:31:45.659
 a cup

00:31:45.659 --> 00:31:46.179
 of coffee

00:31:46.179 --> 00:31:46.419
 in the

00:31:46.419 --> 00:31:46.659
 morning.

00:31:46.859 --> 00:31:46.959
 You know,

00:31:46.959 --> 00:31:47.139
 it's just

00:31:47.139 --> 00:31:47.240
 like,

00:31:47.240 --> 00:31:47.660
 oh man,

00:31:48.500 --> 00:31:48.779
 I didn't

00:31:48.779 --> 00:31:49.160
 get my

00:31:49.160 --> 00:31:49.779
 daily dose

00:31:49.779 --> 00:31:50.380
 of grumbling,

00:31:50.680 --> 00:31:50.940
 you know?

00:31:51.620 --> 00:31:52.099
 It's like,

00:31:52.539 --> 00:31:53.400
 it's everywhere

00:31:53.400 --> 00:31:54.059
 all the time.

00:31:54.180 --> 00:31:54.440
 Seriously,

00:31:54.599 --> 00:31:54.759
 like,

00:31:55.779 --> 00:31:56.620
 there is a

00:31:56.620 --> 00:31:58.759
 spirit

00:31:58.759 --> 00:32:00.299
 that can be

00:32:00.299 --> 00:32:00.759
 shared

00:32:00.759 --> 00:32:01.740
 in the

00:32:01.740 --> 00:32:02.200
 workforce

00:32:02.200 --> 00:32:03.880
 that looks

00:32:03.880 --> 00:32:04.319
 like,

00:32:04.500 --> 00:32:05.900
 I'll just

00:32:05.900 --> 00:32:06.640
 gripe about

00:32:06.640 --> 00:32:07.640
 whatever's

00:32:07.640 --> 00:32:08.059
 lacking,

00:32:08.720 --> 00:32:09.140
 whatever I'm

00:32:09.140 --> 00:32:09.819
 not getting,

00:32:10.259 --> 00:32:10.700
 whoever in

00:32:10.700 --> 00:32:11.539
 authority is not

00:32:11.539 --> 00:32:12.039
 doing a great

00:32:12.039 --> 00:32:12.579
 job,

00:32:12.980 --> 00:32:13.740
 and it's

00:32:13.740 --> 00:32:14.160
 contagious,

00:32:14.380 --> 00:32:14.620
 you know?

00:32:14.619 --> 00:32:14.939
 It's just

00:32:14.939 --> 00:32:15.179
 like,

00:32:15.459 --> 00:32:15.719
 if you're

00:32:15.719 --> 00:32:16.199
 not griping

00:32:16.199 --> 00:32:16.639
 at work,

00:32:16.779 --> 00:32:16.939
 like,

00:32:17.579 --> 00:32:17.799
 what are

00:32:17.799 --> 00:32:18.019
 you doing,

00:32:18.099 --> 00:32:18.419
 enjoying

00:32:18.419 --> 00:32:18.819
 work?

00:32:19.939 --> 00:32:20.159
 You know?

00:32:21.159 --> 00:32:21.419
 And,

00:32:21.639 --> 00:32:23.299
 but it's

00:32:23.299 --> 00:32:23.639
 not just

00:32:23.639 --> 00:32:24.000
 work,

00:32:24.519 --> 00:32:24.899
 it's other

00:32:24.899 --> 00:32:25.399
 areas of

00:32:25.399 --> 00:32:25.639
 life,

00:32:25.699 --> 00:32:25.939
 you know?

00:32:27.439 --> 00:32:28.859
 It's at

00:32:28.859 --> 00:32:29.519
 our home,

00:32:30.359 --> 00:32:30.979
 you know,

00:32:31.639 --> 00:32:33.199
 when people

00:32:33.199 --> 00:32:33.699
 aren't with

00:32:33.699 --> 00:32:33.959
 you,

00:32:34.099 --> 00:32:34.299
 you know,

00:32:34.339 --> 00:32:34.939
 how do you

00:32:34.939 --> 00:32:35.719
 talk about

00:32:35.719 --> 00:32:36.259
 your wife?

00:32:36.500 --> 00:32:36.659
 You know,

00:32:36.699 --> 00:32:37.039
 how do you

00:32:37.039 --> 00:32:37.699
 talk about

00:32:37.699 --> 00:32:38.699
 your kids?

00:32:38.779 --> 00:32:39.079
 How do you

00:32:39.079 --> 00:32:39.739
 talk about

00:32:39.739 --> 00:32:40.679
 your roommates?

00:32:40.899 --> 00:32:41.199
 How do you

00:32:41.199 --> 00:32:41.819
 talk about,

00:32:41.919 --> 00:32:42.179
 you know,

00:32:43.159 --> 00:32:43.799
 insert your

00:32:43.799 --> 00:32:44.299
 personal

00:32:44.299 --> 00:32:44.899
 thing to

00:32:44.899 --> 00:32:45.119
 grumble

00:32:45.119 --> 00:32:45.500
 about,

00:32:45.819 --> 00:32:46.159
 right?

00:32:49.159 --> 00:32:49.799
 And at

00:32:49.799 --> 00:32:50.440
 bare minimum,

00:32:50.720 --> 00:32:51.259
 although people

00:32:51.259 --> 00:32:51.779
 might not

00:32:51.779 --> 00:32:52.319
 see it,

00:32:52.480 --> 00:32:52.960
 it comes

00:32:52.960 --> 00:32:53.559
 out still,

00:32:54.379 --> 00:32:54.680
 right?

00:32:56.299 --> 00:32:56.899
 But I

00:32:56.899 --> 00:32:57.460
 think to

00:32:57.460 --> 00:32:57.859
 hold to

00:32:57.859 --> 00:32:58.500
 this text a

00:32:58.500 --> 00:32:58.819
 little bit

00:32:58.819 --> 00:32:59.119
 more

00:32:59.119 --> 00:32:59.819
 specifically,

00:32:59.819 --> 00:33:01.919
 in the

00:33:01.919 --> 00:33:03.119
 context of

00:33:03.119 --> 00:33:03.839
 grumbling and

00:33:03.839 --> 00:33:04.359
 complaining,

00:33:05.279 --> 00:33:06.259
 he is talking

00:33:06.259 --> 00:33:06.839
 about the

00:33:06.839 --> 00:33:07.480
 onlooking

00:33:07.480 --> 00:33:08.099
 world,

00:33:08.579 --> 00:33:09.659
 looking at

00:33:09.659 --> 00:33:10.220
 our life,

00:33:11.079 --> 00:33:11.819
 right?

00:33:11.879 --> 00:33:12.200
 So he

00:33:12.200 --> 00:33:12.519
 says,

00:33:12.519 --> 00:33:14.220
 the reason

00:33:14.220 --> 00:33:14.500
 that we

00:33:14.500 --> 00:33:14.759
 shouldn't

00:33:14.759 --> 00:33:15.119
 grumble,

00:33:15.480 --> 00:33:15.879
 complain,

00:33:16.200 --> 00:33:16.539
 is that we

00:33:16.539 --> 00:33:16.900
 might be

00:33:16.900 --> 00:33:17.480
 blameless,

00:33:17.839 --> 00:33:18.839
 and that we

00:33:18.839 --> 00:33:19.400
 might shine

00:33:19.400 --> 00:33:19.819
 as lights

00:33:19.819 --> 00:33:20.079
 in the

00:33:20.079 --> 00:33:20.339
 world,

00:33:20.539 --> 00:33:21.180
 right?

00:33:21.519 --> 00:33:22.920
 So if

00:33:22.920 --> 00:33:23.440
 Adam goes

00:33:23.440 --> 00:33:23.960
 to work,

00:33:24.720 --> 00:33:25.000
 you know,

00:33:25.059 --> 00:33:25.460
 works with

00:33:25.460 --> 00:33:26.079
 all of his

00:33:26.079 --> 00:33:26.879
 city buddies,

00:33:27.259 --> 00:33:27.660
 and all of

00:33:27.660 --> 00:33:28.160
 them are in

00:33:28.160 --> 00:33:28.940
 a huddle,

00:33:29.440 --> 00:33:29.720
 grumbling

00:33:29.720 --> 00:33:31.220
 about such

00:33:31.220 --> 00:33:31.700
 and such,

00:33:31.759 --> 00:33:32.359
 or how the

00:33:32.359 --> 00:33:32.900
 new codes

00:33:32.900 --> 00:33:33.460
 are terrible,

00:33:33.819 --> 00:33:34.119
 or the

00:33:34.119 --> 00:33:34.500
 person in

00:33:34.500 --> 00:33:35.000
 authority is

00:33:35.000 --> 00:33:35.299
 this or

00:33:35.299 --> 00:33:35.639
 that,

00:33:35.920 --> 00:33:36.400
 but he's

00:33:36.400 --> 00:33:36.759
 not

00:33:36.759 --> 00:33:38.440
 participating,

00:33:38.440 --> 00:33:39.080
 grumbling,

00:33:39.080 --> 00:33:39.759
 or maybe

00:33:39.759 --> 00:33:40.840
 he says

00:33:40.840 --> 00:33:41.440
 something to

00:33:41.440 --> 00:33:41.759
 lead the

00:33:41.759 --> 00:33:42.279
 conversation

00:33:42.279 --> 00:33:42.860
 away from

00:33:42.860 --> 00:33:43.200
 grumbling,

00:33:43.840 --> 00:33:44.460
 maybe towards

00:33:44.460 --> 00:33:45.519
 some type

00:33:45.519 --> 00:33:46.519
 of gratefulness

00:33:46.519 --> 00:33:47.180
 for something,

00:33:47.539 --> 00:33:48.400
 that's going

00:33:48.400 --> 00:33:48.880
 to be weird

00:33:48.880 --> 00:33:49.320
 to them,

00:33:49.779 --> 00:33:50.019
 right?

00:33:50.820 --> 00:33:51.640
 That light's

00:33:51.640 --> 00:33:52.059
 going to shine

00:33:52.059 --> 00:33:52.559
 a little bit,

00:33:52.640 --> 00:33:52.940
 and people are

00:33:52.940 --> 00:33:53.140
 going to be

00:33:53.140 --> 00:33:53.259
 like,

00:33:53.299 --> 00:33:53.500
 wait,

00:33:53.900 --> 00:33:54.240
 you're not

00:33:54.240 --> 00:33:54.700
 joining in

00:33:54.700 --> 00:33:55.080
 the fun,

00:33:55.180 --> 00:33:55.460
 you're not

00:33:55.460 --> 00:33:55.980
 joining in

00:33:55.980 --> 00:33:58.259
 the obvious

00:33:58.259 --> 00:33:59.080
 thing that we

00:33:59.080 --> 00:34:00.240
 should grumble

00:34:00.240 --> 00:34:00.620
 about,

00:34:00.759 --> 00:34:01.019
 right?

00:34:02.080 --> 00:34:02.740
 That's one

00:34:02.740 --> 00:34:03.080
 example,

00:34:03.240 --> 00:34:04.539
 but we're

00:34:04.539 --> 00:34:05.360
 served many

00:34:05.360 --> 00:34:05.980
 examples.

00:34:05.980 --> 00:34:07.799
 Every day

00:34:07.799 --> 00:34:08.360
 that you

00:34:08.360 --> 00:34:09.099
 wake up,

00:34:09.579 --> 00:34:09.840
 there's

00:34:09.840 --> 00:34:10.519
 opportunities

00:34:10.519 --> 00:34:11.719
 that are

00:34:11.719 --> 00:34:12.340
 directly on

00:34:12.340 --> 00:34:12.800
 your plate

00:34:12.800 --> 00:34:13.679
 to complain

00:34:13.679 --> 00:34:14.260
 and grumble,

00:34:14.760 --> 00:34:16.260
 and in the

00:34:16.260 --> 00:34:16.780
 context of

00:34:16.780 --> 00:34:17.260
 this verse,

00:34:17.320 --> 00:34:17.800
 it seems to

00:34:17.800 --> 00:34:18.280
 me that

00:34:18.280 --> 00:34:19.179
 through Jesus,

00:34:19.320 --> 00:34:19.639
 we really

00:34:19.639 --> 00:34:19.980
 have no

00:34:19.980 --> 00:34:20.480
 excuse to

00:34:20.480 --> 00:34:20.740
 grumble.

00:34:21.340 --> 00:34:21.679
 Everything

00:34:21.679 --> 00:34:22.280
 is gift,

00:34:22.960 --> 00:34:23.219
 right?

00:34:24.159 --> 00:34:24.679
 Everything

00:34:24.679 --> 00:34:26.099
 is gracious,

00:34:26.380 --> 00:34:26.599
 right?

00:34:26.740 --> 00:34:27.340
 Not to say

00:34:27.340 --> 00:34:27.760
 that there

00:34:27.760 --> 00:34:28.099
 shouldn't be

00:34:28.099 --> 00:34:28.579
 things that

00:34:28.579 --> 00:34:29.619
 we should

00:34:29.619 --> 00:34:30.240
 address,

00:34:31.039 --> 00:34:31.539
 that are

00:34:31.539 --> 00:34:32.000
 issues,

00:34:32.480 --> 00:34:33.420
 but we

00:34:33.420 --> 00:34:33.740
 shouldn't

00:34:33.740 --> 00:34:34.420
 gripe about

00:34:34.420 --> 00:34:35.500
 our life,

00:34:35.539 --> 00:34:35.900
 we shouldn't

00:34:35.900 --> 00:34:36.519
 gripe about

00:34:36.519 --> 00:34:36.920
 others,

00:34:37.039 --> 00:34:37.579
 we should,

00:34:38.200 --> 00:34:39.619
 in humility,

00:34:40.440 --> 00:34:41.360
 address those

00:34:41.360 --> 00:34:41.660
 things,

00:34:41.720 --> 00:34:41.920
 right?

00:34:45.440 --> 00:34:46.099
 So my

00:34:46.099 --> 00:34:46.539
 question to

00:34:46.539 --> 00:34:47.180
 yours is

00:34:47.180 --> 00:34:47.619
 where do we

00:34:47.619 --> 00:34:48.400
 complain,

00:34:48.559 --> 00:34:48.820
 you know?

00:34:49.160 --> 00:34:49.519
 We're a

00:34:49.519 --> 00:34:49.860
 church.

00:34:50.880 --> 00:34:51.320
 We're

00:34:51.320 --> 00:34:53.139
 striving to

00:34:53.139 --> 00:34:53.400
 be, as

00:34:53.400 --> 00:34:53.700
 the Lord

00:34:53.700 --> 00:34:54.019
 said,

00:34:54.099 --> 00:34:54.780
 which is a

00:34:54.780 --> 00:34:55.740
 light on

00:34:55.740 --> 00:34:56.160
 a hill,

00:34:56.880 --> 00:34:57.160
 right?

00:34:57.860 --> 00:34:58.340
 Nobody

00:34:58.340 --> 00:34:59.519
 takes a

00:34:59.519 --> 00:35:00.300
 light and

00:35:00.300 --> 00:35:00.639
 puts a

00:35:00.639 --> 00:35:01.200
 basket over

00:35:01.200 --> 00:35:01.360
 it.

00:35:01.360 --> 00:35:01.780
 You let

00:35:01.780 --> 00:35:02.380
 your light

00:35:02.380 --> 00:35:02.840
 shine,

00:35:03.019 --> 00:35:03.200
 you know,

00:35:03.260 --> 00:35:03.680
 he says,

00:35:03.840 --> 00:35:04.079
 right?

00:35:04.079 --> 00:35:07.000
 And

00:35:07.000 --> 00:35:08.099
 recently we

00:35:08.099 --> 00:35:08.299
 have been

00:35:08.299 --> 00:35:08.759
 talking a

00:35:08.759 --> 00:35:09.099
 lot about

00:35:09.099 --> 00:35:09.539
 culture

00:35:09.539 --> 00:35:11.579
 building as

00:35:11.579 --> 00:35:12.119
 a body.

00:35:12.559 --> 00:35:12.900
 I think

00:35:12.900 --> 00:35:13.480
 this is one

00:35:13.480 --> 00:35:15.179
 value to

00:35:15.179 --> 00:35:15.599
 throw into

00:35:15.599 --> 00:35:16.019
 the mix

00:35:16.019 --> 00:35:17.199
 of culture,

00:35:17.599 --> 00:35:18.019
 especially

00:35:18.019 --> 00:35:18.679
 given a lot

00:35:18.679 --> 00:35:19.179
 of us have

00:35:19.179 --> 00:35:20.159
 strong opinions,

00:35:21.019 --> 00:35:22.019
 ideas about

00:35:22.019 --> 00:35:22.539
 things,

00:35:23.139 --> 00:35:23.639
 not even that

00:35:23.639 --> 00:35:24.039
 any of those

00:35:24.039 --> 00:35:24.659
 are bad,

00:35:25.420 --> 00:35:27.840
 but let us

00:35:27.840 --> 00:35:28.319
 take care of

00:35:28.319 --> 00:35:28.599
 not to

00:35:28.599 --> 00:35:28.860
 grumble,

00:35:29.019 --> 00:35:29.259
 period.

00:35:29.260 --> 00:35:30.900
 or to

00:35:30.900 --> 00:35:31.480
 use the

00:35:31.480 --> 00:35:32.040
 things,

00:35:32.660 --> 00:35:33.100
 maybe that

00:35:33.100 --> 00:35:33.400
 are good

00:35:33.400 --> 00:35:33.860
 ideas,

00:35:34.220 --> 00:35:35.240
 as a way

00:35:35.240 --> 00:35:36.320
 of grumbling,

00:35:36.560 --> 00:35:36.820
 you know?

00:35:37.980 --> 00:35:38.420
 But it

00:35:38.420 --> 00:35:38.780
 also doesn't

00:35:38.780 --> 00:35:39.140
 say just

00:35:39.140 --> 00:35:39.480
 grumbling,

00:35:39.580 --> 00:35:39.780
 it says

00:35:39.780 --> 00:35:40.300
 disputing,

00:35:40.440 --> 00:35:40.520
 too,

00:35:40.960 --> 00:35:41.200
 you know?

00:35:41.600 --> 00:35:41.980
 Maybe you

00:35:41.980 --> 00:35:42.560
 avoid grumbling,

00:35:42.740 --> 00:35:43.140
 but maybe you

00:35:43.140 --> 00:35:43.520
 just like to

00:35:43.520 --> 00:35:43.720
 fight,

00:35:43.860 --> 00:35:44.000
 too.

00:35:44.420 --> 00:35:44.660
 Maybe you

00:35:44.660 --> 00:35:44.940
 like to

00:35:44.940 --> 00:35:45.400
 dispute,

00:35:45.540 --> 00:35:45.700
 maybe you

00:35:45.700 --> 00:35:45.920
 like a

00:35:45.920 --> 00:35:46.600
 good dispute,

00:35:47.000 --> 00:35:47.320
 you know?

00:35:51.000 --> 00:35:51.400
 Yeah,

00:35:51.480 --> 00:35:52.340
 some fights

00:35:52.340 --> 00:35:53.120
 are worth it,

00:35:53.240 --> 00:35:53.440
 right?

00:35:54.040 --> 00:35:54.400
 Honorable,

00:35:55.140 --> 00:35:56.180
 honorable disputes,

00:35:56.179 --> 00:35:57.359
 but a lot

00:35:57.359 --> 00:35:57.940
 of times we

00:35:57.940 --> 00:35:58.219
 can get

00:35:58.219 --> 00:35:58.619
 caught up

00:35:58.619 --> 00:35:58.980
 in stuff

00:35:58.980 --> 00:36:02.000
 that is

00:36:02.000 --> 00:36:02.539
 not worth

00:36:02.539 --> 00:36:02.779
 it,

00:36:03.579 --> 00:36:03.940
 you know?

00:36:05.699 --> 00:36:06.179
 So,

00:36:06.500 --> 00:36:07.759
 do all

00:36:07.759 --> 00:36:08.359
 things

00:36:08.359 --> 00:36:09.879
 without that,

00:36:10.339 --> 00:36:11.000
 without grumbling

00:36:11.000 --> 00:36:11.679
 or disputing.

00:36:12.699 --> 00:36:13.179
 Why?

00:36:13.639 --> 00:36:14.299
 Why do we

00:36:14.299 --> 00:36:14.779
 do that?

00:36:15.139 --> 00:36:15.859
 So that

00:36:15.859 --> 00:36:16.339
 you might

00:36:16.339 --> 00:36:17.139
 be blameless,

00:36:17.399 --> 00:36:17.719
 innocent,

00:36:18.119 --> 00:36:18.639
 children of

00:36:18.639 --> 00:36:18.879
 God,

00:36:18.940 --> 00:36:19.739
 without blemish,

00:36:20.179 --> 00:36:20.719
 in the midst

00:36:20.719 --> 00:36:21.460
 of a twisted

00:36:21.460 --> 00:36:22.039
 and crooked

00:36:22.039 --> 00:36:22.719
 generation,

00:36:23.419 --> 00:36:23.719
 okay?

00:36:24.099 --> 00:36:24.539
 So the

00:36:24.539 --> 00:36:25.460
 reason that

00:36:25.460 --> 00:36:26.039
 Paul exhorts

00:36:26.039 --> 00:36:26.340
 them to

00:36:26.340 --> 00:36:26.800
 not grumble,

00:36:26.900 --> 00:36:27.420
 not dispute,

00:36:27.539 --> 00:36:27.980
 is because

00:36:27.980 --> 00:36:28.820
 the onlooking

00:36:28.820 --> 00:36:31.460
 world already

00:36:31.460 --> 00:36:32.460
 has enough

00:36:32.460 --> 00:36:33.500
 to blame

00:36:33.500 --> 00:36:33.920
 each other

00:36:33.920 --> 00:36:34.300
 for,

00:36:34.980 --> 00:36:35.260
 right?

00:36:35.820 --> 00:36:36.679
 The church

00:36:36.679 --> 00:36:37.599
 unfortunately

00:36:37.599 --> 00:36:38.679
 has enough

00:36:38.679 --> 00:36:40.119
 egg on

00:36:40.119 --> 00:36:40.760
 her face

00:36:40.760 --> 00:36:41.920
 to be

00:36:41.920 --> 00:36:42.539
 blameworthy,

00:36:42.659 --> 00:36:43.099
 it seems,

00:36:43.880 --> 00:36:44.639
 many things,

00:36:44.980 --> 00:36:45.440
 maybe some

00:36:45.440 --> 00:36:45.980
 not true,

00:36:46.099 --> 00:36:46.519
 maybe some

00:36:46.519 --> 00:36:47.579
 misrepresentations,

00:36:47.699 --> 00:36:48.139
 maybe things

00:36:48.139 --> 00:36:48.460
 that are

00:36:48.460 --> 00:36:49.199
 actually true,

00:36:49.360 --> 00:36:49.559
 right?

00:36:50.420 --> 00:36:51.019
 Paul is

00:36:51.019 --> 00:36:51.599
 exhorting them

00:36:51.599 --> 00:36:52.199
 to live a

00:36:52.199 --> 00:36:52.880
 life that is

00:36:52.880 --> 00:36:53.360
 free from

00:36:53.360 --> 00:36:53.720
 blame,

00:36:54.280 --> 00:36:54.619
 right?

00:36:54.619 --> 00:36:57.139
 And someone

00:36:57.139 --> 00:36:57.639
 will say to

00:36:57.639 --> 00:36:57.819
 me,

00:36:58.059 --> 00:36:58.139
 like,

00:36:58.619 --> 00:36:58.880
 geez,

00:36:59.039 --> 00:36:59.619
 blameless,

00:36:59.779 --> 00:37:00.119
 innocent,

00:37:00.579 --> 00:37:01.739
 without blemish,

00:37:01.799 --> 00:37:01.940
 like,

00:37:02.000 --> 00:37:02.380
 we're sinners,

00:37:02.500 --> 00:37:02.719
 man.

00:37:03.859 --> 00:37:04.339
 You know,

00:37:04.400 --> 00:37:04.579
 like,

00:37:05.880 --> 00:37:06.179
 we're never

00:37:06.179 --> 00:37:06.500
 going to be

00:37:06.500 --> 00:37:07.039
 blameless,

00:37:07.519 --> 00:37:08.019
 never going to

00:37:08.019 --> 00:37:08.500
 be innocent,

00:37:08.699 --> 00:37:08.940
 right?

00:37:09.559 --> 00:37:09.819
 Like,

00:37:10.819 --> 00:37:11.819
 it's true that

00:37:11.819 --> 00:37:12.239
 all of us

00:37:12.239 --> 00:37:12.719
 have sin,

00:37:12.779 --> 00:37:13.359
 and all of us

00:37:13.359 --> 00:37:15.619
 can be worthy

00:37:15.619 --> 00:37:16.179
 of blame,

00:37:16.179 --> 00:37:16.819
 but Paul is

00:37:16.819 --> 00:37:17.799
 talking specifically

00:37:17.799 --> 00:37:19.500
 about your

00:37:19.500 --> 00:37:20.599
 life being

00:37:20.599 --> 00:37:21.359
 free from the

00:37:21.359 --> 00:37:22.380
 blame of the

00:37:22.380 --> 00:37:22.699
 world,

00:37:22.699 --> 00:37:24.000
 right?

00:37:25.439 --> 00:37:25.919
 Like,

00:37:25.960 --> 00:37:26.460
 Paul says

00:37:26.460 --> 00:37:27.119
 that elders

00:37:27.119 --> 00:37:28.319
 must be

00:37:28.319 --> 00:37:29.539
 above reproach,

00:37:30.299 --> 00:37:30.559
 right?

00:37:31.079 --> 00:37:31.899
 They should be

00:37:31.899 --> 00:37:32.339
 free from

00:37:32.339 --> 00:37:32.960
 reproach,

00:37:33.159 --> 00:37:34.919
 not that they

00:37:34.919 --> 00:37:35.299
 should be

00:37:35.299 --> 00:37:35.839
 completely

00:37:35.839 --> 00:37:38.279
 innocent or

00:37:38.279 --> 00:37:38.739
 free from

00:37:38.739 --> 00:37:39.199
 sin,

00:37:39.359 --> 00:37:39.619
 right?

00:37:40.339 --> 00:37:42.259
 But if the

00:37:42.259 --> 00:37:42.919
 world looks at

00:37:42.919 --> 00:37:44.299
 us and they

00:37:44.299 --> 00:37:44.699
 were to do

00:37:44.699 --> 00:37:45.259
 just a brief

00:37:45.259 --> 00:37:46.699
 survey of the

00:37:46.699 --> 00:37:47.199
 areas of our

00:37:47.199 --> 00:37:47.599
 life,

00:37:48.179 --> 00:37:48.519
 well,

00:37:48.559 --> 00:37:48.939
 they'd be like,

00:37:48.980 --> 00:37:49.099
 oh,

00:37:49.119 --> 00:37:49.299
 man,

00:37:49.659 --> 00:37:50.099
 there's really

00:37:50.099 --> 00:37:50.599
 not many

00:37:50.599 --> 00:37:51.079
 areas of

00:37:51.079 --> 00:37:51.400
 blame,

00:37:52.099 --> 00:37:52.420
 you know?

00:37:53.179 --> 00:37:53.719
 That's what

00:37:53.719 --> 00:37:54.659
 Paul is getting

00:37:54.659 --> 00:37:54.880
 at.

00:37:55.000 --> 00:37:55.440
 We know that

00:37:55.440 --> 00:37:55.880
 because he

00:37:55.880 --> 00:37:56.579
 literally says,

00:37:57.360 --> 00:37:58.059
 among whom you

00:37:58.059 --> 00:37:58.860
 shine as lights

00:37:58.860 --> 00:37:59.420
 in the world,

00:37:59.839 --> 00:38:00.079
 right?

00:38:00.279 --> 00:38:00.880
 Just for the

00:38:00.880 --> 00:38:01.799
 purpose of

00:38:01.799 --> 00:38:03.500
 staggering an

00:38:03.500 --> 00:38:04.179
 unbeliever,

00:38:04.480 --> 00:38:04.839
 being like,

00:38:05.079 --> 00:38:05.699
 what is wrong

00:38:05.699 --> 00:38:06.039
 with you?

00:38:06.139 --> 00:38:06.279
 Like,

00:38:06.299 --> 00:38:06.759
 how do you

00:38:06.759 --> 00:38:08.400
 live so free

00:38:08.400 --> 00:38:09.319
 from reproach?

00:38:09.400 --> 00:38:09.579
 Like,

00:38:09.739 --> 00:38:10.400
 I feel like my

00:38:10.400 --> 00:38:11.139
 friends are all,

00:38:11.619 --> 00:38:11.900
 like,

00:38:12.119 --> 00:38:12.839
 all of us are,

00:38:12.839 --> 00:38:13.500
 you know,

00:38:13.799 --> 00:38:14.279
 blameworthy.

00:38:14.280 --> 00:38:16.900
 He's saying,

00:38:17.200 --> 00:38:19.640
 do this in the

00:38:19.640 --> 00:38:20.180
 midst of a

00:38:20.180 --> 00:38:21.440
 generation that

00:38:21.440 --> 00:38:22.080
 isn't like this

00:38:22.080 --> 00:38:22.460
 at all.

00:38:23.980 --> 00:38:24.820
 In the midst of

00:38:24.820 --> 00:38:26.040
 a crooked and

00:38:26.040 --> 00:38:27.060
 twisted generation,

00:38:27.220 --> 00:38:27.420
 right?

00:38:28.040 --> 00:38:29.180
 This generation is

00:38:29.180 --> 00:38:31.060
 so perverse in

00:38:31.060 --> 00:38:31.860
 so many ways,

00:38:32.120 --> 00:38:34.620
 and honestly,

00:38:34.900 --> 00:38:35.920
 a lot of it

00:38:35.920 --> 00:38:36.620
 results in just

00:38:36.620 --> 00:38:37.300
 being ungrateful.

00:38:38.960 --> 00:38:39.560
 Part of the

00:38:39.560 --> 00:38:40.240
 reason why

00:38:40.240 --> 00:38:42.240
 many people in

00:38:42.240 --> 00:38:42.940
 my generation

00:38:42.940 --> 00:38:43.660
 are the way that

00:38:43.659 --> 00:38:44.199
 they are is

00:38:44.199 --> 00:38:45.739
 because a lot

00:38:45.739 --> 00:38:46.799
 of lives were

00:38:46.799 --> 00:38:48.279
 laid down for

00:38:48.279 --> 00:38:50.699
 them to live

00:38:50.699 --> 00:38:51.679
 the life of

00:38:51.679 --> 00:38:52.299
 ease and

00:38:52.299 --> 00:38:53.099
 freedom that

00:38:53.099 --> 00:38:53.599
 is now being

00:38:53.599 --> 00:38:54.199
 squandered.

00:38:55.759 --> 00:38:56.579
 A very

00:38:56.579 --> 00:38:57.619
 entitled life,

00:38:58.239 --> 00:38:58.759
 an ungrateful

00:38:58.759 --> 00:39:00.299
 life at the

00:39:00.299 --> 00:39:01.179
 root is saying,

00:39:01.799 --> 00:39:01.960
 you know,

00:39:02.000 --> 00:39:02.599
 it doesn't matter

00:39:02.599 --> 00:39:03.119
 what our

00:39:03.119 --> 00:39:03.879
 fathers did,

00:39:04.699 --> 00:39:04.859
 you know,

00:39:04.879 --> 00:39:05.259
 it doesn't

00:39:05.259 --> 00:39:05.899
 matter what

00:39:05.899 --> 00:39:06.839
 the age it

00:39:06.839 --> 00:39:07.179
 did,

00:39:08.219 --> 00:39:09.920
 I'll live my

00:39:09.920 --> 00:39:10.460
 life how I

00:39:10.460 --> 00:39:10.799
 want.

00:39:11.059 --> 00:39:11.859
 So incredibly

00:39:11.859 --> 00:39:12.399
 ungrateful.

00:39:13.659 --> 00:39:14.219
 you know,

00:39:15.259 --> 00:39:17.599
 and maybe

00:39:17.599 --> 00:39:18.859
 you're among

00:39:18.859 --> 00:39:20.440
 the ages of

00:39:20.440 --> 00:39:21.159
 that generation

00:39:21.159 --> 00:39:23.399
 and you can

00:39:23.399 --> 00:39:24.019
 see that

00:39:24.019 --> 00:39:26.019
 whoever we

00:39:26.019 --> 00:39:26.599
 are,

00:39:27.000 --> 00:39:29.899
 we're still

00:39:29.899 --> 00:39:30.719
 exhorted to

00:39:30.719 --> 00:39:32.239
 be blame-free

00:39:32.239 --> 00:39:33.139
 of this

00:39:33.139 --> 00:39:35.000
 sin of

00:39:35.000 --> 00:39:35.339
 grumbling,

00:39:35.579 --> 00:39:36.000
 complaining,

00:39:36.480 --> 00:39:36.759
 right?

00:39:36.760 --> 00:39:47.380
 verse 15

00:39:47.380 --> 00:39:48.200
 ends with

00:39:48.200 --> 00:39:49.140
 among whom

00:39:49.140 --> 00:39:49.640
 you shine

00:39:49.640 --> 00:39:50.160
 as lights

00:39:50.160 --> 00:39:50.420
 in the

00:39:50.420 --> 00:39:50.740
 world.

00:39:51.000 --> 00:39:51.280
 So that's

00:39:51.280 --> 00:39:51.860
 the purpose.

00:39:52.900 --> 00:39:53.220
 Let the

00:39:53.220 --> 00:39:53.620
 world see

00:39:53.620 --> 00:39:53.940
 our good

00:39:53.940 --> 00:39:54.980
 works and

00:39:54.980 --> 00:39:55.440
 actually turn

00:39:55.440 --> 00:39:55.960
 to God

00:39:55.960 --> 00:39:57.040
 to glorify

00:39:57.040 --> 00:39:57.320
 him,

00:39:57.360 --> 00:39:57.560
 right?

00:39:58.500 --> 00:39:59.520
 Verse 16

00:39:59.520 --> 00:40:01.100
 says,

00:40:01.100 --> 00:40:01.940
 holding fast

00:40:01.940 --> 00:40:02.180
 to the

00:40:02.180 --> 00:40:02.500
 word of

00:40:02.500 --> 00:40:02.860
 life,

00:40:03.720 --> 00:40:04.120
 so that in

00:40:04.119 --> 00:40:05.679
 the day of

00:40:05.679 --> 00:40:06.159
 Christ,

00:40:06.420 --> 00:40:07.960
 I may be

00:40:07.960 --> 00:40:08.619
 proud that

00:40:08.619 --> 00:40:09.099
 it did not

00:40:09.099 --> 00:40:09.539
 run in

00:40:09.539 --> 00:40:10.039
 vain or

00:40:10.039 --> 00:40:10.719
 labor in

00:40:10.719 --> 00:40:10.960
 vain.

00:40:14.219 --> 00:40:14.739
 So,

00:40:15.739 --> 00:40:18.219
 Paul is

00:40:18.219 --> 00:40:18.619
 building

00:40:18.619 --> 00:40:20.519
 many churches,

00:40:21.480 --> 00:40:21.980
 Philippi is

00:40:21.980 --> 00:40:22.460
 one of them,

00:40:23.559 --> 00:40:24.199
 and I think

00:40:24.199 --> 00:40:24.759
 in Corinthians,

00:40:25.619 --> 00:40:26.679
 Paul expounds

00:40:26.679 --> 00:40:28.099
 upon the

00:40:28.099 --> 00:40:28.579
 work that

00:40:28.579 --> 00:40:29.400
 each person

00:40:29.400 --> 00:40:31.400
 builds will

00:40:31.400 --> 00:40:31.980
 be tested

00:40:31.980 --> 00:40:32.579
 one day

00:40:32.579 --> 00:40:34.200
 by fire,

00:40:34.300 --> 00:40:34.579
 and only

00:40:34.579 --> 00:40:35.960
 that which

00:40:35.960 --> 00:40:36.700
 passes through

00:40:36.700 --> 00:40:37.160
 the fire

00:40:37.160 --> 00:40:37.800
 will remain,

00:40:38.139 --> 00:40:38.400
 right?

00:40:38.920 --> 00:40:39.619
 So he's

00:40:39.619 --> 00:40:39.940
 saying,

00:40:40.079 --> 00:40:40.220
 like,

00:40:40.639 --> 00:40:42.099
 if we

00:40:42.099 --> 00:40:42.599
 as a

00:40:42.599 --> 00:40:42.860
 church

00:40:42.860 --> 00:40:43.240
 are building

00:40:43.240 --> 00:40:43.760
 one another,

00:40:44.320 --> 00:40:44.599
 right,

00:40:44.960 --> 00:40:46.039
 and we

00:40:46.039 --> 00:40:47.019
 are spurring

00:40:47.019 --> 00:40:48.280
 each other

00:40:48.280 --> 00:40:48.639
 on to

00:40:48.639 --> 00:40:48.980
 love and

00:40:48.980 --> 00:40:49.639
 good works,

00:40:50.139 --> 00:40:50.639
 that's going

00:40:50.639 --> 00:40:51.280
 to result

00:40:51.280 --> 00:40:52.240
 in something

00:40:52.240 --> 00:40:52.880
 that either

00:40:52.880 --> 00:40:53.599
 is eternal

00:40:53.599 --> 00:40:54.760
 or will

00:40:54.760 --> 00:40:55.119
 be burned

00:40:55.119 --> 00:40:55.460
 up,

00:40:56.059 --> 00:40:56.300
 right?

00:40:56.920 --> 00:40:57.440
 And so

00:40:57.440 --> 00:40:58.180
 Paul's

00:40:58.180 --> 00:40:58.539
 concerned,

00:40:58.660 --> 00:40:58.960
 he's like,

00:40:59.019 --> 00:40:59.180
 hey,

00:40:59.720 --> 00:41:00.139
 don't do

00:41:00.139 --> 00:41:00.740
 anything with

00:41:00.740 --> 00:41:01.340
 grumbling or

00:41:01.340 --> 00:41:01.920
 disputing,

00:41:02.420 --> 00:41:03.340
 be blameless,

00:41:03.559 --> 00:41:03.940
 shine,

00:41:04.120 --> 00:41:04.440
 you know,

00:41:04.860 --> 00:41:05.620
 so that

00:41:05.620 --> 00:41:06.100
 when my

00:41:06.100 --> 00:41:06.519
 work is

00:41:06.519 --> 00:41:06.940
 tested,

00:41:07.539 --> 00:41:08.539
 I wouldn't

00:41:08.539 --> 00:41:09.600
 have built

00:41:09.600 --> 00:41:10.000
 you guys

00:41:10.000 --> 00:41:10.380
 in vain,

00:41:11.160 --> 00:41:11.740
 you know?

00:41:12.079 --> 00:41:12.880
 I want to

00:41:12.880 --> 00:41:13.579
 build God's

00:41:13.579 --> 00:41:13.920
 house,

00:41:14.039 --> 00:41:15.700
 not any

00:41:15.700 --> 00:41:16.200
 other house,

00:41:16.420 --> 00:41:16.660
 right?

00:41:19.700 --> 00:41:20.500
 But he

00:41:20.500 --> 00:41:21.160
 says to do

00:41:21.160 --> 00:41:22.100
 it in a

00:41:22.100 --> 00:41:22.920
 specific way,

00:41:23.680 --> 00:41:24.600
 which is to

00:41:24.600 --> 00:41:25.420
 hold fast to

00:41:25.420 --> 00:41:25.840
 the word of

00:41:25.840 --> 00:41:26.100
 life.

00:41:27.579 --> 00:41:28.100
 Holding

00:41:28.100 --> 00:41:28.620
 fast,

00:41:28.740 --> 00:41:29.200
 I love that

00:41:29.200 --> 00:41:29.720
 image.

00:41:31.340 --> 00:41:39.559
 A parallel

00:41:39.559 --> 00:41:40.480
 passage is

00:41:40.480 --> 00:41:40.860
 in 1

00:41:40.860 --> 00:41:41.480
 John 1.

00:41:43.660 --> 00:41:44.200
 I should

00:41:44.200 --> 00:41:44.519
 have written

00:41:44.519 --> 00:41:44.920
 it up here,

00:41:44.960 --> 00:41:45.380
 I don't have

00:41:45.380 --> 00:41:45.480
 it,

00:41:45.600 --> 00:41:46.920
 but it's

00:41:46.920 --> 00:41:48.360
 1 John 1,

00:41:48.480 --> 00:41:48.880
 it starts

00:41:48.880 --> 00:41:49.220
 off by

00:41:49.220 --> 00:41:49.620
 saying,

00:41:50.620 --> 00:41:51.380
 that which

00:41:51.380 --> 00:41:51.680
 we have

00:41:51.680 --> 00:41:52.160
 heard from

00:41:52.160 --> 00:41:52.579
 the beginning,

00:41:52.760 --> 00:41:52.940
 which we

00:41:52.940 --> 00:41:53.300
 have seen,

00:41:53.440 --> 00:41:53.740
 which we

00:41:53.740 --> 00:41:54.960
 have looked

00:41:54.960 --> 00:41:55.440
 upon and

00:41:55.440 --> 00:41:55.800
 touched with

00:41:55.800 --> 00:41:56.420
 our hands,

00:41:56.559 --> 00:41:57.340
 concerning the

00:41:57.340 --> 00:41:57.740
 word of

00:41:57.740 --> 00:41:58.079
 life.

00:41:58.079 --> 00:41:58.279
 life.

00:41:58.679 --> 00:41:59.039
 There's this

00:41:59.039 --> 00:41:59.279
 phrase,

00:41:59.400 --> 00:42:00.019
 concerning the

00:42:00.019 --> 00:42:00.659
 word of

00:42:00.659 --> 00:42:00.900
 life,

00:42:00.960 --> 00:42:01.440
 speaking about

00:42:01.440 --> 00:42:01.799
 Jesus,

00:42:02.659 --> 00:42:02.819
 right?

00:42:03.179 --> 00:42:03.659
 Jesus,

00:42:03.840 --> 00:42:04.319
 the person,

00:42:04.460 --> 00:42:05.079
 not necessarily

00:42:05.079 --> 00:42:05.900
 the word of

00:42:05.900 --> 00:42:06.519
 life as the

00:42:06.519 --> 00:42:07.000
 message,

00:42:07.420 --> 00:42:07.799
 but more

00:42:07.799 --> 00:42:08.340
 specifically,

00:42:09.239 --> 00:42:11.279
 Christ as

00:42:11.279 --> 00:42:11.819
 the word of

00:42:11.819 --> 00:42:12.199
 life,

00:42:12.619 --> 00:42:13.159
 completely

00:42:13.159 --> 00:42:13.699
 embodied.

00:42:14.299 --> 00:42:14.779
 Same thing

00:42:14.779 --> 00:42:15.000
 here,

00:42:15.079 --> 00:42:15.380
 it's the same

00:42:15.380 --> 00:42:15.739
 thing in

00:42:15.739 --> 00:42:16.039
 Greek.

00:42:16.819 --> 00:42:17.039
 So,

00:42:17.219 --> 00:42:17.860
 when we read

00:42:17.860 --> 00:42:18.779
 holding fast to

00:42:18.779 --> 00:42:19.579
 the word of

00:42:19.579 --> 00:42:19.980
 life,

00:42:20.719 --> 00:42:21.259
 you can

00:42:21.259 --> 00:42:21.679
 probably just

00:42:21.679 --> 00:42:22.360
 insert holding

00:42:22.360 --> 00:42:22.860
 fast to

00:42:22.860 --> 00:42:24.819
 Jesus as

00:42:24.819 --> 00:42:25.960
 the word of

00:42:25.960 --> 00:42:26.699
 life himself.

00:42:26.699 --> 00:42:26.759
 love.

00:42:28.759 --> 00:42:28.899
 And,

00:42:29.019 --> 00:42:31.279
 man,

00:42:31.779 --> 00:42:33.919
 it is hard

00:42:33.919 --> 00:42:34.500
 to hold fast

00:42:34.500 --> 00:42:34.980
 sometimes,

00:42:35.799 --> 00:42:36.139
 you know?

00:42:36.639 --> 00:42:37.399
 I was reminded

00:42:37.399 --> 00:42:38.259
 of that yesterday,

00:42:38.639 --> 00:42:39.199
 this morning,

00:42:40.139 --> 00:42:40.359
 and,

00:42:40.480 --> 00:42:42.279
 or this week,

00:42:43.059 --> 00:42:44.919
 but we must

00:42:44.919 --> 00:42:46.699
 hold fast as

00:42:46.699 --> 00:42:47.919
 if our lives

00:42:47.919 --> 00:42:48.679
 depend on it,

00:42:48.980 --> 00:42:49.299
 you know?

00:42:49.839 --> 00:42:50.239
 The scriptures

00:42:50.239 --> 00:42:51.039
 exhort us to

00:42:51.039 --> 00:42:51.639
 fight the good

00:42:51.639 --> 00:42:52.359
 fight of faith,

00:42:52.759 --> 00:42:54.059
 not to say that

00:42:54.059 --> 00:42:54.819
 it's not a

00:42:54.819 --> 00:42:55.099
 fight.

00:42:55.559 --> 00:42:56.219
 It is a

00:42:56.219 --> 00:42:56.419
 fight.

00:42:56.699 --> 00:42:57.000
 Okay?

00:42:57.239 --> 00:42:57.619
 Which means

00:42:57.619 --> 00:42:58.000
 there will be

00:42:58.000 --> 00:42:59.239
 days that

00:42:59.239 --> 00:42:59.819
 you feel like

00:42:59.819 --> 00:43:00.199
 you have to

00:43:00.199 --> 00:43:00.759
 give extra

00:43:00.759 --> 00:43:02.719
 energy to

00:43:02.719 --> 00:43:03.579
 something to

00:43:03.579 --> 00:43:03.859
 fight,

00:43:04.299 --> 00:43:06.119
 and not

00:43:06.119 --> 00:43:06.579
 give up.

00:43:07.059 --> 00:43:07.599
 If you're in

00:43:07.599 --> 00:43:07.980
 a battle,

00:43:08.119 --> 00:43:08.619
 you can't just

00:43:08.619 --> 00:43:09.259
 call it quits,

00:43:09.439 --> 00:43:09.679
 right?

00:43:10.259 --> 00:43:10.799
 You gotta keep

00:43:10.799 --> 00:43:11.159
 fighting.

00:43:11.939 --> 00:43:12.559
 Same thing,

00:43:12.619 --> 00:43:12.899
 if you're in

00:43:12.899 --> 00:43:13.259
 the middle of

00:43:13.259 --> 00:43:13.779
 a storm,

00:43:14.119 --> 00:43:14.399
 if you're in

00:43:14.399 --> 00:43:14.799
 a boat,

00:43:14.960 --> 00:43:15.099
 you know,

00:43:15.159 --> 00:43:15.679
 the spray is

00:43:15.679 --> 00:43:16.359
 holding fast

00:43:16.359 --> 00:43:16.639
 with the

00:43:16.639 --> 00:43:16.919
 sailors'

00:43:17.099 --> 00:43:17.339
 phrase,

00:43:17.480 --> 00:43:17.679
 you know?

00:43:17.819 --> 00:43:18.699
 Hold fast!

00:43:19.219 --> 00:43:19.480
 You know,

00:43:19.519 --> 00:43:19.799
 if you're in

00:43:19.799 --> 00:43:20.199
 a storm,

00:43:20.619 --> 00:43:20.839
 okay?

00:43:21.199 --> 00:43:21.599
 Grab the

00:43:21.599 --> 00:43:22.019
 mast,

00:43:23.019 --> 00:43:24.059
 captain goes

00:43:24.059 --> 00:43:24.599
 to the

00:43:24.599 --> 00:43:24.919
 helm,

00:43:25.259 --> 00:43:25.480
 right?

00:43:25.480 --> 00:43:27.320
 We have

00:43:27.320 --> 00:43:27.740
 to hold

00:43:27.740 --> 00:43:28.360
 fast to

00:43:28.360 --> 00:43:28.699
 Jesus,

00:43:29.139 --> 00:43:29.840
 because if

00:43:29.840 --> 00:43:30.320
 we lose

00:43:30.320 --> 00:43:30.619
 him,

00:43:31.619 --> 00:43:32.539
 we lose

00:43:32.539 --> 00:43:33.000
 everything,

00:43:34.000 --> 00:43:34.639
 you know?

00:43:35.019 --> 00:43:35.960
 Holding fast to

00:43:35.960 --> 00:43:36.440
 the word of

00:43:36.440 --> 00:43:36.800
 life,

00:43:37.940 --> 00:43:39.280
 holding fast to

00:43:39.280 --> 00:43:39.539
 Jesus,

00:43:39.780 --> 00:43:40.360
 so that in the

00:43:40.360 --> 00:43:41.059
 last day,

00:43:41.519 --> 00:43:41.960
 the day of

00:43:41.960 --> 00:43:42.360
 Christ,

00:43:43.519 --> 00:43:44.539
 Paul says

00:43:44.539 --> 00:43:45.260
 that I may be

00:43:45.260 --> 00:43:46.000
 proud of you,

00:43:46.440 --> 00:43:46.699
 right?

00:43:46.699 --> 00:43:48.199
 that I may

00:43:48.199 --> 00:43:49.719
 know that it

00:43:49.719 --> 00:43:50.159
 didn't run

00:43:50.159 --> 00:43:50.599
 in vain.

00:43:51.019 --> 00:43:51.599
 If we

00:43:51.599 --> 00:43:52.219
 exhort each

00:43:52.219 --> 00:43:52.619
 other to

00:43:52.619 --> 00:43:53.119
 hold fast

00:43:53.119 --> 00:43:53.599
 to Jesus,

00:43:54.039 --> 00:43:55.199
 sometimes we

00:43:55.199 --> 00:43:55.599
 need a little

00:43:55.599 --> 00:43:55.879
 bit more

00:43:55.879 --> 00:43:56.539
 teaching on

00:43:56.539 --> 00:43:57.000
 what that

00:43:57.000 --> 00:43:57.799
 looks like,

00:43:58.500 --> 00:43:58.679
 you know?

00:43:58.759 --> 00:43:59.299
 Holding fast

00:43:59.299 --> 00:43:59.759
 to Jesus,

00:44:00.279 --> 00:44:00.879
 holding fast

00:44:00.879 --> 00:44:03.119
 to God

00:44:03.119 --> 00:44:03.519
 as our

00:44:03.519 --> 00:44:04.099
 refuge,

00:44:04.239 --> 00:44:04.480
 right?

00:44:05.159 --> 00:44:05.879
 But if we

00:44:05.879 --> 00:44:06.399
 exhort each

00:44:06.399 --> 00:44:06.739
 other to

00:44:06.739 --> 00:44:07.299
 hold fast

00:44:07.299 --> 00:44:08.259
 to Christ,

00:44:09.259 --> 00:44:10.339
 that is

00:44:10.339 --> 00:44:11.259
 a word

00:44:11.259 --> 00:44:12.039
 that in

00:44:12.039 --> 00:44:12.379
 the last

00:44:12.379 --> 00:44:12.619
 day will

00:44:12.619 --> 00:44:12.879
 not be

00:44:12.879 --> 00:44:13.079
 burned

00:44:13.079 --> 00:44:13.299
 up,

00:44:13.300 --> 00:44:14.580
 right?

00:44:20.620 --> 00:44:21.620
 Verse 17

00:44:21.620 --> 00:44:22.300
 says,

00:44:22.420 --> 00:44:22.880
 even if I

00:44:22.880 --> 00:44:23.240
 am to be

00:44:23.240 --> 00:44:24.039
 poured out

00:44:24.039 --> 00:44:25.300
 as a

00:44:25.300 --> 00:44:25.539
 drink

00:44:25.539 --> 00:44:26.019
 offering

00:44:26.019 --> 00:44:26.600
 upon the

00:44:26.600 --> 00:44:27.260
 sacrificial

00:44:27.260 --> 00:44:28.400
 offering of

00:44:28.400 --> 00:44:28.960
 your faith,

00:44:29.240 --> 00:44:30.260
 I am glad

00:44:30.260 --> 00:44:30.820
 and rejoice

00:44:30.820 --> 00:44:31.220
 with you

00:44:31.220 --> 00:44:31.500
 all.

00:44:33.640 --> 00:44:34.120
 Likewise,

00:44:34.320 --> 00:44:34.660
 you also

00:44:34.660 --> 00:44:35.060
 should be

00:44:35.060 --> 00:44:35.539
 glad and

00:44:35.539 --> 00:44:36.060
 rejoice with

00:44:36.060 --> 00:44:36.300
 me.

00:44:38.820 --> 00:44:39.580
 This last

00:44:39.580 --> 00:44:39.940
 part,

00:44:40.320 --> 00:44:40.700
 um,

00:44:41.400 --> 00:44:41.940
 I

00:44:43.300 --> 00:44:43.840
 you know,

00:44:43.880 --> 00:44:44.220
 I talked

00:44:44.220 --> 00:44:44.780
 in the

00:44:44.780 --> 00:44:45.019
 beginning

00:44:45.019 --> 00:44:45.380
 just a

00:44:45.380 --> 00:44:45.680
 little bit

00:44:45.680 --> 00:44:46.220
 about like

00:44:46.220 --> 00:44:47.400
 the dynamic

00:44:47.400 --> 00:44:48.039
 of leadership

00:44:48.039 --> 00:44:48.539
 nowadays

00:44:48.539 --> 00:44:49.960
 and,

00:44:50.039 --> 00:44:50.420
 uh,

00:44:51.080 --> 00:44:51.840
 how we

00:44:51.840 --> 00:44:52.220
 should really

00:44:52.220 --> 00:44:52.740
 look to the

00:44:52.740 --> 00:44:53.160
 scriptures

00:44:53.160 --> 00:44:54.580
 for what

00:44:54.580 --> 00:44:55.160
 godly

00:44:55.160 --> 00:44:55.500
 leadership

00:44:55.500 --> 00:44:56.200
 looks like.

00:44:56.519 --> 00:44:56.900
 This is,

00:44:56.980 --> 00:44:57.500
 this is it,

00:44:57.840 --> 00:44:58.180
 you know?

00:44:59.100 --> 00:44:59.780
 Pretty much

00:44:59.780 --> 00:45:00.360
 summed up

00:45:00.360 --> 00:45:00.760
 in,

00:45:00.860 --> 00:45:01.820
 in Paul's

00:45:01.820 --> 00:45:02.980
 fatherly

00:45:02.980 --> 00:45:03.360
 heart,

00:45:03.980 --> 00:45:04.560
 his fatherly

00:45:04.560 --> 00:45:04.980
 authority,

00:45:05.100 --> 00:45:05.539
 apostolic

00:45:05.539 --> 00:45:05.980
 authority,

00:45:06.620 --> 00:45:07.580
 he says,

00:45:07.740 --> 00:45:08.039
 even,

00:45:08.360 --> 00:45:09.140
 even if

00:45:09.140 --> 00:45:09.920
 I'm to be

00:45:09.920 --> 00:45:10.519
 poured out

00:45:10.519 --> 00:45:12.280
 as a

00:45:12.280 --> 00:45:12.880
 sacrificial

00:45:12.880 --> 00:45:13.519
 offering

00:45:13.519 --> 00:45:16.280
 of your

00:45:16.280 --> 00:45:16.699
 faith,

00:45:17.039 --> 00:45:17.519
 I'm glad

00:45:17.519 --> 00:45:18.019
 about it.

00:45:19.239 --> 00:45:19.579
 You know?

00:45:19.880 --> 00:45:20.679
 Not wasted

00:45:20.679 --> 00:45:21.239
 at all.

00:45:23.559 --> 00:45:24.119
 You know?

00:45:24.340 --> 00:45:24.860
 There's many

00:45:24.860 --> 00:45:25.599
 times where

00:45:25.599 --> 00:45:25.780
 we're,

00:45:26.840 --> 00:45:27.460
 we kind of

00:45:27.460 --> 00:45:27.780
 live our

00:45:27.780 --> 00:45:28.300
 lives in

00:45:28.300 --> 00:45:28.659
 terms of

00:45:28.659 --> 00:45:29.239
 like assessing

00:45:29.239 --> 00:45:29.759
 like what's

00:45:29.759 --> 00:45:30.239
 worthy of

00:45:30.239 --> 00:45:30.659
 sacrifice,

00:45:30.880 --> 00:45:31.420
 what's not,

00:45:31.619 --> 00:45:31.940
 should I be

00:45:31.940 --> 00:45:32.420
 poured out,

00:45:32.480 --> 00:45:32.840
 should I be

00:45:32.840 --> 00:45:33.119
 poured out,

00:45:33.199 --> 00:45:33.380
 you know,

00:45:34.019 --> 00:45:34.599
 maybe something

00:45:34.599 --> 00:45:35.300
 like that.

00:45:35.820 --> 00:45:35.820


00:45:36.900 --> 00:45:37.219
 uh,

00:45:37.940 --> 00:45:38.980
 but Paul's

00:45:38.980 --> 00:45:39.199
 like,

00:45:39.199 --> 00:45:41.359
 if your

00:45:41.359 --> 00:45:42.699
 faith is

00:45:42.699 --> 00:45:43.199
 worthy of

00:45:43.199 --> 00:45:43.659
 me dying

00:45:43.659 --> 00:45:44.019
 for,

00:45:44.139 --> 00:45:44.480
 then I

00:45:44.480 --> 00:45:45.159
 would be

00:45:45.159 --> 00:45:45.679
 glad to

00:45:45.679 --> 00:45:46.119
 do that.

00:45:47.059 --> 00:45:47.379
 You know?

00:45:47.619 --> 00:45:48.000
 That's

00:45:48.000 --> 00:45:48.419
 incredible.

00:45:48.919 --> 00:45:49.139
 You know?

00:45:49.339 --> 00:45:49.799
 That bears

00:45:49.799 --> 00:45:50.259
 the image

00:45:50.259 --> 00:45:51.059
 of Jesus

00:45:51.059 --> 00:45:51.819
 as he

00:45:51.819 --> 00:45:52.299
 just laid

00:45:52.299 --> 00:45:52.619
 out,

00:45:52.719 --> 00:45:53.239
 who emptied

00:45:53.239 --> 00:45:53.739
 himself,

00:45:54.019 --> 00:45:54.439
 it says.

00:45:54.839 --> 00:45:55.439
 Didn't hold

00:45:55.439 --> 00:45:56.119
 anything back.

00:45:57.699 --> 00:45:58.519
 Paul says,

00:45:58.759 --> 00:45:59.379
 I'm glad to

00:45:59.379 --> 00:45:59.839
 do that.

00:46:00.179 --> 00:46:00.359
 You know?

00:46:01.259 --> 00:46:01.839
 Doug Wilson

00:46:01.839 --> 00:46:04.059
 defines

00:46:04.059 --> 00:46:05.419
 true masculinity

00:46:05.419 --> 00:46:07.199
 as the

00:46:07.199 --> 00:46:07.960
 sacrificial

00:46:07.960 --> 00:46:08.739
 responsibility

00:46:08.739 --> 00:46:09.539
 or the

00:46:09.539 --> 00:46:09.799
 glad

00:46:09.799 --> 00:46:10.299
 assumption

00:46:10.299 --> 00:46:11.259
 of

00:46:11.259 --> 00:46:11.859
 sacrificial

00:46:11.859 --> 00:46:12.599
 responsibility.

00:46:13.099 --> 00:46:13.679
 I think

00:46:13.679 --> 00:46:13.899
 that's

00:46:13.899 --> 00:46:14.159
 great

00:46:14.159 --> 00:46:14.539
 because

00:46:14.539 --> 00:46:15.679
 it's

00:46:15.679 --> 00:46:16.299
 not just

00:46:16.299 --> 00:46:17.219
 sacrifice,

00:46:17.539 --> 00:46:17.779
 right?

00:46:18.139 --> 00:46:18.479
 It's

00:46:18.479 --> 00:46:19.500
 done gladly,

00:46:20.179 --> 00:46:20.419
 right?

00:46:20.899 --> 00:46:21.919
 It's an

00:46:21.919 --> 00:46:22.579
 awareness that

00:46:22.579 --> 00:46:23.279
 the sacrifice

00:46:23.279 --> 00:46:24.039
 is totally

00:46:24.039 --> 00:46:24.899
 worth it,

00:46:25.259 --> 00:46:25.519
 right?

00:46:26.159 --> 00:46:26.699
 That it

00:46:26.699 --> 00:46:27.639
 pays way

00:46:27.639 --> 00:46:28.239
 later on.

00:46:29.519 --> 00:46:30.079
 And

00:46:30.079 --> 00:46:31.459
 we even

00:46:31.459 --> 00:46:31.759
 see that

00:46:31.759 --> 00:46:32.179
 with Jesus.

00:46:32.959 --> 00:46:33.679
 Although he

00:46:33.679 --> 00:46:34.679
 was anxious

00:46:34.679 --> 00:46:35.000
 in the

00:46:35.000 --> 00:46:35.359
 garden,

00:46:36.159 --> 00:46:36.299
 you know,

00:46:36.339 --> 00:46:36.839
 sweating tears

00:46:36.840 --> 00:46:37.380
 of blood.

00:46:38.039 --> 00:46:38.360
 The scriptures

00:46:38.360 --> 00:46:38.900
 say that it

00:46:38.900 --> 00:46:39.360
 was for the

00:46:39.360 --> 00:46:39.980
 joy set

00:46:39.980 --> 00:46:40.660
 before him

00:46:40.660 --> 00:46:41.220
 that you

00:46:41.220 --> 00:46:41.519
 endured,

00:46:42.059 --> 00:46:42.300
 right?

00:46:43.200 --> 00:46:43.860
 Do we have

00:46:43.860 --> 00:46:44.420
 that same,

00:46:44.820 --> 00:46:45.240
 do we share

00:46:45.240 --> 00:46:45.800
 in that same

00:46:45.800 --> 00:46:46.380
 vision of

00:46:46.380 --> 00:46:47.460
 Paul that

00:46:47.460 --> 00:46:47.900
 we're like,

00:46:47.940 --> 00:46:48.240
 you know what,

00:46:48.280 --> 00:46:48.559
 I'm going to

00:46:48.559 --> 00:46:49.019
 spend myself

00:46:49.019 --> 00:46:49.480
 for you,

00:46:49.640 --> 00:46:50.000
 I'm going to

00:46:50.000 --> 00:46:50.440
 spend myself

00:46:50.440 --> 00:46:50.940
 for you,

00:46:51.380 --> 00:46:51.660
 I'm going to

00:46:51.660 --> 00:46:52.120
 spend myself

00:46:52.120 --> 00:46:52.480
 for you,

00:46:52.579 --> 00:46:53.300
 not under

00:46:53.300 --> 00:46:54.059
 just anything,

00:46:54.579 --> 00:46:55.840
 but if it's

00:46:55.840 --> 00:46:56.340
 unto your

00:46:56.340 --> 00:46:56.880
 faith,

00:46:58.180 --> 00:46:58.760
 Paul's like,

00:46:58.960 --> 00:46:59.740
 I'll gladly be

00:46:59.740 --> 00:47:00.180
 poured out,

00:47:00.980 --> 00:47:01.260
 right?

00:47:01.260 --> 00:47:03.460
 we're

00:47:03.460 --> 00:47:04.080
 wrapping up

00:47:04.080 --> 00:47:04.620
 dividends

00:47:04.620 --> 00:47:05.420
 that will

00:47:05.420 --> 00:47:06.020
 go much

00:47:06.020 --> 00:47:06.460
 farther

00:47:06.460 --> 00:47:07.780
 when we

00:47:07.780 --> 00:47:08.340
 sacrifice

00:47:08.340 --> 00:47:09.920
 for God

00:47:09.920 --> 00:47:12.380
 for each

00:47:12.380 --> 00:47:12.700
 other's

00:47:12.700 --> 00:47:13.020
 faith,

00:47:13.560 --> 00:47:13.740
 right?

00:47:14.560 --> 00:47:15.000
 Spurring

00:47:15.000 --> 00:47:15.340
 each other

00:47:15.340 --> 00:47:15.860
 on to run

00:47:15.860 --> 00:47:16.320
 the race.

00:47:19.400 --> 00:47:20.060
 So Paul

00:47:20.060 --> 00:47:20.280
 says,

00:47:20.340 --> 00:47:20.800
 even if I'm

00:47:20.800 --> 00:47:21.000
 to be

00:47:21.000 --> 00:47:21.520
 poured out,

00:47:22.640 --> 00:47:23.320
 I'm glad

00:47:23.320 --> 00:47:24.000
 to do so.

00:47:25.440 --> 00:47:26.240
 But he's

00:47:26.240 --> 00:47:26.680
 not the only

00:47:26.680 --> 00:47:27.100
 one that's

00:47:27.100 --> 00:47:27.360
 glad,

00:47:27.460 --> 00:47:27.880
 he's like,

00:47:28.120 --> 00:47:28.580
 you guys

00:47:28.580 --> 00:47:29.200
 should also

00:47:29.200 --> 00:47:29.920
 rejoice with

00:47:29.920 --> 00:47:30.160
 me.

00:47:30.159 --> 00:47:31.679
 You should

00:47:31.679 --> 00:47:32.079
 be glad

00:47:32.079 --> 00:47:32.599
 with me.

00:47:33.699 --> 00:47:34.819
 Catch this

00:47:34.819 --> 00:47:35.460
 vision that

00:47:35.460 --> 00:47:35.879
 I'm trying

00:47:35.879 --> 00:47:37.039
 to convey

00:47:37.039 --> 00:47:37.500
 to you

00:47:37.500 --> 00:47:40.379
 that this

00:47:40.379 --> 00:47:40.839
 is it,

00:47:41.000 --> 00:47:41.599
 sacrificial

00:47:41.599 --> 00:47:42.879
 giving of

00:47:42.879 --> 00:47:43.379
 ourselves,

00:47:43.879 --> 00:47:44.279
 spending

00:47:44.279 --> 00:47:46.420
 the time

00:47:46.420 --> 00:47:47.119
 that seems

00:47:47.119 --> 00:47:48.259
 on the

00:47:48.259 --> 00:47:48.719
 surface

00:47:48.719 --> 00:47:50.079
 to not

00:47:50.079 --> 00:47:50.599
 be worth

00:47:50.599 --> 00:47:50.899
 it,

00:47:51.359 --> 00:47:52.480
 but knowing

00:47:52.480 --> 00:47:52.879
 that in

00:47:52.879 --> 00:47:53.199
 the end

00:47:53.199 --> 00:47:53.440
 it will

00:47:53.440 --> 00:47:53.679
 reach

00:47:53.679 --> 00:47:54.000
 eternal

00:47:54.000 --> 00:47:54.480
 reward,

00:47:54.960 --> 00:47:55.279
 right?

00:47:57.299 --> 00:47:58.039
 He's like,

00:47:58.099 --> 00:47:58.879
 catch this

00:47:58.879 --> 00:47:59.379
 vision with

00:47:59.379 --> 00:47:59.519
 me,

00:47:59.579 --> 00:47:59.839
 guys.

00:48:00.159 --> 00:48:00.539
 He's like,

00:48:00.579 --> 00:48:01.019
 I'm glad

00:48:01.019 --> 00:48:01.500
 about it.

00:48:01.879 --> 00:48:02.059
 You

00:48:02.059 --> 00:48:02.659
 likewise,

00:48:03.539 --> 00:48:04.199
 verse 18,

00:48:04.339 --> 00:48:04.799
 you likewise

00:48:04.799 --> 00:48:05.839
 also should

00:48:05.839 --> 00:48:06.279
 be glad

00:48:06.279 --> 00:48:06.659
 and rejoice

00:48:06.659 --> 00:48:07.119
 with me.

00:48:08.299 --> 00:48:08.500
 Okay?

00:48:09.500 --> 00:48:09.920
 Do we have

00:48:09.920 --> 00:48:10.500
 that attitude,

00:48:10.659 --> 00:48:11.179
 Christ church,

00:48:11.420 --> 00:48:11.759
 for one

00:48:11.759 --> 00:48:12.019
 another?

00:48:12.699 --> 00:48:13.079
 Do we have

00:48:13.079 --> 00:48:13.579
 the attitude

00:48:13.579 --> 00:48:16.079
 of glad,

00:48:16.639 --> 00:48:17.239
 sacrificial

00:48:17.239 --> 00:48:18.179
 responsibility?

00:48:19.179 --> 00:48:19.679
 Do we have

00:48:19.679 --> 00:48:20.139
 that towards

00:48:20.139 --> 00:48:20.659
 each other's

00:48:20.659 --> 00:48:21.059
 faith?

00:48:22.139 --> 00:48:22.379
 You know,

00:48:22.539 --> 00:48:23.039
 there's a lot

00:48:23.039 --> 00:48:23.399
 of things

00:48:23.399 --> 00:48:24.559
 in your life

00:48:24.559 --> 00:48:25.399
 that people

00:48:25.399 --> 00:48:25.699
 are going

00:48:25.699 --> 00:48:25.799
 to,

00:48:26.679 --> 00:48:27.500
 there's a lot

00:48:27.500 --> 00:48:28.179
 of needs

00:48:28.179 --> 00:48:30.059
 and we

00:48:30.059 --> 00:48:30.539
 can meet

00:48:30.539 --> 00:48:31.039
 needs,

00:48:31.239 --> 00:48:33.360
 but is it

00:48:33.360 --> 00:48:33.960
 unto our

00:48:33.960 --> 00:48:34.500
 faith,

00:48:35.000 --> 00:48:35.179
 right?

00:48:35.679 --> 00:48:36.239
 Is it

00:48:36.239 --> 00:48:37.519
 unto our

00:48:37.519 --> 00:48:41.880
 love for

00:48:41.880 --> 00:48:42.199
 God,

00:48:42.340 --> 00:48:42.599
 you know?

00:48:44.599 --> 00:48:45.119
 Helping

00:48:45.119 --> 00:48:45.539
 each other

00:48:45.539 --> 00:48:46.059
 to see,

00:48:46.699 --> 00:48:46.960
 like,

00:48:47.059 --> 00:48:47.940
 it's our

00:48:47.940 --> 00:48:48.519
 joy to

00:48:48.519 --> 00:48:48.940
 sacrifice

00:48:48.940 --> 00:48:49.400
 for one

00:48:49.400 --> 00:48:49.639
 another.

00:48:51.179 --> 00:48:52.000
 It's Paul's

00:48:52.000 --> 00:48:52.500
 joy here.

00:48:52.500 --> 00:48:52.500


00:48:52.500 --> 00:48:52.500


00:48:52.500 --> 00:48:52.500


00:48:52.500 --> 00:48:52.500


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00:48:52.500 --> 00:49:01.480
 mix this

00:49:01.480 --> 00:49:01.860
 up here.

00:49:06.300 --> 00:49:06.920
 I'm almost

00:49:06.920 --> 00:49:07.400
 wrapped up

00:49:07.400 --> 00:49:07.639
 here.

00:49:08.639 --> 00:49:09.179
 A couple

00:49:09.179 --> 00:49:09.559
 more,

00:49:09.639 --> 00:49:10.360
 more things

00:49:10.360 --> 00:49:10.739
 before I

00:49:10.739 --> 00:49:11.119
 close.

00:49:16.780 --> 00:49:17.400
 I'm not,

00:49:17.500 --> 00:49:17.599
 like,

00:49:17.639 --> 00:49:18.019
 really good

00:49:18.019 --> 00:49:18.500
 at this.

00:49:19.619 --> 00:49:20.199
 I'm not

00:49:20.199 --> 00:49:20.639
 really good

00:49:20.639 --> 00:49:21.079
 at that.

00:49:23.500 --> 00:49:24.219
 I'm tempted

00:49:24.219 --> 00:49:24.739
 to grumble,

00:49:24.900 --> 00:49:25.159
 I'm tempted

00:49:25.159 --> 00:49:25.799
 to complain.

00:49:27.039 --> 00:49:27.879
 I imagine

00:49:27.879 --> 00:49:29.400
 most of

00:49:29.400 --> 00:49:29.839
 you share

00:49:29.839 --> 00:49:30.379
 the same

00:49:30.379 --> 00:49:31.019
 temptation.

00:49:33.500 --> 00:49:34.239
 And maybe

00:49:34.239 --> 00:49:34.879
 even Paul

00:49:34.879 --> 00:49:35.319
 was tempted

00:49:35.319 --> 00:49:35.839
 to grumble

00:49:35.839 --> 00:49:36.299
 and complain

00:49:36.299 --> 00:49:36.859
 at times,

00:49:37.119 --> 00:49:38.420
 but that

00:49:38.420 --> 00:49:38.759
 doesn't

00:49:38.759 --> 00:49:39.379
 negate the

00:49:39.379 --> 00:49:40.119
 exhortation.

00:49:41.759 --> 00:49:42.739
 It actually

00:49:42.739 --> 00:49:43.839
 illuminates it.

00:49:44.659 --> 00:49:45.460
 It shows

00:49:45.460 --> 00:49:46.079
 us that we

00:49:46.079 --> 00:49:47.659
 need God.

00:49:48.259 --> 00:49:48.659
 We need

00:49:48.659 --> 00:49:49.159
 an awareness

00:49:49.159 --> 00:49:49.839
 of God

00:49:49.840 --> 00:49:51.660
 to be

00:49:51.660 --> 00:49:52.140
 lights in

00:49:52.140 --> 00:49:52.539
 the world.

00:49:53.539 --> 00:49:54.260
 And I

00:49:54.260 --> 00:49:54.680
 think one

00:49:54.680 --> 00:49:55.300
 key thing

00:49:55.300 --> 00:49:56.300
 here is

00:49:56.300 --> 00:49:59.300
 that do

00:49:59.300 --> 00:50:01.400
 we not

00:50:01.400 --> 00:50:02.180
 just know,

00:50:02.559 --> 00:50:03.440
 but do we

00:50:03.440 --> 00:50:04.019
 regularly

00:50:04.019 --> 00:50:05.280
 meditate on

00:50:05.280 --> 00:50:06.140
 the knowledge

00:50:06.140 --> 00:50:07.140
 of the

00:50:07.140 --> 00:50:07.720
 God who

00:50:07.720 --> 00:50:08.180
 dwells in

00:50:08.180 --> 00:50:08.500
 us?

00:50:09.660 --> 00:50:09.840
 Okay?

00:50:11.120 --> 00:50:12.140
 I know

00:50:12.140 --> 00:50:13.160
 for certain

00:50:13.160 --> 00:50:13.480
 that I

00:50:13.480 --> 00:50:14.059
 don't enough.

00:50:15.220 --> 00:50:15.480
 Okay?

00:50:15.840 --> 00:50:16.740
 I know

00:50:16.740 --> 00:50:18.380
 that I

00:50:18.380 --> 00:50:18.760
 am tempted

00:50:18.760 --> 00:50:19.220
 to forget

00:50:19.220 --> 00:50:19.720
 the Lord.

00:50:20.420 --> 00:50:20.780
 But the

00:50:20.780 --> 00:50:21.960
 thing that

00:50:21.960 --> 00:50:22.620
 draws me

00:50:22.620 --> 00:50:23.960
 back is

00:50:23.960 --> 00:50:24.480
 the same

00:50:24.480 --> 00:50:25.100
 God,

00:50:25.560 --> 00:50:25.900
 you know,

00:50:25.980 --> 00:50:26.580
 that died.

00:50:27.560 --> 00:50:27.760
 Right?

00:50:28.220 --> 00:50:29.120
 That he's

00:50:29.120 --> 00:50:29.660
 the one

00:50:29.660 --> 00:50:30.660
 who will

00:50:30.660 --> 00:50:31.300
 produce these

00:50:31.300 --> 00:50:31.720
 things in

00:50:31.720 --> 00:50:32.020
 us.

00:50:32.880 --> 00:50:34.740
 And I

00:50:34.740 --> 00:50:35.040
 would just

00:50:35.040 --> 00:50:35.880
 exhort us,

00:50:36.420 --> 00:50:37.080
 like Paul is

00:50:37.080 --> 00:50:37.420
 saying,

00:50:38.220 --> 00:50:40.380
 fear and

00:50:40.380 --> 00:50:40.940
 tremble before

00:50:40.940 --> 00:50:41.640
 God because

00:50:41.640 --> 00:50:42.220
 he lives in

00:50:42.220 --> 00:50:42.400
 you.

00:50:43.000 --> 00:50:43.420
 Right?

00:50:43.420 --> 00:50:45.599
 he's at

00:50:45.599 --> 00:50:46.000
 work in

00:50:46.000 --> 00:50:46.119
 you,

00:50:46.220 --> 00:50:46.500
 both to

00:50:46.500 --> 00:50:46.820
 will and

00:50:46.820 --> 00:50:47.220
 to work

00:50:47.220 --> 00:50:47.559
 for his

00:50:47.559 --> 00:50:48.099
 good pleasure.

00:50:48.880 --> 00:50:49.740
 But meditate

00:50:49.740 --> 00:50:50.539
 on him.

00:50:50.680 --> 00:50:51.240
 Meditate on

00:50:51.240 --> 00:50:51.780
 that God.

00:50:52.019 --> 00:50:52.639
 Worship him.

00:50:53.240 --> 00:50:53.440
 You know?

00:50:54.039 --> 00:50:54.480
 Saturate

00:50:54.480 --> 00:50:56.579
 yourself with

00:50:56.579 --> 00:50:57.539
 the enjoyment

00:50:57.539 --> 00:50:58.119
 of who he

00:50:58.119 --> 00:50:58.800
 actually is,

00:50:58.860 --> 00:50:59.820
 not who he

00:50:59.820 --> 00:51:00.559
 is not.

00:51:00.860 --> 00:51:00.960
 Right?

00:51:03.460 --> 00:51:04.180
 Meditate on

00:51:04.180 --> 00:51:04.360
 that.

00:51:04.360 --> 00:51:08.640
 I'm going

00:51:08.640 --> 00:51:09.120
 to close

00:51:09.120 --> 00:51:09.760
 with a

00:51:09.760 --> 00:51:10.099
 scripture.

00:51:15.360 --> 00:51:16.180
 In 2

00:51:16.180 --> 00:51:16.620
 Corinthians

00:51:16.620 --> 00:51:17.380
 13,

00:51:18.039 --> 00:51:18.700
 really short

00:51:18.700 --> 00:51:19.400
 scripture here,

00:51:20.039 --> 00:51:20.519
 he says,

00:51:21.960 --> 00:51:22.360
 Paul is

00:51:22.360 --> 00:51:22.599
 saying,

00:51:23.320 --> 00:51:23.960
 he is not

00:51:23.960 --> 00:51:24.680
 weak in

00:51:24.680 --> 00:51:25.140
 dealing with

00:51:25.140 --> 00:51:25.340
 you.

00:51:26.200 --> 00:51:26.940
 Speaking of

00:51:26.940 --> 00:51:27.220
 God,

00:51:27.440 --> 00:51:28.059
 God is not

00:51:28.059 --> 00:51:28.539
 weak in

00:51:28.539 --> 00:51:28.980
 dealing with

00:51:28.980 --> 00:51:29.240
 you,

00:51:29.680 --> 00:51:30.059
 but is

00:51:30.059 --> 00:51:30.960
 powerful among

00:51:30.960 --> 00:51:31.200
 you.

00:51:32.099 --> 00:51:32.740
 For he was

00:51:32.740 --> 00:51:33.660
 crucified in

00:51:33.660 --> 00:51:34.140
 weakness,

00:51:34.360 --> 00:51:35.240
 but lives

00:51:35.240 --> 00:51:35.559
 by the

00:51:35.559 --> 00:51:35.900
 power of

00:51:35.900 --> 00:51:36.140
 God.

00:51:37.340 --> 00:51:38.079
 For us

00:51:38.079 --> 00:51:38.440
 also,

00:51:38.559 --> 00:51:38.900
 Christ's

00:51:38.900 --> 00:51:39.160
 church,

00:51:40.059 --> 00:51:40.940
 he is not

00:51:40.940 --> 00:51:41.300
 weak in

00:51:41.300 --> 00:51:41.800
 dealing with

00:51:41.800 --> 00:51:42.180
 us.

00:51:43.079 --> 00:51:43.260
 Okay?

00:51:44.519 --> 00:51:46.220
 But he

00:51:46.220 --> 00:51:47.140
 lives by

00:51:47.140 --> 00:51:47.579
 the power

00:51:47.579 --> 00:51:47.980
 of God

00:51:47.980 --> 00:51:48.460
 in us.

00:51:48.800 --> 00:51:49.280
 Although we

00:51:49.280 --> 00:51:49.620
 are weak

00:51:49.620 --> 00:51:49.880
 in the

00:51:49.880 --> 00:51:50.260
 body,

00:51:50.680 --> 00:51:51.160
 Christ is

00:51:51.160 --> 00:51:51.620
 strong in

00:51:51.620 --> 00:51:51.840
 us.

00:51:52.660 --> 00:51:52.900
 Okay?

00:51:53.519 --> 00:51:54.059
 Let us

00:51:54.059 --> 00:51:55.079
 go on

00:51:55.079 --> 00:51:57.079
 evangelizing

00:51:57.079 --> 00:51:57.700
 the world

00:51:57.700 --> 00:52:00.200
 by putting

00:52:00.200 --> 00:52:01.640
 away our

00:52:01.640 --> 00:52:02.220
 disputes,

00:52:02.900 --> 00:52:03.160
 our

00:52:03.160 --> 00:52:03.640
 grumblings,

00:52:03.760 --> 00:52:03.860
 our

00:52:04.360 --> 00:52:04.980
 God

00:52:04.980 --> 00:52:06.059
 and

00:52:06.059 --> 00:52:06.320
 holding

00:52:06.320 --> 00:52:06.900
 fast.

00:52:07.099 --> 00:52:07.519
 Jesus,

00:52:07.680 --> 00:52:07.800
 the

00:52:07.800 --> 00:52:08.099
 word of

00:52:08.099 --> 00:52:08.420
 life.

00:52:12.019 --> 00:52:12.800
 That we

00:52:12.800 --> 00:52:13.019
 might

00:52:13.019 --> 00:52:13.599
 actually be

00:52:13.599 --> 00:52:14.180
 blameless

00:52:14.180 --> 00:52:15.380
 in a

00:52:15.380 --> 00:52:16.380
 world that

00:52:16.380 --> 00:52:16.940
 is twisted

00:52:16.940 --> 00:52:17.640
 and full

00:52:17.640 --> 00:52:20.280
 of blame

00:52:20.280 --> 00:52:23.640
 and full

00:52:23.640 --> 00:52:24.240
 of a

00:52:24.240 --> 00:52:24.740
 blame that

00:52:24.740 --> 00:52:25.280
 wants to

00:52:25.280 --> 00:52:27.300
 be used.

00:52:28.000 --> 00:52:28.500
 People are

00:52:28.500 --> 00:52:28.920
 so eager

00:52:28.920 --> 00:52:29.440
 to blame.

00:52:30.300 --> 00:52:30.820
 Everything is

00:52:30.820 --> 00:52:31.300
 just a big

00:52:31.300 --> 00:52:32.000
 blame game.

00:52:32.000 --> 00:52:32.599
 right?

00:52:33.599 --> 00:52:34.019
 In Christ

00:52:34.019 --> 00:52:34.340
 Jesus,

00:52:34.500 --> 00:52:34.760
 though,

00:52:35.159 --> 00:52:38.039
 Jesus Christ

00:52:38.039 --> 00:52:38.639
 was blamed

00:52:38.639 --> 00:52:39.340
 for us.

00:52:40.480 --> 00:52:40.639
 Right?

00:52:41.199 --> 00:52:41.960
 He took

00:52:41.960 --> 00:52:42.440
 the penalty

00:52:42.440 --> 00:52:42.840
 of our

00:52:42.840 --> 00:52:43.300
 sin that

00:52:43.300 --> 00:52:44.000
 should have

00:52:44.000 --> 00:52:44.940
 come to

00:52:44.940 --> 00:52:45.260
 us.

00:52:45.739 --> 00:52:46.199
 Right?

00:52:46.260 --> 00:52:46.559
 So we

00:52:46.559 --> 00:52:46.880
 can live

00:52:46.880 --> 00:52:47.079
 in a

00:52:47.079 --> 00:52:47.760
 world now

00:52:47.760 --> 00:52:49.199
 free from

00:52:49.199 --> 00:52:49.900
 the constraints

00:52:49.900 --> 00:52:51.239
 and the

00:52:51.239 --> 00:52:51.920
 burdens of

00:52:51.920 --> 00:52:53.000
 sin and the

00:52:53.000 --> 00:52:53.460
 bondage of

00:52:53.460 --> 00:52:53.719
 sin.

00:52:53.860 --> 00:52:54.440
 So don't

00:52:54.440 --> 00:52:54.760
 forget,

00:52:55.460 --> 00:52:55.920
 God is not

00:52:55.920 --> 00:52:56.320
 weak in

00:52:56.320 --> 00:52:56.780
 dealing with

00:52:56.780 --> 00:52:57.119
 us,

00:52:57.119 --> 00:52:57.920
 but he

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 is powerful

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 among us.