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 Let me pray for the reading and preaching of God's Word.

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 For those of you who are new, my name is Sean.

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 I'm one of the pastors of Trinity Cambridge Church.

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 And it's my joy and honor to preach God's Word to you.

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 We are in a series in the book of Revelation.

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 We're in Revelation chapter 2.

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 This is why you turn with me in your Bibles to Revelation chapter 2.

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 If you don't have a Bible, if you raise your hand,

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 we'd love to bring you a copy of the Bible that you can have.

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 And Revelation is the last book in the Bible.

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 Revelation chapter 2, verses 18 to 29.

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 Let me pray for the reading and preaching of God's Word.

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 Heavenly Father, as you always do when we gather in your name,

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 we know that you are present here in your Spirit.

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 And we also ask that by your Word,

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 now you address us

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 and enlarge our vision of Jesus, your Son,

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 so that in light of your glory and his greatness and his might,

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 we are humbled

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 and people seem small in comparison

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 so that we do not fear them,

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 but we fear you.

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 remind us of your holiness this morning,

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 but also remind us

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 of your mercy

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 and your grace.

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 in Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 If you are willing and able,

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 please stand and join me in the reading of God's Word.

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 I'll read it out loud.

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 Revelation 2,

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 18 to 29.

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 And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write,

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 the words of the sons of God,

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 who has eyes like a flame of fire

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 and whose feet are like burnished bronze.

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 I know your works,

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 your love and faith

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 and service

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 and patient endurance,

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 and that your latter works exceed the first.

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 But I have this against you,

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 that you tolerate that woman, Jezebel,

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 who calls herself a prophetess

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 and is teaching and seducing my servants

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 to practice sexual immorality

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 and to eat food sacrificed to idols.

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 I gave her time to repent,

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 but she refuses to repent of her sexual immorality.

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 Behold,

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 I will throw her onto a sickbed

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 and those who commit adultery with her,

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 I will throw into great tribulation

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 unless they repent of her works.

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 And I will strike her children dead.

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 And all the churches will know

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 that I am he

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 who searches mind and heart.

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 And I will give to each of you

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 according to your works.

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 But to the rest of you in Thyatira

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 who do not hold this teaching,

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 who have not learned

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 what some call

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 the deep things of Satan,

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 to you I say,

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 I do not lay on you any other burden.

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 Only hold fast what you have

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 until I come.

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 The one who conquers

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 and who keeps my works

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 until the end,

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 to him I will give authority

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 over the nations.

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 And he will rule them

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 with a rod of iron

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 as when earthen pots

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 are broken in pieces,

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 even as I myself

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 have received authority

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 from my Father.

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 And I will give him

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 the morning star.

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 He who has an ear,

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 let him hear

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 what the Spirit says

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 to the churches.

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 This is God's holy

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 and authoritative word.

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 Please be seated.

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 In C.S. Lewis' book,

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 The Silver Chair,

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 which is part of

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 the Chronicles of Narnia series,

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 the friends of Aslan,

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 Eustace Scrubb,

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 Jill Pohl,

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 and Puddleglum

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 meet the Lady of the Green Kirtle,

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 also known as

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 the Queen of the Deep Realm,

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 which,

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 while they're on their mission

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 to find Prince Rillian,

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 who has been lost,

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 who is the rightful heir

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 to the throne of Narnia,

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 and when they first meet

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 the Lady of the Green Kirtle,

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 it says that she was riding

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 side saddle

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 on a beautiful white horse.

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 That horse itself

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 was so lovely

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 that it says

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 it made you want

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 to give it a lump

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 of sugar at once.

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 But in the description,

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 it says,

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 but the lady

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 who wore a long,

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 fluttering dress

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 of dazzling green

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 was lovelier still.

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 Her voice

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 was as sweet

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 as the sweetest bird's song.

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 This is,

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 I'm quoting C.S. Lewis here.

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 Her laughter

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 was the richest,

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 most musical laugh

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 you can imagine.

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 The Lady of the Green Kirtle,

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 however,

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 is no sweet lady.

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 She directs

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 these three friends

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 of Aslan

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 to the giant's castle,

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 Harfang,

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 for an autumn feast,

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 like the fall festival

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 we had yesterday,

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 and tempted

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 by the rich fare

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 of an autumn feast

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 with the giants,

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 they go to Harfang

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 not knowing

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 that the specialty

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 that these giants eat

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 at this autumn feast

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 is what they call

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 man pies

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 and that these friends

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 will become the meal

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 and that's where

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 the Lady of the Green Kirtle

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 sent them.

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 She's also the one

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 who has put

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 Prince Rillian

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 under a spell

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 and has kidnapped him

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 and is now ruling

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 the underground,

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 the Deep Realm,

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 where she is mobilizing

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 an army of gnomes

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 with which to make war

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 against Aslan

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 and against Narnia.

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 And that's why she's called

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 the Queen of the Deep Realm.

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 So this seductive,

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 beautiful lady

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 turns out to be

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 this Queen of the Deep Realm

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 and her true identity

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 is revealed

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 in dramatic fashion

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 toward the end of the book

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 when the long green train

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 of her dress

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 kind of wraps around her

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 and thickens

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 into this solid green pillar

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 and her facial features

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 all disappear

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 except for her eyes

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 and then she takes on

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 quote,

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 the loathsome body

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 of a great serpent

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 as green as poison.

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 Her loveliness

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 is exposed

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 to be a loathsome body

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 that it really is

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 and her dazzling green

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 is exposed

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 as the poisonous green

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 that it really is.

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 In this letter

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 to the angel

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 of the church

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 in Thyatira,

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 we see that

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 an otherwise

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 very healthy church

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 is facing the threat

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 of a false prophetess

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 who is teaching

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 and seducing

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 Christ's servants

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 to practice

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 sexual immorality

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 and to eat food

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 sacrificed to idols.

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 Rather than overt

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 persecution

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 like some other churches

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 were facing

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 or political oppression,

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 the church in Thyatira

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 is suffering more

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 from seduction

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 of false teachers

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 similar to the church

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 in Pergamum

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 and sometimes

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 this kind of evil

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 is harder to deal with

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 because it's from

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 an insider

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 rather than an outsider

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 because it's so seductive

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 and enticing.

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 It takes discerning eyes

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 to see the lady

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 of the green curdle

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 for who she really is,

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 a green serpent.

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 And that's what

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 this passage is seeking

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 to accomplish

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 in our lives,

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 to enable us

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 to see evil

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 disguised as good

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 through the eyes

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 of Christ

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 because Christ has eyes

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 like flame of fire

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 and he's the one

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 who searches

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 mind and heart.

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 And that's the main point

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 of our passage,

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 remembering Jesus'

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 eyes of fire.

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 We must keep

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 the works of Christ

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 and not tolerate

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 sexual immorality

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 and idolatry

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 in our midst.

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 I'm going to talk

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 in turn about

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 the authority

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 of the Son of God

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 and then the adultery

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 of the children

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 of Jezebel

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 and the award

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 for the servants

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 of Christ

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 to persevere

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 to the end.

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 First, let's look

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 at the authority

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 of the Son of God

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 in verse 18.

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 Once again,

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 as we have seen

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 if you've been with us

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 in this series,

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 as Jesus does

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 in every letter

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 to every church,

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 Jesus introduces himself

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 with an aspect

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 of the glorious vision

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 of him

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 in earlier chapter 1,

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 verses 12 to 16.

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 And he takes

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 an aspect of that

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 that's most pertinent

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 to this particular church

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 and introduces himself

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 that way.

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 And because the church

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 in Thyatira

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 is being seduced

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 by a false prophetess

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 into sexual immorality

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 and idolatry,

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 Jesus emphasizes

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 his discernment

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 and his authority

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 to judge

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 in verse 18.

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 The words

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 of the Son of God

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 who has eyes

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 like a flame of fire

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 and whose feet

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 are like burnished bronze.

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 His eyes

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 were like a flame

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 of fire.

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 So fire is often

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 a symbol

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 of judgment

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 and discernment.

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 At a refinery,

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 workers subject

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 various metals

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 to the flames

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 so they can burn

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 off the dross

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 and isolate

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 the precious metals

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 so that it can be

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 used in some way.

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 Sometimes we describe

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 people that we know

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 as, oh,

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 that guy

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 or that woman

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 has piercing eyes.

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 And by that,

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 we mean that they have,

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 I mean,

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 it could just be

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 a description of the appearance,

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 but usually we mean

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 that they have eyes

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 that seem to look through

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 that they can see

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 inside you.

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 Jesus' eyes

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 are like that,

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 but it's not just

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 an appearance.

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 He has eyes

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 like a flame of fire.

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 He has all-seeing eyes

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 with which

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 he searches

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 mind and heart.

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 As it says

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 in verse 23.

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 That means

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 nobody can dupe him,

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 nobody can get past him,

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 no one can trick him,

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 no sinner

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 can hide

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 from his infallible judgment.

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 And his feet

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 are like burnished bronze.

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 This is an allusion

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 to Daniel's vision

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 of the Son of Man

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 in Daniel 10.6.

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 So refined,

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 polished bronze,

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 burnished bronze

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 is glossy

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 and it gleams,

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 it's shiny

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 and because of its purity.

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 And Jesus,

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 so Jesus has no impurity

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 in him

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 like bronze

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 refined in a furnace.

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 Bronze is also

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 the hardest

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 of the three precious metals

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 most commonly used

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 in the ancient world,

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 gold,

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 silver,

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 and bronze.

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 And so imagine

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 feet like burnished bronze,

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 pure and gleaming

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 and hard,

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 just crushing

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 these brittle rocks

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 underneath.

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 I think,

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 I was trying to think

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 of an illustration

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 for this.

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 I once made the mistake

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 of using the flat side

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 of a meat pounder,

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 is that what that's called?

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 To crush garlic.

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 And it was,

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 it's not that it didn't work,

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 it just worked too well.

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 And I just hit it once

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 and then it was like,

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 it just,

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 it was disintegrated

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 into smithereens

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 and it splattered

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 all over the kitchen.

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 So I've never done that again.

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 But that's the effect

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 of having something

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 so powerful

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 and strong

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 like burnished feet,

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 feet of burnished bronze

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 just walking over

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 and crushing

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 the enemies of Christ

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 underneath.

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 That's Christ's

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 authority and power.

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 So this vision of Jesus

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 with eyes like a flame of fire

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 and feet like burnished bronze

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 is important

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 because it keeps us,

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 when we have this

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 glorious vision of Jesus,

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 it protects us

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 and it keeps us

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 from being deceived

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 by the enemy

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 into thinking that

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 sins can be tolerated

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 and hidden.

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 Oh, Jesus doesn't see.

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 Oh, Jesus doesn't care.

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 It also keeps us

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 from believing

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 the lies of the enemy

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 that Jesus will not

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 come to judge

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 because he will

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 come to judge

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 those who oppose him

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 with feet like

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 burnished bronze.

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 If you live before

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 the all-seeing eyes

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 of Christ,

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 then you do not have

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 to fear

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 the peering eyes

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 of man

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 and their fallible

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 judgment of you,

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 their fallible opinion

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 and estimation

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 of you

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 because you care

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 about what Jesus thinks

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 because he sees everything.

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 And if you live

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 in light of a glorious

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 view of Jesus

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 who has feet

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 of burnished bronze,

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 like burnished bronze,

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 then you do not

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 have to fear men

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 and what they can do

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 to you.

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 You don't have to fear

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 the schoolhouse bullies

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 or the academic

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 or professional

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 power brokers

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 or the governmental

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 powers that be

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 that might marginalize you,

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 demote you,

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 or crush you

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 because you see

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 that Christ

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 is more powerful

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 and you care more

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 about what he thinks.

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 So all of these

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 descriptions are taken

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 directly from the

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 glorious vision of Jesus

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 in Revelation 1

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 except for one detail

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 and that detail

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 is significant.

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 It says in verse 18,

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 the words of the

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 Son of God.

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 That title,

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 the Son of God,

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 is not from Revelation 1.

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 That's from Psalm 2

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 where God says

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 to his appointed king,

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 and we read that

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 earlier

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 as our cult worship,

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 to the messianic king

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 that God has appointed,

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 he says to him,

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 you are my son.

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 Today I have begotten you.

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 Ultimately,

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 it's a prophetic word

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 that points to Jesus

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 who is God's only

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 begotten son.

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 And this biblically

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 allusion to Psalm 2

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 is confirmed later

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 by verses 26 to 27

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 which directly references

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 a part of Psalm 2.

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 He quotes verses 8 and 9.

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 And it speaks of how

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 God gives authority

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 over the nations

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 to this messianic king

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 to rule with the rod of iron.

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 So by declaring himself

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 to be the Son of God,

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 Jesus is identifying himself

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 as the messianic king

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 from the royal line

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 of David.

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 He is the rightful heir

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 to the throne

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 established by God himself.

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 He is the only begotten Son.

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 And this is also significant

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 in light of the historical context

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 because it's a polemic

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 against the claims

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 of the political pretenders

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 of the Roman Empire.

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 Ever since Julius Caesar

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 formally declared himself

00:14:29.539 --> 00:14:31.199
 the divine Julius

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 in 42 BC,

00:14:33.959 --> 00:14:35.959
 his adopted son Octavian,

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 better known as Augustus,

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 style himself

00:14:38.600 --> 00:14:40.779
 as the son of the God.

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 A letter that Augustus wrote

00:14:43.399 --> 00:14:44.879
 to the magistrates of Sardis

00:14:44.879 --> 00:14:45.659
 has been preserved

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 and in it he begins

00:14:47.039 --> 00:14:49.319
 the letter Imperator Caesar,

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 son of the God,

00:14:52.019 --> 00:14:52.879
 Augustus,

00:14:53.379 --> 00:14:55.139
 Pontifex Maximus.

00:14:56.279 --> 00:14:58.779
 Presumptuous title.

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 But Caesar Augustus

00:15:01.220 --> 00:15:02.579
 is only a counterfeit

00:15:02.579 --> 00:15:05.659
 because Jesus is the true king

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 and he is the true emperor.

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 Jesus is the true son of God

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 and Jesus is the true

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 Pontifex Maximus,

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 which means supreme pontiff

00:15:16.259 --> 00:15:18.199
 or the chief high priest.

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 Christ.

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 So this is a comfort

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 to the suffering believers

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 who are facing

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 idolatry and immorality

00:15:26.480 --> 00:15:27.259
 of the Roman Empire

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 and feeling political pressure

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 from their surroundings

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 and from the political authorities.

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 It's a reminder

00:15:34.140 --> 00:15:36.000
 that Jesus is the true king.

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 He is the true son of God,

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 so do not fear.

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 And it says in verse 27,

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 Jesus received authority

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 from God the Father.

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 So don't fear

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 when Caesars

00:15:47.739 --> 00:15:48.679
 or presidents

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 or dictators

00:15:49.699 --> 00:15:51.500
 try to stamp you out

00:15:51.500 --> 00:15:54.139
 for your allegiance to Jesus

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 because all authority

00:15:55.799 --> 00:15:56.719
 in heaven and on earth

00:15:56.719 --> 00:15:57.779
 has been given to Jesus

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 and he has eyes

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 like a flame of fire

00:16:02.099 --> 00:16:04.259
 and feet like burnished bronze.

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 So hold fast to your faith

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 and persevere

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 even unto death

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 and conquer

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 as Christians.

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 That's the exhortation.

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 Having looked at the authority

00:16:16.719 --> 00:16:17.279
 of the Son of God,

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 let's not turn to the adultery

00:16:18.559 --> 00:16:19.779
 of the children of Jezebel

00:16:19.779 --> 00:16:21.219
 in verses 19 to 25.

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 But before Jesus critiques

00:16:23.500 --> 00:16:24.199
 this church,

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 he graciously commends them

00:16:27.319 --> 00:16:28.179
 for their good works

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 in verse 19.

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 I know your works,

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 your love

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 and faith

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 and service

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 and patient endurance

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 and that your latter works

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 exceed the first.

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 The word works

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 is used once

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 at the beginning

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 and once at the end

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 of the verse

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 and it seems to be

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 a summary term

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 for everything in between.

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 So the works

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 that the church

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 in Thyatira

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 was doing

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 includes

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 their love

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 and faith

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 and service

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 and patient endurance.

00:17:00.279 --> 00:17:01.620
 So here in this passage,

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 unlike some other parts

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 of the New Testament,

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 the works are not

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 being contrasted

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 with faith

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 as it's rather

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 being used

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 in a more general sense

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 to refer to the totality

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 of Christian faithfulness.

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 This is confirmed

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 by what Jesus said

00:17:17.099 --> 00:17:17.599
 to the church

00:17:17.599 --> 00:17:18.179
 in Ephesus

00:17:18.179 --> 00:17:19.359
 earlier in chapter 2.

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 He also said to them,

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 I know your works

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 and commended them.

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 But then he added,

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 but I have this against you

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 that you have abandoned

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 the love you had

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 at first.

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 So in light of that evaluation

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 for the church

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 in Ephesus,

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 Jesus' exhortation

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 to them,

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 the church in Ephesus

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 in verse 5,

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 was repent

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 and do the works

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 you did at first.

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 So recovering

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 the love they had

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 at first

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 involved doing

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 the works

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 they did at first.

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 So you can see

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 that these two things

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 are related.

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 So then here,

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 for the church

00:17:49.179 --> 00:17:49.859
 in Thyatira,

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 the works that they are doing

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 includes the love

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 and faith

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 and service

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 and patient endurance.

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 They're doing

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 all of these things.

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 Unlike the church

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 in Ephesus

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 who did those things

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 at first

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 but were no longer

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 doing those works,

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 had lost sight

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 of their first love,

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 the love that they had

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 at first for Jesus.

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 This church,

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 the church in Thyatira,

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 their latter works,

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 it says,

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 exceed the first.

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 They're not waning

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 in their zeal.

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 They're waxing

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 in their zeal.

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 They're doing more.

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 They're loving

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 one another more.

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 They're loving

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 their neighbors more.

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 They're serving more.

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 They're patiently

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 enduring more.

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 They're living by faith

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 and not by sight

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 and they're serving

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 each other

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 with generosity

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 and sacrifice.

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 They're patiently

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 bearing witness

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 to Jesus

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 in a hostile world.

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 So many wonderful

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 things that they're doing

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 and they're being commended

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 for and it's such a

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 heartening

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 and encouraging thing

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 that Jesus knows

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 our works.

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 Every good thing

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 you do,

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 Jesus sees.

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 Everything you do

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 in his service,

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 Jesus knows.

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 He doesn't need to.

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 He doesn't have to

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 pay attention.

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 He's the king.

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 We all should still

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 be serving him

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 whether he sees it

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 or not,

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 but he sees everything.

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 I know your works

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 and I pray that we

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 as a church

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 can one day hear

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 these commendations

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 from the Lord

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 like the church

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 in Thyatira.

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 Unfortunately,

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 however,

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 there was still

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 one glaring fault

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 with the church

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 in Thyatira.

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 Jesus says in verse 20,

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 but I have this

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 against you,

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 that you tolerate

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 that woman Jezebel

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 who calls herself

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 a prophetess

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 and is teaching

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 and seducing

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 my servants

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 to practice

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 sexual immorality

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 and to eat food

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 sacrificed to idols.

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 This is very similar

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 to the church

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 in Pergamum.

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 Remember,

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 they were tolerating

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 the teaching

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 of the Nicolaitans

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 who were also

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 teaching that

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 sexual immorality

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 and idolatry feasts

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 are okay for Christians

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 to participate in.

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 And Thyatira

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 boasted

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 a number of large,

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 a large number

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 rather,

00:19:57.899 --> 00:19:59.460
 of Roman trade guilds.

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 And I mentioned

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 to you a few weeks ago

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 that Roman trade guilds,

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 these were like

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 economic kind of societies

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 and they got together

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 and usually they had feasts

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 where they would

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 make sacrifices

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 to the Roman gods

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 and to the Roman emperor

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 and they would

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 use that context

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 to network

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 and make connections

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 and try to,

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 you know,

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 ingratiate yourself

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 to people in power

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 so you can get promotions.

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 And also during those times

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 people drank heavily

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 and as is often the case

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 in places where people

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 drink heavily

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 there was a lot

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 of sexual promiscuity.

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 It was,

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 historians record

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 that often these things

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 devolved into orgies.

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 And there would have been

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 for Christians

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 because Roman religion

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 and politics

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 and economy

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 are all intricately related,

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 there would have been

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 tremendous pressure

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 for Christians

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 economically

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 and politically

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 and culturally

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 and religiously

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 to participate

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 in these feasts.

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 And some people

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 like Nicolaitans

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 in Pergamum

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 and Jezebel

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 in Thyatira

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 were telling Christians

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 it's okay.

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 It's not a big deal.

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 You can be loyal

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 to Christ

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 and still do these things.

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 Now,

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 I don't think

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 Jezebel

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 is her real name.

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 Why would you ever

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 name your child

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 Jezebel?

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 Right?

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 No Jew

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 would name

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 their child

00:21:25.240 --> 00:21:25.600
 Jezebel.

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 And no Christian

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 would either.

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 In the same way

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 the Nicolaitans

00:21:30.080 --> 00:21:30.880
 were figuratively

00:21:30.880 --> 00:21:31.920
 compared to Balaam

00:21:31.920 --> 00:21:34.280
 earlier in this chapter.

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 I think the false

00:21:36.360 --> 00:21:37.580
 prophetess of Thyatira

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 is being figuratively

00:21:39.000 --> 00:21:40.840
 identified as Jezebel

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 from the Old Testament.

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 Let me give you

00:21:43.100 --> 00:21:43.720
 some background

00:21:43.720 --> 00:21:44.240
 on Jezebel

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 in case some of you

00:21:45.200 --> 00:21:45.700
 are not familiar.

00:21:45.860 --> 00:21:47.259
 1st Kings 1631

00:21:47.259 --> 00:21:48.200
 tells us that

00:21:48.200 --> 00:21:48.940
 the Israelite king

00:21:48.940 --> 00:21:49.920
 Ahab married

00:21:49.920 --> 00:21:50.640
 Jezebel

00:21:50.640 --> 00:21:51.839
 the daughter of

00:21:51.839 --> 00:21:52.559
 Ethbaal

00:21:52.559 --> 00:21:54.019
 king of the Sidonians.

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 The name Ethbaal

00:21:55.599 --> 00:21:57.079
 means there is Baal

00:21:57.079 --> 00:21:59.039
 and the Canaanite

00:21:59.039 --> 00:21:59.640
 god of rain,

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 storm and life.

00:22:01.119 --> 00:22:02.180
 And the name Jezebel

00:22:02.180 --> 00:22:03.440
 means where is the prince?

00:22:03.619 --> 00:22:04.879
 And that's an allusion

00:22:04.879 --> 00:22:05.960
 to a mythical story

00:22:05.960 --> 00:22:06.980
 about Baal.

00:22:07.519 --> 00:22:08.200
 And so you can just

00:22:08.200 --> 00:22:09.079
 tell from the names

00:22:09.079 --> 00:22:10.119
 that both Ethbaal

00:22:10.119 --> 00:22:11.259
 and his daughter Jezebel

00:22:11.259 --> 00:22:12.460
 are loyal

00:22:12.460 --> 00:22:13.359
 and devout

00:22:13.359 --> 00:22:14.140
 worshippers

00:22:14.140 --> 00:22:14.700
 of Baal.

00:22:14.700 --> 00:22:17.400
 But Israelite king Ahab

00:22:17.400 --> 00:22:18.600
 marries Jezebel

00:22:18.600 --> 00:22:19.299
 which he wasn't

00:22:19.299 --> 00:22:19.940
 supposed to do

00:22:19.940 --> 00:22:20.720
 in the first place

00:22:20.720 --> 00:22:21.580
 because she's not

00:22:21.580 --> 00:22:23.240
 a follower of Yahweh

00:22:23.240 --> 00:22:24.460
 of the one true God.

00:22:25.200 --> 00:22:25.880
 What follows

00:22:25.880 --> 00:22:27.120
 in 1st Kings 1631

00:22:27.120 --> 00:22:28.559
 is not therefore surprising.

00:22:29.000 --> 00:22:29.759
 It says Ahab took

00:22:29.759 --> 00:22:30.799
 for his wife Jezebel

00:22:30.799 --> 00:22:31.740
 the daughter of Ethbaal

00:22:31.740 --> 00:22:32.680
 king of the Sidonians

00:22:32.680 --> 00:22:34.559
 and went and served

00:22:34.559 --> 00:22:35.240
 Baal

00:22:35.240 --> 00:22:36.759
 and worshipped him.

00:22:38.360 --> 00:22:39.920
 In fact their idolatry

00:22:39.920 --> 00:22:40.920
 got so bad

00:22:40.920 --> 00:22:41.460
 that it says

00:22:41.460 --> 00:22:42.680
 in 1st Kings 21-25

00:22:42.680 --> 00:22:43.740
 there was none

00:22:43.740 --> 00:22:45.000
 who sold himself

00:22:45.000 --> 00:22:45.960
 to do what was evil

00:22:45.960 --> 00:22:47.019
 in the sight of the Lord

00:22:47.019 --> 00:22:48.640
 like Ahab

00:22:48.640 --> 00:22:50.240
 whom Jezebel

00:22:50.240 --> 00:22:51.039
 his wife

00:22:51.039 --> 00:22:51.859
 incited.

00:22:53.240 --> 00:22:55.120
 So in God's estimation

00:22:55.120 --> 00:22:56.140
 Ahab

00:22:56.140 --> 00:22:57.480
 did more evil

00:22:57.480 --> 00:22:58.559
 in Israel

00:22:58.559 --> 00:22:59.319
 at that point

00:22:59.319 --> 00:23:01.380
 than anyone else

00:23:01.380 --> 00:23:02.339
 in the history of Israel.

00:23:03.319 --> 00:23:03.940
 And Jezebel

00:23:03.940 --> 00:23:04.339
 his wife

00:23:04.339 --> 00:23:05.279
 was a big part of that.

00:23:06.440 --> 00:23:07.220
 Ahab and Jezebel

00:23:07.220 --> 00:23:08.140
 were like Satan's

00:23:08.140 --> 00:23:08.819
 power couple

00:23:08.819 --> 00:23:09.680
 in the Old Testament.

00:23:10.339 --> 00:23:10.779
 According to

00:23:10.779 --> 00:23:12.240
 1st Kings 18-9

00:23:12.240 --> 00:23:14.220
 450 prophets

00:23:14.220 --> 00:23:14.640
 of Baal

00:23:14.640 --> 00:23:16.259
 and 400 prophets

00:23:16.259 --> 00:23:16.940
 of Asherah

00:23:16.940 --> 00:23:17.480
 that's another

00:23:17.480 --> 00:23:18.500
 pagan religion

00:23:18.500 --> 00:23:20.259
 all ate

00:23:20.259 --> 00:23:21.240
 at Jezebel's table

00:23:21.240 --> 00:23:22.400
 meaning Jezebel

00:23:22.400 --> 00:23:23.079
 is personally

00:23:23.079 --> 00:23:23.799
 providing for

00:23:23.799 --> 00:23:24.839
 these false prophets.

00:23:25.079 --> 00:23:26.039
 She's their patron

00:23:26.039 --> 00:23:28.480
 and supporter

00:23:28.480 --> 00:23:29.160
 sponsor.

00:23:29.980 --> 00:23:30.759
 She's the one

00:23:30.759 --> 00:23:31.579
 who killed

00:23:31.579 --> 00:23:32.140
 the prophets

00:23:32.140 --> 00:23:32.620
 of the Lord.

00:23:33.019 --> 00:23:33.579
 She's the one

00:23:33.579 --> 00:23:34.599
 who breathing murder

00:23:34.599 --> 00:23:35.460
 drove out

00:23:35.460 --> 00:23:36.539
 God's prophet

00:23:36.539 --> 00:23:37.500
 Elijah

00:23:37.500 --> 00:23:38.200
 out of town.

00:23:38.620 --> 00:23:39.620
 She's also the one

00:23:39.620 --> 00:23:40.259
 who arranges

00:23:40.259 --> 00:23:41.099
 for the murder

00:23:41.099 --> 00:23:42.039
 of an innocent man

00:23:42.039 --> 00:23:42.759
 named Naboth

00:23:42.759 --> 00:23:44.200
 so that her husband

00:23:44.200 --> 00:23:45.220
 Ahab can claim

00:23:45.220 --> 00:23:47.119
 his lucrative vineyard.

00:23:48.579 --> 00:23:50.180
 She was so thoroughly

00:23:50.180 --> 00:23:50.480
 wicked

00:23:50.480 --> 00:23:51.420
 that the Lord

00:23:51.420 --> 00:23:52.440
 said of her

00:23:52.440 --> 00:23:53.160
 that dogs

00:23:53.160 --> 00:23:54.359
 shall eat Jezebel

00:23:54.359 --> 00:23:55.619
 within the walls

00:23:55.619 --> 00:23:56.279
 of Jezreel.

00:23:57.460 --> 00:23:58.019
 And indeed

00:23:58.019 --> 00:23:59.000
 that happened.

00:23:59.180 --> 00:24:00.019
 She was thrown out

00:24:00.019 --> 00:24:00.660
 of the tower

00:24:00.660 --> 00:24:01.299
 of Jezreel

00:24:01.299 --> 00:24:02.099
 by her eunuchs.

00:24:02.519 --> 00:24:03.440
 Her blood splattered

00:24:03.440 --> 00:24:04.299
 on the wall

00:24:04.299 --> 00:24:04.879
 and the horses

00:24:04.879 --> 00:24:05.700
 trampled her

00:24:05.700 --> 00:24:06.660
 and then the dogs

00:24:06.660 --> 00:24:07.339
 came and ate her

00:24:07.339 --> 00:24:07.859
 so that nothing

00:24:07.859 --> 00:24:08.579
 remained of her

00:24:08.579 --> 00:24:09.399
 except for skull

00:24:09.399 --> 00:24:09.960
 and the feet

00:24:09.960 --> 00:24:10.500
 and the palms

00:24:10.500 --> 00:24:11.000
 of her feet.

00:24:11.559 --> 00:24:12.220
 That's what the Bible

00:24:12.220 --> 00:24:13.119
 tells us about Jezebel.

00:24:17.539 --> 00:24:18.460
 That's Jezebel.

00:24:20.980 --> 00:24:22.079
 No wonder her name

00:24:22.079 --> 00:24:22.720
 is synonymous

00:24:22.720 --> 00:24:24.240
 with a wicked woman

00:24:24.240 --> 00:24:25.179
 in the Bible.

00:24:26.319 --> 00:24:27.119
 With all of that

00:24:27.119 --> 00:24:27.879
 background in mind

00:24:27.879 --> 00:24:28.439
 you can see

00:24:28.439 --> 00:24:29.319
 that it's a very

00:24:29.319 --> 00:24:30.480
 serious accusation

00:24:30.480 --> 00:24:31.220
 to identify

00:24:31.220 --> 00:24:32.500
 anyone with Jezebel.

00:24:34.099 --> 00:24:35.379
 And yet Jesus here

00:24:35.379 --> 00:24:36.220
 does not hesitate

00:24:36.220 --> 00:24:38.019
 to identify

00:24:38.019 --> 00:24:39.500
 this false prophetess

00:24:39.500 --> 00:24:40.100
 with Jezebel

00:24:40.100 --> 00:24:41.059
 because it says

00:24:41.059 --> 00:24:41.700
 in verse 20

00:24:41.700 --> 00:24:43.039
 she calls herself

00:24:43.039 --> 00:24:43.700
 a prophetess

00:24:43.700 --> 00:24:44.259
 and is teaching

00:24:44.259 --> 00:24:44.920
 and seducing

00:24:44.920 --> 00:24:45.420
 my servants

00:24:45.420 --> 00:24:45.799
 to practice

00:24:45.799 --> 00:24:46.720
 sexual immorality

00:24:46.720 --> 00:24:47.519
 and to eat

00:24:47.519 --> 00:24:48.660
 food sacrificed

00:24:48.660 --> 00:24:49.460
 to idols.

00:24:51.539 --> 00:24:52.360
 This is

00:24:52.360 --> 00:24:53.360
 kind of unrelated

00:24:53.360 --> 00:24:54.660
 but this is proof

00:24:54.660 --> 00:24:55.400
 that New Testament

00:24:55.400 --> 00:24:56.420
 Church did have

00:24:56.420 --> 00:24:56.920
 prophets

00:24:56.920 --> 00:24:58.380
 and prophetesses

00:24:58.380 --> 00:25:00.079
 and I think

00:25:00.079 --> 00:25:00.799
 that's a good thing.

00:25:01.140 --> 00:25:02.000
 The prophecy itself

00:25:02.000 --> 00:25:02.740
 is not the problem.

00:25:02.860 --> 00:25:03.779
 It's a false prophecy.

00:25:04.339 --> 00:25:05.200
 That's the problem.

00:25:06.220 --> 00:25:08.360
 And note how

00:25:08.360 --> 00:25:08.700
 he says

00:25:08.700 --> 00:25:10.120
 she calls herself

00:25:10.120 --> 00:25:10.839
 a prophetess.

00:25:11.180 --> 00:25:11.779
 Jesus doesn't

00:25:11.779 --> 00:25:12.680
 call her a prophetess.

00:25:13.079 --> 00:25:13.980
 She calls herself

00:25:13.980 --> 00:25:14.279
 that.

00:25:15.339 --> 00:25:16.240
 And she is teaching

00:25:16.240 --> 00:25:16.940
 and seducing

00:25:16.940 --> 00:25:18.120
 my servants

00:25:18.120 --> 00:25:18.839
 Jesus says.

00:25:20.120 --> 00:25:21.079
 They are Jesus'

00:25:21.299 --> 00:25:21.640
 servants.

00:25:22.240 --> 00:25:23.259
 They belong to him

00:25:23.259 --> 00:25:24.420
 but instead

00:25:24.420 --> 00:25:25.299
 she is leading

00:25:25.299 --> 00:25:25.940
 them astray

00:25:25.940 --> 00:25:26.680
 and seducing

00:25:26.680 --> 00:25:27.799
 them into

00:25:27.799 --> 00:25:28.759
 sexual immorality

00:25:28.759 --> 00:25:30.059
 to eat food

00:25:30.059 --> 00:25:30.579
 sacrificed

00:25:30.579 --> 00:25:31.000
 to idols

00:25:31.000 --> 00:25:31.940
 and that's how

00:25:31.940 --> 00:25:32.519
 we know

00:25:32.519 --> 00:25:33.000
 that she is

00:25:33.000 --> 00:25:33.819
 a false prophet

00:25:33.819 --> 00:25:35.200
 because the spirit

00:25:35.200 --> 00:25:35.640
 of God

00:25:35.640 --> 00:25:37.019
 never contradicts

00:25:37.019 --> 00:25:37.500
 the word

00:25:37.500 --> 00:25:38.000
 of God.

00:25:39.500 --> 00:25:40.539
 So if you claim

00:25:40.539 --> 00:25:41.180
 to prophesy

00:25:41.180 --> 00:25:42.100
 by the Holy Spirit

00:25:42.100 --> 00:25:42.799
 and then you tell

00:25:42.799 --> 00:25:44.039
 people in your

00:25:44.039 --> 00:25:44.519
 prophecy

00:25:44.519 --> 00:25:46.039
 to tell people

00:25:46.039 --> 00:25:46.500
 to do what

00:25:46.500 --> 00:25:47.640
 contradicts scripture

00:25:47.640 --> 00:25:48.740
 then you're a

00:25:48.740 --> 00:25:49.400
 false prophet.

00:25:50.120 --> 00:25:50.860
 So Jesus doesn't

00:25:50.860 --> 00:25:51.700
 hesitate to call

00:25:51.700 --> 00:25:52.340
 her Jezebel.

00:25:55.840 --> 00:25:56.660
 He says

00:25:56.660 --> 00:25:57.400
 and then Jesus

00:25:57.400 --> 00:25:58.620
 rebukes the church

00:25:58.620 --> 00:26:00.500
 for tolerating

00:26:00.500 --> 00:26:01.519
 that woman Jezebel.

00:26:01.519 --> 00:26:04.119
 tolerance

00:26:04.119 --> 00:26:05.220
 has been a buzzword

00:26:05.220 --> 00:26:05.720
 in our culture

00:26:05.720 --> 00:26:06.480
 for some decades

00:26:06.480 --> 00:26:06.799
 now

00:26:06.799 --> 00:26:08.660
 and its meaning

00:26:08.660 --> 00:26:09.400
 has morphed

00:26:09.400 --> 00:26:09.859
 radically

00:26:09.859 --> 00:26:11.420
 and an older

00:26:11.420 --> 00:26:11.960
 view

00:26:11.960 --> 00:26:13.299
 of tolerance

00:26:13.299 --> 00:26:14.680
 said in essence

00:26:14.680 --> 00:26:15.819
 I disagree

00:26:15.819 --> 00:26:16.420
 with you

00:26:16.420 --> 00:26:17.759
 but you have

00:26:17.759 --> 00:26:18.079
 the right

00:26:18.079 --> 00:26:18.559
 to your own

00:26:18.559 --> 00:26:18.900
 beliefs

00:26:18.900 --> 00:26:19.500
 and I'm not

00:26:19.500 --> 00:26:20.379
 going to coerce

00:26:20.379 --> 00:26:21.039
 you into believing

00:26:21.039 --> 00:26:21.579
 the same thing

00:26:21.579 --> 00:26:22.039
 that I believe.

00:26:22.180 --> 00:26:23.039
 That's what tolerance

00:26:23.039 --> 00:26:23.639
 used to me.

00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:25.519
 Nowadays

00:26:25.519 --> 00:26:26.680
 however it means

00:26:26.680 --> 00:26:27.299
 more like

00:26:27.299 --> 00:26:28.160
 your view

00:26:28.160 --> 00:26:29.180
 is equally valid

00:26:29.180 --> 00:26:29.580
 as mine.

00:26:30.120 --> 00:26:30.799
 You're right

00:26:30.799 --> 00:26:31.620
 and I'm right.

00:26:31.940 --> 00:26:32.519
 Neither of us is wrong.

00:26:32.660 --> 00:26:33.460
 We're all right.

00:26:33.880 --> 00:26:34.900
 That's what tolerance

00:26:34.900 --> 00:26:35.840
 often means

00:26:35.840 --> 00:26:36.580
 nowadays

00:26:36.580 --> 00:26:38.140
 in a kind of

00:26:38.140 --> 00:26:38.799
 relativistic

00:26:38.799 --> 00:26:39.660
 postmodern manner.

00:26:40.620 --> 00:26:41.539
 But that's not

00:26:41.539 --> 00:26:42.160
 tolerance

00:26:42.160 --> 00:26:43.460
 because when you

00:26:43.460 --> 00:26:44.320
 tolerate something

00:26:44.320 --> 00:26:44.900
 it assumes

00:26:44.900 --> 00:26:45.820
 that you disagree

00:26:45.820 --> 00:26:47.160
 to a degree

00:26:47.160 --> 00:26:47.960
 with that person.

00:26:48.720 --> 00:26:49.200
 So imagine

00:26:49.200 --> 00:26:49.680
 if I

00:26:49.680 --> 00:26:50.900
 I got this analogy

00:26:50.900 --> 00:26:51.420
 from I think

00:26:51.420 --> 00:26:52.160
 Michael Ramson

00:26:52.160 --> 00:26:52.640
 somewhere

00:26:52.640 --> 00:26:53.720
 imagine if I went

00:26:53.720 --> 00:26:54.759
 over to you guys

00:26:54.759 --> 00:26:55.440
 house for dinner

00:26:55.440 --> 00:26:56.220
 and you guys

00:26:56.220 --> 00:26:56.740
 served me dinner

00:26:56.740 --> 00:26:57.140
 and you said

00:26:57.140 --> 00:26:58.500
 hey how was the food?

00:26:58.680 --> 00:26:59.080
 And I said

00:26:59.079 --> 00:27:00.199
 the food

00:27:00.199 --> 00:27:01.199
 food was tolerable.

00:27:09.259 --> 00:27:10.179
 That'd be offensive

00:27:10.179 --> 00:27:11.539
 because

00:27:11.539 --> 00:27:13.259
 if it's tolerable

00:27:13.259 --> 00:27:13.699
 that means

00:27:13.699 --> 00:27:14.339
 like I

00:27:14.339 --> 00:27:15.220
 I'm not really

00:27:15.220 --> 00:27:15.859
 happy with it.

00:27:15.919 --> 00:27:16.919
 I'm just tolerating it.

00:27:17.879 --> 00:27:18.220
 I just

00:27:18.220 --> 00:27:19.399
 I found it

00:27:19.399 --> 00:27:20.220
 disagreeable.

00:27:21.559 --> 00:27:22.519
 That's what that means

00:27:22.519 --> 00:27:23.019
 but you know

00:27:23.019 --> 00:27:23.879
 I'm going to

00:27:23.879 --> 00:27:24.599
 stomach it.

00:27:25.599 --> 00:27:26.839
 And so

00:27:26.839 --> 00:27:27.639
 tolerance

00:27:27.639 --> 00:27:28.480
 assumes

00:27:28.480 --> 00:27:28.920
 a level

00:27:28.920 --> 00:27:29.539
 of disagreement

00:27:29.539 --> 00:27:30.620
 but the new

00:27:30.620 --> 00:27:31.900
 notion of tolerance

00:27:31.900 --> 00:27:32.420
 in vogue

00:27:32.420 --> 00:27:33.220
 nowadays says

00:27:33.220 --> 00:27:33.819
 no your view

00:27:33.819 --> 00:27:34.539
 is just as valid

00:27:34.539 --> 00:27:34.940
 as mine.

00:27:35.519 --> 00:27:36.059
 Your opinion

00:27:36.059 --> 00:27:36.860
 is just as valid

00:27:36.860 --> 00:27:37.279
 as mine.

00:27:37.480 --> 00:27:37.599
 You know

00:27:37.599 --> 00:27:38.279
 we all have

00:27:38.279 --> 00:27:40.440
 nobody's wrong.

00:27:42.019 --> 00:27:42.660
 As someone

00:27:42.660 --> 00:27:43.460
 has paraphrased

00:27:43.460 --> 00:27:44.240
 G.K. Chesterton

00:27:44.240 --> 00:27:45.059
 saying in his book

00:27:45.059 --> 00:27:45.579
 Heretics

00:27:45.579 --> 00:27:46.900
 tolerance

00:27:46.900 --> 00:27:48.180
 is the virtue

00:27:48.180 --> 00:27:49.180
 of the man

00:27:49.180 --> 00:27:50.200
 without convictions.

00:27:50.200 --> 00:27:53.720
 where tolerance

00:27:53.720 --> 00:27:54.680
 is the attitude

00:27:54.680 --> 00:27:55.180
 of those

00:27:55.180 --> 00:27:55.620
 who do not

00:27:55.620 --> 00:27:56.559
 believe in anything.

00:27:58.460 --> 00:27:59.259
 Not the old

00:27:59.259 --> 00:27:59.920
 kind of tolerance

00:27:59.920 --> 00:28:00.460
 the new

00:28:00.460 --> 00:28:01.080
 kind of tolerance.

00:28:03.440 --> 00:28:04.140
 I remember

00:28:04.140 --> 00:28:04.799
 that my college

00:28:04.799 --> 00:28:05.220
 chapel

00:28:05.220 --> 00:28:06.160
 had replaced

00:28:06.160 --> 00:28:06.960
 a cross

00:28:06.960 --> 00:28:07.960
 in the chapel

00:28:07.960 --> 00:28:08.580
 with this

00:28:08.580 --> 00:28:09.140
 ornate

00:28:09.140 --> 00:28:09.880
 tapestry

00:28:09.880 --> 00:28:11.080
 that had symbols

00:28:11.080 --> 00:28:11.759
 of all

00:28:11.759 --> 00:28:12.420
 conceivable

00:28:12.420 --> 00:28:12.980
 religions

00:28:12.980 --> 00:28:13.920
 on it

00:28:13.920 --> 00:28:14.900
 and had it

00:28:14.900 --> 00:28:15.420
 right front

00:28:15.420 --> 00:28:15.880
 and center

00:28:15.880 --> 00:28:17.019
 at the chapel.

00:28:17.019 --> 00:28:18.599
 But a true Jew

00:28:18.599 --> 00:28:19.299
 cannot worship

00:28:19.299 --> 00:28:20.019
 in front of that

00:28:20.019 --> 00:28:22.079
 and a true Muslim

00:28:22.079 --> 00:28:22.740
 cannot worship

00:28:22.740 --> 00:28:23.319
 in front of that

00:28:23.319 --> 00:28:23.779
 and certainly

00:28:23.779 --> 00:28:24.700
 a true Christian

00:28:24.700 --> 00:28:26.039
 cannot worship

00:28:26.039 --> 00:28:27.460
 in front of that

00:28:27.460 --> 00:28:28.639
 because they

00:28:28.639 --> 00:28:29.680
 actually believe

00:28:29.680 --> 00:28:30.220
 something.

00:28:32.980 --> 00:28:34.440
 And that tapestry

00:28:34.440 --> 00:28:35.119
 essentially

00:28:35.119 --> 00:28:36.740
 reified

00:28:36.740 --> 00:28:37.639
 pluralism

00:28:37.639 --> 00:28:38.639
 and claimed

00:28:38.639 --> 00:28:39.759
 that every religion

00:28:39.759 --> 00:28:40.859
 is equally valid

00:28:40.859 --> 00:28:42.059
 which most

00:28:42.059 --> 00:28:43.019
 faithful adherents

00:28:43.019 --> 00:28:43.720
 of world's religions

00:28:43.720 --> 00:28:44.759
 cannot accept.

00:28:45.579 --> 00:28:46.460
 That kind of

00:28:46.460 --> 00:28:47.000
 pluralism

00:28:47.000 --> 00:28:47.599
 or that kind

00:28:47.599 --> 00:28:48.500
 of tolerance

00:28:48.500 --> 00:28:49.680
 is actually

00:28:49.680 --> 00:28:50.480
 inherently

00:28:50.480 --> 00:28:51.819
 intolerant

00:28:51.819 --> 00:28:52.619
 because it

00:28:52.619 --> 00:28:53.460
 refuses to

00:28:53.460 --> 00:28:54.400
 tolerate anyone

00:28:54.400 --> 00:28:55.019
 who says

00:28:55.019 --> 00:28:56.460
 of other religions

00:28:56.460 --> 00:28:56.940
 your religion

00:28:56.940 --> 00:28:57.559
 is false.

00:29:00.240 --> 00:29:01.400
 In this kind

00:29:01.400 --> 00:29:02.039
 of confused

00:29:02.039 --> 00:29:02.500
 world

00:29:02.500 --> 00:29:02.980
 Christians

00:29:02.980 --> 00:29:03.900
 are often

00:29:03.900 --> 00:29:04.259
 accused

00:29:04.259 --> 00:29:05.200
 of intolerance

00:29:05.200 --> 00:29:06.740
 and denounced

00:29:06.740 --> 00:29:07.500
 as bigoted

00:29:07.500 --> 00:29:08.200
 because of

00:29:08.200 --> 00:29:08.960
 our claim

00:29:08.960 --> 00:29:09.680
 that Jesus

00:29:09.680 --> 00:29:10.380
 is the

00:29:10.380 --> 00:29:10.880
 way

00:29:10.880 --> 00:29:11.339
 and the

00:29:11.339 --> 00:29:11.720
 truth

00:29:11.720 --> 00:29:12.220
 and the

00:29:12.220 --> 00:29:12.579
 life

00:29:12.579 --> 00:29:12.920
 and that

00:29:12.920 --> 00:29:13.380
 no one

00:29:13.380 --> 00:29:13.779
 comes to

00:29:13.779 --> 00:29:14.180
 the Father

00:29:14.180 --> 00:29:14.839
 except through

00:29:14.839 --> 00:29:15.160
 him.

00:29:15.160 --> 00:29:17.300
 because of

00:29:17.300 --> 00:29:17.840
 our claim

00:29:17.840 --> 00:29:18.720
 that Christian

00:29:18.720 --> 00:29:19.340
 ethics

00:29:19.340 --> 00:29:20.160
 including

00:29:20.160 --> 00:29:20.700
 sexual

00:29:20.700 --> 00:29:21.100
 ethics

00:29:21.100 --> 00:29:22.320
 is superior

00:29:22.320 --> 00:29:22.860
 to the

00:29:22.860 --> 00:29:23.220
 prevailing

00:29:23.220 --> 00:29:23.580
 ethics

00:29:23.580 --> 00:29:23.860
 of our

00:29:23.860 --> 00:29:24.220
 culture.

00:29:24.560 --> 00:29:25.120
 We get

00:29:25.120 --> 00:29:25.420
 called

00:29:25.420 --> 00:29:25.840
 bigoted.

00:29:27.080 --> 00:29:28.019
 But sexual

00:29:28.019 --> 00:29:28.480
 immorality

00:29:28.480 --> 00:29:28.820
 no matter

00:29:28.820 --> 00:29:29.300
 how it

00:29:29.300 --> 00:29:29.840
 gets dressed

00:29:29.840 --> 00:29:30.300
 up in

00:29:30.300 --> 00:29:30.820
 our culture

00:29:30.820 --> 00:29:31.720
 is wicked

00:29:31.720 --> 00:29:32.700
 and we

00:29:32.700 --> 00:29:33.120
 must not

00:29:33.120 --> 00:29:33.640
 tolerate

00:29:33.640 --> 00:29:34.259
 that in

00:29:34.259 --> 00:29:34.840
 our midst.

00:29:35.900 --> 00:29:36.700
 I'm not

00:29:36.700 --> 00:29:37.200
 saying that

00:29:37.200 --> 00:29:37.740
 as Christians

00:29:37.740 --> 00:29:38.080
 we need

00:29:38.080 --> 00:29:38.279
 to be

00:29:38.279 --> 00:29:38.640
 moral

00:29:38.640 --> 00:29:39.180
 polices

00:29:39.180 --> 00:29:39.860
 with all

00:29:39.860 --> 00:29:40.100
 of our

00:29:40.100 --> 00:29:40.580
 non-Christian

00:29:40.580 --> 00:29:41.000
 neighbors.

00:29:41.400 --> 00:29:41.700
 That's not

00:29:41.700 --> 00:29:41.940
 what I'm

00:29:41.940 --> 00:29:42.180
 saying.

00:29:43.480 --> 00:29:43.960
 Paul says

00:29:43.960 --> 00:29:44.319
 clearly

00:29:44.319 --> 00:29:45.000
 in 1 Corinthians

00:29:45.000 --> 00:29:45.460
 5

00:29:45.460 --> 00:29:46.440
 I wrote

00:29:46.440 --> 00:29:46.799
 to you

00:29:46.799 --> 00:29:47.500
 in my

00:29:47.500 --> 00:29:47.680
 letter

00:29:47.680 --> 00:29:48.180
 not to

00:29:48.180 --> 00:29:48.559
 associate

00:29:48.559 --> 00:29:48.779
 with

00:29:48.779 --> 00:29:49.140
 sexually

00:29:49.140 --> 00:29:49.480
 immoral

00:29:49.480 --> 00:29:49.920
 people.

00:29:50.480 --> 00:29:50.940
 Not at

00:29:50.940 --> 00:29:51.279
 all

00:29:51.279 --> 00:29:51.940
 meaning

00:29:51.940 --> 00:29:52.140
 the

00:29:52.140 --> 00:29:52.420
 sexually

00:29:52.420 --> 00:29:52.700
 immoral

00:29:52.700 --> 00:29:53.039
 of this

00:29:53.039 --> 00:29:53.440
 world

00:29:53.440 --> 00:29:55.319
 or the

00:29:55.319 --> 00:29:55.620
 greedy

00:29:55.620 --> 00:29:55.940
 and

00:29:55.940 --> 00:29:56.340
 swindlers

00:29:56.340 --> 00:29:56.519
 or

00:29:56.519 --> 00:29:57.019
 idolaters

00:29:57.019 --> 00:29:57.480
 since then

00:29:57.480 --> 00:29:57.680
 you would

00:29:57.680 --> 00:29:57.900
 need to

00:29:57.900 --> 00:29:58.220
 go out

00:29:58.220 --> 00:29:58.420
 of the

00:29:58.420 --> 00:29:58.700
 world.

00:29:59.259 --> 00:29:59.600
 But now

00:29:59.600 --> 00:29:59.840
 I am

00:29:59.840 --> 00:30:00.039
 writing

00:30:00.039 --> 00:30:00.319
 to you

00:30:00.319 --> 00:30:00.640
 not to

00:30:00.640 --> 00:30:01.000
 associate

00:30:01.000 --> 00:30:01.220
 with

00:30:01.220 --> 00:30:01.480
 anyone

00:30:01.480 --> 00:30:01.680
 who

00:30:01.680 --> 00:30:02.200
 bears

00:30:02.200 --> 00:30:02.440
 the

00:30:02.440 --> 00:30:02.720
 name

00:30:02.720 --> 00:30:02.920
 of

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 brother

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 or

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 sister

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 in

00:30:04.900 --> 00:30:05.660
 Christ

00:30:05.660 --> 00:30:06.480
 if he

00:30:06.480 --> 00:30:06.640
 is

00:30:06.640 --> 00:30:06.960
 guilty

00:30:06.960 --> 00:30:07.160
 of

00:30:07.160 --> 00:30:07.480
 sexual

00:30:07.480 --> 00:30:07.960
 immorality

00:30:07.960 --> 00:30:08.620
 or greed

00:30:08.620 --> 00:30:09.100
 or is

00:30:09.099 --> 00:30:09.199
 an

00:30:09.199 --> 00:30:09.719
 idolater

00:30:09.719 --> 00:30:10.219
 reviler

00:30:10.219 --> 00:30:10.719
 drunkard

00:30:10.719 --> 00:30:10.859
 or

00:30:10.859 --> 00:30:11.199
 swindler

00:30:11.199 --> 00:30:11.899
 not even

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 to eat

00:30:12.219 --> 00:30:12.379
 with

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 such

00:30:12.579 --> 00:30:12.699
 a

00:30:12.699 --> 00:30:12.939
 one.

00:30:13.659 --> 00:30:13.759
 For

00:30:13.759 --> 00:30:14.279
 why do

00:30:14.279 --> 00:30:14.299
 you

00:30:14.299 --> 00:30:14.659
 judging

00:30:14.659 --> 00:30:15.319
 outsiders?

00:30:15.679 --> 00:30:15.879
 Is it

00:30:15.879 --> 00:30:16.099
 not

00:30:16.099 --> 00:30:16.319
 those

00:30:16.319 --> 00:30:16.939
 inside

00:30:16.939 --> 00:30:17.139
 the

00:30:17.139 --> 00:30:17.339
 church

00:30:17.339 --> 00:30:17.480
 whom

00:30:17.480 --> 00:30:17.599
 you

00:30:17.599 --> 00:30:17.740
 are

00:30:17.740 --> 00:30:17.879
 to

00:30:17.879 --> 00:30:18.159
 judge?

00:30:18.639 --> 00:30:19.059
 God

00:30:19.059 --> 00:30:19.459
 judges

00:30:19.459 --> 00:30:19.679
 those

00:30:19.679 --> 00:30:20.219
 outside

00:30:20.219 --> 00:30:20.659
 purge

00:30:20.659 --> 00:30:20.799
 the

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 evil

00:30:21.019 --> 00:30:21.399
 person

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 from

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 among

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 you.

00:30:23.719 --> 00:30:24.099
 It's

00:30:24.099 --> 00:30:24.279
 not

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 our

00:30:24.480 --> 00:30:24.819
 business

00:30:24.819 --> 00:30:25.039
 to

00:30:25.039 --> 00:30:25.259
 judge

00:30:25.259 --> 00:30:25.480
 those

00:30:25.480 --> 00:30:25.579
 who

00:30:25.579 --> 00:30:25.679
 are

00:30:25.679 --> 00:30:26.219
 outside

00:30:26.219 --> 00:30:26.459
 the

00:30:26.459 --> 00:30:26.719
 church.

00:30:27.139 --> 00:30:27.459
 So

00:30:27.459 --> 00:30:27.599
 we

00:30:27.599 --> 00:30:27.719
 can

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 say

00:30:27.899 --> 00:30:28.079
 to

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 them

00:30:28.339 --> 00:30:28.799
 hey

00:30:28.799 --> 00:30:28.980
 I

00:30:28.980 --> 00:30:29.379
 disagree

00:30:29.379 --> 00:30:29.639
 with

00:30:29.639 --> 00:30:29.839
 you

00:30:29.839 --> 00:30:30.459
 I

00:30:30.459 --> 00:30:30.759
 think

00:30:30.759 --> 00:30:31.059
 your

00:30:31.059 --> 00:30:31.539
 beliefs

00:30:31.539 --> 00:30:31.879
 and

00:30:31.879 --> 00:30:32.079
 your

00:30:32.079 --> 00:30:32.480
 ethics

00:30:32.480 --> 00:30:32.879
 are

00:30:32.879 --> 00:30:33.460
 gravely

00:30:33.460 --> 00:30:33.899
 mistaken

00:30:33.899 --> 00:30:34.539
 and

00:30:34.539 --> 00:30:35.220
 spiritually

00:30:35.220 --> 00:30:35.939
 perilous

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 but

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 I'm

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 not

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 going

00:30:37.259 --> 00:30:37.419
 to

00:30:37.419 --> 00:30:37.679
 force

00:30:37.679 --> 00:30:37.799
 you

00:30:37.799 --> 00:30:37.919
 to

00:30:37.919 --> 00:30:38.179
 believe

00:30:38.179 --> 00:30:38.359
 what

00:30:38.359 --> 00:30:38.500
 I

00:30:38.500 --> 00:30:38.839
 believe

00:30:38.839 --> 00:30:39.179
 and

00:30:39.179 --> 00:30:39.319
 I

00:30:39.319 --> 00:30:39.639
 can't

00:30:39.639 --> 00:30:39.919
 force

00:30:39.919 --> 00:30:40.039
 you

00:30:40.039 --> 00:30:40.119
 to

00:30:40.119 --> 00:30:40.439
 behave

00:30:40.439 --> 00:30:40.619
 the

00:30:40.619 --> 00:30:40.779
 way

00:30:40.779 --> 00:30:40.960
 I

00:30:40.960 --> 00:30:41.159
 think

00:30:41.159 --> 00:30:41.279
 you

00:30:41.279 --> 00:30:41.480
 should

00:30:41.480 --> 00:30:41.819
 behave.

00:30:42.639 --> 00:30:43.119
 That's

00:30:43.119 --> 00:30:43.279
 what

00:30:43.279 --> 00:30:43.639
 tolerance

00:30:43.639 --> 00:30:43.939
 is.

00:30:44.139 --> 00:30:44.379
 That's

00:30:44.379 --> 00:30:44.819
 tolerance.

00:30:45.679 --> 00:30:45.859
 But

00:30:45.859 --> 00:30:46.059
 we

00:30:46.059 --> 00:30:46.259
 don't

00:30:46.259 --> 00:30:46.539
 judge

00:30:46.539 --> 00:30:46.720
 those

00:30:46.720 --> 00:30:46.819
 who

00:30:46.819 --> 00:30:46.879
 are

00:30:46.879 --> 00:30:47.319
 outside.

00:30:47.460 --> 00:30:47.679
 God

00:30:47.679 --> 00:30:47.859
 will

00:30:47.859 --> 00:30:48.119
 judge

00:30:48.119 --> 00:30:48.339
 those

00:30:48.339 --> 00:30:48.439
 who

00:30:48.439 --> 00:30:48.519
 are

00:30:48.519 --> 00:30:48.859
 outside.

00:30:48.960 --> 00:30:49.159
 However

00:30:49.159 --> 00:30:49.419
 it

00:30:49.419 --> 00:30:49.799
 is

00:30:49.799 --> 00:30:50.039
 our

00:30:50.039 --> 00:30:50.339
 business

00:30:50.339 --> 00:30:50.559
 to

00:30:50.559 --> 00:30:50.779
 judge

00:30:50.779 --> 00:30:51.019
 those

00:30:51.019 --> 00:30:51.139
 who

00:30:51.139 --> 00:30:51.279
 are

00:30:51.279 --> 00:30:51.899
 inside

00:30:51.899 --> 00:30:52.119
 the

00:30:52.119 --> 00:30:52.419
 church

00:30:52.419 --> 00:30:53.819
 because

00:30:53.819 --> 00:30:54.000
 they

00:30:54.000 --> 00:30:54.099
 are

00:31:02.079 --> 00:31:02.359
 Christians

00:31:02.359 --> 00:31:02.659
 but

00:31:02.659 --> 00:31:02.939
 not

00:31:02.939 --> 00:31:03.359
 living

00:31:03.359 --> 00:31:03.740
 like

00:31:03.740 --> 00:31:04.240
 Christians

00:31:04.240 --> 00:31:04.919
 and

00:31:04.919 --> 00:31:05.039
 they

00:31:05.039 --> 00:31:05.139
 are

00:31:05.139 --> 00:31:05.619
 refusing

00:31:05.619 --> 00:31:05.919
 to

00:31:05.919 --> 00:31:06.339
 repent

00:31:06.339 --> 00:31:06.699
 when

00:31:06.699 --> 00:31:06.919
 we

00:31:06.919 --> 00:31:07.159
 speak

00:31:07.159 --> 00:31:07.319
 the

00:31:07.319 --> 00:31:07.559
 truth

00:31:07.559 --> 00:31:07.720
 and

00:31:07.720 --> 00:31:08.000
 love

00:31:08.000 --> 00:31:08.179
 to

00:31:08.179 --> 00:31:08.399
 them

00:31:08.399 --> 00:31:08.779
 and

00:31:08.779 --> 00:31:09.059
 gently

00:31:09.059 --> 00:31:09.539
 confront

00:31:09.539 --> 00:31:09.720
 them

00:31:09.720 --> 00:31:09.839
 and

00:31:09.839 --> 00:31:09.960
 say

00:31:09.960 --> 00:31:10.099
 no

00:31:10.099 --> 00:31:10.299
 you

00:31:10.299 --> 00:31:10.619
 need

00:31:10.619 --> 00:31:10.799
 to

00:31:10.799 --> 00:31:11.119
 repent

00:31:11.119 --> 00:31:11.279
 of

00:31:11.279 --> 00:31:11.419
 your

00:31:11.419 --> 00:31:11.659
 sins

00:31:11.659 --> 00:31:11.819
 and

00:31:11.819 --> 00:31:11.939
 they

00:31:11.939 --> 00:31:12.299
 refuse

00:31:12.299 --> 00:31:12.480
 to

00:31:12.480 --> 00:31:12.799
 repent

00:31:12.799 --> 00:31:13.299
 then

00:31:13.299 --> 00:31:13.439
 it

00:31:13.439 --> 00:31:13.599
 is

00:31:13.599 --> 00:31:13.759
 the

00:31:13.759 --> 00:31:14.220
 church's

00:31:14.220 --> 00:31:14.619
 duty

00:31:14.619 --> 00:31:14.919
 to

00:31:14.919 --> 00:31:15.500
 dissociate

00:31:15.500 --> 00:31:15.679
 from

00:31:15.679 --> 00:31:15.899
 them

00:31:15.899 --> 00:31:16.839
 to

00:31:16.839 --> 00:31:17.339
 defend

00:31:17.339 --> 00:31:17.559
 the

00:31:17.559 --> 00:31:17.859
 honor

00:31:17.859 --> 00:31:18.039
 of

00:31:18.039 --> 00:31:18.399
 Christ

00:31:18.399 --> 00:31:19.279
 to

00:31:19.279 --> 00:31:19.720
 preserve

00:31:19.720 --> 00:31:19.980
 the

00:31:19.980 --> 00:31:20.419
 purity

00:31:20.419 --> 00:31:20.659
 of

00:31:20.659 --> 00:31:20.779
 the

00:31:20.779 --> 00:31:21.119
 church

00:31:21.119 --> 00:31:21.720
 and

00:31:21.720 --> 00:31:21.839
 to

00:31:21.839 --> 00:31:22.220
 protect

00:31:22.220 --> 00:31:22.419
 the

00:31:22.419 --> 00:31:22.939
 integrity

00:31:22.939 --> 00:31:23.220
 and

00:31:23.220 --> 00:31:23.619
 credibility

00:31:23.619 --> 00:31:23.939
 of

00:31:23.939 --> 00:31:24.059
 our

00:31:24.059 --> 00:31:24.379
 witness

00:31:24.380 --> 00:31:24.680
 as

00:31:24.680 --> 00:31:25.060
 Christians

00:31:25.060 --> 00:31:25.260
 to

00:31:25.260 --> 00:31:25.360
 the

00:31:25.360 --> 00:31:25.680
 world

00:31:25.680 --> 00:31:28.360
 whenever

00:31:28.360 --> 00:31:28.560
 I

00:31:28.560 --> 00:31:28.820
 speak

00:31:28.820 --> 00:31:29.000
 of

00:31:29.000 --> 00:31:29.180
 this

00:31:29.180 --> 00:31:29.560
 issue

00:31:29.560 --> 00:31:29.800
 of

00:31:29.800 --> 00:31:30.060
 church

00:31:30.060 --> 00:31:30.620
 discipline

00:31:30.620 --> 00:31:30.940
 there

00:31:30.940 --> 00:31:31.040
 are

00:31:31.040 --> 00:31:31.380
 inevitably

00:31:31.380 --> 00:31:31.640
 some

00:31:31.640 --> 00:31:31.880
 people

00:31:31.880 --> 00:31:32.040
 who

00:31:32.040 --> 00:31:32.240
 tend

00:31:32.240 --> 00:31:32.380
 to

00:31:32.380 --> 00:31:32.500
 be

00:31:32.500 --> 00:31:32.740
 very

00:31:32.740 --> 00:31:33.320
 compassionate

00:31:33.320 --> 00:31:34.180
 which

00:31:34.180 --> 00:31:34.320
 is

00:31:34.320 --> 00:31:34.640
 good

00:31:34.640 --> 00:31:35.200
 and

00:31:35.200 --> 00:31:35.760
 empathetic

00:31:35.760 --> 00:31:35.860
 and

00:31:35.860 --> 00:31:36.000
 they

00:31:36.000 --> 00:31:36.140
 say

00:31:36.140 --> 00:31:36.280
 well

00:31:36.280 --> 00:31:36.660
 that's

00:31:36.660 --> 00:31:36.860
 so

00:31:36.860 --> 00:31:37.340
 harsh

00:31:37.340 --> 00:31:39.780
 have

00:31:39.780 --> 00:31:39.900
 you

00:31:39.900 --> 00:31:40.300
 considered

00:31:40.300 --> 00:31:40.480
 the

00:31:40.480 --> 00:31:40.800
 feelings

00:31:40.800 --> 00:31:40.960
 of

00:31:40.960 --> 00:31:41.120
 those

00:31:41.120 --> 00:31:41.400
 people

00:31:41.400 --> 00:31:43.580
 but

00:31:43.580 --> 00:31:43.660
 I

00:31:43.660 --> 00:31:43.760
 want

00:31:43.760 --> 00:31:43.860
 to

00:31:43.860 --> 00:31:44.280
 ask

00:31:44.280 --> 00:31:44.960
 have

00:31:44.960 --> 00:31:45.060
 you

00:31:45.060 --> 00:31:45.500
 considered

00:31:45.500 --> 00:31:45.720
 the

00:31:45.720 --> 00:31:46.000
 feelings

00:31:46.000 --> 00:31:46.180
 of

00:31:46.180 --> 00:31:46.660
 Christ

00:31:46.660 --> 00:31:50.700
 verse

00:31:50.700 --> 00:31:51.160
 22

00:31:51.160 --> 00:31:52.180
 describes

00:31:52.180 --> 00:31:52.780
 idolatry

00:31:52.780 --> 00:31:52.920
 and

00:31:52.920 --> 00:31:53.180
 sexual

00:31:53.180 --> 00:31:53.660
 immorality

00:31:53.660 --> 00:31:54.180
 as

00:31:54.180 --> 00:31:55.039
 spiritual

00:31:55.039 --> 00:31:55.840
 adultery

00:31:55.840 --> 00:31:56.960
 committing

00:31:56.960 --> 00:31:57.480
 adultery

00:31:57.480 --> 00:31:57.820
 against

00:31:57.820 --> 00:31:58.279
 Jesus

00:31:58.279 --> 00:31:58.759
 our

00:31:58.759 --> 00:31:59.720
 bridegroom

00:31:59.720 --> 00:32:01.660
 Jesus

00:32:01.660 --> 00:32:02.240
 is the

00:32:02.240 --> 00:32:02.519
 victim

00:32:02.519 --> 00:32:03.160
 of

00:32:03.160 --> 00:32:03.660
 such

00:32:03.660 --> 00:32:04.400
 adultery

00:32:04.400 --> 00:32:05.480
 imagine

00:32:05.480 --> 00:32:05.740
 that

00:32:05.740 --> 00:32:05.920
 your

00:32:05.920 --> 00:32:06.440
 friend's

00:32:06.440 --> 00:32:06.900
 wife

00:32:06.900 --> 00:32:07.460
 just

00:32:07.460 --> 00:32:07.779
 committed

00:32:07.779 --> 00:32:08.460
 adultery

00:32:08.460 --> 00:32:09.060
 against

00:32:09.060 --> 00:32:09.380
 your

00:32:09.380 --> 00:32:09.680
 friend

00:32:09.680 --> 00:32:11.100
 and

00:32:11.100 --> 00:32:11.320
 she

00:32:11.320 --> 00:32:11.500
 is

00:32:11.500 --> 00:32:11.900
 not

00:32:11.900 --> 00:32:12.960
 repentant

00:32:12.960 --> 00:32:14.200
 right

00:32:14.200 --> 00:32:15.560
 she's

00:32:15.560 --> 00:32:16.120
 insisting

00:32:16.120 --> 00:32:16.340
 on

00:32:16.340 --> 00:32:16.700
 staying

00:32:16.700 --> 00:32:16.820
 in

00:32:16.820 --> 00:32:16.940
 an

00:32:16.940 --> 00:32:17.180
 open

00:32:17.180 --> 00:32:17.500
 marriage

00:32:17.500 --> 00:32:17.740
 let's

00:32:17.740 --> 00:32:17.860
 just

00:32:17.860 --> 00:32:18.019
 keep

00:32:18.019 --> 00:32:18.100
 an

00:32:18.100 --> 00:32:18.279
 open

00:32:18.279 --> 00:32:18.680
 marriage

00:32:18.680 --> 00:32:19.580
 because

00:32:19.580 --> 00:32:19.660
 I

00:32:19.660 --> 00:32:19.759
 want

00:32:19.759 --> 00:32:19.820
 to

00:32:19.820 --> 00:32:19.960
 keep

00:32:19.960 --> 00:32:20.200
 doing

00:32:20.200 --> 00:32:20.560
 this

00:32:20.560 --> 00:32:22.200
 and

00:32:22.200 --> 00:32:22.400
 your

00:32:22.400 --> 00:32:22.759
 friend

00:32:22.759 --> 00:32:23.039
 is

00:32:23.039 --> 00:32:23.400
 heart

00:32:23.400 --> 00:32:23.720
 broken

00:32:23.720 --> 00:32:23.980
 he's

00:32:23.980 --> 00:32:24.460
 crushed

00:32:24.460 --> 00:32:25.720
 and

00:32:25.720 --> 00:32:25.880
 he

00:32:25.880 --> 00:32:26.180
 thinks

00:32:26.180 --> 00:32:26.380
 well

00:32:26.380 --> 00:32:26.680
 that's

00:32:26.680 --> 00:32:26.860
 I

00:32:26.860 --> 00:32:27.220
 can't

00:32:27.220 --> 00:32:27.339
 do

00:32:27.339 --> 00:32:27.559
 that

00:32:27.559 --> 00:32:27.700
 I

00:32:27.700 --> 00:32:27.960
 can't

00:32:27.960 --> 00:32:28.559
 submit

00:32:28.559 --> 00:32:28.880
 myself

00:32:28.880 --> 00:32:29.000
 to

00:32:29.000 --> 00:32:29.200
 such

00:32:29.200 --> 00:32:29.319
 an

00:32:29.319 --> 00:32:29.680
 arrangement

00:32:29.680 --> 00:32:30.039
 that's

00:32:30.039 --> 00:32:30.279
 tempted

00:32:30.279 --> 00:32:30.400
 him

00:32:30.400 --> 00:32:30.519
 out

00:32:30.519 --> 00:32:30.599
 to

00:32:30.599 --> 00:32:30.839
 asking

00:32:30.839 --> 00:32:31.039
 for

00:32:31.039 --> 00:32:31.559
 divorce

00:32:31.559 --> 00:32:34.480
 would

00:32:34.480 --> 00:32:34.599
 you

00:32:34.599 --> 00:32:34.819
 go to

00:32:34.819 --> 00:32:34.940
 your

00:32:34.940 --> 00:32:35.220
 friend

00:32:35.220 --> 00:32:35.380
 and

00:32:35.380 --> 00:32:35.620
 say

00:32:35.620 --> 00:32:35.900
 well

00:32:35.900 --> 00:32:36.200
 hey

00:32:36.200 --> 00:32:36.539
 just

00:32:36.539 --> 00:32:36.799
 be

00:32:36.799 --> 00:32:36.920
 a

00:32:36.920 --> 00:32:37.000
 little

00:32:37.000 --> 00:32:37.220
 more

00:32:37.220 --> 00:32:37.660
 tolerant

00:32:37.660 --> 00:32:37.880
 of

00:32:37.880 --> 00:32:38.059
 your

00:32:38.059 --> 00:32:38.740
 wife

00:32:38.740 --> 00:32:43.360
 so

00:32:43.360 --> 00:32:43.700
 harsh

00:32:43.700 --> 00:32:43.900
 to

00:32:43.900 --> 00:32:44.019
 your

00:32:44.019 --> 00:32:45.000
 wife

00:32:45.000 --> 00:32:45.059
 love

00:32:45.059 --> 00:32:45.359
 to

00:32:45.359 --> 00:32:49.380
 no

00:32:49.380 --> 00:32:49.539
 we

00:32:49.539 --> 00:32:49.779
 wouldn't

00:32:49.779 --> 00:32:49.920
 do

00:32:49.920 --> 00:32:50.099
 that

00:32:50.099 --> 00:32:50.259
 to

00:32:50.259 --> 00:32:50.400
 our

00:32:50.400 --> 00:32:50.740
 friend

00:32:50.740 --> 00:32:54.359
 then

00:32:54.359 --> 00:32:54.539
 why

00:32:54.539 --> 00:32:54.680
 would

00:32:54.680 --> 00:32:54.779
 we

00:32:54.779 --> 00:32:54.900
 do

00:32:54.900 --> 00:32:55.039
 to

00:32:55.039 --> 00:32:55.460
 Jesus

00:32:55.460 --> 00:32:58.000
 what

00:32:58.000 --> 00:32:58.220
 about

00:32:58.220 --> 00:32:58.579
 Jesus

00:32:58.579 --> 00:32:59.660
 reputation

00:32:59.660 --> 00:33:01.519
 what

00:33:01.519 --> 00:33:01.720
 about

00:33:01.720 --> 00:33:02.160
 Jesus

00:33:02.160 --> 00:33:02.700
 honor

00:33:02.700 --> 00:33:04.500
 what

00:33:04.500 --> 00:33:04.700
 about

00:33:04.700 --> 00:33:05.160
 Jesus

00:33:05.160 --> 00:33:05.900
 value

00:33:05.900 --> 00:33:06.880
 what

00:33:06.880 --> 00:33:07.079
 about

00:33:07.079 --> 00:33:07.480
 Jesus

00:33:07.480 --> 00:33:08.160
 holiness

00:33:08.160 --> 00:33:10.900
 what

00:33:10.900 --> 00:33:11.080
 does

00:33:11.080 --> 00:33:11.519
 Jesus

00:33:11.519 --> 00:33:12.160
 deserve

00:33:12.160 --> 00:33:12.820
 better

00:33:12.820 --> 00:33:13.040
 than

00:33:13.040 --> 00:33:13.380
 that

00:33:13.380 --> 00:33:16.040
 that's

00:33:16.040 --> 00:33:16.200
 why

00:33:16.200 --> 00:33:16.340
 we

00:33:16.340 --> 00:33:16.500
 have

00:33:16.500 --> 00:33:16.580
 to

00:33:16.580 --> 00:33:16.700
 be

00:33:16.700 --> 00:33:16.980
 pure

00:33:16.980 --> 00:33:19.060
 that's

00:33:19.060 --> 00:33:19.300
 why

00:33:19.300 --> 00:33:19.540
 we

00:33:19.540 --> 00:33:20.100
 cultivate

00:33:20.100 --> 00:33:20.519
 holiness

00:33:20.519 --> 00:33:20.880
 in the

00:33:20.880 --> 00:33:21.180
 church

00:33:21.180 --> 00:33:23.880
 because

00:33:23.880 --> 00:33:24.019
 the

00:33:24.019 --> 00:33:24.259
 church

00:33:24.259 --> 00:33:24.580
 is the

00:33:24.580 --> 00:33:24.900
 bride

00:33:24.900 --> 00:33:25.100
 of

00:33:25.100 --> 00:33:25.640
 Christ

00:33:25.640 --> 00:33:26.040
 and

00:33:26.040 --> 00:33:26.480
 adultery

00:33:26.480 --> 00:33:26.740
 cannot

00:33:26.740 --> 00:33:27.160
 be

00:33:27.160 --> 00:33:28.100
 tolerated

00:33:28.100 --> 00:33:28.400
 in

00:33:28.400 --> 00:33:28.540
 the

00:33:28.540 --> 00:33:28.900
 church

00:33:28.900 --> 00:33:29.600
 that

00:33:29.600 --> 00:33:29.740
 is

00:33:29.740 --> 00:33:29.920
 the

00:33:29.920 --> 00:33:30.200
 bride

00:33:30.200 --> 00:33:30.360
 of

00:33:30.360 --> 00:33:30.840
 Christ

00:33:30.840 --> 00:33:33.680
 but

00:33:33.680 --> 00:33:33.840
 one

00:33:33.840 --> 00:33:33.900
 of

00:33:33.900 --> 00:33:34.019
 the

00:33:34.019 --> 00:33:34.380
 reasons

00:33:34.380 --> 00:33:34.640
 why

00:33:34.640 --> 00:33:34.820
 the

00:33:34.820 --> 00:33:35.240
 Jezebels

00:33:35.240 --> 00:33:35.560
 of our

00:33:35.560 --> 00:33:35.860
 world

00:33:35.860 --> 00:33:36.240
 are so

00:33:36.240 --> 00:33:36.880
 seductive

00:33:36.880 --> 00:33:37.500
 is

00:33:37.500 --> 00:33:37.600
 that

00:33:37.600 --> 00:33:37.740
 they

00:33:37.740 --> 00:33:37.940
 have

00:33:37.940 --> 00:33:38.140
 a

00:33:38.140 --> 00:33:38.620
 semblance

00:33:38.620 --> 00:33:38.820
 of

00:33:38.820 --> 00:33:39.400
 legitimacy

00:33:39.400 --> 00:33:41.019
 remember

00:33:41.019 --> 00:33:41.180
 she

00:33:41.180 --> 00:33:41.480
 calls

00:33:41.480 --> 00:33:41.720
 herself

00:33:41.720 --> 00:33:41.900
 a

00:33:41.900 --> 00:33:42.600
 prophetess

00:33:42.600 --> 00:33:44.019
 the

00:33:44.019 --> 00:33:44.380
 Jezebel

00:33:44.380 --> 00:33:44.600
 of

00:33:44.600 --> 00:33:44.720
 the

00:33:44.720 --> 00:33:44.880
 Old

00:33:44.880 --> 00:33:45.160
 Testament

00:33:45.160 --> 00:33:45.539
 also

00:33:45.539 --> 00:33:45.740
 had

00:33:45.740 --> 00:33:45.980
 a lot

00:33:45.980 --> 00:33:46.120
 of

00:33:46.120 --> 00:33:46.660
 influence

00:33:46.660 --> 00:33:46.880
 and

00:33:46.880 --> 00:33:47.200
 power

00:33:47.200 --> 00:33:47.400
 and

00:33:47.400 --> 00:33:47.860
 legitimacy

00:33:47.860 --> 00:33:48.279
 because

00:33:48.279 --> 00:33:48.740
 after

00:33:48.740 --> 00:33:48.960
 all

00:33:48.960 --> 00:33:49.080
 she

00:33:49.080 --> 00:33:49.220
 was

00:33:49.220 --> 00:33:49.360
 a

00:33:49.360 --> 00:33:49.680
 queen

00:33:49.680 --> 00:33:52.400
 well

00:33:52.400 --> 00:33:52.900
 if

00:33:52.900 --> 00:33:53.080
 the

00:33:53.080 --> 00:33:53.400
 queen

00:33:53.400 --> 00:33:53.799
 says

00:33:53.799 --> 00:33:54.420
 worshipping

00:33:54.420 --> 00:33:54.860
 Baal

00:33:54.860 --> 00:33:55.080
 is

00:33:55.080 --> 00:33:55.440
 okay

00:33:55.440 --> 00:33:55.759
 and

00:33:55.759 --> 00:33:56.160
 all

00:33:56.160 --> 00:33:56.360
 these

00:33:56.360 --> 00:33:56.680
 Baal

00:33:56.680 --> 00:33:57.039
 prophets

00:33:57.039 --> 00:33:57.240
 are

00:33:57.240 --> 00:33:57.440
 eating

00:33:57.440 --> 00:33:57.580
 at

00:33:57.580 --> 00:33:57.700
 her

00:33:57.700 --> 00:33:58.080
 table

00:33:58.080 --> 00:33:59.039
 then

00:33:59.039 --> 00:33:59.240
 maybe

00:33:59.240 --> 00:33:59.440
 it's

00:33:59.440 --> 00:33:59.620
 not

00:33:59.620 --> 00:33:59.820
 so

00:33:59.820 --> 00:34:00.160
 bad

00:34:00.160 --> 00:34:01.019
 maybe

00:34:01.019 --> 00:34:01.180
 it's

00:34:01.180 --> 00:34:01.500
 okay

00:34:01.500 --> 00:34:05.400
 maybe

00:34:05.400 --> 00:34:05.680
 it really

00:34:05.680 --> 00:34:05.880
 is

00:34:05.880 --> 00:34:06.080
 okay

00:34:06.080 --> 00:34:06.380
 for us

00:34:06.380 --> 00:34:06.500
 to

00:34:06.500 --> 00:34:06.940
 participate

00:34:06.940 --> 00:34:07.120
 in

00:34:07.119 --> 00:34:07.239
 his

00:34:07.239 --> 00:34:07.739
 idolatrous

00:34:07.739 --> 00:34:08.199
 feasts

00:34:08.199 --> 00:34:11.819
 isn't

00:34:11.819 --> 00:34:12.619
 she

00:34:12.619 --> 00:34:12.779
 a

00:34:12.779 --> 00:34:13.440
 prophetess

00:34:13.440 --> 00:34:14.579
 didn't

00:34:14.579 --> 00:34:14.880
 she

00:34:14.880 --> 00:34:15.759
 speak

00:34:15.759 --> 00:34:16.519
 prophetic

00:34:16.519 --> 00:34:17.019
 words

00:34:17.019 --> 00:34:18.159
 of

00:34:18.159 --> 00:34:18.679
 penetrating

00:34:18.679 --> 00:34:19.159
 insight

00:34:19.159 --> 00:34:19.440
 in the

00:34:19.440 --> 00:34:19.839
 past

00:34:19.839 --> 00:34:21.480
 powerful

00:34:21.480 --> 00:34:22.039
 prophecies

00:34:22.039 --> 00:34:22.299
 maybe

00:34:22.299 --> 00:34:22.639
 she's

00:34:22.639 --> 00:34:23.079
 relaying

00:34:23.079 --> 00:34:23.279
 the

00:34:23.279 --> 00:34:23.519
 words

00:34:23.519 --> 00:34:23.679
 of

00:34:23.679 --> 00:34:24.039
 God

00:34:24.039 --> 00:34:24.519
 maybe

00:34:24.519 --> 00:34:24.799
 it's

00:34:24.799 --> 00:34:25.099
 okay

00:34:25.099 --> 00:34:25.619
 for us

00:34:25.619 --> 00:34:26.059
 to be

00:34:26.059 --> 00:34:26.400
 involved

00:34:26.400 --> 00:34:26.679
 a little

00:34:26.679 --> 00:34:26.900
 bit

00:34:26.900 --> 00:34:27.079
 in

00:34:27.079 --> 00:34:27.940
 these

00:34:27.940 --> 00:34:29.380
 feasts

00:34:29.380 --> 00:34:29.440
 things

00:34:29.440 --> 00:34:29.680
 and

00:34:29.680 --> 00:34:30.360
 orgies

00:34:30.360 --> 00:34:33.880
 look at

00:34:33.880 --> 00:34:34.519
 verse 24

00:34:34.519 --> 00:34:35.079
 Jezebel's

00:34:35.079 --> 00:34:35.340
 teaching

00:34:35.340 --> 00:34:35.760
 included

00:34:35.760 --> 00:34:36.160
 learning

00:34:36.160 --> 00:34:36.380
 what

00:34:36.380 --> 00:34:36.559
 some

00:34:36.559 --> 00:34:36.920
 call

00:34:36.920 --> 00:34:37.180
 the

00:34:37.180 --> 00:34:37.640
 deep

00:34:37.640 --> 00:34:38.140
 things

00:34:38.140 --> 00:34:38.320
 of

00:34:38.320 --> 00:34:38.640
 Satan

00:34:38.640 --> 00:34:39.820
 perhaps

00:34:39.820 --> 00:34:40.099
 that

00:34:40.099 --> 00:34:40.320
 was

00:34:40.320 --> 00:34:40.519
 her

00:34:40.519 --> 00:34:40.980
 seductive

00:34:40.980 --> 00:34:41.180
 line

00:34:41.180 --> 00:34:41.320
 of

00:34:41.320 --> 00:34:41.680
 reasoning

00:34:41.680 --> 00:34:43.240
 how

00:34:43.240 --> 00:34:43.599
 can

00:34:43.599 --> 00:34:43.880
 we

00:34:43.880 --> 00:34:44.460
 brothers

00:34:44.460 --> 00:34:44.640
 and

00:34:44.640 --> 00:34:45.000
 sisters

00:34:45.000 --> 00:34:46.019
 rescue

00:34:46.019 --> 00:34:46.340
 people

00:34:46.340 --> 00:34:46.539
 from

00:34:46.539 --> 00:34:47.160
 idolatry

00:34:47.160 --> 00:34:48.119
 unless

00:34:48.119 --> 00:34:48.340
 we

00:34:48.340 --> 00:34:48.599
 know

00:34:48.599 --> 00:34:48.780
 what

00:34:48.780 --> 00:34:49.280
 idolatry

00:34:49.280 --> 00:34:49.380
 is

00:34:49.380 --> 00:34:49.519
 all

00:34:49.519 --> 00:34:49.860
 about

00:34:49.860 --> 00:34:51.360
 if

00:34:51.360 --> 00:34:51.480
 we

00:34:51.480 --> 00:34:51.640
 want

00:34:51.640 --> 00:34:51.740
 to

00:34:51.740 --> 00:34:52.000
 rescue

00:34:52.000 --> 00:34:52.320
 people

00:34:52.320 --> 00:34:52.519
 from

00:34:52.519 --> 00:34:52.680
 the

00:34:52.680 --> 00:34:52.960
 deep

00:34:52.960 --> 00:34:53.320
 places

00:34:53.320 --> 00:34:53.539
 of

00:34:53.539 --> 00:34:53.880
 Satan

00:34:53.880 --> 00:34:54.200
 we

00:34:54.200 --> 00:34:54.380
 need

00:34:54.380 --> 00:34:54.519
 to

00:34:54.519 --> 00:34:54.860
 learn

00:34:54.860 --> 00:34:55.059
 the

00:34:55.059 --> 00:34:55.240
 deep

00:34:55.240 --> 00:34:55.539
 things

00:34:55.539 --> 00:34:55.720
 of

00:34:55.720 --> 00:34:56.059
 Satan

00:34:56.059 --> 00:34:56.400
 think

00:34:56.400 --> 00:34:56.679
 about

00:34:56.679 --> 00:34:56.920
 it

00:34:56.920 --> 00:34:57.719
 we

00:34:57.719 --> 00:34:57.840
 need

00:34:57.840 --> 00:34:57.960
 to

00:34:57.960 --> 00:34:58.119
 build

00:34:58.119 --> 00:34:58.779
 relationships

00:34:58.779 --> 00:34:59.159
 with

00:34:59.159 --> 00:34:59.340
 these

00:34:59.340 --> 00:35:00.219
 non-Christians

00:35:00.219 --> 00:35:01.199
 neighbors

00:35:01.199 --> 00:35:01.519
 and

00:35:01.519 --> 00:35:01.880
 how

00:35:01.880 --> 00:35:02.099
 can

00:35:02.099 --> 00:35:02.239
 we

00:35:02.239 --> 00:35:02.380
 do

00:35:02.380 --> 00:35:02.579
 that

00:35:02.579 --> 00:35:02.920
 unless

00:35:02.920 --> 00:35:03.239
 we

00:35:03.239 --> 00:35:03.639
 go

00:35:03.639 --> 00:35:03.920
 where

00:35:03.920 --> 00:35:04.099
 they

00:35:04.099 --> 00:35:04.320
 go

00:35:04.320 --> 00:35:04.500
 and

00:35:04.500 --> 00:35:04.679
 do

00:35:04.679 --> 00:35:04.860
 the

00:35:04.860 --> 00:35:05.099
 things

00:35:05.099 --> 00:35:05.259
 they

00:35:05.259 --> 00:35:05.599
 do

00:35:05.599 --> 00:35:07.059
 how

00:35:07.059 --> 00:35:07.179
 do

00:35:07.179 --> 00:35:07.259
 you

00:35:07.259 --> 00:35:07.679
 expect

00:35:07.679 --> 00:35:07.880
 to

00:35:07.880 --> 00:35:08.199
 rescue

00:35:08.199 --> 00:35:08.559
 people

00:35:08.559 --> 00:35:08.759
 who

00:35:08.759 --> 00:35:08.920
 are

00:35:08.920 --> 00:35:09.179
 in

00:35:09.179 --> 00:35:09.460
 the

00:35:09.460 --> 00:35:09.900
 swamp

00:35:09.900 --> 00:35:10.139
 of

00:35:10.139 --> 00:35:10.360
 sin

00:35:10.360 --> 00:35:10.559
 without

00:35:10.559 --> 00:35:10.860
 getting

00:35:10.860 --> 00:35:11.059
 your

00:35:11.059 --> 00:35:11.340
 hands

00:35:11.340 --> 00:35:11.699
 dirty

00:35:11.699 --> 00:35:13.159
 it's

00:35:13.159 --> 00:35:13.420
 those

00:35:13.420 --> 00:35:13.559
 who

00:35:13.559 --> 00:35:13.659
 have

00:35:13.659 --> 00:35:14.039
 learned

00:35:14.039 --> 00:35:14.219
 the

00:35:14.219 --> 00:35:14.500
 deep

00:35:14.500 --> 00:35:14.799
 things

00:35:14.799 --> 00:35:14.960
 of

00:35:14.960 --> 00:35:15.299
 Satan

00:35:15.299 --> 00:35:15.519
 who

00:35:15.519 --> 00:35:15.639
 are

00:35:15.639 --> 00:35:15.759
 the

00:35:15.759 --> 00:35:15.960
 most

00:35:15.960 --> 00:35:16.599
 effective

00:35:16.599 --> 00:35:17.179
 ambassadors

00:35:17.179 --> 00:35:17.480
 for

00:35:17.480 --> 00:35:17.840
 Christ

00:35:17.840 --> 00:35:18.779
 so

00:35:18.779 --> 00:35:19.119
 don't

00:35:19.119 --> 00:35:19.299
 be

00:35:19.299 --> 00:35:19.480
 so

00:35:19.480 --> 00:35:19.880
 uptight

00:35:26.059 --> 00:35:26.579
 you

00:35:26.579 --> 00:35:26.679
 will

00:35:26.679 --> 00:35:26.820
 make

00:35:26.820 --> 00:35:27.000
 more

00:35:27.000 --> 00:35:27.340
 friends

00:35:27.340 --> 00:35:27.579
 that

00:35:27.579 --> 00:35:27.880
 way

00:35:27.880 --> 00:35:28.579
 maybe

00:35:28.579 --> 00:35:28.840
 a little

00:35:28.840 --> 00:35:28.980
 bit

00:35:28.980 --> 00:35:29.079
 of

00:35:29.079 --> 00:35:29.360
 sexual

00:35:29.360 --> 00:35:29.759
 immorality

00:35:29.759 --> 00:35:30.159
 can't

00:35:30.159 --> 00:35:30.299
 do

00:35:30.299 --> 00:35:30.500
 any

00:35:30.500 --> 00:35:30.799
 harm

00:35:30.799 --> 00:35:32.320
 they'll

00:35:32.320 --> 00:35:32.599
 listen

00:35:32.599 --> 00:35:32.920
 to us

00:35:32.920 --> 00:35:33.480
 more

00:35:33.480 --> 00:35:34.360
 if they

00:35:34.360 --> 00:35:34.639
 see

00:35:34.639 --> 00:35:34.860
 that

00:35:34.860 --> 00:35:34.980
 we're

00:35:34.980 --> 00:35:35.279
 one

00:35:35.279 --> 00:35:35.420
 of

00:35:35.420 --> 00:35:35.739
 them

00:35:35.739 --> 00:35:41.460
 but

00:35:41.460 --> 00:35:41.659
 those

00:35:41.659 --> 00:35:41.779
 are

00:35:41.779 --> 00:35:42.259
 lies

00:35:42.259 --> 00:35:45.019
 Jesus

00:35:45.019 --> 00:35:46.139
 never

00:35:46.139 --> 00:35:47.380
 sinned

00:35:47.380 --> 00:35:48.019
 in order

00:35:48.019 --> 00:35:48.539
 to save

00:35:48.539 --> 00:35:49.039
 sinners

00:35:49.039 --> 00:35:52.139
 and

00:35:52.139 --> 00:35:52.659
 we

00:35:52.659 --> 00:35:52.840
 don't

00:35:52.840 --> 00:35:53.059
 have

00:35:53.059 --> 00:35:53.199
 to

00:35:53.199 --> 00:35:53.440
 either

00:35:53.440 --> 00:35:57.280
 Deuteronomy

00:35:57.280 --> 00:35:57.619
 13

00:35:57.619 --> 00:35:58.240
 is very

00:35:58.240 --> 00:35:58.599
 clear

00:35:58.599 --> 00:35:59.099
 about

00:35:59.099 --> 00:35:59.639
 prophets

00:35:59.639 --> 00:36:00.059
 if a

00:36:00.059 --> 00:36:00.340
 prophet

00:36:00.340 --> 00:36:00.659
 or a

00:36:00.659 --> 00:36:00.980
 dreamer

00:36:00.980 --> 00:36:01.119
 of

00:36:01.119 --> 00:36:01.420
 dreams

00:36:01.420 --> 00:36:01.840
 rises

00:36:01.840 --> 00:36:02.159
 among

00:36:02.159 --> 00:36:02.420
 you

00:36:02.420 --> 00:36:03.000
 and

00:36:03.000 --> 00:36:03.220
 gives

00:36:03.220 --> 00:36:03.360
 you

00:36:03.360 --> 00:36:03.539
 a

00:36:03.539 --> 00:36:03.860
 sign

00:36:03.860 --> 00:36:04.059
 or

00:36:04.059 --> 00:36:04.200
 a

00:36:04.200 --> 00:36:04.579
 wonder

00:36:04.579 --> 00:36:05.320
 and

00:36:05.320 --> 00:36:05.460
 the

00:36:05.460 --> 00:36:05.760
 sign

00:36:05.760 --> 00:36:05.920
 or

00:36:05.920 --> 00:36:06.260
 wonder

00:36:06.260 --> 00:36:06.460
 that

00:36:06.460 --> 00:36:06.559
 he

00:36:06.559 --> 00:36:06.840
 tells

00:36:06.840 --> 00:36:06.940
 you

00:36:06.940 --> 00:36:07.240
 comes

00:36:07.240 --> 00:36:07.440
 to

00:36:07.440 --> 00:36:07.940
 pass

00:36:07.940 --> 00:36:08.720
 and

00:36:08.720 --> 00:36:08.860
 if

00:36:08.860 --> 00:36:09.019
 he

00:36:09.019 --> 00:36:09.340
 says

00:36:09.340 --> 00:36:09.880
 let

00:36:09.880 --> 00:36:10.019
 us

00:36:10.019 --> 00:36:10.220
 go

00:36:10.220 --> 00:36:10.539
 after

00:36:10.539 --> 00:36:10.860
 other

00:36:10.860 --> 00:36:11.360
 gods

00:36:11.360 --> 00:36:12.019
 which

00:36:12.019 --> 00:36:12.240
 you

00:36:12.240 --> 00:36:12.460
 have

00:36:12.460 --> 00:36:12.659
 not

00:36:12.659 --> 00:36:12.980
 known

00:36:12.980 --> 00:36:13.240
 and

00:36:13.240 --> 00:36:13.400
 let

00:36:13.400 --> 00:36:13.559
 us

00:36:13.559 --> 00:36:13.860
 serve

00:36:13.860 --> 00:36:14.119
 them

00:36:14.119 --> 00:36:14.539
 you

00:36:14.539 --> 00:36:14.840
 shall

00:36:14.840 --> 00:36:15.200
 not

00:36:15.200 --> 00:36:15.480
 listen

00:36:15.480 --> 00:36:15.639
 to

00:36:15.639 --> 00:36:15.780
 the

00:36:15.780 --> 00:36:16.059
 words

00:36:16.059 --> 00:36:16.179
 of

00:36:16.179 --> 00:36:16.320
 that

00:36:16.320 --> 00:36:16.679
 prophet

00:36:16.679 --> 00:36:16.900
 or

00:36:16.900 --> 00:36:17.139
 that

00:36:17.139 --> 00:36:17.559
 dreamer

00:36:17.559 --> 00:36:17.720
 of

00:36:17.720 --> 00:36:18.139
 dreams

00:36:18.139 --> 00:36:18.840
 for

00:36:18.840 --> 00:36:48.820
 the

00:36:48.820 --> 00:36:53.019
 will

00:36:53.019 --> 00:36:53.160
 you

00:36:53.160 --> 00:36:53.539
 listen

00:36:53.539 --> 00:36:53.720
 to

00:36:53.720 --> 00:36:53.860
 the

00:36:53.860 --> 00:36:54.080
 voice

00:36:54.080 --> 00:36:54.260
 of

00:36:54.260 --> 00:36:54.720
 God

00:36:54.720 --> 00:36:55.300
 even

00:36:55.300 --> 00:36:55.620
 when

00:36:55.620 --> 00:36:56.039
 false

00:36:56.039 --> 00:36:56.660
 prophets

00:36:56.660 --> 00:36:56.960
 and

00:36:56.960 --> 00:36:57.380
 false

00:36:57.380 --> 00:36:58.200
 pastors

00:36:58.200 --> 00:36:59.100
 try to

00:36:59.100 --> 00:36:59.300
 lead

00:36:59.300 --> 00:36:59.420
 you

00:36:59.420 --> 00:36:59.800
 astray

00:36:59.800 --> 00:37:04.840
 I

00:37:04.840 --> 00:37:05.019
 don't

00:37:05.019 --> 00:37:05.460
 care how

00:37:05.460 --> 00:37:05.660
 many

00:37:05.660 --> 00:37:05.880
 true

00:37:05.880 --> 00:37:06.420
 prophecies

00:37:06.420 --> 00:37:06.860
 a prophet

00:37:06.860 --> 00:37:07.080
 has

00:37:07.080 --> 00:37:07.640
 prophesied

00:37:07.640 --> 00:37:07.940
 or how

00:37:07.940 --> 00:37:08.140
 many

00:37:08.140 --> 00:37:08.780
 wonderful

00:37:08.780 --> 00:37:09.360
 sermons

00:37:09.360 --> 00:37:10.059
 a preacher

00:37:10.059 --> 00:37:10.660
 has

00:37:10.660 --> 00:37:11.100
 preached

00:37:11.100 --> 00:37:11.640
 if they

00:37:11.640 --> 00:37:12.140
 teach you

00:37:12.140 --> 00:37:12.420
 to go

00:37:12.420 --> 00:37:13.019
 against

00:37:13.019 --> 00:37:13.420
 the

00:37:13.420 --> 00:37:13.760
 teachings

00:37:13.760 --> 00:37:13.980
 of

00:37:13.980 --> 00:37:14.300
 scripture

00:37:14.300 --> 00:37:14.960
 if they

00:37:14.960 --> 00:37:15.500
 teach you

00:37:15.500 --> 00:37:15.820
 to go

00:37:15.820 --> 00:37:16.000
 into

00:37:16.000 --> 00:37:16.360
 sexual

00:37:16.360 --> 00:37:16.780
 morality

00:37:16.780 --> 00:37:16.940
 and

00:37:16.940 --> 00:37:17.360
 idolatry

00:37:17.360 --> 00:37:17.600
 if they

00:37:17.600 --> 00:37:18.160
 teach you

00:37:18.159 --> 00:37:19.199
 to besmirch

00:37:19.199 --> 00:37:19.779
 the name

00:37:19.779 --> 00:37:19.960
 of

00:37:19.960 --> 00:37:20.460
 Christ

00:37:20.460 --> 00:37:23.079
 don't

00:37:23.079 --> 00:37:23.359
 follow

00:37:23.359 --> 00:37:23.679
 them

00:37:23.679 --> 00:37:31.739
 are

00:37:31.739 --> 00:37:31.879
 you

00:37:31.879 --> 00:37:32.440
 tolerating

00:37:32.440 --> 00:37:32.679
 what

00:37:32.679 --> 00:37:33.019
 God

00:37:33.019 --> 00:37:33.339
 does

00:37:33.339 --> 00:37:33.599
 not

00:37:33.599 --> 00:37:34.119
 tolerate

00:37:34.119 --> 00:37:37.899
 are

00:37:37.899 --> 00:37:38.019
 you

00:37:38.019 --> 00:37:38.500
 okay

00:37:38.500 --> 00:37:39.039
 with

00:37:39.039 --> 00:37:39.299
 what

00:37:39.299 --> 00:37:39.659
 God

00:37:39.659 --> 00:37:39.839
 is

00:37:39.839 --> 00:37:40.139
 not

00:37:40.139 --> 00:37:40.480
 okay

00:37:40.480 --> 00:37:40.799
 with

00:37:40.799 --> 00:37:41.399
 in

00:37:41.399 --> 00:37:41.619
 your

00:37:41.619 --> 00:37:42.079
 life

00:37:42.079 --> 00:37:42.699
 and

00:37:42.699 --> 00:37:42.859
 in

00:37:42.859 --> 00:37:43.119
 this

00:37:43.119 --> 00:37:43.500
 church

00:37:43.500 --> 00:37:47.500
 if

00:37:47.500 --> 00:37:47.599
 you

00:37:47.599 --> 00:37:47.679
 are

00:37:47.679 --> 00:37:47.980
 more

00:37:47.980 --> 00:37:48.719
 tolerant

00:37:48.719 --> 00:37:48.980
 than

00:37:48.980 --> 00:37:49.420
 God

00:37:49.420 --> 00:37:49.820
 that

00:37:49.820 --> 00:37:49.980
 is

00:37:49.980 --> 00:37:50.219
 not

00:37:50.219 --> 00:37:50.460
 a

00:37:50.460 --> 00:37:50.800
 virtue

00:37:50.800 --> 00:37:51.139
 to

00:37:51.139 --> 00:37:51.420
 wear

00:37:51.420 --> 00:37:51.599
 as

00:37:51.599 --> 00:37:51.740
 a

00:37:51.740 --> 00:37:52.039
 badge

00:37:52.039 --> 00:37:52.380
 that's

00:37:52.380 --> 00:37:52.559
 a

00:37:52.559 --> 00:37:52.900
 sin

00:37:52.900 --> 00:37:53.420
 to

00:37:53.420 --> 00:37:53.780
 repent

00:37:53.780 --> 00:37:54.119
 of

00:37:54.119 --> 00:37:58.219
 and

00:37:58.219 --> 00:37:58.480
 look at

00:37:58.480 --> 00:37:58.599
 what

00:37:58.599 --> 00:37:58.820
 Jesus

00:37:58.820 --> 00:37:59.039
 has

00:37:59.039 --> 00:37:59.159
 to

00:37:59.159 --> 00:37:59.420
 say

00:37:59.420 --> 00:37:59.699
 about

00:37:59.699 --> 00:38:00.199
 Jezebel

00:38:00.199 --> 00:38:00.940
 and

00:38:00.940 --> 00:38:01.079
 those

00:38:01.079 --> 00:38:01.199
 who

00:38:01.199 --> 00:38:01.380
 follow

00:38:01.380 --> 00:38:01.539
 her

00:38:01.539 --> 00:38:01.820
 teaching

00:38:01.820 --> 00:38:02.000
 in

00:38:02.000 --> 00:38:02.179
 verses

00:38:02.179 --> 00:38:02.639
 21

00:38:02.639 --> 00:38:02.800
 to

00:38:02.800 --> 00:38:03.240
 23

00:38:03.240 --> 00:38:04.559
 I

00:38:04.559 --> 00:38:04.960
 gave

00:38:04.960 --> 00:38:05.099
 her

00:38:05.099 --> 00:38:05.579
 time

00:38:05.579 --> 00:38:05.840
 to

00:38:05.840 --> 00:38:06.400
 repent

00:38:06.400 --> 00:38:08.199
 but

00:38:08.199 --> 00:38:08.380
 she

00:38:08.380 --> 00:38:08.980
 refuses

00:38:08.980 --> 00:38:09.240
 to

00:38:09.240 --> 00:38:09.599
 repent

00:38:09.599 --> 00:38:09.880
 of her

00:38:09.880 --> 00:38:10.159
 sexual

00:38:10.159 --> 00:38:10.760
 immorality

00:38:10.760 --> 00:38:12.000
 behold

00:38:12.000 --> 00:38:12.179
 I

00:38:12.179 --> 00:38:12.340
 will

00:38:12.340 --> 00:38:12.579
 throw

00:38:12.579 --> 00:38:12.760
 her

00:38:12.760 --> 00:38:12.980
 onto

00:38:12.980 --> 00:38:13.159
 a

00:38:13.159 --> 00:38:13.320
 sick

00:38:13.320 --> 00:38:13.500
 bed

00:38:13.500 --> 00:38:13.599
 and

00:38:13.599 --> 00:38:13.719
 those

00:38:13.719 --> 00:38:13.820
 who

00:38:13.820 --> 00:38:14.000
 commit

00:38:14.000 --> 00:38:14.400
 adultery

00:38:14.400 --> 00:38:14.699
 with her

00:38:14.699 --> 00:38:14.780
 I

00:38:14.780 --> 00:38:14.880
 will

00:38:14.880 --> 00:38:15.059
 throw

00:38:17.980 --> 00:38:18.880
 her

00:38:18.880 --> 00:38:19.300
 works

00:38:19.300 --> 00:38:20.059
 and

00:38:20.059 --> 00:38:20.159
 I

00:38:20.159 --> 00:38:20.280
 will

00:38:20.280 --> 00:38:20.639
 strike

00:38:20.639 --> 00:38:20.900
 her

00:38:20.900 --> 00:38:21.340
 children

00:38:21.340 --> 00:38:21.740
 dead

00:38:21.740 --> 00:38:22.420
 and

00:38:22.420 --> 00:38:22.619
 all

00:38:22.619 --> 00:38:22.800
 the

00:38:22.800 --> 00:38:23.099
 churches

00:38:23.099 --> 00:38:23.340
 will

00:38:23.340 --> 00:38:23.559
 know

00:38:23.559 --> 00:38:23.740
 that

00:38:23.740 --> 00:38:23.940
 I

00:38:23.940 --> 00:38:24.199
 am

00:38:24.199 --> 00:38:24.340
 he

00:38:24.340 --> 00:38:24.500
 who

00:38:24.500 --> 00:38:24.820
 searches

00:38:24.820 --> 00:38:25.280
 mind

00:38:25.280 --> 00:38:25.440
 and

00:38:25.440 --> 00:38:25.699
 heart

00:38:25.699 --> 00:38:26.159
 and

00:38:26.159 --> 00:38:26.260
 I

00:38:26.260 --> 00:38:26.400
 will

00:38:26.400 --> 00:38:26.639
 give

00:38:26.639 --> 00:38:26.860
 to

00:38:26.860 --> 00:38:27.119
 each

00:38:27.119 --> 00:38:27.340
 of

00:38:27.340 --> 00:38:27.619
 you

00:38:27.619 --> 00:38:28.320
 according

00:38:28.320 --> 00:38:28.539
 to

00:38:28.539 --> 00:38:28.719
 your

00:38:28.719 --> 00:38:29.119
 works

00:38:29.119 --> 00:38:31.019
 I

00:38:31.019 --> 00:38:31.159
 don't

00:38:31.159 --> 00:38:31.300
 think

00:38:31.300 --> 00:38:31.480
 this

00:38:31.480 --> 00:38:31.579
 is

00:38:31.579 --> 00:38:31.699
 a

00:38:31.699 --> 00:38:32.000
 reference

00:38:32.000 --> 00:38:32.240
 to

00:38:32.240 --> 00:38:32.780
 literal

00:38:32.780 --> 00:38:33.780
 underage

00:38:33.780 --> 00:38:34.280
 children

00:38:34.280 --> 00:38:35.079
 that

00:38:35.079 --> 00:38:35.420
 Jezebel

00:38:35.420 --> 00:38:35.820
 has

00:38:35.820 --> 00:38:36.900
 I

00:38:36.900 --> 00:38:37.039
 think

00:38:37.039 --> 00:38:37.440
 following

00:38:37.440 --> 00:38:37.679
 the

00:38:37.679 --> 00:38:38.039
 figurative

00:38:38.039 --> 00:38:38.400
 language

00:38:38.400 --> 00:38:38.579
 of

00:38:38.579 --> 00:38:39.119
 spiritual

00:38:39.119 --> 00:38:39.599
 adultery

00:38:39.599 --> 00:38:39.760
 I

00:38:39.760 --> 00:38:39.900
 think

00:38:39.900 --> 00:38:40.059
 these

00:38:40.059 --> 00:38:40.179
 are

00:38:40.179 --> 00:38:40.860
 spiritual

00:38:40.860 --> 00:38:41.420
 children

00:38:41.420 --> 00:38:41.800
 of

00:38:41.800 --> 00:38:42.240
 Jezebel

00:38:42.240 --> 00:38:42.539
 so

00:38:42.539 --> 00:38:42.800
 people

00:38:42.800 --> 00:38:42.980
 who

00:38:42.980 --> 00:38:43.119
 have

00:38:43.119 --> 00:38:43.440
 followed

00:38:43.440 --> 00:38:43.639
 her

00:38:43.639 --> 00:38:43.980
 into

00:38:43.980 --> 00:38:44.500
 sexual

00:38:44.500 --> 00:38:45.400
 immorality

00:38:45.400 --> 00:38:45.519
 and

00:38:45.519 --> 00:38:46.139
 idolatry

00:38:46.139 --> 00:38:47.079
 those

00:38:47.079 --> 00:38:47.179
 who

00:38:47.179 --> 00:38:47.659
 identify

00:38:47.659 --> 00:38:47.920
 with

00:38:47.920 --> 00:38:48.460
 Jezebel

00:38:48.460 --> 00:38:48.759
 rather

00:38:48.759 --> 00:38:48.980
 than

00:38:48.980 --> 00:38:49.139
 with

00:38:49.139 --> 00:38:49.339
 the

00:38:49.339 --> 00:38:49.639
 son

00:38:49.639 --> 00:38:49.799
 of

00:38:49.799 --> 00:38:50.039
 God

00:38:50.039 --> 00:38:50.199
 so

00:38:50.199 --> 00:38:50.359
 they

00:38:50.359 --> 00:38:50.460
 are

00:38:50.460 --> 00:38:50.579
 no

00:38:50.579 --> 00:38:50.839
 longer

00:38:50.839 --> 00:38:51.380
 servants

00:38:51.380 --> 00:38:51.579
 of

00:38:51.579 --> 00:38:51.880
 Christ

00:38:51.880 --> 00:38:52.139
 but

00:38:52.139 --> 00:38:52.519
 children

00:38:52.519 --> 00:38:52.739
 of

00:38:52.739 --> 00:38:53.199
 Jezebel

00:38:53.199 --> 00:38:54.859
 they

00:38:54.859 --> 00:38:55.079
 will

00:38:55.079 --> 00:38:55.380
 face

00:38:55.380 --> 00:38:55.579
 the

00:38:55.579 --> 00:38:55.960
 fearful

00:38:55.960 --> 00:38:56.400
 judgment

00:38:56.400 --> 00:38:56.599
 of

00:38:56.599 --> 00:38:56.719
 the

00:38:56.719 --> 00:38:56.880
 son

00:38:56.880 --> 00:38:57.019
 of

00:38:57.019 --> 00:38:57.339
 God

00:38:57.339 --> 00:38:57.779
 who

00:38:57.779 --> 00:38:57.900
 has

00:38:57.900 --> 00:38:58.259
 eyes

00:38:58.259 --> 00:38:58.460
 like

00:38:58.460 --> 00:38:58.599
 a

00:38:58.599 --> 00:38:58.799
 flame

00:38:58.799 --> 00:38:58.980
 of

00:38:58.980 --> 00:38:59.179
 fire

00:38:59.179 --> 00:38:59.279
 and

00:38:59.279 --> 00:38:59.420
 whose

00:38:59.420 --> 00:38:59.699
 feet

00:38:59.699 --> 00:38:59.819
 are

00:38:59.819 --> 00:38:59.980
 like

00:38:59.980 --> 00:39:00.380
 burnished

00:39:00.380 --> 00:39:00.739
 bronze

00:39:00.739 --> 00:39:01.299
 unless

00:39:01.299 --> 00:39:02.420
 they

00:39:02.420 --> 00:39:03.099
 repent

00:39:03.099 --> 00:39:04.559
 that's

00:39:04.559 --> 00:39:04.659
 a

00:39:04.659 --> 00:39:05.099
 key word

00:39:05.099 --> 00:39:05.579
 repeated

00:39:05.579 --> 00:39:06.119
 twice

00:39:06.119 --> 00:39:06.480
 here

00:39:06.480 --> 00:39:08.199
 even

00:39:08.199 --> 00:39:08.500
 for

00:39:08.500 --> 00:39:08.679
 the

00:39:08.679 --> 00:39:09.099
 most

00:39:09.099 --> 00:39:09.719
 heinous

00:39:09.719 --> 00:39:10.119
 sinners

00:39:10.119 --> 00:39:11.440
 even

00:39:11.440 --> 00:39:11.739
 for

00:39:11.739 --> 00:39:11.920
 the

00:39:11.920 --> 00:39:12.319
 sexually

00:39:12.319 --> 00:39:12.900
 immoral

00:39:12.900 --> 00:39:13.639
 even

00:39:13.639 --> 00:39:13.880
 for

00:39:13.880 --> 00:39:14.059
 the

00:39:14.059 --> 00:39:14.960
 adulterer

00:39:14.960 --> 00:39:15.860
 even

00:39:15.860 --> 00:39:16.119
 for

00:39:16.119 --> 00:39:16.259
 the

00:39:16.259 --> 00:39:17.019
 idolater

00:39:17.019 --> 00:39:18.119
 there's

00:39:18.119 --> 00:39:18.679
 forgiveness

00:39:18.679 --> 00:39:19.279
 in

00:39:19.279 --> 00:39:19.739
 Christ

00:39:19.739 --> 00:39:20.019
 if

00:39:20.019 --> 00:39:20.539
 only

00:39:20.539 --> 00:39:21.139
 they

00:39:21.139 --> 00:39:21.940
 repent

00:39:21.940 --> 00:39:25.159
 but

00:39:25.159 --> 00:39:25.360
 for

00:39:25.360 --> 00:39:26.360
 unrepentant

00:39:26.360 --> 00:39:26.880
 sinners

00:39:26.880 --> 00:39:27.119
 who

00:39:27.119 --> 00:39:27.599
 stubbornly

00:39:27.599 --> 00:39:27.719
 go

00:39:27.719 --> 00:39:27.920
 their

00:39:27.920 --> 00:39:28.179
 way

00:39:28.179 --> 00:39:28.440
 they

00:39:28.440 --> 00:39:28.659
 will

00:39:28.659 --> 00:39:29.079
 face

00:39:29.079 --> 00:39:29.400
 great

00:39:29.400 --> 00:39:30.019
 tribulation

00:39:30.019 --> 00:39:31.380
 look

00:39:31.380 --> 00:39:31.699
 at how

00:39:31.699 --> 00:39:32.299
 patient

00:39:32.299 --> 00:39:32.619
 God

00:39:32.619 --> 00:39:32.819
 is

00:39:32.819 --> 00:39:32.980
 he

00:39:32.980 --> 00:39:33.199
 gave

00:39:33.199 --> 00:39:33.519
 even

00:39:33.519 --> 00:39:34.279
 Jezebel

00:39:34.279 --> 00:39:35.659
 Jezebel

00:39:35.659 --> 00:39:36.599
 remember

00:39:36.599 --> 00:39:36.799
 who

00:39:36.799 --> 00:39:37.119
 Jezebel

00:39:37.119 --> 00:39:37.380
 is from

00:39:37.380 --> 00:39:37.500
 the

00:39:37.500 --> 00:39:37.639
 Old

00:39:37.639 --> 00:39:37.980
 Testament

00:39:37.980 --> 00:39:39.559
 Jezebel

00:39:39.559 --> 00:39:39.820
 God

00:39:39.820 --> 00:39:40.199
 gives

00:39:40.199 --> 00:39:40.420
 a

00:39:40.420 --> 00:39:40.599
 woman

00:39:40.599 --> 00:39:40.860
 like

00:39:40.860 --> 00:39:41.340
 Jezebel

00:39:41.340 --> 00:39:41.539
 in

00:39:41.539 --> 00:39:41.659
 the

00:39:41.659 --> 00:39:41.840
 church

00:39:41.840 --> 00:39:41.980
 in

00:39:41.980 --> 00:39:42.320
 Thyatira

00:39:42.320 --> 00:39:42.840
 time

00:39:42.840 --> 00:39:43.159
 to

00:39:43.159 --> 00:39:43.639
 repent

00:39:43.639 --> 00:39:44.800
 he

00:39:44.800 --> 00:39:44.940
 already

00:39:44.940 --> 00:39:45.219
 gave

00:39:45.219 --> 00:39:45.320
 her

00:39:45.320 --> 00:39:45.699
 time

00:39:45.699 --> 00:39:45.940
 to

00:39:45.940 --> 00:39:46.420
 repent

00:39:46.420 --> 00:39:48.880
 think

00:39:48.880 --> 00:39:49.119
 about

00:39:49.119 --> 00:39:49.380
 how

00:39:49.380 --> 00:39:49.900
 impatient

00:39:49.900 --> 00:39:50.300
 we

00:39:50.300 --> 00:39:50.659
 are

00:39:50.659 --> 00:39:52.219
 with

00:39:52.219 --> 00:39:52.480
 people

00:39:52.480 --> 00:39:52.639
 who

00:39:52.639 --> 00:39:52.800
 sin

00:39:52.800 --> 00:39:53.119
 against

00:39:53.119 --> 00:39:53.360
 us

00:39:53.360 --> 00:39:53.579
 again

00:39:53.579 --> 00:39:53.719
 and

00:39:53.719 --> 00:39:53.940
 again

00:39:53.940 --> 00:39:54.119
 the

00:39:54.119 --> 00:39:54.320
 same

00:39:54.320 --> 00:39:54.619
 sin

00:39:54.619 --> 00:39:54.860
 again

00:39:54.860 --> 00:39:55.000
 and

00:39:55.000 --> 00:39:55.320
 again

00:39:55.320 --> 00:39:56.240
 oh

00:39:56.240 --> 00:39:56.420
 you

00:39:56.420 --> 00:39:56.559
 did

00:39:56.559 --> 00:39:56.659
 it

00:39:56.659 --> 00:39:57.019
 again

00:39:57.019 --> 00:40:00.460
 but

00:40:00.460 --> 00:40:01.099
 God's

00:40:01.099 --> 00:40:01.420
 not like

00:40:01.420 --> 00:40:01.539
 that

00:40:01.539 --> 00:40:01.679
 with

00:40:01.679 --> 00:40:02.099
 us

00:40:02.099 --> 00:40:05.900
 he

00:40:05.900 --> 00:40:06.179
 could

00:40:06.179 --> 00:40:06.380
 have

00:40:06.380 --> 00:40:06.619
 just

00:40:06.619 --> 00:40:06.840
 cut

00:40:06.840 --> 00:40:07.000
 her

00:40:07.000 --> 00:40:07.260
 right

00:40:07.260 --> 00:40:07.699
 off

00:40:07.699 --> 00:40:08.599
 she's

00:40:08.599 --> 00:40:08.779
 been

00:40:08.779 --> 00:40:09.719
 leading

00:40:09.719 --> 00:40:10.059
 people

00:40:10.059 --> 00:40:10.359
 astray

00:40:10.359 --> 00:40:10.659
 long

00:40:10.659 --> 00:40:11.039
 enough

00:40:11.039 --> 00:40:12.299
 he

00:40:12.299 --> 00:40:12.659
 gave

00:40:12.659 --> 00:40:12.859
 her

00:40:12.859 --> 00:40:13.259
 time

00:40:13.259 --> 00:40:13.480
 to

00:40:13.480 --> 00:40:14.019
 repent

00:40:14.019 --> 00:40:19.579
 and

00:40:19.579 --> 00:40:19.739
 you

00:40:19.739 --> 00:40:19.919
 too

00:40:19.919 --> 00:40:20.219
 can

00:40:20.219 --> 00:40:20.739
 repent

00:40:20.739 --> 00:40:22.139
 and

00:40:22.139 --> 00:40:22.299
 if

00:40:22.299 --> 00:40:22.439
 you're

00:40:22.439 --> 00:40:22.579
 a

00:40:22.579 --> 00:40:22.739
 sinner

00:40:22.739 --> 00:40:22.980
 and

00:40:22.980 --> 00:40:23.079
 you

00:40:23.079 --> 00:40:23.239
 have

00:40:23.239 --> 00:40:23.439
 not

00:40:23.439 --> 00:40:23.799
 repented

00:40:23.799 --> 00:40:23.960
 of

00:40:23.960 --> 00:40:24.099
 your

00:40:24.099 --> 00:40:24.399
 sins

00:40:24.400 --> 00:40:28.440
 God

00:40:28.440 --> 00:40:28.460
 God

00:40:28.460 --> 00:40:28.539
 God

00:40:28.539 --> 00:40:28.619
 is

00:40:28.619 --> 00:40:29.079
 just

00:40:29.079 --> 00:40:29.840
 and

00:40:29.840 --> 00:40:29.940
 he

00:40:29.940 --> 00:40:30.059
 will

00:40:30.059 --> 00:40:30.440
 reward

00:40:30.440 --> 00:40:30.599
 or

00:40:30.599 --> 00:40:30.920
 punish

00:40:30.920 --> 00:40:31.360
 everyone

00:40:31.360 --> 00:40:31.760
 according

00:40:31.760 --> 00:40:32.180
 to

00:40:32.180 --> 00:40:32.500
 their

00:40:32.500 --> 00:40:32.920
 works

00:40:32.920 --> 00:40:33.340
 says

00:40:33.340 --> 00:40:33.639
 verse

00:40:33.639 --> 00:40:34.039
 21

00:40:34.039 --> 00:40:37.599
 this

00:40:37.599 --> 00:40:37.880
 doesn't

00:40:37.880 --> 00:40:38.059
 mean

00:40:38.059 --> 00:40:38.180
 that

00:40:38.180 --> 00:40:38.360
 we're

00:40:38.360 --> 00:40:38.820
 saved

00:40:38.820 --> 00:40:39.200
 by

00:40:39.200 --> 00:40:39.380
 our

00:40:39.380 --> 00:40:39.740
 works

00:40:39.740 --> 00:40:40.539
 we

00:40:40.539 --> 00:40:40.680
 are

00:40:40.680 --> 00:40:40.980
 saved

00:40:40.980 --> 00:40:41.300
 by

00:40:41.300 --> 00:40:41.860
 grace

00:40:41.860 --> 00:40:42.260
 through

00:40:42.260 --> 00:40:42.780
 Christ

00:40:42.780 --> 00:40:43.139
 through

00:40:43.139 --> 00:40:43.599
 faith

00:40:43.599 --> 00:40:43.760
 in

00:40:43.760 --> 00:40:44.039
 Christ

00:40:44.039 --> 00:40:44.360
 alone

00:40:44.360 --> 00:40:45.059
 but

00:40:45.059 --> 00:40:45.420
 true

00:40:45.420 --> 00:40:45.820
 saving

00:40:45.820 --> 00:40:46.220
 faith

00:40:46.220 --> 00:40:46.900
 always

00:40:46.900 --> 00:40:47.420
 works

00:40:47.420 --> 00:40:47.780
 itself

00:40:47.780 --> 00:40:48.139
 out

00:40:48.139 --> 00:40:48.400
 in

00:40:48.400 --> 00:40:48.579
 good

00:40:48.579 --> 00:40:48.960
 works

00:40:48.960 --> 00:40:49.659
 that's

00:40:49.659 --> 00:40:49.820
 why

00:40:49.820 --> 00:40:50.119
 God

00:40:50.119 --> 00:40:50.639
 judges

00:40:50.639 --> 00:40:51.340
 on

00:40:51.340 --> 00:40:51.539
 the

00:40:51.539 --> 00:40:51.820
 last

00:40:51.820 --> 00:40:52.079
 day

00:40:52.079 --> 00:40:52.639
 according

00:40:52.639 --> 00:40:53.079
 to

00:40:53.079 --> 00:40:53.500
 our

00:40:53.500 --> 00:40:53.980
 works

00:40:53.980 --> 00:40:54.860
 which

00:40:54.860 --> 00:40:54.980
 is

00:40:54.980 --> 00:40:55.360
 inclusive

00:40:55.360 --> 00:40:55.579
 of

00:40:55.579 --> 00:40:55.780
 all

00:40:55.780 --> 00:40:55.940
 our

00:40:55.940 --> 00:40:56.240
 faith

00:40:56.240 --> 00:40:56.380
 and

00:40:56.380 --> 00:40:56.840
 obedience

00:40:56.840 --> 00:40:57.760
 just

00:40:57.760 --> 00:40:57.920
 as

00:40:57.920 --> 00:40:58.039
 a

00:40:58.039 --> 00:40:58.220
 good

00:40:58.220 --> 00:40:58.440
 tree

00:40:58.440 --> 00:40:58.780
 always

00:40:58.780 --> 00:40:59.039
 bears

00:40:59.039 --> 00:40:59.360
 good

00:40:59.360 --> 00:40:59.900
 fruit

00:40:59.900 --> 00:41:00.240
 a

00:41:00.240 --> 00:41:00.480
 true

00:41:00.480 --> 00:41:01.119
 faith

00:41:01.119 --> 00:41:01.559
 always

00:41:01.559 --> 00:41:02.000
 bears

00:41:02.000 --> 00:41:02.619
 good

00:41:02.619 --> 00:41:03.099
 works

00:41:03.099 --> 00:41:05.740
 with

00:41:05.740 --> 00:41:05.920
 this

00:41:05.920 --> 00:41:06.059
 in

00:41:06.059 --> 00:41:06.240
 mind

00:41:06.240 --> 00:41:06.500
 Jesus

00:41:06.500 --> 00:41:06.900
 shares

00:41:06.900 --> 00:41:07.059
 his

00:41:07.059 --> 00:41:07.320
 final

00:41:07.320 --> 00:41:07.840
 exhortation

00:41:07.840 --> 00:41:08.099
 verses

00:41:08.099 --> 00:41:08.519
 24

00:41:08.519 --> 00:41:08.639
 to

00:41:08.639 --> 00:41:08.980
 25

00:41:08.980 --> 00:41:09.179
 to

00:41:09.179 --> 00:41:09.320
 the

00:41:09.320 --> 00:41:09.599
 rest

00:41:09.599 --> 00:41:09.760
 of

00:41:09.760 --> 00:41:09.880
 the

00:41:09.880 --> 00:41:10.199
 believers

00:41:10.199 --> 00:41:10.400
 in

00:41:10.400 --> 00:41:10.880
 Thyatira

00:41:10.880 --> 00:41:11.099
 who

00:41:11.099 --> 00:41:11.300
 do

00:41:11.300 --> 00:41:11.679
 not

00:41:11.679 --> 00:41:12.260
 hold

00:41:12.260 --> 00:41:12.460
 this

00:41:12.460 --> 00:41:12.840
 teaching

00:41:12.840 --> 00:41:13.059
 of

00:41:13.059 --> 00:41:13.460
 Jezebel

00:41:13.460 --> 00:41:13.699
 Jesus

00:41:13.699 --> 00:41:14.000
 says

00:41:14.000 --> 00:41:14.119
 in

00:41:14.119 --> 00:41:14.300
 verses

00:41:14.300 --> 00:41:14.780
 24

00:41:14.780 --> 00:41:15.320
 25

00:41:15.320 --> 00:41:16.040
 to

00:41:16.040 --> 00:41:16.260
 you

00:41:16.260 --> 00:41:16.460
 I

00:41:16.460 --> 00:41:16.720
 say

00:41:16.720 --> 00:41:16.880
 I

00:41:16.880 --> 00:41:17.019
 do

00:41:17.019 --> 00:41:17.260
 not

00:41:17.260 --> 00:41:17.460
 lay

00:41:17.460 --> 00:41:17.680
 on

00:41:17.680 --> 00:41:17.820
 you

00:41:17.820 --> 00:41:18.080
 any

00:41:18.080 --> 00:41:18.360
 other

00:41:18.360 --> 00:41:18.680
 burden

00:41:18.680 --> 00:41:19.240
 only

00:41:19.240 --> 00:41:19.600
 hold

00:41:19.600 --> 00:41:20.220
 fast

00:41:20.220 --> 00:41:21.060
 what

00:41:21.060 --> 00:41:21.360
 you

00:41:21.360 --> 00:41:21.720
 have

00:41:21.720 --> 00:41:22.220
 until

00:41:22.220 --> 00:41:22.519
 I

00:41:22.519 --> 00:41:22.800
 come

00:41:22.800 --> 00:41:24.720
 this

00:41:24.720 --> 00:41:25.500
 language

00:41:25.500 --> 00:41:25.760
 the

00:41:25.760 --> 00:41:26.120
 phrasing

00:41:26.120 --> 00:41:26.580
 closely

00:41:26.580 --> 00:41:26.980
 follows

00:41:26.980 --> 00:41:27.180
 the

00:41:27.180 --> 00:41:28.000
 apostles

00:41:28.000 --> 00:41:28.620
 decree

00:41:28.620 --> 00:41:29.040
 in

00:41:29.040 --> 00:41:29.160
 the

00:41:29.160 --> 00:41:29.460
 Jerusalem

00:41:29.460 --> 00:41:29.940
 council

00:41:29.940 --> 00:41:30.160
 in

00:41:30.160 --> 00:41:30.400
 Acts

00:41:30.400 --> 00:41:30.960
 15

00:41:30.960 --> 00:41:32.840
 I

00:41:32.840 --> 00:41:33.000
 do

00:41:33.000 --> 00:41:33.180
 not

00:41:33.180 --> 00:41:33.360
 lay

00:41:33.360 --> 00:41:33.500
 on

00:41:33.500 --> 00:41:33.600
 you

00:41:33.600 --> 00:41:33.780
 any

00:41:33.780 --> 00:41:34.040
 other

00:41:34.040 --> 00:41:34.460
 burden

00:41:34.460 --> 00:41:36.300
 except

00:41:36.300 --> 00:41:36.900
 for

00:41:36.900 --> 00:41:37.820
 refraining

00:41:37.820 --> 00:41:38.040
 from

00:41:38.040 --> 00:41:38.400
 sexual

00:41:38.400 --> 00:41:38.880
 immorality

00:41:38.880 --> 00:41:39.420
 eating

00:41:39.420 --> 00:41:39.720
 meat

00:41:39.720 --> 00:41:40.280
 strangled

00:41:40.280 --> 00:41:41.000
 blood

00:41:41.000 --> 00:41:41.740
 and

00:41:41.740 --> 00:41:43.820
 and

00:41:43.820 --> 00:41:44.560
 idolatry

00:41:44.559 --> 00:41:44.960
 eating

00:41:44.960 --> 00:41:45.199
 food

00:41:45.199 --> 00:41:45.599
 sacrifice

00:41:45.599 --> 00:41:45.820
 to

00:41:45.820 --> 00:41:46.000
 idols

00:41:46.000 --> 00:41:46.500
 so

00:41:46.500 --> 00:41:46.860
 it's

00:41:46.860 --> 00:41:46.980
 I

00:41:46.980 --> 00:41:47.119
 think

00:41:47.119 --> 00:41:47.679
 reflecting

00:41:47.679 --> 00:41:48.079
 that

00:41:48.079 --> 00:41:49.139
 and

00:41:49.139 --> 00:41:49.259
 the

00:41:49.259 --> 00:41:49.500
 reason

00:41:49.500 --> 00:41:49.719
 why

00:41:49.719 --> 00:41:49.960
 these

00:41:49.960 --> 00:41:50.259
 are

00:41:50.259 --> 00:41:50.539
 important

00:41:50.539 --> 00:41:50.699
 is

00:41:50.699 --> 00:41:50.960
 because

00:41:50.960 --> 00:41:51.179
 even

00:41:51.179 --> 00:41:51.400
 though

00:41:51.400 --> 00:41:51.579
 they

00:41:51.579 --> 00:41:51.719
 were

00:41:51.719 --> 00:41:51.960
 such

00:41:51.960 --> 00:41:52.099
 a

00:41:52.099 --> 00:41:52.539
 pervasive

00:41:52.539 --> 00:41:52.980
 aspect

00:41:52.980 --> 00:41:53.219
 of

00:41:53.219 --> 00:41:53.460
 Roman

00:41:53.460 --> 00:41:53.980
 culture

00:41:53.980 --> 00:41:54.619
 and

00:41:54.619 --> 00:41:55.159
 society

00:41:55.159 --> 00:41:55.719
 in

00:41:55.719 --> 00:41:55.880
 order

00:41:55.880 --> 00:41:56.019
 to

00:41:56.019 --> 00:41:56.159
 be

00:41:56.159 --> 00:41:56.539
 Christians

00:41:56.539 --> 00:41:56.699
 they

00:41:56.699 --> 00:41:56.840
 have

00:41:56.840 --> 00:41:56.960
 to

00:41:56.960 --> 00:41:57.460
 stop

00:41:57.460 --> 00:41:57.719
 because

00:41:57.719 --> 00:41:57.900
 a

00:41:57.900 --> 00:41:58.279
 Christian

00:41:58.279 --> 00:41:58.699
 is

00:41:58.699 --> 00:41:59.000
 by

00:41:59.000 --> 00:41:59.559
 definition

00:41:59.559 --> 00:42:00.139
 united

00:42:00.139 --> 00:42:00.360
 to

00:42:00.360 --> 00:42:00.679
 Christ

00:42:00.679 --> 00:42:00.880
 by

00:42:00.880 --> 00:42:01.239
 faith

00:42:01.239 --> 00:42:01.840
 our

00:42:01.840 --> 00:42:02.559
 bodies

00:42:02.559 --> 00:42:03.179
 are

00:42:03.179 --> 00:42:03.860
 members

00:42:03.860 --> 00:42:04.539
 sacred

00:42:04.539 --> 00:42:05.099
 set

00:42:05.099 --> 00:42:05.460
 apart

00:42:05.460 --> 00:42:05.940
 holy

00:42:05.940 --> 00:42:06.579
 members

00:42:06.579 --> 00:42:07.059
 of

00:42:07.059 --> 00:42:07.619
 Christ

00:42:07.619 --> 00:42:08.400
 and

00:42:08.400 --> 00:42:08.799
 therefore

00:42:08.799 --> 00:42:09.299
 we are

00:42:09.299 --> 00:42:09.639
 one

00:42:09.639 --> 00:42:10.059
 spirit

00:42:10.059 --> 00:42:10.299
 with

00:42:10.299 --> 00:42:10.420
 him

00:42:10.420 --> 00:42:10.519
 and

00:42:10.519 --> 00:42:10.639
 to

00:42:14.559 --> 00:42:14.799
 our

00:42:14.799 --> 00:42:15.159
 sacred

00:42:15.159 --> 00:42:15.519
 union

00:42:15.519 --> 00:42:15.759
 with

00:42:15.759 --> 00:42:16.059
 Christ

00:42:16.059 --> 00:42:16.539
 himself

00:42:16.539 --> 00:42:18.360
 as

00:42:18.360 --> 00:42:18.460
 it

00:42:18.460 --> 00:42:18.599
 says

00:42:18.599 --> 00:42:18.739
 in

00:42:18.739 --> 00:42:18.900
 1

00:42:18.900 --> 00:42:19.239
 Corinthians

00:42:19.239 --> 00:42:19.619
 5

00:42:19.619 --> 00:42:20.779
 likewise

00:42:20.779 --> 00:42:21.059
 as

00:42:21.059 --> 00:42:21.380
 Christians

00:42:21.380 --> 00:42:21.739
 when we

00:42:21.739 --> 00:42:22.199
 partake

00:42:22.199 --> 00:42:22.360
 in

00:42:22.360 --> 00:42:22.480
 the

00:42:22.480 --> 00:42:22.900
 Lord's

00:42:22.900 --> 00:42:23.179
 supper

00:42:23.179 --> 00:42:24.019
 we

00:42:24.019 --> 00:42:24.159
 are

00:42:24.159 --> 00:42:24.659
 participating

00:42:24.659 --> 00:42:25.259
 in

00:42:25.259 --> 00:42:25.460
 the

00:42:25.460 --> 00:42:25.779
 body

00:42:25.779 --> 00:42:25.960
 of

00:42:25.960 --> 00:42:26.400
 Christ

00:42:26.400 --> 00:42:27.900
 eating

00:42:27.900 --> 00:42:28.079
 of

00:42:28.079 --> 00:42:28.199
 his

00:42:28.199 --> 00:42:28.559
 bread

00:42:28.559 --> 00:42:29.019
 the

00:42:29.019 --> 00:42:29.500
 bread

00:42:29.500 --> 00:42:29.659
 that

00:42:29.659 --> 00:42:30.019
 represents

00:42:30.019 --> 00:42:30.299
 his

00:42:30.299 --> 00:42:30.719
 body

00:42:30.719 --> 00:42:30.940
 and

00:42:30.940 --> 00:42:31.259
 drinking

00:42:31.259 --> 00:42:32.679
 the

00:42:32.679 --> 00:42:33.059
 grape

00:42:33.059 --> 00:42:33.960
 the

00:42:33.960 --> 00:42:34.079
 fruit

00:42:34.079 --> 00:42:34.179
 of

00:42:34.179 --> 00:42:34.739
 the

00:42:34.739 --> 00:42:35.019
 vine

00:42:35.019 --> 00:42:35.259
 that

00:42:35.259 --> 00:42:35.599
 represents

00:42:35.599 --> 00:42:35.840
 his

00:42:35.840 --> 00:42:36.199
 blood

00:42:36.199 --> 00:42:37.019
 and

00:42:37.019 --> 00:42:37.219
 to

00:42:37.219 --> 00:42:37.719
 participate

00:42:37.719 --> 00:42:37.900
 in

00:42:37.900 --> 00:42:38.039
 the

00:42:38.039 --> 00:42:38.460
 Lord's

00:42:38.460 --> 00:42:38.639
 supper

00:42:38.639 --> 00:42:38.820
 and

00:42:38.820 --> 00:42:38.940
 then

00:42:38.940 --> 00:42:39.059
 to

00:42:39.059 --> 00:42:39.219
 turn

00:42:39.219 --> 00:42:39.579
 around

00:42:39.579 --> 00:42:39.759
 and

00:42:39.759 --> 00:42:40.199
 participate

00:42:40.199 --> 00:42:40.480
 in

00:42:40.480 --> 00:42:41.279
 idolatrous

00:42:41.279 --> 00:42:41.920
 feasts

00:42:41.920 --> 00:42:44.000
 is

00:42:44.000 --> 00:42:44.300
 like

00:42:44.300 --> 00:42:44.880
 making

00:42:44.880 --> 00:42:45.119
 the

00:42:45.119 --> 00:42:45.280
 Lord

00:42:45.280 --> 00:42:46.039
 participate

00:42:46.039 --> 00:42:49.440
 participating

00:42:49.440 --> 00:42:49.860
 with

00:42:49.860 --> 00:42:50.300
 demons

00:42:50.300 --> 00:42:50.980
 as

00:42:50.980 --> 00:42:51.199
 Paul

00:42:51.199 --> 00:42:51.460
 says

00:42:51.460 --> 00:42:51.599
 in

00:42:51.599 --> 00:42:51.760
 1

00:42:51.760 --> 00:42:52.139
 Corinthians

00:42:52.139 --> 00:42:52.480
 10

00:42:52.480 --> 00:42:53.519
 Christians

00:42:53.519 --> 00:42:54.039
 cannot

00:42:54.039 --> 00:42:54.579
 double

00:42:54.579 --> 00:42:54.800
 dip

00:42:54.800 --> 00:42:55.019
 like

00:42:55.019 --> 00:42:55.320
 that

00:42:55.320 --> 00:42:59.159
 and

00:42:59.159 --> 00:42:59.300
 so

00:42:59.300 --> 00:42:59.679
 Jesus

00:42:59.679 --> 00:43:00.139
 lays

00:43:00.139 --> 00:43:00.340
 on

00:43:00.340 --> 00:43:00.559
 them

00:43:00.559 --> 00:43:01.360
 no

00:43:01.360 --> 00:43:01.639
 greater

00:43:01.639 --> 00:43:01.940
 burden

00:43:01.940 --> 00:43:02.199
 than

00:43:02.199 --> 00:43:02.579
 these

00:43:02.579 --> 00:43:03.539
 because

00:43:03.539 --> 00:43:03.940
 remember

00:43:03.940 --> 00:43:04.139
 from

00:43:04.139 --> 00:43:04.300
 verse

00:43:04.300 --> 00:43:04.519
 19

00:43:04.519 --> 00:43:04.739
 they're

00:43:04.739 --> 00:43:05.000
 actually

00:43:05.000 --> 00:43:05.280
 doing

00:43:05.280 --> 00:43:05.460
 all

00:43:05.460 --> 00:43:05.619
 these

00:43:05.619 --> 00:43:05.800
 other

00:43:05.800 --> 00:43:06.059
 things

00:43:06.059 --> 00:43:06.599
 well

00:43:06.599 --> 00:43:07.800
 they

00:43:07.800 --> 00:43:07.960
 have

00:43:07.960 --> 00:43:08.400
 love

00:43:08.400 --> 00:43:08.599
 and

00:43:08.599 --> 00:43:09.000
 faith

00:43:09.000 --> 00:43:09.199
 and

00:43:09.199 --> 00:43:09.599
 service

00:43:09.599 --> 00:43:09.840
 and

00:43:09.840 --> 00:43:10.219
 patience

00:43:10.219 --> 00:43:10.760
 and

00:43:10.760 --> 00:43:11.340
 endurance

00:43:11.340 --> 00:43:13.079
 they need

00:43:13.079 --> 00:43:13.320
 to hold

00:43:13.320 --> 00:43:13.760
 fast

00:43:13.760 --> 00:43:14.060
 those

00:43:14.060 --> 00:43:14.440
 things

00:43:14.440 --> 00:43:15.100
 until

00:43:15.100 --> 00:43:15.740
 Jesus

00:43:15.740 --> 00:43:16.480
 comes

00:43:16.480 --> 00:43:18.520
 that

00:43:18.520 --> 00:43:19.640
 time frame

00:43:19.640 --> 00:43:20.160
 refers to

00:43:20.160 --> 00:43:20.440
 the same

00:43:20.440 --> 00:43:20.800
 time as

00:43:20.800 --> 00:43:21.480
 the end

00:43:21.480 --> 00:43:21.840
 mentioned

00:43:21.840 --> 00:43:22.040
 in

00:43:22.040 --> 00:43:22.160
 verse

00:43:22.160 --> 00:43:22.700
 26

00:43:22.700 --> 00:43:23.220
 it

00:43:23.220 --> 00:43:23.340
 could

00:43:23.340 --> 00:43:23.460
 be

00:43:23.460 --> 00:43:23.620
 the

00:43:23.620 --> 00:43:23.980
 end

00:43:23.980 --> 00:43:24.200
 when

00:43:24.200 --> 00:43:24.480
 Jesus

00:43:24.480 --> 00:43:24.980
 returns

00:43:24.980 --> 00:43:25.180
 to

00:43:25.180 --> 00:43:25.420
 judge

00:43:25.420 --> 00:43:25.560
 the

00:43:25.560 --> 00:43:25.700
 living

00:43:25.700 --> 00:43:25.860
 and

00:43:25.860 --> 00:43:25.960
 the

00:43:25.960 --> 00:43:26.140
 dead

00:43:26.140 --> 00:43:26.360
 or

00:43:26.360 --> 00:43:26.520
 it

00:43:26.520 --> 00:43:26.660
 could

00:43:26.660 --> 00:43:26.920
 be

00:43:26.920 --> 00:43:27.500
 the

00:43:27.500 --> 00:43:27.900
 end

00:43:27.900 --> 00:43:28.160
 of

00:43:28.160 --> 00:43:28.320
 the

00:43:28.320 --> 00:43:28.760
 believer's

00:43:28.760 --> 00:43:29.100
 life

00:43:29.100 --> 00:43:29.760
 when

00:43:29.760 --> 00:43:30.060
 Jesus

00:43:30.060 --> 00:43:30.420
 comes

00:43:30.420 --> 00:43:30.560
 to

00:43:30.560 --> 00:43:30.680
 him

00:43:30.680 --> 00:43:30.820
 where

00:43:30.820 --> 00:43:30.960
 he

00:43:30.960 --> 00:43:31.220
 goes

00:43:31.220 --> 00:43:31.360
 to

00:43:31.360 --> 00:43:31.460
 be

00:43:31.460 --> 00:43:31.600
 with

00:43:31.600 --> 00:43:31.740
 the

00:43:31.740 --> 00:43:31.980
 Lord

00:43:31.980 --> 00:43:32.820
 whichever

00:43:32.820 --> 00:43:33.240
 comes

00:43:33.240 --> 00:43:33.740
 first

00:43:33.740 --> 00:43:36.680
 to

00:43:36.680 --> 00:43:36.940
 those

00:43:36.940 --> 00:43:37.100
 who

00:43:37.100 --> 00:43:37.680
 persevere

00:43:37.680 --> 00:43:37.960
 till

00:43:37.960 --> 00:43:38.100
 the

00:43:38.100 --> 00:43:38.320
 end

00:43:38.320 --> 00:43:38.620
 Jesus

00:43:38.620 --> 00:43:39.240
 promises

00:43:39.240 --> 00:43:39.700
 this

00:43:39.700 --> 00:43:40.340
 award

00:43:40.340 --> 00:43:40.880
 my

00:43:40.880 --> 00:43:41.200
 final

00:43:41.200 --> 00:43:41.540
 point

00:43:41.540 --> 00:43:41.880
 award

00:43:41.880 --> 00:43:42.099
 for

00:43:42.099 --> 00:43:42.280
 the

00:43:42.280 --> 00:43:42.619
 servants

00:43:42.619 --> 00:43:42.800
 of

00:43:42.800 --> 00:43:43.119
 Christ

00:43:43.119 --> 00:43:43.860
 in

00:43:43.860 --> 00:43:44.039
 verses

00:43:44.039 --> 00:43:44.559
 26

00:43:44.559 --> 00:43:44.700
 to

00:43:44.700 --> 00:43:45.079
 28

00:43:45.079 --> 00:43:46.559
 the

00:43:46.559 --> 00:43:46.780
 one

00:43:46.780 --> 00:43:46.980
 who

00:43:46.980 --> 00:43:47.599
 conquers

00:43:47.599 --> 00:43:48.300
 and

00:43:48.300 --> 00:43:48.420
 who

00:43:48.420 --> 00:43:48.720
 keeps

00:43:48.720 --> 00:43:48.960
 my

00:43:48.960 --> 00:43:49.240
 works

00:43:49.240 --> 00:43:49.559
 until

00:43:49.559 --> 00:43:49.780
 the

00:43:49.780 --> 00:43:50.180
 end

00:43:50.180 --> 00:43:50.780
 to

00:43:50.780 --> 00:43:51.079
 him

00:43:51.079 --> 00:43:51.220
 I

00:43:51.220 --> 00:43:51.340
 will

00:43:51.340 --> 00:43:51.500
 give

00:43:51.500 --> 00:43:52.039
 authority

00:43:52.039 --> 00:43:52.360
 over

00:43:52.360 --> 00:43:52.539
 the

00:43:52.539 --> 00:43:52.920
 nations

00:43:52.920 --> 00:43:53.619
 and

00:43:53.619 --> 00:43:53.700
 he

00:43:53.700 --> 00:43:53.820
 will

00:43:53.820 --> 00:43:54.079
 rule

00:43:54.079 --> 00:43:54.300
 them

00:43:54.300 --> 00:43:54.460
 with

00:43:54.460 --> 00:43:54.599
 a

00:43:54.599 --> 00:43:54.780
 rod

00:43:54.780 --> 00:43:54.920
 of

00:43:54.920 --> 00:43:55.280
 iron

00:43:55.280 --> 00:43:55.820
 as

00:43:55.820 --> 00:43:55.980
 when

00:43:55.980 --> 00:43:56.240
 earth

00:43:56.240 --> 00:43:56.420
 and

00:43:56.420 --> 00:43:56.800
 pots

00:43:56.800 --> 00:43:57.019
 are

00:43:57.019 --> 00:43:57.340
 broken

00:43:57.340 --> 00:43:57.559
 in

00:43:57.559 --> 00:43:57.880
 pieces

00:43:57.880 --> 00:43:58.559
 even

00:43:58.559 --> 00:43:58.780
 as

00:43:58.780 --> 00:43:58.900
 I

00:43:58.900 --> 00:43:59.280
 myself

00:43:59.280 --> 00:43:59.440
 have

00:43:59.440 --> 00:43:59.700
 received

00:43:59.699 --> 00:44:00.099
 authority

00:44:00.099 --> 00:44:00.399
 from

00:44:00.399 --> 00:44:00.599
 the

00:44:00.599 --> 00:44:00.919
 father

00:44:00.919 --> 00:44:01.199
 and

00:44:01.199 --> 00:44:01.299
 I

00:44:01.299 --> 00:44:01.439
 will

00:44:01.439 --> 00:44:01.659
 give

00:44:01.659 --> 00:44:02.099
 him

00:44:02.099 --> 00:44:02.619
 the

00:44:02.619 --> 00:44:03.119
 morning

00:44:03.119 --> 00:44:03.859
 star

00:44:03.859 --> 00:44:06.099
 remember

00:44:06.099 --> 00:44:06.219
 I

00:44:06.219 --> 00:44:06.460
 mentioned

00:44:06.460 --> 00:44:06.619
 to

00:44:06.619 --> 00:44:06.719
 you

00:44:06.719 --> 00:44:06.879
 that

00:44:06.879 --> 00:44:07.019
 the

00:44:07.019 --> 00:44:07.319
 title

00:44:07.319 --> 00:44:07.599
 son

00:44:07.599 --> 00:44:07.739
 of

00:44:07.739 --> 00:44:07.939
 God

00:44:07.939 --> 00:44:08.119
 is

00:44:08.119 --> 00:44:08.419
 from

00:44:08.419 --> 00:44:08.899
 psalm

00:44:08.899 --> 00:44:09.259
 2

00:44:09.259 --> 00:44:09.799
 so

00:44:09.799 --> 00:44:10.059
 this

00:44:10.059 --> 00:44:10.279
 here

00:44:10.279 --> 00:44:10.539
 is

00:44:10.539 --> 00:44:10.859
 a

00:44:10.859 --> 00:44:11.119
 direct

00:44:11.119 --> 00:44:11.679
 quotation

00:44:11.679 --> 00:44:11.939
 of

00:44:11.939 --> 00:44:12.279
 psalm

00:44:12.279 --> 00:44:12.559
 2

00:44:12.559 --> 00:44:12.899
 verse

00:44:12.899 --> 00:44:13.279
 9

00:44:13.279 --> 00:44:14.379
 the

00:44:14.379 --> 00:44:14.679
 psalm

00:44:14.679 --> 00:44:15.279
 describes

00:44:15.279 --> 00:44:15.480
 how

00:44:15.480 --> 00:44:15.719
 God

00:44:15.719 --> 00:44:16.059
 gives

00:44:16.059 --> 00:44:16.659
 authority

00:44:16.659 --> 00:44:17.119
 to

00:44:17.119 --> 00:44:17.480
 his

00:44:17.480 --> 00:44:17.980
 anointed

00:44:17.980 --> 00:44:18.439
 one

00:44:18.439 --> 00:44:18.639
 the

00:44:18.639 --> 00:44:19.159
 Davidic

00:44:19.159 --> 00:44:19.500
 king

00:44:19.500 --> 00:44:20.159
 the

00:44:20.159 --> 00:44:20.539
 son

00:44:20.539 --> 00:44:20.779
 of

00:44:20.779 --> 00:44:21.079
 God

00:44:21.079 --> 00:44:21.980
 and

00:44:21.980 --> 00:44:22.259
 then

00:44:22.259 --> 00:44:22.759
 it

00:44:22.759 --> 00:44:23.019
 says

00:44:23.019 --> 00:44:23.419
 you

00:44:23.419 --> 00:44:23.759
 shall

00:44:23.759 --> 00:44:24.139
 break

00:44:24.139 --> 00:44:24.460
 them

00:44:24.460 --> 00:44:24.659
 with

00:44:24.659 --> 00:44:24.779
 a

00:44:24.779 --> 00:44:24.980
 rod

00:44:24.980 --> 00:44:25.139
 of

00:44:25.139 --> 00:44:25.419
 iron

00:44:25.419 --> 00:44:25.659
 and

00:44:25.659 --> 00:44:25.940
 dash

00:44:25.940 --> 00:44:26.259
 them

00:44:26.259 --> 00:44:26.440
 in

00:44:26.440 --> 00:44:26.679
 pieces

00:44:26.679 --> 00:44:26.899
 like

00:44:26.899 --> 00:44:27.059
 a

00:44:27.059 --> 00:44:27.420
 potter's

00:44:27.420 --> 00:44:27.699
 vessel

00:44:27.699 --> 00:44:27.980
 that's

00:44:27.980 --> 00:44:28.239
 psalm

00:44:28.239 --> 00:44:28.420
 2

00:44:28.420 --> 00:44:28.619
 9

00:44:28.619 --> 00:44:29.659
 there's

00:44:29.659 --> 00:44:29.759
 a

00:44:29.759 --> 00:44:30.019
 slight

00:44:30.019 --> 00:44:30.659
 translational

00:44:30.659 --> 00:44:31.039
 difference

00:44:31.039 --> 00:44:31.279
 there

00:44:31.279 --> 00:44:31.679
 psalm

00:44:31.679 --> 00:44:31.839
 2

00:44:31.839 --> 00:44:32.039
 9

00:44:32.039 --> 00:44:32.279
 says

00:44:32.279 --> 00:44:32.799
 break

00:44:32.799 --> 00:44:33.059
 them

00:44:33.059 --> 00:44:33.219
 with

00:44:33.219 --> 00:44:33.339
 a

00:44:33.339 --> 00:44:33.480
 rod

00:44:33.480 --> 00:44:33.579
 of

00:44:33.579 --> 00:44:33.819
 iron

00:44:33.819 --> 00:44:34.679
 revelation

00:44:34.679 --> 00:44:34.920
 2

00:44:34.920 --> 00:44:35.279
 27

00:44:35.279 --> 00:44:35.599
 says

00:44:35.599 --> 00:44:36.000
 rule

00:44:36.000 --> 00:44:36.319
 them

00:44:36.319 --> 00:44:36.899
 with

00:44:36.899 --> 00:44:37.019
 a

00:44:37.019 --> 00:44:37.179
 rod

00:44:37.179 --> 00:44:37.299
 of

00:44:37.299 --> 00:44:37.599
 iron

00:44:37.599 --> 00:44:38.399
 and

00:44:38.399 --> 00:44:38.639
 that's

00:44:38.639 --> 00:44:38.940
 because

00:44:38.940 --> 00:44:39.259
 the

00:44:39.259 --> 00:44:39.599
 Hebrew

00:44:39.599 --> 00:44:40.019
 manuscripts

00:44:40.019 --> 00:44:40.339
 don't

00:44:40.339 --> 00:44:40.539
 have

00:44:40.539 --> 00:44:40.960
 verbs

00:44:40.960 --> 00:44:41.659
 it's

00:44:41.659 --> 00:44:41.819
 just

00:44:41.819 --> 00:44:42.379
 consonants

00:44:42.379 --> 00:44:42.699
 and so

00:44:42.699 --> 00:44:42.920
 you have

00:44:42.920 --> 00:44:43.039
 to

00:44:43.039 --> 00:44:43.199
 kind

00:44:43.199 --> 00:44:43.379
 of

00:44:43.379 --> 00:44:43.879
 use

00:44:43.879 --> 00:44:44.279
 contextual

00:44:44.279 --> 00:44:44.559
 clues

00:44:44.559 --> 00:44:44.719
 to

00:44:44.719 --> 00:44:44.899
 figure

00:44:44.899 --> 00:44:45.099
 out

00:44:45.099 --> 00:44:45.259
 what

00:44:45.259 --> 00:44:45.440
 the

00:44:45.440 --> 00:44:45.679
 word

00:44:45.679 --> 00:44:46.000
 is

00:44:46.000 --> 00:44:46.960
 and

00:44:46.960 --> 00:44:47.739
 depending

00:44:47.739 --> 00:44:48.899
 on

00:44:48.899 --> 00:44:49.079
 which

00:44:49.079 --> 00:44:49.420
 verbs

00:44:49.420 --> 00:44:49.559
 you

00:44:49.559 --> 00:44:49.879
 supply

00:44:49.879 --> 00:44:50.039
 it

00:44:50.039 --> 00:44:50.139
 can

00:44:50.139 --> 00:44:50.299
 mean

00:44:50.299 --> 00:44:50.719
 break

00:44:50.719 --> 00:44:51.219
 or

00:44:51.219 --> 00:44:51.359
 it

00:44:51.359 --> 00:44:51.500
 could

00:44:51.500 --> 00:44:51.819
 mean

00:44:51.819 --> 00:44:52.539
 shepherd

00:44:52.539 --> 00:44:52.980
 or

00:44:52.980 --> 00:44:53.420
 rule

00:44:53.420 --> 00:44:55.000
 I

00:44:55.000 --> 00:44:55.259
 think

00:44:55.260 --> 00:44:55.600
 however

00:44:55.600 --> 00:44:55.880
 for

00:44:55.880 --> 00:44:56.340
 interpreting

00:44:56.340 --> 00:44:56.820
 this

00:44:56.820 --> 00:44:57.140
 passage

00:44:57.140 --> 00:44:57.280
 it

00:44:57.280 --> 00:44:57.520
 doesn't

00:44:57.520 --> 00:44:57.700
 really

00:44:57.700 --> 00:44:57.960
 matter

00:44:57.960 --> 00:44:58.160
 all

00:44:58.160 --> 00:44:58.320
 that

00:44:58.320 --> 00:44:58.560
 much

00:44:58.560 --> 00:44:58.900
 because

00:44:58.900 --> 00:44:59.220
 in

00:44:59.220 --> 00:44:59.420
 verse

00:44:59.420 --> 00:45:00.120
 27

00:45:00.120 --> 00:45:01.260
 it

00:45:01.260 --> 00:45:01.420
 says

00:45:01.420 --> 00:45:01.720
 rule

00:45:01.720 --> 00:45:01.940
 them

00:45:01.940 --> 00:45:02.120
 with

00:45:02.120 --> 00:45:02.260
 the

00:45:02.260 --> 00:45:02.420
 rod

00:45:02.420 --> 00:45:02.580
 of

00:45:02.580 --> 00:45:02.860
 iron

00:45:02.860 --> 00:45:03.440
 and

00:45:03.440 --> 00:45:03.560
 then

00:45:03.560 --> 00:45:03.720
 it's

00:45:03.720 --> 00:45:04.000
 immediately

00:45:04.000 --> 00:45:04.300
 followed

00:45:04.300 --> 00:45:04.520
 by

00:45:04.520 --> 00:45:04.800
 as

00:45:04.800 --> 00:45:04.980
 when

00:45:04.980 --> 00:45:05.400
 earthen

00:45:05.400 --> 00:45:05.760
 pots

00:45:05.760 --> 00:45:05.960
 are

00:45:05.960 --> 00:45:06.560
 broken

00:45:06.560 --> 00:45:06.980
 in

00:45:06.980 --> 00:45:07.320
 pieces

00:45:07.320 --> 00:45:08.100
 so

00:45:08.100 --> 00:45:08.540
 clearly

00:45:08.540 --> 00:45:08.980
 it's

00:45:08.980 --> 00:45:09.120
 the

00:45:09.120 --> 00:45:09.580
 authority

00:45:09.580 --> 00:45:09.920
 to

00:45:09.920 --> 00:45:10.500
 punish

00:45:10.500 --> 00:45:10.940
 the

00:45:10.940 --> 00:45:11.460
 rebellious

00:45:11.460 --> 00:45:11.960
 nations

00:45:11.960 --> 00:45:12.760
 that's

00:45:12.760 --> 00:45:12.880
 in

00:45:12.880 --> 00:45:13.120
 view

00:45:13.120 --> 00:45:14.920
 it's

00:45:14.920 --> 00:45:15.100
 this

00:45:15.100 --> 00:45:15.340
 very

00:45:15.340 --> 00:45:15.820
 authority

00:45:15.820 --> 00:45:16.040
 of

00:45:16.040 --> 00:45:16.520
 Christ

00:45:16.520 --> 00:45:16.960
 the

00:45:16.960 --> 00:45:17.540
 scepter

00:45:17.540 --> 00:45:17.960
 and

00:45:17.960 --> 00:45:18.320
 rule

00:45:18.320 --> 00:45:18.460
 of

00:45:18.460 --> 00:45:18.720
 Christ

00:45:18.720 --> 00:45:18.940
 that's

00:45:18.940 --> 00:45:19.320
 promised

00:45:19.320 --> 00:45:19.520
 to

00:45:19.520 --> 00:45:19.760
 God's

00:45:19.760 --> 00:45:20.000
 people

00:45:20.000 --> 00:45:20.200
 who

00:45:20.199 --> 00:45:20.599
 conquer

00:45:20.599 --> 00:45:21.239
 and

00:45:21.239 --> 00:45:21.539
 keep

00:45:21.539 --> 00:45:22.019
 Christ's

00:45:22.019 --> 00:45:22.199
 work

00:45:22.199 --> 00:45:22.519
 until

00:45:22.519 --> 00:45:22.739
 the

00:45:22.739 --> 00:45:23.039
 end

00:45:23.039 --> 00:45:24.379
 the

00:45:24.379 --> 00:45:24.799
 promise

00:45:24.799 --> 00:45:25.019
 of

00:45:25.019 --> 00:45:25.179
 the

00:45:25.179 --> 00:45:25.519
 morning

00:45:25.519 --> 00:45:26.039
 star

00:45:26.039 --> 00:45:26.219
 in

00:45:26.219 --> 00:45:26.359
 verse

00:45:26.359 --> 00:45:26.739
 28

00:45:26.739 --> 00:45:26.919
 is

00:45:26.919 --> 00:45:27.099
 getting

00:45:27.099 --> 00:45:27.219
 at

00:45:27.219 --> 00:45:27.359
 the

00:45:27.359 --> 00:45:27.699
 same

00:45:27.699 --> 00:45:28.179
 idea

00:45:28.179 --> 00:45:28.779
 the

00:45:28.779 --> 00:45:29.159
 Romans

00:45:29.159 --> 00:45:29.739
 called

00:45:29.739 --> 00:45:30.000
 the

00:45:30.000 --> 00:45:30.419
 goddess

00:45:30.419 --> 00:45:31.000
 Venus

00:45:31.000 --> 00:45:31.379
 the

00:45:31.379 --> 00:45:31.859
 morning

00:45:31.859 --> 00:45:32.460
 star

00:45:32.460 --> 00:45:33.939
 Roman

00:45:33.939 --> 00:45:34.619
 emperors

00:45:34.619 --> 00:45:35.179
 claimed

00:45:35.179 --> 00:45:35.460
 to be

00:45:35.460 --> 00:45:35.899
 descended

00:45:35.899 --> 00:45:36.279
 from

00:45:36.279 --> 00:45:36.699
 Venus

00:45:36.699 --> 00:45:37.239
 and

00:45:37.239 --> 00:45:37.579
 Roman

00:45:37.579 --> 00:45:38.279
 generals

00:45:38.279 --> 00:45:38.859
 carried

00:45:38.859 --> 00:45:39.779
 standards

00:45:39.779 --> 00:45:40.460
 flags

00:45:40.460 --> 00:45:41.019
 that had

00:45:41.019 --> 00:45:41.439
 the sign

00:45:41.439 --> 00:45:41.659
 of the

00:45:41.659 --> 00:45:41.919
 morning

00:45:41.919 --> 00:45:42.379
 star

00:45:42.379 --> 00:45:44.059
 over

00:45:44.059 --> 00:45:44.500
 50

00:45:44.500 --> 00:45:45.000
 countries

00:45:45.000 --> 00:45:45.279
 in the

00:45:45.279 --> 00:45:45.500
 world

00:45:45.500 --> 00:45:45.819
 today

00:45:45.819 --> 00:45:46.159
 still

00:45:46.159 --> 00:45:46.539
 including

00:45:46.539 --> 00:45:46.879
 ours

00:45:46.879 --> 00:45:47.139
 have

00:45:47.139 --> 00:45:47.639
 stars

00:45:47.639 --> 00:45:48.000
 on their

00:45:48.000 --> 00:45:48.299
 flags

00:45:48.299 --> 00:45:48.559
 because

00:45:48.559 --> 00:45:49.059
 star

00:45:49.059 --> 00:45:49.439
 is a

00:45:49.440 --> 00:45:49.740
 symbol

00:45:49.740 --> 00:45:49.960
 of

00:45:49.960 --> 00:45:50.519
 sovereignty

00:45:50.519 --> 00:45:51.300
 and

00:45:51.300 --> 00:45:51.720
 rule

00:45:51.720 --> 00:45:54.220
 and

00:45:54.220 --> 00:45:54.340
 so

00:45:54.340 --> 00:45:54.539
 this

00:45:54.539 --> 00:45:54.880
 serves

00:45:54.880 --> 00:45:55.039
 a

00:45:55.039 --> 00:45:55.380
 polemical

00:45:55.380 --> 00:45:55.800
 purpose

00:45:55.800 --> 00:45:56.019
 as

00:45:56.019 --> 00:45:56.240
 well

00:45:56.240 --> 00:45:56.519
 when

00:45:56.519 --> 00:45:57.039
 Jesus

00:45:57.039 --> 00:45:57.500
 says

00:45:57.500 --> 00:45:58.840
 I

00:45:58.840 --> 00:45:58.960
 will

00:45:58.960 --> 00:45:59.119
 give

00:45:59.119 --> 00:45:59.179
 you

00:45:59.179 --> 00:45:59.300
 the

00:45:59.300 --> 00:45:59.500
 morning

00:45:59.500 --> 00:45:59.880
 star

00:45:59.880 --> 00:46:00.400
 and

00:46:00.400 --> 00:46:00.679
 later

00:46:00.679 --> 00:46:00.900
 in

00:46:00.900 --> 00:46:01.220
 Revelation

00:46:01.220 --> 00:46:01.559
 22

00:46:01.559 --> 00:46:02.019
 16

00:46:02.019 --> 00:46:02.360
 Jesus

00:46:02.360 --> 00:46:02.559
 says

00:46:02.559 --> 00:46:03.019
 I

00:46:03.019 --> 00:46:03.440
 am

00:46:03.440 --> 00:46:03.639
 the

00:46:03.639 --> 00:46:03.880
 root

00:46:03.880 --> 00:46:04.139
 of

00:46:04.139 --> 00:46:04.519
 David

00:46:04.519 --> 00:46:05.200
 the

00:46:05.200 --> 00:46:06.039
 bright

00:46:06.039 --> 00:46:06.559
 I

00:46:06.559 --> 00:46:06.700
 am

00:46:06.700 --> 00:46:06.840
 the

00:46:06.840 --> 00:46:06.980
 root

00:46:06.980 --> 00:46:07.099
 and

00:46:07.099 --> 00:46:07.539
 descendant

00:46:07.539 --> 00:46:07.659
 of

00:46:07.659 --> 00:46:07.860
 David

00:46:07.860 --> 00:46:08.039
 the

00:46:08.039 --> 00:46:08.440
 bright

00:46:08.440 --> 00:46:09.039
 morning

00:46:09.039 --> 00:46:09.740
 star

00:46:09.740 --> 00:46:11.820
 so

00:46:11.820 --> 00:46:12.440
 Jesus

00:46:12.440 --> 00:46:12.800
 is

00:46:12.800 --> 00:46:12.920
 the

00:46:12.920 --> 00:46:13.079
 true

00:46:13.079 --> 00:46:13.320
 morning

00:46:13.320 --> 00:46:13.659
 star

00:46:13.659 --> 00:46:14.400
 not

00:46:14.400 --> 00:46:14.700
 these

00:46:14.700 --> 00:46:15.019
 false

00:46:15.019 --> 00:46:15.300
 idols

00:46:15.300 --> 00:46:15.639
 not

00:46:15.639 --> 00:46:16.159
 Caesar

00:46:16.159 --> 00:46:17.500
 Jesus

00:46:17.500 --> 00:46:17.760
 is

00:46:17.760 --> 00:46:17.860
 the

00:46:17.860 --> 00:46:18.000
 one

00:46:18.000 --> 00:46:18.139
 who

00:46:18.139 --> 00:46:18.300
 has

00:46:18.300 --> 00:46:18.480
 all

00:46:18.480 --> 00:46:18.980
 authority

00:46:19.440 --> 00:46:19.579
 power

00:46:19.579 --> 00:46:19.800
 and

00:46:19.800 --> 00:46:20.240
 sovereignty

00:46:20.240 --> 00:46:21.280
 and

00:46:21.280 --> 00:46:21.740
 Jesus

00:46:21.740 --> 00:46:22.240
 promised

00:46:22.240 --> 00:46:22.480
 us

00:46:22.480 --> 00:46:22.599
 that

00:46:22.599 --> 00:46:22.780
 if

00:46:22.780 --> 00:46:23.039
 we

00:46:23.039 --> 00:46:23.700
 persevere

00:46:23.700 --> 00:46:24.340
 he

00:46:24.340 --> 00:46:24.599
 will

00:46:24.599 --> 00:46:24.880
 give

00:46:24.880 --> 00:46:25.099
 us

00:46:25.099 --> 00:46:25.380
 the

00:46:25.380 --> 00:46:25.800
 morning

00:46:25.800 --> 00:46:26.380
 star

00:46:26.380 --> 00:46:27.780
 that's

00:46:27.780 --> 00:46:27.900
 an

00:46:27.900 --> 00:46:28.240
 amazing

00:46:28.240 --> 00:46:29.119
 promise

00:46:29.119 --> 00:46:30.079
 because

00:46:30.079 --> 00:46:30.980
 the

00:46:30.980 --> 00:46:31.200
 morning

00:46:31.200 --> 00:46:31.440
 star

00:46:31.440 --> 00:46:31.599
 is

00:46:31.599 --> 00:46:31.940
 nothing

00:46:31.940 --> 00:46:32.440
 less

00:46:32.440 --> 00:46:32.780
 than

00:46:32.780 --> 00:46:33.200
 Jesus

00:46:33.200 --> 00:46:33.940
 himself

00:46:33.940 --> 00:46:34.840
 he

00:46:34.840 --> 00:46:35.159
 is

00:46:35.159 --> 00:46:35.320
 the

00:46:35.320 --> 00:46:35.679
 bright

00:46:35.679 --> 00:46:36.300
 morning

00:46:36.300 --> 00:46:36.760
 star

00:46:36.760 --> 00:46:36.920
 and

00:46:36.920 --> 00:46:37.179
 he

00:46:37.179 --> 00:46:37.420
 is

00:46:37.420 --> 00:46:37.639
 our

00:46:37.639 --> 00:46:38.400
 supreme

00:46:38.400 --> 00:46:38.940
 treasure

00:46:38.940 --> 00:46:39.500
 and

00:46:39.500 --> 00:46:40.019
 reward

00:46:40.019 --> 00:46:41.480
 in

00:46:41.480 --> 00:46:41.920
 heaven

00:46:41.920 --> 00:46:42.119
 and

00:46:42.119 --> 00:46:42.220
 in

00:46:42.220 --> 00:46:42.320
 the

00:46:42.320 --> 00:46:42.460
 new

00:46:42.460 --> 00:46:42.780
 heavens

00:46:42.780 --> 00:46:42.920
 and

00:46:42.920 --> 00:46:43.039
 the

00:46:43.039 --> 00:46:43.200
 new

00:46:43.200 --> 00:46:43.420
 earth

00:46:43.420 --> 00:46:43.559
 we

00:46:43.559 --> 00:46:43.720
 will

00:46:43.720 --> 00:46:44.139
 have

00:46:44.139 --> 00:46:44.539
 our

00:46:44.539 --> 00:46:45.360
 bridegroom

00:46:45.360 --> 00:46:46.119
 our

00:46:46.119 --> 00:46:46.740
 shepherd

00:46:46.740 --> 00:46:47.420
 and

00:46:47.420 --> 00:46:47.659
 our

00:46:47.659 --> 00:46:48.220
 redeemer

00:46:48.220 --> 00:46:48.480
 of

00:46:48.480 --> 00:46:48.659
 our

00:46:48.659 --> 00:46:49.099
 souls

00:46:49.099 --> 00:46:49.380
 our

00:46:49.380 --> 00:46:49.960
 bright

00:46:49.960 --> 00:46:50.559
 morning

00:46:50.559 --> 00:46:51.139
 star

00:46:51.139 --> 00:46:51.460
 we

00:46:51.460 --> 00:46:51.639
 will

00:46:51.639 --> 00:46:52.039
 belong

00:46:52.039 --> 00:46:52.239
 to

00:46:52.239 --> 00:46:52.599
 him

00:46:52.599 --> 00:46:53.019
 and

00:46:53.019 --> 00:46:53.239
 he

00:46:53.239 --> 00:46:53.440
 will

00:46:53.440 --> 00:46:53.619
 be

00:46:53.619 --> 00:46:54.119
 ours

00:46:54.119 --> 00:46:54.980
 and

00:46:54.980 --> 00:46:55.139
 we

00:46:55.139 --> 00:46:55.319
 will

00:46:55.319 --> 00:46:55.500
 be

00:46:55.500 --> 00:46:55.940
 his

00:46:55.940 --> 00:47:00.380
 that's

00:47:00.380 --> 00:47:00.519
 the

00:47:00.519 --> 00:47:01.039
 promise

00:47:01.039 --> 00:47:03.000
 and

00:47:03.000 --> 00:47:03.860
 included

00:47:03.860 --> 00:47:04.019
 in

00:47:04.019 --> 00:47:04.119
 that

00:47:04.119 --> 00:47:04.519
 promise

00:47:04.519 --> 00:47:04.779
 is

00:47:04.779 --> 00:47:04.960
 the

00:47:04.960 --> 00:47:05.559
 participation

00:47:05.559 --> 00:47:06.440
 in

00:47:06.440 --> 00:47:07.199
 Christ's

00:47:07.199 --> 00:47:07.579
 rule

00:47:07.579 --> 00:47:07.940
 over

00:47:07.940 --> 00:47:08.119
 the

00:47:08.119 --> 00:47:08.539
 nations

00:47:08.539 --> 00:47:10.920
 in

00:47:10.920 --> 00:47:11.800
 Balaam's

00:47:11.800 --> 00:47:12.259
 prophecy

00:47:12.259 --> 00:47:13.119
 of the

00:47:13.119 --> 00:47:13.360
 coming

00:47:13.360 --> 00:47:13.759
 Messiah

00:47:13.759 --> 00:47:14.019
 in

00:47:14.019 --> 00:47:14.380
 Numbers

00:47:14.380 --> 00:47:14.800
 24

00:47:14.800 --> 00:47:15.279
 17

00:47:15.279 --> 00:47:15.460
 to

00:47:15.460 --> 00:47:15.759
 19

00:47:15.759 --> 00:47:15.980
 it

00:47:15.980 --> 00:47:16.179
 says

00:47:16.179 --> 00:47:16.719
 a

00:47:16.719 --> 00:47:17.360
 star

00:47:17.360 --> 00:47:17.779
 shall

00:47:17.779 --> 00:47:18.239
 come

00:47:18.239 --> 00:47:18.840
 out

00:47:18.840 --> 00:47:18.980
 of

00:47:18.980 --> 00:47:19.279
 Jacob

00:47:19.279 --> 00:47:19.860
 and

00:47:19.860 --> 00:47:20.179
 a

00:47:20.179 --> 00:47:20.639
 scepter

00:47:20.639 --> 00:47:21.039
 shall

00:47:21.039 --> 00:47:21.500
 rise

00:47:21.500 --> 00:47:21.719
 out

00:47:21.719 --> 00:47:21.840
 of

00:47:21.840 --> 00:47:22.219
 Israel

00:47:22.219 --> 00:47:22.820
 it

00:47:22.820 --> 00:47:23.019
 shall

00:47:23.019 --> 00:47:23.420
 crush

00:47:23.420 --> 00:47:23.619
 the

00:47:23.619 --> 00:47:23.920
 forehead

00:47:23.920 --> 00:47:24.119
 of

00:47:24.119 --> 00:47:24.440
 Moab

00:47:24.440 --> 00:47:24.619
 and

00:47:24.619 --> 00:47:24.880
 break

00:47:24.880 --> 00:47:25.079
 down

00:47:25.079 --> 00:47:25.239
 all

00:47:25.239 --> 00:47:25.380
 the

00:47:25.380 --> 00:47:25.659
 sons

00:47:25.659 --> 00:47:25.820
 of

00:47:25.820 --> 00:47:26.199
 Sheth

00:47:26.199 --> 00:47:26.900
 Edom

00:47:26.900 --> 00:47:27.119
 shall

00:47:27.119 --> 00:47:27.279
 be

00:47:27.279 --> 00:47:27.900
 dispossessed

00:47:27.900 --> 00:47:37.960
 notice

00:47:37.960 --> 00:47:38.220
 that

00:47:38.220 --> 00:47:38.920
 star

00:47:38.920 --> 00:47:39.500
 is

00:47:39.500 --> 00:47:39.880
 parallel

00:47:39.880 --> 00:47:40.119
 to

00:47:40.119 --> 00:47:40.820
 scepter

00:47:40.820 --> 00:47:41.240
 because

00:47:41.240 --> 00:47:41.360
 they

00:47:41.360 --> 00:47:41.619
 both

00:47:41.619 --> 00:47:42.220
 symbolize

00:47:42.220 --> 00:47:42.680
 rule

00:47:42.680 --> 00:47:44.660
 this

00:47:44.660 --> 00:47:45.300
 messianic

00:47:45.300 --> 00:47:45.840
 king's

00:47:45.840 --> 00:47:46.340
 rule

00:47:46.340 --> 00:47:46.480
 and

00:47:46.480 --> 00:47:46.860
 authority

00:47:46.860 --> 00:47:47.160
 so

00:47:47.160 --> 00:47:47.440
 this

00:47:47.440 --> 00:47:48.160
 revelation

00:47:48.160 --> 00:47:48.920
 226

00:47:48.920 --> 00:47:49.059
 to

00:47:49.059 --> 00:47:49.599
 28

00:47:49.599 --> 00:47:50.300
 of

00:47:50.300 --> 00:47:50.440
 the

00:47:50.440 --> 00:47:50.820
 Messiah

00:47:50.820 --> 00:47:51.360
 receiving

00:47:51.360 --> 00:47:51.619
 the

00:47:51.619 --> 00:47:52.000
 scepter

00:47:52.000 --> 00:47:52.220
 and

00:47:52.220 --> 00:47:52.780
 star

00:47:52.780 --> 00:47:53.420
 being

00:47:53.420 --> 00:47:53.639
 the

00:47:53.639 --> 00:47:53.820
 star

00:47:53.820 --> 00:47:54.000
 and

00:47:54.000 --> 00:47:54.360
 coming

00:47:54.360 --> 00:47:54.639
 and

00:47:54.639 --> 00:47:55.180
 exercising

00:47:55.180 --> 00:47:55.700
 dominion

00:47:55.700 --> 00:47:55.860
 over

00:47:55.860 --> 00:47:56.019
 the

00:47:56.019 --> 00:47:56.300
 nations

00:47:56.300 --> 00:47:56.480
 is

00:47:56.480 --> 00:47:56.619
 a

00:47:56.619 --> 00:47:57.160
 fulfillment

00:47:57.160 --> 00:47:57.800
 of

00:47:57.800 --> 00:47:57.980
 that

00:47:57.980 --> 00:47:58.420
 prophecy

00:47:58.420 --> 00:47:58.640
 in

00:47:58.640 --> 00:47:58.980
 numbers

00:47:58.980 --> 00:47:59.940
 24

00:47:59.940 --> 00:48:02.380
 and

00:48:02.380 --> 00:48:02.720
 we'll

00:48:02.720 --> 00:48:02.860
 get

00:48:02.860 --> 00:48:03.019
 to

00:48:03.019 --> 00:48:03.320
 share

00:48:03.320 --> 00:48:03.480
 in

00:48:03.480 --> 00:48:03.640
 that

00:48:03.640 --> 00:48:03.940
 rain

00:48:03.940 --> 00:48:05.920
 but

00:48:05.920 --> 00:48:06.039
 it's

00:48:06.039 --> 00:48:06.320
 important

00:48:06.320 --> 00:48:06.600
 for us

00:48:06.600 --> 00:48:06.740
 to

00:48:06.740 --> 00:48:06.940
 note

00:48:06.940 --> 00:48:07.120
 that

00:48:07.120 --> 00:48:07.280
 we

00:48:07.280 --> 00:48:07.519
 don't

00:48:07.519 --> 00:48:07.940
 receive

00:48:07.940 --> 00:48:08.280
 this

00:48:08.280 --> 00:48:08.800
 scepter

00:48:08.800 --> 00:48:09.480
 until

00:48:09.480 --> 00:48:09.740
 the

00:48:09.740 --> 00:48:10.160
 end

00:48:10.160 --> 00:48:12.700
 when

00:48:12.700 --> 00:48:13.019
 Jesus

00:48:13.019 --> 00:48:13.539
 comes

00:48:13.539 --> 00:48:15.620
 I

00:48:15.620 --> 00:48:15.800
 think

00:48:15.800 --> 00:48:16.080
 many

00:48:16.080 --> 00:48:16.519
 Christians

00:48:16.519 --> 00:48:16.700
 in

00:48:16.700 --> 00:48:16.820
 our

00:48:16.820 --> 00:48:17.220
 country

00:48:17.220 --> 00:48:17.880
 pine

00:48:17.880 --> 00:48:18.180
 for

00:48:18.180 --> 00:48:18.500
 those

00:48:18.500 --> 00:48:19.220
 good

00:48:19.220 --> 00:48:19.400
 old

00:48:19.400 --> 00:48:19.780
 days

00:48:19.780 --> 00:48:20.080
 when

00:48:20.080 --> 00:48:20.680
 Christians

00:48:20.680 --> 00:48:20.940
 used

00:48:20.940 --> 00:48:21.060
 to

00:48:21.060 --> 00:48:21.340
 have

00:48:21.340 --> 00:48:21.480
 a

00:48:21.480 --> 00:48:21.640
 lot

00:48:21.640 --> 00:48:21.820
 more

00:48:21.820 --> 00:48:22.220
 political

00:48:22.220 --> 00:48:22.760
 power

00:48:22.760 --> 00:48:24.060
 and

00:48:24.060 --> 00:48:24.740
 influence

00:48:24.740 --> 00:48:27.340
 but

00:48:27.340 --> 00:48:27.460
 I

00:48:27.460 --> 00:48:27.640
 think

00:48:27.640 --> 00:48:28.100
 political

00:48:28.100 --> 00:48:28.519
 power

00:48:28.519 --> 00:48:28.760
 is

00:48:28.760 --> 00:48:28.960
 a

00:48:28.960 --> 00:48:29.320
 siren

00:48:29.320 --> 00:48:29.840
 song

00:48:29.840 --> 00:48:33.460
 yes

00:48:33.460 --> 00:48:33.940
 we

00:48:33.940 --> 00:48:34.680
 long

00:48:34.680 --> 00:48:34.920
 for

00:48:34.920 --> 00:48:35.079
 and

00:48:35.079 --> 00:48:35.360
 pray

00:48:35.360 --> 00:48:35.579
 for

00:48:35.579 --> 00:48:35.960
 God's

00:48:35.960 --> 00:48:36.220
 kingdom

00:48:36.220 --> 00:48:36.440
 to

00:48:36.440 --> 00:48:36.800
 come

00:48:36.800 --> 00:48:37.360
 and

00:48:37.360 --> 00:48:37.500
 for

00:48:37.500 --> 00:48:37.660
 his

00:48:37.660 --> 00:48:37.900
 will

00:48:37.900 --> 00:48:38.039
 to

00:48:38.039 --> 00:48:38.160
 be

00:48:38.160 --> 00:48:38.420
 done

00:48:38.420 --> 00:48:38.559
 on

00:48:38.559 --> 00:48:38.960
 earth

00:48:38.960 --> 00:48:39.140
 as

00:48:39.140 --> 00:48:39.240
 it

00:48:39.240 --> 00:48:39.360
 is

00:48:39.360 --> 00:48:39.480
 in

00:48:39.480 --> 00:48:39.700
 heaven

00:48:39.700 --> 00:48:40.059
 we

00:48:40.059 --> 00:48:40.360
 should

00:48:40.360 --> 00:48:40.620
 pray

00:48:40.620 --> 00:48:40.820
 that

00:48:40.820 --> 00:48:40.960
 I

00:48:40.960 --> 00:48:41.200
 pray

00:48:41.200 --> 00:48:41.380
 that

00:48:41.380 --> 00:48:41.660
 every

00:48:41.660 --> 00:48:41.960
 day

00:48:41.960 --> 00:48:42.820
 and

00:48:42.820 --> 00:48:43.260
 yes

00:48:43.260 --> 00:48:43.519
 we

00:48:43.519 --> 00:48:43.700
 should

00:48:43.700 --> 00:48:44.220
 exercise

00:48:44.220 --> 00:48:44.559
 our

00:48:44.559 --> 00:48:44.900
 rights

00:48:44.900 --> 00:48:45.200
 as

00:48:45.200 --> 00:48:45.579
 citizens

00:48:45.579 --> 00:48:45.900
 of a

00:48:45.900 --> 00:48:46.360
 democratic

00:48:46.360 --> 00:48:46.980
 country

00:48:46.980 --> 00:48:47.200
 to

00:48:47.200 --> 00:48:47.740
 participate

00:48:47.740 --> 00:48:48.400
 in

00:48:48.400 --> 00:48:48.539
 the

00:48:48.539 --> 00:48:48.780
 political

00:48:48.780 --> 00:48:49.400
 process

00:48:49.400 --> 00:48:49.579
 and

00:48:49.579 --> 00:48:49.800
 use

00:48:49.800 --> 00:48:49.940
 our

00:48:49.940 --> 00:48:50.240
 best

00:48:50.240 --> 00:48:50.680
 judgment

00:48:50.680 --> 00:48:51.260
 to

00:48:51.260 --> 00:48:51.559
 promote

00:48:51.559 --> 00:48:51.739
 the

00:48:51.739 --> 00:48:52.119
 glory

00:48:52.119 --> 00:48:52.340
 of

00:48:52.340 --> 00:48:52.559
 God

00:48:52.559 --> 00:48:52.699
 and

00:48:52.699 --> 00:48:52.860
 the

00:48:52.860 --> 00:48:53.119
 good

00:48:53.119 --> 00:48:53.279
 of

00:48:53.279 --> 00:48:53.659
 humanity

00:48:53.659 --> 00:48:53.940
 in

00:48:53.940 --> 00:48:54.059
 the

00:48:54.059 --> 00:48:54.299
 voting

00:48:54.299 --> 00:48:54.599
 booth

00:48:54.599 --> 00:48:56.840
 I'm

00:48:56.840 --> 00:48:57.099
 not

00:48:57.099 --> 00:48:57.840
 negating

00:48:57.840 --> 00:48:58.079
 any

00:48:58.079 --> 00:48:58.199
 of

00:48:58.199 --> 00:48:58.380
 those

00:48:58.380 --> 00:48:58.699
 things

00:48:58.699 --> 00:48:58.940
 but

00:48:58.940 --> 00:48:59.139
 we

00:48:59.139 --> 00:48:59.320
 need

00:48:59.320 --> 00:48:59.440
 to

00:48:59.440 --> 00:48:59.900
 remember

00:48:59.900 --> 00:49:00.840
 that

00:49:00.840 --> 00:49:01.139
 Jesus

00:49:01.139 --> 00:49:01.500
 does

00:49:01.500 --> 00:49:02.019
 not

00:49:02.019 --> 00:49:02.739
 promise

00:49:02.739 --> 00:49:03.059
 us

00:49:03.059 --> 00:49:03.559
 political

00:49:03.559 --> 00:49:04.139
 power

00:49:04.139 --> 00:49:04.519
 here

00:49:04.519 --> 00:49:04.679
 and

00:49:04.679 --> 00:49:05.039
 now

00:49:05.039 --> 00:49:07.739
 in

00:49:07.739 --> 00:49:07.980
 our

00:49:07.980 --> 00:49:08.320
 days

00:49:08.320 --> 00:49:08.480
 of

00:49:08.480 --> 00:49:08.840
 turmoil

00:49:08.840 --> 00:49:09.099
 when

00:49:09.099 --> 00:49:09.500
 nations

00:49:09.500 --> 00:49:09.719
 are

00:49:09.719 --> 00:49:10.179
 warring

00:49:10.179 --> 00:49:10.619
 against

00:49:10.619 --> 00:49:10.880
 one

00:49:10.880 --> 00:49:11.119
 another

00:49:11.119 --> 00:49:11.360
 trying

00:49:11.360 --> 00:49:11.539
 to

00:49:11.539 --> 00:49:12.019
 conquer

00:49:12.019 --> 00:49:12.619
 one

00:49:12.619 --> 00:49:12.940
 another

00:49:12.940 --> 00:49:13.179
 and

00:49:13.179 --> 00:49:13.380
 just

00:49:13.380 --> 00:49:13.940
 yesterday

00:49:13.940 --> 00:49:14.860
 some

00:49:14.860 --> 00:49:14.980
 of

00:49:14.980 --> 00:49:15.079
 you

00:49:15.079 --> 00:49:15.239
 might

00:49:15.239 --> 00:49:15.400
 have

00:49:15.400 --> 00:49:15.639
 seen

00:49:15.639 --> 00:49:15.779
 this

00:49:15.779 --> 00:49:16.059
 two

00:49:16.059 --> 00:49:16.759
 heavyweight

00:49:16.759 --> 00:49:17.619
 boxers

00:49:17.619 --> 00:49:18.900
 came

00:49:18.900 --> 00:49:19.279
 together

00:49:19.279 --> 00:49:19.940
 out to

00:49:19.940 --> 00:49:20.079
 the

00:49:20.079 --> 00:49:20.259
 ring

00:49:20.260 --> 00:49:20.560
 both

00:49:20.560 --> 00:49:20.700
 of

00:49:20.700 --> 00:49:20.800
 them

00:49:20.800 --> 00:49:20.920
 are

00:49:20.920 --> 00:49:21.200
 wearing

00:49:21.200 --> 00:49:21.880
 crowns

00:49:21.880 --> 00:49:22.040
 and

00:49:22.040 --> 00:49:22.400
 they

00:49:22.400 --> 00:49:22.580
 get

00:49:22.580 --> 00:49:22.920
 seated

00:49:22.920 --> 00:49:23.120
 on

00:49:23.120 --> 00:49:23.320
 these

00:49:23.320 --> 00:49:23.940
 thrones

00:49:23.940 --> 00:49:25.080
 styling

00:49:25.080 --> 00:49:25.460
 themselves

00:49:25.460 --> 00:49:25.660
 as

00:49:25.660 --> 00:49:25.780
 these

00:49:25.780 --> 00:49:26.340
 conquering

00:49:26.340 --> 00:49:26.740
 kings

00:49:26.740 --> 00:49:27.180
 looking

00:49:27.180 --> 00:49:28.440
 for

00:49:28.440 --> 00:49:29.000
 glory

00:49:29.000 --> 00:49:29.300
 and

00:49:29.300 --> 00:49:29.760
 conquest

00:49:29.760 --> 00:49:30.020
 in

00:49:30.020 --> 00:49:30.160
 the

00:49:30.160 --> 00:49:30.480
 ring

00:49:30.480 --> 00:49:31.540
 the

00:49:31.540 --> 00:49:31.880
 sinful

00:49:31.880 --> 00:49:32.340
 world

00:49:32.340 --> 00:49:33.340
 glorifies

00:49:33.340 --> 00:49:34.000
 conquest

00:49:34.000 --> 00:49:34.400
 and

00:49:34.400 --> 00:49:34.900
 victory

00:49:34.900 --> 00:49:35.340
 over

00:49:35.340 --> 00:49:35.840
 others

00:49:35.840 --> 00:49:36.200
 through

00:49:36.200 --> 00:49:36.840
 might

00:49:36.840 --> 00:49:37.420
 and

00:49:37.420 --> 00:49:37.620
 through

00:49:37.620 --> 00:49:38.100
 power

00:49:38.100 --> 00:49:38.360
 but

00:49:38.360 --> 00:49:38.980
 Christian

00:49:38.980 --> 00:49:39.460
 conquest

00:49:39.460 --> 00:49:40.220
 looks

00:49:40.220 --> 00:49:40.700
 radically

00:49:40.700 --> 00:49:41.120
 different

00:49:41.120 --> 00:49:41.360
 from

00:49:41.360 --> 00:49:41.660
 that

00:49:41.660 --> 00:49:45.280
 verse

00:49:45.280 --> 00:49:45.800
 26

00:49:45.800 --> 00:49:46.000
 says

00:49:46.000 --> 00:49:46.260
 the one

00:49:46.260 --> 00:49:46.400
 who

00:49:46.400 --> 00:49:47.100
 conquers

00:49:47.100 --> 00:49:47.700
 and

00:49:47.700 --> 00:49:47.900
 one

00:49:47.900 --> 00:49:48.060
 who

00:49:48.060 --> 00:49:48.380
 keeps

00:49:48.380 --> 00:49:48.580
 my

00:49:48.580 --> 00:49:48.820
 works

00:49:48.820 --> 00:49:49.020
 till

00:49:49.020 --> 00:49:49.160
 the

00:49:49.160 --> 00:49:49.360
 end

00:49:49.360 --> 00:49:49.520
 to

00:49:49.520 --> 00:49:49.760
 him

00:49:49.760 --> 00:49:49.880
 I

00:49:49.880 --> 00:49:50.000
 will

00:49:50.000 --> 00:49:50.119
 give

00:49:50.119 --> 00:49:50.619
 authority

00:49:50.619 --> 00:49:50.880
 over

00:49:50.880 --> 00:49:51.039
 the

00:49:51.039 --> 00:49:51.400
 nations

00:49:51.400 --> 00:49:51.920
 but

00:49:51.920 --> 00:49:52.179
 how

00:49:52.179 --> 00:49:52.380
 do

00:49:52.380 --> 00:49:52.539
 we

00:49:52.539 --> 00:49:52.900
 exactly

00:49:52.900 --> 00:49:53.380
 conquer

00:49:53.380 --> 00:49:54.360
 it's

00:49:54.360 --> 00:49:54.639
 not

00:49:54.639 --> 00:49:54.940
 by

00:49:54.940 --> 00:49:55.780
 subjugating

00:49:55.780 --> 00:49:56.039
 other

00:49:56.039 --> 00:49:56.400
 people

00:49:56.400 --> 00:49:56.599
 or

00:49:56.599 --> 00:49:57.079
 nations

00:49:57.079 --> 00:49:57.300
 through

00:49:57.300 --> 00:49:57.719
 political

00:49:57.719 --> 00:49:57.920
 or

00:49:57.920 --> 00:49:58.460
 military

00:49:58.460 --> 00:49:59.019
 might

00:49:59.019 --> 00:50:00.340
 revelation

00:50:00.340 --> 00:50:00.639
 12

00:50:00.639 --> 00:50:00.880
 11

00:50:00.880 --> 00:50:01.219
 tells

00:50:01.219 --> 00:50:01.360
 us

00:50:01.360 --> 00:50:01.880
 exactly

00:50:01.880 --> 00:50:02.139
 how

00:50:02.139 --> 00:50:02.519
 Christians

00:50:02.519 --> 00:50:02.679
 are

00:50:02.679 --> 00:50:02.920
 supposed

00:50:02.920 --> 00:50:03.079
 to

00:50:03.079 --> 00:50:03.380
 conquer

00:50:03.380 --> 00:50:04.079
 it

00:50:04.079 --> 00:50:04.320
 says

00:50:04.320 --> 00:50:04.519
 that

00:50:04.519 --> 00:50:04.679
 we

00:50:04.679 --> 00:50:05.099
 conquered

00:50:05.099 --> 00:50:05.300
 the

00:50:05.300 --> 00:50:05.579
 great

00:50:05.579 --> 00:50:06.000
 dragon

00:50:06.000 --> 00:50:06.199
 the

00:50:06.199 --> 00:50:06.519
 ancient

00:50:06.519 --> 00:50:06.940
 serpent

00:50:06.940 --> 00:50:07.480
 Satan

00:50:07.480 --> 00:50:08.159
 it

00:50:08.159 --> 00:50:08.280
 says

00:50:08.280 --> 00:50:08.420
 they

00:50:08.420 --> 00:50:08.599
 have

00:50:08.599 --> 00:50:09.079
 conquered

00:50:09.079 --> 00:50:09.480
 him

00:50:09.480 --> 00:50:09.980
 by

00:50:09.980 --> 00:50:10.179
 the

00:50:10.179 --> 00:50:10.699
 blood

00:50:10.699 --> 00:50:10.920
 of

00:50:10.920 --> 00:50:11.079
 the

00:50:11.079 --> 00:50:11.440
 lamb

00:50:11.440 --> 00:50:11.940
 and

00:50:11.940 --> 00:50:12.079
 by

00:50:12.079 --> 00:50:12.280
 the

00:50:12.280 --> 00:50:12.659
 word

00:50:12.659 --> 00:50:12.820
 of

00:50:12.820 --> 00:50:12.980
 their

00:50:12.980 --> 00:50:13.480
 testimony

00:50:13.480 --> 00:50:13.960
 for

00:50:13.960 --> 00:50:14.119
 they

00:50:14.119 --> 00:50:14.559
 love

00:50:14.559 --> 00:50:15.039
 not

00:50:15.039 --> 00:50:15.380
 their

00:50:15.380 --> 00:50:15.800
 lives

00:50:20.000 --> 00:50:20.539
 Christians

00:50:20.539 --> 00:50:21.000
 we

00:50:21.000 --> 00:50:21.619
 conquer

00:50:21.619 --> 00:50:21.900
 by

00:50:21.900 --> 00:50:22.320
 following

00:50:22.320 --> 00:50:22.460
 in

00:50:22.460 --> 00:50:22.619
 the

00:50:22.619 --> 00:50:22.960
 footsteps

00:50:22.960 --> 00:50:23.320
 of

00:50:23.320 --> 00:50:23.699
 Jesus

00:50:23.699 --> 00:50:24.619
 the

00:50:24.619 --> 00:50:25.000
 lamb

00:50:25.000 --> 00:50:25.219
 of

00:50:25.219 --> 00:50:25.500
 God

00:50:25.500 --> 00:50:25.699
 who

00:50:25.699 --> 00:50:26.119
 died

00:50:26.119 --> 00:50:26.300
 on

00:50:26.300 --> 00:50:26.440
 the

00:50:26.440 --> 00:50:26.820
 cross

00:50:26.820 --> 00:50:27.380
 for

00:50:27.380 --> 00:50:27.739
 our

00:50:27.739 --> 00:50:28.199
 sins

00:50:28.199 --> 00:50:28.960
 and

00:50:28.960 --> 00:50:29.079
 then

00:50:29.079 --> 00:50:29.260
 was

00:50:29.260 --> 00:50:29.619
 raised

00:50:29.619 --> 00:50:29.860
 from

00:50:29.860 --> 00:50:30.000
 the

00:50:30.000 --> 00:50:30.280
 dead

00:50:30.280 --> 00:50:32.260
 Jesus

00:50:32.260 --> 00:50:32.860
 died

00:50:32.860 --> 00:50:33.079
 to

00:50:33.079 --> 00:50:33.360
 seek

00:50:33.360 --> 00:50:33.579
 and

00:50:33.579 --> 00:50:33.960
 save

00:50:33.960 --> 00:50:34.179
 the

00:50:34.179 --> 00:50:34.599
 lost

00:50:34.599 --> 00:50:35.199
 and

00:50:35.199 --> 00:50:35.340
 so

00:50:35.340 --> 00:50:35.539
 we

00:50:35.539 --> 00:50:36.039
 also

00:50:36.039 --> 00:50:36.320
 are

00:50:36.320 --> 00:50:36.500
 to

00:50:36.500 --> 00:50:36.980
 die

00:50:36.980 --> 00:50:37.380
 while

00:50:37.380 --> 00:50:38.119
 holding

00:50:38.119 --> 00:50:38.500
 fast

00:50:38.500 --> 00:50:38.639
 to

00:50:38.639 --> 00:50:38.780
 our

00:50:38.780 --> 00:50:39.139
 faith

00:50:39.139 --> 00:50:39.519
 and

00:50:39.519 --> 00:50:40.059
 speaking

00:50:40.059 --> 00:50:40.380
 the

00:50:40.380 --> 00:50:40.739
 words

00:50:40.739 --> 00:50:40.900
 of

00:50:40.900 --> 00:50:41.320
 Christ

00:50:41.320 --> 00:50:41.780
 the

00:50:41.780 --> 00:50:42.139
 word

00:50:42.139 --> 00:50:42.260
 of

00:50:42.260 --> 00:50:42.400
 the

00:50:42.400 --> 00:50:42.820
 testimony

00:50:42.820 --> 00:50:43.440
 so

00:50:43.440 --> 00:50:43.579
 that

00:50:43.579 --> 00:50:43.780
 maybe

00:50:43.780 --> 00:50:44.139
 even

00:50:44.139 --> 00:50:44.420
 those

00:50:44.420 --> 00:50:44.500
 who

00:50:44.500 --> 00:50:44.619
 are

00:50:44.619 --> 00:50:45.300
 persecuting

00:50:45.300 --> 00:50:45.460
 us

00:50:45.460 --> 00:50:45.699
 even

00:50:45.699 --> 00:50:45.980
 those

00:50:45.980 --> 00:50:46.079
 who

00:50:46.079 --> 00:50:46.579
 oppose

00:50:46.579 --> 00:50:46.940
 us

00:50:46.940 --> 00:50:48.079
 might

00:50:48.079 --> 00:50:48.539
 hear

00:50:48.539 --> 00:50:48.900
 the

00:50:48.900 --> 00:50:49.039
 good

00:50:49.039 --> 00:50:49.179
 news

00:50:49.179 --> 00:50:49.299
 of

00:50:49.299 --> 00:50:49.559
 Jesus

00:50:49.559 --> 00:50:49.960
 and

00:50:49.960 --> 00:50:50.199
 be

00:50:50.199 --> 00:50:50.819
 saved

00:50:50.819 --> 00:50:56.199
 Christians

00:50:56.199 --> 00:50:57.119
 conquer

00:50:57.119 --> 00:50:57.880
 by

00:50:57.880 --> 00:50:58.659
 being

00:50:58.659 --> 00:50:59.460
 conquered

00:50:59.460 --> 00:51:02.779
 Christians

00:51:02.779 --> 00:51:03.980
 gain

00:51:03.980 --> 00:51:04.480
 eternal

00:51:04.480 --> 00:51:05.039
 life

00:51:05.039 --> 00:51:06.000
 by

00:51:06.000 --> 00:51:06.519
 dying

00:51:06.519 --> 00:51:06.819
 to

00:51:06.819 --> 00:51:07.340
 ourselves

00:51:07.340 --> 00:51:08.159
 by

00:51:08.159 --> 00:51:08.420
 being

00:51:08.420 --> 00:51:09.000
 faithful

00:51:09.000 --> 00:51:09.440
 unto

00:51:09.440 --> 00:51:09.960
 death

00:51:09.960 --> 00:51:11.719
 as

00:51:11.719 --> 00:51:11.940
 Paul

00:51:11.940 --> 00:51:12.219
 says

00:51:12.219 --> 00:51:12.360
 in

00:51:12.360 --> 00:51:12.579
 Romans

00:51:12.579 --> 00:51:12.759
 8

00:51:12.759 --> 00:51:12.860
 we

00:51:12.860 --> 00:51:12.980
 are

00:51:12.980 --> 00:51:13.360
 more

00:51:13.360 --> 00:51:13.599
 than

00:51:13.599 --> 00:51:14.480
 conquerors

00:51:14.480 --> 00:51:15.099
 through

00:51:15.099 --> 00:51:15.420
 Christ

00:51:15.420 --> 00:51:15.579
 who

00:51:15.579 --> 00:51:15.819
 loved

00:51:15.819 --> 00:51:16.159
 us

00:51:16.159 --> 00:51:16.779
 even

00:51:16.779 --> 00:51:17.039
 as

00:51:17.039 --> 00:51:17.179
 we

00:51:17.179 --> 00:51:17.340
 are

00:51:17.340 --> 00:51:17.840
 killed

00:51:17.840 --> 00:51:18.279
 all

00:51:18.279 --> 00:51:18.420
 the

00:51:18.420 --> 00:51:18.579
 day

00:51:18.579 --> 00:51:18.819
 long

00:51:18.819 --> 00:51:18.980
 he

00:51:18.980 --> 00:51:19.259
 says

00:51:19.259 --> 00:51:21.079
 and

00:51:21.079 --> 00:51:21.440
 regarded

00:51:21.440 --> 00:51:21.659
 as

00:51:21.659 --> 00:51:21.940
 sheep

00:51:21.940 --> 00:51:22.079
 to

00:51:22.079 --> 00:51:22.219
 be

00:51:22.219 --> 00:51:23.480
 slaughtered

00:51:23.480 --> 00:51:24.199
 remember

00:51:24.199 --> 00:51:24.420
 what

00:51:24.420 --> 00:51:24.659
 Jesus

00:51:24.659 --> 00:51:24.960
 said

00:51:24.960 --> 00:51:25.099
 as

00:51:25.099 --> 00:51:25.219
 he

00:51:25.219 --> 00:51:25.420
 sent

00:51:25.420 --> 00:51:25.559
 out

00:51:25.559 --> 00:51:25.679
 his

00:51:25.679 --> 00:51:25.980
 disciple

00:51:25.980 --> 00:51:26.179
 he

00:51:26.179 --> 00:51:26.380
 said

00:51:26.380 --> 00:51:26.519
 I

00:51:26.519 --> 00:51:26.619
 am

00:51:26.619 --> 00:51:26.920
 sending

00:51:26.920 --> 00:51:27.099
 you

00:51:27.099 --> 00:51:27.299
 as

00:51:27.299 --> 00:51:27.619
 sheep

00:51:27.619 --> 00:51:27.759
 in

00:51:27.759 --> 00:51:27.880
 the

00:51:27.880 --> 00:51:28.119
 midst

00:51:28.119 --> 00:51:28.319
 of

00:51:28.319 --> 00:51:28.819
 wolves

00:51:28.819 --> 00:51:29.799
 if

00:51:29.799 --> 00:51:29.920
 we

00:51:29.920 --> 00:51:30.119
 want

00:51:30.119 --> 00:51:30.239
 to

00:51:30.239 --> 00:51:30.480
 follow

00:51:30.480 --> 00:51:30.679
 the

00:51:30.679 --> 00:51:30.920
 lamb

00:51:30.920 --> 00:51:31.119
 of

00:51:31.119 --> 00:51:31.519
 God

00:51:31.519 --> 00:51:31.759
 who

00:51:31.759 --> 00:51:32.159
 take

00:51:32.159 --> 00:51:32.420
 away

00:51:32.420 --> 00:51:32.599
 the

00:51:32.599 --> 00:51:32.799
 sin

00:51:32.799 --> 00:51:32.920
 of

00:51:32.920 --> 00:51:33.019
 the

00:51:33.019 --> 00:51:33.259
 world

00:51:33.259 --> 00:51:33.480
 by

00:51:33.480 --> 00:51:33.980
 dying

00:51:33.980 --> 00:51:34.619
 for

00:51:34.619 --> 00:51:35.239
 us

00:51:35.239 --> 00:51:35.440
 on

00:51:35.440 --> 00:51:35.559
 the

00:51:35.559 --> 00:51:35.960
 cross

00:51:35.960 --> 00:51:36.739
 then

00:51:36.739 --> 00:51:36.860
 we

00:51:36.860 --> 00:51:37.000
 need

00:51:37.000 --> 00:51:37.119
 to

00:51:37.119 --> 00:51:37.319
 live

00:51:37.319 --> 00:51:37.500
 as

00:51:37.500 --> 00:51:37.739
 sheep

00:51:37.739 --> 00:51:38.019
 among

00:51:38.019 --> 00:51:38.539
 wolves

00:51:38.539 --> 00:51:40.440
 as

00:51:40.440 --> 00:51:40.780
 sheep

00:51:40.780 --> 00:51:40.960
 to

00:51:40.960 --> 00:51:41.099
 be

00:51:41.099 --> 00:51:42.500
 slaughtered

00:51:42.500 --> 00:51:44.699
 and

00:51:44.699 --> 00:51:44.820
 if

00:51:44.820 --> 00:51:44.940
 we

00:51:44.940 --> 00:51:45.260
 follow

00:51:45.260 --> 00:51:45.440
 in

00:51:45.440 --> 00:51:45.579
 the

00:51:45.579 --> 00:51:45.900
 footsteps

00:51:45.900 --> 00:51:46.340
 of

00:51:46.340 --> 00:51:46.619
 Jesus

00:51:46.619 --> 00:51:46.840
 in

00:51:46.840 --> 00:51:47.000
 his

00:51:47.000 --> 00:51:47.380
 death

00:51:47.380 --> 00:51:47.639
 and

00:51:47.639 --> 00:51:48.300
 humiliation

00:51:48.300 --> 00:51:49.260
 then

00:51:49.260 --> 00:51:49.460
 we

00:51:49.460 --> 00:51:49.579
 will

00:51:49.579 --> 00:51:49.940
 also

00:51:49.940 --> 00:51:50.260
 follow

00:51:50.260 --> 00:51:50.380
 in

00:51:50.380 --> 00:51:50.519
 his

00:51:50.519 --> 00:51:50.840
 footsteps

00:51:50.840 --> 00:51:51.119
 of

00:51:51.119 --> 00:51:51.699
 resurrection

00:51:51.699 --> 00:51:52.320
 and

00:51:52.320 --> 00:51:53.260
 exaltation

00:51:53.260 --> 00:51:55.240
 2

00:51:55.240 --> 00:51:55.600
 Timothy

00:51:55.600 --> 00:51:55.920
 2

00:51:55.920 --> 00:51:56.240
 11

00:51:56.240 --> 00:51:56.400
 to

00:51:56.400 --> 00:51:56.640
 12

00:51:56.640 --> 00:51:57.120
 promises

00:51:57.120 --> 00:51:57.360
 us

00:51:57.360 --> 00:51:57.560
 if

00:51:57.560 --> 00:51:57.720
 we

00:51:57.720 --> 00:51:57.920
 have

00:51:57.920 --> 00:51:58.220
 died

00:51:58.220 --> 00:51:58.480
 with

00:51:58.480 --> 00:51:58.680
 him

00:51:58.680 --> 00:51:59.440
 we

00:51:59.440 --> 00:51:59.780
 will

00:51:59.780 --> 00:52:00.180
 also

00:52:00.180 --> 00:52:00.540
 live

00:52:00.540 --> 00:52:00.720
 with

00:52:00.720 --> 00:52:00.940
 him

00:52:00.940 --> 00:52:02.180
 if

00:52:02.180 --> 00:52:02.340
 we

00:52:02.340 --> 00:52:02.860
 endure

00:52:02.860 --> 00:52:03.820
 we

00:52:03.820 --> 00:52:04.240
 will

00:52:04.240 --> 00:52:04.840
 also

00:52:04.840 --> 00:52:05.640
 reign

00:52:05.640 --> 00:52:06.020
 with

00:52:06.020 --> 00:52:06.300
 him

00:52:06.300 --> 00:52:08.300
 in

00:52:08.300 --> 00:52:08.540
 this

00:52:08.540 --> 00:52:08.820
 life

00:52:08.820 --> 00:52:09.040
 we

00:52:09.040 --> 00:52:09.380
 are

00:52:09.380 --> 00:52:10.120
 sheep

00:52:10.120 --> 00:52:10.740
 to

00:52:10.740 --> 00:52:10.900
 be

00:52:10.900 --> 00:52:11.820
 slaughtered

00:52:11.820 --> 00:52:12.180
 it's

00:52:12.180 --> 00:52:12.340
 the

00:52:12.340 --> 00:52:12.760
 norm

00:52:12.760 --> 00:52:12.960
 and

00:52:12.960 --> 00:52:13.140
 not

00:52:13.140 --> 00:52:13.280
 the

00:52:13.280 --> 00:52:13.820
 exception

00:52:13.820 --> 00:52:14.360
 for

00:52:14.360 --> 00:52:14.820
 Christians

00:52:14.820 --> 00:52:15.040
 to

00:52:15.040 --> 00:52:15.180
 be

00:52:15.180 --> 00:52:15.700
 persecuted

00:52:15.700 --> 00:52:15.980
 and

00:52:15.980 --> 00:52:16.680
 subjugated

00:52:16.680 --> 00:52:17.200
 all

00:52:17.200 --> 00:52:17.420
 over

00:52:17.420 --> 00:52:17.580
 the

00:52:17.580 --> 00:52:17.780
 world

00:52:17.780 --> 00:52:17.940
 and

00:52:17.940 --> 00:52:18.100
 it's

00:52:18.100 --> 00:52:18.360
 still

00:52:18.360 --> 00:52:18.820
 happening

00:52:18.820 --> 00:52:19.500
 all

00:52:19.500 --> 00:52:19.700
 over

00:52:19.700 --> 00:52:19.880
 the

00:52:19.880 --> 00:52:20.080
 world

00:52:20.080 --> 00:52:20.260
 but

00:52:20.260 --> 00:52:20.480
 when

00:52:20.480 --> 00:52:20.840
 it

00:52:20.840 --> 00:52:21.320
 seems

00:52:21.320 --> 00:52:21.640
 like

00:52:21.640 --> 00:52:22.500
 ungodly

00:52:22.500 --> 00:52:22.960
 nations

00:52:22.960 --> 00:52:23.199
 are

00:52:23.199 --> 00:52:23.980
 triumphing

00:52:23.980 --> 00:52:24.220
 over

00:52:24.220 --> 00:52:24.559
 us

00:52:24.559 --> 00:52:24.980
 when

00:52:24.980 --> 00:52:25.139
 it

00:52:25.139 --> 00:52:25.420
 seems

00:52:25.420 --> 00:52:25.599
 like

00:52:25.599 --> 00:52:25.820
 those

00:52:25.820 --> 00:52:25.980
 who

00:52:25.980 --> 00:52:26.679
 oppose

00:52:26.679 --> 00:52:27.059
 Jesus

00:52:27.059 --> 00:52:27.340
 have

00:52:27.340 --> 00:52:27.539
 all

00:52:27.539 --> 00:52:28.300
 authority

00:52:28.300 --> 00:52:28.500
 and

00:52:28.500 --> 00:52:28.820
 power

00:52:28.820 --> 00:52:29.320
 we

00:52:29.320 --> 00:52:29.500
 have

00:52:29.500 --> 00:52:29.619
 to

00:52:29.619 --> 00:52:30.079
 remember

00:52:30.079 --> 00:52:30.519
 that

00:52:30.519 --> 00:52:30.820
 we

00:52:30.820 --> 00:52:31.000
 are

00:52:31.000 --> 00:52:31.159
 the

00:52:31.159 --> 00:52:31.559
 ones

00:52:31.559 --> 00:52:31.880
 who

00:52:31.880 --> 00:52:32.000
 will

00:52:32.000 --> 00:52:32.300
 receive

00:52:32.300 --> 00:52:32.480
 the

00:52:32.480 --> 00:52:32.679
 rod

00:52:32.679 --> 00:52:32.800
 of

00:52:32.800 --> 00:52:33.099
 iron

00:52:33.099 --> 00:52:34.519
 and

00:52:34.519 --> 00:52:34.740
 we

00:52:34.740 --> 00:52:34.900
 are

00:52:34.900 --> 00:52:35.059
 the

00:52:35.059 --> 00:52:35.360
 ones

00:52:35.360 --> 00:52:35.519
 who

00:52:35.519 --> 00:52:36.079
 serve

00:52:36.079 --> 00:52:36.519
 the

00:52:36.519 --> 00:52:36.880
 morning

00:52:36.880 --> 00:52:37.539
 star

00:52:37.539 --> 00:52:38.900
 with

00:52:38.900 --> 00:52:39.400
 eyes

00:52:39.400 --> 00:52:39.659
 like

00:52:39.659 --> 00:52:40.119
 flame

00:52:40.119 --> 00:52:40.539
 of

00:52:40.539 --> 00:52:41.039
 fire

00:52:41.039 --> 00:52:43.220
 feed

00:52:43.220 --> 00:52:43.480
 like

00:52:43.480 --> 00:52:44.059
 burnished

00:52:44.059 --> 00:52:44.740
 brass

00:52:44.740 --> 00:52:47.420
 we

00:52:47.420 --> 00:52:47.860
 shall

00:52:47.860 --> 00:52:48.300
 die

00:52:48.300 --> 00:52:49.119
 but

00:52:49.119 --> 00:52:49.340
 we

00:52:49.340 --> 00:52:49.760
 shall

00:52:49.760 --> 00:52:50.000
 be

00:52:50.000 --> 00:52:50.699
 resurrected

00:52:50.699 --> 00:52:52.960
 we

00:52:52.960 --> 00:52:53.460
 shall

00:52:53.460 --> 00:52:53.719
 be

00:52:53.719 --> 00:52:54.319
 subjected

00:52:54.319 --> 00:52:56.039
 but

00:52:56.039 --> 00:52:56.359
 then we

00:52:56.359 --> 00:52:56.579
 shall

00:52:56.579 --> 00:52:57.099
 reign

00:52:57.099 --> 00:52:58.379
 forever

00:52:58.379 --> 00:53:00.819
 let's

00:53:00.819 --> 00:53:01.099
 pray

00:53:01.099 --> 00:53:08.719
 father

00:53:08.719 --> 00:53:09.239
 we

00:53:09.239 --> 00:53:09.699
 are

00:53:09.699 --> 00:53:10.159
 weak

00:53:10.159 --> 00:53:11.679
 and

00:53:11.679 --> 00:53:11.839
 we

00:53:11.839 --> 00:53:12.000
 are

00:53:12.000 --> 00:53:12.519
 assailed

00:53:12.519 --> 00:53:12.699
 on

00:53:12.699 --> 00:53:12.939
 every

00:53:12.939 --> 00:53:13.460
 side

00:53:13.460 --> 00:53:16.380
 by

00:53:16.380 --> 00:53:16.559
 the

00:53:16.559 --> 00:53:17.079
 world

00:53:17.079 --> 00:53:17.960
 the

00:53:17.960 --> 00:53:18.440
 flesh

00:53:18.440 --> 00:53:19.400
 and

00:53:19.400 --> 00:53:19.559
 the

00:53:19.559 --> 00:53:19.860
 devil

00:53:19.860 --> 00:53:21.079
 every

00:53:21.079 --> 00:53:21.440
 day

00:53:21.440 --> 00:53:21.699
 we

00:53:21.699 --> 00:53:21.860
 are

00:53:21.860 --> 00:53:22.340
 assailed

00:53:22.340 --> 00:53:22.579
 by

00:53:22.579 --> 00:53:22.740
 our

00:53:22.740 --> 00:53:23.019
 own

00:53:23.019 --> 00:53:23.400
 sinful

00:53:23.400 --> 00:53:23.960
 flesh

00:53:23.960 --> 00:53:24.720
 and

00:53:24.720 --> 00:53:24.840
 the

00:53:24.840 --> 00:53:25.559
 temptations

00:53:25.559 --> 00:53:25.920
 of

00:53:25.920 --> 00:53:26.139
 the

00:53:26.139 --> 00:53:26.440
 sinful

00:53:26.440 --> 00:53:26.980
 world

00:53:26.980 --> 00:53:27.240
 and

00:53:27.240 --> 00:53:27.900
 of

00:53:27.900 --> 00:53:28.119
 the

00:53:28.119 --> 00:53:28.420
 devil

00:53:28.420 --> 00:53:28.699
 who

00:53:28.699 --> 00:53:29.079
 never

00:53:29.079 --> 00:53:29.599
 ceases

00:53:29.599 --> 00:53:29.920
 to

00:53:29.920 --> 00:53:30.260
 tempt

00:53:30.260 --> 00:53:30.599
 us

00:53:30.599 --> 00:53:31.139
 and

00:53:31.139 --> 00:53:31.639
 accuse

00:53:31.639 --> 00:53:31.980
 us

00:53:31.980 --> 00:53:32.360
 father

00:53:32.360 --> 00:53:32.619
 we

00:53:32.619 --> 00:53:32.800
 are

00:53:32.800 --> 00:53:33.240
 weak

00:53:33.240 --> 00:53:37.159
 but

00:53:37.159 --> 00:53:37.639
 you

00:53:37.639 --> 00:53:37.800
 were

00:53:37.800 --> 00:53:38.380
 strong

00:53:38.380 --> 00:53:43.059
 and

00:53:43.059 --> 00:53:43.180
 we

00:53:43.180 --> 00:53:43.380
 look

00:53:43.380 --> 00:53:43.559
 to

00:53:43.559 --> 00:53:43.980
 you

00:53:43.980 --> 00:53:44.660
 and

00:53:44.660 --> 00:53:44.860
 we

00:53:44.860 --> 00:53:45.140
 wait

00:53:45.140 --> 00:53:45.360
 on

00:53:45.360 --> 00:53:45.579
 your

00:53:45.579 --> 00:53:46.059
 son

00:53:46.059 --> 00:53:46.920
 our

00:53:46.920 --> 00:53:47.420
 savior

00:53:47.420 --> 00:53:47.740
 lord

00:53:47.740 --> 00:53:48.240
 jesus

00:53:48.240 --> 00:53:48.619
 with

00:53:48.619 --> 00:53:49.019
 eyes

00:53:49.019 --> 00:53:49.280
 like

00:53:49.280 --> 00:53:49.480
 a

00:53:49.480 --> 00:53:49.820
 flame

00:53:49.820 --> 00:53:50.059
 of

00:53:50.059 --> 00:53:50.420
 fire

00:53:50.420 --> 00:53:51.019
 and

00:53:51.019 --> 00:53:51.340
 feet

00:53:51.340 --> 00:53:51.660
 like

00:53:51.660 --> 00:53:52.079
 burnished

00:53:52.079 --> 00:53:52.400
 bronze

00:53:52.400 --> 00:53:52.579
 we

00:53:52.579 --> 00:53:52.920
 wait

00:53:52.920 --> 00:53:53.140
 for

00:53:53.140 --> 00:53:53.440
 him

00:53:53.440 --> 00:53:54.640
 we

00:53:54.640 --> 00:53:55.039
 hope

00:53:55.039 --> 00:53:55.320
 in

00:53:55.320 --> 00:53:55.599
 him

00:53:55.599 --> 00:53:55.760
 and

00:53:55.760 --> 00:53:55.920
 we

00:53:55.920 --> 00:53:56.240
 wait

00:53:56.240 --> 00:53:56.460
 for

00:53:56.460 --> 00:53:56.740
 him

00:53:56.740 --> 00:53:57.200
 and

00:53:57.200 --> 00:53:57.340
 we

00:53:57.340 --> 00:53:57.800
 suffer

00:53:57.800 --> 00:53:58.280
 with

00:53:58.280 --> 00:53:58.619
 him

00:53:58.619 --> 00:53:59.039
 and

00:53:59.039 --> 00:53:59.300
 for

00:53:59.300 --> 00:53:59.559
 him

00:53:59.559 --> 00:53:59.680
 and

00:53:59.680 --> 00:53:59.840
 we

00:53:59.840 --> 00:54:00.320
 die

00:54:00.320 --> 00:54:01.220
 with

00:54:01.220 --> 00:54:01.480
 him

00:54:01.480 --> 00:54:01.680
 and

00:54:01.680 --> 00:54:01.960
 for

00:54:01.960 --> 00:54:02.320
 him

00:54:02.320 --> 00:54:04.599
 so

00:54:04.599 --> 00:54:04.920
 help

00:54:04.920 --> 00:54:05.099
 us

00:54:05.099 --> 00:54:05.220
 to

00:54:05.220 --> 00:54:05.380
 be

00:54:05.380 --> 00:54:05.780
 faithful

00:54:05.780 --> 00:54:06.099
 unto

00:54:06.099 --> 00:54:06.559
 death

00:54:06.559 --> 00:54:08.219
 and

00:54:08.219 --> 00:54:08.380
 to

00:54:08.380 --> 00:54:08.679
 follow

00:54:08.679 --> 00:54:08.860
 in

00:54:08.860 --> 00:54:09.000
 the

00:54:09.000 --> 00:54:09.360
 footsteps

00:54:09.360 --> 00:54:10.199
 of

00:54:10.199 --> 00:54:10.340
 the

00:54:10.340 --> 00:54:10.579
 lamb

00:54:10.579 --> 00:54:10.739
 of

00:54:10.739 --> 00:54:10.940
 God

00:54:10.940 --> 00:54:11.099
 who

00:54:11.099 --> 00:54:11.340
 takes

00:54:11.340 --> 00:54:11.639
 away

00:54:11.639 --> 00:54:11.860
 the

00:54:11.860 --> 00:54:12.059
 sin

00:54:12.059 --> 00:54:12.179
 of

00:54:12.179 --> 00:54:12.279
 the

00:54:12.279 --> 00:54:12.619
 world

00:54:12.619 --> 00:54:21.759
 in

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 jesus

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 name

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 we

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 pray

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 amen