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 Well, it's good to be back with you. Thanks for the opportunity to take the missions team to Skyview.

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! We had a great time together and enjoyed some long days of labor in some areas that, you know, painting.

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 Who enjoys painting? You got some people that actually enjoy painting, sanding, scraping.

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 Oh, man. Sign me up for a job that I hate the most. That was perfect. It was just...

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 It was tremendous. But I'll tell you, the team did an outstanding job.

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 Their attitude throughout the week was refreshing to me.

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 And the experience that we had of just being able to see God help us complete some pretty significant projects,

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 but also be able to just enjoy one another's fellowship through the week, it was a real blessing.

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 We will hope to prepare and kind of give you a recap of that week in a couple of Wednesdays from now.

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 I'll send out an email tomorrow or Tuesday to parents.

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 August 29th, I think it is. It's a Wednesday.

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 It's when we hope to share with you a little bit more about that experience.

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 So mark your calendars and teens, I'll be sending out an email to you about that.

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 It was also really refreshing to be able to get away last week with our family.

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 And thank you for the privilege of being able to do that.

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 I joked with my kids throughout the week.

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 I had to have my first and second nap of the day.

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 You know, the 10 o'clock nap and the 2 o'clock nap, it was kind of a must.

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 And it was just really, it was kind of, that was the hallmark of the week.

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 It was just really refreshing.

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 Lots of rest.

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 I needed it after long days of working on various projects, but it was just a joy.

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 And it's nice to be able to entrust the ministry to capable people.

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 I'll tell you, this is such a unique church.

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 What a joy to be part of Maranatha.

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 To have so many gifted individuals who can lead in so many different areas.

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 And to be able to entrust the preaching of the word to Pastor David, who did an outstanding job.

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 And it makes going away so much easier, because I don't have to worry about what's happening here.

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 I know it's going to be in very good hands.

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 Looking forward to a couple of weeks from now.

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 Ben and Ashley, they are just like pumped to come.

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 They cannot wait.

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 I know that there's an announcement maybe going out sometime this week.

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 They're looking for some help with painting, no less.

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 So those of you who raised your hands, ha ha, I gotcha.

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 No.

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 You're free to paint.

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 I'm sure they would love to have your help.

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 More than just the work itself, just the fellowship of the experience and helping brother and sister as they're preparing to come.

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 It is so exciting to think that they'll be here in just a matter of weeks.

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 And they're excited about the experience as well.

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 So, we are in a series through 1 John.

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 And as John mentioned earlier in our service, the theme of this morning is overcoming.

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 We serve an overcoming God.

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 I don't know if you can really appreciate the immensity of that statement.

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 We have an overcoming God.

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 And this truth so shaped the apostle's heart through the experience of the upper room discourse.

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 You remember that 1 John is really an exposition of the upper room.

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 So instrumental and so inspiring, so convicting were the truths of the upper room.

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 The moments before the cross that John is gripped by this and he understands the significance of the message here.

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 And he wants to communicate it again to the church of Ephesus.

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 Because if they're going to be an abiding church, they need to understand there are certain truths that must be representative of their lives.

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 Because they serve an overcoming God, they must also experience an overcoming nature.

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 They must also tap into the supply of the power of the Holy Spirit that allows them to experience victory and triumph day by day.

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 That is the experience of the believer.

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 The true believer as we'll see in our message today.

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 Here's what Jesus has to say in John chapter 16.

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 These were the words, I think, that are sticking out in John's mind.

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 Just listen as I read them to you.

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 Jesus says this, right before they leave that upper room and begin making their way to the garden.

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 Jesus says,

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 I have said these things to you that in me you may have peace.

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 In the world you will have tribulation.

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 But take heart.

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 I have overcome the world.

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 We serve an overcoming God.

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 Who gives to his people an overcoming quality.

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 An overcoming power.

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 It's not a power that is representative in ourselves alone.

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 But it is a power that we can enjoy and experience because of the indwelling, powerful, alive Holy Spirit.

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 Spirit.

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 And overcoming power.

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 So why don't we enjoy this overcoming nature?

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 What gets in the way?

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 I think the thing that gets in the way the most and what we'll look at throughout the morning is that this abiding relationship that we've been talking about for the last couple of months now

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 is what stands in the way really of you being able to really enjoy and experience a consistent overcoming quality.

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 What stands in my way is I hold God at arm's length.

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 He's welcoming in me and calling me to enjoy intimacy with him.

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 And so often I find myself distracted or I find myself saying,

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 there's something else I'd rather do at this point.

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 There's something else that's on my agenda.

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 There are too many things going on in my calendar.

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 I can't really participate in this abiding because abiding takes time.

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 But God beckons us to this intimacy.

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 We've been talking about that all year, really.

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 It began in our study in Isaiah chapter 30, 15.

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 When God is speaking through the prophet Isaiah and he says,

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 Thus says the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel,

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 In repentance and rest is your salvation.

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 In quietness and in trust is your strength.

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 Do you want to know the saving quality of God?

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 Then your life must be marked by an abiding in him.

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 A resting in him.

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 A trusting in him.

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 A waiting for him to answer and to help and to deliver.

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 And to show up in your life to help you in the times where you're most desperate.

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 I think what stands in our way is we don't really savor this relationship that is made available to us.

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 So this morning as we open up the word of God,

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 and before we open up the word of God,

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 one of the most powerful ways for us to be encouraged

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 by the power of God in his ability to do a mighty work is by hearing a testimony.

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 So I want to just introduce you to this individual,

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 and we can hear the power of God working in his life

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 to transform him and to help him overcome sin

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 through an abiding relationship with Christ.

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 My birth mother abandoned me in a motel room when I was three years old.

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 One of the earliest indicators that something wasn't right

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 was as soon as I was adopted,

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 one of the first things that I did was threaten my sisters with a blunt pocket knife.

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 I graduated from high school and joined the Army.

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 In terms of my life as a soldier, things were going well,

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 but my heart wasn't changed.

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 I was involved in drug use and began to sell drugs

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 and eventually was charged by the military 16 felony counts.

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 And so I went AWOL and purchased a plane ticket to Los Angeles, California,

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 met some men there who were doing robberies.

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 We began to rob places from Los Angeles, California,

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 state by state all the way to Texas, where I was arrested.

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 And I was sentenced to 17 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

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 The first weekend that I was in prison, there was a riot.

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 I was a riot.

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 I'm looking and seeing that guys are getting stabbed.

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 I found myself living in a world in which you have to take sides.

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 I didn't have the hope of the gospel.

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 And so I was beginning to become more and more self-consciously racist.

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 I saw no other option available to me.

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 And that was eventually what led me into a white supremacist prison gang.

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 Every tattoo that I have, it has some sort of connection to the gang.

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 This is actually a swastika made out of sickles.

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 This is what remains of a Ku Klux Klansman and a burning cross.

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 I've been having these removed, but that's what remains of them at this point.

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 So I was transferred then to a maximum security prison.

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 It was what was called a gladiator farm.

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 When I arrived on that unit, there was already a war going on between blacks and whites.

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 My next door neighbor yelled at me, I know you have a shank.

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 I didn't have a shank.

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 I didn't have anything at that point, but I thought I better get one.

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 And so I did.

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 There came a point when the door to my cell and his cell were opened at the same time.

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 It wasn't supposed to happen, but it did.

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 I came at him with a shank.

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 And thankfully, a guard was able to step in between us just in time.

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 But I was put in solitary confinement as a result of that.

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 I was confirmed as a gang member.

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 What that means is they have the evidence of my tattoos, for one thing.

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 They have the evidence of what I've done.

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 And so they're able then to confine me essentially indefinitely.

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 One night I was scanning the radio dial, and the Lord used a radio program called Here Comes the Light to shine the light of the gospel into my heart.

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 And the thing that he dealt with in my heart, first and foremost, was the issue of racism.

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 There was a moment of total despair when I said, I can't do this.

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 And in that moment of despair, I realized I'm going to hell.

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 And suddenly something changed within me.

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 The Lord did it.

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 And I simply fell on my knees before him.

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 And I said, Lord, change my heart.

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 Take this away and help me to follow you.

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 What I'd later find out, of course, was that the only group in prison that doesn't segregate according to race were the Christians.

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 I was still in solitary confinement, which is where I needed to be.

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 And the Lord used it to mature me and grow me so that when I did get out of solitary confinement and go back to general population, I was prepared for the hardships that would come.

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 I spent 10 years in solitary confinement, but I used the time to read, to study.

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 The Lord was growing me in my fellowship with him.

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 It wasn't wasted time.

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 I simply began to read the Bible for myself.

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 And I started listening to the radio, so I listened to Christian programs on the radio, and I wanted to understand the Bible better.

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 And that's, of course, where I came across a program called Renewing Your Mind.

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 Though I was in that cell, the Lord was there with me.

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 Despite all the wickedness of my heart and all the evil things that I had done, all the people that I had hurt, especially my own family, he set me free.

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 My name is Lowell Ivey.

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 I was set free in prison by God's grace.

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 Did you hear that?

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 Two things stand out to me about that video.

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 First is that he experienced fellowship in solitary confinement.

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 What an oxymoron.

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 And then, that he was set free while he was in prison.

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 That's what God wants to do for everyone in this sanctuary today.

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 He wants you to experience freedom and deliverance and victory and triumph in the Christian life.

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 But it only happens as we are going to look this morning at 1 John chapter 5.

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 So if you would please, turn with me to 1 John chapter 5, beginning in verse 1.

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 We'll go verses 1 to 5.

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 And this section of Scripture really is kind of a summary of so many of the things that John has been talking about,

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 especially at the end part of chapter 3, moving on through chapter 4,

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 and now settling in on this key aspect of what the abiding life does here in chapter 5.

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 Helping to bring all of the pieces together and summarizing them for us,

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 kind of consolidating them all down to these steps of how do we experience the overcoming life as a Christian.

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 If you're a guest with us, you can find 1 John chapter 5 on page 1023.

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 Let me read for us, beginning at verse 1.

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 1 John chapter 5,

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 So that's where we're going to, towards the end of this message.

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 We're moving towards verses 3 and 4 to understand the significance,

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 or at least 4 and 5, the significance of an overcoming life.

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 An overcoming life that happens because of faith in Jesus Christ.

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 We find in this passage this amazing cycle that's taking place,

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 beginning with faith and ending with faith.

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 Not the same faith by the time you get to the end of the process,

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 because it is a refined faith, it is an improved faith, it is a growing faith.

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 And so when you start the process again,

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 now you're learning new things about who God is.

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 You're experiencing new things about Him.

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 You're loving in new ways.

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 You're obeying in greater depth.

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 And then you're growing again to become a better victorious individual.

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 And then learning deeper faith, which then begins this process all again until Jesus comes.

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 This process that we find through this first part of the chapter

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 that helps us identify and understand the significance of the steps of an overcoming life.

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 You can be an overcomer too.

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 Why?

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 Because you serve in overcoming God.

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 You have an overcoming force, a power, a being indwelling you, the Holy Spirit,

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 if you are a child of God.

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 You can experience and know and enjoy an overcoming life

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 because you serve an overcoming God.

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 It's amazing to imagine that we can have such a privilege.

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 But that is only possible for those who are walking in the flow

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 of what we're going to read and study this morning.

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 Only those who follow these steps will be able to experience

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 the true wonder of this overcoming life.

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 Now, we're going to be able to take this in two parts.

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 I know you have all the steps there in your outline this morning.

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 But this may take a couple of weeks.

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 And I have a couple of weeks because next week we're going to actually finish verses 6 to 12,

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 which kind of provides a little fuller picture.

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 So don't get too nervous if we only get through the first couple of points,

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 which is my tendency, I know.

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 And then I have to scramble through the last three.

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 But I don't want you to miss the significance of the first parts of this.

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 And don't get concerned.

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 I'll try to stick to the time.

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 And then we'll pick up what we miss next week.

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 Okay?

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 All right.

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 We're in good shape.

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 First, I want you to see that an overcoming life begins with a correct faith.

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 An overcoming life begins with a correct faith.

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 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God.

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 Now, this is an amazing statement.

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 It is both an inclusive statement and an exclusive statement.

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 It is inclusive in that anyone can participate.

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 The door is open.

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 There's accessibility.

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 There is an opportunity for participation.

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 Everyone who believes can enter in.

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 And if you're a part of the everyone,

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 then you can enjoy the wonder of an overcoming life.

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 There is this accessibility that comes to us

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 who participate in this promise.

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 Everyone who believes.

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 But it is also exclusive.

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 In that it is conditioned upon true faith.

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 It's conditioned upon believing the right things.

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 It's not open to believe whatever you want to believe.

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 It is conditioned upon believing the right things about who Jesus is.

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 Now, we saw the introduction to that in chapter 4, verse 2.

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 Where it says this.

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 It says,

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 By this you know the Spirit of God.

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 Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God.

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 And every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God.

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 That's really kind of the introduction to now this summary statement here in chapter 5.

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 And a couple of weeks ago, we looked at what does this faith really entail.

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 And if you remember, the statement that kind of carried us through the message and through the passage

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 was,

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 You are what you believe.

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 You are what you believe.

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 And how we describe that, we describe that in these terms.

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 You believe something.

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 And the way you live is an expression of what you truly believe.

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 The kind of faith and the kind of confession that John is aiming at

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 and the kind of believing that God, through his son Jesus, communicated to the world,

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 wasn't just this intellectual assent.

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 Jesus constantly confronted the Pharisees.

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 And perhaps the greatest example of this is in John chapter 8.

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 Where many in the crowd, the Pharisees in particular, were listening to Jesus.

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 And as a result of his teaching, they kind of applauded him and said,

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 Yes, we believe.

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 And John writes those words.

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 And those who listened believe.

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 But then you begin to understand, as the chapter continues to unfold in John chapter 8,

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 that their believing was just an intellectual belief.

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 It wasn't the kind of belief that actually changed their heart.

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 So that Jesus, when he goes on, says,

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 You are of your father, the devil.

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 If you were to really believe, you would know that I am from the father.

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 You would know my true origin, my true nature.

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 Your faith is incomplete.

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 Your faith is inadequate.

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 Your faith is corrupted.

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 And so, as John continues to carry this anthem through this letter to the church of Ephesus,

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 he wants them to understand what he means by believing is a belief that runs into action.

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 The kind of belief that leads to activity in your life.

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 Because you are what you believe.

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 So as you take an inventory of your life,

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 and you see the things that are broken,

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 you recognize if you take an honest evaluation of where you are,

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 and you assess the anxieties that you feel,

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 you take an inventory of the way that you've treated various people in your path,

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 whether they be your coworkers,

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 or whether they be your family members,

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 or whether they be your neighbors,

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 the people who God kind of creates intersection points with,

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 and you look back on those things,

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 and you say,

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 Oh, whoop, I didn't really respond the way I should have responded.

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 The reason you didn't respond the way you should have responded

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 is not because you messed up necessarily,

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 but the core reason is that you believe something defective about God.

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 Either that he really wasn't watching,

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 or that he didn't really care,

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 or that he didn't really have the power to help you respond that way,

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 or that it didn't even really matter in the first place.

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 Something is faulty about your faith.

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 And what we truly believe about God will show up in the way we live.

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 The starting point is to know Jesus who has come in the flesh.

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 And what we saw,

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 and this will flow now into our passage this morning,

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 is the real significance of Jesus Christ coming in the flesh

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 certainly has something to do with his humanity,

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 but more importantly,

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 has everything to do with what Jesus gave up to become a man,

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 and what that expressed in terms of his posture towards humanity.

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 For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son.

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 That's what Jesus came to show.

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 That's what Jesus came to do.

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 He came to show the love of God for humanity.

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 And that's why John could say a couple of verses later,

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 is those who confess that Jesus is Lord,

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 or that has come in the flesh,

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 you can believe them,

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 but the others don't believe.

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 We're of the group that says that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh.

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 You can trust us,

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 and the natural question is,

00:26:30.120 --> 00:26:31.580
 well, what's the evidence?

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 The evidence is found in verses 7 through 18.

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 That's what Pastor David talked about.

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 The evidence is a person whose life has been characterized by love.

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 That's how John distinguishes himself,

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 as being somebody who really has the right confession,

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 because he is not only somebody that talks about

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 the person of Christ and his humanity,

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 but he is somebody who bears that testimony out in his life.

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 He is somebody who has embraced the nature of Christ,

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 the purpose that Christ has for the world,

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 and who emulates or seeks to emulate that in his life.

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 Here we find in chapter 5, verse 1,

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 the next step in the process is not only do they believe

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 that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh,

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 but here they believe that Jesus is the Christ.

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 Jesus is the Christ.

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 You have a correct faith about who Jesus is.

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 That Jesus Christ has come in the flesh,

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 and that Jesus is the Christ.

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 Now, when John is talking about this statement,

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 Jesus as the Christ, what does he mean?

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 We found in several places throughout this little letter of John

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 that John comes back to the significance of Jesus as Christ,

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 and I want to briefly just point out some of those things to you

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 because we'll come back to it again next week,

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 but I want them to just be there for your benefit

00:28:13.779 --> 00:28:16.859
 as we move to the next phase in this passage.

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 When he says that Jesus is the Christ,

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 first he means that Jesus is one with the Father.

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 Jesus is one with the Father.

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 It speaks of his origin.

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 It speaks of his identity.

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 In 1 John 2, verse 22,

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 John says,

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 who is a liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ.

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 He denies the Father and the Son.

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 That Jesus' connection with the Father is so intimate

00:28:53.859 --> 00:28:55.839
 that they are inseparable.

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 You can't have one without the other.

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 So first we recognize that Jesus as the Christ

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 means that Jesus is one with the Father.

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 And if we had time this morning,

00:29:09.539 --> 00:29:11.640
 I would take you to John chapter 5,

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 and I would show you all of the verses from verse 19

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 all the way to verse 36,

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 where Jesus emphasizes the significance of this truth.

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 And as a result of Jesus' connection with the Father,

00:29:28.839 --> 00:29:31.640
 we find that they're one in power in verse 19,

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 they're one in purpose in verse 20,

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 they're one in glory in verse 23,

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 they're one in quality in verse 26,

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 they're one in authority in verse 30,

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 and they're one in greatness in verse 36.

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 We could go also to John chapter 8,

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 and we could go to John chapter 6,

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 and we could go to John chapter 14.

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 Over and over and over,

00:29:51.899 --> 00:29:54.539
 Jesus wants to communicate this message

00:29:54.539 --> 00:29:57.000
 that he is one with the Father.

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 So that when Jesus is telling his disciples

00:30:01.299 --> 00:30:02.019
 in the upper room,

00:30:02.279 --> 00:30:03.719
 he says, I'm going to the Father,

00:30:03.859 --> 00:30:05.299
 I'm going to prepare a place for you,

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 and Philip says, well, show us the Father,

00:30:08.179 --> 00:30:09.000
 and it is enough.

00:30:09.639 --> 00:30:11.079
 And Jesus says, oh, Philip,

00:30:12.379 --> 00:30:16.159
 have I been with you this long,

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 and you still don't get it?

00:30:19.619 --> 00:30:21.159
 You still don't understand, Philip.

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 Believe in me that I am in the Father,

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 and the Father is in me.

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 There is this inseparable connection.

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 Second, we understand this statement

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 to mean that Jesus is the fulfillment

00:30:33.639 --> 00:30:35.519
 of Old Testament promise.

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 Jesus is the fulfillment

00:30:37.859 --> 00:30:39.599
 of Old Testament promise.

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 All the things that the nation of Israel

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 was anticipating and looking forward to

00:30:46.140 --> 00:30:47.640
 sometime in the future

00:30:47.640 --> 00:30:49.820
 about this land and inheritance

00:30:49.820 --> 00:30:50.740
 and blessing.

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 This seed of Abraham

00:30:55.560 --> 00:30:59.740
 was encapsulated and fulfilled

00:30:59.740 --> 00:31:01.580
 in the person of Christ.

00:31:02.720 --> 00:31:04.860
 He is the promised one

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 who will vanquish the nations

00:31:07.000 --> 00:31:08.160
 and establish a people.

00:31:08.820 --> 00:31:10.580
 He is the hope of Israel,

00:31:11.020 --> 00:31:12.759
 the future hope of security,

00:31:13.180 --> 00:31:14.860
 a future lasting inheritance,

00:31:14.859 --> 00:31:16.699
 a land that would never again

00:31:16.699 --> 00:31:17.479
 be in jeopardy.

00:31:18.279 --> 00:31:20.219
 He is the promised seed of Abraham.

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 Those who were of true Israel

00:31:22.240 --> 00:31:23.539
 would be joined to him.

00:31:23.979 --> 00:31:26.259
 He is the promised king of David,

00:31:26.559 --> 00:31:27.439
 the sovereign one,

00:31:27.539 --> 00:31:30.119
 the absolute sovereign king

00:31:30.119 --> 00:31:32.000
 who will exercise dominance

00:31:32.000 --> 00:31:32.679
 over the world.

00:31:33.439 --> 00:31:36.219
 He is the final fulfillment of the law.

00:31:37.279 --> 00:31:39.740
 The law of Christ is the final law,

00:31:39.839 --> 00:31:40.919
 the law of love,

00:31:41.579 --> 00:31:43.219
 the law that we now follow.

00:31:43.220 --> 00:31:45.400
 He is the high priest.

00:31:46.079 --> 00:31:48.339
 As we find in 1 John 2, verse 1,

00:31:48.400 --> 00:31:49.920
 He is the advocate with the Father.

00:31:51.220 --> 00:31:52.880
 He is also the Lamb of God.

00:31:53.600 --> 00:31:55.259
 We find in 1 John 1, 7,

00:31:55.759 --> 00:31:57.480
 the blood of Jesus Christ

00:31:57.480 --> 00:31:59.420
 cleanses us from all sin.

00:32:00.700 --> 00:32:03.640
 Jesus is the absolute

00:32:03.640 --> 00:32:04.980
 and final fulfillment

00:32:04.980 --> 00:32:06.160
 of all of the promises

00:32:06.160 --> 00:32:08.519
 that Israel was putting their hope in.

00:32:08.519 --> 00:32:13.220
 Third, Jesus is the only way of salvation,

00:32:13.539 --> 00:32:16.379
 the only means of deliverance

00:32:16.379 --> 00:32:18.900
 and cleansing for those who believe.

00:32:19.680 --> 00:32:22.220
 We see that here in chapter 5, verse 1.

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 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ

00:32:24.839 --> 00:32:26.180
 has been born of God.

00:32:26.960 --> 00:32:28.180
 Salvation and deliverance

00:32:28.180 --> 00:32:30.319
 only comes through Him

00:32:30.319 --> 00:32:32.099
 and by no other means.

00:32:32.099 --> 00:32:36.119
 He is the true, enduring righteousness

00:32:36.119 --> 00:32:37.279
 that has been granted.

00:32:38.099 --> 00:32:39.859
 He is our acceptance.

00:32:40.659 --> 00:32:42.199
 He paid our debt.

00:32:42.799 --> 00:32:44.219
 He received the sentence

00:32:44.219 --> 00:32:45.899
 that was due to us.

00:32:46.779 --> 00:32:48.379
 The inheritance with God

00:32:48.379 --> 00:32:50.159
 is sealed in Jesus

00:32:50.159 --> 00:32:52.779
 because of His work on the cross.

00:32:54.579 --> 00:32:56.939
 Jesus is the only way of salvation.

00:32:57.639 --> 00:32:59.839
 Fourth, Jesus as Christ

00:32:59.839 --> 00:33:01.879
 means that He is sovereign

00:33:01.879 --> 00:33:05.099
 and He is Lord of all.

00:33:06.220 --> 00:33:08.699
 Now this is a difficult concept for us

00:33:08.699 --> 00:33:10.679
 to really get our minds around

00:33:10.679 --> 00:33:12.480
 in 21st century culture

00:33:12.480 --> 00:33:15.000
 where everything about us

00:33:15.000 --> 00:33:16.279
 is about individuality.

00:33:17.000 --> 00:33:17.899
 Everything about us

00:33:17.899 --> 00:33:18.899
 is about justice

00:33:18.899 --> 00:33:20.459
 and speaking our mind.

00:33:21.159 --> 00:33:23.539
 Whereas in the 1st century culture,

00:33:24.139 --> 00:33:26.259
 the King was sovereign

00:33:26.259 --> 00:33:27.439
 and what He said,

00:33:27.519 --> 00:33:29.240
 whether you agreed with it or not,

00:33:29.240 --> 00:33:31.220
 was gospel,

00:33:31.599 --> 00:33:32.980
 for lack of a better word.

00:33:34.859 --> 00:33:38.099
 His subjects would follow His orders

00:33:38.099 --> 00:33:39.859
 and His commands without question.

00:33:40.980 --> 00:33:43.740
 We don't really understand

00:33:43.740 --> 00:33:45.000
 what that's all about.

00:33:45.000 --> 00:33:48.279
 But when the scripture uses the word

00:33:48.279 --> 00:33:50.460
 Jesus Christ

00:33:50.460 --> 00:33:53.500
 and He talks about the lordship of God,

00:33:53.599 --> 00:33:55.380
 it is referring to

00:33:55.380 --> 00:33:58.100
 the work of God

00:33:58.100 --> 00:33:59.580
 in terms of us

00:33:59.580 --> 00:34:01.540
 surrendering and yielding

00:34:01.540 --> 00:34:03.280
 our entire allegiance to Him.

00:34:05.840 --> 00:34:07.600
 Is there full surrender

00:34:07.600 --> 00:34:09.480
 in your life to Christ?

00:34:10.539 --> 00:34:13.539
 Is there slavery to Him?

00:34:14.660 --> 00:34:16.800
 A giving up of your own priorities,

00:34:17.099 --> 00:34:18.099
 your own purposes,

00:34:18.340 --> 00:34:19.160
 your own dreams,

00:34:19.300 --> 00:34:21.220
 and adopting the priorities

00:34:21.220 --> 00:34:21.920
 and purposes

00:34:21.920 --> 00:34:24.760
 that God has for your life?

00:34:28.599 --> 00:34:29.820
 Those are the four things

00:34:29.820 --> 00:34:31.220
 I think John is referring to

00:34:31.220 --> 00:34:33.039
 when he speaks of Jesus

00:34:33.039 --> 00:34:34.780
 as the Christ.

00:34:35.780 --> 00:34:37.340
 Is Jesus Christ

00:34:37.340 --> 00:34:39.980
 the King for you this morning?

00:34:39.980 --> 00:34:42.719
 Is He the fulfillment

00:34:42.719 --> 00:34:44.139
 of all of that is good

00:34:44.139 --> 00:34:44.679
 for you?

00:34:45.820 --> 00:34:46.760
 Can you say

00:34:46.760 --> 00:34:48.000
 this morning,

00:34:48.780 --> 00:34:50.179
 as with the psalmist,

00:34:51.219 --> 00:34:52.760
 in Psalm 73,

00:34:52.920 --> 00:34:53.400
 he says,

00:34:53.960 --> 00:34:55.800
 there is nothing

00:34:55.800 --> 00:34:56.719
 that I desire

00:34:56.719 --> 00:34:58.219
 in heaven

00:34:58.219 --> 00:34:58.699
 but you.

00:34:59.840 --> 00:35:00.519
 Let me read this.

00:35:00.719 --> 00:35:01.440
 Psalm 73.

00:35:01.980 --> 00:35:02.380
 Psalm 73.

00:35:02.380 --> 00:35:08.539
 Whom have I in heaven

00:35:08.539 --> 00:35:08.980
 but you?

00:35:09.800 --> 00:35:10.920
 There is nothing

00:35:10.920 --> 00:35:11.640
 on earth

00:35:11.640 --> 00:35:12.700
 that I desire

00:35:12.700 --> 00:35:13.940
 besides you.

00:35:14.740 --> 00:35:15.740
 My flesh

00:35:15.740 --> 00:35:17.140
 and my heart

00:35:17.140 --> 00:35:18.000
 may fail,

00:35:18.500 --> 00:35:19.200
 but God

00:35:19.200 --> 00:35:20.320
 is the strength

00:35:20.320 --> 00:35:21.240
 of my heart

00:35:21.240 --> 00:35:22.539
 and my portion

00:35:22.539 --> 00:35:23.019
 forever.

00:35:25.059 --> 00:35:26.340
 Is that the expression

00:35:26.340 --> 00:35:26.940
 of your heart

00:35:26.940 --> 00:35:28.140
 this morning?

00:35:29.059 --> 00:35:30.559
 That Jesus Christ

00:35:30.559 --> 00:35:31.299
 as King

00:35:31.299 --> 00:35:32.559
 is Jesus

00:35:32.559 --> 00:35:34.779
 is the object

00:35:34.779 --> 00:35:36.619
 of my complete affection.

00:35:37.900 --> 00:35:38.360
 That Jesus

00:35:38.360 --> 00:35:39.400
 is the one

00:35:39.400 --> 00:35:40.219
 to whom I give

00:35:40.219 --> 00:35:41.320
 all my allegiance.

00:35:42.980 --> 00:35:43.420
 That Jesus

00:35:43.420 --> 00:35:44.400
 is the one

00:35:44.400 --> 00:35:46.360
 who commands

00:35:46.360 --> 00:35:47.420
 my future

00:35:47.420 --> 00:35:48.259
 and my destiny.

00:35:49.480 --> 00:35:50.559
 That my life

00:35:50.559 --> 00:35:51.820
 is meant

00:35:51.820 --> 00:35:52.460
 to be lived

00:35:52.460 --> 00:35:53.380
 in conformity

00:35:53.380 --> 00:35:54.380
 with His commands.

00:35:55.619 --> 00:35:56.340
 Pursuing

00:35:56.340 --> 00:35:58.519
 His priorities

00:35:58.519 --> 00:35:59.239
 and activities

00:35:59.239 --> 00:36:00.159
 for my life.

00:36:00.559 --> 00:36:02.820
 So not only

00:36:02.820 --> 00:36:04.099
 do we need

00:36:04.099 --> 00:36:04.340
 to have

00:36:04.340 --> 00:36:04.860
 the correct

00:36:04.860 --> 00:36:06.639
 faith

00:36:06.639 --> 00:36:07.579
 but the correct

00:36:07.579 --> 00:36:08.679
 faith leads

00:36:08.679 --> 00:36:09.420
 to

00:36:09.420 --> 00:36:10.759
 a Christ

00:36:10.759 --> 00:36:11.559
 exalting

00:36:11.559 --> 00:36:12.119
 love.

00:36:12.940 --> 00:36:13.460
 This will be

00:36:13.460 --> 00:36:13.920
 the last one

00:36:13.920 --> 00:36:14.400
 we get to

00:36:14.400 --> 00:36:15.000
 this morning

00:36:15.000 --> 00:36:15.619
 and we'll pick

00:36:15.619 --> 00:36:16.219
 the others up

00:36:16.219 --> 00:36:16.779
 next week.

00:36:17.259 --> 00:36:17.980
 A Christ

00:36:17.980 --> 00:36:19.119
 exalting love.

00:36:19.299 --> 00:36:19.799
 But what I want

00:36:19.799 --> 00:36:20.440
 to do for you

00:36:20.440 --> 00:36:21.299
 just in a moment

00:36:21.299 --> 00:36:21.940
 before we get

00:36:21.940 --> 00:36:22.579
 to this Christ

00:36:22.579 --> 00:36:23.239
 exalting love

00:36:23.239 --> 00:36:24.000
 I want you

00:36:24.000 --> 00:36:24.539
 to see

00:36:24.539 --> 00:36:25.500
 this

00:36:25.500 --> 00:36:26.619
 unbreakable

00:36:26.619 --> 00:36:27.119
 chain

00:36:27.119 --> 00:36:28.860
 that one

00:36:28.860 --> 00:36:29.679
 attitude

00:36:29.679 --> 00:36:30.539
 one action

00:36:30.539 --> 00:36:31.279
 leads to

00:36:31.279 --> 00:36:31.839
 the next.

00:36:32.219 --> 00:36:33.019
 It's inseparable.

00:36:33.440 --> 00:36:33.859
 It leads you

00:36:33.859 --> 00:36:34.419
 from start

00:36:34.419 --> 00:36:35.139
 to finish.

00:36:35.799 --> 00:36:36.500
 Notice this.

00:36:37.399 --> 00:36:37.919
 Everyone who

00:36:37.919 --> 00:36:38.759
 believes

00:36:38.759 --> 00:36:39.899
 that Jesus

00:36:39.899 --> 00:36:40.739
 is the Christ

00:36:40.739 --> 00:36:41.699
 has been born

00:36:41.699 --> 00:36:42.059
 of God.

00:36:42.119 --> 00:36:42.859
 You have

00:36:42.859 --> 00:36:43.859
 the correct

00:36:43.859 --> 00:36:44.399
 faith.

00:36:45.440 --> 00:36:45.879
 But then

00:36:45.879 --> 00:36:46.500
 notice what

00:36:46.500 --> 00:36:47.159
 it yields.

00:36:49.859 --> 00:36:50.619
 And everyone

00:36:50.619 --> 00:36:51.940
 who loves

00:36:51.940 --> 00:36:52.559
 the Father

00:36:52.559 --> 00:36:53.199
 loves

00:36:53.199 --> 00:36:53.839
 whomever

00:36:53.839 --> 00:36:54.199
 has been

00:36:54.199 --> 00:36:54.759
 born of Him.

00:36:54.760 --> 00:36:55.940
 and

00:36:55.940 --> 00:36:56.000
 now

00:36:56.000 --> 00:36:57.520
 that is not

00:36:57.520 --> 00:36:58.080
 what we

00:36:58.080 --> 00:36:58.460
 should be

00:36:58.460 --> 00:36:59.300
 seeing next.

00:36:59.360 --> 00:36:59.620
 That's not

00:36:59.620 --> 00:36:59.840
 what we

00:36:59.840 --> 00:37:00.440
 would expect

00:37:00.440 --> 00:37:00.960
 to see

00:37:00.960 --> 00:37:01.360
 next.

00:37:01.980 --> 00:37:02.520
 He begins

00:37:02.520 --> 00:37:03.140
 with faith

00:37:03.140 --> 00:37:03.620
 but then

00:37:03.620 --> 00:37:04.600
 he drops

00:37:04.600 --> 00:37:05.160
 in a new

00:37:05.160 --> 00:37:05.620
 word

00:37:05.620 --> 00:37:06.060
 in the

00:37:06.060 --> 00:37:06.720
 second part

00:37:06.720 --> 00:37:07.300
 of that

00:37:07.300 --> 00:37:08.000
 sentence.

00:37:09.340 --> 00:37:09.680
 Everyone

00:37:09.680 --> 00:37:10.660
 who believes

00:37:10.660 --> 00:37:11.080
 that Jesus

00:37:11.080 --> 00:37:11.800
 is Christ

00:37:11.800 --> 00:37:12.500
 and then

00:37:12.500 --> 00:37:12.960
 he begins

00:37:12.960 --> 00:37:13.680
 to equate

00:37:13.680 --> 00:37:14.420
 belief

00:37:14.420 --> 00:37:15.600
 with something

00:37:15.600 --> 00:37:16.100
 else

00:37:16.100 --> 00:37:16.560
 in the

00:37:16.560 --> 00:37:17.240
 second half

00:37:17.240 --> 00:37:17.740
 of this

00:37:17.740 --> 00:37:18.360
 verse.

00:37:18.480 --> 00:37:18.660
 Notice

00:37:18.660 --> 00:37:19.000
 what it

00:37:19.000 --> 00:37:19.340
 says.

00:37:20.140 --> 00:37:20.220
 And

00:37:20.220 --> 00:37:20.480
 everyone

00:37:20.480 --> 00:37:20.840
 who

00:37:20.840 --> 00:37:21.420
 loves

00:37:21.420 --> 00:37:22.060
 the Father

00:37:22.059 --> 00:37:23.539
 loves

00:37:23.539 --> 00:37:24.239
 whomever

00:37:24.239 --> 00:37:25.420
 has been

00:37:25.420 --> 00:37:25.679
 loved

00:37:25.679 --> 00:37:26.239
 by Him.

00:37:26.759 --> 00:37:27.159
 Begotten

00:37:27.159 --> 00:37:27.519
 of Him.

00:37:31.059 --> 00:37:31.699
 Those

00:37:31.699 --> 00:37:32.119
 who have

00:37:32.119 --> 00:37:32.480
 the right

00:37:32.480 --> 00:37:33.059
 faith

00:37:33.059 --> 00:37:34.440
 also have

00:37:34.440 --> 00:37:35.159
 Christ

00:37:35.159 --> 00:37:36.119
 exalting

00:37:36.119 --> 00:37:36.860
 love.

00:37:38.380 --> 00:37:38.699
 We've

00:37:38.699 --> 00:37:39.299
 spoken

00:37:39.299 --> 00:37:39.659
 about

00:37:39.659 --> 00:37:40.119
 what

00:37:40.119 --> 00:37:40.500
 the

00:37:40.500 --> 00:37:41.320
 quality

00:37:41.320 --> 00:37:41.820
 of this

00:37:41.820 --> 00:37:42.099
 love

00:37:42.099 --> 00:37:42.759
 looks like.

00:37:43.659 --> 00:37:43.860
 We'll

00:37:43.860 --> 00:37:44.500
 get more

00:37:44.500 --> 00:37:44.779
 to that

00:37:44.779 --> 00:37:45.159
 in just

00:37:45.159 --> 00:37:45.900
 a moment.

00:37:46.920 --> 00:37:47.259
 But then

00:37:47.259 --> 00:37:47.659
 he moves

00:37:47.659 --> 00:37:47.940
 on.

00:37:48.239 --> 00:37:48.519
 Christ

00:37:48.519 --> 00:37:49.039
 exalting

00:37:49.039 --> 00:37:49.360
 love

00:37:49.360 --> 00:37:50.079
 now leads

00:37:50.079 --> 00:37:50.840
 to verse

00:37:50.840 --> 00:37:51.340
 2.

00:37:51.340 --> 00:37:52.059
 By

00:37:52.059 --> 00:37:52.340
 this

00:37:52.340 --> 00:37:52.519
 we

00:37:52.519 --> 00:37:52.780
 know

00:37:52.780 --> 00:37:53.200
 we

00:37:53.200 --> 00:37:53.519
 love

00:37:53.519 --> 00:37:53.700
 the

00:37:53.700 --> 00:37:53.940
 children

00:37:53.940 --> 00:37:54.160
 of

00:37:54.160 --> 00:37:54.400
 God

00:37:54.400 --> 00:37:54.660
 when

00:37:54.660 --> 00:37:55.019
 we

00:37:55.019 --> 00:37:55.720
 love

00:37:55.720 --> 00:37:56.000
 God

00:37:56.000 --> 00:37:56.200
 and

00:37:56.200 --> 00:37:56.760
 obey

00:37:56.760 --> 00:37:57.579
 His

00:37:57.579 --> 00:37:58.079
 commandments.

00:38:00.039 --> 00:38:00.880
 What is

00:38:00.880 --> 00:38:01.220
 happening

00:38:01.220 --> 00:38:01.519
 here?

00:38:02.200 --> 00:38:02.380
 Now

00:38:02.380 --> 00:38:02.760
 he

00:38:02.760 --> 00:38:03.140
 begins

00:38:03.140 --> 00:38:03.320
 to

00:38:03.320 --> 00:38:03.860
 replace

00:38:03.860 --> 00:38:04.800
 love

00:38:04.800 --> 00:38:05.460
 loving

00:38:05.460 --> 00:38:06.180
 and

00:38:06.180 --> 00:38:06.700
 obedience.

00:38:08.320 --> 00:38:09.019
 So

00:38:09.019 --> 00:38:09.360
 we move

00:38:09.360 --> 00:38:09.600
 from

00:38:09.600 --> 00:38:10.079
 Christ

00:38:10.079 --> 00:38:10.800
 exalting

00:38:10.800 --> 00:38:11.720
 love

00:38:11.720 --> 00:38:12.340
 now

00:38:12.340 --> 00:38:12.740
 to

00:38:12.740 --> 00:38:13.460
 consistent

00:38:13.460 --> 00:38:14.019
 obedience.

00:38:15.860 --> 00:38:16.559
 And

00:38:16.559 --> 00:38:16.820
 as we

00:38:16.820 --> 00:38:17.160
 move

00:38:17.160 --> 00:38:17.519
 through

00:38:17.519 --> 00:38:18.700
 verse

00:38:18.700 --> 00:38:19.120
 2

00:38:19.120 --> 00:38:19.980
 and

00:38:19.980 --> 00:38:20.180
 move

00:38:20.180 --> 00:38:20.680
 on to

00:38:20.680 --> 00:38:20.920
 verse

00:38:20.920 --> 00:38:21.120
 3

00:38:21.119 --> 00:38:21.259
 we

00:38:21.259 --> 00:38:21.480
 see

00:38:21.480 --> 00:38:21.699
 another

00:38:21.699 --> 00:38:22.319
 correlation.

00:38:22.960 --> 00:38:22.980
 For

00:38:22.980 --> 00:38:23.339
 this

00:38:23.339 --> 00:38:23.559
 is

00:38:23.559 --> 00:38:23.779
 the

00:38:23.779 --> 00:38:23.960
 love

00:38:23.960 --> 00:38:24.139
 of

00:38:24.139 --> 00:38:24.519
 God

00:38:24.519 --> 00:38:24.859
 that

00:38:24.859 --> 00:38:25.000
 we

00:38:25.000 --> 00:38:25.319
 keep

00:38:25.319 --> 00:38:25.519
 His

00:38:25.519 --> 00:38:26.039
 commandments

00:38:26.039 --> 00:38:26.699
 and

00:38:26.699 --> 00:38:26.880
 His

00:38:26.880 --> 00:38:27.259
 commandments

00:38:27.259 --> 00:38:27.460
 are

00:38:27.460 --> 00:38:27.619
 not

00:38:27.619 --> 00:38:28.339
 burdensome

00:38:28.339 --> 00:38:28.900
 for

00:38:28.900 --> 00:38:29.400
 everyone

00:38:29.400 --> 00:38:29.699
 who

00:38:29.699 --> 00:38:29.940
 has

00:38:29.940 --> 00:38:30.199
 been

00:38:30.199 --> 00:38:30.460
 born

00:38:30.460 --> 00:38:30.679
 of

00:38:30.679 --> 00:38:31.199
 God

00:38:31.199 --> 00:38:32.299
 overcomes

00:38:32.299 --> 00:38:33.519
 the

00:38:33.519 --> 00:38:33.819
 world.

00:38:35.519 --> 00:38:35.880
 Keeping

00:38:35.880 --> 00:38:36.500
 the

00:38:36.500 --> 00:38:36.900
 commandments

00:38:36.900 --> 00:38:37.519
 of God

00:38:37.519 --> 00:38:38.199
 because

00:38:38.199 --> 00:38:38.579
 of a

00:38:38.579 --> 00:38:39.099
 posture

00:38:39.099 --> 00:38:39.799
 of love

00:38:39.799 --> 00:38:40.420
 leads

00:38:40.420 --> 00:38:40.639
 us

00:38:40.639 --> 00:38:40.859
 to

00:38:40.859 --> 00:38:42.699
 an

00:38:42.699 --> 00:38:43.239
 overcoming

00:38:43.239 --> 00:38:44.359
 life.

00:38:44.480 --> 00:38:44.559
 There

00:38:44.559 --> 00:38:44.819
 is

00:38:44.819 --> 00:38:45.420
 certain

00:38:45.420 --> 00:38:46.079
 victory

00:38:46.079 --> 00:38:46.980
 for you

00:38:46.980 --> 00:38:47.619
 as a

00:38:47.619 --> 00:38:47.920
 believer.

00:38:48.920 --> 00:38:49.500
 Certain

00:38:49.500 --> 00:38:50.320
 victory.

00:38:50.460 --> 00:38:50.539
 There

00:38:50.539 --> 00:38:50.800
 are

00:38:50.800 --> 00:38:51.119
 no

00:38:51.119 --> 00:38:51.519
 ifs

00:38:51.519 --> 00:38:51.940
 ands

00:38:51.940 --> 00:38:52.099
 or

00:38:52.099 --> 00:38:52.400
 buts

00:38:52.400 --> 00:38:52.719
 about

00:38:52.719 --> 00:38:52.980
 it.

00:38:54.139 --> 00:38:54.659
 Everyone

00:38:54.659 --> 00:38:55.059
 who

00:38:55.059 --> 00:38:55.260
 has

00:38:55.260 --> 00:38:55.440
 been

00:38:55.440 --> 00:38:55.619
 born

00:38:55.619 --> 00:38:55.780
 of

00:38:55.780 --> 00:38:55.940
 God

00:38:55.940 --> 00:38:56.079
 and

00:38:56.079 --> 00:38:56.320
 notice

00:38:56.320 --> 00:38:56.699
 again

00:38:56.699 --> 00:38:57.179
 this

00:38:57.179 --> 00:38:57.739
 correlation

00:38:57.739 --> 00:38:58.199
 back

00:38:58.199 --> 00:38:58.460
 to the

00:38:58.460 --> 00:38:58.800
 beginning

00:38:58.800 --> 00:38:59.820
 everyone

00:38:59.820 --> 00:39:00.000
 who

00:39:00.000 --> 00:39:00.420
 believes

00:39:00.420 --> 00:39:00.559
 that

00:39:00.559 --> 00:39:00.780
 Jesus

00:39:00.780 --> 00:39:01.019
 is

00:39:01.019 --> 00:39:01.280
 Christ

00:39:01.280 --> 00:39:01.460
 has

00:39:01.460 --> 00:39:01.619
 been

00:39:01.619 --> 00:39:01.880
 born

00:39:01.880 --> 00:39:02.039
 of

00:39:02.039 --> 00:39:02.260
 God

00:39:02.260 --> 00:39:02.440
 the

00:39:02.440 --> 00:39:02.739
 same

00:39:02.739 --> 00:39:03.340
 phrase

00:39:03.340 --> 00:39:03.739
 we

00:39:03.739 --> 00:39:03.940
 can

00:39:03.940 --> 00:39:04.539
 continue

00:39:04.539 --> 00:39:04.739
 to

00:39:04.739 --> 00:39:05.099
 extend

00:39:05.099 --> 00:39:05.340
 this

00:39:05.340 --> 00:39:05.800
 correlation

00:39:05.800 --> 00:39:06.340
 down

00:39:06.340 --> 00:39:07.620
 those

00:39:07.620 --> 00:39:07.960
 also

00:39:07.960 --> 00:39:08.180
 who

00:39:08.180 --> 00:39:08.300
 have

00:39:08.300 --> 00:39:08.420
 been

00:39:08.420 --> 00:39:08.600
 born

00:39:08.600 --> 00:39:08.760
 of

00:39:08.760 --> 00:39:09.000
 God

00:39:09.000 --> 00:39:09.519
 overcome

00:39:09.519 --> 00:39:10.180
 the

00:39:10.180 --> 00:39:10.420
 world.

00:39:10.620 --> 00:39:10.800
 It

00:39:10.800 --> 00:39:11.240
 is

00:39:11.240 --> 00:39:11.620
 a

00:39:11.620 --> 00:39:12.220
 certainty

00:39:12.220 --> 00:39:12.900
 in the

00:39:12.900 --> 00:39:13.200
 Christian

00:39:13.200 --> 00:39:13.680
 life

00:39:13.680 --> 00:39:14.480
 for

00:39:14.480 --> 00:39:14.960
 those

00:39:14.960 --> 00:39:16.019
 who

00:39:16.019 --> 00:39:16.800
 believe

00:39:16.800 --> 00:39:17.140
 the

00:39:17.140 --> 00:39:17.340
 right

00:39:17.340 --> 00:39:17.680
 things

00:39:17.680 --> 00:39:17.960
 about

00:39:17.960 --> 00:39:18.420
 Jesus.

00:39:20.920 --> 00:39:21.500
 The

00:39:21.500 --> 00:39:21.720
 second

00:39:21.720 --> 00:39:21.980
 part

00:39:21.980 --> 00:39:22.100
 of

00:39:22.100 --> 00:39:22.300
 verse

00:39:22.300 --> 00:39:22.539
 four

00:39:22.539 --> 00:39:22.780
 and

00:39:22.780 --> 00:39:23.079
 this

00:39:23.079 --> 00:39:23.320
 is

00:39:23.320 --> 00:39:23.500
 the

00:39:23.500 --> 00:39:23.860
 victory

00:39:23.860 --> 00:39:24.079
 that

00:39:24.079 --> 00:39:24.200
 has

00:39:24.200 --> 00:39:24.680
 overcome

00:39:24.680 --> 00:39:25.059
 the

00:39:25.059 --> 00:39:25.400
 world

00:39:25.400 --> 00:39:26.760
 what

00:39:26.760 --> 00:39:26.900
 is

00:39:26.900 --> 00:39:27.079
 it?

00:39:28.420 --> 00:39:29.019
 What

00:39:29.019 --> 00:39:29.079
 do

00:39:29.079 --> 00:39:29.160
 you

00:39:29.160 --> 00:39:29.440
 see?

00:39:30.559 --> 00:39:31.160
 Our

00:39:31.160 --> 00:39:31.559
 faith.

00:39:32.420 --> 00:39:32.600
 Now

00:39:32.600 --> 00:39:32.720
 we're

00:39:32.720 --> 00:39:32.880
 right

00:39:32.880 --> 00:39:33.100
 back

00:39:33.100 --> 00:39:33.220
 to

00:39:33.220 --> 00:39:33.320
 the

00:39:33.320 --> 00:39:33.620
 beginning

00:39:33.620 --> 00:39:34.800
 and

00:39:34.800 --> 00:39:34.940
 the

00:39:34.940 --> 00:39:35.220
 cycle

00:39:35.219 --> 00:39:35.679
 begins

00:39:35.679 --> 00:39:36.000
 all

00:39:36.000 --> 00:39:36.239
 over

00:39:36.239 --> 00:39:36.559
 again.

00:39:37.839 --> 00:39:38.159
 There

00:39:38.159 --> 00:39:38.399
 we

00:39:38.399 --> 00:39:38.759
 find

00:39:38.759 --> 00:39:39.459
 continuing

00:39:39.459 --> 00:39:40.359
 faith

00:39:40.359 --> 00:39:41.199
 faith

00:39:41.199 --> 00:39:41.379
 that

00:39:41.379 --> 00:39:41.739
 continues

00:39:41.739 --> 00:39:42.039
 to

00:39:42.039 --> 00:39:42.259
 grow

00:39:42.259 --> 00:39:45.439
 and

00:39:45.439 --> 00:39:45.559
 I

00:39:45.559 --> 00:39:45.759
 can't

00:39:45.759 --> 00:39:45.899
 wait

00:39:45.899 --> 00:39:46.019
 to

00:39:46.019 --> 00:39:46.139
 tell

00:39:46.139 --> 00:39:46.219
 you

00:39:46.219 --> 00:39:46.399
 about

00:39:46.399 --> 00:39:46.599
 it.

00:39:48.519 --> 00:39:48.959
 Somehow

00:39:48.959 --> 00:39:49.879
 this

00:39:49.879 --> 00:39:50.099
 time

00:39:50.099 --> 00:39:50.259
 went

00:39:50.259 --> 00:39:50.459
 by

00:39:50.459 --> 00:39:50.679
 so

00:39:50.679 --> 00:39:51.079
 fast.

00:39:52.079 --> 00:39:52.500
 I

00:39:52.500 --> 00:39:52.599
 need

00:39:52.599 --> 00:39:52.639
 to

00:39:52.639 --> 00:39:52.759
 get

00:39:52.759 --> 00:39:52.959
 back

00:39:52.959 --> 00:39:53.059
 in

00:39:53.059 --> 00:39:53.179
 the

00:39:53.179 --> 00:39:53.419
 flow

00:39:53.419 --> 00:39:53.679
 of

00:39:53.679 --> 00:39:55.779
 pacing

00:39:55.779 --> 00:39:56.239
 myself

00:39:56.239 --> 00:39:56.459
 a little

00:39:56.459 --> 00:39:56.579
 bit

00:39:56.579 --> 00:39:56.799
 better.

00:39:59.359 --> 00:39:59.819
 Let me

00:39:59.819 --> 00:40:00.159
 close

00:40:00.159 --> 00:40:00.439
 with

00:40:00.439 --> 00:40:01.879
 an

00:40:01.879 --> 00:40:02.359
 illustration.

00:40:05.219 --> 00:40:08.839
 one of

00:40:08.839 --> 00:40:08.899
 the

00:40:08.899 --> 00:40:09.139
 things

00:40:09.139 --> 00:40:09.599
 that I

00:40:09.599 --> 00:40:09.919
 have

00:40:09.919 --> 00:40:10.500
 begun

00:40:10.500 --> 00:40:10.719
 to

00:40:10.719 --> 00:40:11.159
 appreciate

00:40:11.159 --> 00:40:11.579
 is

00:40:11.579 --> 00:40:11.959
 the

00:40:11.959 --> 00:40:13.099
 defectiveness

00:40:13.099 --> 00:40:13.859
 of my

00:40:13.859 --> 00:40:14.259
 obedience.

00:40:18.179 --> 00:40:18.779
 It's

00:40:18.779 --> 00:40:19.359
 easy for

00:40:19.359 --> 00:40:19.819
 us

00:40:19.819 --> 00:40:20.679
 who have

00:40:20.679 --> 00:40:21.119
 grown up

00:40:21.119 --> 00:40:21.439
 in the

00:40:21.439 --> 00:40:21.879
 church

00:40:21.879 --> 00:40:23.279
 to go

00:40:23.279 --> 00:40:23.480
 through

00:40:23.480 --> 00:40:23.659
 the

00:40:23.659 --> 00:40:24.119
 motions

00:40:24.119 --> 00:40:25.359
 of

00:40:25.359 --> 00:40:25.659
 coming

00:40:25.659 --> 00:40:25.919
 at the

00:40:25.919 --> 00:40:26.099
 right

00:40:26.099 --> 00:40:26.519
 time

00:40:26.519 --> 00:40:27.500
 serving

00:40:27.500 --> 00:40:27.839
 in the

00:40:27.839 --> 00:40:28.019
 right

00:40:28.019 --> 00:40:28.359
 way

00:40:28.359 --> 00:40:29.059
 singing

00:40:29.059 --> 00:40:29.299
 the

00:40:29.299 --> 00:40:29.480
 right

00:40:29.480 --> 00:40:30.039
 songs

00:40:30.039 --> 00:40:30.599
 praying

00:40:30.599 --> 00:40:30.799
 the

00:40:30.799 --> 00:40:30.959
 right

00:40:30.959 --> 00:40:31.459
 prayers

00:40:31.459 --> 00:40:32.439
 saying

00:40:32.439 --> 00:40:32.599
 the

00:40:32.599 --> 00:40:32.759
 right

00:40:32.759 --> 00:40:33.439
 things

00:40:33.440 --> 00:40:34.220
 knowing

00:40:34.220 --> 00:40:34.440
 the

00:40:34.440 --> 00:40:34.700
 right

00:40:34.700 --> 00:40:35.579
 truths

00:40:35.579 --> 00:40:36.599
 embracing

00:40:36.599 --> 00:40:36.860
 the

00:40:36.860 --> 00:40:37.039
 right

00:40:37.039 --> 00:40:37.599
 principles

00:40:37.599 --> 00:40:38.780
 to

00:40:38.780 --> 00:40:39.159
 think

00:40:39.159 --> 00:40:40.220
 that

00:40:40.220 --> 00:40:40.420
 we're

00:40:40.420 --> 00:40:40.900
 doing

00:40:40.900 --> 00:40:41.900
 everything

00:40:41.900 --> 00:40:42.460
 just

00:40:42.460 --> 00:40:42.820
 the

00:40:42.820 --> 00:40:43.119
 right

00:40:43.119 --> 00:40:43.480
 way.

00:40:45.400 --> 00:40:46.220
 But

00:40:46.220 --> 00:40:46.519
 what

00:40:46.519 --> 00:40:48.420
 chapter

00:40:48.420 --> 00:40:49.000
 5

00:40:49.000 --> 00:40:49.380
 verses

00:40:49.380 --> 00:40:49.840
 1

00:40:49.840 --> 00:40:50.019
 through

00:40:50.019 --> 00:40:50.760
 5

00:40:50.760 --> 00:40:51.539
 confront

00:40:51.539 --> 00:40:52.000
 us

00:40:52.000 --> 00:40:52.460
 with

00:40:52.460 --> 00:40:53.860
 is

00:40:53.860 --> 00:40:54.099
 that

00:40:54.099 --> 00:40:54.300
 a

00:40:54.300 --> 00:40:54.659
 true

00:40:54.659 --> 00:40:55.420
 confession

00:40:55.420 --> 00:40:55.840
 of

00:40:55.840 --> 00:40:56.400
 God

00:40:56.400 --> 00:40:56.860
 that

00:40:56.860 --> 00:40:57.460
 leads

00:40:57.460 --> 00:40:57.880
 to

00:40:57.880 --> 00:40:58.099
 the

00:40:58.099 --> 00:40:58.460
 right

00:40:58.460 --> 00:40:58.880
 kind

00:40:58.880 --> 00:40:59.099
 of

00:40:59.099 --> 00:40:59.880
 love

00:40:59.880 --> 00:41:00.380
 then

00:41:00.380 --> 00:41:00.840
 leads

00:41:00.840 --> 00:41:01.000
 to

00:41:01.000 --> 00:41:01.119
 the

00:41:01.119 --> 00:41:01.280
 right

00:41:01.280 --> 00:41:01.519
 kind

00:41:01.519 --> 00:41:01.659
 of

00:41:01.659 --> 00:41:02.099
 action

00:41:02.099 --> 00:41:02.799
 and

00:41:02.799 --> 00:41:02.920
 you

00:41:02.920 --> 00:41:03.299
 can't

00:41:03.299 --> 00:41:03.860
 reverse

00:41:03.860 --> 00:41:04.059
 the

00:41:04.059 --> 00:41:04.400
 two

00:41:04.400 --> 00:41:07.339
 you

00:41:07.339 --> 00:41:07.880
 can't

00:41:07.880 --> 00:41:08.619
 ask

00:41:08.619 --> 00:41:08.940
 for

00:41:08.940 --> 00:41:09.079
 the

00:41:09.079 --> 00:41:09.299
 right

00:41:09.299 --> 00:41:09.980
 action

00:41:09.980 --> 00:41:10.400
 and

00:41:10.400 --> 00:41:10.880
 expect

00:41:10.880 --> 00:41:11.460
 that

00:41:11.460 --> 00:41:11.639
 it's

00:41:11.639 --> 00:41:12.059
 going

00:41:12.059 --> 00:41:12.360
 to

00:41:12.360 --> 00:41:13.480
 be

00:41:13.480 --> 00:41:14.619
 commendable

00:41:14.619 --> 00:41:14.960
 to

00:41:14.960 --> 00:41:15.279
 God

00:41:15.279 --> 00:41:19.839
 because

00:41:19.839 --> 00:41:21.920
 the

00:41:21.920 --> 00:41:22.139
 right

00:41:22.139 --> 00:41:22.779
 action

00:41:22.779 --> 00:41:24.139
 that

00:41:24.139 --> 00:41:24.599
 is not

00:41:24.599 --> 00:41:25.659
 driven

00:41:25.659 --> 00:41:26.039
 or

00:41:26.039 --> 00:41:26.739
 motivated

00:41:26.739 --> 00:41:27.179
 by the

00:41:27.179 --> 00:41:27.339
 right

00:41:27.339 --> 00:41:27.900
 heart

00:41:27.900 --> 00:41:29.599
 is not

00:41:29.599 --> 00:41:30.000
 only

00:41:30.000 --> 00:41:30.539
 inadequate

00:41:30.539 --> 00:41:31.159
 it is

00:41:31.159 --> 00:41:32.400
 absolutely

00:41:32.400 --> 00:41:33.500
 corrupt

00:41:33.500 --> 00:41:36.820
 so that

00:41:36.820 --> 00:41:37.739
 Jesus

00:41:37.739 --> 00:41:38.500
 or God

00:41:38.500 --> 00:41:39.119
 tells

00:41:39.119 --> 00:41:39.920
 the

00:41:39.920 --> 00:41:40.179
 children

00:41:40.179 --> 00:41:40.380
 of

00:41:40.380 --> 00:41:40.779
 Israel

00:41:40.779 --> 00:41:41.059
 in

00:41:41.059 --> 00:41:41.420
 Isaiah

00:41:41.420 --> 00:41:41.739
 chapter

00:41:41.739 --> 00:41:41.960
 1

00:41:41.960 --> 00:41:42.119
 we

00:41:42.119 --> 00:41:42.559
 saw

00:41:42.559 --> 00:41:42.960
 this

00:41:42.960 --> 00:41:43.239
 too

00:41:43.239 --> 00:41:43.619
 he

00:41:43.619 --> 00:41:43.779
 says

00:41:43.779 --> 00:41:44.079
 I

00:41:44.079 --> 00:41:44.719
 hate

00:41:44.719 --> 00:41:45.659
 your

00:41:45.659 --> 00:41:46.800
 sacrifices

00:41:46.800 --> 00:41:48.699
 I

00:41:48.699 --> 00:41:49.360
 hate

00:41:49.360 --> 00:41:49.599
 your

00:41:49.599 --> 00:41:50.079
 religious

00:41:50.079 --> 00:41:51.279
 ceremony

00:41:51.279 --> 00:41:53.219
 it

00:41:53.219 --> 00:41:53.699
 is

00:41:53.699 --> 00:41:55.539
 despicable

00:41:55.539 --> 00:41:56.079
 to me

00:41:56.079 --> 00:41:57.619
 I

00:41:57.619 --> 00:41:58.099
 want

00:41:58.099 --> 00:41:58.539
 a

00:41:58.539 --> 00:41:59.079
 clean

00:41:59.079 --> 00:41:59.759
 heart

00:41:59.759 --> 00:42:01.159
 come

00:42:01.159 --> 00:42:01.880
 to

00:42:01.880 --> 00:42:02.360
 me

00:42:02.360 --> 00:42:03.739
 demonstrate

00:42:03.739 --> 00:42:04.279
 the

00:42:04.279 --> 00:42:04.860
 sincerity

00:42:04.860 --> 00:42:05.299
 of

00:42:05.299 --> 00:42:05.480
 your

00:42:05.480 --> 00:42:06.039
 love

00:42:06.039 --> 00:42:06.480
 to

00:42:06.480 --> 00:42:06.880
 me

00:42:06.880 --> 00:42:07.319
 and

00:42:07.319 --> 00:42:07.460
 then

00:42:07.460 --> 00:42:07.599
 we

00:42:07.599 --> 00:42:07.779
 can

00:42:07.779 --> 00:42:08.059
 begin

00:42:08.059 --> 00:42:08.299
 to

00:42:08.299 --> 00:42:08.639
 talk

00:42:08.639 --> 00:42:08.900
 about

00:42:08.900 --> 00:42:09.079
 the

00:42:09.079 --> 00:42:09.279
 right

00:42:09.279 --> 00:42:09.579
 kind

00:42:09.579 --> 00:42:09.679
 of

00:42:09.679 --> 00:42:10.079
 obedience

00:42:10.079 --> 00:42:11.099
 and

00:42:11.099 --> 00:42:11.219
 then

00:42:11.219 --> 00:42:11.360
 we

00:42:11.360 --> 00:42:11.500
 can

00:42:11.500 --> 00:42:11.779
 begin

00:42:11.779 --> 00:42:12.019
 to

00:42:12.019 --> 00:42:12.519
 see

00:42:12.519 --> 00:42:13.360
 God

00:42:13.360 --> 00:42:13.840
 shape

00:42:13.840 --> 00:42:14.139
 us

00:42:14.139 --> 00:42:14.299
 to

00:42:14.299 --> 00:42:14.519
 have

00:42:14.519 --> 00:42:14.679
 the

00:42:14.679 --> 00:42:14.940
 right

00:42:14.940 --> 00:42:15.480
 kind

00:42:15.480 --> 00:42:15.960
 of

00:42:15.960 --> 00:42:16.500
 victory

00:42:16.500 --> 00:42:17.500
 day

00:42:17.500 --> 00:42:17.920
 by

00:42:17.920 --> 00:42:18.239
 day

00:42:18.239 --> 00:42:21.739
 but

00:42:21.739 --> 00:42:21.839
 you

00:42:21.839 --> 00:42:22.039
 can't

00:42:22.039 --> 00:42:22.239
 have

00:42:22.239 --> 00:42:22.379
 the

00:42:22.379 --> 00:42:22.519
 right

00:42:22.519 --> 00:42:23.019
 love

00:42:23.019 --> 00:42:23.559
 unless

00:42:23.559 --> 00:42:23.759
 you

00:42:23.759 --> 00:42:24.139
 have

00:42:24.139 --> 00:42:24.699
 the

00:42:24.699 --> 00:42:25.099
 right

00:42:25.099 --> 00:42:26.819
 confession

00:42:26.819 --> 00:42:27.379
 the

00:42:27.379 --> 00:42:27.819
 right

00:42:27.819 --> 00:42:28.579
 faith

00:42:28.579 --> 00:42:29.159
 in

00:42:29.159 --> 00:42:29.319
 who

00:42:29.319 --> 00:42:29.579
 Jesus

00:42:29.579 --> 00:42:30.119
 is

00:42:30.119 --> 00:42:31.139
 if

00:42:31.139 --> 00:42:31.259
 we

00:42:31.259 --> 00:42:31.599
 really

00:42:31.599 --> 00:42:32.479
 understood

00:42:32.479 --> 00:42:33.079
 that

00:42:33.079 --> 00:42:33.519
 Jesus

00:42:33.519 --> 00:42:34.259
 is

00:42:34.259 --> 00:42:34.719
 not

00:42:34.719 --> 00:42:36.099
 willing

00:42:36.099 --> 00:42:36.839
 to

00:42:36.839 --> 00:42:38.459
 to

00:42:38.459 --> 00:42:38.679
 see

00:42:38.679 --> 00:42:38.839
 the

00:42:38.839 --> 00:42:39.459
 hypocrisy

00:42:39.459 --> 00:42:39.879
 of life

00:42:39.879 --> 00:42:40.059
 and say

00:42:40.059 --> 00:42:40.359
 okay

00:42:40.359 --> 00:42:40.699
 well

00:42:40.699 --> 00:42:40.899
 you're

00:42:40.899 --> 00:42:41.019
 going

00:42:41.019 --> 00:42:41.139
 through

00:42:41.139 --> 00:42:41.259
 the

00:42:41.259 --> 00:42:41.419
 right

00:42:41.419 --> 00:42:41.879
 motion

00:42:41.879 --> 00:42:42.159
 so

00:42:42.159 --> 00:42:42.319
 you

00:42:42.319 --> 00:42:42.459
 must

00:42:42.459 --> 00:42:42.599
 be

00:42:42.599 --> 00:42:42.959
 okay

00:42:42.959 --> 00:42:44.500
 we

00:42:44.500 --> 00:42:44.939
 believe

00:42:44.939 --> 00:42:45.159
 that

00:42:45.159 --> 00:42:45.419
 Jesus

00:42:45.419 --> 00:42:46.059
 is

00:42:46.059 --> 00:42:47.539
 able

00:42:47.539 --> 00:42:47.739
 to

00:42:47.739 --> 00:42:47.879
 see

00:42:47.880 --> 00:42:48.039
 the

00:42:48.039 --> 00:42:48.420
 heart

00:42:48.420 --> 00:42:49.920
 we

00:42:49.920 --> 00:42:50.180
 believe

00:42:50.180 --> 00:42:50.320
 that

00:42:50.320 --> 00:42:50.440
 he

00:42:50.440 --> 00:42:50.579
 is

00:42:50.579 --> 00:42:51.380
 omniscient

00:42:51.380 --> 00:42:51.800
 do

00:42:51.800 --> 00:42:51.920
 you

00:42:51.920 --> 00:42:52.180
 believe

00:42:52.180 --> 00:42:52.500
 that

00:42:52.500 --> 00:42:52.720
 of

00:42:52.720 --> 00:42:52.940
 course

00:42:52.940 --> 00:42:53.119
 you

00:42:53.119 --> 00:42:53.440
 do

00:42:53.440 --> 00:42:55.059
 so

00:42:55.059 --> 00:42:55.300
 how

00:42:55.300 --> 00:42:55.400
 do

00:42:55.400 --> 00:42:55.519
 you

00:42:55.519 --> 00:42:55.860
 think

00:42:55.860 --> 00:42:56.000
 and

00:42:56.000 --> 00:42:56.160
 how

00:42:56.160 --> 00:42:56.260
 do

00:42:56.260 --> 00:42:56.440
 I

00:42:56.440 --> 00:42:56.660
 think

00:42:56.660 --> 00:42:56.780
 we

00:42:56.780 --> 00:42:56.920
 can

00:42:56.920 --> 00:42:57.160
 play

00:42:57.160 --> 00:42:57.700
 games

00:42:57.700 --> 00:42:58.280
 with

00:42:58.280 --> 00:42:58.940
 God

00:42:58.940 --> 00:43:00.500
 you

00:43:00.500 --> 00:43:00.760
 see

00:43:00.760 --> 00:43:01.340
 that's

00:43:01.340 --> 00:43:01.579
 where

00:43:01.579 --> 00:43:01.860
 our

00:43:01.860 --> 00:43:02.160
 faith

00:43:02.160 --> 00:43:02.619
 becomes

00:43:02.619 --> 00:43:03.260
 defective

00:43:03.260 --> 00:43:03.599
 because

00:43:03.599 --> 00:43:04.180
 on

00:43:04.180 --> 00:43:04.480
 one

00:43:04.480 --> 00:43:04.700
 hand

00:43:04.700 --> 00:43:04.820
 we

00:43:04.820 --> 00:43:05.079
 say

00:43:05.079 --> 00:43:05.360
 yes

00:43:05.360 --> 00:43:05.519
 I

00:43:05.519 --> 00:43:06.079
 believe

00:43:06.079 --> 00:43:06.480
 in

00:43:06.480 --> 00:43:06.640
 a

00:43:06.640 --> 00:43:07.039
 God

00:43:07.039 --> 00:43:07.280
 who

00:43:07.280 --> 00:43:07.539
 is

00:43:07.539 --> 00:43:08.160
 omniscient

00:43:08.160 --> 00:43:08.599
 and

00:43:08.599 --> 00:43:08.860
 then

00:43:08.860 --> 00:43:09.099
 we

00:43:09.099 --> 00:43:09.480
 go

00:43:09.480 --> 00:43:09.840
 about

00:43:09.840 --> 00:43:10.099
 doing

00:43:10.099 --> 00:43:10.320
 our

00:43:10.320 --> 00:43:10.539
 little

00:43:10.539 --> 00:43:11.200
 sins

00:43:11.200 --> 00:43:12.760
 as

00:43:12.760 --> 00:43:12.960
 if

00:43:12.960 --> 00:43:13.160
 he

00:43:13.160 --> 00:43:13.599
 didn't

00:43:13.599 --> 00:43:13.920
 take

00:43:13.920 --> 00:43:14.280
 notice

00:43:14.280 --> 00:43:15.460
 we

00:43:15.460 --> 00:43:16.019
 conceal

00:43:16.019 --> 00:43:16.360
 those

00:43:16.360 --> 00:43:17.019
 parts

00:43:17.019 --> 00:43:17.179
 of

00:43:17.179 --> 00:43:17.320
 our

00:43:17.320 --> 00:43:17.559
 heart

00:43:17.559 --> 00:43:17.740
 and

00:43:17.740 --> 00:43:18.280
 we

00:43:18.280 --> 00:43:18.539
 say

00:43:18.539 --> 00:43:18.900
 yes

00:43:18.900 --> 00:43:19.119
 he

00:43:19.119 --> 00:43:19.420
 is

00:43:19.420 --> 00:43:20.139
 sovereign

00:43:20.139 --> 00:43:20.380
 and

00:43:20.380 --> 00:43:20.639
 lord

00:43:20.639 --> 00:43:20.800
 of

00:43:20.800 --> 00:43:21.059
 all

00:43:21.059 --> 00:43:21.240
 but

00:43:21.240 --> 00:43:21.720
 but

00:43:21.720 --> 00:43:21.740
 but

00:43:21.740 --> 00:43:21.940
 but

00:43:21.940 --> 00:43:22.240
 I'm

00:43:22.240 --> 00:43:22.400
 going

00:43:22.400 --> 00:43:22.519
 to

00:43:22.519 --> 00:43:22.840
 be

00:43:22.840 --> 00:43:23.420
 the

00:43:23.420 --> 00:43:23.820
 lord

00:43:23.820 --> 00:43:24.019
 of

00:43:24.019 --> 00:43:24.360
 this

00:43:24.360 --> 00:43:24.780
 area

00:43:24.780 --> 00:43:24.960
 of

00:43:24.960 --> 00:43:25.119
 my

00:43:25.119 --> 00:43:25.599
 life

00:43:25.599 --> 00:43:27.760
 so

00:43:27.760 --> 00:43:29.760
 our

00:43:29.760 --> 00:43:30.920
 expression

00:43:30.920 --> 00:43:31.519
 of

00:43:31.519 --> 00:43:32.280
 who

00:43:32.280 --> 00:43:32.619
 God

00:43:32.619 --> 00:43:32.840
 is

00:43:32.840 --> 00:43:32.980
 our

00:43:32.980 --> 00:43:33.760
 theology

00:43:33.760 --> 00:43:34.199
 is

00:43:34.199 --> 00:43:34.820
 completely

00:43:34.820 --> 00:43:35.280
 out of

00:43:35.280 --> 00:43:35.699
 step

00:43:35.699 --> 00:43:36.619
 with

00:43:36.619 --> 00:43:36.760
 our

00:43:36.760 --> 00:43:37.119
 life

00:43:37.119 --> 00:43:38.760
 you

00:43:38.760 --> 00:43:39.079
 understand

00:43:39.079 --> 00:43:41.599
 because

00:43:41.599 --> 00:43:43.360
 you

00:43:43.360 --> 00:43:43.500
 are

00:43:43.500 --> 00:43:43.659
 what

00:43:43.659 --> 00:43:43.759
 you

00:43:43.759 --> 00:43:44.079
 believe

00:43:44.079 --> 00:43:46.539
 and

00:43:46.539 --> 00:43:46.860
 when

00:43:46.860 --> 00:43:47.340
 we

00:43:47.340 --> 00:43:47.840
 truly

00:43:47.840 --> 00:43:48.480
 believe

00:43:48.480 --> 00:43:48.819
 the

00:43:48.819 --> 00:43:49.019
 right

00:43:49.019 --> 00:43:49.259
 things

00:43:49.259 --> 00:43:49.500
 about

00:43:49.500 --> 00:43:49.920
 Jesus

00:43:49.920 --> 00:43:51.799
 it

00:43:51.799 --> 00:43:51.960
 will

00:43:51.960 --> 00:43:52.239
 lead

00:43:52.239 --> 00:43:52.599
 us

00:43:52.599 --> 00:43:53.340
 into

00:43:53.340 --> 00:43:53.719
 this

00:43:53.719 --> 00:43:54.440
 deep

00:43:54.440 --> 00:43:55.599
 intimate

00:43:55.599 --> 00:43:56.279
 abiding

00:43:56.279 --> 00:43:56.980
 relationship

00:43:56.980 --> 00:43:57.500
 with

00:43:57.500 --> 00:43:57.759
 him

00:43:57.759 --> 00:43:58.159
 we

00:43:58.159 --> 00:43:58.460
 will

00:43:58.460 --> 00:43:58.719
 be

00:43:58.719 --> 00:43:59.440
 inseparable

00:43:59.440 --> 00:44:02.299
 which

00:44:02.299 --> 00:44:02.500
 will

00:44:02.500 --> 00:44:02.840
 lead

00:44:02.840 --> 00:44:03.059
 to

00:44:03.059 --> 00:44:03.799
 consistent

00:44:03.799 --> 00:44:04.539
 obedience

00:44:04.539 --> 00:44:05.659
 and

00:44:05.659 --> 00:44:06.500
 triumph

00:44:06.500 --> 00:44:08.840
 triumph

00:44:08.840 --> 00:44:11.840
 not

00:44:11.840 --> 00:44:12.180
 by

00:44:12.180 --> 00:44:12.800
 doing

00:44:12.800 --> 00:44:14.340
 disciplining

00:44:14.340 --> 00:44:15.039
 yourself

00:44:15.039 --> 00:44:15.800
 more

00:44:15.800 --> 00:44:16.860
 to do

00:44:16.860 --> 00:44:17.240
 better

00:44:17.240 --> 00:44:17.860
 tomorrow

00:44:17.860 --> 00:44:19.500
 that

00:44:19.500 --> 00:44:19.700
 has

00:44:19.700 --> 00:44:20.019
 very

00:44:20.019 --> 00:44:20.420
 little

00:44:20.420 --> 00:44:20.800
 if

00:44:20.800 --> 00:44:21.160
 anything

00:44:21.160 --> 00:44:21.539
 to do

00:44:21.539 --> 00:44:21.700
 with

00:44:21.700 --> 00:44:21.800
 it

00:44:21.800 --> 00:44:21.940
 it

00:44:21.940 --> 00:44:22.120
 is

00:44:22.120 --> 00:44:22.800
 more

00:44:22.800 --> 00:44:23.280
 about

00:44:23.280 --> 00:44:24.220
 surrender

00:44:24.220 --> 00:44:25.300
 to

00:44:25.300 --> 00:44:25.800
 him

00:44:25.800 --> 00:44:26.180
 than

00:44:26.180 --> 00:44:26.300
 it

00:44:26.300 --> 00:44:26.620
 is

00:44:26.620 --> 00:44:26.900
 about

00:44:26.900 --> 00:44:27.720
 disciplining

00:44:27.720 --> 00:44:28.380
 yourself

00:44:28.380 --> 00:44:29.740
 not

00:44:29.740 --> 00:44:29.860
 that

00:44:29.860 --> 00:44:30.019
 that

00:44:30.019 --> 00:44:30.320
 is

00:44:30.320 --> 00:44:31.079
 unimportant

00:44:31.079 --> 00:44:31.780
 don't

00:44:31.780 --> 00:44:32.019
 get me

00:44:32.019 --> 00:44:32.300
 wrong

00:44:32.300 --> 00:44:33.900
 but

00:44:33.900 --> 00:44:34.019
 I

00:44:34.019 --> 00:44:34.220
 think

00:44:34.220 --> 00:44:34.380
 we

00:44:34.380 --> 00:44:34.620
 have

00:44:34.620 --> 00:44:34.780
 the

00:44:34.780 --> 00:44:35.220
 discipline

00:44:35.220 --> 00:44:35.660
 part

00:44:35.660 --> 00:44:36.120
 down

00:44:36.120 --> 00:44:36.519
 what

00:44:36.519 --> 00:44:36.680
 we

00:44:36.680 --> 00:44:37.000
 don't

00:44:37.000 --> 00:44:37.220
 have

00:44:37.220 --> 00:44:37.480
 down

00:44:37.480 --> 00:44:37.640
 is

00:44:37.640 --> 00:44:37.780
 the

00:44:37.780 --> 00:44:38.100
 abiding

00:44:38.100 --> 00:44:38.620
 relationship

00:44:38.619 --> 00:44:38.920
 part

00:44:38.920 --> 00:44:40.539
 at

00:44:40.539 --> 00:44:40.779
 least

00:44:40.779 --> 00:44:42.000
 that's

00:44:42.000 --> 00:44:42.179
 true

00:44:42.179 --> 00:44:42.380
 for

00:44:42.380 --> 00:44:42.599
 me

00:44:42.599 --> 00:44:46.059
 but

00:44:46.059 --> 00:44:46.299
 those

00:44:46.299 --> 00:44:46.440
 who

00:44:46.440 --> 00:44:46.839
 believe

00:44:46.839 --> 00:44:47.579
 those

00:44:47.579 --> 00:44:47.739
 who

00:44:47.739 --> 00:44:47.859
 are

00:44:47.859 --> 00:44:48.259
 born

00:44:48.259 --> 00:44:48.599
 of

00:44:48.599 --> 00:44:48.880
 him

00:44:48.880 --> 00:44:50.139
 will

00:44:50.139 --> 00:44:51.359
 overcome

00:44:51.359 --> 00:44:52.299
 that's

00:44:52.299 --> 00:44:52.400
 what

00:44:52.400 --> 00:44:52.519
 it

00:44:52.519 --> 00:44:52.819
 says

00:44:52.819 --> 00:44:54.940
 so

00:44:54.940 --> 00:44:55.880
 if

00:44:55.880 --> 00:44:55.960
 you

00:44:55.960 --> 00:44:56.059
 want

00:44:56.059 --> 00:44:56.099
 to

00:44:56.099 --> 00:44:56.179
 be

00:44:56.179 --> 00:44:56.279
 an

00:44:56.279 --> 00:44:56.779
 overcomer

00:44:56.779 --> 00:44:57.099
 today

00:44:57.099 --> 00:44:59.380
 it

00:44:59.380 --> 00:44:59.839
 starts

00:44:59.839 --> 00:45:00.559
 with

00:45:00.559 --> 00:45:00.679
 the

00:45:00.679 --> 00:45:00.839
 right

00:45:00.839 --> 00:45:01.199
 faith

00:45:01.199 --> 00:45:03.199
 it

00:45:03.199 --> 00:45:03.619
 leads

00:45:03.619 --> 00:45:03.799
 to

00:45:03.799 --> 00:45:03.920
 the

00:45:03.920 --> 00:45:04.079
 right

00:45:04.079 --> 00:45:04.440
 love

00:45:04.440 --> 00:45:05.940
 it

00:45:05.940 --> 00:45:06.420
 carries

00:45:06.420 --> 00:45:06.839
 us

00:45:06.840 --> 00:45:07.360
 to

00:45:07.360 --> 00:45:08.340
 consistent

00:45:08.340 --> 00:45:09.100
 obedience

00:45:09.100 --> 00:45:09.559
 that

00:45:09.559 --> 00:45:09.800
 by

00:45:09.800 --> 00:45:09.960
 the

00:45:09.960 --> 00:45:10.380
 way

00:45:10.380 --> 00:45:11.000
 John

00:45:11.000 --> 00:45:11.480
 says

00:45:11.480 --> 00:45:11.800
 and

00:45:11.800 --> 00:45:12.200
 Jesus

00:45:12.200 --> 00:45:12.600
 as

00:45:12.600 --> 00:45:12.960
 well

00:45:12.960 --> 00:45:13.480
 that

00:45:13.480 --> 00:45:13.680
 it

00:45:13.680 --> 00:45:13.840
 is

00:45:13.840 --> 00:45:14.240
 not

00:45:14.240 --> 00:45:15.000
 burdensome

00:45:15.000 --> 00:45:15.680
 so if

00:45:15.680 --> 00:45:16.079
 you are

00:45:16.079 --> 00:45:16.300
 here

00:45:16.300 --> 00:45:16.539
 this

00:45:16.539 --> 00:45:16.840
 morning

00:45:16.840 --> 00:45:17.400
 and you

00:45:17.400 --> 00:45:17.620
 say

00:45:17.620 --> 00:45:17.840
 I

00:45:17.840 --> 00:45:18.260
 can't

00:45:18.260 --> 00:45:18.539
 keep

00:45:18.539 --> 00:45:18.800
 all

00:45:18.800 --> 00:45:18.960
 the

00:45:18.960 --> 00:45:19.360
 rules

00:45:19.360 --> 00:45:19.880
 it's

00:45:19.880 --> 00:45:20.180
 just

00:45:20.180 --> 00:45:20.760
 way

00:45:20.760 --> 00:45:21.100
 too

00:45:21.100 --> 00:45:21.680
 hard

00:45:21.679 --> 00:45:23.079
 then

00:45:23.079 --> 00:45:23.259
 you

00:45:23.259 --> 00:45:23.599
 don't

00:45:23.599 --> 00:45:23.980
 get

00:45:23.980 --> 00:45:24.299
 it

00:45:24.299 --> 00:45:26.719
 you

00:45:26.719 --> 00:45:26.919
 don't

00:45:26.919 --> 00:45:27.659
 understand

00:45:27.659 --> 00:45:29.879
 because

00:45:29.879 --> 00:45:31.579
 it

00:45:31.579 --> 00:45:32.000
 becomes

00:45:32.000 --> 00:45:32.739
 natural

00:45:32.739 --> 00:45:33.000
 and it

00:45:33.000 --> 00:45:33.339
 becomes

00:45:33.339 --> 00:45:34.119
 easy

00:45:34.119 --> 00:45:34.960
 in a

00:45:34.960 --> 00:45:35.219
 way

00:45:35.219 --> 00:45:35.639
 because

00:45:35.639 --> 00:45:36.279
 of the

00:45:36.279 --> 00:45:36.919
 empowering

00:45:36.919 --> 00:45:37.539
 work

00:45:37.539 --> 00:45:38.179
 of the

00:45:38.179 --> 00:45:38.359
 Holy

00:45:38.359 --> 00:45:38.759
 Spirit

00:45:38.759 --> 00:45:39.019
 in your

00:45:39.019 --> 00:45:39.460
 life

00:45:39.460 --> 00:45:41.500
 when

00:45:41.500 --> 00:45:41.759
 you're

00:45:41.759 --> 00:45:42.719
 truly

00:45:42.719 --> 00:45:43.460
 surrendering

00:45:43.460 --> 00:45:44.019
 to

00:45:44.019 --> 00:45:44.199
 his

00:45:44.199 --> 00:45:44.579
 power

00:45:44.579 --> 00:45:45.480
 and

00:45:45.480 --> 00:45:47.199
 enjoying

00:45:47.199 --> 00:45:48.859
 faith

00:45:48.859 --> 00:45:49.539
 the way

00:45:49.539 --> 00:45:49.960
 he has

00:45:49.960 --> 00:45:50.359
 designed

00:45:50.359 --> 00:45:50.599
 it to

00:45:50.599 --> 00:45:50.799
 be

00:45:50.800 --> 00:45:53.700
 I

00:45:53.700 --> 00:45:54.220
 want

00:45:54.220 --> 00:45:54.600
 to

00:45:54.600 --> 00:45:54.880
 know

00:45:54.880 --> 00:45:55.160
 that

00:45:55.160 --> 00:45:55.660
 kind

00:45:55.660 --> 00:45:56.660
 of

00:45:56.660 --> 00:45:57.000
 triumph

00:45:57.000 --> 00:45:58.920
 I

00:45:58.920 --> 00:45:59.300
 trust

00:45:59.300 --> 00:45:59.539
 you

00:45:59.539 --> 00:45:59.780
 want

00:45:59.780 --> 00:45:59.900
 to

00:45:59.900 --> 00:46:00.060
 know

00:46:00.060 --> 00:46:00.240
 that

00:46:00.240 --> 00:46:00.480
 kind

00:46:00.480 --> 00:46:00.620
 of

00:46:00.620 --> 00:46:00.940
 triumph

00:46:00.940 --> 00:46:01.180
 too

00:46:01.180 --> 00:46:03.740
 so

00:46:03.740 --> 00:46:03.760
!

00:46:03.760 --> 00:46:04.100
 I'm

00:46:04.100 --> 00:46:04.280
 going to

00:46:04.280 --> 00:46:04.539
 close

00:46:04.539 --> 00:46:04.680
 this

00:46:04.680 --> 00:46:04.820
 in

00:46:04.820 --> 00:46:05.060
 prayer

00:46:05.060 --> 00:46:05.860
 and

00:46:05.860 --> 00:46:06.019
 I'm

00:46:06.019 --> 00:46:06.240
 going

00:46:06.240 --> 00:46:06.460
 to

00:46:06.460 --> 00:46:06.900
 invite

00:46:06.900 --> 00:46:08.160
 when

00:46:08.160 --> 00:46:08.320
 we

00:46:08.320 --> 00:46:08.539
 sing

00:46:08.539 --> 00:46:08.740
 this

00:46:08.740 --> 00:46:08.980
 next

00:46:08.980 --> 00:46:09.240
 song

00:46:09.240 --> 00:46:10.220
 I'm

00:46:10.220 --> 00:46:10.300
 going

00:46:10.300 --> 00:46:10.380
 to

00:46:10.380 --> 00:46:10.760
 invite

00:46:10.760 --> 00:46:11.300
 anyone

00:46:11.300 --> 00:46:11.760
 to

00:46:11.760 --> 00:46:12.060
 come

00:46:12.060 --> 00:46:12.500
 who

00:46:12.500 --> 00:46:12.780
 does

00:46:12.780 --> 00:46:13.240
 not

00:46:13.240 --> 00:46:13.620
 know

00:46:13.620 --> 00:46:13.960
 that

00:46:13.960 --> 00:46:14.460
 kind

00:46:14.460 --> 00:46:15.080
 of

00:46:15.080 --> 00:46:15.720
 overcoming

00:46:15.720 --> 00:46:16.200
 power

00:46:16.200 --> 00:46:16.720
 so

00:46:16.720 --> 00:46:16.820
 that

00:46:16.820 --> 00:46:16.940
 we

00:46:16.940 --> 00:46:17.100
 can

00:46:17.100 --> 00:46:17.300
 either

00:46:17.300 --> 00:46:17.680
 introduce

00:46:17.680 --> 00:46:17.980
 you

00:46:17.980 --> 00:46:18.140
 to

00:46:18.140 --> 00:46:18.440
 Jesus

00:46:18.440 --> 00:46:19.120
 or

00:46:19.120 --> 00:46:19.300
 so

00:46:19.300 --> 00:46:19.400
 that

00:46:19.400 --> 00:46:19.500
 we

00:46:19.500 --> 00:46:19.680
 can

00:46:19.680 --> 00:46:20.100
 pray

00:46:20.100 --> 00:46:20.180
!

00:46:20.800 --> 00:46:20.880
 He

00:46:20.880 --> 00:46:21.039
 would

00:46:21.039 --> 00:46:21.420
 forgive

00:46:21.420 --> 00:46:21.620
 you

00:46:21.620 --> 00:46:21.740
 of

00:46:21.740 --> 00:46:21.920
 your

00:46:21.920 --> 00:46:22.300
 sin

00:46:22.300 --> 00:46:22.660
 and

00:46:22.660 --> 00:46:22.760
 you

00:46:22.760 --> 00:46:22.900
 could

00:46:22.900 --> 00:46:23.360
 move

00:46:23.360 --> 00:46:23.560
 in

00:46:23.560 --> 00:46:23.700
 the

00:46:23.700 --> 00:46:23.900
 right

00:46:23.900 --> 00:46:24.420
 direction

00:46:24.420 --> 00:46:27.200
 let

00:46:27.200 --> 00:46:27.360
 it

00:46:27.360 --> 00:46:27.720
 begin

00:46:27.720 --> 00:46:28.200
 today

00:46:28.200 --> 00:46:30.280
 don't

00:46:30.280 --> 00:46:31.340
 allow

00:46:31.340 --> 00:46:32.180
 pride

00:46:32.180 --> 00:46:33.400
 to

00:46:33.400 --> 00:46:33.640
 get

00:46:33.640 --> 00:46:33.820
 in

00:46:33.820 --> 00:46:33.940
 the

00:46:33.940 --> 00:46:34.240
 way

00:46:34.240 --> 00:46:35.360
 of

00:46:35.360 --> 00:46:35.480
 an

00:46:35.480 --> 00:46:35.820
 abiding

00:46:35.820 --> 00:46:36.420
 relationship

00:46:36.420 --> 00:46:36.700
 with

00:46:36.700 --> 00:46:36.880
 Him

00:46:36.880 --> 00:46:37.180
 and

00:46:37.180 --> 00:46:37.760
 overcoming

00:46:37.760 --> 00:46:38.240
 life

00:46:38.240 --> 00:46:40.600
 be

00:46:40.600 --> 00:46:40.880
 willing

00:46:40.880 --> 00:46:41.160
 to be

00:46:41.160 --> 00:46:41.720
 transparent

00:46:41.720 --> 00:46:42.280
 with the

00:46:42.280 --> 00:46:42.560
 people

00:46:42.560 --> 00:46:43.019
 in this

00:46:43.019 --> 00:46:43.280
 room

00:46:43.280 --> 00:46:44.220
 who

00:46:44.220 --> 00:46:44.519
 love

00:46:44.519 --> 00:46:44.760
 you

00:46:44.760 --> 00:46:45.760
 and

00:46:45.760 --> 00:46:45.920
 want

00:46:45.920 --> 00:46:46.060
 to

00:46:46.060 --> 00:46:46.260
 help

00:46:46.260 --> 00:46:46.460
 you

00:46:46.460 --> 00:46:46.760
 in

00:46:46.760 --> 00:46:46.900
 this

00:46:46.900 --> 00:46:47.360
 process

00:46:47.360 --> 00:46:49.420
 so

00:46:49.420 --> 00:46:49.519
 I'm

00:46:49.519 --> 00:46:49.599
 going

00:46:49.599 --> 00:46:49.640
 to

00:46:49.640 --> 00:46:49.800
 pray

00:46:49.800 --> 00:46:49.980
 for

00:46:49.980 --> 00:46:50.260
 us

00:46:50.260 --> 00:46:50.599
 I'm

00:46:50.599 --> 00:46:50.680
 going

00:46:50.680 --> 00:46:50.720
 to

00:46:50.720 --> 00:46:51.079
 invite

00:46:51.079 --> 00:46:51.539
 the

00:46:51.539 --> 00:46:51.760
 team

00:46:51.760 --> 00:46:51.920
 to

00:46:51.920 --> 00:46:52.140
 come

00:46:52.140 --> 00:46:53.160
 I'm

00:46:53.160 --> 00:46:53.260
 going

00:46:53.260 --> 00:46:53.340
 to

00:46:53.340 --> 00:46:53.760
 encourage

00:46:53.760 --> 00:46:54.220
 anyone

00:46:54.220 --> 00:46:54.680
 this

00:46:54.680 --> 00:46:55.039
 morning

00:46:55.039 --> 00:46:56.120
 who

00:46:56.120 --> 00:46:56.400
 wants

00:46:56.400 --> 00:46:56.660
 to

00:46:56.660 --> 00:46:57.539
 either

00:46:57.539 --> 00:46:57.840
 get

00:46:57.840 --> 00:46:58.400
 on

00:46:58.400 --> 00:46:58.559
 the

00:46:58.559 --> 00:46:58.800
 road

00:46:58.800 --> 00:46:58.960
 for

00:46:58.960 --> 00:46:59.079
 the

00:46:59.079 --> 00:46:59.300
 first

00:46:59.300 --> 00:46:59.700
 time

00:46:59.700 --> 00:47:00.640
 or

00:47:00.640 --> 00:47:00.980
 stay

00:47:00.980 --> 00:47:01.160
 on

00:47:01.160 --> 00:47:01.280
 the

00:47:01.280 --> 00:47:01.559
 road

00:47:01.559 --> 00:47:02.280
 from

00:47:02.280 --> 00:47:02.440
 this

00:47:02.440 --> 00:47:02.660
 point

00:47:02.660 --> 00:47:02.920
 on

00:47:02.920 --> 00:47:04.000
 to

00:47:04.000 --> 00:47:04.300
 come

00:47:04.300 --> 00:47:04.740
 so

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 Let me

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