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 It's good to see everybody this morning.

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 I had a talk with Wes and Nathan about the lights right here.

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! I'm used to speaking on Thursday nights, but I don't have that in my face.

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 But it's like impossible to lift your eyes to heaven and actually pray while you're up here.

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 But, uh...

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 You do that so much, right?

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 I know. I try.

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 Yeah, it's not too bad.

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 But, um, I had one person already say to me,

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 I like your pink shirt, and I don't think it's pink.

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 I think it's kind of a light color red.

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 So, uh, just, uh, settle that real quick, too.

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 Um, well, I wanted, uh, this message, we've been in the Gospel of Mark, going through Mark,

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 and this isn't necessarily from Mark.

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 This is kind of more of a, uh, an aside, a topical message

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 that will hopefully help us get more out of God's Word as we come to hear it week by week.

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 And, uh, over the Christmas break for the students,

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 I was, uh, at home with my parents in North Carolina,

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 and I went to their church in, uh, Hiawassee.

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 And while I was there, I was not really, I hadn't really prepared my heart to come

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 to hear God's Word that morning.

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 And so, when the preacher got up and he began teaching on, um, the idea of the birth of Christ

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 and the incarnation and the importance of it,

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 I just kind of completely zoned out and kind of had this idea of,

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 I've heard this so much in my life, and I really don't want to pay attention.

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 I already know this.

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 I probably, probably could teach this better than he could.

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 You know, all these little arrogant, pompous thoughts that showed that I really did not

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 believe what it was I was hearing at all.

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 And it really convicted me.

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 So maybe you, some, some of you have been there before,

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 you've heard a sermon that you've heard before,

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 and it's really tempting just to check out.

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 And instead of asking yourself,

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 Okay, Lord, help me pay attention, help me to get something, um, new out of this.

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 Speak to me afresh on this.

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 And then to ask yourself, do I actually practice what I claim to believe?

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 And so, with that, I was really kind of broken and messed up that afternoon.

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 I just couldn't get my mind right, because I felt so messed up in my heart.

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 So, uh, I went home, back here to Dahlonega,

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 and I dug out an old book,

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 The Genius of Puritanism.

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 Great title.

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 Great pictures, too.

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 Very scary looking pictures, so.

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 But, I don't know how many of you know anything about the Puritans,

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 but they were really very, very serious about

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 not just the preaching of God's Word,

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 but also the, uh,

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 the idea of preparing yourself to hear God's Word,

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 hearing God's Word,

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 and then discussing things after you hear God's Word.

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 They were very, um,

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 serious about that kind of stuff.

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 So, I began reading back through some of the stuff,

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 and it was really convicting and challenging.

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 And since then,

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 it's really helped kind of alter

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 my posture and how I come here on Sunday mornings.

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 And, uh,

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 with that in mind,

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 uh,

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 this past Wednesday,

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 I was with Nathan,

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 and I told him,

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 you know,

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 at some point,

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 I think it would be interesting to, uh,

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 to speak on

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 the idea of coming to hear God's Word,

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 the idea of coming to hear

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 the preaching of God's Word.

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 And,

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 and he said,

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 how about this Sunday?

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 And, uh,

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 so,

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 and it really was quite providential

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 because,

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 um,

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 where we are in Mark,

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 we're about to get into the parables,

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 and Jesus says a lot of things like,

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 those who have ears to hear,

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 let them hear.

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 It's this idea of hearing God's Word.

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 And so,

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 I want you to flip to Luke,

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 uh,

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 chapter 8,

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 and look at

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 verse 18,

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 just carefully.

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 Wow,

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 there's multiple water up here.

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 Okay.

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 Leave that here.

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 So,

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 in Luke's Gospel,

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 after the parable of the sower,

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 Jesus makes this comment

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 in chapter 8,

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 verse 18.

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 He says,

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 take care then

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 how you hear,

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 for to the,

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 the one who has

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 more will be given,

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 and from the one who has not,

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 even what he thinks

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 that he has

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 will be taken away.

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 Very

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 strong words.

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 Take care then

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 how you hear,

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 for to the one who has

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 more will be given,

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 and for the one

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 who has not,

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 even what he thinks

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 that he has

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 will be taken away.

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 Just pray with me

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 for a second.

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 Father,

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 I just want to confess

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 to you that

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 there's nothing

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 that can be done

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 today in my heart

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 or the hearts

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 of

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 your people

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 that are here

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 apart from

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 your Holy Spirit,

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 and

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 him

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 administering

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 the word

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 to

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 our hearts,

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 our minds,

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 and God

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 has asked for

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 help,

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 and

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 for the Lord

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 to open up our ears

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 and let us hear

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 your truth today.

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 Just help us,

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 Father,

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 in Christ's name.

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 Amen.

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 So,

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 we need to understand

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 that

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 the way we hear

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 God's word

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 can be a life

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 and death

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 thing

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 in many ways.

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 Jesus

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 constantly brought

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 this up to the people

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 he was teaching.

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 He says,

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 you know,

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 if you actually

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 do hear,

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 more will be given,

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 and if you don't hear,

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 what you think you know

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 will be taken away.

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 So,

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 just put that

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 in your own life

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 in terms of

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 hearing God's word.

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 And in Mark,

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 Jesus says,

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 having eyes

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 do you not see,

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 and having ears

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 do you not hear,

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 and you do not remember.

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 So,

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 it's possible

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 to have ears

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 that fail

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 to hear,

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 and at the same time,

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 even to be hearing

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 but not understanding.

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 Really

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 dangerous stuff.

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 And so,

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 this is what was

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 happening to me.

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 And so,

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 listening to sermons,

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 and the preaching

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 of God's word

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 is a risky business.

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 It will either

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 sanctify you

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 or it will harden you.

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 But one thing

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 it won't do

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 is leave you unchanged.

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 When you go here today,

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 something will be different.

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 And you either

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 will know Christ more

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 and want to

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 be conformed

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 more to his image

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 or you'll be hardened.

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 It's like,

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 it's really one or the other.

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 So,

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 that should

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 scare you a little bit.

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 It scares me.

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 And also to realize

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 that you'll be accountable

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 before God

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 for everything you hear

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 in your soul.

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 A lot of you,

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 I remember,

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 you know,

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 back in the day

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 when Nathan West

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 and I were in school,

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 I probably went through

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 like a pretty long period

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 of time

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 where I was just

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 learning a lot

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 but applying very little.

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 And then I just realized

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 that all I'm doing

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 is making myself

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 more accountable

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 for what I know.

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 Like I'm

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 storing up

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 all this knowledge

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 and I can't obey

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 even a quarter of it.

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 And God's going to

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 hold me to a higher standard

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 because of what

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 I've been taught.

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 And so,

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 understand that your faith

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 can rise and fall

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 based on how you hear

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 God's Word.

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 Right?

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 Romans 10.

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 So,

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 faith comes by hearing

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 and hearing

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 through the words of Christ.

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 Romans 10.17.

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 So,

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 briefly,

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 this is,

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 you know,

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 this is

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 the written copy

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 of God's Word.

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 This is not God's Word.

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 God's Word is living,

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 active.

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 Christ Himself

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 is the Word of God.

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 And on the throne of God

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 there's a man,

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 not a book.

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 But this is

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 the recorded

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 words of God.

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 And over 2,000 times

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 in the Old Testament alone,

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 the Bible asserts

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 that God spoke

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 within its pages.

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 And the phrase

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 the Word of God

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 over 40 times

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 in the New Testament.

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 And so,

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 you hear phrases

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 such as,

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 has not God said?

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 What do the Scriptures say?

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 Thus says the Lord.

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 They're interchangeable

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 all throughout the Scripture.

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 So,

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 they're affirming

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 one or the other.

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 That the Scripture

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 really is

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 God's Word.

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 And so,

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 you're all familiar

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 with

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 Paul's words

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 to Timothy

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 where he said

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 all Scripture

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 is breathed out

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 by God

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 and is profitable

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 for teaching,

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 for reproof,

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 for correction,

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 for training

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 in righteousness

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 that the man of God

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 may be competent

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 and equipped

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 for every good work.

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 Alright,

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 so,

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 that definitely

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 destroys the idea

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 that it was only

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 relative to the people

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 in the past.

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 This idea

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 that it is

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 breathed out

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 by God

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 and is always

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 profitable

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 and for training.

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 So,

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 that word,

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 some translations

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 may say

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 inspired

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 or inspired

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 by God

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 and that's not

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 a bad way

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 of saying it

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 but really

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 the literal word

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 is a combination

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 Greek word.

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 It's not used

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 anywhere else

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 in the whole Bible

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 or in classical

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 Greek literature

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 is theophanoustos

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 and it means

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 that the idea

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 of God

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 breathed these things

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 out.

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 Let's forget our word

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 for pneumonia

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 or pneumatic

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 and God

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 breathed out

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 these words.

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 So,

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 it's saying

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 that

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 that God

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 in person

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 has spoken

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 through these pages

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 and so,

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 in the scripture,

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 the person of God

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 and the word of God

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 are so interrelated

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 that what is true

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 about God

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 is true about His word.

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 God is perfect,

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 He's pure,

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 He's righteous,

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 He's truthful

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 and therefore,

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 so is His word.

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 They're interrelated.

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 They're perfect

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 in all ways.

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 So,

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 I have a pastor

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 friend of mine,

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 he's been

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 preaching God's word

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 for about

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 45 years.

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 I don't know

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 if he's going to

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 hang it up

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 sometime soon or not,

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 but he's over

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 in Northern Ireland

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 and his name's

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 Billy,

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 Billy Reed

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 and he told me

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 about six years ago

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 that we are changed

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 and transformed

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 by beholding

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 the glory of Christ

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 and where we see

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 the glory of Christ

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 most clearly

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 is in His word.

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 So,

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 that's why

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 we need to like

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 spend daily time

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 soaking ourselves,

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 meditating in

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 God's word.

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 But,

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 even getting more

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 specific,

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 you know,

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 we're going to talk

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 today about the

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 preaching of God's word.

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 But,

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 just understand that

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 this is

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 the very word of God.

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 John Calvin said,

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 we owe to the scriptures

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 the same reverence

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 for which we owe to God

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 because it has

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 proceeded from Him

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 alone and has

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 nothing of man

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 mixed with it.

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 Our own experience

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 has taught us

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 that the highest

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 proof of scripture

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 derives in general

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 from the fact that

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 God in person

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 speaks in it.

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 It's really good.

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 So,

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 I think I have

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 four or five

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 questions

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 that we're going to

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 kind of look through

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 today.

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 But,

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 first off,

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 what,

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 the first question

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 is,

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 what is

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 teaching and preaching?

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 What is teaching

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 and preaching?

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 And are they different?

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 And the answer is,

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 yes,

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 they are different.

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 God has given

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 stewardship,

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 given gifts to His church

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 for the building up

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 of His church

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 and for the equipping

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 of His church.

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 And so,

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 the Holy Spirit

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 is the agent

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 of these gifts.

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 And among these gifts,

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 all to be used

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 for God's glory,

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 you mainly see

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 speaking gifts

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 and serving gifts,

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 typically,

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 but among them are

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 the gifts of teaching

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 and preaching.

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 So,

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 let's look at teaching

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 first.

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 Teaching,

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 at least,

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 when it's used

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 in the New Testament,

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 it means to instruct,

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 to clarify,

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 to explain,

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 to guide,

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 to nurture

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 the truths

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 about God's Word

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 into the hearts

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 of people

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 for the purpose

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 of unifying,

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 maturing the church

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 and maturing

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 the body to Christ.

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 but understand,

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 though,

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 that teaching

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 is not necessarily

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 preaching.

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 There's another element

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 of preaching

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 that kind of goes

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 a little further.

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 Okay?

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 So,

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 we have many teachers

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 in this room,

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 but you may not

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 actually be

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 a preacher,

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 so to say.

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 So,

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 preaching carries

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 another element.

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 Preaching,

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 also referred to

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 as prophecy,

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 doesn't necessarily

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 mean that

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 you're going

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 to predict

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 future events.

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 Most of it,

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 even the Bible

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 prophets

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 didn't really

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 do a lot

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 of that.

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 They mainly

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 called God's

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 people to

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 repent of their

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 sin and to

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 come back to

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 God,

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 to be restored

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 back to God.

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 But,

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 it can mean that.

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 But,

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 at least in the

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 New Testament,

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 we're going to

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 read you a pretty

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 cool definition,

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 at least of what

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 the Greek means

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 for preaching.

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 Okay?

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 It says,

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 to be a herald,

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 always with the

00:13:24.159 --> 00:13:24.980
 suggestion of a

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 formality,

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 gravity,

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 and an authority

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 that must be

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 listened to and

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 obeyed.

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 That's what

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 preaching kind of

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 carries with it.

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 So,

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 a herald,

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 they suggest

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 a formality and

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 gravity,

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 and an authority

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 that must be

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 listened to and

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 obeyed.

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 So,

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 remember,

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 just think

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 whatever you can

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 from history,

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 but a herald's

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 message was never

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 his own message.

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 It usually came

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 from a sovereign,

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 like King David,

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 or Solomon,

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 or Caesar,

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 for that matter.

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 And they carried

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 the message from

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 this sovereign.

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 And he was judged,

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 the herald will be

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 judged by the

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 faithfulness to

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 the message.

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 He wasn't judged

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 by the results of

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 what the people did

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 with the message.

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 He was judged for

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 just faithfully

00:14:11.819 --> 00:14:13.179
 delivering the

00:14:13.179 --> 00:14:13.959
 message to the

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 people.

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 That was what he

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 was judged by.

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 So,

00:14:18.579 --> 00:14:20.159
 preaching is

00:14:20.159 --> 00:14:21.159
 boldly proclaiming

00:14:21.159 --> 00:14:21.979
 the Word of God

00:14:21.980 --> 00:14:23.039
 unreservedly

00:14:23.039 --> 00:14:24.100
 to the people

00:14:24.100 --> 00:14:24.560
 of God.

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 And so,

00:14:26.019 --> 00:14:26.980
 the purpose of it

00:14:26.980 --> 00:14:27.779
 is to inform,

00:14:28.720 --> 00:14:29.300
 persuade,

00:14:30.340 --> 00:14:31.039
 to call forth

00:14:31.039 --> 00:14:31.539
 an appropriate

00:14:31.539 --> 00:14:32.840
 response to God

00:14:32.840 --> 00:14:34.279
 whose message

00:14:34.279 --> 00:14:35.120
 is being derived

00:14:35.120 --> 00:14:35.360
 from.

00:14:35.440 --> 00:14:35.920
 It's God's

00:14:35.920 --> 00:14:36.279
 message.

00:14:37.000 --> 00:14:37.379
 And so,

00:14:37.480 --> 00:14:38.240
 when you unleash

00:14:38.240 --> 00:14:38.519
 that,

00:14:38.600 --> 00:14:39.399
 it's really up to

00:14:39.399 --> 00:14:40.000
 the hearer

00:14:40.000 --> 00:14:41.000
 to do something

00:14:41.000 --> 00:14:41.300
 with it.

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 It's not

00:14:41.700 --> 00:14:42.960
 the messenger

00:14:42.960 --> 00:14:43.899
 or the herald's

00:14:43.899 --> 00:14:44.759
 responsibility

00:14:44.759 --> 00:14:46.259
 to see what

00:14:46.259 --> 00:14:46.840
 happens with

00:14:46.840 --> 00:14:47.240
 the people.

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 He's supposed

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 to deliver

00:14:48.820 --> 00:14:49.420
 the message.

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 And so,

00:14:51.559 --> 00:14:52.539
 understand though

00:14:52.539 --> 00:14:54.079
 that when that

00:14:54.079 --> 00:14:54.519
 happens,

00:14:54.659 --> 00:14:55.639
 God's Word can

00:14:55.639 --> 00:14:56.860
 break you,

00:14:57.699 --> 00:14:58.360
 convict you of

00:14:58.360 --> 00:14:58.639
 sin,

00:14:59.459 --> 00:14:59.959
 can make you

00:14:59.959 --> 00:15:00.799
 feel pretty rough,

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 and at the same

00:15:02.199 --> 00:15:02.620
 time,

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 it will heal and

00:15:03.379 --> 00:15:03.979
 restore you and

00:15:03.979 --> 00:15:04.599
 give you strength

00:15:04.599 --> 00:15:05.879
 right after that.

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 It's pretty cool.

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 So,

00:15:09.139 --> 00:15:09.879
 but understand

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 though,

00:15:10.959 --> 00:15:11.399
 that a lot of

00:15:11.399 --> 00:15:12.120
 preachers today,

00:15:12.740 --> 00:15:13.539
 they like to give

00:15:13.539 --> 00:15:15.360
 you their words

00:15:15.360 --> 00:15:17.019
 or a good word

00:15:17.019 --> 00:15:18.740
 or tell stories.

00:15:18.740 --> 00:15:19.860
 you don't want

00:15:19.860 --> 00:15:20.120
 that.

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 People are

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 outside their

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 authority unless

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 they're speaking

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 God's Word.

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 We're commanded

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 as preachers

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 to preach

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 the Word.

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 Not a good

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 one or just

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 a cool one,

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 but the Word,

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 God's Word.

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 And in the

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 Scripture itself,

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 you see that

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 if a so-called

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 preacher ventures

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 outside of

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 God's Word,

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 he no longer

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 has any authority.

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 He no longer

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 should even be

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 listened to.

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 And so,

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 I'll give you

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 two examples

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 of that.

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 Alright,

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 Stephen in

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 Acts 7,

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 before the

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 Sanhedrin,

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 walked through

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 the Old Testament

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 from Abraham

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 into the

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 patriarchs,

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 and he walked

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 all the way

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 into the

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 New Testament

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 where Christ

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 comes in,

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 showing that

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 he was the

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 fulfillment of

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 these things.

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 Then Peter

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 also,

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 before that,

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 in Acts 2,

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 he expounded

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 on the Old

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 Testament.

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 He used the

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 Scripture as

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 his authority

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 to show that

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 Jesus was the

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 Christ.

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 Christ.

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 Right?

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 So even the

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 ones in the

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 Scripture themselves,

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 they use God's

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 Word as their

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 authority.

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 So,

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 when you say,

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 thus says the

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 Lord,

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 you better know

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 what the Lord

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 saith.

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 Right?

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 You better know

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 you're in trouble.

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 God won't

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 tolerate that.

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 Paul said to the

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 Corinthians,

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 for we are not

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 like so many

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 peddlers of

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 God's Word,

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 but as men

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 sincerely

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 commissioned by

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 God,

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 in the sight of

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 God,

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 we speak

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 Christ.

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 Guys,

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 and girls to

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 a degree,

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 but especially

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 guys,

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 some of you

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 may like to

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 teach,

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 to be heard,

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 teach to be

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 seen,

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 and you need

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 to understand,

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 I mean,

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 I'm even kind

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 of fear and

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 trembling a little

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 this morning,

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 but James

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 says that those

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 who desire,

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 not many of you

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 should desire to

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 teach,

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 he says,

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 because you'll be

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 held to a

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 higher standard

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 by God,

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 because you're

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 influencing people

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 by what you

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 say,

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 and God will

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 hold you

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 accountable for

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 that.

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 That's James

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 3.

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 You cannot

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 peddle with

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 God's Word

00:17:22.220 --> 00:17:22.859
 or treat it

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 cheaply.

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 It's to be

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 taken seriously.

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 Turn to

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 1 Thessalonians.

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 I'll just

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 look at

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 something real

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 quick.

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 1 Thessalonians

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 chapter 2.

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 1 Thessalonians

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 chapter 2

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 verse 11.

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 So in

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 Thessalonica,

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 Paul had

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 preached the

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 gospel.

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 He had

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 lived an

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 upright life

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 before them

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 to encourage

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 them,

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 exhort them,

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 but above all

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 things,

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 he gave them

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 God's Word.

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 He ministered

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 and faithfully

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 taught God's

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 Word.

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 So we look

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 at verse 11.

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 He says,

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 And we

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 also thank

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 God constantly

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 for this,

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 that when

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 you received

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 the Word

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 of God,

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 which you

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 heard from

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 us,

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 you accepted

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 it not as

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 the Word

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 of men,

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 but as it

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 really was

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 the Word

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 of God,

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 which is at

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 work in you

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 believers.

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 So,

00:18:22.280 --> 00:18:23.080
 see that?

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 So it is

00:18:24.640 --> 00:18:25.380
 God's Word,

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 and all that a

00:18:27.020 --> 00:18:27.580
 human preacher

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 is supposed to

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 do is just

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 to expound

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 upon what

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 God has

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 said,

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 and nothing

00:18:31.179 --> 00:18:31.599
 else.

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 He's supposed

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 to teach

00:18:33.079 --> 00:18:33.519
 what God

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 has already

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 said.

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 And they

00:18:35.299 --> 00:18:35.839
 said that,

00:18:36.399 --> 00:18:37.039
 Paul said

00:18:37.039 --> 00:18:38.059
 that the

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 reason why

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 this did

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 you so

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 good is

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 because you

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 didn't think

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 it was our

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 words,

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 you understood

00:18:41.399 --> 00:18:41.799
 that it was

00:18:41.799 --> 00:18:42.399
 God's very

00:18:42.399 --> 00:18:43.719
 words spoken

00:18:43.719 --> 00:18:44.359
 from us

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 to you.

00:18:45.619 --> 00:18:46.419
 So a lot

00:18:46.419 --> 00:18:48.159
 of helpful

00:18:48.159 --> 00:18:48.779
 things that I

00:18:48.779 --> 00:18:49.259
 pulled out of

00:18:49.259 --> 00:18:49.599
 this,

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 but commenting

00:18:50.939 --> 00:18:51.339
 on this

00:18:51.339 --> 00:18:51.719
 passage,

00:18:51.839 --> 00:18:52.119
 there was a

00:18:52.119 --> 00:18:53.099
 guy named

00:18:53.099 --> 00:18:53.519
 Jeremiah

00:18:53.519 --> 00:18:54.039
 Burroughs,

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 and he wrote

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 a book called

00:18:54.879 --> 00:18:55.319
 Gospel

00:18:55.319 --> 00:18:55.819
 Worship,

00:18:56.539 --> 00:18:56.859
 and his

00:18:56.859 --> 00:18:57.439
 idea of how

00:18:57.439 --> 00:18:59.659
 do we come

00:18:59.659 --> 00:19:00.319
 and worship

00:19:00.319 --> 00:19:01.559
 together as

00:19:01.559 --> 00:19:02.079
 a body,

00:19:02.819 --> 00:19:03.259
 and have

00:19:03.259 --> 00:19:03.899
 God administer

00:19:03.899 --> 00:19:04.599
 the gospel to

00:19:04.599 --> 00:19:05.099
 our hearts,

00:19:05.159 --> 00:19:06.259
 and a huge

00:19:06.259 --> 00:19:06.839
 section on

00:19:06.839 --> 00:19:07.240
 hearing the

00:19:07.240 --> 00:19:07.839
 word of God

00:19:07.839 --> 00:19:08.500
 is there,

00:19:08.980 --> 00:19:09.819
 but he remarks

00:19:09.819 --> 00:19:10.639
 on this passage,

00:19:10.640 --> 00:19:12.460
 when you come

00:19:12.460 --> 00:19:13.700
 to hear the

00:19:13.700 --> 00:19:14.080
 word,

00:19:14.759 --> 00:19:15.360
 if you would

00:19:15.360 --> 00:19:16.680
 sanctify God's

00:19:16.680 --> 00:19:17.080
 name,

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 you must

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 possess your

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 souls of what

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 it is you

00:19:20.120 --> 00:19:20.660
 are going to

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 hear,

00:19:21.720 --> 00:19:22.400
 that is,

00:19:22.480 --> 00:19:22.800
 what you

00:19:22.800 --> 00:19:23.259
 are going to

00:19:23.259 --> 00:19:23.860
 hear is the

00:19:23.860 --> 00:19:24.720
 word of God,

00:19:25.520 --> 00:19:26.160
 therefore you

00:19:26.160 --> 00:19:26.620
 find the

00:19:26.620 --> 00:19:27.420
 apostle writing

00:19:27.420 --> 00:19:27.759
 to the

00:19:27.759 --> 00:19:28.520
 Thessalonians,

00:19:29.180 --> 00:19:29.759
 gives them the

00:19:29.759 --> 00:19:31.300
 reason why the

00:19:31.300 --> 00:19:31.940
 word did them

00:19:31.940 --> 00:19:32.680
 so much good

00:19:32.680 --> 00:19:33.240
 as it did,

00:19:33.920 --> 00:19:34.520
 it was because

00:19:34.520 --> 00:19:35.300
 they did hear

00:19:35.300 --> 00:19:36.240
 it as the

00:19:36.240 --> 00:19:37.140
 word of God,

00:19:37.140 --> 00:19:40.640
 so sanctify

00:19:40.640 --> 00:19:41.440
 God's name in

00:19:41.440 --> 00:19:41.860
 your heart

00:19:41.860 --> 00:19:42.980
 before you

00:19:42.980 --> 00:19:43.320
 come,

00:19:44.420 --> 00:19:45.040
 so the

00:19:45.040 --> 00:19:45.780
 second question

00:19:45.780 --> 00:19:47.180
 is what are

00:19:47.180 --> 00:19:48.120
 responsibilities

00:19:48.120 --> 00:19:50.120
 before hearing

00:19:50.120 --> 00:19:50.820
 God's word,

00:19:51.720 --> 00:19:51.860
 alright,

00:19:51.940 --> 00:19:52.160
 what are

00:19:52.160 --> 00:19:52.820
 responsibilities

00:19:52.820 --> 00:19:53.560
 before hearing

00:19:53.560 --> 00:19:54.220
 God's word,

00:19:55.020 --> 00:19:56.640
 so understand

00:19:56.640 --> 00:19:57.140
 that like the

00:19:57.140 --> 00:19:57.960
 corporate gathering

00:19:57.960 --> 00:19:58.700
 of God's people

00:19:58.700 --> 00:19:59.700
 is a huge

00:19:59.700 --> 00:20:00.060
 blessing,

00:20:00.160 --> 00:20:00.640
 there's so many

00:20:00.640 --> 00:20:01.880
 places in the

00:20:01.880 --> 00:20:02.340
 world where this

00:20:02.340 --> 00:20:02.960
 couldn't happen,

00:20:02.960 --> 00:20:04.620
 and it's such

00:20:04.620 --> 00:20:05.039
 a blessing,

00:20:05.180 --> 00:20:05.960
 God administers

00:20:05.960 --> 00:20:07.440
 and strengthens

00:20:07.440 --> 00:20:08.120
 us while we're

00:20:08.120 --> 00:20:09.000
 together here

00:20:09.000 --> 00:20:10.559
 as a people,

00:20:10.980 --> 00:20:11.920
 we're commanded

00:20:11.920 --> 00:20:12.799
 to be together,

00:20:13.759 --> 00:20:13.940
 so,

00:20:14.100 --> 00:20:14.660
 but many of

00:20:14.660 --> 00:20:14.980
 us,

00:20:15.840 --> 00:20:16.799
 I'm guilty

00:20:16.799 --> 00:20:17.400
 myself,

00:20:17.980 --> 00:20:18.420
 I'm trying

00:20:18.420 --> 00:20:19.420
 very hard to

00:20:19.420 --> 00:20:20.759
 fight now

00:20:20.759 --> 00:20:21.420
 against this,

00:20:21.819 --> 00:20:22.180
 because I know

00:20:22.180 --> 00:20:22.799
 I'll be held to

00:20:22.799 --> 00:20:23.500
 this standard by

00:20:23.500 --> 00:20:24.160
 God because I'm

00:20:24.160 --> 00:20:24.819
 speaking it to

00:20:24.819 --> 00:20:25.279
 you today,

00:20:25.900 --> 00:20:26.559
 but many of

00:20:26.559 --> 00:20:27.360
 us come here

00:20:27.360 --> 00:20:28.940
 with very little

00:20:28.940 --> 00:20:30.920
 soul preparation

00:20:30.920 --> 00:20:32.440
 at all to be

00:20:32.440 --> 00:20:32.880
 here with the

00:20:32.880 --> 00:20:33.460
 people of God

00:20:33.460 --> 00:20:33.940
 and especially

00:20:33.940 --> 00:20:35.500
 to hear God's

00:20:35.500 --> 00:20:35.799
 word,

00:20:37.100 --> 00:20:38.840
 and I only

00:20:38.840 --> 00:20:39.340
 have just a few

00:20:39.340 --> 00:20:39.880
 places for you

00:20:39.880 --> 00:20:40.160
 to turn,

00:20:40.240 --> 00:20:41.299
 but look at

00:20:41.299 --> 00:20:42.820
 Ecclesiastes 5

00:20:42.820 --> 00:20:44.580
 really quick,

00:20:47.580 --> 00:20:49.000
 Ecclesiastes 5,

00:20:50.080 --> 00:20:55.519
 so most of us

00:20:55.519 --> 00:20:56.039
 come with very

00:20:56.039 --> 00:20:56.779
 little preparation

00:20:56.779 --> 00:20:57.700
 to engage our

00:20:57.700 --> 00:20:59.620
 hearts and minds,

00:20:59.619 --> 00:21:02.759
 and this is

00:21:02.759 --> 00:21:03.139
 Solomon,

00:21:03.339 --> 00:21:03.839
 probably,

00:21:03.959 --> 00:21:04.539
 most likely

00:21:04.539 --> 00:21:05.000
 Solomon,

00:21:05.519 --> 00:21:06.579
 writing this

00:21:06.579 --> 00:21:07.799
 in chapter 5,

00:21:08.239 --> 00:21:09.299
 verse 1,

00:21:10.399 --> 00:21:11.159
 he says,

00:21:11.160 --> 00:21:12.860
 guard your

00:21:12.860 --> 00:21:13.660
 steps when you

00:21:13.660 --> 00:21:14.360
 go to the

00:21:14.360 --> 00:21:15.140
 house of God,

00:21:15.800 --> 00:21:16.680
 to draw near

00:21:16.680 --> 00:21:18.200
 to listen is

00:21:18.200 --> 00:21:19.080
 better than to

00:21:19.080 --> 00:21:19.580
 offer the

00:21:19.580 --> 00:21:20.380
 sacrifice of

00:21:20.380 --> 00:21:20.720
 fools,

00:21:21.259 --> 00:21:21.980
 for they do

00:21:21.980 --> 00:21:22.740
 not know what

00:21:22.740 --> 00:21:23.400
 they are doing

00:21:23.400 --> 00:21:24.120
 is evil,

00:21:25.040 --> 00:21:26.120
 be not rash

00:21:26.120 --> 00:21:26.880
 with your mouth,

00:21:27.300 --> 00:21:27.880
 nor let your

00:21:27.880 --> 00:21:28.779
 heart be hasty

00:21:28.779 --> 00:21:29.560
 to utter a

00:21:29.560 --> 00:21:30.160
 word before

00:21:30.160 --> 00:21:30.560
 God,

00:21:31.240 --> 00:21:32.040
 for God is in

00:21:32.040 --> 00:21:32.860
 heaven and you

00:21:32.860 --> 00:21:33.240
 are on the

00:21:33.240 --> 00:21:33.600
 earth,

00:21:34.440 --> 00:21:34.779
 therefore,

00:21:35.779 --> 00:21:36.320
 let your

00:21:36.320 --> 00:21:37.180
 words be

00:21:37.180 --> 00:21:37.540
 few,

00:21:37.539 --> 00:21:39.720
 so,

00:21:40.460 --> 00:21:41.159
 understand

00:21:41.159 --> 00:21:42.440
 that this

00:21:42.440 --> 00:21:42.920
 building,

00:21:43.039 --> 00:21:43.319
 and no

00:21:43.319 --> 00:21:43.839
 building for

00:21:43.839 --> 00:21:44.399
 that matter,

00:21:44.480 --> 00:21:44.960
 is God's

00:21:44.960 --> 00:21:45.319
 house,

00:21:45.920 --> 00:21:46.500
 that's not

00:21:46.500 --> 00:21:46.899
 what we're

00:21:46.899 --> 00:21:48.059
 going at here,

00:21:48.119 --> 00:21:48.619
 many guys

00:21:48.619 --> 00:21:48.980
 will try to

00:21:48.980 --> 00:21:49.420
 interpret it

00:21:49.420 --> 00:21:49.899
 that way,

00:21:50.319 --> 00:21:50.639
 so when you

00:21:50.639 --> 00:21:51.200
 come to this

00:21:51.200 --> 00:21:51.559
 place,

00:21:51.680 --> 00:21:51.859
 you know,

00:21:51.899 --> 00:21:52.299
 it's not

00:21:52.299 --> 00:21:52.980
 really the

00:21:52.980 --> 00:21:53.259
 point,

00:21:53.779 --> 00:21:54.319
 we are now

00:21:54.319 --> 00:21:54.720
 the temple

00:21:54.720 --> 00:21:55.240
 of God

00:21:55.240 --> 00:21:56.059
 because of

00:21:56.059 --> 00:21:56.519
 what Christ

00:21:56.519 --> 00:21:56.960
 has done

00:21:56.960 --> 00:21:57.779
 and the

00:21:57.779 --> 00:21:58.259
 Holy Spirit

00:21:58.259 --> 00:21:58.899
 dwells in

00:21:58.899 --> 00:21:59.279
 us,

00:22:00.099 --> 00:22:01.500
 but we

00:22:01.500 --> 00:22:01.920
 can learn

00:22:01.920 --> 00:22:02.579
 some serious

00:22:02.579 --> 00:22:03.240
 things though

00:22:03.240 --> 00:22:04.619
 about corporate

00:22:04.619 --> 00:22:05.279
 worship from

00:22:05.279 --> 00:22:06.779
 this text,

00:22:06.779 --> 00:22:08.160
 so when

00:22:08.160 --> 00:22:09.079
 the

00:22:09.079 --> 00:22:09.879
 ecclesia,

00:22:10.079 --> 00:22:10.599
 the gathering

00:22:10.599 --> 00:22:11.160
 of God's

00:22:11.160 --> 00:22:11.480
 people,

00:22:11.639 --> 00:22:12.039
 the bride

00:22:12.039 --> 00:22:12.639
 of Christ

00:22:12.639 --> 00:22:14.000
 comes together

00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:16.099
 for multiple

00:22:16.099 --> 00:22:16.599
 purposes,

00:22:17.680 --> 00:22:18.859
 so in

00:22:18.859 --> 00:22:19.399
 context,

00:22:19.500 --> 00:22:19.740
 this is

00:22:19.740 --> 00:22:20.139
 obviously

00:22:20.139 --> 00:22:20.619
 probably

00:22:20.619 --> 00:22:21.180
 Solomon's

00:22:21.180 --> 00:22:22.119
 temple that

00:22:22.119 --> 00:22:22.559
 he built,

00:22:23.639 --> 00:22:24.559
 but also

00:22:24.559 --> 00:22:25.960
 if you

00:22:25.960 --> 00:22:28.000
 go online,

00:22:28.559 --> 00:22:28.859
 you can

00:22:28.859 --> 00:22:29.480
 find pictures

00:22:29.480 --> 00:22:29.980
 of this,

00:22:31.180 --> 00:22:31.359
 but

00:22:31.359 --> 00:22:32.619
 Herod's

00:22:32.619 --> 00:22:32.940
 temple,

00:22:33.660 --> 00:22:34.079
 at the time

00:22:34.079 --> 00:22:34.460
 of Jesus,

00:22:34.599 --> 00:22:34.799
 you can

00:22:34.799 --> 00:22:35.319
 actually go

00:22:35.319 --> 00:22:35.720
 to the

00:22:35.720 --> 00:22:36.079
 southern

00:22:36.079 --> 00:22:37.019
 southern

00:22:37.019 --> 00:22:37.439
 part of

00:22:37.439 --> 00:22:37.759
 the temple

00:22:37.759 --> 00:22:38.079
 mount,

00:22:38.179 --> 00:22:38.419
 and the

00:22:38.419 --> 00:22:38.859
 stairs of

00:22:38.859 --> 00:22:39.220
 that temple

00:22:39.220 --> 00:22:39.619
 are still

00:22:39.619 --> 00:22:39.939
 there,

00:22:40.639 --> 00:22:41.299
 I've seen,

00:22:41.960 --> 00:22:42.399
 I'd like to

00:22:42.399 --> 00:22:42.639
 go there

00:22:42.639 --> 00:22:43.019
 one day,

00:22:43.099 --> 00:22:43.419
 we have a

00:22:43.419 --> 00:22:44.059
 few ladies

00:22:44.059 --> 00:22:44.399
 who went

00:22:44.399 --> 00:22:44.799
 recently,

00:22:45.359 --> 00:22:45.859
 but the

00:22:45.859 --> 00:22:46.480
 stairs of

00:22:46.480 --> 00:22:46.859
 the temple

00:22:46.859 --> 00:22:47.279
 are still

00:22:47.279 --> 00:22:47.599
 there,

00:22:48.240 --> 00:22:48.599
 and what's

00:22:48.599 --> 00:22:49.240
 interesting is

00:22:49.240 --> 00:22:49.679
 if you look

00:22:49.679 --> 00:22:49.980
 at it,

00:22:49.980 --> 00:22:50.199
 you would

00:22:50.199 --> 00:22:50.519
 think that

00:22:50.519 --> 00:22:50.699
 it was

00:22:50.699 --> 00:22:51.240
 just an

00:22:51.240 --> 00:22:52.199
 engineering

00:22:52.199 --> 00:22:53.919
 disaster,

00:22:54.960 --> 00:22:55.419
 but it

00:22:55.419 --> 00:22:56.039
 really wasn't,

00:22:56.919 --> 00:22:57.480
 more than

00:22:57.480 --> 00:22:57.960
 likely,

00:22:58.819 --> 00:22:59.319
 the men

00:22:59.319 --> 00:23:00.059
 who built

00:23:00.059 --> 00:23:01.199
 that did

00:23:01.199 --> 00:23:01.539
 it for a

00:23:01.539 --> 00:23:02.059
 very specific

00:23:02.059 --> 00:23:02.460
 reason,

00:23:02.879 --> 00:23:03.220
 but the

00:23:03.220 --> 00:23:03.960
 stairs of

00:23:03.960 --> 00:23:05.019
 that going

00:23:05.019 --> 00:23:05.319
 up to

00:23:05.319 --> 00:23:05.639
 the temple

00:23:05.639 --> 00:23:06.039
 mount,

00:23:06.879 --> 00:23:07.160
 they're

00:23:07.160 --> 00:23:07.619
 different

00:23:07.619 --> 00:23:08.299
 widths,

00:23:08.299 --> 00:23:09.160
 and different

00:23:09.160 --> 00:23:09.559
 heights,

00:23:10.240 --> 00:23:10.720
 constantly,

00:23:10.859 --> 00:23:11.079
 so it's

00:23:11.079 --> 00:23:11.299
 like you

00:23:11.299 --> 00:23:11.720
 can't just

00:23:11.720 --> 00:23:12.700
 kind of run

00:23:12.700 --> 00:23:13.240
 right up the

00:23:13.240 --> 00:23:13.539
 stairs,

00:23:13.680 --> 00:23:14.079
 they're constantly

00:23:14.079 --> 00:23:14.920
 kind of staggered

00:23:14.920 --> 00:23:15.299
 in a really

00:23:15.299 --> 00:23:15.740
 weird,

00:23:16.379 --> 00:23:17.139
 strange way,

00:23:17.500 --> 00:23:18.740
 and a lot of

00:23:18.740 --> 00:23:19.420
 people believe

00:23:19.420 --> 00:23:20.019
 that they built

00:23:20.019 --> 00:23:20.740
 it that way,

00:23:21.180 --> 00:23:21.799
 so that it would

00:23:21.799 --> 00:23:22.579
 force people

00:23:22.579 --> 00:23:23.859
 who were coming

00:23:23.859 --> 00:23:24.539
 to the temple

00:23:24.539 --> 00:23:26.139
 to slow down

00:23:26.139 --> 00:23:27.299
 and actually

00:23:27.299 --> 00:23:28.139
 think about

00:23:28.139 --> 00:23:28.740
 what it was

00:23:28.740 --> 00:23:29.119
 they were going

00:23:29.119 --> 00:23:29.559
 to do,

00:23:30.240 --> 00:23:31.079
 to think about

00:23:31.079 --> 00:23:31.680
 they were going

00:23:31.680 --> 00:23:32.299
 to offer up

00:23:32.299 --> 00:23:33.019
 sacrifices

00:23:33.019 --> 00:23:34.039
 and to

00:23:34.039 --> 00:23:34.440
 worship

00:23:34.440 --> 00:23:35.180
 Yahweh,

00:23:36.059 --> 00:23:37.500
 so that's

00:23:37.500 --> 00:23:38.079
 a pretty cool

00:23:38.079 --> 00:23:38.460
 thought,

00:23:39.299 --> 00:23:40.279
 to slow

00:23:40.279 --> 00:23:40.859
 you down

00:23:40.859 --> 00:23:41.819
 and to

00:23:41.819 --> 00:23:42.299
 think about

00:23:42.299 --> 00:23:42.519
 it,

00:23:43.480 --> 00:23:45.099
 so this

00:23:45.099 --> 00:23:46.079
 indicates the

00:23:46.079 --> 00:23:47.359
 seriousness of

00:23:47.359 --> 00:23:47.879
 what it means

00:23:47.879 --> 00:23:49.059
 to come to

00:23:49.059 --> 00:23:49.659
 worship with

00:23:49.659 --> 00:23:50.339
 God's people,

00:23:50.819 --> 00:23:52.539
 and you have

00:23:52.539 --> 00:23:53.220
 to fight to

00:23:53.220 --> 00:23:54.000
 not let your

00:23:54.000 --> 00:23:55.200
 hearts be

00:23:55.200 --> 00:23:55.859
 directed for

00:23:55.859 --> 00:23:56.419
 other reasons,

00:23:56.539 --> 00:23:56.779
 some of you

00:23:56.779 --> 00:23:57.279
 may be here

00:23:57.279 --> 00:23:58.339
 because you

00:23:58.339 --> 00:23:58.819
 think a girl

00:23:58.819 --> 00:23:59.359
 is cute or

00:23:59.359 --> 00:23:59.940
 vice versa,

00:24:00.119 --> 00:24:00.460
 you may be

00:24:00.460 --> 00:24:00.759
 here just

00:24:00.759 --> 00:24:01.000
 because you

00:24:01.000 --> 00:24:01.379
 want to see

00:24:01.380 --> 00:24:01.920
 this person

00:24:01.920 --> 00:24:02.880
 and hang

00:24:02.880 --> 00:24:03.280
 out,

00:24:04.400 --> 00:24:04.800
 or because

00:24:04.800 --> 00:24:05.180
 you thought

00:24:05.180 --> 00:24:05.500
 it was just

00:24:05.500 --> 00:24:05.820
 the right

00:24:05.820 --> 00:24:06.180
 thing to

00:24:06.180 --> 00:24:06.360
 do,

00:24:06.440 --> 00:24:06.580
 but you

00:24:06.580 --> 00:24:07.020
 don't want

00:24:07.020 --> 00:24:07.220
 to be

00:24:07.220 --> 00:24:07.500
 here,

00:24:08.060 --> 00:24:08.280
 you could

00:24:08.280 --> 00:24:08.600
 be here

00:24:08.600 --> 00:24:09.240
 for like

00:24:09.240 --> 00:24:09.760
 our coffee,

00:24:09.900 --> 00:24:10.340
 like whatever,

00:24:10.480 --> 00:24:10.640
 there could

00:24:10.640 --> 00:24:11.120
 be a thousand

00:24:11.120 --> 00:24:12.540
 reasons why

00:24:12.540 --> 00:24:13.000
 you're here,

00:24:13.140 --> 00:24:13.380
 but you have

00:24:13.380 --> 00:24:14.200
 to fight to

00:24:14.200 --> 00:24:15.820
 keep in mind

00:24:15.820 --> 00:24:16.720
 why it is

00:24:16.720 --> 00:24:17.020
 that you're

00:24:17.020 --> 00:24:17.320
 here,

00:24:18.200 --> 00:24:19.620
 so you

00:24:19.620 --> 00:24:19.840
 have to

00:24:19.840 --> 00:24:20.400
 fight that,

00:24:21.200 --> 00:24:22.200
 to be slow

00:24:22.200 --> 00:24:22.620
 in what we

00:24:22.620 --> 00:24:23.100
 say before

00:24:23.100 --> 00:24:23.460
 God,

00:24:24.520 --> 00:24:25.340
 so some

00:24:25.340 --> 00:24:25.640
 of you come

00:24:25.640 --> 00:24:26.100
 here and you

00:24:26.100 --> 00:24:26.520
 sing,

00:24:27.160 --> 00:24:27.680
 you sing

00:24:27.680 --> 00:24:28.300
 songs,

00:24:29.000 --> 00:24:29.360
 you hear

00:24:29.360 --> 00:24:30.100
 God's word,

00:24:30.099 --> 00:24:31.419
 and deep

00:24:31.419 --> 00:24:31.859
 down,

00:24:33.019 --> 00:24:33.679
 what you

00:24:33.679 --> 00:24:34.240
 confess with

00:24:34.240 --> 00:24:34.719
 your mouth

00:24:34.719 --> 00:24:35.139
 is very

00:24:35.139 --> 00:24:35.559
 far from

00:24:35.559 --> 00:24:35.980
 your heart,

00:24:36.779 --> 00:24:37.419
 and it

00:24:37.419 --> 00:24:38.779
 shows when

00:24:38.779 --> 00:24:39.259
 we leave,

00:24:40.199 --> 00:24:41.039
 we go to

00:24:41.039 --> 00:24:41.439
 a thousand

00:24:41.439 --> 00:24:42.219
 different things

00:24:42.219 --> 00:24:42.659
 after we

00:24:42.659 --> 00:24:43.000
 leave,

00:24:43.519 --> 00:24:44.240
 our minds

00:24:44.240 --> 00:24:44.480
 and our

00:24:44.480 --> 00:24:45.019
 hearts do,

00:24:45.679 --> 00:24:46.599
 so God

00:24:46.599 --> 00:24:47.139
 is saying,

00:24:47.639 --> 00:24:48.500
 be careful,

00:24:49.240 --> 00:24:49.759
 guard your

00:24:49.759 --> 00:24:50.359
 steps when you

00:24:50.359 --> 00:24:51.279
 come together

00:24:51.279 --> 00:24:52.039
 to worship

00:24:52.039 --> 00:24:52.839
 with God's

00:24:52.839 --> 00:24:53.159
 people,

00:24:53.939 --> 00:24:54.359
 and you will

00:24:54.359 --> 00:24:54.639
 be held

00:24:54.639 --> 00:24:55.139
 accountable for

00:24:55.139 --> 00:24:55.639
 every word

00:24:55.639 --> 00:24:55.919
 that you

00:24:55.919 --> 00:24:56.240
 say,

00:24:56.399 --> 00:24:57.019
 Jesus says,

00:24:57.019 --> 00:24:58.400
 and it's

00:24:58.400 --> 00:24:59.220
 a scary

00:24:59.220 --> 00:24:59.599
 thought,

00:24:59.700 --> 00:24:59.920
 come

00:24:59.920 --> 00:25:00.799
 rather to

00:25:00.799 --> 00:25:02.099
 listen than

00:25:02.099 --> 00:25:02.480
 to offer

00:25:02.480 --> 00:25:02.779
 up the

00:25:02.779 --> 00:25:03.559
 sacrifice of

00:25:03.559 --> 00:25:03.920
 fools,

00:25:05.299 --> 00:25:06.000
 so many

00:25:06.000 --> 00:25:06.460
 of us,

00:25:06.940 --> 00:25:07.480
 we're talking

00:25:07.480 --> 00:25:08.400
 about before

00:25:08.400 --> 00:25:09.039
 hearing God's

00:25:09.039 --> 00:25:09.299
 word,

00:25:09.940 --> 00:25:10.700
 many of us,

00:25:10.740 --> 00:25:11.180
 like I said,

00:25:11.220 --> 00:25:11.559
 have very

00:25:11.559 --> 00:25:13.220
 little preparation,

00:25:14.579 --> 00:25:15.259
 probably,

00:25:15.920 --> 00:25:16.759
 most of us

00:25:16.759 --> 00:25:17.420
 here sadly,

00:25:18.220 --> 00:25:18.720
 spend more

00:25:18.720 --> 00:25:19.839
 time preparing

00:25:19.839 --> 00:25:20.500
 our physical

00:25:20.500 --> 00:25:21.799
 looks than

00:25:21.799 --> 00:25:22.400
 preparing our

00:25:22.400 --> 00:25:22.779
 souls,

00:25:23.779 --> 00:25:24.879
 others of

00:25:24.879 --> 00:25:25.440
 you for

00:25:25.440 --> 00:25:27.960
 maybe some

00:25:27.960 --> 00:25:28.320
 crazy,

00:25:28.460 --> 00:25:28.799
 ridiculous

00:25:28.799 --> 00:25:29.220
 reason,

00:25:29.320 --> 00:25:29.559
 college

00:25:29.559 --> 00:25:29.880
 students,

00:25:30.000 --> 00:25:30.460
 especially

00:25:30.460 --> 00:25:30.980
 talking to

00:25:30.980 --> 00:25:31.220
 you,

00:25:31.860 --> 00:25:32.360
 you stay

00:25:32.360 --> 00:25:33.620
 up super

00:25:33.620 --> 00:25:34.980
 late on

00:25:34.980 --> 00:25:35.660
 Saturday night,

00:25:35.740 --> 00:25:35.940
 and then

00:25:35.940 --> 00:25:36.200
 you're even

00:25:36.200 --> 00:25:36.600
 up to the

00:25:36.600 --> 00:25:37.120
 a.m.

00:25:37.860 --> 00:25:38.420
 on Sunday

00:25:38.420 --> 00:25:38.860
 morning,

00:25:39.480 --> 00:25:39.759
 and you're

00:25:39.759 --> 00:25:40.140
 in a wreck

00:25:40.140 --> 00:25:40.640
 this morning,

00:25:40.720 --> 00:25:40.920
 you can

00:25:40.920 --> 00:25:41.440
 hardly even

00:25:41.440 --> 00:25:41.799
 keep your

00:25:41.799 --> 00:25:42.400
 eyes open

00:25:42.400 --> 00:25:43.460
 and pay

00:25:43.460 --> 00:25:43.940
 attention to

00:25:43.940 --> 00:25:44.440
 what's being

00:25:44.440 --> 00:25:44.840
 said,

00:25:45.500 --> 00:25:46.019
 some of you

00:25:46.019 --> 00:25:46.299
 guys,

00:25:46.380 --> 00:25:46.519
 you have

00:25:46.519 --> 00:25:46.960
 sticks in

00:25:46.960 --> 00:25:47.320
 your hair,

00:25:47.400 --> 00:25:47.480
 and you

00:25:47.480 --> 00:25:47.700
 have the

00:25:47.700 --> 00:25:48.279
 pillow smear

00:25:48.279 --> 00:25:49.400
 across your

00:25:49.400 --> 00:25:49.720
 face,

00:25:49.779 --> 00:25:49.940
 like you

00:25:49.940 --> 00:25:50.360
 just literally

00:25:50.360 --> 00:25:50.840
 walked out

00:25:50.840 --> 00:25:51.140
 of bed

00:25:51.140 --> 00:25:51.420
 and came

00:25:51.420 --> 00:25:51.680
 here,

00:25:52.120 --> 00:25:52.460
 it's not

00:25:52.460 --> 00:25:52.799
 the right

00:25:52.799 --> 00:25:53.200
 way to

00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:54.400
 prepare to

00:25:54.400 --> 00:25:54.700
 come and

00:25:54.700 --> 00:25:55.220
 hear God's

00:25:55.220 --> 00:25:55.539
 word,

00:25:56.319 --> 00:25:57.100
 it's serious

00:25:57.100 --> 00:25:57.660
 business,

00:25:58.480 --> 00:25:59.120
 some people

00:25:59.120 --> 00:25:59.720
 may be

00:25:59.720 --> 00:26:00.420
 concerned with

00:26:00.420 --> 00:26:01.559
 overdressing,

00:26:01.700 --> 00:26:02.039
 and some

00:26:02.039 --> 00:26:02.920
 don't really

00:26:02.920 --> 00:26:03.319
 care at all

00:26:03.319 --> 00:26:03.640
 what they

00:26:03.640 --> 00:26:03.860
 wear,

00:26:04.120 --> 00:26:05.039
 and sometimes

00:26:05.039 --> 00:26:05.620
 we wish that

00:26:05.620 --> 00:26:06.180
 they would

00:26:06.180 --> 00:26:07.440
 think about

00:26:07.440 --> 00:26:07.900
 that from

00:26:07.900 --> 00:26:08.180
 time to

00:26:08.180 --> 00:26:08.460
 time,

00:26:09.240 --> 00:26:12.100
 but we're

00:26:12.100 --> 00:26:12.799
 not legalistic

00:26:12.799 --> 00:26:13.079
 here,

00:26:13.160 --> 00:26:13.500
 you don't have

00:26:13.500 --> 00:26:13.920
 to dress a

00:26:13.920 --> 00:26:14.380
 certain way

00:26:14.380 --> 00:26:14.620
 to be

00:26:14.620 --> 00:26:14.980
 accepted

00:26:14.980 --> 00:26:15.339
 here,

00:26:16.059 --> 00:26:16.720
 God cares

00:26:16.720 --> 00:26:17.079
 definitely

00:26:17.079 --> 00:26:17.779
 more about

00:26:17.779 --> 00:26:19.620
 what's on

00:26:19.620 --> 00:26:20.079
 your heart,

00:26:20.180 --> 00:26:20.440
 the motive

00:26:20.440 --> 00:26:21.079
 behind it,

00:26:21.819 --> 00:26:22.559
 moderation

00:26:22.559 --> 00:26:23.139
 is the

00:26:23.139 --> 00:26:23.440
 rule,

00:26:24.399 --> 00:26:25.819
 but if

00:26:25.819 --> 00:26:26.059
 you're

00:26:26.059 --> 00:26:26.779
 trying to

00:26:26.779 --> 00:26:27.220
 dress,

00:26:27.599 --> 00:26:28.019
 to come

00:26:28.019 --> 00:26:28.299
 here to

00:26:28.299 --> 00:26:28.879
 draw attention

00:26:28.879 --> 00:26:29.599
 to yourself,

00:26:30.259 --> 00:26:30.639
 you need

00:26:30.639 --> 00:26:31.480
 to stop

00:26:31.480 --> 00:26:31.980
 and think,

00:26:32.399 --> 00:26:33.619
 this is not

00:26:33.619 --> 00:26:33.980
 why you're

00:26:33.980 --> 00:26:34.200
 here,

00:26:34.379 --> 00:26:34.779
 this is why

00:26:34.779 --> 00:26:35.399
 Paul addresses

00:26:35.399 --> 00:26:36.379
 that kind

00:26:36.379 --> 00:26:36.919
 of stuff in

00:26:36.919 --> 00:26:38.000
 his letters

00:26:38.000 --> 00:26:38.619
 to Timothy,

00:26:39.539 --> 00:26:40.000
 where women

00:26:40.000 --> 00:26:40.599
 particularly were

00:26:40.599 --> 00:26:41.240
 dressing up

00:26:41.240 --> 00:26:41.819
 extremely

00:26:41.819 --> 00:26:43.279
 extravagant

00:26:43.279 --> 00:26:44.579
 type stuff

00:26:44.579 --> 00:26:45.539
 to draw

00:26:45.539 --> 00:26:46.019
 attention to

00:26:46.019 --> 00:26:46.399
 themselves,

00:26:46.500 --> 00:26:46.700
 and he's

00:26:46.700 --> 00:26:46.919
 like,

00:26:47.500 --> 00:26:47.779
 no,

00:26:47.879 --> 00:26:48.359
 this is not

00:26:48.359 --> 00:26:48.700
 why you're

00:26:48.700 --> 00:26:48.960
 here,

00:26:48.960 --> 00:26:49.440
 you're

00:26:49.440 --> 00:26:50.620
 here to

00:26:50.620 --> 00:26:51.680
 engage

00:26:51.680 --> 00:26:52.220
 with God,

00:26:53.180 --> 00:26:53.600
 so,

00:26:54.400 --> 00:26:54.960
 flip to

00:26:54.960 --> 00:26:55.779
 Nehemiah

00:26:55.779 --> 00:26:57.460
 chapter 8,

00:26:58.960 --> 00:27:01.680
 by the

00:27:01.680 --> 00:27:01.840
 way,

00:27:01.880 --> 00:27:02.259
 I understand

00:27:02.259 --> 00:27:02.620
 that some

00:27:02.620 --> 00:27:02.779
 of you

00:27:02.779 --> 00:27:03.000
 have

00:27:03.000 --> 00:27:03.319
 legitimate

00:27:03.319 --> 00:27:03.759
 reasons

00:27:03.759 --> 00:27:04.160
 for being

00:27:04.160 --> 00:27:04.500
 tired,

00:27:05.079 --> 00:27:05.559
 especially

00:27:05.559 --> 00:27:06.000
 the ones

00:27:06.000 --> 00:27:06.680
 with children,

00:27:07.100 --> 00:27:08.120
 and I have

00:27:08.120 --> 00:27:08.539
 no idea

00:27:08.539 --> 00:27:08.880
 what that

00:27:08.880 --> 00:27:09.240
 would be

00:27:09.240 --> 00:27:09.500
 like,

00:27:09.559 --> 00:27:09.759
 but I

00:27:09.759 --> 00:27:09.840
 mean,

00:27:09.860 --> 00:27:10.100
 I know

00:27:10.100 --> 00:27:10.779
 that for

00:27:10.779 --> 00:27:11.039
 some

00:27:11.039 --> 00:27:11.380
 reasons

00:27:11.380 --> 00:27:11.600
 you're

00:27:11.600 --> 00:27:11.960
 legitimately

00:27:11.960 --> 00:27:12.400
 tired,

00:27:12.539 --> 00:27:13.340
 and God

00:27:13.340 --> 00:27:13.640
 will help

00:27:13.640 --> 00:27:13.940
 you through

00:27:13.940 --> 00:27:14.200
 that,

00:27:14.259 --> 00:27:14.500
 you know,

00:27:14.559 --> 00:27:14.819
 so,

00:27:15.240 --> 00:27:15.779
 I'm just

00:27:15.779 --> 00:27:16.200
 talking about

00:27:16.200 --> 00:27:16.779
 the deliberate

00:27:16.779 --> 00:27:18.240
 entering into

00:27:18.240 --> 00:27:18.500
 stuff,

00:27:18.579 --> 00:27:18.819
 flipping

00:27:18.819 --> 00:27:19.299
 or

00:27:19.299 --> 00:27:19.519
 half

00:27:19.519 --> 00:27:19.980
 heartedly,

00:27:20.419 --> 00:27:20.819
 before

00:27:20.819 --> 00:27:21.299
 you come

00:27:21.299 --> 00:27:21.559
 here,

00:27:22.879 --> 00:27:26.299
 it should

00:27:26.299 --> 00:27:26.700
 never be

00:27:26.700 --> 00:27:26.919
 done

00:27:26.919 --> 00:27:27.299
 flippantly

00:27:27.299 --> 00:27:27.500
 or

00:27:27.500 --> 00:27:27.659
 light

00:27:27.659 --> 00:27:28.059
 heartedly,

00:27:28.939 --> 00:27:29.159
 so,

00:27:30.240 --> 00:27:31.539
 so,

00:27:31.539 --> 00:27:31.819
 a few

00:27:31.819 --> 00:27:32.200
 tips

00:27:32.200 --> 00:27:32.579
 underneath

00:27:32.579 --> 00:27:33.079
 this,

00:27:33.799 --> 00:27:34.000
 okay,

00:27:34.039 --> 00:27:34.339
 how do we

00:27:34.339 --> 00:27:34.679
 prepare

00:27:34.679 --> 00:27:35.099
 ourselves

00:27:35.099 --> 00:27:35.399
 to hear

00:27:35.399 --> 00:27:35.759
 God's

00:27:35.759 --> 00:27:36.079
 word,

00:27:36.919 --> 00:27:37.539
 one thing

00:27:37.539 --> 00:27:37.879
 is to

00:27:37.879 --> 00:27:38.399
 sanctify

00:27:38.399 --> 00:27:38.980
 this time

00:27:38.980 --> 00:27:39.480
 as holy,

00:27:40.099 --> 00:27:40.679
 set apart

00:27:40.679 --> 00:27:41.339
 this time

00:27:41.339 --> 00:27:41.939
 as holy,

00:27:43.399 --> 00:27:43.659
 alright,

00:27:44.460 --> 00:27:45.000
 learn to

00:27:45.000 --> 00:27:45.639
 sanctify it

00:27:45.639 --> 00:27:46.039
 as holy,

00:27:46.579 --> 00:27:47.179
 because you're

00:27:47.179 --> 00:27:47.599
 coming to

00:27:47.599 --> 00:27:47.980
 here,

00:27:47.980 --> 00:27:49.200
 not my

00:27:49.200 --> 00:27:49.740
 words or

00:27:49.740 --> 00:27:50.259
 Nathan's or

00:27:50.259 --> 00:27:51.059
 anybody else's,

00:27:51.120 --> 00:27:51.660
 but God's

00:27:51.660 --> 00:27:51.960
 word,

00:27:52.559 --> 00:27:53.019
 you're coming

00:27:53.019 --> 00:27:53.819
 to hear this,

00:27:54.519 --> 00:27:54.799
 and you're

00:27:54.799 --> 00:27:55.120
 hearing it

00:27:55.120 --> 00:27:55.380
 through a

00:27:55.380 --> 00:27:55.920
 human preacher,

00:27:56.039 --> 00:27:56.440
 but hopefully,

00:27:56.519 --> 00:27:56.860
 like I said,

00:27:56.920 --> 00:27:57.539
 we're expounding

00:27:57.539 --> 00:27:58.839
 on what God

00:27:58.839 --> 00:27:59.400
 himself has

00:27:59.400 --> 00:27:59.700
 said,

00:28:00.620 --> 00:28:01.299
 so when the

00:28:01.299 --> 00:28:01.839
 Bible is

00:28:01.839 --> 00:28:02.319
 faithfully

00:28:02.319 --> 00:28:02.799
 taught,

00:28:03.460 --> 00:28:04.319
 God ministers

00:28:04.319 --> 00:28:05.759
 grace to

00:28:05.759 --> 00:28:06.480
 our hearts,

00:28:06.980 --> 00:28:07.500
 and builds

00:28:07.500 --> 00:28:07.980
 us up,

00:28:08.860 --> 00:28:09.460
 we're going to

00:28:09.460 --> 00:28:09.860
 see here,

00:28:09.940 --> 00:28:11.720
 this awesome

00:28:11.720 --> 00:28:12.299
 chapter,

00:28:12.299 --> 00:28:12.799
 I encourage

00:28:12.799 --> 00:28:12.960
 you to

00:28:12.960 --> 00:28:13.159
 go and

00:28:13.159 --> 00:28:13.519
 read all

00:28:13.519 --> 00:28:14.240
 chapter 8,

00:28:14.980 --> 00:28:16.519
 but when

00:28:16.519 --> 00:28:17.039
 the Israelites

00:28:17.039 --> 00:28:18.200
 returned from

00:28:18.200 --> 00:28:19.559
 the Babylonian

00:28:19.559 --> 00:28:20.039
 captivity,

00:28:20.259 --> 00:28:20.720
 many of

00:28:20.720 --> 00:28:21.839
 them had

00:28:21.839 --> 00:28:22.879
 never heard

00:28:22.879 --> 00:28:24.000
 God's

00:28:24.000 --> 00:28:25.480
 word read

00:28:25.480 --> 00:28:26.059
 at all,

00:28:26.799 --> 00:28:27.240
 can you

00:28:27.240 --> 00:28:27.819
 imagine that,

00:28:27.879 --> 00:28:28.159
 like they

00:28:28.159 --> 00:28:28.899
 had no idea,

00:28:29.019 --> 00:28:29.480
 they understood

00:28:29.480 --> 00:28:30.639
 that they

00:28:30.639 --> 00:28:30.919
 were the

00:28:30.919 --> 00:28:31.359
 people of

00:28:31.359 --> 00:28:31.599
 God,

00:28:31.659 --> 00:28:31.859
 but they

00:28:31.859 --> 00:28:31.960
 didn't

00:28:31.960 --> 00:28:32.119
 really

00:28:32.119 --> 00:28:32.720
 never hear

00:28:32.720 --> 00:28:33.159
 God's

00:28:33.159 --> 00:28:33.480
 word,

00:28:34.319 --> 00:28:36.220
 so as

00:28:36.220 --> 00:28:36.819
 prescribed in

00:28:36.819 --> 00:28:37.960
 the feast of

00:28:37.960 --> 00:28:38.339
 Booth in

00:28:38.339 --> 00:28:38.819
 Deuteronomy

00:28:38.819 --> 00:28:39.339
 31,

00:28:39.559 --> 00:28:40.299
 they gathered

00:28:40.299 --> 00:28:41.679
 together near

00:28:41.679 --> 00:28:42.059
 the water

00:28:42.059 --> 00:28:42.480
 gate in

00:28:42.480 --> 00:28:43.659
 Jerusalem to

00:28:43.659 --> 00:28:44.039
 hear the

00:28:44.039 --> 00:28:44.759
 proclamation of

00:28:44.759 --> 00:28:45.220
 the scriptures,

00:28:45.399 --> 00:28:45.859
 the Torah,

00:28:46.859 --> 00:28:48.019
 most of that

00:28:48.019 --> 00:28:48.200
 would have been

00:28:48.200 --> 00:28:48.599
 the Torah,

00:28:48.720 --> 00:28:49.019
 some of the

00:28:49.019 --> 00:28:49.720
 wisdom writings,

00:28:50.500 --> 00:28:51.299
 and Ezra the

00:28:51.299 --> 00:28:52.619
 scribe and

00:28:52.619 --> 00:28:53.000
 some other

00:28:53.000 --> 00:28:54.539
 Levites took

00:28:54.539 --> 00:28:55.500
 turns reading

00:28:55.500 --> 00:28:57.000
 from the

00:28:57.000 --> 00:28:57.659
 word of God,

00:28:58.419 --> 00:28:58.960
 the law,

00:28:59.980 --> 00:29:00.599
 and they

00:29:00.599 --> 00:29:01.939
 read for a

00:29:01.939 --> 00:29:02.539
 very long

00:29:02.539 --> 00:29:02.899
 time,

00:29:03.159 --> 00:29:03.519
 they read,

00:29:03.939 --> 00:29:04.399
 I want to

00:29:04.399 --> 00:29:04.759
 say,

00:29:06.059 --> 00:29:06.519
 yeah,

00:29:06.859 --> 00:29:07.519
 from early

00:29:07.519 --> 00:29:08.200
 morning to

00:29:08.200 --> 00:29:08.799
 like midday,

00:29:08.819 --> 00:29:09.659
 that is

00:29:09.659 --> 00:29:10.000
 read,

00:29:10.460 --> 00:29:10.879
 and they

00:29:10.879 --> 00:29:11.399
 even stopped

00:29:11.399 --> 00:29:12.200
 and explained

00:29:12.200 --> 00:29:13.059
 what the

00:29:13.059 --> 00:29:13.659
 scriptures meant

00:29:13.659 --> 00:29:14.099
 along the

00:29:14.099 --> 00:29:14.319
 way,

00:29:14.379 --> 00:29:14.539
 so you

00:29:14.539 --> 00:29:14.799
 see the

00:29:14.799 --> 00:29:15.079
 teaching

00:29:15.079 --> 00:29:16.500
 aspect of

00:29:16.500 --> 00:29:16.839
 God's

00:29:16.839 --> 00:29:17.319
 word there,

00:29:18.179 --> 00:29:19.079
 so they

00:29:19.079 --> 00:29:19.619
 worshiped

00:29:19.619 --> 00:29:20.139
 together here,

00:29:20.679 --> 00:29:21.159
 so look at

00:29:21.159 --> 00:29:21.859
 verse 8,

00:29:23.000 --> 00:29:24.019
 chapter 8,

00:29:25.019 --> 00:29:25.799
 it says,

00:29:25.939 --> 00:29:26.480
 they read

00:29:26.480 --> 00:29:27.700
 from the

00:29:27.700 --> 00:29:28.039
 book,

00:29:28.659 --> 00:29:29.159
 from the

00:29:29.159 --> 00:29:29.579
 law of

00:29:29.579 --> 00:29:29.839
 God,

00:29:29.939 --> 00:29:30.379
 clearly,

00:29:31.200 --> 00:29:31.720
 and gave

00:29:31.720 --> 00:29:32.279
 the sense

00:29:32.279 --> 00:29:32.720
 so that the

00:29:32.720 --> 00:29:33.519
 people understood

00:29:33.519 --> 00:29:34.759
 the reading,

00:29:35.599 --> 00:29:36.259
 God's word

00:29:36.259 --> 00:29:36.759
 has to be

00:29:36.759 --> 00:29:37.720
 explained a

00:29:37.720 --> 00:29:38.000
 lot,

00:29:38.000 --> 00:29:38.640
 there's

00:29:38.640 --> 00:29:39.359
 things in

00:29:39.359 --> 00:29:39.599
 here that

00:29:39.599 --> 00:29:39.859
 are hard

00:29:39.859 --> 00:29:40.480
 to understand,

00:29:41.640 --> 00:29:42.400
 and Nehemiah

00:29:42.400 --> 00:29:42.960
 who was the

00:29:42.960 --> 00:29:43.279
 governor,

00:29:43.980 --> 00:29:44.380
 and Ezra

00:29:44.380 --> 00:29:45.000
 the priest,

00:29:45.140 --> 00:29:45.380
 and the

00:29:45.380 --> 00:29:45.839
 scribe,

00:29:46.400 --> 00:29:46.720
 and the

00:29:46.720 --> 00:29:47.180
 Levites

00:29:47.180 --> 00:29:47.579
 who taught

00:29:47.579 --> 00:29:48.019
 the people,

00:29:48.140 --> 00:29:48.420
 said to

00:29:48.420 --> 00:29:48.859
 the people,

00:29:49.799 --> 00:29:50.460
 this day

00:29:50.460 --> 00:29:51.119
 is holy

00:29:51.119 --> 00:29:51.960
 to the

00:29:51.960 --> 00:29:52.319
 Lord your

00:29:52.319 --> 00:29:52.680
 God,

00:29:53.440 --> 00:29:53.839
 do not

00:29:53.839 --> 00:29:54.299
 mourn

00:29:54.299 --> 00:29:54.880
 or weep,

00:29:55.440 --> 00:29:55.940
 for all

00:29:55.940 --> 00:29:56.380
 the people

00:29:56.380 --> 00:29:56.940
 wept as

00:29:56.940 --> 00:29:57.519
 they heard

00:29:57.519 --> 00:29:58.140
 the words

00:29:58.140 --> 00:29:58.839
 of the

00:29:58.839 --> 00:29:59.160
 law,

00:30:00.319 --> 00:30:00.839
 so hear

00:30:00.839 --> 00:30:01.039
 that,

00:30:01.099 --> 00:30:01.220
 they're

00:30:01.220 --> 00:30:01.539
 hearing

00:30:01.539 --> 00:30:02.319
 the

00:30:02.319 --> 00:30:02.559
 scripture

00:30:02.559 --> 00:30:02.960
 and they're

00:30:02.960 --> 00:30:03.359
 breaking

00:30:03.359 --> 00:30:03.759
 down,

00:30:03.880 --> 00:30:04.000
 they're

00:30:04.000 --> 00:30:04.500
 feeling the

00:30:04.500 --> 00:30:04.920
 conviction

00:30:04.920 --> 00:30:05.420
 and weight

00:30:05.420 --> 00:30:06.820
 of God's

00:30:06.820 --> 00:30:07.080
 word,

00:30:07.160 --> 00:30:07.360
 and he

00:30:07.360 --> 00:30:07.640
 says,

00:30:08.120 --> 00:30:08.460
 then he

00:30:08.460 --> 00:30:08.860
 said to

00:30:08.860 --> 00:30:09.180
 them,

00:30:10.180 --> 00:30:10.660
 go your

00:30:10.660 --> 00:30:11.000
 way,

00:30:12.000 --> 00:30:12.900
 eat fat

00:30:12.900 --> 00:30:13.360
 and drink

00:30:13.360 --> 00:30:13.960
 sweet wine

00:30:13.960 --> 00:30:14.360
 and send

00:30:14.360 --> 00:30:15.539
 portions to

00:30:15.539 --> 00:30:16.160
 anyone who

00:30:16.160 --> 00:30:16.940
 has nothing

00:30:16.940 --> 00:30:17.279
 ready,

00:30:17.840 --> 00:30:18.240
 for this

00:30:18.240 --> 00:30:18.640
 day is

00:30:18.640 --> 00:30:19.279
 holy to

00:30:19.279 --> 00:30:19.480
 our

00:30:19.480 --> 00:30:19.820
 Lord,

00:30:20.480 --> 00:30:20.880
 do not

00:30:20.880 --> 00:30:21.560
 be grieved,

00:30:22.279 --> 00:30:23.200
 for the joy

00:30:23.200 --> 00:30:23.759
 of the Lord

00:30:23.759 --> 00:30:24.160
 is your

00:30:24.160 --> 00:30:24.680
 strength,

00:30:25.680 --> 00:30:26.460
 like wow,

00:30:27.259 --> 00:30:27.860
 a beautiful

00:30:27.860 --> 00:30:28.700
 example of

00:30:28.700 --> 00:30:29.500
 God's word

00:30:29.500 --> 00:30:31.200
 being taught

00:30:31.200 --> 00:30:32.440
 faithfully

00:30:32.440 --> 00:30:32.799
 to the

00:30:32.799 --> 00:30:33.080
 people,

00:30:33.279 --> 00:30:33.620
 and you're

00:30:33.620 --> 00:30:34.039
 seeing the

00:30:34.039 --> 00:30:34.580
 effects of

00:30:34.580 --> 00:30:34.779
 it,

00:30:35.360 --> 00:30:35.660
 right,

00:30:36.340 --> 00:30:36.900
 so,

00:30:37.980 --> 00:30:38.519
 understand

00:30:38.519 --> 00:30:38.920
 that this

00:30:38.920 --> 00:30:39.279
 is a

00:30:39.279 --> 00:30:39.900
 holy time,

00:30:40.779 --> 00:30:40.980
 alright,

00:30:42.240 --> 00:30:42.640
 and,

00:30:42.900 --> 00:30:43.259
 I mean,

00:30:43.519 --> 00:30:43.880
 those of you

00:30:43.880 --> 00:30:44.180
 who know me

00:30:44.180 --> 00:30:44.819
 well know

00:30:44.819 --> 00:30:45.340
 this is a

00:30:45.340 --> 00:30:46.299
 pretty big

00:30:46.299 --> 00:30:46.960
 soapbox I

00:30:46.960 --> 00:30:47.340
 get on,

00:30:47.460 --> 00:30:47.720
 so I'm

00:30:47.720 --> 00:30:47.920
 not going

00:30:47.920 --> 00:30:48.140
 to stay

00:30:48.140 --> 00:30:48.539
 on it for

00:30:48.539 --> 00:30:49.480
 just maybe

00:30:49.480 --> 00:30:49.779
 a minute

00:30:49.779 --> 00:30:50.160
 or two,

00:30:50.920 --> 00:30:51.160
 but,

00:30:51.940 --> 00:30:52.900
 particularly

00:30:52.900 --> 00:30:54.600
 you college

00:30:54.600 --> 00:30:55.080
 students,

00:30:55.860 --> 00:30:56.279
 you have

00:30:56.279 --> 00:30:56.920
 to absolutely

00:30:56.920 --> 00:30:57.480
 put to

00:30:57.480 --> 00:30:57.779
 death,

00:30:57.900 --> 00:30:58.299
 destroy

00:30:58.299 --> 00:30:59.980
 the idea

00:30:59.980 --> 00:31:01.460
 that worship

00:31:01.460 --> 00:31:02.360
 is simply

00:31:02.360 --> 00:31:03.480
 music,

00:31:04.420 --> 00:31:04.819
 that worship

00:31:04.819 --> 00:31:05.360
 is simply

00:31:05.360 --> 00:31:05.880
 just coming

00:31:05.880 --> 00:31:06.299
 to hear

00:31:06.299 --> 00:31:06.759
 music,

00:31:07.799 --> 00:31:08.599
 music can

00:31:08.599 --> 00:31:09.259
 be an

00:31:09.259 --> 00:31:09.640
 act of

00:31:09.640 --> 00:31:09.920
 worship,

00:31:10.079 --> 00:31:10.319
 but it's

00:31:10.319 --> 00:31:11.559
 not alone

00:31:11.559 --> 00:31:12.539
 by itself,

00:31:13.019 --> 00:31:13.740
 just worship,

00:31:14.099 --> 00:31:15.220
 if you read

00:31:15.220 --> 00:31:15.839
 this passage,

00:31:15.920 --> 00:31:16.500
 what you see

00:31:16.500 --> 00:31:17.920
 is the

00:31:17.920 --> 00:31:18.680
 hearing of

00:31:18.680 --> 00:31:19.460
 God's word,

00:31:20.339 --> 00:31:20.920
 them paying

00:31:20.920 --> 00:31:21.440
 attention,

00:31:22.380 --> 00:31:22.900
 them sitting

00:31:22.900 --> 00:31:23.519
 upright and

00:31:23.519 --> 00:31:24.099
 listening to

00:31:24.099 --> 00:31:24.740
 God's word

00:31:24.740 --> 00:31:25.380
 is an act

00:31:25.380 --> 00:31:26.440
 of worship,

00:31:27.140 --> 00:31:27.980
 modern day

00:31:27.980 --> 00:31:29.400
 terms of

00:31:29.400 --> 00:31:29.740
 worship,

00:31:29.740 --> 00:31:29.960
 worship would

00:31:29.960 --> 00:31:30.839
 totally confuse

00:31:30.839 --> 00:31:31.319
 these people

00:31:31.319 --> 00:31:31.579
 in the

00:31:31.579 --> 00:31:31.819
 scripture,

00:31:31.940 --> 00:31:32.120
 they'd be

00:31:32.120 --> 00:31:32.240
 like,

00:31:32.299 --> 00:31:33.140
 what are

00:31:33.140 --> 00:31:33.599
 you talking

00:31:33.599 --> 00:31:33.900
 about,

00:31:33.960 --> 00:31:34.140
 they would

00:31:34.140 --> 00:31:34.500
 have no

00:31:34.500 --> 00:31:34.920
 idea,

00:31:35.099 --> 00:31:35.380
 like,

00:31:36.000 --> 00:31:36.380
 what you

00:31:36.380 --> 00:31:36.660
 meant,

00:31:37.299 --> 00:31:37.779
 this idea

00:31:37.779 --> 00:31:37.980
 of hey,

00:31:38.019 --> 00:31:38.400
 let's enter

00:31:38.400 --> 00:31:39.579
 into this

00:31:39.579 --> 00:31:40.160
 time of

00:31:40.160 --> 00:31:40.480
 worship,

00:31:40.740 --> 00:31:40.980
 and it's

00:31:40.980 --> 00:31:41.200
 like,

00:31:41.539 --> 00:31:41.859
 what have

00:31:41.859 --> 00:31:42.079
 you been

00:31:42.079 --> 00:31:42.539
 doing all

00:31:42.539 --> 00:31:42.819
 day,

00:31:43.500 --> 00:31:43.839
 not

00:31:43.839 --> 00:31:44.319
 worshiping,

00:31:44.559 --> 00:31:44.759
 you know,

00:31:44.799 --> 00:31:45.120
 it's like it

00:31:45.120 --> 00:31:46.160
 doesn't make

00:31:46.160 --> 00:31:46.680
 any sense,

00:31:46.759 --> 00:31:47.279
 the idea of

00:31:47.279 --> 00:31:47.680
 our English

00:31:47.680 --> 00:31:47.980
 word,

00:31:48.099 --> 00:31:48.660
 worship,

00:31:49.380 --> 00:31:50.059
 comes from

00:31:50.059 --> 00:31:51.259
 the word

00:31:51.259 --> 00:31:51.799
 worship,

00:31:52.640 --> 00:31:53.120
 whatever it

00:31:53.120 --> 00:31:53.480
 is you

00:31:53.480 --> 00:31:54.839
 value and

00:31:54.839 --> 00:31:55.380
 treasure and

00:31:55.380 --> 00:31:55.900
 consider to be

00:31:55.900 --> 00:31:56.259
 the most

00:31:56.259 --> 00:31:56.640
 worthy,

00:31:57.299 --> 00:31:57.720
 and that's

00:31:57.720 --> 00:31:58.000
 shown,

00:31:58.099 --> 00:31:58.400
 enter in how

00:31:58.400 --> 00:31:58.980
 you live and

00:31:59.740 --> 00:32:00.279
 life,

00:32:00.859 --> 00:32:01.079
 right,

00:32:01.120 --> 00:32:01.220
 I mean,

00:32:01.240 --> 00:32:01.559
 that's what

00:32:01.559 --> 00:32:03.000
 worship really

00:32:03.000 --> 00:32:03.480
 is,

00:32:03.759 --> 00:32:04.740
 so you're

00:32:04.740 --> 00:32:05.359
 listening and

00:32:05.359 --> 00:32:05.740
 you're paying

00:32:05.740 --> 00:32:06.440
 attention to

00:32:06.440 --> 00:32:07.180
 God's word,

00:32:07.680 --> 00:32:08.259
 is worship,

00:32:09.099 --> 00:32:09.480
 and see,

00:32:09.559 --> 00:32:10.319
 what I see is a

00:32:10.319 --> 00:32:10.740
 lot of people

00:32:10.740 --> 00:32:11.519
 listening and

00:32:11.519 --> 00:32:12.680
 kind of all

00:32:12.680 --> 00:32:14.200
 into the

00:32:14.200 --> 00:32:14.920
 music aspect,

00:32:14.980 --> 00:32:15.339
 when they sit

00:32:15.339 --> 00:32:15.559
 down,

00:32:15.640 --> 00:32:15.960
 it's like,

00:32:16.180 --> 00:32:17.759
 just turn

00:32:17.759 --> 00:32:18.299
 off,

00:32:18.859 --> 00:32:19.579
 and it's

00:32:19.579 --> 00:32:20.039
 okay to

00:32:20.039 --> 00:32:20.660
 goof off and

00:32:20.660 --> 00:32:21.059
 mess with your

00:32:21.059 --> 00:32:21.319
 buddies,

00:32:21.519 --> 00:32:22.559
 and no,

00:32:22.720 --> 00:32:23.019
 like,

00:32:23.059 --> 00:32:23.620
 this is a

00:32:23.620 --> 00:32:24.420
 serious time,

00:32:25.120 --> 00:32:25.880
 worship of

00:32:25.880 --> 00:32:26.460
 God's people

00:32:26.460 --> 00:32:27.180
 is continuing,

00:32:27.859 --> 00:32:29.019
 especially His

00:32:29.019 --> 00:32:29.440
 word,

00:32:29.740 --> 00:32:30.700
 being spoken

00:32:30.700 --> 00:32:31.480
 to you,

00:32:32.140 --> 00:32:33.200
 it has to be

00:32:33.200 --> 00:32:33.559
 that way,

00:32:33.620 --> 00:32:33.940
 this is what

00:32:33.940 --> 00:32:34.660
 we see here,

00:32:35.099 --> 00:32:35.859
 and this

00:32:35.859 --> 00:32:36.620
 same word

00:32:36.620 --> 00:32:37.880
 broke the

00:32:37.880 --> 00:32:38.140
 people,

00:32:38.259 --> 00:32:38.799
 it convicted

00:32:38.799 --> 00:32:39.880
 them of

00:32:39.880 --> 00:32:40.200
 sin,

00:32:40.279 --> 00:32:40.539
 they were

00:32:40.539 --> 00:32:41.000
 weeping,

00:32:41.660 --> 00:32:42.000
 and no

00:32:42.000 --> 00:32:42.519
 doubtfully,

00:32:42.660 --> 00:32:43.120
 Nehemiah,

00:32:43.200 --> 00:32:43.559
 being led

00:32:43.559 --> 00:32:43.900
 by the

00:32:43.900 --> 00:32:44.220
 Spirit,

00:32:44.960 --> 00:32:45.319
 said,

00:32:46.220 --> 00:32:47.019
 understood,

00:32:47.740 --> 00:32:48.099
 that this

00:32:48.099 --> 00:32:48.700
 same word

00:32:48.700 --> 00:32:48.920
 that was

00:32:48.920 --> 00:32:49.380
 doing that

00:32:49.380 --> 00:32:49.599
 would be

00:32:49.599 --> 00:32:50.019
 the same

00:32:50.019 --> 00:32:51.079
 word that

00:32:51.079 --> 00:32:51.400
 gave them

00:32:51.400 --> 00:32:52.120
 strength and

00:32:52.120 --> 00:32:52.680
 joy to

00:32:52.680 --> 00:32:53.440
 keep going

00:32:53.440 --> 00:32:53.859
 and pressing

00:32:53.859 --> 00:32:54.980
 on to what

00:32:54.980 --> 00:32:55.240
 they were

00:32:55.240 --> 00:32:55.579
 doing,

00:32:56.380 --> 00:32:56.680
 so he

00:32:56.680 --> 00:32:57.140
 brought that

00:32:57.140 --> 00:32:57.400
 up to

00:32:57.400 --> 00:32:57.660
 them,

00:32:57.660 --> 00:32:59.180
 even the

00:32:59.180 --> 00:32:59.600
 idea of

00:32:59.600 --> 00:33:00.100
 the pulpit,

00:33:00.960 --> 00:33:01.440
 they built

00:33:01.440 --> 00:33:01.880
 a large

00:33:01.880 --> 00:33:03.200
 platform in

00:33:03.200 --> 00:33:03.759
 Nehemiah

00:33:03.759 --> 00:33:05.300
 for them to

00:33:05.300 --> 00:33:05.920
 stand on,

00:33:06.019 --> 00:33:06.420
 to read the

00:33:06.420 --> 00:33:06.680
 word,

00:33:06.779 --> 00:33:06.960
 and to

00:33:06.960 --> 00:33:07.420
 teach it,

00:33:08.100 --> 00:33:10.120
 definitely for

00:33:10.120 --> 00:33:11.660
 audio purposes,

00:33:11.900 --> 00:33:12.240
 so that people

00:33:12.240 --> 00:33:12.740
 could see them

00:33:12.740 --> 00:33:13.200
 and hear them,

00:33:13.740 --> 00:33:14.600
 but I think

00:33:14.600 --> 00:33:15.820
 it's kind of

00:33:15.820 --> 00:33:16.040
 cool,

00:33:16.120 --> 00:33:16.400
 a lot of

00:33:16.400 --> 00:33:17.880
 our heroes

00:33:17.880 --> 00:33:18.360
 from church

00:33:18.360 --> 00:33:18.759
 history,

00:33:19.600 --> 00:33:20.420
 the reformers,

00:33:21.340 --> 00:33:21.560
 Luther,

00:33:21.720 --> 00:33:22.019
 Calvin,

00:33:22.180 --> 00:33:22.620
 Spurgeon,

00:33:22.619 --> 00:33:24.500
 the Puritans,

00:33:24.939 --> 00:33:25.639
 they kind of

00:33:25.639 --> 00:33:25.959
 took the

00:33:25.959 --> 00:33:26.419
 pulpit and

00:33:26.419 --> 00:33:26.699
 had a

00:33:26.699 --> 00:33:27.359
 different idea

00:33:27.359 --> 00:33:27.919
 for it,

00:33:28.659 --> 00:33:29.539
 pulpits,

00:33:29.619 --> 00:33:29.859
 if you go

00:33:29.859 --> 00:33:30.039
 along,

00:33:30.079 --> 00:33:30.299
 it's really

00:33:30.299 --> 00:33:30.659
 old,

00:33:31.259 --> 00:33:31.679
 I had a

00:33:31.679 --> 00:33:32.079
 picture of

00:33:32.079 --> 00:33:32.339
 one I was

00:33:32.339 --> 00:33:32.459
 going to

00:33:32.459 --> 00:33:32.779
 try to

00:33:32.779 --> 00:33:32.979
 show,

00:33:33.099 --> 00:33:34.159
 but Calvin's

00:33:34.159 --> 00:33:34.619
 pulpit in

00:33:34.619 --> 00:33:35.000
 Geneva,

00:33:35.699 --> 00:33:36.039
 it's like it

00:33:36.039 --> 00:33:36.419
 has this

00:33:36.419 --> 00:33:37.059
 staircase and

00:33:37.059 --> 00:33:37.659
 it goes up,

00:33:38.159 --> 00:33:38.419
 then,

00:33:39.539 --> 00:33:39.979
 you know,

00:33:40.000 --> 00:33:40.259
 you can't

00:33:40.259 --> 00:33:40.619
 really see

00:33:40.619 --> 00:33:40.779
 it,

00:33:41.619 --> 00:33:42.299
 that's okay,

00:33:42.859 --> 00:33:43.679
 but it

00:33:43.679 --> 00:33:44.279
 goes up,

00:33:45.299 --> 00:33:45.719
 and so,

00:33:46.359 --> 00:33:46.839
 the point

00:33:46.839 --> 00:33:47.219
 is,

00:33:47.719 --> 00:33:48.279
 not to

00:33:48.279 --> 00:33:48.619
 show the

00:33:48.619 --> 00:33:49.279
 importance of

00:33:49.279 --> 00:33:49.779
 the man

00:33:49.779 --> 00:33:50.759
 who was

00:33:50.759 --> 00:33:51.159
 going up

00:33:51.159 --> 00:33:51.479
 there and

00:33:51.479 --> 00:33:51.879
 how important

00:33:51.879 --> 00:33:52.439
 he was,

00:33:52.619 --> 00:33:53.059
 but it

00:33:53.059 --> 00:33:53.359
 was to

00:33:53.359 --> 00:33:54.000
 say that

00:33:54.000 --> 00:33:55.819
 we stand

00:33:55.819 --> 00:33:56.319
 under the

00:33:56.319 --> 00:33:57.019
 preaching of

00:33:57.019 --> 00:33:57.379
 God's

00:33:57.379 --> 00:33:57.659
 word,

00:33:58.419 --> 00:33:58.699
 and so,

00:33:58.819 --> 00:33:59.000
 when a

00:33:59.000 --> 00:34:00.359
 man went

00:34:00.359 --> 00:34:00.739
 up those

00:34:00.739 --> 00:34:02.000
 stairs to

00:34:02.000 --> 00:34:03.399
 deliver a

00:34:03.399 --> 00:34:03.959
 sermon on

00:34:03.959 --> 00:34:04.239
 God's

00:34:04.239 --> 00:34:04.379
 word,

00:34:04.419 --> 00:34:04.839
 he did it

00:34:04.839 --> 00:34:05.339
 with fear

00:34:05.339 --> 00:34:05.899
 and trembling,

00:34:06.459 --> 00:34:06.879
 and with a

00:34:06.879 --> 00:34:07.739
 great responsibility

00:34:07.739 --> 00:34:08.480
 as he began

00:34:08.480 --> 00:34:09.139
 walking up

00:34:09.139 --> 00:34:10.359
 those stairs,

00:34:11.139 --> 00:34:11.579
 I think it's

00:34:11.579 --> 00:34:12.099
 pretty cool,

00:34:13.079 --> 00:34:13.679
 so he climbed

00:34:13.679 --> 00:34:14.079
 those stairs

00:34:14.079 --> 00:34:14.420
 with great

00:34:14.420 --> 00:34:15.219
 reverence and

00:34:15.219 --> 00:34:15.519
 joy,

00:34:16.579 --> 00:34:16.739
 so,

00:34:16.859 --> 00:34:18.179
 just a cool

00:34:18.179 --> 00:34:18.699
 thing to know

00:34:18.699 --> 00:34:19.359
 about pulpits,

00:34:20.219 --> 00:34:20.420
 but,

00:34:21.259 --> 00:34:21.699
 so,

00:34:21.920 --> 00:34:22.099
 yeah,

00:34:22.099 --> 00:34:22.799
 sanctify,

00:34:23.299 --> 00:34:24.119
 this time

00:34:24.119 --> 00:34:24.579
 as holy,

00:34:24.719 --> 00:34:25.079
 so another

00:34:25.079 --> 00:34:26.199
 thing is

00:34:26.199 --> 00:34:26.779
 pray

00:34:26.779 --> 00:34:28.319
 expectantly,

00:34:29.199 --> 00:34:30.319
 come expecting

00:34:30.319 --> 00:34:30.860
 to hear from

00:34:30.860 --> 00:34:31.239
 God,

00:34:31.960 --> 00:34:32.319
 right,

00:34:32.739 --> 00:34:33.460
 without faith

00:34:33.460 --> 00:34:34.099
 it's impossible

00:34:34.099 --> 00:34:34.579
 to please

00:34:34.579 --> 00:34:34.960
 God,

00:34:35.440 --> 00:34:35.900
 you have to

00:34:35.900 --> 00:34:36.480
 understand that

00:34:36.480 --> 00:34:36.880
 you have to,

00:34:37.619 --> 00:34:38.279
 your heart is

00:34:38.279 --> 00:34:39.159
 naturally shut up

00:34:39.159 --> 00:34:39.839
 against God,

00:34:40.440 --> 00:34:41.199
 you need prayer

00:34:41.199 --> 00:34:42.659
 to soften the

00:34:42.659 --> 00:34:43.799
 soil of your

00:34:43.799 --> 00:34:44.119
 heart,

00:34:44.440 --> 00:34:45.259
 so it's vital

00:34:45.259 --> 00:34:45.900
 at all times,

00:34:45.960 --> 00:34:46.500
 but especially

00:34:46.500 --> 00:34:47.380
 at this time,

00:34:48.260 --> 00:34:48.460
 so,

00:34:49.320 --> 00:34:50.019
 excuse me,

00:34:50.719 --> 00:34:50.960
 that,

00:34:51.639 --> 00:34:52.619
 sorry,

00:34:53.760 --> 00:34:54.099
 pray,

00:34:54.360 --> 00:34:54.860
 as David

00:34:54.860 --> 00:34:55.219
 prayed,

00:34:56.099 --> 00:34:56.460
 great,

00:34:56.599 --> 00:34:57.199
 great scripture

00:34:57.199 --> 00:34:57.460
 here,

00:34:57.579 --> 00:34:58.420
 Psalm 119,

00:34:58.920 --> 00:34:59.579
 verse 17,

00:34:59.760 --> 00:35:00.519
 deal bountifully

00:35:00.519 --> 00:35:01.019
 with your

00:35:01.019 --> 00:35:01.380
 servant,

00:35:02.199 --> 00:35:02.699
 that I may

00:35:02.699 --> 00:35:03.500
 live and keep

00:35:03.500 --> 00:35:03.920
 your word,

00:35:04.019 --> 00:35:04.980
 open my eyes,

00:35:05.079 --> 00:35:05.380
 that I may

00:35:05.380 --> 00:35:06.400
 behold wondrous

00:35:06.400 --> 00:35:07.699
 things out of

00:35:07.699 --> 00:35:08.139
 your law,

00:35:08.980 --> 00:35:09.900
 I'm a sojourner

00:35:09.900 --> 00:35:10.460
 on earth,

00:35:10.579 --> 00:35:11.320
 hide not your

00:35:11.320 --> 00:35:12.119
 commandments from

00:35:12.119 --> 00:35:12.320
 me,

00:35:12.840 --> 00:35:13.380
 help me to

00:35:13.380 --> 00:35:14.079
 behold wonderful

00:35:14.079 --> 00:35:14.780
 things in your

00:35:14.780 --> 00:35:15.059
 law,

00:35:15.059 --> 00:35:15.759
 he's praying

00:35:15.759 --> 00:35:16.139
 this,

00:35:16.960 --> 00:35:17.380
 so,

00:35:17.820 --> 00:35:18.719
 Jeremiah Burroughs

00:35:18.719 --> 00:35:19.019
 again,

00:35:19.659 --> 00:35:20.679
 on this idea,

00:35:20.880 --> 00:35:21.159
 he says,

00:35:21.279 --> 00:35:22.259
 pray beforehand

00:35:22.259 --> 00:35:23.299
 that God

00:35:23.299 --> 00:35:23.779
 would open

00:35:23.779 --> 00:35:24.460
 thine eyes,

00:35:24.539 --> 00:35:25.099
 open thine

00:35:25.099 --> 00:35:25.480
 heart,

00:35:26.299 --> 00:35:26.960
 and accompany

00:35:26.960 --> 00:35:27.559
 his word,

00:35:27.639 --> 00:35:28.039
 as David

00:35:28.039 --> 00:35:28.360
 did,

00:35:29.179 --> 00:35:29.539
 and you

00:35:29.539 --> 00:35:30.039
 know what

00:35:30.039 --> 00:35:30.460
 it is said

00:35:30.460 --> 00:35:30.980
 of Lydia,

00:35:31.619 --> 00:35:32.019
 the Lord

00:35:32.019 --> 00:35:32.619
 opened her

00:35:32.619 --> 00:35:33.139
 heart to

00:35:33.139 --> 00:35:33.779
 attend the

00:35:33.779 --> 00:35:34.299
 word which

00:35:34.299 --> 00:35:34.779
 was spoken,

00:35:35.539 --> 00:35:35.920
 you have

00:35:35.920 --> 00:35:36.400
 need to

00:35:36.400 --> 00:35:36.619
 pray,

00:35:36.719 --> 00:35:37.219
 oh Lord,

00:35:38.019 --> 00:35:38.699
 my eyes

00:35:38.699 --> 00:35:39.039
 and my

00:35:39.039 --> 00:35:39.380
 heart,

00:35:40.139 --> 00:35:40.320
 Lord,

00:35:40.400 --> 00:35:40.840
 my heart

00:35:40.840 --> 00:35:41.579
 is naturally

00:35:41.579 --> 00:35:42.420
 locked up

00:35:42.420 --> 00:35:42.940
 against your

00:35:42.940 --> 00:35:43.259
 word,

00:35:44.219 --> 00:35:44.579
 and are

00:35:44.579 --> 00:35:44.960
 the words

00:35:44.960 --> 00:35:45.260
 in my

00:35:45.260 --> 00:35:45.539
 heart,

00:35:45.659 --> 00:35:46.760
 that except

00:35:46.760 --> 00:35:48.019
 apart from

00:35:48.019 --> 00:35:48.360
 you,

00:35:49.240 --> 00:35:50.079
 cannot be,

00:35:50.519 --> 00:35:50.820
 will not

00:35:50.820 --> 00:35:51.300
 open to

00:35:51.300 --> 00:35:51.800
 your word,

00:35:52.440 --> 00:35:52.780
 Lord,

00:35:52.880 --> 00:35:53.139
 I have

00:35:53.139 --> 00:35:53.880
 often gone

00:35:53.880 --> 00:35:54.300
 to thy

00:35:54.300 --> 00:35:54.619
 word,

00:35:55.139 --> 00:35:55.539
 and had

00:35:55.539 --> 00:35:56.199
 the key

00:35:56.199 --> 00:35:56.760
 stuck in

00:35:56.760 --> 00:35:56.920
 it,

00:35:57.699 --> 00:35:58.039
 and had

00:35:58.039 --> 00:35:58.659
 failed to

00:35:58.659 --> 00:35:59.019
 open it,

00:35:59.099 --> 00:35:59.539
 but Lord,

00:35:59.880 --> 00:36:00.280
 if you

00:36:00.280 --> 00:36:00.500
 would,

00:36:00.579 --> 00:36:01.159
 but fit it,

00:36:01.619 --> 00:36:02.240
 and turn it

00:36:02.240 --> 00:36:02.559
 in your

00:36:02.559 --> 00:36:02.920
 hand,

00:36:03.260 --> 00:36:03.860
 my heart

00:36:03.860 --> 00:36:04.420
 would open,

00:36:05.300 --> 00:36:05.880
 oh come

00:36:05.880 --> 00:36:06.420
 with such a

00:36:06.420 --> 00:36:07.159
 praying heart

00:36:07.159 --> 00:36:08.139
 to the

00:36:08.139 --> 00:36:08.480
 word of

00:36:08.480 --> 00:36:08.800
 God,

00:36:09.460 --> 00:36:09.679
 that he

00:36:09.679 --> 00:36:09.960
 may be

00:36:09.960 --> 00:36:10.659
 glorified in

00:36:10.659 --> 00:36:10.860
 you,

00:36:10.960 --> 00:36:11.159
 and you

00:36:11.159 --> 00:36:11.380
 would be

00:36:11.380 --> 00:36:11.820
 profited,

00:36:12.659 --> 00:36:13.579
 so pray,

00:36:13.659 --> 00:36:14.059
 even while you're

00:36:14.059 --> 00:36:14.400
 in the car

00:36:14.400 --> 00:36:14.699
 on the way

00:36:14.699 --> 00:36:14.900
 here,

00:36:14.960 --> 00:36:15.299
 that God

00:36:15.299 --> 00:36:16.119
 would use

00:36:16.119 --> 00:36:16.519
 this time

00:36:16.519 --> 00:36:16.980
 to minister

00:36:16.980 --> 00:36:17.239
 to your

00:36:17.239 --> 00:36:17.559
 hearts,

00:36:18.199 --> 00:36:18.599
 so,

00:36:19.360 --> 00:36:20.659
 that's before

00:36:20.659 --> 00:36:21.079
 you hear the

00:36:21.079 --> 00:36:21.279
 word,

00:36:21.360 --> 00:36:21.739
 what about

00:36:21.739 --> 00:36:22.219
 while you're

00:36:22.219 --> 00:36:22.480
 hearing the

00:36:22.480 --> 00:36:22.679
 word,

00:36:22.719 --> 00:36:23.199
 right now,

00:36:24.039 --> 00:36:25.000
 some duties,

00:36:25.900 --> 00:36:26.779
 responsibilities,

00:36:27.980 --> 00:36:28.659
 one,

00:36:29.380 --> 00:36:30.199
 hang on the

00:36:30.199 --> 00:36:30.619
 words you

00:36:30.619 --> 00:36:30.920
 hear,

00:36:31.679 --> 00:36:32.219
 hang on the

00:36:32.219 --> 00:36:32.579
 words you

00:36:32.579 --> 00:36:32.820
 hear,

00:36:33.360 --> 00:36:34.259
 so we

00:36:34.259 --> 00:36:35.320
 read in

00:36:35.320 --> 00:36:36.079
 Luke 19,

00:36:36.619 --> 00:36:36.920
 something

00:36:36.920 --> 00:36:37.799
 interesting about

00:36:37.799 --> 00:36:38.579
 after Jesus

00:36:38.579 --> 00:36:39.119
 cleanses the

00:36:39.119 --> 00:36:39.420
 temple,

00:36:39.599 --> 00:36:39.860
 and he's

00:36:39.860 --> 00:36:40.179
 teaching,

00:36:40.679 --> 00:36:41.199
 this is

00:36:41.199 --> 00:36:41.460
 something

00:36:41.460 --> 00:36:42.079
 that said,

00:36:43.019 --> 00:36:43.460
 it says,

00:36:43.539 --> 00:36:43.759
 he was

00:36:43.759 --> 00:36:44.460
 teaching daily

00:36:44.460 --> 00:36:44.679
 in the

00:36:44.679 --> 00:36:44.980
 temple,

00:36:45.579 --> 00:36:45.960
 the chief

00:36:45.960 --> 00:36:46.419
 priests and

00:36:46.419 --> 00:36:47.019
 the scribes

00:36:47.019 --> 00:36:47.199
 and the

00:36:47.199 --> 00:36:47.939
 principal men

00:36:47.939 --> 00:36:49.179
 were seeking

00:36:49.179 --> 00:36:49.719
 to destroy

00:36:49.719 --> 00:36:50.059
 him,

00:36:50.599 --> 00:36:50.879
 but they

00:36:50.879 --> 00:36:51.139
 did not

00:36:51.139 --> 00:36:51.719
 find anything

00:36:51.719 --> 00:36:52.019
 they could

00:36:52.019 --> 00:36:52.379
 do,

00:36:53.019 --> 00:36:53.419
 listen to this,

00:36:53.439 --> 00:36:53.759
 for all

00:36:53.759 --> 00:36:54.339
 the people

00:36:54.339 --> 00:36:55.659
 were hanging

00:36:55.659 --> 00:36:56.159
 on his

00:36:56.159 --> 00:36:56.579
 words,

00:36:57.099 --> 00:36:57.439
 as he

00:36:57.439 --> 00:36:57.739
 taught,

00:36:57.879 --> 00:36:58.099
 they were

00:36:58.099 --> 00:36:59.339
 just completely

00:36:59.339 --> 00:36:59.980
 hanging on

00:36:59.980 --> 00:37:00.519
 his words,

00:37:01.460 --> 00:37:01.960
 and it

00:37:01.960 --> 00:37:02.539
 says here,

00:37:03.319 --> 00:37:03.599
 another

00:37:03.599 --> 00:37:04.000
 Puritan,

00:37:04.119 --> 00:37:04.339
 John

00:37:04.339 --> 00:37:04.659
 Wells,

00:37:04.799 --> 00:37:05.059
 said,

00:37:05.739 --> 00:37:06.019
 it is

00:37:06.019 --> 00:37:06.460
 said of

00:37:06.460 --> 00:37:06.939
 Christ's

00:37:06.939 --> 00:37:07.439
 auditors,

00:37:07.960 --> 00:37:08.219
 that they

00:37:08.219 --> 00:37:08.719
 did hang

00:37:08.719 --> 00:37:09.659
 upon his

00:37:09.659 --> 00:37:10.279
 mouth in

00:37:10.279 --> 00:37:10.779
 their hearing,

00:37:11.199 --> 00:37:12.139
 the ear

00:37:12.139 --> 00:37:13.339
 is the

00:37:13.339 --> 00:37:14.119
 proper door

00:37:14.119 --> 00:37:14.500
 to the

00:37:14.500 --> 00:37:14.819
 heart,

00:37:15.579 --> 00:37:16.460
 study then

00:37:16.460 --> 00:37:16.859
 to make

00:37:16.859 --> 00:37:17.119
 it a

00:37:17.119 --> 00:37:17.519
 door to

00:37:17.519 --> 00:37:18.039
 salvation,

00:37:18.559 --> 00:37:19.439
 by serious

00:37:19.439 --> 00:37:20.099
 and diligent

00:37:20.099 --> 00:37:20.619
 attention,

00:37:21.419 --> 00:37:21.859
 the ear

00:37:21.859 --> 00:37:22.439
 lies in

00:37:22.439 --> 00:37:22.759
 the way

00:37:22.759 --> 00:37:23.039
 to the

00:37:23.039 --> 00:37:23.359
 soul,

00:37:23.919 --> 00:37:24.299
 as the

00:37:24.299 --> 00:37:24.859
 light shines

00:37:24.859 --> 00:37:25.939
 not into

00:37:25.939 --> 00:37:26.500
 a house,

00:37:27.000 --> 00:37:27.619
 but by

00:37:27.619 --> 00:37:28.139
 the window,

00:37:29.019 --> 00:37:29.460
 let us

00:37:29.460 --> 00:37:30.179
 not lose

00:37:30.179 --> 00:37:30.599
 the blessed

00:37:30.599 --> 00:37:31.379
 truths by

00:37:31.379 --> 00:37:32.439
 neglectful

00:37:32.439 --> 00:37:32.879
 hearing,

00:37:33.539 --> 00:37:34.159
 which Christ

00:37:34.159 --> 00:37:34.659
 had brought

00:37:34.659 --> 00:37:35.659
 by his

00:37:35.659 --> 00:37:35.960
 painful

00:37:35.960 --> 00:37:36.339
 bleeding,

00:37:37.500 --> 00:37:37.980
 okay,

00:37:38.679 --> 00:37:39.299
 so,

00:37:39.879 --> 00:37:40.559
 these things

00:37:40.559 --> 00:37:40.860
 are our

00:37:40.860 --> 00:37:41.279
 life,

00:37:41.719 --> 00:37:42.219
 when Moses

00:37:42.219 --> 00:37:42.920
 and Deuteronomy

00:37:42.920 --> 00:37:43.460
 was speaking,

00:37:43.559 --> 00:37:43.739
 it's like,

00:37:43.799 --> 00:37:44.579
 these words,

00:37:45.079 --> 00:37:45.739
 these commandments

00:37:45.739 --> 00:37:46.199
 are your

00:37:46.199 --> 00:37:46.659
 life,

00:37:47.440 --> 00:37:47.579
 so,

00:37:47.659 --> 00:37:47.759
 like,

00:37:47.799 --> 00:37:48.219
 come to

00:37:48.219 --> 00:37:49.420
 hear the

00:37:49.420 --> 00:37:49.940
 scripture in

00:37:49.940 --> 00:37:50.460
 that way,

00:37:51.360 --> 00:37:51.940
 another thing

00:37:51.940 --> 00:37:52.259
 to do,

00:37:52.440 --> 00:37:54.179
 pray sporadically

00:37:54.179 --> 00:37:55.380
 during this

00:37:55.380 --> 00:37:55.699
 time,

00:37:56.840 --> 00:37:57.099
 I mean,

00:37:57.139 --> 00:37:57.519
 there's often

00:37:57.519 --> 00:37:57.880
 times,

00:37:58.019 --> 00:37:58.679
 especially when

00:37:58.679 --> 00:37:59.420
 I knew that

00:37:59.420 --> 00:37:59.900
 Nathan or

00:37:59.900 --> 00:38:00.360
 Wes or

00:38:00.360 --> 00:38:00.840
 Kyle or

00:38:00.840 --> 00:38:01.239
 somebody was

00:38:01.239 --> 00:38:01.460
 up here

00:38:01.460 --> 00:38:01.900
 teaching on

00:38:01.900 --> 00:38:02.239
 a hard

00:38:02.239 --> 00:38:02.719
 subject,

00:38:03.099 --> 00:38:03.420
 and I'm

00:38:03.420 --> 00:38:03.779
 back there

00:38:03.779 --> 00:38:03.980
 in the

00:38:03.980 --> 00:38:04.340
 back just

00:38:04.340 --> 00:38:04.480
 thinking,

00:38:04.719 --> 00:38:04.719


00:38:05.299 --> 00:38:05.779
 man,

00:38:05.820 --> 00:38:06.099
 I'm glad

00:38:06.099 --> 00:38:06.259
 to,

00:38:06.259 --> 00:38:07.380
 but I'm

00:38:07.380 --> 00:38:07.699
 not up

00:38:07.699 --> 00:38:08.139
 there today,

00:38:08.199 --> 00:38:08.420
 I'm glad

00:38:08.420 --> 00:38:08.819
 it's him,

00:38:09.420 --> 00:38:10.739
 and I'm

00:38:10.739 --> 00:38:10.920
 like,

00:38:11.000 --> 00:38:11.339
 and I can

00:38:11.339 --> 00:38:11.679
 see their

00:38:11.679 --> 00:38:12.139
 face,

00:38:12.239 --> 00:38:12.440
 and then

00:38:12.440 --> 00:38:12.639
 like,

00:38:12.779 --> 00:38:12.900
 just,

00:38:13.819 --> 00:38:14.360
 just,

00:38:14.599 --> 00:38:14.980
 my Lord,

00:38:15.079 --> 00:38:15.599
 help them

00:38:15.599 --> 00:38:16.719
 to explain

00:38:16.719 --> 00:38:17.159
 this well,

00:38:17.239 --> 00:38:17.699
 help them

00:38:17.699 --> 00:38:18.539
 to teach

00:38:18.539 --> 00:38:18.960
 the people

00:38:18.960 --> 00:38:19.279
 well,

00:38:19.900 --> 00:38:20.539
 pray for

00:38:20.539 --> 00:38:21.579
 the preacher,

00:38:21.719 --> 00:38:22.179
 pray for

00:38:22.179 --> 00:38:22.900
 your neighbors,

00:38:23.400 --> 00:38:23.900
 and pray for

00:38:23.900 --> 00:38:24.219
 your own

00:38:24.219 --> 00:38:24.819
 heart while

00:38:24.819 --> 00:38:25.440
 you're hearing

00:38:25.440 --> 00:38:26.579
 God's word,

00:38:26.719 --> 00:38:27.579
 pray sporadically,

00:38:28.599 --> 00:38:30.460
 Samuel Ansley,

00:38:30.539 --> 00:38:31.039
 another period,

00:38:31.159 --> 00:38:31.360
 he said,

00:38:31.480 --> 00:38:31.880
 mix your

00:38:31.880 --> 00:38:32.380
 hearing with

00:38:32.380 --> 00:38:32.759
 prayer,

00:38:33.559 --> 00:38:34.019
 jog your

00:38:34.019 --> 00:38:34.619
 hearts as

00:38:34.619 --> 00:38:34.920
 you do

00:38:34.920 --> 00:38:35.440
 your sleeping

00:38:35.440 --> 00:38:35.900
 neighbors,

00:38:36.099 --> 00:38:37.099
 right,

00:38:37.920 --> 00:38:38.319
 call in

00:38:38.319 --> 00:38:38.900
 your thoughts

00:38:38.900 --> 00:38:40.019
 while they

00:38:40.019 --> 00:38:40.519
 are within

00:38:40.519 --> 00:38:41.019
 call,

00:38:41.519 --> 00:38:41.960
 and as

00:38:41.960 --> 00:38:42.299
 far as

00:38:42.299 --> 00:38:42.659
 possible,

00:38:42.779 --> 00:38:43.079
 think of

00:38:43.079 --> 00:38:44.219
 nothing but

00:38:44.219 --> 00:38:44.539
 what you

00:38:44.539 --> 00:38:45.599
 are about,

00:38:45.699 --> 00:38:45.940
 which is

00:38:45.940 --> 00:38:46.519
 hearing God's

00:38:46.519 --> 00:38:46.799
 word,

00:38:47.639 --> 00:38:47.960
 right,

00:38:48.179 --> 00:38:49.960
 so one

00:38:49.960 --> 00:38:50.339
 more thing

00:38:50.339 --> 00:38:50.679
 you can do

00:38:50.679 --> 00:38:51.059
 during this

00:38:51.059 --> 00:38:52.239
 time is

00:38:52.239 --> 00:38:53.119
 personalize

00:38:53.119 --> 00:38:53.659
 your hearing,

00:38:54.619 --> 00:38:55.299
 personalize

00:38:55.299 --> 00:38:55.679
 your hearing,

00:38:55.759 --> 00:38:56.119
 it often

00:38:56.119 --> 00:38:57.199
 helps to

00:38:57.199 --> 00:38:57.460
 think of

00:38:57.460 --> 00:38:57.779
 God

00:38:57.779 --> 00:38:58.440
 addressing

00:38:58.440 --> 00:38:58.920
 you

00:38:58.920 --> 00:39:00.099
 personally,

00:39:01.179 --> 00:39:02.460
 if I

00:39:02.460 --> 00:39:02.659
 was to

00:39:02.659 --> 00:39:02.980
 say,

00:39:03.759 --> 00:39:04.019
 Cody,

00:39:04.839 --> 00:39:05.099
 and I

00:39:05.099 --> 00:39:05.519
 looked at

00:39:05.519 --> 00:39:05.639
 him,

00:39:05.639 --> 00:39:06.000
 he

00:39:06.000 --> 00:39:06.319
 immediately

00:39:06.319 --> 00:39:06.519
 would

00:39:06.519 --> 00:39:06.719
 buck

00:39:06.719 --> 00:39:06.940
 up,

00:39:07.000 --> 00:39:07.179
 and if

00:39:07.179 --> 00:39:07.279
 I

00:39:07.279 --> 00:39:07.440
 called

00:39:07.440 --> 00:39:07.639
 your

00:39:07.639 --> 00:39:07.819
 name,

00:39:07.859 --> 00:39:07.920
 you

00:39:07.920 --> 00:39:08.059
 would

00:39:08.059 --> 00:39:08.259
 buck

00:39:08.259 --> 00:39:08.420
 up

00:39:08.420 --> 00:39:08.659
 too,

00:39:09.420 --> 00:39:09.739
 right,

00:39:09.739 --> 00:39:10.639
 so think

00:39:10.639 --> 00:39:11.019
 of it,

00:39:11.159 --> 00:39:12.000
 is God

00:39:12.000 --> 00:39:12.480
 personally

00:39:12.480 --> 00:39:12.879
 addressing

00:39:12.879 --> 00:39:13.239
 you,

00:39:13.960 --> 00:39:14.359
 Jeremiah

00:39:14.359 --> 00:39:14.980
 Burroughs,

00:39:15.019 --> 00:39:15.420
 he says,

00:39:16.099 --> 00:39:17.119
 as a man

00:39:17.119 --> 00:39:17.559
 that is

00:39:17.559 --> 00:39:18.019
 asleep,

00:39:18.539 --> 00:39:19.039
 if there

00:39:19.039 --> 00:39:19.299
 is a

00:39:19.299 --> 00:39:19.579
 noise

00:39:19.579 --> 00:39:19.960
 made,

00:39:20.559 --> 00:39:20.819
 it will

00:39:20.819 --> 00:39:21.099
 usually

00:39:21.099 --> 00:39:21.359
 not

00:39:21.359 --> 00:39:21.699
 awaken

00:39:21.699 --> 00:39:22.000
 him

00:39:22.000 --> 00:39:22.759
 so soon,

00:39:22.879 --> 00:39:23.139
 but,

00:39:23.779 --> 00:39:24.559
 come and

00:39:24.559 --> 00:39:24.920
 call out

00:39:24.920 --> 00:39:25.379
 his name

00:39:25.379 --> 00:39:25.679
 and say

00:39:25.679 --> 00:39:26.159
 John

00:39:26.159 --> 00:39:26.839
 or Thomas,

00:39:27.559 --> 00:39:27.879
 and he

00:39:27.879 --> 00:39:28.319
 will awake

00:39:28.319 --> 00:39:28.679
 sooner

00:39:28.679 --> 00:39:29.579
 than a

00:39:29.579 --> 00:39:29.759
 great

00:39:29.759 --> 00:39:30.099
 noise

00:39:30.099 --> 00:39:30.359
 will,

00:39:31.000 --> 00:39:31.359
 so,

00:39:31.519 --> 00:39:31.779
 when the

00:39:31.779 --> 00:39:32.279
 word makes

00:39:32.279 --> 00:39:32.839
 a noise,

00:39:33.400 --> 00:39:33.679
 when it

00:39:33.679 --> 00:39:34.119
 is delivered

00:39:34.119 --> 00:39:34.980
 only in

00:39:34.980 --> 00:39:35.379
 general,

00:39:35.940 --> 00:39:36.359
 men take

00:39:36.359 --> 00:39:36.899
 little notice

00:39:36.899 --> 00:39:37.279
 of it,

00:39:37.940 --> 00:39:38.139
 right,

00:39:38.199 --> 00:39:38.359
 so,

00:39:38.440 --> 00:39:38.799
 if I'm just

00:39:38.799 --> 00:39:39.099
 kind of

00:39:39.099 --> 00:39:39.579
 delivering it

00:39:39.579 --> 00:39:40.079
 to everybody,

00:39:40.859 --> 00:39:41.239
 you may

00:39:41.239 --> 00:39:41.619
 not,

00:39:41.679 --> 00:39:42.359
 may not

00:39:42.359 --> 00:39:43.919
 possibly hear,

00:39:44.839 --> 00:39:45.779
 but when the

00:39:45.779 --> 00:39:46.299
 word is

00:39:46.299 --> 00:39:47.039
 particularly

00:39:47.039 --> 00:39:48.000
 to the

00:39:48.000 --> 00:39:48.480
 souls of

00:39:48.480 --> 00:39:48.820
 men,

00:39:49.719 --> 00:39:50.079
 as it

00:39:50.079 --> 00:39:50.300
 were,

00:39:50.420 --> 00:39:50.679
 called

00:39:50.679 --> 00:39:50.880
 their

00:39:50.880 --> 00:39:51.320
 names,

00:39:51.420 --> 00:39:51.500
 it

00:39:51.500 --> 00:39:51.880
 awakens

00:39:51.880 --> 00:39:52.159
 them,

00:39:52.759 --> 00:39:52.960
 so,

00:39:53.019 --> 00:39:53.400
 think of

00:39:53.400 --> 00:39:53.759
 it like

00:39:53.759 --> 00:39:54.239
 me,

00:39:54.679 --> 00:39:55.239
 this is

00:39:55.239 --> 00:39:55.420
 being

00:39:55.420 --> 00:39:55.739
 spoken

00:39:55.739 --> 00:39:56.360
 to me,

00:39:56.940 --> 00:39:57.300
 and I

00:39:57.300 --> 00:39:57.599
 need to

00:39:57.599 --> 00:39:58.119
 hear this,

00:39:59.119 --> 00:39:59.460
 so,

00:39:59.639 --> 00:40:00.300
 those things,

00:40:00.840 --> 00:40:01.340
 hang on the

00:40:01.340 --> 00:40:01.719
 words you

00:40:01.719 --> 00:40:02.000
 hear,

00:40:02.179 --> 00:40:02.980
 pray sporadically,

00:40:03.679 --> 00:40:04.279
 personalize

00:40:04.279 --> 00:40:04.759
 your hearing,

00:40:05.659 --> 00:40:06.820
 the fourth

00:40:06.820 --> 00:40:07.259
 question,

00:40:08.159 --> 00:40:08.759
 this is the

00:40:08.759 --> 00:40:09.340
 last question,

00:40:10.199 --> 00:40:11.179
 what are

00:40:11.179 --> 00:40:11.279
 our

00:40:11.279 --> 00:40:11.820
 responsibilities

00:40:11.820 --> 00:40:12.480
 after

00:40:12.480 --> 00:40:13.719
 hearing the

00:40:13.719 --> 00:40:14.019
 word of

00:40:14.019 --> 00:40:14.279
 God,

00:40:14.980 --> 00:40:15.300
 so,

00:40:15.380 --> 00:40:15.579
 when you

00:40:15.579 --> 00:40:15.940
 go from

00:40:15.940 --> 00:40:16.199
 here,

00:40:17.039 --> 00:40:17.739
 what happens,

00:40:18.539 --> 00:40:19.099
 typical,

00:40:20.239 --> 00:40:20.820
 guilty,

00:40:21.960 --> 00:40:22.599
 most people

00:40:22.599 --> 00:40:23.759
 set their

00:40:23.759 --> 00:40:24.480
 souls solely

00:40:24.480 --> 00:40:25.139
 on the

00:40:25.139 --> 00:40:25.659
 meal before

00:40:25.659 --> 00:40:25.920
 them,

00:40:26.679 --> 00:40:26.940
 right,

00:40:27.019 --> 00:40:27.639
 you think,

00:40:27.759 --> 00:40:28.059
 like man,

00:40:28.320 --> 00:40:28.980
 like you

00:40:28.980 --> 00:40:29.320
 start to

00:40:29.320 --> 00:40:29.500
 think,

00:40:29.599 --> 00:40:29.820
 like where

00:40:29.820 --> 00:40:30.059
 can we

00:40:30.059 --> 00:40:30.519
 go eat,

00:40:30.599 --> 00:40:30.900
 where am I

00:40:30.900 --> 00:40:31.099
 going to

00:40:31.099 --> 00:40:31.360
 eat,

00:40:31.420 --> 00:40:31.579
 what are

00:40:31.579 --> 00:40:31.699
 we going

00:40:31.699 --> 00:40:32.059
 to do

00:40:32.059 --> 00:40:33.340
 after this,

00:40:33.420 --> 00:40:33.759
 who am I

00:40:33.759 --> 00:40:33.840
 going to

00:40:33.840 --> 00:40:34.380
 hang out

00:40:34.380 --> 00:40:34.739
 with,

00:40:35.320 --> 00:40:35.860
 a thousand

00:40:35.860 --> 00:40:36.239
 different

00:40:36.239 --> 00:40:36.840
 directions

00:40:36.840 --> 00:40:38.059
 your mind

00:40:38.059 --> 00:40:38.340
 goes,

00:40:38.440 --> 00:40:38.880
 some for

00:40:38.880 --> 00:40:40.059
 more urgent

00:40:40.059 --> 00:40:40.519
 reasons,

00:40:40.639 --> 00:40:40.920
 and some

00:40:40.920 --> 00:40:41.460
 for not so

00:40:41.460 --> 00:40:42.159
 urgent reasons,

00:40:43.000 --> 00:40:44.039
 but regardless,

00:40:44.279 --> 00:40:44.719
 the word of

00:40:44.719 --> 00:40:45.019
 God is

00:40:45.019 --> 00:40:46.440
 quickly snuffed

00:40:46.440 --> 00:40:46.820
 out,

00:40:47.039 --> 00:40:47.400
 a lot

00:40:47.400 --> 00:40:47.539
 of the

00:40:47.539 --> 00:40:47.960
 time from

00:40:47.960 --> 00:40:48.099
 your

00:40:48.099 --> 00:40:48.380
 heart,

00:40:49.380 --> 00:40:49.719
 so,

00:40:49.920 --> 00:40:51.199
 some things

00:40:51.199 --> 00:40:51.480
 you can

00:40:51.480 --> 00:40:53.159
 do to

00:40:53.159 --> 00:40:53.639
 think about

00:40:53.639 --> 00:40:54.079
 this,

00:40:54.820 --> 00:40:55.039
 alright,

00:40:56.159 --> 00:40:57.719
 right,

00:40:57.779 --> 00:40:58.259
 others you

00:40:58.259 --> 00:40:58.820
 may say

00:40:58.820 --> 00:40:59.079
 there's

00:40:59.079 --> 00:40:59.420
 like an

00:40:59.420 --> 00:40:59.759
 important

00:40:59.759 --> 00:41:00.759
 sports game

00:41:00.759 --> 00:41:01.000
 I want to

00:41:01.000 --> 00:41:01.460
 go watch,

00:41:01.579 --> 00:41:02.699
 there's this,

00:41:02.820 --> 00:41:03.039
 there's that,

00:41:03.079 --> 00:41:03.539
 there's a ton

00:41:03.539 --> 00:41:04.079
 of things,

00:41:04.500 --> 00:41:04.719
 some of you

00:41:04.719 --> 00:41:04.840
 are going to

00:41:04.840 --> 00:41:05.199
 go home and

00:41:05.199 --> 00:41:05.639
 go to sleep

00:41:05.639 --> 00:41:06.019
 for probably

00:41:06.019 --> 00:41:06.639
 five hours,

00:41:07.039 --> 00:41:07.880
 don't do it,

00:41:08.300 --> 00:41:08.719
 unless you

00:41:08.719 --> 00:41:09.119
 got like one

00:41:09.119 --> 00:41:09.519
 hour of sleep

00:41:09.519 --> 00:41:10.039
 last night,

00:41:10.500 --> 00:41:11.059
 for a good

00:41:11.059 --> 00:41:11.340
 reason,

00:41:12.139 --> 00:41:12.400
 right,

00:41:12.400 --> 00:41:13.139
 so,

00:41:13.840 --> 00:41:14.360
 don't allow

00:41:14.360 --> 00:41:14.780
 the word

00:41:14.780 --> 00:41:15.260
 to be so

00:41:15.260 --> 00:41:15.900
 quickly snuffed

00:41:15.900 --> 00:41:16.260
 out,

00:41:16.900 --> 00:41:17.700
 recognize right

00:41:17.700 --> 00:41:18.280
 now that when

00:41:18.280 --> 00:41:18.820
 you leave,

00:41:19.380 --> 00:41:19.840
 I want you to

00:41:19.840 --> 00:41:20.099
 like pay

00:41:20.099 --> 00:41:20.500
 attention to

00:41:20.500 --> 00:41:20.660
 this,

00:41:20.740 --> 00:41:20.840
 there's going

00:41:20.840 --> 00:41:21.019
 to be a

00:41:21.019 --> 00:41:21.639
 thousand things

00:41:21.639 --> 00:41:21.880
 like,

00:41:22.460 --> 00:41:23.039
 look at me,

00:41:23.220 --> 00:41:23.700
 look at me,

00:41:24.260 --> 00:41:24.940
 forget about

00:41:24.940 --> 00:41:26.160
 the word of

00:41:26.160 --> 00:41:26.800
 God you heard,

00:41:26.900 --> 00:41:27.820
 and think about

00:41:27.820 --> 00:41:28.340
 this,

00:41:28.920 --> 00:41:29.200
 right,

00:41:29.780 --> 00:41:30.740
 recognize and

00:41:30.740 --> 00:41:31.240
 embrace that

00:41:31.240 --> 00:41:31.740
 reality,

00:41:32.639 --> 00:41:32.820
 there's going to

00:41:32.820 --> 00:41:33.300
 be a thousand

00:41:33.300 --> 00:41:33.980
 things trying to

00:41:33.980 --> 00:41:34.639
 pull you away,

00:41:35.260 --> 00:41:36.139
 prone to wander,

00:41:36.380 --> 00:41:36.559
 Lord,

00:41:36.639 --> 00:41:37.139
 I feel it,

00:41:37.139 --> 00:41:37.660
 that's like what

00:41:37.660 --> 00:41:38.019
 you're going to

00:41:38.019 --> 00:41:38.480
 feel like when

00:41:38.480 --> 00:41:38.980
 you leave here,

00:41:38.980 --> 00:41:40.360
 so,

00:41:41.360 --> 00:41:42.079
 our Lord

00:41:42.079 --> 00:41:43.539
 himself said,

00:41:43.619 --> 00:41:44.360
 a wise man

00:41:44.360 --> 00:41:46.059
 is a one who

00:41:46.059 --> 00:41:47.000
 hears the words

00:41:47.000 --> 00:41:48.360
 and does them,

00:41:49.019 --> 00:41:49.659
 and a fool

00:41:49.659 --> 00:41:50.380
 is the opposite,

00:41:50.500 --> 00:41:51.300
 he only hears

00:41:51.300 --> 00:41:51.900
 but does not

00:41:51.900 --> 00:41:52.780
 do,

00:41:53.639 --> 00:41:53.940
 right,

00:41:54.599 --> 00:41:55.420
 so,

00:41:55.519 --> 00:41:56.000
 right down

00:41:56.000 --> 00:41:57.440
 underneath this,

00:41:58.139 --> 00:41:58.740
 be a doer

00:41:58.740 --> 00:41:59.380
 of the word,

00:42:00.219 --> 00:42:00.420
 okay,

00:42:00.480 --> 00:42:00.960
 be a doer

00:42:00.960 --> 00:42:01.340
 of the word,

00:42:01.400 --> 00:42:02.139
 look at James

00:42:02.139 --> 00:42:03.539
 chapter 1,

00:42:03.619 --> 00:42:04.059
 this is the last

00:42:04.059 --> 00:42:04.360
 thing you have

00:42:04.360 --> 00:42:04.800
 to look at,

00:42:04.880 --> 00:42:05.699
 James chapter 1,

00:42:06.659 --> 00:42:08.960
 James chapter 1,

00:42:09.099 --> 00:42:09.940
 verse 22,

00:42:11.380 --> 00:42:15.079
 and you know,

00:42:15.139 --> 00:42:15.639
 by the way,

00:42:15.740 --> 00:42:16.460
 the wise man

00:42:16.460 --> 00:42:17.840
 that built his

00:42:17.840 --> 00:42:18.280
 house on the

00:42:18.280 --> 00:42:19.860
 rock and obeyed

00:42:19.860 --> 00:42:21.460
 and took action

00:42:21.460 --> 00:42:21.980
 on the words of

00:42:21.980 --> 00:42:22.199
 Christ,

00:42:22.300 --> 00:42:22.780
 he's the one

00:42:22.780 --> 00:42:23.500
 who survived

00:42:23.500 --> 00:42:24.119
 the flood

00:42:24.119 --> 00:42:25.340
 and the storm,

00:42:25.980 --> 00:42:26.579
 and the one

00:42:26.579 --> 00:42:27.159
 who did not

00:42:27.159 --> 00:42:28.599
 apply what he

00:42:28.599 --> 00:42:28.940
 heard,

00:42:29.019 --> 00:42:29.900
 said great was

00:42:29.900 --> 00:42:30.440
 the fall of

00:42:30.440 --> 00:42:30.940
 his house,

00:42:31.599 --> 00:42:32.219
 great was the

00:42:32.219 --> 00:42:32.619
 fall of his

00:42:32.619 --> 00:42:32.920
 house,

00:42:34.139 --> 00:42:35.320
 so,

00:42:35.420 --> 00:42:36.240
 James chapter 1,

00:42:36.320 --> 00:42:36.880
 verse 22,

00:42:37.960 --> 00:42:38.559
 with this in

00:42:38.559 --> 00:42:38.860
 mind,

00:42:38.860 --> 00:42:39.460
 James says,

00:42:39.460 --> 00:42:40.700
 but be doers

00:42:40.700 --> 00:42:41.380
 of the word

00:42:41.380 --> 00:42:43.340
 and not hearers

00:42:43.340 --> 00:42:43.740
 only,

00:42:44.559 --> 00:42:45.780
 deceiving yourselves,

00:42:46.640 --> 00:42:47.380
 for if anyone

00:42:47.380 --> 00:42:48.180
 is a hearer of

00:42:48.180 --> 00:42:48.519
 the word

00:42:48.519 --> 00:42:49.320
 and not a doer,

00:42:49.920 --> 00:42:50.579
 he is like a

00:42:50.579 --> 00:42:51.180
 man who looks

00:42:51.180 --> 00:42:52.539
 intently at his

00:42:52.539 --> 00:42:53.320
 natural face

00:42:53.320 --> 00:42:53.780
 in a mirror,

00:42:54.440 --> 00:42:55.140
 for he looks at

00:42:55.140 --> 00:42:55.960
 himself and goes

00:42:55.960 --> 00:42:57.240
 away and at

00:42:57.240 --> 00:42:57.940
 once forgets

00:42:57.940 --> 00:42:58.280
 what he was

00:42:58.280 --> 00:42:58.640
 like,

00:42:59.500 --> 00:42:59.980
 but the one

00:42:59.980 --> 00:43:00.539
 who looks

00:43:00.539 --> 00:43:01.500
 into the

00:43:01.500 --> 00:43:02.180
 perfect law,

00:43:02.960 --> 00:43:03.519
 the law of

00:43:03.519 --> 00:43:03.900
 liberty,

00:43:05.039 --> 00:43:05.700
 and preserves,

00:43:06.480 --> 00:43:06.720
 being,

00:43:07.140 --> 00:43:07.539
 excuse me,

00:43:07.539 --> 00:43:08.099
 perseveres,

00:43:08.579 --> 00:43:09.320
 and being

00:43:09.320 --> 00:43:10.059
 no hearer

00:43:10.059 --> 00:43:10.779
 who forgets

00:43:10.779 --> 00:43:11.539
 but a doer

00:43:11.539 --> 00:43:12.059
 who acts,

00:43:12.699 --> 00:43:13.079
 he will be

00:43:13.079 --> 00:43:13.639
 blessed in

00:43:13.639 --> 00:43:13.940
 all his

00:43:13.940 --> 00:43:14.279
 doing,

00:43:15.279 --> 00:43:16.239
 strong words,

00:43:16.340 --> 00:43:18.179
 verse 22,

00:43:19.000 --> 00:43:19.440
 you see the

00:43:19.440 --> 00:43:19.800
 word like

00:43:19.800 --> 00:43:20.239
 deceiving

00:43:20.239 --> 00:43:20.840
 yourselves,

00:43:21.420 --> 00:43:22.579
 it's used of

00:43:22.579 --> 00:43:23.340
 a mathematical

00:43:23.340 --> 00:43:25.279
 miscalculation,

00:43:26.139 --> 00:43:26.420
 right,

00:43:26.539 --> 00:43:27.219
 that's what you

00:43:27.219 --> 00:43:27.679
 see here,

00:43:28.139 --> 00:43:28.639
 so those of

00:43:28.639 --> 00:43:29.119
 you who just

00:43:29.119 --> 00:43:29.900
 merely hear,

00:43:30.559 --> 00:43:31.320
 but then fail

00:43:31.320 --> 00:43:31.920
 to do,

00:43:32.699 --> 00:43:33.099
 he's saying

00:43:33.099 --> 00:43:34.199
 that you've

00:43:34.199 --> 00:43:34.460
 made a

00:43:34.460 --> 00:43:34.960
 serious,

00:43:35.159 --> 00:43:35.639
 grave,

00:43:36.279 --> 00:43:36.719
 spiritual

00:43:36.719 --> 00:43:37.619
 miscalculation,

00:43:37.719 --> 00:43:38.000
 if that's

00:43:38.000 --> 00:43:38.279
 what you've

00:43:38.279 --> 00:43:38.500
 done,

00:43:38.599 --> 00:43:38.980
 it's like

00:43:38.980 --> 00:43:39.759
 what he's

00:43:39.759 --> 00:43:39.960
 saying,

00:43:39.980 --> 00:43:40.319
 it doesn't

00:43:40.319 --> 00:43:40.860
 add up,

00:43:41.819 --> 00:43:42.400
 and it's

00:43:42.400 --> 00:43:42.960
 not right,

00:43:43.900 --> 00:43:44.219
 and the

00:43:44.219 --> 00:43:45.039
 perfect law

00:43:45.039 --> 00:43:45.619
 that's spoken

00:43:45.619 --> 00:43:46.079
 about here

00:43:46.079 --> 00:43:46.619
 is obviously

00:43:46.619 --> 00:43:47.739
 the scripture,

00:43:48.500 --> 00:43:49.079
 what you look

00:43:49.079 --> 00:43:49.839
 into and gaze

00:43:49.839 --> 00:43:51.119
 into God's

00:43:51.119 --> 00:43:51.739
 perfect law,

00:43:52.339 --> 00:43:52.960
 but if you ever

00:43:52.960 --> 00:43:53.420
 just looked at

00:43:53.420 --> 00:43:53.759
 a mirror,

00:43:54.400 --> 00:43:54.759
 and then just

00:43:54.759 --> 00:43:55.199
 walked away

00:43:55.199 --> 00:43:55.599
 real quick,

00:43:55.699 --> 00:43:56.099
 and then you

00:43:56.099 --> 00:43:56.559
 really just

00:43:56.559 --> 00:43:57.119
 forgot what

00:43:57.119 --> 00:43:57.559
 you looked

00:43:57.559 --> 00:43:57.779
 at,

00:43:58.079 --> 00:43:58.380
 you might

00:43:58.380 --> 00:43:58.659
 like to

00:43:58.659 --> 00:43:59.099
 jump back

00:43:59.099 --> 00:43:59.339
 and look

00:43:59.339 --> 00:43:59.699
 again,

00:43:59.699 --> 00:44:01.559
 I do

00:44:01.559 --> 00:44:01.799
 that with

00:44:01.799 --> 00:44:02.099
 my beard

00:44:02.099 --> 00:44:02.339
 all the

00:44:02.339 --> 00:44:02.619
 time,

00:44:03.019 --> 00:44:03.399
 because sometimes

00:44:03.399 --> 00:44:03.739
 there's like

00:44:03.739 --> 00:44:04.439
 parts that are

00:44:04.439 --> 00:44:05.899
 out of order,

00:44:06.139 --> 00:44:08.739
 so what he's

00:44:08.739 --> 00:44:09.399
 saying is,

00:44:10.219 --> 00:44:11.819
 you need to

00:44:11.819 --> 00:44:12.299
 not just take

00:44:12.299 --> 00:44:13.039
 a quick glance

00:44:13.039 --> 00:44:14.019
 and walk

00:44:14.019 --> 00:44:14.239
 away,

00:44:14.299 --> 00:44:14.559
 you need to

00:44:14.559 --> 00:44:15.179
 look intently

00:44:15.179 --> 00:44:17.339
 into the

00:44:17.339 --> 00:44:18.039
 perfect law,

00:44:18.799 --> 00:44:19.119
 right,

00:44:19.199 --> 00:44:19.939
 furthermore,

00:44:20.579 --> 00:44:21.079
 unless you

00:44:21.079 --> 00:44:21.819
 act promptly

00:44:21.819 --> 00:44:22.439
 after this

00:44:22.439 --> 00:44:22.839
 time,

00:44:23.739 --> 00:44:24.059
 unless you

00:44:24.059 --> 00:44:24.679
 act promptly

00:44:24.679 --> 00:44:25.279
 after you

00:44:25.279 --> 00:44:25.719
 go from

00:44:25.719 --> 00:44:26.239
 your hearing,

00:44:26.799 --> 00:44:27.059
 you'll

00:44:27.059 --> 00:44:27.460
 forget

00:44:27.460 --> 00:44:28.659
 adjustments

00:44:28.659 --> 00:44:29.279
 and changes

00:44:29.279 --> 00:44:29.519
 that need

00:44:29.519 --> 00:44:29.900
 to be made

00:44:29.900 --> 00:44:30.099
 to your

00:44:30.099 --> 00:44:30.340
 soul,

00:44:30.420 --> 00:44:30.840
 just like

00:44:30.840 --> 00:44:31.539
 if you

00:44:31.539 --> 00:44:31.759
 look in

00:44:31.759 --> 00:44:31.980
 the mirror

00:44:31.980 --> 00:44:32.259
 and walk

00:44:32.259 --> 00:44:32.500
 away,

00:44:32.559 --> 00:44:32.719
 you'll

00:44:32.719 --> 00:44:33.139
 forget

00:44:33.139 --> 00:44:34.759
 what God

00:44:34.759 --> 00:44:35.119
 convicted

00:44:35.119 --> 00:44:35.500
 you of

00:44:35.500 --> 00:44:35.860
 and showed

00:44:35.860 --> 00:44:36.199
 you here,

00:44:36.719 --> 00:44:37.340
 so act

00:44:37.340 --> 00:44:38.559
 promptly,

00:44:39.440 --> 00:44:39.739
 right,

00:44:40.659 --> 00:44:41.579
 it'll build

00:44:41.579 --> 00:44:42.300
 more faith,

00:44:43.000 --> 00:44:43.219
 joy,

00:44:43.360 --> 00:44:43.539
 peace,

00:44:43.579 --> 00:44:43.860
 and hope

00:44:43.860 --> 00:44:44.179
 in you,

00:44:44.940 --> 00:44:45.480
 be a doer

00:44:45.480 --> 00:44:45.880
 of the word

00:44:45.880 --> 00:44:46.139
 and not

00:44:46.139 --> 00:44:46.780
 just a hearer,

00:44:46.820 --> 00:44:47.159
 since the

00:44:47.159 --> 00:44:47.639
 doers will

00:44:47.639 --> 00:44:48.199
 be blessed

00:44:48.199 --> 00:44:49.360
 by God,

00:44:49.480 --> 00:44:49.780
 right,

00:44:50.639 --> 00:44:52.519
 so be a

00:44:52.519 --> 00:44:52.840
 doer of the

00:44:52.840 --> 00:44:53.039
 word,

00:44:53.139 --> 00:44:53.500
 and then

00:44:53.500 --> 00:44:54.699
 two other

00:44:54.699 --> 00:44:55.179
 things,

00:44:56.000 --> 00:44:56.400
 one,

00:44:57.280 --> 00:44:58.000
 discuss the

00:44:58.000 --> 00:44:58.940
 sermon when

00:44:58.940 --> 00:44:59.420
 you leave,

00:44:59.420 --> 00:44:59.900
 with whoever

00:44:59.900 --> 00:45:00.360
 you're with,

00:45:00.800 --> 00:45:01.340
 talk about

00:45:01.340 --> 00:45:01.579
 it,

00:45:02.200 --> 00:45:02.720
 and men,

00:45:02.840 --> 00:45:03.320
 you must

00:45:03.320 --> 00:45:03.700
 lead in

00:45:03.700 --> 00:45:03.900
 this,

00:45:03.980 --> 00:45:04.360
 you've got

00:45:04.360 --> 00:45:04.840
 to like

00:45:04.840 --> 00:45:06.559
 step up

00:45:06.559 --> 00:45:06.960
 and bring

00:45:06.960 --> 00:45:07.420
 this up

00:45:07.420 --> 00:45:07.619
 in the

00:45:07.619 --> 00:45:07.940
 groups that

00:45:07.940 --> 00:45:08.300
 you're in,

00:45:08.840 --> 00:45:09.200
 fathers,

00:45:10.079 --> 00:45:10.619
 I know a lot,

00:45:10.659 --> 00:45:11.320
 I'm thankful a lot

00:45:11.320 --> 00:45:11.720
 of men here

00:45:11.720 --> 00:45:12.320
 actually do do

00:45:12.320 --> 00:45:12.599
 that,

00:45:13.340 --> 00:45:13.860
 but college

00:45:13.860 --> 00:45:14.180
 students,

00:45:14.300 --> 00:45:14.519
 guys,

00:45:14.619 --> 00:45:14.920
 take the

00:45:14.920 --> 00:45:15.139
 lead,

00:45:15.240 --> 00:45:15.760
 talk about

00:45:15.760 --> 00:45:16.740
 how this

00:45:16.740 --> 00:45:17.240
 convicted you,

00:45:17.300 --> 00:45:17.500
 how this

00:45:17.500 --> 00:45:18.180
 encouraged you,

00:45:18.300 --> 00:45:18.599
 anything,

00:45:18.800 --> 00:45:19.680
 how it's

00:45:19.680 --> 00:45:20.440
 always a benefit

00:45:20.440 --> 00:45:21.119
 to hear what

00:45:21.119 --> 00:45:21.579
 other people

00:45:21.579 --> 00:45:22.420
 saw from

00:45:22.420 --> 00:45:23.700
 the scripture,

00:45:24.420 --> 00:45:24.960
 right,

00:45:25.800 --> 00:45:26.400
 it helps bring

00:45:26.400 --> 00:45:26.680
 further

00:45:26.680 --> 00:45:27.300
 illumination,

00:45:28.480 --> 00:45:29.200
 another

00:45:29.200 --> 00:45:29.619
 Puritan,

00:45:30.280 --> 00:45:30.860
 Thomas

00:45:30.860 --> 00:45:31.240
 Sonor,

00:45:31.300 --> 00:45:31.700
 he said,

00:45:32.440 --> 00:45:33.240
 repeat it in

00:45:33.240 --> 00:45:33.920
 your families,

00:45:34.660 --> 00:45:35.559
 talk of it as

00:45:35.559 --> 00:45:36.059
 you go from

00:45:36.059 --> 00:45:36.539
 your hearing,

00:45:37.320 --> 00:45:37.860
 pray to the

00:45:37.860 --> 00:45:39.059
 Lord that he

00:45:39.059 --> 00:45:39.579
 would preserve

00:45:39.579 --> 00:45:40.139
 the word in

00:45:40.139 --> 00:45:40.800
 your hearts by

00:45:40.800 --> 00:45:41.300
 his spirit,

00:45:42.099 --> 00:45:42.920
 the devil would

00:45:42.920 --> 00:45:43.660
 snatch away the

00:45:43.660 --> 00:45:44.240
 word of God

00:45:44.240 --> 00:45:45.599
 from us if

00:45:45.599 --> 00:45:46.079
 they were not

00:45:46.079 --> 00:45:46.960
 as stronger to

00:45:46.960 --> 00:45:47.360
 guard it,

00:45:47.460 --> 00:45:47.780
 the Holy

00:45:47.780 --> 00:45:48.119
 Spirit,

00:45:48.980 --> 00:45:49.220
 right,

00:45:49.260 --> 00:45:49.900
 so talk about

00:45:49.900 --> 00:45:50.400
 it as you

00:45:50.400 --> 00:45:50.660
 go,

00:45:50.659 --> 00:45:52.460
 lastly,

00:45:53.139 --> 00:45:55.019
 pray the

00:45:55.019 --> 00:45:55.579
 Holy Spirit

00:45:55.579 --> 00:45:56.659
 enables us to

00:45:56.659 --> 00:45:57.119
 hide the

00:45:57.119 --> 00:45:57.719
 word in our

00:45:57.719 --> 00:45:58.039
 hearts,

00:45:58.899 --> 00:45:59.739
 as David

00:45:59.739 --> 00:46:00.059
 did,

00:46:00.779 --> 00:46:01.779
 Psalm 119

00:46:01.779 --> 00:46:02.399
 verse 10,

00:46:03.399 --> 00:46:03.980
 with my whole

00:46:03.980 --> 00:46:04.819
 heart I seek

00:46:04.819 --> 00:46:05.059
 you,

00:46:05.599 --> 00:46:06.259
 let me not

00:46:06.259 --> 00:46:07.259
 wander from

00:46:07.259 --> 00:46:07.859
 your commandments,

00:46:08.559 --> 00:46:09.259
 I have stored

00:46:09.259 --> 00:46:09.819
 up your word

00:46:09.819 --> 00:46:10.500
 in my heart,

00:46:11.119 --> 00:46:11.639
 that I might

00:46:11.639 --> 00:46:12.399
 not sin against

00:46:12.399 --> 00:46:12.679
 you,

00:46:13.440 --> 00:46:14.299
 so pray that

00:46:14.299 --> 00:46:14.819
 the Holy Spirit

00:46:14.819 --> 00:46:15.480
 would hide the

00:46:15.480 --> 00:46:15.920
 scripture in

00:46:15.920 --> 00:46:16.399
 your hearts,

00:46:17.259 --> 00:46:17.719
 and then the

00:46:17.719 --> 00:46:18.500
 last thing by

00:46:18.500 --> 00:46:20.019
 Burroughs,

00:46:20.019 --> 00:46:20.519
 he says,

00:46:20.659 --> 00:46:22.019
 about this

00:46:22.019 --> 00:46:22.480
 text,

00:46:23.099 --> 00:46:23.960
 we must hide

00:46:23.960 --> 00:46:24.639
 the word in

00:46:24.639 --> 00:46:25.159
 our hearts,

00:46:25.519 --> 00:46:26.420
 we must not

00:46:26.420 --> 00:46:27.159
 only hear,

00:46:27.359 --> 00:46:27.960
 but keep it,

00:46:28.639 --> 00:46:29.299
 preserve it,

00:46:29.839 --> 00:46:30.599
 and then do

00:46:30.599 --> 00:46:32.000
 what we declare

00:46:32.000 --> 00:46:33.059
 on account of

00:46:33.059 --> 00:46:33.480
 the word of

00:46:33.480 --> 00:46:33.779
 God,

00:46:34.259 --> 00:46:35.199
 and if we do,

00:46:35.319 --> 00:46:36.339
 we actually say

00:46:36.339 --> 00:46:36.920
 that the word of

00:46:36.920 --> 00:46:37.519
 God is worth

00:46:37.519 --> 00:46:37.960
 something,

00:46:38.379 --> 00:46:38.859
 indeed,

00:46:39.859 --> 00:46:40.279
 if thou

00:46:40.279 --> 00:46:40.659
 wouldn't

00:46:40.659 --> 00:46:41.460
 sanctify the

00:46:41.460 --> 00:46:42.039
 name of God

00:46:42.039 --> 00:46:42.420
 in the hearing

00:46:42.420 --> 00:46:43.019
 of his word,

00:46:43.940 --> 00:46:44.440
 turn it into

00:46:44.440 --> 00:46:44.980
 practice,

00:46:45.980 --> 00:46:46.179
 listen,

00:46:46.299 --> 00:46:46.679
 as he's saying,

00:46:46.719 --> 00:46:47.059
 if you don't

00:46:47.059 --> 00:46:47.519
 turn it into

00:46:47.519 --> 00:46:47.899
 practice,

00:46:48.019 --> 00:46:48.319
 this is what

00:46:48.319 --> 00:46:48.619
 happens,

00:46:48.679 --> 00:46:48.980
 he says,

00:46:49.519 --> 00:46:50.059
 if you fail

00:46:50.059 --> 00:46:50.559
 to turn it

00:46:50.559 --> 00:46:51.119
 into practice,

00:46:51.360 --> 00:46:52.739
 otherwise the

00:46:52.739 --> 00:46:53.360
 name of God

00:46:53.360 --> 00:46:54.259
 is blasphemed,

00:46:54.679 --> 00:46:55.179
 or at least

00:46:55.179 --> 00:46:55.880
 taken in vain,

00:46:56.599 --> 00:46:58.239
 that's serious

00:46:58.239 --> 00:46:58.679
 stuff,

00:46:59.380 --> 00:47:00.960
 so we need

00:47:00.960 --> 00:47:01.500
 to learn to

00:47:01.500 --> 00:47:02.059
 treasure this,

00:47:02.119 --> 00:47:02.460
 and treasure

00:47:02.460 --> 00:47:03.440
 how it's

00:47:03.440 --> 00:47:03.759
 taught,

00:47:04.320 --> 00:47:04.639
 and if you

00:47:04.639 --> 00:47:05.239
 ever hear

00:47:05.239 --> 00:47:06.619
 any man

00:47:06.619 --> 00:47:07.539
 come up here

00:47:07.539 --> 00:47:07.840
 and say

00:47:07.840 --> 00:47:08.179
 something that's

00:47:08.179 --> 00:47:08.699
 outside of

00:47:08.699 --> 00:47:08.980
 this,

00:47:09.460 --> 00:47:10.099
 humbly bring

00:47:10.099 --> 00:47:10.579
 him back to

00:47:10.579 --> 00:47:10.980
 it and say

00:47:10.980 --> 00:47:11.920
 that this is

00:47:11.920 --> 00:47:12.219
 what we

00:47:12.219 --> 00:47:12.639
 believe here,

00:47:12.679 --> 00:47:13.059
 this is what

00:47:13.059 --> 00:47:14.059
 we proclaim

00:47:14.059 --> 00:47:14.400
 here,

00:47:14.500 --> 00:47:14.920
 Christ,

00:47:15.619 --> 00:47:16.259
 we behold

00:47:16.259 --> 00:47:17.360
 the glory of

00:47:17.360 --> 00:47:17.840
 Christ in

00:47:17.840 --> 00:47:18.180
 the scripture,

00:47:18.400 --> 00:47:18.640
 and that's

00:47:18.640 --> 00:47:18.900
 how we're

00:47:18.900 --> 00:47:20.260
 changed and

00:47:20.260 --> 00:47:20.820
 transformed,

00:47:21.820 --> 00:47:23.360
 so I hope

00:47:23.360 --> 00:47:23.920
 that some of

00:47:23.920 --> 00:47:24.360
 that stuff

00:47:24.360 --> 00:47:24.760
 will help

00:47:24.760 --> 00:47:26.059
 you come

00:47:26.059 --> 00:47:26.360
 here,

00:47:26.519 --> 00:47:26.960
 and not just

00:47:26.960 --> 00:47:27.579
 get more out

00:47:27.579 --> 00:47:27.780
 of it,

00:47:27.840 --> 00:47:28.039
 but it will

00:47:28.039 --> 00:47:28.519
 come here,

00:47:28.900 --> 00:47:29.280
 it will help

00:47:29.280 --> 00:47:29.880
 you glorify

00:47:29.880 --> 00:47:30.599
 God in your

00:47:30.599 --> 00:47:31.019
 hearing,

00:47:31.360 --> 00:47:31.660
 and your

00:47:31.660 --> 00:47:31.980
 listening,

00:47:32.160 --> 00:47:32.320
 and your

00:47:32.320 --> 00:47:32.900
 paying attention,

00:47:33.440 --> 00:47:34.260
 and while you

00:47:34.260 --> 00:47:34.539
 go,

00:47:34.620 --> 00:47:34.820
 it will help

00:47:34.820 --> 00:47:35.559
 you apply

00:47:35.559 --> 00:47:36.620
 what you know

00:47:36.620 --> 00:47:36.940
 into your

00:47:36.940 --> 00:47:37.280
 life,

00:47:38.099 --> 00:47:39.680
 so let's

00:47:39.680 --> 00:47:40.019
 just pray

00:47:40.019 --> 00:47:40.380
 together.

00:47:40.820 --> 00:47:40.820


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 Thank you.