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 Okay, so today I'm going to talk to you about good news or the gospel.

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 That's what the gospel means, good news, incarnate or in the flesh.

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 I'm excited to talk about the gospel this morning.

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 A little backdrop.

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 Last week I was not excited about the gospel.

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 Shocker.

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 But I say that, all chugging aside, to say that we have sin and we're sinners.

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 So we need to be saved.

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 And the gospel is the good news that even when we don't desire God, God gives us himself as true food to nourish us.

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 So I'm going to talk about the gospel today.

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 It's not going to be anything new.

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 You all have heard it.

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 Some of you might honestly not be excited about it, but my prayer is that you would be this morning.

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 So it's kind of a festive thing because Christmas is in a couple days.

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 And we remember what happened on Christmas, on the night Jesus was born.

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 He came into the world.

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 That was the inauguration, the first step of the good news in action.

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 It's him actually condescending.

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 And so it's a festive message, but it's not just for Christmas.

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 Obviously, this is for every single day of the year, every waking moment of a believer's life.

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 We need the gospel.

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 And so I'm going to first start out by talking about what the gospel is.

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 And as you guys listen, my prayer is that from the inward parts of you, you would be drawn to Christ.

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 So Romans 1.16 says,

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 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes,

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 to the Jew first and also the Greek.

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 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith.

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 So right here, Paul says that the gospel is the power of God.

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 Or that the gospel, the object of the gospel, the object of the good news is the power of God more specifically.

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 What I mean by that is the gospel is just a message.

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 It's good news, right?

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 So if you tell somebody just a bunch of words, that's not the thing ultimately that saves them.

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 But it's the object of the message, right?

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 It's what the message teaches that saves.

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 So God, in Christ Jesus, is the power that saves.

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 Jesus Christ.

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 And we proclaim that message.

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 And so, he is both, Jesus is both the prophet of God,

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 the one who speaks the words of God,

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 and the Bible actually calls him the word made flesh.

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 So he's both the prophet who speaks for God,

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 but he is also the very word of God in the flesh, incarnate.

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 It's important for us to know that because throughout a Christian's life,

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 there's a lot of words that you hear.

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 You know what I'm saying?

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 And they can get old.

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 Kind of like I mentioned before, we've all kind of heard this thing over and over again.

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 But there is a difference between experiencing a flesh and body word,

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 or something that you can actually see and feel,

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 that I believe that the Lord wants us to experience.

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 Like Seth was talking about food,

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 I believe that God doesn't give food that doesn't nourish.

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 You know, I believe that he does give food that actually does fill us.

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 So, in the gospel is where we get that food.

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 So, the gospel begins with God.

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 You all know that God made man and creation perfect and good in the garden.

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 And in Eden, there was a perfect relationship with creation, with the land,

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 and with the creator of that creation, with God.

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 And when man ate of the tree that God told him not to,

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 it severed the relationship with God and with creation.

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 So, ever since the garden, man has been trying to regain that relationship with God,

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 either on his own terms or in his own strength.

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 And so, there's been this striving in the hearts of man because of sin,

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 because we broke God's commandment.

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 Do not eat of the tree that I have told you not to.

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 So, this has never been, you know, something that,

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 since the beginning of time, has ever been aced, you know,

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 on our own terms, in our own strength.

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 No one has really got there.

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 And if anyone confesses that they have,

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 it would be a true form of self-righteousness.

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 So, a practical example of maybe climbing the ladder of morality

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 and trying to get to God, to regain fellowship,

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 a practical example of this that I was listening to or reading about

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 was when the Russians first put a man in outer space.

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 And upon returning from the mission, there was a remark,

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 I can't remember if it was the cosmonaut himself said this,

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 or Russia kind of remarked that,

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 they said that,

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 we've been to outer space,

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 and we didn't find God or heaven there.

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 And C.S. Lewis actually responded to this remark by saying,

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 this is like Hamlet, a character in Shakespeare's play,

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 looking for Shakespeare in the attic of his home.

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 Pretty true.

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 C.S. Lewis says that in order for Hamlet to have a relationship with Shakespeare,

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 Shakespeare would literally have to write himself into his own story.

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 Okay, so that's the gospel in a very simple form.

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 That God, the author of our story of humanity and creation,

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 although man has permanently severed the relationship with God,

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 God has taken it upon himself to do something.

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 In spite of man's attempts,

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 God has written himself into our story,

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 not in vain and not to no avail, but to much.

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 And that is the good news.

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 So, a little bit more about the story.

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 You guys know it, but here's a refresher.

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 So, almost 2,000 years ago,

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 the Bible teaches that in fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy,

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 Jesus was born of a virgin, the Virgin Mary.

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 Isaiah 7 is the prophecy that fulfills that.

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 And Matthew tells us that he comes into this world

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 conceived of the Holy Spirit.

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 He began his public ministry at the age of 30,

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 and he accumulated followers,

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 and for three years he healed,

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 he taught,

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 and he made bold claims that he was the only way.

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 There was no other way to God.

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 Okay, so think about, you know,

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 from the beginning,

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 this chasm between man and God.

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 You know, man in his own strength

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 has tried to figure out ways to get back to God,

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 and then Jesus comes along and says,

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 I'm the only way.

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 There's only one way back to God.

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 It's me.

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 Okay?

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 Very bold claims.

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 The religious leaders didn't like his teaching,

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 so they joined together,

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 formed a,

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 they invoked a riot,

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 and brought false accusations against Jesus.

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 And this ultimately led to a trial,

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 a sentencing of death by Roman crucifixion.

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 The Bible says that while Jesus hung on the cross,

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 Jesus became the curse of sin for us.

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 And that God placed all of the sin

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 of all mankind onto Jesus.

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 And when they took Jesus down from the cross,

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 they put him in a tomb

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 with a stone sealing the entrance,

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 with Roman soldiers keeping guard over the tomb

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 so that no one would come and take his body.

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 But according to the scripture,

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 on the third day he rose from the dead.

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 And after appearing to many eyewitnesses

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 and instructing his disciples,

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 he ascended into heaven

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 where he is seated at the right hand of God

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 and serves as our advocate.

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 So, again, you guys have heard this,

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 but what does this have to do with you?

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 You know, all these words that I'm saying.

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 This happened.

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 It's a fact, you know.

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 Many major world religions dispute the details of the facts,

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 but pretty much everyone confesses that Jesus did live.

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 He did die.

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 Some don't think he didn't rise.

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 You know, I think it's the Jews saying that he died but did not rise.

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 The Muslims say he didn't die.

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 And the Christians confess that he indeed died

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 and indeed did rise.

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 But no one disputes that Jesus didn't live.

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 It's part of history.

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 So it happened.

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 So what does this have to do with us?

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 You know, all the way many years later.

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 Well, the Bible says that we all have sinned

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 and fallen short of God's perfect standard.

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 And there's nothing in us,

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 no good thing in us that can commend us to God.

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 All of our efforts, all of our righteous deeds

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 fall short of God's perfect standard.

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 There's nothing that we can do that can fix

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 what our sins have broken.

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 The Bible says that the wages for sin

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 or the payment for our sins is death.

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 What we deserve for falling short of God's standard is death.

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 Not just death of an immediate kind,

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 but an everlasting death.

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 We deserve that.

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 And God calls men everywhere to repent of their sin

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 and trusting Christ to be saved

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 and to live a righteous life.

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 And if we trust Christ like this,

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 the Bible says we have peace with God.

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 Now, peace is the main thing

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 that is propagated in the world today

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 as either a nice goal or the ultimate end.

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 You know, you might ask somebody like,

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 what do you want?

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 You know, if you could wish for anything.

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 People kind of just, you know,

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 flagrant and say, world peace.

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 You know, that wars would cease.

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 That's a good thing to wish for.

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 But unfortunately, the world does not know

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 how God himself has wrought peace to come about.

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 Romans 5 says that

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 through Christ we have peace with God.

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 Okay, so,

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 if anyone comes to any solution for peace

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 that doesn't involve Christ,

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 it is not true peace.

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 It's a counterfeit peace.

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 It's a aesthetic peace.

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 You know,

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 the only true peace ultimately comes through the gospel.

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 And whether we believe that or not,

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 the day will disclose it.

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 What I mean by that is one day,

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 God will come again and make all things right.

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 But it will not be for a second gospel preaching

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 so as to save those who are lost.

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 He came once to deal with sin

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 and he's coming a second time to judge.

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 And this is a sobering thing.

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 This is a sobering thing for us who are alive now

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 and who have his first coming.

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 So,

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 the gospel is very important.

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 It's not just a one and done deal.

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 You're not just baptized and that seals you.

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 You get to do whatever you want.

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 You know,

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 the gospel is,

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 like I said in the beginning,

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 nourishment that carries you along.

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 I talked a little bit,

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 I just mentioned some major world religions,

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 but

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 I was kind of studying

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 about

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 why people arrive to certain religions

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 that they do

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 and why,

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 you know,

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 Christianity is so cool and unique,

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 you know.

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 and it is unique.

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 It doesn't seem to be cool

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 in many respects,

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 but it is unique

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 and unlike any other religion.

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 And if I can dare say that Christianity

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 is actually not a religion,

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 I'll explain why

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 compared to the other ones,

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 specifically because

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 of how we understand religion

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 as a whole.

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 So,

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 if you did a survey

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 of all religions of the world,

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 you'd probably find,

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 you know,

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 the first thing is

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 some type of initiation,

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 some type of,

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 you know,

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 entrance to the religion,

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 something,

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 set of beliefs,

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 maybe something you have to put behind,

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 something that initiates you.

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 And then,

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 and then in the middle,

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 when you get going,

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 there's a,

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 there's,

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 you know,

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 stipulations of the religion

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 that you have to follow.

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 There's a way.

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 Each religion has a way.

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 And then at the end,

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 you might call it,

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 you know,

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 a gate,

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 you know,

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 some,

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 of some kind of pass through,

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 the final test

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 or the final judgment.

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 You know,

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 each religion kind of has those things.

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 And if you kept the way well enough,

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 then you might have a chance

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 about getting into heaven

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 or nirvana

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 or whatever,

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 you know,

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 the,

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 that end gate is.

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 And so,

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 many people

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 believe

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 that their good deeds,

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 their following the way,

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 will

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 maybe guarantee

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 access through that final gate.

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 Maybe they'll,

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 maybe they'll escape judgment.

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 Maybe if my good deeds

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 outweigh my bad deeds,

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 you know,

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 I'll be accepted.

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 But

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 this,

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 in fact,

00:15:09.399 --> 00:15:11.399
 is not how Christianity is.

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 That's not what I believe

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 Christianity says.

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 This is

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 actually how many Christians

00:15:17.200 --> 00:15:17.899
 do believe

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 in their hearts.

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 if I just

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 clean myself up,

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 maybe I'll be accepted

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 through that last

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 and final gate.

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 But there's this struggle

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 inside of,

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 well,

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 I hope that I'll be accepted,

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 you know,

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 but there's no assurance.

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 There's no guarantee.

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 And

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 what I see,

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 the beautiful thing

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 about Christianity

00:15:39.780 --> 00:15:40.620
 is that

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 the acceptance

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 does not come

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 at the end.

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 we're not held

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 in derision

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 our whole lives

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 wondering,

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 do I,

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 will I,

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 if I do enough,

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 if I'm clean enough,

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 will I be accepted?

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 You know,

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 there's not this doubt.

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 But

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 the thing about religion

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 is that

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 the acceptance

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 comes at the beginning.

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 And that's not to say

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 that

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 there is not a way

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 or there isn't

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 requirements,

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 but the fundamental

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 drawing

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 to the way

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 is that you get

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 acceptance at the beginning.

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 The good news

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 of the gospel

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 is that

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 instead of

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 having a merit-based

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 religion

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 depending upon

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 our merits,

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 those things are hidden

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 because of the merits

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 of Christ.

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 Because Christ

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 worked on our behalf,

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 because Christ

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 is the way,

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 right,

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 then

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 he guarantees

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 assurance

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 to us

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 so that

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 we can have

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 confidence

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 that that final gate,

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 that we will

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 indeed be accepted

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 not on the basis

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 of our own works,

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 but on his own

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 righteousness.

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 Okay?

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 This is why

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 the gospel

00:16:53.639 --> 00:16:54.240
 is good news.

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 Because many people

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 live in dread

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 not knowing.

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 They don't have

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 peace with God.

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 They strive

00:17:01.379 --> 00:17:01.959
 to have peace

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 with their deeds,

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 but they don't

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 have peace

00:17:05.399 --> 00:17:06.319
 with God

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 in the ultimate sense,

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 which permeates

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 a clean conscience,

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 which makes you

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 free

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 in your heart

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 and in your mind.

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 This is true

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 of many people,

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 Christians included,

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 if you can call them

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 Christians.

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 This is why

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 the gospel

00:17:23.640 --> 00:17:24.160
 is good news,

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 because he guaranteed

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 the acceptance

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 and we get it

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 at the beginning

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 as assurance.

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 The Bible says

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 that the Holy Spirit

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 seals us

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 when we're saved.

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 That's pretty,

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 that's like guaranteed

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 language right there.

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 John Lennox,

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 a famous mathematician,

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 tells a story

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 about his wife,

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 wanting to marry

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 his wife on the subject.

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 I think it's

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 kind of funny,

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 but cool,

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 because he was

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 in Cambridge

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 and he says,

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 suppose I see

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 this lady

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 and I get to know her

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 and eventually

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 ask her to marry me

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 and I say,

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 Sally,

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 I think this is

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 his wife's name,

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 Sally,

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 I'd like to marry you,

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 but I've got

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 a cookbook here

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 and it's got

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 a lot of rules

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 in it,

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 inside of it,

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 and if you follow

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 the rules of the cookbook

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 for our meals,

00:18:18.459 --> 00:18:18.639
 you know,

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 say for 40 years,

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 very carefully,

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 I will think

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 about accepting me.

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 And,

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 how ridiculous

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 is that,

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 you know?

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 But it's not,

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 it's not that

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 we think

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 upon the

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 obedience

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 or adherence

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 to the rules

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 that the acceptance

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 comes,

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 but it's actually

00:18:48.120 --> 00:18:48.880
 at the beginning

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 that both of you

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 in the marriage

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 come together

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 for acceptance,

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 saying whatever comes,

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 you know,

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 whoever,

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 you know,

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 the terms of the covenant,

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 if they're violated,

00:19:00.520 --> 00:19:01.500
 I will remain faithful,

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 you are accepted to me.

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 That's how we treat

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 one another

00:19:08.500 --> 00:19:10.020
 in an actual marriage,

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 but that's a reflection

00:19:10.940 --> 00:19:11.700
 of how God

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 treats us in Christ.

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 Is it,

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 is actually

00:19:15.580 --> 00:19:16.880
 the acceptance happens

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 at the beginning

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 because,

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 because she does,

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 because Sally

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 doesn't have to keep

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 the rules

00:19:25.080 --> 00:19:26.259
 of the cookbook,

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 it actually gives her

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 the,

00:19:31.180 --> 00:19:32.320
 it frees her

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 to keep the rules

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 and to learn

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 how to cook.

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 You see,

00:19:36.980 --> 00:19:37.980
 if we're guaranteed

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 at the beginning

00:19:38.720 --> 00:19:40.560
 that God

00:19:40.560 --> 00:19:41.560
 would accept us,

00:19:42.060 --> 00:19:43.120
 then it sets us free

00:19:43.120 --> 00:19:43.880
 to actually learn

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 to obey God

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 versus being condemned

00:19:46.840 --> 00:19:47.660
 under the law

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 as we likely should be,

00:19:50.000 --> 00:19:51.880
 God in Christ Jesus

00:19:51.880 --> 00:19:53.240
 meets all the demands

00:19:53.240 --> 00:19:53.900
 for us.

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 This is really important.

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 So,

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 if it's not,

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 if it doesn't set you free

00:20:00.680 --> 00:20:01.279
 to obey,

00:20:02.400 --> 00:20:03.320
 listen to me carefully,

00:20:03.400 --> 00:20:04.480
 if it doesn't set you free

00:20:04.480 --> 00:20:05.420
 to obey God,

00:20:06.060 --> 00:20:06.980
 it's not the gospel.

00:20:06.980 --> 00:20:10.039
 the gospel sets you free

00:20:10.039 --> 00:20:11.460
 to obey God

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 because it's not

00:20:12.759 --> 00:20:14.000
 resting on our works,

00:20:14.339 --> 00:20:14.920
 it's not resting

00:20:14.920 --> 00:20:15.759
 on our obedience

00:20:15.759 --> 00:20:16.500
 or adherence,

00:20:16.660 --> 00:20:18.120
 but it rests on God himself.

00:20:18.640 --> 00:20:19.900
 And that transforms you

00:20:19.900 --> 00:20:20.640
 from the inside out.

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 That,

00:20:21.039 --> 00:20:21.200
 indeed,

00:20:21.279 --> 00:20:22.059
 is good news.

00:20:22.819 --> 00:20:23.079
 Okay?

00:20:23.819 --> 00:20:24.980
 And as we enter

00:20:24.980 --> 00:20:25.500
 to Christmas,

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 I pray that

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 this is the light

00:20:28.559 --> 00:20:29.700
 and true meaning

00:20:29.700 --> 00:20:30.180
 of Christmas,

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 that we see

00:20:32.560 --> 00:20:33.440
 what Christ did

00:20:33.440 --> 00:20:34.380
 by condescending

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 is he inaugurated

00:20:36.160 --> 00:20:37.100
 for humanity

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 a better way

00:20:38.340 --> 00:20:38.960
 through himself.

00:20:41.279 --> 00:20:41.840
 So,

00:20:41.920 --> 00:20:42.519
 we celebrate

00:20:42.519 --> 00:20:44.140
 the arrival

00:20:44.140 --> 00:20:45.000
 of Jesus

00:20:45.000 --> 00:20:47.779
 and the preaching

00:20:47.779 --> 00:20:48.640
 of the good news.

00:20:52.220 --> 00:20:53.320
 We don't celebrate

00:20:53.320 --> 00:20:53.900
 the gifts,

00:20:54.460 --> 00:20:55.340
 we celebrate

00:20:55.340 --> 00:20:55.920
 the giver,

00:20:56.720 --> 00:20:57.000
 right?

00:20:57.000 --> 00:20:58.640
 We don't celebrate

00:20:58.640 --> 00:20:59.759
 the day ultimately,

00:20:59.960 --> 00:21:00.619
 although we do,

00:21:01.119 --> 00:21:02.400
 not demonizing the day,

00:21:03.000 --> 00:21:03.759
 but we celebrate

00:21:03.759 --> 00:21:04.940
 the object of the day,

00:21:05.200 --> 00:21:05.880
 which is Jesus.

00:21:08.380 --> 00:21:09.200
 We celebrate

00:21:09.200 --> 00:21:09.599
 the moment

00:21:09.599 --> 00:21:10.460
 when light

00:21:10.460 --> 00:21:11.119
 broke into

00:21:11.119 --> 00:21:12.220
 our darkness,

00:21:13.079 --> 00:21:13.519
 which indeed

00:21:13.519 --> 00:21:14.359
 there was darkness.

00:21:15.480 --> 00:21:16.240
 Don't be deceived

00:21:16.240 --> 00:21:17.619
 that this world

00:21:17.619 --> 00:21:18.599
 was all light.

00:21:19.960 --> 00:21:20.980
 Christ has dawned

00:21:20.980 --> 00:21:21.839
 by being born

00:21:21.839 --> 00:21:25.019
 into our darkness

00:21:25.019 --> 00:21:27.460
 and that's

00:21:27.460 --> 00:21:28.279
 reason to rejoice.

00:21:29.680 --> 00:21:30.539
 This is a quote

00:21:30.539 --> 00:21:31.759
 from the song

00:21:31.759 --> 00:21:32.700
 Joy to the World,

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 which kind of

00:21:33.400 --> 00:21:33.839
 spoke to me

00:21:33.839 --> 00:21:34.599
 earlier this week.

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 It says,

00:21:36.480 --> 00:21:37.579
 No more let sins

00:21:37.579 --> 00:21:38.639
 and sorrows grow,

00:21:39.039 --> 00:21:39.799
 nor thorns

00:21:39.799 --> 00:21:40.839
 infest the ground.

00:21:41.440 --> 00:21:42.319
 He comes to make

00:21:42.319 --> 00:21:43.619
 his blessings flow

00:21:43.619 --> 00:21:45.379
 far as the curse

00:21:45.379 --> 00:21:46.019
 is found.

00:21:46.619 --> 00:21:48.039
 Far as the curse

00:21:48.039 --> 00:21:49.000
 is found.

00:21:49.920 --> 00:21:50.920
 Galatians 3.10

00:21:50.920 --> 00:21:51.279
 says,

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 Cursed be anyone

00:21:53.220 --> 00:21:54.420
 or everyone

00:21:54.420 --> 00:21:55.579
 who does not abide

00:21:55.579 --> 00:21:56.420
 by all things

00:21:56.420 --> 00:21:57.059
 written in the book

00:21:57.059 --> 00:21:57.500
 of the law

00:21:57.500 --> 00:21:58.360
 and do them.

00:21:59.980 --> 00:22:01.079
 Cursed be that man

00:22:01.079 --> 00:22:02.620
 who does not obey.

00:22:04.120 --> 00:22:04.819
 Now it is evident

00:22:04.819 --> 00:22:05.759
 that no one

00:22:05.759 --> 00:22:06.420
 is justified

00:22:06.420 --> 00:22:07.200
 before God

00:22:07.200 --> 00:22:07.880
 by the law,

00:22:08.160 --> 00:22:08.779
 for the righteous

00:22:08.779 --> 00:22:09.960
 shall live by faith.

00:22:10.740 --> 00:22:11.600
 But the law

00:22:11.600 --> 00:22:12.779
 is not of faith,

00:22:12.860 --> 00:22:13.519
 rather the one

00:22:13.519 --> 00:22:14.500
 who does them

00:22:14.500 --> 00:22:15.720
 shall live by them.

00:22:16.860 --> 00:22:17.900
 Christ redeemed us

00:22:17.900 --> 00:22:18.440
 from the curse

00:22:18.440 --> 00:22:18.940
 of the law

00:22:18.940 --> 00:22:19.700
 by becoming

00:22:19.700 --> 00:22:21.100
 a curse for us.

00:22:21.099 --> 00:22:22.740
 For it is written,

00:22:23.079 --> 00:22:24.899
 Cursed is everyone

00:22:24.899 --> 00:22:25.759
 who is hanged

00:22:25.759 --> 00:22:26.319
 on a tree,

00:22:27.039 --> 00:22:28.159
 so that in Christ Jesus

00:22:28.159 --> 00:22:29.359
 the blessing of Abraham

00:22:29.359 --> 00:22:30.119
 might come

00:22:30.119 --> 00:22:31.039
 to the Gentiles

00:22:31.039 --> 00:22:32.299
 so that we might

00:22:32.299 --> 00:22:33.599
 receive the promised

00:22:33.599 --> 00:22:34.679
 spirit through faith.

00:22:36.459 --> 00:22:37.639
 Cursed be the person

00:22:37.639 --> 00:22:38.439
 who doesn't obey.

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 That's all of us.

00:22:40.240 --> 00:22:41.039
 All of us

00:22:41.039 --> 00:22:41.859
 have come under

00:22:41.859 --> 00:22:42.779
 the curse of sin,

00:22:43.019 --> 00:22:43.480
 have followed

00:22:43.480 --> 00:22:44.079
 in the footsteps

00:22:44.079 --> 00:22:44.839
 of Adam,

00:22:44.980 --> 00:22:46.279
 like Adam and Eve

00:22:46.279 --> 00:22:47.259
 did in the garden.

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 but we must look

00:22:49.539 --> 00:22:50.500
 to the object

00:22:50.500 --> 00:22:51.379
 of our faith

00:22:51.379 --> 00:22:52.299
 who redeemed us

00:22:52.299 --> 00:22:52.839
 from the curse

00:22:52.839 --> 00:22:53.400
 of the law

00:22:53.400 --> 00:22:55.039
 by becoming

00:22:55.039 --> 00:22:55.740
 that curse.

00:22:58.920 --> 00:22:59.660
 This is

00:22:59.660 --> 00:23:00.460
 the

00:23:00.460 --> 00:23:02.720
 saturation

00:23:02.720 --> 00:23:04.079
 that believers

00:23:04.079 --> 00:23:04.879
 need to have.

00:23:05.440 --> 00:23:06.059
 We need to look

00:23:06.059 --> 00:23:06.599
 to God

00:23:06.599 --> 00:23:09.039
 not just as

00:23:09.039 --> 00:23:09.839
 you know

00:23:09.839 --> 00:23:12.119
 Jesus died

00:23:12.119 --> 00:23:12.779
 for my sins

00:23:12.779 --> 00:23:13.399
 you know

00:23:13.399 --> 00:23:16.139
 I know

00:23:16.139 --> 00:23:16.920
 it's fine

00:23:16.920 --> 00:23:17.440
 you know

00:23:17.440 --> 00:23:18.420
 I've heard that

00:23:18.420 --> 00:23:19.180
 a thousand times

00:23:19.180 --> 00:23:19.599
 like I know

00:23:19.599 --> 00:23:20.420
 he died for my sins

00:23:20.420 --> 00:23:22.000
 but there's a difference

00:23:22.000 --> 00:23:22.660
 between knowing

00:23:22.660 --> 00:23:23.960
 what Jesus did

00:23:23.960 --> 00:23:25.039
 through dying

00:23:25.039 --> 00:23:25.940
 for our sins

00:23:25.940 --> 00:23:29.139
 deep down

00:23:29.139 --> 00:23:29.839
 in our hearts

00:23:29.839 --> 00:23:31.519
 knowing that

00:23:31.519 --> 00:23:32.119
 we were condemned

00:23:32.119 --> 00:23:32.920
 under the law

00:23:32.920 --> 00:23:34.879
 that we were

00:23:34.879 --> 00:23:35.500
 not

00:23:35.500 --> 00:23:36.740
 sick

00:23:36.740 --> 00:23:37.700
 and approaching

00:23:37.700 --> 00:23:38.079
 death

00:23:38.079 --> 00:23:38.660
 but actually

00:23:38.660 --> 00:23:39.519
 already dead.

00:23:41.059 --> 00:23:42.039
 Not spiritually

00:23:42.039 --> 00:23:42.379
 sick

00:23:42.380 --> 00:23:42.940
 but spiritually

00:23:42.940 --> 00:23:43.840
 dead in our sins

00:23:43.840 --> 00:23:44.240
 and that we

00:23:44.240 --> 00:23:45.080
 needed resurrection

00:23:45.080 --> 00:23:46.960
 and that God

00:23:46.960 --> 00:23:47.820
 himself did that

00:23:47.820 --> 00:23:48.840
 for us in Christ.

00:23:49.160 --> 00:23:49.700
 This is

00:23:49.700 --> 00:23:50.600
 the type of

00:23:50.600 --> 00:23:51.080
 saturation

00:23:51.080 --> 00:23:51.600
 that makes you

00:23:51.600 --> 00:23:51.960
 worship

00:23:51.960 --> 00:23:53.000
 that makes you

00:23:53.000 --> 00:23:53.500
 come to

00:23:53.500 --> 00:23:54.500
 a gathering

00:23:54.500 --> 00:23:55.080
 like this

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 and lift your

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 hands

00:23:56.000 --> 00:23:57.040
 you know

00:23:57.040 --> 00:23:58.360
 even if

00:23:58.360 --> 00:23:59.160
 the worship

00:23:59.160 --> 00:23:59.940
 is spotty

00:23:59.940 --> 00:24:00.660
 you know

00:24:00.660 --> 00:24:01.200
 sometimes you

00:24:01.200 --> 00:24:01.820
 have a scraggly

00:24:01.820 --> 00:24:02.180
 voice

00:24:02.180 --> 00:24:02.840
 and that's okay

00:24:02.840 --> 00:24:04.080
 but we don't

00:24:04.080 --> 00:24:05.480
 worship good music

00:24:05.480 --> 00:24:07.380
 we worship God

00:24:07.380 --> 00:24:08.740
 who in Christ

00:24:08.740 --> 00:24:09.800
 has reconciled

00:24:09.800 --> 00:24:10.180
 the world

00:24:10.180 --> 00:24:10.900
 to himself

00:24:10.900 --> 00:24:11.800
 the Bible says

00:24:11.799 --> 00:24:13.259
 and so

00:24:13.259 --> 00:24:16.519
 I hope

00:24:16.519 --> 00:24:17.099
 that as you

00:24:17.099 --> 00:24:17.579
 guys

00:24:17.579 --> 00:24:18.779
 gather

00:24:18.779 --> 00:24:19.200
 with your

00:24:19.200 --> 00:24:19.680
 families

00:24:19.680 --> 00:24:21.039
 and celebrate

00:24:21.039 --> 00:24:21.599
 Christmas

00:24:21.599 --> 00:24:23.119
 that this is

00:24:23.119 --> 00:24:23.659
 the thing

00:24:23.659 --> 00:24:24.440
 that you do

00:24:24.440 --> 00:24:26.000
 you live

00:24:26.000 --> 00:24:27.200
 in worship

00:24:27.200 --> 00:24:28.740
 that you

00:24:28.740 --> 00:24:29.220
 live

00:24:29.220 --> 00:24:29.659
 whatever you

00:24:29.659 --> 00:24:29.819
 do

00:24:29.819 --> 00:24:30.159
 you don't

00:24:30.159 --> 00:24:30.480
 worship

00:24:30.480 --> 00:24:31.119
 the thing

00:24:31.119 --> 00:24:31.759
 you don't

00:24:31.759 --> 00:24:32.019
 worship

00:24:32.019 --> 00:24:32.639
 family

00:24:32.639 --> 00:24:33.159
 ultimately

00:24:33.159 --> 00:24:33.519
 but you

00:24:33.519 --> 00:24:33.779
 worship

00:24:33.779 --> 00:24:34.079
 God

00:24:34.079 --> 00:24:34.379
 you say

00:24:34.379 --> 00:24:34.740
 God

00:24:34.740 --> 00:24:35.180
 what you

00:24:35.180 --> 00:24:35.440
 have done

00:24:35.440 --> 00:24:35.819
 in Christ

00:24:35.819 --> 00:24:36.159
 for me

00:24:36.159 --> 00:24:36.700
 is worthy

00:24:36.700 --> 00:24:37.440
 of praise

00:24:37.440 --> 00:24:37.759
 for my

00:24:37.759 --> 00:24:38.440
 inward man

00:24:38.440 --> 00:24:40.160
 you know

00:24:40.160 --> 00:24:42.480
 and so

00:24:42.480 --> 00:24:45.600
 let that be

00:24:45.600 --> 00:24:45.940
 a worship

00:24:45.940 --> 00:24:46.460
 of Christ

00:24:46.460 --> 00:24:46.779
 church

00:24:46.779 --> 00:24:47.720
 I pray

00:24:47.720 --> 00:24:48.180
 that Christ

00:24:48.180 --> 00:24:48.400
 church

00:24:48.400 --> 00:24:49.059
 does that

00:24:49.059 --> 00:24:50.039
 that we

00:24:50.039 --> 00:24:50.259
 would be

00:24:50.259 --> 00:24:50.519
 true to

00:24:50.519 --> 00:24:50.940
 our name

00:24:50.940 --> 00:24:51.320
 Christ

00:24:51.320 --> 00:24:51.680
 church

00:24:51.680 --> 00:24:52.620
 we would

00:24:52.620 --> 00:24:53.019
 exalt

00:24:53.019 --> 00:24:53.340
 him

00:24:53.340 --> 00:24:55.000
 and it

00:24:55.000 --> 00:24:55.240
 would be

00:24:55.240 --> 00:24:55.700
 worship

00:24:55.700 --> 00:24:57.480
 so that's

00:24:57.480 --> 00:24:58.279
 my exhortation

00:24:58.279 --> 00:24:59.039
 for I

00:24:59.039 --> 00:24:59.720
 have five

00:24:59.720 --> 00:25:00.400
 points

00:25:00.400 --> 00:25:03.720
 to end

00:25:03.720 --> 00:25:04.120
 the sermon

00:25:04.120 --> 00:25:05.640
 but my

00:25:05.640 --> 00:25:06.160
 exhortation

00:25:06.160 --> 00:25:06.560
 is to

00:25:06.560 --> 00:25:07.060
 treat

00:25:07.060 --> 00:25:09.880
 Christmas

00:25:09.880 --> 00:25:10.560
 as going

00:25:10.560 --> 00:25:10.880
 to the

00:25:10.880 --> 00:25:11.400
 new year

00:25:11.400 --> 00:25:13.140
 your

00:25:13.140 --> 00:25:13.620
 relationship

00:25:13.620 --> 00:25:14.220
 with God

00:25:14.220 --> 00:25:14.900
 as worship

00:25:14.900 --> 00:25:15.400
 through the

00:25:15.400 --> 00:25:15.800
 gospel

00:25:15.800 --> 00:25:17.160
 let it be

00:25:17.160 --> 00:25:17.480
 worship

00:25:17.480 --> 00:25:18.000
 whatever

00:25:18.000 --> 00:25:18.920
 event that

00:25:18.920 --> 00:25:19.240
 you go

00:25:19.240 --> 00:25:19.600
 to

00:25:19.600 --> 00:25:22.900
 don't

00:25:22.900 --> 00:25:23.240
 don't

00:25:23.240 --> 00:25:23.640
 look at

00:25:23.640 --> 00:25:24.140
 whatever's

00:25:24.140 --> 00:25:24.800
 out here

00:25:24.800 --> 00:25:25.560
 your

00:25:25.560 --> 00:25:26.300
 circumstances

00:25:26.300 --> 00:25:27.640
 the people

00:25:27.640 --> 00:25:28.259
 you interact

00:25:28.259 --> 00:25:28.600
 with

00:25:28.600 --> 00:25:29.280
 as the

00:25:29.280 --> 00:25:29.880
 means for

00:25:29.880 --> 00:25:30.400
 life

00:25:30.400 --> 00:25:30.980
 what

00:25:30.980 --> 00:25:31.500
 determines

00:25:31.500 --> 00:25:32.020
 how you

00:25:32.020 --> 00:25:32.400
 are

00:25:32.400 --> 00:25:33.420
 what

00:25:33.420 --> 00:25:33.820
 feeds

00:25:33.820 --> 00:25:34.100
 you

00:25:34.100 --> 00:25:34.440
 but

00:25:34.440 --> 00:25:35.040
 from

00:25:35.040 --> 00:25:35.240
 the

00:25:35.240 --> 00:25:35.800
 inside

00:25:35.800 --> 00:25:37.620
 is

00:25:37.620 --> 00:25:37.780
 where

00:25:37.780 --> 00:25:37.920
 you

00:25:37.920 --> 00:25:38.100
 get

00:25:38.100 --> 00:25:38.520
 life

00:25:38.520 --> 00:25:38.780
 the

00:25:38.780 --> 00:25:38.900
 Lord

00:25:38.900 --> 00:25:39.220
 said

00:25:39.220 --> 00:25:39.600
 I

00:25:39.600 --> 00:25:39.780
 will

00:25:39.780 --> 00:25:39.940
 put

00:25:39.940 --> 00:25:40.120
 my

00:25:40.120 --> 00:25:40.380
 spirit

00:25:40.380 --> 00:25:40.700
 within

00:25:40.700 --> 00:25:41.180
 you

00:25:41.180 --> 00:25:42.480
 right

00:25:42.480 --> 00:25:43.140
 so

00:25:43.140 --> 00:25:43.380
 God

00:25:43.380 --> 00:25:43.520
 is

00:25:43.520 --> 00:25:43.780
 dwelling

00:25:43.780 --> 00:25:44.100
 in

00:25:44.100 --> 00:25:44.520
 us

00:25:44.520 --> 00:25:45.200
 we

00:25:45.200 --> 00:25:45.400
 don't

00:25:45.400 --> 00:25:45.680
 look

00:25:45.680 --> 00:25:46.080
 to

00:25:46.080 --> 00:25:46.520
 outward

00:25:46.520 --> 00:25:47.140
 things

00:25:47.140 --> 00:25:47.320
 to

00:25:47.320 --> 00:25:47.740
 satisfy

00:25:47.740 --> 00:25:48.100
 us

00:25:48.100 --> 00:25:48.340
 we

00:25:48.340 --> 00:25:48.520
 don't

00:25:48.520 --> 00:25:48.680
 look

00:25:48.680 --> 00:25:48.840
 for

00:25:48.840 --> 00:25:49.140
 peace

00:25:49.140 --> 00:25:49.340
 out

00:25:49.340 --> 00:25:49.600
 here

00:25:49.600 --> 00:25:49.760
 we

00:25:49.760 --> 00:25:49.900
 look

00:25:49.900 --> 00:25:50.040
 for

00:25:50.040 --> 00:25:50.280
 peace

00:25:50.280 --> 00:25:50.520
 in

00:25:50.520 --> 00:25:50.840
 here

00:25:50.840 --> 00:25:51.220
 if

00:25:51.220 --> 00:25:51.460
 God

00:25:51.460 --> 00:25:51.640
 has

00:25:51.640 --> 00:25:52.160
 deposited

00:25:52.160 --> 00:25:52.640
 himself

00:25:52.640 --> 00:25:52.940
 in

00:25:52.940 --> 00:25:53.300
 us

00:25:53.300 --> 00:25:54.380
 then

00:25:54.380 --> 00:25:54.660
 we

00:25:54.660 --> 00:25:54.960
 are

00:25:54.960 --> 00:25:55.480
 free

00:25:55.480 --> 00:25:55.720
 from

00:25:55.720 --> 00:25:55.840
 the

00:25:55.840 --> 00:25:56.320
 confines

00:25:56.320 --> 00:25:56.320


00:25:56.320 --> 00:25:56.480
 of

00:25:56.480 --> 00:25:56.720
 whatever

00:25:56.720 --> 00:25:57.319
 happens

00:25:57.319 --> 00:25:57.740
 on the

00:25:57.740 --> 00:25:58.160
 outside

00:25:58.160 --> 00:26:00.539
 so let

00:26:00.539 --> 00:26:00.759
 it be

00:26:00.759 --> 00:26:01.140
 worship

00:26:01.140 --> 00:26:01.640
 this

00:26:01.640 --> 00:26:02.000
 season

00:26:02.000 --> 00:26:05.160
 so I've

00:26:05.160 --> 00:26:05.400
 just got

00:26:05.400 --> 00:26:05.720
 five

00:26:05.720 --> 00:26:06.220
 points

00:26:06.220 --> 00:26:09.460
 they're

00:26:09.460 --> 00:26:09.759
 less

00:26:09.759 --> 00:26:09.980
 of

00:26:09.980 --> 00:26:11.079
 exhortations

00:26:11.079 --> 00:26:12.380
 and

00:26:12.380 --> 00:26:12.680
 more

00:26:12.680 --> 00:26:12.980
 of

00:26:12.980 --> 00:26:13.559
 kind

00:26:13.559 --> 00:26:13.700
 of

00:26:13.700 --> 00:26:14.220
 confessions

00:26:14.220 --> 00:26:14.600
 about

00:26:14.600 --> 00:26:14.960
 who

00:26:14.960 --> 00:26:15.360
 Jesus

00:26:15.360 --> 00:26:15.940
 is

00:26:15.940 --> 00:26:16.779
 and

00:26:16.779 --> 00:26:16.940
 what I

00:26:16.940 --> 00:26:17.059
 mean

00:26:17.059 --> 00:26:17.240
 by

00:26:17.240 --> 00:26:17.420
 that

00:26:17.420 --> 00:26:17.680
 is

00:26:17.680 --> 00:26:18.579
 Jesus

00:26:18.579 --> 00:26:18.839
 has

00:26:18.839 --> 00:26:19.039
 many

00:26:19.039 --> 00:26:19.519
 attributes

00:26:19.519 --> 00:26:20.319
 to

00:26:20.319 --> 00:26:20.759
 himself

00:26:20.759 --> 00:26:21.420
 I've

00:26:21.420 --> 00:26:21.640
 chosen

00:26:21.640 --> 00:26:22.039
 five

00:26:22.039 --> 00:26:22.360
 that I

00:26:22.360 --> 00:26:22.640
 think

00:26:22.640 --> 00:26:23.460
 if you

00:26:23.460 --> 00:26:23.680
 dwell

00:26:23.680 --> 00:26:23.920
 on

00:26:23.920 --> 00:26:24.380
 these

00:26:24.380 --> 00:26:25.839
 it

00:26:25.839 --> 00:26:25.960
 will

00:26:25.960 --> 00:26:26.140
 make

00:26:26.140 --> 00:26:26.259
 you

00:26:26.259 --> 00:26:26.579
 worship

00:26:26.579 --> 00:26:28.120
 so

00:26:28.120 --> 00:26:29.059
 the

00:26:29.059 --> 00:26:29.380
 first

00:26:29.380 --> 00:26:30.160
 point

00:26:30.160 --> 00:26:31.600
 of

00:26:31.600 --> 00:26:31.900
 Jesus

00:26:31.900 --> 00:26:32.420
 identity

00:26:32.420 --> 00:26:32.660
 I

00:26:32.660 --> 00:26:32.880
 think

00:26:32.880 --> 00:26:33.440
 it's

00:26:33.440 --> 00:26:33.700
 important

00:26:33.700 --> 00:26:33.880
 to

00:26:33.880 --> 00:26:34.100
 dwell

00:26:34.100 --> 00:26:34.360
 on

00:26:34.360 --> 00:26:34.779
 is

00:26:34.779 --> 00:26:35.839
 him

00:26:35.839 --> 00:26:36.099
 as

00:26:36.099 --> 00:26:36.740
 priest

00:26:36.740 --> 00:26:38.359
 he

00:26:38.359 --> 00:26:38.679
 is

00:26:38.679 --> 00:26:39.240
 the

00:26:39.240 --> 00:26:39.500
 high

00:26:39.500 --> 00:26:39.839
 priest

00:26:39.839 --> 00:26:40.039
 of

00:26:40.039 --> 00:26:40.480
 God

00:26:40.480 --> 00:26:41.439
 the

00:26:41.439 --> 00:26:41.539
 Bible

00:26:41.539 --> 00:26:41.779
 said

00:26:41.779 --> 00:26:41.919
 he's

00:26:41.919 --> 00:26:42.240
 made

00:26:42.240 --> 00:26:42.699
 like

00:26:42.699 --> 00:26:42.959
 us

00:26:42.959 --> 00:26:43.119
 in

00:26:43.119 --> 00:26:43.419
 every

00:26:43.419 --> 00:26:44.019
 respect

00:26:44.019 --> 00:26:46.019
 Hebrews

00:26:46.019 --> 00:26:46.399
 6

00:26:46.399 --> 00:26:46.659
 says

00:26:46.659 --> 00:26:46.980
 that

00:26:46.980 --> 00:26:48.259
 you

00:26:48.259 --> 00:26:48.480
 might

00:26:48.480 --> 00:26:48.699
 say

00:26:48.699 --> 00:26:48.919
 why

00:26:48.919 --> 00:26:49.339
 couldn't

00:26:49.339 --> 00:26:49.539
 God

00:26:49.539 --> 00:26:49.759
 just

00:26:49.759 --> 00:26:49.980
 drop

00:26:49.980 --> 00:26:50.299
 down

00:26:50.299 --> 00:26:50.559
 and

00:26:50.559 --> 00:26:52.199
 do

00:26:52.199 --> 00:26:52.399
 the

00:26:52.399 --> 00:26:52.759
 deed

00:26:52.759 --> 00:26:53.139
 die

00:26:53.139 --> 00:26:53.240
 on

00:26:53.240 --> 00:26:53.339
 the

00:26:53.339 --> 00:26:53.659
 cross

00:26:53.659 --> 00:26:53.939
 rise

00:26:53.939 --> 00:26:54.319
 again

00:26:54.319 --> 00:26:55.119
 three

00:26:55.119 --> 00:26:55.500
 days

00:26:55.500 --> 00:26:55.839
 it'll

00:26:55.839 --> 00:26:55.980
 be

00:26:55.980 --> 00:26:56.299
 done

00:26:56.299 --> 00:26:57.279
 why

00:26:57.279 --> 00:26:57.399
 do

00:26:57.399 --> 00:26:57.439
 he

00:26:57.439 --> 00:26:57.579
 have

00:26:57.579 --> 00:26:57.679
 to

00:26:57.679 --> 00:26:57.819
 be

00:26:57.819 --> 00:26:58.159
 born

00:26:58.159 --> 00:26:59.179
 why

00:26:59.179 --> 00:26:59.259
 do

00:26:59.259 --> 00:26:59.299
 he

00:26:59.299 --> 00:26:59.439
 have

00:26:59.439 --> 00:26:59.559
 to

00:26:59.559 --> 00:26:59.759
 live

00:26:59.759 --> 00:27:00.119
 30

00:27:00.119 --> 00:27:00.480
 years

00:27:00.480 --> 00:27:00.720
 before

00:27:00.720 --> 00:27:00.899
 he

00:27:00.899 --> 00:27:01.139
 started

00:27:01.139 --> 00:27:01.339
 his

00:27:01.339 --> 00:27:01.740
 ministry

00:27:01.740 --> 00:27:03.019
 because

00:27:03.019 --> 00:27:03.179
 he

00:27:03.179 --> 00:27:03.419
 had

00:27:03.419 --> 00:27:03.500
 to

00:27:03.500 --> 00:27:03.599
 be

00:27:03.599 --> 00:27:03.819
 made

00:27:05.839 --> 00:27:06.079
 Hebrews

00:27:06.079 --> 00:27:06.299
 says

00:27:06.299 --> 00:27:06.419
 that

00:27:06.419 --> 00:27:06.559
 he

00:27:06.559 --> 00:27:07.359
 sympathizes

00:27:07.359 --> 00:27:07.599
 with

00:27:07.599 --> 00:27:07.779
 our

00:27:07.779 --> 00:27:08.379
 weakness

00:27:08.379 --> 00:27:09.659
 Hebrews

00:27:09.659 --> 00:27:09.919
 4

00:27:09.919 --> 00:27:10.240
 says

00:27:10.240 --> 00:27:10.799
 since

00:27:10.799 --> 00:27:10.980
 we

00:27:10.980 --> 00:27:11.159
 have

00:27:11.159 --> 00:27:11.299
 a

00:27:11.299 --> 00:27:11.639
 great

00:27:11.639 --> 00:27:11.959
 high

00:27:11.959 --> 00:27:12.419
 priest

00:27:12.419 --> 00:27:13.179
 who

00:27:13.179 --> 00:27:13.359
 has

00:27:13.359 --> 00:27:13.759
 passed

00:27:13.759 --> 00:27:13.939
 through

00:27:13.939 --> 00:27:14.079
 the

00:27:14.079 --> 00:27:14.459
 heavens

00:27:14.459 --> 00:27:14.899
 Jesus

00:27:14.899 --> 00:27:15.179
 the

00:27:15.179 --> 00:27:15.319
 son

00:27:15.319 --> 00:27:15.459
 of

00:27:15.459 --> 00:27:15.779
 God

00:27:15.779 --> 00:27:16.059
 let

00:27:16.059 --> 00:27:16.199
 us

00:27:16.199 --> 00:27:16.480
 hold

00:27:16.480 --> 00:27:16.899
 fast

00:27:16.899 --> 00:27:17.079
 our

00:27:17.079 --> 00:27:17.579
 confession

00:27:17.579 --> 00:27:18.559
 for

00:27:18.559 --> 00:27:18.740
 we

00:27:18.740 --> 00:27:18.919
 do

00:27:18.919 --> 00:27:19.079
 not

00:27:19.079 --> 00:27:19.299
 have

00:27:19.299 --> 00:27:19.399
 a

00:27:19.399 --> 00:27:19.599
 high

00:27:19.599 --> 00:27:19.899
 priest

00:27:19.899 --> 00:27:20.039
 who

00:27:20.039 --> 00:27:20.139
 is

00:27:20.139 --> 00:27:20.679
 unable

00:27:20.679 --> 00:27:21.339
 to

00:27:21.339 --> 00:27:21.959
 sympathize

00:27:21.959 --> 00:27:22.139
 with

00:27:22.139 --> 00:27:22.299
 our

00:27:22.299 --> 00:27:22.759
 weaknesses

00:27:22.759 --> 00:27:23.980
 but

00:27:23.980 --> 00:27:24.299
 one

00:27:24.299 --> 00:27:24.439
 who

00:27:24.439 --> 00:27:24.539
 in

00:27:24.539 --> 00:27:24.740
 every

00:27:24.740 --> 00:27:25.279
 respect

00:27:25.279 --> 00:27:26.579
 has

00:27:26.579 --> 00:27:26.779
 been

00:27:26.779 --> 00:27:27.119
 tempted

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 as

00:27:27.379 --> 00:27:27.619
 we

00:27:27.619 --> 00:27:27.939
 are

00:27:27.939 --> 00:27:28.339
 yet

00:27:28.339 --> 00:27:28.659
 without

00:27:28.659 --> 00:27:29.079
 sin

00:27:29.079 --> 00:27:31.139
 let

00:27:31.139 --> 00:27:31.279
 us

00:27:31.279 --> 00:27:31.599
 then

00:27:31.599 --> 00:27:32.079
 with

00:27:32.079 --> 00:27:32.720
 confidence

00:27:32.720 --> 00:27:33.059
 drawn

00:27:33.059 --> 00:27:33.279
 near

00:27:33.279 --> 00:27:33.480
 to

00:27:33.480 --> 00:27:33.680
 the

00:27:33.680 --> 00:27:33.980
 throne

00:27:33.980 --> 00:27:34.180
 of

00:27:34.180 --> 00:27:34.579
 grace

00:27:34.579 --> 00:27:35.680
 that

00:27:35.680 --> 00:27:35.779
 we

00:27:35.779 --> 00:27:35.940
 may

00:27:35.940 --> 00:27:36.339
 receive

00:27:36.339 --> 00:27:36.819
 mercy

00:27:36.819 --> 00:27:38.339
 and

00:27:38.339 --> 00:27:38.579
 find

00:27:38.579 --> 00:27:38.940
 grace

00:27:38.940 --> 00:27:39.160
 in

00:27:39.160 --> 00:27:39.259
 the

00:27:39.259 --> 00:27:39.460
 time

00:27:39.460 --> 00:27:39.599
 of

00:27:39.599 --> 00:27:39.940
 need

00:27:39.940 --> 00:27:42.579
 he's

00:27:42.579 --> 00:27:42.720
 our

00:27:42.720 --> 00:27:42.940
 high

00:27:42.940 --> 00:27:43.299
 priest

00:27:43.299 --> 00:27:43.500
 who

00:27:43.500 --> 00:27:44.200
 sympathizes

00:27:44.200 --> 00:27:44.500
 with

00:27:44.500 --> 00:27:44.879
 us

00:27:44.879 --> 00:27:45.759
 in

00:27:45.759 --> 00:27:45.960
 Hebrews

00:27:45.960 --> 00:27:46.299
 5

00:27:46.299 --> 00:27:46.420
 it

00:27:46.420 --> 00:27:46.639
 talks

00:27:46.639 --> 00:27:46.819
 about

00:27:46.819 --> 00:27:46.980
 how

00:27:46.980 --> 00:27:47.139
 the

00:27:47.139 --> 00:27:47.619
 priest

00:27:47.619 --> 00:27:48.980
 doesn't

00:27:48.980 --> 00:27:51.740
 he has

00:27:51.740 --> 00:27:52.139
 to offer

00:27:52.139 --> 00:27:52.799
 sacrifices

00:27:52.799 --> 00:27:53.160
 for his

00:27:53.160 --> 00:27:53.379
 own

00:27:53.379 --> 00:27:53.839
 sins

00:27:53.839 --> 00:27:54.700
 since

00:27:54.700 --> 00:27:55.160
 he

00:27:55.160 --> 00:27:55.559
 is

00:27:55.559 --> 00:27:55.899
 beset

00:27:55.899 --> 00:27:56.079
 with

00:27:56.079 --> 00:27:56.460
 weakness

00:27:56.460 --> 00:27:57.180
 he

00:27:57.180 --> 00:27:57.519
 offers

00:27:57.519 --> 00:27:58.019
 for

00:27:58.019 --> 00:27:58.200
 the

00:27:58.200 --> 00:27:58.359
 sins

00:27:58.359 --> 00:27:58.460
 of

00:27:58.460 --> 00:27:58.559
 the

00:27:58.559 --> 00:27:58.879
 people

00:27:58.879 --> 00:27:59.359
 on

00:27:59.359 --> 00:27:59.519
 their

00:27:59.519 --> 00:27:59.879
 behalf

00:27:59.879 --> 00:28:00.339
 but

00:28:00.339 --> 00:28:00.420
 he

00:28:00.420 --> 00:28:00.559
 has

00:28:00.559 --> 00:28:00.660
 to

00:28:00.660 --> 00:28:00.779
 do

00:28:00.779 --> 00:28:00.960
 his

00:28:00.960 --> 00:28:01.259
 own

00:28:01.259 --> 00:28:01.259


00:28:01.259 --> 00:28:01.619
 because

00:28:01.619 --> 00:28:02.119
 he's

00:28:02.119 --> 00:28:02.240
 a

00:28:02.240 --> 00:28:02.500
 weak

00:28:02.500 --> 00:28:03.839
 vessel

00:28:03.839 --> 00:28:04.059
 as

00:28:04.059 --> 00:28:04.359
 well

00:28:04.359 --> 00:28:06.380
 so

00:28:06.380 --> 00:28:06.660
 Jesus

00:28:06.660 --> 00:28:06.920
 is

00:28:06.920 --> 00:28:07.059
 the

00:28:07.059 --> 00:28:07.259
 high

00:28:07.259 --> 00:28:07.559
 priest

00:28:07.559 --> 00:28:07.740
 of

00:28:07.740 --> 00:28:08.140
 God

00:28:08.140 --> 00:28:09.200
 Hebrews

00:28:09.200 --> 00:28:09.519
 7

00:28:09.519 --> 00:28:09.819
 says

00:28:09.819 --> 00:28:09.980
 that

00:28:09.980 --> 00:28:10.099
 he

00:28:10.099 --> 00:28:10.539
 always

00:28:10.539 --> 00:28:10.940
 lives

00:28:10.940 --> 00:28:11.099
 to

00:28:11.099 --> 00:28:11.299
 make

00:28:11.299 --> 00:28:11.859
 intercession

00:28:11.859 --> 00:28:12.160
 for

00:28:12.160 --> 00:28:12.440
 them

00:28:12.440 --> 00:28:14.700
 this

00:28:14.700 --> 00:28:14.859
 is

00:28:14.859 --> 00:28:15.059
 this

00:28:15.059 --> 00:28:15.220
 is

00:28:15.220 --> 00:28:15.400
 the

00:28:15.400 --> 00:28:15.960
 intercession

00:28:15.960 --> 00:28:16.299
 is a

00:28:16.299 --> 00:28:16.680
 priestly

00:28:16.680 --> 00:28:17.160
 function

00:28:17.160 --> 00:28:18.240
 we see

00:28:18.240 --> 00:28:18.440
 that

00:28:18.440 --> 00:28:18.599
 in

00:28:18.599 --> 00:28:18.900
 John

00:28:18.900 --> 00:28:19.420
 17

00:28:19.420 --> 00:28:19.700
 when

00:28:19.700 --> 00:28:20.000
 Jesus

00:28:20.000 --> 00:28:20.519
 prays

00:28:20.519 --> 00:28:20.779
 his

00:28:20.779 --> 00:28:21.019
 prayer

00:28:21.019 --> 00:28:21.240
 for

00:28:21.240 --> 00:28:21.500
 his

00:28:21.500 --> 00:28:22.099
 disciples

00:28:22.099 --> 00:28:24.660
 famously

00:28:24.660 --> 00:28:24.940
 called

00:28:24.940 --> 00:28:25.079
 the

00:28:25.079 --> 00:28:25.299
 high

00:28:25.299 --> 00:28:25.720
 priestly

00:28:25.720 --> 00:28:25.720


00:28:25.720 --> 00:28:26.120
 prayer

00:28:26.119 --> 00:28:32.000
 Jesus

00:28:32.000 --> 00:28:32.259
 is

00:28:32.259 --> 00:28:32.379
 the

00:28:32.379 --> 00:28:32.559
 high

00:28:32.559 --> 00:28:32.799
 priest

00:28:32.799 --> 00:28:33.079
 because

00:28:33.079 --> 00:28:33.279
 he

00:28:33.279 --> 00:28:33.859
 administers

00:28:33.859 --> 00:28:34.279
 the

00:28:34.279 --> 00:28:34.819
 sacrifice

00:28:34.819 --> 00:28:35.039
 of

00:28:35.039 --> 00:28:35.379
 God

00:28:35.379 --> 00:28:36.279
 through

00:28:36.279 --> 00:28:36.439
 his

00:28:36.439 --> 00:28:36.599
 own

00:28:36.599 --> 00:28:36.959
 blood

00:28:36.959 --> 00:28:40.139
 which

00:28:40.139 --> 00:28:40.500
 brings me

00:28:40.500 --> 00:28:40.759
 to my

00:28:40.759 --> 00:28:40.959
 next

00:28:40.959 --> 00:28:41.219
 point

00:28:41.219 --> 00:28:41.439
 point

00:28:41.439 --> 00:28:41.619
 number

00:28:41.619 --> 00:28:42.000
 two

00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:43.039
 Jesus

00:28:43.039 --> 00:28:43.299
 is

00:28:43.299 --> 00:28:43.500
 the

00:28:43.500 --> 00:28:44.319
 scapegoat

00:28:44.319 --> 00:28:45.039
 and

00:28:45.039 --> 00:28:45.199
 the

00:28:45.199 --> 00:28:45.619
 Passover

00:28:45.619 --> 00:28:46.159
 lamb

00:28:46.159 --> 00:28:48.819
 Leviticus

00:28:48.819 --> 00:28:50.539
 16

00:28:50.539 --> 00:28:51.539
 21

00:28:51.539 --> 00:28:52.679
 says

00:28:52.679 --> 00:28:52.979
 that

00:28:52.980 --> 00:28:53.799
 Aaron

00:28:53.799 --> 00:28:54.160
 shall

00:28:54.160 --> 00:28:54.559
 lay

00:28:54.559 --> 00:28:55.120
 both

00:28:55.120 --> 00:28:55.400
 his

00:28:55.400 --> 00:28:55.880
 hands

00:28:55.880 --> 00:28:56.880
 on

00:28:56.880 --> 00:28:57.000
 the

00:28:57.000 --> 00:28:57.160
 head

00:28:57.160 --> 00:28:57.259
 of

00:28:57.259 --> 00:28:57.400
 the

00:28:57.400 --> 00:28:57.660
 live

00:28:57.660 --> 00:28:58.000
 goat

00:28:58.000 --> 00:28:58.759
 and

00:28:58.759 --> 00:28:59.180
 confess

00:28:59.180 --> 00:28:59.620
 over

00:28:59.620 --> 00:28:59.779
 it

00:28:59.779 --> 00:28:59.980
 all

00:28:59.980 --> 00:29:00.120
 the

00:29:00.120 --> 00:29:00.559
 iniquities

00:29:00.559 --> 00:29:00.740
 of

00:29:00.740 --> 00:29:00.839
 the

00:29:00.839 --> 00:29:01.079
 people

00:29:01.079 --> 00:29:01.259
 of

00:29:01.259 --> 00:29:01.599
 Israel

00:29:01.599 --> 00:29:02.240
 and

00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:02.420
 all

00:29:02.420 --> 00:29:02.559
 their

00:29:02.559 --> 00:29:03.420
 transgressions

00:29:03.420 --> 00:29:03.900
 and

00:29:03.900 --> 00:29:04.059
 all

00:29:04.059 --> 00:29:04.240
 their

00:29:04.240 --> 00:29:04.680
 sins

00:29:04.680 --> 00:29:05.519
 and

00:29:05.519 --> 00:29:05.620
 he

00:29:05.620 --> 00:29:05.779
 shall

00:29:05.779 --> 00:29:06.039
 put

00:29:06.039 --> 00:29:06.279
 them

00:29:06.279 --> 00:29:06.539
 on

00:29:06.539 --> 00:29:06.700
 the

00:29:06.700 --> 00:29:06.940
 head

00:29:06.940 --> 00:29:07.059
 of

00:29:07.059 --> 00:29:07.200
 the

00:29:07.200 --> 00:29:07.480
 goat

00:29:07.480 --> 00:29:08.039
 and

00:29:08.039 --> 00:29:08.339
 send

00:29:08.339 --> 00:29:08.480
 it

00:29:08.480 --> 00:29:08.839
 away

00:29:08.839 --> 00:29:09.720
 into

00:29:09.720 --> 00:29:09.880
 the

00:29:09.880 --> 00:29:10.220
 wilderness

00:29:10.220 --> 00:29:11.519
 by

00:29:11.519 --> 00:29:11.680
 the

00:29:11.680 --> 00:29:11.880
 hand

00:29:11.880 --> 00:29:12.000
 of

00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:12.099
 a

00:29:12.099 --> 00:29:12.400
 man

00:29:12.400 --> 00:29:13.140
 who

00:29:13.140 --> 00:29:13.240
 is

00:29:13.240 --> 00:29:13.360
 in

00:29:13.360 --> 00:29:13.740
 readiness

00:29:13.740 --> 00:29:16.400
 this

00:29:16.400 --> 00:29:16.519
 is

00:29:16.519 --> 00:29:16.900
 a

00:29:16.900 --> 00:29:17.160
 picture

00:29:17.160 --> 00:29:18.059
 of

00:29:18.059 --> 00:29:18.319
 what

00:29:18.319 --> 00:29:18.680
 has

00:29:18.680 --> 00:29:18.819
 been

00:29:18.819 --> 00:29:19.019
 done

00:29:19.019 --> 00:29:19.220
 to

00:29:19.220 --> 00:29:19.539
 Jesus

00:29:19.539 --> 00:29:20.259
 Jesus

00:29:20.259 --> 00:29:20.420
 is

00:29:20.420 --> 00:29:20.559
 our

00:29:20.559 --> 00:29:21.319
 scapegoat

00:29:21.319 --> 00:29:21.920
 he

00:29:21.920 --> 00:29:22.079
 most

00:29:22.079 --> 00:29:22.399
 definitely

00:29:22.399 --> 00:29:22.859
 had

00:29:22.859 --> 00:29:24.200
 brutal

00:29:24.200 --> 00:29:24.619
 hands

00:29:24.619 --> 00:29:24.879
 laid

00:29:24.879 --> 00:29:25.119
 on

00:29:25.119 --> 00:29:25.359
 him

00:29:25.359 --> 00:29:27.139
 and

00:29:27.139 --> 00:29:27.279
 he

00:29:27.279 --> 00:29:27.460
 was

00:29:27.460 --> 00:29:27.720
 sent

00:29:27.720 --> 00:29:28.039
 out

00:29:28.039 --> 00:29:28.519
 outside

00:29:28.519 --> 00:29:28.839
 the

00:29:28.839 --> 00:29:29.139
 gate

00:29:29.139 --> 00:29:29.659
 outside

00:29:29.659 --> 00:29:29.960
 the

00:29:29.960 --> 00:29:30.259
 camp

00:29:30.259 --> 00:29:31.500
 and

00:29:31.500 --> 00:29:31.619
 he

00:29:31.619 --> 00:29:31.839
 died

00:29:31.839 --> 00:29:32.180
 outside

00:29:32.180 --> 00:29:32.460
 the

00:29:32.460 --> 00:29:32.799
 city

00:29:32.799 --> 00:29:34.879
 he

00:29:34.879 --> 00:29:35.019
 was

00:29:35.019 --> 00:29:35.299
 lifted

00:29:35.299 --> 00:29:35.619
 up

00:29:35.619 --> 00:29:35.920
 as

00:29:35.920 --> 00:29:36.079
 our

00:29:36.079 --> 00:29:36.579
 Passover

00:29:36.579 --> 00:29:37.079
 lamb

00:29:37.079 --> 00:29:37.759
 on

00:29:37.759 --> 00:29:37.940
 that

00:29:37.940 --> 00:29:38.299
 day

00:29:38.299 --> 00:29:39.420
 as

00:29:39.420 --> 00:29:39.559
 a

00:29:39.559 --> 00:29:40.039
 perfect

00:29:40.039 --> 00:29:40.960
 sacrifice

00:29:40.960 --> 00:29:41.259
 for

00:29:41.259 --> 00:29:41.599
 sins

00:29:41.599 --> 00:29:44.179
 so

00:29:44.179 --> 00:29:44.439
 Christ

00:29:44.439 --> 00:29:44.639
 church

00:29:44.639 --> 00:29:44.779
 in

00:29:44.779 --> 00:29:44.879
 the

00:29:44.879 --> 00:29:45.099
 same

00:29:45.099 --> 00:29:45.419
 way

00:29:45.419 --> 00:29:46.559
 let

00:29:46.559 --> 00:29:46.659
 us

00:29:46.659 --> 00:29:46.859
 hold

00:29:46.859 --> 00:29:47.399
 fast

00:29:47.399 --> 00:29:48.019
 to

00:29:48.019 --> 00:29:48.259
 that

00:29:48.259 --> 00:29:48.839
 confession

00:29:48.839 --> 00:29:49.519
 that

00:29:49.519 --> 00:29:49.839
 Jesus

00:29:49.839 --> 00:29:50.319
 it

00:29:50.319 --> 00:29:50.639
 is

00:29:50.639 --> 00:29:51.059
 indeed

00:29:51.059 --> 00:29:51.519
 the

00:29:51.519 --> 00:29:52.000
 final

00:29:52.000 --> 00:29:52.639
 Passover

00:29:52.639 --> 00:29:53.679
 lamb

00:29:53.679 --> 00:29:53.919
 no

00:29:53.919 --> 00:29:54.539
 sacrifices

00:29:54.539 --> 00:29:54.839
 need

00:29:54.839 --> 00:29:55.079
 to be

00:29:55.079 --> 00:29:55.459
 offered

00:29:55.459 --> 00:29:55.819
 not

00:29:55.819 --> 00:29:56.000
 even

00:29:56.000 --> 00:29:56.219
 in

00:29:56.219 --> 00:29:56.379
 our

00:29:56.379 --> 00:29:56.799
 hearts

00:29:56.799 --> 00:29:58.959
 but

00:29:58.959 --> 00:29:59.359
 they

00:29:59.359 --> 00:29:59.500
 were

00:29:59.500 --> 00:29:59.779
 offered

00:29:59.779 --> 00:30:00.319
 once

00:30:00.319 --> 00:30:01.219
 scripture

00:30:01.219 --> 00:30:01.579
 say

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 one

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 time

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 my

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 next

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 point

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 number

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 three

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 is

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 Jesus

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 is

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 I

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 mentioned

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 this

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 before

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 but

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 Jesus

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 is

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 the

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 prophet

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 and

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 the

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 word

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 he

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 is

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 the

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 word

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 made

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 flesh

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 John

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 12

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 49

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 says

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 that

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 Jesus

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 says

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 that

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 in

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 John

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 12

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 he

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 says

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 I

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 only

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 speak

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 what

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 the

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 father

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 tells

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 me

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 that's

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 a

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 prophet

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 but

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 he

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 himself

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 is

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 called

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 the

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 word

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 he

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 himself

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 is

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 the

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 person

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 to be

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 followed

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 you

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 know

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 old

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 prophets

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 we

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 wouldn't

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 necessarily

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 follow

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 but

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 we

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 would

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 adhere

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 to

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 the

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 word

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 Jesus

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 is

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 the

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 example

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 of

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 that

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 word

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 he's

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 the

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 word

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 made

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 flesh

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 he's

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 the

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 stone

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 that

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 the

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 builders

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 rejected

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 and

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 the

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 prophetic

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 word

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 that speaks

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 better than

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 the blood

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 of

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 Abel

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 the word

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 of

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 Abel

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 the word

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 of

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 Abel

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 cries out

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 for

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 vengeance

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 and

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 recompense

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 but

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 the

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 word

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 of

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 Christ

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 cries

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 out

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 for

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 mercy

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 having

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 met

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 the

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 recompense

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 through

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 his own

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 blood!

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 Fourth

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 number

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 four

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 attribute

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 of

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 Jesus

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 that I

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 think

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 is

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 precious

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 to

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 dwell

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 on

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 and

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 we

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 must

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 dwell

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 on

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 is

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 that

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 he

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 is

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 king

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 Jesus

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 is

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 king

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 Revelation

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 19

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 13

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 says

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 he

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 is

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 clothed

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 in

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 a

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 robe

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 dipped

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 in

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 blood

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 and

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 the

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 name

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 by

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 which

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 he

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 is

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 called

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 is

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 the

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 word

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 of

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 God

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 on

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 his

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 robe

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 and

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 on

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 his

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 thigh

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 he

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 has

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 a

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 name

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 written

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 king

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 of

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 kings

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 and

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 lord

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 of

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 lords

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 that's

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 his

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 name

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 king

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 of

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 all

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 kings

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 highest

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 king

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 every

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 other

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 king

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 is

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 under

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 him

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 again

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 he

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 says

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 in

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 John

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 18

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 my

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 kingdom

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 is

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 not

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 he's

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 a

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 king

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 but

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 not

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 without

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 a

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 kingdom

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 he

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 rules

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 and

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 we

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 if

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 we

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 are

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 in

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 Christ

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 are

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 part

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 of

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 that

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 kingdom

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 Peter

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 says

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 in

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 Acts

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 2

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 36

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 let

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 all

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 the

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 house

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 of

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 Israel

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 therefore

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 know

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 for

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 certain

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 that

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 God

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 has

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 made

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 him

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 both

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 Lord

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 and

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 Christ

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 both

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 king

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 and

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 savior

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 right

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 so

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 that

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 goes

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 against

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 you

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 know

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 the

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 hyper

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 grace

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 people

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 that's

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 like

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 he

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 saved

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 me

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 he

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 saved

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 me

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 I

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 don't

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 have

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 to

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 do

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 anything

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 it's

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 like

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 hang on

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 it says

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 Lord

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 and

00:32:32.259 --> 00:32:32.700
 Christ

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 you

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 have

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 to

00:32:34.180 --> 00:32:34.480
 follow

00:32:34.480 --> 00:32:34.839
 him

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 you

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 have

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 to

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 obey

00:32:36.399 --> 00:32:36.720
 him

00:32:36.720 --> 00:32:37.480
 he

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 is

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 indeed

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 savior

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 which

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 sets

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 you

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 free

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 to

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 obey

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 him

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 as

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 king

00:32:41.740 --> 00:32:42.839
 right

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 he

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00:32:44.819 --> 00:32:44.819


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 he

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 both

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 king

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 and

00:32:47.059 --> 00:32:47.539
 savior

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!

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 last

00:32:53.919 --> 00:32:54.299
 point

00:32:54.299 --> 00:32:56.779
 the

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 identity

00:32:57.119 --> 00:32:57.359
 of

00:32:57.359 --> 00:32:57.699
 Jesus

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 to

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 dwell

00:32:58.339 --> 00:32:58.480
 in

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 his

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 worship

00:32:59.139 --> 00:33:00.059
 in

00:33:00.059 --> 00:33:00.199
 our

00:33:00.199 --> 00:33:00.480
 hearts

00:33:00.480 --> 00:33:00.699
 is

00:33:00.699 --> 00:33:01.039
 he

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 he

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 is

00:33:02.019 --> 00:33:02.179
 our

00:33:02.179 --> 00:33:02.599
 friend

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 possibly

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 one

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 of the

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 most

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 moving

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 things

00:33:07.559 --> 00:33:09.500
 the

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 almighty

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 God

00:33:10.240 --> 00:33:10.459
 can

00:33:10.459 --> 00:33:10.899
 say

00:33:10.899 --> 00:33:11.859
 is

00:33:11.859 --> 00:33:11.980
 to

00:33:11.980 --> 00:33:12.179
 call

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 us

00:33:12.299 --> 00:33:12.699
 friends

00:33:12.700 --> 00:33:15.420
 think

00:33:15.420 --> 00:33:15.519
 of

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 the

00:33:15.660 --> 00:33:15.980
 highest

00:33:15.980 --> 00:33:16.420
 king

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 you

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 know

00:33:17.759 --> 00:33:17.920
 on

00:33:17.920 --> 00:33:18.279
 earth

00:33:18.279 --> 00:33:19.420
 you

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 know

00:33:19.640 --> 00:33:20.420
 and

00:33:20.420 --> 00:33:20.779
 regard

00:33:20.779 --> 00:33:21.180
 the

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 lowest

00:33:21.420 --> 00:33:21.819
 person

00:33:21.819 --> 00:33:22.460
 as

00:33:22.460 --> 00:33:22.600
 a

00:33:22.600 --> 00:33:22.920
 friend

00:33:22.920 --> 00:33:24.220
 much

00:33:24.220 --> 00:33:24.559
 more

00:33:24.559 --> 00:33:25.059
 God

00:33:25.059 --> 00:33:25.340
 the

00:33:25.340 --> 00:33:25.799
 creator

00:33:25.799 --> 00:33:26.580
 regards

00:33:26.580 --> 00:33:26.779
 us

00:33:26.779 --> 00:33:26.940
 as

00:33:26.940 --> 00:33:27.240
 friends

00:33:27.240 --> 00:33:27.420
 he

00:33:27.420 --> 00:33:27.740
 says

00:33:27.740 --> 00:33:28.400
 in

00:33:28.400 --> 00:33:28.759
 John

00:33:28.759 --> 00:33:28.960
 to

00:33:28.960 --> 00:33:29.080
 his

00:33:29.080 --> 00:33:29.559
 disciples

00:33:29.559 --> 00:33:29.779
 on

00:33:29.779 --> 00:33:30.380
 his

00:33:30.380 --> 00:33:30.680
 last

00:33:30.680 --> 00:33:30.920
 night

00:33:30.920 --> 00:33:31.120
 with

00:33:31.120 --> 00:33:31.360
 them

00:33:31.360 --> 00:33:32.059
 no

00:33:32.059 --> 00:33:32.460
 longer

00:33:32.460 --> 00:33:32.980
 do

00:33:32.980 --> 00:33:33.100
 I

00:33:33.100 --> 00:33:33.380
 call

00:33:33.380 --> 00:33:33.680
 you

00:33:33.680 --> 00:33:34.220
 servants

00:33:34.220 --> 00:33:35.620
 but

00:33:35.620 --> 00:33:36.700
 I

00:33:36.700 --> 00:33:36.880
 call

00:33:36.880 --> 00:33:37.019
 you

00:33:37.019 --> 00:33:37.500
 friends

00:33:37.500 --> 00:33:40.840
 someone

00:33:40.840 --> 00:33:41.259
 mentioned

00:33:41.259 --> 00:33:41.819
 that this

00:33:41.819 --> 00:33:42.100
 actually

00:33:42.099 --> 00:33:43.219
 must have

00:33:43.219 --> 00:33:43.699
 been deeply

00:33:43.699 --> 00:33:44.139
 moving

00:33:44.139 --> 00:33:44.379
 to

00:33:44.379 --> 00:33:44.559
 his

00:33:44.559 --> 00:33:45.000
 disciples

00:33:45.000 --> 00:33:46.579
 because

00:33:46.579 --> 00:33:48.599
 at that

00:33:48.599 --> 00:33:48.839
 point

00:33:48.839 --> 00:33:49.199
 I think

00:33:49.199 --> 00:33:49.659
 only

00:33:49.659 --> 00:33:50.459
 Moses

00:33:50.459 --> 00:33:50.819
 and

00:33:50.819 --> 00:33:51.279
 Abraham

00:33:51.279 --> 00:33:52.219
 in

00:33:52.219 --> 00:33:52.500
 scripture

00:33:52.500 --> 00:33:52.719
 were

00:33:52.719 --> 00:33:53.059
 called

00:33:53.059 --> 00:33:53.459
 God's

00:33:53.459 --> 00:33:53.779
 friends

00:33:53.779 --> 00:33:55.579
 God

00:33:55.579 --> 00:33:56.959
 spoke to

00:33:56.959 --> 00:33:57.240
 Moses

00:33:57.240 --> 00:33:57.500
 as

00:33:57.500 --> 00:33:57.699
 someone

00:33:57.699 --> 00:33:57.899
 would

00:33:57.899 --> 00:33:58.159
 speak

00:33:58.159 --> 00:33:58.299
 with

00:33:58.299 --> 00:33:58.439
 a

00:33:58.439 --> 00:33:58.740
 friend

00:33:58.740 --> 00:33:59.619
 Abraham

00:33:59.619 --> 00:33:59.879
 is

00:33:59.879 --> 00:34:00.019
 called

00:34:00.019 --> 00:34:00.159
 the

00:34:00.159 --> 00:34:00.359
 friend

00:34:00.359 --> 00:34:00.500
 of

00:34:00.500 --> 00:34:00.799
 God

00:34:00.799 --> 00:34:01.059
 so

00:34:01.059 --> 00:34:01.319
 when

00:34:01.319 --> 00:34:01.799
 Jesus

00:34:01.799 --> 00:34:03.480
 kind

00:34:03.480 --> 00:34:03.599
 of

00:34:03.599 --> 00:34:03.919
 moved

00:34:03.919 --> 00:34:04.139
 from

00:34:04.139 --> 00:34:04.559
 servants

00:34:04.559 --> 00:34:04.759
 to

00:34:04.759 --> 00:34:05.299
 friends

00:34:05.299 --> 00:34:07.399
 I

00:34:07.399 --> 00:34:07.539
 can

00:34:07.539 --> 00:34:07.879
 imagine

00:34:07.879 --> 00:34:08.219
 maybe

00:34:08.219 --> 00:34:08.420
 what

00:34:08.420 --> 00:34:08.559
 they

00:34:08.559 --> 00:34:08.799
 felt

00:34:08.799 --> 00:34:08.940
 on

00:34:08.940 --> 00:34:09.099
 that

00:34:09.099 --> 00:34:09.420
 night

00:34:09.420 --> 00:34:09.980
 especially

00:34:09.980 --> 00:34:10.280
 before

00:34:10.280 --> 00:34:10.420
 he

00:34:10.420 --> 00:34:10.519
 went

00:34:10.519 --> 00:34:10.639
 to

00:34:10.639 --> 00:34:10.760
 the

00:34:10.760 --> 00:34:11.139
 cross

00:34:11.139 --> 00:34:12.679
 but

00:34:12.679 --> 00:34:12.840
 this

00:34:12.840 --> 00:34:12.960
 is

00:34:12.960 --> 00:34:13.420
 how

00:34:13.420 --> 00:34:13.639
 we

00:34:13.639 --> 00:34:13.840
 need

00:34:13.840 --> 00:34:14.079
 to

00:34:14.079 --> 00:34:14.679
 understand

00:34:14.679 --> 00:34:14.860
 how

00:34:14.860 --> 00:34:15.059
 God

00:34:15.059 --> 00:34:15.340
 speaks

00:34:15.340 --> 00:34:15.519
 with

00:34:15.519 --> 00:34:15.920
 us

00:34:15.920 --> 00:34:17.019
 he

00:34:17.019 --> 00:34:17.199
 doesn't

00:34:17.199 --> 00:34:17.380
 deal

00:34:17.380 --> 00:34:17.539
 with

00:34:17.539 --> 00:34:17.719
 us

00:34:17.719 --> 00:34:17.980
 just

00:34:17.980 --> 00:34:18.159
 as

00:34:18.159 --> 00:34:18.320
 his

00:34:18.320 --> 00:34:18.699
 servants

00:34:18.699 --> 00:34:19.039
 right

00:34:19.039 --> 00:34:19.599
 although

00:34:19.599 --> 00:34:19.760
 we

00:34:19.760 --> 00:34:19.880
 do

00:34:19.880 --> 00:34:20.119
 serve

00:34:20.119 --> 00:34:20.320
 him

00:34:20.320 --> 00:34:21.760
 but

00:34:21.760 --> 00:34:21.900
 he

00:34:21.900 --> 00:34:22.159
 deals

00:34:22.159 --> 00:34:22.280
 with

00:34:22.280 --> 00:34:22.460
 us

00:34:22.460 --> 00:34:22.619
 as

00:34:22.619 --> 00:34:23.159
 friends

00:34:23.159 --> 00:34:24.260
 through

00:34:24.260 --> 00:34:24.659
 Jesus

00:34:24.659 --> 00:34:25.179
 Christ

00:34:25.179 --> 00:34:28.519
 so

00:34:28.519 --> 00:34:28.659
 we

00:34:28.659 --> 00:34:28.779
 so

00:34:28.779 --> 00:34:28.699
 we

00:34:28.699 --> 00:34:29.159
 know

00:34:29.159 --> 00:34:29.419
 that

00:34:29.419 --> 00:34:29.879
 the

00:34:29.879 --> 00:34:30.279
 relationship

00:34:30.279 --> 00:34:30.500
 that

00:34:30.500 --> 00:34:30.619
 we

00:34:30.619 --> 00:34:30.940
 have

00:34:30.940 --> 00:34:31.099
 with

00:34:31.099 --> 00:34:31.519
 God

00:34:31.519 --> 00:34:31.940
 is

00:34:31.940 --> 00:34:32.179
 not

00:34:32.179 --> 00:34:32.519
 one

00:34:32.519 --> 00:34:32.940
 of

00:34:32.940 --> 00:34:33.359
 master

00:34:33.359 --> 00:34:33.819
 slave

00:34:33.819 --> 00:34:34.379
 alone

00:34:34.379 --> 00:34:36.500
 in

00:34:36.500 --> 00:34:36.719
 fact

00:34:36.719 --> 00:34:36.899
 it

00:34:36.899 --> 00:34:37.179
 isn't

00:34:37.179 --> 00:34:37.599
 slavery

00:34:37.599 --> 00:34:37.879
 but

00:34:37.879 --> 00:34:38.379
 freedom

00:34:38.379 --> 00:34:39.159
 in

00:34:39.159 --> 00:34:39.559
 friendship

00:34:39.559 --> 00:34:45.159
 he

00:34:45.159 --> 00:34:45.379
 calls

00:34:45.379 --> 00:34:45.519
 his

00:34:45.519 --> 00:34:45.799
 friends

00:34:45.799 --> 00:34:46.119
 so

00:34:46.119 --> 00:34:48.799
 God

00:34:48.799 --> 00:34:48.940
 is

00:34:48.940 --> 00:34:49.079
 the

00:34:49.079 --> 00:34:49.319
 high

00:34:49.319 --> 00:34:49.859
 priest

00:34:49.859 --> 00:34:52.299
 he's

00:34:52.299 --> 00:34:52.399
 the

00:34:52.399 --> 00:34:52.599
 high

00:34:52.599 --> 00:34:52.839
 priest

00:34:52.839 --> 00:34:53.000
 of

00:34:53.000 --> 00:34:53.279
 God

00:34:53.279 --> 00:34:53.419
 who

00:34:53.419 --> 00:34:53.839
 intercedes

00:34:53.839 --> 00:34:54.099
 for

00:34:54.099 --> 00:34:54.460
 us

00:34:55.179 --> 00:34:55.440
 he's

00:34:55.440 --> 00:34:55.719
 the

00:34:55.719 --> 00:34:56.299
 Passover

00:34:56.299 --> 00:34:56.779
 lamb

00:34:56.779 --> 00:34:56.919
 who

00:34:56.919 --> 00:34:57.059
 was

00:34:57.059 --> 00:34:57.460
 sacrificed

00:34:57.460 --> 00:34:57.919
 for

00:34:57.919 --> 00:34:58.219
 us

00:34:58.219 --> 00:34:59.239
 he's

00:34:59.239 --> 00:34:59.379
 the

00:34:59.379 --> 00:34:59.779
 prophet

00:34:59.779 --> 00:35:00.139
 and

00:35:00.139 --> 00:35:00.299
 the

00:35:00.299 --> 00:35:00.579
 word

00:35:00.579 --> 00:35:00.839
 made

00:35:00.839 --> 00:35:01.339
 flesh

00:35:01.339 --> 00:35:02.119
 who

00:35:02.119 --> 00:35:02.299
 has

00:35:02.299 --> 00:35:02.639
 dwelt

00:35:02.639 --> 00:35:02.899
 among

00:35:02.899 --> 00:35:03.339
 us

00:35:03.339 --> 00:35:04.679
 he's

00:35:04.679 --> 00:35:04.839
 the

00:35:04.839 --> 00:35:05.199
 king

00:35:05.199 --> 00:35:05.460
 who

00:35:05.460 --> 00:35:05.960
 rules

00:35:05.960 --> 00:35:06.619
 and

00:35:06.619 --> 00:35:06.919
 a rope

00:35:06.919 --> 00:35:07.179
 dipped

00:35:07.179 --> 00:35:07.339
 in

00:35:07.339 --> 00:35:07.759
 blood

00:35:07.759 --> 00:35:11.019
 and

00:35:11.019 --> 00:35:11.219
 he's

00:35:11.219 --> 00:35:11.359
 our

00:35:11.359 --> 00:35:11.739
 friend

00:35:11.739 --> 00:35:14.399
 these

00:35:14.399 --> 00:35:14.519
 are

00:35:14.519 --> 00:35:14.779
 five

00:35:14.779 --> 00:35:15.099
 things

00:35:15.099 --> 00:35:15.359
 that

00:35:15.359 --> 00:35:15.980
 nourished

00:35:15.980 --> 00:35:16.199
 me

00:35:16.199 --> 00:35:16.419
 as

00:35:16.419 --> 00:35:16.519
 I

00:35:16.519 --> 00:35:16.619
 was

00:35:16.619 --> 00:35:16.940
 preparing

00:35:16.940 --> 00:35:17.179
 for

00:35:17.179 --> 00:35:17.480
 this

00:35:17.480 --> 00:35:18.339
 I

00:35:18.339 --> 00:35:18.599
 think

00:35:18.599 --> 00:35:18.919
 that

00:35:18.919 --> 00:35:20.259
 it

00:35:20.259 --> 00:35:20.419
 should

00:35:20.419 --> 00:35:20.759
 nourish

00:35:20.759 --> 00:35:21.359
 us

00:35:21.359 --> 00:35:21.739
 as well

00:35:21.739 --> 00:35:21.960
 as

00:35:21.960 --> 00:35:22.359
 body

00:35:22.359 --> 00:35:23.539
 we

00:35:23.539 --> 00:35:23.699
 should

00:35:23.699 --> 00:35:23.940
 dwell

00:35:23.940 --> 00:35:24.159
 on

00:35:24.159 --> 00:35:24.279
 it

00:35:24.279 --> 00:35:24.399
 we

00:35:24.399 --> 00:35:24.539
 should

00:35:24.539 --> 00:35:24.699
 let

00:35:24.699 --> 00:35:24.839
 it

00:35:24.840 --> 00:35:25.380
 saturate

00:35:25.380 --> 00:35:25.640
 into

00:35:25.640 --> 00:35:26.039
 us

00:35:26.039 --> 00:35:28.100
 we

00:35:28.100 --> 00:35:28.380
 did

00:35:28.380 --> 00:35:28.620
 not

00:35:28.620 --> 00:35:28.960
 die

00:35:28.960 --> 00:35:29.120
 on

00:35:29.120 --> 00:35:29.300
 that

00:35:29.300 --> 00:35:29.840
 cross

00:35:29.840 --> 00:35:31.720
 God

00:35:31.720 --> 00:35:31.980
 did

00:35:31.980 --> 00:35:33.820
 he

00:35:33.820 --> 00:35:34.019
 was

00:35:34.019 --> 00:35:34.720
 sacrificed

00:35:34.720 --> 00:35:35.940
 let us

00:35:35.940 --> 00:35:36.380
 give him

00:35:36.380 --> 00:35:37.340
 the reward

00:35:37.340 --> 00:35:37.760
 of his

00:35:37.760 --> 00:35:38.220
 suffering

00:35:38.219 --> 00:35:40.019
 with

00:35:40.019 --> 00:35:40.019


00:35:40.019 --> 00:35:40.019


00:35:40.019 --> 00:35:40.179
 our

00:35:40.179 --> 00:35:40.779
 lives

00:35:40.779 --> 00:35:42.139
 so

00:35:42.139 --> 00:35:44.119
 as

00:35:44.119 --> 00:35:44.279
 I

00:35:44.279 --> 00:35:44.899
 close

00:35:44.899 --> 00:35:46.959
 recalling

00:35:46.959 --> 00:35:47.159
 those

00:35:47.159 --> 00:35:47.439
 five

00:35:47.439 --> 00:35:47.919
 things

00:35:47.919 --> 00:35:49.019
 I

00:35:49.019 --> 00:35:49.199
 would

00:35:49.199 --> 00:35:49.399
 just

00:35:49.399 --> 00:35:49.919
 ask

00:35:49.919 --> 00:35:51.159
 a

00:35:51.159 --> 00:35:51.399
 simple

00:35:51.399 --> 00:35:51.839
 question

00:35:51.839 --> 00:35:52.079
 which

00:35:52.079 --> 00:35:52.599
 is

00:35:52.599 --> 00:35:54.719
 does

00:35:54.719 --> 00:35:54.939
 your

00:35:54.939 --> 00:35:55.500
 life

00:35:55.500 --> 00:35:56.139
 long

00:35:56.139 --> 00:35:56.899
 to be

00:35:56.899 --> 00:35:58.759
 transformed

00:35:58.759 --> 00:35:59.439
 by the

00:35:59.439 --> 00:35:59.799
 gospel

00:35:59.799 --> 00:36:01.599
 and do

00:36:01.599 --> 00:36:02.179
 you believe

00:36:02.179 --> 00:36:02.719
 the gospel

00:36:02.719 --> 00:36:03.119
 does it

00:36:03.119 --> 00:36:03.819
 make its

00:36:03.819 --> 00:36:04.139
 home in

00:36:04.139 --> 00:36:04.259
 you

00:36:04.260 --> 00:36:04.880
 does God

00:36:04.880 --> 00:36:06.100
 reside

00:36:06.100 --> 00:36:06.920
 deep down

00:36:06.920 --> 00:36:07.680
 so as

00:36:07.680 --> 00:36:08.120
 to feed

00:36:08.120 --> 00:36:08.400
 you

00:36:08.400 --> 00:36:11.040
 us as

00:36:11.040 --> 00:36:11.440
 believers

00:36:11.440 --> 00:36:12.280
 we need

00:36:12.280 --> 00:36:12.600
 that

00:36:12.600 --> 00:36:13.820
 we need

00:36:13.820 --> 00:36:14.200
 to come

00:36:14.200 --> 00:36:14.700
 to God

00:36:14.700 --> 00:36:16.200
 Jesus

00:36:16.200 --> 00:36:16.540
 said

00:36:16.540 --> 00:36:17.380
 if anyone

00:36:17.380 --> 00:36:17.920
 thirsts

00:36:17.920 --> 00:36:18.140
 let him

00:36:18.140 --> 00:36:18.520
 come to

00:36:18.520 --> 00:36:18.840
 me

00:36:18.840 --> 00:36:20.240
 you know

00:36:20.240 --> 00:36:21.580
 you can't

00:36:21.580 --> 00:36:21.940
 come to him

00:36:21.940 --> 00:36:22.140
 if you're

00:36:22.140 --> 00:36:22.780
 not thirsty

00:36:22.780 --> 00:36:24.520
 that's a good

00:36:24.520 --> 00:36:25.100
 prayer to pray

00:36:25.100 --> 00:36:25.740
 Lord make me

00:36:25.740 --> 00:36:26.320
 thirsty for

00:36:26.320 --> 00:36:26.620
 you

00:36:26.620 --> 00:36:28.260
 forgive me

00:36:28.260 --> 00:36:28.560
 for

00:36:28.560 --> 00:36:30.280
 seeking out

00:36:30.280 --> 00:36:31.140
 other things

00:36:31.139 --> 00:36:32.579
 going after

00:36:32.579 --> 00:36:33.480
 other gods

00:36:33.480 --> 00:36:34.279
 however great

00:36:34.279 --> 00:36:35.319
 however small

00:36:35.319 --> 00:36:35.859
 that might

00:36:35.859 --> 00:36:36.420
 be

00:36:36.420 --> 00:36:38.159
 let us

00:36:38.159 --> 00:36:38.920
 worship him

00:36:38.920 --> 00:36:39.940
 let us

00:36:39.940 --> 00:36:40.319
 give him

00:36:40.319 --> 00:36:40.759
 the reward

00:36:40.759 --> 00:36:41.000
 of his

00:36:41.000 --> 00:36:41.379
 suffering

00:36:41.379 --> 00:36:42.339
 and be

00:36:42.339 --> 00:36:43.000
 infused by

00:36:43.000 --> 00:36:43.319
 the very

00:36:43.319 --> 00:36:43.779
 life of

00:36:43.779 --> 00:36:44.019
 God

00:36:44.019 --> 00:36:44.359
 from our

00:36:44.359 --> 00:36:44.639
 inward

00:36:44.639 --> 00:36:44.960
 man

00:36:44.960 --> 00:36:45.719
 living out

00:36:45.719 --> 00:36:47.379
 as he

00:36:47.379 --> 00:36:47.599
 has

00:36:47.599 --> 00:36:48.199
 deposited

00:36:48.199 --> 00:36:49.199
 it in

00:36:49.199 --> 00:36:49.500
 us

00:36:49.500 --> 00:36:52.799
 this is

00:36:52.799 --> 00:36:53.099
 from

00:36:53.099 --> 00:36:54.299
 the

00:36:54.299 --> 00:36:54.599
 Christmas

00:36:54.599 --> 00:36:54.960
 hand

00:36:54.960 --> 00:36:56.119
 let all

00:36:56.119 --> 00:36:56.460
 mortal

00:36:56.460 --> 00:36:56.839
 flesh

00:36:56.839 --> 00:36:57.099
 keep

00:36:57.099 --> 00:36:57.599
 silent

00:36:57.599 --> 00:36:59.099
 speaking

00:36:59.099 --> 00:36:59.299
 of

00:36:59.299 --> 00:36:59.759
 worship

00:36:59.760 --> 00:37:01.540
 it says

00:37:01.540 --> 00:37:02.140
 rank on

00:37:02.140 --> 00:37:02.440
 rank

00:37:02.440 --> 00:37:02.900
 the hosts

00:37:02.900 --> 00:37:03.420
 of heaven

00:37:03.420 --> 00:37:03.880
 spread

00:37:03.880 --> 00:37:04.120
 their

00:37:04.120 --> 00:37:04.580
 vanguard

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 through

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 the sky

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 veil

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 their

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 faces

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 to

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 the

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 presence

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 as

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 with

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 ceaseless

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 voice

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 they cry

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 hallelujah

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 lord most

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 I

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 let that

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 come from

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 our hearts

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 as we

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 worship

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 one last

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 thing

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 this is a

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 quote

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 from

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 Augustine

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 and then

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 I'll

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 pray

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 it says

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 man's

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 maker

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 was made

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 man

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 that he

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 ruler of

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 the stars

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 might nurse

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 at his

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 mother's

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 breast

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 that the

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 bread

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 might hunger

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 the

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 fountain

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 thirst

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 the

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 light

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 sleep

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 the

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 way

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 be

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 tired

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 on

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 its

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 journey

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 that

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 truth

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 might

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 be

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 accused

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 of

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 false

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 witness

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 the

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 teacher

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 be

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 beaten

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 with

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 whips

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 the

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 foundation

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 be

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 suspended

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 on wood

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 that

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 strength

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 might

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 grow

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 weak

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 and that

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 the

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 healer

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 might

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 be

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 wounded

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 that

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 life

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 might

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 die

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 this is

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 God

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 who

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 came

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 down

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 in the

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 flesh

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 became

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 like us

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 in every

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 respect

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 he

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 says

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 intercedes

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 for us

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 now in

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 heaven

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 on our

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 behalf

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 and one

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 day we

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 will meet

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 him

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 let it

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 not be for

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 judgment

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 but for

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 salvation

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 on the

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 last day

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 when he

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 comes

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 again

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 him

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