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 Father, we come before you confessing that we forget the gospel very quickly.

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 We forget about you. It's so easy to forget.

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 Father, even when we're in worship, it's easy just to be thinking about what we have to do at work or a bill or something else.

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 Father, it's so easy for us to have amnesia.

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 And we ask, Father, that the Holy Spirit would come with gentle and deep power upon us

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 to bring afresh to us the wonder and the glory and the power of the gospel,

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 what Jesus has done for us in a sinless life, sin-bearing death, mighty resurrection.

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 Father, pour out the Holy Spirit upon us that we might know Jesus more and be known by him more

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 and that we might long, Father, to be with you and the Holy Spirit and the Son forever.

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 And this we ask in Jesus' name. Amen.

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 Amen. Please be seated.

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 When the lockdown happened, several people sent me emails wondering how on earth I was going to have any sermon illustrations

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 given that I couldn't go to coffee shops anymore.

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 And I have to confess, sometimes it was a little bit of a challenge for me

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 given that I was sort of locked out of a whole range of conversations,

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 especially in the early days of the lockdown.

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 So this week I had a conversation in a coffee shop.

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 There's a fellow that I've had quite a few friendly conversations with.

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 He's a wonderful, wonderful fellow.

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 The type of person, very secular, very successful in his professional career, now retired.

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 And he'd be the sort of guy that if you lived in a condo, you'd hope he lived above you or below you.

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 He'd always be quiet and he'd never complain.

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 If he was your neighbor, he'd always help you with whatever task.

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 Yeah, just the type of guy you'd love to have as your neighbor.

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 Well read, very, very thoughtful.

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 We've had some very interesting talks.

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 And I hadn't seen him.

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 He goes to Florida for the winter and I just hadn't seen him in this particular coffee shop until now.

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 And we had about a 10-minute conversation just the other day.

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 And the conversation turned to his just concern and puzzlement of what was going on in Canada, United States,

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 with the craziness, not just the lockdown, but the riots in the states and lots of just craziness going on.

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 And he shocked me by saying something to me that I wasn't expecting.

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 This is a secular fellow, secular Jew.

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 And he shocked me by saying, you know, George, the reason Canada and the United States isn't getting so much trouble

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 is because people have stopped going to church.

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 What?

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 You, a secular person, saying to me that the reason there's so many problems in our society

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 is because people have stopped going to church?

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 Like, okay, if you think I'm good at witnessing, I'm terrible at witnessing.

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 Like, this should have been one of those big doors you walk through, share the gospel.

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 I didn't know what to say.

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 Like, it was like the last thing in the world I expected him to say to me.

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 And he talked about it for a couple of minutes, and then the conversation kept moving.

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 But he said, you know, he said it's in church that, you know, schools are no longer able to really teach morality.

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 This is him saying this to me.

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 This isn't me.

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 Oh, just him.

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 They can't really teach morality.

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 The media definitely can't.

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 Hollywood definitely can't.

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 People get this basic moral teaching and learning how to live with people who are different than them in church.

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 And they don't go to church anymore.

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 They don't take their kids to church.

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 And that's part of the reason we have so much trouble.

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 So, I mean, one of the nice things about developing friendships is, and you can pray about this,

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 and I'll have some other time where I can talk to him about this,

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 because I wasn't really able to follow up very well in that particular conversation.

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 But I'm working on my sermon.

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 In fact, he'd interrupted me on working on my sermon.

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 And I'm thinking about Colossians and what I have to preach.

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 And it's one of those things, and I'll find out in heaven that one of you were praying for me,

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 because I realized about two years earlier in a coffee shop,

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 I had a very, very different conversation about the Christian faith and its effect on morality.

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 In that conversation, I finally had this remarkable opportunity to share with this person what it is that Christians believe,

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 that the Christian faith is not about advice.

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 It's not about moral advice.

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 It's a very different conversation.

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 It's not about moral advice.

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 It's not about how you live.

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 It's not about rules.

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 It's news.

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 And the person said, well, what's the news?

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 I said, well, the news is that Jesus has come from God,

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 and that by his sinless life, I'm giving you a short version of it,

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 his sinless life and his death upon the cross,

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 he's provided the means whereby you can be reconciled to God.

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 What Jesus did for you on the cross,

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 there was a context to this question with the person I was talking to.

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 The wonderful thing about it is that every wrong thing that you have ever done in your life

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 and ever will do in your life is dealt with by Jesus when he dies upon the cross,

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 like everything, from the moment you're able to make your first moral decision and you choose wrongly

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 to what is even for your future, and this was a young person,

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 and if you live 60 more years,

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 every single thing in the past, present, and future that you've ever done

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 is covered by what Jesus did for you and for me and for every person in the cross.

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 And when you put your faith and trust in him, you receive that.

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 Everything forgiven.

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 And this person's response to me, they looked at me for a second,

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 they said, that's terrible news.

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 Because if that's true,

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 why on earth would you or any other Christian ever try to do good again for the rest of your life?

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 So you see, two conversations.

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 Our problems are because people have stopped going to church.

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 I tell a person it's not about moral advice or moral striving or moral living,

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 it's about the gospel.

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 Why on earth would anybody do something good if that's true?

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 The text that we're going to look at today actually talks about both issues

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 in a very, very powerful and instructive way.

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 So if you turn in your Bibles to Colossians chapter 1,

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 Colossians chapter 1,

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 this is the first week of a sermon series on the book of Colossians.

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 We're going to go through it from cover to cover or from beginning to end.

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 And we're looking at verses 1 to 14 today.

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 And now, a bit of a time moment here.

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 I do this occasionally.

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 Grammar nerd moment.

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 Okay?

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 And we know who are the grammar...

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 I mean, I don't know who all the grammar nerds are,

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 but you know if you're a grammar nerd.

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 So for the rest of you, just pause.

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 But for those of us who are grammar nerds,

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 at the original language, you have the first two verses,

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 which are two sentences.

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 And then verses 3 to 8 are one sentence in the original language.

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 And verses 9 to 14 is another single sentence in the original language.

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 And at the beginning of the second sentence,

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 you can see that the two sentences are linked.

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 Okay?

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 It's one of the things that no editor would ever allow Paul to do this today.

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 He would be told to rewrite and make smaller sentences.

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 But he writes this long, long sentence,

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 and then another long sentence.

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 And what it means is, because of the way the sentences build,

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 is that to understand what he's talking about,

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 in a sense, throughout most of 1 to 14,

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 you have to understand what he says at the end of the second sentence.

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 So that's what we're going to do.

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 We're going to first look at the end of the second sentence.

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 And I think I asked Andrew to put on the screen verses 13 and 14.

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 This is why it's good to have your own Bibles,

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 because it doesn't always perfectly match up.

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 I'm going to begin with the last little bit of verse 12,

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 and then verses 13 and 14.

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 And then I'll explain what's going on here,

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 and we'll get into it.

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 So here's how it works.

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 So I'll just start reading in verse 12,

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 and then you'll see what's going to be on the screen.

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 Giving thanks to the Father.

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 Now here's where it really begins.

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 Who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light?

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 Verse 13.

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 He has delivered us from the domain of darkness

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 and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son,

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 in whom we have redemption and the forgiveness of sins.

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 Now you'll notice in the language that God qualifies us,

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 that God delivers us, that God transfers us,

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 that God redeems us, that God gives us forgiveness.

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 And it's even stronger in the original language,

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 because in the original language there's a text,

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 a tense called the divine passive,

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 which makes it very clear to those reading it in the original language

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 that it's something God does.

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 So here we see these powerful sets of images,

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 that God qualifies us for something,

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 God delivers us, he transfers us,

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 he redeems us, and he forgives us.

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 That God, what we're seeing is that the triune God,

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 by his grace, accomplishes something marvelous for you

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 that you can never accomplish for yourself.

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 The triune God, by his grace,

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 accomplishes something marvelous for you

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 that you can never accomplish for yourself.

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 Now, I don't know how many of us have Jewish friends or acquaintances.

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 One of the things about Jewish people in Canada,

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 this isn't a put-down or anything, it's just an obvious,

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 I mean, virtually no Christian reads the New Testament in Greek,

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 and virtually no Jews that you meet today

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 reads what they would call the Torah or the Tanakh,

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 and we call the Old Testament.

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 They don't read it in Hebrew, they don't know it in Hebrew.

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 They would know whatever stories they know,

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 or texts they know, or even the Ten Commandments,

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 they'd know them in English.

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 And a similar type of thing happened,

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 was going on at the time that this letter was written,

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 in the early 60s.

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 There would have been in this congregation and in this region

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 a lot of Jewish people,

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 but most of the Jewish people probably didn't know any Hebrew.

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 And when they read their Bible, their Tanakh, their Torah,

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 they would have read a Greek version of it.

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 And when the pagans who had become Christians in Colossae,

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 when they read, they went to a church service like this

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 and opened the Bible,

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 they would read like from Isaiah or Exodus or whatever,

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 but it would always be from a Greek version.

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 They would hear everything in Greek,

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 and they spoke Greek.

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 And now the interesting thing in this text is

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 that let's say when the person was reading this letter

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 to the whole congregation,

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 he said,

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 just before I read this letter from Paul,

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 I want you to know something really cool.

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 And he'd get out maybe his version of the book of Exodus,

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 and he'd read this text out of Exodus

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 about how God takes the people of Israel

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 out of the slavery and bondage in Egypt

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 and brings them into the promised land.

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 And then he says,

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 oh, and there's something else that's really, really cool.

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 And he says,

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 I'll go to the book of Isaiah.

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 And then he reads these different parts

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 because one of the things about Isaiah

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 is Isaiah takes the same language of the book of Exodus,

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 and he talks about it

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 and uses it to talk about this time in the future

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 when God is going to do this remarkable thing,

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 not just for the Jewish people,

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 but for all people,

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 where he's going to deliver them

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 out of some type of bondage

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 into something like a promised land.

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 But it's a spiritual,

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 it's a new Exodus

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 and a new promised land in the future.

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 And so maybe the person reading,

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 just before he reads Paul's letters,

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 he says,

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 I want to do this really cool thing, okay?

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 I don't know if they use words like cool,

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 but let's say they did.

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 And they read these two things,

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 and then he reads these verses,

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 and they'd go,

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 oh, it's the same language.

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 He's using the same words

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 that when Paul is talking about qualifying

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 and delivering

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 and the share of your inheritance

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 and even the word light,

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 and when he's using the word forgiveness

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 and redemption,

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 it's all language from the book of Exodus

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 and the book of Isaiah.

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 And so what it means is that

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 they would all understand

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 that this isn't just something,

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 this isn't just something

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 which we would call spiritual or fanciful,

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 like have a good story

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 to inspire you,

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 to give you some hope,

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 that Paul is communicating

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 that this is what you've understood,

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 that God does something real for you,

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 that in the sinless life of Jesus

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 and his teaching and his miracles,

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 and then in his death upon the cross,

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 which you have to understand

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 is done in your place

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 and in your stead as a sacrifice,

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 and that when Jesus does this

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 and dies for you

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 and you put your faith and trust in him,

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 God does something objective

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 and real for you.

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 He takes you from the domain

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 or the dominion

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 or the realm

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 or the country of darkness,

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 and he does,

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 just like he did with Israel

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 when Israel couldn't get out of Egypt themselves,

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 and God does this remarkable series of miracles

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 to literally bring them out of slavery

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 and bondage into the promised land,

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 so God has done something to you.

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 He's literally bringing you out of dominion

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 and domain of darkness

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 and bringing you into a completely different land.

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 All the things that Isaiah had prophesied

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 were going to happen in the future,

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 that's what just happened in Jesus,

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 and that's what you've entered into

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 when you put your faith and trust in him,

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 and it's real.

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 It's not just an imaginary thing.

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 It's real.

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 You've actually moved.

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 You live, in a sense,

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 into a new realm,

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 in a new kingdom,

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 in a new place,

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 and that's all seen there in the language.

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 It's something real,

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 not imaginary.

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 Now, some of you might have

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 a whole range of questions

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 around something like that

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 because it's a pretty remarkable

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 series of statements.

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 I mean, the first one of the statements is,

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 well, one moment, George.

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 You might say that,

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 but their butts are still in Colossi.

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 And you might say,

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 that's true about us, George,

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 but your butt's in Ottawa.

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 And the other thing is,

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 George, don't you think it's a little bit

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 harsh to describe this world

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 as a domain of darkness,

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 a dominion of darkness?

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 Don't you think that's a little bit harsh?

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 Those are great questions.

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 So here's the first thing.

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 And one of the things

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 about doing a sermon series is,

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 I'm going to talk about this

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 a little bit more next week.

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 I'm not going to give you

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 any type of proof for this,

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 but I'm going to give you

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 an illustration

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 to help you understand

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 the point of the imagery

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 and to see why they say the imagery

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 so that you at least have

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 an understanding

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 of why it's reasonable to say this

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 from within the point of view

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 of the Bible,

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 which I would say

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 and Paul would say

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 is a way to truly

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 and really understand the world.

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 It's not just my lens,

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 it's the proper lens.

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 It's actually,

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 that's why early on

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 I kept saying truth,

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 the gospel of truth,

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 entering in truth.

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 And Paul means

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 that this conforms

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 with the real world.

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 That's the claim.

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 I don't know how many of you

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 know people

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 who've suffered with Alzheimer's

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 or some other type of dementia.

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 There's lots of different types

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 of dementia.

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 I know that at least

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 some of us have.

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 I first really came face to face

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 with it in the early 90s.

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 That's a long time ago

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 when a wonderful,

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 wonderful,

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 wonderful lady

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 who was unbelievably kind

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 to us as a family

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 and my wife and myself

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 and in fact,

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 we've actually gave her name

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 to one of our daughters

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 as a middle name

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 and we didn't want to believe,

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 didn't know much

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 about dementia or Alzheimer's

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 and as she started

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 to enter into it,

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 we didn't want to believe it.

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 But at a certain point in time

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 when a person enters

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 into Alzheimer's

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 and dementia,

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 you can,

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 it's a reasonable type of way

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 to understand

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 or think about it

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 that they in some ways

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 enter into darkness.

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 And by that I mean

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 they don't know you anymore.

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 Like they don't know you.

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 They learn in the early stages

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 of Alzheimer's

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 to act like they know you

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 but it's just an act

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 because they actually

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 don't know you.

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 I hope I don't disappoint

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 some of you

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 who are still hoping

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 to have as long

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 as you possibly can

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 that relationship

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 with the person.

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 But a time will come

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 when they'll think,

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 I mean if it was,

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 let's say,

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 my mom or dad

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 and it means not

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 but they might think

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 I was the brother

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 or the husband

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 or somebody else

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 who's their father

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 or who knows what.

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 And you can see

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 that in a sense

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 it's a way to understand

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 what happens to them

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 as they enter into darkness

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 where they don't understand

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 the real world,

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 they're not really living

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 in the real world,

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 they couldn't survive

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 in the real world

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 because once you have

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 that type of Alzheimer's

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 or dementia

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 you're completely

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 and utterly dependent

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 upon others caring for you

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 or you would die.

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 And it's a type of darkness.

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 You see,

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 the message of the Bible

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 is this,

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 that in the real world,

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 the real world,

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 in the real world,

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 and I know I'm going to get

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 pushed back about this

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 but I'm going to say it,

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 in the real world

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 we know that everything

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 can't possibly happen

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 by chance.

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 Like if I was to tell you

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 that the Ottawa Little Theatre

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 was a result of one day

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 there was a whole pile

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 of industrial waste

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 and a whole pile

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 of construction materials

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 that were just parked there

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 and there was an explosion

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 and when the explosion

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 was all over

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 and the dust cleared,

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 lo and behold,

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 the Ottawa Little Theatre

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 is just the way it looks today

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 with this paint

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 and the electricity turned on

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 like nobody would believe you.

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 If I was to say

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 that this was just

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 where they stored

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 a whole pile of things

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 and there are windstorms

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 and after like 30 years

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 of windstorms,

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 this is what resulted,

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 nobody would believe you.

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 But the fact of the matter is,

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 is that the ecosystem

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 of the earth

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 is vastly more complicated

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 than the Ottawa Little Theatre.

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 Your body

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 is vastly more complicated

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 than the Ottawa Little Theatre.

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 And if you were to talk

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 to somebody

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 like James

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 or you were to talk

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 to somebody like Jeremiah,

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 they could even tell you

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 that the cell,

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 one little cell in your body

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 is vastly more complicated.

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 The Ottawa Little Theatre

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 is simple compared to one cell

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 and they would blow you away.

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 And so, in a sense,

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 what the Bible says,

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 and this is the great argument

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 of Romans,

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 is that everybody,

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 if they're really honest,

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 knows that there can't be

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 that the thing

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 which is most basic

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 is a what

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 and that human beings

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 and love

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 and knowledge

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 and insight

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 and all of this

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 and all of the order

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 is just a result

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 of blind chance

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 that nobody really

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 believes that.

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 That on one level,

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 when we're really pushed,

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 we have to understand

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 that this had to have been

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 created by a who.

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 And in fact,

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 more than a who

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 because it's beyond this,

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 but only the gospel

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 really communicates,

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 but only the gospel

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 has this one God

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 and three persons,

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 three persons,

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 one God,

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 the Father,

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 the Son,

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 and the Holy Spirit

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 and an eternity of love

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 and in a sense

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 of revealing

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 and community

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 and it's out of the Father,

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 the Son,

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 and the Holy Spirit,

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 three persons,

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 one God,

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 that all things

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 have been created

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 and even though

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 evil has entered,

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 not because of God,

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 but evil enters

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 and is disarming

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 and caused breakdown

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 in relationships

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 and brings death

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 and brings our propensity

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 to still do bad things

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 and to be selfish,

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 that the fact of the matter

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 is is that God

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 has created all things,

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 he sustains all things,

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 he's present

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 and he's powerful

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 and active

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 and it's hard not even

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 to look at any type of face

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 or experience any love

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 and not realize

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 that there must be a love

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 that has made all things,

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 that designed all things

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 and to live in complete

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 and utter denial of that

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 is just like a person

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 with Alzheimer's.

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 It's to be in the realm

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 of darkness.

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 Imagine for a moment

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 it's me

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 in 40 years,

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 30 years

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 and I have Alzheimer's

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 and I can't recognize

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 my wife,

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 I can't recognize

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 my children,

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 I can't recognize

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 my grandchildren anymore

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 but by then,

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 by the grace of God,

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 there's a cure

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 for Alzheimer's

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 and it's a very,

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 very quick acting cure.

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 They put a needle

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 in your body

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 and they inject it

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 and within five minutes

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 it's gone

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 and can you just imagine,

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 can you imagine

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 what it would be like

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 to have a camera

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 on that scene

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 that I'm just

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 the blank,

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 blankness of dementia

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 and this medicine

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 comes in

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 and five minutes later

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 I've been looking

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 at all these faces

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 in the room,

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 my wife,

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 my kids,

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 my grandkids,

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 their spouses,

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 not any recognition

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 and all of a sudden

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 I go,

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 Louise,

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 Tosh,

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 Jesse,

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 there'd be tears,

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 right?

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 There'd be tears

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 and there'd be laughter.

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 I was in darkness.

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 I was in the domain

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 of darkness.

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 I was under the rule

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 of darkness

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 and I've entered

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 into light

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 and that's what

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 the Bible says

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 is accomplished

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 by Jesus

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 and just as no

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 Alzheimer's patient

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 or dementia patient

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 can cure themselves

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 when they are in

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 Alzheimer's and dementia

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 but whatever,

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 if there is ever

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 a cure for that,

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 it will come from

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 those who don't have it.

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 So it is

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 that we cannot fix

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 our darkness

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 ourselves

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 and are dependent

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 upon salvation

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 from outside,

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 from God.

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 And God the Father

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 through the Son

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 and the power

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 of the Holy Spirit

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 through Jesus'

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 sinless life

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 and sin-bearing death

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 and God

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 brings that message

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 home to your heart.

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 He pierces your darkness.

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 2 Corinthians 4

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 verses 1-6

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 and He moves you

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 into this new domain

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 and you can see

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 the reasonableness

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 of the imagery.

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 You have to watch

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 the time.

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 Well,

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 Jesus' sinless life

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 and sin-bearing death

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 is offered by grace

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 and when we receive it,

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 God transfers you.

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 Now,

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 okay, George,

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 what about this whole thing

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 about,

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 you know,

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 you're still in Ottawa

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 and

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 and why would you do,

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 is it just all future

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 and how does that still

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 give you any type

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 of incentive

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 to do any good acts?

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 Well,

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 this is where

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 the rest of the text

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 will help us.

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 So if you take your Bibles,

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 so hopefully they're open,

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 now you go back

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 to the beginning of the text

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 and let's read it

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 and we'll see how Paul

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 approaches these particular

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 types of issues.

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 Verse 1,

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 so now we know the end

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 and it's the end

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 is in a sense

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 influencing everything

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 that Paul says

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 leading up to it.

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 It's the end

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 in a sense

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 that illuminates

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 the rest of the text

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 and here's how it goes.

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 Verse 1,

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 Paul,

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 an apostle of Christ Jesus

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 by the will of God

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 and Timothy,

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 our brother,

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 to the saints

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 and faithful brothers

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 and sisters in Christ

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 at Colossus,

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 I grace to you

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 and peace from God

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 our Father.

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 By the way,

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 one of the indirect ways

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 I'll just share with you now

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 of the proof

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 of what I've just said

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 is who's writing

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 this letter

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 and the remarkable

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 transformative word

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 that he's referring

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 to a whole pile of pagans

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 and calling them

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 his brothers and sisters.

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 The person who writes

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 this particular text,

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 his name is Paul,

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 used to be called Saul

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 and history shows,

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 and by the way,

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 Bart Ehrman

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 and even most of

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 the staunchest

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 biblical skeptics

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 don't deny,

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 in fact,

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 they would say

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 that it's historically certain

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 that there was

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 an historical man

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 by the name of Paul

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 and that he,

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 in fact,

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 was a violent

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 persecutor

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 of the Christian faith

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 and that his entire life

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 was transformed

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 and that he would tell you,

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 Bart Ehrman,

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 most biblical scholars,

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 even the most skeptical

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 and agnostic,

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 would say that,

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 in fact,

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 that transformation

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 would come,

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 if you ask Paul,

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 because he said

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 that he saw Jesus

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 after Jesus had died

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 and risen from the dead.

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 And that's what

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 completely and utterly

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 transformed

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 the entire direction

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 of his life.

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 And here he introduces

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 himself as Paul,

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 an apostle of Christ Jesus

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 by the will of God

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 and Timothy,

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 our brother,

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 to the saints

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 and faithful brothers

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 and sisters in Christ

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 at Colossi,

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 grace to you

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 and peace from God,

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 our Father.

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 And the word saint,

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 by the way,

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 just means an ordinary person

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 who's received

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 the gospel

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 and now God

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 has taken them

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 as his own.

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 That's all it means.

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 A saint is one

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 who belongs to God

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 for his purposes.

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 Not weighing our merits,

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 that's all a saint is.

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 It's not a special person.

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 It doesn't even mean

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 you're very good at living.

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 It means that God

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 now owns you

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 and you're starting

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 to learn to know

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 what it means to live

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 owned by the triune God.

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 And then the first

00:25:22.000 --> 00:25:22.959
 big long sentence,

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 I'll read it

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 all eight

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 and then we'll just pause

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 and camp there a little bit

00:25:26.740 --> 00:25:27.799
 with the time we have left.

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 We always thank God,

00:25:29.659 --> 00:25:30.119
 verse three,

00:25:30.220 --> 00:25:31.519
 we always thank God.

00:25:31.720 --> 00:25:32.879
 Here's Paul giving a report

00:25:32.879 --> 00:25:34.179
 about how we praise for them.

00:25:34.659 --> 00:25:35.779
 We always thank God,

00:25:35.879 --> 00:25:37.480
 the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

00:25:37.539 --> 00:25:38.440
 when we pray for you,

00:25:38.500 --> 00:25:39.859
 since we heard of your faith

00:25:39.859 --> 00:25:40.859
 in Christ Jesus

00:25:40.859 --> 00:25:42.480
 and of the love

00:25:42.480 --> 00:25:43.339
 that you have

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 for all the saints

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 because of the hope

00:25:46.399 --> 00:25:47.720
 laid up for you in heaven.

00:25:47.859 --> 00:25:48.480
 See, there's that

00:25:48.480 --> 00:25:49.859
 faith, hope, and love.

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 It's one of, I think,

00:25:50.559 --> 00:25:51.559
 either eight or nine times

00:25:51.559 --> 00:25:52.259
 in the New Testament

00:25:52.259 --> 00:25:53.079
 that those words

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 are used together

00:25:53.819 --> 00:25:55.779
 in some manner.

00:25:55.859 --> 00:25:56.619
 And I'm going to return to it.

00:25:56.619 --> 00:25:57.359
 I'll read it again.

00:25:57.460 --> 00:25:58.159
 When we heard

00:25:58.159 --> 00:25:59.299
 of your faith

00:25:59.299 --> 00:26:00.159
 in Christ Jesus

00:26:00.159 --> 00:26:01.619
 and of the love

00:26:01.619 --> 00:26:02.139
 that you have

00:26:02.139 --> 00:26:03.000
 for all the saints

00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:04.379
 because of the hope,

00:26:04.679 --> 00:26:06.139
 the reason you have love

00:26:06.139 --> 00:26:07.379
 is because of the hope

00:26:07.379 --> 00:26:08.619
 laid up for you in heaven.

00:26:09.599 --> 00:26:10.899
 Of this you have heard before

00:26:10.899 --> 00:26:12.279
 in the word of the truth,

00:26:12.419 --> 00:26:12.960
 the gospel,

00:26:13.359 --> 00:26:14.379
 which has come to you

00:26:14.379 --> 00:26:15.039
 as indeed

00:26:15.039 --> 00:26:15.919
 in the whole world

00:26:15.919 --> 00:26:17.079
 that is bearing fruit

00:26:17.079 --> 00:26:18.099
 and increasing,

00:26:18.519 --> 00:26:19.759
 as it also does among you,

00:26:19.759 --> 00:26:20.940
 since the day you heard it

00:26:20.940 --> 00:26:21.680
 and understood

00:26:21.680 --> 00:26:22.640
 the grace of God

00:26:22.640 --> 00:26:23.200
 in truth,

00:26:23.759 --> 00:26:24.680
 just as you learned it

00:26:24.680 --> 00:26:25.660
 from Epaphras,

00:26:26.059 --> 00:26:27.019
 our fellow servant.

00:26:27.640 --> 00:26:28.799
 He is a faithful minister

00:26:28.799 --> 00:26:30.160
 of Christ on your behalf

00:26:30.160 --> 00:26:32.079
 and has made known to us

00:26:32.079 --> 00:26:33.299
 your love

00:26:33.299 --> 00:26:35.299
 in the Holy Spirit.

00:26:36.119 --> 00:26:37.079
 And we'll just sort of

00:26:37.079 --> 00:26:38.539
 pause there

00:26:38.539 --> 00:26:39.519
 for a moment.

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 And here's the big idea

00:26:40.980 --> 00:26:41.519
 in the text.

00:26:41.640 --> 00:26:43.180
 The gospel shapes us

00:26:43.180 --> 00:26:44.000
 for a hope.

00:26:44.379 --> 00:26:45.700
 The gospel shapes you

00:26:45.700 --> 00:26:47.420
 for a hope-drawn life

00:26:47.420 --> 00:26:48.460
 that transforms.

00:26:50.039 --> 00:26:51.300
 The sermon series

00:26:51.300 --> 00:26:51.840
 is called

00:26:51.840 --> 00:26:52.759
 The Means of Grace.

00:26:52.860 --> 00:26:54.200
 I almost called

00:26:54.200 --> 00:26:55.600
 the sermon series

00:26:55.600 --> 00:26:57.580
 A Hope-Driven Life.

00:26:59.279 --> 00:27:00.779
 A Hope-Driven Life.

00:27:02.120 --> 00:27:02.380
 You know,

00:27:02.460 --> 00:27:03.259
 maybe people would

00:27:03.259 --> 00:27:03.980
 mistake it

00:27:03.980 --> 00:27:04.980
 with Rick Warren's book

00:27:04.980 --> 00:27:05.420
 and I'd sell

00:27:05.420 --> 00:27:06.440
 20 million copies

00:27:06.440 --> 00:27:08.440
 and we'll buy

00:27:08.440 --> 00:27:09.220
 a church building.

00:27:09.440 --> 00:27:09.800
 I don't know.

00:27:09.900 --> 00:27:10.000
 No.

00:27:11.080 --> 00:27:11.519
 Anyway,

00:27:11.960 --> 00:27:12.840
 but that's what

00:27:12.840 --> 00:27:13.600
 we're seeing in here

00:27:13.600 --> 00:27:14.320
 is the importance

00:27:14.320 --> 00:27:15.560
 of a hope-driven life.

00:27:15.900 --> 00:27:16.160
 You see,

00:27:16.259 --> 00:27:16.880
 the fact of the matter

00:27:16.880 --> 00:27:17.620
 is that often

00:27:17.620 --> 00:27:18.220
 when we think

00:27:18.220 --> 00:27:18.880
 of morality,

00:27:19.740 --> 00:27:20.340
 we think of

00:27:20.340 --> 00:27:21.560
 in terms of moral rules.

00:27:21.660 --> 00:27:22.940
 You understand moral rules

00:27:22.940 --> 00:27:24.420
 and you try to follow them.

00:27:25.140 --> 00:27:25.900
 And obviously,

00:27:26.060 --> 00:27:26.780
 that's an important

00:27:26.780 --> 00:27:27.540
 part of morality.

00:27:27.780 --> 00:27:28.180
 But in fact,

00:27:28.300 --> 00:27:29.100
 a far more important

00:27:29.100 --> 00:27:30.220
 morality is being

00:27:30.220 --> 00:27:31.760
 drawn by something.

00:27:35.080 --> 00:27:35.900
 You should read,

00:27:35.960 --> 00:27:36.680
 if you haven't read it,

00:27:36.760 --> 00:27:37.900
 Viktor Frankl's book.

00:27:39.300 --> 00:27:39.700
 Oh, sorry.

00:27:39.800 --> 00:27:40.860
 I should have written it down.

00:27:42.140 --> 00:27:42.680
 What's that?

00:27:44.640 --> 00:27:45.040
 Yeah,

00:27:45.120 --> 00:27:45.980
 Man's Search for Meaning.

00:27:45.980 --> 00:27:47.000
 And one of the things

00:27:47.000 --> 00:27:47.880
 which is so wonderful

00:27:47.880 --> 00:27:48.980
 about this is

00:27:48.980 --> 00:27:49.960
 he talks about

00:27:49.960 --> 00:27:51.200
 who survived the Holocaust

00:27:51.200 --> 00:27:52.279
 and those who survived

00:27:52.279 --> 00:27:52.799
 the Holocaust

00:27:52.799 --> 00:27:53.900
 were those who had

00:27:53.900 --> 00:27:54.799
 some type of hope,

00:27:55.120 --> 00:27:56.019
 some type of meaning.

00:27:56.579 --> 00:27:57.240
 And meaning

00:27:57.240 --> 00:27:58.200
 and hope

00:27:58.200 --> 00:27:59.740
 can draw you

00:27:59.740 --> 00:28:00.940
 into a whole way

00:28:00.940 --> 00:28:01.400
 of living.

00:28:02.259 --> 00:28:02.680
 And that's,

00:28:02.740 --> 00:28:03.039
 in a sense,

00:28:03.099 --> 00:28:03.519
 the big idea.

00:28:03.720 --> 00:28:05.180
 The gospel shapes you

00:28:05.180 --> 00:28:06.720
 and the gospel shapes me

00:28:06.720 --> 00:28:08.099
 for a hope-drawn,

00:28:08.660 --> 00:28:10.339
 a hope-driven life

00:28:10.339 --> 00:28:12.039
 that transforms you.

00:28:12.039 --> 00:28:12.720
 See,

00:28:12.859 --> 00:28:13.879
 go ahead and look again

00:28:13.879 --> 00:28:14.980
 at that verse.

00:28:15.359 --> 00:28:18.180
 It's verses 4 and 5.

00:28:18.700 --> 00:28:19.279
 Since we heard

00:28:19.279 --> 00:28:20.720
 of your faith in Christ,

00:28:20.819 --> 00:28:21.720
 so you put your faith

00:28:21.720 --> 00:28:22.559
 in Christ Jesus.

00:28:23.859 --> 00:28:25.299
 And when you put your faith

00:28:25.299 --> 00:28:26.279
 in Christ Jesus,

00:28:26.659 --> 00:28:27.500
 what happens?

00:28:27.720 --> 00:28:28.519
 You understand

00:28:28.519 --> 00:28:29.980
 that God does something

00:28:29.980 --> 00:28:31.000
 that you cannot do

00:28:31.000 --> 00:28:31.619
 for yourself,

00:28:31.720 --> 00:28:33.099
 that he transfers you

00:28:33.099 --> 00:28:33.940
 from the domain,

00:28:34.079 --> 00:28:34.680
 the dominion,

00:28:34.759 --> 00:28:35.839
 the kingdom of darkness,

00:28:35.839 --> 00:28:37.819
 and he transfers you

00:28:37.819 --> 00:28:39.740
 into the kingdom of light,

00:28:39.740 --> 00:28:40.779
 into the kingdom

00:28:40.779 --> 00:28:42.019
 of his beloved Son,

00:28:42.400 --> 00:28:43.579
 and to have an inheritance

00:28:43.579 --> 00:28:44.240
 in that,

00:28:44.460 --> 00:28:45.579
 to be redeemed,

00:28:45.799 --> 00:28:46.700
 to be forgiven,

00:28:46.940 --> 00:28:48.240
 because he has brought you

00:28:48.240 --> 00:28:48.960
 out of slavery,

00:28:49.160 --> 00:28:49.900
 he has brought you

00:28:49.900 --> 00:28:50.440
 out of darkness,

00:28:50.599 --> 00:28:51.640
 he has transferred you

00:28:51.640 --> 00:28:52.380
 to another life.

00:28:52.599 --> 00:28:53.680
 And so you put your faith

00:28:53.680 --> 00:28:54.500
 and trust in Jesus

00:28:54.500 --> 00:28:56.000
 and that's what happens.

00:28:56.859 --> 00:28:58.140
 And now that you have

00:28:58.140 --> 00:28:59.039
 that hope

00:28:59.039 --> 00:29:02.440
 that's secure,

00:29:03.180 --> 00:29:03.799
 since we heard

00:29:03.799 --> 00:29:04.279
 of your faith

00:29:04.279 --> 00:29:04.920
 in Christ Jesus

00:29:04.920 --> 00:29:05.539
 and of the love

00:29:05.539 --> 00:29:05.980
 that you have

00:29:05.980 --> 00:29:06.620
 for all the saints

00:29:06.620 --> 00:29:07.220
 because

00:29:07.220 --> 00:29:09.120
 of the hope

00:29:09.120 --> 00:29:09.720
 laid up for you,

00:29:09.740 --> 00:29:10.220
 in heaven,

00:29:10.460 --> 00:29:11.460
 is that that hope

00:29:11.460 --> 00:29:12.880
 draws you

00:29:12.880 --> 00:29:14.339
 into a life of love.

00:29:16.740 --> 00:29:17.500
 You enter

00:29:17.500 --> 00:29:18.579
 the Christian life

00:29:18.579 --> 00:29:20.819
 by faith in Jesus

00:29:20.819 --> 00:29:21.940
 with empty hands.

00:29:23.500 --> 00:29:24.599
 Nothing in my hands

00:29:24.599 --> 00:29:25.099
 I bring.

00:29:26.180 --> 00:29:27.099
 All I can do

00:29:27.099 --> 00:29:28.259
 is ask that you will do

00:29:28.259 --> 00:29:29.420
 what I cannot do myself.

00:29:32.000 --> 00:29:33.140
 And God the Father

00:29:33.140 --> 00:29:33.900
 says to you,

00:29:34.680 --> 00:29:34.980
 George,

00:29:35.059 --> 00:29:36.720
 I'm so glad you asked.

00:29:37.420 --> 00:29:39.120
 I have longed for you

00:29:39.119 --> 00:29:41.519
 to hear the gospel

00:29:41.519 --> 00:29:42.859
 and to say yes.

00:29:43.959 --> 00:29:44.439
 Welcome.

00:29:44.919 --> 00:29:46.000
 Your sins are forgiven

00:29:46.000 --> 00:29:46.659
 in Jesus.

00:29:47.299 --> 00:29:48.239
 The Holy Spirit

00:29:48.239 --> 00:29:49.079
 indwells you.

00:29:50.019 --> 00:29:51.199
 Your final destiny

00:29:51.199 --> 00:29:52.959
 is not death

00:29:52.959 --> 00:29:54.479
 and is not darkness.

00:29:54.719 --> 00:29:55.759
 Your final destiny

00:29:55.759 --> 00:29:57.579
 is to be in the kingdom

00:29:57.579 --> 00:29:59.399
 of my beloved son

00:29:59.399 --> 00:30:02.659
 and to share the inheritance

00:30:02.659 --> 00:30:03.779
 of the saints in light.

00:30:03.779 --> 00:30:05.359
 And knowing that

00:30:05.359 --> 00:30:06.579
 that is my final destiny,

00:30:06.700 --> 00:30:07.460
 it draws you

00:30:07.460 --> 00:30:08.059
 into a life

00:30:08.059 --> 00:30:08.819
 of love.

00:30:10.519 --> 00:30:11.500
 Not just for brothers

00:30:11.500 --> 00:30:12.099
 and sisters,

00:30:12.559 --> 00:30:13.619
 but for the world.

00:30:15.720 --> 00:30:16.619
 Some of you might say,

00:30:16.700 --> 00:30:16.839
 well,

00:30:16.960 --> 00:30:18.139
 a hope in heaven?

00:30:18.779 --> 00:30:19.920
 Like a hope in heaven?

00:30:20.180 --> 00:30:21.059
 And all that stuff

00:30:21.059 --> 00:30:21.759
 about all forgiven?

00:30:22.440 --> 00:30:22.619
 Well,

00:30:22.799 --> 00:30:23.460
 here's the first

00:30:23.460 --> 00:30:23.960
 of the thing

00:30:23.960 --> 00:30:25.299
 is that you have

00:30:25.299 --> 00:30:25.819
 to understand

00:30:25.819 --> 00:30:26.420
 that the Bible

00:30:26.420 --> 00:30:27.259
 when it says heaven

00:30:27.259 --> 00:30:27.920
 doesn't mean

00:30:27.920 --> 00:30:29.059
 Canadian heaven.

00:30:29.059 --> 00:30:32.200
 You see,

00:30:32.379 --> 00:30:33.220
 for most Canadians,

00:30:33.379 --> 00:30:34.399
 when they talk about heaven

00:30:34.399 --> 00:30:35.619
 after death,

00:30:35.639 --> 00:30:36.299
 what do they say?

00:30:37.819 --> 00:30:38.919
 And you're a guest here.

00:30:39.119 --> 00:30:39.379
 I don't,

00:30:40.099 --> 00:30:40.779
 you know what?

00:30:40.859 --> 00:30:41.659
 I guess I do want

00:30:41.659 --> 00:30:42.460
 to unsettle you.

00:30:43.319 --> 00:30:44.039
 I shouldn't say

00:30:44.039 --> 00:30:44.579
 I don't want to.

00:30:44.679 --> 00:30:45.059
 I do.

00:30:45.579 --> 00:30:46.679
 I want to put a peb,

00:30:46.759 --> 00:30:47.599
 I want to put a little

00:30:47.599 --> 00:30:48.919
 tiny rock in your shoe

00:30:48.919 --> 00:30:49.919
 to irritate you.

00:30:50.919 --> 00:30:51.779
 Please forgive me,

00:30:51.819 --> 00:30:52.779
 but that's what I want to do.

00:30:54.619 --> 00:30:55.779
 Because the average Canadian

00:30:55.779 --> 00:30:56.119
 says,

00:30:56.220 --> 00:30:56.259
 well,

00:30:56.279 --> 00:30:57.200
 we go to a better place

00:30:57.200 --> 00:30:57.679
 when we die.

00:30:57.759 --> 00:30:59.039
 We go to a spiritual place.

00:30:59.319 --> 00:31:00.599
 They'll say that their mom

00:31:00.599 --> 00:31:01.980
 now looks down on them.

00:31:02.039 --> 00:31:02.740
 Their mom lives

00:31:02.740 --> 00:31:03.359
 in their heart.

00:31:03.500 --> 00:31:04.359
 Their mom lives

00:31:04.359 --> 00:31:05.720
 in the waves

00:31:05.720 --> 00:31:06.700
 and the trees

00:31:06.700 --> 00:31:07.200
 and the beauty

00:31:07.200 --> 00:31:08.059
 of the mountains

00:31:08.059 --> 00:31:10.139
 that their mom

00:31:10.139 --> 00:31:10.819
 or their dad,

00:31:10.920 --> 00:31:11.899
 that they dwell in.

00:31:12.000 --> 00:31:14.420
 And that type of wispy,

00:31:14.579 --> 00:31:16.220
 unspiritual,

00:31:16.839 --> 00:31:17.500
 ethereal,

00:31:17.700 --> 00:31:17.859
 sorry,

00:31:17.940 --> 00:31:18.619
 a big word,

00:31:19.319 --> 00:31:20.700
 insubstantial life

00:31:20.700 --> 00:31:22.039
 won't motivate you

00:31:22.039 --> 00:31:24.440
 to do a blessed thing.

00:31:25.659 --> 00:31:26.879
 And to be honest,

00:31:27.839 --> 00:31:29.019
 as Woody Allen said,

00:31:29.799 --> 00:31:30.819
 I don't want to live

00:31:30.819 --> 00:31:31.759
 in somebody's heart

00:31:31.759 --> 00:31:32.559
 when I die.

00:31:32.680 --> 00:31:33.539
 I don't want to die.

00:31:33.619 --> 00:31:34.299
 I want to keep living

00:31:34.299 --> 00:31:35.299
 in my condo.

00:31:35.500 --> 00:31:35.700
 Like,

00:31:35.759 --> 00:31:36.440
 I'm giving it

00:31:36.440 --> 00:31:37.379
 slightly different words.

00:31:37.480 --> 00:31:37.559
 Like,

00:31:37.619 --> 00:31:38.740
 that will motivate nothing.

00:31:38.799 --> 00:31:39.359
 But that's not what

00:31:39.359 --> 00:31:40.200
 the text is saying.

00:31:40.579 --> 00:31:41.720
 That's not what heaven is.

00:31:42.379 --> 00:31:42.720
 What is,

00:31:42.799 --> 00:31:43.680
 what's it talking about?

00:31:44.680 --> 00:31:45.399
 It's saying,

00:31:46.839 --> 00:31:47.139
 you know,

00:31:47.220 --> 00:31:48.420
 it sort of said

00:31:48.420 --> 00:31:49.639
 in a bit of a shadow form

00:31:49.639 --> 00:31:50.440
 in Genesis 3,

00:31:50.440 --> 00:31:51.700
 in Genesis 3,

00:31:51.820 --> 00:31:52.680
 but you get this bit

00:31:52.680 --> 00:31:53.279
 of an image

00:31:53.279 --> 00:31:54.059
 of what it was like

00:31:54.059 --> 00:31:55.080
 in Genesis 3,

00:31:55.600 --> 00:31:56.620
 even as it's revealing

00:31:56.620 --> 00:31:57.960
 that the tragic fall

00:31:57.960 --> 00:31:58.880
 of the human race,

00:31:59.660 --> 00:32:00.799
 that what was like

00:32:00.799 --> 00:32:01.799
 before the fall

00:32:01.799 --> 00:32:03.059
 is that day by day,

00:32:03.420 --> 00:32:05.559
 God walked with Adam

00:32:05.559 --> 00:32:06.220
 and Eve

00:32:06.220 --> 00:32:07.100
 in the garden

00:32:07.100 --> 00:32:08.140
 in the cool of the day.

00:32:08.259 --> 00:32:09.400
 They had spent the day

00:32:09.400 --> 00:32:10.340
 tending

00:32:10.340 --> 00:32:14.860
 and making paradise

00:32:14.860 --> 00:32:16.539
 even more paradise

00:32:16.539 --> 00:32:18.319
 as they tended the garden.

00:32:19.159 --> 00:32:20.339
 And at the cool of the day,

00:32:20.879 --> 00:32:21.519
 in the breeze

00:32:21.519 --> 00:32:22.519
 of the Holy Spirit,

00:32:22.940 --> 00:32:24.139
 they walked with God

00:32:24.139 --> 00:32:25.200
 and with each other

00:32:25.200 --> 00:32:26.659
 naked and unashamed.

00:32:28.039 --> 00:32:29.039
 What is heaven?

00:32:30.200 --> 00:32:31.960
 Heaven isn't some wispy

00:32:31.960 --> 00:32:33.680
 and insubstantial place.

00:32:34.159 --> 00:32:35.200
 It is the promise

00:32:35.200 --> 00:32:36.480
 that the time will come

00:32:36.480 --> 00:32:38.079
 when in the new heaven

00:32:38.079 --> 00:32:38.819
 and the new earth,

00:32:39.399 --> 00:32:40.000
 you and I,

00:32:40.119 --> 00:32:41.059
 naked and unashamed,

00:32:41.339 --> 00:32:42.559
 will walk with each other

00:32:42.559 --> 00:32:44.759
 after tending paradise

00:32:44.759 --> 00:32:47.480
 and will walk with Jesus

00:32:47.480 --> 00:32:48.980
 under the gaze

00:32:48.980 --> 00:32:49.599
 of the Father

00:32:49.599 --> 00:32:51.220
 as the Holy Spirit

00:32:51.220 --> 00:32:52.720
 blows and moves

00:32:52.720 --> 00:32:53.900
 the hair on our heads,

00:32:54.980 --> 00:32:56.180
 the branches on the trees.

00:32:58.240 --> 00:32:59.599
 And we will be home.

00:33:02.339 --> 00:33:04.079
 And we will be safe

00:33:04.079 --> 00:33:05.299
 and we will be secure

00:33:05.299 --> 00:33:07.039
 and we will be adventuresome.

00:33:07.279 --> 00:33:08.440
 We will laugh.

00:33:08.960 --> 00:33:10.160
 We will dance.

00:33:10.579 --> 00:33:11.940
 We will tell stories

00:33:11.940 --> 00:33:13.440
 and we will build.

00:33:13.440 --> 00:33:16.640
 And we will walk on water.

00:33:21.600 --> 00:33:22.860
 And that's the hope

00:33:22.860 --> 00:33:23.519
 that's secure.

00:33:24.539 --> 00:33:25.840
 Being with the Father

00:33:25.840 --> 00:33:26.440
 and the Son

00:33:26.440 --> 00:33:27.460
 and the Holy Spirit

00:33:27.460 --> 00:33:29.259
 and with each other,

00:33:30.380 --> 00:33:31.779
 naked and unashamed,

00:33:31.960 --> 00:33:32.720
 at home,

00:33:34.100 --> 00:33:34.519
 knowing.

00:33:36.180 --> 00:33:37.299
 And that is your end

00:33:37.299 --> 00:33:37.880
 in Christ.

00:33:39.840 --> 00:33:41.059
 And there will be people

00:33:41.059 --> 00:33:41.700
 from Africa

00:33:41.700 --> 00:33:42.920
 and people from China

00:33:42.920 --> 00:33:44.140
 and people from Korea

00:33:44.140 --> 00:33:45.420
 and people from Singapore

00:33:45.420 --> 00:33:47.539
 and people from North America

00:33:47.539 --> 00:33:48.660
 and people from Wales

00:33:48.660 --> 00:33:50.840
 and people from the Arctic.

00:33:52.000 --> 00:33:53.559
 And we will be every color

00:33:53.559 --> 00:33:54.420
 under the rainbow

00:33:54.420 --> 00:33:56.620
 and we will be one

00:33:56.620 --> 00:33:58.519
 and we will be at home

00:33:58.519 --> 00:34:00.200
 and we will be at peace.

00:34:02.860 --> 00:34:04.039
 And that is the hope.

00:34:04.039 --> 00:34:09.500
 And you see,

00:34:09.779 --> 00:34:11.239
 this language of hope

00:34:11.239 --> 00:34:12.739
 and the transformation

00:34:12.739 --> 00:34:13.619
 it makes

00:34:13.619 --> 00:34:15.400
 for you to take risks,

00:34:15.460 --> 00:34:16.800
 to do hard things,

00:34:17.019 --> 00:34:18.539
 because the fact of the matter is,

00:34:18.579 --> 00:34:19.320
 as we all know,

00:34:19.420 --> 00:34:20.179
 to love

00:34:20.179 --> 00:34:21.940
 requires doing

00:34:21.940 --> 00:34:23.259
 hard things.

00:34:23.940 --> 00:34:25.119
 Anybody who thinks

00:34:25.119 --> 00:34:26.019
 that to love

00:34:26.019 --> 00:34:27.079
 never involves

00:34:27.079 --> 00:34:28.639
 doing hard things

00:34:28.639 --> 00:34:29.519
 doesn't know

00:34:29.519 --> 00:34:30.219
 what it means

00:34:30.219 --> 00:34:31.099
 to love.

00:34:31.099 --> 00:34:32.940
 because to love

00:34:32.940 --> 00:34:33.900
 you need to endure.

00:34:34.259 --> 00:34:34.699
 To love

00:34:34.699 --> 00:34:35.880
 you need to have patience.

00:34:36.759 --> 00:34:37.420
 To love

00:34:37.420 --> 00:34:38.360
 it means

00:34:38.360 --> 00:34:39.460
 that you have to learn

00:34:39.460 --> 00:34:40.239
 how to forgive.

00:34:40.839 --> 00:34:41.339
 To love

00:34:41.339 --> 00:34:42.480
 means you have to learn

00:34:42.480 --> 00:34:43.500
 how to say sorry.

00:34:44.239 --> 00:34:44.819
 To love

00:34:44.819 --> 00:34:46.400
 means you need to realize

00:34:46.400 --> 00:34:47.779
 that you need to repent

00:34:47.779 --> 00:34:48.539
 because you've done

00:34:48.539 --> 00:34:49.360
 something wrong.

00:34:49.880 --> 00:34:50.380
 To love

00:34:50.380 --> 00:34:51.139
 means that you have

00:34:51.139 --> 00:34:52.319
 to humble yourself

00:34:52.319 --> 00:34:53.880
 and put yourself out

00:34:53.880 --> 00:34:55.500
 and sacrifice yourself.

00:34:55.679 --> 00:34:56.579
 It means doing

00:34:56.579 --> 00:34:57.699
 hard things.

00:34:58.019 --> 00:34:58.639
 It means

00:34:58.639 --> 00:34:59.799
 learning to forgive.

00:34:59.800 --> 00:35:01.240
 it means pursuing

00:35:01.240 --> 00:35:02.380
 reconciliation.

00:35:02.820 --> 00:35:03.960
 You can't love

00:35:03.960 --> 00:35:05.539
 without taking risks

00:35:05.539 --> 00:35:06.340
 and doing

00:35:06.340 --> 00:35:07.760
 hard things.

00:35:08.700 --> 00:35:09.340
 And if

00:35:09.340 --> 00:35:10.220
 you think

00:35:10.220 --> 00:35:11.720
 your status in life

00:35:11.720 --> 00:35:12.620
 as a good person

00:35:12.620 --> 00:35:13.420
 depends upon

00:35:13.420 --> 00:35:14.420
 you being right

00:35:14.420 --> 00:35:15.640
 and you being good,

00:35:15.940 --> 00:35:17.039
 it is devastating

00:35:17.039 --> 00:35:18.039
 to realize

00:35:18.039 --> 00:35:18.840
 that you have been

00:35:18.840 --> 00:35:19.580
 a jerk.

00:35:24.019 --> 00:35:25.120
 And you can use

00:35:25.120 --> 00:35:26.340
 some other foul language.

00:35:26.340 --> 00:35:30.120
 But if you understand

00:35:30.120 --> 00:35:32.620
 that my place

00:35:32.620 --> 00:35:33.320
 before God

00:35:33.320 --> 00:35:34.320
 does not depend

00:35:34.320 --> 00:35:35.660
 upon my performance

00:35:35.660 --> 00:35:37.860
 but that in fact

00:35:37.860 --> 00:35:38.980
 my destiny

00:35:38.980 --> 00:35:39.940
 is secure

00:35:39.940 --> 00:35:41.960
 and that means

00:35:41.960 --> 00:35:42.820
 I can look and say

00:35:42.820 --> 00:35:43.380
 well you know what?

00:35:44.260 --> 00:35:45.300
 I was wrong.

00:35:45.640 --> 00:35:46.140
 You know what?

00:35:46.720 --> 00:35:47.740
 I need to say I'm sorry.

00:35:47.840 --> 00:35:48.380
 You know what?

00:35:48.600 --> 00:35:49.800
 I haven't forgiven them

00:35:49.800 --> 00:35:50.420
 and I need to learn.

00:35:50.500 --> 00:35:51.039
 You know what?

00:35:51.340 --> 00:35:52.700
 I need to go that extra mile.

00:35:52.820 --> 00:35:53.420
 You know what?

00:35:53.420 --> 00:35:55.059
 I need to die to myself.

00:35:58.119 --> 00:35:59.059
 But you see

00:35:59.059 --> 00:36:00.820
 if you hear this message

00:36:00.820 --> 00:36:01.559
 of the gospel

00:36:01.559 --> 00:36:05.059
 and you say to yourself

00:36:05.059 --> 00:36:05.720
 you see this is what

00:36:05.720 --> 00:36:06.440
 the gospel does

00:36:06.440 --> 00:36:07.039
 and this is why

00:36:07.039 --> 00:36:08.019
 hope in all matters.

00:36:08.180 --> 00:36:09.200
 It's going to reveal

00:36:09.200 --> 00:36:10.579
 whether you think

00:36:10.579 --> 00:36:11.619
 you've tricked God

00:36:11.619 --> 00:36:13.139
 or whether you've

00:36:13.139 --> 00:36:13.760
 actually really

00:36:13.760 --> 00:36:14.820
 received the gospel.

00:36:15.820 --> 00:36:16.800
 You see because if

00:36:16.800 --> 00:36:17.599
 and this is what

00:36:17.599 --> 00:36:18.820
 my friend didn't get

00:36:18.820 --> 00:36:21.539
 if you hear this news

00:36:21.539 --> 00:36:22.079
 and you go

00:36:22.079 --> 00:36:27.000
 everything forgiven?

00:36:28.039 --> 00:36:28.559
 Whoa!

00:36:29.219 --> 00:36:31.059
 Can I ever be a jerk now?

00:36:32.460 --> 00:36:34.519
 Like you watch out folks.

00:36:34.840 --> 00:36:36.119
 I don't have to worry.

00:36:36.559 --> 00:36:37.440
 I can cheat.

00:36:37.759 --> 00:36:38.599
 I can lie.

00:36:38.900 --> 00:36:39.900
 I can be greedy.

00:36:40.239 --> 00:36:41.299
 I can be obnoxious.

00:36:41.420 --> 00:36:41.719
 Why?

00:36:42.500 --> 00:36:42.920
 Listen.

00:36:43.539 --> 00:36:44.400
 Jesus has forgiven

00:36:44.400 --> 00:36:45.179
 all my sins

00:36:45.179 --> 00:36:46.019
 and I'm going to heaven.

00:36:46.299 --> 00:36:47.340
 This is the best deal

00:36:47.340 --> 00:36:47.940
 in the world.

00:36:48.400 --> 00:36:49.440
 I get to sin

00:36:49.440 --> 00:36:50.319
 which I love

00:36:50.320 --> 00:36:52.120
 and God gets to forgive me

00:36:52.120 --> 00:36:53.019
 because he loves?

00:36:53.460 --> 00:36:53.780
 Woo!

00:36:54.100 --> 00:36:55.039
 What a great religion.

00:36:55.519 --> 00:36:56.360
 Why can't more people

00:36:56.360 --> 00:36:56.860
 choose it?

00:36:58.039 --> 00:36:58.860
 But you know what?

00:36:58.900 --> 00:36:59.760
 If that's what you think

00:36:59.760 --> 00:37:00.140
 you've done

00:37:00.140 --> 00:37:01.420
 you can never trick God.

00:37:03.260 --> 00:37:04.400
 Only a fool thinks

00:37:04.400 --> 00:37:05.940
 they can trick God.

00:37:05.940 --> 00:37:10.559
 But if you understand

00:37:10.559 --> 00:37:12.500
 that what Jesus

00:37:12.500 --> 00:37:13.940
 is offering you

00:37:13.940 --> 00:37:16.119
 isn't a license

00:37:16.119 --> 00:37:18.000
 to do as many evil things

00:37:18.000 --> 00:37:18.740
 as you want

00:37:18.740 --> 00:37:20.059
 and selfish things

00:37:20.059 --> 00:37:21.039
 you want for the rest

00:37:21.039 --> 00:37:21.579
 of your life

00:37:21.579 --> 00:37:22.500
 and be scot-free

00:37:22.500 --> 00:37:23.940
 that what you really

00:37:23.940 --> 00:37:24.639
 understand

00:37:24.639 --> 00:37:25.460
 is that God

00:37:25.460 --> 00:37:26.840
 is offering you

00:37:26.840 --> 00:37:28.019
 to be reconciled

00:37:28.019 --> 00:37:28.539
 to himself

00:37:28.539 --> 00:37:29.200
 and has done

00:37:29.200 --> 00:37:30.400
 everything that needs

00:37:30.400 --> 00:37:30.940
 to be done

00:37:30.940 --> 00:37:31.940
 and you can do

00:37:31.940 --> 00:37:32.559
 none of that.

00:37:32.920 --> 00:37:33.960
 He does it all

00:37:33.960 --> 00:37:35.039
 and is given to you

00:37:35.039 --> 00:37:35.659
 as a gift

00:37:35.659 --> 00:37:36.980
 and nobody ever

00:37:36.980 --> 00:37:38.079
 fully understands

00:37:38.079 --> 00:37:39.199
 that perfectly.

00:37:39.699 --> 00:37:40.639
 We have amnesia

00:37:40.639 --> 00:37:41.400
 we forget it

00:37:41.400 --> 00:37:42.179
 we slip back

00:37:42.179 --> 00:37:42.920
 into old ways

00:37:42.920 --> 00:37:43.659
 that's why we need

00:37:43.659 --> 00:37:44.579
 to gather together

00:37:44.579 --> 00:37:45.280
 that's why we need

00:37:45.280 --> 00:37:46.519
 to have Christian friendships

00:37:46.519 --> 00:37:47.400
 that's why we need

00:37:47.400 --> 00:37:48.400
 to have discipleship

00:37:48.400 --> 00:37:49.260
 that's why we need

00:37:49.260 --> 00:37:50.780
 to have small groups

00:37:50.780 --> 00:37:52.039
 where we can be reminded

00:37:52.039 --> 00:37:53.619
 during the week

00:37:53.619 --> 00:37:54.599
 that God still

00:37:54.599 --> 00:37:55.480
 is on his throne

00:37:55.480 --> 00:37:56.679
 that Jesus loves me

00:37:56.679 --> 00:37:57.519
 that my destiny

00:37:57.519 --> 00:37:58.179
 is the new heaven

00:37:58.179 --> 00:37:58.820
 and the new earth

00:37:58.820 --> 00:38:00.000
 and we need things

00:38:00.000 --> 00:38:00.820
 like small groups

00:38:00.820 --> 00:38:01.460
 we need

00:38:01.460 --> 00:38:03.059
 we need Christian friends

00:38:03.059 --> 00:38:03.800
 we need

00:38:03.800 --> 00:38:05.240
 to spend time in prayer

00:38:05.240 --> 00:38:06.139
 and we need to gather

00:38:06.139 --> 00:38:06.880
 on Sunday morning

00:38:06.880 --> 00:38:08.059
 because we forget

00:38:08.059 --> 00:38:09.260
 because we have amnesia

00:38:09.260 --> 00:38:11.000
 but if you hear the gospel

00:38:11.000 --> 00:38:12.360
 and you start to realize

00:38:12.360 --> 00:38:13.519
 what this means

00:38:13.519 --> 00:38:16.159
 the burden of performance

00:38:16.159 --> 00:38:16.920
 the burden

00:38:16.920 --> 00:38:18.599
 of the fact

00:38:18.599 --> 00:38:19.820
 that there's wrong

00:38:19.820 --> 00:38:20.320
 that I've done

00:38:20.320 --> 00:38:21.800
 that I can never repay

00:38:21.800 --> 00:38:23.179
 that there's failure

00:38:23.179 --> 00:38:23.720
 to do good

00:38:23.720 --> 00:38:24.880
 that I can never repay

00:38:24.880 --> 00:38:26.400
 that it's all been dealt with

00:38:26.400 --> 00:38:27.240
 and that Jesus

00:38:27.240 --> 00:38:28.800
 does this all for me

00:38:28.800 --> 00:38:29.519
 that he has

00:38:29.519 --> 00:38:31.059
 taken my doom

00:38:31.059 --> 00:38:32.440
 upon him

00:38:32.440 --> 00:38:33.480
 and that he has offered me

00:38:33.480 --> 00:38:34.259
 his destiny

00:38:34.259 --> 00:38:35.719
 and rather than thinking

00:38:35.719 --> 00:38:36.880
 I've tricked God

00:38:36.880 --> 00:38:37.579
 I've got him

00:38:37.579 --> 00:38:38.139
 you go

00:38:38.139 --> 00:38:40.679
 free at last

00:38:40.679 --> 00:38:42.579
 free at last

00:38:42.579 --> 00:38:45.059
 thank God almighty

00:38:45.059 --> 00:38:47.599
 I'm free at last

00:38:47.599 --> 00:38:53.199
 see that's why

00:38:53.199 --> 00:38:55.400
 to really understand

00:38:55.400 --> 00:38:55.920
 the gospel

00:38:55.920 --> 00:38:56.840
 begins to give you

00:38:56.840 --> 00:38:58.000
 a hope that transforms

00:38:58.000 --> 00:38:59.000
 how you do your life

00:38:59.000 --> 00:39:00.860
 not a license

00:39:00.860 --> 00:39:01.679
 to do wrong

00:39:01.679 --> 00:39:03.139
 but a hope

00:39:03.139 --> 00:39:04.079
 that begins

00:39:04.079 --> 00:39:05.139
 to transform

00:39:05.139 --> 00:39:06.260
 how you do your life

00:39:06.260 --> 00:39:12.079
 just want to say

00:39:12.079 --> 00:39:13.280
 two things very quickly

00:39:13.280 --> 00:39:14.179
 I know I have a problem

00:39:14.179 --> 00:39:14.380
 with time

00:39:14.380 --> 00:39:14.980
 you know one of the things

00:39:14.980 --> 00:39:15.820
 that's really interesting

00:39:15.820 --> 00:39:16.739
 cool about this text

00:39:16.739 --> 00:39:17.179
 one of the things

00:39:17.179 --> 00:39:17.880
 we're going to talk about

00:39:17.880 --> 00:39:19.079
 I think it's the second

00:39:19.079 --> 00:39:20.039
 to last Sunday

00:39:20.039 --> 00:39:21.380
 is we're going to talk

00:39:21.380 --> 00:39:21.840
 about the problem

00:39:21.840 --> 00:39:22.480
 of slavery

00:39:22.480 --> 00:39:23.900
 okay

00:39:23.900 --> 00:39:25.639
 why don't you try

00:39:25.639 --> 00:39:26.380
 to remember this

00:39:26.380 --> 00:39:27.440
 who's Epaphras

00:39:27.440 --> 00:39:29.139
 well nobody knows

00:39:29.139 --> 00:39:29.300
 that

00:39:29.300 --> 00:39:30.380
 here's the answer

00:39:30.380 --> 00:39:31.460
 Epaphras is a nickname

00:39:31.460 --> 00:39:33.420
 what is his real name

00:39:33.420 --> 00:39:34.159
 his

00:39:34.159 --> 00:39:35.440
 Epaphras is his nickname

00:39:35.440 --> 00:39:36.039
 his full name

00:39:36.039 --> 00:39:36.960
 is Epaphroditus

00:39:36.960 --> 00:39:38.360
 what does that mean

00:39:38.360 --> 00:39:41.579
 in honor of Aphrodite

00:39:41.579 --> 00:39:46.019
 the fellow

00:39:46.019 --> 00:39:46.039
 the fellow

00:39:46.039 --> 00:39:46.759
 who planted

00:39:46.759 --> 00:39:47.539
 the church

00:39:47.539 --> 00:39:49.199
 was a man

00:39:49.199 --> 00:39:49.659
 who before

00:39:49.659 --> 00:39:50.539
 he met Jesus

00:39:50.539 --> 00:39:52.019
 he was named

00:39:52.019 --> 00:39:52.759
 in honor

00:39:52.759 --> 00:39:53.639
 of the goddess

00:39:53.639 --> 00:39:54.440
 Aphrodite

00:39:54.440 --> 00:39:55.519
 you want to know

00:39:55.519 --> 00:39:55.980
 something else

00:39:55.980 --> 00:39:56.599
 which is really

00:39:56.599 --> 00:39:57.559
 really really cool

00:39:57.559 --> 00:39:59.739
 that in most cases

00:39:59.739 --> 00:40:00.739
 in the ancient world

00:40:00.739 --> 00:40:01.579
 if you came across

00:40:01.579 --> 00:40:02.400
 a man named

00:40:02.400 --> 00:40:03.299
 Epaphraditus

00:40:03.299 --> 00:40:04.279
 you know what he was

00:40:04.279 --> 00:40:06.199
 a slave

00:40:06.199 --> 00:40:11.659
 the gospel

00:40:11.659 --> 00:40:12.659
 transforms

00:40:12.659 --> 00:40:13.859
 a slave

00:40:13.859 --> 00:40:15.559
 into a free man

00:40:15.559 --> 00:40:16.679
 who plants

00:40:16.679 --> 00:40:17.559
 churches

00:40:17.559 --> 00:40:18.759
 and shares

00:40:18.759 --> 00:40:19.579
 the gospel

00:40:19.579 --> 00:40:21.079
 and changes him

00:40:21.079 --> 00:40:22.159
 from being a man

00:40:22.159 --> 00:40:23.579
 dedicated to the goddess

00:40:23.579 --> 00:40:24.559
 Aphrodite

00:40:24.559 --> 00:40:25.859
 to the brother

00:40:25.859 --> 00:40:26.759
 and sister

00:40:26.759 --> 00:40:27.559
 of you and me

00:40:27.559 --> 00:40:28.619
 the share

00:40:28.619 --> 00:40:29.219
 and the bearer

00:40:29.219 --> 00:40:29.579
 of the gospel

00:40:29.579 --> 00:40:30.519
 keep that in mind

00:40:30.519 --> 00:40:32.500
 when we come to the topic

00:40:32.500 --> 00:40:33.439
 of slavery

00:40:33.439 --> 00:40:34.619
 in the text

00:40:34.619 --> 00:40:38.319
 look at the last sentence

00:40:38.319 --> 00:40:40.019
 verse 9

00:40:40.019 --> 00:40:40.880
 and so from the day

00:40:40.880 --> 00:40:41.359
 we heard

00:40:41.359 --> 00:40:42.119
 we have not ceased

00:40:42.119 --> 00:40:42.859
 to pray for you

00:40:42.859 --> 00:40:43.920
 asking that you may be

00:40:43.920 --> 00:40:45.019
 filled with the knowledge

00:40:45.019 --> 00:40:45.759
 of his will

00:40:45.759 --> 00:40:47.940
 in all spiritual wisdom

00:40:47.940 --> 00:40:48.900
 and spiritual wisdom

00:40:48.900 --> 00:40:49.559
 here means

00:40:49.559 --> 00:40:50.400
 not like

00:40:50.400 --> 00:40:50.699
 woo

00:40:50.699 --> 00:40:51.960
 spiritual stuff

00:40:51.960 --> 00:40:53.099
 it means wisdom

00:40:53.099 --> 00:40:53.699
 that comes from

00:40:53.699 --> 00:40:54.440
 the Holy Spirit

00:40:54.440 --> 00:40:55.420
 that's what it means

00:40:55.420 --> 00:40:56.679
 in the original language

00:40:56.679 --> 00:40:57.880
 and understanding

00:40:57.880 --> 00:40:59.639
 so as to walk

00:40:59.639 --> 00:41:00.420
 in a manner

00:41:00.420 --> 00:41:01.440
 worthy of the Lord

00:41:01.440 --> 00:41:03.099
 see here's the thing

00:41:03.099 --> 00:41:04.000
 the Bible constantly

00:41:04.000 --> 00:41:04.719
 teaches us

00:41:04.719 --> 00:41:05.320
 that we live

00:41:05.320 --> 00:41:05.860
 in the already

00:41:05.860 --> 00:41:06.420
 not yet

00:41:06.420 --> 00:41:09.380
 that when we're

00:41:09.380 --> 00:41:10.480
 redeemed by Jesus

00:41:10.480 --> 00:41:11.579
 our destiny

00:41:11.579 --> 00:41:13.000
 is secure

00:41:13.000 --> 00:41:13.920
 our hope

00:41:13.920 --> 00:41:15.039
 is secure

00:41:15.039 --> 00:41:15.940
 our end

00:41:15.940 --> 00:41:16.800
 is secure

00:41:16.800 --> 00:41:17.900
 but Jesus

00:41:17.900 --> 00:41:18.800
 doesn't just sort of

00:41:18.800 --> 00:41:19.300
 take us

00:41:19.300 --> 00:41:19.980
 as soon as we give

00:41:19.980 --> 00:41:20.820
 our lives to Jesus

00:41:20.820 --> 00:41:21.280
 and then he

00:41:21.280 --> 00:41:22.679
 it's like the rapture

00:41:22.679 --> 00:41:23.260
 and he instantly

00:41:23.260 --> 00:41:23.960
 takes us to heaven

00:41:23.960 --> 00:41:24.679
 we still have to live

00:41:24.679 --> 00:41:25.300
 this life

00:41:25.300 --> 00:41:28.579
 and that means

00:41:28.579 --> 00:41:29.420
 on one hand

00:41:29.420 --> 00:41:30.780
 the already

00:41:30.780 --> 00:41:31.579
 is true

00:41:31.579 --> 00:41:32.300
 the final word

00:41:32.300 --> 00:41:32.679
 about me

00:41:32.679 --> 00:41:33.039
 is true

00:41:33.039 --> 00:41:33.780
 but it's not yet

00:41:33.780 --> 00:41:35.100
 it's not yet

00:41:35.100 --> 00:41:36.980
 I still need to learn

00:41:36.980 --> 00:41:37.840
 how to love better

00:41:37.840 --> 00:41:39.160
 I need to learn

00:41:39.160 --> 00:41:40.140
 how to forgive better

00:41:40.140 --> 00:41:41.340
 I have to learn

00:41:41.340 --> 00:41:42.360
 to take risks better

00:41:42.360 --> 00:41:43.740
 I have to learn

00:41:43.740 --> 00:41:44.660
 how to dwell

00:41:44.660 --> 00:41:45.740
 in the truth better

00:41:45.740 --> 00:41:47.740
 I have to learn

00:41:47.740 --> 00:41:48.160
 how to dwell

00:41:48.160 --> 00:41:48.920
 in compassion

00:41:48.920 --> 00:41:49.660
 better

00:41:49.660 --> 00:41:50.640
 and justice

00:41:50.640 --> 00:41:51.280
 better

00:41:51.280 --> 00:41:52.660
 and kindness

00:41:52.660 --> 00:41:53.640
 and mercy better

00:41:53.640 --> 00:41:54.480
 I still have to learn

00:41:54.480 --> 00:41:55.320
 those things

00:41:55.320 --> 00:41:56.440
 drawn

00:41:56.440 --> 00:41:59.160
 by my end

00:41:59.160 --> 00:41:59.920
 being secure

00:41:59.920 --> 00:42:01.900
 and that's why

00:42:01.900 --> 00:42:02.900
 this word walk

00:42:02.900 --> 00:42:03.420
 is there

00:42:03.420 --> 00:42:03.760
 walk

00:42:03.760 --> 00:42:04.559
 means as I go

00:42:04.559 --> 00:42:05.200
 through my day

00:42:05.200 --> 00:42:06.380
 as I go from here

00:42:06.380 --> 00:42:08.000
 to chatting with you

00:42:08.000 --> 00:42:08.780
 after the service

00:42:08.780 --> 00:42:10.200
 to stopping off

00:42:10.200 --> 00:42:11.059
 at a coffee shop

00:42:11.059 --> 00:42:11.820
 to buy a coffee

00:42:11.820 --> 00:42:12.780
 on my way home

00:42:12.780 --> 00:42:14.039
 to spending time

00:42:14.039 --> 00:42:14.880
 with my family

00:42:14.880 --> 00:42:15.900
 to exercising

00:42:15.900 --> 00:42:16.579
 to reading

00:42:16.579 --> 00:42:17.800
 to having supper

00:42:17.800 --> 00:42:18.460
 that's walk

00:42:18.460 --> 00:42:20.300
 it's how you do

00:42:20.300 --> 00:42:20.920
 your life

00:42:20.920 --> 00:42:23.900
 verse 10

00:42:23.900 --> 00:42:24.720
 so as to walk

00:42:24.720 --> 00:42:25.099
 in a manner

00:42:25.099 --> 00:42:25.980
 worthy of the Lord

00:42:25.980 --> 00:42:27.280
 fully pleasing to him

00:42:27.280 --> 00:42:29.100
 and over the next few weeks

00:42:29.100 --> 00:42:29.700
 we'll talk about

00:42:29.700 --> 00:42:30.340
 how to walk

00:42:30.340 --> 00:42:30.760
 in a manner

00:42:30.760 --> 00:42:31.980
 drawn by the hope

00:42:31.980 --> 00:42:32.680
 of the gospel

00:42:32.680 --> 00:42:34.060
 what does that mean

00:42:34.060 --> 00:42:34.340
 it means

00:42:34.340 --> 00:42:35.360
 it will bear fruit

00:42:35.360 --> 00:42:36.480
 in every good work

00:42:36.480 --> 00:42:37.820
 and it means

00:42:37.820 --> 00:42:38.640
 will increase

00:42:38.640 --> 00:42:39.260
 in the knowledge

00:42:39.260 --> 00:42:39.720
 of God

00:42:39.720 --> 00:42:40.540
 and that not only means

00:42:40.540 --> 00:42:41.460
 knowledge about God

00:42:41.460 --> 00:42:42.860
 but actually knowing God

00:42:42.860 --> 00:42:43.960
 and being known by him

00:42:43.960 --> 00:42:45.320
 it's personal knowledge

00:42:45.320 --> 00:42:46.960
 and then verse 11

00:42:46.960 --> 00:42:48.300
 that you'll be strengthened

00:42:48.300 --> 00:42:49.320
 with all power

00:42:49.320 --> 00:42:51.040
 according to his glorious might

00:42:51.040 --> 00:42:52.019
 for all endurance

00:42:52.019 --> 00:42:53.380
 and patience with joy

00:42:53.380 --> 00:42:54.660
 because that's what we need

00:42:54.660 --> 00:42:55.300
 if we want to live

00:42:55.300 --> 00:42:56.100
 lives of love

00:42:56.100 --> 00:42:56.380
 isn't it

00:42:56.380 --> 00:42:56.920
 we have to be

00:42:56.920 --> 00:42:57.380
 we have to be able

00:42:57.380 --> 00:42:58.039
 to endure

00:42:58.039 --> 00:42:59.480
 and we don't want

00:42:59.480 --> 00:43:00.519
 to do white knuckling

00:43:00.519 --> 00:43:02.559
 with a sour grumpy face

00:43:02.559 --> 00:43:03.519
 always saying

00:43:03.519 --> 00:43:04.260
 got to

00:43:04.260 --> 00:43:04.800
 got to

00:43:04.800 --> 00:43:05.280
 got to

00:43:05.280 --> 00:43:05.820
 we want to move

00:43:05.820 --> 00:43:06.159
 to the point

00:43:06.159 --> 00:43:06.539
 where we say

00:43:06.539 --> 00:43:07.480
 get to

00:43:07.480 --> 00:43:10.019
 I get to love

00:43:10.019 --> 00:43:13.380
 I get to take risks

00:43:13.380 --> 00:43:15.760
 I get to share the gospel

00:43:15.760 --> 00:43:16.880
 not got to

00:43:16.880 --> 00:43:17.760
 get to

00:43:17.760 --> 00:43:20.519
 then verse 12

00:43:20.519 --> 00:43:21.880
 giving thanks to the father

00:43:21.880 --> 00:43:23.280
 like that's part of what it means

00:43:23.280 --> 00:43:24.260
 to be strengthened

00:43:24.260 --> 00:43:24.840
 to walk

00:43:24.840 --> 00:43:25.680
 by this hope

00:43:25.679 --> 00:43:26.919
 is to become more

00:43:26.919 --> 00:43:27.699
 living a life

00:43:27.699 --> 00:43:28.659
 out of thankfulness

00:43:28.659 --> 00:43:29.779
 to the father

00:43:29.779 --> 00:43:31.159
 who has qualified you

00:43:31.159 --> 00:43:31.659
 to share

00:43:31.659 --> 00:43:32.440
 in the inheritance

00:43:32.440 --> 00:43:33.179
 of the saints

00:43:33.179 --> 00:43:33.659
 and light

00:43:33.659 --> 00:43:34.919
 he has delivered us

00:43:34.919 --> 00:43:35.519
 from the domain

00:43:35.519 --> 00:43:36.139
 of darkness

00:43:36.139 --> 00:43:37.039
 and transferred us

00:43:37.039 --> 00:43:37.599
 to the kingdom

00:43:37.599 --> 00:43:38.739
 of his beloved son

00:43:38.739 --> 00:43:40.139
 in whom we have redemption

00:43:40.139 --> 00:43:40.739
 the forgiveness

00:43:40.739 --> 00:43:41.539
 of sins

00:43:41.539 --> 00:43:42.879
 praise God

00:43:42.879 --> 00:43:44.159
 I'd like you all

00:43:44.159 --> 00:43:45.039
 to stand please

00:43:45.039 --> 00:43:46.779
 Andrew

00:43:46.779 --> 00:43:47.339
 could you put

00:43:47.339 --> 00:43:48.219
 the general

00:43:48.219 --> 00:43:49.000
 thanksgiving up

00:43:49.000 --> 00:43:49.399
 that would be

00:43:49.399 --> 00:43:50.139
 really helpful

00:43:50.139 --> 00:43:50.739
 thank you

00:43:50.739 --> 00:43:52.099
 and

00:43:52.099 --> 00:43:53.859
 if you haven't

00:43:53.859 --> 00:43:54.359
 given your life

00:43:54.359 --> 00:43:54.799
 to Jesus

00:43:54.799 --> 00:43:55.419
 there's no better

00:43:55.419 --> 00:43:56.179
 time than now

00:43:56.179 --> 00:43:56.679
 to just say

00:43:56.679 --> 00:43:57.199
 father

00:43:57.199 --> 00:43:57.699
 thank you

00:43:57.699 --> 00:43:58.259
 for Jesus

00:43:58.259 --> 00:44:00.199
 I understand

00:44:00.199 --> 00:44:00.659
 that

00:44:00.659 --> 00:44:01.959
 it's hard for me

00:44:01.959 --> 00:44:02.679
 to completely

00:44:02.679 --> 00:44:03.439
 understand darkness

00:44:03.439 --> 00:44:04.359
 but I get it

00:44:04.359 --> 00:44:05.099
 I get that

00:44:05.099 --> 00:44:06.179
 you need to do

00:44:06.179 --> 00:44:06.500
 something

00:44:06.500 --> 00:44:07.079
 that I can't

00:44:07.079 --> 00:44:07.899
 do for myself

00:44:07.899 --> 00:44:09.679
 and you know

00:44:09.679 --> 00:44:10.379
 whatever goodness

00:44:10.379 --> 00:44:10.799
 you've done

00:44:10.799 --> 00:44:11.119
 in your life

00:44:11.119 --> 00:44:11.739
 he doesn't take it

00:44:11.739 --> 00:44:12.139
 away and say

00:44:12.139 --> 00:44:12.919
 that hasn't been good

00:44:12.919 --> 00:44:13.959
 it gets

00:44:13.959 --> 00:44:15.519
 ennobled

00:44:15.519 --> 00:44:16.579
 it gets empowered

00:44:16.579 --> 00:44:17.559
 it gets strengthened

00:44:17.559 --> 00:44:18.860
 it gets more

00:44:18.860 --> 00:44:19.500
 it just

00:44:19.500 --> 00:44:21.420
 you brought

00:44:21.420 --> 00:44:22.759
 you get into the light

00:44:22.759 --> 00:44:23.179
 fully

00:44:23.179 --> 00:44:24.099
 and there's no time

00:44:24.099 --> 00:44:25.139
 now that's better

00:44:25.139 --> 00:44:25.460
 than now

00:44:25.460 --> 00:44:26.039
 to give your life

00:44:26.039 --> 00:44:26.519
 to Jesus

00:44:26.519 --> 00:44:28.039
 and probably

00:44:28.039 --> 00:44:28.900
 every week

00:44:28.900 --> 00:44:31.279
 this ancient prayer

00:44:31.279 --> 00:44:32.039
 this call to worship

00:44:32.039 --> 00:44:33.559
 I'm writing my blogs

00:44:33.559 --> 00:44:33.980
 about it

00:44:33.980 --> 00:44:35.320
 this in many ways

00:44:35.320 --> 00:44:36.559
 perfectly expresses

00:44:36.559 --> 00:44:37.460
 lots of what I've

00:44:37.460 --> 00:44:38.380
 tried to say today

00:44:38.380 --> 00:44:39.420
 in a very compact

00:44:39.420 --> 00:44:39.820
 message

00:44:39.820 --> 00:44:41.059
 and every week

00:44:41.059 --> 00:44:41.779
 in my sermon

00:44:41.779 --> 00:44:42.860
 we're going to end

00:44:42.860 --> 00:44:43.639
 with this general

00:44:43.639 --> 00:44:44.360
 thanksgiving

00:44:44.360 --> 00:44:45.960
 because it perfectly

00:44:45.960 --> 00:44:47.460
 expresses so much

00:44:47.460 --> 00:44:48.400
 of what the Christian

00:44:48.400 --> 00:44:49.139
 life is like

00:44:49.139 --> 00:44:49.980
 in light

00:44:49.980 --> 00:44:51.099
 of the Colossians

00:44:51.099 --> 00:44:52.380
 so would you pray

00:44:52.380 --> 00:44:54.179
 call out to God

00:44:54.179 --> 00:44:54.740
 with me

00:44:54.740 --> 00:44:55.480
 in the words

00:44:55.480 --> 00:44:56.119
 of this prayer

00:44:56.119 --> 00:45:00.920
 Almighty God

00:45:00.920 --> 00:45:02.960
 Father of all mercies

00:45:02.960 --> 00:45:03.920
 we then

00:45:03.920 --> 00:45:05.240
 unworthy servants

00:45:05.240 --> 00:45:06.260
 do give you

00:45:06.260 --> 00:45:06.900
 most humble

00:45:06.900 --> 00:45:08.000
 and hearty thanks

00:45:08.000 --> 00:45:09.519
 for all your goodness

00:45:09.519 --> 00:45:10.679
 and loving kindness

00:45:10.679 --> 00:45:11.380
 to us

00:45:11.380 --> 00:45:12.639
 and to all people

00:45:12.639 --> 00:45:14.260
 we bless thee

00:45:14.260 --> 00:45:15.300
 for your creation

00:45:15.300 --> 00:45:15.980
 preservation

00:45:15.980 --> 00:45:17.480
 and all the blessings

00:45:17.480 --> 00:45:18.320
 of this life

00:45:18.320 --> 00:45:19.740
 but above all

00:45:19.740 --> 00:45:21.300
 for thine inestimable love

00:45:21.300 --> 00:45:22.320
 in the redemption

00:45:22.320 --> 00:45:23.039
 of the world

00:45:23.039 --> 00:45:24.619
 by our Lord Jesus Christ

00:45:24.619 --> 00:45:26.480
 for the means of grace

00:45:26.480 --> 00:45:27.440
 and for the hope

00:45:27.440 --> 00:45:27.980
 of glory

00:45:27.980 --> 00:45:29.699
 and we beseech you

00:45:29.699 --> 00:45:31.559
 give us that due sense

00:45:31.559 --> 00:45:32.719
 of all your mercies

00:45:32.719 --> 00:45:33.940
 that our hearts

00:45:33.940 --> 00:45:34.400
 may be

00:45:34.400 --> 00:45:35.599
 unfeignedly thankful

00:45:35.599 --> 00:45:37.260
 and that we show forth

00:45:37.260 --> 00:45:38.039
 your praise

00:45:38.039 --> 00:45:39.480
 not only with our lips

00:45:39.480 --> 00:45:40.659
 but in our lives

00:45:40.659 --> 00:45:42.440
 by giving up ourselves

00:45:42.440 --> 00:45:43.460
 to your service

00:45:43.460 --> 00:45:45.480
 and by walking before you

00:45:45.480 --> 00:45:46.119
 in holiness

00:45:46.119 --> 00:45:46.940
 and righteousness

00:45:46.940 --> 00:45:48.039
 all our days

00:45:48.039 --> 00:45:49.659
 through Jesus Christ

00:45:49.659 --> 00:45:50.280
 our Lord

00:45:50.280 --> 00:45:51.480
 to whom with you

00:45:51.480 --> 00:45:52.480
 and the Holy Spirit

00:45:52.480 --> 00:45:53.360
 be all honor

00:45:53.360 --> 00:45:53.940
 and glory

00:45:53.940 --> 00:45:55.460
 world without end

00:45:55.460 --> 00:45:56.199
 Amen

00:45:56.199 --> 00:45:56.940
 sorry that's not

00:45:56.940 --> 00:45:57.760
 what my blogs run

00:45:57.760 --> 00:45:58.059
 sounds

00:45:58.059 --> 00:45:59.539
 that was in one of my blogs

00:45:59.539 --> 00:46:00.260
 not the one I've run

00:46:00.260 --> 00:46:02.300
 let's just pray

00:46:02.300 --> 00:46:02.880
 one more time

00:46:02.880 --> 00:46:03.619
 Father pour out

00:46:03.619 --> 00:46:04.139
 the Holy Spirit

00:46:04.139 --> 00:46:04.699
 upon us

00:46:04.699 --> 00:46:05.679
 you know how quickly

00:46:05.679 --> 00:46:06.300
 we forget

00:46:06.300 --> 00:46:07.260
 the hope of glory

00:46:07.260 --> 00:46:09.440
 we ask that you

00:46:09.440 --> 00:46:10.139
 deliver us

00:46:10.139 --> 00:46:11.039
 from amnesia

00:46:11.039 --> 00:46:12.300
 and that we would

00:46:12.300 --> 00:46:13.019
 remember this

00:46:13.019 --> 00:46:14.019
 and we ask Father

00:46:14.019 --> 00:46:14.880
 that you would guide us

00:46:14.880 --> 00:46:15.820
 into small groups

00:46:15.820 --> 00:46:17.039
 and spiritual friendships

00:46:17.039 --> 00:46:18.900
 and other such things

00:46:18.900 --> 00:46:20.019
 so that throughout the week

00:46:20.019 --> 00:46:21.460
 we have other ways

00:46:21.460 --> 00:46:22.239
 to be reminded

00:46:22.239 --> 00:46:23.320
 of who Jesus is

00:46:23.320 --> 00:46:24.099
 and what he accomplished

00:46:24.099 --> 00:46:25.159
 for us on the cross

00:46:25.159 --> 00:46:26.960
 and how to then live

00:46:26.960 --> 00:46:28.500
 in a hope filled

00:46:28.500 --> 00:46:30.139
 transformative way

00:46:30.139 --> 00:46:32.079
 that is worthy of you

00:46:32.079 --> 00:46:34.199
 and is good for others

00:46:34.199 --> 00:46:35.659
 and this we ask

00:46:35.659 --> 00:46:36.480
 in the name of Jesus

00:46:36.480 --> 00:46:37.079
 your son

00:46:37.079 --> 00:46:37.719
 and our savior

00:46:37.719 --> 00:46:39.179
 and all God's people said

00:46:39.179 --> 00:46:39.940
 Amen

00:46:39.940 --> 00:46:40.360
 I

00:46:40.360 --> 00:46:40.400
 I