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 James chapter 1 and at verse 12.

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 And so on.

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 I want to return to looking at this first chapter in the letter of James.

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 And we have noticed that the first part of this letter, James, is is dealing with how we need to learn spiritual wholeness and health and well-being in the best sense of the of the terms.

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 That is that we have a walking with the Lord Jesus, which is in commune with him and walking to learn from him and to thereby grow up in faith.

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 And we saw from verse 2 to verse 4, the way in which spiritual maturity comes by remaining steadfast in our trials.

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 And we notice the ways in which we all have our different trials, that God gives trials to us in order to build us up on the faith.

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 And we grow up as we remain steadfast in these trials.

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 And we saw from verse 5 down to verse number 8, the way in which faith responds to our trials.

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 And that is that we respond in prayer and we seek the wisdom that comes from God alone.

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 And we notice that the wisdom that comes from God is a wisdom that enables us to serve God.

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 It enables us to live the right kind of life.

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 It enables us to make right judgments.

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 And it even enables us to govern our own lives and for the church to govern itself.

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 Praying for wisdom in order to associate with our trials and to learn from them.

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 And at verse number 12, we see the way in which the people are once more encouraged in their trials and encourage that if they remain steadfast, then they will receive the crown of life.

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 And from verse 12 to verse 13, James changes his focus.

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 And he does so by moving from trials to think of temptation.

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 And in verse 13 down to verse number 15, this evening, we want to look at what James has to say and to think of the trial of faith and temptation to sin.

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 And we might be saying, why should we focus on sin?

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 And perhaps there are two simple reasons for that.

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 Because sin is something that we have to deal with ourselves.

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 And secondly, our sin is what God does deal with.

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 And the more we understand what sin means and the more we understand why God deals with us in the way that he does,

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 then that helps us on our journey to spiritual or Christian maturity.

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 And so we have the trial of faith and the temptation to sin.

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 Well, I notice first of all, that there is a pastoral concern.

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 And the pastoral concern, we have brought to our attention in that verse 13,

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 let no one say when he is tempted, I am being tempted by God.

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 He introduces the idea of temptation.

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 The word translated temptation here is from the same word group as the word translated testing earlier.

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 And there is that kind of double meaning in the terms.

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 And James is now focusing on the second interpretation of the term.

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 That is temptation.

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 When things cross our path and things work in our experience,

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 that that draws us away temptation,

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 which is the design to destroy our faith,

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 to lead us into sin,

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 and therefore lead us into separation from God.

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 And when we think of temptation in that way,

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 it reminds us of the importance of understanding something about the way in which temptation works in our lives.

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 Its goal is, its purpose is to sever us from God and for us to lose the assurance of our faith.

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 The pastoral concern here is that there are those who are blaming God for their temptation.

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 Let no one say when he is tempted,

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 I am being tempted by God.

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 Now perhaps we may say,

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 surely we don't do that.

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 But the reality is that we do that more often than we think.

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 In this letter here,

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 there are those who are facing poverty.

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 There are those who are rich.

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 There are challenges associated with poverty and with riches.

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 We may think of financial difficulty,

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 causing us to question God's providence.

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 We're blaming God for bringing us into financial difficulty.

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 When we are facing personal illness,

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 we begin to question the goodness of God and even the love of God.

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 When we see,

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 as we saw in Psalm 73,

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 the wicked prospering and the people of God suffering,

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 we may question the justice of God and blame God.

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 Why is God allowing this to happen?

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 In so many parts of life,

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 we blame God for the situations that we have arrived in.

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 When we suffer personal bereavement,

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 and we blame God for dealing with us so sorely,

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 we question the love of God.

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 And tonight,

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 if we have faith,

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 all of us at one time or another,

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 if we are honest with ourselves,

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 we'll have blamed God,

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 questioned God for what he is doing.

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 And at the very beginning of the Bible,

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 we see that blame culture emerging in the very first sin,

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 where Adam blames God for giving a wife,

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 Eve,

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 who led him into the transgression.

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 And that blame culture follows our own experience

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 and our relation with God time after time.

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 And one of the writers commenting on this

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 makes the point that so often,

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 when we sin,

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 we blame God in order to relieve our own personal guilt.

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 Instead of going to God with our sin

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 and confessing our sin,

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 if we can find some way of blaming God

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 in the midst of our sin,

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 then it tends to ease our guilt.

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 A pastoral concern.

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 Do you think that's a concern

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 that includes your own life,

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 your own relationship with God?

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 Does this speak into your heart

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 as it speaks into my heart this evening,

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 forcing us to think

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 of a response to our sin,

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 of a response to situations

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 where we actually blame God?

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 And James is very quick

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 to make it clear

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 that because of God's character

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 that cannot happen.

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 And in God's activity

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 that will never happen.

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 For God cannot be tempted with evil.

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 He is immune to that sense

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 of being tempted himself.

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 It just cannot happen

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 because of the God that he is

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 in all of his perfection

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 and in all of his holiness.

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 He cannot be tempted by sin.

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 It simply does not happen.

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 Sin is apparent to him.

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 And because of his relationship

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 with his people,

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 neither is he engaged

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 in tempting them.

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 And of course,

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 that's,

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 that leaves us

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 with a mystery.

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 A mystery that does not

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 lead us to blame God,

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 but it does

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 lead us to think

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 about the mystery

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 of our providence.

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 Where providence takes us

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 to different places.

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 and in these very places

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 that we face temptation.

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 And the God who is

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 the God of our providence

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 still cannot be blamed

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 for our temptation.

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 The pastoral concern.

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 Important for us to,

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 to consider

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 temptation

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 and to be on our guard

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 and to always ensure

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 that temptation

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 does not ever

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 have its source

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 in the reality of God.

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 It simply cannot

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 happen in that way.

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 The pastoral concern.

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 Secondly,

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 then we see

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 that there's a process.

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 If that's not the source

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 of our temptation,

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 what is the source?

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 The process.

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 We see in a version number 14,

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 but each person is tempted

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 when he is lured

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 and deticed

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 by his own desire.

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 Our personal desire.

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 The reality of it

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 is the source

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 of our temptation.

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 And that,

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 and the desire,

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 the way in which

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 James speaks of it

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 and the way in which

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 the New Testament

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 speaks of it,

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 it's something that

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 speaks deep

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 into our experience.

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 It's the longing

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 that we have

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 and the impulses

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 of our hearts

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 towards certain things.

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 The desire that we have

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 in our hearts

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 towards satisfaction.

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 And that desire

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 in our hearts

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 is something

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 that is a power

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 which draws us

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 to this object

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 in which we will

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 have satisfaction.

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 and such is the desire

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 that we suffer pain

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 and we feel a pain

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 if we cannot have

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 the satisfaction

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 that we can have

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 by embracing the object.

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 It is something

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 that's powerful

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 within us,

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 deeply rooted

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 in our being.

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 It is the tendency

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 to choose the things

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 that are all about

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 ourselves

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 and not about God.

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 Indeed,

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 it is the tendency

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 to choose

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 the very things

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 that God has

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 prohibited.

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 Temptation

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 from our desire.

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 We read Peter

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 in 1 Peter 2

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 speaking about

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 the way in which

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 we are to abstain

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 from the passions

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 of the flesh.

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 It's like a powerful

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 energy that builds

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 up inside of us

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 that leads us

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 to desire the things

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 that will satisfy

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 the flesh

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 and that will

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 separate us

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 from God.

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 And while

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 the New Testament

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 speaks of

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 that desire,

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 we understand

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 the diversity

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 of individual

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 experience.

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 we understand

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 tonight that

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 the things

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 that are a powerful

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 temptation to you

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 because of your

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 disposition

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 might not cause me

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 even to look

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 at these very things.

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 And all of us

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 tonight are made

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 in such a way

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 in the diversity

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 of our disposition

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 as God has made us

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 that there

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 we find ourselves

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 drawn to one thing

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 and not drawn

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 to another thing.

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 tonight we may

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 well be here

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 and in the

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 sacred of our hearts

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 tempted by the

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 things that

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 are attractive

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 to ourselves

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 and others

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 tempted by things

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 that are attractive

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 to them

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 and that would

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 be unattractive

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 to you.

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 and whilst we

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 understand that

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 we all have

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 the same sinful

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 heart

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 we understand

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 the diversity

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 of experience

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 your attractions

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 won't be mine

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 and your attractions

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 won't be those

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 of the person

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 next to you.

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 and that's why

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 in circumstances

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 circumstances

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 in temptation

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 are tailored

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 to suit

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 your personal

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 disposition

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 and it's

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 it's wonderful

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 and mysterious

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 and awesome

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 in so many ways

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 the way in which

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 the devil works

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 and the way in which

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 we find ourselves

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 in the very

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 circumstances

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 that are tailored

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 to our individual

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 passions

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 and to our

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 individual desires.

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 Our temptations

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 arise from

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 the reality

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 of the sinful

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 disposition

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 of our sinful

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 hearts

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 the power of

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 our passions

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 and because

00:14:37.860 --> 00:14:38.759
 of that

00:14:38.759 --> 00:14:39.819
 powerful

00:14:39.819 --> 00:14:41.819
 passion

00:14:41.819 --> 00:14:42.539
 of our hearts

00:14:42.539 --> 00:14:43.620
 the process

00:14:43.620 --> 00:14:44.799
 is explained

00:14:44.799 --> 00:14:45.460
 to us here

00:14:45.460 --> 00:14:45.779
 it's

00:14:45.779 --> 00:14:46.419
 if

00:14:46.419 --> 00:14:47.659
 there are fishermen

00:14:47.659 --> 00:14:47.980
 here

00:14:47.980 --> 00:14:48.500
 I'm sure

00:14:48.500 --> 00:14:48.879
 there are

00:14:48.879 --> 00:14:50.000
 explained to us

00:14:50.000 --> 00:14:50.500
 a process

00:14:50.500 --> 00:14:50.899
 here

00:14:50.899 --> 00:14:51.360
 which

00:14:51.360 --> 00:14:53.740
 highlights

00:14:53.740 --> 00:14:55.600
 how temptation

00:14:55.600 --> 00:14:56.259
 works

00:14:56.259 --> 00:14:59.360
 but each

00:14:59.360 --> 00:14:59.840
 person

00:14:59.840 --> 00:15:00.779
 is tempted

00:15:00.779 --> 00:15:02.039
 when he is

00:15:02.039 --> 00:15:02.439
 lured

00:15:02.439 --> 00:15:03.019
 and

00:15:03.019 --> 00:15:06.100
 enticed

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 there are two

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 things going on

00:15:08.439 --> 00:15:08.740
 there is

00:15:08.740 --> 00:15:09.659
 there is the

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 enticement

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 and there is

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 the attachment

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 and because

00:15:15.379 --> 00:15:15.679
 of

00:15:15.679 --> 00:15:16.580
 of our

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 sinful

00:15:16.939 --> 00:15:17.480
 disposition

00:15:17.480 --> 00:15:19.700
 we see

00:15:19.700 --> 00:15:20.439
 first of all

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 that we

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 are lured

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 we're

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 drawn

00:15:24.000 --> 00:15:24.720
 away

00:15:24.720 --> 00:15:27.320
 something

00:15:27.320 --> 00:15:27.980
 attractive

00:15:27.980 --> 00:15:29.220
 is presented

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 to us

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 that the

00:15:31.679 --> 00:15:32.080
 fisherman

00:15:32.080 --> 00:15:32.399
 will

00:15:32.399 --> 00:15:33.580
 bait his

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 hook

00:15:33.960 --> 00:15:34.240
 or the

00:15:34.240 --> 00:15:34.519
 fisherman

00:15:34.519 --> 00:15:34.980
 will use

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 a particular

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 kind of

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 fly

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 he will do

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 that in

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 order to

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 attract

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 and to

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 bring

00:15:41.679 --> 00:15:42.899
 the fish

00:15:42.899 --> 00:15:43.519
 out of its

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 hiding place

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 and to

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 bring it

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 and for

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 it to be

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 drawn and

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 attracted

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 to the

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 very thing

00:15:49.240 --> 00:15:49.700
 that's on

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 that

00:15:50.000 --> 00:15:51.039
 hook

00:15:51.039 --> 00:15:53.860
 there is

00:15:53.860 --> 00:15:54.879
 that

00:15:54.879 --> 00:15:57.220
 enticement

00:15:57.220 --> 00:15:59.159
 and it

00:15:59.159 --> 00:15:59.560
 is

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 an

00:16:00.759 --> 00:16:01.419
 enticement

00:16:01.419 --> 00:16:02.480
 that is

00:16:02.480 --> 00:16:03.360
 powerful

00:16:03.360 --> 00:16:03.840
 in the

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 sense

00:16:04.139 --> 00:16:06.180
 that we

00:16:06.180 --> 00:16:06.800
 must have

00:16:06.800 --> 00:16:07.039
 it

00:16:07.039 --> 00:16:08.580
 it's

00:16:08.580 --> 00:16:09.360
 delicious

00:16:09.360 --> 00:16:09.879
 bait

00:16:09.879 --> 00:16:11.379
 and we

00:16:11.379 --> 00:16:11.960
 must have

00:16:11.960 --> 00:16:12.240
 it

00:16:12.240 --> 00:16:14.240
 and we

00:16:14.240 --> 00:16:15.159
 think of

00:16:15.159 --> 00:16:15.580
 how that

00:16:15.580 --> 00:16:16.060
 works

00:16:16.060 --> 00:16:17.820
 and we

00:16:17.820 --> 00:16:18.200
 think of

00:16:18.200 --> 00:16:18.800
 how it

00:16:18.800 --> 00:16:19.139
 works

00:16:19.139 --> 00:16:19.399
 in our

00:16:19.399 --> 00:16:19.759
 personal

00:16:19.759 --> 00:16:20.539
 experience

00:16:20.539 --> 00:16:22.379
 and that

00:16:22.379 --> 00:16:22.959
 process

00:16:22.959 --> 00:16:23.579
 through which

00:16:23.579 --> 00:16:24.939
 the devil

00:16:24.939 --> 00:16:25.459
 will keep

00:16:25.459 --> 00:16:26.120
 presenting

00:16:26.120 --> 00:16:26.679
 the same

00:16:26.679 --> 00:16:27.199
 thing to

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 our minds

00:16:27.639 --> 00:16:28.459
 in order

00:16:28.459 --> 00:16:28.860
 to draw

00:16:28.860 --> 00:16:29.399
 us away

00:16:29.399 --> 00:16:32.439
 and there

00:16:32.439 --> 00:16:33.179
 are two

00:16:33.179 --> 00:16:33.879
 graphs that

00:16:33.879 --> 00:16:34.099
 we can

00:16:34.099 --> 00:16:34.799
 think of

00:16:34.799 --> 00:16:35.839
 and the

00:16:35.839 --> 00:16:36.439
 more the

00:16:36.439 --> 00:16:36.799
 devil

00:16:36.799 --> 00:16:38.039
 persists

00:16:38.039 --> 00:16:38.759
 in seeking

00:16:38.759 --> 00:16:39.579
 to draw

00:16:39.579 --> 00:16:40.000
 us away

00:16:40.000 --> 00:16:41.199
 the more

00:16:41.199 --> 00:16:41.559
 our

00:16:41.559 --> 00:16:42.500
 resistance

00:16:42.500 --> 00:16:42.860
 will

00:16:42.860 --> 00:16:43.500
 diminish

00:16:43.500 --> 00:16:45.940
 and as

00:16:45.940 --> 00:16:46.059
 our

00:16:46.059 --> 00:16:46.500
 resistance

00:16:46.500 --> 00:16:47.059
 diminish

00:16:47.059 --> 00:16:48.159
 the more

00:16:48.159 --> 00:16:50.299
 the bait

00:16:50.299 --> 00:16:50.879
 becomes

00:16:50.879 --> 00:16:51.639
 attractive

00:16:51.639 --> 00:16:53.460
 until we

00:16:53.460 --> 00:16:54.100
 reach the

00:16:54.100 --> 00:16:54.620
 point

00:16:54.620 --> 00:16:56.860
 where we're

00:16:56.860 --> 00:16:57.279
 attached

00:16:57.279 --> 00:16:58.320
 and that's

00:16:58.320 --> 00:16:58.519
 what

00:16:58.519 --> 00:16:59.279
 what James

00:16:59.279 --> 00:16:59.600
 is saying

00:16:59.600 --> 00:16:59.919
 here

00:16:59.919 --> 00:17:01.860
 lured

00:17:01.860 --> 00:17:02.240
 and

00:17:02.240 --> 00:17:03.159
 enticed

00:17:03.159 --> 00:17:05.319
 there is

00:17:05.319 --> 00:17:06.400
 the sense

00:17:06.400 --> 00:17:06.839
 of

00:17:06.839 --> 00:17:08.299
 being

00:17:08.299 --> 00:17:08.980
 dragged

00:17:08.980 --> 00:17:09.599
 away

00:17:09.599 --> 00:17:10.659
 that's

00:17:10.659 --> 00:17:10.939
 what the

00:17:10.939 --> 00:17:11.139
 word

00:17:11.139 --> 00:17:11.539
 means

00:17:11.539 --> 00:17:12.639
 that's

00:17:12.639 --> 00:17:12.899
 what the

00:17:12.899 --> 00:17:13.179
 fisherman

00:17:13.179 --> 00:17:13.639
 does

00:17:13.639 --> 00:17:14.279
 let me

00:17:14.279 --> 00:17:14.659
 get my

00:17:14.659 --> 00:17:14.919
 fish

00:17:14.919 --> 00:17:15.159
 on the

00:17:15.159 --> 00:17:15.399
 hook

00:17:15.399 --> 00:17:15.619
 and

00:17:15.619 --> 00:17:17.319
 no matter

00:17:17.319 --> 00:17:17.639
 how much

00:17:17.639 --> 00:17:18.179
 it struggles

00:17:18.179 --> 00:17:18.740
 it's

00:17:18.740 --> 00:17:21.139
 pulling my

00:17:21.139 --> 00:17:21.699
 line in

00:17:21.699 --> 00:17:22.480
 and do it

00:17:22.480 --> 00:17:23.419
 professionally

00:17:23.419 --> 00:17:24.240
 understanding

00:17:24.240 --> 00:17:24.879
 what's on

00:17:24.879 --> 00:17:25.279
 the hook

00:17:25.279 --> 00:17:25.980
 in order

00:17:25.980 --> 00:17:26.639
 to ensure

00:17:26.639 --> 00:17:27.139
 that the

00:17:27.139 --> 00:17:27.559
 fish is

00:17:27.559 --> 00:17:27.959
 landed

00:17:27.959 --> 00:17:30.619
 and that's

00:17:30.619 --> 00:17:31.219
 how temptation

00:17:31.219 --> 00:17:31.699
 works

00:17:31.699 --> 00:17:33.099
 once we're

00:17:33.099 --> 00:17:33.679
 enticed

00:17:33.679 --> 00:17:35.000
 once we

00:17:35.000 --> 00:17:35.319
 see it

00:17:35.319 --> 00:17:35.939
 as the

00:17:35.939 --> 00:17:36.480
 must-have

00:17:36.480 --> 00:17:36.879
 thing

00:17:36.880 --> 00:17:39.240
 then we

00:17:39.240 --> 00:17:39.900
 grasp it

00:17:39.900 --> 00:17:40.960
 and we're

00:17:40.960 --> 00:17:41.320
 caught

00:17:41.320 --> 00:17:43.060
 and we're

00:17:43.060 --> 00:17:44.160
 carried away

00:17:44.160 --> 00:17:45.740
 and

00:17:45.740 --> 00:17:46.600
 carried away

00:17:46.600 --> 00:17:47.160
 not like the

00:17:47.160 --> 00:17:47.460
 struggling

00:17:47.460 --> 00:17:47.840
 fish

00:17:47.840 --> 00:17:49.680
 but

00:17:49.680 --> 00:17:50.840
 carried away

00:17:50.840 --> 00:17:51.600
 because we

00:17:51.600 --> 00:17:51.940
 have now

00:17:51.940 --> 00:17:52.760
 come to

00:17:52.760 --> 00:17:53.320
 the point

00:17:53.320 --> 00:17:54.660
 where we

00:17:54.660 --> 00:17:55.160
 are willing

00:17:55.160 --> 00:17:55.900
 to embrace

00:17:55.900 --> 00:17:57.440
 the very

00:17:57.440 --> 00:17:57.920
 thing that

00:17:57.920 --> 00:17:58.260
 God

00:17:58.260 --> 00:17:58.940
 prohibits

00:17:58.940 --> 00:18:00.280
 and the

00:18:00.280 --> 00:18:00.760
 very thing

00:18:00.760 --> 00:18:02.080
 that in

00:18:02.080 --> 00:18:02.560
 the first

00:18:02.560 --> 00:18:03.080
 place we

00:18:03.080 --> 00:18:03.500
 knew

00:18:03.500 --> 00:18:05.060
 would affect

00:18:05.060 --> 00:18:05.840
 our relationship

00:18:05.840 --> 00:18:06.380
 with God

00:18:06.380 --> 00:18:07.440
 and would

00:18:07.440 --> 00:18:08.020
 bring about

00:18:08.020 --> 00:18:09.080
 some kind

00:18:09.080 --> 00:18:10.360
 of severance

00:18:10.360 --> 00:18:11.000
 in that

00:18:11.000 --> 00:18:11.540
 relationship

00:18:11.540 --> 00:18:13.980
 there is

00:18:13.980 --> 00:18:15.000
 that

00:18:15.000 --> 00:18:16.940
 process

00:18:16.940 --> 00:18:19.240
 the process

00:18:19.240 --> 00:18:20.440
 described by

00:18:20.440 --> 00:18:21.260
 one of the

00:18:21.260 --> 00:18:21.920
 writers in

00:18:21.920 --> 00:18:22.300
 this way

00:18:22.300 --> 00:18:23.300
 there's the

00:18:23.300 --> 00:18:24.500
 personal struggle

00:18:24.500 --> 00:18:25.480
 with evil

00:18:25.480 --> 00:18:26.160
 desire

00:18:26.160 --> 00:18:27.080
 it's not

00:18:27.080 --> 00:18:27.680
 usually one

00:18:27.680 --> 00:18:28.880
 of confrontation

00:18:28.880 --> 00:18:30.380
 with the

00:18:30.380 --> 00:18:30.700
 devil

00:18:30.700 --> 00:18:31.420
 but rather

00:18:31.420 --> 00:18:32.280
 a confrontation

00:18:32.280 --> 00:18:33.280
 with their

00:18:33.280 --> 00:18:34.100
 own worst

00:18:34.100 --> 00:18:34.740
 enemy

00:18:34.740 --> 00:18:36.000
 namely

00:18:36.000 --> 00:18:36.920
 our very

00:18:36.920 --> 00:18:37.519
 selves

00:18:37.519 --> 00:18:39.220
 that's where

00:18:39.220 --> 00:18:39.779
 temptation

00:18:39.779 --> 00:18:40.079
 works

00:18:40.079 --> 00:18:40.839
 the pain

00:18:40.839 --> 00:18:41.440
 of temptation

00:18:41.440 --> 00:18:42.299
 is a

00:18:42.299 --> 00:18:42.839
 self

00:18:42.839 --> 00:18:43.900
 inflicted

00:18:43.900 --> 00:18:44.940
 attack

00:18:44.940 --> 00:18:46.700
 it's our

00:18:46.700 --> 00:18:47.039
 fault

00:18:47.039 --> 00:18:48.120
 it comes

00:18:48.120 --> 00:18:48.500
 from the

00:18:48.500 --> 00:18:49.460
 reality of

00:18:49.460 --> 00:18:49.980
 who we

00:18:49.980 --> 00:18:50.380
 are

00:18:50.380 --> 00:18:51.400
 and this

00:18:51.400 --> 00:18:52.160
 this is the

00:18:52.160 --> 00:18:52.519
 sense of

00:18:52.519 --> 00:18:53.019
 being dragged

00:18:53.019 --> 00:18:53.420
 away

00:18:53.420 --> 00:18:54.180
 our own

00:18:54.180 --> 00:18:54.680
 desires

00:18:54.680 --> 00:18:55.160
 are like

00:18:55.160 --> 00:18:55.859
 a marauding

00:18:55.859 --> 00:18:56.220
 beast

00:18:56.220 --> 00:18:57.180
 that would

00:18:57.180 --> 00:18:58.000
 soon

00:18:58.000 --> 00:18:59.120
 consume

00:18:59.119 --> 00:18:59.479
 us

00:18:59.479 --> 00:19:02.359
 the process

00:19:02.359 --> 00:19:06.000
 do we

00:19:06.000 --> 00:19:06.899
 tonight

00:19:06.899 --> 00:19:07.759
 understand

00:19:07.759 --> 00:19:09.479
 how the

00:19:09.479 --> 00:19:09.799
 bible

00:19:09.799 --> 00:19:10.859
 describes

00:19:10.859 --> 00:19:12.159
 temptation

00:19:12.159 --> 00:19:12.879
 that leads

00:19:12.879 --> 00:19:13.219
 us to

00:19:13.219 --> 00:19:13.519
 sin

00:19:13.519 --> 00:19:16.719
 can we

00:19:16.719 --> 00:19:17.399
 allow the

00:19:17.399 --> 00:19:18.839
 bible

00:19:18.839 --> 00:19:20.379
 to give

00:19:20.379 --> 00:19:21.239
 us that

00:19:21.239 --> 00:19:22.119
 background

00:19:22.119 --> 00:19:23.599
 and to

00:19:23.599 --> 00:19:24.159
 give to us

00:19:24.159 --> 00:19:25.059
 the image

00:19:25.059 --> 00:19:25.619
 into which

00:19:25.619 --> 00:19:25.899
 we can

00:19:25.899 --> 00:19:26.519
 fit our

00:19:26.519 --> 00:19:27.179
 experience

00:19:27.179 --> 00:19:29.319
 and realise

00:19:29.319 --> 00:19:30.259
 even now

00:19:30.259 --> 00:19:30.839
 or tonight

00:19:30.839 --> 00:19:31.339
 or tomorrow

00:19:31.339 --> 00:19:33.119
 that's

00:19:33.119 --> 00:19:34.319
 temptation

00:19:34.319 --> 00:19:36.960
 and I'm

00:19:36.960 --> 00:19:37.759
 attracted to

00:19:37.759 --> 00:19:37.980
 it

00:19:37.980 --> 00:19:39.779
 and I have

00:19:39.779 --> 00:19:40.259
 to be

00:19:40.259 --> 00:19:40.679
 careful

00:19:40.679 --> 00:19:41.799
 that the

00:19:41.799 --> 00:19:42.419
 hook of

00:19:42.419 --> 00:19:43.159
 temptation

00:19:43.159 --> 00:19:44.319
 that I don't

00:19:44.319 --> 00:19:44.879
 bite it

00:19:44.879 --> 00:19:45.700
 and take the

00:19:45.700 --> 00:19:45.960
 bait

00:19:45.960 --> 00:19:47.179
 I need to

00:19:47.179 --> 00:19:47.819
 appreciate

00:19:47.819 --> 00:19:48.639
 what's happening

00:19:48.639 --> 00:19:49.359
 around me

00:19:49.359 --> 00:19:50.819
 in the realm

00:19:50.819 --> 00:19:51.559
 of my faith

00:19:51.559 --> 00:19:52.440
 and in the realm

00:19:52.440 --> 00:19:53.220
 of my relationship

00:19:53.220 --> 00:19:53.720
 with God

00:19:53.720 --> 00:19:55.500
 this is the

00:19:55.500 --> 00:19:56.860
 biggest threat

00:19:56.860 --> 00:19:58.799
 and the biggest

00:19:58.799 --> 00:19:59.579
 threat as the

00:19:59.579 --> 00:20:00.220
 writer said

00:20:00.220 --> 00:20:01.339
 it's not the

00:20:01.339 --> 00:20:02.100
 devil himself

00:20:02.100 --> 00:20:03.980
 the biggest

00:20:03.980 --> 00:20:04.600
 threat and

00:20:04.600 --> 00:20:05.039
 danger

00:20:05.039 --> 00:20:06.360
 is your

00:20:06.360 --> 00:20:07.279
 sinful heart

00:20:07.279 --> 00:20:08.779
 and mine

00:20:08.779 --> 00:20:11.339
 the process

00:20:11.339 --> 00:20:14.120
 and thirdly

00:20:14.120 --> 00:20:16.240
 there is a

00:20:16.240 --> 00:20:16.640
 product

00:20:16.640 --> 00:20:21.480
 then decide

00:20:21.480 --> 00:20:22.000
 when it has

00:20:22.000 --> 00:20:22.640
 conceived

00:20:22.640 --> 00:20:23.759
 gives birth

00:20:23.759 --> 00:20:24.339
 to sin

00:20:24.339 --> 00:20:25.480
 and sin

00:20:25.480 --> 00:20:25.940
 when it is

00:20:25.940 --> 00:20:26.700
 fully grown

00:20:26.700 --> 00:20:28.299
 brings forth

00:20:28.299 --> 00:20:29.160
 death

00:20:29.160 --> 00:20:31.259
 he changes

00:20:31.259 --> 00:20:32.099
 the metaphor

00:20:32.099 --> 00:20:32.619
 from the

00:20:32.619 --> 00:20:33.339
 fishing metaphor

00:20:33.339 --> 00:20:34.700
 and uses

00:20:34.700 --> 00:20:35.359
 the metaphor

00:20:35.359 --> 00:20:36.259
 of conception

00:20:36.259 --> 00:20:37.180
 and of birth

00:20:37.180 --> 00:20:39.680
 and as soon

00:20:39.680 --> 00:20:40.519
 as I'm

00:20:40.519 --> 00:20:41.140
 attached to

00:20:41.140 --> 00:20:41.839
 the temptation

00:20:41.839 --> 00:20:42.759
 then

00:20:42.759 --> 00:20:47.660
 sin has been

00:20:47.660 --> 00:20:48.960
 conceived

00:20:48.960 --> 00:20:51.160
 it's hidden

00:20:51.160 --> 00:20:52.120
 it's like

00:20:52.120 --> 00:20:52.880
 the conception

00:20:52.880 --> 00:20:54.200
 of the child

00:20:54.200 --> 00:20:54.940
 in the mother's

00:20:54.940 --> 00:20:55.160
 womb

00:20:55.160 --> 00:20:56.240
 it's hidden

00:20:56.240 --> 00:21:00.220
 but something

00:21:00.220 --> 00:21:00.779
 new

00:21:00.779 --> 00:21:01.759
 a new

00:21:01.759 --> 00:21:02.120
 person

00:21:02.120 --> 00:21:02.539
 has been

00:21:02.539 --> 00:21:03.299
 created

00:21:03.299 --> 00:21:05.519
 and it's now

00:21:05.519 --> 00:21:06.240
 in my Christian

00:21:06.240 --> 00:21:06.880
 experience

00:21:06.880 --> 00:21:08.120
 because of the

00:21:08.120 --> 00:21:08.940
 way in which

00:21:08.940 --> 00:21:09.680
 this process

00:21:09.680 --> 00:21:11.340
 has led me

00:21:11.340 --> 00:21:12.340
 to embrace

00:21:12.340 --> 00:21:13.000
 the temptation

00:21:13.000 --> 00:21:14.279
 because of that

00:21:14.279 --> 00:21:16.960
 something new

00:21:16.960 --> 00:21:18.259
 has taken

00:21:18.259 --> 00:21:18.700
 place

00:21:18.700 --> 00:21:20.039
 in my

00:21:20.039 --> 00:21:20.579
 relationship

00:21:20.579 --> 00:21:21.220
 with God

00:21:21.220 --> 00:21:23.240
 there is the

00:21:23.240 --> 00:21:23.660
 beginning

00:21:23.660 --> 00:21:25.480
 of the very

00:21:25.480 --> 00:21:25.920
 thing

00:21:25.920 --> 00:21:27.339
 that harms

00:21:27.339 --> 00:21:28.619
 my relationship

00:21:28.619 --> 00:21:29.200
 with God

00:21:29.200 --> 00:21:31.799
 the conception

00:21:31.799 --> 00:21:35.480
 and once

00:21:35.480 --> 00:21:37.200
 the conception

00:21:37.200 --> 00:21:37.799
 happens

00:21:37.799 --> 00:21:39.019
 and we

00:21:39.019 --> 00:21:39.859
 understand

00:21:39.859 --> 00:21:40.839
 that naturally

00:21:40.839 --> 00:21:41.759
 as conception

00:21:41.759 --> 00:21:42.359
 happens

00:21:42.359 --> 00:21:43.460
 it happens

00:21:43.460 --> 00:21:44.200
 where there is

00:21:44.200 --> 00:21:45.240
 a loving embrace

00:21:45.240 --> 00:21:45.859
 where there is

00:21:45.859 --> 00:21:46.759
 a relationship

00:21:46.759 --> 00:21:48.119
 where there is

00:21:48.119 --> 00:21:48.759
 a bond

00:21:48.759 --> 00:21:50.079
 and that's

00:21:50.079 --> 00:21:50.720
 what happens

00:21:50.720 --> 00:21:53.119
 with sin

00:21:53.119 --> 00:21:54.019
 as I embrace

00:21:54.019 --> 00:21:54.319
 it

00:21:54.319 --> 00:21:55.480
 there's a bond

00:21:55.480 --> 00:21:56.419
 there's a relationship

00:21:56.419 --> 00:21:58.619
 and my attention

00:21:58.619 --> 00:21:59.480
 and my desires

00:21:59.480 --> 00:22:00.579
 and my heart

00:22:00.579 --> 00:22:01.480
 is given over

00:22:01.480 --> 00:22:02.980
 to that sin

00:22:02.980 --> 00:22:08.259
 sin is conceived

00:22:08.259 --> 00:22:11.860
 and sin

00:22:11.860 --> 00:22:12.480
 when it is

00:22:12.480 --> 00:22:13.680
 fully grown

00:22:13.680 --> 00:22:15.440
 brings

00:22:15.440 --> 00:22:17.099
 forth death

00:22:17.099 --> 00:22:19.500
 the child

00:22:19.500 --> 00:22:20.539
 conceived

00:22:20.539 --> 00:22:23.039
 will be born

00:22:23.039 --> 00:22:23.400
 into

00:22:23.400 --> 00:22:24.640
 the visible

00:22:24.640 --> 00:22:25.140
 world

00:22:25.140 --> 00:22:26.220
 at the

00:22:26.220 --> 00:22:26.660
 appropriate

00:22:26.660 --> 00:22:27.180
 time

00:22:27.180 --> 00:22:29.940
 and there is

00:22:29.940 --> 00:22:30.700
 that process

00:22:30.700 --> 00:22:31.240
 that James

00:22:31.240 --> 00:22:31.980
 describes here

00:22:31.980 --> 00:22:32.960
 that the same

00:22:32.960 --> 00:22:33.779
 thing happens

00:22:33.779 --> 00:22:36.340
 with my sin

00:22:36.339 --> 00:22:38.779
 it's conceived

00:22:38.779 --> 00:22:39.619
 in my heart

00:22:39.619 --> 00:22:41.419
 and then

00:22:41.419 --> 00:22:42.379
 it will become

00:22:42.379 --> 00:22:42.980
 visible

00:22:42.980 --> 00:22:44.319
 in the first

00:22:44.319 --> 00:22:44.619
 place

00:22:44.619 --> 00:22:45.720
 in my relationship

00:22:45.720 --> 00:22:46.279
 with God

00:22:46.279 --> 00:22:49.519
 it brings forth

00:22:49.519 --> 00:22:50.079
 death

00:22:50.079 --> 00:22:51.959
 I begin to

00:22:51.959 --> 00:22:52.579
 realize

00:22:52.579 --> 00:22:53.019
 now that

00:22:53.019 --> 00:22:54.159
 the very thing

00:22:54.159 --> 00:22:55.279
 that attracted

00:22:55.279 --> 00:22:55.639
 me

00:22:55.639 --> 00:22:56.959
 that I embraced

00:22:56.959 --> 00:22:57.699
 with all of my

00:22:57.699 --> 00:22:58.139
 heart

00:22:58.139 --> 00:23:00.019
 has affected

00:23:00.019 --> 00:23:01.459
 the relationship

00:23:01.459 --> 00:23:02.339
 where my heart

00:23:02.339 --> 00:23:02.740
 should be

00:23:02.740 --> 00:23:03.659
 exclusively

00:23:03.660 --> 00:23:04.680
 it's affected

00:23:04.680 --> 00:23:05.480
 my devotion

00:23:05.480 --> 00:23:05.940
 to my

00:23:05.940 --> 00:23:06.300
 savior

00:23:06.300 --> 00:23:07.480
 and it's

00:23:07.480 --> 00:23:08.060
 brought about

00:23:08.060 --> 00:23:08.759
 a change

00:23:08.759 --> 00:23:09.140
 in that

00:23:09.140 --> 00:23:09.660
 relationship

00:23:09.660 --> 00:23:12.980
 and of course

00:23:12.980 --> 00:23:15.000
 it doesn't

00:23:15.000 --> 00:23:15.440
 bring that

00:23:15.440 --> 00:23:15.940
 relationship

00:23:15.940 --> 00:23:17.120
 to an end

00:23:17.119 --> 00:23:20.319
 but there is

00:23:20.319 --> 00:23:21.000
 a difference

00:23:21.000 --> 00:23:22.979
 between the

00:23:22.979 --> 00:23:23.779
 status of

00:23:23.779 --> 00:23:24.559
 that relationship

00:23:24.559 --> 00:23:25.459
 and the

00:23:25.459 --> 00:23:26.159
 experience

00:23:26.159 --> 00:23:26.539
 and the

00:23:26.539 --> 00:23:27.059
 enjoyment

00:23:27.059 --> 00:23:27.519
 of that

00:23:27.519 --> 00:23:27.979
 relationship

00:23:27.979 --> 00:23:28.779
 and as

00:23:28.779 --> 00:23:29.519
 soon as

00:23:29.519 --> 00:23:30.639
 conceived

00:23:30.639 --> 00:23:31.479
 it brings

00:23:31.479 --> 00:23:32.099
 forth death

00:23:32.099 --> 00:23:32.539
 in the sense

00:23:32.539 --> 00:23:33.619
 that in my

00:23:33.619 --> 00:23:34.459
 experience

00:23:34.459 --> 00:23:36.259
 I lose

00:23:36.259 --> 00:23:37.139
 every sense

00:23:37.139 --> 00:23:38.679
 of spiritual

00:23:38.679 --> 00:23:39.279
 well-being

00:23:39.279 --> 00:23:40.519
 I lose

00:23:40.519 --> 00:23:41.239
 every sense

00:23:41.239 --> 00:23:41.979
 of the

00:23:41.979 --> 00:23:42.539
 presence of

00:23:42.539 --> 00:23:43.000
 God with

00:23:43.000 --> 00:23:43.239
 me

00:23:43.240 --> 00:23:44.299
 and I'm

00:23:44.299 --> 00:23:44.859
 alert

00:23:44.859 --> 00:23:45.940
 immediately

00:23:45.940 --> 00:23:47.180
 to the

00:23:47.180 --> 00:23:47.460
 fact

00:23:47.460 --> 00:23:48.539
 that sin

00:23:48.539 --> 00:23:49.339
 has affected

00:23:49.339 --> 00:23:50.539
 my relationship

00:23:50.539 --> 00:23:51.079
 with God

00:23:51.079 --> 00:23:53.359
 think of

00:23:53.359 --> 00:23:53.700
 David

00:23:53.700 --> 00:23:56.319
 and Bathsheba

00:23:56.319 --> 00:23:59.279
 David

00:23:59.279 --> 00:24:01.019
 when other

00:24:01.019 --> 00:24:01.500
 kings were

00:24:01.500 --> 00:24:02.140
 at war

00:24:02.140 --> 00:24:04.160
 his guard

00:24:04.160 --> 00:24:04.660
 was down

00:24:04.660 --> 00:24:06.779
 David

00:24:06.779 --> 00:24:07.880
 saw

00:24:07.880 --> 00:24:09.980
 Bathsheba

00:24:09.980 --> 00:24:11.460
 David

00:24:11.460 --> 00:24:12.500
 desired

00:24:12.500 --> 00:24:13.220
 Bathsheba

00:24:13.220 --> 00:24:16.000
 David

00:24:16.000 --> 00:24:16.620
 acted

00:24:16.620 --> 00:24:18.160
 and brought

00:24:18.160 --> 00:24:18.799
 Bathsheba

00:24:18.799 --> 00:24:19.440
 to himself

00:24:19.440 --> 00:24:21.299
 and David

00:24:21.299 --> 00:24:21.680
 committed

00:24:21.680 --> 00:24:22.319
 adultery

00:24:22.319 --> 00:24:23.920
 there was

00:24:23.920 --> 00:24:24.720
 that process

00:24:24.720 --> 00:24:25.460
 through which

00:24:25.460 --> 00:24:26.880
 because his

00:24:26.880 --> 00:24:27.440
 guard was

00:24:27.440 --> 00:24:27.819
 down

00:24:27.819 --> 00:24:29.519
 he embraced

00:24:29.519 --> 00:24:30.200
 what God

00:24:30.200 --> 00:24:31.339
 was forbidding

00:24:31.339 --> 00:24:31.579
 him

00:24:31.579 --> 00:24:33.180
 and he took

00:24:33.180 --> 00:24:34.100
 someone else's

00:24:34.100 --> 00:24:35.019
 wife

00:24:35.019 --> 00:24:36.660
 and read

00:24:36.660 --> 00:24:37.440
 of David's

00:24:37.440 --> 00:24:38.620
 experience

00:24:38.620 --> 00:24:39.019
 in Psalm

00:24:39.019 --> 00:24:39.480
 32

00:24:39.480 --> 00:24:41.860
 he had

00:24:41.860 --> 00:24:42.400
 lost his

00:24:42.400 --> 00:24:42.880
 strength

00:24:42.880 --> 00:24:44.700
 his

00:24:44.700 --> 00:24:45.100
 relationship

00:24:45.100 --> 00:24:45.560
 with God

00:24:45.560 --> 00:24:46.180
 was turned

00:24:46.180 --> 00:24:47.400
 upside down

00:24:47.400 --> 00:24:48.840
 Bathsheba

00:24:48.840 --> 00:24:49.500
 was there

00:24:49.500 --> 00:24:50.560
 Uriah

00:24:50.560 --> 00:24:51.020
 was to be

00:24:51.020 --> 00:24:51.280
 dealt

00:24:51.280 --> 00:24:51.620
 with

00:24:51.620 --> 00:24:52.540
 the problems

00:24:52.540 --> 00:24:53.220
 mounted more

00:24:53.220 --> 00:24:53.660
 and more

00:24:53.660 --> 00:24:54.860
 all because

00:24:54.860 --> 00:24:57.900
 he embraced

00:24:57.900 --> 00:24:58.800
 the temptation

00:24:58.799 --> 00:25:00.879
 he endured

00:25:00.879 --> 00:25:00.879


00:25:00.879 --> 00:25:01.619
 the pain

00:25:01.619 --> 00:25:02.879
 his heart

00:25:02.879 --> 00:25:03.559
 his experience

00:25:03.559 --> 00:25:04.639
 was like

00:25:04.639 --> 00:25:05.119
 the drought

00:25:05.119 --> 00:25:05.639
 of summer

00:25:05.639 --> 00:25:06.759
 he had

00:25:06.759 --> 00:25:07.419
 lost every

00:25:07.419 --> 00:25:08.019
 sense of

00:25:08.019 --> 00:25:09.180
 living with

00:25:09.180 --> 00:25:09.480
 God

00:25:09.480 --> 00:25:10.119
 and living

00:25:10.119 --> 00:25:10.700
 for God

00:25:10.700 --> 00:25:12.700
 that's the

00:25:12.700 --> 00:25:13.000
 death

00:25:13.000 --> 00:25:14.119
 that it

00:25:14.119 --> 00:25:14.379
 brings

00:25:14.379 --> 00:25:14.740
 about

00:25:14.740 --> 00:25:16.599
 and that's

00:25:16.599 --> 00:25:16.859
 the death

00:25:16.859 --> 00:25:17.359
 it brings

00:25:17.359 --> 00:25:18.700
 about

00:25:18.700 --> 00:25:19.440
 for you

00:25:19.440 --> 00:25:20.099
 and for

00:25:20.099 --> 00:25:20.399
 me

00:25:20.399 --> 00:25:23.480
 and tonight

00:25:23.480 --> 00:25:24.659
 it may be

00:25:24.660 --> 00:25:25.220
 the case

00:25:25.220 --> 00:25:27.860
 that in

00:25:27.860 --> 00:25:28.360
 someone's

00:25:28.360 --> 00:25:28.700
 heart

00:25:28.700 --> 00:25:30.940
 something

00:25:30.940 --> 00:25:31.380
 has gone

00:25:31.380 --> 00:25:31.820
 wrong

00:25:31.820 --> 00:25:33.960
 and someone's

00:25:33.960 --> 00:25:34.140
 heart

00:25:34.140 --> 00:25:34.400
 tonight

00:25:34.400 --> 00:25:34.800
 may be

00:25:34.800 --> 00:25:35.080
 like

00:25:35.080 --> 00:25:35.600
 David's

00:25:35.600 --> 00:25:35.860
 heart

00:25:35.860 --> 00:25:37.460
 and maybe

00:25:37.460 --> 00:25:37.840
 feeling

00:25:37.840 --> 00:25:39.120
 the pain

00:25:39.120 --> 00:25:39.580
 of that

00:25:39.580 --> 00:25:40.480
 disruption

00:25:40.480 --> 00:25:41.460
 in

00:25:41.460 --> 00:25:42.480
 your

00:25:42.480 --> 00:25:43.060
 relationship

00:25:43.060 --> 00:25:43.400
 with the

00:25:43.400 --> 00:25:43.920
 Lord Jesus

00:25:43.920 --> 00:25:46.240
 and your

00:25:46.240 --> 00:25:46.779
 sense of

00:25:46.779 --> 00:25:47.519
 experiencing

00:25:47.519 --> 00:25:48.000
 his love

00:25:48.000 --> 00:25:48.480
 and grace

00:25:48.480 --> 00:25:49.600
 has gone

00:25:49.600 --> 00:25:49.980
 it's

00:25:49.980 --> 00:25:50.759
 evaporated

00:25:50.759 --> 00:25:53.839
 your sin

00:25:53.839 --> 00:25:55.019
 has broken

00:25:55.019 --> 00:25:55.819
 has taken

00:25:55.819 --> 00:25:56.460
 that away

00:25:56.460 --> 00:25:57.460
 your sin

00:25:57.460 --> 00:25:58.140
 has brought

00:25:58.140 --> 00:25:58.720
 your heart

00:25:58.720 --> 00:25:59.799
 to be like

00:25:59.799 --> 00:26:00.420
 a desert

00:26:00.420 --> 00:26:01.160
 where there is

00:26:01.160 --> 00:26:02.099
 no water

00:26:02.099 --> 00:26:03.019
 and where there's

00:26:03.019 --> 00:26:03.920
 no sense of

00:26:03.920 --> 00:26:05.579
 the goodness

00:26:05.579 --> 00:26:06.599
 of God

00:26:06.599 --> 00:26:08.299
 and tonight

00:26:08.299 --> 00:26:10.180
 as we close

00:26:10.180 --> 00:26:10.440
 we

00:26:10.440 --> 00:26:12.160
 remind

00:26:12.160 --> 00:26:12.759
 ourselves

00:26:12.759 --> 00:26:14.000
 of the

00:26:14.000 --> 00:26:14.619
 importance

00:26:14.619 --> 00:26:15.819
 of being

00:26:15.819 --> 00:26:16.460
 on our

00:26:16.460 --> 00:26:17.740
 guard

00:26:17.740 --> 00:26:19.119
 Paul

00:26:19.119 --> 00:26:19.740
 prays for the

00:26:19.740 --> 00:26:20.099
 Philippians

00:26:20.099 --> 00:26:20.720
 in chapter 4

00:26:20.720 --> 00:26:21.460
 that the

00:26:21.460 --> 00:26:22.120
 peace of

00:26:22.120 --> 00:26:22.480
 God

00:26:22.480 --> 00:26:23.360
 would guard

00:26:23.360 --> 00:26:23.880
 your hearts

00:26:23.880 --> 00:26:24.640
 and minds

00:26:24.640 --> 00:26:27.839
 we depend

00:26:27.839 --> 00:26:28.420
 and trust

00:26:28.420 --> 00:26:28.940
 in God

00:26:28.940 --> 00:26:29.720
 through prayer

00:26:29.720 --> 00:26:30.200
 and the wisdom

00:26:30.200 --> 00:26:30.579
 that comes

00:26:30.579 --> 00:26:31.079
 through prayer

00:26:31.079 --> 00:26:31.980
 we depend

00:26:31.980 --> 00:26:32.539
 on God

00:26:32.539 --> 00:26:33.000
 for him

00:26:33.000 --> 00:26:34.339
 to guard

00:26:34.339 --> 00:26:35.000
 our hearts

00:26:35.000 --> 00:26:35.880
 and minds

00:26:35.880 --> 00:26:37.579
 there may be

00:26:37.579 --> 00:26:38.240
 situations

00:26:38.240 --> 00:26:39.819
 where we

00:26:39.819 --> 00:26:40.440
 can guard

00:26:40.440 --> 00:26:41.240
 each other

00:26:41.240 --> 00:26:43.140
 in certain

00:26:43.140 --> 00:26:44.259
 circumstances

00:26:44.259 --> 00:26:46.299
 and we

00:26:46.299 --> 00:26:46.799
 are Job

00:26:46.799 --> 00:26:47.600
 in Job

00:26:47.600 --> 00:26:48.279
 chapter 31

00:26:48.279 --> 00:26:49.160
 I made

00:26:49.160 --> 00:26:50.039
 a covenant

00:26:50.039 --> 00:26:50.440
 with my

00:26:50.440 --> 00:26:50.980
 eyes

00:26:50.980 --> 00:26:53.759
 we need

00:26:53.759 --> 00:26:54.460
 to ensure

00:26:54.460 --> 00:26:55.460
 that we

00:26:55.460 --> 00:26:56.240
 stop looking

00:26:56.240 --> 00:26:56.539
 at the

00:26:56.539 --> 00:26:56.899
 things

00:26:56.899 --> 00:26:57.799
 that we

00:26:57.799 --> 00:26:58.019
 know

00:26:58.019 --> 00:26:58.420
 lead us

00:26:58.420 --> 00:26:58.619
 into

00:26:58.619 --> 00:26:59.460
 temptation

00:26:59.460 --> 00:27:01.899
 but Jesus

00:27:01.899 --> 00:27:02.259
 of course

00:27:02.259 --> 00:27:03.200
 reminds us

00:27:03.200 --> 00:27:03.839
 as he

00:27:03.839 --> 00:27:04.500
 reminded the

00:27:04.500 --> 00:27:04.980
 disciples

00:27:04.980 --> 00:27:06.659
 that it is

00:27:06.659 --> 00:27:07.519
 what comes

00:27:07.519 --> 00:27:08.220
 from the

00:27:08.220 --> 00:27:08.619
 heart

00:27:08.619 --> 00:27:10.720
 that's what

00:27:10.720 --> 00:27:11.519
 defiles a

00:27:11.519 --> 00:27:11.819
 person

00:27:11.819 --> 00:27:12.960
 even

00:27:12.960 --> 00:27:13.339
 we may

00:27:13.339 --> 00:27:13.659
 shut

00:27:13.659 --> 00:27:14.159
 our eyes

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 and not

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 look at

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 anything

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 but it

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 doesn't

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 take away

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 the reality

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 of the

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 power

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 of our

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 lusts

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 and of

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 our

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 passion

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 that work

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 away

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 daily in

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 our

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 experience

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 as Paul

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 himself

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 discovered

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 and as we

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 do

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 discover

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 ourselves

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 we guard

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 our hearts

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 and it's

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 worth quoting

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 as we

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 close the

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 words of

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 Ralph Waldo

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 Emerson

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 who was a

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 19th century

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 philosopher

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 when he said

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 this

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 sow a

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 thought

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 and you

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 reap an

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 action

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 sow an

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 action

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 and you

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 reap a

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 habit

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 sow a

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 habit

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 and you

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 reap a

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 character

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 sow a

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 character

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 and you

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 reap a

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 destiny

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 what we

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 sow we

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 shall reap

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 says Paul

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 to the

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 Galatians

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 let's

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 ensure

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 tonight

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 and always

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 that we

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 are sowing

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 to the

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 spirit of

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 God

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 and living

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 a life

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 guarded

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 by God

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 himself

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 trusting

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 in him

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 and ensuring

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 that as

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 we realise

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 that the

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 power of

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 our own

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 sinful

00:28:22.159 --> 00:28:22.659
 hearts

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 are need

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 to be

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 under guard

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 against

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 anything

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 and everything

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 that will

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 seek to

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 disrupt

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 and destroy

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 our relationship

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 with God

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 may God

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 bless his

00:28:34.200 --> 00:28:34.759
 word to us

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 so we're

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 now going to

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 conclude by

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 singing Psalm

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 103

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 in Psalm