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 The scripture reading comes from Deuteronomy chapters 4 and 5.

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 Please follow along on the screen.

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 See, I have taught you statutes and rules, as the Lord my God commanded me,

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 that you should do them in the land that you are entering to take possession of it.

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 Keep them and do them, for that will be your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples,

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 who, when they hear these statutes, will say,

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 Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.

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 For what great nation is there that has a God so near to it as the Lord our God is to us,

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 whenever we call upon him?

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 And what great nation is there that has statutes and rules so righteous

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 as all this law that I set before you today?

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 Only take care and keep your soul diligently,

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 lest you forget the things that your eyes have seen,

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 unless they depart from your heart all the days of your life.

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 Make them known to your children and your children's children.

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 And Moses summoned all Israel and said to them,

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 Hear, O Israel, the statutes and the rules that I speak in your hearing today,

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 and you shall learn them and be careful to do them.

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 The Lord our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.

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 Not with our fathers did the Lord make this covenant,

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 but with us, who are all of us here alive today.

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 The Lord spoke with you face to face at the mountain,

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 out of the midst of the fire,

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 while I stood between the Lord and you at that time

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 to declare to you the word of the Lord.

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 For you were afraid because of the fire,

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 and you did not go up into the mountain.

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 He said,

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 I am the Lord your God,

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 who brought you out of the land of Egypt,

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 out of the house of slavery.

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 This is the word of God.

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 Great.

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 So, today we're starting on a new series,

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 looking at the Ten Commandments.

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 And this time that we are going through

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 is a time where rules really count at the moment.

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 I don't know if you have looked around you.

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 The rules are everywhere.

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 Don't enter any shop without a mask.

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 Don't gather more than four people in a place.

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 Our experience of life is totally shaped by rules.

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 And for some of us, that gives us comfort.

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 For some of us,

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 it's just feeling very restricted at this time.

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 And it raises a lot of questions

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 about what does it mean to be free?

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 What does it mean to live life well?

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 Well, one Greek philosopher called Epictetus,

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 he said,

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 is freedom anything else other than the right to live as we wish?

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 Nothing else.

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 American philosopher,

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 pitbull,

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 rapper Pitbull,

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 said,

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 I'm free to do what I want and have a good time.

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 And so,

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 both of these people are saying to us,

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 the absence of rules is freedom.

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 That's the good life.

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 But if you've ever been to a nation

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 where the drivers follow that principle

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 of the absence of rules is the way to live,

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 you know that is not the way to freedom.

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 That's the way to chaos.

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 But some people love rules.

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 They love morality.

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 You know,

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 in Hong Kong,

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 I think many people around the world

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 think that Christianity is just a set of rules.

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 So I have met many people

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 who have brought their kids,

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 non-Christians,

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 they've brought their kids to church on Sunday.

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 They've dropped them off

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 and I've heard them say,

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 listen,

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 be good,

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 learn how to be good through these people,

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 but don't listen to any of the religious stuff they talk about.

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 And,

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 because what they think is,

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 get the rules,

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 but don't worry about the God part.

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 But,

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 I'm not sure whether people who love rules

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 or people who hate rules

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 will have the perception

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 that King David in the Psalms had

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 of the Psalm that Jeremy read to us earlier.

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 Let me just read a little bit of it again to you.

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 The law of the Lord is perfect,

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 reviving the soul.

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 The precepts of the Lord are right,

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 rejoicing the heart.

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 More to be desired are they than gold,

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 even much fine gold,

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 sweeter also than honey

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 and drippings of the honeycomb.

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 That's Psalm 19.

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 You see,

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 have you ever read the Ten Commandments

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 and go,

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 that is better

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 than making a billion dollars on the stock market,

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 having a 50% raise in your salary?

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 But that's what the psalmist is saying.

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 He's saying,

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 if that is not our heart,

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 God wants to change our heart,

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 and that's what I want us to see

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 and to get this morning,

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 that I want us to come away going,

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 God's commands are good for us.

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 Because you see,

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 freedom and life

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 is not doing what we want to do.

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 It's doing what we ought to do

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 so we become the people

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 we were created to be.

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 Freedom,

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 let me say it again,

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 freedom is not doing what we want to do,

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 but doing what we ought to do

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 so we become the people

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 we were created to be.

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 You know,

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 a goldfish is most free

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 when it's swimming in water.

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 It is not free

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 if it starts trying to hike up the peak.

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 It's going to die

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 because fish were made to swim.

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 Well,

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 we were made to swim in God's will,

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 which means that you and I

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 will learn to live well

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 even at this time

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 where some of us feel very restricted

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 if we get the commands of God in Scripture.

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 So,

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 we're just going to go on this journey

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 of the next few weeks

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 looking through the Ten Commandments

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 and I'm going to just introduce them

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 to you today.

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 And so,

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 by way of background,

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 let me just start off by saying

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 there are two versions

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 of the Ten Commandments.

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 One of them comes in Exodus 20

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 where God had brought the people

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 out of Egypt

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 and he takes them

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 to the Mount Sinai

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 and he gives them the law

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 for the first time.

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 But then,

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 the people just keep disobeying

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 and keep disobeying.

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 They wander through the wilderness.

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 Forty years later,

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 most of them have died out

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 and now,

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 they're back on the edge

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 of the land,

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 of the promised land

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 in Moab

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 and God comes again

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 through Moses

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 to bring them

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 a second time

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 the Ten Commandments.

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 And Moses is like a parent

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 who is about to send

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 their teenage son

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 off to boarding school

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 and giving them a pep talk

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 of everything you need to know

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 for how to live well

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 in the new land

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 that I am taking you into.

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 That is what

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 the Ten Commandments

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 are part of.

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 They're part of this talk

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 to the people.

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 And by the way,

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 the Ten Commandments

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 are never called

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 the Ten Commandments

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 in the Bible.

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 They are called,

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 in Hebrew,

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 the Ten Words.

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 Which should tell us something.

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 It should tell us

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 that these are not

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 some cold,

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 divine,

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 impersonal government

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 laying down the law

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 to us.

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 These are the words

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 of a personal God

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 speaking

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 to create a people

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 and these are

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 His constitution

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 that they can be

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 the kind of community

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 that He wants them

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 to be.

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 So what that means is

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 the law

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 and the commandments

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 are not

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 some legalistic way

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 to try and get

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 into heaven.

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 They never were.

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 The Ten Commandments

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 here

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 starts off,

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 I am the Lord

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 your God

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 who brought you

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 out of Egypt,

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 out of the house

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 of slavery.

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 before you have

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 a single rule

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 God reminds

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 the people

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 I have saved you,

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 I have redeemed you,

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 I have brought you

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 to myself.

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 God doesn't say

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 keep these ten rules

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 and then you can

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 be my people.

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 No,

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 He is saying

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 I have brought you

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 to be my people,

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 I have brought you

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 to be free,

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 I have brought you

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 to know how to live,

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 now live

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 in the way

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 that I want you to

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 because that is

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 going to be your life.

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 It is grace,

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 it is not legalism.

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 So,

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 if you have

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 the passage

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 with you,

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 I am going to

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 dive between

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 the two passages

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 in Deuteronomy 4

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 and 5

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 and really learn

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 what are the ten

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 words all about.

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 And I have got

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 four things

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 that they are about.

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 They are revelation,

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 they are wisdom,

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 they are lifestyle

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 and they are window.

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 Okay?

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 Revelation,

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 wisdom,

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 lifestyle

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 and window.

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 So,

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 let's have a look,

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 first one.

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 The revelation

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 of God.

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 What they are doing,

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 they are revealing

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 His authority.

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 So,

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 first of all,

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 they reveal His authority.

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 Mount Sinai,

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 in Deuteronomy 5,

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 verse 4,

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 Moses says,

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 the Lord spoke

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 with you

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 face to face

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 at the mountain

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 out of the midst

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 of fire.

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 You see,

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 at Mount Sinai,

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 there was thunder,

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 there was lightning,

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 there was smoke,

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 there was darkness.

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 This was a multimedia

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 spectacular

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 with surround sound.

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 This wasn't God

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 as kind of a nice

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 grandfather in the sky

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 speaking some words

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 to His children.

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 This was a terrifying

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 thunderstorm

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 and a forest fire

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 combined

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 and out of that,

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 God speaks.

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 You see,

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 His holy authority

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 is shown.

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 And the people,

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 they can't even

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 touch the mountain

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 or come near

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 and they go,

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 like,

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 how can an awesome

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 God like this

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 speak to us

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 and we can still live?

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 Because,

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 you know,

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 what it's showing

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 is that we often

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 tame God down

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 to kind of our level.

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 But God is not

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 a tame God.

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 The God who made

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 the galaxies,

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 made black holes,

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 made meteorites

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 is not a God

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 you can just

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 put in a box.

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 You see,

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 when God speaks,

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 He's not making

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 suggestions.

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 He's speaking

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 with authority.

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 You know,

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 I've been in

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 team meetings

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 with an older,

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 really experienced

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 guy there

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 and for 45 minutes,

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 younger people,

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 we're all kind of

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 talking ignorantly

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 about a whole load

00:10:43.899 --> 00:10:44.379
 of issues

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 and we're getting nowhere.

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 And then at the end

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 of about 45 minutes,

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 the older guy

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 just says

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 one or two sentences

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 and suddenly

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 everyone goes,

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 oh,

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 that's it.

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 That's settled it.

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 You see,

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 that's what God

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 is doing.

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 We humans

00:11:00.759 --> 00:11:01.820
 are like ignorant

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 people with all

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 of our opinions

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 but when God

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 speaks,

00:11:04.860 --> 00:11:05.820
 that settles it.

00:11:06.340 --> 00:11:07.200
 His authority

00:11:07.200 --> 00:11:08.340
 is complete.

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 So it reveals

00:11:10.680 --> 00:11:11.220
 His authority

00:11:11.220 --> 00:11:12.300
 but it also reveals

00:11:12.300 --> 00:11:14.200
 His desire

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 for relationship.

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 I love this.

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 This is great.

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 Verse 2

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 of chapter 5

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 says,

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 the Lord,

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 Yahweh,

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 made a covenant

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 with us

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 in Horeb

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 at Mount Sinai.

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 You see,

00:11:29.860 --> 00:11:31.039
 these 10 words

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 are God's covenant.

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 Now,

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 we don't really

00:11:35.000 --> 00:11:35.779
 talk about the word

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 covenant a lot

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 these days

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 but in ancient times,

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 a great and powerful

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 king would make

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 a covenant

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 with a smaller king

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 and basically

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 what would happen,

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 it was a relational

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 agreement where

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 the great king

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 would call for

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 the other person

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 to give loyalty

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 and taxation

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 to him

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 and in return

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 what he would do,

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 he'd give protection

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 and maybe some provision.

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 You see,

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 it was a win-win

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 kind of situation.

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 And so,

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 the Deuteronomy

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 is actually

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 written

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 very much

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 like the style

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 of an ancient

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 treaty.

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 You know,

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 there's God,

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 the great and powerful

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 king,

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 Israel,

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 the smaller

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 power

00:12:16.960 --> 00:12:18.340
 except for

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 there's just one

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 thing that's different.

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 God doesn't get

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 any mutual benefit

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 out of this.

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 He wasn't looking

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 for some extra benefits

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 just to increase

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 his power

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 or his wealth.

00:12:29.920 --> 00:12:30.860
 God was already

00:12:30.860 --> 00:12:32.620
 a powerful ruler

00:12:32.620 --> 00:12:33.379
 of the world

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 and Israel

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 had already

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 proved itself

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 to be completely

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 unfaithful

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 in every way

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 and yet God

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 still comes

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 and makes a covenant

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 with them.

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 Why?

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 Deuteronomy 7

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 says this,

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 it was not

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 because you were

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 more in number

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 than any other

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 people

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 that the Lord

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 said his love

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 and chose you.

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 For you are

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 the fewest

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 of all peoples

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 but it is

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 because

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 the Lord

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 loves you.

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 The Ten Commandments

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 are pure grace

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 from an authoritative

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 but loving God.

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 this is less

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 like a treaty

00:13:10.759 --> 00:13:11.759
 and more

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 like a ridiculous

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 marriage ceremony

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 with God

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 as the king

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 who needs nothing

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 chasing after

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 a wretch.

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 It's like Prince Harry

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 chasing after

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 a disfigured,

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 battered,

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 obnoxious,

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 slum dwelling

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 old beggar

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 and pursuing her

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 in marriage

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 and then bringing her

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 to Buckingham Palace

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 to show everyone

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 and he's proud

00:13:35.680 --> 00:13:36.160
 of her

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 and everyone goes

00:13:37.620 --> 00:13:37.980
 what?

00:13:38.139 --> 00:13:39.019
 You're with her?

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 Totally out of your league

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 and yet God

00:13:43.259 --> 00:13:44.459
 through the exodus

00:13:44.459 --> 00:13:45.959
 is showing again

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 and again

00:13:46.819 --> 00:13:47.699
 and again

00:13:47.699 --> 00:13:48.399
 his love

00:13:48.399 --> 00:13:49.579
 and the Ten Words

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 are Israel's

00:13:51.159 --> 00:13:52.740
 marriage vows

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 to be exclusively

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 Yahweh's

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 and to love him

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 in this relationship.

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 It's all grace.

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 It's all grace.

00:14:01.740 --> 00:14:02.379
 You know in marriage

00:14:02.379 --> 00:14:03.379
 the worst thing

00:14:03.379 --> 00:14:04.779
 as a guy

00:14:04.779 --> 00:14:06.360
 is when your wife

00:14:06.360 --> 00:14:07.559
 assumes you know

00:14:07.559 --> 00:14:09.339
 exactly how to love her best

00:14:09.339 --> 00:14:11.059
 without ever communicating

00:14:11.059 --> 00:14:12.279
 what she really wants

00:14:12.279 --> 00:14:13.759
 and so you know

00:14:13.759 --> 00:14:15.079
 as guys we're pretty dumb

00:14:15.079 --> 00:14:18.059
 and we really don't know.

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 You need to spell it out to us.

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 You know it's like

00:14:20.579 --> 00:14:21.139
 okay

00:14:21.139 --> 00:14:22.399
 don't buy me

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 a car magazine

00:14:23.319 --> 00:14:23.959
 subscription

00:14:23.959 --> 00:14:24.899
 for my birthday.

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 Buy me a spa treatment

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 or something.

00:14:27.519 --> 00:14:27.720
 You go

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 oh right

00:14:28.500 --> 00:14:28.819
 okay

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 that's what we need

00:14:29.980 --> 00:14:32.139
 but pagan religions

00:14:32.139 --> 00:14:33.439
 always left you

00:14:33.440 --> 00:14:34.160
 guessing

00:14:34.160 --> 00:14:35.860
 what their gods liked

00:14:35.860 --> 00:14:37.180
 and then they punish you

00:14:37.180 --> 00:14:38.080
 for getting it wrong

00:14:38.080 --> 00:14:40.320
 but God in his grace

00:14:40.320 --> 00:14:41.540
 tells us exactly

00:14:41.540 --> 00:14:44.000
 how to do a relationship

00:14:44.000 --> 00:14:44.580
 with him

00:14:44.580 --> 00:14:45.800
 and how it can flourish.

00:14:46.860 --> 00:14:48.300
 He doesn't leave you wondering.

00:14:49.480 --> 00:14:50.500
 That's grace.

00:14:50.860 --> 00:14:51.960
 That's the Ten Words.

00:14:53.000 --> 00:14:54.400
 So he shows us his authority.

00:14:54.760 --> 00:14:55.700
 He shows us his desire

00:14:55.700 --> 00:14:56.420
 for relationship

00:14:56.420 --> 00:14:58.320
 and he also reveals

00:14:58.320 --> 00:14:59.400
 his character.

00:14:59.399 --> 00:15:01.799
 You know in Deuteronomy

00:15:01.799 --> 00:15:04.079
 God keeps telling the people

00:15:04.079 --> 00:15:06.840
 walk in my ways

00:15:06.840 --> 00:15:07.959
 which means

00:15:07.959 --> 00:15:09.000
 image me

00:15:09.000 --> 00:15:11.059
 do what I do.

00:15:11.980 --> 00:15:12.159
 You know

00:15:12.159 --> 00:15:13.740
 every commandment

00:15:13.740 --> 00:15:14.799
 which is here

00:15:14.799 --> 00:15:15.980
 reveals something

00:15:15.980 --> 00:15:17.179
 of God's character

00:15:17.179 --> 00:15:18.319
 to us.

00:15:19.019 --> 00:15:19.159
 You know

00:15:19.159 --> 00:15:19.799
 when Jesus

00:15:19.799 --> 00:15:21.659
 he summarized

00:15:21.659 --> 00:15:22.539
 the commandments

00:15:22.539 --> 00:15:23.439
 he said

00:15:23.439 --> 00:15:24.519
 you can summarize them

00:15:24.519 --> 00:15:25.100
 in two ways.

00:15:25.460 --> 00:15:26.399
 Love the Lord your God

00:15:26.399 --> 00:15:27.000
 with all your heart

00:15:27.000 --> 00:15:28.019
 soul mind and strength

00:15:28.019 --> 00:15:29.259
 and love your neighbor

00:15:29.259 --> 00:15:30.340
 as yourself.

00:15:30.480 --> 00:15:31.299
 What he was saying is

00:15:31.299 --> 00:15:32.240
 the commandments

00:15:32.240 --> 00:15:34.240
 are all about love.

00:15:34.779 --> 00:15:35.299
 Why?

00:15:35.819 --> 00:15:37.259
 Because God is love.

00:15:38.240 --> 00:15:38.539
 You see

00:15:38.539 --> 00:15:39.600
 if you want to know

00:15:39.600 --> 00:15:40.679
 what love is

00:15:40.679 --> 00:15:42.659
 look at the commands.

00:15:43.500 --> 00:15:44.319
 The first four

00:15:44.319 --> 00:15:45.100
 are all about

00:15:45.100 --> 00:15:46.279
 how to love God

00:15:46.279 --> 00:15:47.000
 upwards

00:15:47.000 --> 00:15:48.259
 in that direction.

00:15:48.579 --> 00:15:49.379
 The next six

00:15:49.379 --> 00:15:49.960
 show us

00:15:49.960 --> 00:15:51.279
 what love for our neighbors

00:15:51.279 --> 00:15:52.179
 look like

00:15:52.179 --> 00:15:53.960
 in very practical terms.

00:15:54.399 --> 00:15:55.100
 They reveal

00:15:55.100 --> 00:15:56.579
 the heart of God.

00:15:56.580 --> 00:15:58.300
 Ray Ortlund

00:15:58.300 --> 00:15:59.520
 a pastor

00:15:59.520 --> 00:16:00.440
 says this

00:16:00.440 --> 00:16:02.600
 what kind

00:16:02.600 --> 00:16:04.680
 of amazing person

00:16:04.680 --> 00:16:06.180
 would say to us

00:16:06.180 --> 00:16:08.340
 you shall not steal

00:16:08.340 --> 00:16:10.259
 only a just

00:16:10.259 --> 00:16:11.940
 and generous person

00:16:11.940 --> 00:16:12.660
 who can be

00:16:12.660 --> 00:16:13.620
 fully trusted

00:16:13.620 --> 00:16:15.340
 who would never

00:16:15.340 --> 00:16:16.379
 rob us

00:16:16.379 --> 00:16:17.360
 or defraud us

00:16:17.360 --> 00:16:18.040
 who would never

00:16:18.040 --> 00:16:19.220
 lie or cheat

00:16:19.220 --> 00:16:20.220
 who would never

00:16:20.220 --> 00:16:21.520
 hold out on us wrongly

00:16:21.520 --> 00:16:22.400
 who is not out

00:16:22.400 --> 00:16:23.000
 for himself

00:16:23.000 --> 00:16:24.160
 who feels no need

00:16:24.160 --> 00:16:24.900
 and no appetite

00:16:24.899 --> 00:16:26.480
 but only overflowing

00:16:26.480 --> 00:16:27.220
 kindness

00:16:27.220 --> 00:16:28.019
 and abundance.

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 You see

00:16:29.939 --> 00:16:31.019
 in each command

00:16:31.019 --> 00:16:32.840
 you will see revealed

00:16:32.840 --> 00:16:33.799
 a passionate

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 devoted

00:16:34.559 --> 00:16:35.480
 faithful

00:16:35.480 --> 00:16:36.240
 loving

00:16:36.240 --> 00:16:37.059
 just

00:16:37.059 --> 00:16:38.279
 contented

00:16:38.279 --> 00:16:38.840
 God

00:16:38.840 --> 00:16:39.759
 who wants us

00:16:39.759 --> 00:16:40.340
 as his people

00:16:40.340 --> 00:16:41.179
 to be the same.

00:16:42.939 --> 00:16:44.240
 It reveals

00:16:44.240 --> 00:16:44.879
 God

00:16:44.879 --> 00:16:45.699
 these commandments

00:16:45.699 --> 00:16:47.079
 his authority

00:16:47.079 --> 00:16:48.279
 his desire

00:16:48.279 --> 00:16:48.960
 for relationship

00:16:48.960 --> 00:16:49.779
 and his character.

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 But that's not all

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 they do.

00:16:52.980 --> 00:16:53.879
 Don't just reveal God

00:16:53.879 --> 00:16:54.659
 they also

00:16:54.659 --> 00:16:55.899
 are wisdom

00:16:55.899 --> 00:16:57.759
 for abundant

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 living.

00:17:00.059 --> 00:17:00.960
 This is why

00:17:00.960 --> 00:17:01.320
 we've actually

00:17:01.320 --> 00:17:02.419
 called these series

00:17:02.419 --> 00:17:03.320
 10 words

00:17:03.320 --> 00:17:04.299
 for abundant

00:17:04.299 --> 00:17:05.140
 life.

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 Have a look

00:17:05.839 --> 00:17:07.220
 at what it says

00:17:07.220 --> 00:17:08.740
 in chapter 4

00:17:08.740 --> 00:17:09.519
 verse 6.

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 It says this

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 keep these laws

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 and do them

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 for that will be

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 your wisdom

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 and understanding.

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 Wisdom

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 is the ability

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 to make

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 good decisions

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 which lead

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 to flourishing

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 and the good life.

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 That is what wisdom is.

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 And so

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 throughout Deuteronomy

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 God keeps saying

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 keep these commands

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 so that it's going to go

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 well with you

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 so that you might

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 live well.

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 Deuteronomy 6.24

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 says this

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 the Lord commanded us

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 to do

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 all these statutes

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 to fear the Lord

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 our God

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 listen

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 here it is

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 for our good

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 always

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 not just sometimes

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 for our good

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 always

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 that's what the command

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 is.

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 Commands are all about.

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 You know

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 every one of us

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 wants to live

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 the good life

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 don't we?

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 That's why

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 we watch

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 all those TED talks

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 and buy so many

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 self-help books.

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 We want wisdom

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 because we want

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 a flourishing life.

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 You know

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 in Genesis 2

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 and 3

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 God gives us

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 this abundant

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 garden

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 with like a

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 gazillion trees

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 in it

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 which are amazing

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 and he tells them

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 he gives them

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 one command

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 don't eat

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 from that one tree

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 you can eat

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 from anything else

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 that one tree

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 will bring you death

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 but just trust me

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 with that one

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 everything else

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 you can have life

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 but then the serpent

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 comes along

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 in Genesis 3

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 and he says

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 did God

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 really say

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 you can't eat

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 from any

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 tree

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 in the garden

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 no he didn't

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 he just said

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 one tree

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 he didn't say

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 any tree

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 but you see

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 that is always

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 the lie

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 behind every

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 single sin

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 that you will

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 ever commit

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 it's the lie

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 that says

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 God is trying

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 to restrict you

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 God is trying

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 to make your life

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 miserable

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 God is trying

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 to take joy

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 from you

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 it's not really

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 for your good

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 that's why

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 Satan always

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 wants you to focus

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 on the one thing

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 you don't have

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 and to miss

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 all the things

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 that God wants

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 to give you

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 and has given

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 you already

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 he wants

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 to focus

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 you on

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 what you're

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 going to

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 miss out

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 on

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 rather than

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 what you're

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 going to

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 gain

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 by trusting

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 God

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 and his

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 word

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 and obeying

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 him

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 but just

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 imagine

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 the kind

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 of community

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 that if they

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 follow the ten

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 words

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 what it would

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 be like

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 you know

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 you would

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 never have

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 to lock

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 your door

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 because there

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 would be

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 no theft

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 you would

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 never have

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 to fear

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 going out

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 at night

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 because there's

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 no murder

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 families

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 would be

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 in harmony

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 because people

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 are honouring

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 father and

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 mother

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 it would be

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 a society

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 of justice

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 and integrity

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 where you can

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 trust whatever

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 anyone says

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 and also

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 there would be

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 no workaholic

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 bosses driving

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 you into the

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 ground

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 this is a place

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 of freedom

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 there would be

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 no lawyers

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 actually

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 and no police

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 probably

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 some of us

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 may think

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 that's a good

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 thing

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 some of us

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 may not

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 but it's a place

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 of freedom

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 and life

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 any command

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 in scripture

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 forgive

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 those who've

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 hurt you

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 don't watch

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 porn

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 don't sleep

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 with your

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 girlfriend

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 pray

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 share the

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 gospel

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 every command

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 is for your

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 good

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 always

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 do we

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 believe that

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 because

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 God wants

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 to change

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 our hearts

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 so that it

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 goes from

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 here

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 to here

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 and changes

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 us

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 so what I

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 want us

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 to do

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 now

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 is

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 I actually

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 want us

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 to stop

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 for a minute

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 and I want

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 you to take

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 a minute

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 to reflect

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 if you're

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 with someone

00:20:42.980 --> 00:20:43.579
 you can just

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 discuss

00:20:44.539 --> 00:20:44.980
 with the

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 person

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 next to

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 you

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 but I've

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 got a

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 couple

00:20:47.539 --> 00:20:48.279
 of questions

00:20:48.279 --> 00:20:49.220
 that we're

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 going to

00:20:49.379 --> 00:20:49.720
 show on

00:20:49.720 --> 00:20:50.259
 the slide

00:20:50.259 --> 00:20:50.740
 that I

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 want you

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 to look

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 at

00:20:51.660 --> 00:20:53.099
 how is

00:20:53.099 --> 00:20:53.460
 God

00:20:53.460 --> 00:20:53.819
 calling

00:20:53.819 --> 00:20:54.200
 you to

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 obey

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 him

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 right at

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 this

00:20:55.460 --> 00:20:55.819
 time

00:20:55.819 --> 00:20:57.099
 and how

00:20:57.099 --> 00:20:57.420
 do you

00:20:57.420 --> 00:20:57.640
 view

00:20:57.640 --> 00:20:57.879
 his

00:20:57.879 --> 00:20:58.440
 commands

00:20:58.440 --> 00:20:59.359
 do you

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 view

00:20:59.700 --> 00:21:00.140
 what he's

00:21:00.140 --> 00:21:00.440
 calling

00:21:00.440 --> 00:21:00.839
 you as

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 something

00:21:01.099 --> 00:21:01.339
 that's

00:21:01.339 --> 00:21:01.599
 to give

00:21:01.599 --> 00:21:02.059
 you life

00:21:02.059 --> 00:21:02.240
 or

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 restrictive

00:21:02.839 --> 00:21:04.500
 why do

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 you see

00:21:04.839 --> 00:21:05.099
 that

00:21:05.099 --> 00:21:05.740
 why don't

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 you

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 and if

00:21:06.779 --> 00:21:06.920
 you're

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 not a

00:21:07.279 --> 00:21:07.720
 Christian

00:21:07.720 --> 00:21:09.160
 whose

00:21:09.160 --> 00:21:09.660
 words

00:21:09.660 --> 00:21:10.160
 do you

00:21:10.160 --> 00:21:10.799
 rely on

00:21:10.799 --> 00:21:11.160
 to help

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 you live

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 well

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 and then

00:21:13.000 --> 00:21:13.319
 how is

00:21:13.319 --> 00:21:13.480
 that

00:21:13.480 --> 00:21:13.880
 working

00:21:13.880 --> 00:21:14.559
 for you

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 so

00:21:15.579 --> 00:21:16.000
 if

00:21:16.000 --> 00:21:16.180
 you're

00:21:16.180 --> 00:21:16.319
 by

00:21:16.319 --> 00:21:16.900
 yourself

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 I encourage

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 you to

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 take a

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 pen

00:21:18.120 --> 00:21:18.740
 write

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 down

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 your

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 answers

00:21:19.819 --> 00:21:20.059
 if

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 you're

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 with

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 someone

00:21:20.620 --> 00:21:20.920
 take

00:21:20.920 --> 00:21:21.039
 the

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 time

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 to

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 reflect

00:21:21.759 --> 00:21:22.000
 and

00:21:22.000 --> 00:21:22.359
 discuss

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 and

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 we'll

00:21:23.120 --> 00:21:23.279
 come

00:21:23.279 --> 00:21:23.519
 back

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 in

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 a

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 couple

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 of

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 minutes

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 time

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

00:27:28.200 --> 00:27:58.180
 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

00:28:28.200 --> 00:28:58.180
 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

00:29:28.180 --> 00:29:58.160
 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

00:30:28.180 --> 00:30:58.160
 Thank you.

00:30:58.180 --> 00:31:28.160
 Thank you.

00:31:28.180 --> 00:31:58.160
 Thank you.

00:31:58.180 --> 00:32:28.160
 And like you and God.

00:32:28.180 --> 00:32:58.160
 And we go.

00:32:58.160 --> 00:33:28.140
 Thank you.

00:33:28.160 --> 00:33:58.140
 Thank you.

00:33:58.160 --> 00:34:28.139
 Thank you.

00:34:28.139 --> 00:34:58.119
 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

00:35:28.139 --> 00:35:58.119
 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

00:36:28.119 --> 00:36:58.099
 Thank you.