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 Well, I guess it was in the days when Steve was still somewhat young in the mission, well that's not quite true.

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 About 25 years ago, I don't know if Steve was not yet halfway through, where they finally ended up,

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 a church gathered a bit like this, not too many miles from here,

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 and I don't know all the details, thankfully, but halfway through the, I think it was the evening service,

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 an argument broke out.

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 Clearly some tensions had been under the surface for a long time,

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 and the argument was between the two main families in this relatively small church, about 40, 45 people.

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 Now what happened as a result of that argument?

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 I don't know the details.

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 But what happened was that more or less overnight, a church of 40 to 45 went down to a church of 5.

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 And some of those people have never been back to church since.

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 Others have gone to other churches, some have never been back.

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 And whatever witness the church did have in the neighbouring community was completely blown.

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 You can imagine it primarily, all the neighbours saying,

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 did you hear about that church?

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 What a bunch of hypocrites.

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 Christians are just hypocrites, aren't they?

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 And I suspect here tonight, there are some of us who've had that experience, haven't we?

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 Christians are just hypocrites.

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 Maybe you've been winded by it.

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 Maybe, like me, you've been one of those hypocrites.

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 And maybe for others, you've been hurt by tensions in churches in the past.

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 I've not been in this church long enough to know some of the tensions that may have been in the past.

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 Or maybe you're sitting here thinking, this could never happen to us.

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 We're not a basket case like that other church you talked about, Stuart.

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 Well, that other church was a Bible-believing, reformed church.

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 So James has something to say for all of us.

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 Whether we think it could happen or not, whether it's happened to us or not.

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 And in these verses we're looking at, we hear how such rows can come about.

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 Why it's wrong.

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 And what we need to do to stop this happening to us.

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 What we need to do to ensure we don't demolish the witness of a church somewhere.

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 So how do these rows happen?

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 Well, look at James' command here in verse 19.

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 Know this, my beloved brothers.

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 Let everyone be quick to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger.

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 Why do these rows happen?

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 They happen because people are not quick to hear and slow to speak, but the other way around.

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 They're quick to speak, quick to anger, and very slow to listen indeed.

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 Now why is it that we get angry?

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 What is it that makes you angry?

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 What is it that makes me angry?

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 Isn't it usually that something's getting in the way of what we want?

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 So a car cuts us up on the roundabout.

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 We get frustrated.

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 What makes us quick to speak is the fact that we love our own voice.

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 We think our point of view is right.

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 When was the last time you got really angry about something?

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 Let me tell you about what makes me angry.

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 It's in the mornings at about 8 o'clock when I want to get to do my work,

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 and my children are still messing around,

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 not knowing where their book bag is,

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 not able to put their coats on,

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 not finding their shoes,

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 and I'm going mad.

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 Now, of course, part of that is my self-righteous anger.

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 What do I want to do?

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 I want to get down to work.

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 Especially on Monday morning,

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 I've got to stand there for Tuesday morning.

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 Let me get on with God's work for my life.

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 And our anger can be even worse

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 when we think it's somehow righteous and allowed, isn't it?

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 I think that's what's happening here in this community

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 that James is fighting to.

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 People are getting angry about stuff.

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 They're not listening to each other.

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 Why?

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 Because they think they want what God wants.

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 Look at verse 20.

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 See the warning James gives?

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 For the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.

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 The righteousness of God is the righteousness,

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 the right relationships among his people that he wants,

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 that is his desire that he saved people for.

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 So it seems these Christians James is writing to

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 are people who are arguing with each other

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 and not listening to each other

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 because they think the church should be how they want it.

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 They think that's what God wants.

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 I'm sure you've known that

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 in communities of believers, haven't you?

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 I know I have.

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 How many times have you heard it said

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 or how many times have you said?

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 I'm guilty of a number of these.

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 This church would be so much better

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 if only the marriage would look out for the single people

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 and actually invite us around for dinner occasionally.

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 This church would be so much better

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 if only the elders actually knew what was going on

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 and took time to listen to people.

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 That's the problem.

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 This church would be so much better

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 if only we sang some of the songs that I really like.

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 If only we knew what Sovereign Grace were up to.

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 This church would be so much better if the sermons were shorter.

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 My gifts were recognised.

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 If those people over there actually got off their chairs and served

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 instead of letting me do all the work.

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 So you quickly think it's righteous anger, don't you?

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 That actually we're doing, we're wanting what God wants, aren't we?

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 James says no.

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 The anger of man never produces the righteousness of God.

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 So what makes us angry really is not that we want what God wants.

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 We want God to want what we want, don't we?

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 Everyone else wants what we want.

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 That's why we don't stop to listen.

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 We want to speak.

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 That's why James is warning us here,

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 be slow to speak.

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 Slow to anger.

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 Quick to listen.

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 That's how arguments happen.

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 That's how that church got to a stand-up fight in the middle of the service.

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 People thought they were pursuing God's agenda, they weren't.

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 They were pursuing their own agenda and not stopping to listen.

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 So how can we avoid that again?

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 How can we make sure that doesn't happen here?

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 Well, three words James gives us.

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 Receive, respond, submit.

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 Receive, respond, submit.

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 Look at receive first.

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 Verse 21.

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 Therefore put away all filthiness and rampant wickedness

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 and receive with meekness the implanted word

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 which is able to save your souls.

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 I'm not a great gardener, but I do know this much.

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 If you want to plant something that will actually grow and take root,

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 what do you need to do first?

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 You need to remove all the weeds, don't you?

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 Look at the weeds James is talking about here.

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 The weeds are filthiness and rampant wickedness.

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 What is filthiness and rampant wickedness?

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 At this point we're going to get out all sorts of sins for our minds.

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 But hasn't James already defined them?

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 Invert the previous verse.

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 The filthiness is being quick to speak.

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 Quick to become angry.

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 That's the rampant wickedness.

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 It's being slow to actually listen to other people.

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 That's what we have to put away.

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 That are the weeds that have to go.

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 And what do we have to plant in its place?

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 What needs to be implanted in its place?

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 Well, it's interesting what James says, isn't it?

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 The word there in verse 19 is

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 to put things off.

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 I'm sorry, verse 21 rather.

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 Therefore put away, put off all filthiness.

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 It's the language used in taking off clothes.

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 So you expect James then to say,

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 you've taken off these clothes,

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 put on this next set of clothes.

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 But he doesn't say that, does he?

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 He doesn't talk about clothes.

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 He talks about something being implanted into you.

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 Verse 21.

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 The implanted word.

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 Received with meekness.

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 The implanted word.

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 Now meekness is the absolute opposite

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 of pursuing our own agenda, isn't it?

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 We pursue our own agenda in forceful pride.

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 Meekness is absolutely the opposite.

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 Meekness is one of the characteristics of Christ.

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 2 Corinthians 10 verse 1.

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 Paul talks about speaking to the Corinthians

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 with the meekness or the gentleness of Christ.

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 It's the same word.

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 It's the word he used to describe

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 a horse that's been broken.

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 Its strength under control.

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 Responding to its owner.

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 So what is to be received with meekness?

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 It's the implanted word

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 which is able to save your souls.

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 Now God had promised back in the Old Testament,

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 back through the prophet Jeremiah,

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 that one day he would write his law

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 on people's hearts.

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 There's a picture of how human beings

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 are not naturally able to do what God wants.

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 Naturally we are not slow to become angry.

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 But God promised that because we couldn't keep his law,

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 he would write his law on our hearts.

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 That would be the implanted word.

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 The law on the wall causes us to sin, doesn't it?

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 It provokes us.

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 You know, there's signs on buses saying,

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 do not put your feet on the seat.

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 I never thought of doing that,

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 but thank you for giving me the idea.

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 That's how the law works for us, isn't it?

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 So God promised to implant his word into human hearts,

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 to write his command on our hearts.

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 And that is what is able to save our souls.

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 No amount of self-discipline,

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 no amount of self-help,

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 no amount of following rules

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 concerning us in changes.

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 It's only receiving with meekness

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 God's implanted word.

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 You see what this word is.

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 He describes it back in verse 18,

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 back in the other column,

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 just a little bit up,

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 as the word of truth.

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 The word of truth

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 by which God brought us forth

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 by the word of truth.

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 That we should be a kind of first fruits as creatures.

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 It's this word that brings new life right within us.

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 That God uses to make us new people.

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 That's what we need.

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 That's what needs to be implanted in us.

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 So how do we receive this word?

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 We receive it with meekness,

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 don't we?

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 And do you notice the contrast

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 between verse 19 and verse 21?

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 Verse 19 is,

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 be slow to speak.

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 Sorry.

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 Every person be quick to hear,

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 slow to speak,

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 slow to anger.

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 That's obviously,

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 James' people weren't doing that,

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 were they?

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 They were being very quick to speak,

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 quick to angry,

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 and very slow to hear.

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 James is saying,

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 if you want to actually try

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 and be slow to anger,

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 and quick to listen,

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 then you need to receive God's word.

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 And by the way,

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 you're not going to receive God's word with meekness,

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 if you're not listening to one another.

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 If you're not listening to others,

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 if you're quick to speak,

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 and quick to get angry,

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 and not quick to listen,

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 then you're not receiving anyone else's word at all,

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 are you?

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 If that's your attitude to other people,

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 then you will not receive God's word with meekness either.

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 See, all through this letter,

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 James keeps pointing out to us,

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 that actually the way we treat other people,

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 is indicative of what we,

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 the way we're really acting towards God.

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 We may say,

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 that we love God,

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 and worship him,

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 and want to hear his word,

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 but actually if we're despising other people,

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 not listening to them,

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 then we're not really in a place,

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 where we can receive with meekness,

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 God's implanted word.

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 So we need to receive it with meekness,

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 that means listening to others first,

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 so that we will actually be listening to God.

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 But it also means,

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 not just receiving it with meekness,

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 it means repenting, doesn't it?

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 It means stopping pursuing our own agendas,

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 and instead turning,

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 and accepting God's agenda,

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 instead.

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 It means coming to him for forgiveness.

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 It means confessing our sin,

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 and seeking the forgiveness,

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 that is only available in the Lord Jesus.

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 He will then send his Holy Spirit,

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 to implant his word in us,

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 and to write his law on our hearts,

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 to bring us forth by the word of truth,

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 to make us new people.

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 But also accepting this word,

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 can just sound like it's passive,

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 can't it?

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 It sounds very internal.

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 It is internal.

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 When we accept people's food,

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 we take it into us,

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 then it becomes part of us.

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 That's what it means to have God's word

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 implanted into us.

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 It's taking it in.

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 So it's part of us.

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 But that then,

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 is not just a passive thing,

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 but it becomes active.

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 So having received,

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 the second word James gives us,

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 is to respond.

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 Verses 22 to 25.

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 Here's the second step,

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 so that we don't end up fighting each other.

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 Receive this word,

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 and then respond to it.

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 Verse 25,

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 verse 22 rather.

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 But be doers of the word,

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 and not hearers only,

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 deceiving ourselves.

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 Many years ago,

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 we had a family holiday,

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 driving through France at one point,

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 and we got lost on the Paris Ring Road,

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 which I believe is a familiar experience

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 of people in crime negotiated,

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 and we were looking for a campsite.

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 So my father stopped the car,

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 got out,

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 asked some local lady,

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 in his best broken French,

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 where this particular campsite was.

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 She just figured it wildly,

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 gave a long series of instructions,

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 now came back to the car,

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 we were all telling him,

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 in anticipation and bated breath,

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 retired,

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 and wanted to go to bed.

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 He said,

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 so where is it dad?

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 I don't know,

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 I didn't hear,

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 let's just go,

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 I'll find out,

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 I'm sure.

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 It was dark,

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 by the time we reached that campsite,

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 I was only about six at the time,

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 my mother could give you more details,

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 unsure.

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 But obviously it's foolishness,

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 they listen to something,

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 and then not respond to it,

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 when you are in need of help.

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 And James says,

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 brothers and sisters,

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 we're in need of help.

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 We need to respond,

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 to what God's word is saying.

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 And that's the whole point,

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 James' illustration.

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 You see the illustration,

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 of a man with a mirror,

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 verse 23.

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 If anyone is a hearer of the word,

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 and not a doer,

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 he's like a man,

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 who looks intently,

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 at his natural face,

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 in a mirror,

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 for he looks at himself,

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 and goes away,

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 and at once forgets,

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 what he is like.

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 Now I sit there,

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 don't you think,

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 what sort of idiot would do that?

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 Well let me tell you,

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 what sort of idiot would do that.

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 At breakfast the other morning,

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 my wife turned around to me,

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 and said,

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 Stuart,

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 do you know you still have

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 a shaving foam on your ear?

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 I don't know why it's on my ear,

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 I don't shave my ears normally,

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 but there you go,

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 it was there.

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 And I didn't know that,

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 how did I not know that?

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 I was standing in front of a mirror,

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 shaving.

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 Was it because I'm blind?

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 Well,

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 perhaps I'm a bit daft at times.

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 Or was it more likely,

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 I just kind of assumed,

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 that I knew,

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 what the mirror was going to tell me?

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 And therefore didn't really

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 pay attention?

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 Could it be that?

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 Could it be that I didn't really think,

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 that the mirror was going to have

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 anything relevant for me?

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 Sometimes we like that in God's word,

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 with God's word,

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 aren't we?

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 I think it's especially a danger

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 in churches like this,

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 and the other I used to serve in,

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 where we love God's word,

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 don't we?

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 We say we do.

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 We love listening to sermons.

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 Some of you will download sermons

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 and listen from on the way to work.

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 That's a good thing.

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 Some of you will read lots of books.

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 That's a good thing.

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 We love God's word.

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 Yet so often,

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 we fail to actually respond to it,

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 don't we?

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 When James says here

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 that the man forgets,

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 it doesn't necessarily mean

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 that intellectually he couldn't

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 remember what he saw.

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 It means he didn't act upon it.

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 For those of you who are in church

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 this morning,

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 Paul reminded us that

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 that word remember in the Bible

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 is never just about

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 intellectually recalling a hand.

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 It's like remembering a birthday,

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 isn't it?

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 My daughter turns seven

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 on Tuesday

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 when she says to me,

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 Zoe, Daddy,

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 have you remembered my birthday?

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 She doesn't want me to go,

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 yes, it's the 11th,

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 it's the 10th of November,

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 I need you to date,

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 but 10th of November.

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 She wants to know

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 there's going to be a present

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 for her when she gets up.

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 And so it is.

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 Scripture tells us

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 to remember.

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 It isn't just mentally

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 recalling things.

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 When this man forgets,

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 not that he absentmindedly

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 didn't have a clue

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 what he looked like.

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 He didn't act

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 on what he'd seen.

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 He acted on the fact

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 he knew.

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 We can be like that

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 with God's word,

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 can't we?

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 And we can make

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 very sophisticated

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 excuses for it, too.

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 We say,

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 well, I'm saved by grace,

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 I'm not under law anymore,

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 so it's okay,

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 I'm forgiven.

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 In fact,

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 somebody accused James

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 of preaching legalism here.

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 Martin Luther,

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 the great reformer,

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 had a bit of a problem

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 with the book of James

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 for this reason.

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 He called it

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 a right-strawy epistle.

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 It seemed to be

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 going against

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 the gospel of grace,

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 justification by faith.

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 But let me ask us

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 a couple of questions.

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 If we're arguing

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 with God's word,

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 then are we

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 receiving it meekly?

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 Of course,

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 we're not,

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 are we?

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 Let me ask another question.

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 If God has

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 implanted his word

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 into us,

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 so we want to obey,

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 so we're ready

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 to obey,

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 because that is

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 the Spirit's work

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 in our heart,

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 then how can we

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 possibly say no?

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 If we say no,

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 isn't it evidence

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 that the word

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 has not been received

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 into our hearts at all?

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 See, this is,

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 the danger here

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 is we're deceived,

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 isn't it?

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 Do you notice how

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 James uses that word

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 twice?

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 Verse 22,

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 be doers of the word,

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 nor hearers only,

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 deceiving yourselves.

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 Then down again

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 in verse 26,

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 talks about someone

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 deceiving their own heart.

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 It can so easily

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 be deceived.

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 That's why James says

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 we need to respond.

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 We need to respond.

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 We need to be doers

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 and not just hearers.

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 But in case you're worried,

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 that makes you a slave

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 again to the law.

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 Look at how,

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 look at how James

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 describes God's word,

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 verse 25.

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 The one who looks

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 into the perfect law,

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 the law of liberty

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 and perseveres,

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 being no hearer

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 who forgets,

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 but no doer

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 who asks,

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 will be blessed

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 in all his doing.

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 It's a law of liberty,

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 James says.

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 Now,

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 naturally in our culture

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 we hate the idea

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 of law,

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 don't we?

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 We hate laws,

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 we hate authority over us.

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 That's the spirit

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 of our age.

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 James says,

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 this is a law

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 that is good.

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 It brings liberty.

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 There's actually

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 a subtle change

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 in James' language here.

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 So far,

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 he's been talking

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 about the word of God,

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 verse 18,

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 verse 21,

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 verses 22 and 23.

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 But now he refers

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 to God's law

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 because he wants

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 us to catch

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 the authority

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 that God's law has,

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 God's word has.

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 And he describes

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 it as a perfect law.

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 Perfect because

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 it reflects

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 God's character.

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 Perfect because

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 it's been fulfilled

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 perfectly

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 in the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 Perfect because

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 through Christ

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 those of us

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 who believe in him

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 now have his spirit

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 in us,

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 so this law

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 becomes something

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 we can keep,

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 not something

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 that makes us slaves.

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 And therefore,

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 he describes it

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 as a law of liberty,

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 meaning the law

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 that brings liberty

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 and freedom,

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 not a law that

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 constrains and enslaves.

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 Now,

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 if we went out tonight

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 and asked people,

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 what does freedom

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 mean for you?

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 What does freedom

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 mean for us?

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 What do you think

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 would be the response

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 most people would give?

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 I think most people

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 would say that freedom

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 is about being able

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 to do whatever

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 I want to do.

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 And yet we only need

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 to reflect on that

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 for a minute,

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 see that's nonsense,

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 isn't it?

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 You know what it's like

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 when you get to a big

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 roundabout,

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 like some of these ones

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 on the A40,

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 you're not far from here.

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 And if someone thinks,

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 I'm just going to do

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 what I want to do,

00:19:03.660 --> 00:19:04.640
 and sneaks through the lights

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 and sits on the yellow box junction,

00:19:06.200 --> 00:19:07.440
 what happens to that roundabout?

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 You could be queuing for hours,

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 can't you?

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 You're trying to get over it,

00:19:10.819 --> 00:19:12.019
 because everyone starts doing it,

00:19:12.220 --> 00:19:13.120
 everyone blocks it,

00:19:13.120 --> 00:19:13.940
 you can't get anywhere.

00:19:14.660 --> 00:19:15.539
 It's because everybody's doing

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 what they want to do.

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 We see that

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 generally in life,

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 don't we?

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 As we pursue

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 our own agendas,

00:19:24.279 --> 00:19:26.200
 we hurt other people,

00:19:27.019 --> 00:19:28.619
 block other people,

00:19:29.220 --> 00:19:30.480
 thwart other people,

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 and end up ruining

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 ourselves as well.

00:19:33.139 --> 00:19:34.399
 Freedom is not being free

00:19:34.399 --> 00:19:35.379
 to do whatever we want,

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 is it?

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 True freedom

00:19:37.160 --> 00:19:38.599
 is freedom

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 from selfishness.

00:19:41.619 --> 00:19:42.180
 Johnny Depp,

00:19:42.240 --> 00:19:42.839
 the actor,

00:19:42.940 --> 00:19:44.319
 when he talked about

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 when his first child was born,

00:19:46.259 --> 00:19:46.980
 he told the interviewer,

00:19:46.980 --> 00:19:47.500
 when I was holding

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 my first child,

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 I felt it was

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 a truly liberating moment.

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 I felt free

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 for the first time.

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 They define that

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 as being,

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 as my first

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 selfless thought ever.

00:19:59.839 --> 00:20:00.480
 My first

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 selfless thought.

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 There,

00:20:03.000 --> 00:20:03.500
 Johnny Depp

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 in that moment

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 got the idea

00:20:04.679 --> 00:20:05.720
 of what freedom is.

00:20:06.039 --> 00:20:06.379
 Freedom

00:20:06.379 --> 00:20:07.339
 is being free

00:20:07.339 --> 00:20:08.480
 from our selfishness,

00:20:08.759 --> 00:20:09.379
 free from being

00:20:09.379 --> 00:20:10.539
 turned in on ourselves.

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 This is what God's law

00:20:11.879 --> 00:20:12.720
 written on our hearts

00:20:12.720 --> 00:20:13.519
 does for us.

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 It sets us free.

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 It's the perfect law,

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 the law of liberty,

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 the law that brings liberty.

00:20:20.419 --> 00:20:20.980
 So you want to know

00:20:20.980 --> 00:20:21.980
 what liberty looks like?

00:20:22.559 --> 00:20:22.900
 You want to know

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 what true freedom is,

00:20:23.920 --> 00:20:24.519
 James says?

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 It's not pursuing

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 your own agenda.

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 Rather,

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 it's responding

00:20:29.120 --> 00:20:30.279
 to God's word,

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 responding to God's commands.

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 So there's an obvious

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 question for me

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 and for you,

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 isn't there?

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 Are we dearers

00:20:37.660 --> 00:20:38.339
 of God's word

00:20:38.339 --> 00:20:39.519
 or hearers only?

00:20:41.099 --> 00:20:42.160
 I have to ask myself,

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 what's changed

00:20:43.319 --> 00:20:43.880
 in my life

00:20:43.880 --> 00:20:44.740
 in the last six months

00:20:44.740 --> 00:20:45.680
 given what God's word

00:20:45.680 --> 00:20:46.339
 has said to me?

00:20:47.660 --> 00:20:48.259
 What's changed

00:20:48.259 --> 00:20:48.960
 in your life?

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 Has God been speaking

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 to you about

00:20:51.539 --> 00:20:52.299
 relationships

00:20:52.299 --> 00:20:53.140
 with certain people?

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 Has God's word

00:20:56.440 --> 00:20:57.079
 altered the way

00:20:57.079 --> 00:20:58.500
 you think about money?

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 How you use it?

00:21:00.720 --> 00:21:01.680
 How you think about it?

00:21:03.220 --> 00:21:04.220
 How have you responded

00:21:04.220 --> 00:21:04.920
 to God's word

00:21:04.920 --> 00:21:05.480
 in terms of

00:21:05.480 --> 00:21:06.440
 your ambitions?

00:21:07.400 --> 00:21:08.120
 Your priorities?

00:21:10.620 --> 00:21:12.299
 Has God's word

00:21:12.299 --> 00:21:12.720
 done anything

00:21:12.720 --> 00:21:13.340
 to your attitude

00:21:13.340 --> 00:21:14.360
 to work?

00:21:14.900 --> 00:21:15.620
 To your work

00:21:15.619 --> 00:21:16.219
 or other peoples?

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 It's hard to change,

00:21:19.639 --> 00:21:19.979
 isn't it?

00:21:20.799 --> 00:21:21.279
 But then God

00:21:21.279 --> 00:21:22.119
 is writing his law

00:21:22.119 --> 00:21:22.679
 in our hearts.

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 So it might be hard,

00:21:23.879 --> 00:21:24.679
 but it is possible.

00:21:25.399 --> 00:21:25.679
 But do you notice

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 the word James uses

00:21:26.779 --> 00:21:27.899
 here in verse 25?

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 The one who looks

00:21:29.619 --> 00:21:30.559
 into the perfect law,

00:21:30.639 --> 00:21:31.379
 the law of liberty,

00:21:31.859 --> 00:21:33.299
 and perseveres.

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 We've got a fine example

00:21:35.139 --> 00:21:36.019
 of perseverance tonight,

00:21:36.099 --> 00:21:36.279
 haven't we?

00:21:36.319 --> 00:21:36.839
 Stephen Pan

00:21:36.839 --> 00:21:38.239
 persevering for 41 years,

00:21:38.699 --> 00:21:39.979
 six months and seven days,

00:21:40.039 --> 00:21:40.659
 or whatever it was,

00:21:41.019 --> 00:21:41.979
 in London City Mission.

00:21:42.859 --> 00:21:43.559
 That's perseverance,

00:21:43.779 --> 00:21:44.059
 isn't it?

00:21:44.059 --> 00:21:45.700
 We need to persevere

00:21:45.700 --> 00:21:46.539
 in God's word

00:21:46.539 --> 00:21:47.539
 as he writes it

00:21:47.539 --> 00:21:48.220
 on our heart

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 that he would change us,

00:21:50.819 --> 00:21:52.000
 make us more like Jesus.

00:21:53.079 --> 00:21:54.279
 And then his obedience

00:21:54.279 --> 00:21:54.980
 is possible

00:21:54.980 --> 00:21:55.879
 because God

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 is writing his law

00:21:56.619 --> 00:21:57.139
 in our hearts.

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 It's also desirable.

00:21:58.740 --> 00:21:59.980
 See what James says

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 there at the end

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 of the verse?

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 He will be blessed

00:22:03.519 --> 00:22:04.399
 in his doing.

00:22:05.379 --> 00:22:05.980
 Not blessed

00:22:05.980 --> 00:22:06.879
 in his hearing only,

00:22:06.980 --> 00:22:07.740
 but in his doing.

00:22:08.940 --> 00:22:09.539
 Everyone looks

00:22:09.539 --> 00:22:09.960
 for blessing,

00:22:10.059 --> 00:22:10.379
 don't they?

00:22:10.559 --> 00:22:11.500
 Everyone wants

00:22:11.500 --> 00:22:12.700
 to be blessed,

00:22:12.700 --> 00:22:13.200
 everyone wants

00:22:13.200 --> 00:22:14.319
 to feel loved,

00:22:14.600 --> 00:22:15.140
 respected,

00:22:15.319 --> 00:22:15.819
 significant.

00:22:16.660 --> 00:22:17.259
 Some people look

00:22:17.259 --> 00:22:18.360
 for that in their careers,

00:22:18.720 --> 00:22:19.319
 some people look

00:22:19.319 --> 00:22:20.240
 for it in their families,

00:22:20.680 --> 00:22:21.299
 some people look

00:22:21.299 --> 00:22:22.400
 for it in their possessions.

00:22:23.299 --> 00:22:23.660
 James says,

00:22:23.700 --> 00:22:24.039
 this is where

00:22:24.039 --> 00:22:25.259
 true blessing is.

00:22:26.220 --> 00:22:27.100
 Being approved

00:22:27.100 --> 00:22:27.779
 and loved

00:22:27.779 --> 00:22:28.440
 and accepted

00:22:28.440 --> 00:22:29.200
 by God

00:22:29.200 --> 00:22:30.440
 and enjoying

00:22:30.440 --> 00:22:32.140
 walking in his ways,

00:22:32.220 --> 00:22:33.160
 that's true blessing.

00:22:33.759 --> 00:22:34.120
 We're blessed

00:22:34.120 --> 00:22:35.140
 not in our hearing,

00:22:35.500 --> 00:22:36.360
 but in our doing.

00:22:38.920 --> 00:22:39.400
 Receive

00:22:39.400 --> 00:22:40.519
 with meekness,

00:22:40.519 --> 00:22:41.319
 respond

00:22:41.319 --> 00:22:42.879
 with action.

00:22:43.399 --> 00:22:44.059
 And the third word,

00:22:44.379 --> 00:22:44.720
 submit.

00:22:44.919 --> 00:22:45.480
 Look down to verses

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 26 and 27.

00:22:47.839 --> 00:22:48.419
 This is how we need

00:22:48.419 --> 00:22:49.939
 to avoid

00:22:49.939 --> 00:22:51.079
 arouse and catastrophe

00:22:51.079 --> 00:22:51.740
 in the church,

00:22:52.359 --> 00:22:53.299
 but also spiritual

00:22:53.299 --> 00:22:53.960
 shipwreck

00:22:53.960 --> 00:22:54.919
 in our own lives

00:22:54.919 --> 00:22:55.379
 personally.

00:22:58.339 --> 00:22:58.819
 Submit

00:22:58.819 --> 00:22:59.679
 to someone else's

00:22:59.679 --> 00:23:00.200
 evaluation.

00:23:01.159 --> 00:23:01.859
 The company

00:23:01.859 --> 00:23:02.539
 I used to work for

00:23:02.539 --> 00:23:03.179
 many years ago,

00:23:03.259 --> 00:23:04.379
 they had an

00:23:04.379 --> 00:23:05.559
 employee welfare scheme

00:23:05.559 --> 00:23:06.939
 where every two years

00:23:06.939 --> 00:23:07.599
 they'd send you

00:23:07.599 --> 00:23:08.059
 for a medical.

00:23:08.059 --> 00:23:09.740
 And I remember

00:23:09.740 --> 00:23:10.619
 going to my first

00:23:10.619 --> 00:23:11.399
 employment medical

00:23:11.399 --> 00:23:11.720
 thinking,

00:23:11.819 --> 00:23:12.099
 this is a bit

00:23:12.099 --> 00:23:12.639
 of a waste of time,

00:23:12.700 --> 00:23:12.960
 isn't it?

00:23:14.139 --> 00:23:14.599
 And yes,

00:23:14.639 --> 00:23:15.319
 inevitably the nurse

00:23:15.319 --> 00:23:16.159
 told me I should be

00:23:16.159 --> 00:23:17.659
 eating less fatty food

00:23:17.659 --> 00:23:18.579
 and doing more exercise

00:23:18.579 --> 00:23:19.159
 and less sugar

00:23:19.159 --> 00:23:20.059
 and all this kind of stuff.

00:23:20.740 --> 00:23:21.319
 And then she got

00:23:21.319 --> 00:23:22.079
 the blood test results

00:23:22.079 --> 00:23:22.359
 and said,

00:23:22.399 --> 00:23:23.119
 oh, by the way,

00:23:23.480 --> 00:23:23.839
 you need to go

00:23:23.839 --> 00:23:24.519
 and see your GP.

00:23:25.079 --> 00:23:25.359
 There's something

00:23:25.359 --> 00:23:25.960
 not right about

00:23:25.960 --> 00:23:26.720
 your kidney function.

00:23:27.740 --> 00:23:28.679
 I feel fine.

00:23:28.799 --> 00:23:29.339
 Okay, I'd better

00:23:29.339 --> 00:23:29.919
 go to your GP.

00:23:30.279 --> 00:23:30.899
 So I did,

00:23:31.259 --> 00:23:32.240
 and as many of you

00:23:32.240 --> 00:23:32.720
 will know,

00:23:34.200 --> 00:23:34.700
 what was it?

00:23:34.700 --> 00:23:35.679
 About 15 years later,

00:23:35.740 --> 00:23:36.539
 I had a kidney transplant.

00:23:36.539 --> 00:23:38.119
 It's a good job

00:23:38.119 --> 00:23:38.960
 I went to that

00:23:38.960 --> 00:23:39.960
 original employment medical.

00:23:40.740 --> 00:23:41.799
 It showed up a problem

00:23:41.799 --> 00:23:42.960
 in the early stages,

00:23:43.460 --> 00:23:44.379
 but it showed it up.

00:23:44.779 --> 00:23:45.539
 I had to submit

00:23:45.539 --> 00:23:46.539
 to somebody else's

00:23:46.539 --> 00:23:47.079
 evaluation.

00:23:47.619 --> 00:23:48.059
 And James says

00:23:48.059 --> 00:23:48.680
 you need to submit

00:23:48.680 --> 00:23:49.680
 to God's evaluation,

00:23:50.279 --> 00:23:50.899
 not your own.

00:23:50.940 --> 00:23:51.619
 Look at the contrast

00:23:51.619 --> 00:23:52.539
 between verse 26

00:23:52.539 --> 00:23:53.819
 and verse 27.

00:23:54.500 --> 00:23:55.099
 Verse 26,

00:23:55.220 --> 00:23:56.159
 if anyone thinks

00:23:56.159 --> 00:23:56.899
 he is religious

00:23:56.899 --> 00:23:58.240
 and does not

00:23:58.240 --> 00:23:59.039
 bribe his tongue

00:23:59.039 --> 00:24:00.659
 but deceives his heart,

00:24:00.980 --> 00:24:01.720
 this person's

00:24:01.720 --> 00:24:03.740
 religion is worthless.

00:24:03.740 --> 00:24:06.620
 we can deceive

00:24:06.620 --> 00:24:07.279
 ourselves

00:24:07.279 --> 00:24:07.940
 into thinking

00:24:07.940 --> 00:24:08.259
 we're doing

00:24:08.259 --> 00:24:09.279
 all the right things

00:24:09.279 --> 00:24:10.420
 and our religion

00:24:10.420 --> 00:24:10.960
 be worthless.

00:24:11.440 --> 00:24:12.359
 James rapidly

00:24:12.359 --> 00:24:13.019
 takes us through

00:24:13.019 --> 00:24:13.980
 three areas

00:24:13.980 --> 00:24:14.819
 where we need

00:24:14.819 --> 00:24:15.140
 to submit

00:24:15.140 --> 00:24:16.160
 to God's evaluation.

00:24:17.039 --> 00:24:17.359
 Now actually

00:24:17.359 --> 00:24:17.819
 in the next three

00:24:17.819 --> 00:24:18.620
 chapters of the book

00:24:18.620 --> 00:24:19.539
 he unpacks these

00:24:19.539 --> 00:24:19.859
 first.

00:24:19.960 --> 00:24:20.400
 We'll only look at

00:24:20.400 --> 00:24:20.960
 them very briefly.

00:24:21.460 --> 00:24:22.120
 The first area

00:24:22.120 --> 00:24:22.720
 is speech,

00:24:22.859 --> 00:24:23.620
 verse 26.

00:24:24.120 --> 00:24:24.579
 Do you think

00:24:24.579 --> 00:24:25.059
 you're religious?

00:24:26.559 --> 00:24:27.079
 Yet what are you

00:24:27.079 --> 00:24:27.779
 actually saying?

00:24:28.460 --> 00:24:29.019
 What words

00:24:29.019 --> 00:24:29.519
 are you using?

00:24:29.880 --> 00:24:30.680
 How are you speaking

00:24:30.680 --> 00:24:31.440
 to other people?

00:24:31.440 --> 00:24:33.180
 What do you say

00:24:33.180 --> 00:24:33.720
 when that guy

00:24:33.720 --> 00:24:34.279
 calls you up

00:24:34.279 --> 00:24:34.740
 on the road?

00:24:36.539 --> 00:24:37.720
 What do you say

00:24:37.720 --> 00:24:38.840
 when your children

00:24:38.840 --> 00:24:39.279
 are cheating?

00:24:40.740 --> 00:24:42.059
 What do you say

00:24:42.059 --> 00:24:44.440
 whatever the situation

00:24:44.440 --> 00:24:45.059
 is for you?

00:24:46.080 --> 00:24:46.799
 Now why does James

00:24:46.799 --> 00:24:47.720
 focus on speech?

00:24:50.900 --> 00:24:51.720
 Doesn't it go back

00:24:51.720 --> 00:24:52.620
 to what Jesus said?

00:24:53.299 --> 00:24:53.779
 It's out of the

00:24:53.779 --> 00:24:54.980
 overflow of our hearts

00:24:54.980 --> 00:24:56.039
 that the mouth speaks.

00:24:57.660 --> 00:24:58.120
 Do you want to know

00:24:58.120 --> 00:24:58.680
 what's really going

00:24:58.680 --> 00:24:59.279
 on our hearts?

00:25:01.440 --> 00:25:02.400
 Yeah, take yourself

00:25:02.400 --> 00:25:02.799
 for the day.

00:25:04.660 --> 00:25:05.279
 James points

00:25:05.279 --> 00:25:06.000
 to our speech.

00:25:07.120 --> 00:25:07.559
 And secondly

00:25:07.559 --> 00:25:07.960
 he points to

00:25:07.960 --> 00:25:09.559
 how we relate

00:25:09.559 --> 00:25:10.180
 to what we do

00:25:10.180 --> 00:25:10.740
 with the need.

00:25:10.820 --> 00:25:11.620
 Look at verse 27.

00:25:11.980 --> 00:25:12.759
 Religion that is

00:25:12.759 --> 00:25:13.360
 pure and under

00:25:13.360 --> 00:25:14.140
 far before God

00:25:14.140 --> 00:25:14.519
 the Father

00:25:14.519 --> 00:25:15.200
 is this.

00:25:16.080 --> 00:25:17.320
 To have great theology

00:25:17.320 --> 00:25:18.080
 no, that's not

00:25:18.080 --> 00:25:18.640
 what he says, is it?

00:25:19.000 --> 00:25:19.500
 Is this.

00:25:19.559 --> 00:25:20.240
 To listen to all

00:25:20.240 --> 00:25:20.600
 the servants

00:25:20.600 --> 00:25:21.840
 no, it's not that either.

00:25:22.340 --> 00:25:23.500
 To visit orphans

00:25:23.500 --> 00:25:23.960
 and widows

00:25:23.960 --> 00:25:24.680
 and their affliction

00:25:24.680 --> 00:25:27.680
 and to keep oneself

00:25:27.680 --> 00:25:28.840
 unstained from the world.

00:25:28.839 --> 00:25:30.899
 Now to visit orphans

00:25:30.899 --> 00:25:31.299
 and widows

00:25:31.299 --> 00:25:31.839
 and their affliction

00:25:31.839 --> 00:25:32.619
 orphans and widows

00:25:32.619 --> 00:25:33.740
 are two great categories

00:25:33.740 --> 00:25:34.619
 of needy people

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 in the Old Testament

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 and the Roman world

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 of James' day.

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 So really it's saying

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 how you respond

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 to those in need

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 around you.

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 And when he says visit

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 doesn't this mean

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 pop your head

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 round the door

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 and say hi to them.

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 A visit is a word

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 in the Old Testament

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 loaded with meaning.

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 God visited the people

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 in Egypt

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 as he came to rescue

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 them from slavery.

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 Exodus chapter 4

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 verse 31.

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 It's the word Zechariah

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 uses in Luke chapter 1

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 as he looks forward

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 to the birth

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 of the Lord Jesus.

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 Blessed be the Lord

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 God of Israel

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 for he has visited

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 and redeemed his people.

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 For God to visit

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 like God remembering

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 means God taking action.

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 So the kind of religion

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 that appeals to God

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 that pleases God

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 is to take action

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 for those in need.

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 Widows and orphans

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 refugees and immigrants.

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 people in the church

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 family primarily

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 to then beyond that

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 especially in the

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 global church family.

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 That's what God

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 approves of

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 because that's what

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 God is like.

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 We don't do this

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 so God will love us

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 but because God

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 has loved us

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 and visited us

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 in our need

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 in the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 So the first two tests

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 how do we control

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 our tongues?

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 Secondly

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 how do we help

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 the needy

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 especially the needy

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 among God's people?

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 And the third little test

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 there.

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 Little test.

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 Verse 27 at the end.

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 And to keep oneself

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 unstained from the world.

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 The world constantly

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 pursues its own agenda

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 around us doesn't it?

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 It's the mark of the world

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 going its own way

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 leaving God out of the picture.

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 We can so easily

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 be sullied by that.

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 Our attitudes and our desires

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 are so easily

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 influenced by them.

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 As we read on

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 through this letter

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 we'll see how James'

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 audience were influenced.

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 James talks about

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 their selfish ambition

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 their boasting

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 their covering up

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 their sin

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 chapter 3 verse 14

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 their coveting

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 fighting and quarreling

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 chapter 4 verse 1.

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 See don't deceive yourself

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 James says.

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 Don't deceive yourself.

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 Check your attitudes.

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 Are you being

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 affected

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 stained

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 by the world around?

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 See for those of us

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 who profess

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 faith in Christ

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 we need to receive

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 that word

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 implanted into us.

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 We need to respond

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 to that word.

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 And we need to submit

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 ourselves to God's

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 evaluation.

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 And not deceive

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 ourselves in thinking

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 we're in a good church

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 we're in a good place

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 we must be alright.

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 Now for those of us

00:28:07.019 --> 00:28:08.039
 who are not yet

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 followers of Jesus

00:28:08.859 --> 00:28:10.519
 this is an important

00:28:10.519 --> 00:28:11.379
 message for us too.

00:28:12.119 --> 00:28:12.739
 For you too.

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 I've heard people say

00:28:14.819 --> 00:28:15.659
 if there is a God

00:28:15.659 --> 00:28:16.179
 out there

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 and if there is a judgement

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 I'm sure I'll be alright

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 because I'm a nice

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 person.

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 I'm hinting to my

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 neighbours

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 I try and tell the

00:28:23.519 --> 00:28:23.880
 truth

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 I'm pretty honest

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 I'm not a bad

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 person.

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 I do my best.

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 How often do you

00:28:31.460 --> 00:28:31.820
 think that?

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 I do my best.

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 But is that what

00:28:34.680 --> 00:28:35.380
 God wants?

00:28:37.920 --> 00:28:38.880
 Look at these tests

00:28:38.880 --> 00:28:39.240
 here.

00:28:39.820 --> 00:28:40.440
 How do we control

00:28:40.440 --> 00:28:40.880
 our tongues?

00:28:41.400 --> 00:28:42.100
 How do you deal

00:28:42.100 --> 00:28:42.820
 with the needy people

00:28:42.820 --> 00:28:43.320
 around you?

00:28:44.360 --> 00:28:45.340
 Are you unstained

00:28:45.340 --> 00:28:45.900
 by the world?

00:28:46.860 --> 00:28:47.360
 The truth is

00:28:47.360 --> 00:28:47.900
 none of us are

00:28:47.900 --> 00:28:48.759
 actually like that.

00:28:48.759 --> 00:28:50.160
 God wants something

00:28:50.160 --> 00:28:51.180
 bigger and better

00:28:51.180 --> 00:28:51.519
 for us.

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 Here's a look back

00:28:52.039 --> 00:28:52.680
 to verse 18

00:28:52.680 --> 00:28:53.319
 for a second.

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 Of his own will

00:28:55.039 --> 00:28:55.879
 of God's own will

00:28:55.879 --> 00:28:56.440
 he brought us

00:28:56.440 --> 00:28:57.059
 forth by the

00:28:57.059 --> 00:28:57.740
 word of truth

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 that we should be

00:28:58.720 --> 00:28:59.420
 kind of first

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 fruits of his

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 creatures.

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 See God's will

00:29:02.819 --> 00:29:03.559
 ultimately

00:29:03.559 --> 00:29:04.940
 is to make us

00:29:04.940 --> 00:29:05.400
 new.

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 To make us into

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 the people he

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 originally intended

00:29:08.539 --> 00:29:09.180
 us to be

00:29:09.180 --> 00:29:10.420
 before we rebelled

00:29:10.420 --> 00:29:11.259
 against him as a

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 race

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 and went our

00:29:12.460 --> 00:29:13.000
 own way and

00:29:13.000 --> 00:29:13.720
 pursued our own

00:29:13.720 --> 00:29:14.079
 agenda.

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 The only way

00:29:15.939 --> 00:29:16.460
 to have that

00:29:16.460 --> 00:29:18.519
 is not through

00:29:18.519 --> 00:29:19.139
 our own effort

00:29:19.139 --> 00:29:20.059
 we cannot change

00:29:20.059 --> 00:29:20.879
 our own hearts

00:29:20.879 --> 00:29:22.000
 but through

00:29:22.000 --> 00:29:23.220
 receiving amidst

00:29:23.220 --> 00:29:24.079
 this implanted

00:29:24.079 --> 00:29:24.579
 word.

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 This message

00:29:25.919 --> 00:29:26.439
 of the Lord

00:29:26.439 --> 00:29:27.279
 Jesus Christ.

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 This message

00:29:28.279 --> 00:29:28.759
 of the one

00:29:28.759 --> 00:29:30.379
 whose speech

00:29:30.379 --> 00:29:31.139
 was perfect.

00:29:32.319 --> 00:29:33.119
 Who Peter says

00:29:33.119 --> 00:29:33.439
 of him

00:29:33.439 --> 00:29:34.199
 1 Peter 2

00:29:34.199 --> 00:29:34.879
 verse 22

00:29:34.880 --> 00:29:35.760
 he committed

00:29:35.760 --> 00:29:36.380
 no sin

00:29:36.380 --> 00:29:36.900
 neither was

00:29:36.900 --> 00:29:37.640
 deceit found

00:29:37.640 --> 00:29:38.260
 in his mouth.

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 This Lord

00:29:39.360 --> 00:29:39.660
 Jesus

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 his tongue

00:29:40.800 --> 00:29:41.160
 was always

00:29:41.160 --> 00:29:41.820
 under control.

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 Did he help

00:29:43.920 --> 00:29:44.480
 the poor and

00:29:44.480 --> 00:29:44.800
 needy?

00:29:45.060 --> 00:29:45.680
 Oh he certainly

00:29:45.680 --> 00:29:45.980
 did.

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 He gave his

00:29:46.520 --> 00:29:47.760
 life to rescue

00:29:47.760 --> 00:29:48.520
 us from the

00:29:48.520 --> 00:29:49.280
 deep need

00:29:49.280 --> 00:29:50.200
 to escape

00:29:50.200 --> 00:29:50.880
 God's judgment.

00:29:52.900 --> 00:29:53.260
 Was he

00:29:53.260 --> 00:29:54.080
 unstained by

00:29:54.080 --> 00:29:54.480
 the world?

00:29:54.580 --> 00:29:55.100
 Oh he certainly

00:29:55.100 --> 00:29:55.420
 was.

00:29:55.480 --> 00:29:56.020
 He was a lamb

00:29:56.020 --> 00:29:56.960
 without blemish.

00:29:57.440 --> 00:29:57.840
 He committed

00:29:57.840 --> 00:29:58.540
 no sin and

00:29:58.540 --> 00:29:59.000
 no deceit

00:29:59.000 --> 00:29:59.520
 was found in

00:29:59.520 --> 00:30:00.020
 his mouth.

00:30:00.980 --> 00:30:01.460
 It's only to

00:30:01.460 --> 00:30:02.000
 accept the

00:30:02.000 --> 00:30:02.760
 message of the

00:30:02.760 --> 00:30:03.260
 Lord Jesus

00:30:03.260 --> 00:30:04.860
 with meekness.

00:30:05.700 --> 00:30:06.540
 Coming to him

00:30:06.540 --> 00:30:07.160
 seeking the

00:30:07.160 --> 00:30:08.320
 forgiveness only

00:30:08.320 --> 00:30:09.720
 available through

00:30:09.720 --> 00:30:10.120
 the one who

00:30:10.120 --> 00:30:10.660
 died on the

00:30:10.660 --> 00:30:11.500
 cross for us.

00:30:12.220 --> 00:30:12.740
 Only through

00:30:12.740 --> 00:30:13.660
 accepting him as

00:30:13.660 --> 00:30:14.300
 our Lord and

00:30:14.300 --> 00:30:15.640
 Savior do we

00:30:15.640 --> 00:30:16.300
 have that word

00:30:16.300 --> 00:30:17.360
 implanted in us

00:30:17.360 --> 00:30:18.300
 written on our

00:30:18.300 --> 00:30:19.140
 hearts to change

00:30:19.140 --> 00:30:20.280
 us and make us

00:30:20.280 --> 00:30:20.820
 new people.

00:30:21.900 --> 00:30:22.420
 That is the

00:30:22.420 --> 00:30:23.000
 offer that is

00:30:23.000 --> 00:30:23.560
 here for us

00:30:23.560 --> 00:30:23.880
 tonight.

00:30:24.620 --> 00:30:25.100
 Not merely

00:30:25.100 --> 00:30:25.940
 be hearers of

00:30:25.940 --> 00:30:26.520
 the word but

00:30:26.520 --> 00:30:27.500
 doers also.

00:30:29.320 --> 00:30:29.800
 Now they

00:30:29.800 --> 00:30:30.460
 mean for some

00:30:30.460 --> 00:30:30.880
 who have never

00:30:30.880 --> 00:30:32.080
 come to Christ

00:30:32.080 --> 00:30:32.560
 for forgiveness

00:30:32.560 --> 00:30:33.080
 before.

00:30:33.820 --> 00:30:34.200
 There's a

00:30:34.200 --> 00:30:34.860
 chance for you

00:30:34.860 --> 00:30:35.539
 to do that

00:30:35.539 --> 00:30:36.140
 tonight.

00:30:37.600 --> 00:30:38.299
 Receive the

00:30:38.299 --> 00:30:39.039
 word implanted.

00:30:39.299 --> 00:30:39.940
 Respond to

00:30:39.940 --> 00:30:40.420
 his word.

00:30:41.140 --> 00:30:41.799
 Submit to

00:30:41.799 --> 00:30:42.600
 his evaluation.

00:30:43.440 --> 00:30:43.880
 Let us not

00:30:43.880 --> 00:30:44.960
 deceive ourselves

00:30:44.960 --> 00:30:46.940
 but come to

00:30:46.940 --> 00:30:47.880
 him for

00:30:47.880 --> 00:30:48.680
 salvation and

00:30:48.680 --> 00:30:49.000
 forgiveness.

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 let's pray.

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