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 I am preparing for speaking with you today.

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 One of the things that I use is I put on some music

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 so that I can block out the things that are around me

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 and I focus in on the preparation.

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 And one of my favorite bands for this

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 uses a combination of musical styles.

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 And I'm going to let you know kind of what,

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 a little bit of what they sound like.

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 They use traditional bagpipes.

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 They're most certainly a rock band.

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 They have thematic elements to their albums.

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 And so the album I listen to most is a steampunk album.

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 And to add into this mix, they're from Arizona.

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 And I'm like, Arizona just doesn't seem to fit with any of that.

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 But somehow in putting this music together,

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 it works for me.

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 It works for me.

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 I like it.

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 It's not for everyone.

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 In today's message, we're going to be combining some different elements.

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 The first thing that we're going to be doing is we're going to be combining

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 our study of 1 Corinthians.

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 And so we started that a few weeks back

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 and we're going to be continuing our study of 1 Corinthians,

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 which is a letter to a young struggling church

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 that is struggling with errors

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 and not following God as they should.

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 And the second aspect, Merry Christmas.

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 We're going to have elements of the Christmas story

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 weaving into this.

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 And in putting these things together,

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 putting these two elements together,

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 this letter to the 1 Corinthians and the Christmas story,

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 my hope is that we can use this combination

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 to make beautiful, melodious music.

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 It is possible, though, it is possible that I will make a dissonant and harmonious mess.

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 We shall see.

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 As we go through our sermon this morning,

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 here will be the outline.

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 We're going to look at four different sections.

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 And in each of those sections,

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 we're going to be a comparison of two elements.

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 Also, in each one of those sections,

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 we'll be incorporating part of the Christmas stories

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 as examples of what is being taught in that.

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 Section number one,

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 this is dealing with verses one through five.

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 Section number one is communicating the gospel.

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 Will we be ignored versus heard?

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 So once again, communicating the gospel.

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 Will we be ignored versus heard?

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 So once again, the context that we're in here in 1 Corinthians

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 is that this is a church that is filled with divisions.

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 They are filled with people who are arguing with one another,

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 people who are not getting along.

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 And also as part of this division,

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 is they are a group who is very spiritually immature.

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 They are a growing group, a young church.

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 And they have errors in belief and errors in conduct.

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 What we saw in chapter one

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 is that the church has been enamored with personalities.

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 The church has been enamored with social status.

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 The church has been enamored with these particular people

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 who have this particular allegiance.

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 Next thing that you see

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 is that the church has been enamored with intellectualism,

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 the wisdom of the day.

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 And so they have gravitated and revolved themselves around

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 that which seems wise by the day's standards.

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 What we'll find today is that Paul dulls his personality.

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 He dulls his intellectualism

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 in order to share the gospel.

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 So here now from verse one,

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 as we hear from Paul,

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 the author of this letter to the Corinthian church.

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 And he says there in verse one,

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 I did not come proclaiming to you

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 the testimony of God with lofty speech,

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 it's his personality,

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 or wisdom within intellectualism.

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 So Paul says,

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 I didn't come with lofty speech or wisdom.

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 Instead,

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 Paul has used a simplistic approach

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 to communicating the gospel.

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 He says there in verse two,

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 he says,

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 I proclaim to you,

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 Jesus Christ and him crucified.

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 And he has presented this message

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 with fear and much trembling.

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 He hasn't used a snazzy personality.

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 He hasn't wowed them with who he is.

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 Instead,

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 he has come with fear and much trembling.

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 And we see in the next verse there,

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 in verse four,

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 that he's also come and presented this message

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 with the spirit and power.

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 He hasn't relied upon his intellectualism.

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 He hasn't relied upon his education,

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 which is expanse and vast and great.

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 He hasn't wowed them with his knowledge.

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 Instead,

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 he was relied upon spirit and power.

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 So Paul has skewed the extravagant.

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 He has moved away from lofty speech and wisdom.

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 And instead,

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 he has proclaimed an unadorned message,

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 Jesus Christ and him crucified.

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 As we see the approach that Paul is taking

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 here with the Corinthian church,

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 I want us to contrast it

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 to Paul's approach when he was in Athens.

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 Now,

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 the book of Acts actually records Paul's visit

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 to this very church.

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 And it takes place in Acts 18.

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 Just prior to that,

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 in Acts chapter 17,

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 we have Paul,

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 he was in Athens.

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 And it records Paul's experience there.

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 And what we find there in Acts chapter 17

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 is that Paul encounters a group of philosophers.

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 He encounters the Epicureans and the Stoics.

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 And he begins to engage them.

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 And part of the place he engages them

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 is in the marketplace.

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 And out in the public space

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 and in the public square.

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 And in engaging them there,

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 they invite him to come

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 and speak at the Areopagus.

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 They say,

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 Paul,

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 we want to hear from you

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 in this place of wisdom and intellect.

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 We want to hear what you have to say.

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 And then Paul,

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 as he goes to speak

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 to the intellectuals of the day,

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 to the philosophers of the day

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 there in Athens,

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 he begins by saying,

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 men of Athens,

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 I perceive that in every way

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 you are very religious.

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 And then he follows that up.

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 He says,

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 and in fact,

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 you're so religious,

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 you have an altar

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 to the unknown God.

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 He says,

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 well,

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 let me take a moment

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 and explain to you

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 who this unknown God is.

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 Well,

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 it's the Lord God of heaven.

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 We see Paul there

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 as he is communicating the gospel

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 in Athens

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 is that he is relying very much

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 on his personal aspects.

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 He is relying very much

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 on his charisma.

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 You can see him

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 engaging the people of Athens

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 in a powerful way.

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 He's also relying upon

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 his intellect

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 as he is trying to sway

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 the philosophers of the day

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 of the validity

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 of who God is.

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 This is quite in contrast

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 to what we find Paul doing

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 in Corinth.

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 In Corinth,

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 Paul intentionally

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 seems to have avoided

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 relying upon any personal aspects.

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 He's not relied upon

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 his charisma

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 or his intellect

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 to present the gospel.

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 While in Athens,

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 Paul seems to be relying

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 upon all of these things.

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 Putting these two instances together,

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 here's what we can see.

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 First,

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 we see that the gospel,

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 it does not change.

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 The gospel never changes.

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 The gospel is good news

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 about Jesus.

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 The communication

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 of the gospel,

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 however,

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 is situational

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 and can depend

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 upon the circumstances.

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 Let me provide

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 a personal note.

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 I find myself

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 communicating to people

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 a lot.

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 That's part of what I do

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 in my workplace,

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 is communicate.

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 And here's what I have discovered.

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 Communication

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 is not what you say.

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 Communication

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 is what is heard.

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 When we communicate

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 the gospel,

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 let's strive

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 to be heard.

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 Maybe we communicate

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 the gospel

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 in simple terms,

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 just like Paul did

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 to the church in Corinth.

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 Maybe we say

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 it's Jesus Christ

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 and Him crucified.

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 Maybe we utilize

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 our intellect,

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 our education.

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 Maybe we use that.

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 You know what?

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 And if you have

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 a snazzy personality,

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 maybe you use that too.

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 If it can be helpful

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 to make the gospel

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 understood

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 to those who are around us,

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 then let us strive

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 to do that.

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 There is a profound

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 biblical example

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 of the gospel,

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 the message of Jesus

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 being made known

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 to people.

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 And that comes

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 from the wise men.

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 The wise men

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 who learned

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 of Jesus' birth.

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 One of the things

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 that we see

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 with the birth of Jesus

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 is that

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 the birth of Jesus,

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 Jesus was for everyone.

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 He was for all nations

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 and all people.

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 And in the story

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 of the scriptures,

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 we find in Matthew 2,

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 the wise men

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 who lived in the east,

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 far away from where

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 Jesus was,

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 and really far out

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 of the world view

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 of which Jesus

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 was born into.

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 These men are nowhere

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 near Jerusalem.

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 They're nowhere

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 near Bethlehem.

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 And these men,

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 they divine messages

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 from the stars.

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 That's how they look

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 and guide themselves.

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 It's by what they see

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 from the stars.

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 By the way,

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 this is a practice

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 that is explicitly

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 condemned in the scriptures.

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 In the scriptures,

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 we're taught,

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 don't look to the stars

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 to get your message.

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 But that's where

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 these people look

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 to understand things.

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 So to learn of Jesus,

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 God used a medium

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 the wise man

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 would understand.

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 God put a star

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 in the sky

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 because that's

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 where they were looking.

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 God wanted them

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 to hear about Jesus.

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 God wanted them

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 to know about Jesus.

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 And God says,

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 I'm going to tell you

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 in a way

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 that you can understand.

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 I'm putting a star

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 in the sky.

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 And as we see

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 from the scriptures,

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 what do the wise men do?

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 They see that star

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 and they say,

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 it's the king of the Jews.

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 Let us go that way.

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 As we go moving on

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 to the next section,

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 what we've seen

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 so far from this one

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 is that Paul

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 commuted the gospel

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 in a direct

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 and bland form,

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 intentionally not relying

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 upon charisma

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 or intellect.

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 We're going to see

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 the reason for this approach

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 here in the next section.

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 So the second section

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 that we're looking at

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 is wisdom.

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 Temporary

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 versus eternal.

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 That's verses

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 six through nine.

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 So once again,

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 the second section

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 is wisdom.

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 Temporary

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 versus eternal.

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 Wisdom is used

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 in contrasting terms

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 here in this passage.

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 And there's two kinds

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 of wisdom

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 that is referenced.

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 There is a

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 personality-driven

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 wisdom

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 that relies upon

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 intellect of the day.

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 I'm going to be referring

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 to that as

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 temporary wisdom.

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 There is also

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 wisdom that is

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 God-oriented

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 that comes from

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 our understanding

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 of who God is.

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 I'm going to be referring

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 to that as

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 eternal wisdom.

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 The scriptures here

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 provide an example

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 of these two

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 different types

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 of wisdom.

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 And it's almost

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 like there's two tables

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 that have been put forward.

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 And on the one side

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 of the table,

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 we see temporary wisdom.

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 On the other side

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 of the table,

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 we see it contrasted

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 with eternal wisdom.

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 Temporary wisdom

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 is mentioned in verse six.

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 It's described as

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 the wisdom

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 of this age.

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 That means it seems

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 right at the time.

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 But only in the short term.

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 It has a very short

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 perspective,

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 a small perspective.

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 It has the perspective

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 only of this moment,

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 of this time.

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 And we see that it is

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 used by rulers

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 who are doomed

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 to pass away.

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 The rulers will pass away

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 and so will this wisdom

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 that is with them.

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 Next, in verse seven,

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 we have eternal wisdom.

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 And it is described

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 as wisdom from God.

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 And it's secret

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 and it's hidden

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 to temporary wisdom.

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 And we also see

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 with eternal wisdom

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 that it is decreed

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 by God

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 before the ages.

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 Hence,

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 it's eternal quality

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 because it has come

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 with God

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 even before the ages.

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 Next, in verse eight,

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 we see once again

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 temporary wisdom mentioned.

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 And it says,

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 there in verse eight,

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 none of the rulers

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 of this stage

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 understood this,

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 this wisdom of God.

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 And one of the things

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 that we see

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 with temporary wisdom

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 is it does not know God.

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 It does not understand

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 who God is.

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 And in fact,

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 the passage tells us

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 that because of their ignorance,

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 this temporary wisdom,

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 because of the ignorance

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 of the people

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 who used it,

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 they crucified

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 the Lord of glory.

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 Next verse,

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 we have eternal wisdom

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 listed again.

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 And we see that

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 there in verse nine,

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 eternal wisdom

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 is described.

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 This fullness

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 of this wisdom

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 is hidden from people.

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 It's not seen.

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 It's not heard.

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 In fact,

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 it's not even imagined.

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 But in the fullness

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 of time

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 and the completion

00:14:09.960 --> 00:14:10.580
 of things,

00:14:10.899 --> 00:14:11.879
 this wisdom

00:14:11.879 --> 00:14:13.059
 will be accessible

00:14:13.059 --> 00:14:14.559
 by our love

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 for God.

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 Key point

00:14:17.480 --> 00:14:18.259
 that comes out

00:14:18.259 --> 00:14:18.580
 of this

00:14:18.580 --> 00:14:20.360
 is that

00:14:20.360 --> 00:14:21.399
 temporary wisdom,

00:14:21.639 --> 00:14:22.340
 the wisdom

00:14:22.340 --> 00:14:23.919
 of this age

00:14:23.919 --> 00:14:25.460
 functions

00:14:25.460 --> 00:14:26.419
 ignorantly

00:14:26.419 --> 00:14:27.539
 of God.

00:14:28.080 --> 00:14:29.319
 As a result

00:14:29.319 --> 00:14:30.139
 of this

00:14:30.139 --> 00:14:31.100
 temporary wisdom,

00:14:31.419 --> 00:14:32.480
 it cannot

00:14:32.480 --> 00:14:33.639
 discern God.

00:14:33.779 --> 00:14:34.539
 It cannot

00:14:34.539 --> 00:14:35.559
 understand

00:14:35.559 --> 00:14:37.019
 who God is.

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 When it comes

00:14:38.620 --> 00:14:39.500
 to this idea

00:14:39.500 --> 00:14:40.080
 of God,

00:14:40.620 --> 00:14:41.519
 temporary wisdom

00:14:41.519 --> 00:14:43.019
 will reduce

00:14:43.019 --> 00:14:44.080
 God to mystery,

00:14:44.519 --> 00:14:45.319
 that kind of

00:14:45.319 --> 00:14:46.379
 unknown thing

00:14:46.379 --> 00:14:47.179
 out there.

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 fear.

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 It might

00:14:49.439 --> 00:14:50.319
 reduce God

00:14:50.319 --> 00:14:51.739
 to indifference.

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 That's good

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 for you.

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 That's great.

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 That's not

00:14:56.500 --> 00:14:56.899
 for me.

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 It might

00:14:58.579 --> 00:14:59.699
 reduce God

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 to ridicule.

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 How foolish,

00:15:02.759 --> 00:15:03.919
 how simple-minded

00:15:03.919 --> 00:15:05.000
 are those people

00:15:05.000 --> 00:15:05.899
 who would

00:15:05.899 --> 00:15:06.759
 follow God.

00:15:07.919 --> 00:15:08.899
 We also see

00:15:08.899 --> 00:15:10.199
 that temporary

00:15:10.199 --> 00:15:10.559
 wisdom

00:15:10.559 --> 00:15:11.399
 cannot

00:15:11.399 --> 00:15:13.000
 follow God.

00:15:13.719 --> 00:15:14.459
 Temporary wisdom

00:15:14.460 --> 00:15:16.139
 is unable

00:15:16.139 --> 00:15:17.280
 to follow

00:15:17.280 --> 00:15:18.280
 the ways

00:15:18.280 --> 00:15:19.019
 of God.

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 Just like

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 you cannot

00:15:22.160 --> 00:15:22.720
 walk

00:15:22.720 --> 00:15:24.060
 along an

00:15:24.060 --> 00:15:25.280
 unseen path,

00:15:26.180 --> 00:15:27.160
 temporary wisdom

00:15:27.160 --> 00:15:28.100
 cannot

00:15:28.100 --> 00:15:29.720
 follow God.

00:15:31.160 --> 00:15:31.580
 Now,

00:15:31.639 --> 00:15:31.980
 as you

00:15:31.980 --> 00:15:32.400
 walk,

00:15:32.519 --> 00:15:33.280
 try to find

00:15:33.280 --> 00:15:33.600
 your way

00:15:33.600 --> 00:15:34.040
 along an

00:15:34.040 --> 00:15:34.740
 unseen path,

00:15:35.259 --> 00:15:35.800
 there might

00:15:35.800 --> 00:15:36.300
 be moments

00:15:36.300 --> 00:15:36.639
 where you

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 occasionally

00:15:37.280 --> 00:15:38.100
 intersect with

00:15:38.100 --> 00:15:38.240
 it,

00:15:38.680 --> 00:15:39.740
 but you

00:15:39.740 --> 00:15:40.200
 cannot

00:15:40.200 --> 00:15:40.920
 follow it.

00:15:40.919 --> 00:15:43.019
 So also,

00:15:43.199 --> 00:15:43.899
 temporary wisdom

00:15:43.899 --> 00:15:45.699
 might occasionally

00:15:45.699 --> 00:15:47.479
 intersect with

00:15:47.479 --> 00:15:48.339
 God's wisdom,

00:15:48.860 --> 00:15:49.699
 but it

00:15:49.699 --> 00:15:50.459
 cannot

00:15:50.459 --> 00:15:51.579
 follow it.

00:15:52.000 --> 00:15:53.019
 These limitations

00:15:53.019 --> 00:15:54.120
 of temporary

00:15:54.120 --> 00:15:54.519
 wisdom,

00:15:54.939 --> 00:15:56.039
 they were

00:15:56.039 --> 00:15:57.120
 true when

00:15:57.120 --> 00:15:57.899
 Paul wrote

00:15:57.899 --> 00:15:58.839
 this to the

00:15:58.839 --> 00:15:59.879
 Corinthian church

00:15:59.879 --> 00:16:00.919
 two millennia

00:16:00.919 --> 00:16:01.219
 ago.

00:16:02.039 --> 00:16:03.299
 These limitations

00:16:03.299 --> 00:16:04.599
 are still

00:16:04.599 --> 00:16:05.980
 true today.

00:16:07.779 --> 00:16:08.919
 As we think

00:16:08.919 --> 00:16:09.539
 of this idea

00:16:09.539 --> 00:16:11.259
 of temporary

00:16:11.259 --> 00:16:11.759
 wisdom

00:16:11.759 --> 00:16:12.659
 versus

00:16:12.659 --> 00:16:13.179
 eternal

00:16:13.179 --> 00:16:13.539
 wisdom,

00:16:13.959 --> 00:16:14.500
 I want us

00:16:14.500 --> 00:16:14.899
 to look at

00:16:14.899 --> 00:16:15.539
 an example

00:16:15.539 --> 00:16:16.899
 that comes

00:16:16.899 --> 00:16:17.419
 from the

00:16:17.419 --> 00:16:18.059
 Christmas story.

00:16:19.000 --> 00:16:19.199
 And it

00:16:19.199 --> 00:16:19.759
 comes from

00:16:19.759 --> 00:16:20.339
 Joseph,

00:16:20.980 --> 00:16:21.699
 who learns

00:16:21.699 --> 00:16:22.019
 that his

00:16:22.019 --> 00:16:22.959
 fiancee is

00:16:22.959 --> 00:16:23.319
 pregnant.

00:16:23.959 --> 00:16:24.399
 And as we

00:16:24.399 --> 00:16:24.919
 look at this

00:16:24.919 --> 00:16:25.319
 example,

00:16:25.919 --> 00:16:26.319
 I want you

00:16:26.319 --> 00:16:26.599
 to think

00:16:26.599 --> 00:16:27.480
 about what

00:16:27.480 --> 00:16:28.659
 advice would

00:16:28.659 --> 00:16:29.079
 you give

00:16:29.079 --> 00:16:29.459
 Joseph?

00:16:29.620 --> 00:16:30.199
 If Joseph

00:16:30.199 --> 00:16:30.639
 were your

00:16:30.639 --> 00:16:30.980
 friend,

00:16:31.279 --> 00:16:31.740
 and he

00:16:31.740 --> 00:16:32.500
 were describing

00:16:32.500 --> 00:16:33.299
 this situation

00:16:33.299 --> 00:16:33.779
 to you,

00:16:34.439 --> 00:16:35.679
 what advice

00:16:35.679 --> 00:16:35.980
 would you

00:16:35.980 --> 00:16:36.379
 give him?

00:16:36.919 --> 00:16:37.559
 If you

00:16:37.559 --> 00:16:38.079
 were relying

00:16:38.079 --> 00:16:38.919
 upon temporary

00:16:38.919 --> 00:16:39.360
 wisdom,

00:16:39.539 --> 00:16:40.740
 I think

00:16:40.740 --> 00:16:40.939
 he would

00:16:40.939 --> 00:16:41.519
 tell Joseph,

00:16:41.899 --> 00:16:42.299
 stay away

00:16:42.299 --> 00:16:42.759
 from Mary.

00:16:43.759 --> 00:16:44.399
 With

00:16:44.399 --> 00:16:44.799
 eternal

00:16:44.799 --> 00:16:45.179
 wisdom,

00:16:45.439 --> 00:16:45.819
 we know

00:16:45.819 --> 00:16:46.079
 it was

00:16:46.079 --> 00:16:46.899
 all part

00:16:46.899 --> 00:16:47.599
 of God's

00:16:47.599 --> 00:16:47.819
 plan.

00:16:48.459 --> 00:16:48.980
 So here's

00:16:48.980 --> 00:16:49.459
 what happens

00:16:49.459 --> 00:16:49.699
 in the

00:16:49.699 --> 00:16:49.980
 story.

00:16:50.419 --> 00:16:50.939
 Joseph

00:16:50.939 --> 00:16:52.179
 and Mary

00:16:52.179 --> 00:16:53.980
 are espoused.

00:16:54.699 --> 00:16:55.519
 And what

00:16:55.519 --> 00:16:56.259
 that means

00:16:56.259 --> 00:16:57.759
 is that

00:16:57.759 --> 00:16:58.759
 they had

00:16:58.759 --> 00:16:59.959
 the permanence

00:16:59.959 --> 00:17:01.000
 of marriage

00:17:01.000 --> 00:17:02.059
 and the

00:17:02.059 --> 00:17:02.620
 privileges

00:17:02.620 --> 00:17:03.819
 of engagement.

00:17:04.759 --> 00:17:06.119
 So when

00:17:06.119 --> 00:17:06.639
 Joseph

00:17:06.639 --> 00:17:07.519
 discovers

00:17:07.519 --> 00:17:08.500
 that

00:17:08.500 --> 00:17:08.839
 is

00:17:08.839 --> 00:17:09.480
 espoused

00:17:09.480 --> 00:17:09.920
 that

00:17:09.920 --> 00:17:10.420
 Mary

00:17:10.420 --> 00:17:11.059
 is

00:17:11.059 --> 00:17:11.579
 pregnant,

00:17:11.980 --> 00:17:12.379
 he is

00:17:12.379 --> 00:17:12.740
 quite

00:17:12.740 --> 00:17:13.319
 concerned

00:17:13.319 --> 00:17:13.980
 because

00:17:13.980 --> 00:17:14.240
 they

00:17:14.240 --> 00:17:14.440
 have

00:17:14.440 --> 00:17:14.700
 not

00:17:14.700 --> 00:17:15.460
 consummated

00:17:15.460 --> 00:17:15.740
 their

00:17:15.740 --> 00:17:16.339
 relationship.

00:17:17.579 --> 00:17:17.759
 And so

00:17:17.759 --> 00:17:18.259
 upon

00:17:18.259 --> 00:17:19.180
 learning

00:17:19.180 --> 00:17:19.700
 of this

00:17:19.700 --> 00:17:20.400
 and realizing

00:17:20.400 --> 00:17:20.859
 that Mary

00:17:20.859 --> 00:17:21.420
 is pregnant,

00:17:22.700 --> 00:17:23.200
 he begins

00:17:23.200 --> 00:17:23.900
 to follow

00:17:23.900 --> 00:17:24.819
 the path

00:17:24.819 --> 00:17:25.859
 of temporary

00:17:25.859 --> 00:17:26.559
 wisdom.

00:17:27.359 --> 00:17:27.680
 He

00:17:27.680 --> 00:17:28.500
 resolves

00:17:28.500 --> 00:17:29.180
 to divorce

00:17:29.180 --> 00:17:29.819
 her quietly

00:17:29.819 --> 00:17:30.980
 and end

00:17:30.980 --> 00:17:31.680
 the relationship

00:17:31.680 --> 00:17:32.980
 that he

00:17:32.980 --> 00:17:33.400
 has with

00:17:33.400 --> 00:17:33.539
 her.

00:17:33.539 --> 00:17:34.920
 And we

00:17:34.920 --> 00:17:35.399
 would say

00:17:35.399 --> 00:17:35.659
 with

00:17:35.659 --> 00:17:36.379
 Joseph's

00:17:36.379 --> 00:17:36.980
 limited

00:17:36.980 --> 00:17:37.779
 information,

00:17:38.480 --> 00:17:39.359
 at that

00:17:39.359 --> 00:17:39.740
 time,

00:17:39.899 --> 00:17:40.440
 he is

00:17:40.440 --> 00:17:40.799
 making

00:17:40.799 --> 00:17:41.619
 absolutely

00:17:41.619 --> 00:17:42.619
 the right

00:17:42.619 --> 00:17:43.119
 choice.

00:17:43.279 --> 00:17:43.740
 We would

00:17:43.740 --> 00:17:44.359
 understand

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 why he

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 is making

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 that choice.

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 I don't

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 think people,

00:17:47.819 --> 00:17:48.480
 even God

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 following people,

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 would not

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 fault

00:17:50.680 --> 00:17:51.759
 Joseph for

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 his plans

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 to not

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 Mary

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 Mary.

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 And as

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 Joseph is

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 considering

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 these things,

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 an angel

00:18:01.519 --> 00:18:02.339
 comes and

00:18:02.339 --> 00:18:03.059
 speaks to

00:18:03.059 --> 00:18:03.679
 Joseph in

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 a dream.

00:18:04.500 --> 00:18:04.839
 And this

00:18:04.839 --> 00:18:05.839
 angel provides

00:18:05.839 --> 00:18:06.559
 this information.

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 The angel

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 says,

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 Joseph,

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 son of

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 David,

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 do not

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 fear to

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 take Mary

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 as your

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 wife,

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 for that

00:18:15.319 --> 00:18:15.739
 which is

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 conceived

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 in her

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 is from

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 the Holy

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 Spirit.

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 She will

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 bear a

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 son,

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 and you

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 shall call

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 his name

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 Jesus,

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 for he

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 will save

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 his people

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 from their

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 sins.

00:18:29.139 --> 00:18:29.859
 This

00:18:29.859 --> 00:18:30.460
 encounter

00:18:30.460 --> 00:18:30.859
 with the

00:18:30.859 --> 00:18:31.200
 angel

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 moves

00:18:32.179 --> 00:18:33.079
 Joseph's

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 perception

00:18:33.579 --> 00:18:34.279
 of the

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 matter.

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 He's no

00:18:36.099 --> 00:18:36.619
 longer

00:18:36.619 --> 00:18:37.419
 viewing this

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 pregnancy

00:18:37.879 --> 00:18:38.819
 from a

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 human

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 perspective.

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 He's no

00:18:40.279 --> 00:18:40.659
 longer

00:18:40.659 --> 00:18:41.240
 viewing this

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 pregnancy

00:18:42.159 --> 00:18:42.779
 with

00:18:42.779 --> 00:18:43.599
 temporary

00:18:43.599 --> 00:18:44.519
 wisdom.

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 Instead

00:18:45.940 --> 00:18:46.440
 now,

00:18:46.720 --> 00:18:46.980
 he is

00:18:46.980 --> 00:18:47.379
 being given

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 greater

00:18:47.859 --> 00:18:48.519
 insight and

00:18:48.519 --> 00:18:48.859
 greater

00:18:48.859 --> 00:18:49.559
 understanding.

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 And he's

00:18:50.179 --> 00:18:50.539
 going to

00:18:50.539 --> 00:18:51.259
 view this

00:18:51.259 --> 00:18:51.619
 pregnancy

00:18:51.619 --> 00:18:52.799
 from God's

00:18:52.799 --> 00:18:53.179
 perspective.

00:18:53.379 --> 00:18:53.799
 He's going

00:18:53.799 --> 00:18:54.440
 to view

00:18:54.440 --> 00:18:54.799
 this

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 pregnancy

00:18:55.279 --> 00:18:56.119
 from the

00:18:56.119 --> 00:18:56.579
 perspective

00:18:56.579 --> 00:18:57.160
 of

00:18:57.160 --> 00:18:58.099
 eternal

00:18:58.099 --> 00:18:58.920
 wisdom.

00:18:59.259 --> 00:18:59.559
 And he's

00:18:59.559 --> 00:18:59.740
 going to

00:18:59.740 --> 00:19:00.079
 take a

00:19:00.079 --> 00:19:00.379
 very

00:19:00.379 --> 00:19:00.899
 different

00:19:00.899 --> 00:19:01.339
 approach

00:19:01.339 --> 00:19:01.740
 to it

00:19:01.740 --> 00:19:02.660
 with this

00:19:02.660 --> 00:19:03.139
 new

00:19:03.139 --> 00:19:03.960
 information.

00:19:04.899 --> 00:19:05.720
 As we

00:19:05.720 --> 00:19:06.200
 think in

00:19:06.200 --> 00:19:06.700
 our own

00:19:06.700 --> 00:19:07.000
 lives,

00:19:07.359 --> 00:19:08.220
 as followers

00:19:08.220 --> 00:19:08.779
 of Jesus

00:19:08.779 --> 00:19:09.240
 Christ,

00:19:10.059 --> 00:19:10.899
 we will

00:19:10.899 --> 00:19:12.079
 have moments

00:19:12.079 --> 00:19:13.299
 where we

00:19:13.299 --> 00:19:13.819
 need to

00:19:13.819 --> 00:19:14.980
 turn away

00:19:14.980 --> 00:19:15.879
 from the

00:19:15.879 --> 00:19:16.740
 wisdom of

00:19:16.740 --> 00:19:17.259
 this age.

00:19:17.639 --> 00:19:18.399
 We will

00:19:18.399 --> 00:19:19.160
 have moments

00:19:19.160 --> 00:19:19.740
 where we

00:19:19.740 --> 00:19:20.139
 need to

00:19:20.139 --> 00:19:20.379
 say,

00:19:20.819 --> 00:19:21.119
 no,

00:19:21.579 --> 00:19:22.079
 that's

00:19:22.079 --> 00:19:22.519
 temporary

00:19:22.519 --> 00:19:23.079
 wisdom,

00:19:23.079 --> 00:19:23.139
 wisdom,

00:19:23.299 --> 00:19:23.639
 and I

00:19:23.639 --> 00:19:24.240
 need to

00:19:24.240 --> 00:19:25.240
 follow the

00:19:25.240 --> 00:19:26.259
 wisdom that

00:19:26.259 --> 00:19:26.699
 comes from

00:19:26.699 --> 00:19:26.939
 God.

00:19:28.619 --> 00:19:29.599
 The challenge

00:19:29.599 --> 00:19:29.919
 that will

00:19:29.919 --> 00:19:31.579
 come is

00:19:31.579 --> 00:19:31.939
 that there

00:19:31.939 --> 00:19:32.399
 will be

00:19:32.399 --> 00:19:33.740
 very well

00:19:33.740 --> 00:19:34.059
 meaning,

00:19:34.799 --> 00:19:35.299
 respectable

00:19:35.299 --> 00:19:36.819
 people who

00:19:36.819 --> 00:19:37.119
 when they

00:19:37.119 --> 00:19:37.740
 hear of

00:19:37.740 --> 00:19:38.399
 your decision

00:19:38.399 --> 00:19:40.579
 to eschew

00:19:40.579 --> 00:19:41.099
 temporary

00:19:41.099 --> 00:19:41.559
 wisdom,

00:19:42.460 --> 00:19:42.939
 they will

00:19:42.939 --> 00:19:43.439
 try to

00:19:43.439 --> 00:19:43.839
 dissuade

00:19:43.839 --> 00:19:44.000
 you.

00:19:45.059 --> 00:19:45.579
 Just think

00:19:45.579 --> 00:19:45.859
 if you

00:19:45.859 --> 00:19:46.439
 were Joseph's

00:19:46.439 --> 00:19:46.699
 friends,

00:19:47.199 --> 00:19:47.919
 what advice

00:19:47.919 --> 00:19:48.699
 would you

00:19:48.699 --> 00:19:49.099
 have given

00:19:49.099 --> 00:19:49.339
 him?

00:19:49.339 --> 00:19:51.939
 One of

00:19:51.939 --> 00:19:52.259
 the things

00:19:52.259 --> 00:19:52.480
 that we

00:19:52.480 --> 00:19:52.839
 have seen

00:19:52.839 --> 00:19:53.220
 from this

00:19:53.220 --> 00:19:54.699
 section is

00:19:54.699 --> 00:19:55.000
 that there

00:19:55.000 --> 00:19:55.319
 is a

00:19:55.319 --> 00:19:56.619
 limitation to

00:19:56.619 --> 00:19:57.279
 the wisdom

00:19:57.279 --> 00:19:58.619
 of this

00:19:58.619 --> 00:19:59.159
 age.

00:20:00.459 --> 00:20:00.980
 We're going

00:20:00.980 --> 00:20:01.379
 to have a

00:20:01.379 --> 00:20:01.599
 little bit

00:20:01.599 --> 00:20:02.279
 more understanding

00:20:02.279 --> 00:20:02.720
 into this

00:20:02.720 --> 00:20:03.159
 matter as we

00:20:03.159 --> 00:20:03.839
 look into the

00:20:03.839 --> 00:20:04.459
 next section

00:20:04.459 --> 00:20:04.939
 as we're going

00:20:04.939 --> 00:20:06.299
 to see about

00:20:06.299 --> 00:20:07.079
 the power

00:20:07.079 --> 00:20:08.579
 of God and

00:20:08.579 --> 00:20:09.799
 the power of

00:20:09.799 --> 00:20:10.439
 the Spirit

00:20:10.439 --> 00:20:11.159
 of God.

00:20:11.819 --> 00:20:12.159
 Section

00:20:12.159 --> 00:20:12.759
 number three

00:20:12.759 --> 00:20:13.679
 is going to

00:20:13.679 --> 00:20:14.459
 be Spirit,

00:20:15.459 --> 00:20:16.279
 the world

00:20:16.279 --> 00:20:17.119
 versus God.

00:20:17.259 --> 00:20:17.559
 It's verses

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 10 through

00:20:18.059 --> 00:20:18.480
 13.

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 So once

00:20:19.299 --> 00:20:19.480
 again,

00:20:19.539 --> 00:20:19.940
 it's section

00:20:19.940 --> 00:20:20.339
 three.

00:20:20.720 --> 00:20:20.940
 We're looking

00:20:20.940 --> 00:20:21.220
 at the

00:20:21.220 --> 00:20:21.720
 Spirit,

00:20:22.079 --> 00:20:22.920
 world

00:20:22.920 --> 00:20:24.319
 versus God.

00:20:26.680 --> 00:20:27.259
 So what

00:20:27.259 --> 00:20:28.059
 Spirit guides

00:20:28.059 --> 00:20:28.819
 our actions?

00:20:30.400 --> 00:20:31.140
 Is it the

00:20:31.140 --> 00:20:31.460
 Spirit of

00:20:31.460 --> 00:20:31.819
 the world

00:20:31.819 --> 00:20:33.900
 or the

00:20:33.900 --> 00:20:34.900
 Spirit of

00:20:34.900 --> 00:20:35.140
 God?

00:20:37.019 --> 00:20:37.880
 The description

00:20:37.880 --> 00:20:38.980
 of the Spirit

00:20:38.980 --> 00:20:39.599
 of God takes

00:20:39.599 --> 00:20:40.140
 place here in

00:20:40.140 --> 00:20:40.500
 this section.

00:20:40.599 --> 00:20:41.019
 We see

00:20:41.019 --> 00:20:41.900
 beginning there

00:20:41.900 --> 00:20:42.259
 in verse

00:20:42.259 --> 00:20:43.799
 10 is that

00:20:43.799 --> 00:20:44.620
 the Spirit

00:20:44.620 --> 00:20:46.860
 reveals God

00:20:46.860 --> 00:20:47.680
 to people.

00:20:47.680 --> 00:20:48.680
 that is how

00:20:48.680 --> 00:20:49.340
 people come

00:20:49.340 --> 00:20:49.620
 to an

00:20:49.620 --> 00:20:50.039
 understanding

00:20:50.039 --> 00:20:50.400
 of God.

00:20:50.400 --> 00:20:51.100
 It is the

00:20:51.100 --> 00:20:51.860
 work of

00:20:51.860 --> 00:20:52.539
 the Spirit

00:20:52.539 --> 00:20:53.560
 in their

00:20:53.560 --> 00:20:53.940
 life.

00:20:54.640 --> 00:20:55.259
 And that is

00:20:55.259 --> 00:20:55.980
 why perhaps

00:20:55.980 --> 00:20:56.240
 you have

00:20:56.240 --> 00:20:56.580
 tried to

00:20:56.580 --> 00:20:57.220
 communicate

00:20:57.220 --> 00:20:58.820
 the message

00:20:58.820 --> 00:20:59.240
 of God

00:20:59.240 --> 00:20:59.560
 to other

00:20:59.560 --> 00:20:59.900
 people

00:20:59.900 --> 00:21:00.820
 and had

00:21:00.820 --> 00:21:01.600
 no response

00:21:01.600 --> 00:21:01.960
 for them.

00:21:03.500 --> 00:21:04.500
 When it comes,

00:21:04.680 --> 00:21:05.200
 we need a

00:21:05.200 --> 00:21:06.039
 work of the

00:21:06.039 --> 00:21:06.940
 Spirit to

00:21:06.940 --> 00:21:08.160
 reveal God.

00:21:09.240 --> 00:21:10.279
 We also see

00:21:10.279 --> 00:21:11.140
 that the Spirit

00:21:11.140 --> 00:21:12.320
 searches the

00:21:12.320 --> 00:21:13.320
 depths of

00:21:13.320 --> 00:21:13.640
 God.

00:21:13.640 --> 00:21:13.680
 God.

00:21:14.740 --> 00:21:15.240
 And then

00:21:15.240 --> 00:21:15.500
 we see

00:21:15.500 --> 00:21:15.820
 in verse

00:21:15.820 --> 00:21:16.680
 11 that

00:21:16.680 --> 00:21:17.400
 the Spirit

00:21:17.400 --> 00:21:18.920
 comprehends

00:21:18.920 --> 00:21:19.980
 the thoughts

00:21:19.980 --> 00:21:20.780
 of God.

00:21:22.380 --> 00:21:23.280
 Now let

00:21:23.280 --> 00:21:23.759
 us see a

00:21:23.759 --> 00:21:24.540
 description of

00:21:24.540 --> 00:21:25.220
 the Spirit

00:21:25.220 --> 00:21:27.020
 of the

00:21:27.020 --> 00:21:27.500
 world,

00:21:27.660 --> 00:21:28.680
 which is not

00:21:28.680 --> 00:21:29.020
 like the

00:21:29.020 --> 00:21:29.400
 Spirit of

00:21:29.400 --> 00:21:29.500
 God.

00:21:29.560 --> 00:21:29.800
 Let us

00:21:29.800 --> 00:21:30.660
 see there

00:21:30.660 --> 00:21:31.780
 in verse

00:21:31.780 --> 00:21:32.220
 12 we

00:21:32.220 --> 00:21:33.340
 find a

00:21:33.340 --> 00:21:33.780
 definition,

00:21:34.020 --> 00:21:34.520
 an understanding

00:21:34.520 --> 00:21:34.940
 of the

00:21:34.940 --> 00:21:35.980
 Spirit of

00:21:35.980 --> 00:21:36.900
 this world.

00:21:37.460 --> 00:21:37.860
 It tells

00:21:37.860 --> 00:21:38.000
 us,

00:21:38.000 --> 00:21:38.900
 now we

00:21:38.900 --> 00:21:40.039
 have not

00:21:40.039 --> 00:21:41.200
 received the

00:21:41.200 --> 00:21:41.960
 Spirit of

00:21:41.960 --> 00:21:42.400
 the world.

00:21:43.500 --> 00:21:44.339
 So who is

00:21:44.339 --> 00:21:45.019
 the we in

00:21:45.019 --> 00:21:45.380
 this church?

00:21:45.559 --> 00:21:46.059
 Who is the

00:21:46.059 --> 00:21:46.440
 ones who

00:21:46.440 --> 00:21:47.039
 have not

00:21:47.039 --> 00:21:47.759
 received the

00:21:47.759 --> 00:21:48.079
 Spirit of

00:21:48.079 --> 00:21:48.400
 the world?

00:21:48.559 --> 00:21:49.079
 It is the

00:21:49.079 --> 00:21:49.440
 church.

00:21:50.119 --> 00:21:51.519
 This is a

00:21:51.519 --> 00:21:52.299
 letter to

00:21:52.299 --> 00:21:52.740
 the church.

00:21:52.819 --> 00:21:53.180
 And so the

00:21:53.180 --> 00:21:53.619
 church has

00:21:53.619 --> 00:21:54.740
 not received

00:21:54.740 --> 00:21:55.539
 the Spirit

00:21:55.539 --> 00:21:56.240
 of the

00:21:56.240 --> 00:21:56.539
 world.

00:21:59.140 --> 00:22:00.000
 The Spirit

00:22:00.000 --> 00:22:00.839
 of the

00:22:00.839 --> 00:22:02.299
 world is

00:22:02.299 --> 00:22:02.960
 not for

00:22:02.960 --> 00:22:03.440
 the church.

00:22:04.180 --> 00:22:05.299
 The Spirit

00:22:05.299 --> 00:22:05.980
 of the world

00:22:05.980 --> 00:22:07.119
 guides those

00:22:07.119 --> 00:22:07.359
 who are

00:22:07.359 --> 00:22:07.819
 outside.

00:22:08.000 --> 00:22:08.579
 But we

00:22:08.579 --> 00:22:09.220
 as people

00:22:09.220 --> 00:22:09.500
 of the

00:22:09.500 --> 00:22:10.359
 church are

00:22:10.359 --> 00:22:10.799
 able to

00:22:10.799 --> 00:22:12.440
 follow the

00:22:12.440 --> 00:22:13.619
 Spirit of

00:22:13.619 --> 00:22:13.940
 God.

00:22:14.099 --> 00:22:14.460
 We are

00:22:14.460 --> 00:22:15.240
 able to

00:22:15.240 --> 00:22:15.980
 understand

00:22:15.980 --> 00:22:16.859
 God.

00:22:17.599 --> 00:22:18.220
 We see

00:22:18.220 --> 00:22:18.680
 that with

00:22:18.680 --> 00:22:19.259
 the work

00:22:19.259 --> 00:22:19.579
 of the

00:22:19.579 --> 00:22:19.900
 Spirit,

00:22:20.920 --> 00:22:22.059
 we might

00:22:22.059 --> 00:22:22.799
 be able to

00:22:22.799 --> 00:22:23.400
 follow who

00:22:23.400 --> 00:22:24.180
 God is.

00:22:24.900 --> 00:22:25.319
 It tells us

00:22:25.319 --> 00:22:25.700
 in verse

00:22:25.700 --> 00:22:26.500
 12 that we

00:22:26.500 --> 00:22:27.740
 might understand

00:22:27.740 --> 00:22:28.240
 the things

00:22:28.240 --> 00:22:29.660
 freely given

00:22:29.660 --> 00:22:30.759
 us by

00:22:30.759 --> 00:22:31.299
 God.

00:22:32.559 --> 00:22:33.359
 We also

00:22:33.359 --> 00:22:34.180
 find that

00:22:34.180 --> 00:22:34.819
 this Spirit

00:22:34.819 --> 00:22:36.599
 teaches the

00:22:36.599 --> 00:22:37.299
 knowledge of

00:22:37.299 --> 00:22:37.720
 God.

00:22:37.720 --> 00:22:38.180
 it teaches

00:22:38.180 --> 00:22:38.920
 about who

00:22:38.920 --> 00:22:39.980
 God is.

00:22:41.220 --> 00:22:41.620
 It says,

00:22:41.880 --> 00:22:42.440
 we impart

00:22:42.440 --> 00:22:42.799
 this in

00:22:42.799 --> 00:22:43.720
 words not

00:22:43.720 --> 00:22:44.339
 taught by

00:22:44.339 --> 00:22:45.079
 human wisdom

00:22:45.079 --> 00:22:46.539
 but taught

00:22:46.539 --> 00:22:48.019
 by the

00:22:48.019 --> 00:22:48.380
 Spirit.

00:22:49.120 --> 00:22:49.900
 The Spirit

00:22:49.900 --> 00:22:51.180
 provides insight

00:22:51.180 --> 00:22:52.759
 and knowledge.

00:22:53.720 --> 00:22:54.680
 The Spirit

00:22:54.680 --> 00:22:55.220
 should be

00:22:55.220 --> 00:22:55.880
 guiding the

00:22:55.880 --> 00:22:56.860
 church and

00:22:56.860 --> 00:22:57.279
 giving it

00:22:57.279 --> 00:22:57.960
 information.

00:22:57.960 --> 00:22:59.960
 God is

00:22:59.960 --> 00:23:04.039
 to follow

00:23:04.039 --> 00:23:04.819
 God more

00:23:04.819 --> 00:23:05.259
 closely,

00:23:05.460 --> 00:23:05.860
 to make

00:23:05.860 --> 00:23:06.840
 bold decisions

00:23:06.840 --> 00:23:07.960
 on behalf

00:23:07.960 --> 00:23:08.559
 of God.

00:23:09.240 --> 00:23:09.860
 The question

00:23:09.860 --> 00:23:10.220
 that we will

00:23:10.220 --> 00:23:10.559
 find is,

00:23:10.759 --> 00:23:11.279
 how do we

00:23:11.279 --> 00:23:11.759
 use this

00:23:11.759 --> 00:23:12.140
 insight?

00:23:12.680 --> 00:23:13.240
 How do we

00:23:13.240 --> 00:23:13.779
 use this

00:23:13.779 --> 00:23:14.779
 knowledge of

00:23:14.779 --> 00:23:15.079
 which the

00:23:15.079 --> 00:23:16.220
 Spirit empowers

00:23:16.220 --> 00:23:16.500
 us?

00:23:16.500 --> 00:23:18.960
 we find

00:23:18.960 --> 00:23:19.519
 an example

00:23:19.519 --> 00:23:20.519
 of someone

00:23:20.519 --> 00:23:20.839
 who is

00:23:20.839 --> 00:23:21.680
 informed by

00:23:21.680 --> 00:23:22.119
 the Spirit

00:23:22.119 --> 00:23:23.019
 in the

00:23:23.019 --> 00:23:23.240
 Christmas

00:23:23.240 --> 00:23:23.660
 story.

00:23:24.559 --> 00:23:25.059
 And that

00:23:25.059 --> 00:23:25.500
 will come

00:23:25.500 --> 00:23:26.539
 from Simeon.

00:23:27.480 --> 00:23:28.299
 And Simeon

00:23:28.299 --> 00:23:28.759
 is someone

00:23:28.759 --> 00:23:29.880
 who is in

00:23:29.880 --> 00:23:30.400
 the temple.

00:23:31.140 --> 00:23:32.099
 And he is

00:23:32.099 --> 00:23:32.740
 in the temple

00:23:32.740 --> 00:23:33.720
 worshiping

00:23:33.720 --> 00:23:34.039
 God.

00:23:34.880 --> 00:23:35.279
 And we

00:23:35.279 --> 00:23:36.259
 find that

00:23:36.259 --> 00:23:37.259
 Simeon is

00:23:37.259 --> 00:23:38.339
 described as

00:23:38.339 --> 00:23:38.799
 righteous

00:23:38.799 --> 00:23:40.720
 and devout.

00:23:40.720 --> 00:23:42.259
 and the

00:23:42.259 --> 00:23:43.420
 Holy Spirit

00:23:43.420 --> 00:23:44.819
 was upon

00:23:44.819 --> 00:23:45.200
 him.

00:23:46.539 --> 00:23:47.400
 And following

00:23:47.400 --> 00:23:48.019
 the birth of

00:23:48.019 --> 00:23:48.400
 Jesus,

00:23:49.680 --> 00:23:50.240
 eight days

00:23:50.240 --> 00:23:50.500
 later,

00:23:50.579 --> 00:23:51.420
 he is brought

00:23:51.420 --> 00:23:52.059
 into the

00:23:52.059 --> 00:23:52.900
 temple for

00:23:52.900 --> 00:23:53.460
 dedication.

00:23:54.799 --> 00:23:55.559
 And when

00:23:55.559 --> 00:23:56.500
 he is brought

00:23:56.500 --> 00:23:57.579
 into the

00:23:57.579 --> 00:23:58.019
 temple for

00:23:58.019 --> 00:23:58.519
 dedication,

00:23:59.460 --> 00:24:00.960
 Simeon is

00:24:00.960 --> 00:24:01.640
 filled with

00:24:01.640 --> 00:24:02.079
 the Spirit

00:24:02.079 --> 00:24:03.059
 and has an

00:24:03.059 --> 00:24:04.039
 understanding

00:24:04.039 --> 00:24:05.140
 of who

00:24:05.140 --> 00:24:06.140
 Jesus is.

00:24:06.640 --> 00:24:07.299
 He looks

00:24:07.299 --> 00:24:07.940
 upon this

00:24:07.940 --> 00:24:08.740
 child that

00:24:08.740 --> 00:24:09.440
 has entered

00:24:09.440 --> 00:24:09.920
 the temple.

00:24:10.720 --> 00:24:11.200
 And he

00:24:11.200 --> 00:24:12.220
 sees this

00:24:12.220 --> 00:24:12.900
 is the

00:24:12.900 --> 00:24:13.579
 Savior of

00:24:13.579 --> 00:24:14.120
 the world.

00:24:14.600 --> 00:24:15.240
 This is the

00:24:15.240 --> 00:24:15.940
 one to whom

00:24:15.940 --> 00:24:16.660
 the prophets

00:24:16.660 --> 00:24:17.420
 look forward

00:24:17.420 --> 00:24:17.680
 to.

00:24:17.860 --> 00:24:18.460
 This is the

00:24:18.460 --> 00:24:19.100
 one to whom

00:24:19.100 --> 00:24:19.940
 God promised.

00:24:20.220 --> 00:24:20.960
 This is the

00:24:20.960 --> 00:24:21.579
 Messiah.

00:24:22.460 --> 00:24:23.500
 This is the

00:24:23.500 --> 00:24:24.039
 Christ.

00:24:25.680 --> 00:24:26.140
 And there

00:24:26.140 --> 00:24:26.579
 were many

00:24:26.579 --> 00:24:27.180
 people in

00:24:27.180 --> 00:24:27.680
 the temple

00:24:27.680 --> 00:24:28.259
 that day.

00:24:28.759 --> 00:24:29.440
 And many

00:24:29.440 --> 00:24:30.660
 people saw

00:24:30.660 --> 00:24:31.680
 Mary and

00:24:31.680 --> 00:24:32.559
 Joseph bring

00:24:32.559 --> 00:24:33.600
 that young

00:24:33.600 --> 00:24:34.680
 infant into

00:24:34.680 --> 00:24:35.140
 the temple.

00:24:37.059 --> 00:24:37.759
 But we

00:24:37.759 --> 00:24:38.620
 find Simeon,

00:24:39.759 --> 00:24:40.360
 unlike

00:24:40.359 --> 00:24:41.119
 most of

00:24:41.119 --> 00:24:41.479
 the people

00:24:41.479 --> 00:24:41.740
 in the

00:24:41.740 --> 00:24:42.179
 temple that

00:24:42.179 --> 00:24:42.459
 day,

00:24:42.639 --> 00:24:43.099
 was able

00:24:43.099 --> 00:24:43.679
 to look

00:24:43.679 --> 00:24:44.519
 upon him

00:24:44.519 --> 00:24:45.759
 and see

00:24:45.759 --> 00:24:46.559
 who he

00:24:46.559 --> 00:24:47.339
 really was.

00:24:49.379 --> 00:24:50.019
 Simeon

00:24:50.019 --> 00:24:50.459
 there

00:24:50.459 --> 00:24:52.019
 proclaims

00:24:52.019 --> 00:24:52.839
 as he

00:24:52.839 --> 00:24:53.719
 sees this

00:24:53.719 --> 00:24:54.479
 baby Jesus.

00:24:55.939 --> 00:24:56.359
 He says,

00:24:56.359 --> 00:24:57.159
 Lord,

00:24:57.159 --> 00:24:57.779
 Lord, now you

00:24:57.779 --> 00:24:58.179
 are letting

00:24:58.179 --> 00:24:59.179
 your servant

00:24:59.179 --> 00:24:59.919
 depart in

00:24:59.919 --> 00:25:00.839
 peace according

00:25:00.839 --> 00:25:01.319
 to your

00:25:01.319 --> 00:25:01.759
 words.

00:25:02.519 --> 00:25:03.000
 For my

00:25:03.000 --> 00:25:03.719
 eyes have

00:25:03.719 --> 00:25:04.519
 seen your

00:25:04.519 --> 00:25:05.479
 salvation that

00:25:05.479 --> 00:25:06.019
 you have

00:25:06.019 --> 00:25:06.759
 prepared in

00:25:06.759 --> 00:25:07.259
 the presence

00:25:07.259 --> 00:25:08.039
 of all

00:25:08.039 --> 00:25:08.759
 peoples,

00:25:09.319 --> 00:25:10.159
 a light for

00:25:10.159 --> 00:25:10.959
 revelation to

00:25:10.959 --> 00:25:11.579
 the Gentiles,

00:25:11.839 --> 00:25:13.139
 and for glory

00:25:13.139 --> 00:25:13.899
 to your

00:25:13.899 --> 00:25:15.199
 people Israel.

00:25:15.200 --> 00:25:19.500
 many people

00:25:19.500 --> 00:25:20.059
 saw the

00:25:20.059 --> 00:25:20.539
 baby that

00:25:20.539 --> 00:25:20.840
 day.

00:25:22.100 --> 00:25:22.600
 Simeon,

00:25:22.880 --> 00:25:23.940
 as a result

00:25:23.940 --> 00:25:24.720
 of the

00:25:24.720 --> 00:25:25.140
 Spirit,

00:25:26.080 --> 00:25:26.580
 saw the

00:25:26.580 --> 00:25:26.940
 Christ.

00:25:27.620 --> 00:25:28.279
 He saw

00:25:28.279 --> 00:25:29.240
 the Messiah.

00:25:33.559 --> 00:25:34.340
 Think back

00:25:34.340 --> 00:25:34.700
 for just a

00:25:34.700 --> 00:25:34.860
 moment.

00:25:35.740 --> 00:25:36.059
 We were

00:25:36.059 --> 00:25:36.740
 talking about

00:25:36.740 --> 00:25:38.720
 Joseph and

00:25:38.720 --> 00:25:39.380
 how Joseph

00:25:39.380 --> 00:25:40.299
 needed to

00:25:40.299 --> 00:25:41.539
 ignore the

00:25:41.539 --> 00:25:42.039
 wisdom of

00:25:42.039 --> 00:25:43.000
 his age,

00:25:43.120 --> 00:25:43.440
 the wisdom

00:25:43.440 --> 00:25:43.740
 of the

00:25:43.740 --> 00:25:43.960
 age.

00:25:45.840 --> 00:25:46.500
 What we

00:25:46.500 --> 00:25:47.039
 see now in

00:25:47.039 --> 00:25:47.480
 this section

00:25:47.480 --> 00:25:48.120
 is that there

00:25:48.120 --> 00:25:48.720
 are times

00:25:48.720 --> 00:25:49.440
 that we

00:25:49.440 --> 00:25:50.000
 need to

00:25:50.000 --> 00:25:51.240
 listen to

00:25:51.240 --> 00:25:52.180
 the Spirit.

00:25:53.600 --> 00:25:54.320
 As we

00:25:54.320 --> 00:25:54.660
 think of

00:25:54.660 --> 00:25:55.200
 putting these

00:25:55.200 --> 00:25:56.000
 two things

00:25:56.000 --> 00:25:56.500
 together,

00:25:56.980 --> 00:25:57.580
 ignore the

00:25:57.580 --> 00:25:58.080
 wisdom of

00:25:58.080 --> 00:25:58.580
 the age,

00:25:58.940 --> 00:25:59.519
 and listening

00:25:59.519 --> 00:25:59.900
 to the

00:25:59.900 --> 00:26:00.180
 Spirit,

00:26:00.799 --> 00:26:01.440
 we find

00:26:01.440 --> 00:26:01.900
 ourselves a

00:26:01.900 --> 00:26:02.259
 result.

00:26:03.519 --> 00:26:04.700
 At times,

00:26:04.860 --> 00:26:05.539
 we need to

00:26:05.539 --> 00:26:05.980
 be able to

00:26:05.980 --> 00:26:06.940
 move forward

00:26:06.940 --> 00:26:09.019
 based upon

00:26:09.019 --> 00:26:09.920
 the leading

00:26:09.920 --> 00:26:10.640
 of the

00:26:10.640 --> 00:26:10.900
 Spirit.

00:26:11.539 --> 00:26:12.019
 And when

00:26:12.019 --> 00:26:12.539
 we move

00:26:12.539 --> 00:26:13.120
 forward,

00:26:13.119 --> 00:26:13.899
 those times,

00:26:14.259 --> 00:26:15.000
 it might

00:26:15.000 --> 00:26:15.899
 be that

00:26:15.899 --> 00:26:16.279
 we need

00:26:16.279 --> 00:26:16.919
 to ignore

00:26:16.919 --> 00:26:17.559
 the wisdom

00:26:17.559 --> 00:26:17.879
 of the

00:26:17.879 --> 00:26:19.159
 age and

00:26:19.159 --> 00:26:20.279
 embrace the

00:26:20.279 --> 00:26:20.819
 leading of

00:26:20.819 --> 00:26:21.719
 God's Spirit

00:26:21.719 --> 00:26:22.479
 upon our

00:26:22.479 --> 00:26:22.819
 life.

00:26:23.759 --> 00:26:24.259
 And when

00:26:24.259 --> 00:26:24.819
 we make

00:26:24.819 --> 00:26:25.819
 these decisions,

00:26:26.959 --> 00:26:27.859
 we will

00:26:27.859 --> 00:26:28.319
 find that

00:26:28.319 --> 00:26:29.119
 these decisions

00:26:29.119 --> 00:26:30.559
 might be

00:26:30.559 --> 00:26:31.319
 doubted by

00:26:31.319 --> 00:26:31.939
 conventional

00:26:31.939 --> 00:26:32.359
 wisdom.

00:26:33.779 --> 00:26:34.539
 These

00:26:34.539 --> 00:26:34.919
 decisions

00:26:34.919 --> 00:26:35.379
 might be

00:26:35.379 --> 00:26:36.219
 doubted by

00:26:36.219 --> 00:26:37.039
 co-workers

00:26:37.039 --> 00:26:38.459
 or mentors

00:26:38.459 --> 00:26:38.839
 in your

00:26:38.839 --> 00:26:39.439
 workplace.

00:26:39.440 --> 00:26:40.440
 people

00:26:40.440 --> 00:26:42.279
 who

00:26:42.279 --> 00:26:45.160
 love you

00:26:45.160 --> 00:26:46.620
 and only

00:26:46.620 --> 00:26:47.080
 seek the

00:26:47.080 --> 00:26:47.559
 very best

00:26:47.559 --> 00:26:47.900
 for you.

00:26:49.100 --> 00:26:49.840
 These

00:26:49.840 --> 00:26:50.519
 decisions

00:26:50.519 --> 00:26:51.779
 where we

00:26:51.779 --> 00:26:52.600
 follow the

00:26:52.600 --> 00:26:52.940
 leading of

00:26:52.940 --> 00:26:53.340
 the Spirit

00:26:53.340 --> 00:26:54.900
 might be

00:26:54.900 --> 00:26:56.019
 doubted by

00:26:56.019 --> 00:26:56.840
 well-meaning

00:26:56.840 --> 00:26:57.460
 friends,

00:26:58.360 --> 00:26:59.400
 even well-meaning

00:26:59.400 --> 00:27:00.360
 friends who

00:27:00.360 --> 00:27:00.920
 are part of

00:27:00.920 --> 00:27:01.440
 your church

00:27:01.440 --> 00:27:01.880
 family.

00:27:01.880 --> 00:27:04.240
 And these

00:27:04.240 --> 00:27:04.900
 decisions at

00:27:04.900 --> 00:27:06.100
 times might

00:27:06.100 --> 00:27:06.540
 even be

00:27:06.540 --> 00:27:08.000
 doubted by

00:27:08.000 --> 00:27:08.480
 spiritual

00:27:08.480 --> 00:27:08.880
 mentors.

00:27:10.780 --> 00:27:11.560
 They might

00:27:11.560 --> 00:27:12.180
 say to you,

00:27:12.720 --> 00:27:13.720
 look at it

00:27:13.720 --> 00:27:14.040
 from this

00:27:14.040 --> 00:27:14.440
 perspective.

00:27:15.400 --> 00:27:16.020
 And hopefully

00:27:16.020 --> 00:27:16.400
 a good

00:27:16.400 --> 00:27:17.120
 spiritual mentor

00:27:17.120 --> 00:27:17.980
 would say,

00:27:18.060 --> 00:27:18.440
 you need to

00:27:18.440 --> 00:27:18.900
 follow the

00:27:18.900 --> 00:27:19.180
 Spirit.

00:27:20.060 --> 00:27:20.820
 They might

00:27:20.820 --> 00:27:21.300
 say to you,

00:27:21.540 --> 00:27:22.260
 I don't quite

00:27:22.260 --> 00:27:22.700
 see it,

00:27:23.260 --> 00:27:24.200
 but you need

00:27:24.200 --> 00:27:24.860
 to follow

00:27:24.860 --> 00:27:25.520
 the Spirit.

00:27:25.519 --> 00:27:28.200
 being led

00:27:28.200 --> 00:27:28.619
 by the

00:27:28.619 --> 00:27:28.920
 Spirit

00:27:28.920 --> 00:27:30.599
 is not

00:27:30.599 --> 00:27:31.099
 easy.

00:27:31.859 --> 00:27:32.519
 There are

00:27:32.519 --> 00:27:33.160
 moments when

00:27:33.160 --> 00:27:33.859
 you are led

00:27:33.859 --> 00:27:34.259
 by the

00:27:34.259 --> 00:27:35.259
 Spirit that

00:27:35.259 --> 00:27:35.819
 you will

00:27:35.819 --> 00:27:36.700
 need to

00:27:36.700 --> 00:27:37.160
 make a

00:27:37.160 --> 00:27:38.839
 bold choice.

00:27:39.599 --> 00:27:40.119
 And when

00:27:40.119 --> 00:27:40.599
 you make

00:27:40.599 --> 00:27:41.220
 that choice,

00:27:41.960 --> 00:27:42.579
 it will

00:27:42.579 --> 00:27:43.859
 feel very

00:27:43.859 --> 00:27:44.660
 lonely.

00:27:45.500 --> 00:27:45.859
 But we

00:27:45.859 --> 00:27:46.359
 know that we

00:27:46.359 --> 00:27:46.940
 have the

00:27:46.940 --> 00:27:47.359
 Spirit with

00:27:47.359 --> 00:27:47.579
 us.

00:27:48.099 --> 00:27:48.480
 And as

00:27:48.480 --> 00:27:49.480
 difficult as

00:27:49.480 --> 00:27:50.400
 those choices

00:27:50.400 --> 00:27:51.299
 might feel,

00:27:52.240 --> 00:27:53.440
 ignoring the

00:27:53.440 --> 00:27:54.000
 leading of the

00:27:54.000 --> 00:27:54.900
 Spirit is

00:27:54.900 --> 00:27:56.580
 far worse.

00:27:58.580 --> 00:27:59.300
 Fourth section

00:27:59.300 --> 00:27:59.640
 that we want

00:27:59.640 --> 00:28:00.140
 to look at

00:28:00.140 --> 00:28:02.060
 is going to

00:28:02.060 --> 00:28:02.360
 be the

00:28:02.360 --> 00:28:02.820
 person.

00:28:04.240 --> 00:28:04.720
 Natural

00:28:04.720 --> 00:28:05.740
 versus the

00:28:05.740 --> 00:28:06.100
 spiritual.

00:28:06.740 --> 00:28:07.060
 That's going

00:28:07.060 --> 00:28:07.440
 to be verses

00:28:07.440 --> 00:28:08.280
 14 through

00:28:08.280 --> 00:28:08.680
 16.

00:28:08.980 --> 00:28:09.240
 So once

00:28:09.240 --> 00:28:09.380
 again,

00:28:09.440 --> 00:28:09.759
 the fourth

00:28:09.759 --> 00:28:10.280
 section is

00:28:10.280 --> 00:28:10.880
 the person.

00:28:11.700 --> 00:28:12.240
 Natural

00:28:12.240 --> 00:28:13.200
 versus

00:28:13.200 --> 00:28:14.120
 spiritual.

00:28:16.340 --> 00:28:17.420
 The natural

00:28:17.420 --> 00:28:18.519
 person here

00:28:18.519 --> 00:28:18.780
 in the

00:28:18.780 --> 00:28:20.140
 Scripture is

00:28:20.140 --> 00:28:20.740
 described as

00:28:20.740 --> 00:28:21.960
 how they

00:28:21.960 --> 00:28:22.500
 relate to

00:28:22.500 --> 00:28:22.740
 God.

00:28:23.160 --> 00:28:23.360
 And in

00:28:23.360 --> 00:28:24.160
 verse 14,

00:28:24.160 --> 00:28:24.759
 we see

00:28:24.759 --> 00:28:25.100
 that the

00:28:25.100 --> 00:28:25.500
 natural

00:28:25.500 --> 00:28:26.840
 person does

00:28:26.840 --> 00:28:28.200
 not accept

00:28:28.200 --> 00:28:29.519
 the Spirit

00:28:29.519 --> 00:28:30.000
 of God.

00:28:31.140 --> 00:28:31.860
 Also,

00:28:32.220 --> 00:28:32.560
 the Spirit

00:28:32.560 --> 00:28:33.360
 of God to

00:28:33.360 --> 00:28:33.740
 the natural

00:28:33.740 --> 00:28:35.100
 person seems

00:28:35.100 --> 00:28:35.900
 like folly.

00:28:37.400 --> 00:28:37.880
 And the

00:28:37.880 --> 00:28:38.620
 natural person

00:28:38.620 --> 00:28:40.580
 cannot understand

00:28:40.580 --> 00:28:41.200
 these things.

00:28:42.380 --> 00:28:43.279
 The spiritual

00:28:43.279 --> 00:28:43.800
 person,

00:28:44.180 --> 00:28:44.580
 however,

00:28:45.740 --> 00:28:46.259
 there in

00:28:46.259 --> 00:28:46.920
 verse 15,

00:28:47.000 --> 00:28:47.740
 we find that

00:28:47.740 --> 00:28:48.460
 they are able

00:28:48.460 --> 00:28:49.960
 to judge all

00:28:49.960 --> 00:28:50.480
 things.

00:28:50.480 --> 00:28:51.240
 and they

00:28:51.240 --> 00:28:51.720
 are able

00:28:51.720 --> 00:28:52.380
 to be

00:28:52.380 --> 00:28:52.920
 judged

00:28:52.920 --> 00:28:53.599
 by

00:28:53.599 --> 00:28:54.240
 new

00:28:54.240 --> 00:28:54.460
 one.

00:28:55.160 --> 00:28:55.380
 Now,

00:28:55.460 --> 00:28:55.740
 judgment

00:28:55.740 --> 00:28:56.440
 seems like

00:28:56.440 --> 00:28:57.360
 an odd

00:28:57.360 --> 00:28:58.360
 quality

00:28:58.360 --> 00:28:59.740
 to introduce

00:28:59.740 --> 00:29:00.880
 at this

00:29:00.880 --> 00:29:01.339
 point.

00:29:01.920 --> 00:29:02.620
 We want

00:29:02.620 --> 00:29:03.079
 to keep

00:29:03.079 --> 00:29:03.900
 the context

00:29:03.900 --> 00:29:04.339
 of what's

00:29:04.339 --> 00:29:05.099
 taking place

00:29:05.099 --> 00:29:06.620
 in our

00:29:06.620 --> 00:29:07.420
 understanding

00:29:07.420 --> 00:29:08.039
 of this

00:29:08.039 --> 00:29:08.380
 passage.

00:29:08.779 --> 00:29:09.059
 Within

00:29:09.059 --> 00:29:09.799
 the

00:29:09.799 --> 00:29:10.319
 Corinthian

00:29:10.319 --> 00:29:10.779
 church,

00:29:11.160 --> 00:29:11.720
 so this

00:29:11.720 --> 00:29:12.140
 letter is

00:29:12.140 --> 00:29:13.339
 to church

00:29:13.339 --> 00:29:13.700
 and court.

00:29:13.799 --> 00:29:14.279
 So within

00:29:14.279 --> 00:29:15.880
 this church,

00:29:16.440 --> 00:29:17.279
 there are

00:29:17.279 --> 00:29:17.779
 divisions,

00:29:17.779 --> 00:29:18.799
 there are

00:29:18.799 --> 00:29:19.519
 these factions

00:29:19.519 --> 00:29:20.500
 of superiority,

00:29:21.039 --> 00:29:21.440
 people who

00:29:21.440 --> 00:29:22.019
 think they're

00:29:22.019 --> 00:29:22.379
 better,

00:29:22.920 --> 00:29:23.859
 more spiritual

00:29:23.859 --> 00:29:24.720
 than others.

00:29:25.660 --> 00:29:26.279
 There is

00:29:26.279 --> 00:29:27.619
 also spiritual

00:29:27.619 --> 00:29:28.379
 immaturity.

00:29:29.420 --> 00:29:30.139
 They have

00:29:30.139 --> 00:29:31.019
 wrong beliefs

00:29:31.019 --> 00:29:32.139
 and wrong

00:29:32.139 --> 00:29:32.680
 conduct.

00:29:33.399 --> 00:29:33.779
 One of the

00:29:33.779 --> 00:29:34.539
 problems with

00:29:34.539 --> 00:29:35.299
 spiritual

00:29:35.299 --> 00:29:36.099
 immaturity

00:29:36.099 --> 00:29:37.639
 is that the

00:29:37.639 --> 00:29:38.240
 immature

00:29:38.240 --> 00:29:39.839
 do not

00:29:39.839 --> 00:29:40.680
 realize

00:29:40.680 --> 00:29:41.259
 their

00:29:41.259 --> 00:29:41.960
 deficiencies.

00:29:42.420 --> 00:29:43.299
 They don't

00:29:43.299 --> 00:29:43.980
 know what

00:29:43.980 --> 00:29:44.960
 they don't

00:29:44.960 --> 00:29:45.299
 know,

00:29:45.639 --> 00:29:45.940
 and that

00:29:45.940 --> 00:29:46.500
 can lead

00:29:46.500 --> 00:29:47.759
 to problems.

00:29:47.779 --> 00:29:47.899
 problems.

00:29:49.480 --> 00:29:51.220
 And part

00:29:51.220 --> 00:29:51.859
 of this

00:29:51.859 --> 00:29:52.299
 is as

00:29:52.299 --> 00:29:53.980
 in this

00:29:53.980 --> 00:29:54.759
 unhealthy

00:29:54.759 --> 00:29:55.299
 context

00:29:55.299 --> 00:29:56.240
 where we

00:29:56.240 --> 00:29:57.000
 have divisions

00:29:57.000 --> 00:29:57.660
 in spiritual

00:29:57.660 --> 00:29:58.220
 maturity.

00:29:58.579 --> 00:29:59.279
 The author

00:29:59.279 --> 00:29:59.759
 is making

00:29:59.759 --> 00:30:00.299
 this point.

00:30:01.200 --> 00:30:02.099
 The spiritual

00:30:02.099 --> 00:30:02.559
 person,

00:30:03.160 --> 00:30:03.720
 the one

00:30:03.720 --> 00:30:04.180
 who is

00:30:04.180 --> 00:30:04.639
 guided

00:30:04.639 --> 00:30:05.539
 by the

00:30:05.539 --> 00:30:06.099
 spirit

00:30:06.099 --> 00:30:06.879
 of God,

00:30:07.399 --> 00:30:08.379
 the spiritual

00:30:08.379 --> 00:30:08.859
 person

00:30:08.859 --> 00:30:10.059
 is able

00:30:10.059 --> 00:30:10.680
 to speak

00:30:10.680 --> 00:30:11.259
 on God's

00:30:11.259 --> 00:30:11.480
 behalf.

00:30:11.779 --> 00:30:12.099
 They are

00:30:12.099 --> 00:30:12.799
 able to

00:30:12.799 --> 00:30:13.920
 be God's

00:30:13.920 --> 00:30:14.460
 advocate

00:30:14.460 --> 00:30:15.240
 in this

00:30:15.240 --> 00:30:15.839
 situation.

00:30:15.839 --> 00:30:18.099
 as God's

00:30:18.099 --> 00:30:18.599
 advocate

00:30:18.599 --> 00:30:19.699
 in this

00:30:19.699 --> 00:30:20.500
 tense

00:30:20.500 --> 00:30:21.240
 situation,

00:30:21.399 --> 00:30:21.659
 in this

00:30:21.659 --> 00:30:22.179
 divisive

00:30:22.179 --> 00:30:22.779
 situation,

00:30:23.399 --> 00:30:24.299
 the spiritual

00:30:24.299 --> 00:30:24.879
 person can

00:30:24.879 --> 00:30:26.059
 judge others,

00:30:26.579 --> 00:30:27.139
 can say,

00:30:27.399 --> 00:30:28.199
 that's wrong,

00:30:28.439 --> 00:30:29.139
 this is right.

00:30:29.539 --> 00:30:29.980
 You should

00:30:29.980 --> 00:30:30.720
 stop doing

00:30:30.720 --> 00:30:31.099
 this,

00:30:31.220 --> 00:30:31.679
 and you

00:30:31.679 --> 00:30:32.399
 should start

00:30:32.399 --> 00:30:33.619
 doing that.

00:30:36.299 --> 00:30:36.899
 Also,

00:30:37.179 --> 00:30:37.919
 we find

00:30:37.919 --> 00:30:38.919
 that the

00:30:38.919 --> 00:30:39.379
 spiritual

00:30:39.379 --> 00:30:39.879
 person

00:30:39.879 --> 00:30:41.139
 then is

00:30:41.139 --> 00:30:41.720
 above

00:30:41.720 --> 00:30:42.759
 the judgment

00:30:42.759 --> 00:30:44.259
 of the

00:30:44.259 --> 00:30:44.640
 natural

00:30:44.640 --> 00:30:45.079
 person.

00:30:45.359 --> 00:30:45.900
 So those

00:30:45.900 --> 00:30:46.160
 who are

00:30:46.160 --> 00:30:46.720
 not

00:30:46.720 --> 00:30:47.480
 empowered

00:30:47.480 --> 00:30:47.859
 by the

00:30:47.859 --> 00:30:48.039
 spirit

00:30:48.039 --> 00:30:48.180
 of

00:30:48.180 --> 00:30:48.440
 God

00:30:48.440 --> 00:30:49.740
 don't

00:30:49.740 --> 00:30:49.920
 have

00:30:49.920 --> 00:30:50.119
 the

00:30:50.119 --> 00:30:50.400
 same

00:30:50.400 --> 00:30:50.839
 ability

00:30:50.839 --> 00:30:51.259
 to

00:30:51.259 --> 00:30:51.500
 judge

00:30:51.500 --> 00:30:51.779
 those

00:30:51.779 --> 00:30:51.920
 who

00:30:51.920 --> 00:30:52.180
 are

00:30:52.180 --> 00:30:52.539
 powered

00:30:52.539 --> 00:30:53.119
 by God,

00:30:53.259 --> 00:30:53.619
 powered

00:30:53.619 --> 00:30:54.000
 by the

00:30:54.000 --> 00:30:54.279
 spirit,

00:30:54.900 --> 00:30:55.539
 because the

00:30:55.539 --> 00:30:55.839
 natural

00:30:55.839 --> 00:30:56.160
 person

00:30:56.160 --> 00:30:56.420
 doesn't

00:30:56.420 --> 00:30:56.839
 understand

00:30:56.839 --> 00:30:57.039
 the

00:30:57.039 --> 00:30:57.339
 ways

00:30:57.339 --> 00:30:57.500
 of

00:30:57.500 --> 00:30:57.819
 God.

00:30:58.740 --> 00:30:59.059
 So

00:30:59.059 --> 00:30:59.259
 their

00:30:59.259 --> 00:30:59.619
 judgment

00:30:59.619 --> 00:31:00.160
 would

00:31:00.160 --> 00:31:00.299
 be

00:31:00.299 --> 00:31:00.460
 in

00:31:00.460 --> 00:31:00.779
 error

00:31:00.779 --> 00:31:01.339
 and

00:31:01.339 --> 00:31:01.519
 not

00:31:01.519 --> 00:31:01.900
 correct.

00:31:03.539 --> 00:31:04.059
 We

00:31:04.059 --> 00:31:04.440
 see here

00:31:04.440 --> 00:31:04.740
 that the

00:31:04.740 --> 00:31:05.279
 capacity

00:31:05.279 --> 00:31:06.339
 to judge

00:31:06.339 --> 00:31:06.480
 a

00:31:06.480 --> 00:31:07.000
 situation,

00:31:07.339 --> 00:31:07.879
 to judge

00:31:07.879 --> 00:31:08.420
 a situation

00:31:08.420 --> 00:31:09.099
 in this

00:31:09.099 --> 00:31:09.420
 church,

00:31:09.579 --> 00:31:10.039
 comes

00:31:10.039 --> 00:31:10.339
 from a

00:31:10.339 --> 00:31:10.920
 person's

00:31:10.920 --> 00:31:11.720
 understanding

00:31:11.720 --> 00:31:12.720
 of God.

00:31:13.640 --> 00:31:14.200
 We see

00:31:14.200 --> 00:31:14.519
 in verse

00:31:14.519 --> 00:31:14.940
 16,

00:31:15.279 --> 00:31:15.500
 it says,

00:31:16.019 --> 00:31:16.440
 for who

00:31:16.440 --> 00:31:16.740
 has

00:31:16.740 --> 00:31:17.420
 understood

00:31:17.420 --> 00:31:17.740
 the

00:31:17.740 --> 00:31:18.160
 mind

00:31:18.160 --> 00:31:18.299
 of

00:31:18.299 --> 00:31:18.440
 the

00:31:18.440 --> 00:31:18.740
 Lord

00:31:18.740 --> 00:31:19.740
 so

00:31:19.740 --> 00:31:20.299
 as

00:31:20.299 --> 00:31:20.539
 to

00:31:20.539 --> 00:31:21.019
 instruct

00:31:21.019 --> 00:31:21.279
 him?

00:31:22.180 --> 00:31:22.579
 It's a

00:31:22.579 --> 00:31:23.240
 rhetorical

00:31:23.240 --> 00:31:23.759
 question

00:31:23.759 --> 00:31:24.559
 coming

00:31:24.559 --> 00:31:24.799
 from

00:31:24.799 --> 00:31:25.339
 Isaiah

00:31:25.339 --> 00:31:25.980
 chapter

00:31:25.980 --> 00:31:26.339
 40

00:31:26.339 --> 00:31:26.579
 verse

00:31:26.579 --> 00:31:26.839
 18.

00:31:28.140 --> 00:31:28.319
 No

00:31:28.319 --> 00:31:28.579
 one's

00:31:28.579 --> 00:31:28.900
 understood

00:31:28.900 --> 00:31:29.100
 the

00:31:29.100 --> 00:31:29.299
 mind

00:31:29.299 --> 00:31:29.420
 of

00:31:29.420 --> 00:31:29.519
 the

00:31:29.519 --> 00:31:29.759
 Lord,

00:31:30.460 --> 00:31:30.860
 so

00:31:30.860 --> 00:31:31.360
 no

00:31:31.360 --> 00:31:31.480
 one

00:31:31.480 --> 00:31:31.620
 can

00:31:31.620 --> 00:31:31.940
 question

00:31:31.940 --> 00:31:32.140
 him.

00:31:32.839 --> 00:31:33.339
 Yet

00:31:33.339 --> 00:31:33.740
 we

00:31:33.740 --> 00:31:34.000
 see

00:31:34.000 --> 00:31:34.120
 it

00:31:34.120 --> 00:31:34.220
 here

00:31:34.220 --> 00:31:34.360
 in

00:31:34.360 --> 00:31:34.559
 verse

00:31:34.559 --> 00:31:35.059
 16,

00:31:35.420 --> 00:31:35.579
 the

00:31:35.579 --> 00:31:36.200
 spiritual

00:31:36.200 --> 00:31:36.779
 person

00:31:36.779 --> 00:31:37.600
 does

00:31:37.600 --> 00:31:38.100
 have

00:31:38.100 --> 00:31:38.519
 the

00:31:38.519 --> 00:31:38.900
 mind

00:31:38.900 --> 00:31:39.079
 of

00:31:39.079 --> 00:31:39.440
 Christ.

00:31:40.039 --> 00:31:40.120
 And

00:31:40.120 --> 00:31:40.559
 with

00:31:40.559 --> 00:31:41.140
 this

00:31:41.140 --> 00:31:41.900
 with

00:31:41.900 --> 00:31:42.120
 the

00:31:42.120 --> 00:31:42.380
 mind

00:31:42.380 --> 00:31:42.540
 of

00:31:42.540 --> 00:31:42.840
 Christ,

00:31:42.840 --> 00:31:43.380
 this

00:31:43.380 --> 00:31:43.960
 spiritual

00:31:43.960 --> 00:31:44.420
 person

00:31:44.420 --> 00:31:45.080
 finds

00:31:45.080 --> 00:31:45.440
 himself

00:31:45.440 --> 00:31:45.800
 in a

00:31:45.800 --> 00:31:46.040
 point

00:31:46.040 --> 00:31:46.520
 where

00:31:46.520 --> 00:31:46.860
 they

00:31:46.860 --> 00:31:47.220
 are

00:31:47.220 --> 00:31:47.800
 equipped

00:31:47.800 --> 00:31:48.300
 to

00:31:48.300 --> 00:31:48.900
 judge

00:31:48.900 --> 00:31:49.840
 and lead

00:31:49.840 --> 00:31:50.540
 this

00:31:50.540 --> 00:31:50.960
 church

00:31:50.960 --> 00:31:51.440
 in

00:31:51.440 --> 00:31:51.820
 Corinth.

00:31:53.100 --> 00:31:53.480
 And

00:31:53.480 --> 00:31:53.800
 just a

00:31:53.800 --> 00:31:54.180
 note on

00:31:54.180 --> 00:31:54.340
 this,

00:31:54.380 --> 00:31:54.880
 it seems

00:31:54.880 --> 00:31:55.280
 here

00:31:55.280 --> 00:31:56.660
 that the

00:31:56.660 --> 00:31:57.100
 author,

00:31:57.300 --> 00:31:57.620
 Paul,

00:31:58.160 --> 00:31:58.660
 is setting

00:31:58.660 --> 00:31:59.540
 himself up

00:31:59.540 --> 00:32:00.440
 to be able

00:32:00.440 --> 00:32:00.920
 to speak

00:32:00.920 --> 00:32:01.960
 very directly

00:32:01.960 --> 00:32:03.280
 and bluntly

00:32:03.280 --> 00:32:04.060
 and in

00:32:04.060 --> 00:32:04.680
 judgment

00:32:04.680 --> 00:32:05.580
 at times

00:32:05.580 --> 00:32:06.560
 of this

00:32:06.560 --> 00:32:06.860
 church.

00:32:06.859 --> 00:32:07.359
 we

00:32:07.359 --> 00:32:07.519
 will

00:32:07.519 --> 00:32:07.759
 see

00:32:07.759 --> 00:32:08.419
 as we

00:32:08.419 --> 00:32:08.899
 move

00:32:08.899 --> 00:32:09.419
 forward

00:32:09.419 --> 00:32:09.719
 in

00:32:09.719 --> 00:32:09.979
 our

00:32:09.979 --> 00:32:10.399
 study

00:32:10.399 --> 00:32:11.019
 of

00:32:11.019 --> 00:32:11.439
 1

00:32:11.439 --> 00:32:11.979
 Corinthians.

00:32:13.019 --> 00:32:13.439
 There's

00:32:13.439 --> 00:32:13.559
 a

00:32:13.559 --> 00:32:14.019
 possible

00:32:14.019 --> 00:32:15.119
 misinterpretation

00:32:15.119 --> 00:32:15.699
 of this

00:32:15.699 --> 00:32:16.139
 passage.

00:32:17.359 --> 00:32:17.559
 The

00:32:17.559 --> 00:32:17.879
 spiritual

00:32:17.879 --> 00:32:18.279
 person

00:32:18.279 --> 00:32:18.459
 could

00:32:18.459 --> 00:32:18.719
 say,

00:32:19.219 --> 00:32:19.679
 I can

00:32:19.679 --> 00:32:19.939
 judge

00:32:19.939 --> 00:32:20.299
 you,

00:32:20.500 --> 00:32:20.699
 you

00:32:20.699 --> 00:32:20.979
 can't

00:32:20.979 --> 00:32:21.219
 judge

00:32:21.219 --> 00:32:21.639
 me,

00:32:21.859 --> 00:32:22.199
 woohoo,

00:32:22.839 --> 00:32:23.639
 and while

00:32:23.639 --> 00:32:24.059
 they wouldn't

00:32:24.059 --> 00:32:24.679
 quite say

00:32:24.679 --> 00:32:25.240
 it with

00:32:25.240 --> 00:32:26.159
 that sound

00:32:26.159 --> 00:32:26.419
 in their

00:32:26.419 --> 00:32:26.759
 voice,

00:32:26.939 --> 00:32:27.500
 they might

00:32:27.500 --> 00:32:28.059
 be thinking

00:32:28.059 --> 00:32:28.559
 it with

00:32:28.559 --> 00:32:29.359
 that in

00:32:29.359 --> 00:32:29.679
 their

00:32:29.679 --> 00:32:30.039
 head.

00:32:30.479 --> 00:32:30.779
 And the

00:32:30.779 --> 00:32:31.059
 spiritual

00:32:31.059 --> 00:32:31.619
 person can

00:32:31.619 --> 00:32:32.000
 become

00:32:32.000 --> 00:32:32.599
 aloof,

00:32:32.939 --> 00:32:33.359
 an elite.

00:32:34.099 --> 00:32:34.599
 They begin

00:32:34.599 --> 00:32:34.959
 to think,

00:32:35.119 --> 00:32:35.339
 oh,

00:32:35.339 --> 00:32:35.759
 I've got

00:32:35.759 --> 00:32:36.179
 some sort

00:32:36.179 --> 00:32:36.839
 of extra

00:32:36.839 --> 00:32:37.439
 blessing,

00:32:37.939 --> 00:32:38.299
 extra

00:32:38.299 --> 00:32:39.079
 insight.

00:32:39.639 --> 00:32:40.000
 There's

00:32:40.000 --> 00:32:40.619
 things I

00:32:40.619 --> 00:32:41.299
 understand

00:32:41.299 --> 00:32:42.179
 that you're

00:32:42.179 --> 00:32:42.799
 not able

00:32:42.799 --> 00:32:43.439
 to see

00:32:43.439 --> 00:32:44.199
 because of

00:32:44.199 --> 00:32:45.019
 your simple

00:32:45.019 --> 00:32:46.059
 mindedness.

00:32:47.319 --> 00:32:47.899
 And once

00:32:47.899 --> 00:32:48.099
 again,

00:32:48.259 --> 00:32:48.579
 while they

00:32:48.579 --> 00:32:49.119
 might not

00:32:49.119 --> 00:32:49.679
 say it,

00:32:49.859 --> 00:32:50.500
 they might

00:32:50.500 --> 00:32:51.059
 think it.

00:32:51.240 --> 00:32:51.480
 And this

00:32:51.480 --> 00:32:52.639
 results in

00:32:52.639 --> 00:32:53.339
 spiritual

00:32:53.339 --> 00:32:54.359
 elitism.

00:32:55.220 --> 00:32:55.619
 And that's

00:32:55.619 --> 00:32:56.240
 obviously wrong.

00:32:56.419 --> 00:32:56.919
 As I say it

00:32:56.919 --> 00:32:57.359
 with that voice,

00:32:57.399 --> 00:32:57.779
 you know it's

00:32:57.779 --> 00:32:57.919
 wrong.

00:32:58.079 --> 00:32:58.659
 As I say it

00:32:58.659 --> 00:32:59.199
 to you,

00:32:59.399 --> 00:32:59.639
 you're like,

00:32:59.740 --> 00:33:00.319
 that's terrible,

00:33:00.419 --> 00:33:00.859
 that's a bad

00:33:00.859 --> 00:33:01.179
 idea.

00:33:01.720 --> 00:33:03.240
 And part

00:33:03.240 --> 00:33:03.919
 of it as we

00:33:03.919 --> 00:33:04.319
 come to this

00:33:04.319 --> 00:33:04.799
 type of

00:33:04.799 --> 00:33:06.639
 misuse of

00:33:06.639 --> 00:33:07.180
 this passage,

00:33:07.279 --> 00:33:07.519
 what could

00:33:07.519 --> 00:33:08.019
 be a misuse

00:33:08.019 --> 00:33:08.240
 of this

00:33:08.240 --> 00:33:08.419
 passage?

00:33:08.619 --> 00:33:08.940
 One of the

00:33:08.940 --> 00:33:09.259
 things is

00:33:09.259 --> 00:33:09.480
 that we

00:33:09.480 --> 00:33:10.180
 find that

00:33:10.180 --> 00:33:11.279
 mentality is

00:33:11.279 --> 00:33:12.279
 absolutely

00:33:12.279 --> 00:33:13.440
 disjointed from

00:33:13.440 --> 00:33:14.200
 the rest of

00:33:14.200 --> 00:33:14.460
 scripture.

00:33:14.919 --> 00:33:15.480
 The spiritual

00:33:15.480 --> 00:33:16.399
 elitism is not

00:33:16.399 --> 00:33:16.839
 something you

00:33:16.839 --> 00:33:17.519
 find in place

00:33:17.519 --> 00:33:17.720
 in the

00:33:17.720 --> 00:33:17.980
 scripture.

00:33:18.599 --> 00:33:19.299
 We're all

00:33:19.299 --> 00:33:19.759
 in need of

00:33:19.759 --> 00:33:19.960
 Jesus.

00:33:20.180 --> 00:33:20.819
 We're all

00:33:20.819 --> 00:33:21.159
 sinners.

00:33:21.639 --> 00:33:22.099
 There's not

00:33:22.099 --> 00:33:22.819
 the spiritual

00:33:22.819 --> 00:33:23.399
 elitism.

00:33:24.200 --> 00:33:24.879
 The second

00:33:24.879 --> 00:33:25.299
 thing that we

00:33:25.299 --> 00:33:25.539
 can even

00:33:25.539 --> 00:33:26.019
 think here in

00:33:26.019 --> 00:33:26.599
 this context

00:33:26.599 --> 00:33:27.519
 as we look

00:33:27.519 --> 00:33:28.359
 at that is

00:33:28.359 --> 00:33:29.680
 that a big

00:33:29.680 --> 00:33:30.619
 problem in

00:33:30.619 --> 00:33:31.159
 the Corinthian

00:33:31.159 --> 00:33:32.440
 church was

00:33:32.440 --> 00:33:32.960
 spiritual

00:33:32.960 --> 00:33:33.579
 elitism.

00:33:33.579 --> 00:33:34.460
 these people

00:33:34.460 --> 00:33:34.899
 thought they

00:33:34.899 --> 00:33:35.240
 were better

00:33:35.240 --> 00:33:35.639
 than other

00:33:35.639 --> 00:33:36.039
 people.

00:33:36.919 --> 00:33:37.319
 So being

00:33:37.319 --> 00:33:37.759
 better than

00:33:37.759 --> 00:33:38.319
 another person

00:33:38.319 --> 00:33:38.679
 isn't going

00:33:38.679 --> 00:33:39.220
 to solve the

00:33:39.220 --> 00:33:39.659
 problem of

00:33:39.659 --> 00:33:40.099
 being better

00:33:40.099 --> 00:33:40.480
 than another

00:33:40.480 --> 00:33:40.779
 person.

00:33:40.980 --> 00:33:41.319
 Actually I

00:33:41.319 --> 00:33:41.579
 think it's

00:33:41.579 --> 00:33:42.019
 probably just

00:33:42.019 --> 00:33:42.500
 going to

00:33:42.500 --> 00:33:43.299
 make it

00:33:43.299 --> 00:33:43.759
 worse.

00:33:44.759 --> 00:33:45.139
 So as we

00:33:45.139 --> 00:33:45.519
 look at this

00:33:45.519 --> 00:33:46.059
 we've seen a

00:33:46.059 --> 00:33:46.799
 natural person

00:33:46.799 --> 00:33:47.419
 the natural

00:33:47.419 --> 00:33:48.519
 person cannot

00:33:48.519 --> 00:33:49.299
 follow the

00:33:49.299 --> 00:33:49.699
 things of

00:33:49.699 --> 00:33:49.919
 God.

00:33:50.559 --> 00:33:51.559
 The spiritual

00:33:51.559 --> 00:33:52.319
 person however

00:33:52.319 --> 00:33:54.199
 does understand

00:33:54.199 --> 00:33:55.220
 the things

00:33:55.220 --> 00:33:56.500
 of God.

00:33:57.419 --> 00:33:58.379
 As we think

00:33:58.379 --> 00:33:59.279
 of this

00:33:59.279 --> 00:33:59.839
 difference between

00:33:59.839 --> 00:34:00.379
 the natural

00:34:00.379 --> 00:34:00.939
 person and the

00:34:00.939 --> 00:34:01.599
 spiritual person

00:34:01.599 --> 00:34:02.539
 I want you

00:34:02.539 --> 00:34:03.019
 to reflect

00:34:03.019 --> 00:34:03.779
 upon the

00:34:03.779 --> 00:34:04.379
 shepherds

00:34:04.379 --> 00:34:06.079
 who learned

00:34:06.079 --> 00:34:06.919
 of Jesus'

00:34:07.279 --> 00:34:07.500
 birth.

00:34:08.460 --> 00:34:09.039
 So the

00:34:09.039 --> 00:34:09.579
 shepherds are

00:34:09.579 --> 00:34:10.239
 out in the

00:34:10.239 --> 00:34:11.199
 night working

00:34:11.199 --> 00:34:13.279
 and their

00:34:13.279 --> 00:34:14.119
 night is

00:34:14.119 --> 00:34:14.839
 interrupted

00:34:14.839 --> 00:34:16.119
 unexpectedly.

00:34:17.039 --> 00:34:17.500
 And there

00:34:17.500 --> 00:34:18.299
 in verse 2

00:34:18.299 --> 00:34:19.779
 we find that

00:34:19.779 --> 00:34:20.980
 angels suddenly

00:34:20.980 --> 00:34:22.179
 appear with a

00:34:22.179 --> 00:34:22.799
 message about

00:34:22.799 --> 00:34:23.539
 Jesus'

00:34:23.739 --> 00:34:23.799
 birth.

00:34:23.880 --> 00:34:24.400
 They say to

00:34:24.400 --> 00:34:24.860
 the shepherds

00:34:24.860 --> 00:34:25.599
 I bring you

00:34:25.599 --> 00:34:26.420
 good news of

00:34:26.420 --> 00:34:27.860
 great joy that

00:34:27.860 --> 00:34:28.699
 will be for

00:34:28.699 --> 00:34:29.500
 all the

00:34:29.500 --> 00:34:30.059
 people.

00:34:30.059 --> 00:34:31.699
 the angels

00:34:31.699 --> 00:34:32.340
 then provide

00:34:32.340 --> 00:34:32.980
 the shepherds

00:34:32.980 --> 00:34:34.460
 with a place

00:34:34.460 --> 00:34:35.099
 and a sign

00:34:35.099 --> 00:34:35.619
 the place

00:34:35.619 --> 00:34:36.039
 being the

00:34:36.039 --> 00:34:36.539
 city of

00:34:36.539 --> 00:34:36.860
 David

00:34:36.860 --> 00:34:37.219
 that's

00:34:37.219 --> 00:34:37.880
 Bethlehem

00:34:37.880 --> 00:34:39.000
 and a sign

00:34:39.000 --> 00:34:39.420
 you will

00:34:39.420 --> 00:34:39.940
 find the

00:34:39.940 --> 00:34:40.980
 baby in

00:34:40.980 --> 00:34:41.799
 a manger.

00:34:43.519 --> 00:34:44.480
 The angels

00:34:44.480 --> 00:34:45.039
 begin to

00:34:45.039 --> 00:34:45.940
 praise God

00:34:45.940 --> 00:34:47.079
 glory to

00:34:47.079 --> 00:34:47.619
 God in the

00:34:47.619 --> 00:34:48.440
 highest and

00:34:48.440 --> 00:34:48.900
 on earth

00:34:48.900 --> 00:34:49.860
 peace among

00:34:49.860 --> 00:34:51.259
 those with

00:34:51.259 --> 00:34:52.420
 whom he is

00:34:52.420 --> 00:34:53.000
 pleased.

00:34:53.480 --> 00:34:54.239
 So the

00:34:54.239 --> 00:34:54.679
 question I

00:34:54.679 --> 00:34:55.119
 have for you

00:34:55.119 --> 00:34:55.820
 is how will

00:34:55.820 --> 00:34:56.420
 the shepherds

00:34:56.420 --> 00:34:57.179
 respond to

00:34:57.179 --> 00:34:57.480
 this?

00:34:58.159 --> 00:34:58.980
 And while we

00:34:58.980 --> 00:34:59.380
 know the

00:34:59.380 --> 00:34:59.900
 ending of the

00:34:59.900 --> 00:35:00.380
 story that

00:35:00.380 --> 00:35:00.920
 the shepherds

00:35:00.920 --> 00:35:01.660
 do go to

00:35:01.660 --> 00:35:02.079
 find who

00:35:02.079 --> 00:35:02.760
 Jesus is

00:35:02.760 --> 00:35:04.059
 I must ask

00:35:04.059 --> 00:35:05.180
 you how

00:35:05.180 --> 00:35:05.579
 would a

00:35:05.579 --> 00:35:06.500
 natural person

00:35:06.500 --> 00:35:07.220
 respond to

00:35:07.220 --> 00:35:08.119
 this situation?

00:35:08.980 --> 00:35:09.599
 And while we

00:35:09.599 --> 00:35:10.240
 might like to

00:35:10.240 --> 00:35:10.820
 think that the

00:35:10.820 --> 00:35:11.740
 natural person

00:35:11.740 --> 00:35:12.340
 would say

00:35:12.340 --> 00:35:13.720
 wow I've

00:35:13.720 --> 00:35:14.340
 just encountered

00:35:14.340 --> 00:35:15.200
 angels I've

00:35:15.200 --> 00:35:15.800
 got to go see

00:35:15.800 --> 00:35:16.139
 what they're

00:35:16.139 --> 00:35:16.860
 talking about

00:35:16.860 --> 00:35:18.720
 I feel like I

00:35:18.720 --> 00:35:19.099
 know some

00:35:19.099 --> 00:35:19.920
 natural people

00:35:19.920 --> 00:35:20.880
 who would say

00:35:20.880 --> 00:35:22.740
 hmm that's

00:35:22.740 --> 00:35:23.200
 interesting

00:35:23.200 --> 00:35:25.200
 just quite not

00:35:25.200 --> 00:35:25.860
 my thing

00:35:25.860 --> 00:35:27.680
 oh I think

00:35:27.680 --> 00:35:28.000
 I must have

00:35:28.000 --> 00:35:28.440
 got hit on

00:35:28.440 --> 00:35:28.720
 the head

00:35:28.720 --> 00:35:29.260
 by something

00:35:29.260 --> 00:35:29.980
 and heard

00:35:29.980 --> 00:35:30.440
 something

00:35:30.440 --> 00:35:31.820
 natural people

00:35:31.820 --> 00:35:32.539
 would come up

00:35:32.539 --> 00:35:33.300
 with all sorts

00:35:33.300 --> 00:35:33.760
 of reasons

00:35:33.760 --> 00:35:34.579
 why that's

00:35:34.579 --> 00:35:35.079
 not the

00:35:35.079 --> 00:35:35.460
 work of

00:35:35.460 --> 00:35:35.720
 God

00:35:35.720 --> 00:35:38.240
 and when

00:35:38.240 --> 00:35:39.019
 they encounter

00:35:39.019 --> 00:35:39.599
 the work of

00:35:39.599 --> 00:35:39.820
 God

00:35:39.820 --> 00:35:40.539
 they simply

00:35:40.539 --> 00:35:41.059
 disregard

00:35:41.059 --> 00:35:42.960
 they come up

00:35:42.960 --> 00:35:43.299
 with some

00:35:43.299 --> 00:35:43.820
 sort of

00:35:43.820 --> 00:35:44.779
 natural

00:35:44.779 --> 00:35:45.579
 explanation

00:35:45.579 --> 00:35:47.119
 for these

00:35:47.119 --> 00:35:47.779
 supernatural

00:35:47.779 --> 00:35:48.579
 events

00:35:48.579 --> 00:35:50.519
 the spiritual

00:35:50.519 --> 00:35:51.139
 person however

00:35:51.139 --> 00:35:51.880
 is going to

00:35:51.880 --> 00:35:52.239
 follow the

00:35:52.239 --> 00:35:52.719
 pattern of

00:35:52.719 --> 00:35:53.059
 the shepherd

00:35:53.059 --> 00:35:54.099
 and the

00:35:54.099 --> 00:35:54.440
 pattern of

00:35:54.440 --> 00:35:54.840
 the shepherd

00:35:54.840 --> 00:35:55.219
 said

00:35:55.219 --> 00:35:56.519
 let us go

00:35:56.519 --> 00:35:57.019
 over to

00:35:57.019 --> 00:35:57.500
 Bethlehem

00:35:57.500 --> 00:35:57.980
 and see

00:35:57.980 --> 00:35:58.440
 this thing

00:35:58.440 --> 00:35:58.699
 that has

00:35:58.699 --> 00:35:58.940
 happened

00:35:58.940 --> 00:35:59.699
 which the

00:35:59.699 --> 00:36:00.299
 Lord has

00:36:00.299 --> 00:36:00.960
 made known

00:36:00.960 --> 00:36:01.480
 to us

00:36:01.480 --> 00:36:02.340
 and they

00:36:02.340 --> 00:36:02.840
 went

00:36:02.840 --> 00:36:03.799
 with

00:36:03.799 --> 00:36:05.099
 haste

00:36:05.099 --> 00:36:05.880
 that's what

00:36:05.880 --> 00:36:06.320
 the spiritual

00:36:06.320 --> 00:36:06.940
 person does

00:36:06.940 --> 00:36:07.980
 they hear

00:36:07.980 --> 00:36:08.539
 Jesus

00:36:08.539 --> 00:36:09.599
 and they

00:36:09.599 --> 00:36:09.820
 say

00:36:09.820 --> 00:36:11.000
 let us

00:36:11.000 --> 00:36:11.539
 go

00:36:11.539 --> 00:36:12.940
 with haste

00:36:12.940 --> 00:36:14.420
 as we

00:36:14.420 --> 00:36:14.920
 come to

00:36:14.920 --> 00:36:15.860
 the conclusion

00:36:15.860 --> 00:36:16.519
 of the message

00:36:16.519 --> 00:36:16.880
 this morning

00:36:16.880 --> 00:36:17.500
 I have a

00:36:17.500 --> 00:36:18.019
 question for

00:36:18.019 --> 00:36:18.220
 you

00:36:18.220 --> 00:36:19.639
 are you

00:36:19.639 --> 00:36:20.740
 a natural

00:36:20.740 --> 00:36:21.139
 person

00:36:21.139 --> 00:36:24.119
 did you hear

00:36:24.119 --> 00:36:24.619
 the message

00:36:24.619 --> 00:36:25.179
 that the

00:36:25.179 --> 00:36:25.820
 angels

00:36:25.820 --> 00:36:26.780
 brought to

00:36:26.780 --> 00:36:27.320
 the shepherds

00:36:27.320 --> 00:36:28.780
 I bring

00:36:28.780 --> 00:36:29.180
 you

00:36:29.180 --> 00:36:30.180
 good news

00:36:30.180 --> 00:36:31.059
 of great

00:36:31.059 --> 00:36:31.460
 joy

00:36:31.460 --> 00:36:32.300
 that will

00:36:32.300 --> 00:36:33.180
 be for

00:36:33.180 --> 00:36:33.680
 all

00:36:33.680 --> 00:36:34.440
 people

00:36:34.440 --> 00:36:35.680
 that is

00:36:35.680 --> 00:36:36.120
 the message

00:36:36.120 --> 00:36:36.420
 of the

00:36:36.420 --> 00:36:36.700
 angels

00:36:36.700 --> 00:36:37.019
 to the

00:36:37.019 --> 00:36:37.260
 shepherd

00:36:37.260 --> 00:36:37.880
 and that

00:36:37.880 --> 00:36:38.180
 is the

00:36:38.180 --> 00:36:38.519
 message

00:36:38.519 --> 00:36:39.180
 to each

00:36:39.180 --> 00:36:39.539
 of us

00:36:39.539 --> 00:36:39.880
 today

00:36:39.880 --> 00:36:40.620
 be you

00:36:40.620 --> 00:36:41.160
 a spiritual

00:36:41.160 --> 00:36:41.580
 person

00:36:41.580 --> 00:36:42.380
 be you

00:36:42.380 --> 00:36:42.880
 a natural

00:36:42.880 --> 00:36:43.300
 person

00:36:43.300 --> 00:36:44.160
 there is

00:36:44.160 --> 00:36:44.980
 good news

00:36:44.980 --> 00:36:46.019
 of great

00:36:46.019 --> 00:36:46.760
 joy

00:36:46.760 --> 00:36:47.580
 and what

00:36:47.580 --> 00:36:47.960
 is that

00:36:47.960 --> 00:36:48.600
 good news

00:36:48.600 --> 00:36:49.860
 that good

00:36:49.860 --> 00:36:50.160
 news

00:36:50.160 --> 00:36:51.220
 is Jesus

00:36:51.220 --> 00:36:52.200
 saves

00:36:52.200 --> 00:36:54.220
 and if

00:36:54.220 --> 00:36:55.019
 you are

00:36:55.019 --> 00:36:55.920
 a natural

00:36:55.920 --> 00:36:56.360
 person

00:36:56.360 --> 00:36:57.559
 I have

00:36:57.559 --> 00:36:57.940
 more

00:36:57.940 --> 00:36:58.579
 encouraging

00:36:58.579 --> 00:36:59.079
 news

00:36:59.079 --> 00:36:59.380
 for you

00:36:59.380 --> 00:36:59.680
 today

00:36:59.680 --> 00:37:00.940
 there are

00:37:00.940 --> 00:37:01.420
 spiritual

00:37:01.420 --> 00:37:01.800
 people

00:37:01.800 --> 00:37:02.220
 in this

00:37:02.220 --> 00:37:02.460
 room

00:37:02.460 --> 00:37:03.960
 but at

00:37:03.960 --> 00:37:04.559
 one time

00:37:04.559 --> 00:37:05.599
 the spiritual

00:37:05.599 --> 00:37:06.200
 people in

00:37:06.200 --> 00:37:06.680
 this room

00:37:06.680 --> 00:37:07.860
 were natural

00:37:07.860 --> 00:37:08.260
 people

00:37:08.260 --> 00:37:09.300
 and they

00:37:09.300 --> 00:37:10.039
 chose to

00:37:10.039 --> 00:37:10.660
 embrace

00:37:10.660 --> 00:37:11.820
 that message

00:37:11.820 --> 00:37:12.360
 of good

00:37:12.360 --> 00:37:12.660
 news

00:37:12.660 --> 00:37:13.519
 they chose

00:37:13.519 --> 00:37:14.039
 to embrace

00:37:14.039 --> 00:37:14.880
 that message

00:37:14.880 --> 00:37:15.760
 that Jesus

00:37:15.760 --> 00:37:16.680
 saves

00:37:16.680 --> 00:37:18.559
 at some

00:37:18.559 --> 00:37:18.800
 point

00:37:18.800 --> 00:37:19.519
 we find

00:37:19.519 --> 00:37:19.980
 ourselves

00:37:19.980 --> 00:37:20.280
 with the

00:37:20.280 --> 00:37:20.559
 offer

00:37:20.559 --> 00:37:21.780
 will we

00:37:21.780 --> 00:37:22.260
 accept

00:37:22.260 --> 00:37:23.099
 the message

00:37:23.099 --> 00:37:24.059
 that Jesus

00:37:24.059 --> 00:37:24.800
 saves

00:37:24.800 --> 00:37:27.240
 at the

00:37:27.240 --> 00:37:28.380
 very start

00:37:28.380 --> 00:37:28.960
 of my

00:37:28.960 --> 00:37:29.300
 message

00:37:29.300 --> 00:37:29.820
 this morning

00:37:29.820 --> 00:37:32.019
 I spoke

00:37:32.019 --> 00:37:32.539
 of my

00:37:32.539 --> 00:37:33.760
 music choice

00:37:33.760 --> 00:37:34.420
 when I was

00:37:34.420 --> 00:37:34.980
 getting ready

00:37:34.980 --> 00:37:35.980
 and it's

00:37:35.980 --> 00:37:37.080
 unusual

00:37:37.080 --> 00:37:38.280
 combination

00:37:38.280 --> 00:37:39.160
 of styles

00:37:39.160 --> 00:37:41.260
 I mentioned

00:37:41.260 --> 00:37:41.600
 today

00:37:41.600 --> 00:37:42.620
 that we

00:37:42.620 --> 00:37:43.620
 were a

00:37:43.620 --> 00:37:43.940
 bit of an

00:37:43.940 --> 00:37:44.560
 unusual

00:37:44.560 --> 00:37:45.740
 combination

00:37:45.740 --> 00:37:46.660
 of content

00:37:46.660 --> 00:37:48.300
 my stated

00:37:48.300 --> 00:37:48.900
 hope before

00:37:48.900 --> 00:37:49.380
 we started

00:37:49.380 --> 00:37:50.860
 is that we

00:37:50.860 --> 00:37:51.620
 would use

00:37:51.620 --> 00:37:52.519
 this unusual

00:37:52.519 --> 00:37:53.380
 combination

00:37:53.380 --> 00:37:54.880
 to make

00:37:54.880 --> 00:37:55.660
 beautiful

00:37:55.660 --> 00:37:56.599
 melodious

00:37:56.599 --> 00:37:57.480
 music

00:37:57.480 --> 00:37:59.280
 the possibility

00:37:59.280 --> 00:37:59.880
 it was

00:37:59.880 --> 00:38:00.320
 possible

00:38:00.320 --> 00:38:01.440
 I might

00:38:01.440 --> 00:38:02.220
 have made

00:38:02.220 --> 00:38:03.940
 a dissonant

00:38:03.940 --> 00:38:05.180
 and harmonious

00:38:05.180 --> 00:38:05.900
 mess

00:38:05.900 --> 00:38:08.079
 but if you're

00:38:08.079 --> 00:38:08.539
 a natural

00:38:08.539 --> 00:38:08.820
 person

00:38:08.820 --> 00:38:09.220
 here's what I

00:38:09.220 --> 00:38:09.519
 want you to

00:38:09.519 --> 00:38:09.900
 hear today

00:38:09.900 --> 00:38:12.300
 if you are

00:38:12.300 --> 00:38:12.619
 a natural

00:38:12.619 --> 00:38:12.940
 person

00:38:12.940 --> 00:38:13.680
 I think

00:38:13.680 --> 00:38:14.000
 there is

00:38:14.000 --> 00:38:14.619
 the distinct

00:38:14.619 --> 00:38:15.420
 possibility

00:38:15.420 --> 00:38:17.640
 that your

00:38:17.640 --> 00:38:18.480
 life

00:38:18.480 --> 00:38:19.500
 is a

00:38:19.500 --> 00:38:21.159
 dissonant

00:38:21.159 --> 00:38:22.840
 in harmonious

00:38:22.840 --> 00:38:23.539
 mess

00:38:23.539 --> 00:38:25.219
 and you

00:38:25.219 --> 00:38:25.659
 may have

00:38:25.659 --> 00:38:26.179
 covered it

00:38:26.179 --> 00:38:26.420
 up

00:38:26.420 --> 00:38:27.340
 with some

00:38:27.340 --> 00:38:27.699
 sort of

00:38:27.699 --> 00:38:28.300
 veneer

00:38:28.300 --> 00:38:29.019
 of earthy

00:38:29.019 --> 00:38:29.539
 success

00:38:29.539 --> 00:38:31.960
 but inside

00:38:31.960 --> 00:38:33.400
 you

00:38:33.400 --> 00:38:34.240
 are a

00:38:34.240 --> 00:38:34.539
 mess

00:38:34.539 --> 00:38:36.420
 my hope

00:38:36.420 --> 00:38:36.800
 for you

00:38:36.800 --> 00:38:37.159
 today

00:38:37.159 --> 00:38:38.280
 is that

00:38:38.280 --> 00:38:38.860
 you will

00:38:38.860 --> 00:38:39.280
 accept

00:38:39.280 --> 00:38:40.460
 the salvation

00:38:40.460 --> 00:38:41.699
 that Jesus

00:38:41.699 --> 00:38:42.219
 offers

00:38:42.219 --> 00:38:43.760
 and bring

00:38:43.760 --> 00:38:44.840
 a beautiful

00:38:44.840 --> 00:38:45.740
 harmony

00:38:45.739 --> 00:38:47.159
 to your

00:38:47.159 --> 00:38:47.799
 life

00:38:47.799 --> 00:38:49.779
 let me

00:38:49.779 --> 00:38:50.159
 close this

00:38:50.159 --> 00:38:50.439
 in prayer

00:38:50.439 --> 00:38:54.639
 God we

00:38:54.639 --> 00:38:55.119
 come before

00:38:55.119 --> 00:38:55.399
 you this

00:38:55.399 --> 00:38:55.579
 morning

00:38:55.579 --> 00:38:57.279
 and we

00:38:57.279 --> 00:38:58.059
 are thankful

00:38:58.059 --> 00:38:59.059
 God that

00:38:59.059 --> 00:38:59.819
 you did

00:38:59.819 --> 00:39:00.539
 send your

00:39:00.539 --> 00:39:01.319
 son into

00:39:01.319 --> 00:39:01.859
 this world

00:39:01.859 --> 00:39:02.759
 God we

00:39:02.759 --> 00:39:03.199
 are thankful

00:39:03.199 --> 00:39:03.579
 for the

00:39:03.579 --> 00:39:04.500
 great love

00:39:04.500 --> 00:39:04.819
 that you

00:39:04.819 --> 00:39:05.339
 have for us

00:39:05.339 --> 00:39:06.019
 God that

00:39:06.019 --> 00:39:06.979
 you have

00:39:06.979 --> 00:39:07.619
 made a

00:39:07.619 --> 00:39:08.299
 way for

00:39:08.299 --> 00:39:08.779
 us to

00:39:08.779 --> 00:39:09.000
 have

00:39:09.000 --> 00:39:09.579
 fellowship

00:39:09.579 --> 00:39:11.059
 and peace

00:39:11.059 --> 00:39:11.539
 with you

00:39:11.539 --> 00:39:12.339
 God and

00:39:12.339 --> 00:39:12.779
 that is

00:39:12.779 --> 00:39:13.319
 through the

00:39:13.319 --> 00:39:13.679
 work of

00:39:13.679 --> 00:39:14.279
 your son

00:39:14.280 --> 00:39:14.620
 Jesus

00:39:14.620 --> 00:39:15.000
 Christ

00:39:15.000 --> 00:39:15.920
 God we

00:39:15.920 --> 00:39:16.519
 come before

00:39:16.519 --> 00:39:16.840
 you this

00:39:16.840 --> 00:39:17.580
 morning and

00:39:17.580 --> 00:39:18.060
 give you the

00:39:18.060 --> 00:39:19.120
 glory and

00:39:19.120 --> 00:39:20.240
 the honor for

00:39:20.240 --> 00:39:20.700
 the great

00:39:20.700 --> 00:39:21.680
 salvation that

00:39:21.680 --> 00:39:22.160
 you have

00:39:22.160 --> 00:39:22.560
 provided

00:39:22.560 --> 00:39:23.540
 amen