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 It would be good if you grab a sermon's handout today

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 or actually grab a transcript because that may be helpful for you.

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 I actually forgot to do an English-only transcript,

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 so choose a simplified traditional.

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 They are all the same in the English part.

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 Have you or your family ever been to a treetop experience yet?

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 One that you do obstacles from high above ground,

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 you do flying forks, and you climb road nets.

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 We went a couple of years ago with a couple of other families.

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 While the youngest kids have their own little program,

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 little course to go through,

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 the older children join us to do the junior and adult course.

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 The term and condition says,

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 practitioner must be 10 years and older,

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 at least 1.4 meters tall,

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 and under 120 kilograms.

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 One adult must accompany a junior

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 to make sure they follow all the safety instructions

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 and get no exception to age, size, or weight.

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 So we start on the easier course,

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 and the course gets longer and harder as we approach lunch.

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 It was still a lot of fun,

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 and kids have a great time.

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 However, I noticed that every time

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 when I fly back to the platform,

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 the wheel will get so hard,

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 it will stop short,

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 about 10 to 20 meters away from the platform.

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 So I literally, the whole morning,

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 was doing this.

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 For the last, every course I've gone through.

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 And there is a weight limit

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 on the condition for entry for a very good reason.

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 Even though I'm under that weight limit,

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 I'm very close to it as well.

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 So while experiencing the challenge on top of the tree,

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 I have my weight and the gravity as my enemy,

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 which is very hard to overcome.

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 However,

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 the enemies that Paul is facing in 2 Corinthians

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 are beyond what we can imagine.

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 Paul is facing enemies from within and without,

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 from those that were his colleagues,

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 went to the same school with him,

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 pursued the same ideal with him

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 before he became a Christian.

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 People that are his kinsmen,

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 but now trace after him to destroy everything

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 he worked hard to build.

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 It started as soon as

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 he became a follower of Jesus.

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 What he mentioned in 2 Corinthians,

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 the last will of chapter 11,

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 would most likely be the same incident

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 that happened in Acts chapter 9,

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 verse 22 to 25.

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 Straight after he became a follower of Christ,

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 he was preaching about Jesus in Damascus.

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 And it says from verse 22,

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 Saul grew more and more powerful

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 and baffled the Jews living in Damascus

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 by proving that Jesus is a Messiah.

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 After many days had gone by,

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 there was a conspiracy among the Jews

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 who killed him.

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 But Saul learns of their plan.

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 Day and night,

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 they kept close watch on the city gate

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 in order to kill him.

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 But his followers took him by night

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 and lowered him in a basket

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 for an opening in the wall.

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 If you follow along Acts,

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 you will see the suffering Paul

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 go through for the sake of Christ.

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 In chapter 9, verse 26,

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 it says people are afraid of him,

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 not believing he really was a disciple.

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 And then,

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 just a couple of verses after that,

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 it says he speaks boldly

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 in the name of the Lord,

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 talk and debate with

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 Hanunistic Jews,

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 but they try to kill him.

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 And then I feel a chapter later

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 in Acts 13,

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 in verse 6,

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 it says,

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 in pathos,

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 faced with opposition

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 from false prophets and sorcerers.

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 And in the same chapter later on,

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 when he went to Poseidon's Antioch,

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 the Jews were filled with jealousy

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 of their popularity

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 and began to contradict

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 what Paul was saying

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 and heaps abuse on him.

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 The Jewish leaders incited

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 the God-feeling women of high standing

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 and the leading men of the city.

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 They stirred up persecution

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 against Paul and Barnabas

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 and expelled them from the region.

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 We go on in the next chapter,

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 in Iconium,

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 was a plot afoot

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 among both Gentiles and Jews,

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 together with the leaders

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 to mistreat them

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 and stone them.

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 And later in the same chapter

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 in verse 19,

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 in Nesra,

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 some Jews came from Antioch

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 and Iconium

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 and went to crowd over.

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 They stoned Paul

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 and dragged him outside the city,

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 thinking he was dead.

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 Next chapter,

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 Paul and Jew,

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 a very sharp disagreement

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 with the person

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 that was his mentor

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 and companion

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 and they parted the company.

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 A couple of chapters later

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 in chapter 17,

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 in Thessalonica,

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 some of the Jews

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 were pursued

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 and joined

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 Paul and Silas

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 as did a large number

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 of God-feeling Greeks

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 and quite a few prominent women.

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 But other Jews were jealous

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 so they ran off

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 some bad character

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 from the marketplace,

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 formed a mob

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 and started a riot

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 in the city.

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 Then later on,

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 when the Jews

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 in Thessalonica

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 learned that Paul

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 was preaching

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 the word of God

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 in Berea,

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 some of them

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 went there too,

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 agitating the crowds

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 and stirring them up.

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 And then,

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 the next chapter

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 in Corinth,

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 where this,

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 what we're looking at today,

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 the Jews

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 made a united attack

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 on Paul

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 and brought him

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 to a place of judgment.

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 And next chapter,

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 the silversmith

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 of Ephesus' idol

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 brought the whole city

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 into an uproar

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 against Paul.

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 From Paul

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 become a Christian

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 in chapter 9

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 to chapter 19,

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 it's roughly about

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 20 years

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 have passed.

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 as at chapter 19

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 is where Paul

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 written the letter

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 that we've seen today.

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 With all this

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 happening to Paul,

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 Paul keep on going,

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 telling people

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 about Jesus,

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 keep on being

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 an authentic follower

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 of Christ.

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 So I'd like to look

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 at three areas

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 to find out

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 why he can say,

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 what he said today

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 in chapter 12

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 of 2 Corinthians.

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 The three areas

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 that we look at

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 is not what you know,

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 but who you know.

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 How are your do

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 or say,

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 tell about you,

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 and what are you

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 feeling now?

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 Paul has shared

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 something very intimate

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 in chapter 12

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 of 2 Corinthians.

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 In a way,

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 it also seems

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 very strange.

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 Let's read it again

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 from verse 1.

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 2 Corinthians 1.

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 I must go on

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 boasting,

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 although there is

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 nothing to be gained.

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 I will go on

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 to visions

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 and revelations

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 from the Lord.

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 I know a man

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 in Christ

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 who 14 years ago

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 was called up

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 to the third heaven.

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 Whether he was

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 in the body

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 or out of the body,

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 I do not know.

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 God knows.

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 I know that this man,

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 whether in the body

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 or out of the body,

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 I don't know,

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 but God knows,

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 was caught up

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 to paradise

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 and heard

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 inexpressible things,

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 things that no one

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 is permitted to tell.

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 I will boast

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 about a man like that,

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 but I will not boast

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 about myself

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 except about

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 my weaknesses.

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 Paul,

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 in this passage,

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 seems to be talking

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 about himself,

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 but in a third-person way.

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 He kept this supernatural

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 experience and knowledge

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 for about 14 years

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 without telling anyone.

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 I think for a lot of us,

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 it's so natural for us

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 to be drawn

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 to all things

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 that are mysterious.

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 It gives us a sense

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 of adrenaline rush,

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 like watching horror movies.

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 We have a very strong

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 curiosity towards

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 things unknown

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 or not permitted,

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 especially

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 when we are much younger,

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 when our sense of fear

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 and self-protection

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 or preservation

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 were much weaker.

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 Have you ever wondered why?

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 From my observation,

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 it has a lot to do

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 with trying to prove

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 that we are capable

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 to be independent.

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 We believe

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 once we master

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 the unknown,

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 we somehow can

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 master life better.

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 We are well on our way

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 to master our own life,

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 which means

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 your life will get somewhere.

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 And when we think

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 we got it,

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 like most kids,

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 when they master

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 a new skill,

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 what would they do naturally?

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 They would say,

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 look at me,

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 look at me.

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 We like to show

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 what we know

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 or can do.

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 But Paul

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 held back

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 for 14 years

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 because even though

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 what he knows

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 and experiences

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 is so great,

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 that's not

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 the things

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 that he's chasing after

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 or wanted to boast about.

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 It's who he knows

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 that he values

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 and treasure

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 and want to tell people about.

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 in chapter 12,

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 verse 1,

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 Paul says,

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 those visions

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 and revelations

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 are from the Lord.

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 And repeating

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 the fact that

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 he does not know

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 it was

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 in the body

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 or apart

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 from the body

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 experience,

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 seems to point

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 to the fact

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 that they have

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 great experience,

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 but they are not

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 originated from him.

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 There are things

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 outside of him

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 beyond his control,

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 so it's not something

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 that he can plan

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 to master

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 or trace after.

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 Paul said

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 in 2 Corinthians 11,

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 31,

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 which is the chapter

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 before that,

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 that the God

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 and Father

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 of the Lord Jesus

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 knows what he is doing.

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 And twice

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 in our passage,

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 we say,

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 only God knows

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 what is going on

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 with him.

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 He seems very confident

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 that God knows him

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 and he puts himself

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 as a man

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 he knows

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 in Christ.

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 Where does he get

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 that sort of confidence?

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 I think he most likely

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 gets it from Jesus

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 because it was exactly

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 what Jesus prayed

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 for his followers

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 in John 17, 26.

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 Jesus said to God,

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 I have made you

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 known to them

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 and will continue

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 to make you known

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 in order

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 that the love

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 you have for me

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 may be in them

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 and that I myself

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 may be in them.

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 Paul is confident

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 that God knows him

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 because Jesus

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 is his mediator,

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 because Paul

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 is in Christ

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 and he knows Christ.

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 I don't think

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 I need to say

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 much about

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 the value

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 of knowing

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 the right person.

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 You'll find out

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 if you ever go

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 to Chayam Cha.

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 I always like

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 to go to

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 Yom Cha

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 with certain people

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 because we get

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 a table straight away.

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 There's no need

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 to get a number

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 and wait

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 because this person

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 is known

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 by all the captains,

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 all the waiters

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 and waitress

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 in the whole restaurant.

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 When it comes

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 to understanding

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 about Christianity,

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 it's important

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 to ask the right question,

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 not to get distracted

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 to chase after

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 some super spiritual

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 experience.

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 Our focus

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 in understanding

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 the Bible

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 is to know

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 who we should believe

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 and to be known

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 by him.

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 In 1131,

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 it says,

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 God and Father

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 of the Lord Jesus

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 is to be praised

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 forever.

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 Why is that so?

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 What does this verse

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 tell you

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 about the relationship

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 between Jesus

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 and God the Father?

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 Why do we call

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 Jesus the Lord?

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 Those are questions

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 we should be asking

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 when we read

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 God's Word

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 in the Bible.

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 If you are just

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 looking into

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 Christianity,

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 those are very helpful

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 questions to keep

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 in mind.

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 But if you are

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 a follower

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 of Jesus Christ,

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 no matter how long

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 you have been one,

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 it's even more

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 important for us

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 to ask why

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 we call

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 Jesus our Lord.

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 Who is Jesus

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 to you?

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 Who is God

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 to you?

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 The God

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 and Father

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 of the Lord Jesus

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 is to be praised

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 forever

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 because of the

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 gospel

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 that reveals

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 God's grace

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 to us.

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 God sent

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 his Son

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 into the world

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 to live a perfect

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 life,

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 die as a substitute

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 for sinners,

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 absorb the anger

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 of God,

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 take away

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 our guilt,

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 provide the gift

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 of right standing

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 before God,

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 and give

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 eternal joy

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 through faith

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 in the Lord

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 Jesus alone,

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 apart from any

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 words or

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 obedience on

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 our behalf.

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 This quote

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 is printed

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 in our handout

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 today because

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 it's so important.

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 I want you

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 to be able

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 to go and

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 revisit this quote

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 whenever you

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 can.

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 That is such

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 a great message

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 to be shared,

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 but very often

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 we confuse

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 the greatness

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 of the message

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 with the greatness

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 of the message

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 bearer,

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 the messenger.

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 We think

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 a great experience

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 and great knowledge

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 add value

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 to our life,

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 and when we

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 think God

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 would,

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 a voice inside

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 us would cry out

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 saying,

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 look at me,

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 look at me,

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 that Paul did not

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 boast about himself

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 or the great

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 spiritual experience.

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 He said in

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 verse 6

00:14:55.980 --> 00:14:56.940
 of chapter 12,

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 even if I

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 should choose

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 to boast,

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 I will not

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 be a fool

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 because I will

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 be speaking

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 the truth,

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 but I refrain

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 so no one

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 will think

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 more of me

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 than is warned

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 by what I do

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 or say,

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 or because of

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 this suppressing

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 great revelation.

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 Therefore,

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 in order to

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 keep me from

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 becoming conceited,

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 I was given

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 a thorn

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 in my flesh,

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 a message

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 of Satan

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 to torment me.

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 Paul said

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 he did not

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 want anyone

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 to think

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 more of him

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 than is warned

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 by what he

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 do or say,

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 or because of

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 this suppressing

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 great revelation.

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 Because we

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 want to build

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 a certain

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 perception

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 in others'

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 mind,

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 we want others

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 to think of us

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 or value us

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 in a certain

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 way.

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 We sometimes

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 talk ourselves

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 up,

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 or talk

00:15:54.460 --> 00:15:54.779
 ourselves

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 down.

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 We say

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 one thing

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 but we

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 go and

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 do others.

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 So,

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 it's what

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 you do

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 and say

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 really match

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 up.

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 If you

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 call yourself

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 a Christian,

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 are you

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 really living

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 out your

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 life as

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 a follower

00:16:08.939 --> 00:16:09.600
 of Christ?

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 Paul warns

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 us not

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 to do

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 things like

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 a fool,

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 even when

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 we are

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 boasting.

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 How does

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 a fool

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 live out

00:16:18.939 --> 00:16:19.480
 their life?

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 Well,

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 they will

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 always be

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 looking for

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 something to

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 gain.

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 or ask

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 him what

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 is in

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 it for

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 me.

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 A fool

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 definitely

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 cannot hold

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 on to

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 a suppressing

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 grace

00:16:31.100 --> 00:16:31.900
 revelation

00:16:31.900 --> 00:16:32.660
 for 14

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 years.

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 They will

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 tell things

00:16:35.520 --> 00:16:35.920
 that is not

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 permitted

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 if they

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 could make

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 others think

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 more of

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 them.

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 A fool

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 will not

00:16:41.520 --> 00:16:42.160
 be speaking

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 the truth

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 and will

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 not be

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 able to

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 refrain

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 themselves

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 from

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 becoming

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 conceited.

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 But who

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 can really

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 keep

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 oneself

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 from

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 becoming

00:16:51.500 --> 00:16:52.019
 conceited?

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 Who

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 can really

00:16:53.559 --> 00:16:54.240
 keep

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 themselves

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 from

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 chasing

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 after

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 fame

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 or

00:16:56.919 --> 00:16:57.079
 from

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 talking

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 themselves

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 up?

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 Even

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 Paul

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 said he

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 was

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 given

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 a thorn

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 in his

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 flesh

00:17:01.899 --> 00:17:03.039
 to keep

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 him

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 from

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 becoming

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 conceited,

00:17:04.740 --> 00:17:05.279
 a messenger

00:17:05.279 --> 00:17:06.039
 of Satan

00:17:06.039 --> 00:17:06.779
 to torment

00:17:06.779 --> 00:17:07.099
 him.

00:17:08.460 --> 00:17:08.779
 He was

00:17:08.779 --> 00:17:08.960
 given

00:17:08.960 --> 00:17:09.440
 some kind

00:17:09.440 --> 00:17:09.920
 of physical

00:17:09.920 --> 00:17:10.500
 suffering

00:17:10.500 --> 00:17:11.319
 to keep

00:17:11.319 --> 00:17:12.139
 him from

00:17:12.139 --> 00:17:12.559
 puffing

00:17:12.559 --> 00:17:12.899
 himself

00:17:12.899 --> 00:17:13.240
 up.

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 What is

00:17:16.140 --> 00:17:16.539
 your view

00:17:16.539 --> 00:17:16.740
 on

00:17:16.740 --> 00:17:17.120
 suffering?

00:17:18.620 --> 00:17:19.140
 Suffering

00:17:19.140 --> 00:17:19.500
 is such

00:17:19.500 --> 00:17:19.740
 a

00:17:19.740 --> 00:17:20.440
 mysterious

00:17:20.440 --> 00:17:21.120
 mystery

00:17:21.120 --> 00:17:21.559
 that we

00:17:21.559 --> 00:17:21.900
 could not

00:17:21.900 --> 00:17:22.380
 be able

00:17:22.380 --> 00:17:22.819
 to work

00:17:22.819 --> 00:17:23.299
 out within

00:17:23.299 --> 00:17:23.500
 our

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 lifetime.

00:17:25.440 --> 00:17:26.140
 We can

00:17:26.140 --> 00:17:26.660
 be suffering

00:17:26.660 --> 00:17:27.200
 for many

00:17:27.200 --> 00:17:27.559
 different

00:17:27.559 --> 00:17:28.000
 reasons.

00:17:29.380 --> 00:17:29.599
 One

00:17:29.599 --> 00:17:30.079
 person can

00:17:30.079 --> 00:17:30.579
 be suffering

00:17:30.579 --> 00:17:32.620
 because it's

00:17:32.620 --> 00:17:33.059
 a natural

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 occurrence of

00:17:34.059 --> 00:17:34.559
 their body

00:17:34.559 --> 00:17:36.240
 of being

00:17:36.240 --> 00:17:36.740
 a human

00:17:36.740 --> 00:17:38.759
 as they

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 are growing

00:17:39.319 --> 00:17:40.019
 and heading

00:17:40.019 --> 00:17:40.519
 towards a

00:17:40.519 --> 00:17:40.839
 grave.

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 I remember

00:17:43.299 --> 00:17:43.699
 a friend

00:17:43.699 --> 00:17:44.220
 telling me

00:17:44.220 --> 00:17:44.740
 that her

00:17:44.740 --> 00:17:45.559
 kid is

00:17:45.559 --> 00:17:46.319
 so sensitive

00:17:46.319 --> 00:17:46.980
 to pain

00:17:46.980 --> 00:17:48.039
 that as

00:17:48.039 --> 00:17:48.359
 they are

00:17:48.359 --> 00:17:49.079
 growing and

00:17:49.079 --> 00:17:49.439
 their body

00:17:49.439 --> 00:17:50.679
 are stretching,

00:17:51.279 --> 00:17:51.699
 they need

00:17:51.699 --> 00:17:52.519
 painkiller to

00:17:52.519 --> 00:17:52.939
 ease off

00:17:52.939 --> 00:17:53.819
 their discomfort.

00:17:56.339 --> 00:17:56.899
 Someone

00:17:56.899 --> 00:17:57.379
 can also

00:17:57.379 --> 00:17:58.019
 be suffering

00:17:58.019 --> 00:17:58.740
 as a

00:17:58.740 --> 00:17:59.119
 consequence

00:17:59.119 --> 00:17:59.779
 of being

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 foolish

00:18:00.319 --> 00:18:01.240
 or sinful,

00:18:02.480 --> 00:18:03.059
 disobedient

00:18:03.059 --> 00:18:03.599
 to God,

00:18:04.480 --> 00:18:05.159
 engaging in

00:18:05.159 --> 00:18:05.899
 behavior that

00:18:05.899 --> 00:18:06.259
 end up

00:18:06.259 --> 00:18:06.500
 hurting

00:18:06.500 --> 00:18:07.059
 themselves

00:18:07.059 --> 00:18:07.740
 and others.

00:18:09.199 --> 00:18:09.899
 As I

00:18:09.899 --> 00:18:10.379
 have mentioned

00:18:10.380 --> 00:18:10.840
 earlier,

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 we all

00:18:11.660 --> 00:18:11.920
 have a

00:18:11.920 --> 00:18:12.180
 natural

00:18:12.180 --> 00:18:12.820
 tendency

00:18:12.820 --> 00:18:13.560
 and

00:18:13.560 --> 00:18:14.140
 inclination

00:18:14.140 --> 00:18:14.740
 to be

00:18:14.740 --> 00:18:15.260
 independent

00:18:15.260 --> 00:18:15.880
 and be

00:18:15.880 --> 00:18:16.380
 a master

00:18:16.380 --> 00:18:16.900
 of our

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 life.

00:18:18.400 --> 00:18:19.140
 That in

00:18:19.140 --> 00:18:19.820
 itself is

00:18:19.820 --> 00:18:20.820
 nothing wrong

00:18:20.820 --> 00:18:21.420
 about it.

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 However,

00:18:23.380 --> 00:18:23.580
 as

00:18:23.580 --> 00:18:24.280
 theologian

00:18:24.280 --> 00:18:24.880
 J.I.

00:18:24.940 --> 00:18:25.220
 Parker

00:18:25.220 --> 00:18:25.760
 put it,

00:18:27.600 --> 00:18:27.940
 if we

00:18:27.940 --> 00:18:28.460
 allow it

00:18:28.460 --> 00:18:29.920
 to become

00:18:29.920 --> 00:18:30.820
 an energy

00:18:30.820 --> 00:18:32.120
 of irrational,

00:18:32.600 --> 00:18:33.040
 negative,

00:18:33.240 --> 00:18:33.840
 and rebellious

00:18:33.840 --> 00:18:34.540
 reaction to

00:18:34.540 --> 00:18:35.120
 God's call

00:18:35.120 --> 00:18:35.680
 and command,

00:18:36.780 --> 00:18:37.400
 allowing it

00:18:37.400 --> 00:18:37.980
 to become

00:18:37.980 --> 00:18:38.700
 a spirit

00:18:38.700 --> 00:18:39.279
 of fighting

00:18:39.279 --> 00:18:39.880
 God in

00:18:39.880 --> 00:18:40.319
 order to

00:18:40.319 --> 00:18:40.620
 play

00:18:40.620 --> 00:18:41.019
 God,

00:18:41.940 --> 00:18:42.299
 we are

00:18:42.299 --> 00:18:42.640
 committing

00:18:42.640 --> 00:18:43.100
 sinful

00:18:43.100 --> 00:18:43.539
 acts.

00:18:44.600 --> 00:18:45.180
 The root

00:18:45.180 --> 00:18:45.720
 of sin

00:18:45.720 --> 00:18:46.779
 is pride

00:18:46.779 --> 00:18:47.840
 and enmity

00:18:47.840 --> 00:18:48.580
 against God.

00:18:49.380 --> 00:18:49.720
 Sinful

00:18:49.720 --> 00:18:50.380
 acts is

00:18:50.380 --> 00:18:50.920
 expression

00:18:50.920 --> 00:18:51.840
 of a

00:18:51.840 --> 00:18:52.220
 willful

00:18:52.220 --> 00:18:52.819
 opposition

00:18:52.819 --> 00:18:53.600
 of the

00:18:53.600 --> 00:18:53.900
 fallen

00:18:53.900 --> 00:18:54.299
 heart

00:18:54.299 --> 00:18:55.140
 to God's

00:18:55.140 --> 00:18:55.600
 claim on

00:18:55.600 --> 00:18:56.180
 our life.

00:18:59.160 --> 00:18:59.759
 However,

00:19:00.380 --> 00:19:00.620
 suffering

00:19:00.620 --> 00:19:01.240
 can also

00:19:01.240 --> 00:19:01.740
 be a

00:19:01.740 --> 00:19:03.019
 way of

00:19:03.019 --> 00:19:03.299
 God

00:19:03.299 --> 00:19:04.080
 working in

00:19:04.080 --> 00:19:04.480
 our life

00:19:04.480 --> 00:19:04.900
 to build

00:19:04.900 --> 00:19:05.360
 us up,

00:19:06.180 --> 00:19:06.759
 to make

00:19:06.759 --> 00:19:07.180
 sure what

00:19:07.180 --> 00:19:07.620
 we do

00:19:07.620 --> 00:19:08.160
 and say

00:19:08.160 --> 00:19:09.019
 warren

00:19:09.019 --> 00:19:10.500
 how others

00:19:10.500 --> 00:19:10.960
 think of

00:19:10.960 --> 00:19:11.220
 us.

00:19:13.039 --> 00:19:13.460
 As a

00:19:13.460 --> 00:19:13.880
 case for

00:19:13.880 --> 00:19:14.240
 Paul,

00:19:14.819 --> 00:19:15.240
 having a

00:19:15.240 --> 00:19:15.460
 great

00:19:15.460 --> 00:19:15.900
 surprising

00:19:15.900 --> 00:19:16.579
 experience

00:19:16.579 --> 00:19:17.880
 of visiting

00:19:17.880 --> 00:19:18.920
 paradise

00:19:18.920 --> 00:19:19.579
 can lead

00:19:19.579 --> 00:19:20.120
 to pride,

00:19:21.360 --> 00:19:21.839
 which will

00:19:21.839 --> 00:19:22.559
 develop in

00:19:22.559 --> 00:19:23.160
 different kinds

00:19:23.160 --> 00:19:23.660
 of scenes.

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 So God

00:19:25.160 --> 00:19:25.660
 gave him

00:19:25.660 --> 00:19:26.240
 a thorn

00:19:26.240 --> 00:19:26.900
 in his flesh

00:19:26.900 --> 00:19:27.579
 to keep

00:19:27.579 --> 00:19:28.180
 him humbled

00:19:28.180 --> 00:19:29.019
 and to

00:19:29.019 --> 00:19:29.460
 build his

00:19:29.460 --> 00:19:29.860
 character.

00:19:29.859 --> 00:19:33.419
 what would

00:19:33.419 --> 00:19:33.939
 people normally

00:19:33.939 --> 00:19:34.459
 do with

00:19:34.459 --> 00:19:34.839
 suffering?

00:19:35.659 --> 00:19:36.099
 Some will

00:19:36.099 --> 00:19:36.479
 try to

00:19:36.479 --> 00:19:37.099
 run away.

00:19:38.199 --> 00:19:38.500
 Some will

00:19:38.500 --> 00:19:38.819
 try to

00:19:38.819 --> 00:19:39.519
 ignore it.

00:19:40.379 --> 00:19:40.679
 Some may

00:19:40.679 --> 00:19:41.019
 try to

00:19:41.019 --> 00:19:41.819
 suppress it

00:19:41.819 --> 00:19:42.919
 by painkillers

00:19:42.919 --> 00:19:43.279
 or other

00:19:43.279 --> 00:19:43.719
 means,

00:19:44.219 --> 00:19:44.579
 like my

00:19:44.579 --> 00:19:44.919
 friend

00:19:44.919 --> 00:19:45.619
 treating

00:19:45.619 --> 00:19:46.139
 her kid.

00:19:47.539 --> 00:19:47.939
 Some may

00:19:47.939 --> 00:19:48.279
 look at

00:19:48.279 --> 00:19:48.740
 suffering

00:19:48.740 --> 00:19:49.599
 and say

00:19:49.599 --> 00:19:50.619
 suffering

00:19:50.619 --> 00:19:51.099
 is a

00:19:51.099 --> 00:19:51.479
 proof

00:19:51.479 --> 00:19:52.179
 that God

00:19:52.179 --> 00:19:52.599
 does not

00:19:52.599 --> 00:19:53.079
 exist.

00:19:53.740 --> 00:19:54.159
 And even

00:19:54.159 --> 00:19:54.439
 if he

00:19:54.439 --> 00:19:54.879
 exists,

00:19:55.219 --> 00:19:55.659
 he's not

00:19:55.659 --> 00:19:55.979
 loving.

00:19:56.659 --> 00:19:57.299
 Because how

00:19:57.299 --> 00:19:58.579
 would a

00:19:58.579 --> 00:19:59.219
 loving God

00:19:59.219 --> 00:19:59.779
 allow so

00:19:59.779 --> 00:20:00.319
 much pain

00:20:00.319 --> 00:20:00.940
 to exist.

00:20:03.160 --> 00:20:03.879
 What we

00:20:03.879 --> 00:20:04.259
 do or

00:20:04.259 --> 00:20:04.799
 say about

00:20:04.799 --> 00:20:05.460
 suffering

00:20:05.460 --> 00:20:06.319
 tell us

00:20:06.319 --> 00:20:07.220
 what we

00:20:07.220 --> 00:20:07.899
 know or

00:20:07.899 --> 00:20:08.240
 do not

00:20:08.240 --> 00:20:08.720
 know about

00:20:08.720 --> 00:20:09.099
 God.

00:20:10.200 --> 00:20:10.940
 We can

00:20:10.940 --> 00:20:11.639
 allow pain

00:20:11.639 --> 00:20:12.180
 and suffering

00:20:12.180 --> 00:20:13.160
 to push

00:20:13.160 --> 00:20:13.559
 you away

00:20:13.559 --> 00:20:14.139
 from God

00:20:14.139 --> 00:20:14.980
 or we

00:20:14.980 --> 00:20:15.420
 can allow

00:20:15.420 --> 00:20:16.220
 pain and

00:20:16.220 --> 00:20:16.579
 suffering

00:20:16.579 --> 00:20:17.379
 to draw

00:20:17.379 --> 00:20:17.960
 you closer

00:20:17.960 --> 00:20:18.460
 to God

00:20:18.460 --> 00:20:19.180
 like what

00:20:19.180 --> 00:20:19.519
 it did

00:20:19.519 --> 00:20:19.980
 to Paul.

00:20:22.680 --> 00:20:22.980
 You

00:20:22.980 --> 00:20:23.279
 will read

00:20:23.279 --> 00:20:23.680
 on from

00:20:23.680 --> 00:20:24.279
 verse 8.

00:20:24.799 --> 00:20:25.220
 Paul said

00:20:25.220 --> 00:20:26.139
 three times

00:20:26.139 --> 00:20:26.920
 I pleaded

00:20:26.920 --> 00:20:27.660
 with the

00:20:27.660 --> 00:20:28.460
 Lord to

00:20:28.460 --> 00:20:28.759
 take it

00:20:28.759 --> 00:20:29.180
 away from

00:20:29.180 --> 00:20:29.379
 me.

00:20:29.779 --> 00:20:30.879
 But he

00:20:30.879 --> 00:20:31.339
 said to

00:20:31.339 --> 00:20:31.599
 him,

00:20:32.039 --> 00:20:32.519
 to me,

00:20:33.139 --> 00:20:33.779
 my grace

00:20:33.779 --> 00:20:34.639
 is sufficient

00:20:34.639 --> 00:20:35.240
 for you,

00:20:36.079 --> 00:20:36.480
 for my

00:20:36.480 --> 00:20:37.160
 power is

00:20:37.160 --> 00:20:37.899
 made perfect

00:20:37.899 --> 00:20:38.599
 in weakness.

00:20:41.220 --> 00:20:42.000
 It's not

00:20:42.000 --> 00:20:42.539
 clear how

00:20:42.539 --> 00:20:43.180
 long Paul

00:20:43.180 --> 00:20:43.559
 had been

00:20:43.559 --> 00:20:44.460
 living with

00:20:44.460 --> 00:20:44.960
 the thorn

00:20:44.960 --> 00:20:45.279
 in his

00:20:45.279 --> 00:20:45.619
 flesh.

00:20:46.700 --> 00:20:47.279
 The best

00:20:47.279 --> 00:20:48.160
 estimate

00:20:48.160 --> 00:20:48.779
 would be

00:20:48.779 --> 00:20:49.720
 about 14

00:20:49.720 --> 00:20:50.099
 years.

00:20:51.559 --> 00:20:51.879
 And the

00:20:51.879 --> 00:20:52.200
 way he

00:20:52.200 --> 00:20:52.619
 said that

00:20:52.619 --> 00:20:53.200
 the message

00:20:53.200 --> 00:20:54.099
 of Satan

00:20:54.099 --> 00:20:54.740
 to torment

00:20:54.740 --> 00:20:55.099
 him,

00:20:56.379 --> 00:20:57.000
 it seems

00:20:57.000 --> 00:20:57.399
 to be

00:20:57.400 --> 00:20:58.259
 indicating

00:20:58.259 --> 00:20:58.940
 it will

00:20:58.940 --> 00:20:59.100
 be

00:20:59.100 --> 00:20:59.700
 ongoing.

00:21:01.440 --> 00:21:01.980
 Even at

00:21:01.980 --> 00:21:02.580
 this point

00:21:02.580 --> 00:21:03.220
 of sharing

00:21:03.220 --> 00:21:03.600
 with the

00:21:03.600 --> 00:21:03.960
 Corinthian

00:21:03.960 --> 00:21:04.380
 church,

00:21:05.420 --> 00:21:05.780
 he's

00:21:05.780 --> 00:21:06.200
 feeling the

00:21:06.200 --> 00:21:06.860
 pain right

00:21:06.860 --> 00:21:07.420
 there and

00:21:07.420 --> 00:21:07.680
 then.

00:21:09.320 --> 00:21:09.860
 And that

00:21:09.860 --> 00:21:10.580
 feeling is

00:21:10.580 --> 00:21:11.960
 compounded by

00:21:11.960 --> 00:21:12.519
 what he's

00:21:12.519 --> 00:21:13.340
 already feeling

00:21:13.340 --> 00:21:14.100
 for the

00:21:14.100 --> 00:21:14.500
 Corinthian

00:21:14.500 --> 00:21:14.900
 church,

00:21:15.300 --> 00:21:15.900
 shown in

00:21:15.900 --> 00:21:16.900
 1129.

00:21:18.560 --> 00:21:19.019
 Who is

00:21:19.019 --> 00:21:19.380
 weak?

00:21:19.780 --> 00:21:20.640
 And I do

00:21:20.640 --> 00:21:20.980
 not feel

00:21:20.980 --> 00:21:21.280
 weak.

00:21:22.140 --> 00:21:22.460
 Who is

00:21:22.460 --> 00:21:23.019
 led into

00:21:23.019 --> 00:21:23.460
 sin?

00:21:23.460 --> 00:21:23.920
 And I

00:21:23.920 --> 00:21:24.279
 do not

00:21:24.279 --> 00:21:24.799
 inwardly

00:21:24.799 --> 00:21:25.220
 burn.

00:21:27.660 --> 00:21:28.360
 I feel

00:21:28.360 --> 00:21:28.600
 very

00:21:28.600 --> 00:21:29.079
 challenged

00:21:29.079 --> 00:21:29.680
 recently

00:21:29.680 --> 00:21:30.620
 with a

00:21:30.620 --> 00:21:30.799
 few

00:21:30.799 --> 00:21:31.440
 sufferings

00:21:31.440 --> 00:21:31.840
 of

00:21:31.840 --> 00:21:32.400
 departure

00:21:32.400 --> 00:21:32.660
 and

00:21:32.660 --> 00:21:32.980
 loss.

00:21:34.299 --> 00:21:34.880
 On top

00:21:34.880 --> 00:21:35.319
 of that,

00:21:36.039 --> 00:21:36.279
 with the

00:21:36.279 --> 00:21:36.640
 ongoing

00:21:36.640 --> 00:21:37.240
 unrest in

00:21:37.240 --> 00:21:37.720
 Hong Kong,

00:21:38.779 --> 00:21:39.480
 combined it

00:21:39.480 --> 00:21:40.440
 with being

00:21:40.440 --> 00:21:41.019
 confronted

00:21:41.019 --> 00:21:42.180
 about not

00:21:42.180 --> 00:21:43.160
 being impartial

00:21:43.160 --> 00:21:43.680
 about this

00:21:43.680 --> 00:21:44.079
 issue,

00:21:45.039 --> 00:21:45.480
 and even

00:21:45.480 --> 00:21:46.500
 being unloving

00:21:46.500 --> 00:21:47.960
 towards what's

00:21:47.960 --> 00:21:48.500
 happening in

00:21:48.500 --> 00:21:49.000
 Hong Kong or

00:21:49.000 --> 00:21:49.420
 towards the

00:21:49.420 --> 00:21:49.900
 protesters.

00:21:49.900 --> 00:21:53.019
 And I

00:21:53.019 --> 00:21:53.480
 come to be

00:21:53.480 --> 00:21:54.220
 reminded of

00:21:54.220 --> 00:21:55.259
 my often

00:21:55.259 --> 00:21:56.540
 very patronizing

00:21:56.540 --> 00:21:57.420
 superiority

00:21:57.420 --> 00:21:58.140
 feeling towards

00:21:58.140 --> 00:21:59.380
 people during

00:21:59.380 --> 00:21:59.960
 a refreshing

00:21:59.960 --> 00:22:00.820
 in college.

00:22:02.320 --> 00:22:02.860
 And then

00:22:02.860 --> 00:22:03.340
 remembering

00:22:03.340 --> 00:22:04.259
 about 25

00:22:04.259 --> 00:22:05.160
 years ago,

00:22:05.820 --> 00:22:06.200
 a sister

00:22:06.200 --> 00:22:06.920
 stopped me

00:22:06.920 --> 00:22:07.360
 right in the

00:22:07.360 --> 00:22:07.680
 middle of

00:22:07.680 --> 00:22:08.259
 conversation

00:22:08.259 --> 00:22:10.800
 to tell me

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 stop patronizing

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 her.

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 I

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 consider those

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 as my

00:22:14.960 --> 00:22:15.560
 thorn in

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 my flesh,

00:22:17.640 --> 00:22:18.220
 a reminder

00:22:18.220 --> 00:22:18.680
 of how

00:22:18.680 --> 00:22:19.220
 sinful I

00:22:19.220 --> 00:22:19.440
 am.

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 We have

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 not been

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 told what

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 exactly the

00:22:23.759 --> 00:22:24.640
 thorn is

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 referring to

00:22:25.460 --> 00:22:26.480
 in this

00:22:26.480 --> 00:22:26.980
 passage.

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 It's good

00:22:29.259 --> 00:22:29.940
 we haven't

00:22:29.940 --> 00:22:30.540
 known it

00:22:30.540 --> 00:22:31.880
 because then

00:22:31.880 --> 00:22:32.180
 we can

00:22:32.180 --> 00:22:33.600
 freely relate

00:22:33.600 --> 00:22:34.600
 to Paul in

00:22:34.600 --> 00:22:35.259
 whatever way

00:22:35.259 --> 00:22:35.700
 we can.

00:22:38.080 --> 00:22:38.860
 But we

00:22:38.860 --> 00:22:39.400
 are shown

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 in how to

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 deal with

00:22:40.600 --> 00:22:40.820
 it.

00:22:43.460 --> 00:22:44.160
 As he

00:22:44.160 --> 00:22:44.580
 feels the

00:22:44.580 --> 00:22:45.140
 torment of

00:22:45.140 --> 00:22:45.560
 the thorn

00:22:45.560 --> 00:22:45.860
 in his

00:22:45.860 --> 00:22:46.200
 flesh,

00:22:47.200 --> 00:22:47.620
 as he

00:22:47.620 --> 00:22:48.040
 feels the

00:22:48.040 --> 00:22:48.759
 indignation

00:22:48.759 --> 00:22:49.660
 within his

00:22:49.660 --> 00:22:49.980
 heart,

00:22:50.680 --> 00:22:50.879
 Paul

00:22:50.879 --> 00:22:51.579
 recalls he

00:22:51.579 --> 00:22:52.000
 pleaded

00:22:52.000 --> 00:22:52.500
 with the

00:22:52.500 --> 00:22:52.740
 Lord.

00:22:53.559 --> 00:22:54.640
 Three times

00:22:54.640 --> 00:22:55.420
 he pleaded

00:22:55.420 --> 00:22:55.920
 with God

00:22:55.920 --> 00:22:56.559
 to take

00:22:56.559 --> 00:22:56.920
 the thorn

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 away.

00:22:59.339 --> 00:22:59.900
 His pain

00:22:59.900 --> 00:23:00.420
 and suffering

00:23:00.420 --> 00:23:00.779
 did not

00:23:00.779 --> 00:23:01.359
 drive him

00:23:01.359 --> 00:23:02.420
 to frustration

00:23:02.420 --> 00:23:03.200
 or despair.

00:23:04.099 --> 00:23:04.240
 It

00:23:04.240 --> 00:23:05.099
 drew him

00:23:05.099 --> 00:23:05.759
 closer to

00:23:05.759 --> 00:23:06.019
 God.

00:23:08.019 --> 00:23:08.599
 What is

00:23:08.599 --> 00:23:08.940
 your feeling

00:23:08.940 --> 00:23:09.259
 now?

00:23:10.839 --> 00:23:11.559
 Try to

00:23:11.559 --> 00:23:12.019
 relate to

00:23:12.019 --> 00:23:12.339
 Paul's

00:23:12.339 --> 00:23:12.799
 feeling in

00:23:12.799 --> 00:23:13.359
 whatever way

00:23:13.359 --> 00:23:13.900
 you can.

00:23:13.900 --> 00:23:14.980
 God

00:23:14.980 --> 00:23:17.080
 did not

00:23:17.080 --> 00:23:17.440
 change

00:23:17.440 --> 00:23:17.880
 Paul's

00:23:17.880 --> 00:23:18.440
 feeling

00:23:18.440 --> 00:23:18.780
 towards

00:23:18.780 --> 00:23:19.200
 God.

00:23:20.780 --> 00:23:20.960
 They

00:23:20.960 --> 00:23:21.259
 did not

00:23:21.259 --> 00:23:21.460
 make

00:23:21.460 --> 00:23:22.019
 Paul

00:23:22.019 --> 00:23:22.440
 doubt

00:23:22.440 --> 00:23:22.580
 the

00:23:22.580 --> 00:23:23.060
 ability

00:23:23.060 --> 00:23:23.300
 of

00:23:23.300 --> 00:23:23.600
 God.

00:23:24.380 --> 00:23:24.680
 He

00:23:24.680 --> 00:23:24.960
 knows

00:23:24.960 --> 00:23:25.180
 God

00:23:25.180 --> 00:23:25.400
 can

00:23:25.400 --> 00:23:25.680
 heal

00:23:25.680 --> 00:23:25.940
 him.

00:23:26.640 --> 00:23:26.759
 He

00:23:26.759 --> 00:23:26.980
 is

00:23:26.980 --> 00:23:27.480
 confident

00:23:27.480 --> 00:23:27.759
 that

00:23:27.759 --> 00:23:27.980
 God

00:23:27.980 --> 00:23:28.360
 can,

00:23:29.019 --> 00:23:29.420
 so he

00:23:29.420 --> 00:23:29.660
 asked

00:23:29.660 --> 00:23:29.840
 for

00:23:29.840 --> 00:23:30.200
 help.

00:23:31.220 --> 00:23:31.420
 And

00:23:31.420 --> 00:23:31.700
 what did

00:23:31.700 --> 00:23:31.880
 God

00:23:31.880 --> 00:23:32.160
 say to

00:23:32.160 --> 00:23:32.320
 him?

00:23:34.200 --> 00:23:34.380
 My

00:23:34.380 --> 00:23:34.860
 grace

00:23:34.860 --> 00:23:35.540
 is sufficient

00:23:35.540 --> 00:23:36.100
 for you,

00:23:36.840 --> 00:23:37.259
 for my

00:23:37.259 --> 00:23:37.960
 power is

00:23:37.960 --> 00:23:38.660
 made perfect

00:23:38.660 --> 00:23:38.880
 in

00:23:38.880 --> 00:23:39.280
 weakness.

00:23:39.279 --> 00:23:44.299
 God has a much better and greater solution

00:23:44.299 --> 00:23:45.720
 for Paul's pain and suffering

00:23:45.720 --> 00:23:47.420
 His grace

00:23:47.420 --> 00:23:49.799
 His sufficient grace

00:23:49.799 --> 00:23:52.319
 So what is grace?

00:23:54.160 --> 00:23:57.339
 Grace is God giving us what we do not deserve

00:23:57.339 --> 00:23:59.859
 We deserve to be punished

00:23:59.859 --> 00:24:03.220
 but instead we got a gift of forgiveness

00:24:03.220 --> 00:24:06.960
 in a real life that's filled with joy

00:24:06.960 --> 00:24:11.779
 It is a gift because we cannot work for it or earn it

00:24:11.779 --> 00:24:15.440
 Grace means God is not angry with us

00:24:15.440 --> 00:24:18.240
 because His anger has been assaulted

00:24:18.240 --> 00:24:21.380
 by the price of Jesus' life paid on the cross

00:24:21.380 --> 00:24:26.380
 Christ lives a perfect obedience life

00:24:26.380 --> 00:24:28.840
 and dies as a substitute for sinners

00:24:28.840 --> 00:24:30.539
 to take away our guilt

00:24:30.539 --> 00:24:34.480
 Some have said grace

00:24:34.480 --> 00:24:36.579
 G-R-A-C-E

00:24:36.579 --> 00:24:39.919
 as God's riches

00:24:39.919 --> 00:24:43.819
 are fallible at Christ's expense

00:24:43.819 --> 00:24:46.759
 God's riches

00:24:46.759 --> 00:24:50.199
 are fallible at Christ's expense

00:24:50.199 --> 00:24:53.099
 God said

00:24:53.099 --> 00:24:55.399
 My grace is sufficient for you

00:24:55.399 --> 00:24:59.319
 for my power is made perfect in weakness

00:24:59.319 --> 00:25:03.279
 Insufficient for Paul and for us

00:25:03.279 --> 00:25:05.099
 because God knows us

00:25:05.099 --> 00:25:07.859
 He knows what we are going through

00:25:07.859 --> 00:25:10.779
 God knows what we are going through

00:25:10.779 --> 00:25:13.119
 in no matter what we are experiencing

00:25:13.119 --> 00:25:15.879
 within our body or out of our body

00:25:15.879 --> 00:25:20.439
 Insufficient because God's grace is never ending

00:25:20.440 --> 00:25:23.799
 He knows exactly how much suffering we need

00:25:23.799 --> 00:25:25.600
 to deal with our pride

00:25:25.600 --> 00:25:28.039
 so to stop us from being considered

00:25:28.039 --> 00:25:34.960
 And so others will think of us exactly

00:25:34.960 --> 00:25:37.460
 as what we do and say warrant

00:25:37.460 --> 00:25:40.799
 God's grace is sufficient

00:25:40.799 --> 00:25:41.500
 God's grace is sufficient

00:25:41.500 --> 00:25:43.559
 and God is powerful

00:25:43.559 --> 00:25:46.759
 so we can totally entrust ourselves to Him

00:25:46.759 --> 00:25:48.319
 and depend on Him

00:25:48.319 --> 00:25:51.420
 even at the time that He did not answer our plea

00:25:51.420 --> 00:25:52.480
 as we have asked

00:25:52.480 --> 00:25:55.799
 My true talk experience

00:25:55.799 --> 00:25:57.579
 had taught me a lesson of dependency

00:25:57.579 --> 00:26:01.099
 I was already tired from all the pooling

00:26:01.099 --> 00:26:02.179
 before lunch

00:26:02.179 --> 00:26:04.139
 and after lunch I think

00:26:04.139 --> 00:26:06.379
 why would I be able to do a couple more courses

00:26:06.379 --> 00:26:06.779
 you know

00:26:06.779 --> 00:26:09.339
 to make sure I get the full value

00:26:09.339 --> 00:26:10.159
 of what I pay for

00:26:10.159 --> 00:26:13.159
 So I come to this course

00:26:13.159 --> 00:26:14.279
 What do you need to do?

00:26:14.619 --> 00:26:16.199
 You swing over to a big net

00:26:16.199 --> 00:26:18.839
 and once you swing over there

00:26:18.839 --> 00:26:19.439
 you climb up

00:26:19.439 --> 00:26:20.419
 and then you just keep going

00:26:20.419 --> 00:26:22.460
 So you know

00:26:22.460 --> 00:26:23.199
 it looks easy

00:26:23.199 --> 00:26:24.699
 I'm still

00:26:24.700 --> 00:26:26.819
 I'm tired

00:26:26.819 --> 00:26:27.740
 but still okay

00:26:27.740 --> 00:26:29.420
 So I swing over

00:26:29.420 --> 00:26:31.080
 and what happened?

00:26:31.440 --> 00:26:32.600
 I was at the bottom of the net

00:26:32.600 --> 00:26:34.700
 and now it's like

00:26:34.700 --> 00:26:35.980
 pull and pull and pull

00:26:35.980 --> 00:26:37.160
 I just couldn't get up

00:26:37.160 --> 00:26:38.380
 whole body

00:26:38.380 --> 00:26:38.779
 just like

00:26:38.779 --> 00:26:42.180
 So after about

00:26:42.180 --> 00:26:43.500
 two to three minutes

00:26:43.500 --> 00:26:44.380
 which is the longest

00:26:44.380 --> 00:26:45.180
 two to three minutes

00:26:45.180 --> 00:26:45.759
 I have felt

00:26:45.759 --> 00:26:48.380
 I did what everyone would do

00:26:48.380 --> 00:26:49.880
 and did what the instruction tell me

00:26:49.880 --> 00:26:50.840
 Help!

00:26:53.340 --> 00:26:54.480
 I was dangling

00:26:54.480 --> 00:26:56.120
 waiting for help

00:26:56.120 --> 00:26:58.140
 and I have to keep apologizing

00:26:58.140 --> 00:26:58.599
 people would say

00:26:58.599 --> 00:26:59.140
 oh sorry

00:26:59.140 --> 00:27:00.000
 sorry

00:27:00.000 --> 00:27:02.220
 so they have to move on

00:27:02.220 --> 00:27:02.839
 to the next course

00:27:02.839 --> 00:27:06.180
 Then the staff come to help me

00:27:06.180 --> 00:27:08.480
 He was a young man

00:27:08.480 --> 00:27:10.259
 and he was built like

00:27:10.259 --> 00:27:12.779
 Tim Reed or Paul Powell

00:27:12.779 --> 00:27:14.400
 both are not here today

00:27:14.400 --> 00:27:17.360
 Built a bit like Jeff

00:27:17.360 --> 00:27:18.680
 Would you mind standing up?

00:27:19.480 --> 00:27:20.579
 Imagine a young man

00:27:20.579 --> 00:27:21.460
 about that size

00:27:21.460 --> 00:27:22.599
 come and rescue me

00:27:22.599 --> 00:27:27.299
 I was so helpless

00:27:27.299 --> 00:27:28.059
 and embarrassed

00:27:28.059 --> 00:27:29.359
 that at this point

00:27:29.359 --> 00:27:30.399
 any help I can get

00:27:30.399 --> 00:27:31.179
 to get out of here

00:27:31.179 --> 00:27:32.659
 I'll accept it

00:27:32.659 --> 00:27:34.599
 That poor man

00:27:34.599 --> 00:27:35.759
 had struggled a lot

00:27:35.759 --> 00:27:36.899
 to finally lower me

00:27:36.899 --> 00:27:37.679
 down to the ground

00:27:37.679 --> 00:27:40.699
 A nice tree top experience

00:27:40.699 --> 00:27:41.399
 had ended up

00:27:41.399 --> 00:27:42.740
 being a painful experience

00:27:42.740 --> 00:27:44.319
 because I did not see

00:27:44.319 --> 00:27:45.339
 myself as weak

00:27:45.339 --> 00:27:48.139
 And then I was humbled

00:27:48.140 --> 00:27:50.700
 I was rescued by someone

00:27:50.700 --> 00:27:51.700
 that seems weak

00:27:51.700 --> 00:27:54.180
 but know what he's doing

00:27:54.180 --> 00:27:56.140
 and willing to go through

00:27:56.140 --> 00:27:57.640
 the pain to set me free

00:27:57.640 --> 00:28:01.220
 First I say

00:28:01.220 --> 00:28:02.819
 but he said to me

00:28:02.819 --> 00:28:05.440
 My grace is sufficient for you

00:28:05.440 --> 00:28:06.620
 for my power

00:28:06.620 --> 00:28:07.579
 is made perfect

00:28:07.579 --> 00:28:08.220
 in weakness

00:28:08.220 --> 00:28:09.579
 Therefore

00:28:09.579 --> 00:28:10.839
 I will boast

00:28:10.839 --> 00:28:11.400
 all the more

00:28:11.400 --> 00:28:11.839
 gladly

00:28:11.839 --> 00:28:13.180
 about my weaknesses

00:28:13.180 --> 00:28:14.960
 so that Christ's power

00:28:14.960 --> 00:28:15.980
 may rest on me

00:28:15.980 --> 00:28:17.500
 That is why

00:28:17.500 --> 00:28:18.860
 for Christ's sake

00:28:18.860 --> 00:28:20.460
 I delight in weaknesses

00:28:20.460 --> 00:28:21.460
 in weaknesses

00:28:21.460 --> 00:28:22.079
 in weaknesses

00:28:22.079 --> 00:28:43.600
 Apparently we got a

00:28:43.600 --> 00:28:44.799
 weak battery as well

00:28:44.799 --> 00:28:45.400
 just dying

00:28:45.400 --> 00:28:50.100
 Paul is glad

00:28:50.100 --> 00:28:51.720
 that he can boast

00:28:51.720 --> 00:28:52.620
 about his weaknesses

00:28:52.620 --> 00:28:54.340
 He is glad

00:28:54.340 --> 00:28:55.700
 that God's power

00:28:55.700 --> 00:28:56.700
 is made perfect

00:28:56.700 --> 00:28:57.840
 in his weakness

00:28:57.840 --> 00:28:59.720
 and God's grace

00:28:59.720 --> 00:29:00.440
 is sufficient

00:29:00.440 --> 00:29:02.500
 and do not leave him wanting

00:29:02.500 --> 00:29:05.519
 It is for that reason

00:29:05.519 --> 00:29:06.800
 that he delights

00:29:06.800 --> 00:29:07.660
 in weaknesses

00:29:07.660 --> 00:29:10.160
 in insults

00:29:10.160 --> 00:29:10.940
 in hardship

00:29:10.940 --> 00:29:12.700
 in persecution

00:29:12.700 --> 00:29:13.840
 and in difficulties

00:29:13.839 --> 00:29:15.959
 He feels delighted

00:29:15.959 --> 00:29:17.199
 facing these things

00:29:17.199 --> 00:29:18.519
 that make us feel

00:29:18.519 --> 00:29:19.359
 cringing

00:29:19.359 --> 00:29:20.619
 when we hear it

00:29:20.619 --> 00:29:23.519
 How are we

00:29:23.519 --> 00:29:24.279
 to delight

00:29:24.279 --> 00:29:25.839
 in those things?

00:29:27.659 --> 00:29:28.519
 We'll be able

00:29:28.519 --> 00:29:29.579
 to delight in those things

00:29:29.579 --> 00:29:30.419
 by boasting

00:29:30.419 --> 00:29:31.159
 all the more

00:29:31.159 --> 00:29:31.539
 gladly

00:29:31.539 --> 00:29:32.899
 about our own weaknesses

00:29:32.899 --> 00:29:36.240
 He delights in them

00:29:36.240 --> 00:29:36.679
 because

00:29:36.679 --> 00:29:38.639
 when he faces them

00:29:38.639 --> 00:29:39.639
 he's facing them

00:29:39.639 --> 00:29:41.679
 for the sake of Christ

00:29:41.679 --> 00:29:43.139
 with Christ's power

00:29:43.140 --> 00:29:44.200
 rested on him

00:29:44.200 --> 00:29:47.920
 He delights in weakness

00:29:47.920 --> 00:29:48.759
 insults

00:29:48.759 --> 00:29:49.360
 hardship

00:29:49.360 --> 00:29:50.580
 persecution

00:29:50.580 --> 00:29:51.900
 and difficulties

00:29:51.900 --> 00:29:53.400
 was actually

00:29:53.400 --> 00:29:54.380
 what make him

00:29:54.380 --> 00:29:55.100
 strong

00:29:55.100 --> 00:29:56.400
 because when he

00:29:56.400 --> 00:29:57.360
 delights in them

00:29:57.360 --> 00:29:59.200
 God's perfect power

00:29:59.200 --> 00:30:00.620
 which is Christ's

00:30:00.620 --> 00:30:01.280
 perfect power

00:30:01.280 --> 00:30:02.700
 come rest on him

00:30:02.700 --> 00:30:04.100
 and he become

00:30:04.100 --> 00:30:04.800
 empowered

00:30:04.800 --> 00:30:07.460
 Poor at knowledge

00:30:07.460 --> 00:30:08.620
 he links God

00:30:08.619 --> 00:30:10.179
 He relies

00:30:10.179 --> 00:30:11.059
 He relies

00:30:11.059 --> 00:30:11.839
 only on God's

00:30:11.839 --> 00:30:12.699
 sufficient grace

00:30:12.699 --> 00:30:13.479
 to handle

00:30:13.479 --> 00:30:14.019
 the thorn

00:30:14.019 --> 00:30:14.779
 in his life

00:30:14.779 --> 00:30:16.299
 He values

00:30:16.299 --> 00:30:17.859
 his supernatural

00:30:17.859 --> 00:30:18.759
 experience

00:30:18.759 --> 00:30:19.819
 with the right

00:30:19.819 --> 00:30:20.699
 perspective

00:30:20.699 --> 00:30:22.279
 without putting them

00:30:22.279 --> 00:30:23.259
 over and above

00:30:23.259 --> 00:30:23.699
 God

00:30:23.699 --> 00:30:24.539
 and become

00:30:24.539 --> 00:30:25.139
 conceited

00:30:25.139 --> 00:30:27.799
 Whatever you're feeling

00:30:27.799 --> 00:30:28.299
 in life

00:30:28.299 --> 00:30:29.179
 right now

00:30:29.179 --> 00:30:31.159
 maybe some

00:30:31.159 --> 00:30:31.619
 sin

00:30:31.619 --> 00:30:32.179
 that keeps

00:30:32.179 --> 00:30:32.959
 occurring

00:30:32.960 --> 00:30:35.600
 maybe you find

00:30:35.600 --> 00:30:36.279
 it very hard

00:30:36.279 --> 00:30:37.019
 to make sense

00:30:37.019 --> 00:30:37.460
 of this

00:30:37.460 --> 00:30:38.180
 Jesus

00:30:38.180 --> 00:30:39.180
 who called

00:30:39.180 --> 00:30:39.460
 God

00:30:39.460 --> 00:30:40.039
 his father

00:30:40.039 --> 00:30:41.680
 maybe you're

00:30:41.680 --> 00:30:42.240
 experiencing

00:30:42.240 --> 00:30:42.900
 the torment

00:30:42.900 --> 00:30:43.440
 of Satan

00:30:43.440 --> 00:30:44.279
 in your life

00:30:44.279 --> 00:30:46.319
 maybe there

00:30:46.319 --> 00:30:46.799
 are a lot

00:30:46.799 --> 00:30:47.440
 of shame

00:30:47.440 --> 00:30:48.519
 that makes you

00:30:48.519 --> 00:30:49.000
 feel like

00:30:49.000 --> 00:30:49.620
 dangling

00:30:49.620 --> 00:30:50.279
 midair

00:30:50.279 --> 00:30:52.619
 go to God

00:30:52.619 --> 00:30:53.839
 plead

00:30:53.839 --> 00:30:54.779
 your case

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 with him

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 plead

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 your case

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 with the Lord

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 be glad

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 you can

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 experience

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 weakness

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 insult

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 hardship

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 persecution

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 difficulties

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 the way

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 to become

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 strong

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 in Christ

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 is not

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 by having

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 a lot

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 of great

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 spiritual

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 experience

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 the last

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 sentence

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 of the passage

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 should they say

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 for when I am

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 weak

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 then I am

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 strong

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 there is a

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 sequence of

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 events

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 we are

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 strong

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 when we

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 acknowledge

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 our weakness

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 when you

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 are willing

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 to admit

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 you are weak

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 you will be

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 strong

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 because when

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 we acknowledge

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 we need

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 God's strength

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 it can

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 displace

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 in us

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 Amen