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 And before we have our reading this evening, I just want to make a few introductory comments

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 in relation to what we'll be talking about.

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 And I wanted to start with a word about the promises of God.

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 And I don't know whether you know this, and I slightly wonder about the kind of person

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 who would do this kind of exercise.

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 But there is a person who has calculated that in the whole of the Bible, there are 8,800 promises to believers.

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 And when you think about that, 8,800 promises to believers.

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 And I guess the thing about the promises of God is they're really great, and they're amazing.

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 And yet, some of you will imagine that you heard a promise from God, and it never came to pass.

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 I used to walk my dog with a lovely Christian woman who was utterly convinced that she would marry Cliff Richards.

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 And unfortunately, nobody had told Cliff Richards this, as far as I best know.

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 And I mean, when I say it, you know, I'm not trying to create mirth.

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 She truly, truly believed it.

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 And I mean, I'm going back 30 years now, I've no idea whether she still thinks that.

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 But she thought that God had promised her this.

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 Or again, another dear man who I was so privileged to have on the staff of the church in Cheshire Boys,

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 where I was the minister.

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 It's a man called Kenneth Buxton.

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 A man who came from, I don't know whether you're aware of this,

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 but there were two very dominant families in sort of 19th century evangelicalism.

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 The Barclays and the Buxtons.

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 And they both owned stately homes that they handed over for Christian work,

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 and gave and donated millions.

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 And Kenneth himself had been a medical missionary in the East Africa revival.

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 And I mean, I was even younger then.

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 And to have somebody of that depth and quality around was such a blessing to me.

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 And he came to me one day and said that their daughter lived in Winchester,

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 and they liked the idea of moving to Winchester,

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 because Christchurch Winchester kind of suited their theological predilections.

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 It's an evangelical church, and Kenneth's family were an evangelical family.

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 And so he came to me and said,

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 we found the house that we believe God has promised to us.

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 And things went on, you know,

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 forgive any lawyers that are in the house,

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 but, you know, you can take a while, frankly.

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 And so it went on, it went on and on.

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 And in the end, the whole thing collapsed.

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 I mean, this is a hugely mature Christian,

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 knocked me into a cock-tack then and now,

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 who had felt that God had given this promise,

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 and they'd worked along those lines.

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 I think the vendors were slightly out to manipulate that.

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 Kenneth thought it was a good idea to tell them

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 that they felt God had led them to this house.

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 They felt, oh, so we can keep charging more and more,

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 and he'll still pay.

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 It's a world in which we live, isn't it?

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 But when you think about the promises of God in your own lives,

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 I'm sure there will be people in the house tonight,

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 you don't have to shout out,

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 who have felt that God has promised things,

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 which it feels like they've been let down.

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 Have all those promises been spent?

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 Is there anything left for us in the 21st century?

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 Well, of course there is.

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 Some people have said to me they thought

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 that maybe all those promises have been used up

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 over the years of history.

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 I think there are two controlling factors

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 that we need to think about in relation to the promises of God.

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 One of them is a widely misunderstood,

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 and frankly, a lot of people feel let down by this.

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 I mean, even in our reading tonight,

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 the risen Christ says,

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 I'm going to come soon.

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 The word soon, I think,

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 is challenging,

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 because in our language,

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 it speaks very strongly of something imminent.

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 Of course, we're bound to interpret the word like that.

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 That's what it means in our understanding.

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 But of course, not every culture who stalk the planet

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 has a linear view of time.

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 And actually, the word soon

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 carries as much meaning as certain

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 as it does soon.

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 And I think that if you can kind of hold that thought,

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 you may save yourself a lot of theological sweat

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 wondering why some of the things

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 that Jesus said would happen soon

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 haven't yet happened.

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 The other controlling factor, of course,

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 is the faithfulness of the believer.

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 Do we believe God's promises?

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 Some of you more cerebral people

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 will be thinking to yourself,

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 well, you know, I need evidence.

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 Before I could really trust the promises,

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 I'm going to need evidence of that.

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 Somebody was telling me the other day

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 they were preaching about revelation.

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 I mean, the idea that God reveals himself.

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 And they were saying,

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 is revelation such a difficult thing

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 in our modern world

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 where people are taught

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 a kind of philosophical idea

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 called empiricism.

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 And that is,

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 I will only accept as true

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 those things that I can prove to be true

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 through my sensory perception.

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 Because the Bible inverts that totally.

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 Whereas the world says,

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 seeing is believing,

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 no, the Bible says,

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 believing is seeing.

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 You've got to take a step of faith

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 before God opens your eyes.

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 But I don't want you to leave here tonight

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 thinking,

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 oh my goodness,

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 if the promises of God rely on my faith,

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 I'm basically stuffed.

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 And I'll tell you why.

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 Because the New Testament,

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 Mark 11 in particular,

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 makes it very, very clear

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 that when the Bible's talking

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 about faithfulness,

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 it's not asking me to do

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 a kind of internal audit

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 and try and work out

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 how big is my faith.

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 No, the question for you is,

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 how big is my God?

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 Very different approach, I think.

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 Believing is seeing.

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 So the promises of God,

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 and what we'll see

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 in this letter to the church

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 in Philadelphia

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 is three remarkable promises

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 that the risen Christ

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 makes to the church

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 in Philadelphia.

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 Just a little word

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 about the church

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 in Philadelphia.

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 It is the modern city

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 in Turkey

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 of Al-Ashehir.

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 It was built

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 by Eumenes II,

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 but named after

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 his son,

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 Attalus.

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 Attalus II

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 was nicknamed

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 Philadelphos,

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 which is where

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 the city gets its

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 name from.

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 As far as cities go,

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 it was a bit like

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 the Milton Keynes

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 of the Middle East.

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 It had been built

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 relatively recently

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 compared to a lot

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 of the cities

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 that figure

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 in the Book of Revelation.

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 It was known to be

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 an area that grew

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 very fine grapes,

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 although I don't know

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 what your view

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 of Turkish wine is,

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 but my view is

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 it's just about

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 bearable in Turkey

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 but probably not worth

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 bringing it home.

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 But by reputation,

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 the grapes are very good.

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 Goodness knows

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 what they do with them,

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 but I mean,

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 you know,

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 they start off

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 with good raw materials.

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 Attalus II

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 handed the city

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 over to the Roman Empire.

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 And for a while,

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 the city was called

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 Neo-Caesarea.

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 It's a place

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 that is dogged

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 by earthquakes.

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 And remember,

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 last week,

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 we mentioned

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 a huge earthquake

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 in Turkey

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 which took place

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 in AD 17.

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 Well,

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 that same earthquake

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 did a lot of damage

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 in Philadelphia.

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 And it tells us

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 in verse 3

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 this sort of

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 slightly beguiling

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 phrase in there

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 that

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 I know your deeds.

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 Remember,

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 that's what the risen Christ

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 said to the church

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 in Ephesus.

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 I place before you

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 an open door.

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 Come back to all this.

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 I know that you have

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 little strength.

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 I mean,

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 I wonder what that means.

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 I'll tell you

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 what I think it means.

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 I think what it means is

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 it was not a big church.

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 If you go to

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 Al-As-Shehir today,

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 you can go to the site

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 where the basilica

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 that was the earliest

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 Christian church

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 was built.

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 It was just kind of

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 two piles of rocks now.

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 There's not much

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 that's worth seeing.

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 But I wonder

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 what the risen Christ

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 meant by this.

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 I know your deeds.

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 I see

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 place before you

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 an open door.

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 I know that you

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 have little strength.

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 Most of the commentators

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 on this passage

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 don't see that

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 as a criticism.

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 Did they mean

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 that there's very little

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 spiritual strength?

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 Well,

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 it would hardly be

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 a commendation,

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 would it?

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 And the rest of the

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 letter to the church

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 in Philadelphia

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 seems to be generally

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 encouraging

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 rather than discouraging.

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 I think it means

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 that the church

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 was small

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 and limited.

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 When it was handed

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 over to the Romans,

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 the first thing

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 they did was build

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 a massive temple

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 dedicated to the

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 emperor Tiberius.

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 And so it became

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 a kind of center

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 of the Roman cult.

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 Not long after

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 Christ ascended

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 into heaven.

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 I mean,

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 you may know this,

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 but it wasn't

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 part of Turkey

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 for a very long time.

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 It was part of Greece.

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 And in an effort

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 to kind of

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 undermine the Romans,

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 it became a center

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 where people

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 tried to enforce

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 Greek culture

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 on the people

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 who existed

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 in the city.

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 And apparently

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 did it very successfully.

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 I mean,

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 I admire that.

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 As somebody

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 who's been a bishop

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 for a year,

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 I can tell you

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 that changing culture

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 for 20 years,

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 changing culture

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 is a huge task.

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 Huge task.

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 And yet these people,

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 you know,

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 managed to offload

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 Greek culture

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 upon them.

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 It did make me think,

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 just finally,

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 by way of introduction,

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 it did make me think.

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 And I don't know

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 about you,

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 but it does feel like,

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 you know,

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 I've heard preachers,

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 I think I may have

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 done it myself

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 on occasions,

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 comparing the lot

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 of Christians

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 in 21st century

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 Great Britain

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 to the people

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 of God in exile

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 in the Old Testament.

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 It all feels

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 very strange.

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 You know,

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 what does it feel like

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 to be a stranger

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 in your own land,

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 as it were?

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 What must that

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 have been like

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 for the people

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 of Al-Shahir,

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 of Philadelphia?

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 what's it like

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 for us today?

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 And it does feel

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 a bit like,

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 I think you would

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 agree with me,

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 without going into

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 the realms

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 of controversiality,

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 that actually,

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 in the culture

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 that's going on

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 at the moment,

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 I'm not just talking

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 about woke stuff,

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 I mean the general

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 culture stuff,

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 not a lot of evidence

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 that the church

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 is kind of,

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 I don't want to

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 use the word winning,

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 but you know what

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 I mean if I say that.

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 So without much

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 more ado,

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 let's turn to the text

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 and I've asked Jim

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 if he'd come

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 and read to us

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 Revelation chapter 3

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 verses 7

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 through 13

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 and then we'll go

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 straight to the text.

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 Thanks Jim.

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 Thank you.

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 To the angel

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 of the church

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 in Philadelphia

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 writes,

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 These are the words

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 of him who is holy

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 and true,

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 who holds the key

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 of David.

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 What he opens

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 no one can shut

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 and what he shuts

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 no one can open.

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 I know your deeds,

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 see,

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 I have placed before you

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 an open door

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 that no one can shut.

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 I know that you

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 have little strength,

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 yet you have kept

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 my word

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 and have not denied

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 my name.

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 I will make those

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 who are of the

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 synagogue of Satan

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 who claim to be Jews

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 though they are not

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 but are liars.

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 I will make them

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 come and fall down

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 at your feet

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 and acknowledge

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 that I have loved you.

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 Since you have kept

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 my command

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 to endure patiently,

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 I will also keep you

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 from the hour of trial

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 that is going to come

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 on the whole world

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 to test the inhabitants

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 of the earth.

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 I am coming soon.

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 Hold on to what you have

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 so that no one

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 will take your crown.

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 the one who is victorious,

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 I will make a pillar

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 in the temple of my God.

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 Never again

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 will they leave it.

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 I will write on them

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 the name of my God

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 and the name of the city

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 of my God,

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 the new Jerusalem,

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 which is coming down

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 out of heaven

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 from my God.

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 And I will also write

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 on them my new name.

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 Whoever has ears,

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 let him hear

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 what the Spirit says

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 to the churches.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Thanks, Jim.

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 So,

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 what I want to try

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 and get across to you

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 tonight is

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 that the risen Christ

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 makes three

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 fundamental promises

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 to the people

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 of God.

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 The one is

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 they're promised

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 an open door.

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 the second one is

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 I will vindicate you

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 from your enemies.

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 And promise number three is

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 I will make your true identity

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 apparent to all.

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 So,

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 the promises

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 of the risen Christ,

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 we read

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 at the beginning

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 of the words,

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 we read this,

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 that these are the words

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 of him

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 who is holy

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 and true.

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 Holiness

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 is ascribed

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 to God

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 a tremendous amount

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 and you will know

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 that in Ephesians

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 chapter 5

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 and verse 1

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 we are

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 invited to be

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 imitators of God.

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 I don't think that means

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 that we're invited

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 to be little

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 tin pot gods

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 in our own right.

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 What I think it means

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 is

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 that we are to

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 emulate

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 the character of God

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 as revealed to us

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 in Jesus Christ.

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 Christ.

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 The word holiness

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 in our culture

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 I think

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 has something

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 of a mixed press.

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 When I was

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 a little boy

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 on Wednesdays

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 I went to

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 the same house

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 my mother's business

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 didn't allow her

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 to be around

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 on a Wednesday.

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 I'd go to the same house

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 and have tea

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 with my friend

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 Paul Raffo

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 whose father

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 owned a pub

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 which had a

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 it's a northern thing

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 a crowned green

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 bowling green

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 and we used to

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 play on that

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 for a bit

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 and do get up

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 to all kinds of pranks

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 and we'd come in

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 and before supper

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 we'd lie on the carpet

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 in front of the

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 black and white television

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 and watch

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 Lassie.

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 Anybody remember Lassie?

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 Do you?

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 Yeah

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 shows how old you are

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 and Lassie

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 I mean

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 two young lads

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 you know

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 we used to lie there

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 trying desperately

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 not to cry

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 at the moving bits

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 and then we'd have

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 she'd prepare supper

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 and every

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 time

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 every occasion

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 she would do

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 the same things

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 and that was

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 Heinz spaghetti

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 on toast

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 in tomato sauce

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 and it was very nice

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 the thing that puzzled me

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 was

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 I'd never seen this

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 before or since

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 but poor Raffo

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 always used to put

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 vinegar on his

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 spaghetti

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 that's not my point

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 my point is

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 one day

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 we came in early

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 and remember

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 there used to be

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 children's newsreel

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 on the telly

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 at five o'clock

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 and so we were

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 introduced to this

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 little Indian man

00:18:06.019 --> 00:18:07.059
 who was a sadhu

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 in Hindi

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 that means

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 a holy man

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 and this holy man

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 wasn't

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 he didn't have

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 a lot of clothes on

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 as I recall

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 he had kind of

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 slightly baggy underpants

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 and just arrived

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 in front of camera

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 wearing those

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 bowed at the camera

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 then he lay down

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 on the ground

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 and they put a door

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 on top of him

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 and then a London bus

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 came and drove over him

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 and then

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 they took the door

00:18:35.500 --> 00:18:35.799
 off him

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 and this little man

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 gets up and bows

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 to the camera

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 this is a holy man

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 right

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 this is my

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 seven year old

00:18:43.440 --> 00:18:44.180
 brain at work

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 if that's holiness

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 count me out

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 I can do without

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 not being run over

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 by a bus

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 this word holiness

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 doesn't occur

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 a huge amount

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 in the letters

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 in fact I think

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 this is the only

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 reference to God

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 as holy

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 and true

00:19:00.400 --> 00:19:02.880
 and we're reminded

00:19:02.880 --> 00:19:03.539
 aren't we

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 in a world

00:19:05.080 --> 00:19:05.940
 where truth

00:19:05.940 --> 00:19:06.580
 has adopted

00:19:06.580 --> 00:19:07.080
 a rather

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 subjective

00:19:07.940 --> 00:19:09.940
 definition

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 we are reminded

00:19:11.680 --> 00:19:12.980
 that Jesus Christ

00:19:12.980 --> 00:19:13.720
 who shows us

00:19:13.720 --> 00:19:14.580
 what God is like

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 said I am

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 the truth

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 the way

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 and the life

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 truth

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 is really

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 important

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 and I think

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 one of the things

00:19:25.519 --> 00:19:26.220
 that should really

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 trouble us

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 in our current

00:19:27.700 --> 00:19:28.180
 culture

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 is the way

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 that truth

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 has been

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 subjectified

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 so when

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 Meghan Markle

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 is being

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 interviewed

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 by Piers

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 Morgan

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 and Piers

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 Morgan

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 not an easy

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 chap I guess

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 says

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 calls her a liar

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 what's her

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 response

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 she said

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 well it's

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 my truth

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 as if truth

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 was subjective

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 that what I

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 believe to be

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 true

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 trumps what

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 you believe

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 to be true

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 the holy

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 one

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 and the one

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 who is true

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 who holds

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 the key

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 of David

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 interesting

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 turn of

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 phrase

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 I think

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 holding the

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 key of

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 David

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 sets what's

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 about to

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 follow

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 in what

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 scholars

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 call the

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 messianic

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 context

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 you don't

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 need to do

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 it now

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 but if you

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 were to turn

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 to Matthew's

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 gospel in

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 chapter 1

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 I mean

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 you know

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 in those

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 days when

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 we used

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 to have

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 we still

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 do some

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 of us

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 bible

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 reading notes

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 that kind

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 of took

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 us through

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 a whole

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 book in

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 one go

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 and most

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 many of

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 us I

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 think dreaded

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 the idea

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 you know

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 of having

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 to read

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 that long

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 genealogy

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 at the front

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 of Matthew's

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 gospel

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 it's very

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 important

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 because what

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 it's showing

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 is that

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 Jesus

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 is in the

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 line of

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 David

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 and Abraham

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 as a matter

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 of fact

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 and it

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 was prophesied

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 fairly consistently

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 in the

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 Old Testament

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 that the

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 Messiah would

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 be related

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 to David

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 that's why

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 it's important

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 especially to

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 a gospel

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 written for

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 Jewish people

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 to make that

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 link very

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 very clear

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 so next time

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 you read it

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 don't close

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 your eyes

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 and think

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 of England

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 read it

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 you know

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 say this is

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 this is making

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 a very important

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 point about

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 who Jesus

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 is

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 and what

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 it means

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 is that

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 the risen

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 Christ

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 is the

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 key

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 to God's

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 kingdom

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 and will

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 in the

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 end

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 come to

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 that

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 in the

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 end

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 will

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 separate

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 those

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 who are

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 saved

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 that is

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 Jews

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 who accept

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 Jesus

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 as Messiah

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 and born

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 again

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 Gentiles

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 for

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 eternity

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 you are

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 not saved

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 for as long

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 as you

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 kind of

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 retain your

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 habit of

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 going to

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 church

00:21:47.460 --> 00:21:49.620
 now the

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 scripture says

00:21:50.279 --> 00:21:51.059
 that you

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 are saved

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 for eternity

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 and it is

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 only Jesus

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 who opens

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 and shuts

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 the doors

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 that's his

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 authority

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 now the first

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 promise we read

00:22:05.299 --> 00:22:06.600
 in chapter

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 3 and

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 verse 8

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 I know

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 you did

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 see I placed

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 before you an

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 open door

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 that no one

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 can shut

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 I know

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 you have

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 little strength

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 that you

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 have kept

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 my word

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 and have

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 not denied

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 my name

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 this idea

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 of the

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 open door

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 we find

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 has two

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 very distinct

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 interpretations

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 throughout history

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 one is

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 that the

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 open door

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 is the

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 missionary

00:22:35.960 --> 00:22:36.680
 challenge

00:22:36.680 --> 00:22:37.100
 to the

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 church

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 Acts chapter

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 16

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 and verse

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 8

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 we read

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 these words

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 if I can

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 turn them up

00:22:46.079 --> 00:22:46.340
 for you

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 quickly

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 Acts 16

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 verse 8

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 it says

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 Paul and

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 his companions

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 travel through

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 the region

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 of Phrygia

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 and Galatia

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 having been

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 kept by the

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 Holy Spirit

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 from preaching

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 the word

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 of God

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 in the

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 province

00:23:03.639 --> 00:23:04.339
 of Asia

00:23:04.339 --> 00:23:06.779
 that seems

00:23:06.779 --> 00:23:07.139
 to have been

00:23:07.139 --> 00:23:07.500
 a door

00:23:07.500 --> 00:23:07.899
 that the

00:23:07.899 --> 00:23:08.719
 risen Christ

00:23:08.719 --> 00:23:09.879
 closed

00:23:09.879 --> 00:23:11.279
 for Paul

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 and his

00:23:12.119 --> 00:23:12.639
 colleagues

00:23:12.639 --> 00:23:14.119
 and in

00:23:14.119 --> 00:23:15.079
 Matthew 28

00:23:15.079 --> 00:23:15.899
 we're told

00:23:15.899 --> 00:23:17.479
 to go

00:23:17.479 --> 00:23:18.079
 into all

00:23:18.079 --> 00:23:18.699
 the world

00:23:18.699 --> 00:23:19.799
 Jesus says

00:23:19.799 --> 00:23:20.579
 all authority

00:23:20.579 --> 00:23:21.019
 in heaven

00:23:21.019 --> 00:23:21.459
 on earth

00:23:21.459 --> 00:23:21.839
 has been

00:23:21.839 --> 00:23:22.419
 given to me

00:23:22.419 --> 00:23:23.299
 go into

00:23:23.299 --> 00:23:23.740
 all the

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 world

00:23:24.099 --> 00:23:26.419
 and

00:23:26.419 --> 00:23:28.919
 still today

00:23:28.919 --> 00:23:29.980
 a lot of

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 churches

00:23:30.779 --> 00:23:32.259
 usually

00:23:32.259 --> 00:23:32.980
 fairly

00:23:32.980 --> 00:23:33.639
 conservative

00:23:33.639 --> 00:23:34.319
 churches

00:23:34.319 --> 00:23:35.319
 understand

00:23:35.319 --> 00:23:35.939
 the open

00:23:35.939 --> 00:23:36.319
 door

00:23:36.319 --> 00:23:36.819
 to be

00:23:36.819 --> 00:23:37.439
 the missionary

00:23:37.439 --> 00:23:38.059
 challenge

00:23:38.059 --> 00:23:38.439
 to the

00:23:38.439 --> 00:23:38.859
 church

00:23:38.859 --> 00:23:40.659
 there are

00:23:40.659 --> 00:23:41.159
 a group

00:23:41.159 --> 00:23:41.779
 of people

00:23:41.779 --> 00:23:42.599
 some of you

00:23:42.599 --> 00:23:43.179
 maybe some

00:23:43.179 --> 00:23:43.599
 of them

00:23:43.599 --> 00:23:44.279
 called

00:23:44.279 --> 00:23:45.679
 dispensationalists

00:23:45.679 --> 00:23:46.480
 who believe

00:23:46.480 --> 00:23:48.039
 that history

00:23:48.039 --> 00:23:48.839
 is divided

00:23:48.839 --> 00:23:49.779
 into different

00:23:49.779 --> 00:23:51.359
 dispensations

00:23:51.359 --> 00:23:52.219
 and each

00:23:52.219 --> 00:23:53.059
 dispensation

00:23:53.059 --> 00:23:54.480
 is marked

00:23:54.480 --> 00:23:56.679
 by a

00:23:56.679 --> 00:23:57.159
 different

00:23:57.159 --> 00:23:58.599
 characteristic

00:23:58.599 --> 00:23:59.099
 and I'll

00:23:59.099 --> 00:23:59.639
 just show you

00:23:59.639 --> 00:24:00.079
 a slide

00:24:00.079 --> 00:24:00.599
 about that

00:24:00.599 --> 00:24:01.279
 in a moment

00:24:01.279 --> 00:24:02.539
 the other

00:24:02.539 --> 00:24:03.220
 interpretation

00:24:03.220 --> 00:24:04.639
 is that the

00:24:04.639 --> 00:24:05.399
 open door

00:24:05.399 --> 00:24:06.179
 is a reminder

00:24:06.179 --> 00:24:06.859
 that those

00:24:06.859 --> 00:24:07.419
 of us who

00:24:07.419 --> 00:24:08.339
 trust Christ

00:24:08.339 --> 00:24:09.859
 have access

00:24:09.859 --> 00:24:10.419
 to God

00:24:10.419 --> 00:24:10.940
 the Father

00:24:10.940 --> 00:24:13.240
 you remember

00:24:13.240 --> 00:24:13.980
 when Jesus

00:24:13.980 --> 00:24:14.940
 died on the

00:24:14.940 --> 00:24:15.539
 cross of

00:24:15.539 --> 00:24:16.119
 Calvary

00:24:16.119 --> 00:24:17.319
 at the moment

00:24:17.319 --> 00:24:17.859
 he died

00:24:17.859 --> 00:24:18.480
 the curtain

00:24:18.480 --> 00:24:19.200
 in the temple

00:24:19.200 --> 00:24:20.619
 was rent

00:24:20.619 --> 00:24:21.179
 asunder

00:24:21.179 --> 00:24:22.659
 split in

00:24:22.659 --> 00:24:23.059
 half

00:24:23.059 --> 00:24:25.719
 until that

00:24:25.719 --> 00:24:26.199
 point

00:24:26.199 --> 00:24:27.759
 access to

00:24:27.759 --> 00:24:28.039
 God

00:24:28.039 --> 00:24:28.339
 had been

00:24:28.339 --> 00:24:29.059
 very limited

00:24:29.059 --> 00:24:30.599
 so just

00:24:30.599 --> 00:24:31.559
 a moment

00:24:31.559 --> 00:24:33.079
 the dispensationalist

00:24:33.079 --> 00:24:33.939
 this is the

00:24:33.939 --> 00:24:35.559
 this is the

00:24:35.559 --> 00:24:36.079
 framework

00:24:36.079 --> 00:24:37.439
 that dispensationalists

00:24:37.439 --> 00:24:37.899
 put

00:24:37.899 --> 00:24:39.319
 over the

00:24:39.319 --> 00:24:40.099
 seven churches

00:24:40.099 --> 00:24:40.899
 that we've

00:24:40.899 --> 00:24:41.599
 been talking

00:24:41.599 --> 00:24:42.019
 about

00:24:42.019 --> 00:24:42.859
 and part of

00:24:42.859 --> 00:24:43.059
 me

00:24:43.059 --> 00:24:44.419
 scolds myself

00:24:44.419 --> 00:24:44.799
 for not

00:24:44.799 --> 00:24:45.500
 mentioning this

00:24:45.500 --> 00:24:45.859
 to you

00:24:45.859 --> 00:24:46.259
 early

00:24:46.259 --> 00:24:47.799
 the first

00:24:47.799 --> 00:24:48.400
 one is

00:24:48.400 --> 00:24:49.279
 the church

00:24:49.279 --> 00:24:50.079
 in Ephesus

00:24:50.079 --> 00:24:50.839
 we're told

00:24:50.839 --> 00:24:51.180
 is the

00:24:51.180 --> 00:24:52.099
 apostolic age

00:24:52.099 --> 00:24:52.420
 there are

00:24:52.420 --> 00:24:53.019
 dates with

00:24:53.019 --> 00:24:53.279
 this

00:24:53.279 --> 00:24:53.660
 so you

00:24:53.660 --> 00:24:54.319
 can look

00:24:54.319 --> 00:24:54.799
 at those

00:24:54.799 --> 00:24:55.759
 the church

00:24:55.759 --> 00:24:56.579
 of Smyrna

00:24:56.579 --> 00:24:57.319
 was the

00:24:57.319 --> 00:24:58.440
 dispensation

00:24:58.440 --> 00:24:58.980
 of the

00:24:58.980 --> 00:24:59.619
 persecuted

00:24:59.619 --> 00:25:00.240
 church

00:25:00.240 --> 00:25:01.079
 the church

00:25:01.079 --> 00:25:01.900
 of Pergamum

00:25:01.900 --> 00:25:02.619
 was the

00:25:02.619 --> 00:25:03.379
 state church

00:25:03.379 --> 00:25:03.900
 remember

00:25:03.900 --> 00:25:04.339
 that

00:25:04.339 --> 00:25:06.039
 the emperor

00:25:06.039 --> 00:25:06.619
 declared

00:25:06.619 --> 00:25:07.119
 the Roman

00:25:07.119 --> 00:25:07.480
 Empire

00:25:07.480 --> 00:25:07.839
 to be

00:25:07.839 --> 00:25:08.400
 the Holy

00:25:08.400 --> 00:25:09.299
 Roman Empire

00:25:09.299 --> 00:25:10.359
 and that

00:25:10.359 --> 00:25:10.879
 existed

00:25:10.879 --> 00:25:11.440
 for

00:25:11.440 --> 00:25:12.940
 nearly

00:25:12.940 --> 00:25:14.039
 300 years

00:25:14.039 --> 00:25:14.559
 before it

00:25:14.559 --> 00:25:15.160
 came to an

00:25:15.160 --> 00:25:15.480
 end

00:25:15.480 --> 00:25:16.460
 largely

00:25:16.460 --> 00:25:16.960
 thanks to

00:25:16.960 --> 00:25:17.759
 the Visigoths

00:25:17.759 --> 00:25:20.599
 the church

00:25:20.599 --> 00:25:21.559
 in Thyatira

00:25:21.559 --> 00:25:22.120
 is the

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 papal

00:25:22.559 --> 00:25:23.140
 church

00:25:23.140 --> 00:25:26.559
 AD 590

00:25:26.559 --> 00:25:27.880
 to 1517

00:25:27.880 --> 00:25:29.299
 Sardis

00:25:29.299 --> 00:25:30.019
 the reform

00:25:30.019 --> 00:25:30.680
 church

00:25:30.680 --> 00:25:31.599
 Philadelphia

00:25:31.599 --> 00:25:32.559
 the missionary

00:25:32.559 --> 00:25:33.140
 church

00:25:33.140 --> 00:25:33.759
 if you go

00:25:33.759 --> 00:25:34.059
 with the

00:25:34.059 --> 00:25:35.019
 dispensationalist

00:25:35.019 --> 00:25:35.720
 understanding

00:25:35.720 --> 00:25:36.400
 of the open

00:25:36.400 --> 00:25:36.799
 door

00:25:36.799 --> 00:25:38.620
 and Laodicea

00:25:38.620 --> 00:25:39.099
 was the

00:25:39.099 --> 00:25:39.880
 apostate

00:25:39.880 --> 00:25:40.400
 church

00:25:40.400 --> 00:25:41.019
 I'll talk

00:25:41.019 --> 00:25:41.500
 about that

00:25:41.500 --> 00:25:42.160
 next week

00:25:42.160 --> 00:25:43.420
 apostate

00:25:43.420 --> 00:25:43.980
 means

00:25:43.980 --> 00:25:45.180
 that they

00:25:45.180 --> 00:25:46.019
 allow their

00:25:46.019 --> 00:25:46.400
 faith

00:25:46.400 --> 00:25:46.920
 to become

00:25:46.920 --> 00:25:47.460
 mingled

00:25:47.460 --> 00:25:47.960
 with all

00:25:47.960 --> 00:25:48.680
 kinds of

00:25:48.680 --> 00:25:49.740
 poor ideas

00:25:49.740 --> 00:25:50.220
 that are

00:25:50.220 --> 00:25:50.660
 not

00:25:50.660 --> 00:25:51.259
 biblical

00:25:51.259 --> 00:25:55.320
 so the

00:25:55.320 --> 00:25:56.000
 alternative

00:25:56.000 --> 00:25:57.039
 interpretation

00:25:57.039 --> 00:25:57.500
 to the

00:25:57.500 --> 00:25:58.600
 dispensationalist

00:25:58.600 --> 00:25:59.500
 interpretation

00:25:59.500 --> 00:26:00.720
 is Jesus

00:26:00.720 --> 00:26:01.759
 talking

00:26:01.759 --> 00:26:04.320
 about access

00:26:04.320 --> 00:26:05.500
 into the

00:26:05.500 --> 00:26:06.000
 father's

00:26:06.000 --> 00:26:06.580
 presence

00:26:06.580 --> 00:26:08.620
 lovely verse

00:26:08.620 --> 00:26:09.519
 in Ephesians

00:26:09.519 --> 00:26:10.480
 chapter 2

00:26:10.480 --> 00:26:11.839
 and verse

00:26:11.839 --> 00:26:12.480
 19

00:26:12.480 --> 00:26:14.079
 where the

00:26:14.079 --> 00:26:14.460
 great

00:26:14.460 --> 00:26:15.460
 apostle

00:26:15.460 --> 00:26:17.420
 says this

00:26:17.420 --> 00:26:24.539
 consequently

00:26:24.539 --> 00:26:25.620
 you are

00:26:25.620 --> 00:26:26.279
 no longer

00:26:26.279 --> 00:26:26.779
 foreigners

00:26:26.779 --> 00:26:27.339
 and aliens

00:26:27.339 --> 00:26:27.980
 but fellow

00:26:27.980 --> 00:26:28.420
 citizens

00:26:28.420 --> 00:26:29.140
 with God's

00:26:29.140 --> 00:26:29.519
 people

00:26:29.519 --> 00:26:30.180
 and members

00:26:30.180 --> 00:26:30.720
 of God's

00:26:30.720 --> 00:26:31.299
 household

00:26:31.299 --> 00:26:32.559
 built on

00:26:32.559 --> 00:26:33.400
 the foundation

00:26:33.400 --> 00:26:33.759
 of the

00:26:33.759 --> 00:26:34.180
 apostles

00:26:34.180 --> 00:26:34.900
 and prophets

00:26:34.900 --> 00:26:35.599
 with Christ

00:26:35.599 --> 00:26:36.019
 Jesus

00:26:36.019 --> 00:26:36.659
 himself

00:26:36.659 --> 00:26:37.839
 as the

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 chief

00:26:38.299 --> 00:26:39.699
 cornerstone

00:26:39.699 --> 00:26:44.059
 did I

00:26:44.059 --> 00:26:44.359
 say

00:26:44.359 --> 00:26:45.719
 I've got

00:26:45.719 --> 00:26:46.039
 that wrong

00:26:46.039 --> 00:26:46.379
 sorry I

00:26:46.379 --> 00:26:46.539
 meant

00:26:46.539 --> 00:26:47.079
 Hebrews

00:26:47.079 --> 00:26:47.879
 chapter 10

00:26:47.879 --> 00:26:48.299
 and verse

00:26:48.299 --> 00:26:48.779
 19

00:26:48.779 --> 00:26:49.939
 not Ephesians

00:26:49.939 --> 00:26:51.240
 forgive me

00:26:51.240 --> 00:26:54.559
 Hebrews

00:26:54.559 --> 00:26:55.480
 chapter 10

00:26:55.480 --> 00:26:56.259
 and verse

00:26:56.259 --> 00:26:57.059
 19

00:26:57.059 --> 00:26:58.579
 we read

00:26:58.579 --> 00:26:58.819
 this

00:26:58.819 --> 00:26:59.199
 therefore

00:26:59.199 --> 00:26:59.639
 brothers

00:26:59.639 --> 00:27:00.139
 since we

00:27:00.139 --> 00:27:00.919
 have confidence

00:27:00.919 --> 00:27:01.740
 to enter the

00:27:01.740 --> 00:27:02.319
 most holy

00:27:02.319 --> 00:27:03.299
 place by the

00:27:03.299 --> 00:27:03.699
 blood of

00:27:03.700 --> 00:27:04.100
 Jesus

00:27:04.100 --> 00:27:05.340
 by a new

00:27:05.340 --> 00:27:05.759
 and living

00:27:05.759 --> 00:27:06.120
 way

00:27:06.120 --> 00:27:06.779
 open for

00:27:06.779 --> 00:27:06.980
 us

00:27:06.980 --> 00:27:07.420
 through the

00:27:07.420 --> 00:27:07.840
 curtain

00:27:07.840 --> 00:27:08.740
 that is

00:27:08.740 --> 00:27:09.400
 his body

00:27:09.400 --> 00:27:11.400
 what the

00:27:11.400 --> 00:27:11.960
 writer of

00:27:11.960 --> 00:27:12.700
 the epistle

00:27:12.700 --> 00:27:13.120
 to the

00:27:13.120 --> 00:27:13.480
 Hebrews

00:27:13.480 --> 00:27:14.140
 is telling

00:27:14.140 --> 00:27:14.539
 us

00:27:14.539 --> 00:27:16.319
 is that

00:27:16.319 --> 00:27:17.400
 the miracle

00:27:17.400 --> 00:27:19.019
 apart from

00:27:19.019 --> 00:27:19.720
 our forgiveness

00:27:19.720 --> 00:27:20.660
 the miracle

00:27:20.660 --> 00:27:22.440
 of

00:27:22.440 --> 00:27:23.539
 atonement

00:27:23.539 --> 00:27:24.920
 is that

00:27:24.920 --> 00:27:25.799
 Jesus

00:27:25.799 --> 00:27:26.940
 has opened

00:27:26.940 --> 00:27:27.340
 the way

00:27:27.340 --> 00:27:27.980
 for all

00:27:27.980 --> 00:27:28.500
 believers

00:27:28.500 --> 00:27:30.400
 to

00:27:30.400 --> 00:27:31.720
 have access

00:27:31.720 --> 00:27:32.400
 to God

00:27:32.400 --> 00:27:37.820
 I think

00:27:37.820 --> 00:27:38.360
 that

00:27:38.360 --> 00:27:41.700
 it's true

00:27:41.700 --> 00:27:42.240
 to say

00:27:42.240 --> 00:27:42.660
 that in

00:27:42.660 --> 00:27:43.040
 the Old

00:27:43.040 --> 00:27:43.540
 Testament

00:27:43.540 --> 00:27:44.360
 access to

00:27:44.360 --> 00:27:44.720
 God

00:27:44.720 --> 00:27:46.040
 was limited

00:27:46.040 --> 00:27:46.840
 to a few

00:27:46.840 --> 00:27:47.340
 people

00:27:47.340 --> 00:27:48.600
 for particular

00:27:48.600 --> 00:27:49.360
 projects

00:27:49.360 --> 00:27:50.740
 thinking about

00:27:50.740 --> 00:27:51.240
 Moses

00:27:51.240 --> 00:27:52.100
 you know

00:27:52.100 --> 00:27:53.080
 Moses

00:27:53.080 --> 00:27:54.340
 meets God

00:27:54.340 --> 00:27:54.640
 in the

00:27:54.640 --> 00:27:55.440
 burning bush

00:27:55.440 --> 00:27:56.420
 and

00:27:56.420 --> 00:27:58.540
 God gives

00:27:58.540 --> 00:27:58.860
 him his

00:27:58.860 --> 00:27:59.400
 assignment

00:27:59.400 --> 00:27:59.920
 you know

00:27:59.920 --> 00:28:00.380
 kind of

00:28:00.380 --> 00:28:01.000
 small job

00:28:01.000 --> 00:28:01.420
 lead your

00:28:01.420 --> 00:28:02.000
 people out

00:28:02.000 --> 00:28:02.519
 of slavery

00:28:02.519 --> 00:28:03.180
 in Egypt

00:28:03.180 --> 00:28:04.560
 Moses

00:28:04.560 --> 00:28:05.140
 not too

00:28:05.140 --> 00:28:05.440
 sure

00:28:05.440 --> 00:28:06.160
 about that

00:28:06.160 --> 00:28:08.060
 and then

00:28:08.060 --> 00:28:08.360
 God

00:28:08.360 --> 00:28:08.960
 so Moses

00:28:08.960 --> 00:28:09.300
 says

00:28:09.300 --> 00:28:10.080
 I'm not a

00:28:10.080 --> 00:28:10.800
 great speaker

00:28:10.800 --> 00:28:12.220
 so God

00:28:12.220 --> 00:28:12.580
 says well

00:28:12.580 --> 00:28:13.080
 I'll give you

00:28:13.080 --> 00:28:13.380
 Aaron

00:28:13.380 --> 00:28:14.039
 I mean

00:28:14.039 --> 00:28:14.680
 my goodness

00:28:14.680 --> 00:28:15.340
 Aaron was a

00:28:15.340 --> 00:28:15.640
 bit of a

00:28:15.640 --> 00:28:16.259
 mixed blessing

00:28:16.259 --> 00:28:16.800
 wasn't he

00:28:16.800 --> 00:28:18.600
 so this

00:28:18.600 --> 00:28:19.279
 business of

00:28:19.279 --> 00:28:20.019
 access to

00:28:20.019 --> 00:28:20.380
 God

00:28:20.380 --> 00:28:21.800
 is a

00:28:21.800 --> 00:28:22.200
 blessing

00:28:22.200 --> 00:28:22.660
 that I'm

00:28:22.660 --> 00:28:23.100
 not sure

00:28:23.100 --> 00:28:23.600
 we think

00:28:23.600 --> 00:28:23.960
 about

00:28:23.960 --> 00:28:24.720
 enough

00:28:24.720 --> 00:28:27.519
 the Old

00:28:27.519 --> 00:28:27.980
 Testament

00:28:27.980 --> 00:28:28.940
 particular

00:28:28.940 --> 00:28:29.420
 people

00:28:29.420 --> 00:28:29.720
 for

00:28:29.720 --> 00:28:30.339
 particular

00:28:30.339 --> 00:28:31.759
 assignments

00:28:31.759 --> 00:28:32.360
 King

00:28:32.360 --> 00:28:32.819
 David

00:28:32.819 --> 00:28:33.140
 you know

00:28:33.140 --> 00:28:33.519
 danced

00:28:33.519 --> 00:28:34.120
 before the

00:28:34.120 --> 00:28:34.400
 Lord

00:28:34.400 --> 00:28:34.740
 in the

00:28:34.740 --> 00:28:35.120
 spirit

00:28:35.120 --> 00:28:36.600
 and

00:28:36.600 --> 00:28:37.380
 seemed to

00:28:37.380 --> 00:28:38.120
 meet with

00:28:38.120 --> 00:28:38.339
 God

00:28:38.339 --> 00:28:38.620
 in a

00:28:38.620 --> 00:28:39.000
 particular

00:28:39.000 --> 00:28:39.360
 way

00:28:39.360 --> 00:28:40.100
 but now

00:28:40.100 --> 00:28:41.799
 says the

00:28:41.799 --> 00:28:42.240
 writer of

00:28:42.240 --> 00:28:42.640
 the epistle

00:28:42.640 --> 00:28:43.000
 to the

00:28:43.000 --> 00:28:43.339
 Hebrews

00:28:43.339 --> 00:28:43.920
 now

00:28:43.920 --> 00:28:44.799
 if you

00:28:44.799 --> 00:28:45.400
 go with

00:28:45.400 --> 00:28:46.140
 the access

00:28:46.140 --> 00:28:46.920
 interpretation

00:28:46.920 --> 00:28:47.480
 of the

00:28:47.480 --> 00:28:48.140
 open door

00:28:48.140 --> 00:28:48.880
 now

00:28:48.880 --> 00:28:50.040
 all of

00:28:50.040 --> 00:28:50.300
 you

00:28:50.300 --> 00:28:51.140
 if you

00:28:51.140 --> 00:28:51.340
 are

00:28:51.340 --> 00:28:51.760
 followers

00:28:51.760 --> 00:28:52.000
 of

00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:52.300
 Jesus

00:28:52.300 --> 00:28:52.920
 Christ

00:28:52.920 --> 00:28:53.740
 have

00:28:53.740 --> 00:28:54.200
 access

00:28:54.200 --> 00:28:54.480
 to

00:28:54.480 --> 00:28:54.780
 God

00:28:54.780 --> 00:28:56.920
 imagine

00:28:56.920 --> 00:29:00.020
 do we

00:29:00.020 --> 00:29:00.480
 think about

00:29:00.480 --> 00:29:01.040
 that enough

00:29:01.040 --> 00:29:01.320
 I

00:29:01.320 --> 00:29:02.260
 chastise

00:29:02.260 --> 00:29:02.780
 myself

00:29:02.780 --> 00:29:03.220
 as much

00:29:03.220 --> 00:29:03.660
 as anybody

00:29:03.660 --> 00:29:04.080
 in the

00:29:04.080 --> 00:29:04.460
 house

00:29:04.460 --> 00:29:05.840
 for that

00:29:05.840 --> 00:29:07.680
 so the

00:29:07.680 --> 00:29:08.000
 second

00:29:08.000 --> 00:29:08.800
 promise is

00:29:08.800 --> 00:29:09.560
 I will

00:29:09.560 --> 00:29:10.160
 vindicate

00:29:10.160 --> 00:29:10.740
 you from

00:29:10.740 --> 00:29:11.000
 your

00:29:11.000 --> 00:29:11.580
 enemies

00:29:11.580 --> 00:29:14.340
 who are

00:29:14.340 --> 00:29:14.820
 the local

00:29:14.820 --> 00:29:15.320
 enemies

00:29:15.320 --> 00:29:15.840
 well this

00:29:15.840 --> 00:29:16.260
 time

00:29:16.260 --> 00:29:16.940
 it's not

00:29:16.940 --> 00:29:17.600
 particularly

00:29:17.600 --> 00:29:18.040
 I mean

00:29:18.040 --> 00:29:18.340
 there were

00:29:18.339 --> 00:29:18.839
 a lot

00:29:18.839 --> 00:29:19.139
 of

00:29:19.139 --> 00:29:19.919
 a lot

00:29:19.919 --> 00:29:20.439
 of pagan

00:29:20.439 --> 00:29:20.899
 worship

00:29:20.899 --> 00:29:21.439
 going on

00:29:21.439 --> 00:29:21.639
 in

00:29:21.639 --> 00:29:22.199
 Philadelphia

00:29:22.199 --> 00:29:22.799
 but it

00:29:22.799 --> 00:29:23.559
 seems like

00:29:23.559 --> 00:29:24.379
 the main

00:29:24.379 --> 00:29:24.859
 opposition

00:29:24.859 --> 00:29:25.459
 didn't come

00:29:25.459 --> 00:29:25.980
 from then

00:29:25.980 --> 00:29:26.959
 but came

00:29:26.959 --> 00:29:27.579
 from some

00:29:27.579 --> 00:29:27.959
 Jews

00:29:27.959 --> 00:29:28.419
 and here

00:29:28.419 --> 00:29:28.779
 I do

00:29:28.779 --> 00:29:29.099
 want to

00:29:29.099 --> 00:29:29.399
 say

00:29:29.399 --> 00:29:32.899
 I don't

00:29:32.899 --> 00:29:33.299
 want to

00:29:33.299 --> 00:29:34.159
 sound in

00:29:34.159 --> 00:29:34.819
 any way

00:29:34.819 --> 00:29:36.139
 anti-semitic

00:29:36.139 --> 00:29:36.939
 my sister

00:29:36.939 --> 00:29:37.599
 tells me

00:29:37.599 --> 00:29:38.119
 that there

00:29:38.119 --> 00:29:39.139
 are Jews

00:29:39.139 --> 00:29:39.879
 in my

00:29:39.879 --> 00:29:40.299
 family

00:29:40.299 --> 00:29:44.539
 so I

00:29:44.539 --> 00:29:44.879
 don't want

00:29:44.879 --> 00:29:45.099
 to sound

00:29:45.099 --> 00:29:45.579
 in any way

00:29:45.579 --> 00:29:46.259
 anti-semitic

00:29:46.259 --> 00:29:47.199
 and listen

00:29:47.199 --> 00:29:47.759
 to what he

00:29:47.759 --> 00:29:48.019
 says

00:29:48.019 --> 00:29:48.339
 because he's

00:29:48.339 --> 00:29:48.680
 not talking

00:29:48.680 --> 00:29:49.240
 about Jews

00:29:49.240 --> 00:29:49.900
 in general

00:29:49.900 --> 00:29:51.039
 in Revelation

00:29:51.039 --> 00:29:51.799
 chapter 3

00:29:51.799 --> 00:29:52.400
 he's talking

00:29:52.400 --> 00:29:53.119
 about people

00:29:53.119 --> 00:29:53.579
 who call

00:29:53.579 --> 00:29:54.079
 themselves

00:29:54.079 --> 00:29:54.639
 Jews

00:29:54.639 --> 00:29:56.079
 but actually

00:29:56.079 --> 00:29:56.700
 aren't

00:29:56.700 --> 00:29:57.139
 Jews

00:29:57.139 --> 00:29:59.379
 and so

00:29:59.379 --> 00:29:59.920
 he's making

00:29:59.920 --> 00:30:00.619
 a distinction

00:30:00.619 --> 00:30:01.519
 between true

00:30:01.519 --> 00:30:02.139
 Jews

00:30:02.139 --> 00:30:04.480
 who according

00:30:04.480 --> 00:30:04.980
 to Paul

00:30:04.980 --> 00:30:05.599
 will play

00:30:05.599 --> 00:30:06.200
 a part

00:30:06.200 --> 00:30:06.779
 in the kind

00:30:06.779 --> 00:30:07.299
 of final

00:30:07.299 --> 00:30:07.839
 events

00:30:07.839 --> 00:30:08.319
 of world

00:30:08.319 --> 00:30:08.819
 history

00:30:08.819 --> 00:30:09.619
 he's

00:30:09.619 --> 00:30:10.519
 differentiating

00:30:10.519 --> 00:30:11.359
 between them

00:30:11.359 --> 00:30:12.139
 he says

00:30:12.139 --> 00:30:12.539
 I'll make

00:30:12.539 --> 00:30:12.960
 those who

00:30:12.960 --> 00:30:13.240
 are of the

00:30:13.240 --> 00:30:13.879
 synagogue of

00:30:13.879 --> 00:30:14.079
 Satan

00:30:14.079 --> 00:30:14.599
 who claim

00:30:14.599 --> 00:30:14.940
 to be

00:30:14.940 --> 00:30:15.359
 Jews

00:30:15.359 --> 00:30:16.379
 though they

00:30:16.379 --> 00:30:16.960
 are not

00:30:16.960 --> 00:30:17.420
 but are

00:30:17.420 --> 00:30:17.940
 liars

00:30:17.940 --> 00:30:18.940
 I will

00:30:18.940 --> 00:30:19.340
 make them

00:30:19.340 --> 00:30:19.779
 come and

00:30:19.779 --> 00:30:20.380
 fall down

00:30:20.380 --> 00:30:20.880
 at your

00:30:20.880 --> 00:30:21.480
 feet

00:30:21.480 --> 00:30:24.299
 the local

00:30:24.299 --> 00:30:24.799
 enemies

00:30:24.799 --> 00:30:26.319
 are liars

00:30:26.319 --> 00:30:28.240
 they're making

00:30:28.240 --> 00:30:29.059
 things up

00:30:29.059 --> 00:30:29.720
 about the

00:30:29.720 --> 00:30:30.620
 small Christian

00:30:30.620 --> 00:30:31.220
 community

00:30:31.220 --> 00:30:31.980
 in Philadelphia

00:30:31.980 --> 00:30:32.960
 in the hope

00:30:32.960 --> 00:30:33.900
 that they can

00:30:33.900 --> 00:30:34.400
 see them

00:30:34.400 --> 00:30:34.779
 off

00:30:34.779 --> 00:30:38.759
 and I

00:30:38.759 --> 00:30:39.740
 do kind

00:30:39.740 --> 00:30:40.019
 of

00:30:40.019 --> 00:30:41.359
 you know

00:30:41.359 --> 00:30:41.680
 I think

00:30:41.680 --> 00:30:42.099
 one of the

00:30:42.099 --> 00:30:42.539
 hardest

00:30:42.539 --> 00:30:43.460
 things for

00:30:43.460 --> 00:30:45.240
 us in the

00:30:45.240 --> 00:30:46.099
 Christian church

00:30:46.099 --> 00:30:46.539
 to do

00:30:46.539 --> 00:30:47.099
 is that

00:30:47.099 --> 00:30:49.279
 this business

00:30:49.279 --> 00:30:50.200
 of there

00:30:50.200 --> 00:30:50.680
 are people

00:30:50.680 --> 00:30:51.079
 who own

00:30:51.079 --> 00:30:51.460
 the name

00:30:51.460 --> 00:30:52.139
 of Christ

00:30:52.139 --> 00:30:53.660
 but whose

00:30:53.660 --> 00:30:54.180
 habits

00:30:54.180 --> 00:30:55.180
 and beliefs

00:30:55.180 --> 00:30:55.779
 don't seem

00:30:55.779 --> 00:30:56.480
 to square

00:30:56.480 --> 00:30:57.339
 very well

00:30:57.339 --> 00:30:58.460
 with the way

00:30:58.460 --> 00:30:58.920
 God has

00:30:58.920 --> 00:30:59.859
 revealed himself

00:30:59.859 --> 00:31:00.240
 in the

00:31:00.240 --> 00:31:00.599
 Bible

00:31:00.599 --> 00:31:03.339
 I mean

00:31:03.339 --> 00:31:04.079
 I was

00:31:04.079 --> 00:31:04.559
 talking with

00:31:04.559 --> 00:31:05.240
 a friend

00:31:05.240 --> 00:31:05.759
 of mine

00:31:05.759 --> 00:31:06.379
 today

00:31:06.379 --> 00:31:07.419
 and saying

00:31:07.419 --> 00:31:07.959
 you know

00:31:07.959 --> 00:31:08.240
 that

00:31:08.240 --> 00:31:11.039
 my friend

00:31:11.039 --> 00:31:13.339
 is a

00:31:13.339 --> 00:31:13.959
 great guy

00:31:13.959 --> 00:31:15.480
 but he

00:31:15.480 --> 00:31:16.539
 follows another

00:31:16.539 --> 00:31:17.779
 form of

00:31:17.779 --> 00:31:18.240
 religion

00:31:18.240 --> 00:31:18.740
 which

00:31:18.740 --> 00:31:19.719
 designates

00:31:19.719 --> 00:31:20.419
 itself as

00:31:20.419 --> 00:31:20.839
 Christian

00:31:20.839 --> 00:31:21.139
 called

00:31:21.139 --> 00:31:21.819
 Mormonism

00:31:21.819 --> 00:31:24.519
 you know

00:31:24.519 --> 00:31:24.819
 I don't

00:31:24.819 --> 00:31:24.980
 want to

00:31:24.980 --> 00:31:26.279
 sound harsh

00:31:26.279 --> 00:31:26.639
 on him

00:31:26.639 --> 00:31:27.059
 or anything

00:31:27.059 --> 00:31:27.539
 like that

00:31:27.539 --> 00:31:28.139
 I really

00:31:28.140 --> 00:31:29.900
 really like

00:31:29.900 --> 00:31:30.440
 him a lot

00:31:30.440 --> 00:31:31.140
 and he

00:31:31.140 --> 00:31:31.560
 wants to

00:31:31.560 --> 00:31:32.200
 help out

00:31:32.200 --> 00:31:33.320
 and you

00:31:33.320 --> 00:31:33.460
 know

00:31:33.460 --> 00:31:33.840
 come and

00:31:33.840 --> 00:31:34.440
 do stuff

00:31:34.440 --> 00:31:36.560
 and I

00:31:36.560 --> 00:31:36.980
 remember

00:31:36.980 --> 00:31:37.440
 when we

00:31:37.440 --> 00:31:37.680
 were

00:31:37.680 --> 00:31:38.120
 when I

00:31:38.120 --> 00:31:38.400
 was

00:31:38.400 --> 00:31:39.220
 involved

00:31:39.220 --> 00:31:39.759
 in running

00:31:39.759 --> 00:31:40.440
 a big

00:31:40.440 --> 00:31:41.320
 global

00:31:41.320 --> 00:31:41.880
 leadership

00:31:41.880 --> 00:31:42.620
 conference

00:31:42.620 --> 00:31:43.660
 we had

00:31:43.660 --> 00:31:44.200
 the big

00:31:44.200 --> 00:31:44.820
 we suddenly

00:31:44.820 --> 00:31:45.380
 got lots

00:31:45.380 --> 00:31:46.120
 of applications

00:31:46.120 --> 00:31:46.620
 from the

00:31:46.620 --> 00:31:46.920
 Mormon

00:31:46.920 --> 00:31:47.540
 church

00:31:47.540 --> 00:31:49.080
 and kind

00:31:49.080 --> 00:31:49.380
 of

00:31:49.380 --> 00:31:51.160
 you know

00:31:51.160 --> 00:31:51.680
 almost

00:31:51.680 --> 00:31:52.860
 you know

00:31:52.860 --> 00:31:53.800
 our kind

00:31:53.800 --> 00:31:54.960
 of nervousness

00:31:54.960 --> 00:31:55.580
 about that

00:31:55.580 --> 00:31:57.220
 was palpable

00:31:57.220 --> 00:31:58.660
 I mean

00:31:58.660 --> 00:31:59.980
 I don't

00:31:59.980 --> 00:32:00.539
 know whether

00:32:00.539 --> 00:32:01.019
 the board

00:32:01.019 --> 00:32:01.420
 made the

00:32:01.420 --> 00:32:02.059
 right decision

00:32:02.059 --> 00:32:02.519
 or not

00:32:02.519 --> 00:32:02.880
 but in

00:32:02.880 --> 00:32:03.259
 the end

00:32:03.259 --> 00:32:03.880
 they allowed

00:32:03.880 --> 00:32:04.460
 the Mormons

00:32:04.460 --> 00:32:04.839
 to come

00:32:04.839 --> 00:32:05.600
 to conferences

00:32:05.600 --> 00:32:06.120
 and they

00:32:06.120 --> 00:32:06.559
 came in

00:32:06.559 --> 00:32:06.740
 their

00:32:06.740 --> 00:32:07.360
 hundreds

00:32:07.360 --> 00:32:12.380
 what about

00:32:12.380 --> 00:32:13.140
 these people

00:32:13.140 --> 00:32:14.140
 who

00:32:14.140 --> 00:32:16.980
 you know

00:32:16.980 --> 00:32:18.220
 it would be

00:32:18.220 --> 00:32:18.680
 a difficult

00:32:18.680 --> 00:32:19.380
 judgment for

00:32:19.380 --> 00:32:19.759
 us to

00:32:19.759 --> 00:32:20.200
 make I

00:32:20.200 --> 00:32:20.400
 think

00:32:20.400 --> 00:32:20.900
 but what

00:32:20.900 --> 00:32:21.539
 about people

00:32:21.539 --> 00:32:22.140
 who kind

00:32:22.140 --> 00:32:22.779
 of pose

00:32:22.779 --> 00:32:23.500
 as Christians

00:32:23.500 --> 00:32:25.380
 but are

00:32:25.380 --> 00:32:25.759
 not

00:32:25.759 --> 00:32:27.059
 not particularly

00:32:27.059 --> 00:32:27.720
 speaking about

00:32:27.720 --> 00:32:28.119
 the Mormon

00:32:28.119 --> 00:32:28.799
 church here

00:32:28.799 --> 00:32:30.019
 but there

00:32:30.019 --> 00:32:30.319
 are other

00:32:30.319 --> 00:32:31.000
 people aren't

00:32:31.000 --> 00:32:31.119
 there

00:32:31.119 --> 00:32:31.400
 you know

00:32:31.400 --> 00:32:31.799
 there's

00:32:31.799 --> 00:32:32.779
 people

00:32:32.779 --> 00:32:33.420
 I don't

00:32:33.420 --> 00:32:33.660
 know

00:32:33.660 --> 00:32:34.319
 maybe some

00:32:34.319 --> 00:32:34.539
 of you

00:32:34.539 --> 00:32:35.079
 were members

00:32:35.079 --> 00:32:35.519
 of it

00:32:35.519 --> 00:32:36.240
 there was a

00:32:36.240 --> 00:32:36.700
 group called

00:32:36.700 --> 00:32:37.240
 the Sea of

00:32:37.240 --> 00:32:37.960
 Faith group

00:32:37.960 --> 00:32:40.200
 and the Sea of

00:32:40.200 --> 00:32:40.759
 Faith group

00:32:40.759 --> 00:32:41.599
 were followers

00:32:41.599 --> 00:32:42.599
 of a philosopher

00:32:42.599 --> 00:32:43.920
 who interestingly

00:32:43.920 --> 00:32:45.160
 supervised me

00:32:45.160 --> 00:32:45.879
 in philosophy

00:32:45.879 --> 00:32:46.559
 when I was at

00:32:46.559 --> 00:32:46.920
 college

00:32:46.920 --> 00:32:47.359
 a man called

00:32:47.359 --> 00:32:48.079
 Donald Cupid

00:32:48.079 --> 00:32:48.859
 and Donald

00:32:48.859 --> 00:32:49.299
 Cupid

00:32:49.299 --> 00:32:55.299
 basically said

00:32:55.299 --> 00:32:55.879
 there is

00:32:55.879 --> 00:32:56.680
 no such

00:32:56.680 --> 00:32:57.139
 thing as

00:32:57.139 --> 00:32:57.500
 God

00:32:57.500 --> 00:32:58.399
 in any

00:32:58.399 --> 00:32:58.919
 objective

00:32:58.919 --> 00:32:59.539
 sense

00:32:59.539 --> 00:33:01.799
 but actually

00:33:01.799 --> 00:33:02.500
 if we look

00:33:02.500 --> 00:33:03.139
 at the history

00:33:03.139 --> 00:33:03.659
 of tribal

00:33:03.659 --> 00:33:04.200
 religion

00:33:04.200 --> 00:33:05.119
 what we

00:33:05.119 --> 00:33:06.099
 discover is

00:33:06.099 --> 00:33:07.159
 that what

00:33:07.159 --> 00:33:07.839
 people do

00:33:07.839 --> 00:33:08.299
 is they

00:33:08.299 --> 00:33:09.159
 take what

00:33:09.159 --> 00:33:09.579
 are the

00:33:09.579 --> 00:33:10.379
 virtues of

00:33:10.379 --> 00:33:11.039
 the tribe

00:33:11.039 --> 00:33:12.599
 and transfer

00:33:12.599 --> 00:33:13.139
 them onto

00:33:13.139 --> 00:33:13.839
 somebody they

00:33:13.839 --> 00:33:14.480
 call God

00:33:14.480 --> 00:33:14.960
 or their

00:33:14.960 --> 00:33:15.519
 gods

00:33:15.519 --> 00:33:16.799
 and Cupid

00:33:16.799 --> 00:33:17.339
 was even

00:33:17.339 --> 00:33:18.200
 more patronising

00:33:18.200 --> 00:33:18.460
 because he

00:33:18.460 --> 00:33:19.039
 said that's

00:33:19.039 --> 00:33:19.539
 not a bad

00:33:19.539 --> 00:33:19.839
 thing

00:33:19.839 --> 00:33:20.039
 you know

00:33:20.039 --> 00:33:20.240
 if it

00:33:20.240 --> 00:33:20.639
 encourages

00:33:20.639 --> 00:33:21.220
 people to

00:33:21.220 --> 00:33:22.000
 behave better

00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:22.960
 why not

00:33:22.960 --> 00:33:23.579
 but don't

00:33:23.579 --> 00:33:24.019
 be fooled

00:33:24.019 --> 00:33:24.599
 into thinking

00:33:24.599 --> 00:33:25.259
 there's anything

00:33:25.259 --> 00:33:26.299
 like a real

00:33:26.299 --> 00:33:26.539
 God

00:33:26.539 --> 00:33:27.180
 this man was

00:33:27.180 --> 00:33:28.139
 a dean

00:33:28.139 --> 00:33:28.879
 of Emmanuel

00:33:28.879 --> 00:33:29.359
 College

00:33:29.359 --> 00:33:30.079
 in Cambridge

00:33:30.079 --> 00:33:32.160
 and interestingly

00:33:32.160 --> 00:33:33.000
 enough despite

00:33:33.000 --> 00:33:33.720
 his radical

00:33:33.720 --> 00:33:34.539
 views about

00:33:34.539 --> 00:33:35.319
 Christianity

00:33:35.319 --> 00:33:37.500
 the only church

00:33:37.500 --> 00:33:38.180
 service he

00:33:38.180 --> 00:33:38.779
 would attend

00:33:38.779 --> 00:33:39.359
 was a book

00:33:39.359 --> 00:33:39.779
 of common

00:33:39.779 --> 00:33:40.579
 prayer communion

00:33:40.579 --> 00:33:41.299
 service

00:33:41.299 --> 00:33:43.500
 which most

00:33:43.500 --> 00:33:43.920
 people would

00:33:43.920 --> 00:33:44.319
 say is a

00:33:44.319 --> 00:33:45.220
 fairly conservative

00:33:45.220 --> 00:33:46.440
 thing to do

00:33:46.440 --> 00:33:47.039
 in this day

00:33:47.039 --> 00:33:47.440
 and age

00:33:47.440 --> 00:33:48.880
 so

00:33:48.880 --> 00:33:50.319
 Donald Cupid

00:33:50.319 --> 00:33:52.539
 gathered quite

00:33:52.539 --> 00:33:53.200
 a following

00:33:53.200 --> 00:33:54.079
 amongst church

00:33:54.079 --> 00:33:55.039
 members in

00:33:55.039 --> 00:33:55.700
 the church of

00:33:55.700 --> 00:33:55.960
 God

00:33:55.960 --> 00:33:56.860
 particularly the

00:33:56.860 --> 00:33:57.339
 church of

00:33:57.339 --> 00:33:57.640
 England

00:33:57.640 --> 00:34:00.319
 and it was

00:34:00.319 --> 00:34:01.500
 tolerated and

00:34:01.500 --> 00:34:02.480
 they set up

00:34:02.480 --> 00:34:03.240
 little groups

00:34:03.240 --> 00:34:06.420
 and lots of

00:34:06.420 --> 00:34:07.380
 churches that

00:34:07.380 --> 00:34:08.699
 mostly wouldn't

00:34:08.699 --> 00:34:09.000
 have gone

00:34:09.000 --> 00:34:09.699
 anywhere near

00:34:09.699 --> 00:34:10.500
 his teaching

00:34:10.500 --> 00:34:11.780
 set up these

00:34:11.780 --> 00:34:13.780
 groups and

00:34:13.780 --> 00:34:14.639
 basically

00:34:14.639 --> 00:34:16.139
 made sport

00:34:16.139 --> 00:34:16.799
 of denying

00:34:16.799 --> 00:34:17.379
 just about

00:34:17.379 --> 00:34:18.159
 everything that

00:34:18.159 --> 00:34:18.579
 was in the

00:34:18.579 --> 00:34:18.920
 Bible

00:34:18.920 --> 00:34:20.719
 can't have

00:34:20.719 --> 00:34:21.359
 miracles

00:34:21.359 --> 00:34:22.420
 can't have

00:34:22.420 --> 00:34:23.099
 Jesus risen

00:34:23.099 --> 00:34:23.799
 from the dead

00:34:23.799 --> 00:34:24.799
 can't have

00:34:24.799 --> 00:34:25.420
 any of this

00:34:25.420 --> 00:34:26.119
 stuff you know

00:34:26.119 --> 00:34:27.219
 if it helps

00:34:27.219 --> 00:34:27.739
 people to

00:34:27.739 --> 00:34:28.500
 behave better

00:34:28.500 --> 00:34:29.019
 ethically

00:34:29.019 --> 00:34:29.900
 fair enough

00:34:29.900 --> 00:34:30.559
 but don't

00:34:30.559 --> 00:34:31.219
 believe there's

00:34:31.219 --> 00:34:31.739
 anything

00:34:31.739 --> 00:34:35.579
 objectively true

00:34:35.579 --> 00:34:36.119
 about it

00:34:36.119 --> 00:34:36.420
 all

00:34:36.420 --> 00:34:41.380
 and then the

00:34:41.380 --> 00:34:42.039
 risen Christ

00:34:42.039 --> 00:34:42.659
 makes this

00:34:42.659 --> 00:34:43.539
 extraordinary

00:34:43.539 --> 00:34:44.440
 assertion

00:34:44.440 --> 00:34:48.079
 let me read

00:34:48.079 --> 00:34:48.860
 it to you

00:34:48.860 --> 00:34:50.619
 speaking of

00:34:50.619 --> 00:34:51.360
 these Jews

00:34:51.360 --> 00:34:53.079
 who are not

00:34:53.079 --> 00:34:54.139
 Jews who are

00:34:54.139 --> 00:34:54.840
 liars he says

00:34:54.840 --> 00:34:55.440
 I will make

00:34:55.440 --> 00:34:56.179
 them come and

00:34:56.179 --> 00:34:57.119
 fall down at

00:34:57.119 --> 00:34:58.559
 your feet and

00:34:58.559 --> 00:34:59.420
 acknowledge that

00:34:59.420 --> 00:35:00.319
 I have loved

00:35:00.320 --> 00:35:04.760
 you and we

00:35:04.760 --> 00:35:06.940
 find verses in

00:35:06.940 --> 00:35:07.860
 scripture where

00:35:07.860 --> 00:35:10.420
 this kind of

00:35:10.420 --> 00:35:12.600
 threat is issued

00:35:12.600 --> 00:35:13.880
 to Gentiles

00:35:13.880 --> 00:35:15.640
 but this is not

00:35:15.640 --> 00:35:16.860
 about Gentiles

00:35:16.860 --> 00:35:18.000
 it's about

00:35:18.000 --> 00:35:18.860
 Jewish people

00:35:18.860 --> 00:35:19.480
 who've lost

00:35:19.480 --> 00:35:21.380
 their way and

00:35:21.380 --> 00:35:22.360
 are persecuting

00:35:22.360 --> 00:35:24.420
 the church and

00:35:24.420 --> 00:35:25.220
 the risen Christ

00:35:25.220 --> 00:35:26.039
 is saying it is

00:35:26.039 --> 00:35:29.019
 these counterfeit

00:35:29.019 --> 00:35:29.960
 Jewish people

00:35:29.960 --> 00:35:31.539
 who will come

00:35:31.539 --> 00:35:33.199
 and prostrate

00:35:33.199 --> 00:35:34.840
 themselves before

00:35:34.840 --> 00:35:35.320
 you

00:35:35.320 --> 00:35:37.440
 find that

00:35:37.440 --> 00:35:38.719
 extraordinary

00:35:38.719 --> 00:35:42.000
 and then

00:35:42.000 --> 00:35:43.159
 just briefly

00:35:43.159 --> 00:35:43.719
 there are three

00:35:43.719 --> 00:35:44.980
 characteristics that

00:35:44.980 --> 00:35:45.779
 the risen Christ

00:35:45.779 --> 00:35:46.579
 mentions of a

00:35:46.579 --> 00:35:47.239
 church that's

00:35:47.239 --> 00:35:48.679
 faithful when

00:35:48.679 --> 00:35:49.480
 under attack

00:35:49.480 --> 00:35:50.820
 one is

00:35:50.820 --> 00:35:51.699
 patience

00:35:51.699 --> 00:35:53.360
 one is

00:35:53.360 --> 00:35:54.000
 endurance

00:35:54.000 --> 00:35:55.599
 and one is

00:35:55.599 --> 00:35:56.360
 obedience

00:35:56.360 --> 00:35:58.579
 let me just

00:35:58.579 --> 00:35:59.440
 tell you what

00:35:59.440 --> 00:36:00.219
 the risen Christ

00:36:00.219 --> 00:36:00.860
 says since you

00:36:00.860 --> 00:36:01.699
 kept my command

00:36:01.699 --> 00:36:02.139
 to endure

00:36:02.139 --> 00:36:02.880
 patiently I

00:36:02.880 --> 00:36:03.839
 will also keep

00:36:03.839 --> 00:36:04.400
 you from the

00:36:04.400 --> 00:36:05.279
 hour of trial

00:36:05.279 --> 00:36:06.299
 that is going

00:36:06.299 --> 00:36:06.920
 to come upon

00:36:06.920 --> 00:36:07.699
 the world to

00:36:07.699 --> 00:36:08.480
 test those

00:36:08.480 --> 00:36:09.519
 who live

00:36:09.519 --> 00:36:10.920
 on the earth

00:36:10.920 --> 00:36:15.819
 the risen Christ

00:36:15.819 --> 00:36:16.839
 then goes on

00:36:16.839 --> 00:36:18.400
 to say something

00:36:18.400 --> 00:36:19.659
 really important

00:36:19.659 --> 00:36:20.759
 for our

00:36:20.759 --> 00:36:21.239
 culture

00:36:21.239 --> 00:36:23.940
 he says

00:36:23.940 --> 00:36:24.480
 firstly

00:36:24.480 --> 00:36:26.820
 chapter 3

00:36:26.820 --> 00:36:27.559
 and verse 10

00:36:27.559 --> 00:36:28.340
 a great

00:36:28.340 --> 00:36:28.900
 trial

00:36:28.900 --> 00:36:29.780
 awaits

00:36:29.780 --> 00:36:31.320
 that is

00:36:31.320 --> 00:36:31.800
 generally

00:36:31.800 --> 00:36:32.420
 thought to

00:36:32.420 --> 00:36:32.760
 be

00:36:32.760 --> 00:36:33.460
 the

00:36:33.460 --> 00:36:33.880
 judgment

00:36:33.880 --> 00:36:34.880
 that all

00:36:34.880 --> 00:36:35.800
 human beings

00:36:35.800 --> 00:36:36.639
 will go

00:36:36.639 --> 00:36:36.960
 through

00:36:36.960 --> 00:36:37.400
 and the

00:36:37.400 --> 00:36:38.099
 risen Christ

00:36:38.099 --> 00:36:38.400
 says

00:36:38.400 --> 00:36:39.659
 believers will

00:36:39.659 --> 00:36:40.360
 be saved

00:36:40.360 --> 00:36:40.980
 through the

00:36:40.980 --> 00:36:41.300
 trial

00:36:41.300 --> 00:36:41.920
 not from

00:36:41.920 --> 00:36:42.119
 it

00:36:42.119 --> 00:36:42.500
 we're not

00:36:42.500 --> 00:36:42.679
 going to

00:36:42.679 --> 00:36:43.699
 be excluded

00:36:43.699 --> 00:36:44.059
 there are

00:36:44.059 --> 00:36:44.500
 some people

00:36:44.500 --> 00:36:44.920
 who read

00:36:44.920 --> 00:36:45.539
 that verse

00:36:45.539 --> 00:36:46.699
 and think

00:36:46.699 --> 00:36:47.099
 that

00:36:47.099 --> 00:36:47.679
 Christians

00:36:47.679 --> 00:36:48.079
 will be

00:36:48.079 --> 00:36:48.639
 excused

00:36:48.639 --> 00:36:49.079
 the judgment

00:36:49.079 --> 00:36:49.460
 because

00:36:49.460 --> 00:36:49.940
 they'll be

00:36:49.940 --> 00:36:50.500
 involved

00:36:50.500 --> 00:36:50.860
 in the

00:36:50.860 --> 00:36:51.400
 rapture

00:36:51.400 --> 00:36:52.119
 not that I

00:36:52.119 --> 00:36:52.599
 don't believe

00:36:52.599 --> 00:36:53.260
 in rapture

00:36:53.260 --> 00:36:53.500
 but

00:36:53.500 --> 00:36:54.760
 I don't

00:36:54.760 --> 00:36:55.200
 have time

00:36:55.200 --> 00:36:55.559
 tonight

00:36:55.559 --> 00:36:56.000
 to go

00:36:56.000 --> 00:36:56.539
 into all

00:36:56.539 --> 00:36:56.860
 that

00:36:56.860 --> 00:36:58.500
 the great

00:36:58.500 --> 00:36:58.820
 trial

00:36:58.820 --> 00:36:59.039
 arose

00:36:59.039 --> 00:36:59.460
 believers

00:36:59.460 --> 00:36:59.820
 will be

00:36:59.820 --> 00:37:00.119
 saved

00:37:00.119 --> 00:37:00.539
 through

00:37:00.539 --> 00:37:00.780
 the

00:37:00.780 --> 00:37:01.180
 trial

00:37:01.180 --> 00:37:01.740
 and not

00:37:01.740 --> 00:37:02.059
 from

00:37:02.059 --> 00:37:02.260
 it

00:37:02.260 --> 00:37:02.820
 again

00:37:02.820 --> 00:37:04.019
 chapter 3

00:37:04.019 --> 00:37:04.420
 and verse

00:37:04.420 --> 00:37:04.860
 10

00:37:04.860 --> 00:37:06.700
 and then

00:37:06.700 --> 00:37:07.180
 we come

00:37:07.180 --> 00:37:07.539
 to that

00:37:07.539 --> 00:37:07.980
 word

00:37:07.980 --> 00:37:08.460
 again

00:37:08.460 --> 00:37:09.260
 verse 11

00:37:09.260 --> 00:37:09.980
 I am

00:37:09.980 --> 00:37:10.460
 coming

00:37:10.460 --> 00:37:11.300
 soon

00:37:11.300 --> 00:37:13.980
 well it's

00:37:13.980 --> 00:37:14.559
 been a while

00:37:14.559 --> 00:37:15.099
 hasn't it

00:37:15.099 --> 00:37:17.099
 if you

00:37:17.099 --> 00:37:17.779
 interpret it

00:37:17.779 --> 00:37:18.659
 solely as

00:37:18.659 --> 00:37:19.539
 time on

00:37:19.539 --> 00:37:20.059
 a linear

00:37:20.059 --> 00:37:21.400
 basis

00:37:21.400 --> 00:37:22.880
 if you

00:37:22.880 --> 00:37:23.219
 think of

00:37:23.219 --> 00:37:23.659
 it more

00:37:23.659 --> 00:37:24.239
 as kind

00:37:24.239 --> 00:37:24.599
 of the

00:37:24.599 --> 00:37:25.139
 certainty

00:37:25.139 --> 00:37:25.699
 of God's

00:37:25.699 --> 00:37:26.059
 coming

00:37:26.059 --> 00:37:27.579
 then you

00:37:27.579 --> 00:37:28.059
 know maybe

00:37:28.059 --> 00:37:29.099
 God's timing

00:37:29.099 --> 00:37:29.639
 is a little

00:37:29.639 --> 00:37:30.739
 more perfect

00:37:30.739 --> 00:37:31.199
 than ours

00:37:31.199 --> 00:37:31.759
 though if

00:37:31.759 --> 00:37:32.679
 the risen

00:37:32.679 --> 00:37:33.139
 Christ

00:37:33.139 --> 00:37:34.779
 came to

00:37:34.779 --> 00:37:37.639
 the modern

00:37:37.639 --> 00:37:38.319
 city of

00:37:38.319 --> 00:37:39.099
 Al-Shahira

00:37:39.099 --> 00:37:39.940
 I'm not

00:37:39.940 --> 00:37:40.519
 sure that

00:37:40.519 --> 00:37:40.940
 he'd find

00:37:40.940 --> 00:37:41.259
 a big

00:37:41.259 --> 00:37:41.679
 Christian

00:37:41.679 --> 00:37:42.179
 presence

00:37:42.179 --> 00:37:42.559
 there

00:37:42.559 --> 00:37:43.380
 anymore

00:37:43.380 --> 00:37:43.980
 if any

00:37:43.980 --> 00:37:49.119
 I'm

00:37:49.119 --> 00:37:49.719
 coming to

00:37:49.719 --> 00:37:49.940
 you

00:37:49.940 --> 00:37:50.519
 certainly

00:37:50.519 --> 00:37:52.000
 and then

00:37:52.000 --> 00:37:53.300
 I have

00:37:53.300 --> 00:37:53.639
 to just

00:37:53.639 --> 00:37:54.019
 say a

00:37:54.019 --> 00:37:54.179
 word

00:37:54.179 --> 00:37:54.539
 about

00:37:54.539 --> 00:37:55.019
 this

00:37:55.019 --> 00:37:56.340
 it

00:37:56.340 --> 00:37:56.659
 says

00:37:56.659 --> 00:37:58.119
 that

00:37:58.119 --> 00:37:58.440
 our

00:37:58.440 --> 00:37:59.179
 identity

00:37:59.179 --> 00:38:00.280
 will

00:38:00.280 --> 00:38:00.699
 become

00:38:00.699 --> 00:38:01.179
 clear

00:38:01.179 --> 00:38:01.440
 to

00:38:01.440 --> 00:38:02.059
 everybody

00:38:02.059 --> 00:38:06.179
 I'm

00:38:06.179 --> 00:38:06.460
 coming

00:38:06.460 --> 00:38:06.780
 soon

00:38:06.780 --> 00:38:07.119
 hold

00:38:07.119 --> 00:38:07.420
 on to

00:38:07.420 --> 00:38:07.579
 what

00:38:07.579 --> 00:38:07.760
 you

00:38:07.760 --> 00:38:08.059
 have

00:38:08.059 --> 00:38:08.280
 so

00:38:08.280 --> 00:38:08.460
 that

00:38:08.460 --> 00:38:08.679
 no

00:38:08.679 --> 00:38:08.880
 one

00:38:08.880 --> 00:38:09.059
 will

00:38:09.059 --> 00:38:09.300
 take

00:38:09.300 --> 00:38:09.500
 your

00:38:09.500 --> 00:38:09.880
 crown

00:38:09.880 --> 00:38:10.760
 him

00:38:10.760 --> 00:38:10.940
 who

00:38:10.940 --> 00:38:11.480
 overcomes

00:38:11.480 --> 00:38:11.699
 I

00:38:11.699 --> 00:38:11.820
 will

00:38:11.820 --> 00:38:12.059
 make

00:38:12.059 --> 00:38:12.260
 a

00:38:12.260 --> 00:38:12.559
 pillar

00:38:12.559 --> 00:38:13.079
 in

00:38:13.079 --> 00:38:13.260
 the

00:38:13.260 --> 00:38:13.579
 temple

00:38:13.579 --> 00:38:13.780
 of

00:38:13.780 --> 00:38:14.019
 my

00:38:14.019 --> 00:38:14.340
 God

00:38:14.340 --> 00:38:14.960
 never

00:38:14.960 --> 00:38:15.320
 again

00:38:15.320 --> 00:38:15.500
 will

00:38:15.500 --> 00:38:15.620
 he

00:38:15.620 --> 00:38:15.860
 leave

00:38:15.860 --> 00:38:15.960
 it

00:38:15.960 --> 00:38:16.120
 I

00:38:16.120 --> 00:38:16.320
 will

00:38:16.320 --> 00:38:16.680
 write

00:38:16.680 --> 00:38:16.880
 on

00:38:16.880 --> 00:38:17.240
 him

00:38:17.240 --> 00:38:17.620
 write

00:38:17.620 --> 00:38:17.860
 on

00:38:17.860 --> 00:38:18.519
 him

00:38:18.519 --> 00:38:18.820
 right

00:38:18.820 --> 00:38:20.540
 those

00:38:20.540 --> 00:38:20.760
 if you

00:38:20.760 --> 00:38:20.880
 have

00:38:20.880 --> 00:38:20.980
 an

00:38:20.980 --> 00:38:21.380
 aversion

00:38:21.380 --> 00:38:21.640
 to

00:38:21.640 --> 00:38:22.260
 tattoos

00:38:22.260 --> 00:38:23.560
 listen

00:38:23.560 --> 00:38:23.960
 up

00:38:23.960 --> 00:38:25.120
 I

00:38:25.120 --> 00:38:25.360
 will

00:38:25.360 --> 00:38:25.840
 write

00:38:25.840 --> 00:38:26.040
 it

00:38:26.040 --> 00:38:26.300
 on

00:38:26.300 --> 00:38:26.660
 him

00:38:26.660 --> 00:38:27.260
 the

00:38:27.260 --> 00:38:27.580
 name

00:38:27.580 --> 00:38:27.720
 of

00:38:27.720 --> 00:38:27.920
 my

00:38:27.920 --> 00:38:28.220
 God

00:38:28.220 --> 00:38:28.400
 and

00:38:28.400 --> 00:38:28.560
 the

00:38:28.560 --> 00:38:28.880
 name

00:38:28.880 --> 00:38:29.040
 of

00:38:29.040 --> 00:38:29.200
 the

00:38:29.200 --> 00:38:29.519
 city

00:38:29.519 --> 00:38:29.680
 of

00:38:29.680 --> 00:38:29.880
 my

00:38:29.880 --> 00:38:30.100
 God

00:38:30.100 --> 00:38:30.300
 the

00:38:30.300 --> 00:38:30.560
 new

00:38:30.560 --> 00:38:31.060
 Jerusalem

00:38:31.060 --> 00:38:31.320
 which

00:38:31.320 --> 00:38:31.480
 is

00:38:31.480 --> 00:38:31.800
 coming

00:38:31.800 --> 00:38:32.180
 down

00:38:32.180 --> 00:38:32.480
 out

00:38:32.480 --> 00:38:32.660
 of

00:38:32.660 --> 00:38:32.980
 heaven

00:38:32.980 --> 00:38:33.620
 from

00:38:33.620 --> 00:38:33.900
 my

00:38:33.900 --> 00:38:34.260
 God

00:38:34.260 --> 00:38:34.900
 and

00:38:34.900 --> 00:38:35.100
 I

00:38:35.100 --> 00:38:35.300
 will

00:38:35.300 --> 00:38:35.720
 also

00:38:35.720 --> 00:38:36.100
 write

00:38:36.100 --> 00:38:36.300
 on

00:38:36.300 --> 00:38:36.500
 him

00:38:36.500 --> 00:38:36.800
 my

00:38:36.800 --> 00:38:37.200
 new

00:38:37.200 --> 00:38:37.640
 name

00:38:37.640 --> 00:38:41.620
 I

00:38:41.620 --> 00:38:41.880
 think

00:38:41.880 --> 00:38:42.060
 we're

00:38:42.059 --> 00:38:42.320
 in a

00:38:42.320 --> 00:38:42.699
 real

00:38:42.699 --> 00:38:43.480
 mess

00:38:43.480 --> 00:38:44.019
 in

00:38:44.019 --> 00:38:44.380
 our

00:38:44.380 --> 00:38:44.900
 culture

00:38:44.900 --> 00:38:45.239
 over

00:38:45.239 --> 00:38:46.079
 identity

00:38:46.079 --> 00:38:48.920
 and

00:38:48.920 --> 00:38:49.179
 I

00:38:49.179 --> 00:38:49.400
 think

00:38:49.400 --> 00:38:49.779
 what we

00:38:49.779 --> 00:38:50.039
 do

00:38:50.039 --> 00:38:50.239
 is

00:38:50.239 --> 00:38:50.400
 we

00:38:50.400 --> 00:38:50.659
 kind

00:38:50.659 --> 00:38:50.799
 of

00:38:50.799 --> 00:38:51.199
 clutch

00:38:51.199 --> 00:38:51.380
 at

00:38:51.380 --> 00:38:51.920
 straws

00:38:51.920 --> 00:38:52.059
 to

00:38:52.059 --> 00:38:52.679
 identify

00:38:52.679 --> 00:38:53.420
 ourselves

00:38:53.420 --> 00:38:53.860
 and

00:38:53.860 --> 00:38:55.119
 the

00:38:55.119 --> 00:38:55.840
 Marxist

00:38:55.840 --> 00:38:57.099
 idea

00:38:57.099 --> 00:38:57.480
 is

00:38:57.480 --> 00:38:57.860
 that

00:38:57.860 --> 00:38:59.219
 every

00:38:59.219 --> 00:39:00.759
 relationship

00:39:00.760 --> 00:39:09.820
 has

00:39:09.820 --> 00:39:09.940
 an

00:39:09.940 --> 00:39:10.920
 imbalance

00:39:10.920 --> 00:39:11.260
 of

00:39:11.260 --> 00:39:11.660
 power

00:39:11.660 --> 00:39:14.120
 and

00:39:14.120 --> 00:39:14.400
 they've

00:39:14.400 --> 00:39:14.820
 developed

00:39:14.820 --> 00:39:15.120
 that

00:39:15.120 --> 00:39:15.640
 idea

00:39:15.640 --> 00:39:15.920
 in

00:39:15.920 --> 00:39:16.300
 our

00:39:16.300 --> 00:39:16.660
 culture

00:39:16.660 --> 00:39:17.100
 today

00:39:17.100 --> 00:39:17.680
 whereby

00:39:17.680 --> 00:39:18.980
 there

00:39:18.980 --> 00:39:19.120
 is

00:39:19.120 --> 00:39:19.340
 this

00:39:19.340 --> 00:39:19.760
 idea

00:39:19.760 --> 00:39:19.980
 of

00:39:19.980 --> 00:39:20.240
 what's

00:39:20.240 --> 00:39:20.500
 called

00:39:20.500 --> 00:39:21.880
 intersectionality

00:39:21.880 --> 00:39:23.520
 and

00:39:23.520 --> 00:39:24.600
 intersectionality

00:39:24.600 --> 00:39:25.200
 means

00:39:25.200 --> 00:39:25.960
 that

00:39:25.960 --> 00:39:26.400
 if I

00:39:26.400 --> 00:39:26.700
 have

00:39:26.700 --> 00:39:26.860
 an

00:39:26.860 --> 00:39:27.160
 identity

00:39:27.160 --> 00:39:28.780
 to

00:39:28.780 --> 00:39:30.420
 myself

00:39:30.420 --> 00:39:31.599
 which

00:39:31.599 --> 00:39:32.000
 makes

00:39:32.000 --> 00:39:32.220
 me

00:39:32.220 --> 00:39:32.460
 look

00:39:32.460 --> 00:39:33.019
 oppressed

00:39:33.019 --> 00:39:33.360
 in

00:39:33.360 --> 00:39:33.720
 any

00:39:33.720 --> 00:39:34.019
 way

00:39:34.019 --> 00:39:34.760
 then

00:39:34.760 --> 00:39:34.940
 I

00:39:34.940 --> 00:39:35.099
 will

00:39:35.099 --> 00:39:35.320
 get

00:39:35.320 --> 00:39:36.019
 points

00:39:36.019 --> 00:39:36.420
 which

00:39:36.420 --> 00:39:36.619
 can

00:39:36.619 --> 00:39:36.880
 be

00:39:36.880 --> 00:39:37.519
 assessed

00:39:37.519 --> 00:39:40.340
 as to

00:39:40.340 --> 00:39:40.619
 how

00:39:40.619 --> 00:39:41.139
 much

00:39:41.139 --> 00:39:42.400
 my

00:39:42.400 --> 00:39:43.260
 identity

00:39:43.260 --> 00:39:44.240
 needs

00:39:44.240 --> 00:39:44.559
 to be

00:39:44.559 --> 00:39:44.840
 paid

00:39:44.840 --> 00:39:45.340
 attention

00:39:45.340 --> 00:39:45.659
 to

00:39:45.659 --> 00:39:45.900
 by

00:39:45.900 --> 00:39:46.500
 governments

00:39:46.500 --> 00:39:46.920
 in

00:39:46.920 --> 00:39:47.240
 terms

00:39:47.240 --> 00:39:47.420
 of

00:39:47.420 --> 00:39:47.940
 policy

00:39:47.940 --> 00:39:49.880
 I

00:39:49.880 --> 00:39:50.000
 mean

00:39:50.000 --> 00:39:50.320
 when I

00:39:50.320 --> 00:39:50.599
 think

00:39:50.599 --> 00:39:50.900
 about

00:39:50.900 --> 00:39:51.039
 it

00:39:51.039 --> 00:39:51.180
 I

00:39:51.180 --> 00:39:51.380
 think

00:39:51.380 --> 00:39:51.680
 I've

00:39:51.680 --> 00:39:51.960
 got

00:39:51.960 --> 00:39:52.619
 quite

00:39:52.619 --> 00:39:52.840
 a

00:39:52.840 --> 00:39:53.059
 lot

00:39:53.059 --> 00:39:53.200
 of

00:39:53.200 --> 00:39:53.840
 ancillary

00:39:53.840 --> 00:39:54.579
 identities

00:39:54.579 --> 00:39:54.980
 not

00:39:54.980 --> 00:39:55.340
 main

00:39:55.340 --> 00:39:55.820
 identities

00:39:55.820 --> 00:39:56.079
 but

00:39:56.079 --> 00:39:56.680
 ancillary

00:39:56.680 --> 00:39:57.139
 ones

00:39:57.139 --> 00:39:57.980
 I'm

00:39:57.980 --> 00:39:58.119
 a

00:39:58.119 --> 00:39:58.440
 man

00:39:58.440 --> 00:40:02.519
 I'm

00:40:02.519 --> 00:40:02.700
 a

00:40:02.700 --> 00:40:03.099
 father

00:40:03.099 --> 00:40:03.860
 I'm

00:40:03.860 --> 00:40:04.039
 a

00:40:04.039 --> 00:40:04.480
 husband

00:40:04.480 --> 00:40:05.679
 I'm

00:40:05.679 --> 00:40:05.820
 a

00:40:05.820 --> 00:40:06.300
 Christian

00:40:06.300 --> 00:40:08.760
 the

00:40:08.760 --> 00:40:09.079
 most

00:40:09.079 --> 00:40:09.700
 important

00:40:09.700 --> 00:40:10.300
 part

00:40:10.300 --> 00:40:10.780
 of my

00:40:10.780 --> 00:40:11.519
 identity

00:40:11.519 --> 00:40:12.200
 and I

00:40:12.200 --> 00:40:12.480
 think

00:40:12.480 --> 00:40:12.820
 what

00:40:12.820 --> 00:40:13.200
 the

00:40:13.200 --> 00:40:13.440
 risen

00:40:13.440 --> 00:40:13.840
 Christ

00:40:13.840 --> 00:40:14.059
 is

00:40:14.059 --> 00:40:14.380
 saying

00:40:14.380 --> 00:40:14.740
 here

00:40:14.740 --> 00:40:14.980
 is

00:40:14.980 --> 00:40:15.519
 for

00:40:15.519 --> 00:40:15.720
 a

00:40:15.720 --> 00:40:16.119
 Christian

00:40:16.119 --> 00:40:16.400
 the

00:40:16.400 --> 00:40:16.720
 most

00:40:16.720 --> 00:40:17.240
 important

00:40:17.240 --> 00:40:17.639
 part

00:40:17.639 --> 00:40:17.760
 of

00:40:17.760 --> 00:40:17.960
 their

00:40:17.960 --> 00:40:18.619
 identity

00:40:18.619 --> 00:40:19.760
 is

00:40:19.760 --> 00:40:19.980
 their

00:40:19.980 --> 00:40:20.599
 relationship

00:40:20.599 --> 00:40:20.920
 with

00:40:20.920 --> 00:40:21.159
 God

00:40:21.159 --> 00:40:21.440
 through

00:40:21.440 --> 00:40:21.860
 Jesus

00:40:21.860 --> 00:40:22.380
 Christ

00:40:22.380 --> 00:40:23.659
 there

00:40:23.659 --> 00:40:23.820
 is

00:40:23.820 --> 00:40:24.280
 no

00:40:24.280 --> 00:40:25.119
 other

00:40:25.119 --> 00:40:26.360
 identity

00:40:26.360 --> 00:40:27.099
 that

00:40:27.099 --> 00:40:27.519
 trumps

00:40:27.519 --> 00:40:27.840
 that

00:40:27.840 --> 00:40:29.220
 sorry

00:40:29.220 --> 00:40:29.440
 I don't

00:40:29.440 --> 00:40:29.640
 like

00:40:29.640 --> 00:40:29.880
 using

00:40:29.880 --> 00:40:30.059
 the

00:40:30.059 --> 00:40:30.200
 word

00:40:30.200 --> 00:40:30.519
 trump

00:40:30.519 --> 00:40:30.740
 too

00:40:30.740 --> 00:40:31.000
 much

00:40:31.000 --> 00:40:31.260
 these

00:40:31.260 --> 00:40:31.600
 days

00:40:31.600 --> 00:40:33.380
 and

00:40:33.380 --> 00:40:34.019
 in

00:40:34.019 --> 00:40:34.180
 the

00:40:34.180 --> 00:40:34.880
 confusion

00:40:34.880 --> 00:40:35.160
 of

00:40:35.160 --> 00:40:35.380
 all

00:40:35.380 --> 00:40:35.760
 that

00:40:35.760 --> 00:40:36.220
 I

00:40:36.220 --> 00:40:36.380
 mean

00:40:36.380 --> 00:40:36.600
 I

00:40:36.600 --> 00:40:36.860
 think

00:40:36.860 --> 00:40:37.160
 it's

00:40:37.160 --> 00:40:38.240
 really

00:40:38.240 --> 00:40:38.760
 helpful

00:40:38.760 --> 00:40:39.120
 to have

00:40:39.120 --> 00:40:39.260
 a

00:40:39.260 --> 00:40:39.519
 very

00:40:39.519 --> 00:40:40.079
 basic

00:40:40.079 --> 00:40:40.680
 idea

00:40:40.680 --> 00:40:41.559
 if

00:40:41.559 --> 00:40:41.840
 you

00:40:41.840 --> 00:40:42.200
 are

00:40:42.200 --> 00:40:42.539
 a

00:40:42.539 --> 00:40:43.039
 disciple

00:40:43.039 --> 00:40:43.300
 of

00:40:43.300 --> 00:40:43.600
 Jesus

00:40:43.600 --> 00:40:44.200
 Christ

00:40:44.200 --> 00:40:45.700
 your

00:40:45.700 --> 00:40:46.380
 identity

00:40:46.380 --> 00:40:46.860
 is

00:40:46.860 --> 00:40:47.559
 primarily

00:40:47.559 --> 00:40:49.160
 in

00:40:49.160 --> 00:40:49.380
 your

00:40:49.380 --> 00:40:50.000
 relationship

00:40:50.000 --> 00:40:50.360
 with

00:40:50.360 --> 00:40:50.600
 him

00:40:50.600 --> 00:40:50.840
 you

00:40:50.840 --> 00:40:51.140
 are

00:40:51.140 --> 00:40:51.480
 a

00:40:51.480 --> 00:40:52.019
 child

00:40:52.019 --> 00:40:52.579
 of

00:40:52.579 --> 00:40:52.980
 God

00:40:52.980 --> 00:40:54.960
 an

00:40:54.960 --> 00:40:55.400
 adopted

00:40:55.400 --> 00:40:55.960
 child

00:40:55.960 --> 00:40:56.400
 because

00:40:56.400 --> 00:40:56.900
 of your

00:40:56.900 --> 00:40:57.539
 sin

00:40:57.539 --> 00:40:58.019
 but a

00:40:58.019 --> 00:40:58.360
 child

00:40:58.360 --> 00:40:58.840
 of God

00:40:58.840 --> 00:40:59.960
 nevertheless

00:40:59.960 --> 00:41:02.500
 and I

00:41:02.500 --> 00:41:03.039
 think that

00:41:03.039 --> 00:41:03.440
 what we're

00:41:03.440 --> 00:41:04.079
 seeing in

00:41:04.079 --> 00:41:04.340
 our

00:41:04.340 --> 00:41:04.900
 society

00:41:04.900 --> 00:41:05.820
 is huge

00:41:05.820 --> 00:41:06.579
 confusion

00:41:06.579 --> 00:41:07.920
 over

00:41:07.920 --> 00:41:08.940
 the whole

00:41:08.940 --> 00:41:09.460
 idea

00:41:09.460 --> 00:41:09.719
 of

00:41:09.719 --> 00:41:10.400
 identity

00:41:10.400 --> 00:41:12.400
 and it

00:41:12.400 --> 00:41:12.820
 kind of

00:41:12.820 --> 00:41:13.259
 creeps

00:41:13.259 --> 00:41:13.779
 its way

00:41:13.779 --> 00:41:14.259
 into

00:41:14.259 --> 00:41:15.960
 modern

00:41:15.960 --> 00:41:17.119
 institutions

00:41:17.119 --> 00:41:20.119
 as an

00:41:20.119 --> 00:41:21.019
 article today

00:41:21.019 --> 00:41:21.539
 in the

00:41:21.539 --> 00:41:22.179
 Times

00:41:22.179 --> 00:41:23.139
 written

00:41:23.139 --> 00:41:23.579
 by

00:41:23.579 --> 00:41:25.159
 Melanie

00:41:25.159 --> 00:41:25.659
 Phillips

00:41:25.659 --> 00:41:26.199
 who I

00:41:26.199 --> 00:41:26.619
 know

00:41:26.619 --> 00:41:27.159
 has a

00:41:27.159 --> 00:41:27.679
 kind of

00:41:27.679 --> 00:41:28.659
 slightly

00:41:28.659 --> 00:41:29.519
 acerbic

00:41:29.519 --> 00:41:30.079
 pot of

00:41:30.079 --> 00:41:30.659
 ink

00:41:30.659 --> 00:41:31.159
 that she

00:41:31.159 --> 00:41:31.619
 dips

00:41:31.619 --> 00:41:32.099
 into

00:41:32.099 --> 00:41:33.599
 occasionally

00:41:33.599 --> 00:41:33.960
 but

00:41:33.960 --> 00:41:35.179
 what she's

00:41:35.179 --> 00:41:35.980
 writing about

00:41:35.980 --> 00:41:37.119
 is Google's

00:41:37.119 --> 00:41:37.639
 latest

00:41:37.639 --> 00:41:38.879
 exercise

00:41:38.879 --> 00:41:39.639
 in the

00:41:39.639 --> 00:41:41.239
 diversity

00:41:41.239 --> 00:41:42.980
 and we

00:41:42.980 --> 00:41:43.279
 used to

00:41:43.279 --> 00:41:43.480
 say

00:41:43.480 --> 00:41:44.059
 equality

00:41:44.059 --> 00:41:44.460
 do you

00:41:44.460 --> 00:41:44.639
 remember

00:41:44.639 --> 00:41:45.179
 that word

00:41:45.179 --> 00:41:45.779
 that's

00:41:45.779 --> 00:41:46.599
 not right

00:41:46.599 --> 00:41:46.839
 now

00:41:46.839 --> 00:41:47.059
 it's

00:41:47.059 --> 00:41:47.539
 equity

00:41:47.539 --> 00:41:48.539
 right

00:41:48.539 --> 00:41:49.300
 do you

00:41:49.300 --> 00:41:49.380
 know

00:41:49.380 --> 00:41:49.539
 what the

00:41:49.539 --> 00:41:49.800
 difference

00:41:49.800 --> 00:41:50.099
 between

00:41:50.099 --> 00:41:50.559
 equity

00:41:50.559 --> 00:41:50.739
 and

00:41:50.739 --> 00:41:51.119
 equality

00:41:51.119 --> 00:41:51.559
 is

00:41:51.559 --> 00:41:53.880
 do you

00:41:53.880 --> 00:41:54.900
 I'll

00:41:54.900 --> 00:41:55.400
 explain it

00:41:55.400 --> 00:41:55.599
 if you

00:41:55.599 --> 00:41:55.860
 don't

00:41:55.860 --> 00:41:56.019
 but

00:41:56.019 --> 00:41:56.759
 so

00:41:56.759 --> 00:41:57.440
 equality

00:41:57.440 --> 00:41:57.880
 is

00:41:57.880 --> 00:41:58.500
 everybody

00:41:58.500 --> 00:41:59.159
 ought to

00:41:59.159 --> 00:41:59.480
 be given

00:41:59.480 --> 00:41:59.940
 the same

00:41:59.940 --> 00:42:00.519
 chance

00:42:00.519 --> 00:42:01.259
 to kind

00:42:01.259 --> 00:42:01.400
 of

00:42:01.400 --> 00:42:01.840
 prosper

00:42:01.840 --> 00:42:03.099
 to rise

00:42:03.099 --> 00:42:03.420
 above

00:42:03.420 --> 00:42:03.960
 the things

00:42:03.960 --> 00:42:04.360
 in their

00:42:04.360 --> 00:42:04.840
 lives

00:42:04.840 --> 00:42:05.139
 that

00:42:05.139 --> 00:42:05.639
 maybe

00:42:05.639 --> 00:42:05.820
 have

00:42:05.820 --> 00:42:06.059
 held

00:42:06.059 --> 00:42:06.239
 them

00:42:06.239 --> 00:42:06.639
 back

00:42:06.639 --> 00:42:07.880
 and

00:42:07.880 --> 00:42:08.300
 equality

00:42:08.300 --> 00:42:08.519
 was

00:42:08.519 --> 00:42:08.960
 understood

00:42:08.960 --> 00:42:09.440
 to be

00:42:09.440 --> 00:42:10.300
 opportunity

00:42:10.300 --> 00:42:11.420
 I mean

00:42:11.420 --> 00:42:11.779
 you could

00:42:11.779 --> 00:42:12.119
 say

00:42:12.119 --> 00:42:12.739
 it's about

00:42:12.739 --> 00:42:13.179
 opening

00:42:13.179 --> 00:42:13.579
 doors

00:42:13.579 --> 00:42:14.159
 for people

00:42:14.159 --> 00:42:15.480
 that's

00:42:15.480 --> 00:42:15.759
 why we

00:42:15.759 --> 00:42:16.079
 believed

00:42:16.079 --> 00:42:16.400
 in a

00:42:16.400 --> 00:42:16.739
 national

00:42:16.739 --> 00:42:17.420
 education

00:42:17.420 --> 00:42:18.000
 system

00:42:18.000 --> 00:42:18.340
 and all

00:42:18.340 --> 00:42:18.679
 that

00:42:18.679 --> 00:42:20.420
 equity

00:42:20.420 --> 00:42:22.780
 is the

00:42:22.780 --> 00:42:23.340
 goal of

00:42:23.340 --> 00:42:23.880
 trying to

00:42:23.880 --> 00:42:24.500
 make sure

00:42:24.500 --> 00:42:24.840
 that

00:42:24.840 --> 00:42:25.739
 everybody's

00:42:25.739 --> 00:42:26.199
 outcomes

00:42:26.199 --> 00:42:26.679
 are the

00:42:26.679 --> 00:42:27.000
 same

00:42:27.000 --> 00:42:29.760
 you say

00:42:29.760 --> 00:42:29.960
 well

00:42:29.960 --> 00:42:31.039
 where did

00:42:31.039 --> 00:42:31.320
 you see

00:42:31.320 --> 00:42:31.699
 that

00:42:31.699 --> 00:42:32.900
 I said

00:42:32.900 --> 00:42:33.139
 well I

00:42:33.139 --> 00:42:33.739
 do remember

00:42:33.739 --> 00:42:35.139
 Tony Blair

00:42:35.139 --> 00:42:35.780
 thinking that

00:42:35.780 --> 00:42:36.199
 everybody

00:42:36.199 --> 00:42:36.679
 should have

00:42:36.679 --> 00:42:37.159
 a degree

00:42:37.159 --> 00:42:38.059
 do you

00:42:38.059 --> 00:42:38.280
 remember

00:42:38.280 --> 00:42:38.599
 that

00:42:38.599 --> 00:42:39.840
 which I

00:42:39.840 --> 00:42:40.260
 thought was

00:42:40.260 --> 00:42:40.619
 a vain

00:42:40.619 --> 00:42:40.960
 hope

00:42:40.960 --> 00:42:41.460
 A but

00:42:41.460 --> 00:42:41.900
 B

00:42:41.900 --> 00:42:43.199
 you know

00:42:43.199 --> 00:42:44.780
 I'm not

00:42:44.780 --> 00:42:45.440
 going to

00:42:45.440 --> 00:42:47.199
 you know

00:42:47.199 --> 00:42:48.039
 rubbish

00:42:48.039 --> 00:42:50.579
 degrees

00:42:50.579 --> 00:42:51.179
 from some

00:42:51.179 --> 00:42:51.919
 universities

00:42:51.919 --> 00:42:52.699
 but honestly

00:42:52.699 --> 00:42:53.379
 I don't

00:42:53.379 --> 00:42:53.899
 believe

00:42:53.899 --> 00:42:54.359
 they're worth

00:42:54.359 --> 00:42:54.779
 the paper

00:42:54.779 --> 00:42:55.259
 they're written

00:42:55.259 --> 00:42:55.480
 on

00:42:55.480 --> 00:42:56.500
 in terms

00:42:56.500 --> 00:42:57.139
 of employment

00:42:57.139 --> 00:42:58.899
 opportunities

00:42:58.899 --> 00:43:01.759
 so

00:43:01.759 --> 00:43:03.659
 into this

00:43:03.659 --> 00:43:05.139
 soup of

00:43:05.139 --> 00:43:06.219
 identity

00:43:06.219 --> 00:43:07.139
 confusion

00:43:07.139 --> 00:43:08.299
 oh yes

00:43:08.299 --> 00:43:08.579
 I was telling you

00:43:08.579 --> 00:43:09.099
 about Google

00:43:09.099 --> 00:43:11.000
 so Google

00:43:11.000 --> 00:43:12.579
 programmed

00:43:12.579 --> 00:43:13.639
 their latest

00:43:13.639 --> 00:43:16.480
 algorithm

00:43:16.480 --> 00:43:18.119
 on the

00:43:18.119 --> 00:43:18.519
 basis

00:43:18.519 --> 00:43:19.440
 of their

00:43:19.440 --> 00:43:20.279
 diversity

00:43:20.279 --> 00:43:22.199
 equity

00:43:22.199 --> 00:43:23.420
 and inclusion

00:43:23.420 --> 00:43:24.179
 policies

00:43:24.179 --> 00:43:26.239
 and when

00:43:26.239 --> 00:43:26.679
 it came

00:43:26.679 --> 00:43:27.259
 to it

00:43:27.259 --> 00:43:28.779
 they discovered

00:43:28.779 --> 00:43:29.659
 that all

00:43:29.659 --> 00:43:30.539
 the tutors

00:43:30.539 --> 00:43:33.000
 in this

00:43:33.000 --> 00:43:33.719
 artificial

00:43:33.719 --> 00:43:36.519
 intelligence

00:43:36.519 --> 00:43:38.079
 thing

00:43:38.079 --> 00:43:39.199
 there was

00:43:39.199 --> 00:43:40.679
 no representation

00:43:40.679 --> 00:43:41.559
 of anybody

00:43:41.559 --> 00:43:41.980
 who was

00:43:41.980 --> 00:43:42.359
 white

00:43:42.359 --> 00:43:45.219
 because

00:43:45.219 --> 00:43:45.859
 part of

00:43:45.859 --> 00:43:46.139
 their

00:43:46.139 --> 00:43:47.259
 programming

00:43:47.259 --> 00:43:47.919
 it was

00:43:47.919 --> 00:43:48.299
 to

00:43:48.299 --> 00:43:49.500
 program

00:43:49.500 --> 00:43:49.879
 the

00:43:49.879 --> 00:43:50.519
 algorithm

00:43:50.519 --> 00:43:51.199
 to

00:43:51.199 --> 00:43:52.559
 exclude

00:43:52.559 --> 00:43:53.000
 anybody

00:43:53.000 --> 00:43:53.679
 who could

00:43:53.679 --> 00:43:53.960
 be

00:43:53.960 --> 00:43:54.500
 described

00:43:54.500 --> 00:43:54.960
 as having

00:43:54.960 --> 00:43:55.259
 white

00:43:55.259 --> 00:43:55.819
 privilege

00:43:55.819 --> 00:43:58.779
 they've had

00:43:58.779 --> 00:43:59.079
 to very

00:43:59.079 --> 00:43:59.440
 quickly

00:43:59.440 --> 00:44:00.099
 change it

00:44:00.099 --> 00:44:00.559
 apparently

00:44:00.559 --> 00:44:01.500
 and now

00:44:01.500 --> 00:44:02.000
 you know

00:44:02.000 --> 00:44:02.339
 there might

00:44:02.339 --> 00:44:02.639
 be the

00:44:02.639 --> 00:44:02.859
 odd

00:44:02.859 --> 00:44:03.539
 appearance

00:44:03.539 --> 00:44:03.859
 of a

00:44:03.859 --> 00:44:04.119
 white

00:44:04.119 --> 00:44:04.579
 person

00:44:04.579 --> 00:44:05.019
 in this

00:44:05.019 --> 00:44:05.259
 but

00:44:05.259 --> 00:44:06.779
 Melanie

00:44:06.779 --> 00:44:07.219
 Phillips

00:44:07.219 --> 00:44:07.599
 is

00:44:07.599 --> 00:44:08.919
 you know

00:44:08.919 --> 00:44:09.339
 ranting

00:44:09.340 --> 00:44:09.860
 against

00:44:09.860 --> 00:44:10.180
 this

00:44:10.180 --> 00:44:10.720
 and saying

00:44:10.720 --> 00:44:11.220
 it's

00:44:11.220 --> 00:44:11.539
 really

00:44:11.539 --> 00:44:12.300
 destructive

00:44:12.300 --> 00:44:13.019
 idea

00:44:13.019 --> 00:44:14.100
 very confusing

00:44:14.100 --> 00:44:14.680
 etc

00:44:14.680 --> 00:44:15.200
 etc

00:44:15.200 --> 00:44:17.360
 so all

00:44:17.360 --> 00:44:17.780
 I'm making

00:44:17.780 --> 00:44:18.280
 the point

00:44:18.280 --> 00:44:18.640
 is

00:44:18.640 --> 00:44:19.920
 that our

00:44:19.920 --> 00:44:20.559
 identity

00:44:20.559 --> 00:44:21.960
 is in

00:44:21.960 --> 00:44:22.620
 Christ

00:44:22.620 --> 00:44:24.000
 2nd

00:44:24.000 --> 00:44:24.460
 Corinthians

00:44:24.460 --> 00:44:25.660
 chapter 5

00:44:25.660 --> 00:44:26.620
 and verse

00:44:26.620 --> 00:44:27.300
 17

00:44:27.300 --> 00:44:28.780
 the great

00:44:28.780 --> 00:44:29.300
 apostle

00:44:29.300 --> 00:44:31.140
 says

00:44:31.140 --> 00:44:31.920
 this

00:44:31.920 --> 00:44:38.240
 therefore

00:44:38.240 --> 00:44:38.920
 if anyone

00:44:38.920 --> 00:44:39.380
 is in

00:44:39.380 --> 00:44:39.840
 Christ

00:44:39.840 --> 00:44:40.460
 he is

00:44:40.460 --> 00:44:40.900
 a new

00:44:40.900 --> 00:44:41.460
 creation

00:44:41.460 --> 00:44:42.139
 the old

00:44:42.139 --> 00:44:42.680
 is gone

00:44:42.680 --> 00:44:43.619
 the new

00:44:43.619 --> 00:44:44.340
 has come

00:44:44.340 --> 00:44:45.740
 all this

00:44:45.740 --> 00:44:46.119
 is from

00:44:46.119 --> 00:44:46.480
 God

00:44:46.480 --> 00:44:46.720
 who

00:44:46.720 --> 00:44:47.500
 reconciled

00:44:47.500 --> 00:44:47.840
 us to

00:44:47.840 --> 00:44:48.159
 himself

00:44:48.159 --> 00:44:48.619
 through

00:44:48.619 --> 00:44:49.159
 Christ

00:44:49.159 --> 00:44:50.300
 and gave

00:44:50.300 --> 00:44:50.780
 us the

00:44:50.780 --> 00:44:51.300
 ministry

00:44:51.300 --> 00:44:52.039
 of

00:44:52.039 --> 00:44:53.039
 reconciliation

00:44:53.039 --> 00:44:55.000
 or

00:44:55.000 --> 00:44:55.579
 Galatians

00:44:55.579 --> 00:44:56.539
 chapter 2

00:44:56.539 --> 00:44:57.220
 and verse

00:44:57.220 --> 00:44:57.780
 20

00:44:57.780 --> 00:44:59.559
 we read

00:44:59.559 --> 00:45:00.360
 these words

00:45:00.360 --> 00:45:04.079
 sometimes

00:45:04.079 --> 00:45:04.440
 I stumble

00:45:04.440 --> 00:45:04.820
 my way

00:45:04.820 --> 00:45:05.160
 through the

00:45:05.160 --> 00:45:05.440
 Bible

00:45:05.440 --> 00:45:05.760
 and think

00:45:05.760 --> 00:45:06.200
 somebody's

00:45:06.200 --> 00:45:06.500
 taken

00:45:06.500 --> 00:45:06.880
 books

00:45:06.880 --> 00:45:07.180
 away

00:45:07.180 --> 00:45:07.440
 from

00:45:07.440 --> 00:45:07.820
 him

00:45:07.820 --> 00:45:10.519
 Galatians

00:45:10.519 --> 00:45:11.340
 chapter 2

00:45:11.340 --> 00:45:12.000
 and verse

00:45:12.000 --> 00:45:12.780
 20

00:45:12.780 --> 00:45:16.220
 says this

00:45:16.220 --> 00:45:17.640
 I have been

00:45:17.640 --> 00:45:18.200
 crucified

00:45:18.200 --> 00:45:19.019
 with Christ

00:45:19.019 --> 00:45:19.539
 and I

00:45:19.539 --> 00:45:20.420
 no longer

00:45:20.420 --> 00:45:20.860
 live

00:45:20.860 --> 00:45:21.680
 but Christ

00:45:21.680 --> 00:45:22.300
 lives in

00:45:22.300 --> 00:45:22.559
 me

00:45:22.559 --> 00:45:23.880
 the life

00:45:23.880 --> 00:45:24.380
 I live

00:45:24.380 --> 00:45:24.860
 in the

00:45:24.860 --> 00:45:25.200
 body

00:45:25.200 --> 00:45:25.700
 I live

00:45:25.700 --> 00:45:26.460
 by faith

00:45:26.460 --> 00:45:26.980
 in the

00:45:26.980 --> 00:45:27.360
 Son of

00:45:27.360 --> 00:45:27.700
 God

00:45:27.699 --> 00:45:30.960
 in my

00:45:30.960 --> 00:45:31.299
 view

00:45:31.299 --> 00:45:31.739
 you

00:45:31.739 --> 00:45:32.059
 couldn't

00:45:32.059 --> 00:45:32.500
 have a

00:45:32.500 --> 00:45:32.739
 more

00:45:32.739 --> 00:45:33.500
 wholesome

00:45:33.500 --> 00:45:34.919
 or clear

00:45:34.919 --> 00:45:35.759
 statement

00:45:35.759 --> 00:45:36.719
 of identity

00:45:36.719 --> 00:45:38.179
 than those

00:45:38.179 --> 00:45:39.059
 two verses

00:45:39.059 --> 00:45:41.219
 so there

00:45:41.219 --> 00:45:41.679
 we have

00:45:41.679 --> 00:45:42.299
 the church

00:45:42.299 --> 00:45:42.579
 in

00:45:42.579 --> 00:45:43.239
 Philadelphia

00:45:43.239 --> 00:45:44.939
 there we

00:45:44.939 --> 00:45:45.460
 have a

00:45:45.460 --> 00:45:45.980
 small

00:45:45.980 --> 00:45:46.539
 church

00:45:46.539 --> 00:45:47.299
 who are

00:45:47.299 --> 00:45:48.000
 faithful

00:45:48.000 --> 00:45:49.099
 and obedient

00:45:49.099 --> 00:45:50.119
 in the

00:45:50.119 --> 00:45:50.619
 face of

00:45:50.619 --> 00:45:51.460
 provocation

00:45:51.460 --> 00:45:52.919
 and persecution

00:45:52.919 --> 00:45:54.599
 to whom

00:45:54.599 --> 00:45:55.019
 the risen

00:45:55.019 --> 00:45:55.599
 Christ

00:45:55.599 --> 00:45:57.380
 appreciates

00:45:57.380 --> 00:45:57.739
 their

00:45:57.739 --> 00:45:58.299
 effort

00:45:58.299 --> 00:46:00.559
 and makes

00:46:00.559 --> 00:46:01.279
 these promises

00:46:01.279 --> 00:46:02.000
 to them

00:46:02.000 --> 00:46:03.819
 open door

00:46:03.819 --> 00:46:07.059
 I know

00:46:07.059 --> 00:46:07.360
 that

00:46:07.360 --> 00:46:08.480
 some of

00:46:08.480 --> 00:46:08.679
 you

00:46:08.679 --> 00:46:09.440
 I hope

00:46:09.440 --> 00:46:09.739
 you do

00:46:09.739 --> 00:46:10.159
 this

00:46:10.159 --> 00:46:11.079
 but you

00:46:11.079 --> 00:46:11.179
 know

00:46:11.179 --> 00:46:11.659
 the business

00:46:11.659 --> 00:46:12.179
 of God's

00:46:12.179 --> 00:46:12.579
 guidance

00:46:12.579 --> 00:46:13.059
 I think

00:46:13.059 --> 00:46:13.559
 is not

00:46:13.559 --> 00:46:14.119
 at all

00:46:14.119 --> 00:46:15.579
 uncomplicated

00:46:15.579 --> 00:46:17.259
 and I

00:46:17.259 --> 00:46:17.559
 think

00:46:17.559 --> 00:46:18.839
 Anthony and

00:46:18.839 --> 00:46:19.500
 I always

00:46:19.500 --> 00:46:20.059
 kind of

00:46:20.059 --> 00:46:20.480
 work with

00:46:20.480 --> 00:46:20.920
 an open

00:46:20.920 --> 00:46:21.199
 door

00:46:21.199 --> 00:46:21.659
 closed

00:46:21.659 --> 00:46:22.019
 door

00:46:22.019 --> 00:46:22.880
 perspective

00:46:22.880 --> 00:46:23.279
 a bit

00:46:23.279 --> 00:46:23.699
 like

00:46:23.699 --> 00:46:24.899
 you know

00:46:24.899 --> 00:46:25.339
 when Paul

00:46:25.339 --> 00:46:25.699
 was

00:46:25.699 --> 00:46:28.779
 in Acts

00:46:28.779 --> 00:46:29.319
 16

00:46:29.319 --> 00:46:29.679
 when it

00:46:29.679 --> 00:46:29.919
 says

00:46:29.919 --> 00:46:31.239
 a door

00:46:31.239 --> 00:46:31.679
 closed

00:46:31.679 --> 00:46:32.099
 on Paul

00:46:32.099 --> 00:46:32.319
 and he

00:46:32.319 --> 00:46:32.539
 couldn't

00:46:32.539 --> 00:46:32.980
 go to

00:46:32.980 --> 00:46:33.419
 where he

00:46:33.419 --> 00:46:33.799
 thought

00:46:33.799 --> 00:46:34.439
 God

00:46:34.439 --> 00:46:34.659
 was

00:46:34.659 --> 00:46:35.139
 taking

00:46:35.139 --> 00:46:35.460
 him

00:46:35.460 --> 00:46:36.500
 we've

00:46:36.500 --> 00:46:37.059
 always

00:46:37.059 --> 00:46:37.599
 tried

00:46:37.599 --> 00:46:37.859
 to

00:46:37.859 --> 00:46:38.159
 kind

00:46:38.159 --> 00:46:38.399
 of

00:46:38.399 --> 00:46:38.919
 push

00:46:38.919 --> 00:46:39.500
 doors

00:46:39.500 --> 00:46:41.319
 and I

00:46:41.319 --> 00:46:41.719
 remember

00:46:41.719 --> 00:46:42.939
 before I

00:46:42.939 --> 00:46:43.500
 was appointed

00:46:43.500 --> 00:46:44.179
 to the

00:46:44.179 --> 00:46:44.679
 parish

00:46:44.679 --> 00:46:45.119
 that I

00:46:45.119 --> 00:46:45.399
 was

00:46:45.399 --> 00:46:46.099
 rector

00:46:46.099 --> 00:46:46.539
 at

00:46:46.539 --> 00:46:48.379
 we

00:46:48.379 --> 00:46:48.659
 went

00:46:48.659 --> 00:46:49.059
 for a

00:46:49.059 --> 00:46:49.399
 visit

00:46:49.400 --> 00:46:50.840
 and

00:46:50.840 --> 00:46:52.780
 we got

00:46:52.780 --> 00:46:53.500
 a baby

00:46:53.500 --> 00:46:53.920
 with us

00:46:53.920 --> 00:46:54.320
 for some

00:46:54.320 --> 00:46:54.599
 reason

00:46:54.599 --> 00:46:55.360
 did we

00:46:55.360 --> 00:46:56.920
 yeah

00:46:56.920 --> 00:46:57.840
 anyway

00:46:57.840 --> 00:46:58.820
 I can't

00:46:58.820 --> 00:46:59.119
 remember

00:46:59.119 --> 00:46:59.639
 which one

00:46:59.639 --> 00:46:59.840
 but

00:46:59.840 --> 00:47:01.380
 one of

00:47:01.380 --> 00:47:01.579
 them

00:47:01.579 --> 00:47:03.200
 and so

00:47:03.200 --> 00:47:03.440
 Anthony

00:47:03.440 --> 00:47:03.900
 turned out

00:47:03.900 --> 00:47:04.119
 with this

00:47:04.119 --> 00:47:04.760
 little bundle

00:47:04.760 --> 00:47:05.320
 and the

00:47:05.320 --> 00:47:06.160
 church

00:47:06.160 --> 00:47:06.920
 warden's

00:47:06.920 --> 00:47:07.360
 wives

00:47:07.360 --> 00:47:07.800
 kind of

00:47:07.800 --> 00:47:08.200
 took her

00:47:08.200 --> 00:47:08.460
 off

00:47:08.460 --> 00:47:09.340
 and cooed

00:47:09.340 --> 00:47:09.940
 and cuddled

00:47:09.940 --> 00:47:10.400
 with the

00:47:10.400 --> 00:47:11.940
 little baby

00:47:11.940 --> 00:47:12.680
 and I

00:47:12.680 --> 00:47:13.460
 was grilled

00:47:13.460 --> 00:47:14.119
 by the

00:47:14.119 --> 00:47:14.380
 church

00:47:14.380 --> 00:47:15.019
 wardens

00:47:15.019 --> 00:47:16.460
 and

00:47:16.460 --> 00:47:17.119
 Anthony

00:47:17.119 --> 00:47:17.960
 had already

00:47:17.960 --> 00:47:18.460
 made it

00:47:18.460 --> 00:47:18.960
 clear to

00:47:18.960 --> 00:47:19.139
 me

00:47:19.139 --> 00:47:19.440
 that she

00:47:19.440 --> 00:47:19.739
 wasn't

00:47:19.739 --> 00:47:20.480
 quite sure

00:47:20.480 --> 00:47:21.000
 whether this

00:47:21.000 --> 00:47:21.300
 was the

00:47:21.300 --> 00:47:21.719
 kind of

00:47:21.719 --> 00:47:22.099
 place

00:47:22.099 --> 00:47:22.619
 that we

00:47:22.619 --> 00:47:22.800
 should

00:47:22.800 --> 00:47:23.360
 go to

00:47:23.360 --> 00:47:25.840
 and

00:47:25.840 --> 00:47:26.880
 so I

00:47:26.880 --> 00:47:27.239
 was

00:47:27.239 --> 00:47:28.440
 I mean

00:47:28.440 --> 00:47:29.019
 even by

00:47:29.019 --> 00:47:29.920
 my standards

00:47:29.920 --> 00:47:30.559
 I was

00:47:30.559 --> 00:47:31.480
 outspoken

00:47:31.480 --> 00:47:32.800
 at the

00:47:32.800 --> 00:47:33.300
 interview

00:47:33.300 --> 00:47:34.480
 they said

00:47:34.480 --> 00:47:34.960
 to me

00:47:34.960 --> 00:47:35.840
 something

00:47:35.840 --> 00:47:36.340
 like

00:47:36.340 --> 00:47:36.920
 your

00:47:36.920 --> 00:47:37.420
 predecessor

00:47:37.420 --> 00:47:38.000
 was very

00:47:38.000 --> 00:47:38.460
 good at

00:47:38.460 --> 00:47:38.820
 keeping

00:47:38.820 --> 00:47:39.259
 people

00:47:39.259 --> 00:47:39.739
 together

00:47:39.739 --> 00:47:40.219
 and

00:47:40.219 --> 00:47:41.940
 you know

00:47:41.940 --> 00:47:43.980
 so I

00:47:43.980 --> 00:47:44.219
 said

00:47:44.219 --> 00:47:44.519
 well

00:47:44.519 --> 00:47:45.340
 if that's

00:47:45.340 --> 00:47:45.619
 what you

00:47:45.619 --> 00:47:45.900
 want

00:47:45.900 --> 00:47:46.099
 I

00:47:46.099 --> 00:47:46.559
 wouldn't

00:47:46.559 --> 00:47:46.860
 really

00:47:46.860 --> 00:47:47.380
 be the

00:47:47.380 --> 00:47:47.639
 best

00:47:47.639 --> 00:47:48.039
 person

00:47:48.039 --> 00:47:48.440
 to do

00:47:48.440 --> 00:47:48.759
 that

00:47:48.759 --> 00:47:49.800
 you know

00:47:49.800 --> 00:47:50.119
 you need

00:47:50.119 --> 00:47:50.840
 to understand

00:47:50.840 --> 00:47:51.099
 that

00:47:51.099 --> 00:47:52.119
 not just

00:47:52.119 --> 00:47:52.380
 me

00:47:52.380 --> 00:47:52.719
 but if

00:47:52.719 --> 00:47:53.320
 me and

00:47:53.320 --> 00:47:53.920
 the leadership

00:47:53.920 --> 00:47:54.360
 of this

00:47:54.360 --> 00:47:54.679
 church

00:47:54.679 --> 00:47:55.119
 the church

00:47:55.119 --> 00:47:55.659
 council

00:47:55.659 --> 00:47:56.739
 felt that

00:47:56.739 --> 00:47:57.119
 a course

00:47:57.119 --> 00:47:57.539
 of action

00:47:57.539 --> 00:47:58.079
 was right

00:47:58.079 --> 00:47:58.460
 and we

00:47:58.460 --> 00:47:59.179
 voted for

00:47:59.179 --> 00:47:59.599
 it after

00:47:59.599 --> 00:48:00.199
 discussion

00:48:00.199 --> 00:48:00.780
 and prayer

00:48:00.780 --> 00:48:02.539
 I would

00:48:02.539 --> 00:48:03.079
 go for

00:48:03.079 --> 00:48:03.340
 it

00:48:03.340 --> 00:48:04.599
 even if

00:48:04.599 --> 00:48:05.079
 some people

00:48:05.079 --> 00:48:05.639
 didn't like

00:48:05.639 --> 00:48:05.960
 it

00:48:05.960 --> 00:48:08.360
 you're all

00:48:08.360 --> 00:48:08.780
 looking at

00:48:08.780 --> 00:48:09.159
 me like

00:48:09.159 --> 00:48:09.659
 thank god

00:48:09.659 --> 00:48:09.940
 you're not

00:48:09.940 --> 00:48:10.480
 our vicar

00:48:10.480 --> 00:48:13.460
 but I do

00:48:13.460 --> 00:48:13.940
 feel that

00:48:13.940 --> 00:48:14.579
 always felt

00:48:14.579 --> 00:48:14.900
 that

00:48:14.900 --> 00:48:16.400
 that if

00:48:16.400 --> 00:48:16.900
 the leadership

00:48:16.900 --> 00:48:17.500
 of the church

00:48:17.500 --> 00:48:17.800
 had got

00:48:17.800 --> 00:48:18.320
 clarity

00:48:18.320 --> 00:48:18.760
 about the

00:48:18.760 --> 00:48:18.920
 vision

00:48:18.920 --> 00:48:19.179
 I used

00:48:19.179 --> 00:48:19.539
 to say

00:48:19.539 --> 00:48:19.800
 at the

00:48:19.800 --> 00:48:20.099
 beginning

00:48:20.099 --> 00:48:20.440
 of the

00:48:20.440 --> 00:48:20.700
 year

00:48:20.700 --> 00:48:21.019
 to the

00:48:21.019 --> 00:48:21.900
 congregations

00:48:21.900 --> 00:48:23.539
 if you

00:48:23.539 --> 00:48:24.039
 don't like

00:48:24.039 --> 00:48:24.440
 what we're

00:48:24.440 --> 00:48:25.099
 shining a

00:48:25.099 --> 00:48:25.579
 light on

00:48:25.579 --> 00:48:26.099
 in relation

00:48:26.099 --> 00:48:26.619
 to our

00:48:26.619 --> 00:48:27.000
 vision

00:48:27.000 --> 00:48:28.659
 I don't

00:48:28.659 --> 00:48:29.039
 mind you

00:48:29.039 --> 00:48:29.400
 not like

00:48:29.400 --> 00:48:29.440
 it

00:48:29.440 --> 00:48:29.659
 you don't

00:48:29.659 --> 00:48:30.119
 have to

00:48:30.119 --> 00:48:30.700
 like it

00:48:30.700 --> 00:48:31.659
 but don't

00:48:31.659 --> 00:48:32.059
 stay in

00:48:32.059 --> 00:48:32.539
 this church

00:48:32.539 --> 00:48:33.079
 and complain

00:48:33.079 --> 00:48:33.920
 about it

00:48:33.920 --> 00:48:35.200
 P.S.

00:48:35.360 --> 00:48:35.880
 if you want

00:48:35.880 --> 00:48:36.179
 a dead

00:48:36.179 --> 00:48:36.539
 church

00:48:36.539 --> 00:48:36.840
 I know

00:48:36.840 --> 00:48:37.179
 lots

00:48:37.179 --> 00:48:37.559
 I can give

00:48:37.559 --> 00:48:37.760
 you the

00:48:37.760 --> 00:48:38.119
 addresses

00:48:38.119 --> 00:48:39.759
 I never

00:48:39.759 --> 00:48:40.359
 said that

00:48:40.359 --> 00:48:42.079
 so

00:48:42.079 --> 00:48:43.699
 look

00:48:43.699 --> 00:48:47.779
 we're

00:48:47.779 --> 00:48:48.759
 you know

00:48:48.759 --> 00:48:49.239
 I'm in an

00:48:49.239 --> 00:48:49.940
 houring about

00:48:49.940 --> 00:48:50.659
 this parish

00:48:50.659 --> 00:48:51.480
 and I said

00:48:51.480 --> 00:48:51.900
 I got in

00:48:51.900 --> 00:48:52.299
 the car

00:48:52.299 --> 00:48:52.859
 and I'm

00:48:52.859 --> 00:48:53.279
 pretty sure

00:48:53.279 --> 00:48:53.799
 I said to

00:48:53.799 --> 00:48:54.400
 Ante something

00:48:54.400 --> 00:48:54.839
 like well

00:48:54.839 --> 00:48:55.460
 you can write

00:48:55.460 --> 00:48:56.319
 that off your

00:48:56.319 --> 00:48:56.579
 list

00:48:56.579 --> 00:48:57.219
 I'm sure

00:48:57.219 --> 00:48:57.619
 they won't

00:48:57.619 --> 00:48:58.159
 want me

00:48:58.159 --> 00:49:00.179
 and the

00:49:00.179 --> 00:49:00.579
 next day

00:49:00.579 --> 00:49:01.099
 the patron

00:49:01.099 --> 00:49:01.739
 called me

00:49:01.739 --> 00:49:02.219
 and said

00:49:02.219 --> 00:49:02.960
 you put a

00:49:02.960 --> 00:49:03.500
 cat amongst

00:49:03.500 --> 00:49:04.079
 the pigeons

00:49:04.079 --> 00:49:05.699
 said why

00:49:05.699 --> 00:49:05.920
 he said

00:49:05.920 --> 00:49:06.380
 well the bishop

00:49:06.380 --> 00:49:06.880
 doesn't want

00:49:06.880 --> 00:49:07.340
 you to go

00:49:07.340 --> 00:49:07.599
 there

00:49:07.599 --> 00:49:07.880
 he said

00:49:07.880 --> 00:49:08.160
 but the

00:49:08.160 --> 00:49:08.420
 church

00:49:08.420 --> 00:49:08.840
 ones are

00:49:08.840 --> 00:49:09.220
 adamant

00:49:09.220 --> 00:49:09.480
 it's

00:49:09.480 --> 00:49:09.660
 you

00:49:09.660 --> 00:49:09.840
 they

00:49:09.840 --> 00:49:10.099
 want

00:49:10.099 --> 00:49:11.980
 so we

00:49:11.980 --> 00:49:12.440
 went there

00:49:12.440 --> 00:49:13.059
 largely on

00:49:13.059 --> 00:49:13.579
 the basis

00:49:13.579 --> 00:49:14.559
 that we

00:49:14.559 --> 00:49:15.099
 pushed at

00:49:15.099 --> 00:49:15.539
 a door

00:49:15.539 --> 00:49:15.980
 which we

00:49:15.980 --> 00:49:16.180
 were

00:49:16.180 --> 00:49:17.039
 completely

00:49:17.039 --> 00:49:17.960
 unsure of

00:49:17.960 --> 00:49:18.740
 was on

00:49:18.740 --> 00:49:19.019
 the other

00:49:19.019 --> 00:49:19.579
 side of

00:49:19.579 --> 00:49:19.840
 it

00:49:19.840 --> 00:49:20.980
 and it

00:49:20.980 --> 00:49:21.440
 opened

00:49:21.440 --> 00:49:23.019
 so we

00:49:23.019 --> 00:49:23.300
 walked

00:49:23.300 --> 00:49:23.880
 through it

00:49:23.880 --> 00:49:25.340
 and probably

00:49:25.340 --> 00:49:26.760
 I think I

00:49:26.760 --> 00:49:27.220
 can say

00:49:27.220 --> 00:49:27.440
 this

00:49:27.440 --> 00:49:28.200
 I probably

00:49:28.200 --> 00:49:29.039
 had the

00:49:29.039 --> 00:49:30.000
 most enjoyable

00:49:30.000 --> 00:49:31.019
 nine years

00:49:31.019 --> 00:49:31.380
 of my

00:49:31.380 --> 00:49:31.880
 ministry

00:49:31.880 --> 00:49:35.519
 what a

00:49:35.519 --> 00:49:35.860
 gift

00:49:35.860 --> 00:49:36.940
 open

00:49:36.940 --> 00:49:37.360
 doors

00:49:37.360 --> 00:49:37.720
 are

00:49:37.720 --> 00:49:39.240
 whether

00:49:39.240 --> 00:49:40.039
 it's

00:49:40.039 --> 00:49:41.220
 the door

00:49:41.220 --> 00:49:41.940
 that opens

00:49:41.940 --> 00:49:42.320
 on the

00:49:42.320 --> 00:49:42.720
 missionary

00:49:42.720 --> 00:49:43.620
 opportunity

00:49:43.620 --> 00:49:44.160
 that we

00:49:44.160 --> 00:49:44.420
 have

00:49:44.420 --> 00:49:45.200
 my goodness

00:49:45.200 --> 00:49:45.620
 we need

00:49:45.620 --> 00:49:45.920
 to give

00:49:45.920 --> 00:49:46.160
 some

00:49:46.160 --> 00:49:46.599
 attention

00:49:46.599 --> 00:49:47.180
 to that

00:49:47.180 --> 00:49:48.400
 or whether

00:49:48.400 --> 00:49:48.960
 it's in

00:49:48.960 --> 00:49:49.640
 individual

00:49:49.640 --> 00:49:50.300
 guidance

00:49:50.300 --> 00:49:50.800
 the fact

00:49:50.800 --> 00:49:51.079
 we have

00:49:51.079 --> 00:49:51.559
 access

00:49:51.559 --> 00:49:52.180
 to God

00:49:52.180 --> 00:49:52.780
 to help

00:49:52.780 --> 00:49:53.059
 us

00:49:53.059 --> 00:49:53.780
 in these

00:49:53.780 --> 00:49:54.360
 decisions

00:49:54.360 --> 00:49:55.079
 that we

00:49:55.079 --> 00:49:55.460
 have to

00:49:55.460 --> 00:49:55.840
 make

00:49:55.840 --> 00:49:57.200
 so very

00:49:57.200 --> 00:49:57.539
 very

00:49:57.539 --> 00:49:58.000
 very

00:49:58.000 --> 00:49:58.500
 very

00:49:58.500 --> 00:49:58.800
 very

00:49:58.800 --> 00:49:59.280
 quickly

00:49:59.280 --> 00:50:00.640
 just a

00:50:00.640 --> 00:50:01.039
 quick

00:50:01.039 --> 00:50:01.340
 quick

00:50:01.340 --> 00:50:01.740
 summary

00:50:01.740 --> 00:50:02.140
 I'm not

00:50:02.140 --> 00:50:02.340
 going to

00:50:02.340 --> 00:50:02.760
 go over

00:50:02.760 --> 00:50:03.200
 all these

00:50:03.200 --> 00:50:03.660
 points

00:50:03.660 --> 00:50:04.860
 but just

00:50:04.860 --> 00:50:05.800
 to remind

00:50:05.800 --> 00:50:06.280
 you of

00:50:06.280 --> 00:50:06.740
 what we've

00:50:06.740 --> 00:50:07.300
 learnt so

00:50:07.300 --> 00:50:07.800
 far

00:50:07.800 --> 00:50:09.920
 just look

00:50:09.920 --> 00:50:10.120
 at the

00:50:10.120 --> 00:50:10.860
 first slide

00:50:10.860 --> 00:50:11.600
 you don't

00:50:11.600 --> 00:50:12.120
 need to

00:50:12.120 --> 00:50:13.200
 don't need

00:50:13.200 --> 00:50:13.800
 to go to

00:50:13.800 --> 00:50:14.720
 talk about

00:50:14.720 --> 00:50:15.100
 those

00:50:15.100 --> 00:50:15.500
 the next

00:50:15.500 --> 00:50:15.880
 slide

00:50:15.880 --> 00:50:16.520
 the same

00:50:16.519 --> 00:50:21.579
 and the

00:50:21.579 --> 00:50:23.019
 final slide

00:50:23.019 --> 00:50:23.500
 I do

00:50:23.500 --> 00:50:24.039
 just want

00:50:24.039 --> 00:50:24.519
 to say

00:50:24.519 --> 00:50:26.039
 first thing

00:50:26.039 --> 00:50:27.380
 is God

00:50:27.380 --> 00:50:28.380
 is faithful

00:50:28.380 --> 00:50:29.119
 and his

00:50:29.119 --> 00:50:29.559
 promises

00:50:29.559 --> 00:50:30.340
 are true

00:50:30.340 --> 00:50:32.880
 second thing

00:50:32.880 --> 00:50:33.320
 we learn

00:50:33.320 --> 00:50:34.000
 from Philadelphia

00:50:34.000 --> 00:50:34.800
 is we don't

00:50:34.800 --> 00:50:35.420
 have to cave

00:50:35.420 --> 00:50:35.980
 into our

00:50:35.980 --> 00:50:36.420
 enemies

00:50:36.420 --> 00:50:38.119
 but I do

00:50:38.119 --> 00:50:39.039
 think that

00:50:39.039 --> 00:50:39.519
 the Bible

00:50:39.519 --> 00:50:40.000
 would have

00:50:40.000 --> 00:50:40.800
 us lovingly

00:50:40.800 --> 00:50:41.380
 confront

00:50:41.380 --> 00:50:42.380
 our enemy

00:50:42.380 --> 00:50:43.599
 people who

00:50:43.599 --> 00:50:44.039
 are enemies

00:50:44.039 --> 00:50:44.739
 of Christ

00:50:44.739 --> 00:50:46.759
 you know

00:50:46.759 --> 00:50:48.239
 in the

00:50:48.239 --> 00:50:53.399
 epistle of

00:50:53.399 --> 00:50:53.799
 Peter

00:50:53.799 --> 00:50:56.339
 we're told

00:50:56.339 --> 00:50:57.939
 to contend

00:50:57.939 --> 00:50:58.319
 for the

00:50:58.319 --> 00:50:58.699
 truth

00:50:58.699 --> 00:51:00.719
 do you feel

00:51:00.719 --> 00:51:01.219
 equipped for

00:51:01.219 --> 00:51:01.539
 that

00:51:01.539 --> 00:51:02.299
 you're

00:51:02.299 --> 00:51:02.919
 content for

00:51:02.919 --> 00:51:03.119
 it

00:51:03.119 --> 00:51:04.459
 people say

00:51:04.459 --> 00:51:05.199
 wild things

00:51:05.199 --> 00:51:05.639
 about the

00:51:05.639 --> 00:51:05.919
 faith

00:51:05.919 --> 00:51:06.379
 don't they

00:51:06.379 --> 00:51:08.439
 I can

00:51:08.439 --> 00:51:08.919
 remember

00:51:08.919 --> 00:51:11.119
 the photocopier

00:51:11.119 --> 00:51:11.739
 at work

00:51:11.739 --> 00:51:13.279
 people find

00:51:13.279 --> 00:51:13.659
 out you're

00:51:13.659 --> 00:51:14.059
 Christian

00:51:14.059 --> 00:51:14.500
 they say

00:51:14.500 --> 00:51:15.159
 I think

00:51:15.159 --> 00:51:15.460
 the whole

00:51:15.460 --> 00:51:15.860
 thing's

00:51:15.860 --> 00:51:16.199
 you know

00:51:16.199 --> 00:51:17.420
 for hypocrites

00:51:17.420 --> 00:51:17.940
 right

00:51:17.940 --> 00:51:21.639
 I always

00:51:21.639 --> 00:51:22.039
 thought to

00:51:22.039 --> 00:51:22.440
 myself

00:51:22.440 --> 00:51:23.079
 never said

00:51:23.079 --> 00:51:23.279
 it

00:51:23.279 --> 00:51:23.639
 well

00:51:23.639 --> 00:51:24.239
 if we're

00:51:24.239 --> 00:51:24.880
 all hypocrites

00:51:24.880 --> 00:51:25.159
 why don't

00:51:25.159 --> 00:51:25.480
 you come

00:51:25.480 --> 00:51:25.799
 along

00:51:25.799 --> 00:51:26.239
 because one

00:51:26.239 --> 00:51:26.719
 more isn't

00:51:26.719 --> 00:51:26.920
 going to

00:51:26.920 --> 00:51:27.320
 make any

00:51:27.320 --> 00:51:27.820
 difference

00:51:27.820 --> 00:51:31.079
 we can

00:51:31.079 --> 00:51:31.599
 face the

00:51:31.599 --> 00:51:32.500
 coming trials

00:51:32.500 --> 00:51:33.559
 with confidence

00:51:33.559 --> 00:51:34.639
 in Christ

00:51:34.639 --> 00:51:36.599
 whatever trial

00:51:36.599 --> 00:51:38.119
 you're facing

00:51:38.119 --> 00:51:38.880
 in your life

00:51:38.880 --> 00:51:39.279
 now

00:51:39.279 --> 00:51:40.779
 you can face

00:51:40.779 --> 00:51:41.340
 with confidence

00:51:41.340 --> 00:51:41.780
 I went

00:51:41.780 --> 00:51:42.120
 to

00:51:42.120 --> 00:51:43.920
 Musgrove

00:51:43.920 --> 00:51:44.440
 Park

00:51:44.440 --> 00:51:45.800
 hospital

00:51:45.800 --> 00:51:46.120
 in

00:51:46.120 --> 00:51:46.579
 Taunton

00:51:46.579 --> 00:51:46.940
 the other

00:51:46.940 --> 00:51:47.200
 day

00:51:47.200 --> 00:51:47.700
 to see

00:51:47.700 --> 00:51:49.000
 my dear

00:51:49.000 --> 00:51:49.220
 dear

00:51:49.220 --> 00:51:49.579
 friend

00:51:49.579 --> 00:51:50.120
 George

00:51:50.120 --> 00:51:50.640
 who's

00:51:50.640 --> 00:51:51.220
 had a

00:51:51.220 --> 00:51:51.600
 horrid

00:51:51.600 --> 00:51:52.200
 stroke

00:51:52.200 --> 00:51:52.920
 and he's

00:51:52.920 --> 00:51:53.380
 an Irish

00:51:53.380 --> 00:51:53.760
 guy

00:51:53.760 --> 00:51:54.120
 so he's

00:51:54.120 --> 00:51:54.400
 got the

00:51:54.400 --> 00:51:54.920
 blarney

00:51:54.920 --> 00:51:56.659
 and he

00:51:56.659 --> 00:51:57.280
 can't speak

00:51:57.280 --> 00:51:59.400
 and you

00:51:59.400 --> 00:51:59.659
 know

00:51:59.659 --> 00:52:00.740
 I mean

00:52:00.740 --> 00:52:01.980
 the thought

00:52:01.980 --> 00:52:02.320
 of that

00:52:02.320 --> 00:52:02.659
 for my

00:52:02.659 --> 00:52:02.880
 dear

00:52:02.880 --> 00:52:03.240
 friend

00:52:03.240 --> 00:52:03.760
 is a

00:52:03.760 --> 00:52:04.619
 horrid

00:52:04.619 --> 00:52:05.220
 thought

00:52:05.220 --> 00:52:07.059
 but he's

00:52:07.059 --> 00:52:07.539
 as brave

00:52:07.539 --> 00:52:07.860
 as a

00:52:07.860 --> 00:52:08.139
 lion

00:52:08.139 --> 00:52:10.940
 he's

00:52:10.940 --> 00:52:11.579
 facing his

00:52:11.579 --> 00:52:11.960
 future

00:52:11.960 --> 00:52:12.720
 with confidence

00:52:12.720 --> 00:52:13.380
 because he

00:52:13.380 --> 00:52:14.000
 trusts

00:52:14.000 --> 00:52:14.619
 Jesus

00:52:14.619 --> 00:52:15.200
 Christ

00:52:15.200 --> 00:52:17.900
 and

00:52:17.900 --> 00:52:18.220
 they

00:52:18.220 --> 00:52:18.539
 you know

00:52:18.539 --> 00:52:18.800
 they

00:52:18.800 --> 00:52:19.820
 coming up

00:52:19.820 --> 00:52:20.240
 with these

00:52:20.240 --> 00:52:20.840
 kind of

00:52:20.840 --> 00:52:21.659
 pathways

00:52:21.659 --> 00:52:22.119
 for

00:52:22.119 --> 00:52:23.860
 rehabilitation

00:52:23.860 --> 00:52:24.900
 for him

00:52:24.900 --> 00:52:25.680
 and George

00:52:25.680 --> 00:52:26.019
 has just

00:52:26.019 --> 00:52:26.240
 said I

00:52:26.240 --> 00:52:26.500
 don't want

00:52:26.500 --> 00:52:26.840
 any of

00:52:26.840 --> 00:52:27.140
 these

00:52:27.140 --> 00:52:29.780
 just

00:52:29.780 --> 00:52:30.360
 get me

00:52:30.360 --> 00:52:30.599
 some

00:52:30.599 --> 00:52:31.019
 palliative

00:52:31.019 --> 00:52:31.480
 care

00:52:31.480 --> 00:52:34.120
 and let

00:52:34.120 --> 00:52:34.420
 me go

00:52:34.420 --> 00:52:34.800
 home

00:52:34.800 --> 00:52:41.780
 I don't

00:52:41.780 --> 00:52:42.160
 know what

00:52:42.160 --> 00:52:42.840
 trials you're

00:52:42.840 --> 00:52:43.380
 facing

00:52:43.380 --> 00:52:44.620
 I guess

00:52:44.620 --> 00:52:44.880
 there'll be

00:52:44.880 --> 00:52:45.400
 some people

00:52:45.400 --> 00:52:45.680
 in the

00:52:45.680 --> 00:52:46.160
 house who

00:52:46.160 --> 00:52:46.980
 are facing

00:52:46.980 --> 00:52:47.320
 them

00:52:47.320 --> 00:52:48.460
 listen

00:52:48.460 --> 00:52:50.240
 you will

00:52:50.240 --> 00:52:50.840
 do much

00:52:50.840 --> 00:52:51.720
 better to

00:52:51.720 --> 00:52:52.360
 face those

00:52:52.360 --> 00:52:53.000
 trials with

00:52:53.000 --> 00:52:53.400
 Jesus

00:52:53.400 --> 00:52:55.079
 then you

00:52:55.079 --> 00:52:55.380
 will

00:52:55.380 --> 00:52:55.780
 without

00:52:55.780 --> 00:52:56.260
 him

00:52:56.260 --> 00:52:59.900
 Philadelphia

00:52:59.900 --> 00:53:00.800
 reminds us

00:53:00.800 --> 00:53:01.099
 that God

00:53:01.099 --> 00:53:01.760
 calls us

00:53:01.760 --> 00:53:02.280
 to fullness

00:53:02.280 --> 00:53:02.980
 of life

00:53:02.980 --> 00:53:03.700
 to joy

00:53:03.700 --> 00:53:04.039
 but

00:53:04.039 --> 00:53:05.500
 that doesn't

00:53:05.500 --> 00:53:05.960
 mean that

00:53:05.960 --> 00:53:06.500
 the Christian

00:53:06.500 --> 00:53:07.019
 way is

00:53:07.019 --> 00:53:07.579
 always an

00:53:07.579 --> 00:53:08.460
 easy life

00:53:08.460 --> 00:53:11.240
 and finally

00:53:11.240 --> 00:53:12.160
 and most

00:53:12.160 --> 00:53:12.820
 importantly

00:53:12.820 --> 00:53:14.740
 if you're a

00:53:14.740 --> 00:53:15.320
 disciple of

00:53:15.320 --> 00:53:15.720
 Jesus

00:53:15.720 --> 00:53:16.980
 your

00:53:16.980 --> 00:53:18.079
 identity

00:53:18.079 --> 00:53:19.599
 rests in

00:53:19.599 --> 00:53:20.000
 that

00:53:20.000 --> 00:53:21.019
 objective

00:53:21.019 --> 00:53:21.720
 truth

00:53:21.719 --> 00:53:24.039
 Jesus

00:53:24.039 --> 00:53:24.679
 died

00:53:24.679 --> 00:53:25.359
 for your

00:53:25.359 --> 00:53:25.859
 sins

00:53:25.859 --> 00:53:27.059
 as Paul

00:53:27.059 --> 00:53:27.619
 tells us

00:53:27.619 --> 00:53:28.059
 in 1

00:53:28.059 --> 00:53:28.679
 Corinthians

00:53:28.679 --> 00:53:30.059
 chapter 15

00:53:30.059 --> 00:53:33.459
 so there

00:53:33.459 --> 00:53:33.919
 we are

00:53:33.919 --> 00:53:34.639
 the church

00:53:34.639 --> 00:53:35.399
 in Philadelphia

00:53:35.400 --> 00:53:37.059
 and next

00:53:37.059 --> 00:53:37.519
 week

00:53:37.519 --> 00:53:38.700
 the last

00:53:38.700 --> 00:53:39.079
 one

00:53:39.079 --> 00:53:40.279
 one

00:53:44.420 --> 00:53:46.480
 do

00:53:46.480 --> 00:53:47.480
 this

00:53:47.480 --> 00:53:47.739
 thing

00:53:48.259 --> 00:53:49.619
 to

00:53:49.759 --> 00:53:50.480
 and

00:53:50.480 --> 00:53:51.840
 to