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 Well, good morning, everyone.

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 It's great to gather with you in the building and also online,

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 if you're connected online to the St Paul's family out there,

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 to our neighbourhood around Chatswood and community.

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 Great for you to be connecting in with us.

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 Well, it's that time of year again, as a number of us are aware,

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 where heads are buried into books,

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 the hope of cramming in as much information as possible

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 in order to regurgitate it onto an exam paper,

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 whether it be HSC, uni exams,

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 as some of us here are facing theological exams.

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 It's that time of year of assessment.

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 Someone was asked recently what, in fact,

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 there was their plan of attack for the exam,

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 and their response was,

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 I am hoping to try not to cry loud enough

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 in order to disturb other people.

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 While there are, this time of year, exams like this,

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 these assessment periods,

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 in actual fact, all of life, on one way or another,

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 is an assessment.

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 From the time that you're born,

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 and the doctors or the nurses are measuring you

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 and poking you and prodding you and weighing you

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 and making sure that you're hitting all the appropriate milestones,

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 your head's not too big, it's not too small,

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 you're walking when you're meant to walk,

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 you're moving, you're doing all that sort of stuff.

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 Through the various stages,

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 to the point where you're getting a car licence,

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 you've got to do exams,

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 you've got to pass certain things,

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 driving tests, written tests.

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 For me, it went on from that

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 into commercial driving licence with heavy vehicles,

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 explosive licence, firearm licence,

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 motorbike licence,

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 it's assessments all the way through.

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 Now that I'm a diabetic,

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 I'm on a constant cycle of blood tests,

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 I test my sugar levels,

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 I don't know how many times a day,

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 physical examinations, eye examinations.

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 Now there's a whole heap of assessments

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 that happen in life,

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 some of them are really crucial,

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 some of them, really frankly, it doesn't matter,

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 you know, who cares what you got

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 on your second grade piano exam,

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 no one really matters about that,

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 unless of course, you know, it's your teacher.

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 And even every five years,

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 the church itself gets assessed

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 with the National Church Life Survey,

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 which will be coming up for us again next year.

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 And in one sense,

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 this is what we're doing in this season of St Paul's,

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 we are assessing the last 11 years' ministry

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 of this church.

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 But the assessment of the church,

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 the assessment of our lives,

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 of our lives as disciples of the Lord Jesus,

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 that really matters,

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 is in fact not your assessment of the last 11 years,

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 or my assessment,

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 or the NCLS's,

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 or even what our diocesan bishop,

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 or the whole diocese thinks.

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 The only assessment that really matters

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 is the one who we saw last week from Revelation 1,

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 is the one who rules over all things

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 from time and eternity,

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 stands in the midst of his church,

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 the cosmic king,

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 the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 It's his assessment that matters.

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 The one who chapter 1 calls,

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 the firstborn from the dead,

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 the ruler of the kings of the earth,

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 the king of kings,

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 in other words,

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 the one to whom belongs glory and power

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 forever and ever.

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 Amen.

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 Now, Revelation 2 and 3,

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 which is what we're up to today,

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 is Jesus' assessment of seven churches.

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 So, grab your Bibles,

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 Revelation 2 and 3,

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 and also the St. Paul's app,

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 and come with me on that.

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 If you have not got a Bible,

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 can I encourage you at this point,

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 if you've got no access to God's word right now,

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 I've got two things for you.

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 Bring one from home,

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 first of all,

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 if you've got one at home.

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 Secondly,

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 if you don't have one at all,

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 then we will give you one.

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 So, please,

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 speak to me,

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 speak to one of the staff here,

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 and we will give you a Bible

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 by the time you leave today.

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 I want to have a Bible in your hands.

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 So, get your Bibles open,

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 Revelation 2 and 3,

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 and the St. Paul's app,

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 four things,

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 why the assessment matters,

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 the results of the assessment,

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 how to receive a positive assessment,

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 and the hope of a positive assessment.

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 So,

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 why is assessment matters?

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 The book of Revelation

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 is in the form of a letter

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 that the Apostle John

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 is writing to the church

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 as it struggles

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 under the weight of hardship

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 and the affluence

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 of the Roman Empire.

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 And it starts with this incredible vision

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 of the Lord Jesus Christ,

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 who rules as the cosmic king of all things.

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 We saw last week

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 that this Jesus

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 is the beginning of all things.

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 He's the end of all things.

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 History is running in direction of him,

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 and therefore,

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 he is the point of all things.

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 The entire book

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 is a vision

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 that the Apostle John receives

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 while he himself

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 is suffering

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 as a servant of the Lord Jesus

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 on the prison island,

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 Patmos.

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 He is suffering

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 because he's a follower.

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 He's a disciple of the Lord Jesus.

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 And John is instructed

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 in chapter 1, verse 19

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 to write down,

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 it says,

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 what is now

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 and what will take place later.

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 So if you like,

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 the book of Revelation

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 is God's grand narrative.

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 It's his self-revelation

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 of the way things

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 actually are

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 in the universe.

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 John's vision

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 takes us beyond

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 the chaos of history

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 to see God's work,

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 him working

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 behind the scenes

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 to defeat sin and evil

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 and to rescue

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 a people for himself

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 for their eternal joy.

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 Now,

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 most of the book

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 of Revelation

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 is a vision

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 of the heavenly realms.

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 The cosmic battle

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 between Satan

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 and sin

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 and wickedness

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 and the final triumph

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 of the loving rule

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 of God

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 for all of eternity.

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 So Revelation 2 and 3,

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 what it does for us

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 in these seven letters

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 to the churches

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 is it brings

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 that cosmic battle

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 into our daily life.

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 So it's not just

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 sort of mythology

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 kind of stuff

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 out there

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 in the internet.

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 It brings that battle

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 which is out there

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 raging

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 beyond our sight

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 into our daily lives.

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 That is the place

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 where the cosmic battle

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 of Revelation

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 gets,

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 if you like,

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 rages the most

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 is in the local church

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 and the members

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 of the local church.

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 This is where

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 the cosmic battle

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 becomes real for us.

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 The cosmic battle

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 between God

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 and all that is good

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 and Satan

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 and all that is evil,

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 that battle rages

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 for every single Christian.

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 The battle for faithfulness

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 and fruitfulness,

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 a battle against the world,

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 the flesh and the devil.

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 Can I just add here

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 just as a side point,

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 it's one reason

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 why vocational Christian ministry

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 is so fundamentally hard.

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 Not only does the pastor

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 experience the cosmic battle

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 personally

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 like you experience it personally,

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 but we are leading others

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 to overcome

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 at the same time

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 trying to overcome ourselves.

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 Revelation 2 and 3

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 is Jesus' assessment

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 of seven churches

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 and how they are progressing.

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 There's no such thing

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 as a perfect performance

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 except for Jesus.

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 He is the victorious one.

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 He is the one

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 who has overcome

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 and his concern for us

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 is that we would triumph

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 with him,

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 that we too

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 would be victorious.

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 that we would enter

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 into all the joys

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 of his eternal kingdom

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 and experience life

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 in its fullest

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 as he now

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 has life

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 in all its fullest.

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 That we would

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 enter into that joy

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 and that's why

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 his assessment

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 of how we're

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 begrossing matters.

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 matters.

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 So these chapters

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 are specific

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 individual messages

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 for real life churches

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 that existed

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 in the first century

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 with the apostle John

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 that were facing

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 real life issues.

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 And yet,

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 each of these

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 specific messages

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 is meant to be read

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 to all the churches.

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 all the churches.

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 Each church

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 has to know

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 about all the issues

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 that they will face.

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 Every individual church

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 here is instructed

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 to hear

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 what the Spirit

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 says

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 to the churches.

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 churches.

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 This is for us

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 too

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 here at St. Paul's

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 Chatswood

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 2,000 years later.

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 And this letter

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 presents to us

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 a serious picture

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 of church life

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 where constant

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 vigilance

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 is called for.

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 We must hear

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 his assessment

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 and instructions

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 if we are

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 to overcome

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 and we are

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 to be victorious

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 in the end.

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 So what's the results

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 of his assessment?

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 All the letters,

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 the seven letters

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 have a similar pattern.

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 They begin

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 with an explanation

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 of who Jesus Christ is

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 and each of the explanations

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 at the beginning

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 of each letter

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 draws on one aspect

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 of the vision

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 that the apostle John

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 saw of the Lord Jesus

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 in chapter one.

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 It then goes on

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 to describe

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 Jesus' assessment

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 of each church.

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 Then following that

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 is a word

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 of encouragement

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 or a word

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 of warning

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 and each finishes

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 with a glorious promise

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 to those

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 who will overcome

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 and each one

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 of the glorious promises

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 is found

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 in Revelation

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 21 and 22

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 at the end

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 of what that looks like.

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 So he's drawing

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 on the past

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 who Jesus is,

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 his character

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 and what he is

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 taking us to

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 into the future

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 in Revelation

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 21 and 22.

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 These churches

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 all face

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 a range of issues.

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 Persecution,

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 complacency,

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 social rejection,

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 false teaching,

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 lovelessness,

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 needing to refocus

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 on its purpose

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 and its mission,

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 all kinds of issues.

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 And rather than go

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 through them all,

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 which you'd be glad

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 that I'm not going to

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 because I'm hoping

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 that you will do that

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 in your community groups,

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 I want to focus

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 on Laodicea

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 for us.

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 What we notice

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 with the first six churches

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 that Jesus addresses here

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 is that he affirms them

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 for some things,

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 criticizes them

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 for other things.

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 There were things

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 that they were doing well.

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 There were things

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 that they needed

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 to improve on,

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 needed to change.

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 Except for Smyrna

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 and Philadelphia

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 where there are

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 no faults mentioned.

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 On the other hand,

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 when we come

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 to Laodicea,

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 Jesus doesn't affirm

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 them for anything.

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 His assessment

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 is quite scathing.

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 And there is something

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 about Laodicea

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 and his

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 call for Laodicea

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 which impacts

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 the rest of the churches

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 and how they continue

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 to advance.

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 So that's why I want

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 to pick on Laodicea.

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 The issue Jesus

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 has with his church,

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 if you've got your Bibles,

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 Revelation 3

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 verses 15 and 16,

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 I know your deeds

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 that you are neither

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 cold nor hot.

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 I wish you were

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 either one

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 or the other.

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 So because you are

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 lukewarm,

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 neither hot nor cold,

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 I'm about to spit you

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 out of my mouth.

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 So what Jesus

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 is addressing

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 here in Laodicea

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 is what you would

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 call spiritual

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 lukewarmness.

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 We can see

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 what this means

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 when we see

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 what it is

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 contrasted with

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 in verse 19.

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 In the second sentence

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 of verse 19

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 we read,

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 The word earnest

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 there is

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 translated

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 from the word

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 zealous

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 in the original

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 language.

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 It's the origin

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 of the word

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 zealous

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 in the English

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 language.

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 A lukewarm

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 Christian

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 is a Christian

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 without zeal

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 for God.

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 Now it's

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 interesting

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 that if you do

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 a word study here,

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 this particular

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 Greek word

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 zealous

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 is mostly

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 translated

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 in the New

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 Testament

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 as jealous

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 and not

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 zealous.

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 Jealous,

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 that is jealousy,

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 is generally

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 viewed

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 as quite

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 a negative

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 thing.

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 A negative

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 thing.

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 It's envy.

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 Here in verse

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 19 it is in

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 fact a positive

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 thing.

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 See when you

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 are jealous

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 in a negative

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 sense,

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 you set

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 your love

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 and your

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 attention

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 and your

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 affection

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 intently

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 on

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 yourself.

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 Which is

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 what jealousy

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 is.

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 Jealousy is

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 just simply

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 setting your

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 love,

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 your attention,

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 your affection

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 intently on

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 something.

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 But when it's

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 negative,

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 you do it

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 to yourself.

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 And therefore

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 you become

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 jealous

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 of people.

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 jealousy

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 of anyone

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 who has

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 more talents

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 and more

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 money or

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 more attention

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 or more

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 whatever than

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 I've got,

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 that's when

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 jealousy is

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 negative.

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 Your zeal

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 is for

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 yourself.

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 If however

00:14:51.740 --> 00:14:52.340
 you become

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 jealous

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 for others,

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 not of

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 others,

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 but for

00:14:56.279 --> 00:14:56.960
 others,

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 then it's

00:14:58.240 --> 00:14:58.840
 positive.

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 Jealousy

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 for their

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 good,

00:15:00.960 --> 00:15:01.620
 for their

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 growth,

00:15:02.340 --> 00:15:02.840
 for their

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 joy.

00:15:03.879 --> 00:15:04.160
 To be

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 jealous

00:15:04.480 --> 00:15:05.879
 for someone

00:15:05.879 --> 00:15:06.759
 is to

00:15:06.759 --> 00:15:07.480
 set your

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 love and

00:15:08.500 --> 00:15:09.280
 your attention

00:15:09.280 --> 00:15:09.879
 and your

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 affection

00:15:10.460 --> 00:15:12.040
 intently

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 on them

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 in such

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 a way

00:15:14.519 --> 00:15:14.899
 that it

00:15:14.899 --> 00:15:15.759
 overflows

00:15:15.759 --> 00:15:16.600
 in service

00:15:16.600 --> 00:15:17.540
 of them.

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 So this

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 helps us

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 here understand

00:15:22.379 --> 00:15:22.820
 what is

00:15:22.820 --> 00:15:23.240
 happening

00:15:23.240 --> 00:15:24.220
 with Laodicea.

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 A lukewarm

00:15:25.980 --> 00:15:27.100
 Christian is

00:15:27.100 --> 00:15:27.720
 not a

00:15:27.720 --> 00:15:28.720
 hypocritical

00:15:28.720 --> 00:15:29.480
 Christian.

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 This is

00:15:30.440 --> 00:15:30.820
 not about

00:15:30.820 --> 00:15:31.560
 hypocrisy.

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 These are

00:15:33.460 --> 00:15:34.139
 people who

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 believe what

00:15:34.820 --> 00:15:35.200
 they should

00:15:35.200 --> 00:15:36.060
 believe and

00:15:36.060 --> 00:15:36.639
 do what

00:15:36.639 --> 00:15:37.040
 they should

00:15:37.040 --> 00:15:37.560
 be doing.

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 However,

00:15:39.379 --> 00:15:40.180
 the supreme

00:15:40.180 --> 00:15:42.040
 passion of

00:15:42.040 --> 00:15:43.139
 their lives,

00:15:43.720 --> 00:15:44.240
 of their

00:15:44.240 --> 00:15:44.879
 hearts,

00:15:45.360 --> 00:15:46.500
 is set on

00:15:46.500 --> 00:15:47.560
 something else

00:15:47.560 --> 00:15:49.240
 apart from

00:15:49.240 --> 00:15:50.740
 Jesus Christ.

00:15:53.580 --> 00:15:54.580
 There is no

00:15:54.580 --> 00:15:55.379
 jealousy for

00:15:55.379 --> 00:15:55.720
 God.

00:15:56.519 --> 00:15:57.160
 There is no

00:15:57.160 --> 00:15:58.160
 zeal for

00:15:58.160 --> 00:15:58.480
 God.

00:15:58.740 --> 00:15:59.200
 There is no

00:15:59.200 --> 00:16:00.080
 intimacy and

00:16:00.080 --> 00:16:00.840
 passion and

00:16:00.840 --> 00:16:01.420
 joy and

00:16:01.420 --> 00:16:02.480
 wonder in

00:16:02.480 --> 00:16:02.659
 their

00:16:02.659 --> 00:16:03.399
 relationship

00:16:03.399 --> 00:16:04.539
 with God.

00:16:08.279 --> 00:16:08.980
 And Jesus

00:16:08.980 --> 00:16:09.600
 goes on to

00:16:09.600 --> 00:16:11.139
 express exactly

00:16:11.139 --> 00:16:11.980
 how he feels

00:16:11.980 --> 00:16:12.659
 about that.

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 The first

00:16:14.820 --> 00:16:15.320
 thing he says

00:16:15.320 --> 00:16:16.000
 is in fact

00:16:16.000 --> 00:16:16.779
 quite startling.

00:16:16.860 --> 00:16:17.080
 Have a look

00:16:17.080 --> 00:16:17.840
 at verse 15.

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 I know

00:16:18.920 --> 00:16:20.120
 your deeds

00:16:20.120 --> 00:16:20.539
 that you

00:16:20.539 --> 00:16:20.980
 are neither

00:16:20.980 --> 00:16:22.180
 cold nor

00:16:22.180 --> 00:16:22.639
 hot.

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 I wish

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 you were

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 either one

00:16:25.360 --> 00:16:26.580
 or the

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 other.

00:16:26.960 --> 00:16:27.080
 hot.

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 He would

00:16:30.280 --> 00:16:30.860
 rather that

00:16:30.860 --> 00:16:31.300
 they be

00:16:31.300 --> 00:16:32.700
 cold or

00:16:32.700 --> 00:16:33.540
 hot, not

00:16:33.540 --> 00:16:34.920
 warm.

00:16:37.360 --> 00:16:37.580
 Now

00:16:37.580 --> 00:16:39.639
 that's a

00:16:39.639 --> 00:16:40.500
 bit strange.

00:16:41.700 --> 00:16:41.960
 You see,

00:16:42.040 --> 00:16:42.280
 you would

00:16:42.280 --> 00:16:43.180
 expect Jesus

00:16:43.180 --> 00:16:43.580
 to say,

00:16:43.680 --> 00:16:44.240
 I wish you

00:16:44.240 --> 00:16:44.740
 were hot.

00:16:44.740 --> 00:16:44.860
 hot.

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 Because that's

00:16:48.840 --> 00:16:49.460
 zeal.

00:16:50.019 --> 00:16:50.340
 That's

00:16:50.340 --> 00:16:51.000
 passion.

00:16:51.480 --> 00:16:51.879
 That's

00:16:51.879 --> 00:16:52.500
 earnestness.

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 That's

00:16:52.840 --> 00:16:54.220
 keenness in

00:16:54.220 --> 00:16:54.379
 your

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 discipleship.

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 But he

00:16:55.580 --> 00:16:56.279
 also says,

00:16:56.460 --> 00:16:56.759
 I would

00:16:56.759 --> 00:16:57.340
 rather that

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 you would

00:16:57.740 --> 00:16:58.639
 be cold

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 rather than

00:17:01.019 --> 00:17:01.379
 warm.

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 Didn't expect

00:17:03.240 --> 00:17:03.639
 him to say

00:17:03.639 --> 00:17:03.879
 that.

00:17:07.920 --> 00:17:08.660
 Why would

00:17:08.660 --> 00:17:09.000
 he say

00:17:09.000 --> 00:17:09.339
 that?

00:17:09.799 --> 00:17:10.079
 Because

00:17:10.079 --> 00:17:10.779
 coldness is

00:17:10.779 --> 00:17:11.380
 no belief

00:17:11.380 --> 00:17:11.779
 at all.

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 Why would

00:17:12.240 --> 00:17:12.559
 he say

00:17:12.559 --> 00:17:12.900
 that?

00:17:12.900 --> 00:17:20.019
 I suppose

00:17:20.019 --> 00:17:20.680
 it was

00:17:20.680 --> 00:17:21.940
 partly the

00:17:21.940 --> 00:17:22.680
 experience of

00:17:22.680 --> 00:17:23.040
 his own

00:17:23.040 --> 00:17:23.519
 ministry.

00:17:24.440 --> 00:17:25.240
 He often

00:17:25.240 --> 00:17:26.340
 faced the

00:17:26.340 --> 00:17:26.780
 rejection,

00:17:26.940 --> 00:17:27.019
 the

00:17:27.019 --> 00:17:27.700
 expectations,

00:17:27.920 --> 00:17:28.300
 the blindness

00:17:28.300 --> 00:17:29.180
 among the

00:17:29.180 --> 00:17:29.740
 religious

00:17:29.740 --> 00:17:30.500
 people,

00:17:31.080 --> 00:17:31.759
 but openness

00:17:31.759 --> 00:17:32.400
 and reception

00:17:32.400 --> 00:17:32.840
 from the

00:17:32.840 --> 00:17:33.240
 sinners and

00:17:33.240 --> 00:17:33.940
 the outcasts

00:17:33.940 --> 00:17:34.580
 of society.

00:17:36.140 --> 00:17:36.560
 Lukewarm

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 people are

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 often content,

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 unteachable,

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 comfortable,

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 settled with

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 where they

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 are in

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 their

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 relationship

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 with

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 Jesus

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 and

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 Jesus

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 not being

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 the

00:17:47.519 --> 00:17:47.879
 controlling

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 influence

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 of their

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 lives.

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 Lukewarm

00:17:50.899 --> 00:17:52.119
 people are

00:17:52.119 --> 00:17:53.139
 further from

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 being hot

00:17:54.019 --> 00:17:55.399
 than cold

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 people are.

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 I think

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 that's the

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 point he's

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 making here.

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 When cold

00:18:01.740 --> 00:18:02.600
 people truly

00:18:02.600 --> 00:18:03.079
 get the

00:18:03.079 --> 00:18:03.460
 gospel,

00:18:03.620 --> 00:18:04.059
 they go

00:18:04.059 --> 00:18:04.880
 from cold

00:18:04.880 --> 00:18:05.779
 to hot

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 is what

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 happens.

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 You don't

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 move from

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 coldness

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 to lukewarmness

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 and then to

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 hotness.

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 That's not

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 what happens.

00:18:18.059 --> 00:18:18.480
 You go from

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 cold to hot.

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 That's the

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 step.

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 Now,

00:18:21.019 --> 00:18:28.000
 the other

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 really negative

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 thing he says

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 is in verse

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 16.

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 So because

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 you were

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 lukewarm,

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 I'm about to

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 spit you out

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 of my

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 mouth.

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 He's not

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 angry here.

00:18:40.139 --> 00:18:40.579
 He doesn't

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 say because

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 you were

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 lukewarm,

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 my wrath

00:18:43.160 --> 00:18:44.319
 is about

00:18:44.319 --> 00:18:45.039
 to descend

00:18:45.039 --> 00:18:45.599
 on you.

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 He's not

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 saying that.

00:18:46.960 --> 00:18:47.240
 He's not

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 angry.

00:18:47.720 --> 00:18:48.680
 He's

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 sick.

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 That's

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 what it's

00:18:51.220 --> 00:18:51.519
 saying.

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 When Jesus

00:18:53.019 --> 00:18:53.640
 looks at

00:18:53.640 --> 00:18:54.039
 Christians

00:18:54.039 --> 00:18:54.360
 without

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 fervor,

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 without zeal,

00:18:56.839 --> 00:18:57.720
 without earnestness,

00:18:57.839 --> 00:18:58.600
 without joy,

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 without wonder,

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 he wants

00:19:01.700 --> 00:19:02.400
 to be

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 sick.

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 He doesn't

00:19:06.740 --> 00:19:07.279
 say,

00:19:07.839 --> 00:19:08.500
 I'm angry.

00:19:09.400 --> 00:19:10.299
 He says,

00:19:10.500 --> 00:19:11.160
 you turn

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 my stomach.

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 You make

00:19:14.360 --> 00:19:15.319
 me gag.

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 I want

00:19:16.640 --> 00:19:17.240
 to vomit.

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 I'm

00:19:17.839 --> 00:19:18.740
 nauseous.

00:19:19.880 --> 00:19:20.339
 In other

00:19:20.339 --> 00:19:20.779
 words,

00:19:21.299 --> 00:19:21.599
 it's

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 personal.

00:19:23.819 --> 00:19:24.339
 Lukewarmness,

00:19:24.579 --> 00:19:25.079
 of course,

00:19:25.160 --> 00:19:25.720
 is a symptom

00:19:25.720 --> 00:19:26.240
 of something

00:19:26.240 --> 00:19:26.759
 that's much

00:19:26.759 --> 00:19:27.099
 deeper.

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 It's a much

00:19:27.519 --> 00:19:28.420
 deeper disease.

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 And verse

00:19:29.160 --> 00:19:30.279
 17 reveals

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 the core

00:19:30.660 --> 00:19:31.019
 issue.

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 You say,

00:19:31.960 --> 00:19:32.599
 I am rich.

00:19:33.160 --> 00:19:33.539
 I have

00:19:33.539 --> 00:19:34.400
 acquired wealth

00:19:34.400 --> 00:19:34.900
 and do not

00:19:34.900 --> 00:19:35.460
 need a thing,

00:19:35.579 --> 00:19:36.460
 but you do

00:19:36.460 --> 00:19:37.140
 not realise

00:19:37.140 --> 00:19:37.740
 that you are

00:19:37.740 --> 00:19:38.019
 wretched,

00:19:38.539 --> 00:19:38.880
 pitiful,

00:19:39.079 --> 00:19:39.259
 poor,

00:19:39.380 --> 00:19:39.660
 blind,

00:19:39.759 --> 00:19:40.279
 and naked.

00:19:41.680 --> 00:19:41.940
 Now,

00:19:42.019 --> 00:19:42.599
 Laodicea,

00:19:42.660 --> 00:19:43.259
 as a city,

00:19:43.599 --> 00:19:44.579
 was known

00:19:44.579 --> 00:19:45.180
 for three

00:19:45.180 --> 00:19:45.859
 things in

00:19:45.859 --> 00:19:46.259
 particular.

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 It was

00:19:47.420 --> 00:19:48.579
 a wealthy

00:19:48.579 --> 00:19:50.019
 banking centre.

00:19:51.319 --> 00:19:51.759
 And this

00:19:51.759 --> 00:19:52.720
 resulted in

00:19:52.720 --> 00:19:53.539
 a fairly

00:19:53.539 --> 00:19:54.740
 self-confident

00:19:54.740 --> 00:19:56.599
 and self-dependent

00:19:56.599 --> 00:19:56.980
 culture.

00:19:57.319 --> 00:19:57.579
 In fact,

00:19:57.640 --> 00:19:58.420
 when the city

00:19:58.420 --> 00:19:59.379
 of Laodicea

00:19:59.379 --> 00:20:01.259
 was devastated

00:20:01.859 --> 00:20:03.119
 by an earthquake

00:20:03.119 --> 00:20:04.740
 in AD 60,

00:20:05.440 --> 00:20:06.440
 they refused

00:20:06.440 --> 00:20:07.019
 the help

00:20:07.019 --> 00:20:08.019
 of the Roman

00:20:08.019 --> 00:20:08.660
 Empire to

00:20:08.660 --> 00:20:09.259
 rebuild it.

00:20:09.500 --> 00:20:09.859
 Totally

00:20:09.859 --> 00:20:10.420
 unsinkable

00:20:10.420 --> 00:20:11.279
 in its time.

00:20:12.359 --> 00:20:13.119
 Unheard of.

00:20:13.119 --> 00:20:14.039
 Normally,

00:20:14.399 --> 00:20:14.819
 what was

00:20:14.819 --> 00:20:15.439
 required

00:20:15.439 --> 00:20:16.199
 was the

00:20:16.199 --> 00:20:16.739
 centre of

00:20:16.739 --> 00:20:17.059
 Rome

00:20:17.059 --> 00:20:17.559
 to come

00:20:17.559 --> 00:20:18.039
 in and

00:20:18.039 --> 00:20:18.399
 to be

00:20:18.399 --> 00:20:18.659
 your

00:20:18.659 --> 00:20:19.199
 rescuer

00:20:19.199 --> 00:20:20.299
 in a

00:20:20.299 --> 00:20:20.539
 moment

00:20:20.539 --> 00:20:21.139
 of tragedy.

00:20:22.699 --> 00:20:23.719
 But Laodicea

00:20:23.719 --> 00:20:24.179
 didn't need

00:20:24.179 --> 00:20:24.339
 it.

00:20:25.519 --> 00:20:25.919
 They could

00:20:25.919 --> 00:20:26.359
 save

00:20:26.359 --> 00:20:26.959
 themselves.

00:20:29.179 --> 00:20:29.659
 It was

00:20:29.659 --> 00:20:30.059
 also a

00:20:30.059 --> 00:20:30.319
 famous

00:20:30.319 --> 00:20:31.179
 medical centre.

00:20:31.739 --> 00:20:32.359
 In particular,

00:20:32.439 --> 00:20:32.779
 it was known

00:20:32.779 --> 00:20:33.379
 for an eye

00:20:33.379 --> 00:20:34.039
 ointment that

00:20:34.039 --> 00:20:34.919
 was manufactured

00:20:34.919 --> 00:20:35.439
 there that

00:20:35.439 --> 00:20:36.079
 dealt with eye

00:20:36.079 --> 00:20:36.599
 issues,

00:20:37.039 --> 00:20:37.739
 seeing issues.

00:20:37.959 --> 00:20:38.199
 Thirdly,

00:20:38.200 --> 00:20:38.580
 it was a

00:20:38.580 --> 00:20:39.340
 fashion centre,

00:20:39.720 --> 00:20:40.200
 especially

00:20:40.200 --> 00:20:41.240
 known for

00:20:41.240 --> 00:20:42.960
 clothing made

00:20:42.960 --> 00:20:44.160
 from locally

00:20:44.160 --> 00:20:44.960
 produced and

00:20:44.960 --> 00:20:46.080
 quite rare and

00:20:46.080 --> 00:20:47.059
 fancy black

00:20:47.059 --> 00:20:47.400
 wool.

00:20:48.860 --> 00:20:49.340
 And so they

00:20:49.340 --> 00:20:49.840
 think they're

00:20:49.840 --> 00:20:50.420
 doing really

00:20:50.420 --> 00:20:51.100
 well here,

00:20:51.240 --> 00:20:51.860
 Laodicea,

00:20:52.080 --> 00:20:53.720
 but with

00:20:53.720 --> 00:20:54.700
 bitter irony,

00:20:54.960 --> 00:20:55.700
 Jesus says,

00:20:55.940 --> 00:20:56.380
 you are in

00:20:56.380 --> 00:20:57.279
 fact poor,

00:20:58.380 --> 00:20:59.259
 you're blind,

00:21:00.360 --> 00:21:01.100
 you're naked.

00:21:04.019 --> 00:21:04.660
 Spiritual

00:21:04.660 --> 00:21:05.680
 nakedness is a

00:21:05.680 --> 00:21:06.660
 metaphor for guilt

00:21:06.660 --> 00:21:07.299
 and shame in

00:21:07.299 --> 00:21:07.700
 the Bible.

00:21:08.200 --> 00:21:08.779
 You're a

00:21:08.779 --> 00:21:08.980
 sinner.

00:21:10.500 --> 00:21:11.160
 There is a

00:21:11.160 --> 00:21:11.779
 record against

00:21:11.779 --> 00:21:12.299
 you and you're

00:21:12.299 --> 00:21:12.799
 liable for

00:21:12.799 --> 00:21:13.340
 punishment.

00:21:13.799 --> 00:21:14.080
 Spiritual

00:21:14.080 --> 00:21:14.980
 poverty is

00:21:14.980 --> 00:21:15.720
 impotence.

00:21:16.340 --> 00:21:16.880
 You can't

00:21:16.880 --> 00:21:17.600
 change your

00:21:17.600 --> 00:21:18.000
 condition.

00:21:18.340 --> 00:21:18.880
 You can't

00:21:18.880 --> 00:21:19.319
 deal with

00:21:19.319 --> 00:21:19.819
 your guilt

00:21:19.819 --> 00:21:20.200
 and make

00:21:20.200 --> 00:21:20.660
 yourself the

00:21:20.660 --> 00:21:21.180
 person that

00:21:21.180 --> 00:21:21.680
 you ought to

00:21:21.680 --> 00:21:21.900
 be.

00:21:22.200 --> 00:21:22.500
 Spiritual

00:21:22.500 --> 00:21:23.200
 blindness is

00:21:23.200 --> 00:21:23.799
 where you

00:21:23.799 --> 00:21:24.360
 don't even

00:21:24.360 --> 00:21:25.039
 know that

00:21:25.039 --> 00:21:25.460
 you have a

00:21:25.460 --> 00:21:25.900
 problem with

00:21:25.900 --> 00:21:26.759
 your spiritual

00:21:26.759 --> 00:21:27.279
 condition,

00:21:27.539 --> 00:21:27.980
 which is why

00:21:27.980 --> 00:21:28.759
 Jesus says,

00:21:29.080 --> 00:21:29.559
 I'd rather you

00:21:29.559 --> 00:21:30.519
 be cold and

00:21:30.519 --> 00:21:31.100
 hot, not

00:21:31.100 --> 00:21:31.640
 lukewarm,

00:21:31.720 --> 00:21:32.180
 because you're

00:21:32.180 --> 00:21:32.640
 blind.

00:21:33.279 --> 00:21:33.620
 You can't

00:21:33.620 --> 00:21:34.340
 even see it.

00:21:34.339 --> 00:21:38.279
 despite the

00:21:38.279 --> 00:21:38.980
 wealth and

00:21:38.980 --> 00:21:39.699
 the health of

00:21:39.699 --> 00:21:40.599
 Laodicea, the

00:21:40.599 --> 00:21:41.119
 city was

00:21:41.119 --> 00:21:42.039
 spiritually poor,

00:21:42.599 --> 00:21:43.240
 sick and

00:21:43.240 --> 00:21:43.699
 naked.

00:21:44.579 --> 00:21:45.339
 The church

00:21:45.339 --> 00:21:45.699
 was.

00:21:46.199 --> 00:21:47.059
 It seems that

00:21:47.059 --> 00:21:47.799
 Jesus is making

00:21:47.799 --> 00:21:48.740
 a direct link

00:21:48.740 --> 00:21:50.240
 here from the

00:21:50.240 --> 00:21:53.059
 wealth, the

00:21:53.059 --> 00:21:53.720
 wealth of the

00:21:53.720 --> 00:21:56.480
 city, their

00:21:56.480 --> 00:21:57.399
 self-confidence

00:21:57.400 --> 00:21:58.700
 and their

00:21:58.700 --> 00:21:59.600
 lukewarmness.

00:22:00.820 --> 00:22:01.380
 He seems to

00:22:01.380 --> 00:22:01.800
 be making a

00:22:01.800 --> 00:22:02.380
 direct link

00:22:02.380 --> 00:22:03.220
 here between

00:22:03.220 --> 00:22:04.960
 being wealthy,

00:22:05.720 --> 00:22:06.900
 being brilliant,

00:22:07.519 --> 00:22:08.660
 being accomplished,

00:22:09.259 --> 00:22:09.920
 being a high

00:22:09.920 --> 00:22:11.440
 achiever to

00:22:11.440 --> 00:22:12.160
 spiritual

00:22:12.160 --> 00:22:13.040
 lukewarmness.

00:22:17.220 --> 00:22:18.060
 It's because

00:22:18.060 --> 00:22:18.880
 the more one

00:22:18.880 --> 00:22:21.100
 is a more

00:22:21.100 --> 00:22:22.200
 self-dependent

00:22:22.200 --> 00:22:23.259
 one is, the

00:22:23.259 --> 00:22:24.460
 less one heart

00:22:24.460 --> 00:22:25.360
 is gripped by

00:22:25.360 --> 00:22:26.759
 the truth that

00:22:26.759 --> 00:22:27.359
 they are in

00:22:27.359 --> 00:22:27.799
 fact a

00:22:27.799 --> 00:22:28.299
 sinner saved

00:22:28.299 --> 00:22:28.900
 by grace.

00:22:30.140 --> 00:22:30.680
 You see, it's

00:22:30.680 --> 00:22:31.099
 something that we

00:22:31.099 --> 00:22:31.640
 might know in

00:22:31.640 --> 00:22:32.259
 our heads.

00:22:32.960 --> 00:22:33.420
 I'm a sinner

00:22:33.420 --> 00:22:34.599
 saved by grace,

00:22:35.079 --> 00:22:36.299
 but the heart

00:22:36.299 --> 00:22:37.379
 has not been

00:22:37.379 --> 00:22:38.579
 captured by it.

00:22:39.900 --> 00:22:40.599
 The knowledge

00:22:40.599 --> 00:22:41.119
 that Jesus

00:22:41.119 --> 00:22:42.259
 loves you as

00:22:42.259 --> 00:22:44.559
 a sinner is

00:22:44.559 --> 00:22:45.299
 not a miracle.

00:22:46.700 --> 00:22:47.519
 It doesn't

00:22:47.519 --> 00:22:48.339
 move you to

00:22:48.339 --> 00:22:49.180
 tears when you

00:22:49.180 --> 00:22:49.920
 think about it

00:22:49.920 --> 00:22:50.660
 or sing about

00:22:50.660 --> 00:22:50.879
 it.

00:22:53.079 --> 00:22:53.900
 There is a

00:22:53.900 --> 00:22:54.599
 difference between

00:22:54.599 --> 00:22:55.599
 saying I'm a

00:22:55.599 --> 00:22:56.599
 sinner and

00:22:56.759 --> 00:22:59.440
 feeling that

00:22:59.440 --> 00:22:59.980
 I'm a sinner.

00:23:02.059 --> 00:23:02.619
 When you

00:23:02.619 --> 00:23:03.460
 don't feel

00:23:03.460 --> 00:23:03.759
 that you're

00:23:03.759 --> 00:23:04.140
 a sinner,

00:23:05.240 --> 00:23:05.839
 then you

00:23:05.839 --> 00:23:06.680
 don't feel

00:23:06.680 --> 00:23:07.079
 that you're

00:23:07.079 --> 00:23:07.519
 a miracle

00:23:07.519 --> 00:23:08.140
 of grace.

00:23:08.240 --> 00:23:08.539
 It's something

00:23:08.539 --> 00:23:08.980
 that doesn't

00:23:08.980 --> 00:23:09.660
 stir the

00:23:09.660 --> 00:23:10.420
 affections that

00:23:10.420 --> 00:23:10.660
 you're a

00:23:10.660 --> 00:23:11.119
 miracle of

00:23:11.119 --> 00:23:11.460
 grace.

00:23:12.619 --> 00:23:13.420
 There is a

00:23:13.420 --> 00:23:14.000
 link between

00:23:14.000 --> 00:23:14.960
 being affluent,

00:23:15.859 --> 00:23:16.420
 accomplished,

00:23:17.079 --> 00:23:17.599
 brilliance,

00:23:18.440 --> 00:23:19.559
 and lukewarmness.

00:23:20.859 --> 00:23:21.819
 Ask anyone

00:23:21.819 --> 00:23:22.899
 in ministry,

00:23:23.720 --> 00:23:24.480
 anyone in

00:23:24.480 --> 00:23:24.960
 ministry,

00:23:25.679 --> 00:23:27.119
 and they

00:23:27.119 --> 00:23:27.639
 will tell

00:23:27.639 --> 00:23:28.500
 you the

00:23:28.500 --> 00:23:29.579
 more affluent

00:23:29.579 --> 00:23:30.519
 the area,

00:23:30.859 --> 00:23:31.279
 the more

00:23:31.279 --> 00:23:31.779
 accomplished

00:23:31.779 --> 00:23:32.799
 the area,

00:23:34.240 --> 00:23:35.359
 the tougher

00:23:35.359 --> 00:23:36.619
 gospel ministry

00:23:36.619 --> 00:23:37.579
 is in that

00:23:37.579 --> 00:23:38.039
 place.

00:23:39.039 --> 00:23:40.679
 Very hard

00:23:40.679 --> 00:23:41.960
 to grow

00:23:41.960 --> 00:23:43.799
 churches in

00:23:43.799 --> 00:23:44.659
 middle class,

00:23:45.039 --> 00:23:45.500
 upper middle

00:23:45.500 --> 00:23:46.659
 class, higher

00:23:46.659 --> 00:23:47.599
 class societies.

00:23:48.139 --> 00:23:49.319
 Very hard.

00:23:49.319 --> 00:23:56.240
 Now, I'm

00:23:56.240 --> 00:23:56.799
 hoping the

00:23:56.799 --> 00:23:57.220
 longer I've

00:23:57.220 --> 00:23:57.720
 dragged this

00:23:57.720 --> 00:23:58.700
 on, that I

00:23:58.700 --> 00:23:59.379
 don't actually

00:23:59.379 --> 00:23:59.919
 have to draw

00:23:59.919 --> 00:24:00.559
 the specific

00:24:00.559 --> 00:24:01.419
 conclusions here

00:24:01.419 --> 00:24:02.000
 for us.

00:24:04.179 --> 00:24:04.899
 We are

00:24:04.899 --> 00:24:05.679
 living in

00:24:05.679 --> 00:24:06.399
 Laodicea.

00:24:08.179 --> 00:24:09.000
 We live in

00:24:09.000 --> 00:24:09.779
 Australia, and

00:24:09.779 --> 00:24:10.439
 even more than

00:24:10.439 --> 00:24:10.960
 that, we live

00:24:10.960 --> 00:24:11.500
 in the north

00:24:11.500 --> 00:24:11.960
 shore of

00:24:11.960 --> 00:24:12.220
 Sydney.

00:24:12.740 --> 00:24:13.740
 We need

00:24:13.740 --> 00:24:14.779
 at the very

00:24:14.779 --> 00:24:16.099
 least, brothers

00:24:16.099 --> 00:24:17.039
 and sisters, to

00:24:17.039 --> 00:24:18.159
 be open to

00:24:18.159 --> 00:24:18.899
 this word, at

00:24:18.900 --> 00:24:19.280
 the very

00:24:19.280 --> 00:24:19.759
 least.

00:24:22.980 --> 00:24:23.620
 A couple

00:24:23.620 --> 00:24:23.940
 of years

00:24:23.940 --> 00:24:25.860
 ago, we

00:24:25.860 --> 00:24:26.880
 preached through

00:24:26.880 --> 00:24:27.560
 the book of

00:24:27.560 --> 00:24:29.100
 Judges, and

00:24:29.100 --> 00:24:29.420
 one of the

00:24:29.420 --> 00:24:30.460
 most memorable

00:24:30.460 --> 00:24:33.100
 but detestable

00:24:33.100 --> 00:24:35.000
 stories, and

00:24:35.000 --> 00:24:35.460
 the passages

00:24:35.460 --> 00:24:36.100
 that I preached

00:24:36.100 --> 00:24:36.780
 on in that

00:24:36.780 --> 00:24:38.160
 time, was

00:24:38.160 --> 00:24:39.340
 Judges 11 and

00:24:39.340 --> 00:24:40.220
 the story of

00:24:40.220 --> 00:24:41.120
 Jephna, one

00:24:41.120 --> 00:24:41.660
 of the judges

00:24:41.660 --> 00:24:42.280
 of Israel.

00:24:43.280 --> 00:24:44.080
 He was one

00:24:44.080 --> 00:24:44.720
 of the leaders

00:24:44.720 --> 00:24:46.360
 of Israel, but

00:24:46.360 --> 00:24:47.480
 he sacrificed

00:24:47.480 --> 00:24:48.680
 his daughter

00:24:48.680 --> 00:24:50.019
 in order to

00:24:50.019 --> 00:24:50.640
 make a vow

00:24:50.640 --> 00:24:51.220
 to God.

00:24:52.640 --> 00:24:53.400
 All the

00:24:53.400 --> 00:24:54.299
 cultures around

00:24:54.299 --> 00:24:54.819
 Israel at

00:24:54.819 --> 00:24:55.259
 that time

00:24:55.259 --> 00:24:56.140
 practiced that

00:24:56.140 --> 00:24:56.599
 behavior.

00:24:56.599 --> 00:24:58.019
 They practiced

00:24:58.019 --> 00:24:59.920
 human sacrifices

00:24:59.920 --> 00:25:01.279
 in order to

00:25:01.279 --> 00:25:02.059
 get the gods

00:25:02.059 --> 00:25:02.779
 to do things

00:25:02.779 --> 00:25:03.059
 on their

00:25:03.059 --> 00:25:03.640
 behalf.

00:25:06.200 --> 00:25:07.420
 But Deuteronomy

00:25:07.420 --> 00:25:08.319
 tells us that

00:25:08.319 --> 00:25:10.539
 God, that the

00:25:10.539 --> 00:25:11.019
 God of the

00:25:11.019 --> 00:25:12.360
 Bible detests

00:25:12.359 --> 00:25:14.299
 human sacrifice.

00:25:16.019 --> 00:25:16.679
 And so I

00:25:16.679 --> 00:25:17.559
 remember after

00:25:17.559 --> 00:25:18.439
 preaching that,

00:25:19.000 --> 00:25:19.679
 the struggles

00:25:19.679 --> 00:25:20.579
 that so many

00:25:20.579 --> 00:25:21.079
 of us had

00:25:21.079 --> 00:25:21.419
 with that

00:25:21.419 --> 00:25:22.039
 passage.

00:25:23.079 --> 00:25:25.779
 How in the

00:25:25.779 --> 00:25:26.659
 world could a

00:25:26.659 --> 00:25:27.519
 leader of God's

00:25:27.519 --> 00:25:28.559
 people, a

00:25:28.559 --> 00:25:29.659
 leader in Israel

00:25:29.659 --> 00:25:31.399
 be so influenced

00:25:31.399 --> 00:25:32.279
 by the culture

00:25:32.279 --> 00:25:33.959
 around them that

00:25:33.959 --> 00:25:35.339
 they did what

00:25:35.339 --> 00:25:36.639
 they did and

00:25:36.639 --> 00:25:37.779
 they brought that

00:25:37.779 --> 00:25:38.500
 culture into

00:25:38.500 --> 00:25:38.979
 their faith?

00:25:39.039 --> 00:25:39.539
 How could that

00:25:39.539 --> 00:25:39.819
 happen?

00:25:39.819 --> 00:25:45.759
 Well then

00:25:45.759 --> 00:25:46.339
 hear this.

00:25:47.899 --> 00:25:49.099
 When Christians

00:25:49.099 --> 00:25:50.220
 come from the

00:25:50.220 --> 00:25:51.039
 poor parts of

00:25:51.039 --> 00:25:51.720
 the world

00:25:51.720 --> 00:25:53.259
 where the

00:25:53.259 --> 00:25:53.679
 church is

00:25:53.679 --> 00:25:54.179
 growing under

00:25:54.179 --> 00:25:54.980
 great hardship

00:25:54.980 --> 00:25:56.399
 and in

00:25:56.399 --> 00:25:56.899
 scarcity,

00:25:58.379 --> 00:25:59.159
 they say the

00:25:59.159 --> 00:25:59.679
 same thing

00:25:59.679 --> 00:26:00.079
 about the

00:26:00.079 --> 00:26:00.559
 churches in

00:26:00.559 --> 00:26:01.000
 the West.

00:26:02.879 --> 00:26:03.639
 They're often

00:26:03.639 --> 00:26:04.519
 appalled by

00:26:04.519 --> 00:26:05.919
 the lukewarmness.

00:26:07.019 --> 00:26:07.779
 They link it

00:26:07.779 --> 00:26:08.579
 to how safe

00:26:08.579 --> 00:26:09.279
 and affluent

00:26:09.279 --> 00:26:10.220
 that we are.

00:26:11.019 --> 00:26:11.740
 They notice,

00:26:12.019 --> 00:26:12.379
 for instance,

00:26:12.480 --> 00:26:13.899
 how little we

00:26:13.899 --> 00:26:14.339
 pray.

00:26:15.480 --> 00:26:16.639
 They notice how

00:26:16.639 --> 00:26:17.259
 much of the

00:26:17.259 --> 00:26:17.819
 money that we

00:26:17.819 --> 00:26:18.559
 make we spend

00:26:18.559 --> 00:26:19.279
 on ourselves.

00:26:20.419 --> 00:26:21.599
 They notice how

00:26:21.599 --> 00:26:22.879
 afraid we are to

00:26:22.879 --> 00:26:23.579
 let even our

00:26:23.579 --> 00:26:24.319
 neighbours know

00:26:24.319 --> 00:26:24.699
 that we're

00:26:24.699 --> 00:26:25.159
 Christians.

00:26:27.059 --> 00:26:28.279
 It is hard to

00:26:28.279 --> 00:26:29.799
 hear, but the

00:26:29.799 --> 00:26:30.500
 church in the

00:26:30.500 --> 00:26:31.599
 West, in

00:26:31.599 --> 00:26:33.259
 general, is

00:26:33.259 --> 00:26:34.679
 accommodating of

00:26:34.679 --> 00:26:36.460
 our culture as

00:26:36.460 --> 00:26:37.619
 Jephna was to

00:26:37.619 --> 00:26:38.799
 his in

00:26:38.799 --> 00:26:39.539
 Judges 11.

00:26:41.759 --> 00:26:42.859
 We struggle

00:26:42.859 --> 00:26:43.899
 with lukewarmness

00:26:43.899 --> 00:26:44.259
 too.

00:26:46.459 --> 00:26:47.279
 In April

00:26:47.279 --> 00:26:49.579
 1963, Martin

00:26:49.579 --> 00:26:50.319
 Luther King

00:26:50.319 --> 00:26:51.439
 Jr. was

00:26:51.439 --> 00:26:52.639
 in prison in

00:26:52.639 --> 00:26:53.019
 Birmingham

00:26:53.019 --> 00:26:54.799
 Jail and

00:26:54.799 --> 00:26:56.339
 he wrote a

00:26:56.339 --> 00:26:56.879
 letter to the

00:26:56.879 --> 00:26:57.599
 church leaders

00:26:57.599 --> 00:26:58.699
 of the United

00:26:58.699 --> 00:26:59.299
 States.

00:26:59.779 --> 00:27:00.979
 It was a

00:27:00.979 --> 00:27:01.619
 very long

00:27:01.619 --> 00:27:01.919
 letter.

00:27:02.719 --> 00:27:03.359
 He had time.

00:27:04.199 --> 00:27:04.719
 But let me

00:27:04.719 --> 00:27:05.299
 just quote just

00:27:05.299 --> 00:27:05.919
 a part of it.

00:27:05.920 --> 00:27:07.519
 There was a

00:27:07.519 --> 00:27:08.259
 time when the

00:27:08.259 --> 00:27:09.080
 church was very

00:27:09.080 --> 00:27:09.600
 powerful.

00:27:10.560 --> 00:27:11.480
 In the time when

00:27:11.480 --> 00:27:11.860
 the early

00:27:11.860 --> 00:27:12.980
 Christians rejoiced

00:27:12.980 --> 00:27:13.700
 at being deemed

00:27:13.700 --> 00:27:14.539
 worthy to suffer

00:27:14.539 --> 00:27:15.160
 for what they

00:27:15.160 --> 00:27:15.759
 believed.

00:27:16.700 --> 00:27:17.519
 In those days,

00:27:17.600 --> 00:27:18.120
 the church was

00:27:18.120 --> 00:27:18.800
 not merely a

00:27:18.800 --> 00:27:19.560
 thermometer that

00:27:19.560 --> 00:27:20.279
 recorded the

00:27:20.279 --> 00:27:21.240
 ideas and the

00:27:21.240 --> 00:27:21.980
 principles of

00:27:21.980 --> 00:27:22.759
 popular opinion.

00:27:23.519 --> 00:27:24.140
 It was a

00:27:24.140 --> 00:27:25.019
 thermostat that

00:27:25.019 --> 00:27:26.000
 transformed the

00:27:26.000 --> 00:27:26.480
 mores of

00:27:26.480 --> 00:27:27.060
 society.

00:27:28.300 --> 00:27:28.820
 Small in

00:27:28.820 --> 00:27:30.400
 number, they

00:27:30.400 --> 00:27:31.140
 were big in

00:27:31.140 --> 00:27:31.539
 commitment.

00:27:31.539 --> 00:27:33.259
 They were

00:27:33.259 --> 00:27:34.579
 God

00:27:34.579 --> 00:27:35.879
 intoxicated.

00:27:37.879 --> 00:27:38.700
 By their

00:27:38.700 --> 00:27:39.319
 effort and

00:27:39.319 --> 00:27:40.119
 example, they

00:27:40.119 --> 00:27:40.680
 brought an

00:27:40.680 --> 00:27:41.899
 end to such

00:27:41.899 --> 00:27:43.539
 ancient evils

00:27:43.539 --> 00:27:46.079
 as infanticide

00:27:46.079 --> 00:27:47.639
 and gladiatorial

00:27:47.639 --> 00:27:48.319
 contests.

00:27:49.819 --> 00:27:50.700
 Things are

00:27:50.700 --> 00:27:51.420
 different now.

00:27:52.399 --> 00:27:53.240
 So often the

00:27:53.240 --> 00:27:54.200
 contemporary church

00:27:54.200 --> 00:27:55.420
 is weak.

00:27:56.460 --> 00:27:57.279
 If today's

00:27:57.279 --> 00:27:58.019
 church does not

00:27:58.019 --> 00:27:58.879
 recapture the

00:27:58.879 --> 00:27:59.940
 sacrificial spirit

00:27:59.940 --> 00:28:00.420
 of the early

00:28:00.420 --> 00:28:01.759
 church, it

00:28:01.759 --> 00:28:02.519
 will lose its

00:28:02.519 --> 00:28:03.200
 authenticity,

00:28:04.279 --> 00:28:04.940
 forfeit the

00:28:04.940 --> 00:28:05.779
 loyalty of

00:28:05.779 --> 00:28:07.340
 millions, and

00:28:07.340 --> 00:28:08.400
 be dismissed as

00:28:08.400 --> 00:28:08.860
 the irrelevant

00:28:08.860 --> 00:28:09.860
 social club with

00:28:09.860 --> 00:28:11.220
 no meaning for

00:28:11.220 --> 00:28:12.200
 the 20th century.

00:28:13.860 --> 00:28:14.980
 That's prophecy

00:28:14.980 --> 00:28:16.880
 in 1963.

00:28:20.680 --> 00:28:21.680
 There is a

00:28:21.680 --> 00:28:23.259
 lukewarmness that

00:28:23.259 --> 00:28:24.120
 comes from a

00:28:24.120 --> 00:28:24.900
 self-sufficiency

00:28:24.900 --> 00:28:26.759
 where the beauty

00:28:26.759 --> 00:28:27.519
 of the gospel

00:28:27.519 --> 00:28:28.840
 hasn't captured

00:28:28.840 --> 00:28:29.519
 the heart and

00:28:29.519 --> 00:28:30.319
 the affections.

00:28:31.920 --> 00:28:32.500
 So how to

00:28:32.500 --> 00:28:33.379
 receive a

00:28:33.379 --> 00:28:33.720
 positive

00:28:33.720 --> 00:28:34.440
 assessment from

00:28:34.440 --> 00:28:34.720
 Jesus?

00:28:34.799 --> 00:28:35.259
 The good news

00:28:35.259 --> 00:28:35.839
 is that Jesus

00:28:35.839 --> 00:28:36.480
 actually does

00:28:36.480 --> 00:28:37.019
 have a solution

00:28:37.019 --> 00:28:37.579
 for us here.

00:28:38.240 --> 00:28:39.700
 This is how we

00:28:39.700 --> 00:28:40.460
 can turn around

00:28:40.460 --> 00:28:41.299
 and receive a

00:28:41.299 --> 00:28:42.000
 positive assessment.

00:28:42.139 --> 00:28:42.940
 Verse 18,

00:28:43.400 --> 00:28:44.500
 I counsel you

00:28:44.500 --> 00:28:45.599
 to buy from me

00:28:45.599 --> 00:28:46.579
 gold refined

00:28:46.579 --> 00:28:47.660
 in the fire so

00:28:47.660 --> 00:28:48.119
 that you can

00:28:48.119 --> 00:28:49.940
 become rich and

00:28:49.940 --> 00:28:51.539
 white clothes to

00:28:51.539 --> 00:28:52.500
 wear so that you

00:28:52.500 --> 00:28:53.119
 can cover your

00:28:53.119 --> 00:28:53.440
 shameful

00:28:53.440 --> 00:28:54.599
 nakedness and

00:28:54.599 --> 00:28:55.900
 salve to put on

00:28:55.900 --> 00:28:57.000
 your eyes so that

00:28:57.000 --> 00:28:57.940
 you can see.

00:28:57.940 --> 00:28:59.640
 the first

00:28:59.640 --> 00:29:00.700
 solution, and

00:29:00.700 --> 00:29:01.960
 notice the three

00:29:01.960 --> 00:29:02.680
 things there where

00:29:02.680 --> 00:29:03.160
 they thought they

00:29:03.160 --> 00:29:03.720
 were strong.

00:29:03.840 --> 00:29:04.220
 No, no, you've

00:29:04.220 --> 00:29:04.640
 got to come to

00:29:04.640 --> 00:29:05.480
 me and you've

00:29:05.480 --> 00:29:05.980
 got to receive

00:29:05.980 --> 00:29:06.500
 these things from

00:29:06.500 --> 00:29:06.980
 me so that you

00:29:06.980 --> 00:29:07.860
 can be strong.

00:29:08.660 --> 00:29:09.480
 The first solution

00:29:09.480 --> 00:29:10.500
 is a call to get

00:29:10.500 --> 00:29:11.299
 hold of his

00:29:11.299 --> 00:29:12.759
 gracious salvation.

00:29:13.420 --> 00:29:14.120
 He offers

00:29:14.120 --> 00:29:15.559
 spiritual wealth

00:29:15.559 --> 00:29:16.080
 and spiritual

00:29:16.080 --> 00:29:17.140
 clothing and

00:29:17.140 --> 00:29:18.039
 spiritual sight.

00:29:18.519 --> 00:29:19.680
 When he says

00:29:19.680 --> 00:29:21.180
 buy from me, he

00:29:21.180 --> 00:29:22.279
 means literally

00:29:22.279 --> 00:29:23.820
 get from me this

00:29:23.820 --> 00:29:24.340
 stuff.

00:29:24.339 --> 00:29:25.480
 We get a

00:29:25.480 --> 00:29:26.279
 right robe

00:29:26.279 --> 00:29:26.879
 from him.

00:29:27.399 --> 00:29:27.899
 It's an

00:29:27.899 --> 00:29:29.179
 acceptable life,

00:29:29.500 --> 00:29:30.259
 a life that's

00:29:30.259 --> 00:29:31.939
 been cleansed by

00:29:31.939 --> 00:29:33.159
 all sin, by

00:29:33.159 --> 00:29:34.199
 Jesus' death on

00:29:34.199 --> 00:29:34.759
 the cross.

00:29:34.919 --> 00:29:35.599
 It's forgiveness

00:29:35.599 --> 00:29:36.399
 and pardon.

00:29:36.779 --> 00:29:37.939
 All of us don't

00:29:37.939 --> 00:29:38.779
 have to dig too

00:29:38.779 --> 00:29:39.699
 deep at all in

00:29:39.699 --> 00:29:40.339
 our hearts.

00:29:40.539 --> 00:29:41.419
 Just a moment of

00:29:41.419 --> 00:29:42.039
 quietness and we

00:29:42.039 --> 00:29:42.779
 discover that we

00:29:42.779 --> 00:29:43.679
 are not what we

00:29:43.679 --> 00:29:44.699
 ought to be or

00:29:44.699 --> 00:29:45.199
 even what we

00:29:45.199 --> 00:29:45.759
 would hope to

00:29:45.759 --> 00:29:46.059
 be.

00:29:46.639 --> 00:29:47.659
 All of us are

00:29:47.659 --> 00:29:48.480
 trying to accomplish

00:29:48.480 --> 00:29:49.480
 things in order to

00:29:49.480 --> 00:29:50.240
 cover our

00:29:50.240 --> 00:29:51.000
 nakedness.

00:29:51.000 --> 00:29:53.720
 Jesus calls us

00:29:53.720 --> 00:29:54.400
 to look away

00:29:54.400 --> 00:29:54.900
 from those

00:29:54.900 --> 00:29:55.819
 things, to

00:29:55.819 --> 00:29:56.779
 look to him, to

00:29:56.779 --> 00:29:57.720
 his grace, his

00:29:57.720 --> 00:29:58.460
 mercy, his

00:29:58.460 --> 00:29:58.940
 acceptance.

00:29:59.240 --> 00:30:00.299
 It's the only

00:30:00.299 --> 00:30:02.000
 garment in life,

00:30:02.359 --> 00:30:04.259
 the only garment

00:30:04.259 --> 00:30:06.039
 in life that will

00:30:06.039 --> 00:30:06.880
 never be taken

00:30:06.880 --> 00:30:07.440
 from you.

00:30:11.700 --> 00:30:12.559
 If you want to

00:30:12.559 --> 00:30:13.180
 get this from

00:30:13.180 --> 00:30:14.559
 Jesus, he offers

00:30:14.559 --> 00:30:15.279
 it to us.

00:30:15.740 --> 00:30:16.359
 If you want to

00:30:16.359 --> 00:30:16.900
 get this from

00:30:16.900 --> 00:30:17.900
 Jesus, you should

00:30:17.900 --> 00:30:18.779
 pray a prayer,

00:30:18.900 --> 00:30:19.480
 something like

00:30:19.480 --> 00:30:19.859
 this.

00:30:19.859 --> 00:30:21.119
 Lord, my

00:30:21.119 --> 00:30:21.919
 beliefs are

00:30:21.919 --> 00:30:23.000
 incomplete and

00:30:23.000 --> 00:30:25.699
 want just

00:30:25.699 --> 00:30:26.179
 full of

00:30:26.179 --> 00:30:26.779
 selfishness.

00:30:29.059 --> 00:30:30.299
 My affection

00:30:30.299 --> 00:30:31.059
 is cold.

00:30:31.619 --> 00:30:32.439
 My repentance

00:30:32.439 --> 00:30:33.479
 is half-hearted.

00:30:34.439 --> 00:30:35.459
 My best efforts

00:30:35.459 --> 00:30:36.139
 compared to your

00:30:36.139 --> 00:30:36.859
 holy standards

00:30:36.859 --> 00:30:37.199
 are just

00:30:37.199 --> 00:30:37.919
 unacceptable.

00:30:39.179 --> 00:30:39.839
 But Jesus

00:30:39.839 --> 00:30:41.279
 Christ died the

00:30:41.279 --> 00:30:41.899
 death that I

00:30:41.899 --> 00:30:43.099
 owed and he

00:30:43.099 --> 00:30:44.000
 lived the life

00:30:44.000 --> 00:30:44.559
 that I should

00:30:44.559 --> 00:30:44.939
 live.

00:30:45.779 --> 00:30:46.500
 Welcome me,

00:30:46.599 --> 00:30:47.879
 God, and

00:30:47.879 --> 00:30:48.699
 love me,

00:30:48.700 --> 00:30:49.940
 God, for

00:30:49.940 --> 00:30:50.640
 his sake.

00:30:53.700 --> 00:30:54.460
 Receive his

00:30:54.460 --> 00:30:55.100
 grace.

00:30:56.160 --> 00:30:56.580
 The second

00:30:56.580 --> 00:30:57.140
 way to move

00:30:57.140 --> 00:30:57.980
 from lukewarmness

00:30:57.980 --> 00:30:58.720
 to passion and

00:30:58.720 --> 00:30:59.360
 zeal and joy

00:30:59.360 --> 00:31:01.140
 is through

00:31:01.140 --> 00:31:02.180
 suffering.

00:31:03.779 --> 00:31:04.299
 It's the

00:31:04.299 --> 00:31:05.180
 gold, the

00:31:05.180 --> 00:31:06.059
 wealth refined

00:31:06.059 --> 00:31:06.920
 by fire.

00:31:08.539 --> 00:31:10.400
 The gold he

00:31:10.400 --> 00:31:11.380
 gives us is

00:31:11.380 --> 00:31:12.380
 refined by fire.

00:31:12.480 --> 00:31:12.840
 And a little

00:31:12.840 --> 00:31:13.620
 later, he says

00:31:13.620 --> 00:31:14.480
 that he loves

00:31:14.480 --> 00:31:16.000
 those he loves,

00:31:16.000 --> 00:31:16.740
 he rebukes

00:31:16.740 --> 00:31:17.619
 any disciplines.

00:31:18.799 --> 00:31:19.539
 To move

00:31:19.539 --> 00:31:20.380
 into a

00:31:20.380 --> 00:31:21.819
 grace-transformed

00:31:21.819 --> 00:31:23.480
 life, we are

00:31:23.480 --> 00:31:24.119
 going to have

00:31:24.119 --> 00:31:25.599
 to walk with

00:31:25.599 --> 00:31:27.079
 Jesus through

00:31:27.079 --> 00:31:27.960
 a bunch of

00:31:27.960 --> 00:31:28.940
 difficult times.

00:31:30.000 --> 00:31:31.059
 It's a simple

00:31:31.059 --> 00:31:32.480
 fact that those

00:31:32.480 --> 00:31:32.900
 who live

00:31:32.900 --> 00:31:34.079
 charmed lives

00:31:34.079 --> 00:31:35.079
 are nearly

00:31:35.079 --> 00:31:36.759
 always lukewarm.

00:31:36.759 --> 00:31:40.180
 the great

00:31:40.180 --> 00:31:40.900
 English preacher

00:31:40.900 --> 00:31:41.859
 Charles Spurgeon

00:31:41.859 --> 00:31:44.039
 once said,

00:31:44.680 --> 00:31:45.379
 the greatest

00:31:45.379 --> 00:31:47.240
 gift that

00:31:47.240 --> 00:31:48.200
 God can give

00:31:48.200 --> 00:31:49.339
 any person

00:31:49.339 --> 00:31:50.920
 is their

00:31:50.920 --> 00:31:51.440
 health.

00:31:54.579 --> 00:31:55.359
 Except

00:31:55.359 --> 00:31:58.240
 for a good

00:31:58.240 --> 00:31:58.680
 dose of

00:31:58.680 --> 00:31:59.039
 sickness.

00:32:02.720 --> 00:32:03.599
 In other

00:32:03.599 --> 00:32:05.019
 words, it

00:32:05.019 --> 00:32:05.759
 just breaks

00:32:05.759 --> 00:32:06.319
 you a bit.

00:32:08.759 --> 00:32:09.839
 Just makes

00:32:09.839 --> 00:32:10.720
 you reveal,

00:32:11.119 --> 00:32:12.019
 understand your

00:32:12.019 --> 00:32:12.759
 dependence upon

00:32:12.759 --> 00:32:13.819
 God a bit.

00:32:14.799 --> 00:32:15.500
 Breaks the

00:32:15.500 --> 00:32:16.299
 self-sufficiency

00:32:16.299 --> 00:32:16.720
 and the

00:32:16.720 --> 00:32:17.440
 self-confidence

00:32:17.440 --> 00:32:18.119
 a bit.

00:32:18.799 --> 00:32:19.180
 And that's

00:32:19.180 --> 00:32:19.700
 far greater

00:32:19.700 --> 00:32:20.079
 than more

00:32:20.079 --> 00:32:20.400
 health.

00:32:22.119 --> 00:32:22.579
 Thirdly,

00:32:24.099 --> 00:32:25.079
 we have to

00:32:25.079 --> 00:32:25.619
 be open to

00:32:25.619 --> 00:32:26.059
 his love.

00:32:26.180 --> 00:32:27.059
 This is one

00:32:27.059 --> 00:32:27.420
 of the most

00:32:27.420 --> 00:32:28.700
 amazing things

00:32:28.700 --> 00:32:29.200
 about this

00:32:29.200 --> 00:32:29.759
 passage in

00:32:29.759 --> 00:32:30.299
 Laodicea,

00:32:30.339 --> 00:32:30.799
 as it is

00:32:30.799 --> 00:32:31.740
 with all the

00:32:31.740 --> 00:32:32.420
 six churches.

00:32:34.299 --> 00:32:34.779
 Lukewarmness

00:32:34.779 --> 00:32:35.420
 here might

00:32:35.420 --> 00:32:36.119
 make him

00:32:36.119 --> 00:32:36.759
 want to

00:32:36.759 --> 00:32:38.000
 vomit us

00:32:38.000 --> 00:32:40.039
 out, but

00:32:40.039 --> 00:32:40.940
 it does not

00:32:40.940 --> 00:32:41.720
 change his

00:32:41.720 --> 00:32:42.700
 loving purposes

00:32:42.700 --> 00:32:43.539
 for us.

00:32:45.440 --> 00:32:46.059
 That is,

00:32:46.339 --> 00:32:47.420
 Jesus is not

00:32:47.420 --> 00:32:48.339
 into cancel

00:32:48.339 --> 00:32:48.839
 culture.

00:32:50.539 --> 00:32:51.440
 He doesn't

00:32:51.440 --> 00:32:52.200
 wipe us

00:32:52.200 --> 00:32:52.980
 when we fail

00:32:52.980 --> 00:32:53.339
 him.

00:32:53.879 --> 00:32:54.859
 That's works

00:32:54.859 --> 00:32:55.379
 theology.

00:32:56.160 --> 00:32:56.980
 He does not

00:32:56.980 --> 00:32:57.839
 wipe us when

00:32:57.839 --> 00:32:58.559
 we fail him.

00:32:58.740 --> 00:32:59.879
 We might make

00:32:59.879 --> 00:33:00.920
 him nauseous,

00:33:01.119 --> 00:33:01.700
 but he is

00:33:01.700 --> 00:33:02.639
 totally committed

00:33:02.640 --> 00:33:03.220
 to us.

00:33:03.580 --> 00:33:04.380
 That is

00:33:04.380 --> 00:33:05.320
 his grace

00:33:05.320 --> 00:33:05.740
 and his

00:33:05.740 --> 00:33:06.280
 mercy to

00:33:06.280 --> 00:33:06.660
 us.

00:33:07.940 --> 00:33:08.380
 So we need

00:33:08.380 --> 00:33:08.880
 to be open

00:33:08.880 --> 00:33:09.480
 to his love

00:33:09.480 --> 00:33:10.180
 again and

00:33:10.180 --> 00:33:10.560
 again and

00:33:10.560 --> 00:33:10.740
 again.

00:33:10.820 --> 00:33:11.360
 And lastly,

00:33:11.759 --> 00:33:12.360
 he wants to

00:33:12.360 --> 00:33:12.960
 commune with

00:33:12.960 --> 00:33:13.220
 us.

00:33:13.360 --> 00:33:13.900
 Verse 20,

00:33:14.180 --> 00:33:14.920
 here I am.

00:33:15.280 --> 00:33:15.759
 I stand at

00:33:15.759 --> 00:33:16.180
 the door and

00:33:16.180 --> 00:33:16.440
 knock.

00:33:16.500 --> 00:33:17.000
 If anyone

00:33:17.000 --> 00:33:17.540
 hears my

00:33:17.540 --> 00:33:17.940
 voice and

00:33:17.940 --> 00:33:18.460
 opens the

00:33:18.460 --> 00:33:18.759
 door, I

00:33:18.759 --> 00:33:19.160
 will come

00:33:19.160 --> 00:33:19.759
 in and

00:33:19.759 --> 00:33:20.140
 eat with

00:33:20.140 --> 00:33:20.720
 that person

00:33:20.720 --> 00:33:21.280
 and they

00:33:21.280 --> 00:33:22.100
 with me.

00:33:22.500 --> 00:33:22.940
 Throughout

00:33:22.940 --> 00:33:24.420
 the decades

00:33:24.420 --> 00:33:24.900
 and decades

00:33:24.900 --> 00:33:25.400
 and decades,

00:33:25.540 --> 00:33:26.160
 this verse

00:33:26.160 --> 00:33:26.580
 has been

00:33:26.580 --> 00:33:27.140
 used of

00:33:27.140 --> 00:33:27.960
 evangelists to

00:33:27.960 --> 00:33:29.560
 get people

00:33:29.560 --> 00:33:30.560
 to be open

00:33:30.560 --> 00:33:30.960
 to the

00:33:30.960 --> 00:33:31.660
 salvation that

00:33:31.660 --> 00:33:32.279
 Jesus offers.

00:33:32.640 --> 00:33:33.340
 That's not

00:33:33.340 --> 00:33:33.680
 what it's

00:33:33.680 --> 00:33:33.980
 about.

00:33:34.200 --> 00:33:34.940
 Use it if

00:33:34.940 --> 00:33:35.240
 you want.

00:33:35.420 --> 00:33:35.759
 It's not

00:33:35.759 --> 00:33:36.040
 like your

00:33:36.040 --> 00:33:36.560
 heresy if

00:33:36.560 --> 00:33:36.860
 you're doing

00:33:36.860 --> 00:33:37.100
 that.

00:33:37.500 --> 00:33:38.220
 But the

00:33:38.220 --> 00:33:39.120
 point here

00:33:39.120 --> 00:33:40.140
 is this

00:33:40.140 --> 00:33:41.380
 is about

00:33:41.380 --> 00:33:42.420
 Christian

00:33:42.420 --> 00:33:43.060
 people being

00:33:43.060 --> 00:33:43.880
 open to

00:33:43.880 --> 00:33:44.700
 Jesus coming

00:33:44.700 --> 00:33:45.360
 and communing

00:33:45.360 --> 00:33:45.820
 with them.

00:33:47.900 --> 00:33:48.660
 To be

00:33:48.660 --> 00:33:49.300
 invited into

00:33:49.300 --> 00:33:50.040
 someone's home

00:33:50.040 --> 00:33:50.500
 in ancient

00:33:50.500 --> 00:33:51.080
 times when

00:33:51.080 --> 00:33:51.480
 this was

00:33:51.480 --> 00:33:52.400
 written was

00:33:52.400 --> 00:33:52.940
 to invite

00:33:52.940 --> 00:33:53.400
 them into

00:33:53.400 --> 00:33:53.940
 intimate

00:33:53.940 --> 00:33:54.840
 fellowship and

00:33:54.840 --> 00:33:55.220
 friendship.

00:33:55.680 --> 00:33:56.180
 He wants

00:33:56.180 --> 00:33:57.140
 to commune

00:33:57.140 --> 00:33:58.100
 with you in

00:33:58.100 --> 00:33:58.640
 intimate

00:33:58.640 --> 00:33:59.440
 fellowship and

00:33:59.440 --> 00:33:59.880
 friendship.

00:34:01.660 --> 00:34:03.019
 He is

00:34:03.019 --> 00:34:03.960
 alive.

00:34:07.840 --> 00:34:08.659
 He's not

00:34:08.659 --> 00:34:09.460
 just a list

00:34:09.460 --> 00:34:10.059
 of ideas

00:34:10.059 --> 00:34:10.900
 and concepts.

00:34:15.659 --> 00:34:16.440
 He wants

00:34:16.440 --> 00:34:16.960
 to commune

00:34:16.960 --> 00:34:17.420
 with you.

00:34:18.200 --> 00:34:18.820
 For instance,

00:34:19.119 --> 00:34:19.680
 when you

00:34:19.680 --> 00:34:20.880
 pray, is it

00:34:20.880 --> 00:34:21.500
 just a list

00:34:21.500 --> 00:34:21.920
 of things

00:34:21.920 --> 00:34:22.180
 that you

00:34:22.180 --> 00:34:22.460
 want to

00:34:22.460 --> 00:34:22.860
 get from

00:34:22.860 --> 00:34:23.099
 him?

00:34:25.220 --> 00:34:25.840
 Issues

00:34:25.840 --> 00:34:26.099
 that you

00:34:26.099 --> 00:34:26.420
 want him

00:34:26.420 --> 00:34:26.960
 to solve?

00:34:28.300 --> 00:34:28.960
 Or do

00:34:28.960 --> 00:34:29.320
 you want

00:34:29.320 --> 00:34:29.900
 to know

00:34:29.900 --> 00:34:30.380
 him?

00:34:31.659 --> 00:34:32.539
 He desires

00:34:32.539 --> 00:34:32.899
 for us

00:34:32.899 --> 00:34:33.179
 to be

00:34:33.179 --> 00:34:33.639
 open to

00:34:33.639 --> 00:34:34.039
 him and

00:34:34.039 --> 00:34:34.259
 to be

00:34:34.259 --> 00:34:34.519
 intimate

00:34:34.519 --> 00:34:34.940
 fellowship.

00:34:36.279 --> 00:34:36.980
 Start your

00:34:36.980 --> 00:34:37.500
 prayers with

00:34:37.500 --> 00:34:37.859
 Jesus.

00:34:38.059 --> 00:34:38.379
 I want

00:34:38.379 --> 00:34:39.000
 to know

00:34:39.000 --> 00:34:40.059
 you more.

00:34:41.440 --> 00:34:41.759
 I want

00:34:41.759 --> 00:34:42.139
 to know

00:34:42.139 --> 00:34:42.699
 you.

00:34:43.859 --> 00:34:44.219
 And in

00:34:44.219 --> 00:34:44.719
 knowing you,

00:34:44.819 --> 00:34:45.460
 know myself.

00:34:50.299 --> 00:34:50.960
 Know who

00:34:50.960 --> 00:34:51.739
 it is who's

00:34:51.739 --> 00:34:52.299
 knocking at

00:34:52.299 --> 00:34:52.719
 the door.

00:34:53.299 --> 00:34:53.799
 He's the

00:34:53.799 --> 00:34:54.659
 cosmic king

00:34:54.659 --> 00:34:55.079
 Jesus.

00:34:56.019 --> 00:34:56.579
 And he

00:34:56.579 --> 00:34:56.980
 wants to

00:34:56.980 --> 00:34:57.519
 know you.

00:34:58.859 --> 00:34:59.119
 Dwell

00:34:59.119 --> 00:34:59.539
 with you.

00:34:59.659 --> 00:35:00.039
 Be intimate

00:35:00.039 --> 00:35:00.480
 with you.

00:35:01.659 --> 00:35:03.259
 And even

00:35:03.259 --> 00:35:03.539
 if the

00:35:03.539 --> 00:35:04.219
 whole church,

00:35:04.259 --> 00:35:04.599
 if you're

00:35:04.599 --> 00:35:05.039
 sitting there

00:35:05.039 --> 00:35:05.219
 and you

00:35:05.219 --> 00:35:05.519
 might be

00:35:05.519 --> 00:35:05.879
 engaging

00:35:05.879 --> 00:35:06.279
 with this

00:35:06.279 --> 00:35:06.599
 and you're

00:35:06.599 --> 00:35:06.839
 at a

00:35:06.839 --> 00:35:07.119
 church

00:35:07.119 --> 00:35:07.859
 that is

00:35:07.859 --> 00:35:08.219
 just full

00:35:08.219 --> 00:35:08.699
 of lukewarm

00:35:08.699 --> 00:35:09.199
 people,

00:35:11.000 --> 00:35:11.460
 even if

00:35:11.460 --> 00:35:11.819
 the whole

00:35:11.819 --> 00:35:12.599
 church at

00:35:12.599 --> 00:35:13.359
 Laodicea

00:35:13.359 --> 00:35:13.960
 does not

00:35:13.960 --> 00:35:14.659
 respond,

00:35:16.659 --> 00:35:17.379
 he's calling

00:35:17.379 --> 00:35:18.219
 me and

00:35:18.219 --> 00:35:18.859
 you as

00:35:18.859 --> 00:35:19.920
 individuals to

00:35:19.920 --> 00:35:20.719
 commune with

00:35:20.719 --> 00:35:21.079
 him.

00:35:22.179 --> 00:35:22.879
 He says,

00:35:23.179 --> 00:35:24.279
 if anyone,

00:35:25.399 --> 00:35:27.480
 anyone opens

00:35:27.480 --> 00:35:28.000
 a door,

00:35:28.119 --> 00:35:28.879
 I will come.

00:35:29.660 --> 00:35:30.079
 It's a

00:35:30.079 --> 00:35:31.039
 personal call,

00:35:31.220 --> 00:35:31.640
 not just

00:35:31.640 --> 00:35:32.160
 the church

00:35:32.160 --> 00:35:32.840
 at Laodicea,

00:35:32.980 --> 00:35:33.420
 but a

00:35:33.420 --> 00:35:34.180
 personal call

00:35:34.180 --> 00:35:34.680
 for you as

00:35:34.680 --> 00:35:35.240
 an individual.

00:35:36.460 --> 00:35:36.900
 Open the

00:35:36.900 --> 00:35:37.220
 door to

00:35:37.220 --> 00:35:39.500
 Jesus and

00:35:39.500 --> 00:35:40.059
 commune with

00:35:40.059 --> 00:35:40.320
 him.

00:35:42.400 --> 00:35:42.840
 These

00:35:42.840 --> 00:35:43.519
 messages to

00:35:43.519 --> 00:35:43.900
 the seven

00:35:43.900 --> 00:35:44.619
 churches about

00:35:44.619 --> 00:35:45.059
 you and

00:35:45.059 --> 00:35:45.440
 me and

00:35:45.440 --> 00:35:45.860
 what Jesus

00:35:45.860 --> 00:35:46.460
 thinks about

00:35:46.460 --> 00:35:47.300
 our spiritual

00:35:47.300 --> 00:35:47.920
 health too,

00:35:49.119 --> 00:35:49.700
 not just an

00:35:49.700 --> 00:35:51.079
 assessment of

00:35:51.079 --> 00:35:51.460
 the corporate

00:35:51.460 --> 00:35:51.920
 church.

00:35:53.539 --> 00:35:54.039
 Lastly,

00:35:54.160 --> 00:35:54.720
 the hope of a

00:35:54.720 --> 00:35:55.500
 positive assessment.

00:35:56.099 --> 00:35:56.599
 All servant

00:35:56.599 --> 00:35:57.539
 churches receive a

00:35:57.539 --> 00:35:57.900
 promise.

00:35:58.880 --> 00:35:59.619
 It's a reward

00:35:59.619 --> 00:36:00.420
 for overcoming

00:36:00.420 --> 00:36:01.360
 and the one

00:36:01.360 --> 00:36:01.860
 here is

00:36:01.860 --> 00:36:02.780
 remarkable in

00:36:02.780 --> 00:36:03.480
 verse 21.

00:36:04.380 --> 00:36:05.039
 To the one

00:36:05.039 --> 00:36:06.099
 who is

00:36:06.099 --> 00:36:06.800
 victorious,

00:36:07.360 --> 00:36:08.800
 I will give

00:36:08.800 --> 00:36:09.559
 the right to

00:36:09.559 --> 00:36:10.180
 sit with me

00:36:10.180 --> 00:36:10.880
 on my throne

00:36:10.880 --> 00:36:12.920
 just as I

00:36:12.920 --> 00:36:13.599
 was victorious

00:36:13.599 --> 00:36:14.260
 and sat down

00:36:14.260 --> 00:36:14.840
 with my father

00:36:14.840 --> 00:36:16.200
 on his

00:36:16.200 --> 00:36:17.360
 throne.

00:36:18.200 --> 00:36:18.920
 What a

00:36:18.920 --> 00:36:19.300
 promise.

00:36:20.260 --> 00:36:20.740
 This is the

00:36:20.740 --> 00:36:21.320
 cosmic king

00:36:21.320 --> 00:36:22.119
 Jesus ruling

00:36:22.119 --> 00:36:22.800
 the universe

00:36:22.800 --> 00:36:23.420
 because he

00:36:23.420 --> 00:36:24.039
 earned the

00:36:24.039 --> 00:36:24.660
 right to

00:36:24.660 --> 00:36:25.039
 rule.

00:36:25.579 --> 00:36:26.099
 First,

00:36:26.360 --> 00:36:27.079
 as the creator

00:36:27.079 --> 00:36:27.619
 of the universe,

00:36:27.860 --> 00:36:28.140
 secondly,

00:36:28.139 --> 00:36:28.460
 is the

00:36:28.460 --> 00:36:28.960
 redeemer of

00:36:28.960 --> 00:36:29.500
 the universe.

00:36:30.159 --> 00:36:30.579
 He has the

00:36:30.579 --> 00:36:31.039
 right to

00:36:31.039 --> 00:36:31.339
 rule.

00:36:32.579 --> 00:36:33.699
 Why would

00:36:33.699 --> 00:36:35.199
 he invite

00:36:35.199 --> 00:36:36.739
 us to

00:36:36.739 --> 00:36:37.799
 rule with

00:36:37.799 --> 00:36:38.480
 him?

00:36:41.679 --> 00:36:42.659
 Because he

00:36:42.659 --> 00:36:43.539
 earned it

00:36:43.539 --> 00:36:44.960
 for us

00:36:44.960 --> 00:36:46.119
 as well.

00:36:48.259 --> 00:36:48.980
 Do you

00:36:48.980 --> 00:36:49.759
 know why

00:36:49.759 --> 00:36:50.579
 we can get

00:36:50.579 --> 00:36:51.319
 that white

00:36:51.319 --> 00:36:51.940
 robe?

00:36:51.940 --> 00:36:53.900
 because he

00:36:53.900 --> 00:36:55.000
 was stripped

00:36:55.000 --> 00:36:56.539
 naked and

00:36:56.539 --> 00:36:57.019
 laid on a

00:36:57.019 --> 00:36:57.320
 cross.

00:36:58.880 --> 00:36:59.420
 Do you

00:36:59.420 --> 00:37:00.159
 know why

00:37:00.159 --> 00:37:00.559
 we could

00:37:00.559 --> 00:37:00.760
 have

00:37:00.760 --> 00:37:01.480
 spiritual

00:37:01.480 --> 00:37:02.340
 wealth and

00:37:02.340 --> 00:37:02.980
 inherit the

00:37:02.980 --> 00:37:03.420
 earth?

00:37:05.700 --> 00:37:06.300
 Because he

00:37:06.300 --> 00:37:07.360
 was impoverished,

00:37:07.960 --> 00:37:09.019
 came down

00:37:09.019 --> 00:37:09.360
 from the

00:37:09.360 --> 00:37:09.800
 heights of

00:37:09.800 --> 00:37:10.460
 glory and

00:37:10.460 --> 00:37:10.900
 entered the

00:37:10.900 --> 00:37:11.539
 world as a

00:37:11.539 --> 00:37:12.119
 baby and

00:37:12.119 --> 00:37:12.780
 died the

00:37:12.780 --> 00:37:13.980
 death of a

00:37:13.980 --> 00:37:14.740
 criminal on a

00:37:14.740 --> 00:37:14.980
 cross.

00:37:15.059 --> 00:37:15.300
 He was

00:37:15.300 --> 00:37:16.179
 impoverished.

00:37:16.800 --> 00:37:17.059
 Do you

00:37:17.059 --> 00:37:17.599
 know why

00:37:17.599 --> 00:37:17.920
 that we

00:37:17.920 --> 00:37:18.279
 can get

00:37:18.279 --> 00:37:19.039
 spiritual

00:37:19.039 --> 00:37:20.679
 sights and

00:37:20.679 --> 00:37:21.940
 no truth?

00:37:24.079 --> 00:37:26.400
 Because he

00:37:26.400 --> 00:37:27.259
 allowed them

00:37:27.259 --> 00:37:28.079
 to put a

00:37:28.079 --> 00:37:29.380
 blindfold on

00:37:29.380 --> 00:37:30.000
 him and

00:37:30.000 --> 00:37:31.059
 strike him

00:37:31.059 --> 00:37:31.799
 and mock

00:37:31.799 --> 00:37:32.219
 him.

00:37:33.980 --> 00:37:34.980
 Prophesy who

00:37:34.980 --> 00:37:35.799
 did that to

00:37:35.799 --> 00:37:36.299
 you.

00:37:36.300 --> 00:37:40.940
 Why?

00:37:42.940 --> 00:37:43.680
 Because he

00:37:43.680 --> 00:37:44.320
 was jealous

00:37:44.320 --> 00:37:45.760
 for you.

00:37:47.360 --> 00:37:48.120
 He was

00:37:48.120 --> 00:37:48.560
 jealous for

00:37:48.560 --> 00:37:48.900
 me.

00:37:49.660 --> 00:37:50.039
 He was

00:37:50.039 --> 00:37:50.760
 jealous for

00:37:50.760 --> 00:37:51.620
 us, his

00:37:51.620 --> 00:37:52.060
 church.

00:37:53.140 --> 00:37:53.660
 He said

00:37:53.660 --> 00:37:54.600
 his love

00:37:54.600 --> 00:37:56.300
 intensely on

00:37:56.300 --> 00:37:56.920
 us.

00:37:58.180 --> 00:37:59.360
 He exploded

00:37:59.360 --> 00:38:00.680
 with service

00:38:00.680 --> 00:38:01.460
 on our

00:38:01.460 --> 00:38:02.060
 behalf.

00:38:04.460 --> 00:38:05.100
 His

00:38:05.100 --> 00:38:05.740
 passion

00:38:05.739 --> 00:38:07.599
 changed the

00:38:07.599 --> 00:38:07.879
 world.

00:38:09.239 --> 00:38:09.619
 Everything

00:38:09.619 --> 00:38:10.359
 he does

00:38:10.359 --> 00:38:11.439
 is for

00:38:11.439 --> 00:38:11.879
 us.

00:38:12.379 --> 00:38:13.139
 Every bit

00:38:13.139 --> 00:38:13.879
 of glory

00:38:13.879 --> 00:38:14.539
 and honour

00:38:14.539 --> 00:38:15.539
 he achieved

00:38:15.539 --> 00:38:16.819
 he achieved

00:38:16.819 --> 00:38:17.639
 that he

00:38:17.639 --> 00:38:18.359
 might share

00:38:18.359 --> 00:38:18.759
 it with

00:38:18.759 --> 00:38:19.279
 us.

00:38:24.599 --> 00:38:25.839
 How can

00:38:25.839 --> 00:38:26.419
 we come

00:38:26.419 --> 00:38:27.079
 to grips

00:38:27.079 --> 00:38:28.679
 with

00:38:28.679 --> 00:38:29.319
 someone

00:38:29.319 --> 00:38:30.859
 who gives

00:38:30.859 --> 00:38:31.559
 themselves

00:38:31.559 --> 00:38:32.359
 utterly

00:38:32.359 --> 00:38:33.819
 for us

00:38:33.820 --> 00:38:36.019
 unless we

00:38:36.019 --> 00:38:36.220
 give

00:38:36.220 --> 00:38:36.840
 ourselves

00:38:36.840 --> 00:38:37.900
 utterly

00:38:37.900 --> 00:38:38.860
 to him.

00:38:38.860 --> 00:38:41.900
 thank

00:38:42.000 --> 00:38:42.800
 humans

00:38:44.800 --> 00:38:45.440
 and

00:38:45.760 --> 00:38:47.460
 to

00:38:47.460 --> 00:38:48.240
 teach

00:38:48.840 --> 00:38:49.280
 who

00:38:49.280 --> 00:38:50.640
 in

00:38:50.640 --> 00:38:50.800
 someone

00:38:50.800 --> 00:38:51.280
 who

00:38:51.280 --> 00:38:52.480
 will

00:38:52.480 --> 00:38:53.579
 issue

00:38:53.579 --> 00:38:54.340
 for

00:38:54.340 --> 00:38:55.039
 them

00:38:55.140 --> 00:38:55.420
 on

00:38:55.420 --> 00:38:55.960
 is

00:38:55.960 --> 00:38:56.480
 the

00:38:56.480 --> 00:38:56.500
 Vai

00:38:56.500 --> 00:38:57.180
 yht

00:38:58.120 --> 00:38:58.680
 allied

00:38:58.680 --> 00:38:58.880
 in

00:38:58.880 --> 00:38:59.220
 the

00:38:59.220 --> 00:38:59.380
 Either

00:38:59.380 --> 00:38:59.740
 Vai

00:38:59.740 --> 00:39:00.700
 catch

00:39:00.700 --> 00:39:01.320
 someone

00:39:01.320 --> 00:39:01.620
 Someone

00:39:01.620 --> 00:39:02.280
 can

00:39:02.280 --> 00:39:03.079
 pop

00:39:03.079 --> 00:39:03.460
 an

00:39:03.460 --> 00:39:03.820
 bee

00:39:03.820 --> 00:39:04.620
 Going