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 There is something majestic about the book of Isaiah.

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 It asks us to imagine the creation and then the recreation of the entire world.

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 It evokes the historical periods of the 8th century BC and then into the exile and beyond.

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 It asks us to imagine that the very heavens and earth are taking part in the drama of Israel's history.

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 It begins in chapter 1 verse 2 with heaven and earth called to bear witness.

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 Hear, O heavens, listen, O earth.

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 And it finishes in verse 22 with a new heaven and a new earth.

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 As the new heavens and the new earth that I will make endure before me, declares the Lord, so will your name and descendants endure.

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 And so Isaiah takes us from the beginning of history to the end of all things, from creation to the recreation of God's universe.

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 It insists that God is doing something for which even the ends of the earth wait.

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 God has an all-encompassing purpose and it unravels for us page after page in Isaiah.

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 Of course, in unraveling God's great plans and purpose for his creation of people for all of history,

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 we naturally get a magnificent vision of God.

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 God's purposes, his actions reveal God, reveal himself.

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 And you immediately notice in Isaiah just how great and big this God is.

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 His plan is all-pervasive.

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 His rule is all-encompassing.

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 And if those things don't stagger us, then Isaiah clearly reveals the magnificence of God in passages like chapter 6.

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 I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted, and the train of his robe filled the temple.

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 Above him were seraphs, each with six wings.

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 With two wings, they covered their faces.

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 With two, they covered their feet.

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 And with two, they were flying.

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 And they were calling to one another, holy, holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty.

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 The whole earth is filled with his glory.

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 And in the last chapter, we are given another glimpse of the grandeur of this God.

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 This is what the Lord says.

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 Heaven is my throne and the earth is my footstool.

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 It is the only place in the Bible where the earth is described as God's footstool.

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 It is almost 6,500 kilometers straight through.

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 It is 40,000 kilometers if you decide to go around.

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 It weighs something like 6,000,000,000,000 tons.

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 It has a surface area of 510,000,000 square kilometers, a volume of around 10,000,000,000 cubic kilometers.

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 It spins at 1,600 kilometers an hour.

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 And God calls it his footstool.

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 This is my footstool.

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 God sits on his throne in the heavens and he rests his feet on the earth.

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 This is the magnificence of the God that we come to worship this morning.

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 The God who calls us to tremble at his word.

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 Of course, the doctrine of God is given a few more clues as you move on into the next verse.

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 Verse 2.

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 Everything in this footstool that God calls the earth, that we call the earth, is made by the hand of God.

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 Everything owes his existence to this God.

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 He is the God who sits on the throne and rests his feet on the earth.

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 He is the God who brought all things into being.

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 The sun.

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 The moon.

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 The stars.

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 The smallest part.

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 Mount Everest.

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 The weirdest creature in the depths of the sea.

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 Delicate flowers.

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 Noamble fall.

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 The tallest redwood tree.

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 The Amazon jungle.

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 The Kalahari Desert.

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 The most gorgeous supermodel.

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 The soaring eagle.

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 The brightest mind.

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 The best preacher.

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 The successful entrepreneur.

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 The most influential church.

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 They are just a few of the wonders that he has made.

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 The whole earth is full of the glory of God.

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 The whole earth is full of the glory of God.

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 And yet, as wonderful as all these things are, in this thing that God calls his footstool, there is one thing that draws the gaze of God.

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 This is the one I esteem.

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 He who is humble and contrite in the spirit and travels at times.

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 Having gaze upon the magnificence of this God.

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 Having gaze upon the magnificence of this God who sits on his throne with his feet resting on the earth.

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 They do what Isaiah did in chapter 6.

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 He says,

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 He says,

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 He says,

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 He says,

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 He says,

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 He says,

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 He says,

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 flows out of a broken and a contrite heart,

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 a humble heart.

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 And this is the one who draws the gaze

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 of the eternal God,

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 whose feet rest on the earth.

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 The alternative to true worship

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 is put before us there in verse 2.

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 Again, let me read to you.

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 This is the one I esteem.

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 He who is humble and contrite in spirit

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 and trembles at my word,

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 but whoever sacrifices a bull

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 is like one who kills a man,

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 whoever offers a lamb like one who breaks a dog's neck,

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 whoever makes a grain offering like one who presents pig's blood,

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 and whoever burns memorial incense like one who worships an idol.

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 They have chosen their own ways

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 and their souls delight in their abominations.

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 A humble and contrite heart and a trembling

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 at the word of God has been exchanged for a worship,

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 a false worship,

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 which is equal to religion and rituals and rites.

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 This is the people of God

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 that is spoken about here in Isaiah 66.

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 Not the pagan nations.

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 They didn't listen.

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 They didn't tremble at the word of God.

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 They didn't bow in humble submission to God and his purposes.

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 And they went their own way.

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 They did evil and they chose what displeases God

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 and it was hidden.

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 Their evil was hidden under the veneer of worship.

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 Now, of course, Isaiah is not against worship here in these verses.

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 He wasn't against sacrifices.

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 He wasn't against the temple.

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 In fact, the rebuilding of the temple

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 occupied the people of God for the best part of 20 years.

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 And when they slackened off in rebuilding the temple,

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 he sent prophets to tell them,

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 don't slacken off and get going with it.

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 Yet in these verses,

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 the temple and their rituals and religion

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 are spoken of with extreme reserve.

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 The temple was a good thing.

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 But Isaiah was painfully aware,

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 painfully aware of the capacity of human beings to misuse it,

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 to focus on the temple and its rituals and its rites

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 and not the God of the temple.

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 He was aware of the human tendency to exchange true worship,

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 true, humble, God-honoring worship within pure worship,

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 a worship that is wrapped up in performing rituals

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 and minimum effort and minimal reflection.

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 Isaiah understood very well

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 that physical restoration of the temple was not enough.

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 Spiritual restoration was what was needed.

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 Spiritual renewal,

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 unless they had spiritual renewal,

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 the future would just simply rehash the sins of the past.

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 Isaiah was not against the temple.

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 He was against ecclesiasticism,

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 that ugly distortion of true worship

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 worship of God does not flow out of the heartfelt contrition before God.

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 For God,

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 no matter what building it's in,

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 no matter what form it takes,

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 what order it takes,

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 no matter how seamless the transitions,

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 how well it is read,

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 no matter how great the singing or accurate the theology

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 or historically sensitive,

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 it becomes no better than pagan superstition.

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 And it angers God

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 and it calls forth

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 His righteous judgment.

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 And so there is a warning here

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 in Isaiah 66.

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 It is so easy to exchange true worship

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 for false worship.

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 On the surface,

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 it may look like the same.

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 The warning here is like Israel,

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 we can hide our evil

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 and our refusal to listen

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 and obey the word of God

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 in beautiful worship.

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 In beautiful worship.

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 In beautiful worship.

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 Worship.

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 False worship

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 becomes a substitute

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 for listening to God,

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 to faith in God,

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 to obedient,

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 trembling at His word

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 and the pursuit of His purposes.

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 The warning here is not to box God

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 within the building,

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 not to box God

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 within a few religious activities,

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 potentially good activities,

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 but true worship

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 is all of life

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 at the feet of the one

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 on whose feet

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 He rests on the earth.

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 The feet of this God

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 in humble,

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 contrite submission.

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 True worship,

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 my friends,

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 is God's grand design

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 for His universe.

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 True worship is what

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 God wants for us.

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 God's plan

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 for the world

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 that He's made,

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 the world that He calls

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 His footstool,

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 is that people would see

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 His glory

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 and gather to Him

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 and bow at His feet

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 who sit on the earth.

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 Throughout all history

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 and eternity to come,

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 God's design for people

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 is worship.

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 The worship of Him

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 in humble submission.

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 As it says in verse 22,

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 As the new heavens

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 and the new earth

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 that I will make

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 endure before me,

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 so will your name

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 and descendants endure.

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 From one new moon

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 to another

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 and from one Sabbath

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 to another,

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 all mankind

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 will come

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 and bow down

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 before me

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 at my feet.

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 in humble submission.

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 In the new heavens

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 and the new earth,

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 the redeemed

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 of the entire

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 human race

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 will offer

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 unending worship

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 at the feet

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 of their Creator.

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 It's the place

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 we call heaven.

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 Isaiah leaves us

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 in no doubt

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 at all

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 that the key

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 to God's purpose

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 is God's perfect King,

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 the Lord Jesus Christ

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 and how eloquently

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 and simply

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 the Apostle John

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 puts it

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 in John chapter 12,

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 Isaiah saw

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 Jesus' glory

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 and spoke

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 about Him.

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 You see,

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 the invincible

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 purpose of God

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 is that the gospel

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 of the glory

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 of Christ

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 spread to all

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 the peoples

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 of the world

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 so that they might

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 come and bow

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 in worship,

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 in humble submission

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 to this God.

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 It's everywhere

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 in the Bible.

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 It's the promise

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 of Philippians 2

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 who being in very

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 nature God,

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 speaking about Jesus here,

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 being in very

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 nature God,

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 did not consider

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 equality with God

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 something to be grasped

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 but made himself

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 nothing,

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 taking the very

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 nature of a servant,

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 being made in human

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 likeness and being

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 found in appearance

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 as a man.

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 He humbled himself

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 and became obedient

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 to death,

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 even death on a cross

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 and therefore God

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 exalted him

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 to the highest place,

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 put him on a throne

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 that is,

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 and gave him the name

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 that is above every name

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 that at the name

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 of Jesus

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 every knee should bow

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 and every tongue

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 confess

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 confess

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 that Jesus

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 Christ

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 is Lord

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 to the glory

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 of God the Father.

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 It was the promise

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 of the Old Testament,

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 Psalm 22,

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 all the ends

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 of the earth

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 will remember

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 and turn to the Lord

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 and the families

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 of the nations

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 will bow down

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 before him

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 for dominion

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 belongs to the Lord

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 and he rules

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 over all the nations.

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 It was the promise

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 of Jesus

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 to his disciples

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 in Matthew 24

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 and this gospel

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 of the kingdom

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 will be preached

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 in the whole world

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 as a testimony

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 to all nations

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 and the end

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 will come.

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 It was the design

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 of the cross

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 according to Revelation 5

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 and they sang

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 a new song,

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 you are worthy

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 to take the scroll

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 and to open its seal

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 because you were slain

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 and with your blood

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 you purchased men

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 for God

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 from every tribe

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 and language

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 and people

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 and nation.

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 It was the final command

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 of the risen

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 all authority

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 of Christ

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 according to Matthew 28.

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 Then Jesus came to them

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 and said

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 all authority

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 in heaven

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 and on earth

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 has been given to me

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 therefore go

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 and make disciples

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 of all nations

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 baptizing them

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 in the name

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 of the Father

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 and the Son

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 and the Holy Spirit

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 and teaching them

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 to obey everything

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 I have commanded you

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 and surely

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 I am with you always

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 to the very ends

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 of the age.

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 It was the design

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 sorry

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 it was the divine purpose

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 of the sending

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 and filling

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 of the Holy Spirit

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 according to Acts 1

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 but you will receive power

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 when the Holy Spirit

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 comes on you

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 and you will be

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 my witnesses

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 in Jerusalem

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 in all Judea

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 and Samaria

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 to the ends

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 of the earth.

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 The invincible

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 purpose of God

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 is that the gospel

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 of the glory

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 of Christ

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 spread to the peoples

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 of this world

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 that they might come

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 and they might see

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 the glory of Christ

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 and bow at his feet

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 in humble contrition.

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 This is God's

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 grand design

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 for his world.

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 It always has been

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 and it always will be

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 and the task

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 is not yet done.

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 2,000 years

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 after Jesus

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 gave his great commission

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 to his disciples

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 6,645

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 of the world's

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 16,350

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 people groups

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 are either

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 barely reached

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 or not reached

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 at all.

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 that equates

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 to

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 approximately

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 40.1%

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 of this world

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 which equates

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 to 2.84

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 billion people

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 who have either

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 never heard of Jesus

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 or the witness

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 of Christ

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 is even barely

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 there at all.

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 Why?

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 After 20

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 centuries

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 is the task

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 not

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 finished?

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 It's not because

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 of the lack

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 of money.

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 I want to say

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 it's because

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 we've got too much.

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 The comforts

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 of the West

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 have made us

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 soft

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 and cautious

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 and fearful

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 and indulgent

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 and self-protecting

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 instead of tough

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 and risk-taking

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 and bold

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 and self-controlled

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 and self-sacrificing.

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 You see

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 many of these

00:20:13.660 --> 00:20:14.700
 least reached

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 6,645

00:20:16.519 --> 00:20:18.620
 peoples

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 are religiously

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 unsympathetic

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 to Christian

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 missions.

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 That means

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 that we need

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 to go to

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 these people

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 with the gospel

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 and it will

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 be dangerous

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 and it will

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 be costly

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 to finish

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 this task

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 some of us

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 and some

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 of our children

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 need to be

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 killed.

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 but we

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 are so

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 infatuated

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 with our

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 comforts

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 and our

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 securities

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 that we

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 have exchanged

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 true worship

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 and God's

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 agenda for

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 false worship

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 and we

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 hide our

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 sinfulness

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 by a

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 veneer

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 of temple

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 worship.

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 that is

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 what Israel

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 did

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 and they

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 were judged

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 for it.

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 They had

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 their temple

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 and their

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 rituals

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 and they

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 didn't care

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 a rip

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 about the

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 nations.

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 and so

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 let us

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 not forget

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 the somber

00:21:27.940 --> 00:21:28.379
 word of

00:21:28.379 --> 00:21:28.700
 Jesus

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 in John

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 chapter 12.

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 I tell you

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 the truth

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 unless a

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 kernel of

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 wheat falls

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 to the

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 ground

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 and dies

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 it remains

00:21:36.279 --> 00:21:37.220
 only a

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 single

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 seed

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 but if

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 it dies

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 it produces

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 many seeds

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 the man

00:21:43.179 --> 00:21:43.919
 who loves

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 his life

00:21:44.500 --> 00:21:45.019
 will lose

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 it

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 while the

00:21:45.960 --> 00:21:46.440
 man who

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 hates his

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 life in

00:21:47.419 --> 00:21:47.919
 this world

00:21:47.919 --> 00:21:48.440
 will keep

00:21:48.440 --> 00:21:48.799
 it for

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 eternal

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 life.

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 In other

00:21:50.779 --> 00:21:51.259
 words

00:21:51.259 --> 00:21:52.519
 a fruitful

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 life

00:21:53.120 --> 00:21:53.840
 and an

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 eternal

00:21:54.360 --> 00:21:54.940
 life

00:21:54.940 --> 00:21:55.799
 come

00:21:55.799 --> 00:21:56.380
 from

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 this

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 dying

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 like a

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 grain

00:21:59.799 --> 00:22:00.180
 of

00:22:00.180 --> 00:22:00.640
 wheat

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 and

00:22:01.420 --> 00:22:01.860
 hating

00:22:01.860 --> 00:22:02.180
 your

00:22:02.180 --> 00:22:02.539
 life

00:22:02.539 --> 00:22:02.799
 in

00:22:02.799 --> 00:22:03.019
 this

00:22:03.019 --> 00:22:03.420
 world.

00:22:03.860 --> 00:22:04.200
 More

00:22:04.200 --> 00:22:04.539
 and more

00:22:04.539 --> 00:22:04.940
 I am

00:22:04.940 --> 00:22:05.460
 persuaded

00:22:05.460 --> 00:22:05.980
 by the

00:22:05.980 --> 00:22:06.320
 scriptures

00:22:06.320 --> 00:22:07.220
 that God's

00:22:07.220 --> 00:22:07.820
 design for

00:22:07.820 --> 00:22:08.620
 the completion

00:22:08.620 --> 00:22:09.320
 of his

00:22:09.320 --> 00:22:09.960
 global

00:22:09.960 --> 00:22:11.039
 plan

00:22:11.039 --> 00:22:12.180
 and the

00:22:12.180 --> 00:22:12.820
 consummation

00:22:12.820 --> 00:22:13.240
 of his

00:22:13.240 --> 00:22:13.840
 purposes

00:22:13.840 --> 00:22:15.019
 includes

00:22:15.019 --> 00:22:15.900
 the suffering

00:22:15.900 --> 00:22:16.539
 of his

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 people.

00:22:17.220 --> 00:22:17.960
 To put it

00:22:17.960 --> 00:22:19.420
 more plainly

00:22:19.420 --> 00:22:20.480
 and specifically

00:22:20.480 --> 00:22:21.240
 God's

00:22:21.240 --> 00:22:21.759
 plan

00:22:21.759 --> 00:22:22.580
 is that

00:22:22.580 --> 00:22:23.519
 his purpose

00:22:23.519 --> 00:22:24.900
 triumph

00:22:24.900 --> 00:22:26.600
 through the

00:22:26.600 --> 00:22:27.060
 suffering

00:22:27.060 --> 00:22:27.680
 of his

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 people.

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 I don't

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 just mean

00:22:32.539 --> 00:22:34.140
 that the

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 suffering

00:22:34.779 --> 00:22:35.680
 is a

00:22:35.680 --> 00:22:36.480
 consequence

00:22:36.480 --> 00:22:37.539
 of being

00:22:37.539 --> 00:22:38.360
 obedient to

00:22:38.360 --> 00:22:38.720
 God's

00:22:38.720 --> 00:22:39.140
 mission.

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 I mean

00:22:41.019 --> 00:22:41.720
 that suffering

00:22:41.720 --> 00:22:42.519
 is one of

00:22:42.519 --> 00:22:43.560
 Christ's

00:22:43.560 --> 00:22:44.400
 strategies

00:22:44.400 --> 00:22:46.980
 for the

00:22:46.980 --> 00:22:47.560
 success

00:22:47.560 --> 00:22:48.519
 of his

00:22:48.519 --> 00:22:49.279
 mission.

00:22:49.420 --> 00:22:51.180
 Jesus

00:22:51.180 --> 00:22:51.680
 said to

00:22:51.680 --> 00:22:51.840
 his

00:22:51.840 --> 00:22:52.300
 disciples

00:22:52.300 --> 00:22:52.720
 as he

00:22:52.720 --> 00:22:52.960
 sent

00:22:52.960 --> 00:22:53.140
 them

00:22:53.140 --> 00:22:53.340
 out

00:22:53.340 --> 00:22:53.480
 in

00:22:53.480 --> 00:22:53.740
 Matthew

00:22:53.740 --> 00:22:54.120
 10

00:22:54.120 --> 00:22:54.580
 I am

00:22:54.580 --> 00:22:55.039
 sending

00:22:55.039 --> 00:22:55.340
 you

00:22:55.340 --> 00:22:55.720
 out

00:22:55.720 --> 00:22:56.300
 like

00:22:56.300 --> 00:22:56.820
 sheep

00:22:56.820 --> 00:22:57.300
 amongst

00:22:57.300 --> 00:22:57.880
 wolves.

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 There is

00:22:59.080 --> 00:22:59.980
 no doubt

00:22:59.980 --> 00:23:01.460
 what happens

00:23:01.460 --> 00:23:02.180
 to sheep

00:23:02.180 --> 00:23:02.600
 in the

00:23:02.600 --> 00:23:02.860
 midst

00:23:02.860 --> 00:23:03.539
 of wolves

00:23:03.539 --> 00:23:04.440
 and Paul

00:23:04.440 --> 00:23:04.980
 confirmed

00:23:04.980 --> 00:23:05.600
 the reality

00:23:05.600 --> 00:23:06.080
 for us

00:23:06.080 --> 00:23:06.620
 in Romans

00:23:06.620 --> 00:23:07.100
 8

00:23:07.100 --> 00:23:08.000
 as it is

00:23:08.000 --> 00:23:08.340
 written

00:23:08.340 --> 00:23:09.220
 for your

00:23:09.220 --> 00:23:09.600
 sake

00:23:09.600 --> 00:23:10.180
 we face

00:23:10.180 --> 00:23:10.640
 death

00:23:10.640 --> 00:23:11.160
 all day

00:23:11.160 --> 00:23:11.580
 long.

00:23:11.920 --> 00:23:12.180
 We are

00:23:12.180 --> 00:23:12.779
 considered

00:23:12.779 --> 00:23:13.700
 as sheep

00:23:13.700 --> 00:23:14.160
 to be

00:23:14.160 --> 00:23:15.519
 slaughtered.

00:23:15.519 --> 00:23:16.100
 And Jesus

00:23:16.100 --> 00:23:16.680
 continues

00:23:16.680 --> 00:23:17.160
 in Matthew

00:23:17.160 --> 00:23:17.759
 chapter 10

00:23:17.759 --> 00:23:18.379
 be on

00:23:18.379 --> 00:23:18.900
 your guard

00:23:18.900 --> 00:23:19.259
 against

00:23:19.259 --> 00:23:19.599
 men

00:23:19.599 --> 00:23:19.940
 they will

00:23:19.940 --> 00:23:20.400
 hand you

00:23:20.400 --> 00:23:21.019
 over to

00:23:21.019 --> 00:23:21.440
 the local

00:23:21.440 --> 00:23:22.019
 councils

00:23:22.019 --> 00:23:22.980
 and flog

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 you in

00:23:23.259 --> 00:23:23.460
 their

00:23:23.460 --> 00:23:24.039
 synagogues.

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 On my

00:23:24.819 --> 00:23:25.299
 account

00:23:25.299 --> 00:23:25.579
 you will

00:23:25.579 --> 00:23:26.000
 be brought

00:23:26.000 --> 00:23:26.779
 before governors

00:23:26.779 --> 00:23:27.599
 and kings

00:23:27.599 --> 00:23:28.539
 as witnesses

00:23:28.539 --> 00:23:29.019
 to them

00:23:29.019 --> 00:23:29.579
 and to the

00:23:29.579 --> 00:23:30.220
 Gentiles.

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 Did you

00:23:31.519 --> 00:23:32.240
 notice there

00:23:32.240 --> 00:23:32.920
 that the

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 witness before

00:23:34.099 --> 00:23:34.539
 the governors

00:23:34.539 --> 00:23:35.099
 and kings

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 is not

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 merely a

00:23:36.379 --> 00:23:37.079
 result or

00:23:37.079 --> 00:23:37.819
 a consequence

00:23:37.819 --> 00:23:38.859
 it is a

00:23:38.859 --> 00:23:39.559
 design.

00:23:39.559 --> 00:23:42.659
 you will

00:23:42.659 --> 00:23:43.319
 be brought

00:23:43.319 --> 00:23:44.299
 before governors

00:23:44.299 --> 00:23:45.399
 and kings

00:23:45.399 --> 00:23:46.759
 as

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 a witness

00:23:48.599 --> 00:23:49.119
 to them.

00:23:54.259 --> 00:23:54.859
 Suffering

00:23:54.859 --> 00:23:55.399
 was not

00:23:55.399 --> 00:23:55.839
 just a

00:23:55.839 --> 00:23:56.379
 consequence

00:23:56.379 --> 00:23:56.839
 of our

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 Lord's

00:23:57.720 --> 00:23:58.279
 obedience

00:23:58.279 --> 00:23:58.659
 and his

00:23:58.659 --> 00:23:58.980
 mission

00:23:58.980 --> 00:23:59.480
 it was

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 the central

00:24:00.000 --> 00:24:00.759
 strategy

00:24:00.759 --> 00:24:01.319
 of his

00:24:01.319 --> 00:24:01.759
 mission.

00:24:02.500 --> 00:24:02.799
 Jesus

00:24:02.799 --> 00:24:04.159
 calls us

00:24:04.159 --> 00:24:04.779
 to join

00:24:04.779 --> 00:24:05.059
 him on

00:24:05.059 --> 00:24:05.639
 the Calvary

00:24:05.639 --> 00:24:05.899
 road

00:24:05.899 --> 00:24:06.419
 to take

00:24:06.419 --> 00:24:06.819
 up our

00:24:06.819 --> 00:24:07.639
 cross

00:24:07.640 --> 00:24:08.660
 to hate

00:24:08.660 --> 00:24:09.160
 our lives

00:24:09.160 --> 00:24:09.500
 in this

00:24:09.500 --> 00:24:09.820
 world

00:24:09.820 --> 00:24:10.700
 to fall

00:24:10.700 --> 00:24:11.120
 to the

00:24:11.120 --> 00:24:11.560
 ground

00:24:11.560 --> 00:24:12.220
 like a

00:24:12.220 --> 00:24:12.759
 seed

00:24:12.759 --> 00:24:13.800
 and die

00:24:13.800 --> 00:24:14.960
 that others

00:24:14.960 --> 00:24:15.780
 might

00:24:15.780 --> 00:24:16.780
 live.

00:24:19.560 --> 00:24:20.340
 We are

00:24:20.340 --> 00:24:20.740
 not above

00:24:20.740 --> 00:24:20.920
 our

00:24:20.920 --> 00:24:21.360
 master.

00:24:22.580 --> 00:24:23.160
 To be

00:24:23.160 --> 00:24:23.780
 sure our

00:24:23.780 --> 00:24:24.140
 suffering

00:24:24.140 --> 00:24:24.540
 does not

00:24:24.540 --> 00:24:25.100
 atone for

00:24:25.100 --> 00:24:25.580
 anyone's

00:24:25.580 --> 00:24:26.000
 sins

00:24:26.000 --> 00:24:27.520
 but it

00:24:27.520 --> 00:24:27.920
 is a

00:24:27.920 --> 00:24:28.180
 deeper

00:24:28.180 --> 00:24:28.660
 way of

00:24:28.660 --> 00:24:28.900
 doing

00:24:28.900 --> 00:24:29.240
 mission

00:24:29.240 --> 00:24:29.620
 than we

00:24:29.620 --> 00:24:30.180
 realize.

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 And unless

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 we think

00:24:31.880 --> 00:24:32.780
 this way

00:24:32.780 --> 00:24:33.340
 of saying

00:24:33.340 --> 00:24:34.300
 it aligns

00:24:34.300 --> 00:24:34.440
 it,

00:24:34.840 --> 00:24:35.360
 the suffering

00:24:35.360 --> 00:24:35.860
 work of

00:24:35.860 --> 00:24:36.160
 God's

00:24:36.160 --> 00:24:36.780
 people too

00:24:36.780 --> 00:24:37.280
 closely,

00:24:37.279 --> 00:24:38.059
 to the

00:24:38.059 --> 00:24:38.399
 suffering

00:24:38.399 --> 00:24:38.779
 of our

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 Savior,

00:24:39.619 --> 00:24:40.119
 listen to

00:24:40.119 --> 00:24:40.720
 the decisive

00:24:40.720 --> 00:24:41.200
 word on

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 this from

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 Paul,

00:24:41.899 --> 00:24:42.299
 Colossians

00:24:42.299 --> 00:24:42.980
 chapter 1,

00:24:43.319 --> 00:24:43.899
 now I

00:24:43.899 --> 00:24:44.559
 rejoice in

00:24:44.559 --> 00:24:44.899
 what was

00:24:44.899 --> 00:24:45.399
 suffered for

00:24:45.399 --> 00:24:46.700
 you and

00:24:46.700 --> 00:24:47.339
 I fill up

00:24:47.339 --> 00:24:47.700
 in my

00:24:47.700 --> 00:24:48.259
 flesh what

00:24:48.259 --> 00:24:48.680
 is still

00:24:48.680 --> 00:24:49.240
 lacking in

00:24:49.240 --> 00:24:49.819
 regard to

00:24:49.819 --> 00:24:50.240
 Christ's

00:24:50.240 --> 00:24:51.240
 afflictions for

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 the sake of

00:24:51.819 --> 00:24:52.359
 his body

00:24:52.359 --> 00:24:52.920
 which is the

00:24:52.920 --> 00:24:53.319
 church.

00:24:54.059 --> 00:24:54.940
 In his

00:24:54.940 --> 00:24:55.700
 sufferings,

00:24:56.059 --> 00:24:56.700
 Paul is

00:24:56.700 --> 00:24:57.460
 filling up

00:24:57.460 --> 00:24:57.859
 what is

00:24:57.859 --> 00:24:58.539
 lacking in

00:24:58.539 --> 00:24:59.019
 Christ's

00:24:59.019 --> 00:25:00.440
 afflictions for

00:25:00.440 --> 00:25:01.200
 the church.

00:25:01.440 --> 00:25:02.039
 Not that

00:25:02.039 --> 00:25:02.500
 Paul's

00:25:02.500 --> 00:25:03.240
 suffering

00:25:03.240 --> 00:25:04.099
 atones for

00:25:04.099 --> 00:25:05.639
 sin or

00:25:05.639 --> 00:25:06.680
 propitiates

00:25:06.680 --> 00:25:07.240
 wrath,

00:25:07.279 --> 00:25:09.200
 or vindicates

00:25:09.200 --> 00:25:10.200
 divine justice

00:25:10.200 --> 00:25:11.099
 in passing

00:25:11.099 --> 00:25:12.079
 over sins

00:25:12.079 --> 00:25:13.339
 as Jesus'

00:25:13.539 --> 00:25:14.059
 death did,

00:25:14.759 --> 00:25:15.200
 but they

00:25:15.200 --> 00:25:16.359
 show the

00:25:16.359 --> 00:25:17.099
 unreached

00:25:17.099 --> 00:25:17.899
 peoples of

00:25:17.899 --> 00:25:18.420
 the world

00:25:18.420 --> 00:25:19.379
 the sufferings

00:25:19.379 --> 00:25:20.139
 of Christ.

00:25:20.619 --> 00:25:21.139
 Paul's

00:25:21.139 --> 00:25:21.859
 missionary

00:25:21.859 --> 00:25:22.899
 suffering is

00:25:22.899 --> 00:25:23.440
 God's

00:25:23.440 --> 00:25:24.099
 design to

00:25:24.099 --> 00:25:24.899
 complete the

00:25:24.899 --> 00:25:25.460
 sufferings of

00:25:25.460 --> 00:25:26.379
 Christ by

00:25:26.379 --> 00:25:27.019
 making them

00:25:27.019 --> 00:25:27.779
 more visible

00:25:27.779 --> 00:25:29.000
 and personal

00:25:29.000 --> 00:25:30.119
 and precious

00:25:30.119 --> 00:25:30.940
 to those to

00:25:30.940 --> 00:25:31.460
 whom he

00:25:31.460 --> 00:25:31.940
 died.

00:25:31.940 --> 00:25:33.160
 God, what

00:25:33.160 --> 00:25:33.820
 I'm saying

00:25:33.820 --> 00:25:34.640
 is this,

00:25:35.120 --> 00:25:35.720
 that when

00:25:35.720 --> 00:25:36.600
 a prosperity

00:25:36.600 --> 00:25:38.259
 preacher flies

00:25:38.259 --> 00:25:39.160
 his private

00:25:39.160 --> 00:25:41.140
 jet into a

00:25:41.140 --> 00:25:42.059
 poverty-stricken

00:25:42.059 --> 00:25:43.519
 country to

00:25:43.519 --> 00:25:44.360
 preach the

00:25:44.360 --> 00:25:45.019
 gospel and

00:25:45.019 --> 00:25:45.740
 promise the

00:25:45.740 --> 00:25:46.279
 poor that if

00:25:46.279 --> 00:25:47.160
 they believe in

00:25:47.160 --> 00:25:48.360
 Jesus, they

00:25:48.360 --> 00:25:49.559
 will be rich.

00:25:49.920 --> 00:25:50.920
 They are not

00:25:50.920 --> 00:25:51.980
 just getting a

00:25:51.980 --> 00:25:53.019
 few things

00:25:53.019 --> 00:25:54.000
 wrong, they

00:25:54.000 --> 00:25:55.019
 are destroying

00:25:55.019 --> 00:25:55.420
 the very

00:25:55.420 --> 00:25:56.160
 foundations of

00:25:56.160 --> 00:25:56.600
 the gospel.

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 And so I

00:26:03.639 --> 00:26:04.439
 say this very

00:26:04.439 --> 00:26:05.879
 sober word

00:26:05.879 --> 00:26:08.339
 to myself,

00:26:09.819 --> 00:26:10.519
 to you,

00:26:11.859 --> 00:26:12.319
 some of my

00:26:12.319 --> 00:26:12.859
 brothers and

00:26:12.859 --> 00:26:13.240
 sisters,

00:26:13.419 --> 00:26:14.179
 some Pauls,

00:26:16.139 --> 00:26:18.899
 who love

00:26:18.899 --> 00:26:20.899
 their comforts

00:26:20.899 --> 00:26:21.559
 and their

00:26:21.559 --> 00:26:22.199
 securities

00:26:22.199 --> 00:26:23.980
 and are

00:26:23.980 --> 00:26:24.759
 consistently

00:26:24.759 --> 00:26:26.139
 tempted with

00:26:26.139 --> 00:26:26.379
 them,

00:26:26.599 --> 00:26:28.579
 God's plan

00:26:28.579 --> 00:26:29.759
 is that his

00:26:29.759 --> 00:26:30.679
 gospel-spreading

00:26:30.679 --> 00:26:31.959
 purpose triumph

00:26:31.959 --> 00:26:33.159
 through the

00:26:33.159 --> 00:26:34.119
 suffering of

00:26:34.119 --> 00:26:35.000
 his people.

00:26:36.359 --> 00:26:37.259
 At the

00:26:37.259 --> 00:26:37.759
 heart of

00:26:37.759 --> 00:26:38.399
 true biblical

00:26:38.399 --> 00:26:39.039
 missions,

00:26:39.279 --> 00:26:39.699
 both for

00:26:39.699 --> 00:26:40.599
 those who

00:26:40.599 --> 00:26:42.339
 go and

00:26:42.339 --> 00:26:42.980
 those who

00:26:42.980 --> 00:26:45.059
 stay, is

00:26:45.059 --> 00:26:45.719
 an eagerness

00:26:45.719 --> 00:26:46.219
 to live

00:26:46.219 --> 00:26:47.099
 simply and

00:26:47.099 --> 00:26:47.599
 to give

00:26:47.599 --> 00:26:49.099
 lavishly and

00:26:49.099 --> 00:26:50.099
 to suffer in

00:26:50.099 --> 00:26:50.639
 doing it.

00:26:51.959 --> 00:26:52.579
 At the

00:26:52.579 --> 00:26:52.919
 heart of

00:26:52.919 --> 00:26:53.439
 true biblical

00:26:53.439 --> 00:26:54.359
 missions is

00:26:54.359 --> 00:26:55.059
 suffering, not

00:26:55.059 --> 00:26:55.740
 merely as a

00:26:55.740 --> 00:26:56.299
 result of

00:26:56.299 --> 00:26:57.619
 proclamation, but

00:26:57.619 --> 00:26:58.019
 as the

00:26:58.019 --> 00:26:59.379
 means of

00:26:59.379 --> 00:27:00.339
 proclamation.

00:27:02.339 --> 00:27:03.019
 Unless a

00:27:03.019 --> 00:27:03.440
 grain of

00:27:03.440 --> 00:27:04.440
 wheat falls

00:27:04.440 --> 00:27:04.779
 to the

00:27:04.779 --> 00:27:05.480
 ground and

00:27:05.480 --> 00:27:06.579
 dies, it

00:27:06.579 --> 00:27:07.700
 remains only

00:27:07.700 --> 00:27:08.359
 a single

00:27:08.359 --> 00:27:09.460
 seed, but

00:27:09.460 --> 00:27:09.819
 if it

00:27:09.819 --> 00:27:11.799
 dies, it

00:27:11.799 --> 00:27:12.319
 produces

00:27:12.319 --> 00:27:13.940
 many seeds.

00:27:13.940 --> 00:27:14.039
 things.

00:27:16.840 --> 00:27:17.440
 On

00:27:17.440 --> 00:27:17.840
 holidays,

00:27:18.160 --> 00:27:19.000
 recently I

00:27:19.000 --> 00:27:19.320
 read a

00:27:19.320 --> 00:27:19.980
 biography on

00:27:19.980 --> 00:27:20.600
 the life of

00:27:20.600 --> 00:27:21.059
 Adoniram

00:27:21.059 --> 00:27:21.640
 Judson.

00:27:23.160 --> 00:27:23.940
 I'm very

00:27:23.940 --> 00:27:24.480
 pleased to

00:27:24.480 --> 00:27:24.900
 know that

00:27:24.900 --> 00:27:25.500
 Nick and

00:27:25.500 --> 00:27:26.100
 Sam have

00:27:26.100 --> 00:27:26.480
 named

00:27:26.480 --> 00:27:26.940
 little

00:27:26.940 --> 00:27:27.420
 Judson

00:27:27.420 --> 00:27:30.140
 after this

00:27:30.140 --> 00:27:30.500
 man.

00:27:32.559 --> 00:27:33.080
 When

00:27:33.080 --> 00:27:33.620
 Judson,

00:27:34.019 --> 00:27:34.460
 not this

00:27:34.460 --> 00:27:34.700
 one,

00:27:34.980 --> 00:27:35.360
 Adoniram

00:27:35.360 --> 00:27:35.880
 Judson,

00:27:36.320 --> 00:27:36.700
 entered

00:27:36.700 --> 00:27:37.420
 Burma in

00:27:37.420 --> 00:27:38.880
 July 1813,

00:27:38.880 --> 00:27:40.140
 it was

00:27:40.140 --> 00:27:41.160
 hostile and

00:27:41.160 --> 00:27:41.720
 utterly

00:27:41.720 --> 00:27:42.400
 unreached

00:27:42.400 --> 00:27:42.940
 place.

00:27:44.940 --> 00:27:45.660
 It

00:27:45.660 --> 00:27:45.960
 probably

00:27:45.960 --> 00:27:46.240
 would have

00:27:46.240 --> 00:27:46.400
 been

00:27:46.400 --> 00:27:47.040
 considered a

00:27:47.040 --> 00:27:47.460
 closed

00:27:47.460 --> 00:27:47.980
 country

00:27:47.980 --> 00:27:48.440
 today.

00:27:49.580 --> 00:27:49.980
 All the

00:27:49.980 --> 00:27:50.420
 previous

00:27:50.420 --> 00:27:50.980
 missionaries

00:27:50.980 --> 00:27:51.580
 had died

00:27:51.580 --> 00:27:51.980
 or had

00:27:51.980 --> 00:27:53.700
 left, but

00:27:53.700 --> 00:27:54.380
 Judson went

00:27:54.380 --> 00:27:55.600
 there with

00:27:55.600 --> 00:27:56.660
 his 23-year-old

00:27:56.660 --> 00:27:57.780
 wife of 17

00:27:57.780 --> 00:27:58.280
 months.

00:27:58.900 --> 00:27:59.260
 He was

00:27:59.260 --> 00:28:00.100
 24 years

00:28:00.100 --> 00:28:00.820
 old and he

00:28:00.820 --> 00:28:01.740
 worked there

00:28:01.740 --> 00:28:03.020
 for 38

00:28:03.020 --> 00:28:04.700
 years with

00:28:04.700 --> 00:28:05.480
 only one

00:28:05.480 --> 00:28:06.200
 trip home

00:28:06.200 --> 00:28:06.800
 after he'd

00:28:06.800 --> 00:28:07.180
 been there

00:28:07.180 --> 00:28:07.860
 for 33

00:28:07.860 --> 00:28:08.519
 years.

00:28:08.799 --> 00:28:09.380
 He never

00:28:09.380 --> 00:28:09.940
 saw his

00:28:09.940 --> 00:28:10.900
 parents or

00:28:10.900 --> 00:28:11.480
 his brothers

00:28:11.480 --> 00:28:11.960
 again.

00:28:13.160 --> 00:28:13.620
 And the

00:28:13.620 --> 00:28:14.660
 price he

00:28:14.660 --> 00:28:15.560
 paid in

00:28:15.560 --> 00:28:16.279
 that 38

00:28:16.279 --> 00:28:17.759
 years was

00:28:17.759 --> 00:28:18.920
 immense.

00:28:20.560 --> 00:28:21.279
 His

00:28:21.279 --> 00:28:21.860
 suffering

00:28:21.860 --> 00:28:23.140
 was

00:28:23.140 --> 00:28:24.360
 immense.

00:28:25.039 --> 00:28:25.500
 He was a

00:28:25.500 --> 00:28:26.019
 grain of

00:28:26.019 --> 00:28:26.500
 wheat that

00:28:26.500 --> 00:28:27.500
 fell to

00:28:27.500 --> 00:28:28.140
 the ground

00:28:28.140 --> 00:28:29.200
 and died

00:28:29.200 --> 00:28:30.180
 and oh

00:28:30.180 --> 00:28:31.240
 how often

00:28:31.240 --> 00:28:32.180
 he died.

00:28:33.500 --> 00:28:34.380
 He died

00:28:34.380 --> 00:28:34.700
 to the

00:28:34.700 --> 00:28:35.380
 prestige of

00:28:35.380 --> 00:28:35.840
 being offered

00:28:35.840 --> 00:28:36.320
 the best

00:28:36.320 --> 00:28:37.039
 pulpit in

00:28:37.039 --> 00:28:37.500
 Boston.

00:28:38.839 --> 00:28:39.539
 He died

00:28:39.539 --> 00:28:40.019
 to his

00:28:40.019 --> 00:28:40.740
 personal

00:28:40.740 --> 00:28:41.420
 like of

00:28:41.420 --> 00:28:42.039
 cleanliness

00:28:42.039 --> 00:28:43.059
 and hygiene.

00:28:43.839 --> 00:28:44.519
 He died

00:28:44.519 --> 00:28:44.960
 to good

00:28:44.960 --> 00:28:45.299
 food,

00:28:45.440 --> 00:28:46.019
 clean water

00:28:46.019 --> 00:28:46.379
 and a

00:28:46.379 --> 00:28:46.700
 comfortable

00:28:46.700 --> 00:28:47.279
 environment.

00:28:47.700 --> 00:28:48.159
 He died

00:28:48.159 --> 00:28:48.500
 to the

00:28:48.500 --> 00:28:49.379
 prospects of

00:28:49.379 --> 00:28:49.859
 wealth and

00:28:49.859 --> 00:28:50.319
 the trappings

00:28:50.319 --> 00:28:50.879
 of wealth.

00:28:51.359 --> 00:28:52.019
 He allowed

00:28:52.019 --> 00:28:52.659
 his two

00:28:52.659 --> 00:28:53.359
 wives and

00:28:53.359 --> 00:28:53.899
 his six

00:28:53.899 --> 00:28:54.579
 children to

00:28:54.579 --> 00:28:55.000
 die.

00:28:55.379 --> 00:28:55.659
 He was

00:28:55.659 --> 00:28:56.240
 in prison

00:28:56.240 --> 00:28:56.659
 for nearly

00:28:56.659 --> 00:28:57.319
 two years

00:28:57.319 --> 00:28:57.680
 with his

00:28:57.680 --> 00:28:58.700
 feet hanging

00:28:58.700 --> 00:28:59.460
 in the sky

00:28:59.460 --> 00:29:00.099
 and having

00:29:00.099 --> 00:29:01.180
 rats eat

00:29:01.180 --> 00:29:01.519
 his head

00:29:01.519 --> 00:29:02.139
 at night.

00:29:02.140 --> 00:29:04.740
 and after

00:29:04.740 --> 00:29:06.040
 38 years

00:29:06.040 --> 00:29:07.080
 of church

00:29:07.080 --> 00:29:07.540
 planning,

00:29:07.880 --> 00:29:08.720
 of translating

00:29:08.720 --> 00:29:09.300
 the Bible

00:29:09.300 --> 00:29:09.660
 for the

00:29:09.660 --> 00:29:10.060
 Burmese

00:29:10.060 --> 00:29:10.600
 church and

00:29:10.600 --> 00:29:11.120
 writing an

00:29:11.120 --> 00:29:12.500
 English Burmese

00:29:12.500 --> 00:29:13.740
 dictionary for

00:29:13.740 --> 00:29:14.640
 future

00:29:14.640 --> 00:29:16.740
 missions and

00:29:16.740 --> 00:29:17.600
 his many,

00:29:17.600 --> 00:29:19.480
 many deaths

00:29:19.480 --> 00:29:20.640
 day in,

00:29:20.840 --> 00:29:21.900
 day out,

00:29:23.060 --> 00:29:24.000
 at 15 minutes

00:29:24.000 --> 00:29:24.840
 after 4 on

00:29:24.840 --> 00:29:25.620
 Friday afternoon,

00:29:25.720 --> 00:29:26.340
 April 12,

00:29:26.520 --> 00:29:27.320
 1815,

00:29:27.319 --> 00:29:28.139
 he finally

00:29:28.139 --> 00:29:29.779
 died one

00:29:29.779 --> 00:29:31.359
 last time.

00:29:32.700 --> 00:29:33.720
 At sea,

00:29:34.359 --> 00:29:34.919
 away from

00:29:34.919 --> 00:29:35.619
 his family,

00:29:36.079 --> 00:29:36.799
 all alone,

00:29:38.139 --> 00:29:38.980
 on a ship

00:29:38.980 --> 00:29:39.399
 full of

00:29:39.399 --> 00:29:40.299
 godless sailors

00:29:40.299 --> 00:29:41.519
 and away

00:29:41.519 --> 00:29:41.939
 from his

00:29:41.939 --> 00:29:42.399
 Burmese

00:29:42.399 --> 00:29:42.899
 church.

00:29:44.619 --> 00:29:45.700
 That evening,

00:29:46.700 --> 00:29:47.399
 the ship

00:29:47.399 --> 00:29:48.059
 pulled up,

00:29:48.939 --> 00:29:49.379
 the crew

00:29:49.379 --> 00:29:49.819
 assembled

00:29:49.819 --> 00:29:50.339
 quietly,

00:29:50.460 --> 00:29:50.639
 there were

00:29:50.639 --> 00:29:51.220
 no prayers,

00:29:51.319 --> 00:29:51.779
 no Bible

00:29:51.779 --> 00:29:52.179
 readings,

00:29:52.740 --> 00:29:53.159
 the captain

00:29:53.159 --> 00:29:53.679
 gave the

00:29:53.679 --> 00:29:53.980
 order,

00:29:54.500 --> 00:29:54.960
 the door

00:29:54.960 --> 00:29:55.639
 was opened,

00:29:56.179 --> 00:29:56.759
 his coffin

00:29:56.759 --> 00:29:57.240
 was slid

00:29:57.240 --> 00:29:57.640
 into the

00:29:57.640 --> 00:29:57.980
 sea,

00:29:59.680 --> 00:30:00.019
 latitude

00:30:00.019 --> 00:30:00.859
 13 degrees

00:30:00.859 --> 00:30:01.180
 north,

00:30:01.299 --> 00:30:01.660
 longitude

00:30:01.660 --> 00:30:02.420
 90 degrees

00:30:02.420 --> 00:30:02.839
 south,

00:30:03.220 --> 00:30:03.559
 a few

00:30:03.559 --> 00:30:03.819
 hundred

00:30:03.819 --> 00:30:04.740
 miles away

00:30:04.740 --> 00:30:05.299
 from Burma

00:30:05.299 --> 00:30:06.099
 and the

00:30:06.099 --> 00:30:07.220
 ship sailed

00:30:07.220 --> 00:30:07.740
 on.

00:30:09.319 --> 00:30:10.319
 An end

00:30:10.319 --> 00:30:11.019
 of a life.

00:30:11.759 --> 00:30:11.980
 And I

00:30:11.980 --> 00:30:12.680
 read that

00:30:12.680 --> 00:30:12.960
 and I

00:30:12.960 --> 00:30:13.319
 said,

00:30:13.839 --> 00:30:14.700
 it can't

00:30:14.700 --> 00:30:15.180
 be.

00:30:18.019 --> 00:30:18.620
 But God's

00:30:18.620 --> 00:30:19.160
 purpose was

00:30:19.160 --> 00:30:19.539
 done.

00:30:20.640 --> 00:30:21.299
 The Bible

00:30:21.299 --> 00:30:22.400
 was translated,

00:30:22.640 --> 00:30:23.160
 the dictionary

00:30:23.160 --> 00:30:23.920
 was done,

00:30:24.059 --> 00:30:24.599
 hundreds of

00:30:24.599 --> 00:30:25.140
 converts

00:30:25.140 --> 00:30:25.559
 were now

00:30:25.559 --> 00:30:26.799
 leading the

00:30:26.799 --> 00:30:27.519
 church in

00:30:27.519 --> 00:30:27.960
 Burma

00:30:27.960 --> 00:30:29.720
 and estimates

00:30:29.720 --> 00:30:31.659
 today are

00:30:31.659 --> 00:30:32.639
 that Myanmar's

00:30:32.639 --> 00:30:33.099
 Baptist

00:30:33.099 --> 00:30:33.819
 Convention

00:30:33.819 --> 00:30:34.940
 to have

00:30:34.940 --> 00:30:38.480
 4,530

00:30:38.480 --> 00:30:40.339
 congregations

00:30:40.339 --> 00:30:42.839
 with 1.14

00:30:42.839 --> 00:30:43.919
 million members

00:30:43.919 --> 00:30:45.960
 and 1.72

00:30:45.960 --> 00:30:48.200
 million affiliates.

00:30:49.779 --> 00:30:51.139
 The fruit

00:30:51.140 --> 00:30:53.600
 of one

00:30:53.600 --> 00:30:54.680
 dead

00:30:54.680 --> 00:30:55.820
 seed.

00:30:57.820 --> 00:30:58.600
 What a

00:30:58.600 --> 00:30:59.000
 life.

00:31:01.540 --> 00:31:02.320
 Unless a

00:31:02.320 --> 00:31:02.620
 seed of

00:31:02.620 --> 00:31:03.460
 grain falls

00:31:03.460 --> 00:31:04.160
 to the ground

00:31:04.160 --> 00:31:05.080
 and dies,

00:31:05.540 --> 00:31:06.800
 it remains

00:31:06.800 --> 00:31:07.880
 only a

00:31:07.880 --> 00:31:08.700
 single seed.

00:31:09.700 --> 00:31:10.720
 But if it

00:31:10.720 --> 00:31:11.440
 dies, it

00:31:11.440 --> 00:31:12.300
 produces many

00:31:12.300 --> 00:31:12.720
 seeds.

00:31:14.080 --> 00:31:14.520
 And so,

00:31:14.920 --> 00:31:16.000
 my brothers and

00:31:16.000 --> 00:31:16.800
 sisters, the

00:31:16.800 --> 00:31:18.020
 question is not

00:31:18.019 --> 00:31:19.500
 whether you

00:31:19.500 --> 00:31:20.259
 will die,

00:31:21.700 --> 00:31:23.460
 but whether

00:31:23.460 --> 00:31:25.139
 you will die

00:31:25.139 --> 00:31:26.019
 in a way

00:31:26.019 --> 00:31:26.980
 that bears

00:31:26.980 --> 00:31:27.839
 much fruit.

00:31:32.000 --> 00:31:32.859
 Life is

00:31:32.859 --> 00:31:33.299
 fleeting.

00:31:34.740 --> 00:31:35.619
 Life is

00:31:35.619 --> 00:31:36.000
 fleeting.

00:31:38.220 --> 00:31:39.119
 And God

00:31:39.119 --> 00:31:39.920
 calls us to

00:31:39.920 --> 00:31:40.420
 give up the

00:31:40.420 --> 00:31:41.220
 comforts of

00:31:41.220 --> 00:31:41.839
 this world.

00:31:43.400 --> 00:31:44.059
 In a very

00:31:44.059 --> 00:31:44.940
 short time,

00:31:45.180 --> 00:31:45.759
 we will all

00:31:45.759 --> 00:31:46.079
 give an

00:31:46.079 --> 00:31:46.859
 account before

00:31:46.859 --> 00:31:47.699
 Jesus Christ

00:31:47.699 --> 00:31:48.059
 to how

00:31:48.059 --> 00:31:48.559
 well we

00:31:48.559 --> 00:31:49.299
 have obeyed

00:31:49.299 --> 00:31:51.199
 the command

00:31:51.199 --> 00:31:51.579
 to make

00:31:51.579 --> 00:31:52.240
 disciples of

00:31:52.240 --> 00:31:53.059
 all nations,

00:31:53.639 --> 00:31:54.419
 amongst other

00:31:54.419 --> 00:31:54.879
 things.

00:31:56.919 --> 00:31:57.559
 The very

00:31:57.559 --> 00:31:58.179
 last verse

00:31:58.179 --> 00:31:58.659
 of Isaiah

00:31:58.659 --> 00:31:59.199
 is meant to

00:31:59.199 --> 00:31:59.719
 serve as a

00:31:59.719 --> 00:32:00.339
 sober warning

00:32:00.339 --> 00:32:00.899
 to the people

00:32:00.899 --> 00:32:01.319
 of God,

00:32:01.399 --> 00:32:01.839
 in fact.

00:32:04.119 --> 00:32:05.000
 Anyone who

00:32:05.000 --> 00:32:05.339
 wants to

00:32:05.339 --> 00:32:05.919
 reject God

00:32:05.919 --> 00:32:06.199
 and his

00:32:06.199 --> 00:32:06.639
 purposes,

00:32:06.799 --> 00:32:07.039
 and they

00:32:07.039 --> 00:32:07.439
 will go

00:32:07.439 --> 00:32:07.959
 out and

00:32:07.959 --> 00:32:08.419
 look upon

00:32:08.419 --> 00:32:08.859
 the dead

00:32:08.859 --> 00:32:09.379
 bodies of

00:32:09.379 --> 00:32:09.919
 those who

00:32:09.919 --> 00:32:10.339
 rebelled

00:32:10.339 --> 00:32:11.039
 against me,

00:32:11.559 --> 00:32:12.179
 their worm

00:32:12.179 --> 00:32:12.599
 will not

00:32:12.599 --> 00:32:13.099
 die,

00:32:14.359 --> 00:32:14.779
 nor will

00:32:14.779 --> 00:32:15.299
 their fire

00:32:15.299 --> 00:32:15.939
 be quenched,

00:32:16.019 --> 00:32:16.299
 and they

00:32:16.299 --> 00:32:16.579
 will be

00:32:16.579 --> 00:32:17.200
 loathsome

00:32:17.200 --> 00:32:18.180
 to all

00:32:18.180 --> 00:32:18.559
 mankind.

00:32:20.559 --> 00:32:21.200
 And so

00:32:21.200 --> 00:32:21.599
 we sit

00:32:21.599 --> 00:32:22.019
 here in

00:32:22.019 --> 00:32:23.019
 2011,

00:32:24.139 --> 00:32:24.720
 and many

00:32:24.720 --> 00:32:26.339
 of the

00:32:26.339 --> 00:32:26.980
 peoples of

00:32:26.980 --> 00:32:27.539
 this world

00:32:27.539 --> 00:32:27.980
 are without

00:32:27.980 --> 00:32:29.799
 any indigenous

00:32:29.799 --> 00:32:30.659
 Christian

00:32:30.659 --> 00:32:31.200
 movement.

00:32:32.519 --> 00:32:33.059
 Christ is

00:32:33.059 --> 00:32:33.680
 not enthroned

00:32:33.680 --> 00:32:34.000
 there.

00:32:35.200 --> 00:32:36.139
 His grace

00:32:36.139 --> 00:32:36.559
 is not

00:32:36.559 --> 00:32:37.220
 known there.

00:32:38.700 --> 00:32:39.419
 And people

00:32:39.419 --> 00:32:40.299
 are perishing

00:32:40.299 --> 00:32:41.039
 with no

00:32:41.039 --> 00:32:41.940
 access to

00:32:41.940 --> 00:32:42.519
 the gospel.

00:32:42.519 --> 00:32:42.619
 people.

00:32:45.240 --> 00:32:46.019
 And most

00:32:46.019 --> 00:32:46.359
 of those

00:32:46.359 --> 00:32:46.740
 hopeless

00:32:46.740 --> 00:32:47.500
 people do

00:32:47.500 --> 00:32:47.859
 not want

00:32:47.859 --> 00:32:48.139
 you to

00:32:48.139 --> 00:32:48.539
 come.

00:32:49.680 --> 00:32:50.079
 At least

00:32:50.079 --> 00:32:50.420
 they don't

00:32:50.420 --> 00:32:50.839
 think they

00:32:50.839 --> 00:32:51.160
 do.

00:32:51.720 --> 00:32:52.119
 They are

00:32:52.119 --> 00:32:52.759
 hostile to

00:32:52.759 --> 00:32:53.099
 Christian

00:32:53.099 --> 00:32:53.619
 missions.

00:32:56.319 --> 00:32:57.519
 And the

00:32:57.519 --> 00:32:57.879
 word of

00:32:57.879 --> 00:32:58.440
 our Lord

00:32:58.440 --> 00:32:59.980
 still stands.

00:33:00.440 --> 00:33:00.799
 I am

00:33:00.799 --> 00:33:01.319
 sending you

00:33:01.319 --> 00:33:02.440
 out like

00:33:02.440 --> 00:33:03.099
 sheep amongst

00:33:03.099 --> 00:33:03.579
 wolves.

00:33:03.579 --> 00:33:03.679
 believers.

00:33:07.939 --> 00:33:08.720
 And so I am

00:33:08.720 --> 00:33:09.419
 asking you

00:33:09.419 --> 00:33:11.319
 today not

00:33:11.319 --> 00:33:11.819
 to love

00:33:11.819 --> 00:33:12.179
 what this

00:33:12.179 --> 00:33:12.980
 world loves

00:33:12.980 --> 00:33:15.279
 and to

00:33:15.279 --> 00:33:15.879
 suffer by

00:33:15.879 --> 00:33:16.740
 either going

00:33:16.740 --> 00:33:17.379
 to those

00:33:17.379 --> 00:33:18.240
 people, and I

00:33:18.240 --> 00:33:18.740
 pray that there

00:33:18.740 --> 00:33:19.179
 will be many

00:33:19.179 --> 00:33:19.619
 of us who

00:33:19.619 --> 00:33:21.159
 will, go,

00:33:21.160 --> 00:33:24.320
 or by

00:33:24.320 --> 00:33:25.380
 suffering

00:33:25.380 --> 00:33:28.160
 in staying

00:33:28.160 --> 00:33:30.340
 and giving

00:33:30.340 --> 00:33:31.779
 up your

00:33:31.779 --> 00:33:32.480
 securities

00:33:32.480 --> 00:33:33.620
 for the

00:33:33.620 --> 00:33:34.320
 sake of

00:33:34.320 --> 00:33:34.620
 God's

00:33:34.620 --> 00:33:35.400
 grand design

00:33:35.400 --> 00:33:35.860
 for his

00:33:35.860 --> 00:33:37.420
 people, that

00:33:37.420 --> 00:33:37.820
 people from

00:33:37.820 --> 00:33:38.600
 every tribe,

00:33:38.700 --> 00:33:39.140
 language and

00:33:39.140 --> 00:33:39.920
 nation come

00:33:39.920 --> 00:33:40.900
 at his feet

00:33:40.900 --> 00:33:41.940
 and bow

00:33:41.940 --> 00:33:42.580
 before this

00:33:42.580 --> 00:33:43.120
 great king.

00:33:45.080 --> 00:33:45.980
 We've set a

00:33:45.980 --> 00:33:46.620
 mission target

00:33:46.620 --> 00:33:47.980
 of $125,000

00:33:47.980 --> 00:33:49.080
 this year.

00:33:49.940 --> 00:33:50.720
 Is it

00:33:50.720 --> 00:33:51.040
 big?

00:33:51.980 --> 00:33:52.600
 Well, it's

00:33:52.600 --> 00:33:52.960
 bigger than

00:33:52.960 --> 00:33:53.620
 last year.

00:33:54.800 --> 00:33:55.380
 And the

00:33:55.380 --> 00:33:56.180
 only reason we

00:33:56.180 --> 00:33:56.759
 won't reach

00:33:56.759 --> 00:33:58.000
 it is not

00:33:58.000 --> 00:33:58.480
 because of

00:33:58.480 --> 00:33:58.820
 lack of

00:33:58.820 --> 00:33:59.080
 money.

00:33:59.779 --> 00:34:00.560
 It's because

00:34:00.560 --> 00:34:01.120
 our hearts

00:34:01.120 --> 00:34:01.400
 are not

00:34:01.400 --> 00:34:01.900
 aligned with

00:34:01.900 --> 00:34:02.240
 God's

00:34:02.240 --> 00:34:02.480
 heart.

00:34:03.860 --> 00:34:04.400
 That's the

00:34:04.400 --> 00:34:04.800
 only reason

00:34:04.800 --> 00:34:05.120
 we won't

00:34:05.120 --> 00:34:05.519
 reach it.

00:34:07.759 --> 00:34:08.480
 And so I've

00:34:08.480 --> 00:34:08.900
 asked you to

00:34:08.900 --> 00:34:09.519
 be prayerful.

00:34:10.639 --> 00:34:11.280
 You've heard

00:34:11.280 --> 00:34:11.760
 the word of

00:34:11.760 --> 00:34:12.139
 God.

00:34:14.639 --> 00:34:15.200
 And now I

00:34:15.200 --> 00:34:15.680
 encourage you

00:34:15.680 --> 00:34:16.300
 to tremble

00:34:16.300 --> 00:34:16.840
 before the

00:34:16.840 --> 00:34:17.460
 word of God

00:34:17.460 --> 00:34:18.079
 and to fill

00:34:18.079 --> 00:34:18.539
 out your

00:34:18.539 --> 00:34:19.280
 pledge card.

00:34:19.280 --> 00:34:21.260
 Nick is

00:34:21.260 --> 00:34:21.500
 going to

00:34:21.500 --> 00:34:21.920
 come up

00:34:21.920 --> 00:34:22.300
 and he's

00:34:22.300 --> 00:34:22.500
 going to

00:34:22.500 --> 00:34:23.500
 play some

00:34:23.500 --> 00:34:24.240
 music while

00:34:24.240 --> 00:34:24.560
 we do

00:34:24.560 --> 00:34:24.920
 this.

00:34:26.240 --> 00:34:26.820
 If you

00:34:26.820 --> 00:34:27.420
 haven't got a

00:34:27.420 --> 00:34:28.100
 pledge card,

00:34:28.300 --> 00:34:28.680
 wave your

00:34:28.680 --> 00:34:29.340
 hand and the

00:34:29.340 --> 00:34:29.800
 ushers will

00:34:29.800 --> 00:34:30.560
 come and give

00:34:30.560 --> 00:34:31.040
 you a pledge

00:34:31.040 --> 00:34:31.440
 card.

00:34:32.780 --> 00:34:33.420
 So stick your

00:34:33.420 --> 00:34:34.060
 hand up and

00:34:34.060 --> 00:34:34.560
 they'll give you

00:34:34.560 --> 00:34:35.340
 a pledge card.

00:34:36.840 --> 00:34:37.300
 Nick's going to

00:34:37.300 --> 00:34:37.680
 play.

00:34:38.220 --> 00:34:38.560
 I'm going to

00:34:38.560 --> 00:34:39.080
 ask you to

00:34:39.080 --> 00:34:39.620
 fill out the

00:34:39.620 --> 00:34:40.040
 card.

00:34:40.440 --> 00:34:40.780
 Then the

00:34:40.780 --> 00:34:41.180
 ushers are

00:34:41.180 --> 00:34:41.640
 going to come

00:34:41.639 --> 00:34:42.219
 and collect

00:34:42.219 --> 00:34:42.839
 the cards

00:34:42.839 --> 00:34:43.920
 and then

00:34:43.920 --> 00:34:44.819
 I'm going

00:34:44.819 --> 00:34:45.159
 to pray.

00:34:45.159 --> 00:34:45.219
 Amen.

00:35:11.639 --> 00:35:12.839
 Stop

00:35:12.839 --> 00:35:13.940
 doing

00:35:13.940 --> 00:35:15.039
 more

00:35:15.039 --> 00:35:15.639
 and

00:35:15.639 --> 00:35:17.519
 back into

00:35:18.319 --> 00:35:18.879
 your

00:35:18.879 --> 00:35:19.000
 hearts

00:35:19.000 --> 00:35:19.719
 or

00:35:19.719 --> 00:35:21.159
 go

00:35:21.159 --> 00:35:21.480
 and

00:35:21.480 --> 00:35:25.119
 out

00:35:25.119 --> 00:35:26.039
 close

00:35:26.039 --> 00:35:27.139
 Kansas

00:35:27.139 --> 00:35:27.679
 and

00:35:27.679 --> 00:35:28.279
 hear

00:35:28.279 --> 00:35:29.559
 each

00:35:29.559 --> 00:35:30.500
 oher

00:35:30.500 --> 00:35:33.519
 and

00:35:33.519 --> 00:35:34.059
 hear

00:35:34.059 --> 00:35:34.619
 through

00:35:34.619 --> 00:35:35.099
 his

00:35:35.099 --> 00:35:35.839
 and

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 hear

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 hope

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 Thank you.

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 We declare your name above all names.

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 Oh, the gospel, he became our sin.

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 Oh, bring worship made acceptable in him.

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 The treasures on earth will fall.

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 Put Christ above them all.

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 We treasure you, Jesus, above all things.

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 We treasure you, Jesus, above all things.

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 We do, we do treasure you.

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 We're daily taking up the cross of Christ.

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 We're fully free to live and sacrifice.

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 Glory, glory to the risen King.

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 Holy, holy earth and heaven will bow to him.

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 The treasures on earth will fall.

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 Put Christ above them all.

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 We treasure you, Jesus, above all things.

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 We treasure you, Jesus, above all things.

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 We depend on Jesus for everything.

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 We treasure you.

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 We treasure you.

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 Yeah, we do, we do treasure you.

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 That's it.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Let's bow our heads.

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 I'm going to pray.

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 If you're still filling out your pledge card, you can bring it in after the service.

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 These boxes will be here.

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 and I'm going to use a prayer of David from 1 Chronicles 29.

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 Let's pray.

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 Praise be to you, O Lord God of our Father Israel,

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 from everlasting to everlasting.

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 Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory

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 and the majesty and the splendor.

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 For everything in heaven and on earth is yours.

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 Yours, O Lord, is the kingdom.

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 You are exalted as head over all.

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 Wealth and honor come from you.

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 You are the ruler of all things.

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 In your hands are strength and power to exalt and give strength to all.

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 Now, O Lord, give thanks.

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 We give thanks to you and praise your glorious name.

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 But who am I?

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 And who are these people that we should be able to give like this?

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 Father, everything comes from you and we have only given you what comes from your hand.

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 We are aliens and strangers in your sight.

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 Our life is fleeting as we're all of our forefathers.

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 Our days on earth are like a shadow without hope.

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 O Lord, our God, for all this abundance that we have provided,

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 that your name might go to the ends of the earth.

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 It has only come from your hand and it belongs to you.

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 I know, Father, that you test the heart and are pleased with integrity.

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 And all these things that we have willingly given with honest intent.

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 And now, Lord, may it be a great joy amongst your people.

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 There might be an ongoing willingness amongst your people to continue to pursue your purpose.

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 Keep the desire in our hearts, Father, for the unreached peoples of this world,

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 for those who are lost.

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 Help us to continue to have your purpose and that we might be loyal to your purpose consistently.

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 They might be in front of us all of our days.

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 Give us a wholehearted devotion to keep your commands, your requirements and your decrees

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 and that we would do everything within our power, Father, to finish the Great Commission.

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 And we ask it for your glory.

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 Amen.