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 The prophet Isaiah records the Lord's declaration.

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 I will lead the blind by ways they have not known.

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 Along unfamiliar paths I will guide them.

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 I will turn the darkness into light before them

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 and make the rough places smooth.

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 These are the things I will do.

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 I will not forsake them.

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 Two great truths I trust every follower of Christ has experienced in this world.

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 We are mostly blind as we travel through this world

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 and we are well led as we travel through this world.

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 Are we not mostly blind as we travel through this world?

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 What do we know of the path that lies ahead of us,

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 around the corner and beyond our vision?

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 What have we understood of the significance of our path that lies behind us?

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 What do we really know of how the immediate steps before us will unfold?

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 These are things all veiled from our sight and understanding.

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 Ah, but are we not well led?

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 There is an almighty hand at the wheel of prophets.

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 The one who guides us knows the end from the beginning.

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 He ordains our destinations and he sustains us in every step along the way.

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 So yes, we have a sober truth.

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 We're largely blind.

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 But with it, we have a great consolation.

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 So we gather this morning confessing our blindness,

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 but rejoicing in that one who guides us all of our days in grace

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 until that grace fades into glory.

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 So let's stand, if you're able, and exalt our great God and guide

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 in heartfelt praise in the great hymn,

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 O Worship the King.

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업

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ave

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 His power and His love

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 Are should and repender

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 The ancient of days

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 For in on its splendor

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 Blandered and with praise

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 O tell of His might

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 O sing of His praise

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 Whose woe is the light

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 Whose candle He's made

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 His chariots of rock

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 The deep thunder hounds for

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 Dark is His path

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 On the wings of the storm

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 The earth with its storm

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 Of wonders untold

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 Almighty Thy power

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 Hath mounted a whole

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 Established with fast

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 By a changeless decree

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 The crowned path cast

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 Like a match of the sea

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 O'er God

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 Oh, yeah.

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 My bountiful care,

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 what tongue can recite.

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 It breathes in the air,

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 it shines in the light.

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 It streams from the hills,

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 it descends to the plain.

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 It's sweet, it extends in the deep.

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 Measureless high,

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 and the low,

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 angels delight,

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 to worship the above.

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 The whole earth creation,

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 the people now praise.

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 With true adoration,

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 so lost in thy grace.

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 Immortal, invisible,

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 God only wise,

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 in thy life,

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 in thy death shall come,

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 in thy eyes.

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 Most blessed,

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 most glorious creation of days.

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 Almighty,

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 almighty,

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 victory,

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 may we pray.

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 On resting,

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 on hasty,

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 and silent as fire,

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 nor wanting,

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 nor wasting,

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 thou rulest in mine.

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 thy justice,

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 thy mountains,

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 thy soaring above,

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 thy clouds,

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 which are mountains,

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 of goodness and love.

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 of goodness and love.

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 To all life,

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 thou givest,

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 to both great and small.

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 In all life,

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 thou liveest,

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 the true life of all.

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 We blossom and flourish,

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 as leaves on the tree,

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 and wither and perish,

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 but not change at thee.

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 Great Father of glory,

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 pure Father of life,

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 Thine angels adore thee,

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 all daily their shine.

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 All praise ye will render,

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 O help us to see,

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 tis only the splendor

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 of thine,

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 high and near.

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 O praise ye will render,

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 O help us to see,

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 tis only the splendor

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 of life, high and near.

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 Please be seated.

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 Do not be slothful in zeal,

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 be fervent in spirit,

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 serve the Lord.

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 Rejoice in hope,

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 be patient in tribulation,

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 be constant in prayer.

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 Contribute to the needs of the saints,

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 and seek to show hospitality.

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 Bless those who persecute you,

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 bless and do not curse them.

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 Rejoice with those who rejoice,

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 weep with those who weep.

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 Live in harmony with one another.

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 Do not be haughty,

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 but associate with the lowly.

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 Never be wise in your own sight.

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 Repay no one evil for evil,

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 but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all.

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 If possible, so far as it depends on you,

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 live peaceably with all.

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 Beloved, never avenge yourselves,

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 but leave it to the wrath of God,

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 for it is written,

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 vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.

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 To the contrary, if your enemy is hungry, feed him.

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 If he is thirsty, give him something to drink.

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 For by so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head.

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 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

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 This is the word of the Lord.

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 Amen.

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 O Lord, we are humbled by the example of Jesus,

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 who loved the sinner and the evildoer,

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 who was oppressed and afflicted,

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 yet did not open his mouth,

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 who did not seek fame or popularity,

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 but associated with those of low repute.

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 We consider his example

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 in the commands you give us in this passage,

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 and we are humbled by how short we fall.

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 We confess that we have followed after the pattern of the world

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 and have repaid evil for evil.

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 We have not sought the good of our enemies,

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 but have, in ways explicit and implicit, cursed them,

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 whether criticizing them to their face,

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 or grumbling behind their backs,

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 or maligning them online.

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 We have failed to show the world the example of Jesus,

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 who blessed those who persecuted him.

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 Moreover, Lord, we have failed to follow your example

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 of associating with the lowly.

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 We confess that we are drawn to those with social connections,

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 power, money, and education.

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 We resist those who seem to have nothing to offer us,

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 who seem to lack connections and influence.

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 We overlook them in our neighborhoods, our offices,

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 and the pews of our church.

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 O Lord, we are grieved by how short we fall of your commands.

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 We are truly sorry, and we humbly repent.

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 Let us take a moment to confess our sin to God in our hearts.

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 O Lord, we marvel at the starting, startling, countercultural example of the

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 Jesus, who loved his enemies and those who persecuted him.

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 For so once were we.

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 Thank you, Father, for relentlessly pursuing us in love,

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 even when we sin against you again and again,

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 and failed to model a Christlike example to the world.

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 We entrust ourselves fully, Lord, to the saving work of Christ on the cross,

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 and ask for your help, day by day, to live out our calling as your ambassadors in the world.

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 In Jesus' name we pray, amen.

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 Let us pray.

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 Brothers and sisters, hear this word of assurance for all of God's covenant people,

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 we who cast ourselves upon Christ our Savior.

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 The prophet Micah declares,

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 Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgressions?

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 Because you delight in steadfast love,

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 you will cast all of our sins into the depths of the sea.

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 People of God, we have a forgiveness as sure as God's unchanging,

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 steadfast covenant love, secured by the covenant blood of the Son.

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 Let us rejoice in that assurance.

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 Please stand as we continue to praise God in song as you're able.

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 I really we can tread for the peace in our actions.

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 Let usĩs will name the Church.

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 Thank you пок drunk a distance.

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 Like God Shopping it so it is a spirit of God's spirit wrestling

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 and fulfilling our sanctificationifica starts.

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 Before we pray throughout that seed we'll 然後 mix in hope,

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 toíaゆ we join now on our walks.

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 Put our faith, hope it helps so elderlyly know that kind of peace

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 When I surveyed the wondrous cross

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 On which the Prince of Glory died

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 My riches gained, I count but loss

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 And pour contempt on all my pride

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 See from His head, His hands

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 His feet, sorrow and love

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 Prove me, go down

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 Dare such love and sorrow me

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 O'er thorns come pour so rich a crown

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 O the wonderful cross

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 O the wonderful cross

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 Binds me come and die

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 And find that I may truly live

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 O the wonderful cross

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 O the wonderful cross

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 All who gather here

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 By grace draw near

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 And bless your name

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 Where the whole realm of nature

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 Mild

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 That were an offering far too small

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 Love so amazing

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 So divine

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 Deep let my soul

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 My life, my all

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 O the wonderful cross

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 O the wonderful cross

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 Binds me come and die

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 And find that I may truly live

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 O the wonderful cross

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 O the wonderful cross

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 O the wonderful cross

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 All who gather here

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 By grace draw near

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 And bless your name

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 O the wonderful cross

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 O the wonderful cross

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 O the wonderful cross

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 O the wonderful cross

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 O the wonderful cross

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 Binds me come and die

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 And find that I may truly live

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 O the wonderful cross

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 O the wonderful cross

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 O the wonderful cross

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 O the wonderful cross

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 O the wonderful cross

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 O the wonderful cross

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 O the wonderful cross

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 All who gather here

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 By grace draw near

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 And bless your name

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 You may be seated

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 You may be seated

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 Well we come to a point in our service

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 Where we will speak a little bit

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 About some of the family matters

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 And things that are going on

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 And as we do

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 We'll be passing the offering plates

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 If you're a visitor here

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 We're just delighted you're here

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 Please feel no obligation to give

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 The ministries of the church here

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 Are happily supported by members

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 And regular attenders

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 But we are particularly glad

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 That you are visiting

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 And if we are

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 We'd love an opportunity

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 To get to know you a little bit

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 And discover something of

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 Some of your spiritual aspirations

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 And desires

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 And something of your story

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 And to that end

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 You should find a little card

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 In the pew stalls above you

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 Or in front of you

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 Where you could fill out your name

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 And there's also an opportunity

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 On the back of that

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 To indicate any ways

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 In which we can be praying for you

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 And of course all are welcome

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 To fill those out

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 Just drop them

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 In the offering plate coming by

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 Or in the boxes you'll find

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 At the entrances and exits

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 Of the church

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 Of the church

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 This upcoming Saturday

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 The 26th

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 Will be a church work day

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 From 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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 In Nehemiah

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 You remember that book

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 That's kind of all about

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 The people of God getting together

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 And doing a work project

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 It says

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 The people said

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 Let us rise up and build

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 So they strengthen their hands

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 For the good work

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 Well we are hoping on this work day

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 That many hands

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 Will kind of lighten the burden

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 Of the work

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 And also that a hearty breakfast

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 Copious snacks

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 And far famed New Haven pizza

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 Which will be on offer for lunch

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 Will help to strengthen the hands

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 For that good work

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 So we'd love to see you all

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 As you're able to come

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 And there'll be

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 There'll be tasks

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 It's really

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 The whole family

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 There will be tasks

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 Tapered to the capacities

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 Or incapacities of all and any

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 So don't let that exclude you

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 By any means

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 Beck

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 I wonder if you might come up

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 Thank you

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 And tell us something

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 About the exciting upcoming

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 Carol service

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 Good morning Church

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 My name is Beck Coburn

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 And I'm the music coordinator

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 Here at Trinity

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 And it's that time of year again

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 The nights are cooler

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 The leaves are turning

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 And I'm already getting excited

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 About our Christmas carol services

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 Last week

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 Pastor Nick announced a change

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 To how we do our carol service

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 At Trinity

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 In previous years

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 We have hosted just one service

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 But this year

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 We're going to be hosting

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 Two separate carol services

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 On Sunday December the 8th

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 The first will be a shorter

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 Family friendly service

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 At 4pm

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 This will include

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 The much anticipated kids item

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 The much anticipated kids item

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 Which will be directed by

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 Feifei Daniels this year

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 And the kids will rehearse for this

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 During the normal children's ministry

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 Time slot on Sunday morning

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 Starting in mid-November

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 And the second service will be

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 A longer traditional carol service

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 At 7pm

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 It won't have the kids item

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 But it will have some special vocal

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 And instrumental items

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 And longer Bible readings

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 Than a homily

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 Best of all

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 At both services

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 We get to sing carols together

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 And both services will include

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 The same carols

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 Which will be led by a choir

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 And an orchestra

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 Made up of congregants

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 From our church

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 So I am here to invite you

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 To get involved

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 If you enjoy singing

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 And would like to be a part of the choir

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 Which is normally about

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 20 to 30 people

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 Or if you play a woodwind string

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 Or brass instrument

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 And would like to be a part of the orchestra

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 Here's what you need to do

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 You can either come and speak to me

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 At the end of the service

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 I'll be standing up the front here

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 Or you can fill in a comment card

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 With your details

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 And your email address

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 And place it in one of the boxes

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 On the way out

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 Or there is information

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 And a link to a sign up page

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 In the Trinity newsletter

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 That is emailed out on Fridays

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 So check that out

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 Let me know your keen

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 And look forward to our carol service

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 See you then

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 Thank you Beck

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 Well let's turn to the Lord

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 In prayer

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 Our Father how acutely we feel

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 The road which we tread

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 In this pilgrimage of life

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 Is so often a path

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 As yet untraveled

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 Over the portal of each new wend

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 The inscription greets us

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 You have not passed this way before

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 And how prone we can be

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 Moving through such unknown territory

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 To anxieties and apprehensions

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 What storms lower on the horizon

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 What untold cloud-veiled afflictions await

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 What grim assailants lurk shadowy in our imagination

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 The fearful cries and alarms of fellow pilgrims

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 Ringing in our ears

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 Their trembling at times is contagious

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 Is contagious

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 But why these fears and tremblings

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 For you Jesus

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 Are our pilot

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 You not only know the way you have appointed it

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 And so consecrated it to our good

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 Mysteries may enshroud it

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 Sorrows may darken it

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 Sorrows may darken it

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 Tears may bedew it

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 Losses may pave it

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 But it is the path

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 Which you Lord

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 Have wisely and lovingly ordained

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 And

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 What a comfort is this

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 A path upon which you accompany us

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 Not simply with fellow travelers

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 That were a blessing

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 Nor even with angels

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 That were a marvel

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 But with your very self

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 What wonder of condescension and grace

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 I am with you always you tell us

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 There is a choice promise

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 Lord may we not hold it in slight esteem

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 Grant us to cherish your indwelling presence

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 By your spirit

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 Ever mindful not to quench your spirit's promptings

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 Or grieve your spirit's holiness

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 By conscious sin

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 Lord may we seek your face

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 Early

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 Earnestly

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 Always

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 And so come to know the sweetness

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 Of heart communion with you

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 May we forget our fear

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 In your face

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 Dissolve our anxieties

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 In your assurances

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 Drown our perils

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 In your promises

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 Lord

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 Forge us through your grace and truth

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 Into a people

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 Calm in the face of calamity

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 Lovers in the midst of haters

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 Firmly rooted

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 Amidst falling foundations

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 Servants among those self-centered

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 For the lost

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 Not against them

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 Bearing your words

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 Forgive them for they know not what they do

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 O Lord would you etch upon us as your people

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 Your likeness and your fragrance

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 By the deep renewing work of your word and spirit

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 And even now as we soon open your word

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 Walk among us and trim our wigs

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 And trim our wigs

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 That we may burn brightly in your name

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 We ask it Lord

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 That you may be lifted up in our lives

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 Just as you were upon the cross

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 And so draw many to yourself

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 Make your name great Father

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 Exalt the Son

00:28:17.759 --> 00:28:18.759
 Come Holy Spirit

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 Amen

00:28:20.759 --> 00:28:21.759
 Amen

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 It's time now for the children to be dismissed

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 To their classes

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 You can follow them and check them in

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 Here to your right

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 Through grades five

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 Please stand too as we continue in song

00:28:44.759 --> 00:28:45.759
 Hear the song

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 Amen

00:28:48.759 --> 00:28:49.759
 Amen

00:28:49.759 --> 00:28:50.759
 Amen

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 Amen

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 Amen

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 Amen

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 Amen

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 Amen

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 Amen

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 Amen

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 Amen

00:29:02.759 --> 00:29:03.759
 Amen

00:29:03.759 --> 00:29:06.759
 Come you weary heart now to Jesus

00:29:07.759 --> 00:29:11.759
 Come you anxious soul now to see

00:29:11.759 --> 00:29:14.759
 There is perfect love and comfort in your tears

00:29:14.759 --> 00:29:15.759
 Rest here in his wondrous peace

00:29:15.759 --> 00:29:17.759
 Oh the goodness, the goodness of Jesus

00:29:18.759 --> 00:29:20.759
 Satisfied me is all that I need

00:29:21.759 --> 00:29:22.759
 May it become what may

00:29:23.759 --> 00:29:24.759
 That may be

00:29:24.759 --> 00:29:25.759
 There is perfect love and comfort in your tears

00:29:26.759 --> 00:29:27.759
 Rest here in his wondrous peace

00:29:27.759 --> 00:29:29.759
 Oh the goodness, the goodness of Jesus

00:29:29.759 --> 00:29:31.759
 Come find what this world cannot offer

00:29:32.759 --> 00:29:33.759
 In the world cannot offer

00:29:33.759 --> 00:29:34.759
 Everything you hope has

00:29:34.759 --> 00:29:35.759
 Sadness is fulfillment in your tears

00:29:35.759 --> 00:29:36.759
 In my eternal life

00:29:36.759 --> 00:29:37.759
 That may Jesus

00:29:38.759 --> 00:29:39.759
 To make you peace

00:29:39.759 --> 00:29:41.759
 If there is great power now to see

00:29:41.759 --> 00:29:43.759
 In the goodness of Jesus

00:29:43.759 --> 00:29:44.759
 That may be grace

00:29:44.759 --> 00:29:48.879
 That may work now here in the goodness of Jesus

00:29:53.759 --> 00:29:56.220
 You know what that might die all tonight

00:29:56.759 --> 00:29:57.759
 These areние promises

00:29:57.759 --> 00:29:59.559
 are not offered.

00:30:01.339 --> 00:30:03.700
 Come and find your joy

00:30:03.700 --> 00:30:05.200
 here complete.

00:30:07.400 --> 00:30:09.700
 Taste the living water

00:30:10.339 --> 00:30:13.140
 and the thirst again.

00:30:13.920 --> 00:30:15.599
 Rest here in his

00:30:15.599 --> 00:30:17.759
 wondrous peace.

00:30:19.379 --> 00:30:21.019
 Oh, the goodness,

00:30:21.019 --> 00:30:25.140
 the goodness of Jesus

00:30:25.140 --> 00:30:28.860
 satisfying me is all

00:30:28.860 --> 00:30:30.920
 that I need.

00:30:32.000 --> 00:30:34.820
 May it become one way

00:30:34.820 --> 00:30:38.140
 that I rest all my days

00:30:38.140 --> 00:30:42.100
 in the goodness of Jesus.

00:30:42.099 --> 00:30:57.240
 Come and find your hope

00:30:57.240 --> 00:30:59.000
 now in Jesus.

00:31:01.079 --> 00:31:05.779
 He is all he said he would be.

00:31:05.779 --> 00:31:09.500
 Grace is overflowing

00:31:09.500 --> 00:31:12.500
 from the Savior's heart.

00:31:13.660 --> 00:31:17.500
 Rest here in his wondrous peace.

00:31:19.079 --> 00:31:20.660
 Oh, the goodness,

00:31:21.099 --> 00:31:24.700
 the goodness of Jesus

00:31:24.700 --> 00:31:28.460
 satisfying me is all

00:31:28.460 --> 00:31:30.180
 that I need.

00:31:30.180 --> 00:31:34.180
 May it become one way

00:31:34.180 --> 00:31:37.519
 that I rest all my days

00:31:37.519 --> 00:31:41.480
 in the goodness of Jesus.

00:31:43.680 --> 00:31:45.180
 Oh, the goodness,

00:31:45.180 --> 00:31:49.180
 the goodness of Jesus

00:31:49.180 --> 00:31:53.519
 satisfying me is all

00:31:53.519 --> 00:31:55.240
 that I need.

00:31:56.240 --> 00:31:59.440
 May it become one way

00:31:59.440 --> 00:32:02.779
 that I rest all my days

00:32:02.779 --> 00:32:06.740
 in the goodness of Jesus.

00:32:09.240 --> 00:32:12.000
 May it become one way

00:32:12.000 --> 00:32:15.359
 that I rest all my days

00:32:15.359 --> 00:32:17.199
 in the goodness

00:32:17.199 --> 00:32:19.359
 of Jesus.

00:32:35.079 --> 00:32:35.740
 Please be seated.

00:32:44.219 --> 00:32:45.099
 Good morning, church.

00:32:45.359 --> 00:32:47.479
 Would you turn with me

00:32:47.479 --> 00:32:48.919
 to Matthew chapter 5,

00:32:49.959 --> 00:32:51.759
 verses 38 through 42.

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 I believe that's page 760

00:32:54.740 --> 00:32:55.500
 in the Pew Bible

00:32:55.500 --> 00:32:57.099
 if you'd like to follow along now.

00:32:58.759 --> 00:32:59.959
 Matthew chapter 5,

00:33:00.539 --> 00:33:02.299
 verses 38 through 42.

00:33:04.059 --> 00:33:05.099
 Let me pray,

00:33:05.699 --> 00:33:07.379
 and then I'll read our text for us.

00:33:10.959 --> 00:33:13.740
 Father, what a wonder it is

00:33:13.740 --> 00:33:16.400
 that we here this morning

00:33:16.400 --> 00:33:19.480
 can sing and meditate

00:33:19.480 --> 00:33:21.559
 on the goodness of Jesus.

00:33:23.519 --> 00:33:25.460
 What a privilege it is

00:33:25.460 --> 00:33:28.240
 to know the one

00:33:28.240 --> 00:33:30.120
 who is supremely good.

00:33:32.519 --> 00:33:34.299
 Lord, our desire this morning

00:33:34.299 --> 00:33:36.400
 is to know more of him.

00:33:37.460 --> 00:33:38.519
 And we know that even

00:33:38.519 --> 00:33:39.799
 that desire within us

00:33:39.799 --> 00:33:41.140
 comes from your Holy Spirit.

00:33:41.140 --> 00:33:43.140
 God, I pray that you

00:33:43.140 --> 00:33:44.060
 as we approach your word

00:33:44.060 --> 00:33:44.580
 this morning,

00:33:44.700 --> 00:33:47.140
 we do so with much confidence

00:33:47.140 --> 00:33:49.340
 that you will continue

00:33:49.340 --> 00:33:50.800
 to make good on your promises,

00:33:51.800 --> 00:33:52.860
 to speak to us,

00:33:52.940 --> 00:33:53.400
 your people,

00:33:54.140 --> 00:33:55.740
 to draw our hearts

00:33:55.740 --> 00:33:57.180
 closer to you in love,

00:33:57.660 --> 00:33:59.920
 and to show us the way

00:33:59.920 --> 00:34:00.880
 in which we should go

00:34:00.880 --> 00:34:03.400
 that we might continue

00:34:03.400 --> 00:34:05.180
 to know and experience

00:34:05.180 --> 00:34:06.440
 this goodness for ourselves,

00:34:06.440 --> 00:34:08.320
 and to show it forth

00:34:08.320 --> 00:34:09.159
 in our life together.

00:34:11.000 --> 00:34:11.880
 So help us now

00:34:11.880 --> 00:34:12.760
 as we turn to your word.

00:34:14.200 --> 00:34:15.280
 Bless the reading and preaching,

00:34:15.420 --> 00:34:16.539
 we pray in Jesus' name.

00:34:16.679 --> 00:34:16.880
 Amen.

00:34:18.599 --> 00:34:19.800
 All right, Matthew 5,

00:34:19.960 --> 00:34:20.960
 38 through 42.

00:34:21.380 --> 00:34:22.200
 Jesus says this,

00:34:22.199 --> 00:34:24.899
 You have heard that it was said,

00:34:25.739 --> 00:34:26.599
 an eye for an eye

00:34:26.599 --> 00:34:28.399
 and a tooth for a tooth.

00:34:29.719 --> 00:34:31.039
 But I say to you,

00:34:31.659 --> 00:34:33.059
 do not resist the one

00:34:33.059 --> 00:34:33.679
 who is evil.

00:34:34.799 --> 00:34:36.480
 But if anyone slaps you

00:34:36.480 --> 00:34:37.299
 on the right cheek,

00:34:37.980 --> 00:34:39.039
 turn to him the other also.

00:34:40.119 --> 00:34:41.799
 And if anyone would sue you

00:34:41.799 --> 00:34:42.899
 and take your tunic,

00:34:43.539 --> 00:34:44.779
 let him have your cloak as well.

00:34:45.779 --> 00:34:47.079
 And if anyone forces you

00:34:47.079 --> 00:34:47.939
 to go one mile,

00:34:48.819 --> 00:34:49.819
 go with him two miles.

00:34:49.820 --> 00:34:52.500
 Give to the one

00:34:52.500 --> 00:34:53.260
 who begs from you

00:34:53.260 --> 00:34:55.720
 and do not refuse the one

00:34:55.720 --> 00:34:57.400
 who would borrow from you.

00:34:59.980 --> 00:35:01.980
 Well, as we consider this passage,

00:35:02.240 --> 00:35:04.240
 I want to begin by going back

00:35:04.240 --> 00:35:05.120
 to the Beatitudes

00:35:05.120 --> 00:35:06.039
 at the beginning

00:35:06.039 --> 00:35:06.860
 of the Sermon on the Mount.

00:35:07.500 --> 00:35:08.000
 In particular,

00:35:08.180 --> 00:35:08.980
 I want us to recall

00:35:08.980 --> 00:35:11.160
 the seventh Beatitude,

00:35:11.260 --> 00:35:11.920
 I believe it is.

00:35:12.680 --> 00:35:14.760
 Blessed are the peacemakers,

00:35:15.640 --> 00:35:16.940
 for they will be called

00:35:16.940 --> 00:35:18.120
 sons of God.

00:35:18.119 --> 00:35:20.359
 Blessed are the peacemakers,

00:35:20.519 --> 00:35:21.480
 for they will be called

00:35:21.480 --> 00:35:22.299
 sons,

00:35:22.420 --> 00:35:23.659
 sons and daughters of God.

00:35:25.099 --> 00:35:26.099
 What does it look like

00:35:26.099 --> 00:35:27.859
 to be a peacemaker

00:35:27.859 --> 00:35:30.339
 and so to show forth

00:35:30.339 --> 00:35:31.139
 our identity

00:35:31.139 --> 00:35:32.440
 as God's sons and daughters?

00:35:34.199 --> 00:35:35.279
 Well, that's what Jesus

00:35:35.279 --> 00:35:36.420
 is going to show us

00:35:36.420 --> 00:35:38.599
 in these last two paragraphs

00:35:38.599 --> 00:35:39.880
 of chapter 5.

00:35:40.819 --> 00:35:41.500
 We're looking at

00:35:41.500 --> 00:35:42.519
 the first paragraph today.

00:35:42.619 --> 00:35:43.539
 We'll look at the second one

00:35:43.539 --> 00:35:44.219
 next week.

00:35:44.219 --> 00:35:45.639
 But in both,

00:35:46.039 --> 00:35:47.699
 Jesus is talking about

00:35:47.699 --> 00:35:50.099
 how we are to approach

00:35:50.099 --> 00:35:51.759
 our enemies,

00:35:51.879 --> 00:35:52.899
 those who insult us,

00:35:52.959 --> 00:35:53.980
 those who wrong us.

00:35:54.239 --> 00:35:55.399
 How do we act

00:35:55.399 --> 00:35:57.239
 in those most trying

00:35:57.239 --> 00:35:58.539
 of our relationships

00:35:58.539 --> 00:36:01.579
 such that we can be

00:36:01.579 --> 00:36:02.679
 peacemakers?

00:36:04.579 --> 00:36:05.259
 In verse 45,

00:36:05.519 --> 00:36:06.339
 in the second paragraph

00:36:06.339 --> 00:36:07.719
 of the end of chapter 5 here,

00:36:07.819 --> 00:36:08.379
 Jesus says,

00:36:08.380 --> 00:36:10.059
 there is a way

00:36:10.059 --> 00:36:10.780
 to respond

00:36:10.780 --> 00:36:13.720
 that will show forth

00:36:13.720 --> 00:36:15.460
 that we are sons and daughters

00:36:15.460 --> 00:36:16.059
 of our Father

00:36:16.059 --> 00:36:16.720
 who is in heaven.

00:36:18.140 --> 00:36:18.840
 And we see there

00:36:18.840 --> 00:36:19.400
 in verse 45

00:36:19.400 --> 00:36:20.200
 the connection back

00:36:20.200 --> 00:36:21.380
 to that seventh beatitude.

00:36:22.160 --> 00:36:23.480
 This is what it looks like

00:36:23.480 --> 00:36:25.500
 to be a child

00:36:25.500 --> 00:36:26.460
 of your heavenly Father.

00:36:26.599 --> 00:36:27.519
 This is the way

00:36:27.519 --> 00:36:29.240
 of peacemaking.

00:36:29.239 --> 00:36:32.779
 And what Jesus touches

00:36:32.779 --> 00:36:33.239
 on here

00:36:33.239 --> 00:36:34.039
 in this first paragraph

00:36:34.039 --> 00:36:35.279
 in verses 38 through 42

00:36:35.279 --> 00:36:38.479
 is that natural response

00:36:38.479 --> 00:36:39.919
 that arises

00:36:39.919 --> 00:36:42.099
 when we're offended

00:36:42.099 --> 00:36:43.099
 or wronged.

00:36:44.299 --> 00:36:46.819
 If someone insults you

00:36:46.819 --> 00:36:48.339
 or cheats you

00:36:48.339 --> 00:36:49.959
 or wrongs you,

00:36:51.439 --> 00:36:51.759
 how?

00:36:51.819 --> 00:36:53.439
 How do we naturally respond

00:36:53.439 --> 00:36:54.079
 in those moments?

00:36:55.099 --> 00:36:55.419
 Well,

00:36:55.979 --> 00:36:57.819
 we sort of want

00:36:57.819 --> 00:36:58.699
 to pay them back,

00:36:58.819 --> 00:36:59.219
 don't we?

00:37:00.079 --> 00:37:01.119
 You insult me,

00:37:01.219 --> 00:37:01.959
 I insult you.

00:37:02.119 --> 00:37:02.799
 You cheat me,

00:37:02.899 --> 00:37:03.500
 I cheat you.

00:37:03.599 --> 00:37:04.299
 You hurt me,

00:37:04.399 --> 00:37:05.059
 I hurt you.

00:37:06.779 --> 00:37:07.839
 I imagine we've all

00:37:07.839 --> 00:37:08.979
 experienced those feelings

00:37:08.979 --> 00:37:10.719
 and perhaps,

00:37:10.919 --> 00:37:11.819
 more often than we care

00:37:11.819 --> 00:37:12.159
 to admit,

00:37:13.199 --> 00:37:13.819
 we've at times

00:37:13.819 --> 00:37:14.799
 responded that way.

00:37:17.879 --> 00:37:18.539
 But of course,

00:37:18.619 --> 00:37:19.319
 the problem is,

00:37:19.559 --> 00:37:20.259
 the problem is

00:37:20.259 --> 00:37:21.779
 this sort of response,

00:37:22.559 --> 00:37:24.159
 it doesn't really solve

00:37:24.159 --> 00:37:25.019
 the problem, does it?

00:37:25.039 --> 00:37:25.719
 It just sort of

00:37:25.719 --> 00:37:26.679
 makes matters worse

00:37:26.679 --> 00:37:28.679
 because the circle

00:37:28.679 --> 00:37:29.419
 just keeps going

00:37:29.419 --> 00:37:30.139
 around and around.

00:37:31.139 --> 00:37:32.099
 And each time

00:37:32.099 --> 00:37:33.599
 we sort of respond

00:37:33.599 --> 00:37:34.319
 in kind,

00:37:35.359 --> 00:37:36.739
 it inevitably begins

00:37:36.739 --> 00:37:37.480
 to escalate,

00:37:37.539 --> 00:37:37.940
 doesn't it?

00:37:38.559 --> 00:37:39.440
 You insult me,

00:37:39.519 --> 00:37:40.399
 so I insult you,

00:37:40.779 --> 00:37:41.899
 so you insult me again,

00:37:42.019 --> 00:37:43.019
 but the next insult

00:37:43.019 --> 00:37:43.519
 is bigger,

00:37:43.519 --> 00:37:44.460
 a little bigger,

00:37:44.559 --> 00:37:45.119
 a little bigger

00:37:45.119 --> 00:37:45.799
 than the last.

00:37:47.179 --> 00:37:48.039
 Until suddenly,

00:37:48.159 --> 00:37:48.739
 people are saying

00:37:48.739 --> 00:37:49.559
 things of one another

00:37:49.559 --> 00:37:51.339
 they'd never dream

00:37:51.339 --> 00:37:51.839
 of saying

00:37:51.839 --> 00:37:53.759
 before that cycle

00:37:53.760 --> 00:37:54.260
 started.

00:37:56.480 --> 00:37:57.080
 And sadly,

00:37:57.180 --> 00:37:57.820
 this can happen

00:37:57.820 --> 00:37:58.920
 in even our

00:37:58.920 --> 00:38:00.820
 closest relationships.

00:38:02.220 --> 00:38:02.760
 Neighbors,

00:38:03.820 --> 00:38:04.200
 siblings,

00:38:05.420 --> 00:38:05.840
 spouses,

00:38:07.200 --> 00:38:07.820
 church members,

00:38:08.960 --> 00:38:09.560
 the cycles

00:38:09.560 --> 00:38:10.580
 go on and on.

00:38:12.320 --> 00:38:13.080
 And eventually,

00:38:13.540 --> 00:38:14.900
 these relationships

00:38:14.900 --> 00:38:15.340
 wither,

00:38:16.280 --> 00:38:17.180
 or maybe they even

00:38:17.180 --> 00:38:17.940
 die altogether.

00:38:17.940 --> 00:38:18.059
 other.

00:38:21.099 --> 00:38:22.059
 But what does Jesus

00:38:22.059 --> 00:38:22.740
 have to say

00:38:22.740 --> 00:38:23.639
 about all this?

00:38:23.700 --> 00:38:25.039
 How do we get out

00:38:25.039 --> 00:38:26.260
 of this cycle

00:38:26.260 --> 00:38:27.860
 and become

00:38:27.860 --> 00:38:29.220
 genuine peacemakers?

00:38:30.360 --> 00:38:30.760
 How,

00:38:30.940 --> 00:38:31.960
 as followers of Christ,

00:38:32.079 --> 00:38:33.099
 as people of His kingdom,

00:38:33.480 --> 00:38:34.340
 do we leave

00:38:34.340 --> 00:38:35.340
 in our wake

00:38:35.340 --> 00:38:36.539
 the aroma

00:38:36.539 --> 00:38:37.599
 of peace

00:38:37.599 --> 00:38:39.780
 instead of

00:38:39.780 --> 00:38:40.539
 the bitter

00:38:40.539 --> 00:38:42.059
 taste of revenge?

00:38:42.059 --> 00:38:45.159
 Well,

00:38:45.179 --> 00:38:45.639
 the first thing

00:38:45.639 --> 00:38:46.460
 we see here

00:38:46.460 --> 00:38:47.340
 in our passage

00:38:47.340 --> 00:38:49.279
 is that Jesus

00:38:49.279 --> 00:38:49.900
 begins

00:38:49.900 --> 00:38:51.059
 by sort of

00:38:51.059 --> 00:38:53.059
 subtly exposing

00:38:53.059 --> 00:38:54.360
 our attempts

00:38:54.360 --> 00:38:56.000
 at self-justification.

00:38:57.299 --> 00:38:57.739
 First,

00:38:57.860 --> 00:38:59.000
 Jesus exposes

00:38:59.000 --> 00:39:00.500
 our attempts

00:39:00.500 --> 00:39:01.820
 at self-justification.

00:39:02.059 --> 00:39:02.599
 Our passage

00:39:02.599 --> 00:39:03.299
 starts with Jesus

00:39:03.299 --> 00:39:03.619
 saying,

00:39:03.719 --> 00:39:04.059
 you've heard

00:39:04.059 --> 00:39:04.920
 that it was said

00:39:04.920 --> 00:39:06.340
 an eye for an eye

00:39:06.340 --> 00:39:07.239
 and a tooth for a tooth.

00:39:08.039 --> 00:39:08.380
 Now,

00:39:08.460 --> 00:39:09.320
 this legal principle,

00:39:09.699 --> 00:39:10.239
 an eye for an eye,

00:39:10.320 --> 00:39:10.840
 a tooth for a tooth,

00:39:11.320 --> 00:39:12.039
 comes straight

00:39:12.039 --> 00:39:13.079
 out of the Mosaic Law,

00:39:13.159 --> 00:39:13.519
 doesn't it?

00:39:15.079 --> 00:39:16.099
 So it would be easy

00:39:16.099 --> 00:39:17.380
 for those in Jesus' day

00:39:17.380 --> 00:39:18.139
 to say,

00:39:18.779 --> 00:39:19.019
 see,

00:39:20.119 --> 00:39:20.900
 there it is.

00:39:20.980 --> 00:39:22.059
 God's telling me

00:39:22.059 --> 00:39:22.800
 to be fair,

00:39:22.900 --> 00:39:23.480
 to be just.

00:39:23.539 --> 00:39:24.480
 If someone wrongs me,

00:39:24.759 --> 00:39:25.619
 it's only fair

00:39:25.619 --> 00:39:26.900
 that I balance the score,

00:39:27.000 --> 00:39:27.900
 an eye for an eye.

00:39:30.800 --> 00:39:32.300
 And for first century Jews

00:39:32.300 --> 00:39:33.579
 under Roman occupation,

00:39:34.059 --> 00:39:34.699
 you can see

00:39:34.699 --> 00:39:35.279
 how this would

00:39:35.279 --> 00:39:36.679
 quickly take

00:39:36.679 --> 00:39:38.000
 a revolutionary turn,

00:39:38.179 --> 00:39:38.380
 right?

00:39:39.320 --> 00:39:40.699
 The Romans offend us,

00:39:41.019 --> 00:39:42.019
 they take from us,

00:39:42.039 --> 00:39:43.259
 they wrong us.

00:39:44.099 --> 00:39:44.460
 Well,

00:39:44.820 --> 00:39:46.779
 we need to fight back.

00:39:47.159 --> 00:39:48.400
 We need to take up arms.

00:39:48.639 --> 00:39:49.500
 We need to win back

00:39:49.500 --> 00:39:50.119
 what's ours.

00:39:50.320 --> 00:39:51.199
 It's only right.

00:39:53.380 --> 00:39:54.619
 But what too often

00:39:54.619 --> 00:39:55.719
 was the result of that

00:39:55.719 --> 00:39:56.639
 in the first century?

00:39:58.239 --> 00:39:58.960
 More violence,

00:39:59.659 --> 00:40:00.380
 more injury,

00:40:01.099 --> 00:40:02.179
 more bloodshed.

00:40:04.779 --> 00:40:05.960
 But for most of us,

00:40:06.179 --> 00:40:07.340
 most of the time today,

00:40:08.039 --> 00:40:09.159
 it doesn't get that far,

00:40:09.239 --> 00:40:09.500
 does it?

00:40:10.360 --> 00:40:10.820
 More often,

00:40:10.920 --> 00:40:11.840
 it's much more personal,

00:40:12.019 --> 00:40:12.519
 more local,

00:40:12.639 --> 00:40:13.559
 more closer to home.

00:40:15.179 --> 00:40:16.079
 It's a relationship

00:40:16.079 --> 00:40:16.960
 with a co-worker

00:40:16.960 --> 00:40:17.980
 or a family member.

00:40:19.340 --> 00:40:19.780
 And yet,

00:40:19.820 --> 00:40:20.840
 we can still

00:40:20.840 --> 00:40:22.199
 justify our responses,

00:40:22.380 --> 00:40:22.840
 can't we?

00:40:23.500 --> 00:40:24.880
 We might not literally say,

00:40:25.059 --> 00:40:26.099
 an eye for an eye,

00:40:27.099 --> 00:40:28.579
 but we sort of say,

00:40:29.039 --> 00:40:29.320
 well, look,

00:40:29.360 --> 00:40:30.000
 I'm just standing up

00:40:30.000 --> 00:40:30.480
 for myself

00:40:30.480 --> 00:40:31.280
 and my rights.

00:40:32.280 --> 00:40:32.480
 Right?

00:40:32.480 --> 00:40:36.980
 But in the midst of this,

00:40:37.019 --> 00:40:37.960
 we have to step back

00:40:37.960 --> 00:40:38.679
 and ask,

00:40:40.240 --> 00:40:40.519
 well,

00:40:40.679 --> 00:40:42.280
 what was the point

00:40:42.280 --> 00:40:44.500
 of this Old Testament law

00:40:44.500 --> 00:40:45.599
 in the first place?

00:40:46.699 --> 00:40:47.599
 What was the point

00:40:47.599 --> 00:40:48.579
 of this principle

00:40:48.579 --> 00:40:49.400
 of an eye for an eye,

00:40:49.500 --> 00:40:50.159
 a tooth for a tooth?

00:40:51.679 --> 00:40:52.079
 Well,

00:40:52.119 --> 00:40:52.820
 when we consider

00:40:52.820 --> 00:40:53.599
 those passages

00:40:53.599 --> 00:40:54.300
 from the Old Testament

00:40:54.300 --> 00:40:55.280
 in context,

00:40:55.380 --> 00:40:56.139
 what we realize

00:40:56.139 --> 00:40:57.740
 is that this

00:40:57.740 --> 00:40:59.320
 eye for an eye principle

00:40:59.320 --> 00:41:00.639
 was actually meant

00:41:00.639 --> 00:41:02.000
 to do two things.

00:41:03.339 --> 00:41:04.400
 First thing,

00:41:04.900 --> 00:41:05.579
 it was meant

00:41:05.579 --> 00:41:06.599
 to prevent

00:41:06.599 --> 00:41:08.779
 severe or excessive

00:41:08.779 --> 00:41:10.679
 penalties for a crime.

00:41:11.719 --> 00:41:11.980
 Right?

00:41:12.039 --> 00:41:13.639
 If your neighbor

00:41:13.639 --> 00:41:15.599
 damaged your fence,

00:41:16.460 --> 00:41:17.739
 then you couldn't respond

00:41:17.739 --> 00:41:19.099
 by burning down

00:41:19.099 --> 00:41:19.799
 their fields.

00:41:19.960 --> 00:41:20.159
 Right?

00:41:21.079 --> 00:41:21.779
 No, no.

00:41:21.839 --> 00:41:22.539
 The punishment

00:41:22.539 --> 00:41:23.819
 had to be equivalent

00:41:23.819 --> 00:41:25.119
 to the wrongdoing.

00:41:26.159 --> 00:41:27.199
 It had to be balanced.

00:41:27.279 --> 00:41:28.119
 It had to be equal.

00:41:28.819 --> 00:41:29.420
 And often,

00:41:29.420 --> 00:41:30.599
 that balancing

00:41:30.599 --> 00:41:31.440
 was done

00:41:31.440 --> 00:41:33.139
 through compensation

00:41:33.139 --> 00:41:34.480
 to the victim,

00:41:35.079 --> 00:41:36.000
 not literally

00:41:36.000 --> 00:41:37.039
 doing the same thing

00:41:37.039 --> 00:41:37.880
 to them in return.

00:41:38.880 --> 00:41:39.599
 So what an eye

00:41:39.599 --> 00:41:40.019
 for an eye

00:41:40.019 --> 00:41:41.079
 meant in practice

00:41:41.079 --> 00:41:41.579
 is that

00:41:41.579 --> 00:41:42.440
 if your neighbor

00:41:42.440 --> 00:41:43.619
 damaged your fence,

00:41:44.119 --> 00:41:45.440
 then they had to pay

00:41:45.440 --> 00:41:46.119
 for your fence

00:41:46.119 --> 00:41:46.800
 to be repaired.

00:41:47.480 --> 00:41:48.220
 An eye for an eye.

00:41:51.360 --> 00:41:51.800
 But,

00:41:51.960 --> 00:41:52.200
 second,

00:41:52.440 --> 00:41:53.240
 this principle

00:41:53.240 --> 00:41:54.880
 was meant

00:41:54.880 --> 00:41:56.820
 to prevent people

00:41:56.820 --> 00:41:58.059
 not just

00:41:58.059 --> 00:41:59.760
 from exacting

00:41:59.760 --> 00:42:00.800
 excessive penalties,

00:42:01.340 --> 00:42:01.940
 but it was meant

00:42:01.940 --> 00:42:02.620
 to prevent people

00:42:02.620 --> 00:42:03.760
 from taking justice

00:42:03.760 --> 00:42:05.160
 into their own hands.

00:42:06.539 --> 00:42:07.360
 This principle

00:42:07.360 --> 00:42:08.100
 of an eye

00:42:08.100 --> 00:42:09.000
 for an eye

00:42:09.000 --> 00:42:10.160
 nearly always

00:42:10.160 --> 00:42:11.700
 comes in the context

00:42:11.700 --> 00:42:14.080
 of the Old Testament law

00:42:14.080 --> 00:42:16.120
 describing the legal system

00:42:16.120 --> 00:42:16.680
 of judges

00:42:16.680 --> 00:42:17.440
 and courts

00:42:17.440 --> 00:42:18.340
 and how you handle

00:42:18.340 --> 00:42:19.200
 these things

00:42:19.200 --> 00:42:20.660
 in public

00:42:20.660 --> 00:42:22.580
 through the appropriate

00:42:22.580 --> 00:42:23.640
 channels.

00:42:23.639 --> 00:42:25.559
 In other words,

00:42:25.599 --> 00:42:26.039
 this principle

00:42:26.039 --> 00:42:26.400
 was meant

00:42:26.400 --> 00:42:27.400
 to guide the courts

00:42:27.400 --> 00:42:28.059
 and the judges

00:42:28.059 --> 00:42:30.159
 in how to rectify wrongs.

00:42:30.579 --> 00:42:31.539
 It was never meant

00:42:31.539 --> 00:42:32.659
 to give individuals

00:42:32.659 --> 00:42:33.659
 permission

00:42:33.659 --> 00:42:35.159
 to exact

00:42:35.159 --> 00:42:36.379
 personal revenge

00:42:36.379 --> 00:42:37.199
 on their enemies.

00:42:38.400 --> 00:42:39.639
 Just the opposite.

00:42:40.539 --> 00:42:41.039
 It was meant

00:42:41.039 --> 00:42:41.500
 to say,

00:42:42.299 --> 00:42:43.379
 here's the fair standard

00:42:43.379 --> 00:42:44.859
 for the courts

00:42:44.859 --> 00:42:45.980
 to right the wrongs.

00:42:45.980 --> 00:42:47.940
 It was meant

00:42:47.940 --> 00:42:48.579
 to take

00:42:48.579 --> 00:42:50.559
 redressing wrongs,

00:42:50.559 --> 00:42:50.800
 it was meant

00:42:50.800 --> 00:42:51.960
 to take that desire

00:42:51.960 --> 00:42:53.079
 out of the realm

00:42:53.079 --> 00:42:54.099
 of personal revenge

00:42:54.099 --> 00:42:56.119
 and place it

00:42:56.119 --> 00:42:56.539
 into the realm

00:42:56.539 --> 00:42:57.019
 of justice

00:42:57.019 --> 00:42:57.639
 and fairness.

00:43:00.320 --> 00:43:01.320
 So the point is,

00:43:01.519 --> 00:43:02.659
 we can't go

00:43:02.659 --> 00:43:03.380
 to this Old Testament

00:43:03.380 --> 00:43:03.860
 principle,

00:43:04.000 --> 00:43:04.679
 an eye for an eye,

00:43:04.840 --> 00:43:05.780
 and find there

00:43:05.780 --> 00:43:06.659
 any justification

00:43:06.659 --> 00:43:07.820
 for our desire

00:43:07.820 --> 00:43:08.619
 for revenge.

00:43:09.360 --> 00:43:09.920
 It's meant

00:43:09.920 --> 00:43:10.559
 to guide

00:43:10.559 --> 00:43:11.719
 our public system

00:43:11.719 --> 00:43:12.579
 of justice,

00:43:13.019 --> 00:43:14.460
 not to stoke

00:43:14.460 --> 00:43:15.079
 the flames

00:43:15.079 --> 00:43:15.880
 of our desire

00:43:15.880 --> 00:43:16.660
 to get even

00:43:16.660 --> 00:43:17.660
 with those

00:43:17.660 --> 00:43:18.160
 who've offended

00:43:18.160 --> 00:43:18.940
 or wronged us.

00:43:20.680 --> 00:43:21.019
 Okay.

00:43:21.740 --> 00:43:22.480
 Well, how should

00:43:22.480 --> 00:43:23.039
 we respond?

00:43:24.760 --> 00:43:25.420
 Well, this takes us

00:43:25.420 --> 00:43:26.099
 to our next point.

00:43:26.240 --> 00:43:26.500
 Second,

00:43:27.740 --> 00:43:28.780
 we see that Jesus

00:43:28.780 --> 00:43:30.000
 forbids

00:43:30.000 --> 00:43:31.700
 retaliation.

00:43:32.820 --> 00:43:33.460
 In verse 39,

00:43:33.579 --> 00:43:34.079
 Jesus says,

00:43:34.960 --> 00:43:35.940
 but I say to you,

00:43:36.480 --> 00:43:38.000
 do not resist

00:43:38.000 --> 00:43:38.720
 the one

00:43:38.720 --> 00:43:39.880
 who is evil.

00:43:41.980 --> 00:43:42.460
 Okay.

00:43:42.760 --> 00:43:43.119
 Now,

00:43:43.280 --> 00:43:44.320
 on the surface,

00:43:44.320 --> 00:43:46.280
 doesn't that sound

00:43:46.280 --> 00:43:47.220
 like Jesus is saying

00:43:47.220 --> 00:43:48.360
 we should just

00:43:48.360 --> 00:43:49.280
 let evil people

00:43:49.280 --> 00:43:50.240
 do evil things

00:43:50.240 --> 00:43:50.660
 to us

00:43:50.660 --> 00:43:51.260
 and to others

00:43:51.260 --> 00:43:51.760
 and we shouldn't

00:43:51.760 --> 00:43:52.640
 do anything about it.

00:43:53.600 --> 00:43:54.280
 Don't resist

00:43:54.280 --> 00:43:55.140
 the one who is evil.

00:43:58.360 --> 00:43:59.380
 But clearly,

00:44:00.100 --> 00:44:01.740
 that can't be

00:44:01.740 --> 00:44:02.820
 what Jesus means

00:44:02.820 --> 00:44:04.660
 when we look

00:44:04.660 --> 00:44:05.140
 at the context

00:44:05.140 --> 00:44:05.539
 of the rest

00:44:05.539 --> 00:44:06.100
 of the New Testament.

00:44:06.260 --> 00:44:06.800
 For starters,

00:44:07.800 --> 00:44:08.700
 Jesus himself

00:44:08.700 --> 00:44:10.760
 is often standing up

00:44:10.760 --> 00:44:11.539
 against the corrupt

00:44:11.539 --> 00:44:12.400
 religious authorities

00:44:12.400 --> 00:44:12.960
 of his day.

00:44:16.199 --> 00:44:16.599
 Likewise,

00:44:16.800 --> 00:44:17.179
 in the rest

00:44:17.179 --> 00:44:17.840
 of the New Testament,

00:44:17.960 --> 00:44:18.440
 the apostles

00:44:18.440 --> 00:44:19.179
 are willing

00:44:19.179 --> 00:44:20.519
 to make appropriate

00:44:20.519 --> 00:44:21.699
 appeals to justice

00:44:21.699 --> 00:44:22.800
 and to the legal courts.

00:44:23.420 --> 00:44:24.079
 They're willing

00:44:24.079 --> 00:44:24.699
 to advocate

00:44:24.699 --> 00:44:25.679
 for their own protection

00:44:25.679 --> 00:44:26.460
 and for others.

00:44:27.699 --> 00:44:28.059
 Do you remember

00:44:28.059 --> 00:44:28.980
 when Paul and Silas

00:44:28.980 --> 00:44:30.239
 were publicly beaten

00:44:30.239 --> 00:44:30.860
 and imprisoned

00:44:30.860 --> 00:44:31.619
 at Philippi

00:44:31.619 --> 00:44:32.800
 in the book of Acts?

00:44:33.360 --> 00:44:34.119
 What happens?

00:44:34.199 --> 00:44:35.119
 Well, the next day,

00:44:35.860 --> 00:44:36.619
 the magistrates

00:44:36.619 --> 00:44:37.440
 send the police

00:44:37.440 --> 00:44:38.860
 to go let them go,

00:44:38.980 --> 00:44:39.259
 right?

00:44:40.100 --> 00:44:40.740
 So the police

00:44:40.740 --> 00:44:41.620
 come to Paul and Silas

00:44:41.620 --> 00:44:41.980
 and they say,

00:44:42.060 --> 00:44:42.620
 okay, you two,

00:44:42.760 --> 00:44:43.820
 you can leave town

00:44:43.820 --> 00:44:44.340
 quietly.

00:44:45.560 --> 00:44:45.840
 You see,

00:44:45.880 --> 00:44:46.260
 the authorities

00:44:46.260 --> 00:44:47.080
 just want to pretend

00:44:47.080 --> 00:44:48.100
 like nothing happened

00:44:48.100 --> 00:44:48.980
 and send Paul

00:44:48.980 --> 00:44:49.720
 and Silas away.

00:44:50.720 --> 00:44:51.780
 But what does Paul do?

00:44:53.060 --> 00:44:53.720
 In Acts 16,

00:44:53.780 --> 00:44:54.740
 37 through 39,

00:44:54.900 --> 00:44:55.560
 Paul says to them,

00:44:56.560 --> 00:44:57.600
 they've beaten us

00:44:57.600 --> 00:44:58.080
 publicly,

00:44:58.660 --> 00:44:59.320
 uncondemned,

00:44:59.700 --> 00:45:00.860
 men who are Roman citizens

00:45:00.860 --> 00:45:02.080
 and have thrown us

00:45:02.080 --> 00:45:02.600
 into prison,

00:45:03.660 --> 00:45:04.380
 and do they now

00:45:04.380 --> 00:45:05.500
 throw us out secretly?

00:45:06.320 --> 00:45:06.740
 No.

00:45:07.679 --> 00:45:08.919
 Let them come themselves

00:45:08.919 --> 00:45:09.859
 and take us out.

00:45:11.559 --> 00:45:12.459
 Then Luke goes on to say,

00:45:12.519 --> 00:45:13.199
 the police reported

00:45:13.199 --> 00:45:13.639
 these words

00:45:13.639 --> 00:45:14.439
 to the magistrates

00:45:14.439 --> 00:45:15.079
 and they were afraid

00:45:15.079 --> 00:45:15.659
 when they heard

00:45:15.659 --> 00:45:16.819
 that they were Roman citizens.

00:45:17.639 --> 00:45:18.539
 So they came

00:45:18.539 --> 00:45:20.419
 and apologized to them

00:45:20.419 --> 00:45:22.019
 and they took them out

00:45:22.019 --> 00:45:22.899
 and asked them

00:45:22.899 --> 00:45:23.500
 to leave the city.

00:45:25.199 --> 00:45:26.719
 So here's a very clear instance

00:45:26.719 --> 00:45:27.979
 where Paul is clearly

00:45:27.979 --> 00:45:29.639
 resisting evil, right?

00:45:30.439 --> 00:45:30.859
 Why?

00:45:31.779 --> 00:45:32.979
 Because Paul knew

00:45:32.979 --> 00:45:34.059
 that if he were to simply

00:45:34.059 --> 00:45:35.339
 let his mistreatment

00:45:35.340 --> 00:45:36.320
 and imprisonment

00:45:36.320 --> 00:45:37.860
 go unchallenged,

00:45:38.539 --> 00:45:39.460
 he would be leaving

00:45:39.460 --> 00:45:40.920
 the Christians in Philippi

00:45:40.920 --> 00:45:41.680
 in danger,

00:45:42.860 --> 00:45:43.960
 that they'd be susceptible

00:45:43.960 --> 00:45:45.440
 to the same sort of treatment.

00:45:45.920 --> 00:45:47.660
 So Paul forces the magistrates

00:45:47.660 --> 00:45:48.579
 to come themselves

00:45:48.579 --> 00:45:50.000
 and functionally,

00:45:50.140 --> 00:45:51.400
 publicly exonerate him

00:45:51.400 --> 00:45:52.019
 and Silas,

00:45:52.940 --> 00:45:53.740
 and in so doing,

00:45:53.860 --> 00:45:55.220
 Paul provides some protection

00:45:55.220 --> 00:45:56.820
 for the newly formed church.

00:45:57.280 --> 00:45:58.620
 It wasn't going to be okay

00:45:58.620 --> 00:46:00.019
 to just haul them off to jail.

00:46:00.100 --> 00:46:01.079
 They were Roman citizens.

00:46:01.420 --> 00:46:02.340
 They had appropriate rights

00:46:02.340 --> 00:46:02.900
 under the law.

00:46:02.900 --> 00:46:05.980
 So I think that's a good example

00:46:05.980 --> 00:46:09.019
 of a New Testament practice

00:46:09.019 --> 00:46:09.840
 where it's not just

00:46:09.840 --> 00:46:11.059
 let evil people do evil things

00:46:11.059 --> 00:46:11.660
 to you all the time.

00:46:14.300 --> 00:46:15.599
 So that's clearly,

00:46:15.780 --> 00:46:17.480
 clearly Jesus isn't saying

00:46:17.480 --> 00:46:19.360
 that we should just

00:46:19.360 --> 00:46:20.980
 let evil people

00:46:20.980 --> 00:46:22.180
 do evil things to us

00:46:22.180 --> 00:46:22.940
 and to others

00:46:22.940 --> 00:46:23.960
 and do nothing about it.

00:46:25.240 --> 00:46:26.340
 Okay, so what is he saying?

00:46:28.019 --> 00:46:29.280
 Well, it's very interesting

00:46:29.280 --> 00:46:31.160
 that one New Testament scholar

00:46:31.159 --> 00:46:31.679
 has pointed out

00:46:31.679 --> 00:46:33.259
 that the Greek of verse 39

00:46:33.259 --> 00:46:34.719
 could be translated,

00:46:35.399 --> 00:46:36.019
 not just the way

00:46:36.019 --> 00:46:37.139
 the ESV translates it,

00:46:37.179 --> 00:46:38.019
 which is do not resist

00:46:38.019 --> 00:46:39.179
 the evil person, right?

00:46:39.279 --> 00:46:40.420
 Do not resist the one

00:46:40.420 --> 00:46:40.799
 who is evil.

00:46:40.879 --> 00:46:41.960
 Do not resist the evil person.

00:46:42.759 --> 00:46:43.539
 But it could also

00:46:43.539 --> 00:46:44.539
 just as legitimately

00:46:44.539 --> 00:46:45.399
 be translated,

00:46:45.839 --> 00:46:46.659
 do not resist

00:46:46.659 --> 00:46:48.420
 by evil means.

00:46:49.599 --> 00:46:50.359
 The Greek there

00:46:50.359 --> 00:46:51.599
 just has the word evil.

00:46:52.859 --> 00:46:53.799
 So is Jesus saying,

00:46:54.579 --> 00:46:55.779
 don't resist evil people

00:46:55.780 --> 00:46:57.140
 or don't resist

00:46:57.140 --> 00:46:58.480
 in evil ways.

00:46:59.740 --> 00:47:00.260
 Grammatically,

00:47:00.400 --> 00:47:01.080
 it could be either.

00:47:03.000 --> 00:47:03.840
 And I think the rest

00:47:03.840 --> 00:47:04.519
 of the New Testament

00:47:04.519 --> 00:47:05.880
 would seem to favor

00:47:05.880 --> 00:47:07.160
 that latter reading,

00:47:07.420 --> 00:47:08.360
 don't resist

00:47:08.360 --> 00:47:09.820
 by evil means,

00:47:09.880 --> 00:47:10.300
 that is,

00:47:10.560 --> 00:47:11.440
 in revenge

00:47:11.440 --> 00:47:12.720
 or retaliation.

00:47:14.820 --> 00:47:16.519
 But I think even if we keep

00:47:16.519 --> 00:47:17.660
 the ESV translation,

00:47:17.980 --> 00:47:18.560
 which is perfectly

00:47:18.560 --> 00:47:19.560
 legitimate as well,

00:47:19.820 --> 00:47:21.460
 don't resist the evil person,

00:47:21.460 --> 00:47:23.619
 the word resist there

00:47:23.619 --> 00:47:25.539
 must have the sense

00:47:25.539 --> 00:47:26.980
 of retaliate

00:47:26.980 --> 00:47:28.460
 or take revenge

00:47:28.460 --> 00:47:30.000
 when we look at it

00:47:30.000 --> 00:47:30.440
 in the context

00:47:30.440 --> 00:47:31.260
 of the rest of the paragraph.

00:47:33.240 --> 00:47:33.940
 That's certainly

00:47:33.940 --> 00:47:35.139
 how the Apostle Paul

00:47:35.139 --> 00:47:36.460
 understood Jesus' teaching

00:47:36.460 --> 00:47:37.440
 in Romans 12,

00:47:37.960 --> 00:47:39.019
 17 through 21.

00:47:39.220 --> 00:47:39.980
 We read this earlier

00:47:39.980 --> 00:47:40.619
 in the service.

00:47:41.099 --> 00:47:41.420
 Paul says,

00:47:41.539 --> 00:47:43.320
 repay no one evil for evil,

00:47:43.420 --> 00:47:44.519
 but give thought to do

00:47:44.519 --> 00:47:45.639
 what is honorable

00:47:45.639 --> 00:47:46.480
 in the sight of all.

00:47:47.340 --> 00:47:48.039
 If possible,

00:47:48.179 --> 00:47:49.280
 so far as it depends on you,

00:47:49.340 --> 00:47:50.440
 live peaceably with all.

00:47:50.440 --> 00:47:51.559
 Beloved,

00:47:51.659 --> 00:47:52.960
 never avenge yourselves,

00:47:53.460 --> 00:47:54.400
 but leave it to the wrath

00:47:54.400 --> 00:47:54.980
 of God,

00:47:55.599 --> 00:47:56.240
 for it is written,

00:47:56.460 --> 00:47:57.240
 vengeance is mine,

00:47:57.400 --> 00:47:58.099
 I will repay,

00:47:58.260 --> 00:47:58.800
 says the Lord.

00:47:59.960 --> 00:48:00.619
 To the contrary,

00:48:00.800 --> 00:48:01.700
 if your enemy is hungry,

00:48:01.840 --> 00:48:02.179
 feed him.

00:48:02.240 --> 00:48:02.800
 If he's thirsty,

00:48:02.920 --> 00:48:03.880
 give him something to drink,

00:48:04.460 --> 00:48:05.320
 for by so doing,

00:48:05.400 --> 00:48:06.440
 you will heap burning coals

00:48:06.440 --> 00:48:07.019
 on his head.

00:48:08.019 --> 00:48:10.179
 Do not be overcome

00:48:10.179 --> 00:48:11.380
 by evil,

00:48:12.340 --> 00:48:14.340
 but overcome evil

00:48:14.340 --> 00:48:15.940
 with good.

00:48:18.119 --> 00:48:19.200
 Overcome evil

00:48:19.199 --> 00:48:21.179
 with good.

00:48:24.419 --> 00:48:25.739
 So what is Jesus teaching

00:48:25.739 --> 00:48:26.460
 in this verse?

00:48:27.759 --> 00:48:28.559
 He's not saying

00:48:28.559 --> 00:48:29.759
 that we simply let evil people

00:48:29.759 --> 00:48:31.000
 do evil things to us

00:48:31.000 --> 00:48:32.639
 and we do nothing about it.

00:48:33.519 --> 00:48:34.399
 No, he's saying

00:48:34.399 --> 00:48:36.039
 that when you respond,

00:48:36.319 --> 00:48:37.199
 when you find yourself

00:48:37.199 --> 00:48:38.099
 in that situation,

00:48:39.460 --> 00:48:40.199
 don't respond

00:48:40.199 --> 00:48:40.939
 with a spirit

00:48:40.939 --> 00:48:42.219
 of revenge.

00:48:43.239 --> 00:48:44.179
 Don't seek to

00:48:44.179 --> 00:48:45.099
 retaliate.

00:48:45.099 --> 00:48:46.539
 don't try to

00:48:46.539 --> 00:48:47.699
 even the score.

00:48:51.960 --> 00:48:52.980
 Now, in just a second,

00:48:53.059 --> 00:48:53.579
 we'll look at

00:48:53.579 --> 00:48:54.920
 some of Jesus' examples

00:48:54.920 --> 00:48:56.219
 of how to respond.

00:48:57.500 --> 00:48:58.219
 But first,

00:48:58.299 --> 00:48:59.079
 let me make two

00:48:59.079 --> 00:49:00.539
 observations here.

00:49:02.219 --> 00:49:02.699
 First,

00:49:03.639 --> 00:49:04.940
 if we understand

00:49:04.940 --> 00:49:06.539
 these verses rightly,

00:49:06.539 --> 00:49:08.659
 then they should

00:49:08.659 --> 00:49:10.079
 never be used

00:49:10.079 --> 00:49:11.759
 to justify

00:49:11.759 --> 00:49:13.300
 abuse

00:49:13.300 --> 00:49:15.059
 or to force people

00:49:15.059 --> 00:49:15.639
 to stay

00:49:15.639 --> 00:49:16.460
 in situations

00:49:16.460 --> 00:49:17.139
 of abuse.

00:49:18.340 --> 00:49:19.380
 Because the heart

00:49:19.380 --> 00:49:19.840
 of what Jesus

00:49:19.840 --> 00:49:20.659
 is saying here

00:49:20.659 --> 00:49:21.199
 is that we should

00:49:21.199 --> 00:49:22.480
 cast off a spirit

00:49:22.480 --> 00:49:23.340
 of revenge

00:49:23.340 --> 00:49:24.259
 and retaliation.

00:49:25.079 --> 00:49:26.320
 But that doesn't mean

00:49:26.320 --> 00:49:27.639
 that we should stay

00:49:27.639 --> 00:49:28.759
 in situations

00:49:28.759 --> 00:49:29.279
 of abuse

00:49:29.279 --> 00:49:29.960
 or violence.

00:49:31.259 --> 00:49:31.539
 Jesus

00:49:31.539 --> 00:49:32.599
 and the apostles

00:49:32.599 --> 00:49:33.480
 all took

00:49:33.480 --> 00:49:34.500
 appropriate means

00:49:34.500 --> 00:49:35.119
 to confront

00:49:35.119 --> 00:49:36.039
 and stop evil.

00:49:36.960 --> 00:49:38.079
 Removing ourselves

00:49:38.079 --> 00:49:39.579
 from abusive relationships,

00:49:40.159 --> 00:49:40.880
 even calling

00:49:40.880 --> 00:49:41.559
 the authorities

00:49:41.559 --> 00:49:42.320
 when necessary,

00:49:42.460 --> 00:49:43.800
 is not an act

00:49:43.800 --> 00:49:44.619
 of revenge

00:49:44.619 --> 00:49:45.579
 or retaliation.

00:49:46.099 --> 00:49:47.039
 It can often be

00:49:47.039 --> 00:49:47.980
 the greatest act

00:49:47.980 --> 00:49:48.639
 of love

00:49:48.639 --> 00:49:50.820
 because we're acting

00:49:50.820 --> 00:49:52.039
 to stop sin

00:49:52.039 --> 00:49:53.800
 and to protect

00:49:53.800 --> 00:49:54.260
 the weak

00:49:54.260 --> 00:49:54.900
 and vulnerable.

00:49:56.820 --> 00:49:58.179
 So that's the first thing

00:49:58.179 --> 00:49:58.860
 we need to be

00:49:58.860 --> 00:49:59.619
 very clear about.

00:49:59.739 --> 00:50:00.559
 These verses

00:50:00.559 --> 00:50:01.860
 are no justification

00:50:01.860 --> 00:50:03.719
 for abuse.

00:50:05.360 --> 00:50:06.139
 Second thing,

00:50:07.260 --> 00:50:08.139
 I don't think

00:50:08.139 --> 00:50:08.900
 these verses

00:50:08.900 --> 00:50:10.219
 can be used

00:50:10.219 --> 00:50:11.760
 in isolation

00:50:11.760 --> 00:50:12.659
 from the rest

00:50:12.659 --> 00:50:13.460
 of the New Testament

00:50:13.460 --> 00:50:15.639
 to develop

00:50:15.639 --> 00:50:16.940
 a Christian approach

00:50:16.940 --> 00:50:17.980
 to broader

00:50:17.980 --> 00:50:19.280
 ethical questions

00:50:19.280 --> 00:50:20.659
 concerning war

00:50:20.659 --> 00:50:21.599
 and nonviolence.

00:50:21.639 --> 00:50:22.920
 We can't just

00:50:22.920 --> 00:50:23.900
 take these verses

00:50:23.900 --> 00:50:25.340
 without considering

00:50:25.340 --> 00:50:26.400
 the rest of the New Testament

00:50:26.400 --> 00:50:27.079
 when we think

00:50:27.079 --> 00:50:27.480
 about those

00:50:27.480 --> 00:50:29.159
 very important questions

00:50:29.159 --> 00:50:29.579
 of war,

00:50:29.960 --> 00:50:30.659
 nonviolence,

00:50:31.000 --> 00:50:31.639
 police force,

00:50:31.699 --> 00:50:31.960
 etc.

00:50:31.960 --> 00:50:33.460
 It would be

00:50:33.460 --> 00:50:34.820
 an oversimplification

00:50:34.820 --> 00:50:36.519
 to just look at these

00:50:36.519 --> 00:50:36.980
 in isolation

00:50:36.980 --> 00:50:37.720
 from the rest.

00:50:39.820 --> 00:50:40.360
 It would be

00:50:40.360 --> 00:50:41.000
 an oversimplification

00:50:41.000 --> 00:50:41.699
 to do what

00:50:41.699 --> 00:50:43.240
 the Russian novelist

00:50:43.240 --> 00:50:44.579
 Leo Tolstoy

00:50:44.579 --> 00:50:45.360
 did with these verses.

00:50:45.480 --> 00:50:46.559
 He wrote in 1884,

00:50:46.559 --> 00:50:48.579
 it's impossible

00:50:48.579 --> 00:50:50.259
 at one and the same time

00:50:50.259 --> 00:50:51.099
 to confess Christ

00:50:51.099 --> 00:50:51.639
 as God,

00:50:52.299 --> 00:50:53.199
 the basis of whose

00:50:53.199 --> 00:50:54.420
 teaching is nonresistance

00:50:54.420 --> 00:50:55.279
 to him who is evil,

00:50:56.320 --> 00:50:57.199
 and consciously

00:50:57.199 --> 00:50:57.900
 and calmly

00:50:57.900 --> 00:50:59.320
 to work for the

00:50:59.320 --> 00:50:59.860
 establishment

00:50:59.860 --> 00:51:00.799
 of property,

00:51:01.139 --> 00:51:01.579
 law courts,

00:51:01.900 --> 00:51:02.139
 government,

00:51:02.279 --> 00:51:03.259
 and military forces.

00:51:04.599 --> 00:51:04.940
 Okay,

00:51:05.079 --> 00:51:06.019
 what's Tolstoy saying?

00:51:06.079 --> 00:51:06.420
 He's saying,

00:51:06.699 --> 00:51:07.179
 you can't really

00:51:07.179 --> 00:51:07.739
 be a Christian

00:51:07.739 --> 00:51:08.739
 and be all about

00:51:08.739 --> 00:51:09.639
 property and law courts

00:51:09.639 --> 00:51:10.039
 and government

00:51:10.039 --> 00:51:10.799
 and military forces.

00:51:10.900 --> 00:51:11.139
 Why?

00:51:11.460 --> 00:51:12.339
 Because they resist

00:51:12.339 --> 00:51:12.779
 evil

00:51:12.779 --> 00:51:15.480
 and return evil

00:51:15.480 --> 00:51:15.920
 for evil.

00:51:16.460 --> 00:51:17.059
 He says later,

00:51:17.139 --> 00:51:18.379
 Christ totally forbids

00:51:18.379 --> 00:51:19.339
 the human institution

00:51:19.339 --> 00:51:20.599
 of any law court.

00:51:23.099 --> 00:51:23.500
 Okay,

00:51:23.940 --> 00:51:24.339
 so I think

00:51:24.339 --> 00:51:25.279
 Tolstoy's an example

00:51:25.279 --> 00:51:25.759
 of sort of,

00:51:26.900 --> 00:51:27.239
 you know,

00:51:27.599 --> 00:51:28.379
 the absurdity

00:51:28.379 --> 00:51:29.099
 that we can get to

00:51:29.099 --> 00:51:29.859
 if we just take

00:51:29.859 --> 00:51:30.239
 these verses

00:51:30.239 --> 00:51:30.759
 in isolation

00:51:30.759 --> 00:51:31.659
 from everything else.

00:51:31.659 --> 00:51:31.779
 Okay,

00:51:31.779 --> 00:51:36.359
 so we can't just

00:51:36.359 --> 00:51:37.019
 take these verses

00:51:37.019 --> 00:51:38.039
 out of context.

00:51:38.779 --> 00:51:39.279
 For example,

00:51:39.340 --> 00:51:39.779
 if we turn to

00:51:39.779 --> 00:51:40.360
 Romans 13,

00:51:41.199 --> 00:51:41.739
 we see that

00:51:41.739 --> 00:51:42.579
 the Apostle Paul,

00:51:43.179 --> 00:51:44.099
 teaching with Christ's

00:51:44.099 --> 00:51:45.079
 authority as an apostle,

00:51:45.279 --> 00:51:46.440
 clearly has a place

00:51:46.440 --> 00:51:48.139
 for the government's

00:51:48.139 --> 00:51:48.920
 use of authority

00:51:48.920 --> 00:51:50.159
 to punish evil

00:51:50.159 --> 00:51:50.960
 and promote good.

00:51:51.480 --> 00:51:51.759
 Right?

00:51:52.460 --> 00:51:53.460
 So we can't build

00:51:53.460 --> 00:51:54.239
 an entire ethic

00:51:54.239 --> 00:51:55.099
 out of one verse.

00:51:55.719 --> 00:51:56.239
 However,

00:51:57.139 --> 00:51:59.400
 on the other hand,

00:52:01.400 --> 00:52:02.539
 we can't simply

00:52:02.539 --> 00:52:03.599
 ignore these verses

00:52:03.599 --> 00:52:04.059
 either.

00:52:04.059 --> 00:52:07.639
 we can't simply

00:52:07.639 --> 00:52:08.719
 cast them aside

00:52:08.719 --> 00:52:09.360
 and say

00:52:09.360 --> 00:52:10.739
 they're unrealistic.

00:52:12.420 --> 00:52:13.519
 We can't simply say,

00:52:13.599 --> 00:52:13.659
 well,

00:52:13.679 --> 00:52:14.320
 they only apply

00:52:14.320 --> 00:52:15.199
 on the personal level

00:52:15.199 --> 00:52:15.860
 and have nothing

00:52:15.860 --> 00:52:16.500
 to say about

00:52:16.500 --> 00:52:17.559
 public institutions.

00:52:19.420 --> 00:52:20.139
 And aren't we

00:52:20.139 --> 00:52:20.840
 a little more prone

00:52:20.840 --> 00:52:21.980
 to take that approach?

00:52:23.960 --> 00:52:24.380
 No,

00:52:24.440 --> 00:52:25.599
 we have to let

00:52:25.599 --> 00:52:26.239
 these verses

00:52:26.239 --> 00:52:27.400
 have their place

00:52:27.400 --> 00:52:29.159
 in the whole picture

00:52:29.159 --> 00:52:31.619
 of how the New Testament

00:52:31.619 --> 00:52:32.579
 would have us think

00:52:32.579 --> 00:52:34.019
 about law courts.

00:52:34.059 --> 00:52:35.139
 and government

00:52:35.139 --> 00:52:37.079
 and military forces,

00:52:37.340 --> 00:52:38.219
 as Toltois said.

00:52:40.579 --> 00:52:41.179
 Clearly,

00:52:41.360 --> 00:52:43.179
 the peacemaking principles

00:52:43.179 --> 00:52:44.400
 of our passage

00:52:44.400 --> 00:52:45.579
 are relevant

00:52:45.579 --> 00:52:46.860
 to all of life.

00:52:48.079 --> 00:52:48.619
 We can't just

00:52:48.619 --> 00:52:49.400
 relegate them

00:52:49.400 --> 00:52:50.480
 to a corner of life

00:52:50.480 --> 00:52:51.119
 over here

00:52:51.119 --> 00:52:52.539
 and then ignore them.

00:52:53.960 --> 00:52:55.019
 So the challenge

00:52:55.019 --> 00:52:55.559
 for Christians

00:52:55.559 --> 00:52:56.320
 in every age

00:52:56.320 --> 00:52:57.840
 is to discern

00:52:57.840 --> 00:52:58.900
 in prayerful wisdom

00:52:58.900 --> 00:53:00.299
 how they apply

00:53:00.299 --> 00:53:02.440
 and how we should

00:53:02.440 --> 00:53:03.099
 live them out

00:53:03.099 --> 00:53:04.279
 in each new context.

00:53:07.000 --> 00:53:07.719
 And of course,

00:53:07.799 --> 00:53:08.799
 as is often cited

00:53:08.799 --> 00:53:10.619
 in relation

00:53:10.619 --> 00:53:11.259
 to these verses,

00:53:11.799 --> 00:53:12.599
 think of the example

00:53:12.599 --> 00:53:13.239
 of the American

00:53:13.239 --> 00:53:14.079
 Civil Rights Movement

00:53:14.079 --> 00:53:15.299
 and Martin Luther King Jr.,

00:53:15.299 --> 00:53:15.539
 right?

00:53:16.179 --> 00:53:17.099
 The creative,

00:53:17.380 --> 00:53:18.400
 faithful application

00:53:18.400 --> 00:53:19.119
 of these verses

00:53:19.119 --> 00:53:20.599
 to a very real

00:53:20.599 --> 00:53:21.299
 social issue.

00:53:24.500 --> 00:53:24.900
 Okay,

00:53:24.980 --> 00:53:25.819
 so with those two things

00:53:25.819 --> 00:53:26.380
 being said,

00:53:26.440 --> 00:53:27.599
 let's return to the main point

00:53:27.599 --> 00:53:28.500
 of what Jesus is saying

00:53:28.500 --> 00:53:29.400
 in verse 39,

00:53:30.420 --> 00:53:31.380
 don't retaliate.

00:53:32.500 --> 00:53:33.519
 Don't take revenge

00:53:33.519 --> 00:53:34.760
 when someone wrongs you.

00:53:35.519 --> 00:53:35.920
 Instead,

00:53:36.099 --> 00:53:36.699
 Jesus says,

00:53:36.880 --> 00:53:37.579
 do this.

00:53:38.480 --> 00:53:39.059
 And this brings us

00:53:39.059 --> 00:53:40.019
 to the third main point

00:53:40.019 --> 00:53:40.579
 of our passage.

00:53:40.739 --> 00:53:41.519
 Jesus doesn't just

00:53:41.519 --> 00:53:43.079
 forbid retaliation,

00:53:43.960 --> 00:53:45.199
 but when we're wronged,

00:53:45.199 --> 00:53:48.879
 Jesus commands bold,

00:53:49.759 --> 00:53:52.359
 cycle-breaking good

00:53:52.359 --> 00:53:53.799
 in response.

00:53:56.179 --> 00:53:56.779
 Bold,

00:53:57.659 --> 00:53:59.939
 cycle-breaking good

00:53:59.939 --> 00:54:01.419
 in response.

00:54:01.960 --> 00:54:03.099
 And he gives four examples,

00:54:03.179 --> 00:54:04.000
 and these four examples

00:54:04.000 --> 00:54:05.879
 aren't meant to be exhaustive.

00:54:06.319 --> 00:54:06.799
 Rather,

00:54:06.899 --> 00:54:07.579
 they're meant to capture

00:54:07.579 --> 00:54:08.460
 the spirit

00:54:08.460 --> 00:54:10.879
 of peacemaking initiative

00:54:10.879 --> 00:54:12.019
 that is fitting

00:54:12.019 --> 00:54:13.159
 for the children of God.

00:54:13.779 --> 00:54:14.500
 First example,

00:54:14.599 --> 00:54:15.960
 if someone slaps you

00:54:15.960 --> 00:54:16.679
 on the right cheek,

00:54:17.219 --> 00:54:18.359
 turn to him the other also.

00:54:19.379 --> 00:54:19.659
 Now,

00:54:19.719 --> 00:54:20.539
 this isn't talking about

00:54:20.539 --> 00:54:21.339
 someone attacking

00:54:21.339 --> 00:54:22.699
 or fighting another person.

00:54:23.079 --> 00:54:23.759
 In Jesus' day,

00:54:23.779 --> 00:54:24.599
 to slap someone

00:54:24.599 --> 00:54:25.239
 on the cheek

00:54:25.239 --> 00:54:27.299
 was to publicly insult them.

00:54:28.079 --> 00:54:29.779
 It was the backhanded

00:54:29.779 --> 00:54:31.319
 swat that was aimed

00:54:31.319 --> 00:54:33.319
 at publicly shaming someone

00:54:33.319 --> 00:54:34.579
 and putting someone

00:54:34.579 --> 00:54:35.460
 in their place.

00:54:36.839 --> 00:54:37.599
 What do you do

00:54:37.599 --> 00:54:39.079
 when someone humiliates you

00:54:39.079 --> 00:54:39.679
 like this?

00:54:41.000 --> 00:54:41.920
 Swat them back?

00:54:43.159 --> 00:54:43.639
 No,

00:54:43.719 --> 00:54:44.299
 Jesus says.

00:54:45.199 --> 00:54:46.019
 Do something

00:54:46.019 --> 00:54:47.179
 even braver,

00:54:47.859 --> 00:54:49.099
 even bolder than that.

00:54:50.179 --> 00:54:51.199
 You don't have to cower

00:54:51.199 --> 00:54:51.920
 or run away,

00:54:52.599 --> 00:54:53.759
 but you don't have to

00:54:53.759 --> 00:54:54.839
 strike them back either.

00:54:55.980 --> 00:54:56.899
 Break the cycle

00:54:56.899 --> 00:54:59.539
 and turn your other cheek.

00:55:01.119 --> 00:55:02.159
 Let them know

00:55:02.159 --> 00:55:03.139
 that their insult

00:55:03.139 --> 00:55:04.699
 doesn't define you,

00:55:05.099 --> 00:55:06.960
 and it won't change

00:55:06.960 --> 00:55:07.920
 how you view yourself

00:55:07.920 --> 00:55:09.500
 or even them.

00:55:09.500 --> 00:55:12.780
 Second example,

00:55:13.780 --> 00:55:14.780
 if anyone would sue you

00:55:14.780 --> 00:55:15.599
 and take your tunic,

00:55:16.500 --> 00:55:17.300
 let them have your cloak

00:55:17.300 --> 00:55:17.739
 as well.

00:55:19.260 --> 00:55:19.619
 Now,

00:55:19.659 --> 00:55:20.059
 a lot of people

00:55:20.059 --> 00:55:20.639
 in Jesus' day

00:55:20.639 --> 00:55:22.460
 would have more than one tunic.

00:55:22.519 --> 00:55:23.320
 That was sort of like

00:55:23.320 --> 00:55:24.719
 our shirt and pants today,

00:55:24.840 --> 00:55:25.719
 kind of your basic clothing.

00:55:26.260 --> 00:55:27.019
 You'd have a few pairs

00:55:27.019 --> 00:55:27.519
 of those,

00:55:28.300 --> 00:55:29.099
 but most people

00:55:29.099 --> 00:55:31.320
 would only have one cloak,

00:55:31.460 --> 00:55:31.619
 right?

00:55:31.659 --> 00:55:32.460
 That was your heavier

00:55:32.460 --> 00:55:33.260
 outer garment.

00:55:33.360 --> 00:55:33.980
 That was sort of like

00:55:33.980 --> 00:55:35.119
 your winter coat,

00:55:35.179 --> 00:55:35.599
 as it were.

00:55:35.599 --> 00:55:38.019
 So what is Jesus saying here?

00:55:38.079 --> 00:55:38.440
 He's saying,

00:55:39.659 --> 00:55:40.699
 don't be afraid

00:55:40.699 --> 00:55:42.940
 to part with something

00:55:42.940 --> 00:55:44.920
 more costly

00:55:44.920 --> 00:55:47.619
 to break the cycle

00:55:47.619 --> 00:55:49.079
 of insult

00:55:49.079 --> 00:55:50.599
 and petty wrongs.

00:55:51.819 --> 00:55:52.299
 Bold,

00:55:52.980 --> 00:55:53.719
 cycle-breaking,

00:55:54.420 --> 00:55:54.860
 good.

00:55:56.799 --> 00:55:58.279
 Is someone trying to shame you

00:55:58.279 --> 00:55:59.659
 by suing you

00:55:59.659 --> 00:56:00.319
 for your shirt?

00:56:00.779 --> 00:56:01.039
 Okay.

00:56:02.239 --> 00:56:03.539
 Give them your coat too.

00:56:03.539 --> 00:56:06.619
 What will the judge do?

00:56:07.719 --> 00:56:08.719
 What will they do

00:56:08.719 --> 00:56:09.460
 in response?

00:56:11.119 --> 00:56:12.199
 It just might put an end

00:56:12.199 --> 00:56:13.000
 to the whole thing.

00:56:15.039 --> 00:56:15.820
 Third example,

00:56:16.199 --> 00:56:17.179
 if anyone forces you

00:56:17.179 --> 00:56:17.980
 to go one mile,

00:56:18.360 --> 00:56:19.360
 go with him two miles.

00:56:20.079 --> 00:56:20.279
 Now,

00:56:20.320 --> 00:56:21.119
 the historical context

00:56:21.119 --> 00:56:21.860
 is helpful here.

00:56:22.360 --> 00:56:23.440
 In the first century,

00:56:23.900 --> 00:56:24.920
 a Roman soldier

00:56:24.920 --> 00:56:25.539
 could conscript

00:56:26.199 --> 00:56:27.699
 any Jewish passerby

00:56:27.699 --> 00:56:28.179
 on the road

00:56:28.179 --> 00:56:29.719
 to help carry their baggage

00:56:29.719 --> 00:56:32.300
 for up to one mile.

00:56:32.300 --> 00:56:33.880
 That was sort of the law

00:56:33.880 --> 00:56:34.880
 that everyone

00:56:34.880 --> 00:56:35.800
 had to abide by.

00:56:36.880 --> 00:56:37.320
 And of course,

00:56:37.380 --> 00:56:38.240
 that would not just be

00:56:38.240 --> 00:56:40.039
 inconvenient and tiring,

00:56:40.320 --> 00:56:41.440
 but also shaming.

00:56:42.420 --> 00:56:43.960
 The Romans were the oppressors,

00:56:44.700 --> 00:56:46.080
 and here you were supposed

00:56:46.080 --> 00:56:47.640
 to carry their luggage.

00:56:47.639 --> 00:56:50.420
 But Jesus says,

00:56:50.619 --> 00:56:51.739
 rather than grit your teeth

00:56:51.739 --> 00:56:52.839
 and despise them,

00:56:53.179 --> 00:56:54.279
 thinking in your mind

00:56:54.279 --> 00:56:55.619
 what you'd rather do

00:56:55.619 --> 00:56:56.679
 with them in their luggage,

00:56:57.819 --> 00:56:59.559
 take it not just one mile,

00:57:00.319 --> 00:57:01.079
 take it two.

00:57:02.199 --> 00:57:03.079
 Show them

00:57:03.079 --> 00:57:05.659
 unexpected kindness.

00:57:08.960 --> 00:57:09.839
 Fourth example,

00:57:10.639 --> 00:57:11.839
 give to the one

00:57:11.839 --> 00:57:12.719
 who begs from you,

00:57:13.139 --> 00:57:14.400
 and do not refuse

00:57:14.400 --> 00:57:14.879
 the one

00:57:14.879 --> 00:57:16.400
 who would borrow from you.

00:57:18.339 --> 00:57:19.079
 Now, at first,

00:57:19.159 --> 00:57:19.980
 this example doesn't seem

00:57:19.980 --> 00:57:21.059
 to fit with the rest, right?

00:57:21.359 --> 00:57:22.699
 In the first three examples,

00:57:22.819 --> 00:57:23.599
 it seems like there's

00:57:23.599 --> 00:57:24.579
 some sort of insult

00:57:24.579 --> 00:57:25.719
 or some sort of wrong

00:57:25.719 --> 00:57:26.500
 taking place,

00:57:26.699 --> 00:57:28.319
 an insulting slap on the cheek,

00:57:28.400 --> 00:57:29.259
 an annoying lawsuit,

00:57:29.559 --> 00:57:30.699
 a tiring trek

00:57:30.699 --> 00:57:31.940
 with a Roman soldier's pack.

00:57:32.500 --> 00:57:33.400
 How is someone begging

00:57:33.400 --> 00:57:34.339
 comparable to that?

00:57:35.440 --> 00:57:36.940
 Well, it's not immediately clear,

00:57:38.159 --> 00:57:39.139
 but I think the connection

00:57:39.139 --> 00:57:40.000
 may be this.

00:57:40.659 --> 00:57:42.059
 In each of the first

00:57:42.059 --> 00:57:43.019
 three instances,

00:57:43.259 --> 00:57:44.000
 Jesus calls us

00:57:44.000 --> 00:57:45.519
 to do something unexpected.

00:57:45.519 --> 00:57:49.000
 Turn the other cheek.

00:57:49.639 --> 00:57:51.679
 Give the cloak as well.

00:57:51.840 --> 00:57:53.099
 Go the extra mile.

00:57:54.320 --> 00:57:55.460
 Now, here he's telling us

00:57:55.460 --> 00:57:56.460
 to give

00:57:56.460 --> 00:57:58.579
 to those in need.

00:57:59.780 --> 00:58:00.860
 Don't ignore

00:58:00.860 --> 00:58:01.579
 the person

00:58:01.579 --> 00:58:02.900
 who has a genuine need.

00:58:03.920 --> 00:58:05.079
 Treat them like a human

00:58:05.079 --> 00:58:07.940
 and help them meet the need.

00:58:09.460 --> 00:58:10.119
 Of course,

00:58:10.159 --> 00:58:11.019
 I don't think this means

00:58:11.019 --> 00:58:12.820
 you literally have to give money

00:58:12.820 --> 00:58:14.100
 to everyone who asks you

00:58:14.100 --> 00:58:14.559
 for money.

00:58:14.680 --> 00:58:16.080
 There may be other ways

00:58:16.080 --> 00:58:17.900
 that you can give your time

00:58:17.900 --> 00:58:19.280
 and money to help those in need.

00:58:19.940 --> 00:58:20.300
 Oftentimes,

00:58:20.539 --> 00:58:21.539
 simply giving someone money

00:58:21.539 --> 00:58:21.940
 on the street

00:58:21.940 --> 00:58:22.940
 isn't really the best way

00:58:22.940 --> 00:58:23.500
 to help them.

00:58:24.620 --> 00:58:25.880
 But even if you discern

00:58:25.880 --> 00:58:26.640
 that it's not wise

00:58:26.640 --> 00:58:27.400
 in the moment

00:58:27.400 --> 00:58:28.539
 to give them money,

00:58:28.600 --> 00:58:29.700
 you can still treat them

00:58:29.700 --> 00:58:30.980
 like a fellow human being,

00:58:31.980 --> 00:58:32.800
 be respectful,

00:58:33.800 --> 00:58:34.640
 politely decline,

00:58:35.720 --> 00:58:36.700
 maybe even engage them

00:58:36.700 --> 00:58:37.400
 in conversation.

00:58:37.400 --> 00:58:41.139
 Are you willing

00:58:41.139 --> 00:58:42.240
 to be associated

00:58:42.240 --> 00:58:43.160
 with those

00:58:43.160 --> 00:58:45.680
 who have a genuine need

00:58:45.680 --> 00:58:47.619
 and socially are put

00:58:47.619 --> 00:58:48.280
 in a situation

00:58:48.280 --> 00:58:49.200
 where they must beg

00:58:49.200 --> 00:58:49.740
 or borrow?

00:58:51.059 --> 00:58:51.780
 Are you willing

00:58:51.780 --> 00:58:52.340
 to enter into

00:58:52.340 --> 00:58:53.440
 a relationship with them,

00:58:54.160 --> 00:58:54.980
 show some solidarity

00:58:54.980 --> 00:58:55.760
 with them,

00:58:56.139 --> 00:58:57.000
 share your resources

00:58:57.000 --> 00:58:57.519
 with them?

00:58:59.220 --> 00:58:59.660
 Again,

00:58:59.720 --> 00:59:00.160
 you might find

00:59:00.160 --> 00:59:00.780
 what people need

00:59:00.780 --> 00:59:01.480
 is relationship

00:59:01.480 --> 00:59:02.680
 and community

00:59:02.680 --> 00:59:04.000
 more than they need money.

00:59:05.240 --> 00:59:06.220
 Can you provide that?

00:59:07.400 --> 00:59:09.340
 Are you willing

00:59:09.340 --> 00:59:10.280
 to be associated

00:59:10.280 --> 00:59:11.079
 with those

00:59:11.079 --> 00:59:11.960
 who have little

00:59:11.960 --> 00:59:13.180
 or no status

00:59:13.180 --> 00:59:14.440
 in the eyes of the world?

00:59:17.660 --> 00:59:19.119
 And I wonder

00:59:19.119 --> 00:59:21.519
 if that might be

00:59:21.519 --> 00:59:23.180
 the connecting thread

00:59:23.180 --> 00:59:25.599
 among these four examples.

00:59:26.920 --> 00:59:28.579
 In each instance,

00:59:28.720 --> 00:59:29.720
 Jesus is describing

00:59:29.720 --> 00:59:30.519
 a scenario

00:59:30.519 --> 00:59:32.200
 where we face

00:59:32.200 --> 00:59:33.160
 the possibility

00:59:33.160 --> 00:59:34.660
 not just of being

00:59:34.660 --> 00:59:35.960
 inconvenienced

00:59:35.960 --> 00:59:37.860
 or being set back

00:59:37.860 --> 00:59:38.740
 financially,

00:59:39.840 --> 00:59:41.159
 but we face

00:59:41.159 --> 00:59:42.599
 the very real possibility

00:59:42.599 --> 00:59:44.579
 of being shamed,

00:59:45.460 --> 00:59:47.039
 of losing face,

00:59:47.900 --> 00:59:50.980
 being proverbially

00:59:50.980 --> 00:59:52.519
 slapped on the cheek

00:59:52.519 --> 00:59:53.539
 with a public insult,

00:59:54.699 --> 00:59:56.280
 being taken to court,

00:59:57.639 --> 01:00:00.000
 having to play pack mule

01:00:00.000 --> 01:00:01.119
 for a Roman soldier,

01:00:02.220 --> 01:00:03.880
 associating with the poor,

01:00:03.880 --> 01:00:05.680
 possibly even being

01:00:05.680 --> 01:00:06.740
 taken advantage of

01:00:06.740 --> 01:00:07.180
 by them.

01:00:08.360 --> 01:00:09.599
 They all carry

01:00:09.599 --> 01:00:11.380
 a strong undercurrent

01:00:11.380 --> 01:00:14.160
 of social shame.

01:00:18.559 --> 01:00:19.720
 Where do we find

01:00:19.720 --> 01:00:20.760
 the strength

01:00:20.760 --> 01:00:22.380
 to act

01:00:22.380 --> 01:00:24.940
 with such bold,

01:00:25.820 --> 01:00:27.680
 cycle-breaking good

01:00:27.680 --> 01:00:29.920
 to those who wrong us,

01:00:30.320 --> 01:00:30.960
 to those who might

01:00:30.960 --> 01:00:31.640
 want to take advantage

01:00:31.639 --> 01:00:32.099
 of us,

01:00:33.079 --> 01:00:33.799
 when the deep

01:00:33.799 --> 01:00:34.500
 undercurrent

01:00:34.500 --> 01:00:35.099
 of shame

01:00:35.099 --> 01:00:35.940
 or humiliation

01:00:35.940 --> 01:00:37.319
 is so strong?

01:00:39.719 --> 01:00:41.000
 It's so much easier

01:00:41.000 --> 01:00:42.779
 to just strike back,

01:00:43.319 --> 01:00:44.420
 protect ourselves,

01:00:44.960 --> 01:00:45.579
 get even,

01:00:46.119 --> 01:00:47.319
 because then we can

01:00:47.319 --> 01:00:48.319
 save face, right,

01:00:48.759 --> 01:00:49.960
 and spare ourselves

01:00:49.960 --> 01:00:50.659
 the humiliation.

01:00:54.559 --> 01:00:55.539
 Where do we find

01:00:55.539 --> 01:00:56.859
 that sort of inner strength?

01:00:57.659 --> 01:00:58.359
 Where do we find

01:00:58.359 --> 01:00:59.239
 this sort of inner strength

01:00:59.239 --> 01:01:00.539
 that we read

01:01:00.539 --> 01:01:02.059
 that Hudson Taylor had?

01:01:02.179 --> 01:01:02.899
 Martin Lloyd-Jones

01:01:02.899 --> 01:01:03.519
 tells the story

01:01:03.519 --> 01:01:04.379
 of how Hudson Taylor,

01:01:04.519 --> 01:01:05.259
 the missionary to China,

01:01:05.659 --> 01:01:06.899
 was standing on a riverbank

01:01:06.899 --> 01:01:07.339
 one evening,

01:01:07.500 --> 01:01:08.759
 and he hailed a boat

01:01:08.759 --> 01:01:09.859
 to take him across the river.

01:01:10.599 --> 01:01:11.199
 And just as the boat

01:01:11.199 --> 01:01:11.919
 was drawing near,

01:01:12.319 --> 01:01:13.779
 another wealthy Chinese man

01:01:13.779 --> 01:01:14.299
 came up

01:01:14.299 --> 01:01:15.879
 who didn't recognize

01:01:15.879 --> 01:01:16.399
 Hudson Taylor

01:01:16.399 --> 01:01:16.899
 as a foreigner

01:01:16.899 --> 01:01:17.979
 because Taylor was kind of

01:01:17.979 --> 01:01:18.939
 wearing the native dress.

01:01:19.519 --> 01:01:20.379
 So when the boat came,

01:01:20.799 --> 01:01:21.439
 the Chinese man

01:01:21.439 --> 01:01:22.879
 struck Hudson Taylor

01:01:22.879 --> 01:01:23.979
 and thrust him aside

01:01:23.979 --> 01:01:24.659
 with such force

01:01:24.659 --> 01:01:25.039
 that Taylor

01:01:25.039 --> 01:01:26.039
 falls into the mud.

01:01:27.859 --> 01:01:28.719
 Hudson Taylor gets up,

01:01:28.719 --> 01:01:28.980
 however,

01:01:29.059 --> 01:01:29.739
 and says nothing.

01:01:30.879 --> 01:01:31.500
 But the boatman

01:01:31.500 --> 01:01:32.699
 refuses to take

01:01:32.699 --> 01:01:33.799
 his fellow countrymen on

01:01:33.799 --> 01:01:34.099
 and says,

01:01:34.179 --> 01:01:34.599
 no, no, no,

01:01:34.659 --> 01:01:36.079
 that foreigner called me

01:01:36.079 --> 01:01:36.799
 and the boat is his

01:01:36.799 --> 01:01:37.839
 and he has to go first.

01:01:38.799 --> 01:01:39.619
 Suddenly the wealthy

01:01:39.619 --> 01:01:40.439
 Chinese traveler

01:01:40.439 --> 01:01:42.199
 is sort of astounded

01:01:42.199 --> 01:01:42.839
 and embarrassed

01:01:42.839 --> 01:01:43.599
 when he realized

01:01:43.599 --> 01:01:44.259
 what he had done.

01:01:45.599 --> 01:01:46.619
 But Hudson Taylor

01:01:46.619 --> 01:01:47.799
 responds by

01:01:47.799 --> 01:01:48.919
 not complaining,

01:01:50.199 --> 01:01:51.019
 but inviting man,

01:01:51.359 --> 01:01:52.399
 but inviting this man

01:01:52.399 --> 01:01:53.399
 into the boat with him

01:01:53.399 --> 01:01:55.819
 and begins to tell him

01:01:55.819 --> 01:01:57.500
 what it was in him.

01:01:57.500 --> 01:01:59.639
 that made him behave

01:01:59.639 --> 01:02:00.440
 in such a manner.

01:02:02.719 --> 01:02:03.380
 Where do we get

01:02:03.380 --> 01:02:04.179
 the inner resources

01:02:04.179 --> 01:02:06.559
 to do something like that?

01:02:08.739 --> 01:02:09.400
 Where do we get

01:02:09.400 --> 01:02:10.199
 the inner strength

01:02:10.199 --> 01:02:11.400
 that someone like

01:02:11.400 --> 01:02:13.059
 Tom Skinner had?

01:02:14.019 --> 01:02:14.960
 As a young black man

01:02:14.960 --> 01:02:15.780
 living in New York,

01:02:15.920 --> 01:02:16.739
 Skinner was converted

01:02:16.739 --> 01:02:17.320
 to Christ

01:02:17.320 --> 01:02:18.159
 while he was the leader

01:02:18.159 --> 01:02:18.960
 of the largest

01:02:18.960 --> 01:02:20.820
 and most notorious

01:02:20.820 --> 01:02:21.619
 teenage gang

01:02:21.619 --> 01:02:22.139
 in New York City,

01:02:22.239 --> 01:02:22.960
 the Harlem Lords.

01:02:22.960 --> 01:02:23.740
 His conversion

01:02:23.740 --> 01:02:25.420
 was so real

01:02:25.420 --> 01:02:26.900
 that he left the gang

01:02:26.900 --> 01:02:27.679
 the next day

01:02:27.679 --> 01:02:28.940
 turning from a life

01:02:28.940 --> 01:02:29.760
 of fighting and violence

01:02:29.760 --> 01:02:30.579
 to preach the gospel.

01:02:31.940 --> 01:02:33.059
 And he tells a story

01:02:33.059 --> 01:02:33.880
 of how several weeks

01:02:33.880 --> 01:02:34.780
 after his conversion

01:02:34.780 --> 01:02:35.720
 he was playing

01:02:35.720 --> 01:02:36.400
 a football game

01:02:36.400 --> 01:02:38.880
 in which his assignment

01:02:38.880 --> 01:02:39.659
 on one play

01:02:39.659 --> 01:02:40.860
 was to block

01:02:40.860 --> 01:02:41.780
 the defensive end

01:02:41.780 --> 01:02:43.019
 while his own halfback

01:02:43.019 --> 01:02:43.500
 goes around

01:02:43.500 --> 01:02:44.559
 and scores a touchdown.

01:02:44.679 --> 01:02:45.360
 So that's what he did.

01:02:46.199 --> 01:02:47.139
 And as Skinner gets up

01:02:47.139 --> 01:02:47.679
 from the ground

01:02:47.679 --> 01:02:48.220
 and heads back

01:02:48.220 --> 01:02:48.659
 to the huddle,

01:02:49.039 --> 01:02:49.800
 the other boy

01:02:49.800 --> 01:02:51.179
 that he had blocked

01:02:51.179 --> 01:02:52.940
 jumped up in a rage,

01:02:53.759 --> 01:02:54.919
 slammed him in the stomach,

01:02:55.719 --> 01:02:56.219
 and as Skinner's

01:02:56.219 --> 01:02:57.119
 bent over from the blow,

01:02:57.379 --> 01:02:58.440
 hits him across the back,

01:02:59.159 --> 01:03:00.339
 and then starts

01:03:00.339 --> 01:03:02.339
 yelling racial slurs at him.

01:03:05.839 --> 01:03:06.399
 Skinner said that

01:03:06.399 --> 01:03:07.519
 under normal circumstances

01:03:07.519 --> 01:03:09.079
 the old Tom Skinner

01:03:09.079 --> 01:03:09.819
 would have jumped up

01:03:09.819 --> 01:03:10.819
 from the ground

01:03:10.819 --> 01:03:12.599
 and pulverized the white boy.

01:03:14.339 --> 01:03:15.199
 But instead,

01:03:15.460 --> 01:03:16.819
 he got up from the ground,

01:03:18.119 --> 01:03:18.699
 found himself

01:03:18.699 --> 01:03:19.779
 looking the boy in the face

01:03:19.779 --> 01:03:20.239
 and saying,

01:03:20.239 --> 01:03:21.259
 you know,

01:03:22.099 --> 01:03:23.379
 because of Jesus Christ,

01:03:23.699 --> 01:03:25.000
 I love you anyway.

01:03:28.239 --> 01:03:29.119
 Later, Skinner said

01:03:29.119 --> 01:03:30.479
 that he even surprised himself.

01:03:32.199 --> 01:03:33.239
 But he knew

01:03:33.239 --> 01:03:35.419
 that what the Bible promised

01:03:35.419 --> 01:03:36.179
 was true,

01:03:37.019 --> 01:03:38.199
 that he was a new creature

01:03:38.199 --> 01:03:38.879
 in Christ

01:03:38.879 --> 01:03:40.979
 and it was no longer

01:03:40.979 --> 01:03:42.219
 necessary for him

01:03:42.219 --> 01:03:43.000
 to operate

01:03:43.000 --> 01:03:44.719
 on the old level

01:03:44.719 --> 01:03:45.619
 of tit for tat,

01:03:45.739 --> 01:03:46.559
 of hate for hate,

01:03:46.599 --> 01:03:47.439
 or retaliation.

01:03:47.440 --> 01:03:51.900
 And moreover,

01:03:51.960 --> 01:03:52.840
 when the game was over

01:03:52.840 --> 01:03:54.800
 and that opposing player

01:03:54.800 --> 01:03:55.880
 had had some time

01:03:55.880 --> 01:03:56.639
 to think about it,

01:03:57.059 --> 01:03:57.920
 apparently he came

01:03:57.920 --> 01:03:58.780
 to Skinner and said,

01:03:59.780 --> 01:04:00.800
 Tom, you've done more

01:04:00.800 --> 01:04:02.200
 to knock prejudice

01:04:02.200 --> 01:04:03.039
 out of me

01:04:03.039 --> 01:04:04.639
 by telling me

01:04:04.639 --> 01:04:05.780
 that you love me

01:04:05.780 --> 01:04:07.820
 than if you would have

01:04:07.820 --> 01:04:08.960
 socked my jaw in.

01:04:08.960 --> 01:04:15.260
 where does the inner strength

01:04:15.260 --> 01:04:16.019
 come from

01:04:16.019 --> 01:04:17.920
 to live like that?

01:04:20.179 --> 01:04:20.820
 Well, friends,

01:04:20.860 --> 01:04:21.420
 this is where.

01:04:23.740 --> 01:04:24.900
 Whether it's Hudson Taylor

01:04:24.900 --> 01:04:26.300
 or Tom Skinner

01:04:26.300 --> 01:04:27.260
 or you

01:04:27.260 --> 01:04:28.280
 or me,

01:04:29.420 --> 01:04:31.599
 if we are in Christ,

01:04:32.599 --> 01:04:34.420
 then we are a new creation.

01:04:34.420 --> 01:04:37.519
 And as Skinner said,

01:04:37.619 --> 01:04:39.079
 it's no longer necessary

01:04:39.079 --> 01:04:39.820
 to operate

01:04:39.820 --> 01:04:40.900
 on the old level

01:04:40.900 --> 01:04:42.260
 of tit for tat,

01:04:42.579 --> 01:04:43.220
 hate for hate,

01:04:43.260 --> 01:04:44.139
 or retaliation.

01:04:45.019 --> 01:04:46.519
 Because the shame

01:04:46.519 --> 01:04:47.440
 of the world,

01:04:48.159 --> 01:04:49.260
 the humiliation

01:04:49.260 --> 01:04:50.240
 and shame

01:04:50.240 --> 01:04:51.260
 that drives

01:04:51.260 --> 01:04:52.639
 so much of the world

01:04:52.639 --> 01:04:54.820
 is not what rules us anymore.

01:04:56.760 --> 01:04:57.360
 How?

01:04:57.360 --> 01:04:57.420
 How?

01:04:59.700 --> 01:05:01.500
 Because we know

01:05:01.500 --> 01:05:02.500
 the one

01:05:02.500 --> 01:05:04.500
 who did something

01:05:04.500 --> 01:05:06.460
 even greater for us.

01:05:08.579 --> 01:05:09.440
 Very interesting

01:05:09.440 --> 01:05:10.340
 that the prophet Isaiah

01:05:10.340 --> 01:05:10.820
 saw

01:05:10.820 --> 01:05:12.199
 that when the Messiah

01:05:12.199 --> 01:05:13.280
 would come,

01:05:13.900 --> 01:05:15.019
 he wouldn't come

01:05:15.019 --> 01:05:16.619
 in honor or glory,

01:05:17.380 --> 01:05:18.739
 but he would willingly

01:05:18.739 --> 01:05:19.980
 be put to shame.

01:05:22.000 --> 01:05:23.019
 In Isaiah 50,

01:05:23.119 --> 01:05:23.579
 we read

01:05:23.579 --> 01:05:25.320
 the words

01:05:25.320 --> 01:05:26.320
 of the suffering servant.

01:05:26.460 --> 01:05:27.659
 I offered my back

01:05:27.659 --> 01:05:28.780
 to those who beat me,

01:05:29.480 --> 01:05:30.159
 my cheeks

01:05:30.159 --> 01:05:31.199
 to those who pulled out

01:05:31.199 --> 01:05:31.800
 my beard,

01:05:32.500 --> 01:05:33.579
 I did not hide

01:05:33.579 --> 01:05:34.219
 my face

01:05:34.219 --> 01:05:34.840
 from mocking

01:05:34.840 --> 01:05:35.539
 and spitting.

01:05:36.579 --> 01:05:37.760
 When Christ came,

01:05:38.260 --> 01:05:39.380
 he emptied himself

01:05:39.380 --> 01:05:40.099
 of glory

01:05:40.099 --> 01:05:42.119
 and turned his cheek

01:05:42.119 --> 01:05:43.340
 to those who insulted him.

01:05:43.900 --> 01:05:44.820
 The one who deserved

01:05:44.820 --> 01:05:45.840
 infinite glory,

01:05:46.099 --> 01:05:46.800
 infinite honor,

01:05:47.019 --> 01:05:47.699
 lowered himself

01:05:47.699 --> 01:05:48.500
 to be mocked

01:05:48.500 --> 01:05:49.079
 and condemned.

01:05:49.239 --> 01:05:49.559
 Why?

01:05:52.039 --> 01:05:52.719
 Well, friends,

01:05:52.760 --> 01:05:53.440
 for you and me.

01:05:54.559 --> 01:05:56.059
 He was put to shame

01:05:56.059 --> 01:05:56.739
 on the cross

01:05:56.739 --> 01:05:57.920
 so that we could know

01:05:57.920 --> 01:05:58.940
 the honor

01:05:58.940 --> 01:06:00.840
 that nothing in the world

01:06:00.840 --> 01:06:01.620
 could take away.

01:06:04.640 --> 01:06:06.059
 As John's gospel says,

01:06:06.140 --> 01:06:07.079
 to those who believed

01:06:07.079 --> 01:06:07.700
 in him,

01:06:08.700 --> 01:06:09.860
 he gave them the right

01:06:09.860 --> 01:06:12.480
 to become children of God.

01:06:14.059 --> 01:06:15.600
 What greater honor

01:06:15.600 --> 01:06:16.460
 could there be?

01:06:18.559 --> 01:06:20.440
 And he purchased it for you

01:06:20.440 --> 01:06:22.380
 and for all who believed.

01:06:22.380 --> 01:06:26.019
 So now, friends,

01:06:26.059 --> 01:06:26.760
 the insults,

01:06:26.840 --> 01:06:27.320
 the offenses,

01:06:28.079 --> 01:06:28.559
 the shame

01:06:28.559 --> 01:06:29.420
 that we might experience

01:06:29.420 --> 01:06:30.260
 in this world,

01:06:30.420 --> 01:06:32.280
 it just pales

01:06:32.280 --> 01:06:33.079
 in comparison

01:06:33.079 --> 01:06:34.340
 to the honor

01:06:34.340 --> 01:06:34.980
 that we've received

01:06:34.980 --> 01:06:35.640
 in Christ.

01:06:37.039 --> 01:06:38.800
 The glorious Son of God

01:06:38.800 --> 01:06:39.480
 humbled himself

01:06:39.480 --> 01:06:40.059
 for you,

01:06:40.180 --> 01:06:40.680
 for me.

01:06:42.320 --> 01:06:43.260
 In him,

01:06:43.380 --> 01:06:44.519
 we're sons and daughters

01:06:44.519 --> 01:06:45.260
 of God

01:06:45.260 --> 01:06:46.539
 and nothing can take

01:06:46.539 --> 01:06:47.039
 that away.

01:06:47.039 --> 01:06:50.059
 and now secure

01:06:50.059 --> 01:06:51.179
 in what he's done

01:06:51.179 --> 01:06:52.000
 for us.

01:06:53.440 --> 01:06:53.920
 Yes.

01:06:55.480 --> 01:06:56.920
 We can turn our cheek.

01:06:58.139 --> 01:06:59.820
 We can go the extra mile.

01:07:01.000 --> 01:07:02.059
 We can even give

01:07:02.059 --> 01:07:03.099
 to those who ask

01:07:03.099 --> 01:07:05.079
 because Christ

01:07:05.079 --> 01:07:05.759
 has done all that

01:07:05.759 --> 01:07:06.579
 for us and more.

01:07:08.019 --> 01:07:09.340
 We can go forth

01:07:09.340 --> 01:07:11.219
 and we can actually

01:07:11.219 --> 01:07:12.539
 overcome evil

01:07:12.539 --> 01:07:14.019
 with good.

01:07:16.259 --> 01:07:16.900
 Let's pray.

01:07:17.039 --> 01:07:22.360
 Lord Jesus,

01:07:23.420 --> 01:07:23.860
 oh,

01:07:23.980 --> 01:07:26.099
 how easy it is

01:07:26.099 --> 01:07:28.860
 to talk about

01:07:28.860 --> 01:07:29.480
 these things,

01:07:30.539 --> 01:07:31.679
 how much harder

01:07:31.679 --> 01:07:32.500
 it is to do them.

01:07:35.259 --> 01:07:35.739
 Father,

01:07:35.840 --> 01:07:36.360
 would you give us

01:07:36.360 --> 01:07:36.860
 the wisdom

01:07:36.860 --> 01:07:38.059
 to know

01:07:38.059 --> 01:07:40.119
 in this coming week

01:07:40.119 --> 01:07:41.980
 how we might

01:07:41.980 --> 01:07:43.159
 overcome evil

01:07:43.159 --> 01:07:44.179
 with good?

01:07:44.179 --> 01:07:47.399
 Lord,

01:07:47.440 --> 01:07:47.960
 many of us

01:07:47.960 --> 01:07:48.779
 this morning

01:07:48.779 --> 01:07:49.839
 are dealing

01:07:49.839 --> 01:07:50.940
 with very complex

01:07:50.940 --> 01:07:51.599
 and tricky

01:07:51.599 --> 01:07:52.460
 relationships.

01:07:53.819 --> 01:07:54.299
 God,

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 would you give us

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 wisdom

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 to live into

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 this vision

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 of not responding

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 with retaliation

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 or revenge

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 but as you taught us,

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 Jesus,

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 to overcome evil

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 with good.

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 Fill us with your Spirit.

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 Show us yourself

01:08:11.339 --> 01:08:11.899
 afresh,

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 Lord Jesus.

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 fill us

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 with the hope

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 and joy

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 and glory

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 of who you've

01:08:17.439 --> 01:08:17.979
 made us

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 that we might

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 go and live

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 this way

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 in the world.

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 Pray this

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 in your mighty name.

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 Amen.

01:08:24.979 --> 01:08:25.420
 Well,

01:08:25.460 --> 01:08:25.600
 friends,

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 let's stand.

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 As we respond

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 to this text,

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 we're going to sing

01:08:29.100 --> 01:08:29.920
 a song about

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 turning our eyes

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 to Jesus

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 so that the things

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 of this world

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 grow dim

01:08:34.180 --> 01:08:35.880
 and He grows great

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 and that's where

01:08:37.180 --> 01:08:38.140
 the source of our strength

01:08:38.140 --> 01:08:38.520
 comes from,

01:08:38.680 --> 01:08:39.340
 seeing Him

01:08:39.340 --> 01:08:40.159
 and His beauty

01:08:40.159 --> 01:08:41.079
 and who we are

01:08:41.079 --> 01:08:41.500
 in Him

01:08:41.500 --> 01:08:42.640
 so that we can live

01:08:42.640 --> 01:08:42.940
 in a way

01:08:42.940 --> 01:08:43.680
 that pleases Him.

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 So let's sing this together.

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 Turn your eyes

01:09:01.760 --> 01:09:03.960
 upon Jesus

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 look full

01:09:05.980 --> 01:09:10.079
 in His wonderful face

01:09:10.079 --> 01:09:12.340
 and the things

01:09:12.340 --> 01:09:13.319
 of earth

01:09:13.319 --> 01:09:16.319
 will grow strangely dim

01:09:16.319 --> 01:09:18.000
 in the light

01:09:18.000 --> 01:09:19.539
 of His glory

01:09:19.539 --> 01:09:21.500
 and grace.

01:09:21.500 --> 01:09:22.239
 Jesus,

01:09:22.239 --> 01:09:23.500
 He's

01:09:23.500 --> 01:09:28.239
 turned your eyes

01:09:28.239 --> 01:09:31.039
 to the hillsides

01:09:31.039 --> 01:09:32.579
 where justice

01:09:32.579 --> 01:09:33.960
 and mercy

01:09:33.960 --> 01:09:36.460
 and grace

01:09:36.460 --> 01:09:39.680
 and the Son of God

01:09:39.680 --> 01:09:41.619
 gave His life

01:09:41.619 --> 01:09:42.739
 for us

01:09:42.739 --> 01:09:44.399
 and our measure

01:09:44.399 --> 01:09:45.600
 that's death

01:09:45.600 --> 01:09:48.000
 was erased.

01:09:49.000 --> 01:09:50.000
 Jesus,

01:09:50.000 --> 01:09:51.420
 to You

01:09:51.420 --> 01:09:54.619
 lift our eyes

01:09:54.619 --> 01:09:55.760
 Jesus,

01:09:56.460 --> 01:09:57.119
 the Lord

01:09:57.119 --> 01:10:00.020
 in our hearts

01:10:00.020 --> 01:10:01.920
 we adore You

01:10:01.920 --> 01:10:03.319
 behold You

01:10:03.319 --> 01:10:04.500
 our Savior

01:10:04.500 --> 01:10:06.000
 and our truth

01:10:06.000 --> 01:10:07.439
 O Jesus

01:10:07.439 --> 01:10:09.520
 we turn our eyes

01:10:09.520 --> 01:10:10.680
 to You

01:10:10.680 --> 01:10:11.439
 O Jesus

01:10:11.439 --> 01:10:13.460
 we turn our eyes

01:10:13.460 --> 01:10:14.439
 to You

01:10:14.439 --> 01:10:15.439
 O Jesus

01:10:15.439 --> 01:10:17.520
 we turn our eyes

01:10:17.520 --> 01:10:18.439
 to You

01:10:18.439 --> 01:10:19.439
 O Jesus

01:10:19.439 --> 01:10:22.859
 turn your eyes

01:10:22.859 --> 01:10:24.559
 to the Lord

01:10:24.559 --> 01:10:27.399
 and see

01:10:27.399 --> 01:10:29.139
 march the Lion

01:10:29.139 --> 01:10:30.460
 away

01:10:30.460 --> 01:10:33.819
 what a forest

01:10:33.819 --> 01:10:35.179
 of fear

01:10:35.179 --> 01:10:36.239
 of death

01:10:36.239 --> 01:10:37.739
 is gone

01:10:37.739 --> 01:10:39.239
 for we carry

01:10:39.239 --> 01:10:40.500
 His life

01:10:40.500 --> 01:10:42.819
 in our ways

01:10:42.819 --> 01:10:44.819
 Jesus

01:10:44.819 --> 01:10:44.840
 Jesus

01:10:44.840 --> 01:10:46.059
 to You

01:10:46.059 --> 01:10:49.439
 lift our eyes

01:10:49.439 --> 01:10:50.619
 Jesus

01:10:50.619 --> 01:10:51.939
 our glory

01:10:51.939 --> 01:10:54.840
 and our prize

01:10:54.840 --> 01:10:56.260
 we adore You

01:10:56.260 --> 01:10:56.760
 we adore You

01:10:56.760 --> 01:10:58.260
 behold You

01:10:58.260 --> 01:10:59.079
 our Savior

01:10:59.079 --> 01:11:00.640
 ever true

01:11:00.640 --> 01:11:02.220
 O Jesus

01:11:02.220 --> 01:11:04.220
 we turn our eyes

01:11:04.220 --> 01:11:05.760
 to You

01:11:05.760 --> 01:11:12.460
 turn your eyes

01:11:12.460 --> 01:11:15.180
 to the heavens

01:11:15.180 --> 01:11:16.640
 our King

01:11:16.640 --> 01:11:17.980
 will return

01:11:17.980 --> 01:11:20.180
 for His own

01:11:20.180 --> 01:11:22.760
 every knee

01:11:22.760 --> 01:11:24.140
 will bow

01:11:24.140 --> 01:11:25.880
 every tongue

01:11:25.880 --> 01:11:27.060
 will shout

01:11:27.060 --> 01:11:28.640
 all glory

01:11:28.640 --> 01:11:30.039
 to Jesus

01:11:30.039 --> 01:11:31.460
 alone

01:11:31.460 --> 01:11:34.199
 Jesus

01:11:34.199 --> 01:11:35.420
 to You

01:11:35.420 --> 01:11:36.920
 lift our eyes

01:11:36.920 --> 01:11:38.920
 Jesus

01:11:38.920 --> 01:11:41.159
 our glory

01:11:41.159 --> 01:11:41.920
 and our prize

01:11:41.920 --> 01:11:43.920
 we adore You

01:11:43.920 --> 01:11:45.920
 we adore You

01:11:45.920 --> 01:11:47.340
 behold You

01:11:47.340 --> 01:11:48.079
 our Savior

01:11:48.079 --> 01:11:49.619
 ever true

01:11:49.619 --> 01:11:51.199
 O Jesus

01:11:51.199 --> 01:11:53.220
 we turn our eyes

01:11:53.220 --> 01:11:53.920
 to You

01:11:53.920 --> 01:11:56.819
 O Jesus

01:11:56.819 --> 01:11:58.819
 to You

01:11:58.819 --> 01:12:01.359
 we lift our eyes

01:12:01.359 --> 01:12:02.500
 Jesus

01:12:02.500 --> 01:12:03.720
 our glory

01:12:03.720 --> 01:12:05.260
 and our prize

01:12:05.260 --> 01:12:08.520
 we adore You

01:12:08.520 --> 01:12:09.880
 behold You

01:12:09.880 --> 01:12:10.760
 our Savior

01:12:10.760 --> 01:12:12.319
 ever true

01:12:12.319 --> 01:12:13.819
 O Jesus

01:12:13.819 --> 01:12:15.739
 we turn our eyes

01:12:15.739 --> 01:12:16.920
 to You

01:12:16.920 --> 01:12:19.440
 O Jesus

01:12:19.440 --> 01:12:21.579
 we turn our eyes

01:12:21.579 --> 01:12:22.899
 to You

01:12:22.899 --> 01:12:25.699
 we turn our eyes

01:12:25.699 --> 01:12:26.559
 to You

01:12:26.559 --> 01:12:28.079
 we turn our eyes

01:12:28.079 --> 01:12:28.359
 to You

01:12:28.359 --> 01:12:29.500
 we turn our eyes

01:12:29.500 --> 01:12:30.059
 to You

01:12:30.059 --> 01:12:32.079
 we turn our eyes

01:12:32.079 --> 01:12:32.619
 to You

01:12:32.619 --> 01:12:33.939
 we turn our eyes

01:12:33.939 --> 01:12:34.539
 to You

01:12:34.539 --> 01:12:38.819
 well friends

01:12:38.819 --> 01:12:39.399
 let's end with

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 the benediction

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 the Lord bless you

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 and keep you

01:12:42.059 --> 01:12:43.839
 the Lord make His face

01:12:43.839 --> 01:12:44.679
 to shine upon you

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 and be gracious to you

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 the Lord lift up His countenance

01:12:47.539 --> 01:12:48.059
 upon you

01:12:48.059 --> 01:12:48.979
 and give you peace

01:12:48.979 --> 01:12:50.179
 God's people said

01:12:50.179 --> 01:12:50.979
 amen

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 amen friends

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 go in peace

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 to you

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 oh

01:12:59.859 --> 01:13:00.099
 none

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 amen

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 amen

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 amen

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 okay

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 amen

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 amen

01:13:09.059 --> 01:13:09.479
 amen

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 anyways

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 amen

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 amen

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 amen

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 amen

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 amen

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 amen

01:13:16.819 --> 01:13:17.099
 amen

01:13:17.099 --> 01:13:17.619
 amen

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 amen

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 amen

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 amen

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 amen

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 amen

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 We'll be right back.