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 Good morning. We are going to continue our sermon series in the book of James this morning.

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 So if you're at home or if you have a phone, you can turn to James 4.

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 If you brought your Bible, you can turn to James 4. We'll be looking at James 4, 1 through 10.

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 And the passage will also be up on the screen for those of us who are here in person.

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 James 4 is our passage this morning. Let's go ahead and read God's Word together.

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 James 4, starting in verse 1.

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 You adulterous people.

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 Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God?

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 Therefore, whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

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 Or do you suppose it is to no purpose that the Scriptures say he yearns jealously over the Spirit that he is made to dwell in us?

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 But he gives more grace.

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 And therefore, it says, God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.

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 Submit yourselves, therefore, to God.

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 Resist the devil and he will flee from you.

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 Draw near to God and he will draw near to you.

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 Cleanse your hands, you sinners.

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 And purify your hearts, you double-minded.

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 Be wretched and mourn and weep.

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 Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom.

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 Humble yourselves before the Lord and he will exalt you.

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 This is God's Word.

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 Please pray with me.

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 Lord, as we come to this Word this morning, we are struck by its tone of admonition, of exhortation, of confrontation.

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 God, I pray this morning that you would prepare our hearts to receive your Word.

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 God, I pray for your Holy Spirit to be at work in our hearts.

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 Lord, that we would sit humbly under your Word.

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 We would receive it and that you would show us, Lord, how it reveals our sin and our need for your grace.

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 God, I pray that the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart would be acceptable in your sight.

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 Oh, Lord, my rock and my redeemer.

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 We pray this in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 What is this passage about?

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 Well, James tells us in the very first sentence.

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 He says,

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 What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you?

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 And I was reflecting on the fact that, golly, we don't have to look very far, particularly in our pandemic world today,

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 to think about quarrels and fights going on.

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 We hear stories of security guards assaulted for requiring someone to wear a mask as they enter into a business.

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 I read a news report of a hotel clerk up in Mystic who was assaulted by two guests because their room did not have hot water.

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 Certainly, our time at home has given us many, many opportunities for fights and quarrels with those that we live with.

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 And when we read the news, as we open our browsers, or some of us are old-fashioned enough to actually read a paper,

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 we see that our social and political world is full of conflict, quarrels, and fights.

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 And while we need to recognize that, as Pastor Nick mentioned last week, there are fights worth fighting,

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 and there are things worth addressing,

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 many, many times,

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 we see that there is another root of that.

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 And so James asks,

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 What causes these things?

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 Why do we as human beings default towards quarreling and fighting with one another?

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 And it doesn't seem like James is addressing a particular incident in the church,

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 because there's not a lot of content to it.

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 He's saying this is a pattern.

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 This is something that is characterizing not only the world at large as humanity,

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 but even the church itself.

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 And think about what we've already seen him talk about.

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 How discrimination against maybe rich or poor,

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 people who have greater prominence and less prominence,

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 and how there have been divisions caused in the church that he's already begun to address.

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 And James comes like an expert doctor, a soul surgeon.

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 He examines the symptoms.

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 He probes deeper to try to find underlying causes,

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 gives a diagnosis,

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 and then turns the corner and says,

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 Here's the prescription.

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 This is how we do it.

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 And so this is what we're going to do this morning,

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 is see how James takes us through this process of understanding his diagnosis,

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 what causes these problems.

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 And then he will give us a prognosis.

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 How do we move forward from here?

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 So first, what is the diagnosis?

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 And as James looks here, there is layers.

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 In verses 1 through 4, there are layers of things that he is addressing.

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 But fundamentally, he's saying this.

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 We are self-centered and God-ignoring

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 in our fundamental orientation and attitude of life.

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 We approach our everyday life and our everyday interactions

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 thinking more about ourselves than anyone else.

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 And in the meantime, we ignore God in the process.

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 Why do I say this?

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 Well, here's Dr. James trying to get under the skin a little bit.

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 Verses 1 and 2 tells us,

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 why do we have fights and quarrels?

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 Because we want something and we can't get it.

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 Right?

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 And anyone who's had a two-year-old knows what that looks like.

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 But maybe there are other times when we see that more clearly.

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 When the girl we were hoping to ask out on a date

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 gets asked out by someone else first.

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 Or maybe when you find yourself at work

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 starting to run down a colleague to your other co-workers

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 because they're getting all the praise and all the attention

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 and you're feeling jealous.

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 Maybe some of you are struggling financially or materially

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 and you are finding yourself jealous of those who have more than you do.

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 Or maybe it's just you really want to be right in this conversation.

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 Whatever it is, you just want to be right.

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 And you just can't let go of attacking and questioning

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 and proving and defending and explaining and justifying again.

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 All of these things are examples, I think,

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 of how our hearts want things

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 and when we can't get them,

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 the ugliness emerges

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 and we find ourselves in conflict with others.

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 Now look, it's not always actual fistfights and wars.

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 James uses very strong militaristic language.

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 Most of us don't experience that.

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 Sometimes we do, right?

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 And sometimes we see that on a more societal level

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 that it comes to actual violence and real wars.

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 But here mostly he's talking about interpersonally

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 and the war that our words wage with one another

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 and our actions.

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 So he says, well, here are some of the symptoms.

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 This is what we see.

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 You don't have and you want it

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 and so you try to take it for yourselves.

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 And this is where he gets to the,

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 you don't have because you don't ask.

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 Instead of thinking that someone might give you something good,

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 you think, I have to go get it myself

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 and it's up to me.

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 And do you see the self-orientation in that?

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 And then he says,

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 and for those of you who are Christians

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 and you're asking God for things,

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 do you not understand

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 He is not answering prayers

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 partly because you are asking purely for selfish motives.

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 You are not asking for God's glory.

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 You are not asking for the good of others.

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 You are simply asking, this is what I want.

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 God, give it to me now.

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 And so God is not answering,

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 even if you're asking

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 because this fundamental self-orientation is so deep.

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 He's used this word passions,

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 these passions that drive us.

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 And this word in the New Testament

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 is almost always used for evil desires,

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 for selfish desires.

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 What we saw in the end of chapter 3,

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 jealousy and selfish ambition

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 are two of the driving passions.

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 But we could think of other passions,

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 things that we long for,

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 things that we lust for,

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 selfishly for our own gain and our own good.

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 They are self-oriented and self-procured.

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 And is this not, of course,

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 brothers and sisters,

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 the root of sin that we know

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 going all the way back to the Garden of Eden?

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 Is this not what Adam and Eve

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 were tempted by and fell into?

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 God had provided them a place

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 where everything was provided for them.

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 And yet, when the enemy came in

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 and laid a seed of doubt,

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 says, is God really good?

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 Is He really going to give you everything

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 that is good?

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 Is He withholding from you?

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 Maybe you need to go and take this yourself.

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 Maybe you have to do it apart from God.

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 And that's what Adam and Eve did

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 when they rebelled against Him,

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 broke His commandment,

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 took the fruit,

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 and in doing so,

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 separated themselves out and said,

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 rather than being under God

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 and receiving from Him,

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 I want to be like God

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 and provide for myself

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 and be the center.

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 One commentator,

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 Alec Motier,

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 says this,

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 the one thing our hearts

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 are solidly loyal to

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 is our own personal satisfaction.

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 And then,

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 James takes it one more level

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 in verse 4.

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 He says,

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 you adulterous people,

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 you who have allowed your passions

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 to run away from the God of the universe

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 who wants to come and provide for you,

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 you have run away from Him,

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 your faithful spouse,

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 to try to find

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 your selfish satisfaction

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 in others around you.

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 And this is where he turns

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 to this concept

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 of friendship with the world.

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 If you want,

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 and the world,

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 you must understand

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 that in the Bible,

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 particularly in the New Testament,

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 when the word world is used,

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 most of the time,

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 and it's certainly in this case,

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 world is used as a system,

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 a world system,

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 a world view,

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 a way that we work,

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 a world that works

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 in rebellion against God.

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 That's how it's used

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 often in the New Testament.

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 And it makes a verse

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 like John 3, 16,

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 God so loved the world

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 that He sent His only Son

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 that whoever believes in Him

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 would not perish

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 but have eternal life.

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 God isn't just loving His creation

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 that somehow kind of lost its way.

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 He's loving His creation

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 has rejected Him,

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 refused Him,

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 denied Him,

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 expelled Him

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 from their worldview.

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 And James says,

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 the quarrels that you have,

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 the selfish desires

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 that you pursue,

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 the passions that you allow

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 to control you

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 are rooted in this

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 fundamental rejection of God.

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 God.

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 And we cannot be friends

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 with a world

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 that rejects God

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 and be a friend of God

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 as well.

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 They are fundamentally incompatible.

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 And so, He says,

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 if you want to be friends

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 with the world,

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 then you are at odds

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 with God.

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 You cannot be a friend

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 of the world

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 and not be an enemy

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 of God

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 because to love the world

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 is to love those

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 for whom God is the enemy

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 and to love the thought patterns

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 and the processes.

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 Verse 5

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 reinforces this incompatibility

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 of God with self-orientation.

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 Now, if you have a couple

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 of different Bible verses,

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 you will start to see

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 very quickly,

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 this is one of the trickiest

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 Bible verses to translate.

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 The translations

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 are all over the place.

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 The ESV,

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 as we read earlier,

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 has the idea

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 that God is being jealous

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 for the spirit of humanity

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 that He has placed

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 in each one of us.

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 That He wants us

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 to be wholeheartedly

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 faithful towards Him,

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 picking up on the idea

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 of adultery.

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 That's true.

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 All right?

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 But if you read

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 the New King James,

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 what you will see

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 is that

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 what James is saying

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 is you can't be

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 a friend of God

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 and the world

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 because don't you see

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 that you have

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 this spirit of envy

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 in you,

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 this spirit of jealousy

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 that is contrary to God

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 and so it's talking

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 about the nature

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 of jealousy

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 as being evil,

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 not good,

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 and the source

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 of that jealousy

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 being us,

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 not God.

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 those are two

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 pretty different ideas.

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 They're both true,

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 broader,

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 biblically,

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 so we're not

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 way out on a limb here.

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 But I have been convinced

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 thinking through

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 who's the subject?

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 Well, I think it's that

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 God is the subject

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 of the jealousy

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 and yet

00:15:02.100 --> 00:15:05.080
 God is a subject

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 of the spirit.

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 This is one of the questions

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 is whether the spirit

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 is the human spirit

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 or the Holy Spirit.

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 And I think it is

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 the Holy Spirit

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 at work here,

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 but the jealousy

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 is evil.

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 And so he proposes

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 this kind of a translation.

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 Does not Scripture say,

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 does the spirit

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 that he made

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 in us

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 dwell

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 or yearn

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 with sinful jealousy?

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 Do you see

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 what he's saying there

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 in that translation?

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 He's saying,

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 how can you have

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 the Holy Spirit

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 of God in you

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 and claim

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 to have this

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 jealous spirit

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 that is of the world?

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 They are incompatible.

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 And I think that's

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 the clearest understanding.

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 He's continuing

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 this incompatibility theme

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 of there are two ways

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 to live

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 and one of them

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 is causing

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 these fights and quarrels

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 and it's rooted

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 in this fundamental

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 rejection of God.

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 So this is the upshot

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 of these verses.

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 We have a sinful

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 self-orientation

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 that excludes God,

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 that depends on ourselves,

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 seeks to get its own.

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 We are driven

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 by passion

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 for selfish desires

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 and we use

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 and abuse others

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 in order to get it.

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 And ultimately,

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 we use our words

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 and our actions

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 for ourself

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 and not for God.

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 Now how do we do,

00:16:35.779 --> 00:16:36.699
 how do we diagnose

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 whether this might be

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 true for us

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 in a particular instance

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 or a particular part

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 of our lives?

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 Here are some

00:16:43.299 --> 00:16:44.439
 diagnostic tools

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 for us to ask ourselves

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 how much of this

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 is true of me?

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 And I will say this,

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 friends,

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 if we're thinking

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 that's not true at all,

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 just ask.

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 God loves to show us

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 where we need to grow.

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 Just ask Him

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 because I believe

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 that this is an ongoing battle

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 of sanctification

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 for Christians

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 till glory comes.

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 So here are the questions.

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 One,

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 look at our relationships.

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 Is there fighting

00:17:12.299 --> 00:17:13.299
 and quarreling

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 in your relationships?

00:17:16.940 --> 00:17:17.920
 At work,

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 at home,

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 in your marriage,

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 if you're a child

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 between you

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 and your siblings,

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 with your extended family,

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 with your brothers

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 and sisters at church,

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 is there fighting

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 and quarreling?

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 And again,

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 there are times

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 when conflict

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 is a positive thing

00:17:39.100 --> 00:17:40.320
 towards peacemaking.

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 So I want to make sure

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 that I'm not saying

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 that all conflict

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 is always a bad thing.

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 There are times

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 to address things

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 that are wrong.

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 There are times

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 and there is a way

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 to do that

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 that is not driven

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 by the selfishness

00:17:53.460 --> 00:17:54.500
 and self-orientation

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 that James is talking

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 about here.

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 But most of the time

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 we need,

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 well,

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 let me say it this way,

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 all of the time

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 we need to be asking ourselves,

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 is that the spirit

00:18:05.500 --> 00:18:06.400
 that is driving us

00:18:06.400 --> 00:18:07.700
 in any particular conflict?

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 We must ask

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 God to help us

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 search our hearts.

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 And honestly,

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 friends,

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 this is where asking others

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 who are not a part

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 of the conflict

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 to give you

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 honest feedback

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 and to help you

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 see your own heart,

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 it's also an important

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 tool for us to know.

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 Look at your relationships.

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 See whether these things

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 are true or not.

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 But not only

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 in our relationships,

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 look at our other investments

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 to see how much

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 our self-orientation

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 controls our lives.

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 Where do we use

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 our money?

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 Where do we use

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 our time?

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 Where do we use

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 our social capital?

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 And by that,

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 I mean our friendships,

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 our reputation,

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 our network.

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 Do we jealously guard those

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 for our own selfish promotion?

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 Or do we use these things

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 for the good of others

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 and for the glory of God?

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 Can you see the centrality

00:19:17.240 --> 00:19:18.720
 of God in your life

00:19:18.720 --> 00:19:20.500
 by the way that you use

00:19:20.500 --> 00:19:21.339
 your resources?

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 Jesus said,

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 where your treasure is,

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 there will be your heart also.

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 And we need to remember,

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 He didn't say the,

00:19:32.259 --> 00:19:33.339
 I think it's the obverse.

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 I looked this up.

00:19:34.559 --> 00:19:35.579
 Obverse or converse?

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 Anyway, linguists,

00:19:37.160 --> 00:19:38.220
 you can clear that up later.

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 He didn't say,

00:19:40.279 --> 00:19:41.519
 where your treasure is,

00:19:42.000 --> 00:19:42.200
 no,

00:19:42.299 --> 00:19:43.319
 where your heart is,

00:19:43.400 --> 00:19:44.360
 there will be your treasure.

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 Because that's what

00:19:45.500 --> 00:19:46.339
 we all want to say.

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 Well,

00:19:46.940 --> 00:19:48.339
 I want to be a good person.

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 I want to help people.

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 What He says is,

00:19:50.980 --> 00:19:52.299
 here's a diagnostic tool.

00:19:52.500 --> 00:19:53.640
 Look at where your treasures

00:19:53.640 --> 00:19:54.680
 actually go.

00:19:55.079 --> 00:19:56.299
 That's what your heart

00:19:56.299 --> 00:19:57.839
 actually loves.

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 And finally,

00:20:02.919 --> 00:20:04.059
 we need to ask ourselves

00:20:04.059 --> 00:20:04.879
 this question.

00:20:05.759 --> 00:20:06.879
 Are we harboring

00:20:06.879 --> 00:20:08.799
 and justifying sin

00:20:08.799 --> 00:20:09.839
 in our lives?

00:20:12.899 --> 00:20:13.379
 Fundamentally,

00:20:13.480 --> 00:20:14.879
 the world is saying,

00:20:15.220 --> 00:20:17.159
 I don't want God.

00:20:17.240 --> 00:20:17.959
 I want to do it

00:20:17.959 --> 00:20:18.859
 my own way.

00:20:19.379 --> 00:20:20.339
 And there are all sorts

00:20:20.339 --> 00:20:20.980
 of ways in which

00:20:20.980 --> 00:20:21.939
 that could play it out

00:20:21.939 --> 00:20:23.220
 that are clearly outside

00:20:23.220 --> 00:20:24.480
 of God's commands

00:20:24.480 --> 00:20:26.200
 and God's gracious

00:20:26.200 --> 00:20:28.000
 and kind rule

00:20:28.000 --> 00:20:28.799
 in our lives.

00:20:32.640 --> 00:20:34.799
 And this passage asks us,

00:20:35.220 --> 00:20:36.380
 do you love sin

00:20:36.380 --> 00:20:37.279
 more than God?

00:20:37.900 --> 00:20:38.680
 If so,

00:20:38.759 --> 00:20:40.299
 you are in friendship

00:20:40.299 --> 00:20:41.140
 with the world

00:20:41.140 --> 00:20:42.759
 and at odds

00:20:42.759 --> 00:20:43.500
 with the God

00:20:43.500 --> 00:20:44.220
 of the universe.

00:20:46.880 --> 00:20:48.000
 So relationships,

00:20:48.500 --> 00:20:49.019
 investments,

00:20:49.539 --> 00:20:50.559
 and simply asking

00:20:50.559 --> 00:20:51.299
 the question,

00:20:51.640 --> 00:20:52.400
 am I harboring

00:20:52.400 --> 00:20:53.599
 and justifying sin?

00:20:53.599 --> 00:20:55.279
 James comes at us

00:20:55.279 --> 00:20:57.419
 hard in this passage.

00:20:57.599 --> 00:20:58.299
 He does not pull

00:20:58.299 --> 00:20:58.839
 his punches.

00:20:59.799 --> 00:21:01.359
 He is not looking

00:21:01.359 --> 00:21:03.199
 to make us feel better

00:21:03.199 --> 00:21:03.939
 about ourselves.

00:21:04.339 --> 00:21:05.339
 He is asking us

00:21:05.339 --> 00:21:06.119
 to do a rigorous

00:21:06.119 --> 00:21:07.399
 self-examination

00:21:07.399 --> 00:21:08.579
 and understand

00:21:08.579 --> 00:21:09.959
 the root of the problem.

00:21:12.480 --> 00:21:13.839
 But like a good doctor,

00:21:14.379 --> 00:21:15.259
 he not only has

00:21:15.259 --> 00:21:17.439
 a good diagnosis,

00:21:18.039 --> 00:21:18.759
 but he's able

00:21:18.759 --> 00:21:19.839
 to bring to us

00:21:19.839 --> 00:21:21.099
 a prescription,

00:21:21.559 --> 00:21:22.459
 a way forward,

00:21:22.460 --> 00:21:23.519
 something for us

00:21:23.519 --> 00:21:24.519
 to look forward to.

00:21:24.720 --> 00:21:25.579
 The prognosis

00:21:25.579 --> 00:21:26.660
 that James gives us

00:21:26.660 --> 00:21:27.140
 is in,

00:21:27.559 --> 00:21:28.759
 starts in verse 6.

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 You can look there

00:21:29.860 --> 00:21:30.819
 with me if you want.

00:21:31.380 --> 00:21:32.980
 But he gives

00:21:32.980 --> 00:21:34.640
 more grace.

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 Friends,

00:21:36.220 --> 00:21:37.019
 taking hold

00:21:37.019 --> 00:21:38.120
 of God's grace

00:21:38.120 --> 00:21:38.920
 in humility

00:21:38.920 --> 00:21:39.660
 and repentance

00:21:39.660 --> 00:21:41.620
 is God's remedy

00:21:41.620 --> 00:21:43.940
 to free us

00:21:43.940 --> 00:21:45.259
 from the brokenness

00:21:45.259 --> 00:21:46.620
 of the life

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 of quarreling

00:21:47.340 --> 00:21:47.799
 and fighting,

00:21:47.920 --> 00:21:48.559
 and more broadly

00:21:48.559 --> 00:21:49.079
 in James,

00:21:49.079 --> 00:21:50.240
 the brokenness

00:21:50.240 --> 00:21:51.460
 of being double-minded

00:21:51.460 --> 00:21:52.519
 and unstable.

00:21:54.159 --> 00:21:55.319
 It is God's grace

00:21:55.319 --> 00:21:56.279
 that brings us

00:21:56.279 --> 00:21:57.379
 to wholeness

00:21:57.379 --> 00:21:58.019
 in Christ.

00:21:58.500 --> 00:21:59.439
 He gives us

00:21:59.439 --> 00:22:00.099
 more grace,

00:22:00.179 --> 00:22:00.619
 and of course,

00:22:00.759 --> 00:22:02.019
 grace is defined

00:22:02.019 --> 00:22:04.460
 by undeserved favor.

00:22:05.279 --> 00:22:06.379
 It is what God

00:22:06.379 --> 00:22:07.339
 brings to us,

00:22:07.379 --> 00:22:08.220
 not because

00:22:08.220 --> 00:22:09.939
 we have tried hard enough

00:22:09.939 --> 00:22:11.119
 or looked good enough

00:22:11.119 --> 00:22:12.579
 or gone to church enough

00:22:12.579 --> 00:22:14.199
 or ticked off

00:22:14.199 --> 00:22:14.859
 the boxes

00:22:14.859 --> 00:22:16.460
 of faithful Christian

00:22:16.460 --> 00:22:17.279
 discipleship

00:22:17.279 --> 00:22:18.539
 in just the right way

00:22:18.539 --> 00:22:19.599
 so that God has said,

00:22:19.799 --> 00:22:21.379
 oh, now I can give you grace.

00:22:21.599 --> 00:22:23.839
 We don't ever deserve grace.

00:22:27.240 --> 00:22:28.359
 And God not only

00:22:28.359 --> 00:22:29.440
 gives it to us,

00:22:29.759 --> 00:22:31.920
 but he gives us more.

00:22:33.139 --> 00:22:33.899
 God's grace

00:22:33.899 --> 00:22:35.519
 is never insufficient

00:22:35.519 --> 00:22:37.139
 for us.

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 It is the opposite

00:22:38.599 --> 00:22:40.180
 of the grasping passions

00:22:40.180 --> 00:22:40.879
 that we've seen

00:22:40.879 --> 00:22:41.899
 in verses 1 through 5

00:22:41.899 --> 00:22:42.559
 where it's,

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 I want, I want,

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 I gotta go get it.

00:22:45.299 --> 00:22:45.720
 Instead,

00:22:45.899 --> 00:22:46.680
 it's sitting back

00:22:46.680 --> 00:22:47.240
 and saying,

00:22:47.799 --> 00:22:49.039
 God, I can't do anything

00:22:49.039 --> 00:22:50.000
 to deserve this,

00:22:50.039 --> 00:22:50.880
 and I can't even get

00:22:50.880 --> 00:22:52.060
 what I want on my own.

00:22:53.240 --> 00:22:54.820
 Would you give to me

00:22:54.820 --> 00:22:56.920
 what I can't get?

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 Will you provide for me

00:22:59.620 --> 00:23:01.519
 when I humble myself

00:23:01.519 --> 00:23:02.420
 before you?

00:23:03.160 --> 00:23:04.539
 And this is the picture,

00:23:04.820 --> 00:23:05.680
 of course,

00:23:05.759 --> 00:23:06.480
 that we see

00:23:06.480 --> 00:23:08.380
 in the very core message

00:23:08.380 --> 00:23:09.060
 of Christianity,

00:23:09.440 --> 00:23:09.779
 isn't it?

00:23:10.019 --> 00:23:11.259
 This is the gospel

00:23:11.259 --> 00:23:12.660
 of Jesus Christ.

00:23:12.660 --> 00:23:12.740
 Christ.

00:23:13.860 --> 00:23:15.300
 While we were still

00:23:15.300 --> 00:23:16.640
 dead in our sins

00:23:16.640 --> 00:23:17.500
 and trespasses,

00:23:17.620 --> 00:23:18.560
 while we were still

00:23:18.560 --> 00:23:20.000
 enemies of God,

00:23:20.820 --> 00:23:22.220
 Christ died

00:23:22.220 --> 00:23:24.340
 for us.

00:23:27.340 --> 00:23:28.220
 Christ came,

00:23:28.320 --> 00:23:28.980
 and on the basis

00:23:28.980 --> 00:23:29.720
 of his life

00:23:29.720 --> 00:23:30.140
 and death

00:23:30.140 --> 00:23:30.820
 and resurrection,

00:23:31.300 --> 00:23:32.360
 God now holds out

00:23:32.360 --> 00:23:33.580
 for us a calling

00:23:33.580 --> 00:23:34.880
 to forsake

00:23:34.880 --> 00:23:36.320
 our sinful independence

00:23:36.319 --> 00:23:38.379
 and come to him

00:23:38.379 --> 00:23:39.379
 in humble faith.

00:23:40.659 --> 00:23:41.740
 And to take hold

00:23:41.740 --> 00:23:42.339
 of Christ

00:23:42.339 --> 00:23:43.159
 by faith

00:23:43.159 --> 00:23:45.919
 gives us

00:23:45.919 --> 00:23:46.539
 wonderful,

00:23:46.779 --> 00:23:47.819
 gracious gifts.

00:23:48.879 --> 00:23:49.839
 We receive

00:23:49.839 --> 00:23:50.679
 undeserved forgiveness

00:23:50.679 --> 00:23:52.139
 of sin

00:23:52.139 --> 00:23:53.819
 so that we no longer

00:23:53.819 --> 00:23:55.679
 bear guilt

00:23:55.679 --> 00:23:57.299
 or fear

00:23:57.299 --> 00:23:57.919
 the judgment

00:23:57.919 --> 00:23:58.599
 of God

00:23:58.599 --> 00:23:59.819
 on our sin.

00:23:59.819 --> 00:24:02.839
 God's grace

00:24:02.839 --> 00:24:03.779
 also imparts

00:24:03.779 --> 00:24:04.200
 to us

00:24:04.200 --> 00:24:05.240
 a new heart

00:24:05.240 --> 00:24:06.759
 so that our passions

00:24:06.759 --> 00:24:07.599
 are no longer

00:24:07.599 --> 00:24:08.819
 enslaved to sin

00:24:08.819 --> 00:24:09.879
 but are now able,

00:24:10.539 --> 00:24:11.019
 awakened,

00:24:11.579 --> 00:24:12.159
 to be able

00:24:12.159 --> 00:24:13.279
 to love

00:24:13.279 --> 00:24:14.240
 and pursue

00:24:14.240 --> 00:24:15.099
 God's kingdom.

00:24:18.519 --> 00:24:19.419
 God's grace

00:24:19.419 --> 00:24:19.919
 gives us

00:24:19.919 --> 00:24:20.879
 the undeserved

00:24:20.879 --> 00:24:21.579
 indwelling

00:24:21.579 --> 00:24:22.000
 of the

00:24:22.000 --> 00:24:23.359
 His Holy Spirit

00:24:23.359 --> 00:24:25.079
 so that not only

00:24:25.079 --> 00:24:26.259
 are we awakened

00:24:26.259 --> 00:24:27.359
 to God's kingdom

00:24:27.359 --> 00:24:28.559
 but we are empowered

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 to pursue

00:24:29.879 --> 00:24:30.919
 Him.

00:24:31.220 --> 00:24:32.099
 We are actually

00:24:32.099 --> 00:24:32.720
 able

00:24:32.720 --> 00:24:33.940
 to go after

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 what God

00:24:34.619 --> 00:24:35.599
 calls us to

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 not because

00:24:36.480 --> 00:24:37.079
 we have it

00:24:37.079 --> 00:24:38.240
 inside ourselves

00:24:38.240 --> 00:24:39.059
 but because

00:24:39.059 --> 00:24:40.099
 God has given

00:24:40.099 --> 00:24:40.960
 it to us

00:24:40.960 --> 00:24:43.200
 in the Holy Spirit.

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 And so we see

00:24:48.619 --> 00:24:49.379
 James

00:24:49.379 --> 00:24:50.000
 at the end

00:24:50.000 --> 00:24:52.240
 of verse 6

00:24:52.240 --> 00:24:52.859
 quoting

00:24:52.859 --> 00:24:54.679
 from Proverbs

00:24:54.679 --> 00:24:55.619
 3, 34

00:24:55.619 --> 00:24:58.359
 that He

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 opposes

00:24:59.239 --> 00:25:00.099
 the proud

00:25:00.099 --> 00:25:01.739
 those who

00:25:01.739 --> 00:25:02.259
 would seek

00:25:02.259 --> 00:25:02.879
 to be ruled

00:25:02.879 --> 00:25:03.719
 by their passions

00:25:03.719 --> 00:25:04.419
 and be friends

00:25:04.419 --> 00:25:05.039
 with the world

00:25:05.039 --> 00:25:05.839
 and pursue life

00:25:05.839 --> 00:25:06.659
 apart from God.

00:25:06.779 --> 00:25:07.799
 He opposes

00:25:07.799 --> 00:25:08.500
 the proud

00:25:08.500 --> 00:25:09.599
 but He gives

00:25:09.599 --> 00:25:10.299
 grace

00:25:10.299 --> 00:25:11.659
 to the humble.

00:25:12.159 --> 00:25:12.959
 And this of course

00:25:12.959 --> 00:25:13.919
 is God's means.

00:25:14.099 --> 00:25:15.259
 God provides

00:25:15.259 --> 00:25:15.979
 for us

00:25:15.979 --> 00:25:17.079
 the ability

00:25:17.079 --> 00:25:18.159
 to

00:25:18.159 --> 00:25:19.539
 take hold

00:25:19.539 --> 00:25:20.479
 of His grace

00:25:20.479 --> 00:25:22.019
 to appropriate

00:25:22.019 --> 00:25:22.359
 it,

00:25:22.439 --> 00:25:23.219
 to receive it.

00:25:23.220 --> 00:25:23.620
 How?

00:25:24.000 --> 00:25:24.880
 By walking

00:25:24.880 --> 00:25:25.680
 a path

00:25:25.680 --> 00:25:26.519
 of humility.

00:25:26.900 --> 00:25:28.100
 By humbling

00:25:28.100 --> 00:25:28.819
 ourselves

00:25:28.819 --> 00:25:29.860
 before God.

00:25:30.259 --> 00:25:30.980
 What does this

00:25:30.980 --> 00:25:31.519
 look like?

00:25:32.160 --> 00:25:32.440
 Well,

00:25:32.640 --> 00:25:33.059
 fundamentally

00:25:33.059 --> 00:25:33.720
 we need to say

00:25:33.720 --> 00:25:34.579
 it is not

00:25:34.579 --> 00:25:35.460
 what we sometimes

00:25:35.460 --> 00:25:35.920
 think.

00:25:36.079 --> 00:25:36.720
 It is not

00:25:36.720 --> 00:25:37.120
 thinking

00:25:37.120 --> 00:25:37.740
 I'm a worm,

00:25:37.839 --> 00:25:38.319
 I'm a worm,

00:25:38.400 --> 00:25:38.980
 I'm a worm.

00:25:39.779 --> 00:25:40.180
 Right?

00:25:40.279 --> 00:25:41.019
 It is not

00:25:41.019 --> 00:25:41.819
 simply being

00:25:41.819 --> 00:25:42.319
 sorry,

00:25:42.440 --> 00:25:42.860
 I know,

00:25:42.960 --> 00:25:43.500
 I've blown it.

00:25:43.600 --> 00:25:43.900
 Again,

00:25:44.700 --> 00:25:46.120
 it is not

00:25:46.120 --> 00:25:47.019
 just acknowledging

00:25:47.019 --> 00:25:48.019
 I know

00:25:48.019 --> 00:25:48.539
 what I did

00:25:48.539 --> 00:25:49.039
 was wrong

00:25:49.039 --> 00:25:49.519
 and it's hurt

00:25:49.519 --> 00:25:49.920
 people.

00:25:49.920 --> 00:25:51.680
 It's not

00:25:51.680 --> 00:25:52.460
 thinking

00:25:52.460 --> 00:25:53.960
 that if

00:25:53.960 --> 00:25:54.560
 we're sorry

00:25:54.560 --> 00:25:54.900
 enough,

00:25:54.980 --> 00:25:55.600
 suddenly God's

00:25:55.600 --> 00:25:56.100
 going to fix

00:25:56.100 --> 00:25:56.660
 everything.

00:25:58.180 --> 00:25:58.920
 But it is

00:25:58.920 --> 00:25:59.539
 an active

00:25:59.539 --> 00:26:00.200
 path of

00:26:00.200 --> 00:26:01.580
 humbling

00:26:01.580 --> 00:26:02.060
 ourselves

00:26:02.060 --> 00:26:02.560
 or even

00:26:02.560 --> 00:26:03.560
 humiliating

00:26:03.560 --> 00:26:04.200
 ourselves

00:26:04.200 --> 00:26:05.140
 before God.

00:26:05.200 --> 00:26:05.480
 What does

00:26:05.480 --> 00:26:05.980
 that mean?

00:26:06.200 --> 00:26:06.580
 It means

00:26:06.580 --> 00:26:07.160
 positioning

00:26:07.160 --> 00:26:07.640
 ourselves

00:26:07.640 --> 00:26:08.060
 rightly

00:26:08.060 --> 00:26:08.940
 before God.

00:26:09.440 --> 00:26:09.860
 It means

00:26:09.860 --> 00:26:10.160
 when we

00:26:10.160 --> 00:26:10.500
 look at

00:26:10.500 --> 00:26:10.740
 God

00:26:10.740 --> 00:26:11.000
 and we

00:26:11.000 --> 00:26:11.259
 look at

00:26:11.259 --> 00:26:11.380
 His

00:26:11.380 --> 00:26:11.880
 grandeur

00:26:11.880 --> 00:26:12.100
 and His

00:26:12.100 --> 00:26:12.539
 greatness

00:26:12.539 --> 00:26:12.920
 and His

00:26:12.920 --> 00:26:13.440
 perfection

00:26:13.440 --> 00:26:14.060
 and all

00:26:14.060 --> 00:26:14.440
 the good

00:26:14.440 --> 00:26:14.800
 things that

00:26:14.800 --> 00:26:15.340
 He is,

00:26:16.340 --> 00:26:17.200
 we realize

00:26:17.200 --> 00:26:17.759
 we are not

00:26:17.759 --> 00:26:18.440
 those things.

00:26:18.820 --> 00:26:19.000
 We are

00:26:19.000 --> 00:26:19.279
 but a

00:26:19.279 --> 00:26:19.639
 creature

00:26:19.639 --> 00:26:20.039
 and a

00:26:20.039 --> 00:26:20.359
 fallen

00:26:20.359 --> 00:26:20.779
 broken

00:26:20.779 --> 00:26:21.039
 one

00:26:21.039 --> 00:26:21.539
 at that.

00:26:22.319 --> 00:26:22.859
 And in

00:26:22.859 --> 00:26:23.460
 humility

00:26:23.460 --> 00:26:24.019
 then we

00:26:24.019 --> 00:26:24.619
 come to

00:26:24.619 --> 00:26:25.059
 God

00:26:25.059 --> 00:26:27.399
 and we

00:26:27.399 --> 00:26:27.539
 say,

00:26:27.599 --> 00:26:27.779
 God,

00:26:27.879 --> 00:26:28.139
 You are

00:26:28.139 --> 00:26:28.539
 great

00:26:28.539 --> 00:26:29.359
 and I

00:26:29.359 --> 00:26:29.639
 need

00:26:29.639 --> 00:26:30.160
 everything

00:26:30.160 --> 00:26:30.579
 that You

00:26:30.579 --> 00:26:30.899
 have

00:26:30.899 --> 00:26:31.139
 and I

00:26:31.139 --> 00:26:31.339
 have

00:26:31.339 --> 00:26:31.799
 nothing

00:26:31.799 --> 00:26:32.059
 to

00:26:32.059 --> 00:26:32.460
 bring.

00:26:35.759 --> 00:26:36.279
 James

00:26:36.279 --> 00:26:36.740
 breaks it

00:26:36.740 --> 00:26:37.099
 down

00:26:37.099 --> 00:26:37.859
 in three

00:26:37.859 --> 00:26:38.440
 steps for

00:26:38.440 --> 00:26:38.759
 us in

00:26:38.759 --> 00:26:38.960
 these

00:26:38.960 --> 00:26:39.420
 passages.

00:26:39.960 --> 00:26:40.480
 First,

00:26:40.619 --> 00:26:40.940
 in verse

00:26:40.940 --> 00:26:41.279
 7,

00:26:41.339 --> 00:26:41.700
 he says,

00:26:41.960 --> 00:26:42.220
 submit.

00:26:43.299 --> 00:26:43.779
 Submit

00:26:43.779 --> 00:26:44.460
 to God.

00:26:45.000 --> 00:26:45.339
 Technically,

00:26:45.500 --> 00:26:45.799
 it means

00:26:45.799 --> 00:26:46.259
 to put

00:26:46.259 --> 00:26:46.799
 in order

00:26:46.799 --> 00:26:47.220
 under

00:26:47.220 --> 00:26:47.779
 something,

00:26:47.940 --> 00:26:48.259
 some

00:26:48.259 --> 00:26:48.779
 controlling

00:26:48.779 --> 00:26:49.279
 thing.

00:26:50.299 --> 00:26:50.500
 To

00:26:50.500 --> 00:26:51.019
 submit to

00:26:51.019 --> 00:26:51.440
 God is

00:26:51.440 --> 00:26:51.839
 to say,

00:26:52.139 --> 00:26:52.480
 not my

00:26:52.480 --> 00:26:52.819
 will,

00:26:52.960 --> 00:26:53.480
 not my

00:26:53.480 --> 00:26:54.139
 understanding,

00:26:54.399 --> 00:26:55.200
 not my

00:26:55.200 --> 00:26:55.819
 way,

00:26:56.019 --> 00:26:56.599
 but Your

00:26:56.599 --> 00:26:57.359
 will be

00:26:57.359 --> 00:26:57.740
 done.

00:26:59.420 --> 00:26:59.639
 And

00:26:59.639 --> 00:27:00.200
 submission

00:27:00.200 --> 00:27:01.619
 biblically

00:27:01.619 --> 00:27:02.259
 does mean

00:27:02.259 --> 00:27:02.740
 obedience.

00:27:03.660 --> 00:27:04.059
 It means

00:27:04.059 --> 00:27:04.740
 listening to

00:27:04.740 --> 00:27:05.240
 what God

00:27:05.240 --> 00:27:05.779
 says and

00:27:05.779 --> 00:27:06.440
 doing it.

00:27:07.279 --> 00:27:08.259
 But really

00:27:08.259 --> 00:27:08.899
 to get the

00:27:08.899 --> 00:27:09.500
 fullness of

00:27:09.500 --> 00:27:09.660
 it,

00:27:10.339 --> 00:27:10.799
 it might

00:27:10.799 --> 00:27:11.279
 be better

00:27:11.279 --> 00:27:11.559
 to be

00:27:11.559 --> 00:27:12.240
 thought of

00:27:12.240 --> 00:27:12.559
 in this

00:27:12.559 --> 00:27:13.279
 context as

00:27:13.279 --> 00:27:13.859
 allegiance.

00:27:14.460 --> 00:27:14.920
 God,

00:27:15.019 --> 00:27:15.359
 I am

00:27:15.359 --> 00:27:16.279
 enlisting

00:27:16.279 --> 00:27:16.660
 under

00:27:16.660 --> 00:27:17.019
 Your

00:27:17.019 --> 00:27:17.639
 flag.

00:27:17.779 --> 00:27:17.940
 I

00:27:17.940 --> 00:27:18.119
 am

00:27:18.119 --> 00:27:18.639
 joining

00:27:18.639 --> 00:27:19.319
 Your

00:27:19.319 --> 00:27:19.779
 army.

00:27:20.099 --> 00:27:20.359
 I

00:27:20.359 --> 00:27:20.519
 am

00:27:20.519 --> 00:27:20.839
 on

00:27:20.839 --> 00:27:21.319
 Your

00:27:21.319 --> 00:27:21.799
 team.

00:27:21.899 --> 00:27:22.000
 And

00:27:22.000 --> 00:27:22.240
 You

00:27:22.240 --> 00:27:22.379
 are

00:27:22.379 --> 00:27:22.539
 the

00:27:22.539 --> 00:27:22.879
 captain.

00:27:23.079 --> 00:27:23.220
 You

00:27:23.220 --> 00:27:23.359
 are

00:27:23.359 --> 00:27:23.519
 the

00:27:23.519 --> 00:27:23.879
 coach.

00:27:24.200 --> 00:27:24.440
 You

00:27:24.440 --> 00:27:24.599
 are

00:27:24.599 --> 00:27:24.779
 the

00:27:24.779 --> 00:27:25.180
 general.

00:27:25.619 --> 00:27:25.740
 You

00:27:25.740 --> 00:27:25.899
 are

00:27:25.899 --> 00:27:26.039
 the

00:27:26.039 --> 00:27:26.259
 one

00:27:26.259 --> 00:27:26.420
 who

00:27:26.420 --> 00:27:26.539
 are

00:27:26.539 --> 00:27:26.839
 leading.

00:27:27.000 --> 00:27:27.039
 And

00:27:27.039 --> 00:27:27.279
 I

00:27:27.279 --> 00:27:27.480
 will

00:27:27.480 --> 00:27:28.019
 follow

00:27:28.019 --> 00:27:28.480
 you

00:27:28.480 --> 00:27:28.740
 to

00:27:28.740 --> 00:27:29.399
 death.

00:27:30.599 --> 00:27:30.839
 My

00:27:30.839 --> 00:27:31.160
 life

00:27:31.160 --> 00:27:31.319
 is

00:27:31.319 --> 00:27:31.599
 now

00:27:31.599 --> 00:27:32.139
 yours

00:27:32.139 --> 00:27:32.399
 to

00:27:32.399 --> 00:27:32.579
 do

00:27:32.579 --> 00:27:32.740
 what

00:27:32.740 --> 00:27:32.879
 you

00:27:32.879 --> 00:27:33.200
 want

00:27:33.200 --> 00:27:33.420
 with

00:27:33.420 --> 00:27:33.660
 it.

00:27:34.660 --> 00:27:35.000
 It

00:27:35.000 --> 00:27:35.200
 is

00:27:35.200 --> 00:27:35.720
 glad

00:27:35.720 --> 00:27:36.359
 submission

00:27:36.359 --> 00:27:36.720
 to

00:27:36.720 --> 00:27:37.119
 God's

00:27:37.119 --> 00:27:37.480
 rule

00:27:37.480 --> 00:27:37.700
 in

00:27:37.700 --> 00:27:37.879
 our

00:27:37.879 --> 00:27:38.500
 lives.

00:27:38.500 --> 00:27:41.559
 And

00:27:41.559 --> 00:27:41.700
 of

00:27:41.700 --> 00:27:41.900
 course

00:27:41.900 --> 00:27:42.039
 it

00:27:42.039 --> 00:27:42.259
 says

00:27:42.259 --> 00:27:42.400
 in

00:27:42.400 --> 00:27:42.500
 the

00:27:42.500 --> 00:27:43.839
 second

00:27:43.839 --> 00:27:44.140
 part

00:27:44.140 --> 00:27:44.259
 of

00:27:44.259 --> 00:27:44.460
 verse

00:27:44.460 --> 00:27:44.720
 7

00:27:44.720 --> 00:27:44.880
 it

00:27:44.880 --> 00:27:45.079
 says

00:27:45.079 --> 00:27:45.440
 and

00:27:45.440 --> 00:27:45.599
 this

00:27:45.599 --> 00:27:45.859
 means

00:27:45.859 --> 00:27:46.380
 resisting

00:27:46.380 --> 00:27:46.660
 the

00:27:46.660 --> 00:27:47.019
 enemy.

00:27:47.579 --> 00:27:48.160
 We've

00:27:48.160 --> 00:27:48.380
 already

00:27:48.380 --> 00:27:48.720
 seen

00:27:48.720 --> 00:27:48.859
 the

00:27:48.859 --> 00:27:49.039
 enemy

00:27:49.039 --> 00:27:49.420
 mentioned

00:27:49.420 --> 00:27:49.599
 a

00:27:49.599 --> 00:27:49.839
 couple

00:27:49.839 --> 00:27:49.980
 of

00:27:49.980 --> 00:27:50.259
 times

00:27:50.259 --> 00:27:50.460
 in

00:27:50.460 --> 00:27:50.940
 James

00:27:50.940 --> 00:27:51.480
 how

00:27:51.480 --> 00:27:51.680
 the

00:27:51.680 --> 00:27:52.000
 wisdom

00:27:52.000 --> 00:27:52.299
 from

00:27:52.299 --> 00:27:52.799
 above

00:27:52.799 --> 00:27:52.980
 is

00:27:52.980 --> 00:27:53.539
 demonic

00:27:53.539 --> 00:27:53.880
 a

00:27:53.880 --> 00:27:54.119
 part

00:27:54.119 --> 00:27:54.220
 of

00:27:54.220 --> 00:27:54.359
 a

00:27:54.359 --> 00:27:54.619
 world

00:27:54.619 --> 00:27:55.059
 system

00:27:55.059 --> 00:27:55.200
 and

00:27:55.200 --> 00:27:55.500
 a

00:27:55.500 --> 00:27:56.059
 spiritual

00:27:56.059 --> 00:27:56.539
 system

00:27:56.539 --> 00:27:56.759
 that's

00:27:56.759 --> 00:27:56.880
 in

00:27:56.880 --> 00:27:57.240
 rebellion

00:27:57.240 --> 00:27:57.700
 against

00:27:57.700 --> 00:27:58.160
 God.

00:27:58.980 --> 00:27:59.400
 But

00:27:59.400 --> 00:27:59.619
 when

00:27:59.619 --> 00:27:59.980
 we

00:27:59.980 --> 00:28:00.299
 in

00:28:00.299 --> 00:28:01.119
 humility

00:28:01.119 --> 00:28:02.000
 enlist

00:28:02.000 --> 00:28:02.240
 in

00:28:02.240 --> 00:28:02.599
 God's

00:28:02.599 --> 00:28:02.960
 army

00:28:02.960 --> 00:28:04.640
 we

00:28:04.640 --> 00:28:04.799
 are

00:28:04.799 --> 00:28:05.119
 called

00:28:05.119 --> 00:28:05.380
 then

00:28:05.380 --> 00:28:05.559
 to

00:28:05.559 --> 00:28:05.940
 fight

00:28:05.940 --> 00:28:06.160
 the

00:28:06.160 --> 00:28:06.559
 battle

00:28:06.559 --> 00:28:07.039
 against

00:28:08.500 --> 00:28:09.160
 and

00:28:09.160 --> 00:28:09.920
 bullies

00:28:09.920 --> 00:28:10.380
 and

00:28:10.380 --> 00:28:11.180
 lies

00:28:11.180 --> 00:28:11.660
 and

00:28:11.660 --> 00:28:12.299
 frightens

00:28:12.299 --> 00:28:12.660
 us

00:28:12.660 --> 00:28:13.299
 into

00:28:13.299 --> 00:28:14.319
 self-centered

00:28:14.319 --> 00:28:14.880
 living

00:28:14.880 --> 00:28:16.400
 because

00:28:16.400 --> 00:28:16.920
 this is

00:28:16.920 --> 00:28:17.119
 what

00:28:17.119 --> 00:28:17.339
 the

00:28:17.339 --> 00:28:17.619
 enemy

00:28:17.619 --> 00:28:18.180
 does.

00:28:19.119 --> 00:28:19.539
 He

00:28:19.539 --> 00:28:20.579
 pulls

00:28:20.579 --> 00:28:20.859
 out

00:28:20.859 --> 00:28:21.220
 all

00:28:21.220 --> 00:28:21.440
 the

00:28:21.440 --> 00:28:21.880
 stops

00:28:21.880 --> 00:28:22.380
 to

00:28:22.380 --> 00:28:22.640
 get

00:28:22.640 --> 00:28:22.839
 us

00:28:22.839 --> 00:28:23.059
 to

00:28:23.059 --> 00:28:23.539
 stop

00:28:23.539 --> 00:28:23.980
 trusting

00:28:23.980 --> 00:28:24.519
 God

00:28:24.519 --> 00:28:25.039
 and

00:28:25.039 --> 00:28:25.180
 to

00:28:25.180 --> 00:28:25.460
 just

00:28:25.460 --> 00:28:25.720
 think

00:28:25.720 --> 00:28:25.980
 about

00:28:25.980 --> 00:28:26.559
 ourselves.

00:28:30.180 --> 00:28:30.920
 It

00:28:30.920 --> 00:28:31.180
 means

00:28:31.180 --> 00:28:31.700
 stopping

00:28:31.700 --> 00:28:31.960
 our

00:28:31.960 --> 00:28:32.380
 ears

00:28:32.380 --> 00:28:32.740
 when

00:28:32.740 --> 00:28:32.920
 we

00:28:32.920 --> 00:28:33.140
 hear

00:28:33.140 --> 00:28:33.339
 the

00:28:33.339 --> 00:28:33.740
 whispers

00:28:33.740 --> 00:28:34.400
 did

00:28:34.400 --> 00:28:34.740
 God

00:28:34.740 --> 00:28:35.180
 really

00:28:35.180 --> 00:28:35.740
 say

00:28:35.740 --> 00:28:39.759
 so

00:28:39.759 --> 00:28:40.099
 first

00:28:40.099 --> 00:28:40.299
 of

00:28:40.299 --> 00:28:40.559
 all

00:28:40.559 --> 00:28:41.319
 humility

00:28:41.319 --> 00:28:41.680
 the

00:28:41.680 --> 00:28:41.980
 path

00:28:41.980 --> 00:28:42.120
 of

00:28:42.120 --> 00:28:42.460
 humility

00:28:42.460 --> 00:28:42.740
 is

00:28:42.740 --> 00:28:42.920
 one

00:28:42.920 --> 00:28:43.059
 of

00:28:43.059 --> 00:28:43.500
 submission

00:28:43.500 --> 00:28:44.099
 but

00:28:44.099 --> 00:28:44.660
 secondly

00:28:44.660 --> 00:28:45.059
 it's

00:28:45.059 --> 00:28:45.400
 also

00:28:45.400 --> 00:28:45.680
 in

00:28:45.680 --> 00:28:45.880
 verse

00:28:45.880 --> 00:28:46.079
 8

00:28:46.079 --> 00:28:46.319
 it's

00:28:46.319 --> 00:28:46.819
 drawing

00:28:46.819 --> 00:28:47.339
 near

00:28:47.339 --> 00:28:48.019
 it

00:28:48.019 --> 00:28:48.200
 is

00:28:48.200 --> 00:28:48.500
 not

00:28:48.500 --> 00:28:49.099
 grasping

00:28:49.099 --> 00:28:49.339
 for

00:28:49.339 --> 00:28:49.839
 ourselves

00:28:49.839 --> 00:28:50.079
 but

00:28:50.079 --> 00:28:50.200
 it

00:28:50.200 --> 00:28:50.359
 is

00:28:50.359 --> 00:28:50.819
 running

00:28:50.819 --> 00:28:51.120
 to

00:28:51.120 --> 00:28:51.620
 God

00:28:51.620 --> 00:28:52.359
 to

00:28:52.359 --> 00:28:52.900
 receive

00:28:52.900 --> 00:28:53.339
 from

00:28:53.339 --> 00:28:53.799
 him

00:28:53.799 --> 00:28:57.079
 and

00:28:57.079 --> 00:28:57.180
 he

00:28:57.180 --> 00:28:57.400
 says

00:28:57.400 --> 00:28:57.539
 how

00:28:57.539 --> 00:28:57.660
 do

00:28:57.660 --> 00:28:57.779
 we

00:28:57.779 --> 00:28:57.980
 do

00:28:57.980 --> 00:28:58.180
 this

00:28:58.180 --> 00:28:58.339
 we'll

00:28:58.339 --> 00:28:58.460
 look

00:28:58.460 --> 00:28:58.539
 at

00:28:58.539 --> 00:28:58.660
 the

00:28:58.660 --> 00:28:58.880
 second

00:28:58.880 --> 00:28:59.099
 half

00:28:59.099 --> 00:28:59.240
 of

00:28:59.240 --> 00:28:59.420
 verse

00:28:59.420 --> 00:28:59.620
 8

00:28:59.620 --> 00:29:00.000
 he

00:29:00.000 --> 00:29:00.220
 says

00:29:00.220 --> 00:29:00.519
 first

00:29:00.519 --> 00:29:00.640
 we

00:29:00.640 --> 00:29:00.759
 have

00:29:00.759 --> 00:29:00.880
 to

00:29:00.880 --> 00:29:01.720
 not

00:29:01.720 --> 00:29:02.120
 first

00:29:02.120 --> 00:29:02.359
 but

00:29:02.359 --> 00:29:03.140
 drawing

00:29:03.140 --> 00:29:03.380
 near

00:29:03.380 --> 00:29:03.579
 to

00:29:03.579 --> 00:29:03.859
 God

00:29:03.859 --> 00:29:04.079
 means

00:29:04.079 --> 00:29:04.259
 we

00:29:04.259 --> 00:29:04.480
 have

00:29:04.480 --> 00:29:04.620
 to

00:29:04.620 --> 00:29:05.019
 put

00:29:05.019 --> 00:29:05.360
 off

00:29:05.360 --> 00:29:05.900
 sin

00:29:05.900 --> 00:29:06.400
 and

00:29:06.400 --> 00:29:06.539
 we

00:29:06.539 --> 00:29:06.740
 need

00:29:06.740 --> 00:29:06.880
 to

00:29:06.880 --> 00:29:07.180
 cleanse

00:29:07.180 --> 00:29:07.400
 our

00:29:07.400 --> 00:29:07.839
 hands

00:29:07.839 --> 00:29:08.180
 that's

00:29:08.180 --> 00:29:08.339
 the

00:29:08.339 --> 00:29:08.779
 external

00:29:08.779 --> 00:29:09.099
 and

00:29:09.099 --> 00:29:09.519
 purify

00:29:09.519 --> 00:29:09.759
 our

00:29:09.759 --> 00:29:10.079
 hearts

00:29:10.079 --> 00:29:10.400
 that's

00:29:10.400 --> 00:29:10.559
 the

00:29:10.559 --> 00:29:10.960
 internal

00:29:10.960 --> 00:29:11.400
 work

00:29:11.400 --> 00:29:12.059
 we

00:29:12.059 --> 00:29:12.380
 need

00:29:12.380 --> 00:29:12.599
 to

00:29:12.599 --> 00:29:13.360
 hate

00:29:13.360 --> 00:29:14.299
 sin

00:29:14.299 --> 00:29:15.539
 and

00:29:15.539 --> 00:29:16.019
 run

00:29:16.019 --> 00:29:16.599
 to

00:29:16.599 --> 00:29:17.240
 God

00:29:17.240 --> 00:29:18.039
 as

00:29:18.039 --> 00:29:18.259
 we

00:29:18.259 --> 00:29:18.559
 do

00:29:18.559 --> 00:29:19.120
 this

00:29:19.120 --> 00:29:24.299
 and

00:29:24.299 --> 00:29:24.559
 friends

00:29:24.559 --> 00:29:24.920
 we know

00:29:24.920 --> 00:29:25.200
 that we

00:29:25.200 --> 00:29:25.500
 can't

00:29:25.500 --> 00:29:25.640
 do

00:29:25.640 --> 00:29:25.860
 this

00:29:25.860 --> 00:29:26.420
 ourselves

00:29:26.420 --> 00:29:27.380
 you

00:29:27.380 --> 00:29:27.539
 know

00:29:27.539 --> 00:29:27.700
 the

00:29:27.700 --> 00:29:27.960
 great

00:29:27.960 --> 00:29:28.339
 picture

00:29:28.339 --> 00:29:28.519
 in

00:29:28.519 --> 00:29:28.640
 the

00:29:28.640 --> 00:29:28.920
 voyage

00:29:28.920 --> 00:29:29.059
 of

00:29:29.059 --> 00:29:29.180
 the

00:29:29.180 --> 00:29:29.420
 dawn

00:29:29.420 --> 00:29:29.740
 treader

00:29:29.740 --> 00:29:30.019
 when

00:29:30.019 --> 00:29:30.779
 Eustace

00:29:30.779 --> 00:29:31.559
 Clarence

00:29:31.559 --> 00:29:32.019
 scrub

00:29:32.019 --> 00:29:32.839
 the

00:29:32.839 --> 00:29:33.140
 most

00:29:33.140 --> 00:29:34.240
 distasteful

00:29:34.240 --> 00:29:34.579
 human

00:29:34.579 --> 00:29:35.019
 being

00:29:35.019 --> 00:29:35.500
 in

00:29:35.500 --> 00:29:35.980
 all

00:29:35.980 --> 00:29:36.359
 of

00:29:36.359 --> 00:29:37.140
 Narnia's

00:29:37.140 --> 00:29:37.480
 books

00:29:37.480 --> 00:29:40.539
 is

00:29:40.539 --> 00:29:41.079
 transformed

00:29:41.079 --> 00:29:41.740
 into a

00:29:41.740 --> 00:29:42.140
 dragon

00:29:42.140 --> 00:29:42.859
 by magic

00:29:42.859 --> 00:29:43.380
 so that

00:29:43.380 --> 00:29:43.819
 Aslan

00:29:43.819 --> 00:29:44.299
 the lion

00:29:44.299 --> 00:29:44.900
 can come

00:29:44.900 --> 00:29:45.579
 and free

00:29:45.579 --> 00:29:46.039
 him

00:29:46.039 --> 00:29:47.019
 from his

00:29:47.019 --> 00:29:47.779
 selfish

00:29:47.779 --> 00:29:48.980
 orientation

00:29:48.980 --> 00:29:51.660
 but because

00:29:51.660 --> 00:29:52.059
 he's been

00:29:52.059 --> 00:29:52.480
 magically

00:29:52.480 --> 00:29:53.120
 transformed

00:29:53.120 --> 00:29:53.599
 into a

00:29:53.599 --> 00:29:53.960
 dragon

00:29:53.960 --> 00:29:54.500
 he needs

00:29:54.500 --> 00:29:54.880
 to be

00:29:54.880 --> 00:29:55.240
 freed

00:29:55.240 --> 00:29:55.680
 from his

00:29:55.680 --> 00:29:56.440
 dragon skin

00:29:56.440 --> 00:29:57.640
 for him

00:29:57.640 --> 00:29:58.059
 to be

00:29:58.059 --> 00:29:58.519
 renewed

00:29:58.519 --> 00:30:00.940
 and it's

00:30:00.940 --> 00:30:01.539
 a painful

00:30:01.539 --> 00:30:02.420
 process

00:30:02.420 --> 00:30:04.400
 C.S.

00:30:04.460 --> 00:30:04.619
 Lewis

00:30:04.619 --> 00:30:05.539
 depicts

00:30:05.539 --> 00:30:05.940
 that the

00:30:05.940 --> 00:30:06.400
 lion's

00:30:06.400 --> 00:30:06.779
 claws

00:30:06.779 --> 00:30:07.180
 have to

00:30:07.180 --> 00:30:07.400
 dig

00:30:07.400 --> 00:30:07.900
 deep

00:30:07.900 --> 00:30:08.359
 to

00:30:08.359 --> 00:30:08.980
 scrape

00:30:08.980 --> 00:30:09.500
 off

00:30:09.500 --> 00:30:09.740
 the

00:30:09.740 --> 00:30:10.119
 dragon

00:30:10.119 --> 00:30:10.599
 skin

00:30:10.599 --> 00:30:11.440
 and it

00:30:11.440 --> 00:30:12.039
 hurts

00:30:12.039 --> 00:30:12.660
 and it

00:30:12.660 --> 00:30:13.079
 makes him

00:30:13.079 --> 00:30:13.339
 feel

00:30:13.339 --> 00:30:13.779
 very

00:30:13.779 --> 00:30:14.440
 vulnerable

00:30:14.440 --> 00:30:15.519
 and he's

00:30:15.519 --> 00:30:16.319
 frightened

00:30:16.319 --> 00:30:17.039
 by the

00:30:17.039 --> 00:30:17.700
 process

00:30:17.700 --> 00:30:18.660
 of being

00:30:18.660 --> 00:30:20.139
 unclothed

00:30:20.139 --> 00:30:20.740
 by

00:30:20.740 --> 00:30:23.779
 Aslan

00:30:23.779 --> 00:30:24.339
 the

00:30:24.339 --> 00:30:24.680
 Jesus

00:30:24.680 --> 00:30:25.079
 figure

00:30:25.079 --> 00:30:25.460
 in the

00:30:25.460 --> 00:30:25.879
 story

00:30:25.879 --> 00:30:26.279
 the

00:30:26.279 --> 00:30:26.579
 savior

00:30:26.579 --> 00:30:27.139
 figure

00:30:27.139 --> 00:30:28.579
 Friends

00:30:28.579 --> 00:30:29.059
 this is

00:30:29.059 --> 00:30:29.259
 what

00:30:29.259 --> 00:30:29.599
 drawing

00:30:29.599 --> 00:30:29.879
 near

00:30:29.879 --> 00:30:30.059
 to

00:30:30.059 --> 00:30:30.359
 God

00:30:30.359 --> 00:30:30.799
 means

00:30:30.799 --> 00:30:31.379
 it

00:30:31.379 --> 00:30:31.720
 means

00:30:31.720 --> 00:30:32.159
 us

00:30:32.159 --> 00:30:32.539
 being

00:30:32.539 --> 00:30:32.899
 willing

00:30:32.899 --> 00:30:33.199
 for

00:30:33.199 --> 00:30:33.379
 him

00:30:33.379 --> 00:30:33.579
 to

00:30:33.579 --> 00:30:33.859
 lay

00:30:33.859 --> 00:30:34.359
 bare

00:30:34.359 --> 00:30:34.879
 the

00:30:34.879 --> 00:30:35.159
 depth

00:30:35.159 --> 00:30:35.339
 of

00:30:35.339 --> 00:30:35.500
 our

00:30:35.500 --> 00:30:36.000
 sin

00:30:36.000 --> 00:30:36.299
 and

00:30:36.299 --> 00:30:36.619
 bringing

00:30:36.619 --> 00:30:36.879
 them

00:30:36.879 --> 00:30:37.240
 before

00:30:37.240 --> 00:30:37.480
 the

00:30:37.480 --> 00:30:38.019
 cross

00:30:38.019 --> 00:30:38.559
 to

00:30:38.559 --> 00:30:38.939
 find

00:30:38.939 --> 00:30:40.139
 both

00:30:40.139 --> 00:30:40.960
 forgiveness

00:30:40.960 --> 00:30:42.779
 purification

00:30:42.779 --> 00:30:43.399
 and

00:30:43.399 --> 00:30:44.059
 transformation

00:30:44.059 --> 00:30:44.799
 so that

00:30:44.799 --> 00:30:45.099
 those

00:30:45.099 --> 00:30:45.519
 sins

00:30:45.519 --> 00:30:46.119
 become

00:30:46.119 --> 00:30:46.720
 no

00:30:46.720 --> 00:30:47.139
 longer

00:30:47.139 --> 00:30:47.839
 controlling

00:30:47.839 --> 00:30:48.419
 passions

00:30:48.419 --> 00:30:49.099
 and

00:30:49.099 --> 00:30:49.319
 no

00:30:49.319 --> 00:30:49.799
 longer

00:30:49.799 --> 00:30:50.419
 patterns

00:30:50.419 --> 00:30:50.639
 of

00:30:50.639 --> 00:30:51.000
 behavior

00:30:51.000 --> 00:30:51.379
 in

00:30:51.379 --> 00:30:51.559
 our

00:30:51.559 --> 00:30:52.019
 lives

00:30:52.019 --> 00:30:57.000
 and

00:30:57.000 --> 00:30:57.339
 friends

00:30:57.339 --> 00:30:58.019
 when we

00:30:58.019 --> 00:30:58.240
 do

00:30:58.240 --> 00:30:58.480
 that

00:30:58.480 --> 00:30:58.680
 we

00:30:58.680 --> 00:30:58.900
 must

00:30:58.900 --> 00:30:59.359
 recognize

00:30:59.359 --> 00:30:59.579
 that

00:30:59.579 --> 00:30:59.740
 God

00:30:59.740 --> 00:30:59.879
 has

00:30:59.879 --> 00:31:00.039
 given

00:31:00.039 --> 00:31:00.220
 us

00:31:00.220 --> 00:31:00.639
 means

00:31:00.639 --> 00:31:00.940
 to

00:31:00.940 --> 00:31:01.079
 do

00:31:01.079 --> 00:31:01.379
 this

00:31:01.379 --> 00:31:01.819
 again

00:31:01.819 --> 00:31:02.299
 Motier

00:31:02.299 --> 00:31:02.700
 says

00:31:02.700 --> 00:31:02.980
 this

00:31:02.980 --> 00:31:03.420
 the

00:31:03.420 --> 00:31:03.759
 first

00:31:03.759 --> 00:31:04.319
 element

00:31:04.319 --> 00:31:05.119
 in the

00:31:05.119 --> 00:31:05.559
 conflict

00:31:05.559 --> 00:31:05.839
 is

00:31:05.839 --> 00:31:06.200
 this

00:31:06.200 --> 00:31:06.720
 central

00:31:06.720 --> 00:31:07.099
 battle

00:31:07.099 --> 00:31:07.339
 to

00:31:07.339 --> 00:31:07.920
 live

00:31:07.920 --> 00:31:08.500
 near

00:31:08.500 --> 00:31:08.759
 to

00:31:08.759 --> 00:31:09.259
 God

00:31:09.259 --> 00:31:10.839
 we

00:31:10.839 --> 00:31:10.980
 have

00:31:10.980 --> 00:31:11.119
 to

00:31:11.119 --> 00:31:11.319
 fight

00:31:11.319 --> 00:31:11.480
 for

00:31:11.480 --> 00:31:11.639
 the

00:31:11.639 --> 00:31:12.019
 battle

00:31:12.019 --> 00:31:12.259
 of

00:31:12.259 --> 00:31:13.279
 regularity

00:31:13.279 --> 00:31:13.480
 and

00:31:13.480 --> 00:31:13.920
 discipline

00:31:13.920 --> 00:31:14.139
 of

00:31:14.139 --> 00:31:14.500
 Bible

00:31:14.500 --> 00:31:14.879
 reading

00:31:14.879 --> 00:31:15.079
 of

00:31:15.079 --> 00:31:15.619
 prayer

00:31:15.619 --> 00:31:15.940
 of

00:31:15.940 --> 00:31:16.400
 public

00:31:16.400 --> 00:31:16.660
 and

00:31:16.660 --> 00:31:17.139
 private

00:31:17.139 --> 00:31:17.720
 worship

00:31:17.720 --> 00:31:18.700
 of

00:31:18.700 --> 00:31:19.139
 feasting

00:31:19.139 --> 00:31:19.279
 at

00:31:19.279 --> 00:31:19.420
 the

00:31:19.420 --> 00:31:19.839
 Lord's

00:31:19.839 --> 00:31:20.200
 table

00:31:20.200 --> 00:31:20.440
 of

00:31:20.440 --> 00:31:20.900
 devoting

00:31:20.900 --> 00:31:21.359
 ourselves

00:31:21.359 --> 00:31:21.599
 to

00:31:21.599 --> 00:31:21.959
 Christian

00:31:21.959 --> 00:31:22.500
 fellowship

00:31:22.500 --> 00:31:23.699
 cultivating

00:31:23.699 --> 00:31:24.159
 every

00:31:24.159 --> 00:31:24.659
 appointed

00:31:24.659 --> 00:31:25.240
 avenue

00:31:25.240 --> 00:31:25.659
 whereby

00:31:25.659 --> 00:31:26.059
 we

00:31:26.059 --> 00:31:26.399
 may

00:31:26.399 --> 00:31:26.699
 draw

00:31:26.699 --> 00:31:27.019
 near

00:31:27.019 --> 00:31:27.299
 to

00:31:27.299 --> 00:31:27.759
 him

00:31:27.759 --> 00:31:28.740
 fellowship

00:31:28.740 --> 00:31:29.079
 with

00:31:29.079 --> 00:31:29.459
 God

00:31:29.459 --> 00:31:29.699
 and

00:31:29.699 --> 00:31:29.879
 its

00:31:29.879 --> 00:31:30.500
 consequent

00:31:30.500 --> 00:31:30.939
 blessing

00:31:30.939 --> 00:31:31.159
 of

00:31:31.159 --> 00:31:31.359
 his

00:31:31.359 --> 00:31:31.759
 fellowship

00:31:31.759 --> 00:31:32.019
 with

00:31:32.019 --> 00:31:32.319
 us

00:31:32.319 --> 00:31:33.159
 does

00:31:33.159 --> 00:31:33.479
 not

00:31:33.479 --> 00:31:33.939
 just

00:31:33.939 --> 00:31:34.439
 happen

00:31:34.439 --> 00:31:35.299
 we

00:31:35.299 --> 00:31:35.579
 cannot

00:31:35.579 --> 00:31:35.979
 drift

00:31:35.979 --> 00:31:36.279
 into

00:31:36.279 --> 00:31:36.439
 it

00:31:36.439 --> 00:31:36.639
 any

00:31:36.639 --> 00:31:36.819
 more

00:31:36.819 --> 00:31:37.000
 than

00:31:37.000 --> 00:31:37.179
 we

00:31:37.179 --> 00:31:37.619
 drift

00:31:37.619 --> 00:31:37.979
 into

00:31:37.979 --> 00:31:38.439
 holiness

00:31:38.439 --> 00:31:41.179
 to

00:31:41.179 --> 00:31:41.519
 pursue

00:31:41.519 --> 00:31:41.859
 these

00:31:41.859 --> 00:31:42.240
 things

00:31:42.240 --> 00:31:42.639
 is

00:31:42.639 --> 00:31:42.859
 our

00:31:42.859 --> 00:31:43.299
 first

00:31:43.299 --> 00:31:43.919
 obedience

00:31:43.919 --> 00:31:44.740
 he

00:31:44.740 --> 00:31:45.179
 says

00:31:45.179 --> 00:31:47.819
 so

00:31:47.819 --> 00:31:48.439
 the

00:31:48.439 --> 00:31:48.719
 path

00:31:48.719 --> 00:31:48.859
 of

00:31:48.859 --> 00:31:49.240
 humility

00:31:49.240 --> 00:31:49.539
 is

00:31:49.539 --> 00:31:50.039
 submission

00:31:50.039 --> 00:31:50.379
 it's

00:31:50.379 --> 00:31:50.699
 drawing

00:31:50.699 --> 00:31:50.939
 near

00:31:50.940 --> 00:31:51.420
 and finally

00:31:51.420 --> 00:31:51.720
 it's

00:31:51.720 --> 00:31:52.140
 mourning

00:31:52.140 --> 00:31:53.080
 look at

00:31:53.080 --> 00:31:53.340
 verse

00:31:53.340 --> 00:31:53.840
 nine

00:31:53.840 --> 00:31:55.220
 James

00:31:55.220 --> 00:31:55.740
 again

00:31:55.740 --> 00:31:56.400
 he does

00:31:56.400 --> 00:31:56.620
 not

00:31:56.620 --> 00:31:56.840
 pull

00:31:56.840 --> 00:31:57.039
 his

00:31:57.039 --> 00:31:57.320
 punches

00:31:57.320 --> 00:31:57.759
 here

00:31:57.759 --> 00:32:01.059
 we

00:32:01.059 --> 00:32:01.320
 must

00:32:01.320 --> 00:32:01.700
 hate

00:32:01.700 --> 00:32:02.120
 sin

00:32:02.120 --> 00:32:02.420
 and

00:32:02.420 --> 00:32:02.940
 mourn

00:32:02.940 --> 00:32:03.240
 its

00:32:03.240 --> 00:32:03.700
 presence

00:32:03.700 --> 00:32:04.039
 in

00:32:04.039 --> 00:32:04.200
 our

00:32:04.200 --> 00:32:04.680
 lives

00:32:04.680 --> 00:32:07.100
 James

00:32:07.100 --> 00:32:07.680
 helps

00:32:07.680 --> 00:32:07.940
 us

00:32:07.940 --> 00:32:08.180
 to

00:32:08.180 --> 00:32:08.600
 remember

00:32:08.600 --> 00:32:08.900
 that

00:32:08.900 --> 00:32:09.220
 sin

00:32:09.220 --> 00:32:09.400
 is

00:32:09.400 --> 00:32:09.759
 so

00:32:09.759 --> 00:32:10.200
 ugly

00:32:10.200 --> 00:32:11.220
 it

00:32:11.220 --> 00:32:11.420
 is

00:32:11.420 --> 00:32:11.880
 so

00:32:11.880 --> 00:32:12.539
 offensive

00:32:12.539 --> 00:32:12.940
 to

00:32:12.940 --> 00:32:13.140
 a

00:32:13.140 --> 00:32:13.440
 holy

00:32:13.440 --> 00:32:13.960
 God

00:32:13.960 --> 00:32:14.640
 it

00:32:14.640 --> 00:32:14.799
 is

00:32:14.799 --> 00:32:15.039
 so

00:32:15.039 --> 00:32:15.680
 contrary

00:32:15.680 --> 00:32:16.059
 to

00:32:16.059 --> 00:32:16.259
 the

00:32:16.259 --> 00:32:16.680
 beauty

00:32:16.680 --> 00:32:16.880
 and

00:32:16.880 --> 00:32:17.039
 the

00:32:17.039 --> 00:32:17.519
 glory

00:32:17.519 --> 00:32:18.059
 of

00:32:18.059 --> 00:32:18.240
 his

00:32:18.240 --> 00:32:18.640
 kingdom

00:32:18.640 --> 00:32:18.900
 and

00:32:18.900 --> 00:32:19.100
 his

00:32:19.100 --> 00:32:19.620
 righteousness

00:32:19.619 --> 00:32:21.339
 it

00:32:21.339 --> 00:32:21.599
 is

00:32:21.599 --> 00:32:21.979
 what

00:32:21.979 --> 00:32:22.419
 breaks

00:32:22.419 --> 00:32:22.919
 God's

00:32:22.919 --> 00:32:23.219
 heart

00:32:23.219 --> 00:32:23.579
 more

00:32:23.579 --> 00:32:23.799
 than

00:32:23.799 --> 00:32:24.199
 anything

00:32:24.199 --> 00:32:24.699
 else

00:32:24.699 --> 00:32:26.639
 and

00:32:26.639 --> 00:32:26.799
 it

00:32:26.799 --> 00:32:27.359
 stains

00:32:27.359 --> 00:32:27.619
 our

00:32:27.619 --> 00:32:28.119
 lives

00:32:28.119 --> 00:32:28.399
 like

00:32:28.399 --> 00:32:29.079
 sewage

00:32:29.079 --> 00:32:29.459
 thrown

00:32:29.459 --> 00:32:29.759
 onto

00:32:29.759 --> 00:32:29.959
 a

00:32:29.959 --> 00:32:30.299
 bridal

00:32:30.299 --> 00:32:30.639
 gown

00:32:30.639 --> 00:32:31.259
 it

00:32:31.259 --> 00:32:31.959
 destroys

00:32:31.959 --> 00:32:32.739
 beauty

00:32:32.739 --> 00:32:34.299
 the way

00:32:34.299 --> 00:32:34.739
 a buzz

00:32:34.739 --> 00:32:35.059
 saw

00:32:35.059 --> 00:32:35.479
 would

00:32:35.479 --> 00:32:36.099
 in a

00:32:36.099 --> 00:32:36.359
 flower

00:32:36.359 --> 00:32:36.799
 garden

00:32:36.799 --> 00:32:40.199
 our

00:32:40.199 --> 00:32:40.479
 petty

00:32:40.479 --> 00:32:40.959
 arguments

00:32:40.959 --> 00:32:41.739
 and quarrels

00:32:41.739 --> 00:32:43.019
 stain

00:32:43.019 --> 00:32:43.919
 as much

00:32:43.919 --> 00:32:44.559
 as murder

00:32:44.559 --> 00:32:46.200
 and

00:32:46.200 --> 00:32:46.799
 violence

00:32:46.799 --> 00:32:49.440
 James

00:32:49.440 --> 00:32:49.720
 says

00:32:49.720 --> 00:32:50.000
 there is

00:32:50.000 --> 00:32:50.240
 to be

00:32:50.240 --> 00:32:50.480
 no

00:32:50.480 --> 00:32:51.059
 careless

00:32:51.059 --> 00:32:51.539
 laughter

00:32:51.539 --> 00:32:51.879
 about

00:32:51.879 --> 00:32:52.119
 our

00:32:52.119 --> 00:32:52.460
 sin

00:32:52.460 --> 00:32:52.879
 no

00:32:52.879 --> 00:32:53.579
 casual

00:32:53.579 --> 00:32:54.319
 joy

00:32:54.319 --> 00:32:55.079
 while

00:32:55.079 --> 00:32:55.339
 we

00:32:55.339 --> 00:32:56.119
 excuse

00:32:56.119 --> 00:32:57.159
 our

00:32:57.159 --> 00:32:57.419
 little

00:32:57.419 --> 00:32:58.039
 pleasures

00:32:58.039 --> 00:32:58.779
 apart

00:32:58.779 --> 00:32:59.079
 from

00:32:59.079 --> 00:32:59.559
 God

00:32:59.559 --> 00:33:00.779
 but

00:33:00.779 --> 00:33:00.919
 it

00:33:00.919 --> 00:33:01.240
 is

00:33:01.240 --> 00:33:01.740
 instead

00:33:01.740 --> 00:33:02.059
 to

00:33:02.059 --> 00:33:02.519
 recognize

00:33:02.519 --> 00:33:02.879
 that

00:33:02.879 --> 00:33:03.200
 these

00:33:03.200 --> 00:33:03.339
 are

00:33:03.339 --> 00:33:03.460
 the

00:33:03.460 --> 00:33:03.679
 very

00:33:03.679 --> 00:33:04.000
 things

00:33:04.000 --> 00:33:04.159
 that

00:33:04.159 --> 00:33:04.480
 Christ

00:33:04.480 --> 00:33:04.919
 died

00:33:04.919 --> 00:33:05.539
 to

00:33:05.539 --> 00:33:06.079
 save

00:33:06.079 --> 00:33:06.460
 us

00:33:06.460 --> 00:33:06.960
 from

00:33:06.960 --> 00:33:07.599
 and

00:33:07.599 --> 00:33:07.779
 for

00:33:07.779 --> 00:33:07.960
 us

00:33:07.960 --> 00:33:08.139
 to

00:33:08.139 --> 00:33:08.379
 treat

00:33:08.379 --> 00:33:08.619
 them

00:33:08.619 --> 00:33:09.079
 lightly

00:33:09.079 --> 00:33:13.139
 makes

00:33:13.139 --> 00:33:13.319
 us

00:33:13.319 --> 00:33:13.619
 friends

00:33:13.619 --> 00:33:13.919
 of the

00:33:13.919 --> 00:33:14.279
 world

00:33:14.279 --> 00:33:15.460
 and

00:33:15.460 --> 00:33:15.799
 enemies

00:33:15.799 --> 00:33:16.039
 of

00:33:16.039 --> 00:33:16.339
 God

00:33:16.339 --> 00:33:19.119
 brings

00:33:19.119 --> 00:33:19.299
 us

00:33:19.299 --> 00:33:19.480
 to

00:33:19.480 --> 00:33:19.679
 verse

00:33:19.679 --> 00:33:19.939
 10

00:33:19.939 --> 00:33:20.119
 in

00:33:20.119 --> 00:33:20.240
 the

00:33:20.240 --> 00:33:20.480
 end

00:33:20.480 --> 00:33:20.639
 he

00:33:20.639 --> 00:33:20.859
 says

00:33:20.859 --> 00:33:21.339
 humble

00:33:21.339 --> 00:33:22.039
 yourself

00:33:22.039 --> 00:33:22.559
 then

00:33:22.559 --> 00:33:23.399
 before

00:33:23.399 --> 00:33:24.359
 the

00:33:24.359 --> 00:33:24.759
 Lord

00:33:24.759 --> 00:33:26.919
 and

00:33:26.919 --> 00:33:27.279
 he

00:33:27.279 --> 00:33:27.839
 will

00:33:27.839 --> 00:33:28.379
 exalt

00:33:28.379 --> 00:33:28.740
 you

00:33:28.740 --> 00:33:32.220
 friends

00:33:32.220 --> 00:33:32.579
 God

00:33:32.579 --> 00:33:33.039
 calls

00:33:33.039 --> 00:33:33.259
 us

00:33:33.259 --> 00:33:33.559
 to

00:33:33.559 --> 00:33:33.960
 this

00:33:33.960 --> 00:33:35.079
 unwavering

00:33:35.079 --> 00:33:35.299
 and

00:33:35.299 --> 00:33:35.699
 whole

00:33:35.699 --> 00:33:36.259
 hearted

00:33:36.259 --> 00:33:36.699
 allegiance

00:33:36.699 --> 00:33:37.079
 to

00:33:37.079 --> 00:33:37.460
 him

00:33:37.460 --> 00:33:38.359
 in

00:33:38.359 --> 00:33:39.039
 humility

00:33:39.039 --> 00:33:39.960
 and

00:33:39.960 --> 00:33:40.220
 we

00:33:40.220 --> 00:33:40.720
 know

00:33:40.720 --> 00:33:41.960
 we

00:33:41.960 --> 00:33:42.259
 know

00:33:42.259 --> 00:33:42.460
 that

00:33:42.460 --> 00:33:42.659
 we

00:33:42.659 --> 00:33:43.019
 can't

00:33:43.019 --> 00:33:43.180
 do

00:33:43.180 --> 00:33:43.539
 this

00:33:43.539 --> 00:33:44.539
 we

00:33:44.539 --> 00:33:44.839
 know

00:33:44.839 --> 00:33:45.079
 that

00:33:45.079 --> 00:33:45.299
 our

00:33:45.299 --> 00:33:45.639
 heart

00:33:45.639 --> 00:33:45.879
 will

00:33:45.879 --> 00:33:46.519
 continually

00:33:46.519 --> 00:33:47.000
 turn

00:33:47.000 --> 00:33:47.399
 off

00:33:47.399 --> 00:33:47.579
 the

00:33:47.579 --> 00:33:47.920
 path

00:33:47.920 --> 00:33:48.500
 our

00:33:48.500 --> 00:33:48.720
 heart

00:33:48.720 --> 00:33:48.920
 will

00:33:48.920 --> 00:33:49.519
 continually

00:33:49.519 --> 00:33:49.960
 say

00:33:49.960 --> 00:33:50.440
 no

00:33:50.440 --> 00:33:50.720
 I'd

00:33:50.720 --> 00:33:50.920
 rather

00:33:50.920 --> 00:33:51.139
 be

00:33:51.139 --> 00:33:51.279
 in

00:33:51.279 --> 00:33:51.639
 control

00:33:51.639 --> 00:33:51.940
 thank

00:33:51.940 --> 00:33:52.059
 you

00:33:52.059 --> 00:33:52.220
 very

00:33:52.220 --> 00:33:52.480
 much

00:33:52.480 --> 00:33:52.659
 no

00:33:52.659 --> 00:33:52.879
 I

00:33:52.879 --> 00:33:53.139
 want

00:33:53.139 --> 00:33:53.240
 it

00:33:53.240 --> 00:33:53.460
 my

00:33:53.460 --> 00:33:53.700
 way

00:33:53.700 --> 00:33:53.960
 thank

00:33:53.960 --> 00:33:54.079
 you

00:33:54.079 --> 00:33:54.259
 very

00:33:54.259 --> 00:33:54.539
 much

00:33:54.539 --> 00:33:54.779
 God

00:33:54.779 --> 00:33:55.220
 I

00:33:55.220 --> 00:33:55.559
 want

00:33:55.559 --> 00:33:56.000
 things

00:33:56.000 --> 00:33:56.180
 to

00:33:56.180 --> 00:33:56.539
 happen

00:33:56.539 --> 00:33:57.339
 the

00:33:57.339 --> 00:33:57.559
 way

00:33:57.559 --> 00:33:57.879
 I

00:33:57.879 --> 00:33:58.119
 think

00:33:58.119 --> 00:33:58.240
 it

00:33:58.240 --> 00:33:58.420
 should

00:33:58.420 --> 00:33:58.740
 happen

00:33:58.740 --> 00:33:59.119
 God

00:33:59.119 --> 00:33:59.639
 and

00:33:59.639 --> 00:33:59.839
 I'm

00:33:59.839 --> 00:33:59.920
 going

00:33:59.920 --> 00:34:00.019
 to

00:34:00.019 --> 00:34:00.139
 do

00:34:00.139 --> 00:34:00.379
 whatever

00:34:00.379 --> 00:34:00.599
 it

00:34:00.599 --> 00:34:00.859
 takes

00:34:00.859 --> 00:34:01.039
 for

00:34:01.039 --> 00:34:01.200
 that

00:34:01.200 --> 00:34:01.359
 to

00:34:01.359 --> 00:34:01.700
 happen

00:34:01.700 --> 00:34:02.700
 and

00:34:09.039 --> 00:34:09.940
 gracious

00:34:09.940 --> 00:34:10.360
 and

00:34:10.360 --> 00:34:10.659
 loving

00:34:10.659 --> 00:34:11.179
 Savior

00:34:11.179 --> 00:34:13.320
 Philippians

00:34:13.320 --> 00:34:13.599
 2

00:34:13.599 --> 00:34:13.779
 the

00:34:13.779 --> 00:34:14.139
 passage

00:34:14.139 --> 00:34:14.340
 that

00:34:14.340 --> 00:34:14.579
 Daniel

00:34:14.579 --> 00:34:14.840
 read

00:34:14.840 --> 00:34:15.159
 early

00:34:15.159 --> 00:34:15.719
 reminds

00:34:15.719 --> 00:34:16.139
 us

00:34:16.139 --> 00:34:17.779
 in

00:34:17.779 --> 00:34:17.940
 there

00:34:17.940 --> 00:34:18.099
 the

00:34:18.099 --> 00:34:18.360
 apostle

00:34:18.360 --> 00:34:18.659
 Paul

00:34:18.659 --> 00:34:19.079
 exhorted

00:34:19.079 --> 00:34:19.320
 us

00:34:19.320 --> 00:34:19.460
 to

00:34:19.460 --> 00:34:19.679
 very

00:34:19.679 --> 00:34:20.199
 similar

00:34:20.199 --> 00:34:20.639
 types

00:34:20.639 --> 00:34:20.860
 of

00:34:20.860 --> 00:34:21.840
 living

00:34:21.840 --> 00:34:22.420
 humbly

00:34:22.420 --> 00:34:22.739
 in

00:34:22.739 --> 00:34:22.860
 the

00:34:22.860 --> 00:34:23.059
 first

00:34:23.059 --> 00:34:23.340
 four

00:34:23.340 --> 00:34:23.659
 verses

00:34:23.659 --> 00:34:23.860
 and

00:34:23.860 --> 00:34:23.980
 he

00:34:23.980 --> 00:34:24.139
 says

00:34:24.139 --> 00:34:24.599
 remember

00:34:24.599 --> 00:34:25.239
 Christ

00:34:25.239 --> 00:34:26.800
 who

00:34:26.800 --> 00:34:27.019
 didn't

00:34:27.019 --> 00:34:27.239
 even

00:34:27.239 --> 00:34:27.519
 count

00:34:27.519 --> 00:34:28.079
 equality

00:34:28.079 --> 00:34:28.340
 with

00:34:28.340 --> 00:34:28.559
 God

00:34:28.559 --> 00:34:28.940
 something

00:34:28.940 --> 00:34:29.159
 to

00:34:29.159 --> 00:34:29.320
 be

00:34:29.320 --> 00:34:30.460
 grasped

00:34:30.460 --> 00:34:30.639
 that

00:34:30.639 --> 00:34:30.800
 is

00:34:30.800 --> 00:34:30.900
 he

00:34:30.900 --> 00:34:31.199
 didn't

00:34:31.199 --> 00:34:31.480
 hold

00:34:31.480 --> 00:34:31.719
 on

00:34:31.719 --> 00:34:31.840
 to

00:34:31.840 --> 00:34:31.980
 his

00:34:31.980 --> 00:34:32.500
 privilege

00:34:32.500 --> 00:34:32.699
 as

00:34:32.699 --> 00:34:32.820
 a

00:34:32.820 --> 00:34:33.099
 second

00:34:33.099 --> 00:34:34.219
 person

00:34:34.219 --> 00:34:34.360
 of

00:34:34.360 --> 00:34:34.500
 the

00:34:34.500 --> 00:34:34.779
 Trinity

00:34:34.779 --> 00:34:35.039
 but

00:34:35.039 --> 00:34:35.340
 instead

00:34:35.340 --> 00:34:35.519
 he

00:34:35.519 --> 00:34:35.920
 emptied

00:34:35.920 --> 00:34:36.380
 himself

00:34:36.380 --> 00:34:37.039
 and

00:34:37.039 --> 00:34:37.159
 he

00:34:37.159 --> 00:34:37.500
 came

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 to

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 earth

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 and

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 he

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 took

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 on

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 the

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 form

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 of

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 a

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 created

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 being

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 when

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 he

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 took

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 on

00:34:43.059 --> 00:34:43.219
 the

00:34:43.219 --> 00:34:43.500
 form

00:34:43.500 --> 00:34:43.659
 of

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 humanity

00:34:44.259 --> 00:34:44.619
 he

00:34:44.619 --> 00:34:44.980
 entered

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 into

00:34:45.279 --> 00:34:45.639
 this

00:34:45.639 --> 00:34:46.159
 fallen

00:34:46.159 --> 00:34:46.480
 world

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 with

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 us

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 and

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 he

00:34:47.380 --> 00:34:47.820
 suffered

00:34:47.820 --> 00:34:48.139
 with

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 us

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 and

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 he

00:34:49.340 --> 00:34:49.820
 submitted

00:34:49.820 --> 00:34:50.259
 himself

00:34:50.259 --> 00:34:50.500
 to

00:34:50.500 --> 00:34:50.900
 God's

00:34:50.900 --> 00:34:51.119
 will

00:34:51.119 --> 00:34:51.480
 even

00:34:51.480 --> 00:34:51.699
 to

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 the

00:34:51.840 --> 00:34:52.059
 point

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 of

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 dying

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 on

00:34:52.880 --> 00:34:53.019
 the

00:34:53.019 --> 00:34:53.460
 cross

00:34:53.460 --> 00:34:54.000
 for

00:34:54.000 --> 00:34:54.519
 people

00:34:54.519 --> 00:34:55.519
 who

00:34:55.519 --> 00:34:55.880
 hated

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 him

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 and

00:34:57.659 --> 00:34:57.800
 had

00:34:57.800 --> 00:34:58.259
 rejected

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 him

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 and

00:35:03.420 --> 00:35:03.759
 friends

00:35:03.759 --> 00:35:04.039
 if

00:35:04.039 --> 00:35:04.579
 Christ

00:35:04.579 --> 00:35:04.880
 would

00:35:04.880 --> 00:35:05.059
 do

00:35:05.059 --> 00:35:05.360
 that

00:35:05.360 --> 00:35:05.659
 for

00:35:05.659 --> 00:35:06.019
 us

00:35:06.019 --> 00:35:06.259
 to

00:35:06.259 --> 00:35:06.739
 rescue

00:35:06.739 --> 00:35:07.119
 us

00:35:07.119 --> 00:35:07.339
 from

00:35:07.339 --> 00:35:07.599
 our

00:35:07.599 --> 00:35:07.919
 sin

00:35:07.919 --> 00:35:09.799
 will

00:35:09.799 --> 00:35:09.979
 you

00:35:09.979 --> 00:35:10.419
 trust

00:35:10.419 --> 00:35:10.879
 him

00:35:10.879 --> 00:35:13.419
 will

00:35:13.419 --> 00:35:13.899
 you

00:35:13.899 --> 00:35:15.059
 put

00:35:15.059 --> 00:35:15.500
 yourself

00:35:15.500 --> 00:35:15.799
 in a

00:35:15.799 --> 00:35:16.159
 place

00:35:16.159 --> 00:35:16.399
 of

00:35:16.399 --> 00:35:17.199
 humility

00:35:17.199 --> 00:35:17.759
 before

00:35:17.759 --> 00:35:18.119
 him

00:35:18.119 --> 00:35:18.299
 and

00:35:18.299 --> 00:35:18.519
 say

00:35:18.519 --> 00:35:19.139
 I

00:35:19.139 --> 00:35:19.379
 will

00:35:19.379 --> 00:35:19.839
 follow

00:35:19.839 --> 00:35:20.159
 in

00:35:20.159 --> 00:35:20.299
 your

00:35:20.299 --> 00:35:20.759
 train

00:35:20.759 --> 00:35:21.319
 you

00:35:21.319 --> 00:35:21.519
 are

00:35:21.519 --> 00:35:21.759
 my

00:35:21.759 --> 00:35:22.159
 captain

00:35:22.159 --> 00:35:22.339
 and

00:35:22.339 --> 00:35:22.539
 I

00:35:22.539 --> 00:35:22.739
 will

00:35:22.739 --> 00:35:23.139
 go

00:35:23.139 --> 00:35:23.859
 along

00:35:23.859 --> 00:35:24.079
 the

00:35:24.079 --> 00:35:24.399
 path

00:35:24.399 --> 00:35:24.539
 of

00:35:24.539 --> 00:35:24.679
 the

00:35:24.679 --> 00:35:25.179
 cross

00:35:25.179 --> 00:35:25.639
 I

00:35:25.639 --> 00:35:25.799
 will

00:35:25.799 --> 00:35:26.279
 humble

00:35:26.279 --> 00:35:26.899
 myself

00:35:26.899 --> 00:35:27.659
 I

00:35:27.659 --> 00:35:27.839
 will

00:35:27.839 --> 00:35:28.459
 submit

00:35:28.459 --> 00:35:29.139
 I

00:35:29.139 --> 00:35:29.319
 will

00:35:29.319 --> 00:35:29.779
 draw

00:35:29.779 --> 00:35:30.299
 near

00:35:30.299 --> 00:35:30.859
 I

00:35:30.859 --> 00:35:31.059
 will

00:35:31.059 --> 00:35:31.579
 mourn

00:35:31.579 --> 00:35:31.819
 my

00:35:31.819 --> 00:35:32.199
 sin

00:35:32.199 --> 00:35:32.379
 and

00:35:32.379 --> 00:35:32.779
 run

00:35:32.779 --> 00:35:33.119
 from

00:35:33.119 --> 00:35:33.359
 it

00:35:33.359 --> 00:35:33.899
 and

00:35:33.899 --> 00:35:34.019
 I

00:35:34.019 --> 00:35:34.199
 will

00:35:34.199 --> 00:35:34.559
 run

00:35:34.559 --> 00:35:34.819
 to

00:35:34.819 --> 00:35:35.259
 you

00:35:35.260 --> 00:35:38.120
 I

00:35:38.120 --> 00:35:38.300
 will

00:35:38.300 --> 00:35:38.600
 run

00:35:38.600 --> 00:35:38.860
 to

00:35:38.860 --> 00:35:39.260
 you

00:35:39.260 --> 00:35:41.620
 so that

00:35:41.620 --> 00:35:41.960
 I may

00:35:41.960 --> 00:35:42.640
 find

00:35:42.640 --> 00:35:44.560
 the very

00:35:44.560 --> 00:35:45.060
 things that

00:35:45.060 --> 00:35:45.520
 I'm longing

00:35:45.520 --> 00:35:45.960
 for

00:35:45.960 --> 00:35:47.360
 for friends

00:35:47.360 --> 00:35:48.480
 this is the foolishness

00:35:48.480 --> 00:35:48.960
 of sin

00:35:48.960 --> 00:35:49.500
 it's the things

00:35:49.500 --> 00:35:50.260
 we fight over

00:35:50.260 --> 00:35:50.820
 and quarrel

00:35:50.820 --> 00:35:51.640
 over and grasp

00:35:51.640 --> 00:35:52.480
 at and think

00:35:52.480 --> 00:35:52.960
 we want to

00:35:52.960 --> 00:35:53.240
 get

00:35:53.240 --> 00:35:56.660
 the exaltation

00:35:56.660 --> 00:35:57.100
 of God

00:35:57.100 --> 00:35:57.660
 is far

00:35:57.660 --> 00:35:57.960
 better

00:35:57.960 --> 00:35:58.480
 than

00:35:58.480 --> 00:35:59.000
 anything

00:35:59.000 --> 00:35:59.820
 we will

00:35:59.820 --> 00:36:00.640
 ever create

00:36:00.640 --> 00:36:01.420
 for ourselves

00:36:01.420 --> 00:36:02.360
 in our

00:36:02.360 --> 00:36:02.800
 lives

00:36:02.800 --> 00:36:04.260
 may

00:36:04.260 --> 00:36:04.579
 we

00:36:04.579 --> 00:36:05.120
 follow

00:36:05.120 --> 00:36:05.780
 James

00:36:05.780 --> 00:36:06.700
 command

00:36:06.700 --> 00:36:07.700
 today

00:36:07.700 --> 00:36:07.960
 to

00:36:07.960 --> 00:36:08.360
 humble

00:36:08.360 --> 00:36:09.099
 ourselves

00:36:09.099 --> 00:36:10.400
 before

00:36:10.400 --> 00:36:10.780
 the mighty

00:36:10.780 --> 00:36:11.019
 hand

00:36:11.019 --> 00:36:11.400
 of God

00:36:11.400 --> 00:36:11.640
 that

00:36:11.640 --> 00:36:11.960
 he

00:36:11.960 --> 00:36:12.300
 may

00:36:12.300 --> 00:36:12.519
 in

00:36:12.519 --> 00:36:12.700
 due

00:36:12.700 --> 00:36:13.120
 time

00:36:13.120 --> 00:36:13.940
 exalt

00:36:13.940 --> 00:36:14.380
 us

00:36:14.380 --> 00:36:14.960
 let's

00:36:14.960 --> 00:36:15.180
 pray

00:36:15.180 --> 00:36:15.700
 together

00:36:15.700 --> 00:36:17.519
 Lord

00:36:17.519 --> 00:36:17.680
 we

00:36:17.680 --> 00:36:17.940
 thank

00:36:17.940 --> 00:36:18.059
 you

00:36:18.059 --> 00:36:18.200
 for

00:36:18.200 --> 00:36:18.420
 this

00:36:18.420 --> 00:36:18.800
 word

00:36:18.800 --> 00:36:20.380
 Lord

00:36:20.380 --> 00:36:20.519
 I

00:36:20.519 --> 00:36:20.800
 pray

00:36:20.800 --> 00:36:21.000
 for

00:36:21.000 --> 00:36:21.160
 your

00:36:21.160 --> 00:36:21.360
 Holy

00:36:21.360 --> 00:36:21.740
 Spirit

00:36:21.740 --> 00:36:23.079
 that

00:36:23.079 --> 00:36:23.380
 even

00:36:23.380 --> 00:36:23.539
 though

00:36:23.539 --> 00:36:23.700
 it's

00:36:23.700 --> 00:36:23.820
 a

00:36:23.820 --> 00:36:24.120
 beautiful

00:36:24.120 --> 00:36:24.460
 sunny

00:36:24.460 --> 00:36:24.840
 day

00:36:24.840 --> 00:36:25.000
 and

00:36:25.000 --> 00:36:25.099
 it

00:36:25.099 --> 00:36:25.120
 would

00:36:25.120 --> 00:36:25.200
 be

00:36:25.200 --> 00:36:25.539
 easy

00:36:25.539 --> 00:36:25.760
 to

00:36:25.760 --> 00:36:26.039
 walk

00:36:26.039 --> 00:36:26.280
 away

00:36:26.280 --> 00:36:26.480
 from

00:36:26.480 --> 00:36:26.660
 this

00:36:26.660 --> 00:36:26.940
 word

00:36:26.940 --> 00:36:27.099
 and

00:36:27.099 --> 00:36:27.440
 forget

00:36:27.440 --> 00:36:27.740
 it

00:36:27.740 --> 00:36:28.460
 Lord

00:36:28.460 --> 00:36:28.599
 I

00:36:28.599 --> 00:36:28.860
 pray

00:36:28.860 --> 00:36:29.120
 that

00:36:29.120 --> 00:36:29.400
 by

00:36:29.400 --> 00:36:29.599
 your

00:36:29.599 --> 00:36:29.980
 spirit

00:36:29.980 --> 00:36:30.180
 you

00:36:30.180 --> 00:36:30.320
 would

00:36:30.320 --> 00:36:30.519
 help

00:36:30.519 --> 00:36:30.700
 us

00:36:30.699 --> 00:36:30.919
 to

00:36:30.919 --> 00:36:31.799
 meditate

00:36:31.799 --> 00:36:32.099
 on

00:36:32.099 --> 00:36:32.279
 these

00:36:32.279 --> 00:36:32.639
 words

00:36:32.639 --> 00:36:32.839
 and

00:36:32.839 --> 00:36:33.279
 remember

00:36:33.279 --> 00:36:33.659
 them

00:36:33.659 --> 00:36:34.839
 Lord

00:36:34.839 --> 00:36:34.980
 I

00:36:34.980 --> 00:36:35.179
 pray

00:36:35.179 --> 00:36:35.359
 that

00:36:35.359 --> 00:36:35.480
 you

00:36:35.480 --> 00:36:35.619
 would

00:36:35.619 --> 00:36:35.939
 use

00:36:35.939 --> 00:36:36.279
 them

00:36:36.279 --> 00:36:36.699
 Lord

00:36:36.699 --> 00:36:37.099
 to

00:36:37.099 --> 00:36:37.859
 root

00:36:37.859 --> 00:36:38.319
 out

00:36:38.319 --> 00:36:39.279
 sin

00:36:39.279 --> 00:36:39.439
 in

00:36:39.439 --> 00:36:39.619
 our

00:36:39.619 --> 00:36:40.119
 lives

00:36:40.119 --> 00:36:41.399
 Lord

00:36:41.399 --> 00:36:41.579
 that

00:36:41.579 --> 00:36:41.699
 you

00:36:41.699 --> 00:36:41.839
 would

00:36:41.839 --> 00:36:42.099
 use

00:36:42.099 --> 00:36:42.239
 it

00:36:42.239 --> 00:36:42.460
 to

00:36:42.460 --> 00:36:43.239
 transform

00:36:43.239 --> 00:36:43.579
 our

00:36:43.579 --> 00:36:44.039
 hearts

00:36:44.039 --> 00:36:44.799
 that

00:36:44.799 --> 00:36:45.000
 you

00:36:45.000 --> 00:36:45.219
 would

00:36:45.219 --> 00:36:45.919
 develop

00:36:45.919 --> 00:36:46.139
 in

00:36:46.139 --> 00:36:46.480
 us

00:36:46.480 --> 00:36:46.639
 a

00:36:46.639 --> 00:36:47.179
 humility

00:36:47.179 --> 00:36:47.639
 that's

00:36:47.639 --> 00:36:47.879
 like

00:36:47.879 --> 00:36:48.059
 the

00:36:48.059 --> 00:36:48.460
 humility

00:36:48.460 --> 00:36:48.739
 of

00:36:48.739 --> 00:36:49.119
 Christ

00:36:49.119 --> 00:36:51.799
 that

00:36:51.799 --> 00:36:51.939
 you

00:36:51.939 --> 00:36:52.119
 would

00:36:52.119 --> 00:36:52.259
 do

00:36:52.259 --> 00:36:52.619
 this

00:36:52.619 --> 00:36:53.059
 Lord

00:36:53.059 --> 00:36:53.480
 for

00:36:53.480 --> 00:36:53.960
 us

00:36:53.960 --> 00:36:55.399
 Lord

00:36:55.399 --> 00:36:55.599
 so

00:36:55.599 --> 00:36:55.739
 that

00:36:55.739 --> 00:36:55.899
 we

00:36:55.899 --> 00:36:56.159
 might

00:36:56.159 --> 00:36:56.419
 be

00:36:56.419 --> 00:36:56.679
 to

00:36:56.679 --> 00:36:56.839
 your

00:36:56.839 --> 00:36:57.239
 glory

00:36:57.239 --> 00:36:58.199
 we

00:36:58.199 --> 00:36:58.439
 pray

00:36:58.439 --> 00:36:58.699
 this

00:36:58.699 --> 00:36:58.859
 in

00:36:58.859 --> 00:36:59.059
 Jesus

00:36:59.059 --> 00:36:59.500
 name

00:36:59.500 --> 00:37:00.359
 Amen

00:37:00.360 --> 00:37:00.539
 Amen