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 God's Word in 2 Timothy chapter 3.

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 From time to time, we take breaks from our verse-by-verse exposition of the Scripture to help you understand why we do what we do as a church.

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 In fact, if you go on our website, you can find the category, why we do what we do, found there.

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 So we've been going through the book of James.

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 We're at the end of chapter 2, purpose to start into chapter 3 in the coming weeks and looking forward to doing that.

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 It is most often that we open up to a text and we get right to reading it and we just spend our time in that text.

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 I often say to the younger guys learning to preach, your goal ought to be to keep people's nose in the book, right?

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 Keep them focused on the text itself.

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 However, it's a little difficult to do that when we do these types of sermons because they're a little more survey-oriented.

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 It's a bit of a step back to try to understand conceptually why we might do what we do.

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 So I just had you turn to 2 Timothy chapter 3 and it's just going to sit there in your laps for a little while as we set up a case.

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 We are going to look at this passage, but we look at some other passages first before we land in this one as well.

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 So I want you to know it pains me a little to preach sermons like this.

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 It's not my favorite way of preaching.

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 And I also want to give you warning.

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 It is especially important to be discerning when this type of preaching happens, right?

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 When the scripture is being used to proof the point rather than the scripture itself and forming the point in its presentation.

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 So I just want to say that to you.

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 I'm aware of what is happening, that it's got its danger.

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 So be discerning this morning as we open up God's word together.

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 The practice, the why we do what we do that we're going to cover today is the practice of biblical counseling.

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 And we find this to be of particular importance for us to think together about today for three reasons.

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 First and most importantly, you will likely need some extra help for a particular reason at some point in your life.

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 Perhaps more often than you even realize.

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 And it's important that you know where and how to get the counsel that you need.

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 Who should be helping you?

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 How do you know when somebody is giving you information worth listening to?

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 We live in an age of lots of information.

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 What should you and shouldn't you listen to?

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 Second, we are committed to biblical counseling as a church.

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 We are already committed to this.

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 We were committed to this in the founding of the church 13 years ago.

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 It is already practiced here.

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 It's already a thing that we do in some measure.

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 Some of you have been beneficiaries of biblical counseling in the life of our church.

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 But we also hope to see it practiced more.

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 Thirdly, we have determined as a church to press our efforts forward this year to start a biblical counseling center.

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 To more formalize that ministry of our church.

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 This endeavor is going to take a bunch of effort on a number of different fronts.

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 But the primary one, the primary effort, the thing we're going to need to work the most at is equipping members of our church to provide biblical counseling.

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 So we're going to be leading a cohort of people through the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors training.

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 So ACBC, if you're here, let's use that term.

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 ACBC's training.

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 And we would like for you to prayerfully consider being part of this work.

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 Prayerfully consider.

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 Might the Lord use me in this way as I'm laying out this case for you today?

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 We are hoping to see at least 12 people through the training this year.

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 If you're at all interested, if you think, sign me up, or you think, maybe I'd like to learn more,

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 we're going to have an information session following today's gathering in the large meeting room downstairs.

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 It's going to be short.

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 We're going to kind of lay out for you what that process looks like and how you can get involved in being trained to be a biblical counselor.

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 So as you're listening to this, as you're thinking about the case that the Bible makes for biblical counseling,

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 I want you to think in those terms.

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 So why do we practice and believe that God would have us further practice biblical counseling?

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 I hope to sufficiently answer that question for you with three points.

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 This is one of those sermons that's very difficult to condense.

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 There's so much I'd like to say and so many ideas I'd like to explore,

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 but I'm going to try to sufficiently answer that question.

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 Why?

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 Why biblical counseling?

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 Why should we do it?

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 Why should we do more of it?

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 The first point is this.

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 Number one, humans are troubled as a result of sin.

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 I don't think that anybody would say that we're not,

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 that there isn't some trouble in the world because of the sinfulness of man.

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 We have reason to be troubled generally.

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 There has been a curse placed on the world.

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 The brokenness of the place in which we live goes back to the fall.

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 Genesis chapter 3.

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 We can read in verse 16 and following.

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 God says to the woman,

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 And to Adam he said,

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 Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree which I commanded you,

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 you shall not eat of it.

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 Cursed is the ground because of you.

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 In pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life.

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 Thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you,

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 and you shall eat the plants of the field.

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 By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread till you return to the ground.

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 For out of it you were taken, for you are dust.

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 And to dust you shall return.

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 So we can see in these few verses,

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 outward trouble, pain in childbearing,

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 pain in provision,

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 work became labor.

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 And we see in this text,

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 death.

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 Death is now part.

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 And all of the aches and pains and things that happen taking us to that place

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 is generally part of the fall.

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 We also see in that curse,

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 inward trouble.

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 Relational turmoil that's rooted in desire.

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 It's going to be problems in our relationship because of original sin.

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 But we also have specific troubles because of sin.

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 We are part of that sin nature.

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 We received it.

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 We are also willingly sinful.

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 And it causes trouble in our world.

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 A single Bible example of this,

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 James chapter 4, verse 1 and following.

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 James writes,

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 What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you?

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 Is it not this,

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 that your passions are at war within you?

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 You desire and do not have,

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 so you murder.

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 You covet and cannot obtain,

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 so you fight and quarrel.

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 You do not have,

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 because you do not ask.

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 You ask and do not receive,

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 because you ask wrongly to spend it on your passions.

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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,

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 whoever wishes to be a friend of the world

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 makes himself an enemy of God.

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 So we are naturally idolatrous people.

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 We are naturally seeking satisfaction in a place that it cannot be found.

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 We are trading our God for something paltry,

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 something not worthy of our worship.

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 And this causes all kinds of trouble,

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 relational trouble and otherwise.

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 We feel it.

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 We have felt it this week.

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 We have likely felt it this morning.

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 If it doesn't hurt for you to roll out of bed yet,

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 brace yourself.

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 It's coming.

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 Young people,

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 on the morning of your 30th birthday.

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 It's coming.

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 Our bodies are falling apart.

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 We are,

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 apart from the grace of God,

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 wretched inside.

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 And all people,

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 rightly,

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 wish to be freed

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 from their troubles.

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 We all want ease.

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 We all want to be carefree.

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 We want to be set free

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 from the troubles of this life.

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 God's people know.

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 We have a theology for this.

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 We understand

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 the nature of the world in which we live.

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 And

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 we also know that one day

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 we will be fully and finally

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 freed

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 from our troubles.

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 Wonderful

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 truth.

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 A wonderful thing

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 to reflect on

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 together.

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 We sing often

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 a song together

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 on the Lord's Day

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 called

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 On Jordan's Stormy Banks

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 I Stand.

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 Which picks up

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 that typology

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 of God's people,

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 Israel,

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 waiting to cross over

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 into the promised land.

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 And it applies it rightly

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 to

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 the future reality

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 that will be delivered

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 from this world.

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 Verse 3 says,

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 No chilling winds

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 or poisonous breath

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 can reach that healthful shore

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 where sickness,

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 sorrow,

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 pain,

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 and death

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 are felt

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 and feared.

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 No more.

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 And then the chorus goes,

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 I am bound,

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 I am bound,

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 I am bound

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 for the promised land

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 and repeats.

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 Right?

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 We look forward

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 to that great day.

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 But while we await

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 that day,

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 is there any

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 temporal relief

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 for our troubles?

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 Right?

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 Are there instructions?

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 Is there help

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 given

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 to us?

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 And the answer

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 is absolutely

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 yes.

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 But first,

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 to understand

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 where to look

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 for this relief,

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 we need to understand

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 the nature

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 of our being.

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 How is it that God

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 made us,

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 which brings me

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 to our next point.

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 So number two,

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 humans

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 are

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 embodied

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 souls.

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 We are

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 embodied

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 souls.

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 We are

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 dichotomous

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 creatures.

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 And dichotomous

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 actually means

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 that we can be

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 divided in two,

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 which is really

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 not the best term.

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 That's why I like

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 to say instead

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 embodied souls.

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 Right?

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 Because our humanity

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 is both

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 our soul

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 and our body.

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 We will be

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 separated from

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 this body

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 upon death.

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 But our final

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 eternal state,

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 if we're in Christ,

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 will be in a

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 resurrected body.

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 Right?

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 Bodily

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 dwelling

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 is part of

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 being

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 human.

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 So you've got

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 the two things,

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 both body

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 and soul.

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 Both important.

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 Both

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 God-bearing,

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 image-bearing

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 parts of who

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 we are

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 as

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 people.

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 And I'm going

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 to juxtapose

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 that to

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 trichotomous

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 being

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 momentarily.

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 But I want

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 to make the

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 case to you

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 that we are

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 two-part

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 in a whole.

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 Right?

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 We are

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 embodied

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 souls.

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 Genesis

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 chapter 2,

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 verse 7.

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 The Lord God

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 formed the man

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 of dust

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 from the ground,

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 body,

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 and breathed

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 into his nostrils

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 the breath

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 of life,

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 soul,

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 and the man

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 became a

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 living creature.

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 Right?

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 This is something

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 that the rest

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 of the creative

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 world does not

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 have a soul.

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 God-breathed

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 life.

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 Right?

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 So we're both

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 parts,

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 body and soul,

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 and both parts

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 are affected

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 by the curse

00:12:26.680 --> 00:12:27.120
 of sin.

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 The body,

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 right?

00:12:30.019 --> 00:12:30.780
 There are a

00:12:30.780 --> 00:12:31.840
 myriad number

00:12:31.840 --> 00:12:32.440
 of ailments

00:12:32.440 --> 00:12:33.019
 affecting our

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 bodies.

00:12:33.879 --> 00:12:33.980
 Right?

00:12:35.040 --> 00:12:35.639
 Viruses.

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 Here's a wonderful

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 example.

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 Have we all

00:12:38.019 --> 00:12:39.460
 felt the curse

00:12:39.460 --> 00:12:40.160
 of viruses

00:12:40.160 --> 00:12:40.759
 over this

00:12:40.759 --> 00:12:41.379
 past couple

00:12:41.379 --> 00:12:42.820
 of years?

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 You guys know

00:12:44.540 --> 00:12:44.980
 that just a

00:12:44.980 --> 00:12:45.560
 couple of weeks

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 ago,

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 I was up here

00:12:46.660 --> 00:12:47.320
 with a sling

00:12:47.320 --> 00:12:47.940
 on my arm

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 because I had

00:12:48.580 --> 00:12:49.080
 an accident

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 and I,

00:12:49.980 --> 00:12:50.259
 turns out,

00:12:50.340 --> 00:12:50.899
 bruised ribs.

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 So I'm feeling

00:12:51.779 --> 00:12:52.240
 much better

00:12:52.240 --> 00:12:52.639
 now,

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 wonderfully.

00:12:53.500 --> 00:12:53.639
 Right?

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 I think

00:12:55.399 --> 00:12:56.460
 pre-fall,

00:12:56.920 --> 00:12:57.700
 I just wouldn't

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 have been stupid

00:12:58.600 --> 00:12:59.519
 enough to have

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 the accident.

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 We would have

00:13:02.620 --> 00:13:03.160
 avoided it

00:13:03.160 --> 00:13:03.560
 altogether.

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 I think my

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 brain would

00:13:04.879 --> 00:13:05.419
 have been

00:13:05.419 --> 00:13:06.199
 sharper than

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 it was.

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 Or some

00:13:09.179 --> 00:13:10.019
 super cool

00:13:10.019 --> 00:13:10.519
 regenerative

00:13:10.519 --> 00:13:11.119
 property would

00:13:11.119 --> 00:13:11.759
 have made

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 it not painful.

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 I don't know.

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 I'm a type

00:13:15.399 --> 00:13:15.979
 one diabetic.

00:13:16.479 --> 00:13:16.579
 Right?

00:13:16.619 --> 00:13:17.099
 My immune

00:13:17.099 --> 00:13:18.139
 system killed

00:13:18.139 --> 00:13:18.479
 the part of

00:13:18.479 --> 00:13:19.099
 my pancreas

00:13:19.099 --> 00:13:19.439
 that makes

00:13:19.439 --> 00:13:19.779
 insulin.

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 So I have

00:13:20.739 --> 00:13:21.099
 to do it

00:13:21.099 --> 00:13:21.779
 synthetically.

00:13:21.979 --> 00:13:22.099
 Right?

00:13:22.119 --> 00:13:22.399
 I have a

00:13:22.399 --> 00:13:22.859
 pump and I

00:13:22.859 --> 00:13:23.279
 do all this

00:13:23.279 --> 00:13:24.219
 stuff to put

00:13:24.219 --> 00:13:24.739
 insulin into

00:13:24.739 --> 00:13:26.399
 my body.

00:13:27.459 --> 00:13:28.039
 There are

00:13:28.039 --> 00:13:29.139
 mental disorders.

00:13:29.139 --> 00:13:31.159
 extreme

00:13:31.159 --> 00:13:31.779
 examples.

00:13:32.379 --> 00:13:32.939
 Schizophrenia.

00:13:33.399 --> 00:13:33.480
 Right?

00:13:33.580 --> 00:13:33.980
 These are

00:13:33.980 --> 00:13:35.139
 ailments of

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 the body.

00:13:38.139 --> 00:13:38.340
 However,

00:13:38.480 --> 00:13:38.879
 one day

00:13:38.879 --> 00:13:39.399
 these bodies

00:13:39.399 --> 00:13:39.939
 will be no

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 more and

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 we will

00:13:40.720 --> 00:13:41.500
 have new

00:13:41.500 --> 00:13:41.919
 resurrected

00:13:41.919 --> 00:13:43.240
 bodies that

00:13:43.240 --> 00:13:43.519
 will be

00:13:43.519 --> 00:13:44.199
 devoid of

00:13:44.199 --> 00:13:44.580
 the corruption

00:13:44.580 --> 00:13:45.199
 of sin.

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 In the

00:13:46.539 --> 00:13:46.860
 meantime,

00:13:47.080 --> 00:13:47.340
 God has

00:13:47.340 --> 00:13:47.840
 extended to

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 us many

00:13:48.360 --> 00:13:49.319
 common

00:13:49.319 --> 00:13:49.759
 graces.

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 Ways that

00:13:50.799 --> 00:13:51.319
 we can care

00:13:51.319 --> 00:13:51.860
 for our

00:13:51.860 --> 00:13:52.939
 failing bodies.

00:13:53.100 --> 00:13:53.340
 We don't

00:13:53.340 --> 00:13:54.299
 give up on

00:13:54.299 --> 00:13:54.840
 our bodies.

00:13:55.039 --> 00:13:55.960
 We can

00:13:55.960 --> 00:13:56.759
 exercise.

00:13:57.240 --> 00:13:57.399
 It's

00:13:57.399 --> 00:13:58.620
 helpful to

00:13:58.620 --> 00:13:58.980
 maintaining

00:13:58.980 --> 00:13:59.680
 health.

00:14:00.259 --> 00:14:00.560
 We can

00:14:00.560 --> 00:14:01.200
 eat healthy

00:14:01.200 --> 00:14:02.220
 food.

00:14:02.580 --> 00:14:02.659
 Right?

00:14:02.659 --> 00:14:02.879
 We can

00:14:02.879 --> 00:14:03.220
 help each

00:14:03.220 --> 00:14:03.659
 other think

00:14:03.659 --> 00:14:04.139
 about that,

00:14:04.200 --> 00:14:04.460
 what that

00:14:04.460 --> 00:14:05.060
 looks like.

00:14:05.279 --> 00:14:05.639
 There's

00:14:05.639 --> 00:14:06.200
 lots of

00:14:06.200 --> 00:14:06.860
 good natural

00:14:06.860 --> 00:14:07.560
 things still

00:14:07.560 --> 00:14:08.000
 that are

00:14:08.000 --> 00:14:08.840
 good for

00:14:08.840 --> 00:14:10.220
 our bodies.

00:14:10.480 --> 00:14:11.240
 There are

00:14:11.240 --> 00:14:11.720
 also

00:14:11.720 --> 00:14:12.980
 synthesized

00:14:12.980 --> 00:14:13.759
 medicines.

00:14:14.100 --> 00:14:14.159
 Right?

00:14:14.259 --> 00:14:14.700
 Praise God

00:14:14.700 --> 00:14:15.000
 for some

00:14:15.000 --> 00:14:15.200
 of the

00:14:15.200 --> 00:14:15.779
 discoveries

00:14:15.779 --> 00:14:16.159
 and the

00:14:16.159 --> 00:14:16.460
 things that

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 have happened

00:14:16.940 --> 00:14:17.440
 and ways

00:14:17.440 --> 00:14:17.779
 in which

00:14:17.779 --> 00:14:18.240
 we can

00:14:18.240 --> 00:14:19.379
 be cared

00:14:19.379 --> 00:14:19.879
 for.

00:14:20.240 --> 00:14:20.379
 Our

00:14:20.379 --> 00:14:20.860
 lives,

00:14:21.060 --> 00:14:21.259
 by the

00:14:21.259 --> 00:14:21.539
 grace of

00:14:21.539 --> 00:14:21.899
 God,

00:14:22.779 --> 00:14:23.279
 extended.

00:14:24.000 --> 00:14:24.519
 There's

00:14:24.519 --> 00:14:25.100
 wisdom to

00:14:25.100 --> 00:14:26.200
 apply these

00:14:26.200 --> 00:14:27.240
 types of

00:14:27.240 --> 00:14:27.480
 remedies.

00:14:27.580 --> 00:14:27.800
 Just think

00:14:27.800 --> 00:14:28.019
 of the

00:14:28.019 --> 00:14:28.480
 grace that

00:14:28.480 --> 00:14:28.860
 people have

00:14:28.860 --> 00:14:29.820
 knowledge to

00:14:29.820 --> 00:14:30.200
 be able to

00:14:30.200 --> 00:14:30.680
 do the

00:14:30.680 --> 00:14:31.180
 things that

00:14:31.180 --> 00:14:32.200
 they are

00:14:32.200 --> 00:14:32.519
 doing.

00:14:33.539 --> 00:14:34.300
 This morning,

00:14:35.120 --> 00:14:35.820
 Jacob Kelly and

00:14:35.820 --> 00:14:36.340
 David Mewson,

00:14:36.399 --> 00:14:36.820
 who are physical

00:14:36.820 --> 00:14:37.200
 therapists,

00:14:37.259 --> 00:14:37.720
 I've got a

00:14:37.720 --> 00:14:38.940
 little ache in

00:14:38.940 --> 00:14:39.539
 my finger that

00:14:39.539 --> 00:14:40.080
 will not go

00:14:40.080 --> 00:14:40.420
 away.

00:14:40.539 --> 00:14:40.960
 And they

00:14:40.960 --> 00:14:41.639
 gave me some

00:14:41.639 --> 00:14:42.180
 advice about

00:14:42.180 --> 00:14:43.139
 my finger.

00:14:43.139 --> 00:14:43.500
 Right?

00:14:44.180 --> 00:14:45.360
 Don't need an

00:14:45.360 --> 00:14:45.680
 MRI.

00:14:45.860 --> 00:14:46.259
 I just need to do

00:14:46.259 --> 00:14:46.700
 some things to

00:14:46.700 --> 00:14:47.220
 my finger to

00:14:47.220 --> 00:14:47.779
 help it be

00:14:47.779 --> 00:14:48.279
 better.

00:14:49.420 --> 00:14:50.000
 Speaking of

00:14:50.000 --> 00:14:50.340
 fingers,

00:14:50.980 --> 00:14:51.940
 Sam lopped off a

00:14:51.940 --> 00:14:52.519
 good portion of

00:14:52.519 --> 00:14:53.000
 the tip of her

00:14:53.000 --> 00:14:53.820
 finger a couple

00:14:53.820 --> 00:14:54.399
 of weeks ago.

00:14:54.399 --> 00:14:56.340
 And praise

00:14:56.340 --> 00:14:56.819
 God for the

00:14:56.819 --> 00:14:57.679
 wisdom to

00:14:57.679 --> 00:14:58.439
 put antibiotic

00:14:58.439 --> 00:14:59.220
 on it.

00:14:59.279 --> 00:14:59.539
 Like we

00:14:59.539 --> 00:15:01.220
 understand germs

00:15:01.220 --> 00:15:01.659
 and what

00:15:01.659 --> 00:15:02.360
 happens with

00:15:02.360 --> 00:15:03.779
 bacteria in

00:15:03.779 --> 00:15:04.279
 a cut.

00:15:04.500 --> 00:15:05.100
 So her

00:15:05.100 --> 00:15:05.799
 finger's healing

00:15:05.799 --> 00:15:07.299
 quite nicely.

00:15:07.419 --> 00:15:07.519
 Right?

00:15:07.579 --> 00:15:08.100
 So there are

00:15:08.100 --> 00:15:08.679
 remedies.

00:15:08.840 --> 00:15:08.939
 Right?

00:15:08.939 --> 00:15:09.699
 We have ways

00:15:09.699 --> 00:15:10.159
 in which we

00:15:10.159 --> 00:15:10.939
 can care for

00:15:10.939 --> 00:15:11.720
 the troubles

00:15:11.720 --> 00:15:13.079
 of our body.

00:15:13.459 --> 00:15:14.039
 But they

00:15:14.039 --> 00:15:14.879
 don't go away.

00:15:15.360 --> 00:15:15.539
 Right?

00:15:15.620 --> 00:15:16.019
 We're just

00:15:16.019 --> 00:15:16.959
 seeing ourselves

00:15:16.959 --> 00:15:17.819
 right through

00:15:17.819 --> 00:15:19.059
 this temporal

00:15:19.059 --> 00:15:20.600
 dwelling toward

00:15:20.600 --> 00:15:21.960
 an eternal

00:15:21.960 --> 00:15:22.420
 dwelling.

00:15:23.780 --> 00:15:24.639
 But we also

00:15:24.639 --> 00:15:25.500
 have souls.

00:15:26.019 --> 00:15:26.100
 Right?

00:15:26.560 --> 00:15:27.240
 And this

00:15:27.240 --> 00:15:28.620
 term soul

00:15:28.620 --> 00:15:29.519
 is referred to

00:15:29.519 --> 00:15:30.220
 in a bunch

00:15:30.220 --> 00:15:30.560
 of different

00:15:30.560 --> 00:15:31.080
 ways in the

00:15:31.080 --> 00:15:31.320
 scripture.

00:15:31.480 --> 00:15:32.040
 Genesis 2

00:15:32.040 --> 00:15:32.860
 calls this

00:15:32.860 --> 00:15:33.879
 the breath

00:15:33.879 --> 00:15:35.080
 of life.

00:15:36.160 --> 00:15:36.700
 Elsewhere

00:15:36.700 --> 00:15:36.940
 in the

00:15:36.940 --> 00:15:37.200
 scripture,

00:15:37.400 --> 00:15:37.860
 this part

00:15:37.860 --> 00:15:38.080
 of our

00:15:38.080 --> 00:15:38.540
 being is

00:15:38.540 --> 00:15:39.320
 called our

00:15:39.320 --> 00:15:40.300
 spirit.

00:15:40.660 --> 00:15:40.900
 You can

00:15:40.900 --> 00:15:41.680
 see 1 Samuel

00:15:41.680 --> 00:15:42.560
 chapter 1

00:15:42.560 --> 00:15:43.340
 and verse 15.

00:15:43.980 --> 00:15:44.420
 It's called

00:15:44.420 --> 00:15:45.600
 our hidden

00:15:45.600 --> 00:15:46.580
 person.

00:15:47.200 --> 00:15:48.040
 1 Peter 3

00:15:48.040 --> 00:15:48.840
 and verse 4.

00:15:49.280 --> 00:15:50.000
 Our inner

00:15:50.000 --> 00:15:50.820
 self, 2

00:15:50.820 --> 00:15:51.660
 Corinthians 4,

00:15:51.659 --> 00:15:52.439
 verse 16.

00:15:53.399 --> 00:15:53.860
 In other

00:15:53.860 --> 00:15:54.399
 places, this

00:15:54.399 --> 00:15:54.860
 part of our

00:15:54.860 --> 00:15:55.319
 being is

00:15:55.319 --> 00:15:56.379
 described by

00:15:56.379 --> 00:15:57.500
 its functioning.

00:15:58.579 --> 00:15:59.019
 The function

00:15:59.019 --> 00:16:00.399
 of volition

00:16:00.399 --> 00:16:01.179
 is called

00:16:01.179 --> 00:16:02.100
 our will.

00:16:02.659 --> 00:16:03.279
 John chapter

00:16:03.279 --> 00:16:03.779
 7 and

00:16:03.779 --> 00:16:04.519
 verse 17.

00:16:05.459 --> 00:16:06.139
 Cognition

00:16:06.139 --> 00:16:06.919
 is called

00:16:06.919 --> 00:16:08.519
 our mind.

00:16:08.779 --> 00:16:09.500
 Colossians 1

00:16:09.500 --> 00:16:10.539
 and verse 21.

00:16:11.719 --> 00:16:12.079
 This should

00:16:12.079 --> 00:16:12.719
 be distinguished

00:16:12.719 --> 00:16:13.360
 from our

00:16:13.360 --> 00:16:14.199
 brain, the

00:16:14.199 --> 00:16:15.360
 gray matter,

00:16:15.699 --> 00:16:16.319
 actual physical

00:16:16.319 --> 00:16:16.899
 gray matter

00:16:16.899 --> 00:16:17.980
 that resides

00:16:17.980 --> 00:16:18.740
 between our

00:16:18.740 --> 00:16:19.220
 ears.

00:16:19.220 --> 00:16:19.820
 consciousness.

00:16:19.820 --> 00:16:20.720
 It's the

00:16:20.720 --> 00:16:21.740
 functioning

00:16:21.740 --> 00:16:22.399
 that's happening

00:16:22.399 --> 00:16:23.080
 inside, the

00:16:23.080 --> 00:16:28.300
 cognition that's

00:16:28.300 --> 00:16:28.840
 happening between

00:16:28.840 --> 00:16:29.920
 our brains.

00:16:30.580 --> 00:16:31.700
 Our moral

00:16:31.700 --> 00:16:32.200
 sense of

00:16:32.200 --> 00:16:32.580
 right and

00:16:32.580 --> 00:16:33.080
 wrong is

00:16:33.080 --> 00:16:33.840
 called our

00:16:33.840 --> 00:16:35.120
 conscience.

00:16:35.680 --> 00:16:36.500
 1 Corinthians 8

00:16:36.500 --> 00:16:37.519
 and verse 12.

00:16:38.240 --> 00:16:38.560
 And the

00:16:38.560 --> 00:16:39.639
 center, like the

00:16:39.639 --> 00:16:40.200
 seat of our

00:16:40.200 --> 00:16:41.580
 emotions, is

00:16:41.580 --> 00:16:42.080
 most often

00:16:42.080 --> 00:16:42.700
 called our

00:16:42.700 --> 00:16:43.680
 heart.

00:16:44.000 --> 00:16:44.399
 John chapter

00:16:44.399 --> 00:16:46.139
 14 and

00:16:46.139 --> 00:16:46.879
 verse 1.

00:16:48.079 --> 00:16:48.679
 For our

00:16:48.679 --> 00:16:49.340
 time frame, this

00:16:49.340 --> 00:16:50.039
 is a very

00:16:50.039 --> 00:16:51.220
 brief survey of

00:16:51.220 --> 00:16:52.779
 these terms.

00:16:53.220 --> 00:16:53.740
 And I would

00:16:53.740 --> 00:16:54.620
 gladly talk with

00:16:54.620 --> 00:16:55.079
 you more about

00:16:55.079 --> 00:16:55.539
 this, but be

00:16:55.539 --> 00:16:55.860
 warned, I'm

00:16:55.860 --> 00:16:56.220
 probably going to

00:16:56.220 --> 00:16:56.439
 give you

00:16:56.439 --> 00:16:57.079
 something weighty

00:16:57.079 --> 00:16:58.319
 to read if

00:16:58.319 --> 00:16:58.579
 you want to

00:16:58.579 --> 00:16:58.860
 talk about

00:16:58.860 --> 00:16:59.419
 this more, but

00:16:59.419 --> 00:16:59.899
 happy to do

00:16:59.899 --> 00:17:00.059
 it.

00:17:00.659 --> 00:17:01.539
 I hope this

00:17:01.539 --> 00:17:01.980
 morning for

00:17:01.980 --> 00:17:02.579
 you to see

00:17:02.579 --> 00:17:03.799
 that these

00:17:03.799 --> 00:17:04.500
 terms are used

00:17:04.500 --> 00:17:05.500
 interchangeably

00:17:05.500 --> 00:17:06.579
 and that there

00:17:06.579 --> 00:17:07.400
 are so many

00:17:07.400 --> 00:17:08.220
 terms because

00:17:08.220 --> 00:17:08.819
 while we are

00:17:08.819 --> 00:17:09.859
 only two-part

00:17:09.859 --> 00:17:11.539
 beings, we are

00:17:11.539 --> 00:17:12.400
 still rather

00:17:12.400 --> 00:17:14.099
 complex creations.

00:17:14.840 --> 00:17:15.980
 The Bible uses

00:17:15.980 --> 00:17:16.900
 so much

00:17:16.900 --> 00:17:17.720
 different language

00:17:17.720 --> 00:17:18.620
 to label and

00:17:18.620 --> 00:17:19.280
 describe our

00:17:19.280 --> 00:17:20.460
 soul because

00:17:20.460 --> 00:17:21.560
 it is complex

00:17:21.560 --> 00:17:22.960
 enough that it

00:17:22.960 --> 00:17:23.620
 needs to be

00:17:23.620 --> 00:17:24.440
 observed through

00:17:24.440 --> 00:17:25.740
 different perspectives

00:17:25.740 --> 00:17:27.120
 or lenses.

00:17:27.820 --> 00:17:28.440
 So we're to

00:17:28.440 --> 00:17:29.600
 love the Lord

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 our God with

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 all our heart,

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 soul,

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 might,

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 strength,

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 all of that.

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 It's compounding

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 every ounce of

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 your being.

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 It's what's being

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 communicated there.

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 Not that we're

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 made of all

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 these varied

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 parts.

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 We are embodied

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 souls.

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 So why would I

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 spend all this

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 time, briefly

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 anyway, making

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 this case to

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 you this

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 morning?

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 It is because

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 so many

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 well-meaning

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 Christians

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 consider us to

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 be trichotomous

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 three parts.

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 And they don't

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 all agree on

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 what those

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 trichotomous

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 three parts

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 are.

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 But what it

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 does is it

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 regularly opens

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 the door for

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 secular psychology

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 to be an

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 active part

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 of the

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 ministry

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 of the

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 church.

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 The reasoning

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 goes something

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 like you

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 have a body

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 which should be

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 cared for by

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 medical professionals.

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 You have a

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 soul that should

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 be cared for

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 by pastors,

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 other Christians.

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 And you have

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 a spirit,

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 sometimes mind,

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 that should be

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 cared for by a

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 psychologist.

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 Beloved,

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 this should not

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 be so.

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 And I hope to

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 show you why

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 with our

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 concluding point.

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 So this

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 point

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 assumes

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 that we are

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 dichotomous

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 and proves

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 that we are.

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 Third point,

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 the Bible

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 is sufficient

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 for the task

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 of solving

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 the problems

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 of our soul.

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 The Bible

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 is sufficient

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 for the task

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 of solving

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 the problems

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 of our soul.

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 Now hear me

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 carefully.

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 It's not

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 sufficient for

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 the task

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 of solving

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 the problems

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 of our body

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 temporally.

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 Fully and

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 finally,

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 yes,

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 we'll have

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 new bodies.

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 But not

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 temporally.

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 I would not

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 make the case

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 to you this

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 morning that

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 I should

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 stop using

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 insulin

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 and just

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 have faith.

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 I use

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 insulin

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 by faith.

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 God has

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 provided it

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 for me

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 that I might

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 have my

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 being.

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 I might

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 do good

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 works that

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 he prepared

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 beforehand

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 for me

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 to walk

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 in.

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 We're not

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 making that

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 case.

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 And it gets

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 a little more

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 complex when

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 we're talking

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 about issues

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 of the mind.

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 That gets

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 hard.

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 It gets

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 hard to

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 navigate.

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 I'm not

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 saying that

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 we are

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 anti-medication.

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 I would say

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 we're cautious

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 when it comes

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 to psychotropic

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 medication.

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 But beloved,

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 if you have

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 schizophrenia,

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 I would

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 strongly encourage

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 you to

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 proceed.

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 Medical help

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 is a good

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 important thing

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 for that

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 type of

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 ailment.

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 An ailment

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 of the

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 body,

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 which

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 connects

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 to a

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 soul and

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 also needs

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 the care

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 of the

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 scripture.

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 So the

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 Bible is

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 sufficient for

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 the task

00:20:15.159 --> 00:20:15.559
 of solving

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 the problems

00:20:16.079 --> 00:20:17.859
 of our

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 soul.

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 And this

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 is the

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 text.

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 2 Timothy

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 chapter 3

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 verse 14

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 and 17

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 through 17.

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 2 Timothy

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 3, 14

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 to 17.

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 17.

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 17.

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 Paul

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 writing to

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 Timothy,

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 talking about

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 people who

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 have abandoned

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 the truth,

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 and then he

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 says,

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 but as for

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 you,

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 continue in

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 what you

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 have learned

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 and have

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 firmly

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 believed,

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 knowing from

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 whom you

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 learned it,

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 and how from

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 childhood you

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 have been

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 acquainted with

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 the sacred

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 writings which

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 are able to

00:20:50.519 --> 00:20:51.400
 make you wise

00:20:51.400 --> 00:20:52.099
 for salvation

00:20:52.099 --> 00:20:52.880
 through faith

00:20:52.880 --> 00:20:53.920
 in Christ

00:20:53.920 --> 00:20:54.360
 Jesus.

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 all scripture

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 is breathed

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 out by God

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 and profitable

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 for teaching,

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 for reproof,

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 for correction,

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 and for training

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 in righteousness

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 that the man

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 of God

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 may be

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 complete,

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 equipped

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 for every

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 good

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 work.

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 This is our

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 classic

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 sufficiency

00:21:18.899 --> 00:21:19.500
 of scripture

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 text.

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 And here it

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 applies to

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 the life

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 of the

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 follower of

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 Jesus.

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 It is

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 sufficient

00:21:26.720 --> 00:21:27.700
 for this

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 task.

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 Paul says

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 some striking

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 things here.

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 He says

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 that the

00:21:32.720 --> 00:21:33.299
 Bible teaches

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 us what we

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 need to know

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 to be

00:21:35.080 --> 00:21:36.080
 saved.

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 It makes

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 us wise

00:21:37.980 --> 00:21:39.080
 for salvation

00:21:39.080 --> 00:21:39.860
 through faith

00:21:39.860 --> 00:21:41.019
 in Christ

00:21:41.019 --> 00:21:41.940
 Jesus.

00:21:42.600 --> 00:21:43.019
 Paul says

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 that elsewhere,

00:21:43.480 --> 00:21:43.900
 Romans chapter

00:21:43.900 --> 00:21:44.299
 10 and

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 verse 17.

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 So faith

00:21:45.400 --> 00:21:45.799
 comes from

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 hearing and

00:21:46.259 --> 00:21:46.920
 hearing through

00:21:46.920 --> 00:21:48.259
 the word

00:21:48.259 --> 00:21:50.700
 of Christ.

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 If you

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 are in

00:21:52.680 --> 00:21:53.200
 Christ,

00:21:53.380 --> 00:21:53.799
 if it's

00:21:53.799 --> 00:21:54.140
 true of

00:21:54.140 --> 00:21:54.480
 you this

00:21:54.480 --> 00:21:55.060
 morning that

00:21:55.060 --> 00:21:55.259
 you have

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 been justified

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 before God,

00:21:56.680 --> 00:21:57.060
 that you've

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 placed believing

00:21:58.080 --> 00:21:58.759
 faith in the

00:21:58.759 --> 00:21:59.140
 person and

00:21:59.140 --> 00:21:59.840
 work of

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 Jesus Christ,

00:22:00.720 --> 00:22:01.039
 you have

00:22:01.039 --> 00:22:01.799
 done that

00:22:01.799 --> 00:22:02.820
 because God

00:22:02.820 --> 00:22:03.720
 worked that

00:22:03.720 --> 00:22:05.400
 in you by

00:22:05.400 --> 00:22:06.560
 his word,

00:22:06.860 --> 00:22:07.460
 power of

00:22:07.460 --> 00:22:07.960
 the spirit

00:22:07.960 --> 00:22:08.960
 and his

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 word.

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 Faith comes

00:22:10.080 --> 00:22:10.620
 from hearing

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 and hearing

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 random

00:22:12.960 --> 00:22:13.620
 philosophy,

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 pop

00:22:15.259 --> 00:22:15.940
 psychology,

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 no,

00:22:16.620 --> 00:22:17.259
 the word

00:22:17.259 --> 00:22:18.060
 of

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 Christ.

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 Paul also

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 says in

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 this text

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 that the

00:22:23.019 --> 00:22:23.819
 Bible has

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 God as

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 its

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 author.

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 Carried

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 along men,

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 men's pins,

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 wrote the

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 text,

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 but he is

00:22:32.859 --> 00:22:34.079
 its source.

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 It was

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 exhaled by

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 him.

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 And because

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 of this,

00:22:40.179 --> 00:22:40.779
 it makes

00:22:40.779 --> 00:22:41.980
 it authoritative.

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 If God

00:22:43.339 --> 00:22:43.639
 has spoken

00:22:43.639 --> 00:22:43.939
 to the

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 world,

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 he has a

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 right to

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 speak over

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 his creation.

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 it's

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 authoritative.

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 And because

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 he is

00:22:50.059 --> 00:22:50.660
 God,

00:22:50.960 --> 00:22:51.380
 he cannot

00:22:51.380 --> 00:22:52.000
 lie.

00:22:52.720 --> 00:22:53.079
 Therefore,

00:22:53.160 --> 00:22:53.299
 it's

00:22:53.299 --> 00:22:53.799
 inerrant,

00:22:54.140 --> 00:22:54.519
 which means

00:22:54.519 --> 00:22:54.940
 it does

00:22:54.940 --> 00:22:55.140
 not

00:22:55.140 --> 00:22:55.460
 err,

00:22:56.019 --> 00:22:56.640
 and it's

00:22:56.640 --> 00:22:57.359
 infallible,

00:22:57.559 --> 00:22:57.839
 which means

00:22:57.839 --> 00:22:58.400
 it cannot

00:22:58.400 --> 00:22:59.440
 err,

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 praise be

00:23:00.339 --> 00:23:00.799
 to God.

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 And because

00:23:01.779 --> 00:23:02.039
 of all

00:23:02.039 --> 00:23:02.680
 these things,

00:23:02.779 --> 00:23:03.140
 then it

00:23:03.140 --> 00:23:04.640
 is sufficient.

00:23:05.700 --> 00:23:06.059
 It is

00:23:06.059 --> 00:23:06.819
 enough.

00:23:08.779 --> 00:23:09.200
 Life

00:23:09.200 --> 00:23:09.839
 and godliness,

00:23:10.359 --> 00:23:10.799
 what we

00:23:10.799 --> 00:23:11.279
 need to

00:23:11.279 --> 00:23:11.740
 know to

00:23:11.740 --> 00:23:11.960
 be in

00:23:11.960 --> 00:23:12.140
 right

00:23:12.140 --> 00:23:12.559
 relationship

00:23:12.559 --> 00:23:12.920
 with our

00:23:12.920 --> 00:23:13.240
 God,

00:23:13.420 --> 00:23:13.880
 and to

00:23:13.880 --> 00:23:14.359
 live lives

00:23:14.359 --> 00:23:14.559
 that are

00:23:14.559 --> 00:23:15.019
 honoring to

00:23:15.019 --> 00:23:15.200
 him,

00:23:15.200 --> 00:23:15.519
 can be

00:23:15.519 --> 00:23:16.539
 found in

00:23:16.539 --> 00:23:17.740
 the Bible,

00:23:17.840 --> 00:23:18.180
 and it

00:23:18.180 --> 00:23:18.720
 needs not

00:23:18.720 --> 00:23:19.299
 be found

00:23:19.299 --> 00:23:19.840
 anywhere

00:23:19.840 --> 00:23:20.920
 else.

00:23:22.340 --> 00:23:22.920
 What a

00:23:22.920 --> 00:23:23.240
 comfort,

00:23:23.340 --> 00:23:23.539
 and such

00:23:23.539 --> 00:23:23.940
 a day

00:23:23.940 --> 00:23:24.600
 of turmoil.

00:23:25.519 --> 00:23:26.080
 I have

00:23:26.080 --> 00:23:26.680
 been reminded

00:23:26.680 --> 00:23:28.000
 as the

00:23:28.000 --> 00:23:28.559
 information's

00:23:28.559 --> 00:23:28.960
 coming at

00:23:28.960 --> 00:23:29.299
 me,

00:23:29.580 --> 00:23:30.180
 as fast

00:23:30.180 --> 00:23:30.440
 as it's

00:23:30.440 --> 00:23:30.799
 coming at

00:23:30.799 --> 00:23:30.920
 you,

00:23:30.980 --> 00:23:31.519
 maybe faster

00:23:31.519 --> 00:23:32.019
 because some

00:23:32.019 --> 00:23:32.220
 of you

00:23:32.220 --> 00:23:32.819
 send information

00:23:32.819 --> 00:23:33.259
 to me,

00:23:34.480 --> 00:23:34.740
 I go,

00:23:34.799 --> 00:23:35.080
 what do we

00:23:35.080 --> 00:23:35.400
 do?

00:23:35.460 --> 00:23:35.740
 What do we

00:23:35.740 --> 00:23:36.019
 do in

00:23:36.019 --> 00:23:36.299
 such an

00:23:36.299 --> 00:23:36.640
 age?

00:23:36.700 --> 00:23:36.900
 And I've

00:23:36.900 --> 00:23:37.080
 just been

00:23:37.080 --> 00:23:37.380
 reminded

00:23:37.380 --> 00:23:37.860
 again,

00:23:38.039 --> 00:23:38.660
 and again,

00:23:38.960 --> 00:23:39.400
 and again,

00:23:39.740 --> 00:23:40.160
 preach the

00:23:40.160 --> 00:23:40.400
 word.

00:23:40.740 --> 00:23:41.519
 Just keep

00:23:41.519 --> 00:23:41.980
 bringing people

00:23:41.980 --> 00:23:42.840
 back to

00:23:42.840 --> 00:23:43.140
 the word.

00:23:43.220 --> 00:23:43.680
 The Bible

00:23:43.680 --> 00:23:44.960
 is sufficient.

00:23:45.200 --> 00:23:45.620
 The man

00:23:45.620 --> 00:23:45.980
 of God

00:23:45.980 --> 00:23:46.299
 will be

00:23:46.299 --> 00:23:47.000
 complete,

00:23:47.160 --> 00:23:48.000
 equipped for

00:23:48.000 --> 00:23:49.380
 every good

00:23:49.380 --> 00:23:50.880
 work.

00:23:51.680 --> 00:23:52.279
 So we

00:23:52.279 --> 00:23:52.960
 don't need

00:23:52.960 --> 00:23:53.880
 secular

00:23:53.880 --> 00:23:54.900
 psychology to

00:23:54.900 --> 00:23:55.799
 remedy our

00:23:55.799 --> 00:23:56.319
 spiritual

00:23:56.319 --> 00:23:57.380
 conditions.

00:23:57.940 --> 00:23:58.680
 We need

00:23:58.680 --> 00:23:59.140
 to look

00:23:59.140 --> 00:24:00.299
 to the

00:24:00.299 --> 00:24:00.580
 word.

00:24:00.799 --> 00:24:01.120
 And we

00:24:01.120 --> 00:24:01.340
 need to

00:24:01.340 --> 00:24:01.819
 help one

00:24:01.819 --> 00:24:02.640
 another look

00:24:02.640 --> 00:24:03.400
 to the

00:24:03.400 --> 00:24:03.720
 word.

00:24:03.880 --> 00:24:04.140
 And we

00:24:04.140 --> 00:24:04.360
 need to

00:24:04.360 --> 00:24:05.120
 help others,

00:24:05.200 --> 00:24:05.400
 we need to

00:24:05.400 --> 00:24:05.660
 help those

00:24:05.660 --> 00:24:06.480
 outside the

00:24:06.480 --> 00:24:07.380
 church look

00:24:07.380 --> 00:24:08.720
 to the

00:24:08.720 --> 00:24:08.960
 word.

00:24:11.200 --> 00:24:11.700
 Secular

00:24:11.700 --> 00:24:12.360
 psychology,

00:24:12.660 --> 00:24:13.039
 which I have

00:24:13.039 --> 00:24:13.460
 to talk about

00:24:13.460 --> 00:24:14.080
 very broadly

00:24:14.079 --> 00:24:14.559
 right now,

00:24:14.659 --> 00:24:15.019
 but it's

00:24:15.019 --> 00:24:16.099
 insufficient for

00:24:16.099 --> 00:24:17.379
 the task of

00:24:17.379 --> 00:24:17.939
 helping people.

00:24:18.980 --> 00:24:19.259
 Secular

00:24:19.259 --> 00:24:19.939
 psychology is

00:24:19.939 --> 00:24:20.799
 insufficient for

00:24:20.799 --> 00:24:22.179
 the task of

00:24:22.179 --> 00:24:22.659
 helping people.

00:24:22.980 --> 00:24:23.539
 Did you know

00:24:23.539 --> 00:24:23.960
 that there are

00:24:23.960 --> 00:24:24.759
 more than

00:24:24.759 --> 00:24:27.500
 250 competing

00:24:27.500 --> 00:24:29.039
 views of

00:24:29.039 --> 00:24:29.679
 human behavior?

00:24:32.419 --> 00:24:33.480
 Researchers vying

00:24:33.480 --> 00:24:33.819
 for their

00:24:33.819 --> 00:24:34.779
 position to

00:24:34.779 --> 00:24:35.720
 explain how it

00:24:35.720 --> 00:24:37.399
 is that man

00:24:37.399 --> 00:24:38.019
 works.

00:24:39.220 --> 00:24:39.419
 Secular

00:24:39.419 --> 00:24:39.980
 psychology,

00:24:40.299 --> 00:24:40.779
 as practiced

00:24:40.779 --> 00:24:41.240
 in many

00:24:41.240 --> 00:24:41.819
 places,

00:24:42.559 --> 00:24:42.740
 has

00:24:42.740 --> 00:24:44.019
 unscriptural

00:24:44.019 --> 00:24:45.440
 presuppositions.

00:24:45.579 --> 00:24:45.720
 Now,

00:24:45.819 --> 00:24:46.200
 you might

00:24:46.200 --> 00:24:46.960
 know somebody

00:24:46.960 --> 00:24:47.299
 who's a

00:24:47.299 --> 00:24:47.599
 licensed

00:24:47.599 --> 00:24:48.059
 counselor,

00:24:48.399 --> 00:24:48.859
 who's a

00:24:48.859 --> 00:24:49.259
 Christian.

00:24:49.899 --> 00:24:50.539
 Don't be

00:24:50.539 --> 00:24:51.160
 offended by

00:24:51.160 --> 00:24:51.519
 everything I'm

00:24:51.519 --> 00:24:51.819
 about to

00:24:51.819 --> 00:24:52.059
 say.

00:24:52.180 --> 00:24:52.660
 I have to

00:24:52.660 --> 00:24:53.079
 speak in

00:24:53.079 --> 00:24:53.379
 broad

00:24:53.379 --> 00:24:54.000
 generalities

00:24:54.000 --> 00:24:54.240
 to have

00:24:54.240 --> 00:24:54.839
 a conversation

00:24:54.839 --> 00:24:56.379
 about this.

00:24:57.039 --> 00:24:57.819
 If they

00:24:57.819 --> 00:24:58.960
 counsel well,

00:24:59.200 --> 00:25:00.079
 they do so

00:25:00.079 --> 00:25:00.660
 because they're

00:25:00.660 --> 00:25:01.099
 really being

00:25:01.099 --> 00:25:01.379
 biblical

00:25:01.379 --> 00:25:01.759
 counselors.

00:25:02.759 --> 00:25:03.339
 It has

00:25:03.339 --> 00:25:03.759
 nothing to

00:25:03.759 --> 00:25:04.099
 do with

00:25:04.099 --> 00:25:05.420
 the secular

00:25:05.420 --> 00:25:06.240
 psychology that

00:25:06.240 --> 00:25:06.559
 they may have

00:25:06.559 --> 00:25:07.480
 learned in

00:25:07.480 --> 00:25:07.799
 school.

00:25:07.799 --> 00:25:08.779
 You could

00:25:08.779 --> 00:25:09.019
 be a

00:25:09.019 --> 00:25:09.240
 biblical

00:25:09.240 --> 00:25:10.000
 counselor in

00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:10.379
 spite of

00:25:10.379 --> 00:25:10.799
 your training.

00:25:10.980 --> 00:25:11.240
 This is a

00:25:11.240 --> 00:25:11.700
 very possible

00:25:11.700 --> 00:25:13.079
 thing to

00:25:13.079 --> 00:25:13.319
 do.

00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:15.099
 But generally

00:25:15.099 --> 00:25:15.980
 speaking, it

00:25:15.980 --> 00:25:17.039
 has unscriptural

00:25:17.039 --> 00:25:17.859
 presuppositions.

00:25:18.119 --> 00:25:18.740
 First, it has

00:25:18.740 --> 00:25:19.319
 an incorrect

00:25:19.319 --> 00:25:20.460
 view of

00:25:20.460 --> 00:25:20.779
 man.

00:25:21.039 --> 00:25:21.440
 Broadly

00:25:21.440 --> 00:25:21.859
 speaking,

00:25:22.759 --> 00:25:22.980
 secular

00:25:22.980 --> 00:25:23.399
 psychology

00:25:23.399 --> 00:25:24.240
 believes that

00:25:24.240 --> 00:25:25.039
 man is only

00:25:25.039 --> 00:25:25.859
 an advanced

00:25:25.859 --> 00:25:26.319
 animal.

00:25:26.759 --> 00:25:27.159
 It has

00:25:27.159 --> 00:25:28.440
 evolved to

00:25:28.440 --> 00:25:28.659
 be the

00:25:28.659 --> 00:25:29.339
 most advanced

00:25:29.339 --> 00:25:30.779
 of creatures.

00:25:30.779 --> 00:25:31.419
 It's so

00:25:31.419 --> 00:25:33.200
 complex in

00:25:33.200 --> 00:25:33.500
 us.

00:25:34.599 --> 00:25:34.960
 But man

00:25:34.960 --> 00:25:35.819
 is so much

00:25:35.819 --> 00:25:36.940
 more than

00:25:36.940 --> 00:25:37.500
 a cosmic

00:25:37.500 --> 00:25:38.119
 accident.

00:25:39.220 --> 00:25:40.119
 We have a

00:25:40.119 --> 00:25:40.839
 creator and

00:25:40.839 --> 00:25:42.220
 therefore a

00:25:42.220 --> 00:25:43.619
 design granted

00:25:43.619 --> 00:25:44.839
 to us by

00:25:44.839 --> 00:25:46.740
 this creator.

00:25:47.140 --> 00:25:48.140
 Way more

00:25:48.140 --> 00:25:48.980
 than advanced

00:25:48.980 --> 00:25:49.819
 animals.

00:25:50.000 --> 00:25:51.519
 Some point

00:25:51.519 --> 00:25:52.339
 of process

00:25:52.339 --> 00:25:53.940
 in evolutionary

00:25:53.940 --> 00:25:54.420
 theory.

00:25:56.140 --> 00:25:56.460
 Another

00:25:56.460 --> 00:25:57.220
 incorrect

00:25:57.220 --> 00:25:58.000
 view of

00:25:58.000 --> 00:25:58.339
 man,

00:25:58.460 --> 00:25:58.680
 secular

00:25:58.680 --> 00:25:59.140
 psychology

00:25:59.140 --> 00:25:59.480
 holds,

00:25:59.539 --> 00:25:59.759
 is that

00:25:59.759 --> 00:26:00.200
 man is

00:26:00.200 --> 00:26:00.740
 basically

00:26:00.740 --> 00:26:02.819
 good or

00:26:02.819 --> 00:26:03.539
 possibly at

00:26:03.539 --> 00:26:04.500
 worst a

00:26:04.500 --> 00:26:05.200
 blank slate.

00:26:05.200 --> 00:26:06.200
 evil.

00:26:06.200 --> 00:26:07.380
 This is not

00:26:07.380 --> 00:26:07.640
 what the

00:26:07.640 --> 00:26:08.380
 Bible teaches.

00:26:08.819 --> 00:26:09.380
 The Bible teaches

00:26:09.380 --> 00:26:09.960
 us that man

00:26:09.960 --> 00:26:11.140
 is evil.

00:26:11.779 --> 00:26:12.420
 Altogether

00:26:12.420 --> 00:26:13.519
 evil.

00:26:14.319 --> 00:26:14.980
 I wrote in my

00:26:14.980 --> 00:26:15.440
 notes man is

00:26:15.440 --> 00:26:16.500
 basically evil and

00:26:16.500 --> 00:26:17.120
 realized that's an

00:26:17.120 --> 00:26:18.840
 insufficient term,

00:26:18.960 --> 00:26:19.160
 right?

00:26:19.960 --> 00:26:21.120
 Altogether evil

00:26:21.120 --> 00:26:21.779
 apart from the

00:26:21.779 --> 00:26:22.860
 saving work of

00:26:22.860 --> 00:26:23.259
 Christ.

00:26:23.759 --> 00:26:24.519
 So we have a

00:26:24.519 --> 00:26:25.819
 great problem and

00:26:25.819 --> 00:26:27.180
 we need a

00:26:27.180 --> 00:26:28.700
 great helper.

00:26:28.700 --> 00:26:30.759
 Psalm 51

00:26:30.759 --> 00:26:31.420
 and verse 5,

00:26:31.500 --> 00:26:31.960
 Behold,

00:26:32.160 --> 00:26:32.940
 I was brought

00:26:32.940 --> 00:26:33.920
 forth in

00:26:33.920 --> 00:26:34.759
 iniquity and

00:26:34.759 --> 00:26:36.259
 in sin did

00:26:36.259 --> 00:26:36.759
 my mother

00:26:36.759 --> 00:26:38.100
 conceive me,

00:26:38.180 --> 00:26:38.340
 right?

00:26:38.380 --> 00:26:39.220
 We are born

00:26:39.220 --> 00:26:40.220
 with a

00:26:40.220 --> 00:26:42.000
 sinful nature.

00:26:42.819 --> 00:26:43.299
 How are we

00:26:43.299 --> 00:26:43.819
 ever going to

00:26:43.819 --> 00:26:44.440
 find the right

00:26:44.440 --> 00:26:45.500
 solution to our

00:26:45.500 --> 00:26:46.100
 problem if we

00:26:46.100 --> 00:26:46.960
 don't understand

00:26:46.960 --> 00:26:48.220
 the problem?

00:26:49.860 --> 00:26:50.180
 Secular

00:26:50.180 --> 00:26:51.039
 psychology also

00:26:51.039 --> 00:26:51.620
 believes that

00:26:51.620 --> 00:26:52.400
 man is

00:26:52.400 --> 00:26:52.980
 autonomous,

00:26:53.980 --> 00:26:54.799
 can change

00:26:54.799 --> 00:26:55.380
 themselves.

00:26:56.319 --> 00:26:57.360
 This is not

00:26:57.360 --> 00:26:57.680
 true.

00:26:57.680 --> 00:26:58.840
 We need

00:26:58.840 --> 00:26:59.759
 God's

00:26:59.759 --> 00:27:00.680
 help.

00:27:01.299 --> 00:27:01.820
 We need an

00:27:01.820 --> 00:27:02.940
 outside agent

00:27:02.940 --> 00:27:03.799
 to work

00:27:03.799 --> 00:27:04.980
 upon us.

00:27:05.279 --> 00:27:06.140
 For those of

00:27:06.140 --> 00:27:06.920
 us in Christ,

00:27:07.180 --> 00:27:07.620
 that outside

00:27:07.620 --> 00:27:08.519
 agent becomes

00:27:08.519 --> 00:27:09.120
 an inside

00:27:09.120 --> 00:27:09.920
 agent as the

00:27:09.920 --> 00:27:10.480
 Holy Spirit

00:27:10.480 --> 00:27:12.160
 indwells us.

00:27:12.460 --> 00:27:13.180
 Our catechism

00:27:13.180 --> 00:27:13.620
 question was

00:27:13.620 --> 00:27:14.100
 about that

00:27:14.100 --> 00:27:15.039
 this morning.

00:27:15.960 --> 00:27:16.360
 Jesus said

00:27:16.360 --> 00:27:16.720
 in John

00:27:16.720 --> 00:27:17.840
 chapter 15

00:27:17.840 --> 00:27:18.500
 and verse 5,

00:27:18.620 --> 00:27:18.900
 I am the

00:27:18.900 --> 00:27:19.180
 vine,

00:27:19.240 --> 00:27:19.440
 you are the

00:27:19.440 --> 00:27:19.779
 branches.

00:27:20.759 --> 00:27:20.940
 Whoever

00:27:20.940 --> 00:27:21.700
 abides in

00:27:21.700 --> 00:27:22.279
 me and I

00:27:22.279 --> 00:27:22.680
 in him,

00:27:22.860 --> 00:27:23.360
 he it is

00:27:23.360 --> 00:27:23.880
 that bears

00:27:23.880 --> 00:27:24.640
 much fruit

00:27:24.640 --> 00:27:25.279
 for a part

00:27:25.279 --> 00:27:25.840
 for me,

00:27:26.259 --> 00:27:27.180
 you can

00:27:27.180 --> 00:27:27.580
 do

00:27:27.580 --> 00:27:28.759
 nothing.

00:27:32.400 --> 00:27:32.880
 Secular

00:27:32.880 --> 00:27:33.600
 psychology

00:27:33.600 --> 00:27:34.180
 also

00:27:34.180 --> 00:27:35.080
 excuses

00:27:35.080 --> 00:27:35.860
 sin

00:27:35.860 --> 00:27:37.340
 and denies

00:27:37.340 --> 00:27:38.340
 personal

00:27:38.340 --> 00:27:39.380
 responsibility.

00:27:40.340 --> 00:27:40.640
 There is a

00:27:40.640 --> 00:27:40.840
 lot of

00:27:40.840 --> 00:27:41.120
 blame

00:27:41.120 --> 00:27:41.400
 shifting

00:27:41.400 --> 00:27:41.799
 that happens

00:27:41.799 --> 00:27:42.259
 in secular

00:27:42.259 --> 00:27:43.420
 psychology.

00:27:43.640 --> 00:27:44.299
 You are a

00:27:44.299 --> 00:27:45.279
 product of

00:27:45.279 --> 00:27:45.820
 something.

00:27:46.660 --> 00:27:47.320
 Your parents,

00:27:47.480 --> 00:27:48.039
 your teachers,

00:27:48.580 --> 00:27:49.480
 your society,

00:27:49.779 --> 00:27:50.200
 a given

00:27:50.200 --> 00:27:51.299
 circumstance.

00:27:51.620 --> 00:27:52.299
 Of course you are

00:27:52.299 --> 00:27:52.860
 acting the way

00:27:52.859 --> 00:27:54.119
 you are because

00:27:54.119 --> 00:27:55.439
 again and

00:27:55.439 --> 00:27:55.719
 again and

00:27:55.719 --> 00:27:56.199
 again that

00:27:56.199 --> 00:27:56.759
 blame gets

00:27:56.759 --> 00:27:58.339
 shifted away.

00:28:00.740 --> 00:28:01.539
 John writes

00:28:01.539 --> 00:28:02.539
 in 1 John 1

00:28:02.539 --> 00:28:03.039
 verse 8,

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 if we say we

00:28:03.619 --> 00:28:04.240
 have no sin,

00:28:04.319 --> 00:28:04.799
 we deceive

00:28:04.799 --> 00:28:05.500
 ourselves and

00:28:05.500 --> 00:28:06.119
 the truth

00:28:06.119 --> 00:28:07.319
 is not in

00:28:07.319 --> 00:28:07.679
 us.

00:28:08.659 --> 00:28:09.099
 The Bible

00:28:09.099 --> 00:28:10.319
 never justifies

00:28:10.319 --> 00:28:11.119
 our sin

00:28:11.119 --> 00:28:12.299
 as people

00:28:12.299 --> 00:28:12.740
 who are

00:28:12.740 --> 00:28:13.619
 victims.

00:28:14.199 --> 00:28:14.919
 People are

00:28:14.919 --> 00:28:15.959
 victims of

00:28:15.959 --> 00:28:16.379
 sin.

00:28:16.519 --> 00:28:16.839
 This is a

00:28:16.839 --> 00:28:17.240
 very true

00:28:17.240 --> 00:28:17.699
 thing,

00:28:18.079 --> 00:28:18.479
 but sinful

00:28:18.479 --> 00:28:19.559
 responses to

00:28:19.559 --> 00:28:20.399
 sin are not

00:28:20.399 --> 00:28:21.279
 justified in the

00:28:21.279 --> 00:28:21.579
 scripture.

00:28:22.200 --> 00:28:22.539
 They never

00:28:22.539 --> 00:28:22.899
 are,

00:28:23.579 --> 00:28:23.839
 and we

00:28:23.839 --> 00:28:24.200
 ought not

00:28:24.200 --> 00:28:24.940
 counsel people

00:28:24.940 --> 00:28:26.319
 as if they

00:28:26.319 --> 00:28:26.660
 are.

00:28:28.379 --> 00:28:28.660
 Second,

00:28:28.740 --> 00:28:29.379
 psychology

00:28:29.379 --> 00:28:31.480
 calls sin

00:28:31.480 --> 00:28:33.359
 sickness in

00:28:33.359 --> 00:28:33.920
 this attempt to

00:28:33.920 --> 00:28:35.059
 excuse it and

00:28:35.059 --> 00:28:35.839
 to deny personal

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 responsibility.

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 There certainly

00:28:38.319 --> 00:28:39.160
 is such a

00:28:39.160 --> 00:28:39.759
 thing as

00:28:39.759 --> 00:28:41.559
 physical brain

00:28:41.559 --> 00:28:42.339
 illness.

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 I don't want to

00:28:43.000 --> 00:28:43.660
 minimize that

00:28:43.660 --> 00:28:44.119
 point,

00:28:44.720 --> 00:28:45.139
 but the Bible

00:28:45.139 --> 00:28:45.799
 does not allow

00:28:45.799 --> 00:28:47.059
 for these maladies

00:28:47.059 --> 00:28:47.619
 to become

00:28:47.619 --> 00:28:49.099
 excusers of

00:28:49.099 --> 00:28:50.660
 sinful activity.

00:28:51.279 --> 00:28:51.539
 right?

00:28:52.139 --> 00:28:52.379
 When you

00:28:52.379 --> 00:28:52.740
 think about

00:28:52.740 --> 00:28:53.220
 the logic

00:28:53.220 --> 00:28:53.639
 of it,

00:28:53.839 --> 00:28:54.799
 every time I

00:28:54.799 --> 00:28:55.359
 get angry at

00:28:55.359 --> 00:28:55.700
 somebody,

00:28:55.980 --> 00:28:56.599
 I can simply

00:28:56.599 --> 00:28:56.799
 say,

00:28:56.920 --> 00:28:56.960
 well,

00:28:56.980 --> 00:28:57.339
 that's my

00:28:57.339 --> 00:28:57.960
 personality.

00:28:59.799 --> 00:29:00.420
 I've got a

00:29:00.420 --> 00:29:01.279
 propensity for

00:29:01.279 --> 00:29:02.240
 that kind of

00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:02.539
 thing,

00:29:02.740 --> 00:29:02.899
 right?

00:29:02.940 --> 00:29:03.240
 The scripture

00:29:03.240 --> 00:29:03.579
 would say,

00:29:03.639 --> 00:29:03.720
 well,

00:29:03.740 --> 00:29:04.200
 of course you

00:29:04.200 --> 00:29:04.420
 do,

00:29:04.720 --> 00:29:05.160
 because you're

00:29:05.160 --> 00:29:05.480
 sinful,

00:29:05.740 --> 00:29:06.139
 and you're

00:29:06.139 --> 00:29:06.460
 in need of

00:29:06.460 --> 00:29:06.859
 grace,

00:29:06.859 --> 00:29:07.319
 and you

00:29:07.319 --> 00:29:08.119
 deny that

00:29:08.119 --> 00:29:08.680
 impulse in

00:29:08.680 --> 00:29:09.139
 you and

00:29:09.139 --> 00:29:10.319
 respond

00:29:10.319 --> 00:29:11.539
 righteously.

00:29:13.220 --> 00:29:13.779
 So it

00:29:13.779 --> 00:29:14.259
 tends to

00:29:14.259 --> 00:29:14.700
 call sin

00:29:14.700 --> 00:29:15.899
 sickness,

00:29:16.019 --> 00:29:16.519
 and secular

00:29:16.519 --> 00:29:17.339
 psychology has

00:29:17.339 --> 00:29:17.960
 no fixed

00:29:17.960 --> 00:29:19.660
 moral values,

00:29:19.799 --> 00:29:19.960
 right?

00:29:19.960 --> 00:29:20.700
 a system

00:29:20.700 --> 00:29:21.140
 that largely

00:29:21.140 --> 00:29:21.620
 denies a

00:29:21.620 --> 00:29:22.039
 creator,

00:29:23.340 --> 00:29:24.160
 therefore leaves

00:29:24.160 --> 00:29:25.299
 morality to

00:29:25.299 --> 00:29:25.900
 our own

00:29:25.900 --> 00:29:26.920
 definition.

00:29:28.220 --> 00:29:29.019
 As long as

00:29:29.019 --> 00:29:30.079
 we feel

00:29:30.079 --> 00:29:30.600
 positive,

00:29:30.920 --> 00:29:31.559
 we're feeling

00:29:31.559 --> 00:29:32.240
 good about the

00:29:32.240 --> 00:29:32.519
 things we're

00:29:32.519 --> 00:29:32.799
 doing,

00:29:32.900 --> 00:29:33.279
 the decisions

00:29:33.279 --> 00:29:33.660
 that we're

00:29:33.660 --> 00:29:34.100
 making,

00:29:34.819 --> 00:29:35.259
 then our

00:29:35.259 --> 00:29:35.740
 behavior,

00:29:35.880 --> 00:29:36.200
 whatever it

00:29:36.200 --> 00:29:36.660
 may be,

00:29:36.779 --> 00:29:37.259
 becomes

00:29:37.259 --> 00:29:38.799
 justifiable.

00:29:39.559 --> 00:29:40.240
 There's no

00:29:40.240 --> 00:29:41.200
 standard that

00:29:41.200 --> 00:29:41.559
 we're meant

00:29:41.559 --> 00:29:42.420
 to aim at

00:29:42.420 --> 00:29:43.620
 for our

00:29:43.620 --> 00:29:44.519
 high and

00:29:44.519 --> 00:29:45.140
 ultimate

00:29:45.140 --> 00:29:46.200
 good.

00:29:46.200 --> 00:29:46.240
 good.

00:29:47.799 --> 00:29:48.319
 So secular

00:29:48.319 --> 00:29:49.360
 psychology is

00:29:49.360 --> 00:29:50.480
 not sufficient

00:29:50.480 --> 00:29:51.440
 to the

00:29:51.440 --> 00:29:52.759
 task to

00:29:52.759 --> 00:29:53.120
 help people

00:29:53.120 --> 00:29:53.799
 change.

00:29:54.700 --> 00:29:55.120
 It is

00:29:55.120 --> 00:29:56.120
 possible for

00:29:56.120 --> 00:29:56.500
 a secular

00:29:56.500 --> 00:29:57.819
 psychologist to

00:29:57.819 --> 00:29:58.700
 treat symptoms.

00:29:59.259 --> 00:29:59.819
 It's possible.

00:30:00.580 --> 00:30:01.500
 Perhaps for a

00:30:01.500 --> 00:30:02.019
 counselee to

00:30:02.019 --> 00:30:02.799
 receive some

00:30:02.799 --> 00:30:04.000
 temporary relief,

00:30:04.340 --> 00:30:05.740
 but the

00:30:05.740 --> 00:30:06.620
 primary problem

00:30:06.620 --> 00:30:07.559
 will still

00:30:07.559 --> 00:30:08.559
 persist.

00:30:09.080 --> 00:30:09.720
 It's a sin

00:30:09.720 --> 00:30:10.319
 nature that

00:30:10.319 --> 00:30:11.640
 needs the

00:30:11.640 --> 00:30:12.259
 changing power

00:30:12.259 --> 00:30:12.840
 of the gospel

00:30:12.840 --> 00:30:13.600
 of Jesus

00:30:13.600 --> 00:30:14.100
 Christ.

00:30:14.099 --> 00:30:16.079
 real change

00:30:16.079 --> 00:30:16.779
 happens in

00:30:16.779 --> 00:30:17.819
 relation to

00:30:17.819 --> 00:30:18.839
 God,

00:30:19.359 --> 00:30:19.980
 which is why

00:30:19.980 --> 00:30:20.679
 God's word

00:30:20.679 --> 00:30:21.199
 must be brought

00:30:21.199 --> 00:30:21.799
 to bear if

00:30:21.799 --> 00:30:22.159
 we want to

00:30:22.159 --> 00:30:22.959
 really help

00:30:22.959 --> 00:30:24.219
 people with

00:30:24.219 --> 00:30:24.859
 their spiritual,

00:30:25.000 --> 00:30:25.240
 with their

00:30:25.240 --> 00:30:27.459
 soul problems.

00:30:28.219 --> 00:30:29.000
 2 Timothy

00:30:29.000 --> 00:30:29.519
 chapter 3,

00:30:29.619 --> 00:30:30.259
 again, all

00:30:30.259 --> 00:30:30.919
 scripture breathed

00:30:30.919 --> 00:30:31.559
 out by God,

00:30:31.879 --> 00:30:32.359
 and it is

00:30:32.359 --> 00:30:32.959
 profitable,

00:30:33.799 --> 00:30:34.439
 it's good for

00:30:34.439 --> 00:30:34.980
 the task,

00:30:35.199 --> 00:30:35.859
 teaching and

00:30:35.859 --> 00:30:36.599
 reproof and

00:30:36.599 --> 00:30:37.819
 correction and

00:30:37.819 --> 00:30:38.980
 training in

00:30:38.980 --> 00:30:39.939
 a standard

00:30:39.939 --> 00:30:40.619
 morality,

00:30:40.759 --> 00:30:41.480
 in righteousness,

00:30:42.879 --> 00:30:43.299
 that the man

00:30:43.299 --> 00:30:43.859
 of God may

00:30:43.859 --> 00:30:45.059
 be complete,

00:30:45.439 --> 00:30:46.740
 equipped for

00:30:46.740 --> 00:30:47.379
 every good

00:30:47.379 --> 00:30:48.179
 work.

00:30:49.519 --> 00:30:50.500
 So what is

00:30:50.500 --> 00:30:50.740
 biblical

00:30:50.740 --> 00:30:51.099
 counseling?

00:30:52.259 --> 00:30:52.919
 Biblical

00:30:52.919 --> 00:30:54.439
 counseling is

00:30:54.439 --> 00:30:56.019
 discipling from

00:30:56.019 --> 00:30:58.279
 the Bible for

00:30:58.279 --> 00:30:58.919
 a particular

00:30:58.919 --> 00:31:00.639
 problem, for

00:31:00.639 --> 00:31:01.199
 a particular

00:31:01.199 --> 00:31:01.839
 amount of

00:31:01.839 --> 00:31:03.859
 time, so

00:31:03.859 --> 00:31:04.079
 that a

00:31:04.079 --> 00:31:04.939
 counselee can

00:31:04.939 --> 00:31:05.500
 honor God

00:31:05.500 --> 00:31:05.959
 in their

00:31:05.959 --> 00:31:06.299
 life.

00:31:08.359 --> 00:31:08.639
 Biblical

00:31:08.639 --> 00:31:09.319
 counseling is

00:31:09.319 --> 00:31:10.279
 discipling from

00:31:10.279 --> 00:31:10.799
 the Bible for

00:31:10.799 --> 00:31:11.219
 a particular

00:31:11.219 --> 00:31:11.939
 problem, for

00:31:11.939 --> 00:31:12.379
 a particular

00:31:12.379 --> 00:31:12.799
 amount of

00:31:12.799 --> 00:31:13.719
 time, so

00:31:13.720 --> 00:31:14.019
 that a

00:31:14.019 --> 00:31:14.740
 counselee can

00:31:14.740 --> 00:31:15.539
 honor God

00:31:15.539 --> 00:31:16.799
 in their

00:31:16.799 --> 00:31:17.400
 life, right?

00:31:17.420 --> 00:31:17.920
 It's taking

00:31:17.920 --> 00:31:18.279
 up the

00:31:18.279 --> 00:31:19.220
 scripture, and

00:31:19.220 --> 00:31:19.680
 it's helping

00:31:19.680 --> 00:31:20.220
 people to

00:31:20.220 --> 00:31:21.160
 believe it in

00:31:21.160 --> 00:31:22.440
 a way, it's

00:31:22.440 --> 00:31:22.860
 empowered by

00:31:22.860 --> 00:31:23.319
 the Spirit,

00:31:23.700 --> 00:31:23.980
 that they

00:31:23.980 --> 00:31:26.120
 actually change.

00:31:27.200 --> 00:31:27.880
 Romans 12,

00:31:28.019 --> 00:31:29.079
 2, you may

00:31:29.079 --> 00:31:29.500
 be familiar

00:31:29.500 --> 00:31:29.980
 with this

00:31:29.980 --> 00:31:30.460
 text.

00:31:30.980 --> 00:31:31.460
 Paul says,

00:31:31.559 --> 00:31:32.059
 do not be

00:31:32.059 --> 00:31:32.660
 conformed to

00:31:32.660 --> 00:31:33.579
 this world, but

00:31:33.579 --> 00:31:34.360
 be transformed

00:31:34.360 --> 00:31:37.079
 by your

00:31:37.079 --> 00:31:37.600
 feelings,

00:31:37.599 --> 00:31:40.399
 the renewal

00:31:40.399 --> 00:31:41.879
 of your

00:31:41.879 --> 00:31:42.599
 mind.

00:31:43.199 --> 00:31:43.639
 The

00:31:43.639 --> 00:31:45.439
 things that

00:31:45.439 --> 00:31:46.119
 you believe

00:31:46.119 --> 00:31:46.719
 to be

00:31:46.719 --> 00:31:47.719
 true are

00:31:47.719 --> 00:31:48.439
 transforming

00:31:48.439 --> 00:31:49.819
 to who

00:31:49.819 --> 00:31:51.559
 we are.

00:31:52.659 --> 00:31:53.039
 So it's

00:31:53.039 --> 00:31:53.519
 that careful

00:31:53.519 --> 00:31:54.199
 application,

00:31:54.699 --> 00:31:55.139
 particular

00:31:55.139 --> 00:31:56.500
 problem for

00:31:56.500 --> 00:31:57.000
 a particular

00:31:57.000 --> 00:31:57.719
 period of

00:31:57.719 --> 00:31:58.599
 time, but

00:31:58.599 --> 00:31:59.119
 what does

00:31:59.119 --> 00:31:59.500
 the scripture

00:31:59.500 --> 00:32:00.259
 say about

00:32:00.259 --> 00:32:01.019
 this issue

00:32:01.019 --> 00:32:01.579
 in your

00:32:01.579 --> 00:32:02.559
 life, and

00:32:02.559 --> 00:32:03.240
 how can you

00:32:03.240 --> 00:32:03.719
 bring it

00:32:03.720 --> 00:32:04.860
 to bear?

00:32:05.120 --> 00:32:05.460
 What's the

00:32:05.460 --> 00:32:06.380
 practical ways

00:32:06.380 --> 00:32:06.600
 we're going

00:32:06.600 --> 00:32:07.059
 to work

00:32:07.059 --> 00:32:07.779
 out these

00:32:07.779 --> 00:32:09.740
 truths in

00:32:09.740 --> 00:32:10.259
 your life?

00:32:11.559 --> 00:32:12.059
 So if you

00:32:12.059 --> 00:32:12.319
 have a

00:32:12.319 --> 00:32:12.740
 bulletin,

00:32:12.920 --> 00:32:13.360
 real quick

00:32:13.360 --> 00:32:13.579
 on the

00:32:13.579 --> 00:32:14.579
 back, I

00:32:14.579 --> 00:32:15.259
 sort of

00:32:15.259 --> 00:32:15.539
 drew a

00:32:15.539 --> 00:32:15.740
 river.

00:32:18.740 --> 00:32:19.220
 This is

00:32:19.220 --> 00:32:19.519
 what the

00:32:19.519 --> 00:32:19.940
 scribble is

00:32:19.940 --> 00:32:20.120
 on the

00:32:20.120 --> 00:32:20.360
 back of

00:32:20.360 --> 00:32:20.900
 your page.

00:32:24.700 --> 00:32:25.180
 This is

00:32:25.180 --> 00:32:26.100
 an analogy

00:32:26.100 --> 00:32:26.480
 I picked

00:32:26.480 --> 00:32:26.819
 up from

00:32:26.819 --> 00:32:27.380
 Joel Teague

00:32:27.380 --> 00:32:27.779
 from Faith

00:32:27.779 --> 00:32:28.120
 Community

00:32:28.120 --> 00:32:28.559
 Church,

00:32:28.799 --> 00:32:29.120
 which is

00:32:29.120 --> 00:32:30.380
 kind of a

00:32:30.380 --> 00:32:30.860
 sister church

00:32:30.860 --> 00:32:31.200
 to us,

00:32:31.259 --> 00:32:31.500
 and a lot

00:32:31.500 --> 00:32:32.660
 of people

00:32:32.660 --> 00:32:32.880
 that we

00:32:32.880 --> 00:32:33.259
 love and

00:32:33.259 --> 00:32:33.660
 care about

00:32:33.660 --> 00:32:34.060
 that are

00:32:34.060 --> 00:32:34.580
 part or

00:32:34.580 --> 00:32:34.860
 have been

00:32:34.860 --> 00:32:35.300
 part of

00:32:35.300 --> 00:32:35.440
 Faith

00:32:35.440 --> 00:32:35.720
 Community

00:32:35.720 --> 00:32:36.080
 Church.

00:32:38.360 --> 00:32:38.759
 This

00:32:38.759 --> 00:32:39.100
 example

00:32:39.100 --> 00:32:39.360
 really

00:32:39.360 --> 00:32:39.720
 resonated

00:32:39.720 --> 00:32:40.100
 with me

00:32:40.100 --> 00:32:40.460
 because I

00:32:40.460 --> 00:32:40.740
 used to

00:32:40.740 --> 00:32:40.960
 teach

00:32:40.960 --> 00:32:41.360
 whitewater

00:32:41.360 --> 00:32:41.840
 kayaking,

00:32:42.140 --> 00:32:42.720
 so you

00:32:42.720 --> 00:32:42.960
 kind of

00:32:42.960 --> 00:32:43.680
 catch that

00:32:43.680 --> 00:32:43.920
 as we

00:32:43.920 --> 00:32:44.300
 talk about

00:32:44.300 --> 00:32:44.580
 this.

00:32:45.259 --> 00:32:45.460
 So you

00:32:45.460 --> 00:32:45.720
 have a

00:32:45.720 --> 00:32:45.920
 river,

00:32:46.120 --> 00:32:46.540
 and here

00:32:46.540 --> 00:32:47.060
 in the

00:32:47.060 --> 00:32:48.380
 river flow,

00:32:49.019 --> 00:32:49.720
 number one,

00:32:49.960 --> 00:32:50.380
 what you

00:32:50.380 --> 00:32:51.000
 would label

00:32:51.000 --> 00:32:51.420
 this,

00:32:51.540 --> 00:32:51.840
 whether you

00:32:51.840 --> 00:32:52.340
 have a pen

00:32:52.340 --> 00:32:52.620
 or not,

00:32:52.680 --> 00:32:52.820
 you can

00:32:52.820 --> 00:32:53.220
 just mentally

00:32:53.220 --> 00:32:53.740
 think about

00:32:53.740 --> 00:32:53.880
 it,

00:32:54.200 --> 00:32:54.779
 the general

00:32:54.779 --> 00:32:55.560
 activity in

00:32:55.560 --> 00:32:56.100
 this analogy

00:32:56.100 --> 00:32:56.360
 of the

00:32:56.360 --> 00:32:57.140
 church is

00:32:57.140 --> 00:32:58.400
 discipleship,

00:32:58.519 --> 00:32:58.700
 right?

00:32:59.340 --> 00:32:59.759
 Helping

00:32:59.759 --> 00:33:01.040
 people to

00:33:01.040 --> 00:33:01.660
 follow Jesus

00:33:01.660 --> 00:33:02.040
 faithfully,

00:33:02.080 --> 00:33:02.680
 to look more

00:33:02.680 --> 00:33:03.279
 like Jesus.

00:33:03.279 --> 00:33:04.559
 Be disciples

00:33:04.559 --> 00:33:05.099
 of Jesus

00:33:05.099 --> 00:33:05.859
 Christ.

00:33:06.359 --> 00:33:07.039
 Discipleship is

00:33:07.039 --> 00:33:07.639
 the noun,

00:33:07.779 --> 00:33:08.019
 and so I

00:33:08.019 --> 00:33:08.440
 always like

00:33:08.440 --> 00:33:09.440
 the verb

00:33:09.440 --> 00:33:09.980
 form of

00:33:09.980 --> 00:33:10.740
 discipling,

00:33:11.180 --> 00:33:11.399
 right?

00:33:11.480 --> 00:33:11.720
 It's the

00:33:11.720 --> 00:33:13.059
 activity of

00:33:13.059 --> 00:33:14.000
 helping people

00:33:14.000 --> 00:33:14.720
 faithfully

00:33:14.720 --> 00:33:15.759
 follow Jesus,

00:33:16.019 --> 00:33:16.779
 which should

00:33:16.779 --> 00:33:17.599
 be everything

00:33:17.599 --> 00:33:17.940
 a church

00:33:17.940 --> 00:33:18.399
 does,

00:33:18.799 --> 00:33:19.399
 what we

00:33:19.399 --> 00:33:20.220
 exist for.

00:33:20.680 --> 00:33:21.379
 Everything we

00:33:21.379 --> 00:33:21.859
 do ought to

00:33:21.859 --> 00:33:22.279
 be trying to

00:33:22.279 --> 00:33:23.160
 aim people

00:33:23.160 --> 00:33:24.899
 at faithfully

00:33:24.899 --> 00:33:25.339
 following

00:33:25.339 --> 00:33:26.319
 Jesus.

00:33:26.319 --> 00:33:26.519
 Jesus.

00:33:27.119 --> 00:33:27.899
 Just as a

00:33:27.899 --> 00:33:28.480
 river is

00:33:28.480 --> 00:33:28.919
 fed by

00:33:28.919 --> 00:33:29.579
 a tributary,

00:33:29.679 --> 00:33:29.899
 so that's

00:33:29.899 --> 00:33:30.259
 the little

00:33:30.259 --> 00:33:31.279
 thing going

00:33:31.279 --> 00:33:31.559
 off to

00:33:31.559 --> 00:33:31.859
 the side

00:33:31.859 --> 00:33:32.119
 there,

00:33:33.200 --> 00:33:33.679
 sometimes

00:33:33.679 --> 00:33:34.119
 this is

00:33:34.119 --> 00:33:34.319
 going to

00:33:34.319 --> 00:33:34.619
 happen

00:33:34.619 --> 00:33:35.539
 preemptively.

00:33:36.500 --> 00:33:36.700
 So you

00:33:36.700 --> 00:33:36.960
 could write

00:33:36.960 --> 00:33:37.119
 in that

00:33:37.119 --> 00:33:37.519
 blank number

00:33:37.519 --> 00:33:37.799
 two,

00:33:37.960 --> 00:33:38.679
 preemptive

00:33:38.679 --> 00:33:39.720
 discipling,

00:33:41.039 --> 00:33:42.220
 also most

00:33:42.220 --> 00:33:42.480
 regularly

00:33:42.480 --> 00:33:42.939
 called

00:33:42.939 --> 00:33:44.240
 evangelism,

00:33:44.619 --> 00:33:46.000
 helping people

00:33:46.000 --> 00:33:46.819
 see from

00:33:46.819 --> 00:33:47.299
 the scripture

00:33:47.299 --> 00:33:48.279
 their great

00:33:48.279 --> 00:33:48.599
 need of

00:33:48.599 --> 00:33:49.000
 God.

00:33:49.799 --> 00:33:50.319
 Therefore,

00:33:51.099 --> 00:33:52.019
 the solution

00:33:52.019 --> 00:33:52.359
 to their

00:33:52.359 --> 00:33:53.799
 problem is

00:33:53.799 --> 00:33:54.299
 the Lord

00:33:54.299 --> 00:33:55.460
 Jesus Christ,

00:33:55.720 --> 00:33:56.659
 bringing about

00:33:56.659 --> 00:33:57.480
 faith in

00:33:57.480 --> 00:33:57.659
 them.

00:33:57.839 --> 00:33:59.099
 So preemptive

00:33:59.099 --> 00:33:59.799
 discipling

00:33:59.799 --> 00:34:01.359
 would be

00:34:01.359 --> 00:34:01.980
 one of the

00:34:01.980 --> 00:34:02.799
 things we

00:34:02.799 --> 00:34:03.319
 would do

00:34:03.319 --> 00:34:03.879
 as a

00:34:03.879 --> 00:34:04.200
 church,

00:34:04.240 --> 00:34:04.680
 working to

00:34:04.680 --> 00:34:05.099
 do biblical

00:34:05.099 --> 00:34:05.579
 counseling,

00:34:05.919 --> 00:34:07.399
 evangelizing

00:34:07.399 --> 00:34:07.960
 people with

00:34:07.960 --> 00:34:08.759
 problems,

00:34:09.039 --> 00:34:09.920
 showing them

00:34:09.920 --> 00:34:10.679
 their greater

00:34:10.679 --> 00:34:11.400
 need than

00:34:11.400 --> 00:34:11.779
 temporal

00:34:11.779 --> 00:34:12.219
 fixes,

00:34:13.000 --> 00:34:13.400
 their need

00:34:13.400 --> 00:34:14.159
 of eternal

00:34:14.159 --> 00:34:14.619
 fixes,

00:34:14.980 --> 00:34:15.699
 and empowering

00:34:15.699 --> 00:34:17.119
 for temporal

00:34:17.119 --> 00:34:17.739
 fixes.

00:34:18.659 --> 00:34:19.039
 That's

00:34:19.039 --> 00:34:19.500
 preemptive

00:34:19.500 --> 00:34:20.079
 discipling.

00:34:20.400 --> 00:34:20.800
 People come

00:34:20.800 --> 00:34:21.139
 into the

00:34:21.139 --> 00:34:21.840
 flow of the

00:34:21.840 --> 00:34:22.300
 life of a

00:34:22.300 --> 00:34:22.599
 church,

00:34:22.639 --> 00:34:22.980
 a healthy

00:34:22.980 --> 00:34:23.480
 church is

00:34:23.480 --> 00:34:23.639
 going to

00:34:23.639 --> 00:34:24.319
 be about

00:34:24.319 --> 00:34:24.879
 discipling

00:34:24.879 --> 00:34:25.699
 people in

00:34:25.699 --> 00:34:26.019
 many,

00:34:26.119 --> 00:34:26.679
 many varied

00:34:26.679 --> 00:34:27.259
 ways.

00:34:28.339 --> 00:34:28.900
 But from

00:34:28.900 --> 00:34:29.239
 time to

00:34:29.239 --> 00:34:29.699
 time,

00:34:30.219 --> 00:34:31.019
 people need

00:34:31.019 --> 00:34:31.819
 to be

00:34:31.819 --> 00:34:32.839
 drawn to

00:34:32.839 --> 00:34:33.179
 quiet

00:34:33.179 --> 00:34:35.239
 water for

00:34:35.239 --> 00:34:35.659
 a particular

00:34:35.659 --> 00:34:37.099
 problem for

00:34:37.099 --> 00:34:37.500
 a particular

00:34:37.500 --> 00:34:38.480
 amount of

00:34:38.480 --> 00:34:38.900
 time.

00:34:39.599 --> 00:34:39.980
 So that's

00:34:39.980 --> 00:34:40.400
 a rock in

00:34:40.400 --> 00:34:40.599
 the middle

00:34:40.599 --> 00:34:40.859
 of the

00:34:40.859 --> 00:34:41.759
 river with

00:34:41.759 --> 00:34:42.239
 some calm

00:34:42.239 --> 00:34:42.839
 water behind

00:34:42.839 --> 00:34:43.219
 it,

00:34:43.659 --> 00:34:44.679
 or a dip

00:34:44.679 --> 00:34:44.940
 in the

00:34:44.940 --> 00:34:45.400
 bank with

00:34:45.400 --> 00:34:45.900
 some calm

00:34:45.900 --> 00:34:46.559
 water there.

00:34:47.139 --> 00:34:47.480
 These are

00:34:47.480 --> 00:34:48.299
 called eddies.

00:34:48.879 --> 00:34:49.460
 The flow of

00:34:49.460 --> 00:34:49.879
 the water

00:34:49.879 --> 00:34:50.940
 slows down.

00:34:51.480 --> 00:34:51.940
 And as a

00:34:51.940 --> 00:34:52.460
 whitewater kayak

00:34:52.460 --> 00:34:52.879
 instructor,

00:34:53.000 --> 00:34:53.319
 these are the

00:34:53.320 --> 00:34:53.760
 places that

00:34:53.760 --> 00:34:54.160
 we taught

00:34:54.160 --> 00:34:54.580
 skills.

00:34:54.980 --> 00:34:55.300
 If somebody

00:34:55.300 --> 00:34:55.880
 wasn't doing

00:34:55.880 --> 00:34:56.700
 well on

00:34:56.700 --> 00:34:57.019
 the river,

00:34:57.140 --> 00:34:57.420
 you've got a

00:34:57.420 --> 00:34:57.780
 group going

00:34:57.780 --> 00:34:58.120
 down the

00:34:58.120 --> 00:34:58.360
 river,

00:34:59.000 --> 00:34:59.300
 you would

00:34:59.300 --> 00:35:00.000
 pull somebody

00:35:00.000 --> 00:35:00.580
 aside and

00:35:00.580 --> 00:35:00.660
 say,

00:35:00.780 --> 00:35:00.800
 hey,

00:35:00.820 --> 00:35:01.440
 come over

00:35:01.440 --> 00:35:01.860
 here with

00:35:01.860 --> 00:35:02.180
 me,

00:35:02.480 --> 00:35:02.800
 and you

00:35:02.800 --> 00:35:03.140
 would teach

00:35:03.140 --> 00:35:03.440
 them a

00:35:03.440 --> 00:35:03.820
 particular

00:35:03.820 --> 00:35:05.000
 skill before

00:35:05.000 --> 00:35:05.720
 you return

00:35:05.720 --> 00:35:06.120
 them back

00:35:06.120 --> 00:35:06.460
 into the

00:35:06.460 --> 00:35:07.160
 regular flow

00:35:07.160 --> 00:35:07.380
 of the

00:35:07.380 --> 00:35:08.539
 discipling of

00:35:08.539 --> 00:35:09.019
 the church.

00:35:10.100 --> 00:35:10.680
 I think

00:35:10.680 --> 00:35:11.360
 understanding it

00:35:11.360 --> 00:35:12.980
 this way ought

00:35:12.980 --> 00:35:13.539
 to help us

00:35:13.539 --> 00:35:14.640
 destigmatize

00:35:14.640 --> 00:35:15.260
 counseling,

00:35:15.440 --> 00:35:15.580
 right?

00:35:15.600 --> 00:35:15.940
 Because we

00:35:15.940 --> 00:35:16.420
 all need

00:35:16.420 --> 00:35:17.240
 good counsel,

00:35:17.539 --> 00:35:17.740
 right?

00:35:18.059 --> 00:35:18.880
 I need to

00:35:18.880 --> 00:35:19.460
 be reminded

00:35:19.460 --> 00:35:19.740
 of the

00:35:19.740 --> 00:35:20.320
 wonderful truths

00:35:20.320 --> 00:35:20.720
 of the

00:35:20.720 --> 00:35:21.120
 Bible,

00:35:21.800 --> 00:35:22.059
 right?

00:35:22.420 --> 00:35:22.740
 It's just

00:35:22.740 --> 00:35:23.660
 discipleship.

00:35:23.660 --> 00:35:24.160
 It's just

00:35:24.160 --> 00:35:24.559
 taking a

00:35:24.559 --> 00:35:25.660
 particular form.

00:35:25.960 --> 00:35:26.800
 It's taking a

00:35:26.800 --> 00:35:28.760
 specific problem

00:35:28.760 --> 00:35:29.760
 for a specific

00:35:29.760 --> 00:35:30.539
 amount of time

00:35:30.539 --> 00:35:31.180
 and addressing

00:35:31.180 --> 00:35:32.539
 that before

00:35:32.539 --> 00:35:33.260
 being turned

00:35:33.260 --> 00:35:33.960
 back out into

00:35:33.960 --> 00:35:34.480
 the regular

00:35:34.480 --> 00:35:35.180
 discipling

00:35:35.180 --> 00:35:37.300
 practices of

00:35:37.300 --> 00:35:37.860
 a church,

00:35:38.059 --> 00:35:38.300
 right?

00:35:38.400 --> 00:35:39.039
 So we have

00:35:39.039 --> 00:35:40.500
 discipling,

00:35:40.600 --> 00:35:40.800
 we have

00:35:40.800 --> 00:35:41.320
 preemptive

00:35:41.320 --> 00:35:41.900
 discipling,

00:35:41.960 --> 00:35:42.340
 and then we

00:35:42.340 --> 00:35:43.820
 have particular

00:35:43.820 --> 00:35:44.800
 discipling.

00:35:44.880 --> 00:35:45.440
 That's biblical

00:35:45.440 --> 00:35:45.860
 counseling.

00:35:45.860 --> 00:35:46.420
 Particular

00:35:46.420 --> 00:35:48.480
 discipling.

00:35:49.900 --> 00:35:50.420
 So,

00:35:51.140 --> 00:35:52.519
 who can

00:35:52.519 --> 00:35:53.260
 provide

00:35:53.260 --> 00:35:54.460
 biblical

00:35:54.460 --> 00:35:54.820
 counseling?

00:35:55.740 --> 00:35:56.160
 I think

00:35:56.160 --> 00:35:56.800
 you may

00:35:56.800 --> 00:35:57.300
 rightly

00:35:57.300 --> 00:35:58.579
 be thinking,

00:35:58.800 --> 00:35:59.360
 alright,

00:35:59.460 --> 00:35:59.740
 good luck,

00:35:59.840 --> 00:35:59.960
 y'all.

00:36:00.360 --> 00:36:00.500
 Like,

00:36:00.720 --> 00:36:01.740
 have fun

00:36:01.740 --> 00:36:02.220
 with that.

00:36:03.840 --> 00:36:04.360
 Honestly,

00:36:04.539 --> 00:36:04.940
 if you're

00:36:04.940 --> 00:36:05.940
 sitting here

00:36:05.940 --> 00:36:06.400
 hearing me

00:36:06.400 --> 00:36:06.660
 and you're

00:36:06.660 --> 00:36:06.860
 thinking,

00:36:07.000 --> 00:36:07.700
 I got that,

00:36:08.160 --> 00:36:09.240
 then you

00:36:09.240 --> 00:36:09.519
 need some

00:36:09.519 --> 00:36:09.720
 biblical

00:36:09.720 --> 00:36:10.120
 counseling.

00:36:10.320 --> 00:36:10.620
 We need

00:36:10.620 --> 00:36:11.380
 to preach

00:36:11.380 --> 00:36:11.820
 the gospel

00:36:11.820 --> 00:36:13.039
 to you.

00:36:13.660 --> 00:36:14.300
 We should

00:36:14.300 --> 00:36:14.680
 be saying,

00:36:14.820 --> 00:36:15.220
 who is

00:36:15.219 --> 00:36:15.799
 worthy

00:36:15.799 --> 00:36:16.299
 for such

00:36:16.299 --> 00:36:16.839
 things,

00:36:17.500 --> 00:36:17.919
 right?

00:36:18.799 --> 00:36:19.279
 Paul says

00:36:19.279 --> 00:36:19.579
 in Romans

00:36:19.579 --> 00:36:20.219
 chapter 15

00:36:20.219 --> 00:36:20.599
 and verse

00:36:20.599 --> 00:36:21.419
 14,

00:36:22.419 --> 00:36:23.000
 I myself

00:36:23.000 --> 00:36:23.659
 am satisfied

00:36:23.659 --> 00:36:24.239
 about you,

00:36:24.319 --> 00:36:24.819
 my brothers,

00:36:25.159 --> 00:36:25.980
 that you

00:36:25.980 --> 00:36:26.519
 yourselves

00:36:26.519 --> 00:36:27.159
 are full

00:36:27.159 --> 00:36:27.779
 of goodness,

00:36:28.259 --> 00:36:28.819
 filled with

00:36:28.819 --> 00:36:29.579
 all knowledge

00:36:29.579 --> 00:36:30.179
 and able

00:36:30.179 --> 00:36:31.239
 to instruct

00:36:31.239 --> 00:36:32.579
 one another.

00:36:34.659 --> 00:36:35.299
 So,

00:36:35.419 --> 00:36:35.919
 the answer

00:36:35.919 --> 00:36:36.379
 is,

00:36:37.679 --> 00:36:38.000
 you.

00:36:39.339 --> 00:36:39.980
 Now,

00:36:40.179 --> 00:36:40.519
 if you're

00:36:40.519 --> 00:36:41.019
 in Christ,

00:36:41.859 --> 00:36:42.259
 none of us

00:36:42.259 --> 00:36:42.819
 are perfect

00:36:42.819 --> 00:36:43.279
 Christians,

00:36:43.719 --> 00:36:44.579
 but we ought

00:36:44.579 --> 00:36:45.279
 to be growing

00:36:45.279 --> 00:36:45.659
 in our

00:36:45.659 --> 00:36:46.400
 Christ-likeness,

00:36:46.500 --> 00:36:46.940
 which means

00:36:46.940 --> 00:36:48.000
 we can

00:36:48.000 --> 00:36:48.639
 and should

00:36:48.639 --> 00:36:49.679
 share

00:36:49.679 --> 00:36:50.599
 what we're

00:36:50.599 --> 00:36:51.000
 learning,

00:36:51.159 --> 00:36:51.559
 how we're

00:36:51.559 --> 00:36:51.920
 growing,

00:36:52.079 --> 00:36:52.559
 with others.

00:36:52.860 --> 00:36:53.079
 We ought

00:36:53.079 --> 00:36:53.440
 to be bringing

00:36:53.440 --> 00:36:54.279
 others along

00:36:54.279 --> 00:36:54.779
 with us

00:36:54.779 --> 00:36:55.900
 in this

00:36:55.900 --> 00:36:56.559
 process of

00:36:56.559 --> 00:36:56.920
 following

00:36:56.920 --> 00:36:58.019
 Jesus,

00:36:58.239 --> 00:36:58.420
 right?

00:36:58.440 --> 00:36:58.819
 As we,

00:36:59.079 --> 00:36:59.719
 by faith,

00:37:00.119 --> 00:37:00.519
 follow the

00:37:00.519 --> 00:37:00.819
 Lord,

00:37:01.440 --> 00:37:02.380
 Jesus Christ,

00:37:02.719 --> 00:37:02.880
 right?

00:37:03.599 --> 00:37:04.219
 And these

00:37:04.219 --> 00:37:04.380
 should be

00:37:04.380 --> 00:37:04.619
 people,

00:37:04.799 --> 00:37:04.960
 right?

00:37:05.019 --> 00:37:05.259
 We should

00:37:05.259 --> 00:37:06.360
 be filled

00:37:06.360 --> 00:37:07.019
 with all

00:37:07.019 --> 00:37:07.400
 knowledge,

00:37:07.480 --> 00:37:07.619
 right?

00:37:07.639 --> 00:37:07.819
 We should

00:37:07.819 --> 00:37:08.239
 be working

00:37:08.239 --> 00:37:08.639
 at being

00:37:08.639 --> 00:37:09.219
 equipped

00:37:09.219 --> 00:37:09.279
 equipped

00:37:39.219 --> 00:37:39.459
 because what

00:37:39.459 --> 00:37:39.899
 we need

00:37:39.899 --> 00:37:40.219
 to work

00:37:40.219 --> 00:37:40.579
 at doing

00:37:40.579 --> 00:37:40.919
 is having

00:37:40.919 --> 00:37:41.099
 our

00:37:41.099 --> 00:37:41.419
 counseling

00:37:41.419 --> 00:37:41.779
 Bibles

00:37:41.779 --> 00:37:42.439
 be this

00:37:42.439 --> 00:37:42.879
 thick,

00:37:43.279 --> 00:37:43.679
 and picks

00:37:43.679 --> 00:37:43.939
 up the

00:37:43.939 --> 00:37:44.179
 Bible

00:37:44.179 --> 00:37:45.859
 off his

00:37:45.859 --> 00:37:46.179
 podium,

00:37:46.659 --> 00:37:46.839
 right?

00:37:47.279 --> 00:37:47.739
 The Bible

00:37:47.739 --> 00:37:48.539
 speaks to

00:37:48.539 --> 00:37:48.919
 the everyday

00:37:48.919 --> 00:37:49.639
 problems of

00:37:49.639 --> 00:37:50.039
 our life.

00:37:50.119 --> 00:37:50.459
 The gospel

00:37:50.459 --> 00:37:51.399
 has application

00:37:51.399 --> 00:37:53.459
 for today,

00:37:54.079 --> 00:37:54.919
 and we want

00:37:54.919 --> 00:37:55.699
 to be equipped

00:37:55.699 --> 00:37:56.759
 to know

00:37:56.759 --> 00:37:57.379
 and how to

00:37:57.379 --> 00:37:58.119
 apply and how

00:37:58.119 --> 00:37:58.439
 to help

00:37:58.439 --> 00:37:59.799
 others believe

00:37:59.799 --> 00:38:00.559
 these things

00:38:00.559 --> 00:38:01.759
 to be true.

00:38:02.899 --> 00:38:03.359
 So,

00:38:03.419 --> 00:38:03.759
 because of the

00:38:03.759 --> 00:38:04.299
 great love

00:38:04.299 --> 00:38:04.639
 that God

00:38:04.639 --> 00:38:05.099
 has shown

00:38:05.099 --> 00:38:05.659
 us,

00:38:06.679 --> 00:38:07.119
 Christ Family

00:38:07.119 --> 00:38:07.539
 Church,

00:38:07.739 --> 00:38:08.279
 we want

00:38:08.279 --> 00:38:08.559
 to love

00:38:08.559 --> 00:38:09.119
 others with

00:38:09.119 --> 00:38:09.440
 the truth

00:38:09.440 --> 00:38:09.880
 of God's

00:38:09.880 --> 00:38:10.139
 word,

00:38:10.259 --> 00:38:10.579
 and this

00:38:10.579 --> 00:38:10.980
 is why

00:38:10.980 --> 00:38:11.319
 we want

00:38:11.319 --> 00:38:11.900
 to press

00:38:11.900 --> 00:38:12.119
 into

00:38:12.119 --> 00:38:12.440
 biblical

00:38:12.440 --> 00:38:12.900
 counseling

00:38:12.900 --> 00:38:14.159
 and start

00:38:14.159 --> 00:38:14.480
 a biblical

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 counseling

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 center.

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 You can

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 and should

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 play a part

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 in this.

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 First,

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 pray.

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 Just pray.

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 If we

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 go through

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 all of the

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 trouble,

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 get everybody

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 trained,

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 get them

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 certified,

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 set up

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 spaces to

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 meet in,

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 let the

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 community know

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 that it

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 exists,

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 we go through

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 all the

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 effort,

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 and God

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 doesn't

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 empower the

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 effort,

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 it will

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 be fruitless.

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 It will

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 be absolutely

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 pointless.

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 So,

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 pray for

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 wisdom,

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 the process

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 of getting

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 things set

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 up,

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 pray for

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 people as

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 they work

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 to be

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 trained,

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 pray about

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 whether or

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 not you

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 should be

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 trained,

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 be part of

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 praying for

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 this effort

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 of our

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 church.

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 Be a good

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 church member,

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 recognized as

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 a member of

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 our church,

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 speaking to

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 members,

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 you have a

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 responsibility to

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 care for

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 one another,

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 right?

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 You ought to

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 be giving

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 each other

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 counsel in

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 some measure,

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 so please be

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 doing that

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 faithfully from

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 God's word.

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 And consider

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 getting equipped,

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 getting equipped to

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 a higher level,

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 being certified to

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 provide this

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 particular discipling

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 through the

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 biblical counseling

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 center of our

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 church.

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 Let's pray to

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 that end.

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 Amen.

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