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 We've just finished up, I gather, a series in the book of Acts, looking at how Jesus sends his people out on mission.

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 And this mission is really what defines the church.

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 And it's what we're kind of, we're to be part of this mission to go and reach out into the world and to just build these communities which are living in this transformational way which just shows this light to the people around us.

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 But one of the things that I have realized as I've reflected on this kind of big story that we're part of as a church is that often in the day-to-day of life, I kind of get distracted.

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 Anyone else like me?

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 I kind of get sidetracked from that big story because there are little decisions, there are things which happen in my day-to-day which actually affect the direction that I'm going in.

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 But it's the day-to-day stuff that just wraps me up.

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 And so we're looking at this kind of series in wisdom because wisdom here is going to be looking at the choices and the forks in the road that we have in our everyday lives and the nitty-gritty of life to see how when we make wise choices in these things like money and relationships and career and plans and all these different things,

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 that these things are what shape our vision of the bigger picture that we're in and the direction we're going in.

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 So for the next eight weeks, we're going to be looking in the book of Proverbs and looking at different topics and looking at wisdom in different areas.

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 So we're just going to kind of intro that a little bit today and then we're going to go on this journey over the summer.

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 Okay?

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 Good.

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 Let me just pray for us before we dive in.

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 Father, thank you for giving us breath today.

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 Thank you that today was a day that you made.

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 And it's a day that you have brought us here, not just to be here because this is what we always do, but it's a day because we want to hear your word and you want to speak to us.

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 And I pray, Lord, give us tender, soft hearts to hear what you want to say.

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 I pray, Lord, that your spirit would speak through my words.

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 Remove what you don't want to say and let people hear like a megaphone what you do want them to hear.

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 Let us live in the light of your word.

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 In Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Great.

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 What I want to do to start off with is I want to do a little kind of trivia quiz for us.

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 Okay?

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 So are you ready?

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 So I'm going to give you some choices.

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 Okay?

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 I want some responses.

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 This is kind of audience participation.

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 Okay?

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 I know we're lower on numbers because it's the sum of it.

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 That doesn't mean you get a pass.

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 Okay.

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 Here's your first choice.

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 Would you prefer to have intelligence or good looks?

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 Come on.

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 There's no sitting on the fence here.

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 No sitting on the fence.

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 Good looks.

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 There you go.

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 I'm sure you've already got them.

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 Okay.

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 Next one.

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 A penthouse flat or a luxury yacht.

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 Oh, okay.

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 Nobody's into the sea.

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 Okay.

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 Next one.

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 A trip to the moon or unlimited beach days.

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 Okay.

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 You guys are safe here.

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 You kind of, okay.

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 Private chef.

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 That's Gordon Ramsay for you.

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 A professional trainer.

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 There's a bit of competition here.

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 Okay.

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 Next one.

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 A hundred million dollars.

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 Or wisdom.

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 There's one honest man in the congregation.

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 Because you see, though you might not have exactly all those choices every day, the choices

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 that you make reflect what you think is most valuable in life.

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 Right?

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 What you think will secure your greatest happiness is what will determine and shape the choices

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 that every day you are making.

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 See, if you think your money or career or intelligence or education will make you happiest in life,

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 then that's what's going to consume the whole of your direction in life.

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 It will shape all of your choices.

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 But when we come to looking at the book of Proverbs, we're looking at a book which is a collection of collections of sayings of wise people,

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 the most significant of whom is King Solomon.

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 And if you know who King Solomon is, he was the wisest king in the world.

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 And the kind of backdrop to the story about King Solomon is that his dad, the greatest king that Israel had ever had, King David, has died.

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 King Solomon takes the throne as a young man.

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 And God comes to him in a dream and says, ask me for anything you want.

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 You know, he has that choice of all of those different things.

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 And Solomon says, without a blink of an eye, he says, give me wisdom.

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 Give me wisdom.

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 Give me wisdom more than anything else.

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 Give me wisdom.

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 And God says, you have chosen wisely.

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 Because you see, he knows that if I got that $100 million, I could still be a fool and squander it all.

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 But if I have wisdom, I have something which is going to be shaping everything in my life.

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 And so the book of Proverbs, basically, is going to come to us and it's going to say, with a question, it's going to say, what do you want in your life?

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 What is most valuable in your life?

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 What's the destination that you want to go into?

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 Because here now, it is a father talking to a son and he's going to say, hey, listen, this is the destination.

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 Are you going to listen to me?

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 Are you going to hear where I want you to go?

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 And so Proverbs 8, verse 1 to 5.

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 Do have your bulletin open.

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 I'm going to kind of refer to it during this morning.

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 Proverbs 8, 1 to 5.

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 It says, wisdom, wisdom, does not wisdom call?

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 Okay, does not understanding raise her voice on the heights beside the way.

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 And then it says, at the crossroads, she takes her stand beside the gates in front of the town.

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 At the entrance of the portals, she cries aloud.

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 Basically, this passage starts off at the busy intersection of a city.

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 And here is wisdom on the heights where people are going along their way, choosing the lifestyles they want to live.

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 It's beside the gates of the crossroads of the city where decisions, whether you're going to go left or whether you're going to go right, are being made.

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 It's right at the gates of the city, of the town, where all the buying and selling and the trading and the political judgments and the work decisions are being made.

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 Choices everywhere.

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 Okay, big choices.

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 Who do I marry?

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 What job do I take?

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 What profile picture do I put on Facebook?

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 Or smaller, everyday choices, like, do I shout at my kids or say nothing?

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 Do I make that phone call or do I let it be?

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 Do I pursue that relationship, that school, or do I wait?

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 All these choices you and I face every single day.

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 And this is the context where he's saying you're at the crossroads of these choices.

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 And right in the midst of all the noise, of all the voices which are coming from your friends and your family and your colleagues and the media and everything around you, wisdom calls.

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 And wisdom is personified as this kind of beautiful, noble woman.

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 And she says, calling out to you and me, she says, listen to my voice.

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 Hear, listen to me.

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 Verse 10, take my instruction instead of silver and knowledge rather than choice gold.

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 For wisdom is better than jewels.

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 And all that you desire, all that you desire cannot compare with her.

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 That's a pretty big statement.

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 Advertising sells you products on the basis of your greatest desires and fantasies and promises to fulfill them.

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 Have you seen these adverts like, get this deodorant and suddenly you'll become irresistibly attractive to the opposite sex?

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 Have you seen those kind of adverts?

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 And, you know, we believe it because we buy it.

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 Right?

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 And that's how advertising works.

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 And we also believe the advertising which plays to the different kind of fantasies that we have about what makes us happy.

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 Like, if I just had well-behaved children, then my life would be happy.

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 If I just had a boyfriend, then life would be wonderful.

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 And we get this kind of wisdom from everywhere else.

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 And when the Bible comes and brings this call of wisdom that is different from all the other wisdoms that you'll hear around,

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 sometimes we can think it sounds like a very sensible Christian middle-aged aunt who is so sensible that she'd never do anything exciting at all in her life.

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 She just sounds a little bit boring, sometimes we think, when we think about biblical wisdom.

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 But Proverbs here, it's very clever the way he does it.

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 Proverbs is us listening into this father and his son talking to each other.

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 And do you know what?

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 In chapter 9, his father says to his son, basically he says,

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 Wisdom isn't your dull aunt who wouldn't even get a tattoo because she's not that fun.

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 Wisdom is a hot lady who's a great chef.

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 That's what he says.

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 Wisdom is a hot lady who's a great chef.

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 And why does he do that?

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 Because he's talking to a teenage son, okay?

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 And he's playing to the desires that he has.

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 And if you translate that into any of your fantasies, any of the things that you think will make you happy,

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 he's saying, listen, if you want anything that's going to satisfy what you're chasing after, get wisdom.

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 That's what he's saying.

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 And he's appealing to our desires.

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 So, Proverbs, we're going to go on this journey together about getting wisdom.

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 Proverbs.

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 Proverbs.

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 Just to orient you a little bit, Proverbs comes out of four.

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 There are four wisdom books in the Bible, in the Hebrew Bible.

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 Job, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, and Proverbs.

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 And basically, they're like a package deal together.

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 They're kind of all different threads, which if you take them together,

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 they form a tapestry of what life is like.

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 And you need to read them together.

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 But the way Proverbs works is Proverbs is basically quite a lot of one-liners and catchy phrases

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 which kind of encapsulate a truth, okay?

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 So, we understand the idea of Proverbs and things like that.

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 Maybe let's just have a look.

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 Here are some modern kind of, okay, modern pictorial versions of Proverbs.

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 Proverbs, okay?

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 Learning from the wise.

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 Okay?

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 It's a kid with a son, with his dad teaching him how to use a computer.

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 Next one.

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 Smart communication isn't always the smartest communication.

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 Okay?

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 It's a catchy phrase, but you get the idea, right?

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 Next one.

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 The most valuable thing handed down the generation's togetherness.

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 Okay?

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 You get the idea?

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 The way to a dad's heart is through his stomach.

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 Okay?

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 You get the idea.

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 We have these ideas of Proverbs in the world, right?

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 Collective wisdom.

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 Was there another one?

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 I think that was it.

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 Oh, yes.

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 Okay.

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 What goes around comes around.

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 Okay?

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 These are Proverbs that we understand the concepts,

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 but they're giving us not everything about the topic,

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 but they're giving you something that's memorable for you to chew on.

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 Okay?

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 So what we're going to look at,

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 these wisdoms have come through observation,

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 experience of what works in life.

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 So we're going to look at this idea of wisdom through three things.

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 We're going to look at the meaning of wisdom,

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 the way to wisdom,

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 and the call of wisdom.

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 Okay?

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 The meaning of wisdom,

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 the way to wisdom,

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 and the call of wisdom.

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 Okay.

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 So if you look through the passage,

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 you will keep hearing that the passage just keeps talking about wisdom.

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 But what is wisdom?

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 Okay?

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 Let's tell you what wisdom isn't first.

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 Wisdom is not intelligence or education.

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 In Hong Kong,

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 we prize education.

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 We might say,

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 take education instead of silver.

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 Okay?

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 Instead of our money.

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 Because education will get more silver eventually.

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 Some of us think the most valuable thing you can give to your children is education.

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 Now, education is important,

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 but Proverbs says that's not true.

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 Education is not the most important thing.

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 Going to a seminary doesn't teach you actually how to be a pastor.

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 You could have a ton of PhDs and not know how to do life at all.

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 Right?

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 The most brilliant,

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 well-read,

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 intelligent people I know,

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 some of them have train wreck in their relationships.

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 Some of them just have no idea,

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 how to do relationships.

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 But they're smart.

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 And Proverbs would say,

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 wisdom is not just education or intelligence.

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 It's also not just morality.

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 Okay?

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 Wisdom is intrinsically connected to doing and acting in a right way.

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 In a right way which fits in the way God has ordered the world.

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 But it's far more than just right or wrong.

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 You know,

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 in England in the 1650s,

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 it's very interesting.

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 They thought that if we get the most moral people

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 in the country together

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 and we make them into the parliament,

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 then the country would just run amazingly.

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 So they did this.

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 It's called the bare bones parliament.

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 And can you imagine what happened?

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 They got all these kind of very moral people

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 and put them in the parliament.

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 And it was a disaster.

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 Because morality is not the same as wisdom.

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 And wisdom is not going to,

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 morality is not the only way that you can learn to live life.

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 The Bible word for wisdom is the word chokmah.

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 Okay?

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 Can you say that?

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 Chokmah.

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 It's like you're clearing your throat.

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 Okay?

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 That's the only bit of Hebrew I'm going to give you.

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 Okay?

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 Chokmah.

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 Okay?

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 In Exodus,

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 it's applied to those who've got the skill

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 of crafting wood and crafting silver and gold.

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 It's the skill of knowing how to do something well.

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 And in the Bible,

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 it's not just,

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 you know,

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 you could have the skill of,

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 if you know how to do a successful business,

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 you have business chokmah.

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 Okay?

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 You've got the skill of doing it well.

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 But in the Bible,

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 it's more than just doing something with a bit of know-how.

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 It's actually knowing how to do relationships.

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 It's knowing,

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 it's the skill of living well in God's world

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 and in relationships,

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 doing relationships well with God,

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 with your family,

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 and with the people around you.

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 That's what chokmah is.

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 It's in the complexity of life

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 where, you know,

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 so much is not black and white.

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 So much of life is just gray.

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 Right?

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 Isn't so much just gray

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 where you don't know the way to go.

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 And chokmah is the way of taking biblical truth

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 and applying it into your life in a way

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 which helps you to live in the marketplace.

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 of life.

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 You know,

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 it's,

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 I've had many of these decisions

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 where I don't know,

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 I have two choices

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 and both of them seem okay.

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 You know,

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 when Fiona and I,

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 when Fiona and I wanted to get married,

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 Fiona's parents refused.

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 What do you do

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 in that situation?

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 Honor your father and mother

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 is a biblical command.

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 Don't be a slave to the fear of men

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 is another biblical command.

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 Two things.

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 They both seem right.

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 What do you do?

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 What do I need?

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 Google it?

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 No.

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 I need chokmah.

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 I need wisdom.

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 It's the same as if you have,

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 you know,

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 you've got a kid who's rebellious,

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 rebelling against your authority.

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 Two different things.

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 Do you need love and grace and forgiveness?

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 Or do you need discipline and justice?

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 Both of them are good things.

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 What do you do?

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 Chokmah.

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 You need it.

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 And so it's the way

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 of getting knowledge

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 so you understand the way

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 things generally work in the world.

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 It's seeing your present situation clearly

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 and it's having a strategy

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 for knowing how to navigate the gray

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 all in God's world

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 so that you can do relationships right.

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 That is chokmah.

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 But I find in the issue of guidance,

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 many people come to me

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 and I think we have a wrong view

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 of how God guides in life.

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 Okay?

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 I have many people say,

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 I want to know what God's will for my life is.

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 How do I know if this job

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 is God's will for my life?

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 You know, we're very afraid

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 of getting it wrong.

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 You know, if we make something wrong,

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 we think of life like a doorway.

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 You know, the journey of life

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 is a door rather than a path.

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 And so what we have

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 is if I choose the wrong door,

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 then I'm afraid I'm going to screw up

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 the rest of my life

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 and I go through the wrong one

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 and I go, oh, I should have chosen the other one

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 and we're going to miss out.

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 That's how we feel in life often.

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 And so you have like door A, B, C

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 in front of you.

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 You know, it could be three jobs.

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 And I have people come to me and say,

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 what job does God want me to take?

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 And I'll say to them,

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 well, are any of them terrorism?

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 And they say, no, generally.

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 Kidnapping, drug smuggling.

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 And they say, okay, no.

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 If the answer is yes,

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 we might have to chat about it.

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 But they say,

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 but I want to know what God wants.

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 And I say, well, it's not here a moral choice.

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 It's not a sin issue.

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 It's a wisdom issue.

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 It's a chokmah issue.

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 But we struggle with this, I think,

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 because we like to have the idea

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 of a kind of a door which you just open

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 and that's the way you go.

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 And God to kind of give a little pointy finger

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 just saying it's that door.

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 And, you know, we want an instant solution.

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 We want an instant solution.

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 You know, 10 steps to raising your kids.

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 This is how,

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 you look at the how-to manuals outside.

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 It's all like, okay,

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 follow these 10 steps

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 and boom, the door will open.

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 Right?

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 Five ways to a better body.

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 Okay?

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 Six ways to greater intelligence.

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 All those different things.

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 That's what we like.

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 And so we have Christian versions of those as well.

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 We say things like,

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 just pray and get some peace.

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 And if you have peace,

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 then that's the way forward.

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 Now, prayer is essential as part of this.

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 Because we've got to depend on God.

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 Sense of peace is good.

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 But, you know, in the Bible,

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 Saul had a great sense of peace

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 when he was having Christians martyred.

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 Right?

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 Right?

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 And I've heard people come to me

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 who've said,

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 I've prayed about joining a church

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 and I just didn't have peace about it

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 so I didn't join a church.

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 And I'm going,

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 okay,

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 sounds like you're listening to yourself there.

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 You're not listening to God.

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 Right?

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 Or other people will say,

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 okay,

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 follow the open doors.

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 Now, sometimes that's a good idea.

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 But, you know,

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 Jonah in the Bible

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 got an open door

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 to run away from God

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 to go to Tarshish.

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 You know,

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 he goes to the ship ticket office

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 and he says,

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 hey,

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 are there any tickets for Tarshish?

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 And they say,

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 yes, there are.

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 And he says,

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 wow,

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 it's a sign,

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 an open door.

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 Really?

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 You know,

00:20:22.440 --> 00:20:23.920
 I've had doors which seem to open

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 and suddenly they were slammed in my face

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 and then I thought,

00:20:26.519 --> 00:20:26.840
 God,

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 what are you playing at?

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 I thought that was you.

00:20:31.080 --> 00:20:31.480
 Right?

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 And we get confused.

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 Anyone been there?

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 Another one is like,

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 the Holy Spirit told me.

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 Now,

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 I believe very strongly

00:20:43.740 --> 00:20:44.939
 that the Spirit does

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 and has in my life

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 prompted me in numerous ways.

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 We're going to talk about this later,

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 later in the year.

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 But,

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 I believe God uses our intuitions

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 to guide us.

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 But here's a very important thing

00:20:57.980 --> 00:20:59.119
 we need to be careful of.

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 Don't ascribe your gut

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 the same authority

00:21:02.179 --> 00:21:03.019
 as God's Word.

00:21:04.740 --> 00:21:05.059
 Okay?

00:21:05.439 --> 00:21:06.919
 Because I had a guy who was,

00:21:07.059 --> 00:21:08.199
 he was convinced

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 the Holy Spirit

00:21:08.940 --> 00:21:09.680
 had told him

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 to be a worship music leader.

00:21:11.660 --> 00:21:11.940
 Okay?

00:21:12.299 --> 00:21:13.860
 And you know what the Holy Spirit tells you?

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 You can't argue with that.

00:21:15.000 --> 00:21:15.220
 Right?

00:21:15.600 --> 00:21:16.539
 You can't argue with anyone

00:21:16.539 --> 00:21:16.740
 who says,

00:21:16.820 --> 00:21:17.480
 God told me.

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 It's like,

00:21:17.779 --> 00:21:18.000
 okay.

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 So,

00:21:20.880 --> 00:21:22.740
 he goes to the worship music practice

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 and let me just tell you,

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 if the Holy Spirit

00:21:27.799 --> 00:21:28.700
 had called him,

00:21:29.299 --> 00:21:30.079
 he had called him

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 as a sign of judgment

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 on whoever he was going to sing to.

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 Because he lacked chokmah.

00:21:37.319 --> 00:21:38.599
 But this is some of the ways

00:21:38.599 --> 00:21:40.000
 that we misunderstand

00:21:40.000 --> 00:21:40.960
 how God wants us

00:21:40.960 --> 00:21:42.019
 to operate in the world.

00:21:42.120 --> 00:21:43.859
 We want a plug and play formula.

00:21:44.400 --> 00:21:46.339
 Life is more complex than that.

00:21:46.940 --> 00:21:48.500
 And God is more relational

00:21:48.500 --> 00:21:49.819
 than just dishing out

00:21:49.819 --> 00:21:50.980
 a kind of how-to guide.

00:21:52.919 --> 00:21:54.779
 God wants a relationship with you

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 and in a relationship,

00:21:56.379 --> 00:21:57.419
 chokmah comes.

00:22:03.480 --> 00:22:04.519
 So let's come

00:22:04.519 --> 00:22:07.000
 to look at,

00:22:07.460 --> 00:22:08.539
 that's what chokmah is.

00:22:08.599 --> 00:22:09.799
 Chokmah is the skill

00:22:09.799 --> 00:22:11.119
 of living well

00:22:11.119 --> 00:22:13.220
 in a complex world

00:22:13.220 --> 00:22:14.960
 to know how to do relationships well

00:22:14.960 --> 00:22:16.379
 and it's in God's world.

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 Let me say,

00:22:18.900 --> 00:22:19.880
 how do we get wisdom?

00:22:20.660 --> 00:22:21.820
 How do we get this chokmah?

00:22:22.060 --> 00:22:22.880
 The way to wisdom.

00:22:23.440 --> 00:22:23.520
 Okay?

00:22:25.080 --> 00:22:25.740
 That's point two.

00:22:26.760 --> 00:22:27.500
 If you want to just show,

00:22:28.800 --> 00:22:30.120
 there are many ways

00:22:30.120 --> 00:22:30.780
 that people think

00:22:30.780 --> 00:22:32.020
 about getting wisdom.

00:22:34.220 --> 00:22:35.360
 Confucius said this,

00:22:36.240 --> 00:22:37.660
 three methods we may learn wisdom.

00:22:37.820 --> 00:22:38.620
 First, by reflection.

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 Second, imitation.

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 And third, by experience.

00:22:41.880 --> 00:22:46.800
 There is some wisdom in that.

00:22:47.280 --> 00:22:49.080
 There is some wisdom in that.

00:22:49.560 --> 00:22:50.520
 And we could talk about

00:22:50.520 --> 00:22:51.660
 many of those different things

00:22:51.660 --> 00:22:52.760
 and the Bible would agree

00:22:52.760 --> 00:22:54.200
 with some of those areas.

00:22:54.940 --> 00:22:56.440
 But the Bible and Proverbs

00:22:56.440 --> 00:22:57.180
 is going to tell us

00:22:57.180 --> 00:22:57.860
 there's something

00:22:57.860 --> 00:23:00.760
 that Confucius has missed out

00:23:00.760 --> 00:23:01.580
 in his definition.

00:23:03.060 --> 00:23:04.600
 And Confucius has missed out

00:23:04.600 --> 00:23:06.340
 what in chapter 9, verse 10,

00:23:07.000 --> 00:23:08.340
 the book of Proverbs says

00:23:08.340 --> 00:23:09.400
 is the beginning of wisdom.

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 It says,

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 The fear of the Lord

00:23:13.560 --> 00:23:15.759
 is the beginning of wisdom

00:23:15.759 --> 00:23:18.280
 and knowledge of the Holy One

00:23:18.280 --> 00:23:19.200
 is insight.

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 The fear of the Lord

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 is the beginning of wisdom

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 and knowledge of the Holy One

00:23:25.500 --> 00:23:26.300
 is insight.

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 That's weird.

00:23:30.280 --> 00:23:30.420
 Right?

00:23:30.480 --> 00:23:31.720
 Just think how weird that is.

00:23:32.259 --> 00:23:34.140
 The fear of Yahweh

00:23:34.140 --> 00:23:35.300
 is the beginning of wisdom.

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 Because we think fear is bad.

00:23:38.380 --> 00:23:38.860
 Right?

00:23:39.180 --> 00:23:39.620
 Generally.

00:23:40.880 --> 00:23:42.260
 But what Proverbs

00:23:42.260 --> 00:23:43.620
 and what the Bible shows us

00:23:43.620 --> 00:23:44.880
 there are two types of fear

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 you can have.

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 The first type of fear

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 comes when you

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 when you fear

00:23:52.240 --> 00:23:53.500
 that you've messed up

00:23:53.500 --> 00:23:54.620
 and your boss

00:23:54.620 --> 00:23:55.680
 is going to shout at you.

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 You're going to get punished

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 for something.

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 Have a look at this verse

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 that Moses says.

00:24:01.560 --> 00:24:02.740
 Exodus 20.

00:24:03.420 --> 00:24:03.660
 Okay?

00:24:03.660 --> 00:24:05.220
 God showed himself

00:24:05.220 --> 00:24:05.920
 to the mountain

00:24:05.920 --> 00:24:07.320
 to sinful people

00:24:07.320 --> 00:24:08.040
 at Mount Sinai.

00:24:08.120 --> 00:24:09.560
 They pull back terrified

00:24:09.560 --> 00:24:11.140
 and Moses says

00:24:11.140 --> 00:24:11.980
 and they say to Moses

00:24:11.980 --> 00:24:13.019
 don't let God speak

00:24:13.019 --> 00:24:13.820
 or we'll die.

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 And then

00:24:14.660 --> 00:24:15.779
 Moses says this

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 do not fear

00:24:16.900 --> 00:24:18.420
 for God has come

00:24:18.420 --> 00:24:19.300
 to test you

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 that the fear of him

00:24:21.019 --> 00:24:22.180
 may be before you

00:24:22.180 --> 00:24:23.320
 that you may not sin.

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 Do you see?

00:24:25.860 --> 00:24:26.140
 He says

00:24:26.140 --> 00:24:27.000
 do not fear

00:24:27.000 --> 00:24:28.019
 that you may fear.

00:24:28.660 --> 00:24:29.220
 Do you get that?

00:24:30.019 --> 00:24:31.220
 Two types of fear

00:24:31.220 --> 00:24:32.340
 that he's talking about.

00:24:32.339 --> 00:24:34.039
 The first is that fear

00:24:34.039 --> 00:24:35.099
 the negative fear

00:24:35.099 --> 00:24:35.980
 of punishment

00:24:35.980 --> 00:24:37.779
 that brings many people

00:24:37.779 --> 00:24:39.059
 including many of us

00:24:39.059 --> 00:24:39.779
 to church

00:24:39.779 --> 00:24:41.039
 to try and be very moral

00:24:41.039 --> 00:24:42.159
 because we're worried

00:24:42.159 --> 00:24:42.559
 that maybe

00:24:42.559 --> 00:24:43.980
 if we don't do the right thing

00:24:43.980 --> 00:24:45.639
 then God is going to smite us.

00:24:46.459 --> 00:24:46.679
 Right?

00:24:46.859 --> 00:24:48.079
 That's often the motivation

00:24:48.079 --> 00:24:49.399
 for much religion

00:24:49.399 --> 00:24:50.039
 that we do.

00:24:51.240 --> 00:24:52.240
 But that's not

00:24:52.240 --> 00:24:53.319
 what he's talking about here.

00:24:53.399 --> 00:24:54.599
 There's another kind of fear.

00:24:54.859 --> 00:24:55.500
 That's the fear

00:24:55.500 --> 00:24:56.500
 that the fear of him

00:24:56.500 --> 00:24:57.599
 may be in you.

00:24:58.159 --> 00:24:58.779
 And have a look

00:24:58.779 --> 00:24:59.819
 at the next verse.

00:24:59.819 --> 00:25:02.139
 The next verse

00:25:02.139 --> 00:25:03.059
 from Nehemiah.

00:25:05.639 --> 00:25:06.700
 From Nehemiah

00:25:06.700 --> 00:25:07.559
 he says this

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 he says

00:25:07.839 --> 00:25:08.980
 O Lord God of heaven

00:25:08.980 --> 00:25:10.240
 the great and awesome God

00:25:10.240 --> 00:25:11.559
 let your ear

00:25:11.559 --> 00:25:12.139
 be attentive

00:25:12.139 --> 00:25:12.939
 to the prayer

00:25:12.939 --> 00:25:13.700
 of your servant

00:25:13.700 --> 00:25:14.519
 to the prayer

00:25:14.519 --> 00:25:15.159
 of your servants

00:25:15.159 --> 00:25:16.339
 who delight

00:25:16.339 --> 00:25:18.019
 who delight

00:25:18.019 --> 00:25:19.960
 to fear your name.

00:25:20.799 --> 00:25:21.519
 Who delight

00:25:21.519 --> 00:25:22.500
 to fear your name.

00:25:22.740 --> 00:25:22.939
 You see

00:25:22.939 --> 00:25:23.480
 there's something

00:25:23.480 --> 00:25:25.200
 awesomely terrifying

00:25:25.200 --> 00:25:26.099
 about God.

00:25:26.559 --> 00:25:27.139
 If you actually

00:25:27.139 --> 00:25:27.919
 think about

00:25:27.919 --> 00:25:28.819
 someone who can create

00:25:28.819 --> 00:25:29.679
 the whole universe

00:25:29.679 --> 00:25:31.559
 that is pretty

00:25:31.559 --> 00:25:32.559
 terrifying.

00:25:33.359 --> 00:25:34.220
 But there's something

00:25:34.220 --> 00:25:35.000
 that if you run

00:25:35.000 --> 00:25:35.679
 to him

00:25:35.679 --> 00:25:36.859
 the fear of him

00:25:36.859 --> 00:25:37.439
 drives out

00:25:37.439 --> 00:25:38.299
 all other fears.

00:25:38.700 --> 00:25:39.319
 You can care

00:25:39.319 --> 00:25:40.500
 less about

00:25:40.500 --> 00:25:41.279
 what other people

00:25:41.279 --> 00:25:41.659
 think

00:25:41.659 --> 00:25:42.299
 because you care

00:25:42.299 --> 00:25:42.740
 more about

00:25:42.740 --> 00:25:43.619
 what he thinks.

00:25:44.500 --> 00:25:44.939
 You see

00:25:44.939 --> 00:25:45.619
 there's delight

00:25:45.619 --> 00:25:46.500
 and there's fear

00:25:46.500 --> 00:25:47.000
 together.

00:25:47.460 --> 00:25:48.039
 There's love

00:25:48.039 --> 00:25:48.639
 and there's fear

00:25:48.639 --> 00:25:49.539
 because there's beauty

00:25:49.539 --> 00:25:50.299
 and greatness

00:25:50.299 --> 00:25:51.379
 together in God.

00:25:52.200 --> 00:25:53.240
 And what you love

00:25:53.240 --> 00:25:53.879
 most

00:25:53.879 --> 00:25:54.759
 is what you also

00:25:54.759 --> 00:25:55.859
 fear hurting

00:25:55.859 --> 00:25:56.859
 or losing

00:25:56.859 --> 00:25:57.939
 or disappointing

00:25:57.940 --> 00:25:58.600
 the most.

00:25:59.620 --> 00:26:00.059
 I mean it's a bit

00:26:00.059 --> 00:26:01.799
 like if you've

00:26:01.799 --> 00:26:02.279
 got a kid

00:26:02.279 --> 00:26:03.740
 who Taylor Swift

00:26:03.740 --> 00:26:04.539
 is like they're

00:26:04.539 --> 00:26:05.220
 obsessed with

00:26:05.220 --> 00:26:05.900
 Taylor Swift.

00:26:06.640 --> 00:26:06.740
 Okay.

00:26:07.559 --> 00:26:09.680
 And you suddenly

00:26:09.680 --> 00:26:10.259
 they're walking

00:26:10.259 --> 00:26:10.840
 down the street

00:26:10.840 --> 00:26:11.519
 and they spot

00:26:11.519 --> 00:26:12.039
 Taylor Swift

00:26:12.039 --> 00:26:12.640
 in the corner

00:26:12.640 --> 00:26:13.519
 like just standing

00:26:13.519 --> 00:26:13.860
 there.

00:26:15.299 --> 00:26:16.400
 Now what emotions

00:26:16.400 --> 00:26:16.940
 fill them?

00:26:16.980 --> 00:26:17.299
 What's going

00:26:17.299 --> 00:26:17.880
 through their mind?

00:26:17.960 --> 00:26:18.519
 There's this mix

00:26:18.519 --> 00:26:19.480
 of love

00:26:19.480 --> 00:26:20.660
 and excitement

00:26:20.660 --> 00:26:21.259
 and wanting

00:26:21.259 --> 00:26:21.860
 to run up

00:26:21.860 --> 00:26:22.700
 and say hi.

00:26:23.259 --> 00:26:23.799
 But then there's

00:26:23.799 --> 00:26:24.740
 also this mix

00:26:24.740 --> 00:26:26.519
 of this fear

00:26:26.519 --> 00:26:27.480
 and awe

00:26:27.480 --> 00:26:27.920
 that someone

00:26:27.920 --> 00:26:28.839
 who's so great

00:26:28.839 --> 00:26:29.700
 in their eyes

00:26:29.700 --> 00:26:31.579
 kind of comes

00:26:31.579 --> 00:26:32.240
 before you

00:26:32.240 --> 00:26:32.980
 and you're worried

00:26:32.980 --> 00:26:33.420
 that you might

00:26:33.420 --> 00:26:34.240
 say something stupid.

00:26:34.640 --> 00:26:35.180
 You might do

00:26:35.180 --> 00:26:35.880
 something stupid.

00:26:36.039 --> 00:26:36.660
 You might say

00:26:36.660 --> 00:26:37.359
 something which

00:26:37.359 --> 00:26:38.940
 will lessen

00:26:38.940 --> 00:26:41.200
 the greatness

00:26:41.200 --> 00:26:41.640
 in which

00:26:41.640 --> 00:26:42.220
 the presence

00:26:42.220 --> 00:26:42.799
 you're in.

00:26:43.500 --> 00:26:44.420
 And it's this sense

00:26:44.420 --> 00:26:45.500
 of an awe-filled

00:26:45.500 --> 00:26:46.980
 love for God

00:26:46.980 --> 00:26:48.299
 that leaves you

00:26:48.299 --> 00:26:49.440
 trembling before him

00:26:49.440 --> 00:26:50.220
 but wanting to

00:26:50.220 --> 00:26:50.980
 attract it

00:26:50.980 --> 00:26:51.420
 and wanting

00:26:51.420 --> 00:26:52.440
 to run to him.

00:26:52.799 --> 00:26:53.700
 Because we realize

00:26:53.700 --> 00:26:54.460
 that God is God

00:26:54.460 --> 00:26:55.299
 and I am not.

00:26:55.779 --> 00:26:56.299
 Do you know that?

00:26:56.380 --> 00:26:57.059
 God is God

00:26:57.059 --> 00:26:58.160
 and you are not.

00:27:00.160 --> 00:27:01.140
 And so the fear

00:27:01.140 --> 00:27:01.600
 of the Lord

00:27:01.600 --> 00:27:02.640
 is my definition.

00:27:03.700 --> 00:27:04.539
 It's when I treasure

00:27:04.539 --> 00:27:06.700
 God in his beauty

00:27:06.700 --> 00:27:07.960
 and awesome majesty

00:27:07.960 --> 00:27:09.059
 so much so

00:27:09.059 --> 00:27:10.340
 that I do not want

00:27:10.340 --> 00:27:11.100
 to do anything

00:27:11.100 --> 00:27:12.200
 to displease him.

00:27:13.759 --> 00:27:14.920
 To treasure him

00:27:14.920 --> 00:27:15.779
 so much

00:27:15.779 --> 00:27:17.600
 that I don't want

00:27:17.600 --> 00:27:18.320
 to, every day

00:27:18.320 --> 00:27:18.799
 I'm going out

00:27:18.799 --> 00:27:19.420
 I don't want to put

00:27:19.420 --> 00:27:20.080
 anything else

00:27:20.080 --> 00:27:20.840
 before you.

00:27:20.839 --> 00:27:22.259
 I don't want

00:27:22.259 --> 00:27:23.039
 anyone else

00:27:23.039 --> 00:27:23.939
 to come before you

00:27:23.939 --> 00:27:24.419
 because that's

00:27:24.419 --> 00:27:25.179
 idolatry.

00:27:25.279 --> 00:27:26.059
 I don't want that.

00:27:26.619 --> 00:27:27.480
 I want to treasure

00:27:27.480 --> 00:27:29.139
 you before anything

00:27:29.139 --> 00:27:29.639
 else.

00:27:30.099 --> 00:27:30.939
 Now that kind of

00:27:30.939 --> 00:27:31.759
 fear sets you

00:27:31.759 --> 00:27:32.939
 free from

00:27:32.939 --> 00:27:33.659
 everyone else's

00:27:33.659 --> 00:27:34.019
 opinion.

00:27:34.639 --> 00:27:35.319
 It sets you free

00:27:35.319 --> 00:27:36.299
 from caring too much

00:27:36.299 --> 00:27:36.939
 about what you

00:27:36.939 --> 00:27:37.899
 think about yourself

00:27:37.899 --> 00:27:38.919
 and you think

00:27:38.919 --> 00:27:39.659
 about things.

00:27:41.039 --> 00:27:41.879
 You know so often

00:27:41.879 --> 00:27:42.480
 I have been in

00:27:42.480 --> 00:27:43.279
 so many arguments

00:27:43.279 --> 00:27:43.959
 where I'm trying

00:27:43.959 --> 00:27:44.819
 to prove myself

00:27:44.819 --> 00:27:45.659
 to be right

00:27:45.659 --> 00:27:47.139
 even though I know

00:27:47.139 --> 00:27:47.959
 that I'm wrong

00:27:47.959 --> 00:27:49.399
 because I just

00:27:49.399 --> 00:27:50.299
 have to be right.

00:27:50.839 --> 00:27:52.059
 Because I think

00:27:52.059 --> 00:27:53.019
 more of myself

00:27:53.019 --> 00:27:54.259
 and my opinion

00:27:54.259 --> 00:27:55.799
 than other people.

00:27:57.399 --> 00:27:58.099
 But fools

00:27:58.099 --> 00:27:59.279
 think they know

00:27:59.279 --> 00:27:59.779
 best.

00:28:01.059 --> 00:28:01.980
 Fools think

00:28:01.980 --> 00:28:02.799
 they know best.

00:28:03.319 --> 00:28:03.839
 Do you notice

00:28:03.839 --> 00:28:06.339
 in chapter 8

00:28:06.339 --> 00:28:06.759
 13

00:28:06.759 --> 00:28:07.720
 the fear of the

00:28:07.720 --> 00:28:08.019
 Lord

00:28:08.019 --> 00:28:09.619
 is the hatred

00:28:09.619 --> 00:28:10.599
 of evil

00:28:10.599 --> 00:28:11.599
 and then the

00:28:11.599 --> 00:28:12.179
 first thing on the

00:28:12.179 --> 00:28:13.019
 list is pride.

00:28:13.799 --> 00:28:13.919
 Okay.

00:28:14.119 --> 00:28:14.779
 First thing on the

00:28:14.779 --> 00:28:15.720
 list is pride.

00:28:16.159 --> 00:28:17.259
 And what is pride?

00:28:17.459 --> 00:28:18.000
 What's pride?

00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:20.660
 Pride is thinking

00:28:20.660 --> 00:28:21.839
 you know best.

00:28:23.140 --> 00:28:24.079
 Pride is thinking

00:28:24.079 --> 00:28:25.059
 you know best.

00:28:26.460 --> 00:28:27.180
 And I mean

00:28:27.180 --> 00:28:27.859
 just think about it.

00:28:27.940 --> 00:28:29.599
 Just take dating

00:28:29.599 --> 00:28:30.599
 for example.

00:28:30.960 --> 00:28:31.480
 Take dating.

00:28:32.099 --> 00:28:32.980
 Some of us

00:28:32.980 --> 00:28:34.519
 because we think

00:28:34.519 --> 00:28:35.099
 we know best

00:28:35.099 --> 00:28:35.559
 some of us

00:28:35.559 --> 00:28:36.220
 are so picky

00:28:36.220 --> 00:28:37.839
 we won't date

00:28:37.839 --> 00:28:38.500
 anyone unless

00:28:38.500 --> 00:28:39.039
 they're perfect

00:28:39.039 --> 00:28:39.660
 for you.

00:28:40.160 --> 00:28:40.640
 Right.

00:28:40.859 --> 00:28:41.680
 Unless you know

00:28:41.680 --> 00:28:42.460
 according to your

00:28:42.460 --> 00:28:43.640
 criteria and in

00:28:43.640 --> 00:28:44.299
 your mind

00:28:44.299 --> 00:28:45.200
 that makes sense.

00:28:45.200 --> 00:28:46.740
 and so you

00:28:46.740 --> 00:28:47.360
 complain about

00:28:47.360 --> 00:28:48.240
 the lack of guys

00:28:48.240 --> 00:28:48.640
 and the lack

00:28:48.640 --> 00:28:49.500
 of girls here

00:28:49.500 --> 00:28:51.480
 but you're

00:28:51.480 --> 00:28:52.080
 passing out

00:28:52.080 --> 00:28:52.840
 perfectly good

00:28:52.840 --> 00:28:53.640
 godly guys

00:28:53.640 --> 00:28:54.460
 and godly girls

00:28:54.460 --> 00:28:55.500
 because you're

00:28:55.500 --> 00:28:55.960
 looking for

00:28:55.960 --> 00:28:57.100
 Scarlett Johansson

00:28:57.100 --> 00:28:57.880
 or you're looking

00:28:57.880 --> 00:28:58.360
 for somebody

00:28:58.360 --> 00:28:58.779
 who's going to

00:28:58.779 --> 00:28:59.120
 buy you

00:28:59.120 --> 00:29:00.160
 able to have

00:29:00.160 --> 00:29:00.640
 the financial

00:29:00.640 --> 00:29:01.259
 ability to

00:29:01.259 --> 00:29:01.600
 buy you a

00:29:01.600 --> 00:29:01.980
 flat on the

00:29:01.980 --> 00:29:02.360
 peak.

00:29:04.559 --> 00:29:05.039
 And

00:29:05.039 --> 00:29:06.600
 that's foolish.

00:29:08.160 --> 00:29:08.759
 That's not

00:29:08.759 --> 00:29:09.420
 the real world.

00:29:09.539 --> 00:29:10.840
 That's idolatry

00:29:10.840 --> 00:29:11.380
 even.

00:29:12.220 --> 00:29:12.799
 And the fear

00:29:12.799 --> 00:29:13.259
 of the Lord

00:29:13.259 --> 00:29:14.200
 sets you free

00:29:14.200 --> 00:29:14.900
 from elevating

00:29:14.900 --> 00:29:16.000
 your criteria

00:29:16.000 --> 00:29:17.240
 and this

00:29:17.240 --> 00:29:18.059
 idolatry of

00:29:18.059 --> 00:29:18.740
 perfection

00:29:18.740 --> 00:29:19.740
 and what you

00:29:19.740 --> 00:29:20.319
 think

00:29:20.319 --> 00:29:21.580
 above

00:29:21.580 --> 00:29:22.559
 because you

00:29:22.559 --> 00:29:23.059
 think that's

00:29:23.059 --> 00:29:23.340
 what's going

00:29:23.340 --> 00:29:23.860
 to satisfy

00:29:23.860 --> 00:29:24.319
 you

00:29:24.319 --> 00:29:25.740
 above

00:29:25.740 --> 00:29:28.180
 fearing God

00:29:28.180 --> 00:29:28.600
 and allowing

00:29:28.600 --> 00:29:29.240
 him to then

00:29:29.240 --> 00:29:29.840
 shape the

00:29:29.840 --> 00:29:30.460
 reality of

00:29:30.460 --> 00:29:31.200
 your world.

00:29:33.480 --> 00:29:34.440
 And seeing

00:29:34.440 --> 00:29:34.960
 that just

00:29:34.960 --> 00:29:35.799
 frees you

00:29:35.799 --> 00:29:36.539
 to actually

00:29:36.539 --> 00:29:37.400
 see clearly

00:29:37.400 --> 00:29:38.700
 and not

00:29:38.700 --> 00:29:39.779
 stupidly.

00:29:40.500 --> 00:29:40.660
 You know

00:29:40.660 --> 00:29:41.180
 other people

00:29:41.180 --> 00:29:42.039
 you'll date

00:29:42.039 --> 00:29:44.799
 anyone

00:29:44.799 --> 00:29:45.819
 whether they

00:29:45.819 --> 00:29:46.359
 love Jesus

00:29:46.359 --> 00:29:46.899
 or not.

00:29:48.159 --> 00:29:48.599
 And you

00:29:48.599 --> 00:29:48.899
 know you

00:29:48.899 --> 00:29:49.200
 say well

00:29:49.200 --> 00:29:49.480
 there's no

00:29:49.480 --> 00:29:49.920
 rule in the

00:29:49.920 --> 00:29:50.359
 Bible that

00:29:50.359 --> 00:29:50.740
 says about

00:29:50.740 --> 00:29:51.359
 don't date

00:29:51.359 --> 00:29:51.619
 and don't

00:29:51.619 --> 00:29:51.960
 Christian.

00:29:52.839 --> 00:29:53.159
 And it's

00:29:53.159 --> 00:29:53.440
 true.

00:29:53.779 --> 00:29:54.259
 Dating was

00:29:54.259 --> 00:29:54.839
 invented in

00:29:54.839 --> 00:29:55.319
 the 20th

00:29:55.319 --> 00:29:55.680
 century.

00:29:56.700 --> 00:29:57.059
 That's why

00:29:57.059 --> 00:29:57.259
 it's not

00:29:57.259 --> 00:29:57.480
 in the

00:29:57.480 --> 00:29:57.720
 Bible.

00:29:58.720 --> 00:29:59.399
 But if

00:29:59.399 --> 00:29:59.839
 you have

00:29:59.839 --> 00:30:00.259
 the fear

00:30:00.259 --> 00:30:00.519
 of the

00:30:00.519 --> 00:30:00.759
 Lord

00:30:00.759 --> 00:30:01.180
 which is

00:30:01.180 --> 00:30:01.700
 a command

00:30:01.700 --> 00:30:03.180
 you don't

00:30:03.180 --> 00:30:03.480
 want to

00:30:03.480 --> 00:30:05.200
 date anyone

00:30:05.200 --> 00:30:05.799
 who doesn't

00:30:05.799 --> 00:30:06.379
 love Jesus

00:30:06.379 --> 00:30:06.819
 because you

00:30:06.819 --> 00:30:07.159
 don't want

00:30:07.159 --> 00:30:07.440
 to go

00:30:07.440 --> 00:30:08.700
 anywhere near

00:30:08.700 --> 00:30:08.840
 there's

00:30:08.840 --> 00:30:09.100
 something

00:30:09.100 --> 00:30:09.460
 which will

00:30:09.460 --> 00:30:10.019
 draw you

00:30:10.019 --> 00:30:10.519
 away from

00:30:10.519 --> 00:30:10.779
 you.

00:30:10.980 --> 00:30:11.500
 Draw you

00:30:11.500 --> 00:30:11.940
 away from

00:30:11.940 --> 00:30:12.519
 loving Jesus

00:30:12.519 --> 00:30:13.880
 because you

00:30:13.880 --> 00:30:14.519
 treasure him

00:30:14.519 --> 00:30:14.860
 more than

00:30:14.860 --> 00:30:15.660
 anything else.

00:30:16.340 --> 00:30:16.720
 That's the

00:30:16.720 --> 00:30:17.580
 fear of

00:30:17.580 --> 00:30:18.080
 the Lord.

00:30:19.279 --> 00:30:19.580
 And you

00:30:19.580 --> 00:30:20.460
 know that

00:30:20.460 --> 00:30:21.000
 counts of

00:30:21.000 --> 00:30:21.539
 whether somebody

00:30:21.539 --> 00:30:22.039
 is a

00:30:22.039 --> 00:30:22.799
 non-Christian

00:30:22.799 --> 00:30:23.319
 that counts

00:30:23.319 --> 00:30:23.680
 as somebody

00:30:23.680 --> 00:30:24.360
 whether says

00:30:24.360 --> 00:30:24.779
 they're a

00:30:24.779 --> 00:30:25.240
 Christian but

00:30:25.240 --> 00:30:25.920
 isn't living

00:30:25.920 --> 00:30:26.779
 a life that's

00:30:26.779 --> 00:30:27.420
 following him.

00:30:29.360 --> 00:30:29.680
 And you

00:30:29.680 --> 00:30:29.960
 know it'll

00:30:29.960 --> 00:30:30.600
 save you so

00:30:30.600 --> 00:30:31.240
 much regret

00:30:31.240 --> 00:30:32.000
 and heartache

00:30:32.000 --> 00:30:32.620
 later from

00:30:32.620 --> 00:30:33.420
 making foolish

00:30:33.420 --> 00:30:33.940
 decisions.

00:30:35.380 --> 00:30:35.860
 The fear of

00:30:35.860 --> 00:30:36.299
 the Lord is

00:30:36.299 --> 00:30:36.660
 the beginning

00:30:36.660 --> 00:30:37.160
 of wisdom.

00:30:38.700 --> 00:30:39.340
 How do you

00:30:39.340 --> 00:30:40.000
 grow and

00:30:40.000 --> 00:30:40.440
 get that

00:30:40.440 --> 00:30:40.840
 wisdom?

00:30:41.600 --> 00:30:42.279
 That wisdom

00:30:42.279 --> 00:30:43.200
 is a

00:30:43.200 --> 00:30:43.600
 lifetime

00:30:43.600 --> 00:30:44.900
 journey of

00:30:44.900 --> 00:30:45.340
 getting in

00:30:45.340 --> 00:30:46.000
 God's word

00:30:46.000 --> 00:30:46.620
 allowing it

00:30:46.620 --> 00:30:47.220
 to shape

00:30:47.220 --> 00:30:48.100
 your life

00:30:48.100 --> 00:30:49.319
 allowing it

00:30:49.319 --> 00:30:49.840
 to shape

00:30:49.840 --> 00:30:50.620
 your character

00:30:50.620 --> 00:30:52.220
 and allowing

00:30:52.220 --> 00:30:53.120
 wisdom to

00:30:53.120 --> 00:30:53.920
 be the lens

00:30:53.920 --> 00:30:54.539
 through which

00:30:54.539 --> 00:30:55.740
 every sign

00:30:55.740 --> 00:30:56.360
 of peace

00:30:56.360 --> 00:30:57.279
 every sign

00:30:57.279 --> 00:30:57.799
 of open

00:30:57.799 --> 00:30:58.120
 door

00:30:58.120 --> 00:30:59.039
 every sense

00:30:59.039 --> 00:30:59.700
 of intuition

00:30:59.700 --> 00:31:00.680
 everything else

00:31:00.680 --> 00:31:01.740
 is shaped

00:31:01.740 --> 00:31:02.340
 through that

00:31:02.340 --> 00:31:02.700
 door.

00:31:02.700 --> 00:31:08.940
 because sinful

00:31:08.940 --> 00:31:09.580
 people like

00:31:09.580 --> 00:31:09.920
 you and

00:31:09.920 --> 00:31:11.759
 me we

00:31:11.759 --> 00:31:12.279
 mess up

00:31:12.279 --> 00:31:12.920
 continually

00:31:12.920 --> 00:31:14.740
 we continually

00:31:14.740 --> 00:31:15.440
 turn left

00:31:15.440 --> 00:31:15.900
 instead of

00:31:15.900 --> 00:31:18.000
 right but

00:31:18.000 --> 00:31:18.420
 we should

00:31:18.420 --> 00:31:19.600
 only we

00:31:19.600 --> 00:31:20.360
 often should

00:31:20.360 --> 00:31:20.779
 have that

00:31:20.779 --> 00:31:21.600
 negative fear

00:31:21.600 --> 00:31:22.460
 of God but

00:31:22.460 --> 00:31:23.019
 we can only

00:31:23.019 --> 00:31:23.420
 have that

00:31:23.420 --> 00:31:24.200
 positive fear

00:31:24.200 --> 00:31:24.720
 of God when

00:31:24.720 --> 00:31:25.519
 you realize

00:31:25.519 --> 00:31:26.200
 that in

00:31:26.200 --> 00:31:26.940
 God's word

00:31:26.940 --> 00:31:27.600
 he speaks

00:31:27.600 --> 00:31:28.180
 this word of

00:31:28.180 --> 00:31:28.600
 the gospel

00:31:28.600 --> 00:31:29.100
 it says there's

00:31:29.100 --> 00:31:29.480
 now no

00:31:29.480 --> 00:31:30.340
 condemnation for

00:31:30.340 --> 00:31:30.700
 those in

00:31:30.700 --> 00:31:31.400
 Christ Jesus

00:31:31.400 --> 00:31:32.800
 which means

00:31:32.800 --> 00:31:33.259
 you can be

00:31:33.259 --> 00:31:33.860
 free from

00:31:33.860 --> 00:31:34.460
 the negative

00:31:34.460 --> 00:31:35.060
 fear

00:31:35.060 --> 00:31:36.680
 to be free

00:31:36.680 --> 00:31:37.440
 to love

00:31:37.440 --> 00:31:38.180
 and fear

00:31:38.180 --> 00:31:38.800
 him because

00:31:38.800 --> 00:31:39.400
 you realize

00:31:39.400 --> 00:31:40.019
 your identity

00:31:40.019 --> 00:31:40.620
 is no longer

00:31:40.620 --> 00:31:41.160
 at stake

00:31:41.160 --> 00:31:41.900
 what others

00:31:41.900 --> 00:31:42.400
 think about

00:31:42.400 --> 00:31:42.780
 you is no

00:31:42.780 --> 00:31:43.200
 longer the

00:31:43.200 --> 00:31:43.759
 key thing

00:31:43.759 --> 00:31:44.420
 what he

00:31:44.420 --> 00:31:45.080
 thinks about

00:31:45.080 --> 00:31:45.519
 you is the

00:31:45.519 --> 00:31:45.940
 main thing

00:31:45.940 --> 00:31:46.180
 in your

00:31:46.180 --> 00:31:46.620
 life

00:31:46.620 --> 00:31:51.040
 that's why

00:31:51.040 --> 00:31:52.680
 let's do

00:31:52.680 --> 00:31:53.460
 one more

00:31:53.460 --> 00:31:53.680
 thing

00:31:53.680 --> 00:31:54.920
 that's why

00:31:54.920 --> 00:31:55.580
 if we want

00:31:55.580 --> 00:31:55.900
 to be a

00:31:55.900 --> 00:31:56.640
 wise community

00:31:56.640 --> 00:31:57.660
 we need to

00:31:57.660 --> 00:31:57.900
 be an

00:31:57.900 --> 00:31:58.420
 awe-filled

00:31:58.420 --> 00:31:59.000
 community

00:31:59.000 --> 00:31:59.720
 and to be

00:31:59.720 --> 00:32:00.360
 an awe-filled

00:32:00.360 --> 00:32:00.780
 community

00:32:00.780 --> 00:32:01.240
 we need to

00:32:01.240 --> 00:32:01.460
 be a

00:32:01.460 --> 00:32:02.180
 bible-soaked

00:32:02.180 --> 00:32:02.740
 community

00:32:02.740 --> 00:32:03.460
 because it's

00:32:03.460 --> 00:32:03.839
 as we get

00:32:03.839 --> 00:32:04.220
 in God's

00:32:04.220 --> 00:32:04.740
 word that we

00:32:04.740 --> 00:32:05.380
 get to know

00:32:05.380 --> 00:32:05.859
 who God

00:32:05.859 --> 00:32:06.319
 is

00:32:06.319 --> 00:32:08.940
 and then as

00:32:08.940 --> 00:32:09.559
 we rehearse

00:32:09.559 --> 00:32:09.980
 that with

00:32:09.980 --> 00:32:10.579
 each other

00:32:10.579 --> 00:32:11.220
 that is going

00:32:11.220 --> 00:32:11.759
 to guide us

00:32:11.759 --> 00:32:12.240
 and lead us

00:32:12.240 --> 00:32:12.759
 in the paths

00:32:12.759 --> 00:32:13.160
 of life

00:32:13.160 --> 00:32:13.660
 that we keep

00:32:13.660 --> 00:32:14.039
 coming to

00:32:14.039 --> 00:32:14.640
 the crossroads

00:32:14.640 --> 00:32:15.200
 of life

00:32:15.200 --> 00:32:18.579
 but it's not

00:32:18.579 --> 00:32:20.079
 just a fear

00:32:20.079 --> 00:32:20.440
 of God

00:32:20.440 --> 00:32:21.140
 this way

00:32:21.140 --> 00:32:22.519
 there's also

00:32:22.519 --> 00:32:23.599
 this sense

00:32:23.599 --> 00:32:24.120
 of if you're

00:32:24.120 --> 00:32:24.539
 a fool

00:32:24.539 --> 00:32:25.019
 you believe

00:32:25.019 --> 00:32:26.279
 you know

00:32:26.279 --> 00:32:26.759
 best

00:32:26.759 --> 00:32:27.819
 and so you

00:32:27.819 --> 00:32:28.460
 don't involve

00:32:28.460 --> 00:32:29.059
 others in

00:32:29.059 --> 00:32:29.680
 your decisions

00:32:29.680 --> 00:32:31.279
 but if you

00:32:31.279 --> 00:32:31.880
 notice

00:32:31.880 --> 00:32:33.620
 proverbs 9

00:32:33.620 --> 00:32:34.080
 verse 8

00:32:34.080 --> 00:32:34.360
 says

00:32:34.360 --> 00:32:34.980
 don't reprove

00:32:34.980 --> 00:32:35.640
 a scoffer

00:32:35.640 --> 00:32:36.259
 or he'll

00:32:36.259 --> 00:32:36.799
 hate you

00:32:36.799 --> 00:32:38.180
 reprove

00:32:38.180 --> 00:32:38.560
 that means

00:32:38.560 --> 00:32:39.180
 correct

00:32:39.180 --> 00:32:40.320
 a wise man

00:32:40.320 --> 00:32:41.019
 and he will

00:32:41.019 --> 00:32:41.700
 love you

00:32:41.700 --> 00:32:42.860
 give instruction

00:32:42.860 --> 00:32:44.019
 to a wiser man

00:32:44.019 --> 00:32:44.680
 and he will

00:32:44.680 --> 00:32:45.720
 still be wiser

00:32:45.720 --> 00:32:48.860
 what is he saying

00:32:48.860 --> 00:32:49.420
 he's saying

00:32:49.420 --> 00:32:50.660
 wisdom is also

00:32:50.660 --> 00:32:51.360
 a community

00:32:51.360 --> 00:32:52.299
 experience

00:32:52.299 --> 00:32:53.299
 do you get that

00:32:53.299 --> 00:32:54.160
 it's a community

00:32:54.160 --> 00:32:54.700
 experience

00:32:54.700 --> 00:32:55.240
 it's people

00:32:55.240 --> 00:32:56.460
 growing together

00:32:56.460 --> 00:32:57.220
 teaching each

00:32:57.220 --> 00:32:57.539
 other

00:32:57.539 --> 00:32:58.360
 and walking

00:32:58.360 --> 00:32:58.819
 along

00:32:58.819 --> 00:32:59.240
 together

00:32:59.240 --> 00:32:59.740
 as they

00:32:59.740 --> 00:33:00.140
 walk in

00:33:00.140 --> 00:33:00.460
 the fear

00:33:00.460 --> 00:33:00.759
 of God

00:33:00.759 --> 00:33:01.240
 together

00:33:01.240 --> 00:33:03.180
 because God

00:33:03.180 --> 00:33:03.600
 the fear

00:33:03.600 --> 00:33:03.860
 of God

00:33:03.860 --> 00:33:04.180
 gives you

00:33:04.180 --> 00:33:05.019
 a teachable

00:33:05.019 --> 00:33:06.120
 humble spirit

00:33:06.120 --> 00:33:07.799
 to realize

00:33:07.799 --> 00:33:08.420
 that you

00:33:08.420 --> 00:33:09.140
 don't know

00:33:09.140 --> 00:33:10.200
 all the answers

00:33:10.200 --> 00:33:11.860
 do you know

00:33:11.860 --> 00:33:12.460
 people who think

00:33:12.460 --> 00:33:12.779
 they know

00:33:12.779 --> 00:33:13.539
 all the answers

00:33:13.539 --> 00:33:15.440
 they're some

00:33:15.440 --> 00:33:15.860
 of the most

00:33:15.860 --> 00:33:16.920
 foolish people

00:33:16.920 --> 00:33:18.759
 there are

00:33:18.759 --> 00:33:19.180
 do you know

00:33:19.180 --> 00:33:20.059
 why I know

00:33:20.059 --> 00:33:20.539
 this because

00:33:20.539 --> 00:33:21.140
 this is very

00:33:21.140 --> 00:33:22.140
 personal for me

00:33:22.140 --> 00:33:23.480
 I had a mental

00:33:23.480 --> 00:33:23.980
 breakdown

00:33:23.980 --> 00:33:24.700
 because I

00:33:24.700 --> 00:33:25.440
 thought I knew

00:33:25.440 --> 00:33:25.860
 better than

00:33:25.859 --> 00:33:26.639
 anybody else

00:33:26.639 --> 00:33:27.339
 and I

00:33:27.339 --> 00:33:27.740
 wouldn't go

00:33:27.740 --> 00:33:28.099
 to other

00:33:28.099 --> 00:33:28.699
 people for

00:33:28.699 --> 00:33:29.079
 wisdom

00:33:29.079 --> 00:33:30.219
 and I

00:33:30.219 --> 00:33:30.819
 still see

00:33:30.819 --> 00:33:31.519
 that tendency

00:33:31.519 --> 00:33:32.559
 for independence

00:33:32.559 --> 00:33:33.779
 in my life

00:33:33.779 --> 00:33:35.259
 and this is

00:33:35.259 --> 00:33:35.959
 the challenging

00:33:35.959 --> 00:33:36.879
 part that to

00:33:36.879 --> 00:33:37.539
 be part of a

00:33:37.539 --> 00:33:38.039
 community

00:33:38.039 --> 00:33:40.079
 who loves

00:33:40.079 --> 00:33:40.559
 Jesus

00:33:40.559 --> 00:33:42.119
 is not to

00:33:42.119 --> 00:33:42.719
 just live our

00:33:42.719 --> 00:33:43.719
 lives independently

00:33:43.719 --> 00:33:44.799
 and then come to

00:33:44.799 --> 00:33:45.639
 church on a Sunday

00:33:45.639 --> 00:33:46.339
 and think we just

00:33:46.339 --> 00:33:46.779
 praise God

00:33:46.779 --> 00:33:47.279
 and then we go

00:33:47.279 --> 00:33:47.719
 away and make

00:33:47.719 --> 00:33:48.319
 all the decisions

00:33:48.319 --> 00:33:49.240
 by ourselves

00:33:49.240 --> 00:33:51.119
 but at the

00:33:51.119 --> 00:33:52.240
 significant forks

00:33:52.240 --> 00:33:53.039
 in your road

00:33:53.039 --> 00:33:54.119
 in your life

00:33:54.119 --> 00:33:55.959
 Proverbs is

00:33:55.959 --> 00:33:56.619
 telling you

00:33:56.619 --> 00:33:57.099
 if you want

00:33:57.099 --> 00:33:58.039
 to be wise

00:33:58.039 --> 00:33:59.459
 you will bring

00:33:59.459 --> 00:34:00.079
 the counsel

00:34:00.079 --> 00:34:01.119
 of other people

00:34:01.119 --> 00:34:01.939
 godly people

00:34:01.939 --> 00:34:02.779
 not just anybody

00:34:02.779 --> 00:34:04.479
 not just anybody

00:34:04.479 --> 00:34:05.519
 but godly people

00:34:05.519 --> 00:34:06.339
 into your life

00:34:06.339 --> 00:34:08.480
 you know

00:34:08.480 --> 00:34:10.819
 it's things like

00:34:10.819 --> 00:34:12.880
 do we have the

00:34:12.880 --> 00:34:13.679
 humility and the

00:34:13.679 --> 00:34:14.839
 teachability to say

00:34:14.839 --> 00:34:15.500
 things like

00:34:15.500 --> 00:34:16.679
 hey I'm fighting

00:34:16.679 --> 00:34:17.440
 with my spouse

00:34:17.440 --> 00:34:18.039
 every day

00:34:18.039 --> 00:34:19.639
 and I don't know

00:34:19.639 --> 00:34:20.039
 how to deal

00:34:20.039 --> 00:34:20.639
 with this

00:34:20.639 --> 00:34:21.539
 could you help

00:34:21.539 --> 00:34:21.779
 me

00:34:21.780 --> 00:34:23.480
 could you walk

00:34:23.480 --> 00:34:23.900
 with me

00:34:23.900 --> 00:34:24.600
 through this

00:34:24.600 --> 00:34:26.320
 are we humble

00:34:26.320 --> 00:34:26.940
 enough to be

00:34:26.940 --> 00:34:27.519
 open enough

00:34:27.519 --> 00:34:28.040
 with somebody

00:34:28.040 --> 00:34:28.760
 in this church

00:34:28.760 --> 00:34:29.420
 to do that

00:34:29.420 --> 00:34:31.200
 it's the things

00:34:31.200 --> 00:34:31.580
 of saying

00:34:31.580 --> 00:34:32.540
 I'm struggling

00:34:32.540 --> 00:34:33.240
 with same

00:34:33.240 --> 00:34:34.019
 sex attraction

00:34:34.019 --> 00:34:35.460
 I'm struggling

00:34:35.460 --> 00:34:36.460
 with thoughts

00:34:36.460 --> 00:34:37.080
 about somebody

00:34:37.080 --> 00:34:37.680
 else who is

00:34:37.680 --> 00:34:38.760
 not my spouse

00:34:38.760 --> 00:34:40.180
 and I don't

00:34:40.180 --> 00:34:40.540
 know how to

00:34:40.540 --> 00:34:41.100
 handle it

00:34:41.100 --> 00:34:42.660
 will you

00:34:42.660 --> 00:34:43.800
 walk with me

00:34:43.800 --> 00:34:44.820
 in this

00:34:44.820 --> 00:34:46.480
 guide me

00:34:46.480 --> 00:34:49.200
 because so

00:34:49.200 --> 00:34:50.000
 many of us

00:34:50.000 --> 00:34:50.680
 are actually

00:34:50.680 --> 00:34:51.480
 fools

00:34:51.480 --> 00:34:52.900
 like so

00:34:52.900 --> 00:34:53.500
 often I

00:34:53.500 --> 00:34:53.880
 am

00:34:53.880 --> 00:34:55.280
 because we

00:34:55.280 --> 00:34:55.820
 think we

00:34:55.820 --> 00:34:56.360
 know best

00:34:56.360 --> 00:34:56.820
 that's why

00:34:56.820 --> 00:34:57.420
 we don't ask

00:34:57.420 --> 00:34:58.000
 other people

00:34:58.000 --> 00:34:58.780
 godly people

00:34:58.780 --> 00:34:59.380
 for wisdom

00:34:59.380 --> 00:35:00.519
 in our world

00:35:00.519 --> 00:35:01.679
 and in our

00:35:01.679 --> 00:35:02.460
 crossroads of

00:35:02.460 --> 00:35:02.860
 life

00:35:02.860 --> 00:35:03.760
 and you've

00:35:03.760 --> 00:35:04.360
 got a thousand

00:35:04.360 --> 00:35:05.019
 other people

00:35:05.019 --> 00:35:05.639
 who are speaking

00:35:05.639 --> 00:35:06.400
 to you at the

00:35:06.400 --> 00:35:07.079
 crossroads of

00:35:07.079 --> 00:35:07.539
 your life

00:35:07.539 --> 00:35:08.139
 and the choices

00:35:08.139 --> 00:35:09.039
 that you have

00:35:09.039 --> 00:35:10.460
 right even now

00:35:10.460 --> 00:35:11.300
 and the point

00:35:11.300 --> 00:35:12.219
 is where are

00:35:12.219 --> 00:35:12.559
 you going

00:35:12.559 --> 00:35:13.219
 for wisdom

00:35:13.219 --> 00:35:15.559
 do you go

00:35:15.559 --> 00:35:16.000
 to God's

00:35:16.000 --> 00:35:16.380
 word

00:35:16.380 --> 00:35:16.980
 do you go

00:35:16.980 --> 00:35:17.280
 to other

00:35:17.280 --> 00:35:18.219
 godly people

00:35:18.219 --> 00:35:18.960
 or are you

00:35:18.960 --> 00:35:19.380
 just trying

00:35:19.380 --> 00:35:20.019
 to figure out

00:35:20.019 --> 00:35:20.500
 your own way

00:35:20.500 --> 00:35:21.179
 by yourself

00:35:21.179 --> 00:35:22.559
 and he's

00:35:22.559 --> 00:35:23.019
 saying you're

00:35:23.019 --> 00:35:23.539
 a fool

00:35:23.539 --> 00:35:24.059
 if you do

00:35:24.059 --> 00:35:24.579
 that

00:35:24.579 --> 00:35:25.599
 you'll be

00:35:25.599 --> 00:35:26.199
 a fool

00:35:26.199 --> 00:35:30.980
 you realize

00:35:30.980 --> 00:35:31.399
 that's one

00:35:31.399 --> 00:35:31.859
 of the reasons

00:35:31.859 --> 00:35:33.599
 why in the

00:35:33.599 --> 00:35:34.039
 church we

00:35:34.039 --> 00:35:34.339
 don't just

00:35:34.339 --> 00:35:34.619
 want to

00:35:34.619 --> 00:35:35.399
 segregate

00:35:35.399 --> 00:35:36.739
 married people

00:35:36.739 --> 00:35:37.219
 over here

00:35:37.219 --> 00:35:38.019
 single people

00:35:38.019 --> 00:35:38.759
 over here

00:35:38.759 --> 00:35:40.819
 because if

00:35:40.819 --> 00:35:41.399
 single people

00:35:41.399 --> 00:35:42.059
 get together

00:35:42.059 --> 00:35:42.539
 and they're

00:35:42.539 --> 00:35:43.119
 just together

00:35:43.119 --> 00:35:43.500
 do you know

00:35:43.500 --> 00:35:43.879
 what and

00:35:43.879 --> 00:35:44.279
 they're talking

00:35:44.279 --> 00:35:45.259
 about relationships

00:35:45.260 --> 00:35:45.400
 relationships

00:35:45.400 --> 00:35:47.680
 it's pulling

00:35:47.680 --> 00:35:48.280
 ignorance

00:35:48.280 --> 00:35:48.760
 together

00:35:48.760 --> 00:35:51.040
 right

00:35:51.040 --> 00:35:53.260
 how much

00:35:53.260 --> 00:35:53.800
 better is

00:35:53.800 --> 00:35:54.320
 it if you

00:35:54.320 --> 00:35:54.860
 have somebody

00:35:54.860 --> 00:35:55.420
 who's been

00:35:55.420 --> 00:35:55.880
 through that

00:35:55.880 --> 00:35:56.140
 and has

00:35:56.140 --> 00:35:56.640
 walked with

00:35:56.640 --> 00:35:57.140
 God

00:35:57.140 --> 00:35:58.660
 and you can

00:35:58.660 --> 00:35:59.280
 draw on their

00:35:59.280 --> 00:36:00.260
 wisdom to bring

00:36:00.260 --> 00:36:01.640
 help along those

00:36:01.640 --> 00:36:02.320
 crossroads so you

00:36:02.320 --> 00:36:03.100
 don't keep turning

00:36:03.100 --> 00:36:03.760
 left when you

00:36:03.760 --> 00:36:04.280
 should be turning

00:36:04.280 --> 00:36:04.680
 right

00:36:04.680 --> 00:36:06.680
 it's the same

00:36:06.680 --> 00:36:07.220
 with those of

00:36:07.220 --> 00:36:08.060
 you who are

00:36:08.060 --> 00:36:08.920
 older

00:36:08.920 --> 00:36:11.240
 are you involved

00:36:11.240 --> 00:36:11.840
 in the lives

00:36:11.840 --> 00:36:12.820
 of other people

00:36:12.820 --> 00:36:13.840
 so that

00:36:13.840 --> 00:36:14.880
 there can be

00:36:14.880 --> 00:36:15.579
 an impartation

00:36:15.579 --> 00:36:16.079
 of what God

00:36:16.079 --> 00:36:16.740
 has imparted

00:36:16.740 --> 00:36:17.079
 into you

00:36:17.079 --> 00:36:17.619
 and to somebody

00:36:17.619 --> 00:36:18.039
 else

00:36:18.039 --> 00:36:19.059
 and be careful

00:36:19.059 --> 00:36:19.599
 it's not that

00:36:19.599 --> 00:36:20.099
 you are now

00:36:20.099 --> 00:36:21.039
 the old sage

00:36:21.039 --> 00:36:21.659
 wise one

00:36:21.659 --> 00:36:22.099
 who just

00:36:22.099 --> 00:36:23.059
 dumps advice

00:36:23.059 --> 00:36:23.740
 on people

00:36:23.740 --> 00:36:24.820
 because humble

00:36:24.820 --> 00:36:25.619
 wise people

00:36:25.619 --> 00:36:26.599
 are teachable

00:36:26.599 --> 00:36:27.099
 and know the

00:36:27.099 --> 00:36:27.720
 limits of their

00:36:27.720 --> 00:36:28.099
 wisdom

00:36:28.099 --> 00:36:29.019
 but you walk

00:36:29.019 --> 00:36:29.840
 alongside other

00:36:29.840 --> 00:36:30.559
 people together

00:36:30.559 --> 00:36:31.840
 that's how a

00:36:31.840 --> 00:36:32.619
 community becomes

00:36:32.619 --> 00:36:33.200
 wise

00:36:33.200 --> 00:36:35.260
 and our society

00:36:35.260 --> 00:36:36.000
 is so filled

00:36:36.000 --> 00:36:37.039
 with individualism

00:36:37.039 --> 00:36:37.680
 and independence

00:36:37.680 --> 00:36:38.539
 that we've

00:36:38.539 --> 00:36:38.860
 forgotten

00:36:38.860 --> 00:36:39.460
 the collective

00:36:39.460 --> 00:36:40.360
 wisdom of people

00:36:40.360 --> 00:36:40.700
 who've walked

00:36:40.700 --> 00:36:41.200
 with God

00:36:41.200 --> 00:36:42.160
 together here

00:36:42.160 --> 00:36:42.460
 in this

00:36:42.460 --> 00:36:42.900
 community

00:36:42.900 --> 00:36:47.840
 so wisdom

00:36:47.840 --> 00:36:48.579
 it's the skill

00:36:48.579 --> 00:36:49.400
 of living well

00:36:49.400 --> 00:36:50.280
 in the complexity

00:36:50.280 --> 00:36:51.019
 of life

00:36:51.019 --> 00:36:51.760
 we need the

00:36:51.760 --> 00:36:52.800
 fear of God

00:36:52.800 --> 00:36:54.539
 treasuring him

00:36:54.539 --> 00:36:55.160
 above everything

00:36:55.160 --> 00:36:55.980
 else through his

00:36:55.980 --> 00:36:57.099
 word in community

00:36:57.099 --> 00:36:58.500
 very final thing

00:36:58.500 --> 00:37:01.720
 it's the call

00:37:01.720 --> 00:37:02.260
 of wisdom

00:37:02.260 --> 00:37:04.640
 the call of wisdom

00:37:04.640 --> 00:37:08.380
 I don't know if

00:37:08.380 --> 00:37:08.960
 you noticed

00:37:08.960 --> 00:37:10.019
 in verse

00:37:10.019 --> 00:37:11.820
 well in the

00:37:11.820 --> 00:37:12.200
 beginning of

00:37:12.200 --> 00:37:12.780
 verse 8

00:37:12.780 --> 00:37:13.860
 chapter 8

00:37:13.860 --> 00:37:14.519
 and the beginning

00:37:14.519 --> 00:37:15.440
 of chapter 9

00:37:15.440 --> 00:37:16.519
 who is wisdom

00:37:16.519 --> 00:37:17.240
 talking to

00:37:17.240 --> 00:37:19.200
 do you notice

00:37:19.200 --> 00:37:21.300
 he's calling out

00:37:21.300 --> 00:37:22.420
 to the simple

00:37:22.420 --> 00:37:23.559
 and to fools

00:37:23.559 --> 00:37:24.980
 did you see that

00:37:24.980 --> 00:37:25.800
 he's calling out

00:37:25.800 --> 00:37:26.740
 simple and the fools

00:37:26.740 --> 00:37:27.940
 the simple

00:37:27.940 --> 00:37:28.780
 are people who

00:37:28.780 --> 00:37:29.260
 are easily

00:37:29.260 --> 00:37:29.920
 persuaded

00:37:29.920 --> 00:37:30.460
 and just

00:37:30.460 --> 00:37:31.300
 easily

00:37:31.300 --> 00:37:32.200
 choose the wrong

00:37:32.200 --> 00:37:32.800
 direction

00:37:32.800 --> 00:37:34.220
 fools are those

00:37:34.220 --> 00:37:34.660
 who have already

00:37:34.660 --> 00:37:35.400
 taken the wrong

00:37:35.400 --> 00:37:35.960
 term and just

00:37:35.960 --> 00:37:36.480
 believe in their

00:37:36.480 --> 00:37:37.139
 own lives

00:37:37.139 --> 00:37:39.079
 but it says

00:37:39.079 --> 00:37:39.519
 whoever

00:37:39.519 --> 00:37:40.440
 9 verse 4

00:37:40.440 --> 00:37:40.820
 says

00:37:40.820 --> 00:37:42.039
 whoever is

00:37:42.039 --> 00:37:42.539
 simple

00:37:42.539 --> 00:37:43.559
 let him turn

00:37:43.559 --> 00:37:44.639
 in here

00:37:44.639 --> 00:37:45.619
 verse 6

00:37:45.619 --> 00:37:45.840
 says

00:37:45.840 --> 00:37:46.539
 leave your

00:37:46.539 --> 00:37:47.460
 simple ways

00:37:47.460 --> 00:37:48.320
 and live

00:37:48.320 --> 00:37:51.820
 right now

00:37:51.820 --> 00:37:53.019
 in your world

00:37:53.019 --> 00:37:53.460
 I don't know

00:37:53.460 --> 00:37:53.960
 what's going on

00:37:53.960 --> 00:37:54.539
 in your world

00:37:54.539 --> 00:37:55.400
 but right now

00:37:55.400 --> 00:37:56.219
 in your world

00:37:56.219 --> 00:37:57.059
 wisdom is

00:37:57.059 --> 00:37:58.119
 calling out

00:37:58.119 --> 00:37:58.900
 to you

00:37:58.900 --> 00:38:01.579
 and isn't

00:38:01.579 --> 00:38:02.400
 that grace

00:38:02.400 --> 00:38:05.059
 think about it

00:38:05.059 --> 00:38:06.460
 you could have

00:38:06.460 --> 00:38:06.699
 been

00:38:06.699 --> 00:38:07.480
 I don't know

00:38:07.480 --> 00:38:07.960
 what you've been

00:38:07.960 --> 00:38:08.659
 doing in your life

00:38:08.659 --> 00:38:09.500
 but I know me

00:38:09.500 --> 00:38:10.639
 and I know

00:38:10.639 --> 00:38:11.320
 probably you

00:38:11.320 --> 00:38:12.340
 are all like me

00:38:12.340 --> 00:38:13.519
 that you've been

00:38:13.519 --> 00:38:14.920
 turning left

00:38:14.920 --> 00:38:16.199
 a lot of the time

00:38:16.199 --> 00:38:17.000
 in your life

00:38:17.000 --> 00:38:18.019
 you know we turn

00:38:18.019 --> 00:38:18.699
 left to head

00:38:18.699 --> 00:38:19.940
 towards foolish town

00:38:19.940 --> 00:38:21.519
 we're at the

00:38:21.519 --> 00:38:22.039
 crossroads

00:38:22.039 --> 00:38:23.139
 the GPS of wisdom

00:38:23.139 --> 00:38:23.719
 is telling us

00:38:23.719 --> 00:38:24.380
 to go right

00:38:24.380 --> 00:38:26.099
 but we've gone

00:38:26.099 --> 00:38:26.559
 left

00:38:26.559 --> 00:38:27.539
 that voice in

00:38:27.539 --> 00:38:28.179
 your conscience

00:38:28.179 --> 00:38:28.599
 has said

00:38:28.599 --> 00:38:29.659
 hold your tongue

00:38:29.659 --> 00:38:31.139
 that voice in

00:38:31.139 --> 00:38:31.679
 your conscience

00:38:31.679 --> 00:38:32.519
 has been saying

00:38:32.519 --> 00:38:33.420
 don't dwell on

00:38:33.420 --> 00:38:33.840
 that thought

00:38:33.840 --> 00:38:34.299
 about that

00:38:34.299 --> 00:38:34.820
 woman

00:38:34.820 --> 00:38:35.820
 or that guy

00:38:35.820 --> 00:38:38.160
 that voice

00:38:38.160 --> 00:38:38.940
 has been telling

00:38:38.940 --> 00:38:39.660
 you spend time

00:38:39.660 --> 00:38:40.360
 in God's word

00:38:40.360 --> 00:38:41.539
 pick up your phone

00:38:41.539 --> 00:38:42.260
 to your dad

00:38:42.260 --> 00:38:43.400
 even though he hurt you

00:38:43.400 --> 00:38:44.360
 that voice has been

00:38:44.360 --> 00:38:45.039
 telling you that

00:38:45.039 --> 00:38:45.700
 it's been telling you

00:38:45.700 --> 00:38:46.240
 to go right

00:38:46.240 --> 00:38:46.600
 and you've been

00:38:46.600 --> 00:38:47.280
 going left

00:38:47.280 --> 00:38:48.340
 deliberately

00:38:48.340 --> 00:38:49.780
 deliberately

00:38:49.780 --> 00:38:52.780
 and it may be

00:38:52.780 --> 00:38:53.380
 you've been turning

00:38:53.380 --> 00:38:54.740
 left for a long time

00:38:54.740 --> 00:38:56.000
 maybe you're

00:38:56.000 --> 00:38:56.460
 you're kind of

00:38:56.460 --> 00:38:57.320
 you've gone to

00:38:57.320 --> 00:38:58.039
 foolish town

00:38:58.039 --> 00:38:58.840
 and you're now like

00:38:58.840 --> 00:38:59.620
 you've got a nice

00:38:59.620 --> 00:39:00.240
 bed and breakfast

00:39:00.240 --> 00:39:00.800
 there and you've

00:39:00.800 --> 00:39:01.480
 settled down

00:39:01.480 --> 00:39:02.980
 you've been there

00:39:02.980 --> 00:39:03.980
 for a long time

00:39:03.980 --> 00:39:05.240
 making foolish

00:39:05.240 --> 00:39:05.880
 choices

00:39:05.880 --> 00:39:09.780
 but the amazing

00:39:09.780 --> 00:39:10.679
 thing of grace

00:39:10.679 --> 00:39:11.420
 is that wisdom

00:39:11.420 --> 00:39:12.260
 is still calling

00:39:12.260 --> 00:39:13.199
 out to you today

00:39:13.199 --> 00:39:13.900
 and saying

00:39:13.900 --> 00:39:14.940
 it's not too late

00:39:14.940 --> 00:39:15.820
 though you have

00:39:15.820 --> 00:39:16.579
 turned left

00:39:16.579 --> 00:39:17.619
 today is a day

00:39:17.619 --> 00:39:18.260
 where you can now

00:39:18.260 --> 00:39:18.860
 turn right

00:39:18.860 --> 00:39:19.719
 and listen to me

00:39:19.719 --> 00:39:21.780
 the call of wisdom

00:39:21.780 --> 00:39:23.019
 goes out to you

00:39:23.019 --> 00:39:23.760
 today

00:39:23.760 --> 00:39:25.059
 and says

00:39:25.059 --> 00:39:26.780
 come

00:39:26.780 --> 00:39:28.360
 come eat

00:39:28.360 --> 00:39:29.480
 of my bread

00:39:29.480 --> 00:39:30.719
 drink of my wine

00:39:30.719 --> 00:39:31.519
 I've got a banquet

00:39:31.519 --> 00:39:32.179
 for you

00:39:32.179 --> 00:39:33.319
 I've got a feast

00:39:33.319 --> 00:39:33.879
 for you

00:39:33.879 --> 00:39:35.019
 I've got my love

00:39:35.019 --> 00:39:35.679
 for you

00:39:35.679 --> 00:39:36.919
 I've got my grace

00:39:36.919 --> 00:39:37.819
 for you

00:39:37.819 --> 00:39:39.519
 today you can eat

00:39:39.519 --> 00:39:40.639
 of the satisfaction

00:39:40.639 --> 00:39:42.299
 of saying no

00:39:42.299 --> 00:39:43.759
 to your porn habit

00:39:43.759 --> 00:39:45.419
 to say yes

00:39:45.419 --> 00:39:47.239
 to the freedom

00:39:47.239 --> 00:39:48.279
 from shame

00:39:48.279 --> 00:39:49.959
 today

00:39:49.959 --> 00:39:51.500
 the word turn

00:39:51.500 --> 00:39:52.179
 it says

00:39:52.179 --> 00:39:53.319
 it's what Jesus says

00:39:53.319 --> 00:39:54.379
 it's the word repent

00:39:54.379 --> 00:39:56.339
 it's the same word

00:39:56.340 --> 00:39:58.440
 and when the New Testament

00:39:58.440 --> 00:39:59.300
 says the idea

00:39:59.300 --> 00:40:00.120
 of wisdom

00:40:00.120 --> 00:40:01.180
 do you know

00:40:01.180 --> 00:40:01.680
 what it says

00:40:01.680 --> 00:40:02.280
 it's not talking

00:40:02.280 --> 00:40:03.079
 just an idea

00:40:03.079 --> 00:40:04.140
 in the mind

00:40:04.140 --> 00:40:04.900
 it's not talking

00:40:04.900 --> 00:40:05.620
 a concept

00:40:05.620 --> 00:40:06.660
 it's not just

00:40:06.660 --> 00:40:07.539
 nice advice

00:40:07.539 --> 00:40:08.320
 when the New Testament

00:40:08.320 --> 00:40:09.420
 says wisdom

00:40:09.420 --> 00:40:10.780
 it says it's talking

00:40:10.780 --> 00:40:11.559
 about a person

00:40:11.559 --> 00:40:13.480
 it's talking

00:40:13.480 --> 00:40:14.740
 about Jesus Christ

00:40:14.740 --> 00:40:16.760
 1 Corinthians

00:40:16.760 --> 00:40:17.420
 says

00:40:17.420 --> 00:40:18.660
 God chose

00:40:18.660 --> 00:40:19.300
 the foolish

00:40:19.300 --> 00:40:20.820
 in the world

00:40:20.820 --> 00:40:21.660
 like you and me

00:40:21.660 --> 00:40:23.079
 to shame

00:40:23.079 --> 00:40:23.800
 the wise

00:40:23.800 --> 00:40:25.860
 because of him

00:40:25.860 --> 00:40:27.260
 you are in Christ

00:40:27.260 --> 00:40:27.680
 Jesus

00:40:27.680 --> 00:40:28.559
 who became

00:40:28.559 --> 00:40:29.519
 for us

00:40:29.519 --> 00:40:30.340
 wisdom

00:40:30.340 --> 00:40:31.460
 from God

00:40:31.460 --> 00:40:33.579
 that means

00:40:33.579 --> 00:40:34.860
 Jesus himself

00:40:34.860 --> 00:40:35.780
 is calling out

00:40:35.780 --> 00:40:36.180
 to you

00:40:36.180 --> 00:40:37.140
 with all the choices

00:40:37.140 --> 00:40:37.980
 that you have

00:40:37.980 --> 00:40:39.120
 and he's saying

00:40:39.120 --> 00:40:40.360
 run to me

00:40:40.360 --> 00:40:41.559
 turn to me

00:40:41.559 --> 00:40:42.539
 come to me

00:40:42.539 --> 00:40:43.200
 right now

00:40:43.200 --> 00:40:43.680
 with whatever

00:40:43.680 --> 00:40:44.380
 is going on

00:40:44.380 --> 00:40:45.160
 in your life

00:40:45.160 --> 00:40:47.800
 and you will

00:40:47.800 --> 00:40:48.519
 find

00:40:48.519 --> 00:40:50.120
 a feast

00:40:50.120 --> 00:40:51.519
 prepared for you

00:40:51.519 --> 00:40:53.620
 experience my love

00:40:53.620 --> 00:40:54.480
 so you're not craving

00:40:54.480 --> 00:40:55.800
 for it from everyone else

00:40:55.800 --> 00:40:56.840
 my forgiveness

00:40:56.840 --> 00:40:57.760
 so you're free

00:40:57.760 --> 00:40:58.740
 from the guilt

00:40:58.740 --> 00:40:59.560
 and shame

00:40:59.560 --> 00:41:00.539
 which stops you

00:41:00.539 --> 00:41:01.519
 from learning

00:41:01.519 --> 00:41:02.180
 how to discipline

00:41:02.180 --> 00:41:02.640
 and bring out

00:41:02.640 --> 00:41:03.800
 your kids so well

00:41:03.800 --> 00:41:04.460
 with wisdom

00:41:04.460 --> 00:41:05.320
 come to me

00:41:05.320 --> 00:41:07.300
 because

00:41:07.300 --> 00:41:08.500
 Psalm 130

00:41:08.500 --> 00:41:09.019
 says

00:41:09.019 --> 00:41:09.900
 with the Lord

00:41:09.900 --> 00:41:11.380
 there is forgiveness

00:41:11.380 --> 00:41:12.620
 therefore

00:41:12.620 --> 00:41:14.200
 we will

00:41:14.200 --> 00:41:15.019
 fear

00:41:15.019 --> 00:41:15.680
 you

00:41:15.680 --> 00:41:17.340
 Jesus

00:41:17.340 --> 00:41:18.000
 is calling

00:41:18.000 --> 00:41:18.400
 you

00:41:18.400 --> 00:41:19.620
 will

00:41:19.620 --> 00:41:20.140
 you

00:41:20.140 --> 00:41:21.320
 come to him

00:41:21.320 --> 00:41:22.300
 for wisdom

00:41:22.300 --> 00:41:24.080
 let's pray

00:41:24.080 --> 00:41:33.000
 maybe as you just

00:41:33.000 --> 00:41:35.380
 think about

00:41:35.380 --> 00:41:36.380
 what's going on

00:41:36.380 --> 00:41:36.900
 in your life

00:41:36.900 --> 00:41:37.480
 at the moment

00:41:37.480 --> 00:41:42.019
 actually on the screen

00:41:42.019 --> 00:41:42.860
 we will have

00:41:42.860 --> 00:41:43.900
 just a few questions

00:41:43.900 --> 00:41:45.019
 for you to just reflect

00:41:45.019 --> 00:41:45.600
 for a minute

00:41:45.599 --> 00:41:47.819
 because I don't want

00:41:47.819 --> 00:41:49.019
 us to run away

00:41:49.019 --> 00:41:49.779
 from actually

00:41:49.779 --> 00:41:51.480
 responding

00:41:51.480 --> 00:41:52.079
 to what

00:41:52.079 --> 00:41:53.199
 Jesus is trying

00:41:53.199 --> 00:41:53.799
 to say to you

00:41:53.799 --> 00:41:54.420
 right now

00:41:54.420 --> 00:41:57.420
 so have a look

00:41:57.420 --> 00:41:58.019
 at these four

00:41:58.019 --> 00:41:58.699
 questions

00:41:58.699 --> 00:41:59.839
 because

00:41:59.839 --> 00:42:00.759
 some of you

00:42:00.759 --> 00:42:01.199
 here

00:42:01.199 --> 00:42:02.339
 you have got

00:42:02.339 --> 00:42:03.599
 issues in your life

00:42:03.599 --> 00:42:05.159
 that you know

00:42:05.159 --> 00:42:05.739
 are real

00:42:05.739 --> 00:42:06.380
 and you've gone

00:42:06.380 --> 00:42:06.920
 and talked to

00:42:06.920 --> 00:42:07.920
 nobody about them

00:42:07.920 --> 00:42:11.960
 and today

00:42:11.960 --> 00:42:12.900
 Jesus is calling

00:42:12.900 --> 00:42:13.300
 you

00:42:13.300 --> 00:42:14.280
 to say

00:42:14.280 --> 00:42:14.860
 who are you

00:42:14.860 --> 00:42:15.280
 going to go

00:42:15.280 --> 00:42:15.659
 to

00:42:15.659 --> 00:42:17.420
 for godly

00:42:17.420 --> 00:42:17.860
 wisdom

00:42:17.860 --> 00:42:22.740
 some of you

00:42:22.740 --> 00:42:23.260
 are wrestling

00:42:23.260 --> 00:42:23.940
 with choices

00:42:23.940 --> 00:42:24.579
 at the moment

00:42:24.579 --> 00:42:24.940
 and you're

00:42:24.940 --> 00:42:25.400
 wondering

00:42:25.400 --> 00:42:27.360
 what do I

00:42:27.360 --> 00:42:27.720
 do

00:42:27.720 --> 00:42:30.000
 and it's

00:42:30.000 --> 00:42:30.280
 felt like

00:42:30.280 --> 00:42:30.519
 you've been

00:42:30.519 --> 00:42:30.940
 waiting

00:42:30.940 --> 00:42:31.539
 for a long

00:42:31.539 --> 00:42:32.099
 time

00:42:32.099 --> 00:42:35.360
 and Jesus

00:42:35.360 --> 00:42:35.700
 is just

00:42:35.700 --> 00:42:36.000
 saying

00:42:36.000 --> 00:42:36.680
 come to

00:42:36.680 --> 00:42:37.019
 me

00:42:37.019 --> 00:42:38.519
 trust

00:42:38.519 --> 00:42:39.159
 me

00:42:39.159 --> 00:42:40.480
 treasure

00:42:40.480 --> 00:42:41.019
 me

00:42:41.019 --> 00:42:42.000
 and I

00:42:42.000 --> 00:42:42.619
 will lead

00:42:42.619 --> 00:42:42.980
 you on

00:42:42.980 --> 00:42:43.759
 this path

00:42:43.759 --> 00:42:45.559
 you will

00:42:45.559 --> 00:42:46.139
 not

00:42:46.139 --> 00:42:47.900
 miss out

00:42:47.900 --> 00:42:53.259
 some of you

00:42:53.259 --> 00:42:53.579
 have just

00:42:53.579 --> 00:42:54.019
 never got

00:42:54.019 --> 00:42:54.360
 enough

00:42:54.360 --> 00:42:55.139
 into god's

00:42:55.139 --> 00:42:55.400
 word

00:42:55.400 --> 00:42:55.739
 enough

00:42:55.739 --> 00:42:56.340
 to really

00:42:56.340 --> 00:42:57.280
 understand

00:42:57.280 --> 00:42:57.659
 wisdom

00:42:57.659 --> 00:42:58.079
 and all

00:42:58.079 --> 00:43:00.739
 and god

00:43:00.739 --> 00:43:01.199
 is saying

00:43:01.199 --> 00:43:01.860
 to you

00:43:01.860 --> 00:43:03.159
 will you

00:43:03.159 --> 00:43:03.639
 come

00:43:03.639 --> 00:43:04.259
 into my

00:43:04.259 --> 00:43:04.719
 word

00:43:04.719 --> 00:43:05.199
 with my

00:43:05.199 --> 00:43:06.400
 people

00:43:06.400 --> 00:43:07.539
 and will

00:43:07.539 --> 00:43:08.200
 you let

00:43:08.200 --> 00:43:09.079
 me speak

00:43:09.079 --> 00:43:09.680
 to you

00:43:09.680 --> 00:43:14.039
 just like

00:43:14.039 --> 00:43:14.260
 you to

00:43:14.260 --> 00:43:14.740
 pray by

00:43:14.740 --> 00:43:15.220
 yourself

00:43:15.220 --> 00:43:15.880
 in reflection

00:43:15.880 --> 00:43:16.340
 of those

00:43:16.340 --> 00:43:16.720
 questions

00:43:16.720 --> 00:43:17.440
 just respond

00:43:17.440 --> 00:43:17.940
 to Jesus

00:43:17.940 --> 00:43:18.480
 yourself

00:43:18.480 --> 00:43:19.420
 right now

00:43:19.420 --> 00:43:21.639
 if you're a

00:43:21.639 --> 00:43:22.000
 Christian

00:43:22.000 --> 00:43:22.500
 if you're not

00:43:22.500 --> 00:43:23.039
 a Christian

00:43:23.039 --> 00:43:24.579
 where do you

00:43:24.579 --> 00:43:25.219
 get your wisdom

00:43:25.219 --> 00:43:25.719
 from

00:43:25.719 --> 00:43:32.920
 father

00:43:32.920 --> 00:43:35.920
 you sent

00:43:35.920 --> 00:43:36.480
 your son

00:43:36.480 --> 00:43:38.179
 to a world

00:43:38.179 --> 00:43:38.819
 full of foolish

00:43:38.819 --> 00:43:39.279
 people

00:43:39.279 --> 00:43:40.940
 like me

00:43:40.940 --> 00:43:44.659
 like all

00:43:44.659 --> 00:43:45.259
 of us

00:43:45.260 --> 00:43:48.100
 and it's

00:43:48.100 --> 00:43:48.720
 your grace

00:43:48.720 --> 00:43:49.200
 that you

00:43:49.200 --> 00:43:49.740
 keep

00:43:49.740 --> 00:43:50.920
 chasing

00:43:50.920 --> 00:43:51.840
 after us

00:43:51.840 --> 00:43:52.880
 you chased

00:43:52.880 --> 00:43:53.200
 us to

00:43:53.200 --> 00:43:53.800
 the cross

00:43:53.800 --> 00:43:55.580
 that you

00:43:55.580 --> 00:43:56.080
 draw us

00:43:56.080 --> 00:43:56.420
 back

00:43:56.420 --> 00:43:56.820
 that we'd

00:43:56.820 --> 00:43:57.280
 come into

00:43:57.280 --> 00:43:57.480
 this

00:43:57.480 --> 00:43:58.160
 relationship

00:43:58.160 --> 00:43:58.940
 with you

00:43:58.940 --> 00:43:59.320
 so that

00:43:59.320 --> 00:43:59.900
 we'd see

00:43:59.900 --> 00:44:00.700
 how the

00:44:00.700 --> 00:44:00.900
 world

00:44:00.900 --> 00:44:01.560
 works

00:44:01.560 --> 00:44:02.640
 we'd see

00:44:02.640 --> 00:44:03.140
 clearly

00:44:03.140 --> 00:44:03.620
 beyond

00:44:03.620 --> 00:44:04.900
 the foolishness

00:44:04.900 --> 00:44:05.180
 of the

00:44:05.180 --> 00:44:05.440
 things

00:44:05.440 --> 00:44:05.840
 that we

00:44:05.840 --> 00:44:07.160
 believe in

00:44:07.159 --> 00:44:10.500
 please I

00:44:10.500 --> 00:44:11.019
 pray for

00:44:11.019 --> 00:44:11.500
 us

00:44:11.500 --> 00:44:14.579
 pray for

00:44:14.579 --> 00:44:14.899
 us

00:44:14.899 --> 00:44:15.799
 that you'd

00:44:15.799 --> 00:44:16.199
 help us

00:44:16.199 --> 00:44:16.960
 to see

00:44:16.960 --> 00:44:17.579
 the beauty

00:44:17.579 --> 00:44:19.039
 of your

00:44:19.039 --> 00:44:19.559
 forgiveness

00:44:19.559 --> 00:44:20.980
 of your

00:44:20.980 --> 00:44:21.579
 grace

00:44:21.579 --> 00:44:22.980
 of your

00:44:22.980 --> 00:44:23.480
 honor

00:44:23.480 --> 00:44:24.839
 of the

00:44:24.839 --> 00:44:25.239
 glory

00:44:25.239 --> 00:44:25.739
 that you

00:44:25.739 --> 00:44:26.379
 have brought

00:44:26.379 --> 00:44:26.799
 us to

00:44:26.799 --> 00:44:27.519
 know you

00:44:27.519 --> 00:44:28.779
 and in

00:44:28.779 --> 00:44:29.359
 knowing you

00:44:29.359 --> 00:44:29.819
 we can

00:44:29.819 --> 00:44:30.460
 walk with

00:44:30.460 --> 00:44:30.819
 you

00:44:30.819 --> 00:44:31.639
 and know

00:44:31.639 --> 00:44:32.079
 that we're

00:44:32.079 --> 00:44:32.359
 not going

00:44:32.359 --> 00:44:32.799
 to screw

00:44:32.799 --> 00:44:33.219
 up our

00:44:33.219 --> 00:44:33.779
 lives

00:44:33.779 --> 00:44:35.099
 because when

00:44:35.099 --> 00:44:35.519
 we walk

00:44:35.519 --> 00:44:36.099
 with you

00:44:36.099 --> 00:44:36.920
 you make

00:44:36.920 --> 00:44:37.440
 a way

00:44:37.440 --> 00:44:38.920
 for us

00:44:38.920 --> 00:44:41.559
 I pray

00:44:41.559 --> 00:44:41.940
 for those

00:44:41.940 --> 00:44:42.220
 of us

00:44:42.220 --> 00:44:42.579
 who know

00:44:42.579 --> 00:44:43.019
 that actually

00:44:43.019 --> 00:44:43.500
 we've screwed

00:44:43.500 --> 00:44:44.019
 up in many

00:44:44.019 --> 00:44:44.480
 ways in

00:44:44.480 --> 00:44:45.000
 our lives

00:44:45.000 --> 00:44:48.039
 I pray

00:44:48.039 --> 00:44:48.659
 that they'd

00:44:48.659 --> 00:44:49.260
 hear you

00:44:49.260 --> 00:44:50.079
 speaking this

00:44:50.079 --> 00:44:50.500
 morning

00:44:50.500 --> 00:44:51.400
 that word

00:44:51.400 --> 00:44:51.700
 of just

00:44:51.700 --> 00:44:52.260
 come

00:44:52.260 --> 00:44:54.760
 and that we

00:44:54.760 --> 00:44:55.420
 turn and

00:44:55.420 --> 00:44:56.180
 find that

00:44:56.180 --> 00:44:56.940
 banquet of

00:44:56.940 --> 00:44:57.320
 forgiveness

00:44:57.320 --> 00:44:57.980
 and grace

00:44:57.980 --> 00:44:58.619
 waiting for

00:44:58.619 --> 00:44:58.960
 us

00:44:58.960 --> 00:44:59.940
 that you

00:44:59.940 --> 00:45:00.619
 purchased

00:45:00.619 --> 00:45:01.059
 on that

00:45:01.059 --> 00:45:01.500
 cross

00:45:01.500 --> 00:45:02.220
 for us

00:45:02.219 --> 00:45:07.119
 I pray

00:45:07.119 --> 00:45:07.539
 make us

00:45:07.539 --> 00:45:08.019
 a wise

00:45:08.019 --> 00:45:08.459
 people

00:45:08.459 --> 00:45:08.759
 who are

00:45:08.759 --> 00:45:09.199
 not so

00:45:09.199 --> 00:45:09.899
 independent

00:45:09.899 --> 00:45:12.639
 that we

00:45:12.639 --> 00:45:13.079
 don't just

00:45:13.079 --> 00:45:14.480
 try and

00:45:14.480 --> 00:45:14.899
 figure out

00:45:14.899 --> 00:45:15.480
 life by

00:45:15.480 --> 00:45:15.980
 ourselves

00:45:15.980 --> 00:45:16.399
 Lord

00:45:16.399 --> 00:45:17.779
 creating us

00:45:17.779 --> 00:45:18.659
 that humility

00:45:18.659 --> 00:45:19.759
 that teachability

00:45:19.759 --> 00:45:20.500
 that sense

00:45:20.500 --> 00:45:20.939
 of knowing

00:45:20.939 --> 00:45:21.500
 how much

00:45:21.500 --> 00:45:21.859
 we need

00:45:21.859 --> 00:45:22.139
 you

00:45:22.139 --> 00:45:22.419
 and we

00:45:22.419 --> 00:45:22.599
 need

00:45:22.599 --> 00:45:22.799
 each

00:45:22.799 --> 00:45:23.099
 other

00:45:23.099 --> 00:45:25.719
 and grow

00:45:25.719 --> 00:45:26.159
 us in

00:45:26.159 --> 00:45:26.579
 wisdom

00:45:26.579 --> 00:45:28.659
 to love

00:45:28.659 --> 00:45:29.000
 you

00:45:29.000 --> 00:45:30.159
 to do

00:45:30.159 --> 00:45:30.300
 our

00:45:30.300 --> 00:45:30.860
 relationships

00:45:30.860 --> 00:45:31.420
 well

00:45:31.420 --> 00:45:32.599
 that we'll

00:45:32.599 --> 00:45:33.260
 honor you

00:45:33.260 --> 00:45:34.699
 in Jesus

00:45:34.699 --> 00:45:35.119
 name

00:45:35.119 --> 00:45:36.500
 Amen