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 So as I've said, we're in this series and we're looking tonight at is history going anywhere?

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 You know, is there any control in it all, in life?

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 Is there any coherence to the world as we know it?

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 You know, is there someone or something pulling the strings behind the scenes?

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 Where is history heading?

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 Where are we going?

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 Hopefully, we will explore some of these things and what the Bible has to say about that in the next half hour.

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 You know, that might cause some personal questions.

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 What do we think about the future?

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 When we think to the future, what comes to mind?

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 What do we trust in?

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 What do we put our hope in for the future?

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 You know, there's this concept, this forever home.

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 I don't know if you've come across this.

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 Maybe you've used it.

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 I'm not here to dig if you have.

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 But I find it a funny concept.

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 You know, people might buy a home.

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 It's maybe not their first home.

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 It's maybe their second home.

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 It's a nice big home.

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 They've got room to grow into it.

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 It's got a nice garden.

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 It's in a nice area.

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 And they say, oh, we've bought our forever home.

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 You know, it's a big one.

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 It's a good one.

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 It's going to be us for life.

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 We're set.

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 That's us.

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 You know, it's a funny concept.

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 And it's estate agents.

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 They use it a little bit because it sounds good, doesn't it?

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 But people use it because they like that thought.

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 They like that thought of being settled.

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 That's us.

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 We're secure.

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 We're safe.

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 That's us forever.

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 We're sorted.

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 You know, it's a funny concept because it's not true, is it?

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 We're not going to live forever.

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 And, you know, we're certainly not going to live forever in that home.

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 Things happen.

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 Cowboy builders.

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 Houses fall down.

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 You know, my house is built on a mine.

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 It was about 60 years ago.

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 Hopefully, it's still going to keep going.

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 But, you know, we're not going to be in that house forever.

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 We might be in that house for our whole lives.

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 But that is not forevermore.

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 You know, we like to think that it'll be all right in the end, don't we?

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 You heard the phrase, all's well that ends well.

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 And it is, to a degree.

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 You know, something might go badly, but if it gets the right result, then all good.

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 All good.

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 You know, we want everything to be all right in the end.

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 But will it?

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 You know, as we look back over the chaos of history,

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 civilizations rising and falling.

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 We see great successes for mankind as a whole.

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 We also see wars and famines and disasters.

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 We see new technology come in.

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 Think of the world we live in today.

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 It's crazy, isn't it?

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 The things that we have and can do and do in our fingertips.

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 You know, we also see that being abused.

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 And we see financial crashes.

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 And we see societies at times going to pot.

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 The chaos of history as we look back.

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 You know, is it all just random?

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 Are we just thrown side to side on the rickety train ride through history?

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 Or is there someone outside of it all who has a plan for how it all will end up?

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 Well, what does the world say?

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 What is maybe some of the world views?

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 Now, if you went out on Brunsfield this afternoon and said,

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 what's going to happen forevermore in the future,

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 as far away as you can think,

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 you would get a wide, wide variances of opinion.

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 But you know, what is for sure is that there is such uncertainty out there.

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 There is such uncertainty.

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 People aren't sure.

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 Oh, I'm not too sure.

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 I don't know.

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 I don't want to think about it.

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 That's one side.

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 But I think people also have a kind of maybe a vague hope.

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 Like, oh, there's a better place when we die.

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 You know, in the future forevermore,

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 you know, there's a good place and we'll end up there.

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 There's a kind of vagueness to it all.

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 But you know, some people, they'll just say,

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 well, we're just here randomly.

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 Graham, he gave us that quote from Richard Dawkins,

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 his dinner party friend that he wanted to have dinner with,

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 with the joy that Richard Dawkins came out with,

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 saying that it's all just nothingness.

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 That it's random, that we're not going anywhere,

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 and it basically means that this world as we know it

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 is just totally random.

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 A series of accidents, fluke, luck, chance.

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 That is what life is.

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 I know, I think that's quite a sad worldview.

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 Because it means that, well, it's all just pointless, isn't it?

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 If we're just here as an accident of biology and chemistry,

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 then it's just pointless.

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 What are we doing?

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 This guy, another cheery chap, Albert Camus,

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 I don't know if you've heard of him,

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 he came out with this,

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 life is meaningless,

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 but worth living,

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 provided you recognize it's meaningless.

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 Now, I'm no philosopher.

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 This guy was.

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 He was a French philosopher quite a while ago.

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 But you know, if you think about that,

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 and I've been trying to think about this

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 and trying to get my head around it,

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 and I kind of know what he's meaning.

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 You know, it's sad, isn't it?

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 His philosophy, it was called absurdism.

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 And it argues that trying to put a meaning in life

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 actually just causes you more problems.

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 It's a conflict,

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 and it causes this thing called the absurd.

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 But he says that having this attitude

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 doesn't cause despair.

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 It doesn't cause us to think that all things are pointless,

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 but it's just about the here and now.

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 It's about the present.

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 It's about temporary joys.

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 That is what life is all about.

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 Well, tonight we're going to have a look

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 at what the Christian worldview says

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 about the future

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 and how that affects the past

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 and also the present day.

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 The Christian worldview that there is a God

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 who has a plan.

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 It is so radically different

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 to any other worldview you will see out there.

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 And so as we explore history,

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 we need to think what we mean by that.

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 Well, history, I'm going to take it tonight.

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 You can argue with me if you want.

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 But I'm going to say that it's everything that we know

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 since time began.

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 You know, that in itself poses a question.

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 What came before time began?

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 How did it all begin?

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 Anyone seen this show?

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 The Big Bang Theory?

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 Alexander has.

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 Big fan.

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 You know, it's entertaining.

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 It's funny.

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 And it's got the theme tune.

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 And if you've ever watched it,

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 it's got this really catchy theme song

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 that plays every time.

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 It's got a collage of sort of going through history

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 from early man all the way through to modern day.

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 And it says this.

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 Our whole universe was...

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 I'm not going to sing it, by the way.

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 Our whole universe was in a hot, dense state.

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 Nearly 14 billion years ago,

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 expansion started.

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 Wait.

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 The earth began to cool.

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 The autotrophs...

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 I don't know what that is.

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 ...began to drool.

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 Neanderthals developed tools.

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 We built a wall.

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 We built the pyramids.

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 Math, science, history,

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 unraveling the mystery

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 that all started with the Big Bang.

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 Right?

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 Now, why am I going on about this?

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 Well, it just poses questions.

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 What came before?

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 And we're not going to go into the science

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 and the arguments that would be

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 for a whole other night.

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 We'd be here for hours.

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 But, you know, it just poses a question.

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 What came before?

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 So we're going to look tonight

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 at before history,

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 during history,

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 and then we're going to look after history

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 is how I'm going to phrase it.

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 Okay?

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 Okay?

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 So, before...

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 Very opening words of your Bible.

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 Now, I've got a lot of Bible passages

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 in here tonight.

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 But I think it's so important

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 to see what God's Word has to say.

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 So there's a lot of Bible passages

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 in this tonight.

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 But, you know, Genesis 1, verse 1,

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 the very beginning of our Bible

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 that we have in front of us,

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 says this,

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 In the beginning, God.

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 And it says that God created.

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 Well, we need to define, first of all,

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 what we mean by God.

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 If you're ever speaking to someone

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 and they're talking about God,

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 this, God, that,

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 you need to say,

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 Well, what do you mean by God?

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 Because often people are talking about

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 something totally separate

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 to what the Christian

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 would describe God as.

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 So what do I mean by God?

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 What does a Christian mean by God?

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 Well, the God of the Bible.

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 The God of the Bible

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 is outside of space,

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 time, and matter,

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 i.e. the world

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 that we know.

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 God is Trinity.

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 God the Father.

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 God the Son.

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 God the Spirit.

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 And God, in time,

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 and before time existed,

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 the before,

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 existed in completeness

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 and wholeness

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 in the Trinity.

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 God is eternal.

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 God is everlasting.

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 And what does God do?

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 Well, out of love,

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 God creates

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 everything that we know,

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 everything that we

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 experience.

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 God's experience

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 created mankind,

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 created us.

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 God's good design,

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 and we can read about that

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 in Genesis 1 and 2.

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 Isaiah, one of the prophets,

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 he says this,

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 Do you not know?

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 Have you not heard?

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 The Lord is the everlasting God,

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 the creator of the ends

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 of the earth.

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 He will not grow tired or weary,

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 and his understanding

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 no one can fathom.

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 God is eternal.

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 The God of the Bible.

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 Everlasting.

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 Our mind just blows

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 when we think of this,

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 because everything

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 in our world is timed.

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 Things start,

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 things finish.

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 Everything is constricted

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 by time,

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 but God is outside of that.

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 Well, what's the impact?

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 Well, the impact

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 of thinking about

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 before time

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 is that we have

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 an intelligent designer

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 with a plan

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 and sovereign control

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 over the world

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 as we know it.

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 and that means

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 the course

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 of history.

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 So if that's before,

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 well, let's look

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 for a while

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 at during.

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 If we read

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 through the Bible,

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 especially if we look

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 through the Old Testament

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 up to the point

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 that Jesus comes in

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 at the start of the New,

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 but then through that also,

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 it shows God's control

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 over the course

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 of history,

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 over the course

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 of the time

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 that man has been

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 on earth

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 that it has existed.

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 We see God's plan

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 for his people.

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 We were thinking

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 about Abraham this morning

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 who was promised

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 by God

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 to bless the nations,

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 to have descendants

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 more than the stars

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 of the sky

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 and that they will be

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 God's people.

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 And if we follow

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 that story through,

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 we see that

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 through the ups and downs

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 and unfaithfulness

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 of God's people,

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 he is faithful to them.

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 And we can follow

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 that history

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 through the various

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 characters that we

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 maybe know

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 through Sunday school.

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 God has a hand

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 in everything.

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 Jeremiah 29

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 says this,

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 For I know the plans

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 I have for you,

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 declares the Lord,

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 plans to prosper you

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 and not to harm you,

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 plans to give you

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 hope and a future.

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 That is what God wants

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 for his people.

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 And you know,

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 sometimes the coherence

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 of the Bible,

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 the genuineness of it,

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 the authenticity of it

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 is questioned.

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 I don't know if you've

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 seen this diagram before,

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 but I have.

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 And what this is,

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 and this came to mind

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 when I was thinking

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 about this,

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 this diagram,

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 this actually links

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 the difference,

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 so the little bars

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 down the bottom,

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 these are all the chapters

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 of the Bible.

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 And there's almost

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 70,000 links

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 and cross-references

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 between the chapters

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 of the Bible.

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 So each line

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 shows a cross-reference.

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 Now this is

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 not a book

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 written by one person,

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 not one man anyway,

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 but it is God-inspired work

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 written by many authors

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 over many,

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 many years.

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 And yet the coherence

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 of it is marvelous.

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 Have you ever wondered

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 or read the genealogies

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 in the Bible?

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 You get them at the start

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 of the Gospels

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 like Matthew,

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 and you get this big

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 long list of people,

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 and you sometimes

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 read them and go,

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 I don't know why

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 this is here.

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 You read it and you think,

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 I'm not sure

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 what I'm getting from this.

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 Well, you know what?

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 The genealogies

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 in the Bible,

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 they teach us

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 that God has a plan,

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 and that God

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 has carefully

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 put the course

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 of history

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 so that His will

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 and His plan

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 will come

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 to fruition.

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 God's control

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 is shown

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 in the course

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 of history

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 by these genealogies.

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 You know,

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 Daniel,

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 he was one of the

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 great prophets

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 of God.

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 And he was

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 in a foreign land

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 and being forced

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 to do things

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 that he didn't want

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 to do,

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 but he was faithful

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 to God.

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 And he says this,

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 Praise be

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 to the name

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 of God

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 forever and ever.

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 Wisdom and power

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 are His.

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 He changes times

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 and seasons.

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 He deposes kings

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 and raises

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 up others.

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 He gives wisdom

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 to the wise

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 and knowledge

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 to the discerning.

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 If we look back

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 at the Old Testament

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 especially,

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 we see kingdoms rise

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 and kingdoms fall.

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 And as we look back

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 at history,

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 we see chaos.

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 But God's plan

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 is in it all.

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 Daniel,

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 he witnesses

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 to the king

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 at the time

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 of Babylon,

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 this great mighty king

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 of the biggest kingdom

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 on the planet,

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 Nebuchadnezzar.

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 And he

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 turns around

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 and says this,

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 how great are his signs,

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 how mighty his wonders.

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 His kingdom

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 is an eternal kingdom.

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 His dominion

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 endures from generation

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 to generation.

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 This is Nebuchadnezzar

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 speaking about God.

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 Nebuchadnezzar's kingdom

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 wasn't lasting

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 from generation

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 to generation.

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 It was failing

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 and it would be taken over

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 very quickly

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 after this.

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 that God's kingdom

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 and his dominion

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 endures

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 from generation

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 to generation.

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 So what we have

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 through the Old Testament

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 is we kind of have

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 like a big funnel.

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 Have you ever watched

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 the bake-off

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 and they do the choux pastry?

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 I always think it's great.

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 They put all the

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 icing

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 into the

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 funnel

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 and they cut the bottom off

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 and they make

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 amazing

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 shapes and things with it.

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 It's not pastry.

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 It's icing.

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 I'm not much of a baker.

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 You know,

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 it's like that.

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 We have this big funnel

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 of history

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 and we see it

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 and it's all pointing

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 and it's narrowing

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 and it's narrowing

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 and it's narrowing

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 and we get to this

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 specific point

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 in history.

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 It is the key point

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 of history

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 and if you've not

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 guessed it already

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 it's Jesus.

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 Jesus coming

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 into the world.

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 God.

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 Jesus is God the Son

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 part of the Trinity

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 and it's God

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 stepping into history

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 into time

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 think about that.

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 That's mad.

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 He was the promised

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 Savior.

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 The promise

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 that Abraham gave.

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 The promise

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 of Christ the Messiah

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 as we can read about

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 throughout the Old Testament.

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 And you know

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 this was not

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 a last minute thing.

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 Before time even began

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 the plan of the Lord Jesus

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 coming in

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 was hatched.

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 The Lord Jesus

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 would have to come

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 and he would have to do

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 what he did

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 on the cross.

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 That singular point

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 of history.

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 Isaiah 7

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 says this

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 Therefore the Lord

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 himself will give you

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 a sign.

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 Behold the virgin

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 shall conceive

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 and bear a son

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 and shall call

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 his name

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 Emmanuel.

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 Hundreds of years

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 before Jesus came

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 this is prophesied

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 and it's elsewhere

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 as well.

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 Don't hate me

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 for saying this

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 but Christmas

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 is approaching.

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 It's not that far away.

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 We'll be thinking

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 about this again.

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 This is often read

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 in Christmas services.

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 Emmanuel

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 God with us

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 God coming to

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 and into

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 history.

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 Jesus' arrival

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 is of singular

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 importance

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 and significance.

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 The fulfiller

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 of all of God's

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 promises

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 and plans

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 to that point.

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 You know

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 the Lord Jesus

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 when he came

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 he lived that

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 perfect life

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 that only he could.

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 He made

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 marvelous claims

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 about who he was

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 and he backed it up

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 with the miracles

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 showing that he was

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 who he said he was

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 that he didn't just

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 talk the talk

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 but that he walked

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 the walk.

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 He went all the way

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 to the cross

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 and he took on

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 as we thought

00:17:29.960 --> 00:17:30.599
 about this morning

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 that curse

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 that we deserve.

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 Why?

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 For our disobedience

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 against a holy

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 and just God.

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 the Lord Jesus

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 he took that on

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 and yeah

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 he physically died

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 but you know

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 he rose again

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 and that is the key

00:17:48.500 --> 00:17:49.620
 to the Christian faith

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 the resurrection

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 of the Lord Jesus.

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 Many have come

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 and said things

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 many have come

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 and lived a life

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 and died.

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 Only the Lord Jesus

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 has risen again

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 proving that he was

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 truly who he said

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 that he was.

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 And you can turn to it

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 if you want

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 or I'm just going

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 to read it

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 but in Acts chapter 1

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 I'm not going to read it all.

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 In verse 3 it says

00:18:10.960 --> 00:18:12.060
 after his suffering

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 this is Jesus

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 he presented himself

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 to them

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 and gave many convincing

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 proofs that he was alive.

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 He appeared to them

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 over a period of 40 days

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 and spoke about

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 the kingdom of God.

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 So Jesus witnessed

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 to many that he

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 was risen from the dead.

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 and then later on

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 in verse 9

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 after he said this

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 he was taken up

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 before their very eyes

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 this is the disciples

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 his followers

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 and a cloud hid him

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 from their sight

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 and they were looking

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 intently up

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 into the sky

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 as he was going

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 when suddenly

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 two men dressed in white

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 stood beside them

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 and said

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 men of Galilee

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 why do you stand here

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 looking into the sky

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 this same Jesus

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 who has been taken

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 from you

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 into heaven

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 will come back

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 in the same way

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 you have seen him

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 go into heaven.

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 The Lord Jesus

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 he ascended back

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 outside of time

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 back to be with the Father

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 on high as we say

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 but you know

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 with a promise

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 with a promise

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 of the future

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 and this is where

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 we start to turn our eyes

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 to the future

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 and what the Bible

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 has to say

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 about it.

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 John 14

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 once again

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 I don't have it

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 written up

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 because it's a long passage

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 but verse 3

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 says this

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 the famous words

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 and I go and prepare

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 a place for you

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 I will come back

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 and take you

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 to be with me

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 that you also

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 may be where I am

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 Jesus promised

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 that he would go

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 and prepare a place

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 heaven

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 life eternal

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 with the one

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 who created

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 and loved us

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 and he promised

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 that he would come

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 back for us

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 if we trust in him

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 and the disciples

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 Thomas

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 he says

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 Lord we do not know

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 where you are going

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 so how can we know

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 the way

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 quite a sensible question

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 but Jesus says

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 I am the way

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 the truth

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 and the life

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 no one comes

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 to the Father

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 except through me

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 the world might tell us

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 as many ways

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 to get to that

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 better place

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 to that good place

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 whatever is meant

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 by that

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 you know

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 but the Bible says

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 that it's only Jesus

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 he is the only way

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 to have

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 that future

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 which we all desire

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 and so we live

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 in this

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 post Jesus

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 age

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 don't we

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 it's sometimes called

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 the church age

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 or Christians

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 would call it such

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 in Acts 1 verse 8

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 it says

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 Jesus instructs

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 his people

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 to go to the

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 ends of the earth

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 saying about him

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 that is the world

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 that we live in

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 at the moment

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 you might wonder

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 well why is time

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 going on

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 why is Jesus

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 not come back yet

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 a reasonable question

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 well in his mercy

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 he's giving time

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 for people

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 to come to a

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 saving faith

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 in him

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 before he returns

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 he's giving

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 Christians

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 opportunity

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 to go and tell

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 others

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 so they can be

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 included

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 when he comes

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 back

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 for his people

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 again

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 and so as we

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 look to the future

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 and look at

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 after

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 well what next

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 coming back

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 to that question

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 what are we

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 trusting in

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 what are we

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 putting

00:21:36.819 --> 00:21:38.399
 our hope in

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 in cod

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 we trust

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 I was at

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 an airport

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 recently

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 and this

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 was a big

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 sign

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 and I

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 think they

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 do skin

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 grafts

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 for something

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 I didn't

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 look it up

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 but they do

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 skin grafts

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 with cod

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 skins

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 so it's

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 in cod

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 we trust

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 you can see

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 what they did

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 there

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 you think of

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 the American

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 banknote

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 in cod

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 we trust

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 you know

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 this is just

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 a play on

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 words

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 it's a bit

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 of humour

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 but it caught

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 my attention

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 if you know

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 me

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 and what I

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 do for a

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 living

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 you'll

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 understand

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 maybe

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 about why

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 but you know

00:22:10.120 --> 00:22:10.579
 what are we

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 trusting in

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 well the

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 bible

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 it tells us

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 of this

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 rescuer to

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 come

00:22:15.680 --> 00:22:16.059
 as we've

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 seen

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 this

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 restorer

00:22:17.879 --> 00:22:18.159
 this

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 redeemer

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 who will

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 come

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 what are we

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 promised

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 well the very

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 last book of

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 the bible

00:22:27.720 --> 00:22:28.379
 revelation

00:22:28.379 --> 00:22:29.839
 21

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 and it

00:22:31.799 --> 00:22:32.220
 says this

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 now this

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 is john

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 he is getting

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 a vision

00:22:35.700 --> 00:22:36.740
 of the future

00:22:36.740 --> 00:22:38.599
 revelation

00:22:38.599 --> 00:22:39.180
 21

00:22:39.180 --> 00:22:39.759
 says this

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 then I

00:22:40.079 --> 00:22:40.640
 saw a

00:22:40.640 --> 00:22:41.220
 new heaven

00:22:41.220 --> 00:22:41.539
 and a

00:22:41.539 --> 00:22:42.140
 new earth

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 for the

00:22:43.160 --> 00:22:43.940
 first heaven

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 and the

00:22:44.359 --> 00:22:45.039
 first earth

00:22:45.039 --> 00:22:45.660
 had passed

00:22:45.660 --> 00:22:46.019
 away

00:22:46.019 --> 00:22:48.660
 and he

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 sees a

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 city

00:22:49.359 --> 00:22:49.799
 the holy

00:22:49.799 --> 00:22:50.140
 city

00:22:50.140 --> 00:22:50.620
 of god

00:22:50.620 --> 00:22:50.940
 and it

00:22:50.940 --> 00:22:51.279
 says

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 they will

00:22:52.440 --> 00:22:52.960
 be his

00:22:52.960 --> 00:22:53.380
 people

00:22:53.380 --> 00:22:54.579
 and god

00:22:54.579 --> 00:22:55.079
 himself

00:22:55.079 --> 00:22:55.720
 will be

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 with them

00:22:56.420 --> 00:22:56.900
 and be

00:22:56.900 --> 00:22:57.579
 their god

00:22:57.579 --> 00:22:59.019
 and we

00:22:59.019 --> 00:22:59.380
 thought about

00:22:59.380 --> 00:23:00.000
 this this

00:23:00.000 --> 00:23:00.339
 morning

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 we thought

00:23:01.039 --> 00:23:01.319
 about it

00:23:01.319 --> 00:23:01.839
 last week

00:23:01.839 --> 00:23:03.079
 he will

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 wipe away

00:23:03.700 --> 00:23:04.420
 every tear

00:23:04.420 --> 00:23:04.839
 from their

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 eyes

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 there will

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 be no

00:23:06.879 --> 00:23:07.579
 more death

00:23:07.579 --> 00:23:08.399
 or mourning

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 or crying

00:23:09.079 --> 00:23:09.699
 or pain

00:23:09.699 --> 00:23:10.919
 for the

00:23:10.919 --> 00:23:11.579
 old order

00:23:11.579 --> 00:23:12.259
 of things

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 has passed

00:23:13.159 --> 00:23:13.539
 away

00:23:13.539 --> 00:23:15.059
 and he

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 who was

00:23:15.419 --> 00:23:15.799
 seated on

00:23:15.799 --> 00:23:16.199
 the throne

00:23:16.199 --> 00:23:16.619
 said I

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 am making

00:23:17.099 --> 00:23:17.779
 everything

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 new

00:23:18.240 --> 00:23:19.980
 then he

00:23:19.980 --> 00:23:20.459
 said write

00:23:20.459 --> 00:23:21.099
 this down

00:23:21.099 --> 00:23:21.919
 for these

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 words are

00:23:22.679 --> 00:23:23.179
 trustworthy

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 and true

00:23:24.599 --> 00:23:26.159
 we are given

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 the promise

00:23:26.980 --> 00:23:28.379
 by god

00:23:28.379 --> 00:23:28.919
 and that is

00:23:28.919 --> 00:23:29.419
 word the

00:23:29.419 --> 00:23:29.779
 bible

00:23:29.779 --> 00:23:31.000
 of this

00:23:31.000 --> 00:23:31.980
 perfect future

00:23:31.980 --> 00:23:32.559
 that time

00:23:32.559 --> 00:23:32.959
 with no

00:23:32.959 --> 00:23:33.539
 more mourning

00:23:33.539 --> 00:23:34.000
 no more

00:23:34.000 --> 00:23:34.439
 suffering

00:23:34.439 --> 00:23:34.839
 no more

00:23:34.839 --> 00:23:35.179
 pain

00:23:35.180 --> 00:23:36.840
 a future

00:23:36.840 --> 00:23:37.120
 that we

00:23:37.120 --> 00:23:37.519
 can even

00:23:37.519 --> 00:23:38.000
 hardly

00:23:38.000 --> 00:23:38.759
 imagine

00:23:38.759 --> 00:23:41.039
 with the

00:23:41.039 --> 00:23:41.340
 holy

00:23:41.340 --> 00:23:41.779
 almighty

00:23:41.779 --> 00:23:42.259
 god

00:23:42.259 --> 00:23:42.460
 who

00:23:42.460 --> 00:23:43.100
 created

00:23:43.100 --> 00:23:43.500
 us

00:23:43.500 --> 00:23:43.720
 who

00:23:43.720 --> 00:23:44.240
 loves

00:23:44.240 --> 00:23:44.660
 us

00:23:44.660 --> 00:23:45.180
 who

00:23:45.180 --> 00:23:45.620
 cares

00:23:45.620 --> 00:23:46.039
 for us

00:23:46.039 --> 00:23:46.380
 and wants

00:23:46.380 --> 00:23:46.759
 the best

00:23:46.759 --> 00:23:47.299
 for us

00:23:47.299 --> 00:23:48.100
 that is

00:23:48.100 --> 00:23:49.240
 the promise

00:23:49.240 --> 00:23:49.759
 of the

00:23:49.759 --> 00:23:50.060
 bible

00:23:50.060 --> 00:23:52.320
 we are

00:23:52.320 --> 00:23:52.779
 promised

00:23:52.779 --> 00:23:53.460
 an end

00:23:53.460 --> 00:23:54.200
 to history

00:23:54.200 --> 00:23:55.720
 that is

00:23:55.720 --> 00:23:56.180
 not only

00:23:56.180 --> 00:23:56.600
 good

00:23:56.600 --> 00:23:57.299
 but it

00:23:57.299 --> 00:23:57.940
 is just

00:23:57.940 --> 00:23:59.460
 and it

00:23:59.460 --> 00:23:59.759
 is a

00:23:59.759 --> 00:24:00.200
 complete

00:24:00.200 --> 00:24:00.759
 ending

00:24:00.759 --> 00:24:01.980
 and it

00:24:01.980 --> 00:24:02.880
 is all

00:24:02.880 --> 00:24:03.380
 that everyone

00:24:03.380 --> 00:24:04.000
 hopes for

00:24:04.000 --> 00:24:04.500
 which is a

00:24:04.500 --> 00:24:05.160
 good end

00:24:05.160 --> 00:24:07.259
 everything

00:24:07.259 --> 00:24:08.200
 to work

00:24:08.200 --> 00:24:08.820
 out well

00:24:08.820 --> 00:24:11.259
 you know

00:24:11.259 --> 00:24:11.700
 hope

00:24:11.700 --> 00:24:13.060
 it's an

00:24:13.060 --> 00:24:13.380
 interesting

00:24:13.380 --> 00:24:14.000
 concept

00:24:14.000 --> 00:24:14.380
 hope

00:24:14.380 --> 00:24:17.660
 you know

00:24:17.660 --> 00:24:18.040
 we sometimes

00:24:18.040 --> 00:24:18.620
 think of

00:24:18.620 --> 00:24:19.220
 hope as

00:24:19.220 --> 00:24:19.840
 being like

00:24:19.840 --> 00:24:20.320
 I really

00:24:20.320 --> 00:24:21.100
 hope it's

00:24:21.100 --> 00:24:21.720
 sunny tomorrow

00:24:21.720 --> 00:24:22.640
 that's kind

00:24:22.640 --> 00:24:22.960
 of how we

00:24:22.960 --> 00:24:23.279
 use it

00:24:23.279 --> 00:24:23.560
 nowadays

00:24:23.560 --> 00:24:24.019
 isn't it

00:24:24.019 --> 00:24:24.960
 I really

00:24:24.960 --> 00:24:25.519
 hope that

00:24:25.519 --> 00:24:25.860
 they've got

00:24:25.860 --> 00:24:26.600
 good biscuits

00:24:26.600 --> 00:24:27.880
 out at

00:24:27.880 --> 00:24:28.240
 church

00:24:28.240 --> 00:24:28.660
 tonight

00:24:28.660 --> 00:24:30.200
 but you

00:24:30.200 --> 00:24:30.420
 know the

00:24:30.420 --> 00:24:30.779
 hope of

00:24:30.779 --> 00:24:31.240
 the bible

00:24:31.240 --> 00:24:31.620
 is an

00:24:31.620 --> 00:24:32.240
 assured

00:24:32.240 --> 00:24:33.099
 hope

00:24:33.099 --> 00:24:33.880
 based on

00:24:33.880 --> 00:24:34.460
 facts

00:24:34.460 --> 00:24:35.140
 and evidence

00:24:35.140 --> 00:24:35.839
 and promises

00:24:35.839 --> 00:24:36.859
 it is not

00:24:36.859 --> 00:24:37.359
 something that

00:24:37.359 --> 00:24:37.720
 we're not

00:24:37.720 --> 00:24:38.220
 sure of

00:24:38.220 --> 00:24:38.460
 it is

00:24:38.460 --> 00:24:38.839
 something that

00:24:38.839 --> 00:24:39.160
 we are

00:24:39.160 --> 00:24:39.779
 convinced

00:24:39.779 --> 00:24:40.220
 of

00:24:40.220 --> 00:24:41.359
 now how

00:24:41.359 --> 00:24:41.660
 can we

00:24:41.660 --> 00:24:42.079
 be so

00:24:42.079 --> 00:24:42.680
 sure of

00:24:42.680 --> 00:24:43.059
 this

00:24:43.059 --> 00:24:44.160
 well as

00:24:44.160 --> 00:24:44.359
 we've

00:24:44.359 --> 00:24:44.740
 looked at

00:24:44.740 --> 00:24:44.980
 in the

00:24:44.980 --> 00:24:45.359
 past

00:24:45.359 --> 00:24:45.920
 God has

00:24:45.920 --> 00:24:46.339
 given his

00:24:46.339 --> 00:24:46.759
 promises

00:24:46.759 --> 00:24:47.160
 in the

00:24:47.160 --> 00:24:47.559
 past

00:24:47.559 --> 00:24:47.880
 and they

00:24:47.880 --> 00:24:48.420
 have all

00:24:48.420 --> 00:24:48.900
 come to

00:24:48.900 --> 00:24:49.319
 fruition

00:24:49.319 --> 00:24:50.900
 the promise

00:24:50.900 --> 00:24:51.220
 of the

00:24:51.220 --> 00:24:51.740
 Lord Jesus

00:24:51.740 --> 00:24:52.220
 and we live

00:24:52.220 --> 00:24:52.500
 in that

00:24:52.500 --> 00:24:53.120
 privileged

00:24:53.120 --> 00:24:53.579
 age where

00:24:53.579 --> 00:24:53.900
 we can

00:24:53.900 --> 00:24:54.500
 look back

00:24:54.500 --> 00:24:54.819
 and see

00:24:54.819 --> 00:24:55.339
 the truths

00:24:55.339 --> 00:24:55.700
 of these

00:24:55.700 --> 00:24:56.180
 things

00:24:56.180 --> 00:24:58.380
 the past

00:24:58.380 --> 00:24:58.900
 evidence

00:24:58.900 --> 00:24:59.240
 and the

00:24:59.240 --> 00:24:59.560
 proven

00:24:59.560 --> 00:25:00.360
 faithfulness

00:25:00.360 --> 00:25:00.920
 of God

00:25:00.920 --> 00:25:01.960
 allows us

00:25:01.960 --> 00:25:02.580
 to trust

00:25:02.580 --> 00:25:02.940
 in his

00:25:02.940 --> 00:25:03.360
 promises

00:25:03.360 --> 00:25:03.799
 for the

00:25:03.799 --> 00:25:04.279
 future

00:25:04.279 --> 00:25:05.700
 where

00:25:05.700 --> 00:25:06.220
 history

00:25:06.220 --> 00:25:06.860
 is going

00:25:06.860 --> 00:25:09.460
 but you

00:25:09.460 --> 00:25:09.700
 know it

00:25:09.700 --> 00:25:10.480
 is conditional

00:25:10.480 --> 00:25:11.480
 we must

00:25:11.480 --> 00:25:12.039
 trust and

00:25:12.039 --> 00:25:12.500
 we must

00:25:12.500 --> 00:25:13.220
 accept in

00:25:13.220 --> 00:25:13.560
 the work

00:25:13.560 --> 00:25:13.799
 of the

00:25:13.799 --> 00:25:14.299
 Lord Jesus

00:25:14.299 --> 00:25:16.080
 otherwise

00:25:16.080 --> 00:25:16.560
 it wouldn't

00:25:16.560 --> 00:25:16.900
 be a

00:25:16.900 --> 00:25:17.380
 just

00:25:17.380 --> 00:25:18.460
 end

00:25:18.460 --> 00:25:20.640
 and you

00:25:20.640 --> 00:25:20.880
 know if

00:25:20.880 --> 00:25:21.380
 we live

00:25:21.380 --> 00:25:22.200
 in hope

00:25:22.200 --> 00:25:22.640
 of the

00:25:22.640 --> 00:25:23.120
 future

00:25:23.120 --> 00:25:24.400
 and it

00:25:24.400 --> 00:25:24.840
 changes

00:25:24.840 --> 00:25:25.660
 our life

00:25:25.660 --> 00:25:26.019
 now

00:25:26.019 --> 00:25:26.819
 it changes

00:25:26.819 --> 00:25:27.599
 the mentality

00:25:27.599 --> 00:25:28.099
 that we

00:25:28.099 --> 00:25:28.539
 have

00:25:28.539 --> 00:25:29.359
 for the

00:25:29.359 --> 00:25:29.720
 here and

00:25:29.720 --> 00:25:30.019
 now

00:25:30.019 --> 00:25:31.980
 if we

00:25:31.980 --> 00:25:32.379
 live all

00:25:32.379 --> 00:25:32.740
 about the

00:25:32.740 --> 00:25:33.119
 here and

00:25:33.119 --> 00:25:33.339
 now

00:25:33.339 --> 00:25:33.879
 like that

00:25:33.879 --> 00:25:34.339
 chap

00:25:34.339 --> 00:25:35.400
 said that

00:25:35.400 --> 00:25:35.960
 we should

00:25:35.960 --> 00:25:36.500
 then we'll

00:25:36.500 --> 00:25:37.259
 be bitterly

00:25:37.259 --> 00:25:37.799
 disappointed

00:25:37.799 --> 00:25:38.420
 in life

00:25:38.420 --> 00:25:40.039
 if we

00:25:40.039 --> 00:25:40.480
 load all

00:25:40.480 --> 00:25:40.960
 our hope

00:25:40.960 --> 00:25:41.240
 and our

00:25:41.240 --> 00:25:41.700
 happiness

00:25:41.700 --> 00:25:42.599
 onto our

00:25:42.599 --> 00:25:43.460
 current

00:25:43.460 --> 00:25:44.240
 situations

00:25:44.240 --> 00:25:44.940
 our present

00:25:44.940 --> 00:25:45.619
 surroundings

00:25:45.619 --> 00:25:46.119
 how we

00:25:46.119 --> 00:25:46.680
 get on

00:25:46.680 --> 00:25:47.339
 in worldly

00:25:47.339 --> 00:25:47.960
 terms

00:25:47.960 --> 00:25:49.180
 if we're

00:25:49.180 --> 00:25:49.539
 all about

00:25:49.539 --> 00:25:49.920
 the good

00:25:49.920 --> 00:25:50.359
 life

00:25:50.359 --> 00:25:51.039
 or inner

00:25:51.039 --> 00:25:51.759
 well-being

00:25:51.759 --> 00:25:54.920
 where we're

00:25:54.920 --> 00:25:55.220
 going to be

00:25:55.220 --> 00:25:55.740
 disappointed

00:25:55.740 --> 00:25:56.920
 life is

00:25:56.920 --> 00:25:57.359
 tough

00:25:57.359 --> 00:25:58.339
 life is

00:25:58.339 --> 00:25:58.740
 difficult

00:25:58.740 --> 00:25:59.059
 I don't

00:25:59.059 --> 00:25:59.359
 need to

00:25:59.359 --> 00:25:59.680
 convince

00:25:59.680 --> 00:26:00.000
 you of

00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:00.200
 that

00:26:00.200 --> 00:26:01.859
 we're not

00:26:01.859 --> 00:26:02.480
 promised an

00:26:02.480 --> 00:26:03.160
 easy road

00:26:03.160 --> 00:26:04.099
 even if we

00:26:04.099 --> 00:26:05.500
 trust in

00:26:05.500 --> 00:26:05.779
 Jesus

00:26:05.779 --> 00:26:07.200
 we thought

00:26:07.200 --> 00:26:07.519
 about that

00:26:07.519 --> 00:26:08.120
 last week

00:26:08.120 --> 00:26:08.940
 the suffering

00:26:08.940 --> 00:26:09.420
 and evil

00:26:09.420 --> 00:26:10.519
 and at

00:26:10.519 --> 00:26:10.900
 times we

00:26:10.900 --> 00:26:11.259
 just don't

00:26:11.259 --> 00:26:11.640
 know why

00:26:11.640 --> 00:26:12.400
 things happen

00:26:12.400 --> 00:26:12.839
 the way

00:26:12.839 --> 00:26:13.160
 that they

00:26:13.160 --> 00:26:13.460
 do

00:26:13.460 --> 00:26:16.180
 you know

00:26:16.180 --> 00:26:16.500
 I think

00:26:16.500 --> 00:26:16.920
 the world

00:26:16.920 --> 00:26:17.559
 tells us

00:26:17.559 --> 00:26:17.940
 that we

00:26:17.940 --> 00:26:18.660
 can set

00:26:18.660 --> 00:26:19.120
 our own

00:26:19.120 --> 00:26:19.620
 path

00:26:19.620 --> 00:26:20.500
 that we

00:26:20.500 --> 00:26:21.180
 can get

00:26:21.180 --> 00:26:21.700
 to wherever

00:26:21.700 --> 00:26:22.279
 we want

00:26:22.279 --> 00:26:22.639
 if we

00:26:22.639 --> 00:26:23.039
 set our

00:26:23.039 --> 00:26:23.240
 mind

00:26:23.240 --> 00:26:23.599
 to it

00:26:23.599 --> 00:26:23.899
 if we

00:26:23.899 --> 00:26:24.160
 work

00:26:24.160 --> 00:26:24.619
 hard

00:26:24.619 --> 00:26:25.440
 if we

00:26:25.440 --> 00:26:25.759
 apply

00:26:25.759 --> 00:26:26.339
 ourselves

00:26:26.339 --> 00:26:27.220
 if we

00:26:27.220 --> 00:26:27.619
 speak to

00:26:27.619 --> 00:26:27.879
 the right

00:26:27.879 --> 00:26:28.299
 people

00:26:28.299 --> 00:26:30.139
 I think

00:26:30.139 --> 00:26:30.440
 it's the

00:26:30.440 --> 00:26:31.000
 google map

00:26:31.000 --> 00:26:31.440
 society

00:26:31.440 --> 00:26:32.819
 that we

00:26:32.819 --> 00:26:33.299
 live in

00:26:33.299 --> 00:26:34.399
 you know

00:26:34.399 --> 00:26:34.599
 I don't

00:26:34.599 --> 00:26:34.940
 get in the

00:26:34.940 --> 00:26:35.579
 car nowadays

00:26:35.579 --> 00:26:36.200
 without just

00:26:36.200 --> 00:26:37.039
 putting in the

00:26:37.039 --> 00:26:37.579
 destination

00:26:37.579 --> 00:26:38.619
 why I want

00:26:38.619 --> 00:26:39.019
 to get there

00:26:39.019 --> 00:26:39.460
 quickest

00:26:39.460 --> 00:26:39.859
 I want to

00:26:39.859 --> 00:26:40.139
 make sure

00:26:40.139 --> 00:26:40.419
 there's no

00:26:40.419 --> 00:26:41.039
 roadworks

00:26:41.039 --> 00:26:42.519
 I want to

00:26:42.519 --> 00:26:42.960
 get there

00:26:42.960 --> 00:26:43.319
 and I know

00:26:43.319 --> 00:26:43.899
 I can get

00:26:43.899 --> 00:26:44.279
 there

00:26:44.279 --> 00:26:45.359
 you know

00:26:45.359 --> 00:26:45.960
 that's what

00:26:45.960 --> 00:26:47.480
 life is about

00:26:47.480 --> 00:26:47.939
 isn't it

00:26:47.939 --> 00:26:48.519
 people might

00:26:48.519 --> 00:26:48.899
 ask you

00:26:48.899 --> 00:26:49.339
 what are you

00:26:49.339 --> 00:26:49.740
 doing next

00:26:49.740 --> 00:26:49.939
 year

00:26:49.939 --> 00:26:50.299
 what's your

00:26:50.299 --> 00:26:50.740
 five year

00:26:50.740 --> 00:26:51.159
 plan

00:26:51.159 --> 00:26:52.220
 what's your

00:26:52.220 --> 00:26:52.599
 ten year

00:26:52.599 --> 00:26:53.039
 plan

00:26:53.039 --> 00:26:54.419
 have you

00:26:54.419 --> 00:26:54.859
 started your

00:26:54.859 --> 00:26:55.279
 pension

00:26:55.279 --> 00:26:55.720
 I know you're

00:26:55.720 --> 00:26:56.259
 only 20

00:26:56.259 --> 00:26:56.659
 but have you

00:26:56.659 --> 00:26:57.019
 thought about

00:26:57.019 --> 00:26:57.199
 that

00:26:57.199 --> 00:26:57.980
 it's important

00:26:57.980 --> 00:26:59.919
 you know

00:26:59.919 --> 00:27:00.359
 these things

00:27:00.359 --> 00:27:01.099
 are important

00:27:01.099 --> 00:27:01.599
 and it's good

00:27:01.599 --> 00:27:02.439
 to have plans

00:27:02.439 --> 00:27:03.279
 but we can't

00:27:03.279 --> 00:27:04.059
 kid ourselves

00:27:04.059 --> 00:27:05.599
 that we can

00:27:05.599 --> 00:27:06.299
 set our own

00:27:06.299 --> 00:27:06.839
 path

00:27:06.839 --> 00:27:08.039
 that we won't

00:27:08.039 --> 00:27:08.959
 hit the hiccups

00:27:08.959 --> 00:27:10.099
 the diversions

00:27:10.099 --> 00:27:11.039
 that come along

00:27:11.039 --> 00:27:11.579
 in life

00:27:11.579 --> 00:27:13.500
 the problems

00:27:13.500 --> 00:27:14.379
 and the pitfalls

00:27:14.379 --> 00:27:15.359
 that come our way

00:27:15.359 --> 00:27:15.959
 and that we're

00:27:15.959 --> 00:27:16.619
 going this way

00:27:16.619 --> 00:27:17.279
 and suddenly we

00:27:17.279 --> 00:27:17.859
 find that we're

00:27:17.859 --> 00:27:18.500
 just going the

00:27:18.500 --> 00:27:19.199
 complete opposite

00:27:19.199 --> 00:27:21.059
 and I think

00:27:21.059 --> 00:27:22.000
 the older we get

00:27:22.000 --> 00:27:22.699
 I think the more

00:27:22.699 --> 00:27:23.579
 we realize that

00:27:23.579 --> 00:27:25.179
 and I think

00:27:25.179 --> 00:27:26.199
 if we trust in God

00:27:26.199 --> 00:27:26.720
 I think as we

00:27:26.720 --> 00:27:27.259
 look back

00:27:27.259 --> 00:27:28.039
 we see God's

00:27:28.039 --> 00:27:28.459
 hand

00:27:28.459 --> 00:27:29.720
 maybe we thought

00:27:29.720 --> 00:27:30.659
 we wanted to

00:27:30.659 --> 00:27:31.199
 go one way

00:27:31.199 --> 00:27:32.079
 but God takes us

00:27:32.079 --> 00:27:32.599
 another way

00:27:32.599 --> 00:27:34.359
 we see his hand

00:27:34.359 --> 00:27:35.240
 in our life

00:27:35.240 --> 00:27:37.440
 you know

00:27:37.440 --> 00:27:37.880
 if we're living

00:27:37.880 --> 00:27:38.680
 as a Christian

00:27:38.680 --> 00:27:40.500
 then 2 Corinthians

00:27:40.500 --> 00:27:42.559
 says this

00:27:42.559 --> 00:27:44.720
 for we know

00:27:44.720 --> 00:27:45.279
 that if the

00:27:45.279 --> 00:27:46.180
 earthly tent

00:27:46.180 --> 00:27:46.900
 that's our

00:27:46.900 --> 00:27:48.000
 body now

00:27:48.000 --> 00:27:49.019
 that we live

00:27:49.019 --> 00:27:49.940
 in is destroyed

00:27:49.940 --> 00:27:51.299
 we have a

00:27:51.299 --> 00:27:52.000
 building from

00:27:52.000 --> 00:27:52.519
 God

00:27:52.519 --> 00:27:54.059
 an eternal

00:27:54.059 --> 00:27:54.819
 house in

00:27:54.819 --> 00:27:55.279
 heaven

00:27:55.279 --> 00:27:56.380
 not built

00:27:56.380 --> 00:27:56.940
 by human

00:27:56.940 --> 00:27:57.460
 hands

00:27:57.460 --> 00:27:59.200
 meanwhile we

00:27:59.200 --> 00:27:59.640
 groan

00:27:59.640 --> 00:28:00.440
 longing to be

00:28:00.440 --> 00:28:01.339
 clothed instead

00:28:01.339 --> 00:28:01.880
 with our

00:28:01.880 --> 00:28:02.839
 heavenly dwelling

00:28:02.839 --> 00:28:05.179
 you know a bit

00:28:05.179 --> 00:28:05.500
 like that

00:28:05.500 --> 00:28:06.199
 forever home

00:28:06.199 --> 00:28:06.899
 concept

00:28:06.899 --> 00:28:08.319
 it's not

00:28:08.319 --> 00:28:09.240
 perfect is it

00:28:09.240 --> 00:28:10.859
 if we are in

00:28:10.859 --> 00:28:11.480
 Christ and we

00:28:11.480 --> 00:28:11.819
 have that

00:28:11.819 --> 00:28:12.659
 eternal house

00:28:12.659 --> 00:28:13.119
 in heaven

00:28:13.119 --> 00:28:13.779
 that can never

00:28:13.779 --> 00:28:14.199
 be taken

00:28:14.199 --> 00:28:14.519
 away

00:28:14.519 --> 00:28:16.139
 it is secured

00:28:16.139 --> 00:28:19.299
 how so

00:28:19.299 --> 00:28:20.179
 well verse 7

00:28:20.179 --> 00:28:20.899
 we live by

00:28:20.899 --> 00:28:21.579
 faith

00:28:21.579 --> 00:28:22.459
 and not by

00:28:22.459 --> 00:28:22.859
 sight

00:28:22.859 --> 00:28:26.019
 why is it

00:28:26.019 --> 00:28:26.459
 important

00:28:26.459 --> 00:28:27.399
 well verse 10

00:28:27.399 --> 00:28:28.659
 for we all

00:28:28.659 --> 00:28:29.319
 must appear

00:28:29.319 --> 00:28:29.879
 before the

00:28:29.879 --> 00:28:30.519
 judgment seat

00:28:30.519 --> 00:28:31.119
 of Christ

00:28:31.119 --> 00:28:32.419
 so that each

00:28:32.419 --> 00:28:32.899
 of us may

00:28:32.899 --> 00:28:33.619
 receive what

00:28:33.619 --> 00:28:34.859
 is due us

00:28:34.859 --> 00:28:35.719
 for the things

00:28:35.719 --> 00:28:36.379
 done while in

00:28:36.379 --> 00:28:36.799
 the body

00:28:36.799 --> 00:28:38.359
 whether good

00:28:38.359 --> 00:28:39.139
 or bad

00:28:39.139 --> 00:28:41.199
 you know as

00:28:41.199 --> 00:28:41.719
 we consider

00:28:41.719 --> 00:28:42.219
 these things

00:28:42.219 --> 00:28:43.139
 I've sure

00:28:43.139 --> 00:28:43.919
 said it before

00:28:43.919 --> 00:28:45.039
 from the front

00:28:45.039 --> 00:28:45.939
 but I find it

00:28:45.939 --> 00:28:46.500
 very helpful

00:28:46.500 --> 00:28:48.299
 it's a phrase

00:28:48.299 --> 00:28:48.879
 and it says

00:28:48.879 --> 00:28:49.639
 that regret

00:28:49.639 --> 00:28:50.559
 well it looks

00:28:50.559 --> 00:28:52.000
 back at the

00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:52.419
 past

00:28:52.419 --> 00:28:53.119
 regret looks

00:28:53.119 --> 00:28:53.599
 back

00:28:53.599 --> 00:28:54.339
 worry

00:28:54.339 --> 00:28:55.539
 worry looks

00:28:55.539 --> 00:28:56.739
 around present

00:28:56.739 --> 00:28:57.519
 circumstances

00:28:57.519 --> 00:28:58.679
 but you know

00:28:58.679 --> 00:28:59.739
 faith looks up

00:28:59.740 --> 00:29:01.120
 and if we

00:29:01.120 --> 00:29:01.500
 want to make

00:29:01.500 --> 00:29:02.240
 forward progress

00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:02.759
 if we want

00:29:02.759 --> 00:29:03.220
 to go on

00:29:03.220 --> 00:29:03.980
 in these

00:29:03.980 --> 00:29:04.380
 things

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 then we need

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 to be looking

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 up

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 you know

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 just to finish

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 we've seen

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 that history

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 is going

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 somewhere

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 the Bible

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 tells us

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 so

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 God's promises

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 well they can

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 be trusted

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 because we

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 can see the

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 past evidence

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 of previous

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 promises

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 that have

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 been fulfilled

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 all will be

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 made right

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 one day

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 which is all

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 that we desire

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 isn't it

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 all that we

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 long for

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 but we need

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 to trust in

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 God

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 we need to

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 accept

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 his work

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 of Jesus

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 to make us

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 right again

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 so that we

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 can be forever

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 with a holy

00:29:41.880 --> 00:29:42.740
 God in his

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 perfect presence

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 and when we

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 have that

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 heaven mentality

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 well it changes

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 the here and

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 now

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 our priorities

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 our goals

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 and our joy

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 we need to

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 let's

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 see you

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 in the

00:29:58.680 --> 00:29:59.220
 future

00:29:59.220 --> 00:29:59.820
!

00:29:59.820 --> 00:30:00.680
 we need to

00:30:00.680 --> 00:30:01.279
 see you

00:30:01.279 --> 00:30:02.680
 in the

00:30:02.680 --> 00:30:02.980
 future