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 For a short time to a reading in Colossians chapter 1.

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 We're going to look at the end of the section that we read.

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 The reading from verse 11.

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 May you be strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might,

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 for all endurance and patience, with joy, giving thanks to the Father,

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 who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light.

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 He has delivered us from the domain of darkness

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 and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son,

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 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

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 As you go through this letter that Paul wrote to the church at Colossae,

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 and indeed as you go through many of Paul's writings,

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 and as you go through the scriptures in general,

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 you find that the writers, inspired by God,

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 they are able to put into words, just in so few words,

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 such a clear teaching.

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 It's a gift I sometimes envy in people,

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 being able to put into a few words,

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 something that you would struggle,

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 even in a few sentences or paragraphs, to put across.

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 When I first went to study in Edinburgh,

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 one of the first essays I handed in came back, marked,

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 and I'd passed, and I was delighted,

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 but there's a little bit of feedback on the essay,

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 and the professor had said where I'd been writing strongly,

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 or where I could improve,

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 but one of the comments that really stood out for me was,

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 a bit wordy.

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 And you think to yourself, it's fine for a professor,

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 he's able to put things across so clearly,

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 but I was obviously struggling just to find words,

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 and when you've got a word count to reach,

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 you maybe just fill it in with a few extra words here and there.

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 But I'm sure you all know people,

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 and you're trying to get something across in words,

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 and then someone just comes in,

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 and in one sentence they're able to sum up things so beautifully,

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 and just in a way that is so clear,

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 and makes so much sense.

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 It is a gift to be able to do it.

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 And it is a gift that we have from God,

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 that we have his word in such a way to us,

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 and that his word comes across to us with so much clarity.

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 Even when there's times when you're reading through something,

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 and you've got questions about what you're reading,

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 and you're wondering, where's this going,

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 and how can we go forward with this?

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 And yet it's followed so often by a qualifier

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 that just sums up things so beautifully,

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 and puts everything into perspective.

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 And here as Paul is writing to the Colossians,

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 he does this for us.

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 He's talking here about living a life pleasing to God,

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 which really begins there in verse 10,

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 fully pleasing to him,

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 bearing fruit in every good work,

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 and increasing in the knowledge of God,

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 being strengthened in power according to his glorious might,

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 for all endurance and patience with joy,

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 giving thanks to the Father.

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 So there's so much there for us

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 about the wonder of all that God has done for us,

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 joyfully giving thanks to God.

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 But there are people who are enduring things,

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 who are suffering things,

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 and so just to leave it there would make you leave you wondering,

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 how can this be so?

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 How can we go on in a manner worthy of the Lord,

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 fully pleasing him,

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 bearing fruit,

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 being strengthened,

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 enduring with patience,

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 with joy,

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 and giving thanks?

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 How can you go on in this?

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 Well, he goes on to give a reason why.

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 In just a few words,

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 he sums up for us

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 a reason why

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 they and we can go forward like that,

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 looking to walk

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 in a manner worthy of the Lord,

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 fully pleasing him.

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 And how is it?

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 Well, he gives us

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 great reason for thanksgiving

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 and seeing the bigger picture

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 and reminds them here

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 of the love of God towards them,

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 the love of God

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 that will never leave them

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 in the midst of all

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 that they are seeking to do for him.

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 And there are three reasons

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 why they can focus here

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 that we want to think about this evening.

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 Three things that they have

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 and we have through faith.

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 You will have heard

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 or seen the idea

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 of a genie in the bottle.

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 Maybe it's in a cartoon

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 or something like that

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 where someone finds a bottle

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 and rubs the bottle

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 and the genie pops out

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 and you've got three wishes.

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 It's make-believe, of course,

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 but sometimes when you see this,

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 it makes you think,

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 what would I ask for?

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 If I had such an opportunity,

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 what would I ask for?

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 But what if God was asking you?

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 What do you want of me?

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 So when I think of that question,

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 I come back to Bartimaeus.

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 Blind Bartimaeus who met with Jesus

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 and Jesus asked him that very question.

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 What do you want me to do for you?

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 And what was Bartimaeus' response?

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 Lord, that I may see.

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 All the things that he could have asked for,

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 it was that he could see.

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 And that is what Jesus gave to him.

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 Well, here we see three things

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 that are ours through Christ.

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 And they're not wishful thinking.

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 They're not make-believe.

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 They are ours through faith in Christ.

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 And that's what Paul is reminding the Colossians here of.

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 That in their going forward,

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 in their living a life pleasing to God,

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 bearing fruit,

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 and all of these things,

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 with patience and joy and giving thanks,

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 he gives them three things

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 that they can hold on to.

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 And that's what we have in the middle of verse 12

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 down to verse 14.

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 And the three things that are highlighted for us

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 are there is a share in the inheritance of the saints.

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 That there is a deliverance,

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 as it speaks of in verse 13,

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 delivered us from the domain of darkness

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 and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved son.

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 And then the final one we see there in verse 14,

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 that is redemption,

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 the forgiveness of sins.

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 Three things that could seem almost like wishful thinking for us.

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 And yet it is what we have in Christ.

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 I just want us to focus on these three things together

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 just for a short time.

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 And we begin with that,

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 share in the inheritance of the saints in light.

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 Everything that we have here,

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 as Paul is writing,

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 is the foundation is God.

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 And what God has done for us

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 in Jesus Christ,

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 our Redeemer,

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 who lives.

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 That is the foundation of all of his writings.

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 It's the foundation of scriptures,

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 as we have it.

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 It's the foundation of all that we see

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 in the Old,

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 right through to the New Testament.

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 And language that Paul uses here

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 has so much of it

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 reflecting the Old Testament as well.

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 In summing up in a few words,

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 there's a depth of teaching here

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 and a breadth of teaching

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 that covers all kinds of situations

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 down through the generations

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 of God's people.

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 And here as he speaks of a share

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 in the inheritance of the saints in light,

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 it takes us right back to the Old Testament

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 and to the promises of God,

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 to his covenant promises

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 that he gave through Abraham,

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 Isaac, and Jacob,

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 that they would have an inheritance,

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 that God's people would have an inheritance.

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 And when you go back to the Old Testament,

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 so much of it was to do with land

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 and the promise of a land for God's people.

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 And it's the promises that you see fulfilled

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 during the Old Testament days

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 with the Exodus,

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 as God led the children of Israel out,

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 he was leading them to the promised land,

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 taking them out of slavery in Egypt

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 to the promised land.

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 And so there was a kind of exclusive side

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 to that inheritance,

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 that it was for God's chosen people

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 in the Old Testament,

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 God's chosen race.

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 But yet there is a change for us here now

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 in the New Testament.

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 Still the same kind of language,

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 this inheritance and a share in the inheritance,

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 but there's a change.

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 And that change is because of Christ's coming

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 and of what he has done for his people.

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 You see, the inheritance is broadened out.

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 It's for all of the saints in light.

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 And you think of this in light

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 of how the Old Testament,

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 we're looking at God's chosen people,

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 but the New Testament speaks about Jew and Gentile.

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 It speaks about all of God's people

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 in a broader sense.

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 And it's not just speaking about a land,

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 it's more than that.

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 We have an inheritance,

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 a share in the inheritance of the saints in light.

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 Of what?

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 Of God's chosen place for his people.

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 Not just a land in an earthly sense,

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 but in a heavenly sense.

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 Of what we have through Christ as our Lord.

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 And when you think of inheritance,

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 it's something that so often causes difficulties

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 in this world.

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 Especially when there's a lot to be gained

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 from an inheritance.

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 How many people and families

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 have fallen out over an inheritance?

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 Something that has been left by someone

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 for somebody else.

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 And maybe somebody's been left out.

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 Feeling that they were due something.

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 And they get nothing.

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 And if you look at it so much

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 in the world of the rich people

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 who have passed away,

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 how often you see it's caused

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 so many problems.

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 Famous people,

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 you could almost list them off.

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 People who have passed away.

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 Michael Jackson,

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 Bob Marley,

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 John Lennon,

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 Nelson Mandela,

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 Robin Williams.

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 There's been a whole host

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 of famous people

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 who have passed away.

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 And if you look it up,

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 what you find is

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 what they've left behind

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 has just caused

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 so much tension.

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 Fallouts.

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 People claiming

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 what they feel is rightfully theirs

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 and somebody else has got it.

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 even in some cases

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 has been left to an animal

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 or to a charity

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 and they feel so hard done by.

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 And it causes

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 so many problems.

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 But yet here we have

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 a wonderful inheritance

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 that is for all

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 and for any

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 who will put their trust

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 in the Lord Jesus.

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 It's for the saints,

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 the holy ones,

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 for Jew and Gentile,

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 for young and old,

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 for rich and poor.

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 No matter what,

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 it covers all.

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 By faith in Christ,

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 he has qualified you

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 to share the inheritance

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 of the saints

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 in light.

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 It is a wonderful promise.

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 And Paul puts it

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 to the Ephesians as well,

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 where he speaks there

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 in chapter 3,

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 in verse 6,

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 he says,

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 this mystery is that

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 the Gentiles are fellow heirs,

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 members of the same body

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 and partakers of the promise

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 in Christ Jesus

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 through the gospel.

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 Again,

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 just a few words

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 that sum it up for us.

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 The mystery

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 that the Gentiles

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 are fellow heirs,

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 partakers of the promise

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 in Christ Jesus

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 through the gospel.

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 So there's no debate,

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 there's no dispute.

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 It's what is ours

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 through the gospel,

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 through faith

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 in Jesus Christ.

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 And when you think

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 of the famous people

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 and the disputes

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 over their inheritance,

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 just looking at it

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 for money,

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 and yet the gospel

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 has so much to offer

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 on people

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 who should away,

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 they don't want it.

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 And this is what is ours

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 through Christ,

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 an inheritance

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 with the saints,

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 something that can be

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 never taken from us,

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 that is ours

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 through Christ.

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 What a wonderful

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 blessing that is.

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 So then,

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 in light of

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 what he has spoken

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 about before,

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 of fully pleasing,

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 bearing fruit,

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 increasing in knowledge,

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 having patience,

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 with all joy,

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 giving thanks,

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 here is one reason

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 why,

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 the inheritance

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 that is ours.

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 The second thing

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 we see here

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 is a rescue

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 from darkness.

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 He has delivered us

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 from the domain

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 of darkness

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 and transferred us

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 to the kingdom

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 of his beloved son.

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 So as well as

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 having something

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 that we really

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 had no right

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 to,

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 this inheritance,

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 ours through

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 the mercy of God,

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 verse 3 leads on

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 from there then.

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 And it's telling us

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 that there are two kingdoms

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 that we have

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 around us.

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 That there is

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 the kingdom

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 of darkness

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 and the kingdom

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 of light,

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 the kingdom

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 of God.

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 And we can only

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 be in one

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 or the other.

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 And the one

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 that should cause

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 us fear

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 is the kingdom

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 of darkness.

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 darkness.

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 And yet,

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 when you read

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 in other places

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 like in John's

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 gospel,

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 you read there

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 that the people

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 loved darkness.

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 They loved that

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 aspect of life

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 where they felt

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 hidden from God.

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 And yet,

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 there is that assurance

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 that God will bring

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 all into the light.

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 But in what way?

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 Well,

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 here we are given

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 assurance that

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 when we put our

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 trust in the Lord,

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 he has delivered us

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 from the domain

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 of darkness

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 and transferred us.

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 So he's taken us

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 from one

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 and put us

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 into the other.

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 And we are put

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 into the kingdom

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 of his beloved

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 son.

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 Again,

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 when you think

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 of Bartimaeus,

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 blind Bartimaeus,

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 how he was brought

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 from darkness

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 to light.

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 He was blind

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 and could not see

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 and yet,

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 by the mercy of God,

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 he was brought

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 to see Jesus

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 and follow him

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 on the way.

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 And that is,

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 again,

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 the Christian hope

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 that we have here.

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 The reasons

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 that we have

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 to be full of joy

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 and patience

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 and all of these things

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 is that we've been

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 brought from one place

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 to another.

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 John Newton

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 was another one

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 who saw that change

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 and transformation

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 himself.

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 How he knew

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 the grace of God

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 and he put it so well

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 when he said,

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 it's almost like

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 the darkness

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 still has a little

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 hold in some ways

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 and yet he knows

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 he's in the kingdom

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 of light

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 but he knows

00:16:02.139 --> 00:16:03.099
 he's still a work

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 in progress

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 but he knows

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 he's in the kingdom

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 of the beloved son

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 but he says,

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 I am not what I ought

00:16:09.899 --> 00:16:10.319
 to be.

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 I am not what I want

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 to be and I am not

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 what I hope to be

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 in another world

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 but still,

00:16:16.759 --> 00:16:17.779
 I am not what I once

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 used to be

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 and by the grace

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 of God,

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 I am what I am.

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 The grace of God

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 which enables us

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 to see where we've

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 been taken from

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 and taken to.

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 And again,

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 this is Old Testament

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 language for us as well

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 when you look at

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 the experience

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 of God's people

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 in the Old Testament

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 of one kingdom

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 and another

00:16:41.159 --> 00:16:42.399
 waging war

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 against them.

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 You think of

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 the children of Israel

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 again

00:16:45.860 --> 00:16:46.980
 and the Exodus

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 and how it speaks

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 of it in this way

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 in Exodus 6

00:16:50.980 --> 00:16:51.899
 verse 6

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 it says,

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 Therefore,

00:16:53.699 --> 00:16:55.059
 say to the Israelites,

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 I am the Lord

00:16:56.759 --> 00:16:59.479
 and I will bring you

00:16:59.479 --> 00:17:01.000
 out from under

00:17:01.000 --> 00:17:02.099
 the yoke of the Egyptians.

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 I will free you

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 from being slaves

00:17:05.039 --> 00:17:05.579
 to them

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 and I will redeem you

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 with an outstretched arm

00:17:08.500 --> 00:17:10.579
 and with mighty acts

00:17:10.579 --> 00:17:11.879
 of judgment.

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 There is the Lord

00:17:14.399 --> 00:17:16.659
 working in their midst.

00:17:17.659 --> 00:17:18.500
 He is the one

00:17:18.500 --> 00:17:19.619
 who brings them

00:17:19.619 --> 00:17:20.599
 out of the yoke

00:17:20.599 --> 00:17:21.299
 of the Egyptians

00:17:21.299 --> 00:17:23.159
 and who brings them

00:17:23.159 --> 00:17:24.599
 into another kingdom,

00:17:24.740 --> 00:17:25.639
 another place.

00:17:26.940 --> 00:17:27.879
 They were physically

00:17:27.879 --> 00:17:29.059
 delivered from one

00:17:29.059 --> 00:17:30.039
 to another

00:17:30.039 --> 00:17:32.359
 but now the emphasis

00:17:32.359 --> 00:17:33.059
 is on

00:17:33.059 --> 00:17:35.000
 a kingdom of darkness,

00:17:35.180 --> 00:17:36.200
 the works of evil

00:17:36.200 --> 00:17:37.119
 of this world,

00:17:37.579 --> 00:17:38.480
 to the kingdom

00:17:38.480 --> 00:17:40.539
 of the beloved son

00:17:40.539 --> 00:17:42.960
 and the redemption

00:17:42.960 --> 00:17:42.980
 and the redemption

00:17:42.980 --> 00:17:44.359
 that we have

00:17:44.359 --> 00:17:45.700
 in Christ.

00:17:47.119 --> 00:17:47.859
 And the trouble

00:17:47.859 --> 00:17:48.859
 that the Colossians

00:17:48.859 --> 00:17:49.799
 and so many other

00:17:49.799 --> 00:17:51.779
 churches in Paul's day

00:17:51.779 --> 00:17:52.599
 faced up to

00:17:52.599 --> 00:17:53.920
 was the false teachers

00:17:53.920 --> 00:17:54.519
 coming in

00:17:54.519 --> 00:17:54.940
 and saying,

00:17:54.940 --> 00:17:56.019
 you need to do

00:17:56.019 --> 00:17:56.039
 you need to do

00:17:56.039 --> 00:17:56.059
 you need to do

00:17:56.059 --> 00:17:56.080
 you need to do

00:17:56.080 --> 00:17:57.380
 X, Y and Z

00:17:57.380 --> 00:17:58.460
 before you can be

00:17:58.460 --> 00:17:59.880
 qualified for the

00:17:59.880 --> 00:18:01.140
 kingdom of God.

00:18:02.920 --> 00:18:03.920
 But no,

00:18:04.600 --> 00:18:06.100
 he delivers

00:18:06.100 --> 00:18:07.440
 from the domain

00:18:07.440 --> 00:18:08.120
 of darkness.

00:18:08.900 --> 00:18:10.140
 He brings us out

00:18:10.140 --> 00:18:12.380
 and puts us in.

00:18:14.059 --> 00:18:15.220
 Jesus does not just

00:18:15.220 --> 00:18:16.640
 bring us out

00:18:16.640 --> 00:18:17.320
 of darkness

00:18:17.320 --> 00:18:19.120
 but he brings us

00:18:19.120 --> 00:18:20.140
 into his own

00:18:20.140 --> 00:18:21.000
 kingdom.

00:18:21.000 --> 00:18:25.180
 Jesus saves us

00:18:25.180 --> 00:18:28.539
 and he speaks here

00:18:28.539 --> 00:18:29.680
 of that darkness

00:18:29.680 --> 00:18:31.119
 and light

00:18:31.119 --> 00:18:33.859
 and we speak

00:18:33.859 --> 00:18:34.859
 of darkness

00:18:34.859 --> 00:18:35.640
 around us

00:18:35.640 --> 00:18:36.380
 especially in the

00:18:36.380 --> 00:18:37.220
 winter months

00:18:37.220 --> 00:18:39.039
 and we talk about

00:18:39.039 --> 00:18:40.220
 maybe our eyes

00:18:40.220 --> 00:18:41.460
 becoming accustomed

00:18:41.460 --> 00:18:42.660
 to the dark

00:18:42.660 --> 00:18:44.059
 so that you're able

00:18:44.059 --> 00:18:45.480
 to see a little

00:18:45.480 --> 00:18:46.339
 at least in the

00:18:46.339 --> 00:18:46.740
 darkness

00:18:46.740 --> 00:18:47.460
 when your eyes

00:18:47.460 --> 00:18:48.200
 readjust

00:18:48.200 --> 00:18:50.500
 but would you

00:18:50.500 --> 00:18:52.039
 choose to live

00:18:52.039 --> 00:18:53.319
 in darkness?

00:18:54.619 --> 00:18:55.359
 Would you choose

00:18:55.359 --> 00:18:55.940
 to go out

00:18:55.940 --> 00:18:56.839
 on a dark night

00:18:56.839 --> 00:18:57.779
 and say it's a

00:18:57.779 --> 00:18:58.400
 full moon

00:18:58.400 --> 00:18:59.539
 so I'll think

00:18:59.539 --> 00:19:00.640
 I'll switch my car

00:19:00.640 --> 00:19:01.420
 headlights off

00:19:01.420 --> 00:19:02.099
 and just go

00:19:02.099 --> 00:19:03.579
 by that little light

00:19:03.579 --> 00:19:04.559
 I have from the moon?

00:19:04.680 --> 00:19:05.200
 You wouldn't.

00:19:05.839 --> 00:19:06.460
 You would still

00:19:06.460 --> 00:19:07.640
 keep your lights on.

00:19:08.579 --> 00:19:09.660
 You wouldn't go out

00:19:09.660 --> 00:19:10.420
 to the shed

00:19:10.420 --> 00:19:11.619
 and not switch

00:19:11.619 --> 00:19:12.319
 on the light

00:19:12.319 --> 00:19:13.039
 when it's dark

00:19:13.039 --> 00:19:13.859
 to start looking

00:19:13.859 --> 00:19:14.700
 around for something.

00:19:14.799 --> 00:19:15.200
 You would put

00:19:15.200 --> 00:19:16.539
 the lights on.

00:19:16.539 --> 00:19:19.399
 and so

00:19:19.399 --> 00:19:20.500
 as God

00:19:20.500 --> 00:19:21.500
 speaks to us

00:19:21.500 --> 00:19:22.099
 here about

00:19:22.099 --> 00:19:22.899
 the kingdom

00:19:22.899 --> 00:19:23.559
 of darkness

00:19:23.559 --> 00:19:24.240
 and the kingdom

00:19:24.240 --> 00:19:25.039
 of his beloved

00:19:25.039 --> 00:19:25.680
 son

00:19:25.680 --> 00:19:27.279
 which one

00:19:27.279 --> 00:19:27.920
 would you want?

00:19:28.019 --> 00:19:28.259
 Which one

00:19:28.259 --> 00:19:29.059
 would you choose

00:19:29.059 --> 00:19:30.139
 to be in?

00:19:31.139 --> 00:19:32.180
 Why would be happy

00:19:32.180 --> 00:19:33.599
 walking in darkness

00:19:33.599 --> 00:19:35.059
 when there is the

00:19:35.059 --> 00:19:35.859
 kingdom of his

00:19:35.859 --> 00:19:36.819
 beloved son

00:19:36.819 --> 00:19:37.420
 the kingdom

00:19:37.420 --> 00:19:38.579
 of light

00:19:38.579 --> 00:19:39.879
 to be part

00:19:39.879 --> 00:19:40.299
 of?

00:19:40.299 --> 00:19:43.119
 God

00:19:43.119 --> 00:19:44.460
 is able

00:19:44.460 --> 00:19:45.639
 to save

00:19:45.639 --> 00:19:46.039
 and that's

00:19:46.039 --> 00:19:46.619
 the wonder

00:19:46.619 --> 00:19:47.159
 of it

00:19:47.159 --> 00:19:49.099
 and he saves

00:19:49.099 --> 00:19:49.559
 sinners

00:19:49.559 --> 00:19:50.440
 transfers him

00:19:50.440 --> 00:19:50.940
 from one

00:19:50.940 --> 00:19:51.359
 kingdom

00:19:51.359 --> 00:19:52.460
 to another

00:19:52.460 --> 00:19:53.579
 and Jesus

00:19:53.579 --> 00:19:54.279
 warned

00:19:54.279 --> 00:19:55.220
 of this

00:19:55.220 --> 00:19:56.599
 he warned

00:19:56.599 --> 00:19:57.240
 in the gospel

00:19:57.240 --> 00:19:57.799
 of John

00:19:57.799 --> 00:19:58.539
 so often

00:19:58.539 --> 00:19:59.579
 about the need

00:19:59.579 --> 00:20:00.500
 to be in the light

00:20:00.500 --> 00:20:01.259
 that he is

00:20:01.259 --> 00:20:02.099
 the light

00:20:02.099 --> 00:20:02.839
 of the world

00:20:02.839 --> 00:20:04.720
 and in chapter 12

00:20:04.720 --> 00:20:05.299
 he said

00:20:05.299 --> 00:20:06.299
 to the people

00:20:06.299 --> 00:20:06.659
 there

00:20:06.659 --> 00:20:07.539
 Jesus said

00:20:07.539 --> 00:20:07.779
 to them

00:20:07.779 --> 00:20:08.200
 the light

00:20:08.200 --> 00:20:08.899
 is among you

00:20:08.899 --> 00:20:09.399
 for a little

00:20:09.399 --> 00:20:10.180
 while longer

00:20:10.180 --> 00:20:11.480
 walk while you

00:20:11.480 --> 00:20:12.299
 have the light

00:20:12.299 --> 00:20:13.340
 lest darkness

00:20:13.340 --> 00:20:14.460
 overtake you

00:20:14.460 --> 00:20:15.620
 the one who

00:20:15.620 --> 00:20:16.580
 walks in darkness

00:20:16.580 --> 00:20:17.560
 does not know

00:20:17.560 --> 00:20:19.000
 where he is going

00:20:19.000 --> 00:20:20.420
 while you have

00:20:20.420 --> 00:20:20.860
 the light

00:20:20.860 --> 00:20:22.100
 believe in the light

00:20:22.100 --> 00:20:23.060
 that you may

00:20:23.060 --> 00:20:24.500
 become sons

00:20:24.500 --> 00:20:26.019
 of the light

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 and here we have

00:20:27.880 --> 00:20:28.880
 the kingdom

00:20:28.880 --> 00:20:30.060
 of his beloved

00:20:30.060 --> 00:20:30.600
 son

00:20:30.600 --> 00:20:31.720
 that we would

00:20:31.720 --> 00:20:32.820
 be his sons

00:20:32.820 --> 00:20:34.039
 of light

00:20:34.039 --> 00:20:35.740
 so God

00:20:35.740 --> 00:20:36.940
 has qualified

00:20:36.940 --> 00:20:37.740
 you for an

00:20:37.740 --> 00:20:38.340
 inheritance

00:20:38.339 --> 00:20:39.720
 he has

00:20:39.720 --> 00:20:40.539
 transferred you

00:20:40.539 --> 00:20:40.839
 from the

00:20:40.839 --> 00:20:41.439
 domain of

00:20:41.439 --> 00:20:41.899
 darkness

00:20:41.899 --> 00:20:42.839
 to the

00:20:42.839 --> 00:20:43.179
 kingdom

00:20:43.179 --> 00:20:43.679
 of his

00:20:43.679 --> 00:20:44.240
 beloved

00:20:44.240 --> 00:20:44.859
 son

00:20:44.859 --> 00:20:46.000
 there are

00:20:46.000 --> 00:20:46.839
 two reasons

00:20:46.839 --> 00:20:47.959
 to go on

00:20:47.959 --> 00:20:48.579
 and joy

00:20:48.579 --> 00:20:50.199
 and thanksgiving

00:20:50.199 --> 00:20:52.059
 and you have

00:20:52.059 --> 00:20:52.619
 the third

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 and final one

00:20:53.559 --> 00:20:54.459
 here as well

00:20:54.459 --> 00:20:56.639
 in verse 14

00:20:56.639 --> 00:20:57.919
 the kingdom

00:20:57.919 --> 00:20:58.639
 of the beloved

00:20:58.639 --> 00:20:59.259
 son

00:20:59.259 --> 00:21:00.000
 and it's in the

00:21:00.000 --> 00:21:00.399
 son

00:21:00.399 --> 00:21:01.399
 in whom

00:21:01.399 --> 00:21:01.959
 we have

00:21:01.959 --> 00:21:02.579
 redemption

00:21:02.579 --> 00:21:04.139
 the forgiveness

00:21:04.140 --> 00:21:05.860
 of sins

00:21:05.860 --> 00:21:08.800
 so we are

00:21:08.800 --> 00:21:09.420
 brought into

00:21:09.420 --> 00:21:09.980
 view of

00:21:09.980 --> 00:21:11.160
 the cross

00:21:11.160 --> 00:21:11.520
 now

00:21:11.520 --> 00:21:13.020
 of all

00:21:13.020 --> 00:21:13.420
 that has been

00:21:13.420 --> 00:21:14.360
 done for us

00:21:14.360 --> 00:21:15.500
 on the cross

00:21:15.500 --> 00:21:16.320
 of Christ

00:21:16.320 --> 00:21:17.600
 the redemption

00:21:17.600 --> 00:21:19.060
 the forgiveness

00:21:19.060 --> 00:21:19.780
 of sin

00:21:19.780 --> 00:21:20.700
 that is ours

00:21:20.700 --> 00:21:22.240
 through Christ

00:21:22.240 --> 00:21:23.900
 so we have

00:21:23.900 --> 00:21:24.480
 an inheritance

00:21:24.480 --> 00:21:25.500
 we have a rescue

00:21:25.500 --> 00:21:26.800
 but perhaps

00:21:26.800 --> 00:21:27.660
 even more

00:21:27.660 --> 00:21:28.440
 importantly

00:21:28.440 --> 00:21:29.540
 we have

00:21:29.540 --> 00:21:30.240
 the forgiveness

00:21:30.240 --> 00:21:31.920
 of sins

00:21:31.920 --> 00:21:34.120
 we couldn't

00:21:34.120 --> 00:21:34.539
 do any

00:21:34.539 --> 00:21:35.059
 of these

00:21:35.059 --> 00:21:35.579
 things

00:21:35.579 --> 00:21:37.480
 we couldn't

00:21:37.480 --> 00:21:38.720
 give ourselves

00:21:38.720 --> 00:21:39.480
 the inheritance

00:21:39.480 --> 00:21:41.240
 we couldn't

00:21:41.240 --> 00:21:42.380
 transfer ourselves

00:21:42.380 --> 00:21:42.740
 from the

00:21:42.740 --> 00:21:43.240
 kingdom of

00:21:43.240 --> 00:21:43.660
 darkness

00:21:43.660 --> 00:21:44.359
 to light

00:21:44.359 --> 00:21:45.599
 and we

00:21:45.599 --> 00:21:46.039
 certainly

00:21:46.039 --> 00:21:46.660
 could never

00:21:46.660 --> 00:21:47.299
 redeem

00:21:47.299 --> 00:21:48.039
 ourselves

00:21:48.039 --> 00:21:49.299
 because as

00:21:49.299 --> 00:21:49.859
 the psalmist

00:21:49.859 --> 00:21:50.299
 says

00:21:50.299 --> 00:21:51.680
 to redeem

00:21:51.680 --> 00:21:52.319
 my life

00:21:52.319 --> 00:21:53.220
 is costly

00:21:53.220 --> 00:21:54.160
 none

00:21:54.160 --> 00:21:55.120
 sufficient

00:21:55.120 --> 00:21:55.759
 price

00:21:55.759 --> 00:21:56.519
 can pay

00:21:56.519 --> 00:21:58.299
 but the

00:21:58.299 --> 00:21:59.160
 Lord Jesus

00:21:59.160 --> 00:22:00.300
 has paid

00:22:00.300 --> 00:22:01.019
 it for us

00:22:01.019 --> 00:22:02.340
 we have

00:22:02.340 --> 00:22:03.820
 redemption

00:22:03.820 --> 00:22:04.980
 we have

00:22:04.980 --> 00:22:05.640
 redeemed

00:22:05.640 --> 00:22:07.140
 a price

00:22:07.140 --> 00:22:08.259
 has been

00:22:08.259 --> 00:22:08.620
 paid

00:22:08.620 --> 00:22:10.040
 and again

00:22:10.040 --> 00:22:11.220
 that word

00:22:11.220 --> 00:22:12.380
 has reference

00:22:12.380 --> 00:22:12.880
 to the

00:22:12.880 --> 00:22:13.600
 Old Testament

00:22:13.600 --> 00:22:15.120
 redemption

00:22:15.120 --> 00:22:16.360
 is so much

00:22:16.360 --> 00:22:17.200
 related to

00:22:17.200 --> 00:22:17.779
 slavery

00:22:17.779 --> 00:22:19.500
 and to

00:22:19.500 --> 00:22:20.060
 being in

00:22:20.060 --> 00:22:20.820
 bondage

00:22:20.820 --> 00:22:22.420
 and to

00:22:22.420 --> 00:22:23.140
 be redeemed

00:22:23.140 --> 00:22:24.060
 was to

00:22:24.060 --> 00:22:24.900
 be set

00:22:24.900 --> 00:22:25.360
 free

00:22:25.360 --> 00:22:26.140
 and that's

00:22:26.140 --> 00:22:26.420
 certainly

00:22:26.420 --> 00:22:27.180
 what the

00:22:27.180 --> 00:22:27.680
 people would

00:22:27.680 --> 00:22:28.060
 have had

00:22:28.060 --> 00:22:28.340
 in their

00:22:28.340 --> 00:22:28.680
 mind

00:22:28.680 --> 00:22:29.140
 here

00:22:29.140 --> 00:22:30.020
 even

00:22:30.020 --> 00:22:30.320
 looking

00:22:30.320 --> 00:22:30.700
 back

00:22:30.700 --> 00:22:31.060
 to the

00:22:31.060 --> 00:22:31.660
 exodus

00:22:31.660 --> 00:22:32.620
 and being

00:22:32.620 --> 00:22:33.300
 slaves

00:22:33.300 --> 00:22:33.900
 in Egypt

00:22:33.900 --> 00:22:34.220
 to be

00:22:34.220 --> 00:22:34.700
 redeemed

00:22:34.700 --> 00:22:35.460
 was to

00:22:35.460 --> 00:22:36.020
 be set

00:22:36.020 --> 00:22:36.520
 free

00:22:36.520 --> 00:22:37.440
 from that

00:22:37.440 --> 00:22:38.040
 slavery

00:22:38.040 --> 00:22:39.660
 so now

00:22:39.660 --> 00:22:39.940
 we are

00:22:39.940 --> 00:22:40.320
 looking at

00:22:40.320 --> 00:22:40.540
 it in

00:22:40.540 --> 00:22:40.820
 another

00:22:40.820 --> 00:22:41.180
 way

00:22:41.180 --> 00:22:41.880
 a

00:22:41.880 --> 00:22:42.440
 redemption

00:22:42.440 --> 00:22:43.340
 the

00:22:43.340 --> 00:22:43.860
 forgiveness

00:22:43.860 --> 00:22:44.780
 of sin

00:22:44.780 --> 00:22:47.560
 the Bible

00:22:47.560 --> 00:22:48.080
 the New

00:22:48.080 --> 00:22:48.540
 Testament

00:22:48.540 --> 00:22:49.480
 speaks about

00:22:49.480 --> 00:22:50.000
 being in

00:22:50.000 --> 00:22:50.640
 bondage

00:22:50.640 --> 00:22:51.480
 to sin

00:22:51.480 --> 00:22:52.380
 being slaves

00:22:52.380 --> 00:22:53.120
 to sin

00:22:53.120 --> 00:22:54.160
 and the

00:22:54.160 --> 00:22:54.500
 only way

00:22:54.500 --> 00:22:54.820
 to be

00:22:54.820 --> 00:22:55.300
 freed

00:22:55.300 --> 00:22:56.060
 is through

00:22:56.060 --> 00:22:56.700
 the price

00:22:56.700 --> 00:22:57.480
 being paid

00:22:57.480 --> 00:22:58.160
 for us

00:22:58.160 --> 00:22:59.279
 and Christ

00:22:59.279 --> 00:23:00.000
 came to

00:23:00.000 --> 00:23:00.380
 redeem

00:23:00.380 --> 00:23:01.240
 sinners

00:23:01.240 --> 00:23:02.640
 to save

00:23:02.640 --> 00:23:03.180
 sinners

00:23:03.180 --> 00:23:04.140
 from their

00:23:04.140 --> 00:23:04.519
 sin

00:23:04.519 --> 00:23:06.059
 so that no

00:23:06.059 --> 00:23:06.559
 longer we

00:23:06.559 --> 00:23:06.759
 will be

00:23:06.759 --> 00:23:07.660
 slaves to

00:23:07.660 --> 00:23:07.960
 sin

00:23:07.960 --> 00:23:08.920
 but we

00:23:08.920 --> 00:23:09.200
 will be

00:23:09.200 --> 00:23:09.759
 free

00:23:09.759 --> 00:23:10.900
 in him

00:23:10.900 --> 00:23:13.380
 and the

00:23:13.380 --> 00:23:14.280
 image here

00:23:14.280 --> 00:23:16.340
 you think

00:23:16.340 --> 00:23:16.800
 of being

00:23:16.800 --> 00:23:17.960
 set free

00:23:17.960 --> 00:23:19.100
 from prison

00:23:19.100 --> 00:23:19.580
 there's almost

00:23:19.580 --> 00:23:20.480
 two ways

00:23:20.480 --> 00:23:21.360
 it can

00:23:21.360 --> 00:23:21.880
 happen

00:23:21.880 --> 00:23:23.820
 there was a

00:23:23.820 --> 00:23:25.000
 series called

00:23:25.000 --> 00:23:26.040
 prison break

00:23:26.040 --> 00:23:27.080
 where two

00:23:27.080 --> 00:23:28.300
 brothers escaped

00:23:28.300 --> 00:23:28.980
 from prison

00:23:28.980 --> 00:23:30.019
 but all the

00:23:30.019 --> 00:23:30.720
 time that they

00:23:30.720 --> 00:23:31.400
 had escaped

00:23:31.400 --> 00:23:31.940
 they were always

00:23:31.940 --> 00:23:33.100
 looking behind

00:23:33.100 --> 00:23:33.480
 them and

00:23:33.480 --> 00:23:33.940
 wondering

00:23:33.940 --> 00:23:34.840
 would they be

00:23:34.840 --> 00:23:35.320
 caught

00:23:35.320 --> 00:23:36.100
 would they be

00:23:36.100 --> 00:23:36.780
 found out

00:23:36.780 --> 00:23:37.620
 would they be

00:23:37.620 --> 00:23:38.220
 put back

00:23:38.220 --> 00:23:38.560
 in

00:23:38.559 --> 00:23:40.119
 and that's

00:23:40.119 --> 00:23:40.619
 one way

00:23:40.619 --> 00:23:40.960
 you could

00:23:40.960 --> 00:23:41.359
 look at

00:23:41.359 --> 00:23:41.779
 this

00:23:41.779 --> 00:23:43.480
 a freedom

00:23:43.480 --> 00:23:44.139
 a forgiveness

00:23:44.139 --> 00:23:44.759
 of sins

00:23:44.759 --> 00:23:45.599
 but we're

00:23:45.599 --> 00:23:46.460
 always looking

00:23:46.460 --> 00:23:47.220
 behind our

00:23:47.220 --> 00:23:47.700
 back

00:23:47.700 --> 00:23:49.179
 just like

00:23:49.179 --> 00:23:49.539
 being on

00:23:49.539 --> 00:23:49.819
 run

00:23:49.819 --> 00:23:50.460
 on the run

00:23:50.460 --> 00:23:51.139
 from prison

00:23:51.139 --> 00:23:51.799
 and you

00:23:51.799 --> 00:23:52.519
 can't live

00:23:52.519 --> 00:23:53.159
 your life

00:23:53.159 --> 00:23:54.119
 because you're

00:23:54.119 --> 00:23:54.720
 always in

00:23:54.720 --> 00:23:55.119
 fear

00:23:55.119 --> 00:23:57.000
 you're always

00:23:57.000 --> 00:23:57.740
 wondering

00:23:57.740 --> 00:23:58.679
 what's

00:23:58.679 --> 00:23:59.200
 ahead

00:23:59.200 --> 00:24:01.119
 but the

00:24:01.119 --> 00:24:01.740
 image here

00:24:01.740 --> 00:24:02.179
 is not

00:24:02.179 --> 00:24:02.579
 that

00:24:02.579 --> 00:24:04.139
 it's much

00:24:04.139 --> 00:24:04.980
 more powerful

00:24:04.980 --> 00:24:06.359
 the image

00:24:06.359 --> 00:24:06.799
 is of

00:24:06.799 --> 00:24:08.079
 a rescue

00:24:08.079 --> 00:24:09.319
 of being

00:24:09.319 --> 00:24:09.980
 freed

00:24:09.980 --> 00:24:11.799
 of being

00:24:11.799 --> 00:24:12.319
 found

00:24:12.319 --> 00:24:13.039
 guilty

00:24:13.039 --> 00:24:14.119
 and put

00:24:14.119 --> 00:24:14.759
 in prison

00:24:14.759 --> 00:24:16.159
 but someone

00:24:16.159 --> 00:24:16.759
 else has

00:24:16.759 --> 00:24:17.139
 come

00:24:17.139 --> 00:24:18.899
 someone else

00:24:18.899 --> 00:24:19.740
 has confessed

00:24:19.740 --> 00:24:21.259
 someone else

00:24:21.259 --> 00:24:21.839
 has taken

00:24:21.839 --> 00:24:22.799
 the guilt

00:24:22.799 --> 00:24:23.220
 that you

00:24:23.220 --> 00:24:23.579
 had

00:24:23.579 --> 00:24:24.559
 and taken

00:24:24.559 --> 00:24:24.919
 it on

00:24:24.919 --> 00:24:25.500
 themselves

00:24:25.500 --> 00:24:27.199
 so you

00:24:27.199 --> 00:24:27.740
 are set

00:24:27.740 --> 00:24:28.179
 free

00:24:28.179 --> 00:24:29.859
 because they

00:24:29.859 --> 00:24:31.000
 have taken

00:24:31.000 --> 00:24:32.179
 the price

00:24:32.179 --> 00:24:34.079
 and that is

00:24:34.079 --> 00:24:34.659
 what we have

00:24:34.659 --> 00:24:35.079
 here

00:24:35.079 --> 00:24:36.259
 we have

00:24:36.259 --> 00:24:36.859
 redemption

00:24:36.859 --> 00:24:37.639
 the forgiveness

00:24:37.640 --> 00:24:38.860
 of sin

00:24:38.860 --> 00:24:40.560
 because

00:24:40.560 --> 00:24:42.420
 as Mark

00:24:42.420 --> 00:24:42.900
 puts it

00:24:42.900 --> 00:24:43.200
 in his

00:24:43.200 --> 00:24:43.660
 gospel

00:24:43.660 --> 00:24:44.080
 as it

00:24:44.080 --> 00:24:44.420
 says in

00:24:44.420 --> 00:24:44.960
 his gospel

00:24:44.960 --> 00:24:45.860
 for even

00:24:45.860 --> 00:24:46.240
 the son

00:24:46.240 --> 00:24:46.680
 of man

00:24:46.680 --> 00:24:47.080
 did not

00:24:47.080 --> 00:24:47.600
 come to

00:24:47.600 --> 00:24:48.220
 be served

00:24:48.220 --> 00:24:48.640
 but to

00:24:48.640 --> 00:24:49.220
 serve

00:24:49.220 --> 00:24:50.100
 and to

00:24:50.100 --> 00:24:50.460
 give his

00:24:50.460 --> 00:24:50.880
 life

00:24:50.880 --> 00:24:51.300
 as a

00:24:51.300 --> 00:24:51.680
 ransom

00:24:51.680 --> 00:24:52.900
 for many

00:24:52.900 --> 00:24:54.380
 he has

00:24:54.380 --> 00:24:54.980
 redeemed

00:24:54.980 --> 00:24:56.040
 his

00:24:56.040 --> 00:24:56.940
 people

00:24:56.940 --> 00:24:59.960
 so we

00:24:59.960 --> 00:25:00.440
 have these

00:25:00.440 --> 00:25:01.759
 three things

00:25:01.759 --> 00:25:03.820
 three things

00:25:03.820 --> 00:25:04.200
 that for

00:25:04.200 --> 00:25:04.600
 some

00:25:04.599 --> 00:25:05.459
 it can

00:25:05.459 --> 00:25:05.679
 seem

00:25:05.679 --> 00:25:06.019
 just like

00:25:06.019 --> 00:25:06.659
 wishful

00:25:06.659 --> 00:25:07.379
 thinking

00:25:07.379 --> 00:25:08.639
 that we

00:25:08.639 --> 00:25:09.099
 would ever

00:25:09.099 --> 00:25:09.859
 have such

00:25:09.859 --> 00:25:10.439
 a blessing

00:25:10.439 --> 00:25:11.619
 of God

00:25:11.619 --> 00:25:12.359
 in Christ

00:25:12.359 --> 00:25:13.699
 but here

00:25:13.699 --> 00:25:14.059
 we are

00:25:14.059 --> 00:25:14.579
 told

00:25:14.579 --> 00:25:15.439
 what is

00:25:15.439 --> 00:25:15.839
 ours

00:25:15.839 --> 00:25:16.139
 through

00:25:16.139 --> 00:25:16.639
 faith

00:25:16.639 --> 00:25:17.179
 in Christ

00:25:17.179 --> 00:25:17.779
 and why

00:25:17.779 --> 00:25:18.559
 we can

00:25:18.559 --> 00:25:19.019
 go on

00:25:19.019 --> 00:25:19.819
 strengthened

00:25:19.819 --> 00:25:21.119
 with endurance

00:25:21.119 --> 00:25:21.819
 with patience

00:25:21.819 --> 00:25:22.419
 with joy

00:25:22.419 --> 00:25:23.799
 giving thanks

00:25:23.799 --> 00:25:25.180
 because

00:25:25.180 --> 00:25:26.700
 we have

00:25:26.700 --> 00:25:27.460
 a share

00:25:27.460 --> 00:25:28.259
 in the

00:25:28.259 --> 00:25:28.759
 inheritance

00:25:28.759 --> 00:25:29.259
 of the

00:25:29.259 --> 00:25:29.700
 saints

00:25:29.700 --> 00:25:31.399
 we have

00:25:31.399 --> 00:25:31.559
 been

00:25:31.559 --> 00:25:31.980
 delivered

00:25:31.980 --> 00:25:32.839
 from the

00:25:32.839 --> 00:25:33.259
 domain

00:25:33.259 --> 00:25:33.919
 of darkness

00:25:33.919 --> 00:25:34.619
 and transferred

00:25:34.619 --> 00:25:35.960
 to the

00:25:35.960 --> 00:25:36.339
 kingdom

00:25:36.339 --> 00:25:37.079
 of his

00:25:37.079 --> 00:25:37.500
 beloved

00:25:37.500 --> 00:25:38.000
 son

00:25:38.000 --> 00:25:39.480
 and we

00:25:39.480 --> 00:25:39.779
 have

00:25:39.779 --> 00:25:40.639
 redemption

00:25:40.639 --> 00:25:42.279
 we have

00:25:42.279 --> 00:25:42.819
 freedom

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 we have

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 the forgiveness

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 of sin

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 isn't it a

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 wonderful

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 reason

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 to give

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 thanks to

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 God

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 for what

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 we have

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 through

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 Christ

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 and why

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 we aim

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 to live

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 a life

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 fully

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 pleasing

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 to him

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 in just

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 these few

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 words

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 it is

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 summed up

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 so beautifully

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 for us

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 what we

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 have

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 in Christ

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 these

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 three

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 wonderful

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 things

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 that are

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 ours

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 through

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 faith

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 and may

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 God's

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 words

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 strengthen

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 us

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 and help

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 us

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 to go

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 on

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 living

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 for him

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 knowing

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 and reminding

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 ourselves

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 of what

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 is ours

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 in Christ

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 let us

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 pray

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 God's

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 I'm

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 we're

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 all

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 we're

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 we're

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 all

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 we're

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 we offer

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 to be

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 we're

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 we're

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 we're

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 going to