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 You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama.

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 Our passion is to experience and express grace. Join us.

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 Contrary to popular belief, I am Will Spink. We're often confused when we're out in his will.

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 Yeah, no, it's a privilege to be here as one of your ruling elders to get to share

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 God's word with you. So let me pray for that.

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 And then we will take a look at John chapter 3.

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 Lord, we do thank you that we can surrender all.

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 And I do thank you for that inscription on the Stony Brook altar as you go there to preach

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 that says, Sir, we would see Jesus. A reminder of when the Greeks came to hear Christ.

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 And I pray that now, that we would see Jesus, Lord, that you would

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 strike a straight blow with this crooked stick.

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 And I pray it in Christ's name. Amen.

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 So we are going to continue in John 3, if you have your Bibles.

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 It might say what page it's on, the Pew Bible, page 887.

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 And it's John 3, 22, the end, till the end of it, chapter 3.

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 You know, I love that Will chose the book of John, the gospel of John, to lead us through

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 this season. I love the book of John.

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 I love it for several reasons.

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 I'm going to give you three.

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 One, it was written by John, John the apostle.

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 John, who knew Christ better than anyone else on earth.

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 Arguably his closest friend.

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 And this friend of Christ writes this about Jesus.

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 He says at the end, I could have written volumes and volumes and volumes,

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 but these I've written that you might believe.

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 So I like it was written by John.

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 And I like also that as we read it, we find new reason to believe in Christ.

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 It's written that we might believe.

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 You can read it in a sitting.

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 I'd encourage you sometime as we're preaching through this series,

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 that you sit down and read it for yourself.

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 Whether you know Christ or not, read it.

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 See really who he is, as his good friend John writes.

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 And then also I like that there is the element of light and darkness

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 throughout the gospel of John.

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 I'm an imagery guy.

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 I like to see things.

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 And that comes out throughout it.

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 And I like the thought that he brings me out of darkness,

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 out of darkness into light.

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 It was funny as I was awakened in the night last night with a stiff neck.

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 And I thought the Lord was saying, Mark, yield to me.

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 Don't be stiff necked.

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 So may that be the case.

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 Let's read then these verses from John 3, 22 through 36.

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 After this, Jesus and his disciples went into the Judean countryside

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 and he remained there with them and was baptizing.

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 John also was baptizing at Anon and Salem because water was plentiful there

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 and people were coming and being baptized.

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 For John had not yet been put in prison.

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 Now a discussion arose between some of John's disciples and a Jew over purification.

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 And there came to John and said to him, Rabbi, he who was with you across the Jordan

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 to whom you bore witness, look, he is baptizing and all are going to him.

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 John answered, a person cannot receive even one thing unless it is given him from heaven.

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 You yourselves bear me witness that I said, I am not the Christ, but I have been sent before him.

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 The one who has the bride is the bridegroom.

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 The friend of the bridegroom who stands and hears him rejoices greatly at the bridegroom's voice.

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 Therefore, this joy of mine is now complete.

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 He must increase, but I must decrease.

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 He who comes from above is above all.

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 He who is of the earth belongs to the earth and speaks in an earthly way.

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 He who comes from heaven is above all.

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 He bears witness to what he has seen and heard, yet no one receives his testimony.

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 Whoever receives his testimony sets his seal to this, that God is true.

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 For he whom God has sent utters the words of God, for he gives the spirit without measure.

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 The Father loves the Son and has given all things into his hand.

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 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life.

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 Whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.

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 There's an outline in the bulletin, and I've divided it into four sections.

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 An ironic opening.

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 Ironic opening.

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 Who's who?

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 Who's who?

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 Less is more.

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 And a final warning.

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 I did talk a little bit about John the Apostle, sometimes called John the Evangelist, because

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 he said, I wrote these things that you might believe.

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 And this John is writing about another John, John the Baptist.

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 John is, we heard earlier in these sermon series, John the Baptist is a prophet, and he's the

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 greatest prophet of them all.

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 Jesus said that about him, and it's because of the message that he brings.

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 He's announcing the Messiah.

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 Like most prophets, they have a difficult life.

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 John ate locusts, lived in the desert.

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 He had a message from God of great hope.

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 But like most prophets also, it's a double-edged sword.

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 And so we do close with a warning from John the Baptist.

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 So this opening, I call it an ironic opening.

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 The scene is that the disciples of John the Baptist apparently go over to see Jesus and the baptisms

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 that are going in his area.

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 And they come back to John.

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 And as you can see here, it's even exaggerated a bit.

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 They say, everybody's going to Jesus.

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 And they're actually upset about it.

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 And they get into an argument over purification and over baptism, apparently.

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 Can you see the irony of that?

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 They're arguing about what Christ is doing and that Christ is increasing.

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 Have you ever had that in your life where as Christ gets nearer to you,

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 he calls you to something that, oh no, all of a sudden you feel threatened

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 that your life might be diminished?

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 Or he moves in a relationship of friends of yours,

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 and they're experiencing Christ in a new way,

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 and it's not good for you, and you feel threatened.

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 Also, these men, just think about it, you know,

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 they're hanging around one of the most godly guys of all time,

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 John the Baptist, and then Jesus himself.

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 And yet, I don't think they treated each other very well.

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 So if it can happen to them, it can happen to us.

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 You know, I'm an elder here, love our brothers,

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 but do we have conflict, sometimes sharp conflict?

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 We do.

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 That's just part of who we are without Christ.

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 For those of you who pray for us, thank you.

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 Continue to pray.

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 And I will brag on our pastor, Will, does an exceptional job

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 of putting down his agenda.

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 Our meetings are not always efficient, but they are godly.

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 And we work it out.

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 God's economy is on a whole different timetable.

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 And thank you, Brother Jeremy, for leading us in that today

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 about rest and quietness.

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 Let's look at a couple of verses where this was common

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 to the early church.

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 In 1 Corinthians 4, 6, and 7,

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 1 Corinthians 4, 6, and 7, Paul writes,

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 and again, the same kind of deal about conflict.

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 I have applied all these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, brothers,

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 that you may learn by us not to go beyond what is written,

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 that none of you may be puffed up in favor of one against another.

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 You know, there it is, in favor of one against another.

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 For who sees anything different in you?

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 What do you have that you did not receive?

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 If then you received it,

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 why do you boast as if you did not receive it?

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 And then we're going to read another section,

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 a chapter earlier in there.

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 And again, the antidote will be the same thing.

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 And I do thank the Lord that whenever he calls us to something,

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 he doesn't call us to do it by our own grit and willpower,

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 though there is effort,

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 but he gives us a power,

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 a power to suppress the evil and walk in the good.

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 So even earlier he says this,

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 for you're still of the flesh.

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 While there is jealousy and strife among you,

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 are you not of the flesh and behaving only in a human way?

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 For when one says,

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 I follow Paul,

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 another,

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 I follow Apollos,

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 are you not merely being human?

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 And in this case we see,

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 you know,

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 they were following John the Baptist instead of identifying with John and his purposes instead of Christ.

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 And it's like that in our life,

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 even in church life.

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 And I would refer to that as church life,

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 that they,

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 anytime a cause,

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 even a good cause,

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 if Christ isn't at the heart of it,

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 might there be selfish ambition and personal gain?

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 That's often the case for me.

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 James summarizes it this way.

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 Who is wise and understanding among you?

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 By his good conduct,

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 let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom.

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 That's hard for us,

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 in the meekness of wisdom.

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 We want it to be arrogance.

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 We want it to be boastful.

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 At least I do.

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 But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts,

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 do not boast,

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 be false to the truth.

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 This is not the wisdom that comes down from above,

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 but it's earthly,

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 unspiritual,

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 demonic.

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 For where jealousy and selfish ambition exists,

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 there will be disorder

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 in every vile practice.

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 But the wisdom from above is first pure,

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 then peaceable,

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 gentle,

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 open to reason,

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 full of mercy and good fruits,

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 impartial and sincere.

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 And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace

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 by those who make peace.

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 An ironic opening,

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 conflict amongst the godly,

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 and a conflict about Jesus rising in importance.

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 And we'll see how John answers this

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 and how it'll work out in our hearts.

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 So that's the opening.

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 Secondly,

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 who's who?

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 Who's who?

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 So when the disciples come to John,

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 what does he say to them?

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 You know,

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 does he say to them,

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 look,

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 I told you guys,

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 you guys are slipping a lot.

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 You need to get up a little earlier,

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 work a little harder.

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 Your marketing plan is failing.

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 You need a new marketing plan.

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 We need some gimmicks out there.

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 We need to be more efficient.

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 You guys are missing it.

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 Of course not.

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 That would be,

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 as the British like to say

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 in their translation of the Bible,

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 rubbish.

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 Rubbish.

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 What does John say?

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 He says,

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 who's who?

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 He says,

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 I am from the earth.

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 I speak from the earth,

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 earthly things.

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 He's from above.

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 He's different.

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 I can,

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 I have a great calling from the Lord.

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 I'm bringing Israel to repentance

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 to get ready to meet the Christ.

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 A huge,

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 huge,

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 huge calling from the Lord.

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 Very important man of God.

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 But he says,

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 compared to Christ,

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 I am nothing.

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 I am nothing.

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 I can't give you anything

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 that was given,

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 that wasn't given to me.

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 But Christ,

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 he can give you,

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 and we'll learn next week,

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 and with the woman at the well,

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 he can give you wells of salvation

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 that never run dry.

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 He can give you life.

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 Don't compare me to Christ.

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 There's no comparison.

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 And then he says these haunting words.

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 He must increase,

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 and I must decrease.

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 He must increase,

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 and I must decrease.

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 One quote from D.A. Carson,

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 there's a great commentary on John.

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 He says this,

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 deep discontentment over God's wise,

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 sovereign disposition of people and things

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 would in that instance betray

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 not only unbelief and faithfulness,

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 but the worst form of the perennial human sin,

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 arrogance that wants to be God

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 and stand where God stands.

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 And we'll talk about that

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 in a few minutes.

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 So John sets it straight

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 on who's who.

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 And then he talks about less is more.

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 Less is more.

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 So how can less be more?

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 How can making him increase

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 be of benefit to me?

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 Or is it?

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 Is Jesus coming to conquer?

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 Well, he is.

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 He is.

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 When we follow him,

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 do we follow him in fear?

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 Well, there is a certain element of fear.

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 As we read earlier, though,

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 he says,

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 come to me,

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 I am gentle and lowly in heart,

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 and you'll find rest for your souls.

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 But we also read where he cleared the temple.

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 Jesus was the prophet of prophet.

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 He came with a double-edged sword as well.

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 But what's it mean, like,

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 to be,

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 for him to increase

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 and for me to decrease in my life?

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 Does he take over my personality?

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 Do I become a robot?

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 Do I only follow him

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 and him alone

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 in some ritualistic type of way?

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 Do we all start to sound the same

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 as believers,

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 look the same,

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 dress the same?

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 Again,

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 again,

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 rubbish.

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 That is what the enemy

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 would want you to believe.

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 But that's not at all Christ.

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 C.S. Lewis

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 uses two analogies.

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 I'm not sure if we have kids here,

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 but any kids,

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 you're familiar with

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 the Chronicles of Narnia?

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 Anybody?

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 Any adults familiar with

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 this Chronicles of Narnia?

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 Great.

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 Great series.

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 Well, this author also

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 in Mere Christianity

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 talks about this

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 and he uses two analogies,

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 salt and light.

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 And let me talk about light first.

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 Let's pretend we're in this room now

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 and all the lights are out.

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 It's so dark

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 that we can't see the hand

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 in front of our face.

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 And some voice from above,

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 probably Will Spink, right?

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 It says,

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 I'm going to shine something down

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 and it's going to reflect back up

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 so I can see you.

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 It's going to be the same beam

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 on each of you

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 and reflect back up.

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 Will we all look the same?

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 Of course not.

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 The clearer the light,

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 matter of fact,

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 the more individualities show up

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 and our differences,

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 our uniqueness.

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 And that's kind of

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 what it's like in Christ.

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 We have a certain

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 gift set personality,

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 but it only comes

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 to the true fulfillment in Him.

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 I think about Christ

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 who healed a man

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 with a withered hand,

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 it said.

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 I think it was on the Sabbath.

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 He had a hand.

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 It was partly functioning,

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 but Jesus healed it

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 so it had full functioning.

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 That's what He wants to do

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 with us,

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 with our persons,

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 to set us free,

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 to do things

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 we weren't thinking about doing,

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 didn't even know

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 we were capable of doing,

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 and running from others.

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 Then He also uses

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 the analogy of salt.

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 of salt.

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 Again,

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 about how can more,

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 less of me be more.

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 So when you put salt on food,

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 does it make it all

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 taste like salt?

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 Does it make it all

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 taste the same?

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 No,

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 it brings out

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 all the unique flavors

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 that are in a dish.

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 That's what salt does.

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 And having Christ in our life

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 brings out

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 those unique gifts

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 that God put you

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 in you

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 and you alone.

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 and He wants

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 to bring it out

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 to advance

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 His kingdom

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 for you to bring

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 justice to the poor,

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 to bring hope

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 and light

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 to people,

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 to go to,

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 as we say

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 in our mission,

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 the least,

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 the loneliest,

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 the littlest,

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 the left out,

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 the lonely.

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 He will change

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 hearts like mine

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 to want to do that

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 instead of to

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 promote myself.

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 C.S. Lewis concludes

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 when he writes about this

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 in this way,

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 It is something like that

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 with Christ in us.

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 The more we get

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 what we now call

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 ourselves

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 out of the way

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 and let Him

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 take us over,

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 the more truly

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 ourselves

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 we become.

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 There is so much

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 of Him

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 that millions

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 and millions

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 of little Christs,

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 all different,

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 will still be too few

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 to express Him fully.

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 He made them all.

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 He invented,

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 as an author

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 invents character,

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 in a novel,

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 all the different men

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 that you and I

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 were intended to be.

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 In that sense,

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 our real selves

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 are all waiting

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 for us in Him.

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 It's no good

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 trying to be myself

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 without Him.

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 D.A. Carson also writes,

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 John finds joy

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 not in grudgingly

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 conceding victory

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 to a superior opponent,

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 but in wholeheartedly

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 embracing God's will

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 and the supremacy

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 it assigns to Jesus.

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 A great deal of later

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 Christian piety

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 has turned

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 on this same truth.

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 So, we are faced

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 with that battle,

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 that challenge

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 every day.

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 We've talked about this

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 some in the

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 Connect Community

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 class

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 that several of us

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 are teaching,

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 Kevin, today.

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 Studying a book

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 called

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 The Fight,

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 a book of Christian

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 living,

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 and it talks about

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 every day

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 is a fight,

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 but it's not

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 a grind

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 where you have to

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 win it

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 with your own

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 strength,

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 but it's a victorious

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 life in Christ

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 and in Christ alone,

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 but it's there

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 every day.

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 It's there every day.

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 So, I want to look

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 some,

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 a couple of brief

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 studies

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 of how the tempter

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 uses this

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 over and over

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 to eclipse Christ

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 in our life

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 and make us

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 promoted,

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 where we feel

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 threatened,

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 like John's disciples,

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 that Jesus is rising.

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 He's up in the polls.

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 I don't know

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 what's happening.

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 It's out of control.

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 I'm going down.

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 In Isaiah,

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 there's a chapter

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 that talks about

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 what many authors

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 think is actually

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 Satan himself.

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 It's referred to a king,

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 but I think it's

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 on several levels.

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 And this king

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 wants to exalt himself

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 to heaven

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 and in the end

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 says,

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 I will be God.

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 I will be God.

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 And I think that was

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 the ultimate fall

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 of Satan.

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 He wanted to be

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 in the place of God,

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 though he was

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 an incredible angel

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 of light,

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 the Bible says.

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 And he fell

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 and he wants to bring

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 you and me with him.

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 And he has a fury

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 about that.

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 It worked on him

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 and he wants it

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 to work on us.

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 The battle is there

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 every day.

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 You can go back

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 to Genesis, right?

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 Genesis 3.

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 The tempting of Eve.

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 We won't go through it all.

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 There are three levels there.

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 You know,

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 the food was

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 good for food.

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 It was beautiful.

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 But also,

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 if she took it,

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 it would make her

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 like God,

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 Satan said.

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 It will make her

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 like God.

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 There again is that

00:21:44.960 --> 00:21:46.700
 so-called perennial sin,

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 wanting to ascend

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 to be the Lord.

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 You know,

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 you think,

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 I don't want to be God.

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 I just want to get my way.

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 Well,

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 think of where

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 that impulse

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 came from,

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 ultimately.

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 And so,

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 yes,

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 Satan did

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 the serpent,

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 as it says

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 in the garden,

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 reach out to Eve

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 and say,

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 take it.

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 And that's

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 the issue

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 when we take something

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 before the time.

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 You saw in those

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 answers to John

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 and also in 1 Corinthians

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 where there was strife.

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 They were reminded,

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 what do you have

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 that you weren't already given?

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 What do you have

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 that you weren't given?

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 It's when we try

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 to take it prematurely

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 that we get into trouble.

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 And that's time and time

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 in the Bible.

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 Fast forward

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 from Genesis

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 to Matthew chapter 4,

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 another temptation scene.

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 This time with Jesus.

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 And it's the same

00:22:43.819 --> 00:22:44.839
 playbook for Satan.

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 He tempted him again

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 on three levels.

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 He tempted him

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 on beauty.

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 He tempted him

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 on physical lust.

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 And then he tempted him

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 on what's called

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 the boastful pride of life.

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 I don't know

00:22:57.440 --> 00:22:58.200
 what all happened,

00:22:58.359 --> 00:22:59.319
 but Satan presented

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 to Christ

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 all the kingdoms

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 of the world.

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 And he presented it

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 in such a way

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 that it sure looked

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 like it was his.

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 And he said,

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 I'll give you all this.

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 This will all be yours.

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 Just worship me.

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 Just worship me.

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 That's the temptation

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 we always have

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 about grabbing something

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 that we think

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 is rightfully ours

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 that's not.

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 The wisdom from above

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 isn't like that.

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 It comes in its own time

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 and it comes peaceably.

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 Thank God that Jesus

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 said to him,

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 get behind me, Satan.

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 It's written,

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 you shall worship

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 the Lord alone.

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 There was the standard

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 bearer for us.

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 Our old elder brother,

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 he faced that temptation

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 and he said,

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 I'll be with you

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 when you face

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 that temptation.

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 We will all be tempted.

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 That's just the way it is.

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 That's just life

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 in the Christian life.

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 If you're serious

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 in serving the Lord,

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 you will be tempted.

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 But in Christ,

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 you can have

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 that victory.

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 Let's go to 1 John 2.

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 Again, John,

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 writing in 1 John,

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 John, who's the writer

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 of the gospel,

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 also wrote three epistles.

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 And in 1 John,

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 he says,

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 for all that is in the world,

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 the desires of the flesh

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 and the desires of the eyes

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 and the pride of life

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 or boastful pride of life

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 is not from the Father

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 but is from the world.

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 Those three levels.

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 He'll tempt you

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 on lust of the flesh,

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 lust of the eye,

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 and the pride of life.

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 It goes from the beginning.

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 It's going to go on

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 to the end.

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 That's our enemy's playbook.

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 And in Christ,

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 we can stand up against it.

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 Matter of fact,

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 there's an amazing section

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 we're going to look at now

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 in Philippians 2

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 where we can look at

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 the very thoughts

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 of Jesus Christ

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 when he was a man.

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 Very amazing section

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 of scripture.

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 I commend it to you

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 to meditate on

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 in contrast

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 to how we often

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 find ourselves.

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 Have this mind

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 among yourselves

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 which is yours

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 in Christ Jesus

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 who though he was

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 in the form of God

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 did not count

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 equality with God

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 a thing to be grasped

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 but emptied himself

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 by taking the form

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 of a servant

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 being born

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 in the likeness

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 of men

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 and being found

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 in human form

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 he humbled himself

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 by becoming obedient

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 to the point of death

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 even death on a cross.

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 therefore

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 God has highly exalted him

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 and bestowed on him

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 the name

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 that is above every name

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 so that at the name

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 of Jesus

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 every knee should bow

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 in heaven

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 and on earth

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 and under the earth

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 and every tongue

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 confess

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 that Jesus Christ

00:25:58.279 --> 00:25:58.960
 is Lord

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 to the glory

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 of God the Father.

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 Can you kind of see that

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 going through

00:26:04.820 --> 00:26:06.640
 Christ's mind

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 as he's faced

00:26:07.720 --> 00:26:08.360
 with Satan

00:26:08.359 --> 00:26:09.859
 Satan offers him

00:26:09.859 --> 00:26:11.019
 all the kingdoms

00:26:11.019 --> 00:26:11.679
 of the world?

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 No, he humbles himself.

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 He doesn't grasp it.

00:26:15.399 --> 00:26:16.459
 He humbles himself

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 and then

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 in God's good time

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 he exalts him.

00:26:21.619 --> 00:26:22.599
 He has spiritual victory.

00:26:23.219 --> 00:26:24.399
 So an ironic opening

00:26:24.399 --> 00:26:25.740
 who's who

00:26:25.740 --> 00:26:27.759
 less is more

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 and finally

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 a final warning.

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 the last few verses

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 of John 3

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 are not

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 John the Baptist

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 but it goes back

00:26:38.419 --> 00:26:40.099
 to John the Evangelist

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 and he says

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 things about

00:26:43.279 --> 00:26:44.500
 the wrath of God.

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 He says

00:26:46.179 --> 00:26:47.099
 whoever believes

00:26:47.099 --> 00:26:47.679
 in the Son

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 has eternal life

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 but whoever

00:26:49.919 --> 00:26:51.199
 rejects the Son

00:26:51.199 --> 00:26:53.259
 will not see life

00:26:53.259 --> 00:26:55.359
 for God's wrath

00:26:55.359 --> 00:26:57.559
 remains on him.

00:26:58.659 --> 00:26:59.519
 God's wrath

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 remains on him.

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 You know

00:27:02.979 --> 00:27:03.539
 often

00:27:03.539 --> 00:27:04.759
 and before

00:27:04.759 --> 00:27:05.539
 I knew Christ

00:27:05.539 --> 00:27:06.359
 I didn't feel

00:27:06.359 --> 00:27:07.339
 God's wrath

00:27:07.339 --> 00:27:08.119
 was on me.

00:27:08.219 --> 00:27:09.039
 Maybe occasionally

00:27:09.039 --> 00:27:11.659
 maybe guilty feelings

00:27:11.659 --> 00:27:12.779
 but we can't trust

00:27:12.779 --> 00:27:13.439
 our conscience

00:27:13.439 --> 00:27:14.959
 without the Spirit

00:27:14.959 --> 00:27:16.459
 leading it.

00:27:17.519 --> 00:27:18.939
 It can be false

00:27:18.939 --> 00:27:21.159
 but the wrath of God

00:27:21.159 --> 00:27:22.919
 remains on them.

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 I look at it like this

00:27:25.399 --> 00:27:26.759
 in 2 Thessalonians

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 it talks about

00:27:27.719 --> 00:27:29.039
 the coming of the Lord.

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 You know

00:27:29.880 --> 00:27:30.840
 he came as a servant

00:27:30.840 --> 00:27:32.000
 he's going to come again

00:27:32.000 --> 00:27:33.400
 to set all things right

00:27:33.400 --> 00:27:34.400
 to set up

00:27:34.400 --> 00:27:35.040
 his kingdom

00:27:35.040 --> 00:27:35.760
 on earth

00:27:35.760 --> 00:27:37.500
 and it says

00:27:37.500 --> 00:27:38.200
 we know what

00:27:38.200 --> 00:27:39.140
 restrains

00:27:39.140 --> 00:27:39.900
 his wrath

00:27:39.900 --> 00:27:40.620
 right now

00:27:40.620 --> 00:27:42.620
 and one day

00:27:42.620 --> 00:27:43.180
 that will be

00:27:43.180 --> 00:27:43.960
 taken away

00:27:43.960 --> 00:27:45.200
 and it'll be

00:27:45.200 --> 00:27:46.220
 a terrific scene

00:27:46.220 --> 00:27:47.700
 it'll be a terrible scene.

00:27:49.280 --> 00:27:49.720
 It's

00:27:49.720 --> 00:27:51.040
 it's like

00:27:51.040 --> 00:27:51.760
 in physics

00:27:51.760 --> 00:27:52.220
 where

00:27:52.220 --> 00:27:53.460
 in the universe

00:27:53.460 --> 00:27:54.000
 you know

00:27:54.000 --> 00:27:55.020
 if the right potential

00:27:55.020 --> 00:27:56.380
 builds up in the skies

00:27:56.380 --> 00:27:57.960
 lightning strikes

00:27:57.960 --> 00:27:59.700
 lightning just strikes

00:27:59.700 --> 00:28:00.160
 it's just

00:28:00.160 --> 00:28:01.380
 that's how it is.

00:28:02.180 --> 00:28:03.000
 One day Christ

00:28:03.000 --> 00:28:03.799
 will return

00:28:03.799 --> 00:28:05.019
 he will take

00:28:05.019 --> 00:28:05.740
 his presence

00:28:05.740 --> 00:28:06.940
 away from this earth

00:28:06.940 --> 00:28:08.680
 and automatically

00:28:08.680 --> 00:28:09.700
 God's wrath

00:28:09.700 --> 00:28:10.420
 will occur.

00:28:12.019 --> 00:28:13.660
 It's being restrained

00:28:13.660 --> 00:28:14.779
 it's God's grace

00:28:14.779 --> 00:28:15.480
 that we're hearing

00:28:15.480 --> 00:28:16.579
 this message today

00:28:16.579 --> 00:28:17.680
 it's God's grace

00:28:17.680 --> 00:28:19.019
 that I believe

00:28:19.019 --> 00:28:19.500
 that Jesus

00:28:19.500 --> 00:28:20.440
 is the Christ

00:28:20.440 --> 00:28:22.120
 and

00:28:22.120 --> 00:28:23.460
 if you don't know

00:28:23.460 --> 00:28:24.039
 the Christ

00:28:24.039 --> 00:28:25.720
 there is a consequence

00:28:25.720 --> 00:28:27.299
 for not following Christ

00:28:27.299 --> 00:28:29.440
 it's not like

00:28:29.440 --> 00:28:30.620
 choosing your

00:28:30.620 --> 00:28:32.000
 candidate to vote for

00:28:32.000 --> 00:28:33.860
 once confronted

00:28:33.860 --> 00:28:34.680
 with Christ

00:28:34.680 --> 00:28:35.740
 you have a decision

00:28:35.740 --> 00:28:36.279
 to make

00:28:36.279 --> 00:28:37.720
 not to make a decision

00:28:37.720 --> 00:28:39.839
 is to make a decision

00:28:39.839 --> 00:28:41.519
 and the wrath

00:28:41.519 --> 00:28:41.980
 of God

00:28:41.980 --> 00:28:42.480
 friends

00:28:42.480 --> 00:28:43.259
 John the Baptist

00:28:43.259 --> 00:28:44.079
 says

00:28:44.079 --> 00:28:45.620
 or John the Apostle

00:28:45.620 --> 00:28:46.380
 in this case

00:28:46.380 --> 00:28:48.740
 rests on you

00:28:48.740 --> 00:28:50.420
 that's an awesome thought

00:28:50.420 --> 00:28:50.720
 you know

00:28:50.720 --> 00:28:51.259
 we often

00:28:51.259 --> 00:28:52.759
 go to the doctor

00:28:52.759 --> 00:28:53.259
 thinking

00:28:53.259 --> 00:28:54.160
 I'm fine

00:28:54.160 --> 00:28:55.019
 I feel fine

00:28:55.019 --> 00:28:56.259
 well

00:28:56.259 --> 00:28:56.960
 is that what

00:28:56.960 --> 00:28:57.779
 the results show

00:28:57.779 --> 00:28:58.319
 when they look

00:28:58.319 --> 00:28:59.039
 inside you

00:28:59.039 --> 00:29:01.519
 one day

00:29:01.519 --> 00:29:02.200
 the spirit

00:29:02.200 --> 00:29:02.980
 will show

00:29:02.980 --> 00:29:04.079
 the secrets

00:29:04.079 --> 00:29:04.759
 of our heart

00:29:04.759 --> 00:29:06.859
 by God's grace

00:29:06.859 --> 00:29:08.200
 may we abide

00:29:08.200 --> 00:29:08.879
 in Christ

00:29:08.879 --> 00:29:10.599
 and may we

00:29:10.599 --> 00:29:11.160
 experience

00:29:11.160 --> 00:29:11.900
 that victory

00:29:11.900 --> 00:29:13.180
 and be covered

00:29:13.180 --> 00:29:14.200
 from our sin

00:29:14.200 --> 00:29:15.539
 by the Lord

00:29:15.539 --> 00:29:18.700
 so we talked

00:29:18.700 --> 00:29:19.079
 about

00:29:19.079 --> 00:29:20.180
 the Aaronic

00:29:20.180 --> 00:29:20.559
 opening

00:29:20.559 --> 00:29:21.619
 who's who

00:29:21.619 --> 00:29:23.319
 less is more

00:29:23.319 --> 00:29:24.440
 and the final

00:29:24.440 --> 00:29:24.900
 warning

00:29:24.900 --> 00:29:26.200
 and I do

00:29:26.200 --> 00:29:26.860
 want to say

00:29:26.860 --> 00:29:27.759
 that at

00:29:27.759 --> 00:29:28.660
 the end

00:29:28.660 --> 00:29:29.180
 if anybody

00:29:29.180 --> 00:29:29.720
 would like

00:29:29.720 --> 00:29:30.340
 to discuss

00:29:30.340 --> 00:29:31.040
 more about

00:29:31.040 --> 00:29:31.540
 Christ

00:29:31.540 --> 00:29:32.660
 the person

00:29:32.660 --> 00:29:33.160
 of Christ

00:29:33.160 --> 00:29:33.980
 who he is

00:29:33.980 --> 00:29:35.220
 or get to know

00:29:35.220 --> 00:29:36.000
 him more

00:29:36.000 --> 00:29:37.060
 or have discussion

00:29:37.060 --> 00:29:37.980
 I'll be up front

00:29:37.980 --> 00:29:38.759
 Jeremy probably

00:29:38.759 --> 00:29:39.340
 will too

00:29:39.340 --> 00:29:40.620
 and we would love

00:29:40.620 --> 00:29:41.259
 that as well

00:29:41.259 --> 00:29:42.580
 thank God

00:29:42.580 --> 00:29:42.960
 for his

00:29:42.960 --> 00:29:44.140
 indescribable grace

00:29:44.140 --> 00:29:45.440
 amen

00:29:45.440 --> 00:29:48.660
 for more information

00:29:48.660 --> 00:29:49.900
 visit us online

00:29:49.900 --> 00:29:51.000
 at southwood.org

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