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 in Ephesians chapter 2 and our focus this evening is on verse 11 down to the end of the chapter

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 Ephesians chapter 2 verse 11 down to verse 22 and what we see here is Paul reminding all the

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 people of God we see here that there is a division as it were in Ephesus where there's

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 they're speaking of the circumcised and the uncircumcised the Jews and the Gentiles and

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 there's this sense of hostility between them but he is reminding them that in Christ Jesus

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 they are all one and that together they are being built into this dwelling place for God by the

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 spirit as verse 22 says so we're thinking of this passage under that heading the house of the Lord

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 being built and this is in light of coming away from a time of communion in our congregation

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 last Wednesday we were looking at chapter one of this letter of Paul to the church at Ephesus

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 as we were approaching the communion weekend we were looking at it and the sense of praise as we

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 were approaching the communion season a sense of expectation as we were approaching it in a sense

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 of joy in the Lord and seeking that we would know him better over the course of the weekend and we

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 were reminded of all that we have in Christ Jesus over the weekend so now as we are as we're coming away

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 from the weekend how do we feel coming away from it do we come away still with that sense of praise to God

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 that sense of expectation of what God is and can do in our midst and a sense of joy that the Lord is with us

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 and that the Lord is on our side well this passage reminds us that that is how we should come away

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 we never come away from the Lord he is always with us and he is always building his house bringing his people in

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 Paul was writing here to the church at Ephesus and in many ways when you think of what Ephesus was like

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 in that time during the days of Paul we think of our own place today our own world today our own setting

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 where we live today very different they would be different in so many ways and yet with many similarities

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 to different in the ways of life different in the ways of employment different in the ways of language and culture

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 but similar too in that there were many barriers and boundaries many needs in their midst that we see with ourselves today

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 as well when you think of barriers and boundaries in our world today we see just how similar it is to the setting of Paul's day

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 whether it was in Ephesus or Corinth or Galatia wherever he was going with the gospel

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 there were all kinds of differences among people all kinds of hostilities among people

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 you think of the way Paul was writing here to masters and slaves as they're called

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 you see that in our day and age we think of the employers and the employee

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 and you look at the way many were unfairly treated by their masters in Paul's day

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 and you think of the day we live in today how people are exploited in the workplace

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 and you think of barriers financially Paul was very aware of people in his day as almost in every day where

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 there are the rich and the poor there are boundaries and barriers and families and different needs

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 in families you see it in families you see it in Paul's day you see it in our day broken down families families

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 with different needs and especially as you think of families where there are those who are saved and those

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 who are unsaved as yet

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 but what we see as we look at Paul's day and his writing this letter to the church at Ephesus and what we see

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 for our own day as well is that something came into Ephesus here something unexpectedly in many ways in the world's eyes

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 that brought people together then and something that in our own day and age

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 we long to see breaking down barriers

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 breaking down hostility and bringing people together in our day and it is the gospel

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 it was the gospel that came to Ephesus that was breaking down hostilities and barriers and bringing people together

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 and bringing people as it is being built together into a dwelling place for God by the spirit

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 as verse 22 says

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 that is what we need today as well

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 I was speaking to a man this morning

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 from America

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 and he stays not far from one of the big cities in America

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 a city

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 maybe not the biggest but a population of over 3 million people

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 in this city

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 and he was saying

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 as he was speaking about this city

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 he spoke of it in this way

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 the city

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 is in darkness

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 the city

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 is godless

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 the city is morally corrupt

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 and immediately as he started speaking in this way

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 I thought

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 you are coming at this from a perspective of the Christian

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 and surely enough

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 he says

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 I am a follower of Jesus

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 and he says

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 in our church

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 it is not a big church

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 by American standards

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 he says

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 it is just a small church

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 of a hundred people

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 he says

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 well that is not bad

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 when we think of that in Scotland

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 we would love to see

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 many small churches of a hundred throughout Scotland

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 but he was saying

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 we are praying

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 for that city

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 that was a powerful reminder to me

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 and to ourselves

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 I hope this evening

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 that God has his people all over the world

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 we can often feel a burden to pray for others

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 as if we were the only ones able to pray for them

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 whether it's our own islands

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 our nation

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 or many many parts of the world

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 but it was a powerful reminder that God has his people

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 so that even when we are unable

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 or we don't know what to pray for cities in America

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 that there are those who do

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 that there are those who have a burden

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 for all different parts of the world

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 it's a reminder to us

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 that God is at work

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 that even though there is darkness

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 all over the world

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 in many different ways

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 and in many different places

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 that God has his praying people

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 this passage

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 looking at it from the beginning

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 it reminds us of God's power to transform

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 the opening verses

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 in this chapter

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 speak of the very fact

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 that the people were dead

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 in trespasses and sin

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 and this is what we see

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 all around us in so many places

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 but then you have these great words

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 of verse 4

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 but God

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 but God

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 being rich in mercy

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 because of his great love

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 with which he loved us

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 even when we were dead

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 in our trespasses

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 made us alive

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 together with Christ

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 by grace

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 you have been saved

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 and that's what this man said

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 about the city

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 it needs the grace

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 of God

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 and that is what

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 our world needs

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 that is what we need

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 for hostility

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 and barriers

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 to be broken down

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 but it's the grace

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 that is available

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 it is a grace

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 that God

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 still offers

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 to people

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 this day

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 as well

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 in a day

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 and age

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 where the gospel

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 seems

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 to so many

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 as a barrier

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 to inclusiveness

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 and equality

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 these words

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 that we hear

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 so often

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 that people

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 are seeking after

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 an inclusive world

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 a world of equality

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 we actually see

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 it in the gospel

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 and people

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 don't want

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 to look there

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 but the gospel

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 is seen by so many

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 as a barrier

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 and almost

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 as a means

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 of division

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 but we are reminded

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 again and again

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 that it is the gospel

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 that transforms

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 it's the gospel

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 that brings

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 equality

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 that the gospel

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 brings

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 inclusiveness

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 to the world

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 in which we live

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 as people

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 are brought

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 to be

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 in Christ

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 as Paul speaks

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 of here

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 the outworking

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 of that

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 is not

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 an exclusive

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 group

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 and we should

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 never see

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 ourselves

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 in that way

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 that we are

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 an elite group

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 an exclusive

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 group

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 but an

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 inclusive

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 group

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 for anyone

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 who believes

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 in Christ

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 who is

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 saved

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 they are

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 speaking here

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 of being

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 built

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 together

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 as one

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 body

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 and it was

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 something

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 marvellous

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 about sitting

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 at the Lord's

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 table together

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 to just

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 look around

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 and see

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 the variety

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 of people

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 there

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 and we long

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 to see

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 where even

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 more variety

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 of people

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 people from

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 every walk

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 of life

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 people from

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 different parts

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 of the world

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 coming together

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 delighting

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 and rejoicing

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 in the salvation

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 that there is

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 through Christ

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 at the cross

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 there are three

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 things I want us

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 just to think

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 of this evening

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 from this passage

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 as we come away

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 from the weekend

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 and as we go ahead

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 in the days

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 before us

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 as well

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 as we look

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 to God's

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 blessing

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 three things

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 we see

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 Paul outlined

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 here for the

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 church

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 at Ephesus

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 reminders

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 of God's

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 power

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 in their midst

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 the first thing

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 is the

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 remembrance

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 that they

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 have

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 and the second

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 thing is

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 the reconciliation

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 that they see

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 and the third

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 thing is

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 the rebuilding

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 that is going

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 on

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 remembrance

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 reconciliation

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 and rebuilding

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 so we begin

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 with

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 remembrance

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 as Paul

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 has written

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 in the

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 beginning

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 of this

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 chapter

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 the fact

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 that we

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 were dead

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 in our

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 trespasses

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 and sins

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 but made

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 alive

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 by the

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 grace

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 of God

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 and we

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 are made

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 in this

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 way

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 as he

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 says

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 in verse

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 10

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 for

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 God's

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 workmanship

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 created

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 in Christ

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 Jesus

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 for good

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 works

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 which God

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 prepared

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 beforehand

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 that we

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 should walk

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 in them

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 that we

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 have a

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 purpose

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 in life

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 then he

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 goes on

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 in verse

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 11

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 he says

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 therefore

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 remember

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 that at

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 one time

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 you Gentiles

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 in the

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 flesh

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 called

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 the

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 uncircumcision

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 remember

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 that you

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 were at

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 that time

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 separated

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 from

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 Christ

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 remembering

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 isn't

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 always

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 easy

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 for us

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 in the

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 sense of

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 looking

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 back

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 in life

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 and

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 the

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 mixed

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 emotions

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 that we

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 can

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 have

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 in our

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 memories

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 and our

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 remembrances

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 of times

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 in the

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 past

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 remembering

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 is a good

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 thing at

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 times when we

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 recollect

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 happy things

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 that from

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 the past

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 we remember

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 and celebrate

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 different occasions

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 in our

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 life

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 but remembering

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 is sometimes

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 a painful

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 thing

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 for us

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 too

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 but here

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 Paul is

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 calling the

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 people

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 to remember

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 in the

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 sense of

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 rejoicing

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 it's

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 remembering

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 here

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 the sense

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 of

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 thankfulness

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 and above

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 all that the

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 Lord

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 has remembered

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 us

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 and how

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 do we

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 see that

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 well we

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 see it

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 in this

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 way here

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 where he's

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 saying remember

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 that at

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 one time

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 remember

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 in the

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 past that

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 you were

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 at that

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 time

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 separated

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 from Christ

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 alienated

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 from the

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 commonwealth

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 of Israel

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 strangers

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 to the

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 covenant

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 of promise

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 having no

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 hope

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 and without

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 God

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 in the

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 world

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 it's a

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 grim

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 picture in

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 so many

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 ways

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 remember

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 that there

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 was a

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 time

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 when this

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 was you

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 because in

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 so remembering

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 we remember

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 too that

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 in our

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 day

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 that when

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 this is

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 the case

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 we think

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 well what

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 can change

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 what can

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 make a

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 difference

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 just like

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 that man

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 from America

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 was saying

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 you know

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 he's saying

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 how godless

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 that city

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 was or is

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 at this

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 time

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 but it's

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 nothing new

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 to god

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 it's

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 nothing

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 that god

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 hasn't

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 seen

00:14:26.360 --> 00:14:26.880
 already

00:14:26.880 --> 00:14:27.460
 in this

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 world

00:14:27.920 --> 00:14:28.620
 it's

00:14:28.620 --> 00:14:28.980
 nothing

00:14:28.980 --> 00:14:29.580
 that god

00:14:29.580 --> 00:14:30.080
 hasn't

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 made a

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 difference

00:14:31.460 --> 00:14:31.900
 in this

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 world

00:14:32.260 --> 00:14:33.240
 with before

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 Ephesus

00:14:34.800 --> 00:14:35.940
 Corinth

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 you go

00:14:36.440 --> 00:14:36.780
 back

00:14:36.780 --> 00:14:37.500
 to the

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 old

00:14:37.920 --> 00:14:39.400
 testament

00:14:39.400 --> 00:14:40.100
 you think

00:14:40.100 --> 00:14:40.420
 of

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 Jonah

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 going

00:14:41.620 --> 00:14:41.860
 to

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 Nineveh

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 it was

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 a

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 godless

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 city

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 and yet

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 so quickly

00:14:47.000 --> 00:14:47.660
 the grace

00:14:47.660 --> 00:14:48.820
 of god

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 transformed

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 it

00:14:50.200 --> 00:14:52.899
 so how

00:14:52.899 --> 00:14:53.620
 often do

00:14:53.620 --> 00:14:54.419
 we remember

00:14:54.419 --> 00:14:55.840
 what god

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 has done

00:14:56.439 --> 00:14:57.179
 for us

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 we are

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 told as

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 we were

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 told as

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 we took

00:15:02.379 --> 00:15:02.819
 communion

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 at the

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 weekend

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 do this

00:15:05.899 --> 00:15:07.439
 in remembrance

00:15:07.439 --> 00:15:08.559
 of me

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 how we

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 gone on

00:15:11.279 --> 00:15:11.740
 in this

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 week

00:15:12.139 --> 00:15:13.200
 continuing

00:15:13.200 --> 00:15:14.179
 to remember

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 and to give

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 thanks

00:15:15.399 --> 00:15:16.459
 to god

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 for what

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 he has

00:15:17.159 --> 00:15:17.459
 done

00:15:17.459 --> 00:15:18.000
 for us

00:15:18.000 --> 00:15:18.740
 in christ

00:15:18.740 --> 00:15:20.419
 continuing

00:15:20.419 --> 00:15:21.240
 to remember

00:15:21.240 --> 00:15:22.480
 the body

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 and blood

00:15:24.279 --> 00:15:25.179
 of our

00:15:25.179 --> 00:15:25.959
 lord jesus

00:15:25.959 --> 00:15:26.679
 christ

00:15:26.679 --> 00:15:29.059
 so much

00:15:29.059 --> 00:15:29.600
 of what

00:15:29.600 --> 00:15:30.000
 we read

00:15:30.000 --> 00:15:30.939
 here in

00:15:30.939 --> 00:15:31.600
 ephesians

00:15:31.600 --> 00:15:32.220
 continues

00:15:32.220 --> 00:15:33.600
 to remember

00:15:33.600 --> 00:15:34.100
 what has

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 taken place

00:15:34.899 --> 00:15:35.919
 by christ

00:15:35.919 --> 00:15:36.299
 at the

00:15:36.299 --> 00:15:36.759
 cross

00:15:36.759 --> 00:15:38.419
 you see

00:15:38.419 --> 00:15:38.740
 it

00:15:38.740 --> 00:15:40.460
 here as

00:15:40.460 --> 00:15:41.019
 he speaks

00:15:41.019 --> 00:15:42.220
 of the

00:15:42.220 --> 00:15:42.799
 blood

00:15:42.799 --> 00:15:44.199
 of christ

00:15:44.200 --> 00:15:46.780
 in verse

00:15:46.780 --> 00:15:47.840
 it's verse

00:15:47.840 --> 00:15:48.580
 13 but

00:15:48.580 --> 00:15:49.500
 but now

00:15:49.500 --> 00:15:50.040
 in christ

00:15:50.040 --> 00:15:50.720
 jesus you

00:15:50.720 --> 00:15:51.000
 who were

00:15:51.000 --> 00:15:52.160
 once far

00:15:52.160 --> 00:15:52.500
 off have

00:15:52.500 --> 00:15:52.960
 been brought

00:15:52.960 --> 00:15:54.300
 near by

00:15:54.300 --> 00:15:55.080
 the blood

00:15:55.080 --> 00:15:56.680
 of christ

00:15:56.680 --> 00:15:58.040
 it is

00:15:58.040 --> 00:15:58.620
 something that

00:15:58.620 --> 00:15:59.340
 has made

00:15:59.340 --> 00:16:00.700
 such a

00:16:00.700 --> 00:16:01.460
 difference

00:16:01.460 --> 00:16:02.640
 for us

00:16:02.640 --> 00:16:04.900
 that is

00:16:04.900 --> 00:16:05.240
 what we

00:16:05.240 --> 00:16:05.900
 remembered

00:16:05.900 --> 00:16:07.020
 at the

00:16:07.020 --> 00:16:07.480
 weekend

00:16:07.480 --> 00:16:09.879
 what we

00:16:09.879 --> 00:16:11.040
 have in

00:16:11.040 --> 00:16:11.400
 christ

00:16:11.400 --> 00:16:11.879
 it's so

00:16:11.879 --> 00:16:12.780
 important for

00:16:12.780 --> 00:16:13.980
 us to

00:16:13.980 --> 00:16:14.659
 take that

00:16:14.659 --> 00:16:15.300
 time to

00:16:15.300 --> 00:16:16.180
 stop and

00:16:16.180 --> 00:16:16.800
 look back

00:16:16.800 --> 00:16:17.379
 and we

00:16:17.379 --> 00:16:17.759
 can look

00:16:17.759 --> 00:16:18.039
 in our

00:16:18.039 --> 00:16:18.620
 own lives

00:16:18.620 --> 00:16:19.100
 and see

00:16:19.100 --> 00:16:21.000
 how alienated

00:16:21.000 --> 00:16:21.680
 we were

00:16:21.680 --> 00:16:22.480
 as well

00:16:22.480 --> 00:16:23.440
 how we

00:16:23.440 --> 00:16:25.159
 were strangers

00:16:25.159 --> 00:16:25.860
 to the

00:16:25.860 --> 00:16:26.279
 covenant

00:16:26.279 --> 00:16:27.060
 promise

00:16:27.060 --> 00:16:28.580
 having no

00:16:28.580 --> 00:16:29.139
 hope and

00:16:29.139 --> 00:16:30.000
 without god

00:16:30.000 --> 00:16:32.879
 it's important

00:16:32.879 --> 00:16:33.680
 for us

00:16:33.680 --> 00:16:35.580
 to remember

00:16:35.580 --> 00:16:36.700
 these things

00:16:36.700 --> 00:16:38.019
 and as we

00:16:38.019 --> 00:16:39.420
 do it

00:16:39.420 --> 00:16:40.240
 still reminds

00:16:40.240 --> 00:16:41.039
 us of the

00:16:41.039 --> 00:16:42.000
 faithfulness

00:16:42.000 --> 00:16:43.220
 of god

00:16:43.220 --> 00:16:43.940
 we were

00:16:43.940 --> 00:16:44.679
 reminded of

00:16:44.679 --> 00:16:45.159
 that on

00:16:45.159 --> 00:16:46.179
 friday night

00:16:46.179 --> 00:16:46.500
 in the

00:16:46.500 --> 00:16:46.879
 service

00:16:46.879 --> 00:16:47.899
 god's

00:16:47.899 --> 00:16:48.960
 faithfulness

00:16:48.960 --> 00:16:49.879
 even the

00:16:49.879 --> 00:16:50.399
 midst of

00:16:50.399 --> 00:16:50.899
 our own

00:16:50.899 --> 00:16:52.379
 unfaithfulness

00:16:52.379 --> 00:16:54.500
 there's a

00:16:54.500 --> 00:16:55.179
 man called

00:16:55.179 --> 00:16:56.399
 frederick marsh

00:16:56.399 --> 00:16:57.200
 he was a

00:16:57.200 --> 00:16:58.139
 christian writer

00:16:58.139 --> 00:16:59.179
 in the

00:16:59.179 --> 00:16:59.899
 19th and

00:16:59.899 --> 00:17:00.139
 to the

00:17:00.139 --> 00:17:01.179
 20th century

00:17:01.179 --> 00:17:02.580
 and he

00:17:02.580 --> 00:17:03.320
 spoke of

00:17:03.320 --> 00:17:04.420
 this way

00:17:04.420 --> 00:17:04.859
 of how the

00:17:04.859 --> 00:17:05.460
 christian

00:17:05.460 --> 00:17:06.579
 should always

00:17:06.579 --> 00:17:07.380
 look back

00:17:07.380 --> 00:17:08.059
 in a sense

00:17:08.059 --> 00:17:08.539
 in life

00:17:08.539 --> 00:17:09.339
 at times

00:17:09.339 --> 00:17:10.519
 because as

00:17:10.519 --> 00:17:10.879
 you look

00:17:10.879 --> 00:17:11.460
 back he

00:17:11.460 --> 00:17:12.039
 said you

00:17:12.039 --> 00:17:12.420
 see the

00:17:12.420 --> 00:17:13.220
 deliverance

00:17:13.220 --> 00:17:13.960
 that the

00:17:13.960 --> 00:17:14.720
 lord has

00:17:14.720 --> 00:17:15.500
 done for

00:17:15.500 --> 00:17:15.879
 us

00:17:15.879 --> 00:17:17.579
 you see

00:17:17.579 --> 00:17:18.299
 the way

00:17:18.299 --> 00:17:18.839
 that he

00:17:18.839 --> 00:17:19.359
 has led

00:17:19.359 --> 00:17:19.819
 us

00:17:19.819 --> 00:17:21.159
 you see

00:17:21.159 --> 00:17:21.940
 the blessings

00:17:21.940 --> 00:17:22.420
 he has

00:17:22.420 --> 00:17:23.460
 bestowed on

00:17:23.460 --> 00:17:23.819
 us

00:17:23.819 --> 00:17:24.659
 you see

00:17:24.659 --> 00:17:25.339
 the victories

00:17:25.339 --> 00:17:25.960
 he has

00:17:25.960 --> 00:17:26.940
 won for

00:17:26.940 --> 00:17:27.220
 us

00:17:27.220 --> 00:17:28.000
 you see

00:17:28.000 --> 00:17:28.180
 the

00:17:28.180 --> 00:17:29.220
 encouragements

00:17:29.220 --> 00:17:29.960
 he has

00:17:29.960 --> 00:17:30.379
 given

00:17:30.379 --> 00:17:30.899
 us

00:17:30.899 --> 00:17:33.500
 it's a

00:17:33.500 --> 00:17:34.180
 good thing

00:17:34.180 --> 00:17:34.700
 to look

00:17:34.700 --> 00:17:35.139
 back and

00:17:35.139 --> 00:17:35.879
 even remember

00:17:35.879 --> 00:17:36.980
 many of the

00:17:36.980 --> 00:17:37.740
 hard times

00:17:37.740 --> 00:17:38.059
 and yet

00:17:38.059 --> 00:17:38.960
 still see

00:17:38.960 --> 00:17:39.920
 god's

00:17:39.920 --> 00:17:41.019
 faithfulness

00:17:41.019 --> 00:17:42.660
 he said

00:17:42.660 --> 00:17:43.099
 he went on

00:17:43.099 --> 00:17:43.319
 to say

00:17:43.319 --> 00:17:43.940
 we sometimes

00:17:43.940 --> 00:17:45.019
 forget god's

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 past faithfulness

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 we only

00:17:47.480 --> 00:17:48.500
 see the

00:17:48.500 --> 00:17:49.160
 detours

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 and the

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 dangerous

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 paths

00:17:50.799 --> 00:17:52.240
 but look

00:17:52.240 --> 00:17:52.740
 back and

00:17:52.740 --> 00:17:52.960
 you will

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 see also

00:17:53.519 --> 00:17:54.220
 the joy

00:17:54.220 --> 00:17:55.360
 of victory

00:17:55.360 --> 00:17:56.240
 you will

00:17:56.240 --> 00:17:56.519
 see the

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 challenge

00:17:56.980 --> 00:17:57.380
 of the

00:17:57.380 --> 00:17:57.799
 climb

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 you will

00:17:58.620 --> 00:17:58.960
 see the

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 presence

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 of your

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 traveling

00:18:00.500 --> 00:18:01.259
 companion

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 who has

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 promised

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 never to

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 leave you

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 or forsake

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 you

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 would you

00:18:09.860 --> 00:18:10.600
 be here

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 tonight

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 if it

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 were not

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 for the

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 grace of

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 god

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 would your

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 hearts

00:18:17.560 --> 00:18:18.380
 desire to

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 be here

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 tonight

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 be still

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 there without

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 the grace

00:18:22.220 --> 00:18:23.019
 of god

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 it's the

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 grace of

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 god that

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 brings us

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 from death

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 to life

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 it's the

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 grace of

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 god that

00:18:32.640 --> 00:18:33.259
 gives us

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 hope

00:18:33.780 --> 00:18:34.840
 in this

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 world

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 it is

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 the grace

00:18:37.079 --> 00:18:38.179
 of god

00:18:38.179 --> 00:18:38.679
 that makes

00:18:38.679 --> 00:18:39.919
 all the

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 difference

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 for us

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 and we

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 thank god

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 for that

00:18:44.559 --> 00:18:48.859
 in verse

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 four of

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 this chapter

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 it says

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 but god

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 there was the

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 difference

00:18:55.299 --> 00:18:55.939
 the grace

00:18:55.939 --> 00:18:56.419
 of god

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 you notice

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 the same

00:18:58.039 --> 00:18:59.220
 word used

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 in verse

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 13

00:19:00.179 --> 00:19:01.879
 but again

00:19:01.879 --> 00:19:03.059
 but now

00:19:03.059 --> 00:19:04.319
 in christ

00:19:04.319 --> 00:19:05.019
 jesus

00:19:05.019 --> 00:19:06.139
 you who

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 were once

00:19:06.639 --> 00:19:07.240
 far off

00:19:07.240 --> 00:19:07.539
 have been

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 brought near

00:19:08.240 --> 00:19:09.139
 by the

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 blood of

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 christ

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 isn't it a

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 wonderful thing

00:19:12.919 --> 00:19:14.259
 to be able to

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 remember

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 what god has

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 done

00:19:16.619 --> 00:19:17.859
 for us

00:19:17.859 --> 00:19:19.440
 far off

00:19:19.440 --> 00:19:20.899
 but brought

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 near

00:19:21.279 --> 00:19:21.960
 through

00:19:21.960 --> 00:19:23.500
 his blood

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 it's

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 important

00:19:26.180 --> 00:19:26.819
 for us

00:19:26.819 --> 00:19:28.140
 to remember

00:19:28.140 --> 00:19:30.680
 but then

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 we see

00:19:31.119 --> 00:19:31.740
 secondly

00:19:31.740 --> 00:19:32.579
 the

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 reconciliation

00:19:33.420 --> 00:19:34.460
 here

00:19:34.460 --> 00:19:36.460
 paul's day

00:19:36.460 --> 00:19:36.960
 as we said

00:19:36.960 --> 00:19:37.319
 was a day

00:19:37.319 --> 00:19:37.740
 of much

00:19:37.740 --> 00:19:38.519
 hostility

00:19:38.519 --> 00:19:39.640
 and that

00:19:39.640 --> 00:19:40.240
 hostility

00:19:40.240 --> 00:19:41.059
 ran deep

00:19:41.059 --> 00:19:41.539
 especially

00:19:41.539 --> 00:19:42.420
 between jew

00:19:42.420 --> 00:19:43.299
 and gentile

00:19:43.299 --> 00:19:44.400
 speaks here

00:19:44.400 --> 00:19:44.859
 of the

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 circumcision

00:19:46.160 --> 00:19:46.519
 and the

00:19:46.519 --> 00:19:47.720
 uncircumcision

00:19:47.720 --> 00:19:48.200
 there was a

00:19:48.200 --> 00:19:48.740
 tension

00:19:48.740 --> 00:19:50.079
 among these

00:19:50.079 --> 00:19:50.759
 people

00:19:50.759 --> 00:19:52.319
 the jews

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 in many

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 ways

00:19:52.960 --> 00:19:53.559
 saw

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 themselves

00:19:54.059 --> 00:19:54.640
 better

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 than the

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 gentiles

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 and the

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 gentiles

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 they really

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 hated

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 the jews

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 they didn't

00:19:59.700 --> 00:20:00.160
 want to

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 mix

00:20:00.579 --> 00:20:03.180
 but in

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 verse 16

00:20:04.160 --> 00:20:04.680
 of this

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 passage

00:20:05.379 --> 00:20:06.099
 we are

00:20:06.099 --> 00:20:07.039
 told there

00:20:07.039 --> 00:20:08.579
 and might

00:20:08.579 --> 00:20:09.740
 reconcile us

00:20:09.740 --> 00:20:10.900
 both to

00:20:10.900 --> 00:20:11.640
 god in

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 one body

00:20:12.359 --> 00:20:13.379
 through

00:20:13.379 --> 00:20:14.480
 the cross

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 thereby

00:20:15.539 --> 00:20:16.359
 killing

00:20:16.359 --> 00:20:17.759
 the hostility

00:20:17.759 --> 00:20:20.180
 it is the

00:20:20.180 --> 00:20:20.900
 cross that

00:20:20.900 --> 00:20:21.759
 is central

00:20:21.759 --> 00:20:22.980
 to breaking

00:20:22.980 --> 00:20:24.299
 down this

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 hostility

00:20:25.019 --> 00:20:26.859
 to restoring

00:20:26.859 --> 00:20:28.079
 relationships

00:20:28.079 --> 00:20:29.700
 among people

00:20:29.700 --> 00:20:31.960
 being reconciled

00:20:31.960 --> 00:20:32.740
 to god

00:20:32.740 --> 00:20:33.920
 as one

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 looking to

00:20:35.799 --> 00:20:36.359
 jesus

00:20:36.359 --> 00:20:37.599
 as one

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 people

00:20:38.279 --> 00:20:39.480
 wherever you

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 are from

00:20:39.980 --> 00:20:40.440
 whatever

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 whatever

00:20:41.259 --> 00:20:42.240
 background you

00:20:42.240 --> 00:20:42.819
 have we

00:20:42.819 --> 00:20:43.539
 can come

00:20:43.539 --> 00:20:44.220
 to the

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 cross and

00:20:44.960 --> 00:20:45.960
 see that

00:20:45.960 --> 00:20:46.920
 christ died

00:20:46.920 --> 00:20:47.740
 for sinners

00:20:47.740 --> 00:20:48.980
 of all

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 kinds

00:20:49.759 --> 00:20:51.420
 paul in

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 writing to

00:20:51.920 --> 00:20:52.039
 the

00:20:52.039 --> 00:20:52.599
 corinthians

00:20:52.599 --> 00:20:53.180
 he speaks

00:20:53.180 --> 00:20:53.559
 of it

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 in this

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 way as

00:20:54.819 --> 00:20:55.420
 they were

00:20:55.420 --> 00:20:56.160
 ambassadors

00:20:56.160 --> 00:20:57.740
 for christ

00:20:57.740 --> 00:20:59.140
 he says

00:20:59.140 --> 00:20:59.480
 we are

00:20:59.480 --> 00:20:59.859
 therefore

00:20:59.859 --> 00:21:00.599
 christ's

00:21:00.599 --> 00:21:01.099
 ambassadors

00:21:01.099 --> 00:21:02.019
 as though

00:21:02.019 --> 00:21:02.519
 god were

00:21:02.519 --> 00:21:03.079
 making his

00:21:03.079 --> 00:21:03.620
 appeal

00:21:03.620 --> 00:21:04.740
 through us

00:21:04.740 --> 00:21:05.660
 we implore

00:21:05.660 --> 00:21:06.319
 you on

00:21:06.319 --> 00:21:07.440
 christ's

00:21:07.440 --> 00:21:07.980
 behalf

00:21:07.980 --> 00:21:08.859
 be

00:21:08.859 --> 00:21:10.259
 reconciled

00:21:10.259 --> 00:21:11.299
 to god

00:21:11.299 --> 00:21:14.319
 it is

00:21:14.319 --> 00:21:14.859
 this great

00:21:14.859 --> 00:21:15.839
 need of

00:21:15.839 --> 00:21:16.460
 the world

00:21:16.460 --> 00:21:16.940
 to be

00:21:16.940 --> 00:21:18.180
 reconciled

00:21:18.180 --> 00:21:19.180
 to god

00:21:19.180 --> 00:21:20.420
 because it's

00:21:20.420 --> 00:21:20.740
 the only

00:21:20.740 --> 00:21:21.100
 way

00:21:21.100 --> 00:21:22.480
 and out

00:21:22.480 --> 00:21:22.960
 of this

00:21:22.960 --> 00:21:23.880
 hostility

00:21:23.880 --> 00:21:25.100
 and this

00:21:25.100 --> 00:21:25.820
 wickedness

00:21:25.820 --> 00:21:26.400
 that is in

00:21:26.400 --> 00:21:27.019
 the world

00:21:27.019 --> 00:21:28.539
 speaks here

00:21:28.539 --> 00:21:29.320
 of thereby

00:21:29.320 --> 00:21:30.080
 killing

00:21:30.080 --> 00:21:31.340
 the hostility

00:21:31.340 --> 00:21:33.039
 this tension

00:21:33.039 --> 00:21:33.820
 that existed

00:21:33.820 --> 00:21:34.400
 between the

00:21:34.400 --> 00:21:35.120
 gentiles and

00:21:35.120 --> 00:21:35.440
 the jew

00:21:35.440 --> 00:21:36.279
 it is put

00:21:36.279 --> 00:21:36.820
 to death

00:21:36.820 --> 00:21:37.519
 through the

00:21:37.519 --> 00:21:38.019
 cross

00:21:38.019 --> 00:21:39.640
 because it

00:21:39.640 --> 00:21:40.640
 brings people

00:21:40.640 --> 00:21:41.620
 together

00:21:41.619 --> 00:21:43.679
 he says

00:21:43.679 --> 00:21:44.139
 then in

00:21:44.139 --> 00:21:45.479
 verse 17

00:21:45.479 --> 00:21:45.839
 that he

00:21:45.839 --> 00:21:46.459
 came and

00:21:46.459 --> 00:21:46.919
 preached

00:21:46.919 --> 00:21:47.500
 peace

00:21:47.500 --> 00:21:48.359
 to you

00:21:48.359 --> 00:21:48.679
 who were

00:21:48.679 --> 00:21:49.479
 far off

00:21:49.479 --> 00:21:50.279
 talking to

00:21:50.279 --> 00:21:50.939
 the gentiles

00:21:50.939 --> 00:21:51.379
 they seem

00:21:51.379 --> 00:21:51.739
 to be

00:21:51.739 --> 00:21:52.779
 far away

00:21:52.779 --> 00:21:53.419
 from god

00:21:53.419 --> 00:21:54.099
 but he

00:21:54.099 --> 00:21:55.039
 also says

00:21:55.039 --> 00:21:55.739
 that he

00:21:55.739 --> 00:21:56.000
 was

00:21:56.000 --> 00:21:57.199
 preaching

00:21:57.199 --> 00:21:59.679
 peace

00:21:59.679 --> 00:22:00.399
 to those

00:22:00.399 --> 00:22:01.139
 who were

00:22:01.139 --> 00:22:01.539
 near

00:22:01.539 --> 00:22:03.339
 those who

00:22:03.339 --> 00:22:03.799
 were near

00:22:03.799 --> 00:22:04.439
 to god

00:22:04.439 --> 00:22:05.239
 the jews

00:22:05.239 --> 00:22:05.699
 they still

00:22:05.699 --> 00:22:06.339
 needed this

00:22:06.339 --> 00:22:06.879
 gospel

00:22:06.880 --> 00:22:08.460
 because they

00:22:08.460 --> 00:22:09.200
 weren't there

00:22:09.200 --> 00:22:10.180
 yet

00:22:10.180 --> 00:22:11.520
 and the

00:22:11.520 --> 00:22:12.020
 cross

00:22:12.020 --> 00:22:12.920
 is the

00:22:12.920 --> 00:22:13.300
 common

00:22:13.300 --> 00:22:13.840
 thing

00:22:13.840 --> 00:22:14.640
 for them

00:22:14.640 --> 00:22:15.140
 both

00:22:15.140 --> 00:22:16.980
 the cross

00:22:16.980 --> 00:22:18.140
 where christ

00:22:18.140 --> 00:22:18.760
 died

00:22:18.760 --> 00:22:19.980
 for our

00:22:19.980 --> 00:22:20.720
 sins

00:22:20.720 --> 00:22:23.420
 and that

00:22:23.420 --> 00:22:23.860
 is what he

00:22:23.860 --> 00:22:24.440
 is offering

00:22:24.440 --> 00:22:25.200
 to the

00:22:25.200 --> 00:22:25.820
 people of

00:22:25.820 --> 00:22:26.200
 ephesus

00:22:26.200 --> 00:22:26.740
 that's what

00:22:26.740 --> 00:22:27.320
 the world

00:22:27.320 --> 00:22:28.200
 needs to

00:22:28.200 --> 00:22:29.100
 hear today

00:22:29.100 --> 00:22:31.320
 the gospel

00:22:31.320 --> 00:22:32.180
 of christ

00:22:32.180 --> 00:22:32.900
 who came

00:22:32.900 --> 00:22:34.100
 to break

00:22:34.100 --> 00:22:34.840
 down these

00:22:34.840 --> 00:22:35.420
 barriers

00:22:35.420 --> 00:22:36.940
 to bring

00:22:36.940 --> 00:22:37.480
 people

00:22:37.480 --> 00:22:38.039
 together

00:22:38.039 --> 00:22:39.420
 as one

00:22:39.420 --> 00:22:40.320
 body

00:22:40.320 --> 00:22:42.600
 what one

00:22:42.600 --> 00:22:43.080
 thing

00:22:43.080 --> 00:22:43.840
 could you

00:22:43.840 --> 00:22:44.700
 offer today

00:22:44.700 --> 00:22:45.820
 that would

00:22:45.820 --> 00:22:46.680
 bring peace

00:22:46.680 --> 00:22:47.279
 to this

00:22:47.279 --> 00:22:47.720
 world

00:22:47.720 --> 00:22:50.019
 we don't

00:22:50.019 --> 00:22:50.480
 have the

00:22:50.480 --> 00:22:51.000
 answers

00:22:51.000 --> 00:22:51.940
 in so

00:22:51.940 --> 00:22:52.680
 many ways

00:22:52.680 --> 00:22:53.720
 and yet

00:22:53.720 --> 00:22:54.200
 we do

00:22:54.200 --> 00:22:56.019
 we have

00:22:56.019 --> 00:22:56.800
 the gospel

00:22:56.800 --> 00:22:58.779
 but people

00:22:58.779 --> 00:22:59.820
 will not

00:22:59.820 --> 00:23:00.300
 listen

00:23:00.300 --> 00:23:02.080
 there was

00:23:02.080 --> 00:23:02.840
 a welsh

00:23:02.840 --> 00:23:03.680
 missionary

00:23:03.680 --> 00:23:03.980
 he was

00:23:03.980 --> 00:23:04.320
 called

00:23:04.320 --> 00:23:04.800
 robert

00:23:04.799 --> 00:23:05.419
 jermaine

00:23:05.419 --> 00:23:06.240
 thomas

00:23:06.240 --> 00:23:07.519
 he was

00:23:07.519 --> 00:23:08.019
 the son

00:23:08.019 --> 00:23:08.359
 of a

00:23:08.359 --> 00:23:08.740
 minister

00:23:08.740 --> 00:23:09.440
 and from

00:23:09.440 --> 00:23:09.839
 a very

00:23:09.839 --> 00:23:10.579
 young age

00:23:10.579 --> 00:23:10.919
 he had a

00:23:10.919 --> 00:23:11.779
 real burden

00:23:11.779 --> 00:23:12.539
 for mission

00:23:12.539 --> 00:23:14.099
 he went

00:23:14.099 --> 00:23:15.359
 to china

00:23:15.359 --> 00:23:16.200
 and then

00:23:16.200 --> 00:23:16.919
 from china

00:23:16.919 --> 00:23:17.960
 he went

00:23:17.960 --> 00:23:18.879
 to korea

00:23:18.879 --> 00:23:19.759
 he was

00:23:19.759 --> 00:23:20.099
 only in

00:23:20.099 --> 00:23:20.579
 his mid

00:23:20.579 --> 00:23:21.399
 twenties

00:23:21.399 --> 00:23:23.779
 and as

00:23:23.779 --> 00:23:24.220
 he went

00:23:24.220 --> 00:23:25.039
 to korea

00:23:25.039 --> 00:23:25.480
 he went

00:23:25.480 --> 00:23:26.099
 there to

00:23:26.099 --> 00:23:26.940
 distribute

00:23:26.940 --> 00:23:27.859
 bibles

00:23:27.859 --> 00:23:28.539
 to the

00:23:28.539 --> 00:23:29.059
 people

00:23:29.059 --> 00:23:29.460
 there

00:23:29.460 --> 00:23:31.099
 and he

00:23:31.099 --> 00:23:31.619
 was on

00:23:31.619 --> 00:23:32.299
 this ship

00:23:32.299 --> 00:23:32.779
 going up

00:23:32.779 --> 00:23:33.159
 a river

00:23:33.160 --> 00:23:33.920
 in korea

00:23:33.920 --> 00:23:34.779
 and they

00:23:34.779 --> 00:23:35.480
 were stopping

00:23:35.480 --> 00:23:36.040
 in different

00:23:36.040 --> 00:23:36.500
 places

00:23:36.500 --> 00:23:37.220
 seeking to

00:23:37.220 --> 00:23:37.940
 to bring

00:23:37.940 --> 00:23:38.540
 the bible

00:23:38.540 --> 00:23:39.160
 to different

00:23:39.160 --> 00:23:39.779
 people

00:23:39.779 --> 00:23:40.180
 there

00:23:40.180 --> 00:23:41.940
 but there

00:23:41.940 --> 00:23:42.740
 was a fear

00:23:42.740 --> 00:23:43.120
 as they were

00:23:43.120 --> 00:23:43.660
 on the ship

00:23:43.660 --> 00:23:44.140
 going up the

00:23:44.140 --> 00:23:44.740
 river that the

00:23:44.740 --> 00:23:45.380
 river was

00:23:45.380 --> 00:23:46.360
 getting shallower

00:23:46.360 --> 00:23:47.779
 and that the

00:23:47.779 --> 00:23:48.320
 ship would

00:23:48.320 --> 00:23:49.040
 ground but they

00:23:49.040 --> 00:23:49.880
 kept going

00:23:49.880 --> 00:23:51.360
 and they were

00:23:51.360 --> 00:23:52.200
 meeting more

00:23:52.200 --> 00:23:52.660
 and more

00:23:52.660 --> 00:23:53.460
 hostility

00:23:53.460 --> 00:23:55.340
 and eventually

00:23:55.340 --> 00:23:55.940
 the ship

00:23:55.940 --> 00:23:56.700
 did ground

00:23:56.700 --> 00:23:58.240
 and on the

00:23:58.240 --> 00:23:58.880
 shoreline they

00:23:58.880 --> 00:23:59.740
 could see a

00:23:59.740 --> 00:24:00.360
 number of

00:24:00.360 --> 00:24:00.800
 people a

00:24:00.800 --> 00:24:01.560
 large number

00:24:01.559 --> 00:24:02.299
 of people

00:24:02.299 --> 00:24:04.440
 but what

00:24:04.440 --> 00:24:05.659
 happened was

00:24:05.659 --> 00:24:07.259
 through the

00:24:07.259 --> 00:24:07.899
 orders of

00:24:07.899 --> 00:24:08.599
 the government

00:24:08.599 --> 00:24:10.379
 people were

00:24:10.379 --> 00:24:11.779
 ordered to

00:24:11.779 --> 00:24:13.539
 kill everyone

00:24:13.539 --> 00:24:14.519
 on that

00:24:14.519 --> 00:24:14.859
 ship

00:24:14.859 --> 00:24:16.759
 there was a

00:24:16.759 --> 00:24:18.019
 fear of

00:24:18.019 --> 00:24:18.539
 what they were

00:24:18.539 --> 00:24:19.220
 bringing to

00:24:19.220 --> 00:24:20.319
 the korean shores

00:24:20.319 --> 00:24:21.339
 to the people

00:24:21.339 --> 00:24:22.319
 there they

00:24:22.319 --> 00:24:23.099
 were afraid

00:24:23.099 --> 00:24:24.059
 of what they

00:24:24.059 --> 00:24:24.619
 were hearing

00:24:24.619 --> 00:24:25.339
 about this

00:24:25.339 --> 00:24:25.940
 gospel

00:24:25.940 --> 00:24:27.960
 but it's

00:24:27.960 --> 00:24:28.419
 said that

00:24:28.419 --> 00:24:28.940
 robert

00:24:28.940 --> 00:24:30.639
 thomas he

00:24:30.639 --> 00:24:31.179
 managed

00:24:31.180 --> 00:24:32.259
 to swim

00:24:32.259 --> 00:24:32.980
 to shore

00:24:32.980 --> 00:24:34.400
 and he

00:24:34.400 --> 00:24:35.060
 managed to

00:24:35.060 --> 00:24:35.600
 take with

00:24:35.600 --> 00:24:36.460
 him a

00:24:36.460 --> 00:24:37.100
 number of

00:24:37.100 --> 00:24:37.580
 bibles

00:24:37.580 --> 00:24:39.900
 and as he

00:24:39.900 --> 00:24:40.560
 reached the

00:24:40.560 --> 00:24:41.000
 shore he

00:24:41.000 --> 00:24:41.620
 was met

00:24:41.620 --> 00:24:43.000
 with hostility

00:24:43.000 --> 00:24:44.740
 and he

00:24:44.740 --> 00:24:45.259
 was on his

00:24:45.259 --> 00:24:46.060
 knees before

00:24:46.060 --> 00:24:47.000
 the man who

00:24:47.000 --> 00:24:47.380
 was just

00:24:47.380 --> 00:24:48.039
 about to

00:24:48.039 --> 00:24:48.759
 shoot him

00:24:48.759 --> 00:24:50.500
 and instead

00:24:50.500 --> 00:24:51.600
 of pleading

00:24:51.600 --> 00:24:52.500
 for his

00:24:52.500 --> 00:24:53.019
 life

00:24:53.019 --> 00:24:54.580
 what he

00:24:54.580 --> 00:24:55.200
 did was

00:24:55.200 --> 00:24:56.060
 he held

00:24:56.060 --> 00:24:56.980
 out a

00:24:56.980 --> 00:24:57.539
 copy of

00:24:57.539 --> 00:24:58.140
 the bible

00:24:58.140 --> 00:24:59.759
 and he

00:24:59.759 --> 00:25:00.240
 pleaded

00:25:00.240 --> 00:25:00.800
 with him

00:25:00.800 --> 00:25:02.100
 to receive

00:25:02.100 --> 00:25:02.460
 it

00:25:02.460 --> 00:25:05.360
 now it's

00:25:05.360 --> 00:25:06.040
 said that

00:25:06.040 --> 00:25:06.660
 that is

00:25:06.660 --> 00:25:07.720
 how the

00:25:07.720 --> 00:25:08.220
 word of

00:25:08.220 --> 00:25:08.920
 god came

00:25:08.920 --> 00:25:09.600
 into that

00:25:09.600 --> 00:25:10.880
 area of

00:25:10.880 --> 00:25:11.460
 korea

00:25:11.460 --> 00:25:13.480
 it wasn't

00:25:13.480 --> 00:25:14.640
 wanted by

00:25:14.640 --> 00:25:15.220
 everyone

00:25:15.220 --> 00:25:16.600
 but one

00:25:16.600 --> 00:25:17.759
 copy at

00:25:17.759 --> 00:25:18.740
 least made

00:25:18.740 --> 00:25:19.060
 it to

00:25:19.060 --> 00:25:19.660
 people

00:25:19.660 --> 00:25:20.600
 and people

00:25:20.600 --> 00:25:21.240
 started to

00:25:21.240 --> 00:25:22.340
 see this

00:25:22.340 --> 00:25:23.420
 word and

00:25:23.420 --> 00:25:23.780
 take an

00:25:23.780 --> 00:25:24.500
 interest in

00:25:24.500 --> 00:25:25.060
 the word

00:25:25.059 --> 00:25:26.119
 of god

00:25:26.119 --> 00:25:26.500
 and now

00:25:26.500 --> 00:25:27.299
 many people

00:25:27.299 --> 00:25:27.859
 who come

00:25:27.859 --> 00:25:29.200
 from korea

00:25:29.200 --> 00:25:30.639
 today they'll

00:25:30.639 --> 00:25:31.079
 want to

00:25:31.079 --> 00:25:32.559
 visit wales

00:25:32.559 --> 00:25:32.919
 and the

00:25:32.919 --> 00:25:33.940
 village where

00:25:33.940 --> 00:25:34.559
 robert was

00:25:34.559 --> 00:25:35.839
 born because

00:25:35.839 --> 00:25:36.659
 they recognized

00:25:36.659 --> 00:25:38.179
 the sacrifice

00:25:38.179 --> 00:25:39.299
 that he made

00:25:39.299 --> 00:25:40.240
 in bringing

00:25:40.240 --> 00:25:41.339
 the gospel

00:25:41.339 --> 00:25:42.039
 to them

00:25:42.039 --> 00:25:45.379
 is that

00:25:45.379 --> 00:25:46.639
 what we

00:25:46.639 --> 00:25:47.259
 would do

00:25:47.259 --> 00:25:48.679
 is that

00:25:48.679 --> 00:25:49.200
 what we

00:25:49.200 --> 00:25:50.279
 are willing

00:25:50.279 --> 00:25:50.940
 to do

00:25:50.940 --> 00:25:51.779
 when we

00:25:51.779 --> 00:25:52.500
 live in a

00:25:52.500 --> 00:25:52.940
 hostile

00:25:52.940 --> 00:25:53.659
 world

00:25:53.660 --> 00:25:54.920
 when we

00:25:54.920 --> 00:25:55.660
 see all

00:25:55.660 --> 00:25:55.960
 that's

00:25:55.960 --> 00:25:56.540
 going on

00:25:56.540 --> 00:25:57.180
 around us

00:25:57.180 --> 00:25:57.540
 it doesn't

00:25:57.540 --> 00:25:57.940
 have to

00:25:57.940 --> 00:25:58.700
 be a

00:25:58.700 --> 00:25:59.400
 big city

00:25:59.400 --> 00:26:00.600
 of millions

00:26:00.600 --> 00:26:01.540
 in america

00:26:01.540 --> 00:26:02.580
 that's godless

00:26:02.580 --> 00:26:02.980
 and needs

00:26:02.980 --> 00:26:03.580
 the grace

00:26:03.580 --> 00:26:04.279
 of god

00:26:04.279 --> 00:26:05.600
 our own

00:26:05.600 --> 00:26:06.300
 town our

00:26:06.300 --> 00:26:06.700
 villages

00:26:06.700 --> 00:26:07.840
 need the

00:26:07.840 --> 00:26:08.380
 grace of

00:26:08.380 --> 00:26:08.800
 god

00:26:08.800 --> 00:26:09.759
 they need

00:26:09.759 --> 00:26:10.980
 the gospel

00:26:10.980 --> 00:26:12.980
 they need

00:26:12.980 --> 00:26:14.500
 this hope

00:26:14.500 --> 00:26:15.820
 of reconciliation

00:26:15.820 --> 00:26:18.400
 and that is

00:26:18.400 --> 00:26:19.220
 what we have

00:26:19.220 --> 00:26:19.840
 to offer

00:26:19.840 --> 00:26:21.920
 the reconciliation

00:26:21.920 --> 00:26:23.140
 that is

00:26:23.140 --> 00:26:24.560
 found in

00:26:24.560 --> 00:26:25.360
 christ he

00:26:25.360 --> 00:26:26.120
 has come

00:26:26.120 --> 00:26:27.140
 to be

00:26:27.140 --> 00:26:28.220
 our peace

00:26:28.220 --> 00:26:30.080
 and destroy

00:26:30.080 --> 00:26:31.420
 the barrier

00:26:31.420 --> 00:26:32.620
 the dividing

00:26:32.620 --> 00:26:33.640
 wall of

00:26:33.640 --> 00:26:34.820
 hostility

00:26:34.820 --> 00:26:36.940
 we pray

00:26:36.940 --> 00:26:37.700
 for

00:26:37.700 --> 00:26:38.620
 reconciliation

00:26:38.620 --> 00:26:40.160
 in our

00:26:40.160 --> 00:26:41.000
 town in our

00:26:41.000 --> 00:26:41.400
 villages

00:26:41.400 --> 00:26:42.480
 that the

00:26:42.480 --> 00:26:43.100
 power of

00:26:43.100 --> 00:26:43.640
 god and

00:26:43.640 --> 00:26:44.320
 his word

00:26:44.320 --> 00:26:45.279
 would bear

00:26:45.279 --> 00:26:45.880
 fruit

00:26:45.880 --> 00:26:48.160
 third and

00:26:48.160 --> 00:26:48.920
 final thing

00:26:48.920 --> 00:26:49.400
 we see

00:26:49.400 --> 00:26:50.000
 here though

00:26:50.000 --> 00:26:51.200
 is the

00:26:51.200 --> 00:26:52.080
 sense of

00:26:52.080 --> 00:26:53.080
 rebuilding

00:26:53.080 --> 00:26:53.940
 that is

00:26:53.940 --> 00:26:54.880
 going on

00:26:54.880 --> 00:26:58.520
 in verse

00:26:58.520 --> 00:26:59.560
 19 and

00:26:59.560 --> 00:26:59.960
 say so

00:26:59.960 --> 00:27:00.460
 then you

00:27:00.460 --> 00:27:01.040
 are no

00:27:01.040 --> 00:27:01.440
 longer

00:27:01.440 --> 00:27:02.280
 strangers

00:27:02.280 --> 00:27:03.280
 and aliens

00:27:03.279 --> 00:27:04.460
 but you

00:27:04.460 --> 00:27:04.940
 are fellow

00:27:04.940 --> 00:27:05.480
 citizens

00:27:05.480 --> 00:27:05.940
 with the

00:27:05.940 --> 00:27:06.299
 saints

00:27:06.299 --> 00:27:07.019
 and members

00:27:07.019 --> 00:27:07.399
 of the

00:27:07.399 --> 00:27:08.059
 household

00:27:08.059 --> 00:27:09.240
 of god

00:27:09.240 --> 00:27:10.279
 built on

00:27:10.279 --> 00:27:11.000
 the foundation

00:27:11.000 --> 00:27:11.379
 of the

00:27:11.379 --> 00:27:12.279
 apostles and

00:27:12.279 --> 00:27:12.879
 prophets

00:27:12.879 --> 00:27:14.599
 christ jesus

00:27:14.599 --> 00:27:15.339
 himself

00:27:15.339 --> 00:27:17.119
 being the

00:27:17.119 --> 00:27:18.240
 cornerstone

00:27:18.240 --> 00:27:20.980
 we are no

00:27:20.980 --> 00:27:21.359
 longer

00:27:21.359 --> 00:27:21.960
 foreigners

00:27:21.960 --> 00:27:23.039
 and aliens

00:27:23.039 --> 00:27:24.420
 but fellow

00:27:24.420 --> 00:27:25.200
 citizens

00:27:25.200 --> 00:27:27.359
 this breaking

00:27:27.359 --> 00:27:28.099
 down of

00:27:28.099 --> 00:27:28.899
 hostility

00:27:28.899 --> 00:27:30.279
 it brings

00:27:30.279 --> 00:27:30.980
 people

00:27:30.980 --> 00:27:31.839
 together

00:27:31.839 --> 00:27:33.579
 the kingdom

00:27:33.579 --> 00:27:34.980
 of god

00:27:34.980 --> 00:27:36.119
 is coming

00:27:36.119 --> 00:27:37.779
 and the

00:27:37.779 --> 00:27:38.339
 rebuilding

00:27:38.339 --> 00:27:39.039
 work is

00:27:39.039 --> 00:27:39.619
 ongoing

00:27:39.619 --> 00:27:41.159
 and as

00:27:41.159 --> 00:27:42.000
 his kingdom

00:27:42.000 --> 00:27:43.279
 comes in

00:27:43.279 --> 00:27:43.799
 our midst

00:27:43.799 --> 00:27:44.519
 we see

00:27:44.519 --> 00:27:45.539
 it little

00:27:45.539 --> 00:27:46.459
 by little

00:27:46.459 --> 00:27:48.079
 bit by

00:27:48.079 --> 00:27:49.059
 bit the

00:27:49.059 --> 00:27:50.259
 house is

00:27:50.259 --> 00:27:51.039
 being built

00:27:51.039 --> 00:27:52.240
 god is

00:27:52.240 --> 00:27:53.119
 calling his

00:27:53.119 --> 00:27:54.359
 people to

00:27:54.359 --> 00:27:55.079
 himself

00:27:55.079 --> 00:27:56.599
 not just

00:27:56.599 --> 00:27:57.199
 here but

00:27:57.199 --> 00:27:58.139
 all over

00:27:58.139 --> 00:27:58.759
 the world

00:27:58.759 --> 00:27:59.980
 god is

00:27:59.980 --> 00:28:01.299
 the gospel

00:28:01.299 --> 00:28:01.819
 of god

00:28:01.819 --> 00:28:03.059
 is bearing

00:28:03.059 --> 00:28:03.839
 fruit

00:28:03.839 --> 00:28:05.879
 the lord's

00:28:05.879 --> 00:28:06.460
 people

00:28:06.460 --> 00:28:08.119
 there is a

00:28:08.119 --> 00:28:09.379
 blessing in

00:28:09.379 --> 00:28:10.259
 belonging as

00:28:10.259 --> 00:28:10.799
 we see

00:28:10.799 --> 00:28:12.639
 here and

00:28:12.639 --> 00:28:13.259
 it's such an

00:28:13.259 --> 00:28:13.919
 encouragement

00:28:13.919 --> 00:28:14.980
 and it's

00:28:14.980 --> 00:28:15.740
 wonderful to

00:28:15.740 --> 00:28:16.359
 see and to

00:28:16.359 --> 00:28:17.179
 hear as we've

00:28:17.179 --> 00:28:18.439
 rejoiced in a

00:28:18.439 --> 00:28:18.939
 new member

00:28:18.939 --> 00:28:20.000
 ourselves this

00:28:20.000 --> 00:28:20.799
 week we

00:28:20.799 --> 00:28:21.700
 rejoice as we

00:28:21.700 --> 00:28:22.819
 hear that there

00:28:22.819 --> 00:28:23.679
 are people who

00:28:23.679 --> 00:28:24.419
 are longing and

00:28:24.419 --> 00:28:25.339
 deciding after

00:28:25.339 --> 00:28:25.980
 christ

00:28:25.980 --> 00:28:28.220
 rejoice that god

00:28:28.220 --> 00:28:28.980
 is working

00:28:28.980 --> 00:28:30.579
 in our midst

00:28:30.579 --> 00:28:32.140
 and we pray

00:28:32.140 --> 00:28:33.400
 that the

00:28:33.400 --> 00:28:34.500
 rebuilding would

00:28:34.500 --> 00:28:35.079
 go on

00:28:35.079 --> 00:28:36.839
 that god

00:28:36.839 --> 00:28:37.779
 would continue

00:28:37.779 --> 00:28:38.519
 to come

00:28:38.519 --> 00:28:39.579
 in power

00:28:39.579 --> 00:28:40.860
 that we

00:28:40.860 --> 00:28:41.420
 would see

00:28:41.420 --> 00:28:42.259
 the gospel

00:28:42.259 --> 00:28:44.099
 bearing so

00:28:44.099 --> 00:28:44.920
 much fruit

00:28:44.920 --> 00:28:46.099
 in her

00:28:46.099 --> 00:28:46.579
 midst

00:28:46.579 --> 00:28:47.599
 we are

00:28:47.599 --> 00:28:48.480
 reminded here

00:28:48.480 --> 00:28:49.279
 of the power

00:28:49.279 --> 00:28:50.720
 of the gospel

00:28:50.720 --> 00:28:51.860
 in him

00:28:51.860 --> 00:28:52.900
 you are also

00:28:52.900 --> 00:28:53.819
 being built

00:28:53.819 --> 00:28:54.480
 together

00:28:54.480 --> 00:28:56.120
 we are all

00:28:56.120 --> 00:28:57.480
 part of

00:28:57.480 --> 00:28:57.940
 this

00:28:57.940 --> 00:28:59.720
 whenever a

00:28:59.720 --> 00:29:00.079
 major

00:29:00.079 --> 00:29:01.519
 building work

00:29:01.519 --> 00:29:02.240
 is going to

00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:02.740
 be done

00:29:02.740 --> 00:29:04.819
 it'll go out

00:29:04.819 --> 00:29:05.620
 to tender

00:29:05.620 --> 00:29:06.240
 so that

00:29:06.240 --> 00:29:06.860
 people

00:29:06.860 --> 00:29:08.019
 or companies

00:29:08.019 --> 00:29:08.740
 can bid

00:29:08.740 --> 00:29:09.620
 on it

00:29:09.620 --> 00:29:11.240
 but it's

00:29:11.240 --> 00:29:11.720
 interesting when

00:29:11.720 --> 00:29:12.259
 you look at

00:29:12.259 --> 00:29:13.680
 the tenders

00:29:13.680 --> 00:29:14.160
 and the

00:29:14.160 --> 00:29:14.759
 bids that

00:29:14.759 --> 00:29:15.299
 come in

00:29:15.299 --> 00:29:16.860
 which one

00:29:16.860 --> 00:29:17.779
 is accepted

00:29:17.779 --> 00:29:19.399
 do they

00:29:19.399 --> 00:29:19.639
 look at

00:29:19.639 --> 00:29:20.440
 the quality

00:29:20.440 --> 00:29:21.899
 do they

00:29:21.899 --> 00:29:22.379
 look at

00:29:22.379 --> 00:29:23.299
 how long

00:29:23.299 --> 00:29:23.700
 it may

00:29:23.700 --> 00:29:24.420
 last

00:29:24.420 --> 00:29:25.960
 or do

00:29:25.960 --> 00:29:26.359
 they look

00:29:26.359 --> 00:29:26.680
 at the

00:29:26.680 --> 00:29:27.259
 price

00:29:27.259 --> 00:29:29.339
 so often

00:29:29.339 --> 00:29:29.740
 it's a

00:29:29.740 --> 00:29:30.359
 sense of

00:29:30.359 --> 00:29:31.039
 the cheapest

00:29:31.039 --> 00:29:32.019
 offer

00:29:32.019 --> 00:29:32.980
 wins

00:29:32.980 --> 00:29:35.059
 no matter

00:29:35.059 --> 00:29:35.779
 the risks

00:29:35.779 --> 00:29:36.139
 that there

00:29:36.139 --> 00:29:36.460
 are

00:29:36.460 --> 00:29:37.539
 no matter

00:29:37.539 --> 00:29:37.839
 that it

00:29:37.839 --> 00:29:38.740
 may be

00:29:38.740 --> 00:29:38.980
 done

00:29:38.980 --> 00:29:39.579
 cheaply

00:29:39.579 --> 00:29:40.319
 that shortcuts

00:29:40.319 --> 00:29:40.980
 may be

00:29:40.980 --> 00:29:41.339
 had

00:29:41.339 --> 00:29:42.559
 it's just

00:29:42.559 --> 00:29:43.240
 the short

00:29:43.240 --> 00:29:44.139
 term view

00:29:44.139 --> 00:29:44.940
 that is

00:29:44.940 --> 00:29:45.579
 in mind

00:29:45.579 --> 00:29:46.799
 what is

00:29:46.799 --> 00:29:47.420
 the cheapest

00:29:47.420 --> 00:29:48.620
 way for

00:29:48.620 --> 00:29:49.080
 us to

00:29:49.080 --> 00:29:49.480
 get the

00:29:49.480 --> 00:29:50.180
 job done

00:29:50.180 --> 00:29:51.900
 but we've

00:29:51.900 --> 00:29:52.400
 heard the

00:29:52.400 --> 00:29:53.320
 saying so

00:29:53.320 --> 00:29:53.620
 often

00:29:53.620 --> 00:29:54.480
 buy cheap

00:29:54.480 --> 00:29:55.700
 pay dear

00:29:55.700 --> 00:29:58.120
 but when

00:29:58.120 --> 00:29:58.420
 you look at

00:29:58.420 --> 00:29:58.840
 the way the

00:29:58.840 --> 00:29:59.720
 household of

00:29:59.720 --> 00:30:00.860
 God is

00:30:00.860 --> 00:30:01.640
 being built

00:30:01.640 --> 00:30:03.440
 you recognise

00:30:03.440 --> 00:30:04.800
 no shortcuts

00:30:04.800 --> 00:30:05.720
 have been

00:30:05.720 --> 00:30:06.200
 taken

00:30:06.200 --> 00:30:07.620
 it's not

00:30:07.620 --> 00:30:08.500
 about the

00:30:08.500 --> 00:30:09.000
 cheapest

00:30:09.000 --> 00:30:09.759
 option

00:30:09.759 --> 00:30:10.860
 it's not

00:30:10.860 --> 00:30:11.820
 about a

00:30:11.820 --> 00:30:12.740
 short term

00:30:12.740 --> 00:30:13.360
 fix

00:30:13.360 --> 00:30:15.360
 the greatest

00:30:15.360 --> 00:30:16.840
 price of

00:30:16.839 --> 00:30:17.559
 all has

00:30:17.559 --> 00:30:18.339
 been paid

00:30:18.339 --> 00:30:20.740
 and the

00:30:20.740 --> 00:30:21.119
 Lord

00:30:21.119 --> 00:30:21.799
 himself

00:30:21.799 --> 00:30:22.779
 is at

00:30:22.779 --> 00:30:23.299
 the heart

00:30:23.299 --> 00:30:23.779
 of it

00:30:23.779 --> 00:30:24.839
 it is

00:30:24.839 --> 00:30:25.599
 he

00:30:25.599 --> 00:30:26.779
 that is

00:30:26.779 --> 00:30:27.099
 the

00:30:27.099 --> 00:30:28.099
 cornerstone

00:30:28.099 --> 00:30:29.019
 Christ

00:30:29.019 --> 00:30:29.839
 himself

00:30:29.839 --> 00:30:30.839
 being

00:30:30.839 --> 00:30:31.459
 the

00:30:31.459 --> 00:30:32.619
 cornerstone

00:30:32.619 --> 00:30:34.599
 and what

00:30:34.599 --> 00:30:35.459
 we remembered

00:30:35.459 --> 00:30:36.039
 at the

00:30:36.039 --> 00:30:36.459
 weekend

00:30:36.459 --> 00:30:37.019
 was

00:30:37.019 --> 00:30:38.199
 the price

00:30:38.199 --> 00:30:38.899
 that has

00:30:38.899 --> 00:30:39.740
 been paid

00:30:39.740 --> 00:30:41.480
 for your

00:30:41.480 --> 00:30:42.220
 salvation

00:30:42.220 --> 00:30:42.859
 and mine

00:30:42.859 --> 00:30:43.940
 the greatest

00:30:43.940 --> 00:30:45.299
 price of

00:30:45.299 --> 00:30:46.079
 all has

00:30:46.079 --> 00:30:46.880
 been paid

00:30:46.880 --> 00:30:48.220
 Christ

00:30:48.220 --> 00:30:49.319
 has given

00:30:49.319 --> 00:30:50.240
 his life

00:30:50.240 --> 00:30:51.579
 for sinners

00:30:51.579 --> 00:30:53.339
 the greatest

00:30:53.339 --> 00:30:54.220
 sacrifice

00:30:54.220 --> 00:30:55.680
 of love

00:30:55.680 --> 00:30:57.240
 ever given

00:30:57.240 --> 00:30:59.480
 no short

00:30:59.480 --> 00:31:00.079
 term

00:31:00.079 --> 00:31:01.240
 in mind

00:31:01.240 --> 00:31:02.839
 but eternity

00:31:02.839 --> 00:31:03.640
 in mind

00:31:03.640 --> 00:31:05.160
 for his

00:31:05.160 --> 00:31:05.759
 kingdom

00:31:05.759 --> 00:31:06.980
 is one

00:31:06.980 --> 00:31:07.740
 that will

00:31:07.740 --> 00:31:08.400
 last

00:31:08.400 --> 00:31:09.300
 forever

00:31:09.300 --> 00:31:11.480
 and that

00:31:11.480 --> 00:31:11.860
 is what

00:31:11.860 --> 00:31:12.540
 we have

00:31:12.540 --> 00:31:13.860
 in Christ

00:31:13.860 --> 00:31:15.460
 that is

00:31:15.460 --> 00:31:15.800
 our

00:31:15.800 --> 00:31:16.740
 security

00:31:16.740 --> 00:31:18.160
 that is

00:31:18.160 --> 00:31:18.640
 what our

00:31:18.640 --> 00:31:19.380
 salvation

00:31:19.380 --> 00:31:20.600
 is built

00:31:20.600 --> 00:31:20.980
 on

00:31:20.980 --> 00:31:22.620
 not us

00:31:22.620 --> 00:31:23.820
 not our

00:31:23.820 --> 00:31:24.480
 works

00:31:24.480 --> 00:31:25.880
 but what

00:31:25.880 --> 00:31:26.480
 Christ

00:31:26.480 --> 00:31:27.580
 has done

00:31:27.580 --> 00:31:28.620
 for us

00:31:28.619 --> 00:31:29.719
 we

00:31:29.719 --> 00:31:30.399
 were

00:31:30.399 --> 00:31:30.959
 far

00:31:30.959 --> 00:31:31.359
 off

00:31:31.359 --> 00:31:32.679
 we

00:31:32.679 --> 00:31:33.039
 were

00:31:33.039 --> 00:31:34.299
 strangers

00:31:34.299 --> 00:31:34.979
 to the

00:31:34.979 --> 00:31:35.379
 covenant

00:31:35.379 --> 00:31:36.139
 of promise

00:31:36.139 --> 00:31:36.899
 we were

00:31:36.899 --> 00:31:37.359
 ones

00:31:37.359 --> 00:31:38.079
 with no

00:31:38.079 --> 00:31:38.579
 hope

00:31:38.579 --> 00:31:39.079
 and without

00:31:39.079 --> 00:31:39.659
 God

00:31:39.659 --> 00:31:40.379
 in the

00:31:40.379 --> 00:31:40.839
 world

00:31:40.839 --> 00:31:42.339
 but now

00:31:42.339 --> 00:31:43.519
 in Christ

00:31:43.519 --> 00:31:44.000
 Jesus

00:31:44.000 --> 00:31:44.539
 you who

00:31:44.539 --> 00:31:45.079
 were once

00:31:45.079 --> 00:31:45.779
 far off

00:31:45.779 --> 00:31:46.559
 have been

00:31:46.559 --> 00:31:47.319
 brought near

00:31:47.319 --> 00:31:48.299
 by the

00:31:48.299 --> 00:31:48.799
 blood

00:31:48.799 --> 00:31:49.879
 of Christ

00:31:49.879 --> 00:31:51.619
 he has

00:31:51.619 --> 00:31:52.219
 paid

00:31:52.219 --> 00:31:53.479
 the price

00:31:53.479 --> 00:31:54.799
 for us

00:31:54.799 --> 00:31:56.519
 that is

00:31:56.519 --> 00:31:56.819
 what

00:31:56.819 --> 00:31:58.119
 we rejoice

00:31:58.119 --> 00:31:59.099
 in

00:31:59.099 --> 00:32:01.119
 and as

00:32:01.119 --> 00:32:01.759
 we rejoice

00:32:01.759 --> 00:32:02.399
 in that

00:32:02.399 --> 00:32:02.699
 as we

00:32:02.699 --> 00:32:03.279
 see our

00:32:03.279 --> 00:32:04.059
 security

00:32:04.059 --> 00:32:04.779
 in that

00:32:04.779 --> 00:32:06.319
 our

00:32:06.319 --> 00:32:06.939
 desire

00:32:06.939 --> 00:32:07.479
 should be

00:32:07.479 --> 00:32:08.199
 with Paul

00:32:08.199 --> 00:32:08.559
 as he

00:32:08.559 --> 00:32:09.619
 wrote to

00:32:09.619 --> 00:32:09.779
 the

00:32:09.779 --> 00:32:10.299
 Corinthians

00:32:10.299 --> 00:32:11.399
 to making

00:32:11.399 --> 00:32:12.579
 his

00:32:12.579 --> 00:32:13.219
 appeal

00:32:13.219 --> 00:32:14.539
 through us

00:32:14.539 --> 00:32:15.559
 we implore

00:32:15.559 --> 00:32:16.000
 you

00:32:16.000 --> 00:32:17.399
 in Christ

00:32:17.399 --> 00:32:18.500
 on Christ's

00:32:18.500 --> 00:32:18.959
 behalf

00:32:18.959 --> 00:32:19.799
 be

00:32:19.799 --> 00:32:21.139
 reconciled

00:32:21.139 --> 00:32:22.239
 to God

00:32:22.239 --> 00:32:25.519
 the day

00:32:25.519 --> 00:32:25.979
 in which

00:32:25.979 --> 00:32:26.639
 we live

00:32:26.639 --> 00:32:27.719
 is a day

00:32:27.720 --> 00:32:28.279
 that seems

00:32:28.279 --> 00:32:29.100
 so dark

00:32:29.100 --> 00:32:29.940
 and godless

00:32:29.940 --> 00:32:30.420
 in so

00:32:30.420 --> 00:32:31.220
 many places

00:32:31.220 --> 00:32:32.019
 and in

00:32:32.019 --> 00:32:32.559
 so many

00:32:32.559 --> 00:32:33.160
 ways

00:32:33.160 --> 00:32:35.660
 but we

00:32:35.660 --> 00:32:36.200
 have God

00:32:36.200 --> 00:32:36.559
 on our

00:32:36.559 --> 00:32:37.019
 side

00:32:37.019 --> 00:32:38.680
 and he

00:32:38.680 --> 00:32:39.360
 is building

00:32:39.360 --> 00:32:40.700
 his kingdom

00:32:40.700 --> 00:32:42.660
 we praise

00:32:42.660 --> 00:32:43.360
 him it's not

00:32:43.360 --> 00:32:44.519
 just one

00:32:44.519 --> 00:32:45.240
 here and

00:32:45.240 --> 00:32:45.640
 there

00:32:45.640 --> 00:32:47.100
 but he has

00:32:47.100 --> 00:32:48.000
 many people

00:32:48.000 --> 00:32:49.460
 many people

00:32:49.460 --> 00:32:50.200
 who are coming

00:32:50.200 --> 00:32:51.400
 to salvation

00:32:51.400 --> 00:32:52.000
 in him

00:32:52.000 --> 00:32:53.299
 and trusting

00:32:53.299 --> 00:32:54.379
 in him

00:32:54.379 --> 00:32:55.259
 and we

00:32:55.259 --> 00:32:55.740
 pray that

00:32:55.740 --> 00:32:56.299
 cities

00:32:56.299 --> 00:32:57.819
 huge cities

00:32:57.819 --> 00:32:58.539
 throughout the

00:32:58.539 --> 00:32:58.940
 world

00:32:58.940 --> 00:32:59.759
 will know

00:32:59.759 --> 00:33:00.279
 the grace

00:33:00.279 --> 00:33:00.919
 of God

00:33:00.919 --> 00:33:01.919
 we pray

00:33:01.919 --> 00:33:02.659
 that towns

00:33:02.659 --> 00:33:03.960
 and villages

00:33:03.960 --> 00:33:04.899
 will know

00:33:04.899 --> 00:33:05.440
 the grace

00:33:05.440 --> 00:33:05.960
 of God

00:33:05.960 --> 00:33:06.359
 we pray

00:33:06.359 --> 00:33:07.059
 that people

00:33:07.059 --> 00:33:08.180
 near and

00:33:08.180 --> 00:33:08.639
 far

00:33:08.639 --> 00:33:09.559
 will know

00:33:09.559 --> 00:33:10.379
 the saving

00:33:10.379 --> 00:33:10.919
 grace

00:33:10.919 --> 00:33:11.799
 of God

00:33:11.799 --> 00:33:13.440
 and rejoice

00:33:13.440 --> 00:33:14.879
 in him

00:33:14.880 --> 00:33:16.580
 we have

00:33:16.580 --> 00:33:17.020
 much

00:33:17.020 --> 00:33:17.780
 to be

00:33:17.780 --> 00:33:18.240
 thankful

00:33:18.240 --> 00:33:18.840
 for

00:33:18.840 --> 00:33:20.580
 we look

00:33:20.580 --> 00:33:21.060
 back

00:33:21.060 --> 00:33:21.940
 and we

00:33:21.940 --> 00:33:22.600
 give thanks

00:33:22.600 --> 00:33:22.960
 for his

00:33:22.960 --> 00:33:23.320
 goodness

00:33:23.320 --> 00:33:24.080
 to us

00:33:24.080 --> 00:33:24.900
 in so

00:33:24.900 --> 00:33:25.660
 many ways

00:33:25.660 --> 00:33:26.860
 but let

00:33:26.860 --> 00:33:27.360
 us keep

00:33:27.360 --> 00:33:28.380
 looking forward

00:33:28.380 --> 00:33:29.400
 with a

00:33:29.400 --> 00:33:29.940
 sense of

00:33:29.940 --> 00:33:30.560
 praise

00:33:30.560 --> 00:33:31.880
 and expectation

00:33:31.880 --> 00:33:32.980
 and joy

00:33:32.980 --> 00:33:34.440
 that he is

00:33:34.440 --> 00:33:34.960
 building

00:33:34.960 --> 00:33:36.220
 his house

00:33:36.220 --> 00:33:37.340
 that he is

00:33:37.340 --> 00:33:37.680
 bringing

00:33:37.680 --> 00:33:38.640
 people in

00:33:38.640 --> 00:33:39.680
 and that

00:33:39.680 --> 00:33:40.200
 Christ

00:33:40.200 --> 00:33:41.280
 is the

00:33:41.280 --> 00:33:42.280
 cornerstone

00:33:42.280 --> 00:33:43.259
 of it

00:33:43.259 --> 00:33:43.580
 all

00:33:43.580 --> 00:33:44.780
 may God

00:33:44.780 --> 00:33:45.180
 bless

00:33:45.180 --> 00:33:46.120
 his word

00:33:46.120 --> 00:33:46.800
 to us

00:33:46.800 --> 00:33:49.620
 we'll sing

00:33:49.620 --> 00:33:50.460
 to God's

00:33:50.460 --> 00:33:50.780
 praise