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 I'm wearing, it'll become obvious in a bit why I'm wearing, I put on two extra layers of clothing before I started to preach.

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 So, you know, when I teach people how to speak, one of the things I tell them is that they have to have a nice snappy opening.

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 And this week on one level it's easy, we're going to talk about sex, amongst other things.

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 So that gets everybody's attention almost instantly.

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 And as we all know, the biblical teaching on sexuality is unbelievably popular in Canada and is completely and utterly uncontroversial.

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 So it's a very easy topic for me to address.

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 And it's all part of a vice list, by the way.

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 Those of you who might be watching online or one of our guests here this Sunday, we preach through books of the Bible.

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 And one of the really good things, if you are a spiritual seeker, we're just curious about tuning into our churches.

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 We don't hide the fine print since we go through a book from the beginning to the end.

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 Everything which is in there, including stuff which is very awkward and difficult, we're going to look at.

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 In fact, if you're curious, in a couple of weeks' time we're going to talk about the biblical advice to husbands and wives.

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 Once again, another easily understood and highly popular topic in Canada.

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 And we're also going to talk about slavery because this Bible text deals with slavery.

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 So no controversial topics.

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 Just all vanilla and Teflon Sunday in and Sunday out.

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 No, I'm joking.

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 And it's a very serious issue.

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 And I really don't mean to joke because, of course, for some of the things that we're going to be talking about today,

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 it's deeply, deeply, deeply personal and strikes at the very heart of some of our identities.

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 So let's begin by looking at the text again.

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 And I'm going to read through the text so you see it.

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 What it is is that we're looking at what the Bible would call a sin list or a vice list is another way to understand it.

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 And there's 11 sins or vices which are mentioned in the text of Scripture.

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 And that's what we're going to look at.

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 And so it's Colossians chapter 3, verses 5 to 11.

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 And really, the vice list is chapter 3, verses 5 to 9.

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 But verses 10 and 11, which we're going to read next week as well,

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 a couple of weeks ago I think I shared how sometimes in the Bible and in literary devices in general,

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 you have what's called a Janus text.

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 It's a text that looks in two directions at the same time.

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 And that's what verses 10 and 11 are.

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 It's a bit of a bridge text, or it helps on one hand to look back at what's just been talked about,

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 and it opens the door looking to the next bit.

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 So we'll read verses 10 and 11.

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 And here's how it goes.

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 Put to death, therefore, what is earthly in you.

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 And just before I go anything further with that,

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 this text isn't saying that the earth is bad,

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 and it's not saying that physical stuff is bad.

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 Far from it.

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 What it's doing, the verse which was just before this,

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 is talking about the fact that when we see Jesus,

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 and we're going to return to this in a couple of moments,

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 when we see Jesus, we will be changed.

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 We will become like him,

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 fit to inhabit the new heaven and the new earth,

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 where there is no evil, no prejudice, no racism,

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 no sin, no death.

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 And so what this is talking about here isn't physical stuff,

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 because we're going to have bodies in the new heaven and the new earth.

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 But it's, in a sense, all the stuff you leave behind

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 when you go into the new heaven and the new earth.

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 All the stuff that's left behind.

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 And there's lots of stuff that's going to be left behind.

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 Thanks be to God.

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 And that's what it's referring to here.

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 Okay, so put to death everything that's going to be left behind.

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 If you think about the fact that from the Christian story,

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 the Christian gospel is that when you put your faith and trust in Jesus,

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 you change your story.

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 You enter into a true and better story.

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 And that true and better story has a far better end.

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 The end isn't death.

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 The end in Jesus is to see Jesus face to face

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 and to become like him,

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 to dwell in a new heaven and a new earth.

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 So that's what the earth,

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 we'll read verse 5 again.

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 But put to death,

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 put to death therefore what is earthly in you.

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 Sexual immorality.

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 And just to be clear here,

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 before we go further,

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 sexual immorality,

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 it means,

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 it's the pornea word group in the original language.

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 And basically,

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 the Bible teaches that sexual knowing

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 and sexual stimulation

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 is reserved

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 for a biological male

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 married to a biological female

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 in marriage.

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 And that that's what,

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 anything apart from that

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 is what pornea or sexual immorality

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 is referring to.

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 Just to be clear.

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 So put to death therefore what is earthly in you,

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 sexual immorality,

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 impurity,

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 passion,

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 evil desire,

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 and covetousness.

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 Which is idolatry.

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 On account of these things,

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 the wrath of God is coming.

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 And just pause there for a second in verse 6.

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 This is a really important verse in the vice list

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 because what it's telling us

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 is that these aren't just boundary markers

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 to separate Christians from non-Christians.

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 So for instance,

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 baptism is a boundary marker

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 separating a Christian from a non-Christian.

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 The fact that I'm wearing a collar

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 is a bit of a boundary marker.

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 But it's said that I've been ordained,

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 set aside for the service of God in the church.

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 And so what the Bible is saying here

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 is that this isn't just a,

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 you know,

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 in a sense,

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 the Sabbath keeping on one level

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 is a boundary marker.

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 Coming to church is a boundary marker.

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 So the Bible here is saying that

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 these things which he's just mentioned,

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 the five sins which he's just mentioned,

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 and the six sins which are going to come

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 aren't boundary markers,

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 that there's something

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 which is objectively wrong in God's sight.

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 I know for those Canadians

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 who are present and those watching,

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 I'm making the matter harder

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 rather than easier,

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 but it's just,

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 it's far better to just understand

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 what the text is actually saying.

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 And so that's the significance of verse 6.

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 And then verse 7,

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 this is also very, very, very important

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 in hearing the vice list.

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 Let's look at what it says.

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 It says,

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 in these two,

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 you once walked

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 when you were living in them.

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 So the reason this is very significant

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 is that this is not an us versus them text.

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 Quite a few years ago now,

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 or 10 years or something like that,

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 on my summer holidays,

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 we went to a large evangelical church.

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 And by coincidence,

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 the large evangelical church,

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 the sermon that Sunday was on

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 Christian marriage and divorce,

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 Christian marriage and divorce,

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 mainly about Christian marriage.

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 And as the sermon went on,

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 I became more and more and more astounded,

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 but not in a good way.

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 Because, I don't know,

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 there might have been like

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 four or five, six hundred people in the room,

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 and he talked as if not a single person

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 in the room

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 was ever divorced.

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 And as the sermon went on,

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 I thought,

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 how on earth could anybody in Canada

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 talk to a room full of people,

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 like 500 people,

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 as if none of them

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 had been touched by divorce

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 or living together.

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 Like, it was just,

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 it gobsmacked me.

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 You see,

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 what it reflected

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 was his understanding

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 that,

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 you know,

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 on purpose,

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 I'm putting the Bible down

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 because that's what they do.

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 We are the pure.

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 We are the sinless.

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 We live by all of God's words.

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 We know you all do.

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 But when you go through that door,

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 there's bad, sinful people.

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 I'm using,

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 this text

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 knocks that completely out from under it.

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 Paul isn't talking about

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 the group of the pure

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 in the midst of an impure world.

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 he's saying,

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 people here,

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 these types of things,

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 that's us.

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 It's what we lived out of

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 and what we're still tempted

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 to live out of.

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 That's why I'm talking about

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 these particular things.

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 So it's not us versus them.

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 It's us.

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 Read that again.

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 Verse 7.

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 In these two you once walked

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 when you were living in them.

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 But now,

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 you must put them all away.

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 Verse 8.

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 Now here's a new list.

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 Anger, wrath, malice,

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 slander,

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 and obscene talk

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 from your mouth.

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 Do not lie to one another,

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 seeing that you have put off

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 the old self,

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 and that could also be translated

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 as the old man

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 or the old humanity,

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 with its practices,

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 and have put on the new self

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 or the new man

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 or the new humanity.

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 Those are different ways

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 you could validly translate

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 this particular text,

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 which is being renewed.

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 So the new self,

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 the new man,

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 the new humanity,

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 is being renewed

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 in knowledge

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 after the image

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 of its creator.

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 Here,

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 there is not

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 Greek and Jew,

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 circumcised and uncircumcised,

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 barbarian,

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 Scythian,

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 slave,

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 free,

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 but Christ

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 is all in all.

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 And what Paul is doing

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 here at the end

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 is he's saying

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 how the gospel

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 has relativized

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 all of these different

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 distinctions

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 that human beings think

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 are very,

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 very important.

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 And he's used

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 the ones which have been

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 very common back then,

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 in other words,

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 part of the Roman Empire,

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 but not Jewish,

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 that's Greek,

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 Jewish,

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 circumcised and uncircumcised,

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 it has to do with

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 religious background,

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 barbarian,

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 Scythian,

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 and Scythians,

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 actually,

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 Scythian,

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 United States and England

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 aren't in the Bible,

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 but Russia is.

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 Scythian

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 was the area

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 we now call Russia.

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 And it was

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 where they considered

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 to be the most barbaric

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 of the barbaric barbarians.

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 That's where they lived.

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 In other words,

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 the full extreme

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 of barbarism,

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 slave,

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 free,

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 but Christ

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 is all in all.

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 So all of the distinctions

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 that we make

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 that are very,

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 very important

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 to Canadians

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 are all completely

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 and utterly

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 relativized

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 by the gospel

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 because

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 when you receive Jesus,

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 you become in Christ

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 and Christ is in you

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 and it means

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 you get a new identity.

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 It doesn't mean

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 that you stop,

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 in a sense,

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 living in Scythia

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 or, in fact,

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 technically being a barbarian

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 or Greek or Jewish,

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 but it means

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 it's relativized

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 because you have

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 a fundamental

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 new identity

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 based on a new destiny.

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 So that's

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 the particular list.

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 Now,

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 some of you,

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 it's,

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 for some people

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 when you're looking

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 at the list,

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 it seems as if

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 it focuses on sex

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 an awful lot.

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 I'm going to,

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 here's the thing

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 about this particular list

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 which is really important

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 for us to understand.

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 For the average Canadian,

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 this first list,

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 this first sin,

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 sexual immorality

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 is very,

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 very hard.

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 And it's not just hard

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 for those who identify

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 as LGBTQ+,

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 or those who would

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 consider themselves

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 to be very friendly

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 and inclusive

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 of LGBTQ+,

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 LGBTQ+.

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 But it's also

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 just very,

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 very hard

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 for people

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 who wouldn't

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 necessarily say

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 that they're,

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 I mean,

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 they're not hostile

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 but not necessarily

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 friendly to that,

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 just living a

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 heterosexual life.

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 It's a very,

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 very,

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 very hard text

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 and very controversial

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 in Canada today.

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 One of the things

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 for us to understand

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 is that

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 in a sense

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 that this list

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 isn't focused

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 on sex.

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 It's really focused

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 on God

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 and how he designed

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 human beings to be.

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 And it means

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 that if you were

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 to go to different cultures,

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 parts of this text

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 might be very problematic.

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 So for instance,

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 if I went to a Muslim country,

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 a Muslim majority country,

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 and I happen to be able

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 to preach to a bunch

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 of Muslims,

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 obviously there is

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 some significant differences

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 between the Christian

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 sexual ethic

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 and the Muslim sexual ethic.

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 Depending on the

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 Muslim majority country,

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 I might have to say

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 that the Bible

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 doesn't allow polygamy.

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 And I might have to say

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 something about

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 how some Muslim countries

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 use the Muslim practice

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 of divorce,

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 Islamic practice

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 of divorce,

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 to allow prostitution

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 to exist

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 without being considered

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 prostitution.

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 I might have to do that,

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 but fundamentally,

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 if I just explained

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 what the biblical teaching is,

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 like,

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 they would view it

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 as fundamentally

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 not very controversial.

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 But,

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 if not in the vice list,

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 when it comes

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 to the virtue list,

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 when it comes

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 to some other things,

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 they might find it

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 very, very,

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 very, very problematic.

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 In fact,

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 it might be that

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 I'd spend the majority

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 of my sermon

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 dealing with some other

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 type of issue in it.

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 You know,

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 maybe it's around

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 the biblical teaching

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 of forgiveness

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 which comes up,

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 or maybe it's about

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 the whole biblical teaching

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 of anger

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 which is in this text,

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 which could be

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 a very problematic thing

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 for some Islamic cultures

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 that would really go

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 against the grain

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 of how they understand

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 the world to be.

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 So,

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 in one level,

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 and in fact,

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 if I was to,

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 if we were all to go back

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 in a time machine

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 and I was to preach

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 this text

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 in a Canadian congregation

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 in 1950,

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 I would maybe spend

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 no time at all

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 on sexual immorality

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 because it's not even

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 viewed as a problematic thing.

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 They would just expect

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 that it's completely

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 and utterly true.

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 And once again,

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 there'd be other things

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 where the text

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 goes against the grain.

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 But,

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 but for us,

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 it is an issue.

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 And I'm going to return to it,

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 but I want to look

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 at least briefly

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 at each of the particular

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 sins

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 which is on the list.

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 Let's look

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 and let's look

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 at the verses five

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 and following again.

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 But to put to death,

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 therefore,

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 what is earthly

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 and new sexual immorality,

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 impurity.

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 Now,

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 just before I start

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 to try to help us

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 to understand

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 what these are,

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 a few years ago,

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 I had the great privilege

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 to be able to go to Angola

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 and with SIM

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 and I got to speak

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 in a variety of locations

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 and one of the places

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 I got to speak

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 was at a church

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 designed

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 to reach out

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 to a semi-nomadic

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 people group

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 who had just

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 within the last few years

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 started to have contact

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 with Christians.

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 And I got to preach

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 a sermon

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 to these semi-nomadic

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 tribes people

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 in Angola

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 on the edge

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 of the Kalahari Desert.

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 And it was

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 one of the

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 really interesting

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 experience

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 because the colonial language

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 was Portuguese.

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 I would say

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 a few words,

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 like I tried to

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 discipline myself

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 to speak

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 seven or eight words

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 and then there were

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 two translators

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 beside me

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 and so I would

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 da-da-da

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 and then the Portuguese

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 speaker would

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 da-da-da

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 and then the person

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 who spoke

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 the semi-nomadic

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 tribal language

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 would go

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 da-da-da-da

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 and there was

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 a couple of times

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 when I would go

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 da-da-da-da

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 Portuguese

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 da-da-da-da

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 and then there'd be

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 this conversation

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 amongst Portuguese

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 speakers who also

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 knew the native language

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 as to what on earth

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 they were going to say

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 and one of the things

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 which caught them

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 is that I used

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 the word

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 the Holy Spirit

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 and that tribal language

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 had,

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 I might be slightly

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 wrong on this

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 but you get

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 the basic ballpark,

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 I think they had

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 27 different words

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 for spirit

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 because in that

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 tribal group

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 like there's

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 the spirit

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 of the tree,

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 there's the spirit

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 of this location,

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 there's the spirit

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 of a different plant,

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 there's,

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 you know,

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 there's,

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 but they had no

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 general word for it.

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 Like they literally

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 they just didn't have

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 one word

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 like we did

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 and I can't remember

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 how they ended up

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 solving it.

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 They also didn't have

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 a word for ice

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 or snow actually

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 which was another

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 one of the funny things

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 that caused this

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 five minute breakup

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 in the sermon.

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 Anyway,

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 the reason I'm sharing this

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 is that for those of you

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 who know several languages

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 you know that there's

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 sometimes,

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 there's just not a simple

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 way to translate

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 one word into another

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 language.

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 So here's what

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 these different vice lists

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 to try to get you

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 a bit of a sense

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 as to what they're

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 talking about.

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 Impurity.

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 This could mean

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 anything that makes

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 you religiously

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 or ceremonially impure.

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 It could be,

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 of course,

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 referring to sexual

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 impurity.

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 But it also could be

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 referring to

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 desperate housewives

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 and the Kardashians

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 to luxurious living.

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 It could be describing

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 how many of us

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 want to live

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 like rock stars,

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 just profligate,

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 no concern with money,

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 just way,

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 way,

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 way,

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 way,

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 way overspending.

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 And it also can refer

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 to not having

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 pure motives,

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 having duplicitous

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 motives.

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 In other words,

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 what some people do

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 in terms of how

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 they advance

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 in business

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 or how they advance

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 in politics

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 or how they advance

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 in the public service

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 is they act like

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 they,

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 you know,

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 there's that old line,

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 if you can fake sincerity,

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 you've got it made,

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 you know?

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 And so they can fake

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 sincerity,

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 they can fake

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 that they care,

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 but they really don't.

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 They're just trying

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 to manipulate you.

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 Their motives

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 are impure.

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 That's what's covered

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 under the word

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 impurity.

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 And the next word

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 is passion.

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 And really,

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 to understand

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 the range of meaning

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 there,

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 it's depraved passion.

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 And of course,

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 within that,

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 it could refer

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 to something sexual,

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 but as you know,

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 if you think about it

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 as an aspect

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 of depravity

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 and passion for it,

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 it can also be,

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 we would describe

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 anything that wants

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 to hurt,

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 a passion to hurt,

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 a passion to belittle,

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 that would also be

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 considered under

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 this particular sin.

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 Evil desire

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 or also evil passion.

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 In particular,

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 this once again

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 could refer,

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 in the range of meaning

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 for the word,

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 it can refer to

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 sexual practices,

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 but its fundamental idea

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 is desiring

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 what is forbidden.

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 And here,

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 all of a sudden,

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 you realize

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 it touches on something

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 very, very profound

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 for Canadian culture

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 and for science.

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 Because in fact,

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 there's large groups

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 within Canadian society

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 that they'd like

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 to operate on.

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 They'd like to take

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 aborted fetuses

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 and be able to

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 do experiments on them.

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 They'd like to try

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 to develop things

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 in biological warfare.

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 They'd like to try

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 to figure out

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 if there's ways

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 to splice animal genes

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 into human genes

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 to create new types

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 of human beings.

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 In other words,

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 there's this profound desire

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 for forbidden knowledge.

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 And that's what's being

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 talked about here as well.

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 The desire to figure out

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 different ways

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 to manipulate germs

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 to create biological warfare,

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 something that most cultures

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 would view as,

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 it's a type of forbidden knowledge,

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 but there's a hunger

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 and a thirst

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 and a passion for it.

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 That is what is being

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 described here

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 as evil desire.

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 Covetousness or greed,

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 that sort of obvious,

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 desiring what other people have,

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 desiring to have too much,

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 just being completely consumed

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 with worldly possessions

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 and idolatry,

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 replacing,

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 making something other

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 than the triune God

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 as God,

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 that's what's covered under it.

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 Anger,

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 in verse 8,

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 that here,

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 and anger and wrath

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 sound like they're similar

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 and there's a big overlap

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 between the two of them,

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 but the difference is this.

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 Anger is a settled part

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 of the personality,

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 a settled type of anger

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 that's just there.

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 I mean,

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 this is actually

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 a very, very, very

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 important sin right now

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 if you just think

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 of how hard it is

00:20:01.139 --> 00:20:01.619
 to try to have

00:20:01.619 --> 00:20:03.019
 a civil conversation

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 about the U.S. election.

00:20:05.279 --> 00:20:05.660
 In fact,

00:20:05.839 --> 00:20:07.019
 if you think about it,

00:20:07.359 --> 00:20:08.059
 just to think of

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 how big a problem

00:20:09.139 --> 00:20:09.920
 this is in Canada,

00:20:10.079 --> 00:20:10.900
 try having

00:20:10.900 --> 00:20:13.000
 a civil conversation

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 about lockdowns

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 and masks

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 with a large percentage

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 of the conversation.

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 And you might think

00:20:20.879 --> 00:20:22.179
 that these are not angry people.

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 They've been your neighbors

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 for years.

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 You know,

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 you give them your key

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 when you go on holiday

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 so they can come in

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 and water your plants

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 or feed your cat

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 and yet they seem

00:20:30.419 --> 00:20:30.980
 like they're not,

00:20:31.059 --> 00:20:31.699
 but all of a sudden

00:20:31.699 --> 00:20:32.679
 you talk about something

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 and you discover

00:20:33.519 --> 00:20:35.740
 there is a settled anger

00:20:35.740 --> 00:20:38.139
 which is very powerful there.

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 And it might not be

00:20:40.079 --> 00:20:41.939
 just a general angry disposition.

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 It might be an anger

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 towards a particular person

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 or a particular set of beliefs

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 or, you know,

00:20:46.919 --> 00:20:47.679
 in a sense,

00:20:48.079 --> 00:20:49.059
 this and the next one

00:20:49.059 --> 00:20:50.119
 is also where things

00:20:50.119 --> 00:20:51.419
 like racism and prejudice

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 start to be revealed.

00:20:52.919 --> 00:20:53.559
 Where in fact,

00:20:53.639 --> 00:20:54.399
 they seem normal

00:20:54.399 --> 00:20:55.220
 until you get into

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 that right type of topic

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 and you realize

00:20:57.139 --> 00:20:57.980
 there's actually

00:20:57.980 --> 00:20:59.579
 an anger issue

00:20:59.579 --> 00:21:00.679
 in that person's life.

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 And as we know,

00:21:01.939 --> 00:21:04.079
 anger is a gateway sin.

00:21:04.220 --> 00:21:05.619
 All of these are gateway sins,

00:21:05.699 --> 00:21:05.980
 by the way,

00:21:06.000 --> 00:21:07.000
 but it's a very powerful

00:21:07.000 --> 00:21:07.759
 gateway sin

00:21:07.759 --> 00:21:08.539
 towards hatred,

00:21:09.179 --> 00:21:10.059
 towards violence.

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 And this is specifically condemned

00:21:13.500 --> 00:21:14.720
 racism.

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 It's all there.

00:21:16.960 --> 00:21:19.700
 And wrath is the anger explosions,

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 the explosions of anger.

00:21:21.579 --> 00:21:22.259
 Once again,

00:21:22.880 --> 00:21:24.480
 I was just watching a video

00:21:24.480 --> 00:21:26.000
 about a two or three year old video

00:21:26.000 --> 00:21:28.019
 with Jonathan Haidt,

00:21:28.140 --> 00:21:29.920
 an atheist Jew

00:21:29.920 --> 00:21:30.720
 who's written a couple

00:21:30.720 --> 00:21:31.900
 of really important books

00:21:31.900 --> 00:21:33.420
 trying to analyze the culture,

00:21:33.539 --> 00:21:34.440
 the righteous mind,

00:21:34.720 --> 00:21:35.759
 and I can't remember

00:21:35.759 --> 00:21:36.960
 what the other one is right now,

00:21:37.500 --> 00:21:38.500
 NYU professor.

00:21:38.759 --> 00:21:39.460
 And in that time,

00:21:39.500 --> 00:21:40.319
 he's just very open.

00:21:40.700 --> 00:21:41.660
 He can't say a whole,

00:21:41.660 --> 00:21:42.680
 he censors himself

00:21:42.680 --> 00:21:43.640
 all of the time

00:21:43.640 --> 00:21:45.019
 because of Twitter mobs

00:21:45.019 --> 00:21:46.320
 and social media

00:21:46.320 --> 00:21:47.480
 and Facebook mobs.

00:21:48.740 --> 00:21:50.640
 That's the explosion of anger,

00:21:50.640 --> 00:21:52.600
 which is a profound problem

00:21:52.600 --> 00:21:53.600
 in Canada,

00:21:53.680 --> 00:21:54.800
 United States right now.

00:21:55.120 --> 00:21:55.640
 Profound,

00:21:55.800 --> 00:21:56.400
 profound,

00:21:56.600 --> 00:21:58.040
 profound problem.

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 And the Bible calls it out

00:21:59.460 --> 00:22:00.000
 as a sin.

00:22:00.880 --> 00:22:01.940
 Malice is,

00:22:02.120 --> 00:22:02.500
 of course,

00:22:02.759 --> 00:22:04.220
 basically always having

00:22:04.220 --> 00:22:05.920
 harmful motives

00:22:05.920 --> 00:22:06.980
 towards other people.

00:22:06.980 --> 00:22:08.380
 slander,

00:22:08.380 --> 00:22:08.420
 slander,

00:22:08.579 --> 00:22:08.940
 of course,

00:22:09.039 --> 00:22:10.279
 is telling lies

00:22:10.279 --> 00:22:11.640
 about the other

00:22:11.640 --> 00:22:12.819
 or yourself.

00:22:14.700 --> 00:22:15.720
 Obscene talk

00:22:15.720 --> 00:22:17.900
 is also to be understood

00:22:17.900 --> 00:22:19.259
 as abusive talk.

00:22:20.140 --> 00:22:21.420
 And it could just be everything

00:22:21.420 --> 00:22:22.559
 from just being very

00:22:22.559 --> 00:22:24.039
 far too loud,

00:22:24.240 --> 00:22:25.240
 far too assertive

00:22:25.240 --> 00:22:26.099
 when you talk.

00:22:26.339 --> 00:22:27.680
 It can be obscene,

00:22:27.740 --> 00:22:28.799
 it can just be abusive.

00:22:29.920 --> 00:22:31.019
 The type of talk

00:22:31.019 --> 00:22:32.180
 that we might not realize

00:22:32.180 --> 00:22:33.980
 is really abusive talk

00:22:33.980 --> 00:22:35.640
 if we're with our buddies

00:22:35.640 --> 00:22:37.960
 in our silo

00:22:37.960 --> 00:22:39.079
 or our echo chamber,

00:22:39.079 --> 00:22:39.839
 but you realize

00:22:39.839 --> 00:22:41.420
 how abusive it would seem

00:22:41.420 --> 00:22:42.259
 if all of a sudden

00:22:42.259 --> 00:22:43.240
 you had to say that

00:22:43.240 --> 00:22:45.420
 in front of the other.

00:22:46.819 --> 00:22:47.779
 And you realize

00:22:47.779 --> 00:22:48.779
 it would come across

00:22:48.779 --> 00:22:50.299
 as very, very abusive,

00:22:51.240 --> 00:22:54.140
 just far, far too aggressive

00:22:54.140 --> 00:22:56.099
 as a type of talking.

00:22:57.000 --> 00:22:58.279
 And then the last one

00:22:58.279 --> 00:22:59.720
 on the list is lies.

00:23:01.019 --> 00:23:02.980
 So, for some,

00:23:02.980 --> 00:23:05.000
 people in our culture,

00:23:05.180 --> 00:23:05.819
 when you see that

00:23:05.819 --> 00:23:07.000
 these are the types of things

00:23:07.000 --> 00:23:08.799
 that are being talked about,

00:23:08.819 --> 00:23:09.420
 it actually makes it

00:23:09.420 --> 00:23:10.319
 even a little bit harder

00:23:10.319 --> 00:23:12.700
 for some people

00:23:12.700 --> 00:23:14.819
 to see sexual immorality

00:23:14.819 --> 00:23:15.519
 on the list.

00:23:16.900 --> 00:23:17.799
 They say,

00:23:18.420 --> 00:23:18.860
 George,

00:23:19.860 --> 00:23:22.779
 what's so wrong

00:23:22.779 --> 00:23:23.339
 about a man

00:23:23.339 --> 00:23:24.120
 who loves a man?

00:23:26.140 --> 00:23:27.380
 Isn't that just natural?

00:23:28.920 --> 00:23:29.860
 How could that be

00:23:29.860 --> 00:23:30.839
 on a list like this?

00:23:31.039 --> 00:23:31.200
 George,

00:23:31.279 --> 00:23:31.980
 everything you've said

00:23:31.980 --> 00:23:32.620
 have made it harder.

00:23:32.980 --> 00:23:33.539
 Not easier.

00:23:36.120 --> 00:23:36.940
 Like, what's...

00:23:37.940 --> 00:23:38.920
 Isn't it just natural?

00:23:39.059 --> 00:23:40.319
 Like, why...

00:23:40.319 --> 00:23:41.640
 Why would the Bible

00:23:41.640 --> 00:23:42.779
 put that

00:23:42.779 --> 00:23:44.380
 with all those other things

00:23:44.380 --> 00:23:45.480
 that you're just talking about?

00:23:48.920 --> 00:23:49.799
 And that

00:23:49.799 --> 00:23:52.000
 is a really good question.

00:23:54.240 --> 00:23:55.140
 So here's

00:23:55.140 --> 00:23:56.860
 how we have to understand

00:23:56.860 --> 00:23:58.940
 both the hard things

00:23:58.940 --> 00:23:59.759
 in the list

00:23:59.759 --> 00:24:00.319
 and the others.

00:24:01.140 --> 00:24:03.039
 The list is part of a book

00:24:03.039 --> 00:24:05.079
 that we've been looking at

00:24:05.079 --> 00:24:06.500
 that begins with chapter 1,

00:24:06.559 --> 00:24:06.980
 verse 1,

00:24:07.019 --> 00:24:07.500
 and goes through

00:24:07.500 --> 00:24:08.759
 to the end of chapter 4.

00:24:09.539 --> 00:24:10.480
 And one of the things

00:24:10.480 --> 00:24:11.720
 which is very important

00:24:11.720 --> 00:24:13.220
 at the very...

00:24:13.220 --> 00:24:14.019
 to understand

00:24:14.019 --> 00:24:15.000
 why this list

00:24:15.000 --> 00:24:16.579
 would even be there at all

00:24:16.579 --> 00:24:17.440
 and how it's connected

00:24:17.440 --> 00:24:18.339
 to anything else

00:24:18.339 --> 00:24:19.900
 is how the Bible

00:24:19.900 --> 00:24:21.240
 describes what it is

00:24:21.240 --> 00:24:22.819
 that Jesus does for us.

00:24:24.099 --> 00:24:25.799
 That what the Bible

00:24:25.799 --> 00:24:26.680
 is talking about

00:24:26.680 --> 00:24:27.519
 is that God,

00:24:27.519 --> 00:24:28.379
 the Son of God,

00:24:28.460 --> 00:24:29.119
 would set aside

00:24:29.119 --> 00:24:30.460
 His glory and prerogative

00:24:30.460 --> 00:24:31.819
 and divine splendor

00:24:31.819 --> 00:24:33.619
 and His appearance

00:24:33.619 --> 00:24:34.279
 as God

00:24:34.279 --> 00:24:34.799
 and that He would

00:24:34.799 --> 00:24:35.639
 empty Himself

00:24:35.639 --> 00:24:36.980
 and He would come

00:24:36.980 --> 00:24:38.200
 and walk amongst us

00:24:38.200 --> 00:24:39.279
 and He does this

00:24:39.279 --> 00:24:40.859
 so that human beings

00:24:40.859 --> 00:24:42.440
 can be reconciled to Him

00:24:42.440 --> 00:24:44.680
 and that out of God's...

00:24:44.680 --> 00:24:45.160
 the Son...

00:24:45.160 --> 00:24:46.099
 out of God the Father,

00:24:46.240 --> 00:24:46.799
 God the Son,

00:24:46.900 --> 00:24:47.639
 God the Holy Spirit,

00:24:47.740 --> 00:24:48.799
 out of their profound

00:24:48.799 --> 00:24:50.000
 and deep love

00:24:50.000 --> 00:24:51.440
 for human beings

00:24:51.440 --> 00:24:52.599
 that are being bent

00:24:52.599 --> 00:24:53.259
 out of shape

00:24:53.259 --> 00:24:55.599
 and can't fix themselves,

00:24:55.599 --> 00:24:58.699
 they can't leave themselves

00:24:58.699 --> 00:25:00.019
 to fix themselves,

00:25:00.199 --> 00:25:01.439
 that out of their great love

00:25:01.439 --> 00:25:02.359
 Jesus comes

00:25:02.359 --> 00:25:03.019
 and suffers

00:25:03.019 --> 00:25:04.839
 the trials and temptations

00:25:04.839 --> 00:25:05.480
 that we do

00:25:05.480 --> 00:25:06.480
 only without sin

00:25:06.480 --> 00:25:08.719
 and His life

00:25:08.719 --> 00:25:10.099
 of unbroken fellowship

00:25:10.099 --> 00:25:10.719
 with God

00:25:10.719 --> 00:25:11.959
 and resisting temptation

00:25:11.959 --> 00:25:13.459
 and not being anger-driven,

00:25:13.639 --> 00:25:14.339
 not giving in

00:25:14.339 --> 00:25:14.980
 to these sins

00:25:14.980 --> 00:25:15.879
 even though He's tempted

00:25:15.879 --> 00:25:16.439
 by them,

00:25:16.819 --> 00:25:17.240
 in a sense,

00:25:17.439 --> 00:25:18.919
 His perfect record

00:25:18.919 --> 00:25:21.039
 and then His death

00:25:21.039 --> 00:25:21.939
 upon the cross

00:25:21.939 --> 00:25:23.179
 in our place

00:25:23.180 --> 00:25:24.740
 that when we put

00:25:24.740 --> 00:25:25.640
 our faith and trust

00:25:25.640 --> 00:25:26.240
 in Jesus,

00:25:27.560 --> 00:25:29.700
 then what happens is

00:25:29.700 --> 00:25:30.340
 like we say,

00:25:30.420 --> 00:25:30.640
 Jesus,

00:25:30.799 --> 00:25:31.940
 I need you to be my Savior,

00:25:32.000 --> 00:25:33.100
 I need you to be my Lord.

00:25:34.100 --> 00:25:34.900
 What the Bible

00:25:34.900 --> 00:25:35.740
 has just described

00:25:35.740 --> 00:25:36.720
 prior to this

00:25:36.720 --> 00:25:38.299
 is that it's as if

00:25:38.299 --> 00:25:39.060
 when you take

00:25:39.060 --> 00:25:40.100
 the hands of Jesus,

00:25:40.799 --> 00:25:41.740
 it's as if you're

00:25:41.740 --> 00:25:44.220
 almost drowned in Him.

00:25:45.019 --> 00:25:46.180
 You are completely

00:25:46.180 --> 00:25:48.460
 immersed in Him

00:25:48.460 --> 00:25:49.340
 and entering Him.

00:25:49.940 --> 00:25:50.880
 You're immersed

00:25:50.880 --> 00:25:52.440
 in His life

00:25:52.440 --> 00:25:53.620
 that you could never live.

00:25:53.740 --> 00:25:54.720
 You are immersed

00:25:54.720 --> 00:25:56.420
 in His death

00:25:56.420 --> 00:25:57.460
 on your behalf

00:25:57.460 --> 00:25:59.279
 and because human beings

00:25:59.279 --> 00:26:00.059
 are in a sense

00:26:00.059 --> 00:26:00.600
 like a little bit

00:26:00.600 --> 00:26:01.299
 of a sponge,

00:26:01.980 --> 00:26:02.840
 to be immersed

00:26:02.840 --> 00:26:03.720
 in Him

00:26:03.720 --> 00:26:05.759
 is also to mean

00:26:05.759 --> 00:26:06.580
 that He becomes

00:26:06.580 --> 00:26:07.920
 immersed in you.

00:26:09.340 --> 00:26:10.620
 That it isn't so much,

00:26:11.180 --> 00:26:12.420
 although it's a very important

00:26:12.420 --> 00:26:13.340
 part of conversion,

00:26:13.480 --> 00:26:14.320
 it isn't so much

00:26:14.320 --> 00:26:16.120
 that Jesus came

00:26:16.120 --> 00:26:17.200
 so that you could

00:26:17.200 --> 00:26:17.860
 be forgiven,

00:26:18.860 --> 00:26:20.240
 but that Jesus came

00:26:20.240 --> 00:26:21.000
 so that you could

00:26:21.000 --> 00:26:21.740
 have communion

00:26:21.740 --> 00:26:23.980
 with the Triune God.

00:26:26.019 --> 00:26:27.099
 And the only way

00:26:27.099 --> 00:26:28.039
 for that to happen

00:26:28.039 --> 00:26:29.299
 was for Him

00:26:29.299 --> 00:26:30.099
 to live the life

00:26:30.099 --> 00:26:30.480
 He did

00:26:30.480 --> 00:26:31.299
 and die the death

00:26:31.299 --> 00:26:31.700
 He did

00:26:31.700 --> 00:26:33.079
 and for you to be

00:26:33.079 --> 00:26:34.480
 immersed in Him.

00:26:36.400 --> 00:26:37.380
 And part of the

00:26:37.380 --> 00:26:38.299
 being immersed

00:26:38.299 --> 00:26:38.880
 in Him

00:26:38.880 --> 00:26:39.980
 is being forgiven

00:26:39.980 --> 00:26:41.660
 and is being given

00:26:41.660 --> 00:26:42.299
 new life,

00:26:42.420 --> 00:26:43.019
 but you are

00:26:43.019 --> 00:26:44.180
 immersed in Him

00:26:44.180 --> 00:26:45.099
 and He is immersed

00:26:45.099 --> 00:26:45.740
 in you

00:26:45.740 --> 00:26:47.500
 all for the purpose,

00:26:48.319 --> 00:26:51.720
 all for the purpose

00:26:51.720 --> 00:26:55.220
 of being able

00:26:55.220 --> 00:26:55.859
 to have,

00:26:56.120 --> 00:26:57.279
 begin to have now

00:26:57.279 --> 00:26:58.220
 a new communion

00:26:58.220 --> 00:26:59.700
 with the Triune God,

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 the living God

00:27:00.500 --> 00:27:01.279
 that will go on

00:27:01.279 --> 00:27:02.559
 into all eternity.

00:27:04.480 --> 00:27:05.440
 And that's why

00:27:05.440 --> 00:27:06.359
 He did what He did

00:27:06.359 --> 00:27:06.859
 and that's what

00:27:06.859 --> 00:27:07.960
 the Christian life is.

00:27:07.960 --> 00:27:12.680
 And so the part,

00:27:13.120 --> 00:27:13.620
 this is,

00:27:14.279 --> 00:27:14.480
 Andrew,

00:27:14.539 --> 00:27:15.120
 if you could put up

00:27:15.120 --> 00:27:15.840
 the little chart

00:27:15.840 --> 00:27:18.400
 of the six-fold aspect

00:27:18.400 --> 00:27:19.759
 of how the gospel

00:27:19.759 --> 00:27:20.519
 grows you,

00:27:21.220 --> 00:27:22.400
 this is in a sense

00:27:22.400 --> 00:27:23.759
 just one step

00:27:23.759 --> 00:27:24.720
 or one aspect

00:27:24.720 --> 00:27:26.380
 of this whole process

00:27:26.380 --> 00:27:27.039
 by which,

00:27:27.380 --> 00:27:28.440
 if this is true,

00:27:28.700 --> 00:27:30.579
 if God,

00:27:30.700 --> 00:27:31.420
 the Son of God,

00:27:31.500 --> 00:27:31.980
 the Creator

00:27:31.980 --> 00:27:32.819
 and Sustainer

00:27:32.819 --> 00:27:33.620
 and Sovereign

00:27:33.620 --> 00:27:34.700
 over all of the universe

00:27:34.700 --> 00:27:35.660
 actually entered

00:27:35.660 --> 00:27:37.039
 into His universe

00:27:37.039 --> 00:27:38.660
 out of love,

00:27:38.779 --> 00:27:39.640
 out of pure,

00:27:41.519 --> 00:27:42.900
 unrequited,

00:27:44.180 --> 00:27:47.240
 gift love

00:27:47.240 --> 00:27:49.080
 entered into His world

00:27:49.080 --> 00:27:50.779
 so that He

00:27:50.779 --> 00:27:51.740
 could do

00:27:51.740 --> 00:27:52.660
 what we could not do

00:27:52.660 --> 00:27:53.380
 for ourselves

00:27:53.380 --> 00:27:54.360
 which is redeem

00:27:54.360 --> 00:27:56.600
 His fallen creatures.

00:27:57.279 --> 00:27:57.440
 Like,

00:27:57.740 --> 00:27:59.019
 behind this text,

00:27:59.400 --> 00:28:00.740
 if you understand this,

00:28:01.420 --> 00:28:02.500
 that from before

00:28:02.500 --> 00:28:03.580
 anything existed

00:28:03.580 --> 00:28:04.580
 there was love,

00:28:04.700 --> 00:28:05.500
 the love of the Father

00:28:05.500 --> 00:28:06.100
 for the Son

00:28:06.100 --> 00:28:06.500
 and the Son

00:28:06.500 --> 00:28:07.100
 for the Father

00:28:07.100 --> 00:28:08.019
 and the Holy Spirit,

00:28:08.360 --> 00:28:09.600
 before anything existed

00:28:09.600 --> 00:28:10.360
 there was love

00:28:10.360 --> 00:28:10.920
 and everything

00:28:10.920 --> 00:28:13.059
 that came into existence

00:28:13.059 --> 00:28:14.259
 was created

00:28:14.259 --> 00:28:15.920
 by love

00:28:15.920 --> 00:28:18.059
 and we were made

00:28:18.059 --> 00:28:21.819
 to be in communion

00:28:21.819 --> 00:28:25.279
 and at home

00:28:25.279 --> 00:28:28.420
 living and breathing in

00:28:28.420 --> 00:28:29.680
 and inhabiting

00:28:29.680 --> 00:28:31.100
 and participating

00:28:31.100 --> 00:28:32.620
 and responding

00:28:32.619 --> 00:28:34.019
 and adding

00:28:34.019 --> 00:28:34.139
 and adding

00:28:34.139 --> 00:28:35.619
 to that love

00:28:35.619 --> 00:28:36.899
 and that is why

00:28:36.899 --> 00:28:37.599
 we were made

00:28:37.599 --> 00:28:38.759
 and if you understand

00:28:38.759 --> 00:28:40.359
 that this means

00:28:40.359 --> 00:28:41.000
 that no matter

00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:42.000
 how lonely

00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:42.879
 you are today

00:28:42.879 --> 00:28:43.639
 or how much

00:28:43.639 --> 00:28:44.359
 you might think

00:28:44.359 --> 00:28:44.959
 that you have

00:28:44.959 --> 00:28:46.639
 that there's no one

00:28:46.639 --> 00:28:47.239
 who loves you,

00:28:47.279 --> 00:28:47.939
 the fact of the matter

00:28:47.939 --> 00:28:48.299
 is,

00:28:48.359 --> 00:28:49.639
 is that for every human being

00:28:49.639 --> 00:28:50.659
 there has never been

00:28:50.659 --> 00:28:51.359
 a time that you

00:28:51.359 --> 00:28:52.099
 have been unloved.

00:28:52.979 --> 00:28:53.819
 Even right now

00:28:53.819 --> 00:28:54.799
 there has never been

00:28:54.799 --> 00:28:55.639
 a time that you

00:28:55.639 --> 00:28:56.379
 have been unloved

00:28:56.380 --> 00:28:58.160
 and it was purely

00:28:58.160 --> 00:28:58.600
 and utterly

00:28:58.600 --> 00:28:59.580
 out of love

00:28:59.580 --> 00:29:01.200
 that God,

00:29:01.260 --> 00:29:01.900
 the Son of God

00:29:01.900 --> 00:29:02.940
 would come and do this

00:29:02.940 --> 00:29:06.280
 and so you receive

00:29:06.280 --> 00:29:07.560
 Christ Jesus as Lord

00:29:07.560 --> 00:29:08.560
 and then there's the question

00:29:08.560 --> 00:29:09.440
 well how do we live?

00:29:09.760 --> 00:29:10.300
 How do we live?

00:29:11.460 --> 00:29:12.480
 And the Bible here

00:29:12.480 --> 00:29:14.180
 from chapter 2 verse 16

00:29:14.180 --> 00:29:14.760
 right through

00:29:14.760 --> 00:29:16.540
 till the chapter 3 verse 17

00:29:16.540 --> 00:29:17.660
 and beyond that

00:29:17.660 --> 00:29:18.820
 just describes

00:29:18.820 --> 00:29:20.000
 how we live.

00:29:21.320 --> 00:29:22.060
 Twice now

00:29:22.060 --> 00:29:23.200
 I've talked a little bit

00:29:23.200 --> 00:29:24.200
 about how

00:29:24.200 --> 00:29:26.319
 the Bible talks about

00:29:26.319 --> 00:29:27.460
 Colossians talks about

00:29:27.460 --> 00:29:28.819
 how you're dead

00:29:28.819 --> 00:29:29.519
 in your sins

00:29:29.519 --> 00:29:30.279
 how you're dead

00:29:30.279 --> 00:29:31.080
 apart from Christ

00:29:31.080 --> 00:29:31.519
 you're dead

00:29:31.519 --> 00:29:32.840
 it's as if you're a cadaver

00:29:32.840 --> 00:29:33.840
 you're a corpse

00:29:33.840 --> 00:29:35.160
 you're a body

00:29:35.160 --> 00:29:36.440
 in a funeral home

00:29:36.440 --> 00:29:37.940
 and how does the Bible

00:29:37.940 --> 00:29:38.580
 understand that

00:29:38.580 --> 00:29:39.200
 when it doesn't seem

00:29:39.200 --> 00:29:39.759
 like it's true

00:29:39.759 --> 00:29:40.519
 and the analogy

00:29:40.519 --> 00:29:42.500
 I used a couple of weeks ago

00:29:42.500 --> 00:29:44.539
 is I had vases up front

00:29:44.539 --> 00:29:46.299
 with cut roses in them

00:29:46.299 --> 00:29:47.600
 and that's a way

00:29:47.600 --> 00:29:48.299
 to understand

00:29:48.299 --> 00:29:49.319
 what we are

00:29:49.319 --> 00:29:50.279
 apart from Christ

00:29:50.279 --> 00:29:51.620
 that we're a cut rose

00:29:51.619 --> 00:29:54.199
 cut rose is dead

00:29:54.199 --> 00:29:55.199
 isn't it on one level

00:29:55.199 --> 00:29:57.339
 and it's decaying

00:29:57.339 --> 00:29:58.500
 but it looks beautiful

00:29:58.500 --> 00:29:59.479
 and that's what a human being

00:29:59.479 --> 00:30:00.099
 is on one level

00:30:00.099 --> 00:30:00.819
 every human being

00:30:00.819 --> 00:30:01.879
 is like a cut rose

00:30:01.879 --> 00:30:04.479
 and what the Bible does

00:30:04.479 --> 00:30:05.579
 is the Bible says

00:30:05.579 --> 00:30:06.239
 is that when you

00:30:06.239 --> 00:30:07.579
 become united with Christ

00:30:07.579 --> 00:30:08.859
 when you have union with Christ

00:30:08.859 --> 00:30:10.459
 and Christ has union with you

00:30:10.459 --> 00:30:12.859
 you now have

00:30:12.859 --> 00:30:13.799
 in a sense

00:30:13.799 --> 00:30:14.799
 his life

00:30:14.799 --> 00:30:15.539
 that death

00:30:15.539 --> 00:30:18.379
 doesn't have the same sting

00:30:18.379 --> 00:30:19.479
 that death did before

00:30:19.479 --> 00:30:20.739
 because Jesus has already

00:30:20.740 --> 00:30:22.039
 taken all of the sting

00:30:22.039 --> 00:30:22.960
 of death for you

00:30:22.960 --> 00:30:24.200
 when he died upon the cross

00:30:24.200 --> 00:30:25.700
 and that in effect

00:30:25.700 --> 00:30:27.039
 you have actually

00:30:27.039 --> 00:30:28.079
 the eternal life

00:30:28.079 --> 00:30:29.279
 the life of the Trinity

00:30:29.279 --> 00:30:30.859
 the life of eternity

00:30:30.859 --> 00:30:32.200
 already within you

00:30:32.200 --> 00:30:33.099
 when you put your faith

00:30:33.099 --> 00:30:34.140
 and trust in Jesus

00:30:34.140 --> 00:30:36.059
 and so that dying

00:30:36.059 --> 00:30:37.480
 is actually in a sense

00:30:37.480 --> 00:30:38.640
 an opening of the door

00:30:38.640 --> 00:30:39.940
 to that time

00:30:39.940 --> 00:30:41.480
 when we're fully alive

00:30:41.480 --> 00:30:43.200
 that eternal life

00:30:43.200 --> 00:30:43.640
 in a sense

00:30:43.640 --> 00:30:44.420
 becomes full

00:30:44.420 --> 00:30:48.200
 and so the question is

00:30:48.200 --> 00:30:48.700
 then

00:30:48.700 --> 00:30:50.259
 will I grow me

00:30:50.259 --> 00:30:51.980
 or will the Lord grow me

00:30:51.980 --> 00:30:56.880
 and that's the first question up here

00:30:56.880 --> 00:30:58.160
 will I grow me

00:30:58.160 --> 00:30:59.559
 or will the Lord grow me

00:30:59.559 --> 00:31:00.920
 and last week

00:31:00.920 --> 00:31:01.779
 we looked at this

00:31:01.779 --> 00:31:03.299
 this remarkable text

00:31:03.299 --> 00:31:03.799
 about that

00:31:03.799 --> 00:31:04.700
 just before this

00:31:04.700 --> 00:31:05.420
 that when you put

00:31:05.420 --> 00:31:07.200
 your faith and trust in Jesus

00:31:07.200 --> 00:31:09.620
 at some point in time

00:31:09.620 --> 00:31:10.460
 you're going to see Jesus

00:31:10.460 --> 00:31:11.220
 face to face

00:31:11.220 --> 00:31:12.180
 and when you see Jesus

00:31:12.180 --> 00:31:12.860
 face to face

00:31:12.860 --> 00:31:13.960
 you will become like him

00:31:13.960 --> 00:31:16.840
 you will become like him

00:31:16.839 --> 00:31:20.159
 and so the way

00:31:20.159 --> 00:31:21.399
 I tried to put it last week

00:31:21.399 --> 00:31:22.399
 which is all under

00:31:22.399 --> 00:31:23.799
 will I let the grow

00:31:23.799 --> 00:31:25.000
 will I grow me

00:31:25.000 --> 00:31:26.339
 or will the Lord grow me

00:31:26.339 --> 00:31:27.259
 is

00:31:27.259 --> 00:31:28.539
 in a sense

00:31:28.539 --> 00:31:30.240
 spiritual disciplines

00:31:30.240 --> 00:31:30.939
 and a lot of the

00:31:30.939 --> 00:31:31.539
 and a lot of

00:31:31.539 --> 00:31:32.679
 and I'm not saying anything

00:31:32.679 --> 00:31:34.579
 against worldly practical advice

00:31:34.579 --> 00:31:35.699
 it's very very important

00:31:35.699 --> 00:31:37.980
 but basically

00:31:37.980 --> 00:31:40.899
 a lot of spiritual discipline talk

00:31:40.899 --> 00:31:41.779
 and a lot of talk

00:31:41.779 --> 00:31:42.619
 about how to get better

00:31:42.619 --> 00:31:45.019
 is really just a cut rose project

00:31:45.019 --> 00:31:48.000
 and a cut rose project

00:31:48.000 --> 00:31:48.720
 means is

00:31:48.720 --> 00:31:50.859
 you learn how to

00:31:50.859 --> 00:31:53.879
 to maybe have the rose last longer

00:31:53.879 --> 00:31:55.480
 you learn how to make

00:31:55.480 --> 00:31:57.039
 the light or whatever

00:31:57.039 --> 00:31:58.559
 bring out the red of the rose

00:31:58.559 --> 00:31:59.400
 a little bit better

00:31:59.400 --> 00:32:00.720
 and there's all these different ways

00:32:00.720 --> 00:32:02.000
 that we make the cut rose better

00:32:02.000 --> 00:32:03.900
 but as long as we look at

00:32:03.900 --> 00:32:05.720
 everything from our earthly perspective

00:32:05.720 --> 00:32:06.980
 the stuff that's left behind

00:32:06.980 --> 00:32:08.139
 all we're really involved in

00:32:08.139 --> 00:32:09.200
 is a cut rose project

00:32:09.200 --> 00:32:10.519
 but if you understand

00:32:10.519 --> 00:32:11.359
 that what happens

00:32:11.359 --> 00:32:13.240
 when you see Jesus face to face

00:32:13.240 --> 00:32:14.599
 is that you will be like him

00:32:14.599 --> 00:32:15.859
 then you understand

00:32:15.859 --> 00:32:16.859
 that God doesn't have

00:32:16.859 --> 00:32:18.279
 a cut rose project for you

00:32:18.279 --> 00:32:19.219
 he wants to turn you

00:32:19.219 --> 00:32:20.459
 into a giant sequoia

00:32:20.459 --> 00:32:23.459
 and there's no way

00:32:23.459 --> 00:32:24.759
 that all of the disciplines

00:32:24.759 --> 00:32:25.819
 of a cut rose

00:32:25.819 --> 00:32:27.480
 could ever do something

00:32:27.480 --> 00:32:28.819
 that could turn a cut rose

00:32:28.819 --> 00:32:30.019
 into a giant sequoia

00:32:30.019 --> 00:32:30.799
 that's a miracle

00:32:30.799 --> 00:32:32.279
 that only God can do

00:32:32.279 --> 00:32:34.039
 and when the Bible

00:32:34.039 --> 00:32:35.219
 calls us to holiness

00:32:35.219 --> 00:32:36.099
 when it calls us

00:32:36.099 --> 00:32:37.519
 to become more like Christ

00:32:37.519 --> 00:32:38.319
 when it calls us

00:32:38.319 --> 00:32:39.259
 to become more

00:32:39.259 --> 00:32:40.519
 to you know

00:32:40.519 --> 00:32:40.839
 in a sense

00:32:40.839 --> 00:32:41.799
 filled with the Holy Spirit

00:32:41.799 --> 00:32:43.719
 it's all part of God's project

00:32:43.720 --> 00:32:45.640
 to prepare us

00:32:45.640 --> 00:32:46.960
 to take those steps

00:32:46.960 --> 00:32:48.400
 whereby we will one day

00:32:48.400 --> 00:32:49.720
 be like a giant sequoia

00:32:49.720 --> 00:32:51.360
 not like a cut rose

00:32:51.360 --> 00:32:54.839
 and so that's why

00:32:54.839 --> 00:32:56.440
 this fundamental first question

00:32:56.440 --> 00:32:57.299
 will I grow me

00:32:57.299 --> 00:32:58.579
 or will I let the Lord grow me

00:32:58.579 --> 00:32:59.759
 is very very important

00:32:59.759 --> 00:33:00.960
 because if I realize

00:33:00.960 --> 00:33:01.960
 that I can't grow me

00:33:01.960 --> 00:33:02.500
 all I'll do

00:33:02.500 --> 00:33:03.360
 is try to make myself

00:33:03.360 --> 00:33:04.660
 into a better cut rose

00:33:04.660 --> 00:33:06.420
 and I don't even know

00:33:06.420 --> 00:33:06.900
 how to begin

00:33:06.900 --> 00:33:07.640
 to turn myself

00:33:07.640 --> 00:33:08.839
 into a giant sequoia

00:33:08.839 --> 00:33:09.660
 like that's a complete

00:33:09.660 --> 00:33:10.279
 and utter mystery

00:33:10.279 --> 00:33:11.620
 I have to put myself

00:33:11.620 --> 00:33:12.860
 in a posture of obedience

00:33:12.859 --> 00:33:13.799
 in those places

00:33:13.799 --> 00:33:14.919
 where God has told me

00:33:14.919 --> 00:33:15.619
 to be obedient

00:33:15.619 --> 00:33:16.939
 so that he does

00:33:16.939 --> 00:33:17.919
 that work within me

00:33:17.919 --> 00:33:18.559
 it's a matter of

00:33:18.559 --> 00:33:19.859
 a posture of obedience

00:33:19.859 --> 00:33:21.859
 to let God do

00:33:21.859 --> 00:33:22.959
 what only God can do

00:33:22.959 --> 00:33:23.819
 because only God

00:33:23.819 --> 00:33:24.879
 can turn a cut rose

00:33:24.879 --> 00:33:26.059
 into a giant sequoia

00:33:26.059 --> 00:33:27.539
 and nobody else can do it

00:33:27.539 --> 00:33:29.059
 can't ever happen

00:33:29.059 --> 00:33:31.659
 and so these are

00:33:31.659 --> 00:33:32.399
 some of the postures

00:33:32.399 --> 00:33:33.299
 it doesn't give all of them

00:33:33.299 --> 00:33:34.339
 and then the very first one

00:33:34.339 --> 00:33:35.699
 is set your mind on Christ

00:33:35.699 --> 00:33:36.759
 Andrew if you could

00:33:36.759 --> 00:33:37.519
 just maybe flip

00:33:37.519 --> 00:33:38.839
 to the way I expressed

00:33:38.839 --> 00:33:39.659
 it last week

00:33:39.659 --> 00:33:41.240
 in light of his death

00:33:41.240 --> 00:33:41.960
 upon the cross

00:33:41.960 --> 00:33:42.299
 for you

00:33:42.299 --> 00:33:43.140
 set your mind

00:33:43.140 --> 00:33:43.920
 on Christ

00:33:43.920 --> 00:33:45.700
 in all his risen

00:33:45.700 --> 00:33:46.440
 sovereign

00:33:46.440 --> 00:33:48.400
 trinitarian glory

00:33:48.400 --> 00:33:50.000
 so in a sense

00:33:50.000 --> 00:33:51.339
 what we understand

00:33:51.339 --> 00:33:52.359
 with these six steps

00:33:52.359 --> 00:33:53.680
 is that you wake up

00:33:53.680 --> 00:33:55.059
 you had your coffee

00:33:55.059 --> 00:33:55.779
 you're going to go

00:33:55.779 --> 00:33:56.359
 to your day

00:33:56.359 --> 00:33:57.079
 and you say

00:33:57.079 --> 00:33:58.400
 Lord I know I have a choice

00:33:58.400 --> 00:33:59.299
 as I go through my day

00:33:59.299 --> 00:34:00.920
 will I follow a cut rose project

00:34:00.920 --> 00:34:01.980
 or will I let you do

00:34:01.980 --> 00:34:03.140
 what you want to do

00:34:03.140 --> 00:34:04.259
 that I might become

00:34:04.259 --> 00:34:05.839
 that you might turn me

00:34:05.839 --> 00:34:07.059
 into a giant sequoia

00:34:07.059 --> 00:34:08.639
 the beginnings of that

00:34:08.639 --> 00:34:09.199
 right now

00:34:09.199 --> 00:34:10.420
 and so Lord

00:34:10.420 --> 00:34:11.279
 I want to go through

00:34:11.279 --> 00:34:11.799
 this day

00:34:11.799 --> 00:34:14.920
 letting you grow me

00:34:14.920 --> 00:34:15.319
 not me

00:34:15.319 --> 00:34:18.079
 and then God says

00:34:18.079 --> 00:34:18.960
 okay so one of the things

00:34:18.960 --> 00:34:19.819
 I want you to do George

00:34:19.819 --> 00:34:20.679
 is I want you to

00:34:20.679 --> 00:34:22.480
 set your mind on Christ

00:34:22.480 --> 00:34:23.739
 in light of his death

00:34:23.739 --> 00:34:24.480
 upon the cross

00:34:24.480 --> 00:34:26.099
 set your mind on Christ

00:34:26.099 --> 00:34:27.119
 in all his risen

00:34:27.119 --> 00:34:27.619
 sovereign

00:34:27.619 --> 00:34:28.659
 trinitarian glory

00:34:28.659 --> 00:34:31.119
 and as we talked

00:34:31.119 --> 00:34:31.739
 about last week

00:34:31.739 --> 00:34:32.239
 you can go look

00:34:32.239 --> 00:34:33.179
 at last week's sermon

00:34:33.179 --> 00:34:33.839
 you know there's all

00:34:33.839 --> 00:34:34.339
 sorts of things

00:34:34.339 --> 00:34:35.440
 we set our minds on

00:34:35.440 --> 00:34:37.840
 and I say

00:34:37.840 --> 00:34:39.000
 Lord help me today

00:34:39.000 --> 00:34:40.119
 or Lord help me

00:34:40.119 --> 00:34:40.760
 in this meeting

00:34:40.760 --> 00:34:41.460
 Lord help me

00:34:41.460 --> 00:34:42.400
 in this conversation

00:34:42.400 --> 00:34:43.639
 Lord help me

00:34:43.639 --> 00:34:44.320
 in this project

00:34:44.320 --> 00:34:45.220
 help me in this week

00:34:45.220 --> 00:34:46.119
 to set my mind

00:34:46.119 --> 00:34:46.760
 on Christ

00:34:46.760 --> 00:34:47.800
 in all his risen

00:34:47.800 --> 00:34:48.659
 sovereign

00:34:48.659 --> 00:34:49.740
 trinitarian glory

00:34:49.740 --> 00:34:51.880
 help me not

00:34:51.880 --> 00:34:52.639
 to set my mind

00:34:52.639 --> 00:34:53.179
 on winning

00:34:53.179 --> 00:34:54.639
 or on revenge

00:34:54.639 --> 00:34:55.900
 or on lust

00:34:55.900 --> 00:34:57.019
 or on anger

00:34:57.019 --> 00:34:58.159
 or on hatred

00:34:58.159 --> 00:34:59.700
 but to set my mind

00:34:59.700 --> 00:35:00.340
 on Christ

00:35:00.340 --> 00:35:01.460
 in all his risen

00:35:01.460 --> 00:35:02.820
 sovereign

00:35:02.820 --> 00:35:03.820
 trinitarian glory

00:35:03.820 --> 00:35:05.460
 and then the next

00:35:05.460 --> 00:35:06.059
 thing he says

00:35:06.059 --> 00:35:06.840
 is okay George

00:35:06.840 --> 00:35:08.340
 next you got to

00:35:08.340 --> 00:35:08.860
 put off

00:35:08.860 --> 00:35:10.440
 and it's literally

00:35:10.440 --> 00:35:11.900
 analogies for clothing

00:35:11.900 --> 00:35:15.240
 I got to put off

00:35:15.240 --> 00:35:16.100
 the anger

00:35:16.100 --> 00:35:16.880
 and the rivalry

00:35:16.880 --> 00:35:20.059
 that is really

00:35:20.059 --> 00:35:21.080
 deep in my heart

00:35:21.080 --> 00:35:22.120
 into this instance

00:35:22.120 --> 00:35:23.360
 and Lord help me

00:35:23.360 --> 00:35:24.120
 to put off

00:35:24.120 --> 00:35:27.880
 my love

00:35:27.880 --> 00:35:29.280
 for sexual immorality

00:35:29.280 --> 00:35:32.980
 or my greed

00:35:32.980 --> 00:35:35.800
 or my love

00:35:35.800 --> 00:35:36.519
 of slander

00:35:36.519 --> 00:35:37.000
 because I'm going

00:35:37.000 --> 00:35:37.940
 to talk to somebody

00:35:37.940 --> 00:35:38.719
 and we both

00:35:38.719 --> 00:35:39.340
 have the same

00:35:39.340 --> 00:35:40.079
 echo chamber

00:35:40.079 --> 00:35:40.740
 and we're going

00:35:40.740 --> 00:35:41.320
 to get talking

00:35:41.320 --> 00:35:42.079
 about this group

00:35:42.079 --> 00:35:42.519
 or whatever

00:35:42.519 --> 00:35:43.579
 and it's easy

00:35:43.579 --> 00:35:44.240
 for the slander

00:35:44.240 --> 00:35:44.719
 to find

00:35:44.719 --> 00:35:45.079
 and Lord

00:35:45.079 --> 00:35:45.340
 I'm going

00:35:45.340 --> 00:35:45.880
 to go into it

00:35:45.880 --> 00:35:46.219
 I have to

00:35:46.219 --> 00:35:46.960
 throw that away

00:35:46.960 --> 00:35:48.740
 and for those

00:35:48.740 --> 00:35:49.059
 of you

00:35:49.059 --> 00:35:49.559
 who are very

00:35:49.559 --> 00:35:50.420
 visually minded

00:35:50.420 --> 00:35:51.000
 that might just

00:35:51.000 --> 00:35:51.400
 be a very

00:35:51.400 --> 00:35:52.219
 important exercise

00:35:52.219 --> 00:35:52.659
 for you

00:35:52.659 --> 00:35:53.440
 just to imagine

00:35:53.440 --> 00:35:56.960
 Lord I want

00:35:56.960 --> 00:35:57.679
 you to grow me

00:35:57.679 --> 00:35:59.920
 so I can't

00:35:59.920 --> 00:36:00.619
 grow myself

00:36:00.619 --> 00:36:01.480
 into a giant

00:36:01.480 --> 00:36:02.159
 sequoia

00:36:02.159 --> 00:36:04.259
 and Lord

00:36:04.259 --> 00:36:05.519
 I got to

00:36:05.519 --> 00:36:06.139
 put off

00:36:06.139 --> 00:36:06.619
 some of these

00:36:06.619 --> 00:36:06.859
 things

00:36:06.859 --> 00:36:07.339
 these are the

00:36:07.339 --> 00:36:07.819
 first things

00:36:07.819 --> 00:36:08.379
 I understand

00:36:08.379 --> 00:36:08.779
 I got to

00:36:08.779 --> 00:36:09.139
 put off

00:36:09.139 --> 00:36:09.500
 and Lord

00:36:09.500 --> 00:36:09.879
 help me

00:36:09.879 --> 00:36:10.379
 to put them

00:36:10.379 --> 00:36:10.739
 off

00:36:10.739 --> 00:36:13.759
 in a sense

00:36:13.759 --> 00:36:14.019
 Andrew

00:36:14.019 --> 00:36:14.359
 if you could

00:36:14.359 --> 00:36:15.000
 just jump ahead

00:36:15.000 --> 00:36:15.579
 to the point

00:36:15.579 --> 00:36:15.960
 and then go

00:36:15.960 --> 00:36:16.559
 back to this

00:36:16.559 --> 00:36:17.679
 this is what

00:36:17.679 --> 00:36:18.599
 the main thing

00:36:18.599 --> 00:36:18.960
 about this

00:36:18.960 --> 00:36:19.279
 putting off

00:36:19.279 --> 00:36:19.799
 given your

00:36:19.799 --> 00:36:20.519
 destiny in

00:36:20.519 --> 00:36:20.940
 Christ

00:36:20.940 --> 00:36:22.319
 put off

00:36:22.319 --> 00:36:22.779
 sin

00:36:22.779 --> 00:36:24.019
 sin is

00:36:24.019 --> 00:36:24.559
 defined by

00:36:24.559 --> 00:36:25.000
 the Bible

00:36:25.000 --> 00:36:25.839
 not the world

00:36:25.839 --> 00:36:27.000
 given your

00:36:27.000 --> 00:36:27.659
 destiny in

00:36:27.659 --> 00:36:28.039
 Christ

00:36:28.039 --> 00:36:28.679
 put off

00:36:28.679 --> 00:36:29.139
 sin

00:36:29.139 --> 00:36:30.379
 sin

00:36:30.379 --> 00:36:31.199
 as defined

00:36:31.199 --> 00:36:31.960
 by the Bible

00:36:31.960 --> 00:36:33.099
 not the

00:36:33.099 --> 00:36:33.480
 world

00:36:33.480 --> 00:36:35.960
 see one of

00:36:35.960 --> 00:36:36.480
 the primary

00:36:36.480 --> 00:36:37.019
 means of

00:36:37.019 --> 00:36:37.599
 grace actually

00:36:37.599 --> 00:36:38.000
 is reading

00:36:38.000 --> 00:36:38.460
 the Bible

00:36:38.460 --> 00:36:39.559
 and that's

00:36:39.559 --> 00:36:39.880
 going to be

00:36:39.880 --> 00:36:40.579
 talked about

00:36:40.579 --> 00:36:41.579
 if you sort

00:36:41.579 --> 00:36:42.159
 of flip back

00:36:42.159 --> 00:36:42.679
 so you know

00:36:42.679 --> 00:36:43.579
 who's going

00:36:43.579 --> 00:36:44.099
 to grow me

00:36:44.099 --> 00:36:45.300
 set my mind

00:36:45.300 --> 00:36:45.920
 on Christ

00:36:45.920 --> 00:36:47.280
 I put off

00:36:47.280 --> 00:36:49.099
 but it's not as if

00:36:49.099 --> 00:36:49.960
 God just wants me

00:36:49.960 --> 00:36:50.720
 to become more

00:36:50.720 --> 00:36:51.280
 and more naked

00:36:51.280 --> 00:36:51.860
 he wants me

00:36:51.860 --> 00:36:52.400
 to be clothed

00:36:52.400 --> 00:36:52.880
 next week

00:36:52.880 --> 00:36:53.579
 I'll maybe

00:36:53.579 --> 00:36:54.220
 bring something

00:36:54.220 --> 00:36:54.760
 that I'll put

00:36:54.760 --> 00:36:55.240
 on at this

00:36:55.240 --> 00:36:55.860
 point in time

00:36:55.860 --> 00:36:57.300
 and we'll look

00:36:57.300 --> 00:36:57.860
 at that next

00:36:57.860 --> 00:36:58.179
 week

00:36:58.179 --> 00:36:59.400
 put on tender

00:36:59.400 --> 00:37:00.079
 hearted mercy

00:37:00.079 --> 00:37:01.599
 put on

00:37:01.599 --> 00:37:02.319
 compassion

00:37:02.319 --> 00:37:03.819
 put on

00:37:03.819 --> 00:37:04.279
 love

00:37:04.279 --> 00:37:05.719
 put on

00:37:05.719 --> 00:37:06.259
 truth

00:37:06.259 --> 00:37:09.759
 there's things

00:37:09.759 --> 00:37:10.119
 you got to

00:37:10.119 --> 00:37:10.639
 put on

00:37:10.639 --> 00:37:12.920
 and then

00:37:12.920 --> 00:37:13.380
 next

00:37:13.380 --> 00:37:14.019
 let

00:37:14.019 --> 00:37:14.579
 we're going

00:37:14.579 --> 00:37:14.940
 to have a

00:37:14.940 --> 00:37:15.440
 sermon about

00:37:15.440 --> 00:37:15.739
 that

00:37:15.739 --> 00:37:16.380
 the last

00:37:16.380 --> 00:37:17.039
 two ones

00:37:17.039 --> 00:37:18.039
 let

00:37:18.039 --> 00:37:19.119
 Christ

00:37:19.119 --> 00:37:19.759
 rule in

00:37:19.759 --> 00:37:20.259
 your heart

00:37:20.259 --> 00:37:21.420
 get out of

00:37:21.420 --> 00:37:21.639
 the way

00:37:21.639 --> 00:37:21.980
 and let him

00:37:21.980 --> 00:37:22.199
 rule

00:37:22.199 --> 00:37:23.099
 and let him

00:37:23.099 --> 00:37:23.779
 speak deeply

00:37:23.779 --> 00:37:24.179
 into your

00:37:24.179 --> 00:37:24.420
 heart

00:37:24.420 --> 00:37:26.179
 and then the

00:37:26.179 --> 00:37:26.779
 final one is

00:37:26.779 --> 00:37:27.139
 do

00:37:27.139 --> 00:37:28.059
 everything you

00:37:28.059 --> 00:37:28.319
 do

00:37:28.319 --> 00:37:29.239
 whether it's

00:37:29.239 --> 00:37:30.179
 cleaning toilets

00:37:30.179 --> 00:37:31.299
 whether it's

00:37:31.299 --> 00:37:32.219
 negotiating on

00:37:32.219 --> 00:37:32.900
 behalf of the

00:37:32.900 --> 00:37:33.659
 federal government

00:37:33.659 --> 00:37:34.599
 a major

00:37:34.599 --> 00:37:35.219
 international

00:37:35.219 --> 00:37:35.719
 treaty

00:37:35.719 --> 00:37:37.379
 whether it's

00:37:37.379 --> 00:37:38.239
 negotiating with

00:37:38.239 --> 00:37:39.839
 a three-year-old

00:37:39.839 --> 00:37:42.619
 to wear this

00:37:42.619 --> 00:37:43.400
 piece of clothing

00:37:43.400 --> 00:37:44.119
 not the other

00:37:44.119 --> 00:37:45.879
 whether it's

00:37:45.879 --> 00:37:46.920
 negotiating a

00:37:46.920 --> 00:37:47.619
 business deal

00:37:47.619 --> 00:37:48.279
 whether it's

00:37:48.279 --> 00:37:48.679
 writing a

00:37:48.679 --> 00:37:49.119
 symphony

00:37:49.119 --> 00:37:49.739
 whether it's

00:37:49.739 --> 00:37:50.279
 taking out the

00:37:50.279 --> 00:37:50.619
 garbage

00:37:50.619 --> 00:37:51.219
 do everything

00:37:51.219 --> 00:37:51.619
 in the name

00:37:51.619 --> 00:37:51.980
 of the Lord

00:37:51.980 --> 00:37:52.659
 Jesus Christ

00:37:52.659 --> 00:37:53.239
 giving thanks

00:37:53.239 --> 00:37:53.639
 to God

00:37:53.639 --> 00:37:56.139
 and these

00:37:56.139 --> 00:37:56.420
 are some

00:37:56.420 --> 00:37:56.599
 of the

00:37:56.599 --> 00:37:56.960
 means by

00:37:56.960 --> 00:37:57.400
 which God

00:37:57.400 --> 00:37:58.099
 grows us

00:37:58.099 --> 00:38:01.279
 so just

00:38:01.279 --> 00:38:01.519
 in

00:38:01.519 --> 00:38:02.480
 sort of

00:38:02.480 --> 00:38:02.659
 in

00:38:02.659 --> 00:38:03.420
 conclusion

00:38:03.420 --> 00:38:04.000
 is this

00:38:04.000 --> 00:38:04.319
 hard

00:38:04.319 --> 00:38:04.599
 yes

00:38:04.599 --> 00:38:05.159
 this is

00:38:05.159 --> 00:38:05.519
 hard

00:38:05.519 --> 00:38:07.059
 and some

00:38:07.059 --> 00:38:07.259
 of you

00:38:07.259 --> 00:38:07.639
 might say

00:38:07.639 --> 00:38:08.079
 George

00:38:08.079 --> 00:38:14.940
 I still

00:38:14.940 --> 00:38:15.460
 don't quite

00:38:15.460 --> 00:38:15.819
 know

00:38:15.819 --> 00:38:16.539
 why it

00:38:16.539 --> 00:38:16.859
 is

00:38:16.859 --> 00:38:18.299
 the

00:38:18.299 --> 00:38:18.940
 sexual

00:38:18.940 --> 00:38:19.279
 thing

00:38:19.279 --> 00:38:19.559
 is on

00:38:19.559 --> 00:38:20.079
 that list

00:38:20.079 --> 00:38:20.400
 George

00:38:20.400 --> 00:38:20.879
 it doesn't

00:38:20.879 --> 00:38:21.119
 sound

00:38:21.119 --> 00:38:21.359
 very

00:38:21.359 --> 00:38:22.000
 Canadian

00:38:22.000 --> 00:38:22.359
 and it

00:38:22.359 --> 00:38:22.619
 doesn't

00:38:22.619 --> 00:38:22.779
 really

00:38:22.779 --> 00:38:23.139
 make a

00:38:23.139 --> 00:38:23.239
 lot

00:38:53.139 --> 00:38:53.579
 just those

00:38:53.579 --> 00:38:54.059
 days of

00:38:54.059 --> 00:38:54.359
 marrying

00:38:54.359 --> 00:38:54.779
 are maybe

00:38:54.779 --> 00:38:55.739
 far behind

00:38:55.739 --> 00:38:56.619
 and George

00:38:56.619 --> 00:38:57.519
 were

00:38:57.519 --> 00:38:58.699
 you know

00:38:58.699 --> 00:38:59.119
 or you're

00:38:59.119 --> 00:38:59.339
 in a

00:38:59.339 --> 00:38:59.639
 marriage

00:38:59.639 --> 00:39:00.139
 and it's

00:39:00.139 --> 00:39:00.420
 sort of

00:39:00.420 --> 00:39:01.000
 loveless

00:39:01.000 --> 00:39:01.339
 and your

00:39:01.339 --> 00:39:01.599
 husband

00:39:01.599 --> 00:39:01.920
 doesn't

00:39:01.920 --> 00:39:02.259
 get you

00:39:02.259 --> 00:39:02.480
 or your

00:39:02.480 --> 00:39:02.699
 wife

00:39:02.699 --> 00:39:03.019
 doesn't

00:39:03.019 --> 00:39:03.379
 get you

00:39:03.379 --> 00:39:03.719
 like what

00:39:03.719 --> 00:39:04.679
 like what's

00:39:04.679 --> 00:39:05.519
 what's wrong

00:39:05.519 --> 00:39:06.179
 with you know

00:39:06.179 --> 00:39:06.659
 pornography

00:39:06.659 --> 00:39:08.079
 and you know

00:39:08.079 --> 00:39:08.539
 other things

00:39:08.539 --> 00:39:08.960
 like that

00:39:08.960 --> 00:39:09.319
 like George

00:39:09.319 --> 00:39:09.759
 what's so

00:39:09.759 --> 00:39:09.940
 wrong

00:39:09.940 --> 00:39:10.279
 like why

00:39:10.279 --> 00:39:10.519
 is the

00:39:10.519 --> 00:39:10.839
 Bible

00:39:10.839 --> 00:39:13.119
 like what's

00:39:13.119 --> 00:39:13.639
 so wrong

00:39:13.639 --> 00:39:14.259
 about that

00:39:14.259 --> 00:39:17.839
 you know

00:39:17.839 --> 00:39:18.259
 like it

00:39:18.259 --> 00:39:18.719
 it just

00:39:18.719 --> 00:39:19.119
 gives you

00:39:19.119 --> 00:39:19.779
 some pleasure

00:39:19.780 --> 00:39:20.740
 it gives

00:39:20.740 --> 00:39:21.200
 you a

00:39:21.200 --> 00:39:21.660
 fantasy

00:39:21.660 --> 00:39:22.160
 time

00:39:22.160 --> 00:39:22.540
 to maybe

00:39:22.540 --> 00:39:22.860
 think

00:39:22.860 --> 00:39:23.280
 that things

00:39:23.280 --> 00:39:23.500
 are going

00:39:23.500 --> 00:39:23.740
 to be

00:39:23.740 --> 00:39:24.240
 better

00:39:24.240 --> 00:39:25.900
 and George

00:39:25.900 --> 00:39:26.460
 if you're

00:39:26.460 --> 00:39:27.940
 you know

00:39:27.940 --> 00:39:30.400
 same-sex

00:39:30.400 --> 00:39:30.960
 attracted

00:39:30.960 --> 00:39:31.860
 it seems

00:39:31.860 --> 00:39:32.320
 as if

00:39:32.320 --> 00:39:33.900
 this whole

00:39:33.900 --> 00:39:34.440
 teaching

00:39:34.440 --> 00:39:34.860
 and you're

00:39:34.860 --> 00:39:35.300
 telling us

00:39:35.300 --> 00:39:35.620
 to put

00:39:35.620 --> 00:39:35.940
 all of

00:39:35.940 --> 00:39:36.519
 that off

00:39:36.519 --> 00:39:38.260
 it just

00:39:38.260 --> 00:39:39.180
 it just

00:39:39.180 --> 00:39:39.640
 George

00:39:39.640 --> 00:39:40.320
 seems to

00:39:40.320 --> 00:39:41.180
 go against

00:39:41.180 --> 00:39:41.720
 the grain

00:39:41.720 --> 00:39:42.120
 and it

00:39:42.120 --> 00:39:42.820
 seems just

00:39:42.820 --> 00:39:43.420
 very very

00:39:43.420 --> 00:39:44.220
 very hard

00:39:44.219 --> 00:39:49.059
 what we

00:39:49.059 --> 00:39:49.379
 have to

00:39:49.379 --> 00:39:49.759
 say is

00:39:49.759 --> 00:39:49.939
 you're

00:39:49.939 --> 00:39:50.099
 right

00:39:50.099 --> 00:39:50.379
 it is

00:39:50.379 --> 00:39:50.859
 very very

00:39:50.859 --> 00:39:51.279
 hard

00:39:51.279 --> 00:39:54.379
 like it's

00:39:54.379 --> 00:39:55.059
 very hard

00:39:55.059 --> 00:39:57.079
 and from

00:39:57.079 --> 00:39:57.519
 the outside

00:39:57.519 --> 00:39:58.000
 it sounds

00:39:58.000 --> 00:39:58.539
 completely

00:39:58.539 --> 00:39:58.980
 and utterly

00:39:58.980 --> 00:39:59.719
 impossible

00:39:59.719 --> 00:40:03.939
 and I

00:40:03.939 --> 00:40:04.639
 can't tell

00:40:04.639 --> 00:40:05.059
 you how

00:40:05.059 --> 00:40:05.359
 it's going

00:40:05.359 --> 00:40:05.659
 to work

00:40:05.659 --> 00:40:05.939
 out

00:40:05.939 --> 00:40:09.359
 but understand

00:40:09.359 --> 00:40:10.000
 what's going

00:40:10.000 --> 00:40:10.419
 on here

00:40:10.419 --> 00:40:10.739
 in this

00:40:10.739 --> 00:40:11.279
 particular

00:40:11.279 --> 00:40:11.799
 claim

00:40:11.800 --> 00:40:13.560
 the fact

00:40:13.560 --> 00:40:13.760
 of the

00:40:13.760 --> 00:40:13.960
 matter

00:40:13.960 --> 00:40:14.420
 is

00:40:14.420 --> 00:40:15.780
 is that

00:40:15.780 --> 00:40:16.500
 your deepest

00:40:16.500 --> 00:40:17.300
 longings

00:40:17.300 --> 00:40:17.980
 and yearnings

00:40:17.980 --> 00:40:19.019
 are for

00:40:19.019 --> 00:40:19.700
 in fact

00:40:19.700 --> 00:40:20.420
 things like

00:40:20.420 --> 00:40:20.980
 intimacy

00:40:20.980 --> 00:40:21.880
 and things

00:40:21.880 --> 00:40:22.600
 like love

00:40:22.600 --> 00:40:23.640
 and at the

00:40:23.640 --> 00:40:24.220
 very very

00:40:24.220 --> 00:40:24.680
 heart

00:40:24.680 --> 00:40:24.980
 and the

00:40:24.980 --> 00:40:25.519
 very very

00:40:25.519 --> 00:40:26.100
 center

00:40:26.100 --> 00:40:26.620
 of this

00:40:26.620 --> 00:40:27.120
 text

00:40:27.120 --> 00:40:28.460
 is this

00:40:28.460 --> 00:40:29.300
 story

00:40:29.300 --> 00:40:29.760
 which is

00:40:29.760 --> 00:40:30.620
 very different

00:40:30.620 --> 00:40:31.019
 than the

00:40:31.019 --> 00:40:31.720
 stories in

00:40:31.720 --> 00:40:32.180
 the world

00:40:32.180 --> 00:40:32.580
 are going

00:40:32.580 --> 00:40:32.960
 to give

00:40:32.960 --> 00:40:33.160
 you

00:40:33.160 --> 00:40:34.080
 I have

00:40:34.080 --> 00:40:34.920
 a friend

00:40:34.920 --> 00:40:35.200
 who a

00:40:35.200 --> 00:40:35.400
 couple

00:40:35.400 --> 00:40:35.700
 of years

00:40:35.700 --> 00:40:35.940
 ago

00:40:35.940 --> 00:40:36.380
 he told

00:40:36.380 --> 00:40:36.539
 me

00:40:36.539 --> 00:40:36.760
 that when

00:40:36.760 --> 00:40:37.060
 he gets

00:40:37.060 --> 00:40:37.320
 to this

00:40:37.320 --> 00:40:37.539
 point

00:40:37.539 --> 00:40:37.920
 in time

00:40:37.920 --> 00:40:38.120
 he's

00:40:38.120 --> 00:40:38.360
 been to

00:40:38.360 --> 00:40:38.460
 the

00:40:38.460 --> 00:40:38.700
 Grand

00:40:38.700 --> 00:40:39.000
 Canyon

00:40:39.000 --> 00:40:39.360
 he loves

00:40:39.360 --> 00:40:39.740
 the Grand

00:40:39.740 --> 00:40:40.100
 Canyon

00:40:40.100 --> 00:40:41.080
 and when

00:40:41.079 --> 00:40:41.920
 things have

00:40:41.920 --> 00:40:42.340
 gotten to

00:40:42.340 --> 00:40:42.880
 a particular

00:40:42.880 --> 00:40:43.420
 point in

00:40:43.420 --> 00:40:43.659
 time

00:40:43.659 --> 00:40:43.920
 he's going

00:40:43.920 --> 00:40:44.199
 to find

00:40:44.199 --> 00:40:44.500
 somebody

00:40:44.500 --> 00:40:44.840
 to take

00:40:44.840 --> 00:40:45.019
 him to

00:40:45.019 --> 00:40:45.360
 the Grand

00:40:45.360 --> 00:40:45.699
 Canyon

00:40:45.699 --> 00:40:46.000
 he's going

00:40:46.000 --> 00:40:46.299
 to tell

00:40:46.299 --> 00:40:46.579
 them to

00:40:46.579 --> 00:40:46.960
 go away

00:40:46.960 --> 00:40:47.299
 and come

00:40:47.299 --> 00:40:47.759
 back in a

00:40:47.759 --> 00:40:48.099
 couple of

00:40:48.099 --> 00:40:48.360
 hours

00:40:48.360 --> 00:40:48.840
 but once

00:40:48.840 --> 00:40:49.079
 they've

00:40:49.079 --> 00:40:49.319
 gone

00:40:49.319 --> 00:40:50.019
 he's going

00:40:50.019 --> 00:40:50.420
 to stand

00:40:50.420 --> 00:40:50.799
 by the

00:40:50.799 --> 00:40:50.980
 edge

00:40:50.980 --> 00:40:51.400
 because there's

00:40:51.400 --> 00:40:51.940
 no guard

00:40:51.940 --> 00:40:52.420
 rails for

00:40:52.420 --> 00:40:52.880
 lots of

00:40:52.880 --> 00:40:53.159
 he's going

00:40:53.159 --> 00:40:53.559
 to admire

00:40:53.559 --> 00:40:54.000
 the view

00:40:54.000 --> 00:40:54.259
 and then

00:40:54.259 --> 00:40:54.639
 after he's

00:40:54.639 --> 00:40:54.940
 admired

00:40:54.940 --> 00:40:55.239
 the view

00:40:55.239 --> 00:40:55.679
 for a few

00:40:55.679 --> 00:40:55.900
 minutes

00:40:55.900 --> 00:40:56.199
 he's going

00:40:56.199 --> 00:40:56.519
 to step

00:40:56.519 --> 00:40:56.860
 off the

00:40:56.860 --> 00:40:57.039
 edge

00:40:57.039 --> 00:40:57.639
 so he dies

00:40:57.639 --> 00:40:57.940
 so he

00:40:57.940 --> 00:40:58.279
 doesn't have

00:40:58.279 --> 00:40:58.699
 to deal

00:40:58.699 --> 00:41:00.179
 with aging

00:41:00.179 --> 00:41:02.920
 and for a

00:41:02.920 --> 00:41:03.319
 lot of people

00:41:03.319 --> 00:41:03.860
 in our culture

00:41:03.860 --> 00:41:04.279
 we think

00:41:04.279 --> 00:41:04.860
 there's ways

00:41:11.079 --> 00:41:11.860
 the aging

00:41:11.860 --> 00:41:12.400
 process

00:41:12.400 --> 00:41:12.840
 but the

00:41:12.840 --> 00:41:13.159
 end of

00:41:13.159 --> 00:41:13.440
 all of

00:41:13.440 --> 00:41:13.639
 this

00:41:13.639 --> 00:41:14.119
 all there

00:41:14.119 --> 00:41:14.519
 is is

00:41:14.519 --> 00:41:14.900
 death

00:41:14.900 --> 00:41:15.840
 but I

00:41:15.840 --> 00:41:16.340
 want to

00:41:16.340 --> 00:41:17.239
 tell people

00:41:17.239 --> 00:41:18.440
 that the

00:41:18.440 --> 00:41:19.920
 Christian story

00:41:19.920 --> 00:41:20.759
 tells us a

00:41:20.759 --> 00:41:21.759
 far truer

00:41:21.759 --> 00:41:22.400
 the true

00:41:22.400 --> 00:41:23.079
 story

00:41:23.079 --> 00:41:24.259
 that death

00:41:24.259 --> 00:41:25.420
 does not

00:41:25.420 --> 00:41:25.980
 have to be

00:41:25.980 --> 00:41:26.360
 the end

00:41:26.360 --> 00:41:26.900
 it does not

00:41:26.900 --> 00:41:27.420
 have to be

00:41:27.420 --> 00:41:27.880
 the final

00:41:27.880 --> 00:41:28.480
 word about

00:41:28.480 --> 00:41:28.619
 you

00:41:28.619 --> 00:41:29.380
 that diminishment

00:41:29.380 --> 00:41:30.059
 is not the

00:41:30.059 --> 00:41:30.619
 final word

00:41:30.619 --> 00:41:31.199
 about you

00:41:31.199 --> 00:41:32.759
 that the

00:41:32.759 --> 00:41:33.619
 true God

00:41:33.619 --> 00:41:34.000
 that does

00:41:34.000 --> 00:41:34.360
 exist

00:41:34.360 --> 00:41:34.639
 that who

00:41:34.639 --> 00:41:35.079
 has created

00:41:35.079 --> 00:41:35.880
 all things

00:41:35.880 --> 00:41:36.759
 is love

00:41:36.759 --> 00:41:37.199
 it's the

00:41:37.199 --> 00:41:37.880
 Father loving

00:41:37.880 --> 00:41:38.319
 the Son

00:41:38.319 --> 00:41:38.840
 and the Son

00:41:38.840 --> 00:41:39.579
 loving the Holy

00:41:39.579 --> 00:41:41.000
 the Son

00:41:41.000 --> 00:41:41.440
 loving the

00:41:41.440 --> 00:41:41.719
 Father

00:41:41.719 --> 00:41:42.139
 and the Holy

00:41:42.139 --> 00:41:42.420
 Spirit

00:41:42.420 --> 00:41:43.480
 it's love

00:41:43.480 --> 00:41:44.579
 it's beauty

00:41:44.579 --> 00:41:45.519
 it's goodness

00:41:45.519 --> 00:41:46.519
 it's truth

00:41:46.519 --> 00:41:47.940
 that is the

00:41:47.940 --> 00:41:48.860
 that is what

00:41:48.860 --> 00:41:49.820
 created all

00:41:49.820 --> 00:41:50.320
 things

00:41:50.320 --> 00:41:51.320
 and the evil

00:41:51.320 --> 00:41:51.840
 and the death

00:41:51.840 --> 00:41:52.219
 that's come

00:41:52.219 --> 00:41:52.719
 into the world

00:41:52.719 --> 00:41:53.380
 is not because

00:41:53.380 --> 00:41:53.780
 of God

00:41:53.780 --> 00:41:54.219
 but because

00:41:54.219 --> 00:41:54.539
 of what

00:41:54.539 --> 00:41:55.039
 we've done

00:41:55.039 --> 00:41:55.940
 that's what's

00:41:55.940 --> 00:41:56.519
 brought evil

00:41:56.519 --> 00:41:57.280
 into the world

00:41:57.280 --> 00:41:58.340
 and the final

00:41:58.340 --> 00:41:59.320
 end of the story

00:41:59.320 --> 00:42:00.340
 doesn't have to be

00:42:00.340 --> 00:42:00.980
 any of these

00:42:00.980 --> 00:42:01.300
 things

00:42:01.300 --> 00:42:01.820
 is that when

00:42:01.820 --> 00:42:02.559
 you understand

00:42:02.559 --> 00:42:03.139
 what Jesus

00:42:03.139 --> 00:42:03.699
 has done

00:42:03.699 --> 00:42:04.159
 for you

00:42:04.159 --> 00:42:05.000
 it's to

00:42:05.000 --> 00:42:05.760
 understand

00:42:05.760 --> 00:42:06.780
 that he is

00:42:06.780 --> 00:42:07.719
 going to begin

00:42:07.719 --> 00:42:08.320
 to not just

00:42:08.320 --> 00:42:08.739
 make you

00:42:08.739 --> 00:42:09.360
 into a giant

00:42:09.360 --> 00:42:09.940
 sequoia

00:42:09.940 --> 00:42:10.679
 but that only

00:42:10.679 --> 00:42:11.199
 is true

00:42:11.199 --> 00:42:11.699
 because

00:42:11.699 --> 00:42:12.579
 you can

00:42:12.579 --> 00:42:13.279
 enter into

00:42:13.279 --> 00:42:13.699
 and grow

00:42:13.699 --> 00:42:14.519
 into a deeper

00:42:14.519 --> 00:42:15.039
 communion

00:42:15.039 --> 00:42:15.599
 with love

00:42:15.599 --> 00:42:16.339
 itself

00:42:16.339 --> 00:42:21.000
 at your best

00:42:21.000 --> 00:42:21.480
 moments

00:42:21.480 --> 00:42:22.299
 when you sense

00:42:22.299 --> 00:42:22.940
 that the heart

00:42:22.940 --> 00:42:23.679
 of all things

00:42:23.679 --> 00:42:24.639
 there must be

00:42:24.639 --> 00:42:25.559
 something like

00:42:25.559 --> 00:42:26.480
 the strong

00:42:26.480 --> 00:42:28.500
 beating heart

00:42:28.500 --> 00:42:29.259
 of love

00:42:29.259 --> 00:42:30.139
 which doesn't

00:42:30.139 --> 00:42:30.799
 seem to make

00:42:30.799 --> 00:42:31.460
 any sense

00:42:31.460 --> 00:42:32.139
 given the way

00:42:32.139 --> 00:42:32.759
 the world

00:42:32.759 --> 00:42:33.239
 is

00:42:33.239 --> 00:42:34.099
 but sometimes

00:42:34.099 --> 00:42:34.819
 you have that

00:42:34.819 --> 00:42:35.359
 sense that

00:42:35.359 --> 00:42:36.119
 that has to be

00:42:36.119 --> 00:42:37.639
 the truest

00:42:37.639 --> 00:42:38.239
 and deepest

00:42:38.239 --> 00:42:38.739
 thing

00:42:38.739 --> 00:42:39.719
 and the Bible

00:42:39.719 --> 00:42:40.380
 is telling you

00:42:40.380 --> 00:42:40.920
 that when you

00:42:40.920 --> 00:42:41.500
 have that

00:42:41.500 --> 00:42:42.079
 sense

00:42:42.079 --> 00:42:43.239
 you are actually

00:42:43.239 --> 00:42:44.239
 sensing something

00:42:44.239 --> 00:42:44.960
 as true

00:42:44.960 --> 00:42:46.099
 and the only

00:42:46.099 --> 00:42:47.960
 one who makes

00:42:47.960 --> 00:42:48.539
 that clear

00:42:48.539 --> 00:42:49.460
 and can meet

00:42:49.460 --> 00:42:50.259
 the longings

00:42:50.259 --> 00:42:50.880
 and the yearnings

00:42:50.880 --> 00:42:51.460
 the deepest

00:42:51.460 --> 00:42:52.000
 longings

00:42:52.000 --> 00:42:52.420
 and yearnings

00:42:52.420 --> 00:42:53.179
 of your heart

00:42:53.179 --> 00:42:54.079
 is the one

00:42:54.079 --> 00:42:54.480
 who came

00:42:54.480 --> 00:42:54.900
 and died

00:42:54.900 --> 00:42:55.199
 for you

00:42:55.199 --> 00:42:55.900
 on the cross

00:42:55.900 --> 00:42:58.679
 and that when

00:42:58.679 --> 00:42:59.219
 you put your

00:42:59.219 --> 00:42:59.940
 faith and trust

00:42:59.940 --> 00:43:00.219
 in him

00:43:00.219 --> 00:43:00.539
 no matter

00:43:00.539 --> 00:43:01.339
 how faltering

00:43:01.339 --> 00:43:01.619
 it is

00:43:01.619 --> 00:43:01.900
 no matter

00:43:01.900 --> 00:43:02.539
 how hard

00:43:02.539 --> 00:43:02.880
 you think

00:43:02.880 --> 00:43:03.199
 it might

00:43:03.199 --> 00:43:03.559
 end up

00:43:03.559 --> 00:43:03.779
 being

00:43:03.779 --> 00:43:04.380
 that the

00:43:04.380 --> 00:43:04.659
 fact

00:43:04.659 --> 00:43:05.039
 the matter

00:43:05.039 --> 00:43:05.380
 is

00:43:05.380 --> 00:43:05.719
 is that

00:43:05.719 --> 00:43:05.980
 when you

00:43:05.980 --> 00:43:06.380
 put your

00:43:06.380 --> 00:43:06.719
 hands

00:43:06.719 --> 00:43:06.980
 in him

00:43:06.980 --> 00:43:07.340
 it doesn't

00:43:07.340 --> 00:43:07.599
 mean that

00:43:07.599 --> 00:43:07.860
 there's not

00:43:07.860 --> 00:43:08.139
 going to be

00:43:08.139 --> 00:43:08.639
 hard times

00:43:08.639 --> 00:43:08.920
 there's going

00:43:08.920 --> 00:43:09.119
 to be

00:43:09.119 --> 00:43:09.800
 hard times

00:43:09.800 --> 00:43:14.000
 but he

00:43:14.000 --> 00:43:14.500
 dies

00:43:14.500 --> 00:43:15.019
 for you

00:43:15.019 --> 00:43:15.440
 to have

00:43:15.440 --> 00:43:16.139
 communion

00:43:16.139 --> 00:43:16.659
 with the

00:43:16.659 --> 00:43:17.019
 true and

00:43:17.019 --> 00:43:17.599
 living God

00:43:17.599 --> 00:43:18.059
 with the

00:43:18.059 --> 00:43:18.559
 source of

00:43:18.559 --> 00:43:19.079
 all love

00:43:19.079 --> 00:43:19.360
 and the

00:43:19.360 --> 00:43:19.719
 end of

00:43:19.719 --> 00:43:20.380
 all love

00:43:20.380 --> 00:43:24.480
 that's

00:43:24.480 --> 00:43:25.079
 what is

00:43:25.079 --> 00:43:25.519
 the burning

00:43:25.519 --> 00:43:25.980
 heart

00:43:25.980 --> 00:43:26.739
 behind all

00:43:26.739 --> 00:43:27.139
 of these

00:43:27.139 --> 00:43:27.679
 things

00:43:27.679 --> 00:43:31.759
 that when

00:43:31.759 --> 00:43:32.119
 you see

00:43:32.119 --> 00:43:32.539
 the death

00:43:32.539 --> 00:43:32.960
 of Jesus

00:43:32.960 --> 00:43:33.359
 on the

00:43:33.359 --> 00:43:33.659
 cross

00:43:33.659 --> 00:43:33.980
 you are

00:43:33.980 --> 00:43:34.380
 seeing the

00:43:34.380 --> 00:43:34.619
 death

00:43:34.619 --> 00:43:35.179
 of death

00:43:35.179 --> 00:43:36.279
 upon the

00:43:36.279 --> 00:43:36.679
 cross

00:43:36.679 --> 00:43:38.319
 and you

00:43:38.319 --> 00:43:38.619
 are seeing

00:43:38.619 --> 00:43:39.000
 the death

00:43:39.000 --> 00:43:39.799
 of alienation

00:43:39.799 --> 00:43:40.279
 upon the

00:43:40.279 --> 00:43:40.679
 cross

00:43:40.679 --> 00:43:43.539
 and when

00:43:43.539 --> 00:43:43.880
 you see

00:43:43.880 --> 00:43:44.299
 the tomb

00:43:44.299 --> 00:43:44.659
 empty

00:43:44.659 --> 00:43:44.980
 and him

00:43:44.980 --> 00:43:45.259
 having

00:43:45.259 --> 00:43:45.619
 risen

00:43:45.619 --> 00:43:48.239
 you are

00:43:48.239 --> 00:43:48.659
 seeing

00:43:48.659 --> 00:43:49.440
 that those

00:43:49.440 --> 00:43:50.000
 longings

00:43:50.000 --> 00:43:50.319
 that you

00:43:50.319 --> 00:43:50.719
 have

00:43:50.719 --> 00:43:52.219
 that there

00:43:52.219 --> 00:43:52.739
 is a new

00:43:52.739 --> 00:43:53.179
 and better

00:43:53.179 --> 00:43:53.659
 hope

00:43:53.659 --> 00:43:54.859
 a new

00:43:54.859 --> 00:43:55.299
 and better

00:43:55.299 --> 00:43:55.639
 end

00:43:55.639 --> 00:43:56.179
 a true

00:43:56.179 --> 00:43:56.819
 and authentic

00:43:56.819 --> 00:43:57.239
 you

00:43:57.239 --> 00:43:57.960
 all of these

00:43:57.960 --> 00:43:58.539
 longings

00:43:58.539 --> 00:43:59.159
 and yearnings

00:43:59.159 --> 00:43:59.819
 find their

00:43:59.819 --> 00:44:00.299
 completion

00:44:00.299 --> 00:44:00.960
 and wholeness

00:44:00.960 --> 00:44:01.539
 in Christ

00:44:01.539 --> 00:44:07.579
 and it's

00:44:07.579 --> 00:44:08.019
 from within

00:44:08.019 --> 00:44:08.820
 that story

00:44:08.820 --> 00:44:12.719
 that it

00:44:12.719 --> 00:44:13.139
 starts to

00:44:13.139 --> 00:44:13.639
 make sense

00:44:13.639 --> 00:44:13.900
 and you

00:44:13.900 --> 00:44:14.279
 can begin

00:44:14.279 --> 00:44:14.579
 to have

00:44:14.579 --> 00:44:15.099
 the courage

00:44:15.099 --> 00:44:15.619
 to say

00:44:15.619 --> 00:44:17.559
 I'm going

00:44:17.559 --> 00:44:17.880
 to put

00:44:17.880 --> 00:44:18.300
 off

00:44:18.300 --> 00:44:21.380
 those things

00:44:21.380 --> 00:44:21.920
 that are not

00:44:21.920 --> 00:44:22.659
 part of

00:44:22.659 --> 00:44:23.019
 God's

00:44:23.019 --> 00:44:23.420
 design

00:44:23.420 --> 00:44:23.860
 for me

00:44:23.860 --> 00:44:24.300
 I am

00:44:24.300 --> 00:44:24.519
 going to

00:44:24.519 --> 00:44:25.119
 put off

00:44:25.119 --> 00:44:26.880
 the malice

00:44:26.880 --> 00:44:27.779
 the slander

00:44:27.780 --> 00:44:28.860
 the sexual

00:44:28.860 --> 00:44:29.340
 sin

00:44:29.340 --> 00:44:31.200
 the greed

00:44:31.200 --> 00:44:34.260
 my lust

00:44:34.260 --> 00:44:35.100
 for promotions

00:44:35.100 --> 00:44:38.080
 all my

00:44:38.080 --> 00:44:38.640
 cut rose

00:44:38.640 --> 00:44:39.240
 projects

00:44:39.240 --> 00:44:39.600
 I will

00:44:39.600 --> 00:44:40.280
 put off

00:44:40.280 --> 00:44:44.100
 in obedience

00:44:44.100 --> 00:44:44.740
 and trust

00:44:44.740 --> 00:44:45.060
 to the one

00:44:45.060 --> 00:44:45.460
 who loved

00:44:45.460 --> 00:44:45.720
 me

00:44:45.720 --> 00:44:47.720
 this plan

00:44:47.720 --> 00:44:48.940
 and the end

00:44:48.940 --> 00:44:49.460
 of the story

00:44:49.460 --> 00:44:50.040
 for me

00:44:50.040 --> 00:44:52.040
 isn't death

00:44:52.040 --> 00:44:52.680
 and diminishment

00:44:52.680 --> 00:44:53.280
 and decay

00:44:53.280 --> 00:44:55.880
 but well

00:44:55.880 --> 00:44:56.360
 done my

00:44:56.360 --> 00:44:56.700
 good and

00:44:56.700 --> 00:44:57.440
 faithful servant

00:44:57.440 --> 00:44:58.100
 I have

00:44:58.100 --> 00:44:58.680
 loved you

00:44:58.680 --> 00:44:59.900
 from before

00:44:59.900 --> 00:45:00.260
 you were

00:45:00.260 --> 00:45:00.620
 born

00:45:00.620 --> 00:45:02.519
 and have

00:45:02.519 --> 00:45:03.060
 longed and

00:45:03.060 --> 00:45:03.580
 looked forward

00:45:03.580 --> 00:45:04.280
 to this day

00:45:04.280 --> 00:45:04.740
 when you were

00:45:04.740 --> 00:45:05.240
 before me

00:45:05.240 --> 00:45:06.100
 face to face

00:45:06.100 --> 00:45:07.440
 in the new

00:45:07.440 --> 00:45:08.000
 creation

00:45:08.000 --> 00:45:10.880
 I have

00:45:10.880 --> 00:45:11.320
 looked forward

00:45:11.320 --> 00:45:11.880
 and longed

00:45:11.880 --> 00:45:12.300
 for that

00:45:12.300 --> 00:45:13.260
 welcome

00:45:13.260 --> 00:45:14.940
 welcome

00:45:14.940 --> 00:45:17.420
 and we

00:45:17.420 --> 00:45:17.720
 will look

00:45:17.720 --> 00:45:17.940
 at our

00:45:17.940 --> 00:45:18.220
 friends

00:45:18.220 --> 00:45:18.659
 and loved

00:45:18.659 --> 00:45:18.940
 ones

00:45:18.940 --> 00:45:19.519
 and laugh

00:45:19.519 --> 00:45:20.099
 and cry

00:45:20.099 --> 00:45:20.840
 with amazement

00:45:20.840 --> 00:45:21.360
 and joy

00:45:21.360 --> 00:45:21.900
 at how

00:45:21.900 --> 00:45:22.679
 they are

00:45:22.679 --> 00:45:23.139
 both the

00:45:23.139 --> 00:45:23.420
 same

00:45:23.420 --> 00:45:23.740
 and yet

00:45:23.740 --> 00:45:24.400
 completely

00:45:24.400 --> 00:45:25.000
 and utterly

00:45:25.000 --> 00:45:25.740
 transfigured

00:45:25.740 --> 00:45:26.480
 and transformed

00:45:26.480 --> 00:45:28.059
 and they

00:45:28.059 --> 00:45:28.380
 will look

00:45:28.380 --> 00:45:28.860
 at us

00:45:28.860 --> 00:45:30.179
 and laugh

00:45:30.179 --> 00:45:30.679
 and cry

00:45:30.679 --> 00:45:31.400
 with amazement

00:45:31.400 --> 00:45:31.980
 at what we

00:45:31.980 --> 00:45:33.119
 have become

00:45:33.119 --> 00:45:33.840
 in Christ

00:45:33.840 --> 00:45:36.220
 all by

00:45:36.220 --> 00:45:36.940
 God's grace

00:45:36.940 --> 00:45:37.960
 all by

00:45:37.960 --> 00:45:38.720
 God's mercy

00:45:38.720 --> 00:45:40.119
 nothing of

00:45:40.119 --> 00:45:40.720
 our deserving

00:45:40.720 --> 00:45:42.300
 and nothing

00:45:42.300 --> 00:45:42.619
 of our

00:45:42.619 --> 00:45:43.240
 accomplishment

00:45:43.240 --> 00:45:44.480
 that is the

00:45:44.480 --> 00:45:44.840
 end of the

00:45:44.840 --> 00:45:45.159
 story

00:45:45.159 --> 00:45:47.199
 invite you

00:45:47.199 --> 00:45:47.719
 to stand

00:45:47.719 --> 00:45:58.000
 let's just

00:45:58.000 --> 00:45:58.500
 bow our heads

00:45:58.500 --> 00:45:58.960
 in prayer

00:45:58.960 --> 00:46:06.539
 oh yeah

00:46:06.539 --> 00:46:06.880
 I forgot

00:46:06.880 --> 00:46:07.300
 the general

00:46:07.300 --> 00:46:07.860
 thanksgiving

00:46:07.860 --> 00:46:08.300
 didn't I

00:46:08.300 --> 00:46:08.639
 Andrew

00:46:08.639 --> 00:46:09.980
 well you know

00:46:09.980 --> 00:46:10.240
 we're just

00:46:10.240 --> 00:46:10.480
 going to leave

00:46:10.480 --> 00:46:10.840
 the general

00:46:10.840 --> 00:46:11.099
 thanksgiving

00:46:11.099 --> 00:46:11.380
 we're just

00:46:11.380 --> 00:46:11.740
 going to pray

00:46:11.740 --> 00:46:12.079
 Father

00:46:12.079 --> 00:46:13.119
 we ask

00:46:13.119 --> 00:46:13.440
 that

00:46:13.440 --> 00:46:16.980
 if there's

00:46:16.980 --> 00:46:17.360
 any who

00:46:17.360 --> 00:46:17.820
 are present

00:46:17.820 --> 00:46:18.220
 here who

00:46:18.220 --> 00:46:18.539
 have never

00:46:18.539 --> 00:46:19.000
 put their

00:46:19.000 --> 00:46:19.519
 trust in

00:46:19.519 --> 00:46:19.860
 Christ

00:46:19.860 --> 00:46:20.639
 that at

00:46:20.639 --> 00:46:21.119
 this point

00:46:21.119 --> 00:46:21.539
 in time

00:46:21.539 --> 00:46:22.880
 they turn

00:46:22.880 --> 00:46:23.360
 to him

00:46:23.360 --> 00:46:25.019
 they turn

00:46:25.019 --> 00:46:25.559
 to Jesus

00:46:25.559 --> 00:46:26.119
 and say

00:46:26.119 --> 00:46:27.019
 Jesus be my

00:46:27.019 --> 00:46:27.519
 savior and

00:46:27.519 --> 00:46:27.960
 my lord

00:46:27.960 --> 00:46:30.639
 take me

00:46:30.639 --> 00:46:32.539
 and

00:46:32.539 --> 00:46:35.260
 let me

00:46:35.260 --> 00:46:35.780
 enter into

00:46:35.780 --> 00:46:36.380
 your life

00:46:36.380 --> 00:46:37.440
 I thank you

00:46:37.440 --> 00:46:37.679
 that you

00:46:37.679 --> 00:46:38.039
 will say

00:46:38.039 --> 00:46:38.380
 yes

00:46:38.380 --> 00:46:40.260
 and come

00:46:40.260 --> 00:46:40.700
 into my

00:46:40.700 --> 00:46:41.099
 life

00:46:41.099 --> 00:46:42.920
 with nothing

00:46:42.920 --> 00:46:43.619
 held back

00:46:43.619 --> 00:46:44.240
 or barred

00:46:44.240 --> 00:46:47.079
 and for

00:46:47.079 --> 00:46:47.460
 those of

00:46:47.460 --> 00:46:47.740
 us who

00:46:47.740 --> 00:46:48.000
 have put

00:46:48.000 --> 00:46:48.400
 our faith

00:46:48.400 --> 00:46:48.800
 and trust

00:46:48.800 --> 00:46:49.320
 in Christ

00:46:49.320 --> 00:46:52.500
 Father

00:46:52.500 --> 00:46:53.019
 there are

00:46:53.019 --> 00:46:53.980
 things in

00:46:53.980 --> 00:46:54.519
 this text

00:46:54.519 --> 00:46:56.160
 for some

00:46:56.160 --> 00:46:56.700
 it's nothing

00:46:56.700 --> 00:46:57.039
 to do with

00:46:57.039 --> 00:46:57.420
 the sex

00:46:57.420 --> 00:46:57.640
 stuff

00:46:57.640 --> 00:46:58.000
 that's an

00:46:58.000 --> 00:46:58.539
 easy thing

00:46:58.539 --> 00:46:59.039
 for us

00:46:59.039 --> 00:47:01.220
 we're bent

00:47:01.220 --> 00:47:01.760
 or broken

00:47:01.760 --> 00:47:02.380
 in that area

00:47:02.380 --> 00:47:02.960
 of our lives

00:47:02.960 --> 00:47:03.360
 but it's

00:47:03.360 --> 00:47:04.019
 not a big

00:47:04.019 --> 00:47:04.280
 thing

00:47:04.280 --> 00:47:04.740
 but Father

00:47:04.740 --> 00:47:05.320
 for others

00:47:05.320 --> 00:47:05.840
 of us

00:47:05.840 --> 00:47:06.740
 anger is a

00:47:06.740 --> 00:47:07.660
 very powerful

00:47:07.660 --> 00:47:08.180
 thing

00:47:08.180 --> 00:47:09.740
 or believing

00:47:09.740 --> 00:47:10.600
 lies is a

00:47:10.600 --> 00:47:11.400
 very powerful

00:47:11.400 --> 00:47:11.940
 thing

00:47:11.940 --> 00:47:16.260
 false motives

00:47:16.260 --> 00:47:16.840
 to get what

00:47:16.840 --> 00:47:17.280
 we want

00:47:17.280 --> 00:47:17.860
 is a very

00:47:17.860 --> 00:47:18.760
 very powerful

00:47:18.760 --> 00:47:19.240
 thing

00:47:19.240 --> 00:47:20.780
 lack of

00:47:20.780 --> 00:47:21.200
 forgiveness

00:47:21.200 --> 00:47:21.780
 is a

00:47:21.780 --> 00:47:22.320
 powerful

00:47:22.320 --> 00:47:22.780
 thing

00:47:22.780 --> 00:47:25.059
 and Father

00:47:25.059 --> 00:47:25.360
 you know

00:47:25.360 --> 00:47:25.880
 the struggles

00:47:25.880 --> 00:47:26.180
 that we

00:47:26.180 --> 00:47:26.539
 have

00:47:26.539 --> 00:47:27.780
 and so

00:47:27.780 --> 00:47:28.160
 we ask

00:47:28.160 --> 00:47:28.460
 Father

00:47:28.460 --> 00:47:28.860
 that the

00:47:28.860 --> 00:47:29.340
 Holy Spirit

00:47:29.340 --> 00:47:29.620
 would do

00:47:29.620 --> 00:47:30.120
 a marvelous

00:47:30.120 --> 00:47:30.740
 and wonderful

00:47:30.740 --> 00:47:31.220
 work in

00:47:31.220 --> 00:47:31.640
 each of our

00:47:31.640 --> 00:47:32.019
 lives

00:47:32.019 --> 00:47:34.579
 that as we

00:47:34.579 --> 00:47:35.079
 have trusted

00:47:35.079 --> 00:47:35.720
 Christ to be

00:47:35.719 --> 00:47:36.239
 our Savior

00:47:36.239 --> 00:47:36.639
 that we

00:47:36.639 --> 00:47:37.599
 will trust

00:47:37.599 --> 00:47:38.139
 him to be

00:47:38.139 --> 00:47:38.480
 the one

00:47:38.480 --> 00:47:38.759
 who will

00:47:38.759 --> 00:47:39.139
 grow us

00:47:39.139 --> 00:47:39.659
 this day

00:47:39.659 --> 00:47:41.139
 that he

00:47:41.139 --> 00:47:41.659
 will help

00:47:41.659 --> 00:47:42.179
 us to set

00:47:42.179 --> 00:47:42.679
 our minds

00:47:42.679 --> 00:47:43.279
 on him

00:47:43.279 --> 00:47:44.279
 in all his

00:47:44.279 --> 00:47:45.279
 risen sovereign

00:47:45.279 --> 00:47:45.919
 Trinitarian

00:47:45.919 --> 00:47:46.439
 glory

00:47:46.439 --> 00:47:48.500
 and that you

00:47:48.500 --> 00:47:49.199
 Father will

00:47:49.199 --> 00:47:49.799
 help us

00:47:49.799 --> 00:47:50.679
 to take off

00:47:50.679 --> 00:47:51.439
 those things

00:47:51.439 --> 00:47:52.339
 and put them

00:47:52.339 --> 00:47:52.639
 away

00:47:52.639 --> 00:47:54.419
 and put on

00:47:54.419 --> 00:47:55.059
 those things

00:47:55.059 --> 00:47:55.899
 of compassion

00:47:55.899 --> 00:47:56.619
 and love

00:47:56.619 --> 00:47:57.299
 and tenderness

00:47:57.299 --> 00:47:57.899
 and mercy

00:47:57.899 --> 00:47:59.719
 justice

00:47:59.719 --> 00:48:00.500
 and of goodness

00:48:00.500 --> 00:48:02.739
 that are all

00:48:02.739 --> 00:48:03.459
 part of that

00:48:03.459 --> 00:48:03.899
 great

00:48:03.899 --> 00:48:04.980
 grand

00:48:04.980 --> 00:48:06.099
 giant

00:48:06.099 --> 00:48:06.639
 sequoia

00:48:06.639 --> 00:48:07.179
 project

00:48:07.179 --> 00:48:08.320
 that we

00:48:08.320 --> 00:48:08.820
 are launched

00:48:08.820 --> 00:48:09.300
 in when we

00:48:09.300 --> 00:48:09.599
 put our

00:48:09.599 --> 00:48:10.000
 faith and

00:48:10.000 --> 00:48:10.420
 trust in

00:48:10.420 --> 00:48:10.820
 Jesus

00:48:10.820 --> 00:48:13.639
 we ask all

00:48:13.639 --> 00:48:14.159
 these things

00:48:14.159 --> 00:48:14.579
 in the name

00:48:14.579 --> 00:48:15.199
 of Jesus

00:48:15.199 --> 00:48:16.760
 and all

00:48:16.760 --> 00:48:17.280
 God's people

00:48:17.280 --> 00:48:17.659
 said

00:48:17.659 --> 00:48:18.860
 Amen

00:48:18.860 --> 00:48:19.599
 Amen

00:48:19.599 --> 00:48:24.400
 Amen

00:48:24.400 --> 00:48:30.000
 Amen