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 Before we get into the Word of God, let me say a quick prayer and ask for the Lord's blessing.

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 Heavenly Father, remind us afresh this morning that your Word is true.

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 And whether we think it or not, or whether we know it or not, this is the true food that we need this morning.

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 Lord, we thank you that we get to hear your Word.

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 And by your Spirit, Lord, we ask that that Word would go into our souls, that we consider it and obey it.

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 And Lord, trust that when you say it will produce fruit in our lives, that it truly will.

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 So we give this time to you this morning in Christ's name. Amen.

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 We moved to the area from the downtown.

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 I mean, we're living in Ottawa, but we moved to the West End four years ago this upcoming June.

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 And one of the first things after we moved in and settled and we painted everything is I decided I was going to build a guest room in the basement.

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 Have I framed anything in my life?

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 No, I didn't.

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 I ordered a bunch of wood.

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 I picked it up.

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 I put it through a window just because our basement's a bit tricky to get some 8-foot, 10-foot beams down there.

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 Anyways, I framed it up.

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 It took me a while.

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 And then I left it for like a year and a half, two years.

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 That's it.

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 That's all I did.

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 I didn't even wire outlets.

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 I didn't think of drywall.

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 I got discouraged or distracted.

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 Probably both.

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 I did not finish the job.

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 About a year and a half, two years later, I finished the job with the help of actually my barber, which is kind of random, a point that doesn't need to be made in the sermon.

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 But anyways, he helped me.

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 And we finally got it finished.

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 It turned out I did a terrible job.

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 So it was probably a good thing that I didn't complete it.

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 But it wouldn't be the first time that I began a project and didn't finish it.

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 I have started things.

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 And whether, again, distraction or discouragement, I tap out.

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 I just leave it.

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 It's half done.

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 It's a half-framed room, metaphorically speaking.

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 It reminded me this morning, or leading up to this morning, that it is so easy to start things, especially around January.

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 It is so easy to start things, but very, very challenging to finish.

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 We're going to wrap up Jude this morning.

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 There's been a warning and an encouragement to the church to love Jesus so much so that we would be willing to contend for the faith that was once delivered to all the saints.

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 Jude has reminded us that there will be false teachers at every age, something that is not new to the history of God.

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 If you remember, Jude gave us examples from the Israelites who were rescued from Egypt going into the Promised Land,

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 and how there were false teachers and grumblers and rebels and the people of Sodom and Gomorrah,

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 even the angelic beings who were rebels pushing against the authority and goodness of God.

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 For 23 verses, we have learned about judgment and warnings.

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 And, if I'm honest, I'm a bit weary of the content.

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 A lot of judgment, week after week, can be heavy.

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 It has been heavy.

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 And, the thought of contending indefinitely seems awfully hard and difficult.

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 I put this out to you.

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 Do you wonder, as I do, genuinely,

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 sometimes that you might not be able to make it to the finish line of your faith?

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 That whether Christ comes back, or you are either a person of riper years,

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 as the prayer book calls older folk, or some kind of accident, whatever,

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 whether you meet your end in this life, or Christ comes back,

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 do you ever wonder if you have the strength to make it to the end?

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 Or, have you simply started a faith journey only to not complete it?

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 Given the topic and content of the letter,

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 verses 1 to 23,

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 save for a couple verses here and there that are wonderful sources of encouragement,

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 especially verses 1 and 2,

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 verses 24 and 25 seem like nice words to incorporate

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 at the end of a very intense letter.

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 Jude will bookend the letter with nice encouragement,

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 talking about us being the beloved of God,

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 and it seems fitting.

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 However, these aren't just nice words that Jude bookends the letter with.

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 They actually serve two huge purposes for us.

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 The first, it's a relief and balm in times of struggle and doubt.

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 We've talked about struggle and doubt a number of times over the past few weeks,

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 and like I may mention just a few moments ago,

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 a lot of talk about judgment and struggle and doubt.

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 Warnings are good, but nonstop warnings can be heavy.

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 So, verses 24 and 25 that Brad read,

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 they're balm to our souls, they're encouragement to us.

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 The rest for our weary souls.

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 When you are tempted to rebel,

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 when you are tempted to look elsewhere,

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 to compromise on the truth of God's word,

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 to not obey

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 what God has called us to

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 live out,

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 this is balm for us,

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 this is help for us,

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 but it's also a preparation.

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 It's preparation for a long, faithful walk with Christ

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 until either he brings us home

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 through death or his return.

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 It's a preparation

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 in the same,

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 to live out this faithful walk.

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 Eugene Peterson wrote a book on discipleship,

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 and he entitled it

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 A Long Obedience in the Same Direction.

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 That's the Christian life.

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 And this is what Jude is preparing us for,

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 a long obedience in the same direction.

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 Understanding that there are times of struggle,

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 of valley,

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 of discouragement,

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 where we don't feel God's presence

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 or even feel like engaging with him at all.

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 Jude is preparing us

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 for this long obedience

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 in the same direction.

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 So Jude prepares us

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 for a long obedience in the same direction

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 by drawing our attention

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 to two fundamental aspects of Jesus

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 in verses 24 and 25.

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 Very simple.

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 What Jesus does

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 and who Jesus is.

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 After our time in verse 24 and 25,

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 I hope you will see with me

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 that Eugene Peterson,

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 although that's a wonderful way

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 to talk about the Christian life,

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 I think he

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 should have added

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 a very small

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 but very significant

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 adjective to his title.

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 It should have been this,

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 in my humble opinion,

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 a long and joyous obedience

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 in the same direction.

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 Because verse 24 and 25

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 will help us to have joy

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 for a lifetime

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 as we venture with the Lord.

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 So let's jump into it.

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 What Jesus does.

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 Look with me at verse 24.

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 This is what it says.

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 Now to him who is able

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 to keep you from stumbling

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 and to present you blameless

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 before the presence

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 of his glory

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 with great joy.

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 We might be tempted

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 to skip to

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 what Jesus does here.

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 That he will

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 keep us from stumbling,

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 present us blameless.

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 But what does Jude tell us

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 right before that?

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 He says this.

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 Now to him who is able,

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 Jesus is able.

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 This isn't just

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 a comment on

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 what he can do.

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 It is a comment

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 of,

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 I mean,

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 our second point

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 is who Jesus is

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 but this is a key point

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 for what Jesus does

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 because he is able.

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 It speaks to our Savior

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 not being a weak Savior.

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 He does not suffer fatigue

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 nor does he lack power.

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 He has great abilities

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 and powers.

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 But it's not that Jesus

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 has this great power

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 because he was weak

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 at some point

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 and had to augment

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 his weakness

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 with great power.

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 It's not like Jesus

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 came upon

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 some source

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 of his strength

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 and that's how he

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 is powerful,

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 how he is great.

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 but rather

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 that he has always

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 been able.

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 He has always

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 been strong.

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 He has always

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 had such great power.

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 In fact,

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 he is great power.

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 What do I mean

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 by that?

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 To say that

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 Jesus doesn't

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 just have power

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 but he is power,

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 it's an expression

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 of Jesus'

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 divine simplicity

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 and if that

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 confuses you,

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 just stick with me

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 for a moment.

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 This doctrine

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 of divine simplicity

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 is key to

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 Christianity,

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 key to

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 the orthodox faith,

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 the key to

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 understanding

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 who God is.

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 And it means

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 that Jesus,

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 God,

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 the Son of God

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 incarnate,

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 but really

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 the entire Godhead,

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 Father,

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 Son,

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 and Holy Spirit,

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 he exists

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 not as a

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 changeable

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 being

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 in which

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 he acquires

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 knowledge

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 or power

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 or abilities.

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 He never

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 lacks.

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 He is who

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 he is

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 and in that

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 way,

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 God has

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 the attribute

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 of salvific

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 power

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 from the

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 very beginning.

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 There was

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 never a

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 time where

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 God,

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 the Son of

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 God,

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 ever had

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 a point

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 in his

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 existence

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 where he

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 was not

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 able to

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 save.

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 It is not

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 as if

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 God,

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 the Father,

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 sent God,

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 the Son,

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 who took

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 on human

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 flesh

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 and then

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 was somehow

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 empowered by

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 God the

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 Father to

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 do the

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 salvific work

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 of dying on

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 the cross and

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 saving us from

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 our sins.

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 He always

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 possessed

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 such power.

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 therefore,

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 it is not

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 that God has

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 the attributes

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 of salvation,

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 but he is

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 salvation

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 himself.

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 It is not

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 that God has

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 the attributes

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 of being

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 powerful.

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 He is

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 power

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 himself.

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 it is a

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 very important

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 point because

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 in some

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 areas we

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 are made

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 in God's

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 image,

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 so we

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 share in

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 some of

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 the qualities

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 of who

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 God is.

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 We have

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 a rational

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 mind,

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 for instance,

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 but there are

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 other qualities

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 where we do

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 not share

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 in God's

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 qualities,

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 and this is

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 one of them.

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 We are

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 people that

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 lack.

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 We are

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 people that

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 are finite.

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 We are

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 people that

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 are not

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 all-powerful,

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 and sometimes

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 we can

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 augment our

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 lack of

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 power or

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 lack of

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 might to

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 accomplish

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 things that

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 otherwise we

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 wouldn't be

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 able to

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 accomplish.

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 You go to

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 school to

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 learn great

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 things.

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 You don't

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 have those

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 great things

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 inherently

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 inside of

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 you when

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 you are

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 born.

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 You have

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 to acquire

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 them from

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 outside.

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 Not so

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 with God.

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 He is

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 the source

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 of all

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 knowledge,

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 of all

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 power,

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 of all

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 might.

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 And

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 therefore,

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 to talk

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 about God

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 and his

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 attributes is

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 to talk

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 about God

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 himself.

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 In the

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 same way

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 that God

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 was able to

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 speak creation

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 and it was

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 so, so

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 too is

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 Jesus able

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 to keep

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 and present

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 us.

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 Jesus is

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 able because

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 he cannot

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 be otherwise.

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 That is

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 excellent news

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 because it

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 means we

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 have the

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 ultimate

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 savior,

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 savior,

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 the

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 ultimate

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 person in

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 our

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 corner who

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 cannot fail

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 and cannot

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 be overcome

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 and cannot

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 be thwarted

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 and cannot

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 be emptied

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 of that

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 power because

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 it is who

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 he is.

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 Jude tells

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 us here

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 that Jesus,

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 this Jesus,

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 is able

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 to do

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 two things,

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 one negative

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 and one

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 positive.

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 the negative

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 thing,

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 he keeps

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 us from

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 stumbling

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 but the

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 positive

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 thing is

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 that he

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 presents

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 us blameless

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 before the

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 presence of

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 his glory

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 with great

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 joy.

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 And friends,

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 he could

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 not do

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 this if he

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 was not

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 able.

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 If he

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 did not

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 have the

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 power,

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 if he

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 was not

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 the power

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 himself.

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 Let's

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 look at

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 these two

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 things that

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 Jesus is

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 able to

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 do.

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 Let's

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 look at the

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 first thing,

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 that he is

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 able to

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 keep us

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 from

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 stumbling.

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 Jude has

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 urged us

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 to keep

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 watch for

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 false

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 teachers.

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 He urged

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 us to

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 contend for

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 the faith,

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 to keep

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 ourselves in

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 the love

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 of God,

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 to show

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 mercy to

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 those who

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 doubt.

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 This is

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 the call

00:14:03.360 --> 00:14:04.019
 of faithful

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 living.

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 But who

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 in this

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 room or

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 on earth,

00:14:08.659 --> 00:14:09.360
 in all

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 of God's

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 church across

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 the world,

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 across space,

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 in the history

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 of the church,

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 across time,

00:14:16.279 --> 00:14:16.919
 could ever

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 keep the

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 call

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 perfectly?

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 Who is

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 the faithful

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 one who

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 can keep

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 God's

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 commands

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 perfectly?

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 It is

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 not me,

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 and it

00:14:27.460 --> 00:14:27.779
 certainly

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 is not

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 you.

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 We

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 can't,

00:14:31.300 --> 00:14:31.659
 by sheer

00:14:31.659 --> 00:14:31.980
 grit,

00:14:32.100 --> 00:14:32.779
 keep God's

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 commands,

00:14:33.899 --> 00:14:34.379
 stand true

00:14:34.379 --> 00:14:34.700
 to the

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 faith,

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 consistently

00:14:36.120 --> 00:14:36.860
 abide in

00:14:36.860 --> 00:14:37.399
 God's love

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 and compassion

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 all of our

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 days.

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 We're bound

00:14:40.759 --> 00:14:41.519
 to trip up,

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 we're bound

00:14:41.960 --> 00:14:42.340
 to fail,

00:14:42.460 --> 00:14:43.100
 even though

00:14:43.100 --> 00:14:44.399
 those whom

00:14:44.399 --> 00:14:45.019
 Christ has

00:14:45.019 --> 00:14:46.159
 saved are

00:14:46.159 --> 00:14:47.120
 free from

00:14:47.120 --> 00:14:48.759
 being slaves

00:14:48.759 --> 00:14:49.480
 to sin.

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 We are not

00:14:51.620 --> 00:14:52.460
 yet glorified,

00:14:52.560 --> 00:14:52.980
 we are not

00:14:52.980 --> 00:14:53.379
 yet made

00:14:53.379 --> 00:14:53.740
 perfect,

00:14:53.860 --> 00:14:54.220
 so we are

00:14:54.220 --> 00:14:54.759
 bound to

00:14:54.759 --> 00:14:55.159
 trip up,

00:14:55.220 --> 00:14:55.419
 we are

00:14:55.419 --> 00:14:56.399
 bound to

00:14:56.399 --> 00:14:56.740
 stumble.

00:14:59.320 --> 00:15:00.139
 Jesus knows

00:15:00.139 --> 00:15:00.659
 our weaknesses,

00:15:01.480 --> 00:15:02.940
 he knows

00:15:02.940 --> 00:15:03.659
 our propensity

00:15:03.659 --> 00:15:04.500
 to get weary,

00:15:05.500 --> 00:15:06.299
 he is aware

00:15:06.299 --> 00:15:07.539
 of the nature

00:15:07.539 --> 00:15:08.179
 of temptation

00:15:08.179 --> 00:15:08.940
 that wears

00:15:08.940 --> 00:15:09.639
 on us

00:15:09.639 --> 00:15:10.860
 day by

00:15:10.860 --> 00:15:12.100
 day by

00:15:12.100 --> 00:15:12.580
 day.

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 this doesn't

00:15:13.759 --> 00:15:15.220
 take him

00:15:15.220 --> 00:15:15.780
 by surprise.

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 Again,

00:15:16.860 --> 00:15:17.720
 divine simplicity,

00:15:18.240 --> 00:15:18.680
 he knows

00:15:18.680 --> 00:15:19.120
 everything,

00:15:19.259 --> 00:15:19.520
 he is

00:15:19.520 --> 00:15:20.000
 knowledge

00:15:20.000 --> 00:15:20.660
 itself.

00:15:21.320 --> 00:15:21.900
 This does

00:15:21.900 --> 00:15:22.900
 not surprise

00:15:22.900 --> 00:15:23.840
 Christ.

00:15:25.460 --> 00:15:26.280
 So how

00:15:26.280 --> 00:15:27.160
 wonderful is

00:15:27.160 --> 00:15:28.259
 it to hear

00:15:28.259 --> 00:15:28.879
 that Jesus

00:15:28.879 --> 00:15:30.180
 is able to

00:15:30.180 --> 00:15:30.600
 keep us

00:15:30.600 --> 00:15:31.259
 from stumbling,

00:15:31.759 --> 00:15:32.820
 literally to

00:15:32.820 --> 00:15:34.440
 guard us

00:15:34.440 --> 00:15:35.259
 from falling.

00:15:35.800 --> 00:15:36.379
 It's as if

00:15:36.379 --> 00:15:37.759
 he is so

00:15:37.759 --> 00:15:38.540
 close that

00:15:38.540 --> 00:15:39.420
 when we are

00:15:39.420 --> 00:15:40.300
 bound to

00:15:40.300 --> 00:15:40.740
 stumble,

00:15:41.420 --> 00:15:41.920
 he will not

00:15:41.919 --> 00:15:42.240
 let us

00:15:42.240 --> 00:15:42.519
 fall.

00:15:44.959 --> 00:15:45.799
 His grip

00:15:45.799 --> 00:15:46.339
 on us

00:15:46.339 --> 00:15:47.539
 is certainly

00:15:47.539 --> 00:15:48.279
 tighter than

00:15:48.279 --> 00:15:48.919
 our grip

00:15:48.919 --> 00:15:49.939
 on him.

00:15:50.620 --> 00:15:51.399
 We are

00:15:51.399 --> 00:15:52.159
 reassured

00:15:52.159 --> 00:15:53.139
 here that

00:15:53.139 --> 00:15:53.500
 as we

00:15:53.500 --> 00:15:54.000
 seek to

00:15:54.000 --> 00:15:54.360
 obey,

00:15:54.579 --> 00:15:55.120
 he is

00:15:55.120 --> 00:15:56.099
 able to

00:15:56.099 --> 00:15:56.500
 uphold.

00:15:57.779 --> 00:15:58.860
 He sees

00:15:58.860 --> 00:15:59.339
 that we

00:15:59.339 --> 00:16:00.839
 strive and

00:16:00.839 --> 00:16:01.799
 we ask

00:16:01.799 --> 00:16:02.120
 him for

00:16:02.120 --> 00:16:02.559
 strength,

00:16:02.679 --> 00:16:03.399
 often times

00:16:03.399 --> 00:16:03.839
 we try to

00:16:03.839 --> 00:16:04.120
 do it

00:16:04.120 --> 00:16:04.479
 on our

00:16:04.479 --> 00:16:04.879
 own,

00:16:05.379 --> 00:16:06.000
 with our

00:16:06.000 --> 00:16:06.199
 own

00:16:06.199 --> 00:16:06.599
 might,

00:16:06.899 --> 00:16:07.599
 we fall,

00:16:07.759 --> 00:16:08.319
 we stumble,

00:16:08.939 --> 00:16:09.579
 he sees

00:16:09.579 --> 00:16:10.099
 it and yet

00:16:10.099 --> 00:16:11.099
 he upholds

00:16:11.099 --> 00:16:11.480
 us.

00:16:12.659 --> 00:16:13.159
 He

00:16:13.159 --> 00:16:13.899
 guards us

00:16:13.899 --> 00:16:14.599
 from falling.

00:16:16.579 --> 00:16:16.979
 What a

00:16:16.979 --> 00:16:17.919
 wonderful thing

00:16:17.919 --> 00:16:18.199
 to be

00:16:18.199 --> 00:16:19.079
 assured of.

00:16:20.779 --> 00:16:21.679
 It is not

00:16:21.679 --> 00:16:22.339
 a license

00:16:22.339 --> 00:16:22.939
 to sin,

00:16:23.599 --> 00:16:23.979
 but a

00:16:23.979 --> 00:16:24.439
 recognition

00:16:24.439 --> 00:16:26.079
 of our

00:16:26.079 --> 00:16:28.179
 brokenness,

00:16:28.259 --> 00:16:29.000
 our fragility,

00:16:29.519 --> 00:16:30.360
 spiritually

00:16:30.360 --> 00:16:30.899
 speaking.

00:16:32.799 --> 00:16:33.740
 It is a

00:16:33.740 --> 00:16:34.199
 promise that

00:16:34.199 --> 00:16:34.799
 Christ doesn't

00:16:34.799 --> 00:16:35.179
 start

00:16:35.179 --> 00:16:36.679
 renovation

00:16:36.679 --> 00:16:37.299
 projects,

00:16:37.299 --> 00:16:37.839
 only to

00:16:37.839 --> 00:16:38.159
 abandon

00:16:38.159 --> 00:16:38.399
 them.

00:16:38.399 --> 00:16:40.919
 He doesn't

00:16:40.919 --> 00:16:42.159
 begin a

00:16:42.159 --> 00:16:42.439
 work in

00:16:42.439 --> 00:16:42.899
 your life

00:16:42.899 --> 00:16:44.360
 and then

00:16:44.360 --> 00:16:45.019
 he might

00:16:45.019 --> 00:16:45.439
 run out of

00:16:45.439 --> 00:16:45.980
 money or

00:16:45.980 --> 00:16:47.360
 time or

00:16:47.360 --> 00:16:47.720
 effort.

00:16:49.000 --> 00:16:49.899
 He doesn't

00:16:49.899 --> 00:16:50.240
 say,

00:16:50.539 --> 00:16:51.980
 this person

00:16:51.980 --> 00:16:52.559
 is driving

00:16:52.559 --> 00:16:53.620
 me crazy

00:16:53.620 --> 00:16:54.539
 a hundred

00:16:54.539 --> 00:16:55.039
 times,

00:16:55.179 --> 00:16:55.480
 two hundred

00:16:55.480 --> 00:16:56.220
 times,

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 they don't

00:16:56.919 --> 00:16:57.480
 get it.

00:16:57.860 --> 00:16:58.179
 Yeah,

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 they say

00:16:58.600 --> 00:16:58.959
 sorry,

00:16:59.059 --> 00:16:59.939
 they seek

00:16:59.939 --> 00:17:00.399
 forgiveness.

00:17:00.399 --> 00:17:02.459
 I'm

00:17:02.459 --> 00:17:03.259
 growing weary

00:17:03.259 --> 00:17:03.899
 of this

00:17:03.899 --> 00:17:04.259
 person.

00:17:04.379 --> 00:17:04.779
 He doesn't

00:17:04.779 --> 00:17:05.339
 say that.

00:17:06.220 --> 00:17:06.639
 He is

00:17:06.639 --> 00:17:06.940
 there.

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 He will

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 catch us

00:17:09.000 --> 00:17:10.599
 as we

00:17:10.599 --> 00:17:10.900
 stumble.

00:17:11.019 --> 00:17:11.539
 He finishes

00:17:11.539 --> 00:17:12.099
 the works.

00:17:12.139 --> 00:17:12.680
 He begins.

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 But he

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 doesn't

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 merely keep

00:17:15.740 --> 00:17:16.039
 us from

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 stumbling,

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 does he?

00:17:17.920 --> 00:17:18.680
 If so,

00:17:18.759 --> 00:17:19.080
 we would

00:17:19.080 --> 00:17:19.779
 still be

00:17:19.779 --> 00:17:20.140
 in an

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 eternally

00:17:22.000 --> 00:17:22.440
 bad

00:17:22.440 --> 00:17:23.080
 predicament,

00:17:23.259 --> 00:17:24.120
 unable to

00:17:24.120 --> 00:17:24.580
 solve the

00:17:24.580 --> 00:17:25.380
 problem of

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 being unworthy

00:17:26.840 --> 00:17:27.840
 and blameless

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 and therefore

00:17:29.240 --> 00:17:30.360
 disqualified from

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 being with God

00:17:31.000 --> 00:17:31.380
 forever.

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 So what does

00:17:32.600 --> 00:17:33.220
 Jesus do?

00:17:33.460 --> 00:17:34.039
 He doesn't

00:17:34.039 --> 00:17:34.940
 just keep us

00:17:34.940 --> 00:17:35.460
 from stumbling.

00:17:35.620 --> 00:17:36.759
 He presents

00:17:36.759 --> 00:17:38.460
 us to

00:17:38.460 --> 00:17:38.900
 God,

00:17:39.220 --> 00:17:40.340
 the Father.

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 The question

00:17:42.000 --> 00:17:42.200
 is,

00:17:42.200 --> 00:17:42.680
 how can

00:17:42.680 --> 00:17:43.240
 sinful

00:17:43.240 --> 00:17:44.059
 people

00:17:44.059 --> 00:17:45.600
 like us

00:17:45.600 --> 00:17:46.700
 stand before

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 a perfect

00:17:47.180 --> 00:17:48.160
 God in

00:17:48.160 --> 00:17:49.039
 his presence?

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 Jude,

00:17:50.299 --> 00:17:50.799
 once again,

00:17:51.180 --> 00:17:51.880
 he flexes

00:17:51.880 --> 00:17:52.400
 his biblical

00:17:52.400 --> 00:17:52.980
 knowledge.

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 A couple

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 words here

00:17:55.220 --> 00:17:55.480
 that,

00:17:55.759 --> 00:17:56.180
 again,

00:17:56.259 --> 00:17:56.600
 if we could

00:17:56.600 --> 00:17:57.140
 double-click

00:17:57.140 --> 00:17:57.440
 them,

00:17:57.940 --> 00:17:58.539
 we could

00:17:58.539 --> 00:17:59.779
 spend a

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 whole sermon

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 series on

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 looking through

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 some of

00:18:04.240 --> 00:18:05.480
 these biblical

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 references that

00:18:06.519 --> 00:18:07.600
 Jude gives.

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 But this is

00:18:10.460 --> 00:18:11.539
 some of the

00:18:11.539 --> 00:18:12.559
 allusions Jude

00:18:12.559 --> 00:18:13.139
 refers to

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 here.

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 So throughout

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 the Old

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 Testament,

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 the presence

00:18:16.059 --> 00:18:16.559
 of God,

00:18:17.579 --> 00:18:18.039
 it was a

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 terrifying

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 thing.

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 No human

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 could stand

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 in God's

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 presence

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 because God

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 is holy

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 and we are

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 not.

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 He is pure

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 and we are

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 not.

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 We read

00:18:28.559 --> 00:18:29.539
 in two places

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 in the Old

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 Testament,

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 one in

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 Malachi 3

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 and Psalm

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 15,

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 that essentially

00:18:35.759 --> 00:18:36.559
 say the same

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 thing.

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 I will read

00:18:37.279 --> 00:18:37.620
 just in

00:18:37.620 --> 00:18:40.319
 Malachi 3

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 verse 2.

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 But who

00:18:42.019 --> 00:18:42.620
 can endure

00:18:42.620 --> 00:18:43.259
 the day of

00:18:43.259 --> 00:18:43.660
 his coming?

00:18:43.759 --> 00:18:44.019
 Who can

00:18:44.019 --> 00:18:44.839
 stand when

00:18:44.839 --> 00:18:45.660
 he appears?

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 For he is

00:18:46.779 --> 00:18:47.019
 like a

00:18:47.019 --> 00:18:47.620
 refiner's

00:18:47.620 --> 00:18:49.099
 fire and

00:18:49.099 --> 00:18:50.240
 like fuller's

00:18:50.240 --> 00:18:50.720
 soap.

00:18:52.700 --> 00:18:53.400
 Who can

00:18:53.400 --> 00:18:54.160
 stand in

00:18:54.160 --> 00:18:54.579
 the presence

00:18:54.579 --> 00:18:55.059
 of almighty

00:18:55.059 --> 00:18:55.440
 God?

00:18:56.359 --> 00:18:56.880
 Is the

00:18:56.880 --> 00:18:57.660
 question that

00:18:57.660 --> 00:18:58.200
 is asked.

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 It is a

00:18:58.799 --> 00:18:59.160
 rhetorical

00:18:59.160 --> 00:18:59.740
 question because

00:18:59.740 --> 00:19:00.319
 the answer is

00:19:00.319 --> 00:19:00.640
 nobody.

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 Who can

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 stand,

00:19:02.920 --> 00:19:03.420
 and what is

00:19:03.420 --> 00:19:04.059
 implied here,

00:19:04.420 --> 00:19:05.559
 and not

00:19:05.559 --> 00:19:06.339
 flinch or

00:19:06.339 --> 00:19:06.720
 not be

00:19:06.740 --> 00:19:07.400
 destroyed,

00:19:07.579 --> 00:19:08.039
 or not be

00:19:08.039 --> 00:19:08.859
 cast down,

00:19:09.000 --> 00:19:09.640
 or not fall

00:19:09.640 --> 00:19:10.079
 into great

00:19:10.079 --> 00:19:11.319
 terror before

00:19:11.319 --> 00:19:11.960
 the presence

00:19:11.960 --> 00:19:12.460
 of God?

00:19:12.859 --> 00:19:13.079
 And the

00:19:13.079 --> 00:19:13.480
 answer is

00:19:13.480 --> 00:19:13.880
 no one.

00:19:14.940 --> 00:19:15.380
 No one

00:19:15.380 --> 00:19:16.019
 can genuinely

00:19:16.019 --> 00:19:16.779
 and uprightly

00:19:16.779 --> 00:19:17.480
 stand before

00:19:17.480 --> 00:19:17.960
 the presence

00:19:17.960 --> 00:19:18.480
 of God.

00:19:19.759 --> 00:19:20.640
 Even more

00:19:20.640 --> 00:19:21.180
 when we see

00:19:21.180 --> 00:19:21.859
 instances of

00:19:21.859 --> 00:19:22.900
 scripture where

00:19:22.900 --> 00:19:24.620
 people stand

00:19:24.620 --> 00:19:25.620
 before God's

00:19:25.620 --> 00:19:26.140
 presence.

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 Think of

00:19:27.220 --> 00:19:28.240
 Isaiah in,

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 I mean,

00:19:29.120 --> 00:19:29.559
 this was just

00:19:29.559 --> 00:19:30.019
 a vision,

00:19:30.519 --> 00:19:31.160
 Isaiah in

00:19:31.160 --> 00:19:32.200
 Isaiah chapter

00:19:32.200 --> 00:19:32.559
 6.

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 He is

00:19:33.779 --> 00:19:35.099
 overcome with

00:19:35.099 --> 00:19:36.299
 grief over

00:19:36.299 --> 00:19:37.000
 his sins

00:19:37.000 --> 00:19:38.019
 and fear,

00:19:38.740 --> 00:19:39.180
 dread,

00:19:39.599 --> 00:19:40.059
 in front of

00:19:40.059 --> 00:19:40.680
 the presence

00:19:40.680 --> 00:19:41.279
 of God.

00:19:42.599 --> 00:19:43.259
 And yet,

00:19:43.339 --> 00:19:43.980
 Jude is

00:19:43.980 --> 00:19:44.639
 telling us

00:19:44.639 --> 00:19:45.639
 that Jesus

00:19:45.639 --> 00:19:46.819
 cannot only

00:19:46.819 --> 00:19:47.599
 keep us from

00:19:47.599 --> 00:19:48.000
 stumbling,

00:19:48.240 --> 00:19:49.039
 but present us

00:19:49.039 --> 00:19:49.500
 before the

00:19:49.500 --> 00:19:50.059
 presence of

00:19:50.059 --> 00:19:50.720
 God in a

00:19:50.720 --> 00:19:51.379
 worthy manner

00:19:51.379 --> 00:19:53.139
 so that we

00:19:53.139 --> 00:19:53.460
 are not

00:19:53.460 --> 00:19:53.899
 completely

00:19:53.899 --> 00:19:54.419
 undone.

00:19:57.119 --> 00:19:57.740
 Friends,

00:19:58.559 --> 00:19:59.259
 Jude is

00:19:59.259 --> 00:20:00.480
 using language

00:20:00.480 --> 00:20:01.900
 that points

00:20:01.900 --> 00:20:02.740
 to cleansing.

00:20:03.620 --> 00:20:04.039
 Again,

00:20:04.160 --> 00:20:04.720
 we can't

00:20:04.720 --> 00:20:05.799
 do a deep

00:20:05.799 --> 00:20:06.559
 dive this

00:20:06.559 --> 00:20:06.860
 morning,

00:20:07.019 --> 00:20:07.940
 but Jude

00:20:07.940 --> 00:20:08.700
 has envisioned

00:20:08.700 --> 00:20:11.160
 the sacrificial

00:20:11.160 --> 00:20:11.819
 system in

00:20:11.819 --> 00:20:12.259
 the temple

00:20:12.259 --> 00:20:14.000
 where the

00:20:14.000 --> 00:20:14.700
 high priests

00:20:14.700 --> 00:20:15.319
 on behalf

00:20:15.319 --> 00:20:15.640
 of the

00:20:15.640 --> 00:20:17.279
 people only

00:20:17.279 --> 00:20:18.099
 enter into

00:20:18.099 --> 00:20:19.599
 the symbolic

00:20:19.599 --> 00:20:20.759
 area that

00:20:20.759 --> 00:20:21.680
 is where the

00:20:21.680 --> 00:20:22.240
 presence of

00:20:22.240 --> 00:20:22.759
 God truly

00:20:22.759 --> 00:20:23.200
 is,

00:20:23.579 --> 00:20:24.360
 only when

00:20:24.360 --> 00:20:24.920
 their sins

00:20:24.920 --> 00:20:25.779
 are removed

00:20:25.779 --> 00:20:26.559
 and cleansed,

00:20:26.620 --> 00:20:26.980
 where they are

00:20:26.980 --> 00:20:27.720
 made blameless

00:20:27.720 --> 00:20:28.480
 before God.

00:20:29.559 --> 00:20:30.299
 Jude is

00:20:30.299 --> 00:20:31.019
 saying here

00:20:31.019 --> 00:20:32.559
 that we

00:20:32.559 --> 00:20:34.120
 can stand

00:20:34.120 --> 00:20:34.720
 before God.

00:20:34.819 --> 00:20:35.120
 Why?

00:20:36.059 --> 00:20:36.740
 Because we

00:20:36.740 --> 00:20:37.539
 are blameless,

00:20:37.740 --> 00:20:37.940
 we are

00:20:37.940 --> 00:20:38.640
 blemishless,

00:20:38.880 --> 00:20:39.180
 we are

00:20:39.180 --> 00:20:40.100
 spotless,

00:20:40.240 --> 00:20:40.460
 we are

00:20:40.460 --> 00:20:41.140
 faultless.

00:20:42.180 --> 00:20:42.620
 Why?

00:20:42.759 --> 00:20:43.519
 Because Christ

00:20:43.519 --> 00:20:44.500
 has taken

00:20:44.500 --> 00:20:45.140
 our sin,

00:20:45.880 --> 00:20:46.140
 he has

00:20:46.140 --> 00:20:46.640
 atoned

00:20:46.640 --> 00:20:48.279
 for our

00:20:48.279 --> 00:20:49.059
 evil,

00:20:49.680 --> 00:20:50.039
 he has

00:20:50.039 --> 00:20:50.519
 made us

00:20:50.519 --> 00:20:52.019
 pure and

00:20:52.019 --> 00:20:52.779
 right before

00:20:52.779 --> 00:20:53.480
 Almighty God.

00:20:54.000 --> 00:20:54.900
 We can be

00:20:54.900 --> 00:20:55.299
 blameless

00:20:55.299 --> 00:20:55.880
 before God

00:20:55.880 --> 00:20:56.440
 because we

00:20:56.440 --> 00:20:57.000
 are now

00:20:57.000 --> 00:20:57.920
 enveloped

00:20:57.920 --> 00:20:58.519
 in Christ,

00:20:58.640 --> 00:20:58.900
 we are

00:20:58.900 --> 00:20:59.880
 in the

00:20:59.880 --> 00:21:00.259
 blameless

00:21:00.259 --> 00:21:00.539
 one.

00:21:02.299 --> 00:21:02.799
 And

00:21:02.799 --> 00:21:03.099
 therefore,

00:21:03.279 --> 00:21:03.640
 we are

00:21:03.640 --> 00:21:04.220
 able to

00:21:04.220 --> 00:21:04.700
 stand

00:21:04.700 --> 00:21:05.220
 before the

00:21:05.220 --> 00:21:05.779
 presence of

00:21:05.779 --> 00:21:06.180
 God without

00:21:06.180 --> 00:21:06.900
 flinching,

00:21:07.519 --> 00:21:09.279
 without being

00:21:09.279 --> 00:21:09.940
 undone.

00:21:10.920 --> 00:21:11.660
 In fact,

00:21:11.759 --> 00:21:12.279
 if you look

00:21:12.279 --> 00:21:12.980
 with me at

00:21:12.980 --> 00:21:13.660
 the end of

00:21:13.660 --> 00:21:14.400
 verse 24,

00:21:14.980 --> 00:21:15.319
 sorry,

00:21:15.579 --> 00:21:15.700
 yeah,

00:21:15.779 --> 00:21:16.400
 verse 24,

00:21:16.759 --> 00:21:17.319
 that we are

00:21:17.319 --> 00:21:17.519
 in the

00:21:17.519 --> 00:21:18.119
 presence of

00:21:18.119 --> 00:21:19.259
 his glory

00:21:19.259 --> 00:21:19.759
 with great

00:21:19.759 --> 00:21:20.180
 joy.

00:21:21.940 --> 00:21:22.559
 There's no

00:21:22.559 --> 00:21:23.019
 fear,

00:21:23.140 --> 00:21:24.000
 it is this

00:21:24.000 --> 00:21:24.779
 beautiful,

00:21:24.980 --> 00:21:25.640
 wonderful picture

00:21:25.640 --> 00:21:27.380
 of happiness

00:21:27.380 --> 00:21:28.259
 without end.

00:21:28.980 --> 00:21:29.520
 In fact,

00:21:29.780 --> 00:21:29.960
 it,

00:21:30.240 --> 00:21:30.620
 again,

00:21:30.900 --> 00:21:31.580
 Jude here,

00:21:31.900 --> 00:21:32.720
 an allusion

00:21:32.720 --> 00:21:34.240
 to the

00:21:34.240 --> 00:21:37.100
 ultimate

00:21:37.100 --> 00:21:38.140
 banquet that

00:21:38.140 --> 00:21:38.520
 will happen

00:21:38.520 --> 00:21:38.920
 at the end

00:21:38.920 --> 00:21:39.420
 of the age

00:21:39.420 --> 00:21:40.220
 where the

00:21:40.220 --> 00:21:40.640
 lamb who

00:21:40.640 --> 00:21:41.060
 was slain

00:21:41.060 --> 00:21:42.020
 before the

00:21:42.020 --> 00:21:42.900
 foundation of

00:21:42.900 --> 00:21:43.360
 the world

00:21:43.360 --> 00:21:43.720
 will be

00:21:43.720 --> 00:21:44.300
 united with

00:21:44.300 --> 00:21:44.960
 his bride,

00:21:45.460 --> 00:21:46.000
 the church,

00:21:46.380 --> 00:21:46.680
 and we

00:21:46.680 --> 00:21:47.720
 will dine

00:21:47.720 --> 00:21:48.540
 in this

00:21:48.540 --> 00:21:49.640
 incredible

00:21:49.640 --> 00:21:50.759
 marriage

00:21:50.759 --> 00:21:51.400
 supper

00:21:51.400 --> 00:21:52.360
 for all

00:21:52.360 --> 00:21:52.860
 of eternity.

00:21:55.540 --> 00:21:56.259
 And it's

00:21:56.259 --> 00:21:56.860
 all because

00:21:56.860 --> 00:21:57.120
 of what

00:21:57.120 --> 00:21:57.759
 Christ does.

00:22:00.519 --> 00:22:01.460
 We can't

00:22:01.460 --> 00:22:01.840
 get this

00:22:01.840 --> 00:22:02.600
 from within.

00:22:03.380 --> 00:22:04.240
 This is

00:22:04.240 --> 00:22:05.240
 something that

00:22:05.240 --> 00:22:05.960
 can only be

00:22:05.960 --> 00:22:06.640
 given to us

00:22:06.640 --> 00:22:07.120
 from without.

00:22:09.400 --> 00:22:10.220
 This is a bit

00:22:10.220 --> 00:22:11.000
 of a problem

00:22:11.000 --> 00:22:11.259
 though,

00:22:11.360 --> 00:22:12.940
 because I'm

00:22:12.940 --> 00:22:13.400
 sure many

00:22:13.400 --> 00:22:13.940
 of us,

00:22:14.200 --> 00:22:14.519
 whether it

00:22:14.519 --> 00:22:17.660
 be fitness

00:22:17.660 --> 00:22:18.519
 or wellness

00:22:18.519 --> 00:22:19.220
 influencers,

00:22:19.220 --> 00:22:19.779
 whether it's

00:22:19.779 --> 00:22:20.380
 blogs or

00:22:20.380 --> 00:22:21.140
 YouTube or

00:22:21.140 --> 00:22:21.799
 Instagram,

00:22:23.120 --> 00:22:23.279
 they,

00:22:23.860 --> 00:22:24.380
 at least some

00:22:24.380 --> 00:22:24.640
 of them,

00:22:24.700 --> 00:22:25.339
 suggest that

00:22:25.339 --> 00:22:26.200
 there is a

00:22:26.200 --> 00:22:27.079
 holistic purity

00:22:27.079 --> 00:22:27.640
 that is

00:22:27.640 --> 00:22:28.059
 available.

00:22:29.059 --> 00:22:29.480
 Work out

00:22:29.480 --> 00:22:29.839
 harder.

00:22:30.920 --> 00:22:31.319
 Meditate

00:22:31.319 --> 00:22:31.660
 harder.

00:22:31.900 --> 00:22:32.539
 Eat clean.

00:22:33.019 --> 00:22:33.559
 No processed

00:22:33.559 --> 00:22:33.940
 sugars.

00:22:34.519 --> 00:22:35.140
 No chocolate.

00:22:36.180 --> 00:22:36.799
 Organic.

00:22:37.480 --> 00:22:38.160
 Be kind.

00:22:38.740 --> 00:22:39.279
 Do more.

00:22:39.880 --> 00:22:40.539
 Think harder.

00:22:41.600 --> 00:22:42.220
 Say less.

00:22:42.900 --> 00:22:43.539
 Say more.

00:22:44.259 --> 00:22:44.620
 Set up

00:22:44.620 --> 00:22:45.100
 boundaries.

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 Remove

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 boundaries.

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 There's a

00:22:49.680 --> 00:22:49.940
 lot of

00:22:49.940 --> 00:22:50.460
 advice.

00:22:51.160 --> 00:22:51.440
 And that

00:22:51.440 --> 00:22:52.339
 advice sometimes

00:22:52.339 --> 00:22:52.700
 can be

00:22:52.700 --> 00:22:53.079
 excellent

00:22:53.079 --> 00:22:53.559
 advice.

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 I mean,

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 don't

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 unsubscribe

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 this afternoon.

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 But it's

00:22:58.900 --> 00:22:59.460
 a fallacy

00:22:59.460 --> 00:22:59.960
 to think

00:22:59.960 --> 00:23:00.839
 that true

00:23:00.839 --> 00:23:01.940
 holistic

00:23:01.940 --> 00:23:02.720
 purity

00:23:02.720 --> 00:23:03.819
 and righteousness

00:23:03.819 --> 00:23:04.460
 can be

00:23:04.460 --> 00:23:05.059
 achieved

00:23:05.059 --> 00:23:06.779
 by us

00:23:06.779 --> 00:23:07.759
 willing it,

00:23:08.299 --> 00:23:09.140
 by us

00:23:09.140 --> 00:23:10.039
 doing it,

00:23:10.500 --> 00:23:11.079
 by us

00:23:11.079 --> 00:23:11.660
 making

00:23:11.660 --> 00:23:12.259
 tweaks

00:23:12.259 --> 00:23:13.559
 and incorporating

00:23:13.559 --> 00:23:14.920
 new things

00:23:14.920 --> 00:23:15.299
 that we

00:23:15.299 --> 00:23:15.740
 have to

00:23:15.740 --> 00:23:16.400
 still do

00:23:16.400 --> 00:23:17.019
 that we

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 need to

00:23:17.320 --> 00:23:17.940
 exercise

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 greater

00:23:18.380 --> 00:23:18.920
 agency

00:23:18.920 --> 00:23:19.460
 and greater

00:23:19.460 --> 00:23:20.060
 willpower.

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 If the

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 problem was

00:23:22.420 --> 00:23:23.019
 simply a

00:23:23.019 --> 00:23:24.100
 lack that

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 could be

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 reformed or

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 something that

00:23:27.019 --> 00:23:27.540
 could be

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 acquired,

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 we would

00:23:29.300 --> 00:23:30.320
 have solved

00:23:30.320 --> 00:23:31.519
 many societal

00:23:31.519 --> 00:23:33.300
 ills and

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 solved the

00:23:33.780 --> 00:23:34.900
 issue of a

00:23:34.900 --> 00:23:35.400
 lack of

00:23:35.400 --> 00:23:36.200
 transcendence and

00:23:36.200 --> 00:23:36.700
 a lack of

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 meaning a

00:23:37.780 --> 00:23:38.300
 long time

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 ago.

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 Yet as we

00:23:40.420 --> 00:23:40.940
 progress,

00:23:41.460 --> 00:23:42.720
 we have this

00:23:42.720 --> 00:23:43.820
 annoying habit of

00:23:43.820 --> 00:23:44.560
 simultaneously

00:23:44.560 --> 00:23:45.400
 regressing.

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 not all

00:23:49.860 --> 00:23:50.620
 progress is

00:23:50.620 --> 00:23:51.040
 bad,

00:23:51.220 --> 00:23:51.720
 of course,

00:23:51.960 --> 00:23:52.980
 but all

00:23:52.980 --> 00:23:53.740
 progress that

00:23:53.740 --> 00:23:54.660
 seeks to

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 do what

00:23:55.100 --> 00:23:55.720
 only Christ

00:23:55.720 --> 00:23:56.220
 can do,

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 it is going

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 to be a

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 terrible,

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 terrible slave

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 master to

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 us.

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 Friends,

00:24:03.200 --> 00:24:03.820
 what Jude is

00:24:03.820 --> 00:24:04.340
 saying and

00:24:04.340 --> 00:24:05.960
 what we all

00:24:05.960 --> 00:24:06.540
 know deep

00:24:06.540 --> 00:24:07.200
 in our DNA

00:24:07.200 --> 00:24:08.500
 is that we

00:24:08.500 --> 00:24:09.080
 desire to

00:24:09.080 --> 00:24:09.600
 touch the

00:24:09.600 --> 00:24:10.160
 divine,

00:24:11.019 --> 00:24:11.660
 but we are

00:24:11.660 --> 00:24:12.900
 entirely unable

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 to do so by

00:24:13.720 --> 00:24:14.340
 our personal

00:24:14.340 --> 00:24:14.880
 and collective

00:24:14.880 --> 00:24:15.420
 strength.

00:24:16.960 --> 00:24:17.680
 Jude reminds

00:24:17.680 --> 00:24:18.160
 us that the

00:24:18.160 --> 00:24:18.680
 cross of

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 Christ is

00:24:19.500 --> 00:24:19.980
 the only

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 means by

00:24:20.680 --> 00:24:21.060
 which we

00:24:21.060 --> 00:24:21.620
 can know,

00:24:21.960 --> 00:24:22.640
 be with,

00:24:22.740 --> 00:24:23.220
 and enjoy

00:24:23.220 --> 00:24:23.660
 God.

00:24:24.780 --> 00:24:25.519
 We can

00:24:25.519 --> 00:24:26.019
 stand in

00:24:26.019 --> 00:24:26.620
 his presence

00:24:26.620 --> 00:24:27.480
 again without

00:24:27.480 --> 00:24:28.300
 flinching,

00:24:28.360 --> 00:24:28.800
 without being

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 undone,

00:24:29.460 --> 00:24:29.900
 with great

00:24:29.900 --> 00:24:30.820
 joy,

00:24:31.360 --> 00:24:31.880
 without being

00:24:31.880 --> 00:24:32.519
 overcome with

00:24:32.519 --> 00:24:33.019
 dread.

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 and it's

00:24:35.200 --> 00:24:36.039
 only because

00:24:36.039 --> 00:24:36.319
 of what

00:24:36.319 --> 00:24:36.960
 Christ does

00:24:36.960 --> 00:24:37.859
 for us

00:24:37.859 --> 00:24:38.660
 on our

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 behalf.

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 We embrace

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 by faith.

00:24:42.859 --> 00:24:43.819
 Jesus is

00:24:43.819 --> 00:24:44.279
 able.

00:24:44.940 --> 00:24:46.160
 He is able

00:24:46.160 --> 00:24:46.759
 to keep us

00:24:46.759 --> 00:24:47.379
 from stumbling.

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 He is able

00:24:48.420 --> 00:24:49.099
 to present

00:24:49.099 --> 00:24:50.139
 us blameless

00:24:50.139 --> 00:24:51.639
 in his presence

00:24:51.639 --> 00:24:52.420
 for eternity

00:24:52.420 --> 00:24:52.980
 with great

00:24:52.980 --> 00:24:54.700
 joy because

00:24:54.700 --> 00:24:56.259
 Jesus is

00:24:56.259 --> 00:24:57.500
 the only

00:24:57.500 --> 00:24:58.079
 God,

00:24:58.460 --> 00:24:58.759
 Savior,

00:24:58.980 --> 00:24:59.299
 and Lord.

00:24:59.359 --> 00:24:59.559
 And this

00:24:59.559 --> 00:24:59.980
 gets us to

00:24:59.980 --> 00:25:00.359
 our second

00:25:00.359 --> 00:25:00.700
 point.

00:25:01.299 --> 00:25:01.740
 If that is

00:25:01.740 --> 00:25:02.139
 what Jesus

00:25:02.140 --> 00:25:02.660
 does,

00:25:02.920 --> 00:25:03.120
 who,

00:25:03.520 --> 00:25:03.800
 who,

00:25:04.360 --> 00:25:04.640
 Jew will

00:25:04.640 --> 00:25:05.060
 remind us

00:25:05.060 --> 00:25:05.460
 of who

00:25:05.460 --> 00:25:06.080
 Jesus is.

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 Look with

00:25:06.400 --> 00:25:06.620
 me at

00:25:06.620 --> 00:25:07.280
 verse 25.

00:25:09.380 --> 00:25:09.640
 To the

00:25:09.640 --> 00:25:10.320
 only God,

00:25:10.420 --> 00:25:10.960
 our Savior,

00:25:11.160 --> 00:25:11.720
 through Jesus

00:25:11.720 --> 00:25:12.120
 Christ,

00:25:12.220 --> 00:25:12.640
 our Lord,

00:25:13.100 --> 00:25:13.940
 be glory,

00:25:14.580 --> 00:25:15.100
 majesty,

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 dominion,

00:25:15.980 --> 00:25:16.400
 authority,

00:25:16.520 --> 00:25:17.000
 before all

00:25:17.000 --> 00:25:17.600
 time,

00:25:18.480 --> 00:25:19.220
 and now,

00:25:19.640 --> 00:25:20.340
 and forever.

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 Amen.

00:25:23.580 --> 00:25:24.220
 Notice

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 first that

00:25:24.780 --> 00:25:25.420
 Jesus is

00:25:25.420 --> 00:25:26.160
 explicitly

00:25:26.160 --> 00:25:26.860
 declared to

00:25:26.860 --> 00:25:27.320
 be God.

00:25:28.180 --> 00:25:28.580
 Biblically

00:25:28.580 --> 00:25:29.040
 speaking,

00:25:29.180 --> 00:25:29.780
 you cannot

00:25:29.780 --> 00:25:30.900
 disentangle

00:25:30.900 --> 00:25:31.759
 God,

00:25:31.759 --> 00:25:32.379
 Savior,

00:25:32.379 --> 00:25:33.019
 and Lord.

00:25:33.119 --> 00:25:33.379
 They are

00:25:33.379 --> 00:25:34.579
 all titles

00:25:34.579 --> 00:25:35.559
 and terms

00:25:35.559 --> 00:25:37.480
 that describe

00:25:37.480 --> 00:25:38.519
 who God

00:25:38.519 --> 00:25:38.960
 is.

00:25:39.079 --> 00:25:39.900
 We can talk

00:25:39.900 --> 00:25:40.299
 about them

00:25:40.299 --> 00:25:40.980
 individually,

00:25:41.180 --> 00:25:41.539
 we can talk

00:25:41.539 --> 00:25:42.079
 about God

00:25:42.079 --> 00:25:42.579
 individually,

00:25:43.099 --> 00:25:44.359
 and what it

00:25:44.359 --> 00:25:45.119
 means to be a

00:25:45.119 --> 00:25:46.019
 Savior individually,

00:25:46.400 --> 00:25:47.039
 and what it

00:25:47.039 --> 00:25:48.480
 means to be a

00:25:48.480 --> 00:25:49.559
 Lord individually,

00:25:49.700 --> 00:25:50.460
 biblically speaking,

00:25:50.879 --> 00:25:52.539
 but we can't

00:25:52.539 --> 00:25:53.819
 talk about them

00:25:53.819 --> 00:25:54.339
 as if they are

00:25:54.339 --> 00:25:55.339
 separate from

00:25:55.339 --> 00:25:55.759
 one another.

00:25:56.619 --> 00:25:57.140
 God,

00:25:57.140 --> 00:25:57.819
 who is the

00:25:57.819 --> 00:25:58.640
 one who saves,

00:25:58.640 --> 00:26:00.140
 can do so

00:26:00.140 --> 00:26:00.840
 because of

00:26:00.840 --> 00:26:01.460
 his power

00:26:01.460 --> 00:26:02.080
 and rule.

00:26:03.320 --> 00:26:03.700
 And the

00:26:03.700 --> 00:26:04.000
 one who

00:26:04.000 --> 00:26:04.680
 rules with

00:26:04.680 --> 00:26:05.440
 ultimate power

00:26:05.440 --> 00:26:06.120
 is God.

00:26:06.940 --> 00:26:07.500
 So they're

00:26:07.500 --> 00:26:08.460
 all connected,

00:26:08.620 --> 00:26:09.020
 they all

00:26:09.020 --> 00:26:09.960
 feed into

00:26:09.960 --> 00:26:10.600
 one another.

00:26:11.080 --> 00:26:11.580
 It's like a

00:26:11.580 --> 00:26:12.240
 circuit in a

00:26:12.240 --> 00:26:12.440
 sense.

00:26:12.520 --> 00:26:12.960
 You can't

00:26:12.960 --> 00:26:13.660
 remove one

00:26:13.660 --> 00:26:15.020
 aspect of

00:26:15.020 --> 00:26:16.420
 God being

00:26:16.420 --> 00:26:17.180
 God or

00:26:17.180 --> 00:26:17.940
 Savior or

00:26:17.940 --> 00:26:18.460
 Lord and

00:26:18.460 --> 00:26:19.680
 expect God

00:26:19.680 --> 00:26:20.660
 to remain

00:26:20.660 --> 00:26:21.300
 God or

00:26:21.300 --> 00:26:22.280
 him to

00:26:22.280 --> 00:26:22.980
 remain Savior

00:26:22.980 --> 00:26:23.740
 or him to

00:26:23.740 --> 00:26:25.040
 remain Lord.

00:26:25.039 --> 00:26:25.500
 and again

00:26:25.500 --> 00:26:26.039
 we see

00:26:26.039 --> 00:26:26.480
 Jude

00:26:26.480 --> 00:26:27.299
 hammering

00:26:27.299 --> 00:26:27.740
 home

00:26:27.740 --> 00:26:28.539
 biblical

00:26:28.539 --> 00:26:29.139
 truths

00:26:29.139 --> 00:26:30.339
 with a

00:26:30.339 --> 00:26:30.759
 triplet.

00:26:32.119 --> 00:26:32.839
 It's kind

00:26:32.839 --> 00:26:33.059
 of his

00:26:33.059 --> 00:26:33.420
 thing,

00:26:34.000 --> 00:26:34.319
 but it's

00:26:34.319 --> 00:26:34.700
 helpful.

00:26:35.579 --> 00:26:36.200
 Jesus is

00:26:36.200 --> 00:26:36.559
 God,

00:26:36.779 --> 00:26:37.039
 Savior,

00:26:37.240 --> 00:26:37.700
 and Lord.

00:26:40.039 --> 00:26:40.819
 This is

00:26:40.819 --> 00:26:41.200
 the one

00:26:41.200 --> 00:26:41.680
 who keeps

00:26:41.680 --> 00:26:42.500
 you and

00:26:42.500 --> 00:26:42.859
 presents

00:26:42.859 --> 00:26:43.119
 you.

00:26:43.799 --> 00:26:44.220
 This is

00:26:44.220 --> 00:26:44.599
 the one

00:26:44.599 --> 00:26:45.299
 who will

00:26:45.299 --> 00:26:45.799
 not leave

00:26:45.799 --> 00:26:46.159
 you or

00:26:46.159 --> 00:26:46.599
 forsake

00:26:46.599 --> 00:26:46.799
 you.

00:26:47.240 --> 00:26:47.819
 This is

00:26:47.819 --> 00:26:48.099
 the one

00:26:48.099 --> 00:26:48.379
 who has

00:26:48.379 --> 00:26:48.700
 made a

00:26:48.700 --> 00:26:49.079
 way for

00:26:49.079 --> 00:26:49.399
 you,

00:26:49.559 --> 00:26:50.220
 who has

00:26:50.220 --> 00:26:51.099
 no business

00:26:51.099 --> 00:26:52.220
 being in

00:26:52.220 --> 00:26:52.659
 the presence

00:26:52.659 --> 00:26:53.200
 of God

00:26:53.200 --> 00:26:53.940
 to stand

00:26:53.940 --> 00:26:54.619
 in the

00:26:54.619 --> 00:26:54.979
 presence

00:26:54.979 --> 00:26:55.559
 of God.

00:26:56.259 --> 00:26:56.819
 When we

00:26:56.819 --> 00:26:57.500
 consider what

00:26:57.500 --> 00:26:58.059
 Jesus has

00:26:58.059 --> 00:26:58.500
 done and

00:26:58.500 --> 00:26:59.359
 who Christ

00:26:59.359 --> 00:26:59.799
 is,

00:27:00.859 --> 00:27:01.279
 can we

00:27:01.279 --> 00:27:01.939
 somehow

00:27:01.939 --> 00:27:03.059
 hold back

00:27:03.059 --> 00:27:03.439
 praise?

00:27:03.519 --> 00:27:03.659
 And I

00:27:03.659 --> 00:27:04.139
 mean really

00:27:04.139 --> 00:27:05.179
 understand this

00:27:05.179 --> 00:27:05.659
 truth goes

00:27:05.659 --> 00:27:06.459
 into us,

00:27:06.859 --> 00:27:07.319
 into our

00:27:07.319 --> 00:27:07.639
 souls.

00:27:07.739 --> 00:27:08.000
 It begins

00:27:08.000 --> 00:27:08.519
 to change

00:27:08.519 --> 00:27:08.779
 us.

00:27:09.079 --> 00:27:09.559
 The result

00:27:09.559 --> 00:27:09.959
 will be

00:27:09.959 --> 00:27:10.439
 praise.

00:27:12.019 --> 00:27:12.779
 This is a

00:27:12.779 --> 00:27:13.459
 helpful thing

00:27:13.459 --> 00:27:14.639
 why we

00:27:14.639 --> 00:27:15.399
 are about

00:27:15.399 --> 00:27:16.719
 not going

00:27:16.719 --> 00:27:17.259
 hardcore

00:27:17.259 --> 00:27:18.339
 with theological

00:27:18.339 --> 00:27:18.839
 language

00:27:18.839 --> 00:27:19.419
 necessarily,

00:27:19.639 --> 00:27:20.719
 although I

00:27:20.719 --> 00:27:21.299
 talked about

00:27:21.299 --> 00:27:22.139
 divine simplicity,

00:27:22.319 --> 00:27:22.759
 but why we're

00:27:22.759 --> 00:27:24.439
 very intentional

00:27:24.440 --> 00:27:26.220
 about doctrine

00:27:26.220 --> 00:27:26.840
 in this

00:27:26.840 --> 00:27:27.080
 church,

00:27:27.180 --> 00:27:28.140
 because right

00:27:28.140 --> 00:27:29.019
 theology

00:27:29.019 --> 00:27:30.980
 leads to

00:27:30.980 --> 00:27:31.980
 right doxology,

00:27:32.160 --> 00:27:32.480
 that is,

00:27:32.779 --> 00:27:33.779
 right understanding

00:27:33.779 --> 00:27:34.320
 of who God

00:27:34.320 --> 00:27:34.940
 is and what

00:27:34.940 --> 00:27:35.500
 he has done

00:27:35.500 --> 00:27:36.039
 and who we

00:27:36.039 --> 00:27:37.059
 are in

00:27:37.059 --> 00:27:37.680
 light of

00:27:37.680 --> 00:27:38.279
 that and

00:27:38.279 --> 00:27:39.440
 his creation

00:27:39.440 --> 00:27:40.000
 and his

00:27:40.000 --> 00:27:41.240
 ordering of

00:27:41.240 --> 00:27:41.840
 everything,

00:27:42.519 --> 00:27:43.080
 it leads to

00:27:43.080 --> 00:27:43.779
 a proper

00:27:43.779 --> 00:27:45.080
 expression of

00:27:45.080 --> 00:27:45.559
 praise.

00:27:47.320 --> 00:27:48.160
 We don't

00:27:48.160 --> 00:27:49.360
 worship Jesus

00:27:49.360 --> 00:27:50.720
 only,

00:27:51.080 --> 00:27:51.820
 or God the

00:27:51.820 --> 00:27:52.680
 Father only,

00:27:52.680 --> 00:27:53.640
 or the

00:27:53.640 --> 00:27:54.340
 Spirit only.

00:27:54.440 --> 00:27:55.180
 We worship

00:27:55.180 --> 00:27:56.140
 God the

00:27:56.140 --> 00:27:56.480
 Father,

00:27:56.620 --> 00:27:56.920
 God the

00:27:56.920 --> 00:27:57.120
 Son,

00:27:57.220 --> 00:27:57.500
 God the

00:27:57.500 --> 00:27:58.120
 Holy Spirit.

00:27:59.299 --> 00:27:59.940
 Jesus isn't

00:27:59.940 --> 00:28:00.720
 just a man,

00:28:00.840 --> 00:28:01.640
 nor is he

00:28:01.640 --> 00:28:02.620
 God,

00:28:02.700 --> 00:28:03.120
 but just in

00:28:03.120 --> 00:28:03.620
 the appearance

00:28:03.620 --> 00:28:04.080
 of a man,

00:28:04.160 --> 00:28:04.740
 he is fully

00:28:04.740 --> 00:28:05.220
 God and

00:28:05.220 --> 00:28:05.680
 fully man,

00:28:05.740 --> 00:28:06.039
 so we

00:28:06.039 --> 00:28:07.299
 worship the

00:28:07.299 --> 00:28:07.920
 incarnate

00:28:07.920 --> 00:28:08.680
 Son of

00:28:08.680 --> 00:28:09.000
 God.

00:28:10.080 --> 00:28:10.960
 It's important

00:28:10.960 --> 00:28:11.799
 that we get

00:28:11.799 --> 00:28:12.700
 our theology

00:28:12.700 --> 00:28:12.980
 right,

00:28:13.000 --> 00:28:13.340
 or at least

00:28:13.340 --> 00:28:14.240
 strive our

00:28:14.240 --> 00:28:14.840
 best by

00:28:14.840 --> 00:28:15.200
 God's

00:28:15.200 --> 00:28:15.519
 strength

00:28:15.519 --> 00:28:16.000
 together

00:28:16.000 --> 00:28:16.840
 to get

00:28:16.840 --> 00:28:17.220
 that right,

00:28:17.320 --> 00:28:17.740
 so that we

00:28:17.740 --> 00:28:18.500
 may praise

00:28:18.500 --> 00:28:18.820
 him

00:28:18.820 --> 00:28:19.880
 correctly,

00:28:19.880 --> 00:28:20.500
 and this

00:28:20.500 --> 00:28:21.440
 is what

00:28:21.440 --> 00:28:21.760
 Jude is

00:28:21.760 --> 00:28:22.060
 doing.

00:28:23.600 --> 00:28:24.260
 He has

00:28:24.260 --> 00:28:24.840
 described

00:28:24.840 --> 00:28:27.400
 what Jesus

00:28:27.400 --> 00:28:27.920
 does,

00:28:28.520 --> 00:28:29.680
 who Jesus

00:28:29.680 --> 00:28:30.400
 is,

00:28:30.940 --> 00:28:31.440
 and it

00:28:31.440 --> 00:28:32.280
 results in

00:28:32.280 --> 00:28:33.440
 this gushing

00:28:33.440 --> 00:28:34.160
 out of

00:28:34.160 --> 00:28:36.060
 praise to

00:28:36.060 --> 00:28:36.780
 Almighty God.

00:28:37.120 --> 00:28:37.360
 And what

00:28:37.360 --> 00:28:38.680
 does Jude

00:28:38.680 --> 00:28:39.280
 say here

00:28:39.280 --> 00:28:40.320
 in verse 25?

00:28:41.060 --> 00:28:41.660
 To the only

00:28:41.660 --> 00:28:42.120
 God our

00:28:42.120 --> 00:28:42.440
 Savior,

00:28:43.040 --> 00:28:43.660
 through Jesus

00:28:43.660 --> 00:28:44.180
 Christ our

00:28:44.180 --> 00:28:44.360
 Lord,

00:28:44.440 --> 00:28:45.220
 be glory,

00:28:45.940 --> 00:28:46.520
 majesty,

00:28:46.760 --> 00:28:47.320
 dominion,

00:28:47.460 --> 00:28:47.980
 authority.

00:28:48.480 --> 00:28:48.720
 You kind

00:28:48.720 --> 00:28:49.300
 of hear the

00:28:49.300 --> 00:28:49.720
 voice,

00:28:49.880 --> 00:28:50.720
 continue to

00:28:50.720 --> 00:28:51.740
 rise before

00:28:51.740 --> 00:28:52.520
 all time,

00:28:52.620 --> 00:28:53.080
 and now,

00:28:53.180 --> 00:28:53.620
 and forever.

00:28:54.760 --> 00:28:55.520
 This is

00:28:55.520 --> 00:28:56.060
 throughout the

00:28:56.060 --> 00:28:56.540
 Old Testament,

00:28:56.660 --> 00:28:57.420
 this doxology.

00:28:57.600 --> 00:28:57.820
 I mean,

00:28:57.860 --> 00:28:58.400
 it's in

00:28:58.400 --> 00:28:59.480
 maybe slightly

00:28:59.480 --> 00:29:00.400
 different form,

00:29:00.560 --> 00:29:01.720
 but King

00:29:01.720 --> 00:29:02.460
 David says

00:29:02.460 --> 00:29:02.820
 this,

00:29:03.080 --> 00:29:03.560
 the Apostle

00:29:03.560 --> 00:29:04.140
 Paul says

00:29:04.140 --> 00:29:04.320
 this,

00:29:04.440 --> 00:29:05.180
 Jude says

00:29:05.180 --> 00:29:05.440
 this,

00:29:06.020 --> 00:29:08.780
 all of

00:29:08.780 --> 00:29:09.200
 heaven

00:29:09.200 --> 00:29:10.060
 proclaims

00:29:10.060 --> 00:29:10.140
 it.

00:29:10.220 --> 00:29:10.460
 This is

00:29:10.460 --> 00:29:10.740
 what we'll

00:29:10.740 --> 00:29:12.020
 say before

00:29:12.020 --> 00:29:13.320
 Holy

00:29:13.320 --> 00:29:13.960
 Communion.

00:29:14.300 --> 00:29:14.600
 Holy,

00:29:14.720 --> 00:29:14.920
 Holy,

00:29:15.040 --> 00:29:15.360
 Holy,

00:29:15.600 --> 00:29:16.180
 Lord,

00:29:16.320 --> 00:29:16.820
 God of

00:29:16.820 --> 00:29:17.100
 hosts,

00:29:17.220 --> 00:29:17.500
 heaven and

00:29:17.500 --> 00:29:17.760
 earth are

00:29:17.760 --> 00:29:18.360
 full of

00:29:18.360 --> 00:29:18.920
 your glory.

00:29:18.920 --> 00:29:20.240
 continually

00:29:20.240 --> 00:29:21.240
 proclaiming

00:29:21.240 --> 00:29:21.660
 God's

00:29:21.660 --> 00:29:22.200
 goodness

00:29:22.200 --> 00:29:22.820
 and his

00:29:22.820 --> 00:29:23.240
 glory

00:29:23.240 --> 00:29:23.640
 and his

00:29:23.640 --> 00:29:24.200
 dominion

00:29:24.200 --> 00:29:24.580
 and his

00:29:24.580 --> 00:29:25.100
 majesty

00:29:25.100 --> 00:29:25.660
 forever

00:29:25.660 --> 00:29:26.720
 and ever

00:29:26.720 --> 00:29:27.900
 and ever.

00:29:29.340 --> 00:29:29.980
 You don't

00:29:29.980 --> 00:29:30.600
 have time to,

00:29:30.759 --> 00:29:30.860
 again,

00:29:30.980 --> 00:29:31.519
 double click

00:29:31.519 --> 00:29:33.160
 on glory,

00:29:33.360 --> 00:29:33.759
 majesty,

00:29:34.000 --> 00:29:34.420
 dominion,

00:29:34.500 --> 00:29:35.060
 and authority.

00:29:35.440 --> 00:29:35.900
 Worth your

00:29:35.900 --> 00:29:36.820
 time if you

00:29:36.820 --> 00:29:37.460
 have any

00:29:37.460 --> 00:29:37.740
 kind of

00:29:37.740 --> 00:29:38.480
 study tools

00:29:38.480 --> 00:29:39.840
 to do a

00:29:39.840 --> 00:29:40.300
 deep dive

00:29:40.300 --> 00:29:40.840
 into that.

00:29:41.580 --> 00:29:42.039
 But it

00:29:42.039 --> 00:29:43.080
 paints a

00:29:43.080 --> 00:29:43.360
 picture,

00:29:43.480 --> 00:29:44.180
 it communicates

00:29:44.180 --> 00:29:44.680
 to us

00:29:44.680 --> 00:29:45.880
 that Jesus

00:29:45.880 --> 00:29:46.299
 is all

00:29:46.299 --> 00:29:46.779
 powerful,

00:29:47.220 --> 00:29:47.580
 that he

00:29:47.580 --> 00:29:48.360
 is magnificent,

00:29:48.539 --> 00:29:48.779
 that he

00:29:48.779 --> 00:29:49.019
 is the

00:29:49.019 --> 00:29:49.340
 Lord of

00:29:49.340 --> 00:29:49.700
 all,

00:29:50.299 --> 00:29:50.759
 he's the

00:29:50.759 --> 00:29:51.400
 unchanging

00:29:51.400 --> 00:29:52.039
 creator God,

00:29:52.100 --> 00:29:52.400
 he is

00:29:52.400 --> 00:29:53.140
 worthy

00:29:53.140 --> 00:29:53.980
 of your

00:29:53.980 --> 00:29:54.400
 praise.

00:29:56.140 --> 00:29:56.460
 And it

00:29:56.460 --> 00:29:56.820
 also

00:29:56.820 --> 00:29:58.180
 communicates

00:29:58.180 --> 00:29:58.600
 to us

00:29:58.600 --> 00:29:59.660
 that even

00:29:59.660 --> 00:30:00.860
 when the

00:30:00.860 --> 00:30:01.400
 godlessness

00:30:01.400 --> 00:30:02.279
 that we

00:30:02.279 --> 00:30:03.140
 see and

00:30:03.140 --> 00:30:03.460
 that we

00:30:03.460 --> 00:30:04.240
 feel and

00:30:04.240 --> 00:30:04.500
 that we

00:30:04.500 --> 00:30:05.100
 lament in

00:30:05.100 --> 00:30:05.460
 our own

00:30:05.460 --> 00:30:06.000
 lives

00:30:06.000 --> 00:30:07.400
 seems to

00:30:07.400 --> 00:30:08.140
 grow and

00:30:08.140 --> 00:30:08.900
 threatens to

00:30:08.900 --> 00:30:09.759
 overtake us,

00:30:10.500 --> 00:30:11.140
 our Savior

00:30:11.140 --> 00:30:11.700
 and our

00:30:11.700 --> 00:30:12.300
 Lord and

00:30:12.300 --> 00:30:12.860
 our God,

00:30:13.660 --> 00:30:14.020
 he is

00:30:14.020 --> 00:30:14.759
 unchanging.

00:30:16.320 --> 00:30:17.520
 His grace

00:30:17.520 --> 00:30:18.480
 is not

00:30:18.480 --> 00:30:19.000
 emptied,

00:30:19.120 --> 00:30:20.220
 his dominion

00:30:20.220 --> 00:30:21.940
 is not

00:30:21.940 --> 00:30:22.460
 shaken,

00:30:22.700 --> 00:30:23.720
 his majesty

00:30:23.720 --> 00:30:24.380
 is not

00:30:24.380 --> 00:30:25.040
 tarnished,

00:30:25.560 --> 00:30:26.620
 that he is

00:30:26.620 --> 00:30:27.180
 the same

00:30:27.180 --> 00:30:28.720
 yesterday,

00:30:29.040 --> 00:30:29.320
 today,

00:30:29.500 --> 00:30:29.880
 and forever.

00:30:30.040 --> 00:30:30.360
 This is what

00:30:30.360 --> 00:30:30.940
 it says here,

00:30:31.340 --> 00:30:32.320
 before all

00:30:32.320 --> 00:30:32.920
 time and

00:30:32.920 --> 00:30:33.400
 now and

00:30:33.400 --> 00:30:33.640
 forever,

00:30:33.740 --> 00:30:33.960
 there was

00:30:33.960 --> 00:30:34.660
 never not

00:30:34.660 --> 00:30:35.259
 a time

00:30:35.259 --> 00:30:37.620
 when God

00:30:37.620 --> 00:30:38.300
 the Father,

00:30:38.420 --> 00:30:38.759
 God the

00:30:38.759 --> 00:30:38.960
 Son,

00:30:39.060 --> 00:30:39.320
 God the

00:30:39.320 --> 00:30:39.960
 Holy Spirit

00:30:39.960 --> 00:30:40.880
 did not

00:30:40.880 --> 00:30:41.980
 enjoy glory,

00:30:42.180 --> 00:30:42.580
 majesty,

00:30:42.820 --> 00:30:43.260
 dominion,

00:30:43.340 --> 00:30:43.860
 and authority.

00:30:44.560 --> 00:30:44.980
 Nothing

00:30:44.980 --> 00:30:45.840
 that the

00:30:45.840 --> 00:30:46.240
 world,

00:30:46.600 --> 00:30:47.140
 the flesh,

00:30:47.420 --> 00:30:47.820
 or the

00:30:47.820 --> 00:30:48.300
 devil can

00:30:48.300 --> 00:30:48.820
 do can

00:30:48.820 --> 00:30:49.400
 change that.

00:30:50.240 --> 00:30:50.740
 That's

00:30:50.740 --> 00:30:52.020
 called rock

00:30:52.020 --> 00:30:52.920
 solid truth,

00:30:53.020 --> 00:30:53.280
 that's a

00:30:53.280 --> 00:30:53.800
 foundation

00:30:53.800 --> 00:30:54.620
 that is

00:30:54.620 --> 00:30:55.340
 unshakable,

00:30:56.560 --> 00:31:00.520
 a truth

00:31:00.520 --> 00:31:01.080
 that is

00:31:01.080 --> 00:31:01.380
 worth

00:31:01.380 --> 00:31:02.920
 building

00:31:02.920 --> 00:31:03.500
 your life

00:31:03.500 --> 00:31:03.900
 upon,

00:31:04.700 --> 00:31:05.200
 and praising

00:31:05.200 --> 00:31:05.640
 God

00:31:05.640 --> 00:31:06.180
 forever.

00:31:08.020 --> 00:31:08.480
 So in

00:31:08.480 --> 00:31:08.920
 conclusion,

00:31:08.920 --> 00:31:11.560
 God has

00:31:11.560 --> 00:31:12.600
 promised that

00:31:12.600 --> 00:31:13.160
 we will be

00:31:13.160 --> 00:31:13.500
 with him

00:31:13.500 --> 00:31:14.140
 for eternity,

00:31:14.840 --> 00:31:15.600
 knowing full

00:31:15.600 --> 00:31:16.220
 well that

00:31:16.220 --> 00:31:17.360
 apart from

00:31:17.360 --> 00:31:17.640
 him,

00:31:18.300 --> 00:31:18.880
 we have no

00:31:18.880 --> 00:31:19.720
 business standing

00:31:19.720 --> 00:31:20.100
 in his

00:31:20.100 --> 00:31:20.560
 presence,

00:31:20.720 --> 00:31:20.980
 yet,

00:31:21.840 --> 00:31:22.420
 we will not

00:31:22.420 --> 00:31:23.039
 stand in

00:31:23.039 --> 00:31:23.820
 fear or

00:31:23.820 --> 00:31:24.539
 anxiety,

00:31:25.180 --> 00:31:26.100
 but blameless

00:31:26.100 --> 00:31:26.980
 and with

00:31:26.980 --> 00:31:27.800
 exceeding

00:31:27.800 --> 00:31:28.759
 great joy,

00:31:29.440 --> 00:31:29.840
 able to

00:31:29.840 --> 00:31:30.300
 bless his

00:31:30.300 --> 00:31:30.480
 name,

00:31:30.600 --> 00:31:31.120
 echoing

00:31:31.120 --> 00:31:32.820
 Jude 24 and

00:31:32.820 --> 00:31:33.420
 25 for

00:31:33.420 --> 00:31:33.779
 eternity.

00:31:33.779 --> 00:31:36.160
 never

00:31:36.160 --> 00:31:38.299
 feeling like

00:31:38.299 --> 00:31:38.779
 we are

00:31:38.779 --> 00:31:40.799
 needlessly

00:31:40.799 --> 00:31:43.759
 in repetition,

00:31:44.019 --> 00:31:44.420
 that we are

00:31:44.420 --> 00:31:45.579
 just vainly

00:31:45.579 --> 00:31:46.579
 speaking words,

00:31:46.720 --> 00:31:47.220
 but forever

00:31:47.220 --> 00:31:48.460
 embracing the

00:31:48.460 --> 00:31:48.920
 goodness of

00:31:48.920 --> 00:31:49.420
 God in

00:31:49.420 --> 00:31:49.940
 praise.

00:31:51.940 --> 00:31:52.619
 Given that

00:31:52.619 --> 00:31:53.259
 life is

00:31:53.259 --> 00:31:53.839
 perilous,

00:31:54.779 --> 00:31:55.519
 and a long

00:31:55.519 --> 00:31:57.660
 obedience in

00:31:57.660 --> 00:31:58.039
 the same

00:31:58.039 --> 00:31:58.819
 direction is

00:31:58.819 --> 00:31:59.500
 fraught with

00:31:59.500 --> 00:32:00.480
 disobedience

00:32:00.480 --> 00:32:02.279
 and

00:32:02.279 --> 00:32:02.839
 considerations

00:32:02.839 --> 00:32:03.500
 of quitting,

00:32:04.880 --> 00:32:06.480
 verse 24

00:32:06.480 --> 00:32:07.559
 and 25,

00:32:08.240 --> 00:32:08.860
 they remind

00:32:08.860 --> 00:32:09.980
 us that

00:32:09.980 --> 00:32:10.779
 God,

00:32:11.559 --> 00:32:12.539
 our Savior,

00:32:12.740 --> 00:32:13.099
 our Lord,

00:32:13.259 --> 00:32:14.059
 Jesus himself,

00:32:14.259 --> 00:32:15.339
 he is able

00:32:15.339 --> 00:32:16.799
 to sustain

00:32:16.799 --> 00:32:17.200
 us,

00:32:17.519 --> 00:32:18.319
 and he

00:32:18.319 --> 00:32:19.440
 will finish

00:32:19.440 --> 00:32:19.900
 the work

00:32:19.900 --> 00:32:20.259
 that he

00:32:20.259 --> 00:32:20.759
 began,

00:32:22.360 --> 00:32:23.759
 and we

00:32:23.759 --> 00:32:24.019
 will be

00:32:24.019 --> 00:32:24.539
 with him

00:32:24.539 --> 00:32:25.380
 in glory

00:32:25.380 --> 00:32:25.900
 forever,

00:32:26.759 --> 00:32:27.200
 and that he

00:32:27.200 --> 00:32:27.900
 delights in

00:32:27.900 --> 00:32:28.440
 doing so.

00:32:28.440 --> 00:32:30.740
 the

00:32:30.740 --> 00:32:31.080
 marriage

00:32:31.080 --> 00:32:31.519
 supper of

00:32:31.519 --> 00:32:31.940
 the Lamb

00:32:31.940 --> 00:32:32.420
 is this

00:32:32.420 --> 00:32:33.259
 beautiful

00:32:33.259 --> 00:32:34.779
 picture in

00:32:34.779 --> 00:32:36.559
 John's

00:32:36.559 --> 00:32:37.039
 Revelation,

00:32:37.259 --> 00:32:37.620
 the last

00:32:37.620 --> 00:32:37.900
 book of

00:32:37.900 --> 00:32:38.320
 the Bible,

00:32:38.420 --> 00:32:38.600
 if you

00:32:38.600 --> 00:32:39.080
 turn one

00:32:39.080 --> 00:32:39.559
 page,

00:32:39.640 --> 00:32:39.799
 it's

00:32:39.799 --> 00:32:40.279
 Revelation

00:32:40.279 --> 00:32:41.460
 chapter

00:32:41.460 --> 00:32:41.840
 one,

00:32:42.360 --> 00:32:42.799
 and it's

00:32:42.799 --> 00:32:42.940
 this

00:32:42.940 --> 00:32:43.240
 beautiful

00:32:43.240 --> 00:32:44.019
 picture of

00:32:44.019 --> 00:32:44.440
 the

00:32:44.440 --> 00:32:45.059
 culmination

00:32:45.059 --> 00:32:45.279
 of

00:32:45.279 --> 00:32:46.019
 salvation,

00:32:46.860 --> 00:32:47.980
 where there

00:32:47.980 --> 00:32:48.320
 will be

00:32:48.320 --> 00:32:48.799
 endless

00:32:48.799 --> 00:32:49.500
 feasting

00:32:49.500 --> 00:32:50.279
 and joy

00:32:50.279 --> 00:32:51.240
 and excitement,

00:32:51.779 --> 00:32:52.460
 no more

00:32:52.460 --> 00:32:53.299
 tears of

00:32:53.299 --> 00:32:53.840
 sorrow,

00:32:55.200 --> 00:32:56.340
 it's

00:32:56.339 --> 00:32:59.480
 everything

00:32:59.480 --> 00:32:59.939
 that we

00:32:59.939 --> 00:33:00.359
 could hope

00:33:00.359 --> 00:33:00.720
 for,

00:33:01.179 --> 00:33:01.439
 everything

00:33:01.439 --> 00:33:02.019
 that will

00:33:02.019 --> 00:33:02.299
 give us

00:33:02.299 --> 00:33:02.939
 great meaning,

00:33:03.319 --> 00:33:03.639
 everything

00:33:03.639 --> 00:33:04.839
 that points

00:33:04.839 --> 00:33:06.240
 to all

00:33:06.240 --> 00:33:06.459
 of our

00:33:06.459 --> 00:33:06.720
 deepest

00:33:06.720 --> 00:33:07.279
 longings,

00:33:07.379 --> 00:33:07.919
 that is

00:33:07.919 --> 00:33:08.439
 our future

00:33:08.439 --> 00:33:08.879
 forever.

00:33:11.639 --> 00:33:13.099
 And this

00:33:13.099 --> 00:33:13.439
 morning,

00:33:14.240 --> 00:33:15.359
 as we gather

00:33:15.359 --> 00:33:15.839
 around the

00:33:15.839 --> 00:33:16.159
 table,

00:33:16.659 --> 00:33:17.740
 we, in a

00:33:17.740 --> 00:33:17.919
 sense,

00:33:18.000 --> 00:33:18.759
 rehearse that.

00:33:19.399 --> 00:33:20.019
 The table

00:33:20.019 --> 00:33:21.379
 is this

00:33:21.379 --> 00:33:22.039
 beautiful

00:33:22.039 --> 00:33:24.579
 reminder for

00:33:24.579 --> 00:33:25.159
 us that

00:33:25.159 --> 00:33:25.980
 Christ has

00:33:25.980 --> 00:33:27.240
 died for

00:33:27.240 --> 00:33:27.779
 our sins

00:33:27.779 --> 00:33:28.539
 and risen

00:33:28.539 --> 00:33:29.539
 again to

00:33:29.539 --> 00:33:30.059
 new life,

00:33:30.399 --> 00:33:31.119
 but it

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 also points

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 us to the

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 marriage supper

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 of the

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 Lamb,

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 that one

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 day we

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 will be

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 gathered

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 around a

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 table,

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 with each

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 other,

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 and with

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 Christ,

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 and it

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 is all

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 because he

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 is able

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 to keep

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 us from

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 stumbling,

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 and to

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 present us

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 blameless in

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 his presence

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 with glory

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 and joy.

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 Let us

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 pray.

00:33:58.779 --> 00:33:59.379
 Father in

00:33:59.379 --> 00:33:59.519
 heaven,

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 thank you

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 for