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 Good morning, church family. Today we are reading Colossians chapter 1, verse 13 to 23.

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 He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved

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 son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. He is the image of the invisible God,

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 the firstborn of all creation. For by him all things were created in heaven and on earth,

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 visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things

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 were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold

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 together. And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn

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 from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. For in him all the fullness of God

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 was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in

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 heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross. And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind,

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 doing evil deeds, he has now reconciled in his body or flesh by his death, in order to present you

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 holy and blameless and above re-approach before him. If indeed you continue in the faith, stable and

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 steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all

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 creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a minister.

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 I want to start with just that phrase that most of us knows,

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 the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.

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 I want to ask the question, why is it always greener?

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 Well, I think it goes something like this. When we look inside, we actually don't like what we see.

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 We're not the people we want to be.

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 We're not in the circumstance of life that we want to be in.

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 And we make it worse because we look around and we think that others

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 have the good life that we crave but haven't been able to get.

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 And so that leaves us feeling restless

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 and unhappy and unfilled and empty.

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 We long to be somewhere else.

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 We long to be transferred or transported to that happy place.

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 But even then, at the same time, I think we fear that even if we could get to the place of our dreams,

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 the place of happiness, of deep connection, of security,

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 I think we fear that, well, when we get there, we're just going to mess it up again.

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 And others will bring the same pain and hurt to us as we've experienced in this place.

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 So, a new place, no matter how wonderful it is in our dreams,

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 will mean little if we get to that new place and we're the same old broken person.

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 So, we long to be transferred, but we also long to be transformed.

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 We want to be free to build and experience the dream life in all its fullness or satisfaction.

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 But then again, you see, we might, at that point, we might then act

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 as though we have freedom and resources to make our dream life a reality.

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 But even as we're acting that out, deep down again, we know or we fear that we're stuck in a cycle.

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 We're stuck in a cycle of dreaming of the good life,

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 which then just gets bitterly shattered and disappointed because we can never get there.

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 We can't actually change ourselves.

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 And so, we're stuck because of our, we're stuck in our emptiness.

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 We're stuck in our disappointment because our inability to be different.

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 Now, that that I'm trying to describe, hopefully you already picked that up.

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 Hopefully, that's not just me feeling that.

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 But I think advertising have really done a good job of exploiting exactly those longings.

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 So often, they use really powerful before and after images in advertising.

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 There's lots on the TV at the minute, if any of you still watch TV.

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 Maybe that's just an old person's thing.

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 Anyway, there's one on the TV at the minute by dairy farmers.

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 And so, just a mouthful of their flavoured milk transports you from being stuck in a long queue at the supermarket checkout,

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 which I think depicts the boring dullness, routineness, unfulfilledness, emptiness of ordinary life.

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 You'd have a sip of your flavoured milk.

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 And lo and behold, you're bright.

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 You're in a sexy, tropical beach party scene.

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 Yeah.

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 And that's just dairy farmers.

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 I tell you, you need to buy some.

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 I've been drinking it by the gallon.

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 And I tell you, advertising is cruel.

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 It's cruel because, at very best, it can only offer you a temporary fix.

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 And that's probably more to do with sugar than actual transportation.

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 See, promises are not reality.

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 And what we need when we look inside, that desire, that longing to be transferred and transformed,

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 that tells us that what we need is a new reality.

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 We need someone with the power to deliver us into that good life of fullness, that good life of our dreams, that dream life.

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 My friends, as I say this morning, we need Jesus.

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 And we need the renewing power of his gospel.

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 Paul wants the Colossian Christians to be convinced that they already have fullness of life in Jesus.

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 And by extension, he wants every single believer here this morning to know that we also have fullness of life in Jesus.

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 And he wants to challenge anyone here this morning who is not yet a believer to know that you can have fullness of life in Jesus.

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 He wants to say this morning.

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 He wants to be with you.

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 He wants to know that you can have fullness of life.

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 Fully restored to being our authentic selves.

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 Restored to have freedom to be who we truly are.

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 Restored to being true image bearers, living life to the full.

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 and in the text that I'm looking at this morning

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 short three verses but so jam-packed with things

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 Paul also uses a very powerful before and after

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 image that Jacob's really helpfully picked up in the children's segment

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 before and after image to help

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 people realize, help empty people realize and discover

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 fullness in Christ

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 he starts off in verse 21, that's the focus of

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 21, 22 and 23 are my focus this morning

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 he starts off in verse 21 saying

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 what you once were, you who once were

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 alienated and hostile in mind doing evil

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 deeds

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 what you were, once you were in a persistent state

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 of total rebellion against God

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 in our natural born state

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 every single person is effectively at war with God

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 it's as if we've all made a declaration of independence from God

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 the consequence of which is that

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 the relationship has been fractured

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 we're alienated, we're estranged

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 we're cut off from relationship with God

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 what's the controlling drive for that declaration of independence?

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 it's the drive for autonomy

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 the drive to be separate from God

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 to create life under our own resources

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 in our own way

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 and it comes from our inmost being

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 it starts in our minds

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 it's in our attitudes

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 it's in our heart

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 it's in our desires

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 hostile in mind

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 and then all of that overflows

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 into our actions

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 described here as evil deeds

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 why are they evil or offensive to God?

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 because all our actions are designed

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 to suggest that God doesn't even exist

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 that we live life apart from God

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 we answer only to ourselves

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 everything is designed

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 to reject God's claim

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 to authority in our lives

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 and so as Bo said in his introduction

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 contrary to what we want to believe

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 and contrary to what our society and culture tells us

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 people are not good at heart

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 quite the opposite is true

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 in our natural born state

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 we have a bad heart towards God

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 and as a consequence

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 a bad track record before God

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 but there's another aspect of alienation

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 mentioned back in verse 13

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 which is a really important one to get hold of

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 so just look back in your text to verse 13

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 where it says

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 he, that is Jesus

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 has delivered us from the domain of darkness

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 now that word domain

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 has to do with authority

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 being captive

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 you see

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 in our natural born state

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 our perception of autonomy from God

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 is that we actually have freedom

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 to do whatever the heck we like

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 freedom to build something good in life

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 freedom and fullness of life apart from God

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 but we're told in verse 13

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 that the reality is

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 that rebellion

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 autonomy

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 puts us into the domain

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 of darkness

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 that is

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 it's a jurisdiction

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 where we're held captive

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 so our perception of autonomy

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 and freedom

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 is just that

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 it's actually a perception

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 that deceives us

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 and masks

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 what is really

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 a captivity

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 it's a distorted reality

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 the truth is

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 that we've been deceived

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 and taken captive by sin

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 and are heading for a showdown

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 with God's justice

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 that's a pretty heavy point

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 to stop at isn't it

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 a breakout

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 but

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 I do that

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 to introduce the next sentence

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 thankfully

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 God has not left people

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 in that distorted

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 deceived

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 alienated

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 guilty

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 reality

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 he has done something

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 totally left field

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 so we continue in verse 21

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 he had

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 verse 22

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 actually

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 he has now reconciled

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 so you

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 who once were alienated

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 he has now reconciled

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 in his body of flesh

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 by his death

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 see the before and after

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 starting to come out

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 God has done something

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 totally left field

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 God has now

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 reconciled

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 in and through

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 Christ's death

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 now I'm just going to

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 unpack the words

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 God has reconciled

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 now we're so familiar

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 with that word

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 and that was my problem

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 when I started to prepare this

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 I looked at that

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 and I thought

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 what am I going to say

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 oh man

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 that's familiarity

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 breeding contempt

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 God has reconciled

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 in other words

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 God has rescued us

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 from rebellion

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 and hostility

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 God has made his enemies

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 into his friends

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 now where does that happen

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 in our world

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 dog eat dog world

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 God has restored us

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 to full relationship

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 of peace with him

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 and all of that

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 is something that

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 God has graciously

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 done for us

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 it's an action

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 that's sourced

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 in God's love

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 and God's determination

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 not in us

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 in any shape or form

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 something we have not

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 deserved

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 God has done for us

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 something we have not

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 no part in

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 God has done for us

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 to be reconciled

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 by God

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 and to God

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 is to have a

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 totally new standing

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 before God

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 characterized

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 not by enmity

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 but by peace

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 not by alienation

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 but by

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 inclusiveness

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 and closeness

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 and intimacy

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 it's characterized

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 by total blessing

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 and my friends

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 it is something

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 that we simply

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 accept

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 thankfully

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 because God

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 has done it for us

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 and all this

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 is the result

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 verse 22

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 all this is the result

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 of Jesus' death

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 on the cross

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 the second word

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 by which he has

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 redeemed us

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 now in Paul's word

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 in Paul's

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 in Paul's world

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 slavery

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 was common

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 so this picture

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 would mean much more

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 to the Colossians

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 than it means to us

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 so

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 in the world

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 of slavery

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 you could

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 change

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 and transfer

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 the ownership

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 of a slave

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 by paying

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 the slave owner

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 a price

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 so you paid

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 your price

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 you bought

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 or redeemed

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 the slave

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 and then you

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 became the owner

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 of that slave

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 the slave's master

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 now

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 when that sort of thing

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 happened

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 and again

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 this is where

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 we won't actually

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 be able to get

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 into this illustration

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 really easily

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 the consequences

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 for the slave

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 were life changing

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 he or she

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 would have a new master

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 he would be transferred

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 to a different place

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 he would have

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 different conditions

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 of living

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 now

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 here's the rub

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 and this was often true

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 in the ancient world

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 if the new master

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 was kind

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 and good

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 and generous

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 then redemption

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 was a wonderful thing

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 it meant deliverance

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 from a terrible

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 empty life

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 into a wonderful

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 new life

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 of fullness

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 a new sense

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 of freedom

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 to enjoy

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 and serve

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 their new master

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 in delight

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 quite literally

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 in many

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 many instances

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 in ancient

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 world

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 that transfer

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 would see

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 a slave

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 brought into

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 essentially

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 being one of the family

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 and treated

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 like a child

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 and this is what

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 God has done

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 for his people

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 in the death

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 of Jesus

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 if you look back

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 at 13 and 14

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 again

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 read that verse

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 again

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 he has delivered us

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 from the domain

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 of darkness

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 and here's the word

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 transferred us

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 to the kingdom

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 of his beloved son

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 in whom we have

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 redemption

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 the forgiveness

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 of sins

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 everything changes

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 the direct result

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 of Jesus' death

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 is that God

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 has transferred

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 revels

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 from a position

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 of alienation

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 and living under

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 condemnation

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 condemnation

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 to the domain

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 of life

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 darkness

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 to life

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 captivity

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 to freedom

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 and if you look

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 at verse 22

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 back to 22

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 sorry I made you

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 jump back and forward

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 I'm sure you can handle it

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 it says that

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 he's reconciled us

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 in his body of flesh

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 by his death

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 in order to present you

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 that word present

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 was a word

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 that was used

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 in the courts

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 and it's as if

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 God has legally

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 and publicly

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 declared

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 and committed

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 himself to

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 the fact

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 that he would

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 had paid

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 the price

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 of rebellion

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 and that he

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 would

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 no

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 never again

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 abandon

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 or hold

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 those people

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 to account

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 for their sin

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 because it had

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 been dealt with

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 we were

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 in that context

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 we were stuck

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 we were done

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 for

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 but Jesus

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 has paid

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 the price

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 of our rebellion

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 he's paid the penalty

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 for our rebellion

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 Jesus died

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 in payment

00:18:54.899 --> 00:18:56.019
 of my sin

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 as a consequence

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 I am forgiven

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 I am restored

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 to full relationship

00:19:00.379 --> 00:19:01.019
 in peace

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 I am delivered

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 from the domain

00:19:02.859 --> 00:19:03.480
 of darkness

00:19:03.480 --> 00:19:04.700
 and transferred

00:19:04.700 --> 00:19:06.179
 into God's domain

00:19:06.179 --> 00:19:07.000
 or God's kingdom

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 in light

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 and life

00:19:09.039 --> 00:19:16.559
 that's a massive

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 before and after

00:19:17.539 --> 00:19:18.400
 thing isn't it

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 but there's still

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 more

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 and God has

00:19:23.299 --> 00:19:23.920
 verse 22

00:19:23.920 --> 00:19:24.160
 again

00:19:24.160 --> 00:19:24.579
 God has

00:19:24.579 --> 00:19:25.519
 transformed

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 rebels

00:19:26.019 --> 00:19:26.980
 back into

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 his image

00:19:27.480 --> 00:19:30.059
 God's intention

00:19:30.059 --> 00:19:31.200
 in salvation

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 or redemption

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 where as you see

00:19:33.200 --> 00:19:34.000
 there in verse 22

00:19:34.000 --> 00:19:35.640
 to make

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 his people

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 holy

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 what is that

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 well

00:19:41.359 --> 00:19:42.279
 it's to restore

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 their ability

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 to live

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 obedient

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 blameless

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 delighted

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 lives

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 before God

00:19:50.619 --> 00:19:53.700
 as I said

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 before

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 the word

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 present

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 present

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 in verse 22

00:19:56.279 --> 00:19:57.240
 is a legal word

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 so God

00:19:58.019 --> 00:19:58.740
 has legally

00:19:58.740 --> 00:19:59.660
 bound himself

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 always to

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 treat

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 his reconciled

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 people

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 just as if

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 they'd never

00:20:04.740 --> 00:20:06.259
 ever sinned

00:20:06.259 --> 00:20:10.560
 my friends

00:20:10.560 --> 00:20:12.279
 put those two

00:20:12.279 --> 00:20:12.779
 words together

00:20:12.779 --> 00:20:13.000
 now

00:20:13.000 --> 00:20:14.120
 in Christ

00:20:14.120 --> 00:20:16.019
 we experience

00:20:16.019 --> 00:20:16.940
 not just

00:20:16.940 --> 00:20:17.880
 a new position

00:20:17.880 --> 00:20:18.860
 a new orientation

00:20:18.860 --> 00:20:20.279
 before God

00:20:20.279 --> 00:20:21.560
 we actually

00:20:21.560 --> 00:20:22.300
 experience

00:20:22.300 --> 00:20:22.800
 a change

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 of heart

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 transfer

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 transform

00:20:27.839 --> 00:20:31.000
 our bad

00:20:31.000 --> 00:20:31.819
 track record

00:20:31.819 --> 00:20:32.379
 is wiped

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 clean

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 and

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 we're changed

00:20:35.199 --> 00:20:36.099
 from the inside

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 out

00:20:36.419 --> 00:20:37.159
 by God's

00:20:37.159 --> 00:20:37.459
 spirit

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 living within

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 us

00:20:38.199 --> 00:20:38.980
 we have a new

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 heart

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 new DNA

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 which results

00:20:41.740 --> 00:20:42.299
 in new

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 attitudes

00:20:42.819 --> 00:20:43.759
 new desires

00:20:43.759 --> 00:20:44.579
 new actions

00:20:44.579 --> 00:20:46.740
 new freedom

00:20:46.740 --> 00:20:47.799
 to live as

00:20:47.799 --> 00:20:48.379
 happy

00:20:48.379 --> 00:20:50.059
 obedient

00:20:50.059 --> 00:20:50.819
 children

00:20:50.819 --> 00:20:52.859
 before our

00:20:52.859 --> 00:20:53.559
 gracious God

00:20:53.559 --> 00:20:57.440
 again

00:20:57.440 --> 00:20:57.940
 look back

00:20:57.940 --> 00:20:58.740
 at verse 12

00:20:58.740 --> 00:20:59.460
 we didn't

00:20:59.460 --> 00:20:59.819
 read this

00:20:59.819 --> 00:21:00.059
 earlier

00:21:00.059 --> 00:21:00.720
 but look

00:21:00.720 --> 00:21:01.019
 back to

00:21:01.019 --> 00:21:01.519
 verse 12

00:21:01.519 --> 00:21:02.339
 another

00:21:02.339 --> 00:21:02.779
 interesting

00:21:02.779 --> 00:21:03.339
 concept

00:21:03.339 --> 00:21:03.799
 in there

00:21:03.799 --> 00:21:04.720
 given

00:21:04.720 --> 00:21:05.299
 thanks to

00:21:05.299 --> 00:21:05.740
 the father

00:21:05.740 --> 00:21:06.659
 who has

00:21:06.659 --> 00:21:07.299
 qualified

00:21:07.299 --> 00:21:07.879
 you

00:21:07.879 --> 00:21:09.599
 to share

00:21:09.599 --> 00:21:10.539
 in the

00:21:10.539 --> 00:21:11.139
 inheritance

00:21:11.139 --> 00:21:12.220
 of the

00:21:12.220 --> 00:21:12.639
 saints

00:21:12.639 --> 00:21:13.379
 in light

00:21:13.379 --> 00:21:19.319
 in Christ

00:21:19.319 --> 00:21:19.859
 God has

00:21:19.859 --> 00:21:20.099
 done

00:21:20.099 --> 00:21:20.859
 everything

00:21:20.859 --> 00:21:21.599
 required

00:21:21.599 --> 00:21:23.000
 to qualify

00:21:23.000 --> 00:21:23.639
 rebels

00:21:23.639 --> 00:21:25.000
 to become

00:21:25.000 --> 00:21:25.619
 part

00:21:25.619 --> 00:21:26.199
 of his

00:21:26.199 --> 00:21:26.659
 family

00:21:26.659 --> 00:21:28.099
 with the

00:21:28.099 --> 00:21:28.659
 same

00:21:28.659 --> 00:21:29.259
 rights

00:21:29.259 --> 00:21:30.379
 and the

00:21:30.379 --> 00:21:30.719
 same

00:21:30.719 --> 00:21:31.299
 inheritance

00:21:31.299 --> 00:21:32.099
 as Jesus

00:21:32.099 --> 00:21:32.679
 himself

00:21:32.679 --> 00:21:35.159
 that's

00:21:35.159 --> 00:21:35.740
 huge

00:21:35.740 --> 00:21:37.759
 but we

00:21:37.759 --> 00:21:39.079
 become so

00:21:39.079 --> 00:21:39.919
 familiar with

00:21:39.919 --> 00:21:40.059
 it

00:21:40.059 --> 00:21:40.839
 I become

00:21:40.839 --> 00:21:41.439
 so familiar

00:21:41.439 --> 00:21:41.740
 with it

00:21:41.740 --> 00:21:42.179
 I miss

00:21:42.179 --> 00:21:42.819
 it

00:21:42.819 --> 00:21:48.099
 what a

00:21:48.099 --> 00:21:48.719
 before and

00:21:48.719 --> 00:21:49.419
 after picture

00:21:49.419 --> 00:21:50.399
 what a

00:21:50.399 --> 00:21:51.179
 contrast

00:21:51.180 --> 00:21:53.900
 previously

00:21:53.900 --> 00:21:55.140
 in our

00:21:55.140 --> 00:21:55.700
 natural

00:21:55.700 --> 00:21:56.120
 born

00:21:56.120 --> 00:21:56.660
 state

00:21:56.660 --> 00:21:58.539
 we were

00:21:58.539 --> 00:21:59.019
 guilty

00:21:59.019 --> 00:21:59.539
 rebels

00:21:59.539 --> 00:22:01.259
 set apart

00:22:01.259 --> 00:22:01.600
 for

00:22:01.600 --> 00:22:02.799
 condemnation

00:22:02.799 --> 00:22:03.259
 and

00:22:03.259 --> 00:22:04.720
 destruction

00:22:04.720 --> 00:22:06.279
 that was

00:22:06.279 --> 00:22:06.640
 in our

00:22:06.640 --> 00:22:07.039
 natural

00:22:07.039 --> 00:22:07.380
 born

00:22:07.380 --> 00:22:07.740
 state

00:22:07.740 --> 00:22:08.240
 now

00:22:08.240 --> 00:22:09.060
 in

00:22:09.060 --> 00:22:09.580
 Christ

00:22:09.580 --> 00:22:11.560
 restored

00:22:11.560 --> 00:22:11.799
 to

00:22:11.799 --> 00:22:12.140
 fullness

00:22:12.140 --> 00:22:12.580
 of life

00:22:12.580 --> 00:22:13.160
 and relationship

00:22:13.160 --> 00:22:13.660
 with God

00:22:13.660 --> 00:22:14.279
 we are

00:22:14.279 --> 00:22:14.980
 set apart

00:22:14.980 --> 00:22:15.340
 for

00:22:15.340 --> 00:22:16.580
 obedient

00:22:16.580 --> 00:22:17.279
 committed

00:22:17.279 --> 00:22:17.860
 lives

00:22:17.860 --> 00:22:18.960
 of service

00:22:18.960 --> 00:22:19.500
 and worship

00:22:19.500 --> 00:22:21.519
 the

00:22:21.519 --> 00:22:22.339
 contrast

00:22:22.339 --> 00:22:23.539
 couldn't

00:22:23.539 --> 00:22:23.700
 be

00:22:23.700 --> 00:22:24.079
 greater

00:22:24.079 --> 00:22:29.220
 so

00:22:29.220 --> 00:22:31.279
 we've been

00:22:31.279 --> 00:22:31.799
 asking each

00:22:31.799 --> 00:22:32.220
 week through

00:22:32.220 --> 00:22:32.700
 this series

00:22:32.700 --> 00:22:33.440
 what is

00:22:33.440 --> 00:22:34.079
 fullness in

00:22:34.079 --> 00:22:34.440
 Christ

00:22:34.440 --> 00:22:34.839
 well

00:22:34.839 --> 00:22:36.420
 fullness in

00:22:36.420 --> 00:22:36.720
 Christ

00:22:36.720 --> 00:22:37.220
 what is our

00:22:37.220 --> 00:22:37.700
 fullness in

00:22:37.700 --> 00:22:37.940
 Christ

00:22:37.940 --> 00:22:38.220
 well it's

00:22:38.220 --> 00:22:38.400
 new

00:22:38.400 --> 00:22:38.799
 identity

00:22:38.799 --> 00:22:40.940
 as those

00:22:40.940 --> 00:22:41.660
 qualified

00:22:41.660 --> 00:22:42.779
 to be

00:22:42.779 --> 00:22:43.359
 in God's

00:22:43.359 --> 00:22:43.619
 eternal

00:22:43.619 --> 00:22:44.079
 family

00:22:44.079 --> 00:22:45.939
 it's a

00:22:45.939 --> 00:22:46.119
 new

00:22:46.119 --> 00:22:46.799
 standing

00:22:46.799 --> 00:22:47.259
 before

00:22:47.259 --> 00:22:47.699
 God

00:22:47.699 --> 00:22:49.419
 now

00:22:49.419 --> 00:22:49.939
 viewed as

00:22:49.939 --> 00:22:50.319
 beloved

00:22:50.319 --> 00:22:51.079
 sons and

00:22:51.079 --> 00:22:51.399
 daughters

00:22:51.399 --> 00:22:51.740
 who will

00:22:51.740 --> 00:22:52.259
 never be

00:22:52.259 --> 00:22:52.779
 abandoned

00:22:52.779 --> 00:22:53.500
 or rejected

00:22:53.500 --> 00:22:56.319
 it's a

00:22:56.319 --> 00:22:56.500
 new

00:22:56.500 --> 00:22:56.899
 freedom

00:22:56.899 --> 00:22:58.199
 through

00:22:58.199 --> 00:23:00.119
 new

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 spirit

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 controlled

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 hearts

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 to enjoy

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 life

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 as we

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 were

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 originally

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 created

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 to

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 do

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 it's

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 new

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 passion

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 to

00:23:09.619 --> 00:23:09.960
 worship

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 Jesus

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 as

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 both

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 Lord

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 and

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 Savior

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 in

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 all

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 of

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 life

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 and

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 we

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 cannot

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 separate

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 those

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 two

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 even

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 though

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 we've

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 had

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 to

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 do

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 it

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 for

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 the

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 sake

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 of

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 preaching

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 breakdowns

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 so

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 Dave

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 last

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 week

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 took us

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 through

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 verse

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 15

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 to

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 20

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 where

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 Paul

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 established

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 the

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 lordship

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 of

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 Jesus

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 in

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 everything

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 in

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 this

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 world

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 wherever

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 you

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 can

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 think

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 or

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 whatever

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 you

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 can

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 think

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 of

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 this

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 world

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 Jesus

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 is

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 there

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 he's

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 today

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 we're

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 saying

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 Jesus

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 as

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 Savior

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 the

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 two

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 cannot

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 be

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 separated

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 because

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 he is

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 lord of

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 everything

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 in the

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 universe

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 verses

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 15

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 to

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 20

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 because

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 of

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 that

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 he

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 is

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 qualified

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 to

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 be

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 our

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 Savior

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 Jesus

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 is

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 God

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 come

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 into

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 the

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 world

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 as

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 a

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 sinless

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 human

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 being

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 and

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 so

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 he

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 is

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 an

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 acceptable

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 sacrifice

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 for

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 our

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 sin

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 that's

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 the

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 picture

00:24:04.779 --> 00:24:04.980
 that

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 Jacob

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 had

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 in

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 the

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 children

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 segment

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 this

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 morning

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 because

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 Jesus

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 is

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 lord

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 he

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 is

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 qualified

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 to

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 be

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 our

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 savior

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 now

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 add

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 the

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 second

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 part

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 because

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 he

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 has

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 been

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 a

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 savior

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 of

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 such

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 enormous

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 proportion

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 then

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 he

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 must

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 be

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 our

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 lord

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 because

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 he

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 is

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 saved

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 at

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 such

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 enormous

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 cost

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 to

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 himself

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 as

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 part

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 of

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 God's

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 salvation

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 purpose

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 then

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 he

00:24:35.279 --> 00:24:35.619
 must

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 be

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 our

00:24:36.660 --> 00:24:37.000
 lord

00:24:37.000 --> 00:24:44.619
 he

00:24:44.619 --> 00:24:44.819
 must

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 be

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 our

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 lord

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 personally

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 as

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 individual

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 christians

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 and

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 he

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 must

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 be

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 our

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 lord

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 demonstrably

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 as

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 a

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 church

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 community

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 a

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 church

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 family

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 unit

00:24:55.059 --> 00:24:56.500
 the

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 new

00:24:56.799 --> 00:24:57.359
 resurrection

00:24:57.359 --> 00:24:58.099
 community

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 or the

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 church

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 church

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 no

00:25:02.240 --> 00:25:04.340
 what

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 might

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 prevent

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 us

00:25:05.200 --> 00:25:05.759
 from

00:25:05.759 --> 00:25:06.400
 experiencing

00:25:06.400 --> 00:25:06.920
 this

00:25:06.920 --> 00:25:07.299
 fulence

00:25:07.299 --> 00:25:07.559
 again

00:25:07.559 --> 00:25:07.799
 that's

00:25:07.799 --> 00:25:07.920
 the

00:25:07.920 --> 00:25:08.140
 second

00:25:08.140 --> 00:25:08.539
 question

00:25:08.539 --> 00:25:08.960
 we're

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 committed

00:25:09.220 --> 00:25:09.440
 to

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 asking

00:25:09.720 --> 00:25:10.039
 each

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 week

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 well

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 look

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 at

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 verse

00:25:11.960 --> 00:25:12.500
 23

00:25:12.500 --> 00:25:14.640
 Paul

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 highlights

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 two

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 things

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 which

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 might

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 rob

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 us

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 of

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 confidence

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 to

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 live

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 in

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 fullness

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 in

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 christ

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 now

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 the

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 likelihood

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 is

00:25:22.620 --> 00:25:22.980
 as

00:25:22.980 --> 00:25:23.100
 soon

00:25:23.100 --> 00:25:23.180
 as

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 we

00:25:23.279 --> 00:25:23.519
 start

00:25:23.519 --> 00:25:23.680
 to

00:25:23.680 --> 00:25:24.019
 read

00:25:24.019 --> 00:25:25.799
 verse

00:25:25.799 --> 00:25:26.180
 23

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 we

00:25:27.220 --> 00:25:27.480
 might

00:25:27.480 --> 00:25:27.799
 start

00:25:27.799 --> 00:25:28.140
 thinking

00:25:28.140 --> 00:25:28.559
 of a

00:25:28.559 --> 00:25:29.140
 performance

00:25:29.140 --> 00:25:29.759
 based

00:25:29.759 --> 00:25:30.360
 response

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 we'll

00:25:32.939 --> 00:25:33.339
 read it

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 so

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 all

00:25:34.379 --> 00:25:34.839
 that's

00:25:34.839 --> 00:25:35.199
 been

00:25:35.199 --> 00:25:35.500
 stated

00:25:35.500 --> 00:25:35.659
 in

00:25:35.659 --> 00:25:35.799
 verse

00:25:35.799 --> 00:25:36.139
 21

00:25:36.139 --> 00:25:36.259
 and

00:25:36.259 --> 00:25:36.619
 22

00:25:36.619 --> 00:25:37.199
 and

00:25:37.199 --> 00:25:37.319
 then

00:25:37.319 --> 00:25:37.399
 it

00:25:37.399 --> 00:25:37.519
 goes

00:25:37.519 --> 00:25:37.759
 on

00:25:37.759 --> 00:25:38.559
 comma

00:25:38.559 --> 00:25:38.959
 at the

00:25:38.959 --> 00:25:39.039
 end

00:25:39.039 --> 00:25:39.119
 of

00:25:39.119 --> 00:25:39.259
 verse

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 22

00:25:39.579 --> 00:25:39.699
 and

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 23

00:25:40.419 --> 00:25:41.000
 if

00:25:41.000 --> 00:25:41.419
 indeed

00:25:41.419 --> 00:25:42.279
 you

00:25:42.279 --> 00:25:42.779
 continue

00:25:42.779 --> 00:25:43.119
 in

00:25:43.119 --> 00:25:43.279
 the

00:25:43.279 --> 00:25:43.639
 faith

00:25:43.639 --> 00:25:44.539
 stable

00:25:44.539 --> 00:25:44.859
 and

00:25:44.859 --> 00:25:45.419
 steadfast

00:25:45.419 --> 00:25:46.119
 not

00:25:46.119 --> 00:25:46.719
 shifting

00:25:46.719 --> 00:25:47.019
 from

00:25:47.019 --> 00:25:47.179
 the

00:25:47.179 --> 00:25:47.379
 hope

00:25:47.379 --> 00:25:47.500
 of

00:25:47.500 --> 00:25:47.619
 the

00:25:47.619 --> 00:25:48.000
 gospel

00:25:48.000 --> 00:25:48.259
 that

00:25:48.259 --> 00:25:48.399
 you

00:25:48.399 --> 00:25:48.859
 heard

00:25:48.859 --> 00:25:49.719
 which

00:25:49.719 --> 00:25:49.859
 has

00:25:49.859 --> 00:25:50.079
 been

00:25:50.079 --> 00:25:50.719
 proclaimed

00:25:50.719 --> 00:25:50.919
 in

00:25:50.919 --> 00:25:51.119
 all

00:25:51.119 --> 00:25:51.519
 creation

00:25:51.519 --> 00:25:51.859
 under

00:25:51.859 --> 00:25:52.139
 heaven

00:25:52.139 --> 00:25:52.359
 and

00:25:52.359 --> 00:25:52.459
 of

00:25:52.459 --> 00:25:52.659
 which

00:25:52.659 --> 00:25:52.899
 I

00:25:52.899 --> 00:25:53.179
 Paul

00:25:53.179 --> 00:25:53.799
 became

00:25:53.799 --> 00:25:53.939
 a

00:25:53.939 --> 00:25:54.240
 minister

00:25:54.240 --> 00:25:55.459
 so

00:25:55.459 --> 00:25:55.740
 here's

00:25:55.740 --> 00:25:55.839
 the

00:25:55.839 --> 00:25:56.240
 question

00:25:56.240 --> 00:25:58.979
 the

00:25:58.979 --> 00:25:59.339
 if

00:25:59.339 --> 00:26:00.519
 suggests

00:26:00.519 --> 00:26:00.679
 a

00:26:00.679 --> 00:26:01.419
 contingency

00:26:01.419 --> 00:26:02.099
 based on

00:26:02.099 --> 00:26:02.279
 what

00:26:02.279 --> 00:26:02.539
 Paul

00:26:02.539 --> 00:26:02.639
 has

00:26:02.639 --> 00:26:02.799
 already

00:26:02.799 --> 00:26:03.059
 said

00:26:03.059 --> 00:26:03.279
 the

00:26:03.279 --> 00:26:03.559
 question

00:26:03.559 --> 00:26:03.740
 is

00:26:03.740 --> 00:26:04.359
 what

00:26:04.359 --> 00:26:04.639
 is

00:26:04.639 --> 00:26:04.759
 it

00:26:04.759 --> 00:26:04.919
 that

00:26:04.919 --> 00:26:05.220
 Paul

00:26:05.220 --> 00:26:06.039
 expects

00:26:06.039 --> 00:26:06.439
 of

00:26:06.439 --> 00:26:06.579
 the

00:26:06.579 --> 00:26:07.019
 believers

00:26:07.019 --> 00:26:07.240
 at

00:26:07.240 --> 00:26:07.939
 Colossi

00:26:07.939 --> 00:26:08.740
 as they

00:26:08.740 --> 00:26:09.099
 live

00:26:09.099 --> 00:26:09.699
 day by

00:26:09.699 --> 00:26:09.959
 day

00:26:09.959 --> 00:26:10.359
 in this

00:26:10.359 --> 00:26:10.839
 knowledge

00:26:10.839 --> 00:26:11.199
 of having

00:26:11.199 --> 00:26:11.379
 been

00:26:11.379 --> 00:26:12.039
 reconciled

00:26:12.039 --> 00:26:13.399
 that's

00:26:13.399 --> 00:26:13.500
 the

00:26:13.500 --> 00:26:13.759
 question

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 you have

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 to ask

00:26:14.559 --> 00:26:15.159
 as you

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 start to

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 read into

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 verse 23

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 what does

00:26:16.899 --> 00:26:17.599
 Paul expect

00:26:17.599 --> 00:26:18.019
 from them

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 well I

00:26:20.379 --> 00:26:20.839
 say this

00:26:20.839 --> 00:26:21.619
 very very

00:26:21.619 --> 00:26:21.939
 simple

00:26:21.939 --> 00:26:22.500
 expects

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 nothing

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 except

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 loyalty

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 to the

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 gospel

00:26:27.420 --> 00:26:27.660
 they

00:26:27.660 --> 00:26:27.980
 already

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 know

00:26:28.320 --> 00:26:28.560
 and

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 have

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 received

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 and

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 experienced

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 it's

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 very

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 emphatic

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 there

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 in

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 verse 23

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 it goes

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 on

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 there

00:26:39.840 --> 00:26:40.660
 is

00:26:40.660 --> 00:26:40.880
 only

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 one

00:26:41.240 --> 00:26:41.680
 gospel

00:26:41.680 --> 00:26:44.660
 there

00:26:44.660 --> 00:26:44.799
 is

00:26:44.799 --> 00:26:44.960
 only

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 one

00:26:45.299 --> 00:26:45.640
 gospel

00:26:45.640 --> 00:26:46.140
 yes

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 it's

00:26:46.320 --> 00:26:46.460
 the

00:26:46.460 --> 00:26:46.820
 gospel

00:26:46.820 --> 00:26:47.799
 that

00:26:47.799 --> 00:26:48.740
 brought

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 newness

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 to you

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 guys

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 at

00:26:50.279 --> 00:26:50.820
 Colossi

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 when

00:26:51.380 --> 00:26:51.519
 you

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 heard

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 it

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 and

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 understood

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 it

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 in

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 the

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 past

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 yes

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 it's

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 the

00:26:58.360 --> 00:26:58.680
 gospel

00:26:58.680 --> 00:26:58.980
 which

00:26:58.980 --> 00:26:59.160
 is

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 producing

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 similar

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 results

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 wherever

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 it's

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 spoken

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 around

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 the

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 world

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 the

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 same

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 gospel

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 the

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 same

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 result

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 and

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 ultimately

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 it's

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 the

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 same

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 gospel

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 that

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 had

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 taken

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 Paul

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 captive

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 to

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 serve

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 Jesus

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 Paul's

00:27:17.580 --> 00:27:17.800
 point

00:27:17.800 --> 00:27:18.080
 here

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 is not

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 to put

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 us

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 on a

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 performance

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 treadmill

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 fullness

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 of

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 life

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 was

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 not

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 about

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 their

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 performance

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 in

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 response

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 to

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 what

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 God

00:27:26.939 --> 00:27:27.099
 has

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 done

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 for

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 them

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 and

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 in

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 them

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 rather

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 it

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 was

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 accepting

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 what

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 God

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 has

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 done

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 for

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 them

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 and

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 living

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 in

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 the

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 light

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 of

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 that

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 living

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 in

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 the

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 light

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 of

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 what

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 is

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 now

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 true

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 for

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 them

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 given

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 what

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 God

00:27:45.439 --> 00:27:45.599
 has

00:27:45.599 --> 00:27:45.799
 done

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 for

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 them

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 my

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 friends

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 it

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 is

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 not

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 about

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 being

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 driven

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 by our

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 feelings

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 on

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 any

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 day

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 by day

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 basis

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 I

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 don't

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 feel

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 renewed

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 therefore

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 I

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 can't

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 be

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 renewed

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 that

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 moves

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 away

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 from

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 what

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 God

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 has

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 done

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 for

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 us

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 Paul's

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 point

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 here

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 is

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 very

00:28:07.699 --> 00:28:08.019
 simple

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 when

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 they

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 came

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 to

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 believe

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 when

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 they

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 came

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 to

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 faith

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 in

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 Christ

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 they

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 experienced

00:28:12.240 --> 00:28:12.740
 fullness

00:28:12.740 --> 00:28:13.059
 in

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 Christ

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 or

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 the

00:28:14.379 --> 00:28:14.659
 full

00:28:14.659 --> 00:28:15.259
 benefits

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 of

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 Jesus

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 as

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 Lord

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 and

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 Savior

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 God

00:28:19.740 --> 00:28:19.980
 has

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 acted

00:28:20.440 --> 00:28:20.640
 in

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 their

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 lives

00:28:21.060 --> 00:28:21.340
 in

00:28:21.340 --> 00:28:21.500
 the

00:28:21.500 --> 00:28:22.160
 past

00:28:22.160 --> 00:28:24.620
 fullness

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 has

00:28:24.960 --> 00:28:25.340
 already

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 become

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 part

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 of

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 their

00:28:26.640 --> 00:28:27.020
 lives

00:28:27.020 --> 00:28:27.560
 in

00:28:27.560 --> 00:28:27.720
 the

00:28:27.720 --> 00:28:28.180
 past

00:28:28.180 --> 00:28:28.900
 and

00:28:28.900 --> 00:28:29.020
 they

00:28:29.020 --> 00:28:29.400
 live

00:28:29.400 --> 00:28:29.740
 every

00:28:29.740 --> 00:28:30.080
 day

00:28:30.080 --> 00:28:30.360
 into

00:28:30.360 --> 00:28:30.540
 the

00:28:30.540 --> 00:28:30.920
 future

00:28:30.920 --> 00:28:31.380
 on

00:28:31.380 --> 00:28:31.540
 the

00:28:31.540 --> 00:28:31.880
 basis

00:28:31.880 --> 00:28:32.100
 of

00:28:32.100 --> 00:28:32.260
 what

00:28:32.260 --> 00:28:32.520
 God

00:28:32.520 --> 00:28:32.640
 has

00:28:32.640 --> 00:28:32.820
 done

00:28:32.820 --> 00:28:33.020
 for

00:28:33.020 --> 00:28:33.200
 them

00:28:33.200 --> 00:28:36.400
 they

00:28:36.400 --> 00:28:36.980
 have

00:28:36.980 --> 00:28:37.360
 been

00:28:37.360 --> 00:28:38.000
 rescued

00:28:38.000 --> 00:28:39.280
 perfect

00:28:39.280 --> 00:28:39.840
 passive

00:28:39.840 --> 00:28:41.040
 if

00:28:41.040 --> 00:28:41.180
 you're

00:28:41.180 --> 00:28:41.460
 interested

00:28:41.460 --> 00:28:41.720
 in

00:28:41.720 --> 00:28:42.440
 grammar

00:28:42.440 --> 00:28:43.480
 they

00:28:43.480 --> 00:28:43.940
 have

00:28:43.940 --> 00:28:44.280
 been

00:28:44.280 --> 00:28:44.980
 redeemed

00:28:44.980 --> 00:28:48.059
 please tell me

00:28:48.059 --> 00:28:48.420
 I got that

00:28:48.420 --> 00:28:48.620
 right

00:28:48.620 --> 00:28:49.960
 yes

00:28:49.960 --> 00:28:50.360
 no

00:28:50.360 --> 00:28:50.960
 don't

00:28:50.960 --> 00:28:51.140
 say

00:28:51.140 --> 00:28:51.360
 anything

00:28:51.360 --> 00:28:51.779
 alright

00:28:51.779 --> 00:28:53.920
 they have

00:28:53.920 --> 00:28:54.220
 been

00:28:54.220 --> 00:28:55.039
 rescued

00:28:55.039 --> 00:28:55.440
 they have

00:28:55.440 --> 00:28:55.700
 been

00:28:55.700 --> 00:28:56.160
 redeemed

00:28:56.160 --> 00:28:57.079
 they have

00:28:57.079 --> 00:28:57.420
 been

00:28:57.420 --> 00:28:58.400
 transferred

00:28:58.400 --> 00:28:59.000
 they have

00:28:59.000 --> 00:28:59.240
 been

00:28:59.240 --> 00:29:00.200
 reconciled

00:29:00.200 --> 00:29:01.120
 they have

00:29:01.120 --> 00:29:01.339
 been

00:29:01.339 --> 00:29:01.579
 given

00:29:01.579 --> 00:29:02.160
 peace

00:29:02.160 --> 00:29:03.500
 new

00:29:03.500 --> 00:29:03.980
 identity

00:29:03.980 --> 00:29:04.500
 new

00:29:04.500 --> 00:29:04.940
 standing

00:29:04.940 --> 00:29:05.259
 before

00:29:05.259 --> 00:29:05.480
 God

00:29:05.480 --> 00:29:05.720
 new

00:29:05.720 --> 00:29:06.059
 freedom

00:29:06.059 --> 00:29:06.400
 to love

00:29:06.400 --> 00:29:06.759
 and serve

00:29:06.759 --> 00:29:06.980
 new

00:29:06.980 --> 00:29:07.360
 passion

00:29:07.360 --> 00:29:07.559
 to

00:29:07.559 --> 00:29:07.779
 worship

00:29:07.779 --> 00:29:08.440
 in

00:29:08.440 --> 00:29:08.620
 the

00:29:08.620 --> 00:29:09.120
 past

00:29:09.120 --> 00:29:10.680
 now

00:29:10.680 --> 00:29:11.220
 it's

00:29:11.220 --> 00:29:11.480
 something

00:29:11.480 --> 00:29:11.940
 they already

00:29:11.940 --> 00:29:12.759
 experience

00:29:12.759 --> 00:29:14.940
 now

00:29:14.940 --> 00:29:16.160
 the

00:29:16.160 --> 00:29:16.380
 problem

00:29:16.380 --> 00:29:16.539
 is

00:29:16.539 --> 00:29:16.660
 that

00:29:16.660 --> 00:29:16.880
 many

00:29:16.880 --> 00:29:17.440
 Christians

00:29:17.440 --> 00:29:18.200
 seem

00:29:18.200 --> 00:29:18.380
 to

00:29:18.380 --> 00:29:18.680
 think

00:29:18.680 --> 00:29:18.920
 that

00:29:18.920 --> 00:29:19.460
 as

00:29:19.460 --> 00:29:19.600
 they

00:29:19.600 --> 00:29:19.960
 move

00:29:19.960 --> 00:29:20.299
 forward

00:29:20.299 --> 00:29:20.480
 into

00:29:20.480 --> 00:29:20.660
 the

00:29:20.660 --> 00:29:21.220
 future

00:29:21.220 --> 00:29:21.440
 they

00:29:21.440 --> 00:29:21.940
 continue

00:29:21.940 --> 00:29:22.120
 to

00:29:22.120 --> 00:29:22.279
 have

00:29:22.279 --> 00:29:22.680
 one

00:29:22.680 --> 00:29:23.340
 each

00:29:23.340 --> 00:29:23.580
 of

00:29:23.580 --> 00:29:24.200
 one

00:29:24.200 --> 00:29:24.480
 foot

00:29:24.480 --> 00:29:24.640
 in

00:29:24.640 --> 00:29:25.120
 two

00:29:25.120 --> 00:29:25.559
 boats

00:29:25.559 --> 00:29:26.960
 you ever

00:29:26.960 --> 00:29:27.160
 tried

00:29:27.160 --> 00:29:27.340
 to

00:29:27.340 --> 00:29:27.700
 straddle

00:29:27.700 --> 00:29:28.140
 two

00:29:28.140 --> 00:29:28.460
 boats

00:29:28.460 --> 00:29:29.440
 one

00:29:29.440 --> 00:29:29.640
 foot

00:29:29.640 --> 00:29:29.740
 in

00:29:29.740 --> 00:29:29.880
 each

00:29:29.880 --> 00:29:30.500
 it

00:29:30.500 --> 00:29:30.680
 just

00:29:30.680 --> 00:29:30.960
 doesn't

00:29:30.960 --> 00:29:31.340
 work

00:29:31.340 --> 00:29:32.960
 but

00:29:32.960 --> 00:29:33.059
 I

00:29:33.059 --> 00:29:33.180
 think

00:29:33.180 --> 00:29:33.360
 that's

00:29:33.360 --> 00:29:33.500
 how

00:29:33.500 --> 00:29:33.900
 lots

00:29:33.900 --> 00:29:34.039
 of

00:29:34.039 --> 00:29:34.460
 Christians

00:29:34.460 --> 00:29:35.240
 think

00:29:35.240 --> 00:29:35.400
 of

00:29:35.400 --> 00:29:35.759
 life

00:29:35.759 --> 00:29:36.720
 oh

00:29:36.720 --> 00:29:38.299
 I

00:29:38.299 --> 00:29:38.460
 don't

00:29:38.460 --> 00:29:38.580
 know

00:29:38.580 --> 00:29:38.759
 which

00:29:38.759 --> 00:29:38.980
 boat

00:29:38.980 --> 00:29:39.100
 I'm

00:29:39.100 --> 00:29:39.279
 in

00:29:39.279 --> 00:29:40.440
 that's

00:29:40.440 --> 00:29:40.900
 impossible

00:29:40.900 --> 00:29:41.559
 according

00:29:41.559 --> 00:29:41.860
 to what

00:29:41.860 --> 00:29:42.120
 Paul

00:29:42.120 --> 00:29:42.259
 has

00:29:42.259 --> 00:29:42.420
 said

00:29:42.420 --> 00:29:43.019
 here

00:29:44.940 --> 00:29:46.019
 a

00:29:46.019 --> 00:29:46.320
 person

00:29:46.320 --> 00:29:46.539
 can

00:29:46.539 --> 00:29:46.840
 only

00:29:46.840 --> 00:29:47.059
 be

00:29:47.059 --> 00:29:47.420
 one

00:29:47.420 --> 00:29:47.620
 or

00:29:47.620 --> 00:29:47.740
 the

00:29:47.740 --> 00:29:47.960
 other

00:29:47.960 --> 00:29:48.360
 either

00:29:48.360 --> 00:29:48.700
 you're

00:29:48.700 --> 00:29:49.400
 alienated

00:29:49.400 --> 00:29:51.000
 and in

00:29:51.000 --> 00:29:51.259
 the domain

00:29:51.259 --> 00:29:51.420
 of

00:29:51.420 --> 00:29:51.759
 darkness

00:29:51.759 --> 00:29:52.320
 or

00:29:52.320 --> 00:29:53.720
 you've

00:29:53.720 --> 00:29:53.840
 been

00:29:53.840 --> 00:29:54.140
 brought

00:29:54.140 --> 00:29:54.440
 in

00:29:54.440 --> 00:29:55.240
 to the

00:29:55.240 --> 00:29:55.480
 kingdom

00:29:55.480 --> 00:29:55.820
 of his

00:29:55.820 --> 00:29:56.059
 son

00:29:56.059 --> 00:29:56.200
 in

00:29:56.200 --> 00:29:56.580
 light

00:29:56.580 --> 00:29:59.000
 God

00:29:59.000 --> 00:29:59.160
 has

00:29:59.160 --> 00:29:59.320
 done

00:29:59.320 --> 00:29:59.460
 it

00:29:59.460 --> 00:29:59.660
 for

00:29:59.660 --> 00:29:59.940
 you

00:29:59.940 --> 00:30:03.240
 either

00:30:03.240 --> 00:30:03.660
 you're

00:30:03.660 --> 00:30:03.980
 in

00:30:03.980 --> 00:30:04.380
 Adam

00:30:04.380 --> 00:30:05.700
 alienated

00:30:05.700 --> 00:30:06.240
 hostile

00:30:06.240 --> 00:30:06.440
 and

00:30:06.440 --> 00:30:06.720
 pursuing

00:30:06.720 --> 00:30:07.180
 autonomy

00:30:07.180 --> 00:30:07.480
 from

00:30:07.480 --> 00:30:07.820
 God

00:30:07.820 --> 00:30:08.580
 or

00:30:08.580 --> 00:30:09.240
 you're

00:30:09.240 --> 00:30:09.460
 in

00:30:09.460 --> 00:30:09.920
 Christ

00:30:09.920 --> 00:30:11.160
 rescued

00:30:11.160 --> 00:30:11.820
 transferred

00:30:11.820 --> 00:30:12.259
 into

00:30:12.259 --> 00:30:12.600
 God's

00:30:12.600 --> 00:30:12.920
 family

00:30:12.920 --> 00:30:13.640
 transformed

00:30:13.640 --> 00:30:14.200
 from the

00:30:14.200 --> 00:30:14.500
 inside

00:30:14.500 --> 00:30:14.779
 out

00:30:14.779 --> 00:30:15.460
 so your

00:30:15.460 --> 00:30:15.920
 heart's

00:30:15.920 --> 00:30:16.320
 desire

00:30:16.320 --> 00:30:17.160
 is to

00:30:17.160 --> 00:30:17.519
 love

00:30:17.519 --> 00:30:18.059
 and serve

00:30:18.059 --> 00:30:18.480
 God

00:30:18.480 --> 00:30:18.920
 and live

00:30:18.920 --> 00:30:19.240
 under

00:30:19.240 --> 00:30:19.420
 the

00:30:19.420 --> 00:30:19.580
 rule

00:30:19.580 --> 00:30:19.720
 of

00:30:19.720 --> 00:30:19.980
 Jesus

00:30:19.980 --> 00:30:20.500
 now do

00:30:20.500 --> 00:30:20.640
 you hear

00:30:20.640 --> 00:30:20.820
 what I'm

00:30:20.820 --> 00:30:20.980
 saying

00:30:20.980 --> 00:30:21.360
 your

00:30:21.360 --> 00:30:21.680
 heart's

00:30:21.680 --> 00:30:22.100
 desire

00:30:22.100 --> 00:30:22.799
 I'm

00:30:22.799 --> 00:30:22.940
 not

00:30:22.940 --> 00:30:23.160
 saying

00:30:23.160 --> 00:30:23.860
 perfection

00:30:23.860 --> 00:30:24.200
 in

00:30:24.200 --> 00:30:24.580
 the

00:30:24.580 --> 00:30:25.240
 accomplishment

00:30:25.240 --> 00:30:25.519
 of

00:30:25.519 --> 00:30:25.779
 that

00:30:25.779 --> 00:30:26.820
 your

00:30:26.820 --> 00:30:27.039
 whole

00:30:27.039 --> 00:30:27.279
 new

00:30:27.279 --> 00:30:27.720
 orientation

00:30:27.720 --> 00:30:28.380
 is that

00:30:28.380 --> 00:30:28.740
 you now

00:30:28.740 --> 00:30:29.120
 want to

00:30:29.119 --> 00:30:29.379
 love

00:30:29.379 --> 00:30:29.739
 and serve

00:30:29.739 --> 00:30:30.359
 Jesus

00:30:30.359 --> 00:30:40.659
 okay

00:30:40.659 --> 00:30:41.059
 where have

00:30:41.059 --> 00:30:41.239
 we got

00:30:41.239 --> 00:30:41.619
 I've just

00:30:41.619 --> 00:30:42.039
 lost a

00:30:42.039 --> 00:30:42.419
 page here

00:30:42.419 --> 00:30:42.619
 now

00:30:42.619 --> 00:30:43.279
 that was

00:30:43.279 --> 00:30:43.699
 a bit

00:30:43.699 --> 00:30:43.899
 of a

00:30:43.899 --> 00:30:44.099
 shock

00:30:44.099 --> 00:30:44.879
 to me

00:30:44.879 --> 00:30:45.239
 I'm

00:30:45.239 --> 00:30:46.179
 sure

00:30:46.179 --> 00:30:46.359
 there's

00:30:46.359 --> 00:30:46.519
 going to

00:30:46.519 --> 00:30:46.599
 be

00:30:46.599 --> 00:30:46.719
 an

00:30:46.719 --> 00:30:47.139
 climax

00:30:47.139 --> 00:30:47.639
 here

00:30:47.639 --> 00:30:48.859
 it's

00:30:48.859 --> 00:30:49.039
 still

00:30:49.039 --> 00:30:49.359
 here

00:30:49.359 --> 00:30:51.639
 put it

00:30:51.639 --> 00:30:51.879
 down to

00:30:51.879 --> 00:30:52.199
 14

00:30:52.199 --> 00:30:52.519
 weeks

00:30:52.519 --> 00:30:52.979
 and a

00:30:52.979 --> 00:30:53.099
 lot

00:30:53.099 --> 00:30:53.239
 of

00:30:53.239 --> 00:30:53.539
 rust

00:30:53.539 --> 00:30:55.379
 second

00:30:55.379 --> 00:30:55.659
 thing

00:30:55.659 --> 00:30:55.959
 second

00:30:55.959 --> 00:30:56.599
 place

00:30:56.599 --> 00:30:56.839
 where we

00:30:56.839 --> 00:30:57.019
 might

00:30:57.019 --> 00:30:58.759
 not

00:30:58.759 --> 00:31:00.900
 experience

00:31:00.900 --> 00:31:01.579
 fullness

00:31:01.579 --> 00:31:01.839
 in

00:31:01.839 --> 00:31:02.079
 Christ

00:31:02.079 --> 00:31:02.319
 is

00:31:02.319 --> 00:31:03.339
 verse

00:31:03.339 --> 00:31:03.700
 23

00:31:03.700 --> 00:31:03.980
 again

00:31:03.980 --> 00:31:04.319
 is that

00:31:04.319 --> 00:31:04.440
 we're

00:31:04.440 --> 00:31:04.720
 not

00:31:04.720 --> 00:31:05.119
 single

00:31:05.119 --> 00:31:05.579
 minded

00:31:05.579 --> 00:31:06.319
 in

00:31:06.319 --> 00:31:06.660
 serving

00:31:06.660 --> 00:31:07.119
 Jesus

00:31:07.119 --> 00:31:07.940
 as

00:31:07.940 --> 00:31:08.220
 Lord

00:31:08.220 --> 00:31:08.420
 and

00:31:08.420 --> 00:31:08.720
 Savior

00:31:08.720 --> 00:31:10.099
 Paul

00:31:10.099 --> 00:31:10.539
 uses

00:31:10.539 --> 00:31:10.779
 very

00:31:10.779 --> 00:31:11.200
 specific

00:31:11.200 --> 00:31:11.599
 words

00:31:11.599 --> 00:31:11.799
 here

00:31:11.799 --> 00:31:12.220
 he says

00:31:12.220 --> 00:31:12.879
 you're

00:31:12.879 --> 00:31:13.240
 to be

00:31:13.240 --> 00:31:14.200
 continue

00:31:14.200 --> 00:31:14.920
 stable

00:31:14.920 --> 00:31:15.220
 and

00:31:15.220 --> 00:31:15.920
 steadfast

00:31:15.920 --> 00:31:17.400
 again

00:31:17.400 --> 00:31:17.700
 it's

00:31:17.700 --> 00:31:17.980
 not a

00:31:17.980 --> 00:31:18.420
 performance

00:31:18.420 --> 00:31:18.779
 thing

00:31:18.779 --> 00:31:19.480
 the words

00:31:19.480 --> 00:31:19.640
 there

00:31:19.640 --> 00:31:19.900
 just

00:31:19.900 --> 00:31:20.240
 mean

00:31:20.240 --> 00:31:20.799
 you're

00:31:20.799 --> 00:31:21.039
 to be

00:31:21.039 --> 00:31:21.640
 single

00:31:21.640 --> 00:31:22.519
 minded

00:31:22.519 --> 00:31:23.299
 don't

00:31:23.299 --> 00:31:24.019
 change

00:31:24.019 --> 00:31:24.859
 don't

00:31:24.859 --> 00:31:25.160
 allow

00:31:25.160 --> 00:31:25.539
 yourself

00:31:25.539 --> 00:31:26.039
 to be

00:31:26.039 --> 00:31:26.920
 dissuaded

00:31:26.920 --> 00:31:27.379
 from

00:31:27.379 --> 00:31:28.259
 trusting

00:31:28.259 --> 00:31:29.379
 that you

00:31:29.379 --> 00:31:29.539
 have

00:31:29.539 --> 00:31:29.839
 fullness

00:31:29.839 --> 00:31:30.240
 of life

00:31:30.240 --> 00:31:30.400
 in

00:31:30.400 --> 00:31:30.680
 Jesus

00:31:30.680 --> 00:31:31.240
 and

00:31:31.240 --> 00:31:31.559
 start

00:31:31.559 --> 00:31:31.980
 looking

00:31:31.980 --> 00:31:32.319
 for it

00:31:32.319 --> 00:31:32.599
 somewhere

00:31:32.599 --> 00:31:33.039
 else

00:31:33.039 --> 00:31:34.660
 that's

00:31:34.660 --> 00:31:34.799
 what

00:31:34.799 --> 00:31:35.019
 Paul

00:31:35.019 --> 00:31:35.139
 is

00:31:35.139 --> 00:31:35.339
 saying

00:31:35.339 --> 00:31:36.139
 what

00:31:36.139 --> 00:31:36.339
 you

00:31:36.339 --> 00:31:36.519
 do

00:31:36.519 --> 00:31:36.759
 going

00:31:36.759 --> 00:31:37.099
 forward

00:31:37.099 --> 00:31:37.819
 as a

00:31:37.819 --> 00:31:38.099
 Christian

00:31:38.099 --> 00:31:38.799
 is

00:31:38.799 --> 00:31:39.299
 keep

00:31:39.299 --> 00:31:39.539
 your

00:31:39.539 --> 00:31:39.819
 eyes

00:31:39.819 --> 00:31:40.460
 firmly

00:31:40.460 --> 00:31:40.900
 fixed

00:31:40.900 --> 00:31:41.240
 on

00:31:41.240 --> 00:31:41.400
 the

00:31:41.400 --> 00:31:41.900
 reality

00:31:41.900 --> 00:31:43.019
 of

00:31:43.019 --> 00:31:43.200
 what

00:31:43.200 --> 00:31:43.579
 God

00:31:43.579 --> 00:31:43.740
 has

00:31:43.740 --> 00:31:43.960
 done

00:31:43.960 --> 00:31:44.180
 for

00:31:44.180 --> 00:31:44.960
 you

00:31:44.960 --> 00:31:50.220
 again

00:31:50.220 --> 00:31:50.859
 fullness

00:31:50.859 --> 00:31:51.139
 of

00:31:51.139 --> 00:31:51.400
 life

00:31:51.400 --> 00:31:51.579
 is

00:31:51.579 --> 00:31:51.799
 not

00:31:51.799 --> 00:31:52.059
 about

00:31:52.059 --> 00:31:52.660
 performance

00:31:52.660 --> 00:31:53.519
 in

00:31:53.519 --> 00:31:53.920
 response

00:31:53.920 --> 00:31:54.060
 to

00:31:54.060 --> 00:31:54.140
 the

00:31:54.140 --> 00:31:54.400
 gospel

00:31:54.400 --> 00:31:54.700
 but

00:31:54.700 --> 00:31:55.880
 fullness

00:31:55.880 --> 00:31:56.060
 of

00:31:56.060 --> 00:31:56.279
 life

00:31:56.279 --> 00:31:56.820
 is

00:31:56.820 --> 00:31:57.160
 there

00:31:57.160 --> 00:31:57.440
 for

00:31:57.440 --> 00:31:57.700
 us

00:31:57.700 --> 00:31:58.560
 providing

00:31:58.560 --> 00:31:58.820
 we

00:31:58.820 --> 00:31:59.480
 refuse

00:31:59.480 --> 00:31:59.740
 to

00:31:59.740 --> 00:32:00.180
 entertain

00:32:00.180 --> 00:32:00.800
 any

00:32:00.800 --> 00:32:01.320
 thought

00:32:01.320 --> 00:32:02.620
 that

00:32:02.620 --> 00:32:03.160
 anything

00:32:03.160 --> 00:32:03.940
 or anyone

00:32:03.940 --> 00:32:04.519
 other than

00:32:04.519 --> 00:32:04.840
 Jesus

00:32:04.840 --> 00:32:05.460
 can deliver

00:32:05.460 --> 00:32:05.800
 fullness

00:32:05.800 --> 00:32:06.019
 of

00:32:06.019 --> 00:32:06.320
 life

00:32:06.320 --> 00:32:09.340
 the

00:32:09.340 --> 00:32:09.960
 Colossians

00:32:09.960 --> 00:32:10.680
 now lived

00:32:10.680 --> 00:32:11.200
 in God's

00:32:11.200 --> 00:32:11.480
 kingdom

00:32:11.480 --> 00:32:12.019
 where Christ

00:32:12.019 --> 00:32:12.500
 is king

00:32:12.500 --> 00:32:13.620
 they placed

00:32:13.620 --> 00:32:14.120
 themselves

00:32:14.120 --> 00:32:14.700
 under the

00:32:14.700 --> 00:32:15.080
 lordship

00:32:15.080 --> 00:32:15.519
 of Christ

00:32:15.519 --> 00:32:15.820
 and so

00:32:15.820 --> 00:32:16.300
 the question

00:32:16.300 --> 00:32:16.759
 for Paul

00:32:16.759 --> 00:32:17.120
 is very

00:32:17.120 --> 00:32:17.440
 simple

00:32:17.440 --> 00:32:18.720
 will you

00:32:18.720 --> 00:32:19.180
 continue

00:32:19.180 --> 00:32:20.080
 to do

00:32:20.080 --> 00:32:20.420
 that

00:32:20.420 --> 00:32:21.259
 tomorrow

00:32:21.259 --> 00:32:21.740
 and next

00:32:21.740 --> 00:32:21.980
 week

00:32:21.980 --> 00:32:22.340
 and next

00:32:22.340 --> 00:32:22.640
 month

00:32:22.640 --> 00:32:25.900
 will you

00:32:25.900 --> 00:32:26.320
 continue

00:32:26.320 --> 00:32:26.780
 to serve

00:32:26.780 --> 00:32:26.960
 him

00:32:26.960 --> 00:32:28.259
 as king

00:32:28.259 --> 00:32:28.960
 gladly

00:32:28.960 --> 00:32:31.400
 or would

00:32:31.400 --> 00:32:32.080
 they settle

00:32:32.080 --> 00:32:32.620
 back into

00:32:32.620 --> 00:32:32.960
 thinking

00:32:32.960 --> 00:32:33.440
 sometime

00:32:33.440 --> 00:32:33.800
 again

00:32:33.800 --> 00:32:34.360
 well maybe

00:32:34.360 --> 00:32:34.940
 maybe there's

00:32:34.940 --> 00:32:35.560
 more fooling

00:32:35.560 --> 00:32:36.240
 somewhere else

00:32:36.240 --> 00:32:38.860
 maybe there's

00:32:38.860 --> 00:32:39.759
 better satisfaction

00:32:39.759 --> 00:32:40.340
 in some other

00:32:40.340 --> 00:32:40.860
 place

00:32:40.860 --> 00:32:44.540
 and subtly

00:32:44.540 --> 00:32:45.000
 shift

00:32:45.000 --> 00:32:45.880
 their focus

00:32:45.880 --> 00:32:46.360
 to those

00:32:46.360 --> 00:32:46.759
 things

00:32:46.759 --> 00:32:50.640
 my friends

00:32:50.640 --> 00:32:51.440
 in summing

00:32:51.440 --> 00:32:51.759
 up then

00:32:51.759 --> 00:32:52.240
 before

00:32:52.240 --> 00:32:52.740
 before the

00:32:52.740 --> 00:32:53.319
 foundations

00:32:53.319 --> 00:32:53.680
 of the

00:32:53.680 --> 00:32:55.440
 world

00:32:55.440 --> 00:32:57.940
 our lives

00:32:57.940 --> 00:32:58.140
 were

00:32:58.140 --> 00:32:59.140
 inextricably

00:32:59.140 --> 00:33:00.619
 tied to

00:33:00.619 --> 00:33:00.940
 God

00:33:00.940 --> 00:33:03.879
 our hearts

00:33:03.879 --> 00:33:05.619
 and dreams

00:33:05.619 --> 00:33:06.400
 were always

00:33:06.400 --> 00:33:07.000
 meant to

00:33:07.000 --> 00:33:07.640
 belong to

00:33:07.640 --> 00:33:07.980
 him

00:33:07.980 --> 00:33:11.680
 when our hopes

00:33:11.680 --> 00:33:12.160
 and dreams

00:33:12.160 --> 00:33:12.640
 are taken

00:33:12.640 --> 00:33:13.420
 captive by

00:33:13.420 --> 00:33:14.359
 anything else

00:33:14.359 --> 00:33:16.859
 they're bound

00:33:16.859 --> 00:33:17.579
 to fail

00:33:17.579 --> 00:33:20.740
 because they

00:33:20.740 --> 00:33:21.199
 lead us

00:33:21.199 --> 00:33:22.079
 away

00:33:22.079 --> 00:33:22.879
 from Jesus

00:33:22.879 --> 00:33:23.759
 or encourage

00:33:23.759 --> 00:33:24.179
 us to

00:33:24.179 --> 00:33:25.039
 add something

00:33:25.039 --> 00:33:25.939
 to what

00:33:25.939 --> 00:33:26.379
 God

00:33:26.379 --> 00:33:27.139
 has done

00:33:27.139 --> 00:33:27.539
 for us

00:33:27.539 --> 00:33:28.099
 in Jesus

00:33:28.099 --> 00:33:31.939
 but in

00:33:31.939 --> 00:33:32.359
 Christ

00:33:32.359 --> 00:33:34.339
 our greatest

00:33:34.339 --> 00:33:35.039
 dream of

00:33:35.039 --> 00:33:35.819
 being acceptable

00:33:35.819 --> 00:33:36.279
 to God

00:33:36.279 --> 00:33:37.219
 of being

00:33:37.219 --> 00:33:37.839
 with him

00:33:37.839 --> 00:33:38.439
 in heaven

00:33:38.439 --> 00:33:38.979
 forever

00:33:38.979 --> 00:33:40.699
 has already

00:33:40.699 --> 00:33:41.259
 become

00:33:41.259 --> 00:33:42.099
 our new

00:33:42.099 --> 00:33:42.539
 reality

00:33:42.539 --> 00:33:46.220
 that's a

00:33:46.220 --> 00:33:46.720
 truth to

00:33:46.720 --> 00:33:47.119
 live by

00:33:47.119 --> 00:33:48.000
 isn't it

00:33:48.000 --> 00:33:50.680
 that's a

00:33:50.680 --> 00:33:51.259
 clarity

00:33:51.259 --> 00:33:52.960
 to see

00:33:52.960 --> 00:33:53.639
 and hold

00:33:53.639 --> 00:33:54.159
 on to

00:33:54.159 --> 00:33:55.119
 and navigate

00:33:55.119 --> 00:33:55.819
 life

00:33:55.819 --> 00:33:57.839
 by in a

00:33:57.839 --> 00:33:58.279
 confused

00:33:58.279 --> 00:33:58.740
 world

00:33:58.740 --> 00:34:01.359
 that's

00:34:01.359 --> 00:34:02.079
 true

00:34:02.079 --> 00:34:02.619
 fullness

00:34:02.619 --> 00:34:03.279
 of life

00:34:03.279 --> 00:34:09.460
 well pray

00:34:09.460 --> 00:34:09.779
 with me

00:34:09.779 --> 00:34:10.099
 please

00:34:10.099 --> 00:34:20.340
 as Bo

00:34:20.340 --> 00:34:20.739
 said at

00:34:20.739 --> 00:34:21.059
 the very

00:34:21.059 --> 00:34:21.400
 start

00:34:21.400 --> 00:34:21.719
 Lord

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 so often

00:34:22.920 --> 00:34:25.619
 our concept

00:34:25.619 --> 00:34:26.179
 of you

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 though strong

00:34:27.719 --> 00:34:28.440
 may just be

00:34:28.440 --> 00:34:28.820
 that you're

00:34:28.820 --> 00:34:29.219
 useful

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 and not

00:34:30.840 --> 00:34:31.259
 beautiful

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 Lord your

00:34:34.740 --> 00:34:35.140
 beauty

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 is shown

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 in so many

00:34:37.320 --> 00:34:37.800
 places in

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 your world

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 but in

00:34:38.880 --> 00:34:39.380
 the greatest

00:34:39.380 --> 00:34:40.340
 most obvious

00:34:40.340 --> 00:34:40.940
 place it's

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 shown in

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 your action

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 to reconcile

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 us who

00:34:46.180 --> 00:34:47.060
 previously were

00:34:47.060 --> 00:34:47.940
 alienated and

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 facing condemnation

00:34:48.940 --> 00:34:51.680
 we thank you

00:34:51.680 --> 00:34:52.140
 that you have

00:34:52.140 --> 00:34:53.320
 transferred us

00:34:53.320 --> 00:34:53.660
 from the

00:34:53.660 --> 00:34:54.140
 domain of

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 darkness

00:34:54.520 --> 00:34:56.020
 into the

00:34:56.020 --> 00:34:56.560
 kingdom of

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 your son

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 from darkness

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 to life

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 to light

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 from death

00:35:01.640 --> 00:35:02.180
 to life

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 we thank you

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 Lord that not

00:35:04.600 --> 00:35:05.120
 content with

00:35:05.120 --> 00:35:05.440
 that you've

00:35:05.440 --> 00:35:06.300
 also transformed

00:35:06.300 --> 00:35:07.460
 us and

00:35:07.460 --> 00:35:08.220
 continue to

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 transform us

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 may it never

00:35:13.760 --> 00:35:14.460
 be Lord that

00:35:14.460 --> 00:35:15.640
 either individually

00:35:15.640 --> 00:35:16.740
 or as a

00:35:16.740 --> 00:35:17.539
 church family

00:35:17.539 --> 00:35:19.780
 we are guilty

00:35:19.780 --> 00:35:20.380
 of

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 taking our

00:35:22.600 --> 00:35:23.360
 eyes of you

00:35:23.360 --> 00:35:24.140
 and starting

00:35:24.140 --> 00:35:24.780
 to find

00:35:24.780 --> 00:35:25.620
 and look for

00:35:25.620 --> 00:35:25.920
 fullness

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 somewhere else

00:35:26.600 --> 00:35:27.140
 once again

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 in Jesus name

00:35:30.659 --> 00:35:31.079
 I pray

00:35:31.079 --> 00:35:31.839
 Amen

00:35:31.839 --> 00:35:34.179
 thank you much

00:35:34.179 --> 00:35:35.199
 for listening to

00:35:35.199 --> 00:35:35.359
 me