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 I would suggest that today in our congregation there are lots of ways we could divide everyone up.

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! The world's very good at dividing people up into groups and camps and all sorts of characteristics.

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 But today there are essentially three different kinds of people here today.

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 There will be some who are not yet disciples of Jesus.

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 There will be some who are not yet disciples of Jesus.

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 There will be those as well who are disciples but who urgently need examples to follow.

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 There are disciples who need to be formed and who need examples to follow.

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 And then there are also, although there's probably some overlap between this group,

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 there are also those who are disciples and who are worthy examples to follow.

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 And in a sense, that's really the path of the Christian life.

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 It's a path from coming to faith, so having no faith and belief in Jesus,

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 but coming to be a disciple and then growing through that path of discipleship,

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 the road of the journey of faith, you could say, as you go on with your lives.

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 And you aspire to growth and maturity.

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 And that is what all of us should be aspiring to.

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 And I just want to note, just one simple note of caution before we get too far into this passage today.

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 The verse I want to really draw your attention to is verse 17.

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 Paul writes,

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 Brothers, the word that's used in Greek there, it means family members really,

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 although it is formerly brothers and sisters,

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 join in imitating me and keep your eyes on those who walk according to the example you have in us.

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 And I suppose really I just want to ask the question, who are you following today?

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 What are you looking for in the role models in your life?

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 The thing we need to kind of dispense with just at the beginning is that there are some people who would say,

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 the only example I need is Jesus.

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 And we'd almost cut themselves off from looking and observing other Christians and walking in fellowship within the church.

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 It's really necessary for us to have more than that.

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 We need living examples.

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 We need flesh and blood examples that we can go to, that we can talk to, that we can listen to,

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 that we can observe, that we can see.

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 And these examples are not the ones on whom we rest and rely for salvation,

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 but they are examples that we follow for growth

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 and for how we proceed in running the race that is before us.

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 It's an acknowledgement, in fact.

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 If you deny this, in fact, in a sense you deny this.

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 It's an acknowledgement of the Holy Spirit's work.

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 The Holy Spirit works in the lives of individuals.

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 And the work of the Holy Spirit is in bringing people to maturity.

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 The work of the Holy Spirit is actually glorifying Christ Jesus

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 in molding us and shaping us in our lives to be more like Jesus ourselves.

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 And so as you go through your Christian life,

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 there will be many people around you who are worthy examples

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 because they are the fruit and work of the Holy Spirit

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 because they evidence that work in their lives.

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 And so before you rush off to say,

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 well, I don't need any examples except Jesus.

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 I'll stick just to the Bible. Thank you very much.

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 I urge you to consider what the Bible actually says

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 in saying that there are examples.

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 And Paul, interestingly, sets himself up as an example.

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 Join in imitating me

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 as well as those who walk according to the example you've seen in us.

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 So the fruit of the Holy Spirit working in people's lives

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 means there are people that we can follow as examples.

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 I would say as well, just as an aside before we get into this,

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 that perhaps these are characteristics

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 that we should look for as a congregation in a pastor.

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 As we think to the vacancy in our congregation just now,

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 there's maybe some characteristics that have eluded us.

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 Perhaps we haven't considered.

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 And there are things that we should really look for

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 in those who have spiritual responsibility

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 for the flock of God.

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 I've got five points today.

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 And in order to make them a bit easier to follow,

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 we're going to use an acrostic.

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 I'm not normally a fan of this.

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 I don't often do this.

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 I know I've done it twice recently, but still.

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 The word that we're going to think about today is grace.

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 Because that's Paul's theme.

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 He finishes his letters with an appeal for the grace of God,

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 and he greets in the peace and the grace of God

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 to the disciples in verse 2 of chapter 1.

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 First of all, then, the first characteristic of good examples

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 is the characteristic of gaining Christ's righteousness.

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 We should follow those who understand justification.

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 Now, that's a big word.

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 It's a theological word.

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 But it means simply the means by which we gain righteousness

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 to stand with confidence in the presence of God.

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 And there are lots of ways that people think about this.

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 Paul, before he came to faith in Jesus,

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 had a peculiar way of thinking about justification.

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 He thought you were made righteous by your actions.

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 And so he rattles off all of the things that he thought made him righteous.

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 He was a good Jew.

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 He had been circumcised when he was eight days old.

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 He was a good Jew.

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 He followed the lineage of his people.

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 So he knew which tribe he belonged to.

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 He knew where he came from.

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 He knew his roots.

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 More than that, he said, concerning the law, I was a Pharisee.

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 So the Pharisees could boldly say that they had identified

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 a very discrete number of definite laws from the word of God

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 that if they followed them, then they could say,

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 hand on heart, I am following the law of God, and I am righteous.

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 And Paul could say that his way of gaining righteousness

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 was by being good enough.

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 And the world, in fact, is full of such people.

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 Everyone thinks they can be good enough

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 by measuring up to some particular standard.

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 Plenty of people actually think they've been good enough

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 measuring up to the standard of God's word.

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 But the best examples to follow

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 are those who are justified not by works,

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 but who are justified, as Paul says, by faith.

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 That is, people who have come and put their trust for salvation,

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 their trust for righteousness to stand in God's presence,

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 in the person of Jesus.

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 They've trusted Jesus, on the one hand, to take away their sin,

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 for Jesus to deal with their sin at the cross,

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 to take away their guilt and shame

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 by him bearing the price and penalty of their sin at the cross.

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 And equally, they have a sense of righteousness,

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 not because of what they have done,

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 but because they cling to the merit of Jesus,

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 that Jesus is their righteousness.

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 That Jesus is the one who makes me worthy to stand before my God.

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 The way I often think about it is in terms of a football strip.

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 If you play for a football club or a team,

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 you don't want to look disorganized.

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 And so you wear the team colors.

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 And when someone moves from one team to another in a transfer window,

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 the strip that they wear changes.

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 And the heritage that they step into and that they rely on changes.

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 So when you go to play for Rangers or Celtic,

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 you don't carry on wearing the team colors from your old club.

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 You wear the new team colors.

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 And their heritage, their badge, their fame is yours.

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 And people would say it's an honor to wear these team colors.

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 And it's the same for us as Christians.

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 That even as we think about our righteousness,

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 if we think about what we do to gain acceptance from God,

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 the greatest honor that we can show to Jesus

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 is by saying we rely on his colors to take us there.

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 And so today, I would say if you're not yet a believer,

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 if you're in that first category,

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 then simply this, believe in the Lord Jesus Christ

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 and you will be saved.

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 Trust in him.

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 Just come to him in prayer.

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 The words can be faltering,

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 but the sentiment is what matters.

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 And say, Lord, I can't do this myself.

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 I cannot measure up.

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 I need Jesus to be my righteousness.

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 I need to trust in him.

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 If you need examples,

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 it's important that you look to those

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 who will set an example of how you rightly stand with God.

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 If you're a young Christian today,

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 this is something you need to really reflect on

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 more and more as you go on.

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 There's lots of things as young Christians we can get kind of bogged down in

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 about the practice, about how we do things,

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 what we do, the things we invest our energies in and so on.

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 All of that's important.

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 But the thing that will lead to your growth as a Christian

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 and the thing that will actually deepen your usefulness

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 is the foundation of Christ in your life.

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 And Christ becomes more and more of a foundation in your life

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 the more you recognize the example in others who've gone before you

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 who have made Christ the foundation in their lives.

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 And I look at the people who I look up to,

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 the people who I admire as Christians,

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 are the ones who, with great humility,

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 recognize Jesus as their Savior.

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 And for those who are at that stage in their walk,

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 remember always, this is a reminder to us,

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 because even as old Christians,

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 sometimes we can lapse in this, we can get it wrong.

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 Remember where we stand.

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 Gain Christ's righteousness.

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 So that's our G, grace.

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 Secondly, we are running towards the prize.

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 Follow those who are pressing on to the prize.

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 That's what Paul says in verse 14.

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 I press on towards the goal of the prize of the upward call of God

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 in Christ Jesus.

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 Maturity in life often means slowing down, doesn't it?

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 You know, we look at older people

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 and we see them slowing a bit as they get on.

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 Maturity in the Christian life means running more.

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 Maturity in the Christian life is almost the inverse.

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 In fact, that's why the Bible is full of this imagery of rejuvenation,

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 revitalization.

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 A healthy Christian and a healthy church

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 is a church that runs.

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 A church that runs forward towards Jesus,

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 towards the finish line, towards the goal, towards the prize.

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 And maturity like that means movement.

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 It means being spiritually hungry

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 for the experience of knowing Christ

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 and being close to Him and in fellowship with Him.

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 And so I would today urge those of you who are not yet

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 saved,

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 those who haven't yet come to that place of faith.

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 One of the misconceptions that people often have

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 is that they think the Christian life is a sort of static thing.

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 You get the kuram

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 and then that's you, you're there

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 and your life's over and that's it.

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 And

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 I think actually it's flawed

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 because being a disciple

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 means following.

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 The word actually means a follower.

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 Someone who

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 goes in the footsteps

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 of their master.

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 And our master, Jesus,

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 was on a journey.

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 As Paul says,

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 He went to the cross.

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 It was a journey that took Him

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 to that destination.

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 And now He is in heaven

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 and He is seated at the right hand of God and high.

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 And one day He will return

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 to judge the living and the dead.

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 But

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 for us as followers of Jesus,

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 we need to be on a similar trajectory,

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 a journey.

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 And sometimes that journey,

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 as we'll see it,

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 involves suffering.

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 But it's still a progress.

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 It's a progression.

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 It's an advance,

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 a movement.

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 And so I would encourage you today,

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 if you're not yet a believer,

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 not to be

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 duped into thinking

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 that there is no

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 ongoing progress

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 and change in the Christian life.

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 The Christian life

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 is inherently

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 a journey.

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 For those of you

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 who are young Christians

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 and those of you

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 who need examples

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 to follow,

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 there is nothing

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 as inspiring

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 as someone

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 who has

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 gone before you

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 and has

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 a great example

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 of their goals

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 being achieved.

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 By that I mean

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 their spiritual goals.

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 Like people who've actually

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 walked through their lives

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 and who have said,

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 this area of my life

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 is a sinful thing

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 that I need to deal with.

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 And so I'm going to deal with it.

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 It might be a character

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 issue.

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 It might be an addiction.

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 It might be a habitual sin.

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 But who've said,

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 by the grace of God

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 and by the Spirit's working in me,

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 I'm going to address this.

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 And you as a young Christian,

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 you look at,

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 and I remember being like this myself

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 as a young Christian,

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 thinking,

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 that is quite incredible.

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 That there were examples

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 in my life

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 of people

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 who had the humility

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 to say,

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 God took me through.

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 And they were good examples

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 to follow.

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 Instead, though,

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 the danger is

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 that we see

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 as our examples

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 lethargic people.

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 Spiritually lethargic Christians.

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 And you see that

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 in lots of different ways.

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 You see it,

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 for example,

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 in a formulaic prayer life.

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 Where prayer

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 is almost like

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 a professional wrestler.

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 I don't know

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 if you've ever watched,

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 I don't know,

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 it's WWE,

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 I think it's called now,

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 World Wide Wrestling Entertainment.

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 And it is entertainment.

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 It's a show.

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 I was telling my kids

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 the other day

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 about one of the characters

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 who was in that

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 when I was younger.

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 It was The Rock.

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 And The Rock would,

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 you know,

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 he had a great charisma.

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 And when he arrived on stage,

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 he'd always introduce himself

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 in a certain way,

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 reminding people

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 about who he was.

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 And then he would have a fight

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 with another wrestler.

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 And the fight would actually,

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 when you watch it,

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 it's quite impressive to see.

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 But it's actually

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 very well scripted.

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 And the whole fight

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 kind of goes

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 in the same motion.

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 And then what you slowly realize

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 as you get a bit

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 more savvy to it

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 is you realize

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 they're actually performing.

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 And so this night

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 they're in Los Angeles.

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 And then maybe

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 a couple of days later

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 they're going to be

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 somewhere down in Texas.

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 And then maybe somewhere,

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 a few days later,

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 they're going to be somewhere

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 maybe in the Midwest.

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 And they're going to move

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 around the country

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 in different places.

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 And every night

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 the show

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 is pretty much the same.

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 And so you've got

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 this really impressive

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 looking kind of fight

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 happening on stage

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 in the wrestling ring.

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 But you realize

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 the whole thing

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 is an act

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 and really scripted.

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 And the truth actually

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 is that sometimes

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 our prayer life

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 can be like that.

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 It can look

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 really impressive.

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 It can look like

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 it's full of

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 biblical language

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 and it can look like

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 it's full of

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 very audible

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 goals and aims

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 and phrases

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 and things in prayer.

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 But actually

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 it's become

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 formulaic,

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 routine.

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 Because the next time

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 you hear that person

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 praying

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 it's exactly the same prayer.

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 And there's no

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 vitality to it.

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 There's no change to it.

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 There's no life to it.

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 And the walk with God

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 is a walk that is

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 constantly changing.

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 Our walk with God

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 is evolving

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 because the things

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 that are going on

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 in our lives

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 are changing

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 and evolving

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 and the things

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 we have to pray for

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 are changing

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 and evolving

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 all the time.

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 And because

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 the sin that we

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 recognize in our own

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 lives is something

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 that's changing.

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 So this is another one

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 where lethargy

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 can set in.

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 We get lax

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 in putting to death

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 the sin that is

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 within us.

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 And we slow down

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 with it.

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 Or we get sloppy

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 in our witness.

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 Don't we know

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 that there's plenty

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 examples of that?

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 And so set

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 as examples

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 those who are

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 running

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 towards the prize.

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 Those who are

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 pursuing it

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 with all their might.

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 Secondly

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 thirdly sorry

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 grace

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 A.

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 We would

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 accept

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 suffering

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 with Christ.

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 This is a strange

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 one because

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 Paul says

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 something very

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 profound in this

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 chapter.

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 He talks about

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 the suffering

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 of Jesus

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 and he says

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 he wants to

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 share in that.

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 He says in

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 verse 10

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 that I may

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 know Jesus

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 and share in

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 his sufferings

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 and becoming

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 like him

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 in his death.

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 And this

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 is a very

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 strange one.

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 I've often

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 wondered in fact

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 does Paul

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 write these

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 things because

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 he himself

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 was perhaps

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 an eyewitness

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 to the death

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 of Jesus.

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 He was an

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 eyewitness to

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 the death

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 of Stephen

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 just a short

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 few months

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 later.

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 And I've

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 often wondered

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 was he an

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 eyewitness to

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 the death

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 of Jesus.

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 But there's

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 something about

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 the death

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 of Jesus

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 that sticks

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 with Paul

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 and that's

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 important to

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 him.

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 Not simply

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 for the means

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 of his

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 salvation.

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 Paul's very

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 clear on this.

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 we get

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 saved by

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 the death

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 of Jesus

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 because he

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 takes our

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 sin upon

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 himself and

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 our punishment

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 and he dies

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 for us.

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 But when Paul

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 says I want

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 to become like

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 Jesus in his

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 death he's

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 not talking

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 about bearing

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 other people's

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 sin.

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 We can't do

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 that.

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 We're not

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 making up

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 somehow a

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 little bit

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 extra to

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 take people

00:19:37.539 --> 00:19:37.899
 over the

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 line where

00:19:38.879 --> 00:19:39.639
 Jesus maybe

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 doesn't manage

00:19:40.240 --> 00:19:40.599
 to take

00:19:40.599 --> 00:19:41.480
 them themselves.

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 But instead

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 he's talking

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 about the

00:19:44.480 --> 00:19:45.139
 manner of the

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 death of

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 Jesus.

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 the humility

00:19:48.299 --> 00:19:48.799
 with which

00:19:48.799 --> 00:19:49.679
 he went

00:19:49.679 --> 00:19:50.059
 to that

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 death.

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 The humility

00:19:50.839 --> 00:19:51.379
 in obeying

00:19:51.379 --> 00:19:51.939
 the father's

00:19:51.939 --> 00:19:52.159
 call.

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 He'll have

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 been told

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 by the

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 other disciples

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 about the

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 garden of

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 Gethsemane.

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 About the

00:19:57.059 --> 00:19:57.500
 prayer of

00:19:57.500 --> 00:19:58.419
 Jesus the

00:19:58.419 --> 00:19:58.899
 night before

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 he was

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 betrayed when

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 he prayed

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 and said

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 father if it's

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 possible that

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 this cup would

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 pass from

00:20:04.019 --> 00:20:04.459
 me but not

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 my will but

00:20:05.119 --> 00:20:05.639
 yours be

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 done.

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 That

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 reconciliation

00:20:07.779 --> 00:20:08.599
 with the

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 father's

00:20:09.259 --> 00:20:10.480
 purposes in

00:20:10.480 --> 00:20:11.779
 his life

00:20:11.779 --> 00:20:13.079
 that took

00:20:13.079 --> 00:20:13.519
 him to the

00:20:13.519 --> 00:20:13.919
 cross.

00:20:13.920 --> 00:20:15.320
 God

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 is a

00:20:16.560 --> 00:20:17.180
 strange thing

00:20:17.180 --> 00:20:17.660
 for us to

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 acknowledge

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 but that

00:20:19.000 --> 00:20:20.200
 God uses

00:20:20.200 --> 00:20:21.400
 suffering in

00:20:21.400 --> 00:20:22.080
 the lives of

00:20:22.080 --> 00:20:23.480
 Christians to

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 shape and

00:20:24.120 --> 00:20:24.580
 mold and

00:20:24.580 --> 00:20:25.380
 transform their

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 character.

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 It's these

00:20:27.519 --> 00:20:28.140
 times where

00:20:28.140 --> 00:20:28.700
 you're lying in

00:20:28.700 --> 00:20:30.360
 hospital that

00:20:30.360 --> 00:20:30.920
 God often

00:20:30.920 --> 00:20:32.519
 uses to

00:20:32.519 --> 00:20:34.600
 chip away so

00:20:34.600 --> 00:20:35.380
 often the

00:20:35.380 --> 00:20:37.019
 flaws in our

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 own heart where

00:20:37.600 --> 00:20:38.380
 we don't trust

00:20:38.380 --> 00:20:38.580
 him.

00:20:39.420 --> 00:20:39.960
 The bits in

00:20:39.960 --> 00:20:40.539
 our hearts that

00:20:40.539 --> 00:20:41.060
 say I want to

00:20:41.059 --> 00:20:42.299
 hold on to

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 my own

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 autonomy.

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 I want to

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 hold on to

00:20:45.720 --> 00:20:46.039
 my own

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 rights.

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 I want to

00:20:46.679 --> 00:20:47.059
 hold on to

00:20:47.059 --> 00:20:47.339
 my own

00:20:47.339 --> 00:20:47.899
 self.

00:20:49.240 --> 00:20:49.639
 God's

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 saying no

00:20:49.960 --> 00:20:50.200
 what you

00:20:50.200 --> 00:20:50.480
 need to

00:20:50.480 --> 00:20:50.779
 learn is

00:20:50.779 --> 00:20:51.220
 to trust

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 me.

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 You trust

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 him in

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 the midst

00:20:54.720 --> 00:20:55.339
 of suffering.

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 You trust

00:20:55.879 --> 00:20:56.200
 him with

00:20:56.200 --> 00:20:57.200
 Jesus going

00:20:57.200 --> 00:20:57.980
 through the

00:20:57.980 --> 00:20:58.279
 suffering.

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 Not you

00:20:58.899 --> 00:20:59.440
 trust him so

00:20:59.440 --> 00:20:59.799
 that he takes

00:20:59.799 --> 00:21:00.220
 the suffering

00:21:00.220 --> 00:21:01.220
 away but

00:21:01.220 --> 00:21:01.700
 you trust

00:21:01.700 --> 00:21:02.099
 him so that

00:21:02.099 --> 00:21:02.639
 the suffering

00:21:02.639 --> 00:21:03.700
 is used

00:21:03.700 --> 00:21:04.940
 for God's

00:21:04.940 --> 00:21:06.500
 purposes in

00:21:06.500 --> 00:21:07.119
 the unfolding

00:21:07.119 --> 00:21:07.599
 of your

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 life and

00:21:09.480 --> 00:21:09.980
 drawing you

00:21:09.980 --> 00:21:10.359
 closer to

00:21:10.359 --> 00:21:10.599
 himself.

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 Now that

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 suffering can

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 take many

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 forms.

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 I mentioned

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 Lyman in

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 hospital.

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 That's often

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 physical.

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 But it can

00:21:17.299 --> 00:21:17.980
 take many

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 forms.

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 It can be

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 psychological.

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 There can

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 be an

00:21:21.019 --> 00:21:21.539
 emotional,

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 mental

00:21:22.740 --> 00:21:24.139
 suffering and

00:21:24.139 --> 00:21:24.779
 struggle in

00:21:24.779 --> 00:21:25.319
 our lives.

00:21:26.419 --> 00:21:26.839
 God's

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 teaching us

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 through that.

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 It can be

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 relational.

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 There can be

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 tense,

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 difficult

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 seasons in

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 your life

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 where you're

00:21:36.839 --> 00:21:37.559
 at pain

00:21:37.559 --> 00:21:38.019
 because

00:21:38.019 --> 00:21:39.079
 something in

00:21:39.079 --> 00:21:39.559
 your marriage

00:21:39.559 --> 00:21:40.159
 is just not

00:21:40.160 --> 00:21:41.560
 working or

00:21:41.560 --> 00:21:42.040
 because something

00:21:42.040 --> 00:21:42.340
 in your

00:21:42.340 --> 00:21:43.200
 relationship with

00:21:43.200 --> 00:21:43.860
 your boss or

00:21:43.860 --> 00:21:44.460
 your colleagues

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 isn't working

00:21:45.560 --> 00:21:46.240
 or because

00:21:46.240 --> 00:21:46.680
 something in

00:21:46.680 --> 00:21:47.220
 your relationship

00:21:47.220 --> 00:21:47.560
 with your

00:21:47.560 --> 00:21:48.500
 children isn't

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 working.

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 There's a

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 pain associated

00:21:50.900 --> 00:21:51.500
 with that.

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 We come to

00:21:54.840 --> 00:21:55.440
 God in all of

00:21:55.440 --> 00:21:56.040
 these situations.

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 We rely on

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 him.

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 We trust in

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 him.

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 We set an

00:21:58.720 --> 00:21:59.259
 example,

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 therefore,

00:21:59.800 --> 00:22:00.720
 to others of

00:22:00.720 --> 00:22:01.380
 how you walk

00:22:01.380 --> 00:22:02.240
 with Christ,

00:22:02.779 --> 00:22:03.519
 sharing in

00:22:03.519 --> 00:22:03.960
 Christ's

00:22:03.960 --> 00:22:06.160
 sufferings as

00:22:06.160 --> 00:22:06.560
 you go through

00:22:06.559 --> 00:22:07.339
 these experiences.

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 And I would

00:22:10.039 --> 00:22:10.659
 say that today

00:22:10.659 --> 00:22:11.500
 to those of

00:22:11.500 --> 00:22:11.819
 you who are

00:22:11.819 --> 00:22:12.299
 not yet

00:22:12.299 --> 00:22:12.740
 believers.

00:22:13.379 --> 00:22:13.980
 The Christian

00:22:13.980 --> 00:22:15.619
 life is not

00:22:15.619 --> 00:22:16.079
 one where

00:22:16.079 --> 00:22:16.659
 suffering is

00:22:16.659 --> 00:22:16.980
 going to be

00:22:16.980 --> 00:22:17.559
 removed from

00:22:17.559 --> 00:22:17.740
 you.

00:22:18.799 --> 00:22:19.500
 The Christian

00:22:19.500 --> 00:22:20.220
 life is not

00:22:20.220 --> 00:22:20.599
 one where

00:22:20.599 --> 00:22:21.059
 God says,

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 well,

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 that's it,

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 there's no

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 pain for

00:22:22.159 --> 00:22:22.500
 you now,

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 nothing

00:22:23.079 --> 00:22:23.659
 difficult in

00:22:23.659 --> 00:22:24.079
 your path,

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 you'll just

00:22:25.440 --> 00:22:25.980
 be carried

00:22:25.980 --> 00:22:26.539
 to heaven

00:22:26.539 --> 00:22:27.500
 on angels'

00:22:27.639 --> 00:22:27.879
 wings.

00:22:29.099 --> 00:22:29.740
 And that's

00:22:29.740 --> 00:22:30.119
 not the

00:22:30.119 --> 00:22:30.559
 reality.

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 But the

00:22:33.240 --> 00:22:34.119
 reality is that

00:22:34.119 --> 00:22:34.919
 in that

00:22:34.919 --> 00:22:35.479
 suffering,

00:22:36.839 --> 00:22:38.399
 Christ is

00:22:38.399 --> 00:22:38.899
 with you.

00:22:39.919 --> 00:22:40.399
 The Holy

00:22:40.399 --> 00:22:41.679
 Spirit empowers

00:22:41.679 --> 00:22:42.000
 you.

00:22:42.759 --> 00:22:43.139
 And the

00:22:43.139 --> 00:22:43.819
 Father's love

00:22:43.819 --> 00:22:44.739
 towards you

00:22:44.739 --> 00:22:46.559
 remains clear

00:22:46.559 --> 00:22:47.699
 and steadfast.

00:22:48.599 --> 00:22:49.059
 And so we

00:22:49.059 --> 00:22:49.739
 need examples

00:22:49.739 --> 00:22:50.359
 in our lives,

00:22:50.839 --> 00:22:51.699
 not of the

00:22:51.699 --> 00:22:52.039
 comfortable

00:22:52.039 --> 00:22:52.539
 Christian,

00:22:52.979 --> 00:22:53.500
 because that's

00:22:53.500 --> 00:22:54.119
 likely someone

00:22:54.119 --> 00:22:55.099
 who's not

00:22:55.099 --> 00:22:55.739
 garnering much

00:22:55.739 --> 00:22:56.299
 attention from

00:22:56.299 --> 00:22:56.739
 the evil one

00:22:56.739 --> 00:22:57.059
 anyway,

00:22:57.939 --> 00:22:58.299
 but of

00:22:58.299 --> 00:22:58.939
 Christians who

00:22:58.939 --> 00:22:59.299
 have gone

00:22:59.299 --> 00:23:00.979
 through suffering

00:23:00.979 --> 00:23:02.139
 and who have

00:23:02.139 --> 00:23:02.819
 the humility

00:23:02.819 --> 00:23:03.979
 not to become

00:23:03.980 --> 00:23:04.740
 bitter and

00:23:04.740 --> 00:23:05.380
 cynical by

00:23:05.380 --> 00:23:06.240
 these experiences,

00:23:07.319 --> 00:23:08.940
 but who have

00:23:08.940 --> 00:23:10.160
 been made

00:23:10.160 --> 00:23:10.960
 more

00:23:10.960 --> 00:23:12.079
 Christ-like.

00:23:15.360 --> 00:23:15.680
 And so

00:23:15.680 --> 00:23:16.259
 follow the

00:23:16.259 --> 00:23:17.000
 example of

00:23:17.000 --> 00:23:17.360
 those who

00:23:17.360 --> 00:23:18.000
 have accepted

00:23:18.000 --> 00:23:18.579
 suffering

00:23:18.579 --> 00:23:20.180
 with Christ.

00:23:21.000 --> 00:23:21.339
 So gain

00:23:21.339 --> 00:23:21.759
 Christ's

00:23:21.759 --> 00:23:22.140
 righteousness,

00:23:22.360 --> 00:23:22.880
 run towards

00:23:22.880 --> 00:23:23.400
 the prize,

00:23:23.839 --> 00:23:24.180
 accept

00:23:24.180 --> 00:23:24.599
 suffering.

00:23:25.279 --> 00:23:25.799
 Fourthly,

00:23:26.880 --> 00:23:27.279
 follow

00:23:27.279 --> 00:23:27.960
 citizens of

00:23:27.960 --> 00:23:28.180
 heaven.

00:23:29.700 --> 00:23:30.220
 Paul again

00:23:30.220 --> 00:23:30.779
 is very clear

00:23:30.779 --> 00:23:31.059
 on this.

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 In this

00:23:31.339 --> 00:23:32.120
 passage,

00:23:32.319 --> 00:23:33.180
 he explains

00:23:33.180 --> 00:23:33.519
 that our

00:23:33.519 --> 00:23:34.000
 citizenship

00:23:34.000 --> 00:23:34.920
 is in

00:23:34.920 --> 00:23:35.220
 heaven,

00:23:35.420 --> 00:23:35.839
 not in

00:23:35.839 --> 00:23:36.359
 this world,

00:23:36.619 --> 00:23:37.119
 and from

00:23:37.119 --> 00:23:37.440
 it we

00:23:37.440 --> 00:23:37.900
 await a

00:23:37.900 --> 00:23:38.139
 Savior,

00:23:38.319 --> 00:23:38.819
 Christ Jesus

00:23:38.819 --> 00:23:39.200
 the Lord.

00:23:39.279 --> 00:23:39.879
 Philippians 3

00:23:39.879 --> 00:23:40.480
 verse 20.

00:23:41.160 --> 00:23:41.619
 What he

00:23:41.619 --> 00:23:42.119
 means there

00:23:42.119 --> 00:23:42.839
 is that

00:23:42.839 --> 00:23:44.079
 we are

00:23:44.079 --> 00:23:46.099
 people who

00:23:46.099 --> 00:23:47.639
 live not

00:23:47.639 --> 00:23:48.259
 for this

00:23:48.259 --> 00:23:48.579
 world.

00:23:50.160 --> 00:23:50.400
 The

00:23:50.400 --> 00:23:50.980
 Christian is

00:23:50.980 --> 00:23:51.359
 someone who

00:23:51.359 --> 00:23:51.799
 does not

00:23:51.799 --> 00:23:52.779
 live for

00:23:52.779 --> 00:23:53.599
 this world.

00:23:53.900 --> 00:23:54.319
 The Christian

00:23:54.319 --> 00:23:54.619
 is someone

00:23:54.619 --> 00:23:55.240
 who lives

00:23:55.240 --> 00:23:56.099
 for Christ,

00:23:56.240 --> 00:23:56.579
 lives for

00:23:56.579 --> 00:23:56.900
 Jesus.

00:23:57.900 --> 00:23:58.379
 And Jesus

00:23:58.379 --> 00:23:58.700
 is in

00:23:58.700 --> 00:23:58.920
 heaven.

00:24:00.299 --> 00:24:00.740
 Jesus is

00:24:00.740 --> 00:24:01.440
 enthroned in

00:24:01.440 --> 00:24:02.240
 glory today.

00:24:02.240 --> 00:24:04.279
 And so

00:24:04.279 --> 00:24:05.900
 we need

00:24:05.900 --> 00:24:09.140
 Christians

00:24:09.140 --> 00:24:11.200
 who will

00:24:11.200 --> 00:24:11.839
 pursue

00:24:11.839 --> 00:24:13.259
 that

00:24:13.259 --> 00:24:13.980
 future.

00:24:16.599 --> 00:24:17.519
 That future

00:24:17.519 --> 00:24:18.539
 expression of

00:24:18.539 --> 00:24:19.000
 citizenship.

00:24:21.140 --> 00:24:21.599
 Christians

00:24:21.599 --> 00:24:22.539
 who will

00:24:22.539 --> 00:24:23.079
 cross the

00:24:23.079 --> 00:24:23.380
 channel.

00:24:25.980 --> 00:24:26.519
 It's a

00:24:26.519 --> 00:24:26.920
 strange way

00:24:26.920 --> 00:24:27.380
 of putting it.

00:24:27.579 --> 00:24:28.299
 It's topical

00:24:28.299 --> 00:24:28.519
 though.

00:24:29.859 --> 00:24:30.259
 There's people

00:24:30.259 --> 00:24:30.640
 who want to

00:24:30.640 --> 00:24:31.140
 come to this

00:24:31.140 --> 00:24:31.780
 country because

00:24:31.780 --> 00:24:32.180
 they think

00:24:32.180 --> 00:24:32.740
 this country

00:24:32.740 --> 00:24:33.300
 is a place

00:24:33.300 --> 00:24:33.600
 where they

00:24:33.600 --> 00:24:33.880
 will be

00:24:33.880 --> 00:24:34.300
 safe,

00:24:34.820 --> 00:24:35.860
 where they

00:24:35.860 --> 00:24:36.160
 will be

00:24:36.160 --> 00:24:36.740
 respected,

00:24:38.020 --> 00:24:39.240
 where they'll

00:24:39.240 --> 00:24:39.940
 find hope.

00:24:41.440 --> 00:24:42.140
 They want to

00:24:42.140 --> 00:24:42.759
 be citizens

00:24:42.759 --> 00:24:43.100
 of this

00:24:43.100 --> 00:24:43.400
 country.

00:24:47.680 --> 00:24:48.320
 And that's

00:24:48.320 --> 00:24:48.680
 what we need

00:24:48.680 --> 00:24:49.200
 in Christians.

00:24:50.580 --> 00:24:50.800
 You know,

00:24:50.820 --> 00:24:51.460
 Christians who

00:24:51.460 --> 00:24:52.460
 want to

00:24:52.460 --> 00:24:53.740
 experience

00:24:53.740 --> 00:24:55.420
 the citizenship

00:24:55.420 --> 00:24:56.060
 of heaven.

00:24:57.240 --> 00:24:57.980
 Who want to

00:24:57.980 --> 00:24:58.759
 experience

00:24:58.759 --> 00:25:00.779
 the assurance

00:25:00.779 --> 00:25:01.279
 and the

00:25:01.279 --> 00:25:02.000
 blessing of

00:25:02.000 --> 00:25:02.619
 God on

00:25:02.619 --> 00:25:03.359
 their lives

00:25:03.359 --> 00:25:04.680
 and who

00:25:04.680 --> 00:25:04.839
 will

00:25:04.839 --> 00:25:05.400
 overflow

00:25:05.400 --> 00:25:06.619
 therefore

00:25:06.619 --> 00:25:07.480
 in showing

00:25:07.480 --> 00:25:08.539
 the

00:25:08.539 --> 00:25:09.000
 citizenship

00:25:09.000 --> 00:25:09.599
 of heaven

00:25:09.599 --> 00:25:10.339
 in how

00:25:10.339 --> 00:25:10.700
 they live

00:25:10.700 --> 00:25:11.140
 right now.

00:25:11.140 --> 00:25:15.020
 I think

00:25:15.020 --> 00:25:15.480
 sometimes what

00:25:15.480 --> 00:25:15.860
 that means

00:25:15.860 --> 00:25:16.100
 is,

00:25:16.380 --> 00:25:16.800
 especially if

00:25:16.800 --> 00:25:16.960
 you want

00:25:16.960 --> 00:25:17.680
 to be an

00:25:17.680 --> 00:25:18.259
 example to

00:25:18.259 --> 00:25:18.500
 younger

00:25:18.500 --> 00:25:18.860
 Christians,

00:25:18.980 --> 00:25:19.620
 simply this.

00:25:20.680 --> 00:25:21.120
 Do not

00:25:21.120 --> 00:25:21.520
 set the

00:25:21.520 --> 00:25:22.080
 example of

00:25:22.080 --> 00:25:22.600
 saying the

00:25:22.600 --> 00:25:23.000
 old days

00:25:23.000 --> 00:25:23.440
 were better.

00:25:26.400 --> 00:25:26.800
 They

00:25:26.800 --> 00:25:27.200
 probably

00:25:27.200 --> 00:25:27.620
 weren't.

00:25:30.280 --> 00:25:30.900
 The reason

00:25:30.900 --> 00:25:31.420
 I say that

00:25:31.420 --> 00:25:31.940
 is because the

00:25:31.940 --> 00:25:32.360
 world has

00:25:32.360 --> 00:25:33.940
 always had

00:25:33.940 --> 00:25:34.220
 its own

00:25:34.220 --> 00:25:34.520
 appeal.

00:25:35.840 --> 00:25:36.440
 The world

00:25:36.440 --> 00:25:36.940
 had its own

00:25:36.940 --> 00:25:37.460
 appeal when

00:25:37.460 --> 00:25:37.720
 you were

00:25:37.720 --> 00:25:38.040
 young.

00:25:38.540 --> 00:25:39.220
 It has its

00:25:39.220 --> 00:25:39.920
 appeal today.

00:25:39.920 --> 00:25:40.779
 It will

00:25:40.779 --> 00:25:41.120
 have its

00:25:41.120 --> 00:25:41.779
 appeal tomorrow.

00:25:43.019 --> 00:25:43.600
 And the

00:25:43.600 --> 00:25:44.539
 Christian of

00:25:44.539 --> 00:25:45.300
 any age will

00:25:45.300 --> 00:25:46.039
 struggle against

00:25:46.039 --> 00:25:46.660
 these things and

00:25:46.660 --> 00:25:47.060
 will need to

00:25:47.060 --> 00:25:47.800
 battle through to

00:25:47.800 --> 00:25:49.160
 understand their

00:25:49.160 --> 00:25:49.940
 citizenship in

00:25:49.940 --> 00:25:50.660
 that context.

00:25:52.320 --> 00:25:52.640
 And the

00:25:52.640 --> 00:25:53.539
 struggles today for

00:25:53.539 --> 00:25:54.440
 young Christians are

00:25:54.440 --> 00:25:55.220
 different to the

00:25:55.220 --> 00:25:56.420
 struggles you had as

00:25:56.420 --> 00:25:56.980
 a young Christian

00:25:56.980 --> 00:25:57.759
 50 years ago.

00:25:58.860 --> 00:25:59.720
 But it wasn't

00:25:59.720 --> 00:26:00.880
 easier 50 years

00:26:00.880 --> 00:26:01.120
 ago.

00:26:04.600 --> 00:26:05.360
 It's probably

00:26:05.360 --> 00:26:05.900
 just the same.

00:26:05.900 --> 00:26:09.280
 people who

00:26:09.280 --> 00:26:10.120
 are

00:26:10.120 --> 00:26:13.340
 not who

00:26:13.340 --> 00:26:13.759
 yearn for

00:26:13.759 --> 00:26:14.340
 better days of

00:26:14.340 --> 00:26:14.820
 the past,

00:26:15.500 --> 00:26:16.420
 but for

00:26:16.420 --> 00:26:17.080
 people who

00:26:17.080 --> 00:26:17.800
 are today

00:26:17.800 --> 00:26:19.460
 trained as

00:26:19.460 --> 00:26:19.960
 citizens of

00:26:19.960 --> 00:26:21.620
 heaven and

00:26:21.620 --> 00:26:22.259
 who recognize

00:26:22.259 --> 00:26:22.720
 what their

00:26:22.720 --> 00:26:23.300
 role in the

00:26:23.300 --> 00:26:23.960
 world is,

00:26:24.060 --> 00:26:24.360
 what they're

00:26:24.360 --> 00:26:24.860
 doing in

00:26:24.860 --> 00:26:25.500
 this place

00:26:25.500 --> 00:26:26.880
 as ambassadors

00:26:26.880 --> 00:26:27.680
 of Jesus,

00:26:28.720 --> 00:26:29.320
 citizens from

00:26:29.320 --> 00:26:29.680
 that other

00:26:29.680 --> 00:26:30.080
 place.

00:26:30.079 --> 00:26:30.179
 families.

00:26:31.559 --> 00:26:33.299
 Finally, if

00:26:33.299 --> 00:26:33.539
 you want

00:26:33.539 --> 00:26:34.500
 examples to

00:26:34.500 --> 00:26:35.000
 look for,

00:26:36.179 --> 00:26:36.799
 and examples

00:26:36.799 --> 00:26:37.299
 that you will

00:26:37.299 --> 00:26:37.960
 follow after,

00:26:39.659 --> 00:26:40.399
 look for those

00:26:40.399 --> 00:26:40.699
 who will

00:26:40.699 --> 00:26:41.659
 encourage you

00:26:41.659 --> 00:26:43.019
 and love

00:26:43.019 --> 00:26:43.259
 you.

00:26:44.939 --> 00:26:45.500
 That's what

00:26:45.500 --> 00:26:46.039
 Paul says at

00:26:46.039 --> 00:26:46.379
 the end of

00:26:46.379 --> 00:26:47.240
 this section.

00:26:48.539 --> 00:26:48.779
 Therefore,

00:26:48.980 --> 00:26:49.460
 my brothers,

00:26:50.039 --> 00:26:50.839
 whom I love

00:26:50.839 --> 00:26:51.659
 and long for,

00:26:51.859 --> 00:26:52.559
 my joy and

00:26:52.559 --> 00:26:53.939
 crown, stand

00:26:53.939 --> 00:26:54.539
 firm in the

00:26:54.539 --> 00:26:54.799
 Lord.

00:26:56.379 --> 00:26:57.359
 Find examples

00:26:57.359 --> 00:26:57.980
 of people who

00:26:57.980 --> 00:26:58.480
 are going to

00:26:58.480 --> 00:26:59.279
 build you up.

00:27:00.799 --> 00:27:01.359
 There are

00:27:01.359 --> 00:27:01.740
 plenty of

00:27:01.740 --> 00:27:02.059
 people in

00:27:02.059 --> 00:27:02.439
 the world

00:27:02.439 --> 00:27:03.179
 who will

00:27:03.179 --> 00:27:03.599
 tear you

00:27:03.599 --> 00:27:03.819
 down.

00:27:03.919 --> 00:27:04.079
 There are

00:27:04.079 --> 00:27:04.379
 plenty of

00:27:04.379 --> 00:27:04.639
 people in

00:27:04.639 --> 00:27:04.859
 the world

00:27:04.859 --> 00:27:05.139
 who will

00:27:05.139 --> 00:27:05.799
 be nothing

00:27:05.799 --> 00:27:06.419
 but critical.

00:27:06.899 --> 00:27:07.119
 There are

00:27:07.119 --> 00:27:07.480
 plenty of

00:27:07.480 --> 00:27:07.759
 people in

00:27:07.759 --> 00:27:08.039
 the world

00:27:08.039 --> 00:27:08.359
 who will

00:27:08.359 --> 00:27:09.059
 express that

00:27:09.059 --> 00:27:09.639
 criticism in

00:27:09.639 --> 00:27:10.199
 all sorts of

00:27:10.199 --> 00:27:10.799
 different ways,

00:27:11.639 --> 00:27:12.139
 and sometimes

00:27:12.139 --> 00:27:12.679
 it's entirely

00:27:12.679 --> 00:27:13.139
 justified.

00:27:14.919 --> 00:27:15.519
 But there's

00:27:15.519 --> 00:27:15.980
 not enough

00:27:15.980 --> 00:27:17.679
 people who

00:27:17.679 --> 00:27:18.099
 will love

00:27:18.099 --> 00:27:18.339
 you.

00:27:21.240 --> 00:27:21.819
 If you're

00:27:21.819 --> 00:27:22.119
 an older

00:27:22.119 --> 00:27:22.599
 Christian,

00:27:23.319 --> 00:27:24.259
 love and

00:27:24.259 --> 00:27:24.939
 long for

00:27:24.939 --> 00:27:25.639
 young Christians

00:27:25.639 --> 00:27:26.319
 to do better

00:27:26.319 --> 00:27:26.679
 than you.

00:27:30.079 --> 00:27:30.740
 If you're

00:27:30.740 --> 00:27:31.019
 an old

00:27:31.019 --> 00:27:31.500
 Christian,

00:27:32.619 --> 00:27:33.220
 remember the

00:27:33.220 --> 00:27:33.720
 world that

00:27:33.720 --> 00:27:34.519
 the young

00:27:34.519 --> 00:27:35.019
 Christian of

00:27:35.019 --> 00:27:35.460
 today is

00:27:35.460 --> 00:27:35.960
 going into

00:27:35.960 --> 00:27:36.500
 is a world

00:27:36.500 --> 00:27:37.099
 that's very

00:27:37.099 --> 00:27:37.579
 different to

00:27:37.579 --> 00:27:37.859
 the world

00:27:37.859 --> 00:27:38.159
 you grew

00:27:38.159 --> 00:27:38.559
 up in.

00:27:38.559 --> 00:27:43.079
 It's a

00:27:43.079 --> 00:27:43.579
 world where

00:27:43.579 --> 00:27:46.579
 now we've

00:27:46.579 --> 00:27:47.179
 decriminalized

00:27:47.179 --> 00:27:47.720
 abortion to

00:27:47.720 --> 00:27:48.000
 birth.

00:27:50.279 --> 00:27:50.940
 It's a

00:27:50.940 --> 00:27:51.879
 world where

00:27:51.879 --> 00:27:53.559
 now we've

00:27:53.559 --> 00:27:54.539
 approved or

00:27:54.539 --> 00:27:55.059
 are about to

00:27:55.059 --> 00:27:55.500
 approve a

00:27:55.500 --> 00:27:57.139
 law allowing

00:27:57.139 --> 00:27:57.940
 assisted suicide

00:27:57.940 --> 00:27:58.940
 in our health

00:27:58.940 --> 00:27:59.279
 service.

00:28:01.000 --> 00:28:01.879
 It's a world

00:28:01.879 --> 00:28:02.279
 where the

00:28:02.279 --> 00:28:03.139
 biblical norms

00:28:03.139 --> 00:28:03.859
 that shaped

00:28:03.859 --> 00:28:04.940
 your life

00:28:04.940 --> 00:28:06.579
 50 years

00:28:06.579 --> 00:28:06.919
 ago

00:28:06.920 --> 00:28:09.100
 are gone.

00:28:15.039 --> 00:28:15.759
 And the

00:28:15.759 --> 00:28:16.480
 great privilege

00:28:16.480 --> 00:28:17.480
 that belongs

00:28:17.480 --> 00:28:18.180
 to older

00:28:18.180 --> 00:28:18.600
 Christians

00:28:18.600 --> 00:28:20.400
 today is

00:28:20.400 --> 00:28:20.860
 to love

00:28:20.860 --> 00:28:21.200
 young

00:28:21.200 --> 00:28:21.620
 Christians,

00:28:22.620 --> 00:28:23.660
 to love

00:28:23.660 --> 00:28:23.980
 them and

00:28:23.980 --> 00:28:24.680
 to encourage

00:28:24.680 --> 00:28:25.140
 them in the

00:28:25.140 --> 00:28:25.560
 day they're

00:28:25.560 --> 00:28:25.759
 in,

00:28:26.640 --> 00:28:27.700
 to encourage

00:28:27.700 --> 00:28:28.120
 them in the

00:28:28.120 --> 00:28:30.080
 battles of

00:28:30.080 --> 00:28:30.620
 this moment,

00:28:30.960 --> 00:28:32.380
 to encourage

00:28:32.380 --> 00:28:32.700
 them in

00:28:32.700 --> 00:28:33.140
 learning how

00:28:33.140 --> 00:28:33.620
 to witness

00:28:33.620 --> 00:28:34.039
 in this

00:28:34.039 --> 00:28:34.420
 moment,

00:28:35.019 --> 00:28:36.340
 to encourage

00:28:36.340 --> 00:28:36.720
 them in

00:28:36.720 --> 00:28:38.180
 new things.

00:28:40.799 --> 00:28:41.539
 Perhaps it's

00:28:41.539 --> 00:28:42.600
 using social

00:28:42.600 --> 00:28:42.940
 media,

00:28:43.160 --> 00:28:43.640
 perhaps it's

00:28:43.640 --> 00:28:45.200
 using different

00:28:45.200 --> 00:28:45.779
 sets of

00:28:45.779 --> 00:28:46.240
 gifts,

00:28:47.240 --> 00:28:48.259
 but whatever

00:28:48.259 --> 00:28:48.579
 it is,

00:28:48.600 --> 00:28:49.100
 it's using

00:28:49.100 --> 00:28:49.880
 all to the

00:28:49.880 --> 00:28:50.339
 glory of

00:28:50.339 --> 00:28:50.680
 God.

00:28:51.500 --> 00:28:51.700
 And so

00:28:51.700 --> 00:28:52.480
 find people

00:28:52.480 --> 00:28:52.839
 who will

00:28:52.839 --> 00:28:53.279
 love you

00:28:53.279 --> 00:28:54.100
 and encourage

00:28:54.100 --> 00:28:56.319
 you in

00:28:56.319 --> 00:28:56.960
 using these

00:28:56.960 --> 00:28:57.339
 things.

00:28:59.960 --> 00:29:00.660
 Quite simply

00:29:00.660 --> 00:29:01.140
 today, I

00:29:01.140 --> 00:29:01.440
 would leave

00:29:01.440 --> 00:29:01.799
 you with this

00:29:01.799 --> 00:29:02.200
 question.

00:29:02.200 --> 00:29:04.460
 are you

00:29:04.460 --> 00:29:04.960
 looking for

00:29:04.960 --> 00:29:05.620
 the best

00:29:05.620 --> 00:29:07.340
 example in

00:29:07.340 --> 00:29:07.660
 how you

00:29:07.660 --> 00:29:08.100
 live as a

00:29:08.100 --> 00:29:08.340
 Christian?

00:29:11.019 --> 00:29:11.620
 Are you

00:29:11.620 --> 00:29:12.059
 looking for

00:29:12.059 --> 00:29:12.740
 people who

00:29:12.740 --> 00:29:15.080
 will show

00:29:15.080 --> 00:29:15.740
 you how

00:29:15.740 --> 00:29:16.240
 justification

00:29:16.240 --> 00:29:16.880
 works?

00:29:18.279 --> 00:29:18.860
 Are you

00:29:18.860 --> 00:29:19.360
 looking for

00:29:19.360 --> 00:29:19.860
 people who

00:29:19.860 --> 00:29:20.620
 will show

00:29:20.620 --> 00:29:20.960
 you how to

00:29:20.960 --> 00:29:22.240
 gain God's

00:29:22.240 --> 00:29:23.160
 favor and

00:29:23.160 --> 00:29:23.640
 righteousness

00:29:23.640 --> 00:29:25.019
 to stand

00:29:25.019 --> 00:29:25.319
 before?

00:29:25.319 --> 00:29:27.639
 are you

00:29:27.639 --> 00:29:28.399
 looking for

00:29:28.399 --> 00:29:29.319
 people who

00:29:29.319 --> 00:29:30.899
 will also

00:29:30.899 --> 00:29:31.980
 run towards

00:29:31.980 --> 00:29:32.700
 the prize,

00:29:34.299 --> 00:29:35.460
 racing towards

00:29:35.460 --> 00:29:36.240
 the upward

00:29:36.240 --> 00:29:36.939
 call of God

00:29:36.939 --> 00:29:37.339
 in Christ

00:29:37.339 --> 00:29:37.779
 Jesus?

00:29:39.059 --> 00:29:39.679
 People who

00:29:39.679 --> 00:29:40.200
 along the way

00:29:40.200 --> 00:29:40.839
 accept that

00:29:40.839 --> 00:29:41.399
 suffering is

00:29:41.399 --> 00:29:41.980
 going to be a

00:29:41.980 --> 00:29:42.439
 feature of

00:29:42.439 --> 00:29:43.019
 that life,

00:29:44.019 --> 00:29:45.779
 but who do

00:29:45.779 --> 00:29:47.200
 so as

00:29:47.200 --> 00:29:47.819
 citizens of

00:29:47.819 --> 00:29:49.599
 heaven and

00:29:49.599 --> 00:29:50.059
 long to

00:29:50.059 --> 00:29:51.579
 encourage those

00:29:51.579 --> 00:29:51.980
 with them.

00:29:51.980 --> 00:29:53.180
 let's pray

00:29:53.180 --> 00:29:53.440
 to God

00:29:53.440 --> 00:29:53.740
 just now.

00:29:55.539 --> 00:29:56.019
 Heavenly

00:29:56.019 --> 00:29:57.819
 Father, as

00:29:57.819 --> 00:29:59.960
 we look

00:29:59.960 --> 00:30:00.640
 upon our

00:30:00.640 --> 00:30:01.240
 church, as

00:30:01.240 --> 00:30:01.559
 we look on

00:30:01.559 --> 00:30:02.279
 our congregation,

00:30:03.099 --> 00:30:03.759
 I pray, Lord,

00:30:03.819 --> 00:30:04.279
 that you would

00:30:04.279 --> 00:30:05.039
 fill our

00:30:05.039 --> 00:30:06.019
 church with

00:30:06.019 --> 00:30:07.099
 people who

00:30:07.099 --> 00:30:07.960
 express these

00:30:07.960 --> 00:30:08.599
 characteristics.

00:30:09.819 --> 00:30:10.740
 We need

00:30:10.740 --> 00:30:12.559
 mature

00:30:12.559 --> 00:30:13.200
 Christians who

00:30:13.200 --> 00:30:13.620
 are going to

00:30:13.620 --> 00:30:14.400
 be worthy

00:30:14.400 --> 00:30:16.319
 examples to

00:30:16.319 --> 00:30:16.920
 the young,

00:30:17.900 --> 00:30:18.420
 who are going

00:30:18.420 --> 00:30:18.880
 to set an

00:30:18.880 --> 00:30:19.559
 example in

00:30:19.559 --> 00:30:20.380
 how to

00:30:20.380 --> 00:30:21.240
 thrive and

00:30:21.240 --> 00:30:21.940
 flourish as

00:30:21.940 --> 00:30:23.580
 Christians in

00:30:23.580 --> 00:30:23.920
 all of these

00:30:23.920 --> 00:30:24.480
 different ways.

00:30:25.360 --> 00:30:25.820
 And so, Lord, I

00:30:25.820 --> 00:30:26.259
 pray that you

00:30:26.259 --> 00:30:26.960
 would continue to

00:30:26.960 --> 00:30:28.299
 raise up men

00:30:28.299 --> 00:30:29.660
 and women who

00:30:29.660 --> 00:30:30.900
 are worthy

00:30:30.900 --> 00:30:31.600
 examples to

00:30:31.600 --> 00:30:31.840
 us.

00:30:32.740 --> 00:30:33.759
 And those of

00:30:33.759 --> 00:30:34.539
 us who are

00:30:34.539 --> 00:30:35.720
 younger, may

00:30:35.720 --> 00:30:36.519
 you fill us

00:30:36.519 --> 00:30:37.340
 with a desire

00:30:37.340 --> 00:30:39.000
 to know that

00:30:39.000 --> 00:30:39.700
 walk better,

00:30:40.360 --> 00:30:40.980
 fill us with a

00:30:40.980 --> 00:30:41.700
 desire to follow

00:30:41.700 --> 00:30:42.360
 in that example

00:30:42.360 --> 00:30:43.279
 and in these

00:30:43.279 --> 00:30:43.559
 footsteps.

00:30:44.400 --> 00:30:45.000
 And we ask and

00:30:45.000 --> 00:30:45.680
 pray these things

00:30:45.680 --> 00:30:46.400
 in Jesus' name.

00:30:47.080 --> 00:30:47.340
 Amen.

00:30:47.340 --> 00:30:47.440
 Amen.

00:30:51.940 --> 00:30:53.160
 We're going to

00:30:53.160 --> 00:30:53.500
 sing in

00:30:53.500 --> 00:30:54.039
 conclusion,

00:30:54.660 --> 00:30:55.580
 sing psalms,

00:30:56.460 --> 00:30:58.960
 psalm 73a,

00:31:00.180 --> 00:31:01.460
 page 95.

00:31:02.299 --> 00:31:02.660
 We're going to

00:31:02.660 --> 00:31:03.100
 sing the last

00:31:03.100 --> 00:31:04.360
 three stanzas of

00:31:04.360 --> 00:31:04.980
 the psalm.

00:31:06.620 --> 00:31:07.299
 The tune is

00:31:07.299 --> 00:31:07.960
 eventide,

00:31:08.539 --> 00:31:10.100
 verse 23 onwards,

00:31:10.259 --> 00:31:11.100
 yet I remain

00:31:11.100 --> 00:31:11.519
 with you

00:31:11.519 --> 00:31:12.100
 continually.

00:31:12.980 --> 00:31:13.820
 By my right

00:31:13.820 --> 00:31:14.740
 hand you hold

00:31:14.740 --> 00:31:15.299
 me as my

00:31:15.299 --> 00:31:15.620
 guide.

00:31:16.400 --> 00:31:17.279
 You'll lead me

00:31:17.279 --> 00:31:18.100
 with your

00:31:18.100 --> 00:31:18.840
 counsel to the

00:31:18.840 --> 00:31:20.279
 end and take

00:31:20.279 --> 00:31:21.359
 me into glory

00:31:21.359 --> 00:31:22.500
 to abide.

00:31:22.899 --> 00:31:23.460
 That is the

00:31:23.460 --> 00:31:24.200
 prize, the

00:31:24.200 --> 00:31:24.680
 goal of the

00:31:24.680 --> 00:31:25.299
 Christian life

00:31:25.299 --> 00:31:26.139
 and that we

00:31:26.139 --> 00:31:26.500
 are moving

00:31:26.500 --> 00:31:27.099
 towards.

00:31:27.539 --> 00:31:28.359
 Let's stand

00:31:28.359 --> 00:31:28.799
 to sing,

00:31:29.200 --> 00:31:29.680
 Yet I Remain

00:31:29.680 --> 00:31:30.000
 With You

00:31:30.000 --> 00:31:30.619
 Continually.

00:31:30.619 --> 00:31:36.720
 Yet I

00:31:36.720 --> 00:31:37.619
 remain

00:31:37.619 --> 00:31:39.619
 with

00:31:39.619 --> 00:31:40.819
 you

00:31:40.819 --> 00:31:43.339
 continually

00:31:43.339 --> 00:31:45.619
 by

00:31:45.619 --> 00:31:47.619
 my

00:31:47.619 --> 00:31:48.339
 right

00:31:48.339 --> 00:31:49.839
 hand

00:31:49.839 --> 00:31:51.919
 you hold

00:31:51.919 --> 00:31:54.119
 me as my

00:31:54.119 --> 00:31:55.619
 guide.

00:31:55.619 --> 00:31:58.559
 You'll lead

00:31:58.559 --> 00:32:00.179
 me with

00:32:00.179 --> 00:32:01.879
 your

00:32:01.879 --> 00:32:04.179
 counsel to

00:32:04.179 --> 00:32:05.079
 the

00:32:05.079 --> 00:32:08.439
 end and

00:32:08.439 --> 00:32:09.939
 take me

00:32:09.939 --> 00:32:12.359
 into glory

00:32:12.359 --> 00:32:13.179
 to

00:32:13.179 --> 00:32:14.579
 the

00:32:14.579 --> 00:32:16.639
 you

00:32:16.639 --> 00:32:19.359
 in

00:32:19.359 --> 00:32:20.359
 heaven

00:32:20.359 --> 00:32:20.919
 will

00:32:20.919 --> 00:32:22.859
 have

00:32:22.859 --> 00:32:24.599
 I

00:32:24.599 --> 00:32:24.919
 but

00:32:24.919 --> 00:32:26.299
 you

00:32:26.299 --> 00:32:28.199
 alone

00:32:28.199 --> 00:32:31.199
 on earth

00:32:31.199 --> 00:32:32.859
 there's no

00:32:32.859 --> 00:32:34.240
 walk

00:32:34.240 --> 00:32:35.359
 else

00:32:35.359 --> 00:32:36.939
 whom I

00:32:36.939 --> 00:32:38.159
 adore.

00:32:38.160 --> 00:32:38.660
 love.

00:32:38.660 --> 00:32:40.500
 Although

00:32:40.500 --> 00:32:43.940
 my heart

00:32:43.940 --> 00:32:45.940
 may feel

00:32:45.940 --> 00:32:47.940
 and pleasure

00:32:47.940 --> 00:32:48.940
 growing,

00:32:48.940 --> 00:32:52.779
 God is

00:32:52.779 --> 00:32:54.340
 my strength

00:32:54.340 --> 00:32:55.940
 and portion

00:32:55.940 --> 00:32:58.940
 evermore.

00:32:58.940 --> 00:33:03.220
 those who

00:33:03.220 --> 00:33:05.220
 are far

00:33:05.220 --> 00:33:07.220
 from you

00:33:07.220 --> 00:33:09.279
 will be

00:33:10.279 --> 00:33:11.220
 gathered

00:33:11.220 --> 00:33:13.220
 of

00:33:13.220 --> 00:33:16.019
 those who

00:33:16.019 --> 00:33:17.019
 are

00:33:17.019 --> 00:33:19.220
 unfaithful

00:33:20.100 --> 00:33:20.720
 you

00:33:20.720 --> 00:33:21.620
 need

00:33:21.620 --> 00:33:22.220
 brought

00:33:22.220 --> 00:33:22.819
 more.

00:33:23.620 --> 00:33:24.220
 But

00:33:24.220 --> 00:33:26.100
 I'll

00:33:26.100 --> 00:33:26.640
 draw

00:33:26.640 --> 00:33:27.900
 near

00:33:27.900 --> 00:33:29.519
 and

00:33:29.519 --> 00:33:30.500
 shelter

00:33:30.500 --> 00:33:31.839
 in

00:33:31.839 --> 00:33:32.579
 my

00:33:32.579 --> 00:33:34.120
 goal.

00:33:34.680 --> 00:33:35.759
 Near

00:33:35.759 --> 00:33:36.220
 Thee,

00:33:36.220 --> 00:33:38.380
 O Lord,

00:33:38.500 --> 00:33:39.220
 I

00:33:39.220 --> 00:33:39.920
 will

00:33:39.920 --> 00:33:40.759
 be

00:33:40.759 --> 00:33:41.860
 and

00:33:41.860 --> 00:33:43.640
 praise

00:33:43.640 --> 00:33:44.500
 for

00:33:44.500 --> 00:33:45.740
 him.

00:33:45.740 --> 00:33:47.519
 Now the

00:33:47.519 --> 00:33:48.019
 grace of

00:33:48.019 --> 00:33:48.299
 the Lord

00:33:48.299 --> 00:33:48.539
 Jesus

00:33:48.539 --> 00:33:48.900
 Christ,

00:33:48.980 --> 00:33:49.299
 the love

00:33:49.299 --> 00:33:49.620
 of God

00:33:49.620 --> 00:33:50.059
 the Father

00:33:50.059 --> 00:33:50.420
 and the

00:33:50.420 --> 00:33:50.740
 fellowship

00:33:50.740 --> 00:33:51.259
 of God

00:33:51.259 --> 00:33:51.680
 the Holy

00:33:51.680 --> 00:33:52.039
 Spirit

00:33:52.039 --> 00:33:52.420
 be with

00:33:52.420 --> 00:33:52.740
 each one

00:33:52.740 --> 00:33:52.960
 of us

00:33:52.960 --> 00:33:53.279
 now and

00:33:53.279 --> 00:33:53.559
 always.

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