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 We're going to jump back into Philippians tonight.

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 Let's see.

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 For those of you who haven't really been with us throughout the study,

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! Just to tell you where we've been in chapter 2.

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 Paul begins chapter 2 by exhorting the Philippians to not do things out of selfishness or rivalry,

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 but rather be united in love and humility towards one another.

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 And love and humility are the two things that actually hold the church together,

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 keeps them from dividing.

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 And then after verse 4, he gives you the ultimate example of sacrificial love and humility in the person of Christ

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 and how Christ left the glory of heaven and came as a man and lived a perfect life of obedience

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 and then died the most horrendous death on the cross.

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 And then God exalted him as a result.

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 But then last week, we talked about the mystery of how it is God who is at work in us,

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 supposed to work and will for his good pleasure,

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 and the mystery of our responsibility and how we're supposed to step forward and be obedient

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 and to labor and fight and strive.

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 But the whole time, it is God's power that works within us.

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 We learned about that mystery last week.

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 So with all this stuff in mind, with all this heavy doctrinal truth that we just read,

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 obviously Paul has in mind that there's application for life after this.

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 Remember that like no theology, no doctrine,

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 all theology is practical and all theology actually plays out into our lives.

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 It's not like we have the really easy theology that's like live this way and act that way,

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 and then we have the upper level thinking.

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 It all plays into how we live.

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 All of it does.

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 All of it.

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 And this is where we're going to go.

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 So in light of what they discussed in the previous verses,

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 Paul says live this way,

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 how we're to work out our salvation,

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 not work for our salvation,

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 but rather to press into the fullness of what is ours in Christ.

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 So we get to verse 14,

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 and we're going to jump around a little bit,

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 but first of all,

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 I want to just talk about the world that we live in,

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 okay,

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 the world that we live in.

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 And there's two things from this passage that we can note about the world that we live in.

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 The first one is,

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 can be seen in verse 15,

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 we live in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation,

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 or a crooked and perverse generation.

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 And definitely was true of Paul's days,

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 but it's definitely true of our day.

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 So we need to kind of address this.

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 And the word crooked here,

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 it means like scoliosis.

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 It means like something that is like bent out of shape,

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 and it's deviated from the intended path.

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 It's twisted and perverted,

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 and it kind of sums up the lost world around us.

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 And so perverse,

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 the other picture there,

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 being twisted,

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 it just means that we have taken the truth of God,

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 what is meant to be good and beautiful and right,

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 and we've twisted that and perverted that.

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 And even the good things that we have,

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 that's what we've done to them.

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 We've made them into ultimate things,

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 giving our lives to them and worshiping them,

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 that only God deserves our worship.

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 And so that we live in a society, though,

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 that doesn't just do evil,

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 but they actually like encourage each other to do evil,

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 and they give hearty approval to the ones who are acting in evil.

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 That's Romans 1.32.

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 It says they don't only do these evil things,

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 they give approval to those who practice them.

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 Proverbs 2.14 says this,

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 It kind of sums up this idea of how things are not the way they ought to be.

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 They're twisted and they're crooked.

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 A mess like the world that we live in

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 is a perversion of what God had.

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 And so that's something first to note,

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 is we live in a crooked and perverse generation.

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 Now, this is probably where we're going to be spending most of our time.

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 But something else to note,

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 as you see in verse 15,

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 it says that we're shining as lights in the world,

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 and light implies that darkness.

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 And it is a characteristic of the lost world around us

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 that it's also a generation that lives in darkness.

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 The world dwells in darkness.

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 And it's a characteristic of a sinful lost world.

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 And many dictionaries,

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 just English dictionaries,

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 if you look at it and you actually look up darkness,

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 guess what it says?

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 Like absence of light,

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 where there's no light.

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 That's like what it says.

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 The best definition of what darkness really is,

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 is an absence of light.

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 However, like God is not ever talking about physical darkness.

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 Like turn the lights off in here.

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 He's talking about a spiritual darkness

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 that haunts the souls of men

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 that lives in us,

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 that lives in the lost world around us.

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 And an oppressive spiritual darkness that crushes us.

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 And the people that live in darkness currently,

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 some of you might,

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 if you're without Christ,

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 that you still dwell in darkness.

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 They're aware of it.

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 They know like something's not right.

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 I knew that I did.

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 I knew that something was not right in my life.

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 I didn't really know what.

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 But I felt like I had darkness.

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 And so the people that we live around,

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 they feel that way.

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 And elsewhere in the world,

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 you see darkness in a variety of forms.

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 You see it like in a miscarriage of justice,

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 corrupted governments,

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 corrupted legal officials,

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 and how they use their power

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 to starve their people

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 and to abuse their people.

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 We see so many things.

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 We see sex trafficking.

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 We see that warlords seize the food

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 that's meant to feed the starving people.

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 We see all kinds of stuff,

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 a darkness that just prevails over the world.

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 And then just even in our own lives,

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 we feel like the darkness of separation

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 and loneliness and broken relationships

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 and sickness, death,

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 a big uncertainty.

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 One of the major characteristics about darkness

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 is you can't see where you're going.

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 And you have to think of that way spiritually.

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 All of you at one time,

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 and myself included,

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 and many of you know now,

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 they have no hope and no peace

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 and no joy about the future at all.

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 They have no idea

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 like what the future holds for them.

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 And that's why they only can live in the moment,

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 eat, drink, and be merry,

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 for tomorrow we die.

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 They don't know like what the future holds.

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 And so they,

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 it's very scary.

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 Knowing that,

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 knowing what I know now,

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 knowing that God is sovereign over my life

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 and He has a direction for my life

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 and that He only intends good

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 and the best for me,

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 that brings a peace that the world doesn't know.

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 Their lives are headed towards chaos.

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 And ultimately,

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 it will lead to spiritual death,

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 ultimate spiritual death

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 and separation from God.

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 Proverbs 4, 19 says,

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 the way of the wicked

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 is like deep darkness.

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 They do not know

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 where they are going

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 and they stumble.

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 And that's

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 what the wicked live in.

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 They live in

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 sheer darkness,

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 hopelessness,

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 and loneliness.

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 I know what this is like.

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 And the,

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 I had a,

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 when I was,

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 my first,

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 I think it was

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 sophomore year in college,

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 freshman,

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 sophomore year in college,

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 I lived in Gwinnett County

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 and I was just,

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 at that time,

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 I was probably early Christian

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 and I just had like a lot of zeal

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 but not like a lot of channeling

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 and right thinking

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 and what I was doing

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 but had good motives.

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 And I was a part of my

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 old youth ministry,

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 just kind of being

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 like a youth worker

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 and there was a kid

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 who was 13

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 named Tyler

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 and

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 Tyler grew up

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 very, very lonely

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 like teenager.

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 His parents

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 hated his guts.

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 He lived with his aunt

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 and

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 in school

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 he was

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 picked on

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 a lot

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 when he started

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 middle school.

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 He came around

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 every Wednesday

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 and we always

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 tried to hang out

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 with him

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 and he was a fun guy

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 to be around

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 but he also

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 did some very crazy things

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 just to get attention.

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 That's all he wanted

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 was like somebody

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 to be like,

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 hey,

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 just to look at him.

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 One time he actually

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 drove his bike

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 like down a hill

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 through like a major

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 intersection

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 just hoping that he

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 didn't get like hit

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 by the cars.

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 He was just trying

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 to get attention

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 from all his buddies.

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 Just very,

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 very lonely,

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 feeling unwanted.

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 just darkness

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 in his eyes.

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 No hope.

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 And I remember

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 actually being

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 in the hospital

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 getting a call

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 from a friend of mine

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 that said that he had

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 hung himself

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 the previous night

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 and that was the first

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 time I had experienced

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 something like that

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 and had to work

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 with all his friends,

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 all his middle school

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 buddies who just

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 didn't understand

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 like what happened.

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 Just sheer darkness

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 and this is what

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 it leads to.

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 The apex of that

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 is just wanting

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 not to go on living.

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 So,

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 a story that I mentioned

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 I think last year,

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 a story of a girl

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 called Judy Bucknell

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 and she lived

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 in California,

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 San Francisco Bay.

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 She worked really hard.

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 She exercised.

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 She was really well

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 respected in the community.

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 She was never in jail.

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 She never got in trouble

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 with the law.

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 And she,

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 but she was miserable.

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 She hosted parties

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 and designer clothes

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 and in 1980,

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 at the age of 38,

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 she became homicide

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 victim 106 in Miami.

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 And she was murdered

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 on a summer evening

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 and stabbed several times

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 and strangled.

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 And she kept a diary

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 of a very lonely life.

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 And this is something

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 that she wrote

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 at the age of 38.

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 At the age of 38,

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 I'm alone

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 and I want to share

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 something with somebody.

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 Where are the men

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 with the flowers

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 and the champagne

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 and the music?

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 Where are the men

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 who call and ask

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 for a genuine,

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 actual date?

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 Where are the men

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 who like

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 to share more than

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 my bed

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 and my food?

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 I would like to have

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 in my life once

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 before I pass through,

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 before I pass on,

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 the kind of sexual relationship

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 which is a part

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 of a loving relationship.

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 I see people together

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 and I'm so jealous

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 and I want to throw up.

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 What about me?

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 What about me?

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 Who is going to love

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 Judy Bucknell?

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 I feel so old,

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 unloved,

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 unwanted,

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 abandoned,

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 used up,

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 and I want to cry

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 in my sleep forever.

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 A picture of loneliness.

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 This girl's heart

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 had actually died

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 way before she died.

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 And Jesus said

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 in Matthew 6,

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 the eye is the lamp

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 of the body,

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 so if your eye

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 is healthy,

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 your whole body

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 will be full of light.

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 But if your eye

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 is bad,

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 your whole body

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 will be full of darkness.

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 If then the light

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 is in you,

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 the light in you

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 is darkness,

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 how great is that darkness?

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 There's something

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 about that.

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 We can,

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 you look in someone's eyes

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 and you're just emptiness.

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 I mean,

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 I know what that

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 looks like.

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 And so,

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 two characteristics

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 about the loss

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 of what we live in.

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 It's crooked,

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 it's perverse,

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 and it's,

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 it lives in darkness.

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 And I've,

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 been there,

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 and I hope that

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 if you have been there,

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 that you don't forget

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 what it was like

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 and to remind yourself

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 and it's surrounding you

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 every day

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 with your friends

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 and family.

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 So,

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 in this text,

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 we're going to look

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 at five verbs

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 that are going to change

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 into present participles.

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 You know what that is?

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 Too bad if you don't.

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 Come on,

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 North Georgia English.

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 Okay.

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 And,

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 and how we're to live

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 in the midst

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 of a world

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 like this.

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 And,

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 number one,

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 there's five.

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 Number one,

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 our doing.

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 Our doing.

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 And it comes from

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 verse 14

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 where it says,

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 do

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 all things

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 without grumbling

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 or questioning.

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 And,

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 the focus there

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 is on the manner

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 in which things

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 are to be done.

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 Not just in the doing,

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 but like the spirit

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 behind the doing.

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 And,

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 without complaining,

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 without grumbling,

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 or without questioning.

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 So,

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 it's a call

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 to be obedient,

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 the spirit of joy

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 and gladness

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 and not a grudging

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 kind of obedience.

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 So,

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 it's possible for us

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 to do the right thing

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 but do it in such a way

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 to where

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 it deprives us

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 of the joy

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 and angers

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 everyone around us.

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 Very possible

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 to do that.

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 an example.

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 So,

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 you can,

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 well,

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 some of you

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 probably could

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 say this now.

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 You're home

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 and your parents

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 give you a task

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 to do.

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 Clean something up.

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 Go mow the yard.

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 Go rake the leaves.

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 Clean the house.

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 Whatever.

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 And,

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 they're interrupting

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 your chilled out day

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 and your entertainment

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 that you want.

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 And,

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 it leads you

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 just to grumble.

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 And,

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 this word

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 for grumbling here,

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 it means like

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 muttering under

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 like a low voice.

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 This is a grumble

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 in your spirit

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 and it leads

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 to a questioning

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 which is,

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 why do I got to do this now?

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 Why do I got to do that

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 today?

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 Why can't I do it

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 my way

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 and not your way?

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 It leads to this

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 where you're questioning

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 and you're grumbling

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 about a specific task

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 that's been given to you.

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 So,

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 it's intellectual

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 and emotional

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 and so it

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 it gets to the point

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 where your

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 your parents

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 are just like,

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 look,

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 just

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 put the rake down

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 just go in your room

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 I'll do the dishes.

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 I'd rather

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 do it myself

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 than to watch

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 your mean-spirited

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 attempt at obedience.

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 Ever had that happen?

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 Like,

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 just forget about it.

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 Just get out of my sight.

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 I'm so

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 tired of hearing

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 this gruntled spirit

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 in you.

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 and it gets

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 to that point.

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 So,

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 if that's true

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 for our

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 earthly parents,

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 our earthly father,

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 how much more

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 our heavenly father?

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 Paul probably

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 has in mind

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 Exodus 15,

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 turn there.

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 This is,

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 keep your hand in Philippians.

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 Excuse me,

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 Exodus 16,

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 I was going to mention

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 verse 15,

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 chapter 15.

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 Exodus 16

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 and go to verse 6.

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 But just to give you

00:16:00.459 --> 00:16:01.219
 a context,

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 Israel has come

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 through the Red Sea.

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 They've been delivered

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 from the hands

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 of the Egyptians.

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 And in verse,

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 excuse me,

00:16:11.399 --> 00:16:12.240
 chapter 15,

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 you have the song

00:16:13.459 --> 00:16:13.980
 of Moses.

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 He's praising God

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 for what God has done.

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 And you have

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 his sister Miriam

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 going to town

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 on the tambourine,

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 kind of going,

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 you know,

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 going nuts

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 to the tambourine.

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 And then,

00:16:26.440 --> 00:16:27.680
 you get to chapter 16.

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 And just think

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 about what just happened.

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 They just were delivered,

00:16:32.160 --> 00:16:33.260
 taken through the Red Sea,

00:16:33.400 --> 00:16:34.500
 delivered out of bondage

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 in Egypt.

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 And God,

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 and they begin

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 to grumble.

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 They begin to grumble

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 at the beginning

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 of the chapter.

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 They're basically like,

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 we have more meat

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 in Egypt.

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 We have more

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 stuff to eat

00:16:47.240 --> 00:16:47.780
 in general

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 in Egypt.

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 And they're kind of

00:16:49.080 --> 00:16:50.200
 grumbling and moaning.

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 And then God,

00:16:51.820 --> 00:16:52.320
 graciously,

00:16:52.320 --> 00:16:53.720
 provides them

00:16:53.720 --> 00:16:54.540
 manna and quail

00:16:54.540 --> 00:16:54.940
 to eat.

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 And Moses

00:16:58.000 --> 00:16:58.879
 makes it clear,

00:16:58.980 --> 00:16:59.160
 though,

00:16:59.220 --> 00:16:59.900
 their complaint

00:16:59.900 --> 00:17:00.720
 is not against

00:17:00.720 --> 00:17:01.700
 him,

00:17:01.800 --> 00:17:02.620
 but against God.

00:17:03.220 --> 00:17:04.400
 And so we get

00:17:04.400 --> 00:17:06.220
 to chapter 16,

00:17:06.539 --> 00:17:07.680
 verse 6.

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 We'll just read

00:17:08.160 --> 00:17:08.680
 some of this.

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 So Moses and Aaron

00:17:10.420 --> 00:17:11.500
 said to all the people

00:17:11.500 --> 00:17:12.039
 of Israel,

00:17:12.860 --> 00:17:13.440
 At evening

00:17:13.440 --> 00:17:14.420
 you shall know

00:17:14.420 --> 00:17:16.039
 that it was the Lord

00:17:16.039 --> 00:17:16.600
 who brought you

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 out of the land

00:17:17.320 --> 00:17:17.740
 of Egypt.

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 And in the morning

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 you shall see

00:17:20.480 --> 00:17:22.019
 the glory of the Lord

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 because he has heard

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 your grumbling

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 against the Lord.

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 And it says,

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 For what

00:17:29.240 --> 00:17:30.400
 are we

00:17:30.400 --> 00:17:30.900
 that you

00:17:30.900 --> 00:17:31.420
 grumble

00:17:31.420 --> 00:17:32.299
 against us?

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 And Moses said,

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 When the Lord

00:17:34.000 --> 00:17:34.660
 gives you

00:17:34.660 --> 00:17:36.059
 in the evening

00:17:36.059 --> 00:17:36.819
 meat to eat

00:17:36.819 --> 00:17:37.500
 and in the morning

00:17:37.500 --> 00:17:39.039
 bread to the full

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 because the Lord

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 has heard your grumbling

00:17:41.480 --> 00:17:43.000
 that you grumble

00:17:43.000 --> 00:17:43.839
 against him,

00:17:44.220 --> 00:17:45.039
 what are we?

00:17:45.660 --> 00:17:46.360
 Your grumbling

00:17:46.360 --> 00:17:47.519
 is not against us

00:17:47.519 --> 00:17:48.460
 but against the Lord.

00:17:48.460 --> 00:17:49.759
 And then Moses

00:17:49.759 --> 00:17:50.519
 said to Aaron,

00:17:51.480 --> 00:17:52.299
 Say to the whole

00:17:52.299 --> 00:17:52.840
 congregation

00:17:52.840 --> 00:17:53.440
 of the people

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 of Israel,

00:17:54.019 --> 00:17:54.460
 Come near

00:17:54.460 --> 00:17:55.259
 before the Lord

00:17:55.259 --> 00:17:56.539
 for he has heard

00:17:56.539 --> 00:17:57.220
 your grumbling.

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 So of all people,

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 we're really quick

00:18:01.079 --> 00:18:01.579
 to do this

00:18:01.579 --> 00:18:02.160
 when we study

00:18:02.160 --> 00:18:03.259
 the Old Testament

00:18:03.259 --> 00:18:03.640
 and study

00:18:03.640 --> 00:18:04.059
 the people

00:18:04.059 --> 00:18:04.539
 of Israel.

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 You'd think,

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 they're crazy.

00:18:08.860 --> 00:18:09.660
 This got delivered

00:18:09.660 --> 00:18:10.240
 out of slavery

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 in Egypt

00:18:10.660 --> 00:18:11.200
 and seen these

00:18:11.200 --> 00:18:12.640
 awesome miracles

00:18:12.640 --> 00:18:13.299
 and they're grumbling.

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 We're really quick

00:18:13.940 --> 00:18:14.579
 to kind of point

00:18:14.579 --> 00:18:16.059
 their finger

00:18:16.059 --> 00:18:16.720
 at them.

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 You'd think,

00:18:17.980 --> 00:18:18.779
 they of all people

00:18:18.779 --> 00:18:19.539
 should be joyful

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 and glad

00:18:20.220 --> 00:18:21.640
 to be delivered.

00:18:22.700 --> 00:18:23.860
 And we are

00:18:23.860 --> 00:18:25.900
 very guilty ourselves.

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 Like you need to turn

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 like right around

00:18:27.460 --> 00:18:29.019
 and like point

00:18:29.019 --> 00:18:29.500
 to yourself.

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 They experienced

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 a worldly

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 deliverance

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 from physical slavery

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 but we have experienced

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 even greater

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 deliverance

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 from our spiritual

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 death

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 through what Christ

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 has done

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 and we still grumble.

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 we still grumble.

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 And you can say

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 like God,

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 you know,

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 why have you stuck

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 me in this place

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 in my life?

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 Why does everybody

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 else kind of

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 seem to get

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 what they want

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 and I don't?

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 Why is this thing

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 happening this way?

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 If you just gave me

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 this then I would

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 be happy.

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 We just grumble

00:19:05.580 --> 00:19:06.259
 and we complain

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 and we argue.

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 Even in our service

00:19:09.180 --> 00:19:10.299
 to God,

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 we argue

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 and we grumble.

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 I remember being

00:19:13.740 --> 00:19:15.899
 in Puerto Rico

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 I think

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 when I might have

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 been like 21

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 years old

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 and we were doing

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 some work

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 on the streets

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 and doing street work

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 painting curbs

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 and cleaning up

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 things as a means

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 to share the gospel

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 with the people

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 that were coming

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 around us

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 and there was

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 a lady

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 on my team

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 that,

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 man,

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 I just,

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 the prophet in me

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 just started coming

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 out towards

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 the end of that trip

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 but she was just

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 grumbling like

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 the whole time

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 like,

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 it's so hot

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 out here,

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 why do we have

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 to do this

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 right now?

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 Very,

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 every little thing

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 you can think of

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 and like,

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 I can't wait

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 to go to the beach

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 on this day

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 and just very,

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 it made me really

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 sad and angry

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 all at the same time.

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 Just a persistent

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 grumbling

00:20:05.600 --> 00:20:07.120
 the whole time

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 and just began

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 to rob people

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 like the joy

00:20:09.240 --> 00:20:10.920
 that was there

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 and so,

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 if we persist

00:20:14.779 --> 00:20:15.779
 in long term

00:20:15.779 --> 00:20:16.379
 grumbling

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 and questioning

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 God,

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 He'll discipline us,

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 He will,

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 like He'll say like,

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 I've had enough

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 of this

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 and He'll like

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 kindly

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 just knock us

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 down a little bit

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 and turn to

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 Lamentations

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 right after Jeremiah

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 and I'll show you

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 an example of this.

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 God actually did this

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 to Judah

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 and Jeremiah

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 who wrote Lamentations

00:20:43.200 --> 00:20:44.180
 recognized this.

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 Lamentations chapter 3

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 verse 37

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 There's just a few

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 other places

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 for you to turn

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 tonight.

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 Getting used to

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 flipping that Bible.

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 Lamentations chapter 3

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 verse 37

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 He says,

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 Who has spoken

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 and has come to pass

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 unless the Lord

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 has commanded it?

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 Is it not

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 from the mouth

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 of the Most High

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 that good

00:21:13.559 --> 00:21:14.539
 and bad come?

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 So,

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 He recognizes

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 right here

00:21:18.500 --> 00:21:19.599
 in this first verse

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 that God's

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 sovereign hand

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 is what brings

00:21:22.539 --> 00:21:23.559
 good

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 and allows evil.

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 He does both.

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 Like it doesn't just

00:21:27.539 --> 00:21:28.980
 God is in control

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 of all things.

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 Things don't just happen

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 even when

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 even when Satan

00:21:32.460 --> 00:21:32.839
 acts

00:21:32.839 --> 00:21:33.379
 is because God

00:21:33.379 --> 00:21:34.059
 has sovereignly

00:21:34.059 --> 00:21:34.819
 allowed him

00:21:34.819 --> 00:21:35.819
 to act

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 and he only operates

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 in the parameters

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 in which God

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 has set.

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 Then it goes on

00:21:40.119 --> 00:21:40.680
 and he says,

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 Why should

00:21:42.200 --> 00:21:43.159
 a living man

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 complain

00:21:44.200 --> 00:21:45.680
 a man

00:21:45.680 --> 00:21:47.419
 about the punishment

00:21:47.419 --> 00:21:48.299
 of his sins?

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 Let us test

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 and examine

00:21:50.539 --> 00:21:51.200
 our ways

00:21:51.200 --> 00:21:52.299
 and return

00:21:52.299 --> 00:21:53.079
 to the Lord.

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 Let us lift up

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 our hearts

00:21:55.059 --> 00:21:55.639
 and hands

00:21:55.639 --> 00:21:56.099
 to the God

00:21:56.099 --> 00:21:56.519
 of heaven.

00:21:57.639 --> 00:21:58.159
 Why should we

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 complain

00:21:58.579 --> 00:21:59.000
 and why should

00:21:59.000 --> 00:22:00.019
 we be grumbling?

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 If we have been

00:22:00.859 --> 00:22:01.819
 delivered

00:22:01.819 --> 00:22:03.460
 from our sin

00:22:03.460 --> 00:22:04.379
 and now we actually

00:22:04.379 --> 00:22:05.879
 continue to sin

00:22:05.879 --> 00:22:06.599
 against the Lord

00:22:06.599 --> 00:22:07.359
 and God disciplines

00:22:07.359 --> 00:22:07.799
 us,

00:22:08.199 --> 00:22:09.299
 why should we

00:22:09.299 --> 00:22:09.639
 grumble?

00:22:09.879 --> 00:22:10.379
 Like what's the

00:22:10.379 --> 00:22:11.879
 he's saying like

00:22:11.879 --> 00:22:13.859
 obviously God

00:22:13.859 --> 00:22:14.579
 would discipline

00:22:14.579 --> 00:22:15.059
 us

00:22:15.059 --> 00:22:16.519
 and let us

00:22:16.519 --> 00:22:17.439
 examine our ways

00:22:17.439 --> 00:22:17.879
 and return

00:22:17.879 --> 00:22:18.599
 to the Lord.

00:22:19.740 --> 00:22:20.179
 So,

00:22:20.759 --> 00:22:21.679
 that's the first

00:22:21.679 --> 00:22:22.359
 thing is in our

00:22:22.359 --> 00:22:22.759
 doing

00:22:22.759 --> 00:22:23.220
 we're to

00:22:23.220 --> 00:22:25.899
 live in such

00:22:25.899 --> 00:22:26.159
 a way

00:22:26.159 --> 00:22:26.839
 without grumbling

00:22:26.839 --> 00:22:27.460
 or complaining.

00:22:27.460 --> 00:22:28.960
 The second thing,

00:22:29.079 --> 00:22:29.880
 the second part

00:22:29.880 --> 00:22:30.180
 of the civil

00:22:30.180 --> 00:22:30.440
 year,

00:22:31.440 --> 00:22:31.960
 look at,

00:22:32.680 --> 00:22:33.180
 go back to

00:22:33.180 --> 00:22:33.600
 Philippians,

00:22:33.720 --> 00:22:33.960
 sorry.

00:22:35.720 --> 00:22:36.200
 Philippians,

00:22:36.980 --> 00:22:37.600
 it's going to be

00:22:37.600 --> 00:22:38.500
 in verse 15,

00:22:40.160 --> 00:22:42.140
 in our

00:22:42.140 --> 00:22:42.819
 becoming,

00:22:43.819 --> 00:22:44.519
 our becoming,

00:22:46.220 --> 00:22:47.420
 and in verse 15,

00:22:48.019 --> 00:22:48.700
 that you may

00:22:48.700 --> 00:22:50.920
 be blameless

00:22:50.920 --> 00:22:51.539
 and innocent

00:22:51.539 --> 00:22:52.360
 children of God

00:22:52.360 --> 00:22:53.180
 without blemish

00:22:53.180 --> 00:22:54.460
 in the midst

00:22:54.460 --> 00:22:54.940
 of a crooked

00:22:54.940 --> 00:22:56.160
 and twisted

00:22:56.160 --> 00:22:56.779
 generation.

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 That's verse 15.

00:22:58.619 --> 00:22:58.799
 So,

00:22:58.960 --> 00:22:59.740
 in our becoming,

00:22:59.920 --> 00:23:00.240
 we're to,

00:23:01.099 --> 00:23:02.079
 that you may be,

00:23:02.180 --> 00:23:02.720
 I'm just kind of

00:23:02.720 --> 00:23:03.299
 adding that on,

00:23:03.480 --> 00:23:03.859
 becoming,

00:23:04.559 --> 00:23:04.759
 be,

00:23:04.899 --> 00:23:05.259
 becoming,

00:23:06.480 --> 00:23:07.639
 children of God.

00:23:08.160 --> 00:23:09.279
 Not by physical

00:23:09.279 --> 00:23:09.680
 birth,

00:23:09.759 --> 00:23:10.259
 but as it says

00:23:10.259 --> 00:23:10.980
 in John 1,

00:23:11.079 --> 00:23:12.879
 by the power

00:23:12.879 --> 00:23:13.319
 of God,

00:23:13.399 --> 00:23:13.940
 by the spirit

00:23:13.940 --> 00:23:14.799
 of regeneration

00:23:14.799 --> 00:23:15.639
 the Holy Spirit

00:23:15.639 --> 00:23:16.920
 gives to us,

00:23:16.980 --> 00:23:17.879
 being born again.

00:23:19.039 --> 00:23:19.460
 So,

00:23:19.740 --> 00:23:20.379
 pure here

00:23:20.379 --> 00:23:21.500
 is not just

00:23:21.500 --> 00:23:22.700
 an external activity,

00:23:22.700 --> 00:23:23.340
 it has to do

00:23:23.340 --> 00:23:23.799
 with the fact

00:23:23.799 --> 00:23:24.519
 that,

00:23:24.519 --> 00:23:25.059
 that like,

00:23:25.880 --> 00:23:26.920
 precious metals

00:23:26.920 --> 00:23:28.400
 that are free

00:23:28.400 --> 00:23:29.299
 of all the alloys

00:23:29.299 --> 00:23:29.779
 that actually

00:23:29.779 --> 00:23:30.460
 would bring harm

00:23:30.460 --> 00:23:30.960
 to it,

00:23:31.559 --> 00:23:32.180
 a purity.

00:23:32.380 --> 00:23:33.220
 Purity is what

00:23:33.220 --> 00:23:34.539
 paves the way

00:23:34.539 --> 00:23:35.340
 for our intimacy

00:23:35.340 --> 00:23:36.039
 with God.

00:23:36.600 --> 00:23:37.299
 If we give

00:23:37.299 --> 00:23:37.840
 ourselves

00:23:37.840 --> 00:23:38.519
 and adulterate

00:23:38.519 --> 00:23:39.140
 ourselves out

00:23:39.140 --> 00:23:39.759
 to a thousand

00:23:39.759 --> 00:23:41.059
 different things,

00:23:41.100 --> 00:23:41.680
 we don't have

00:23:41.680 --> 00:23:42.220
 the purity

00:23:42.220 --> 00:23:43.920
 to actually enjoy

00:23:43.920 --> 00:23:44.400
 the Lord

00:23:44.400 --> 00:23:44.980
 as we could

00:23:44.980 --> 00:23:46.059
 enjoy the Lord.

00:23:46.740 --> 00:23:47.120
 So,

00:23:47.119 --> 00:23:47.639
 that's what

00:23:47.639 --> 00:23:49.119
 carves that out

00:23:49.119 --> 00:23:51.659
 and purity

00:23:51.659 --> 00:23:52.679
 is a shocking

00:23:52.679 --> 00:23:53.159
 thing

00:23:53.159 --> 00:23:54.619
 to anybody

00:23:54.619 --> 00:23:55.159
 in the world

00:23:55.159 --> 00:23:55.759
 we live in,

00:23:55.819 --> 00:23:56.679
 in any situation.

00:23:57.539 --> 00:23:58.000
 It's like

00:23:58.000 --> 00:23:58.459
 we actually

00:23:58.459 --> 00:23:58.799
 would keep

00:23:58.799 --> 00:23:59.539
 ourselves pure

00:23:59.539 --> 00:24:00.339
 for something.

00:24:00.879 --> 00:24:02.279
 It's mind-boggling

00:24:02.279 --> 00:24:02.979
 to the world.

00:24:03.619 --> 00:24:04.519
 It transcends

00:24:04.519 --> 00:24:05.639
 into the spiritual

00:24:05.639 --> 00:24:06.119
 world.

00:24:07.099 --> 00:24:07.599
 And notice

00:24:07.599 --> 00:24:08.399
 how it says

00:24:08.399 --> 00:24:10.059
 in their midst.

00:24:11.359 --> 00:24:12.139
 We're to be

00:24:12.139 --> 00:24:12.859
 in their midst,

00:24:12.879 --> 00:24:13.639
 not separating

00:24:13.639 --> 00:24:14.099
 ourselves

00:24:14.099 --> 00:24:14.879
 from the world,

00:24:15.000 --> 00:24:15.519
 but actually

00:24:15.519 --> 00:24:16.319
 being in it.

00:24:17.119 --> 00:24:19.139
 And while

00:24:19.139 --> 00:24:19.819
 we're in the midst

00:24:19.819 --> 00:24:20.099
 of it,

00:24:20.119 --> 00:24:20.939
 to be blameless.

00:24:21.659 --> 00:24:22.299
 And that just

00:24:22.299 --> 00:24:23.059
 means living

00:24:23.059 --> 00:24:23.739
 without fault.

00:24:23.819 --> 00:24:24.500
 Not perfect,

00:24:25.479 --> 00:24:26.319
 but not in such

00:24:26.319 --> 00:24:27.239
 a way to where

00:24:27.239 --> 00:24:27.919
 they're constantly

00:24:27.919 --> 00:24:29.039
 pointing out to us

00:24:29.039 --> 00:24:31.019
 the gap between

00:24:31.019 --> 00:24:31.879
 our mouths

00:24:31.879 --> 00:24:32.319
 and the way

00:24:32.319 --> 00:24:33.099
 we actually live.

00:24:33.859 --> 00:24:35.000
 We're to show

00:24:35.000 --> 00:24:36.219
 people that

00:24:36.219 --> 00:24:36.899
 this is real

00:24:36.899 --> 00:24:38.319
 and that we

00:24:38.319 --> 00:24:39.239
 believe with our

00:24:39.239 --> 00:24:39.799
 hearts and

00:24:39.799 --> 00:24:40.859
 our minds

00:24:40.859 --> 00:24:41.259
 that it goes

00:24:41.259 --> 00:24:42.199
 into our actions

00:24:42.199 --> 00:24:43.659
 and to live

00:24:43.659 --> 00:24:44.579
 upright and

00:24:44.579 --> 00:24:45.639
 clean.

00:24:47.119 --> 00:24:48.119
 Two other

00:24:48.119 --> 00:24:48.679
 places to turn.

00:24:48.779 --> 00:24:49.719
 This is one.

00:24:49.819 --> 00:24:50.859
 Titus chapter 2.

00:24:51.659 --> 00:24:52.119
 Flip there

00:24:52.119 --> 00:24:52.399
 and I'm going

00:24:52.399 --> 00:24:52.759
 to show you

00:24:52.759 --> 00:24:54.219
 something here.

00:24:56.739 --> 00:24:57.639
 We don't want

00:24:57.639 --> 00:24:58.500
 any gaps to

00:24:58.500 --> 00:24:59.339
 exist between

00:24:59.339 --> 00:25:00.399
 what we say

00:25:00.399 --> 00:25:01.259
 or what we

00:25:01.259 --> 00:25:01.799
 claim to

00:25:01.799 --> 00:25:02.259
 believe

00:25:02.259 --> 00:25:03.359
 and then

00:25:03.359 --> 00:25:03.779
 actually

00:25:03.779 --> 00:25:05.339
 our actions.

00:25:05.459 --> 00:25:05.679
 We want

00:25:05.679 --> 00:25:06.079
 them to be

00:25:06.079 --> 00:25:06.459
 one.

00:25:08.839 --> 00:25:09.699
 Nothing brings

00:25:09.699 --> 00:25:10.259
 harm to the

00:25:10.259 --> 00:25:12.299
 gospel like

00:25:12.299 --> 00:25:12.679
 people who

00:25:12.679 --> 00:25:13.339
 talk a lot

00:25:13.339 --> 00:25:13.839
 but don't

00:25:13.839 --> 00:25:14.779
 really walk

00:25:14.779 --> 00:25:15.339
 that way

00:25:15.339 --> 00:25:16.240
 at all.

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 And remember

00:25:19.000 --> 00:25:19.740
 not perfectly

00:25:19.740 --> 00:25:21.700
 but we're

00:25:21.700 --> 00:25:21.899
 going to look

00:25:21.899 --> 00:25:22.460
 at Titus

00:25:22.460 --> 00:25:23.220
 chapter 2

00:25:23.220 --> 00:25:24.700
 verse 7

00:25:24.700 --> 00:25:27.839
 and Paul

00:25:27.839 --> 00:25:28.720
 writes to

00:25:28.720 --> 00:25:28.920
 them,

00:25:29.480 --> 00:25:30.660
 show yourself

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 in all

00:25:31.200 --> 00:25:32.660
 respects to

00:25:32.660 --> 00:25:33.279
 be a model

00:25:33.279 --> 00:25:33.660
 of good

00:25:33.660 --> 00:25:34.839
 works and

00:25:34.839 --> 00:25:35.119
 in your

00:25:35.119 --> 00:25:36.879
 teaching show

00:25:36.879 --> 00:25:37.700
 integrity and

00:25:37.700 --> 00:25:38.119
 dignity,

00:25:38.859 --> 00:25:39.519
 sound speech

00:25:39.519 --> 00:25:40.000
 that cannot

00:25:40.000 --> 00:25:40.779
 be condemned

00:25:40.779 --> 00:25:42.119
 so that an

00:25:42.119 --> 00:25:42.799
 opponent may

00:25:42.799 --> 00:25:43.339
 be put to

00:25:43.339 --> 00:25:43.660
 shame,

00:25:43.660 --> 00:25:44.240
 having nothing

00:25:44.240 --> 00:25:45.100
 evil to say

00:25:45.100 --> 00:25:45.720
 about us.

00:25:46.519 --> 00:25:47.259
 There's another

00:25:47.259 --> 00:25:47.840
 example of

00:25:47.840 --> 00:25:48.060
 that.

00:25:48.800 --> 00:25:49.160
 Listen to

00:25:49.160 --> 00:25:49.400
 this.

00:25:49.640 --> 00:25:51.040
 Slaves are

00:25:51.040 --> 00:25:51.279
 to be

00:25:51.279 --> 00:25:52.100
 submissive to

00:25:52.100 --> 00:25:52.480
 their own

00:25:52.480 --> 00:25:53.080
 masters and

00:25:53.080 --> 00:25:53.480
 everything.

00:25:54.700 --> 00:25:55.120
 They are to

00:25:55.120 --> 00:25:55.560
 be well

00:25:55.560 --> 00:25:55.960
 pleasing,

00:25:56.120 --> 00:25:56.300
 not

00:25:56.300 --> 00:25:57.140
 argumentative,

00:25:57.840 --> 00:25:58.120
 not

00:25:58.120 --> 00:25:58.660
 pilfering,

00:25:58.759 --> 00:25:59.279
 but showing

00:25:59.279 --> 00:26:00.400
 all good

00:26:00.400 --> 00:26:02.160
 faith.

00:26:03.160 --> 00:26:03.660
 And why?

00:26:03.779 --> 00:26:04.620
 Why all

00:26:04.620 --> 00:26:04.940
 this?

00:26:05.100 --> 00:26:05.360
 Why?

00:26:06.220 --> 00:26:06.720
 The last

00:26:06.720 --> 00:26:07.060
 part.

00:26:07.820 --> 00:26:08.360
 So that in

00:26:08.360 --> 00:26:09.980
 everything that

00:26:09.980 --> 00:26:11.460
 may adorn the

00:26:11.460 --> 00:26:12.320
 doctrine of

00:26:12.320 --> 00:26:12.920
 God our

00:26:12.920 --> 00:26:13.279
 Savior.

00:26:14.360 --> 00:26:14.860
 So when we

00:26:14.860 --> 00:26:15.740
 live in that

00:26:15.740 --> 00:26:16.560
 way, it

00:26:16.560 --> 00:26:17.240
 adorns

00:26:17.240 --> 00:26:17.640
 Christ.

00:26:17.759 --> 00:26:18.040
 It makes

00:26:18.040 --> 00:26:18.779
 Christ look

00:26:18.779 --> 00:26:20.100
 beautiful and

00:26:20.100 --> 00:26:21.019
 magnificent and

00:26:21.019 --> 00:26:21.700
 glorious like

00:26:21.700 --> 00:26:22.460
 He really is.

00:26:23.279 --> 00:26:24.360
 And that's the

00:26:24.360 --> 00:26:25.360
 purpose.

00:26:25.519 --> 00:26:26.380
 It's not just to

00:26:26.380 --> 00:26:27.220
 live that way,

00:26:27.259 --> 00:26:27.880
 just to live that

00:26:27.880 --> 00:26:28.140
 way.

00:26:28.220 --> 00:26:29.259
 It's to show

00:26:29.259 --> 00:26:30.019
 people this is

00:26:30.019 --> 00:26:30.560
 where our life

00:26:30.560 --> 00:26:31.080
 comes from,

00:26:31.160 --> 00:26:31.759
 where our joy

00:26:31.759 --> 00:26:33.120
 comes from.

00:26:33.940 --> 00:26:34.600
 And so they

00:26:34.600 --> 00:26:35.000
 would have

00:26:35.000 --> 00:26:35.540
 nothing really

00:26:35.540 --> 00:26:36.140
 evil to say

00:26:36.140 --> 00:26:36.640
 about us unless

00:26:36.640 --> 00:26:37.160
 they're lying.

00:26:37.800 --> 00:26:38.480
 We would have a

00:26:38.480 --> 00:26:39.180
 clean conscience

00:26:39.180 --> 00:26:39.880
 about how we

00:26:39.880 --> 00:26:40.259
 live.

00:26:40.259 --> 00:26:41.920
 So that's the

00:26:41.920 --> 00:26:42.279
 second one,

00:26:42.379 --> 00:26:43.240
 our becoming.

00:26:44.059 --> 00:26:44.700
 The third

00:26:44.700 --> 00:26:46.339
 one, back in

00:26:46.339 --> 00:26:47.079
 Philippians in

00:26:47.079 --> 00:26:47.960
 verse 15,

00:26:49.180 --> 00:26:50.140
 our shining,

00:26:51.359 --> 00:26:52.140
 our shining.

00:26:54.039 --> 00:26:56.599
 And verse 15,

00:26:56.599 --> 00:26:58.039
 in the midst of

00:26:58.039 --> 00:26:58.699
 a crooked and

00:26:58.699 --> 00:26:59.679
 twisted generation

00:26:59.679 --> 00:27:01.619
 among whom you

00:27:01.619 --> 00:27:02.679
 shine as lights

00:27:02.679 --> 00:27:04.119
 in the world.

00:27:05.639 --> 00:27:07.379
 And we've

00:27:07.379 --> 00:27:08.000
 talked a lot

00:27:08.000 --> 00:27:09.399
 about the

00:27:09.399 --> 00:27:10.079
 darkness that

00:27:10.079 --> 00:27:11.579
 exists in the

00:27:11.579 --> 00:27:12.839
 world before we

00:27:12.839 --> 00:27:13.519
 actually dove into

00:27:13.519 --> 00:27:13.839
 this.

00:27:14.219 --> 00:27:16.139
 So remember

00:27:16.139 --> 00:27:18.779
 that Christ is

00:27:18.779 --> 00:27:20.419
 the light of the

00:27:20.419 --> 00:27:20.619
 world.

00:27:20.699 --> 00:27:21.199
 He said in

00:27:21.199 --> 00:27:22.659
 John, I'm the

00:27:22.659 --> 00:27:23.159
 light of the

00:27:23.159 --> 00:27:23.559
 world.

00:27:23.559 --> 00:27:24.960
 whoever follows

00:27:24.960 --> 00:27:25.639
 me will not

00:27:25.639 --> 00:27:26.359
 walk in darkness

00:27:26.359 --> 00:27:27.099
 but will have

00:27:27.099 --> 00:27:27.919
 the light of

00:27:27.919 --> 00:27:28.339
 life.

00:27:29.240 --> 00:27:30.440
 So this is the

00:27:30.440 --> 00:27:31.940
 light that Christ

00:27:31.940 --> 00:27:32.839
 brought to the

00:27:32.839 --> 00:27:33.139
 world.

00:27:34.319 --> 00:27:36.720
 And so now

00:27:36.720 --> 00:27:37.299
 that Christ is

00:27:37.299 --> 00:27:38.779
 gone, through

00:27:38.779 --> 00:27:39.740
 Christ we become

00:27:39.740 --> 00:27:40.740
 children of the

00:27:40.740 --> 00:27:41.019
 light.

00:27:41.740 --> 00:27:42.359
 We have to have

00:27:42.359 --> 00:27:43.119
 Christ in our

00:27:43.119 --> 00:27:43.859
 life and we

00:27:43.859 --> 00:27:44.519
 become children

00:27:44.519 --> 00:27:45.259
 of the light.

00:27:45.879 --> 00:27:46.659
 Once we're born

00:27:46.659 --> 00:27:48.579
 again, his light

00:27:48.579 --> 00:27:49.919
 is given to us

00:27:49.919 --> 00:27:50.859
 and it dwells in

00:27:50.859 --> 00:27:51.299
 us.

00:27:52.119 --> 00:27:53.179
 And it's not a

00:27:53.180 --> 00:27:53.779
 light that we

00:27:53.779 --> 00:27:55.880
 produce or put

00:27:55.880 --> 00:27:56.420
 out on our

00:27:56.420 --> 00:27:56.640
 own.

00:27:56.740 --> 00:27:57.200
 We have no

00:27:57.200 --> 00:27:58.279
 light in and

00:27:58.279 --> 00:27:59.000
 of ourselves to

00:27:59.000 --> 00:27:59.620
 give anybody.

00:27:59.740 --> 00:28:00.100
 It's a light

00:28:00.100 --> 00:28:00.600
 that completely

00:28:00.600 --> 00:28:02.420
 comes by knowing

00:28:02.420 --> 00:28:02.940
 Christ.

00:28:04.019 --> 00:28:05.680
 And in

00:28:05.680 --> 00:28:06.600
 Ephesians 5

00:28:06.600 --> 00:28:08.019
 verse 8, this

00:28:08.019 --> 00:28:08.660
 is something Paul

00:28:08.660 --> 00:28:09.080
 says,

00:28:09.920 --> 00:28:10.900
 For at one

00:28:10.900 --> 00:28:12.799
 time you were

00:28:12.799 --> 00:28:14.259
 darkness, but

00:28:14.259 --> 00:28:15.279
 now you are the

00:28:15.279 --> 00:28:16.420
 light in the

00:28:16.420 --> 00:28:16.720
 Lord.

00:28:17.360 --> 00:28:18.420
 Walk as children

00:28:18.420 --> 00:28:19.140
 of light.

00:28:20.279 --> 00:28:21.519
 So we have

00:28:21.519 --> 00:28:22.840
 in this present

00:28:22.839 --> 00:28:23.879
 life, joy and

00:28:23.879 --> 00:28:25.299
 direction for

00:28:25.299 --> 00:28:25.980
 our lives because

00:28:25.980 --> 00:28:26.579
 we have that

00:28:26.579 --> 00:28:26.919
 light.

00:28:27.699 --> 00:28:28.240
 And we're to

00:28:28.240 --> 00:28:29.339
 shine in a

00:28:29.339 --> 00:28:30.039
 dark world.

00:28:31.159 --> 00:28:33.899
 And think

00:28:33.899 --> 00:28:34.519
 about this,

00:28:35.139 --> 00:28:35.699
 like the

00:28:35.699 --> 00:28:37.459
 moon, you

00:28:37.459 --> 00:28:37.759
 ever heard

00:28:37.759 --> 00:28:38.279
 like the light

00:28:38.279 --> 00:28:38.699
 of the moon?

00:28:39.439 --> 00:28:39.939
 The moon

00:28:39.939 --> 00:28:40.480
 doesn't have any

00:28:40.480 --> 00:28:41.000
 light, you know

00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:41.159
 that?

00:28:41.220 --> 00:28:41.500
 Like it doesn't

00:28:41.500 --> 00:28:42.220
 actually put out

00:28:42.220 --> 00:28:42.539
 light.

00:28:43.179 --> 00:28:44.220
 It reflects the

00:28:44.220 --> 00:28:44.759
 light off the

00:28:44.759 --> 00:28:45.399
 sun, does it

00:28:45.399 --> 00:28:45.599
 not?

00:28:45.779 --> 00:28:46.919
 And that's what

00:28:46.919 --> 00:28:47.339
 we see.

00:28:47.339 --> 00:28:49.959
 So we're to

00:28:49.959 --> 00:28:50.720
 position our

00:28:50.720 --> 00:28:51.619
 lives in such

00:28:51.619 --> 00:28:53.059
 a way to

00:28:53.059 --> 00:28:53.299
 where we

00:28:53.299 --> 00:28:53.959
 reflect the

00:28:53.959 --> 00:28:54.579
 glory of the

00:28:54.579 --> 00:28:56.099
 sun onto the

00:28:56.099 --> 00:28:56.659
 world around

00:28:56.659 --> 00:28:56.939
 us.

00:28:57.139 --> 00:28:58.259
 And people can

00:28:58.259 --> 00:28:59.659
 tell that the

00:28:59.659 --> 00:29:00.119
 light's not

00:29:00.119 --> 00:29:00.859
 coming from us

00:29:00.859 --> 00:29:01.179
 but from

00:29:01.179 --> 00:29:02.019
 something else.

00:29:02.799 --> 00:29:03.279
 And that's

00:29:03.279 --> 00:29:04.000
 being the

00:29:04.000 --> 00:29:04.399
 light of the

00:29:04.399 --> 00:29:04.699
 world.

00:29:05.679 --> 00:29:07.740
 And stars, if

00:29:07.740 --> 00:29:08.079
 we're to walk

00:29:08.079 --> 00:29:10.379
 outside, probably

00:29:10.379 --> 00:29:12.099
 around here, you

00:29:12.099 --> 00:29:12.819
 see the stars.

00:29:12.980 --> 00:29:13.480
 Out in the

00:29:13.480 --> 00:29:13.959
 country you can

00:29:13.959 --> 00:29:14.539
 see the stars.

00:29:14.539 --> 00:29:17.259
 stars in the

00:29:17.259 --> 00:29:17.920
 ancient times

00:29:17.920 --> 00:29:19.000
 were navigational

00:29:19.000 --> 00:29:19.420
 tools.

00:29:19.599 --> 00:29:19.740
 They didn't

00:29:19.740 --> 00:29:21.139
 have a lot of

00:29:21.139 --> 00:29:22.079
 the GPS stuff

00:29:22.079 --> 00:29:22.659
 we have now.

00:29:22.859 --> 00:29:23.139
 Like they had

00:29:23.139 --> 00:29:26.159
 the sailors and

00:29:26.159 --> 00:29:26.720
 mariners, they

00:29:26.720 --> 00:29:27.420
 had to decide

00:29:27.420 --> 00:29:28.059
 where to go

00:29:28.059 --> 00:29:28.839
 based on where

00:29:28.839 --> 00:29:29.539
 the stars were.

00:29:30.420 --> 00:29:31.779
 And they serve

00:29:31.779 --> 00:29:32.359
 as a guide.

00:29:32.799 --> 00:29:33.879
 And so our

00:29:33.879 --> 00:29:35.460
 lives are to

00:29:35.460 --> 00:29:36.839
 serve as a

00:29:36.839 --> 00:29:37.899
 navigational guide

00:29:37.899 --> 00:29:38.519
 to the people

00:29:38.519 --> 00:29:39.099
 who are lost

00:29:39.099 --> 00:29:39.579
 in darkness.

00:29:39.700 --> 00:29:40.059
 We're to show

00:29:40.059 --> 00:29:41.299
 them this is

00:29:41.299 --> 00:29:41.819
 where the light

00:29:41.819 --> 00:29:42.000
 is.

00:29:42.039 --> 00:29:42.579
 This is how

00:29:42.579 --> 00:29:43.779
 you should live.

00:29:43.839 --> 00:29:44.359
 This is where

00:29:44.359 --> 00:29:44.979
 to go and

00:29:44.979 --> 00:29:45.199
 we're to

00:29:45.199 --> 00:29:45.559
 point to

00:29:45.559 --> 00:29:46.119
 Christ because

00:29:46.119 --> 00:29:46.639
 he's the

00:29:46.639 --> 00:29:47.599
 source of

00:29:47.599 --> 00:29:48.099
 the light and

00:29:48.099 --> 00:29:48.479
 he's the

00:29:48.479 --> 00:29:48.899
 source of

00:29:48.899 --> 00:29:49.919
 life.

00:29:50.939 --> 00:29:52.319
 And I

00:29:52.319 --> 00:29:52.679
 think this is

00:29:52.679 --> 00:29:53.019
 the last

00:29:53.019 --> 00:29:53.339
 place.

00:29:54.099 --> 00:29:54.419
 I'm going to

00:29:54.419 --> 00:29:54.679
 have you

00:29:54.679 --> 00:29:55.019
 turn, but

00:29:55.019 --> 00:29:55.279
 look at

00:29:55.279 --> 00:29:56.119
 Matthew 5.

00:29:57.959 --> 00:29:58.359
 Awesome.

00:29:58.559 --> 00:29:58.779
 You can't

00:29:58.779 --> 00:29:59.179
 really skip

00:29:59.179 --> 00:29:59.719
 over this.

00:30:00.399 --> 00:30:01.119
 Matthew 5,

00:30:01.219 --> 00:30:01.579
 Summer on

00:30:01.579 --> 00:30:01.979
 the Mount,

00:30:03.099 --> 00:30:04.099
 verse 14.

00:30:06.779 --> 00:30:07.599
 Many people

00:30:07.599 --> 00:30:08.179
 around us do

00:30:08.179 --> 00:30:09.859
 not know the

00:30:09.859 --> 00:30:10.619
 way to go and

00:30:10.619 --> 00:30:11.919
 they need the

00:30:11.919 --> 00:30:12.619
 light of Christ.

00:30:14.359 --> 00:30:14.839
 So,

00:30:14.919 --> 00:30:16.519
 yeah,

00:30:17.000 --> 00:30:17.659
 Matthew 5,

00:30:17.699 --> 00:30:18.299
 verse 14,

00:30:19.519 --> 00:30:20.639
 Jesus says

00:30:20.639 --> 00:30:20.919
 this,

00:30:21.379 --> 00:30:22.579
 You are the

00:30:22.579 --> 00:30:23.019
 light of the

00:30:23.019 --> 00:30:23.339
 world.

00:30:24.099 --> 00:30:24.879
 A city set

00:30:24.879 --> 00:30:25.419
 on a hill

00:30:25.419 --> 00:30:26.240
 cannot be

00:30:26.240 --> 00:30:26.519
 hidden,

00:30:27.619 --> 00:30:28.079
 nor do

00:30:28.079 --> 00:30:29.479
 people light

00:30:29.479 --> 00:30:30.059
 a lamp and

00:30:30.059 --> 00:30:30.500
 put it under

00:30:30.500 --> 00:30:31.039
 a basket,

00:30:31.199 --> 00:30:31.599
 but on a

00:30:31.599 --> 00:30:31.939
 stand,

00:30:32.579 --> 00:30:32.919
 and it

00:30:32.919 --> 00:30:33.479
 gives light

00:30:33.479 --> 00:30:34.179
 to all in

00:30:34.179 --> 00:30:34.659
 the house.

00:30:35.759 --> 00:30:36.339
 In the same

00:30:36.339 --> 00:30:36.759
 way, let

00:30:36.759 --> 00:30:37.199
 your light

00:30:37.199 --> 00:30:37.839
 shine before

00:30:37.839 --> 00:30:38.279
 others,

00:30:38.899 --> 00:30:39.379
 so that they

00:30:39.379 --> 00:30:40.019
 may see your

00:30:40.019 --> 00:30:40.619
 good works,

00:30:41.059 --> 00:30:41.839
 and give glory

00:30:41.839 --> 00:30:42.559
 to your Father

00:30:42.559 --> 00:30:43.700
 who is in

00:30:43.700 --> 00:30:43.960
 heaven.

00:30:45.000 --> 00:30:45.440
 Lights,

00:30:45.679 --> 00:30:46.200
 by nature,

00:30:47.000 --> 00:30:47.399
 shine.

00:30:47.659 --> 00:30:48.899
 They don't do

00:30:48.899 --> 00:30:49.220
 any other

00:30:49.220 --> 00:30:49.500
 thing.

00:30:49.559 --> 00:30:49.799
 That's what

00:30:49.799 --> 00:30:50.079
 they do.

00:30:50.139 --> 00:30:50.919
 They illuminate.

00:30:51.639 --> 00:30:52.299
 Light means

00:30:52.299 --> 00:30:53.220
 like illumination.

00:30:53.399 --> 00:30:53.919
 It means

00:30:53.919 --> 00:30:55.099
 purity,

00:30:55.379 --> 00:30:55.819
 clarity.

00:30:56.819 --> 00:30:57.480
 In a lot of

00:30:57.480 --> 00:30:57.980
 ways, it means

00:30:57.980 --> 00:30:58.599
 like goodness.

00:30:58.819 --> 00:30:59.059
 That's what

00:30:59.059 --> 00:30:59.559
 light means.

00:30:59.599 --> 00:30:59.799
 It's the

00:30:59.799 --> 00:31:00.500
 opposite of

00:31:00.500 --> 00:31:01.619
 darkness.

00:31:01.619 --> 00:31:03.039
 And when we

00:31:03.039 --> 00:31:03.899
 leave buildings

00:31:03.899 --> 00:31:04.559
 like this,

00:31:04.879 --> 00:31:05.519
 to put our

00:31:05.519 --> 00:31:06.099
 light away,

00:31:06.339 --> 00:31:07.700
 does the

00:31:07.700 --> 00:31:08.159
 world no

00:31:08.159 --> 00:31:08.419
 good.

00:31:08.519 --> 00:31:08.740
 It doesn't

00:31:08.740 --> 00:31:10.019
 do us any

00:31:10.019 --> 00:31:10.500
 good either.

00:31:10.500 --> 00:31:13.700
 and notice

00:31:13.700 --> 00:31:15.039
 how he

00:31:15.039 --> 00:31:15.380
 doesn't

00:31:15.380 --> 00:31:16.200
 command them

00:31:16.200 --> 00:31:17.279
 to shine.

00:31:18.180 --> 00:31:18.700
 He's like

00:31:18.700 --> 00:31:19.500
 basically saying,

00:31:19.980 --> 00:31:20.259
 you do

00:31:20.259 --> 00:31:20.660
 shine.

00:31:21.319 --> 00:31:21.960
 If Christ

00:31:21.960 --> 00:31:22.539
 is in you,

00:31:22.619 --> 00:31:23.000
 this is what

00:31:23.000 --> 00:31:23.500
 will happen.

00:31:23.619 --> 00:31:23.859
 You will

00:31:23.859 --> 00:31:24.220
 shine.

00:31:24.920 --> 00:31:25.400
 His light's

00:31:25.400 --> 00:31:25.759
 in the world.

00:31:25.859 --> 00:31:26.000
 It doesn't

00:31:26.000 --> 00:31:26.700
 say, get out

00:31:26.700 --> 00:31:27.019
 there and

00:31:27.019 --> 00:31:27.359
 shine.

00:31:27.599 --> 00:31:28.099
 It's not a

00:31:28.099 --> 00:31:28.619
 commandment.

00:31:29.059 --> 00:31:29.539
 He's saying

00:31:29.539 --> 00:31:30.180
 that you

00:31:30.180 --> 00:31:30.640
 shine.

00:31:31.960 --> 00:31:32.539
 Because they

00:31:32.539 --> 00:31:33.480
 possess Christ,

00:31:33.579 --> 00:31:34.019
 the light of

00:31:34.019 --> 00:31:34.440
 the world.

00:31:35.059 --> 00:31:35.599
 So it's not

00:31:35.599 --> 00:31:36.680
 a commandment.

00:31:36.819 --> 00:31:37.519
 It's something

00:31:37.519 --> 00:31:38.220
 that dwells in

00:31:38.220 --> 00:31:38.779
 us that comes

00:31:38.779 --> 00:31:39.119
 out.

00:31:39.119 --> 00:31:40.579
 So we're

00:31:40.579 --> 00:31:41.500
 to shine in

00:31:41.500 --> 00:31:41.819
 the world.

00:31:42.379 --> 00:31:42.759
 The fourth

00:31:42.759 --> 00:31:44.259
 thing is our

00:31:44.259 --> 00:31:45.079
 holding out.

00:31:45.859 --> 00:31:46.339
 This is in

00:31:46.339 --> 00:31:47.219
 verse 16

00:31:47.219 --> 00:31:47.579
 back in

00:31:47.579 --> 00:31:48.099
 Philippians.

00:31:48.759 --> 00:31:49.679
 Holding fast

00:31:49.679 --> 00:31:50.219
 to the word

00:31:50.219 --> 00:31:50.739
 of life.

00:31:52.000 --> 00:31:53.699
 So a

00:31:53.699 --> 00:31:54.219
 good rendering

00:31:54.219 --> 00:31:54.659
 of that would

00:31:54.659 --> 00:31:56.199
 be to hold

00:31:56.199 --> 00:31:57.500
 forth, to

00:31:57.500 --> 00:31:58.239
 hand something

00:31:58.239 --> 00:32:00.039
 out that way

00:32:00.039 --> 00:32:01.079
 to someone.

00:32:01.959 --> 00:32:02.539
 And so the

00:32:02.539 --> 00:32:03.259
 word of God

00:32:03.259 --> 00:32:03.879
 that is the

00:32:03.879 --> 00:32:04.619
 lamp unto our

00:32:04.619 --> 00:32:05.719
 feet, the

00:32:05.719 --> 00:32:06.299
 light unto our

00:32:06.299 --> 00:32:06.879
 paths, that

00:32:06.879 --> 00:32:07.359
 gives us

00:32:07.359 --> 00:32:08.319
 direction.

00:32:09.119 --> 00:32:09.759
 We're to

00:32:09.759 --> 00:32:10.239
 hold it

00:32:10.239 --> 00:32:10.439
 out.

00:32:10.519 --> 00:32:10.679
 We're to

00:32:10.679 --> 00:32:11.000
 hold the

00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:11.659
 gospel out

00:32:11.659 --> 00:32:12.239
 to others.

00:32:13.079 --> 00:32:14.279
 And that's

00:32:14.279 --> 00:32:14.500
 it.

00:32:14.659 --> 00:32:15.059
 You can't

00:32:15.059 --> 00:32:15.500
 save the

00:32:15.500 --> 00:32:15.839
 person.

00:32:16.479 --> 00:32:16.919
 You can't

00:32:16.919 --> 00:32:17.359
 change the

00:32:17.359 --> 00:32:17.699
 person.

00:32:17.799 --> 00:32:18.119
 We're to

00:32:18.119 --> 00:32:18.639
 be offering

00:32:18.639 --> 00:32:19.179
 it out to

00:32:19.179 --> 00:32:19.379
 them.

00:32:19.479 --> 00:32:19.959
 Here is

00:32:19.959 --> 00:32:20.539
 life.

00:32:21.159 --> 00:32:21.639
 Here is the

00:32:21.639 --> 00:32:22.079
 word of

00:32:22.079 --> 00:32:22.599
 life that

00:32:22.599 --> 00:32:23.779
 will bring

00:32:23.779 --> 00:32:24.559
 you salvation.

00:32:25.259 --> 00:32:25.839
 It's only

00:32:25.839 --> 00:32:26.559
 found in

00:32:26.559 --> 00:32:27.000
 Christ.

00:32:28.019 --> 00:32:28.719
 So that's

00:32:28.719 --> 00:32:29.000
 what we're

00:32:29.000 --> 00:32:29.319
 to do.

00:32:29.439 --> 00:32:30.079
 God enables

00:32:30.079 --> 00:32:31.019
 them to

00:32:31.019 --> 00:32:31.399
 lay hold

00:32:31.399 --> 00:32:31.719
 of it.

00:32:32.659 --> 00:32:33.239
 That one's

00:32:33.239 --> 00:32:33.959
 pretty fast.

00:32:34.519 --> 00:32:34.979
 Could go on

00:32:34.979 --> 00:32:35.379
 that forever.

00:32:35.380 --> 00:32:37.080
 But fifthly

00:32:37.080 --> 00:32:38.580
 and lastly,

00:32:38.780 --> 00:32:39.580
 our rejoicing.

00:32:40.820 --> 00:32:41.540
 Our rejoicing.

00:32:41.600 --> 00:32:41.980
 This is in

00:32:41.980 --> 00:32:42.860
 verse 16.

00:32:43.760 --> 00:32:44.320
 Paul says,

00:32:44.400 --> 00:32:44.920
 So that in

00:32:44.920 --> 00:32:45.380
 the day of

00:32:45.380 --> 00:32:46.460
 Christ I

00:32:46.460 --> 00:32:46.800
 may be

00:32:46.800 --> 00:32:47.400
 proud that I

00:32:47.400 --> 00:32:47.980
 do not run

00:32:47.980 --> 00:32:48.580
 in vain or

00:32:48.580 --> 00:32:49.080
 labor in

00:32:49.080 --> 00:32:49.360
 vain.

00:32:50.180 --> 00:32:50.780
 Even if I'm

00:32:50.780 --> 00:32:51.260
 being poured

00:32:51.260 --> 00:32:51.680
 out as a

00:32:51.680 --> 00:32:52.300
 drink offering

00:32:52.300 --> 00:32:52.800
 upon the

00:32:52.800 --> 00:32:53.300
 sacrificial

00:32:53.300 --> 00:32:54.560
 offering of

00:32:54.560 --> 00:32:55.160
 your faith,

00:32:55.720 --> 00:32:56.540
 I am glad

00:32:56.540 --> 00:32:57.140
 and I rejoice

00:32:57.140 --> 00:32:57.760
 with you all.

00:32:57.900 --> 00:32:58.280
 Likewise,

00:32:59.360 --> 00:33:00.000
 you also

00:33:00.000 --> 00:33:00.540
 should be

00:33:00.540 --> 00:33:00.960
 glad and

00:33:00.960 --> 00:33:01.860
 rejoice with

00:33:01.860 --> 00:33:02.160
 me.

00:33:02.160 --> 00:33:03.560
 You know,

00:33:03.620 --> 00:33:03.940
 like in a

00:33:03.940 --> 00:33:04.200
 lot of

00:33:04.200 --> 00:33:04.680
 relays,

00:33:04.820 --> 00:33:05.040
 what they

00:33:05.040 --> 00:33:05.580
 call fault

00:33:05.580 --> 00:33:06.000
 starts,

00:33:06.900 --> 00:33:07.340
 and the

00:33:07.340 --> 00:33:08.060
 person can

00:33:08.060 --> 00:33:09.000
 run a

00:33:09.000 --> 00:33:09.220
 long,

00:33:09.480 --> 00:33:09.880
 long way,

00:33:10.040 --> 00:33:10.300
 and I

00:33:10.300 --> 00:33:10.600
 think they're

00:33:10.600 --> 00:33:11.200
 doing good,

00:33:11.259 --> 00:33:11.680
 and get to

00:33:11.680 --> 00:33:12.019
 the end,

00:33:12.060 --> 00:33:12.360
 be like,

00:33:12.900 --> 00:33:13.240
 sorry,

00:33:13.440 --> 00:33:13.920
 fault start,

00:33:14.000 --> 00:33:14.840
 you didn't

00:33:14.840 --> 00:33:15.560
 actually make

00:33:15.560 --> 00:33:16.140
 this happen.

00:33:16.759 --> 00:33:17.480
 Paul wants

00:33:17.480 --> 00:33:18.779
 no fault

00:33:18.779 --> 00:33:19.040
 start.

00:33:19.120 --> 00:33:19.420
 He wants

00:33:19.420 --> 00:33:20.640
 to be able

00:33:20.640 --> 00:33:21.100
 to look at

00:33:21.100 --> 00:33:21.860
 the Philippians

00:33:21.860 --> 00:33:22.240
 and be able

00:33:22.240 --> 00:33:22.660
 to say,

00:33:23.700 --> 00:33:24.320
 you know,

00:33:24.640 --> 00:33:25.240
 this was

00:33:25.240 --> 00:33:25.779
 done right,

00:33:26.560 --> 00:33:27.360
 and I can

00:33:27.360 --> 00:33:28.180
 rejoice because

00:33:28.180 --> 00:33:28.680
 of that,

00:33:28.740 --> 00:33:29.100
 and I want

00:33:29.100 --> 00:33:29.500
 you to

00:33:29.500 --> 00:33:31.000
 rejoice with

00:33:31.000 --> 00:33:31.519
 me when we

00:33:31.519 --> 00:33:31.940
 get to that

00:33:31.940 --> 00:33:32.600
 finish line,

00:33:33.519 --> 00:33:34.400
 and to

00:33:34.400 --> 00:33:35.740
 share in

00:33:35.740 --> 00:33:36.240
 that joy,

00:33:37.019 --> 00:33:37.440
 a drink

00:33:37.440 --> 00:33:37.799
 offering,

00:33:37.960 --> 00:33:38.420
 Paul calls

00:33:38.420 --> 00:33:39.799
 himself a

00:33:39.799 --> 00:33:40.440
 drink offering,

00:33:41.380 --> 00:33:41.559
 to,

00:33:42.519 --> 00:33:42.980
 in the Old

00:33:42.980 --> 00:33:43.360
 Testament,

00:33:43.620 --> 00:33:43.799
 like,

00:33:44.140 --> 00:33:44.700
 wine was a

00:33:44.700 --> 00:33:45.400
 very valuable,

00:33:45.880 --> 00:33:46.960
 rare commodity,

00:33:47.140 --> 00:33:47.360
 and it was

00:33:47.360 --> 00:33:48.519
 poured out on

00:33:48.519 --> 00:33:49.240
 the altar where

00:33:49.240 --> 00:33:49.940
 animals were

00:33:49.940 --> 00:33:50.420
 sacrificed,

00:33:50.680 --> 00:33:51.019
 and it was,

00:33:51.580 --> 00:33:52.140
 it would create

00:33:52.140 --> 00:33:53.640
 this really nice

00:33:53.640 --> 00:33:54.559
 smelling aroma,

00:33:55.460 --> 00:33:55.880
 and it was

00:33:55.880 --> 00:33:56.860
 symbolic of

00:33:56.860 --> 00:33:57.440
 somebody's

00:33:57.440 --> 00:33:58.720
 devotion and

00:33:58.720 --> 00:33:59.420
 commitment to

00:33:59.420 --> 00:33:59.740
 God.

00:33:59.900 --> 00:34:01.039
 That's what the

00:34:01.039 --> 00:34:01.600
 wine offering

00:34:01.599 --> 00:34:02.079
 was,

00:34:02.819 --> 00:34:03.419
 the drink

00:34:03.419 --> 00:34:03.759
 offering,

00:34:04.599 --> 00:34:05.559
 and Paul

00:34:05.559 --> 00:34:05.959
 is saying

00:34:05.959 --> 00:34:06.419
 that I want

00:34:06.419 --> 00:34:07.039
 my life to

00:34:07.039 --> 00:34:07.599
 be this way,

00:34:07.679 --> 00:34:07.980
 I want it

00:34:07.980 --> 00:34:09.500
 to be poured

00:34:09.500 --> 00:34:10.239
 out as a

00:34:10.239 --> 00:34:10.839
 drink offering,

00:34:10.940 --> 00:34:11.380
 that's pleasing

00:34:11.380 --> 00:34:11.940
 to God,

00:34:12.799 --> 00:34:15.619
 and that the

00:34:15.619 --> 00:34:16.360
 Philippians would

00:34:16.360 --> 00:34:17.159
 be there as a

00:34:17.159 --> 00:34:17.739
 sign of that,

00:34:17.779 --> 00:34:18.019
 and they would

00:34:18.019 --> 00:34:18.579
 share in that

00:34:18.579 --> 00:34:19.799
 joy that

00:34:19.799 --> 00:34:20.199
 existed.

00:34:21.239 --> 00:34:21.619
 So,

00:34:22.619 --> 00:34:23.500
 this is a

00:34:23.500 --> 00:34:25.199
 life we're to

00:34:25.199 --> 00:34:25.819
 live in the

00:34:25.819 --> 00:34:26.339
 midst of a

00:34:26.339 --> 00:34:26.960
 dark and

00:34:26.960 --> 00:34:27.900
 crooked,

00:34:28.139 --> 00:34:28.480
 perverse

00:34:28.480 --> 00:34:29.059
 generation.

00:34:29.059 --> 00:34:30.480
 all these

00:34:30.480 --> 00:34:31.099
 things will

00:34:31.099 --> 00:34:31.539
 help us.

00:34:32.420 --> 00:34:33.639
 And lastly,

00:34:34.279 --> 00:34:35.079
 this is just

00:34:35.079 --> 00:34:35.659
 more of an

00:34:35.659 --> 00:34:36.579
 exhortation than

00:34:36.579 --> 00:34:37.019
 anything.

00:34:40.159 --> 00:34:40.980
 If you're

00:34:40.980 --> 00:34:41.599
 without Christ

00:34:41.599 --> 00:34:41.960
 tonight,

00:34:42.840 --> 00:34:43.460
 hear this

00:34:43.460 --> 00:34:44.299
 directly like

00:34:44.299 --> 00:34:44.739
 out of the

00:34:44.739 --> 00:34:45.179
 mouth of

00:34:45.179 --> 00:34:46.019
 Jesus himself,

00:34:47.199 --> 00:34:48.360
 and let this

00:34:48.360 --> 00:34:49.739
 be something

00:34:49.739 --> 00:34:50.619
 that spurs us

00:34:50.619 --> 00:34:51.239
 on as people

00:34:51.239 --> 00:34:51.659
 who know

00:34:51.659 --> 00:34:52.380
 Christ to

00:34:52.380 --> 00:34:53.920
 go after

00:34:53.920 --> 00:34:55.500
 and to

00:34:55.500 --> 00:34:56.940
 seek the

00:34:56.940 --> 00:34:57.760
 loss around

00:34:57.760 --> 00:34:58.180
 us.

00:34:59.740 --> 00:35:01.340
 John 12,

00:35:01.500 --> 00:35:02.180
 just go ahead

00:35:02.180 --> 00:35:02.639
 and turn there,

00:35:02.700 --> 00:35:02.980
 we're done

00:35:02.980 --> 00:35:03.440
 after this.

00:35:03.500 --> 00:35:04.119
 John 12,

00:35:04.780 --> 00:35:05.260
 this is right

00:35:05.260 --> 00:35:05.599
 out of the

00:35:05.599 --> 00:35:06.079
 mouth of

00:35:06.079 --> 00:35:06.760
 Christ.

00:35:07.980 --> 00:35:08.900
 John 12,

00:35:09.000 --> 00:35:10.159
 verse 35.

00:35:19.760 --> 00:35:20.599
 John 12,

00:35:20.700 --> 00:35:21.460
 verse 35,

00:35:21.460 --> 00:35:23.240
 says,

00:35:23.860 --> 00:35:24.300
 So Jesus

00:35:24.300 --> 00:35:24.780
 said to

00:35:24.780 --> 00:35:25.099
 them,

00:35:26.220 --> 00:35:26.659
 The light

00:35:26.659 --> 00:35:27.220
 is among

00:35:27.220 --> 00:35:27.940
 you for a

00:35:27.940 --> 00:35:28.360
 little while

00:35:28.360 --> 00:35:28.800
 longer.

00:35:29.780 --> 00:35:31.039
 Walk while

00:35:31.039 --> 00:35:31.460
 you have

00:35:31.460 --> 00:35:31.960
 the light,

00:35:32.260 --> 00:35:32.860
 lest darkness

00:35:32.860 --> 00:35:33.740
 overtake you.

00:35:34.559 --> 00:35:35.079
 The one who

00:35:35.079 --> 00:35:35.760
 walks in the

00:35:35.760 --> 00:35:36.360
 darkness does

00:35:36.360 --> 00:35:36.980
 not know

00:35:36.980 --> 00:35:37.940
 where he is

00:35:37.940 --> 00:35:38.300
 going.

00:35:39.059 --> 00:35:39.559
 While you

00:35:39.559 --> 00:35:39.960
 have the

00:35:39.960 --> 00:35:40.260
 light,

00:35:40.980 --> 00:35:41.460
 believe in

00:35:41.460 --> 00:35:41.920
 the light,

00:35:42.619 --> 00:35:42.920
 that you

00:35:42.920 --> 00:35:43.679
 may become

00:35:43.679 --> 00:35:45.360
 sons of

00:35:45.360 --> 00:35:45.780
 the light.

00:35:46.599 --> 00:35:47.179
 And Jesus

00:35:47.179 --> 00:35:47.579
 is saying

00:35:47.579 --> 00:35:47.960
 that like

00:35:47.960 --> 00:35:48.559
 I'm here

00:35:48.559 --> 00:35:49.800
 right now,

00:35:49.800 --> 00:35:50.960
 I'm the

00:35:50.960 --> 00:35:51.300
 light of

00:35:51.300 --> 00:35:51.740
 the world,

00:35:52.580 --> 00:35:53.100
 believe in

00:35:53.100 --> 00:35:53.880
 me while

00:35:53.880 --> 00:35:54.340
 I'm here.

00:35:55.380 --> 00:35:56.740
 And it

00:35:56.740 --> 00:35:57.220
 carries a

00:35:57.220 --> 00:35:57.900
 certain tone

00:35:57.900 --> 00:35:59.000
 as if like

00:35:59.000 --> 00:35:59.420
 the light

00:35:59.420 --> 00:36:00.100
 will not be

00:36:00.100 --> 00:36:01.480
 around forever

00:36:01.480 --> 00:36:02.000
 for people

00:36:02.000 --> 00:36:03.160
 to lay

00:36:03.160 --> 00:36:03.680
 hold of

00:36:03.680 --> 00:36:03.900
 and to

00:36:03.900 --> 00:36:04.240
 come out

00:36:04.240 --> 00:36:04.480
 of their

00:36:04.480 --> 00:36:04.860
 darkness.

00:36:05.940 --> 00:36:06.560
 So Christ

00:36:06.560 --> 00:36:08.380
 is all

00:36:08.380 --> 00:36:08.700
 that we

00:36:08.700 --> 00:36:09.280
 need to

00:36:09.280 --> 00:36:09.720
 live this

00:36:09.720 --> 00:36:10.140
 life.

00:36:10.480 --> 00:36:11.420
 And so

00:36:11.420 --> 00:36:11.740
 we're to

00:36:11.740 --> 00:36:12.039
 live in

00:36:12.039 --> 00:36:12.460
 the world

00:36:12.460 --> 00:36:13.960
 and all

00:36:13.960 --> 00:36:15.300
 we do

00:36:15.300 --> 00:36:15.519
 will be

00:36:15.519 --> 00:36:15.740
 without

00:36:15.740 --> 00:36:16.140
 grumbling,

00:36:16.280 --> 00:36:16.440
 we're to

00:36:16.440 --> 00:36:17.720
 be becoming

00:36:17.719 --> 00:36:19.059
 children of

00:36:19.059 --> 00:36:19.439
 God,

00:36:19.839 --> 00:36:21.259
 laying hold

00:36:21.259 --> 00:36:21.759
 of what's

00:36:21.759 --> 00:36:22.439
 ours in

00:36:22.439 --> 00:36:22.899
 Christ,

00:36:23.779 --> 00:36:24.399
 and to

00:36:24.399 --> 00:36:26.059
 be shining

00:36:26.059 --> 00:36:26.659
 in a dark

00:36:26.659 --> 00:36:27.039
 world.

00:36:28.299 --> 00:36:28.739
 This is,

00:36:29.539 --> 00:36:30.480
 I feel so

00:36:30.480 --> 00:36:31.159
 convicted when

00:36:31.159 --> 00:36:31.839
 I think about

00:36:31.839 --> 00:36:31.959
 this.

00:36:32.019 --> 00:36:32.319
 I'm not

00:36:32.319 --> 00:36:33.000
 doing this

00:36:33.000 --> 00:36:34.439
 as often

00:36:34.439 --> 00:36:34.779
 as I

00:36:34.779 --> 00:36:35.000
 ought,

00:36:35.099 --> 00:36:36.059
 but people

00:36:36.059 --> 00:36:36.500
 need to be

00:36:36.500 --> 00:36:36.699
 able to

00:36:36.699 --> 00:36:36.980
 look at

00:36:36.980 --> 00:36:37.359
 our lives

00:36:37.359 --> 00:36:37.539
 and see

00:36:37.539 --> 00:36:37.939
 something

00:36:37.939 --> 00:36:39.199
 is not

00:36:39.199 --> 00:36:39.759
 quite right,

00:36:39.819 --> 00:36:40.219
 something is

00:36:40.219 --> 00:36:40.879
 different about

00:36:40.879 --> 00:36:41.339
 how we

00:36:41.339 --> 00:36:41.699
 live.

00:36:42.439 --> 00:36:42.919
 We have

00:36:42.919 --> 00:36:43.439
 been given

00:36:43.439 --> 00:36:44.179
 the greatest

00:36:44.179 --> 00:36:44.799
 thing to

00:36:44.799 --> 00:36:45.319
 have hope

00:36:45.319 --> 00:36:46.119
 and to

00:36:46.119 --> 00:36:46.559
 have joy

00:36:46.559 --> 00:36:46.819
 in.

00:36:46.820 --> 00:36:48.039
 And if

00:36:48.039 --> 00:36:48.300
 we just

00:36:48.300 --> 00:36:48.860
 look like

00:36:48.860 --> 00:36:49.200
 the rest

00:36:49.200 --> 00:36:49.420
 of the

00:36:49.420 --> 00:36:49.740
 world,

00:36:49.860 --> 00:36:50.019
 there's

00:36:50.019 --> 00:36:50.200
 still

00:36:50.200 --> 00:36:50.580
 something

00:36:50.580 --> 00:36:51.059
 that's

00:36:51.059 --> 00:36:51.960
 not

00:36:51.960 --> 00:36:52.320
 right.

00:36:52.980 --> 00:36:53.160
 We're

00:36:53.160 --> 00:36:55.000
 either in

00:36:55.000 --> 00:36:55.300
 sin,

00:36:55.440 --> 00:36:55.539
 we're

00:36:55.539 --> 00:36:55.840
 rebelling

00:36:55.840 --> 00:36:56.120
 against

00:36:56.120 --> 00:36:56.320
 our

00:36:56.320 --> 00:36:56.660
 Father,

00:36:56.820 --> 00:36:58.080
 or we

00:36:58.080 --> 00:36:58.200
 don't

00:36:58.200 --> 00:36:58.380
 have

00:36:58.380 --> 00:36:58.519
 the

00:36:58.519 --> 00:36:58.700
 light

00:36:58.700 --> 00:36:59.059
 at all.

00:37:00.220 --> 00:37:00.580
 It

00:37:00.580 --> 00:37:00.960
 says that

00:37:00.960 --> 00:37:01.380
 you must

00:37:01.380 --> 00:37:01.740
 shine.

00:37:02.380 --> 00:37:02.940
 If Christ

00:37:02.940 --> 00:37:03.300
 is in

00:37:03.300 --> 00:37:03.460
 you,

00:37:03.539 --> 00:37:03.880
 it has

00:37:03.880 --> 00:37:04.200
 to come

00:37:04.200 --> 00:37:04.380
 out

00:37:04.380 --> 00:37:04.680
 somehow.

00:37:04.900 --> 00:37:04.900


00:37:04.900 --> 00:37:05.080
 doesn't

00:37:05.080 --> 00:37:05.420
 just,

00:37:05.980 --> 00:37:06.240
 he just

00:37:06.240 --> 00:37:06.539
 said a

00:37:06.539 --> 00:37:06.880
 city on

00:37:06.880 --> 00:37:07.220
 a hill,

00:37:08.260 --> 00:37:09.559
 it shines

00:37:09.559 --> 00:37:10.080
 that light.

00:37:10.559 --> 00:37:10.880
 And that's

00:37:10.880 --> 00:37:11.080
 what we

00:37:11.080 --> 00:37:11.420
 want to

00:37:11.420 --> 00:37:11.940
 be for

00:37:11.940 --> 00:37:12.360
 people.

00:37:13.960 --> 00:37:14.019
 And

00:37:14.019 --> 00:37:15.059
 it,

00:37:15.240 --> 00:37:16.240
 to

00:37:16.239 --> 00:37:16.599
 those

00:37:16.599 --> 00:37:16.959
 who

00:37:16.959 --> 00:37:17.500
 God

00:37:17.500 --> 00:37:17.659
 is

00:37:17.659 --> 00:37:18.019
 working

00:37:18.019 --> 00:37:18.439
 in,

00:37:19.159 --> 00:37:19.479
 when they

00:37:19.479 --> 00:37:19.719
 actually

00:37:19.719 --> 00:37:20.279
 see that

00:37:20.279 --> 00:37:20.599
 light,

00:37:20.719 --> 00:37:20.939
 such

00:37:20.939 --> 00:37:21.500
 freedom

00:37:21.500 --> 00:37:22.679
 and such

00:37:22.679 --> 00:37:23.179
 joy

00:37:23.179 --> 00:37:23.899
 overtakes

00:37:23.899 --> 00:37:24.159
 them.

00:37:25.059 --> 00:37:25.739
 I remember

00:37:25.739 --> 00:37:26.279
 just a

00:37:26.279 --> 00:37:26.819
 temporal

00:37:26.819 --> 00:37:28.299
 experience

00:37:28.299 --> 00:37:29.000
 of this.

00:37:29.000 --> 00:37:31.679
 when I

00:37:31.679 --> 00:37:32.119
 was hiking

00:37:32.119 --> 00:37:32.880
 in

00:37:32.880 --> 00:37:34.840
 Scotland

00:37:34.840 --> 00:37:35.139
 this

00:37:35.139 --> 00:37:35.400
 summer,

00:37:35.480 --> 00:37:35.679
 it was

00:37:35.679 --> 00:37:35.880
 getting

00:37:35.880 --> 00:37:36.260
 late.

00:37:36.920 --> 00:37:37.119
 It was

00:37:37.119 --> 00:37:37.300
 really,

00:37:37.440 --> 00:37:37.480
 really

00:37:37.480 --> 00:37:37.820
 dark

00:37:37.820 --> 00:37:38.320
 outside.

00:37:39.059 --> 00:37:39.500
 And it

00:37:39.500 --> 00:37:39.599
 was

00:37:39.599 --> 00:37:39.920
 raining

00:37:39.920 --> 00:37:40.519
 and I

00:37:40.519 --> 00:37:40.719
 was

00:37:40.719 --> 00:37:41.460
 really

00:37:41.460 --> 00:37:41.860
 hungry.

00:37:42.260 --> 00:37:42.920
 I had

00:37:42.920 --> 00:37:43.619
 no food

00:37:43.619 --> 00:37:43.920
 on me

00:37:43.920 --> 00:37:44.139
 at the

00:37:44.139 --> 00:37:44.400
 time.

00:37:45.280 --> 00:37:45.559
 And

00:37:45.559 --> 00:37:48.360
 I just

00:37:48.360 --> 00:37:48.800
 didn't know

00:37:48.800 --> 00:37:49.280
 where we

00:37:49.280 --> 00:37:49.559
 were on

00:37:49.559 --> 00:37:49.860
 the trail.

00:37:50.000 --> 00:37:50.139
 I just

00:37:50.139 --> 00:37:50.360
 knew we

00:37:50.360 --> 00:37:50.739
 were on

00:37:50.739 --> 00:37:51.139
 the trail.

00:37:51.780 --> 00:37:51.980
 And I

00:37:51.980 --> 00:37:52.260
 was just

00:37:52.260 --> 00:37:52.599
 praying

00:37:52.599 --> 00:37:53.000
 like we

00:37:53.000 --> 00:37:53.280
 got to

00:37:53.280 --> 00:37:53.619
 the next

00:37:53.619 --> 00:37:53.980
 town

00:37:53.980 --> 00:37:54.300
 really

00:37:54.300 --> 00:37:54.679
 quick.

00:37:54.679 --> 00:37:55.619
 and just

00:37:55.619 --> 00:37:56.159
 wanted to

00:37:56.159 --> 00:37:57.639
 get a nice

00:37:57.639 --> 00:37:58.319
 shower and

00:37:58.319 --> 00:37:59.339
 go get

00:37:59.339 --> 00:37:59.899
 some food.

00:38:00.639 --> 00:38:01.319
 That kind

00:38:01.319 --> 00:38:01.679
 of feeling.

00:38:03.679 --> 00:38:04.119
 I'm

00:38:04.119 --> 00:38:04.559
 huffing and

00:38:04.559 --> 00:38:05.059
 puffing with

00:38:05.059 --> 00:38:05.519
 my lungs

00:38:05.519 --> 00:38:07.239
 going up

00:38:07.239 --> 00:38:07.879
 this last

00:38:07.879 --> 00:38:08.219
 hill.

00:38:08.960 --> 00:38:09.199
 I didn't

00:38:09.199 --> 00:38:09.579
 know how

00:38:09.579 --> 00:38:09.980
 far we

00:38:09.980 --> 00:38:10.199
 had to

00:38:10.199 --> 00:38:10.399
 go.

00:38:10.500 --> 00:38:10.679
 And we

00:38:10.679 --> 00:38:10.919
 finally

00:38:10.919 --> 00:38:11.279
 got up

00:38:11.279 --> 00:38:11.500
 there.

00:38:12.159 --> 00:38:12.419
 I could

00:38:12.419 --> 00:38:12.739
 see the

00:38:12.739 --> 00:38:14.559
 town down

00:38:14.559 --> 00:38:15.079
 that way.

00:38:15.179 --> 00:38:15.480
 It was

00:38:15.480 --> 00:38:16.099
 this big

00:38:16.099 --> 00:38:16.940
 bright light.

00:38:17.059 --> 00:38:17.279
 I was

00:38:17.279 --> 00:38:17.619
 like,

00:38:18.079 --> 00:38:18.480
 yes!

00:38:18.559 --> 00:38:18.719
 I could

00:38:18.719 --> 00:38:18.879
 just

00:38:18.879 --> 00:38:19.139
 brought

00:38:19.139 --> 00:38:19.940
 so much

00:38:19.940 --> 00:38:20.960
 freedom

00:38:20.960 --> 00:38:21.559
 and joy.

00:38:21.960 --> 00:38:22.299
 I felt

00:38:22.299 --> 00:38:22.480
 like I

00:38:22.480 --> 00:38:22.739
 was going

00:38:22.739 --> 00:38:22.960
 to make

00:38:22.960 --> 00:38:23.259
 it out

00:38:23.259 --> 00:38:23.559
 for a

00:38:23.559 --> 00:38:23.719
 second.

00:38:24.679 --> 00:38:25.980
 And we

00:38:25.980 --> 00:38:26.179
 just kind

00:38:26.179 --> 00:38:26.440
 of kept

00:38:26.440 --> 00:38:26.819
 going.

00:38:27.579 --> 00:38:27.839
 And when

00:38:27.839 --> 00:38:28.139
 we got

00:38:28.139 --> 00:38:28.460
 there,

00:38:28.699 --> 00:38:29.799
 just went

00:38:29.799 --> 00:38:30.039
 to the

00:38:30.039 --> 00:38:30.359
 hostel,

00:38:30.539 --> 00:38:30.819
 threw our

00:38:30.819 --> 00:38:31.419
 stuff down,

00:38:31.960 --> 00:38:32.500
 got on a

00:38:32.500 --> 00:38:32.960
 nice shower,

00:38:33.039 --> 00:38:33.279
 put some

00:38:33.279 --> 00:38:33.859
 dry clothes

00:38:33.859 --> 00:38:34.159
 on,

00:38:34.859 --> 00:38:35.219
 went to

00:38:35.219 --> 00:38:35.639
 the pub

00:38:35.639 --> 00:38:35.899
 and had

00:38:35.899 --> 00:38:36.219
 some good

00:38:36.219 --> 00:38:36.839
 pub grub.

00:38:38.039 --> 00:38:39.319
 And while

00:38:39.319 --> 00:38:39.639
 I was

00:38:39.639 --> 00:38:40.019
 there,

00:38:41.299 --> 00:38:41.699
 you're in

00:38:41.699 --> 00:38:42.019
 a room

00:38:42.019 --> 00:38:42.379
 with several

00:38:42.379 --> 00:38:42.960
 other guys

00:38:42.960 --> 00:38:43.139
 that are

00:38:43.139 --> 00:38:43.460
 all on

00:38:43.460 --> 00:38:43.899
 bunk beds,

00:38:43.960 --> 00:38:44.539
 other hikers,

00:38:45.460 --> 00:38:45.919
 and guys

00:38:45.919 --> 00:38:46.279
 from all

00:38:46.279 --> 00:38:46.619
 over the

00:38:46.619 --> 00:38:46.879
 place.

00:38:48.859 --> 00:38:49.379
 We had

00:38:49.379 --> 00:38:49.739
 been sharing

00:38:49.739 --> 00:38:50.239
 the gospel

00:38:50.239 --> 00:38:50.659
 that day

00:38:50.659 --> 00:38:51.079
 with a guy

00:38:51.079 --> 00:38:52.139
 from France,

00:38:52.859 --> 00:38:53.500
 from Paris,

00:38:53.599 --> 00:38:53.819
 and he

00:38:53.819 --> 00:38:54.139
 just,

00:38:54.679 --> 00:38:55.119
 kind of

00:38:55.119 --> 00:38:55.339
 wasn't

00:38:55.339 --> 00:38:55.839
 having it.

00:38:56.099 --> 00:38:56.759
 We talked

00:38:56.759 --> 00:38:57.079
 for like

00:38:57.079 --> 00:38:57.859
 15 miles

00:38:57.859 --> 00:38:59.079
 about stuff,

00:38:59.139 --> 00:38:59.339
 and he

00:38:59.339 --> 00:39:00.699
 was kind

00:39:00.699 --> 00:39:01.319
 of borderline

00:39:01.319 --> 00:39:02.659
 agnostic,

00:39:02.779 --> 00:39:03.199
 I guess you

00:39:03.199 --> 00:39:03.599
 could probably

00:39:03.599 --> 00:39:04.639
 say,

00:39:04.919 --> 00:39:06.199
 but he

00:39:06.199 --> 00:39:06.440
 got to

00:39:06.440 --> 00:39:06.980
 talking about

00:39:06.980 --> 00:39:08.019
 women and

00:39:08.019 --> 00:39:08.659
 just how

00:39:08.659 --> 00:39:08.960
 he,

00:39:09.059 --> 00:39:10.440
 you know,

00:39:11.239 --> 00:39:11.699
 liked that

00:39:11.699 --> 00:39:12.059
 stuff.

00:39:12.059 --> 00:39:17.699
 and he,

00:39:17.699 --> 00:39:19.179
 it just

00:39:19.179 --> 00:39:19.559
 kind of

00:39:19.559 --> 00:39:19.840
 was,

00:39:20.400 --> 00:39:20.980
 kind of

00:39:20.980 --> 00:39:21.340
 began to

00:39:21.340 --> 00:39:21.699
 make me

00:39:21.699 --> 00:39:22.079
 like really,

00:39:22.219 --> 00:39:22.840
 really sad,

00:39:23.119 --> 00:39:23.539
 because this

00:39:23.539 --> 00:39:23.940
 is what this

00:39:23.940 --> 00:39:24.599
 guy worshiped,

00:39:24.599 --> 00:39:24.980
 this is where

00:39:24.980 --> 00:39:25.380
 he found

00:39:25.380 --> 00:39:25.900
 his life,

00:39:26.460 --> 00:39:26.719
 and you

00:39:26.719 --> 00:39:27.159
 could tell

00:39:27.159 --> 00:39:27.639
 that it

00:39:27.639 --> 00:39:28.000
 was just

00:39:28.000 --> 00:39:29.259
 like all

00:39:29.259 --> 00:39:29.719
 he wanted

00:39:29.719 --> 00:39:30.099
 and all

00:39:30.099 --> 00:39:30.340
 that he

00:39:30.340 --> 00:39:30.679
 could look

00:39:30.679 --> 00:39:31.000
 for,

00:39:31.000 --> 00:39:31.059
 were,

00:39:31.440 --> 00:39:32.539
 and so

00:39:32.539 --> 00:39:32.840
 when we

00:39:32.840 --> 00:39:33.659
 got to

00:39:33.659 --> 00:39:35.400
 this hostel,

00:39:36.480 --> 00:39:37.320
 there was

00:39:37.320 --> 00:39:38.059
 another guy

00:39:38.059 --> 00:39:38.980
 that was

00:39:38.980 --> 00:39:39.199
 sleeping

00:39:39.199 --> 00:39:39.519
 underneath

00:39:39.519 --> 00:39:40.019
 me,

00:39:40.780 --> 00:39:41.039
 and he

00:39:41.039 --> 00:39:41.760
 was from

00:39:41.760 --> 00:39:42.079
 Scotland,

00:39:42.219 --> 00:39:42.500
 he actually

00:39:42.500 --> 00:39:42.860
 was in the

00:39:42.860 --> 00:39:43.280
 military,

00:39:43.280 --> 00:39:45.519
 and so

00:39:45.519 --> 00:39:45.880
 my friend

00:39:45.880 --> 00:39:46.280
 Mark and

00:39:46.280 --> 00:39:46.500
 I were

00:39:46.500 --> 00:39:47.060
 talking about

00:39:47.060 --> 00:39:47.580
 this guy,

00:39:48.360 --> 00:39:48.560
 and just

00:39:48.560 --> 00:39:49.340
 how bad

00:39:49.340 --> 00:39:50.019
 we felt

00:39:50.019 --> 00:39:50.400
 for him,

00:39:50.460 --> 00:39:50.800
 because we

00:39:50.800 --> 00:39:51.740
 were holding

00:39:51.740 --> 00:39:52.140
 out the

00:39:52.140 --> 00:39:52.500
 word of

00:39:52.500 --> 00:39:52.980
 life to

00:39:52.980 --> 00:39:53.120
 him,

00:39:53.320 --> 00:39:54.300
 and just

00:39:54.300 --> 00:39:54.840
 didn't want

00:39:54.840 --> 00:39:55.040
 it,

00:39:55.380 --> 00:39:56.900
 and just

00:39:56.900 --> 00:39:57.160
 kind of

00:39:57.160 --> 00:39:57.600
 spat on

00:39:57.600 --> 00:39:57.740
 it,

00:39:58.800 --> 00:39:59.080
 and we

00:39:59.080 --> 00:39:59.320
 were just

00:39:59.320 --> 00:39:59.560
 kind of

00:39:59.560 --> 00:40:00.040
 talking about

00:40:00.040 --> 00:40:00.300
 how we

00:40:00.300 --> 00:40:00.760
 felt sorry

00:40:00.760 --> 00:40:01.200
 for him,

00:40:01.320 --> 00:40:02.160
 and how

00:40:02.160 --> 00:40:02.400
 he doesn't

00:40:02.400 --> 00:40:02.900
 really know

00:40:02.900 --> 00:40:03.720
 that real

00:40:03.720 --> 00:40:04.580
 joy exists,

00:40:04.960 --> 00:40:05.640
 and we

00:40:05.640 --> 00:40:05.980
 didn't say

00:40:05.980 --> 00:40:06.380
 Christ,

00:40:06.480 --> 00:40:06.660
 we didn't

00:40:06.660 --> 00:40:08.260
 say anything

00:40:08.260 --> 00:40:08.620
 while we were

00:40:08.620 --> 00:40:09.000
 just standing

00:40:09.000 --> 00:40:09.320
 there,

00:40:10.120 --> 00:40:10.360
 and this

00:40:10.360 --> 00:40:10.820
 guy kind

00:40:10.820 --> 00:40:11.940
 of popped

00:40:11.940 --> 00:40:12.340
 out of his

00:40:12.340 --> 00:40:12.680
 bed,

00:40:13.280 --> 00:40:13.660
 underneath

00:40:13.660 --> 00:40:13.960
 me,

00:40:14.019 --> 00:40:14.300
 the guy

00:40:14.300 --> 00:40:16.480
 from Scotland,

00:40:16.600 --> 00:40:16.720
 his name

00:40:16.720 --> 00:40:17.160
 was Paul,

00:40:17.800 --> 00:40:18.019
 and he

00:40:18.019 --> 00:40:18.280
 said,

00:40:19.100 --> 00:40:19.620
 are you a

00:40:19.620 --> 00:40:19.980
 Christian?

00:40:20.980 --> 00:40:21.400
 And I

00:40:21.400 --> 00:40:21.640
 was like,

00:40:21.660 --> 00:40:21.980
 oh man,

00:40:22.019 --> 00:40:22.120
 what's

00:40:22.120 --> 00:40:22.360
 about to

00:40:22.360 --> 00:40:22.840
 come next?

00:40:22.860 --> 00:40:23.019
 Like,

00:40:23.040 --> 00:40:23.320
 I hate

00:40:23.320 --> 00:40:23.800
 Christians,

00:40:24.060 --> 00:40:25.180
 or something,

00:40:25.320 --> 00:40:25.519
 I didn't

00:40:25.519 --> 00:40:25.760
 know what's

00:40:25.760 --> 00:40:26.000
 about to

00:40:26.000 --> 00:40:26.240
 come,

00:40:26.940 --> 00:40:28.400
 but I

00:40:28.400 --> 00:40:28.800
 kind of

00:40:28.800 --> 00:40:29.080
 said,

00:40:29.760 --> 00:40:30.340
 yeah man,

00:40:30.540 --> 00:40:31.920
 just a

00:40:31.920 --> 00:40:32.760
 follower of

00:40:32.760 --> 00:40:33.040
 Christ,

00:40:33.140 --> 00:40:33.580
 lover of

00:40:33.580 --> 00:40:33.900
 Christ,

00:40:34.019 --> 00:40:34.620
 that's us,

00:40:35.280 --> 00:40:35.640
 and he's

00:40:35.640 --> 00:40:35.860
 like,

00:40:36.420 --> 00:40:36.980
 me too,

00:40:37.780 --> 00:40:38.080
 and he

00:40:38.080 --> 00:40:38.340
 said,

00:40:38.519 --> 00:40:39.460
 I could

00:40:39.460 --> 00:40:39.820
 tell,

00:40:40.100 --> 00:40:40.360
 and I

00:40:40.360 --> 00:40:40.600
 was like,

00:40:40.660 --> 00:40:40.880
 really?

00:40:42.060 --> 00:40:42.680
 I began

00:40:42.679 --> 00:40:43.119
 to ask

00:40:43.119 --> 00:40:43.279
 him,

00:40:43.359 --> 00:40:44.019
 and he

00:40:44.019 --> 00:40:44.359
 said that

00:40:44.359 --> 00:40:44.579
 you were

00:40:44.579 --> 00:40:45.199
 talking about

00:40:45.199 --> 00:40:46.359
 having joy

00:40:46.359 --> 00:40:46.719
 that the

00:40:46.719 --> 00:40:47.179
 world doesn't

00:40:47.179 --> 00:40:47.500
 know,

00:40:47.559 --> 00:40:47.839
 and having

00:40:47.839 --> 00:40:48.219
 peace that

00:40:48.219 --> 00:40:48.440
 the world

00:40:48.440 --> 00:40:48.679
 doesn't

00:40:48.679 --> 00:40:48.960
 know,

00:40:49.059 --> 00:40:49.919
 and he

00:40:49.919 --> 00:40:50.119
 was like,

00:40:50.159 --> 00:40:50.399
 so I just

00:40:50.399 --> 00:40:51.259
 assumed that's

00:40:51.259 --> 00:40:51.899
 who you

00:40:51.899 --> 00:40:52.440
 guys were,

00:40:53.440 --> 00:40:54.460
 and so we

00:40:54.460 --> 00:40:55.659
 invited him to

00:40:55.659 --> 00:40:56.219
 come out to

00:40:56.219 --> 00:40:57.539
 eat with us,

00:40:57.579 --> 00:40:58.119
 and we had a

00:40:58.119 --> 00:40:59.639
 good time,

00:40:59.940 --> 00:41:00.379
 but like,

00:41:01.179 --> 00:41:02.059
 the joy that

00:41:02.059 --> 00:41:02.719
 seeing the light

00:41:02.719 --> 00:41:04.000
 brings in a

00:41:04.000 --> 00:41:04.719
 temporal experience

00:41:04.719 --> 00:41:05.199
 like that is

00:41:05.199 --> 00:41:05.960
 just nothing

00:41:05.960 --> 00:41:07.199
 compared to

00:41:07.199 --> 00:41:07.899
 having like,

00:41:07.900 --> 00:41:08.460
 your chains

00:41:08.460 --> 00:41:09.860
 fall off

00:41:09.860 --> 00:41:11.700
 from bondage

00:41:11.700 --> 00:41:12.220
 and sin,

00:41:12.380 --> 00:41:13.240
 and having

00:41:13.240 --> 00:41:14.180
 light come

00:41:14.180 --> 00:41:14.619
 into your

00:41:14.619 --> 00:41:14.920
 life,

00:41:15.039 --> 00:41:16.059
 the light

00:41:16.059 --> 00:41:16.280
 of the

00:41:16.280 --> 00:41:16.539
 world,

00:41:16.700 --> 00:41:17.079
 Christ,

00:41:17.900 --> 00:41:18.619
 and so this

00:41:18.619 --> 00:41:19.119
 is what we're

00:41:19.119 --> 00:41:20.340
 to be doing,

00:41:20.420 --> 00:41:20.840
 we have to

00:41:20.840 --> 00:41:21.519
 stand out,

00:41:22.460 --> 00:41:23.019
 Christ is in

00:41:23.019 --> 00:41:23.340
 us,

00:41:23.559 --> 00:41:24.639
 and he has

00:41:24.639 --> 00:41:25.680
 to pour

00:41:25.680 --> 00:41:26.320
 out of us,

00:41:27.119 --> 00:41:28.980
 so that's

00:41:28.980 --> 00:41:30.400
 our sermon

00:41:30.400 --> 00:41:30.840
 tonight,

00:41:31.300 --> 00:41:31.720
 let's just

00:41:31.720 --> 00:41:31.980
 pray,

00:41:32.160 --> 00:41:32.420
 and we'll,

00:41:33.559 --> 00:41:34.280
 Alex and

00:41:34.280 --> 00:41:34.460
 Lauren,

00:41:34.539 --> 00:41:34.760
 you probably

00:41:34.760 --> 00:41:35.079
 can just

00:41:35.079 --> 00:41:35.639
 come back

00:41:35.639 --> 00:41:35.799
 up,

00:41:35.839 --> 00:41:35.980
 and we're

00:41:35.980 --> 00:41:36.119
 going to

00:41:36.119 --> 00:41:36.579
 respond,

00:41:37.199 --> 00:41:37.539
 just with

00:41:37.539 --> 00:41:38.059
 some singing,

00:41:38.219 --> 00:41:39.159
 and we'll

00:41:39.159 --> 00:41:39.619
 break out in

00:41:39.619 --> 00:41:39.940
 groups,

00:41:41.099 --> 00:41:42.500
 Father,

00:41:42.599 --> 00:41:43.420
 I pray that

00:41:43.420 --> 00:41:46.719
 you would

00:41:46.719 --> 00:41:47.239
 help us

00:41:47.239 --> 00:41:47.879
 just to

00:41:47.879 --> 00:41:49.659
 reverence you,

00:41:49.799 --> 00:41:50.400
 to work out

00:41:50.400 --> 00:41:51.079
 our salvation

00:41:51.079 --> 00:41:52.500
 with fear

00:41:52.500 --> 00:41:53.079
 and trembling,

00:41:53.960 --> 00:41:54.460
 as we've

00:41:54.460 --> 00:41:54.839
 read in

00:41:54.839 --> 00:41:55.379
 Philippians,

00:41:56.359 --> 00:41:56.879
 and that

00:41:56.879 --> 00:41:59.239
 we would

00:41:59.239 --> 00:42:00.980
 seek to

00:42:00.980 --> 00:42:03.339
 live in

00:42:03.339 --> 00:42:03.719
 the middle

00:42:03.719 --> 00:42:04.239
 of a

00:42:04.239 --> 00:42:05.959
 crooked and

00:42:05.959 --> 00:42:06.539
 perverse

00:42:06.539 --> 00:42:07.839
 generation

00:42:07.839 --> 00:42:08.519
 that lives

00:42:08.519 --> 00:42:09.299
 in darkness,

00:42:10.219 --> 00:42:10.739
 and I pray

00:42:10.739 --> 00:42:12.219
 that we

00:42:12.219 --> 00:42:13.039
 wouldn't forget

00:42:13.039 --> 00:42:13.619
 the darkness

00:42:13.619 --> 00:42:14.219
 that we

00:42:14.219 --> 00:42:15.379
 once lived

00:42:15.379 --> 00:42:15.679
 in,

00:42:16.879 --> 00:42:18.859
 and Lord,

00:42:18.939 --> 00:42:19.119
 that that

00:42:19.119 --> 00:42:19.519
 would break

00:42:19.519 --> 00:42:20.059
 our hearts

00:42:20.059 --> 00:42:21.599
 and lead

00:42:21.599 --> 00:42:22.139
 us to

00:42:22.139 --> 00:42:24.500
 shine in

00:42:24.500 --> 00:42:24.959
 the darkness,

00:42:25.619 --> 00:42:26.139
 to point

00:42:26.139 --> 00:42:26.699
 others to

00:42:26.699 --> 00:42:27.019
 Christ,

00:42:27.099 --> 00:42:27.359
 to hold

00:42:27.359 --> 00:42:28.479
 out the

00:42:28.479 --> 00:42:28.799
 word of

00:42:28.799 --> 00:42:29.119
 life,

00:42:29.219 --> 00:42:29.379
 Lord,

00:42:29.419 --> 00:42:29.899
 to do all

00:42:29.899 --> 00:42:30.419
 things that

00:42:30.419 --> 00:42:30.799
 we do

00:42:30.799 --> 00:42:31.099
 without

00:42:31.099 --> 00:42:31.539
 grumbling,

00:42:32.279 --> 00:42:32.739
 complaining,

00:42:32.739 --> 00:42:33.199
 but in

00:42:33.199 --> 00:42:33.639
 a spirit

00:42:33.639 --> 00:42:34.159
 of joy

00:42:34.159 --> 00:42:35.039
 and gladness

00:42:35.039 --> 00:42:35.299
 that we

00:42:35.299 --> 00:42:35.859
 actually can

00:42:35.859 --> 00:42:37.039
 do all

00:42:37.039 --> 00:42:37.479
 things,

00:42:38.219 --> 00:42:38.839
 even eating

00:42:38.839 --> 00:42:39.359
 and drinking

00:42:39.359 --> 00:42:39.759
 to your

00:42:39.759 --> 00:42:40.139
 glory,

00:42:40.539 --> 00:42:42.219
 and Father,

00:42:42.299 --> 00:42:42.519
 that we

00:42:42.519 --> 00:42:44.039
 can see

00:42:44.039 --> 00:42:44.959
 you change

00:42:44.959 --> 00:42:45.419
 lives,

00:42:46.459 --> 00:42:46.879
 you can

00:42:46.879 --> 00:42:47.399
 destroy

00:42:47.399 --> 00:42:49.000
 the darkness

00:42:49.000 --> 00:42:49.579
 that's around

00:42:49.579 --> 00:42:49.919
 us,

00:42:50.179 --> 00:42:51.359
 and the lives

00:42:51.359 --> 00:42:51.739
 of people

00:42:51.739 --> 00:42:53.139
 that all

00:42:53.139 --> 00:42:53.599
 of us in

00:42:53.599 --> 00:42:53.819
 here,

00:42:53.979 --> 00:42:54.559
 all of us

00:42:54.559 --> 00:42:55.039
 know who

00:42:55.039 --> 00:42:55.399
 those people

00:42:55.399 --> 00:42:55.839
 are right

00:42:55.839 --> 00:42:56.099
 now.

00:42:57.599 --> 00:42:57.959
 God,

00:42:58.059 --> 00:43:00.199
 so help

00:43:00.199 --> 00:43:00.519
 us to

00:43:00.519 --> 00:43:00.839
 shine,

00:43:01.960 --> 00:43:03.359
 help us

00:43:03.359 --> 00:43:03.759
 to step

00:43:03.759 --> 00:43:04.159
 out and

00:43:04.159 --> 00:43:04.480
 to love

00:43:04.480 --> 00:43:04.980
 them and

00:43:04.980 --> 00:43:05.819
 to lay

00:43:05.819 --> 00:43:06.359
 our lives

00:43:06.359 --> 00:43:07.699
 down for

00:43:07.699 --> 00:43:08.079
 them.

00:43:09.419 --> 00:43:09.719
 God,

00:43:09.819 --> 00:43:10.039
 they will

00:43:10.039 --> 00:43:10.500
 be freed

00:43:10.500 --> 00:43:11.159
 from sin,

00:43:12.019 --> 00:43:13.119
 be saved

00:43:13.119 --> 00:43:14.379
 for your

00:43:14.379 --> 00:43:14.739
 glory.

00:43:16.039 --> 00:43:16.319
 Father,

00:43:16.399 --> 00:43:16.679
 we love

00:43:16.679 --> 00:43:17.000
 you and

00:43:17.000 --> 00:43:17.279
 just give

00:43:17.279 --> 00:43:17.739
 you praise

00:43:17.739 --> 00:43:18.299
 in Christ's

00:43:18.299 --> 00:43:18.460
 name.

00:43:18.960 --> 00:43:19.179
 Amen.