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 Can I put a plug in for working bees too?

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 In our last parish, the last parish I was in,

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 we did two a year and working bees were one of the really great fun days of the year

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 because we put the list up like we've got out here.

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 We'd offer people the opportunity to take responsibility for one job

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 so you didn't have to do everything and you didn't have somebody

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 leaning over your shoulder telling you how to do it.

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 You could just do it, which was really good.

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 And we'd have a barbecue or something together in the middle to celebrate,

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 but just good fun, lots of good conversations,

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 but really helpful to the overall what's going on around the place.

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 So I think I know that you'd take a great weight off Dave Lawrence's mind

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 if you're getting in touch with him and saying,

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 I can do this job, I'll do this job and split the day up like that,

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 but I'll have fun as well.

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 So just great.

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 I'm going to pray.

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 Heavenly Father, as we come to your word now

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 and a passage which in many ways is a difficult passage for us,

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 please speak to us by your spirit.

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 Speak to our hearts and minds that you would be transforming us in Christ

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 and growing us in his image to your glory.

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 Amen.

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 Darian Klintos took us into 1 Peter 2 last week

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 and the first seven verses of chapter 3 were part of the passage

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 that we were going to deal with and we plan to deal with

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 and anybody in a small group will know it was part of the same study.

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 And it's 1 Peter 2 is a passage which tells Christians

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 how to live submissively under all sorts of governments and employers,

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 both for good and for bad.

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 Governments and employers that are good for you,

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 governments and employers that maybe are quite difficult for you.

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 And so we were urged to live lives of faithful submission

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 grounded in the life which Jesus himself lived.

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 Called to patient endurance

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 and we are encouraged that it is actually commendable

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 before God to bear up in the face of unjust suffering.

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 Now, Darian did a really neat sidestep.

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 He just stepped right away from the one, the third area of submission,

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 family life, wives and husbands.

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 He didn't enter into that, he just left that hanging.

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 Although, to be fair to him, it was with permission.

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 And he's gone away for the weekend with Vanessa.

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 He and Vanessa were going to be here today

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 but somebody in their family gave them a weekend away up at Terrigal

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 and we think that's just a blessing for them

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 and glad for them to be able to enjoy it.

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 It begins, verse 1, chapter 3.

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 Wives, in the same way be submissive to your husbands

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 so that if any of them do not believe the word

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 they may be won over without words by the behaviour of their wives

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 when they see the purity and the reverence of your lives.

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 We ventured into this passage in Bible study the other week

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 and one of our lovely women said in really quite a lovely way,

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 it's very hard to read this passage without it sounding like sit.

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 So this is not about men and women generally.

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 You might have a female boss at work.

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 In fact, your wife might have a higher power job than you

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 but this is when you come back into a family.

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 If you've got a female boss at work,

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 if you work for your wife at work and she's your boss at work,

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 you will submit to her leadership in the workplace

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 on the basis of what Peter says in chapter 2.

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 But chapter 3 is a journey into family life

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 and this is about submissive lives within the family,

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 husbands and wives.

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 Chapter 2 taught that God is a God of order.

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 He brings peace out of chaos.

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 He brings restoration to a broken world.

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 He brings order to society through government.

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 He brings order to the workplace

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 and now in chapter 3,

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 he teaches that God brings order to family life.

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 He gives us a framework in which to conduct our relationships.

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 Submission is a dirty word for many of us.

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 It sounds even worse when it comes from the mouth of a man.

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 And there are many unhappy overtones and all sorts of issues for us.

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 But listen to what the Bible says.

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 Wives,

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 Wives, be submissive, yield, give way to your husbands.

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 He has two types of husband and wife.

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 A husband who isn't a believer and one who is.

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 And his hope is that a wife with an unbelieving husband

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 will win him to Christ by her behaviour.

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 Not by her words,

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 by her behaviour.

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 It's a specific example of chapter 2, verse 12.

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 Living such good lives among the nations

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 that they may see your good deeds

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 and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

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 I've seen this happen.

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 My best friend was won to Christ

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 because his wife regarded this first.

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 He has become a wonderful Christian leader in his family and church

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 because of his wife's witness to him.

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 It was a joy for her

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 when her husband came to Christ and grew in him

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 and she deliberately stepped back from spiritual leadership in her family

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 as she encouraged her husband to take up the reins

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 and to lead spiritually because of her...

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 She did that because of her relationship with Christ.

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 I've seen the opposite.

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 I have seen women in churches

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 disrespecting their husbands in such a way

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 that they completely undermine their witness.

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 They nag them.

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 They complain about them.

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 They belittle them.

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 And then they wonder and wring their hands

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 when their husbands won't go anywhere near the church.

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 Wives, in the same way,

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 be submissive to your husbands

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 so that if any of them do not believe the word,

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 they may be won over without words

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 by the behaviour of their wives

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 when they see the purity and reverence of your lives.

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 Now, I reckon by about now,

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 there should be a growing underbelly of what if.

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 You know, what about my friend who's in this situation

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 and what about where I've been?

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 And I just want to say before we go there,

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 let's read the next bit, verse 3.

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 Your beauty should not come from outward adornment,

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 such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewellery and fine clothes.

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 Instead, it should be that of your inner self,

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 the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit,

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 which is of great worth in God's sight.

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 For this is the way the holy women of the past

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 who put their hope in God used to make themselves beautiful.

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 They were submissive to their own husbands,

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 like Sarah, who obeyed Abraham and called him her master.

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 I'm hoping that's not contentious,

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 maybe the last bit, but the bulk of it,

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 because it's all about inner beauty being much more important than outer show.

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 And that's totally consistent with the Gospels,

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 where God always says that what's on the inside matters more than externals.

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 And to put it crudely, the world's always trying to make,

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 dress up mutton as lamb.

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 You go to the top level of the chase and you buy the branded clothes.

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 Maybe you don't.

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 Maybe you do.

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 Or you shop a lower level, something like that, a level lower.

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 Designer jeans, accessories, having the right look, having the right label.

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 In some communities, it's all about having the right set of tattoos

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 and the right set of piercings.

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 In terms of how we present ourselves to one another.

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 But Peter says it's what's on the inside that matters, not the outside.

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 A friend of mine told me about his university ministry.

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 And this goes back 30 years.

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 And he was discipling a young man and he was preparing him for leadership

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 within the university fellowship.

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 And the young bloke wanted the old bloke's wisdom

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 about a girl that he was thinking of asking out,

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 who looked pretty good.

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 She was the hot one.

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 And the old bloke said that he thought another woman that they both knew

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 would make a wonderful partner.

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 And the young bloke said, but she looks pretty ugly.

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 Now, I know that woman.

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 I know the ugly one.

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 Not my wife.

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 We both know her.

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 And I've got to tell you that she is full of inner beauty.

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 And her inner beauty makes her outer beauty quite lovely as well.

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 She radiates Christ.

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 And in that conversation, the young bloke went down a lot of notches

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 in the eyes of his mentor.

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 Because all he could see was outer beauty.

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 He couldn't see the precious beauty and the shine and the witness of the woman

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 that he called ugly.

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 Peter says, inner beauty over outward adornment.

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 And then he says, you are her daughters, speaking about Sarah,

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 if you do what is right and do not give way to fear.

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 And I think that little line gives away something.

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 I think it gives away the fact that he understands that there is pain

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 in what he is teaching here.

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 Peter understands that a woman might have a whole lot of fears

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 about submitting to her husband.

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 And he says, do not give way to fear.

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 And I'm confident when I talk to this congregation,

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 just like when I spoke to 8.30 this morning and my wife was sitting there,

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 that there are women here who know how painful it can be

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 submitting to a man who thought that it was all about him.

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 We've had to sort that out in our marriage sometimes.

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 And I think we'll probably have to do it again.

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 It's not a problem solved forever and ever.

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 I sat with a Christian counsellor a while back

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 and I talked to her about this passage.

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 I actually said, do I've got to get up and preach this on Sunday?

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 What am I going to say?

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 What are a wife's fears in submitting to her husband?

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 And she said things like having wounded hearts,

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 wives who've been injured mentally,

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 wives who've been abused emotionally,

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 wives who have been mistreated sexually,

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 wives who have lost a sense of self

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 as their marriage becomes all about her husband, the husband.

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 And she said there will be people sitting in your congregation

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 who will be angered and distressed by the word submission

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 because they have been hurt.

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 And she said men and women wrongly interpret submission

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 as being...

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 I was going hell for leather making notes while she was talking.

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 But she said men and women...

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 ..said men and women wrongly interpret submission

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 as being a doormat,

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 doing whatever he asks.

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 And it's not about that.

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 We need to be ourselves within our relationship.

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 We need to be able to say when we're tired

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 and when we're hurt and when we're lonely.

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 We need to feel safe with our spouse

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 to be able to reveal deep needs

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 and feelings and longings.

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 And if your spouse opens up

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 and says things that reflect badly on you,

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 are you able to hear them

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 and still affirm your love for them?

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 Or do you shut them down

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 because you cannot bear to hear

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 how you impact on them?

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 And she said husbands and wives' hearts are sinful.

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 There's often a struggle over roles and place in a marriage.

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 She said if people would listen to God's word

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 and understand that he is a God of order,

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 marriage can be a delightfully safe place

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 where a husband and a wife

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 can know wonderful security

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 with one another and with God.

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 A husband who leads and loves,

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 who brings harmony and peace and safety

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 as he submits to Christ

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 and serves his family.

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 It's really interesting

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 but Peter speaks a specific word to husbands.

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 He doesn't say anything to our governments.

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 He doesn't say anything to employers.

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 But he does speak to husbands.

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 Verse 7,

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 Husbands, in the same way be considerate

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 as you live with your wives

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 and treat them with respect

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 as the weaker partner

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 and as heirs with you

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 of the gracious gift of life

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 so that nothing will hinder your prayers.

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 Husbands, it's not all about you.

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 Be considerate to your other.

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 Treat them with respect.

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 He states the obvious

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 to call wives the weaker partner.

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 It's men who overpower women in violent crime.

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 Men and women do not compete equally in most sports

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 because of physical difference.

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 Women have a body clock

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 which is attuned to conceiving and bearing children.

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 Be considerate.

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 Recognise your wife for who she is.

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 Love her.

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 Find out and understand her needs

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 and her desires

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 and ask her what her fears are.

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 Regard her.

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 Be considerate.

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 And realise

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 that in spiritual matters

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 we are co-heirs

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 of the gracious gift of life.

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 We are full equals

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 in terms of God's salvation

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 and place in his kingdom.

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 One of the big fears

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 of this passage for a wife

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 is what her husband might do

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 with this teaching.

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 So you go home from the sermon this morning

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 and you march into your house

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 and you take control

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 and you rule the roost

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 and demand what you want

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 and when you want it

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 and there are too many stories

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 of husbands reminding the wife

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 of what she should be giving him.

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 My stomach still churns

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 about the man who said to me,

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 a Christian man

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 or the man at church

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 who said to me

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 he wasn't getting

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 what he was entitled to

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 in his marriage

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 and he was a Christian man

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 and he was talking about sex

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 and he was aggrieved

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 because he saw it as his right.

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 You can't take something like that.

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 It has to be given

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 and it's not going to be given

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 in the way that God intended

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 if it is demanded.

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 Marriage actually happens

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 I don't know if you thought of this

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 but marriage happens

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 when a wife chooses

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 to yield to a man

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 and to accept marriage.

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 That's one of the reasons

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 why it's very, very important

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 that you be careful

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 about who you say yes to

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 and do not undersell yourself.

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 See, I've got a little bet with myself.

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 I bet 95% of the women

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 in our church family

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 who are married

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 or who have been married

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 you waited for a goose like me

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 to summon up the courage

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 and take the initiative

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 to ask you.

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 Is that true?

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 Anybody ask their husband?

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 I'm not going to slam you for doing it.

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 There's nothing wrong with that

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 but did you do it?

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 Who took the initiative?

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 And who responded

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 to the initiator?

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 You waited for a man to initiate

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 you wanted him to lead

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 if you are still married

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 I'm sure you would love him to lead

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 with deep consideration

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 of who you are

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 and that may not be so.

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 And it may be that you live with deep pain

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 because your husband is failing

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 to be considerate to you.

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 And it may also be

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 that you are a man

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 who is struggling to lead

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 in a godly way in your family

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 because you have a wife

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 who doesn't think

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 she should ever give way to you.

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 My counselling friend said

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 you have to remember

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 that both men and women

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 have sinful hearts

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 when it comes to responding

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 to the word of God

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 and the will of God.

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 It is a spiritual problem.

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 Submission doesn't come easily

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 to any of us

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 but it can be

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 an incredible witness

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 to Christ

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 and I think you see that

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 throughout the rest

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 of chapter 3.

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 So verse 8

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 Finally

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 all of you

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 live in harmony

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 with one another.

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 Be sympathetic

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 love as brothers

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 be compassionate

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 and humble

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 do not repay evil

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 with evil

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 or insult

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 with insult

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 but with blessing

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 because to this

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 you were called

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 so that you may

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 inherit a blessing.

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 It's actually saying

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 lives of submission

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 bring an overall

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 harmony to relationships.

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 Remember he's summing up

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 submission to government

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 submission in the workplace

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 submission in the family

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 and so we are called

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 to relationships

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 which are driven

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 by love

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 where compassion

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 and humility

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 drive our dealings

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 with each other.

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 We've been talking

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 a lot about these things

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 when speaking about

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 the core values

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 of our church.

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 we've been talking

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 about things

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 like humble authenticity

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 treasuring Jesus

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 together

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 servant leadership.

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 The contrast

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 is really ugly

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 revenge

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 evil for evil

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 insult for insult

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 it's all about me

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 with no love

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 or care for you.

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 If we know Christ

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 our faith

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 should lead

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 to a transforming

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 of our relationships.

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 And 1 Peter 3

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 goes on to say

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 that there is

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 an even better

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 foundation

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 by loving

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 and submissive

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 relationships.

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 It makes us winsome.

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 It makes us people

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 that other people

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 are drawn to

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 and they want to know

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 why we are

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 like we are.

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 What is it

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 that's different

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 about you people?

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 Verse 14

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 Even if you suffer

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 for what is right

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 you are blessed.

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 Do not fear

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 what they fear

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 do not be frightened

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 but in your hearts

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 set apart

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 Christ as Lord

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 always be prepared

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 to give an answer

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 to everyone

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 who asks you

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 to give the reason

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 for the hope

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 that you have

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 but do this

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 with gentleness

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 and respect

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 keeping a clear

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 conscience

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 so that those

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 who speak maliciously

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 against your good

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 behaviour in Christ

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 may be ashamed

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 of their slander.

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 Don't fear

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 what other people

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 fear

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 don't be frightened

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 when a government

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 official

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 or an employer

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 or a spouse

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 treats you unjustly

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 in a relationship

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 do not fear them.

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 Live with Christ

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 set apart

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 as Lord

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 in your heart.

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 Whenever we're

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 oppressed

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 or experiencing

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 injustice

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 he's saying

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 there's a bigger

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 reality

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 Jesus Christ

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 is Lord

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 and our experiences

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 are not outside

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 of his rule

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 and they're not

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 outside of his authority

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 and Peter reassures

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 us a number of times

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 that it is commendable

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 to God

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 when we bear up

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 under injustice

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 in fact

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 we walk

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 in the footsteps

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 of Christ himself.

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 I only noticed

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 it just now

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 as we read

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 the first Bible

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 reading

00:20:53.059 --> 00:20:55.319
 from Psalm 34

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 Psalm 34

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 is quoted

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 heaps

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 throughout this passage

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 but in Psalm 34

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 he's speaking

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 to people

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 who are

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 bearing injustice

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 and he's saying

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 trust God

00:21:08.079 --> 00:21:09.119
 hang in there

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 and Peter's doing

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 exactly the same

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 here

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 verse 15

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 always be prepared

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 to give an answer

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 to everyone

00:21:15.940 --> 00:21:16.779
 who asks you

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 to give the reason

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 for the hope

00:21:18.640 --> 00:21:19.360
 that you have

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 but do this

00:21:20.480 --> 00:21:21.140
 with gentleness

00:21:21.140 --> 00:21:21.960
 and respect

00:21:21.960 --> 00:21:24.799
 people will notice

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 our hope

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 they will see

00:21:26.799 --> 00:21:27.539
 that we're different

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 when we endure

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 injustice

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 and they will want

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 to know why

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 why aren't we afraid

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 when living

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 in oppressive

00:21:34.019 --> 00:21:35.080
 circumstances

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 enduring difficulty

00:21:39.019 --> 00:21:40.200
 opens up opportunity

00:21:40.200 --> 00:21:40.900
 to confess

00:21:40.900 --> 00:21:42.059
 our faith in Christ

00:21:42.059 --> 00:21:43.519
 how we handle

00:21:43.519 --> 00:21:44.079
 difficulty

00:21:44.079 --> 00:21:44.799
 is a powerful

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 part of our

00:21:45.440 --> 00:21:45.980
 witness

00:21:45.980 --> 00:21:47.639
 in Acts chapter

00:21:47.639 --> 00:21:48.279
 16

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 Paul and Silas

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 are unjustly

00:21:50.220 --> 00:21:51.039
 thrown in prison

00:21:51.039 --> 00:21:52.039
 because their

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 preaching's been

00:21:52.759 --> 00:21:53.700
 bad for business

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 the silversmiths

00:21:55.579 --> 00:21:56.119
 aren't able to

00:21:56.119 --> 00:21:56.919
 sell their little

00:21:56.919 --> 00:21:58.299
 trinkets

00:21:58.299 --> 00:21:58.960
 of the temple

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 of Diana

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 and so they're

00:22:02.179 --> 00:22:02.960
 chained to God

00:22:02.960 --> 00:22:03.539
 and they're singing

00:22:03.539 --> 00:22:04.399
 praises to God

00:22:04.399 --> 00:22:05.980
 and singing praises

00:22:05.980 --> 00:22:06.399
 to God

00:22:06.399 --> 00:22:06.740
 in the middle

00:22:06.740 --> 00:22:07.259
 of the night

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 and an earthquake

00:22:08.220 --> 00:22:09.259
 brings the jail

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 down

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 and the jailer's

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 about to do

00:22:10.919 --> 00:22:11.559
 himself in

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 because he thinks

00:22:12.299 --> 00:22:12.979
 they've all shot

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 through

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 and Paul says

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 don't do that

00:22:15.519 --> 00:22:16.139
 we're all here

00:22:16.139 --> 00:22:17.559
 we haven't gone

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 he could have

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 escaped

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 he could have

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 justified himself

00:22:21.619 --> 00:22:22.159
 by thinking

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 well the earthquake

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's from God's hand

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 God's tool

00:22:24.500 --> 00:22:25.619
 to release me

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 and I'm out of here

00:22:26.439 --> 00:22:28.179
 but instead

00:22:28.179 --> 00:22:29.699
 he lived such a good

00:22:29.699 --> 00:22:30.619
 life before an

00:22:30.619 --> 00:22:31.219
 unbeliever

00:22:31.219 --> 00:22:31.959
 that the jailer

00:22:31.959 --> 00:22:32.539
 was brought to

00:22:32.539 --> 00:22:33.019
 Christ

00:22:33.019 --> 00:22:38.539
 he came to

00:22:38.539 --> 00:22:39.000
 Christ through

00:22:39.000 --> 00:22:39.740
 Paul and Silas

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 is suffering

00:22:40.319 --> 00:22:41.839
 I read a wonderful

00:22:41.839 --> 00:22:42.380
 little book

00:22:42.380 --> 00:22:42.900
 recently

00:22:42.900 --> 00:22:43.880
 Philip Yancey's

00:22:43.880 --> 00:22:44.160
 you know

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 what good is God

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 that's a fairly new

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 one

00:22:45.900 --> 00:22:46.519
 it's a kurong

00:22:46.519 --> 00:22:47.039
 you'll find all

00:22:47.039 --> 00:22:47.680
 over the place

00:22:47.680 --> 00:22:48.859
 but the first

00:22:48.859 --> 00:22:49.859
 chapter is worth

00:22:49.859 --> 00:22:51.099
 the price of the

00:22:51.099 --> 00:22:51.339
 book

00:22:51.339 --> 00:22:52.660
 he says that

00:22:52.660 --> 00:22:53.740
 Jesus is able

00:22:53.740 --> 00:22:54.440
 to redeem

00:22:54.440 --> 00:22:54.960
 evil

00:22:54.960 --> 00:22:57.960
 so Christ

00:22:57.960 --> 00:22:58.759
 is not thwarted

00:22:58.759 --> 00:22:59.759
 by the circumstances

00:22:59.759 --> 00:23:00.440
 of our lives

00:23:00.440 --> 00:23:01.079
 he's able to

00:23:01.079 --> 00:23:01.819
 redeem evil

00:23:01.819 --> 00:23:02.920
 in your heart

00:23:02.920 --> 00:23:03.559
 set apart

00:23:03.559 --> 00:23:04.519
 Christ as Lord

00:23:04.519 --> 00:23:07.579
 I know a family

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 living a new

00:23:08.220 --> 00:23:09.539
 life in Christ

00:23:09.539 --> 00:23:10.259
 in Queensland

00:23:10.259 --> 00:23:11.000
 I think they've

00:23:11.000 --> 00:23:11.519
 been there for

00:23:11.519 --> 00:23:12.559
 about 12 years

00:23:12.559 --> 00:23:14.759
 so they've got a

00:23:14.759 --> 00:23:15.460
 track record

00:23:15.460 --> 00:23:16.759
 a good track record

00:23:16.759 --> 00:23:18.160
 and the husband

00:23:18.160 --> 00:23:19.099
 lived up to his

00:23:19.099 --> 00:23:20.579
 mother-in-law's

00:23:20.579 --> 00:23:21.740
 hateful expectations

00:23:21.740 --> 00:23:22.400
 and I tell you

00:23:22.400 --> 00:23:23.160
 she was a buzzard

00:23:23.160 --> 00:23:25.259
 and he was

00:23:25.259 --> 00:23:26.220
 unfaithful to his

00:23:26.220 --> 00:23:26.579
 wife

00:23:26.579 --> 00:23:27.579
 can I say that

00:23:27.579 --> 00:23:28.700
 yeah she was a

00:23:28.700 --> 00:23:29.019
 buzzard

00:23:29.019 --> 00:23:29.440
 she was

00:23:29.440 --> 00:23:31.360
 he lived up

00:23:31.360 --> 00:23:32.100
 to the unfaithful

00:23:32.100 --> 00:23:32.720
 expectations

00:23:32.720 --> 00:23:33.080
 of his

00:23:33.080 --> 00:23:33.680
 mother-in-law

00:23:33.680 --> 00:23:34.480
 he was

00:23:34.480 --> 00:23:35.080
 unfaithful

00:23:35.080 --> 00:23:35.420
 to his

00:23:35.420 --> 00:23:35.720
 wife

00:23:35.720 --> 00:23:36.660
 he humiliated

00:23:36.660 --> 00:23:37.259
 his wife

00:23:37.259 --> 00:23:38.039
 in his

00:23:38.039 --> 00:23:38.519
 community

00:23:38.519 --> 00:23:39.059
 by his

00:23:39.059 --> 00:23:39.539
 behaviour

00:23:39.539 --> 00:23:41.279
 and she

00:23:41.279 --> 00:23:41.580
 would have

00:23:41.580 --> 00:23:41.920
 been

00:23:41.920 --> 00:23:42.539
 entirely

00:23:42.539 --> 00:23:43.120
 justified

00:23:43.120 --> 00:23:43.740
 in leaving

00:23:43.740 --> 00:23:44.120
 him

00:23:44.120 --> 00:23:46.799
 but instead

00:23:46.799 --> 00:23:47.340
 she sought

00:23:47.340 --> 00:23:47.700
 to honour

00:23:47.700 --> 00:23:48.100
 Christ

00:23:48.100 --> 00:23:48.400
 in the

00:23:48.400 --> 00:23:48.759
 oppressive

00:23:48.759 --> 00:23:49.620
 circumstances

00:23:49.620 --> 00:23:50.140
 of her

00:23:50.140 --> 00:23:50.580
 marriage

00:23:50.580 --> 00:23:51.980
 and that

00:23:51.980 --> 00:23:52.380
 man was

00:23:52.380 --> 00:23:52.840
 brought to

00:23:52.840 --> 00:23:53.240
 Christ

00:23:53.240 --> 00:23:53.880
 and he

00:23:53.880 --> 00:23:54.420
 has grown

00:23:54.420 --> 00:23:54.960
 in Christ

00:23:54.960 --> 00:23:55.600
 because of

00:23:55.600 --> 00:23:56.120
 a wife

00:23:56.120 --> 00:23:57.259
 who loved

00:23:57.259 --> 00:23:57.539
 him

00:23:57.539 --> 00:23:58.240
 despite his

00:23:58.240 --> 00:23:58.700
 offences

00:23:58.700 --> 00:23:59.559
 against her

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 by the

00:24:00.880 --> 00:24:01.220
 grace

00:24:01.220 --> 00:24:01.779
 and kindness

00:24:01.779 --> 00:24:02.240
 of God

00:24:02.240 --> 00:24:03.620
 she has

00:24:03.620 --> 00:24:04.019
 modelled

00:24:04.019 --> 00:24:04.480
 love

00:24:04.480 --> 00:24:05.259
 and mercy

00:24:05.259 --> 00:24:06.180
 and forgiveness

00:24:06.180 --> 00:24:07.799
 in such a way

00:24:07.799 --> 00:24:08.259
 that he

00:24:08.259 --> 00:24:08.840
 recommitted

00:24:08.840 --> 00:24:09.460
 his life

00:24:09.460 --> 00:24:10.100
 to Christ

00:24:10.100 --> 00:24:11.360
 and to her

00:24:11.360 --> 00:24:13.460
 and she

00:24:13.460 --> 00:24:13.920
 has brought

00:24:13.920 --> 00:24:14.500
 much hope

00:24:14.500 --> 00:24:14.920
 to other

00:24:14.920 --> 00:24:15.240
 women

00:24:15.240 --> 00:24:16.440
 in circumstances

00:24:16.440 --> 00:24:17.100
 similar to

00:24:17.100 --> 00:24:17.620
 her own

00:24:17.620 --> 00:24:19.700
 but her

00:24:19.700 --> 00:24:20.220
 hope

00:24:20.220 --> 00:24:21.819
 was not

00:24:21.819 --> 00:24:22.420
 in her

00:24:22.420 --> 00:24:22.840
 cheating

00:24:22.840 --> 00:24:23.400
 wreck of a

00:24:23.400 --> 00:24:23.779
 husband

00:24:23.779 --> 00:24:27.380
 her hope

00:24:27.380 --> 00:24:27.819
 was in

00:24:27.819 --> 00:24:28.340
 Christ

00:24:28.339 --> 00:24:29.619
 who

00:24:29.619 --> 00:24:30.220
 redeemed

00:24:30.220 --> 00:24:30.679
 the

00:24:30.679 --> 00:24:31.079
 evil

00:24:31.079 --> 00:24:31.720
 in her

00:24:31.720 --> 00:24:32.179
 life

00:24:32.179 --> 00:24:34.459
 and in

00:24:34.459 --> 00:24:34.599
 the

00:24:34.599 --> 00:24:35.299
 process

00:24:35.299 --> 00:24:36.359
 redeemed

00:24:36.359 --> 00:24:36.599
 her

00:24:36.599 --> 00:24:36.980
 husband

00:24:36.980 --> 00:24:37.559
 as well

00:24:37.559 --> 00:24:39.119
 all glory

00:24:39.119 --> 00:24:39.939
 to the

00:24:39.939 --> 00:24:40.139
 Lord

00:24:40.139 --> 00:24:40.480
 Jesus

00:24:40.480 --> 00:24:44.240
 and that's

00:24:44.240 --> 00:24:44.519
 how this

00:24:44.519 --> 00:24:45.039
 whole passage

00:24:45.039 --> 00:24:45.539
 finishes

00:24:45.539 --> 00:24:47.579
 it finishes

00:24:47.579 --> 00:24:48.559
 in the work

00:24:48.559 --> 00:24:49.119
 of Christ

00:24:49.119 --> 00:24:50.119
 and with a

00:24:50.119 --> 00:24:51.079
 powerful reminder

00:24:51.079 --> 00:24:51.659
 that the whole

00:24:51.659 --> 00:24:52.480
 created order

00:24:52.480 --> 00:24:54.179
 will finish

00:24:54.179 --> 00:24:54.879
 his existence

00:24:54.879 --> 00:24:55.519
 in submission

00:24:55.519 --> 00:24:56.000
 to him

00:24:56.000 --> 00:24:57.539
 verse 18

00:24:57.539 --> 00:24:59.039
 Christ

00:24:59.039 --> 00:24:59.579
 died for

00:24:59.579 --> 00:24:59.859
 sins

00:24:59.859 --> 00:25:00.400
 once for

00:25:00.400 --> 00:25:00.639
 all

00:25:00.639 --> 00:25:00.900
 the

00:25:00.900 --> 00:25:01.279
 righteous

00:25:01.279 --> 00:25:01.720
 for the

00:25:01.720 --> 00:25:02.400
 unrighteous

00:25:02.400 --> 00:25:03.819
 to bring

00:25:03.819 --> 00:25:04.160
 you to

00:25:04.160 --> 00:25:04.500
 God

00:25:04.500 --> 00:25:06.559
 he was put

00:25:06.559 --> 00:25:06.920
 to death

00:25:06.920 --> 00:25:07.420
 in the body

00:25:07.420 --> 00:25:07.859
 but made

00:25:07.859 --> 00:25:08.579
 alive by the

00:25:08.579 --> 00:25:08.920
 spirit

00:25:08.920 --> 00:25:09.859
 through whom

00:25:09.859 --> 00:25:11.319
 also he

00:25:11.319 --> 00:25:11.799
 went and

00:25:11.799 --> 00:25:12.319
 preached to

00:25:12.319 --> 00:25:12.859
 the spirits

00:25:12.859 --> 00:25:13.500
 in prison

00:25:13.500 --> 00:25:14.839
 who disobeyed

00:25:14.839 --> 00:25:15.480
 long ago

00:25:15.480 --> 00:25:17.139
 God

00:25:17.139 --> 00:25:17.519
 waited

00:25:17.519 --> 00:25:18.139
 patiently

00:25:18.139 --> 00:25:18.500
 in the

00:25:18.500 --> 00:25:18.960
 days of

00:25:18.960 --> 00:25:19.180
 Noah

00:25:19.180 --> 00:25:19.559
 while the

00:25:19.559 --> 00:25:19.960
 ark was

00:25:19.960 --> 00:25:20.559
 being built

00:25:20.559 --> 00:25:22.119
 and in

00:25:22.119 --> 00:25:22.679
 it only a

00:25:22.679 --> 00:25:23.220
 few people

00:25:23.220 --> 00:25:23.579
 ate in

00:25:23.579 --> 00:25:23.759
 all

00:25:23.759 --> 00:25:24.220
 were saved

00:25:24.220 --> 00:25:24.440
 through

00:25:24.440 --> 00:25:24.799
 water

00:25:24.799 --> 00:25:26.099
 and this

00:25:26.099 --> 00:25:26.419
 water

00:25:26.419 --> 00:25:27.139
 symbolises

00:25:27.139 --> 00:25:27.700
 baptism

00:25:27.700 --> 00:25:28.200
 that now

00:25:28.200 --> 00:25:28.839
 saves you

00:25:28.839 --> 00:25:29.240
 also

00:25:29.240 --> 00:25:30.359
 not the

00:25:30.359 --> 00:25:30.919
 removal of

00:25:30.919 --> 00:25:31.319
 dirt from

00:25:31.319 --> 00:25:31.720
 the body

00:25:31.720 --> 00:25:32.159
 but the

00:25:32.159 --> 00:25:32.599
 pledge of

00:25:32.599 --> 00:25:32.859
 a good

00:25:32.859 --> 00:25:33.319
 conscience

00:25:33.319 --> 00:25:33.779
 towards

00:25:33.779 --> 00:25:34.139
 God

00:25:34.139 --> 00:25:35.980
 it saves

00:25:35.980 --> 00:25:36.319
 you by

00:25:36.319 --> 00:25:36.480
 the

00:25:36.480 --> 00:25:36.919
 resurrection

00:25:36.919 --> 00:25:37.220
 of

00:25:37.220 --> 00:25:37.519
 Jesus

00:25:37.519 --> 00:25:38.079
 Christ

00:25:38.079 --> 00:25:38.559
 who

00:25:38.559 --> 00:25:38.799
 has

00:25:38.799 --> 00:25:39.059
 gone

00:25:39.059 --> 00:25:39.319
 into

00:25:39.319 --> 00:25:39.639
 heaven

00:25:39.639 --> 00:25:40.500
 and

00:25:40.500 --> 00:25:40.679
 is

00:25:40.679 --> 00:25:40.839
 at

00:25:40.839 --> 00:25:41.159
 God's

00:25:41.159 --> 00:25:41.399
 right

00:25:41.399 --> 00:25:41.700
 hand

00:25:41.700 --> 00:25:41.899
 with

00:25:41.899 --> 00:25:42.299
 angels

00:25:42.299 --> 00:25:42.899
 authorities

00:25:42.899 --> 00:25:43.220
 and

00:25:43.220 --> 00:25:43.659
 powers

00:25:43.659 --> 00:25:44.379
 in

00:25:44.379 --> 00:25:44.779
 submission

00:25:44.779 --> 00:25:45.079
 to

00:25:45.079 --> 00:25:45.339
 him

00:25:45.339 --> 00:25:47.980
 passages

00:25:47.980 --> 00:25:48.440
 are

00:25:48.440 --> 00:25:48.859
 full of

00:25:48.859 --> 00:25:49.059
 Old

00:25:49.059 --> 00:25:49.379
 Testament

00:25:49.379 --> 00:25:50.259
 understandings

00:25:50.259 --> 00:25:50.819
 particularly

00:25:50.819 --> 00:25:51.319
 Psalm

00:25:51.319 --> 00:25:51.920
 53

00:25:51.920 --> 00:25:52.599
 54

00:25:52.599 --> 00:25:53.519
 and

00:25:53.519 --> 00:25:54.140
 61

00:25:54.140 --> 00:25:56.059
 and

00:25:56.059 --> 00:25:56.359
 one

00:25:56.359 --> 00:25:56.759
 line

00:25:56.759 --> 00:25:57.019
 in

00:25:57.019 --> 00:25:57.579
 particular

00:25:57.579 --> 00:25:58.559
 is

00:25:58.559 --> 00:25:59.059
 perhaps

00:25:59.059 --> 00:25:59.319
 or

00:25:59.319 --> 00:25:59.799
 arguably

00:25:59.799 --> 00:26:00.079
 the

00:26:00.079 --> 00:26:00.319
 most

00:26:00.319 --> 00:26:00.799
 difficult

00:26:00.799 --> 00:26:01.720
 passage

00:26:01.720 --> 00:26:02.019
 in

00:26:02.019 --> 00:26:02.140
 the

00:26:02.140 --> 00:26:02.299
 New

00:26:02.299 --> 00:26:02.759
 Testament

00:26:02.759 --> 00:26:04.099
 verse

00:26:04.099 --> 00:26:04.660
 19

00:26:04.660 --> 00:26:08.180
 at

00:26:08.180 --> 00:26:08.559
 face

00:26:08.559 --> 00:26:09.000
 value

00:26:09.000 --> 00:26:09.559
 it

00:26:09.559 --> 00:26:09.960
 sounds

00:26:09.960 --> 00:26:10.379
 like

00:26:10.379 --> 00:26:10.799
 Jesus

00:26:10.799 --> 00:26:11.240
 went

00:26:11.240 --> 00:26:11.759
 and

00:26:11.759 --> 00:26:12.119
 preached

00:26:12.119 --> 00:26:12.319
 to

00:26:12.319 --> 00:26:12.440
 the

00:26:12.440 --> 00:26:12.720
 dead

00:26:12.720 --> 00:26:13.940
 between

00:26:13.940 --> 00:26:14.299
 his

00:26:14.299 --> 00:26:14.559
 death

00:26:14.559 --> 00:26:14.720
 on

00:26:14.720 --> 00:26:14.859
 the

00:26:14.859 --> 00:26:15.180
 cross

00:26:15.180 --> 00:26:15.559
 and

00:26:15.559 --> 00:26:16.119
 resurrection

00:26:16.119 --> 00:26:18.480
 it's

00:26:18.480 --> 00:26:18.599
 a

00:26:18.599 --> 00:26:18.839
 verse

00:26:18.839 --> 00:26:19.059
 that

00:26:19.059 --> 00:26:19.339
 Roman

00:26:19.339 --> 00:26:19.799
 Catholics

00:26:19.799 --> 00:26:20.180
 used

00:26:20.180 --> 00:26:20.360
 to

00:26:20.360 --> 00:26:20.799
 justify

00:26:20.799 --> 00:26:21.120
 their

00:26:21.120 --> 00:26:21.539
 teaching

00:26:21.539 --> 00:26:21.779
 on

00:26:21.779 --> 00:26:22.380
 purgatory

00:26:22.380 --> 00:26:23.660
 a

00:26:23.660 --> 00:26:24.000
 place

00:26:24.000 --> 00:26:24.220
 where

00:26:24.220 --> 00:26:24.560
 people

00:26:24.560 --> 00:26:24.840
 go

00:26:24.840 --> 00:26:25.180
 before

00:26:25.180 --> 00:26:25.380
 the

00:26:25.380 --> 00:26:25.680
 final

00:26:25.680 --> 00:26:26.100
 judgment

00:26:26.100 --> 00:26:26.340
 of

00:26:26.340 --> 00:26:26.640
 God

00:26:26.640 --> 00:26:28.380
 a

00:26:28.380 --> 00:26:28.740
 place

00:26:28.740 --> 00:26:28.960
 that

00:26:28.960 --> 00:26:29.160
 they

00:26:29.160 --> 00:26:29.360
 can

00:26:29.360 --> 00:26:29.700
 still

00:26:29.700 --> 00:26:30.060
 be

00:26:30.060 --> 00:26:30.640
 redeemed

00:26:30.640 --> 00:26:30.940
 from

00:26:30.940 --> 00:26:31.120
 if

00:26:31.120 --> 00:26:31.279
 they

00:26:31.279 --> 00:26:31.460
 get

00:26:31.460 --> 00:26:31.600
 a

00:26:31.600 --> 00:26:31.900
 change

00:26:31.900 --> 00:26:32.080
 of

00:26:32.080 --> 00:26:32.440
 heart

00:26:32.440 --> 00:26:35.120
 and

00:26:35.120 --> 00:26:35.259
 it

00:26:35.259 --> 00:26:35.580
 also

00:26:35.580 --> 00:26:36.100
 seems

00:26:36.100 --> 00:26:36.360
 to

00:26:36.360 --> 00:26:36.620
 fit

00:26:36.620 --> 00:26:36.840
 with

00:26:36.840 --> 00:26:37.000
 the

00:26:37.000 --> 00:26:37.380
 apostles

00:26:37.380 --> 00:26:37.920
 creed

00:26:37.920 --> 00:26:38.140
 which

00:26:38.140 --> 00:26:38.360
 we

00:26:38.360 --> 00:26:38.680
 often

00:26:38.680 --> 00:26:39.220
 recite

00:26:39.220 --> 00:26:39.580
 he

00:26:39.580 --> 00:26:40.060
 descended

00:26:40.060 --> 00:26:40.600
 into

00:26:40.600 --> 00:26:42.060
 hell

00:26:42.060 --> 00:26:43.460
 and

00:26:43.460 --> 00:26:43.620
 on

00:26:43.620 --> 00:26:43.779
 the

00:26:43.779 --> 00:26:44.039
 third

00:26:44.039 --> 00:26:44.320
 day

00:26:44.320 --> 00:26:44.779
 rose

00:26:44.779 --> 00:26:45.200
 from

00:26:45.200 --> 00:26:45.400
 the

00:26:45.400 --> 00:26:45.620
 dead

00:26:45.620 --> 00:26:46.039
 probably

00:26:46.039 --> 00:26:46.279
 a

00:26:46.279 --> 00:26:46.480
 better

00:26:46.480 --> 00:26:47.140
 translation

00:26:47.140 --> 00:26:47.520
 is

00:26:47.520 --> 00:26:48.200
 he

00:26:48.200 --> 00:26:48.680
 descended

00:26:48.680 --> 00:26:49.100
 to

00:26:49.100 --> 00:26:49.259
 the

00:26:49.259 --> 00:26:49.640
 place

00:26:49.640 --> 00:26:49.840
 of

00:26:49.840 --> 00:26:50.000
 the

00:26:50.000 --> 00:26:50.300
 dead

00:26:50.300 --> 00:26:50.680
 she

00:26:50.680 --> 00:26:50.920
 all

00:26:50.920 --> 00:26:53.360
 and

00:26:53.360 --> 00:26:53.500
 I

00:26:53.500 --> 00:26:53.660
 think

00:26:53.660 --> 00:26:53.780
 I

00:26:53.780 --> 00:26:53.980
 just

00:26:53.980 --> 00:26:54.160
 want

00:26:54.160 --> 00:26:54.259
 to

00:26:54.259 --> 00:26:54.460
 say

00:26:54.460 --> 00:26:54.860
 quickly

00:26:54.860 --> 00:26:55.160
 that

00:26:55.160 --> 00:26:55.320
 I

00:26:55.320 --> 00:26:55.520
 think

00:26:55.520 --> 00:26:55.780
 all

00:26:55.780 --> 00:26:56.020
 those

00:26:56.020 --> 00:26:56.840
 interpretations

00:26:56.840 --> 00:26:57.560
 including

00:26:57.560 --> 00:26:57.840
 the

00:26:57.840 --> 00:26:58.280
 creed

00:26:58.280 --> 00:26:59.400
 are

00:26:59.400 --> 00:26:59.800
 wrong

00:26:59.799 --> 00:27:02.899
 I

00:27:02.899 --> 00:27:03.119
 don't

00:27:03.119 --> 00:27:03.619
 understand

00:27:03.619 --> 00:27:04.000
 everything

00:27:04.000 --> 00:27:04.379
 here

00:27:04.379 --> 00:27:06.019
 and

00:27:06.019 --> 00:27:06.740
 so

00:27:06.740 --> 00:27:07.099
 I'll

00:27:07.099 --> 00:27:07.399
 tell you

00:27:07.399 --> 00:27:07.559
 what

00:27:07.559 --> 00:27:07.700
 I

00:27:07.700 --> 00:27:07.899
 think

00:27:07.899 --> 00:27:08.059
 I

00:27:08.059 --> 00:27:08.259
 do

00:27:08.259 --> 00:27:08.839
 understand

00:27:08.839 --> 00:27:09.119
 and

00:27:09.119 --> 00:27:09.519
 leave

00:27:09.519 --> 00:27:09.799
 some

00:27:09.799 --> 00:27:09.960
 of

00:27:09.960 --> 00:27:10.099
 the

00:27:10.099 --> 00:27:10.319
 rest

00:27:10.319 --> 00:27:10.899
 unsolved

00:27:10.899 --> 00:27:11.079
 but

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 I

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 can

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 give

00:27:11.659 --> 00:27:11.819
 you

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 afterwards

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 an

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 article

00:27:12.839 --> 00:27:13.859
 which

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 helped

00:27:14.159 --> 00:27:14.359
 me

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 in my

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 thinking

00:27:14.879 --> 00:27:15.279
 for this

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 sermon

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 and

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 maybe

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 it's

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 helpful

00:27:16.500 --> 00:27:16.759
 for

00:27:16.759 --> 00:27:17.039
 you

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 but

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 I

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 think

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 imprisoned

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 spirits

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 are

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 us

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 before

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 we

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 belong

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 to

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 Christ

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 before

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 Christ

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 was

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 revealed

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 in

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 Ephesians

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 chapter

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 2

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 Paul

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 says

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 you

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 me

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 and

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 everyone

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 else

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 that's

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 everybody

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 were

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 dead

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 in

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 their

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 trespasses

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 and

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 sins

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 we

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 were

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 imprisoned

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 by

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 death

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 we

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 were

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 captive

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 to

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 the

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 grave

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 and

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 in

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 a

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 sense

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 all

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 the

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 people

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 of

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 the

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 Old

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 Testament

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 went

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 to

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 the

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 place

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 of

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 the

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 dead

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 Sheol

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 without

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 seeing

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 the

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 great

00:27:53.439 --> 00:27:53.799
 work

00:27:53.799 --> 00:27:54.000
 of

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 Christ

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 which

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 was

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 still

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 future

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 for

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 them

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 and

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 so

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 imprisonment

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 is a

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 way

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 of

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 referring

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 to

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 the

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 status

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 of

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 believers

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 in

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 the

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 Old

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 Testament

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 who

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 died

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 without

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 seeing

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 the

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 wonderful

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 work

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 of

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 salvation

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 which

00:28:07.599 --> 00:28:07.960
 God

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 did

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 in

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 the

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 death

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 and

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 resurrection

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 and

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 ascension

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 of the

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 Lord

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 1

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 Peter

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 1

00:28:16.519 --> 00:28:16.779
 said

00:28:16.779 --> 00:28:17.299
 concerning

00:28:17.299 --> 00:28:17.599
 this

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 salvation

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 the

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 prophets

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 who

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 spoke

00:28:19.700 --> 00:28:19.859
 of

00:28:19.859 --> 00:28:20.019
 the

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 grace

00:28:20.359 --> 00:28:20.579
 that

00:28:20.579 --> 00:28:20.799
 was

00:28:20.799 --> 00:28:20.980
 to

00:28:20.980 --> 00:28:21.279
 come

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 to

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 you

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 searched

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 intently

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 and

00:28:23.620 --> 00:28:23.819
 with

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 the

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 greatest

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 care

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 trying

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 to

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 find

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 out

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 the

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 time

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 and

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 the

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 circumstances

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 to

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 which

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 the

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 spirit

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 of

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 Christ

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 in

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 them

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 was

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 pointing

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 when

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 he

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 predicted

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 the

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 sufferings

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 of

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 Christ

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 and

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 the

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 glories

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 that

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 would

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 follow

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 they

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 were

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 earnestly

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 looking

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 forward

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 for

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 what

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 God

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 was

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 going

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 to

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 do

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 without

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 actually

00:28:40.960 --> 00:28:41.400
 seeing

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 it

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 Jesus

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 arrives

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 on the

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 scene

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 in

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 Luke

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 chapter

00:28:47.579 --> 00:28:47.960
 4

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 he

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 quotes

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 Isaiah

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 61

00:28:49.700 --> 00:28:50.039
 he

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 announces

00:28:50.579 --> 00:28:50.860
 his

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 ministry

00:28:51.360 --> 00:28:51.940
 and

00:28:51.940 --> 00:28:52.099
 he

00:28:52.099 --> 00:28:52.339
 says

00:28:52.339 --> 00:28:52.519
 the

00:28:52.519 --> 00:28:52.960
 spirit

00:28:52.960 --> 00:28:53.160
 of

00:28:53.160 --> 00:28:53.319
 the

00:28:53.319 --> 00:28:53.519
 Lord

00:28:53.519 --> 00:28:53.720
 is

00:28:53.720 --> 00:28:53.940
 on

00:28:53.940 --> 00:28:54.299
 me

00:28:54.299 --> 00:28:54.940
 because

00:28:54.940 --> 00:28:55.279
 he

00:28:55.279 --> 00:28:55.519
 has

00:28:55.519 --> 00:28:56.019
 anointed

00:28:56.019 --> 00:28:56.339
 me

00:28:56.339 --> 00:28:56.539
 to

00:28:56.539 --> 00:28:56.880
 preach

00:28:56.880 --> 00:28:57.200
 good

00:28:57.200 --> 00:28:57.500
 news

00:28:57.500 --> 00:28:57.660
 to

00:28:57.660 --> 00:28:57.839
 the

00:28:57.839 --> 00:28:58.180
 poor

00:28:58.180 --> 00:28:58.799
 he

00:28:58.799 --> 00:28:59.160
 sent

00:28:59.160 --> 00:28:59.339
 me

00:28:59.339 --> 00:28:59.500
 to

00:28:59.500 --> 00:28:59.940
 proclaim

00:28:59.940 --> 00:29:01.180
 freedom

00:29:01.180 --> 00:29:01.420
 for

00:29:01.420 --> 00:29:01.579
 the

00:29:01.579 --> 00:29:01.980
 prisoners

00:29:01.980 --> 00:29:02.480
 and

00:29:02.480 --> 00:29:03.059
 recovery

00:29:03.059 --> 00:29:03.319
 of

00:29:03.319 --> 00:29:03.579
 sight

00:29:03.579 --> 00:29:03.779
 for

00:29:03.779 --> 00:29:03.900
 the

00:29:03.900 --> 00:29:04.279
 blind

00:29:04.279 --> 00:29:04.759
 to

00:29:04.759 --> 00:29:05.240
 release

00:29:05.240 --> 00:29:05.460
 the

00:29:05.460 --> 00:29:05.920
 oppressed

00:29:05.920 --> 00:29:06.420
 to

00:29:06.420 --> 00:29:06.980
 proclaim

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 the

00:29:07.220 --> 00:29:07.440
 year

00:29:07.440 --> 00:29:07.579
 of

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 the

00:29:07.720 --> 00:29:08.019
 Lord's

00:29:08.019 --> 00:29:08.339
 favour

00:29:08.339 --> 00:29:09.720
 and

00:29:09.720 --> 00:29:09.880
 then

00:29:09.880 --> 00:29:10.060
 in

00:29:10.060 --> 00:29:10.260
 Luke

00:29:10.260 --> 00:29:10.540
 chapter

00:29:10.540 --> 00:29:10.960
 7

00:29:10.960 --> 00:29:11.360
 Jesus

00:29:11.360 --> 00:29:11.980
 confirms

00:29:11.980 --> 00:29:12.240
 his

00:29:12.240 --> 00:29:12.680
 ministry

00:29:12.680 --> 00:29:12.900
 to

00:29:12.900 --> 00:29:13.100
 John

00:29:13.100 --> 00:29:13.240
 the

00:29:13.240 --> 00:29:13.560
 Baptist

00:29:13.560 --> 00:29:14.000
 John's

00:29:14.000 --> 00:29:14.200
 getting

00:29:14.200 --> 00:29:14.400
 the

00:29:14.400 --> 00:29:14.800
 wobblies

00:29:14.800 --> 00:29:15.000
 is

00:29:15.000 --> 00:29:15.320
 Jesus

00:29:15.320 --> 00:29:15.540
 the

00:29:15.540 --> 00:29:15.800
 one

00:29:15.800 --> 00:29:16.160
 who

00:29:16.160 --> 00:29:16.360
 was

00:29:16.360 --> 00:29:16.520
 to

00:29:16.520 --> 00:29:16.740
 come

00:29:16.740 --> 00:29:16.940
 he's

00:29:16.940 --> 00:29:17.160
 sitting

00:29:17.160 --> 00:29:17.320
 in

00:29:17.320 --> 00:29:17.480
 his

00:29:17.480 --> 00:29:17.800
 jail

00:29:17.800 --> 00:29:18.060
 cell

00:29:18.060 --> 00:29:18.280
 he's

00:29:18.280 --> 00:29:18.580
 thinking

00:29:18.580 --> 00:29:19.120
 are

00:29:19.120 --> 00:29:19.280
 you

00:29:19.280 --> 00:29:19.460
 the

00:29:19.460 --> 00:29:19.660
 one

00:29:19.660 --> 00:29:19.800
 or

00:29:19.800 --> 00:29:19.980
 should

00:29:19.980 --> 00:29:20.100
 we

00:29:20.100 --> 00:29:20.280
 be

00:29:20.280 --> 00:29:20.760
 expecting

00:29:20.760 --> 00:29:21.200
 another

00:29:21.200 --> 00:29:21.660
 and

00:29:21.660 --> 00:29:22.000
 Jesus

00:29:22.000 --> 00:29:22.340
 sends

00:29:22.340 --> 00:29:22.500
 a

00:29:22.500 --> 00:29:22.780
 message

00:29:22.780 --> 00:29:23.080
 back

00:29:23.080 --> 00:29:23.260
 to

00:29:23.260 --> 00:29:23.380
 him

00:29:23.380 --> 00:29:23.640
 go

00:29:23.640 --> 00:29:23.920
 back

00:29:23.920 --> 00:29:24.080
 and

00:29:24.080 --> 00:29:24.460
 report

00:29:24.460 --> 00:29:24.680
 to

00:29:24.680 --> 00:29:24.960
 John

00:29:24.960 --> 00:29:25.180
 what

00:29:25.180 --> 00:29:25.400
 you

00:29:25.400 --> 00:29:25.640
 have

00:29:25.640 --> 00:29:26.620
 seen

00:29:26.620 --> 00:29:26.840
 and

00:29:26.840 --> 00:29:27.000
 what

00:29:27.000 --> 00:29:27.140
 you

00:29:27.140 --> 00:29:27.380
 have

00:29:27.380 --> 00:29:27.820
 heard

00:29:27.820 --> 00:29:28.340
 the

00:29:28.340 --> 00:29:28.740
 blind

00:29:28.740 --> 00:29:29.180
 receive

00:29:29.180 --> 00:29:29.580
 sight

00:29:29.580 --> 00:29:29.800
 the

00:29:29.800 --> 00:29:30.140
 lame

00:29:30.140 --> 00:29:30.460
 walk

00:29:30.460 --> 00:29:30.779
 those

00:29:30.779 --> 00:29:30.940
 who

00:29:30.940 --> 00:29:31.100
 have

00:29:31.100 --> 00:29:31.700
 leprosy

00:29:31.700 --> 00:29:32.079
 are

00:29:32.079 --> 00:29:32.420
 cured

00:29:32.420 --> 00:29:32.880
 the

00:29:32.880 --> 00:29:33.200
 deaf

00:29:33.200 --> 00:29:33.440
 hear

00:29:33.440 --> 00:29:33.620
 the

00:29:33.620 --> 00:29:33.860
 dead

00:29:33.860 --> 00:29:34.000
 are

00:29:34.000 --> 00:29:34.299
 raised

00:29:34.299 --> 00:29:34.480
 and

00:29:34.480 --> 00:29:34.700
 good

00:29:34.700 --> 00:29:34.960
 news

00:29:34.960 --> 00:29:35.140
 is

00:29:35.140 --> 00:29:35.420
 preached

00:29:35.420 --> 00:29:35.600
 to

00:29:35.600 --> 00:29:35.740
 the

00:29:35.740 --> 00:29:35.980
 poor

00:29:35.980 --> 00:29:36.600
 and

00:29:36.600 --> 00:29:36.759
 in

00:29:36.759 --> 00:29:37.160
 both

00:29:37.160 --> 00:29:37.680
 places

00:29:37.680 --> 00:29:38.100
 Jesus

00:29:38.100 --> 00:29:38.660
 quotes

00:29:38.660 --> 00:29:38.900
 or

00:29:38.900 --> 00:29:39.299
 alludes

00:29:39.299 --> 00:29:39.480
 to

00:29:39.480 --> 00:29:39.900
 Isaiah

00:29:39.900 --> 00:29:40.500
 61

00:29:40.500 --> 00:29:42.779
 so

00:29:42.779 --> 00:29:42.960
 the

00:29:42.960 --> 00:29:43.160
 New

00:29:43.160 --> 00:29:43.539
 Testament

00:29:43.539 --> 00:29:43.799
 is

00:29:43.799 --> 00:29:44.100
 telling

00:29:44.100 --> 00:29:44.380
 us

00:29:44.380 --> 00:29:44.500
 in

00:29:44.500 --> 00:29:44.660
 a

00:29:44.660 --> 00:29:44.900
 number

00:29:44.900 --> 00:29:45.100
 of

00:29:45.100 --> 00:29:45.460
 places

00:29:45.460 --> 00:29:46.000
 including

00:29:46.000 --> 00:29:46.360
 here

00:29:46.360 --> 00:29:46.519
 in

00:29:46.519 --> 00:29:46.720
 1

00:29:46.720 --> 00:29:47.039
 Peter

00:29:47.039 --> 00:29:47.279
 that

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 the

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 Spirit

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 of

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 Christ

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 proclaimed

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 Jesus

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 in

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 the

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 Old

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 Testament

00:29:51.000 --> 00:29:53.039
 Isaiah

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 61

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 is

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 now

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 fulfilled

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 in

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 the

00:29:55.380 --> 00:29:55.759
 ministry

00:29:55.759 --> 00:29:55.980
 of

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 Jesus

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 the

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 hope

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 of

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 the

00:29:58.119 --> 00:29:58.339
 Old

00:29:58.339 --> 00:29:58.720
 Testament

00:29:58.720 --> 00:29:59.319
 believers

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 has

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 now

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 become

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 reality

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 through

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 Jesus

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 the

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 Spirit

00:30:02.899 --> 00:30:03.099
 of

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 Christ

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 empowered

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 Jesus

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 ministry

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 during

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 his

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 time

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 on

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 earth

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 the

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 Spirit

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 of

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 Christ

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 raised

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 him

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 from

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 the

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 dead

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 after

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 Calvary

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 Christ

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 has

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 gone

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 into

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 heaven

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 and

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 everything

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 is

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 in

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 submission

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 to

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 him

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 and

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 so

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 Noah

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 pops

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 up

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 and

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 Noah

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 is

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 an

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 example

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 it

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 depends

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 where you

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 put

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 the

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 full

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 stop

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 here

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 but

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 Noah

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 is

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 an

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 example

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 of

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 patient

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 waiting

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 judgment

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 that

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 ark

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 the

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 whole

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 community

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 is

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 hearing

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 the

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 gospel

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 God's

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 judgment

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 is

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 coming

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 save

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 yourself

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 from

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 the

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 wrath

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 to

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 come

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 they

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 all

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 hear

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 the

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 gospel

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 and

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 it's

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 as

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 they

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 will

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 this

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 is

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 stupid

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 is

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 God's

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 word

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 going

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 to

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 be

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 fulfilled

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 but

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 the

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 day

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 comes

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 and

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 eight

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 people

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 are

00:30:46.419 --> 00:30:47.159
 saved

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 God's

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 word

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 is

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 faithful

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 and

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 those

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 who

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 trust

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 in

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 him

00:30:52.240 --> 00:30:52.480
 were

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 absolutely

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 safe

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 chapter

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 three

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 is

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 an

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 incredibly

00:30:59.180 --> 00:30:59.759
 difficult

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 passage

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 you know

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 submission

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 to

00:31:01.380 --> 00:31:01.700
 wives

00:31:01.700 --> 00:31:01.940
 by

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 wives

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 to

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 husband

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 followed

00:31:04.140 --> 00:31:04.420
 by

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 Jesus

00:31:04.820 --> 00:31:05.860
 preaching

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 to

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 imprisoned

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 spirits

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 it's

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 a

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 doozy

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 and

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 I've

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 rushed

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 across

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 the

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 last

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 bit

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 but

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 I

00:31:12.740 --> 00:31:12.900
 want

00:31:12.900 --> 00:31:13.000
 you

00:31:13.000 --> 00:31:13.140
 to

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 see

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 the

00:31:13.440 --> 00:31:13.620
 big

00:31:13.620 --> 00:31:13.920
 picture

00:31:13.920 --> 00:31:14.360
 again

00:31:14.360 --> 00:31:16.759
 submission

00:31:16.759 --> 00:31:17.040
 is

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 not

00:31:17.320 --> 00:31:17.500
 a

00:31:17.500 --> 00:31:17.700
 dirty

00:31:17.700 --> 00:31:18.120
 word

00:31:18.120 --> 00:31:19.440
 the

00:31:19.440 --> 00:31:19.880
 believers

00:31:19.880 --> 00:31:20.259
 are

00:31:20.259 --> 00:31:20.560
 urged

00:31:20.560 --> 00:31:20.759
 to

00:31:20.759 --> 00:31:20.980
 live

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 wisely

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 and

00:31:21.840 --> 00:31:22.560
 harmoniously

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 in a

00:31:23.000 --> 00:31:23.220
 world

00:31:23.220 --> 00:31:23.620
 in which

00:31:23.619 --> 00:31:24.199
 they do

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 not

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 belong

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 strangers

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 and

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 aliens

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 we

00:31:27.719 --> 00:31:28.119
 belong

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 to

00:31:28.359 --> 00:31:28.539
 the

00:31:28.539 --> 00:31:28.739
 Lord

00:31:28.739 --> 00:31:29.159
 Jesus

00:31:29.159 --> 00:31:30.759
 and

00:31:30.759 --> 00:31:31.219
 our

00:31:31.219 --> 00:31:31.659
 journey

00:31:31.659 --> 00:31:31.919
 here

00:31:31.919 --> 00:31:32.319
 strangers

00:31:32.319 --> 00:31:32.619
 and

00:31:32.619 --> 00:31:32.979
 aliens

00:31:32.979 --> 00:31:33.259
 as

00:31:33.259 --> 00:31:33.500
 we

00:31:33.500 --> 00:31:33.719
 are

00:31:33.719 --> 00:31:34.079
 may

00:31:34.079 --> 00:31:35.739
 experience

00:31:35.739 --> 00:31:36.079
 a

00:31:36.079 --> 00:31:36.500
 peaceable

00:31:36.500 --> 00:31:36.899
 government

00:31:36.899 --> 00:31:37.479
 we

00:31:37.479 --> 00:31:37.739
 may

00:31:37.739 --> 00:31:38.359
 experience

00:31:38.359 --> 00:31:38.519
 a

00:31:38.519 --> 00:31:38.899
 peaceable

00:31:38.899 --> 00:31:39.339
 workplace

00:31:39.339 --> 00:31:39.719
 we

00:31:39.719 --> 00:31:39.979
 may

00:31:39.979 --> 00:31:40.599
 experience

00:31:40.599 --> 00:31:40.779
 a

00:31:40.779 --> 00:31:41.199
 peaceable

00:31:41.199 --> 00:31:41.599
 marriage

00:31:41.599 --> 00:31:42.079
 or we

00:31:42.079 --> 00:31:42.719
 may

00:31:42.719 --> 00:31:43.039
 not

00:31:43.039 --> 00:31:44.819
 we

00:31:44.819 --> 00:31:45.039
 may

00:31:45.039 --> 00:31:45.579
 experience

00:31:45.579 --> 00:31:46.119
 injustice

00:31:46.119 --> 00:31:46.439
 from

00:31:46.439 --> 00:31:46.819
 government

00:31:46.819 --> 00:31:47.339
 injustice

00:31:47.339 --> 00:31:47.659
 in

00:31:47.659 --> 00:31:47.779
 the

00:31:47.779 --> 00:31:48.199
 workplace

00:31:48.199 --> 00:31:48.839
 injustice

00:31:48.839 --> 00:31:49.199
 in

00:31:49.199 --> 00:31:49.679
 marriage

00:31:49.679 --> 00:31:50.739
 and

00:31:50.739 --> 00:31:50.959
 if

00:31:50.959 --> 00:31:51.179
 we

00:31:51.179 --> 00:31:51.539
 do

00:31:51.539 --> 00:31:52.459
 how

00:31:52.459 --> 00:31:52.679
 we

00:31:52.679 --> 00:31:53.039
 handle

00:31:53.039 --> 00:31:53.279
 it

00:31:53.279 --> 00:31:53.680
 is

00:31:53.680 --> 00:31:54.099
 a

00:31:54.099 --> 00:31:54.599
 powerful

00:31:54.599 --> 00:31:55.000
 part

00:31:55.000 --> 00:31:55.119
 of

00:31:55.119 --> 00:31:55.259
 our

00:31:55.259 --> 00:31:55.559
 witness

00:31:55.559 --> 00:31:55.779
 to

00:31:55.779 --> 00:31:55.920
 the

00:31:55.920 --> 00:31:56.099
 Lord

00:31:56.099 --> 00:31:56.399
 Jesus

00:31:56.399 --> 00:31:56.940
 Christ

00:31:56.940 --> 00:31:58.799
 he

00:31:58.799 --> 00:31:59.019
 is

00:31:59.019 --> 00:31:59.180
 the

00:31:59.180 --> 00:31:59.339
 one

00:31:59.339 --> 00:31:59.519
 who

00:31:59.519 --> 00:32:00.099
 powerfully

00:32:00.099 --> 00:32:00.619
 releases

00:32:00.619 --> 00:32:00.899
 us

00:32:00.899 --> 00:32:01.079
 from

00:32:01.079 --> 00:32:01.220
 the

00:32:01.220 --> 00:32:02.319
 captivity

00:32:02.319 --> 00:32:02.779
 of

00:32:02.779 --> 00:32:03.039
 sin

00:32:03.039 --> 00:32:03.220
 and

00:32:03.220 --> 00:32:03.420
 death

00:32:03.420 --> 00:32:03.639
 by

00:32:03.639 --> 00:32:03.859
 his

00:32:03.859 --> 00:32:04.440
 resurrection

00:32:04.440 --> 00:32:05.740
 he

00:32:05.740 --> 00:32:05.960
 is

00:32:05.960 --> 00:32:06.119
 the

00:32:06.119 --> 00:32:06.319
 one

00:32:06.319 --> 00:32:06.500
 who

00:32:06.500 --> 00:32:06.779
 now

00:32:06.779 --> 00:32:07.160
 reigns

00:32:07.160 --> 00:32:07.519
 supreme

00:32:07.519 --> 00:32:07.779
 over

00:32:07.779 --> 00:32:08.059
 all

00:32:08.059 --> 00:32:08.619
 creation

00:32:08.619 --> 00:32:09.500
 including

00:32:09.500 --> 00:32:09.799
 our

00:32:09.799 --> 00:32:10.460
 oppressors

00:32:10.460 --> 00:32:11.980
 strong

00:32:11.980 --> 00:32:12.000
 strong

00:32:12.000 --> 00:32:12.620
 overtones

00:32:12.620 --> 00:32:12.799
 of

00:32:12.799 --> 00:32:13.299
 philippians

00:32:13.299 --> 00:32:13.620
 chapter

00:32:13.620 --> 00:32:14.000
 two

00:32:14.000 --> 00:32:14.680
 at

00:32:14.680 --> 00:32:14.880
 the

00:32:14.880 --> 00:32:15.140
 name

00:32:15.140 --> 00:32:15.319
 of

00:32:15.319 --> 00:32:15.700
 Jesus

00:32:15.700 --> 00:32:16.200
 every

00:32:16.200 --> 00:32:16.539
 knee

00:32:16.539 --> 00:32:16.779
 will

00:32:16.779 --> 00:32:17.059
 bow

00:32:17.059 --> 00:32:17.259
 in

00:32:17.259 --> 00:32:17.640
 heaven

00:32:17.640 --> 00:32:18.240
 and

00:32:18.240 --> 00:32:18.400
 on

00:32:18.400 --> 00:32:18.700
 earth

00:32:18.700 --> 00:32:18.960
 and

00:32:18.960 --> 00:32:19.240
 under

00:32:19.240 --> 00:32:19.460
 the

00:32:19.460 --> 00:32:19.740
 earth

00:32:19.740 --> 00:32:20.299
 and

00:32:20.299 --> 00:32:20.680
 every

00:32:20.680 --> 00:32:21.019
 tongue

00:32:21.019 --> 00:32:21.519
 confess

00:32:21.519 --> 00:32:21.779
 that

00:32:21.779 --> 00:32:22.100
 Jesus

00:32:22.100 --> 00:32:22.579
 Christ

00:32:22.579 --> 00:32:22.819
 is

00:32:22.819 --> 00:32:23.160
 Lord

00:32:23.160 --> 00:32:23.660
 to

00:32:23.660 --> 00:32:23.819
 the

00:32:23.819 --> 00:32:24.100
 glory

00:32:24.100 --> 00:32:24.279
 of

00:32:24.279 --> 00:32:24.460
 God

00:32:24.460 --> 00:32:24.620
 the

00:32:24.620 --> 00:32:24.920
 father

00:32:24.920 --> 00:32:26.980
 I

00:32:26.980 --> 00:32:27.140
 think

00:32:27.140 --> 00:32:27.460
 Peter

00:32:27.460 --> 00:32:27.660
 is

00:32:27.660 --> 00:32:27.960
 saying

00:32:27.960 --> 00:32:28.180
 that

00:32:28.180 --> 00:32:28.460
 God

00:32:28.460 --> 00:32:28.840
 knows

00:32:28.840 --> 00:32:29.500
 every

00:32:29.500 --> 00:32:30.120
 difficulty

00:32:30.120 --> 00:32:30.460
 that

00:32:30.460 --> 00:32:30.680
 we

00:32:30.680 --> 00:32:31.039
 live

00:32:31.039 --> 00:32:31.360
 with

00:32:31.360 --> 00:32:31.740
 now

00:32:31.740 --> 00:32:33.820
 he

00:32:33.820 --> 00:32:34.360
 promises

00:32:34.360 --> 00:32:34.779
 that

00:32:34.779 --> 00:32:35.000
 we

00:32:35.000 --> 00:32:35.200
 will

00:32:35.200 --> 00:32:35.440
 be

00:32:35.440 --> 00:32:35.880
 safe

00:32:35.880 --> 00:32:36.220
 with

00:32:36.220 --> 00:32:36.600
 him

00:32:36.600 --> 00:32:37.200
 then

00:32:37.200 --> 00:32:39.279
 and

00:32:39.279 --> 00:32:39.500
 there

00:32:39.500 --> 00:32:39.700
 is

00:32:39.700 --> 00:32:40.060
 every

00:32:40.060 --> 00:32:40.640
 reason

00:32:40.640 --> 00:32:41.420
 for

00:32:41.420 --> 00:32:41.900
 hope

00:32:41.900 --> 00:32:42.640
 and

00:32:42.640 --> 00:32:43.240
 patient

00:32:43.240 --> 00:32:44.220
 endurance

00:32:44.220 --> 00:32:45.380
 even

00:32:45.380 --> 00:32:45.700
 in the

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 most

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 difficult

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 of

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 circumstances

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 now

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 Amen