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 Good morning.

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 As we begin this morning, I'd like for you to imagine with me a sad situation.

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! Imagine that within the past year, a group of people have left Maranatha.

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! Because of growing tension over some theological views that they had come to believe.

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 You see, as they had begun to consider Jesus, they began to ask questions like,

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 Is Jesus really God's Son? Is Jesus really the Messiah?

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 Is Jesus God? Is Jesus man?

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 As their thinking on these theological issues began to unfold and tension within the church began to build,

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 they decided that they would leave and go elsewhere.

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 That in and of itself would be a sad situation, but it gets worse.

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 Not only has this group left, but they've continued to be in contact with the people at Maranatha.

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 They continue to try to influence those that are still here to consider their new enlightened form of Christianity,

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 to question their beliefs.

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 Well, that in itself would also be sad, but it gets worse from there.

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 You find out that this group that's left has targeted some of your dearest friends.

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 They've begun to talk with them and try to persuade them that they've missed it,

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 that they haven't really believed the truth, that they've been deceived,

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 and they need to consider these things about Jesus.

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 Is he truly all that we make him out to be?

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 And to try to influence them, they are constantly telling them,

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 we must be right.

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 Look at how blessed we are in our lives.

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 God's given us all these material things.

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 Well, your friends are beginning to question,

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 are they really right?

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 Do they really have a relationship with Jesus?

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 Is their theology correct?

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 Do what they think about Jesus, is it true?

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 Is what they've thought was going on in their life and their relationship with God, is it true?

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 And as you find out your friends are struggling with these questions,

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 you're greatly concerned.

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 And so you sit down and begin to write a letter out to them,

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 to challenge them about what they truly believe,

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 to encourage them to see God's work in their life

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 and how he has worked faithfully in their lives in the past.

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 And it's important for us to have this picture in our mind

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 because that's exactly what is happening as John writes this letter to the church at Ephesus.

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 That's the background.

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 And John, as we have seen again and again as we've worked through the book of 1 John,

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 John is writing to challenge them to say,

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 this is true religion.

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 This is what it truly means to walk with Jesus.

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 And this is how God has been faithful in your life.

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 Don't overlook these things.

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 Don't be dissuaded.

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 Don't be discouraged.

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 Don't be led astray.

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 And this morning, the passage we come to is no different than that.

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 But before we begin, would you join me in prayer?

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 Father, we do come before you.

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 And we ask that your spirit would be at work in our lives.

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 Father, we come with various situations in our lives, in our home, our families.

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 We come with different struggles, with grief and loss, with struggling and suffering.

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 And we come before you now and before your word.

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 We ask that you would encourage us.

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 That you would strengthen us.

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 That you would convict us and change us.

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 That you would move each one of us closer to Jesus today through your word.

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 And it's in Jesus' name we ask these things and for his glory.

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 Amen.

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 This morning, we come to 1 John 4, verses 13 through 21.

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 1 John 4, verses 13 through 21.

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 And it reads,

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 And to believe the love that God has for us.

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 God is love.

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 And whoever abides in love abides in God.

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 And God abides in them.

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 By this is love perfected with us.

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 So that we may have confidence for the day of judgment.

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 Because as he is, so also are we in this world.

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 There is no fear in love.

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 But perfect love casts out fear.

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 For fear has to do with punishment.

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 And whoever fears has not been perfected in love.

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 We love because he first loved us.

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 If anyone says, I love God and hates his brother,

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 he is a liar.

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 For he who does not love his brother, whom he has seen,

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 cannot love God, whom he has not seen.

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 And this is the commandment we have from him.

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 Whoever loves God must also love his brother.

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 So this morning as we come to this section,

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 this passage of scripture,

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 the thing I'd like for us to see

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 is that John is writing this

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 to help the church at Ephesus

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 know, know without a doubt,

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 be sure that they are abiding in God.

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 And that God is abiding in them.

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 Be sure of their abiding relationship with God.

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 And you may recognize verse 13 in a sense

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 where it says,

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 By this we know we abide in him and he in us

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 because he has given us of his spirit.

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 It sounds very similar to what we see

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 in 1 John chapter 3, verses 23 and 24,

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 where it says,

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 And this is his commandment

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 that we believe in the name of his son, Jesus Christ,

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 and love one another,

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 just as he commanded us.

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 Whoever keeps his commandments

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 abides in God and God in him.

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 And by this we know that he abides in us

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 by the spirit whom he has given.

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 And chapter 4, verse 13,

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 and chapter 3, verse 24

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 have a lot of similarities,

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 but I want to point out to you

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 the subtle yet important difference.

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 In chapter 3,

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 John tells them that we know this is true

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 because he's given us his spirit.

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 But in chapter 4,

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 John says,

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 We can know this is true

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 because he has given us of his spirit.

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 It's very little difference,

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 but it's an important difference.

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 It's not talking about the fact that

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 here we have some assurance

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 because we've gotten a part of the spirit.

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 Like we could subdivide the Holy Spirit into pieces.

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 It's not that we've gotten a part of the spirit,

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 but it's about the product of the spirit

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 in our lives.

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 And so I think we'll see in this passage here,

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 John trying to show us

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 we can have assurance

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 of our abiding relationship with God

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 because of the work of the Holy Spirit,

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 what the Holy Spirit is doing in our lives.

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 And there's two main areas

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 we're going to look at.

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 But in doing this,

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 I want us to try to make it practical

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 and accomplish the same thing

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 John is trying to do here.

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 I hope for us to be encouraged this morning

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 as we look at this,

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 to be assured of our abiding relationship with God.

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 And in order to do that practically,

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 we're going to stop seven times

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 throughout this sermon

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 and ask some questions for reflection.

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 Some things for you to just take a moment

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 and ponder about your own life,

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 hopefully so that we will be able to say

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 with confidence at the end of the message today

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 that we are assured

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 that we are abiding in God.

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 The first area we want to look at

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 as far as the work of the Holy Spirit in our lives

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 is that the Holy Spirit gives us true faith.

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 The Holy Spirit gives us true faith.

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 And we notice, starting in verse 14,

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 that the Holy Spirit gives us faith in God's Word.

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 It says,

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 And we have seen and testify

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 that the Father has sent His Son

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 to be the Savior of the world.

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 Now, John, again, is here referring back

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 to himself and the other apostles,

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 the first-hand witnesses

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 about the work of Christ,

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 even as he did at the beginning of 1 John.

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 And he's saying,

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 We bear testimony to these things,

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 the testimony of the apostles.

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 And I think what we can see in this

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 is that the Holy Spirit gives us faith

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 in the Word of God

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 and makes it meaningful to us.

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 Now, I want you to stop and consider for a second.

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 Consider how amazing it is

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 that the Word of God is meaningful to you.

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 Okay?

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 Now, this is a book that's thousands of years old.

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 Thousands of years old.

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 And it's full of miracles

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 that many find unbelievable,

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 including the creation of everything,

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 a worldwide flood with a giant boat,

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 the sun standing still in the sky,

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 a man swallowed alive by a big fish,

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 innumerable acts of a supreme being

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 that truly are awesome,

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 in the fullness of the word awesome,

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 numerous prophecies,

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 a virgin birth,

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 a God that dies,

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 as resurrections,

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 a man that flies away into the clouds.

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 Now,

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 most books that you would read

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 with material like that,

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 you would easily just sort of classify as,

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 well, that's entertaining,

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 or that's mythological,

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 or that's nice.

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 But let's not stop there.

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 Think about this.

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 Not only does the Bible contain

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 all of these miraculous stories,

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 but the Bible is full of horrible stories.

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 I mean,

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 it's full of stories of murders,

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 and rapes,

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 incest,

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 things that constantly are showing us

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 again and again

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 how wicked humanity is.

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 I mean,

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 honestly,

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 as we look at it,

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 we see even the majority of the heroes

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 that we see in the Bible

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 are capable again and again

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 of the worst possible things.

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 Basically,

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 Scripture leaves no question

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 about the fact that

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 there's no disgusting or gross act

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 that's beyond us.

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 We're completely broken

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 with no way to fix ourselves.

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 We're dead

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 with no way to heal ourselves.

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 I mean,

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 it's the opposite of a self-help book,

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 isn't it?

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 Right?

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 Time and time again,

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 as you read the Word,

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 it cuts to the very core

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 of who we are as people

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 and says,

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 there is no one that's good.

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 Now,

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 if you read any other book

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 full of these kind of miracles,

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 full of this kind of

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 harsh truth about humanity,

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 you would easily set it aside.

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 But yet,

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 through the work of the Holy Spirit

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 in your life,

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 the Bible is meaningful to you.

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 Let's stop and consider

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 these first set of reflective questions,

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 okay?

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 Do you believe the Bible

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 is God's Word?

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 Do you accept it

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 as the very words of God?

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 Do you believe

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 it is completely trustworthy

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 and reliable?

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 Do you desire for the Bible

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 to be the supreme authority

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 in your life?

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 If those things are true,

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 if that's true

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 in any measure in your life,

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 you need to understand

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 that is the work

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 of the Holy Spirit

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 in your life,

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 that is an evidence

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 that you are in

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 an abiding relationship

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 with God.

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 If it was not

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 for the faith given you

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 by the Holy Spirit,

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 the Bible would be

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 no more meaningful

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 to you than any other book.

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 But wait,

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 not only does the Holy Spirit

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 make the Bible meaningful to us,

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 but it makes it precious

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 to us, right?

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 It's not just a book,

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 it's not just that we

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 intellectually agree

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 this is important

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 or this is true,

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 but it's precious to us.

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 We long for it,

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 we desire it,

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 we find comfort in it,

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 we find hope in it,

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 we love it,

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 we would be willing

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 to die for it.

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 That's the work

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 of the Holy Spirit.

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 Consider these questions.

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 Reflection number two,

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 do you cherish God's Word?

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 Do you long for it?

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 Do you savor it?

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 Are you hiding it

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 in your heart?

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 Are you meditating

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 on it with your mind?

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 That's the work

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 of the Holy Spirit

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 in your life.

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 It's an evidence

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 that you are in

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 an abiding relationship

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 with God.

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 Now, let me give you

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 a little disclaimer here.

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 I'm not asking

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 or even implying

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 that you never have

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 dry times

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 or there are never times

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 that you feel

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 more indifferent to

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 or more distant from

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 or too busy

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 or neglect the Word of God.

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 That's not my point at all.

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 But as you look

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 at your life

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 and the direction

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 of your life,

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 looking back

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 to where you've come from,

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 looking forward

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 to where you're going,

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 do you see

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 in your life

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 a growth

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 in your desire

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 for God's Word,

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 your love

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 for God's Word,

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 your hunger

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 for God's Word?

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 If you do,

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 that is the work

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 of the Holy Spirit

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 in your life

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 and an evidence

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 that you are in

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 an abiding relationship

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 with God.

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 So He gives us,

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 the Holy Spirit

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 gives us faith

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 in God's Word.

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 But He also gives us

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 faith that Jesus

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 is the Son of God.

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 Jesus is the Son of God.

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 In 1 John 4, 15,

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 it says,

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 whoever confesses

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 that Jesus

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 is the Son of God,

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 God abides in Him

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 and He in God.

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 Now,

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 the Holy Spirit

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 not only makes

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 God's Word meaningful

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 to us,

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 but the Holy Spirit

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 makes Jesus

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 meaningful to us.

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 Again,

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 stop and consider

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 how amazing it is

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 that Jesus

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 is meaningful to you.

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 According to the Internet,

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 which knows everything,

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 there are 4,300

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 religions in the world.

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 4,300 religions

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 in the world.

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 And in each

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 of those religions,

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 there are people

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 that started it,

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 there are prophets,

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 there are leaders,

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 there are teachers,

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 there are messiahs.

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 And out of all of them,

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 you don't believe

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 in Muhammad

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 or Buddha.

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 You don't believe

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 in Joseph Smith

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 or Charles Russell.

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 You don't believe

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 in Mary Eddie Baker,

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 Mary Baker Eddie

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 or in L. Ron Hubbard.

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 You believe in Jesus.

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 You see,

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 He has become

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 meaningful to you.

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 And notice,

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 even in these verses,

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 here we see

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 Matthew chapter 24,

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 verses 23 and 24.

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 Jesus Himself

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 warning us,

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 He says,

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 Then if anyone

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 says to you,

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 Look,

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 here is the Christ,

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 or there He is,

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 do not believe it.

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 For false Christs

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 and false prophets

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 will arise

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 and perform great signs

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 and wonders

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 so as to lead astray,

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 if possible,

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 even the elect.

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 Peter says it

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 in 2 Peter chapter 2,

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 verses 1 and 2.

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 But false prophets

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 also arose

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 among the people,

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 just as there will be

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 false teachers

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 among you

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 who will secretly

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 bring in destructive

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 heresies,

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 even denying the Master

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 who bought them,

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 bringing upon themselves

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 swift destruction,

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 and many will follow

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 their sensuality,

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 and because of them

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 the way of truth

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 will be blasphemed.

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 And even John,

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 as we read earlier,

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 1 John chapter 4,

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 verse 1,

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 where He said,

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 Beloved,

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 do not believe

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 every spirit,

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 but test the spirits

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 to see whether

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 they are from God,

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 for many false prophets

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 have gone out

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 into the world.

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 You see,

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 our world is in

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 no want for Messiahs.

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 There's tons of them,

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 thousands of them,

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 throughout history.

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 They come again

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 and again and again,

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 and yet,

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 amongst all of those,

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 Jesus,

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 has been made

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 meaningful to you.

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 It's the work

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 of the Holy Spirit.

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 But again,

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 as we also see,

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 oh wait,

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 I gotta pause

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 for reflection number three.

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 Reflection number three.

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 Do you believe

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 that Jesus

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 is the Son of God?

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 Do you believe

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 that Jesus

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 is 100% God

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 and 100% man?

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 Do you believe

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 that Jesus

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 lived a perfect,

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 sinless,

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 God-centered life?

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 Do you believe

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 that Jesus died

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 to take the wrath

00:18:40.160 --> 00:18:40.640
 of God

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 that you justly deserve?

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 Do you believe

00:18:44.480 --> 00:18:45.860
 that Jesus rose again?

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 Do you believe

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 that Jesus will return?

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 Do you believe

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 those things?

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 That is the work

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 of the Holy Spirit

00:18:53.940 --> 00:18:54.620
 in your life,

00:18:55.019 --> 00:18:56.060
 bearing testimony

00:18:56.059 --> 00:18:57.440
 that you are in

00:18:57.440 --> 00:18:58.960
 an abiding relationship

00:18:58.960 --> 00:19:00.279
 with God.

00:19:01.819 --> 00:19:03.019
 But not only

00:19:03.019 --> 00:19:03.899
 has the Holy Spirit

00:19:03.899 --> 00:19:04.559
 made Jesus

00:19:04.559 --> 00:19:05.679
 meaningful to us,

00:19:06.179 --> 00:19:06.899
 but again,

00:19:08.019 --> 00:19:08.819
 He's made Jesus

00:19:08.819 --> 00:19:09.940
 precious to us,

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 right?

00:19:12.299 --> 00:19:13.500
 We love Jesus.

00:19:13.619 --> 00:19:14.659
 We long for Jesus.

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 We have a desire

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 to be near Him,

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 to be like Him.

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 Our hearts

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 are turned towards Him.

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 As we read

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 of His life,

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 our hearts

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 are stirred.

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 As we read

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 of His love,

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 we're emotionally moved.

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 We don't just

00:19:27.860 --> 00:19:29.140
 intellectually acknowledge

00:19:29.140 --> 00:19:30.360
 He was a great teacher,

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 but our hearts

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 are moved

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 with love

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 and passion

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 towards Him.

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 That is the work

00:19:36.320 --> 00:19:37.260
 of the Holy Spirit.

00:19:38.700 --> 00:19:39.840
 Reflection number four.

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 Do you find yourself

00:19:42.120 --> 00:19:43.560
 emotionally moved

00:19:43.560 --> 00:19:44.220
 at the thought

00:19:44.220 --> 00:19:44.720
 of Jesus?

00:19:46.220 --> 00:19:47.380
 Can you honestly

00:19:47.380 --> 00:19:49.220
 say that you love Him?

00:19:50.260 --> 00:19:51.420
 Do you desire

00:19:51.420 --> 00:19:52.220
 to grow

00:19:52.220 --> 00:19:53.240
 in intimacy

00:19:53.240 --> 00:19:54.259
 with Him?

00:19:55.200 --> 00:19:56.180
 Do you speak

00:19:56.180 --> 00:19:56.840
 to Him often?

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 Do you find yourself

00:19:58.340 --> 00:19:59.680
 desiring to be with Him

00:19:59.680 --> 00:20:00.820
 and to be like Him?

00:20:01.420 --> 00:20:02.640
 Are you overwhelmed

00:20:02.640 --> 00:20:04.240
 with His glory?

00:20:05.880 --> 00:20:06.380
 Again,

00:20:06.640 --> 00:20:07.680
 if those things

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 are true

00:20:08.300 --> 00:20:09.160
 in your life,

00:20:09.840 --> 00:20:11.440
 they are the work

00:20:11.440 --> 00:20:12.920
 of the Holy Spirit.

00:20:13.640 --> 00:20:15.380
 And it gives testimony,

00:20:15.580 --> 00:20:16.080
 assurance,

00:20:16.080 --> 00:20:17.160
 that you are

00:20:17.160 --> 00:20:17.800
 in an abiding

00:20:17.800 --> 00:20:19.259
 relationship with God.

00:20:19.519 --> 00:20:20.180
 Now, again,

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 I'll give you

00:20:20.660 --> 00:20:21.700
 the same disclaimer.

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 We're not saying

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 that there aren't times

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 when you are distant

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 or there aren't times

00:20:26.340 --> 00:20:26.860
 when you feel

00:20:26.860 --> 00:20:27.740
 more disconnected

00:20:27.740 --> 00:20:28.860
 or times when

00:20:28.860 --> 00:20:29.620
 you don't feel

00:20:29.620 --> 00:20:30.380
 as passionate

00:20:30.380 --> 00:20:31.180
 about Christ,

00:20:31.320 --> 00:20:32.820
 but looking at your life

00:20:32.820 --> 00:20:34.259
 from where you were

00:20:34.259 --> 00:20:35.259
 to where you're going,

00:20:35.560 --> 00:20:36.900
 do you see growth?

00:20:37.440 --> 00:20:38.279
 Are you growing

00:20:38.279 --> 00:20:39.759
 in your faith

00:20:39.759 --> 00:20:40.380
 in Christ?

00:20:40.500 --> 00:20:41.180
 Are you growing

00:20:41.180 --> 00:20:42.100
 in your love

00:20:42.100 --> 00:20:42.799
 for Christ?

00:20:42.799 --> 00:20:43.940
 Are you growing

00:20:43.940 --> 00:20:45.160
 in your intimacy

00:20:45.160 --> 00:20:46.480
 with Christ?

00:20:46.779 --> 00:20:47.920
 If so,

00:20:47.920 --> 00:20:50.220
 that's the work

00:20:50.220 --> 00:20:51.500
 of the Holy Spirit

00:20:51.500 --> 00:20:52.759
 in your life.

00:20:53.900 --> 00:20:54.920
 So we see

00:20:54.920 --> 00:20:55.539
 the Holy Spirit

00:20:55.539 --> 00:20:56.400
 gives us faith

00:20:56.400 --> 00:20:57.240
 in God's Word.

00:20:58.019 --> 00:20:58.980
 It gives us faith

00:20:58.980 --> 00:21:00.140
 to believe Jesus

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 is the Son of God.

00:21:02.680 --> 00:21:03.820
 It also gives us

00:21:03.820 --> 00:21:05.120
 faith to accept

00:21:05.120 --> 00:21:06.580
 God's love

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 for us.

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 Verse 16,

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 So we have come

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 to know

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 and to believe

00:21:13.440 --> 00:21:14.360
 the love

00:21:14.360 --> 00:21:15.500
 that God has

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 for us.

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 God is love

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 and whoever abides

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 in love

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 abides in God

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 and God

00:21:20.960 --> 00:21:22.519
 abides in him.

00:21:24.779 --> 00:21:25.059
 Now,

00:21:25.299 --> 00:21:26.259
 not only does

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 the Holy Spirit

00:21:26.880 --> 00:21:27.759
 give us faith

00:21:27.759 --> 00:21:28.380
 in his Word

00:21:28.380 --> 00:21:28.980
 and faith that

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 Jesus is the Son of God,

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 but it's

00:21:31.480 --> 00:21:33.400
 the very source

00:21:33.400 --> 00:21:34.279
 of our faith

00:21:34.279 --> 00:21:35.500
 that allows us

00:21:35.500 --> 00:21:36.180
 to accept

00:21:36.180 --> 00:21:37.319
 the fact that

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 God loves us.

00:21:38.140 --> 00:21:38.320
 Now,

00:21:38.380 --> 00:21:38.780
 I don't know

00:21:38.780 --> 00:21:39.400
 about you,

00:21:39.940 --> 00:21:41.300
 but I know

00:21:41.300 --> 00:21:41.920
 personally,

00:21:42.100 --> 00:21:42.880
 this is the area

00:21:42.880 --> 00:21:43.680
 that's hardest

00:21:43.680 --> 00:21:44.340
 for me.

00:21:45.000 --> 00:21:46.580
 Being convinced

00:21:46.580 --> 00:21:47.060
 of the fact

00:21:47.060 --> 00:21:47.700
 that the Bible

00:21:47.700 --> 00:21:49.020
 is God's Word,

00:21:49.460 --> 00:21:50.840
 seeing in that

00:21:50.840 --> 00:21:51.800
 all of his

00:21:51.800 --> 00:21:52.720
 great glory,

00:21:53.620 --> 00:21:54.780
 seeing in that

00:21:54.780 --> 00:21:56.220
 my own sin,

00:21:56.920 --> 00:21:57.660
 being convinced

00:21:57.660 --> 00:21:58.160
 that Jesus

00:21:58.160 --> 00:21:59.320
 is God's Son,

00:21:59.620 --> 00:22:00.620
 looking at his life,

00:22:00.700 --> 00:22:01.380
 how he walked

00:22:01.380 --> 00:22:02.020
 in intimacy

00:22:02.020 --> 00:22:02.860
 with the Father,

00:22:03.200 --> 00:22:04.320
 how he was willing

00:22:04.320 --> 00:22:05.500
 to give his life

00:22:05.500 --> 00:22:06.540
 sacrificially

00:22:06.540 --> 00:22:07.920
 for us,

00:22:08.140 --> 00:22:09.140
 and then

00:22:09.140 --> 00:22:10.220
 I look at me

00:22:10.220 --> 00:22:12.340
 and I see

00:22:12.340 --> 00:22:14.180
 how often

00:22:14.180 --> 00:22:14.860
 I struggle,

00:22:15.000 --> 00:22:15.400
 how often

00:22:15.400 --> 00:22:16.580
 I'm still rebellious,

00:22:16.800 --> 00:22:17.620
 how indifferent

00:22:17.620 --> 00:22:18.820
 I can be to God,

00:22:19.080 --> 00:22:20.040
 how much

00:22:20.040 --> 00:22:20.920
 there is

00:22:20.920 --> 00:22:21.860
 within me

00:22:21.860 --> 00:22:22.960
 that pulls

00:22:22.960 --> 00:22:23.560
 against

00:22:23.560 --> 00:22:24.840
 the very things

00:22:24.840 --> 00:22:26.120
 God longs for,

00:22:26.460 --> 00:22:27.120
 and I think

00:22:27.120 --> 00:22:29.140
 God's love

00:22:29.140 --> 00:22:29.720
 for me

00:22:29.720 --> 00:22:31.220
 truly is

00:22:31.220 --> 00:22:32.820
 incomprehensible.

00:22:32.819 --> 00:22:34.240
 it doesn't

00:22:34.240 --> 00:22:35.039
 make sense.

00:22:35.759 --> 00:22:36.240
 I don't

00:22:36.240 --> 00:22:37.000
 understand

00:22:37.000 --> 00:22:37.639
 grace.

00:22:39.480 --> 00:22:39.619
 And

00:22:39.619 --> 00:22:40.859
 truthfully,

00:22:40.980 --> 00:22:41.960
 it is only

00:22:41.960 --> 00:22:42.839
 through the work

00:22:42.839 --> 00:22:43.960
 of the Holy Spirit

00:22:43.960 --> 00:22:44.899
 that I could

00:22:44.899 --> 00:22:45.759
 have faith

00:22:45.759 --> 00:22:46.899
 to believe

00:22:46.899 --> 00:22:47.980
 that God

00:22:47.980 --> 00:22:49.099
 could love me.

00:22:51.740 --> 00:22:52.460
 Reflection

00:22:52.460 --> 00:22:53.299
 number five.

00:22:54.259 --> 00:22:55.240
 Do you believe

00:22:55.240 --> 00:22:56.200
 God really

00:22:56.200 --> 00:22:56.899
 loves you?

00:22:56.900 --> 00:22:59.420
 that he

00:22:59.420 --> 00:22:59.980
 loves you

00:22:59.980 --> 00:23:00.720
 in spite

00:23:00.720 --> 00:23:01.360
 of all

00:23:01.360 --> 00:23:02.060
 the reasons

00:23:02.060 --> 00:23:02.960
 he shouldn't?

00:23:03.820 --> 00:23:04.400
 Do you

00:23:04.400 --> 00:23:05.200
 abide in

00:23:05.200 --> 00:23:05.759
 that love,

00:23:06.019 --> 00:23:06.540
 reminding

00:23:06.540 --> 00:23:07.120
 yourself

00:23:07.120 --> 00:23:07.780
 regularly

00:23:07.780 --> 00:23:08.220
 of the

00:23:08.220 --> 00:23:08.660
 truths

00:23:08.660 --> 00:23:09.100
 of the

00:23:09.100 --> 00:23:09.519
 gospel?

00:23:10.400 --> 00:23:11.019
 Do you

00:23:11.019 --> 00:23:11.440
 find your

00:23:11.440 --> 00:23:11.700
 heart

00:23:11.700 --> 00:23:12.460
 overflowing

00:23:12.460 --> 00:23:13.340
 with thanksgiving

00:23:13.340 --> 00:23:13.920
 because of

00:23:13.920 --> 00:23:14.519
 God's love

00:23:14.519 --> 00:23:14.940
 for you?

00:23:15.400 --> 00:23:15.700
 Do you

00:23:15.700 --> 00:23:16.580
 find God's

00:23:16.580 --> 00:23:17.320
 love for you

00:23:17.320 --> 00:23:18.200
 overflowing

00:23:18.200 --> 00:23:19.000
 into the

00:23:19.000 --> 00:23:19.420
 lives

00:23:19.420 --> 00:23:20.180
 of others?

00:23:20.180 --> 00:23:21.960
 If you

00:23:21.960 --> 00:23:22.240
 do,

00:23:23.160 --> 00:23:24.000
 that's the

00:23:24.000 --> 00:23:24.620
 work of the

00:23:24.620 --> 00:23:25.299
 Holy Spirit

00:23:25.299 --> 00:23:25.660
 in your

00:23:25.660 --> 00:23:26.140
 life.

00:23:27.259 --> 00:23:28.080
 That's the

00:23:28.080 --> 00:23:28.860
 evidence that

00:23:28.860 --> 00:23:29.860
 you are in

00:23:29.860 --> 00:23:30.580
 an abiding

00:23:30.580 --> 00:23:31.440
 relationship

00:23:31.440 --> 00:23:32.660
 with God.

00:23:33.500 --> 00:23:34.519
 So we see

00:23:34.519 --> 00:23:35.220
 the Holy Spirit

00:23:35.220 --> 00:23:35.860
 giving us

00:23:35.860 --> 00:23:36.779
 true faith,

00:23:37.600 --> 00:23:38.640
 but I think

00:23:38.640 --> 00:23:39.360
 we also

00:23:39.360 --> 00:23:40.860
 see the

00:23:40.860 --> 00:23:41.480
 Holy Spirit

00:23:41.480 --> 00:23:42.100
 giving us

00:23:42.100 --> 00:23:43.140
 true love.

00:23:43.900 --> 00:23:45.019
 The Holy Spirit

00:23:45.019 --> 00:23:45.580
 giving us

00:23:45.580 --> 00:23:46.460
 true love.

00:23:47.060 --> 00:23:47.799
 He gives us

00:23:47.799 --> 00:23:48.900
 love as

00:23:48.900 --> 00:23:49.480
 God's

00:23:49.480 --> 00:23:49.920
 children.

00:23:50.180 --> 00:23:51.200
 love as

00:23:51.200 --> 00:23:51.700
 God's

00:23:51.700 --> 00:23:52.140
 children.

00:23:53.360 --> 00:23:54.019
 And that

00:23:54.019 --> 00:23:55.440
 true love

00:23:55.440 --> 00:23:56.360
 as God's

00:23:56.360 --> 00:23:57.160
 children changes

00:23:57.160 --> 00:23:57.759
 both our

00:23:57.759 --> 00:23:59.539
 relationship to

00:23:59.539 --> 00:24:00.519
 God and our

00:24:00.519 --> 00:24:01.440
 reaction to

00:24:01.440 --> 00:24:01.820
 God.

00:24:02.820 --> 00:24:03.539
 And let's

00:24:03.539 --> 00:24:04.539
 look at the

00:24:04.539 --> 00:24:05.500
 relationship with

00:24:05.500 --> 00:24:05.840
 God.

00:24:06.240 --> 00:24:07.039
 Romans chapter

00:24:07.039 --> 00:24:08.960
 8 verses

00:24:08.960 --> 00:24:09.779
 15 through

00:24:09.779 --> 00:24:11.380
 17 says

00:24:11.380 --> 00:24:11.740
 this,

00:24:11.740 --> 00:24:12.820
 For you did

00:24:12.820 --> 00:24:13.740
 not receive

00:24:13.740 --> 00:24:14.880
 the spirit of

00:24:14.880 --> 00:24:16.500
 slavery to

00:24:16.500 --> 00:24:17.400
 fall back

00:24:17.400 --> 00:24:18.160
 into fear,

00:24:18.820 --> 00:24:19.620
 but you have

00:24:19.619 --> 00:24:20.179
 received the

00:24:20.179 --> 00:24:20.779
 spirit of

00:24:20.779 --> 00:24:21.639
 adoption as

00:24:21.639 --> 00:24:22.179
 sons,

00:24:22.179 --> 00:24:23.359
 by whom we

00:24:23.359 --> 00:24:23.699
 cry,

00:24:24.119 --> 00:24:24.479
 Abba,

00:24:24.639 --> 00:24:25.059
 Father.

00:24:26.159 --> 00:24:26.859
 The Spirit

00:24:26.859 --> 00:24:28.339
 himself bears

00:24:28.339 --> 00:24:29.079
 witness with

00:24:29.079 --> 00:24:30.219
 our spirit that

00:24:30.219 --> 00:24:31.119
 we are children

00:24:31.119 --> 00:24:31.819
 of God,

00:24:31.979 --> 00:24:32.500
 and if

00:24:32.500 --> 00:24:33.000
 children,

00:24:33.319 --> 00:24:34.139
 then heirs,

00:24:34.439 --> 00:24:35.039
 heirs of

00:24:35.039 --> 00:24:35.779
 God and

00:24:35.779 --> 00:24:36.639
 fellow heirs

00:24:36.639 --> 00:24:37.519
 with Christ,

00:24:38.000 --> 00:24:38.679
 provided we

00:24:38.679 --> 00:24:39.500
 suffer with him

00:24:39.500 --> 00:24:40.099
 in order that

00:24:40.099 --> 00:24:41.119
 we may also

00:24:41.119 --> 00:24:42.139
 be glorified

00:24:42.139 --> 00:24:42.819
 with him.

00:24:43.599 --> 00:24:44.759
 Or Galatians

00:24:44.759 --> 00:24:45.859
 chapter 4,

00:24:46.139 --> 00:24:46.879
 verses 4

00:24:46.880 --> 00:24:47.880
 through 7,

00:24:48.420 --> 00:24:48.840
 where Paul

00:24:48.840 --> 00:24:49.140
 writes,

00:24:49.400 --> 00:24:49.880
 But when the

00:24:49.880 --> 00:24:50.500
 fullness of

00:24:50.500 --> 00:24:51.100
 time had

00:24:51.100 --> 00:24:51.580
 come,

00:24:52.180 --> 00:24:52.880
 God sent

00:24:52.880 --> 00:24:53.660
 forth his

00:24:53.660 --> 00:24:54.140
 son,

00:24:54.680 --> 00:24:55.140
 born of

00:24:55.140 --> 00:24:55.480
 woman,

00:24:55.760 --> 00:24:56.420
 born under

00:24:56.420 --> 00:24:56.960
 the law,

00:24:57.240 --> 00:24:57.840
 to redeem

00:24:57.840 --> 00:24:58.640
 those who

00:24:58.640 --> 00:24:59.220
 were under

00:24:59.220 --> 00:24:59.820
 the law,

00:25:00.060 --> 00:25:01.000
 so that we

00:25:01.000 --> 00:25:02.360
 might receive

00:25:02.360 --> 00:25:03.640
 adoption as

00:25:03.640 --> 00:25:04.280
 sons.

00:25:05.480 --> 00:25:05.980
 And because

00:25:05.980 --> 00:25:06.660
 you are sons,

00:25:07.460 --> 00:25:08.320
 God has sent

00:25:08.320 --> 00:25:09.220
 the spirit of

00:25:09.220 --> 00:25:09.920
 his son into

00:25:09.920 --> 00:25:10.560
 your hearts,

00:25:10.940 --> 00:25:11.340
 crying,

00:25:11.780 --> 00:25:12.260
 Abba,

00:25:12.780 --> 00:25:13.340
 Father,

00:25:13.720 --> 00:25:14.260
 so you are

00:25:14.260 --> 00:25:15.260
 no longer a

00:25:15.259 --> 00:25:15.819
 slave,

00:25:15.960 --> 00:25:16.819
 but a son,

00:25:17.019 --> 00:25:17.579
 and if a

00:25:17.579 --> 00:25:17.900
 son,

00:25:18.180 --> 00:25:18.539
 then an

00:25:18.539 --> 00:25:19.480
 heir through

00:25:19.480 --> 00:25:20.200
 God.

00:25:20.420 --> 00:25:20.740
 You see,

00:25:20.799 --> 00:25:21.420
 the Holy Spirit

00:25:21.420 --> 00:25:22.440
 giving us true

00:25:22.440 --> 00:25:23.619
 love as God's

00:25:23.619 --> 00:25:24.819
 children changes

00:25:24.819 --> 00:25:25.700
 our relationship

00:25:25.700 --> 00:25:26.500
 with God.

00:25:26.980 --> 00:25:27.720
 We're no longer

00:25:27.720 --> 00:25:28.819
 enemies of God.

00:25:29.579 --> 00:25:30.440
 We come into

00:25:30.440 --> 00:25:31.379
 his presence as

00:25:31.379 --> 00:25:32.059
 his children,

00:25:32.420 --> 00:25:33.140
 and because of

00:25:33.140 --> 00:25:34.180
 that, it also

00:25:34.180 --> 00:25:34.940
 changes our

00:25:34.940 --> 00:25:36.619
 reaction to

00:25:36.619 --> 00:25:37.480
 God.

00:25:37.900 --> 00:25:38.660
 Our reaction

00:25:38.660 --> 00:25:39.960
 to God.

00:25:40.220 --> 00:25:40.740
 And we see

00:25:40.740 --> 00:25:41.379
 here in 1

00:25:41.379 --> 00:25:42.079
 John 4,

00:25:42.420 --> 00:25:43.299
 17 and

00:25:43.299 --> 00:25:43.779
 18,

00:25:43.779 --> 00:25:44.899
 that we

00:25:44.899 --> 00:25:45.579
 no longer

00:25:45.579 --> 00:25:46.079
 need to

00:25:46.079 --> 00:25:46.940
 fear death,

00:25:47.359 --> 00:25:47.700
 judgment,

00:25:47.899 --> 00:25:48.619
 and eternity

00:25:48.619 --> 00:25:50.420
 because we

00:25:50.420 --> 00:25:50.980
 have been

00:25:50.980 --> 00:25:51.599
 given this

00:25:51.599 --> 00:25:52.480
 love as

00:25:52.480 --> 00:25:53.039
 his children.

00:25:53.619 --> 00:25:54.099
 It says,

00:25:54.420 --> 00:25:55.160
 By this

00:25:55.160 --> 00:25:55.960
 is love

00:25:55.960 --> 00:25:56.920
 perfected with

00:25:56.920 --> 00:25:57.339
 us,

00:25:57.339 --> 00:25:58.279
 so that we

00:25:58.279 --> 00:25:58.680
 may have

00:25:58.680 --> 00:25:59.619
 confidence for

00:25:59.619 --> 00:26:00.119
 the day of

00:26:00.119 --> 00:26:00.539
 judgment.

00:26:01.359 --> 00:26:02.000
 Because as

00:26:02.000 --> 00:26:02.519
 he is,

00:26:02.599 --> 00:26:03.460
 so also are

00:26:03.460 --> 00:26:04.099
 we in this

00:26:04.099 --> 00:26:04.519
 world.

00:26:05.160 --> 00:26:05.660
 There is no

00:26:05.660 --> 00:26:06.220
 fear in

00:26:06.220 --> 00:26:06.519
 love,

00:26:06.720 --> 00:26:07.339
 but perfect

00:26:07.339 --> 00:26:08.240
 love casts

00:26:08.240 --> 00:26:08.940
 out fear.

00:26:09.559 --> 00:26:10.019
 For fear

00:26:10.019 --> 00:26:10.680
 has to do

00:26:10.680 --> 00:26:11.379
 with punishment,

00:26:11.759 --> 00:26:12.240
 and whoever

00:26:12.240 --> 00:26:13.720
 fears has not

00:26:13.720 --> 00:26:14.900
 been perfected

00:26:14.900 --> 00:26:16.120
 in love.

00:26:17.180 --> 00:26:18.420
 So, because of

00:26:18.420 --> 00:26:18.980
 the love that

00:26:18.980 --> 00:26:19.740
 we've received

00:26:19.740 --> 00:26:20.500
 as God's

00:26:20.500 --> 00:26:21.680
 children, we

00:26:21.680 --> 00:26:22.259
 no longer

00:26:22.259 --> 00:26:23.180
 have to fear

00:26:23.180 --> 00:26:23.700
 death.

00:26:24.160 --> 00:26:24.839
 We no longer

00:26:24.839 --> 00:26:25.620
 have to fear

00:26:25.620 --> 00:26:26.640
 judgment to

00:26:26.640 --> 00:26:27.000
 come.

00:26:27.380 --> 00:26:28.140
 We no longer

00:26:28.140 --> 00:26:28.680
 have to be

00:26:28.680 --> 00:26:29.460
 fearful of

00:26:29.460 --> 00:26:30.019
 eternity.

00:26:30.620 --> 00:26:30.940
 We don't

00:26:30.940 --> 00:26:31.680
 come before

00:26:31.680 --> 00:26:32.440
 him as

00:26:32.440 --> 00:26:33.100
 his enemies,

00:26:33.500 --> 00:26:34.120
 facing his

00:26:34.120 --> 00:26:34.880
 wrath, but we

00:26:34.880 --> 00:26:35.480
 come into his

00:26:35.480 --> 00:26:36.120
 presence as

00:26:36.120 --> 00:26:36.779
 his children.

00:26:37.240 --> 00:26:37.940
 We can run

00:26:37.940 --> 00:26:39.120
 into his arms

00:26:39.120 --> 00:26:40.180
 lovingly,

00:26:40.559 --> 00:26:41.240
 seeking to be

00:26:41.240 --> 00:26:41.880
 in the presence

00:26:41.880 --> 00:26:42.260
 of our

00:26:42.260 --> 00:26:42.940
 father that

00:26:42.940 --> 00:26:43.740
 we've longed

00:26:43.740 --> 00:26:44.460
 to be near.

00:26:45.900 --> 00:26:47.080
 But I also

00:26:47.080 --> 00:26:49.600
 think that

00:26:49.600 --> 00:26:50.520
 this love as

00:26:50.520 --> 00:26:51.380
 God's children

00:26:51.380 --> 00:26:54.980
 enables us to

00:26:54.980 --> 00:26:56.260
 handle the

00:26:56.260 --> 00:26:57.100
 challenges that

00:26:57.100 --> 00:26:58.220
 come every day,

00:26:58.320 --> 00:26:58.940
 even now,

00:26:58.980 --> 00:26:59.700
 without fear.

00:27:00.060 --> 00:27:00.820
 I don't know if

00:27:00.820 --> 00:27:01.760
 you're like me,

00:27:01.980 --> 00:27:02.820
 but when things

00:27:02.820 --> 00:27:03.580
 are hard, when

00:27:03.580 --> 00:27:04.300
 I'm struggling,

00:27:04.820 --> 00:27:05.460
 when I'm facing

00:27:05.460 --> 00:27:06.400
 suffering or

00:27:06.400 --> 00:27:07.220
 challenges,

00:27:07.540 --> 00:27:08.340
 things seem to be

00:27:08.340 --> 00:27:09.140
 falling apart,

00:27:09.560 --> 00:27:10.260
 something seems to

00:27:10.259 --> 00:27:11.059
 be broken or

00:27:11.059 --> 00:27:11.759
 I'm grieving,

00:27:12.879 --> 00:27:13.700
 somewhere in the

00:27:13.700 --> 00:27:14.359
 back of my

00:27:14.359 --> 00:27:15.619
 mind, there's

00:27:15.619 --> 00:27:16.259
 always this

00:27:16.259 --> 00:27:17.500
 thought, well,

00:27:17.559 --> 00:27:18.119
 here it is,

00:27:18.799 --> 00:27:20.879
 finally, God is

00:27:20.879 --> 00:27:21.460
 going to give me

00:27:21.460 --> 00:27:22.119
 what I deserve.

00:27:22.640 --> 00:27:23.339
 After all this

00:27:23.339 --> 00:27:24.119
 time, I know I

00:27:24.119 --> 00:27:24.640
 haven't been doing

00:27:24.640 --> 00:27:25.160
 what I should be

00:27:25.160 --> 00:27:26.319
 doing, and this

00:27:26.319 --> 00:27:26.779
 is it.

00:27:27.160 --> 00:27:28.160
 Finally, God's

00:27:28.160 --> 00:27:28.839
 going to give it

00:27:28.839 --> 00:27:29.299
 to me.

00:27:30.119 --> 00:27:31.000
 But that's not

00:27:31.000 --> 00:27:31.539
 what Scripture

00:27:31.539 --> 00:27:32.440
 tells us.

00:27:33.359 --> 00:27:33.980
 In Hebrews

00:27:33.980 --> 00:27:35.059
 chapter 12,

00:27:35.619 --> 00:27:36.599
 verses 7

00:27:36.599 --> 00:27:37.640
 through 11,

00:27:38.500 --> 00:27:39.599
 it says this,

00:27:40.259 --> 00:27:41.339
 it is for

00:27:41.339 --> 00:27:42.859
 discipline that

00:27:42.859 --> 00:27:43.599
 you have to

00:27:43.599 --> 00:27:44.079
 endure.

00:27:45.319 --> 00:27:46.599
 God is treating

00:27:46.599 --> 00:27:47.839
 you as sons,

00:27:48.539 --> 00:27:50.039
 for what son is

00:27:50.039 --> 00:27:51.440
 there whom his

00:27:51.440 --> 00:27:52.359
 father does not

00:27:52.359 --> 00:27:52.879
 discipline?

00:27:53.819 --> 00:27:54.640
 If you are left

00:27:54.640 --> 00:27:55.619
 without discipline,

00:27:55.920 --> 00:27:56.879
 in which all have

00:27:56.879 --> 00:27:57.460
 participated,

00:27:57.940 --> 00:27:58.680
 then you are

00:27:58.680 --> 00:28:00.079
 illegitimate children

00:28:00.079 --> 00:28:01.480
 and not sons.

00:28:02.440 --> 00:28:03.379
 Besides this,

00:28:04.200 --> 00:28:04.759
 we have had

00:28:04.759 --> 00:28:05.640
 earthly fathers

00:28:05.640 --> 00:28:06.619
 who disciplined

00:28:06.619 --> 00:28:07.240
 us, and we

00:28:07.240 --> 00:28:08.319
 respected them.

00:28:08.319 --> 00:28:09.399
 shall we not

00:28:09.399 --> 00:28:10.500
 much more

00:28:10.500 --> 00:28:11.480
 be subject

00:28:11.480 --> 00:28:12.319
 to the father

00:28:12.319 --> 00:28:13.099
 of spirits

00:28:13.099 --> 00:28:13.960
 and live?

00:28:15.000 --> 00:28:15.399
 For they

00:28:15.399 --> 00:28:16.139
 disciplined us

00:28:16.139 --> 00:28:16.659
 for a short

00:28:16.659 --> 00:28:17.519
 time as it

00:28:17.519 --> 00:28:18.359
 seemed best

00:28:18.359 --> 00:28:19.200
 to them,

00:28:19.939 --> 00:28:20.659
 but he,

00:28:20.919 --> 00:28:22.359
 he disciplines

00:28:22.359 --> 00:28:23.419
 us for our

00:28:23.419 --> 00:28:24.599
 good that we

00:28:24.599 --> 00:28:25.480
 may share

00:28:25.480 --> 00:28:26.779
 in his

00:28:26.779 --> 00:28:27.619
 holiness.

00:28:28.460 --> 00:28:29.240
 For the moment,

00:28:29.359 --> 00:28:30.079
 all discipline

00:28:30.079 --> 00:28:31.059
 seems painful

00:28:31.059 --> 00:28:31.799
 rather than

00:28:31.799 --> 00:28:32.240
 pleasant,

00:28:32.599 --> 00:28:33.359
 but later it

00:28:33.359 --> 00:28:34.059
 yields the

00:28:34.059 --> 00:28:35.099
 peaceful fruit

00:28:35.099 --> 00:28:35.919
 of righteousness

00:28:35.920 --> 00:28:36.980
 to those

00:28:36.980 --> 00:28:37.560
 who have

00:28:37.560 --> 00:28:38.220
 been trained

00:28:38.220 --> 00:28:38.840
 by it.

00:28:39.800 --> 00:28:40.380
 So the

00:28:40.380 --> 00:28:41.000
 Holy Spirit

00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:41.660
 pouring out

00:28:41.660 --> 00:28:43.000
 this true

00:28:43.000 --> 00:28:43.519
 love into

00:28:43.519 --> 00:28:44.000
 our lives

00:28:44.000 --> 00:28:45.000
 as God's

00:28:45.000 --> 00:28:45.500
 children

00:28:45.500 --> 00:28:46.539
 changes how

00:28:46.539 --> 00:28:47.320
 we can react

00:28:47.320 --> 00:28:48.060
 to everything

00:28:48.060 --> 00:28:48.820
 we're going

00:28:48.820 --> 00:28:49.140
 through,

00:28:49.360 --> 00:28:50.640
 especially when

00:28:50.640 --> 00:28:51.080
 we face

00:28:51.080 --> 00:28:51.700
 trials,

00:28:52.120 --> 00:28:52.680
 when things

00:28:52.680 --> 00:28:53.779
 are struggling

00:28:53.779 --> 00:28:54.640
 in our lives,

00:28:54.759 --> 00:28:55.480
 when we are

00:28:55.480 --> 00:28:56.120
 suffering,

00:28:56.380 --> 00:28:56.680
 when we're

00:28:56.680 --> 00:28:57.700
 facing pain

00:28:57.700 --> 00:28:58.680
 or brokenness.

00:28:58.880 --> 00:28:59.539
 We don't

00:28:59.539 --> 00:29:00.620
 have to see

00:29:00.620 --> 00:29:01.880
 it as God's

00:29:01.880 --> 00:29:02.380
 wrath.

00:29:02.380 --> 00:29:04.200
 even if we

00:29:04.200 --> 00:29:05.060
 are guilty

00:29:05.060 --> 00:29:05.760
 of sin,

00:29:05.840 --> 00:29:06.280
 which of

00:29:06.280 --> 00:29:06.880
 course we

00:29:06.880 --> 00:29:07.460
 are,

00:29:08.700 --> 00:29:09.320
 but even

00:29:09.320 --> 00:29:10.060
 if we are,

00:29:10.640 --> 00:29:11.480
 we are told

00:29:11.480 --> 00:29:12.080
 here as his

00:29:12.080 --> 00:29:12.540
 children,

00:29:12.880 --> 00:29:13.700
 his discipline

00:29:13.700 --> 00:29:14.720
 is not in

00:29:14.720 --> 00:29:15.500
 anger but in

00:29:15.500 --> 00:29:15.920
 love.

00:29:16.220 --> 00:29:16.940
 He's at work

00:29:16.940 --> 00:29:17.800
 in us to

00:29:17.800 --> 00:29:18.700
 change us,

00:29:18.960 --> 00:29:19.640
 to give us

00:29:19.640 --> 00:29:20.660
 the gift of

00:29:20.660 --> 00:29:21.300
 holiness.

00:29:22.380 --> 00:29:22.840
 And so we

00:29:22.840 --> 00:29:23.780
 no longer need

00:29:23.780 --> 00:29:24.720
 to respond in

00:29:24.720 --> 00:29:25.140
 fear,

00:29:25.480 --> 00:29:26.160
 even when we

00:29:26.160 --> 00:29:26.820
 face these

00:29:26.820 --> 00:29:27.320
 crises,

00:29:27.760 --> 00:29:28.380
 these pains,

00:29:28.680 --> 00:29:29.340
 these struggles

00:29:29.340 --> 00:29:30.540
 in this life.

00:29:30.539 --> 00:29:32.519
 So reflection

00:29:32.519 --> 00:29:33.319
 number six.

00:29:34.940 --> 00:29:35.399
 Are you

00:29:35.399 --> 00:29:36.379
 living in

00:29:36.379 --> 00:29:37.220
 love as

00:29:37.220 --> 00:29:38.200
 God's child?

00:29:39.819 --> 00:29:40.740
 Are you

00:29:40.740 --> 00:29:41.359
 living in

00:29:41.359 --> 00:29:41.779
 love as

00:29:41.779 --> 00:29:42.519
 God's child?

00:29:43.339 --> 00:29:43.799
 Do you

00:29:43.799 --> 00:29:44.920
 delight in

00:29:44.920 --> 00:29:45.720
 running to

00:29:45.720 --> 00:29:46.159
 him with

00:29:46.159 --> 00:29:47.019
 every need,

00:29:47.379 --> 00:29:47.920
 challenge,

00:29:48.339 --> 00:29:48.799
 struggle?

00:29:49.740 --> 00:29:50.359
 Do you

00:29:50.359 --> 00:29:51.159
 find comfort

00:29:51.159 --> 00:29:51.899
 in knowing

00:29:51.899 --> 00:29:52.639
 that you

00:29:52.639 --> 00:29:53.579
 can boldly

00:29:53.579 --> 00:29:54.740
 approach the

00:29:54.740 --> 00:29:55.119
 throne?

00:29:56.159 --> 00:29:56.659
 Do you

00:29:56.659 --> 00:29:57.200
 find comfort

00:29:57.200 --> 00:29:57.639
 in knowing

00:29:57.639 --> 00:29:58.299
 that any

00:29:58.299 --> 00:29:58.879
 trial,

00:29:59.319 --> 00:29:59.700
 struggle,

00:29:59.899 --> 00:30:00.500
 suffering that

00:30:00.500 --> 00:30:01.079
 you face

00:30:01.079 --> 00:30:02.059
 now is

00:30:02.059 --> 00:30:02.900
 still an

00:30:02.900 --> 00:30:03.900
 expression of

00:30:03.900 --> 00:30:04.400
 his love

00:30:04.400 --> 00:30:04.819
 for you?

00:30:05.579 --> 00:30:06.000
 Are you

00:30:06.000 --> 00:30:06.920
 looking forward

00:30:06.920 --> 00:30:08.119
 to eternity

00:30:08.119 --> 00:30:09.579
 with him?

00:30:10.279 --> 00:30:10.819
 Again,

00:30:11.000 --> 00:30:11.799
 if these

00:30:11.799 --> 00:30:12.319
 things are

00:30:12.319 --> 00:30:13.059
 true in

00:30:13.059 --> 00:30:13.779
 your life,

00:30:14.019 --> 00:30:14.779
 it's the

00:30:14.779 --> 00:30:15.359
 work of

00:30:15.359 --> 00:30:15.819
 the Holy

00:30:15.819 --> 00:30:16.539
 Spirit in

00:30:16.539 --> 00:30:17.039
 your life.

00:30:18.079 --> 00:30:18.759
 It's the

00:30:18.759 --> 00:30:20.259
 assurance you

00:30:20.259 --> 00:30:21.220
 are in an

00:30:21.220 --> 00:30:21.740
 abiding

00:30:21.740 --> 00:30:22.680
 relationship

00:30:22.680 --> 00:30:23.980
 with God.

00:30:25.180 --> 00:30:26.079
 But not

00:30:26.079 --> 00:30:26.539
 only does

00:30:26.539 --> 00:30:26.839
 the Holy

00:30:26.839 --> 00:30:27.779
 Spirit give

00:30:27.779 --> 00:30:28.220
 us true

00:30:28.220 --> 00:30:29.460
 love as

00:30:29.460 --> 00:30:30.180
 God's

00:30:30.180 --> 00:30:30.700
 children,

00:30:30.700 --> 00:30:32.759
 but he

00:30:32.759 --> 00:30:33.200
 gives us

00:30:33.200 --> 00:30:33.819
 true love

00:30:33.819 --> 00:30:35.759
 for God's

00:30:35.759 --> 00:30:36.299
 children.

00:30:37.980 --> 00:30:38.799
 Look at

00:30:38.799 --> 00:30:39.700
 1 John 4,

00:30:39.799 --> 00:30:41.500
 19-21.

00:30:42.380 --> 00:30:42.900
 It says,

00:30:42.900 --> 00:30:44.259
 we love

00:30:44.259 --> 00:30:45.480
 because he

00:30:45.480 --> 00:30:46.300
 first loved

00:30:46.300 --> 00:30:46.780
 us.

00:30:47.980 --> 00:30:48.620
 If anyone

00:30:48.620 --> 00:30:49.060
 says,

00:30:49.240 --> 00:30:49.519
 I love

00:30:49.519 --> 00:30:50.600
 God and

00:30:50.600 --> 00:30:51.100
 hates his

00:30:51.100 --> 00:30:51.460
 brother,

00:30:52.259 --> 00:30:52.860
 he is a

00:30:52.860 --> 00:30:53.180
 liar.

00:30:54.240 --> 00:30:54.840
 For he

00:30:54.840 --> 00:30:55.360
 who does

00:30:55.360 --> 00:30:55.840
 not love

00:30:55.840 --> 00:30:56.320
 his brother

00:30:56.320 --> 00:30:56.720
 whom he

00:30:56.720 --> 00:30:57.300
 has seen

00:30:57.300 --> 00:30:57.980
 cannot love

00:30:57.980 --> 00:30:58.840
 God whom

00:30:58.840 --> 00:30:59.420
 he has not

00:30:59.420 --> 00:30:59.860
 seen.

00:31:00.380 --> 00:31:00.860
 And this

00:31:00.860 --> 00:31:01.160
 is the

00:31:01.160 --> 00:31:01.680
 commandment

00:31:01.680 --> 00:31:02.180
 we have

00:31:02.180 --> 00:31:02.580
 from him.

00:31:02.880 --> 00:31:03.100
 Whoever

00:31:03.100 --> 00:31:03.720
 loves God

00:31:03.720 --> 00:31:04.500
 must also

00:31:04.500 --> 00:31:05.519
 love his

00:31:05.519 --> 00:31:05.940
 brother.

00:31:06.480 --> 00:31:07.140
 And we've

00:31:07.140 --> 00:31:07.920
 seen time

00:31:07.920 --> 00:31:08.660
 and time

00:31:08.660 --> 00:31:09.360
 and time

00:31:09.360 --> 00:31:10.019
 again as

00:31:10.019 --> 00:31:10.500
 we've gone

00:31:10.500 --> 00:31:10.940
 through the

00:31:10.940 --> 00:31:11.299
 book of

00:31:11.299 --> 00:31:11.960
 1 John.

00:31:12.259 --> 00:31:12.779
 John's

00:31:12.779 --> 00:31:13.480
 saying this.

00:31:13.799 --> 00:31:14.100
 You can

00:31:14.100 --> 00:31:14.700
 tell that

00:31:14.700 --> 00:31:15.720
 religion is

00:31:15.720 --> 00:31:16.360
 true.

00:31:17.120 --> 00:31:17.820
 The love

00:31:17.820 --> 00:31:18.620
 that those

00:31:18.620 --> 00:31:19.380
 people have

00:31:19.380 --> 00:31:19.960
 for the

00:31:19.960 --> 00:31:20.920
 children of

00:31:20.920 --> 00:31:21.299
 God.

00:31:21.620 --> 00:31:21.920
 We can

00:31:21.920 --> 00:31:22.700
 see their

00:31:22.700 --> 00:31:23.360
 faith is

00:31:23.360 --> 00:31:24.500
 real because

00:31:24.500 --> 00:31:25.140
 of the love

00:31:25.140 --> 00:31:25.740
 they have

00:31:25.740 --> 00:31:26.420
 for God's

00:31:26.420 --> 00:31:26.740
 children.

00:31:27.080 --> 00:31:27.380
 We can

00:31:27.380 --> 00:31:28.220
 see that

00:31:28.220 --> 00:31:28.799
 they really

00:31:28.799 --> 00:31:29.440
 are walking

00:31:29.440 --> 00:31:29.920
 with God

00:31:29.920 --> 00:31:30.460
 because they

00:31:30.460 --> 00:31:31.120
 will love

00:31:31.120 --> 00:31:31.820
 those whom

00:31:31.820 --> 00:31:32.480
 God loves.

00:31:32.660 --> 00:31:33.200
 He says it

00:31:33.200 --> 00:31:33.799
 again and

00:31:33.799 --> 00:31:34.340
 again and

00:31:34.340 --> 00:31:35.380
 again and

00:31:35.380 --> 00:31:36.240
 again and

00:31:36.240 --> 00:31:36.840
 there's still

00:31:36.840 --> 00:31:37.380
 more to come.

00:31:37.380 --> 00:31:39.160
 But it's

00:31:39.160 --> 00:31:39.640
 not really

00:31:39.640 --> 00:31:40.720
 surprising because

00:31:40.720 --> 00:31:41.860
 John's only

00:31:41.860 --> 00:31:42.840
 saying what

00:31:42.840 --> 00:31:43.420
 he's heard

00:31:43.420 --> 00:31:44.420
 Jesus say.

00:31:45.520 --> 00:31:45.900
 You know

00:31:45.900 --> 00:31:46.340
 Matthew

00:31:46.340 --> 00:31:47.680
 chapter 22

00:31:47.680 --> 00:31:48.700
 36 through

00:31:48.700 --> 00:31:49.720
 40 where

00:31:49.720 --> 00:31:50.480
 Jesus is being

00:31:50.480 --> 00:31:51.220
 questioned about

00:31:51.220 --> 00:31:51.700
 the greatest

00:31:51.700 --> 00:31:52.300
 commandments.

00:31:52.860 --> 00:31:53.120
 He says

00:31:53.120 --> 00:31:54.020
 teacher which

00:31:54.020 --> 00:31:54.540
 is the greatest

00:31:54.540 --> 00:31:55.280
 commandment in

00:31:55.280 --> 00:31:55.740
 the law?

00:31:56.100 --> 00:31:56.460
 And Jesus

00:31:56.460 --> 00:31:57.320
 says to him

00:31:57.320 --> 00:31:57.940
 you shall

00:31:57.940 --> 00:31:58.460
 love the

00:31:58.460 --> 00:31:58.840
 Lord your

00:31:58.840 --> 00:31:59.580
 God with

00:31:59.580 --> 00:31:59.900
 all your

00:31:59.900 --> 00:32:00.580
 heart with

00:32:00.580 --> 00:32:00.880
 all your

00:32:00.880 --> 00:32:01.620
 soul with

00:32:01.620 --> 00:32:02.000
 all your

00:32:02.000 --> 00:32:02.420
 mind.

00:32:02.800 --> 00:32:03.280
 This is the

00:32:03.280 --> 00:32:03.860
 great and

00:32:03.860 --> 00:32:04.800
 first commandment

00:32:04.800 --> 00:32:05.340
 and the

00:32:05.340 --> 00:32:06.240
 second is like

00:32:06.240 --> 00:32:06.380
 it.

00:32:06.380 --> 00:32:06.920
 You shall

00:32:06.920 --> 00:32:07.380
 love your

00:32:07.380 --> 00:32:07.920
 neighbor as

00:32:07.920 --> 00:32:08.480
 yourself.

00:32:09.000 --> 00:32:09.560
 On these

00:32:09.560 --> 00:32:10.340
 two commandments

00:32:10.340 --> 00:32:11.280
 depend all

00:32:11.280 --> 00:32:12.020
 the law and

00:32:12.020 --> 00:32:12.700
 the prophets.

00:32:13.640 --> 00:32:14.160
 Or in

00:32:14.160 --> 00:32:15.660
 John 15 where

00:32:15.660 --> 00:32:16.200
 he's speaking

00:32:16.200 --> 00:32:16.640
 to his

00:32:16.640 --> 00:32:17.380
 disciples he

00:32:17.380 --> 00:32:18.020
 says this is

00:32:18.020 --> 00:32:19.000
 my commandment

00:32:19.000 --> 00:32:19.600
 that you

00:32:19.600 --> 00:32:20.300
 love one

00:32:20.300 --> 00:32:21.300
 another as

00:32:21.300 --> 00:32:22.140
 I have

00:32:22.140 --> 00:32:23.140
 loved you.

00:32:23.860 --> 00:32:24.080
 Greater

00:32:24.080 --> 00:32:24.680
 love has

00:32:24.680 --> 00:32:25.320
 no one than

00:32:25.320 --> 00:32:25.780
 this that

00:32:25.780 --> 00:32:26.360
 someone lay

00:32:26.360 --> 00:32:27.000
 down his

00:32:27.000 --> 00:32:27.860
 life for

00:32:27.860 --> 00:32:28.560
 his friends.

00:32:29.440 --> 00:32:30.080
 Paul talks

00:32:30.080 --> 00:32:30.560
 about it in

00:32:30.560 --> 00:32:31.300
 Romans 12

00:32:31.300 --> 00:32:31.720
 10.

00:32:32.060 --> 00:32:32.440
 Love one

00:32:32.440 --> 00:32:32.940
 another with

00:32:32.940 --> 00:32:33.460
 brotherly

00:32:33.460 --> 00:32:33.980
 affection.

00:32:34.440 --> 00:32:35.100
 Outdo one

00:32:35.100 --> 00:32:35.620
 another in

00:32:35.620 --> 00:32:36.360
 showing honor.

00:32:36.380 --> 00:32:38.040
 Galatians 5

00:32:38.040 --> 00:32:40.360
 13-15 where

00:32:40.360 --> 00:32:40.720
 he says for

00:32:40.720 --> 00:32:41.400
 you are called

00:32:41.400 --> 00:32:42.060
 to freedom

00:32:42.060 --> 00:32:42.520
 brothers.

00:32:42.920 --> 00:32:43.640
 Only do not

00:32:43.640 --> 00:32:44.220
 use your

00:32:44.220 --> 00:32:44.720
 freedom as

00:32:44.720 --> 00:32:45.300
 an opportunity

00:32:45.300 --> 00:32:45.800
 for the

00:32:45.800 --> 00:32:46.860
 flesh but

00:32:46.860 --> 00:32:47.560
 through love

00:32:47.560 --> 00:32:48.300
 serve one

00:32:48.300 --> 00:32:48.680
 another.

00:32:49.120 --> 00:32:49.440
 For the

00:32:49.440 --> 00:32:49.940
 whole law

00:32:49.940 --> 00:32:50.640
 is fulfilled

00:32:50.640 --> 00:32:51.200
 in one

00:32:51.200 --> 00:32:51.560
 word.

00:32:51.860 --> 00:32:52.240
 You shall

00:32:52.240 --> 00:32:52.760
 love your

00:32:52.760 --> 00:32:53.500
 neighbor as

00:32:53.500 --> 00:32:54.040
 yourself.

00:32:54.560 --> 00:32:55.000
 But if you

00:32:55.000 --> 00:32:55.580
 bite and

00:32:55.580 --> 00:32:56.180
 devour one

00:32:56.180 --> 00:32:57.020
 another watch

00:32:57.020 --> 00:32:57.540
 out that you

00:32:57.540 --> 00:32:57.920
 are not

00:32:57.920 --> 00:32:58.920
 consumed by

00:32:58.920 --> 00:32:59.560
 one another.

00:32:59.559 --> 00:33:05.059
 love for

00:33:05.059 --> 00:33:06.019
 God's children

00:33:06.019 --> 00:33:06.579
 but love

00:33:06.579 --> 00:33:07.519
 for God's

00:33:07.519 --> 00:33:08.019
 children.

00:33:09.000 --> 00:33:09.079
 So

00:33:09.079 --> 00:33:09.559
 reflection

00:33:09.559 --> 00:33:10.159
 seven.

00:33:10.700 --> 00:33:11.379
 Ask yourself

00:33:11.379 --> 00:33:12.339
 these questions.

00:33:13.919 --> 00:33:14.240
 Do you

00:33:14.240 --> 00:33:15.139
 find yourself

00:33:15.139 --> 00:33:16.079
 growing in

00:33:16.079 --> 00:33:16.919
 love for

00:33:16.919 --> 00:33:17.379
 God's

00:33:17.379 --> 00:33:17.700
 children?

00:33:18.839 --> 00:33:19.480
 When you

00:33:19.480 --> 00:33:20.039
 act in

00:33:20.039 --> 00:33:20.579
 unloving

00:33:20.579 --> 00:33:21.059
 ways are

00:33:21.059 --> 00:33:21.980
 you saddened

00:33:21.980 --> 00:33:22.480
 and do you

00:33:22.480 --> 00:33:23.359
 actively seek

00:33:23.359 --> 00:33:24.480
 forgiveness and

00:33:24.480 --> 00:33:24.919
 commit to

00:33:24.919 --> 00:33:25.539
 change in

00:33:25.539 --> 00:33:26.139
 those areas?

00:33:26.140 --> 00:33:27.400
 Are you

00:33:27.400 --> 00:33:27.820
 actively

00:33:27.820 --> 00:33:28.680
 evolved in

00:33:28.680 --> 00:33:29.200
 the life of

00:33:29.200 --> 00:33:30.160
 the church in

00:33:30.160 --> 00:33:30.980
 order to love,

00:33:31.300 --> 00:33:31.600
 serve,

00:33:31.820 --> 00:33:32.340
 encourage,

00:33:32.640 --> 00:33:33.320
 and care for

00:33:33.320 --> 00:33:33.800
 your brothers

00:33:33.800 --> 00:33:34.600
 and sisters in

00:33:34.600 --> 00:33:35.000
 Christ?

00:33:35.820 --> 00:33:36.400
 Are you

00:33:36.400 --> 00:33:36.960
 seeking to

00:33:36.960 --> 00:33:38.140
 actively outdo

00:33:38.140 --> 00:33:38.920
 one another in

00:33:38.920 --> 00:33:39.600
 showing honor?

00:33:40.360 --> 00:33:40.920
 Intentionally

00:33:40.920 --> 00:33:41.740
 looking for ways

00:33:41.740 --> 00:33:42.640
 to show love,

00:33:42.960 --> 00:33:43.480
 care, and

00:33:43.480 --> 00:33:44.180
 concern to

00:33:44.180 --> 00:33:44.820
 those in the

00:33:44.820 --> 00:33:45.200
 church?

00:33:45.860 --> 00:33:46.420
 Are you

00:33:46.420 --> 00:33:47.280
 sacrificing of

00:33:47.280 --> 00:33:47.880
 your time,

00:33:48.200 --> 00:33:48.680
 your money,

00:33:48.940 --> 00:33:49.580
 your rights,

00:33:49.660 --> 00:33:50.500
 in order to

00:33:50.500 --> 00:33:51.380
 show God's

00:33:51.380 --> 00:33:52.259
 love to his

00:33:52.259 --> 00:33:52.700
 children?

00:33:54.100 --> 00:33:54.660
 If those

00:33:54.660 --> 00:33:55.480
 things are true

00:33:55.480 --> 00:33:55.799
 in your

00:33:55.799 --> 00:33:56.299
 life,

00:33:57.099 --> 00:33:57.720
 guess what?

00:33:58.420 --> 00:33:58.900
 It's the

00:33:58.900 --> 00:33:59.420
 work of the

00:33:59.420 --> 00:34:00.140
 Holy Spirit.

00:34:01.440 --> 00:34:02.240
 It's evidence

00:34:02.240 --> 00:34:03.160
 that you are

00:34:03.160 --> 00:34:04.039
 in an

00:34:04.039 --> 00:34:04.620
 abiding

00:34:04.620 --> 00:34:05.640
 relationship

00:34:05.640 --> 00:34:06.779
 with God.

00:34:07.700 --> 00:34:08.000
 Now,

00:34:08.460 --> 00:34:09.059
 it's interesting,

00:34:09.159 --> 00:34:09.559
 I got to

00:34:09.559 --> 00:34:10.159
 this point and

00:34:10.159 --> 00:34:10.820
 I realized,

00:34:11.159 --> 00:34:11.500
 really,

00:34:11.679 --> 00:34:12.199
 we're just

00:34:12.199 --> 00:34:12.699
 talking about

00:34:12.699 --> 00:34:13.240
 the gospel,

00:34:13.420 --> 00:34:13.780
 aren't we?

00:34:14.360 --> 00:34:14.599
 I mean,

00:34:14.659 --> 00:34:15.240
 think about it.

00:34:15.420 --> 00:34:16.119
 The Holy Spirit

00:34:16.119 --> 00:34:17.059
 giving us faith

00:34:17.059 --> 00:34:18.119
 to believe and

00:34:18.119 --> 00:34:19.000
 cherish God's

00:34:19.000 --> 00:34:19.360
 word,

00:34:19.980 --> 00:34:20.780
 seeing in it

00:34:20.780 --> 00:34:21.480
 God's great

00:34:21.480 --> 00:34:22.320
 glory in our

00:34:22.320 --> 00:34:22.960
 own sin,

00:34:23.360 --> 00:34:24.139
 the Holy Spirit

00:34:24.139 --> 00:34:24.920
 giving us faith

00:34:24.920 --> 00:34:25.440
 to believe

00:34:25.440 --> 00:34:26.019
 that Jesus

00:34:26.019 --> 00:34:26.960
 is the Son

00:34:26.960 --> 00:34:27.360
 of God,

00:34:27.440 --> 00:34:27.920
 the Savior

00:34:27.920 --> 00:34:28.639
 of the world,

00:34:29.400 --> 00:34:29.960
 giving us

00:34:29.960 --> 00:34:30.619
 faith to

00:34:30.619 --> 00:34:31.400
 believe that

00:34:31.400 --> 00:34:32.720
 God loves

00:34:32.720 --> 00:34:34.139
 us in spite

00:34:34.139 --> 00:34:34.519
 of our

00:34:34.519 --> 00:34:35.019
 sinfulness,

00:34:35.300 --> 00:34:35.900
 and that he's

00:34:35.900 --> 00:34:36.679
 made us his

00:34:36.679 --> 00:34:37.440
 own children

00:34:37.440 --> 00:34:38.539
 through the

00:34:38.539 --> 00:34:39.200
 work of

00:34:39.200 --> 00:34:39.760
 Christ on

00:34:39.760 --> 00:34:40.420
 the cross,

00:34:41.240 --> 00:34:41.880
 and that from

00:34:41.880 --> 00:34:42.760
 that everything

00:34:42.760 --> 00:34:43.559
 in our lives

00:34:43.559 --> 00:34:44.200
 change,

00:34:44.340 --> 00:34:44.599
 right?

00:34:45.059 --> 00:34:45.920
 Our relationship

00:34:45.920 --> 00:34:46.500
 to God

00:34:46.500 --> 00:34:46.960
 changes,

00:34:47.220 --> 00:34:47.960
 our reaction

00:34:47.960 --> 00:34:48.400
 to God

00:34:48.400 --> 00:34:48.840
 changes,

00:34:49.039 --> 00:34:49.340
 and our

00:34:49.340 --> 00:34:50.019
 relationship

00:34:50.019 --> 00:34:50.619
 and how we

00:34:50.619 --> 00:34:51.039
 deal with

00:34:51.039 --> 00:34:51.720
 each other

00:34:51.720 --> 00:34:52.440
 changes,

00:34:52.440 --> 00:34:53.320
 especially

00:34:53.320 --> 00:34:54.619
 those who

00:34:54.619 --> 00:34:55.460
 are our

00:34:55.460 --> 00:34:56.300
 brothers and

00:34:56.300 --> 00:34:57.119
 sisters in

00:34:57.119 --> 00:34:57.619
 Christ.

00:34:58.740 --> 00:34:59.200
 Really,

00:34:59.480 --> 00:35:00.059
 once again,

00:35:00.139 --> 00:35:00.679
 we just have

00:35:00.679 --> 00:35:01.240
 the gospel

00:35:01.240 --> 00:35:02.340
 presented here.

00:35:04.240 --> 00:35:04.860
 So,

00:35:05.240 --> 00:35:06.000
 here we are.

00:35:06.000 --> 00:35:06.940
 I hope by

00:35:06.940 --> 00:35:07.760
 this point,

00:35:08.480 --> 00:35:09.579
 everyone here

00:35:09.579 --> 00:35:10.119
 is at one

00:35:10.119 --> 00:35:10.519
 of two

00:35:10.519 --> 00:35:11.039
 places.

00:35:12.039 --> 00:35:12.760
 I hope the

00:35:12.760 --> 00:35:13.480
 majority of

00:35:13.480 --> 00:35:14.280
 you are able

00:35:14.280 --> 00:35:15.539
 to look at

00:35:15.539 --> 00:35:16.119
 how the

00:35:16.119 --> 00:35:16.920
 Holy Spirit

00:35:16.920 --> 00:35:18.059
 is at work

00:35:18.059 --> 00:35:18.639
 in your life,

00:35:18.800 --> 00:35:19.260
 how he's

00:35:19.260 --> 00:35:19.800
 given you

00:35:19.800 --> 00:35:20.739
 true faith

00:35:20.739 --> 00:35:21.300
 in God's

00:35:21.300 --> 00:35:21.699
 word,

00:35:22.380 --> 00:35:23.019
 true faith

00:35:23.019 --> 00:35:24.039
 in who

00:35:24.039 --> 00:35:25.139
 Jesus is,

00:35:25.280 --> 00:35:26.119
 and in God's

00:35:26.119 --> 00:35:26.960
 love for you.

00:35:27.960 --> 00:35:28.519
 I hope that

00:35:28.519 --> 00:35:29.039
 you can see

00:35:29.039 --> 00:35:29.559
 his true

00:35:29.559 --> 00:35:30.480
 love at work

00:35:30.480 --> 00:35:31.179
 in your life

00:35:31.179 --> 00:35:32.119
 as you come

00:35:32.119 --> 00:35:33.000
 to realize

00:35:33.000 --> 00:35:33.900
 his love

00:35:33.900 --> 00:35:34.199
 for you

00:35:34.199 --> 00:35:34.699
 as his

00:35:34.699 --> 00:35:35.079
 children,

00:35:35.320 --> 00:35:35.840
 and as your

00:35:35.840 --> 00:35:36.320
 love is

00:35:36.320 --> 00:35:37.619
 growing for

00:35:37.619 --> 00:35:38.639
 the other

00:35:38.639 --> 00:35:39.380
 children of

00:35:39.380 --> 00:35:39.860
 God,

00:35:40.119 --> 00:35:40.820
 and that as

00:35:40.820 --> 00:35:41.460
 you see the

00:35:41.460 --> 00:35:42.039
 Holy Spirit

00:35:42.039 --> 00:35:42.659
 doing that,

00:35:42.880 --> 00:35:43.240
 that you can

00:35:43.240 --> 00:35:43.920
 be encouraged,

00:35:44.099 --> 00:35:44.760
 that today

00:35:44.760 --> 00:35:45.400
 you can be

00:35:45.400 --> 00:35:45.820
 assured,

00:35:45.940 --> 00:35:46.760
 you can know

00:35:46.760 --> 00:35:47.720
 for sure

00:35:47.720 --> 00:35:48.800
 that you are

00:35:48.800 --> 00:35:49.840
 in an abiding

00:35:49.840 --> 00:35:50.780
 relationship with

00:35:50.780 --> 00:35:51.099
 God.

00:35:51.280 --> 00:35:52.380
 You are abiding

00:35:52.380 --> 00:35:53.099
 in God,

00:35:53.220 --> 00:35:53.880
 and God

00:35:53.880 --> 00:35:55.039
 is abiding

00:35:55.039 --> 00:35:55.840
 in you

00:35:55.840 --> 00:35:57.240
 now.

00:35:57.480 --> 00:35:58.280
 If any of

00:35:58.280 --> 00:35:58.740
 you are like

00:35:58.740 --> 00:35:59.100
 me,

00:35:59.660 --> 00:36:00.260
 I know,

00:36:00.519 --> 00:36:00.860
 for me,

00:36:00.940 --> 00:36:01.460
 it's much

00:36:01.460 --> 00:36:02.240
 easier to

00:36:02.240 --> 00:36:02.600
 look at

00:36:02.600 --> 00:36:03.360
 what's not

00:36:03.360 --> 00:36:04.960
 done than

00:36:04.960 --> 00:36:05.519
 at what

00:36:05.519 --> 00:36:05.940
 the Holy

00:36:05.940 --> 00:36:06.600
 Spirit has

00:36:06.600 --> 00:36:07.500
 already done.

00:36:08.440 --> 00:36:08.760
 And so

00:36:08.760 --> 00:36:09.260
 for you,

00:36:09.420 --> 00:36:09.880
 I want to

00:36:09.880 --> 00:36:10.240
 leave you

00:36:10.240 --> 00:36:10.680
 with this

00:36:10.680 --> 00:36:11.200
 quote,

00:36:11.320 --> 00:36:11.700
 or maybe

00:36:11.700 --> 00:36:12.000
 I should

00:36:12.000 --> 00:36:12.440
 say for

00:36:12.440 --> 00:36:12.960
 us,

00:36:13.300 --> 00:36:14.059
 by John

00:36:14.059 --> 00:36:14.380
 Newton.

00:36:15.559 --> 00:36:16.019
 John

00:36:16.019 --> 00:36:16.260
 Newton

00:36:16.260 --> 00:36:16.800
 says,

00:36:17.400 --> 00:36:17.840
 I am

00:36:17.840 --> 00:36:18.680
 not what

00:36:18.680 --> 00:36:19.160
 I ought

00:36:19.160 --> 00:36:19.620
 to be.

00:36:20.780 --> 00:36:21.440
 I am

00:36:21.440 --> 00:36:22.019
 not what

00:36:22.019 --> 00:36:22.620
 I want

00:36:22.620 --> 00:36:23.120
 to be.

00:36:23.920 --> 00:36:24.519
 I am

00:36:24.519 --> 00:36:25.100
 not what

00:36:25.100 --> 00:36:25.660
 I hope

00:36:25.659 --> 00:36:26.159
 to be

00:36:26.159 --> 00:36:26.759
 in another

00:36:26.759 --> 00:36:27.339
 world,

00:36:28.000 --> 00:36:28.819
 but still,

00:36:29.639 --> 00:36:30.099
 I am

00:36:30.099 --> 00:36:31.000
 not what

00:36:31.000 --> 00:36:31.940
 I once

00:36:31.940 --> 00:36:32.779
 used to

00:36:32.779 --> 00:36:33.059
 be.

00:36:33.879 --> 00:36:34.319
 And by

00:36:34.319 --> 00:36:34.960
 the grace

00:36:34.960 --> 00:36:35.699
 of God,

00:36:36.239 --> 00:36:37.039
 I am

00:36:37.039 --> 00:36:38.019
 what I

00:36:38.019 --> 00:36:38.379
 am.

00:36:39.019 --> 00:36:39.500
 And I

00:36:39.500 --> 00:36:40.239
 hope that

00:36:40.239 --> 00:36:41.199
 you can

00:36:41.199 --> 00:36:42.579
 take time

00:36:42.579 --> 00:36:43.759
 today and

00:36:43.759 --> 00:36:45.000
 rejoice in

00:36:45.000 --> 00:36:45.440
 the Holy

00:36:45.440 --> 00:36:46.239
 Spirit's work

00:36:46.239 --> 00:36:46.859
 in your life,

00:36:47.139 --> 00:36:47.960
 and rejoice

00:36:47.960 --> 00:36:48.599
 in God's

00:36:48.599 --> 00:36:49.519
 faithfulness to

00:36:49.519 --> 00:36:49.779
 you,

00:36:50.219 --> 00:36:50.699
 be able to

00:36:50.699 --> 00:36:51.339
 rejoice in

00:36:51.339 --> 00:36:51.879
 the assurance

00:36:51.879 --> 00:36:52.579
 that you are

00:36:52.579 --> 00:36:53.359
 in an abiding

00:36:53.359 --> 00:36:54.059
 relationship

00:36:54.059 --> 00:36:54.799
 with God,

00:36:55.299 --> 00:36:56.500
 and thank

00:36:56.500 --> 00:36:56.860
 him,

00:36:57.179 --> 00:36:57.960
 and rejoice

00:36:57.960 --> 00:36:59.139
 over that.

00:37:00.739 --> 00:37:01.639
 But now

00:37:01.639 --> 00:37:02.920
 maybe some

00:37:02.920 --> 00:37:03.820
 of you here

00:37:03.820 --> 00:37:05.619
 have heard

00:37:05.619 --> 00:37:05.980
 all these

00:37:05.980 --> 00:37:06.579
 questions,

00:37:07.000 --> 00:37:08.039
 and it

00:37:08.039 --> 00:37:09.099
 creates some

00:37:09.099 --> 00:37:09.719
 doubt for

00:37:09.719 --> 00:37:09.960
 you.

00:37:10.579 --> 00:37:11.779
 Maybe even

00:37:11.779 --> 00:37:12.599
 it's clear

00:37:12.599 --> 00:37:13.480
 to you that

00:37:13.480 --> 00:37:14.340
 you are not

00:37:14.340 --> 00:37:15.239
 in an abiding

00:37:15.239 --> 00:37:16.279
 relationship

00:37:16.279 --> 00:37:17.380
 with God.

00:37:17.380 --> 00:37:19.740
 you look

00:37:19.740 --> 00:37:20.200
 at all of

00:37:20.200 --> 00:37:20.760
 these things

00:37:20.760 --> 00:37:21.300
 and you

00:37:21.300 --> 00:37:21.880
 realize that

00:37:21.880 --> 00:37:22.660
 you are not

00:37:22.660 --> 00:37:24.180
 able to

00:37:24.180 --> 00:37:24.940
 have some

00:37:24.940 --> 00:37:25.460
 assurance

00:37:25.460 --> 00:37:27.480
 that the

00:37:27.480 --> 00:37:28.079
 Holy Spirit

00:37:28.079 --> 00:37:28.740
 is at work

00:37:28.740 --> 00:37:29.039
 in your

00:37:29.039 --> 00:37:29.579
 life.

00:37:30.619 --> 00:37:31.720
 If by chance

00:37:31.720 --> 00:37:32.180
 you fall

00:37:32.180 --> 00:37:32.720
 into that

00:37:32.720 --> 00:37:33.360
 category,

00:37:33.880 --> 00:37:34.460
 let me

00:37:34.460 --> 00:37:35.180
 challenge you

00:37:35.180 --> 00:37:36.420
 even today

00:37:36.420 --> 00:37:37.920
 to cry out

00:37:37.920 --> 00:37:38.660
 to Jesus

00:37:38.660 --> 00:37:39.960
 for mercy,

00:37:40.420 --> 00:37:41.220
 for grace,

00:37:41.420 --> 00:37:42.320
 to change,

00:37:42.960 --> 00:37:44.160
 because the

00:37:44.160 --> 00:37:44.940
 truth is

00:37:44.940 --> 00:37:45.720
 the condition

00:37:45.719 --> 00:37:46.199
 of your

00:37:46.199 --> 00:37:47.419
 eternal soul

00:37:47.419 --> 00:37:48.099
 is at

00:37:48.099 --> 00:37:48.799
 stake.

00:37:49.339 --> 00:37:50.199
 So this

00:37:50.199 --> 00:37:50.519
 morning,

00:37:50.659 --> 00:37:51.139
 if you have

00:37:51.139 --> 00:37:51.879
 questions,

00:37:52.279 --> 00:37:52.939
 if you have

00:37:52.939 --> 00:37:53.480
 doubts,

00:37:53.759 --> 00:37:54.459
 if you are

00:37:54.459 --> 00:37:55.639
 even sure

00:37:55.639 --> 00:37:56.019
 that you

00:37:56.019 --> 00:37:56.839
 don't have

00:37:56.839 --> 00:37:57.579
 a relationship

00:37:57.579 --> 00:37:59.039
 with God,

00:37:59.719 --> 00:38:00.239
 let me

00:38:00.239 --> 00:38:01.039
 encourage you.

00:38:01.579 --> 00:38:01.919
 We're going

00:38:01.919 --> 00:38:02.480
 to have a

00:38:02.480 --> 00:38:02.799
 prayer,

00:38:02.959 --> 00:38:03.299
 and it's

00:38:03.299 --> 00:38:03.659
 going to be

00:38:03.659 --> 00:38:04.139
 up on the

00:38:04.139 --> 00:38:04.519
 screen,

00:38:04.899 --> 00:38:05.559
 and you

00:38:05.559 --> 00:38:06.619
 can follow

00:38:06.619 --> 00:38:07.039
 along,

00:38:07.179 --> 00:38:07.639
 but I'll

00:38:07.639 --> 00:38:08.119
 pray it.

00:38:08.179 --> 00:38:08.579
 You just

00:38:08.579 --> 00:38:09.399
 pray silently,

00:38:09.899 --> 00:38:10.359
 and I

00:38:10.359 --> 00:38:11.359
 would beg

00:38:11.359 --> 00:38:11.619
 you,

00:38:12.079 --> 00:38:12.779
 start a

00:38:12.779 --> 00:38:13.299
 relationship

00:38:13.300 --> 00:38:13.980
 with God

00:38:13.980 --> 00:38:14.560
 today.

00:38:15.320 --> 00:38:15.860
 Let's

00:38:15.860 --> 00:38:16.140
 pray.

00:38:17.340 --> 00:38:17.900
 Oh,

00:38:17.940 --> 00:38:18.840
 merciful God,

00:38:18.980 --> 00:38:20.080
 I realize

00:38:20.080 --> 00:38:21.060
 even now

00:38:21.060 --> 00:38:21.900
 that I

00:38:21.900 --> 00:38:22.600
 don't see

00:38:22.600 --> 00:38:23.019
 in my

00:38:23.019 --> 00:38:23.740
 life the

00:38:23.740 --> 00:38:24.460
 evidence

00:38:24.460 --> 00:38:25.200
 of your

00:38:25.200 --> 00:38:25.640
 abiding

00:38:25.640 --> 00:38:26.400
 presence,

00:38:26.600 --> 00:38:27.360
 or the

00:38:27.360 --> 00:38:28.120
 fruit of

00:38:28.120 --> 00:38:28.500
 the Holy

00:38:28.500 --> 00:38:29.200
 Spirit at

00:38:29.200 --> 00:38:29.660
 work in

00:38:29.660 --> 00:38:29.900
 me.

00:38:31.000 --> 00:38:31.400
 Instead,

00:38:31.620 --> 00:38:32.120
 I see a

00:38:32.120 --> 00:38:32.620
 faith in

00:38:32.620 --> 00:38:33.240
 myself,

00:38:34.160 --> 00:38:34.519
 and a

00:38:34.519 --> 00:38:35.100
 self-centered

00:38:35.100 --> 00:38:35.660
 life,

00:38:36.260 --> 00:38:36.600
 and I

00:38:36.600 --> 00:38:37.920
 realize that

00:38:37.920 --> 00:38:38.320
 I cannot

00:38:38.320 --> 00:38:38.940
 change

00:38:38.940 --> 00:38:39.840
 without you

00:38:39.840 --> 00:38:40.460
 working in

00:38:40.460 --> 00:38:40.680
 me.

00:38:40.679 --> 00:38:42.960
 so even

00:38:42.960 --> 00:38:43.399
 now,

00:38:43.919 --> 00:38:44.579
 I humbly

00:38:44.579 --> 00:38:45.219
 ask that

00:38:45.219 --> 00:38:45.819
 you would

00:38:45.819 --> 00:38:46.639
 save me,

00:38:47.139 --> 00:38:48.099
 that by

00:38:48.099 --> 00:38:48.739
 your Spirit

00:38:48.739 --> 00:38:49.079
 you would

00:38:49.079 --> 00:38:49.659
 open my

00:38:49.659 --> 00:38:50.159
 eyes to

00:38:50.159 --> 00:38:50.940
 clearly see

00:38:50.940 --> 00:38:51.519
 the beauty

00:38:51.519 --> 00:38:51.879
 of your

00:38:51.879 --> 00:38:52.239
 word,

00:38:52.679 --> 00:38:53.440
 the glory

00:38:53.440 --> 00:38:53.819
 of your

00:38:53.819 --> 00:38:54.579
 Son Jesus,

00:38:54.819 --> 00:38:55.219
 and the

00:38:55.219 --> 00:38:55.659
 love that

00:38:55.659 --> 00:38:56.199
 you offer

00:38:56.199 --> 00:38:56.919
 me because

00:38:56.919 --> 00:38:57.359
 of his

00:38:57.359 --> 00:38:58.019
 death in

00:38:58.019 --> 00:38:58.739
 my place.

00:38:59.899 --> 00:39:00.460
 Please

00:39:00.460 --> 00:39:01.359
 give me a

00:39:01.359 --> 00:39:02.059
 clean heart

00:39:02.059 --> 00:39:02.659
 and a

00:39:02.659 --> 00:39:03.219
 spirit that

00:39:03.219 --> 00:39:03.739
 is willing

00:39:03.739 --> 00:39:04.359
 to turn

00:39:04.359 --> 00:39:04.940
 away from

00:39:04.940 --> 00:39:05.719
 self-centered

00:39:05.719 --> 00:39:06.899
 living and

00:39:06.899 --> 00:39:07.699
 live a

00:39:07.699 --> 00:39:08.399
 Christ-centered

00:39:08.399 --> 00:39:09.460
 life of

00:39:09.460 --> 00:39:10.039
 true love

00:39:10.039 --> 00:39:10.539
 for you,

00:39:10.679 --> 00:39:11.480
 and for

00:39:11.480 --> 00:39:11.659
 your

00:39:11.659 --> 00:39:12.099
 children.

00:39:13.599 --> 00:39:14.139
 Fill me

00:39:14.139 --> 00:39:14.859
 with joy

00:39:14.859 --> 00:39:15.799
 and peace

00:39:15.799 --> 00:39:16.419
 as I come

00:39:16.419 --> 00:39:17.079
 to accept

00:39:17.079 --> 00:39:17.759
 the love

00:39:17.759 --> 00:39:18.219
 that you

00:39:18.219 --> 00:39:18.940
 offer me.

00:39:20.219 --> 00:39:20.719
 From this

00:39:20.719 --> 00:39:21.199
 day on,

00:39:21.239 --> 00:39:21.639
 I will never

00:39:21.639 --> 00:39:22.579
 consider myself

00:39:22.579 --> 00:39:23.139
 to be my

00:39:23.139 --> 00:39:23.519
 own,

00:39:23.940 --> 00:39:24.639
 but to be

00:39:24.639 --> 00:39:26.000
 yours and

00:39:26.000 --> 00:39:26.539
 to surrender

00:39:26.539 --> 00:39:27.539
 my life to

00:39:27.539 --> 00:39:28.819
 Jesus as

00:39:28.819 --> 00:39:29.480
 my Savior

00:39:29.480 --> 00:39:30.619
 and my

00:39:30.619 --> 00:39:31.019
 King.

00:39:32.519 --> 00:39:32.919
 And for

00:39:32.919 --> 00:39:33.619
 his glory

00:39:33.619 --> 00:39:34.000
 and in

00:39:34.000 --> 00:39:34.599
 his name,

00:39:35.019 --> 00:39:35.519
 I ask

00:39:35.519 --> 00:39:36.259
 these things.

00:39:36.899 --> 00:39:37.219
 Amen.

00:39:37.219 --> 00:39:37.359
 Amen.