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 So, turn in your Bibles, please, to 1 Corinthians, chapter 2.

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 1 Corinthians, chapter 2. I'm going to read the first five verses.

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 This is the Apostle Paul writing to the church in Corinth.

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 And this is what he writes. And it's a word for us today as well.

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 1 Corinthians 2.

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 And so it was with me, brothers and sisters, when I came to you, I did not come with eloquence

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 or human wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God.

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 For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you, except Jesus Christ and him crucified.

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 I came to you in weakness, with great fear and trembling.

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 My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words,

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 but with a demonstration of the Spirit's power,

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 so that your faith might not rest on human wisdom, but on God's power.

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 Let's pray before we look at this word together.

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 Father, you've given us food to eat today.

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 You've given us drink.

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 You nourish us.

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 And you sustain us physically.

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 But how much more are we desperately in need for your Spirit?

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 And so we pray that as we look at these words together and think about them,

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 that it would be a demonstration of your Spirit's power at work amongst us today,

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 so that you would cause us to lean upon you,

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 to trust you,

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 depend upon you,

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 so that you would do an effective and eternal work

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 in the lives of people causing them to trust in you too.

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 So help us now.

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 In Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Well, I'm sure you're all familiar with the TV show, The Apprentice.

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 The host, Mr. Lord Sugar himself,

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 invites 15 or so people to compete against each other

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 in a series of business tasks.

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 And the winner gets to receive, in case you're interested,

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 £250,000

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 and becomes Lord Sugar's apprentice.

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 But I wonder if you've also noticed that the winners of this show

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 are always charming and clever.

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 They're already very successful in their own little businesses

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 and very wealthy.

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 It seems to be that they are the best and the brightest.

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 And above all, they have an extraordinary self-confidence

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 in themselves and in their message.

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 They don't just sell snow to the Eskimos,

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 they can sell rain to the Irish.

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 Now, in many ways, that just reflects the values of our society

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 and it mirrors our culture.

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 You see, we live in a world

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 where the weak are disregarded

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 and the foolish are despised.

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 There's only room for the best and the brightest.

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 We want winners and not losers.

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 But when it comes to God's plan and purpose,

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 as we've been thinking about this morning,

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 to create a kingdom from every nation,

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 to love him,

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 well, those values of the world

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 are turned completely upside down.

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 Because what we're going to see from the text that we read today

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 is this.

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 And I've just suddenly thought,

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 I always get mixed up how to spell chooses and chose.

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 So if I've got that wrong anywhere,

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 please forgive me.

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 God chooses weak people,

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 sends them with a foolish message,

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 fills them with extraordinary power,

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 so that lives are changed.

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 How different that is

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 to the standards of the world.

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 Weak people,

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 with a foolish message,

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 give an extraordinary power,

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 so that lives are changed.

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 That's what we're thinking about today.

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 So let's take each part in turn.

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 God chooses weak people.

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 Look at chapter 2, verse 1.

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 So it was with me,

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 says Paul, brothers and sisters,

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 when I came to you,

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 I didn't come with eloquence or human wisdom,

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 as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God.

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 When I came to your town and city

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 and I preached to you,

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 I was nothing special.

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 In fact, he's saying,

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 I was just like you.

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 Beginning of verse 1,

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 so it was with me,

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 brothers and sisters,

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 I was just like you.

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 So what were the church like?

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 Well, we're told in the previous section,

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 go back to chapter 1, verse 26.

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 Brothers and sisters,

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 think of what you were when you were called.

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 Think about, for a moment,

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 what you were when you became a Christian.

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 Not many of you were wise by human standards.

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 Some, but not many,

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 were leading professors in the world of academics.

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 Not many of you were influential.

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 A few,

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 but not many were powerful politicians

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 influencing the nation's economy.

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 And not many of you were noble birth.

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 One of two,

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 one or two of you,

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 but not many of you were born with great wealth

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 and status and privilege.

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 He's reminding them that,

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 well,

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 they were a bunch of nobodies.

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 And that's really a picture of us.

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 It's a picture of Amy.

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 As far as the world's elite and the standards go,

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 well,

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 we're nothing.

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 We have an education

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 and we may have a few qualifications

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 and letters after our name,

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 but we're not being chased up

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 to have our thoughts published

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 to the world.

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 You see,

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 when God looked at us,

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 we weren't standing out in a crowd.

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 We weren't spotted by God on Instagram

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 because we had so many followers.

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 We were people who had nothing to offer.

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 In the eyes of the world,

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 nothing special.

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 Now,

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 isn't that incredibly humbling?

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 Because we all like to think

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 we are somebody special,

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 or at the very least,

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 that we're somehow better

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 than the person sitting next to me.

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 So,

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 if we're nothing special,

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 how did we ever become a Christian

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 in the first place?

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 Well,

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 look at verse 27,

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 chapter 1,

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 verse 27.

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 We're told that God chose

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 the foolish things of the world

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 to shame the wise.

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 God chose the weak things of the world

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 to shame the strong.

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 God chose the lowly things of this world

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 and the despised things

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 and the things that are not

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 to nullify or cancel

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 the things that are.

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 You see,

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 God didn't choose us

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 because we were special.

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 Maybe you can remember

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 back to your school days,

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 standing in the playground,

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 being lined up,

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 being picked for a particular football team

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 or a game of tag

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 or whatever it was.

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 Always the sporty and the fastest.

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 They always got chosen first.

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 And then the rest were ignored or rejected.

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 You can go and play on your own,

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 do your own thing.

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 Well,

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 it's no different today,

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 is it?

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 The world picks the beautiful,

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 the wealthy,

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 the clever.

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 But God doesn't choose

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 by the standards of this world.

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 God isn't influenced

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 about anything about our exterior

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 or anything good we do

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 or anything bad that we do.

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 God is driven by his grace

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 because he loves us.

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 Verse 27,

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 God chose the foolish,

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 the weak,

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 the lowly,

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 the despised.

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 God chose nobodies

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 just like us.

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 You see,

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 he seeks a people

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 who know

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 they are not qualified.

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 People like Amy

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 who have come to see that,

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 well,

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 Amy knows that she has nothing

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 to offer God

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 except for her failure

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 and her brokenness.

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 One author puts it like this.

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 Here we go.

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 In the kingdom of God,

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 the one thing that qualifies you

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 is knowing that you don't qualify

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 and the one thing that disqualifies you

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 is thinking that you do.

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 God chooses weak people.

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 So why?

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 But why does God choose those

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 who are weak?

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 Now I've gone and messed up a bit here.

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 Oh dear.

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 Never mind.

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 Why does God choose those who are weak?

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 Well, look at verse 29.

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 So that no one

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 may boast before him.

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 If ever I could say

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 I'm a Christian

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 or Amy,

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 you could say

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 I'm a Christian

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 because

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 because I

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 because I

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 obeyed

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 because

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 I went to Sheffield

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 because

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 well

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 we have reason for boasting,

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 don't we?

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 It's something I've done

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 that qualifies me.

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 No, we're only qualified

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 because of

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 Christ.

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 Verse 30.

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 It is because of

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 God

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 that you are

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 in Christ Jesus

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 who's become for us

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 wisdom from God

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 that is our righteousness,

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 holiness

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 and redemption.

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 Christ

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 took your

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 unrighteousness, Amy

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 and gave you

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 his righteousness

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 so that you are

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 acceptable to God.

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 He took your

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 unholiness

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 and gave you

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 his holiness

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 so that you are

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 treated as

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 blameless.

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 He's redeemed us

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 from a life of

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 slavery,

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 setting us free

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 so that we can

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 live a new life

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 to please him.

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 All this

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 has been given

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 to us

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 freely

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 because God

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 loves us.

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 None of us

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 on our own

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 qualify.

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 He makes us

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 his people

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 righteous,

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 holy

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 and redeemed.

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 He qualifies

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 you, Amy.

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 He qualifies

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 us

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 for the task.

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 Verse 31.

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 Therefore,

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 as it is written,

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 let the one

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 who boasts

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 boast

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 in the Lord.

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 Amy,

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 as you go,

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 always remember

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 that you are

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 weak

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 and your

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 boasting

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 is in

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 Christ

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 because he

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 qualifies you

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 to do

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 what you

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 could never

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 do

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 on your

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 own.

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 So,

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 God chooses

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 weak people.

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 Second,

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 God

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 sends

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 with a

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 foolish

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 message.

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 Paul's

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 message was

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 very simple,

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 wasn't it?

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 He explains it

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 like this,

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 chapter 2,

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 verse 2.

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 For I

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 resolved to

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 know nothing

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 while I was

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 with you

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 except Jesus

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 Christ

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 and him

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 crucified.

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 Imagine,

00:13:33.639 --> 00:13:34.339
 he was sent

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 with a

00:13:34.759 --> 00:13:35.319
 message

00:13:35.319 --> 00:13:36.679
 about a

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 person

00:13:37.079 --> 00:13:37.519
 called

00:13:37.519 --> 00:13:38.039
 Jesus

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 who was

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 put to

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 death

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 as a

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 criminal.

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 That's the

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 message.

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 And the

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 problem is

00:13:46.379 --> 00:13:46.779
 people

00:13:46.779 --> 00:13:47.479
 don't

00:13:47.479 --> 00:13:47.959
 always

00:13:47.959 --> 00:13:48.619
 like it.

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 For

00:13:49.759 --> 00:13:50.219
 some,

00:13:50.719 --> 00:13:51.219
 it's a

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 nonsense.

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 Look at

00:13:53.000 --> 00:13:53.679
 chapter 1,

00:13:53.779 --> 00:13:54.859
 verse 18.

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 Do you

00:13:58.360 --> 00:13:58.659
 see it

00:13:58.659 --> 00:13:58.899
 there?

00:13:59.019 --> 00:13:59.580
 Chapter 1,

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 verse 18.

00:14:01.120 --> 00:14:02.000
 The message

00:14:02.000 --> 00:14:02.379
 of the

00:14:02.379 --> 00:14:02.879
 cross

00:14:02.879 --> 00:14:04.060
 is

00:14:04.060 --> 00:14:05.419
 foolishness

00:14:05.419 --> 00:14:06.879
 to those

00:14:06.879 --> 00:14:07.279
 who are

00:14:07.279 --> 00:14:07.820
 perishing.

00:14:09.919 --> 00:14:10.560
 Professor

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 Richard Dawkins,

00:14:11.960 --> 00:14:12.379
 who's a

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 leading scientist

00:14:13.320 --> 00:14:13.980
 and atheist,

00:14:14.659 --> 00:14:15.460
 said this,

00:14:16.259 --> 00:14:16.960
 you cannot

00:14:16.960 --> 00:14:17.560
 be an

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 intelligent

00:14:18.340 --> 00:14:19.379
 scientific

00:14:19.379 --> 00:14:20.240
 thinker

00:14:20.240 --> 00:14:21.840
 and still

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 hold

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 to

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 religious

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 beliefs.

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 Don't

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 know if

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 you agree

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 with that,

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 but what

00:14:28.519 --> 00:14:28.959
 he's saying

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 is you

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 can't be

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 an educated

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 person,

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 an intelligent

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 person,

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 and still

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 believe in

00:14:37.860 --> 00:14:38.419
 the cross

00:14:38.419 --> 00:14:39.159
 of Jesus

00:14:39.159 --> 00:14:39.740
 Christ.

00:14:40.899 --> 00:14:41.339
 You see,

00:14:41.459 --> 00:14:41.899
 for many,

00:14:42.039 --> 00:14:42.419
 the cross

00:14:42.419 --> 00:14:43.480
 is foolish.

00:14:44.539 --> 00:14:44.939
 We don't

00:14:44.939 --> 00:14:45.500
 need anyone

00:14:45.500 --> 00:14:46.039
 to save

00:14:46.039 --> 00:14:46.279
 us.

00:14:46.579 --> 00:14:47.299
 We save

00:14:47.299 --> 00:14:47.919
 ourselves.

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 Salvation

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 for humanity

00:14:50.219 --> 00:14:51.039
 is found in

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 the wisdom

00:14:52.019 --> 00:14:52.819
 that we

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 have and

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 that we

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 can learn.

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 And Amy

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 is being

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 sent to

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 Sheffield

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 with a

00:14:59.860 --> 00:15:00.379
 foolish

00:15:00.379 --> 00:15:01.519
 message.

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 A message

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 that some

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 people will

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 think is

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 completely

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 daft,

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 and some

00:15:06.799 --> 00:15:07.099
 of your

00:15:07.099 --> 00:15:07.759
 friends will

00:15:07.759 --> 00:15:08.659
 think you're

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 daft.

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 But listen

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 to what God

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 says.

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 Verse 18.

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 Let's read

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 it all.

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 For the

00:15:16.319 --> 00:15:16.899
 message of

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 the cross

00:15:17.279 --> 00:15:18.419
 is foolishness

00:15:18.419 --> 00:15:18.919
 to those

00:15:18.919 --> 00:15:19.240
 who are

00:15:19.240 --> 00:15:19.860
 perishing,

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 but to

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 us who

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 are being

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 saved,

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 it's the

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 power of

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 God.

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 For it

00:15:29.680 --> 00:15:30.080
 is written,

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 I will

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 destroy the

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 wisdom of

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 the wise,

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 the

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 intelligence

00:15:34.340 --> 00:15:35.200
 of the

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 intelligent,

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 I will

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 frustrate.

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 The very

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 thing that

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 the world

00:15:41.700 --> 00:15:42.340
 counts as

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 foolish and

00:15:43.139 --> 00:15:43.720
 nonsense,

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 God says,

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 I will show

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 the world

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 that this

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 is actually

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 the means

00:15:48.279 --> 00:15:49.039
 of salvation.

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 The world's

00:15:50.980 --> 00:15:51.700
 wisdom says,

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 we can go

00:15:52.680 --> 00:15:53.159
 it alone,

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 we don't

00:15:54.000 --> 00:15:54.560
 need God,

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 we don't

00:15:55.060 --> 00:15:55.480
 need a

00:15:55.480 --> 00:15:55.940
 cross,

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 but God

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 in his

00:15:58.519 --> 00:15:59.600
 wisdom used

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 the very

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 thing that

00:16:00.720 --> 00:16:01.600
 was foolish

00:16:01.600 --> 00:16:03.919
 to save

00:16:03.919 --> 00:16:04.440
 the world.

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 Look at

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 the end

00:16:05.779 --> 00:16:06.220
 of verse

00:16:06.220 --> 00:16:07.080
 21,

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 chapter 1,

00:16:08.639 --> 00:16:09.039
 end of

00:16:09.039 --> 00:16:09.940
 verse 21.

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 God was

00:16:12.120 --> 00:16:12.779
 pleased

00:16:12.779 --> 00:16:14.279
 through the

00:16:14.279 --> 00:16:15.120
 foolishness

00:16:15.120 --> 00:16:15.580
 of what

00:16:15.580 --> 00:16:16.440
 was preached

00:16:16.440 --> 00:16:18.040
 to save

00:16:18.040 --> 00:16:19.480
 those who

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 believe.

00:16:22.240 --> 00:16:22.720
 You see,

00:16:22.800 --> 00:16:23.220
 the wisdom

00:16:23.220 --> 00:16:23.600
 of the

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 world has

00:16:25.240 --> 00:16:26.160
 achieved great

00:16:26.160 --> 00:16:26.740
 things.

00:16:27.640 --> 00:16:28.240
 We can do

00:16:28.240 --> 00:16:29.420
 amazing things.

00:16:29.560 --> 00:16:30.160
 We can send

00:16:30.160 --> 00:16:30.980
 rockets to the

00:16:30.980 --> 00:16:31.240
 moon.

00:16:31.700 --> 00:16:32.340
 India did

00:16:32.340 --> 00:16:33.080
 that recently

00:16:33.080 --> 00:16:33.740
 to see if

00:16:33.740 --> 00:16:35.080
 there was

00:16:35.080 --> 00:16:35.520
 ice.

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 I don't

00:16:37.040 --> 00:16:37.260
 know what

00:16:37.260 --> 00:16:37.640
 they'll do

00:16:37.640 --> 00:16:37.960
 with the

00:16:37.960 --> 00:16:38.360
 ice if

00:16:38.360 --> 00:16:38.840
 they find

00:16:38.840 --> 00:16:39.440
 ice there,

00:16:39.560 --> 00:16:40.960
 but maybe

00:16:40.960 --> 00:16:41.520
 there is.

00:16:42.180 --> 00:16:42.640
 We can

00:16:42.640 --> 00:16:43.340
 write books

00:16:43.340 --> 00:16:44.019
 and plays

00:16:44.019 --> 00:16:44.879
 and I've

00:16:44.879 --> 00:16:45.519
 even discovered

00:16:45.519 --> 00:16:45.899
 you can

00:16:45.899 --> 00:16:46.740
 write sermons

00:16:46.740 --> 00:16:47.440
 using the

00:16:47.440 --> 00:16:47.960
 use of

00:16:47.960 --> 00:16:48.500
 artificial

00:16:48.500 --> 00:16:49.399
 intelligence.

00:16:50.300 --> 00:16:50.879
 This sermon

00:16:50.879 --> 00:16:51.600
 wasn't AI,

00:16:51.780 --> 00:16:52.240
 don't worry.

00:16:54.340 --> 00:16:55.220
 We can

00:16:55.220 --> 00:16:56.019
 slow down

00:16:56.019 --> 00:16:56.580
 and cure

00:16:56.580 --> 00:16:57.399
 degenerative

00:16:57.399 --> 00:16:57.940
 diseases

00:16:57.940 --> 00:16:58.560
 and prolong

00:16:58.560 --> 00:16:59.120
 life.

00:16:59.480 --> 00:17:00.300
 We've done

00:17:00.300 --> 00:17:01.519
 amazing things

00:17:01.519 --> 00:17:02.019
 through our

00:17:02.019 --> 00:17:02.379
 wisdom,

00:17:03.100 --> 00:17:04.579
 but the

00:17:04.579 --> 00:17:05.220
 world is

00:17:05.220 --> 00:17:06.019
 still broken.

00:17:07.640 --> 00:17:08.360
 The human

00:17:08.360 --> 00:17:09.039
 heart is

00:17:09.039 --> 00:17:09.860
 still selfish

00:17:09.860 --> 00:17:10.759
 and it's

00:17:10.759 --> 00:17:11.500
 still sinful

00:17:11.500 --> 00:17:12.380
 beyond our

00:17:12.380 --> 00:17:13.160
 ability to

00:17:13.160 --> 00:17:14.320
 fix or

00:17:14.320 --> 00:17:15.420
 cure or

00:17:15.420 --> 00:17:15.860
 heal.

00:17:16.720 --> 00:17:17.580
 And God's

00:17:17.580 --> 00:17:18.500
 answer to

00:17:18.500 --> 00:17:19.540
 this is the

00:17:19.540 --> 00:17:20.420
 good news of

00:17:20.420 --> 00:17:21.740
 Jesus Christ

00:17:21.740 --> 00:17:22.840
 crucified.

00:17:23.900 --> 00:17:24.500
 A loving

00:17:24.500 --> 00:17:25.040
 God who

00:17:25.040 --> 00:17:25.680
 comes to

00:17:25.680 --> 00:17:26.200
 us in the

00:17:26.200 --> 00:17:27.180
 person of

00:17:27.180 --> 00:17:28.160
 Jesus Christ

00:17:28.160 --> 00:17:29.320
 to reach

00:17:29.320 --> 00:17:30.040
 us where

00:17:30.040 --> 00:17:30.720
 we're at.

00:17:32.380 --> 00:17:33.680
 Verse 22,

00:17:34.040 --> 00:17:34.440
 we're still

00:17:34.440 --> 00:17:34.880
 in chapter

00:17:34.880 --> 00:17:35.279
 1.

00:17:37.060 --> 00:17:38.060
 Jews demand

00:17:38.060 --> 00:17:38.880
 signs or

00:17:38.880 --> 00:17:39.360
 if you like

00:17:39.360 --> 00:17:40.380
 religious people,

00:17:40.820 --> 00:17:41.580
 well they want

00:17:41.580 --> 00:17:42.420
 miracles and

00:17:42.420 --> 00:17:42.860
 all the

00:17:42.859 --> 00:17:44.019
 razzmatazz

00:17:44.019 --> 00:17:45.019
 and wonderful

00:17:45.019 --> 00:17:45.699
 things.

00:17:47.259 --> 00:17:47.939
 Greeks look

00:17:47.939 --> 00:17:48.519
 for wisdom,

00:17:48.779 --> 00:17:49.539
 for knock

00:17:49.539 --> 00:17:50.819
 down arguments

00:17:50.819 --> 00:17:51.819
 and philosophy.

00:17:53.199 --> 00:17:54.199
 But we

00:17:54.199 --> 00:17:55.539
 preach Christ

00:17:55.539 --> 00:17:56.419
 crucified,

00:17:57.839 --> 00:17:58.639
 a stumbling

00:17:58.639 --> 00:17:59.459
 block to

00:17:59.459 --> 00:18:01.259
 religious folk

00:18:01.259 --> 00:18:03.539
 and foolishness

00:18:03.539 --> 00:18:04.439
 to those who

00:18:04.439 --> 00:18:05.500
 are not

00:18:05.500 --> 00:18:05.939
 religious.

00:18:05.940 --> 00:18:08.640
 amy, your

00:18:08.640 --> 00:18:09.640
 task, your

00:18:09.640 --> 00:18:11.600
 calling is

00:18:11.600 --> 00:18:12.039
 to bring

00:18:12.039 --> 00:18:12.900
 people to

00:18:12.900 --> 00:18:15.100
 the foolishness

00:18:15.100 --> 00:18:16.039
 of the

00:18:16.039 --> 00:18:16.519
 cross,

00:18:17.019 --> 00:18:18.820
 to see the

00:18:18.820 --> 00:18:19.660
 broken body

00:18:19.660 --> 00:18:20.320
 of Jesus

00:18:20.320 --> 00:18:20.980
 beaten,

00:18:21.980 --> 00:18:22.400
 crushed

00:18:22.400 --> 00:18:23.779
 and naked,

00:18:24.279 --> 00:18:26.000
 to see nails

00:18:26.000 --> 00:18:26.779
 driven into

00:18:26.779 --> 00:18:27.740
 his hands and

00:18:27.740 --> 00:18:28.799
 feet, ripping

00:18:28.799 --> 00:18:29.559
 and tearing

00:18:29.559 --> 00:18:30.360
 flesh,

00:18:30.359 --> 00:18:32.279
 to see

00:18:32.279 --> 00:18:33.119
 crown of

00:18:33.119 --> 00:18:33.559
 thorns

00:18:33.559 --> 00:18:34.119
 crushed

00:18:34.119 --> 00:18:35.439
 into his

00:18:35.439 --> 00:18:35.939
 skull,

00:18:37.179 --> 00:18:37.679
 blood

00:18:37.679 --> 00:18:38.479
 blinding

00:18:38.479 --> 00:18:39.379
 his eyes

00:18:39.379 --> 00:18:39.939
 and dripping

00:18:39.939 --> 00:18:40.579
 down his

00:18:40.579 --> 00:18:41.159
 side,

00:18:42.219 --> 00:18:42.839
 hearing the

00:18:42.839 --> 00:18:43.519
 agony and

00:18:43.519 --> 00:18:44.159
 the pain,

00:18:44.639 --> 00:18:45.439
 the grasping

00:18:45.439 --> 00:18:46.139
 for breath

00:18:46.139 --> 00:18:46.779
 as life

00:18:46.779 --> 00:18:47.740
 edges away.

00:18:49.339 --> 00:18:50.619
 Watch at the

00:18:50.619 --> 00:18:51.219
 cross as

00:18:51.219 --> 00:18:52.379
 crowds jeer

00:18:52.379 --> 00:18:53.279
 and taunt

00:18:53.279 --> 00:18:54.519
 and spit

00:18:54.519 --> 00:18:55.919
 and laugh.

00:18:55.920 --> 00:18:58.180
 the cross

00:18:58.180 --> 00:18:58.900
 of Christ

00:18:58.900 --> 00:18:59.600
 is a picture

00:18:59.600 --> 00:19:00.620
 of weakness,

00:19:01.140 --> 00:19:01.580
 it's a

00:19:01.580 --> 00:19:03.259
 bloody mess,

00:19:04.320 --> 00:19:05.100
 foolish,

00:19:06.300 --> 00:19:07.120
 stupid,

00:19:08.080 --> 00:19:08.620
 pathetic,

00:19:10.759 --> 00:19:12.380
 but look

00:19:12.380 --> 00:19:12.700
 at verse

00:19:12.700 --> 00:19:13.420
 24,

00:19:14.279 --> 00:19:15.740
 to those

00:19:15.740 --> 00:19:16.320
 whom God

00:19:16.320 --> 00:19:17.080
 has called,

00:19:17.940 --> 00:19:18.720
 whether Jews

00:19:18.720 --> 00:19:19.279
 or Greeks

00:19:19.279 --> 00:19:19.740
 or from

00:19:19.740 --> 00:19:20.320
 wherever they

00:19:20.320 --> 00:19:21.000
 come from,

00:19:21.779 --> 00:19:22.340
 Christ,

00:19:22.960 --> 00:19:23.779
 the power

00:19:23.779 --> 00:19:24.420
 of God

00:19:24.420 --> 00:19:25.960
 and the

00:19:25.960 --> 00:19:26.539
 wisdom of

00:19:26.539 --> 00:19:26.920
 God.

00:19:28.680 --> 00:19:29.279
 Amy,

00:19:29.420 --> 00:19:30.060
 we're sending

00:19:30.060 --> 00:19:30.600
 you to

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 proclaim a

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 foolish message

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 that has

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 the power

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 to save

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 anyone.

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 So tell

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 the good

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 news of

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 the cross.

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 Let the

00:19:41.340 --> 00:19:41.960
 women see

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 that Christ

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 has died

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 for all

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 of their

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 sin,

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 past,

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 present and

00:19:46.200 --> 00:19:46.700
 future.

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 Show them

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 that they

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 can be

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 forgiven

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 and no

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 longer have

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 to live

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 with fear,

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 guilt or

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 shame.

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 declare that

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 they are

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 loved and

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 treasured

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 by God,

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 that they

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 can be

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 beautiful

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 daughters of

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 Father God

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 who is not

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 just great

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 but good

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 and personal

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 and gracious.

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 Teach them

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 nothing less

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 and nothing

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 more than

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 this simple

00:20:16.019 --> 00:20:16.779
 message of

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 Jesus Christ

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 and him

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 crucified.

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 again as

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 one writer

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 put it

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 on the

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 cross

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 the one

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 person who

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 ever truly

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 qualified

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 allowed

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 himself to

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 be

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 disqualified

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 so that

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 you and

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 I who are

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 naturally

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 disqualified

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 can qualify

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 free

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 of charge.

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 so why

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 does God

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 use such

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 a foolish

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 message?

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 Well to

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 humble the

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 proud.

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 Look at

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 verse 25.

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 For the

00:20:56.259 --> 00:20:57.140
 foolishness of

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 God is

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 wiser

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 than the

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 human

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 wisdom

00:21:00.400 --> 00:21:01.019
 and the

00:21:01.019 --> 00:21:01.440
 weakness

00:21:01.440 --> 00:21:02.059
 of God

00:21:02.059 --> 00:21:02.940
 is stronger

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 than human

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 strength.

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 You see

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 God is not

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 seeking those

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 who rely on

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 their own

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 wisdom

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 or their

00:21:11.419 --> 00:21:11.659
 own

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 strength.

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 The saying

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 we all

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 know it

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 God helps

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 those who

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 help

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 themselves.

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 It's not

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 a Bible

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 verse.

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 It's false

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 teaching.

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 If we are

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 to experience

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 God's work

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 in us and

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 his salvation

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 we come in

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 humility.

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 We admit

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 that my

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 wisdom

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 my wisdom

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 from myself

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 is foolish

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 and my

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 strength is

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 complete

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 weakness.

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 Amy

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 preach the

00:21:42.160 --> 00:21:42.940
 cross to

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 others

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 but preach

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 the cross

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 to yourself

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 every day.

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 It will

00:21:48.819 --> 00:21:49.420
 keep you

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 humble.

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 So

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 weak

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 people

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 with a

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 foolish

00:21:57.559 --> 00:21:58.460
 message

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 equipped

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 with

00:22:01.799 --> 00:22:02.720
 extraordinary

00:22:02.720 --> 00:22:03.559
 power.

00:22:04.819 --> 00:22:05.640
 Paul came

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 in weakness

00:22:06.279 --> 00:22:06.819
 didn't he?

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 He was sent

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 with a foolish

00:22:08.460 --> 00:22:09.639
 message.

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 But look

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 in verses

00:22:11.679 --> 00:22:12.579
 chapter 2

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 verses 3

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 and 4

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 he was

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 equipped

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 by God's

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 power.

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 Do you see

00:22:17.940 --> 00:22:18.259
 it there

00:22:18.259 --> 00:22:18.899
 verse 3?

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 I came

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 to you

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 in weakness

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 with great

00:22:23.539 --> 00:22:24.099
 fear

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 and trembling.

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 Did you

00:22:27.019 --> 00:22:27.500
 write those

00:22:27.500 --> 00:22:28.039
 words Amy?

00:22:29.419 --> 00:22:30.619
 My message

00:22:30.619 --> 00:22:31.059
 and my

00:22:31.059 --> 00:22:31.639
 preaching

00:22:31.639 --> 00:22:32.720
 were not

00:22:32.720 --> 00:22:33.579
 with wise

00:22:33.579 --> 00:22:34.419
 and persuasive

00:22:34.419 --> 00:22:35.000
 words

00:22:35.000 --> 00:22:36.380
 but with

00:22:36.380 --> 00:22:37.539
 a demonstration

00:22:37.539 --> 00:22:38.759
 of the

00:22:38.759 --> 00:22:39.380
 Spirit's

00:22:39.380 --> 00:22:39.779
 power.

00:22:40.960 --> 00:22:41.660
 The people

00:22:41.660 --> 00:22:42.460
 God uses

00:22:42.460 --> 00:22:43.099
 are weak.

00:22:43.900 --> 00:22:44.640
 The message

00:22:44.640 --> 00:22:45.380
 we have

00:22:45.380 --> 00:22:46.559
 is foolish.

00:22:47.640 --> 00:22:48.200
 But it's

00:22:48.200 --> 00:22:48.759
 the means

00:22:48.759 --> 00:22:49.339
 by which

00:22:49.339 --> 00:22:50.240
 God works.

00:22:51.140 --> 00:22:51.619
 Amy if

00:22:51.619 --> 00:22:52.039
 you're to

00:22:52.039 --> 00:22:52.819
 lead someone

00:22:52.819 --> 00:22:53.599
 to Christ

00:22:53.599 --> 00:22:54.759
 it's not

00:22:54.759 --> 00:22:55.339
 because of

00:22:55.339 --> 00:22:56.079
 your ability

00:22:56.079 --> 00:22:57.039
 it's a

00:22:57.039 --> 00:22:57.599
 demonstration

00:22:57.599 --> 00:22:58.220
 of the

00:22:58.220 --> 00:22:58.720
 Spirit's

00:22:58.720 --> 00:22:59.079
 power.

00:23:00.079 --> 00:23:00.400
 If

00:23:00.400 --> 00:23:01.380
 Carigaline or

00:23:01.380 --> 00:23:02.140
 Christ Church

00:23:02.140 --> 00:23:02.799
 Central were

00:23:02.799 --> 00:23:03.259
 to plant

00:23:03.259 --> 00:23:03.740
 a church

00:23:03.740 --> 00:23:04.599
 it's not

00:23:04.599 --> 00:23:04.839
 our

00:23:04.839 --> 00:23:05.240
 greatness

00:23:05.240 --> 00:23:06.099
 it's a

00:23:06.099 --> 00:23:06.680
 demonstration

00:23:06.680 --> 00:23:07.379
 of the

00:23:07.379 --> 00:23:07.859
 Spirit's

00:23:07.859 --> 00:23:08.240
 power.

00:23:08.819 --> 00:23:09.659
 If any

00:23:09.659 --> 00:23:10.339
 good were

00:23:10.339 --> 00:23:10.819
 to come

00:23:10.819 --> 00:23:11.700
 from us

00:23:11.700 --> 00:23:12.639
 or from

00:23:12.639 --> 00:23:13.319
 our church

00:23:13.319 --> 00:23:14.419
 it's all

00:23:14.419 --> 00:23:15.119
 down to

00:23:15.119 --> 00:23:15.759
 the power

00:23:15.759 --> 00:23:16.319
 of God

00:23:16.319 --> 00:23:17.099
 working

00:23:17.099 --> 00:23:17.680
 through a

00:23:17.680 --> 00:23:18.180
 simple

00:23:18.180 --> 00:23:18.759
 people

00:23:18.759 --> 00:23:20.059
 with a

00:23:20.059 --> 00:23:20.419
 simple

00:23:20.419 --> 00:23:21.039
 message.

00:23:22.099 --> 00:23:22.779
 It doesn't

00:23:22.779 --> 00:23:23.500
 happen by

00:23:23.500 --> 00:23:24.119
 our wisdom

00:23:24.119 --> 00:23:24.680
 or our

00:23:24.680 --> 00:23:25.279
 persuasive

00:23:25.279 --> 00:23:25.919
 words.

00:23:26.680 --> 00:23:27.240
 It's not

00:23:27.240 --> 00:23:27.980
 our method

00:23:27.980 --> 00:23:28.500
 or our

00:23:28.500 --> 00:23:29.240
 technology

00:23:29.240 --> 00:23:30.379
 our slick

00:23:30.379 --> 00:23:31.259
 presentation

00:23:31.259 --> 00:23:32.180
 the dynamic

00:23:32.180 --> 00:23:32.839
 speaker

00:23:32.839 --> 00:23:34.039
 the strength

00:23:34.039 --> 00:23:34.400
 of our

00:23:34.400 --> 00:23:34.799
 faith

00:23:34.799 --> 00:23:35.460
 or the

00:23:35.460 --> 00:23:35.879
 length

00:23:35.879 --> 00:23:36.240
 of our

00:23:36.240 --> 00:23:36.819
 prayers.

00:23:37.660 --> 00:23:38.720
 It's all

00:23:38.720 --> 00:23:40.460
 down to

00:23:40.460 --> 00:23:40.879
 God's

00:23:40.879 --> 00:23:41.299
 power.

00:23:42.740 --> 00:23:43.519
 Later on

00:23:43.519 --> 00:23:43.819
 in the

00:23:43.819 --> 00:23:44.519
 letter Paul

00:23:44.519 --> 00:23:45.839
 speaks of

00:23:45.839 --> 00:23:46.240
 God's

00:23:46.240 --> 00:23:46.839
 power like

00:23:46.839 --> 00:23:47.079
 this.

00:23:47.160 --> 00:23:47.460
 He says

00:23:47.460 --> 00:23:48.000
 God's

00:23:48.000 --> 00:23:48.379
 power

00:23:48.379 --> 00:23:49.740
 raised the

00:23:49.740 --> 00:23:50.359
 Lord Jesus

00:23:50.359 --> 00:23:50.859
 from the

00:23:50.859 --> 00:23:52.160
 dead and

00:23:52.160 --> 00:23:52.500
 he will

00:23:52.500 --> 00:23:53.299
 also raise

00:23:53.299 --> 00:23:54.079
 us also.

00:23:54.900 --> 00:23:56.200
 That is

00:23:56.200 --> 00:23:56.879
 the power

00:23:56.879 --> 00:23:58.339
 at work

00:23:58.339 --> 00:23:58.839
 in Amy

00:23:58.839 --> 00:24:00.079
 and through

00:24:00.079 --> 00:24:00.480
 Amy

00:24:00.480 --> 00:24:01.519
 and in

00:24:01.519 --> 00:24:01.920
 us

00:24:01.920 --> 00:24:02.920
 and through

00:24:02.920 --> 00:24:03.279
 us.

00:24:03.420 --> 00:24:03.880
 It's

00:24:03.880 --> 00:24:04.640
 supernatural.

00:24:05.740 --> 00:24:06.120
 It's

00:24:06.120 --> 00:24:06.940
 extraordinary.

00:24:09.200 --> 00:24:09.660
 And so

00:24:09.660 --> 00:24:10.120
 as we

00:24:10.120 --> 00:24:10.460
 go

00:24:10.460 --> 00:24:12.640
 we depend

00:24:12.640 --> 00:24:13.819
 on

00:24:13.819 --> 00:24:14.779
 God.

00:24:15.440 --> 00:24:16.180
 Look at

00:24:16.180 --> 00:24:16.920
 verse 5.

00:24:18.240 --> 00:24:19.380
 We need

00:24:19.380 --> 00:24:20.099
 the Spirit's

00:24:20.099 --> 00:24:20.440
 power,

00:24:20.559 --> 00:24:21.279
 verse 5,

00:24:21.960 --> 00:24:22.480
 so that

00:24:22.480 --> 00:24:23.539
 your faith

00:24:23.539 --> 00:24:24.880
 might not

00:24:24.880 --> 00:24:25.440
 rest on

00:24:25.440 --> 00:24:26.380
 human wisdom

00:24:26.380 --> 00:24:27.860
 but on

00:24:27.860 --> 00:24:28.299
 God's

00:24:28.299 --> 00:24:28.660
 power.

00:24:28.660 --> 00:24:28.700
 power.

00:24:29.900 --> 00:24:30.580
 We don't

00:24:30.580 --> 00:24:31.140
 want people

00:24:31.140 --> 00:24:32.759
 trusting in

00:24:32.759 --> 00:24:33.279
 Carigoline

00:24:33.279 --> 00:24:33.779
 Baptist

00:24:33.779 --> 00:24:34.360
 Church.

00:24:35.240 --> 00:24:35.840
 We don't

00:24:35.840 --> 00:24:36.540
 want followers

00:24:36.540 --> 00:24:37.160
 of Johnny

00:24:37.160 --> 00:24:37.900
 Grant or

00:24:37.900 --> 00:24:38.940
 any program.

00:24:39.980 --> 00:24:40.480
 We want

00:24:40.480 --> 00:24:41.180
 people who

00:24:41.180 --> 00:24:41.820
 will follow

00:24:41.820 --> 00:24:44.380
 Jesus and

00:24:44.380 --> 00:24:44.960
 people who

00:24:44.960 --> 00:24:45.800
 will proclaim

00:24:45.800 --> 00:24:47.160
 the cross.

00:24:48.440 --> 00:24:48.800
 You see,

00:24:49.000 --> 00:24:50.019
 if we depend

00:24:50.019 --> 00:24:50.480
 on our

00:24:50.480 --> 00:24:51.040
 strength,

00:24:51.380 --> 00:24:52.200
 we make

00:24:52.200 --> 00:24:52.920
 followers of

00:24:52.920 --> 00:24:53.320
 us.

00:24:54.519 --> 00:24:55.360
 People will

00:24:55.360 --> 00:24:56.460
 become dependent

00:24:56.460 --> 00:24:57.640
 on you if

00:24:57.640 --> 00:24:58.160
 you are the

00:24:58.160 --> 00:24:58.779
 strength.

00:24:59.860 --> 00:25:00.519
 Their faith

00:25:00.519 --> 00:25:01.160
 will be in

00:25:01.160 --> 00:25:01.500
 you.

00:25:02.259 --> 00:25:02.559
 In

00:25:02.559 --> 00:25:02.960
 Johnny

00:25:02.960 --> 00:25:03.640
 Grant we

00:25:03.640 --> 00:25:04.160
 trust.

00:25:05.539 --> 00:25:06.039
 No,

00:25:06.819 --> 00:25:07.600
 don't trust

00:25:07.600 --> 00:25:08.000
 me and

00:25:08.000 --> 00:25:08.539
 don't trust

00:25:08.539 --> 00:25:09.039
 yourself.

00:25:10.259 --> 00:25:11.100
 When we

00:25:11.100 --> 00:25:11.740
 are weak,

00:25:12.299 --> 00:25:13.200
 we depend

00:25:13.200 --> 00:25:14.000
 on God

00:25:14.000 --> 00:25:16.120
 and people

00:25:16.120 --> 00:25:17.039
 become followers

00:25:17.039 --> 00:25:17.720
 of him.

00:25:19.079 --> 00:25:19.819
 People will

00:25:19.819 --> 00:25:20.799
 become dependent

00:25:20.799 --> 00:25:21.779
 on him.

00:25:22.660 --> 00:25:23.539
 Their faith

00:25:23.539 --> 00:25:24.720
 will be in

00:25:24.720 --> 00:25:25.099
 Jesus.

00:25:26.659 --> 00:25:27.259
 So Amy,

00:25:27.420 --> 00:25:28.180
 depend on

00:25:28.180 --> 00:25:29.759
 God and

00:25:29.759 --> 00:25:30.099
 you will

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 experience the

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 Spirit's

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 power.

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 Which brings

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 us right

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 the way

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 through to

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 the end.

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 God

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 chooses

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 weak people,

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 sending them

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 with a

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 foolish message,

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 giving them

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 extraordinary

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 power so

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 that lives

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 are changed.

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 This is how

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 the church

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 in Corinth

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 came into

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 being.

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 It's how

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 Carragaline

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 came into

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 being.

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 It's how

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 Christ Church

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 Central came

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 into being.

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 This is the

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 way God

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 works.

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 It's the

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 way of

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 ministry for

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 all of

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 God's

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 people.

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 God

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 chooses

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 weak people

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 like you

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 and me.

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 He sends

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 us with a

00:26:16.920 --> 00:26:17.940
 foolish message,

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 equips us

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 with extraordinary

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 power so

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 that lives

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 are changed

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 for God's

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 glory.

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 Let's pray

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 together.

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 Let's pray.

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 Let's pray.

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 as we pray,

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 I'm going to

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 read a

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 couple of

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 lines from

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 an old

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 hymn.

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 amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 We rest

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 on thee,

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 our shield

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 and our

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 defender.

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 We go

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 not forth

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 alone

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 against the

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 foe,

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 strong in

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 thy strength,

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 safe in

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 thy keeping

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 tender.

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 We rest

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 on thee,

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 and in

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 thy name

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 we go.

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 we go

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 in faith,

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 our own

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 great weakness

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 feeling,

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 and needing

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 more each

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 day thy

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 grace to

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 know.

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 Yet from

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 our hearts

00:27:29.980 --> 00:27:30.840
 a song of

00:27:30.840 --> 00:27:31.380
 triumph

00:27:31.380 --> 00:27:31.900
 pealing,

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 we rest

00:27:34.220 --> 00:27:35.160
 on thee,

00:27:36.420 --> 00:27:37.019
 and in

00:27:37.019 --> 00:27:37.880
 thy name

00:27:37.880 --> 00:27:39.060
 we go.

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 Father,

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 thank you

00:27:42.240 --> 00:27:43.379
 that you

00:27:43.379 --> 00:27:44.039
 have reached

00:27:44.039 --> 00:27:44.859
 people like

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 us as

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 weak as

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 we are.

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 Thank you

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 for the

00:27:49.339 --> 00:27:49.779
 wonderful

00:27:49.779 --> 00:27:50.679
 message of

00:27:50.679 --> 00:27:51.619
 Jesus Christ.

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 Thank you

00:27:53.319 --> 00:27:53.740
 that you

00:27:53.740 --> 00:27:54.220
 have given

00:27:54.220 --> 00:27:54.859
 us your

00:27:54.859 --> 00:27:55.700
 spirit's

00:27:55.700 --> 00:27:57.379
 power so

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 that we

00:27:57.740 --> 00:27:58.299
 might go

00:27:58.299 --> 00:27:58.740
 as your

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 people so

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 that others

00:28:01.159 --> 00:28:01.980
 are changed

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 for their

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 good and

00:28:04.500 --> 00:28:04.980
 for your

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 glory.

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 And it's

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 in Jesus'

00:28:07.779 --> 00:28:08.399
 name we

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 all pray.

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 Amen.

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 We are

00:28:15.579 --> 00:28:16.000
 going to

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 sing together.

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 Let your

00:28:20.679 --> 00:28:21.599
 kingdom come,

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 let your

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 will be

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 done so

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 that everyone

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 might know

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 your name.

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 As we

00:28:28.399 --> 00:28:28.980
 conclude

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 this

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 chapter 20

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 chapter 20

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 chapter 20

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 chapter 20

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 Hebrews

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 chapter 21

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 chapter 20

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 Charlie

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 Andrew