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 And as you turn there, I want to begin by just asking a couple questions.

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! Who are we?

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 And in asking this, I'm thinking specifically of the church.

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! Who are we as the church?

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 Number two, what do we do?

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 And number three, to what end?

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 While we could spend several weeks answering just one of those questions,

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 who are we, what do we do, and to what end,

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 I find that when traveling through such difficult questions,

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 these big worldview questions,

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 it's easy to get lost in the weeds and the swamps of challenges and nuances

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 with such questions,

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 that we can actually be helped by stepping back

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 and looking at our map and compass, so to speak,

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 getting our bearings, figuring out where we actually are and where we are going,

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 and then going back to the challenges and nuances that we need to address.

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 And so that's kind of the goal for this morning,

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 to ask these big questions, to get our bearings.

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 And my goal this morning is not merely to fatten anyone's head with these big questions,

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 though that's a good and necessary first step.

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 The goal is a bit more ambitious.

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 I want you all with me to examine our lives.

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 not as a rebuke at all,

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 but as a brother who wants to press you all and be pressed by you,

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 such that we can all say in the end, by grace,

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 we have fought the good fight,

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 we have finished the race,

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 we have kept the faith.

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 I want to examine our way of being in this world such that when it is all said and done,

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 we can say we were trees of life here and now for those who know us.

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 As Proverbs 11.30 says,

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 the fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,

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 and whoever captures souls is wise.

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 So today as we examine our lives for maximum kingdom work and fruitfulness,

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 it is good and helpful to remind ourselves who we are,

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 what we are to do,

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 and to what end.

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 And so with these things in mind,

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 please read with me Matthew chapter 5, verse 13.

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 This is the Sermon on the Mount.

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 Jesus says,

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 You are the salt of the earth.

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 But if salt has lost its saltiness,

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 how is it to be made salty again?

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 It is good for nothing except to be cast out and trampled underfoot by men.

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 You are the light of the world.

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 A city on a mountain cannot be hidden,

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 nor does anyone light a lamp and place it under a basket,

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 but on a lampstand,

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 and it shines its light before all in the house.

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 In this way,

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 your light must shine before men,

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 so that they may see your good works,

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 and they may glorify your Father,

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 who is in the heavens.

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 So as the church,

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 who are we?

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 The answer to this question serves as our first heading,

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 if you're taking notes.

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 We are signs of the new covenant.

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 Who are we?

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 We are signs of the new covenant.

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 Read verse 13 again.

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 You are the salt of the earth.

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 But if salt has lost its saltiness,

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 how is it to be made salty again?

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 It's good for nothing except to be cast out,

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 trampled underfoot by men.

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 There are many interpretations

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 on what this salt metaphor is intended to convey.

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 Perhaps most famously,

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 we've probably all heard at some point

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 from faithful Christians,

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 they'll lean into this idea of salt as a preservative,

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 and so we're meant to be agents of preservation,

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 is kind of the idea.

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 Others have talked about it being a tasty thing,

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 and so the point is to live lives that are tasty.

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 I don't know.

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 Be good, pleasing,

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 perhaps nutritious is kind of the idea there.

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 And while these ideas are certainly true theologically,

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 we should be agents of preservation,

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 we should live tasty lives,

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 they're secondary at best, I think.

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 I want to convince you these ideas

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 are not actually the primary thrust of this metaphor.

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 Rather, Jesus intends to convey that

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 we, his disciples, the church,

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 we are the new covenant people of God.

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 Salt in Scripture is often tied to covenant.

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 You can think of places like Leviticus 2.13,

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 Numbers 18.19.

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 But I want to read to you 2 Chronicles 13.5,

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 because I think it makes this point clear.

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 Samuel writes,

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 Ought you not to know,

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 in other words, you better know, right?

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 Ought you not to know

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 that the Lord God of Israel gave the kingship over Israel

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 forever to David and his sons

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 by a covenant of salt.

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 So notice that.

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 Something about this Davidic covenant is forever.

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 It is made with David,

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 but it affects his sons.

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 The new covenant fulfillment of this

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 is the new David, Jesus Christ,

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 and his disciples.

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 So the salt of the Davidic covenant

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 is a sign of the permanence

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 of God's promises to David.

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 And so likewise, amazingly,

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 Jesus is saying to you and I today,

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 to his disciples on the mount in Matthew 5,

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 he's saying,

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 you are a sign of the new covenant.

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 You are a sign of God's faithfulness

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 to his redemptive plan.

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 You are a sign of the day and age

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 in which we live,

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 which is the last days.

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 And Jesus' packed words,

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 you are,

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 you and I together,

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 are

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 salt

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 of the earth.

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 Now, perhaps some of you

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 aren't totally convinced

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 of this covenant tie-in just yet,

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 but as the commercials used to say

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 when I was a kid,

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 just wait.

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 There's more.

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 Look at verse 14 with me again.

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 Matthew writes,

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 you are

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 the light

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 of the world.

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 A city set on a mountain

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 cannot

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 be hidden.

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 So this verse is parallel

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 to verse 13.

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 You have the

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 double construction.

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 You are,

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 you are,

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 you are the salt of the earth.

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 You are the light of the world.

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 And because of its repetitive structure,

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 we should already be thinking

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 these are mutually interpretive.

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 In other words,

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 these two metaphors

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 help us understand

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 the other.

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 And so the word

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 or the idea of light,

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 as you all well know,

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 is a

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 polyvalent term

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 in scripture,

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 right?

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 Your mind's probably already running

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 with all these things

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 light can convey.

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 Light as truth,

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 light as wisdom,

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 light as beauty,

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 light as glory,

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 or revelation

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 or so many other

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 good and true,

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 wonderful things.

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 And I think that's,

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 that's all in play here.

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 Nonetheless,

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 I also think with

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 many interpreters

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 before me

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 that Jesus

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 is primarily

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 speaking of our

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 identity as

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 signs

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 of the new covenant.

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 That through this metaphor,

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 he's telling us

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 we are

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 the people

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 of God.

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 God speaking

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 through Isaiah

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 says in Isaiah 42

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 verse 6,

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 he says,

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 I am the Lord.

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 I have called you

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 in righteousness.

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 I will take you

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 by the hand

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 and keep you.

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 I will give you

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 as a covenant

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 for the people

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 a light

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 for the nations.

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 I think that's where

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 this light of the world

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 language is coming from.

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 And so

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 in Isaiah 42

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 6,

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 there is this

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 both and aspect

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 to this.

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 On the one hand,

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 Isaiah 42 6

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 is about Christ.

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 John 8,

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 12 makes this clear.

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 Jesus says,

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 I am the light

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 of the world.

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 But on the other hand,

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 as we've seen,

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 Jesus also says

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 in our text today

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 that we,

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 his church,

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 are the light

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 of the world.

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 And so marvel at this.

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 Such,

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 such is our identity

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 with Christ

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 that just as he is

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 the light of the world,

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 we too get to claim

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 by grace through faith

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 that we

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 are the light

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 of the world.

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 You and I.

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 Paul,

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 in his own words,

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 touches on this

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 in Ephesians 2.

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 I'd love to read

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 the whole passage,

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 but I'm just going to read

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 verses 6

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 and jump to verse 9.

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 But Paul writes,

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 stating,

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 this mystery

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 is that the Gentiles

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 are fellow heirs,

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 members of the same body

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 and partakers

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 of the promise

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 in Christ Jesus

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 through the gospel.

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 He continues on

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 in verse 9,

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 describing his own ministry,

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 and he says,

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 to bring to light

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 for everyone

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 what is the plan

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 of the mystery

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 hidden for ages

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 in God

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 who created all things,

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 so that through

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 the church

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 the manifold wisdom

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 of God

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 might be made

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 known.

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 Paul's mystery

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 and his reference

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 to the church

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 displaying that mystery

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 by bringing it to light

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 is synonymous

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 with Jesus' teaching

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 in Matthew 5.

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 We are heralds.

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 We are announcing

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 this new age,

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 this new dawning

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 of salvation,

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 revelation,

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 and light of Christ's coming

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 and the new covenant.

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 So don't miss

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 what Jesus says.

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 He says,

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 we are the light

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 of the world.

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 This is anticipating

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 the universal possession

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 and blessing

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 as promised

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 to Abraham.

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 This is covenantal.

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 The new covenant

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 does not merely promise

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 the geographical land

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 called Israel today,

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 but it entails

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 all of the new earth

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 with Jew

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 and Gentile

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 alike.

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 And additionally,

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 I want you to notice

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 Jesus compares

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 the visibility

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 of light

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 in this passage

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 with the visibility

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 of a city

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 on a mountain.

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 And this is no

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 strange thing

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 in his

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 context.

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 In the ancient world,

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 light is a scarce thing.

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 They had no concept

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 of light pollution

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 the way we do today.

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 Things got really dark

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 at night.

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 And so if you did

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 see a light at night,

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 if you saw things going,

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 it's because something

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 was burning.

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 And so it was

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 an expensive endeavor

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 to keep the lights on

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 in a city especially.

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 And while he doesn't

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 make it explicit,

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 I think Jesus

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 is picturing

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 a well-lit

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 city.

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 In other words,

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 not only is this city

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 so visible

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 because of its

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 prominent position

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 on high,

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 but it's actually

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 lit up

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 in a dark

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 world.

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 I think that is

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 the picture

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 he's creating.

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 The city

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 is a beacon.

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 And this is in

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 contrast

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 to the Romans,

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 by the way.

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 You may know

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 the famous Roman

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 Cicero,

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 for example,

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 refers to Rome

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 as, quote,

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 the light of the world

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 and the refuge

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 of all nations.

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 Wonder where he got that.

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 And so Jesus

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 is saying something

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 that is inherently

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 anti-Roman.

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 But more importantly,

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 more foundationally,

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 I think Jesus

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 is describing

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 a specific city.

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 In other words,

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 I don't think

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 Jesus is just

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 describing any

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 old generic city

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 for argument's sake.

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 I think Jesus

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 is teaching

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 on the

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 new

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 Jerusalem,

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 the Jerusalem

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 from above.

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 His audience

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 would have understood

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 this.

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 They have Old Testament

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 scripture that speaks

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 to this.

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 These symbols

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 are so alive

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 in their minds.

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 Just one example,

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 Zechariah 8.3.

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 We have this connection

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 of a renewed Jerusalem

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 and the holy mountain

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 of God.

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 Zechariah 8.3,

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 Thus says the Lord,

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 I have returned

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 to Zion

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 and will dwell

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 in the midst

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 of Jerusalem

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 and Jerusalem

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 shall be called

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 the faithful city

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 and the mountain

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 of the Lord of hosts,

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 the holy mountain.

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 So he's anticipating

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 a day where Israel,

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 Jerusalem,

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 are living rightly

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 with their God.

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 And so not only

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 do we have this

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 Old Testament

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 anticipation

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 of this new city

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 and this mountain

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 following these things,

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 but going along

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 with the covenantal

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 contours of Matthew 5

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 regarding the salt

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 and the light

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 and bear in mind

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 the setting

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 of the sermon,

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 right?

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 Jesus goes up

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 on a mount

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 in Matthew 5.1

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 and as the new Moses

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 begins to teach

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 on the law,

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 the Sermon on the Mount,

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 right?

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 When you input

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 all this imagery,

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 the natural output

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 in verses 13 through 16

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 is that Jesus

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 is describing

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 the new Jerusalem.

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 And he does this later

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 in the Sermon on the Mount

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 as well.

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 If you look at Matthew 6.10

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 in his prayer,

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 he models this

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 and asks the Heavenly Father,

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 he says,

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 your kingdom come,

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 your will be done

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 on earth

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 as it is in heaven.

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 In other words,

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 Father God,

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 bring down

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 the new Jerusalem.

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 And of course,

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 the new Jerusalem,

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 the new creation

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 is associated

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 regularly with light.

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 Revelation 21,

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 23 through 24

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 makes this perhaps

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 most plain.

00:14:17.559 --> 00:14:18.480
 Where John writing

00:14:18.480 --> 00:14:19.340
 of the new Jerusalem

00:14:19.340 --> 00:14:19.980
 says,

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 the city has no need

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 of sun or moon

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 to shine on it

00:14:24.799 --> 00:14:26.720
 for the glory of God

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 gives it light

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 and its lamp

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 is the lamb.

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 By its light

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 will the nations

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 walk

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 and the kings

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 of the earth

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 will bring their glory

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 into it.

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 God's saints

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 will be the saints

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 of the earth

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 So who are we?

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 Friends,

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 we are not only

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 God's saints

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 as the saints

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 of old were,

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 but uniquely

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 we are God's

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 new covenant

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 people

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 here on

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 earth.

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 We are the

00:14:55.519 --> 00:14:56.620
 first fruits

00:14:56.620 --> 00:14:57.759
 of a new creation.

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 We are already

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 citizens

00:14:59.759 --> 00:15:01.100
 of this new Jerusalem

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 that is yet to come

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 in full.

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 And so we uniquely

00:15:05.360 --> 00:15:06.640
 in hindsight

00:15:06.640 --> 00:15:08.980
 get to proclaim

00:15:08.980 --> 00:15:09.560
 the victory

00:15:09.560 --> 00:15:10.220
 of our God

00:15:10.220 --> 00:15:11.280
 through his son

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 in light of his

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 finished work.

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 You and I

00:15:16.820 --> 00:15:17.800
 as heralds

00:15:17.800 --> 00:15:18.660
 of this new covenant

00:15:18.660 --> 00:15:20.840
 get the transformed

00:15:20.840 --> 00:15:22.200
 hearts promised

00:15:22.200 --> 00:15:23.460
 by the prophets

00:15:23.460 --> 00:15:24.900
 produced by the

00:15:24.900 --> 00:15:25.800
 indwelling spirit

00:15:25.799 --> 00:15:27.339
 such that our

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 very lives

00:15:28.219 --> 00:15:29.240
 are signs

00:15:29.240 --> 00:15:30.979
 of the work

00:15:30.979 --> 00:15:31.500
 of God

00:15:31.500 --> 00:15:32.599
 signs of

00:15:32.599 --> 00:15:33.959
 the new

00:15:33.959 --> 00:15:34.679
 covenant.

00:15:36.279 --> 00:15:36.699
 And chiefly

00:15:36.699 --> 00:15:37.459
 as I preached

00:15:37.459 --> 00:15:37.959
 previously

00:15:37.959 --> 00:15:38.699
 our love

00:15:38.699 --> 00:15:39.399
 for one another

00:15:39.399 --> 00:15:40.240
 in particular

00:15:40.240 --> 00:15:41.279
 demonstrates

00:15:41.279 --> 00:15:42.539
 this

00:15:42.539 --> 00:15:44.019
 truth.

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 We are

00:15:45.879 --> 00:15:46.539
 the salt

00:15:46.539 --> 00:15:47.139
 of the earth.

00:15:47.259 --> 00:15:47.699
 We are

00:15:47.699 --> 00:15:48.039
 the light

00:15:48.039 --> 00:15:48.439
 of the world

00:15:48.439 --> 00:15:49.339
 because we are

00:15:49.339 --> 00:15:50.500
 Christ

00:15:50.500 --> 00:15:51.000
 and we are

00:15:51.000 --> 00:15:51.599
 in Christ

00:15:51.599 --> 00:15:52.379
 by grace

00:15:52.379 --> 00:15:53.099
 through

00:15:53.099 --> 00:15:54.259
 faith.

00:15:55.799 --> 00:15:58.579
 Jesus is so

00:15:58.579 --> 00:15:59.339
 serious about

00:15:59.339 --> 00:16:00.359
 identifying us

00:16:00.359 --> 00:16:01.120
 in this way

00:16:01.120 --> 00:16:01.699
 with him

00:16:01.699 --> 00:16:02.919
 that both

00:16:02.919 --> 00:16:03.779
 these metaphors

00:16:03.779 --> 00:16:04.459
 come with

00:16:04.459 --> 00:16:05.939
 urgent words.

00:16:07.039 --> 00:16:07.379
 If you look

00:16:07.379 --> 00:16:08.159
 at verse 13

00:16:08.159 --> 00:16:08.839
 again regarding

00:16:08.839 --> 00:16:09.319
 the salt

00:16:09.319 --> 00:16:09.699
 metaphor

00:16:09.699 --> 00:16:11.379
 he says

00:16:11.379 --> 00:16:11.639
 you are

00:16:11.639 --> 00:16:12.000
 the salt

00:16:12.000 --> 00:16:12.500
 of the earth

00:16:12.500 --> 00:16:13.299
 but if salt

00:16:13.299 --> 00:16:13.779
 has lost

00:16:13.779 --> 00:16:14.459
 its saltiness

00:16:14.459 --> 00:16:14.879
 how is it

00:16:14.879 --> 00:16:15.379
 to be made

00:16:15.379 --> 00:16:15.919
 salty?

00:16:17.019 --> 00:16:17.759
 It's good

00:16:17.759 --> 00:16:18.500
 for nothing

00:16:18.500 --> 00:16:19.299
 but to be

00:16:19.299 --> 00:16:20.059
 cast out

00:16:20.059 --> 00:16:20.959
 trampled

00:16:20.959 --> 00:16:22.279
 underfoot

00:16:22.279 --> 00:16:23.159
 by men.

00:16:24.379 --> 00:16:24.919
 Likewise

00:16:24.919 --> 00:16:25.360
 with the

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 light

00:16:25.559 --> 00:16:25.899
 metaphor

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 he says

00:16:26.319 --> 00:16:26.639
 in verse

00:16:26.639 --> 00:16:27.219
 15

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 nor does

00:16:28.679 --> 00:16:28.959
 anyone

00:16:28.959 --> 00:16:29.439
 light a

00:16:29.439 --> 00:16:29.719
 lamp

00:16:29.719 --> 00:16:30.059
 and put

00:16:30.059 --> 00:16:30.379
 it under

00:16:30.379 --> 00:16:31.259
 a basket

00:16:31.259 --> 00:16:32.419
 you can

00:16:32.419 --> 00:16:32.759
 hear the

00:16:32.759 --> 00:16:33.459
 absurdity

00:16:33.459 --> 00:16:34.059
 in that

00:16:34.059 --> 00:16:34.679
 nobody

00:16:34.679 --> 00:16:35.360
 does that

00:16:35.360 --> 00:16:36.659
 but he

00:16:36.659 --> 00:16:37.000
 puts it

00:16:37.000 --> 00:16:37.299
 on a

00:16:37.299 --> 00:16:37.579
 lamp

00:16:37.579 --> 00:16:38.000
 stamp

00:16:38.000 --> 00:16:39.099
 and it

00:16:39.099 --> 00:16:39.479
 shines

00:16:39.479 --> 00:16:39.879
 before

00:16:39.879 --> 00:16:40.559
 all

00:16:40.559 --> 00:16:42.379
 in the

00:16:42.379 --> 00:16:42.919
 house

00:16:42.919 --> 00:16:44.579
 and so

00:16:44.579 --> 00:16:44.839
 Jesus

00:16:44.839 --> 00:16:45.360
 has a

00:16:45.360 --> 00:16:45.839
 certain

00:16:45.839 --> 00:16:46.360
 implied

00:16:46.360 --> 00:16:47.079
 warning

00:16:47.079 --> 00:16:47.539
 and

00:16:47.539 --> 00:16:48.360
 exhortation

00:16:48.360 --> 00:16:48.679
 here

00:16:48.679 --> 00:16:50.059
 the warning

00:16:50.059 --> 00:16:50.559
 is

00:16:50.559 --> 00:16:51.399
 don't

00:16:51.399 --> 00:16:51.759
 become

00:16:51.759 --> 00:16:52.459
 useless

00:16:52.460 --> 00:16:53.700
 be

00:16:53.700 --> 00:16:54.519
 who

00:16:54.519 --> 00:16:55.160
 you

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 are

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 you

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 are

00:16:57.440 --> 00:16:57.639
 the

00:16:57.639 --> 00:16:57.920
 sign

00:16:57.920 --> 00:16:58.040
 of

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 the

00:16:58.120 --> 00:16:58.340
 new

00:16:58.340 --> 00:16:58.780
 covenant

00:16:58.780 --> 00:16:58.980
 this

00:16:58.980 --> 00:16:59.259
 identity

00:16:59.259 --> 00:16:59.540
 has been

00:16:59.540 --> 00:16:59.800
 given

00:16:59.800 --> 00:17:00.139
 to you

00:17:00.139 --> 00:17:00.800
 by grace

00:17:00.800 --> 00:17:02.879
 fulfill

00:17:02.879 --> 00:17:03.280
 it

00:17:03.280 --> 00:17:04.000
 be it

00:17:04.000 --> 00:17:04.660
 embody

00:17:04.660 --> 00:17:05.200
 it

00:17:05.200 --> 00:17:06.940
 and so

00:17:06.940 --> 00:17:07.460
 the implied

00:17:07.460 --> 00:17:08.180
 exhortation

00:17:08.180 --> 00:17:08.539
 here is

00:17:08.539 --> 00:17:08.900
 this

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 if you're

00:17:09.460 --> 00:17:09.860
 salt

00:17:09.860 --> 00:17:10.180
 be

00:17:10.180 --> 00:17:11.200
 salty

00:17:11.200 --> 00:17:11.720
 if you're

00:17:11.720 --> 00:17:12.160
 light

00:17:12.160 --> 00:17:13.680
 don't be

00:17:13.680 --> 00:17:14.200
 hidden

00:17:14.200 --> 00:17:15.200
 but expose

00:17:15.200 --> 00:17:15.680
 the good

00:17:15.680 --> 00:17:16.160
 news

00:17:16.160 --> 00:17:17.680
 of Jesus

00:17:17.680 --> 00:17:18.200
 Christ

00:17:18.200 --> 00:17:18.840
 and his

00:17:18.840 --> 00:17:19.140
 new

00:17:19.140 --> 00:17:19.600
 covenant

00:17:19.599 --> 00:17:20.740
 on all

00:17:20.740 --> 00:17:23.179
 and so

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 we

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 are

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 the salt

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 of the

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 earth

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 we are

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 the light

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 of the

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 world

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 we are

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 signs

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 of

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 the new

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 covenant

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 but what

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 kind of

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 activity

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 or what

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 kind of

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 work

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 does this

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 actually

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 entail

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 right

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 moving

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 moving

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 beyond

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 but not

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 without

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 these

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 metaphors

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 what are

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 we to

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 actually

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 do

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 as

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 signs

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 of the

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 new

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 covenant

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 right

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 what's

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 our

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 job

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 as

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 citizens

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 of

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 the

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 new

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 Jerusalem

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 here

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 and

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 now

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 this

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 is

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 our

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 second

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 question

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 what

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 do

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 we

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 do

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 second

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 heading

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 we do

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 good

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 works

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 before

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 a

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 watching

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 world

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 we do

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 good

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 works

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 before

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 watching

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 world

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 look

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 back

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 at

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 verse

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 16

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 with

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 me

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 Jesus

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 says

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 in

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 this

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 way

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 your

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 light

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 must

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 shine

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 before

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 men

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 so

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 that

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 they

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 may

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 see

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 your

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 good

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 works

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 being

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 the

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 light

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 on a

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 lamp

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 stand

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 being

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 a

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 city

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 on

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 a

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 mountain

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 being

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 the

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 light

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 of

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 the

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 world

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 how

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 could

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 the

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 world

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 not

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 see

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 us

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 and

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 yet

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 Jesus

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 command

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 here

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 shows

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 us

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 he

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 is

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 aware

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 we

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 often

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 fail

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 to

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 live

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 up

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 to

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 the

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 identity

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 we've

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 been

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 given

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 by

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 grace

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 as

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 salt

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 in

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 light

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 and

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 so

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 he

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 says

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 in

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 the

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 manner

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 of

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 such

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 a

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 city

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 in

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 the

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 manner

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 of

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 such

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 a

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 light

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 in

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 the

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 manner

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 of

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 salt

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 we're

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 to

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 live

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 our

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 lives

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 such

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 that

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 we

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 are

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 noticeable

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 why

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 will

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 we

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 be

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 noticeable

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 not

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 because

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 of

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 worldly

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 standards

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 it

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 won't

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 be

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 because

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 of

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 our

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 wealth

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 it

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 won't

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 be

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 because

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 of

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 our

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 our

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 looks

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 or

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 our

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 intelligence

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 it

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 won't

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 be

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 because

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 of

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 our

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 positions

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 of

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 authority

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 or

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 power

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 in

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 this

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 fallen

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 world

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 no

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 none

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 of

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 these

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 things

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 but

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 what

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 are

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 good

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 works

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 our

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 light

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 shining

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 is

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 our

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 good

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 works

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 what

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 are

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 good

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 works

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 well

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 he's

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 talking

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 about

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 righteousness

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 and

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 not

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 just

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 the

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 judicial

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 imputed

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 righteousness

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 that

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 Paul

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 talks

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 about

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 as

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 good

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 and

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 as

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 important

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 as

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 gospel

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 as

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 that

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 is

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 we

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 need

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 that

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 but

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 in

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 the

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 gospel

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 of

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 Matthew

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 when

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 this

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 word

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 righteousness

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 is

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 used

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 he's

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 actually

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 almost

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 always

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 talking

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 about

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 practical

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 righteousness

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 in other

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 words

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 the

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 actual

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 heart

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 disposition

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 and the

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 ensuing

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 actions

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 from that

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 heart

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 that

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 are

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 righteous

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 that

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 are

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 good

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 and

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 this

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 righteousness

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 is a

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 it's a

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 heart

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 and a

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 life

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 ultimately

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 marked

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 by

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 mercy

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 if you

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 want some

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 Matthew

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 theology

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 big

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 picture

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 stuff

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 that's

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 it

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 like

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 mercy

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 is

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 the

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 quintessential

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 virtue

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 of a

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 righteous

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 life

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 another

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 sermon

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 for

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 another

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 day

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 but

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 even

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 that

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 big

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 idea

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 of

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 mercy

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 is

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 this

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 tapestry

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 interwoven

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 throughout

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 Matthew

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 and

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 inseparable

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 from

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 love

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 kindness

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 peace

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 patience

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 faith

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 giving

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 generously

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 proper

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 ordering

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 of one's

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 loves

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 love

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 for

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 God

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 first

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 and

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 from

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 that

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 love

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 for

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 neighbor

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 among

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 so

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 many

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 other

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 good

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 things

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 in

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 fact

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 the

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 entire

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 sermon

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 on

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 the

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 mount

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 is

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 actually

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 about

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 this

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 true

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 righteousness

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 this

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 inner

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 righteousness

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 that's

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 Jesus'

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 thesis

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 statement

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 of the

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 sermon

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 if you

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 look at

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 Matthew

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 5

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 20

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 he

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 says

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 for

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 I

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 tell

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 you

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 unless

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 your

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 righteousness

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 exceeds

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 that of

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 the

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 scribes

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 and

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 Pharisees

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 you

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 will

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 never

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 enter

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 the

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 kingdom

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 of

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 the

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 heavens

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 well

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 how can

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 our

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 righteousness

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 exceed the

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 scribes

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 and

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 Pharisees

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 this is

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 his

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 point

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 it's

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 that

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 by

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 being

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 internally

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 righteous

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 and

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 then

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 living

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 out

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 that

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 righteousness

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 remember

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 the

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 Pharisees

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 are

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 white

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 washed

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 tombs

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 they

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 are

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 hypocrites

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 they

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 are

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 dead

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 on

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 the

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 inside

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 that's

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 their

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 big

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 problem

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 but

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 you

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 and

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 I

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 by

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 grace

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 as

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 salt

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 and

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 light

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 we

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 are

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 good

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 trees

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 that

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 bear

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 good

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 fruit

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 we're

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 actually

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 made

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 whole

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 by

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 Christ

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 such

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 that

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 our

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 yes

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 is

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 our

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 yes

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 and

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 our

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 no

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 is

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 our

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 no

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 in

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 other

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 words

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 our

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 hearts

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 are

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 aligned

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 with

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 our

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 actions

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 and

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 we

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 have

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 this

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 this

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 integrity

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 this

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 wholeness

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 brought

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 about

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 not

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 perfection

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 but

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 wholeness

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 and

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 this

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 is

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 the

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 greater

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 righteousness

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 the

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 exceeding

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 righteousness

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 of which

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 take

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 that

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 right

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 this

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 this

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 internal

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 heart

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 of flesh

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 that we've

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 been given

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 in fulfillment

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 of the new

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 covenant

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 take

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 that

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 and make

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 it shine

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 before

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 men

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 let them

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 see

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 your good

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 works

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 your

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 righteousness

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 righteousness

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 to play

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 on the

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 title

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 of Cal

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 Newport's

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 book

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 which has

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 nothing

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 to do

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 with

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 this

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 be

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 so

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 good

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 they

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 can't

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 ignore

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 you

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 now

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 someone

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 might

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 wonder

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 doesn't

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 Jesus

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 forbid

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 this

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 doesn't

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 he say

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 we ought

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 not

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 sound

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 the

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 trumpet

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 before

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 us

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 when

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 we

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 pray

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 does

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 he

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 not

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 tell

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 us

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 in

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 Matthew

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 6

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 1

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 beware

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 of

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 practicing

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 your

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 righteousness

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 before

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 others

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 Jesus

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 point

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 there

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 is

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 not

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 that

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 we

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 ought

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 to

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 hide

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 our

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 righteousness

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 if

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 it

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 was

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 then

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 he'd

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 be

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 contradicting

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 himself

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 because

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 it's

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 very

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 plain

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 in

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 13

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 through

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 16

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 he

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 wants

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 us

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 to

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 be

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 loud

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 and

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 proud

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 right

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 to

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 be

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 righteous

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 to

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 be

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 a

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 light

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 on

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 a

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 hill

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 his

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 point

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 rather

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 in

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 Matthew

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 6

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 1

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 and

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 these

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 other

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 texts

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 where

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 he

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 warns

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 against

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 this

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 practicing

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 of

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 righteousness

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 is

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 when

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 we

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 beware

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 of

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 practicing

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 your

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 righteousness

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 before

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 other

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 people

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 in

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 order

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 to

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 be

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 seen

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 by

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 them

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 that's

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 the

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 concern

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 but

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 for

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 God's

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 people

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 who

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 have

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 been

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 saved

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 by

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 grace

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 through

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 faith

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 on

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 account

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 of

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 the

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 personal

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 work

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 of

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 we

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 actually

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 are

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 signs

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 and

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 we

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 are

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 to

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 demonstrate

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 the

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 faithfulness

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 of

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 God

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 by

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 our

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 righteousness

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 if

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 you

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 are

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 indeed

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 a

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 saved

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 citizen

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 of

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 this

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 well-lit

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 city

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 on

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 a

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 hill

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 you

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 cannot

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 be

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 hidden

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 and

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 you

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 must

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 not

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 be

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 hidden

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 but

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 to

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 what

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 end

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 it's

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 not

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 for

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 the

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 sake

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 of

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 being

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 seen

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 by

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 others

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 that's

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 clear

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 from

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 Matthew

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 6

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 1

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 our

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 inner

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 righteousness

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 gifted

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 to

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 us

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 by

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 grace

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 what

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 is

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 this

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 all

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 for

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 here

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 and

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 now

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 in

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 this

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 fallen

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 world

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 what

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 are

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 we

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 aiming

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 at

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 to

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 what

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 end

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 our

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 third

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 question

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 heading

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 number

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 three

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 to

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 the

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 glory

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 of

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 our

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 father

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 to

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 the

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 glory

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 of

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 our

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 father

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 look

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 at

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 verse

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 16

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 again

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 with

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 me

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 Jesus

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 says

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 so

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 your

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 light

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 must

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 shine

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 before

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 men

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 so

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 that

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 they

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 may

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 see

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 your

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 good

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 works

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 and

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 they

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 may

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 glorify

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 your

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 father

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 who

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 is

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 in

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 the

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 heavens

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 we

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 do

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 good

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 works

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 before

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 the

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 eyes

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 of

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 a

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 watching

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 world

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 to

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 the

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 glory

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 of

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 our

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 God

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 our

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 father

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 our

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 text

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 is

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 climaxing

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 with

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 this

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 very

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 progression

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 note

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 how

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 Jesus

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 begins

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 with

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 the

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 salt

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 of

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 the

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 earth

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 he

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 moves

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 to

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 the

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 light

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 of

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 the

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 world

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 and

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 to

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 our

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 father

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 in

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 the

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 heavens

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 as

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 signs

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 of

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 the

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 new

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 covenant

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 we

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 are

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 meant

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 to

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 be

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 a

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 guide

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 to

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 others

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 so

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 that

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 they

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 too

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 in

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 response

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 to

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 seeing

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 our

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 good

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 works

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 that

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 they

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 may

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 glorify

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 our

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 father

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 right

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 that's

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 that's

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 just

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 logical

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 if

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 I'm

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 going

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 around

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 announcing

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 the

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 goodness

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 of

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 the

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 goodness

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 of

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 the

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 gospel

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 the

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 truth

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 and

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 reality

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 of

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 the

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 new

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 covenant

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 and

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 the

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 hearts

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 promised

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 within

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 that

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 new

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 covenant

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 yet

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 myself

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 not

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 living

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 righteously

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 not

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 actually

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 embodying

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 the truth

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 I'm

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 proclaiming

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 why

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 would

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 anyone

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 take

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 me

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 seriously

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 they

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 couldn't

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 they

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 shouldn't

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 and so

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 beloved

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 while we

00:26:16.519 --> 00:26:16.819
 need to

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 share

00:26:17.120 --> 00:26:17.279
 the

00:26:17.279 --> 00:26:17.660
 gospel

00:26:17.660 --> 00:26:17.920
 with

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 our

00:26:18.079 --> 00:26:18.519
 words

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 so

00:26:18.700 --> 00:26:18.839
 that

00:26:18.839 --> 00:26:18.980
 they

00:26:18.980 --> 00:26:19.160
 can

00:26:19.160 --> 00:26:19.440
 hear

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 it

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 and

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 faith

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 be

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 produced

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 and

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 Romans

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 10

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 17

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 kind

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 of

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 things

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 as

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 important

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 and

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 good

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 and

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 essential

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 as

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 that

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 lest

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 our

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 words

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 be

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 empty

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 not

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 perfect

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 lives

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 but

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 demonstrably

00:26:34.180 --> 00:26:35.160
 transformed

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 and

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 trustworthy

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 lives

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 lives

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 that

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 commend

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 themselves

00:26:40.480 --> 00:26:40.820
 that

00:26:40.820 --> 00:26:41.360
 commend

00:26:41.360 --> 00:26:42.040
 the

00:26:42.040 --> 00:26:42.380
 gospel

00:26:42.380 --> 00:26:42.580
 that

00:26:42.580 --> 00:26:43.180
 adorn

00:26:43.180 --> 00:26:44.259
 the

00:26:44.259 --> 00:26:44.779
 gospel

00:26:44.779 --> 00:26:47.300
 just

00:26:47.300 --> 00:26:47.660
 consider

00:26:47.660 --> 00:26:48.100
 Peter's

00:26:48.100 --> 00:26:48.600
 encouragement

00:26:48.600 --> 00:26:49.279
 in a very

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 specific

00:26:49.720 --> 00:26:50.400
 and difficult

00:26:50.400 --> 00:26:51.200
 context

00:26:51.200 --> 00:26:51.500
 to

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 Christian

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 women

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 married

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 to

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 unbelievers

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 he says

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 in 1st

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 Peter

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 chapter 3

00:26:56.440 --> 00:26:56.720
 verses

00:26:56.720 --> 00:26:57.019
 1

00:26:57.019 --> 00:26:57.180
 through

00:26:57.180 --> 00:26:57.560
 2

00:26:57.560 --> 00:26:58.820
 likewise

00:26:58.820 --> 00:26:59.560
 wives

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 be subject

00:27:00.220 --> 00:27:00.600
 to your

00:27:00.600 --> 00:27:00.740
 own

00:27:00.740 --> 00:27:01.120
 husbands

00:27:01.120 --> 00:27:02.519
 so that

00:27:02.519 --> 00:27:02.980
 even if

00:27:02.980 --> 00:27:03.279
 some

00:27:03.279 --> 00:27:03.660
 do not

00:27:03.660 --> 00:27:04.000
 obey

00:27:04.000 --> 00:27:04.220
 the

00:27:04.220 --> 00:27:04.480
 word

00:27:04.480 --> 00:27:04.819
 they may

00:27:04.819 --> 00:27:05.299
 be won

00:27:05.299 --> 00:27:05.920
 without

00:27:05.920 --> 00:27:06.720
 a word

00:27:06.720 --> 00:27:07.980
 by the

00:27:07.980 --> 00:27:08.579
 conduct

00:27:08.579 --> 00:27:09.140
 of their

00:27:09.140 --> 00:27:09.700
 wives

00:27:09.700 --> 00:27:10.200
 when they

00:27:10.200 --> 00:27:11.140
 see

00:27:11.140 --> 00:27:11.440
 your

00:27:11.440 --> 00:27:12.059
 respectful

00:27:12.059 --> 00:27:13.019
 and pure

00:27:13.019 --> 00:27:15.200
 conduct

00:27:15.200 --> 00:27:17.059
 and so

00:27:17.059 --> 00:27:17.460
 our very

00:27:17.460 --> 00:27:18.319
 lives

00:27:18.319 --> 00:27:18.860
 are

00:27:18.860 --> 00:27:19.759
 evidence

00:27:19.759 --> 00:27:20.299
 of God's

00:27:20.299 --> 00:27:20.759
 goodness

00:27:20.759 --> 00:27:21.299
 and when

00:27:21.299 --> 00:27:21.779
 the world

00:27:21.779 --> 00:27:22.620
 sees it

00:27:22.620 --> 00:27:23.900
 they may

00:27:23.900 --> 00:27:24.480
 glorify

00:27:24.480 --> 00:27:26.200
 God

00:27:26.200 --> 00:27:29.440
 now at

00:27:29.440 --> 00:27:29.819
 this point

00:27:29.819 --> 00:27:30.240
 it's important

00:27:30.240 --> 00:27:30.980
 to recall that

00:27:30.980 --> 00:27:31.920
 just before

00:27:31.920 --> 00:27:32.420
 our text

00:27:32.420 --> 00:27:33.059
 this morning

00:27:33.059 --> 00:27:33.900
 we began

00:27:33.900 --> 00:27:34.200
 in verse

00:27:34.200 --> 00:27:34.759
 13

00:27:34.759 --> 00:27:36.079
 but if you

00:27:36.079 --> 00:27:36.360
 go back

00:27:36.360 --> 00:27:36.720
 to verse

00:27:36.720 --> 00:27:36.980
 10

00:27:36.980 --> 00:27:37.500
 through 11

00:27:37.500 --> 00:27:38.360
 Jesus

00:27:38.360 --> 00:27:39.059
 concludes

00:27:39.059 --> 00:27:39.680
 the beatitude

00:27:39.680 --> 00:27:40.140
 section

00:27:40.140 --> 00:27:40.360
 and he

00:27:40.360 --> 00:27:41.059
 says this

00:27:41.059 --> 00:27:43.400
 blessed

00:27:43.400 --> 00:27:43.900
 are those

00:27:43.900 --> 00:27:44.160
 who are

00:27:44.160 --> 00:27:44.700
 persecuted

00:27:44.700 --> 00:27:45.720
 for righteousness

00:27:45.720 --> 00:27:46.500
 sake

00:27:46.500 --> 00:27:48.200
 for theirs

00:27:48.200 --> 00:27:48.839
 is the

00:27:48.839 --> 00:27:49.180
 kingdom

00:27:49.180 --> 00:27:50.140
 of heaven

00:27:50.140 --> 00:27:51.480
 blessed

00:27:51.480 --> 00:27:51.779
 are you

00:27:51.779 --> 00:27:52.259
 when others

00:27:52.259 --> 00:27:52.980
 revile you

00:27:52.980 --> 00:27:53.779
 and persecute

00:27:53.779 --> 00:27:53.920
 you

00:27:53.920 --> 00:27:54.319
 and utter

00:27:54.319 --> 00:27:55.380
 all kinds

00:27:55.380 --> 00:27:55.960
 of evil

00:27:55.960 --> 00:27:56.700
 against you

00:27:56.700 --> 00:27:57.579
 falsely

00:27:57.579 --> 00:27:59.819
 on my

00:27:59.819 --> 00:28:00.579
 account

00:28:00.579 --> 00:28:03.039
 in other

00:28:03.039 --> 00:28:03.179
 words

00:28:03.179 --> 00:28:03.500
 Jesus

00:28:03.500 --> 00:28:03.919
 in our

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 text

00:28:04.199 --> 00:28:04.579
 today

00:28:04.579 --> 00:28:04.939
 he's

00:28:04.939 --> 00:28:05.199
 not

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 promising

00:28:05.699 --> 00:28:06.460
 everyone

00:28:06.460 --> 00:28:07.039
 will

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 love

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 you

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 in

00:28:08.159 --> 00:28:08.679
 response

00:28:08.679 --> 00:28:08.919
 to

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 your

00:28:09.199 --> 00:28:10.220
 righteousness

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 clearly

00:28:10.799 --> 00:28:11.159
 he says

00:28:11.159 --> 00:28:11.439
 we should

00:28:11.439 --> 00:28:11.819
 expect

00:28:11.819 --> 00:28:12.960
 persecution

00:28:12.960 --> 00:28:13.779
 from some

00:28:13.779 --> 00:28:14.720
 for our

00:28:14.720 --> 00:28:15.639
 righteousness

00:28:15.639 --> 00:28:18.960
 but even

00:28:18.960 --> 00:28:19.559
 in their

00:28:19.559 --> 00:28:20.299
 persecution

00:28:20.299 --> 00:28:21.619
 though they

00:28:21.619 --> 00:28:22.199
 do not

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 intend it

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 they glorify

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 our

00:28:26.099 --> 00:28:26.539
 father

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 Peter

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 speaks to

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 this as

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 well

00:28:30.379 --> 00:28:30.759
 in 1

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 Peter

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 2

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 12

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 saying

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 keep

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 your

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 conduct

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 among

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 the

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 Gentiles

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 and by

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 Gentiles

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 he means

00:28:37.440 --> 00:28:38.200
 unbelievers

00:28:38.200 --> 00:28:38.399
 right

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 keep your

00:28:38.740 --> 00:28:39.099
 conduct

00:28:39.099 --> 00:28:39.319
 among

00:28:39.319 --> 00:28:39.480
 the

00:28:39.480 --> 00:28:40.299
 unbelievers

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 honorable

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 so that

00:28:42.759 --> 00:28:43.920
 right

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 this is

00:28:44.159 --> 00:28:44.740
 the reason

00:28:44.740 --> 00:28:45.259
 so that

00:28:45.259 --> 00:28:45.839
 when

00:28:45.839 --> 00:28:46.559
 they speak

00:28:46.559 --> 00:28:46.920
 against

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 you

00:28:47.139 --> 00:28:47.559
 as

00:28:47.559 --> 00:28:48.659
 evildoers

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 they may

00:28:50.500 --> 00:28:50.940
 see your

00:28:50.940 --> 00:28:51.639
 good deeds

00:28:51.639 --> 00:28:52.539
 and glorify

00:28:52.539 --> 00:28:53.159
 God

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 on the

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 day

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 of

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 visitation

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 so

00:28:58.059 --> 00:28:58.239
 thus

00:28:58.239 --> 00:28:58.699
 everyone

00:28:58.699 --> 00:28:58.959
 who

00:28:58.959 --> 00:28:59.759
 responds

00:28:59.759 --> 00:29:00.199
 to our

00:29:00.199 --> 00:29:00.359
 good

00:29:00.359 --> 00:29:00.839
 works

00:29:00.839 --> 00:29:01.279
 when we

00:29:01.279 --> 00:29:01.419
 are

00:29:01.419 --> 00:29:01.879
 shining

00:29:01.879 --> 00:29:02.219
 our

00:29:02.219 --> 00:29:02.599
 light

00:29:02.599 --> 00:29:03.399
 we are

00:29:03.399 --> 00:29:03.659
 living

00:29:03.659 --> 00:29:04.359
 righteously

00:29:04.359 --> 00:29:05.019
 before the

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 eyes

00:29:05.459 --> 00:29:06.699
 of a

00:29:06.699 --> 00:29:07.079
 watching

00:29:07.079 --> 00:29:07.419
 world

00:29:07.419 --> 00:29:08.139
 everyone

00:29:08.139 --> 00:29:09.339
 responds

00:29:09.339 --> 00:29:10.219
 glorifying

00:29:10.219 --> 00:29:10.679
 God

00:29:10.679 --> 00:29:11.899
 it's just

00:29:11.899 --> 00:29:12.339
 a question

00:29:12.339 --> 00:29:12.919
 of is it

00:29:12.919 --> 00:29:13.319
 indirect

00:29:13.319 --> 00:29:13.779
 through

00:29:13.779 --> 00:29:14.419
 persecution

00:29:14.419 --> 00:29:16.159
 or directly

00:29:16.159 --> 00:29:16.739
 through

00:29:16.739 --> 00:29:17.879
 conversion

00:29:17.879 --> 00:29:20.139
 and we

00:29:20.139 --> 00:29:20.839
 rejoice

00:29:20.839 --> 00:29:22.159
 in both

00:29:22.159 --> 00:29:22.579
 in all

00:29:22.579 --> 00:29:23.019
 things

00:29:23.019 --> 00:29:23.240
 our

00:29:23.240 --> 00:29:23.759
 righteousness

00:29:23.759 --> 00:29:24.539
 is meant

00:29:24.539 --> 00:29:26.039
 to display

00:29:26.039 --> 00:29:26.740
 the beauty

00:29:26.740 --> 00:29:27.720
 and supremacy

00:29:27.720 --> 00:29:28.559
 and glory

00:29:28.559 --> 00:29:30.000
 of our

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 God

00:29:31.319 --> 00:29:35.220
 as John

00:29:35.220 --> 00:29:35.720
 Piper has

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 said

00:29:36.000 --> 00:29:36.559
 in proving

00:29:36.559 --> 00:29:37.039
 on the

00:29:37.039 --> 00:29:38.180
 Westminster

00:29:38.180 --> 00:29:38.940
 confession of

00:29:38.940 --> 00:29:39.139
 faith

00:29:39.139 --> 00:29:39.539
 he said

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 the chief

00:29:40.119 --> 00:29:40.700
 end of

00:29:40.700 --> 00:29:41.220
 man

00:29:41.220 --> 00:29:42.539
 is to

00:29:42.539 --> 00:29:43.200
 glorify

00:29:43.200 --> 00:29:43.940
 God

00:29:43.940 --> 00:29:45.359
 by

00:29:45.359 --> 00:29:46.220
 enjoying

00:29:46.220 --> 00:29:46.639
 him

00:29:46.639 --> 00:29:47.680
 forever

00:29:47.680 --> 00:29:49.859
 how do

00:29:49.859 --> 00:29:50.420
 we enjoy

00:29:50.420 --> 00:29:50.720
 God

00:29:50.720 --> 00:29:51.400
 by living

00:29:51.400 --> 00:29:52.640
 righteously

00:29:52.640 --> 00:29:54.299
 for his

00:29:54.299 --> 00:29:54.960
 name's

00:29:54.960 --> 00:29:55.420
 sake

00:29:55.420 --> 00:29:57.640
 proverbs

00:29:57.640 --> 00:29:58.360
 21 3

00:29:58.360 --> 00:29:58.860
 to do

00:29:58.860 --> 00:29:59.240
 what is

00:29:59.240 --> 00:29:59.740
 right

00:29:59.740 --> 00:30:00.759
 and just

00:30:00.759 --> 00:30:01.940
 same root

00:30:01.940 --> 00:30:02.299
 word for

00:30:02.299 --> 00:30:02.680
 righteousness

00:30:02.680 --> 00:30:03.019
 to do

00:30:03.019 --> 00:30:03.259
 what is

00:30:03.259 --> 00:30:03.620
 right

00:30:03.620 --> 00:30:04.400
 and just

00:30:04.400 --> 00:30:06.500
 is more

00:30:06.500 --> 00:30:07.200
 acceptable

00:30:07.200 --> 00:30:07.819
 to the

00:30:07.819 --> 00:30:08.160
 Lord

00:30:08.160 --> 00:30:10.339
 than

00:30:10.339 --> 00:30:11.259
 sacrifice

00:30:11.259 --> 00:30:13.759
 and so

00:30:13.759 --> 00:30:14.120
 beloved

00:30:14.120 --> 00:30:14.940
 as signs

00:30:14.940 --> 00:30:15.279
 of the

00:30:15.279 --> 00:30:15.600
 new

00:30:15.600 --> 00:30:16.480
 covenant

00:30:16.480 --> 00:30:17.940
 witnessing

00:30:17.940 --> 00:30:18.799
 by our

00:30:18.799 --> 00:30:19.860
 good works

00:30:19.859 --> 00:30:21.899
 to God's

00:30:21.899 --> 00:30:22.439
 saving reign

00:30:22.439 --> 00:30:23.059
 coming in

00:30:23.059 --> 00:30:23.519
 and through

00:30:23.519 --> 00:30:24.059
 the person

00:30:24.059 --> 00:30:24.399
 and work

00:30:24.399 --> 00:30:24.699
 of Jesus

00:30:24.699 --> 00:30:25.179
 Christ

00:30:25.179 --> 00:30:26.339
 to the

00:30:26.339 --> 00:30:26.699
 glory of

00:30:26.699 --> 00:30:27.000
 God

00:30:27.000 --> 00:30:29.159
 that we

00:30:29.159 --> 00:30:29.599
 ought to

00:30:29.599 --> 00:30:30.659
 be active

00:30:30.659 --> 00:30:32.079
 strategic

00:30:32.079 --> 00:30:33.419
 ambitious

00:30:33.419 --> 00:30:34.839
 zealous

00:30:34.839 --> 00:30:36.319
 to live

00:30:36.319 --> 00:30:36.959
 lives that

00:30:36.959 --> 00:30:37.539
 commend

00:30:37.539 --> 00:30:37.979
 the

00:30:37.979 --> 00:30:38.599
 righteousness

00:30:38.599 --> 00:30:40.959
 of our

00:30:40.959 --> 00:30:41.419
 great and

00:30:41.419 --> 00:30:41.879
 glorious

00:30:41.879 --> 00:30:43.179
 God

00:30:43.179 --> 00:30:45.559
 it's who

00:30:45.559 --> 00:30:46.019
 we are

00:30:46.019 --> 00:30:46.579
 it's what

00:30:46.579 --> 00:30:46.879
 we

00:30:46.879 --> 00:30:47.899
 live

00:30:47.900 --> 00:30:51.759
 now I'd

00:30:51.759 --> 00:30:52.120
 like to

00:30:52.120 --> 00:30:53.120
 take these

00:30:53.120 --> 00:30:53.720
 closing moments

00:30:53.720 --> 00:30:54.380
 just offer a

00:30:54.380 --> 00:30:55.420
 few additional

00:30:55.420 --> 00:30:56.840
 applications and

00:30:56.840 --> 00:30:58.340
 reflections that I

00:30:58.340 --> 00:30:59.640
 pray Lord willing

00:30:59.640 --> 00:31:00.980
 will help us

00:31:00.980 --> 00:31:01.940
 fulfill this

00:31:01.940 --> 00:31:05.240
 number one

00:31:05.240 --> 00:31:07.759
 memento

00:31:07.759 --> 00:31:08.480
 mori

00:31:08.480 --> 00:31:11.000
 that is the

00:31:11.000 --> 00:31:11.660
 old Latin

00:31:11.660 --> 00:31:12.720
 expression that

00:31:12.720 --> 00:31:13.800
 means remember

00:31:13.800 --> 00:31:15.480
 you will

00:31:15.480 --> 00:31:15.940
 die

00:31:15.940 --> 00:31:17.799
 it's exciting

00:31:17.799 --> 00:31:21.320
 I think about

00:31:21.320 --> 00:31:22.140
 this a lot

00:31:22.140 --> 00:31:23.980
 in Christian

00:31:23.980 --> 00:31:24.539
 history you may

00:31:24.539 --> 00:31:25.039
 well know

00:31:25.039 --> 00:31:26.660
 Christians took

00:31:26.660 --> 00:31:27.519
 this aphorism

00:31:27.519 --> 00:31:27.920
 from the

00:31:27.920 --> 00:31:28.299
 Romans

00:31:28.299 --> 00:31:29.700
 the Romans

00:31:29.700 --> 00:31:30.220
 used to have

00:31:30.220 --> 00:31:31.019
 skulls on their

00:31:31.019 --> 00:31:31.960
 dinner tables as a

00:31:31.960 --> 00:31:32.600
 reminder that they

00:31:32.600 --> 00:31:33.259
 would die and it

00:31:33.259 --> 00:31:33.920
 was meant to remind

00:31:33.920 --> 00:31:34.500
 them to live it

00:31:34.500 --> 00:31:35.740
 up eat drink be

00:31:35.740 --> 00:31:36.480
 merry for tomorrow

00:31:36.480 --> 00:31:36.900
 we die

00:31:36.900 --> 00:31:38.840
 but Christians

00:31:38.840 --> 00:31:39.539
 took this

00:31:39.539 --> 00:31:41.259
 and transfigured

00:31:41.259 --> 00:31:42.380
 it to remember

00:31:42.380 --> 00:31:43.080
 our lives are

00:31:43.080 --> 00:31:43.980
 limited and we

00:31:43.980 --> 00:31:45.680
 will give an

00:31:45.680 --> 00:31:47.420
 account we

00:31:47.420 --> 00:31:48.140
 ought to live

00:31:48.140 --> 00:31:49.140
 well

00:31:49.140 --> 00:31:51.579
 and so my

00:31:51.579 --> 00:31:52.380
 challenge to you

00:31:52.380 --> 00:31:53.079
 from this morning

00:31:53.079 --> 00:31:53.680
 the challenge I'm

00:31:53.680 --> 00:31:54.480
 giving myself

00:31:54.480 --> 00:31:55.539
 again not as a

00:31:55.539 --> 00:31:56.519
 rebuke but as a

00:31:56.519 --> 00:31:57.759
 as an encouragement

00:31:57.759 --> 00:31:58.620
 as a pressing

00:31:58.620 --> 00:32:00.099
 as a zealous

00:32:00.099 --> 00:32:01.759
 effort to keep

00:32:01.759 --> 00:32:02.440
 striving

00:32:02.440 --> 00:32:04.519
 is that in light of

00:32:04.519 --> 00:32:05.200
 this wisdom and in

00:32:05.200 --> 00:32:05.860
 light of this text

00:32:05.860 --> 00:32:06.500
 this morning I want

00:32:06.500 --> 00:32:07.200
 you to ask yourself

00:32:07.200 --> 00:32:08.279
 this week today

00:32:08.279 --> 00:32:10.779
 am I being

00:32:10.779 --> 00:32:11.539
 faithful with the

00:32:11.539 --> 00:32:12.920
 skills resources

00:32:12.920 --> 00:32:13.859
 and opportunities

00:32:13.859 --> 00:32:15.799
 God has given

00:32:15.799 --> 00:32:16.740
 me to have my

00:32:16.740 --> 00:32:17.519
 light shine before

00:32:17.519 --> 00:32:20.079
 others so they

00:32:20.079 --> 00:32:20.980
 may glorify him

00:32:20.980 --> 00:32:23.720
 if you're lacking

00:32:23.720 --> 00:32:24.960
 skills resources

00:32:24.960 --> 00:32:26.000
 and opportunities

00:32:26.000 --> 00:32:26.639
 which I don't

00:32:26.639 --> 00:32:27.319
 think you are

00:32:27.319 --> 00:32:28.240
 but but if you

00:32:28.240 --> 00:32:29.039
 think you are

00:32:29.039 --> 00:32:30.639
 then the question

00:32:30.639 --> 00:32:31.220
 is are you seeking

00:32:31.220 --> 00:32:33.000
 to create and

00:32:33.000 --> 00:32:33.839
 receive skills

00:32:33.839 --> 00:32:34.720
 resources and

00:32:34.720 --> 00:32:35.519
 opportunities for

00:32:35.519 --> 00:32:36.639
 this all important

00:32:36.640 --> 00:32:39.460
 kingdom work

00:32:39.460 --> 00:32:41.400
 I just think of

00:32:41.400 --> 00:32:41.920
 the encouraging

00:32:41.920 --> 00:32:42.960
 words of James

00:32:42.960 --> 00:32:44.000
 and James 1 5

00:32:44.000 --> 00:32:44.620
 with wisdom

00:32:44.620 --> 00:32:45.520
 specifically he

00:32:45.520 --> 00:32:46.900
 says if any of

00:32:46.900 --> 00:32:47.840
 you lacks wisdom

00:32:47.840 --> 00:32:48.460
 right if that if

00:32:48.460 --> 00:32:49.120
 that's if that's

00:32:49.120 --> 00:32:49.780
 the excuse you're

00:32:49.780 --> 00:32:50.320
 writing right if

00:32:50.320 --> 00:32:51.000
 he said if you

00:32:51.000 --> 00:32:53.380
 lack it let him

00:32:53.380 --> 00:32:54.620
 ask God who gives

00:32:54.620 --> 00:32:56.020
 generously to all

00:32:56.020 --> 00:32:58.460
 without reproach

00:32:58.460 --> 00:32:59.460
 and it will be

00:32:59.460 --> 00:33:01.700
 given to him

00:33:01.700 --> 00:33:04.920
 and so if there's

00:33:04.920 --> 00:33:05.940
 any godly

00:33:05.940 --> 00:33:07.200
 ambition among

00:33:07.200 --> 00:33:07.940
 you I want to

00:33:07.940 --> 00:33:08.460
 encourage you

00:33:08.460 --> 00:33:09.920
 pursue it

00:33:09.920 --> 00:33:12.100
 trusting God

00:33:12.100 --> 00:33:13.100
 will provide

00:33:13.100 --> 00:33:14.620
 right take

00:33:14.620 --> 00:33:16.460
 risks for the

00:33:16.460 --> 00:33:16.779
 kingdom

00:33:16.779 --> 00:33:20.420
 and so as a

00:33:20.420 --> 00:33:20.880
 challenge I

00:33:20.880 --> 00:33:21.380
 encourage you all

00:33:21.380 --> 00:33:22.400
 with me examine

00:33:22.400 --> 00:33:23.940
 our lives are we

00:33:23.940 --> 00:33:24.880
 spending ourselves

00:33:24.880 --> 00:33:26.940
 well for the

00:33:26.940 --> 00:33:28.200
 kingdom do we

00:33:28.200 --> 00:33:30.080
 have faith of a

00:33:30.080 --> 00:33:30.880
 mustard seed that

00:33:30.880 --> 00:33:31.539
 can move

00:33:31.539 --> 00:33:33.180
 mountains

00:33:33.180 --> 00:33:36.500
 application number

00:33:36.500 --> 00:33:39.279
 two go and

00:33:39.279 --> 00:33:39.700
 tell

00:33:39.700 --> 00:33:42.579
 it's been

00:33:42.579 --> 00:33:43.119
 remarked by

00:33:43.119 --> 00:33:44.019
 many that the

00:33:44.019 --> 00:33:44.799
 mission of the

00:33:44.799 --> 00:33:45.920
 old testament

00:33:45.920 --> 00:33:46.659
 people of God

00:33:46.659 --> 00:33:47.639
 Israel was a

00:33:47.639 --> 00:33:48.720
 come and see

00:33:48.720 --> 00:33:49.559
 endeavor right

00:33:49.559 --> 00:33:50.039
 come to our

00:33:50.039 --> 00:33:50.980
 hill come come

00:33:50.980 --> 00:33:51.700
 check us out

00:33:51.700 --> 00:33:52.759
 we've got good

00:33:52.759 --> 00:33:53.659
 falafel whatever

00:33:53.660 --> 00:33:56.279
 but the new

00:33:56.279 --> 00:33:57.060
 covenant people of

00:33:57.060 --> 00:33:58.600
 God are a go

00:33:58.600 --> 00:33:59.279
 and tell

00:33:59.279 --> 00:34:00.140
 movement

00:34:00.140 --> 00:34:03.440
 God may call

00:34:03.440 --> 00:34:03.920
 some of you to

00:34:03.920 --> 00:34:04.360
 move out of

00:34:04.360 --> 00:34:05.440
 country at some

00:34:05.440 --> 00:34:06.080
 point that's not

00:34:06.080 --> 00:34:06.759
 necessarily what I'm

00:34:06.759 --> 00:34:07.779
 talking about

00:34:07.779 --> 00:34:09.400
 when I say go

00:34:09.400 --> 00:34:10.760
 and tell

00:34:10.760 --> 00:34:12.659
 rather I'm

00:34:12.659 --> 00:34:14.360
 simply encouraging

00:34:14.360 --> 00:34:15.180
 us all to think

00:34:15.180 --> 00:34:16.260
 together as a body

00:34:16.260 --> 00:34:17.280
 strategically

00:34:17.280 --> 00:34:17.659
 sacrificially

00:34:17.659 --> 00:34:20.440
 for how we

00:34:20.440 --> 00:34:21.019
 might follow

00:34:21.019 --> 00:34:21.500
 through on

00:34:21.500 --> 00:34:22.159
 witnessing to

00:34:22.159 --> 00:34:23.440
 those in our

00:34:23.440 --> 00:34:23.920
 community

00:34:23.920 --> 00:34:26.319
 right tomorrow

00:34:26.319 --> 00:34:27.399
 morning most

00:34:27.399 --> 00:34:28.920
 of us will

00:34:28.920 --> 00:34:30.139
 go to work

00:34:30.139 --> 00:34:31.239
 or we will

00:34:31.239 --> 00:34:32.379
 go to school

00:34:32.379 --> 00:34:32.920
 or we will

00:34:32.920 --> 00:34:34.139
 go to the

00:34:34.139 --> 00:34:34.899
 grocery store

00:34:34.899 --> 00:34:36.299
 and in these

00:34:36.299 --> 00:34:36.920
 places that you

00:34:36.920 --> 00:34:38.000
 go as a sign

00:34:38.000 --> 00:34:38.319
 of the new

00:34:38.319 --> 00:34:39.000
 covenant you

00:34:39.000 --> 00:34:40.239
 ought to tell

00:34:40.239 --> 00:34:42.099
 tell your

00:34:42.099 --> 00:34:42.759
 co-worker about

00:34:42.759 --> 00:34:43.199
 the good news

00:34:43.199 --> 00:34:44.039
 of Jesus Christ

00:34:44.039 --> 00:34:45.440
 tell your

00:34:45.440 --> 00:34:46.399
 classmates your

00:34:46.399 --> 00:34:47.079
 teachers your

00:34:47.079 --> 00:34:47.840
 students your

00:34:47.840 --> 00:34:49.279
 children why

00:34:49.279 --> 00:34:49.799
 you have a

00:34:49.799 --> 00:34:50.739
 such such a

00:34:50.739 --> 00:34:51.619
 hope in you

00:34:51.619 --> 00:34:53.000
 right tell the

00:34:53.000 --> 00:34:53.779
 cashier at

00:34:53.779 --> 00:34:55.279
 Walmart that

00:34:55.279 --> 00:34:55.860
 our church meets

00:34:55.860 --> 00:34:56.900
 at 1045 on

00:34:56.900 --> 00:34:57.480
 AM and would

00:34:57.480 --> 00:34:58.679
 love to have

00:34:58.679 --> 00:34:59.599
 them right go

00:34:59.599 --> 00:35:01.579
 and tell

00:35:01.579 --> 00:35:04.179
 going and

00:35:04.179 --> 00:35:04.679
 telling can

00:35:04.679 --> 00:35:06.340
 also include

00:35:06.340 --> 00:35:07.099
 inviting others

00:35:07.099 --> 00:35:08.179
 to come and

00:35:08.179 --> 00:35:10.360
 see right

00:35:10.360 --> 00:35:11.380
 perhaps you

00:35:11.380 --> 00:35:11.779
 and your family

00:35:11.779 --> 00:35:12.219
 can host

00:35:12.219 --> 00:35:13.000
 unbelievers this

00:35:13.000 --> 00:35:13.519
 week for

00:35:13.519 --> 00:35:14.799
 dinner in your

00:35:14.799 --> 00:35:15.159
 neighborhood

00:35:15.159 --> 00:35:17.319
 form friendships

00:35:17.319 --> 00:35:17.920
 with such

00:35:17.920 --> 00:35:18.659
 persons through

00:35:18.659 --> 00:35:19.879
 pickleball leagues

00:35:19.879 --> 00:35:20.599
 or whatever it

00:35:20.599 --> 00:35:21.099
 is you do

00:35:21.099 --> 00:35:22.539
 right maybe

00:35:22.539 --> 00:35:23.319
 maybe a crew

00:35:23.319 --> 00:35:24.299
 of us this

00:35:24.299 --> 00:35:24.699
 is just an

00:35:24.699 --> 00:35:26.299
 idea volunteers

00:35:26.299 --> 00:35:27.299
 to run the

00:35:27.299 --> 00:35:28.059
 concession stands

00:35:28.059 --> 00:35:28.519
 at Lumpkin

00:35:28.519 --> 00:35:29.819
 County football

00:35:29.819 --> 00:35:30.599
 games right

00:35:30.599 --> 00:35:31.559
 just a way to

00:35:31.559 --> 00:35:32.259
 get out there

00:35:32.259 --> 00:35:32.920
 a way to get

00:35:32.920 --> 00:35:34.119
 our name there

00:35:34.119 --> 00:35:34.819
 a way to

00:35:34.819 --> 00:35:36.219
 shine light

00:35:36.219 --> 00:35:36.960
 in our

00:35:36.960 --> 00:35:37.899
 community

00:35:37.900 --> 00:35:40.420
 and I'll

00:35:40.420 --> 00:35:40.920
 tell you like

00:35:40.920 --> 00:35:41.599
 one of the

00:35:41.599 --> 00:35:42.320
 ways I'm

00:35:42.320 --> 00:35:43.320
 super encouraged

00:35:43.320 --> 00:35:44.099
 by our body

00:35:44.099 --> 00:35:45.240
 uniquely for

00:35:45.240 --> 00:35:45.680
 how well we

00:35:45.680 --> 00:35:46.300
 do this

00:35:46.300 --> 00:35:48.079
 is in the

00:35:48.079 --> 00:35:48.780
 foster care

00:35:48.780 --> 00:35:49.420
 ministry that's

00:35:49.420 --> 00:35:49.800
 just kind of

00:35:49.800 --> 00:35:50.380
 organically

00:35:50.380 --> 00:35:51.059
 developed here

00:35:51.059 --> 00:35:51.420
 over the

00:35:51.420 --> 00:35:51.860
 years

00:35:51.860 --> 00:35:53.800
 and I'm not

00:35:53.800 --> 00:35:54.340
 just thinking

00:35:54.340 --> 00:35:54.800
 of the parents

00:35:54.800 --> 00:35:55.320
 who are actually

00:35:55.320 --> 00:35:55.800
 doing the

00:35:55.800 --> 00:35:56.660
 fostering as

00:35:56.660 --> 00:35:57.059
 great and

00:35:57.059 --> 00:35:57.480
 wonderful as

00:35:57.480 --> 00:35:57.940
 that is I'm

00:35:57.940 --> 00:35:58.420
 also thinking

00:35:58.420 --> 00:35:59.599
 of the many

00:35:59.599 --> 00:36:00.059
 of you who

00:36:00.059 --> 00:36:00.780
 are supporting

00:36:00.780 --> 00:36:01.559
 those parents

00:36:01.559 --> 00:36:02.300
 through meals

00:36:02.300 --> 00:36:03.240
 childcare and

00:36:03.240 --> 00:36:04.300
 other various

00:36:04.300 --> 00:36:05.119
 supports this

00:36:05.119 --> 00:36:06.319
 church wide

00:36:06.319 --> 00:36:07.920
 effort to

00:36:07.920 --> 00:36:08.659
 care for

00:36:08.659 --> 00:36:09.519
 the orphans

00:36:09.519 --> 00:36:11.619
 what a

00:36:11.619 --> 00:36:12.420
 testimony to

00:36:12.420 --> 00:36:12.859
 our father

00:36:12.859 --> 00:36:13.539
 who adopted

00:36:13.539 --> 00:36:15.059
 us by grace

00:36:15.059 --> 00:36:15.819
 what a witness

00:36:15.819 --> 00:36:17.719
 to the

00:36:17.719 --> 00:36:18.299
 gospel

00:36:18.299 --> 00:36:20.719
 so thankful

00:36:20.719 --> 00:36:21.239
 for that and

00:36:21.239 --> 00:36:21.719
 so I know

00:36:21.719 --> 00:36:23.199
 there's so many

00:36:23.199 --> 00:36:24.639
 real ongoing

00:36:24.639 --> 00:36:25.460
 activities of

00:36:25.460 --> 00:36:26.400
 faithfulness in

00:36:26.400 --> 00:36:26.960
 the life of our

00:36:26.960 --> 00:36:27.420
 body to

00:36:27.420 --> 00:36:29.719
 evangelize and

00:36:29.719 --> 00:36:32.179
 witness but

00:36:32.179 --> 00:36:32.519
 again the

00:36:32.519 --> 00:36:33.139
 challenge I

00:36:33.139 --> 00:36:33.819
 want to ask

00:36:33.819 --> 00:36:34.659
 can we as a

00:36:34.659 --> 00:36:35.519
 collective whole

00:36:35.519 --> 00:36:37.319
 be even more

00:36:37.319 --> 00:36:40.119
 fruitful is

00:36:40.119 --> 00:36:40.859
 there a way we

00:36:40.859 --> 00:36:42.079
 could do more

00:36:42.079 --> 00:36:43.099
 or make reasonable

00:36:43.099 --> 00:36:44.099
 changes for

00:36:44.099 --> 00:36:46.199
 maximum kingdom

00:36:46.199 --> 00:36:47.759
 impact and

00:36:47.759 --> 00:36:48.500
 that's not a

00:36:48.500 --> 00:36:49.179
 loaded question

00:36:49.179 --> 00:36:50.019
 I'm not about to

00:36:50.019 --> 00:36:50.559
 break out my

00:36:50.559 --> 00:36:51.579
 bullet plan list

00:36:51.579 --> 00:36:53.239
 that's an open

00:36:53.239 --> 00:36:54.659
 invitation for us

00:36:54.659 --> 00:36:56.119
 to think together

00:36:56.119 --> 00:36:56.920
 about how to be

00:36:56.920 --> 00:36:58.940
 more effective

00:36:58.940 --> 00:37:02.159
 and remember that

00:37:02.159 --> 00:37:02.859
 we are to go

00:37:02.859 --> 00:37:03.579
 and tell to live

00:37:03.579 --> 00:37:04.379
 righteously to do

00:37:04.380 --> 00:37:04.880
 this light

00:37:04.880 --> 00:37:06.619
 shining work

00:37:06.619 --> 00:37:08.579
 before all

00:37:08.579 --> 00:37:08.980
 men

00:37:08.980 --> 00:37:11.019
 and so I

00:37:11.019 --> 00:37:11.380
 want to say

00:37:11.380 --> 00:37:13.280
 this as a

00:37:13.280 --> 00:37:13.940
 loving warning

00:37:13.940 --> 00:37:15.360
 not a rebuke

00:37:15.360 --> 00:37:16.059
 but a loving

00:37:16.059 --> 00:37:16.640
 warning

00:37:16.640 --> 00:37:19.519
 that we are to

00:37:19.519 --> 00:37:19.960
 shine our light

00:37:19.960 --> 00:37:21.079
 before all men

00:37:21.079 --> 00:37:22.300
 and not just to

00:37:22.300 --> 00:37:23.099
 our spouse and

00:37:23.099 --> 00:37:24.039
 children at home

00:37:24.039 --> 00:37:27.740
 there is this

00:37:27.740 --> 00:37:29.400
 impulse that I

00:37:29.400 --> 00:37:30.300
 fear growing

00:37:30.300 --> 00:37:33.039
 in our kind of

00:37:33.039 --> 00:37:34.400
 broadly reformed

00:37:34.400 --> 00:37:35.460
 evangelical tribe

00:37:35.460 --> 00:37:36.140
 to sort of

00:37:36.140 --> 00:37:38.320
 shelter in place

00:37:38.320 --> 00:37:40.820
 to remove any

00:37:40.820 --> 00:37:41.840
 and all outside

00:37:41.840 --> 00:37:42.560
 influence

00:37:42.560 --> 00:37:44.440
 that's coming from

00:37:44.440 --> 00:37:45.300
 a very good

00:37:45.300 --> 00:37:46.060
 impulse right

00:37:46.060 --> 00:37:46.420
 we want to

00:37:46.420 --> 00:37:47.080
 protect our

00:37:47.080 --> 00:37:47.640
 children we want

00:37:47.640 --> 00:37:48.380
 to preserve our

00:37:48.380 --> 00:37:49.260
 faith I want

00:37:49.260 --> 00:37:50.120
 that I love my

00:37:50.120 --> 00:37:51.460
 kids I do not

00:37:51.460 --> 00:37:52.120
 want them to know

00:37:52.120 --> 00:37:52.840
 about some of the

00:37:52.840 --> 00:37:53.340
 things of this

00:37:53.340 --> 00:37:55.680
 world and so

00:37:55.680 --> 00:37:56.220
 that's a good

00:37:56.220 --> 00:37:58.500
 impulse but we

00:37:58.500 --> 00:37:58.880
 need to be

00:37:58.880 --> 00:37:59.820
 reminded we

00:37:59.820 --> 00:38:01.059
 can preserve

00:38:01.059 --> 00:38:02.159
 and protect

00:38:02.159 --> 00:38:04.039
 on the march

00:38:04.039 --> 00:38:04.860
 right we want

00:38:04.860 --> 00:38:05.679
 to we want to

00:38:05.679 --> 00:38:06.500
 balance this

00:38:06.500 --> 00:38:07.659
 this good and

00:38:07.659 --> 00:38:08.360
 God honoring

00:38:08.360 --> 00:38:11.280
 impulse by

00:38:11.280 --> 00:38:11.960
 remembering that

00:38:11.960 --> 00:38:13.239
 we are a faith

00:38:13.239 --> 00:38:13.980
 that is on the

00:38:13.980 --> 00:38:14.579
 offensive

00:38:14.579 --> 00:38:17.500
 right we are

00:38:17.500 --> 00:38:18.340
 besieging the

00:38:18.340 --> 00:38:19.239
 gates of hell

00:38:19.239 --> 00:38:20.260
 hell is not

00:38:20.260 --> 00:38:22.000
 besieging the

00:38:22.000 --> 00:38:23.699
 gates of

00:38:23.699 --> 00:38:24.099
 heaven

00:38:24.099 --> 00:38:26.519
 and so again

00:38:26.519 --> 00:38:27.279
 we need to

00:38:27.279 --> 00:38:28.719
 examine ourselves

00:38:28.719 --> 00:38:30.679
 is our life

00:38:30.679 --> 00:38:31.940
 built such that

00:38:31.940 --> 00:38:33.119
 we are a beacon

00:38:33.119 --> 00:38:34.319
 on a hill for

00:38:34.319 --> 00:38:35.139
 the world to

00:38:35.139 --> 00:38:35.619
 see

00:38:35.619 --> 00:38:38.480
 or are we

00:38:38.480 --> 00:38:39.539
 doing everything

00:38:39.539 --> 00:38:41.019
 we can to

00:38:41.019 --> 00:38:41.679
 hide under a

00:38:41.679 --> 00:38:42.920
 basket out of

00:38:42.920 --> 00:38:43.440
 fear of the

00:38:43.440 --> 00:38:44.219
 world but in

00:38:44.219 --> 00:38:45.920
 the name of

00:38:45.920 --> 00:38:48.539
 faith it's so

00:38:48.539 --> 00:38:49.420
 easy to get

00:38:49.420 --> 00:38:50.119
 caught in that

00:38:50.119 --> 00:38:52.519
 trap and so

00:38:52.519 --> 00:38:53.500
 if I can put it

00:38:53.500 --> 00:38:54.239
 this way riffing

00:38:54.239 --> 00:38:54.699
 on the old

00:38:54.699 --> 00:38:55.420
 expression I

00:38:55.420 --> 00:38:55.800
 want to say

00:38:55.800 --> 00:38:58.099
 don't be of

00:38:58.099 --> 00:38:58.980
 such a

00:38:58.980 --> 00:39:00.199
 separatist bent

00:39:00.199 --> 00:39:01.000
 in your pursuit

00:39:01.000 --> 00:39:01.500
 of heavenly

00:39:01.500 --> 00:39:04.199
 things that

00:39:04.199 --> 00:39:04.880
 you are of no

00:39:04.880 --> 00:39:06.619
 earthly good

00:39:06.619 --> 00:39:09.239
 right it's

00:39:09.239 --> 00:39:10.000
 true we want

00:39:10.000 --> 00:39:10.260
 to live

00:39:10.260 --> 00:39:11.159
 peaceable

00:39:11.159 --> 00:39:12.139
 gentle

00:39:12.139 --> 00:39:12.840
 quiet

00:39:12.840 --> 00:39:14.199
 lives as

00:39:14.199 --> 00:39:14.719
 Paul urges

00:39:14.719 --> 00:39:15.420
 us to pray

00:39:15.420 --> 00:39:15.820
 for in

00:39:15.820 --> 00:39:16.119
 first

00:39:16.119 --> 00:39:17.300
 Timothy

00:39:17.300 --> 00:39:18.039
 2

00:39:18.039 --> 00:39:20.480
 we don't

00:39:20.480 --> 00:39:20.900
 want to use

00:39:20.900 --> 00:39:22.099
 that as an

00:39:22.099 --> 00:39:22.960
 excuse for

00:39:22.960 --> 00:39:24.460
 inactivity or

00:39:24.460 --> 00:39:25.779
 hiding

00:39:25.779 --> 00:39:28.059
 after all this

00:39:28.059 --> 00:39:28.539
 is the same

00:39:28.539 --> 00:39:29.119
 Paul who

00:39:29.119 --> 00:39:30.519
 turned the

00:39:30.519 --> 00:39:31.579
 world upside

00:39:31.579 --> 00:39:32.239
 down

00:39:32.239 --> 00:39:34.159
 this is the

00:39:34.159 --> 00:39:34.820
 same Paul who

00:39:34.820 --> 00:39:35.460
 was imprisoned

00:39:35.460 --> 00:39:36.440
 and killed for

00:39:36.440 --> 00:39:37.079
 his faith

00:39:37.079 --> 00:39:37.739
 the same Paul

00:39:37.739 --> 00:39:38.639
 who was stoned

00:39:38.639 --> 00:39:39.659
 by angry mobs

00:39:39.659 --> 00:39:40.239
 chased out of

00:39:40.239 --> 00:39:42.099
 town for

00:39:42.099 --> 00:39:42.920
 shining his

00:39:42.920 --> 00:39:45.079
 light before

00:39:45.079 --> 00:39:45.779
 all men

00:39:45.780 --> 00:39:47.620
 and so are

00:39:47.620 --> 00:39:48.120
 we building

00:39:48.120 --> 00:39:48.980
 our lives to

00:39:48.980 --> 00:39:50.000
 be seen for

00:39:50.000 --> 00:39:51.560
 the glory of

00:39:51.560 --> 00:39:52.780
 God that's

00:39:52.780 --> 00:39:53.600
 the question I

00:39:53.600 --> 00:39:54.080
 can't answer

00:39:54.080 --> 00:39:54.600
 that for all

00:39:54.600 --> 00:39:55.100
 of you but we

00:39:55.100 --> 00:39:55.580
 have to answer

00:39:55.580 --> 00:39:57.060
 that together

00:39:57.060 --> 00:39:59.420
 application number

00:39:59.420 --> 00:40:00.560
 three relatedly

00:40:00.560 --> 00:40:02.540
 do all this

00:40:02.540 --> 00:40:03.420
 with and

00:40:03.420 --> 00:40:04.680
 through the

00:40:04.680 --> 00:40:05.920
 church

00:40:05.920 --> 00:40:08.820
 in this passage

00:40:08.820 --> 00:40:09.980
 today the all

00:40:09.980 --> 00:40:10.900
 the you's right

00:40:10.900 --> 00:40:11.680
 you are you

00:40:11.680 --> 00:40:13.240
 are these are

00:40:13.240 --> 00:40:14.080
 actually plural

00:40:14.079 --> 00:40:15.500
 and so

00:40:15.500 --> 00:40:16.519
 translated in a

00:40:16.519 --> 00:40:17.460
 midwestern

00:40:17.460 --> 00:40:18.159
 dialect I like

00:40:18.159 --> 00:40:18.779
 to picture Jesus

00:40:18.779 --> 00:40:19.539
 talks that way

00:40:19.539 --> 00:40:21.539
 it would sound

00:40:21.539 --> 00:40:21.900
 something like

00:40:21.900 --> 00:40:22.759
 this you guys

00:40:22.759 --> 00:40:23.599
 are the salt of

00:40:23.599 --> 00:40:24.199
 the earth you

00:40:24.199 --> 00:40:25.000
 guys are the

00:40:25.000 --> 00:40:25.279
 light of the

00:40:25.279 --> 00:40:26.159
 world you guys

00:40:26.159 --> 00:40:26.799
 must shine your

00:40:26.799 --> 00:40:27.500
 light before

00:40:27.500 --> 00:40:28.779
 others it

00:40:28.779 --> 00:40:29.199
 sounds really

00:40:29.199 --> 00:40:29.980
 chill that way

00:40:29.980 --> 00:40:32.340
 but and so

00:40:32.340 --> 00:40:33.559
 the church is the

00:40:33.559 --> 00:40:34.440
 first fruits of

00:40:34.440 --> 00:40:35.539
 this new creation

00:40:35.539 --> 00:40:36.279
 it is the city

00:40:36.279 --> 00:40:36.880
 on a mountain

00:40:36.880 --> 00:40:39.460
 and thus Jesus

00:40:39.460 --> 00:40:40.639
 while caring about

00:40:40.639 --> 00:40:41.139
 what we do

00:40:41.139 --> 00:40:43.079
 privately is

00:40:43.079 --> 00:40:44.380
 is primarily

00:40:44.380 --> 00:40:45.239
 in these three

00:40:45.239 --> 00:40:46.099
 verses actually

00:40:46.099 --> 00:40:46.779
 thinking about how

00:40:46.779 --> 00:40:47.539
 we live and act

00:40:47.539 --> 00:40:48.480
 as one public

00:40:48.480 --> 00:40:49.539
 corporate body

00:40:49.539 --> 00:40:51.179
 that's actually

00:40:51.179 --> 00:40:51.679
 the emphasis

00:40:51.679 --> 00:40:52.059
 here

00:40:52.059 --> 00:40:54.619
 and so as a

00:40:54.619 --> 00:40:55.239
 corporate body

00:40:55.239 --> 00:40:56.079
 as a church

00:40:56.079 --> 00:40:57.719
 as signs of

00:40:57.719 --> 00:40:58.239
 the new covenant

00:40:58.239 --> 00:41:00.500
 we have to work

00:41:00.500 --> 00:41:01.199
 together to keep

00:41:01.199 --> 00:41:02.019
 the lights on in

00:41:02.019 --> 00:41:02.739
 this great city

00:41:02.739 --> 00:41:03.460
 we've been gifted

00:41:03.460 --> 00:41:05.139
 right we have to

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 think strategically

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 and practically

00:41:07.559 --> 00:41:09.139
 about how best

00:41:09.139 --> 00:41:09.659
 to spend our

00:41:09.659 --> 00:41:10.480
 time efforts

00:41:10.480 --> 00:41:11.400
 resources for

00:41:11.400 --> 00:41:11.880
 the sake of

00:41:11.880 --> 00:41:13.719
 this maximum

00:41:13.719 --> 00:41:15.000
 important kingdom

00:41:15.000 --> 00:41:17.059
 work both here

00:41:17.059 --> 00:41:18.519
 and abroad

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 and so this means

00:41:20.599 --> 00:41:22.039
 things like holding

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 one another

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 accountable through

00:41:23.360 --> 00:41:24.559
 discipleship

00:41:24.559 --> 00:41:25.400
 confession of sins

00:41:25.400 --> 00:41:25.920
 so that we may

00:41:25.920 --> 00:41:26.719
 live righteously

00:41:26.719 --> 00:41:27.280
 something I think

00:41:27.280 --> 00:41:27.900
 our church does

00:41:27.900 --> 00:41:29.139
 really well

00:41:29.139 --> 00:41:30.039
 I'm so thankful

00:41:30.039 --> 00:41:31.159
 for this means

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 encouraging one

00:41:31.840 --> 00:41:32.460
 another in the

00:41:32.460 --> 00:41:33.240
 faith and the

00:41:33.240 --> 00:41:34.539
 gospel reminding

00:41:34.539 --> 00:41:35.360
 ourselves of our

00:41:35.360 --> 00:41:35.980
 identity we've been

00:41:35.980 --> 00:41:37.240
 given we're not

00:41:37.240 --> 00:41:38.300
 earning our salvation

00:41:38.300 --> 00:41:38.760
 and all this

00:41:38.760 --> 00:41:39.560
 important work

00:41:39.560 --> 00:41:40.920
 we're responding

00:41:40.920 --> 00:41:43.960
 we need to

00:41:43.960 --> 00:41:44.600
 recognize and

00:41:44.600 --> 00:41:45.360
 exhort one

00:41:45.360 --> 00:41:46.120
 another's gifts

00:41:46.120 --> 00:41:47.260
 and deploy those

00:41:47.260 --> 00:41:48.580
 in public service

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 and I don't just

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 have Sunday morning

00:41:49.800 --> 00:41:50.400
 in mind but

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 anywhere and

00:41:51.260 --> 00:41:52.580
 everywhere deploy

00:41:52.580 --> 00:41:53.240
 one another

00:41:53.240 --> 00:41:54.940
 right recognizing

00:41:54.940 --> 00:41:56.080
 to riff on Paul

00:41:56.080 --> 00:41:57.200
 here the goodness

00:41:57.200 --> 00:41:57.940
 of the hand and

00:41:57.940 --> 00:41:58.600
 the goodness of the

00:41:58.600 --> 00:42:00.019
 foot and how they

00:42:00.019 --> 00:42:00.800
 contribute to the

00:42:00.800 --> 00:42:02.280
 welfare of the

00:42:02.280 --> 00:42:03.820
 body while also

00:42:03.820 --> 00:42:04.539
 recognizing the

00:42:04.539 --> 00:42:05.180
 foot's not the

00:42:05.180 --> 00:42:05.720
 hand nor the

00:42:05.720 --> 00:42:06.880
 hand the foot

00:42:06.880 --> 00:42:07.600
 right we all have

00:42:07.599 --> 00:42:08.559
 our giftings and

00:42:08.559 --> 00:42:09.500
 our areas we are

00:42:09.500 --> 00:42:12.099
 called to serve

00:42:12.099 --> 00:42:13.799
 and so we want to

00:42:13.799 --> 00:42:14.940
 do all this with

00:42:14.940 --> 00:42:16.360
 and through the

00:42:16.360 --> 00:42:17.199
 church with one

00:42:17.199 --> 00:42:20.339
 another in love

00:42:20.339 --> 00:42:22.019
 and humility and

00:42:22.019 --> 00:42:23.099
 figure out what

00:42:23.099 --> 00:42:23.940
 does it look like

00:42:23.940 --> 00:42:25.360
 for us to deploy

00:42:25.360 --> 00:42:27.639
 well in Lumpkin

00:42:27.639 --> 00:42:28.860
 County in Hall

00:42:28.860 --> 00:42:29.980
 County in Dawson

00:42:29.980 --> 00:42:31.059
 in the places we

00:42:31.059 --> 00:42:35.199
 represent and so

00:42:35.199 --> 00:42:35.860
 in closing brothers

00:42:35.860 --> 00:42:36.460
 and sisters I'm

00:42:36.460 --> 00:42:37.279
 asking us all not

00:42:37.280 --> 00:42:38.680
 just to dream big

00:42:38.680 --> 00:42:40.920
 not just to think

00:42:40.920 --> 00:42:43.860
 big but to plan

00:42:43.860 --> 00:42:45.519
 to do extraordinary

00:42:45.519 --> 00:42:46.519
 things through

00:42:46.519 --> 00:42:49.620
 ordinary faith with

00:42:49.620 --> 00:42:51.740
 one another this is

00:42:51.740 --> 00:42:53.980
 who we are it's

00:42:53.980 --> 00:42:54.800
 what we are to do

00:42:54.800 --> 00:42:55.580
 before the eyes of a

00:42:55.580 --> 00:42:57.900
 watching world and to

00:42:57.900 --> 00:42:59.519
 the glory of our

00:42:59.519 --> 00:43:00.500
 heavenly father let's

00:43:00.500 --> 00:43:01.820
 consider let's think

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 may may may may may may may

00:43:03.900 --> 00:43:04.240
 may may may may may may may

00:43:04.239 --> 00:43:05.279
 And let's pray.