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 So let me start by just thinking a little bit about what good fear means and is intended for us.

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 And I think, let me just start by a little questionnaire, a little quiz for everybody here this morning.

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 There are fears I think we're very used to, have names that perhaps we're familiar with as well,

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 common phobias that maybe we experience or those around us experience.

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 So if I was to say to you the phrase claustrophobia, what would that be the fear of?

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 Anybody know?

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 Claustrophobia?

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 The claustrophobia is a common one.

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 About 5% apparently of the population suffers from claustrophobia or the fear of confined spaces.

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 Here's another one which you probably know, arachnophobia.

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 Arachnophobia, fear of spiders, that's right, another well-known one.

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 Well, how about this one?

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 Perhaps a little bit more unusual, not a name you necessarily know, but ophidiophobia.

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 Ophidiophobia.

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 Anybody know that one?

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 Long words.

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 No, it could be.

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 No.

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 Actually very close to fear of spiders.

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 Ophidiophobia is the fear of snakes.

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 And then last long word, teromahanophobia.

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 Teromahanophobia.

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 Anyone can guess what that's?

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 That was the most complicated one I could find.

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 Teromahanophobia.

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 If you had that, you're very unlikely to get on an airplane because that is the fear of flying.

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 Fancy words, perhaps ones we've never heard of before, but all fears, I think we can understand

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 where the basis of them comes from.

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 They all have a potential of risk, maybe danger or harm or pain to us.

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 And God has created us with this capacity to fear so that we understand when there is a threat of danger or under certain circumstances that we might fear.

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 And it is meant to act as an alarm bell, a kind of a sensory system to alert us to danger.

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 Good fear is meant to function to protect us so that we avoid danger and enjoy all the goodness of God's creation.

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 So, for example, if you're out hiking and terrible storm comes down, good fear would lead you to find shelter, maybe away from the risk of falling trees and flooding rivers.

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 Maybe if you're out camping as well, you're toasting marshmallows over a campfire.

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 Good fear warns you not to pick up the marshmallow that falls into the fire through fear of burning your hand.

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 As Sean said, I've got seven kids.

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 Three of them are now driving.

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 One is still learning.

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 But in their driving instruction, they've all went through classes with their instructors early on where they were taught to focus on road safety

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 and were given lessons about why they should wear their seatbelts and why you should never text and drive

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 so that they develop a good fear that keeps them and others on the road safe when they're driving.

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 Now, Jesus, of course, is God's son, our creator.

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 He knows how good fear is meant to function in us as God's creatures.

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 And yet no one knows us better than Christ Jesus for how the fall has affected us,

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 how sin has distorted what God has called good and how sin makes good things bad.

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 And that includes our sense of fear and how it is meant to function in our lives.

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 And this morning, in the particular context of our passage, we're going to think around the application,

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 particularly of fear in terms of fear of man, although it really applies to any fear.

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 But in the context this morning, particularly the fear of man.

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 And so that leads us to our second point.

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 Very quickly, we get to what Jesus says to us about how good fear has gone bad.

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 By its proper definition, a fear becomes a phobia when it's out of proportion to or it's excessive

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 compared to the actual danger presented to us.

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 Now, there may well be very genuine mental or emotional health issues associated with why a person would have an elevated sense of fear

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 that's out of proportion to the actual danger.

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 And there are ways to help to address those issues of mental or emotional distress.

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 But in our passage this morning, Jesus addresses his disciples and he addresses us at a far more deeper level,

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 at a level of spiritual level that applies to each and every one of us here this morning.

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 He speaks to our beliefs and addresses how sin distorts our sense of fear.

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 He addresses how good fear has gone bad.

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 We see in verse 4, he's addressing a fear that is bigger than the actual danger.

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 He says,

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 Do not fear those who kill the body and after that have nothing more that they can do.

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 Now, if you're familiar with Jesus' teachings, he often says things in a way to provoke attention, provoke response,

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 because the honest answer to that verse alone should be something like,

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 Jesus, what are you talking about?

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 It does seem entirely reasonable, doesn't it, to fear someone who's threatening to kill you?

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 Didn't we just talk about examples of how good fear is meant to function to protect us from danger?

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 Surely someone threatening to kill us is something where we are meant to rightly fear,

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 and that's meant to function to protect us.

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 Well, of course, Jesus knows very well what he's saying.

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 And we need to understand his words in their full context.

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 It's hinted at in the second half of that verse and developed into the following verse in verse 5.

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 So, again, he says,

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 Do not fear those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more that they can do.

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 What more is there that they can do, Jesus?

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 He goes on to tell us.

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 He says,

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 But I warn you whom to fear.

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 Fear him who, after he has killed, has authority to cast into hell.

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 Yes, I tell you, fear him.

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 The reason Jesus tells his disciples not to fear those who can only kill the body is because it's a distorted fear.

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 He's addressing this good fear gone bad.

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 It's distorted in two ways.

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 It's distorted in that it takes being killed and elevates it above what is appropriate,

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 making physical death the absolute and ultimate terrible thing.

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 And at the same time, it's a distorted fear because it takes what is really the absolute and ultimate terrible thing,

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 being called to judgment before God,

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 being found guilty of breaking his laws,

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 and being cast into the eternal agony of hell.

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 Taking that truly ultimate terrible thing and reducing it,

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 reducing God, in fact,

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 reducing eternity to something less serious, less important,

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 than what can happen to us in the here and now.

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 And Jesus is saying to his disciples at this point of his ministry

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 because he knows the threat of death for him is looming ever closer.

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 And because of that, it is looming ever closer for those who would choose to follow him.

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 Just before our passage this morning, at the end of Luke chapter 11,

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 Jesus has been at a party.

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 He's been invited to a party, a dinner party at the house of one of the religious leaders,

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 one of the Pharisees.

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 And Jesus doesn't hold back in condemning his host and his other guests

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 for hypocrisy and self-righteousness

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 and for ignoring and condemning the Old Testament prophets.

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 And chapter 11 ends by saying,

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 As he went away from there, as he left the party,

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 the scribes and the Pharisees began to press him hard

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 and to provoke him to speak about many things,

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 lying in wait for him to catch him in something he might say.

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 And then chapter 12 starts,

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 In the meantime, when so many thousands of people had gathered together

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 that they were trampling one another,

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 he began to essentially teach his disciples.

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 So our verses this morning are in the context of a huge crowd

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 gathered around Jesus and his disciples.

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 And no doubt in such a large crowd,

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 there were some of these Pharisees among them

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 or those who were perhaps loyal to the Pharisees,

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 those who would be looking to put an end to Jesus

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 and to put an end to any who would hold to his teaching.

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 And under those circumstances,

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 Jesus presents this loving warning to his disciples,

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 to his friends, to us today,

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 not to fear what man might do to you,

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 to let that get distorted,

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 to not to let good fear go bad

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 and elevate fear of man over the fear of God.

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 For the disciples,

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 the prospect of being killed

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 was very real for them.

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 And more than likely,

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 all but John and Judas of the apostles

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 were martyred for their faith.

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 And throughout church history,

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 from the time of the scriptures through to today,

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 disciples of Jesus Christ

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 have faced being killed for their faith.

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 There remains many parts of the world

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 where being a Christian,

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 simply standing to be counted as a follower of Christ

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 and seeking to be obedient to his teachings

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 is enough to be killed at the hands of men.

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 And yet for you and I living in America currently,

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 we are unlikely to face deadly opposition

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 for our faith,

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 for the sake of Christ.

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 But I know for myself,

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 I don't need the threat of being killed

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 for my sinful broken heart

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 to wrestle with distorting the fear of man,

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 to distorting what thought

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 or what man might do to me and to us

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 and to elevate the fear of man

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 and allow it to occupy a place of dominance

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 in our lives

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 that is the rightful place

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 for the fear of the Lord alone.

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 And just to be clear again,

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 the fear of man

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 isn't limited to distorting fear

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 about what somebody may do to us as a Christian.

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 This isn't a unique fear actually to just Christians.

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 Once we distort or elevate the fear of man

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 above the fear of God,

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 once that good fear has gone bad for us,

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 from then on we place undue focus

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 on what others might do to us

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 or think about us,

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 not only for being a Christian

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 but for anything else.

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 When good fear has gone bad,

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 we are submitted to things,

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 we are preoccupied with things

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 that God intended to us

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 to be only submitted and preoccupied with him.

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 This is true of any distorted fear.

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 A distorted fear of man

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 will affect how we bear the name Christian

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 when it's unpopular with those around us,

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 but it may also,

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 a distorted fear may also affect

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 what dominates our thoughts

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 and our actions

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 when we're around our friends,

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 around our peers,

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 our colleagues,

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 so that we act

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 or we speak for their approval

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 and to avoid their rejection

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 regarding what sports team we follow,

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 maybe what clothes or shoes we wear,

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 maybe what movies or television shows

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 we keep up with

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 and what computer games we play,

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 what car we drive,

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 what neighborhood we live in.

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 The list goes on and on and on.

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 And of course,

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 we live in an age

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 where social media

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 can fuel that distorted fear

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 ever so easily

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 because we see very clearly

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 what others think

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 because they tell us

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 through likes and comments.

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 Fear of man

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 affects how we think about

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 our school,

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 our work,

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 our job,

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 so that we can pursue success

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 and praise

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 from our professors,

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 our teachers,

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 our parents,

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 our boss

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 or it affects

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 how we seek to cover up

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 and make excuses

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 for our mistakes

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 and our failures.

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 One Christian counselor,

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 Ed Welch,

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 said,

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 fear of man

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 is such a part

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 of our human fabric

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 that we should check

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 for a pulse

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 if someone denies it.

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 And I think he's accurate

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 in that assessment.

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 So we would do well

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 to listen to Jesus' words

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 of warning

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 and counsel

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 and counsel

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 in this passage

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 so that we can recognize

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 and confess

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 before God

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 where good fear

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 has gone bad

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 in our lives

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 and in our hearts

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 and so that we can receive

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 his cure

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 for bad fear

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 and the cure

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 that Jesus offers

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 to us.

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 So let's look at that now,

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 the cure

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 for bad fear.

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 And before we dive

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 into the passage

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 and the scriptures

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 to see

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 what the right fear

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 is that Jesus

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 offers to us,

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 I think it's important

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 that we recognize

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 and call out

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 a couple of bad cures

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 for good fear

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 gone bad

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 that we might consider

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 taking or have

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 presented to us

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 because there are

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 many alternatives

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 out there.

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 first of all,

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 if the fear

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 of man

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 or fear

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 of what man

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 may do

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 to us

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 is,

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 if we accept

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 that as wrong

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 thinking,

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 that it lifts up

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 man

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 and brings

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 God

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 down,

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 then the cure

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 for that bad

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 thinking,

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 for good fear

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 gone bad,

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 must not be

00:14:47.440 --> 00:14:48.259
 to replace

00:14:48.259 --> 00:14:49.340
 wrong thinking

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 with just a different

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 sort of wrong

00:14:52.000 --> 00:14:52.580
 thinking.

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 and there's

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 a very particular

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 example that I want

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 to bring to you

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 this morning

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 and it's the example

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 of the trust

00:14:59.100 --> 00:14:59.780
 in yourself

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 mentality.

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 Don't be afraid,

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 you can do it.

00:15:06.540 --> 00:15:07.800
 Now don't get me wrong,

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 there can be

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 genuine

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 and valid

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 encouragement

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 in those words.

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 I've used them

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 with my children

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 many times

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 when they've been

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 hesitant or frightened

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 to do something

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 that I know

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 they're capable of

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 if they try

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 and apply themselves.

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 But there is

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 danger

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 if that is

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 the only thing

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 that is repeatedly

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 said

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 to fight

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 fear.

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 You can do it,

00:15:31.639 --> 00:15:32.980
 just try harder,

00:15:33.740 --> 00:15:34.680
 trust in yourself,

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 be harder

00:15:37.379 --> 00:15:37.820
 working,

00:15:38.000 --> 00:15:38.960
 be stronger,

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 be smarter,

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 be better looking

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 and you won't

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 have anything

00:15:42.800 --> 00:15:43.700
 to fear anymore.

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 That's replacing

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 one form

00:15:48.440 --> 00:15:49.240
 of wrong thinking

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 with another

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 form of wrong

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 thinking.

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 It's a lie

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 and Jesus' words

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 expose it

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 for a lie.

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 Sure,

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 doing those things

00:15:59.679 --> 00:16:01.000
 may feel like

00:16:01.000 --> 00:16:01.519
 they help

00:16:01.519 --> 00:16:02.439
 to some degree

00:16:02.439 --> 00:16:03.759
 for some amount

00:16:03.759 --> 00:16:04.319
 of time.

00:16:05.340 --> 00:16:06.519
 You may become

00:16:06.519 --> 00:16:07.159
 stronger than

00:16:07.159 --> 00:16:07.939
 those around you,

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 you might become

00:16:09.500 --> 00:16:10.779
 smarter or better

00:16:10.779 --> 00:16:11.399
 dressed than

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 those around you

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 but you won't

00:16:13.240 --> 00:16:14.319
 remain that way

00:16:14.319 --> 00:16:14.860
 forever.

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 Jesus deliberately

00:16:17.500 --> 00:16:18.500
 takes us to the

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 ultimate and the

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 final reality

00:16:20.960 --> 00:16:21.580
 that everyone

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 will face,

00:16:23.220 --> 00:16:23.620
 death

00:16:23.620 --> 00:16:25.039
 and judgment

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 before God

00:16:25.879 --> 00:16:27.480
 to help us

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 to get our

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 fear in

00:16:29.340 --> 00:16:29.820
 perspective

00:16:29.820 --> 00:16:30.620
 and see the

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 cure that we

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 truly need.

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 Trusting in things

00:16:36.960 --> 00:16:37.519
 that really

00:16:37.519 --> 00:16:38.480
 cannot save you

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 reminds me of

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 something that I did

00:16:40.180 --> 00:16:40.659
 when I was a

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 little kid.

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 the very first

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 bedroom that I

00:16:43.879 --> 00:16:45.240
 have memories

00:16:45.240 --> 00:16:46.320
 of as a boy

00:16:46.320 --> 00:16:47.039
 growing up

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 had this

00:16:48.980 --> 00:16:49.940
 fantastic wallpaper

00:16:49.940 --> 00:16:50.659
 all the way

00:16:50.659 --> 00:16:51.139
 around the room.

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 My parents put

00:16:51.679 --> 00:16:52.179
 this up and it

00:16:52.179 --> 00:16:52.799
 had Superman

00:16:52.799 --> 00:16:53.299
 wallpaper

00:16:53.299 --> 00:16:55.080
 and it had

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 this reoccurring

00:16:55.980 --> 00:16:57.039
 images of

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 Superman all

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 the way around

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 the room

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 all in various

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 different action

00:17:00.379 --> 00:17:01.279
 poses, heroic

00:17:01.279 --> 00:17:03.120
 poses and it

00:17:03.120 --> 00:17:03.779
 certainly fueled

00:17:03.779 --> 00:17:04.500
 my fascination

00:17:04.500 --> 00:17:05.119
 with superheroes

00:17:05.119 --> 00:17:06.240
 but I remember

00:17:06.240 --> 00:17:06.960
 that I developed

00:17:06.960 --> 00:17:07.460
 this rather

00:17:07.460 --> 00:17:08.279
 particular

00:17:08.279 --> 00:17:09.660
 childlike habit

00:17:09.660 --> 00:17:10.680
 of dealing

00:17:10.680 --> 00:17:11.500
 with fear

00:17:11.500 --> 00:17:12.519
 because of my

00:17:12.519 --> 00:17:13.279
 Superman wallpaper.

00:17:14.480 --> 00:17:15.259
 My bed

00:17:15.259 --> 00:17:15.840
 in that room

00:17:15.840 --> 00:17:16.320
 was right up

00:17:16.320 --> 00:17:16.720
 against one

00:17:16.720 --> 00:17:17.240
 of the walls

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 and at night

00:17:18.660 --> 00:17:19.560
 time if I ever

00:17:19.560 --> 00:17:20.480
 was frightened

00:17:20.480 --> 00:17:21.519
 whatever it may

00:17:21.519 --> 00:17:21.779
 have been

00:17:21.779 --> 00:17:22.300
 maybe I heard

00:17:22.300 --> 00:17:22.680
 a bump

00:17:22.680 --> 00:17:23.240
 or a noise

00:17:23.240 --> 00:17:23.800
 in the house

00:17:23.800 --> 00:17:24.740
 or maybe I was

00:17:24.740 --> 00:17:25.180
 worried about

00:17:25.180 --> 00:17:25.759
 monsters under

00:17:25.759 --> 00:17:26.140
 the bed

00:17:26.140 --> 00:17:26.840
 whatever it was

00:17:26.840 --> 00:17:28.480
 I developed

00:17:28.480 --> 00:17:29.120
 this pattern

00:17:29.120 --> 00:17:29.980
 of I'd

00:17:29.980 --> 00:17:31.600
 lie right up

00:17:31.600 --> 00:17:32.060
 against one

00:17:32.060 --> 00:17:32.640
 of the walls

00:17:32.640 --> 00:17:33.519
 and I'd think

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 to myself

00:17:34.140 --> 00:17:35.259
 I'm going

00:17:35.259 --> 00:17:35.940
 to be okay

00:17:35.940 --> 00:17:37.340
 Superman

00:17:37.340 --> 00:17:38.560
 is all around

00:17:38.560 --> 00:17:39.320
 me and he

00:17:39.319 --> 00:17:39.859
 will protect

00:17:39.859 --> 00:17:40.119
 me

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 and that's

00:17:43.119 --> 00:17:43.819
 a sweet

00:17:43.819 --> 00:17:45.480
 childlike

00:17:45.480 --> 00:17:45.919
 thing

00:17:45.919 --> 00:17:47.659
 but it is

00:17:47.659 --> 00:17:48.179
 ultimately

00:17:48.179 --> 00:17:49.500
 quite useless

00:17:49.500 --> 00:17:51.859
 because what

00:17:51.859 --> 00:17:52.399
 was going

00:17:52.399 --> 00:17:52.919
 to happen

00:17:52.919 --> 00:17:53.379
 if any

00:17:53.379 --> 00:17:53.819
 of those

00:17:53.819 --> 00:17:54.539
 things that

00:17:54.539 --> 00:17:55.079
 I was frightened

00:17:55.079 --> 00:17:55.639
 of actually

00:17:55.639 --> 00:17:56.720
 turned into

00:17:56.720 --> 00:17:57.480
 a material

00:17:57.480 --> 00:17:58.460
 danger

00:17:58.460 --> 00:17:59.279
 or threat

00:17:59.279 --> 00:18:00.599
 where was

00:18:00.599 --> 00:18:01.159
 my hope

00:18:01.159 --> 00:18:02.419
 truly placed

00:18:02.419 --> 00:18:02.839
 in those

00:18:02.839 --> 00:18:03.460
 circumstances

00:18:03.460 --> 00:18:05.359
 I was trusting

00:18:05.359 --> 00:18:06.539
 in my

00:18:06.539 --> 00:18:07.000
 wallpaper

00:18:07.000 --> 00:18:09.920
 and Jesus

00:18:09.920 --> 00:18:10.420
 offers us

00:18:10.420 --> 00:18:11.099
 something far

00:18:11.099 --> 00:18:11.880
 more substantial

00:18:11.880 --> 00:18:12.859
 I think you'll

00:18:12.859 --> 00:18:13.380
 appreciate

00:18:13.380 --> 00:18:14.299
 than wallpaper

00:18:14.299 --> 00:18:15.359
 this morning

00:18:15.359 --> 00:18:16.359
 but it's a

00:18:16.359 --> 00:18:17.079
 silly example

00:18:17.079 --> 00:18:17.799
 to show how

00:18:17.799 --> 00:18:18.319
 we can

00:18:18.319 --> 00:18:19.380
 take wrong

00:18:19.380 --> 00:18:19.819
 thinking

00:18:19.819 --> 00:18:20.880
 and comfort

00:18:20.880 --> 00:18:21.460
 ourselves

00:18:21.460 --> 00:18:22.299
 with other

00:18:22.299 --> 00:18:23.519
 wrong thinking

00:18:23.519 --> 00:18:24.019
 if we are

00:18:24.019 --> 00:18:25.180
 not careful

00:18:25.180 --> 00:18:27.900
 in the same

00:18:27.900 --> 00:18:28.359
 way Jesus

00:18:28.359 --> 00:18:29.359
 challenges us

00:18:29.359 --> 00:18:29.720
 with his

00:18:29.720 --> 00:18:30.440
 words to make

00:18:30.440 --> 00:18:31.539
 sure we are

00:18:31.539 --> 00:18:32.259
 not dealing

00:18:32.259 --> 00:18:33.119
 with distorted

00:18:33.119 --> 00:18:34.259
 fear in the

00:18:34.259 --> 00:18:34.900
 wrong way

00:18:34.900 --> 00:18:35.799
 in a way

00:18:35.799 --> 00:18:36.200
 which is

00:18:36.200 --> 00:18:36.720
 ultimately

00:18:36.720 --> 00:18:37.980
 still going

00:18:37.980 --> 00:18:38.400
 to let

00:18:38.400 --> 00:18:39.119
 us down

00:18:39.119 --> 00:18:40.900
 you can

00:18:40.900 --> 00:18:41.440
 do many

00:18:41.440 --> 00:18:42.319
 good things

00:18:42.319 --> 00:18:43.339
 you can

00:18:43.339 --> 00:18:44.220
 work out

00:18:44.220 --> 00:18:44.579
 you can

00:18:44.579 --> 00:18:45.539
 study hard

00:18:45.539 --> 00:18:46.279
 you can

00:18:46.279 --> 00:18:46.779
 help other

00:18:46.779 --> 00:18:47.160
 people

00:18:47.160 --> 00:18:48.000
 you can

00:18:48.000 --> 00:18:48.200
 have a

00:18:48.200 --> 00:18:48.960
 nice family

00:18:48.960 --> 00:18:49.220
 you can

00:18:49.220 --> 00:18:49.440
 have a

00:18:49.440 --> 00:18:50.000
 well-paying

00:18:50.000 --> 00:18:50.480
 job

00:18:50.480 --> 00:18:51.920
 but Jesus

00:18:51.920 --> 00:18:52.339
 does not

00:18:52.339 --> 00:18:52.940
 intend for

00:18:52.940 --> 00:18:53.220
 us to

00:18:53.220 --> 00:18:53.779
 trust in

00:18:53.779 --> 00:18:54.220
 these things

00:18:54.220 --> 00:18:54.839
 to protect

00:18:54.839 --> 00:18:55.819
 us through

00:18:55.819 --> 00:18:56.279
 life

00:18:56.279 --> 00:18:57.519
 and they

00:18:57.519 --> 00:18:57.920
 will not

00:18:57.920 --> 00:18:58.660
 protect us

00:18:58.660 --> 00:18:59.319
 at the

00:18:59.319 --> 00:18:59.740
 end of

00:18:59.740 --> 00:19:00.059
 life

00:19:00.059 --> 00:19:00.460
 either

00:19:00.460 --> 00:19:03.460
 one more

00:19:03.460 --> 00:19:03.779
 error

00:19:03.779 --> 00:19:04.259
 before we

00:19:04.259 --> 00:19:04.539
 get to

00:19:04.539 --> 00:19:04.799
 Jesus

00:19:04.799 --> 00:19:05.380
 cure

00:19:05.380 --> 00:19:05.700
 for

00:19:05.700 --> 00:19:05.900
 good

00:19:05.900 --> 00:19:06.140
 fear

00:19:06.140 --> 00:19:06.360
 gone

00:19:06.360 --> 00:19:06.720
 bad

00:19:06.720 --> 00:19:07.660
 it's

00:19:07.660 --> 00:19:07.880
 another

00:19:07.880 --> 00:19:08.319
 form

00:19:08.319 --> 00:19:08.600
 of

00:19:08.600 --> 00:19:09.120
 replacing

00:19:09.120 --> 00:19:09.840
 wrong

00:19:09.840 --> 00:19:10.259
 thinking

00:19:10.259 --> 00:19:10.440
 with

00:19:10.440 --> 00:19:10.720
 wrong

00:19:10.720 --> 00:19:11.200
 thinking

00:19:11.200 --> 00:19:12.279
 dealing

00:19:12.279 --> 00:19:12.519
 with

00:19:12.519 --> 00:19:12.700
 this

00:19:12.700 --> 00:19:13.200
 distorted

00:19:13.200 --> 00:19:13.640
 fear

00:19:13.640 --> 00:19:13.799
 of

00:19:13.799 --> 00:19:14.160
 man

00:19:14.160 --> 00:19:14.460
 by

00:19:14.460 --> 00:19:15.380
 trying

00:19:15.380 --> 00:19:15.620
 to

00:19:15.620 --> 00:19:15.779
 go

00:19:15.779 --> 00:19:15.920
 to

00:19:15.920 --> 00:19:16.019
 the

00:19:16.019 --> 00:19:16.200
 other

00:19:16.200 --> 00:19:16.700
 extreme

00:19:16.700 --> 00:19:17.340
 not

00:19:17.340 --> 00:19:17.579
 giving

00:19:17.579 --> 00:19:17.960
 any

00:19:17.960 --> 00:19:18.480
 care

00:19:18.480 --> 00:19:18.900
 or

00:19:18.900 --> 00:19:19.200
 any

00:19:19.200 --> 00:19:19.819
 thought

00:19:19.819 --> 00:19:20.059
 to

00:19:20.059 --> 00:19:20.200
 the

00:19:20.200 --> 00:19:20.680
 opinions

00:19:20.680 --> 00:19:21.160
 of

00:19:21.160 --> 00:19:21.579
 others

00:19:21.579 --> 00:19:23.680
 on the

00:19:23.680 --> 00:19:23.900
 face

00:19:23.900 --> 00:19:24.059
 of it

00:19:24.059 --> 00:19:24.200
 that

00:19:24.200 --> 00:19:24.420
 might

00:19:24.420 --> 00:19:24.779
 sound

00:19:24.779 --> 00:19:24.940
 like

00:19:24.940 --> 00:19:25.059
 a

00:19:25.059 --> 00:19:25.259
 good

00:19:25.259 --> 00:19:25.660
 idea

00:19:25.660 --> 00:19:25.920
 right

00:19:25.920 --> 00:19:27.180
 if

00:19:27.180 --> 00:19:27.340
 I

00:19:27.340 --> 00:19:27.759
 shouldn't

00:19:27.759 --> 00:19:28.059
 elevate

00:19:28.059 --> 00:19:28.340
 other

00:19:28.340 --> 00:19:28.680
 people

00:19:28.680 --> 00:19:29.039
 above

00:19:29.039 --> 00:19:29.400
 God

00:19:29.400 --> 00:19:29.600
 so

00:19:29.600 --> 00:19:29.880
 that I

00:19:29.880 --> 00:19:30.620
 fear

00:19:30.620 --> 00:19:30.820
 what

00:19:30.820 --> 00:19:30.960
 they

00:19:30.960 --> 00:19:31.160
 might

00:19:31.160 --> 00:19:31.340
 do

00:19:31.340 --> 00:19:31.500
 to

00:19:31.500 --> 00:19:31.700
 me

00:19:31.700 --> 00:19:32.180
 or

00:19:32.180 --> 00:19:32.300
 what

00:19:32.300 --> 00:19:32.400
 they

00:19:32.400 --> 00:19:32.580
 might

00:19:32.580 --> 00:19:32.960
 think

00:19:32.960 --> 00:19:33.420
 about

00:19:33.420 --> 00:19:33.600
 me

00:19:33.600 --> 00:19:33.800
 then

00:19:33.800 --> 00:19:34.100
 perhaps

00:19:34.100 --> 00:19:34.260
 I

00:19:34.260 --> 00:19:34.400
 can

00:19:34.400 --> 00:19:34.900
 deal

00:19:34.900 --> 00:19:35.480
 with

00:19:35.480 --> 00:19:36.380
 caring

00:19:36.380 --> 00:19:36.660
 about

00:19:36.660 --> 00:19:36.800
 them

00:19:36.800 --> 00:19:37.020
 too

00:19:37.020 --> 00:19:37.260
 much

00:19:37.260 --> 00:19:37.420
 by

00:19:37.420 --> 00:19:37.680
 not

00:19:37.680 --> 00:19:38.040
 caring

00:19:38.040 --> 00:19:38.240
 at

00:19:38.240 --> 00:19:38.760
 all

00:19:38.760 --> 00:19:39.480
 about

00:19:39.480 --> 00:19:39.780
 what

00:19:39.780 --> 00:19:40.040
 they

00:19:40.040 --> 00:19:40.460
 think

00:19:40.460 --> 00:19:41.740
 I'll

00:19:41.740 --> 00:19:41.860
 just

00:19:41.860 --> 00:19:41.980
 do

00:19:41.980 --> 00:19:42.120
 my

00:19:42.120 --> 00:19:42.320
 own

00:19:42.320 --> 00:19:42.620
 thing

00:19:42.620 --> 00:19:43.320
 I'll

00:19:43.320 --> 00:19:43.420
 do

00:19:43.420 --> 00:19:43.580
 my

00:19:43.580 --> 00:19:43.820
 own

00:19:43.820 --> 00:19:44.220
 thing

00:19:44.220 --> 00:19:44.840
 my

00:19:44.840 --> 00:19:45.100
 own

00:19:45.100 --> 00:19:45.480
 way

00:19:45.480 --> 00:19:47.960
 so

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 I

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 don't

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 care

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 what

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 you

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 think

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 what

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 you

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 say

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 whether

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 you're

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 my

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 peers

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 my

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 parents

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 my

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 professors

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 my

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 pastors

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 I'm

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 not

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 going

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 to

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 fear

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 you

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 in

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 fact

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 I

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 don't

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 really

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 care

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 what

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 you

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 think

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 or

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 what

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 you

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 do

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 of

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 course

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 the

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 problem

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 with

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 that

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 approach

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 is

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 that

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 Jesus

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 says

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 we

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 are

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 to

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 truly

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 care

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 appropriately

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 care

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 about

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 others

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 about

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 what

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 others

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 think

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 and

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 what

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 others

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 do

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 in

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 humility

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 we

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 are

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 to

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 count

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 others

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 more

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 significant

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 than

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 ourselves

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 and

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 for

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 certain

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 people

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 in

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 particular

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 roles

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 that

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 God

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 has

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 placed

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 around

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 us

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 and

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 above

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 us

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 honoring

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 God

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 means

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 honoring

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 people

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 in

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 roles

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 of

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 authority

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 that

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 God

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 has

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 placed

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 over

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 us

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 so

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 Jesus

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 isn't

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 suggesting

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 we

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 deal

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 with

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 a

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 distorted

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 fear

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 by

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 deliberately

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 not

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 caring

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 about

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 what

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 anybody

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 else

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 says

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 around

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 us

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 so

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 what

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 is

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 the

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 right

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 cure

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 for

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 bad

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 fear

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 that

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 Jesus

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 is

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 offering

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 we've

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 seen

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 it

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 already

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 in

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 verse

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 5

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 the

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 right

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 cure

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 for

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 bad

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 fear

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 is

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 the

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 right

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 fear

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 of

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 God

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 again

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 he says

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 I will

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 warn you

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 whom

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 to

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 fear

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 fear

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 him

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 who

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 after

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 he

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 has

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 killed

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 has

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 authority

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 to

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 cast

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 into

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 hell

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 yes

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 I

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 tell

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 you

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 fear

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 him

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 may

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 not

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 his

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 will

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 fear

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 will

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 how he will use this power and this authority.

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 Scripture has made it abundantly clear to us, plain to us,

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 who God is, how he is holy and just.

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 He doesn't randomly assign people to hell,

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 nor does he make wrong judgments ever.

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 In fact, the gospel of Jesus Christ starts with the bad news that all of us,

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 every single one of us in this room here this morning,

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 we all deserve to be subject to God's authority and judgment that we see here in verse 5.

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 We don't deserve to be in God's presence.

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 We deserve to be cast into hell because of our rejection

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 and our rebellion against him and against his ways.

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 And yet, the gospel tells us this amazing truth,

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 that this terrible judgment that each of us faced

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 Jesus has taken it upon himself on the cross

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 so that everyone who trusts that Jesus' death in their place

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 satisfies God's judgment upon us.

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 So that you are forgiven of your sin and your offenses against God,

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 including our distortion of putting other fears,

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 fear of man above the fear of God,

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 fearing creation rather than the creator.

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 If you've done that this morning,

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 if you're a Christian,

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 this fearsome God no longer calls you his enemies,

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 but he calls you his children.

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 Which brings us to the last verses of our passage,

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 verses 6 and 7.

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 If verses 4 and 5

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 sound like Jesus is speaking quite in harsh extremes

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 to help us see through our distorted fear of man

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 over the fear of God,

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 then verses 6 and 7

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 sound almost humorous in their gentleness

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 and their tenderness towards us.

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 He says,

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 These two verses

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 that help us see the gospel cure for bad fear

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 because they tell us two profound truths

00:24:39.059 --> 00:24:42.819
 about the fearsome and almighty God whom we worship.

00:24:43.779 --> 00:24:47.359
 It tells us that God knows you completely.

00:24:48.259 --> 00:24:51.539
 And it tells us that God cares for you deeply.

00:24:53.500 --> 00:24:56.339
 So much of the distorted fear of man

00:24:56.339 --> 00:24:59.000
 centers around being exposed.

00:24:59.720 --> 00:25:02.059
 Perhaps being exposed to physical harm,

00:25:02.059 --> 00:25:05.059
 but also being exposed to shame,

00:25:05.679 --> 00:25:06.519
 to ridicule,

00:25:06.639 --> 00:25:07.819
 to condemnation,

00:25:08.000 --> 00:25:11.079
 for people to see us as we truly are,

00:25:11.480 --> 00:25:13.919
 to know our darkest secrets,

00:25:14.059 --> 00:25:16.559
 our most embarrassing and shameful moments.

00:25:18.559 --> 00:25:22.039
 Jesus' words connect to that distorted fear

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 and they correct that fear.

00:25:25.539 --> 00:25:28.240
 We may be able to go through life

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 hiding our dirty laundry, as it were,

00:25:31.279 --> 00:25:32.559
 from others around us

00:25:32.559 --> 00:25:33.920
 so they don't see.

00:25:35.500 --> 00:25:36.660
 But God sees.

00:25:37.740 --> 00:25:39.619
 God sees you completely.

00:25:40.279 --> 00:25:42.000
 And He knows you completely,

00:25:42.000 --> 00:25:44.119
 down to the hairs on your head.

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 Now, as time goes on,

00:25:47.980 --> 00:25:49.240
 for some of us, like myself,

00:25:49.319 --> 00:25:50.859
 that's an easier job for God than others.

00:25:52.660 --> 00:25:55.099
 But He knows us completely.

00:25:55.099 --> 00:25:59.419
 If you were to pour out your heart

00:25:59.419 --> 00:26:02.199
 in complete honesty before God,

00:26:02.719 --> 00:26:04.379
 confessing all your thoughts

00:26:04.379 --> 00:26:05.980
 and all of your feelings,

00:26:06.519 --> 00:26:07.199
 warts and all,

00:26:07.379 --> 00:26:08.439
 nothing held back,

00:26:09.319 --> 00:26:11.859
 God would not respond to you,

00:26:12.379 --> 00:26:13.379
 wow,

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 I had no idea that that's who you really were.

00:26:16.880 --> 00:26:19.520
 I need a time out.

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 I need to reevaluate what's going on here

00:26:22.780 --> 00:26:25.260
 as to who you are.

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 That is not what God would say.

00:26:31.000 --> 00:26:32.940
 Rather, He might say something like,

00:26:33.940 --> 00:26:35.020
 thank you.

00:26:36.520 --> 00:26:38.260
 Thank you for being honest.

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 Now, would you like me to tell you

00:26:42.180 --> 00:26:42.879
 what you missed?

00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:46.319
 He knows you.

00:26:46.980 --> 00:26:48.500
 He knows you completely.

00:26:49.319 --> 00:26:51.279
 He knows the hairs on your head.

00:26:51.400 --> 00:26:53.599
 He knows the freckles on your face.

00:26:54.619 --> 00:26:56.539
 He knows the first thought you had this morning.

00:26:57.400 --> 00:26:58.980
 He'll know the last thought you have

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 before you go to bed tonight.

00:27:01.200 --> 00:27:03.140
 He sees everything,

00:27:03.539 --> 00:27:05.099
 knows everything about you,

00:27:05.180 --> 00:27:06.980
 and rather than push you away,

00:27:06.980 --> 00:27:09.980
 He draws you close to Himself in Christ.

00:27:10.720 --> 00:27:11.759
 Because of the cross,

00:27:12.839 --> 00:27:14.279
 Jesus has dealt with everything

00:27:14.279 --> 00:27:16.339
 that caused God to reject you.

00:27:17.440 --> 00:27:19.279
 And now He calls you to Himself

00:27:19.279 --> 00:27:20.720
 as His child.

00:27:21.759 --> 00:27:22.759
 He loves you.

00:27:23.420 --> 00:27:24.559
 If you are a Christian,

00:27:25.900 --> 00:27:27.980
 He's drawn you to Himself.

00:27:28.160 --> 00:27:29.860
 He knows you completely,

00:27:30.339 --> 00:27:33.000
 and God cares for you deeply.

00:27:34.460 --> 00:27:36.539
 God cares for the sparrow, Jesus says.

00:27:36.539 --> 00:27:38.599
 So small and so fragile,

00:27:39.159 --> 00:27:40.559
 even though it's of little worth.

00:27:42.299 --> 00:27:44.579
 How much more is the argument

00:27:44.579 --> 00:27:45.700
 Jesus is making here?

00:27:46.159 --> 00:27:49.379
 How much more will He care for those

00:27:49.379 --> 00:27:51.279
 who are made in His own image?

00:27:51.279 --> 00:27:54.559
 God loved the world so much

00:27:54.559 --> 00:27:56.319
 that He gave His only Son,

00:27:57.039 --> 00:27:59.440
 not because that was a fair price

00:27:59.440 --> 00:28:00.519
 for what we're worth,

00:28:01.660 --> 00:28:03.019
 but that that was the price

00:28:03.019 --> 00:28:04.740
 to redeem sinners,

00:28:05.299 --> 00:28:06.759
 like you and me,

00:28:07.279 --> 00:28:09.240
 out of bondage to slavery,

00:28:09.779 --> 00:28:11.700
 bondage to good fear gone bad,

00:28:12.700 --> 00:28:14.079
 out of His own love

00:28:14.079 --> 00:28:15.220
 with which He loved us.

00:28:15.920 --> 00:28:17.700
 Father, Son, Holy Spirit,

00:28:17.700 --> 00:28:20.420
 our God chose to pay that price.

00:28:21.840 --> 00:28:24.880
 That price is what He cares for you.

00:28:26.059 --> 00:28:28.559
 The gospel is the cure for bad fear,

00:28:29.259 --> 00:28:30.640
 for distorted fear.

00:28:31.799 --> 00:28:33.799
 And as we're confronted with the enormity

00:28:33.799 --> 00:28:36.039
 of the Almighty God's love for us,

00:28:36.160 --> 00:28:37.299
 the cross declares

00:28:37.299 --> 00:28:39.580
 how He knows us completely,

00:28:40.120 --> 00:28:40.799
 warts and all,

00:28:40.860 --> 00:28:42.700
 and yet cares for us deeply

00:28:42.700 --> 00:28:44.420
 to give us His Son,

00:28:44.779 --> 00:28:45.920
 to bring us to Himself.

00:28:45.920 --> 00:28:49.120
 And now He's given us His Holy Spirit

00:28:49.120 --> 00:28:51.340
 to live with us and within us,

00:28:51.440 --> 00:28:52.940
 working in us power,

00:28:53.060 --> 00:28:54.360
 the power of the resurrection

00:28:54.360 --> 00:28:57.340
 to bring renewed hearts and minds

00:28:57.340 --> 00:29:00.240
 that orient around right fears,

00:29:00.680 --> 00:29:01.279
 good fears,

00:29:01.400 --> 00:29:02.940
 appropriate fear of man,

00:29:03.759 --> 00:29:05.660
 and appropriate fear of God

00:29:05.660 --> 00:29:07.620
 for who He is.

00:29:09.860 --> 00:29:12.640
 There are two very simple words

00:29:12.640 --> 00:29:13.820
 in our passage this morning

00:29:13.819 --> 00:29:15.939
 which we can easily overlook.

00:29:16.980 --> 00:29:18.240
 We find them at the beginning

00:29:18.240 --> 00:29:19.240
 in verse 4

00:29:19.240 --> 00:29:21.139
 that are profound

00:29:21.139 --> 00:29:22.799
 if we understand them correctly.

00:29:24.639 --> 00:29:26.259
 Jesus calls those

00:29:26.259 --> 00:29:27.339
 who are His disciples

00:29:27.339 --> 00:29:29.439
 my friends.

00:29:30.899 --> 00:29:31.559
 My friends.

00:29:33.099 --> 00:29:34.419
 If you're a Christian,

00:29:35.299 --> 00:29:36.359
 Jesus Christ,

00:29:36.460 --> 00:29:37.379
 the Son of God,

00:29:37.899 --> 00:29:39.200
 second person of the Trinity,

00:29:39.779 --> 00:29:40.879
 the one who has the power

00:29:40.880 --> 00:29:41.740
 and authority

00:29:41.740 --> 00:29:43.060
 to lay down His life

00:29:43.060 --> 00:29:44.160
 and the power

00:29:44.160 --> 00:29:45.520
 to bring it back up again,

00:29:46.360 --> 00:29:47.240
 this Jesus

00:29:47.240 --> 00:29:48.760
 calls you

00:29:48.760 --> 00:29:50.280
 my friend.

00:29:54.680 --> 00:29:56.160
 When we grasp hold

00:29:56.160 --> 00:29:57.080
 of these truths,

00:29:57.720 --> 00:29:59.260
 we can affirm

00:29:59.260 --> 00:30:00.040
 and live out

00:30:00.040 --> 00:30:01.220
 the words we see

00:30:01.220 --> 00:30:02.280
 the Apostle Paul say

00:30:02.280 --> 00:30:04.100
 at the end of Romans chapter 8.

00:30:04.640 --> 00:30:05.360
 I think we have these

00:30:05.360 --> 00:30:06.240
 to project as well.

00:30:06.240 --> 00:30:10.160
 We have this recorded for us.

00:30:10.960 --> 00:30:12.200
 What then shall we say

00:30:12.200 --> 00:30:13.039
 to these things,

00:30:13.480 --> 00:30:14.859
 to any of these fears

00:30:14.859 --> 00:30:15.859
 that may be distorted

00:30:15.859 --> 00:30:16.660
 in our lives?

00:30:17.720 --> 00:30:19.240
 If God is for us,

00:30:19.779 --> 00:30:21.140
 who can be against us?

00:30:22.079 --> 00:30:23.539
 He who did not spare

00:30:23.539 --> 00:30:24.339
 His own Son

00:30:24.339 --> 00:30:25.220
 but gave Him up

00:30:25.220 --> 00:30:25.960
 for us all,

00:30:26.359 --> 00:30:28.019
 how will He not also

00:30:28.019 --> 00:30:29.000
 along with Him

00:30:29.000 --> 00:30:30.160
 graciously give us

00:30:30.160 --> 00:30:31.160
 all things?

00:30:32.120 --> 00:30:33.680
 Who shall bring any charge

00:30:33.680 --> 00:30:34.940
 against God's elect?

00:30:34.940 --> 00:30:36.420
 It is God

00:30:36.420 --> 00:30:37.340
 who justifies,

00:30:38.299 --> 00:30:39.820
 who is to condemn.

00:30:40.640 --> 00:30:41.519
 Christ Jesus

00:30:41.519 --> 00:30:42.640
 is the one who died.

00:30:42.900 --> 00:30:43.680
 More than that,

00:30:43.720 --> 00:30:44.500
 who was raised,

00:30:44.620 --> 00:30:45.539
 who is at the right hand

00:30:45.539 --> 00:30:46.059
 of God,

00:30:46.380 --> 00:30:47.019
 who indeed

00:30:47.019 --> 00:30:48.680
 is interceding for us.

00:30:49.640 --> 00:30:51.320
 Who shall separate us

00:30:51.320 --> 00:30:52.600
 from the love of Christ?

00:30:53.640 --> 00:30:54.519
 Shall tribulation

00:30:54.519 --> 00:30:55.360
 or distress

00:30:55.360 --> 00:30:56.840
 or persecution

00:30:56.840 --> 00:30:57.600
 or famine

00:30:57.600 --> 00:30:58.840
 or nakedness

00:30:58.840 --> 00:30:59.620
 or danger

00:30:59.620 --> 00:31:00.680
 or sword

00:31:00.680 --> 00:31:02.100
 or any other fear

00:31:02.100 --> 00:31:03.059
 that you may have?

00:31:03.059 --> 00:31:05.299
 As it is written,

00:31:05.419 --> 00:31:06.139
 for your sake

00:31:06.139 --> 00:31:07.240
 we are being killed

00:31:07.240 --> 00:31:08.659
 all the day long.

00:31:09.359 --> 00:31:10.200
 We are regarded

00:31:10.200 --> 00:31:10.779
 as sheep

00:31:10.779 --> 00:31:11.980
 to be slaughtered.

00:31:13.159 --> 00:31:13.500
 No.

00:31:14.460 --> 00:31:16.039
 In all these things

00:31:16.039 --> 00:31:16.839
 we are more

00:31:16.839 --> 00:31:17.740
 than conquerors

00:31:17.740 --> 00:31:18.819
 through Him

00:31:18.819 --> 00:31:19.659
 who loved us.

00:31:20.819 --> 00:31:21.759
 For I am sure

00:31:21.759 --> 00:31:22.720
 that neither death

00:31:22.720 --> 00:31:23.639
 nor life

00:31:23.639 --> 00:31:24.579
 nor angels

00:31:24.579 --> 00:31:25.259
 nor rulers

00:31:25.259 --> 00:31:26.399
 nor things present

00:31:26.399 --> 00:31:27.419
 nor things to come

00:31:27.419 --> 00:31:28.500
 nor powers

00:31:28.500 --> 00:31:29.159
 nor height

00:31:29.159 --> 00:31:29.700
 nor depth

00:31:29.700 --> 00:31:30.879
 nor anything else

00:31:30.880 --> 00:31:31.940
 in all creation

00:31:31.940 --> 00:31:33.000
 will be able

00:31:33.000 --> 00:31:33.800
 to separate us

00:31:33.800 --> 00:31:34.320
 from the love

00:31:34.320 --> 00:31:34.960
 of God

00:31:34.960 --> 00:31:36.420
 in Christ Jesus

00:31:36.420 --> 00:31:37.620
 our Lord.

00:31:40.380 --> 00:31:41.560
 When the gospel

00:31:41.560 --> 00:31:42.440
 of Jesus Christ

00:31:42.440 --> 00:31:43.300
 has taken hold

00:31:43.300 --> 00:31:43.740
 of you

00:31:43.740 --> 00:31:44.580
 and you have

00:31:44.580 --> 00:31:45.180
 taken hold

00:31:45.180 --> 00:31:45.860
 of the gospel

00:31:45.860 --> 00:31:48.160
 the power of God

00:31:48.160 --> 00:31:49.020
 is at work in you

00:31:49.020 --> 00:31:50.200
 to cure you

00:31:50.200 --> 00:31:50.900
 of good fear

00:31:50.900 --> 00:31:51.480
 gone bad

00:31:51.480 --> 00:31:52.720
 to heal you

00:31:52.720 --> 00:31:54.140
 of distorted fears

00:31:54.140 --> 00:31:55.400
 so that you can

00:31:55.400 --> 00:31:56.280
 mean and say

00:31:56.280 --> 00:31:56.960
 those words

00:31:56.960 --> 00:31:58.040
 of Romans chapter 8

00:31:58.040 --> 00:31:58.720
 for yourself.

00:31:58.720 --> 00:32:00.880
 God wants that

00:32:00.880 --> 00:32:02.019
 for you

00:32:02.019 --> 00:32:03.160
 and I want to help you

00:32:03.160 --> 00:32:03.779
 with just a few

00:32:03.779 --> 00:32:04.940
 practical suggestions

00:32:04.940 --> 00:32:06.519
 of how we can grow

00:32:06.519 --> 00:32:08.160
 in applying that fear

00:32:08.160 --> 00:32:09.420
 so let me close

00:32:09.420 --> 00:32:10.680
 with the cure

00:32:10.680 --> 00:32:11.720
 in practice.

00:32:13.799 --> 00:32:15.200
 First and foremost

00:32:15.200 --> 00:32:16.880
 the cure

00:32:16.880 --> 00:32:17.519
 of the gospel

00:32:17.519 --> 00:32:18.579
 only works

00:32:18.579 --> 00:32:19.819
 if you have

00:32:19.819 --> 00:32:20.539
 received it.

00:32:21.700 --> 00:32:23.240
 You cannot take

00:32:23.240 --> 00:32:24.140
 the cure

00:32:24.140 --> 00:32:25.059
 for your fear

00:32:25.059 --> 00:32:25.500
 problem

00:32:25.500 --> 00:32:26.860
 if you have not

00:32:26.860 --> 00:32:27.860
 received the cure

00:32:27.859 --> 00:32:28.939
 for your sin problem

00:32:28.939 --> 00:32:30.959
 and if you are here

00:32:30.959 --> 00:32:31.500
 this morning

00:32:31.500 --> 00:32:32.479
 and haven't

00:32:32.479 --> 00:32:33.619
 received Christ

00:32:33.619 --> 00:32:34.240
 as your savior

00:32:34.240 --> 00:32:35.099
 then I'm so glad

00:32:35.099 --> 00:32:35.559
 you're here

00:32:35.559 --> 00:32:36.919
 so glad that I get

00:32:36.919 --> 00:32:38.219
 to speak with you

00:32:38.219 --> 00:32:38.699
 this morning

00:32:38.699 --> 00:32:39.699
 and I'd love to

00:32:39.699 --> 00:32:40.419
 talk to you more

00:32:40.419 --> 00:32:40.859
 about how

00:32:40.859 --> 00:32:42.119
 you can receive

00:32:42.119 --> 00:32:42.979
 Christ

00:32:42.979 --> 00:32:44.299
 and his life

00:32:44.299 --> 00:32:44.959
 his death

00:32:44.959 --> 00:32:45.619
 his resurrection

00:32:45.619 --> 00:32:46.740
 for you

00:32:46.740 --> 00:32:47.479
 so that you might

00:32:47.479 --> 00:32:48.199
 know forgiveness

00:32:48.199 --> 00:32:49.639
 and freedom

00:32:49.639 --> 00:32:50.639
 from God's judgment

00:32:50.639 --> 00:32:51.179
 and wrath

00:32:51.179 --> 00:32:51.619
 to come

00:32:51.619 --> 00:32:53.479
 and then

00:32:53.479 --> 00:32:54.119
 you can start

00:32:54.119 --> 00:32:54.559
 working

00:32:54.559 --> 00:32:55.939
 in placing

00:32:55.939 --> 00:32:56.579
 the fear

00:32:56.579 --> 00:32:57.159
 of man

00:32:57.159 --> 00:32:58.199
 in right proportion

00:32:58.199 --> 00:32:58.919
 to the fear

00:32:58.919 --> 00:32:59.500
 of God

00:32:59.500 --> 00:33:04.119
 if you have

00:33:04.119 --> 00:33:04.919
 received Christ

00:33:04.919 --> 00:33:05.239
 then

00:33:05.239 --> 00:33:06.899
 we apply

00:33:06.899 --> 00:33:07.659
 this truth

00:33:07.659 --> 00:33:08.199
 of putting

00:33:08.199 --> 00:33:09.039
 good fear

00:33:09.039 --> 00:33:10.759
 into its right

00:33:10.759 --> 00:33:11.159
 place

00:33:11.159 --> 00:33:11.759
 through practice

00:33:11.759 --> 00:33:12.639
 simple things

00:33:12.639 --> 00:33:13.559
 things I'm sure

00:33:13.559 --> 00:33:14.000
 you've heard

00:33:14.000 --> 00:33:14.500
 before

00:33:14.500 --> 00:33:16.880
 but let me

00:33:16.880 --> 00:33:17.160
 just give

00:33:17.160 --> 00:33:17.819
 some specific

00:33:17.819 --> 00:33:18.519
 application

00:33:18.519 --> 00:33:19.859
 the first

00:33:19.859 --> 00:33:20.880
 is in reading

00:33:20.880 --> 00:33:21.720
 God's word

00:33:21.720 --> 00:33:23.160
 the Bible

00:33:23.160 --> 00:33:24.519
 is a lifetime

00:33:24.519 --> 00:33:25.440
 supply

00:33:25.440 --> 00:33:26.920
 of meditation

00:33:26.920 --> 00:33:28.059
 and reflection

00:33:28.059 --> 00:33:29.299
 that works

00:33:29.299 --> 00:33:30.180
 to correct

00:33:30.180 --> 00:33:31.519
 distorted fear

00:33:31.519 --> 00:33:33.380
 to put the fear

00:33:33.380 --> 00:33:34.039
 of creation

00:33:34.039 --> 00:33:34.720
 in its proper

00:33:34.720 --> 00:33:35.259
 place

00:33:35.259 --> 00:33:36.279
 and the fear

00:33:36.279 --> 00:33:37.640
 of our creator

00:33:37.640 --> 00:33:39.000
 in his proper

00:33:39.000 --> 00:33:39.700
 place

00:33:39.700 --> 00:33:42.799
 but I want

00:33:42.799 --> 00:33:43.259
 to add

00:33:43.259 --> 00:33:44.400
 that the Bible

00:33:44.400 --> 00:33:45.980
 isn't our only

00:33:45.980 --> 00:33:46.840
 input

00:33:46.840 --> 00:33:48.040
 into our lives

00:33:48.040 --> 00:33:48.860
 and we need

00:33:48.860 --> 00:33:49.280
 to think

00:33:49.280 --> 00:33:49.900
 carefully

00:33:49.900 --> 00:33:51.140
 about our diet

00:33:51.140 --> 00:33:53.800
 because you may

00:33:53.800 --> 00:33:54.200
 be reading

00:33:54.200 --> 00:33:54.740
 your Bible

00:33:54.740 --> 00:33:55.960
 but what else

00:33:55.960 --> 00:33:56.960
 are you reading

00:33:56.960 --> 00:33:58.180
 and how is that

00:33:58.180 --> 00:33:58.820
 informing

00:33:58.820 --> 00:34:00.620
 your fears

00:34:00.620 --> 00:34:02.780
 the world

00:34:02.780 --> 00:34:03.560
 in so many

00:34:03.560 --> 00:34:04.640
 different ways

00:34:04.640 --> 00:34:05.720
 is telling you

00:34:05.720 --> 00:34:07.240
 what to fear

00:34:07.240 --> 00:34:08.740
 and it's not

00:34:08.740 --> 00:34:09.440
 telling you

00:34:09.440 --> 00:34:10.880
 to fear God

00:34:10.880 --> 00:34:12.900
 through the news

00:34:12.900 --> 00:34:13.940
 through social

00:34:13.940 --> 00:34:14.320
 media

00:34:14.320 --> 00:34:15.460
 through conversations

00:34:15.460 --> 00:34:16.280
 with friends

00:34:16.280 --> 00:34:16.980
 at school

00:34:16.980 --> 00:34:17.600
 or work

00:34:17.600 --> 00:34:18.200
 or college

00:34:18.200 --> 00:34:20.640
 there are

00:34:20.640 --> 00:34:21.100
 subtle

00:34:21.100 --> 00:34:21.840
 and there are

00:34:21.840 --> 00:34:22.440
 distinct

00:34:22.440 --> 00:34:24.120
 voices telling us

00:34:24.120 --> 00:34:25.460
 to fear this

00:34:25.460 --> 00:34:26.620
 fear that

00:34:26.620 --> 00:34:27.460
 fear the other

00:34:27.460 --> 00:34:30.400
 all at the expense

00:34:30.400 --> 00:34:31.280
 of fearing

00:34:31.280 --> 00:34:32.120
 God

00:34:32.120 --> 00:34:33.539
 and you and I

00:34:33.539 --> 00:34:34.460
 are taking that in

00:34:34.460 --> 00:34:36.140
 every single day

00:34:36.140 --> 00:34:37.960
 and honestly

00:34:37.960 --> 00:34:38.660
 it is foolish

00:34:38.660 --> 00:34:40.140
 and it is arrogant

00:34:40.140 --> 00:34:41.100
 for us to think

00:34:41.099 --> 00:34:42.099
 that we can resist

00:34:42.099 --> 00:34:43.759
 that influence

00:34:43.759 --> 00:34:44.900
 if we are not

00:34:44.900 --> 00:34:46.159
 regularly taking in

00:34:46.159 --> 00:34:47.039
 and balancing it

00:34:47.039 --> 00:34:48.119
 with the word

00:34:48.119 --> 00:34:48.759
 of God

00:34:48.759 --> 00:34:51.219
 speaking correctly

00:34:51.219 --> 00:34:52.699
 so that we can

00:34:52.699 --> 00:34:53.559
 distinguish

00:34:53.559 --> 00:34:55.380
 distorted fears

00:34:55.380 --> 00:34:57.559
 from accurate fears

00:34:57.559 --> 00:34:59.860
 so I want to

00:34:59.860 --> 00:35:00.460
 encourage you

00:35:00.460 --> 00:35:01.940
 feed on God's

00:35:01.940 --> 00:35:02.619
 word

00:35:02.619 --> 00:35:04.279
 I just read

00:35:04.279 --> 00:35:05.000
 recently actually

00:35:05.000 --> 00:35:05.920
 the Bible has

00:35:05.920 --> 00:35:07.579
 over 365

00:35:07.579 --> 00:35:08.880
 times where

00:35:08.880 --> 00:35:09.799
 we are called

00:35:09.799 --> 00:35:10.619
 to fear

00:35:10.619 --> 00:35:11.299
 not

00:35:11.299 --> 00:35:12.460
 that's more than

00:35:12.460 --> 00:35:13.159
 one a day

00:35:13.159 --> 00:35:14.799
 that might be

00:35:14.799 --> 00:35:16.059
 an outstanding

00:35:16.059 --> 00:35:17.420
 use of your

00:35:17.420 --> 00:35:18.219
 devotional time

00:35:18.219 --> 00:35:18.659
 just to

00:35:18.659 --> 00:35:19.659
 chart that

00:35:19.659 --> 00:35:20.099
 through

00:35:20.099 --> 00:35:21.159
 each day

00:35:21.159 --> 00:35:22.000
 reflecting where

00:35:22.000 --> 00:35:22.599
 God says

00:35:22.599 --> 00:35:23.199
 fear not

00:35:23.199 --> 00:35:23.819
 and what

00:35:23.819 --> 00:35:24.439
 grounds he

00:35:24.439 --> 00:35:24.939
 gives you

00:35:24.939 --> 00:35:26.019
 for that

00:35:26.019 --> 00:35:28.279
 but feed

00:35:28.279 --> 00:35:28.939
 on God's

00:35:28.939 --> 00:35:29.339
 word

00:35:29.339 --> 00:35:30.139
 being aware

00:35:30.139 --> 00:35:30.559
 that you're

00:35:30.559 --> 00:35:31.239
 already feeding

00:35:31.239 --> 00:35:31.759
 on other

00:35:31.759 --> 00:35:32.279
 things

00:35:32.279 --> 00:35:34.119
 so consider

00:35:34.119 --> 00:35:34.819
 your diet

00:35:34.819 --> 00:35:35.639
 carefully

00:35:35.639 --> 00:35:38.919
 second application

00:35:38.919 --> 00:35:39.679
 I would encourage

00:35:39.679 --> 00:35:41.239
 you to pray

00:35:41.239 --> 00:35:42.739
 and to invite

00:35:42.739 --> 00:35:43.519
 prayer

00:35:43.519 --> 00:35:45.419
 specifically

00:35:45.419 --> 00:35:46.539
 invite prayer

00:35:46.539 --> 00:35:47.699
 for where

00:35:47.699 --> 00:35:48.819
 distorted fear

00:35:48.819 --> 00:35:49.759
 applies and is

00:35:49.759 --> 00:35:50.579
 lived out in

00:35:50.579 --> 00:35:51.199
 your life

00:35:51.199 --> 00:35:52.079
 and we have

00:35:52.079 --> 00:35:52.759
 before us

00:35:52.760 --> 00:35:53.680
 an example

00:35:53.680 --> 00:35:54.260
 in the

00:35:54.260 --> 00:35:55.160
 apostle Paul

00:35:55.160 --> 00:35:56.940
 he says to

00:35:56.940 --> 00:35:57.380
 the church

00:35:57.380 --> 00:35:57.920
 in Ephesus

00:35:57.920 --> 00:35:58.620
 in Ephesians

00:35:58.620 --> 00:35:59.560
 chapter 6

00:35:59.560 --> 00:36:00.980
 he says to

00:36:00.980 --> 00:36:01.560
 the church

00:36:01.560 --> 00:36:02.980
 pray for me

00:36:02.980 --> 00:36:04.380
 pray for me

00:36:04.380 --> 00:36:05.240
 that words

00:36:05.240 --> 00:36:05.800
 may be given

00:36:05.800 --> 00:36:06.140
 to me

00:36:06.140 --> 00:36:06.600
 in opening

00:36:06.600 --> 00:36:07.160
 my mouth

00:36:07.160 --> 00:36:07.820
 boldly

00:36:07.820 --> 00:36:08.720
 to proclaim

00:36:08.720 --> 00:36:09.500
 the mystery

00:36:09.500 --> 00:36:10.400
 of the gospel

00:36:10.400 --> 00:36:11.460
 for which I

00:36:11.460 --> 00:36:12.120
 am an ambassador

00:36:12.120 --> 00:36:13.000
 in chains

00:36:13.000 --> 00:36:14.160
 that I may

00:36:14.160 --> 00:36:14.840
 declare it

00:36:14.840 --> 00:36:15.520
 boldly

00:36:15.520 --> 00:36:16.220
 as I ought

00:36:16.220 --> 00:36:16.960
 to speak

00:36:16.960 --> 00:36:19.120
 brothers and

00:36:19.120 --> 00:36:19.300
 sisters

00:36:19.300 --> 00:36:20.000
 if the

00:36:20.000 --> 00:36:20.880
 apostle to

00:36:20.880 --> 00:36:21.800
 the Gentiles

00:36:21.800 --> 00:36:22.740
 the guy

00:36:22.739 --> 00:36:23.239
 who wrote

00:36:23.239 --> 00:36:23.879
 most of the

00:36:23.879 --> 00:36:24.239
 letters of

00:36:24.239 --> 00:36:24.479
 the New

00:36:24.479 --> 00:36:24.859
 Testament

00:36:24.859 --> 00:36:25.619
 if he

00:36:25.619 --> 00:36:26.099
 needed

00:36:26.099 --> 00:36:26.719
 God's

00:36:26.719 --> 00:36:27.119
 people to

00:36:27.119 --> 00:36:27.759
 pray for

00:36:27.759 --> 00:36:28.039
 him

00:36:28.039 --> 00:36:29.279
 I'm pretty

00:36:29.279 --> 00:36:29.739
 sure you

00:36:29.739 --> 00:36:30.000
 and I

00:36:30.000 --> 00:36:30.699
 need prayer

00:36:30.699 --> 00:36:31.179
 from those

00:36:31.179 --> 00:36:31.659
 around us

00:36:31.659 --> 00:36:31.899
 too

00:36:31.899 --> 00:36:34.719
 so when

00:36:34.719 --> 00:36:35.119
 you meet

00:36:35.119 --> 00:36:35.659
 one-on-one

00:36:35.659 --> 00:36:36.239
 with friends

00:36:36.239 --> 00:36:36.799
 over coffee

00:36:36.799 --> 00:36:37.119
 when you

00:36:37.119 --> 00:36:37.879
 have small

00:36:37.879 --> 00:36:38.479
 group time

00:36:38.479 --> 00:36:39.319
 prayer time

00:36:39.319 --> 00:36:40.839
 invite others

00:36:40.839 --> 00:36:41.679
 into your

00:36:41.679 --> 00:36:42.099
 struggle

00:36:42.099 --> 00:36:43.259
 because they're

00:36:43.259 --> 00:36:43.639
 in the same

00:36:43.639 --> 00:36:44.379
 position as you

00:36:44.379 --> 00:36:44.639
 are

00:36:44.639 --> 00:36:45.759
 the fears

00:36:45.759 --> 00:36:46.139
 might be

00:36:46.139 --> 00:36:46.419
 different

00:36:46.419 --> 00:36:47.279
 but we all

00:36:47.279 --> 00:36:48.259
 wrestle with

00:36:48.259 --> 00:36:49.079
 this reality

00:36:49.079 --> 00:36:50.739
 invite others

00:36:50.739 --> 00:36:51.599
 in to pray

00:36:51.599 --> 00:36:52.119
 for you

00:36:52.119 --> 00:36:52.840
 in very

00:36:52.840 --> 00:36:53.440
 practical

00:36:53.440 --> 00:36:54.099
 ways

00:36:54.099 --> 00:36:55.119
 for how

00:36:55.119 --> 00:36:56.400
 you see

00:36:56.400 --> 00:36:57.079
 fear being

00:36:57.079 --> 00:36:57.619
 distorted

00:36:57.619 --> 00:36:58.019
 in your

00:36:58.019 --> 00:36:58.440
 lives

00:36:58.440 --> 00:37:01.000
 and then

00:37:01.000 --> 00:37:01.400
 lastly

00:37:01.400 --> 00:37:02.059
 a practical

00:37:02.059 --> 00:37:02.880
 application

00:37:02.880 --> 00:37:03.799
 is to

00:37:03.799 --> 00:37:04.420
 try it

00:37:04.420 --> 00:37:05.639
 try it

00:37:05.639 --> 00:37:05.960
 out

00:37:05.960 --> 00:37:07.340
 do not

00:37:07.340 --> 00:37:08.019
 wait for

00:37:08.019 --> 00:37:08.819
 your feelings

00:37:08.819 --> 00:37:09.799
 to catch up

00:37:09.799 --> 00:37:10.559
 to what

00:37:10.559 --> 00:37:11.420
 the scriptures

00:37:11.420 --> 00:37:12.099
 are telling

00:37:12.099 --> 00:37:12.420
 you

00:37:12.420 --> 00:37:14.000
 don't wait

00:37:14.000 --> 00:37:14.900
 to feel

00:37:14.900 --> 00:37:15.779
 bold

00:37:15.780 --> 00:37:17.519
 being

00:37:17.519 --> 00:37:18.000
 brave

00:37:18.000 --> 00:37:18.440
 isn't

00:37:18.440 --> 00:37:19.000
 the absence

00:37:19.000 --> 00:37:19.720
 of fear

00:37:19.720 --> 00:37:21.440
 rather it

00:37:21.440 --> 00:37:22.340
 is being

00:37:22.340 --> 00:37:23.640
 being afraid

00:37:23.640 --> 00:37:24.320
 still

00:37:24.320 --> 00:37:24.780
 and yet

00:37:24.780 --> 00:37:25.180
 doing

00:37:25.180 --> 00:37:25.820
 the right

00:37:25.820 --> 00:37:26.220
 thing

00:37:26.220 --> 00:37:26.720
 anyway

00:37:26.720 --> 00:37:28.960
 so step

00:37:28.960 --> 00:37:29.519
 out into

00:37:29.519 --> 00:37:29.920
 whatever

00:37:29.920 --> 00:37:30.680
 sphere it

00:37:30.680 --> 00:37:30.960
 may be

00:37:30.960 --> 00:37:31.240
 that you

00:37:31.240 --> 00:37:31.460
 know

00:37:31.460 --> 00:37:31.680
 God

00:37:31.680 --> 00:37:32.200
 is calling

00:37:32.200 --> 00:37:32.720
 you to

00:37:32.720 --> 00:37:33.280
 and where

00:37:33.280 --> 00:37:33.940
 these fears

00:37:33.940 --> 00:37:34.680
 are distorted

00:37:34.680 --> 00:37:35.480
 for you

00:37:35.480 --> 00:37:36.720
 being

00:37:36.720 --> 00:37:37.320
 fueled

00:37:37.320 --> 00:37:37.580
 and

00:37:37.580 --> 00:37:38.280
 strengthened

00:37:38.280 --> 00:37:38.880
 by God's

00:37:38.880 --> 00:37:39.300
 word

00:37:39.300 --> 00:37:40.320
 resting

00:37:40.320 --> 00:37:40.700
 in the

00:37:40.700 --> 00:37:41.120
 prayers

00:37:41.120 --> 00:37:41.680
 of God's

00:37:41.680 --> 00:37:41.920
 saints

00:37:41.920 --> 00:37:42.600
 for you

00:37:42.600 --> 00:37:44.019
 expect

00:37:44.019 --> 00:37:44.760
 to have

00:37:44.760 --> 00:37:45.080
 those

00:37:45.079 --> 00:37:45.500
 old

00:37:45.500 --> 00:37:46.139
 feelings

00:37:46.139 --> 00:37:46.599
 that come

00:37:46.599 --> 00:37:46.980
 from a

00:37:46.980 --> 00:37:47.480
 distorted

00:37:47.480 --> 00:37:48.239
 fear

00:37:48.239 --> 00:37:48.539
 expect

00:37:48.539 --> 00:37:48.860
 them to

00:37:48.860 --> 00:37:49.619
 be there

00:37:49.619 --> 00:37:49.840
 for a

00:37:49.840 --> 00:37:49.960
 little

00:37:49.960 --> 00:37:50.259
 while

00:37:50.259 --> 00:37:50.639
 longer

00:37:50.639 --> 00:37:51.360
 as God

00:37:51.360 --> 00:37:51.860
 continues

00:37:51.860 --> 00:37:52.400
 to work

00:37:52.400 --> 00:37:52.940
 in you

00:37:52.940 --> 00:37:54.199
 but do

00:37:54.199 --> 00:37:54.519
 not let

00:37:54.519 --> 00:37:55.159
 that stop

00:37:55.159 --> 00:37:55.559
 you from

00:37:55.559 --> 00:37:55.960
 doing

00:37:55.960 --> 00:37:56.840
 what God

00:37:56.840 --> 00:37:57.400
 calls you

00:37:57.400 --> 00:37:57.880
 to do

00:37:57.880 --> 00:38:00.340
 you may

00:38:00.340 --> 00:38:00.779
 be familiar

00:38:00.779 --> 00:38:01.179
 with

00:38:01.179 --> 00:38:01.920
 C.S.

00:38:01.980 --> 00:38:02.360
 Lewis's

00:38:02.360 --> 00:38:02.539
 book

00:38:02.539 --> 00:38:02.940
 The Lion

00:38:02.940 --> 00:38:03.279
 the Witch

00:38:03.279 --> 00:38:03.519
 and the

00:38:03.519 --> 00:38:03.920
 Wardrobe

00:38:03.920 --> 00:38:04.840
 it's a

00:38:04.840 --> 00:38:05.059
 family

00:38:05.059 --> 00:38:05.460
 favorite

00:38:05.460 --> 00:38:05.980
 for us

00:38:05.980 --> 00:38:06.199
 and we

00:38:06.199 --> 00:38:06.579
 read it

00:38:06.579 --> 00:38:07.259
 once in

00:38:07.259 --> 00:38:07.539
 a while

00:38:07.539 --> 00:38:09.000
 there's a

00:38:09.000 --> 00:38:09.380
 scene

00:38:09.380 --> 00:38:10.019
 in which

00:38:10.019 --> 00:38:10.880
 brother

00:38:10.880 --> 00:38:11.239
 Peter

00:38:11.239 --> 00:38:11.679
 is

00:38:11.679 --> 00:38:12.319
 seeking

00:38:12.319 --> 00:38:12.880
 to defend

00:38:12.880 --> 00:38:13.199
 his

00:38:13.199 --> 00:38:13.579
 sisters

00:38:13.579 --> 00:38:14.139
 from

00:38:14.139 --> 00:38:15.059
 attacking

00:38:15.059 --> 00:38:15.619
 wolves

00:38:15.619 --> 00:38:15.880
 who

00:38:15.880 --> 00:38:16.199
 serve

00:38:16.199 --> 00:38:16.380
 the

00:38:16.380 --> 00:38:16.619
 wicked

00:38:16.619 --> 00:38:16.940
 white

00:38:16.940 --> 00:38:17.340
 witch

00:38:17.340 --> 00:38:19.079
 and Lewis

00:38:19.079 --> 00:38:19.400
 writes

00:38:19.400 --> 00:38:19.659
 this

00:38:19.659 --> 00:38:20.159
 he says

00:38:20.159 --> 00:38:21.599
 Peter

00:38:21.599 --> 00:38:22.139
 did not

00:38:22.139 --> 00:38:22.539
 feel

00:38:22.539 --> 00:38:22.960
 very

00:38:22.960 --> 00:38:23.639
 brave

00:38:23.639 --> 00:38:25.599
 indeed

00:38:25.599 --> 00:38:26.679
 he felt

00:38:26.679 --> 00:38:26.880
 he was

00:38:26.880 --> 00:38:27.019
 going to

00:38:27.019 --> 00:38:27.559
 be sick

00:38:27.559 --> 00:38:29.480
 but that

00:38:29.480 --> 00:38:29.920
 made no

00:38:29.920 --> 00:38:30.539
 difference

00:38:30.539 --> 00:38:31.480
 to what

00:38:31.480 --> 00:38:31.759
 he had

00:38:31.759 --> 00:38:32.199
 to do

00:38:32.199 --> 00:38:34.179
 it made

00:38:34.179 --> 00:38:34.759
 no difference

00:38:34.759 --> 00:38:35.219
 to what

00:38:35.219 --> 00:38:35.480
 he had

00:38:35.480 --> 00:38:35.900
 to do

00:38:35.900 --> 00:38:37.239
 don't let

00:38:37.239 --> 00:38:38.059
 your feelings

00:38:38.059 --> 00:38:38.619
 make a

00:38:38.619 --> 00:38:39.059
 difference

00:38:39.059 --> 00:38:39.820
 to what

00:38:39.820 --> 00:38:40.259
 you have

00:38:40.259 --> 00:38:40.619
 to do

00:38:40.619 --> 00:38:42.480
 to what

00:38:42.480 --> 00:38:42.659
 God

00:38:42.659 --> 00:38:43.199
 is calling

00:38:43.199 --> 00:38:43.559
 you to

00:38:43.559 --> 00:38:43.779
 do

00:38:43.779 --> 00:38:44.000
 what

00:38:44.000 --> 00:38:44.619
 Jesus

00:38:44.619 --> 00:38:45.500
 lays out

00:38:45.500 --> 00:38:46.000
 in these

00:38:46.000 --> 00:38:46.519
 verses

00:38:46.519 --> 00:38:47.079
 for us

00:38:47.079 --> 00:38:47.299
 this

00:38:47.299 --> 00:38:47.619
 morning

00:38:47.619 --> 00:38:47.900
 to

00:38:47.900 --> 00:38:48.719
 place

00:38:48.719 --> 00:38:49.239
 God

00:38:49.239 --> 00:38:49.739
 in his

00:38:49.739 --> 00:38:50.199
 rightful

00:38:50.199 --> 00:38:50.739
 place

00:38:50.739 --> 00:38:53.539
 the

00:38:53.539 --> 00:38:53.919
 gospel

00:38:53.919 --> 00:38:54.439
 cure

00:38:54.439 --> 00:38:56.299
 cures us

00:38:56.299 --> 00:38:56.659
 from

00:38:56.659 --> 00:38:57.219
 good

00:38:57.219 --> 00:38:57.619
 fear

00:38:57.619 --> 00:38:58.000
 gone

00:38:58.000 --> 00:38:58.779
 bad

00:38:58.779 --> 00:38:59.239
 and with

00:38:59.239 --> 00:38:59.479
 that

00:38:59.479 --> 00:39:00.879
 in place

00:39:00.879 --> 00:39:03.359
 brothers and

00:39:03.359 --> 00:39:03.619
 sisters

00:39:03.619 --> 00:39:04.179
 friends

00:39:04.179 --> 00:39:05.599
 be equipped

00:39:05.599 --> 00:39:06.019
 be

00:39:06.019 --> 00:39:06.979
 courageous

00:39:06.979 --> 00:39:08.799
 to live

00:39:08.799 --> 00:39:09.159
 out

00:39:09.159 --> 00:39:10.319
 the life

00:39:10.319 --> 00:39:10.739
 God has

00:39:10.739 --> 00:39:11.219
 for you

00:39:11.219 --> 00:39:12.219
 serve

00:39:12.219 --> 00:39:12.459
 him

00:39:12.459 --> 00:39:12.919
 honoring

00:39:12.919 --> 00:39:13.339
 him

00:39:13.340 --> 00:39:15.400
 as you

00:39:15.400 --> 00:39:15.980
 receive

00:39:15.980 --> 00:39:16.900
 all of

00:39:16.900 --> 00:39:17.140
 God's

00:39:17.140 --> 00:39:17.460
 blessings

00:39:17.460 --> 00:39:17.760
 in your

00:39:17.760 --> 00:39:17.960
 life

00:39:17.960 --> 00:39:18.200
 let me

00:39:18.200 --> 00:39:18.480
 pray

00:39:18.480 --> 00:39:20.519
 heavenly

00:39:20.519 --> 00:39:20.840
 father

00:39:20.840 --> 00:39:21.280
 we thank

00:39:21.280 --> 00:39:21.680
 you for

00:39:21.680 --> 00:39:22.240
 your word

00:39:22.240 --> 00:39:22.720
 to us

00:39:22.720 --> 00:39:22.960
 this

00:39:22.960 --> 00:39:23.240
 morning

00:39:23.240 --> 00:39:24.380
 we thank

00:39:24.380 --> 00:39:24.700
 you for

00:39:24.700 --> 00:39:25.000
 how you

00:39:25.000 --> 00:39:25.420
 speak

00:39:25.420 --> 00:39:25.920
 into

00:39:25.920 --> 00:39:26.320
 our

00:39:26.320 --> 00:39:27.800
 the many

00:39:27.800 --> 00:39:28.260
 ways in

00:39:28.260 --> 00:39:28.780
 which our

00:39:28.780 --> 00:39:29.300
 lives are

00:39:29.300 --> 00:39:29.860
 messed up

00:39:29.860 --> 00:39:31.019
 and how

00:39:31.019 --> 00:39:31.300
 you have

00:39:31.300 --> 00:39:31.860
 spoken this

00:39:31.860 --> 00:39:32.220
 morning

00:39:32.220 --> 00:39:32.579
 and how

00:39:32.579 --> 00:39:32.820
 to

00:39:32.820 --> 00:39:34.300
 correct

00:39:34.300 --> 00:39:35.079
 distorted

00:39:35.079 --> 00:39:35.620
 fear

00:39:35.620 --> 00:39:35.900
 good

00:39:35.900 --> 00:39:36.180
 fear

00:39:36.180 --> 00:39:36.420
 gone

00:39:36.420 --> 00:39:36.820
 bad

00:39:36.820 --> 00:39:39.240
 we thank

00:39:39.240 --> 00:39:39.519
 you for

00:39:39.519 --> 00:39:40.000
 your son

00:39:40.000 --> 00:39:40.300
 Jesus

00:39:40.300 --> 00:39:40.820
 Christ

00:39:40.820 --> 00:39:41.559
 we thank

00:39:41.559 --> 00:39:41.820
 you for

00:39:41.820 --> 00:39:42.360
 your spirit

00:39:42.360 --> 00:39:42.760
 and we thank

00:39:42.760 --> 00:39:42.980
 you for

00:39:42.980 --> 00:39:43.320
 your word

00:39:43.320 --> 00:39:43.580
 word

00:39:43.580 --> 00:39:44.760
 we pray

00:39:44.760 --> 00:39:44.960
 Lord

00:39:44.960 --> 00:39:45.200
 that you

00:39:45.200 --> 00:39:45.640
 would work

00:39:45.640 --> 00:39:46.019
 in us

00:39:46.019 --> 00:39:46.559
 faith

00:39:46.559 --> 00:39:48.460
 to step

00:39:48.460 --> 00:39:48.860
 out

00:39:48.860 --> 00:39:51.480
 as you

00:39:51.480 --> 00:39:51.960
 call us

00:39:51.960 --> 00:39:52.500
 to in ways

00:39:52.500 --> 00:39:53.019
 which honor

00:39:53.019 --> 00:39:53.240
 you

00:39:53.240 --> 00:39:53.820
 glorify

00:39:53.820 --> 00:39:54.140
 you

00:39:54.140 --> 00:39:55.260
 we do

00:39:55.260 --> 00:39:55.720
 this in

00:39:55.720 --> 00:39:56.160
 Christ's

00:39:56.160 --> 00:39:56.380
 name

00:39:56.380 --> 00:39:57.100
 amen