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 It's an honor and a privilege to be here with you once again.

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 For those of you who may not know me, my name is Jonathan Hoffman.

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! I am a current graduate, or recent graduate, of the apprenticeship program that we have here at Christ Family Church.

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 And so, in part, that is a reason why I have been invited and given this privilege today.

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 So, it is quite an honor for me to be allowed this opportunity.

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 And, just to share something with you that has been in my heart.

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 I moved up here to North Georgia in order to go to Bible college.

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 I was converted, became a Christian about almost four years ago.

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 And, God has so powerfully moved in my life since then.

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 And, I moved up here with the mindset of, I want the rest of my life to revolve around these truths that I had found.

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 That my eyes had been open to.

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 And, so, I have come to feel the sense of calling into the ministry.

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 A burden to preach God's Word because I believe that it is the only thing, as Scripture says, that has the power to save.

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 And, so, it is a privilege to be given this opportunity.

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 But, at the same time, I moved up here and I left my dream career of law enforcement because it had become an idol.

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 And, I believe it was Calvin.

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 Calvin, I could be wrong.

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 But, a whole theologian once said that the heart is an idol factory.

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 We create gods by the dozens, by the thousands even, in our hearts.

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 And, so, while I was going through Bible college, Tripp McConnell, for about a year,

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 one of the greatest convictions that has come upon me of my own sin is my battle with my pride.

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 It is a tremendous, tremendous battle that I have to fight with my pride.

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 And, it is why I left law enforcement.

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 And, while I was going through Bible college, and even now, my pride is still an issue to where I felt like I am constantly in danger of giving myself over to my pride in my learning now.

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 You know, I am going through Bible college, and I am learning all these great things and these great truths.

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 And, my fear is that I am doing it for the wrong reasons.

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 I constantly keep that in check.

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 And, God has given me a lot of grace in battling that.

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 And, so, I tell you that because I believe that even preaching can be turned into an idol.

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 And, it is my greatest fear this morning and for my future that I will turn preaching into an idol.

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 Because I can write a good paper, or because I can use eloquent words, or so on and so forth.

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 And, so, that has been my greatest battle in preparing for this sermon is to make sure that my pride is at check.

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 So, that I will be able to preach in power through the Spirit.

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 That I would be as a clean vessel for His Word to come through me.

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 And, so, I pray this morning and I ask you, I ask every one of you to pray along with me.

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 That, that would be the case.

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 And, I ask that every one of you would pay attention.

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 Pay close attention because there are waiting matters at hand here this morning.

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 And, so, pray for yourselves as well.

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 That God would soften your hearts.

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 And, that we would be changed by what we learned today.

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 And, so, I hope that that is the case this morning.

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 If God would see it fit, that that would be the case.

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 So, please turn with me to the book of Colossians chapter 3.

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 Colossians chapter 3.

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 And, just to give you a quick review for those who have not been with us for the last few weeks.

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 We have been going verse by verse through the book of Colossians.

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 The book of Colossians is a letter that the Apostle Paul wrote to the church at Colossae.

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 And, now, Colossae was a city in modern day Turkey.

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 And, it was about 100 miles east of Ephesus, the city of Ephesus.

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 Now, Paul had never visited Colossae.

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 And, so, it is believed that the church there was started by a man by the name of Epaphras.

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 Epaphras, who was converted during a visit to Ephesus where Paul, the Apostle, was ministering there for three years.

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 And, Colossae was primarily a Gentile city but had a fairly large Jewish population.

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 And, so, as the gospel spread and the church at Colossae was established, it consisted of a mixture of Jews and Gentiles.

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 A dangerous heresy then arose in the church.

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 And, this heresy contained a mixture of Jewish mysticism and pagan, or Jewish legalism, I'm sorry, and pagan mysticism.

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 It began to cause division in the church.

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 And, Epaphras, being so concerned about the people of that church, made a journey to Rome to ask for Paul's help in combating this heresy.

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 Now, Paul was, at the time, in Rome in prison.

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 He was in a Roman prison.

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 And, it was around the same time that Paul wrote the letter to Philemon, the letter to the Ephesians, and the letter to the Philippians.

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 And, this one in particular was primarily for that initial purpose of combating this heresy.

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 And, so, in the last few weeks, we have been going through the book of Colossians, and we have now reached chapter 3.

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 And, in the first two chapters, we have seen that we have been given a lot of doctrine.

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 The first two chapters are a lot of doctrine.

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 And, this seems to be a pattern with Paul in his letters.

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 First, he gives us doctrine, and then he follows it by practical exhortations or application.

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 And, so, it is the case here.

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 And, one of the reasons for that is because good life application must be founded upon good doctrine.

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 And, so, our text this morning will be Colossians chapter 3, verses 1 through 4.

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 Colossians chapter 3, verses 1 through 4.

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 And, as we begin to look at the practical application portion of this letter, I would like to actually start reading from chapter 2, verse 20.

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 So, please look with me at chapter 2, verse 20 of the book of Colossians.

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 And, God's Word, which is inerrant, infallible, and sharper than any two-edged sword, reads,

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 If with Christ you died to the elemental spirits of the world, why, as if you were still alive in the world, do you submit to regulations?

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 Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch, referring to things that all perish as they are used, according to human precepts and teachings.

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 These have indeed an appearance of wisdom in promoting self-made religion and asceticism and severity to the body.

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 But they are of no value in stopping the indulgence of the flesh.

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 If, then, you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.

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 Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.

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 For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

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 When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.

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 Pray with me.

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 Father, we thank You this morning, Lord, for Your work, Lord, that You have achieved, accomplished.

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 Lord, for sending Christ to die for us on the cross, Lord, that we might be reconciled to You.

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 Lord, that we may receive of this free gift of salvation, conversion, Lord, where You give us a new heart,

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 with new desires and an ability to understand Your Word and to love You and follow Your ways.

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 Lord, I pray that Your Spirit will be at work within me this morning,

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 and within all of those who are in this building.

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 Lord, that You would bring about conviction.

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 Lord, that You would change hearts.

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 Please, Lord, we pray for that.

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 Illumine our minds, Lord.

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 Change us.

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 Please, change us.

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 Lord, we thank You, we praise You, and we love You.

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 In Jesus' name, amen.

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 Amen.

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 It was R.C. Sproul, who is currently a pastor for St. Andrew's Chapel in Sanford, Florida,

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 and the founder of Ligonier Ministries, who once said of modern Christianity,

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 and I quote,

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 It is a dangerous thing for the Christian's mind to be trapped within the confines of the terrestrial horizon.

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 Close quote.

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 It is a dangerous thing for the Christian's mind to be trapped within the confines of the terrestrial horizon,

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 to be earth-grounded instead of lifted up.

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 And it was, for example, for this reason,

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 that the Lord Jesus Christ rebukes Peter so harshly.

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 In Matthew 16, verse 23,

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 as He says to His beloved disciple,

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 Peter, who would become a giant contender of the faith,

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 a leader amongst Christians,

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 one whom the book of Revelation, in chapter 21, verse 14,

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 says that His name will be written on the foundation stones of the wall of the New Jerusalem.

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 It is to this apostle Peter

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 that Jesus rebukes by saying,

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 Get behind me, Satan.

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 Why?

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 Jesus goes on,

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 Because you are not setting your mind on the things of God,

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 but on the things of man.

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 Peter, a true Christian,

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 at that moment had his mind trapped within the confines of the terrestrial horizon,

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 and our Lord called him Satan for it.

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 It is a hindrance upon the believer to be effective in kingdom work.

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 It is a serious and dangerous place to be,

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 and from it arise many of our maladies today,

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 such as depression, covetousness,

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 pride, strife,

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 idolatry,

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 etc.

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 The Christian should have his mind set on the things that are above,

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 not on the things of the earth.

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 And in our text this morning,

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 we will see the difference between,

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 and the implications of,

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 earthly and heavenly mindedness.

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 And so I have divided this text into four sections,

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 or four headings.

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 And for our first heading,

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 I want you to notice the subject of the exhortations.

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 The subject of the exhortation.

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 Beginning in verse 1 of chapter 3.

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 If then you have been raised with Christ.

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 Now stop right there.

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 Who are the subjects of this exhortation?

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 If then you have been raised with Christ,

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 it's Christians.

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 It is true born again believers

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 that the Apostle Paul is addressing here.

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 Now it is the true condition of the church.

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 In our day,

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 as much as it was in Paul's day,

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 that not everyone who attends church services,

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 and not everyone who goes to Sunday school,

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 and not everyone who even becomes a member of a church,

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 or reads their Bible every day,

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 or does all sorts of activity in the name of Jesus,

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 is a true Christian.

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 And for the purpose of our text this morning,

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 this truth has massive implications.

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 Why?

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 Well, let's look first at the purpose of the exhortation.

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 What is the reason behind this text

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 that we are looking at this morning?

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 Verse 1.

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 If then.

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 The if then here can also be translated,

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 therefore, if.

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 The therefore is a conjunction

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 connecting the last paragraph of chapter 3,

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 or of chapter 2,

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 to the first paragraph of chapter 3.

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 And so that's why we started reading from chapter 2, verse 20.

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 So let's read that again,

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 starting in verse 20.

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 If with Christ you died to the elemental spirits of the world,

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 why, as if you were still alive in the world,

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 do you submit to regulations?

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 Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch,

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 referring to those things that all perish as they are used,

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 according to human precepts and teachings.

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 These have indeed an appearance of wisdom

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 in promoting self-made religion,

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 and asceticism and severity to the body.

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 But.

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 But.

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 Now here is the purpose of the exhortation

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 that is to come in chapter 3.

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 They are of no value

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 in stopping the indulgence of the flesh.

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 The main purpose of this exhortation

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 is for the true Christian

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 to be given the key

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 to stopping the indulgence of the flesh.

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 And so it is important

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 to understand that Paul here,

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 first of all,

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 is saying that you must be

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 a Christian

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 if you are to attain

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 any degree of this

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 truth with any value.

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 Otherwise, all you have

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 is someone in the flesh

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 trying to stop

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 the indulgence of the flesh,

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 which kind of reminds me

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 of a saying of our Lord,

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 and if Satan cast out Satan,

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 he is divided against himself,

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 how then will his kingdom stand?

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 It is these people

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 who in the power of the flesh

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 try to stop the indulgence of the flesh

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 that Paul warns us of

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 and warns us against.

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 Those who try to mortify the flesh

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 through self-made religion,

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 asceticism,

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 and severity to the body.

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 And even Paul says

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 that these things

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 appear to be wise.

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 If you look at these people,

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 you might think to yourself,

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 wow,

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 how righteous they are,

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 what piety,

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 what discipline.

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 But behind the smoke and mirrors,

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 there is no true power.

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 Kyle taught us last week

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 some about this.

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 He said that these people

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 practice these things

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 to try to reach

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 a higher level of spirituality

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 by reducing earthly comforts.

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 But in reality,

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 it is a practice

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 of self-righteousness,

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 not self-denial.

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 And this,

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 at its core,

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 is idolatry.

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 These people

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 who try these

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 have created

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 a God

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 in their image,

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 in their own mind,

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 to suit

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 their own desires.

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 And they try

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 to gain God's favor

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 and even salvation

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 through their works.

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 Now,

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 these false doctrines

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 have been widespread

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 all throughout history.

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 And it is true

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 of just about

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 every religion

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 that is not Christian.

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 And it is also the case

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 in those who

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 entitle themselves

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 to be Christian,

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 but are not really

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 Christian.

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 I say that

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 of such

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 religions

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 as

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 such as Mormonism,

00:18:28.700 --> 00:18:29.639
 Jehovah's Witnesses,

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 and yes,

00:18:30.099 --> 00:18:31.279
 even the Catholic Church.

00:18:32.940 --> 00:18:33.279
 Now,

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 let me give you

00:18:34.420 --> 00:18:35.500
 just two quick examples

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 of this asceticism.

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 Now,

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 Paul wrote this letter

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 in about 60

00:18:39.879 --> 00:18:41.500
 to 62 A.D.

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 And in A.D. 52,

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 at the age of 16,

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 the historian Josephus

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 wrote about

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 three major sects

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 or philosophies

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 amongst the Jews.

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 Now,

00:18:53.259 --> 00:18:53.779
 Pastor Nathan

00:18:53.779 --> 00:18:54.920
 quoted this portion

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 a few weeks back

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 where Josephus says

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 that

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 the first

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 were the Pharisees,

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 then the Sadducees,

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 and the third

00:19:04.680 --> 00:19:05.799
 were the

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 Essenes.

00:19:07.440 --> 00:19:08.059
 Now,

00:19:08.139 --> 00:19:08.639
 the Essenes

00:19:08.639 --> 00:19:09.579
 were a group

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 that were

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 dedicated to

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 asceticism.

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 And Josephus

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 writes of them,

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 and I quote,

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 I contended myself

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 with hard fare

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 and underwent

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 great difficulties

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 and went through

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 them all,

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 nor did I contend

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 myself with these

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 trials only.

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 But when I was

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 informed that one

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 whose name was

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 Banus,

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 who was an

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 Esseni,

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 who lived in the

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 desert

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 and used

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 no other clothing

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 than that which

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 grew upon trees

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 and had no other

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 food than what

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 grew of its own

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 accord,

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 and bathed

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 himself in

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 cold water

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 frequently,

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 both by night

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 and by day,

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 in order to

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 preserve his

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 chastity.

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 I imitated

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 him in those

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 things and

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 continued with

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 him for three

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 years.

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 Did you catch

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 that?

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 That man,

00:20:04.420 --> 00:20:04.960
 Banus,

00:20:05.420 --> 00:20:06.480
 tortured himself

00:20:06.480 --> 00:20:08.059
 with cold water

00:20:08.059 --> 00:20:09.140
 multiple times a

00:20:09.140 --> 00:20:10.220
 day in order to

00:20:10.220 --> 00:20:11.460
 stop the indulgence

00:20:11.460 --> 00:20:12.140
 of the flesh.

00:20:13.039 --> 00:20:13.640
 But there was

00:20:13.640 --> 00:20:14.559
 no power.

00:20:15.340 --> 00:20:16.000
 There was no

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 true power.

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 And Josephus,

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 thinking this

00:20:19.160 --> 00:20:20.100
 lifestyle to be

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 wise,

00:20:21.180 --> 00:20:22.039
 imitated him for

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 three years.

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 Now here's

00:20:26.019 --> 00:20:26.759
 another example.

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 Historian Edward

00:20:28.100 --> 00:20:29.039
 Gibbon, in his

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 book, The

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 History of the

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 Decline and the

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 Fall of the

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 Roman Empire,

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 writes of a

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 Roman Catholic

00:20:35.100 --> 00:20:36.840
 monk, Dominic

00:20:36.840 --> 00:20:38.860
 Loricatus, and

00:20:38.860 --> 00:20:39.579
 how he tried to

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 gain God's

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 favor and

00:20:41.400 --> 00:20:42.019
 forgiveness of

00:20:42.019 --> 00:20:42.340
 sin.

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 And listen to

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 what he writes.

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 I quote,

00:20:47.360 --> 00:20:47.880
 It is a

00:20:47.880 --> 00:20:48.620
 maxim of the

00:20:48.620 --> 00:20:50.019
 civil law that

00:20:50.019 --> 00:20:50.880
 whosoever cannot

00:20:50.880 --> 00:20:51.720
 pay with his

00:20:51.720 --> 00:20:54.019
 purse must pay

00:20:54.019 --> 00:20:54.960
 with his body.

00:20:55.720 --> 00:20:56.540
 Now this law,

00:20:56.740 --> 00:20:57.500
 by the way,

00:20:57.980 --> 00:20:59.240
 came from the

00:20:59.240 --> 00:20:59.960
 Catholic Church.

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 In the practice

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 of flagellation,

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 that being the

00:21:04.900 --> 00:21:05.500
 practice of

00:21:05.500 --> 00:21:06.120
 whipping or

00:21:06.120 --> 00:21:07.080
 lashing oneself

00:21:07.080 --> 00:21:08.400
 for the purpose

00:21:08.400 --> 00:21:09.420
 of mortification,

00:21:11.620 --> 00:21:12.660
 asceticism or

00:21:12.660 --> 00:21:13.280
 penance,

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 was adopted

00:21:15.280 --> 00:21:17.200
 by the monks,

00:21:17.560 --> 00:21:18.180
 a cheap

00:21:18.180 --> 00:21:19.700
 though painful

00:21:19.700 --> 00:21:20.340
 equivalent.

00:21:21.220 --> 00:21:21.920
 He continues,

00:21:21.920 --> 00:21:23.740
 by fantastic

00:21:23.740 --> 00:21:24.560
 arithmetic,

00:21:25.940 --> 00:21:27.380
 a year of

00:21:27.380 --> 00:21:28.279
 penance was

00:21:28.279 --> 00:21:29.640
 taxed at

00:21:29.640 --> 00:21:30.720
 3,000

00:21:30.720 --> 00:21:31.360
 lashes.

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 And such

00:21:33.160 --> 00:21:33.500
 was the

00:21:33.500 --> 00:21:34.080
 skill and

00:21:34.080 --> 00:21:35.460
 patience of

00:21:35.460 --> 00:21:35.900
 a famous

00:21:35.900 --> 00:21:36.279
 hermit,

00:21:36.400 --> 00:21:36.539
 St.

00:21:36.620 --> 00:21:37.700
 Dominic of

00:21:37.700 --> 00:21:38.039
 the Iron

00:21:38.039 --> 00:21:38.680
 Curios,

00:21:39.279 --> 00:21:39.840
 that in

00:21:39.840 --> 00:21:40.940
 six days,

00:21:41.340 --> 00:21:41.779
 he could

00:21:41.779 --> 00:21:42.660
 discharge an

00:21:42.660 --> 00:21:43.960
 entire century

00:21:43.960 --> 00:21:45.340
 by a

00:21:45.340 --> 00:21:46.039
 whipping of

00:21:46.039 --> 00:21:48.259
 300,000

00:21:48.259 --> 00:21:49.080
 stripes.

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 His example

00:21:51.559 --> 00:21:52.220
 was followed

00:21:52.220 --> 00:21:52.839
 by many

00:21:52.839 --> 00:21:53.399
 penitents

00:21:53.399 --> 00:21:53.819
 of both

00:21:53.819 --> 00:21:54.439
 sexes.

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 And as a

00:21:55.599 --> 00:21:56.179
 vicarious

00:21:56.179 --> 00:21:56.819
 sacrifice

00:21:56.819 --> 00:22:00.019
 was accepted,

00:22:01.019 --> 00:22:01.639
 a sturdy

00:22:01.639 --> 00:22:02.619
 disciplinarian

00:22:02.619 --> 00:22:03.639
 might expiate

00:22:03.639 --> 00:22:04.539
 on his own

00:22:04.539 --> 00:22:05.819
 back the

00:22:05.819 --> 00:22:06.220
 sins of

00:22:06.220 --> 00:22:07.059
 his benefactors.

00:22:07.399 --> 00:22:07.899
 Close quote.

00:22:09.599 --> 00:22:10.599
 They thought

00:22:10.599 --> 00:22:11.839
 that they

00:22:11.839 --> 00:22:12.240
 could get

00:22:12.240 --> 00:22:12.639
 forgiveness

00:22:12.639 --> 00:22:13.439
 of sins

00:22:13.439 --> 00:22:14.779
 through these

00:22:14.779 --> 00:22:15.220
 works.

00:22:16.019 --> 00:22:16.379
 And even

00:22:16.379 --> 00:22:16.679
 worse,

00:22:16.759 --> 00:22:17.179
 they thought

00:22:17.179 --> 00:22:17.460
 that they

00:22:17.460 --> 00:22:17.720
 could get

00:22:17.720 --> 00:22:18.119
 forgiveness

00:22:18.119 --> 00:22:19.339
 of other

00:22:19.339 --> 00:22:21.219
 sins by

00:22:21.219 --> 00:22:21.699
 their own

00:22:21.699 --> 00:22:22.179
 works,

00:22:22.500 --> 00:22:23.419
 by whipping

00:22:23.419 --> 00:22:24.159
 themselves.

00:22:25.519 --> 00:22:26.000
 And many

00:22:26.000 --> 00:22:26.539
 looked up

00:22:26.539 --> 00:22:26.899
 to this

00:22:26.899 --> 00:22:27.199
 guy,

00:22:27.359 --> 00:22:27.899
 Dominic,

00:22:28.939 --> 00:22:29.379
 as a

00:22:29.379 --> 00:22:29.699
 saint.

00:22:30.500 --> 00:22:31.359
 They thought

00:22:31.359 --> 00:22:32.039
 it was wise

00:22:32.039 --> 00:22:32.339
 what he

00:22:32.339 --> 00:22:32.839
 was doing.

00:22:33.839 --> 00:22:34.659
 They thought

00:22:34.659 --> 00:22:34.939
 there was

00:22:34.939 --> 00:22:35.500
 power and

00:22:35.500 --> 00:22:36.619
 value behind

00:22:36.619 --> 00:22:36.939
 it.

00:22:39.239 --> 00:22:39.979
 And even

00:22:39.979 --> 00:22:40.419
 the Catholic

00:22:40.419 --> 00:22:40.919
 Church

00:22:40.919 --> 00:22:41.959
 venerated

00:22:41.959 --> 00:22:42.539
 him as a

00:22:42.539 --> 00:22:42.759
 saint.

00:22:44.699 --> 00:22:45.299
 This

00:22:45.299 --> 00:22:46.099
 has the

00:22:46.099 --> 00:22:46.539
 appearance

00:22:46.539 --> 00:22:47.419
 of wisdom

00:22:47.420 --> 00:22:48.800
 but there

00:22:48.800 --> 00:22:49.740
 is no

00:22:49.740 --> 00:22:50.560
 power.

00:22:51.519 --> 00:22:51.900
 It is

00:22:51.900 --> 00:22:52.519
 of no

00:22:52.519 --> 00:22:53.580
 value

00:22:53.580 --> 00:22:54.400
 in stopping

00:22:54.400 --> 00:22:55.300
 the indulgence

00:22:55.300 --> 00:22:55.600
 of the

00:22:55.600 --> 00:22:56.000
 flesh.

00:22:57.539 --> 00:22:57.800
 And so

00:22:57.800 --> 00:22:58.180
 in order

00:22:58.180 --> 00:22:58.660
 for there

00:22:58.660 --> 00:22:59.019
 to be

00:22:59.019 --> 00:22:59.900
 any value

00:22:59.900 --> 00:23:00.560
 in stopping

00:23:00.560 --> 00:23:01.200
 the indulgence

00:23:01.200 --> 00:23:01.500
 of the

00:23:01.500 --> 00:23:01.900
 flesh,

00:23:02.440 --> 00:23:03.440
 there must

00:23:03.440 --> 00:23:04.120
 be power

00:23:04.120 --> 00:23:04.640
 from on

00:23:04.640 --> 00:23:05.000
 high.

00:23:06.320 --> 00:23:06.580
 And so

00:23:06.580 --> 00:23:07.140
 in order

00:23:07.140 --> 00:23:09.600
 for there

00:23:09.600 --> 00:23:09.880
 to be

00:23:09.880 --> 00:23:10.259
 power,

00:23:10.420 --> 00:23:11.039
 you must

00:23:11.039 --> 00:23:12.380
 be a

00:23:12.380 --> 00:23:12.820
 true

00:23:12.820 --> 00:23:13.800
 Christian.

00:23:13.799 --> 00:23:13.859
 Christian.

00:23:15.220 --> 00:23:15.539
 Now I'm

00:23:15.539 --> 00:23:16.259
 very thankful

00:23:16.259 --> 00:23:16.899
 for this

00:23:16.899 --> 00:23:18.539
 church and

00:23:18.539 --> 00:23:18.879
 for our

00:23:18.879 --> 00:23:20.319
 pastor because

00:23:20.319 --> 00:23:20.720
 the true

00:23:20.720 --> 00:23:21.680
 gospel is

00:23:21.680 --> 00:23:22.399
 preached here

00:23:22.399 --> 00:23:22.779
 on a

00:23:22.779 --> 00:23:23.720
 regular and

00:23:23.720 --> 00:23:24.139
 consistent

00:23:24.139 --> 00:23:24.759
 basis.

00:23:25.599 --> 00:23:26.419
 But I do

00:23:26.419 --> 00:23:26.899
 have a

00:23:26.899 --> 00:23:28.559
 fear that

00:23:28.559 --> 00:23:29.180
 some of

00:23:29.180 --> 00:23:30.259
 you may

00:23:30.259 --> 00:23:30.720
 believe

00:23:30.720 --> 00:23:31.240
 yourselves

00:23:31.240 --> 00:23:32.139
 to be

00:23:32.139 --> 00:23:32.720
 Christians

00:23:32.720 --> 00:23:33.539
 this morning

00:23:33.539 --> 00:23:35.480
 simply because

00:23:35.480 --> 00:23:36.240
 you come

00:23:36.240 --> 00:23:37.480
 to a very

00:23:37.480 --> 00:23:38.399
 biblical

00:23:38.399 --> 00:23:39.039
 church.

00:23:39.039 --> 00:23:39.099
 church,

00:23:39.480 --> 00:23:41.559
 you know

00:23:41.559 --> 00:23:42.319
 the terminology.

00:23:42.859 --> 00:23:43.559
 You know

00:23:43.559 --> 00:23:44.180
 what to say.

00:23:44.279 --> 00:23:44.619
 You know

00:23:44.619 --> 00:23:45.440
 how to act.

00:23:46.240 --> 00:23:46.579
 You know

00:23:46.579 --> 00:23:47.059
 how to answer

00:23:47.059 --> 00:23:47.859
 questions of

00:23:47.859 --> 00:23:48.359
 the faith.

00:23:49.240 --> 00:23:49.619
 You may

00:23:49.619 --> 00:23:49.940
 even know

00:23:49.940 --> 00:23:50.460
 your Bible,

00:23:51.299 --> 00:23:52.220
 but inside

00:23:52.220 --> 00:23:53.240
 you are

00:23:53.240 --> 00:23:54.500
 not truly

00:23:54.500 --> 00:23:55.539
 changed.

00:23:57.619 --> 00:23:58.460
 You have

00:23:58.460 --> 00:23:59.019
 not been

00:23:59.019 --> 00:23:59.680
 born again.

00:24:00.680 --> 00:24:00.960
 And so

00:24:00.960 --> 00:24:01.819
 you do

00:24:01.819 --> 00:24:02.279
 not know

00:24:02.279 --> 00:24:03.740
 Christ and

00:24:03.740 --> 00:24:05.159
 Christ does

00:24:05.159 --> 00:24:06.200
 not know

00:24:06.200 --> 00:24:06.559
 you.

00:24:06.559 --> 00:24:08.700
 And so

00:24:08.700 --> 00:24:09.079
 I ask

00:24:09.079 --> 00:24:09.639
 every one

00:24:09.639 --> 00:24:09.859
 of you

00:24:09.859 --> 00:24:10.500
 this morning

00:24:10.500 --> 00:24:11.500
 to please

00:24:11.500 --> 00:24:12.299
 examine

00:24:12.299 --> 00:24:12.940
 yourselves,

00:24:13.659 --> 00:24:14.399
 examine your

00:24:14.399 --> 00:24:14.819
 heart,

00:24:15.740 --> 00:24:16.240
 test your

00:24:16.240 --> 00:24:16.559
 heart,

00:24:16.799 --> 00:24:17.839
 make sure

00:24:17.839 --> 00:24:18.319
 that you

00:24:18.319 --> 00:24:19.079
 are truly

00:24:19.079 --> 00:24:19.960
 in the

00:24:19.960 --> 00:24:20.339
 faith.

00:24:21.720 --> 00:24:22.559
 Because my

00:24:22.559 --> 00:24:23.259
 biggest fear

00:24:23.259 --> 00:24:24.319
 is that some

00:24:24.319 --> 00:24:24.779
 of you are

00:24:24.779 --> 00:24:26.079
 comfortable in

00:24:26.079 --> 00:24:26.679
 your deception

00:24:26.679 --> 00:24:28.240
 and are just

00:24:28.240 --> 00:24:29.220
 playing church

00:24:29.220 --> 00:24:31.319
 and going

00:24:31.319 --> 00:24:31.740
 through the

00:24:31.740 --> 00:24:32.240
 motions.

00:24:33.440 --> 00:24:34.139
 And may

00:24:34.139 --> 00:24:34.919
 one day open

00:24:34.919 --> 00:24:35.559
 your eyes to

00:24:35.559 --> 00:24:36.099
 the torment

00:24:36.099 --> 00:24:36.679
 that is

00:24:36.679 --> 00:24:37.199
 hell for

00:24:37.199 --> 00:24:37.619
 eternity.

00:24:39.119 --> 00:24:39.740
 So please

00:24:39.740 --> 00:24:40.179
 examine

00:24:40.179 --> 00:24:40.639
 yourself.

00:24:40.759 --> 00:24:41.079
 There is

00:24:41.079 --> 00:24:41.759
 so much

00:24:41.759 --> 00:24:42.579
 at stake.

00:24:43.919 --> 00:24:44.559
 So much

00:24:44.559 --> 00:24:45.099
 at stake.

00:24:46.459 --> 00:24:46.799
 And so

00:24:46.799 --> 00:24:47.399
 in direct

00:24:47.399 --> 00:24:48.480
 correlation to

00:24:48.480 --> 00:24:49.119
 Paul warning

00:24:49.119 --> 00:24:49.859
 against heretical

00:24:49.859 --> 00:24:50.399
 teaching,

00:24:50.919 --> 00:24:52.599
 let's look at

00:24:52.599 --> 00:24:53.399
 some characteristics

00:24:53.399 --> 00:24:54.339
 of what a

00:24:54.339 --> 00:24:55.159
 true Christian

00:24:55.159 --> 00:24:55.579
 is.

00:24:55.659 --> 00:24:56.039
 If you would

00:24:56.039 --> 00:24:56.439
 turn with

00:24:56.439 --> 00:24:56.859
 me to

00:24:56.859 --> 00:24:57.480
 Philippians

00:24:57.480 --> 00:24:58.179
 chapter 3.

00:24:58.180 --> 00:25:12.400
 Philippians

00:25:12.400 --> 00:25:12.980
 chapter 3.

00:25:13.039 --> 00:25:13.279
 And look

00:25:13.279 --> 00:25:13.640
 at verse

00:25:13.640 --> 00:25:14.000
 2.

00:25:15.779 --> 00:25:16.200
 The

00:25:16.200 --> 00:25:16.759
 apostle Paul

00:25:16.759 --> 00:25:17.160
 says,

00:25:17.160 --> 00:25:19.740
 look out

00:25:19.740 --> 00:25:20.040
 for the

00:25:20.040 --> 00:25:20.519
 dogs,

00:25:21.019 --> 00:25:21.480
 look out

00:25:21.480 --> 00:25:21.759
 for the

00:25:21.759 --> 00:25:22.480
 evildoers,

00:25:23.140 --> 00:25:23.720
 look out

00:25:23.720 --> 00:25:24.240
 for those

00:25:24.240 --> 00:25:25.100
 who mutilate

00:25:25.100 --> 00:25:26.100
 the flesh.

00:25:27.200 --> 00:25:27.560
 Now in

00:25:27.560 --> 00:25:28.279
 this context,

00:25:28.420 --> 00:25:28.820
 one of the

00:25:28.820 --> 00:25:29.560
 major heretical

00:25:29.560 --> 00:25:30.259
 sects that

00:25:30.259 --> 00:25:31.380
 Paul was

00:25:31.380 --> 00:25:32.160
 combating here

00:25:32.160 --> 00:25:32.540
 were the

00:25:32.540 --> 00:25:33.100
 Judaizers,

00:25:33.840 --> 00:25:34.360
 who were

00:25:34.360 --> 00:25:34.920
 all about

00:25:34.920 --> 00:25:36.580
 works and

00:25:36.580 --> 00:25:37.580
 external things.

00:25:37.640 --> 00:25:37.940
 Do not

00:25:37.940 --> 00:25:38.420
 touch,

00:25:38.600 --> 00:25:39.000
 do not

00:25:39.000 --> 00:25:39.600
 handle,

00:25:39.680 --> 00:25:39.940
 do not

00:25:39.940 --> 00:25:40.380
 taste.

00:25:40.380 --> 00:25:41.420
 they clung

00:25:41.420 --> 00:25:42.420
 to ceremonial

00:25:42.420 --> 00:25:44.460
 laws and

00:25:44.460 --> 00:25:45.180
 insisted on

00:25:45.180 --> 00:25:45.760
 such things

00:25:45.760 --> 00:25:47.640
 as circumcision.

00:25:48.840 --> 00:25:50.000
 Paul is

00:25:50.000 --> 00:25:50.700
 saying here,

00:25:51.660 --> 00:25:52.360
 look at

00:25:52.360 --> 00:25:52.820
 verse 3,

00:25:52.900 --> 00:25:53.260
 now what he

00:25:53.260 --> 00:25:53.680
 says to

00:25:53.680 --> 00:25:53.980
 that,

00:25:55.580 --> 00:25:56.440
 for we

00:25:56.440 --> 00:25:56.880
 are the

00:25:56.880 --> 00:25:57.580
 circumcision.

00:25:58.780 --> 00:25:59.320
 Paul is

00:25:59.320 --> 00:26:00.260
 saying we

00:26:00.260 --> 00:26:01.600
 are the

00:26:01.600 --> 00:26:01.980
 true

00:26:01.980 --> 00:26:02.800
 circumcision.

00:26:04.300 --> 00:26:05.020
 Who

00:26:05.020 --> 00:26:05.320
 what?

00:26:06.240 --> 00:26:06.600
 Who

00:26:06.600 --> 00:26:07.280
 worship

00:26:07.280 --> 00:26:08.200
 by the

00:26:08.200 --> 00:26:08.660
 Spirit of

00:26:08.660 --> 00:26:09.380
 God and

00:26:09.380 --> 00:26:10.160
 glory in

00:26:10.160 --> 00:26:10.860
 Christ Jesus

00:26:10.860 --> 00:26:11.720
 and put

00:26:11.720 --> 00:26:12.759
 no confidence

00:26:12.759 --> 00:26:13.720
 in the

00:26:13.720 --> 00:26:14.120
 flesh.

00:26:16.540 --> 00:26:17.160
 And there

00:26:17.160 --> 00:26:17.620
 is a

00:26:17.620 --> 00:26:18.040
 characteristic

00:26:18.040 --> 00:26:18.380
 of a

00:26:18.380 --> 00:26:18.540
 true

00:26:18.540 --> 00:26:18.980
 Christian

00:26:18.980 --> 00:26:20.519
 who

00:26:20.519 --> 00:26:21.220
 worship

00:26:21.220 --> 00:26:22.180
 by the

00:26:22.180 --> 00:26:23.259
 Spirit of

00:26:23.259 --> 00:26:23.660
 God.

00:26:24.540 --> 00:26:25.000
 Who

00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:25.460
 worship

00:26:25.460 --> 00:26:26.060
 by the

00:26:26.060 --> 00:26:26.440
 Spirit of

00:26:26.440 --> 00:26:26.700
 God.

00:26:26.960 --> 00:26:27.840
 If you

00:26:27.840 --> 00:26:28.519
 are a

00:26:28.519 --> 00:26:28.779
 true

00:26:28.779 --> 00:26:29.340
 Christian,

00:26:29.740 --> 00:26:30.300
 if you

00:26:30.300 --> 00:26:30.720
 are a

00:26:30.720 --> 00:26:31.320
 born-again

00:26:31.320 --> 00:26:32.200
 believer of

00:26:32.200 --> 00:26:32.940
 the supernatural

00:26:32.940 --> 00:26:34.640
 working of

00:26:34.640 --> 00:26:35.120
 the Spirit

00:26:35.120 --> 00:26:35.779
 of God,

00:26:36.380 --> 00:26:37.200
 the rest

00:26:37.200 --> 00:26:37.600
 of your

00:26:37.600 --> 00:26:38.259
 life from

00:26:38.259 --> 00:26:38.820
 the moment

00:26:38.820 --> 00:26:39.680
 of conversion

00:26:39.680 --> 00:26:40.900
 will be

00:26:40.900 --> 00:26:41.620
 marked by

00:26:41.620 --> 00:26:42.759
 Spirit-drawn,

00:26:43.240 --> 00:26:44.180
 Spirit-filled,

00:26:44.440 --> 00:26:45.620
 Spirit-empowered

00:26:45.620 --> 00:26:46.500
 worship.

00:26:49.779 --> 00:26:50.560
 And what I

00:26:50.560 --> 00:26:51.120
 mean by this

00:26:51.120 --> 00:26:51.680
 is not that

00:26:51.680 --> 00:26:52.259
 you come to

00:26:52.259 --> 00:26:53.360
 church and

00:26:53.360 --> 00:26:54.220
 sing songs

00:26:54.220 --> 00:26:56.320
 and go to

00:26:56.320 --> 00:26:56.880
 Sunday school

00:26:56.880 --> 00:26:57.320
 or Bible

00:26:57.320 --> 00:26:59.039
 studies or

00:26:59.039 --> 00:26:59.620
 listen to the

00:26:59.620 --> 00:27:00.340
 Christian radio

00:27:00.340 --> 00:27:00.860
 on your way

00:27:00.860 --> 00:27:01.140
 here.

00:27:01.140 --> 00:27:03.960
 God

00:27:03.960 --> 00:27:04.580
 what I

00:27:04.580 --> 00:27:04.920
 mean by

00:27:04.920 --> 00:27:06.300
 this is

00:27:06.300 --> 00:27:06.860
 have your

00:27:06.860 --> 00:27:07.460
 eyes

00:27:07.460 --> 00:27:08.920
 truly been

00:27:08.920 --> 00:27:09.320
 opened

00:27:09.320 --> 00:27:10.620
 to the

00:27:10.620 --> 00:27:11.440
 reality of

00:27:11.440 --> 00:27:12.060
 what Christ

00:27:12.060 --> 00:27:13.700
 has done

00:27:13.700 --> 00:27:14.220
 to what

00:27:14.220 --> 00:27:14.580
 he has

00:27:14.580 --> 00:27:15.160
 accomplished

00:27:15.160 --> 00:27:16.520
 for you

00:27:16.520 --> 00:27:18.240
 to what

00:27:18.240 --> 00:27:18.660
 he has

00:27:18.660 --> 00:27:19.220
 saved you

00:27:19.220 --> 00:27:19.520
 from

00:27:19.520 --> 00:27:20.780
 to the

00:27:20.780 --> 00:27:21.480
 blessings and

00:27:21.480 --> 00:27:22.120
 promises that

00:27:22.120 --> 00:27:22.480
 have been

00:27:22.480 --> 00:27:23.140
 poured out

00:27:23.140 --> 00:27:23.700
 on you

00:27:23.700 --> 00:27:25.800
 that all

00:27:25.800 --> 00:27:26.520
 you desire

00:27:26.520 --> 00:27:27.200
 for the rest

00:27:27.200 --> 00:27:27.740
 of your life

00:27:27.740 --> 00:27:28.240
 from that

00:27:28.240 --> 00:27:29.200
 moment that

00:27:29.200 --> 00:27:29.500
 you were

00:27:29.500 --> 00:27:30.180
 converted is

00:27:30.180 --> 00:27:30.779
 to worship

00:27:30.779 --> 00:27:31.720
 him and

00:27:31.720 --> 00:27:32.240
 to order

00:27:32.240 --> 00:27:32.819
 the rest of

00:27:32.819 --> 00:27:33.200
 your life

00:27:33.200 --> 00:27:33.779
 in such a

00:27:33.779 --> 00:27:34.740
 way as best

00:27:34.740 --> 00:27:35.680
 to please

00:27:35.680 --> 00:27:36.460
 him.

00:27:37.620 --> 00:27:38.180
 It isn't

00:27:38.180 --> 00:27:38.700
 something that

00:27:38.700 --> 00:27:39.039
 you are

00:27:39.039 --> 00:27:40.299
 forced to

00:27:40.299 --> 00:27:42.080
 do for the

00:27:42.080 --> 00:27:42.380
 sake of

00:27:42.380 --> 00:27:42.980
 religion but

00:27:42.980 --> 00:27:43.460
 rather the

00:27:43.460 --> 00:27:44.039
 Spirit of

00:27:44.039 --> 00:27:45.400
 God within

00:27:45.400 --> 00:27:46.360
 you softens

00:27:46.360 --> 00:27:46.960
 your heart

00:27:46.960 --> 00:27:47.680
 that you

00:27:47.680 --> 00:27:48.120
 come to

00:27:48.120 --> 00:27:48.740
 love him

00:27:48.740 --> 00:27:50.059
 and thank

00:27:50.059 --> 00:27:50.360
 him and

00:27:50.360 --> 00:27:50.759
 want to

00:27:50.759 --> 00:27:51.200
 know more

00:27:51.200 --> 00:27:52.000
 about him

00:27:52.000 --> 00:27:52.940
 and long

00:27:52.940 --> 00:27:53.460
 for him

00:27:53.460 --> 00:27:53.980
 and you

00:27:53.980 --> 00:27:54.420
 long for

00:27:54.420 --> 00:27:55.019
 his return

00:27:55.019 --> 00:27:55.680
 and you

00:27:55.680 --> 00:27:56.100
 long for

00:27:56.100 --> 00:27:56.580
 him to be

00:27:56.580 --> 00:27:56.980
 honored

00:27:56.980 --> 00:27:57.799
 and for

00:27:57.799 --> 00:27:58.240
 his name

00:27:58.240 --> 00:27:58.539
 to be

00:27:58.539 --> 00:27:59.079
 glorified

00:27:59.079 --> 00:27:59.579
 and proclaimed

00:27:59.579 --> 00:28:00.140
 in all

00:28:00.140 --> 00:28:00.860
 the nations

00:28:00.860 --> 00:28:03.980
 is this

00:28:03.980 --> 00:28:05.039
 true of

00:28:05.039 --> 00:28:05.319
 you?

00:28:06.839 --> 00:28:07.579
 Do you

00:28:07.579 --> 00:28:08.160
 ever just

00:28:08.160 --> 00:28:09.400
 fall flat

00:28:09.400 --> 00:28:09.799
 on your

00:28:09.799 --> 00:28:10.319
 face

00:28:10.319 --> 00:28:12.160
 and worship

00:28:12.160 --> 00:28:13.920
 and weep

00:28:13.920 --> 00:28:14.839
 out of your

00:28:14.839 --> 00:28:15.839
 love for

00:28:15.839 --> 00:28:17.339
 him in

00:28:17.339 --> 00:28:18.200
 remembrance of

00:28:18.200 --> 00:28:18.680
 what he has

00:28:18.680 --> 00:28:19.160
 done for

00:28:19.160 --> 00:28:19.420
 you?

00:28:21.420 --> 00:28:22.620
 Are you

00:28:22.620 --> 00:28:23.640
 a true

00:28:23.640 --> 00:28:24.660
 Christian?

00:28:26.980 --> 00:28:27.620
 Here's

00:28:27.620 --> 00:28:27.839
 another

00:28:27.839 --> 00:28:28.360
 characteristic

00:28:28.360 --> 00:28:28.599
 of a

00:28:28.599 --> 00:28:28.759
 true

00:28:28.759 --> 00:28:29.180
 Christian.

00:28:30.519 --> 00:28:31.420
 Do you

00:28:31.420 --> 00:28:32.360
 have a

00:28:32.360 --> 00:28:32.720
 new

00:28:32.720 --> 00:28:33.740
 relationship

00:28:33.740 --> 00:28:35.160
 with sin?

00:28:36.660 --> 00:28:37.299
 Have

00:28:37.299 --> 00:28:37.640
 your

00:28:37.640 --> 00:28:38.460
 desires

00:28:38.460 --> 00:28:39.400
 changed?

00:28:40.259 --> 00:28:41.059
 Do you

00:28:41.059 --> 00:28:42.319
 now hate

00:28:42.319 --> 00:28:43.099
 your sin?

00:28:43.259 --> 00:28:43.640
 Do you

00:28:43.640 --> 00:28:44.140
 see it

00:28:44.140 --> 00:28:44.599
 more than

00:28:44.599 --> 00:28:45.380
 ever before?

00:28:46.500 --> 00:28:46.940
 Or do you

00:28:46.940 --> 00:28:47.339
 just hate

00:28:47.339 --> 00:28:47.900
 the thought

00:28:47.900 --> 00:28:48.799
 of people

00:28:48.799 --> 00:28:50.519
 finding out

00:28:50.519 --> 00:28:50.960
 about it?

00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:52.740
 Have you

00:28:52.740 --> 00:28:53.160
 in your

00:28:53.160 --> 00:28:53.700
 innermost

00:28:53.700 --> 00:28:54.319
 being

00:28:54.319 --> 00:28:55.279
 been

00:28:55.279 --> 00:28:56.220
 changed?

00:28:56.980 --> 00:28:58.200
 Spurgeon,

00:28:58.339 --> 00:28:58.799
 the prince

00:28:58.799 --> 00:28:59.579
 of preachers,

00:29:00.140 --> 00:29:00.579
 a British

00:29:00.579 --> 00:29:01.339
 pastor from

00:29:01.339 --> 00:29:02.319
 the 1800s,

00:29:02.900 --> 00:29:03.299
 used to

00:29:03.299 --> 00:29:03.680
 describe

00:29:03.680 --> 00:29:04.200
 conversion

00:29:04.200 --> 00:29:04.559
 with an

00:29:04.559 --> 00:29:05.059
 illustration

00:29:05.059 --> 00:29:06.160
 that went

00:29:06.160 --> 00:29:06.640
 something like

00:29:06.640 --> 00:29:07.079
 this.

00:29:07.819 --> 00:29:08.299
 Say you

00:29:08.299 --> 00:29:09.180
 have two

00:29:09.180 --> 00:29:10.839
 plates and

00:29:10.839 --> 00:29:11.140
 you set

00:29:11.140 --> 00:29:11.400
 them on

00:29:11.400 --> 00:29:11.900
 the ground

00:29:11.900 --> 00:29:12.579
 and on

00:29:12.579 --> 00:29:13.140
 one plate

00:29:13.140 --> 00:29:13.759
 you have

00:29:13.759 --> 00:29:14.140
 some of

00:29:14.140 --> 00:29:15.000
 the finest

00:29:15.000 --> 00:29:15.980
 cuisine of

00:29:15.980 --> 00:29:16.500
 the land

00:29:16.500 --> 00:29:17.279
 and on

00:29:17.279 --> 00:29:17.579
 the other

00:29:17.579 --> 00:29:17.940
 you have

00:29:17.940 --> 00:29:18.519
 a bag

00:29:18.519 --> 00:29:19.420
 or correction

00:29:19.420 --> 00:29:19.900
 you have

00:29:19.900 --> 00:29:20.920
 just a

00:29:20.920 --> 00:29:21.539
 contents

00:29:21.539 --> 00:29:22.620
 of a

00:29:22.620 --> 00:29:23.099
 bag

00:29:23.099 --> 00:29:24.200
 from a

00:29:24.200 --> 00:29:24.500
 household

00:29:24.500 --> 00:29:25.180
 trash can

00:29:25.180 --> 00:29:27.080
 and you

00:29:27.080 --> 00:29:27.360
 get a

00:29:27.360 --> 00:29:27.860
 pig

00:29:27.860 --> 00:29:29.580
 and you

00:29:29.580 --> 00:29:30.000
 let this

00:29:30.000 --> 00:29:30.779
 pig go

00:29:30.779 --> 00:29:32.160
 to eat

00:29:32.160 --> 00:29:33.500
 which

00:29:33.500 --> 00:29:34.060
 plate

00:29:34.060 --> 00:29:34.400
 is he

00:29:34.400 --> 00:29:34.600
 going to

00:29:34.600 --> 00:29:34.940
 go to?

00:29:35.019 --> 00:29:35.299
 The two

00:29:35.299 --> 00:29:35.720
 plates are

00:29:35.720 --> 00:29:36.060
 sitting

00:29:36.060 --> 00:29:36.640
 side by

00:29:36.640 --> 00:29:37.039
 side.

00:29:38.340 --> 00:29:38.900
 More

00:29:38.900 --> 00:29:39.799
 than likely

00:29:39.799 --> 00:29:41.299
 nine out

00:29:41.299 --> 00:29:41.539
 of ten

00:29:41.539 --> 00:29:41.900
 times

00:29:41.900 --> 00:29:42.840
 that pig

00:29:42.840 --> 00:29:44.019
 will go

00:29:44.019 --> 00:29:44.880
 to

00:29:44.880 --> 00:29:45.860
 the one

00:29:45.860 --> 00:29:46.120
 with the

00:29:46.120 --> 00:29:46.500
 trash.

00:29:47.600 --> 00:29:48.279
 It's a

00:29:48.279 --> 00:29:48.680
 pig.

00:29:49.180 --> 00:29:49.940
 It likes

00:29:49.940 --> 00:29:50.400
 trash.

00:29:50.400 --> 00:29:55.080
 Now say

00:29:55.080 --> 00:29:55.860
 that in

00:29:55.860 --> 00:29:56.320
 one

00:29:56.320 --> 00:29:57.300
 instance

00:29:57.300 --> 00:29:58.700
 while that

00:29:58.700 --> 00:29:59.320
 pig

00:29:59.320 --> 00:30:00.680
 is

00:30:00.680 --> 00:30:01.980
 pigging

00:30:01.980 --> 00:30:02.440
 out

00:30:02.440 --> 00:30:03.120
 to this

00:30:03.120 --> 00:30:03.620
 trash

00:30:03.620 --> 00:30:05.160
 you

00:30:05.160 --> 00:30:05.800
 by a

00:30:05.800 --> 00:30:06.200
 supernatural

00:30:06.200 --> 00:30:07.019
 working

00:30:07.019 --> 00:30:07.720
 are able

00:30:07.720 --> 00:30:08.440
 to convert

00:30:08.440 --> 00:30:08.900
 him

00:30:08.900 --> 00:30:10.220
 into a

00:30:10.220 --> 00:30:10.860
 man

00:30:10.860 --> 00:30:12.400
 what will

00:30:12.400 --> 00:30:12.759
 happen?

00:30:13.640 --> 00:30:14.500
 That man

00:30:14.500 --> 00:30:15.220
 who is

00:30:15.220 --> 00:30:15.580
 currently

00:30:15.580 --> 00:30:15.980
 eating

00:30:15.980 --> 00:30:16.240
 that

00:30:16.240 --> 00:30:16.880
 trash

00:30:16.880 --> 00:30:17.860
 will be

00:30:17.860 --> 00:30:18.640
 disgusted

00:30:18.640 --> 00:30:20.040
 by what

00:30:20.040 --> 00:30:20.240
 he's

00:30:20.240 --> 00:30:20.540
 eating

00:30:20.540 --> 00:30:21.060
 by what

00:30:21.060 --> 00:30:21.420
 he has

00:30:21.420 --> 00:30:22.040
 put in

00:30:22.040 --> 00:30:22.259
 his

00:30:22.259 --> 00:30:22.680
 mouth

00:30:22.680 --> 00:30:24.680
 and he

00:30:24.680 --> 00:30:25.259
 will spit

00:30:25.259 --> 00:30:25.700
 it out

00:30:25.700 --> 00:30:26.020
 and be

00:30:26.020 --> 00:30:26.540
 ashamed

00:30:26.540 --> 00:30:26.880
 that he

00:30:26.880 --> 00:30:27.780
 ever went

00:30:27.780 --> 00:30:28.340
 to that

00:30:28.340 --> 00:30:28.740
 plate.

00:30:31.480 --> 00:30:32.120
 His

00:30:32.120 --> 00:30:32.740
 relationship

00:30:32.740 --> 00:30:33.280
 with that

00:30:33.280 --> 00:30:33.720
 plate

00:30:33.720 --> 00:30:34.360
 will change

00:30:34.360 --> 00:30:34.820
 forever.

00:30:35.960 --> 00:30:37.060
 I promise

00:30:37.060 --> 00:30:37.440
 you he

00:30:37.440 --> 00:30:37.720
 will

00:30:37.720 --> 00:30:38.480
 hopefully

00:30:38.480 --> 00:30:39.220
 go

00:30:39.220 --> 00:30:40.500
 to the

00:30:40.500 --> 00:30:41.300
 fine

00:30:41.300 --> 00:30:41.800
 cuisine

00:30:41.800 --> 00:30:42.540
 from that

00:30:42.540 --> 00:30:43.100
 moment on.

00:30:43.660 --> 00:30:44.200
 But if he

00:30:44.200 --> 00:30:44.720
 ever were to

00:30:44.720 --> 00:30:45.240
 return to

00:30:45.240 --> 00:30:45.600
 that other

00:30:45.600 --> 00:30:46.120
 plate

00:30:46.120 --> 00:30:48.020
 that relationship

00:30:48.019 --> 00:30:48.779
 is different

00:30:48.779 --> 00:30:50.039
 though he

00:30:50.039 --> 00:30:50.359
 may have

00:30:50.359 --> 00:30:50.879
 enjoyed it

00:30:50.879 --> 00:30:51.200
 at one

00:30:51.200 --> 00:30:51.759
 time if he

00:30:51.759 --> 00:30:52.160
 tries to

00:30:52.160 --> 00:30:52.460
 eat of

00:30:52.460 --> 00:30:53.019
 that trash

00:30:53.019 --> 00:30:53.740
 this time

00:30:53.740 --> 00:30:56.359
 as time

00:30:56.359 --> 00:30:56.920
 progresses

00:30:56.920 --> 00:30:58.400
 he will be

00:30:58.400 --> 00:30:59.039
 more and

00:30:59.039 --> 00:31:00.639
 more repulsed

00:31:00.639 --> 00:31:01.539
 by it.

00:31:02.980 --> 00:31:03.599
 The

00:31:03.599 --> 00:31:04.119
 relationship

00:31:04.119 --> 00:31:04.559
 with it

00:31:04.559 --> 00:31:05.259
 is different

00:31:05.259 --> 00:31:07.539
 because he

00:31:07.539 --> 00:31:07.960
 has been

00:31:07.960 --> 00:31:08.740
 changed

00:31:08.740 --> 00:31:10.400
 and that

00:31:10.400 --> 00:31:10.740
 is an

00:31:10.740 --> 00:31:11.139
 illustration

00:31:11.139 --> 00:31:12.039
 of conversion.

00:31:12.920 --> 00:31:13.220
 It is a

00:31:13.220 --> 00:31:14.039
 powerful thing.

00:31:14.579 --> 00:31:14.940
 It is a

00:31:14.940 --> 00:31:15.400
 supernatural

00:31:15.400 --> 00:31:16.400
 work of

00:31:16.400 --> 00:31:16.799
 God.

00:31:16.799 --> 00:31:18.359
 God, have

00:31:18.359 --> 00:31:18.720
 you

00:31:18.720 --> 00:31:19.619
 experienced

00:31:19.619 --> 00:31:20.619
 this

00:31:20.619 --> 00:31:21.440
 change?

00:31:23.039 --> 00:31:23.779
 Friend, if

00:31:23.779 --> 00:31:24.200
 you do not

00:31:24.200 --> 00:31:24.639
 have some

00:31:24.639 --> 00:31:25.579
 measure of

00:31:25.579 --> 00:31:26.700
 this, it

00:31:26.700 --> 00:31:27.019
 could be

00:31:27.019 --> 00:31:27.619
 because you

00:31:27.619 --> 00:31:28.299
 are walking

00:31:28.299 --> 00:31:28.819
 the wrong

00:31:28.819 --> 00:31:29.339
 path.

00:31:31.259 --> 00:31:31.859
 You could

00:31:31.859 --> 00:31:32.740
 be on the

00:31:32.740 --> 00:31:33.480
 road that

00:31:33.480 --> 00:31:34.240
 is broad

00:31:34.240 --> 00:31:35.559
 that leads

00:31:35.559 --> 00:31:36.279
 to destruction.

00:31:37.680 --> 00:31:38.059
 And so I

00:31:38.059 --> 00:31:38.639
 urge you and

00:31:38.639 --> 00:31:39.379
 I beg you to

00:31:39.379 --> 00:31:41.700
 repent, to

00:31:41.700 --> 00:31:42.220
 put your

00:31:42.220 --> 00:31:42.680
 trust in

00:31:42.680 --> 00:31:43.119
 Christ for

00:31:43.119 --> 00:31:43.680
 he alone

00:31:43.680 --> 00:31:44.299
 can save

00:31:44.299 --> 00:31:44.519
 you.

00:31:45.440 --> 00:31:45.759
 There is

00:31:45.759 --> 00:31:46.519
 nothing in

00:31:46.519 --> 00:31:46.759
 and of

00:31:46.759 --> 00:31:47.160
 yourselves

00:31:47.160 --> 00:31:47.440
 that you

00:31:47.440 --> 00:31:47.859
 could ever

00:31:47.859 --> 00:31:48.579
 do, anything

00:31:48.579 --> 00:31:48.900
 that could

00:31:48.900 --> 00:31:49.279
 come out

00:31:49.279 --> 00:31:49.539
 of your

00:31:49.539 --> 00:31:50.680
 mouths to

00:31:50.680 --> 00:31:51.480
 justify you

00:31:51.480 --> 00:31:51.859
 before a

00:31:51.859 --> 00:31:52.420
 holy God.

00:31:53.039 --> 00:31:53.460
 Nothing.

00:31:54.599 --> 00:31:55.119
 Nothing.

00:31:57.180 --> 00:31:57.700
 Nothing.

00:32:00.019 --> 00:32:00.759
 Turn from

00:32:00.759 --> 00:32:01.339
 your sins.

00:32:02.180 --> 00:32:02.960
 Forsake those

00:32:02.960 --> 00:32:03.460
 things which

00:32:03.460 --> 00:32:04.720
 you love, that

00:32:04.720 --> 00:32:05.180
 you know are

00:32:05.180 --> 00:32:05.539
 wrong.

00:32:08.539 --> 00:32:09.339
 Because they

00:32:09.339 --> 00:32:10.539
 are going

00:32:10.539 --> 00:32:11.420
 against God.

00:32:12.920 --> 00:32:13.660
 Sin is

00:32:13.660 --> 00:32:14.440
 transgression of

00:32:14.440 --> 00:32:14.799
 the law.

00:32:14.880 --> 00:32:15.299
 It is a

00:32:15.299 --> 00:32:16.240
 crime against

00:32:16.240 --> 00:32:16.759
 God.

00:32:17.400 --> 00:32:18.100
 It is a

00:32:18.100 --> 00:32:18.860
 crime against

00:32:18.860 --> 00:32:19.940
 the one who

00:32:19.940 --> 00:32:20.539
 gave you

00:32:20.539 --> 00:32:21.100
 life, who

00:32:21.100 --> 00:32:21.840
 gave you

00:32:21.840 --> 00:32:22.640
 everything that

00:32:22.640 --> 00:32:24.500
 you have, who

00:32:24.500 --> 00:32:25.380
 cares for you,

00:32:26.600 --> 00:32:27.279
 who created

00:32:27.279 --> 00:32:28.080
 all things.

00:32:32.299 --> 00:32:33.180
 Flee from

00:32:33.180 --> 00:32:33.779
 the wrath to

00:32:33.779 --> 00:32:34.059
 come.

00:32:35.279 --> 00:32:35.920
 Please do

00:32:35.920 --> 00:32:36.299
 not harden

00:32:36.299 --> 00:32:36.820
 your hearts.

00:32:37.720 --> 00:32:38.340
 Do not

00:32:38.340 --> 00:32:39.440
 harden your

00:32:39.440 --> 00:32:39.920
 hearts.

00:32:40.880 --> 00:32:41.320
 Repent.

00:32:41.820 --> 00:32:42.440
 Trust in

00:32:42.440 --> 00:32:42.840
 Christ.

00:32:43.240 --> 00:32:43.860
 Believe the

00:32:43.860 --> 00:32:45.259
 gospel today.

00:32:46.080 --> 00:32:46.960
 Right now.

00:32:47.960 --> 00:32:48.440
 Repent.

00:32:53.600 --> 00:32:54.360
 And if you

00:32:54.360 --> 00:32:54.840
 are one who

00:32:54.840 --> 00:32:55.140
 has been

00:32:55.140 --> 00:32:55.920
 playing church,

00:32:56.940 --> 00:32:57.500
 please,

00:32:57.980 --> 00:32:59.440
 please let

00:32:59.440 --> 00:33:00.039
 someone know.

00:33:01.320 --> 00:33:02.279
 Let someone

00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:03.200
 know there is

00:33:03.200 --> 00:33:03.799
 so much at

00:33:03.799 --> 00:33:04.320
 stake here.

00:33:05.019 --> 00:33:06.039
 I promise you

00:33:06.039 --> 00:33:06.460
 that there would

00:33:06.460 --> 00:33:06.900
 be no

00:33:06.900 --> 00:33:08.840
 condemnation from

00:33:08.840 --> 00:33:09.380
 whoever you

00:33:09.380 --> 00:33:09.880
 go to.

00:33:09.880 --> 00:33:10.700
 If you

00:33:10.700 --> 00:33:11.000
 have not

00:33:11.000 --> 00:33:12.100
 experienced any

00:33:12.100 --> 00:33:12.780
 degree of

00:33:12.780 --> 00:33:14.600
 this, please,

00:33:15.660 --> 00:33:16.120
 what every

00:33:16.120 --> 00:33:16.740
 one of us

00:33:16.740 --> 00:33:17.960
 desire is

00:33:17.960 --> 00:33:18.760
 your salvation,

00:33:19.160 --> 00:33:19.600
 because we

00:33:19.600 --> 00:33:20.120
 love you and

00:33:20.120 --> 00:33:20.820
 care for you.

00:33:22.100 --> 00:33:23.720
 Please, let

00:33:23.720 --> 00:33:24.360
 someone know.

00:33:28.620 --> 00:33:29.320
 Now, I

00:33:29.320 --> 00:33:29.820
 don't want to

00:33:29.820 --> 00:33:30.480
 bring unnecessary

00:33:30.480 --> 00:33:31.760
 doubt to some

00:33:31.760 --> 00:33:32.180
 of you true

00:33:32.180 --> 00:33:32.660
 Christians.

00:33:33.740 --> 00:33:34.580
 Some of you

00:33:34.580 --> 00:33:35.500
 could simply be

00:33:35.500 --> 00:33:36.420
 struggling against

00:33:36.420 --> 00:33:36.900
 apathy.

00:33:36.900 --> 00:33:39.120
 and your

00:33:39.120 --> 00:33:39.720
 fire just

00:33:39.720 --> 00:33:40.280
 needs to be

00:33:40.280 --> 00:33:40.840
 rekindled.

00:33:42.540 --> 00:33:43.060
 Preach the

00:33:43.060 --> 00:33:43.560
 gospel to

00:33:43.560 --> 00:33:44.060
 yourself.

00:33:44.460 --> 00:33:44.920
 Remember,

00:33:45.120 --> 00:33:45.800
 cling to the

00:33:45.800 --> 00:33:46.240
 promises.

00:33:48.120 --> 00:33:48.800
 Remember what

00:33:48.800 --> 00:33:49.320
 He has done

00:33:49.320 --> 00:33:49.820
 for you.

00:33:51.320 --> 00:33:51.800
 Now, a

00:33:51.800 --> 00:33:52.420
 reason for

00:33:52.420 --> 00:33:53.259
 this apathy

00:33:53.259 --> 00:33:54.620
 and lack

00:33:54.620 --> 00:33:55.100
 of zeal

00:33:55.100 --> 00:33:55.960
 could be

00:33:55.960 --> 00:33:56.920
 the result

00:33:56.920 --> 00:33:58.100
 of earthly

00:33:58.100 --> 00:33:58.900
 mindedness.

00:33:58.900 --> 00:34:02.200
 So now, we

00:34:02.200 --> 00:34:02.740
 are looking at

00:34:02.740 --> 00:34:03.160
 this a little

00:34:03.160 --> 00:34:06.280
 backwards, but

00:34:06.280 --> 00:34:06.759
 our next

00:34:06.759 --> 00:34:07.380
 heading, our

00:34:07.380 --> 00:34:07.940
 second heading

00:34:07.940 --> 00:34:08.300
 for this

00:34:08.300 --> 00:34:08.860
 morning is

00:34:08.860 --> 00:34:10.579
 simply earthly

00:34:10.579 --> 00:34:11.619
 mindedness.

00:34:12.900 --> 00:34:13.539
 So if you

00:34:13.539 --> 00:34:14.119
 would look at

00:34:14.119 --> 00:34:14.920
 verse 2 of

00:34:14.920 --> 00:34:15.320
 Colossians

00:34:15.320 --> 00:34:16.139
 chapter 3,

00:34:17.280 --> 00:34:18.760
 verse 2 of

00:34:18.760 --> 00:34:19.200
 Colossians

00:34:19.200 --> 00:34:20.039
 chapter 3,

00:34:20.180 --> 00:34:20.920
 notice our

00:34:20.920 --> 00:34:21.619
 second heading,

00:34:21.800 --> 00:34:22.059
 earthly

00:34:22.059 --> 00:34:22.740
 mindedness.

00:34:22.739 --> 00:34:24.939
 Set your

00:34:24.939 --> 00:34:25.759
 minds on

00:34:25.759 --> 00:34:26.239
 things that

00:34:26.239 --> 00:34:26.799
 are above,

00:34:27.139 --> 00:34:28.379
 not on

00:34:28.379 --> 00:34:29.199
 things that

00:34:29.199 --> 00:34:29.859
 are on

00:34:29.859 --> 00:34:30.279
 earth.

00:34:31.159 --> 00:34:31.539
 Now, turn

00:34:31.539 --> 00:34:32.179
 back to

00:34:32.179 --> 00:34:32.559
 Philippians

00:34:32.559 --> 00:34:33.099
 chapter 3

00:34:33.099 --> 00:34:33.579
 with me for

00:34:33.579 --> 00:34:33.939
 a moment.

00:34:43.639 --> 00:34:44.419
 And look

00:34:44.419 --> 00:34:45.000
 at verses

00:34:45.000 --> 00:34:46.359
 17 through

00:34:46.359 --> 00:34:46.879
 19.

00:34:46.880 --> 00:34:53.119
 And Nathan

00:34:53.119 --> 00:34:53.640
 just read

00:34:53.640 --> 00:34:54.119
 this this

00:34:54.119 --> 00:34:56.800
 morning, so

00:34:56.800 --> 00:34:57.400
 good to hear

00:34:57.400 --> 00:34:57.940
 it again.

00:34:59.019 --> 00:35:00.000
 Paul writes,

00:35:01.140 --> 00:35:01.720
 beginning in

00:35:01.720 --> 00:35:02.480
 verse 17,

00:35:03.599 --> 00:35:04.200
 Brothers,

00:35:04.599 --> 00:35:05.539
 join in

00:35:05.539 --> 00:35:06.079
 imitating

00:35:06.079 --> 00:35:07.760
 me, and

00:35:07.760 --> 00:35:08.300
 keep your

00:35:08.300 --> 00:35:09.220
 eyes on

00:35:09.220 --> 00:35:09.640
 those who

00:35:09.640 --> 00:35:10.260
 walk according

00:35:10.260 --> 00:35:10.680
 to the

00:35:10.680 --> 00:35:11.380
 example you

00:35:11.380 --> 00:35:11.800
 have in

00:35:11.800 --> 00:35:12.099
 us.

00:35:13.240 --> 00:35:13.960
 For many

00:35:13.960 --> 00:35:14.920
 of whom I

00:35:14.920 --> 00:35:15.420
 have often

00:35:15.420 --> 00:35:16.180
 told you and

00:35:16.180 --> 00:35:16.760
 now tell you

00:35:16.760 --> 00:35:17.420
 with tears

00:35:17.420 --> 00:35:18.540
 walk as

00:35:18.540 --> 00:35:19.340
 enemies of

00:35:19.340 --> 00:35:19.920
 the cross

00:35:19.920 --> 00:35:21.260
 of Christ.

00:35:22.000 --> 00:35:22.600
 Their end

00:35:22.600 --> 00:35:23.500
 is destruction,

00:35:24.080 --> 00:35:24.740
 their God

00:35:24.740 --> 00:35:25.140
 is their

00:35:25.140 --> 00:35:26.440
 belly, and

00:35:26.440 --> 00:35:27.080
 they glory

00:35:27.080 --> 00:35:27.540
 in their

00:35:27.540 --> 00:35:28.180
 shame with

00:35:28.180 --> 00:35:29.140
 minds set

00:35:29.140 --> 00:35:29.700
 on earthly

00:35:29.700 --> 00:35:30.240
 things.

00:35:31.720 --> 00:35:32.560
 So what

00:35:32.560 --> 00:35:33.240
 is earthly

00:35:33.240 --> 00:35:33.960
 mindedness?

00:35:34.880 --> 00:35:35.660
 I have

00:35:35.660 --> 00:35:36.240
 defined it

00:35:36.240 --> 00:35:38.800
 as when

00:35:38.800 --> 00:35:39.520
 the actions

00:35:39.520 --> 00:35:40.060
 of the

00:35:40.060 --> 00:35:41.040
 will or

00:35:41.040 --> 00:35:42.080
 the affections

00:35:42.080 --> 00:35:42.620
 of the

00:35:42.620 --> 00:35:44.020
 soul are

00:35:44.020 --> 00:35:44.960
 anchored to

00:35:44.960 --> 00:35:46.140
 and driven

00:35:46.139 --> 00:35:47.099
 by the

00:35:47.099 --> 00:35:47.659
 things of

00:35:47.659 --> 00:35:48.259
 this world.

00:35:49.299 --> 00:35:49.819
 And by

00:35:49.819 --> 00:35:50.159
 things of

00:35:50.159 --> 00:35:50.559
 this world,

00:35:50.659 --> 00:35:50.940
 I mean

00:35:50.940 --> 00:35:52.759
 anything that

00:35:52.759 --> 00:35:53.199
 is of this

00:35:53.199 --> 00:35:53.480
 world,

00:35:53.579 --> 00:35:54.339
 material or

00:35:54.339 --> 00:35:54.599
 not.

00:35:54.639 --> 00:35:54.839
 It could

00:35:54.839 --> 00:35:55.460
 be pleasures,

00:35:55.619 --> 00:35:55.900
 it could

00:35:55.900 --> 00:35:57.539
 be comforts

00:35:57.539 --> 00:35:57.940
 or things

00:35:57.940 --> 00:35:58.679
 derived from

00:35:58.679 --> 00:35:59.079
 them,

00:35:59.339 --> 00:35:59.719
 honor,

00:35:59.980 --> 00:36:00.420
 power,

00:36:01.859 --> 00:36:02.379
 pride.

00:36:03.739 --> 00:36:04.179
 Now it is

00:36:04.179 --> 00:36:04.659
 important to

00:36:04.659 --> 00:36:05.219
 understand that

00:36:05.219 --> 00:36:05.699
 it is not

00:36:05.699 --> 00:36:07.119
 inherently sinful

00:36:07.119 --> 00:36:09.299
 to enjoy or

00:36:09.299 --> 00:36:09.900
 make use of

00:36:09.900 --> 00:36:10.400
 earthly things,

00:36:10.480 --> 00:36:10.879
 or even have

00:36:10.879 --> 00:36:11.599
 an abundance of

00:36:11.599 --> 00:36:12.679
 earthly things.

00:36:12.679 --> 00:36:13.779
 even God

00:36:13.779 --> 00:36:14.659
 himself knows

00:36:14.659 --> 00:36:15.199
 that we have

00:36:15.199 --> 00:36:15.599
 need of

00:36:15.599 --> 00:36:16.039
 things and

00:36:16.039 --> 00:36:16.619
 he provides

00:36:16.619 --> 00:36:17.199
 them for

00:36:17.199 --> 00:36:17.539
 us.

00:36:19.179 --> 00:36:19.739
 Now I

00:36:19.739 --> 00:36:20.000
 don't have

00:36:20.000 --> 00:36:20.619
 much time,

00:36:20.679 --> 00:36:21.019
 so just

00:36:21.019 --> 00:36:21.539
 quickly I'm

00:36:21.539 --> 00:36:21.679
 going to

00:36:21.679 --> 00:36:21.899
 give you

00:36:21.899 --> 00:36:22.099
 some

00:36:22.099 --> 00:36:22.739
 characteristics

00:36:22.739 --> 00:36:23.119
 of

00:36:23.119 --> 00:36:23.419
 earthly

00:36:23.419 --> 00:36:24.139
 mindedness

00:36:24.139 --> 00:36:24.819
 and we

00:36:24.819 --> 00:36:25.179
 will move

00:36:25.179 --> 00:36:25.440
 on.

00:36:25.559 --> 00:36:26.119
 So first,

00:36:27.339 --> 00:36:27.919
 you are

00:36:27.919 --> 00:36:28.839
 earthly minded

00:36:28.839 --> 00:36:30.559
 if you look

00:36:30.559 --> 00:36:31.699
 at earthly

00:36:31.699 --> 00:36:33.639
 things as

00:36:33.639 --> 00:36:34.239
 the greatest

00:36:34.239 --> 00:36:35.279
 things of

00:36:35.279 --> 00:36:36.619
 all and

00:36:36.619 --> 00:36:38.519
 believe that

00:36:38.519 --> 00:36:39.239
 happiness

00:36:39.239 --> 00:36:39.479
 happiness

00:36:39.479 --> 00:36:40.939
 will be

00:36:40.939 --> 00:36:41.539
 derived

00:36:41.539 --> 00:36:42.739
 from the

00:36:42.739 --> 00:36:43.279
 possession

00:36:43.279 --> 00:36:44.379
 of them.

00:36:46.979 --> 00:36:47.759
 So this

00:36:47.759 --> 00:36:48.119
 could be

00:36:48.119 --> 00:36:48.500
 anything,

00:36:48.619 --> 00:36:49.139
 relationships,

00:36:49.479 --> 00:36:50.019
 comforts,

00:36:50.039 --> 00:36:50.399
 homes,

00:36:51.059 --> 00:36:51.439
 cars,

00:36:51.679 --> 00:36:51.899
 money,

00:36:51.939 --> 00:36:52.219
 or anything

00:36:52.219 --> 00:36:52.639
 that makes

00:36:52.639 --> 00:36:53.039
 you think

00:36:53.039 --> 00:36:53.699
 to yourself,

00:36:53.939 --> 00:36:54.559
 if I just

00:36:54.559 --> 00:36:55.139
 had that

00:36:55.139 --> 00:36:55.639
 thing,

00:36:55.919 --> 00:36:56.739
 I would be

00:36:56.739 --> 00:36:57.059
 happy.

00:36:57.939 --> 00:36:58.779
 If I just

00:36:58.779 --> 00:36:59.319
 had that

00:36:59.319 --> 00:36:59.799
 thing,

00:36:59.919 --> 00:37:00.739
 this earthly

00:37:00.739 --> 00:37:01.179
 thing,

00:37:01.819 --> 00:37:02.659
 I would be

00:37:02.659 --> 00:37:03.000
 happy.

00:37:04.599 --> 00:37:05.359
 If that

00:37:05.359 --> 00:37:07.439
 is part

00:37:07.439 --> 00:37:07.859
 of the

00:37:07.859 --> 00:37:08.199
 state of

00:37:08.199 --> 00:37:08.779
 your mind,

00:37:09.239 --> 00:37:09.799
 then you

00:37:09.799 --> 00:37:10.179
 could be

00:37:10.179 --> 00:37:10.559
 earthly

00:37:10.559 --> 00:37:11.219
 minded.

00:37:12.319 --> 00:37:12.699
 Second,

00:37:12.839 --> 00:37:13.059
 you are

00:37:13.059 --> 00:37:13.399
 earthly

00:37:13.399 --> 00:37:14.679
 minded if

00:37:14.679 --> 00:37:15.179
 the sum

00:37:15.179 --> 00:37:15.779
 of or

00:37:15.779 --> 00:37:16.559
 the majority

00:37:16.559 --> 00:37:17.639
 of your

00:37:17.639 --> 00:37:18.179
 thoughts

00:37:18.179 --> 00:37:18.979
 revolve

00:37:18.979 --> 00:37:19.659
 around

00:37:19.659 --> 00:37:20.179
 earthly

00:37:20.179 --> 00:37:20.739
 things.

00:37:22.479 --> 00:37:23.159
 Proverbs

00:37:23.159 --> 00:37:23.619
 23,

00:37:23.779 --> 00:37:24.459
 7 says,

00:37:25.399 --> 00:37:25.699
 As a

00:37:25.699 --> 00:37:26.379
 man thinks

00:37:26.379 --> 00:37:26.819
 in his

00:37:26.819 --> 00:37:27.359
 heart,

00:37:28.000 --> 00:37:29.199
 so is

00:37:29.199 --> 00:37:29.619
 he.

00:37:30.799 --> 00:37:31.239
 And in

00:37:31.239 --> 00:37:31.439
 Matthew

00:37:31.439 --> 00:37:31.939
 15,

00:37:32.059 --> 00:37:32.959
 18 through

00:37:32.959 --> 00:37:33.500
 19,

00:37:33.759 --> 00:37:33.979
 Jesus

00:37:33.979 --> 00:37:34.500
 says,

00:37:35.479 --> 00:37:35.799
 What comes

00:37:35.799 --> 00:37:36.259
 out of the

00:37:36.259 --> 00:37:37.479
 mouth proceeds

00:37:37.479 --> 00:37:37.879
 from the

00:37:37.879 --> 00:37:38.219
 heart,

00:37:38.219 --> 00:37:39.399
 and this

00:37:39.399 --> 00:37:40.079
 defiles a

00:37:40.079 --> 00:37:40.480
 person?

00:37:41.259 --> 00:37:41.779
 For out of

00:37:41.779 --> 00:37:42.119
 the heart

00:37:42.119 --> 00:37:42.519
 come evil

00:37:42.519 --> 00:37:43.079
 thoughts,

00:37:43.679 --> 00:37:44.059
 murder,

00:37:44.579 --> 00:37:45.159
 adultery,

00:37:46.000 --> 00:37:46.359
 sexual

00:37:46.359 --> 00:37:47.079
 immorality,

00:37:47.679 --> 00:37:48.079
 theft,

00:37:48.719 --> 00:37:49.500
 false witness,

00:37:49.639 --> 00:37:50.179
 and slander,

00:37:51.399 --> 00:37:52.019
 and all of

00:37:52.019 --> 00:37:52.639
 these things

00:37:52.639 --> 00:37:53.719
 being indulgences

00:37:53.719 --> 00:37:54.599
 of the flesh.

00:37:55.879 --> 00:37:56.659
 So in

00:37:56.659 --> 00:37:57.159
 your

00:37:57.159 --> 00:37:58.500
 innermost

00:37:58.500 --> 00:37:59.539
 thoughts,

00:38:00.199 --> 00:38:01.079
 in the

00:38:01.079 --> 00:38:01.480
 secret

00:38:01.480 --> 00:38:02.159
 chambers

00:38:02.159 --> 00:38:03.139
 of your

00:38:03.139 --> 00:38:03.639
 heart,

00:38:03.639 --> 00:38:06.179
 what is

00:38:06.179 --> 00:38:07.000
 most

00:38:07.000 --> 00:38:07.859
 sweet

00:38:07.859 --> 00:38:09.379
 to you?

00:38:12.219 --> 00:38:13.219
 Where do

00:38:13.219 --> 00:38:13.579
 you find

00:38:13.579 --> 00:38:14.139
 your happiness?

00:38:15.279 --> 00:38:15.759
 If the

00:38:15.759 --> 00:38:16.279
 things of

00:38:16.279 --> 00:38:17.239
 earth reign

00:38:17.239 --> 00:38:17.960
 in your

00:38:17.960 --> 00:38:18.519
 heart in

00:38:18.519 --> 00:38:19.199
 this manner,

00:38:20.259 --> 00:38:22.099
 then you

00:38:22.099 --> 00:38:22.579
 are earthly

00:38:22.579 --> 00:38:22.980
 minded.

00:38:24.839 --> 00:38:25.599
 Third,

00:38:26.379 --> 00:38:27.539
 you are

00:38:27.539 --> 00:38:27.859
 earthly

00:38:27.859 --> 00:38:28.339
 minded

00:38:28.340 --> 00:38:29.579
 if your

00:38:29.579 --> 00:38:30.280
 purpose,

00:38:31.079 --> 00:38:31.620
 drive,

00:38:31.760 --> 00:38:32.440
 and goal

00:38:32.440 --> 00:38:33.140
 in life

00:38:33.140 --> 00:38:34.700
 is only

00:38:34.700 --> 00:38:36.940
 the

00:38:36.940 --> 00:38:37.680
 accomplishment

00:38:37.680 --> 00:38:38.720
 of

00:38:38.720 --> 00:38:39.300
 earthly

00:38:39.300 --> 00:38:40.160
 endeavors.

00:38:41.260 --> 00:38:42.220
 There is

00:38:42.220 --> 00:38:43.039
 no concept

00:38:43.039 --> 00:38:43.920
 of doing

00:38:43.920 --> 00:38:44.360
 what you

00:38:44.360 --> 00:38:45.079
 do for

00:38:45.079 --> 00:38:45.559
 the Lord.

00:38:46.260 --> 00:38:46.860
 You only

00:38:46.860 --> 00:38:47.860
 mind those

00:38:47.860 --> 00:38:48.320
 temporal

00:38:48.320 --> 00:38:49.860
 things which

00:38:49.860 --> 00:38:50.220
 will one

00:38:50.220 --> 00:38:50.740
 day perish,

00:38:50.900 --> 00:38:51.240
 and you are

00:38:51.240 --> 00:38:52.240
 even angry

00:38:52.239 --> 00:38:55.519
 or afraid

00:38:55.519 --> 00:38:55.959
 at the

00:38:55.959 --> 00:38:56.559
 thought of

00:38:56.559 --> 00:38:57.279
 losing

00:38:57.279 --> 00:38:58.879
 any of

00:38:58.879 --> 00:38:59.059
 these

00:38:59.059 --> 00:38:59.379
 worldly

00:38:59.379 --> 00:38:59.939
 things

00:38:59.939 --> 00:39:00.799
 that your

00:39:00.799 --> 00:39:01.179
 mind is

00:39:01.179 --> 00:39:01.539
 set on.

00:39:03.500 --> 00:39:04.059
 And

00:39:04.059 --> 00:39:04.519
 fourth and

00:39:04.519 --> 00:39:04.819
 last,

00:39:05.699 --> 00:39:06.339
 for the

00:39:06.339 --> 00:39:06.659
 sake of

00:39:06.659 --> 00:39:06.979
 time,

00:39:07.339 --> 00:39:07.599
 you are

00:39:07.599 --> 00:39:07.919
 earthly

00:39:07.919 --> 00:39:08.379
 minded

00:39:08.379 --> 00:39:09.539
 if you

00:39:09.539 --> 00:39:09.739
 are

00:39:09.739 --> 00:39:10.879
 predominantly

00:39:10.879 --> 00:39:12.459
 earthly

00:39:12.459 --> 00:39:13.500
 in

00:39:13.500 --> 00:39:14.000
 spiritual

00:39:14.000 --> 00:39:14.659
 things.

00:39:15.559 --> 00:39:16.000
 Meaning

00:39:16.000 --> 00:39:16.519
 all

00:39:16.519 --> 00:39:17.419
 spiritual

00:39:17.419 --> 00:39:17.879
 or

00:39:17.879 --> 00:39:18.319
 religious

00:39:18.319 --> 00:39:18.979
 activity

00:39:18.979 --> 00:39:19.419
 that you

00:39:19.419 --> 00:39:19.979
 partake

00:39:19.979 --> 00:39:20.299
 in

00:39:20.300 --> 00:39:21.760
 is

00:39:21.760 --> 00:39:22.260
 nothing

00:39:22.260 --> 00:39:22.820
 but a

00:39:22.820 --> 00:39:23.480
 means

00:39:23.480 --> 00:39:23.980
 to

00:39:23.980 --> 00:39:24.560
 earthly

00:39:24.560 --> 00:39:25.340
 ends.

00:39:26.920 --> 00:39:27.280
 The

00:39:27.280 --> 00:39:27.860
 intentions

00:39:27.860 --> 00:39:28.680
 behind

00:39:28.680 --> 00:39:28.960
 your

00:39:28.960 --> 00:39:29.340
 actions

00:39:29.340 --> 00:39:29.580
 are

00:39:29.580 --> 00:39:30.080
 simply

00:39:30.080 --> 00:39:31.100
 horizontal

00:39:31.100 --> 00:39:33.240
 in the

00:39:33.240 --> 00:39:33.760
 confines

00:39:33.760 --> 00:39:34.039
 of the

00:39:34.039 --> 00:39:34.440
 terrestrial

00:39:34.440 --> 00:39:35.080
 horizon.

00:39:35.700 --> 00:39:35.900
 They are

00:39:35.900 --> 00:39:36.100
 not

00:39:36.100 --> 00:39:36.620
 vertical

00:39:36.620 --> 00:39:37.660
 pointed

00:39:37.660 --> 00:39:39.060
 to the

00:39:39.060 --> 00:39:39.320
 things

00:39:39.320 --> 00:39:39.760
 above.

00:39:41.400 --> 00:39:41.660
 And so

00:39:41.660 --> 00:39:41.920
 I give

00:39:41.920 --> 00:39:42.180
 you those

00:39:42.180 --> 00:39:42.900
 four things

00:39:42.900 --> 00:39:43.460
 and from

00:39:43.460 --> 00:39:43.920
 that

00:39:43.920 --> 00:39:46.160
 the

00:39:46.160 --> 00:39:46.640
 opposite

00:39:46.640 --> 00:39:48.300
 could be

00:39:48.300 --> 00:39:48.620
 said

00:39:48.620 --> 00:39:49.519
 encompasses

00:39:49.519 --> 00:39:50.320
 what it

00:39:50.320 --> 00:39:50.659
 means to

00:39:50.659 --> 00:39:50.860
 be

00:39:50.860 --> 00:39:51.239
 heavenly

00:39:51.239 --> 00:39:51.639
 minded.

00:39:53.659 --> 00:39:53.920
 And so

00:39:53.920 --> 00:39:54.239
 for our

00:39:54.239 --> 00:39:54.460
 third

00:39:54.460 --> 00:39:54.860
 heading

00:39:54.860 --> 00:39:56.599
 heaven

00:39:56.599 --> 00:39:57.539
 mindedness

00:39:57.539 --> 00:39:58.880
 please

00:39:58.880 --> 00:39:59.579
 look at

00:39:59.579 --> 00:40:00.099
 the

00:40:00.099 --> 00:40:00.440
 second

00:40:00.440 --> 00:40:00.920
 half of

00:40:00.920 --> 00:40:01.179
 verse

00:40:01.179 --> 00:40:01.759
 one

00:40:01.759 --> 00:40:03.639
 to the

00:40:03.639 --> 00:40:04.000
 first

00:40:04.000 --> 00:40:04.440
 half of

00:40:04.440 --> 00:40:04.739
 verse

00:40:04.739 --> 00:40:05.259
 two

00:40:05.259 --> 00:40:06.440
 back in

00:40:06.440 --> 00:40:06.900
 Colossians

00:40:06.900 --> 00:40:07.219
 chapter

00:40:07.219 --> 00:40:07.719
 three.

00:40:08.780 --> 00:40:08.860
 So

00:40:08.860 --> 00:40:09.420
 Colossians

00:40:09.420 --> 00:40:09.739
 chapter

00:40:09.739 --> 00:40:10.320
 three

00:40:10.320 --> 00:40:11.920
 verse

00:40:11.920 --> 00:40:12.300
 one

00:40:12.300 --> 00:40:12.519
 second

00:40:12.519 --> 00:40:12.880
 half of

00:40:12.880 --> 00:40:13.099
 verse

00:40:13.099 --> 00:40:13.519
 one

00:40:13.519 --> 00:40:14.460
 notice

00:40:14.460 --> 00:40:14.679
 our

00:40:14.679 --> 00:40:15.059
 third

00:40:15.059 --> 00:40:15.420
 heading

00:40:15.420 --> 00:40:15.719
 heaven

00:40:15.719 --> 00:40:16.420
 mindedness.

00:40:16.420 --> 00:40:18.400
 Seek

00:40:18.400 --> 00:40:18.559
 the

00:40:18.559 --> 00:40:18.880
 things

00:40:18.880 --> 00:40:19.039
 that

00:40:19.039 --> 00:40:19.159
 are

00:40:19.159 --> 00:40:19.680
 above

00:40:19.680 --> 00:40:20.420
 where

00:40:20.420 --> 00:40:20.860
 Christ

00:40:20.860 --> 00:40:21.220
 is

00:40:21.220 --> 00:40:22.519
 seated

00:40:22.519 --> 00:40:22.860
 at

00:40:22.860 --> 00:40:23.000
 the

00:40:23.000 --> 00:40:23.180
 right

00:40:23.180 --> 00:40:23.360
 hand

00:40:23.360 --> 00:40:23.500
 of

00:40:23.500 --> 00:40:23.880
 God

00:40:23.880 --> 00:40:24.980
 set

00:40:24.980 --> 00:40:25.220
 your

00:40:25.220 --> 00:40:25.900
 minds

00:40:25.900 --> 00:40:26.539
 on

00:40:26.539 --> 00:40:27.139
 things

00:40:27.139 --> 00:40:27.800
 that

00:40:27.800 --> 00:40:28.079
 are

00:40:28.079 --> 00:40:28.780
 above.

00:40:30.480 --> 00:40:31.019
 And for

00:40:31.019 --> 00:40:31.320
 the sake

00:40:31.320 --> 00:40:31.659
 of time

00:40:31.659 --> 00:40:31.940
 as I

00:40:31.940 --> 00:40:32.139
 said

00:40:32.139 --> 00:40:32.400
 you can

00:40:32.400 --> 00:40:32.880
 probably

00:40:32.880 --> 00:40:33.700
 deduce

00:40:33.700 --> 00:40:33.920
 what

00:40:33.920 --> 00:40:34.139
 heaven

00:40:34.139 --> 00:40:34.680
 mindedness

00:40:34.680 --> 00:40:35.000
 is

00:40:35.000 --> 00:40:35.260
 just

00:40:35.260 --> 00:40:35.519
 by

00:40:35.519 --> 00:40:36.240
 applying

00:40:36.240 --> 00:40:37.180
 the

00:40:37.180 --> 00:40:37.559
 opposite

00:40:37.559 --> 00:40:37.780
 of

00:40:37.780 --> 00:40:37.940
 what

00:40:37.940 --> 00:40:38.059
 it

00:40:38.059 --> 00:40:38.240
 means

00:40:38.240 --> 00:40:38.360
 to

00:40:38.360 --> 00:40:38.480
 be

00:40:38.480 --> 00:40:38.720
 earthly

00:40:38.720 --> 00:40:39.119
 minded.

00:40:40.200 --> 00:40:40.400
 But

00:40:40.400 --> 00:40:40.579
 very

00:40:40.579 --> 00:40:40.900
 quickly

00:40:40.900 --> 00:40:41.159
 let's

00:40:41.159 --> 00:40:41.320
 just

00:40:41.320 --> 00:40:41.579
 look

00:40:41.579 --> 00:40:41.680
 at

00:40:41.680 --> 00:40:41.800
 a

00:40:41.800 --> 00:40:41.940
 few

00:40:41.940 --> 00:40:42.559
 things

00:40:42.559 --> 00:40:42.920
 and

00:40:42.920 --> 00:40:43.619
 implications

00:40:43.619 --> 00:40:44.279
 of

00:40:44.279 --> 00:40:45.099
 heaven

00:40:45.099 --> 00:40:45.900
 mindedness.

00:40:46.579 --> 00:40:47.179
 First

00:40:47.179 --> 00:40:49.219
 those

00:40:49.219 --> 00:40:49.519
 who are

00:40:49.519 --> 00:40:49.779
 heaven

00:40:49.779 --> 00:40:50.199
 minded

00:40:50.199 --> 00:40:50.719
 are

00:40:50.719 --> 00:40:51.039
 those

00:40:51.039 --> 00:40:51.199
 who

00:40:51.199 --> 00:40:51.779
 live

00:40:51.779 --> 00:40:52.739
 with

00:40:52.739 --> 00:40:52.980
 an

00:40:52.980 --> 00:40:53.739
 eternal

00:40:53.739 --> 00:40:54.820
 perspective

00:40:54.820 --> 00:40:55.759
 an

00:40:55.759 --> 00:40:56.119
 eternal

00:40:56.119 --> 00:40:56.619
 perspective.

00:40:56.759 --> 00:40:56.960
 It was

00:40:56.960 --> 00:40:57.360
 Jonathan

00:40:57.360 --> 00:40:57.960
 Edwards

00:40:57.960 --> 00:40:58.860
 an

00:40:58.860 --> 00:40:59.179
 American

00:40:59.179 --> 00:40:59.539
 preacher

00:40:59.539 --> 00:40:59.900
 from the

00:40:59.900 --> 00:41:00.779
 1700s

00:41:00.779 --> 00:41:01.000
 who is

00:41:01.000 --> 00:41:01.400
 widely

00:41:01.400 --> 00:41:02.019
 acknowledged

00:41:02.019 --> 00:41:02.639
 as one

00:41:02.639 --> 00:41:02.759
 of

00:41:02.759 --> 00:41:03.340
 America's

00:41:03.340 --> 00:41:04.179
 greatest

00:41:04.179 --> 00:41:05.079
 preachers

00:41:05.079 --> 00:41:06.079
 greatest

00:41:06.079 --> 00:41:06.820
 theologians

00:41:06.820 --> 00:41:07.340
 and greatest

00:41:07.340 --> 00:41:08.099
 intellectual

00:41:08.099 --> 00:41:09.679
 who

00:41:09.679 --> 00:41:09.980
 cried

00:41:09.980 --> 00:41:10.340
 out to

00:41:10.340 --> 00:41:10.759
 God

00:41:10.759 --> 00:41:11.559
 Lord

00:41:11.559 --> 00:41:13.059
 stamp

00:41:13.059 --> 00:41:13.960
 eternity

00:41:13.960 --> 00:41:15.039
 on

00:41:15.039 --> 00:41:15.259
 my

00:41:15.259 --> 00:41:15.820
 eyeballs.

00:41:17.400 --> 00:41:17.699
 And it

00:41:17.699 --> 00:41:18.079
 is from

00:41:18.079 --> 00:41:18.880
 a similar

00:41:18.880 --> 00:41:19.759
 disposition

00:41:19.759 --> 00:41:21.559
 that Paul

00:41:21.559 --> 00:41:22.099
 could cry

00:41:22.099 --> 00:41:22.539
 out in

00:41:22.539 --> 00:41:23.199
 Romans 9

00:41:23.199 --> 00:41:23.579
 that he

00:41:23.579 --> 00:41:23.840
 had

00:41:23.840 --> 00:41:24.639
 great

00:41:24.639 --> 00:41:25.259
 sorrow

00:41:25.259 --> 00:41:25.820
 and

00:41:25.820 --> 00:41:26.860
 unceasing

00:41:26.860 --> 00:41:27.679
 anguish

00:41:27.679 --> 00:41:28.039
 in his

00:41:28.039 --> 00:41:28.460
 heart

00:41:28.460 --> 00:41:30.199
 for lost

00:41:30.199 --> 00:41:30.699
 souls

00:41:30.699 --> 00:41:32.340
 because he

00:41:32.340 --> 00:41:32.920
 knew and

00:41:32.920 --> 00:41:33.420
 kept at

00:41:33.420 --> 00:41:33.980
 the forefront

00:41:33.980 --> 00:41:34.500
 of his

00:41:34.500 --> 00:41:34.980
 mind

00:41:34.980 --> 00:41:37.059
 the fact

00:41:37.059 --> 00:41:37.259
 that

00:41:37.259 --> 00:41:38.099
 multitudes

00:41:38.099 --> 00:41:39.579
 were on

00:41:39.579 --> 00:41:40.239
 their way

00:41:40.239 --> 00:41:40.840
 to

00:41:40.840 --> 00:41:41.179
 eternal

00:41:41.179 --> 00:41:41.679
 punishment.

00:41:43.039 --> 00:41:43.460
 And it

00:41:43.460 --> 00:41:43.819
 is from

00:41:43.819 --> 00:41:44.139
 this

00:41:44.139 --> 00:41:44.779
 disposition

00:41:44.779 --> 00:41:45.259
 of our

00:41:45.259 --> 00:41:45.839
 perspective

00:41:45.839 --> 00:41:48.279
 that love

00:41:48.279 --> 00:41:49.500
 and passion

00:41:49.500 --> 00:41:50.719
 to seek

00:41:50.719 --> 00:41:51.719
 out those

00:41:51.719 --> 00:41:52.000
 who are

00:41:52.000 --> 00:41:52.599
 lost

00:41:52.599 --> 00:41:55.619
 is birthed

00:41:55.619 --> 00:41:55.799
 from.

00:41:57.019 --> 00:41:57.940
 In 2 Corinthians

00:41:57.940 --> 00:41:59.099
 chapter 4

00:41:59.099 --> 00:42:00.839
 verses 16

00:42:00.839 --> 00:42:01.399
 and 18

00:42:01.399 --> 00:42:02.179
 Paul says

00:42:02.179 --> 00:42:32.159
 says,

00:42:32.179 --> 00:42:33.219
 for the

00:42:33.219 --> 00:42:33.639
 things that

00:42:33.639 --> 00:42:34.019
 are seen

00:42:34.019 --> 00:42:34.179
 are

00:42:34.179 --> 00:42:34.819
 transient

00:42:34.819 --> 00:42:36.119
 but the

00:42:36.119 --> 00:42:36.500
 things that

00:42:36.500 --> 00:42:37.159
 are unseen

00:42:37.159 --> 00:42:38.659
 are eternal.

00:42:40.019 --> 00:42:40.819
 The man

00:42:40.819 --> 00:42:41.159
 who can

00:42:41.159 --> 00:42:41.940
 say this

00:42:41.940 --> 00:42:43.419
 is heaven

00:42:43.419 --> 00:42:43.940
 minded

00:42:43.940 --> 00:42:45.639
 seeking

00:42:45.639 --> 00:42:46.299
 the things

00:42:46.299 --> 00:42:46.799
 above.

00:42:47.460 --> 00:42:48.299
 He does

00:42:48.299 --> 00:42:48.819
 what he does

00:42:48.819 --> 00:42:49.460
 for God

00:42:49.460 --> 00:42:50.259
 for the

00:42:50.259 --> 00:42:50.679
 kingdom

00:42:50.679 --> 00:42:52.500
 for souls.

00:42:53.359 --> 00:42:54.219
 So let me

00:42:54.219 --> 00:42:54.739
 ask you this

00:42:54.739 --> 00:42:55.219
 question.

00:42:55.679 --> 00:42:56.960
 What you do

00:42:56.960 --> 00:42:58.179
 where you

00:42:58.179 --> 00:42:58.820
 work

00:42:58.820 --> 00:43:00.579
 the life

00:43:00.579 --> 00:43:01.300
 decisions

00:43:01.300 --> 00:43:01.860
 that you

00:43:01.860 --> 00:43:02.420
 make

00:43:02.420 --> 00:43:03.500
 do you

00:43:03.500 --> 00:43:04.220
 make them

00:43:04.220 --> 00:43:05.099
 in light

00:43:05.099 --> 00:43:05.720
 of eternity?

00:43:06.720 --> 00:43:07.280
 Do you

00:43:07.280 --> 00:43:08.579
 make decisions

00:43:08.579 --> 00:43:10.559
 for the

00:43:10.559 --> 00:43:11.039
 service

00:43:11.039 --> 00:43:11.519
 of the

00:43:11.519 --> 00:43:11.720
 kingdom

00:43:11.720 --> 00:43:12.240
 of God?

00:43:12.240 --> 00:43:14.780
 Do you

00:43:14.780 --> 00:43:15.480
 have an

00:43:15.480 --> 00:43:15.980
 eternal

00:43:15.980 --> 00:43:17.280
 perspective?

00:43:19.280 --> 00:43:19.780
 Second,

00:43:20.780 --> 00:43:21.500
 heaven

00:43:21.500 --> 00:43:22.240
 mindedness

00:43:22.240 --> 00:43:23.500
 is pursuing

00:43:23.500 --> 00:43:24.880
 godliness.

00:43:26.139 --> 00:43:26.719
 Pursuing

00:43:26.719 --> 00:43:27.239
 godliness.

00:43:27.400 --> 00:43:28.039
 In 1 Timothy

00:43:28.039 --> 00:43:28.860
 chapter 4

00:43:28.860 --> 00:43:30.519
 verses 7

00:43:30.519 --> 00:43:31.039
 through 10

00:43:31.039 --> 00:43:31.739
 Paul says,

00:43:32.239 --> 00:43:33.940
 have nothing

00:43:33.940 --> 00:43:34.480
 to do

00:43:34.480 --> 00:43:35.199
 with worldly

00:43:35.199 --> 00:43:35.840
 fables

00:43:35.840 --> 00:43:37.340
 fit only

00:43:37.340 --> 00:43:37.900
 for old

00:43:37.900 --> 00:43:38.360
 women.

00:43:39.219 --> 00:43:39.480
 On the

00:43:39.480 --> 00:43:40.000
 other hand,

00:43:40.360 --> 00:43:40.739
 discipline

00:43:40.739 --> 00:43:41.440
 yourself

00:43:41.440 --> 00:43:42.360
 for the

00:43:42.360 --> 00:43:42.960
 purpose of

00:43:42.960 --> 00:43:43.460
 godliness.

00:43:44.360 --> 00:43:45.119
 For godliness

00:43:45.119 --> 00:43:46.920
 or for

00:43:46.920 --> 00:43:47.360
 bodily

00:43:47.360 --> 00:43:47.860
 discipline

00:43:47.860 --> 00:43:48.719
 is only

00:43:48.719 --> 00:43:49.400
 of little

00:43:49.400 --> 00:43:49.960
 profit,

00:43:49.960 --> 00:43:51.000
 but godliness

00:43:51.000 --> 00:43:52.280
 is profitable

00:43:52.280 --> 00:43:53.460
 for all

00:43:53.460 --> 00:43:54.599
 things since

00:43:54.599 --> 00:43:54.980
 it holds

00:43:54.980 --> 00:43:56.380
 promise for

00:43:56.380 --> 00:43:56.860
 the present

00:43:56.860 --> 00:43:57.440
 life and

00:43:57.440 --> 00:43:58.000
 also for

00:43:58.000 --> 00:43:58.300
 the life

00:43:58.300 --> 00:43:58.720
 to come.

00:43:59.840 --> 00:44:00.340
 It is a

00:44:00.340 --> 00:44:00.679
 trustworthy

00:44:00.679 --> 00:44:01.460
 statement

00:44:01.460 --> 00:44:02.039
 deserving

00:44:02.039 --> 00:44:03.139
 full acceptance

00:44:03.139 --> 00:44:04.539
 for it is

00:44:04.539 --> 00:44:05.039
 for this

00:44:05.039 --> 00:44:05.699
 we labor

00:44:05.699 --> 00:44:06.420
 and strive

00:44:06.420 --> 00:44:06.980
 because we

00:44:06.980 --> 00:44:07.500
 have fixed

00:44:07.500 --> 00:44:08.139
 our hope

00:44:08.139 --> 00:44:08.940
 on the

00:44:08.940 --> 00:44:09.539
 living God.

00:44:11.139 --> 00:44:12.079
 It does

00:44:12.079 --> 00:44:12.619
 take a

00:44:12.619 --> 00:44:13.240
 certain level

00:44:13.240 --> 00:44:14.179
 of discipline

00:44:14.179 --> 00:44:15.820
 and sometimes

00:44:15.820 --> 00:44:16.519
 hard work

00:44:16.519 --> 00:44:17.639
 to be godly,

00:44:18.000 --> 00:44:18.460
 to live

00:44:18.460 --> 00:44:19.079
 in righteousness.

00:44:19.960 --> 00:44:20.720
 But the

00:44:20.720 --> 00:44:21.240
 heaven-minded

00:44:21.240 --> 00:44:21.740
 Christian

00:44:21.740 --> 00:44:22.400
 learns that

00:44:22.400 --> 00:44:23.240
 alongside of

00:44:23.240 --> 00:44:24.079
 this discipline

00:44:24.079 --> 00:44:25.880
 there is a

00:44:25.880 --> 00:44:26.280
 fountain,

00:44:26.720 --> 00:44:27.400
 a fountain

00:44:27.400 --> 00:44:28.059
 of joy

00:44:28.059 --> 00:44:29.679
 and sweetness

00:44:29.679 --> 00:44:31.039
 unspeakable.

00:44:33.740 --> 00:44:34.579
 And it is

00:44:34.579 --> 00:44:35.480
 this Christian

00:44:35.480 --> 00:44:36.380
 who is

00:44:36.380 --> 00:44:36.900
 heaven-minded

00:44:36.900 --> 00:44:37.280
 that can

00:44:37.280 --> 00:44:37.800
 learn,

00:44:38.880 --> 00:44:39.619
 as 1 Timothy

00:44:39.619 --> 00:44:40.480
 6.6

00:44:40.480 --> 00:44:41.280
 says,

00:44:42.280 --> 00:44:43.320
 that godliness

00:44:43.320 --> 00:44:45.119
 with contentment

00:44:45.119 --> 00:44:46.519
 is great

00:44:46.519 --> 00:44:47.139
 gain.

00:44:47.139 --> 00:44:51.960
 it is

00:44:51.960 --> 00:44:52.339
 for this

00:44:52.339 --> 00:44:52.819
 reason that

00:44:52.819 --> 00:44:53.219
 the apostle

00:44:53.219 --> 00:44:53.659
 can say

00:44:53.659 --> 00:44:54.159
 in Philippians

00:44:54.159 --> 00:44:54.779
 4.11

00:44:54.779 --> 00:44:56.379
 I have

00:44:56.379 --> 00:44:56.900
 learned

00:44:56.900 --> 00:44:57.679
 in whatever

00:44:57.679 --> 00:44:58.299
 situation

00:44:58.299 --> 00:44:58.980
 I am

00:44:58.980 --> 00:45:00.559
 to be

00:45:00.559 --> 00:45:00.980
 content.

00:45:03.059 --> 00:45:03.960
 So this

00:45:03.960 --> 00:45:04.440
 leads us

00:45:04.440 --> 00:45:04.960
 to our

00:45:04.960 --> 00:45:06.539
 fourth and

00:45:06.539 --> 00:45:07.159
 final heading,

00:45:08.579 --> 00:45:09.359
 the reward

00:45:09.359 --> 00:45:10.339
 of things

00:45:10.339 --> 00:45:10.799
 above.

00:45:11.420 --> 00:45:12.539
 The reward

00:45:12.539 --> 00:45:13.579
 of the

00:45:13.579 --> 00:45:14.099
 things

00:45:14.099 --> 00:45:15.139
 above.

00:45:16.579 --> 00:45:17.380
 Starting in

00:45:17.380 --> 00:45:17.980
 verse 4,

00:45:18.980 --> 00:45:20.980
 when Christ,

00:45:20.980 --> 00:45:22.000
 who is your

00:45:22.000 --> 00:45:22.300
 life,

00:45:22.420 --> 00:45:22.779
 appears,

00:45:24.199 --> 00:45:24.820
 then you

00:45:24.820 --> 00:45:25.460
 also will

00:45:25.460 --> 00:45:25.940
 appear with

00:45:25.940 --> 00:45:26.259
 him in

00:45:26.259 --> 00:45:26.599
 glory.

00:45:28.179 --> 00:45:29.179
 Now what are

00:45:29.179 --> 00:45:29.679
 the things

00:45:29.679 --> 00:45:30.340
 above?

00:45:31.779 --> 00:45:32.800
 What is it

00:45:32.800 --> 00:45:33.440
 to seek

00:45:33.440 --> 00:45:34.340
 those things?

00:45:34.340 --> 00:45:34.500
 things?

00:45:35.460 --> 00:45:36.180
 It is

00:45:36.180 --> 00:45:36.480
 simply

00:45:36.480 --> 00:45:37.019
 this,

00:45:37.840 --> 00:45:38.660
 Christ.

00:45:39.720 --> 00:45:40.680
 It is

00:45:40.680 --> 00:45:41.480
 simply

00:45:41.480 --> 00:45:43.000
 Christ.

00:45:44.380 --> 00:45:45.120
 It is

00:45:45.120 --> 00:45:45.680
 to seek

00:45:45.680 --> 00:45:46.500
 him.

00:45:47.340 --> 00:45:47.640
 It is

00:45:47.640 --> 00:45:48.280
 to cling

00:45:48.280 --> 00:45:48.680
 to the

00:45:48.680 --> 00:45:49.140
 promises

00:45:49.140 --> 00:45:50.220
 that he

00:45:50.220 --> 00:45:50.660
 has given

00:45:50.660 --> 00:45:51.120
 us,

00:45:51.539 --> 00:45:53.260
 that we

00:45:53.260 --> 00:45:53.720
 will one

00:45:53.720 --> 00:45:54.079
 day appear

00:45:54.079 --> 00:45:54.500
 with him

00:45:54.500 --> 00:45:54.980
 in glory,

00:45:55.360 --> 00:45:56.000
 that one

00:45:56.000 --> 00:45:56.740
 day every

00:45:56.740 --> 00:45:57.480
 knee shall

00:45:57.480 --> 00:45:57.940
 bow,

00:45:58.460 --> 00:45:58.880
 and every

00:45:58.880 --> 00:45:59.340
 tongue

00:45:59.340 --> 00:46:00.680
 confess that

00:46:00.680 --> 00:46:01.420
 Jesus Christ

00:46:01.420 --> 00:46:02.000
 is Lord

00:46:02.000 --> 00:46:03.079
 to the glory

00:46:03.079 --> 00:46:03.380
 of the

00:46:03.380 --> 00:46:03.700
 Father.

00:46:05.000 --> 00:46:05.940
 Paul writes

00:46:05.940 --> 00:46:06.940
 in Philippians

00:46:06.940 --> 00:46:09.000
 3.20-21,

00:46:09.320 --> 00:46:09.640
 and actually

00:46:09.640 --> 00:46:10.039
 I think this

00:46:10.039 --> 00:46:10.340
 is what

00:46:10.340 --> 00:46:10.920
 Nathan read,

00:46:11.140 --> 00:46:12.100
 not in the

00:46:12.100 --> 00:46:14.100
 last text,

00:46:14.220 --> 00:46:15.500
 but Paul

00:46:15.500 --> 00:46:15.920
 writes,

00:46:16.280 --> 00:46:16.820
 for our

00:46:16.820 --> 00:46:17.400
 citizenship

00:46:17.400 --> 00:46:18.000
 is in

00:46:18.000 --> 00:46:18.300
 heaven,

00:46:19.360 --> 00:46:19.920
 from which

00:46:19.920 --> 00:46:20.519
 also we

00:46:20.519 --> 00:46:21.140
 eagerly

00:46:21.140 --> 00:46:22.620
 await for

00:46:22.620 --> 00:46:23.220
 a Savior,

00:46:23.720 --> 00:46:24.039
 the Lord

00:46:24.039 --> 00:46:24.840
 Jesus Christ,

00:46:25.240 --> 00:46:25.840
 who will

00:46:25.840 --> 00:46:26.660
 transform the

00:46:26.660 --> 00:46:27.120
 body of

00:46:27.120 --> 00:46:27.579
 our humble

00:46:27.579 --> 00:46:29.220
 state into

00:46:29.220 --> 00:46:30.079
 conformity with

00:46:30.079 --> 00:46:30.600
 the body of

00:46:30.600 --> 00:46:31.160
 his glory,

00:46:31.680 --> 00:46:32.260
 by the

00:46:32.260 --> 00:46:33.180
 exertion of

00:46:33.180 --> 00:46:33.700
 the power

00:46:33.699 --> 00:46:34.039
 that he

00:46:34.039 --> 00:46:34.439
 has,

00:46:34.859 --> 00:46:35.359
 even to

00:46:35.359 --> 00:46:36.179
 subject all

00:46:36.179 --> 00:46:36.879
 things to

00:46:36.879 --> 00:46:37.399
 himself.

00:46:44.299 --> 00:46:44.879
 Oh,

00:46:44.919 --> 00:46:45.199
 that our

00:46:45.199 --> 00:46:45.919
 hearts would

00:46:45.919 --> 00:46:48.739
 learn what

00:46:48.739 --> 00:46:49.299
 our mouths

00:46:49.299 --> 00:46:50.439
 proclaim when

00:46:50.439 --> 00:46:50.899
 we sing

00:46:50.899 --> 00:46:53.299
 songs that

00:46:53.299 --> 00:46:53.939
 have lyrics

00:46:53.939 --> 00:46:54.919
 such as,

00:46:55.919 --> 00:46:57.179
 nothing in

00:46:57.179 --> 00:46:57.679
 my hands

00:46:57.679 --> 00:46:58.399
 I bring,

00:46:58.960 --> 00:46:59.759
 simply to

00:46:59.760 --> 00:47:00.360
 the cross

00:47:00.360 --> 00:47:01.880
 I cling.

00:47:03.640 --> 00:47:04.300
 Seek

00:47:04.300 --> 00:47:04.940
 him,

00:47:05.800 --> 00:47:06.840
 get to

00:47:06.840 --> 00:47:07.300
 know

00:47:07.300 --> 00:47:08.220
 him,

00:47:10.020 --> 00:47:10.720
 cling to

00:47:10.720 --> 00:47:11.020
 him,

00:47:11.100 --> 00:47:11.760
 and live

00:47:11.760 --> 00:47:12.820
 the rest of

00:47:12.820 --> 00:47:13.500
 your life

00:47:13.500 --> 00:47:14.500
 in that

00:47:14.500 --> 00:47:14.920
 pursuit.

00:47:16.360 --> 00:47:17.220
 That we

00:47:17.220 --> 00:47:17.680
 could all

00:47:17.680 --> 00:47:18.240
 one day

00:47:18.240 --> 00:47:18.840
 point,

00:47:21.180 --> 00:47:22.200
 be able to

00:47:22.200 --> 00:47:22.660
 say,

00:47:23.040 --> 00:47:23.840
 alongside of

00:47:23.840 --> 00:47:24.300
 Paul,

00:47:24.700 --> 00:47:25.380
 what he says

00:47:25.380 --> 00:47:26.099
 in Philippians,

00:47:26.460 --> 00:47:27.579
 I count

00:47:27.579 --> 00:47:28.400
 everything as

00:47:28.400 --> 00:47:28.960
 rubbish

00:47:28.960 --> 00:47:30.800
 compared to

00:47:30.800 --> 00:47:31.579
 the surpassing

00:47:31.579 --> 00:47:33.119
 worth of

00:47:33.119 --> 00:47:33.840
 knowing Christ

00:47:33.840 --> 00:47:34.420
 Jesus,

00:47:35.160 --> 00:47:35.860
 my Lord.

00:47:37.860 --> 00:47:38.579
 Have you

00:47:38.579 --> 00:47:39.300
 come to

00:47:39.300 --> 00:47:40.200
 understand a

00:47:40.200 --> 00:47:40.740
 portion of

00:47:40.740 --> 00:47:41.440
 what it means

00:47:41.440 --> 00:47:42.640
 when Paul

00:47:42.640 --> 00:47:43.360
 says to

00:47:43.360 --> 00:47:43.860
 live is

00:47:43.860 --> 00:47:44.440
 Christ,

00:47:44.960 --> 00:47:45.960
 to die

00:47:45.960 --> 00:47:46.900
 is gain?

00:47:46.900 --> 00:47:50.599
 you know,

00:47:50.900 --> 00:47:51.539
 when I

00:47:51.539 --> 00:47:51.980
 first

00:47:51.980 --> 00:47:54.119
 became a

00:47:54.119 --> 00:47:54.680
 Christian as

00:47:54.680 --> 00:47:54.940
 a young

00:47:54.940 --> 00:47:55.340
 believer,

00:47:55.599 --> 00:47:56.139
 one of my

00:47:56.139 --> 00:47:56.800
 friends at

00:47:56.800 --> 00:47:57.420
 the police

00:47:57.420 --> 00:47:57.900
 department,

00:47:58.900 --> 00:47:59.619
 one of the

00:47:59.619 --> 00:48:00.500
 few Christians

00:48:00.500 --> 00:48:01.980
 who worked

00:48:01.980 --> 00:48:02.400
 at this

00:48:02.400 --> 00:48:02.680
 police

00:48:02.680 --> 00:48:03.220
 department,

00:48:05.619 --> 00:48:06.639
 a very

00:48:06.639 --> 00:48:06.900
 mature

00:48:06.900 --> 00:48:07.280
 believer,

00:48:07.400 --> 00:48:07.800
 would often

00:48:07.800 --> 00:48:08.440
 say things

00:48:08.440 --> 00:48:08.840
 like,

00:48:09.840 --> 00:48:10.720
 I just

00:48:10.720 --> 00:48:11.740
 wish that

00:48:11.740 --> 00:48:12.139
 Christ would

00:48:12.139 --> 00:48:12.480
 come back

00:48:12.480 --> 00:48:12.680
 today,

00:48:12.740 --> 00:48:13.280
 I wish I

00:48:13.280 --> 00:48:13.980
 would die

00:48:13.980 --> 00:48:14.960
 right now,

00:48:15.300 --> 00:48:15.780
 like I'm

00:48:15.780 --> 00:48:16.220
 done with

00:48:16.220 --> 00:48:16.519
 this,

00:48:16.900 --> 00:48:17.380
 and I

00:48:17.380 --> 00:48:17.660
 was just

00:48:17.660 --> 00:48:17.840
 like,

00:48:18.079 --> 00:48:18.559
 what?

00:48:19.280 --> 00:48:19.639
 Like,

00:48:19.680 --> 00:48:20.039
 this makes

00:48:20.039 --> 00:48:20.860
 no sense,

00:48:21.119 --> 00:48:21.500
 why?

00:48:22.160 --> 00:48:22.579
 Why?

00:48:23.059 --> 00:48:23.280
 You know,

00:48:23.320 --> 00:48:23.619
 it's like,

00:48:24.099 --> 00:48:24.460
 why?

00:48:24.579 --> 00:48:24.920
 Don't you

00:48:24.920 --> 00:48:25.260
 want to

00:48:25.260 --> 00:48:25.619
 live?

00:48:25.700 --> 00:48:25.820
 Do you

00:48:25.820 --> 00:48:26.340
 not enjoy

00:48:26.340 --> 00:48:26.619
 life?

00:48:26.680 --> 00:48:27.019
 Why would

00:48:27.019 --> 00:48:27.360
 you want

00:48:27.360 --> 00:48:27.900
 to die?

00:48:27.940 --> 00:48:28.200
 It made

00:48:28.200 --> 00:48:28.820
 no sense

00:48:28.820 --> 00:48:29.240
 to me.

00:48:30.460 --> 00:48:30.820
 As I

00:48:30.820 --> 00:48:31.099
 have

00:48:31.099 --> 00:48:31.760
 matured

00:48:31.760 --> 00:48:32.059
 in my

00:48:32.059 --> 00:48:32.599
 walk

00:48:32.599 --> 00:48:32.800
 with

00:48:32.800 --> 00:48:33.300
 Christ,

00:48:33.900 --> 00:48:35.720
 now it

00:48:35.720 --> 00:48:35.900
 makes

00:48:35.900 --> 00:48:36.220
 perfect

00:48:36.220 --> 00:48:36.680
 sense.

00:48:37.300 --> 00:48:37.480
 It

00:48:37.480 --> 00:48:37.720
 makes

00:48:37.720 --> 00:48:38.280
 clear

00:48:38.280 --> 00:48:39.280
 sense.

00:48:40.099 --> 00:48:40.340
 To

00:48:40.340 --> 00:48:40.820
 live is

00:48:40.820 --> 00:48:41.119
 Christ,

00:48:41.200 --> 00:48:41.559
 to die

00:48:41.559 --> 00:48:42.099
 is gain.

00:48:42.180 --> 00:48:42.280
 I

00:48:42.280 --> 00:48:42.920
 long for

00:48:42.920 --> 00:48:43.480
 that day

00:48:43.480 --> 00:48:44.840
 and I

00:48:44.840 --> 00:48:45.340
 have now

00:48:45.340 --> 00:48:46.360
 since then

00:48:46.360 --> 00:48:48.400
 had moments

00:48:48.400 --> 00:48:50.120
 where I

00:48:50.120 --> 00:48:50.480
 just

00:48:50.480 --> 00:48:52.740
 have this

00:48:52.740 --> 00:48:53.440
 overwhelming

00:48:53.440 --> 00:48:54.140
 sense and

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 I pray that

00:48:54.960 --> 00:48:56.340
 Christ would

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 just come

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 back right

00:48:57.079 --> 00:48:57.940
 now because

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 I'm tired

00:48:58.440 --> 00:48:58.800
 of this,

00:48:59.019 --> 00:48:59.420
 because I

00:48:59.420 --> 00:48:59.840
 do not

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 belong to

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 this world.

00:49:01.019 --> 00:49:01.460
 I am not

00:49:01.460 --> 00:49:01.940
 of this

00:49:01.940 --> 00:49:02.280
 world.

00:49:03.740 --> 00:49:04.320
 Do you

00:49:04.320 --> 00:49:05.019
 have this

00:49:05.019 --> 00:49:05.900
 in your

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 life?

00:49:07.760 --> 00:49:08.280
 Do you

00:49:08.280 --> 00:49:08.579
 have this?

00:49:08.620 --> 00:49:08.860
 Do you

00:49:08.860 --> 00:49:09.400
 long for

00:49:09.400 --> 00:49:10.120
 his return,

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 for him to

00:49:11.460 --> 00:49:12.220
 be glorified?

00:49:12.219 --> 00:49:12.299
 God?

00:49:12.679 --> 00:49:13.119
 Is this

00:49:13.119 --> 00:49:13.919
 true of

00:49:13.919 --> 00:49:14.059
 your

00:49:14.059 --> 00:49:14.459
 heart?

00:49:18.199 --> 00:49:18.859
 In

00:49:18.859 --> 00:49:19.359
 conclusion,

00:49:20.980 --> 00:49:21.359
 earthly

00:49:21.359 --> 00:49:22.559
 mindedness

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 is

00:49:23.759 --> 00:49:24.480
 idolatry.

00:49:25.939 --> 00:49:26.879
 James 4.4

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 says that

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 friendship with

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 the world

00:49:29.919 --> 00:49:31.259
 is adultery

00:49:31.259 --> 00:49:32.699
 and enmity

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 against God.

00:49:34.919 --> 00:49:35.179
 The

00:49:35.179 --> 00:49:35.819
 apostle Paul

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 says that

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 it leads

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 men to

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 fall into

00:49:38.319 --> 00:49:38.899
 temptation

00:49:38.900 --> 00:49:39.940
 and a

00:49:39.940 --> 00:49:40.280
 snare.

00:49:42.760 --> 00:49:43.320
 Ezekiel

00:49:43.320 --> 00:49:44.200
 33.31

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 describes it

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 as

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 covetousness.

00:49:48.460 --> 00:49:48.860
 My friends,

00:49:48.980 --> 00:49:49.480
 nothing is

00:49:49.480 --> 00:49:50.320
 more contrary

00:49:50.320 --> 00:49:51.059
 to the

00:49:51.059 --> 00:49:51.440
 work of

00:49:51.440 --> 00:49:51.900
 grace in

00:49:51.900 --> 00:49:52.420
 a believer

00:49:52.420 --> 00:49:54.160
 than

00:49:54.160 --> 00:49:54.619
 earthly

00:49:54.619 --> 00:49:55.800
 mindedness.

00:49:57.119 --> 00:49:57.780
 John Calvin,

00:49:57.880 --> 00:49:58.400
 a pastor and

00:49:58.400 --> 00:49:59.059
 theologian from

00:49:59.059 --> 00:49:59.940
 the 1500s,

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 once said,

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 and I

00:50:02.240 --> 00:50:02.539
 quote,

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 the whole

00:50:04.720 --> 00:50:05.800
 soul

00:50:05.800 --> 00:50:07.500
 ensnared

00:50:07.500 --> 00:50:08.139
 by the

00:50:08.139 --> 00:50:08.880
 allurement

00:50:08.880 --> 00:50:09.579
 of the

00:50:09.579 --> 00:50:10.059
 flesh,

00:50:10.860 --> 00:50:11.440
 seek its

00:50:11.440 --> 00:50:11.880
 happiness

00:50:11.880 --> 00:50:12.420
 on the

00:50:12.420 --> 00:50:12.820
 earth.

00:50:13.820 --> 00:50:14.720
 To meet

00:50:14.720 --> 00:50:15.019
 this

00:50:15.019 --> 00:50:15.720
 disease,

00:50:16.440 --> 00:50:17.180
 the Lord

00:50:17.180 --> 00:50:17.680
 makes His

00:50:17.680 --> 00:50:18.059
 people

00:50:18.059 --> 00:50:18.740
 sensible

00:50:18.740 --> 00:50:21.019
 to the

00:50:21.019 --> 00:50:21.440
 vanity

00:50:21.440 --> 00:50:22.579
 of the

00:50:22.579 --> 00:50:22.880
 present

00:50:22.880 --> 00:50:23.400
 life

00:50:23.400 --> 00:50:24.579
 by

00:50:24.579 --> 00:50:25.380
 constant

00:50:25.380 --> 00:50:26.140
 proof

00:50:26.140 --> 00:50:27.220
 of its

00:50:27.220 --> 00:50:27.900
 miseries.

00:50:28.820 --> 00:50:29.619
 There is

00:50:29.619 --> 00:50:30.160
 no medium

00:50:30.160 --> 00:50:30.780
 between the

00:50:30.780 --> 00:50:31.500
 two things.

00:50:32.640 --> 00:50:33.140
 The earth

00:50:33.140 --> 00:50:33.640
 must either

00:50:33.640 --> 00:50:34.300
 be worthless

00:50:34.300 --> 00:50:34.740
 in our

00:50:34.740 --> 00:50:35.340
 estimation

00:50:35.340 --> 00:50:36.980
 or keep

00:50:36.980 --> 00:50:37.220
 us

00:50:37.220 --> 00:50:38.059
 enslaved

00:50:38.059 --> 00:50:39.759
 by an

00:50:39.759 --> 00:50:40.559
 intemperate

00:50:40.559 --> 00:50:41.000
 love of

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 it.

00:50:43.239 --> 00:50:43.940
 Close quote.

00:50:45.619 --> 00:50:46.039
 The Lord

00:50:46.039 --> 00:50:46.820
 Jesus Christ

00:50:46.820 --> 00:50:47.860
 warns us

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 that one

00:50:48.480 --> 00:50:49.440
 cannot serve

00:50:49.440 --> 00:50:50.219
 two

00:50:50.219 --> 00:50:50.779
 masters.

00:50:52.480 --> 00:50:52.719
 And

00:50:52.719 --> 00:50:53.239
 likewise,

00:50:53.500 --> 00:50:53.900
 a man

00:50:53.900 --> 00:50:54.880
 cannot both

00:50:54.880 --> 00:50:56.000
 look up to

00:50:56.000 --> 00:50:56.400
 heaven

00:50:56.400 --> 00:50:58.099
 while he's

00:50:58.099 --> 00:50:58.900
 looking down

00:50:58.900 --> 00:51:00.440
 on earth.

00:51:00.440 --> 00:51:04.880
 choose this

00:51:04.880 --> 00:51:05.800
 day whom

00:51:05.800 --> 00:51:06.119
 you will

00:51:06.119 --> 00:51:06.599
 serve

00:51:06.599 --> 00:51:07.740
 in the

00:51:07.740 --> 00:51:08.320
 direction

00:51:08.320 --> 00:51:09.700
 that you

00:51:09.700 --> 00:51:10.360
 will fix

00:51:10.360 --> 00:51:11.240
 your eyes

00:51:11.240 --> 00:51:11.920
 upon.

00:51:12.639 --> 00:51:13.280
 Let us

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 pray.

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 let us

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 let us

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 let us

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