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 Go ahead and turn over to Romans 12, and we'll read verses 1 and 2.

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 So how many of you could guess that that's probably where we're going to be at this morning after that opening statement?

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 It's a really popular one, and we're going to get into some of that here, but I've got to get there too.

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 I beseech you, therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice,

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 holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

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 And be not conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind,

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 that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

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 These two verses are some of the most repeated in the Bible.

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 I always take that as an indicator of how important they are.

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 These were some of the first verses that the Lord laid on my heart when I began my Christian life.

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 I believe the reason for this was that I lived surrounded by worldly influences,

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 and until then, I too was verily worldly.

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 God used these verses to remind me of the pull of the world,

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 the influence it has, and that I need to be cautious of letting it change me.

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 These verses don't just speak to new Christians, though.

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 We ought to keep them running through our minds, throughout our lives,

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 because the ways of this world do not go away while we're here.

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 Turn over to 2 Timothy 3 real quick.

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 We'll read verses 1 through 5 there.

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 This note also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.

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 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers,

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 disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection,

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 trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,

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 traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God,

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 having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof.

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 From such, turn away.

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 These verses speak of the last days.

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 It speaks of people being lovers of themselves,

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 proud, unholy, and the list went on and on.

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 Lovers of pleasures more than God.

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 These verses in 2 Timothy tell us that the world will not improve.

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 It will continue to move against God, and it will continue to get worse.

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 To this we receive the warning.

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 From such, turn away.

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 Turn away or take no pardon.

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 Be not yoked with, be not conformed to.

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 Satan does not give up on trying to hinder us.

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 Be sober, be vigilant, because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion,

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 walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.

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 We read here in 1 Peter 5.8,

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 the devil does not rest in his pursuit against the righteous.

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 We must keep our guard.

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 We must assess what we're influencing and what's influencing us.

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 So let's start at the beginning of the chapter here.

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 Go back over to Romans there.

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 I beseech you, therefore, brethren.

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 Chapter 12 is not started with a continuation of the previous verses,

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 as most other chapters previous were.

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 Now, the previous chapters were over the fundamental doctrines of Christianity.

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 They conclude, and a new subject is introduced.

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 So how do we know a new thought started?

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 Well, in this instance, it's pretty easy,

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 because if you look up at chapter 11, verse 36 there,

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 it reads,

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 Amen, which signifies to confirm or establish and to mark an end to a declaration.

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 The previous thought is wrapped up, and we continue now with the next.

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 So I wanted to stop and take a minute here

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 and just talk about some of the Bible punctuation, right?

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 So the Bible tells us to rightly divide the word,

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 and part of that's understanding our context.

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 So one of the tools that we can use when doing that is punctuation.

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 When you read an article, a story, a book, anything,

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 you're following the punctuation lines,

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 and that usually shows separation from one part to the next.

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 If it was just one big, long stream of words,

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 it'd be pretty monotonous and hard to read, hard to decipher.

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 So one of the tools we can use is the punctuation.

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 Now, our Bible is split up into chapters and verses,

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 and that happened around 1599, as I understand,

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 and that's also where they introduced a pilcrow.

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 Now, how many know what a pilcrow is?

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 A little backwards-looking pea.

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 Backwards pea.

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 So if you look through your Bible,

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 you'll find a little pilcrow every once in a while,

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 and what that means is that's the start of an indentation of a new section there.

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 So since we don't have that separation out,

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 you know, with the indentations in the word there,

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 they put pilcrows.

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 But it's also important to understand

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 that just as the chapters and verse were introduced

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 by editorial committee,

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 so were the pilcrows.

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 There's no, per se, divine influence in the pilcrows themselves.

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 They were just placed there from the editors of the KJV,

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 saying this is where we believe that a new separation should start and begin there.

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 So it's always important to remember that.

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 But now that we talked about pilcrows a little bit,

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 I can tell you that they're of no use to us here,

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 because the last pilcrow that's used is in Acts 20.36 there.

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 So there's speculation as to why,

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 but my thought is just that from Acts,

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 you move into the epistles.

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 And in the epistles, they're more of a letter,

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 which is less formal generally.

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 When you write a letter, you're not following strict guidelines.

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 They're letters to the churches there,

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 or they're letters to different people there, right?

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 So we don't have any pilcrows there,

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 but we can still use the reasoning of the context of the words.

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 And we have different indicators in the word here

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 of where we would end a thought and where we'd begin one.

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 Right here, we have one,

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 to whom be the glory forever, amen.

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 Right?

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 We stop that there,

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 and then that thought kind of continues on then

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 until if we read,

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 it was the end of verse, or chapter 15.

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 So we kind of have this section here

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 that covers on this topic.

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 So we have the start of a new section,

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 and immediately we're beseeched.

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 So what does it mean to be beseeched?

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 To entreat, to supplicate, to implore,

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 to ask or pray with urgency.

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 The matter we're called attentiveness to

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 is affectionately pressed upon us.

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 Paul here addresses the brethren.

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 It shows his affection and relationship

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 to those he addresses.

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 This translated word brethren

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 is used 319 in 319 verses in the New Testament.

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 Acts contains the highest usage,

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 with it being used in 56 verses.

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 And for comparison,

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 it's used in 31 verses in Matthew

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 and 35 verses in 1 Corinthians,

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 which are the two runners-up.

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 Now, we ought to find that no surprise

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 because we find so great

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 in evangelism outreach in Acts.

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 So if we go turn over to Acts 15.36,

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 Acts 15.36 tells us,

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 And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas,

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 Let us go again and visit our brethren

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 in every city where we have preached

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 the word of the Lord and see how they do.

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 We find here who the brethren are.

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 They are saved individuals

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 that they have preached the word of God to.

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 We see the affection toward them

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 as they seek to take report of them

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 to see how they do.

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 The theme continues.

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 If you turn, let's see,

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 a couple pages over there to Acts 21

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 in verse 7.

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 That reads,

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 And when we had finished our course from Tyre,

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 we came to Ptolemus

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 and saluted the brethren

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 and abode with them one day.

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 And then a little further

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 in verse 17 there.

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 That reads,

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 And when we were come to Jerusalem,

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 the brethren received us gladly.

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 And one chapter over in 28,

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 verse 13.

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 Or excuse me,

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 that's a couple chapters over,

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 isn't it?

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 Yeah.

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 So Acts 28.13.

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 And from thence we fetched a compass

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 and came to Regim.

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 And after one day,

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 the south wind blew,

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 and we came the next day

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 to Petoli,

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 where we found brethren

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 and were desired to tarry

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 with themselves,

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 or with them seven days.

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 And so we went toward Rome.

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 All right?

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 So back in Romans,

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 we are called upon

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 as brothers and sisters in Christ,

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 as friends and fellow laborers,

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 as family,

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 to stop and attend

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 to this most urgent matter.

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 As we read further into this,

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 as we remember

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 that we are preyed upon

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 with urgencies

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 as brothers in Christ

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 on the matter,

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 we find another depth of urgency

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 that Paul expands upon.

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 We are not only called on the matter

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 as fellow servants with Paul,

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 but we are called

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 by the mercies of God.

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 Now, God is merciful.

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 We're going to read Psalm 103.8.

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 That is a good one for here.

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 And Psalm 103.8 reads,

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 The Lord is merciful and gracious,

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 slow to anger,

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 and plenteous in mercy.

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 And also Numbers 14.18.

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 The Lord is long-suffering

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 and of great mercy,

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 forgiving iniquity and transgression,

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 and by no means clearing the guilty,

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 visiting the iniquity of the fathers

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 upon the children

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 under the third and fourth generation.

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 So as the crowd of Israelites

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 murmured against God

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 and they were ready to return

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 to the land of the captivity,

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 they were reminded of his long-suffering

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 and mercy toward them.

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 So look at verse 19 here.

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 Pardon, I beseech thee,

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 the iniquity of this people

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 according unto the greatness of thy mercy,

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 and as thou hast forgiven this people

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 from Egypt even until now.

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 That sounds familiar.

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 I beseech thee,

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 according unto the greatness of thy mercy.

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 That sounds like the same urgent call

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 to listen up.

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 Here, Moses calls urgently upon the Lord

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 to pardon the people's iniquity

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 to his great mercy,

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 and he responds lovingly and succinctly.

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 As Psalm 103 read,

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 oh, excuse me,

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 I skipped the verse,

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 that's verse 20,

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 and the Lord said,

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 I have pardoned according to thy word.

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 So as Psalm 103 read,

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 the Lord is merciful and plenteous in mercy.

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 The Lord is also merciful toward us.

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 But God, who is rich in mercy

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 for his great love

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 wherewith he loved us,

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 even when we were dead in sins,

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 hath quickened us together with Christ.

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 By grace are you saved.

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 And that's found in Ephesians 2.

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 We were dead in sin,

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 yet he had mercy on us.

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 Christ died for us.

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 Romans 5, 8 reads,

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 but God commendeth his love toward us

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 and that while we are yet sinners,

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 Christ died for us.

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 He is merciful to us

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 and that he made a way to save us

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 from an eternal destination in hell.

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 I'm sure thankful that he is merciful.

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 Because of this mercy,

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 I can now look forward to an eternity in heaven

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 by our Savior's side.

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 And I hope that each one of you

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 can look forward to that as well.

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 It's by these great mercies

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 that we are called to heed these words.

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 So what then to these great lengths

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 are we beseeched to?

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 That you present your bodies

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 a living sacrifice,

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 holy, acceptable unto God.

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 In the Old Testament,

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 sacrifice was a common theme.

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 The first instance we find this concept

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 is back in Genesis 3, 21.

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 Unto Adam also and his wife

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 did the Lord God make coats of skins

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 and clothe them.

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 The first recording of a beast being slain.

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 The first picture of mortality and of death.

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 Before this point, clothing was unnecessary.

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 It was because sin entered in

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 and man understood nakedness

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 that the slaying of this lamb was necessary.

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 Another display of God's mercy

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 and a foreshadow of what was to come.

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 He closed Adam and Eve

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 and exposed them to a new world

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 that they lived in,

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 an immortal world,

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 a world he just explained to them

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 back in verse 19.

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 In the sweat of thy face

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 shalt thou eat bread

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 till thou return unto the ground.

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 For out of it wast thou taken.

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 For dust thou art

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 and unto dust shalt thou return.

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 We find the idea of sacrifice

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 being continued over in Genesis 4

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 in verses 1 through 5.

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 And Adam and Eve knew his wife

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 or and Adam knew Eve his wife

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 and she conceived and bare Cain

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 and said,

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 I have gotten a man from the Lord.

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 And she again bare his brother Abel

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 and Abel was the keeper of the sheep

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 but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

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 And in process of time

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 it came to pass

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 that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground

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 an offering unto the Lord.

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 And Abel,

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 he also brought of the firstlings of his flock

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 of the fat thereof.

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 And the Lord had respect unto Abel

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 and to his offering.

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 But unto Cain and to his offering

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 he had no respect.

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 And Cain was very wroth

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 and his countenance fell.

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 We see here that Cain and Abel

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 were taught to bring sacrifice to the Lord.

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 Furthermore,

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 this story tells the sacrifice

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 that was acceptable,

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 a blood sacrifice.

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 And we read later on

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 in the Old Testament,

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 we find where God gives

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 specific instruction on sacrifices.

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 And you can find that

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 over there in Leviticus.

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 But we won't read

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 all those chapters today.

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 But if we,

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 let's see,

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 focus on Leviticus 1 here

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 in verses 2 and 3.

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 That reads,

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 Speak unto the children of Israel

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 and say unto them,

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 If any man of you

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 bring an offering unto the Lord,

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 he shall bring your offering

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 of the cattle,

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 even of the herd

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 and of the flock.

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 If his offering

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 be a burnt sacrifice

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 of the herd,

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 let him offer a male

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 without blemish.

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 He shall offer it

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 of his own voluntary will

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 at the door of the tabernacle

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 of the congregation

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 before the Lord.

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 We can see that

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 these sacrifices

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 were to come from

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 a living creature.

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 Also, we should note

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 the instruction in verse 3

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 that he should offer it

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 of his own voluntary will

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 at the door of the tabernacle

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 of the congregation

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 before the Lord.

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 The sacrifice was to be

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 voluntarily given.

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 There should be no reserve

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 in offering sacrifice.

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 We ought not to reserve

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 our own selves

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 in sacrifice to the Lord.

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 The sacrifices of the Old Testament

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 were given fully.

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 They were brought living

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 to be given

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 and only a living sacrifice

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 would do.

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 A dead one would not

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 be accepted.

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 This shows a picture

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 of the type of sacrifice

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 that we ought to offer ourselves.

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 In Romans 12.1,

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 it says a living sacrifice,

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 holy, acceptable.

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 So if we read back

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 in Leviticus,

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 it told us that

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 without blemish,

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 the choice of the flock

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 was to be chosen.

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 So if we read back

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 to Genesis 4.4,

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 we find that Abel

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 brought the first

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 of his flock,

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 the best of his flock,

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 and his offering

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 was accepted

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 while Cain's offering

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 was brought of his own way,

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 contrary to what

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 the Lord required

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 and was not accepted.

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 So God instructs us

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 to bring ourselves

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 a living sacrifice,

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 meaning we are not

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 to be brought alive

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 to be slaughtered,

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 but that we are

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 to continually present

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 ourselves to the Lord

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 to give our lives

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 over to him.

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 Without blemish,

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 acceptable to him.

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 As 1 Peter 1.16 reads,

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 because it is written,

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 be holy,

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 for I am holy.

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 He gives us

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 the picture of sacrifice

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 here as an example

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 to know how we ought

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 to bring ourselves

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 to him.

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 Holy, reserving nothing.

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 Let's turn over

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 to 2 Corinthians 8.

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 We'll read from there.

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 And down to verse 5,

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 it reads,

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 and this they did,

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 not as we hoped,

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 but first gave

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 their own selves

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 to the Lord

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 and unto us

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 by the will of God.

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 First,

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 they gave in themselves

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 to the Lord.

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 Lastly,

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 in this verse,

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 we find that we must

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 give ourselves reasonably,

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 which is your reasonable service.

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 Isaiah 1.18.

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 Let's read that one.

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 Come now,

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 and let us reason together,

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 saith the Lord.

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 Though your sins

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 be as scarlet,

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 they shall be white as snow.

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 Though they be red

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 like crimson,

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 they shall be as wool.

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 God is reasonable.

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 He is a teacher,

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 a helper.

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 He does not ask us

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 to act out of blind devotion.

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 We must serve Him

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 in truth and understanding.

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 The Lord is merciful

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 and does not ask us,

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 ask of us the unreasonable.

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 He wants us to understand.

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 We cannot offer ourselves

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 in reasonable service

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 without understanding.

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 Psalm 32.8 reads,

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 I will instruct thee

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 and teach thee

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 in the way

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 which thou shalt go.

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 I will guide thee

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 with mine eyes.

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 So He'll instruct us there.

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 And then if we turn back

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 to Psalm 25,

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 just a couple pages away,

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 it says,

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 Good and upright

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 is the Lord.

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 Therefore will He teach

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 sinners in the way.

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 The meek will He guide

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 in judgment

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 and the meek

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 will He teach

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 in His way.

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 And then we have

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 in Jeremiah 33.3,

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 another popular verse there.

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 I've got to go

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 in the right direction.

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 Jeremiah 33 reads,

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 Call unto me

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 and I will answer thee

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 and show thee

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 great and mighty things

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 which thou knowest not.

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 So He will show us

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 great and mighty things

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 we know not.

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 2 Timothy 3.16.

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 It's the last verse

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 we'll read on this topic here.

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 And that reads,

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 All scripture is given

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 by inspiration of God

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 and is profitable

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 for doctrine,

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 for reproof,

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 for correction,

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 for instruction,

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 and righteousness.

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 So the whole Bible

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 is also given there

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 for our instructions.

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 So we were just given

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 a call how we ought

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 to live out our lives

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 in complete obedience

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 to the Lord,

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 living each and every day

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 as a sacrifice

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 to His will,

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 completely surrendered.

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 This is the part

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 where things can get

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 a little tricky

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 because we all have

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 great intentions

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 and we usually like

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 to start off pretty strong.

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 But life happens

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 and it can wear on us.

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 If we're not solidly

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 guarded and grounded,

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 if we read Romans 12,

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 1 and 2,

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 we can see that although

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 they are separated

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 by verse and numbers,

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 they're really just

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 one statement together.

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 Because verse 2 begins

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 with a big and right there.

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 And it's a coordinating

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 conjunction that connects

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 this clause to the previous.

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 So we are to offer ourselves

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 a living sacrifice

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 and we are not to be

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 conformed to this world.

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 So what does it mean

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 to be conformed?

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 Being conformed means

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 to fit into a mold,

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 becoming plastic

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 and being shaped

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 by a rigid structure.

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 As Christians,

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 we ought to be

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 a different shape.

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 We ought not to fit

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 into the mold

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 of this world.

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 So pressure creates cracks.

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 So the popular term here

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 is that pressure

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 creates diamonds.

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 How many of you

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 have ever heard that one?

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 I hear that all the time.

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 You have to be under

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 this tremendous amount

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 of pressure

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 and out pops

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 a great shiny diamond.

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 You know,

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 that's how it goes, right?

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 But in my experience,

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 when I put pressure

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 on things,

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 they crack

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 and they break.

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 Right?

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 I don't know

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 about everybody else.

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 So I always think back

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 to when I worked

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 in the truck shop

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 and I don't know

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 if many of you

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 hear from

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 like an industrial

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 background,

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 but in the shop

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 we had

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 a hydraulic press

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 and I don't know

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 how many of you

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 use one of those,

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 but some of them

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 they just use

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 that little hand crank one

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 where you pump it up

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 and you can

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 you know,

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 put pressure

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 on something there.

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 But we had one

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 of the big fancy ones

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 and it was air operated.

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 So all you had to do

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 is sit back,

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 push a button

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 and it did it

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 all by itself.

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 So it's kind of dangerous

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 because now

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 you're not feeling

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 the pressure, right?

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 All you have

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 is a little gauge

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 and I don't know

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 how you guys are,

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 but we don't usually

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 pay attention to those.

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 They just kind of

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 go by what's,

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 you know,

00:19:23.179 --> 00:19:23.639
 oh yeah,

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 I kind of heard

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 that second pop.

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 I think that's getting

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 pretty close,

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 you know?

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 So with these

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 hydraulic presses,

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 they have a cover,

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 right?

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 They put a little

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 screen on

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 and we won't

00:19:33.059 --> 00:19:33.839
 get into it

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 but they mostly

00:19:35.539 --> 00:19:35.980
 are just filled

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 with dust

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 because they never

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 get used.

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 So anyways,

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 I remember putting

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 a tie rod up

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 on this hydraulic

00:19:42.639 --> 00:19:43.339
 press, right?

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 And you sit in there,

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 you put your little

00:19:45.359 --> 00:19:46.059
 block down,

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 you put the press,

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 the ball joint on there,

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 you're going to

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 press that out,

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 right?

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 Put the adapter,

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 hit the button,

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 starts coming down,

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 right?

00:19:54.419 --> 00:19:54.639
 Okay,

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 you get your pressure,

00:19:55.819 --> 00:19:56.179
 you look,

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 everything's squared up,

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 we're good to go,

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 right?

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 Hit that button

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 a little more,

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 nothing,

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 still nothing,

00:20:05.679 --> 00:20:06.179
 pop,

00:20:07.219 --> 00:20:07.579
 okay,

00:20:07.719 --> 00:20:07.879
 well,

00:20:07.939 --> 00:20:08.319
 we might be

00:20:08.319 --> 00:20:08.819
 getting somewhere,

00:20:09.000 --> 00:20:09.319
 you know?

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 And the problem

00:20:11.039 --> 00:20:11.419
 is,

00:20:11.619 --> 00:20:13.099
 you don't get

00:20:13.099 --> 00:20:13.819
 much indication

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 but that thing

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 will just keep going.

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 You can hit that

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 button all day long

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 and that press

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 is just going

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 to keep going down

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 and you have

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 all that air pressure

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 behind it

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 to create that force.

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 So,

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 what happens is

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 I never turned

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 that tie rod

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 into a diamond.

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 I put all that

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 pressure on,

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 it kept going,

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 never turned

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 it into a diamond.

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 If it did,

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 I'd probably

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 just sell the diamond

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 and buy a new tie rod

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 and move on

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 with my day,

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 collect the leftover,

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 you know,

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 from that.

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 So,

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 never did happen.

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 But what it did do

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 is it broke it,

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 right?

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 Because eventually,

00:20:44.039 --> 00:20:46.500
 and generally

00:20:46.500 --> 00:20:47.460
 things go flying.

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 I understood

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 the reason

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 for the gates

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 in front

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 but,

00:20:51.720 --> 00:20:51.900
 you know,

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 you do the side,

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 you know,

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 once you hear

00:20:55.680 --> 00:20:56.220
 about the second

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 or third pop,

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 that's when you

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 start getting

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 a little cautious,

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 step off to the side,

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 you know,

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 wouldn't want anybody

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 to get hurt,

00:21:01.279 --> 00:21:01.519
 right?

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 So,

00:21:02.639 --> 00:21:03.059
 anyways,

00:21:04.339 --> 00:21:05.720
 pressure creates cracks,

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 pressure breaks,

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 right?

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 So,

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 the longer we're here

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 and the longer

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 that we're exposed

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 to this force

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 and the longer

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 it wears on us,

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 and the moment

00:21:15.319 --> 00:21:16.019
 we start to lose

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 our inhibitions

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 and become relaxed

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 is the moment

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 that the pressure

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 of this world

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 gains an inch.

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 Unfortunately,

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 this is something

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 we see all the time.

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 A Christian once

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 living their life

00:21:26.160 --> 00:21:26.680
 for the Lord,

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 now indistinguishable

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 from the world

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 around them,

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 conformed to the lifestyles

00:21:31.060 --> 00:21:31.700
 and actions

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 of the world

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 they were to be guarded

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 from,

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 not living their lives

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 as a living sacrifice

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 but living in need

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 of revival.

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 We see this also

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 in churches.

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 Over time,

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 they can become

00:21:41.800 --> 00:21:42.460
 more flexible.

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 They can focus

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 on the wrong thing.

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 It becomes about

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 more about what

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 they want

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 instead of what

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 the Lord's will

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 is for them.

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 They begin to think,

00:21:51.460 --> 00:21:52.160
 maybe if we make

00:21:52.160 --> 00:21:53.240
 the word more palatable,

00:21:53.500 --> 00:21:54.500
 we'll get more members.

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 Or maybe they decide

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 it's okay to bend

00:21:56.900 --> 00:21:57.440
 God's word

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 if they think

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 they might get

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 more professions

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 of faith.

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 It's important

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 to remember

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 that we are not here

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 to save anyone.

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 Our job,

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 as Mark 16 and 15 says,

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 is to proclaim

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 the word.

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 He said unto them,

00:22:10.220 --> 00:22:11.420
 go ye into the world

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 and preach the gospel

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 to every creature.

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 It is an honor

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 for us to speak

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 of the sacrifice

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 he made for us

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 and it should always

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 be done within

00:22:18.680 --> 00:22:19.380
 the context

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 of his word.

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 We should never

00:22:21.299 --> 00:22:22.440
 allow our own ambitions

00:22:22.440 --> 00:22:23.240
 to allow us

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 to bend our morals

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 in the name

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 of sharing the gospel.

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 So we'll turn over

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 and read a few verses

00:22:29.359 --> 00:22:30.619
 in 1 Corinthians here

00:22:30.619 --> 00:22:31.859
 that go along

00:22:31.859 --> 00:22:32.399
 with this.

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 And 1 Corinthians 11

00:22:34.240 --> 00:22:34.919
 is where we're going

00:22:34.919 --> 00:22:35.379
 to be at

00:22:35.379 --> 00:22:36.699
 in verse 17.

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 We'll start.

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 Okay, in verse 17

00:22:38.339 --> 00:22:38.619
 it reads,

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 Now in this

00:22:39.379 --> 00:22:41.079
 that I declare unto you,

00:22:41.159 --> 00:22:42.199
 I praise you not

00:22:42.199 --> 00:22:43.279
 that you come together

00:22:43.279 --> 00:22:44.079
 not for the better

00:22:44.079 --> 00:22:44.980
 but for the worse.

00:22:45.519 --> 00:22:46.460
 For first of all,

00:22:46.539 --> 00:22:47.339
 when you come together

00:22:47.339 --> 00:22:47.960
 in the church,

00:22:48.079 --> 00:22:49.099
 I hear that there be

00:22:49.099 --> 00:22:50.259
 divisions among you

00:22:50.259 --> 00:22:51.579
 and I partly believe it.

00:22:51.639 --> 00:22:52.599
 For there must also,

00:22:52.599 --> 00:22:54.659
 there must be also

00:22:54.659 --> 00:22:55.939
 heresies among you

00:22:55.939 --> 00:22:57.579
 that they which are approved

00:22:57.579 --> 00:22:58.759
 may be made manifest

00:22:58.759 --> 00:22:59.480
 among you.

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 When you come together

00:23:00.699 --> 00:23:01.919
 therefore in one place,

00:23:02.279 --> 00:23:03.599
 this is not to eat

00:23:03.599 --> 00:23:04.980
 the Lord's supper.

00:23:05.639 --> 00:23:06.339
 For in eating

00:23:06.339 --> 00:23:07.240
 everyone taketh

00:23:07.240 --> 00:23:08.539
 before other

00:23:08.539 --> 00:23:09.599
 his own supper

00:23:09.599 --> 00:23:10.519
 and one is hungry

00:23:10.519 --> 00:23:11.579
 and another is drunken.

00:23:12.619 --> 00:23:12.959
 What?

00:23:13.059 --> 00:23:13.639
 Have ye not

00:23:13.639 --> 00:23:15.079
 houses to eat

00:23:15.079 --> 00:23:16.159
 and to drink in

00:23:16.159 --> 00:23:16.939
 or despise ye

00:23:16.939 --> 00:23:17.819
 the church of God

00:23:17.819 --> 00:23:18.839
 and shame them

00:23:18.839 --> 00:23:19.519
 that have not?

00:23:19.879 --> 00:23:20.959
 What shall I say to you?

00:23:20.960 --> 00:23:22.160
 Shall I praise you in this?

00:23:22.440 --> 00:23:23.420
 I praise you not.

00:23:23.660 --> 00:23:24.340
 The church at Corinth

00:23:24.340 --> 00:23:25.220
 struggled with being

00:23:25.220 --> 00:23:26.259
 conformed to this world.

00:23:26.840 --> 00:23:27.620
 These verses opened

00:23:27.620 --> 00:23:28.200
 by stating

00:23:28.200 --> 00:23:29.400
 that it was so bad

00:23:29.400 --> 00:23:30.200
 that they came together

00:23:30.200 --> 00:23:30.880
 for the worse

00:23:30.880 --> 00:23:31.740
 and not the better.

00:23:32.360 --> 00:23:32.860
 We ought to pray

00:23:32.860 --> 00:23:33.779
 like something like that

00:23:33.779 --> 00:23:35.160
 could never be said for us.

00:23:35.700 --> 00:23:36.660
 They allowed heresy,

00:23:37.140 --> 00:23:37.660
 divisions,

00:23:37.799 --> 00:23:38.240
 and gluttony

00:23:38.240 --> 00:23:39.440
 to enter in amongst them.

00:23:40.059 --> 00:23:40.860
 They allowed the things

00:23:40.860 --> 00:23:41.340
 of this world

00:23:41.340 --> 00:23:42.440
 to infiltrate the church.

00:23:43.259 --> 00:23:44.079
 We need to be rooted

00:23:44.079 --> 00:23:46.000
 and to have a solid foundation.

00:23:46.860 --> 00:23:47.840
 Jeremiah 17

00:23:47.840 --> 00:23:49.299
 in verse 7 through 8 reads,

00:23:49.299 --> 00:23:50.539
 Blessed is the man

00:23:50.539 --> 00:23:51.700
 that trusteth in the Lord

00:23:51.700 --> 00:23:53.339
 and whose hope the Lord is.

00:23:53.680 --> 00:23:54.720
 For he shall be as a tree

00:23:54.720 --> 00:23:55.819
 planted by the waters

00:23:55.819 --> 00:23:57.159
 and that spreadeth out

00:23:57.159 --> 00:23:58.159
 her roots by the river

00:23:58.159 --> 00:23:59.339
 and shall not see

00:23:59.339 --> 00:24:00.119
 when heat cometh

00:24:00.119 --> 00:24:01.559
 but her leaf shall be green

00:24:01.559 --> 00:24:02.619
 and shall not be careful

00:24:02.619 --> 00:24:03.919
 in the year of drought.

00:24:04.319 --> 00:24:05.220
 Neither shall cease

00:24:05.220 --> 00:24:06.279
 from yielding fruit.

00:24:07.139 --> 00:24:07.819
 This goes back

00:24:07.819 --> 00:24:08.299
 to the reason

00:24:08.299 --> 00:24:09.200
 why we see so many

00:24:09.200 --> 00:24:10.119
 fall to the paths

00:24:10.119 --> 00:24:11.159
 of conformity.

00:24:11.539 --> 00:24:12.319
 They weren't rooted

00:24:12.319 --> 00:24:13.460
 in God's word.

00:24:14.519 --> 00:24:15.720
 It's popular today

00:24:15.720 --> 00:24:17.379
 for people to make fun

00:24:17.379 --> 00:24:18.319
 of the King James Bible.

00:24:18.319 --> 00:24:19.039
 I don't know

00:24:19.039 --> 00:24:19.859
 if anybody's been out

00:24:19.859 --> 00:24:20.179
 and about

00:24:20.179 --> 00:24:21.480
 but you talk to other Christians

00:24:21.480 --> 00:24:23.279
 and when it comes up

00:24:23.279 --> 00:24:24.240
 the Bible

00:24:24.240 --> 00:24:26.000
 that you have chosen to use

00:24:26.000 --> 00:24:26.939
 they'll say,

00:24:27.200 --> 00:24:28.059
 why?

00:24:28.579 --> 00:24:29.139
 That's outdated.

00:24:29.720 --> 00:24:30.839
 That's no good.

00:24:30.960 --> 00:24:32.939
 You are doing something wrong

00:24:32.939 --> 00:24:33.559
 by choosing that

00:24:33.559 --> 00:24:34.960
 because none of us do.

00:24:35.439 --> 00:24:37.299
 It's kind of the part about it.

00:24:37.299 --> 00:24:39.240
 I even had a friend once.

00:24:39.399 --> 00:24:41.179
 He did his homework.

00:24:41.639 --> 00:24:42.679
 He learned about it

00:24:42.679 --> 00:24:43.819
 and he decided to switch

00:24:43.819 --> 00:24:45.119
 to reading the King James Bible.

00:24:45.119 --> 00:24:46.359
 And when he actually

00:24:46.359 --> 00:24:47.239
 went to the church

00:24:47.239 --> 00:24:48.459
 that he was at

00:24:48.459 --> 00:24:49.899
 they made fun of him

00:24:49.899 --> 00:24:51.199
 and said,

00:24:51.979 --> 00:24:53.619
 just berated him on it

00:24:53.619 --> 00:24:54.339
 we'll say.

00:24:55.699 --> 00:24:57.179
 So it's really sad.

00:24:58.539 --> 00:24:58.679
 And

00:24:58.679 --> 00:25:02.239
 so we gotta be strong in that.

00:25:02.539 --> 00:25:03.059
 Strong in

00:25:03.059 --> 00:25:04.299
 what you know.

00:25:04.379 --> 00:25:05.439
 We gotta hold to the truth

00:25:05.439 --> 00:25:06.439
 that we know there.

00:25:06.919 --> 00:25:07.539
 So you know

00:25:07.539 --> 00:25:08.879
 I always wonder about that though.

00:25:08.919 --> 00:25:09.239
 It's like

00:25:09.239 --> 00:25:11.259
 you have so many people out

00:25:11.259 --> 00:25:12.059
 that proclaim

00:25:12.059 --> 00:25:13.359
 what they call

00:25:13.359 --> 00:25:14.299
 God's word

00:25:14.299 --> 00:25:15.179
 and we have so many

00:25:15.179 --> 00:25:15.859
 preachers around

00:25:15.859 --> 00:25:16.619
 I always wonder

00:25:16.619 --> 00:25:17.960
 if you struggle

00:25:17.960 --> 00:25:19.220
 with the basic fundamental

00:25:19.220 --> 00:25:20.359
 then

00:25:20.359 --> 00:25:21.759
 what else do you have

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 wrong in your teaching?

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 It's like

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 that's

00:25:24.779 --> 00:25:25.919
 to get your word

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 from something

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 you have to be sure

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 that it's correct.

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 Right?

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 So

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 just

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 you know

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 something I think about

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 but

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 you know

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 because I remember

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 when I had to study

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 and decide what Bible to use

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 and I'm grateful

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 that he taught

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 so much to me about it.

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 You know

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 I'm grateful

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 that he guided

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 that the Lord guided me

00:25:44.759 --> 00:25:45.539
 in selecting

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 the correct translation

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 to use.

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 Right?

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 So

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 when I first

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 would say back

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 before even the truck story there

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 I remember

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 I wanted to read the Bible

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 and I wanted to know God.

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 I wanted to know

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 what he had to say.

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 Right?

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 So I went down

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 I think it's like a crossway

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 or whatever they had

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 down there in North Carolina

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 and I look at the shelf

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 and if you go into

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 one of those stores

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 and you look at the shelves

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 I mean

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 there's probably five shelves.

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 There's different

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 Bible translations

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 and I remember

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 there standing

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 at that moment

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 I looked at all these books

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 and I said

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 well

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 which one of those

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 is God's word?

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 There's

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 a whole bunch of them.

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 They're all different.

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 Which one is God's word?

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 And

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 you know

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 I think at the time

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 I chose a different one.

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 My reasoning was

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 I looked at it

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 and I said

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 oh

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 this sounds like

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 like a standard version.

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 That would be

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 the most

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 you know

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 sounds right.

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 Right?

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 Standard.

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 You know

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 I speak English

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 it's standard.

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 And

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 I mean

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 that's just

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 that's Matt reasoning

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 right?

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 So

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 I grabbed that Bible up

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 and I started going

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 and I

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 you know

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 it was a little later

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 but like I said

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 the Lord worked with me

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 he taught me

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 we don't know everything

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 right off the beginning.

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 You know

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 we continually learn

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 we continually learn.

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 so I learned this

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 as time went on

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 and I

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 and then I finally

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 you know

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 once I knew

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 I made the switch

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 and

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 you know

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 I'm just grateful

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 that I was allowed

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 to do that

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 but

00:27:08.759 --> 00:27:09.980
 we have to be strong

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 in that

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 because

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 if we go around

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 to other people

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 and we're more concerned

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 about what they have to think

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 what we read

00:27:16.279 --> 00:27:17.099
 you know

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 we're gonna

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 we're gonna conform to that.

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 If we're constantly pressured

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 and we don't have

00:27:21.180 --> 00:27:22.059
 a solid foundation

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 in what we believe

00:27:23.440 --> 00:27:24.259
 you know

00:27:24.259 --> 00:27:24.700
 that's

00:27:24.700 --> 00:27:25.779
 that's not gonna end up

00:27:25.779 --> 00:27:26.620
 well for us.

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 So I encourage you

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 to just

00:27:29.239 --> 00:27:31.199
 do your homework

00:27:31.199 --> 00:27:32.000
 on the Bibles.

00:27:32.359 --> 00:27:32.579
 You know

00:27:32.579 --> 00:27:34.579
 the evidence presents itself

00:27:34.579 --> 00:27:35.879
 and the Lord will lead you in it

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 so

00:27:36.139 --> 00:27:37.299
 and he'll bless you

00:27:37.299 --> 00:27:37.859
 in that endeavor.

00:27:38.759 --> 00:27:38.959
 So

00:27:38.959 --> 00:27:39.659
 so yeah

00:27:39.659 --> 00:27:40.939
 you must have a solid grounding

00:27:40.939 --> 00:27:41.579
 in God's word

00:27:41.579 --> 00:27:42.899
 to be guarded from conformity

00:27:42.899 --> 00:27:44.419
 and you need the word of God

00:27:44.419 --> 00:27:44.979
 to be accurate.

00:27:45.099 --> 00:27:45.559
 You can't

00:27:45.559 --> 00:27:46.439
 you can't base

00:27:46.439 --> 00:27:47.559
 all the rest of your foundations

00:27:47.559 --> 00:27:48.179
 on something

00:27:48.179 --> 00:27:49.159
 that's not accurate

00:27:49.159 --> 00:27:49.819
 right?

00:27:50.939 --> 00:27:51.559
 All right

00:27:51.559 --> 00:27:52.699
 so that brings us

00:27:52.699 --> 00:27:53.819
 to the last part

00:27:53.819 --> 00:27:55.339
 of this verse here.

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 And be not conformed

00:27:56.539 --> 00:27:56.980
 to this world

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 but be transformed

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 by the renewing

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 of your mind

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 that you may prove

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 what is that good

00:28:01.460 --> 00:28:02.099
 and acceptable

00:28:02.099 --> 00:28:03.920
 and perfect will of God.

00:28:04.839 --> 00:28:05.700
 God here gives us

00:28:05.700 --> 00:28:06.220
 an instruction

00:28:06.220 --> 00:28:07.420
 on how we are

00:28:07.420 --> 00:28:08.720
 able to guard

00:28:08.720 --> 00:28:09.980
 from being conformed

00:28:09.980 --> 00:28:11.299
 and how we can be

00:28:11.299 --> 00:28:11.859
 grounded.

00:28:12.720 --> 00:28:13.779
 First Corinthians 15

00:28:13.779 --> 00:28:14.480
 18 reads

00:28:14.480 --> 00:28:14.879
 therefore

00:28:14.879 --> 00:28:17.039
 my beloved brethren

00:28:17.039 --> 00:28:18.519
 be steadfast

00:28:18.519 --> 00:28:19.460
 unmovable

00:28:19.460 --> 00:28:20.200
 always abounding

00:28:20.200 --> 00:28:20.799
 in the work of the Lord

00:28:20.799 --> 00:28:21.379
 for as much

00:28:21.379 --> 00:28:22.059
 as you know

00:28:22.059 --> 00:28:22.559
 that your labor

00:28:22.559 --> 00:28:23.200
 is not in vain

00:28:23.200 --> 00:28:23.680
 in the Lord.

00:28:24.259 --> 00:28:25.279
 Steadfast and unmovable

00:28:25.279 --> 00:28:26.099
 or good traits

00:28:26.099 --> 00:28:26.879
 in this context.

00:28:27.319 --> 00:28:28.240
 Once we know the truth

00:28:28.240 --> 00:28:28.940
 we ought to sink

00:28:28.940 --> 00:28:29.839
 our feet into it

00:28:29.839 --> 00:28:30.740
 and anchor to it.

00:28:31.139 --> 00:28:32.079
 The Lord tells us

00:28:32.079 --> 00:28:32.940
 to do this

00:28:32.940 --> 00:28:33.940
 by the renewing

00:28:33.940 --> 00:28:34.539
 of our minds

00:28:34.539 --> 00:28:35.839
 transforming us

00:28:35.839 --> 00:28:37.000
 to be more Christ-like.

00:28:37.819 --> 00:28:38.139
 So

00:28:38.139 --> 00:28:40.079
 how do we

00:28:40.079 --> 00:28:41.000
 renew our minds?

00:28:41.220 --> 00:28:41.879
 Let's look at

00:28:41.879 --> 00:28:43.079
 a few verses here

00:28:43.079 --> 00:28:44.279
 of what the Bible

00:28:44.279 --> 00:28:44.980
 tells us.

00:28:45.399 --> 00:28:46.119
 So over in

00:28:46.119 --> 00:28:46.980
 Philippians 4

00:28:46.980 --> 00:28:47.339
 8

00:28:47.339 --> 00:28:48.099
 it reads

00:28:48.099 --> 00:28:50.000
 finally brethren

00:28:50.000 --> 00:28:51.079
 whatsoever things

00:28:51.079 --> 00:28:51.740
 are true

00:28:51.740 --> 00:28:52.799
 whatsoever things

00:28:52.799 --> 00:28:53.379
 are honest

00:28:53.379 --> 00:28:54.419
 whatsoever things

00:28:54.419 --> 00:28:55.019
 are just

00:28:55.019 --> 00:28:56.419
 whatsoever things

00:28:56.419 --> 00:28:57.139
 are pure

00:28:57.139 --> 00:28:58.359
 whatsoever things

00:28:58.359 --> 00:28:58.939
 are lovely

00:28:58.939 --> 00:29:00.439
 whatsoever things

00:29:00.439 --> 00:29:01.379
 are of good report

00:29:01.379 --> 00:29:02.619
 if there be any

00:29:02.619 --> 00:29:02.959
 virtue

00:29:02.959 --> 00:29:03.679
 and if there be

00:29:03.679 --> 00:29:04.439
 any praise

00:29:04.439 --> 00:29:05.719
 think on these

00:29:05.719 --> 00:29:06.139
 things.

00:29:06.139 --> 00:29:07.439
 We ought to focus

00:29:07.439 --> 00:29:09.299
 our minds

00:29:09.299 --> 00:29:09.959
 on thinking

00:29:09.959 --> 00:29:10.619
 on the correct

00:29:10.619 --> 00:29:11.079
 things.

00:29:11.939 --> 00:29:12.699
 So over in

00:29:12.699 --> 00:29:13.399
 Colossians 3

00:29:13.399 --> 00:29:13.919
 16

00:29:13.919 --> 00:29:14.480
 it reads

00:29:14.480 --> 00:29:29.640
 So that is

00:29:29.640 --> 00:29:30.200
 letting the word

00:29:30.200 --> 00:29:30.740
 of Christ

00:29:30.740 --> 00:29:31.620
 dwell in you

00:29:31.620 --> 00:29:32.180
 and to teach

00:29:32.180 --> 00:29:32.700
 one another.

00:29:34.099 --> 00:29:34.980
 Psalms 19

00:29:34.980 --> 00:29:35.460
 14

00:29:35.460 --> 00:29:36.799
 Let the words

00:29:36.799 --> 00:29:37.500
 of my mouth

00:29:37.500 --> 00:29:38.420
 and the meditation

00:29:38.420 --> 00:29:39.120
 of my heart

00:29:39.120 --> 00:29:39.740
 be acceptable

00:29:39.740 --> 00:29:41.100
 in thy sight

00:29:41.100 --> 00:29:41.640
 O Lord

00:29:41.640 --> 00:29:42.460
 my strength

00:29:42.460 --> 00:29:43.259
 and my redeemer

00:29:43.259 --> 00:29:44.480
 so gauging our

00:29:44.480 --> 00:29:45.180
 efforts that they

00:29:45.180 --> 00:29:45.840
 are acceptable.

00:29:46.759 --> 00:29:47.420
 We always ought

00:29:47.420 --> 00:29:48.059
 to look back

00:29:48.059 --> 00:29:49.039
 make sure what

00:29:49.039 --> 00:29:49.579
 we're doing

00:29:49.579 --> 00:29:50.600
 lines up

00:29:50.600 --> 00:29:51.700
 with what

00:29:51.700 --> 00:29:52.420
 God wants us

00:29:52.420 --> 00:29:52.819
 to do.

00:29:53.579 --> 00:29:54.500
 So we have a

00:29:54.500 --> 00:29:54.940
 couple in

00:29:54.940 --> 00:29:55.600
 Psalms here

00:29:55.600 --> 00:29:57.759
 119 15

00:29:57.759 --> 00:29:58.400
 in Psalms

00:29:58.400 --> 00:29:59.100
 I will meditate

00:29:59.100 --> 00:30:00.340
 in thy precepts

00:30:00.340 --> 00:30:01.340
 and have respect

00:30:01.340 --> 00:30:02.220
 unto thy ways

00:30:02.220 --> 00:30:03.720
 Psalm 104

00:30:03.720 --> 00:30:04.960
 34 reads

00:30:04.960 --> 00:30:05.720
 my meditation

00:30:05.720 --> 00:30:06.160
 of him

00:30:06.160 --> 00:30:07.000
 shall be sweet

00:30:07.000 --> 00:30:07.779
 I will be

00:30:07.779 --> 00:30:08.579
 glad in the

00:30:08.579 --> 00:30:08.860
 Lord.

00:30:09.819 --> 00:30:10.519
 Psalm 1

00:30:10.519 --> 00:30:10.840
 2

00:30:10.840 --> 00:30:11.660
 But his delight

00:30:11.660 --> 00:30:12.200
 is in the

00:30:12.200 --> 00:30:12.620
 law of the

00:30:12.620 --> 00:30:12.860
 Lord

00:30:12.860 --> 00:30:13.559
 and in his

00:30:13.559 --> 00:30:13.819
 law

00:30:13.819 --> 00:30:14.340
 doth he

00:30:14.340 --> 00:30:14.759
 meditate

00:30:14.759 --> 00:30:15.380
 day and

00:30:15.380 --> 00:30:15.680
 night.

00:30:15.860 --> 00:30:16.299
 So those

00:30:16.299 --> 00:30:16.819
 verses in

00:30:16.819 --> 00:30:17.039
 Psalm

00:30:17.039 --> 00:30:17.539
 talked about

00:30:17.539 --> 00:30:18.079
 meditating

00:30:18.079 --> 00:30:18.740
 on God's

00:30:18.740 --> 00:30:19.039
 word

00:30:19.039 --> 00:30:20.000
 continually.

00:30:21.200 --> 00:30:21.920
 We look

00:30:21.920 --> 00:30:22.259
 over into

00:30:22.259 --> 00:30:22.680
 Isaiah

00:30:22.680 --> 00:30:23.779
 in chapter

00:30:23.779 --> 00:30:24.460
 26

00:30:24.460 --> 00:30:25.100
 verse 3

00:30:25.100 --> 00:30:25.920
 Thou will

00:30:25.920 --> 00:30:26.380
 keep him

00:30:26.380 --> 00:30:26.799
 in perfect

00:30:26.799 --> 00:30:27.200
 peace

00:30:27.200 --> 00:30:27.720
 whose mind

00:30:27.720 --> 00:30:28.160
 is stayed

00:30:28.160 --> 00:30:28.559
 on thee

00:30:28.559 --> 00:30:29.600
 because he

00:30:29.600 --> 00:30:30.180
 trusteth

00:30:30.180 --> 00:30:30.620
 in thee.

00:30:31.319 --> 00:30:31.880
 And 2

00:30:31.880 --> 00:30:32.799
 Corinthians 4

00:30:32.799 --> 00:30:33.299
 14

00:30:33.299 --> 00:30:33.940
 through 18

00:30:33.940 --> 00:30:35.120
 knowing that

00:30:35.120 --> 00:30:35.559
 he which

00:30:35.559 --> 00:30:36.000
 raised up

00:30:36.000 --> 00:30:36.400
 the Lord

00:30:36.400 --> 00:30:36.720
 Jesus

00:30:36.720 --> 00:30:37.299
 shall raise

00:30:37.299 --> 00:30:38.240
 up us

00:30:38.240 --> 00:30:39.059
 also by

00:30:39.059 --> 00:30:39.440
 Jesus

00:30:39.440 --> 00:30:40.160
 and shall

00:30:40.160 --> 00:30:40.799
 present us

00:30:40.799 --> 00:30:41.299
 with you

00:30:41.299 --> 00:30:42.080
 for all

00:30:42.080 --> 00:30:42.559
 things are

00:30:42.559 --> 00:30:43.019
 for your

00:30:43.019 --> 00:30:43.320
 sakes

00:30:43.320 --> 00:30:43.779
 that the

00:30:43.779 --> 00:30:44.100
 abundant

00:30:44.100 --> 00:30:44.620
 grace

00:30:44.620 --> 00:30:45.340
 might through

00:30:45.340 --> 00:30:46.019
 the thanksgiving

00:30:46.019 --> 00:30:46.500
 of many

00:30:46.500 --> 00:30:47.180
 redound to

00:30:47.180 --> 00:30:47.640
 the glory

00:30:47.640 --> 00:30:48.180
 of God

00:30:48.180 --> 00:30:48.940
 for which

00:30:48.940 --> 00:30:49.440
 cause we

00:30:49.440 --> 00:30:50.059
 faint not

00:30:50.059 --> 00:30:52.500
 but though our

00:30:52.500 --> 00:30:53.100
 outward man

00:30:53.100 --> 00:30:53.440
 perish

00:30:53.440 --> 00:30:54.420
 yet the inward

00:30:54.420 --> 00:30:55.140
 man is renewed

00:30:55.140 --> 00:30:55.900
 day by day

00:30:55.900 --> 00:30:56.980
 for our light

00:30:56.980 --> 00:30:57.519
 affliction

00:30:57.519 --> 00:30:58.180
 which is but

00:30:58.180 --> 00:30:58.740
 for a moment

00:30:58.740 --> 00:31:01.059
 worketh for us

00:31:01.059 --> 00:31:01.879
 a far more

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 exceeding and

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 eternal weight

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 of glory

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 while we

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 look not

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 at the

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 things which

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 are seen

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 but at the

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 things which

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 are not seen

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 for the

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 things which

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 are seen

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 are temporal

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 but the

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 things which

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 are not seen

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 are eternal

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 so that tells

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 us we ought to

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 keep our eyes

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 focused not on

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 this world

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 but on the

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 eternal

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 so we must

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 renew our

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 minds

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 continually

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 it should not

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 be an up

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 and down

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 cycle

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 waiting until

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 we've fallen

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 behind before

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 trying to catch

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 back up

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 our efforts

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 need to be

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 constant

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 steadfast

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 and immovable

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 this renewing

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 of our minds

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 will prove

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 the perfect

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 will of God

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 it will allow

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 us to guard

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 from being

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 conformed to

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 this world

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 and allow

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 us to be

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 the acceptable

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 living sacrifice

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 that we are

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 called to be

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 Hebrews 12

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 verses 1 and 2

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 tell us

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 wherefore

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 seeing we

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 also are

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 compassed about

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 with so great

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 a cloud of

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 witnesses

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 let us

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 lay aside

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 every weight

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 and the sin

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 which does

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 so easily

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 beset us

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 and let us

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 run with

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 patience

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 the race

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 that is set

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 before us

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 looking unto

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 Jesus

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 the author

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 and finisher

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 of our faith

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 who for the joy

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 that was set

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 before him

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 endured the cross

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 despising the shame

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 and is set down

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 at the right hand

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 of the throne

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 of God

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 we are to run

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 with patience

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 keeping our eyes

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 on Jesus

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 it's through him

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 that we are able

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 to overcome

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 the world

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 so I want to

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 encourage you

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 this morning

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 we read

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 Romans 12

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 1 and 2

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 and those

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 are a declaration

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 it tells us

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 what we ought

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 to be doing

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 but as I

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 kind of alluded

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 to earlier

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 that section

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 really goes

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 down

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 through verse

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 or through

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 chapter 15

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 so I encourage

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 you to read

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 through that

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 because it

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 really gives

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 you an outline

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 of how you

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 can live your

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 life as a

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 living sacrifice

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 and I

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 think it's

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 something you

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 know we

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 ought to just

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 keep in our

00:32:55.059 --> 00:32:55.460
 minds

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 because as

00:32:56.960 --> 00:32:57.400
 you were saying

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 earlier

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 the world

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 is that

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 pressure

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 on top of

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 us

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 right

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 and it

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 has that

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 force

00:33:03.299 --> 00:33:04.000
 against us

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 and if we

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 try to do

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 things in our

00:33:06.200 --> 00:33:06.779
 own power

00:33:06.779 --> 00:33:07.980
 that force

00:33:07.980 --> 00:33:09.119
 can overcome

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 us

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 it can gain

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 an inch

00:33:10.299 --> 00:33:10.759
 on us

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 but if we

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 keep our

00:33:12.299 --> 00:33:12.700
 minds

00:33:12.700 --> 00:33:13.579
 in the right

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 place

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 and focusing

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 on the right

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 things

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 God will

00:33:17.379 --> 00:33:17.859
 help us

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 and he's

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 the one

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 that's able

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 to overcome

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 the world

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 right

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 let's go

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 ahead and pray

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 and

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