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 And, before we look at God's Word, let's pray together.

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 Our Father in Heaven, we thank You for Your goodness and love.

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 We thank You that we can come now and look at Your Word.

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 We recognize that all Scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable.

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 And we pray that Your Word will prove profitable to each one of us this day.

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 Not that, O Lord, we will be glorified, but that Your name will be glorified,

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 that You will be honored in all that we see in Your Word.

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 So bless, O Lord, this time around that Word. In Jesus' name. Amen.

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 So would you turn with me, please, to Philippians.

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 That's the passage that we're looking at together.

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 Philippians chapter 2, and reading from verse 12.

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 Philippians chapter 2, looking at verse 12 through to 18.

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 So the Apostle writes,

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 Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed,

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 not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence,

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 continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling.

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 For it is God who works in you to will and to act according to His good purpose.

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 Do everything without complaining or arguing,

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 so that you may become blameless and pure children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation,

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 in which you shine like stars in the universe,

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 as you hold out the word of life,

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 in order that I may boast on the day of Christ,

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 that I did not run or labor for nothing.

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 For even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service coming from your faith,

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 I am glad and rejoice with all of you.

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 So you too should be glad and rejoice with me.

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 And our prayer is that God will bless to us that portion from His word.

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 We began our time together this morning by being asked various questions,

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 and this message begins with a similar kind of question.

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 What kind of life am I living as a Christian, as a believer?

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 Do my friends know that I am a Christian?

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 Do my colleagues at work recognize me as a Christian?

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 Where am I as far as my Christian experience is concerned?

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 I know that there is the habit, so they can go up on Facebook, of doing selfies.

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 Well, sometimes they're just that, selfies, you know.

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 You're looking in on yourself for all the wrong reasons.

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 But we want to look upon ourselves this morning for the right reasons.

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 Am I all that I ought to be in the sight of God's camera, as it were?

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 Am I growing spiritually speaking?

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 The Apostle Paul recognized constantly the need to grow spiritually.

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 In chapter 3 and verse 14, he says,

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 I press on towards the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenwards in Christ Jesus.

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 So even the Apostle, a great man that he was, with all his experience,

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 was still pressing on as he reaches the end of his earthly life.

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 And we remind ourselves this morning that our Christianity must never be a slot in the week.

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 Christianity is 24-7.

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 And what the Apostle Paul is encouraging us in, in these verses,

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 is that we too will endure to the end.

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 That we won't reach a time when we retire, as it were, as Christians.

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 That we will sit back.

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 That we will continue to live to the glory of God.

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 Now you'll notice that the reading that we had this morning begins with a therefore.

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 Well, as somebody has said, a therefore always has a wherefore.

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 So he's saying, in the light of what I have been saying.

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 Well, what has he been saying?

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 Well, way back in chapter 1 and verse 27, he says,

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 conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel.

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 And then he goes on to explain how we can live our lives to the glory of God,

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 as we conduct ourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel.

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 To be different, to be united, to contend as one man.

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 To live, verse 29, in the light of what has been granted to us.

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 Namely, that we should believe,

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 but also to suffer for the sake of the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 To live selfless lives.

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 To live with the mind of the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 That's what he has been saying.

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 And he goes on to say more.

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 Therefore, my dear friends,

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 as you have always obeyed,

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 not only in my presence,

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 but now much more in my absence,

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 continue to work out your salvation

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 with fear and with trembling.

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 And to live like that

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 is to live to the glory of God.

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 So how can I live to the glory of God

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 by continuing to work out my salvation?

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 And I want us to concentrate on that phrase

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 and see how it is expounded by the apostle in these verses.

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 Let's first of all notice Paul's exhortation here,

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 that it is an exhortation to Christians.

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 It's not an exhortation to the unbeliever.

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 He says, continue to work out your salvation.

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 He's not speaking about a salvation of works.

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 They are saved,

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 but they must go on to live for the Lord.

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 Their salvation.

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 To use the analogy again of a camera,

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 it's a wide angled lens

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 looking upon the church at Philippi.

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 They've already been identified,

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 chapter 1 and verse 1,

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 as servants of Jesus Christ,

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 of saints, holy ones,

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 those who have been separated unto God.

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 He has spoken in chapter 1 and verse 6

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 of the one who had begun a good work in them,

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 that he will continue to carry it on to completion

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 until the day of Jesus Christ.

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 He has spoken in chapter 2 and verse 1

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 of what it means to be united with Christ,

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 to be comforted by his love,

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 to enjoy the fellowship of the Spirit.

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 Now you Philippians,

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 work out your salvation.

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 You have that salvation.

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 Work it out.

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 I wonder how people would have received this letter.

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 In Acts chapter 16,

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 we have the foundation of the church at Philippi.

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 And we're introduced there

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 to three of the members of that early church.

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 And how they individually would have received this letter,

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 work out your salvation.

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 I think of Lydia.

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 We read about her.

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 She was a member of the church there.

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 And we read about her in Acts 16 and verses 13 to 15.

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 Remember, she was one of the women

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 who was praying on the riverbank.

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 She was a religious person.

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 She desired to serve the one and only true God.

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 But she needed spiritual eyes being opened.

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 And we know that there on the riverbank,

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 as the Apostle Paul and others

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 brought to them the gospel

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 concerning the Lord Jesus Christ,

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 that the Lord opened her heart.

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 And she invited Paul and his companions

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 into her home.

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 And there she gave them hospitality.

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 Lydia, work out your salvation.

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 She prayed then.

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 She worshipped the one true God.

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 She had an understanding of the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 Her heart was open to the truth.

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 Lydia, work out your salvation.

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 You prayed then.

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 Continue to pray.

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 You practice hospitality then.

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 Continue to practice hospitality.

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 Don't stop.

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 An exhortation to Lydia, the Christian.

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 And then we go on to read in Acts 16

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 of the slave girl.

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 Remember, she was possessed of an evil spirit.

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 A pythoness.

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 Worshipping a demon.

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 Making manic utterances.

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 And that comes across in the original languages.

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 She was not a pleasant person,

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 but she was held captive to Satan.

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 And you remember how she was delivered

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 from that evil spirit.

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 Now I would agree with you

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 that nothing is said about her

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 becoming a believer.

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 But if you look at Acts 16 and verse 19,

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 you discover that when the owners

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 of the slave girl

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 realized that their hope of making money

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 was gone,

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 they attacked Paul and his companions.

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 You see, something had happened to this girl.

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 She had been delivered.

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 She was a different girl.

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 No longer making those manic utterances.

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 No longer involved with the worship

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 of the python spirit.

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 A different girl,

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 freed from the power of Satan.

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 A new creation delivered by the Lord.

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 And can you imagine

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 Paul's exhortation coming to her?

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 She would remember her past life.

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 She would remember her wonderful deliverance.

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 Step out and continue to walk on.

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 You're no longer under the dominion of Satan.

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 Continue to walk with the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 Work out your salvation as a Christian.

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 Or think of the jailer.

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 We know his story.

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 Remember how he receives

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 Paul and Silas?

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 He puts them into the prison.

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 He puts their feet in stocks.

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 He doesn't treat them gently.

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 And there are Paul and Silas

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 in the prison

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 singing praises to God.

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 And the prisoners are listening.

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 And suddenly, this earthquake.

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 The jailer wakes up.

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 He's suicidal.

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 Sirs, he says,

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 what must I do to be saved?

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 Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ

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 and you will be saved

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 and your household.

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 And there that jailer

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 in that prison

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 after the earthquake

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 sits before Paul

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 and hears more.

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 Tenderly now,

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 he washes their wounds.

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 And he is baptized.

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 And then later,

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 this letter comes from Paul

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 and he remembers that night.

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 Jailer,

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 work out your salvation.

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 Continue on

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 in your Christian walk.

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 work.

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 My friends,

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 if you're a Christian

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 here this morning,

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 you have a testimony.

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 You can look back

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 to a day

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 or perhaps

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 over a period

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 of time.

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 And the Lord

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 entered into your life.

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 He changed your life.

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 He began

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 a work

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 in your life.

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 Are you,

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 as a Christian,

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 working out

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 your salvation?

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 Maybe you were saved

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 from a religious background

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 like Lydia.

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 And maybe you were saved

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 from an addictive background.

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 Maybe you were saved

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 as somebody

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 who was just going about

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 their work

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 like the jailer

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 doing your job,

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 being responsible

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 with little thought

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 of God.

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 And then an earthquake

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 interrupted your life.

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 And you cried out,

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 Save me, Lord.

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 Whatever your testimony

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 is this morning,

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 the exhortation

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 is to you.

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 Work out

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 your salvation.

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 Don't stop.

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 Don't think

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 you've arrived.

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 Continue.

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 Grow in grace

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 and in the knowledge

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 of the Lord

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 Jesus Christ.

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 So the exhortation

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 is to you

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 this morning

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 as a Christian.

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 The second thing

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 we notice

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 is that it was

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 an exhortation

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 that was

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 very serious.

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 They were to

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 work out

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 their salvation

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 with fear

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 and with trembling.

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 They're solemn

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 words, aren't they?

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 And we can easily

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 pass them by.

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 Christianity

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 is serious.

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 Not serious

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 in the sense

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 that we can't

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 be happy

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 and joyful.

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 Yes, we can be

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 all of those things.

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 But there is

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 a seriousness

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 about it.

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 Work out

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 your salvation

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 with fear

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 and with trembling.

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 The Apostle Paul

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 is very aware

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 that every Christian

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 lives his life

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 in the sight

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 of God.

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 And he lived his life

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 with this sense

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 of awe.

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 The Apostle

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 would have known

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 the Psalm.

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 The Psalm is saying

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 the fear

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 of the Lord

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 is the beginning

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 of wisdom.

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 That fear

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 has a sense

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 of awe.

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 Living

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 in the sight

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 of God.

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 And the Apostle

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 Paul wants

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 the believers

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 in Philippi

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 to recognize

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 the seriousness

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 of his exhortation.

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 And he wants us

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 to realize

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 the seriousness

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 of the exhortation.

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 Psalm 139

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 is a psalm

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 that reminds us

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 that our God

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 sees all

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 and our God

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 knows all.

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 That our God

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 knows us

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 intimately.

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 He knows

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 all that we

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 think.

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 The psalmist

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 says,

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 you perceive

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 my thoughts

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 afar off.

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 Before a word

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 is on my tongue

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 you know it

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 completely,

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 O Lord.

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 Our God

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 is an everywhere

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 present God.

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 Where can I go

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 from your spirit?

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 As the psalmist.

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 Where can I flee?

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 From your presence.

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 Work out

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 your salvation.

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 Live

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 to God's

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 glory.

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 Remembering

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 that you do it

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 in the

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 sight

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 of God.

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 And the way

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 that we behave

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 is always

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 in the sight

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 of God.

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 And the only

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 way that you

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 and I can

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 live to the

00:17:10.040 --> 00:17:10.920
 glory of God

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 is by being

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 holy,

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 being sanctified,

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 being set

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 apart,

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 being holy

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 as our God

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 is holy.

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 It's a big

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 demand.

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 That's how

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 serious it

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 is.

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 It is to

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 have,

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 as the

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 apostle Paul

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 puts it

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 in chapter 2

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 and verse 5,

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 to have

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 the

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 mind,

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 to have

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 the

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 attitude

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 of the

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 Lord

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 Jesus

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 Christ.

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 To walk

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 before our

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 God

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 with

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 humility.

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 To walk

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 before him

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 and to

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 recognize

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 we walk

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 before him.

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 So when we get up

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 tomorrow morning,

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 we're living

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 in the presence

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 of God.

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 when we go

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 to our

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 places of

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 work,

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 it is in

00:18:05.660 --> 00:18:06.180
 the sight

00:18:06.180 --> 00:18:06.900
 of God.

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 When we go

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 on a holiday,

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 we don't go

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 without the

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 Lord.

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 We live

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 our lives

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 and we seek

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 to work out

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 our salvation

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 with fear

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 and with

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 trembling.

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 The third

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 exhortation,

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 idea of this

00:18:29.299 --> 00:18:30.160
 exhortation,

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 is an

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 exhortation

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 that demanded

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 commitment.

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 It has

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 here that

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 we are to

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 continue to

00:18:41.360 --> 00:18:41.980
 work out

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 our salvation

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 with fear

00:18:44.500 --> 00:18:45.720
 and trembling.

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 He's

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 talking about

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 a process

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 which takes

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 a lifetime.

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 Now when we

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 believed,

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 when we

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 trusted in

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 the Lord

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 Jesus Christ,

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 at that

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 moment,

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 we were

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 justified.

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 We were

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 declared not

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 guilty.

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 The perfect

00:19:08.660 --> 00:19:09.840
 righteousness of

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 the Lord

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 Jesus Christ

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 was put to

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 our account.

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 So we are

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 justified.

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 We're right in

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 the sight of

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 God.

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 That's

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 immediate.

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 And that's

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 true of

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 every Christian.

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 sanctification.

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 But then

00:19:27.900 --> 00:19:30.279
 sanctification is

00:19:30.279 --> 00:19:31.559
 a process.

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 It's a

00:19:33.140 --> 00:19:33.720
 lifetime

00:19:33.720 --> 00:19:34.920
 commitment.

00:19:36.299 --> 00:19:36.759
 We're not

00:19:36.759 --> 00:19:37.519
 what we once

00:19:37.519 --> 00:19:38.259
 were, but we're

00:19:38.259 --> 00:19:39.359
 not what we

00:19:39.359 --> 00:19:40.519
 should be.

00:19:41.799 --> 00:19:43.099
 So work out

00:19:43.099 --> 00:19:44.140
 your salvation

00:19:44.140 --> 00:19:45.099
 with fear

00:19:45.099 --> 00:19:46.200
 and trembling.

00:19:47.359 --> 00:19:48.640
 We're coming up

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 to the

00:19:49.240 --> 00:19:50.359
 Olympic Games

00:19:50.359 --> 00:19:51.859
 and no doubt

00:19:51.859 --> 00:19:52.279
 we'll be

00:19:52.279 --> 00:19:52.939
 watching the

00:19:52.939 --> 00:19:54.439
 races and

00:19:54.439 --> 00:19:54.899
 some of the

00:19:54.899 --> 00:19:55.399
 things that

00:19:55.399 --> 00:19:56.000
 will be going

00:19:56.000 --> 00:19:56.699
 on there.

00:19:57.679 --> 00:19:58.479
 We will see

00:19:58.479 --> 00:19:59.399
 the sprint

00:19:59.399 --> 00:20:00.939
 which will be

00:20:00.939 --> 00:20:02.059
 over in less

00:20:02.059 --> 00:20:02.619
 than ten

00:20:02.619 --> 00:20:03.279
 seconds.

00:20:04.679 --> 00:20:05.599
 It's over,

00:20:05.740 --> 00:20:06.319
 it's quick,

00:20:07.439 --> 00:20:08.159
 and we would

00:20:08.159 --> 00:20:09.279
 at times wish

00:20:09.279 --> 00:20:10.000
 that life were

00:20:10.000 --> 00:20:10.539
 like that,

00:20:10.679 --> 00:20:11.359
 that it was a

00:20:11.359 --> 00:20:12.219
 quick sprint

00:20:12.219 --> 00:20:14.359
 and all the

00:20:14.359 --> 00:20:15.399
 glory that goes

00:20:15.399 --> 00:20:15.939
 with those

00:20:15.939 --> 00:20:17.039
 hundred meters

00:20:17.039 --> 00:20:17.500
 runners.

00:20:17.500 --> 00:20:19.579
 But no,

00:20:19.720 --> 00:20:20.500
 the Christian

00:20:20.500 --> 00:20:21.619
 life is not

00:20:21.619 --> 00:20:22.160
 like that.

00:20:22.299 --> 00:20:22.839
 It's a

00:20:22.839 --> 00:20:23.259
 marathon.

00:20:24.299 --> 00:20:24.740
 It's a

00:20:24.740 --> 00:20:25.200
 slog.

00:20:25.660 --> 00:20:26.319
 It's sometimes

00:20:26.319 --> 00:20:26.980
 going through

00:20:26.980 --> 00:20:28.039
 the pain

00:20:28.039 --> 00:20:28.819
 barrier.

00:20:31.299 --> 00:20:32.240
 It's a

00:20:32.240 --> 00:20:32.880
 commitment

00:20:32.880 --> 00:20:34.500
 moment by

00:20:34.500 --> 00:20:35.279
 moment.

00:20:36.700 --> 00:20:37.339
 And notice

00:20:37.339 --> 00:20:38.319
 how Paul

00:20:38.319 --> 00:20:39.599
 acknowledges

00:20:39.599 --> 00:20:40.579
 the commitment

00:20:40.579 --> 00:20:41.200
 that was

00:20:41.200 --> 00:20:42.299
 already in

00:20:42.299 --> 00:20:43.559
 the Philippians.

00:20:44.619 --> 00:20:45.920
 He prays

00:20:45.920 --> 00:20:46.319
 for them,

00:20:46.440 --> 00:20:47.079
 chapter 1

00:20:47.079 --> 00:20:48.099
 and verse 4.

00:20:48.759 --> 00:20:49.179
 And he

00:20:49.179 --> 00:20:49.720
 prays for

00:20:49.720 --> 00:20:50.319
 them with

00:20:50.319 --> 00:20:50.839
 joy.

00:20:51.519 --> 00:20:51.740
 Why?

00:20:51.919 --> 00:20:52.639
 Because of

00:20:52.639 --> 00:20:53.879
 your partnership

00:20:53.879 --> 00:20:54.899
 in the gospel

00:20:54.899 --> 00:20:56.099
 from the first

00:20:56.099 --> 00:20:57.179
 day until

00:20:57.179 --> 00:20:57.819
 now.

00:20:58.699 --> 00:20:59.079
 In other

00:20:59.079 --> 00:20:59.279
 words,

00:20:59.339 --> 00:20:59.799
 there had

00:20:59.799 --> 00:21:00.399
 been a

00:21:00.399 --> 00:21:01.159
 degree of

00:21:01.159 --> 00:21:01.699
 commitment.

00:21:02.879 --> 00:21:03.419
 In chapter

00:21:03.419 --> 00:21:04.399
 4 and

00:21:04.399 --> 00:21:05.439
 verses 14

00:21:05.439 --> 00:21:06.359
 to 16,

00:21:06.679 --> 00:21:07.679
 again he's

00:21:07.679 --> 00:21:09.079
 speaking about

00:21:09.079 --> 00:21:09.879
 commitment.

00:21:10.759 --> 00:21:11.399
 Yet it was

00:21:11.399 --> 00:21:12.220
 good for you,

00:21:12.339 --> 00:21:12.899
 he says,

00:21:13.299 --> 00:21:14.179
 to share in

00:21:14.179 --> 00:21:14.919
 my troubles.

00:21:14.920 --> 00:21:16.380
 moreover,

00:21:16.600 --> 00:21:16.980
 as you

00:21:16.980 --> 00:21:17.600
 Philippians

00:21:17.600 --> 00:21:18.039
 know,

00:21:18.519 --> 00:21:18.920
 in the

00:21:18.920 --> 00:21:19.800
 early days

00:21:19.800 --> 00:21:20.120
 of your

00:21:20.120 --> 00:21:20.840
 acquaintance

00:21:20.840 --> 00:21:21.240
 with the

00:21:21.240 --> 00:21:21.620
 gospel,

00:21:22.120 --> 00:21:22.500
 when I

00:21:22.500 --> 00:21:23.000
 set out

00:21:23.000 --> 00:21:23.279
 from

00:21:23.279 --> 00:21:23.980
 Macedonia,

00:21:23.980 --> 00:21:24.980
 not one

00:21:24.980 --> 00:21:25.640
 church

00:21:25.640 --> 00:21:26.380
 shared with

00:21:26.380 --> 00:21:26.720
 me in

00:21:26.720 --> 00:21:27.140
 the matter

00:21:27.140 --> 00:21:27.620
 of giving

00:21:27.620 --> 00:21:28.420
 and receiving

00:21:28.420 --> 00:21:29.779
 except for

00:21:29.779 --> 00:21:30.500
 you only.

00:21:30.779 --> 00:21:30.980
 Yes,

00:21:31.060 --> 00:21:31.700
 they were

00:21:31.700 --> 00:21:32.240
 committed,

00:21:32.600 --> 00:21:33.039
 they were

00:21:33.039 --> 00:21:34.460
 laboring for

00:21:34.460 --> 00:21:35.200
 the Lord.

00:21:35.480 --> 00:21:35.880
 There was

00:21:35.880 --> 00:21:36.840
 partnership

00:21:36.840 --> 00:21:38.019
 in the

00:21:38.019 --> 00:21:38.500
 gospel.

00:21:39.539 --> 00:21:40.440
 You have

00:21:40.440 --> 00:21:41.440
 always

00:21:41.440 --> 00:21:42.259
 obeyed,

00:21:42.299 --> 00:21:42.779
 he says,

00:21:43.000 --> 00:21:43.380
 in the

00:21:43.380 --> 00:21:43.960
 verses that

00:21:43.960 --> 00:21:44.100
 we're

00:21:44.100 --> 00:21:44.680
 looking at

00:21:44.680 --> 00:21:45.279
 this morning.

00:21:45.900 --> 00:21:46.799
 Not only

00:21:46.799 --> 00:21:47.480
 in my

00:21:47.480 --> 00:21:48.019
 presence,

00:21:48.460 --> 00:21:49.100
 but now

00:21:49.100 --> 00:21:49.940
 much more

00:21:49.940 --> 00:21:50.820
 in my

00:21:50.820 --> 00:21:51.360
 absence.

00:21:51.500 --> 00:21:51.900
 All right,

00:21:52.180 --> 00:21:53.220
 continue then

00:21:53.220 --> 00:21:54.400
 to work out

00:21:54.400 --> 00:21:55.480
 your salvation

00:21:55.480 --> 00:21:56.600
 with fear

00:21:56.600 --> 00:21:57.360
 and trembling.

00:21:57.580 --> 00:21:58.680
 Keep going,

00:21:59.059 --> 00:22:00.220
 keep forward,

00:22:00.620 --> 00:22:01.420
 don't stop

00:22:01.420 --> 00:22:02.360
 living to

00:22:02.360 --> 00:22:03.059
 the glory

00:22:03.059 --> 00:22:03.779
 of God.

00:22:04.059 --> 00:22:04.360
 There's

00:22:04.360 --> 00:22:05.640
 always room

00:22:05.640 --> 00:22:06.279
 for

00:22:06.279 --> 00:22:07.299
 improvement.

00:22:07.299 --> 00:22:07.559
 improvement.

00:22:10.440 --> 00:22:11.200
 Remember

00:22:11.200 --> 00:22:11.859
 that Paul

00:22:11.859 --> 00:22:13.099
 is not

00:22:13.099 --> 00:22:13.659
 sitting in

00:22:13.659 --> 00:22:14.279
 an office.

00:22:15.819 --> 00:22:16.339
 He's a

00:22:16.339 --> 00:22:16.759
 prisoner.

00:22:18.440 --> 00:22:18.859
 And he's

00:22:18.859 --> 00:22:19.700
 asking the

00:22:19.700 --> 00:22:20.539
 Christians in

00:22:20.539 --> 00:22:21.440
 Philippi to

00:22:21.440 --> 00:22:22.419
 be like

00:22:22.419 --> 00:22:22.839
 him,

00:22:23.659 --> 00:22:24.579
 to keep

00:22:24.579 --> 00:22:25.379
 going on,

00:22:25.859 --> 00:22:26.579
 even when

00:22:26.579 --> 00:22:27.079
 the going

00:22:27.079 --> 00:22:28.599
 is tough.

00:22:30.039 --> 00:22:30.980
 In verse

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 17 he

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 speaks about

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 being poured

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 out like

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 a drink

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 offering.

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 Later,

00:22:37.299 --> 00:22:37.700
 he would

00:22:37.700 --> 00:22:38.299
 write to

00:22:38.299 --> 00:22:38.779
 Timothy

00:22:38.779 --> 00:22:39.539
 and he

00:22:39.539 --> 00:22:40.299
 would say

00:22:40.299 --> 00:22:41.019
 as his

00:22:41.019 --> 00:22:41.839
 execution

00:22:41.839 --> 00:22:42.659
 approached,

00:22:43.079 --> 00:22:43.619
 I have

00:22:43.619 --> 00:22:44.680
 fought the

00:22:44.680 --> 00:22:45.339
 good fight.

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 I have

00:22:46.259 --> 00:22:47.419
 finished the

00:22:47.419 --> 00:22:47.759
 race.

00:22:48.180 --> 00:22:48.639
 I have

00:22:48.639 --> 00:22:49.720
 kept the

00:22:49.720 --> 00:22:50.220
 faith.

00:22:54.000 --> 00:22:54.700
 I remember

00:22:54.700 --> 00:22:55.480
 hearing of a

00:22:55.480 --> 00:22:56.119
 man who was

00:22:56.119 --> 00:22:56.399
 a very

00:22:56.399 --> 00:22:56.919
 faithful

00:22:56.919 --> 00:22:57.819
 evangelist

00:22:57.819 --> 00:23:01.500
 and he'd

00:23:01.500 --> 00:23:01.919
 heard the

00:23:01.919 --> 00:23:02.519
 message that

00:23:02.519 --> 00:23:02.960
 he had

00:23:02.960 --> 00:23:04.240
 terminal

00:23:04.240 --> 00:23:04.859
 cancer.

00:23:04.859 --> 00:23:07.799
 and people

00:23:07.799 --> 00:23:08.319
 were saying

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 to him,

00:23:08.979 --> 00:23:09.359
 stop,

00:23:10.019 --> 00:23:10.659
 take a

00:23:10.659 --> 00:23:11.319
 rest now.

00:23:12.099 --> 00:23:12.459
 He said,

00:23:12.519 --> 00:23:12.759
 no,

00:23:13.179 --> 00:23:14.359
 I'm coming

00:23:14.359 --> 00:23:14.740
 to the

00:23:14.740 --> 00:23:15.139
 finishing

00:23:15.139 --> 00:23:15.639
 line.

00:23:16.779 --> 00:23:17.500
 I'm on

00:23:17.500 --> 00:23:18.079
 the sprint

00:23:18.079 --> 00:23:19.199
 now to

00:23:19.199 --> 00:23:19.759
 get home.

00:23:21.639 --> 00:23:22.159
 Continue

00:23:22.159 --> 00:23:22.979
 on.

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 Don't

00:23:24.859 --> 00:23:26.099
 give up.

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 Be like

00:23:27.139 --> 00:23:27.819
 the apostle

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 and be

00:23:28.859 --> 00:23:29.559
 able to

00:23:29.559 --> 00:23:30.419
 say as

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 you

00:23:30.599 --> 00:23:31.259
 approach

00:23:31.259 --> 00:23:31.639
 God,

00:23:31.700 --> 00:23:32.039
 and none

00:23:32.039 --> 00:23:32.379
 of us

00:23:32.379 --> 00:23:33.339
 know when

00:23:33.339 --> 00:23:33.899
 that day

00:23:33.899 --> 00:23:34.419
 will be

00:23:34.419 --> 00:23:34.839
 when we

00:23:34.839 --> 00:23:35.539
 stand in

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 his presence.

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 But may

00:23:37.439 --> 00:23:38.139
 we all be

00:23:38.139 --> 00:23:38.659
 able to

00:23:38.659 --> 00:23:38.980
 say,

00:23:39.639 --> 00:23:40.059
 I was

00:23:40.059 --> 00:23:40.519
 committed

00:23:40.519 --> 00:23:41.879
 right to

00:23:41.879 --> 00:23:42.460
 the end.

00:23:42.720 --> 00:23:43.419
 I fought

00:23:43.419 --> 00:23:43.960
 the good

00:23:43.960 --> 00:23:44.339
 fight.

00:23:44.339 --> 00:23:45.619
 I finished

00:23:45.619 --> 00:23:46.179
 the race.

00:23:46.699 --> 00:23:47.339
 I have

00:23:47.339 --> 00:23:48.119
 kept

00:23:48.119 --> 00:23:48.879
 the faith.

00:23:49.539 --> 00:23:49.919
 I have

00:23:49.919 --> 00:23:50.339
 been

00:23:50.339 --> 00:23:51.259
 obedient

00:23:51.259 --> 00:23:52.619
 even

00:23:52.619 --> 00:23:53.359
 to

00:23:53.359 --> 00:23:54.079
 death.

00:23:55.519 --> 00:23:56.099
 So this

00:23:56.099 --> 00:23:57.019
 exhortation

00:23:57.019 --> 00:23:57.339
 of the

00:23:57.339 --> 00:23:58.119
 apostle is

00:23:58.119 --> 00:23:58.579
 to you

00:23:58.579 --> 00:23:58.839
 as

00:23:58.839 --> 00:23:59.339
 Christians.

00:24:00.480 --> 00:24:01.059
 It's

00:24:01.059 --> 00:24:01.419
 for you

00:24:01.419 --> 00:24:02.039
 to be

00:24:02.039 --> 00:24:03.099
 committed.

00:24:04.240 --> 00:24:04.559
 Live

00:24:04.559 --> 00:24:05.500
 to the

00:24:05.500 --> 00:24:05.959
 glory

00:24:05.959 --> 00:24:06.899
 of God

00:24:06.899 --> 00:24:08.179
 that you

00:24:08.179 --> 00:24:09.179
 might be

00:24:09.179 --> 00:24:10.339
 as you're

00:24:10.339 --> 00:24:11.139
 reminded in

00:24:11.139 --> 00:24:12.000
 chapter 1

00:24:12.000 --> 00:24:12.639
 and verse

00:24:12.639 --> 00:24:12.959
 10,

00:24:13.179 --> 00:24:14.179
 pure and

00:24:14.180 --> 00:24:14.880
 blameless

00:24:14.880 --> 00:24:16.360
 until the

00:24:16.360 --> 00:24:17.580
 day of

00:24:17.580 --> 00:24:18.180
 Christ.

00:24:19.779 --> 00:24:20.400
 Fourthly,

00:24:21.820 --> 00:24:22.240
 it's an

00:24:22.240 --> 00:24:23.220
 exhortation

00:24:23.220 --> 00:24:24.860
 that deals

00:24:24.860 --> 00:24:25.779
 with real

00:24:25.779 --> 00:24:26.519
 issues.

00:24:27.320 --> 00:24:27.700
 Look at

00:24:27.700 --> 00:24:28.420
 verse 14.

00:24:29.060 --> 00:24:29.279
 Do

00:24:29.279 --> 00:24:30.140
 everything

00:24:30.140 --> 00:24:30.779
 without

00:24:30.779 --> 00:24:31.600
 complaining

00:24:31.600 --> 00:24:32.779
 or arguing

00:24:32.779 --> 00:24:34.000
 so that

00:24:34.000 --> 00:24:34.380
 you may

00:24:34.380 --> 00:24:34.840
 become

00:24:34.840 --> 00:24:35.720
 blameless

00:24:35.720 --> 00:24:36.840
 and pure

00:24:36.840 --> 00:24:37.779
 children

00:24:37.779 --> 00:24:38.720
 of God.

00:24:40.160 --> 00:24:41.140
 Now this

00:24:41.140 --> 00:24:41.799
 verse deals

00:24:41.799 --> 00:24:42.180
 with the

00:24:42.180 --> 00:24:43.080
 whole idea

00:24:43.080 --> 00:24:43.920
 of being

00:24:43.920 --> 00:24:44.940
 obedient.

00:24:45.820 --> 00:24:46.279
 Not

00:24:46.279 --> 00:24:47.080
 arguing

00:24:47.080 --> 00:24:47.460
 or

00:24:47.460 --> 00:24:48.259
 complaining

00:24:48.259 --> 00:24:49.640
 about

00:24:49.640 --> 00:24:50.880
 what God

00:24:50.880 --> 00:24:51.360
 teaches

00:24:51.360 --> 00:24:51.680
 you

00:24:51.680 --> 00:24:52.100
 through

00:24:52.100 --> 00:24:52.420
 his

00:24:52.420 --> 00:24:52.820
 word.

00:24:53.820 --> 00:24:54.279
 Yes,

00:24:54.320 --> 00:24:54.880
 I know

00:24:54.880 --> 00:24:55.400
 it says

00:24:55.400 --> 00:24:55.820
 that,

00:24:56.220 --> 00:24:56.620
 but,

00:24:57.380 --> 00:24:57.779
 and we

00:24:57.779 --> 00:24:58.300
 argue

00:24:58.300 --> 00:24:58.740
 with

00:24:58.740 --> 00:24:59.480
 God's

00:24:59.480 --> 00:24:59.980
 word.

00:25:01.300 --> 00:25:01.620
 Yes,

00:25:01.740 --> 00:25:02.220
 I know

00:25:02.220 --> 00:25:02.740
 it says

00:25:02.740 --> 00:25:03.039
 that,

00:25:03.160 --> 00:25:03.600
 but you

00:25:03.600 --> 00:25:03.880
 don't

00:25:03.880 --> 00:25:04.400
 know my

00:25:04.400 --> 00:25:05.340
 circumstances,

00:25:05.660 --> 00:25:06.100
 and we

00:25:06.100 --> 00:25:06.700
 argue,

00:25:06.920 --> 00:25:07.740
 or it's

00:25:07.740 --> 00:25:08.259
 hard,

00:25:08.519 --> 00:25:08.660
 Lord,

00:25:09.560 --> 00:25:10.100
 because of

00:25:10.100 --> 00:25:10.900
 the situation

00:25:10.900 --> 00:25:11.420
 in which

00:25:11.420 --> 00:25:12.120
 I find

00:25:12.120 --> 00:25:12.660
 myself.

00:25:12.960 --> 00:25:13.120
 Do

00:25:13.120 --> 00:25:13.840
 everything.

00:25:14.300 --> 00:25:14.540
 Be

00:25:14.540 --> 00:25:15.440
 obedient.

00:25:16.120 --> 00:25:16.600
 That's what

00:25:16.600 --> 00:25:17.220
 he's saying

00:25:17.220 --> 00:25:17.600
 here.

00:25:18.120 --> 00:25:18.400
 It's

00:25:18.400 --> 00:25:19.200
 dealing with

00:25:19.200 --> 00:25:19.920
 real

00:25:19.920 --> 00:25:20.620
 issues,

00:25:20.740 --> 00:25:21.540
 issues in

00:25:21.540 --> 00:25:22.080
 your life,

00:25:22.160 --> 00:25:22.580
 and in

00:25:22.580 --> 00:25:23.100
 my life,

00:25:23.220 --> 00:25:23.660
 and in

00:25:23.660 --> 00:25:23.840
 the

00:25:23.840 --> 00:25:24.420
 Philippians

00:25:24.420 --> 00:25:24.800
 life.

00:25:25.460 --> 00:25:26.380
 It deals,

00:25:26.640 --> 00:25:27.080
 if you like,

00:25:27.160 --> 00:25:27.540
 with the

00:25:27.540 --> 00:25:28.480
 nitty-gritty

00:25:28.480 --> 00:25:29.240
 of life.

00:25:30.700 --> 00:25:31.000
 Let's

00:25:31.000 --> 00:25:31.700
 remember that

00:25:31.700 --> 00:25:32.259
 the apostle

00:25:32.259 --> 00:25:33.180
 is writing

00:25:33.180 --> 00:25:34.640
 under the

00:25:34.640 --> 00:25:35.300
 inspiration

00:25:35.300 --> 00:25:36.000
 of the

00:25:36.000 --> 00:25:36.620
 Spirit of

00:25:36.620 --> 00:25:36.940
 God.

00:25:36.940 --> 00:25:38.000
 He's

00:25:38.000 --> 00:25:38.820
 the apostle

00:25:38.820 --> 00:25:39.580
 who's

00:25:39.580 --> 00:25:40.180
 speaking

00:25:40.180 --> 00:25:40.860
 with

00:25:40.860 --> 00:25:41.759
 authority.

00:25:43.259 --> 00:25:43.660
 And let's

00:25:43.660 --> 00:25:44.120
 remember,

00:25:44.279 --> 00:25:44.759
 he's not

00:25:44.759 --> 00:25:45.700
 using words

00:25:45.700 --> 00:25:46.559
 for the

00:25:46.559 --> 00:25:47.220
 sake of

00:25:47.220 --> 00:25:47.559
 using

00:25:47.559 --> 00:25:47.880
 them.

00:25:49.559 --> 00:25:50.240
 He's

00:25:50.240 --> 00:25:50.620
 not only

00:25:50.620 --> 00:25:51.279
 calling for

00:25:51.279 --> 00:25:51.860
 obedience,

00:25:52.180 --> 00:25:52.500
 he's

00:25:52.500 --> 00:25:53.340
 speaking to

00:25:53.340 --> 00:25:54.019
 specific

00:25:54.019 --> 00:25:54.920
 situations

00:25:54.920 --> 00:25:55.940
 that applied

00:25:55.940 --> 00:25:56.900
 to the

00:25:56.900 --> 00:25:57.460
 church

00:25:57.460 --> 00:25:58.120
 at

00:25:58.120 --> 00:25:59.120
 Philippi.

00:26:00.140 --> 00:26:00.840
 You see,

00:26:00.920 --> 00:26:01.160
 there were

00:26:01.160 --> 00:26:02.039
 people there

00:26:02.039 --> 00:26:03.180
 in the

00:26:03.180 --> 00:26:03.680
 church,

00:26:04.240 --> 00:26:04.580
 and they

00:26:04.580 --> 00:26:05.019
 were made

00:26:05.019 --> 00:26:05.559
 up of

00:26:05.559 --> 00:26:06.320
 different

00:26:06.320 --> 00:26:06.860
 people.

00:26:06.940 --> 00:26:07.559
 from

00:26:07.559 --> 00:26:08.039
 different

00:26:08.039 --> 00:26:08.940
 backgrounds.

00:26:10.539 --> 00:26:11.100
 People

00:26:11.100 --> 00:26:12.140
 from

00:26:12.140 --> 00:26:12.539
 different

00:26:12.539 --> 00:26:13.240
 cultures.

00:26:14.539 --> 00:26:14.779
 People

00:26:14.779 --> 00:26:15.320
 who were

00:26:15.320 --> 00:26:16.240
 rich,

00:26:17.000 --> 00:26:17.120
 or

00:26:17.120 --> 00:26:18.000
 were born

00:26:18.000 --> 00:26:18.519
 to a

00:26:18.519 --> 00:26:18.759
 rich

00:26:18.759 --> 00:26:19.380
 background.

00:26:20.740 --> 00:26:21.019
 Some

00:26:21.019 --> 00:26:21.360
 who had

00:26:21.360 --> 00:26:21.980
 a slave

00:26:21.980 --> 00:26:22.539
 background.

00:26:23.120 --> 00:26:23.539
 Different

00:26:23.539 --> 00:26:24.700
 personalities.

00:26:25.440 --> 00:26:25.740
 And they

00:26:25.740 --> 00:26:26.160
 were all

00:26:26.160 --> 00:26:26.860
 part of

00:26:26.860 --> 00:26:27.340
 the church.

00:26:27.620 --> 00:26:27.820
 Well,

00:26:28.019 --> 00:26:28.580
 you do

00:26:28.580 --> 00:26:29.279
 everything,

00:26:29.360 --> 00:26:29.660
 no matter

00:26:29.660 --> 00:26:30.200
 what your

00:26:30.200 --> 00:26:30.680
 background

00:26:30.680 --> 00:26:31.120
 is,

00:26:31.860 --> 00:26:32.220
 that you

00:26:32.220 --> 00:26:32.640
 may be

00:26:32.640 --> 00:26:33.380
 pure and

00:26:33.380 --> 00:26:33.960
 blameless

00:26:33.960 --> 00:26:34.460
 children

00:26:34.460 --> 00:26:35.380
 of God.

00:26:35.380 --> 00:26:35.480
 God.

00:26:37.480 --> 00:26:38.000
 He speaks

00:26:38.000 --> 00:26:38.320
 to a

00:26:38.320 --> 00:26:38.760
 specific

00:26:38.760 --> 00:26:39.260
 issue,

00:26:39.580 --> 00:26:40.140
 because he

00:26:40.140 --> 00:26:40.600
 is dealing

00:26:40.600 --> 00:26:41.160
 with real

00:26:41.160 --> 00:26:41.720
 issues.

00:26:42.460 --> 00:26:42.900
 In chapter

00:26:42.900 --> 00:26:43.500
 four and

00:26:43.500 --> 00:26:44.260
 verse two,

00:26:45.140 --> 00:26:45.860
 I plead

00:26:45.860 --> 00:26:46.200
 with

00:26:46.200 --> 00:26:46.880
 Euodia,

00:26:47.580 --> 00:26:48.120
 and I

00:26:48.120 --> 00:26:48.720
 plead with

00:26:48.720 --> 00:26:49.280
 Syntyche,

00:26:49.700 --> 00:26:50.540
 to agree

00:26:50.540 --> 00:26:51.500
 with each

00:26:51.500 --> 00:26:52.440
 other in

00:26:52.440 --> 00:26:53.160
 the Lord.

00:26:54.740 --> 00:26:55.260
 One

00:26:55.260 --> 00:26:56.040
 commentator

00:26:56.040 --> 00:26:57.600
 says about

00:26:57.600 --> 00:26:58.300
 their names,

00:26:58.420 --> 00:26:58.660
 and he

00:26:58.660 --> 00:26:59.060
 said that

00:26:59.060 --> 00:26:59.560
 they should

00:26:59.560 --> 00:27:00.100
 be altered

00:27:00.099 --> 00:27:00.699
 slightly.

00:27:03.419 --> 00:27:03.799
 They should

00:27:03.799 --> 00:27:05.059
 be odious

00:27:05.059 --> 00:27:06.119
 and soon

00:27:06.119 --> 00:27:06.659
 touchy.

00:27:07.459 --> 00:27:07.779
 And I

00:27:07.779 --> 00:27:08.179
 think there's

00:27:08.179 --> 00:27:08.599
 a lot to

00:27:08.599 --> 00:27:09.000
 be said

00:27:09.000 --> 00:27:09.599
 for that.

00:27:10.359 --> 00:27:10.599
 But at

00:27:10.599 --> 00:27:10.859
 any rate,

00:27:10.959 --> 00:27:11.240
 they were

00:27:11.240 --> 00:27:12.339
 people who

00:27:12.339 --> 00:27:13.719
 were complaining

00:27:13.719 --> 00:27:14.879
 or arguing.

00:27:15.259 --> 00:27:15.539
 They were

00:27:15.539 --> 00:27:16.000
 causing

00:27:16.000 --> 00:27:17.359
 problems in

00:27:17.359 --> 00:27:18.379
 the church.

00:27:19.079 --> 00:27:19.279
 Now,

00:27:19.339 --> 00:27:19.679
 you two

00:27:19.679 --> 00:27:20.319
 ladies,

00:27:21.179 --> 00:27:21.740
 work out

00:27:21.740 --> 00:27:22.759
 your salvation

00:27:22.759 --> 00:27:24.459
 by agreeing

00:27:24.459 --> 00:27:25.079
 with each

00:27:25.079 --> 00:27:25.740
 other in

00:27:25.740 --> 00:27:26.079
 the Lord.

00:27:26.359 --> 00:27:26.740
 Stop

00:27:26.740 --> 00:27:27.179
 arguing.

00:27:27.539 --> 00:27:27.859
 Stop

00:27:27.859 --> 00:27:28.539
 complaining.

00:27:30.099 --> 00:27:30.819
 And there

00:27:30.819 --> 00:27:31.459
 were others

00:27:31.459 --> 00:27:32.039
 in the

00:27:32.039 --> 00:27:32.519
 church,

00:27:33.259 --> 00:27:33.939
 chapter four

00:27:33.939 --> 00:27:34.500
 and verse

00:27:34.500 --> 00:27:34.819
 six,

00:27:34.899 --> 00:27:35.240
 who were

00:27:35.240 --> 00:27:36.779
 anxious and

00:27:36.779 --> 00:27:38.199
 worried about

00:27:38.199 --> 00:27:39.279
 different things.

00:27:40.079 --> 00:27:40.679
 Do not be

00:27:40.679 --> 00:27:41.379
 anxious,

00:27:41.619 --> 00:27:42.339
 he says in

00:27:42.339 --> 00:27:42.939
 chapter four

00:27:42.939 --> 00:27:43.719
 and verse six,

00:27:44.039 --> 00:27:45.079
 about anything.

00:27:45.659 --> 00:27:46.139
 But in

00:27:46.139 --> 00:27:46.619
 everything,

00:27:46.839 --> 00:27:47.819
 by prayer and

00:27:47.819 --> 00:27:48.199
 petition,

00:27:48.359 --> 00:27:49.279
 with thanksgiving,

00:27:49.740 --> 00:27:50.519
 present your

00:27:50.519 --> 00:27:51.619
 requests to

00:27:51.619 --> 00:27:51.959
 God,

00:27:52.379 --> 00:27:53.099
 and the peace

00:27:53.099 --> 00:27:53.599
 of God,

00:27:53.659 --> 00:27:54.799
 which transcends

00:27:54.799 --> 00:27:56.199
 all understanding,

00:27:56.639 --> 00:27:57.619
 will guard your

00:27:57.619 --> 00:27:58.519
 hearts and your

00:27:58.519 --> 00:27:59.740
 minds in

00:27:59.740 --> 00:28:00.759
 Christ Jesus.

00:28:01.019 --> 00:28:02.339
 Real issues

00:28:02.339 --> 00:28:03.319
 in the

00:28:03.319 --> 00:28:03.900
 church.

00:28:04.259 --> 00:28:05.319
 Don't fret.

00:28:05.839 --> 00:28:06.700
 Don't complain

00:28:06.700 --> 00:28:07.460
 about your

00:28:07.460 --> 00:28:08.579
 lot in

00:28:08.579 --> 00:28:09.140
 life.

00:28:10.720 --> 00:28:11.099
 Why?

00:28:11.759 --> 00:28:12.079
 Well,

00:28:12.539 --> 00:28:12.920
 so that you

00:28:12.920 --> 00:28:13.640
 might live to

00:28:13.640 --> 00:28:14.380
 the glory of

00:28:14.380 --> 00:28:14.779
 God,

00:28:15.240 --> 00:28:16.099
 so that you

00:28:16.099 --> 00:28:16.859
 might be,

00:28:16.960 --> 00:28:17.519
 as he puts

00:28:17.519 --> 00:28:18.079
 it here,

00:28:18.880 --> 00:28:19.859
 become those

00:28:19.859 --> 00:28:20.819
 kind of people

00:28:20.819 --> 00:28:21.400
 that are

00:28:21.400 --> 00:28:22.420
 blameless

00:28:22.420 --> 00:28:24.120
 and pure,

00:28:25.480 --> 00:28:26.539
 live as

00:28:26.539 --> 00:28:27.759
 children of

00:28:27.759 --> 00:28:28.200
 God.

00:28:30.319 --> 00:28:31.180
 Notice the

00:28:31.180 --> 00:28:32.299
 force of

00:28:32.299 --> 00:28:33.039
 Paul's words

00:28:33.039 --> 00:28:33.379
 here.

00:28:34.599 --> 00:28:36.579
 Live so

00:28:36.579 --> 00:28:37.079
 that you're

00:28:37.079 --> 00:28:38.579
 recognized by

00:28:38.579 --> 00:28:39.819
 the family

00:28:39.819 --> 00:28:41.019
 likeness.

00:28:43.720 --> 00:28:44.779
 You have a

00:28:44.779 --> 00:28:45.140
 heavenly

00:28:45.140 --> 00:28:45.799
 father.

00:28:47.299 --> 00:28:47.640
 You have

00:28:47.640 --> 00:28:48.180
 been bought

00:28:48.180 --> 00:28:48.619
 with the

00:28:48.619 --> 00:28:49.519
 precious blood

00:28:49.519 --> 00:28:50.019
 of the

00:28:50.019 --> 00:28:50.579
 Lord Jesus

00:28:50.579 --> 00:28:51.180
 Christ.

00:28:52.140 --> 00:28:52.759
 The Holy

00:28:52.759 --> 00:28:54.799
 Spirit has

00:28:54.799 --> 00:28:55.519
 witnessed with

00:28:55.519 --> 00:28:56.480
 your spirit

00:28:56.480 --> 00:28:57.120
 that you

00:28:57.120 --> 00:28:58.360
 are sons

00:28:58.360 --> 00:28:59.620
 of God,

00:28:59.980 --> 00:29:00.460
 daughters

00:29:00.460 --> 00:29:01.980
 of God.

00:29:02.339 --> 00:29:03.039
 Take on

00:29:03.039 --> 00:29:04.099
 the family

00:29:04.099 --> 00:29:05.400
 likeness.

00:29:08.440 --> 00:29:09.500
 Are we

00:29:09.500 --> 00:29:11.019
 Christ-like?

00:29:11.259 --> 00:29:11.759
 Are we

00:29:11.759 --> 00:29:12.700
 like our

00:29:12.700 --> 00:29:13.579
 elder brother,

00:29:14.000 --> 00:29:14.500
 the Lord

00:29:14.500 --> 00:29:15.799
 Jesus Christ?

00:29:16.940 --> 00:29:17.380
 So the

00:29:17.380 --> 00:29:18.039
 force of

00:29:18.039 --> 00:29:18.900
 Paul's words

00:29:18.900 --> 00:29:19.819
 are there for

00:29:19.819 --> 00:29:20.559
 us all to

00:29:20.559 --> 00:29:20.880
 see.

00:29:21.220 --> 00:29:22.019
 Take on

00:29:22.019 --> 00:29:22.940
 the family

00:29:22.940 --> 00:29:24.240
 likeness by

00:29:24.240 --> 00:29:25.660
 living sanctified

00:29:25.660 --> 00:29:26.019
 lives.

00:29:26.339 --> 00:29:27.000
 Live to

00:29:27.000 --> 00:29:27.720
 the glory

00:29:27.720 --> 00:29:28.500
 of God

00:29:28.500 --> 00:29:29.299
 day by

00:29:29.299 --> 00:29:29.660
 day,

00:29:30.000 --> 00:29:31.180
 moment by

00:29:31.180 --> 00:29:31.680
 moment.

00:29:31.940 --> 00:29:33.500
 Happy in

00:29:33.500 --> 00:29:34.079
 doing the

00:29:34.079 --> 00:29:34.759
 will of

00:29:34.759 --> 00:29:36.299
 God from

00:29:36.299 --> 00:29:37.200
 the heart.

00:29:37.960 --> 00:29:38.480
 Constantly

00:29:38.480 --> 00:29:39.420
 live to

00:29:39.420 --> 00:29:40.180
 God's

00:29:40.180 --> 00:29:40.740
 glory.

00:29:44.740 --> 00:29:45.240
 When our

00:29:45.240 --> 00:29:45.759
 children are

00:29:45.759 --> 00:29:46.120
 young,

00:29:47.120 --> 00:29:47.740
 at least some

00:29:47.740 --> 00:29:48.059
 of them,

00:29:49.660 --> 00:29:50.079
 we might

00:29:50.079 --> 00:29:50.519
 say to

00:29:50.519 --> 00:29:50.759
 them,

00:29:51.279 --> 00:29:51.940
 would you

00:29:51.940 --> 00:29:52.400
 make me a

00:29:52.400 --> 00:29:52.740
 cup of

00:29:52.740 --> 00:29:53.000
 tea?

00:29:54.580 --> 00:29:55.080
 And they

00:29:55.080 --> 00:29:55.220
 say,

00:29:55.320 --> 00:29:55.940
 oh, do I

00:29:55.940 --> 00:29:56.320
 have to?

00:29:56.400 --> 00:29:56.780
 Yes, you

00:29:56.780 --> 00:29:57.519
 do have to,

00:29:57.600 --> 00:29:57.940
 you know,

00:29:58.160 --> 00:29:58.580
 make a

00:29:58.580 --> 00:29:58.900
 cup of

00:29:58.900 --> 00:29:59.080
 tea.

00:29:59.980 --> 00:30:00.540
 But then

00:30:00.540 --> 00:30:00.920
 the day

00:30:00.920 --> 00:30:01.360
 came,

00:30:02.660 --> 00:30:02.960
 and they

00:30:02.960 --> 00:30:03.100
 said,

00:30:03.120 --> 00:30:03.320
 would you

00:30:03.320 --> 00:30:03.759
 like a

00:30:03.759 --> 00:30:04.140
 cup of

00:30:04.140 --> 00:30:04.340
 tea?

00:30:06.460 --> 00:30:06.860
 They

00:30:06.860 --> 00:30:07.200
 didn't have

00:30:07.200 --> 00:30:07.480
 to be

00:30:07.480 --> 00:30:07.840
 asked.

00:30:09.300 --> 00:30:09.700
 I think

00:30:09.700 --> 00:30:10.340
 the barbecue

00:30:10.340 --> 00:30:10.840
 is going

00:30:10.840 --> 00:30:11.320
 on later

00:30:11.320 --> 00:30:11.820
 on today,

00:30:11.920 --> 00:30:12.340
 so I hope

00:30:12.340 --> 00:30:12.880
 somebody is

00:30:12.880 --> 00:30:13.240
 listening.

00:30:14.380 --> 00:30:15.220
 But, you

00:30:15.220 --> 00:30:15.480
 know, the

00:30:15.480 --> 00:30:15.920
 whole thing

00:30:15.920 --> 00:30:16.540
 is doing

00:30:16.540 --> 00:30:17.940
 all to

00:30:17.940 --> 00:30:18.300
 the glory

00:30:18.300 --> 00:30:18.640
 of God

00:30:18.640 --> 00:30:18.940
 without

00:30:18.940 --> 00:30:19.680
 grumbling or

00:30:19.680 --> 00:30:20.180
 complaining.

00:30:20.400 --> 00:30:20.600
 We're

00:30:20.600 --> 00:30:21.360
 before our

00:30:21.360 --> 00:30:21.700
 heavenly

00:30:21.700 --> 00:30:22.160
 Father,

00:30:22.400 --> 00:30:23.759
 to do

00:30:23.759 --> 00:30:24.500
 it gladly

00:30:24.500 --> 00:30:25.340
 from our

00:30:25.340 --> 00:30:25.620
 heart.

00:30:25.700 --> 00:30:26.259
 Not because

00:30:26.259 --> 00:30:27.060
 we must,

00:30:27.759 --> 00:30:28.240
 but because

00:30:28.240 --> 00:30:29.180
 we want

00:30:29.180 --> 00:30:29.560
 to be

00:30:29.560 --> 00:30:30.040
 pleasing

00:30:30.040 --> 00:30:31.320
 to the

00:30:31.320 --> 00:30:31.660
 Savior.

00:30:33.519 --> 00:30:34.120
 Fifthly,

00:30:35.320 --> 00:30:36.780
 it was

00:30:36.780 --> 00:30:37.780
 an exhortation

00:30:37.780 --> 00:30:38.180
 that was

00:30:38.180 --> 00:30:38.660
 delivered

00:30:38.660 --> 00:30:40.840
 in a

00:30:40.840 --> 00:30:41.240
 hostile

00:30:41.240 --> 00:30:41.980
 world.

00:30:43.140 --> 00:30:43.840
 Work out

00:30:43.840 --> 00:30:44.920
 your salvation

00:30:44.920 --> 00:30:45.900
 as Christians.

00:30:46.860 --> 00:30:47.080
 Be

00:30:47.080 --> 00:30:47.600
 committed.

00:30:47.600 --> 00:30:48.040
 Be

00:30:48.040 --> 00:30:48.060
 committed.

00:30:50.860 --> 00:30:51.720
 Deal with

00:30:51.720 --> 00:30:52.500
 the practical

00:30:52.500 --> 00:30:53.519
 things in

00:30:53.519 --> 00:30:54.180
 your life

00:30:54.180 --> 00:30:54.720
 that need

00:30:54.720 --> 00:30:55.240
 to be

00:30:55.240 --> 00:30:55.519
 dealt

00:30:55.519 --> 00:30:56.039
 with.

00:30:57.680 --> 00:30:58.700
 Work out

00:30:58.700 --> 00:30:59.759
 your salvation

00:30:59.759 --> 00:31:00.900
 even though

00:31:00.900 --> 00:31:01.640
 you're living

00:31:01.640 --> 00:31:02.180
 in a

00:31:02.180 --> 00:31:02.640
 hostile

00:31:02.640 --> 00:31:03.519
 world.

00:31:04.079 --> 00:31:04.559
 Look at the

00:31:04.559 --> 00:31:05.160
 latter part

00:31:05.160 --> 00:31:05.500
 of verse

00:31:05.500 --> 00:31:06.019
 15.

00:31:06.980 --> 00:31:07.339
 Without

00:31:07.339 --> 00:31:08.420
 fault,

00:31:09.160 --> 00:31:09.700
 in a

00:31:09.700 --> 00:31:10.160
 crooked

00:31:10.160 --> 00:31:11.620
 and depraved

00:31:11.620 --> 00:31:12.839
 generation.

00:31:12.839 --> 00:31:12.939
 salvation.

00:31:16.619 --> 00:31:17.399
 In a

00:31:17.399 --> 00:31:18.079
 world,

00:31:18.079 --> 00:31:19.519
 verse 17,

00:31:19.659 --> 00:31:20.559
 where I am

00:31:20.559 --> 00:31:21.399
 being poured

00:31:21.399 --> 00:31:22.720
 out like a

00:31:22.720 --> 00:31:24.019
 drink offering,

00:31:26.579 --> 00:31:27.539
 work out your

00:31:27.539 --> 00:31:29.000
 salvation in the

00:31:29.000 --> 00:31:30.359
 Roman pagan

00:31:30.359 --> 00:31:31.759
 world of the

00:31:31.759 --> 00:31:32.099
 day.

00:31:33.699 --> 00:31:35.259
 Work out your

00:31:35.259 --> 00:31:36.639
 salvation in a

00:31:36.639 --> 00:31:37.439
 world that is

00:31:37.439 --> 00:31:38.839
 hostile to the

00:31:38.839 --> 00:31:39.899
 message of the

00:31:39.899 --> 00:31:40.339
 gospel.

00:31:40.339 --> 00:31:40.439
 people.

00:31:41.740 --> 00:31:42.339
 Work out

00:31:42.339 --> 00:31:43.419
 your salvation

00:31:43.419 --> 00:31:45.659
 where the

00:31:45.659 --> 00:31:46.559
 world is under

00:31:46.559 --> 00:31:47.519
 the dominion

00:31:47.519 --> 00:31:48.500
 of Satan.

00:31:49.519 --> 00:31:50.099
 Work out

00:31:50.099 --> 00:31:50.959
 your salvation

00:31:50.959 --> 00:31:52.059
 where Christians

00:31:52.059 --> 00:31:53.000
 are suffering

00:31:53.000 --> 00:31:54.480
 martyrdom and

00:31:54.480 --> 00:31:55.539
 imprisonment.

00:31:55.699 --> 00:31:56.439
 That's where

00:31:56.439 --> 00:31:57.159
 you're to work

00:31:57.159 --> 00:31:57.759
 out your

00:31:57.759 --> 00:31:58.359
 salvation.

00:32:01.220 --> 00:32:02.179
 We're living

00:32:02.179 --> 00:32:02.579
 in an

00:32:02.579 --> 00:32:03.339
 increasingly

00:32:03.339 --> 00:32:04.240
 hostile

00:32:04.240 --> 00:32:05.139
 world.

00:32:06.559 --> 00:32:07.480
 We see

00:32:07.480 --> 00:32:08.039
 that in

00:32:08.039 --> 00:32:08.679
 laws that

00:32:08.679 --> 00:32:09.379
 are passed.

00:32:10.339 --> 00:32:10.879
 We see

00:32:10.879 --> 00:32:11.319
 that in

00:32:11.319 --> 00:32:12.019
 so many

00:32:12.019 --> 00:32:12.480
 different

00:32:12.480 --> 00:32:13.000
 ways.

00:32:13.679 --> 00:32:14.099
 In the

00:32:14.099 --> 00:32:14.859
 secular world

00:32:14.859 --> 00:32:15.799
 in which we

00:32:15.799 --> 00:32:17.319
 find ourselves.

00:32:18.459 --> 00:32:18.939
 Work out

00:32:18.939 --> 00:32:19.899
 your salvation

00:32:19.899 --> 00:32:21.119
 even though

00:32:21.119 --> 00:32:22.359
 everybody is

00:32:22.359 --> 00:32:23.240
 against you.

00:32:25.639 --> 00:32:26.119
 Was it

00:32:26.119 --> 00:32:27.039
 Athanasius,

00:32:27.659 --> 00:32:28.240
 an early

00:32:28.240 --> 00:32:28.959
 Christian who

00:32:28.959 --> 00:32:29.559
 was told,

00:32:31.159 --> 00:32:31.459
 the whole

00:32:31.459 --> 00:32:32.019
 world is

00:32:32.019 --> 00:32:32.759
 against you,

00:32:32.959 --> 00:32:33.659
 Athanasius?

00:32:35.339 --> 00:32:36.220
 Well, he

00:32:36.220 --> 00:32:36.799
 says, if the

00:32:36.799 --> 00:32:37.459
 whole world is

00:32:37.459 --> 00:32:38.740
 against Athanasius,

00:32:38.859 --> 00:32:39.799
 then Athanasius,

00:32:40.339 --> 00:32:41.279
 is against

00:32:41.279 --> 00:32:41.939
 the whole

00:32:41.939 --> 00:32:42.439
 world.

00:32:43.599 --> 00:32:44.459
 To stand

00:32:44.459 --> 00:32:45.339
 firm

00:32:45.339 --> 00:32:46.779
 in a

00:32:46.779 --> 00:32:47.259
 hostile

00:32:47.259 --> 00:32:48.119
 world.

00:32:48.419 --> 00:32:48.939
 Work out

00:32:48.939 --> 00:32:49.879
 your salvation

00:32:49.879 --> 00:32:50.779
 when people

00:32:50.779 --> 00:32:51.779
 are disagreeing

00:32:51.779 --> 00:32:52.099
 with you,

00:32:52.220 --> 00:32:52.839
 when people

00:32:52.839 --> 00:32:53.319
 are making

00:32:53.319 --> 00:32:53.859
 their life

00:32:53.859 --> 00:32:54.299
 difficult,

00:32:54.299 --> 00:32:54.919
 when your

00:32:54.919 --> 00:32:55.679
 bosses are

00:32:55.679 --> 00:32:56.299
 making life

00:32:56.299 --> 00:32:56.699
 difficult,

00:32:56.899 --> 00:32:57.759
 when things

00:32:57.759 --> 00:32:58.279
 are difficult

00:32:58.279 --> 00:32:59.039
 in the home

00:32:59.039 --> 00:32:59.819
 situation.

00:33:00.279 --> 00:33:00.839
 Work out

00:33:00.839 --> 00:33:01.839
 your salvation

00:33:01.839 --> 00:33:02.559
 there.

00:33:04.119 --> 00:33:04.799
 And as you

00:33:04.799 --> 00:33:05.359
 work out

00:33:05.359 --> 00:33:06.379
 salvation there,

00:33:06.599 --> 00:33:07.019
 you're to

00:33:07.019 --> 00:33:08.079
 hold out

00:33:08.079 --> 00:33:08.900
 the word

00:33:08.900 --> 00:33:09.619
 of life.

00:33:09.619 --> 00:33:11.099
 Verse 16.

00:33:11.440 --> 00:33:11.900
 In the

00:33:11.900 --> 00:33:12.859
 hostile world

00:33:12.859 --> 00:33:13.579
 of their

00:33:13.579 --> 00:33:14.000
 day,

00:33:14.500 --> 00:33:14.779
 they were

00:33:14.779 --> 00:33:15.279
 to make

00:33:15.279 --> 00:33:16.019
 the Lord

00:33:16.019 --> 00:33:16.639
 Jesus

00:33:16.639 --> 00:33:17.539
 Christ

00:33:17.539 --> 00:33:18.319
 known.

00:33:19.139 --> 00:33:19.960
 They were

00:33:19.960 --> 00:33:20.519
 to make

00:33:20.519 --> 00:33:21.460
 known that

00:33:21.460 --> 00:33:21.940
 which was

00:33:21.940 --> 00:33:22.519
 of first

00:33:22.519 --> 00:33:23.220
 importance,

00:33:23.400 --> 00:33:24.079
 that Christ

00:33:24.079 --> 00:33:26.019
 died according

00:33:26.019 --> 00:33:26.500
 to the

00:33:26.500 --> 00:33:26.859
 scriptures,

00:33:27.119 --> 00:33:27.700
 that he was

00:33:27.700 --> 00:33:28.059
 buried,

00:33:28.319 --> 00:33:28.920
 and that he

00:33:28.920 --> 00:33:29.759
 rose again

00:33:29.759 --> 00:33:30.700
 according to

00:33:30.700 --> 00:33:31.259
 the scriptures.

00:33:31.660 --> 00:33:32.099
 Live your

00:33:32.099 --> 00:33:32.559
 life,

00:33:33.759 --> 00:33:34.420
 not only in

00:33:34.420 --> 00:33:34.799
 what you

00:33:34.799 --> 00:33:35.480
 don't do,

00:33:35.720 --> 00:33:36.079
 but what

00:33:36.079 --> 00:33:36.619
 you do

00:33:36.619 --> 00:33:36.960
 do.

00:33:38.339 --> 00:33:39.000
 Let people

00:33:39.000 --> 00:33:41.740
 know that

00:33:41.740 --> 00:33:42.599
 your parable,

00:33:42.720 --> 00:33:43.019
 that you're

00:33:43.019 --> 00:33:43.639
 seeking to

00:33:43.639 --> 00:33:44.279
 live before

00:33:44.279 --> 00:33:44.720
 men,

00:33:45.740 --> 00:33:46.139
 let them

00:33:46.139 --> 00:33:46.559
 know the

00:33:46.559 --> 00:33:47.259
 meaning of

00:33:47.259 --> 00:33:47.539
 it.

00:33:48.139 --> 00:33:48.919
 Why I am

00:33:48.919 --> 00:33:49.559
 living like

00:33:49.559 --> 00:33:50.200
 this is

00:33:50.200 --> 00:33:50.659
 because I

00:33:50.659 --> 00:33:51.299
 belong to

00:33:51.299 --> 00:33:51.720
 the Lord

00:33:51.720 --> 00:33:52.639
 Jesus Christ.

00:33:54.379 --> 00:33:55.220
 I'm living

00:33:55.220 --> 00:33:55.940
 this way

00:33:55.940 --> 00:33:57.299
 because of

00:33:57.299 --> 00:33:57.940
 what Jesus

00:33:57.940 --> 00:33:58.700
 Christ did

00:33:58.700 --> 00:33:59.339
 for me upon

00:33:59.339 --> 00:33:59.980
 the cross

00:33:59.980 --> 00:34:00.799
 of Calvary.

00:34:01.180 --> 00:34:01.819
 I'm living

00:34:01.819 --> 00:34:02.539
 this life

00:34:02.539 --> 00:34:03.220
 because he

00:34:03.220 --> 00:34:04.039
 rose again

00:34:04.039 --> 00:34:04.680
 that I might

00:34:04.680 --> 00:34:05.600
 be justified.

00:34:06.360 --> 00:34:07.039
 I'm living

00:34:07.039 --> 00:34:07.820
 my life

00:34:07.820 --> 00:34:08.880
 to the

00:34:08.880 --> 00:34:10.099
 glory of

00:34:10.099 --> 00:34:10.539
 God

00:34:10.539 --> 00:34:11.320
 in a

00:34:11.320 --> 00:34:11.800
 hostile

00:34:11.800 --> 00:34:12.740
 world.

00:34:13.659 --> 00:34:14.200
 And in

00:34:14.200 --> 00:34:15.019
 this hostile

00:34:15.019 --> 00:34:15.720
 world,

00:34:16.440 --> 00:34:17.300
 I shine

00:34:17.300 --> 00:34:19.500
 as stars

00:34:19.500 --> 00:34:20.420
 in the

00:34:20.420 --> 00:34:20.740
 heavens.

00:34:21.200 --> 00:34:21.860
 I'm a

00:34:21.860 --> 00:34:22.720
 luminary

00:34:22.720 --> 00:34:24.740
 in a

00:34:24.740 --> 00:34:25.460
 dark

00:34:25.460 --> 00:34:25.980
 world.

00:34:27.180 --> 00:34:27.579
 In

00:34:27.579 --> 00:34:27.940
 Daniel

00:34:27.940 --> 00:34:29.059
 chapter 12

00:34:29.059 --> 00:34:30.220
 and verse

00:34:30.220 --> 00:34:30.559
 3,

00:34:31.099 --> 00:34:31.680
 we have

00:34:31.680 --> 00:34:32.680
 these words,

00:34:32.679 --> 00:34:34.359
 those who

00:34:34.359 --> 00:34:35.440
 are wise

00:34:35.440 --> 00:34:36.899
 will shine

00:34:36.899 --> 00:34:37.440
 like the

00:34:37.440 --> 00:34:37.919
 brightness

00:34:37.919 --> 00:34:38.480
 of the

00:34:38.480 --> 00:34:38.879
 heavens

00:34:38.879 --> 00:34:40.839
 and those

00:34:40.839 --> 00:34:41.480
 who lead

00:34:41.480 --> 00:34:42.199
 many to

00:34:42.199 --> 00:34:42.879
 righteousness

00:34:42.879 --> 00:34:44.359
 like the

00:34:44.359 --> 00:34:45.119
 stars

00:34:45.119 --> 00:34:46.419
 forever

00:34:46.419 --> 00:34:47.879
 and ever.

00:34:48.879 --> 00:34:49.399
 Oh,

00:34:49.500 --> 00:34:49.940
 that that

00:34:49.940 --> 00:34:50.539
 would be

00:34:50.539 --> 00:34:50.960
 our

00:34:50.960 --> 00:34:51.719
 testimony

00:34:51.719 --> 00:34:53.679
 in the

00:34:53.679 --> 00:34:54.199
 world in

00:34:54.199 --> 00:34:54.659
 which we

00:34:54.659 --> 00:34:55.759
 live in

00:34:55.759 --> 00:34:56.899
 Carragiline,

00:34:57.899 --> 00:34:59.099
 an exhortation

00:34:59.099 --> 00:34:59.539
 that was

00:34:59.539 --> 00:34:59.980
 delivered

00:34:59.980 --> 00:35:01.820
 in a

00:35:01.820 --> 00:35:02.219
 hostile

00:35:02.219 --> 00:35:02.840
 world.

00:35:04.719 --> 00:35:05.559
 The last

00:35:05.559 --> 00:35:05.980
 point,

00:35:07.619 --> 00:35:08.460
 it's an

00:35:08.460 --> 00:35:09.420
 exhortation

00:35:09.420 --> 00:35:11.840
 that can

00:35:11.840 --> 00:35:12.539
 be

00:35:12.539 --> 00:35:13.099
 worked

00:35:13.099 --> 00:35:13.619
 out.

00:35:14.699 --> 00:35:15.159
 I don't

00:35:15.159 --> 00:35:15.460
 know

00:35:15.460 --> 00:35:17.159
 if you

00:35:17.159 --> 00:35:18.019
 felt like me

00:35:18.019 --> 00:35:18.480
 as when I

00:35:18.480 --> 00:35:19.279
 was preparing

00:35:19.279 --> 00:35:20.259
 this message.

00:35:21.840 --> 00:35:22.840
 How can I

00:35:22.840 --> 00:35:23.340
 do it?

00:35:24.400 --> 00:35:25.219
 I might as

00:35:25.219 --> 00:35:25.659
 well give

00:35:25.659 --> 00:35:26.340
 up now.

00:35:26.340 --> 00:35:28.180
 it's

00:35:28.180 --> 00:35:28.660
 impossible

00:35:28.660 --> 00:35:29.260
 to live

00:35:29.260 --> 00:35:29.880
 like that.

00:35:30.000 --> 00:35:30.340
 I might

00:35:30.340 --> 00:35:30.660
 as well

00:35:30.660 --> 00:35:31.100
 give up.

00:35:31.160 --> 00:35:31.480
 I'll never

00:35:31.480 --> 00:35:32.100
 make it.

00:35:34.680 --> 00:35:35.280
 And I

00:35:35.280 --> 00:35:35.680
 would agree

00:35:35.680 --> 00:35:36.100
 with you

00:35:36.100 --> 00:35:36.480
 if it

00:35:36.480 --> 00:35:36.940
 wasn't

00:35:36.940 --> 00:35:37.260
 for

00:35:37.260 --> 00:35:37.640
 verse

00:35:37.640 --> 00:35:38.360
 13.

00:35:39.579 --> 00:35:39.880
 Work

00:35:39.880 --> 00:35:40.340
 out

00:35:40.340 --> 00:35:40.860
 your

00:35:40.860 --> 00:35:41.519
 salvation

00:35:41.519 --> 00:35:41.960
 with

00:35:41.960 --> 00:35:42.340
 fear

00:35:42.340 --> 00:35:42.680
 and

00:35:42.680 --> 00:35:43.120
 trembling

00:35:43.120 --> 00:35:45.260
 for it

00:35:45.260 --> 00:35:45.980
 is God

00:35:45.980 --> 00:35:47.320
 who works

00:35:47.320 --> 00:35:47.960
 in you

00:35:47.960 --> 00:35:48.720
 to will

00:35:48.720 --> 00:35:49.260
 and to

00:35:49.260 --> 00:35:49.800
 act

00:35:49.800 --> 00:35:50.960
 according

00:35:50.960 --> 00:35:51.900
 to his

00:35:51.900 --> 00:35:52.620
 good

00:35:52.620 --> 00:35:53.400
 purpose.

00:35:53.400 --> 00:35:56.579
 God

00:35:56.579 --> 00:35:58.740
 in his

00:35:58.740 --> 00:35:59.200
 grace

00:35:59.200 --> 00:36:00.200
 in his

00:36:00.200 --> 00:36:00.660
 mercy

00:36:00.660 --> 00:36:01.760
 in his

00:36:01.760 --> 00:36:02.240
 love

00:36:02.240 --> 00:36:04.180
 has revealed

00:36:04.180 --> 00:36:05.079
 his son

00:36:05.079 --> 00:36:06.079
 to you.

00:36:07.400 --> 00:36:08.039
 He's put

00:36:08.039 --> 00:36:08.660
 his Holy

00:36:08.660 --> 00:36:09.079
 Spirit

00:36:09.079 --> 00:36:09.920
 into your

00:36:09.920 --> 00:36:10.340
 life

00:36:10.340 --> 00:36:11.380
 through the

00:36:11.380 --> 00:36:11.800
 miracle

00:36:11.800 --> 00:36:12.619
 of the

00:36:12.619 --> 00:36:12.880
 new

00:36:12.880 --> 00:36:13.320
 birth.

00:36:14.539 --> 00:36:14.840
 Your

00:36:14.840 --> 00:36:15.820
 very body

00:36:15.820 --> 00:36:16.400
 as a

00:36:16.400 --> 00:36:16.820
 Christian

00:36:16.820 --> 00:36:17.660
 has become

00:36:17.660 --> 00:36:18.400
 the temple

00:36:18.400 --> 00:36:19.660
 of God's

00:36:19.660 --> 00:36:20.240
 Holy

00:36:20.240 --> 00:36:20.720
 Spirit.

00:36:21.860 --> 00:36:22.400
 We are

00:36:22.400 --> 00:36:23.039
 indwelled

00:36:23.039 --> 00:36:23.579
 by the

00:36:23.579 --> 00:36:24.059
 Spirit

00:36:24.059 --> 00:36:24.940
 of the

00:36:24.940 --> 00:36:25.380
 living

00:36:25.380 --> 00:36:25.940
 God.

00:36:26.420 --> 00:36:26.900
 And because

00:36:26.900 --> 00:36:28.219
 of this

00:36:28.219 --> 00:36:29.920
 power

00:36:29.920 --> 00:36:30.739
 that is

00:36:30.739 --> 00:36:31.400
 at work

00:36:31.400 --> 00:36:31.960
 within us

00:36:31.960 --> 00:36:32.880
 we are

00:36:32.880 --> 00:36:33.460
 enabled

00:36:33.460 --> 00:36:34.380
 to work

00:36:34.380 --> 00:36:34.699
 out

00:36:34.699 --> 00:36:35.219
 our

00:36:35.219 --> 00:36:35.739
 salvation

00:36:35.739 --> 00:36:36.519
 with

00:36:36.519 --> 00:36:36.960
 fear

00:36:36.960 --> 00:36:37.699
 and

00:36:37.699 --> 00:36:38.139
 trembling.

00:36:40.719 --> 00:36:41.579
 There's

00:36:41.579 --> 00:36:41.980
 an old

00:36:41.980 --> 00:36:42.360
 hymn

00:36:42.360 --> 00:36:43.179
 that says

00:36:43.179 --> 00:36:43.619
 this

00:36:43.619 --> 00:36:45.000
 every

00:36:45.000 --> 00:36:45.539
 virtue

00:36:45.539 --> 00:36:45.940
 we

00:36:45.940 --> 00:36:46.500
 possess

00:36:46.500 --> 00:36:47.820
 and

00:36:47.820 --> 00:36:48.199
 every

00:36:48.199 --> 00:36:48.840
 conquest

00:36:48.840 --> 00:36:49.460
 won

00:36:49.460 --> 00:36:50.300
 and

00:36:50.300 --> 00:36:50.679
 every

00:36:50.679 --> 00:36:51.300
 thought

00:36:51.300 --> 00:36:51.800
 of

00:36:51.800 --> 00:36:52.320
 holiness

00:36:52.320 --> 00:36:53.059
 is

00:36:53.059 --> 00:36:53.180
 our

00:36:53.180 --> 00:36:53.640
 his

00:36:53.640 --> 00:36:54.420
 alone.

00:36:55.200 --> 00:36:55.420
 He

00:36:55.420 --> 00:36:56.039
 has

00:36:56.039 --> 00:36:57.019
 worked

00:36:57.019 --> 00:36:58.420
 therefore

00:36:58.420 --> 00:36:59.420
 the

00:36:59.420 --> 00:37:00.059
 virtues

00:37:00.059 --> 00:37:00.820
 that I

00:37:00.820 --> 00:37:01.260
 have

00:37:01.260 --> 00:37:01.900
 in this

00:37:01.900 --> 00:37:02.380
 evil

00:37:02.380 --> 00:37:02.960
 world

00:37:02.960 --> 00:37:03.559
 is

00:37:03.559 --> 00:37:03.900
 because

00:37:03.900 --> 00:37:04.480
 of

00:37:04.480 --> 00:37:04.880
 him

00:37:04.880 --> 00:37:05.780
 and

00:37:05.780 --> 00:37:06.100
 every

00:37:06.100 --> 00:37:06.640
 victory

00:37:06.640 --> 00:37:07.039
 I'm

00:37:07.039 --> 00:37:07.320
 able

00:37:07.320 --> 00:37:07.559
 to

00:37:07.559 --> 00:37:08.100
 accomplish

00:37:08.100 --> 00:37:08.620
 is

00:37:08.620 --> 00:37:08.960
 because

00:37:08.960 --> 00:37:09.340
 of

00:37:09.340 --> 00:37:09.559
 his

00:37:09.559 --> 00:37:09.980
 work

00:37:09.980 --> 00:37:10.300
 in

00:37:10.300 --> 00:37:10.620
 me

00:37:10.620 --> 00:37:11.280
 and

00:37:11.280 --> 00:37:11.580
 every

00:37:11.580 --> 00:37:11.980
 thought

00:37:11.980 --> 00:37:12.320
 that I

00:37:12.320 --> 00:37:12.760
 have

00:37:12.760 --> 00:37:13.180
 the

00:37:13.180 --> 00:37:13.760
 desire

00:37:13.760 --> 00:37:14.280
 after

00:37:14.280 --> 00:37:14.519
 him

00:37:14.519 --> 00:37:14.860
 is

00:37:14.860 --> 00:37:15.260
 because

00:37:15.260 --> 00:37:15.700
 he

00:37:15.700 --> 00:37:16.039
 is

00:37:16.039 --> 00:37:16.240
 at

00:37:16.240 --> 00:37:16.720
 work

00:37:16.720 --> 00:37:17.000
 with

00:37:17.000 --> 00:37:17.320
 me

00:37:17.320 --> 00:37:17.680
 in

00:37:17.680 --> 00:37:17.960
 me.

00:37:17.960 --> 00:37:19.139
 I

00:37:19.139 --> 00:37:19.699
 can

00:37:19.699 --> 00:37:20.300
 continue

00:37:20.300 --> 00:37:20.579
 to

00:37:20.579 --> 00:37:20.920
 work

00:37:20.920 --> 00:37:21.199
 out

00:37:21.199 --> 00:37:21.480
 my

00:37:21.480 --> 00:37:22.159
 salvation

00:37:22.159 --> 00:37:22.800
 because

00:37:22.800 --> 00:37:23.380
 he

00:37:23.380 --> 00:37:23.880
 is

00:37:23.880 --> 00:37:24.099
 at

00:37:24.099 --> 00:37:24.440
 work

00:37:24.440 --> 00:37:24.880
 and

00:37:24.880 --> 00:37:25.099
 he

00:37:25.099 --> 00:37:25.340
 will

00:37:25.340 --> 00:37:25.619
 bring

00:37:25.619 --> 00:37:25.900
 that

00:37:25.900 --> 00:37:26.300
 work

00:37:26.300 --> 00:37:26.780
 to

00:37:26.780 --> 00:37:27.539
 completion.

00:37:28.760 --> 00:37:29.019
 I

00:37:29.019 --> 00:37:29.579
 can

00:37:29.579 --> 00:37:29.960
 live

00:37:29.960 --> 00:37:30.360
 to

00:37:30.360 --> 00:37:30.579
 the

00:37:30.579 --> 00:37:31.079
 glory

00:37:31.079 --> 00:37:31.519
 of

00:37:31.519 --> 00:37:32.000
 God.

00:37:32.480 --> 00:37:32.760
 I

00:37:32.760 --> 00:37:33.280
 can

00:37:33.280 --> 00:37:33.659
 be

00:37:33.659 --> 00:37:34.159
 committed

00:37:34.159 --> 00:37:34.720
 to

00:37:34.720 --> 00:37:35.099
 him

00:37:35.099 --> 00:37:35.440
 who

00:37:35.440 --> 00:37:36.019
 loved

00:37:36.019 --> 00:37:36.260
 me.

00:37:36.740 --> 00:37:37.000
 I

00:37:37.000 --> 00:37:37.480
 can

00:37:37.480 --> 00:37:37.900
 deal

00:37:37.900 --> 00:37:38.139
 with

00:37:38.139 --> 00:37:38.320
 the

00:37:38.320 --> 00:37:38.860
 real

00:37:38.860 --> 00:37:39.420
 issues

00:37:39.420 --> 00:37:39.699
 that

00:37:39.699 --> 00:37:39.900
 are

00:37:39.900 --> 00:37:40.360
 bothering

00:37:40.360 --> 00:37:40.679
 me

00:37:40.679 --> 00:37:41.119
 in

00:37:41.119 --> 00:37:41.380
 my

00:37:41.380 --> 00:37:41.699
 life.

00:37:41.760 --> 00:37:41.900
 They

00:37:41.900 --> 00:37:42.300
 can

00:37:42.300 --> 00:37:42.519
 be

00:37:42.519 --> 00:37:42.820
 dealt

00:37:42.820 --> 00:37:43.039
 with.

00:37:43.039 --> 00:37:43.440
 I

00:37:43.440 --> 00:37:43.860
 can

00:37:43.860 --> 00:37:44.259
 live

00:37:44.259 --> 00:37:44.619
 in

00:37:44.619 --> 00:37:44.800
 a

00:37:44.800 --> 00:37:45.219
 hostile

00:37:45.219 --> 00:37:45.800
 world

00:37:45.800 --> 00:37:46.199
 to

00:37:46.199 --> 00:37:46.400
 the

00:37:46.400 --> 00:37:46.779
 glory

00:37:46.779 --> 00:37:47.059
 of

00:37:47.059 --> 00:37:47.460
 God.

00:37:48.719 --> 00:37:49.420
 I

00:37:49.420 --> 00:37:49.639
 can

00:37:49.639 --> 00:37:49.900
 do

00:37:49.900 --> 00:37:50.259
 it

00:37:50.259 --> 00:37:51.880
 because

00:37:51.880 --> 00:37:52.139
 of

00:37:52.139 --> 00:37:52.440
 his

00:37:52.440 --> 00:37:52.980
 work

00:37:52.980 --> 00:37:54.139
 in

00:37:54.139 --> 00:37:55.019
 me.

00:37:56.219 --> 00:37:56.820
 It

00:37:56.820 --> 00:37:57.159
 wouldn't

00:37:57.159 --> 00:37:57.340
 be

00:37:57.340 --> 00:37:57.800
 possible

00:37:57.800 --> 00:37:58.159
 would

00:37:58.159 --> 00:37:58.440
 it

00:37:58.440 --> 00:37:59.779
 apart

00:37:59.779 --> 00:38:00.480
 from

00:38:00.480 --> 00:38:00.800
 that

00:38:00.800 --> 00:38:01.300
 work

00:38:01.300 --> 00:38:01.679
 in

00:38:01.679 --> 00:38:01.920
 me.

00:38:04.059 --> 00:38:04.699
 So

00:38:04.699 --> 00:38:06.219
 are

00:38:06.219 --> 00:38:06.380
 we

00:38:06.380 --> 00:38:06.559
 going

00:38:06.559 --> 00:38:06.779
 to

00:38:06.779 --> 00:38:07.099
 live

00:38:07.099 --> 00:38:07.440
 for

00:38:07.440 --> 00:38:07.619
 the

00:38:07.619 --> 00:38:08.019
 glory

00:38:08.019 --> 00:38:08.539
 of

00:38:08.539 --> 00:38:08.920
 God?

00:38:10.460 --> 00:38:10.820
 Will

00:38:10.820 --> 00:38:10.980
 we

00:38:10.980 --> 00:38:11.340
 be

00:38:11.340 --> 00:38:12.139
 a

00:38:12.139 --> 00:38:12.800
 rejoicing

00:38:12.800 --> 00:38:13.500
 church

00:38:13.500 --> 00:38:14.480
 because

00:38:14.480 --> 00:38:14.700
 I

00:38:14.700 --> 00:38:14.960
 believe

00:38:14.960 --> 00:38:15.320
 that's

00:38:15.320 --> 00:38:15.480
 how

00:38:15.480 --> 00:38:15.640
 the

00:38:15.640 --> 00:38:16.000
 apostle

00:38:16.000 --> 00:38:16.420
 Paul

00:38:16.420 --> 00:38:17.680
 brings

00:38:17.680 --> 00:38:18.160
 his

00:38:18.160 --> 00:38:19.080
 section

00:38:19.080 --> 00:38:19.740
 to

00:38:19.740 --> 00:38:20.080
 an

00:38:20.080 --> 00:38:20.420
 end.

00:38:20.880 --> 00:38:20.980
 He

00:38:20.980 --> 00:38:21.220
 says

00:38:21.220 --> 00:38:21.680
 even

00:38:21.680 --> 00:38:21.880
 if

00:38:21.880 --> 00:38:22.019
 I

00:38:22.019 --> 00:38:22.220
 am

00:38:22.220 --> 00:38:22.460
 being

00:38:22.460 --> 00:38:22.820
 poured

00:38:22.820 --> 00:38:23.100
 out

00:38:23.100 --> 00:38:23.380
 like

00:38:23.380 --> 00:38:23.539
 a

00:38:23.539 --> 00:38:23.820
 drink

00:38:23.820 --> 00:38:24.240
 offering

00:38:24.240 --> 00:38:24.500
 on

00:38:24.500 --> 00:38:24.700
 the

00:38:24.700 --> 00:38:25.400
 sacrifice

00:38:25.400 --> 00:38:25.640
 and

00:38:25.640 --> 00:38:26.039
 service

00:38:26.039 --> 00:38:26.380
 coming

00:38:26.380 --> 00:38:26.740
 from

00:38:26.740 --> 00:38:26.960
 your

00:38:26.960 --> 00:38:27.260
 faith

00:38:27.260 --> 00:38:27.640
 I

00:38:27.640 --> 00:38:27.800
 am

00:38:27.800 --> 00:38:28.280
 glad

00:38:28.280 --> 00:38:28.880
 and

00:38:28.880 --> 00:38:29.260
 rejoice

00:38:29.260 --> 00:38:29.560
 with

00:38:29.560 --> 00:38:29.980
 all

00:38:29.980 --> 00:38:30.140
 of

00:38:30.140 --> 00:38:30.400
 you

00:38:30.400 --> 00:38:31.340
 so

00:38:31.340 --> 00:38:31.620
 you

00:38:31.620 --> 00:38:31.920
 too

00:38:31.920 --> 00:38:32.200
 should

00:38:32.200 --> 00:38:32.360
 be

00:38:32.360 --> 00:38:32.780
 glad

00:38:32.780 --> 00:38:33.120
 and

00:38:33.120 --> 00:38:33.519
 rejoice

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 with

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 me.

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 The

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 apostle

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 as

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 he

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 sees

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 the

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 Philippians

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 living

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 to

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 the

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 glory

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 of

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 God

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 working

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 out

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 their

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 salvation

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 he

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 rejoices

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 he

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 hasn't

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 run

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 in

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 vain

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 the

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 Lord

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 has

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 blessed

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 his

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 ministry

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 and

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 he

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 sees

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 the

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 church

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 growing

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 and

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 becoming

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 stronger

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 and

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 living

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 to

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 the

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 glory

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 of

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 God

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 God

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 and

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 he

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 rejoices

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 and

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 the

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 church

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 rejoices

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 there's

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 nothing

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 sad

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 about

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 living

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 to

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 the

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 glory

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 of

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 God

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 may

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 the

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 Lord

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 enable

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 us

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 over

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 the

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 days

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 that

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 follow

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 and

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 the

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 years

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 however

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 many

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 they

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 may

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 be

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 if

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 life

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 be

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 short

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 or

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 if

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 life

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 be

00:39:21.940 --> 00:39:22.259
 long

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 may

00:39:23.659 --> 00:39:23.799
 I

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 be

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 glad

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 to

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 glorify

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 my

00:39:27.380 --> 00:39:27.840
 God

00:39:27.840 --> 00:39:29.260
 let's

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 pray

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 together

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 father

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 we

00:39:32.480 --> 00:39:32.940
 do

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 thank

00:39:33.280 --> 00:39:33.519
 you

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 that

00:39:34.300 --> 00:39:34.500
 you've

00:39:34.500 --> 00:39:34.700
 given

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 us

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 your

00:39:35.340 --> 00:39:35.700
 word

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 and

00:39:37.360 --> 00:39:37.500
 we

00:39:37.500 --> 00:39:37.740
 thank

00:39:37.740 --> 00:39:37.900
 you

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 father

00:39:38.220 --> 00:39:38.760
 that

00:39:38.760 --> 00:39:39.720
 by

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 your

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 enabling

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 we

00:39:41.119 --> 00:39:41.360
 are

00:39:41.360 --> 00:39:41.800
 enabled

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 to

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 live

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 our

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 lives

00:39:43.000 --> 00:39:43.300
 to

00:39:43.300 --> 00:39:43.460
 the

00:39:43.460 --> 00:39:43.760
 glory

00:39:43.760 --> 00:39:43.980
 of

00:39:43.980 --> 00:39:44.180
 your

00:39:44.180 --> 00:39:44.500
 name

00:39:44.500 --> 00:39:46.220
 help

00:39:46.220 --> 00:39:46.480
 us

00:39:46.480 --> 00:39:46.639
 for

00:39:46.639 --> 00:39:46.760
 the

00:39:46.760 --> 00:39:47.000
 rest

00:39:47.000 --> 00:39:47.180
 of

00:39:47.180 --> 00:39:47.420
 this

00:39:47.420 --> 00:39:47.720
 day

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 and

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 for

00:39:49.260 --> 00:39:49.500
 all

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 the

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 days

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 that

00:39:50.360 --> 00:39:50.700
 are

00:39:50.700 --> 00:39:51.340
 given

00:39:51.340 --> 00:39:51.599
 to

00:39:51.599 --> 00:39:51.960
 us

00:39:51.960 --> 00:39:52.220
 that

00:39:52.220 --> 00:39:52.420
 lie

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 ahead

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 whether

00:39:53.059 --> 00:39:53.340
 they

00:39:53.340 --> 00:39:53.579
 be

00:39:53.579 --> 00:39:53.960
 long

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 or

00:39:54.159 --> 00:39:54.359
 whether

00:39:54.359 --> 00:39:54.659
 they

00:39:54.659 --> 00:39:55.059
 be

00:39:55.059 --> 00:39:55.619
 short

00:39:55.619 --> 00:39:57.279
 may

00:39:57.279 --> 00:39:57.440
 we

00:39:57.440 --> 00:39:57.759
 lift

00:39:57.759 --> 00:39:58.099
 your

00:39:58.099 --> 00:39:58.659
 glory

00:39:58.659 --> 00:40:00.119
 by

00:40:00.119 --> 00:40:00.319
 the

00:40:00.319 --> 00:40:00.779
 power

00:40:00.779 --> 00:40:01.539
 of

00:40:01.539 --> 00:40:01.759
 your

00:40:01.759 --> 00:40:02.399
 spirit

00:40:02.399 --> 00:40:03.440
 in

00:40:03.440 --> 00:40:03.759
 Jesus

00:40:03.759 --> 00:40:04.219
 name

00:40:04.219 --> 00:40:05.759
 Amen