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 Well folks, great to see you this morning. Let me encourage you to have that passage in Ecclesiastes 5 open in front of you.

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 So important that we have God's Word open in front of us, so we can hear His voice as He speaks to us today.

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 And let me encourage you with those verses open to entertain a question as we begin.

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 I wonder how many, on average, right, I wonder how many words you reckon that you speak in a day.

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 Right? How many words on average do you reckon you speak in a day?

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 Just get that number in your head.

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 And here's what I want you to do for 10 seconds, this shouldn't take long.

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 Share that number with the person next to you.

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 Okay? Go for it. How many words on average do you speak in a day?

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 Okay, so, on average, the average person, I have no idea how they work this out.

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 I love to think it's somebody following somebody on average, and with only those wee clickers, I'm just clicking.

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 The average person speaks 10,000 words a day.

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 Anybody get close to that?

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 Some of us. So some of us will be on either side of that, because remember, this is an average.

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 But when you consider 10,000 words, that is a lot of words, isn't it?

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 And I remember when I was growing up, the BT advert that said, it is good to talk.

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 And we kind of embrace that, don't we, as human beings?

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 10,000 words a day.

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 We've got people in our lives who love to talk.

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 Okay, I'll give you an example of this.

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 I have a good friend, and I heard recently that the people he used to work with affectionately nicknamed him Duck Tape.

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 Okay?

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 Because after spending a little bit of time in his presence, they just wanted to Duck Tape his mouth.

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 Okay, affectionate. The guy's a legend. Okay? Affectionate.

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 But we all know people in our lives, don't we, that love to talk.

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 And if you can't think of people, then it's probably you, okay?

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 But this is our world, our human existence.

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 We speak on average 10,000 words a day.

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 A lot of words, isn't it?

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 Words, words, words, words, words, words, words.

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 Chat, chat, chat, chat, chat, chat, chat, chat, chat.

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 Opinion, opinion, opinion, opinion, opinion.

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 Debate, debate, debate, debate, debate.

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 Question, question, question, question, question.

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 Words, words, words, words, words, words, words, words.

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 And the thing about this passage today is that we're going to zoom in on a generation of God's people

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 who are being told to make their words few.

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 make their words for you

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 now here's Solomon

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 writing in this

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 book of Ecclesiastes

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 and here he is if you want to picture him

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 he's like a good grandpa

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 he's sitting down gathering his grandkids

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 saying to them this is what life

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 has taught me

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 and he's trying to

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 wrestle

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 and we've seen this in opening a couple of chapters of Ecclesiastes

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 he's kind of trying to wrestle some kind of purpose

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 out of the things of this

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 down here existence

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 he was telling us wasn't he

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 chapter 2 wisdom

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 and power and money

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 and opportunities and buildings

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 and stuff and sex

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 and relationships and what did he conclude

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 he concluded that it was all vanity

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 I don't have my candle

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 up here today but if I did

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 this is what he's talking about right the smoke that

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 comes out of a candle when you blow it

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 this is what he's concluding

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 about life

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 it's here today and gone tomorrow

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 it's fleeting

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 it's frustrating

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 it's temporary

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 every time that you think you've got life

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 tamed

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 that you've got life

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 sorted in a box

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 somehow it manages to spring out

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 and elude you

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 it's amazing actually

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 let me just say that

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 the amount of people have come up to me

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 over the last few weeks

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 and have said that what

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 Solomon is saying here about life

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 it's really connected with our modern day living

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 that this is what life is like

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 under the sun

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 in chapter 5

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 he kind of turns his thoughts to God

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 and he's not just thinking about

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 God

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 he's watching the people around about him

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 his generation of God's people

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 and he's

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 he's thinking about

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 how they are relating

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 and viewing

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 God

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 okay

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 so here is this

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 this man Solomon

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 and remember who he is

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 he was the guy that

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 that oversaw the building of the temple

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 this place

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 where God said

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 I

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 will be there

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 my presence will be there

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 and

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 and you can check this out afterwards

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 you get Solomon's prayer of dedication

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 in 2nd Chronicles chapter 6

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 and it

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 it begins with the words

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 words

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 Lord there is

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 there's no God like you in heaven on earth

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 even the highest heavens

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 cannot contain you

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 let alone

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 this

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 temple

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 that I have built

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 so Solomon is a guy

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 for all his faults

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 and he's a fascinating character

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 for all his faults

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 he is a man who understands

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 the greatness of the gods

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 who Israel worship

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 Yahweh

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 and he looks out on a generation of God's people

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 and he

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 knows

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 that their view of God

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 the Lord

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 is way too small

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 and their view of themselves

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 is way too big

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 and the thing is

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 it's

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 how does Solomon know that

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 well it's their words

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 words words words words words words words

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 they seem to be revealing

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 what's going on in their hearts

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 and what's going on in their hearts

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 is they have got a very shallow view

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 of the God that they are coming

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 to worship

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 and so when Solomon calls for fewer words

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 let your words be few

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 he's not calling for some kind of game of charades

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 right

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 it's not Christmas time

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 he's not saying reduce your word count

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 like you would do in an essay of your student

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 you look at the word count at the bottom right

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 what is it

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 he's not saying get it down

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 what he's calling for is a posture

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 when you come before

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 the God of the universe

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 this is about worship

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 and Solomon's calling God's people to embrace

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 and to enjoy

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 and to be transformed by

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 a glorious picture

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 of the matchless majesty

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 of the God that they come to worship

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 because there is none like him

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 in heaven and on earth

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 and there is no way that the highest heavens

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 could contain the glory of this God

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 let alone the temple that Solomon has built

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 and he wants that understanding

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 of this big view of who God is

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 to filter down

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 into every area of their lives

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 every area

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 not just when they come to do the religious things

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 every area of their lives

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 is to be saturated

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 with a big view of who this God is

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 so Solomon's going to say

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 and this is our two things for this morning

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 okay or this afternoon

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 two things to this generation

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 here's the first thing he's going to say

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 he's going to say

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 your worship is too casual

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 your words are too casual

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 so come with me to the text

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 and see what he writes at verse 1

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 he says

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 guard your steps

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 when you go

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 to the house of the Lord

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 you see it

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 guard your steps

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 when you go to the house of God

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 so he's picturing here

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 people who are making that pilgrimage

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 to the temple

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 the place where God dwells

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 in the holy of holies

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 the place for sacrifice

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 for sin is made

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 where it's atoned for

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 where God's word is taught

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 that people are told

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 how they should respond

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 to who this God is

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 how he wants them to live

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 where prayers are offered

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 this is the temple

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 and Solomon says

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 see when you go there

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 see when you walk there

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 you've got to watch how you walk

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 right

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 we do this all the time

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 you think about it in your life

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 you think

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 when was the last time

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 you watched how you walked

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 we went to St Andrew's Beach

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 with the girls last week

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 and we started walking

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 over the rocks

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 and there's

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 you've done this before

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 that you look out

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 there's seaweed everywhere

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 there's barnacles

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 which are going to

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 cut your feet

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 if you've got open feet

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 there's seagulls flying about

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 trying to get us

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 get the food that we've just eaten

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 there's rock pools everywhere

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 arguably not my smartest move

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 as a parent

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 to take the girls over the rocks

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 but tell you what

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 see when I knew that

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 that was there

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 I was watching how I was walking

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 so the two girls in my hat

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 I was watching how I was walking

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 I was watching how they were walking

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 and we do this in our lives

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 don't we

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 we watch how we walk

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 those moments

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 right

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 that you take your time over

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 you think about

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 each step

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 you're focused on what you're doing

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 and you're thinking about

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 where you need to be

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 and Solomon says

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 there's got to be exactly like that

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 when you come into God's presence

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 right

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 imagine for them

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 they're thinking to themselves

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 hey do you know what

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 en route to the temple

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 en route there

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 hey we can behave however we want

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 it doesn't matter

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 we can behave however we want

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 we can do whatever we want

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 and do you know what

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 when we get there

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 we'll kind of hit the switch

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 and we'll kind of go do this

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 kind of religious transformer thing

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 and we'll hit the God switch

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 and by the time we get into the temple

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 then we'll be

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 we'll just do it

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 we'll just do this religious thing

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 that we do

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 all the time

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 okay

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 we know the lingo

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 we know the right time

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 to say amen

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 we know the right time

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 to raise our hands

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 in worship

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 we know the right amount

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 to give

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 we know how to do

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 the religious things

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 we have got this temple deal

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 down to a T

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 we've got it sussed

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 and Solomon says

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 you see it in the text

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 he says

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 don't be a fool

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 you know

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 I remember when we were young

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 my brother and I

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 my mum used to take

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 my brother and I

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 for a yearly trip

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 to the orthodontist

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 and what used to happen

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 is every time we used to get there

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 Glasgow Dental School

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 there's a massive waiting room

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 and what she would do

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 we'd be sitting there

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 she would without fail

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 go into her handbag

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 and pull out two toothbrushes

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 and one of those little

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 miniature toothpaste

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 and she would hand them

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 to my brother and I

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 and she would say

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 would you go into that toilet

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 and would you brush

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 like crazy

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 okay

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 so we would go and do it

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 we'd go and brush

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 brush brush like crazy

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 gums would bleed

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 we would do it hard

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 and we would get into

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 the orthodontist room

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 and in my mind

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 I'm thinking to myself

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 do you know what

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 because I've brushed

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 like crazy

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 that's going to mask

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 over a whole year

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 of astro belts

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 and chocolate bars

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 and iron brew bars

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 and ice poles

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 that we have consumed

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 and I remember sitting there

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 genuinely being amazed

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 that every time

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 the guy in the chair

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 could see straight through it

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 think to myself

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 this guy is good

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 they must have trained

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 him well here

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 how has he seen

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 through this

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 I must brush

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 extra harder

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 next time I come

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 to the orthodontist

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 and Solomon's saying

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 exactly the same here

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 to this generation

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 when they come to deal

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 with God

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 because this generation

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 are treating God

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 like he is a gullible dentist

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 and what does he call that

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 do you see verse 1

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 he calls that

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 them coming to do

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 the religious things

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 he calls that

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 the sacrifice of fools

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 you see it

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 verse 2

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 he warns them

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 do not be rash

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 with your mouth

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 do not let your heart

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 and of course

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 this is where our words

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 come from isn't it

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 from our hearts

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 do not let your heart

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 utter a hasty word

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 why

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 well because second half

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 of verse 2

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 God is in heaven

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 and you're on earth

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 so what he's calling for here

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 is them to embrace

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 true wisdom

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 and true wisdom

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 recognizes that

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 there is a massive

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 distinction

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 between God

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 and us

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 right

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 God is infinite

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 he is infinite

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 we are finite

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 God is immortal

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 we are mortal

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 he is invisible

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 we are visible

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 God is spirit

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 and we are dust

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 we are flesh

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 God is almighty

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 and we are weak

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 God is all powerful

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 and we are not

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 God is all seeing

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 and we are not

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 God is holy

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 and we are sinful

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 God is pure

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 and we are impure

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 God is unchanging

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 and we change all

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 the time

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 and God is faithful

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 and we are unfaithful

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 and on and on

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 and on and on

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 and on and on

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 and on

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 we could go

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 Solomon says

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 true wisdom

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 recognizes

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 and

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 John Calvin used to say

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 this as well

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 about true wisdom

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 that it recognizes

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 who is the creator

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 and who is the creature

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 and the thing about

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 this generation

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 is that they have

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 forgotten

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 the God

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 who they come

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 to worship

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 they have forgotten

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 who he is

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 and they have forgotten

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 in light of that

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 they have forgotten

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 who they are

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 and they come in

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 with their empty

00:13:04.000 --> 00:13:04.560
 platitudes

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 they go through

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 religious motions

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 and Solomon

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 pleads with them

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 to draw near to God

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 and you see in the text

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 he pleads with them

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 to listen

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 and learn

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 from this God

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 now the word

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 listen there

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 the Hebrew

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 it's not this idea

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 of just listening

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 it is hearing and doing

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 hearing and doing

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 right

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 we see this in the New Testament

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 as well

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 James talks about it

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 all the time

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 true faith

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 hearing

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 doing

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 don't just be a listener

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 be a doer

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 hear and do

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 so he wants them

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 to adopt a posture

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 that says

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 Lord it's your truth

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 it is your word

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 that I need

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 in my life

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 as I see it

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 and as I hear it

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 in the temple

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 and by faith

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 as I take hold

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 of what you have said

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 I recognise

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 that I so desperately

00:13:50.199 --> 00:13:51.120
 need that word

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 in my life

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 friends let me just ask you

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 when was the last time

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 you thought that

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 in your own heart

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 I find myself

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 daily in this place

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 of Lord I just need

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 your word

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 I just need

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 your word

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 I just need it

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 in my life

00:14:05.399 --> 00:14:06.639
 I'm losing it

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 I just need your word

00:14:07.899 --> 00:14:09.279
 in my life

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 it's your word

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 that what does the

00:14:10.639 --> 00:14:11.159
 psalmist say

00:14:11.159 --> 00:14:12.460
 in Psalm 119

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 that your word

00:14:13.799 --> 00:14:14.419
 is a lamp

00:14:14.419 --> 00:14:15.199
 into my feet

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 and it's a light

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 into my path

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 it's one of the things

00:14:20.879 --> 00:14:21.519
 that we hear

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 one of the phrases

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 that you will hear

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 people in Scotland

00:14:23.759 --> 00:14:24.799
 say at this time of year

00:14:24.799 --> 00:14:27.460
 what is it people say

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 what are the knights doing

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 they're fair drawn in

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 if you're

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 guessed here

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 that's a Scottish phrase

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 it basically means

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 it's getting dark

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 the knights are fair

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 drawn in

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 and one of the things

00:14:39.340 --> 00:14:40.040
 that you will see

00:14:40.040 --> 00:14:40.980
 is when you go

00:14:40.980 --> 00:14:41.540
 into the streets

00:14:41.540 --> 00:14:42.019
 you will notice

00:14:42.019 --> 00:14:43.040
 a lot more cars

00:14:43.040 --> 00:14:44.019
 with their lights on

00:14:44.019 --> 00:14:46.100
 we were coming home

00:14:46.100 --> 00:14:46.480
 last night

00:14:46.480 --> 00:14:47.259
 from Dalkeith

00:14:47.259 --> 00:14:48.540
 we needed our lights

00:14:48.540 --> 00:14:49.480
 it was pitch black

00:14:49.480 --> 00:14:49.860
 out there

00:14:49.860 --> 00:14:51.740
 we need our lights

00:14:51.740 --> 00:14:52.720
 you'll know this

00:14:52.720 --> 00:14:53.100
 if you're driving

00:14:53.100 --> 00:14:54.019
 you need your lights

00:14:54.019 --> 00:14:54.780
 this is what

00:14:54.780 --> 00:14:55.840
 the psalmist is saying

00:14:55.840 --> 00:14:58.060
 I need your light

00:14:58.059 --> 00:14:59.939
 I need it for my path

00:14:59.939 --> 00:15:02.279
 and he's calling

00:15:02.279 --> 00:15:03.319
 himself

00:15:03.319 --> 00:15:04.419
 Psalm 119

00:15:04.419 --> 00:15:05.519
 he's calling God's generation

00:15:05.519 --> 00:15:06.619
 he's calling the whole world

00:15:06.619 --> 00:15:07.579
 to see friends

00:15:07.579 --> 00:15:08.279
 that the only light

00:15:08.279 --> 00:15:08.719
 in this world

00:15:08.719 --> 00:15:09.759
 is God's word

00:15:09.759 --> 00:15:10.939
 we need his light

00:15:10.939 --> 00:15:12.259
 in our lives

00:15:12.259 --> 00:15:12.839
 I need your word

00:15:12.839 --> 00:15:13.819
 to show me the way

00:15:13.819 --> 00:15:15.279
 I need it to help me

00:15:15.279 --> 00:15:15.739
 understand

00:15:15.739 --> 00:15:17.139
 and I come

00:15:17.139 --> 00:15:18.819
 to your word

00:15:18.819 --> 00:15:19.739
 these people

00:15:19.739 --> 00:15:20.659
 come into the temple

00:15:20.659 --> 00:15:21.859
 not to play games

00:15:21.859 --> 00:15:22.879
 they come here

00:15:22.879 --> 00:15:23.659
 on their knees

00:15:23.659 --> 00:15:24.679
 waving the white flag

00:15:24.679 --> 00:15:25.119
 of surrender

00:15:25.119 --> 00:15:25.659
 that says Lord

00:15:25.659 --> 00:15:26.399
 I need your word

00:15:26.399 --> 00:15:27.000
 in my life

00:15:27.000 --> 00:15:27.700
 I am lost

00:15:27.700 --> 00:15:28.299
 without it

00:15:28.299 --> 00:15:30.120
 this is what

00:15:30.120 --> 00:15:31.039
 he's calling for

00:15:31.039 --> 00:15:32.299
 from this generation

00:15:32.299 --> 00:15:33.259
 because their worship

00:15:33.259 --> 00:15:35.179
 is way too casual

00:15:35.179 --> 00:15:37.960
 and the second thing

00:15:37.960 --> 00:15:38.340
 he says

00:15:38.340 --> 00:15:39.019
 is that your worship

00:15:39.019 --> 00:15:39.899
 is way too cheap

00:15:39.899 --> 00:15:40.879
 verses 4 to 7

00:15:40.879 --> 00:15:42.759
 okay

00:15:42.759 --> 00:15:43.240
 and these people

00:15:43.240 --> 00:15:44.100
 are walking in there

00:15:44.100 --> 00:15:44.840
 and you'll see this

00:15:44.840 --> 00:15:46.120
 in the text

00:15:46.120 --> 00:15:46.940
 just scan your eyes

00:15:46.940 --> 00:15:47.320
 over it

00:15:47.320 --> 00:15:48.000
 4 to 7

00:15:48.000 --> 00:15:49.019
 but they walk in there

00:15:49.019 --> 00:15:49.620
 and they make

00:15:49.620 --> 00:15:50.720
 big vows to God

00:15:50.720 --> 00:15:51.700
 right

00:15:51.700 --> 00:15:52.919
 they promise

00:15:52.919 --> 00:15:53.620
 that they are going

00:15:53.620 --> 00:15:54.519
 to do a lot

00:15:54.519 --> 00:15:55.379
 for him

00:15:55.379 --> 00:15:56.700
 they pledge themselves

00:15:56.700 --> 00:15:57.799
 to big

00:15:57.799 --> 00:15:58.840
 big things

00:15:58.840 --> 00:16:00.039
 they make big statements

00:16:00.039 --> 00:16:01.139
 about what they will do

00:16:01.139 --> 00:16:01.639
 from God

00:16:01.639 --> 00:16:02.720
 but the thing is to see

00:16:02.720 --> 00:16:04.120
 that when the time comes

00:16:04.120 --> 00:16:06.799
 to make good on that word

00:16:06.799 --> 00:16:08.779
 they are nowhere

00:16:08.779 --> 00:16:11.240
 do you see what they say

00:16:11.240 --> 00:16:14.320
 there must be some sort of mistake

00:16:14.320 --> 00:16:15.439
 that's the word in the passage

00:16:15.439 --> 00:16:15.799
 isn't it

00:16:15.799 --> 00:16:16.480
 imagine this was

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 imagine this is a bit like

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 I don't know if you have this

00:16:19.320 --> 00:16:20.120
 in your workplaces

00:16:20.120 --> 00:16:20.720
 but I remember

00:16:20.720 --> 00:16:21.620
 every so often

00:16:21.620 --> 00:16:22.360
 there just used to be

00:16:22.360 --> 00:16:23.840
 a bed of paper on my desk

00:16:23.840 --> 00:16:24.560
 and it used to come around

00:16:24.560 --> 00:16:25.100
 quite often

00:16:25.100 --> 00:16:25.519
 and it said

00:16:25.519 --> 00:16:26.280
 sponsor me

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 right

00:16:27.259 --> 00:16:27.759
 you get those

00:16:27.759 --> 00:16:28.139
 like

00:16:28.139 --> 00:16:29.820
 the guy in your workplace

00:16:29.820 --> 00:16:31.220
 is doing a 10k for charity

00:16:31.220 --> 00:16:32.780
 and he's looking for sponsorship money

00:16:32.780 --> 00:16:33.259
 and it comes around

00:16:33.259 --> 00:16:33.840
 and you fill it in

00:16:33.840 --> 00:16:35.840
 imagine it's a bit like this

00:16:35.840 --> 00:16:36.139
 okay

00:16:36.139 --> 00:16:38.980
 they're sitting there

00:16:38.980 --> 00:16:40.240
 imagine you sit there

00:16:40.240 --> 00:16:41.519
 and you scribble down your name

00:16:41.519 --> 00:16:42.300
 and you write your

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 write the amount next to your name

00:16:44.300 --> 00:16:45.120
 and you say it loud

00:16:45.120 --> 00:16:46.160
 so everybody can hear it

00:16:46.160 --> 00:16:48.900
 600 pounds

00:16:48.900 --> 00:16:49.600
 right

00:16:49.600 --> 00:16:50.519
 and you score your name

00:16:50.519 --> 00:16:50.900
 and you make sure

00:16:50.900 --> 00:16:51.700
 everybody says it

00:16:51.700 --> 00:16:52.220
 you think oof

00:16:52.220 --> 00:16:52.640
 wow

00:16:52.640 --> 00:16:54.060
 that's a generous

00:16:54.060 --> 00:16:54.900
 generous vow

00:16:54.900 --> 00:16:57.580
 but imagine the time

00:16:57.580 --> 00:16:58.200
 comes to pay

00:16:58.200 --> 00:17:00.220
 and the sheet comes in

00:17:00.220 --> 00:17:00.879
 it's time to pay

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 and you say

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 is that really

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 is that really my signature

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 that G looks way too small

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 600 pounds

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 see if you notice

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 where the decimal is on that

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 it's actually next to the 6

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 it's actually that 6 pounds

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 okay

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 you can imagine the kind of thing

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 this is what's going on here

00:17:15.940 --> 00:17:16.720
 with this generation

00:17:16.720 --> 00:17:17.600
 verse 6

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 see when the time comes

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 they make good

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 on the promises

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 that they make

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 to God

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 they say

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 there must be

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 some sort of mistake

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 right

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 it doesn't sound like me

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 I think you must have

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 got the wrong guy

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 that's

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 this doesn't sound like me

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 that's this generation

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 again think about it

00:17:34.079 --> 00:17:34.680
 what's going on

00:17:34.680 --> 00:17:35.640
 behind these words

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 what's going on

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 is that they

00:17:37.819 --> 00:17:39.079
 have got a faulty view

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 of who this God is

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 they are taking

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 God

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 and they are reducing

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 him

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 to how we human beings

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 operate

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 think about it

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 they're failing to see him

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 as the God of all grace

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 and they are reducing him

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 to our way of thinking

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 that says that God

00:17:55.799 --> 00:17:56.460
 must operate

00:17:56.460 --> 00:17:57.779
 in a tit for tat basis

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 right

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 I scratch his back

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 he scratches my back

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 that's what must

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 kind of happen here

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 and they're using God

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 as a way of looking good

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 in other people's eyes

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 and that's what

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 they're concerned about

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 they're not concerned

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 about looking good

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 in the eyes of others

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 so this generation

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 are known for making

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 big promises

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 but not following through

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 on those promises

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 and the thing is

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 before we quickly

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 let ourselves

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 off the hook here

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 friends how often

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 do we make

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 and say big things

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 about what we will do

00:18:31.920 --> 00:18:32.420
 for God

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 and we never

00:18:34.059 --> 00:18:34.600
 follow through

00:18:34.600 --> 00:18:34.940
 in it

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 we have no intention

00:18:36.000 --> 00:18:36.620
 of following through

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 in it

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 think about the thing

00:18:37.600 --> 00:18:38.340
 another way of thinking

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 about it

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 think about some

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 of the things

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 that we sing

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 that we will do

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 for God

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 let me just

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 encourage us

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 to think about

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 the lyrics

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 that we sing

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 in some of the songs

00:18:49.779 --> 00:18:50.279
 what are some

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 of the things

00:18:50.759 --> 00:18:51.399
 that we are saying

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 to God

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 this is not casual

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 what we are saying

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 this is the God

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 of the universe

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 that we're dealing

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 with here

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 Solomon says

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 your words

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 are way too cheap

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 do you know

00:19:03.799 --> 00:19:04.319
 how God feels

00:19:04.319 --> 00:19:04.740
 about that

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 see what he says

00:19:05.460 --> 00:19:06.119
 verse 6

00:19:06.119 --> 00:19:07.359
 why should God

00:19:07.359 --> 00:19:07.899
 be angry

00:19:07.899 --> 00:19:08.859
 at your voice

00:19:08.859 --> 00:19:10.799
 why should he

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 destroy the works

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 of your hands

00:19:13.539 --> 00:19:15.799
 God takes this stuff

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 seriously

00:19:16.299 --> 00:19:20.399
 because if that's

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 what you do

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 and says Solomon

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 verse 5

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 it's actually better

00:19:22.659 --> 00:19:24.059
 that you don't

00:19:24.059 --> 00:19:24.319
 vow

00:19:24.319 --> 00:19:25.479
 and your mouth

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 doesn't lead you

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 into sin

00:19:26.819 --> 00:19:29.379
 so Solomon

00:19:29.379 --> 00:19:29.739
 looks out

00:19:29.739 --> 00:19:30.500
 on this generation

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 and he says

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 two things

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 about their

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 worship

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 as it's revealed

00:19:35.179 --> 00:19:35.619
 in their words

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 words

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 words

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 words

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 he says

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 firstly

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 it's way too

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 casual

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 and secondly

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 it's way too

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 cheap

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 they're complacent

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 in their worship

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 but what does

00:19:47.940 --> 00:19:48.519
 Solomon want

00:19:48.519 --> 00:19:48.940
 to replace

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 what does he want

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 to replace

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 that complacency

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 right

00:19:53.359 --> 00:19:54.399
 see this word

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 at verse 7

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 what does he want

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 there to be

00:19:59.039 --> 00:19:59.720
 in the hearts

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 of God's people

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 verse 7

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 it's the word

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 fear

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 do you see it

00:20:02.619 --> 00:20:04.099
 fear

00:20:04.099 --> 00:20:05.960
 this word

00:20:05.960 --> 00:20:06.259
 this word

00:20:06.259 --> 00:20:06.880
 that describes

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 the disposition

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 of the hearts

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 of all those

00:20:09.220 --> 00:20:10.120
 who understand

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 and who have

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 responded rightly

00:20:12.440 --> 00:20:13.079
 to who the

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 Lord is

00:20:14.539 --> 00:20:16.019
 now this word

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 fear

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 it's kind of like

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 a Russian doll

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 kind of word

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 right

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 there's lots of

00:20:18.819 --> 00:20:19.700
 words inside it

00:20:19.700 --> 00:20:20.100
 which kind of

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 capture what it

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 means

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 words like

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 awe

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 okay

00:20:25.859 --> 00:20:26.559
 just standing

00:20:26.559 --> 00:20:26.980
 in awe

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 of who God

00:20:27.459 --> 00:20:27.659
 is

00:20:27.659 --> 00:20:27.939
 you think

00:20:27.939 --> 00:20:28.759
 of Isaiah 6

00:20:28.759 --> 00:20:29.339
 what Isaiah

00:20:29.339 --> 00:20:29.599
 did

00:20:29.599 --> 00:20:30.079
 is he came

00:20:30.079 --> 00:20:30.519
 before the

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 Lord

00:20:30.779 --> 00:20:31.199
 he wasn't

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 aware of his

00:20:31.759 --> 00:20:32.219
 smallness

00:20:32.219 --> 00:20:32.559
 he was aware

00:20:32.559 --> 00:20:32.819
 of his

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 sinfulness

00:20:33.359 --> 00:20:34.159
 and like

00:20:34.159 --> 00:20:34.759
 a holy

00:20:34.759 --> 00:20:35.199
 God

00:20:35.199 --> 00:20:35.939
 awe

00:20:35.939 --> 00:20:38.299
 and reverence

00:20:38.299 --> 00:20:40.539
 and devotion

00:20:40.539 --> 00:20:43.059
 and adoration

00:20:43.059 --> 00:20:43.799
 we just love

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 the Lord

00:20:44.219 --> 00:20:45.099
 for who he is

00:20:45.099 --> 00:20:47.000
 and dedication

00:20:47.000 --> 00:20:48.900
 we want to

00:20:48.900 --> 00:20:49.420
 follow his

00:20:49.420 --> 00:20:49.859
 statutes

00:20:49.859 --> 00:20:50.180
 and his

00:20:50.180 --> 00:20:50.440
 ways

00:20:50.440 --> 00:20:51.700
 and obedience

00:20:51.700 --> 00:20:53.140
 awe

00:20:53.140 --> 00:20:53.599
 humility

00:20:53.599 --> 00:20:54.059
 reverence

00:20:54.059 --> 00:20:54.519
 devotion

00:20:54.519 --> 00:20:55.119
 adoration

00:20:55.119 --> 00:20:55.740
 dedication

00:20:55.740 --> 00:20:56.339
 and obedience

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 I love how

00:20:57.519 --> 00:20:58.200
 C.S. Lewis

00:20:58.200 --> 00:20:59.740
 have you ever read

00:20:59.740 --> 00:21:00.220
 C.S. Lewis

00:21:00.220 --> 00:21:00.619
 some of his

00:21:00.619 --> 00:21:01.180
 Narnia stuff

00:21:01.180 --> 00:21:01.599
 he's got a

00:21:01.599 --> 00:21:02.319
 wonderful way

00:21:02.319 --> 00:21:02.880
 of capturing

00:21:02.880 --> 00:21:03.460
 truths

00:21:03.460 --> 00:21:05.140
 have you ever

00:21:05.140 --> 00:21:07.720
 read how

00:21:07.720 --> 00:21:08.480
 Aslan's

00:21:08.480 --> 00:21:09.279
 described there

00:21:09.279 --> 00:21:09.900
 you see it

00:21:09.900 --> 00:21:10.220
 says it

00:21:10.220 --> 00:21:11.119
 is it Lucy

00:21:11.119 --> 00:21:11.519
 and Mr.

00:21:11.619 --> 00:21:11.940
 Tumnus

00:21:11.940 --> 00:21:12.119
 who are

00:21:12.119 --> 00:21:13.019
 describing Aslan

00:21:13.019 --> 00:21:14.619
 what do they

00:21:14.619 --> 00:21:15.259
 say to

00:21:15.259 --> 00:21:16.039
 describe Aslan

00:21:16.039 --> 00:21:16.599
 safe

00:21:16.599 --> 00:21:17.779
 who said

00:21:17.779 --> 00:21:18.259
 anything

00:21:18.259 --> 00:21:19.159
 about safe

00:21:19.159 --> 00:21:21.319
 but he is

00:21:21.319 --> 00:21:21.659
 good

00:21:21.659 --> 00:21:24.859
 to fear

00:21:24.859 --> 00:21:25.379
 the Lord

00:21:25.379 --> 00:21:26.919
 is to

00:21:26.919 --> 00:21:27.359
 know who

00:21:27.359 --> 00:21:28.019
 he is

00:21:28.019 --> 00:21:29.159
 and to

00:21:29.159 --> 00:21:29.740
 respond

00:21:29.740 --> 00:21:30.339
 rightly

00:21:30.339 --> 00:21:31.459
 to who

00:21:31.459 --> 00:21:31.899
 he is

00:21:31.899 --> 00:21:32.279
 that is

00:21:32.279 --> 00:21:32.879
 the heart

00:21:32.879 --> 00:21:33.119
 of the

00:21:33.119 --> 00:21:33.740
 true worshipper

00:21:33.740 --> 00:21:34.480
 filled with

00:21:34.480 --> 00:21:34.879
 fear

00:21:34.879 --> 00:21:35.859
 of the

00:21:35.859 --> 00:21:36.139
 Lord

00:21:36.139 --> 00:21:37.819
 so Solomon

00:21:37.819 --> 00:21:38.259
 says to

00:21:38.259 --> 00:21:38.480
 this

00:21:38.480 --> 00:21:39.119
 generation

00:21:39.119 --> 00:21:40.859
 make your

00:21:40.859 --> 00:21:41.299
 words for

00:21:41.299 --> 00:21:41.559
 you

00:21:41.559 --> 00:21:44.159
 make your

00:21:44.159 --> 00:21:44.559
 words for

00:21:44.559 --> 00:21:44.779
 you

00:21:44.779 --> 00:21:47.019
 and of

00:21:47.019 --> 00:21:47.180
 course

00:21:47.180 --> 00:21:47.399
 friends

00:21:47.399 --> 00:21:47.700
 right at

00:21:47.700 --> 00:21:47.940
 the heart

00:21:47.940 --> 00:21:48.139
 of the

00:21:48.139 --> 00:21:48.420
 Christian

00:21:48.420 --> 00:21:48.960
 faith

00:21:48.960 --> 00:21:51.379
 is the

00:21:51.379 --> 00:21:52.000
 true king

00:21:52.000 --> 00:21:53.500
 who made

00:21:53.500 --> 00:21:53.940
 his words

00:21:53.940 --> 00:21:54.920
 for you

00:21:54.920 --> 00:21:58.099
 what I do

00:21:58.099 --> 00:21:58.579
 is every

00:21:58.579 --> 00:21:59.079
 year I

00:21:59.079 --> 00:21:59.420
 try and

00:21:59.420 --> 00:21:59.839
 have a

00:21:59.839 --> 00:22:01.299
 take a

00:22:01.299 --> 00:22:01.740
 new bible

00:22:01.740 --> 00:22:03.519
 I make

00:22:03.519 --> 00:22:03.799
 that my

00:22:03.799 --> 00:22:04.319
 bible for

00:22:04.319 --> 00:22:04.720
 the year

00:22:04.720 --> 00:22:05.000
 read it

00:22:05.000 --> 00:22:05.099
 in my

00:22:05.099 --> 00:22:05.500
 own quiet

00:22:05.500 --> 00:22:05.759
 times

00:22:05.759 --> 00:22:06.099
 take it

00:22:06.099 --> 00:22:06.359
 with me

00:22:06.359 --> 00:22:06.720
 on visits

00:22:06.720 --> 00:22:07.259
 just got

00:22:07.259 --> 00:22:07.759
 God's

00:22:07.759 --> 00:22:08.000
 word

00:22:08.000 --> 00:22:09.240
 fresh

00:22:09.240 --> 00:22:09.740
 every year

00:22:09.740 --> 00:22:09.899
 right

00:22:09.899 --> 00:22:10.240
 so this

00:22:10.240 --> 00:22:10.559
 year I've

00:22:10.559 --> 00:22:10.859
 got one

00:22:10.859 --> 00:22:11.180
 of these

00:22:11.180 --> 00:22:11.879
 red letter

00:22:11.880 --> 00:22:12.340
 bibles

00:22:12.340 --> 00:22:12.640
 I don't

00:22:12.640 --> 00:22:12.700
 know if

00:22:12.700 --> 00:22:12.800
 you've

00:22:12.800 --> 00:22:13.120
 ever had

00:22:13.120 --> 00:22:13.320
 one of

00:22:13.320 --> 00:22:13.420
 these

00:22:13.420 --> 00:22:13.720
 red

00:22:13.720 --> 00:22:14.080
 letter

00:22:14.080 --> 00:22:14.420
 bibles

00:22:14.420 --> 00:22:15.240
 can't

00:22:15.240 --> 00:22:15.340
 seem

00:22:15.340 --> 00:22:15.460
 the

00:22:15.460 --> 00:22:15.680
 biggest

00:22:15.680 --> 00:22:15.940
 fan

00:22:15.940 --> 00:22:16.100
 because

00:22:16.100 --> 00:22:16.220
 the

00:22:16.220 --> 00:22:16.380
 whole

00:22:16.380 --> 00:22:16.600
 thing

00:22:16.600 --> 00:22:17.060
 should

00:22:17.060 --> 00:22:17.220
 be

00:22:17.220 --> 00:22:17.340
 in

00:22:17.340 --> 00:22:17.560
 red

00:22:17.560 --> 00:22:17.760
 but

00:22:17.760 --> 00:22:18.300
 you get

00:22:18.300 --> 00:22:18.420
 the

00:22:18.420 --> 00:22:18.660
 picture

00:22:18.660 --> 00:22:18.880
 right

00:22:18.880 --> 00:22:19.180
 the words

00:22:19.180 --> 00:22:19.320
 of

00:22:19.320 --> 00:22:19.600
 Jesus

00:22:19.600 --> 00:22:19.980
 are in

00:22:19.980 --> 00:22:20.280
 red

00:22:20.280 --> 00:22:21.680
 so what

00:22:21.680 --> 00:22:22.060
 happens

00:22:22.060 --> 00:22:22.260
 is

00:22:22.260 --> 00:22:22.640
 I was

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 reading

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 recently

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 reading

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 Mark

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 15

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 if you've

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 got a

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 red

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 letter

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 bible

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 you can

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 turn it

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 up

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 if not

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 you can

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 check

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 it

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 out

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 in

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 your

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 time

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 later

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 Mark

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 15

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 and all

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 the way

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 up

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 until

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 Mark

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 15

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 friends

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 there

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 is

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 red

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 letters

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 all

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 over

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 in

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 other

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 words

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 Jesus

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 is

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 speaking

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 a

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 lot

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 right

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 and then

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 you get

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 to

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 Mark

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 15

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 and the

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 red

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 just

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 stops

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 it

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 just

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 stops

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 okay

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 you get

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 Mark

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 15

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 Jesus

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 speaks

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 as he

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 responds

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 to

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 Pilate

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 Pilate

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 asks him

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 are you

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 the king

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 of the

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 Jews

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 Jesus

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 says

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 three

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 words

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 you

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 said

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 so

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 and

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 then

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 you read

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 of Jesus

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 trial

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 you read

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 of his

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 mocking

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 you read

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 of his

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 walk

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 to the

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 cross

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 you read

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 of his

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 crucifixion

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 and the

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 next

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 words

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 you get

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 in red

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 are those

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 words

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 that Jesus

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 cries out

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 from the

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 cross

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 my God

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 my God

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 quoting

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 Psalm

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 22

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 why have

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 you

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 forsaken

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 me

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 right

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 in other

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 words

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 Mark

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 15

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 is a

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 chapter

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 where Jesus

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 says

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 virtually

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 nothing

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 why

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 can't

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 God

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 his

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 tongue

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 nervous

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 what's

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 going

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 on

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 stage

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 fright

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 no

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 it's

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 Mark's

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 way of

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 showing

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 his

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 readers

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 that

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 Jesus

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 remember

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 who

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 he

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 is

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 the

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 one

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 who

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 was

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 receiving

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 all

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 praise

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 in

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 heaven

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 left

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 it

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 to

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 come

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 to

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 earth

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 in

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 our

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 flesh

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 it's

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 Mark's

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 way of

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 saying

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 that

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 he

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 was

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 completely

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 submitted

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 completely

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 focused

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 on

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 carrying

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 out

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 his

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 father's

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 will

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 of

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 reconciling

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 lost

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 and

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 sinful

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 men

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 and

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 women

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 to

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 himself

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 how

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 was

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 he

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 going

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 to

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 do

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 it

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 he

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 was

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 going

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 to

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 do

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 it

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 through

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 his

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 death

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 on

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 cross

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 what a

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 word

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 his

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 blood

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 speaks

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 to

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 all

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 those

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 who

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 would

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 trust

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 him

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 for

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 the

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 forgiveness

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 of

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 sins

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 what

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 a

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 word

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 over

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 our

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 lives

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 his

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 blood

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 speaks

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 because

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 our

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 sin

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 had

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 spoken

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 words

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 over

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 us

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 like

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 guilty

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 deserving

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 of

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 wrath

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 and

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 condemned

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 and

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 Jesus

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 his

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 blood

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 speaks

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 words

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 over

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 our

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 lives

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 of

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 forgiveness

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 and

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 of

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 grace

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 and of

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 righteousness

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 and of

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 life

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 the

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 king

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 who

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 made

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 his

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 words

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 few

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 and

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 yet

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 what

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 a

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 word

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 friends

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 if we

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 want to

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 know

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 thinking

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 about

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 what

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 to do

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 with

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 the

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 fear

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 of

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 the

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 Lord

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 if you

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 want

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 to

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 know

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 what

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 that

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 looks

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 like

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 fully

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 perfectly

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 in a

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 life

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 of a

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 human

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 being

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 we

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 look

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 no

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 further

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 than

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 to

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 the

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 life

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 of

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 Jesus

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 if

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 you

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 want

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 to

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 see

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 what

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 a

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 life

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 of

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 fear

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 of

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 the

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 Lord

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 what

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 a

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 life

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 of

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 sacrificial

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 obedience

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 of

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 love

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 for

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 the

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 Father

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 looks

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 like

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 look

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 no

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 further

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 than

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 the

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 Saviour

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 the

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 king

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 who

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 made

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 his

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 words

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 few

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 the

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 king

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 who

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 demonstrated

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 fear

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 of

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 the

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 Lord

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 and

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 therefore

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 it's

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 unsurprising

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 that as we read

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 about the early

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 church in the book

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 of Acts

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 this spirit

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 filled

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 community

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 that Luke

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 tells us

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 that the fear

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 of the Lord

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 was central

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 to their

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 existence

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 as a

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 community

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 right

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 this is what Luke

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 writes in Acts

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 9

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 they're on the

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 screen

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 so you can

00:25:30.839 --> 00:25:31.720
 look there

00:25:31.720 --> 00:25:32.059
 and look it

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 out in your

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 own time

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 later

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 Luke

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 writes this

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 in Acts

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 9

00:25:35.180 --> 00:25:36.039
 after a

00:25:36.039 --> 00:25:36.380
 time of

00:25:36.380 --> 00:25:36.819
 hostile

00:25:36.819 --> 00:25:37.599
 persecution

00:25:37.599 --> 00:25:38.039
 where the

00:25:38.039 --> 00:25:38.339
 church

00:25:38.339 --> 00:25:39.000
 are scattered

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 scattered

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 everywhere

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 Luke

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 writes this

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 it's his

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 little

00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:44.519
 status

00:25:44.519 --> 00:25:45.000
 report

00:25:45.000 --> 00:25:45.960
 in the

00:25:45.960 --> 00:25:46.120
 book

00:25:46.120 --> 00:25:46.500
 of Acts

00:25:46.500 --> 00:25:46.980
 then the

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 church

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 throughout

00:25:47.779 --> 00:25:48.400
 Judea

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 Galilee

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 and

00:25:49.180 --> 00:25:49.680
 Samaria

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 enjoyed a

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 time of

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 peace

00:25:52.460 --> 00:25:52.839
 and was

00:25:52.839 --> 00:25:53.319
 strengthened

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 and then

00:25:54.319 --> 00:25:54.579
 we get

00:25:54.579 --> 00:25:54.860
 this

00:25:54.860 --> 00:25:55.839
 living in

00:25:55.839 --> 00:25:56.480
 the fear

00:25:56.480 --> 00:25:57.660
 of the

00:25:57.660 --> 00:25:58.019
 Lord

00:25:58.019 --> 00:25:59.960
 and encouraged

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 by the

00:26:00.440 --> 00:26:01.259
 Holy Spirit

00:26:01.259 --> 00:26:02.700
 it increased

00:26:02.700 --> 00:26:03.700
 in numbers

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 to see how

00:26:06.160 --> 00:26:06.759
 this posture

00:26:06.759 --> 00:26:07.720
 of awe

00:26:07.720 --> 00:26:09.380
 and of

00:26:09.380 --> 00:26:10.000
 humility

00:26:10.000 --> 00:26:11.279
 and of

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 reverence

00:26:12.279 --> 00:26:13.620
 and devotion

00:26:13.620 --> 00:26:15.019
 and adoration

00:26:15.019 --> 00:26:16.099
 and dedication

00:26:16.099 --> 00:26:17.039
 and obedience

00:26:17.039 --> 00:26:18.420
 it characterized

00:26:18.420 --> 00:26:19.360
 was central

00:26:19.360 --> 00:26:20.259
 to the life

00:26:20.259 --> 00:26:21.380
 of these early

00:26:21.380 --> 00:26:22.299
 Christian believers

00:26:22.299 --> 00:26:22.460
 believers

00:26:22.460 --> 00:26:24.519
 they must be

00:26:24.519 --> 00:26:24.819
 careful

00:26:24.819 --> 00:26:25.700
 must be

00:26:25.700 --> 00:26:25.980
 careful

00:26:25.980 --> 00:26:26.940
 at romanticizing

00:26:26.940 --> 00:26:27.359
 the early

00:26:27.359 --> 00:26:27.720
 church

00:26:27.720 --> 00:26:27.940
 right

00:26:27.940 --> 00:26:28.399
 you just

00:26:28.399 --> 00:26:28.720
 need to

00:26:28.720 --> 00:26:29.299
 read a few

00:26:29.299 --> 00:26:29.619
 chapters

00:26:29.619 --> 00:26:29.940
 earlier

00:26:29.940 --> 00:26:30.200
 and you

00:26:30.200 --> 00:26:30.559
 see how

00:26:30.559 --> 00:26:30.980
 wrongly

00:26:30.980 --> 00:26:31.419
 these people

00:26:31.419 --> 00:26:31.879
 got it

00:26:31.879 --> 00:26:32.180
 right

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 it's not

00:26:32.940 --> 00:26:33.799
 romanticized

00:26:33.799 --> 00:26:33.960
 this

00:26:33.960 --> 00:26:34.440
 but there

00:26:34.440 --> 00:26:34.879
 are big

00:26:34.879 --> 00:26:35.339
 lessons

00:26:35.339 --> 00:26:35.879
 for us

00:26:35.879 --> 00:26:36.220
 here

00:26:36.220 --> 00:26:37.980
 about here

00:26:37.980 --> 00:26:38.240
 is a

00:26:38.240 --> 00:26:38.659
 community

00:26:38.659 --> 00:26:39.779
 with a

00:26:39.779 --> 00:26:40.519
 big view

00:26:40.519 --> 00:26:40.859
 of who

00:26:40.859 --> 00:26:41.139
 God

00:26:41.139 --> 00:26:41.460
 is

00:26:41.460 --> 00:26:42.619
 and a

00:26:42.619 --> 00:26:42.839
 big

00:26:42.839 --> 00:26:43.399
 expectancy

00:26:43.399 --> 00:26:43.899
 of what

00:26:43.899 --> 00:26:44.299
 the Lord

00:26:44.299 --> 00:26:44.899
 will do

00:26:44.899 --> 00:26:46.759
 by his

00:26:46.759 --> 00:26:47.099
 spirit

00:26:47.099 --> 00:26:48.279
 this fear

00:26:48.279 --> 00:26:48.539
 of the

00:26:48.539 --> 00:26:48.740
 Lord

00:26:48.740 --> 00:26:49.539
 was fundamental

00:26:49.539 --> 00:26:50.240
 to their

00:26:50.240 --> 00:26:50.700
 very

00:26:50.700 --> 00:26:52.039
 existence

00:26:52.039 --> 00:26:53.279
 as a

00:26:53.279 --> 00:26:53.799
 community

00:26:53.799 --> 00:26:55.740
 and friends

00:26:55.740 --> 00:26:55.940
 as we

00:26:55.940 --> 00:26:56.279
 bring it

00:26:56.279 --> 00:26:56.539
 to a

00:26:56.539 --> 00:26:56.879
 close

00:26:56.879 --> 00:26:57.240
 today

00:26:57.240 --> 00:26:58.539
 the

00:26:58.539 --> 00:26:58.819
 challenge

00:26:58.819 --> 00:26:59.220
 for us

00:26:59.220 --> 00:26:59.480
 as a

00:26:59.480 --> 00:26:59.799
 community

00:26:59.799 --> 00:27:00.240
 here

00:27:00.240 --> 00:27:01.220
 is to

00:27:01.220 --> 00:27:01.579
 ask

00:27:01.579 --> 00:27:02.099
 ourselves

00:27:02.099 --> 00:27:03.000
 individually

00:27:03.000 --> 00:27:04.279
 but to

00:27:04.279 --> 00:27:04.559
 ask

00:27:04.559 --> 00:27:04.920
 ourselves

00:27:04.920 --> 00:27:05.639
 corporately

00:27:05.639 --> 00:27:06.460
 whether

00:27:06.460 --> 00:27:07.019
 the fear

00:27:07.019 --> 00:27:07.399
 of the

00:27:07.399 --> 00:27:07.599
 Lord

00:27:07.599 --> 00:27:08.220
 is central

00:27:08.220 --> 00:27:08.659
 to our

00:27:08.659 --> 00:27:09.059
 life

00:27:09.059 --> 00:27:09.299
 as a

00:27:09.299 --> 00:27:09.720
 community

00:27:09.720 --> 00:27:12.500
 right

00:27:12.500 --> 00:27:12.740
 think

00:27:12.740 --> 00:27:12.960
 about

00:27:12.960 --> 00:27:13.980
 I'd

00:27:13.980 --> 00:27:14.420
 love us

00:27:14.420 --> 00:27:14.639
 to be

00:27:14.639 --> 00:27:15.019
 the kind

00:27:15.019 --> 00:27:15.519
 of church

00:27:15.519 --> 00:27:16.159
 and I

00:27:16.159 --> 00:27:16.440
 pray

00:27:16.440 --> 00:27:16.879
 increasingly

00:27:16.879 --> 00:27:17.180
 that we

00:27:17.180 --> 00:27:17.379
 are

00:27:17.379 --> 00:27:17.920
 increasingly

00:27:17.920 --> 00:27:18.319
 that

00:27:18.319 --> 00:27:19.319
 as people

00:27:19.319 --> 00:27:19.740
 come into

00:27:19.740 --> 00:27:20.259
 contact

00:27:20.259 --> 00:27:20.819
 with us

00:27:20.819 --> 00:27:21.639
 that they

00:27:21.639 --> 00:27:22.099
 understand

00:27:22.099 --> 00:27:22.639
 and they

00:27:22.639 --> 00:27:23.039
 see that

00:27:23.039 --> 00:27:23.179
 they're

00:27:23.179 --> 00:27:23.639
 coming into

00:27:23.639 --> 00:27:24.019
 an orbit

00:27:24.019 --> 00:27:24.439
 that says

00:27:24.439 --> 00:27:25.019
 these guys

00:27:25.019 --> 00:27:25.480
 are something

00:27:25.480 --> 00:27:25.939
 different

00:27:25.939 --> 00:27:27.240
 and you

00:27:27.240 --> 00:27:27.460
 know what

00:27:27.460 --> 00:27:27.759
 we are

00:27:27.759 --> 00:27:28.240
 singing off

00:27:28.240 --> 00:27:28.759
 different

00:27:28.759 --> 00:27:29.519
 hymn sheets

00:27:29.519 --> 00:27:31.679
 because we

00:27:31.679 --> 00:27:32.299
 are characterized

00:27:32.299 --> 00:27:32.759
 as a

00:27:32.759 --> 00:27:33.019
 community

00:27:33.019 --> 00:27:33.439
 by the

00:27:33.439 --> 00:27:33.759
 fear

00:27:33.759 --> 00:27:34.740
 of the

00:27:34.740 --> 00:27:35.039
 Lord

00:27:35.039 --> 00:27:37.179
 so let's

00:27:37.179 --> 00:27:37.480
 bring it

00:27:37.480 --> 00:27:37.639
 home

00:27:37.639 --> 00:27:38.259
 here's two

00:27:38.259 --> 00:27:38.779
 generations

00:27:38.779 --> 00:27:39.259
 of God's

00:27:39.259 --> 00:27:39.679
 people we've

00:27:39.679 --> 00:27:40.079
 looked at

00:27:40.079 --> 00:27:40.379
 right

00:27:40.379 --> 00:27:41.819
 Ecclesiastes

00:27:41.819 --> 00:27:42.240
 5

00:27:42.240 --> 00:27:42.679
 Solomon's

00:27:42.679 --> 00:27:43.159
 generation

00:27:43.159 --> 00:27:44.639
 and Acts

00:27:44.639 --> 00:27:46.439
 the early

00:27:46.439 --> 00:27:46.960
 church

00:27:46.960 --> 00:27:49.180
 let me

00:27:49.180 --> 00:27:49.460
 ask you

00:27:49.460 --> 00:27:50.019
 which mindset

00:27:50.019 --> 00:27:50.539
 reminds you

00:27:50.539 --> 00:27:50.940
 of us

00:27:50.940 --> 00:27:55.579
 and I'm

00:27:55.579 --> 00:27:55.840
 prepping

00:27:55.840 --> 00:27:56.539
 myself for

00:27:56.539 --> 00:27:57.980
 a couple

00:27:57.980 --> 00:27:58.539
 weeks time

00:27:58.539 --> 00:28:00.819
 where

00:28:00.819 --> 00:28:02.200
 in an

00:28:02.200 --> 00:28:02.620
 evening our

00:28:02.620 --> 00:28:03.100
 doorbell will

00:28:03.100 --> 00:28:03.519
 go all the

00:28:03.519 --> 00:28:03.880
 time

00:28:03.880 --> 00:28:05.279
 knock knock

00:28:05.279 --> 00:28:05.579
 knock knock

00:28:05.579 --> 00:28:05.779
 knock

00:28:05.779 --> 00:28:06.240
 doorbell

00:28:06.240 --> 00:28:07.620
 and it'll

00:28:07.620 --> 00:28:08.019
 be children

00:28:08.019 --> 00:28:08.299
 at the

00:28:08.299 --> 00:28:08.539
 door

00:28:08.539 --> 00:28:10.259
 and it'll

00:28:10.259 --> 00:28:10.640
 utter us

00:28:10.640 --> 00:28:11.299
 that question

00:28:11.299 --> 00:28:11.799
 that we

00:28:11.799 --> 00:28:12.160
 always get

00:28:12.160 --> 00:28:12.340
 at this

00:28:12.340 --> 00:28:12.600
 time of

00:28:12.600 --> 00:28:12.720
 year

00:28:12.720 --> 00:28:12.980
 right

00:28:12.980 --> 00:28:14.740
 three words

00:28:14.740 --> 00:28:15.100
 trick or

00:28:15.100 --> 00:28:16.500
 treat

00:28:16.960 --> 00:28:17.640
 trick or

00:28:17.640 --> 00:28:17.900
 treat

00:28:17.900 --> 00:28:19.700
 now

00:28:19.700 --> 00:28:20.500
 normally

00:28:20.500 --> 00:28:20.700
 just

00:28:20.700 --> 00:28:22.440
 don't say

00:28:22.440 --> 00:28:22.840
 that anymore

00:28:22.840 --> 00:28:23.039
 they're just

00:28:23.039 --> 00:28:23.180
 going to

00:28:23.180 --> 00:28:23.420
 hand you

00:28:23.420 --> 00:28:23.680
 a bucket

00:28:23.680 --> 00:28:23.920
 right

00:28:23.920 --> 00:28:24.180
 give me

00:28:24.180 --> 00:28:24.299
 some

00:28:24.299 --> 00:28:25.799
 trick or

00:28:25.799 --> 00:28:26.000
 treat

00:28:26.000 --> 00:28:26.960
 see just as

00:28:26.960 --> 00:28:27.420
 a way of

00:28:27.420 --> 00:28:28.160
 lodging the

00:28:28.160 --> 00:28:28.660
 challenge of

00:28:28.660 --> 00:28:29.180
 this passage

00:28:29.180 --> 00:28:29.500
 in our

00:28:29.500 --> 00:28:29.880
 minds

00:28:29.880 --> 00:28:33.100
 and as we

00:28:33.100 --> 00:28:33.400
 think about

00:28:33.400 --> 00:28:34.000
 application in

00:28:34.000 --> 00:28:34.180
 our own

00:28:34.180 --> 00:28:34.559
 lives this

00:28:34.559 --> 00:28:34.920
 week let

00:28:34.920 --> 00:28:35.160
 me just

00:28:35.160 --> 00:28:35.680
 ask us

00:28:35.680 --> 00:28:36.259
 Ecclesiastes

00:28:36.259 --> 00:28:36.779
 5 the

00:28:36.779 --> 00:28:37.140
 challenge

00:28:37.140 --> 00:28:37.480
 here

00:28:37.480 --> 00:28:39.500
 friends it's

00:28:39.500 --> 00:28:39.640
 it's

00:28:39.640 --> 00:28:39.840
 fear

00:28:39.840 --> 00:28:40.259
 or fool

00:28:40.259 --> 00:28:42.759
 fear

00:28:42.759 --> 00:28:43.180
 or fool

00:28:43.180 --> 00:28:44.600
 as we

00:28:44.600 --> 00:28:45.460
 come to

00:28:45.460 --> 00:28:45.880
 worship

00:28:45.880 --> 00:28:47.560
 as we

00:28:47.560 --> 00:28:48.280
 come to

00:28:48.280 --> 00:28:48.940
 think about

00:28:48.940 --> 00:28:49.820
 our whole

00:28:49.820 --> 00:28:50.320
 lives and

00:28:50.320 --> 00:28:50.660
 how we

00:28:50.660 --> 00:28:51.800
 understand the

00:28:51.800 --> 00:28:52.220
 God that we're

00:28:52.220 --> 00:28:52.660
 dealing with

00:28:52.660 --> 00:28:53.140
 here as he's

00:28:53.140 --> 00:28:53.720
 revealed himself

00:28:53.720 --> 00:28:54.600
 perfectly in the

00:28:54.600 --> 00:28:55.140
 person of his

00:28:55.140 --> 00:28:55.420
 son

00:28:55.420 --> 00:28:56.920
 friends as we

00:28:56.920 --> 00:28:57.480
 think about him

00:28:57.480 --> 00:28:58.080
 the challenge is

00:28:58.080 --> 00:28:58.660
 fear or fool

00:28:58.660 --> 00:29:00.840
 fear or fool

00:29:00.840 --> 00:29:04.960
 who has held

00:29:04.960 --> 00:29:05.740
 the oceans in

00:29:05.740 --> 00:29:06.340
 his hands

00:29:06.340 --> 00:29:08.340
 who has

00:29:08.340 --> 00:29:09.100
 numbered every

00:29:09.100 --> 00:29:09.600
 grain of

00:29:09.600 --> 00:29:10.020
 sand

00:29:10.020 --> 00:29:11.160
 kings and

00:29:11.160 --> 00:29:11.560
 nations

00:29:11.560 --> 00:29:12.220
 tremble at

00:29:12.220 --> 00:29:12.980
 his voice

00:29:12.980 --> 00:29:14.460
 all creation

00:29:14.460 --> 00:29:15.380
 rises to

00:29:15.380 --> 00:29:15.820
 rejoice

00:29:15.819 --> 00:29:17.899
 who has

00:29:17.899 --> 00:29:18.419
 felt the

00:29:18.419 --> 00:29:19.039
 nails upon

00:29:19.039 --> 00:29:19.720
 his hands

00:29:19.720 --> 00:29:20.539
 bearing all

00:29:20.539 --> 00:29:21.079
 the guilt

00:29:21.079 --> 00:29:21.639
 of sinful

00:29:21.639 --> 00:29:22.019
 man

00:29:22.019 --> 00:29:22.899
 God eternal

00:29:22.899 --> 00:29:23.619
 humbled to

00:29:23.619 --> 00:29:24.159
 the grave

00:29:24.159 --> 00:29:25.139
 Jesus

00:29:25.139 --> 00:29:26.200
 savior risen

00:29:26.200 --> 00:29:26.819
 now to

00:29:26.819 --> 00:29:27.179
 reign

00:29:27.179 --> 00:29:28.200
 behold

00:29:28.200 --> 00:29:30.099
 our God

00:29:30.099 --> 00:29:32.019
 seated on

00:29:32.019 --> 00:29:33.139
 his throne

00:29:33.139 --> 00:29:34.799
 come let

00:29:34.799 --> 00:29:35.319
 us adore

00:29:35.319 --> 00:29:35.700
 him

00:29:35.700 --> 00:29:37.619
 behold our

00:29:37.619 --> 00:29:38.039
 king

00:29:38.039 --> 00:29:39.839
 nothing can

00:29:39.839 --> 00:29:40.359
 compare

00:29:40.359 --> 00:29:41.679
 come let

00:29:41.679 --> 00:29:42.279
 us adore

00:29:42.279 --> 00:29:42.639
 him

00:29:42.640 --> 00:29:45.060
 friends

00:29:45.060 --> 00:29:45.280
 let me

00:29:45.280 --> 00:29:45.640
 just we're

00:29:45.640 --> 00:29:45.800
 going to

00:29:45.800 --> 00:29:46.180
 pray in a

00:29:46.180 --> 00:29:46.580
 second but

00:29:46.580 --> 00:29:46.780
 let me

00:29:46.780 --> 00:29:47.300
 just have a

00:29:47.300 --> 00:29:47.640
 minute of

00:29:47.640 --> 00:29:48.280
 silence and

00:29:48.280 --> 00:29:48.700
 let's just

00:29:48.700 --> 00:29:49.200
 make our

00:29:49.200 --> 00:29:49.880
 words few

00:29:49.880 --> 00:29:50.820
 as we

00:29:50.820 --> 00:29:51.440
 respond to

00:29:51.440 --> 00:29:51.980
 ecclesiastes

00:29:51.980 --> 00:29:52.520
 five

00:29:52.519 --> 00:29:59.619
 and so

00:29:59.619 --> 00:30:00.019
 father in

00:30:00.019 --> 00:30:00.500
 the silence

00:30:00.500 --> 00:30:02.279
 we bring

00:30:02.279 --> 00:30:02.680
 to you our

00:30:02.680 --> 00:30:03.319
 own prayers

00:30:03.319 --> 00:30:04.160
 and confessions

00:30:04.160 --> 00:30:07.259
 and father I

00:30:07.259 --> 00:30:07.740
 pray that you

00:30:07.740 --> 00:30:08.480
 would help us

00:30:08.480 --> 00:30:09.740
 to fix our

00:30:09.740 --> 00:30:10.700
 eyes on

00:30:10.700 --> 00:30:11.839
 your son

00:30:11.839 --> 00:30:12.319
 Jesus

00:30:12.319 --> 00:30:13.440
 the one

00:30:13.440 --> 00:30:13.960
 whose blood

00:30:13.960 --> 00:30:14.839
 speaks a

00:30:14.839 --> 00:30:15.859
 better word

00:30:15.859 --> 00:30:17.339
 and I

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 pray father

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 that you

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 would help

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 us lord

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 all to

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 have a

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 big view

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 of who

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 you are

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 would you

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 blow our

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 minds lord

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 as we

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 come to

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 comprehend

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 even a

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 bit more

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 of something

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 of your

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 greatness

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 lord we

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 realize that

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 we are

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 hopelessly

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 lost in

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 ourselves

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 and we

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 pray father

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 that through

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 your word

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 that you

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 would raise

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 our eyes

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 by your

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 spirit to

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 your

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 greatness

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 and we

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 pray this

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 through the

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 precious

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 blood

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 and the

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 name of

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 Jesus

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 amen