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 Amen. All right, so you already know me. Feel free, if anything I said elicited more questions, or you're like, well, Sean didn't ask me about this. Just talk to me during one of the breaks.

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 This first session, you have an outline in front of you. Let me just take you through what we're going to do. You see the three main sessions that we're going to have. They're going to link together quite a bit. After lunch, we're here through lunch, right? Good. After lunch, we're going to focus on forgiveness.

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 So this first session is looking to lay the groundwork for how a Christian ought to understand conflict, where it comes from, what it's supposed to be doing, and how to redemptively approach it.

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 The second session, we'll walk through what's the anatomy of conflict within our own hearts. How does it engage our souls? What are the risks embedded in it?

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 And then the third session, which we'll do after lunch, would be, now, how do I treat others I'm in conflict with? And what does it look like to extend forgiveness as someone who's received forgiveness?

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 Okay? There's going to be, there's many other things I could talk about. If we had, let's say, three days to do a conflict seminar, I think there'd be lots of practicals we could get to.

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 My desire is to apply principles, but to send you with principles that you can then fellowship over, and you can figure out what it looks like to work those into your own life.

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 And so when you think of conflict, I don't know what comes to mind for you. I've got a few examples here. I'll just share with you by way of introduction.

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 You've got two toddlers who are fighting over a toy. In my household, that doesn't happen anymore. It's more like two sisters fighting over whose hoodie that is.

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 You've married couple might fight over finances. Friends, and I put that in air quotes, on social media, take their fight to the comment section.

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 You ever seen one of those really redemptive, God-glorifying fights? People sniping at each other back and forth in the comment section.

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 You have neighbors who are fighting over the location of a fence.

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 You've got church members fighting over doctrine, or maybe more commonly, the color of the carpet.

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 You have co-workers who are fighting over politics. Politicians fighting over policy. Nations fighting over territory.

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 Conflict is everywhere, if we look at it. And it's not unique to our time.

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 It's actually one of the things that ties all of history together, is the fact that in every era, there's conflicts.

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 Much of the study of history is focusing on the wars, where national lines or worldviews were determined in a particular region.

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 We see conflict among the people of God throughout the Old and the New Testament.

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 So, we, in our contemporary struggle with conflict, where we have the difficulty is in maintaining peace.

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 And in our struggle to maintain peace, we're in, there's a lot of people in our company.

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 We're in good company when it comes to people who have been marked by conflict.

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 But being in the majority doesn't mean we're right.

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 It just means we're wrong with a lot of people.

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 Okay, we see that over and over again.

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 So, what I want to do today is I want to just look at the Christian's relationship to conflict.

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 What's the history of it?

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 What principles ought we derive out of scriptural teaching to shape our worldview of conflict?

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 And then some common places we get ensnared.

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 All of that will be this first session.

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 That's a lot to promise.

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 It's a lot to bite off.

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 But I think we can get it done.

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 Let's first into this for this first one.

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 And this will be the first thing there.

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 It's the history of conflict.

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 In the outlines, you can follow along.

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 You can take notes right in there.

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 You don't have to take notes at all.

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 But if I use any quotes, if I'm citing any scriptures, they're all going to be there for you as though we were having slides.

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 It's all right there in front of you.

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 All right, so let's look at the history of conflict.

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 We're not going to look at various wars or even various history over the years that Trinity has been around.

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 We're going to look at where conflict as a concept came from.

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 Where did it come from and how has it developed throughout human history?

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 So in the beginning, God created, and this will be by way of review, I know, but I want to lay this groundwork for you.

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 God created a perfect, peace-filled Eden.

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 Peace-filled.

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 We often think of sin-free, and that's true.

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 But it was full of shalom.

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 The Garden of Eden was full of peace.

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 There was perfect fellowship between God and man.

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 And because of that, and the because becomes important in this history of conflict,

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 because of that, there was perfect fellowship between Adam and Eve.

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 Perfect fellowship between man and woman.

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 Creation was complete.

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 God called it very good.

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 He was ruler over all.

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 His will was determinative.

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 His heart was for us.

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 Our hearts were inclined to him.

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 All of that becomes prescriptive on how we solve our conflicts down the road.

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 More on that later.

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 Genesis 3 happens.

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 Man's sin in the fall didn't only introduce death into the world.

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 It introduced enmity.

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 It introduced conflict and hostility.

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 Between who first?

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 Between man and God.

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 That's where the hostility was first created.

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 And because hostility was created there,

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 blame shifting started to happen between man and woman.

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 Between two creatures.

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 Man's rebellion sought to overthrow God's design,

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 attempting to be like him.

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 Adam and Eve wanted to be autonomous,

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 sovereign,

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 all-knowing.

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 They doubted the character and the goodness of God.

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 Believing he was keeping something good from them.

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 So right there,

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 in chapter 3,

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 we see the dangerous and inseparable pairing

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 of sin against God

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 and hostility between one another.

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 Where there's one,

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 there's the other.

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 So what happened

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 now that there's this hostility between man and God

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 and between man and man?

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 Well, just a chapter later,

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 we don't have any idea how many years this was later,

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 but a chapter later,

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 we've got the story of Cain and Abel.

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 You know the story.

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 It's man's will here was determinative.

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 Cain wanted what he wanted.

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 He was disgruntled and questioned the goodness of God,

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 clear enmity between him and God.

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 And so then Cain acted in that hostility

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 and murders his brother.

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 By the end of the chapter,

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 we're several generations later in Genesis 4,

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 there's not just conflict between two individuals,

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 but conflict between two peoples.

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 Okay, so now it's just spreading like wildfire.

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 Sin and hostility,

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 defiling humanity.

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 Okay, just go a few chapters later.

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 Genesis 6 to 9,

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 let me ask this question.

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 What if God said,

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 all right, you know what?

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 This isn't going as well as I hoped it would.

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 Let me just start over.

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 So he gets rid of all the hostility on earth,

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 except for eight people.

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 It's not long.

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 Like the first account of it in Scripture,

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 though I imagine they might have gotten a little grumpy on the ark,

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 the first account of it in Scripture

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 is as soon as they come off the ark,

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 there's hostility.

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 So even the reboot,

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 you know,

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 if something's stuck on one of your devices,

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 just start it over,

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 it's going to get fixed, right?

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 Just reboot your phone.

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 Even the reboot of humanity

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 didn't get rid of this hostility

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 because the problem of sin

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 between man and God

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 hadn't been dealt with.

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 And so there's going to be this hostility

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 between man and man.

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 And so we see it

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 throughout the rest of Genesis.

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 In the time of Abraham,

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 we see hostility.

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 Between Jacob and Esau,

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 we see hostility.

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 Joseph and his brothers,

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 we see hostility.

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 Sin expressed through deceit,

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 jealousy, conniving, rage,

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 all either fueled by

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 or resulting in conflict and hostility.

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 And guys,

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 we haven't left the first book of the Bible yet.

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 It's that big of an issue.

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 We see it between the Israelites

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 and the nations that surrounded her.

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 We see it in shocking form

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 in the book of Judges.

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 If God was ever going to send another flood,

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 if he was ever going to reboot it,

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 it probably would have been sometime

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 in the book of Judges.

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 What a dark, dark book that is.

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 Why is it so dark?

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 Because of how mankind is viewing God

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 and because of how they're viewing

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 and treating one another.

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 What they call right,

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 the inclinations of man's heart

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 being superior

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 in importance

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 to the inclinations of God's heart.

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 The book of Judges is a case study

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 in what it looks like for that to happen.

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 Whenever there is hostility

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 between God and man,

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 there's naturally

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 and consistently going to be conflict

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 between man and men.

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 All right, so it makes you wonder

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 if we haven't figured it out

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 since the time of Genesis,

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 is there any hope for us?

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 That would be a very sad thing

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 if I said no,

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 thanks for coming this morning.

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 Okay, there is hope here,

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 but that's the backdrop.

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 Okay, when you find people

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 are presented with a gospel

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 and they're like,

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 well, I'm happily married,

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 I've got a great job,

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 there's no need for the gospel.

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 They're missing the main point.

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 The main point is not

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 how we can manifest happiness.

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 Here, the main point

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 is being reconciled to God.

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 That's where we've got to start.

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 And then we'll find

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 we have the power

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 to reconcile

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 and live in peace with one another.

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 So in order to fix a leak,

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 I'm under the antidote to conflict now,

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 in order to fix a leak,

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 you can't just wish it away

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 or pretend it doesn't happen.

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 We had a very slow leak

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 that we didn't know about.

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 I mean, very slow.

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 Maybe a small drop a minute,

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 maybe a little longer.

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 But it was underneath our sink.

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 It went behind the counters,

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 came under our floors,

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 and the entire subfloor

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 in our kitchen and living room

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 was mold.

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 We found it when finally

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 the water started to creep up

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 into the basin under our sink.

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 So that one leak,

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 tiny though it is,

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 if it didn't get addressed,

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 the destruction that it...

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 We fixed the floor now.

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 Don't feel too bad for us.

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 We have a very nice floor now.

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 But just that one leak

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 that if it was in your sink,

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 you might even say,

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 ah, don't worry about it.

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 It can be so destructive

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 and corrosive.

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 So we can't wish away the leak.

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 We actually have to fix it.

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 If you don't know how to do it yourself,

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 you call a plumber.

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 We clearly don't know

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 how to fix sin ourselves.

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 And we can't wish

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 the effects of sin away.

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 We can't wish them away.

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 So what do we do?

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 We need a Savior.

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 We need somebody

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 who's going to come in

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 and address the need

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 between us and God

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 so that the need

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 between us and others

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 can be addressed.

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 And if there were only a scripture

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 that was like really specific

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 on this point,

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 that would be helpful.

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 Oh wait, Ephesians 2.

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 Listen to this.

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 Ephesians 1,

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 one of the glorious chapters

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 in all of scripture

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 that really paints

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 how the triune God,

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 each of those persons

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 active in our salvation

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 and making our salvation secure,

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 giving us an inheritance,

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 a guarantee of our inheritance.

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 Coming out of that,

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 we come into Ephesians 2.

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 Let's just start looking at 14.

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 For he himself,

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 this is talking about Jesus,

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 he himself is our peace

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 who has made us both one

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 and has broken down

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 in his flesh

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 the dividing wall

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 of hostility.

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 Now here,

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 who is he talking about?

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 He's referencing

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 the hostility

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 that's existed

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 between the Jews

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 and the Gentiles.

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 How they're no longer

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 two separate people,

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 but in Christ

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 they're united

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 into one person.

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 As we then apply that,

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 we realize

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 that this same grace

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 that is given

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 to unite those two peoples,

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 that same grace

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 is available to us

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 to unite us

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 to one another.

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 But how does he do it?

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 Let me pick up.

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 I cut myself off.

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 A broken,

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 has broken down

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 in his flesh

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 the dividing wall

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 of hostility

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 by abolishing

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 the law of commandments

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 expressed in ordinances.

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 Why?

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 that he might create

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 in himself

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 one new man

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 in place of the two,

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 so making peace.

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 Now listen to this last bit.

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 And might reconcile us

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 both to God

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 in one body

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 through the cross,

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 thereby killing

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 the hostility.

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 Now the work of Christ

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 to forgive sin

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 first and foremost

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 reconciles us

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 to God.

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 And it's the obvious

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 implication

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 from Paul,

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 so obvious

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 he states it,

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 that by reconciling

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 us to God,

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 he's killing

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 the hostility

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 that exists

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 between us.

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 So Christ

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 removed

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 this wall.

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 This wall

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 that pitted us

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 against one another,

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 that divided us,

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 and he makes us

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 one.

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 He reconciles us.

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 So rather than

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 our existence

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 being one of hostility,

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 or one of selfishness,

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 or one where we are

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 rivaling against

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 one another,

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 rather than that,

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 we are told in the

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 beginning here

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 that he

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 is

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 our peace.

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 When we'll

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 live with Christ

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 in a central way,

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 we know

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 not only peace

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 with God,

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 but we can realize

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 peace

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 with one

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 another.

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 one commentator

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 says this,

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 and the quote's

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 in front of you,

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 only where

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 Christ's death

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 for sin

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 is taken

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 with apostolic

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 seriousness

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 can the

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 reigns of divine

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 restoration

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 wash away

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 human hate,

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 sorry,

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 wash human hate

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 away,

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 and moisten

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 sin's seeds

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 of love.

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 The prospects

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 for real

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 and lasting

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 forgiveness

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 depend on

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 the grace

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 God grants

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 as the gospel

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 of his

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 reconciling

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 son is

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 proclaimed,

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 believed,

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 and applied.

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 Those two words

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 at the beginning

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 of the quote

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 I've never seen

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 before,

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 apostolic

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 seriousness,

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 but there's

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 a weight

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 given to them

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 that I think

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 is appropriate.

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 Only when we

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 not only take

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 the death

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 of Christ

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 seriously

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 for our

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 salvation,

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 but we take

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 it seriously

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 for our

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 living,

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 now we

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 realize the

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 far-reaching

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 implications

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 of it,

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 so long as

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 we are

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 proclaiming it

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 in our lives,

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 believing it

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 in our lives,

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 and applying

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 it in our

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 lives.

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 As each

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 party is

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 reconciled

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 to God,

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 we are

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 able to

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 reach

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 peace.

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 And let me

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 say that,

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 go one step

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 further.

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 If each

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 party in a

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 conflict is

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 a Christian,

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 then peace

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 must be the

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 outcome.

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 We're called

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 to it.

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 We'll get to

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 what happens

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 if it's with

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 a non-Christian,

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 we'll talk

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 about that

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 in a minute.

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 But each

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 of us

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 have a

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 claim on

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 our lives

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 to walk

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 in a manner

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 worthy of

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 the calling

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 to which

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 we're called,

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 which is

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 just two

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 chapters after

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 what I read

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 from Ephesians

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 earlier.

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 And so

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 one of those

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 implications,

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 how will

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 the world

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 know you

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 are a

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 Christian?

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 Jesus

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 says plainly,

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 by the

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 love we

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 have for

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 one another.

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 So it's

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 an implication.

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 So I

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 don't want

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 to say

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 this seminar

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 that we're

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 doing today

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 is somehow

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 going to be

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 like fairy

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 dust,

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 sprinkled on

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 a long

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 standing

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 conflict.

00:17:33.220 --> 00:17:33.560
 When you

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 walk out

00:17:33.960 --> 00:17:34.240
 of here,

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 just skip

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 and be

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 at peace

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 with one

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 another.

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 I'm not

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 saying that.

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 But what

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 I am

00:17:38.560 --> 00:17:39.540
 saying is

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 that the

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 rightly

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 shaped

00:17:42.340 --> 00:17:42.940
 Christian

00:17:42.940 --> 00:17:43.560
 heart

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 cannot

00:17:45.000 --> 00:17:46.340
 allow itself

00:17:46.339 --> 00:17:46.699
 to be

00:17:46.699 --> 00:17:47.599
 at peace

00:17:47.599 --> 00:17:49.339
 being at

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 war with

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 another

00:17:50.099 --> 00:17:50.579
 Christian.

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 We need

00:17:53.419 --> 00:17:53.779
 to do

00:17:53.779 --> 00:17:54.419
 all that

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 we can,

00:17:55.139 --> 00:17:55.619
 Romans 12,

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 18 says,

00:17:56.519 --> 00:17:57.579
 to be at

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 peace with

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 one another.

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 Okay?

00:18:02.819 --> 00:18:03.599
 So these

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 are the

00:18:04.459 --> 00:18:04.899
 far-reaching

00:18:04.899 --> 00:18:05.679
 implications of

00:18:05.679 --> 00:18:06.119
 the gospel.

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 And we

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 know it.

00:18:07.500 --> 00:18:08.220
 We know

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 that we

00:18:08.619 --> 00:18:09.519
 don't deserve

00:18:09.519 --> 00:18:10.079
 righteousness.

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 Jesus

00:18:10.919 --> 00:18:11.839
 didn't deserve

00:18:11.839 --> 00:18:12.399
 the wrath

00:18:12.399 --> 00:18:12.939
 of God.

00:18:14.259 --> 00:18:14.980
 I've got

00:18:14.980 --> 00:18:15.939
 Isaiah 53

00:18:15.939 --> 00:18:16.319
 here.

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 He was

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 pierced

00:18:17.179 --> 00:18:17.879
 for our

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 transgressions.

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 He was

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 crushed

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 for our

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 iniquities.

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 Upon him

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 was the

00:18:22.179 --> 00:18:23.019
 chastisement

00:18:23.019 --> 00:18:23.959
 that brought

00:18:23.959 --> 00:18:25.059
 us peace.

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 And with

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 his wounds

00:18:27.299 --> 00:18:27.699
 we are

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 healed.

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 I think

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 that's an

00:18:28.839 --> 00:18:29.359
 amazing

00:18:29.359 --> 00:18:30.019
 statement.

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 Upon him

00:18:32.619 --> 00:18:33.079
 was the

00:18:33.079 --> 00:18:33.779
 chastisement

00:18:33.779 --> 00:18:34.559
 that brought

00:18:34.559 --> 00:18:35.119
 us a lot

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 of things.

00:18:36.500 --> 00:18:37.179
 It brought

00:18:37.179 --> 00:18:37.720
 us eternal

00:18:37.720 --> 00:18:38.139
 life.

00:18:38.579 --> 00:18:39.119
 It brings

00:18:39.119 --> 00:18:39.799
 us joy.

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 It brings

00:18:41.000 --> 00:18:43.759
 us love.

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 But it

00:18:45.279 --> 00:18:45.680
 hits the

00:18:45.680 --> 00:18:46.159
 issue of

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 peace.

00:18:46.579 --> 00:18:46.839
 Now I'm

00:18:46.839 --> 00:18:47.339
 certain it's

00:18:47.339 --> 00:18:47.899
 talking here

00:18:47.899 --> 00:18:48.779
 about peace

00:18:48.779 --> 00:18:49.339
 between us

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 and God.

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 But by

00:18:51.339 --> 00:18:52.079
 implication the

00:18:52.079 --> 00:18:52.500
 New Testament

00:18:52.500 --> 00:18:53.079
 takes that

00:18:53.079 --> 00:18:53.500
 the next

00:18:53.500 --> 00:18:54.019
 step which

00:18:54.019 --> 00:18:54.299
 is what

00:18:54.299 --> 00:18:54.980
 Ephesians 2

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 does for

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 us.

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 It's in

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 because our

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 transgressions

00:18:58.859 --> 00:18:59.220
 were laid

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 on him and

00:19:00.220 --> 00:19:01.000
 his righteousness

00:19:01.000 --> 00:19:01.839
 is laid on

00:19:01.839 --> 00:19:02.119
 us.

00:19:02.460 --> 00:19:02.859
 Peace

00:19:02.859 --> 00:19:03.259
 between

00:19:03.259 --> 00:19:04.079
 Christians is

00:19:04.079 --> 00:19:04.519
 not only

00:19:04.519 --> 00:19:05.819
 possible it's

00:19:05.819 --> 00:19:06.500
 necessary.

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 effort is

00:19:10.779 --> 00:19:11.460
 not going to

00:19:11.460 --> 00:19:11.819
 solve the

00:19:11.819 --> 00:19:12.319
 hostility

00:19:12.319 --> 00:19:12.859
 problem.

00:19:14.779 --> 00:19:15.339
 Study.

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 Just reading

00:19:16.799 --> 00:19:17.440
 another book

00:19:17.440 --> 00:19:18.019
 or coming to

00:19:18.019 --> 00:19:18.819
 a seminar is

00:19:18.819 --> 00:19:19.440
 not going to

00:19:19.440 --> 00:19:19.839
 solve the

00:19:19.839 --> 00:19:20.319
 hostility

00:19:20.319 --> 00:19:20.859
 problem.

00:19:21.640 --> 00:19:22.099
 Avoiding

00:19:22.099 --> 00:19:22.839
 it is not

00:19:22.839 --> 00:19:23.160
 going to

00:19:23.160 --> 00:19:23.619
 solve it.

00:19:24.140 --> 00:19:24.799
 Just fighting

00:19:24.799 --> 00:19:25.700
 is not going

00:19:25.700 --> 00:19:26.180
 to solve it.

00:19:26.619 --> 00:19:27.019
 None of

00:19:27.019 --> 00:19:27.859
 these things

00:19:27.859 --> 00:19:28.500
 have any

00:19:28.500 --> 00:19:29.359
 power apart

00:19:29.359 --> 00:19:30.160
 from Christ.

00:19:31.119 --> 00:19:31.759
 So with

00:19:31.759 --> 00:19:32.440
 Christ of

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 course we

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 apply much

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 effort.

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 With Christ

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 of course we

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 study and

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 we pray and

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 we talk our

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 way through

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 these things.

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 But apart

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 from him

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 those things

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 cannot accomplish

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 the peace

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 and the

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 reconciliation

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 that God

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 is after.

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 So what

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 do we do

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 if you

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 accept that

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 as true?

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 What do

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 we do

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 when our

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 minds say

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 I should

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 be at

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 peace with

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 this

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 Christian?

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 But we're

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 not.

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 What do

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 we do with

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 remaining

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 conflict?

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 When it

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 all doesn't

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 just magically

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 go away?

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 Now listen,

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 the majority

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 of our

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 world does

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 not know

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 Christ.

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 And so

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 we can't

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 assume that

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 they're going

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 to be bending

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 the knee to

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 Christ as we

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 do and we're

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 going to be

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 able to

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 reconcile

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 with the

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 world.

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 They will

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 one glorious

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 day as

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 every knee

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 will bow

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 and every

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 tongue

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 will confess

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 but today

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 is not

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 that day

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 for the

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 whole world.

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 And so

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 for us

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 to live

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 at peace

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 with those

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 who don't

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 know Christ

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 we need

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 to be the

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 ones that

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 bring the

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 grace.

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 Perhaps

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 you've got

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 parents who

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 don't know

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 Christ or

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 a sibling

00:20:44.379 --> 00:20:45.079
 who doesn't

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 know Christ

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 and maybe

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 they just

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 don't understand

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 the choices

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 you're making

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 in your

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 life.

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 They don't

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 understand the

00:20:54.299 --> 00:20:54.859
 person you've

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 become since

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 you've been

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 born again.

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 and there

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 may be a

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 degree where

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 they kind

00:20:59.680 --> 00:21:00.059
 of stand

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 in judgment

00:21:00.620 --> 00:21:01.660
 or disapproval.

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 Peace with

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 those people

00:21:05.860 --> 00:21:07.660
 cannot depend

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 on them

00:21:09.400 --> 00:21:11.500
 bringing the

00:21:11.500 --> 00:21:11.860
 grace.

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 The Christian

00:21:15.080 --> 00:21:15.680
 needs to

00:21:15.680 --> 00:21:16.080
 bring the

00:21:16.080 --> 00:21:17.319
 grace to

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 that.

00:21:17.980 --> 00:21:18.480
 The long

00:21:18.480 --> 00:21:18.960
 suffering.

00:21:19.860 --> 00:21:20.400
 We have a

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 great example

00:21:20.980 --> 00:21:21.600
 of how God

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 deals with

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 those who

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 sin.

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 The lots

00:21:24.580 --> 00:21:25.039
 of words

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 that we

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 don't really

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 want to

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 take on

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 ourselves

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 but we're

00:21:27.179 --> 00:21:27.519
 glad he

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 does it.

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 Patience,

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 long

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 suffering,

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 overlooking,

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 blessing when

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 reviled.

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 But those

00:21:37.759 --> 00:21:38.339
 are held out

00:21:38.339 --> 00:21:38.919
 for us

00:21:38.919 --> 00:21:39.519
 then to

00:21:39.519 --> 00:21:40.839
 mirror those

00:21:40.839 --> 00:21:41.619
 attributes of

00:21:41.619 --> 00:21:42.339
 God for

00:21:42.339 --> 00:21:42.719
 those who

00:21:42.719 --> 00:21:43.119
 treat us

00:21:43.119 --> 00:21:43.619
 in the same

00:21:43.619 --> 00:21:43.919
 way.

00:21:44.279 --> 00:21:44.639
 Now these

00:21:44.639 --> 00:21:44.939
 things are

00:21:44.939 --> 00:21:45.559
 complicated.

00:21:46.019 --> 00:21:46.339
 What I've

00:21:46.339 --> 00:21:46.779
 just said

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 needs to be

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 carefully

00:21:47.619 --> 00:21:48.259
 walked through

00:21:48.259 --> 00:21:48.659
 in each

00:21:48.659 --> 00:21:48.939
 of those

00:21:48.939 --> 00:21:49.459
 relationships

00:21:49.459 --> 00:21:49.739
 you're

00:21:49.739 --> 00:21:50.339
 thinking about

00:21:50.339 --> 00:21:50.879
 right now.

00:21:52.259 --> 00:21:53.039
 I want to

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 explore what

00:21:54.639 --> 00:21:55.219
 it looks

00:21:55.219 --> 00:21:56.099
 like in

00:21:56.099 --> 00:21:58.379
 world

00:21:58.379 --> 00:21:58.799
 view or

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 heart level

00:21:59.579 --> 00:22:00.579
 on why

00:22:00.579 --> 00:22:01.439
 conflict

00:22:01.439 --> 00:22:03.159
 remains in

00:22:03.159 --> 00:22:03.659
 the Christian

00:22:03.659 --> 00:22:04.039
 life.

00:22:04.139 --> 00:22:04.539
 We'll look at

00:22:04.539 --> 00:22:05.240
 two ways we

00:22:05.240 --> 00:22:05.819
 struggle to

00:22:05.819 --> 00:22:06.659
 trust Christ.

00:22:07.199 --> 00:22:07.539
 Then we're

00:22:07.539 --> 00:22:07.799
 going to look

00:22:07.799 --> 00:22:08.179
 at three

00:22:08.179 --> 00:22:09.439
 calls that

00:22:09.439 --> 00:22:09.919
 God puts

00:22:09.919 --> 00:22:10.279
 on us.

00:22:10.339 --> 00:22:10.579
 And that

00:22:10.579 --> 00:22:10.939
 should take

00:22:10.939 --> 00:22:11.319
 us to the

00:22:11.319 --> 00:22:11.779
 end of our

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 first session.

00:22:13.500 --> 00:22:14.000
 First, we

00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:14.859
 love lesser

00:22:14.859 --> 00:22:16.439
 things above

00:22:16.439 --> 00:22:17.679
 greater things.

00:22:19.559 --> 00:22:20.339
 We have a

00:22:20.339 --> 00:22:21.319
 tendency to

00:22:21.319 --> 00:22:22.399
 love things

00:22:22.400 --> 00:22:23.000
 in

00:22:23.000 --> 00:22:23.880
 disproportion.

00:22:24.680 --> 00:22:25.060
 The things

00:22:25.060 --> 00:22:25.759
 we should

00:22:25.759 --> 00:22:26.840
 love at

00:22:26.840 --> 00:22:27.300
 the highest

00:22:27.300 --> 00:22:27.860
 level we

00:22:27.860 --> 00:22:28.320
 tend to

00:22:28.320 --> 00:22:28.920
 love lower.

00:22:29.300 --> 00:22:29.640
 And things

00:22:29.640 --> 00:22:30.200
 we should

00:22:30.200 --> 00:22:31.000
 maybe love

00:22:31.000 --> 00:22:31.660
 or maybe

00:22:31.660 --> 00:22:32.140
 shouldn't love

00:22:32.140 --> 00:22:32.519
 at all,

00:22:32.900 --> 00:22:33.720
 we love at

00:22:33.720 --> 00:22:34.060
 a higher

00:22:34.060 --> 00:22:34.420
 level.

00:22:34.820 --> 00:22:35.640
 And we

00:22:35.640 --> 00:22:36.280
 will always

00:22:36.280 --> 00:22:37.440
 follow that

00:22:37.440 --> 00:22:37.860
 which we

00:22:37.860 --> 00:22:38.160
 cherish.

00:22:39.660 --> 00:22:40.820
 Our words

00:22:40.820 --> 00:22:41.320
 and our

00:22:41.320 --> 00:22:41.740
 hearts

00:22:41.740 --> 00:22:43.100
 follow our

00:22:43.100 --> 00:22:43.759
 desires.

00:22:45.200 --> 00:22:46.120
 It's just a

00:22:46.120 --> 00:22:46.580
 truism.

00:22:46.840 --> 00:22:47.600
 All of human

00:22:47.600 --> 00:22:48.080
 history.

00:22:48.079 --> 00:22:50.859
 That's not a

00:22:50.859 --> 00:22:51.399
 result of

00:22:51.399 --> 00:22:51.740
 sin.

00:22:53.279 --> 00:22:53.819
 Adam and

00:22:53.819 --> 00:22:54.559
 Eve, before

00:22:54.559 --> 00:22:55.099
 the fall,

00:22:55.179 --> 00:22:55.419
 they were

00:22:55.419 --> 00:22:56.319
 following what

00:22:56.319 --> 00:22:56.799
 their hearts

00:22:56.799 --> 00:22:57.279
 desire.

00:22:57.599 --> 00:22:58.019
 It's just what

00:22:58.019 --> 00:22:58.519
 their hearts

00:22:58.519 --> 00:22:59.240
 were desiring

00:22:59.240 --> 00:23:00.319
 is what

00:23:00.319 --> 00:23:01.980
 God desires.

00:23:02.720 --> 00:23:03.720
 So their

00:23:03.720 --> 00:23:04.319
 desires were

00:23:04.319 --> 00:23:05.099
 in line with

00:23:05.099 --> 00:23:05.519
 the will of

00:23:05.519 --> 00:23:05.720
 God.

00:23:05.939 --> 00:23:06.220
 So there's

00:23:06.220 --> 00:23:06.960
 no problem

00:23:06.960 --> 00:23:07.939
 here that

00:23:07.939 --> 00:23:08.559
 our hearts

00:23:08.559 --> 00:23:09.779
 follow our

00:23:09.779 --> 00:23:10.339
 desires.

00:23:11.480 --> 00:23:12.919
 The problem

00:23:12.919 --> 00:23:13.740
 is in what

00:23:13.740 --> 00:23:14.439
 we desire.

00:23:17.279 --> 00:23:17.839
 When

00:23:17.839 --> 00:23:18.299
 things are

00:23:18.299 --> 00:23:19.039
 going great,

00:23:20.399 --> 00:23:21.240
 your life

00:23:21.240 --> 00:23:22.000
 is just

00:23:22.000 --> 00:23:22.619
 hitting it

00:23:22.619 --> 00:23:23.000
 on all

00:23:23.000 --> 00:23:23.459
 cylinders.

00:23:24.599 --> 00:23:25.259
 You're here

00:23:25.259 --> 00:23:25.439
 at a

00:23:25.439 --> 00:23:25.759
 conflict

00:23:25.759 --> 00:23:26.199
 seminar

00:23:26.199 --> 00:23:26.720
 hoping to

00:23:26.720 --> 00:23:26.959
 learn

00:23:26.959 --> 00:23:27.339
 something,

00:23:27.459 --> 00:23:27.740
 but you've

00:23:27.740 --> 00:23:28.220
 got nothing

00:23:28.220 --> 00:23:28.639
 in mind

00:23:28.639 --> 00:23:28.899
 where you

00:23:28.899 --> 00:23:29.439
 could possibly

00:23:29.439 --> 00:23:30.240
 apply this.

00:23:31.399 --> 00:23:32.199
 Those seasons

00:23:32.199 --> 00:23:32.759
 can be short

00:23:32.759 --> 00:23:33.179
 sometimes,

00:23:33.359 --> 00:23:34.799
 but they're

00:23:34.799 --> 00:23:35.379
 enjoyable when

00:23:35.379 --> 00:23:35.779
 they happen.

00:23:37.179 --> 00:23:37.740
 It's not

00:23:37.740 --> 00:23:38.639
 hard to

00:23:38.639 --> 00:23:39.399
 believe your

00:23:39.399 --> 00:23:40.059
 desires are

00:23:40.059 --> 00:23:40.579
 in line with

00:23:40.579 --> 00:23:41.299
 God's desires

00:23:41.299 --> 00:23:42.119
 when everything's

00:23:42.119 --> 00:23:42.720
 going great,

00:23:43.199 --> 00:23:43.699
 when there's

00:23:43.699 --> 00:23:44.179
 plenty of money

00:23:44.179 --> 00:23:44.759
 in the bank,

00:23:45.159 --> 00:23:45.599
 when there's

00:23:45.599 --> 00:23:46.000
 plenty of

00:23:46.000 --> 00:23:46.559
 friends on the

00:23:46.559 --> 00:23:46.939
 weekend,

00:23:46.940 --> 00:23:49.120
 it's not

00:23:49.120 --> 00:23:49.340
 hard.

00:23:49.580 --> 00:23:50.259
 The problem

00:23:50.259 --> 00:23:51.160
 comes when

00:23:51.160 --> 00:23:51.480
 we get

00:23:51.480 --> 00:23:51.960
 squeezed.

00:23:52.480 --> 00:23:53.180
 The problem

00:23:53.180 --> 00:23:53.900
 comes when

00:23:53.900 --> 00:23:55.400
 we're facing

00:23:55.400 --> 00:23:56.000
 trial,

00:23:56.180 --> 00:23:56.660
 when things

00:23:56.660 --> 00:23:57.160
 are not

00:23:57.160 --> 00:23:57.740
 working out

00:23:57.740 --> 00:23:58.120
 as we

00:23:58.120 --> 00:23:59.080
 hoped that

00:23:59.080 --> 00:23:59.460
 they would

00:23:59.460 --> 00:23:59.980
 work out.

00:24:00.960 --> 00:24:01.660
 That's when

00:24:01.660 --> 00:24:02.180
 we see our

00:24:02.180 --> 00:24:02.840
 true passions,

00:24:03.279 --> 00:24:04.080
 our real

00:24:04.080 --> 00:24:04.720
 desires.

00:24:05.400 --> 00:24:06.200
 They get

00:24:06.200 --> 00:24:07.539
 revealed in

00:24:07.539 --> 00:24:08.400
 hardship.

00:24:09.320 --> 00:24:09.960
 And James

00:24:09.960 --> 00:24:10.900
 dissects this

00:24:10.900 --> 00:24:11.360
 for us.

00:24:13.519 --> 00:24:14.200
 Look at

00:24:14.200 --> 00:24:14.720
 James 4,

00:24:14.779 --> 00:24:15.440
 1-4.

00:24:15.440 --> 00:24:17.039
 What's

00:24:17.039 --> 00:24:17.660
 going on

00:24:17.660 --> 00:24:17.940
 in the

00:24:17.940 --> 00:24:18.680
 human heart

00:24:18.680 --> 00:24:19.120
 when it

00:24:19.120 --> 00:24:19.500
 doesn't

00:24:19.500 --> 00:24:20.100
 get what

00:24:20.100 --> 00:24:20.759
 it wants?

00:24:21.600 --> 00:24:22.019
 Here's

00:24:22.019 --> 00:24:22.620
 what happens.

00:24:23.360 --> 00:24:23.880
 What causes

00:24:23.880 --> 00:24:24.519
 quarrels and

00:24:24.519 --> 00:24:25.000
 what causes

00:24:25.000 --> 00:24:25.640
 fights among

00:24:25.640 --> 00:24:25.880
 you?

00:24:26.440 --> 00:24:27.220
 Is it not

00:24:27.220 --> 00:24:27.700
 this, that

00:24:27.700 --> 00:24:28.799
 your passions

00:24:28.799 --> 00:24:30.180
 are at war

00:24:30.180 --> 00:24:30.820
 within you?

00:24:31.500 --> 00:24:32.460
 You desire

00:24:32.460 --> 00:24:33.559
 and do not

00:24:33.559 --> 00:24:34.960
 have, so you

00:24:34.960 --> 00:24:35.259
 murder.

00:24:37.140 --> 00:24:38.059
 You covet

00:24:38.059 --> 00:24:38.900
 and cannot

00:24:38.900 --> 00:24:40.000
 obtain, so you

00:24:40.000 --> 00:24:41.019
 fight and

00:24:41.019 --> 00:24:41.600
 quarrel.

00:24:42.600 --> 00:24:43.279
 You do not

00:24:43.279 --> 00:24:43.980
 have, even

00:24:43.980 --> 00:24:44.279
 when you

00:24:44.279 --> 00:24:44.640
 ask.

00:24:44.839 --> 00:24:45.099
 You do

00:24:45.099 --> 00:24:45.880
 not have

00:24:45.880 --> 00:24:46.740
 because you

00:24:46.740 --> 00:24:47.200
 do not

00:24:47.200 --> 00:24:47.640
 ask.

00:24:47.799 --> 00:24:48.180
 And you

00:24:48.180 --> 00:24:48.920
 ask and

00:24:48.920 --> 00:24:49.240
 do not

00:24:49.240 --> 00:24:50.339
 receive because

00:24:50.339 --> 00:24:50.920
 you ask

00:24:50.920 --> 00:24:52.440
 wrongly to

00:24:52.440 --> 00:24:53.099
 spend it on

00:24:53.099 --> 00:24:53.960
 your passions.

00:24:55.099 --> 00:24:55.480
 You

00:24:55.480 --> 00:24:56.539
 adulterous

00:24:56.539 --> 00:24:57.319
 people.

00:24:57.460 --> 00:24:57.640
 All right,

00:24:57.700 --> 00:24:58.099
 hang on,

00:24:58.160 --> 00:24:58.660
 James, hold

00:24:58.660 --> 00:24:59.039
 on there.

00:25:01.000 --> 00:25:01.819
 He tells us

00:25:01.819 --> 00:25:02.519
 kind of directly

00:25:02.519 --> 00:25:03.460
 that our

00:25:03.460 --> 00:25:04.180
 quarrels come

00:25:04.180 --> 00:25:04.519
 from our

00:25:04.519 --> 00:25:04.960
 desires.

00:25:05.039 --> 00:25:05.200
 And we're

00:25:05.200 --> 00:25:05.460
 here to

00:25:05.460 --> 00:25:05.880
 talk about

00:25:05.880 --> 00:25:06.539
 conflict in

00:25:06.539 --> 00:25:06.960
 the Christian

00:25:06.960 --> 00:25:07.559
 life, right?

00:25:07.819 --> 00:25:08.279
 So when

00:25:08.279 --> 00:25:08.519
 there's

00:25:08.519 --> 00:25:09.660
 conflict, even

00:25:09.660 --> 00:25:10.099
 if it's not

00:25:10.099 --> 00:25:10.779
 expressed, even

00:25:10.779 --> 00:25:11.599
 if it's something

00:25:11.599 --> 00:25:12.359
 you're harboring

00:25:12.359 --> 00:25:13.339
 against somebody,

00:25:13.639 --> 00:25:14.439
 what's at

00:25:14.439 --> 00:25:15.859
 work there is

00:25:15.859 --> 00:25:16.480
 our desires

00:25:16.480 --> 00:25:17.139
 are not at

00:25:17.139 --> 00:25:17.740
 work, are

00:25:17.740 --> 00:25:18.179
 not being

00:25:18.179 --> 00:25:18.379
 met.

00:25:18.500 --> 00:25:18.939
 They're at

00:25:18.939 --> 00:25:20.099
 war within

00:25:20.099 --> 00:25:20.579
 us.

00:25:21.879 --> 00:25:22.279
 All right, he

00:25:22.279 --> 00:25:23.379
 then labels

00:25:23.379 --> 00:25:24.379
 this whole

00:25:24.379 --> 00:25:26.439
 pattern of

00:25:26.439 --> 00:25:27.319
 giving into

00:25:27.319 --> 00:25:28.079
 those desires

00:25:28.079 --> 00:25:29.179
 and having

00:25:29.179 --> 00:25:29.599
 them be at

00:25:29.599 --> 00:25:30.019
 war within

00:25:30.019 --> 00:25:30.819
 us, he

00:25:30.819 --> 00:25:31.859
 labels it

00:25:31.859 --> 00:25:32.299
 you

00:25:32.299 --> 00:25:33.419
 adulterous

00:25:33.419 --> 00:25:33.959
 people.

00:25:35.919 --> 00:25:36.359
 Now, you

00:25:36.359 --> 00:25:38.039
 know, if you

00:25:38.039 --> 00:25:38.659
 open a radio

00:25:38.659 --> 00:25:39.319
 program that

00:25:39.319 --> 00:25:39.639
 way, maybe

00:25:39.639 --> 00:25:39.839
 you're going

00:25:39.839 --> 00:25:40.299
 to turn it

00:25:40.299 --> 00:25:40.719
 off or a

00:25:40.719 --> 00:25:41.480
 podcast, right?

00:25:41.599 --> 00:25:42.500
 That's a

00:25:42.500 --> 00:25:43.439
 harsh label, but

00:25:43.439 --> 00:25:43.740
 I want to

00:25:43.740 --> 00:25:44.399
 explore the

00:25:44.399 --> 00:25:44.819
 label a

00:25:44.819 --> 00:25:45.039
 little bit.

00:25:45.139 --> 00:25:45.519
 Why does

00:25:45.519 --> 00:25:46.599
 he use that

00:25:46.599 --> 00:25:46.839
 phrase?

00:25:46.899 --> 00:25:47.299
 Why did he

00:25:47.299 --> 00:25:47.679
 say, you

00:25:47.679 --> 00:25:48.339
 rebellious

00:25:48.339 --> 00:25:48.799
 people?

00:25:50.279 --> 00:25:50.959
 Or you

00:25:50.959 --> 00:25:51.439
 sinners?

00:25:54.059 --> 00:25:54.779
 When we

00:25:54.779 --> 00:25:56.219
 love in a

00:25:56.219 --> 00:25:57.500
 primary way,

00:25:58.500 --> 00:25:59.519
 what we

00:25:59.519 --> 00:25:59.919
 ought not

00:25:59.919 --> 00:26:00.379
 love in a

00:26:00.379 --> 00:26:01.179
 primary way,

00:26:02.079 --> 00:26:03.019
 we are

00:26:03.019 --> 00:26:03.799
 revealing we've

00:26:03.799 --> 00:26:04.179
 left our

00:26:04.179 --> 00:26:04.899
 first love.

00:26:08.179 --> 00:26:08.679
 Let me

00:26:08.679 --> 00:26:09.000
 give you an

00:26:09.000 --> 00:26:09.359
 example.

00:26:09.359 --> 00:26:12.039
 humanly

00:26:12.039 --> 00:26:12.779
 speaking, I'm

00:26:12.779 --> 00:26:13.539
 called to

00:26:13.539 --> 00:26:14.479
 love my

00:26:14.479 --> 00:26:15.199
 wife, Gina,

00:26:15.859 --> 00:26:17.119
 in a

00:26:17.119 --> 00:26:18.159
 primary way

00:26:18.159 --> 00:26:18.699
 in human

00:26:18.699 --> 00:26:19.519
 relationships.

00:26:22.219 --> 00:26:23.079
 In each of

00:26:23.079 --> 00:26:23.639
 the jobs that

00:26:23.639 --> 00:26:23.979
 I've had,

00:26:24.019 --> 00:26:24.519
 including my

00:26:24.519 --> 00:26:25.139
 current one,

00:26:25.379 --> 00:26:26.839
 I work with

00:26:26.839 --> 00:26:27.439
 a number of

00:26:27.439 --> 00:26:27.699
 women.

00:26:29.039 --> 00:26:29.939
 I'm also

00:26:29.939 --> 00:26:30.419
 called to

00:26:30.419 --> 00:26:30.879
 love them,

00:26:31.359 --> 00:26:33.619
 but not in

00:26:33.619 --> 00:26:34.039
 a primary

00:26:34.039 --> 00:26:34.459
 way.

00:26:34.460 --> 00:26:37.620
 if my

00:26:37.620 --> 00:26:39.120
 heart, I

00:26:39.120 --> 00:26:39.519
 still love

00:26:39.519 --> 00:26:40.420
 Gina, but

00:26:40.420 --> 00:26:41.000
 if my heart

00:26:41.000 --> 00:26:41.900
 loves them

00:26:41.900 --> 00:26:42.519
 in a

00:26:42.519 --> 00:26:43.500
 primary way,

00:26:44.640 --> 00:26:45.400
 you can see

00:26:45.400 --> 00:26:45.880
 why James

00:26:45.880 --> 00:26:46.299
 uses the

00:26:46.299 --> 00:26:46.640
 phrase, you

00:26:46.640 --> 00:26:47.120
 adulterous

00:26:47.120 --> 00:26:47.440
 people.

00:26:48.259 --> 00:26:48.779
 Is that

00:26:48.779 --> 00:26:49.019
 clear?

00:26:49.920 --> 00:26:50.420
 All right.

00:26:51.460 --> 00:26:52.039
 On the

00:26:52.039 --> 00:26:52.840
 grand scale,

00:26:53.039 --> 00:26:53.319
 we are

00:26:53.319 --> 00:26:54.940
 called to

00:26:54.940 --> 00:26:55.680
 love God

00:26:55.680 --> 00:26:56.460
 in a

00:26:56.460 --> 00:26:57.440
 primary way,

00:26:58.360 --> 00:26:59.539
 such that

00:26:59.539 --> 00:27:00.340
 his will is

00:27:00.340 --> 00:27:00.900
 what we do.

00:27:01.000 --> 00:27:01.440
 He says

00:27:01.440 --> 00:27:01.900
 that we do

00:27:01.900 --> 00:27:02.259
 it, that

00:27:02.259 --> 00:27:02.840
 ends it.

00:27:02.839 --> 00:27:04.720
 But if

00:27:04.720 --> 00:27:05.679
 we love

00:27:05.679 --> 00:27:06.919
 any number

00:27:06.919 --> 00:27:07.480
 of things,

00:27:07.799 --> 00:27:08.279
 let me use

00:27:08.279 --> 00:27:08.699
 the example

00:27:08.699 --> 00:27:09.240
 I just did.

00:27:09.599 --> 00:27:10.339
 If I love

00:27:10.339 --> 00:27:12.339
 Gina more

00:27:12.339 --> 00:27:13.159
 than God,

00:27:13.279 --> 00:27:14.000
 such that her

00:27:14.000 --> 00:27:14.919
 happiness matters

00:27:14.919 --> 00:27:15.539
 to me more

00:27:15.539 --> 00:27:16.099
 than pleasing

00:27:16.099 --> 00:27:16.720
 the Lord,

00:27:17.859 --> 00:27:18.799
 I've left

00:27:18.799 --> 00:27:19.439
 my first

00:27:19.439 --> 00:27:19.899
 love.

00:27:21.299 --> 00:27:22.039
 And I

00:27:22.039 --> 00:27:22.419
 am in

00:27:22.419 --> 00:27:23.139
 that moment

00:27:23.139 --> 00:27:24.980
 part of

00:27:24.980 --> 00:27:25.899
 an adulterous

00:27:25.899 --> 00:27:27.720
 people as

00:27:27.720 --> 00:27:28.399
 the bride of

00:27:28.399 --> 00:27:28.879
 Christ,

00:27:29.359 --> 00:27:30.000
 loving something

00:27:30.000 --> 00:27:30.539
 more than

00:27:30.539 --> 00:27:31.480
 its bridegroom.

00:27:32.839 --> 00:27:33.519
 Are you

00:27:33.519 --> 00:27:33.879
 with me?

00:27:34.799 --> 00:27:35.599
 That's the

00:27:35.599 --> 00:27:36.220
 language

00:27:36.220 --> 00:27:38.720
 James is

00:27:38.720 --> 00:27:39.399
 using here.

00:27:40.399 --> 00:27:41.240
 If you

00:27:41.240 --> 00:27:41.599
 are in

00:27:41.599 --> 00:27:42.139
 regular

00:27:42.139 --> 00:27:43.059
 conflict with

00:27:43.059 --> 00:27:43.480
 someone,

00:27:43.959 --> 00:27:44.879
 or many

00:27:44.879 --> 00:27:45.599
 someones,

00:27:45.899 --> 00:27:46.480
 let me ask

00:27:46.480 --> 00:27:46.819
 this.

00:27:47.859 --> 00:27:48.619
 Just pause

00:27:48.619 --> 00:27:50.000
 and ask

00:27:50.000 --> 00:27:50.359
 yourself,

00:27:50.539 --> 00:27:51.059
 what are

00:27:51.059 --> 00:27:51.619
 you loving

00:27:51.619 --> 00:27:53.299
 most?

00:27:55.199 --> 00:27:56.179
 What right

00:27:56.179 --> 00:27:56.659
 now is

00:27:56.659 --> 00:27:58.339
 rivaling for

00:27:58.339 --> 00:27:58.959
 the attention

00:27:58.959 --> 00:27:59.919
 of my heart?

00:27:59.920 --> 00:28:04.080
 what has

00:28:04.080 --> 00:28:04.759
 God not

00:28:04.759 --> 00:28:05.440
 given me

00:28:05.440 --> 00:28:06.039
 in this

00:28:06.039 --> 00:28:06.460
 moment

00:28:06.460 --> 00:28:07.640
 that I'm

00:28:07.640 --> 00:28:08.240
 willing to

00:28:08.240 --> 00:28:09.080
 sin to

00:28:09.080 --> 00:28:09.600
 get it?

00:28:17.600 --> 00:28:18.620
 When we

00:28:18.620 --> 00:28:19.259
 are willing

00:28:19.259 --> 00:28:20.200
 to sin

00:28:20.200 --> 00:28:20.860
 to get a

00:28:20.860 --> 00:28:21.620
 good thing,

00:28:21.680 --> 00:28:22.080
 what we're

00:28:22.080 --> 00:28:22.779
 revealing is

00:28:22.779 --> 00:28:23.340
 that good

00:28:23.340 --> 00:28:24.640
 thing is

00:28:24.640 --> 00:28:25.360
 functioning as

00:28:25.360 --> 00:28:25.860
 an idol

00:28:25.860 --> 00:28:26.640
 within us,

00:28:26.640 --> 00:28:28.180
 as an

00:28:28.180 --> 00:28:29.440
 adulterer or

00:28:29.440 --> 00:28:30.400
 adulteress within

00:28:30.400 --> 00:28:31.900
 us,

00:28:32.360 --> 00:28:33.220
 because we're

00:28:33.220 --> 00:28:33.820
 willing to

00:28:33.820 --> 00:28:34.380
 leave our

00:28:34.380 --> 00:28:35.259
 first love.

00:28:35.700 --> 00:28:36.140
 I'm going

00:28:36.140 --> 00:28:36.920
 to rebel

00:28:36.920 --> 00:28:38.259
 here so I

00:28:38.259 --> 00:28:38.940
 can get this

00:28:38.940 --> 00:28:39.900
 thing you

00:28:39.900 --> 00:28:40.380
 should have

00:28:40.380 --> 00:28:41.020
 given me.

00:28:43.100 --> 00:28:44.240
 And I've

00:28:44.240 --> 00:28:44.880
 used adultery

00:28:44.880 --> 00:28:45.460
 as an example

00:28:45.460 --> 00:28:45.880
 because that's

00:28:45.880 --> 00:28:46.420
 Paul's language.

00:28:46.540 --> 00:28:47.460
 I said Paul

00:28:47.460 --> 00:28:47.680
 again.

00:28:47.900 --> 00:28:48.480
 That's James'

00:28:48.640 --> 00:28:49.280
 language here.

00:28:49.279 --> 00:28:52.220
 But what

00:28:52.220 --> 00:28:52.500
 if the

00:28:52.500 --> 00:28:52.940
 thing you

00:28:52.940 --> 00:28:54.299
 want is

00:28:54.299 --> 00:28:55.460
 peace?

00:28:59.119 --> 00:28:59.599
 That's

00:28:59.599 --> 00:29:00.359
 been an

00:29:00.359 --> 00:29:00.779
 idol I've

00:29:00.779 --> 00:29:01.000
 had to

00:29:01.000 --> 00:29:01.319
 fight in

00:29:01.319 --> 00:29:02.359
 my life as

00:29:02.359 --> 00:29:02.859
 I've had a

00:29:02.859 --> 00:29:03.180
 number of

00:29:03.180 --> 00:29:03.700
 kids come

00:29:03.700 --> 00:29:04.779
 through teenage

00:29:04.779 --> 00:29:05.420
 years.

00:29:06.720 --> 00:29:07.319
 And it's

00:29:07.319 --> 00:29:07.920
 just so

00:29:07.920 --> 00:29:08.700
 obvious how

00:29:08.700 --> 00:29:09.319
 we could not

00:29:09.319 --> 00:29:09.740
 fight with

00:29:09.740 --> 00:29:10.220
 one another,

00:29:10.339 --> 00:29:10.839
 but there's

00:29:10.839 --> 00:29:11.519
 fighting happening.

00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:12.440
 What I

00:29:12.440 --> 00:29:13.200
 want, God

00:29:13.200 --> 00:29:14.899
 wants, but

00:29:14.899 --> 00:29:15.240
 he's not

00:29:15.240 --> 00:29:15.859
 giving it to

00:29:15.859 --> 00:29:16.259
 me right

00:29:16.259 --> 00:29:16.599
 now.

00:29:16.599 --> 00:29:18.019
 So my

00:29:18.019 --> 00:29:18.699
 temptation is

00:29:18.699 --> 00:29:19.279
 to get

00:29:19.279 --> 00:29:19.779
 what God

00:29:19.779 --> 00:29:21.219
 wants in

00:29:21.219 --> 00:29:21.779
 Rob's way

00:29:21.779 --> 00:29:22.259
 and Rob's

00:29:22.259 --> 00:29:22.559
 time.

00:29:24.119 --> 00:29:24.299
 Right?

00:29:25.419 --> 00:29:26.119
 And sure

00:29:26.119 --> 00:29:27.079
 enough, if I

00:29:27.079 --> 00:29:27.899
 just yell

00:29:27.899 --> 00:29:28.819
 louder than

00:29:28.819 --> 00:29:29.219
 any of the

00:29:29.219 --> 00:29:29.779
 other people,

00:29:30.419 --> 00:29:30.939
 keep in mind

00:29:30.939 --> 00:29:31.740
 I'm professionally

00:29:31.740 --> 00:29:32.659
 trained, you

00:29:32.659 --> 00:29:33.740
 know, I

00:29:33.740 --> 00:29:35.799
 can produce

00:29:35.799 --> 00:29:36.539
 some volume.

00:29:37.379 --> 00:29:37.459
 Right?

00:29:37.779 --> 00:29:38.799
 So if I

00:29:38.799 --> 00:29:39.119
 just yell,

00:29:39.179 --> 00:29:39.819
 that silence

00:29:39.819 --> 00:29:40.559
 is the house.

00:29:42.099 --> 00:29:42.819
 But there's

00:29:42.819 --> 00:29:43.319
 not an ounce

00:29:43.319 --> 00:29:43.959
 of peace that

00:29:43.959 --> 00:29:44.480
 comes out of

00:29:44.480 --> 00:29:44.740
 that.

00:29:45.139 --> 00:29:45.839
 It's just

00:29:45.839 --> 00:29:46.259
 silent,

00:29:46.259 --> 00:29:46.779
 conflict.

00:29:47.500 --> 00:29:48.519
 It's fear.

00:29:49.500 --> 00:29:50.359
 I'm getting

00:29:50.359 --> 00:29:51.200
 that result

00:29:51.200 --> 00:29:52.599
 that I want

00:29:52.599 --> 00:29:53.000
 God to

00:29:53.000 --> 00:29:53.599
 provide, but

00:29:53.599 --> 00:29:53.920
 it's not

00:29:53.920 --> 00:29:54.339
 done in

00:29:54.339 --> 00:29:54.779
 his way.

00:29:54.839 --> 00:29:55.079
 I've been

00:29:55.079 --> 00:29:55.480
 willing to

00:29:55.480 --> 00:29:55.940
 sin against

00:29:55.940 --> 00:29:56.299
 him to

00:29:56.299 --> 00:29:56.680
 get it.

00:29:57.019 --> 00:29:57.440
 These are

00:29:57.440 --> 00:29:58.000
 the desires

00:29:58.000 --> 00:29:58.440
 that creep

00:29:58.440 --> 00:29:58.759
 up in

00:29:58.759 --> 00:29:59.400
 our hearts

00:29:59.400 --> 00:30:00.640
 that we

00:30:00.640 --> 00:30:01.339
 are called

00:30:01.339 --> 00:30:02.180
 to take

00:30:02.180 --> 00:30:02.599
 to task.

00:30:02.700 --> 00:30:02.940
 We're going

00:30:02.940 --> 00:30:03.259
 to spend

00:30:03.259 --> 00:30:03.700
 much more

00:30:03.700 --> 00:30:04.119
 time on

00:30:04.119 --> 00:30:04.619
 James 4

00:30:04.619 --> 00:30:05.279
 in the

00:30:05.279 --> 00:30:05.859
 next session.

00:30:06.619 --> 00:30:06.940
 Okay, let's

00:30:06.940 --> 00:30:07.299
 move on to

00:30:07.299 --> 00:30:07.579
 the second

00:30:07.579 --> 00:30:07.819
 one.

00:30:08.319 --> 00:30:08.819
 We fail

00:30:08.819 --> 00:30:09.359
 to cultivate

00:30:09.359 --> 00:30:10.460
 grace-producing

00:30:10.460 --> 00:30:11.420
 gratitude.

00:30:11.420 --> 00:30:11.600
 gratitude.

00:30:15.740 --> 00:30:16.380
 When

00:30:16.380 --> 00:30:17.539
 conflict and

00:30:17.539 --> 00:30:18.500
 contention is

00:30:18.500 --> 00:30:19.380
 commonplace in

00:30:19.380 --> 00:30:21.140
 your life, I

00:30:21.140 --> 00:30:21.600
 can almost

00:30:21.600 --> 00:30:22.640
 guarantee there's

00:30:22.640 --> 00:30:23.320
 a shortage of

00:30:23.320 --> 00:30:23.820
 grace and

00:30:23.820 --> 00:30:24.279
 gratitude.

00:30:27.740 --> 00:30:28.560
 Because there's

00:30:28.560 --> 00:30:29.160
 no spirit

00:30:29.160 --> 00:30:30.120
 power for

00:30:30.120 --> 00:30:31.380
 you to

00:30:31.380 --> 00:30:32.039
 overlook an

00:30:32.039 --> 00:30:33.420
 offense, to

00:30:33.420 --> 00:30:34.340
 forbear under

00:30:34.340 --> 00:30:35.800
 mistreatment, to

00:30:35.800 --> 00:30:36.700
 suffer long with

00:30:36.700 --> 00:30:37.100
 someone's

00:30:37.100 --> 00:30:37.580
 weaknesses.

00:30:37.579 --> 00:30:39.220
 We cannot

00:30:39.220 --> 00:30:40.139
 project the

00:30:40.139 --> 00:30:40.759
 transferable

00:30:40.759 --> 00:30:41.399
 attributes of

00:30:41.399 --> 00:30:43.359
 God if we

00:30:43.359 --> 00:30:43.720
 are not

00:30:43.720 --> 00:30:45.059
 actively grateful

00:30:45.059 --> 00:30:46.299
 for the work

00:30:46.299 --> 00:30:47.259
 of God in

00:30:47.259 --> 00:30:47.799
 our lives.

00:30:50.879 --> 00:30:51.839
 I want to

00:30:51.839 --> 00:30:52.500
 suggest to

00:30:52.500 --> 00:30:53.419
 you that the

00:30:53.419 --> 00:30:54.480
 lack of

00:30:54.480 --> 00:30:55.480
 grace in our

00:30:55.480 --> 00:30:56.519
 relationships and

00:30:56.519 --> 00:30:57.379
 our attitudes is

00:30:57.379 --> 00:30:59.220
 a result of a

00:30:59.220 --> 00:30:59.859
 shortage of

00:30:59.859 --> 00:31:00.960
 grace-producing

00:31:00.960 --> 00:31:02.379
 gratitude in

00:31:02.379 --> 00:31:03.019
 our hearts.

00:31:05.939 --> 00:31:07.159
 We're thankful

00:31:07.160 --> 00:31:07.800
 for the love

00:31:07.800 --> 00:31:08.200
 of God.

00:31:08.300 --> 00:31:08.759
 We're thankful

00:31:08.759 --> 00:31:09.380
 for the blood

00:31:09.380 --> 00:31:09.779
 of Christ.

00:31:09.880 --> 00:31:10.300
 We're thankful

00:31:10.300 --> 00:31:11.160
 for the infilling

00:31:11.160 --> 00:31:11.920
 of the Spirit

00:31:11.920 --> 00:31:12.900
 and the promise

00:31:12.900 --> 00:31:13.460
 of salvation.

00:31:13.600 --> 00:31:14.160
 I trust every

00:31:14.160 --> 00:31:15.240
 one of you is

00:31:15.240 --> 00:31:16.800
 thankful for

00:31:16.800 --> 00:31:17.759
 your salvation.

00:31:18.400 --> 00:31:19.180
 But when we

00:31:19.180 --> 00:31:20.380
 are in conflict,

00:31:20.380 --> 00:31:21.519
 in the throes

00:31:21.519 --> 00:31:22.880
 of temptation,

00:31:24.100 --> 00:31:25.440
 if that gratitude

00:31:25.440 --> 00:31:26.300
 is not within

00:31:26.300 --> 00:31:28.200
 reach, if it's

00:31:28.200 --> 00:31:29.000
 not front of

00:31:29.000 --> 00:31:30.740
 mind, then we're

00:31:30.740 --> 00:31:31.620
 going to act out

00:31:31.620 --> 00:31:32.240
 of those passions

00:31:32.240 --> 00:31:33.040
 and desires of

00:31:33.040 --> 00:31:34.180
 our hearts rather

00:31:34.180 --> 00:31:35.100
 than out of the

00:31:35.100 --> 00:31:35.980
 gratitude we've

00:31:35.980 --> 00:31:36.400
 needed to

00:31:36.400 --> 00:31:36.779
 cultivate.

00:31:37.160 --> 00:31:38.019
 All along.

00:31:39.140 --> 00:31:40.420
 You can't just

00:31:40.420 --> 00:31:41.680
 summon gratitude

00:31:41.680 --> 00:31:42.860
 in a given

00:31:42.860 --> 00:31:44.100
 moment if you're

00:31:44.100 --> 00:31:44.820
 not regularly

00:31:44.820 --> 00:31:45.840
 cultivating it.

00:31:46.200 --> 00:31:47.600
 If you're sitting

00:31:47.600 --> 00:31:48.860
 on your couch and

00:31:48.860 --> 00:31:49.100
 you're like,

00:31:49.140 --> 00:31:49.920
 man, I could go

00:31:49.920 --> 00:31:50.600
 for an apple.

00:31:53.279 --> 00:31:54.519
 If you've not

00:31:54.519 --> 00:31:55.740
 gathered the

00:31:55.740 --> 00:31:56.800
 apples at the

00:31:56.800 --> 00:31:58.340
 store first to

00:31:58.340 --> 00:31:58.779
 be in your

00:31:58.779 --> 00:31:59.900
 refrigerator or on

00:31:59.900 --> 00:32:00.480
 your counter,

00:32:00.940 --> 00:32:01.920
 you can't just

00:32:01.920 --> 00:32:02.580
 summon the

00:32:02.580 --> 00:32:03.240
 existence of an

00:32:03.240 --> 00:32:03.500
 apple.

00:32:03.500 --> 00:32:04.960
 You have to

00:32:04.960 --> 00:32:05.819
 have gathered it

00:32:05.819 --> 00:32:06.500
 so that it's

00:32:06.500 --> 00:32:07.220
 there for you

00:32:07.220 --> 00:32:07.740
 when you need

00:32:07.740 --> 00:32:07.859
 it.

00:32:08.019 --> 00:32:08.519
 And it's the

00:32:08.519 --> 00:32:08.980
 same with

00:32:08.980 --> 00:32:09.460
 gratitude.

00:32:10.059 --> 00:32:10.819
 You can't in

00:32:10.819 --> 00:32:12.259
 a moment access

00:32:12.259 --> 00:32:12.880
 gratitude.

00:32:13.880 --> 00:32:14.740
 It has to be

00:32:14.740 --> 00:32:15.839
 cultivated and

00:32:15.839 --> 00:32:17.099
 gathered and at

00:32:17.099 --> 00:32:18.240
 your disposal, a

00:32:18.240 --> 00:32:19.119
 regular discipline

00:32:19.119 --> 00:32:20.440
 in your life.

00:32:20.440 --> 00:32:20.500
 love.

00:32:22.380 --> 00:32:23.820
 As we grow in

00:32:23.820 --> 00:32:25.759
 gratitude, as we

00:32:25.759 --> 00:32:26.759
 demonstrate more

00:32:26.759 --> 00:32:28.180
 and more faith in

00:32:28.180 --> 00:32:29.039
 the direction of

00:32:29.039 --> 00:32:30.279
 God and living his

00:32:30.279 --> 00:32:31.080
 way, what happens

00:32:31.080 --> 00:32:32.620
 is grace abounds in

00:32:32.620 --> 00:32:33.259
 our lives.

00:32:33.799 --> 00:32:35.240
 And it's there for

00:32:35.240 --> 00:32:37.120
 us to be able to

00:32:37.120 --> 00:32:38.920
 share with those who

00:32:38.920 --> 00:32:39.420
 need it.

00:32:40.000 --> 00:32:40.740
 We're going to spend

00:32:40.740 --> 00:32:41.640
 much more time on

00:32:41.640 --> 00:32:42.940
 gratitude in the

00:32:42.940 --> 00:32:43.620
 last session.

00:32:43.619 --> 00:32:45.459
 Okay?

00:32:45.819 --> 00:32:47.159
 Let's look at what

00:32:47.159 --> 00:32:47.919
 does it look like

00:32:47.919 --> 00:32:49.379
 here to be

00:32:49.379 --> 00:32:50.759
 gospel-centered

00:32:50.759 --> 00:32:52.119
 livers, people who

00:32:52.119 --> 00:32:53.239
 live with gospel-centered

00:32:53.239 --> 00:32:55.199
 lives when facing

00:32:55.199 --> 00:32:56.699
 conflict, when our

00:32:56.699 --> 00:32:57.919
 desires are not

00:32:57.919 --> 00:32:58.239
 met.

00:32:58.759 --> 00:33:00.099
 What are the calls

00:33:00.099 --> 00:33:01.000
 on our lives?

00:33:01.059 --> 00:33:01.759
 I've got three of

00:33:01.759 --> 00:33:02.319
 them here at the

00:33:02.319 --> 00:33:03.000
 end of this session.

00:33:03.639 --> 00:33:05.059
 Three foundational

00:33:05.059 --> 00:33:06.119
 calls.

00:33:06.799 --> 00:33:07.859
 Whatever the issues

00:33:07.859 --> 00:33:08.739
 you're going to

00:33:08.739 --> 00:33:09.739
 face, whatever

00:33:09.739 --> 00:33:11.339
 additional tools you

00:33:11.339 --> 00:33:12.899
 may need, these

00:33:12.900 --> 00:33:14.660
 foundational principles

00:33:14.660 --> 00:33:16.780
 or calls should be

00:33:16.780 --> 00:33:17.620
 at work.

00:33:18.040 --> 00:33:19.160
 Are things the

00:33:19.160 --> 00:33:20.820
 gospel calls us

00:33:20.820 --> 00:33:21.100
 to.

00:33:21.180 --> 00:33:21.620
 Let's look at the

00:33:21.620 --> 00:33:22.100
 first one.

00:33:22.540 --> 00:33:23.340
 We are called to

00:33:23.340 --> 00:33:24.180
 Christ-centered

00:33:24.180 --> 00:33:24.560
 living.

00:33:24.800 --> 00:33:25.600
 I've been alluding

00:33:25.600 --> 00:33:26.759
 to this all along,

00:33:27.240 --> 00:33:29.259
 that in order for

00:33:29.259 --> 00:33:30.940
 us to honor God in

00:33:30.940 --> 00:33:32.759
 the disagreements, we

00:33:32.759 --> 00:33:33.560
 have to be living

00:33:33.560 --> 00:33:35.680
 Christ-centered lives.

00:33:35.820 --> 00:33:36.740
 Paul spends in

00:33:36.740 --> 00:33:39.040
 Romans 11 chapters

00:33:39.040 --> 00:33:40.560
 expounding on the

00:33:40.560 --> 00:33:41.940
 substance of the

00:33:41.940 --> 00:33:42.340
 gospel.

00:33:42.900 --> 00:33:44.120
 In case you haven't

00:33:44.120 --> 00:33:45.160
 read it, it's the

00:33:45.160 --> 00:33:45.759
 first 11.

00:33:46.200 --> 00:33:47.300
 Chapters 1 through

00:33:47.300 --> 00:33:48.660
 11, he spends

00:33:48.660 --> 00:33:50.060
 expounding the

00:33:50.060 --> 00:33:50.800
 riches and the

00:33:50.800 --> 00:33:51.440
 depths and the

00:33:51.440 --> 00:33:52.440
 contours of the

00:33:52.440 --> 00:33:52.840
 gospel.

00:33:53.740 --> 00:33:55.120
 He entertains

00:33:55.120 --> 00:33:56.120
 objections to

00:33:56.120 --> 00:33:57.500
 those things, and

00:33:57.500 --> 00:33:58.860
 then he cites

00:33:58.860 --> 00:33:59.759
 claims of the

00:33:59.759 --> 00:34:00.720
 gospel throughout

00:34:00.720 --> 00:34:02.480
 those 11 chapters.

00:34:02.480 --> 00:34:02.579
 chapters.

00:34:04.019 --> 00:34:05.559
 When he turns to

00:34:05.559 --> 00:34:08.119
 apply those 11

00:34:08.119 --> 00:34:09.460
 chapters, he does

00:34:09.460 --> 00:34:10.199
 in the last four

00:34:10.199 --> 00:34:11.019
 chapters of Romans,

00:34:11.400 --> 00:34:12.559
 when he applies

00:34:12.559 --> 00:34:13.480
 them, did you ever

00:34:13.480 --> 00:34:14.219
 notice where he

00:34:14.219 --> 00:34:15.240
 first applies them?

00:34:16.699 --> 00:34:17.699
 It's our view of

00:34:17.699 --> 00:34:18.139
 the world.

00:34:20.019 --> 00:34:21.280
 Be transformed by

00:34:21.280 --> 00:34:21.860
 the renewing of

00:34:21.860 --> 00:34:22.219
 your mind.

00:34:23.219 --> 00:34:23.699
 Right?

00:34:23.900 --> 00:34:24.840
 And then the whole

00:34:24.840 --> 00:34:25.820
 rest of that chapter

00:34:25.820 --> 00:34:26.840
 is relationships.

00:34:26.840 --> 00:34:29.539
 how we deal with

00:34:29.539 --> 00:34:30.019
 other people.

00:34:30.100 --> 00:34:31.380
 The first half is

00:34:31.380 --> 00:34:32.579
 how we deal with

00:34:32.579 --> 00:34:34.579
 those that we're at

00:34:34.579 --> 00:34:35.240
 peace with.

00:34:35.340 --> 00:34:36.280
 How do we act

00:34:36.280 --> 00:34:37.880
 toward people?

00:34:38.180 --> 00:34:38.980
 And then the second

00:34:38.980 --> 00:34:39.519
 half, which we're

00:34:39.519 --> 00:34:40.559
 going to read here in

00:34:40.559 --> 00:34:41.539
 verses 14 through

00:34:41.539 --> 00:34:43.420
 21, is how we treat

00:34:43.420 --> 00:34:44.460
 people when we are

00:34:44.460 --> 00:34:45.440
 acted upon.

00:34:45.440 --> 00:34:49.119
 So 9 through 13 is

00:34:49.119 --> 00:34:50.220
 kind of proactive

00:34:50.220 --> 00:34:51.159
 Christian living,

00:34:51.360 --> 00:34:52.639
 gospel living, and

00:34:52.639 --> 00:34:53.800
 14 through 21 is

00:34:53.800 --> 00:34:55.700
 reactive gospel

00:34:55.700 --> 00:34:56.119
 living.

00:34:56.460 --> 00:34:57.099
 Look at what it

00:34:57.099 --> 00:34:57.280
 says.

00:34:57.500 --> 00:34:58.300
 This is when we are

00:34:58.300 --> 00:34:59.320
 acted upon.

00:35:00.820 --> 00:35:02.039
 Bless those who

00:35:02.039 --> 00:35:02.940
 persecute you.

00:35:03.119 --> 00:35:04.300
 It's the first thing

00:35:04.300 --> 00:35:05.039
 he says, guys.

00:35:05.280 --> 00:35:06.480
 It's the first thing

00:35:06.480 --> 00:35:07.059
 when he's talking

00:35:07.059 --> 00:35:08.440
 about reactive living

00:35:08.440 --> 00:35:10.039
 in the gospel is to

00:35:10.039 --> 00:35:11.400
 bless those who

00:35:11.400 --> 00:35:12.320
 persecute you.

00:35:12.460 --> 00:35:13.780
 Bless and do not

00:35:13.780 --> 00:35:14.500
 curse them.

00:35:15.440 --> 00:35:17.019
 rejoice with those

00:35:17.019 --> 00:35:17.519
 who rejoice.

00:35:17.599 --> 00:35:18.360
 So somebody's already

00:35:18.360 --> 00:35:18.980
 rejoicing.

00:35:19.159 --> 00:35:19.940
 We join them in

00:35:19.940 --> 00:35:20.400
 rejoicing.

00:35:20.900 --> 00:35:21.800
 Weep with those who

00:35:21.800 --> 00:35:22.119
 weep.

00:35:23.340 --> 00:35:24.679
 Live in harmony

00:35:24.679 --> 00:35:26.320
 with one another.

00:35:27.940 --> 00:35:29.519
 Do not be haughty,

00:35:29.840 --> 00:35:31.360
 but associate with

00:35:31.360 --> 00:35:32.059
 the lowly.

00:35:33.840 --> 00:35:35.360
 Never be wise in

00:35:35.360 --> 00:35:36.119
 your own sight.

00:35:37.360 --> 00:35:38.159
 Here's a toughie.

00:35:38.720 --> 00:35:40.159
 Repay no one evil

00:35:40.159 --> 00:35:41.599
 for evil, but give

00:35:41.599 --> 00:35:42.519
 thought to do what

00:35:42.519 --> 00:35:43.500
 is honorable in the

00:35:43.500 --> 00:35:44.380
 sight of all.

00:35:44.380 --> 00:35:46.019
 And I alluded to

00:35:46.019 --> 00:35:46.500
 this earlier.

00:35:46.619 --> 00:35:48.519
 If possible, so far

00:35:48.519 --> 00:35:49.599
 as it depends on

00:35:49.599 --> 00:35:51.840
 you, live peaceably

00:35:51.840 --> 00:35:52.400
 with all.

00:35:53.539 --> 00:35:54.280
 Beloved, never

00:35:54.280 --> 00:35:55.420
 avenge yourselves,

00:35:55.700 --> 00:35:56.820
 but leave it to the

00:35:56.820 --> 00:35:57.579
 wrath of God.

00:35:57.720 --> 00:35:58.519
 For it is written,

00:35:58.700 --> 00:35:59.500
 vengeance is mine,

00:35:59.559 --> 00:36:00.160
 I will repay,

00:36:00.300 --> 00:36:00.920
 says the Lord.

00:36:01.700 --> 00:36:02.800
 To the contrary,

00:36:03.840 --> 00:36:05.000
 if your enemy is

00:36:05.000 --> 00:36:06.160
 hungry, feed him.

00:36:07.519 --> 00:36:08.640
 If he's thirsty,

00:36:08.840 --> 00:36:09.460
 give him something

00:36:09.460 --> 00:36:10.119
 to drink.

00:36:10.920 --> 00:36:11.860
 For by so doing,

00:36:11.920 --> 00:36:12.680
 you will heap burning

00:36:12.679 --> 00:36:13.719
 coals on his head.

00:36:14.419 --> 00:36:15.440
 Do not be overcome

00:36:15.440 --> 00:36:16.739
 by evil, but overcome

00:36:16.739 --> 00:36:17.960
 evil with good.

00:36:18.759 --> 00:36:19.759
 Now, before we get

00:36:19.759 --> 00:36:20.839
 any further into this,

00:36:20.859 --> 00:36:21.480
 I want to call to

00:36:21.480 --> 00:36:22.059
 your attention.

00:36:22.719 --> 00:36:24.179
 That is precisely

00:36:24.179 --> 00:36:25.839
 how you've been

00:36:25.839 --> 00:36:26.559
 loved by God.

00:36:28.000 --> 00:36:29.259
 While we were yet

00:36:29.259 --> 00:36:29.699
 sinners,

00:36:30.960 --> 00:36:32.319
 Christ died for us.

00:36:33.039 --> 00:36:33.980
 While we were

00:36:33.980 --> 00:36:35.559
 enemies of him,

00:36:36.219 --> 00:36:37.199
 he loved us.

00:36:37.199 --> 00:36:39.839
 God so loved the

00:36:39.839 --> 00:36:41.019
 world he gave.

00:36:42.379 --> 00:36:43.299
 This is how,

00:36:43.559 --> 00:36:44.539
 so God, it's not

00:36:44.539 --> 00:36:45.439
 fair to ask me that.

00:36:45.659 --> 00:36:46.659
 He's asking us to

00:36:46.659 --> 00:36:48.279
 do nothing that he's

00:36:48.279 --> 00:36:49.179
 not done himself.

00:36:50.279 --> 00:36:51.239
 And then he's given

00:36:51.239 --> 00:36:52.379
 us his Holy Spirit

00:36:52.379 --> 00:36:54.059
 to empower and

00:36:54.059 --> 00:36:55.659
 enable us to go do

00:36:55.659 --> 00:36:55.899
 it.

00:36:58.579 --> 00:36:59.460
 Now, I don't know

00:36:59.460 --> 00:37:00.339
 the circumstances

00:37:00.339 --> 00:37:01.299
 going on in your

00:37:01.299 --> 00:37:01.599
 life.

00:37:01.699 --> 00:37:02.439
 I don't know what

00:37:02.439 --> 00:37:04.779
 issue or sin or

00:37:04.779 --> 00:37:06.819
 offense has stirred

00:37:06.820 --> 00:37:08.059
 within your soul

00:37:08.059 --> 00:37:09.420
 has happened to

00:37:09.420 --> 00:37:10.059
 you, and I don't

00:37:10.059 --> 00:37:11.080
 want to trivialize

00:37:11.080 --> 00:37:11.920
 it in any way.

00:37:13.720 --> 00:37:15.120
 Whatever it is,

00:37:15.980 --> 00:37:16.740
 and whatever else

00:37:16.740 --> 00:37:17.640
 I need to know

00:37:17.640 --> 00:37:18.539
 about it to give

00:37:18.539 --> 00:37:20.260
 good, sound-specific

00:37:20.260 --> 00:37:21.059
 guidance,

00:37:21.660 --> 00:37:23.660
 I believe I'm

00:37:23.660 --> 00:37:24.500
 standing on the

00:37:24.500 --> 00:37:25.640
 inspired Holy Word

00:37:25.640 --> 00:37:27.539
 of God when I

00:37:27.539 --> 00:37:28.480
 call you in

00:37:28.480 --> 00:37:29.400
 whatever that is

00:37:29.400 --> 00:37:30.680
 to walk in this

00:37:30.680 --> 00:37:30.980
 way.

00:37:33.059 --> 00:37:34.100
 Walk out this

00:37:34.100 --> 00:37:35.300
 Christ-centered

00:37:35.300 --> 00:37:36.080
 living.

00:37:36.820 --> 00:37:37.500
 Now, you may

00:37:37.500 --> 00:37:38.260
 say, Rob, I get

00:37:38.260 --> 00:37:40.039
 it, but how are we

00:37:40.039 --> 00:37:40.820
 supposed to do

00:37:40.820 --> 00:37:41.140
 that?

00:37:42.940 --> 00:37:43.700
 And I'd say,

00:37:43.840 --> 00:37:44.740
 though there's a

00:37:44.740 --> 00:37:45.940
 thousand ways to

00:37:45.940 --> 00:37:46.519
 answer that

00:37:46.519 --> 00:37:48.180
 question, they all

00:37:48.180 --> 00:37:49.780
 should reflect by

00:37:49.780 --> 00:37:50.840
 choosing to live

00:37:50.840 --> 00:37:52.120
 Christ-centered,

00:37:52.480 --> 00:37:53.740
 where Christ-centered

00:37:53.740 --> 00:37:54.580
 living is hardest.

00:37:57.100 --> 00:37:57.940
 We can't just be,

00:37:58.019 --> 00:37:58.519
 you know, Pilgrim's

00:37:58.519 --> 00:37:59.180
 Progress is a

00:37:59.180 --> 00:38:00.019
 wonderful illustration

00:38:00.019 --> 00:38:00.559
 of this.

00:38:01.000 --> 00:38:02.760
 We can't just be a

00:38:02.760 --> 00:38:03.960
 pilgrim with Christ

00:38:03.960 --> 00:38:05.260
 steadfast when the

00:38:05.260 --> 00:38:06.019
 path is easy.

00:38:06.960 --> 00:38:07.720
 We've got to

00:38:07.720 --> 00:38:08.699
 remain steadfast

00:38:08.699 --> 00:38:09.480
 when it's hard.

00:38:10.519 --> 00:38:11.599
 Now, there's no

00:38:11.599 --> 00:38:13.059
 get-out-of-obedience

00:38:13.059 --> 00:38:14.019
 free card here.

00:38:14.420 --> 00:38:15.420
 This happened to me

00:38:15.420 --> 00:38:16.800
 so I can disregard

00:38:16.800 --> 00:38:17.619
 what the Bible

00:38:17.619 --> 00:38:18.639
 calls me to do.

00:38:19.119 --> 00:38:19.780
 No, that's the

00:38:19.780 --> 00:38:20.500
 place you've got to

00:38:20.500 --> 00:38:21.740
 double down and

00:38:21.740 --> 00:38:22.579
 say, if I'm a

00:38:22.579 --> 00:38:23.400
 Christ follower,

00:38:23.860 --> 00:38:25.220
 I need to redouble

00:38:25.220 --> 00:38:26.159
 my efforts where

00:38:26.159 --> 00:38:26.740
 it's hardest.

00:38:26.739 --> 00:38:30.479
 Now, there may be

00:38:30.479 --> 00:38:31.459
 more to it than

00:38:31.459 --> 00:38:32.739
 that, as I hear

00:38:32.739 --> 00:38:33.099
 about your

00:38:33.099 --> 00:38:33.759
 situation.

00:38:34.019 --> 00:38:34.879
 There may be more

00:38:34.879 --> 00:38:35.579
 to it than that,

00:38:35.679 --> 00:38:36.359
 but I'm here to

00:38:36.359 --> 00:38:37.019
 tell you there's not

00:38:37.019 --> 00:38:38.419
 less to it than

00:38:38.419 --> 00:38:38.739
 that.

00:38:39.479 --> 00:38:40.739
 We can't reduce it

00:38:40.739 --> 00:38:41.179
 further.

00:38:43.299 --> 00:38:44.639
 We must face our

00:38:44.639 --> 00:38:45.619
 relational challenges

00:38:45.619 --> 00:38:46.859
 and our temptations

00:38:46.859 --> 00:38:49.500
 by unwaveringly

00:38:49.500 --> 00:38:51.619
 heeding God's call

00:38:51.619 --> 00:38:53.099
 to be Christ-centered.

00:38:54.739 --> 00:38:55.399
 One of the

00:38:55.399 --> 00:38:56.179
 implications of that

00:38:56.179 --> 00:38:56.879
 is the second

00:38:56.879 --> 00:38:58.079
 call on our lives.

00:38:58.199 --> 00:38:58.839
 We're called to be

00:38:58.839 --> 00:38:59.539
 peacemakers.

00:39:03.399 --> 00:39:04.319
 What's implied

00:39:04.319 --> 00:39:05.199
 within that Romans

00:39:05.199 --> 00:39:06.719
 12 passage that I

00:39:06.719 --> 00:39:08.359
 read is explicit

00:39:08.359 --> 00:39:09.699
 in Matthew 5,

00:39:09.799 --> 00:39:10.539
 where he says,

00:39:10.639 --> 00:39:12.399
 blessed are the

00:39:12.399 --> 00:39:13.099
 peacemakers.

00:39:14.399 --> 00:39:15.359
 And that takes

00:39:15.359 --> 00:39:16.579
 all of the wind

00:39:16.579 --> 00:39:17.399
 out of the sails

00:39:17.399 --> 00:39:18.099
 of conflict,

00:39:18.239 --> 00:39:18.879
 of people who

00:39:18.879 --> 00:39:20.199
 just thrive in

00:39:20.199 --> 00:39:20.759
 conflict.

00:39:22.259 --> 00:39:23.319
 It takes all the

00:39:23.319 --> 00:39:24.019
 wind out of the

00:39:24.019 --> 00:39:24.579
 sails of the

00:39:24.579 --> 00:39:26.299
 excuses we give

00:39:26.299 --> 00:39:27.340
 for remaining

00:39:27.340 --> 00:39:28.159
 in conflict.

00:39:29.599 --> 00:39:30.519
 Paul lifts the

00:39:30.519 --> 00:39:31.480
 hood on this

00:39:31.480 --> 00:39:31.960
 at the beginning

00:39:31.960 --> 00:39:32.840
 of Ephesians 4.

00:39:32.920 --> 00:39:33.779
 I quoted it earlier,

00:39:33.860 --> 00:39:34.319
 but let me read

00:39:34.319 --> 00:39:34.819
 the whole verse.

00:39:35.159 --> 00:39:35.739
 Ephesians 4,

00:39:35.799 --> 00:39:36.460
 1 through 3.

00:39:36.460 --> 00:39:37.219
 I therefore,

00:39:37.440 --> 00:39:38.039
 a prisoner of the

00:39:38.039 --> 00:39:38.239
 Lord,

00:39:38.360 --> 00:39:39.279
 urge you to walk

00:39:39.279 --> 00:39:40.239
 in a manner

00:39:40.239 --> 00:39:41.239
 worthy of the

00:39:41.239 --> 00:39:42.059
 calling to which

00:39:42.059 --> 00:39:42.739
 you've been called.

00:39:42.860 --> 00:39:43.119
 How?

00:39:44.119 --> 00:39:45.360
 With all humility

00:39:45.360 --> 00:39:46.940
 and gentleness,

00:39:47.640 --> 00:39:49.039
 with patience,

00:39:49.700 --> 00:39:50.840
 bearing with one

00:39:50.840 --> 00:39:52.079
 another in love,

00:39:52.579 --> 00:39:53.720
 eager to maintain

00:39:53.720 --> 00:39:54.800
 the unity of the

00:39:54.800 --> 00:39:55.800
 spirit in the bond

00:39:55.800 --> 00:39:56.320
 of peace.

00:39:56.320 --> 00:39:57.180
 Keep your eyes on

00:39:57.180 --> 00:39:57.860
 that for a minute.

00:39:59.160 --> 00:40:00.160
 You may often

00:40:00.160 --> 00:40:02.519
 know that verse

00:40:02.519 --> 00:40:03.220
 that gets quoted,

00:40:03.340 --> 00:40:03.940
 walk in a manner

00:40:03.940 --> 00:40:04.500
 worthy of the

00:40:04.500 --> 00:40:05.059
 calling, right?

00:40:05.420 --> 00:40:06.480
 But that's not a

00:40:06.480 --> 00:40:07.360
 vague phrase to

00:40:07.360 --> 00:40:07.599
 Paul.

00:40:07.860 --> 00:40:08.940
 He tells us exactly

00:40:08.940 --> 00:40:09.940
 how in the next

00:40:09.940 --> 00:40:10.960
 verse, and it's all

00:40:10.960 --> 00:40:11.559
 peacemaking.

00:40:11.820 --> 00:40:12.880
 It's all conflict

00:40:12.880 --> 00:40:13.300
 pointed.

00:40:13.300 --> 00:40:14.620
 It's all how we

00:40:14.620 --> 00:40:15.360
 live with one

00:40:15.360 --> 00:40:15.700
 another.

00:40:16.180 --> 00:40:17.080
 With all humility,

00:40:17.240 --> 00:40:17.560
 gentleness,

00:40:17.700 --> 00:40:18.039
 patience,

00:40:18.180 --> 00:40:18.900
 bearing with one

00:40:18.900 --> 00:40:19.860
 another, eager to

00:40:19.860 --> 00:40:20.840
 maintain unity.

00:40:22.660 --> 00:40:23.620
 There's just no

00:40:23.620 --> 00:40:25.060
 getting around this,

00:40:25.380 --> 00:40:26.320
 which is why I've

00:40:26.320 --> 00:40:27.039
 cited there, again,

00:40:27.080 --> 00:40:27.640
 I referenced it

00:40:27.640 --> 00:40:28.920
 earlier, that people

00:40:28.920 --> 00:40:30.039
 know we're Christians

00:40:30.039 --> 00:40:30.840
 because of the

00:40:30.840 --> 00:40:32.140
 really strange

00:40:32.140 --> 00:40:33.320
 amount of peace

00:40:33.320 --> 00:40:34.360
 among us.

00:40:34.780 --> 00:40:35.720
 By the strange

00:40:35.720 --> 00:40:36.680
 amount of love

00:40:36.680 --> 00:40:37.920
 that we have

00:40:37.920 --> 00:40:38.920
 in our midst.

00:40:40.880 --> 00:40:41.760
 I don't know if

00:40:41.760 --> 00:40:42.280
 you've ever heard

00:40:42.280 --> 00:40:42.440
 this.

00:40:42.480 --> 00:40:43.160
 I've heard this.

00:40:43.620 --> 00:40:44.120
 You know, Rob, I

00:40:44.120 --> 00:40:44.680
 don't believe what

00:40:44.680 --> 00:40:45.240
 you believe.

00:40:45.420 --> 00:40:45.860
 I think it's

00:40:45.860 --> 00:40:46.640
 closed-minded, but

00:40:46.640 --> 00:40:48.460
 I love the way

00:40:48.460 --> 00:40:49.380
 your kids love

00:40:49.380 --> 00:40:49.940
 one another.

00:40:51.580 --> 00:40:53.300
 Or I love, I

00:40:53.300 --> 00:40:54.480
 like coming to

00:40:54.480 --> 00:40:55.039
 your church.

00:40:55.120 --> 00:40:55.680
 I don't agree

00:40:55.680 --> 00:40:56.280
 with the teaching.

00:40:56.740 --> 00:40:57.220
 I've had people

00:40:57.220 --> 00:40:58.019
 say, I come for

00:40:58.019 --> 00:40:58.640
 the worship and

00:40:58.640 --> 00:40:59.260
 then I leave.

00:41:00.380 --> 00:41:00.940
 They don't like

00:41:00.940 --> 00:41:01.720
 the teaching, but

00:41:01.720 --> 00:41:02.280
 they like being

00:41:02.280 --> 00:41:03.300
 around God's

00:41:03.300 --> 00:41:03.660
 people.

00:41:04.140 --> 00:41:04.720
 And why is

00:41:04.720 --> 00:41:05.060
 that?

00:41:05.560 --> 00:41:06.280
 Because there's a,

00:41:06.580 --> 00:41:07.560
 worldly speaking,

00:41:07.660 --> 00:41:08.360
 there's a strange

00:41:08.360 --> 00:41:09.260
 amount of love and

00:41:09.260 --> 00:41:09.840
 peace there.

00:41:09.840 --> 00:41:12.039
 Because we're

00:41:12.039 --> 00:41:12.760
 all seeking to

00:41:12.760 --> 00:41:13.420
 live in a

00:41:13.420 --> 00:41:13.880
 Christ-centered

00:41:13.880 --> 00:41:14.480
 way, being

00:41:14.480 --> 00:41:15.380
 peacemakers with

00:41:15.380 --> 00:41:16.240
 one another, such

00:41:16.240 --> 00:41:17.460
 that conflict

00:41:17.460 --> 00:41:18.500
 amongst Christians

00:41:18.500 --> 00:41:20.019
 should be the

00:41:20.019 --> 00:41:20.559
 exception.

00:41:22.160 --> 00:41:23.480
 Because we labor

00:41:23.480 --> 00:41:24.900
 to maintain it.

00:41:26.780 --> 00:41:28.200
 Third and last,

00:41:28.880 --> 00:41:29.740
 we're called to

00:41:29.740 --> 00:41:30.960
 Christian ethics

00:41:30.960 --> 00:41:32.280
 and methods.

00:41:32.280 --> 00:41:36.019
 here's what I

00:41:36.019 --> 00:41:37.280
 mean by this.

00:41:39.280 --> 00:41:40.420
 Colossians 3, 17

00:41:40.420 --> 00:41:41.000
 says, whatever

00:41:41.000 --> 00:41:42.160
 you do in word

00:41:42.160 --> 00:41:43.300
 or deed, do

00:41:43.300 --> 00:41:44.260
 everything in the

00:41:44.260 --> 00:41:44.700
 name of the

00:41:44.700 --> 00:41:45.900
 Lord Jesus, giving

00:41:45.900 --> 00:41:46.680
 thanks to God

00:41:46.680 --> 00:41:48.000
 the Father through

00:41:48.000 --> 00:41:48.500
 him.

00:41:49.260 --> 00:41:49.540
 All right.

00:41:49.860 --> 00:41:50.560
 One of the most

00:41:50.560 --> 00:41:52.120
 difficult words is

00:41:52.120 --> 00:41:52.900
 when God says

00:41:52.900 --> 00:41:53.440
 everything.

00:41:55.340 --> 00:41:56.160
 He doesn't say

00:41:56.160 --> 00:41:57.040
 most things.

00:41:57.160 --> 00:41:57.680
 Do as much as

00:41:57.680 --> 00:41:58.640
 you can in the

00:41:58.640 --> 00:41:59.200
 name of Jesus.

00:41:59.200 --> 00:42:00.180
 He says, do

00:42:00.180 --> 00:42:01.580
 everything in the

00:42:01.580 --> 00:42:01.960
 name of the

00:42:01.960 --> 00:42:02.800
 Lord Jesus Christ.

00:42:03.260 --> 00:42:03.599
 And that would

00:42:03.599 --> 00:42:04.599
 have to include,

00:42:04.699 --> 00:42:05.240
 I think you'd

00:42:05.240 --> 00:42:05.860
 agree, at least

00:42:05.860 --> 00:42:06.539
 on an academic

00:42:06.539 --> 00:42:07.800
 level, whatever

00:42:07.800 --> 00:42:08.900
 thing you wish it

00:42:08.900 --> 00:42:09.699
 said you didn't

00:42:09.699 --> 00:42:10.320
 have to do, it

00:42:10.320 --> 00:42:11.019
 includes that.

00:42:12.420 --> 00:42:12.720
 Okay?

00:42:14.920 --> 00:42:15.699
 I'm going to skip

00:42:15.699 --> 00:42:16.519
 reading that Matthew

00:42:16.519 --> 00:42:17.420
 quote, but that's

00:42:17.420 --> 00:42:19.400
 essentially underscoring

00:42:19.400 --> 00:42:20.019
 the fact that

00:42:20.019 --> 00:42:20.840
 whatever comes out

00:42:20.840 --> 00:42:21.619
 of our mouths is

00:42:21.619 --> 00:42:22.159
 what's in our

00:42:22.159 --> 00:42:22.579
 hearts.

00:42:23.519 --> 00:42:23.720
 Okay?

00:42:23.720 --> 00:42:24.380
 The good person

00:42:24.380 --> 00:42:24.880
 out of the good

00:42:24.880 --> 00:42:25.539
 treasure brings

00:42:25.539 --> 00:42:26.320
 forth good.

00:42:27.260 --> 00:42:27.500
 Okay?

00:42:27.500 --> 00:42:27.920
 There's that

00:42:27.920 --> 00:42:28.860
 principle that

00:42:28.860 --> 00:42:30.059
 whatever it is we're

00:42:30.059 --> 00:42:30.980
 loving, we're going

00:42:30.980 --> 00:42:31.380
 to do.

00:42:31.380 --> 00:42:32.000
 Whatever our

00:42:32.000 --> 00:42:32.660
 passions are

00:42:32.660 --> 00:42:33.720
 pointed at, that's

00:42:33.720 --> 00:42:34.260
 what we're going

00:42:34.260 --> 00:42:35.059
 to strive for.

00:42:35.940 --> 00:42:37.320
 And so if we're

00:42:37.320 --> 00:42:38.240
 going to agree, you're

00:42:38.240 --> 00:42:39.000
 here today to learn,

00:42:39.079 --> 00:42:39.840
 let's all agree it's

00:42:39.840 --> 00:42:41.539
 at least your desire to

00:42:41.539 --> 00:42:42.280
 walk in a manner

00:42:42.280 --> 00:42:43.460
 worthy in these

00:42:43.460 --> 00:42:43.640
 things.

00:42:43.680 --> 00:42:44.360
 Let's assume that's

00:42:44.360 --> 00:42:45.340
 everybody's desire.

00:42:46.480 --> 00:42:47.240
 So that's our

00:42:47.240 --> 00:42:47.640
 motive.

00:42:47.760 --> 00:42:48.420
 Does that matter?

00:42:48.579 --> 00:42:48.900
 Yes.

00:42:49.119 --> 00:42:50.180
 But our method

00:42:50.180 --> 00:42:51.079
 matters too.

00:42:51.300 --> 00:42:51.800
 This is where the

00:42:51.800 --> 00:42:52.660
 Christian ethic comes

00:42:52.660 --> 00:42:52.820
 in.

00:42:53.079 --> 00:42:54.539
 Our method matters

00:42:54.539 --> 00:42:54.920
 too.

00:42:55.240 --> 00:42:56.000
 James tells us

00:42:56.000 --> 00:42:57.720
 words have power to

00:42:57.720 --> 00:42:59.940
 steer ships, to set

00:42:59.940 --> 00:43:01.300
 forests ablaze.

00:43:02.179 --> 00:43:03.139
 Proverbs tells us

00:43:03.139 --> 00:43:04.360
 words have power to

00:43:04.360 --> 00:43:06.539
 heal and to be

00:43:06.539 --> 00:43:07.940
 sword thrusts.

00:43:08.900 --> 00:43:11.079
 So our words on how

00:43:11.079 --> 00:43:12.179
 we pursue these

00:43:12.179 --> 00:43:13.579
 things, our words

00:43:13.579 --> 00:43:13.940
 matter.

00:43:14.019 --> 00:43:14.679
 That's actually the

00:43:14.679 --> 00:43:15.400
 heart behind the

00:43:15.400 --> 00:43:16.639
 book that Sean was

00:43:16.639 --> 00:43:18.039
 referencing, is how

00:43:18.039 --> 00:43:19.139
 much our words matter

00:43:19.139 --> 00:43:19.900
 in marriage.

00:43:19.960 --> 00:43:20.559
 It's what the book

00:43:20.559 --> 00:43:20.880
 is on.

00:43:21.380 --> 00:43:22.659
 So let me say this.

00:43:22.880 --> 00:43:24.059
 There is, and I'm

00:43:24.059 --> 00:43:24.639
 going to use a big

00:43:24.639 --> 00:43:26.340
 word here, not a lot

00:43:26.340 --> 00:43:27.200
 of letters, but it's

00:43:27.200 --> 00:43:27.500
 just big.

00:43:27.780 --> 00:43:31.200
 There is never a

00:43:31.200 --> 00:43:33.480
 context where we get

00:43:33.480 --> 00:43:34.620
 to set aside Christian

00:43:34.620 --> 00:43:35.100
 ethics.

00:43:37.500 --> 00:43:39.840
 No matter what is

00:43:39.840 --> 00:43:40.700
 done to you.

00:43:41.500 --> 00:43:43.019
 That doesn't give us

00:43:43.019 --> 00:43:45.980
 any freedom to use

00:43:45.980 --> 00:43:47.320
 words to destroy

00:43:47.320 --> 00:43:48.380
 rather than build up.

00:43:48.800 --> 00:43:50.300
 It doesn't give us any

00:43:50.300 --> 00:43:52.180
 freedom to set aside

00:43:52.180 --> 00:43:54.200
 being Christianly in

00:43:54.200 --> 00:43:55.800
 our words and our

00:43:55.800 --> 00:43:56.180
 deeds.

00:43:56.780 --> 00:43:57.680
 Now, that doesn't

00:43:57.680 --> 00:43:58.880
 mean, you shouldn't

00:43:58.880 --> 00:43:59.660
 take that at all to

00:43:59.660 --> 00:44:00.420
 mean you're supposed

00:44:00.420 --> 00:44:01.240
 to just lay down and

00:44:01.240 --> 00:44:01.600
 take it.

00:44:01.700 --> 00:44:02.300
 That's not what I'm

00:44:02.300 --> 00:44:03.039
 saying at all.

00:44:03.720 --> 00:44:04.580
 God is not just a

00:44:04.580 --> 00:44:05.280
 God of peace, but a

00:44:05.280 --> 00:44:05.860
 God of justice.

00:44:06.280 --> 00:44:07.560
 And so there's ways

00:44:07.560 --> 00:44:08.780
 to pursue justice,

00:44:09.280 --> 00:44:10.220
 ways to pursue

00:44:10.220 --> 00:44:11.280
 what's right.

00:44:14.340 --> 00:44:16.080
 That honor God with

00:44:16.080 --> 00:44:16.920
 our words and our

00:44:16.920 --> 00:44:17.600
 thoughts and our

00:44:17.600 --> 00:44:17.960
 deeds.

00:44:19.260 --> 00:44:20.220
 We don't want to

00:44:20.220 --> 00:44:21.380
 set those aside to

00:44:21.380 --> 00:44:22.460
 pursue justice because

00:44:22.460 --> 00:44:23.100
 we will commit

00:44:23.100 --> 00:44:24.420
 injustices along the

00:44:24.420 --> 00:44:24.660
 way.

00:44:25.800 --> 00:44:27.300
 The pursuit of

00:44:27.300 --> 00:44:28.360
 justice and what's

00:44:28.360 --> 00:44:29.580
 right must be done

00:44:29.580 --> 00:44:30.620
 in a just and right

00:44:30.620 --> 00:44:31.060
 way.

00:44:35.560 --> 00:44:36.960
 The caution there is

00:44:36.960 --> 00:44:38.100
 be careful not to

00:44:38.100 --> 00:44:39.160
 give yourself a

00:44:39.160 --> 00:44:40.400
 pocket of your life

00:44:40.400 --> 00:44:41.760
 where you're allowed

00:44:41.760 --> 00:44:43.680
 to sin without

00:44:43.680 --> 00:44:44.260
 account.

00:44:46.260 --> 00:44:47.140
 Whether that's

00:44:47.140 --> 00:44:47.660
 verbally,

00:44:48.560 --> 00:44:49.280
 electronically,

00:44:49.280 --> 00:44:51.780
 withholding

00:44:51.780 --> 00:44:53.160
 relationally.

00:44:54.940 --> 00:44:56.080
 These are all a

00:44:56.080 --> 00:44:57.120
 result of the

00:44:57.120 --> 00:44:57.500
 fall.

00:44:58.220 --> 00:44:59.100
 These effects of

00:44:59.100 --> 00:45:00.740
 sin, these calls

00:45:00.740 --> 00:45:02.120
 are implications of

00:45:02.120 --> 00:45:03.519
 the gospel on how

00:45:03.519 --> 00:45:04.400
 we're supposed to

00:45:04.400 --> 00:45:04.660
 live.

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 And along the way,

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 we've got to remember

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 that we and our

00:45:08.320 --> 00:45:09.380
 efforts and our

00:45:09.380 --> 00:45:10.380
 obedience to these

00:45:10.380 --> 00:45:11.280
 calls are not the

00:45:11.280 --> 00:45:12.740
 primary source of

00:45:12.740 --> 00:45:13.800
 conflict resolution.

00:45:13.800 --> 00:45:15.340
 resolution, the work

00:45:15.340 --> 00:45:16.640
 of Jesus is the

00:45:16.640 --> 00:45:18.140
 primary source of

00:45:18.140 --> 00:45:19.080
 conflict resolution.

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 As he remains

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 paramount, as we

00:45:21.620 --> 00:45:23.000
 maintain our first

00:45:23.000 --> 00:45:25.360
 love, these things

00:45:25.360 --> 00:45:27.300
 fall into place in

00:45:27.300 --> 00:45:28.460
 our desire to pursue

00:45:28.460 --> 00:45:30.420
 obedience, to cherish

00:45:30.420 --> 00:45:31.920
 what God cherishes, to

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 love one another within

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 the church and in our

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 lives.

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 So learn your own

00:45:37.639 --> 00:45:38.039
 heart.

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 Know what rivals for

00:45:41.320 --> 00:45:42.519
 first place in your

00:45:42.519 --> 00:45:42.840
 heart.

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 Be patient with one

00:45:46.320 --> 00:45:46.680
 another.

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 But beyond all of

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 that, embrace a

00:45:51.599 --> 00:45:53.519
 desire to love what

00:45:53.519 --> 00:45:55.800
 God loves, to pursue

00:45:55.800 --> 00:45:57.200
 Christ first.

00:45:59.000 --> 00:46:00.660
 He promises to

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 complete the work he's

00:46:02.000 --> 00:46:03.079
 begun in us.

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 And he makes us more

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 and more like him

00:46:06.139 --> 00:46:08.299
 when he allows hard

00:46:08.299 --> 00:46:09.159
 things into our

00:46:09.159 --> 00:46:10.299
 lives so that they

00:46:10.299 --> 00:46:11.759
 all work for our

00:46:11.759 --> 00:46:13.319
 good to shape us

00:46:13.319 --> 00:46:14.799
 into the image of

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 Christ.

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 God is faithful.

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 He will do it.

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 And in the next

00:46:19.359 --> 00:46:20.039
 session, we're going

00:46:20.039 --> 00:46:21.659
 to be focusing on

00:46:21.659 --> 00:46:23.179
 the anatomy of this

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 within our own

00:46:24.219 --> 00:46:25.099
 hearts as we look

00:46:25.099 --> 00:46:26.460
 more closely at

00:46:26.460 --> 00:46:27.099
 James 4.

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 Let me pray and

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 then we'll take a

00:46:28.380 --> 00:46:28.619
 break.

00:46:29.099 --> 00:46:29.359
 Okay?

00:46:30.619 --> 00:46:31.599
 Father, thank you

00:46:31.599 --> 00:46:33.159
 for your word.

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 Thank you, Lord,

00:46:34.460 --> 00:46:35.840
 you know conflict.

00:46:35.840 --> 00:46:37.599
 You have received it

00:46:37.599 --> 00:46:39.139
 from mankind for

00:46:39.139 --> 00:46:40.280
 nearly all of our

00:46:40.280 --> 00:46:40.800
 existence.

00:46:42.599 --> 00:46:44.179
 You stepped in and

00:46:44.179 --> 00:46:45.599
 received the judgment

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 and the anger and the

00:46:48.179 --> 00:46:49.119
 rejection of your

00:46:49.119 --> 00:46:49.579
 people.

00:46:51.740 --> 00:46:52.720
 Lord, you've been

00:46:52.720 --> 00:46:53.720
 tempted in every way

00:46:53.720 --> 00:46:54.760
 we are tempted and

00:46:54.760 --> 00:46:56.019
 yet without sin.

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 And so, Lord, help us

00:46:57.860 --> 00:47:00.179
 to not just walk in a

00:47:00.179 --> 00:47:01.220
 manner worthy, but to

00:47:01.220 --> 00:47:02.639
 walk very, very closely

00:47:02.639 --> 00:47:04.539
 with you so that we

00:47:04.539 --> 00:47:05.539
 experience your

00:47:05.539 --> 00:47:07.559
 supernatural help as

00:47:07.559 --> 00:47:08.480
 we engage each of

00:47:08.480 --> 00:47:09.559
 these situations for

00:47:09.559 --> 00:47:11.400
 your glory and

00:47:11.400 --> 00:47:12.299
 ultimately for our

00:47:12.299 --> 00:47:12.599
 good.

00:47:12.699 --> 00:47:13.639
 We ask in Jesus'

00:47:13.900 --> 00:47:14.079
 name.

00:47:14.799 --> 00:47:15.099
 Amen.