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 2 Corinthians 3, verse 12. You'll find it around page 1162 if you're using the church Bibles.

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 2 Corinthians 3, verse 12.

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 We are very bold, not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face so that the Israelites might not gaze at the outcome of what was being brought to an end.

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 But their minds were hardened, for to this day when they read the old covenant that that same veil remains unlifted, because only through Christ is it taken away.

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 Yes, to this day when ever Moses is read, a veil lies over their hearts.

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 But when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed.

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 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

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 And we all with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image,

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 from one degree of glory to another.

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 For this comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.

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 Therefore, having this ministry by the mercy of God, we do not lose heart, but we have renounced disgraceful, underhanded ways.

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 We refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with God's word.

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 But by the open statement of the truth, we would commend ourselves to everyone's conscience in the sight of God.

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 And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled only to those who are perishing.

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 In their case, the God of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ,

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 who is the image of God.

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 For what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.

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 For God, who said, let light shine out of darkness, has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

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 But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us.

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 And so on.

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 May God bless that reading from his word.

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 Let's again just engage in a word of prayer.

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 Let us pray.

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 Our gracious Father in heaven, we do thank you for your word.

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 And we thank you for the wonder of it, that you are a God who speaks to us through it,

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 and that we see the amazing power of your word in it.

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 For it is a word that is able to bring light to us of the knowledge of the wonder of the glory of God in the person of Jesus Christ.

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 And we pray today, Lord, that we will have, as it were, that veil lifted from us today,

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 so that we might see more of the beauty of Christ,

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 and that that might reflect in us,

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 that it might build us up in our faith and encourage us and strengthen us,

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 and that we might go on from here, Lord, into this new year ahead,

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 in whatever it entails that we would go on in that sure knowledge of the hope that there is in Christ.

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 For we know that it's a hope that is unchanging.

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 And although we so often say it, Lord, we know we do live in a world that is ever-changing,

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 a world where we see so much around us that in the beginning of a new year,

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 it leaves our hearts with that sense of pain and grief,

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 when we hear of tragedies in so many different places around the world,

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 and when we hear of grief in the midst of families near and far,

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 when we see the anxieties that this world can bring to so many,

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 and the troubles that are so many.

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 And yet, O Lord, as your word says to us today,

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 we thank you for this ministry of hope that we have,

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 of the gospel and the riches of it,

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 and how Paul, as he wrote to the church in Corinth,

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 reminded the people there,

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 and even ourselves today,

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 that because of this gospel,

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 we do not lose heart.

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 And help us day by day, Lord,

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 that we would not lose heart,

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 that we would not lose faith in you.

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 For we thank you that you are God of gods and Lord of lords,

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 that you are above all,

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 the maker and sustainer of all things.

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 The universe around us,

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 the heavens,

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 the skies,

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 the world in which we live in,

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 they all declare to us the glory of God,

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 and the power and majesty that is yours.

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 And so we pray, Lord,

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 that you will encourage us,

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 that you would remind us today

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 that we belong to a God who is great and awesome,

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 and that as we put our trust in you,

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 that we have that great hope,

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 and that great assurance,

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 that great comfort,

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 that you are with us.

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 And we thank you today, Lord,

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 that your word reminds us

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 that you are building your church,

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 and that throughout the world,

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 you have your people.

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 Throughout the world, Lord,

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 your kingdom is coming with power.

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 And we know that you use so many different means

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 to bring people to yourself.

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 We know that you use your word above all.

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 We know that you use your works of providence.

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 We know that you use your spirit.

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 We know that you have power in all of these things.

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 And we pray, Lord,

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 that around the world today,

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 that people would hear and see and know of that power.

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 Your word being proclaimed

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 throughout all corners of the earth.

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 We thank you for the promise

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 that it will not return empty or void,

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 but accomplish all that it is sent forth for.

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 We do pray a blessing on your word

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 to all ends of the earth,

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 in our pulpits,

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 around our islands,

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 and our communities here,

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 that your word will be powerful and effective,

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 that throughout our land

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 and throughout the world

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 as the gospel is proclaimed,

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 that people would have ears to hear

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 and be stirred up in their hearts

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 to receive it and to understand it.

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 And we thank you too, Lord,

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 that even in your works of providence,

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 whether they are things that bring us great delight

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 or that leave us with a sense of much sorrow and sadness,

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 that still in these things, Lord,

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 you are speaking,

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 you are ministering to us,

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 you are reminding us

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 that our greatest need in this world

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 is to know the eternal life on offer in Christ Jesus.

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 And so we pray, Lord,

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 that in all providence

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 that you would minister to people near and far.

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 And we pray for your spirit.

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 We thank you for the Holy Spirit

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 that is so able to apply these things to us.

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 And we pray to know the power of the spirit in us

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 and through us and with us today,

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 that your spirit would minister to us all

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 in our hearts,

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 in our lives,

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 in our homes,

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 in our families,

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 and in our communities at large.

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 Oh, Lord,

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 that we would know that you are with us.

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 And we thank you that today

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 we can pray for those in different circumstances,

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 those in need,

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 those who are mourning and grieving,

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 those who are anxious over loved ones,

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 those who are unwell,

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 even seriously unwell for some.

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 We thank you, Lord,

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 that you are able to surround them,

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 to comfort them,

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 to uphold them,

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 to strengthen,

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 and even to speak to them

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 in the midst of all of these things.

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 We do pray comfort for them.

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 We pray, Lord,

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 for those who are going into a new year,

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 making plans

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 and looking forward to many different things.

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 We all may have different plans

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 that we are making,

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 but, Lord,

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 we do commit it all to you

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 for ourselves as a people,

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 as a congregation,

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 as a denomination,

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 oh, Lord,

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 as we think of our congregations

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 throughout our islands,

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 and the number of vacancies at this time,

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 and the need of ministers

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 for the gospel here and far and wide.

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 We do commit,

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 oh, Lord,

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 these needs to you,

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 asking that you will provide

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 in your way and in your time.

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 And we pray, Lord,

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 for our denomination,

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 for the Free Church of Scotland

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 as it ministers throughout this land

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 and to other parts of the world as well.

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 And members who go near and far,

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 oh, Lord,

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 spreading the good news of the gospel,

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 we pray, Lord,

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 blessing on us as a people.

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 And upon the Church of Christ,

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 we thank you for the foundation of it all,

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 the cornerstone,

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 who is Christ Jesus.

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 And we pray, Lord,

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 that all we do would be for his glory

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 and for his sake.

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 So hear our prayers.

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 Continue with us now

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 as we look to you

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 and ask your blessing on us

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 with the forgiveness of all our sin.

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 We ask in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Before we come and look at this passage together,

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 we'll sing again

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 in Psalm 86

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 in the Scottish Psalter.

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 Psalm 86.

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 We're going to sing at the beginning

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 of the Psalm,

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 verse 1 to verse 8.

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 You'll find it on page 340

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 of the Psalm books.

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 Psalm 86 at verse 1.

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 O Lord,

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 do thou bow down thine ear

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 and hear me graciously

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 because I so afflicted am

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 and am in poverty.

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 Because I'm holy,

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 let my soul by thee preserve it be.

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 O thou my God,

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 thy servant save

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 that puts his trust in me.

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 We'll sing from verse 1

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 down to the verse marked 8

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 to God's praise.

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 The tune is ears now.

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 Amen.

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 O Lord,

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 do thou

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 bow down

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 and hear me

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 Let thy soul, thy gift, be severed thee.

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 O love, my God, thy self-answer, thou putest trust in me.

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 Then unto thee, my daily life, be merciful to me.

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 Rejoice, my servant soul, for heart I lift my soul to thee.

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 What thou art gracious, O Lord, and may ye true for him.

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 And rich in mercy of that hope upon thee to believe.

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 Dear Lord, my freedom to the voice of my request attain.

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 Then God will spite and hold on thee, for thou wilt answer sin.

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 Lord, heaven is done among the gods, and may with thee compare.

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 And like the works which thou hast done, not any more is there.

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 Amen.

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 We can turn back to our reading in 2 Corinthians chapter 4.

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 We read again verse 1 and verse 6 here.

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 Therefore, having this ministry by the mercy of God, we do not lose heart.

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 And then down at verse 6.

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 Paul here is writing to the church at Corinth with a sense of longing and belonging to them,

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 having visited them in the past.

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 Part of his missionary journeys was establishing churches.

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 As you see, the letters being written to the church at Philippi, to Corinth, to Ephesus, to Galatia.

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 There was churches being established in so many different parts.

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 And Paul was reporting this back to Jerusalem, where he had come from,

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 and reporting back to others there what was happening, what was taking place,

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 how he had seen many coming to saving faith.

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 And there was a real sense of encouragement that even in the midst of troubles and trials that they were facing as a people,

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 that the gospel was taking root.

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 And therefore, he says in verse 1 there of chapter 4,

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 we do not lose heart.

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 God is working.

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 And the knowledge of the glory of Jesus Christ is being made known throughout so many different places.

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 And he was writing back to these churches to encourage them to keep on,

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 and to encourage them of a sense of a wider belonging, that they are not alone.

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 And a new year, as we begin it, is always a time of reflection.

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 We look ahead.

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 We look ahead, maybe some of us, with a sense of excitement as to what might be in store in this year.

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 But we may also look ahead with a sense of uncertainty,

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 maybe a sense of anxiety as to what might be ahead of us in this new year.

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 But when it comes to going on, to going forward into a new year,

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 something that often helps us as a people is a sense of belonging.

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 A sense of belonging.

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 That we are not alone.

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 That whatever we face up to, we are not alone.

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 That we have others who encourage us along the way, individually and collectively.

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 And so as we think of ourselves as a people, we shouldn't think of ourselves just as individuals,

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 but as a collective body of God's people, as a church.

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 That is what church is.

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 It is about people together.

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 The church at Corinth was a people who were gathered together there as believers in the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 Christ.

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 If I was to ask you today, do you have a sense of belonging?

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 Do you have a sense of belonging here?

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 Or perhaps, if I was to ask you, what church do you belong to?

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 Do you feel part of?

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 Do you feel a sense of belonging to the congregation here, to Stornoway Free Church?

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 I hope we all have that sense of being among people who are friendly, whether we're here every week,

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 or whether we're just visiting, or here from time to time,

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 that there is a sense of belonging, of being together here.

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 But it's bigger than that, isn't it?

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 It's not just a sense of belonging here by ourselves,

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 but we belong to a wider body of people as well.

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 We belong to the Free Church of Scotland.

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 Our denomination, which is national and even international in different ways,

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 is a sense of belonging there.

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 Do we have it?

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 Do we know it?

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 Do we experience it?

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 Well, it should be there for us,

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 that we feel part of a wider body of believers,

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 even other congregations throughout our islands here,

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 throughout our nation here,

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 that we have a sense of belonging to one another,

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 of praying for one another,

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 of remembering one another.

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 But above all, we should have a sense of belonging in a much larger sense as well,

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 a belonging in the sense of to the Church of Christ,

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 that we are not just individuals,

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 that we are not just a congregation,

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 that we're not just a denomination.

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 We are a body of believers that is worldwide,

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 a body of believers that goes to all the ends of the earth

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 and down through all the generations of time

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 and going forward until the Lord's return,

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 that the Church of Christ will be built,

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 that he is building his church,

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 that his kingdom is coming with power.

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 So we are part of a bigger church.

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 And because we are, we're accountable.

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 We're accountable in many different ways as well,

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 accountable in the sense of getting encouragement,

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 not just accountable in the sense of what are you doing,

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 but accountable in the sense of being encouraged.

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 So that together we are accountable to one another,

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 we encourage one another.

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 And we're also accountable in the sense of a congregation

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 belonging to a presbytery,

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 the Western Isles Presbytery,

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 which is the gathering of all the free churches in the Western Isles.

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 There's a sense of accountability there

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 and encouragement towards one another there.

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 And there's accountability in the sense of belonging to the free church,

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 where there's encouragements there

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 that we can pray for the wider work of the denomination.

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 And when we think of the denomination,

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 we think of the vision that it has for our country

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 and even for the world.

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 It has a vision statement of the free church,

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 a healthy gospel church for every community of Scotland.

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 And as we begin a new year,

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 we think of that being a prayer point for us,

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 for ourselves to belong to a people far and wide,

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 a healthy gospel church for every community in Scotland and beyond,

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 as we think of our accountability and encouragement

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 in being part of the church of Christ.

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 Does it seem a realistic target that for 2025,

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 to have a healthy gospel church in every community of Scotland?

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 Well, I guess it depends on what we are looking at

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 and who our focus is on.

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 As Paul was writing to the church at Corinth,

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 it was part of a wider body of people,

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 a wider vision,

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 that the glory of God would cover the world

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 as the waters cover it,

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 as the glory of God would be known

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 as the waters cover the skies,

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 that we would see the glory of God in our midst,

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 that we would see the glory of God

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 being spread far and wide.

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 And one of the great ways of doing this

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 is that sense of accountability

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 and the sense of encouragement.

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 Encouragement to one another

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 and encouragement to others far and wide.

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 And as Paul is writing here,

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 it's that sense of encouragement

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 in not losing heart.

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 Do not lose heart

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 because we have this wonderful light

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 of the gospel in our midst.

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 We've had missionary speakers coming to us

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 from different parts of our own nation

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 who go to different parts of the world

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 and there's always a sense of encouragement

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 and hearing from them.

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 Not just when we hear

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 that many people are being converted,

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 many people are being saved,

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 but also that when we hear

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 when there are times of great challenges

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 and great persecutions,

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 that people are remaining faithful,

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 that they are not shrinking away,

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 but that the gospel that they have known

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 is not being veiled,

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 but that the glory of God

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 in the face of Christ Jesus

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 is being seen in these lands as well.

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 And so there is a wonder in the gospel

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 that it reaches out far and wide

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 and that together we are part of this great body

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 of getting encouragement from others

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 and encouraging others as well.

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 I know I mentioned before

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 about the children going back to school

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 and you'll be getting report cards

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 at different stages along the way as well

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 and it's always exciting,

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 always good to get a good report card

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 that says you're doing well.

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 But it's not always the case.

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 It certainly wasn't for me.

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 There was always times

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 when you could do better, shall we say.

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 But sometimes you need that just sense

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 of encouragement.

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 It's not you're not doing well enough,

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 you're getting kicked out of school.

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 It's not, no, you work hard.

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 You've got to improve in certain areas.

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 There's encouragement and help to do better.

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 That's the way a good teacher comes alongside

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 and that's the way Paul,

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 as a preacher of the gospel,

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 comes alongside the churches he's writing to,

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 a sense of encouragement.

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 Imagine if we were to have a report

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 from the Presbytery or the Mission Board

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 as a congregation here,

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 what kind of report would it be?

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 They would maybe come and see what we're doing

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 and would maybe be praised for many things.

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 But I'm sure they would also identify weaknesses,

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 areas where we could do better.

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 But in it all,

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 there would be a sense of encouragement,

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 be encouraged in the gospel.

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 And so as we go into 2025,

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 we want to do so with that sense

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 of being encouraged,

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 that we belong to the great church of Christ,

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 that we belong to each other in that sense

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 where there's encouragements

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 in the midst of everything that's going on.

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 What you find with Paul is

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 he's writing with this encouragement

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 in the midst of different situations.

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 And there's three things here

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 that I want us to think of,

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 things that we face ourselves

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 and things that Paul was facing

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 and the church of Corinth was facing too.

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 And every church,

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 every believer faces these things.

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 As we go into a new year,

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 we face dangers,

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 just like Paul had dangers

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 that were going on around him here.

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 There's always things

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 that are dangerous for us.

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 There's also a sense of

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 there are always discouragements around us.

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 There are always things

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 that will leave us a little sense

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 of discouragement

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 and anxiety and fears.

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 They're always going to be there.

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 But above all,

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 as Paul is writing,

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 he has these things in mind,

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 but also he has in mind the delights.

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 The delights that there are in the gospel.

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 The joy that there is.

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 The hope that there is.

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 You find that as he's writing

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 to all the different churches

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 and as he's reporting back

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 to his own mission board,

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 if you like, in Jerusalem,

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 where he had left to go on his mission journeys.

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 He's reporting back,

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 yes, there's dangers.

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 Yes, there's discouragements.

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 But there's delights.

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 There are great things happening.

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 And so we can go into 2025

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 being aware of these things as well.

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 And always just to look at these three things,

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 the dangers,

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 the discouragements,

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 and the delights,

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 and to see what we can take

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 from each of these.

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 Paul,

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 as we see first of all,

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 the dangers that were around him,

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 he was accountable

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 for his part of his ministry

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 to report back to Jerusalem,

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 to the believers there.

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 There was a council there,

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 a body of people

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 who he would report back to.

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 He wasn't just going out by himself.

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 He wasn't doing things

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 just in his own way.

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 He was accountable to others

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 in the sense of reporting back

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 what had happened,

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 but also in being encouraged

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 by them as well.

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 He was sent out

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 in his missionary journey,

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 so this encouragement behind him

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 that there were people

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 praying for him.

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 And so as he's going about

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 and seeing all these different churches,

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 he's encouraged

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 and he's challenged.

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 And he also writes back to them.

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 And that's where the letters come from.

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 The letter to the Corinthians.

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 He's writing back to them

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 here in 2 Corinthians

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 to encourage them

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 and to help them along the way.

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 Corinth was a major city

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 to which the gospel came.

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 It was a large city,

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 a busy city

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 with all kinds of trade

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 passing through it.

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 And all kinds of people

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 were coming

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 from all kinds of places.

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 It was a diverse place.

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 And therefore,

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 it wasn't just a place

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 of the Christian church.

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 It was a place of

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 all kinds of faiths

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 and religions

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 and even,

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 some would say,

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 no religion at all.

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 So there was a mixture

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 of people

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 and a mixture

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 of messages.

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 And therefore,

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 people believed

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 in different things.

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 And so there was dangers

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 in that.

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 There always is

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 when there's a mixture

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 in society.

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 Because as G.K. Chesterton

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 once put it,

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 he said,

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 when men choose

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 not to believe in God,

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 it's not that they don't

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 therefore believe

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 in nothing,

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 but they can then

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 become capable

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 of believing

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 in anything.

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 and that's the danger

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 when God

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 is pushed out,

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 when God

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 is not thought of.

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 And that's the danger

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 that Paul found himself

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 in here

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 as he went into Corinth

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 and as he was writing

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 back to them.

00:27:15.900 --> 00:27:16.620
 There was a danger

00:27:16.620 --> 00:27:17.120
 that the people

00:27:17.120 --> 00:27:18.300
 would be pulled away

00:27:18.300 --> 00:27:20.400
 in a different direction.

00:27:21.620 --> 00:27:22.260
 And it's a danger

00:27:22.260 --> 00:27:24.160
 we face ourselves today.

00:27:24.240 --> 00:27:25.460
 We know it only too well.

00:27:25.960 --> 00:27:26.960
 Going into a new year,

00:27:27.040 --> 00:27:27.600
 there's a danger

00:27:27.600 --> 00:27:29.180
 of all kinds of people

00:27:29.180 --> 00:27:30.200
 around us.

00:27:30.240 --> 00:27:31.600
 All kinds of faiths

00:27:31.600 --> 00:27:32.460
 in this world.

00:27:32.539 --> 00:27:33.580
 All kinds of access

00:27:33.580 --> 00:27:34.640
 to different ways

00:27:34.640 --> 00:27:35.279
 of thinking

00:27:35.279 --> 00:27:36.360
 and beliefs.

00:27:37.980 --> 00:27:38.940
 It's a danger

00:27:38.940 --> 00:27:39.880
 but it's also

00:27:39.880 --> 00:27:41.480
 an opportunity.

00:27:42.420 --> 00:27:43.380
 Because it's a great

00:27:43.380 --> 00:27:43.880
 opportunity

00:27:43.880 --> 00:27:45.299
 to present

00:27:45.299 --> 00:27:46.500
 the gospel.

00:27:47.799 --> 00:27:48.539
 John Knox,

00:27:49.259 --> 00:27:51.360
 more than 500 years ago now,

00:27:52.240 --> 00:27:53.259
 one of his prayers

00:27:53.259 --> 00:27:53.840
 was this.

00:27:53.900 --> 00:27:54.140
 He said,

00:27:54.259 --> 00:27:55.279
 give me Scotland

00:27:55.279 --> 00:27:56.860
 or I die.

00:27:56.859 --> 00:27:59.240
 And it sounds

00:27:59.240 --> 00:28:00.240
 maybe in some ways

00:28:00.240 --> 00:28:01.159
 quite an arrogant

00:28:01.159 --> 00:28:02.219
 prayer.

00:28:03.379 --> 00:28:03.979
 But isn't it

00:28:03.979 --> 00:28:05.639
 a brilliant vision

00:28:05.639 --> 00:28:06.199
 to have

00:28:06.199 --> 00:28:08.319
 Scotland

00:28:08.319 --> 00:28:09.179
 as his prayer

00:28:09.179 --> 00:28:09.679
 focus

00:28:09.679 --> 00:28:10.459
 and the people

00:28:10.459 --> 00:28:11.819
 belonging to it.

00:28:12.039 --> 00:28:13.139
 That they would come

00:28:13.139 --> 00:28:14.659
 to know salvation

00:28:14.659 --> 00:28:15.959
 in Jesus Christ.

00:28:17.079 --> 00:28:17.939
 It wasn't any

00:28:17.939 --> 00:28:19.399
 small vision

00:28:19.399 --> 00:28:20.039
 that he had

00:28:20.039 --> 00:28:21.439
 but a great vision

00:28:21.439 --> 00:28:22.240
 for the glory

00:28:22.240 --> 00:28:22.759
 of God.

00:28:22.839 --> 00:28:23.199
 He knew

00:28:23.199 --> 00:28:24.319
 the dangers

00:28:24.319 --> 00:28:24.979
 that there were

00:28:24.980 --> 00:28:25.700
 at that time

00:28:25.700 --> 00:28:26.099
 of people

00:28:26.099 --> 00:28:26.900
 turning away

00:28:26.900 --> 00:28:27.579
 from God

00:28:27.579 --> 00:28:29.019
 but his passion

00:28:29.019 --> 00:28:29.980
 was stirred up

00:28:29.980 --> 00:28:30.599
 all the more.

00:28:30.720 --> 00:28:31.620
 Give me Scotland

00:28:31.620 --> 00:28:33.099
 or I die.

00:28:33.980 --> 00:28:34.680
 There was this

00:28:34.680 --> 00:28:35.480
 sense of

00:28:35.480 --> 00:28:36.460
 we need

00:28:36.460 --> 00:28:37.339
 the Lord

00:28:37.339 --> 00:28:38.440
 and this urgency

00:28:38.440 --> 00:28:39.099
 in it.

00:28:39.839 --> 00:28:40.640
 And that's really

00:28:40.640 --> 00:28:42.099
 what Paul has here.

00:28:42.180 --> 00:28:43.299
 This great passion

00:28:43.299 --> 00:28:44.539
 because he knows

00:28:44.539 --> 00:28:45.259
 the dangers

00:28:45.259 --> 00:28:46.160
 that are around

00:28:46.160 --> 00:28:47.500
 and yet he knows

00:28:47.500 --> 00:28:48.519
 the glory

00:28:48.519 --> 00:28:49.660
 of God.

00:28:50.259 --> 00:28:50.779
 The glory

00:28:50.779 --> 00:28:51.700
 that is veiled

00:28:51.700 --> 00:28:52.799
 to some.

00:28:52.799 --> 00:28:54.059
 but the glory

00:28:54.059 --> 00:28:55.079
 that is being revealed

00:28:55.079 --> 00:28:56.419
 in the person

00:28:56.419 --> 00:28:58.180
 of Jesus Christ.

00:28:58.399 --> 00:28:59.180
 And he knows

00:28:59.180 --> 00:29:00.539
 that this ministry

00:29:00.539 --> 00:29:01.859
 is not just his

00:29:01.859 --> 00:29:03.200
 but that God

00:29:03.200 --> 00:29:04.339
 is behind it.

00:29:05.440 --> 00:29:06.019
 In verse 1

00:29:06.019 --> 00:29:06.359
 he says,

00:29:06.740 --> 00:29:06.720
 therefore,

00:29:07.159 --> 00:29:08.019
 having this ministry

00:29:08.019 --> 00:29:08.899
 by the mercy

00:29:08.899 --> 00:29:09.700
 of God

00:29:09.700 --> 00:29:11.200
 we do not lose heart.

00:29:11.299 --> 00:29:11.940
 By the mercy

00:29:11.940 --> 00:29:12.720
 of God

00:29:12.720 --> 00:29:14.200
 God is in it.

00:29:14.839 --> 00:29:15.759
 And then in verse 5

00:29:15.759 --> 00:29:16.139
 he says,

00:29:16.200 --> 00:29:17.079
 for what we proclaim

00:29:17.079 --> 00:29:18.220
 is not ourselves

00:29:18.220 --> 00:29:20.359
 but Jesus Christ

00:29:20.359 --> 00:29:21.559
 as Lord.

00:29:21.559 --> 00:29:23.259
 So in the midst

00:29:23.259 --> 00:29:24.200
 of all the dangers

00:29:24.200 --> 00:29:25.480
 of different faiths

00:29:25.480 --> 00:29:26.279
 and different religions

00:29:26.279 --> 00:29:26.919
 around him

00:29:26.919 --> 00:29:28.059
 what he is saying

00:29:28.059 --> 00:29:28.960
 is that we have

00:29:28.960 --> 00:29:29.740
 this wonder

00:29:29.740 --> 00:29:30.960
 this wonder

00:29:30.960 --> 00:29:31.919
 of the gospel

00:29:31.919 --> 00:29:33.319
 the gospel

00:29:33.319 --> 00:29:34.519
 of Jesus Christ.

00:29:34.700 --> 00:29:35.240
 It's not about

00:29:35.240 --> 00:29:36.200
 us

00:29:36.200 --> 00:29:37.960
 but about him.

00:29:39.000 --> 00:29:39.679
 And he also

00:29:39.679 --> 00:29:40.940
 makes sure

00:29:40.940 --> 00:29:41.960
 here of the danger

00:29:41.960 --> 00:29:42.759
 of maybe

00:29:42.759 --> 00:29:43.879
 watering down

00:29:43.879 --> 00:29:44.639
 the gospel

00:29:44.639 --> 00:29:45.379
 in any way.

00:29:45.980 --> 00:29:46.740
 In verse 2

00:29:46.740 --> 00:29:47.299
 he shows

00:29:47.299 --> 00:29:47.960
 there's a danger

00:29:47.960 --> 00:29:48.740
 here for us

00:29:48.740 --> 00:29:49.299
 as well.

00:29:49.299 --> 00:29:50.299
 But we have

00:29:50.299 --> 00:29:50.859
 renounced

00:29:50.859 --> 00:29:51.759
 disgraceful

00:29:51.759 --> 00:29:52.619
 underhand ways.

00:29:52.759 --> 00:29:53.259
 We refuse

00:29:53.259 --> 00:29:54.099
 to practice

00:29:54.099 --> 00:29:54.659
 cunning

00:29:54.659 --> 00:29:55.919
 or tamper

00:29:55.919 --> 00:29:57.220
 with God's

00:29:57.220 --> 00:29:57.599
 word.

00:29:58.579 --> 00:29:59.299
 We're not

00:29:59.299 --> 00:29:59.720
 going to

00:29:59.720 --> 00:30:00.940
 change this

00:30:00.940 --> 00:30:01.779
 word to

00:30:01.779 --> 00:30:02.339
 suit.

00:30:02.740 --> 00:30:03.220
 We're not

00:30:03.220 --> 00:30:03.519
 going to

00:30:03.519 --> 00:30:04.240
 change this

00:30:04.240 --> 00:30:04.619
 word to

00:30:04.619 --> 00:30:04.819
 make it

00:30:04.819 --> 00:30:05.619
 more palatable

00:30:05.619 --> 00:30:06.500
 to anyone.

00:30:06.579 --> 00:30:06.899
 We're going

00:30:06.899 --> 00:30:07.519
 to present

00:30:07.519 --> 00:30:08.339
 the truth

00:30:08.339 --> 00:30:09.559
 of God

00:30:09.559 --> 00:30:11.039
 because that

00:30:11.039 --> 00:30:11.440
 is what

00:30:11.440 --> 00:30:12.119
 saves.

00:30:14.000 --> 00:30:14.399
 And so

00:30:14.399 --> 00:30:15.299
 this temptation

00:30:15.299 --> 00:30:16.119
 might be there

00:30:16.119 --> 00:30:16.919
 to do things

00:30:16.919 --> 00:30:17.940
 differently

00:30:17.940 --> 00:30:18.259
 or to

00:30:18.259 --> 00:30:18.460
 use

00:30:18.460 --> 00:30:19.320
 underhand

00:30:19.320 --> 00:30:19.980
 tactics

00:30:19.980 --> 00:30:20.340
 as he

00:30:20.340 --> 00:30:20.920
 calls it

00:30:20.920 --> 00:30:21.299
 here.

00:30:21.740 --> 00:30:22.140
 But no

00:30:22.140 --> 00:30:22.559
 he says

00:30:22.559 --> 00:30:23.100
 we will

00:30:23.100 --> 00:30:23.680
 preach

00:30:23.680 --> 00:30:24.920
 the gospel.

00:30:25.980 --> 00:30:26.279
 We'll

00:30:26.279 --> 00:30:26.940
 present the

00:30:26.940 --> 00:30:27.519
 gospel in

00:30:27.519 --> 00:30:28.100
 its fullness

00:30:28.100 --> 00:30:28.960
 in its

00:30:28.960 --> 00:30:29.460
 glory and

00:30:29.460 --> 00:30:30.279
 its truth

00:30:30.279 --> 00:30:31.559
 because it's

00:30:31.559 --> 00:30:31.940
 not about

00:30:31.940 --> 00:30:32.400
 us

00:30:32.400 --> 00:30:33.320
 it's about

00:30:33.320 --> 00:30:33.980
 the glory

00:30:33.980 --> 00:30:35.220
 of God.

00:30:36.080 --> 00:30:36.299
 And so

00:30:36.299 --> 00:30:36.940
 he's reminding

00:30:36.940 --> 00:30:37.559
 ourselves

00:30:37.559 --> 00:30:38.240
 here too

00:30:38.240 --> 00:30:39.240
 the word

00:30:39.240 --> 00:30:39.920
 of God

00:30:39.920 --> 00:30:41.019
 is central.

00:30:41.279 --> 00:30:41.799
 The dangers

00:30:41.799 --> 00:30:42.640
 of not

00:30:42.640 --> 00:30:43.360
 knowing it

00:30:43.360 --> 00:30:43.799
 or of

00:30:43.799 --> 00:30:44.320
 pushing it

00:30:44.320 --> 00:30:44.580
 away

00:30:44.580 --> 00:30:44.920
 or of

00:30:44.920 --> 00:30:45.400
 tampering

00:30:45.400 --> 00:30:45.960
 with it

00:30:45.960 --> 00:30:46.559
 it's

00:30:46.559 --> 00:30:46.960
 always

00:30:46.960 --> 00:30:47.200
 a

00:30:47.200 --> 00:30:47.620
 danger

00:30:47.620 --> 00:30:49.340
 but we

00:30:49.340 --> 00:30:49.559
 don't

00:30:49.559 --> 00:30:49.799
 lose

00:30:49.799 --> 00:30:50.120
 heart

00:30:50.120 --> 00:30:50.480
 because

00:30:50.480 --> 00:30:50.680
 we

00:30:50.680 --> 00:30:51.019
 have

00:30:51.019 --> 00:30:51.759
 this

00:30:51.759 --> 00:30:52.299
 ministry

00:30:52.299 --> 00:30:52.740
 by the

00:30:52.740 --> 00:30:53.039
 mercy

00:30:53.039 --> 00:30:53.279
 of

00:30:53.279 --> 00:30:53.500
 God

00:30:53.500 --> 00:30:53.660
 we

00:30:53.660 --> 00:30:54.079
 have

00:30:54.079 --> 00:30:54.740
 the

00:30:54.740 --> 00:30:55.220
 word

00:30:55.220 --> 00:30:55.920
 of

00:30:55.920 --> 00:30:56.360
 God.

00:30:58.360 --> 00:30:58.640
 And so

00:30:58.640 --> 00:30:58.840
 in the

00:30:58.840 --> 00:30:59.200
 midst of

00:30:59.200 --> 00:30:59.819
 the dangers

00:30:59.819 --> 00:31:00.200
 that we

00:31:00.200 --> 00:31:00.860
 are surrounded

00:31:00.860 --> 00:31:01.360
 in

00:31:01.360 --> 00:31:02.480
 one

00:31:02.480 --> 00:31:02.900
 takeaway

00:31:02.900 --> 00:31:03.380
 from

00:31:03.380 --> 00:31:03.660
 this

00:31:03.660 --> 00:31:03.880
 would

00:31:03.880 --> 00:31:04.220
 be

00:31:04.220 --> 00:31:05.299
 learn

00:31:05.299 --> 00:31:05.700
 the

00:31:05.700 --> 00:31:06.120
 word

00:31:06.120 --> 00:31:06.600
 of

00:31:06.600 --> 00:31:07.019
 God.

00:31:08.059 --> 00:31:08.539
 Know

00:31:08.539 --> 00:31:09.400
 the

00:31:09.400 --> 00:31:09.700
 word

00:31:09.700 --> 00:31:09.920
 of

00:31:09.920 --> 00:31:10.259
 God.

00:31:10.640 --> 00:31:10.960
 As we

00:31:10.960 --> 00:31:11.160
 said

00:31:11.160 --> 00:31:11.500
 earlier

00:31:11.500 --> 00:31:11.940
 to the

00:31:11.940 --> 00:31:12.460
 children

00:31:12.460 --> 00:31:13.480
 when

00:31:13.480 --> 00:31:13.840
 Peter

00:31:13.840 --> 00:31:14.259
 writes

00:31:14.259 --> 00:31:14.680
 he says

00:31:14.680 --> 00:31:15.519
 always

00:31:15.519 --> 00:31:15.819
 be

00:31:15.819 --> 00:31:16.340
 prepared

00:31:16.340 --> 00:31:16.539
 to

00:31:16.539 --> 00:31:16.700
 have

00:31:16.700 --> 00:31:16.860
 an

00:31:16.860 --> 00:31:17.279
 answer

00:31:17.279 --> 00:31:17.980
 for

00:31:17.980 --> 00:31:18.140
 the

00:31:18.140 --> 00:31:18.579
 reason

00:31:18.579 --> 00:31:18.819
 of

00:31:18.819 --> 00:31:18.960
 the

00:31:18.960 --> 00:31:19.220
 hope

00:31:19.220 --> 00:31:19.380
 that

00:31:19.380 --> 00:31:19.480
 you

00:31:19.480 --> 00:31:19.720
 have

00:31:19.720 --> 00:31:20.100
 within.

00:31:20.819 --> 00:31:21.140
 So we

00:31:21.140 --> 00:31:21.700
 learn

00:31:21.700 --> 00:31:22.400
 the

00:31:22.400 --> 00:31:22.880
 word

00:31:22.880 --> 00:31:23.600
 of

00:31:23.600 --> 00:31:23.900
 God.

00:31:24.000 --> 00:31:24.220
 That's

00:31:24.220 --> 00:31:24.360
 the

00:31:24.360 --> 00:31:24.759
 answer

00:31:24.759 --> 00:31:25.480
 to the

00:31:25.480 --> 00:31:25.920
 dangers

00:31:25.920 --> 00:31:26.180
 that we

00:31:26.180 --> 00:31:26.460
 see

00:31:26.460 --> 00:31:26.779
 around

00:31:26.779 --> 00:31:26.960
 us

00:31:26.960 --> 00:31:27.120
 of

00:31:27.120 --> 00:31:27.620
 tampering

00:31:27.620 --> 00:31:27.880
 with

00:31:27.880 --> 00:31:28.319
 God's

00:31:28.319 --> 00:31:28.579
 word

00:31:28.579 --> 00:31:28.759
 of

00:31:28.759 --> 00:31:29.519
 watering

00:31:29.519 --> 00:31:29.759
 it

00:31:29.759 --> 00:31:30.039
 down

00:31:30.039 --> 00:31:30.200
 in

00:31:30.200 --> 00:31:30.400
 any

00:31:30.400 --> 00:31:30.579
 way.

00:31:31.140 --> 00:31:31.420
 Learn

00:31:31.420 --> 00:31:31.600
 and

00:31:31.600 --> 00:31:31.920
 remain

00:31:31.920 --> 00:31:32.620
 faithful

00:31:32.620 --> 00:31:33.400
 to

00:31:33.400 --> 00:31:33.559
 the

00:31:33.559 --> 00:31:33.960
 word

00:31:33.960 --> 00:31:34.759
 of

00:31:34.759 --> 00:31:35.200
 God.

00:31:35.680 --> 00:31:35.940
 That

00:31:35.940 --> 00:31:36.120
 is

00:31:36.120 --> 00:31:36.539
 key.

00:31:37.740 --> 00:31:37.980
 The

00:31:37.980 --> 00:31:38.240
 second

00:31:38.240 --> 00:31:38.500
 thing

00:31:38.500 --> 00:31:38.640
 we

00:31:38.640 --> 00:31:38.880
 see

00:31:38.880 --> 00:31:39.160
 here

00:31:39.160 --> 00:31:39.340
 there

00:31:39.340 --> 00:31:39.500
 are

00:31:39.500 --> 00:31:39.960
 dangers

00:31:39.960 --> 00:31:39.980
!

00:31:42.460 --> 00:31:43.920
 discouragements.

00:31:45.019 --> 00:31:45.640
 When you

00:31:45.640 --> 00:31:46.340
 read the

00:31:46.340 --> 00:31:47.299
 early part

00:31:47.299 --> 00:31:47.539
 of the

00:31:47.539 --> 00:31:47.920
 book of

00:31:47.920 --> 00:31:48.360
 Acts

00:31:48.360 --> 00:31:49.380
 it's

00:31:49.380 --> 00:31:49.779
 always a

00:31:49.779 --> 00:31:50.000
 great

00:31:50.000 --> 00:31:50.319
 place

00:31:50.319 --> 00:31:50.620
 to go

00:31:50.620 --> 00:31:50.880
 back

00:31:50.880 --> 00:31:51.019
 to.

00:31:51.140 --> 00:31:51.620
 It's

00:31:51.620 --> 00:31:52.319
 exciting

00:31:52.319 --> 00:31:52.640
 there's

00:31:52.640 --> 00:31:53.120
 so much

00:31:53.120 --> 00:31:53.680
 happening.

00:31:54.299 --> 00:31:54.400
 You

00:31:54.400 --> 00:31:54.799
 see the

00:31:54.799 --> 00:31:55.319
 spirit

00:31:55.319 --> 00:31:55.779
 poured

00:31:55.779 --> 00:31:56.019
 out.

00:31:56.160 --> 00:31:56.200
 You

00:31:56.200 --> 00:31:56.480
 see

00:31:56.480 --> 00:31:57.500
 sermons

00:31:57.500 --> 00:31:57.740
 that

00:31:57.740 --> 00:31:58.160
 convert

00:31:58.160 --> 00:31:58.819
 thousands.

00:31:59.039 --> 00:31:59.079
 You

00:31:59.079 --> 00:31:59.420
 see

00:31:59.420 --> 00:32:00.019
 the

00:32:00.019 --> 00:32:00.400
 glory

00:32:00.400 --> 00:32:00.640
 of

00:32:00.640 --> 00:32:00.920
 God

00:32:00.920 --> 00:32:01.420
 working

00:32:01.420 --> 00:32:01.640
 in

00:32:01.640 --> 00:32:02.120
 powerful

00:32:02.120 --> 00:32:02.660
 ways.

00:32:03.980 --> 00:32:04.380
 But

00:32:04.380 --> 00:32:04.539
 if you

00:32:04.539 --> 00:32:05.000
 continue

00:32:05.000 --> 00:32:05.620
 reading

00:32:05.620 --> 00:32:06.059
 through

00:32:06.059 --> 00:32:06.279
 the

00:32:06.279 --> 00:32:06.480
 book

00:32:06.480 --> 00:32:06.640
 of

00:32:06.640 --> 00:32:07.000
 Acts

00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:08.059
 it

00:32:08.059 --> 00:32:08.340
 doesn't

00:32:08.340 --> 00:32:08.579
 take

00:32:08.579 --> 00:32:08.920
 long

00:32:08.920 --> 00:32:09.200
 until

00:32:09.200 --> 00:32:09.340
 you

00:32:09.340 --> 00:32:09.600
 come

00:32:09.600 --> 00:32:10.000
 upon

00:32:10.000 --> 00:32:10.460
 the

00:32:10.460 --> 00:32:10.720
 different

00:32:10.720 --> 00:32:11.380
 challenges

00:32:11.380 --> 00:32:12.160
 that

00:32:12.160 --> 00:32:12.320
 there

00:32:12.320 --> 00:32:12.500
 are

00:32:12.500 --> 00:32:12.680
 as

00:32:12.680 --> 00:32:12.860
 well

00:32:12.860 --> 00:32:13.000
 and

00:32:13.000 --> 00:32:14.060
 discouragements

00:32:14.060 --> 00:32:14.680
 that

00:32:14.680 --> 00:32:14.980
 soon

00:32:14.980 --> 00:32:15.660
 arise.

00:32:16.460 --> 00:32:16.660
 It

00:32:16.660 --> 00:32:16.880
 doesn't

00:32:16.880 --> 00:32:17.100
 take

00:32:17.100 --> 00:32:17.440
 long

00:32:17.440 --> 00:32:18.060
 to

00:32:18.060 --> 00:32:18.600
 appear.

00:32:19.779 --> 00:32:20.040
 And

00:32:20.040 --> 00:32:20.580
 that's

00:32:20.580 --> 00:32:20.980
 there

00:32:20.980 --> 00:32:21.220
 for

00:32:21.220 --> 00:32:21.740
 ourselves

00:32:21.740 --> 00:32:22.000
 to

00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:22.220
 know

00:32:22.220 --> 00:32:22.420
 as

00:32:22.420 --> 00:32:22.680
 well.

00:32:22.779 --> 00:32:22.880
 As

00:32:22.880 --> 00:32:23.200
 Paul

00:32:23.200 --> 00:32:23.400
 is

00:32:23.400 --> 00:32:23.779
 writing

00:32:23.779 --> 00:32:24.300
 here

00:32:24.300 --> 00:32:24.900
 he's

00:32:24.900 --> 00:32:25.080
 showing

00:32:25.080 --> 00:32:25.420
 something

00:32:25.420 --> 00:32:25.740
 of his

00:32:25.740 --> 00:32:25.940
 own

00:32:25.940 --> 00:32:26.620
 vulnerability

00:32:26.620 --> 00:32:27.180
 in this

00:32:27.180 --> 00:32:27.440
 way

00:32:27.440 --> 00:32:27.620
 as

00:32:27.620 --> 00:32:27.860
 well.

00:32:27.940 --> 00:32:28.120
 There

00:32:28.120 --> 00:32:28.300
 are

00:32:28.300 --> 00:32:28.880
 ups

00:32:28.880 --> 00:32:29.140
 and

00:32:29.140 --> 00:32:29.540
 downs

00:32:29.540 --> 00:32:30.060
 in

00:32:30.060 --> 00:32:30.200
 the

00:32:30.200 --> 00:32:30.600
 Christian

00:32:30.600 --> 00:32:31.140
 faith.

00:32:31.900 --> 00:32:32.160
 Even

00:32:32.160 --> 00:32:32.300
 in

00:32:32.300 --> 00:32:32.420
 his

00:32:32.420 --> 00:32:32.680
 own

00:32:32.680 --> 00:32:33.500
 ministry

00:32:33.500 --> 00:32:33.860
 work

00:32:33.860 --> 00:32:34.000
 he

00:32:34.000 --> 00:32:34.300
 comes

00:32:34.300 --> 00:32:34.900
 across

00:32:34.900 --> 00:32:35.640
 times

00:32:35.640 --> 00:32:35.820
 of

00:32:35.820 --> 00:32:36.700
 discouragement

00:32:36.700 --> 00:32:36.700


00:32:36.759 --> 00:32:37.300
 Times

00:32:37.300 --> 00:32:37.600
 of

00:32:37.600 --> 00:32:38.860
 challenges.

00:32:38.859 --> 00:32:40.379
 And

00:32:40.379 --> 00:32:40.479
 we

00:32:40.479 --> 00:32:40.599
 are

00:32:40.599 --> 00:32:40.959
 learning

00:32:40.959 --> 00:32:41.240
 these

00:32:41.240 --> 00:32:41.479
 things

00:32:41.479 --> 00:32:41.819
 so we

00:32:41.819 --> 00:32:42.019
 know

00:32:42.019 --> 00:32:42.639
 ourselves

00:32:42.639 --> 00:32:43.759
 this is

00:32:43.759 --> 00:32:44.279
 the way

00:32:44.279 --> 00:32:44.919
 it's

00:32:44.919 --> 00:32:45.179
 going

00:32:45.179 --> 00:32:45.819
 to be.

00:32:46.699 --> 00:32:47.259
 Ministry

00:32:47.259 --> 00:32:47.919
 is

00:32:47.919 --> 00:32:48.559
 challenging

00:32:48.559 --> 00:32:49.319
 not just

00:32:49.319 --> 00:32:49.639
 for a

00:32:49.639 --> 00:32:50.019
 minister

00:32:50.019 --> 00:32:51.119
 but for

00:32:51.119 --> 00:32:51.500
 all of

00:32:51.500 --> 00:32:51.699
 us

00:32:51.699 --> 00:32:52.079
 together

00:32:52.079 --> 00:32:52.359
 when we

00:32:52.359 --> 00:32:52.599
 are the

00:32:52.599 --> 00:32:52.939
 church

00:32:52.939 --> 00:32:53.179
 of

00:32:53.179 --> 00:32:53.719
 Christ

00:32:53.719 --> 00:32:54.519
 there are

00:32:54.519 --> 00:32:55.039
 challenges

00:32:55.039 --> 00:32:55.559
 to our

00:32:55.559 --> 00:32:55.939
 faith

00:32:55.939 --> 00:32:56.439
 all the

00:32:56.439 --> 00:32:56.839
 time.

00:32:58.139 --> 00:32:58.219
 And

00:32:58.219 --> 00:32:58.399
 it's

00:32:58.399 --> 00:32:58.799
 good for

00:32:58.799 --> 00:32:59.159
 us to

00:32:59.159 --> 00:32:59.500
 hear

00:32:59.500 --> 00:32:59.839
 that

00:32:59.839 --> 00:33:00.459
 that

00:33:00.459 --> 00:33:00.619
 there

00:33:00.619 --> 00:33:00.899
 are

00:33:00.899 --> 00:33:01.599
 challenges

00:33:01.599 --> 00:33:02.679
 and

00:33:02.679 --> 00:33:03.099
 especially

00:33:03.099 --> 00:33:03.419
 when we

00:33:03.419 --> 00:33:03.839
 think of

00:33:03.839 --> 00:33:04.159
 Paul

00:33:04.159 --> 00:33:04.719
 writing to

00:33:04.719 --> 00:33:04.899
 the

00:33:04.899 --> 00:33:05.259
 church

00:33:05.259 --> 00:33:05.879
 at

00:33:05.879 --> 00:33:06.439
 Corinth

00:33:06.440 --> 00:33:07.360
 there

00:33:07.360 --> 00:33:07.500
 were

00:33:07.500 --> 00:33:07.900
 those

00:33:07.900 --> 00:33:08.240
 who

00:33:08.240 --> 00:33:08.380
 would

00:33:08.380 --> 00:33:08.600
 not

00:33:08.600 --> 00:33:09.000
 believe

00:33:09.000 --> 00:33:09.200
 there

00:33:09.200 --> 00:33:09.340
 were

00:33:09.340 --> 00:33:09.779
 those

00:33:09.779 --> 00:33:10.980
 whose

00:33:10.980 --> 00:33:11.940
 faith

00:33:11.940 --> 00:33:12.140
 was

00:33:12.140 --> 00:33:12.720
 veiled

00:33:12.720 --> 00:33:13.080
 as it

00:33:13.080 --> 00:33:13.279
 were

00:33:13.279 --> 00:33:13.420
 they

00:33:13.420 --> 00:33:13.559
 were

00:33:13.559 --> 00:33:13.940
 kept

00:33:13.940 --> 00:33:14.200
 from

00:33:14.200 --> 00:33:14.740
 seeing

00:33:14.740 --> 00:33:15.360
 the

00:33:15.360 --> 00:33:15.740
 glory

00:33:15.740 --> 00:33:16.000
 of

00:33:16.000 --> 00:33:16.440
 God.

00:33:17.720 --> 00:33:17.820
 And

00:33:17.820 --> 00:33:18.080
 so

00:33:18.080 --> 00:33:18.299
 for

00:33:18.299 --> 00:33:18.900
 ourselves

00:33:18.900 --> 00:33:19.420
 too

00:33:19.420 --> 00:33:20.500
 there

00:33:20.500 --> 00:33:20.700
 are

00:33:20.700 --> 00:33:20.960
 these

00:33:20.960 --> 00:33:21.580
 challenges.

00:33:22.799 --> 00:33:22.960
 We

00:33:22.960 --> 00:33:23.360
 don't

00:33:23.360 --> 00:33:24.259
 tamper

00:33:24.259 --> 00:33:24.519
 with

00:33:24.519 --> 00:33:25.039
 God's

00:33:25.039 --> 00:33:25.480
 word

00:33:25.480 --> 00:33:26.120
 but

00:33:26.120 --> 00:33:26.340
 just

00:33:26.340 --> 00:33:26.759
 because

00:33:26.759 --> 00:33:27.019
 there's

00:33:27.019 --> 00:33:27.640
 differences

00:33:27.640 --> 00:33:28.140
 around

00:33:28.140 --> 00:33:28.519
 us

00:33:28.519 --> 00:33:28.840
 doesn't

00:33:28.840 --> 00:33:29.000
 mean

00:33:29.000 --> 00:33:29.100
 that

00:33:29.100 --> 00:33:29.220
 we

00:33:29.220 --> 00:33:29.740
 back

00:33:29.740 --> 00:33:30.180
 off.

00:33:31.799 --> 00:33:32.080
 What

00:33:32.080 --> 00:33:32.400
 Paul

00:33:32.400 --> 00:33:32.600
 is

00:33:32.600 --> 00:33:32.799
 saying

00:33:32.799 --> 00:33:33.160
 here

00:33:33.160 --> 00:33:33.380
 is

00:33:33.380 --> 00:33:34.039
 we

00:33:34.039 --> 00:33:34.480
 keep

00:33:34.480 --> 00:33:35.279
 presenting

00:33:35.279 --> 00:33:36.259
 the

00:33:36.259 --> 00:33:36.660
 gospel

00:33:36.660 --> 00:33:37.059
 even

00:33:37.059 --> 00:33:37.200
 in

00:33:37.200 --> 00:33:37.359
 the

00:33:37.359 --> 00:33:37.680
 midst

00:33:37.680 --> 00:33:37.899
 of

00:33:37.899 --> 00:33:38.639
 discouragements

00:33:38.639 --> 00:33:38.839
 even

00:33:38.839 --> 00:33:38.920
 in

00:33:38.920 --> 00:33:39.019
 the

00:33:39.019 --> 00:33:39.279
 midst

00:33:39.279 --> 00:33:39.480
 of

00:33:39.480 --> 00:33:39.899
 people

00:33:39.899 --> 00:33:40.399
 who

00:33:40.399 --> 00:33:40.539
 are

00:33:40.539 --> 00:33:40.839
 not

00:33:40.839 --> 00:33:41.399
 believing

00:33:41.399 --> 00:33:42.539
 in

00:33:42.539 --> 00:33:42.680
 a

00:33:42.680 --> 00:33:43.200
 society

00:33:43.200 --> 00:33:43.460
 where

00:33:43.460 --> 00:33:43.799
 so

00:33:43.799 --> 00:33:44.399
 diverse

00:33:44.399 --> 00:33:44.579
 and

00:33:44.579 --> 00:33:44.799
 open

00:33:44.799 --> 00:33:45.299
 to

00:33:45.299 --> 00:33:45.599
 many

00:33:45.599 --> 00:33:46.259
 teachings

00:33:46.259 --> 00:33:47.920
 it's

00:33:47.920 --> 00:33:48.119
 so

00:33:48.119 --> 00:33:48.619
 important

00:33:48.619 --> 00:33:48.819
 that

00:33:48.819 --> 00:33:49.039
 the

00:33:49.039 --> 00:33:49.500
 gospel

00:33:49.500 --> 00:33:49.779
 is

00:33:49.779 --> 00:33:49.940
 at

00:33:49.940 --> 00:33:50.079
 the

00:33:50.079 --> 00:33:50.619
 heart

00:33:50.619 --> 00:33:51.460
 that

00:33:51.460 --> 00:33:51.619
 the

00:33:51.619 --> 00:33:52.019
 gospel

00:33:52.019 --> 00:33:52.279
 is

00:33:52.279 --> 00:33:52.559
 there

00:33:52.559 --> 00:33:52.779
 for

00:33:52.779 --> 00:33:53.279
 all

00:33:53.279 --> 00:33:53.519
 to

00:33:53.519 --> 00:33:54.059
 see

00:33:54.059 --> 00:33:54.720
 and

00:33:54.720 --> 00:33:54.899
 to

00:33:54.899 --> 00:33:55.259
 know

00:33:55.259 --> 00:33:56.700
 because

00:33:56.700 --> 00:33:56.899
 we

00:33:56.899 --> 00:33:57.079
 know

00:33:57.079 --> 00:33:57.240
 that

00:33:57.240 --> 00:33:57.339
 there

00:33:57.339 --> 00:33:57.480
 is

00:33:57.480 --> 00:33:57.839
 one

00:33:57.839 --> 00:33:58.379
 who

00:33:58.379 --> 00:33:58.559
 is

00:33:58.559 --> 00:33:59.200
 active

00:33:59.200 --> 00:34:00.319
 and

00:34:00.319 --> 00:34:00.440
 he

00:34:00.440 --> 00:34:00.779
 speaks

00:34:00.779 --> 00:34:01.000
 of

00:34:01.000 --> 00:34:01.240
 this

00:34:01.240 --> 00:34:01.700
 here

00:34:01.700 --> 00:34:02.779
 in

00:34:02.779 --> 00:34:03.019
 verse

00:34:03.019 --> 00:34:03.299
 three

00:34:03.299 --> 00:34:03.500
 and

00:34:03.500 --> 00:34:03.899
 four

00:34:03.899 --> 00:34:04.539
 even

00:34:05.279 --> 00:34:05.519
 is

00:34:05.519 --> 00:34:05.859
 veiled

00:34:05.859 --> 00:34:06.000
 it

00:34:06.000 --> 00:34:06.160
 is

00:34:06.160 --> 00:34:06.420
 veiled

00:34:06.420 --> 00:34:06.779
 only

00:34:06.779 --> 00:34:07.000
 to

00:34:07.000 --> 00:34:07.379
 those

00:34:07.379 --> 00:34:07.839
 who

00:34:07.839 --> 00:34:08.000
 are

00:34:08.000 --> 00:34:08.539
 perishing

00:34:08.539 --> 00:34:08.739
 in

00:34:08.739 --> 00:34:09.000
 their

00:34:09.000 --> 00:34:09.500
 case

00:34:09.500 --> 00:34:10.179
 the

00:34:10.179 --> 00:34:10.639
 god

00:34:10.639 --> 00:34:10.800
 of

00:34:10.800 --> 00:34:11.059
 this

00:34:11.059 --> 00:34:11.519
 world

00:34:11.519 --> 00:34:11.739
 has

00:34:11.739 --> 00:34:12.440
 blinded

00:34:12.440 --> 00:34:12.599
 the

00:34:12.599 --> 00:34:12.980
 minds

00:34:12.980 --> 00:34:13.159
 of

00:34:13.159 --> 00:34:13.300
 the

00:34:13.300 --> 00:34:14.059
 unbelievers

00:34:14.059 --> 00:34:14.779
 to

00:34:14.779 --> 00:34:15.259
 keep

00:34:15.259 --> 00:34:15.460
 them

00:34:15.460 --> 00:34:15.639
 from

00:34:15.639 --> 00:34:16.219
 seeing

00:34:16.219 --> 00:34:16.779
 the

00:34:16.779 --> 00:34:17.159
 light

00:34:17.159 --> 00:34:17.300
 of

00:34:17.300 --> 00:34:17.500
 the

00:34:17.500 --> 00:34:17.900
 gospel

00:34:17.900 --> 00:34:18.099
 of

00:34:18.099 --> 00:34:18.259
 the

00:34:18.259 --> 00:34:18.639
 glory

00:34:18.639 --> 00:34:18.860
 of

00:34:18.860 --> 00:34:19.420
 Christ

00:34:19.420 --> 00:34:21.099
 that

00:34:21.099 --> 00:34:21.679
 Satan

00:34:21.679 --> 00:34:22.400
 is

00:34:22.400 --> 00:34:22.940
 active

00:34:22.940 --> 00:34:24.300
 therefore

00:34:24.300 --> 00:34:24.840
 there is

00:34:24.840 --> 00:34:25.139
 all

00:34:25.139 --> 00:34:25.340
 the

00:34:25.340 --> 00:34:25.739
 greater

00:34:25.739 --> 00:34:26.059
 need

00:34:26.059 --> 00:34:26.239
 for

00:34:26.239 --> 00:34:26.420
 the

00:34:26.420 --> 00:34:26.900
 gospel

00:34:26.900 --> 00:34:27.539
 to

00:34:27.539 --> 00:34:27.739
 be

00:34:27.739 --> 00:34:28.360
 presented

00:34:28.360 --> 00:34:28.739
 and

00:34:28.739 --> 00:34:29.360
 presented

00:34:29.360 --> 00:34:29.619
 in

00:34:29.619 --> 00:34:30.079
 all

00:34:30.079 --> 00:34:30.699
 its

00:34:30.699 --> 00:34:31.059
 truth

00:34:31.059 --> 00:34:31.300
 even

00:34:31.300 --> 00:34:31.440
 in

00:34:31.440 --> 00:34:31.579
 the

00:34:31.579 --> 00:34:31.920
 midst

00:34:31.920 --> 00:34:32.139
 of

00:34:32.139 --> 00:34:33.059
 discouragements

00:34:33.059 --> 00:34:33.320
 even

00:34:33.320 --> 00:34:33.340
 in

00:34:33.340 --> 00:34:33.519
 the

00:34:33.519 --> 00:34:33.880
 midst

00:34:33.880 --> 00:34:34.500
 of

00:34:34.500 --> 00:34:35.220
 challenges

00:34:35.220 --> 00:34:36.680
 later

00:34:36.680 --> 00:34:36.960
 on

00:34:36.960 --> 00:34:37.140
 in

00:34:37.140 --> 00:34:37.480
 2nd

00:34:37.480 --> 00:34:37.900
 Corinthians

00:34:37.900 --> 00:34:38.200
 in

00:34:38.200 --> 00:34:38.480
 chapter

00:34:38.480 --> 00:34:38.920
 11

00:34:38.920 --> 00:34:39.700
 Paul

00:34:39.700 --> 00:34:40.240
 speaks

00:34:40.240 --> 00:34:40.519
 of

00:34:40.519 --> 00:34:41.480
 Satan

00:34:41.480 --> 00:34:42.539
 disguising

00:34:42.539 --> 00:34:43.039
 himself

00:34:43.039 --> 00:34:43.559
 as

00:34:43.559 --> 00:34:43.760
 an

00:34:43.760 --> 00:34:44.180
 angel

00:34:44.180 --> 00:34:44.440
 of

00:34:44.440 --> 00:34:44.920
 light

00:34:44.920 --> 00:34:45.940
 how

00:34:45.940 --> 00:34:46.140
 he's

00:34:46.140 --> 00:34:46.320
 able

00:34:46.320 --> 00:34:46.559
 to

00:34:46.559 --> 00:34:47.079
 twist

00:34:47.079 --> 00:34:47.420
 the

00:34:47.420 --> 00:34:47.900
 truth

00:34:47.900 --> 00:34:48.559
 and

00:34:48.559 --> 00:34:48.700
 to

00:34:48.700 --> 00:34:48.920
 make

00:34:48.920 --> 00:34:49.120
 what

00:34:49.120 --> 00:34:49.300
 is

00:34:49.300 --> 00:34:50.079
 good

00:34:50.079 --> 00:34:50.519
 seem

00:34:50.519 --> 00:34:50.960
 evil

00:34:50.960 --> 00:34:51.059
 and

00:34:51.059 --> 00:34:51.180
 what

00:34:51.180 --> 00:34:51.340
 is

00:34:51.340 --> 00:34:51.720
 evil

00:34:51.720 --> 00:34:52.140
 seem

00:34:52.140 --> 00:34:52.640
 good

00:34:52.640 --> 00:34:53.380
 like

00:34:53.380 --> 00:34:53.500
 we

00:34:53.500 --> 00:34:53.820
 see

00:34:53.820 --> 00:34:53.960
 in

00:34:53.960 --> 00:34:54.140
 our

00:34:54.140 --> 00:34:54.420
 own

00:34:54.420 --> 00:34:54.660
 day

00:34:54.660 --> 00:34:54.800
 and

00:34:54.800 --> 00:34:55.100
 age

00:34:55.100 --> 00:34:55.480
 again

00:34:55.480 --> 00:34:55.640
 and

00:34:55.640 --> 00:34:56.079
 again

00:34:56.079 --> 00:34:58.620
 discouragements

00:34:58.620 --> 00:34:59.180
 come

00:34:59.180 --> 00:35:00.320
 and there

00:35:00.320 --> 00:35:00.420
 are

00:35:00.420 --> 00:35:01.079
 discouragements

00:35:01.079 --> 00:35:01.460
 all

00:35:01.460 --> 00:35:01.880
 around

00:35:01.880 --> 00:35:02.240
 us

00:35:02.239 --> 00:35:03.019
 but that's

00:35:03.019 --> 00:35:03.259
 why we

00:35:03.259 --> 00:35:03.399
 need

00:35:03.399 --> 00:35:03.559
 the

00:35:03.559 --> 00:35:04.000
 gospel

00:35:04.000 --> 00:35:04.679
 all

00:35:04.679 --> 00:35:04.879
 the

00:35:04.879 --> 00:35:05.199
 more

00:35:05.199 --> 00:35:06.519
 to be

00:35:06.519 --> 00:35:07.000
 together

00:35:07.000 --> 00:35:07.859
 for

00:35:07.859 --> 00:35:08.299
 the

00:35:08.299 --> 00:35:08.819
 gospel

00:35:08.819 --> 00:35:10.619
 John

00:35:10.619 --> 00:35:10.939
 Knox

00:35:10.939 --> 00:35:11.179
 just

00:35:11.179 --> 00:35:11.399
 going

00:35:11.399 --> 00:35:11.659
 back

00:35:11.659 --> 00:35:12.099
 to him

00:35:12.099 --> 00:35:12.759
 for a

00:35:12.759 --> 00:35:13.039
 moment

00:35:13.039 --> 00:35:13.279
 one

00:35:13.279 --> 00:35:13.579
 of his

00:35:13.579 --> 00:35:14.119
 mottos

00:35:14.119 --> 00:35:14.339
 was

00:35:14.339 --> 00:35:14.599
 this

00:35:14.599 --> 00:35:14.919
 one

00:35:14.919 --> 00:35:15.219
 man

00:35:15.219 --> 00:35:15.439
 with

00:35:15.439 --> 00:35:15.979
 God

00:35:15.979 --> 00:35:16.599
 is

00:35:16.599 --> 00:35:17.139
 always

00:35:17.139 --> 00:35:17.759
 in

00:35:17.759 --> 00:35:17.899
 the

00:35:17.899 --> 00:35:18.459
 majority

00:35:18.459 --> 00:35:19.919
 isn't

00:35:19.919 --> 00:35:20.159
 that a

00:35:20.159 --> 00:35:20.439
 wonderful

00:35:20.439 --> 00:35:20.799
 way of

00:35:20.799 --> 00:35:21.019
 thinking

00:35:21.019 --> 00:35:21.459
 about it

00:35:21.459 --> 00:35:21.899
 one

00:35:21.899 --> 00:35:22.159
 man

00:35:22.159 --> 00:35:22.359
 with

00:35:22.359 --> 00:35:22.659
 God

00:35:22.659 --> 00:35:22.839
 is

00:35:22.839 --> 00:35:23.479
 always

00:35:23.479 --> 00:35:23.679
 in

00:35:23.679 --> 00:35:23.779
 the

00:35:23.779 --> 00:35:24.259
 majority

00:35:24.259 --> 00:35:25.000
 we

00:35:25.000 --> 00:35:25.359
 feel

00:35:25.359 --> 00:35:25.559
 we're

00:35:25.559 --> 00:35:25.659
 in

00:35:25.659 --> 00:35:25.779
 the

00:35:25.779 --> 00:35:26.179
 minority

00:35:26.179 --> 00:35:27.179
 we

00:35:27.179 --> 00:35:27.459
 feel

00:35:27.459 --> 00:35:27.599
 that

00:35:27.599 --> 00:35:27.799
 maybe

00:35:27.799 --> 00:35:28.019
 the

00:35:28.019 --> 00:35:28.359
 world

00:35:28.359 --> 00:35:28.619
 the

00:35:28.619 --> 00:35:28.979
 tide

00:35:28.979 --> 00:35:29.519
 has

00:35:29.519 --> 00:35:29.879
 turned

00:35:29.879 --> 00:35:30.359
 against

00:35:30.359 --> 00:35:30.599
 the

00:35:30.599 --> 00:35:31.019
 Christian

00:35:31.019 --> 00:35:31.519
 faith

00:35:31.519 --> 00:35:32.340
 but we

00:35:32.340 --> 00:35:32.539
 are in

00:35:32.539 --> 00:35:32.679
 the

00:35:32.679 --> 00:35:33.099
 majority

00:35:33.099 --> 00:35:33.679
 because

00:35:33.679 --> 00:35:33.960
 the

00:35:33.960 --> 00:35:34.280
 Lord

00:35:34.280 --> 00:35:34.539
 is

00:35:34.539 --> 00:35:34.719
 on

00:35:34.719 --> 00:35:34.940
 our

00:35:34.940 --> 00:35:35.440
 side

00:35:35.440 --> 00:35:36.639
 there

00:35:36.639 --> 00:35:36.820
 is

00:35:36.820 --> 00:35:37.880
 discouragements

00:35:37.880 --> 00:35:39.179
 but having

00:35:39.179 --> 00:35:39.940
 this ministry

00:35:39.940 --> 00:35:41.000
 by the

00:35:41.000 --> 00:35:41.579
 mercy of

00:35:41.579 --> 00:35:41.920
 God

00:35:41.920 --> 00:35:42.780
 we do

00:35:42.780 --> 00:35:43.039
 not

00:35:43.039 --> 00:35:43.360
 lose

00:35:43.360 --> 00:35:43.940
 heart

00:35:43.940 --> 00:35:45.059
 God

00:35:45.059 --> 00:35:45.259
 is

00:35:45.259 --> 00:35:45.559
 with

00:35:45.559 --> 00:35:45.980
 us

00:35:45.980 --> 00:35:46.780
 and

00:35:46.780 --> 00:35:47.239
 God

00:35:47.239 --> 00:35:48.000
 is

00:35:48.000 --> 00:35:48.320
 for

00:35:48.320 --> 00:35:48.759
 us

00:35:48.759 --> 00:35:50.099
 and

00:35:50.099 --> 00:35:50.340
 so

00:35:50.340 --> 00:35:51.019
 Paul

00:35:51.019 --> 00:35:51.440
 here

00:35:51.440 --> 00:35:51.960
 is

00:35:51.960 --> 00:35:52.259
 always

00:35:52.259 --> 00:35:53.000
 challenging

00:35:53.000 --> 00:35:53.639
 people

00:35:53.639 --> 00:35:53.980
 to be

00:35:53.980 --> 00:35:54.159
 a

00:35:54.159 --> 00:35:54.539
 people

00:35:54.539 --> 00:35:55.059
 who

00:35:55.059 --> 00:35:55.380
 know

00:35:55.380 --> 00:35:55.599
 the

00:35:55.599 --> 00:35:55.900
 word

00:35:55.900 --> 00:35:56.139
 of

00:35:56.139 --> 00:35:56.559
 God

00:35:56.559 --> 00:35:57.079
 and

00:35:57.079 --> 00:35:57.199
 who

00:35:57.199 --> 00:35:57.340
 are

00:35:57.340 --> 00:35:57.880
 thinking

00:35:57.880 --> 00:35:58.619
 about

00:35:58.619 --> 00:35:58.900
 the

00:35:58.900 --> 00:35:59.219
 word

00:35:59.219 --> 00:35:59.420
 of

00:35:59.420 --> 00:35:59.820
 God

00:35:59.820 --> 00:36:00.800
 and

00:36:00.800 --> 00:36:00.940
 who

00:36:00.940 --> 00:36:01.080
 are

00:36:01.080 --> 00:36:01.519
 learning

00:36:01.519 --> 00:36:02.260
 together

00:36:02.260 --> 00:36:02.720
 around

00:36:02.720 --> 00:36:02.960
 the

00:36:02.960 --> 00:36:03.280
 word

00:36:03.280 --> 00:36:03.500
 of

00:36:03.500 --> 00:36:03.920
 God

00:36:03.920 --> 00:36:05.280
 I

00:36:05.280 --> 00:36:05.460
 read

00:36:05.460 --> 00:36:05.940
 this

00:36:05.940 --> 00:36:06.380
 quote

00:36:06.380 --> 00:36:06.660
 just

00:36:06.660 --> 00:36:06.960
 last

00:36:06.960 --> 00:36:07.240
 week

00:36:07.240 --> 00:36:07.420
 and

00:36:07.420 --> 00:36:07.720
 said

00:36:07.720 --> 00:36:08.300
 we

00:36:08.300 --> 00:36:08.480
 are

00:36:08.480 --> 00:36:08.960
 drowning

00:36:08.960 --> 00:36:09.180
 in

00:36:09.180 --> 00:36:09.920
 information

00:36:09.920 --> 00:36:11.080
 but

00:36:11.080 --> 00:36:11.360
 we're

00:36:11.360 --> 00:36:12.039
 starving

00:36:12.039 --> 00:36:12.440
 for

00:36:12.440 --> 00:36:12.960
 wisdom

00:36:12.960 --> 00:36:14.480
 we

00:36:14.480 --> 00:36:14.620
 are

00:36:14.620 --> 00:36:15.039
 drowning

00:36:15.039 --> 00:36:15.240
 in

00:36:15.240 --> 00:36:15.900
 information

00:36:15.900 --> 00:36:16.360
 but

00:36:16.360 --> 00:36:17.039
 starving

00:36:17.039 --> 00:36:17.720
 for

00:36:17.720 --> 00:36:18.180
 wisdom

00:36:18.180 --> 00:36:19.200
 because

00:36:19.200 --> 00:36:19.360
 we

00:36:19.360 --> 00:36:19.480
 have

00:36:19.480 --> 00:36:20.140
 information

00:36:20.140 --> 00:36:20.340
 at

00:36:20.340 --> 00:36:20.580
 our

00:36:20.580 --> 00:36:21.180
 fingertips

00:36:21.180 --> 00:36:21.500
 and

00:36:21.500 --> 00:36:22.019
 plenty

00:36:22.019 --> 00:36:22.340
 of

00:36:22.340 --> 00:36:22.559
 it

00:36:22.559 --> 00:36:23.780
 we

00:36:23.780 --> 00:36:23.940
 just

00:36:23.940 --> 00:36:24.160
 have

00:36:24.160 --> 00:36:24.360
 to

00:36:24.360 --> 00:36:25.000
 look

00:36:25.000 --> 00:36:25.280
 up

00:36:25.280 --> 00:36:25.580
 a

00:36:25.580 --> 00:36:26.000
 word

00:36:26.000 --> 00:36:26.480
 online

00:36:26.480 --> 00:36:26.620
 and

00:36:26.620 --> 00:36:26.740
 we've

00:36:26.740 --> 00:36:26.840
 got

00:36:26.840 --> 00:36:27.539
 information

00:36:27.539 --> 00:36:28.000
 there

00:36:28.000 --> 00:36:29.500
 pouring

00:36:29.500 --> 00:36:29.780
 out

00:36:29.780 --> 00:36:30.199
 upon

00:36:30.199 --> 00:36:30.659
 us

00:36:30.659 --> 00:36:31.179
 you ask

00:36:31.179 --> 00:36:31.340
 a

00:36:31.340 --> 00:36:31.860
 question

00:36:31.860 --> 00:36:32.119
 there's

00:36:32.119 --> 00:36:32.860
 information

00:36:32.860 --> 00:36:33.780
 pouring

00:36:33.780 --> 00:36:34.079
 out

00:36:34.079 --> 00:36:35.340
 but

00:36:35.340 --> 00:36:35.460
 we

00:36:35.460 --> 00:36:35.760
 lack

00:36:35.760 --> 00:36:36.320
 wisdom

00:36:36.320 --> 00:36:38.420
 we

00:36:38.420 --> 00:36:38.760
 lack

00:36:38.760 --> 00:36:39.320
 wisdom

00:36:39.320 --> 00:36:40.159
 we're

00:36:40.159 --> 00:36:40.280
 a

00:36:40.280 --> 00:36:40.860
 generation

00:36:40.860 --> 00:36:41.199
 where

00:36:41.199 --> 00:36:41.420
 so

00:36:41.420 --> 00:36:41.719
 much

00:36:41.719 --> 00:36:41.920
 of

00:36:41.920 --> 00:36:42.039
 what

00:36:42.039 --> 00:36:42.199
 we

00:36:42.199 --> 00:36:42.400
 look

00:36:42.400 --> 00:36:42.539
 at

00:36:42.539 --> 00:36:42.679
 is

00:36:42.679 --> 00:36:43.239
 online

00:36:43.239 --> 00:36:44.000
 where

00:36:44.000 --> 00:36:44.480
 truth

00:36:44.480 --> 00:36:44.699
 is

00:36:44.699 --> 00:36:45.039
 seen

00:36:45.039 --> 00:36:45.219
 as

00:36:45.219 --> 00:36:45.380
 what

00:36:45.380 --> 00:36:45.539
 we

00:36:45.539 --> 00:36:45.880
 read

00:36:45.880 --> 00:36:46.400
 online

00:36:46.400 --> 00:36:46.639
 whether

00:36:46.639 --> 00:36:46.840
 it's

00:36:46.840 --> 00:36:47.420
 Facebook

00:36:47.420 --> 00:36:47.760
 or

00:36:47.760 --> 00:36:48.179
 Twitter

00:36:48.179 --> 00:36:48.500
 or

00:36:48.500 --> 00:36:49.000
 Instagram

00:36:49.000 --> 00:36:49.880
 or

00:36:49.880 --> 00:36:50.159
 the

00:36:50.159 --> 00:36:50.539
 news

00:36:50.539 --> 00:36:50.739
 that's

00:36:50.739 --> 00:36:51.159
 presented

00:36:51.159 --> 00:36:51.519
 online

00:36:51.519 --> 00:36:51.739
 we

00:36:51.739 --> 00:36:51.980
 think

00:36:51.980 --> 00:36:52.260
 there

00:36:52.260 --> 00:36:52.460
 is

00:36:52.460 --> 00:36:52.880
 truth

00:36:52.880 --> 00:36:53.059
 it

00:36:53.059 --> 00:36:53.360
 must

00:36:53.360 --> 00:36:53.599
 be

00:36:53.599 --> 00:36:54.039
 true

00:36:54.039 --> 00:36:54.579
 if

00:36:54.579 --> 00:36:54.760
 it's

00:36:54.760 --> 00:36:55.300
 online

00:36:55.300 --> 00:36:56.340
 information

00:36:56.340 --> 00:36:56.880
 is

00:36:56.880 --> 00:36:57.139
 there

00:36:57.139 --> 00:36:57.339
 but

00:36:57.339 --> 00:36:57.819
 the

00:36:57.819 --> 00:36:58.199
 wisdom

00:36:58.199 --> 00:36:58.460
 is

00:36:58.460 --> 00:36:58.859
 lacking

00:36:58.859 --> 00:36:59.980
 to

00:36:59.980 --> 00:37:00.500
 discern

00:37:00.500 --> 00:37:00.799
 what

00:37:00.799 --> 00:37:01.339
 truth

00:37:01.339 --> 00:37:01.960
 is

00:37:01.960 --> 00:37:04.139
 and

00:37:04.139 --> 00:37:04.500
 so

00:37:04.500 --> 00:37:04.960
 what

00:37:04.960 --> 00:37:05.159
 we

00:37:05.159 --> 00:37:05.539
 need

00:37:05.539 --> 00:37:06.199
 is

00:37:06.199 --> 00:37:06.359
 to

00:37:06.359 --> 00:37:06.519
 be

00:37:06.519 --> 00:37:06.679
 a

00:37:06.679 --> 00:37:07.239
 people

00:37:07.239 --> 00:37:08.319
 in

00:37:08.319 --> 00:37:08.460
 the

00:37:08.460 --> 00:37:08.739
 midst

00:37:08.739 --> 00:37:08.960
 of

00:37:08.960 --> 00:37:10.019
 discouragements

00:37:10.019 --> 00:37:10.159
 in

00:37:10.159 --> 00:37:10.299
 the

00:37:10.299 --> 00:37:10.579
 midst

00:37:10.579 --> 00:37:10.819
 of

00:37:10.819 --> 00:37:11.359
 all

00:37:11.359 --> 00:37:11.639
 kinds

00:37:11.639 --> 00:37:11.779
 of

00:37:11.779 --> 00:37:12.379
 challenges

00:37:12.379 --> 00:37:12.679
 that

00:37:12.679 --> 00:37:12.839
 we

00:37:12.839 --> 00:37:13.299
 see

00:37:13.299 --> 00:37:14.119
 it's

00:37:14.119 --> 00:37:14.359
 not

00:37:14.359 --> 00:37:14.619
 to

00:37:14.619 --> 00:37:15.039
 believe

00:37:15.039 --> 00:37:15.400
 everything

00:37:15.400 --> 00:37:15.539
 that

00:37:15.539 --> 00:37:15.639
 we

00:37:15.639 --> 00:37:15.900
 read

00:37:15.900 --> 00:37:16.279
 online

00:37:16.279 --> 00:37:16.480
 and

00:37:16.480 --> 00:37:17.039
 even

00:37:17.039 --> 00:37:17.199
 at

00:37:17.199 --> 00:37:17.579
 times

00:37:17.579 --> 00:37:17.920
 it's

00:37:17.920 --> 00:37:18.359
 to

00:37:18.359 --> 00:37:18.900
 back

00:37:18.900 --> 00:37:19.259
 off

00:37:19.259 --> 00:37:19.519
 from

00:37:19.519 --> 00:37:20.179
 engaging

00:37:20.179 --> 00:37:20.819
 with

00:37:20.819 --> 00:37:21.039
 some

00:37:21.039 --> 00:37:21.139
 of

00:37:21.139 --> 00:37:21.339
 these

00:37:21.339 --> 00:37:21.859
 debates

00:37:21.859 --> 00:37:22.159
 as

00:37:22.159 --> 00:37:22.519
 well

00:37:22.519 --> 00:37:23.699
 the

00:37:23.699 --> 00:37:24.239
 best

00:37:24.239 --> 00:37:24.639
 way

00:37:24.639 --> 00:37:25.340
 to

00:37:25.340 --> 00:37:26.039
 engage

00:37:26.039 --> 00:37:26.300
 on

00:37:26.300 --> 00:37:26.539
 these

00:37:26.539 --> 00:37:27.059
 things

00:37:27.059 --> 00:37:27.900
 is

00:37:27.900 --> 00:37:28.019
 to

00:37:28.019 --> 00:37:28.179
 be

00:37:28.179 --> 00:37:28.519
 face

00:37:28.519 --> 00:37:28.719
 to

00:37:28.719 --> 00:37:29.179
 face

00:37:29.179 --> 00:37:30.719
 and

00:37:30.719 --> 00:37:30.900
 that

00:37:30.900 --> 00:37:31.340
 begins

00:37:31.340 --> 00:37:31.599
 by

00:37:31.599 --> 00:37:32.179
 ourselves

00:37:32.179 --> 00:37:32.759
 meeting

00:37:32.759 --> 00:37:33.239
 together

00:37:33.239 --> 00:37:34.440
 by

00:37:34.440 --> 00:37:34.719
 being

00:37:34.719 --> 00:37:35.199
 together

00:37:35.199 --> 00:37:35.719
 here

00:37:35.719 --> 00:37:36.039
 as a

00:37:36.039 --> 00:37:36.360
 body

00:37:36.360 --> 00:37:37.460
 encouraging

00:37:37.460 --> 00:37:37.719
 one

00:37:37.719 --> 00:37:38.059
 another

00:37:38.059 --> 00:37:39.019
 learning

00:37:39.019 --> 00:37:39.320
 from

00:37:39.320 --> 00:37:39.539
 one

00:37:39.539 --> 00:37:39.900
 another

00:37:39.900 --> 00:37:40.780
 meeting

00:37:40.780 --> 00:37:41.199
 together

00:37:41.199 --> 00:37:41.619
 around

00:37:41.619 --> 00:37:41.860
 the

00:37:41.860 --> 00:37:42.159
 word

00:37:42.159 --> 00:37:42.360
 of

00:37:42.360 --> 00:37:42.719
 God

00:37:42.719 --> 00:37:42.860
 in

00:37:42.860 --> 00:37:43.039
 our

00:37:43.039 --> 00:37:43.460
 Bible

00:37:43.460 --> 00:37:43.980
 studies

00:37:43.980 --> 00:37:44.179
 in

00:37:44.179 --> 00:37:44.360
 our

00:37:44.360 --> 00:37:44.699
 prayer

00:37:44.699 --> 00:37:45.380
 meetings

00:37:45.380 --> 00:37:46.420
 individually

00:37:46.420 --> 00:37:46.920
 together

00:37:46.920 --> 00:37:47.219
 when we

00:37:47.219 --> 00:37:47.440
 come

00:37:47.440 --> 00:37:47.679
 just

00:37:47.679 --> 00:37:47.900
 two

00:37:47.900 --> 00:37:48.079
 or

00:37:48.079 --> 00:37:48.280
 three

00:37:48.280 --> 00:37:48.460
 of

00:37:48.460 --> 00:37:48.599
 us

00:37:48.599 --> 00:37:49.019
 together

00:37:49.019 --> 00:37:49.579
 that

00:37:49.579 --> 00:37:49.659
 we

00:37:49.659 --> 00:37:49.800
 are

00:37:49.800 --> 00:37:50.079
 meeting

00:37:50.079 --> 00:37:50.480
 together

00:37:50.480 --> 00:37:50.719
 in

00:37:50.719 --> 00:37:50.960
 that

00:37:50.960 --> 00:37:51.199
 way

00:37:51.199 --> 00:37:51.380
 of

00:37:51.380 --> 00:37:51.579
 being

00:37:51.579 --> 00:37:52.019
 face

00:37:52.019 --> 00:37:52.219
 to

00:37:52.219 --> 00:37:52.619
 face

00:37:52.619 --> 00:37:54.199
 and

00:37:54.199 --> 00:37:54.320
 the

00:37:54.320 --> 00:37:54.460
 more

00:37:54.460 --> 00:37:54.639
 we

00:37:54.639 --> 00:37:54.900
 learn

00:37:54.900 --> 00:37:55.099
 like

00:37:55.099 --> 00:37:55.320
 that

00:37:55.320 --> 00:37:55.460
 the

00:37:55.460 --> 00:37:55.639
 more

00:37:55.639 --> 00:37:55.780
 we

00:37:55.780 --> 00:37:55.920
 can

00:37:55.920 --> 00:37:56.099
 go

00:37:56.099 --> 00:37:56.360
 out

00:37:56.360 --> 00:37:56.960
 and

00:37:56.960 --> 00:37:57.199
 meet

00:37:57.199 --> 00:37:57.619
 others

00:37:57.619 --> 00:37:57.980
 face

00:37:57.980 --> 00:37:58.179
 to

00:37:58.179 --> 00:37:58.500
 face

00:37:58.500 --> 00:37:58.760
 as

00:37:58.760 --> 00:37:59.119
 well

00:37:59.119 --> 00:38:00.159
 and

00:38:00.159 --> 00:38:00.300
 to

00:38:00.300 --> 00:38:00.659
 talk

00:38:00.659 --> 00:38:00.780
 to

00:38:00.780 --> 00:38:00.900
 them

00:38:00.900 --> 00:38:01.019
 of

00:38:01.019 --> 00:38:01.179
 the

00:38:01.179 --> 00:38:01.539
 wonder

00:38:01.539 --> 00:38:02.240
 of

00:38:02.240 --> 00:38:02.420
 the

00:38:02.420 --> 00:38:02.900
 gospel

00:38:02.900 --> 00:38:03.659
 to

00:38:03.659 --> 00:38:04.119
 guard

00:38:04.119 --> 00:38:04.420
 the

00:38:04.420 --> 00:38:04.940
 gospel

00:38:04.940 --> 00:38:05.679
 not

00:38:05.679 --> 00:38:05.880
 by

00:38:05.880 --> 00:38:06.099
 going

00:38:06.099 --> 00:38:06.480
 back

00:38:06.480 --> 00:38:06.619
 in

00:38:06.619 --> 00:38:06.820
 our

00:38:06.820 --> 00:38:07.240
 shells

00:38:07.240 --> 00:38:07.679
 not

00:38:07.679 --> 00:38:07.920
 by

00:38:07.920 --> 00:38:08.420
 just

00:38:08.420 --> 00:38:09.019
 engaging

00:38:09.019 --> 00:38:09.400
 in

00:38:09.400 --> 00:38:10.000
 we

00:38:10.000 --> 00:38:10.240
 know

00:38:10.240 --> 00:38:10.360
 it

00:38:10.360 --> 00:38:10.679
 all

00:38:10.679 --> 00:38:10.920
 kind

00:38:10.920 --> 00:38:11.039
 of

00:38:11.039 --> 00:38:11.460
 attitude

00:38:11.460 --> 00:38:12.480
 but

00:38:12.480 --> 00:38:12.619
 in

00:38:12.619 --> 00:38:12.820
 a

00:38:12.820 --> 00:38:13.260
 gracious

00:38:13.260 --> 00:38:13.800
 way

00:38:13.800 --> 00:38:14.840
 of

00:38:14.840 --> 00:38:15.039
 being

00:38:15.039 --> 00:38:15.400
 there

00:38:15.400 --> 00:38:15.619
 for

00:38:15.619 --> 00:38:16.059
 people

00:38:16.059 --> 00:38:16.360
 coming

00:38:20.480 --> 00:38:20.699
 of

00:38:20.699 --> 00:38:21.480
 discouragement

00:38:21.480 --> 00:38:21.760
 and

00:38:21.760 --> 00:38:21.940
 what

00:38:21.940 --> 00:38:22.079
 can

00:38:22.079 --> 00:38:22.199
 we

00:38:22.199 --> 00:38:22.440
 take

00:38:22.440 --> 00:38:22.780
 away

00:38:22.780 --> 00:38:23.039
 from

00:38:23.039 --> 00:38:23.440
 that

00:38:23.440 --> 00:38:24.519
 we

00:38:24.519 --> 00:38:24.639
 do

00:38:24.639 --> 00:38:24.880
 not

00:38:24.880 --> 00:38:25.199
 lose

00:38:25.199 --> 00:38:25.740
 heart

00:38:25.740 --> 00:38:27.139
 and

00:38:27.139 --> 00:38:27.260
 so

00:38:27.260 --> 00:38:27.440
 let

00:38:27.440 --> 00:38:27.599
 us

00:38:27.599 --> 00:38:27.920
 meet

00:38:27.920 --> 00:38:28.500
 together

00:38:28.500 --> 00:38:29.699
 let

00:38:29.699 --> 00:38:29.840
 us

00:38:29.840 --> 00:38:30.099
 meet

00:38:30.099 --> 00:38:30.460
 together

00:38:30.460 --> 00:38:30.639
 as

00:38:30.639 --> 00:38:30.780
 a

00:38:30.780 --> 00:38:31.260
 people

00:38:31.260 --> 00:38:32.099
 together

00:38:32.099 --> 00:38:32.539
 around

00:38:32.539 --> 00:38:32.760
 the

00:38:32.760 --> 00:38:33.039
 word

00:38:33.039 --> 00:38:33.260
 of

00:38:33.260 --> 00:38:33.480
 God

00:38:33.480 --> 00:38:33.619
 but

00:38:33.619 --> 00:38:33.740
 then

00:38:33.740 --> 00:38:33.860
 as

00:38:33.860 --> 00:38:33.980
 we

00:38:33.980 --> 00:38:34.260
 go

00:38:34.260 --> 00:38:34.579
 from

00:38:34.579 --> 00:38:35.119
 here

00:38:35.119 --> 00:38:35.920
 we

00:38:35.920 --> 00:38:36.099
 go

00:38:36.099 --> 00:38:36.280
 to

00:38:36.280 --> 00:38:36.519
 meet

00:38:36.519 --> 00:38:36.719
 with

00:38:36.719 --> 00:38:37.199
 others

00:38:37.199 --> 00:38:37.780
 and

00:38:37.780 --> 00:38:38.159
 speak

00:38:38.159 --> 00:38:38.380
 with

00:38:38.380 --> 00:38:38.740
 others

00:38:38.740 --> 00:38:39.480
 and

00:38:39.480 --> 00:38:39.860
 share

00:38:39.860 --> 00:38:40.119
 with

00:38:40.119 --> 00:38:40.500
 others

00:38:40.500 --> 00:38:40.719
 in

00:38:40.719 --> 00:38:40.860
 a

00:38:40.860 --> 00:38:41.320
 gracious

00:38:41.320 --> 00:38:41.780
 way

00:38:41.780 --> 00:38:42.960
 presenting

00:38:42.960 --> 00:38:43.679
 the

00:38:43.679 --> 00:38:44.159
 gospel

00:38:44.159 --> 00:38:44.679
 to

00:38:44.679 --> 00:38:44.960
 them

00:38:44.960 --> 00:38:46.880
 the

00:38:46.880 --> 00:38:47.199
 third

00:38:47.199 --> 00:38:47.480
 thing

00:38:47.480 --> 00:38:47.619
 that

00:38:47.619 --> 00:38:47.740
 we

00:38:47.740 --> 00:38:48.099
 see

00:38:48.099 --> 00:38:48.559
 here

00:38:48.559 --> 00:38:48.599
!

00:38:48.599 --> 00:38:49.920
 in

00:38:49.920 --> 00:38:50.179
 all

00:38:50.179 --> 00:38:50.339
 of

00:38:50.339 --> 00:38:50.559
 these

00:38:50.559 --> 00:38:50.819
 things

00:38:50.819 --> 00:38:51.019
 the

00:38:51.019 --> 00:38:51.539
 dangers

00:38:51.539 --> 00:38:52.380
 the

00:38:52.380 --> 00:38:53.420
 discouragements

00:38:53.420 --> 00:38:54.799
 behind it

00:38:54.799 --> 00:38:55.239
 all is

00:38:55.239 --> 00:38:55.480
 the

00:38:55.480 --> 00:38:56.199
 delights

00:38:56.199 --> 00:38:57.599
 the

00:38:57.599 --> 00:38:58.259
 delighting

00:38:58.259 --> 00:38:58.460
 in

00:38:58.460 --> 00:38:58.900
 God

00:38:58.900 --> 00:38:59.480
 the

00:38:59.480 --> 00:39:00.000
 delighting

00:39:00.000 --> 00:39:00.099
 in

00:39:00.099 --> 00:39:00.259
 the

00:39:00.259 --> 00:39:00.739
 power

00:39:00.739 --> 00:39:01.380
 of

00:39:01.380 --> 00:39:01.579
 the

00:39:01.579 --> 00:39:02.119
 gospel

00:39:02.119 --> 00:39:03.199
 in

00:39:03.199 --> 00:39:03.420
 verse

00:39:03.420 --> 00:39:03.799
 six

00:39:03.799 --> 00:39:04.000
 it

00:39:04.000 --> 00:39:04.199
 says

00:39:04.199 --> 00:39:04.360
 for

00:39:04.360 --> 00:39:04.860
 God

00:39:04.860 --> 00:39:05.059
 who

00:39:05.059 --> 00:39:05.420
 said

00:39:05.420 --> 00:39:06.000
 let

00:39:06.000 --> 00:39:06.400
 light

00:39:06.400 --> 00:39:06.819
 shine

00:39:06.819 --> 00:39:07.000
 out

00:39:07.000 --> 00:39:07.139
 of

00:39:07.139 --> 00:39:07.559
 darkness

00:39:07.559 --> 00:39:07.839
 has

00:39:07.839 --> 00:39:08.239
 shone

00:39:08.239 --> 00:39:08.400
 in

00:39:08.400 --> 00:39:08.599
 our

00:39:08.599 --> 00:39:08.960
 hearts

00:39:08.960 --> 00:39:09.139
 to

00:39:09.139 --> 00:39:09.299
 give

00:39:09.299 --> 00:39:09.460
 the

00:39:09.460 --> 00:39:09.799
 light

00:39:09.799 --> 00:39:10.339
 of

00:39:10.339 --> 00:39:10.500
 the

00:39:10.500 --> 00:39:10.799
 knowledge

00:39:10.799 --> 00:39:10.980
 of

00:39:10.980 --> 00:39:11.139
 the

00:39:11.139 --> 00:39:11.519
 glory

00:39:11.519 --> 00:39:11.759
 of

00:39:11.759 --> 00:39:12.059
 God

00:39:12.059 --> 00:39:12.179
 in

00:39:12.179 --> 00:39:12.339
 the

00:39:12.339 --> 00:39:12.739
 face

00:39:12.739 --> 00:39:13.519
 of

00:39:13.519 --> 00:39:13.960
 Jesus

00:39:13.960 --> 00:39:14.679
 Christ

00:39:14.679 --> 00:39:15.900
 all

00:39:15.900 --> 00:39:16.099
 here

00:39:16.099 --> 00:39:16.440
 takes

00:39:16.440 --> 00:39:16.599
 us

00:39:16.599 --> 00:39:16.960
 back

00:39:16.960 --> 00:39:17.299
 to

00:39:17.299 --> 00:39:17.559
 the

00:39:17.559 --> 00:39:18.099
 power

00:39:18.099 --> 00:39:18.679
 and

00:39:18.679 --> 00:39:18.819
 the

00:39:18.819 --> 00:39:19.179
 wonder

00:39:19.179 --> 00:39:19.420
 of

00:39:19.420 --> 00:39:20.059
 creation

00:39:20.059 --> 00:39:20.900
 for

00:39:20.900 --> 00:39:21.219
 God

00:39:21.219 --> 00:39:21.380
 who

00:39:21.380 --> 00:39:21.659
 said

00:39:21.659 --> 00:39:21.900
 let

00:39:21.900 --> 00:39:22.319
 light

00:39:22.319 --> 00:39:23.139
 shine

00:39:23.139 --> 00:39:23.339
 out

00:39:23.339 --> 00:39:23.480
 of

00:39:23.480 --> 00:39:24.059
 darkness

00:39:24.059 --> 00:39:24.759
 to

00:39:24.759 --> 00:39:24.900
 the

00:39:24.900 --> 00:39:25.179
 very

00:39:25.179 --> 00:39:26.539
 coming

00:39:26.539 --> 00:39:26.779
 into

00:39:26.779 --> 00:39:27.179
 being

00:39:27.179 --> 00:39:27.380
 of

00:39:27.380 --> 00:39:27.539
 the

00:39:27.539 --> 00:39:27.960
 world

00:39:27.960 --> 00:39:28.139
 and

00:39:28.139 --> 00:39:28.279
 the

00:39:28.279 --> 00:39:28.679
 universe

00:39:28.679 --> 00:39:28.860
 and

00:39:28.860 --> 00:39:29.719
 a

00:39:29.719 --> 00:39:30.279
 people

00:39:30.279 --> 00:39:31.000
 such

00:39:31.000 --> 00:39:31.199
 as

00:39:31.199 --> 00:39:31.380
 we

00:39:31.380 --> 00:39:31.639
 are

00:39:31.639 --> 00:39:31.779
 it

00:39:31.779 --> 00:39:31.920
 was

00:39:31.920 --> 00:39:32.119
 the

00:39:32.119 --> 00:39:32.460
 word

00:39:32.460 --> 00:39:32.659
 of

00:39:32.659 --> 00:39:33.099
 God

00:39:33.099 --> 00:39:33.679
 that

00:39:33.679 --> 00:39:34.159
 spoke

00:39:34.159 --> 00:39:34.339
 it

00:39:34.339 --> 00:39:34.599
 into

00:39:34.599 --> 00:39:35.519
 existence

00:39:35.519 --> 00:39:36.679
 that

00:39:36.679 --> 00:39:37.000
 brought

00:39:37.000 --> 00:39:37.619
 light

00:39:37.619 --> 00:39:38.579
 into

00:39:38.579 --> 00:39:39.319
 darkness

00:39:39.319 --> 00:39:40.920
 well

00:39:40.920 --> 00:39:41.059
 he

00:39:41.059 --> 00:39:41.519
 says

00:39:41.519 --> 00:39:42.159
 let

00:39:42.159 --> 00:39:42.420
 that

00:39:42.420 --> 00:39:42.719
 light

00:39:42.719 --> 00:39:43.279
 shine

00:39:43.279 --> 00:39:44.360
 let

00:39:44.360 --> 00:39:44.639
 that

00:39:44.639 --> 00:39:44.900
 light

00:39:44.900 --> 00:39:45.239
 shine

00:39:45.239 --> 00:39:45.400
 that

00:39:45.400 --> 00:39:45.559
 has

00:39:45.559 --> 00:39:45.779
 shone

00:39:45.779 --> 00:39:45.920
 in

00:39:45.920 --> 00:39:46.179
 our

00:39:46.179 --> 00:39:46.480
 hearts

00:39:46.480 --> 00:39:46.659
 to

00:39:46.659 --> 00:39:46.799
 give

00:39:46.799 --> 00:39:46.960
 the

00:39:46.960 --> 00:39:47.219
 light

00:39:47.219 --> 00:39:47.360
 of

00:39:47.360 --> 00:39:47.480
 the

00:39:47.480 --> 00:39:47.840
 knowledge

00:39:47.840 --> 00:39:48.360
 of

00:39:48.360 --> 00:39:48.519
 the

00:39:48.519 --> 00:39:48.840
 glory

00:39:48.840 --> 00:39:49.039
 of

00:39:49.039 --> 00:39:49.280
 God

00:39:49.280 --> 00:39:49.400
 in

00:39:49.400 --> 00:39:49.579
 the

00:39:49.579 --> 00:39:49.920
 face

00:39:49.920 --> 00:39:50.159
 of

00:39:50.159 --> 00:39:50.559
 Jesus

00:39:50.559 --> 00:39:51.219
 Christ

00:39:51.219 --> 00:39:52.900
 we

00:39:52.900 --> 00:39:53.360
 have

00:39:53.360 --> 00:39:54.360
 this

00:39:54.360 --> 00:39:55.519
 gospel

00:39:55.519 --> 00:39:56.099
 this

00:39:56.099 --> 00:39:56.659
 treasure

00:39:56.659 --> 00:39:57.280
 in

00:39:57.280 --> 00:39:57.699
 jars

00:39:57.699 --> 00:39:57.900
 of

00:39:57.900 --> 00:39:58.260
 clay

00:39:58.260 --> 00:39:58.639
 as it

00:39:58.639 --> 00:39:58.980
 goes on

00:39:58.980 --> 00:39:59.260
 to say

00:39:59.260 --> 00:39:59.400
 in

00:39:59.400 --> 00:39:59.599
 verse

00:39:59.599 --> 00:39:59.960
 7

00:39:59.960 --> 00:40:00.400
 to show

00:40:00.400 --> 00:40:00.559
 the

00:40:00.559 --> 00:40:01.179
 surpassing

00:40:01.179 --> 00:40:01.679
 power

00:40:01.679 --> 00:40:02.460
 belongs

00:40:02.460 --> 00:40:02.679
 to

00:40:02.679 --> 00:40:03.139
 God

00:40:03.139 --> 00:40:03.559
 and not

00:40:03.559 --> 00:40:03.760
 to

00:40:03.760 --> 00:40:04.000
 us

00:40:04.000 --> 00:40:04.280
 and we

00:40:04.280 --> 00:40:04.440
 can

00:40:04.440 --> 00:40:04.960
 delight

00:40:04.960 --> 00:40:05.920
 in

00:40:05.920 --> 00:40:06.480
 God

00:40:06.480 --> 00:40:08.320
 God

00:40:08.320 --> 00:40:08.579
 has

00:40:08.579 --> 00:40:09.219
 spoken

00:40:09.219 --> 00:40:10.119
 and

00:40:10.119 --> 00:40:10.420
 God

00:40:10.420 --> 00:40:10.619
 is

00:40:10.619 --> 00:40:11.260
 powerful

00:40:11.260 --> 00:40:12.520
 glory

00:40:12.520 --> 00:40:12.640
 and

00:40:12.640 --> 00:40:12.720
 you

00:40:12.720 --> 00:40:13.160
 see

00:40:13.160 --> 00:40:13.860
 Paul

00:40:13.860 --> 00:40:14.380
 himself

00:40:14.380 --> 00:40:14.640
 here

00:40:14.640 --> 00:40:14.780
 is

00:40:14.780 --> 00:40:14.960
 one

00:40:14.960 --> 00:40:15.060
 who

00:40:15.060 --> 00:40:15.200
 has

00:40:15.200 --> 00:40:15.960
 persecuted

00:40:15.960 --> 00:40:16.240
 the

00:40:16.240 --> 00:40:16.520
 church

00:40:16.520 --> 00:40:16.680
 but

00:40:16.680 --> 00:40:16.820
 who

00:40:16.820 --> 00:40:16.980
 has

00:40:16.980 --> 00:40:17.440
 come

00:40:17.440 --> 00:40:17.640
 to

00:40:17.640 --> 00:40:17.900
 know

00:40:17.900 --> 00:40:18.160
 the

00:40:18.160 --> 00:40:18.680
 power

00:40:18.680 --> 00:40:19.280
 of

00:40:19.280 --> 00:40:19.520
 this

00:40:19.520 --> 00:40:19.840
 word

00:40:19.840 --> 00:40:20.000
 of

00:40:20.000 --> 00:40:20.180
 this

00:40:20.180 --> 00:40:20.760
 glory

00:40:20.760 --> 00:40:21.640
 of

00:40:21.640 --> 00:40:22.020
 opening

00:40:22.020 --> 00:40:22.260
 his

00:40:22.260 --> 00:40:22.800
 eyes

00:40:22.800 --> 00:40:23.000
 to

00:40:23.000 --> 00:40:23.640
 see

00:40:23.640 --> 00:40:24.400
 Christ

00:40:24.400 --> 00:40:25.020
 Jesus

00:40:25.020 --> 00:40:25.560
 and

00:40:25.560 --> 00:40:25.760
 now

00:40:25.760 --> 00:40:25.940
 to

00:40:25.940 --> 00:40:26.480
 present

00:40:26.480 --> 00:40:27.220
 Christ

00:40:27.220 --> 00:40:27.700
 Jesus

00:40:27.700 --> 00:40:27.980
 in

00:40:27.980 --> 00:40:28.460
 all

00:40:28.460 --> 00:40:29.100
 his

00:40:29.100 --> 00:40:29.460
 glory

00:40:29.460 --> 00:40:29.700
 his

00:40:29.700 --> 00:40:30.040
 vision

00:40:30.040 --> 00:40:30.240
 has

00:40:30.240 --> 00:40:30.420
 been

00:40:30.420 --> 00:40:31.300
 transformed

00:40:31.300 --> 00:40:33.260
 and

00:40:33.260 --> 00:40:33.520
 just as

00:40:33.520 --> 00:40:33.640
 he

00:40:33.640 --> 00:40:33.780
 has

00:40:33.780 --> 00:40:33.940
 been

00:40:33.940 --> 00:40:34.600
 encouraged

00:40:34.600 --> 00:40:34.840
 he's

00:40:34.840 --> 00:40:35.020
 now

00:40:35.020 --> 00:40:35.700
 encouraging

00:40:35.700 --> 00:40:35.700


00:40:35.700 --> 00:40:36.260
 others

00:40:36.260 --> 00:40:41.400
 to come and know and see this beauty of Christ.

00:40:42.980 --> 00:40:45.940
 Do we have this vision as we go on in this year?

00:40:46.600 --> 00:40:49.780
 This vision of Jesus and this vision for Jesus

00:40:49.780 --> 00:40:54.760
 to present him in all his glory.

00:40:55.500 --> 00:40:57.160
 We have a great God.

00:40:57.160 --> 00:41:01.000
 We are in the majority because God is with us.

00:41:02.160 --> 00:41:05.340
 And Paul himself was encouraged by the Lord

00:41:05.340 --> 00:41:08.500
 as he was going on in his missionary journeys.

00:41:09.059 --> 00:41:12.760
 In Acts chapter 18, the Lord spoke to Paul one night

00:41:12.760 --> 00:41:14.380
 in a vision, it says, and it said,

00:41:15.039 --> 00:41:17.519
 Do not be afraid, but go on speaking.

00:41:18.000 --> 00:41:20.320
 Do not be silent, for I am with you,

00:41:20.640 --> 00:41:22.880
 and no one will attack you to harm you,

00:41:22.880 --> 00:41:26.280
 for I have many in this city who are my people.

00:41:27.220 --> 00:41:30.180
 The Lord was building his church then,

00:41:30.200 --> 00:41:32.519
 and he's still building his church today.

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 He has his people.

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 Do not be afraid.

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 Do not lose heart.

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 The Lord is with us.

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 And let us delight in the Lord.

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 Let us rejoice in the glory of God

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 in the face of Jesus Christ,

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 who has shone in our hearts.

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 And when he has shone in our hearts,

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 we cannot but reflect that glory.

00:41:56.840 --> 00:42:00.280
 If you look on the back of your bulletin sheet,

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 you see the New Year's resolutions

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 that Mordor Martin was speaking about.

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 Number four, it says,

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 That our lamps shine more brightly.

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 Isn't that a great way to go into the New Year?

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 That our light, our lamps would shine more brightly.

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 That the reflection of that would be

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 the face of Jesus Christ in us,

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 who has shone into our hearts.

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 Many years ago,

00:42:26.740 --> 00:42:28.800
 there were men panning for gold

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 in America and Montana.

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 And one of them found an unusual stone.

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 And he broke it open.

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 And around him,

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 there was a sense of joy

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 as they saw this gold

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 glistening in this stone.

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 And they started to work where they were there

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 and discovered an abundance of gold

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 in the stones there.

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 And there was a shout of delight.

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 There was a shout of rejoicing.

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 We found the treasure we'd been looking for.

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 And they decided to keep it to themselves.

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 But they had to go back

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 into the town for stores

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 before they could continue

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 just digging the gold out.

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 And so they went,

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 these men went back to the town

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 and they bought their stores.

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 And as they were leaving,

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 all of a sudden,

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 there was hundreds of people

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 coming behind them.

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 And they realized,

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 these people know.

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 And they thought someone

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 has told them something.

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 And so one man turned to the crowd

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 and said,

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 who said that we'd found gold?

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 And they said,

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 no one did.

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 But your faces shone and showed it.

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 The excitement they couldn't contain.

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 The joy in what they found,

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 they couldn't hide it.

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 It was there for all to see

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 without a word being said.

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 So wouldn't it be wonderful

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 ourselves to go

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 into this year

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 with our lamps

00:43:56.219 --> 00:43:57.980
 shining more brightly.

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 With the beauty of Christ

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 in our hearts

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 being seen by others

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 without a word being said.

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 but just by the way

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 that we behave,

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 the way that we act,

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 the way that we speak,

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 that people would know

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 that we have been with Jesus.

00:44:16.460 --> 00:44:17.980
 The church in Corinth

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 grew in the midst

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 of all kinds of dangers

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 and all kinds of discouragements.

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 Why?

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 Because the people

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 were delighting in the Lord.

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 There was a sense of delight

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 and rejoicing in the Lord.

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 So let us

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 know the word of God.

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 Let us meet together

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 around the word of God.

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 And let us,

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 let Christ shine

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 through us

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 the glory that is His.

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 The one who has come

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 to save us

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 from our sins.

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 That we would have

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 a sense of belonging.

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 Not just as a congregation

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 and a people here

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 where we encourage

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 one another.

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 But that we're encouraged

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 throughout our presbytery,

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 throughout our denomination,

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 throughout the world

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 that the church of Christ

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 is being built

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 upon the foundation

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 of Christ Himself.

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 And His glory

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 is being seen

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 to all ends

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 of the earth.

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 And may that glory

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 be ours

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 within us

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 and coming through us

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 and being shared

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 with others.

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 The knowledge

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 of the glory of God

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 in the face

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 may we be encouraged

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 to show it

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 and to share it

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 with others

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 and to live

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 in the light of it

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 going on

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 in this year ahead,

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 whatever it entails.

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 There's always dangers.

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 There's always

00:45:42.980 --> 00:45:44.099
 discouragements.

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 But don't forget

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 that with God

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 on our side

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 we are in a majority

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 and that we can

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 delight

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 in Him.

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 Let us pray.

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 Our Father in Heaven

00:45:58.000 --> 00:45:59.000
 we do rejoice

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 in the Gospel

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 and all the hope

00:46:01.279 --> 00:46:01.919
 that it gives.

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 We thank You

00:46:02.599 --> 00:46:03.259
 for the delight

00:46:03.259 --> 00:46:03.919
 that there is

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 in knowing Christ

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 and in making Him known.

00:46:06.879 --> 00:46:07.619
 And we do pray,

00:46:07.799 --> 00:46:07.939
 Lord,

00:46:08.419 --> 00:46:09.319
 that the lamps

00:46:09.319 --> 00:46:10.500
 of our hearts

00:46:10.500 --> 00:46:11.019
 would shine

00:46:11.019 --> 00:46:12.199
 all the more brightly

00:46:12.199 --> 00:46:13.919
 that others would see

00:46:13.919 --> 00:46:14.359
 and know

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 the wonder

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 of the Saviour

00:46:16.179 --> 00:46:17.439
 we love and serve.

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 So hear our prayers

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 and continue with us,

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 Lord,

00:46:20.219 --> 00:46:20.559
 today

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 and in all the days ahead

00:46:22.320 --> 00:46:23.279
 as we ask all

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 in Jesus' name

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 and for His sake.

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 Amen.

00:46:32.320 --> 00:46:33.619
 We're going to conclude

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 by singing in Psalm 86 again,

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 the Scottish Psalter version.

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 The tune is Evan,

00:46:40.000 --> 00:46:41.279
 page 341.

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 We'll sing the last three stanzas.

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 Verse 15,

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 But thou art full of pity, Lord,

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 a God most gracious,

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 longsuffering and in thy truth

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 and mercy plenteous.

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 We'll sing from verse 15

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 down to the end of the psalm

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 to God's praise.

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 Amen.

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 But thou art full of pity, Lord,

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 a God most gracious,

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 and mercy plentious.

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 Longsuffering and in thy truth

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 and mercy plentious.

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 O come to me, my condemnation,

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 and mercy on thee, God.

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 I serve the strength,

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 The Lord has strengthened and the Son of Thy own hand is saved.

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 Go ye aside for good than me, which to thee it may see.

00:48:19.099 --> 00:48:34.420
 And ye ashamed because the Lord is held and fought for thee.

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 After the benediction, I'll go to the door to my left. We'll close with the benediction.

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 Now may grace, mercy and peace from God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit rest upon and abide with you all now and forevermore. Amen.

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 Amen.