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 Good morning to everyone. Join me in your copy of God's Word in the book of Romans.

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 We're getting closer and closer to finishing this wonderful book we've been working through

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! Today we'll be in Romans chapter 15, starting in verse 7.

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 But as I usually like to do a really quick recap.

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 But throughout most of Paul's letter, he's been establishing the strong biblical and doctrinal

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 foundations of our salvation and our redemption in Christ.

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 And very important, like if you ever want like a legal argument for our salvation, it is the book of Romans.

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 That's like what you want to take in your heart and in your soul to God's court one day.

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 It is a wonderful, wonderful arguments for our salvation all from the Word of God.

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 And so in these latter chapters, chapter 12 all the way up to chapter 15 here,

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 Paul is working out the practical gospel implications of everyday living.

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 Like what does saving grace look like in the life of believers in light of all that God has done for us?

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 Namely, what he's written about up until this point.

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 All these wonderful things about salvation, redemption, justification, reconciliation,

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 all these wonderful things that Christ has brought to us.

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 Therefore, live this way.

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 And in fact, what I would argue is these are just as important chapters as the ones who have gone before.

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 They're linked because your ability to and desire to live out these things kind of display what you actually believe about the first few chapters.

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 So in light of these things, we live a certain way to glorify God.

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 And last week we talked about verses chapter 15, 1 through 6,

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 which Paul calls the strong believers, the mature believers,

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 those who are further along in their relationship with Christ,

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 to bear with the failings of the weak believers.

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 We talked about that at length last week.

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 To seek to please your brethren as Christ did.

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 And with the help of God, the scripture, be patient so that you will with one mind and mouth glorify God.

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 That was sort of where we were last week.

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 And where we're going today in verses 18 through 13,

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 Paul gives us more reasons for accepting one another

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 by showing mutual acceptance, not just between the strong and the weak, but Jew and Gentile.

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 I know it may feel like Paul has beaten this to death in Romans,

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 but he continues to, and there's a reason why he does.

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 To show mutual acceptance between Jews and Gentiles

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 is an essential outworking of God's great plan of salvation throughout history.

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 One commentator wrote,

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 Paul sets the local conflict in Rome against the panorama of salvation and history

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 in order to stimulate them to obedience.

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 So Paul is holding up these Jews and Gentiles in Rome

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 who are in danger of falling out of fellowship with one another because of differences.

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 And he brings them together, pointing to the Lord Jesus Christ and what he has accomplished.

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 So let's read our text today.

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 Romans 15, starting in verse 7.

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 Connecting it to last week.

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 Therefore, welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you for the glory of God.

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 For I tell you that Christ became a servant to the circumcised

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 to show God's truthfulness in order to confirm the promises given to the patriarchs

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 in order that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy.

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 As it is written,

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 Therefore, I will praise you among the Gentiles and sing to your name.

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 And again, it said,

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 Rejoice, O Gentiles, with his people.

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 And again, praise the Lord, all you Gentiles, and let the peoples extol him.

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 And again, it says,

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 The root of Jesse will come,

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 even one who arises to rule the Gentiles.

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 In him would the Gentiles hope.

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 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing,

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 so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.

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 Let's pray with me.

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 Lord, so much in your word for us to treasure.

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 I pray that your word would be applied to my heart and the hearts of all who are here,

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 that you would have your desired effect,

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 that your word would pierce,

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 your word would convict and challenge and encourage and build up,

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 exhort,

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 that you would just have your way during this time.

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 In Christ's name, amen.

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 So we're going to walk through this with four points.

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 Didn't have five for you.

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 Just four.

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 So point number one,

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 how we can walk through this text together,

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 is receive one another in Christ.

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 It's verse 7.

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 Therefore, welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you for the glory of God.

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 And Paul understands,

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 just like we see today,

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 that division in the church is a stain on the gospel.

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 Like true division in the church,

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 fighting among true believers.

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 And so this verse is the summary verse of the ones that he just talked about before.

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 So welcome means to accept,

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 to receive with the utmost special concern.

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 It's used in Acts 28 when Paul was shipwrecked off the coast of Malta.

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 And it says that the native people showed us unusual,

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 extraordinary kindness,

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 for they kindled a fire and welcomed us all,

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 because it had begun to rain and was cold.

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 So show one another this extraordinary,

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 unusual kindness that goes beyond what normally is expected.

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 Paul calling all believers to live in unity with not just the strong,

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 the weak,

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 the immature,

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 the mature,

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 the Jew,

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 the Gentile.

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 He's calling all of them to love and welcome,

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 to receive one another with the utmost concern.

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 So why are we to do this?

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 It's far easier,

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 even as believers sometimes,

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 just to ignore those people that get on our nerves,

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 or ignore people that we have minor differences with,

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 just to disassociate from believers that we have those disagreements with.

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 But why are we to have the utmost concern for our fellow believers?

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 Paul gives us the answer,

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 because of all that God has done for us in Christ.

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 So, a question for us.

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 What does your willingness to accept and be patient with other true Christians

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 reveal about your own faith in Christ,

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 and your understanding of the Gospel?

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 What does your willingness to accept and love one another reveal

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 about your understanding of the Gospel,

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 or lack thereof?

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 We have to be reminded of this.

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 Paul constantly is reminding us,

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 don't forget where you once were,

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 and where Christ has brought you from.

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 I have just one place for you to turn today,

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 outside of our main text,

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 but keep your hand in Romans,

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 and look at Titus chapter 3.

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 Titus chapter 3.

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 One of those great Gospel passages.

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 Titus chapter 3, verse 3.

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 Paul wrote,

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 So, do not forget that.

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 That's where we all once were.

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 Even if you quote,

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 were a good person before you became a Christian.

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 The book of Romans has thoroughly proven that no one is good.

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 We all lived this way.

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 This is once who we were.

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 Separator from God.

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 And then verse 4.

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 That great word.

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 But, when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared,

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 He saved us,

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 not because of works done by us in righteousness,

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 but according to His own mercy,

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 by the washing of regeneration, renewal of the Holy Spirit.

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 So, never forget where you come from,

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 that we all have our common origin in sin.

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 That's what brings us together in one way.

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 And the other way is to remember that we have been brought out of that together

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 by the mercy of God.

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 His mercy alone.

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 We're never to let that grow old in our minds.

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 So, we're to welcome one another,

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 to accept,

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 to show the utmost concern for our fellow believers.

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 Your willingness and mind to accept others in the body

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 correlates directly to your understanding and faith

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 of how God has graciously accepted you in Christ.

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 Do you see that?

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 It's connected.

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 If you aren't able and unwilling to love and accept others,

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 especially the ones that are hard to deal with sometimes,

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 Christ says it's easy to love those who love you.

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 So, that idea,

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 if you fail to do that,

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 that shows you,

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 it reveals that your understanding of the Gospel is weak.

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 Right?

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 That's what this reveals.

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 So, welcome one another in Christ.

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 Spurgeon wrote about this passage,

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 Christ did not receive us because we were perfect,

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 or because He could see no fault in us,

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 or because He hoped to gain something from us,

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 not at all.

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 But, in loving condescension,

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 He covered our faults and sought our good.

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 He welcomed us into relationship with Him.

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 So, in the same way,

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 and with the same purpose,

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 we as Christians must receive one another.

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 So, does your willingness to love and receive others in the church

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 reflect the faith of the One who has welcomed us unto Himself?

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 That's what is important to remember.

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 So, failure to accept or welcome one another in love and compassion

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 is an affront to the Savior who has welcomed us.

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 I hope you can see that.

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 At the very least, this indicates our immaturity,

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 if we're unwilling to do that.

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 Maybe we're the weak that Paul just spoke of.

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 And at the very most,

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 it might lead us to question our own standing with God

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 if we have no regard for our fellow believers.

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 So, in conclusion,

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 the strong, the weak,

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 the Jew, the Gentile,

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 are exhorted to accept one another,

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 for they have been graciously accepted by God in Christ.

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 Even though we were sinners,

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 even though we were separated,

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 He's welcomed us.

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 And such mutual acceptance brings,

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 look at the end of that verse,

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 great glory to God.

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 Look, nothing else matters, alright?

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 Nothing else matters.

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 Like, if you fail to grasp the concept of God's glory,

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 then you're lost.

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 You are lost.

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 You will never understand the Word of God

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 and what the purpose of history is.

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 My glory fades.

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 Yours fades.

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 And a few generations will probably all be forgotten.

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 There's many people, being a history guy,

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 I can name a whole list of names,

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 and most of you would have no idea who they are.

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 Most people.

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 And they did great things in their time.

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 Our glory is fading like the flower of the field.

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 And this life is brief,

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 but the glory of God remains forever.

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 Nothing else matters.

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 And so he's saying,

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 your unity,

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 your ability to love and accept one another,

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 is one of these ways that brings great glory to God.

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 point number two.

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 Point two.

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 Christ has fulfilled God's promises to save the nations.

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 Christ has fulfilled God's promises to save the nations.

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 Verse eight.

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 It goes on.

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 For I tell you that Christ became a servant to the circumcised

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 to show God's truthfulness

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 in order to confirm the promises given to the patriarchs.

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 So there's one of those startling phrases.

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 A phrase that confused many people in his own time.

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 Christ came as a servant.

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 He was the suffering servant that Isaiah spoke of

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 700 years before Christ came on the scene.

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 He was the servant who would act wisely and be exalted.

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 Jesus,

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 when he was with his disciples,

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 he said,

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 even the son of man came not to be served,

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 but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many.

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 Mark 10,

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 45.

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 So who did he come to serve?

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 In one regard,

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 all of us.

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 Yes.

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 But what is Paul referring to in this instance?

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 To whom?

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 Christ came to serve,

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 came as a Jew to serve the circumcised.

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 And he's just referring to the Jewish people there.

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 Thus demonstrating God's truthfulness.

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 That word means faithfulness,

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 trustworthiness.

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 He's demonstrating that

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 and keeping his promises of redemption

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 that he had made to the patriarchs,

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 to Abraham,

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 to Isaac,

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 to Jacob.

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 He had promised them.

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 And in displaying this immense faith

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 by showing his willingness to obey God,

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 even to the point of sacrificing his own son, Isaac,

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 after that happened,

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 God said to Abraham in Genesis 22,

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 it's one of those verses you've got to like,

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 it's one of those verses that you use

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 to read the rest of the Scripture a lot of the time.

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 You see like God fulfilling this promise.

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 Genesis 22,

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 verse 17,

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 God said to Abraham,

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 I will surely bless you

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 and I will surely multiply your offspring

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 as the stars of heaven

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 and as the sand that is on the seashore.

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 Your offspring shall possess the gate of his enemies.

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 And in your offspring

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 shall all the nations of the earth be blessed

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 because you have obeyed my voice.

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 So this promise was reiterated multiple times.

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 It continued to Isaac in Genesis 26

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 and it continued to his son Jacob in Genesis 28.

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 So in fulfilling God's saving promises to them,

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 God's truthfulness,

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 His faithfulness has been upheld.

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 It's been established for all time.

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 God's track record in keeping His Word is flawless.

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 And I hope that comforts you in our troubling days.

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 He is a perfect promise keeper.

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 It may not seem like it comes when you want it to,

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 or when we think it should come.

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 It comes when it's supposed to,

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 in God's perfect ordained time.

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 And so, in fulfillment of God's promise,

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 many, many Jews,

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 not all, but many,

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 would come to repent of the sin,

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 believe in Christ as the Messiah,

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 and as the days go by,

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 eventually even more and more will do that.

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 But this was a reminder for the Gentiles

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 to be humbly reminded

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 that even their faith

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 came in a way through the Jewish people.

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 And so they are to welcome

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 their Jewish believers in Rome,

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 where they are.

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 So it was a reminder to them.

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 So, it came through the patriarchs.

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 God fulfilled His Word.

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 Point number three.

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 Christ brought praise and glory to God

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 for His mercy.

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 Verses 9-12.

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 Christ brought praise and glory to God

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 for His mercy.

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 Look at verse 9.

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 In an order,

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 so that, right,

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 in order,

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 that the Gentiles might glorify God

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 for His mercy.

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 As it is written,

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 therefore, I will praise you

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 among the Gentiles

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 and sing to your name.

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 And again, it is said,

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 rejoice, O Gentiles,

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 with His people again and again.

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 Praise the Lord,

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 all you Gentiles,

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 and let all the peoples extol Him.

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 And again, Isaiah says,

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 the root of Jesse will come,

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 even he who arises

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 to rule the Gentiles,

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 and Him will the Gentiles hope.

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 So, furthermore, right,

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 Christ came as a servant

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 to the Jews,

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 but furthermore,

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 for the purpose of bringing

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 blessing and salvation

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 to the Gentiles.

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 what Paul described in chapter 11,

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 verse 11.

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 As Jewish Christians in Rome heard this,

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 they were being reminded

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 to remember this,

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 to accept and fully welcome

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 their Gentile brothers and sisters

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 who were in Rome,

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 which might be hard for them.

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 Think about that,

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 them,

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 and subdued them.

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 Now,

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 they're in Rome,

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 and they're being told,

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 hey,

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 don't look on Him

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 as that person.

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 Look at Him

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 as a brother

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 in Christ.

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 Look at them

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 with love

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 and compassion,

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 like you belong

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 to the same family

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 now.

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 And it was foretold

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 of old,

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 as you see here,

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 the Gentiles

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 might glorify God

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 for His mercy.

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 So,

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 great words

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 spoken by,

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 you know,

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 the ancient prophet.

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 Even those words

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 that ring true

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 even for us today

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 who are sitting here.

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 1 Peter 2, 10.

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 Once you were not a people,

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 but now you are God's people.

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 Once you had not received mercy,

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 but now you have received mercy.

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 If you're a Gentile today,

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 which I'm just going to assume

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 is most of us,

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 the majority of us,

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 if you recognize

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 that God's showing you mercy

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 was for the purpose

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 of being glorified,

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 to bring glory

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 to His great name,

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 to live for Him daily,

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 and to make everyday choices

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 that reflect

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 His greatness.

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 And so,

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 as usual,

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 this is testified

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 in the Scripture,

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 and man,

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 this is one of those times

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 where Paul just like

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 lays it on thick.

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 I remember

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 I like

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 killed a baby copperhead

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 with a huge load

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 of my shotgun.

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 It wasn't there anymore

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 once I shot it.

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 It was just gone.

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 This is kind of what

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 Paul desires to do here.

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 He's like,

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 in case you have any doubt,

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 I'm going to lay it on thick

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 to prove to you

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 that this is what God

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 was doing all along.

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 And I'm going to give you four,

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 not just one,

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 but four Old Testament passages.

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 And how about this?

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 How about one from each part

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 of the writings too?

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 Like each section

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 of the Old Testament.

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 Taking one quotation

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 from each of his part

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 and just lay it on thick.

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 Like,

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 here's one of your

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 Bible study tools.

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 Look at this.

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 As it is written,

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 and then you go a little further,

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 he says,

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 and again.

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 And then he says it again.

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 And again.

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 And again.

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 That's how he begins

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 like each verse.

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 He's like,

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 alright,

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 I'm going to lay it on thick.

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 Don't miss this.

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 So look how many times

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 he's saying that God foretold.

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 This has always been his plan.

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 That the Gentiles

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 would glorify him

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 and praise him

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 for his great salvation

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 over and over and over again.

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 That's what Paul

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 is trying to say.

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 This should be no surprise to you.

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 And this should make you marvel.

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 In verse 9,

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 he takes one from

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 the former prophets,

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 the older prophets.

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 From 2 Samuel 22.50.

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 Therefore,

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 I will praise you

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 among the Gentiles

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 and sing to your name.

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 So God's great salvation

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 would lead the Gentiles

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 to nations

00:21:22.099 --> 00:21:23.859
 singing songs

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 of deliverance

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 and great praise to God.

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 Describe the greatness

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 due his name.

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 Right?

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 Verse 10.

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 Now he takes one

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 from the law.

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 The Torah.

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 He's like,

00:21:36.000 --> 00:21:36.740
 well, okay,

00:21:36.879 --> 00:21:37.500
 how about this part

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 of our scripture?

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 And he goes to

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 Deuteronomy 32.43.

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 Rejoice,

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 O Gentiles,

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 and don't miss this,

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 with his people.

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 So,

00:21:50.919 --> 00:21:52.459
 such a great redemption

00:21:52.459 --> 00:21:53.240
 from sin,

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 darkness,

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 and hell

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 leads to

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 the Gentiles

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 rejoicing

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 and celebrating

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 on behalf

00:22:00.500 --> 00:22:01.599
 of God's saving mercy.

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 And then it says,

00:22:02.319 --> 00:22:02.659
 with

00:22:02.659 --> 00:22:04.599
 his people.

00:22:04.719 --> 00:22:05.519
 So do this

00:22:05.519 --> 00:22:06.419
 with the Jews.

00:22:06.500 --> 00:22:06.939
 You see that?

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 Like he's adding this in,

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 like,

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 with the salvation

00:22:09.580 --> 00:22:10.320
 that the Jews

00:22:10.320 --> 00:22:11.480
 can already have,

00:22:12.160 --> 00:22:13.220
 the Gentiles

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 will come alongside

00:22:13.960 --> 00:22:15.440
 them as one people.

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 One united people

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 redeemed.

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 And that

00:22:20.680 --> 00:22:21.420
 they will

00:22:21.420 --> 00:22:22.500
 rejoice.

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 Great celebration

00:22:23.880 --> 00:22:24.820
 over God's

00:22:24.820 --> 00:22:25.740
 saving mercy

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 along with those

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 who are Jews.

00:22:29.039 --> 00:22:29.860
 Verse 11.

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 He takes this

00:22:31.320 --> 00:22:31.620
 from

00:22:31.620 --> 00:22:33.100
 the poetry,

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 the writings.

00:22:34.680 --> 00:22:35.799
 Psalm 117,

00:22:35.799 --> 00:22:37.639
 which I found out

00:22:37.639 --> 00:22:38.279
 interestingly

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 is supposed to be

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 like the very middle

00:22:41.119 --> 00:22:42.099
 verse of your entire

00:22:42.099 --> 00:22:42.460
 Bible.

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 That's kind of

00:22:43.000 --> 00:22:43.319
 interesting.

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 I don't think Paul

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 was thinking about that,

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 but,

00:22:46.159 --> 00:22:46.480
 like,

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 that's the middle

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 of the whole Bible.

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 This is one verse.

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 If you,

00:22:50.359 --> 00:22:50.419
 like,

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 cut it all up

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 and all that.

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 But Psalm 117,

00:22:54.220 --> 00:22:54.500
 it says,

00:22:54.619 --> 00:22:55.460
 Praise the Lord,

00:22:56.119 --> 00:22:57.440
 all you Gentiles,

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 and let the peoples

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 extol Him.

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 So all the nations,

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 everybody together now,

00:23:03.759 --> 00:23:04.659
 bless the Lord,

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 bless His grace,

00:23:06.560 --> 00:23:07.340
 extol Him,

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 give Him law,

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 right?

00:23:10.460 --> 00:23:10.860
 And then,

00:23:10.940 --> 00:23:11.019
 like,

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 in the Old Testament.

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 So,

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 like,

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 in case you've lost this,

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 like,

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 I'm going to,

00:23:15.279 --> 00:23:15.420
 like,

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 pick one right out

00:23:16.160 --> 00:23:17.100
 of Isaiah for you,

00:23:17.580 --> 00:23:18.040
 right?

00:23:18.800 --> 00:23:19.480
 And he says,

00:23:19.840 --> 00:23:21.500
 this is from Isaiah 11,

00:23:21.560 --> 00:23:21.940
 verse 10,

00:23:22.000 --> 00:23:22.880
 The root of Jesse

00:23:22.880 --> 00:23:23.500
 will come,

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 even he who arises

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 to rule the Gentiles,

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 and him will the Gentiles

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 hope.

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 And,

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 right before that,

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 just by way of reminder,

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 in verse 9,

00:23:33.859 --> 00:23:34.439
 previously,

00:23:34.599 --> 00:23:34.959
 he says,

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 For the earth shall be full

00:23:37.179 --> 00:23:38.519
 of the knowledge of the Lord

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 as the waters cover the sea.

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 That's what Isaiah foretold.

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 So that promise,

00:23:42.959 --> 00:23:44.000
 the root of Jesse,

00:23:44.259 --> 00:23:45.799
 Jesse was David's father,

00:23:46.719 --> 00:23:47.879
 through David,

00:23:48.000 --> 00:23:48.219
 right?

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 Would be the one

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 to whom all the nations

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 would gather,

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 and He would rule them

00:23:52.339 --> 00:23:53.019
 in strength,

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 in justice,

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 in faithfulness,

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 in love,

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 in truth.

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 The Messiah's resting place

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 will be glorious.

00:24:01.900 --> 00:24:04.720
 And all Gentiles,

00:24:04.880 --> 00:24:06.220
 as Paul's addressing this,

00:24:06.740 --> 00:24:08.100
 should humbly be reminded

00:24:08.100 --> 00:24:09.420
 that their own salvation

00:24:09.420 --> 00:24:12.200
 stems from that Jewish root.

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 That's 1118.

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 These are the right

00:24:17.640 --> 00:24:18.900
 and proper responses

00:24:18.900 --> 00:24:20.800
 to what God has done

00:24:20.800 --> 00:24:22.320
 by redeeming us

00:24:22.320 --> 00:24:23.120
 and saving us.

00:24:23.920 --> 00:24:24.820
 But do you realize,

00:24:25.180 --> 00:24:27.640
 you have to think about this daily.

00:24:27.640 --> 00:24:29.380
 I try to and fail to,

00:24:30.100 --> 00:24:31.540
 but there was a time

00:24:31.540 --> 00:24:32.759
 that you were cut off

00:24:32.759 --> 00:24:34.080
 from God,

00:24:34.280 --> 00:24:34.820
 separated

00:24:34.820 --> 00:24:36.680
 because of your sin.

00:24:36.780 --> 00:24:38.460
 Think about Romans 5.

00:24:39.520 --> 00:24:40.820
 Do you see that you once

00:24:40.820 --> 00:24:41.960
 were on the outside

00:24:41.960 --> 00:24:44.180
 of that saving knowledge

00:24:44.180 --> 00:24:45.440
 that Israel possessed?

00:24:46.040 --> 00:24:46.540
 That doesn't mean

00:24:46.540 --> 00:24:47.580
 all Israel was saved,

00:24:47.620 --> 00:24:48.640
 but it means that Israel

00:24:48.640 --> 00:24:49.259
 possessed

00:24:49.259 --> 00:24:50.660
 at least the ability

00:24:50.660 --> 00:24:51.440
 and the knowledge

00:24:51.440 --> 00:24:52.360
 to know God

00:24:52.360 --> 00:24:53.500
 because God had manifested

00:24:53.500 --> 00:24:54.520
 Himself to them.

00:24:55.160 --> 00:24:56.200
 Think of Jesus speaking

00:24:56.200 --> 00:24:57.220
 to the Samaritan woman

00:24:57.220 --> 00:24:57.740
 at the well.

00:24:57.880 --> 00:24:58.220
 He said,

00:24:58.460 --> 00:25:00.559
 you Samaritans worship

00:25:00.559 --> 00:25:01.680
 whom you do not know.

00:25:02.720 --> 00:25:03.799
 We Jews worship

00:25:03.799 --> 00:25:04.580
 who we do know

00:25:04.580 --> 00:25:05.759
 because salvation

00:25:05.759 --> 00:25:07.539
 is from the Jews.

00:25:07.640 --> 00:25:08.500
 That's what he's trying to say.

00:25:08.600 --> 00:25:08.799
 Like,

00:25:09.039 --> 00:25:09.940
 God showed us

00:25:09.940 --> 00:25:10.600
 who He was

00:25:10.600 --> 00:25:11.640
 and we were to be a witness

00:25:11.640 --> 00:25:12.920
 to the rest of the world.

00:25:13.960 --> 00:25:14.120
 Like,

00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:15.160
 He's reminding

00:25:15.160 --> 00:25:16.160
 these Gentiles

00:25:16.160 --> 00:25:17.640
 that they are connected

00:25:17.640 --> 00:25:18.140
 to them.

00:25:19.120 --> 00:25:19.600
 And so,

00:25:19.860 --> 00:25:21.360
 we once were not a people.

00:25:21.460 --> 00:25:22.259
 We were cut off

00:25:22.259 --> 00:25:23.100
 of that knowledge,

00:25:23.220 --> 00:25:23.759
 but now,

00:25:24.519 --> 00:25:25.220
 do you realize

00:25:25.220 --> 00:25:25.900
 that salvation

00:25:25.900 --> 00:25:27.480
 has come to the nations?

00:25:28.720 --> 00:25:29.740
 What does that do

00:25:29.740 --> 00:25:30.620
 to your soul

00:25:30.620 --> 00:25:31.299
 this morning?

00:25:32.579 --> 00:25:33.579
 Ephesians 2

00:25:33.579 --> 00:25:35.180
 reads this.

00:25:35.240 --> 00:25:36.500
 Paul is reminding them,

00:25:37.360 --> 00:25:38.500
 remember that you once

00:25:38.500 --> 00:25:39.860
 at one time

00:25:39.860 --> 00:25:40.700
 were separated

00:25:40.700 --> 00:25:42.200
 from Christ.

00:25:42.299 --> 00:25:42.400
 Like,

00:25:42.440 --> 00:25:43.299
 there's only darkness

00:25:43.299 --> 00:25:44.039
 and death

00:25:44.039 --> 00:25:45.680
 and agony

00:25:45.680 --> 00:25:46.819
 away from Christ.

00:25:47.480 --> 00:25:48.059
 And he says,

00:25:48.200 --> 00:25:49.019
 alienated

00:25:49.019 --> 00:25:50.819
 or estranged

00:25:50.819 --> 00:25:52.400
 from the commonwealth

00:25:52.400 --> 00:25:52.940
 of Israel.

00:25:53.039 --> 00:25:53.579
 You see that?

00:25:53.740 --> 00:25:54.680
 The connections here?

00:25:54.680 --> 00:25:55.920
 And the strangers

00:25:55.920 --> 00:25:56.860
 to the covenants

00:25:56.860 --> 00:25:57.539
 of the promise,

00:25:58.120 --> 00:25:59.160
 having no hope

00:25:59.160 --> 00:26:00.200
 and without God

00:26:00.200 --> 00:26:00.880
 in the world.

00:26:01.960 --> 00:26:02.700
 But now,

00:26:02.940 --> 00:26:03.720
 in Christ Jesus,

00:26:03.880 --> 00:26:04.680
 you who are once

00:26:04.680 --> 00:26:05.500
 far off

00:26:05.500 --> 00:26:06.660
 have been brought near

00:26:06.660 --> 00:26:07.980
 by the blood

00:26:07.980 --> 00:26:08.720
 of Christ.

00:26:09.420 --> 00:26:10.320
 So rejoice.

00:26:10.660 --> 00:26:11.840
 If you are a Gentile,

00:26:12.700 --> 00:26:13.620
 you should never forget

00:26:13.620 --> 00:26:15.519
 that God has chosen

00:26:15.519 --> 00:26:16.220
 by His mercy

00:26:16.220 --> 00:26:17.240
 to include us

00:26:17.240 --> 00:26:19.500
 in His great salvation.

00:26:20.140 --> 00:26:21.340
 And this would result

00:26:21.340 --> 00:26:22.060
 in the praise

00:26:22.060 --> 00:26:22.980
 of His great name.

00:26:22.980 --> 00:26:24.599
 So in summary,

00:26:25.319 --> 00:26:26.000
 these passages

00:26:26.000 --> 00:26:26.980
 prove that the whole

00:26:26.980 --> 00:26:27.460
 of Scripture

00:26:27.460 --> 00:26:29.079
 testifies to the inclusion

00:26:29.079 --> 00:26:30.660
 of the Gentiles

00:26:30.660 --> 00:26:31.700
 into God's

00:26:31.700 --> 00:26:32.220
 uniting,

00:26:32.900 --> 00:26:33.680
 saving purposes

00:26:33.680 --> 00:26:34.960
 to bring one nation

00:26:34.960 --> 00:26:36.559
 under Him.

00:26:37.160 --> 00:26:38.299
 Every kind of person,

00:26:38.740 --> 00:26:39.620
 every kind of nation

00:26:39.620 --> 00:26:40.120
 and tongue

00:26:40.120 --> 00:26:41.559
 under His sovereign rule

00:26:41.559 --> 00:26:42.900
 for the purpose

00:26:42.900 --> 00:26:44.279
 of bringing great glory

00:26:44.279 --> 00:26:45.099
 to His name.

00:26:45.860 --> 00:26:46.759
 So if the believers

00:26:46.759 --> 00:26:47.319
 in Rome,

00:26:47.400 --> 00:26:48.440
 or if even we

00:26:48.440 --> 00:26:50.400
 today truly understand this,

00:26:50.400 --> 00:26:51.460
 what God is doing

00:26:51.460 --> 00:26:53.519
 throughout redemptive history,

00:26:54.420 --> 00:26:55.000
 this will make

00:26:55.000 --> 00:26:55.940
 those little minor,

00:26:56.160 --> 00:26:56.580
 puny,

00:26:56.680 --> 00:26:57.720
 pathetic disagreements

00:26:57.720 --> 00:26:58.519
 we have in the church

00:26:58.519 --> 00:27:00.440
 just pale in comparison.

00:27:01.140 --> 00:27:02.320
 We have so much

00:27:02.320 --> 00:27:02.960
 more in common.

00:27:03.040 --> 00:27:03.880
 If you truly are

00:27:03.880 --> 00:27:04.480
 in Christ,

00:27:05.140 --> 00:27:05.900
 you have more

00:27:05.900 --> 00:27:06.380
 in common

00:27:06.380 --> 00:27:07.100
 with anybody.

00:27:07.680 --> 00:27:08.660
 Even if they might

00:27:08.660 --> 00:27:09.259
 share a different

00:27:09.259 --> 00:27:10.100
 political view,

00:27:10.680 --> 00:27:11.440
 if they share

00:27:11.440 --> 00:27:12.600
 a different skin color,

00:27:13.620 --> 00:27:14.220
 this is what

00:27:14.220 --> 00:27:15.440
 unites us all.

00:27:16.100 --> 00:27:16.800
 That Scripture

00:27:16.800 --> 00:27:18.040
 right out of Galatians 3,

00:27:18.039 --> 00:27:19.000
 28 is what Paul

00:27:19.000 --> 00:27:19.480
 is trying to say.

00:27:19.559 --> 00:27:19.659
 Look,

00:27:19.740 --> 00:27:20.779
 there's neither Jew

00:27:20.779 --> 00:27:21.319
 or Greek.

00:27:22.460 --> 00:27:23.399
 There's neither slave

00:27:23.399 --> 00:27:23.940
 nor free.

00:27:25.319 --> 00:27:26.220
 There is no male

00:27:26.220 --> 00:27:26.759
 and female,

00:27:26.920 --> 00:27:27.899
 for you are all one

00:27:27.899 --> 00:27:28.960
 in Christ Jesus.

00:27:29.720 --> 00:27:30.639
 Galatians 3,

00:27:30.799 --> 00:27:31.519
 28.

00:27:32.799 --> 00:27:33.799
 It's that you have

00:27:33.799 --> 00:27:35.079
 all things in common

00:27:35.079 --> 00:27:36.200
 if you are in Christ

00:27:36.200 --> 00:27:37.720
 with your fellow believer.

00:27:38.619 --> 00:27:39.819
 And you should dwell

00:27:39.819 --> 00:27:41.059
 on those things.

00:27:42.000 --> 00:27:42.740
 Recognize what God

00:27:42.740 --> 00:27:43.500
 is trying to do here.

00:27:43.599 --> 00:27:44.059
 Look at what Jews

00:27:44.059 --> 00:27:44.599
 and Gentiles

00:27:44.599 --> 00:27:45.460
 hated each other.

00:27:46.039 --> 00:27:46.799
 Do you understand that?

00:27:46.839 --> 00:27:47.639
 Like the animosity

00:27:47.640 --> 00:27:48.100
 was there?

00:27:48.180 --> 00:27:48.540
 Like you think

00:27:48.540 --> 00:27:48.940
 that we have

00:27:48.940 --> 00:27:49.880
 differences today?

00:27:51.120 --> 00:27:52.900
 Not much in comparison

00:27:52.900 --> 00:27:53.680
 to how they felt

00:27:53.680 --> 00:27:54.680
 back then.

00:27:54.720 --> 00:27:55.800
 But God's desire

00:27:55.800 --> 00:27:58.420
 is to reach

00:27:58.420 --> 00:27:59.820
 the nations

00:27:59.820 --> 00:28:01.580
 for His glory.

00:28:02.900 --> 00:28:03.700
 And recently,

00:28:04.040 --> 00:28:04.740
 I was just

00:28:04.740 --> 00:28:06.680
 reading some

00:28:06.680 --> 00:28:07.860
 from Voice of the Martyrs

00:28:07.860 --> 00:28:09.240
 and ran across

00:28:09.240 --> 00:28:09.860
 this story

00:28:09.860 --> 00:28:11.940
 from a man

00:28:11.940 --> 00:28:12.640
 named Waleed.

00:28:12.820 --> 00:28:14.000
 And he's from India.

00:28:14.000 --> 00:28:15.779
 and he grew up

00:28:15.779 --> 00:28:17.140
 in the Muslim part

00:28:17.140 --> 00:28:17.980
 of India

00:28:17.980 --> 00:28:20.319
 and was recognized

00:28:20.319 --> 00:28:21.140
 very early

00:28:21.140 --> 00:28:22.200
 as this guy's smart,

00:28:22.319 --> 00:28:23.079
 this guy's gifted.

00:28:23.660 --> 00:28:24.359
 We're going to

00:28:24.359 --> 00:28:25.359
 get him to be

00:28:25.359 --> 00:28:26.619
 an Islamic scholar.

00:28:27.339 --> 00:28:27.880
 So they sent him

00:28:27.880 --> 00:28:28.940
 away to Mecca

00:28:28.940 --> 00:28:30.359
 to study the Quran.

00:28:32.440 --> 00:28:33.140
 He became just

00:28:33.140 --> 00:28:33.980
 a great teacher.

00:28:34.099 --> 00:28:34.440
 He was there

00:28:34.440 --> 00:28:35.880
 for four years,

00:28:36.259 --> 00:28:37.200
 fully paid for,

00:28:37.299 --> 00:28:37.660
 and he became

00:28:37.660 --> 00:28:38.180
 a sheikh.

00:28:39.120 --> 00:28:41.060
 He was an Islamic

00:28:41.060 --> 00:28:41.960
 teacher that taught

00:28:41.960 --> 00:28:42.880
 at one of the mosques.

00:28:43.779 --> 00:28:44.259
 And he wore

00:28:44.259 --> 00:28:45.000
 the white robe

00:28:45.000 --> 00:28:46.340
 and had great dignity

00:28:46.340 --> 00:28:47.100
 and respect

00:28:47.100 --> 00:28:47.900
 of the culture.

00:28:48.920 --> 00:28:49.680
 He said,

00:28:49.940 --> 00:28:50.620
 at that time,

00:28:51.200 --> 00:28:52.600
 I was very proud

00:28:52.600 --> 00:28:53.100
 and I thought

00:28:53.100 --> 00:28:53.600
 that I was just

00:28:53.600 --> 00:28:54.720
 like the best person

00:28:54.720 --> 00:28:54.980
 ever.

00:28:56.160 --> 00:28:57.759
 And here's

00:28:57.759 --> 00:28:58.560
 what's interesting.

00:28:59.380 --> 00:29:00.080
 Because he was

00:29:00.080 --> 00:29:00.539
 a scholar,

00:29:00.640 --> 00:29:01.140
 he was reading

00:29:01.140 --> 00:29:01.680
 the Quran

00:29:01.680 --> 00:29:02.160
 and he got to

00:29:02.160 --> 00:29:02.920
 the part of the Quran

00:29:02.920 --> 00:29:03.799
 that talks about

00:29:03.799 --> 00:29:04.360
 Jesus.

00:29:05.380 --> 00:29:06.120
 And he recognized

00:29:06.120 --> 00:29:06.580
 there was just

00:29:06.580 --> 00:29:07.620
 something tremendously

00:29:07.619 --> 00:29:08.659
 different about

00:29:08.659 --> 00:29:10.059
 Jesus that just

00:29:10.059 --> 00:29:10.579
 struck him,

00:29:10.659 --> 00:29:11.279
 the details.

00:29:12.799 --> 00:29:13.519
 It talks about

00:29:13.519 --> 00:29:15.159
 how the man

00:29:15.159 --> 00:29:16.459
 who does these

00:29:16.459 --> 00:29:17.319
 things that Jesus

00:29:17.319 --> 00:29:18.699
 is being spoken of,

00:29:19.119 --> 00:29:20.279
 he is incomparable.

00:29:20.399 --> 00:29:21.079
 This is from the Quran.

00:29:21.219 --> 00:29:22.099
 He is incomparable

00:29:22.099 --> 00:29:23.119
 because no other

00:29:23.119 --> 00:29:24.659
 prophet written

00:29:24.659 --> 00:29:25.519
 about in the Quran

00:29:25.519 --> 00:29:26.599
 is doing those

00:29:26.599 --> 00:29:27.019
 things.

00:29:27.139 --> 00:29:27.639
 So he was just

00:29:27.639 --> 00:29:28.619
 mind blown by

00:29:28.619 --> 00:29:31.159
 Surah 19.33.

00:29:31.359 --> 00:29:32.199
 You can look that up.

00:29:32.959 --> 00:29:33.599
 But he dealt

00:29:33.599 --> 00:29:34.899
 deeper into the Quran

00:29:34.899 --> 00:29:35.599
 and just trying to

00:29:35.599 --> 00:29:36.119
 figure out

00:29:36.119 --> 00:29:37.339
 who Jesus was.

00:29:37.339 --> 00:29:37.679
 And he started

00:29:37.679 --> 00:29:38.599
 asking his fellow

00:29:38.599 --> 00:29:39.279
 sheiks like,

00:29:39.839 --> 00:29:40.779
 we should probably

00:29:40.779 --> 00:29:41.519
 pay more attention

00:29:41.519 --> 00:29:41.939
 to this.

00:29:42.019 --> 00:29:42.439
 What does this

00:29:42.439 --> 00:29:43.220
 actually mean

00:29:43.220 --> 00:29:43.799
 about Jesus?

00:29:43.919 --> 00:29:44.419
 As someone who

00:29:44.419 --> 00:29:44.939
 does the things

00:29:44.939 --> 00:29:45.759
 that he does

00:29:45.759 --> 00:29:48.439
 is supposed

00:29:48.439 --> 00:29:49.519
 to be incomparable.

00:29:49.779 --> 00:29:49.839
 Like,

00:29:49.939 --> 00:29:51.259
 what about him?

00:29:51.299 --> 00:29:51.879
 So they began

00:29:51.879 --> 00:29:52.379
 kind of blowing

00:29:52.379 --> 00:29:53.139
 off his questions

00:29:53.139 --> 00:29:54.459
 and eventually

00:29:54.459 --> 00:29:54.980
 got to be

00:29:54.980 --> 00:29:55.539
 kind of hostile

00:29:55.539 --> 00:29:56.439
 towards him.

00:29:57.039 --> 00:29:57.679
 They didn't have

00:29:57.679 --> 00:29:58.359
 any good answers

00:29:58.359 --> 00:29:58.980
 and eventually

00:29:58.980 --> 00:30:00.299
 they started

00:30:00.299 --> 00:30:00.879
 turning away

00:30:00.879 --> 00:30:01.259
 from him

00:30:01.259 --> 00:30:02.319
 and he said,

00:30:02.399 --> 00:30:02.899
 they started

00:30:02.900 --> 00:30:03.640
 to hate me

00:30:03.640 --> 00:30:05.259
 and at one

00:30:05.259 --> 00:30:05.900
 point they

00:30:05.900 --> 00:30:06.780
 ambushed him

00:30:06.780 --> 00:30:07.600
 and attacked him

00:30:07.600 --> 00:30:08.960
 and threw stones

00:30:08.960 --> 00:30:09.320
 at him

00:30:09.320 --> 00:30:09.920
 and the shrieper

00:30:09.920 --> 00:30:11.040
 just inquiring

00:30:11.040 --> 00:30:12.040
 more about

00:30:12.040 --> 00:30:13.019
 Jesus.

00:30:13.920 --> 00:30:14.780
 But he says,

00:30:14.860 --> 00:30:15.540
 this served

00:30:15.540 --> 00:30:17.360
 only to drive

00:30:17.360 --> 00:30:18.080
 me closer

00:30:18.080 --> 00:30:18.840
 to Christ.

00:30:19.560 --> 00:30:20.460
 After the attack,

00:30:20.600 --> 00:30:21.140
 I prayed

00:30:21.140 --> 00:30:22.100
 to Jesus

00:30:22.100 --> 00:30:22.759
 for the first

00:30:22.759 --> 00:30:23.200
 time.

00:30:24.040 --> 00:30:24.560
 His prayer

00:30:24.560 --> 00:30:25.300
 was just simply,

00:30:25.519 --> 00:30:25.820
 Jesus,

00:30:26.240 --> 00:30:27.560
 if you are above

00:30:27.559 --> 00:30:28.179
 and you see

00:30:28.179 --> 00:30:28.799
 how I am,

00:30:28.899 --> 00:30:29.639
 please help me.

00:30:30.839 --> 00:30:32.720
 And eventually

00:30:32.720 --> 00:30:33.399
 he was kicked

00:30:33.399 --> 00:30:34.259
 out and rejected

00:30:34.259 --> 00:30:34.859
 and he kind of

00:30:34.859 --> 00:30:35.980
 fled his community

00:30:35.980 --> 00:30:37.220
 and he sought

00:30:37.220 --> 00:30:38.039
 Christians.

00:30:38.139 --> 00:30:38.299
 He's like,

00:30:38.339 --> 00:30:38.879
 I've got to find

00:30:38.879 --> 00:30:39.659
 Christians to tell

00:30:39.659 --> 00:30:40.220
 me about Jesus

00:30:40.220 --> 00:30:41.740
 and oddly enough

00:30:41.740 --> 00:30:42.919
 he fled to

00:30:42.919 --> 00:30:43.399
 Ethiopia

00:30:43.399 --> 00:30:45.679
 and wasn't able

00:30:45.679 --> 00:30:46.960
 to find many

00:30:46.960 --> 00:30:47.740
 people even there

00:30:47.740 --> 00:30:48.339
 to tell him

00:30:48.339 --> 00:30:49.179
 who Jesus was

00:30:49.179 --> 00:30:49.579
 and answer

00:30:49.579 --> 00:30:50.119
 the questions

00:30:50.119 --> 00:30:50.679
 he had.

00:30:51.740 --> 00:30:52.419
 But eventually

00:30:52.419 --> 00:30:53.200
 he began to

00:30:53.200 --> 00:30:53.839
 read the Bible

00:30:53.839 --> 00:30:55.559
 and he says

00:30:55.559 --> 00:30:57.599
 that the Bible

00:30:57.599 --> 00:30:58.679
 greatly increased

00:30:58.679 --> 00:30:59.299
 his knowledge

00:30:59.299 --> 00:31:00.039
 of salvation

00:31:00.039 --> 00:31:01.899
 and he kind of

00:31:01.899 --> 00:31:02.559
 wrote something

00:31:02.559 --> 00:31:02.899
 he said,

00:31:02.980 --> 00:31:03.559
 I know everything

00:31:03.559 --> 00:31:04.059
 on earth

00:31:04.059 --> 00:31:05.119
 shall pass away

00:31:05.119 --> 00:31:06.579
 but God's word

00:31:06.579 --> 00:31:07.119
 will never

00:31:07.119 --> 00:31:08.059
 pass away.

00:31:08.539 --> 00:31:09.460
 I am learning

00:31:09.460 --> 00:31:10.179
 more and I

00:31:10.179 --> 00:31:10.879
 love to learn.

00:31:12.359 --> 00:31:13.559
 And as he

00:31:13.559 --> 00:31:14.960
 became a believer

00:31:14.960 --> 00:31:15.419
 and he got

00:31:15.419 --> 00:31:16.200
 connected to

00:31:16.200 --> 00:31:16.859
 the church

00:31:16.859 --> 00:31:18.859
 and began to

00:31:18.859 --> 00:31:19.639
 see where he

00:31:19.639 --> 00:31:20.419
 had come from,

00:31:20.960 --> 00:31:21.240
 he says,

00:31:21.279 --> 00:31:21.740
 when I came

00:31:21.740 --> 00:31:22.279
 to Christ,

00:31:22.359 --> 00:31:23.019
 I lost my

00:31:23.019 --> 00:31:23.519
 position,

00:31:24.319 --> 00:31:24.899
 my health,

00:31:25.559 --> 00:31:26.359
 my job,

00:31:26.599 --> 00:31:27.259
 my community

00:31:27.259 --> 00:31:28.159
 and my family

00:31:28.159 --> 00:31:30.659
 but God

00:31:30.659 --> 00:31:31.139
 gave me

00:31:31.139 --> 00:31:32.059
 double now

00:31:32.059 --> 00:31:33.179
 I am so

00:31:33.179 --> 00:31:33.879
 blessed.

00:31:34.879 --> 00:31:35.200
 So meaning

00:31:35.200 --> 00:31:35.899
 it sounds like

00:31:35.899 --> 00:31:36.279
 what Jesus

00:31:36.279 --> 00:31:36.740
 told his

00:31:36.740 --> 00:31:37.179
 disciples

00:31:37.179 --> 00:31:37.639
 like when

00:31:37.639 --> 00:31:37.859
 they're like

00:31:37.859 --> 00:31:38.639
 we've sacrificed

00:31:38.639 --> 00:31:39.240
 so much

00:31:39.240 --> 00:31:39.759
 to follow you

00:31:39.759 --> 00:31:40.059
 and he goes

00:31:40.059 --> 00:31:41.379
 no one

00:31:41.379 --> 00:31:42.240
 has sacrificed

00:31:42.240 --> 00:31:43.059
 to follow me

00:31:43.059 --> 00:31:44.039
 they will not

00:31:44.039 --> 00:31:45.399
 be repaid

00:31:45.399 --> 00:31:45.859
 right?

00:31:46.679 --> 00:31:47.139
 And so

00:31:47.139 --> 00:31:48.200
 now

00:31:48.200 --> 00:31:49.079
 he has shifted

00:31:49.079 --> 00:31:49.720
 his focus

00:31:49.720 --> 00:31:50.359
 to reaching

00:31:50.359 --> 00:31:52.059
 young Muslims

00:31:52.059 --> 00:31:53.059
 with the gospel

00:31:53.059 --> 00:31:54.419
 and this is

00:31:54.419 --> 00:31:54.879
 what he said

00:31:54.880 --> 00:31:55.320
 and this ties

00:31:55.320 --> 00:31:55.780
 into what

00:31:55.780 --> 00:31:56.380
 we're reading

00:31:56.380 --> 00:31:57.000
 about in

00:31:57.000 --> 00:31:57.340
 Romans

00:31:57.340 --> 00:31:58.960
 I believe

00:31:58.960 --> 00:31:59.540
 I have a

00:31:59.540 --> 00:32:00.400
 responsibility

00:32:00.400 --> 00:32:02.300
 I remember

00:32:02.300 --> 00:32:03.060
 the reason

00:32:03.060 --> 00:32:03.880
 I am saved

00:32:03.880 --> 00:32:04.400
 is to be

00:32:04.400 --> 00:32:05.120
 his witness

00:32:05.120 --> 00:32:06.440
 I live

00:32:06.440 --> 00:32:07.040
 for his

00:32:07.040 --> 00:32:07.560
 glory

00:32:07.560 --> 00:32:08.900
 to witness

00:32:08.900 --> 00:32:09.660
 his glory

00:32:09.660 --> 00:32:10.000
 to the

00:32:10.000 --> 00:32:10.420
 unreached

00:32:10.420 --> 00:32:10.780
 people

00:32:10.780 --> 00:32:12.080
 that's what

00:32:12.080 --> 00:32:12.520
 he said

00:32:12.520 --> 00:32:13.680
 so even

00:32:13.680 --> 00:32:14.180
 today

00:32:14.180 --> 00:32:15.620
 this is being

00:32:15.620 --> 00:32:16.180
 carried out

00:32:16.180 --> 00:32:16.660
 and I hope

00:32:16.660 --> 00:32:17.040
 that that

00:32:17.040 --> 00:32:17.460
 challenges

00:32:17.460 --> 00:32:17.900
 you

00:32:17.900 --> 00:32:18.940
 in

00:32:18.940 --> 00:32:20.780
 the busy

00:32:20.780 --> 00:32:21.540
 but often

00:32:21.540 --> 00:32:22.080
 comfortable

00:32:22.079 --> 00:32:22.659
 and easy

00:32:22.659 --> 00:32:22.980
 life

00:32:22.980 --> 00:32:23.279
 that we

00:32:23.279 --> 00:32:23.879
 can have

00:32:23.879 --> 00:32:25.240
 he says

00:32:25.240 --> 00:32:26.679
 I'm here

00:32:26.679 --> 00:32:27.359
 I'm saved

00:32:27.359 --> 00:32:27.960
 to be a

00:32:27.960 --> 00:32:28.279
 witness

00:32:28.279 --> 00:32:28.799
 to bear

00:32:28.799 --> 00:32:29.539
 witness

00:32:29.539 --> 00:32:29.879
 to the

00:32:29.879 --> 00:32:30.279
 glory

00:32:30.279 --> 00:32:30.939
 of God

00:32:30.939 --> 00:32:31.500
 especially

00:32:31.500 --> 00:32:31.980
 to the

00:32:31.980 --> 00:32:32.500
 unreached

00:32:32.500 --> 00:32:33.159
 peoples

00:32:33.160 --> 00:32:35.060
 in conclusion

00:32:35.060 --> 00:32:37.340
 our last

00:32:37.340 --> 00:32:37.680
 and fourth

00:32:37.680 --> 00:32:38.060
 point

00:32:38.060 --> 00:32:40.220
 Paul gives

00:32:40.220 --> 00:32:40.519
 us a

00:32:40.519 --> 00:32:41.140
 benedictory

00:32:41.140 --> 00:32:41.860
 prayer of

00:32:41.860 --> 00:32:42.440
 intercession

00:32:42.440 --> 00:32:43.940
 in verse

00:32:43.940 --> 00:32:44.960
 13

00:32:44.960 --> 00:32:47.480
 he goes

00:32:47.480 --> 00:32:47.900
 back to

00:32:47.900 --> 00:32:48.200
 prayer

00:32:48.200 --> 00:32:48.460
 and he

00:32:48.460 --> 00:32:48.640
 says

00:32:48.640 --> 00:32:49.100
 may

00:32:49.100 --> 00:32:50.500
 the God

00:32:50.500 --> 00:32:50.860
 of hope

00:32:50.860 --> 00:32:51.540
 fill you

00:32:51.540 --> 00:32:52.019
 with all

00:32:52.019 --> 00:32:52.660
 joy and

00:32:52.660 --> 00:32:53.019
 peace

00:32:53.019 --> 00:32:53.700
 and believing

00:32:53.700 --> 00:32:55.180
 so that

00:32:55.180 --> 00:32:55.580
 by the

00:32:55.580 --> 00:32:56.220
 power of

00:32:56.220 --> 00:32:56.660
 the Holy

00:32:56.660 --> 00:32:57.160
 Spirit

00:32:57.160 --> 00:32:58.220
 you may

00:32:58.220 --> 00:32:58.779
 abound

00:32:58.779 --> 00:32:59.500
 in love

00:32:59.500 --> 00:33:01.059
 and so

00:33:01.059 --> 00:33:01.720
 back to

00:33:01.720 --> 00:33:02.000
 prayer

00:33:02.000 --> 00:33:02.460
 he's praying

00:33:02.460 --> 00:33:02.839
 to the

00:33:02.839 --> 00:33:03.220
 God

00:33:03.220 --> 00:33:04.059
 of hope

00:33:04.059 --> 00:33:05.180
 so

00:33:05.180 --> 00:33:05.639
 hope

00:33:05.639 --> 00:33:05.960
 here

00:33:05.960 --> 00:33:06.420
 is the

00:33:06.420 --> 00:33:06.740
 link

00:33:06.740 --> 00:33:07.099
 word

00:33:07.099 --> 00:33:07.579
 to verse

00:33:07.579 --> 00:33:08.059
 12

00:33:08.059 --> 00:33:08.339
 if you

00:33:08.339 --> 00:33:08.660
 can see

00:33:08.660 --> 00:33:08.920
 that

00:33:08.920 --> 00:33:09.180
 in the

00:33:09.180 --> 00:33:09.639
 passage

00:33:09.639 --> 00:33:11.039
 as we

00:33:11.039 --> 00:33:11.599
 just saw

00:33:11.599 --> 00:33:12.279
 that before

00:33:12.279 --> 00:33:12.779
 Christ

00:33:12.779 --> 00:33:13.240
 he says

00:33:13.240 --> 00:33:14.099
 remembered

00:33:14.099 --> 00:33:14.579
 that you

00:33:14.579 --> 00:33:14.799
 were

00:33:14.799 --> 00:33:15.539
 separated

00:33:15.539 --> 00:33:16.480
 alienated

00:33:16.480 --> 00:33:16.779
 we just

00:33:16.779 --> 00:33:17.099
 read that

00:33:17.099 --> 00:33:17.680
 in Ephesians

00:33:17.680 --> 00:33:18.960
 having no

00:33:18.960 --> 00:33:19.359
 hope in

00:33:19.359 --> 00:33:19.839
 the world

00:33:19.839 --> 00:33:21.700
 and without

00:33:21.700 --> 00:33:22.339
 God

00:33:22.339 --> 00:33:23.740
 that's what

00:33:23.740 --> 00:33:23.980
 we just

00:33:23.980 --> 00:33:24.299
 read in

00:33:24.299 --> 00:33:24.720
 Ephesians

00:33:24.720 --> 00:33:24.980
 2

00:33:24.980 --> 00:33:25.720
 but praise

00:33:25.720 --> 00:33:26.379
 the Lord

00:33:26.379 --> 00:33:27.599
 he is

00:33:27.599 --> 00:33:28.019
 both

00:33:28.019 --> 00:33:28.559
 the

00:33:28.559 --> 00:33:28.960
 source

00:33:28.960 --> 00:33:29.299
 of

00:33:29.299 --> 00:33:29.700
 hope

00:33:29.700 --> 00:33:30.500
 right

00:33:30.500 --> 00:33:31.379
 and the

00:33:31.379 --> 00:33:31.899
 supplier

00:33:31.899 --> 00:33:32.339
 of hope

00:33:32.339 --> 00:33:32.740
 it comes

00:33:32.740 --> 00:33:33.240
 from him

00:33:33.240 --> 00:33:33.599
 Paul is

00:33:33.599 --> 00:33:33.940
 trying to

00:33:33.940 --> 00:33:34.220
 say

00:33:34.220 --> 00:33:35.039
 something

00:33:35.039 --> 00:33:35.339
 about

00:33:35.339 --> 00:33:35.579
 the

00:33:35.579 --> 00:33:36.039
 character

00:33:36.039 --> 00:33:36.359
 of

00:33:36.359 --> 00:33:36.559
 God

00:33:36.559 --> 00:33:36.779
 not

00:33:36.779 --> 00:33:37.000
 just

00:33:37.000 --> 00:33:37.139
 that

00:33:37.139 --> 00:33:37.399
 God

00:33:37.399 --> 00:33:38.179
 has

00:33:38.179 --> 00:33:38.359
 some

00:33:38.359 --> 00:33:38.639
 hope

00:33:38.639 --> 00:33:38.779
 in

00:33:38.779 --> 00:33:38.940
 his

00:33:38.940 --> 00:33:39.279
 pocket

00:33:39.279 --> 00:33:39.519
 like

00:33:39.519 --> 00:33:39.799
 money

00:33:39.799 --> 00:33:39.940
 and

00:33:39.940 --> 00:33:40.000
 he

00:33:40.000 --> 00:33:40.139
 just

00:33:40.139 --> 00:33:40.379
 goes

00:33:40.379 --> 00:33:40.619
 like

00:33:40.619 --> 00:33:40.899
 that

00:33:40.899 --> 00:33:41.139
 he's

00:33:41.139 --> 00:33:41.339
 saying

00:33:41.339 --> 00:33:41.519
 that

00:33:41.519 --> 00:33:41.740
 he

00:33:41.740 --> 00:33:42.559
 really

00:33:42.559 --> 00:33:42.919
 is

00:33:42.919 --> 00:33:43.099
 he

00:33:43.099 --> 00:33:43.279
 in

00:33:43.279 --> 00:33:43.839
 himself

00:33:43.839 --> 00:33:45.220
 is

00:33:45.220 --> 00:33:45.859
 hope

00:33:45.859 --> 00:33:46.899
 and

00:33:46.899 --> 00:33:47.019
 then

00:33:47.019 --> 00:33:47.139
 if

00:33:47.139 --> 00:33:47.299
 we

00:33:47.299 --> 00:33:47.720
 flee

00:33:47.720 --> 00:33:48.039
 to

00:33:48.039 --> 00:33:48.460
 him

00:33:48.460 --> 00:33:49.399
 we

00:33:49.399 --> 00:33:49.539
 will

00:33:49.539 --> 00:33:49.899
 have

00:33:49.899 --> 00:33:50.220
 that

00:33:50.220 --> 00:33:50.559
 hope

00:33:50.559 --> 00:33:51.399
 biblical

00:33:51.399 --> 00:33:51.799
 hope

00:33:51.799 --> 00:33:51.980
 is

00:33:51.980 --> 00:33:52.200
 this

00:33:52.200 --> 00:33:52.799
 joyful

00:33:52.799 --> 00:33:54.359
 confident

00:33:54.359 --> 00:33:55.279
 expectation

00:33:55.279 --> 00:33:55.299
!

00:33:58.559 --> 00:33:59.059
 God

00:33:59.059 --> 00:33:59.279
 will

00:33:59.279 --> 00:33:59.619
 bring

00:33:59.619 --> 00:34:00.139
 about

00:34:00.139 --> 00:34:01.039
 it's

00:34:01.039 --> 00:34:01.319
 not

00:34:01.319 --> 00:34:01.859
 wishful

00:34:01.859 --> 00:34:02.299
 thinking

00:34:02.299 --> 00:34:02.639
 and

00:34:02.639 --> 00:34:02.819
 just

00:34:02.819 --> 00:34:03.059
 hoping

00:34:03.059 --> 00:34:03.259
 that

00:34:03.259 --> 00:34:03.519
 things

00:34:03.519 --> 00:34:03.779
 turn

00:34:03.779 --> 00:34:03.980
 out

00:34:03.980 --> 00:34:04.159
 well

00:34:04.159 --> 00:34:04.279
 it

00:34:04.279 --> 00:34:04.419
 is

00:34:04.419 --> 00:34:04.720
 a

00:34:04.720 --> 00:34:05.700
 grounded

00:34:05.700 --> 00:34:06.299
 act

00:34:06.299 --> 00:34:06.440
 of

00:34:06.440 --> 00:34:06.879
 faith

00:34:06.879 --> 00:34:07.500
 for us

00:34:07.500 --> 00:34:07.659
 to

00:34:07.659 --> 00:34:08.039
 hope

00:34:08.039 --> 00:34:08.940
 in

00:34:08.940 --> 00:34:09.360
 God

00:34:09.360 --> 00:34:10.420
 so

00:34:10.420 --> 00:34:10.579
 then

00:34:10.579 --> 00:34:10.739
 he

00:34:10.739 --> 00:34:11.279
 asks

00:34:11.279 --> 00:34:11.900
 because

00:34:11.900 --> 00:34:12.159
 we're

00:34:12.159 --> 00:34:12.539
 weak

00:34:12.539 --> 00:34:13.719
 Paul

00:34:13.719 --> 00:34:14.199
 asks

00:34:14.199 --> 00:34:14.480
 you

00:34:14.480 --> 00:34:14.719
 look

00:34:14.719 --> 00:34:15.000
 at

00:34:15.000 --> 00:34:15.119
 the

00:34:15.119 --> 00:34:15.420
 verse

00:34:15.420 --> 00:34:16.340
 the

00:34:16.340 --> 00:34:16.880
 power

00:34:16.880 --> 00:34:17.320
 of

00:34:17.320 --> 00:34:17.460
 the

00:34:17.460 --> 00:34:17.699
 Holy

00:34:17.699 --> 00:34:18.059
 Spirit

00:34:18.059 --> 00:34:18.400
 to

00:34:18.400 --> 00:34:18.699
 pour

00:34:18.699 --> 00:34:19.099
 out

00:34:19.099 --> 00:34:19.900
 to

00:34:19.900 --> 00:34:20.500
 graciously

00:34:20.500 --> 00:34:21.199
 feel

00:34:21.199 --> 00:34:21.559
 right

00:34:21.559 --> 00:34:21.820
 his

00:34:21.820 --> 00:34:22.239
 people

00:34:22.239 --> 00:34:23.179
 with

00:34:23.179 --> 00:34:23.380
 this

00:34:23.380 --> 00:34:23.840
 divine

00:34:23.840 --> 00:34:24.239
 hope

00:34:24.239 --> 00:34:24.860
 joy

00:34:24.860 --> 00:34:25.199
 and

00:34:25.199 --> 00:34:25.639
 peace

00:34:25.639 --> 00:34:26.900
 he

00:34:26.900 --> 00:34:27.360
 expresses

00:34:27.360 --> 00:34:27.699
 his

00:34:27.699 --> 00:34:27.960
 deep

00:34:27.960 --> 00:34:28.440
 desire

00:34:28.440 --> 00:34:28.699
 for

00:34:28.699 --> 00:34:29.039
 all

00:34:29.039 --> 00:34:29.519
 believers

00:34:29.519 --> 00:34:30.960
 to

00:34:30.960 --> 00:34:31.179
 have

00:34:31.179 --> 00:34:31.759
 complete

00:34:31.759 --> 00:34:32.619
 satisfaction

00:34:32.619 --> 00:34:34.159
 in

00:34:34.159 --> 00:34:34.719
 our

00:34:34.719 --> 00:34:35.119
 beloved

00:34:35.119 --> 00:34:35.699
 savior

00:34:35.699 --> 00:34:36.559
 who

00:34:36.559 --> 00:34:36.880
 makes

00:34:36.880 --> 00:34:37.059
 us

00:34:37.059 --> 00:34:37.460
 all

00:34:37.460 --> 00:34:37.820
 one

00:34:37.820 --> 00:34:38.320
 people

00:34:38.320 --> 00:34:40.119
 so

00:34:40.119 --> 00:34:40.320
 in

00:34:40.320 --> 00:34:40.820
 conclusion

00:34:40.820 --> 00:34:42.219
 we

00:34:42.219 --> 00:34:42.519
 are

00:34:42.519 --> 00:34:42.879
 to

00:34:42.879 --> 00:34:43.339
 welcome

00:34:43.339 --> 00:34:44.519
 to

00:34:44.519 --> 00:34:45.159
 accept

00:34:45.159 --> 00:34:45.939
 to

00:34:45.939 --> 00:34:46.919
 show

00:34:46.919 --> 00:34:47.139
 the

00:34:47.139 --> 00:34:47.559
 utmost

00:34:47.559 --> 00:34:48.299
 special

00:34:48.299 --> 00:34:49.099
 concern

00:34:49.099 --> 00:34:50.739
 for

00:34:50.739 --> 00:34:50.919
 our

00:34:50.919 --> 00:34:51.099
 fellow

00:34:51.099 --> 00:34:51.599
 believers

00:34:51.599 --> 00:34:53.059
 that

00:34:53.059 --> 00:34:53.500
 stands

00:34:53.500 --> 00:34:53.899
 out

00:34:53.899 --> 00:34:54.319
 from

00:34:54.319 --> 00:34:54.480
 a

00:34:54.480 --> 00:34:54.859
 world

00:34:54.859 --> 00:34:55.239
 of

00:34:55.239 --> 00:34:55.619
 sin

00:34:55.619 --> 00:34:55.919
 and

00:34:55.919 --> 00:34:56.659
 selfishness

00:34:56.659 --> 00:34:58.119
 and

00:34:58.119 --> 00:34:58.739
 in

00:34:58.739 --> 00:34:59.139
 light

00:34:59.139 --> 00:34:59.279
 of

00:34:59.279 --> 00:34:59.480
 that

00:34:59.480 --> 00:35:00.399
 magnificent

00:35:00.399 --> 00:35:01.219
 providential

00:35:01.219 --> 00:35:01.539
 plan

00:35:01.539 --> 00:35:01.679
 of

00:35:01.679 --> 00:35:02.000
 God

00:35:02.000 --> 00:35:02.579
 Jews

00:35:02.579 --> 00:35:03.339
 can

00:35:03.339 --> 00:35:03.559
 have

00:35:03.559 --> 00:35:03.819
 no

00:35:03.819 --> 00:35:04.219
 grudge

00:35:04.219 --> 00:35:04.519
 against

00:35:04.519 --> 00:35:05.179
 Gentiles

00:35:05.179 --> 00:35:06.179
 because

00:35:06.179 --> 00:35:06.559
 their

00:35:06.559 --> 00:35:06.899
 calling

00:35:06.899 --> 00:35:07.119
 was

00:35:07.119 --> 00:35:07.259
 to

00:35:07.259 --> 00:35:07.519
 reach

00:35:07.519 --> 00:35:07.779
 the

00:35:07.779 --> 00:35:08.419
 Gentiles

00:35:08.419 --> 00:35:09.419
 for

00:35:09.419 --> 00:35:09.859
 the

00:35:09.859 --> 00:35:10.319
 salvation

00:35:10.319 --> 00:35:10.599
 and

00:35:10.599 --> 00:35:10.899
 glory

00:35:10.899 --> 00:35:11.079
 of

00:35:11.079 --> 00:35:11.219
 the

00:35:11.219 --> 00:35:11.480
 Lord

00:35:11.480 --> 00:35:12.500
 and

00:35:12.500 --> 00:35:12.599
 on

00:35:12.599 --> 00:35:12.719
 the

00:35:12.719 --> 00:35:12.900
 other

00:35:12.900 --> 00:35:13.139
 hand

00:35:13.139 --> 00:35:13.800
 Gentiles

00:35:13.800 --> 00:35:14.500
 can

00:35:14.500 --> 00:35:14.659
 have

00:35:14.659 --> 00:35:14.840
 no

00:35:14.840 --> 00:35:15.119
 grudge

00:35:15.119 --> 00:35:15.380
 against

00:35:15.380 --> 00:35:15.699
 Jews

00:35:15.699 --> 00:35:15.980
 because

00:35:15.980 --> 00:35:16.440
 again

00:35:16.440 --> 00:35:16.579
 it

00:35:16.579 --> 00:35:16.719
 was

00:35:16.719 --> 00:35:16.860
 through

00:35:16.860 --> 00:35:17.039
 the

00:35:17.039 --> 00:35:17.280
 Jews

00:35:17.280 --> 00:35:17.440
 that

00:35:17.440 --> 00:35:17.599
 God

00:35:17.599 --> 00:35:17.740
 had

00:35:17.740 --> 00:35:18.019
 brought

00:35:18.019 --> 00:35:18.480
 that

00:35:18.480 --> 00:35:19.340
 salvation

00:35:19.340 --> 00:35:20.579
 so he

00:35:20.579 --> 00:35:21.179
 concludes

00:35:21.179 --> 00:35:21.760
 right

00:35:21.760 --> 00:35:22.460
 going back

00:35:22.460 --> 00:35:22.659
 to where

00:35:22.659 --> 00:35:22.760
 he

00:35:22.760 --> 00:35:23.099
 began

00:35:23.099 --> 00:35:23.980
 therefore

00:35:23.980 --> 00:35:24.500
 welcome

00:35:24.500 --> 00:35:24.719
 one

00:35:24.719 --> 00:35:25.019
 another

00:35:25.019 --> 00:35:25.240
 as

00:35:25.240 --> 00:35:25.519
 Christ

00:35:25.519 --> 00:35:25.639
 is

00:35:25.639 --> 00:35:25.900
 welcome

00:35:25.900 --> 00:35:26.059
 to

00:35:26.059 --> 00:35:26.240
 you

00:35:26.240 --> 00:35:26.420
 for

00:35:26.420 --> 00:35:26.559
 the

00:35:26.559 --> 00:35:26.920
 glory

00:35:26.920 --> 00:35:27.260
 of

00:35:27.260 --> 00:35:27.619
 God

00:35:27.619 --> 00:35:28.699
 so I

00:35:28.699 --> 00:35:28.840
 want

00:35:28.840 --> 00:35:28.920
 you

00:35:28.920 --> 00:35:29.059
 to

00:35:29.059 --> 00:35:29.240
 think

00:35:29.240 --> 00:35:29.460
 about

00:35:29.460 --> 00:35:29.780
 how

00:35:29.780 --> 00:35:30.340
 this

00:35:30.340 --> 00:35:30.539
 has

00:35:30.539 --> 00:35:30.719
 a

00:35:30.719 --> 00:35:30.980
 bearing

00:35:30.980 --> 00:35:31.219
 on

00:35:31.219 --> 00:35:31.400
 your

00:35:31.400 --> 00:35:31.760
 soul

00:35:31.760 --> 00:35:32.719
 this

00:35:32.719 --> 00:35:33.199
 reflects

00:35:33.199 --> 00:35:33.340
 what

00:35:33.340 --> 00:35:33.460
 you

00:35:33.460 --> 00:35:33.740
 truly

00:35:33.740 --> 00:35:34.159
 believe

00:35:34.159 --> 00:35:34.420
 about

00:35:34.420 --> 00:35:34.599
 the

00:35:34.599 --> 00:35:34.920
 gospel

00:35:34.920 --> 00:35:35.079
 if

00:35:35.079 --> 00:35:35.199
 we

00:35:41.480 --> 00:35:41.599
 very

00:35:41.599 --> 00:35:41.900
 least

00:35:41.900 --> 00:35:42.019
 is

00:35:42.019 --> 00:35:42.179
 just

00:35:42.179 --> 00:35:42.420
 very

00:35:42.420 --> 00:35:42.800
 weak

00:35:42.800 --> 00:35:43.420
 our

00:35:43.420 --> 00:35:43.960
 understanding

00:35:43.960 --> 00:35:44.240
 of what

00:35:44.240 --> 00:35:44.559
 Christ

00:35:44.559 --> 00:35:44.719
 has

00:35:44.719 --> 00:35:45.039
 done

00:35:45.039 --> 00:35:45.300
 is

00:35:45.300 --> 00:35:45.679
 weak

00:35:45.679 --> 00:35:47.139
 so I

00:35:47.139 --> 00:35:47.599
 pray

00:35:47.599 --> 00:35:48.039
 this

00:35:48.039 --> 00:35:48.360
 morning

00:35:48.360 --> 00:35:48.539
 that

00:35:48.539 --> 00:35:48.699
 we

00:35:48.699 --> 00:35:49.059
 will

00:35:49.059 --> 00:35:50.400
 grow

00:35:50.400 --> 00:35:51.880
 in our

00:35:51.880 --> 00:35:52.460
 understanding

00:35:52.460 --> 00:35:53.000
 and knowledge

00:35:53.000 --> 00:35:53.199
 of what

00:35:53.199 --> 00:35:53.500
 Christ

00:35:53.500 --> 00:35:53.860
 has done

00:35:53.860 --> 00:35:54.300
 for us

00:35:54.300 --> 00:35:54.619
 like man

00:35:54.619 --> 00:35:54.880
 he has

00:35:54.880 --> 00:35:55.079
 given

00:35:55.079 --> 00:35:55.260
 us

00:35:55.260 --> 00:35:55.619
 everything

00:35:55.619 --> 00:35:56.740
 I

00:35:56.740 --> 00:35:56.920
 pray

00:35:56.920 --> 00:35:57.039
 that

00:35:57.039 --> 00:35:57.340
 would

00:35:57.340 --> 00:35:57.880
 fuel

00:35:57.880 --> 00:35:58.300
 you

00:35:58.300 --> 00:35:58.699
 and

00:35:58.699 --> 00:35:59.480
 give

00:35:59.480 --> 00:35:59.760
 me

00:35:59.760 --> 00:35:59.960
 the

00:35:59.960 --> 00:36:00.380
 strength

00:36:00.380 --> 00:36:00.980
 to

00:36:00.980 --> 00:36:01.740
 love

00:36:01.740 --> 00:36:02.039
 those

00:36:02.039 --> 00:36:02.159
 who

00:36:02.159 --> 00:36:02.260
 are

00:36:02.260 --> 00:36:02.599
 around

00:36:02.599 --> 00:36:02.920
 us

00:36:02.920 --> 00:36:03.940
 particularly

00:36:03.940 --> 00:36:04.320
 those

00:36:04.320 --> 00:36:04.440
 who

00:36:04.440 --> 00:36:04.539
 are

00:36:04.539 --> 00:36:04.920
 difficult

00:36:04.920 --> 00:36:05.400
 like

00:36:05.400 --> 00:36:05.840
 myself

00:36:05.840 --> 00:36:06.559
 to

00:36:06.559 --> 00:36:06.840
 love

00:36:06.840 --> 00:36:07.539
 sometimes

00:36:07.539 --> 00:36:08.659
 so

00:36:08.659 --> 00:36:09.019
 let's

00:36:09.019 --> 00:36:09.199
 pray

00:36:09.199 --> 00:36:09.599
!