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 Father, you are holy and your name is holy. And as we are here gathered this morning,

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 Lord, would you give us a deeper awareness, a deeper sense of your holiness and how your name

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 is set apart. Lord, would you be glorified in this time where we hear your word. And as your word

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 is read and goes forth, Father, would you allow your word to be planted as a seed

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 to bear much fruit. In Jesus' name, amen.

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 One of my most vivid memories of being in kindergarten was when some of my friends and I

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 got into a fight. And it wasn't like we weren't fighting like that, but we were fighting with

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 our words. And this looked like saying to one another, my dad can beat up your dad. And then

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 the other kid would go, no, my dad is stronger than your dad. He can take your dad down.

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 And we go back and forth for quite a while. And what was happening there is that for the

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 first time in our lives, we realized that we are not the most important person in the world.

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 There are other very, very important people in this world. And because we grew up in the

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 house, you know, growing up and we're nurtured and we're loved by our parents. And we finally

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 arrived to the conclusion when we get to school that these people as well got loved by the,

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 received love from their parents and so forth. And so in feeling this threat that we're not

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 the most important person in the world, we try to call the strong arm, the strong man to take

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 down what is threatening us, what is causing this fear in our life. And so in preparing this sermon,

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 I was wondering, is this how we are treating God? Is that how we relate to God? Is he the strong arm

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 that's going to come and defeat what threatens our preference, our image of the good life?

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 So if you can turn to your Bibles, we'll look at Deuteronomy chapter 5. And we're going to look

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 just through the beginning of the Ten Commandments and going all the way down

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 to the Third Commandment. So starting in verse 6 in chapter 5.

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 It says,

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 I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

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 You shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself a carved image or any likeness

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 of anything that is in heaven above or that is on the earth beneath or that is in the water under the

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 earth. You shall not bow down to them or serve them. For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God,

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 visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate

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 me, but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.

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 You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who

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 takes his name in vain. So here we are in a series where we're looking at the Ten Commandments.

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 We've gone through the First Commandment, which talks about the importance of God in our lives.

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 It talks about now that we're in this relationship with God. God has saved these people from Egypt.

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 He saved them from slavery to himself. He saved them from slavery to freedom.

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 And now, in order to preserve that freedom of what it really means to be human,

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 it means to have this relationship with God. God is the most important in our life.

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 We direct our lives through this compass, which is the reality that God is the God of all creation,

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 and he's the God who loves us and who has saved us. And so that's the First Commandment.

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 Second Commandment, now we need to have a right perception of God. We don't create our own image

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 of God. We don't create God in our likeness. God has created us in his likeness. And so we want

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 to preserve his essence. God is a God who is transcendent and cannot be contained. And now

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 we're at the Third Commandment today, which talks about God's name, taking God's name in vain.

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 And I think what we're going to look at is that if we're going to take God's name in vain,

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 his identity is what is not necessarily at stake, but that's what we're looking at here when we're

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 thinking of God's name. So in the context of a relationship, we see here that Israel has a new

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 relationship with God. God is their God. They are his people. And so they're taking on a new name.

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 The God of Israel is saving them, and he's sharing his identity with them.

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 Just yesterday, I went to a wedding. My cousin got married, and it was very exciting. Great ceremony

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 and everything. We had a wonderful time. And what happened there is they came together. They

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 decided to come together in a covenant that will last until their death. And that means that their

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 old relationships, like their families, their immediate families with their parents,

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 those are not the sources of their identity anymore. They're coming together to form a new identity.

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 Okay, so this is very similar to the image here of Israel and God, is that they're coming together

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 to form a new identity. And in the structure of relationship, God is the king. God is the creator of

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 all things, and he created humanity in his image. So they are the ones who are going to reflect God's character.

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 Another example of that is just a few years ago, I moved to Montreal to do my undergraduate studies in music.

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 And the students, we loved to just, you know, explore the city a bit. It was a very lively city.

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 And part of being a Montrealer is that you love the Montreal Canadiens. And I found myself loving the Montreal Canadiens and just kind of being part of the crowd and everything, right?

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 And a lot of my friends, because it's an international school, we had a lot of American friends who came, and they've never watched hockey in their lives.

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 But all of a sudden, they start coming out to the place where people watch hockey games. And we enjoyed the hockey games together.

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 And they started liking hockey and started liking the Montreal Canadiens, because that's what it's like to be a Montrealer. You like the Canadians.

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 And so in that sense as well, we kind of enter into this tribe or this family, any type of group of people to share an identity with.

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 And now Israel, they're coming together under God and sharing His identity and becoming more like Him.

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 So this commandment is talking about not taking the Lord's name in vain.

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 So I'll just read it again in verse 11.

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 You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.

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 And what it's talking about here in vain?

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 It's talking about just emptiness or futility.

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 We're reducing God's name to something that it's not.

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 Or even so, we're talking about God in a way that doesn't reflect His reputation.

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 And so not taking it in vain is not really about how we understand in vain, how we understand futility, or how we understand a bad reputation.

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 It's starting at God's reputation.

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 We're starting with God's holiness and God's intentions, God's will in life.

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 So a good example that we see in the Bible is found in Leviticus.

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 I'm not going to read it.

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 It's very short.

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 It's talking about making oaths.

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 When people come together in the courts and they want to find out what's true.

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 Did this person actually kill so-and-so?

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 And somebody would, if they want this person to be found guilty, they might use the Lord's name in vain and saying,

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 I swear to the Lord, I'm telling the truth, and then say, this person is guilty.

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 Okay, so that's taking the Lord's name in vain.

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 But there's also other examples.

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 And just to see maybe a positive example of taking the Lord in an oath is found in Joshua.

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 So I'm going to turn to Joshua just for a second.

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 If you have your Bibles, you can turn there as well.

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 It's in Joshua chapter 2.

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 And we'll look in verse 8.

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 So here the Israelites are coming to the land.

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 They're coming to Jericho.

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 And they're about to take possession of Jericho.

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 And so they enter into this house where there is Rahab, the prostitute.

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 And Rahab is asking them to have mercy on her and her family.

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 So here we are, verse 8.

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 Before the men lay down, she came up to them on the roof and said to them,

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 I know that the Lord has given you the land, and that the fear of you has fallen upon us,

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 and that all the inhabitants of the land melt away before you.

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 For we have heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red Sea before you when you came out of Egypt,

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 and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan,

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 to Sihon and Og, whom you have devoted to destruction.

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 And as soon as we heard it, our hearts melted,

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 and there was no spirit left in any man because of you.

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 For the Lord your God, he is God in the heavens above and on the earth beneath.

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 Now then, and here it is,

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 please swear to me by the Lord that, as I have dealt kindly with you,

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 you also will deal kindly with my father's house,

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 and give me a sure sign that you will save alive my father and mother, my brothers and sisters.

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 So just here we have a picture of Rahab.

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 In the culture, she doesn't have much standing.

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 She is a prostitute, and therefore she has no way to protect herself.

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 And so she's calling on the Lord of the Israelites,

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 the God who cleared the waters from Egypt.

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 Egypt was the most powerful nation at the time,

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 and so she's calling on them because she knows that the Lord is powerful.

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 She mentioned how she knows the testimonies of the Lord

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 and how he devoted to destruction of the other kings.

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 And so her people and herself, they were afraid, they were frightened,

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 because God is a powerful God.

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 So here's the first point, if we can have that on the slide.

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 By faith, I enter a relationship with God and humbly share in his identity.

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 So, so far, we've seen that when we see God's testimonies,

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 when we see that God is a powerful God,

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 he is a God who is safe,

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 and so we come to him in relationship by faith

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 and humbly share his identity.

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 This is the next step.

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 When we come by faith, we come to share his identity.

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 So some of you are guests here,

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 and so you don't know really who I am.

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 My name is Jonathan.

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 My last name is Kamiri.

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 Growing up, I got to understand

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 that there are certain expectations in the family

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 that are kind of passed down

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 that Kamiri men should look in such a way.

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 It wasn't necessarily taught,

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 but it's something that I can observe.

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 So Kamiri men are men who are skillful workers.

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 They work with their hands.

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 They provide for their families.

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 They respect the elderly, and so on and so forth.

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 They take care of their families,

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 and so this is what I got to see modeled in my family.

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 And so it was expected that I would somehow look like a Kamiri

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 when I would grow up,

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 and I would share in those matters

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 and share in those values.

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 And so we see so far in the picture of Jericho

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 and of the Exodus that God is a merciful God

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 who rescues a people who are in slavery.

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 He's gracious to them.

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 He's abounding in steadfast love.

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 And so his people are to extend that to the world.

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 And so when the Israelites went to Rahab's house,

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 and she asked that she would be protected,

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 they protected her,

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 and they preserved her life and her family.

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 And so the big picture here

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 is that for Christians,

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 as we are in covenant with Jesus,

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 we are ambassadors for his name.

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 Our allegiance is to Christ.

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 So let's go back to this commandment,

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 and let's just look at something

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 that I find fairly interesting.

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 So in verse 6,

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 I am the Lord your God

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 who brought you out of the land of Egypt,

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 out of the houses of slavery.

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 These Ten Commandments are addressing the people of God.

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 They're addressing Israel.

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 When we think of not taking the Lord's name in vain,

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 we can often think,

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 well, maybe it's like swearing,

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 saying OMG or saying a bad word,

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 and we think of other people,

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 unless you're someone who uses bad words.

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 That's between you and God.

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 But we might think it's out there.

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 It's something that happens out there,

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 but it doesn't really happen here.

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 But the commandment is talking to the people of God.

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 And there's a way that the people of God

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 might use his name in vain.

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 So,

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 why is God talking to his people

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 and asking them to not take his name in vain?

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 Let's look at our second point for today, Andrew.

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 In my pride,

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 I enter a relationship with God

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 to have my wishes and desires granted.

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 Now, this is a bit...

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 What's the right word?

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 I'm sarcastic.

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 So, this is really the hidden parts of our hearts.

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 If you're like me,

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 if you're wicked like me,

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 your prayers usually resemble,

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 God, do this for me.

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 God, do that for me.

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 And we always start like that.

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 And I always catch myself,

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 like, what am I doing?

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 God is a holy God.

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 God is a God who is more than just my genie.

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 He's not a genie.

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 God loves to have our requests

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 and have us ask him for things.

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 But he's much more than that.

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 And so,

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 in our pride,

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 in my pride,

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 I enter a relationship with God

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 to have my wishes and desires granted.

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 Now,

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 I might offend some of you here.

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 I apologize

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 if Psalm 20, verse 4,

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 is your life verse.

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 Because it's likely taken out of context.

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 It goes like this.

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 May he give you the desire of your heart

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 and make all your plans succeed.

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 So,

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 does this mean that,

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 you know,

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 I want to have this mansion

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 or I want to have this beautiful car

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 or a trophy wife or whatnot?

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 Does this mean that

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 if I pray to God for those things,

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 he will give them to us

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 because we desire them?

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 Well, actually,

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 this verse is in the context of a holy war.

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 And it comes after,

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 may the Lord receive your sacrifices.

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 And so,

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 it's talking about

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 the messianic victory

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 over sin and death.

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 And so,

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 we have to be careful

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 when we look at verses like these

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 that we don't come to God

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 as one who will

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 be our servant,

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 one who will be our genie,

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 who will do everything

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 that we ask him to do.

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 And so,

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 I think the big picture here

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 is that the problem

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 of using God's name

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 in vain

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 is to associate him

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 with purposes and powers

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 that are inconsistent

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 with his identity

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 and his will.

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 So,

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 why does God not hold him guiltless

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 who uses his name in vain?

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 This is what the commandment says.

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 And it might make us feel uncomfortable.

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 Like,

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 aren't we

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 like the people of God?

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 And aren't we,

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 you know,

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 really

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 cherished and loved?

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 And yes,

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 those are true.

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 And there's also this word here.

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 So,

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 let's look again.

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 Verse 11.

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 He shall not

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 take the name

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 of the Lord your God

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 in vain

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 for the Lord

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 will not hold him guiltless

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 who takes his name

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 in vain.

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 So,

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 why does the Lord

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 not hold him guiltless

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 who uses his name in vain?

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 Well,

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 there's something special

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 about God's name.

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 There's something

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 very special about it.

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 When my parents

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 named me Jonathan,

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 or they were going

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 to name me Jonathan,

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 my oldest brother

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 said,

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 by no means,

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 don't call him Jonathan.

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 And they were like,

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 why not?

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 And he was like,

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 because he reminds me

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 of this weasel kid

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 at school

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 who just bothers me

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 so much.

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 Can't stand him.

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 Don't call him Jonathan.

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 And so,

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 for him,

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 the name Jonathan

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 was so associated

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 with the reputation

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 of this kid

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 from school.

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 And so,

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 even so,

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 when I think of

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 the name of,

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 say,

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 George,

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 you think of George,

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 you think of the way

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 he laughs

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 and the way he preaches

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 and he goes to Starbucks.

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 You have all these images

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 that come to mind.

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 And so,

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 when we're thinking

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 of God's name,

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 we're thinking

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 of his reputation,

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 his fame.

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 When Moses

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 went to the burning bush

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 in the cave,

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 he received God's revelation

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 of his name.

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 God said,

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 I am that I am.

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 Now,

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 that might not mean anything

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 unless you're a philosopher,

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 but what that means is

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 that I am that I am

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 means that he is self-sufficient.

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 God is self-existent.

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 And that is who God is

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 in his essence,

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 his identity.

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 He does not need anyone.

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 He does not need to be fed

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 or does not need to be clothed

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 to stay warm.

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 God is self-existent,

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 self-sufficient.

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 And when Israel

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 would think of Yahweh,

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 the name of God

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 given in the covenant,

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 they would think of

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 the Passover

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 and of the Exodus

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 and how God

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 brought the ten plagues

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 and how he

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 made a covenant

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 with them at Sinai.

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 And now,

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 when we think of Jesus

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 in our culture,

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 we think of a bad word.

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 If you're going to hear

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 Jesus on the bus,

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 you think,

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 oh, someone's angry

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 or something bad

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 happened somewhere.

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 And so,

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 we think of Jesus

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 and we associate it badly.

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 But the reality is that

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 when we think of

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 the real name of Jesus

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 is in Hebrew,

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 Yeshua,

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 which means

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 God is our Savior,

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 God is salvation.

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 salvation.

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 So,

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 as Christians,

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 we're entrusted

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 with that message,

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 that name,

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 that God is salvation,

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 that there's hope

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 in Jesus.

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 And so,

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 we are expected

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 to resemble Jesus

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 and we're expected

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 to reflect his morals

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 because we're the ones

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 who represent him

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 on earth

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 in all the spheres

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 of our lives.

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 Whether we're at school

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 or at work

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 or at home,

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 everywhere,

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 we're supposed to carry

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 that name of Jesus.

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 When we come into

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 that relationship,

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 he seals us

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 with the Holy Spirit,

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 writes his name on us

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 and so now we are his.

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 And we have this mission

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 that we're supposed

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 to create that reputation

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 for him.

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 So,

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 so far we've talked

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 about a lot of things

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 that the commandment covers

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 but we haven't really

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 talked about the elephant

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 in the room.

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 We talked a little bit

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 about it but

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 you might be wondering

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 when is he going

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 to talk about swearing

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 and saying bad words.

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 There has to be

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 something connected,

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 something related

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 with the third commandment.

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 Well,

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 let me talk just a bit

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 about when people say

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 oh God

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 or oh my God

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 or Jesus

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 in associating

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 with something bad.

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 I'll just talk

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 briefly about that.

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 It's kind of similar

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 to when we say

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 thank goodness.

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 It's kind of like

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 that we're not

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 affiliated with Jesus

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 or God

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 but we're thankful

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 to something

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 that's greater than us

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 because we have

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 in us

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 a sense

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 a real deep sense

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 that there is

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 a God

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 who is greater than us

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 and so we just say

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 thank goodness

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 even if there's no one

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 at the end

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 of our thankfulness

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 to receive that thankfulness

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 and so when we say

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 things like

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 OMG

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 or we slur

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 God's name

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 in such a way

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 we show

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 that we subconsciously

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 believe

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 in God's existence

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 to blame him

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 for bad things

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 yet

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 we suppress

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 his existence

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 when good things happen

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 it's very rare

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 that we'll hear

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 someone say

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 or use

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 God's name badly

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 when something bad happens

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 but when something

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 good happens

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 sorry I might have

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 said that wrong

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 okay

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 it's very rare

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 that we'll hear

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 somebody say

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 God's name badly

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 and then also say

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 and thank God

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 when things happen well

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 okay

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 so

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 it's either

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 you believe

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 that God exists

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 and you stop

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 blaming him

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 for the bad things

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 or you believe

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 that he does exist

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 and you start

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 thanking him

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 for the good things

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 here's the third point

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 it's easy

00:20:53.259 --> 00:20:54.039
 to blame God

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 when bad things happen

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 and uncomfortable

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 to thank God

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 when good things happen

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 the Bible tells us

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 that worship

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 is marked

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 by thanksgiving

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 when we thank God

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 and so here's the question

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 is thankfulness

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 to God

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 part of your life

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 see when we look

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 at a commandment

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 like this

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 it's talking about

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 not taking the Lord's name

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 in vain

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 there's also a positive

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 implication

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 so that's kind of like

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 a negative implication

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 but if we kind of

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 flip it around

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 are you using God's name

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 to bless

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 are you using God's name

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 to encourage

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 because there's still

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 power in the name

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 right

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 so are we able

00:21:34.740 --> 00:21:36.400
 to speak God's name

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 in a way

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 that builds up

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 people

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 that provides hope

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 in the midst

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 of despair

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 now just in a bit

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 of an aside here

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 because we're talking

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 about speech

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 and using God's name

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 we should talk about

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 speech in general

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 just for a moment

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 I think

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 that we

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 should consider

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 repenting

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 for pessimism

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 and unfounded

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 optimism

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 I think those are

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 two things

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 that are marking

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 us a lot

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 that when we

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 carry God's name

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 that if we're

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 overly pessimistic

00:22:06.200 --> 00:22:08.680
 and optimistic

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 in a way

00:22:09.220 --> 00:22:10.080
 that's unfounded

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 in reality

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 it's not bearing

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 witness

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 we need to be

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 realistic

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 yet hopeful

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 I think that's

00:22:16.360 --> 00:22:16.820
 where the

00:22:16.820 --> 00:22:17.920
 tension is

00:22:17.920 --> 00:22:18.440
 it's not being

00:22:18.440 --> 00:22:19.039
 pessimistic

00:22:19.039 --> 00:22:19.700
 or optimistic

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 or both

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 it's being realistic

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 about the events

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 of life

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 and being hopeful

00:22:23.860 --> 00:22:24.720
 at the same time

00:22:24.720 --> 00:22:27.620
 so what does

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 realistic

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 yet hopeful

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 look like

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 where do we

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 start

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 the fourth

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 slide please

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 the name

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 of Jesus

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 is above

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 every name

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 in heaven

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 and on earth

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 he subdued

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 the old

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 creation

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 to make

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 all things

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 new

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 this is where

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 the rubber

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 hits the road

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 God has

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 revealed himself

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 and he's

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 revealed himself

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 in Jesus

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 his son

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 that he sent

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 for us

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 and when

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 Jesus lived

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 the perfect

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 life

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 he fulfilled

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 all the

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 commandments

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 and Jesus

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 was crucified

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 on the cross

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 and when

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 the cross

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 came

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 and Jesus

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 was crucified

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 on the cross

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 he split

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 time

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 in two

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 there was

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 the old

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 order of

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 things

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 where things

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 were going

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 towards curse

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 and sin

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 and destruction

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 and decay

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 and the cross

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 came

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 and he broke

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 that flow

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 of history

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 and brought

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 in a new

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 creation

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 so that when

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 we think

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 of Jesus

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 we think

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 that Jesus

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 is the name

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 above all

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 names

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 he's the

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 name

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 that

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 God has

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 given him

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 the name

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 that is

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 exalted

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 above every

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 name

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 so that

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 every knee

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 should bow

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 at the end

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 and confess

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 that he is

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 the Lord

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 to the glory

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 of God

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 the Father

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 and that is

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 the end

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 of history

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 that's what

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 it's going

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 to look

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 like

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 and so

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 for us

00:23:43.399 --> 00:23:43.960
 as Christians

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 as we

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 bear the

00:23:44.899 --> 00:23:45.099
 name

00:23:45.099 --> 00:23:45.559
 of Jesus

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 we bear

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 the significance

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 of the Messiah

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 which means

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 new creation

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 which means

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 hope

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 and so

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 this is

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 why

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 I am

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 pleading

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 with you

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 we are

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 the witnesses

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 of Christ

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 we bear

00:24:00.319 --> 00:24:00.819
 his name

00:24:00.819 --> 00:24:01.440
 in our

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 workplace

00:24:01.940 --> 00:24:02.579
 in our

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 homes

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 in school

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 and so

00:24:05.379 --> 00:24:05.819
 to be a

00:24:05.819 --> 00:24:06.099
 Christian

00:24:06.099 --> 00:24:06.539
 is to

00:24:06.539 --> 00:24:07.119
 live out

00:24:07.119 --> 00:24:08.460
 in humility

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 before God

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 is to be

00:24:09.759 --> 00:24:10.319
 a people

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 is to be

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 the people

00:24:11.460 --> 00:24:12.079
 of salvation

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 the people

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 of forgiveness

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 the people

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 of love

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 of mercy

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 of new

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 creation

00:24:16.399 --> 00:24:17.879
 as ambassadors

00:24:17.879 --> 00:24:18.440
 for Christ

00:24:18.440 --> 00:24:19.000
 this is the

00:24:19.000 --> 00:24:19.339
 name

00:24:19.339 --> 00:24:20.079
 that we are

00:24:20.079 --> 00:24:20.660
 articulating

00:24:20.660 --> 00:24:21.099
 to people

00:24:21.099 --> 00:24:21.460
 in the way

00:24:21.460 --> 00:24:22.000
 that we act

00:24:22.000 --> 00:24:24.279
 we are

00:24:24.279 --> 00:24:25.240
 articulating

00:24:25.240 --> 00:24:25.500
 it

00:24:25.500 --> 00:24:26.299
 or explaining

00:24:26.299 --> 00:24:26.539
 it

00:24:26.539 --> 00:24:27.059
 to people

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 what it

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 means

00:24:28.900 --> 00:24:29.140
 to be

00:24:29.140 --> 00:24:29.579
 a Christian

00:24:29.579 --> 00:24:30.819
 as Christians

00:24:30.819 --> 00:24:31.099
 we are

00:24:31.099 --> 00:24:31.839
 those of

00:24:31.839 --> 00:24:32.220
 Christ

00:24:32.220 --> 00:24:33.579
 that's what

00:24:33.579 --> 00:24:33.940
 Christians

00:24:33.940 --> 00:24:34.319
 mean

00:24:34.319 --> 00:24:35.299
 so

00:24:35.299 --> 00:24:37.900
 this is

00:24:37.900 --> 00:24:38.220
 the call

00:24:38.220 --> 00:24:38.440
 to be

00:24:38.440 --> 00:24:38.779
 a Christian

00:24:38.779 --> 00:24:39.180
 and so

00:24:39.180 --> 00:24:39.940
 as Christians

00:24:39.940 --> 00:24:40.240
 do we

00:24:40.240 --> 00:24:40.759
 properly

00:24:40.759 --> 00:24:41.240
 carry

00:24:41.240 --> 00:24:42.220
 the name

00:24:42.220 --> 00:24:42.839
 of Christ

00:24:42.839 --> 00:24:43.339
 to his

00:24:43.339 --> 00:24:43.700
 glory

00:24:43.700 --> 00:24:49.359
 let's

00:24:49.359 --> 00:24:49.599
 pray

00:24:49.599 --> 00:24:53.159
 father

00:24:53.159 --> 00:24:54.179
 you've

00:24:54.179 --> 00:24:54.779
 given

00:24:54.779 --> 00:24:55.579
 your son

00:24:55.579 --> 00:24:56.000
 the name

00:24:56.000 --> 00:24:56.219
 that is

00:24:56.219 --> 00:24:56.679
 above all

00:24:56.679 --> 00:24:57.059
 names

00:24:57.059 --> 00:24:58.039
 and

00:24:58.039 --> 00:24:58.559
 lord

00:24:58.559 --> 00:24:59.079
 you call

00:24:59.079 --> 00:24:59.219
 us

00:24:59.219 --> 00:24:59.359
 to

00:24:59.359 --> 00:24:59.740
 relationship

00:24:59.740 --> 00:25:00.240
 with you

00:25:00.240 --> 00:25:00.659
 you call

00:25:00.659 --> 00:25:00.919
 us

00:25:00.919 --> 00:25:01.939
 to

00:25:01.939 --> 00:25:03.019
 love you

00:25:03.019 --> 00:25:03.439
 into a

00:25:03.439 --> 00:25:03.719
 covenant

00:25:03.719 --> 00:25:04.659
 where you

00:25:04.659 --> 00:25:05.199
 bestow

00:25:05.199 --> 00:25:05.559
 to us

00:25:05.559 --> 00:25:06.219
 that name

00:25:06.219 --> 00:25:06.719
 of Jesus

00:25:06.719 --> 00:25:07.879
 that we

00:25:07.879 --> 00:25:08.500
 are Christians

00:25:08.500 --> 00:25:08.939
 now

00:25:08.939 --> 00:25:10.099
 and lord

00:25:10.099 --> 00:25:10.639
 help us

00:25:10.639 --> 00:25:11.159
 each day

00:25:11.159 --> 00:25:12.879
 to reflect

00:25:12.879 --> 00:25:13.539
 the image

00:25:13.539 --> 00:25:14.039
 of Christ

00:25:14.039 --> 00:25:14.879
 to bear

00:25:14.879 --> 00:25:15.559
 his reputation

00:25:15.559 --> 00:25:16.279
 to create

00:25:16.279 --> 00:25:17.219
 this reputation

00:25:17.220 --> 00:25:17.839
 in those

00:25:17.839 --> 00:25:18.240
 who don't

00:25:18.240 --> 00:25:18.440
 know

00:25:18.440 --> 00:25:18.740
 Jesus

00:25:18.740 --> 00:25:19.500
 so that

00:25:19.500 --> 00:25:19.819
 they will

00:25:19.819 --> 00:25:20.100
 know

00:25:20.100 --> 00:25:20.440
 the name

00:25:20.440 --> 00:25:20.900
 of Jesus

00:25:20.900 --> 00:25:22.000
 as savior

00:25:22.000 --> 00:25:22.880
 as

00:25:22.880 --> 00:25:23.720
 merciful

00:25:23.720 --> 00:25:24.440
 as loving

00:25:24.440 --> 00:25:25.220
 as gracious

00:25:25.220 --> 00:25:26.200
 lord

00:25:26.200 --> 00:25:26.519
 would you

00:25:26.519 --> 00:25:26.880
 pour out

00:25:26.880 --> 00:25:27.259
 your holy

00:25:27.259 --> 00:25:27.620
 spirit

00:25:27.620 --> 00:25:28.180
 upon us

00:25:28.180 --> 00:25:28.960
 and press

00:25:28.960 --> 00:25:29.220
 in our

00:25:29.220 --> 00:25:29.579
 hearts

00:25:29.579 --> 00:25:30.900
 the goodness

00:25:30.900 --> 00:25:31.620
 that we

00:25:31.620 --> 00:25:32.400
 taste and

00:25:32.400 --> 00:25:32.759
 see in

00:25:32.759 --> 00:25:33.059
 Jesus

00:25:33.059 --> 00:25:34.200
 help us

00:25:34.200 --> 00:25:34.559
 this day

00:25:34.559 --> 00:25:34.940
 help us

00:25:34.940 --> 00:25:35.380
 this week

00:25:35.380 --> 00:25:36.279
 in Jesus

00:25:36.279 --> 00:25:36.640
 name

00:25:36.640 --> 00:25:37.740
 amen