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 Let me begin this morning by just pointing out the fact and giving you some explanation as to why it is we're taking a break from the book of Mark.

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 As we have been verse by verse preaching through Mark and we are in chapter 4 right now.

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 The parable of the sower and the soils which I am incredibly excited about.

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 It's one of my favorite parables and really looking forward to preaching on it.

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 Last week Clay very graciously gave me a little break as I had so much going on last week and so we didn't talk about it then.

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 And this week as I continued to prepare for it and as I try to be sensitive every week to what God would have me preach on, I was led elsewhere.

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 In great part because some of you may not know but January is National Right to Life Month here in the United States.

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 And today is actually this Sunday is Sanctity of Human Life Sunday.

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 So as some of these things were working in me this week, that was brought to mind.

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 And I said, well maybe there is where we need to head today.

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 And so I would just ask that you join me in a word of prayer and then I'll show you where we're headed this morning.

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 Father God, we do thank you for the blessing of your church that we might come together, sing praise to your name, hear preaching from your scriptures,

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 and glorify you as we go out into this world.

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 And I just pray, Father, that this day as we come together amidst the distractions of the morning,

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 as many of us are tired as it's starting to feel a bit warm in here,

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 I just pray, Lord, that you will give us keen ears to hear by your spirit and apply the truth from your scripture to our living every day.

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 We desire to see this happen because we want to see your praises sung amongst the nations.

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 And so we pray this in Christ's name. Amen.

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 So we're going to look a bit today in John chapter 17 and we're going to go some other texts as well,

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 primarily be in John chapter 17 today.

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 And you really are asleep if you haven't noticed that I carried a garbage can up onto the stage

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 and that I also have a cardboard box sitting on the lectern below me where my water would normally be.

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 So I may get a little bit parched this morning.

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 In this cardboard box are 80 plus little figurines that are 12 week old baby-ish, I will say.

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 Kind of a cheap recreation of one, so it's not terribly accurate.

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 But this is about the size of a 12 week old infant that would be in its mother's belly.

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 It has arms and legs, toes, fingers.

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 It has all of its organs.

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 The kidneys have actually begun to purify the system and excrete urine.

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 This little one pees in its mother's womb.

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 Eyes and nose, they begin to play with their umbilical cord.

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 They do acrobatic tricks inside the womb already at this age.

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 Often around this time, moms are starting to get really sick because of all this motion going on inside their tummies.

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 The sad thing is that here in the United States, 1.2 million unborn children are aborted each year.

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 Since Roe v. Wade was passed 40 years ago, that means that there have been over 50 million children aborted in this country since 1973.

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 And if we take that number, which was last year's number, 1.2 million children aborted,

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 and we start to apply a little bit of math to that to get some picture of the scope of what that would look like,

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 it breaks down to 3,288 children a day,

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 137 per hour,

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 2.3 per minute,

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 and to keep our math simple,

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 that's one every 30 seconds.

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 Now, I would assume that this morning there aren't many or any abortion clinics open,

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 so we may not actually be experiencing abortion at this rate right now.

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 I'm very aware of that,

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 but it's difficult for us to wrap our minds around what 1.2 million looks like.

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 And I've endeavored over this past year to find something that I could afford to purchase 1.2 million of.

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 It's a challenge.

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 The best thing I've come up with so far was BBs,

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 little metal BBs like you'd shoot from a BB gun,

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 but I don't have five grand to buy that many BBs.

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 1.2 million is a staggeringly high number,

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 and it's so difficult for us to understand.

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 And I think as a result,

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 both with this social issue and with many others,

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 we tend to kind of push it off.

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 We kind of out of sight, out of mind.

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 We think about it.

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 It may have some effect on us.

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 We say, well, 1.2 million, that's a staggering number.

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 And then we lay it to the side,

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 and we go about the everyday troubles.

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 We deal with the things that are in our little sphere,

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 and we don't really think beyond to the world around us.

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 Now, there are two types of sin.

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 There are sins of commission,

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 and those are those things that we've been commanded not to do,

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 and yet we do them anyway.

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 Most of you work very hard at not participating in sins of commission,

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 but there's also another type of sin,

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 and that's the sin of omission.

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 There are things that we are commanded to do,

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 and we just don't do them.

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 And many of us neglect these things altogether.

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 And I think that most American Christians,

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 and I can't point a finger at any individual person in this room,

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 but I certainly can point a finger at myself

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 and say that most of us are guilty of sins of omission

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 by not being more active in seeking justice in our world.

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 I would sum that up for myself with the simple term apathy.

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 I just get lazy about the problems of this world.

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 I just get comfortable with the day-to-day,

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 and I don't break for the things that are happening in each day in this world.

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 One child every 30 seconds.

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 I tend to preach for about 45 minutes.

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 Hope that doesn't turn any of you off right now.

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 And so here's what I'm going to try to do.

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 I don't know if I can do it,

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 so we're going to make it a grand experiment this morning.

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 Every 30 seconds,

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 Reese, who's sitting where?

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 There he is, in the back corner,

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 is going to put his hand in the air.

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 I gave him a timer this morning,

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 and he's going to put his hand in the air,

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 and I'm going to drop one of these figures into this trash can.

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 And here's the reason I'm trying to do that.

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 I have no clue what it'll accomplish,

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 but here's what I'm hoping it will accomplish.

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 Is that as we sit here together and we study from the Word of God,

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 we're reminded constantly that the Word of God must have some effect in our lives for this world.

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 And I think that if our church errs,

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 we err to the side of sitting and listening and learning,

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 being all deep and theological,

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 and not actually doing anything with what we know to be true.

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 We come and we sit.

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 We gain it.

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 We're in our little Christian bubble.

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 We go off.

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 We hang out in our Christian bubbles.

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 And we don't consider the fact that the gospel was made for the world.

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 So I hope this morning it'll serve that purpose,

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 that it will be, in fact, a bit distracting to you.

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 Hopefully not too much to me.

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 Maybe why I stopped doing it altogether,

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 but that I will continue to preach to you as this goes on.

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 So, Reese, you ready?

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 We have to ask ourselves,

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 what is this life for?

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 When we became children of God,

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 why did God not just bring us home with Him?

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 It's a good question to ask.

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 I ask that question often.

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 I am tired of being in this world.

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 This world is messed up.

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 I am sick of being here.

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 I'm sick of experiencing pain.

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 I'm sick of dealing with the sin that plagues me so often.

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 I want to go home.

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 I want to be with Jesus.

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 But yet we're here, living between two worlds.

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 And so, why?

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 Why is that the case?

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 James 4.14, James says,

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 What is your life?

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 For you are a mist that appears for a little time,

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 and then vanishes.

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 And I can tell you that we will look back on our lives

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 at the end of all things,

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 and we will not regret

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 not having spent more time with video games

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 or watching movies

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 or looking at Facebook,

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 playing or watching sports,

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 whichever category you fall into there.

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 30 seconds comes fast.

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 We will not regret any of those things.

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 But I do believe that we're all going to look back at our lives

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 and we'll regret not having done more

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 for the kingdom of God.

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 That we're going to wish that we had just done a little more

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 for some of these causes.

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 That we had shared our faith more readily.

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 That we will have done more things that count in eternity

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 versus just flittering away our time

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 with things that make no sense whatsoever.

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 Either here or there.

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 Makes no sense at all.

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 John 17, beginning of verse 13.

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 This is aptly dubbed the high priestly prayer.

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 Jesus knows that his death is imminent

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 and he's praying now on behalf of the disciples

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 and his believers, his followers beyond that as well.

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 And he says,

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 But now I am coming to you,

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 and these things I speak in the world.

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 This is verse 13.

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 That they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves.

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 I have given them your word,

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 and the world has hated them

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 because they are not of the world,

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 just as I am not of the world.

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 I do not ask that you take them out of the world,

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 but that you keep them from the evil one.

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 They are not of the world,

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 just as I am not of the world.

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 Sanctify them in the truth.

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 Your word is truth.

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 As you sent me into the world,

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 so I have sent them into the world.

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 And for their sake,

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 I consecrate myself,

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 that they also may be sanctified in truth.

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 I do not ask for these only,

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 but also for those who will believe in me

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 through their word.

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 Now recognize that this prayer

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 is primarily aimed at the apostles,

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 but he broadens this whole prayer out for us

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 in verse 20.

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 So this prayer is for us,

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 and we can learn some things from it, right?

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 As many of us would prefer

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 to be taken out of this world,

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 look at what Jesus says in verse 13.

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 I'm coming to you,

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 I, Jesus, am coming to you, God,

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 and speak these things in the world

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 that they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves.

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 It is hard to recognize this

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 and to wrap our minds around this

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 to really understand what that means

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 that in this day,

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 as we deal with the troubles of this world,

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 that we might have the joy of Christ in us.

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 But this is what Jesus is saying, right?

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 He is asking for these things for his disciples

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 so that we will have his joy fulfilled in us.

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 I think some of this is expressed

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 by Paul in Philippians chapter 1,

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 verses 21 through 25,

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 where he says,

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 For to me, to live is Christ,

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 and to die is gain.

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 If I'm going to live, I get Christ.

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 I gain Christ.

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 But to die is a greater gain.

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 That's what he says there.

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 If I'm to live in the flesh,

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 that means fruitful labor for me.

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 Yet which will I choose?

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 I cannot tell.

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 I'm hard-pressed between the two.

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 My desire is to depart and be with Christ,

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 for that is far better.

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 But to remain in the flesh

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 is more necessary on your account.

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 Convinced of this,

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 I know that I will remain

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 and continue with you all

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 for your progress and joy in the faith.

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 Right?

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 Paul understood this conflict

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 that was happening within him.

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 That there was a joy that was his now

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 and a greater joy that was to be his later.

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 And here we see that that's true of us as well.

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 For whatever reason,

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 we're left here to work out

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 the coming of the kingdom of God

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 as the hands and feet of Christ.

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 And this is for our joy.

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 Notice that Jesus asks

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 not only for their divine protection

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 in verse 14.

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 We see you make this request.

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 Jesus knows that there will be hostility

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 towards his disciples.

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 Right?

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 He has already experienced this to be true.

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 He's about to experience it

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 in the greatest way.

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 And as those who follow Jesus Christ,

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 he knows there will be hostility towards them.

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 So he prays in verse 14 and 15 and 16

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 for divine protection for them.

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 Right?

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 So that Jesus would spare them

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 from the evil one.

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 That he would keep temptation at bay.

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 And we have to learn later

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 throughout our New Testament

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 how it is that this comes about.

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 But he doesn't only ask for that.

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 But he also asks

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 for their divine sanctification.

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 Verse 17,

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 verse 18,

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 and verse 19.

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 Right?

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 Firstly, we can see

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 the request that he makes of God,

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 which is verse 17.

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 Sanctify them

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 in the truth.

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 Your word

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 is truth.

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 So if these people

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 are to live

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 in this world,

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 be left behind

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 in this way

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 for your glory,

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 I ask that you

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 sanctify them

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 in the truth.

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 And he clarifies for us

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 what that means.

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 Your word

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 is truth.

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 These scriptures here,

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 this is the way

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 in which we are set apart

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 for the purposes

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 of God.

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 A great example

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 of what it means

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 to be sanctified.

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 When Sam and I

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 got married,

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 she bought a plate

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 that was on sale

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 at Lifeway.

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 And it's a red plate

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 and it's got some bright colors

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 in the middle of it

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 and around the outside edge

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 it says,

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 you are very special.

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 Right?

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 And we decided

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 that plate for us

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 was going to be

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 the plate we were going to use

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 in our family

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 to celebrate a big thing.

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 So we use it on birthdays,

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 I,

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 once a year,

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 I've never gotten it

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 any other time,

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 but once a year

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 I get the

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 you are very special plate.

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 I imagine when there are

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 some graduations

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 that happen

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 and we want to build

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 a tradition

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 with this special plate.

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 We'll bring it out

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 for that very purpose.

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 And it would be horrible

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 to do anything else with it.

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 That is what

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 is it intended for.

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 And that is the same way

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 that we are set apart

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 for God.

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 Sanctified in that way.

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 So we've been set apart

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 but then there's also

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 a working out

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 of this reality as well.

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 As we've been set apart

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 we are being set apart

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 from this world.

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 Sanctified for a very

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 specific purpose

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 and that is to serve

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 the glory of our Lord.

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 And we're sanctified

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 in the truth.

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 So we should be theological.

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 That's important.

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 I mentioned earlier

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 that sometimes our church

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 may err to the side

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 of being theological

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 without being missional.

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 We should be theological.

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 We cannot dismiss that.

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 In fact,

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 we must be properly theological

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 if we're going to be

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 properly missional at all.

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 We have to do this.

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 This must take place.

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 Sunday morning preaching.

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 Bible studies.

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 Immerse yourself in it

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 as much as you possibly can.

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 Study the Word of God

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 on your own.

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 Use all of the vast amount

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 of aids that are available

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 to us to understand

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 this precious book.

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 We must be sanctified

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 in the truth.

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 We must be properly theological

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 if we're going to be

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 properly missional.

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 Going to the world.

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 Jesus makes a request

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 but there's a reason

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 for the request.

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 He asks that the disciples

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 will be sanctified

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 in the truth

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 because of verse 18.

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 He says,

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 As you sent me into the world,

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 so have I sent them

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 into the world.

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 So have I sent them

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 into the world.

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 Remember the life of Jesus?

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 We're in Mark

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 and we're only really gone

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 through the first three chapters

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 and Jesus has done

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 a massive amount

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 of social work

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 in the community.

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 He has done tons of healing.

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 And we know that

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 He was doing that

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 with the primary purpose

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 of validating the message

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 that He was bringing.

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 We don't minimize the message

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 in this way at all.

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 I'm not talking about

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 a social gospel.

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 I'm talking about activity

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 that supports

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 and gives evidence

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 that we are, in fact,

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 people who believe

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 in the gospel

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 We are people that understand

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 that the gospel

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 of Jesus Christ

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 includes the redemption

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 of souls

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 but also includes

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 the redemption

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 of other things

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 as well.

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 The corruption

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 that sin has brought

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 into this world.

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 And so He knows

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 as they've been sent

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 into the world,

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 as He was sent

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 into the world,

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 that they're going

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 to receive trouble.

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 They're going to have

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 to be set apart

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 in a very specific way.

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 And that's why

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 they must be sanctified

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 in the truth.

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 And we can see

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 in verse 19

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 the basis

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 for His request.

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 He says,

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 And for their sake

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 I consecrate Myself.

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 That word consecrate

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 could also be read

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 as sanctified.

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 I set apart Myself

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 that they also may be

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 sanctified

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 or consecrated

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 in the truth.

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 Because of what

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 Christ has done,

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 those who are followers

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 of Christ

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 can be

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 sanctified in the truth.

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 Can be sent

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 into the world

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 to accomplish

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 the great ends

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 of glorifying God

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 to the ends

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 of the earth.

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 So the basis of it

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 is the person

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 and the work

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 So we must be

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 properly theological.

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 We must be

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 properly theological.

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 But if we're doing so,

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 we are going to be

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 properly missional.

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 We will in fact

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 go out to the world.

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 We will go

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 change things.

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 The world ought to be

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 a better place

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 because we're here.

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 because we have

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 the light of Christ

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 within us.

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 It ought to be

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 a better place.

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 The University of

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 North Georgia,

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 I have to tell you

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 my notes say

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 UNG and that's

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 the first time

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 I've typed it.

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 Weird.

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 UNG should be

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 a better place

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 because all you

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 students are there

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 at the University

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 of North Georgia.

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 The towns we live in,

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 this region,

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 should be a better place

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 because of the grace

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 of God that's working

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 in us.

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 And do you think,

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 do you think

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 that people are saying

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 of us,

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 well I don't believe

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 what they believe.

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 I hate the message.

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 Not a fan of this

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 gospel message

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 that they're going

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 around preaching

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 all the time,

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 but I'm sure glad

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 they're here.

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 Man am I glad

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 they're here.

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 They make this world

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 a better place.

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 This should be true

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 of us.

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 Because while we have

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 a salvation that comes

00:17:51.000 --> 00:17:51.980
 by faith alone,

00:17:52.119 --> 00:17:52.779
 hear me clearly,

00:17:53.319 --> 00:17:54.139
 our salvation has

00:17:54.140 --> 00:17:54.820
 nothing to do

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 with our works.

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 Our works are

00:17:56.759 --> 00:17:57.420
 as filthy rags.

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 There is nothing

00:17:58.140 --> 00:17:58.540
 we can do

00:17:58.540 --> 00:17:59.180
 to earn our salvation.

00:17:59.280 --> 00:17:59.600
 Our salvation

00:17:59.600 --> 00:18:00.500
 comes by faith alone,

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 but the good deeds

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 do matter

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 because they're

00:18:04.500 --> 00:18:05.440
 the evidence

00:18:05.440 --> 00:18:06.520
 of our salvation.

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 Those who are Christ

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 will necessarily

00:18:10.820 --> 00:18:12.420
 live that out

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 in practical

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 and real,

00:18:14.160 --> 00:18:14.600
 tangible,

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 measurable ways.

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 We will be able

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 to see fruit.

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 It's the language

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 constantly used

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 in the scriptures,

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 the analogy

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 that's used of us.

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 Classically,

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 Matthew 7,

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 verses 17 and 18.

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 So every healthy tree

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 bears good fruit,

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 but the diseased tree

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 bears bad fruit.

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 A healthy tree

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 cannot bear bad fruit,

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 nor can a diseased tree

00:18:37.160 --> 00:18:38.960
 bear good fruit.

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 This is true

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 of those who are Christ.

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 And the immediate question

00:18:45.799 --> 00:18:46.379
 must be,

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 but wait a minute.

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 You're tossing

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 figurative children

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 into a trash can

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 every 30 seconds,

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 and I've not done

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 anything in my life

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 to stop this issue.

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 Does it make me

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 not a Christian?

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 Not necessarily.

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 Not necessarily.

00:19:01.220 --> 00:19:02.279
 All of us

00:19:02.279 --> 00:19:04.159
 wax and wane.

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 All of us

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 go through great times

00:19:06.279 --> 00:19:07.399
 of fervor in our lives

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 where we're devoted

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 to the Lord,

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 and at times

00:19:09.399 --> 00:19:10.339
 where we're not

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 so much.

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 But the encouragement

00:19:12.779 --> 00:19:13.699
 here is that

00:19:13.699 --> 00:19:14.879
 we must pursue

00:19:14.879 --> 00:19:15.899
 good works.

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 We must press

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 into these things.

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 We must fix

00:19:19.339 --> 00:19:20.220
 our eyes on Jesus

00:19:20.220 --> 00:19:21.019
 so that the things

00:19:21.019 --> 00:19:21.519
 of this world

00:19:21.519 --> 00:19:22.700
 will grow strangely dim.

00:19:23.640 --> 00:19:24.500
 I'm glad they played

00:19:24.500 --> 00:19:25.059
 that song

00:19:25.059 --> 00:19:26.600
 right before I preached.

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 That we fix our gaze

00:19:28.539 --> 00:19:29.740
 in that direction

00:19:29.740 --> 00:19:31.059
 so that we will be

00:19:31.059 --> 00:19:32.420
 actively looking for ways

00:19:32.420 --> 00:19:33.339
 that we can better

00:19:33.339 --> 00:19:35.019
 this place.

00:19:35.860 --> 00:19:36.940
 1 Peter 2,

00:19:37.039 --> 00:19:37.579
 verse 12.

00:19:38.319 --> 00:19:38.759
 Peter says,

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 Keep your conduct

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 among the Gentiles

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 honorable,

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 so that when they speak

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 against you as evildoers,

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 and they will,

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 they certainly will,

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 they may see your good deeds

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 and glorify God

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 on the day of visitation.

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 These deeds matter.

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 Paul,

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 in writing to Titus

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 in chapter 3,

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 says,

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 Remind them to be submissive

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 to rulers

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 and authorities,

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 to be obedient,

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 to be ready

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 for every good work,

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 to speak evil

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 of no one,

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 to avoid quarreling,

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 to be gentle

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 and to show courtesy

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 toward all people.

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 4 We ourselves

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 were once foolish.

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 Here's the reasoning.

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 Here's the gospel motivation

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 for living in this way.

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 We should live like this

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 because,

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 verse 3,

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 we ourselves

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 were once foolish,

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 disobedient,

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 led astray,

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 slaves to various passions

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 and pleasures,

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 passing our days

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 in malice and envy,

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 hated by others

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 and hating one another.

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 But when the goodness

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 and loving kindness

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 of God our Savior appeared,

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 He saved us,

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 not because of works

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 done by us in righteousness,

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 but according to

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 His own mercy,

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 by the washing of regeneration

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 and renewal

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 of the Holy Spirit,

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 whom He poured out on us

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 richly through Jesus Christ,

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 our Savior,

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 so that being justified

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 by His grace,

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 we might become heirs

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 according to the hope

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 of eternal life.

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 So now notice,

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 as Paul's writing to Titus,

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 he says to him,

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 do good works.

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 Here's why,

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 this gospel message,

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 right?

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 I'm not going to take the time

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 to sum all of that up

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 for you today,

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 but because of what God

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 has done on your behalf,

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 in Christ Jesus.

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 And then look how he finishes it up.

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 Verse 8,

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 the saying is trustworthy,

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 and I want you to insist

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 on these things,

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 so that those who have believed in God

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 may be careful to devote themselves

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 to good works.

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 These things are excellent

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 and profitable for people.

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 For those who are believers,

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 certainly,

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 but for people in general.

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 This was the general Greek term

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 for mankind,

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 for humanity.

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 It is good

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 for those who know Christ

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 to devote themselves

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 to good works

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 for the good of everybody.

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 One of the greatest ways

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 we can show this world

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 their great need

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 of a Savior

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 is to live in this way,

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 to bring about social change,

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 to show them

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 the error of their ways,

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 and then show them

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 the right way

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 to live,

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 to preach the law

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 to them

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 so that they know

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 they're sinful,

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 so that they know

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 they need a Savior.

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 We must be about this.

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 James said it this way,

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 religion that is pure

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 and undefiled

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 before God the Father

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 is this,

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 to visit orphans and widows

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 in their affliction

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 and to keep oneself

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 unstained from the world.

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 So to avoid the things

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 of the world

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 and to visit orphans

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 and widows

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 in their affliction,

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 which we should be about.

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 Hear me,

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 we should definitely be about

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 visiting orphans and widows.

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 The reason he uses

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 these two particular people groups

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 is that these would have been

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 the most infringed people group.

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 These were the people

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 that had no rights whatsoever

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 of their own.

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 A widow without a husband

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 had no property ownership,

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 had no rights at all.

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 Orphans had no rights

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 because they didn't have a father.

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 So these were people

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 who were defenseless.

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 And in our day and age,

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 there are many,

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 many defenseless

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 who are being murdered

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 every day.

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 One every 30 seconds.

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 I think I'm getting

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 an internal clock now,

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 Reese.

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 I know when to look up at you.

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 Galatians chapter 2.

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 I want you to turn there with me.

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 Galatians chapter 2.

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 This is another really wonderful

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 example of this.

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 As we see Paul

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 commending himself

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 to the Galatian church,

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 establishing once again with them

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 the purity of his gospel.

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 Because you remember that

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 in Galatia,

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 the Judaizers had come in

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 who had said

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 that Jesus is good.

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 This new faith you found

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 is good,

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 except you need to be circumcised.

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 There's still some aspects

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 of the Old Testament law

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 that we need you to keep.

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 And this was diluting

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 the gospel message.

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 They thought that they were

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 saved by faith in Christ

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 and circumcision.

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 And he writes the letter

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 to the Galatians

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 to set that straight.

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 So he's reestablishing

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 the purity

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 of this doctrine.

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 And beginning in verse 1

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 of chapter 2,

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 he says,

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 So he went.

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 He's talking about

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 this past tense thing.

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 After 14 years,

00:24:04.940 --> 00:24:06.579
 he went to present to them

00:24:06.579 --> 00:24:07.960
 the gospel as he was

00:24:07.960 --> 00:24:09.160
 preaching it to the Gentiles,

00:24:09.240 --> 00:24:09.940
 which was justification

00:24:09.940 --> 00:24:10.940
 by faith alone.

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 He was saying to them,

00:24:12.039 --> 00:24:12.880
 you do not need

00:24:12.880 --> 00:24:13.720
 to be circumcised.

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 There's no need

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 for outward religion

00:24:16.500 --> 00:24:17.579
 for you to be saved.

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 So he goes up

00:24:19.019 --> 00:24:19.559
 to be sure

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 that he was getting it right,

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 that he was getting it straight.

00:24:22.480 --> 00:24:22.920
 Verse 3,

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 But even Titus,

00:24:23.960 --> 00:24:24.339
 who was with me,

00:24:24.360 --> 00:24:24.900
 was not forced

00:24:24.900 --> 00:24:25.700
 to be circumcised,

00:24:25.759 --> 00:24:26.620
 though he was a Greek.

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 Yet because a false brother

00:24:28.079 --> 00:24:28.980
 secretly brought in,

00:24:29.059 --> 00:24:29.600
 who slipped in

00:24:29.600 --> 00:24:30.519
 to spy out our freedom

00:24:30.519 --> 00:24:31.579
 that we have in Christ Jesus

00:24:31.579 --> 00:24:32.600
 so that they may bring us

00:24:32.600 --> 00:24:33.120
 into slavery,

00:24:33.620 --> 00:24:34.500
 to them we did not

00:24:34.500 --> 00:24:35.120
 yield in submission

00:24:35.120 --> 00:24:35.779
 even for a moment

00:24:35.779 --> 00:24:36.360
 so that the truth

00:24:36.360 --> 00:24:36.900
 of the gospel

00:24:36.900 --> 00:24:38.460
 might be preserved for you.

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 And from those

00:24:40.440 --> 00:24:41.480
 who seem to be influential,

00:24:41.819 --> 00:24:42.259
 what they were

00:24:42.259 --> 00:24:43.140
 makes no difference to me.

00:24:43.140 --> 00:24:44.500
 God shows no partiality.

00:24:44.940 --> 00:24:45.560
 Those, I say,

00:24:45.640 --> 00:24:46.480
 who seemed influential

00:24:46.480 --> 00:24:47.600
 added nothing to me.

00:24:48.000 --> 00:24:48.800
 On the contrary,

00:24:49.160 --> 00:24:49.660
 when they saw

00:24:49.660 --> 00:24:50.380
 that I had been

00:24:50.380 --> 00:24:51.540
 entrusted with the gospel

00:24:51.540 --> 00:24:52.640
 to the uncircumcised,

00:24:52.759 --> 00:24:53.960
 just as Peter had been

00:24:53.960 --> 00:24:54.620
 entrusted with the gospel

00:24:54.620 --> 00:24:55.420
 to the circumcised,

00:24:55.759 --> 00:24:56.600
 for he who worked

00:24:56.600 --> 00:24:57.100
 through Peter

00:24:57.100 --> 00:24:58.860
 for his apostolic ministry

00:24:58.860 --> 00:24:59.980
 to the circumcised

00:24:59.980 --> 00:25:01.320
 worked also through me

00:25:01.320 --> 00:25:02.420
 from mine to the Gentiles.

00:25:03.520 --> 00:25:04.220
 And when James

00:25:04.220 --> 00:25:04.780
 and Cephas,

00:25:04.860 --> 00:25:05.240
 or Peter,

00:25:05.300 --> 00:25:05.820
 and John,

00:25:05.900 --> 00:25:06.800
 who seemed to be pillars,

00:25:06.960 --> 00:25:07.780
 perceived the grace

00:25:07.780 --> 00:25:08.520
 that was given to me,

00:25:08.580 --> 00:25:08.940
 they gave me

00:25:08.940 --> 00:25:09.840
 the right hand of fellowship

00:25:09.840 --> 00:25:10.680
 to barn us and to me,

00:25:10.960 --> 00:25:11.520
 that we should go

00:25:11.519 --> 00:25:12.259
 to the Gentiles

00:25:12.259 --> 00:25:13.920
 and they to the circumcised.

00:25:13.980 --> 00:25:15.180
 Now, catch what's happening here.

00:25:15.420 --> 00:25:15.859
 They're having

00:25:15.859 --> 00:25:17.579
 a theological debate.

00:25:18.519 --> 00:25:19.519
 He has come back,

00:25:19.759 --> 00:25:20.559
 presented this gospel

00:25:20.559 --> 00:25:21.200
 that he's been presenting

00:25:21.200 --> 00:25:21.779
 to the Gentiles

00:25:21.779 --> 00:25:22.660
 to make sure

00:25:22.660 --> 00:25:23.639
 that it was pure.

00:25:24.000 --> 00:25:24.680
 He's gone to those

00:25:24.680 --> 00:25:25.819
 who seemed influential.

00:25:25.940 --> 00:25:26.720
 I like that he adds,

00:25:26.859 --> 00:25:27.379
 not that it mattered

00:25:27.379 --> 00:25:27.940
 at all to him,

00:25:27.980 --> 00:25:28.920
 but they seem to be influential,

00:25:29.039 --> 00:25:29.579
 so those are the ones

00:25:29.579 --> 00:25:30.220
 I went and talked to.

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 And they go and they have

00:25:31.579 --> 00:25:33.440
 this theological debate.

00:25:33.559 --> 00:25:34.700
 And the conclusion of that

00:25:34.700 --> 00:25:35.700
 we see in verse 10.

00:25:36.700 --> 00:25:37.519
 So they extend

00:25:37.519 --> 00:25:38.200
 the hand of fellowship.

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 Yes, this gospel

00:25:39.559 --> 00:25:40.480
 you're preaching is pure.

00:25:40.740 --> 00:25:42.000
 We're going to the circumcised.

00:25:42.120 --> 00:25:42.880
 You continue to go

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 to the uncircumcised.

00:25:44.580 --> 00:25:45.000
 Verse 10,

00:25:45.120 --> 00:25:46.539
 Only they asked us

00:25:46.539 --> 00:25:48.200
 to remember the poor.

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 The very thing

00:25:49.420 --> 00:25:50.140
 I was eager to do.

00:25:50.220 --> 00:25:51.100
 So right on the heels

00:25:51.100 --> 00:25:52.000
 of this having this

00:25:52.000 --> 00:25:53.700
 theological debate

00:25:53.700 --> 00:25:54.580
 about the purity

00:25:54.580 --> 00:25:55.420
 of the gospels

00:25:55.420 --> 00:25:56.039
 they were preaching,

00:25:56.319 --> 00:25:56.660
 they say,

00:25:56.880 --> 00:25:57.840
 Don't forget

00:25:57.840 --> 00:25:59.920
 to do practical things

00:25:59.920 --> 00:26:01.220
 to show the grace

00:26:01.220 --> 00:26:02.120
 of God to us in Christ.

00:26:02.519 --> 00:26:03.480
 You catching that?

00:26:05.019 --> 00:26:06.279
 Now, yet we've not seen

00:26:06.279 --> 00:26:08.059
 any specific instructions

00:26:08.059 --> 00:26:09.399
 to plead the cause

00:26:09.399 --> 00:26:10.019
 of the unborn.

00:26:10.839 --> 00:26:11.779
 I recognize that.

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 There's a clear biblical case

00:26:13.019 --> 00:26:16.659
 for what is and isn't life.

00:26:16.899 --> 00:26:17.599
 And I'm not going to make

00:26:17.599 --> 00:26:18.559
 that case to you today.

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 I'm going to assume

00:26:19.960 --> 00:26:20.419
 that all of you

00:26:20.419 --> 00:26:21.440
 believe that to be true.

00:26:22.019 --> 00:26:23.379
 It's self-evident,

00:26:23.599 --> 00:26:24.779
 I would say.

00:26:25.339 --> 00:26:27.179
 But we can see here

00:26:27.179 --> 00:26:28.139
 that we're both supposed

00:26:28.139 --> 00:26:29.220
 to speak for those

00:26:29.220 --> 00:26:30.240
 who can't speak for themselves.

00:26:30.519 --> 00:26:31.319
 The widows and the orphans

00:26:31.319 --> 00:26:32.679
 given to us in James.

00:26:32.899 --> 00:26:34.299
 And here we see in Galatians

00:26:34.299 --> 00:26:35.759
 this record of them

00:26:35.759 --> 00:26:37.160
 asking to speak

00:26:37.160 --> 00:26:38.500
 on behalf of the poor.

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 Now, the poor in this day

00:26:40.240 --> 00:26:40.980
 would have also been

00:26:40.980 --> 00:26:42.859
 primarily disenfranchised people,

00:26:43.180 --> 00:26:44.460
 not landowners,

00:26:44.619 --> 00:26:45.920
 unable to make much money

00:26:45.920 --> 00:26:46.539
 on their own.

00:26:47.099 --> 00:26:48.379
 But even if we just define

00:26:48.379 --> 00:26:49.779
 poverty the way we do

00:26:49.779 --> 00:26:50.640
 in our current day,

00:26:50.819 --> 00:26:51.759
 it's important to know

00:26:51.759 --> 00:26:53.180
 that 57%

00:26:53.180 --> 00:26:54.940
 of all abortions

00:26:54.940 --> 00:26:55.960
 are had by women

00:26:55.960 --> 00:26:57.019
 who live below

00:26:57.019 --> 00:26:58.440
 the poverty line.

00:26:59.039 --> 00:27:00.140
 You know what the poverty line is

00:27:00.140 --> 00:27:00.859
 in this country?

00:27:01.519 --> 00:27:03.059
 If you're a single person,

00:27:03.299 --> 00:27:05.839
 it's $11,490.

00:27:07.699 --> 00:27:08.779
 So, college students,

00:27:08.819 --> 00:27:09.259
 are you guys all

00:27:09.259 --> 00:27:10.059
 below the poverty line?

00:27:10.719 --> 00:27:11.479
 I think you are.

00:27:11.679 --> 00:27:12.479
 Now, you can add

00:27:12.479 --> 00:27:13.679
 to that simple little equation,

00:27:13.819 --> 00:27:15.279
 add to that $4,020

00:27:15.279 --> 00:27:17.439
 for each person

00:27:17.439 --> 00:27:18.339
 you add to the family.

00:27:18.740 --> 00:27:19.740
 And if you do the math,

00:27:19.799 --> 00:27:20.539
 if you have four people

00:27:20.539 --> 00:27:21.000
 in a family,

00:27:21.259 --> 00:27:21.839
 the poverty line

00:27:21.839 --> 00:27:23.500
 is $23,550.

00:27:24.000 --> 00:27:26.079
 That's an incredibly low line.

00:27:26.179 --> 00:27:27.359
 I don't know a family of four

00:27:27.359 --> 00:27:29.639
 that can live on $23,550.

00:27:29.640 --> 00:27:31.120
 Introduce me to them

00:27:31.120 --> 00:27:32.320
 if you find them.

00:27:32.360 --> 00:27:34.140
 I want to learn from them

00:27:34.140 --> 00:27:35.060
 and how they spend their money.

00:27:35.500 --> 00:27:36.240
 So, family of four,

00:27:36.300 --> 00:27:37.320
 $23,550.

00:27:37.520 --> 00:27:38.920
 57% of abortions

00:27:38.920 --> 00:27:39.400
 are happening

00:27:39.400 --> 00:27:40.400
 with women that are

00:27:40.400 --> 00:27:41.420
 categorized as below

00:27:41.420 --> 00:27:42.340
 the poverty line,

00:27:42.460 --> 00:27:43.120
 which means that

00:27:43.120 --> 00:27:44.360
 a vast number of abortions

00:27:44.360 --> 00:27:45.820
 are happening above that line

00:27:45.820 --> 00:27:47.200
 for people that really are

00:27:47.200 --> 00:27:48.700
 what we would consider

00:27:48.700 --> 00:27:51.040
 traditionally as poor,

00:27:51.420 --> 00:27:52.140
 low-income,

00:27:52.660 --> 00:27:54.340
 impoverished individuals.

00:27:54.339 --> 00:27:57.879
 So, this is a rampant thing

00:27:57.879 --> 00:27:58.480
 that's happening

00:27:58.480 --> 00:27:59.819
 in our country.

00:27:59.919 --> 00:28:00.379
 In fact,

00:28:00.839 --> 00:28:02.579
 by the age of 45,

00:28:03.399 --> 00:28:05.679
 one in three women

00:28:05.679 --> 00:28:06.959
 will have had an abortion.

00:28:07.439 --> 00:28:08.319
 At least one.

00:28:09.759 --> 00:28:10.879
 By the age of 45,

00:28:11.199 --> 00:28:12.639
 one in three women

00:28:12.639 --> 00:28:13.459
 will have had an abortion.

00:28:14.439 --> 00:28:16.659
 And that means a lot for us

00:28:16.659 --> 00:28:17.559
 because that means

00:28:17.559 --> 00:28:19.000
 that there are probably people

00:28:19.000 --> 00:28:19.859
 that we know

00:28:19.859 --> 00:28:20.879
 who have had abortions.

00:28:21.059 --> 00:28:22.579
 We may not know that they have,

00:28:22.579 --> 00:28:23.720
 but they have.

00:28:24.199 --> 00:28:25.319
 That means there's probably

00:28:25.319 --> 00:28:26.559
 somebody in this room

00:28:26.559 --> 00:28:27.619
 that's had an abortion.

00:28:27.859 --> 00:28:28.799
 It's likely

00:28:28.799 --> 00:28:30.579
 that that is the case.

00:28:31.720 --> 00:28:33.059
 And I can't possibly,

00:28:33.619 --> 00:28:34.839
 if you have had an abortion,

00:28:35.039 --> 00:28:36.220
 justify your actions.

00:28:36.839 --> 00:28:38.359
 But what I can say to you

00:28:38.359 --> 00:28:40.079
 is that there's great grace

00:28:40.079 --> 00:28:41.099
 for every sin.

00:28:41.879 --> 00:28:42.839
 And we can praise God

00:28:42.839 --> 00:28:43.460
 for that together

00:28:43.460 --> 00:28:44.679
 because all of my sin

00:28:44.679 --> 00:28:46.299
 is just as horrible

00:28:46.299 --> 00:28:47.319
 as yours.

00:28:48.059 --> 00:28:49.339
 And we have an opportunity

00:28:49.339 --> 00:28:50.460
 to preach the gospel

00:28:50.460 --> 00:28:52.000
 to people who have had

00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:53.039
 abortions.

00:28:53.579 --> 00:28:54.759
 That's a great need

00:28:54.759 --> 00:28:55.880
 in this country as well

00:28:55.880 --> 00:28:57.880
 as this wrong,

00:28:58.000 --> 00:28:59.940
 this endemic cultural wrong

00:28:59.940 --> 00:29:01.240
 has affected so many,

00:29:01.500 --> 00:29:02.480
 in fact, in some ways

00:29:02.480 --> 00:29:04.519
 victimized a lot of women

00:29:04.519 --> 00:29:05.859
 who have had abortions.

00:29:07.200 --> 00:29:09.039
 Abortion's not good for women.

00:29:10.819 --> 00:29:11.680
 Health statistics,

00:29:11.900 --> 00:29:13.240
 we've been able to amass

00:29:13.240 --> 00:29:14.119
 a bunch of them now

00:29:14.119 --> 00:29:15.400
 since it's been 40 years

00:29:15.400 --> 00:29:16.220
 since Roe v. Wade.

00:29:17.119 --> 00:29:18.220
 Let me just give you a couple.

00:29:18.220 --> 00:29:20.360
 Health-wise,

00:29:21.160 --> 00:29:22.279
 women who have had abortions,

00:29:22.819 --> 00:29:23.660
 depending on the study

00:29:23.660 --> 00:29:24.299
 you look at,

00:29:24.480 --> 00:29:25.960
 are at a higher risk

00:29:25.960 --> 00:29:26.680
 of breast cancer,

00:29:27.319 --> 00:29:30.680
 50% and up to 300%

00:29:30.680 --> 00:29:31.500
 more likely to have

00:29:31.500 --> 00:29:32.059
 breast cancer.

00:29:32.839 --> 00:29:34.079
 And this is correlated back

00:29:34.079 --> 00:29:35.839
 to the abortive procedure.

00:29:36.900 --> 00:29:38.460
 Massive, massive damage

00:29:38.460 --> 00:29:39.660
 to a woman's body.

00:29:40.799 --> 00:29:41.319
 Psychologically,

00:29:42.000 --> 00:29:42.900
 post-abortion patients

00:29:42.900 --> 00:29:44.240
 in a study,

00:29:44.640 --> 00:29:45.360
 eight weeks after

00:29:45.360 --> 00:29:45.860
 their abortion,

00:29:45.859 --> 00:29:47.919
 44% of them reported

00:29:47.919 --> 00:29:49.019
 having a nervous disorder,

00:29:49.639 --> 00:29:51.319
 36% of them a sleep disorder,

00:29:51.459 --> 00:29:52.319
 and 11% of them

00:29:52.319 --> 00:29:53.059
 had been prescribed

00:29:53.059 --> 00:29:54.240
 psychotropic medicine

00:29:54.240 --> 00:29:55.399
 eight weeks

00:29:55.399 --> 00:29:56.879
 after having had

00:29:56.879 --> 00:29:57.799
 an abortion.

00:29:58.279 --> 00:29:59.919
 There's a lot of damage

00:29:59.919 --> 00:30:01.019
 to a woman.

00:30:02.139 --> 00:30:03.099
 I would say to you

00:30:03.099 --> 00:30:04.219
 that the pro-life movement

00:30:04.219 --> 00:30:05.339
 is a pro-woman movement,

00:30:05.879 --> 00:30:07.699
 not an anti-woman movement.

00:30:09.139 --> 00:30:09.579
 Further,

00:30:09.799 --> 00:30:10.519
 women will be held

00:30:10.519 --> 00:30:11.459
 accountable for their actions.

00:30:11.639 --> 00:30:12.519
 Romans 14,

00:30:13.039 --> 00:30:14.000
 verses 10 and 12

00:30:14.000 --> 00:30:14.579
 says,

00:30:14.579 --> 00:30:15.220
 We will all stand

00:30:15.220 --> 00:30:16.019
 before the judgment seat

00:30:16.019 --> 00:30:16.439
 of God.

00:30:17.000 --> 00:30:17.579
 For it is written,

00:30:17.759 --> 00:30:18.240
 As I live,

00:30:18.319 --> 00:30:18.659
 says the Lord,

00:30:18.740 --> 00:30:19.539
 every knee shall bow to me

00:30:19.539 --> 00:30:20.599
 and every tongue shall confess.

00:30:21.039 --> 00:30:22.059
 So then each of us

00:30:22.059 --> 00:30:22.859
 will give an account

00:30:22.859 --> 00:30:24.279
 of himself to God.

00:30:24.299 --> 00:30:25.480
 There's a spirit issue

00:30:25.480 --> 00:30:26.119
 at place

00:30:26.119 --> 00:30:28.000
 with this problem.

00:30:28.279 --> 00:30:29.159
 And we must be

00:30:29.159 --> 00:30:30.259
 preaching the gospel to it.

00:30:30.299 --> 00:30:31.259
 We must be speaking

00:30:31.259 --> 00:30:32.859
 to these young ladies.

00:30:32.960 --> 00:30:34.519
 We must be warning them

00:30:34.519 --> 00:30:35.379
 of the judgment

00:30:35.379 --> 00:30:36.259
 that will come.

00:30:36.819 --> 00:30:37.000
 Right?

00:30:37.480 --> 00:30:38.500
 As we need to be warning

00:30:38.500 --> 00:30:39.980
 all people of this.

00:30:40.699 --> 00:30:41.659
 Abortion is not good

00:30:41.659 --> 00:30:42.439
 for our nation.

00:30:42.440 --> 00:30:46.480
 We are a nation

00:30:46.480 --> 00:30:48.160
 that was founded on liberty.

00:30:48.900 --> 00:30:51.680
 We still claim to have some.

00:30:51.900 --> 00:30:53.140
 Maybe that's slipping

00:30:53.140 --> 00:30:53.759
 in your opinion

00:30:53.759 --> 00:30:54.400
 as we hear about

00:30:54.400 --> 00:30:55.039
 all the scandals

00:30:55.039 --> 00:30:56.019
 and things that are going on.

00:30:56.080 --> 00:30:57.360
 It's quite likely

00:30:57.360 --> 00:30:59.160
 you're feeling a little less liberated

00:30:59.160 --> 00:31:01.100
 than you may have before.

00:31:01.320 --> 00:31:03.279
 But we at least say

00:31:03.279 --> 00:31:04.480
 that we're a nation

00:31:04.480 --> 00:31:05.500
 that believes in freedom,

00:31:05.600 --> 00:31:06.420
 that believes in liberty.

00:31:06.420 --> 00:31:09.000
 I would argue to you

00:31:09.000 --> 00:31:10.140
 that this is a biblical

00:31:10.140 --> 00:31:13.200
 right that is granted to us.

00:31:14.300 --> 00:31:15.300
 One of my favorite

00:31:15.300 --> 00:31:16.320
 presidential candidates

00:31:16.320 --> 00:31:17.460
 by the name of Ron Paul

00:31:17.460 --> 00:31:18.759
 is quoted as saying,

00:31:18.920 --> 00:31:20.519
 if you can't protect life,

00:31:20.820 --> 00:31:23.519
 then how can you protect liberty?

00:31:24.279 --> 00:31:25.500
 The greatest minority

00:31:25.500 --> 00:31:26.259
 is the individual.

00:31:26.880 --> 00:31:28.019
 There's no other Nathan Rayner.

00:31:28.160 --> 00:31:28.840
 And if my rights

00:31:28.840 --> 00:31:29.620
 aren't going to be protected,

00:31:29.840 --> 00:31:31.360
 then how is anybody's rights

00:31:31.360 --> 00:31:32.320
 going to be protected?

00:31:32.460 --> 00:31:33.900
 We're having the wrong conversations

00:31:33.900 --> 00:31:36.440
 on the political scale, right?

00:31:36.580 --> 00:31:37.960
 If we can't protect life,

00:31:38.100 --> 00:31:40.960
 then how can we protect liberty?

00:31:42.460 --> 00:31:44.560
 Abortion's obviously not good

00:31:44.560 --> 00:31:45.980
 for babies.

00:31:46.800 --> 00:31:48.420
 1.2 million this year.

00:31:48.620 --> 00:31:50.820
 I think it's 54 million and counting

00:31:50.820 --> 00:31:52.360
 since Roe v. Wade was passed

00:31:52.360 --> 00:31:53.440
 have been avoided.

00:31:54.160 --> 00:31:55.400
 And abortion is not good

00:31:55.400 --> 00:31:56.420
 for our church.

00:31:57.640 --> 00:31:59.280
 Abortion is not good

00:31:59.280 --> 00:32:00.100
 for our church.

00:32:00.780 --> 00:32:02.160
 If we're going to be people

00:32:02.160 --> 00:32:04.440
 who are properly theological,

00:32:04.840 --> 00:32:06.519
 who care about making

00:32:06.519 --> 00:32:07.600
 a difference in this world,

00:32:07.779 --> 00:32:09.340
 who want this world

00:32:09.340 --> 00:32:10.180
 to say of us,

00:32:10.340 --> 00:32:11.360
 I am glad that

00:32:11.360 --> 00:32:13.620
 Christ Family Church exists,

00:32:13.860 --> 00:32:14.620
 then this issue

00:32:14.620 --> 00:32:15.779
 is not good for us.

00:32:16.440 --> 00:32:17.800
 Because we need

00:32:17.800 --> 00:32:19.080
 to be getting engaged with it.

00:32:19.320 --> 00:32:20.540
 We need to be actively

00:32:20.540 --> 00:32:21.840
 finding ways

00:32:21.840 --> 00:32:23.800
 that we can bring about

00:32:23.800 --> 00:32:25.160
 redemption

00:32:25.160 --> 00:32:26.480
 in these situations.

00:32:27.860 --> 00:32:28.500
 And so the question

00:32:28.500 --> 00:32:29.720
 is raised then,

00:32:29.840 --> 00:32:30.960
 what should we do?

00:32:30.960 --> 00:32:32.620
 What should we do?

00:32:33.160 --> 00:32:34.519
 I hope that your heart's moving

00:32:34.519 --> 00:32:35.480
 in this direction.

00:32:35.980 --> 00:32:36.519
 What should we do?

00:32:36.579 --> 00:32:37.940
 What can I do?

00:32:38.039 --> 00:32:39.259
 What an immense problem.

00:32:39.600 --> 00:32:42.059
 1.2 million children a year.

00:32:42.120 --> 00:32:42.900
 How is it possible

00:32:42.900 --> 00:32:44.299
 that I could ever be involved

00:32:44.299 --> 00:32:45.559
 in bringing about change

00:32:45.559 --> 00:32:46.460
 in this situation?

00:32:46.600 --> 00:32:47.519
 Let me say to you firstly,

00:32:48.299 --> 00:32:48.700
 pray.

00:32:51.700 --> 00:32:52.759
 Clay said rightly

00:32:52.759 --> 00:32:53.940
 last Thursday evening

00:32:53.940 --> 00:32:55.620
 that prayer

00:32:55.620 --> 00:32:57.000
 is the thermometer

00:32:57.000 --> 00:32:58.660
 for our Christian life.

00:32:58.660 --> 00:33:00.920
 How many of you

00:33:00.920 --> 00:33:02.080
 would admit

00:33:02.080 --> 00:33:04.279
 that your life,

00:33:04.360 --> 00:33:05.040
 your Christian life

00:33:05.040 --> 00:33:05.720
 is cold?

00:33:07.040 --> 00:33:07.460
 Pray.

00:33:08.500 --> 00:33:10.019
 Have your heart broken

00:33:10.019 --> 00:33:11.279
 that this is an issue

00:33:11.279 --> 00:33:11.960
 in our country.

00:33:12.460 --> 00:33:13.360
 And pray.

00:33:13.519 --> 00:33:14.740
 God uses the prayers

00:33:14.740 --> 00:33:16.100
 of His people

00:33:16.100 --> 00:33:17.300
 to accomplish

00:33:17.300 --> 00:33:18.820
 His will.

00:33:19.680 --> 00:33:20.700
 1 John 5

00:33:20.700 --> 00:33:23.040
 verse 14-15

00:33:23.040 --> 00:33:24.660
 John writes,

00:33:24.660 --> 00:33:25.420
 Listen, this is the confidence

00:33:25.420 --> 00:33:26.540
 that we have toward Him.

00:33:27.279 --> 00:33:28.800
 That if we ask anything

00:33:28.800 --> 00:33:29.779
 according to His will,

00:33:29.920 --> 00:33:30.840
 He hears us.

00:33:31.240 --> 00:33:32.100
 And if we know

00:33:32.100 --> 00:33:32.860
 that He hears us

00:33:32.860 --> 00:33:33.660
 in whatever we ask,

00:33:33.700 --> 00:33:34.440
 we know that we have

00:33:34.440 --> 00:33:35.100
 the request

00:33:35.100 --> 00:33:36.000
 that we have asked

00:33:36.000 --> 00:33:37.160
 of Him.

00:33:37.860 --> 00:33:39.000
 If we ask anything

00:33:39.000 --> 00:33:39.940
 in the Father's will,

00:33:40.340 --> 00:33:41.860
 we know that He hears us.

00:33:42.120 --> 00:33:43.080
 It doesn't always answer

00:33:43.080 --> 00:33:45.100
 the way we want answered,

00:33:45.160 --> 00:33:46.360
 but we know that He hears us

00:33:46.360 --> 00:33:47.200
 and we know that He's

00:33:47.200 --> 00:33:47.940
 working things out

00:33:47.940 --> 00:33:49.040
 in His perfect timing.

00:33:49.039 --> 00:33:50.220
 And we can take comfort

00:33:50.220 --> 00:33:52.940
 in passages like Amos 5, 24.

00:33:53.279 --> 00:33:54.539
 But let justice roll down

00:33:54.539 --> 00:33:55.180
 like the waters

00:33:55.180 --> 00:33:56.059
 and righteousness

00:33:56.059 --> 00:33:58.559
 like an ever-flowing stream.

00:33:59.440 --> 00:34:00.619
 I tell you this morning

00:34:00.619 --> 00:34:01.639
 that God cares

00:34:01.639 --> 00:34:03.119
 about the unborn.

00:34:03.859 --> 00:34:05.539
 He cares about what's happening.

00:34:05.839 --> 00:34:06.420
 And He certainly

00:34:06.420 --> 00:34:07.619
 could come down now

00:34:07.619 --> 00:34:08.679
 and judge everyone

00:34:08.679 --> 00:34:10.400
 and save all of those babies.

00:34:10.639 --> 00:34:11.519
 I don't understand

00:34:11.519 --> 00:34:12.699
 why He's working things out

00:34:12.699 --> 00:34:13.320
 the way He is.

00:34:13.400 --> 00:34:15.000
 I can't wrap my mind

00:34:15.000 --> 00:34:15.800
 around why God

00:34:15.800 --> 00:34:17.039
 is accomplishing His fame

00:34:17.659 --> 00:34:19.000
 the way He's accomplishing it.

00:34:19.039 --> 00:34:20.139
 But I know this,

00:34:20.980 --> 00:34:22.340
 that He's given it to us

00:34:22.340 --> 00:34:24.259
 to be moving and active,

00:34:24.360 --> 00:34:25.739
 to be used by Him

00:34:25.739 --> 00:34:26.960
 to accomplish His will.

00:34:27.019 --> 00:34:28.559
 And it starts with prayer.

00:34:28.659 --> 00:34:29.420
 Prayer is the foundation

00:34:29.420 --> 00:34:30.759
 for anything effective we do

00:34:30.759 --> 00:34:31.840
 in our Christian lives.

00:34:32.019 --> 00:34:32.679
 It is pointless

00:34:32.679 --> 00:34:33.820
 to try to do anything

00:34:33.820 --> 00:34:35.599
 without first setting it

00:34:35.599 --> 00:34:37.079
 to prayer.

00:34:37.880 --> 00:34:38.420
 So pray.

00:34:39.059 --> 00:34:40.300
 Gosh, you can do that easily.

00:34:40.759 --> 00:34:42.199
 All of us can be involved

00:34:42.199 --> 00:34:43.139
 in bringing about change

00:34:43.139 --> 00:34:44.019
 in this way.

00:34:44.340 --> 00:34:45.159
 You don't have to run

00:34:45.159 --> 00:34:45.779
 in spheres.

00:34:45.779 --> 00:34:47.199
 You might live in a country

00:34:47.199 --> 00:34:48.179
 someday that abortion

00:34:48.179 --> 00:34:48.820
 is not even.

00:34:49.039 --> 00:34:49.699
 an issue.

00:34:49.800 --> 00:34:51.300
 But you can still pray

00:34:51.300 --> 00:34:52.460
 this would be something

00:34:52.460 --> 00:34:53.500
 that would be brought

00:34:53.500 --> 00:34:54.679
 to reckoning

00:34:54.679 --> 00:34:55.639
 in our lifetime.

00:34:56.960 --> 00:34:57.559
 Secondly,

00:34:58.500 --> 00:35:00.119
 be politically responsible.

00:35:01.360 --> 00:35:03.440
 Be politically responsible.

00:35:03.639 --> 00:35:04.179
 Young people,

00:35:05.219 --> 00:35:06.219
 be politically responsible.

00:35:06.800 --> 00:35:08.400
 I know that your one vote

00:35:08.400 --> 00:35:09.900
 doesn't feel like much

00:35:09.900 --> 00:35:11.380
 in the wide range

00:35:11.380 --> 00:35:12.059
 of things.

00:35:12.279 --> 00:35:13.079
 But if everyone

00:35:13.079 --> 00:35:14.199
 has that attitude,

00:35:14.980 --> 00:35:15.719
 they're not going to take

00:35:15.719 --> 00:35:16.659
 the time out of their day,

00:35:16.900 --> 00:35:17.539
 not going to do

00:35:17.539 --> 00:35:18.199
 their research.

00:35:18.380 --> 00:35:19.279
 If everyone does that,

00:35:19.340 --> 00:35:20.259
 which many people do,

00:35:21.099 --> 00:35:22.019
 then people get elected

00:35:22.019 --> 00:35:22.860
 that we may not want

00:35:22.860 --> 00:35:23.340
 to be elected.

00:35:24.019 --> 00:35:25.519
 This has happened recently,

00:35:25.699 --> 00:35:26.239
 hasn't it?

00:35:27.699 --> 00:35:30.139
 Be politically responsible.

00:35:30.380 --> 00:35:31.739
 This is a responsibility

00:35:31.739 --> 00:35:33.239
 that has been given to you

00:35:33.239 --> 00:35:36.519
 to search out candidates,

00:35:36.759 --> 00:35:39.059
 not just at the federal level,

00:35:39.059 --> 00:35:40.679
 but at the local level as well.

00:35:40.679 --> 00:35:41.940
 We need to be vetting

00:35:41.940 --> 00:35:43.579
 the people that represent us.

00:35:44.319 --> 00:35:46.299
 Get to know your district.

00:35:46.879 --> 00:35:48.039
 We've got congressional elections

00:35:48.039 --> 00:35:49.039
 coming up in 2014.

00:35:49.359 --> 00:35:49.899
 Do you know?

00:35:50.000 --> 00:35:50.659
 Do you know what district

00:35:50.659 --> 00:35:51.219
 you live in?

00:35:51.500 --> 00:35:52.399
 Do you know who represents

00:35:52.399 --> 00:35:52.879
 your district?

00:35:53.440 --> 00:35:54.579
 You should find that out

00:35:54.579 --> 00:35:55.879
 and you should do it ASAP.

00:35:56.159 --> 00:35:56.960
 And you should figure out

00:35:56.960 --> 00:35:58.659
 not just if they're pro-life,

00:35:58.899 --> 00:35:59.699
 but if they're actually

00:35:59.699 --> 00:36:01.579
 doing something about it.

00:36:02.659 --> 00:36:03.619
 I've heard the argument

00:36:03.619 --> 00:36:04.440
 that Roe v. Wade

00:36:04.440 --> 00:36:05.440
 doesn't actually have

00:36:05.440 --> 00:36:06.419
 to be overturned,

00:36:06.779 --> 00:36:07.559
 that the Supreme Court

00:36:07.559 --> 00:36:08.399
 wouldn't actually have

00:36:08.400 --> 00:36:09.079
 to overturn it,

00:36:09.300 --> 00:36:10.099
 but that Congress

00:36:10.099 --> 00:36:11.820
 could simply pass a law

00:36:11.820 --> 00:36:13.000
 defining life,

00:36:13.599 --> 00:36:14.519
 which would therefore

00:36:14.519 --> 00:36:16.440
 make abortion illegal.

00:36:17.360 --> 00:36:18.420
 Now, more than likely,

00:36:18.500 --> 00:36:19.059
 the Supreme Court

00:36:19.059 --> 00:36:20.340
 would take that law

00:36:20.340 --> 00:36:21.700
 and want to overturn it again.

00:36:21.740 --> 00:36:22.559
 But could you imagine

00:36:22.559 --> 00:36:23.460
 just the pace

00:36:23.460 --> 00:36:24.280
 that things work at?

00:36:24.420 --> 00:36:25.700
 If Congress would pass that law,

00:36:25.760 --> 00:36:26.760
 we might have a year

00:36:26.760 --> 00:36:27.860
 where abortion is illegal

00:36:27.860 --> 00:36:29.360
 and clinics would shut down.

00:36:29.840 --> 00:36:30.660
 A year would be

00:36:30.660 --> 00:36:31.800
 a wonderful gift.

00:36:31.960 --> 00:36:34.079
 1.2 million children

00:36:34.079 --> 00:36:35.940
 would be spared in that year.

00:36:36.480 --> 00:36:37.079
 And those clinics

00:36:37.079 --> 00:36:37.860
 may or may not

00:36:37.860 --> 00:36:39.079
 even be able to start up.

00:36:39.420 --> 00:36:41.000
 Even if that, right?

00:36:41.240 --> 00:36:41.840
 We need to be

00:36:41.840 --> 00:36:42.539
 politically responsible.

00:36:42.700 --> 00:36:43.140
 We need to be doing

00:36:43.140 --> 00:36:44.519
 what we can

00:36:44.519 --> 00:36:45.559
 to put men in power

00:36:45.559 --> 00:36:46.680
 who will not just say

00:36:46.680 --> 00:36:47.480
 I'm pro-life

00:36:47.480 --> 00:36:48.120
 so that I can appeal

00:36:48.120 --> 00:36:48.660
 to my constituency,

00:36:49.019 --> 00:36:49.700
 but I'm pro-life

00:36:49.700 --> 00:36:50.220
 to the point

00:36:50.220 --> 00:36:51.800
 that I will do something.

00:36:51.920 --> 00:36:53.220
 I will do what I can

00:36:53.220 --> 00:36:54.840
 about the issue.

00:36:55.760 --> 00:36:56.860
 So be politically responsible.

00:36:58.380 --> 00:36:58.860
 Thirdly,

00:36:59.980 --> 00:37:01.099
 educate yourself

00:37:01.099 --> 00:37:02.780
 and others

00:37:02.780 --> 00:37:04.460
 with a great deal

00:37:04.460 --> 00:37:05.039
 of compassion.

00:37:06.300 --> 00:37:07.240
 Educate yourself.

00:37:07.860 --> 00:37:08.400
 Some of you

00:37:08.400 --> 00:37:09.200
 may be surprised

00:37:09.200 --> 00:37:09.940
 to even find out

00:37:09.940 --> 00:37:10.360
 this morning

00:37:10.360 --> 00:37:11.680
 that this many children

00:37:11.680 --> 00:37:12.160
 are aborted.

00:37:12.640 --> 00:37:13.460
 We tend to stay

00:37:13.460 --> 00:37:14.340
 fairly oblivious

00:37:14.340 --> 00:37:15.599
 to things like this

00:37:15.599 --> 00:37:16.599
 and I know

00:37:16.599 --> 00:37:18.340
 the world you're living in.

00:37:18.400 --> 00:37:18.860
 I know the way

00:37:18.860 --> 00:37:19.980
 information is coming at you.

00:37:20.019 --> 00:37:20.740
 I'm right in the midst

00:37:20.740 --> 00:37:21.460
 of it all too.

00:37:21.860 --> 00:37:22.320
 It's coming

00:37:22.320 --> 00:37:24.340
 absolutely a mile a minute,

00:37:24.480 --> 00:37:25.120
 all the stuff

00:37:25.120 --> 00:37:25.820
 that's going on

00:37:25.820 --> 00:37:26.660
 out there in the world.

00:37:27.500 --> 00:37:28.300
 Inform yourself

00:37:28.300 --> 00:37:29.160
 about this issue.

00:37:29.720 --> 00:37:31.000
 There are so many causes

00:37:31.000 --> 00:37:31.800
 that the Christian church

00:37:31.800 --> 00:37:32.460
 can get behind

00:37:32.460 --> 00:37:33.140
 and we should.

00:37:33.700 --> 00:37:34.420
 A great example

00:37:34.420 --> 00:37:35.240
 of that right now

00:37:35.239 --> 00:37:37.479
 is the End It movement

00:37:37.479 --> 00:37:38.239
 to stop

00:37:38.239 --> 00:37:39.399
 sex slave trafficking.

00:37:39.579 --> 00:37:41.319
 Good, good cause

00:37:41.319 --> 00:37:42.119
 to be a part of.

00:37:42.339 --> 00:37:43.719
 But if we've got to pick one,

00:37:43.859 --> 00:37:44.519
 this is the one.

00:37:45.339 --> 00:37:46.500
 Those are tragedies,

00:37:46.719 --> 00:37:47.619
 massive tragedies.

00:37:47.779 --> 00:37:48.839
 I don't want to make small

00:37:48.839 --> 00:37:50.659
 of that kind of atrocity.

00:37:51.039 --> 00:37:52.439
 This is the big one though.

00:37:52.979 --> 00:37:53.619
 If Christians are going

00:37:53.619 --> 00:37:54.319
 to get behind something,

00:37:54.439 --> 00:37:55.000
 this is the one

00:37:55.000 --> 00:37:55.619
 we should get behind.

00:37:56.019 --> 00:37:57.099
 So educate yourself.

00:37:57.719 --> 00:37:58.919
 Understand why

00:37:58.919 --> 00:38:00.199
 life is life.

00:38:00.399 --> 00:38:00.939
 Get that.

00:38:00.940 --> 00:38:02.980
 Learn how to make

00:38:02.980 --> 00:38:04.220
 a very clear,

00:38:04.579 --> 00:38:05.720
 compassionate argument

00:38:05.720 --> 00:38:06.880
 in that direction.

00:38:07.639 --> 00:38:07.679
 Right?

00:38:07.900 --> 00:38:08.800
 The world around us

00:38:08.800 --> 00:38:09.840
 is being inundated

00:38:09.840 --> 00:38:10.880
 with cultural messages.

00:38:11.480 --> 00:38:11.599
 Right?

00:38:11.760 --> 00:38:12.700
 Inundated with it.

00:38:12.800 --> 00:38:13.579
 Over years,

00:38:13.760 --> 00:38:14.760
 40 years of trying

00:38:14.760 --> 00:38:15.700
 to convince people

00:38:15.700 --> 00:38:16.940
 that this really isn't

00:38:16.940 --> 00:38:18.119
 an issue of murder,

00:38:18.519 --> 00:38:19.360
 but it's just simply

00:38:19.360 --> 00:38:20.679
 an issue of convenience

00:38:20.679 --> 00:38:21.860
 or ethics.

00:38:22.480 --> 00:38:22.700
 Right?

00:38:23.159 --> 00:38:24.360
 That's not the case

00:38:24.360 --> 00:38:25.099
 with it.

00:38:25.320 --> 00:38:26.119
 We've got to educate,

00:38:26.220 --> 00:38:27.119
 we've got to unwind

00:38:27.119 --> 00:38:28.200
 that kind of thinking.

00:38:28.480 --> 00:38:29.139
 We have to be able

00:38:29.139 --> 00:38:30.659
 to compassionately

00:38:30.659 --> 00:38:31.239
 have arguments,

00:38:31.359 --> 00:38:32.339
 recognizing that we may

00:38:32.339 --> 00:38:33.239
 never win the arguments

00:38:33.239 --> 00:38:34.219
 at the time of the argument.

00:38:34.299 --> 00:38:34.699
 It may not be

00:38:34.699 --> 00:38:35.819
 until somebody walks away

00:38:35.819 --> 00:38:37.139
 and considers the things

00:38:37.139 --> 00:38:37.919
 that have been said to them

00:38:37.919 --> 00:38:39.139
 and lets it sink down

00:38:39.139 --> 00:38:39.839
 into them that they

00:38:39.839 --> 00:38:41.500
 change their mind.

00:38:42.179 --> 00:38:43.399
 I'm thankful in this day

00:38:43.399 --> 00:38:44.379
 that there's quite a bit

00:38:44.379 --> 00:38:45.359
 of movement.

00:38:46.159 --> 00:38:46.519
 Previously,

00:38:46.879 --> 00:38:47.579
 last year,

00:38:47.939 --> 00:38:48.779
 1.2 million.

00:38:48.899 --> 00:38:49.519
 The year before that,

00:38:49.559 --> 00:38:50.319
 1.3.

00:38:50.419 --> 00:38:51.299
 Praise God,

00:38:51.779 --> 00:38:53.139
 100,000 children

00:38:53.139 --> 00:38:54.419
 were not aborted

00:38:54.419 --> 00:38:55.319
 last year

00:38:55.319 --> 00:38:55.960
 or fewer women

00:38:55.960 --> 00:38:56.439
 got pregnant.

00:38:56.519 --> 00:38:57.159
 I don't know which,

00:38:57.159 --> 00:38:57.819
 but the numbers

00:38:57.819 --> 00:38:58.799
 have been going down

00:38:58.799 --> 00:38:59.440
 and there's some great

00:38:59.440 --> 00:39:00.899
 movement in this direction.

00:39:01.259 --> 00:39:02.879
 People are beginning

00:39:02.879 --> 00:39:04.279
 to see the fallacy

00:39:04.279 --> 00:39:05.519
 in the arguments.

00:39:06.539 --> 00:39:07.739
 I've read some articles,

00:39:07.899 --> 00:39:08.519
 two sides.

00:39:08.619 --> 00:39:09.119
 I read an article

00:39:09.119 --> 00:39:10.239
 by two bioethicists

00:39:10.239 --> 00:39:11.039
 who said,

00:39:11.759 --> 00:39:13.099
 if we can abort children

00:39:13.099 --> 00:39:14.159
 in the womb,

00:39:15.000 --> 00:39:16.420
 the argument cannot be made

00:39:16.420 --> 00:39:17.219
 that they're not life,

00:39:17.379 --> 00:39:18.799
 we should also be able

00:39:18.799 --> 00:39:19.699
 to abort children

00:39:19.699 --> 00:39:21.420
 after they're born.

00:39:22.139 --> 00:39:22.619
 Unfortunately,

00:39:22.779 --> 00:39:23.639
 they weren't doing this

00:39:23.639 --> 00:39:24.519
 rhetorically.

00:39:24.960 --> 00:39:25.319
 Unfortunately,

00:39:25.440 --> 00:39:26.359
 they really meant it.

00:39:26.360 --> 00:39:27.700
 You have a child

00:39:27.700 --> 00:39:28.200
 that's born

00:39:28.200 --> 00:39:29.280
 with special needs,

00:39:29.320 --> 00:39:29.599
 you don't think

00:39:29.599 --> 00:39:30.460
 you can handle that child,

00:39:30.640 --> 00:39:31.620
 you can make that decision

00:39:31.620 --> 00:39:32.360
 at that point.

00:39:32.800 --> 00:39:33.720
 They're making this argument.

00:39:34.099 --> 00:39:35.440
 I've read another article,

00:39:35.660 --> 00:39:37.140
 a lady who basically said

00:39:37.140 --> 00:39:39.059
 to the pro-choice movement,

00:39:39.400 --> 00:39:40.800
 stop saying it's not a life.

00:39:41.019 --> 00:39:42.380
 That is such a dumb argument.

00:39:42.460 --> 00:39:43.539
 It's an obtuse argument.

00:39:44.059 --> 00:39:45.180
 What we need to be saying is,

00:39:45.300 --> 00:39:46.500
 one life is more important

00:39:46.500 --> 00:39:47.420
 than the other life.

00:39:48.099 --> 00:39:48.200
 Right?

00:39:48.360 --> 00:39:49.820
 So their logical argument

00:39:49.820 --> 00:39:50.840
 is breaking down.

00:39:51.000 --> 00:39:52.220
 They themselves

00:39:52.220 --> 00:39:53.099
 are beginning to see

00:39:53.099 --> 00:39:54.120
 how flawed it is,

00:39:54.119 --> 00:39:55.059
 and we've got to step in

00:39:55.059 --> 00:39:56.339
 with a great deal of love

00:39:56.339 --> 00:39:57.400
 and help them understand

00:39:57.400 --> 00:39:58.940
 the reality of that.

00:39:59.579 --> 00:39:59.679
 Right?

00:39:59.799 --> 00:40:00.559
 We've got to come up

00:40:00.559 --> 00:40:01.219
 with solutions.

00:40:01.699 --> 00:40:02.099
 What do we do

00:40:02.099 --> 00:40:03.500
 with 1.2 million children

00:40:03.500 --> 00:40:04.319
 who are unwanted

00:40:04.319 --> 00:40:05.359
 in this country?

00:40:05.739 --> 00:40:06.759
 54 million

00:40:06.759 --> 00:40:08.119
 in the last 40 years.

00:40:08.179 --> 00:40:08.819
 What are we going to do

00:40:08.819 --> 00:40:09.579
 with those people?

00:40:09.679 --> 00:40:10.179
 I don't know

00:40:10.179 --> 00:40:10.940
 the answer to that.

00:40:11.079 --> 00:40:11.880
 I really don't know.

00:40:11.960 --> 00:40:13.400
 How do we alleviate

00:40:13.400 --> 00:40:14.859
 that kind of population explosion?

00:40:14.980 --> 00:40:15.599
 I have no idea,

00:40:15.659 --> 00:40:16.159
 but the solution

00:40:16.159 --> 00:40:17.139
 is not abortion.

00:40:17.779 --> 00:40:18.559
 It's not abortion.

00:40:19.480 --> 00:40:20.980
 So educate yourself

00:40:20.980 --> 00:40:21.880
 and others

00:40:21.880 --> 00:40:22.920
 with a great deal of passion.

00:40:23.799 --> 00:40:24.880
 Next Sunday afternoon

00:40:24.880 --> 00:40:25.940
 at 1.30,

00:40:25.940 --> 00:40:26.860
 I'm going to be here

00:40:26.860 --> 00:40:27.599
 and I'm going to help

00:40:27.599 --> 00:40:28.500
 walk you through

00:40:28.500 --> 00:40:29.460
 that process,

00:40:29.980 --> 00:40:31.259
 present the common arguments

00:40:31.259 --> 00:40:31.639
 to you

00:40:31.639 --> 00:40:32.500
 and the rebuttals to them.

00:40:32.559 --> 00:40:33.320
 So if you'd like to join me

00:40:33.320 --> 00:40:33.679
 for that,

00:40:34.159 --> 00:40:35.059
 I'll remind you again

00:40:35.059 --> 00:40:35.739
 later about that,

00:40:35.820 --> 00:40:37.000
 but I'll be here to help

00:40:37.000 --> 00:40:38.299
 with that process.

00:40:38.440 --> 00:40:39.119
 We may even be able

00:40:39.119 --> 00:40:40.000
 to sharpen each other

00:40:40.000 --> 00:40:41.299
 in that way.

00:40:42.980 --> 00:40:43.380
 Fourthly,

00:40:44.380 --> 00:40:45.340
 get involved

00:40:45.340 --> 00:40:46.400
 with a local

00:40:46.400 --> 00:40:48.000
 pregnancy care center.

00:40:48.559 --> 00:40:49.880
 There's work happening

00:40:49.880 --> 00:40:50.920
 right where we are,

00:40:51.259 --> 00:40:52.579
 right in our community

00:40:52.579 --> 00:40:53.619
 to this end,

00:40:53.900 --> 00:40:55.380
 trying to counsel

00:40:55.380 --> 00:40:57.400
 with Christ-centered

00:40:57.400 --> 00:40:58.699
 counseling

00:40:58.699 --> 00:41:00.340
 with a great deal of love

00:41:00.340 --> 00:41:01.980
 women who are pregnant,

00:41:02.159 --> 00:41:03.420
 who are in a crisis situation.

00:41:03.920 --> 00:41:05.239
 The one we have here in town

00:41:05.239 --> 00:41:05.799
 is great.

00:41:05.920 --> 00:41:06.099
 It's called

00:41:06.099 --> 00:41:07.079
 the Dahlonega Care Center

00:41:07.079 --> 00:41:09.079
 and they do a lot of work

00:41:09.079 --> 00:41:09.840
 in this county.

00:41:10.440 --> 00:41:11.960
 I somehow managed

00:41:11.960 --> 00:41:12.539
 to get myself

00:41:12.539 --> 00:41:13.139
 to be the chairman

00:41:13.139 --> 00:41:13.900
 of the board of directors.

00:41:14.059 --> 00:41:15.000
 I do not know how

00:41:15.000 --> 00:41:15.820
 and I don't say that

00:41:15.820 --> 00:41:16.519
 to boast to you,

00:41:16.739 --> 00:41:17.619
 but I say that to you

00:41:17.619 --> 00:41:18.279
 so that you know

00:41:18.280 --> 00:41:19.380
 I need your help.

00:41:20.019 --> 00:41:20.860
 I need your help

00:41:20.860 --> 00:41:21.840
 with leading the care center

00:41:21.840 --> 00:41:23.300
 and being passionate

00:41:23.300 --> 00:41:23.860
 about it,

00:41:24.200 --> 00:41:25.100
 for throwing into

00:41:25.100 --> 00:41:25.660
 the efforts

00:41:25.660 --> 00:41:26.400
 that we're trying

00:41:26.400 --> 00:41:26.940
 to accomplish

00:41:26.940 --> 00:41:28.540
 to raise the funds

00:41:28.540 --> 00:41:29.260
 that are necessary

00:41:29.260 --> 00:41:30.200
 so that these ladies

00:41:30.200 --> 00:41:31.380
 can sit with these

00:41:31.380 --> 00:41:31.900
 young ladies

00:41:31.900 --> 00:41:32.640
 and counsel them

00:41:32.640 --> 00:41:34.260
 through this process.

00:41:34.680 --> 00:41:35.240
 Get involved.

00:41:35.360 --> 00:41:36.640
 They need all kinds

00:41:36.640 --> 00:41:37.000
 of help

00:41:37.000 --> 00:41:37.480
 and we're going to be

00:41:37.480 --> 00:41:38.440
 bringing you the options.

00:41:38.900 --> 00:41:40.060
 We're doing work days

00:41:40.060 --> 00:41:40.519
 up there.

00:41:40.920 --> 00:41:42.100
 We just peeled weeds

00:41:42.100 --> 00:41:43.180
 off the side of the building

00:41:43.180 --> 00:41:43.920
 the other day.

00:41:44.500 --> 00:41:45.600
 Another great family,

00:41:45.599 --> 00:41:46.259
 the Wadsworths

00:41:46.259 --> 00:41:46.779
 went out there

00:41:46.779 --> 00:41:48.099
 and replaced trim work

00:41:48.099 --> 00:41:49.279
 and cleaned the inside.

00:41:49.420 --> 00:41:50.739
 They need that kind of stuff.

00:41:51.079 --> 00:41:51.599
 The folks that are

00:41:51.599 --> 00:41:52.239
 in the ground,

00:41:52.339 --> 00:41:52.860
 in the trenches

00:41:52.860 --> 00:41:53.779
 doing that kind of work

00:41:53.779 --> 00:41:54.420
 need somebody

00:41:54.420 --> 00:41:54.880
 to come along

00:41:54.880 --> 00:41:55.360
 and sweep up

00:41:55.360 --> 00:41:56.059
 behind them sometimes

00:41:56.059 --> 00:41:56.619
 so they can keep

00:41:56.619 --> 00:41:57.159
 on working

00:41:57.159 --> 00:41:58.719
 with these people.

00:41:59.259 --> 00:42:00.179
 They need money.

00:42:00.339 --> 00:42:01.000
 It takes money

00:42:01.000 --> 00:42:02.019
 to run anything.

00:42:02.759 --> 00:42:03.420
 And we hold

00:42:03.420 --> 00:42:04.400
 so tightly to it.

00:42:04.579 --> 00:42:05.679
 We do so many things

00:42:05.679 --> 00:42:06.860
 that are so frivolous

00:42:06.860 --> 00:42:07.420
 and stupid

00:42:07.420 --> 00:42:08.039
 with our money

00:42:08.039 --> 00:42:08.659
 and I can tell you

00:42:08.659 --> 00:42:09.420
 at the end of your life

00:42:09.420 --> 00:42:10.079
 you will wish

00:42:10.079 --> 00:42:10.659
 you had spent it

00:42:10.659 --> 00:42:11.500
 on greater causes.

00:42:11.500 --> 00:42:13.219
 Things that will have you

00:42:13.219 --> 00:42:14.420
 gain more of Christ

00:42:14.420 --> 00:42:15.260
 in that activity

00:42:15.260 --> 00:42:16.559
 versus more stuff

00:42:16.559 --> 00:42:17.579
 for yourself.

00:42:18.400 --> 00:42:19.219
 They need

00:42:19.219 --> 00:42:20.840
 that kind of support.

00:42:21.760 --> 00:42:22.639
 So get involved

00:42:22.639 --> 00:42:23.619
 in those ways.

00:42:25.440 --> 00:42:25.980
 I want you to reach

00:42:25.980 --> 00:42:26.360
 we're going to stop

00:42:26.360 --> 00:42:26.880
 the timer now.

00:42:27.940 --> 00:42:28.420
 Thank you.

00:42:29.300 --> 00:42:30.019
 I want everybody

00:42:30.019 --> 00:42:30.599
 to put your hand

00:42:30.599 --> 00:42:31.059
 over your heart.

00:42:32.679 --> 00:42:33.539
 I'm not about to make

00:42:33.539 --> 00:42:34.059
 you make a pledge

00:42:34.059 --> 00:42:35.719
 so don't worry.

00:42:37.780 --> 00:42:38.500
 You feel that?

00:42:38.860 --> 00:42:39.800
 If you're up here

00:42:39.800 --> 00:42:40.239
 you may not be able

00:42:40.239 --> 00:42:40.579
 to feel it.

00:42:40.619 --> 00:42:41.119
 It's about right here.

00:42:42.500 --> 00:42:43.199
 They're right there.

00:42:43.880 --> 00:42:44.440
 You feel that?

00:42:44.519 --> 00:42:45.380
 Just thumping away, right?

00:42:47.619 --> 00:42:48.760
 It just keeps on going.

00:42:50.579 --> 00:42:51.420
 I heard John Piper

00:42:51.420 --> 00:42:52.260
 in an interview one time

00:42:52.260 --> 00:42:53.460
 say that this cause

00:42:53.460 --> 00:42:55.179
 needs coronary Christians.

00:42:55.639 --> 00:42:56.360
 I want you to get that

00:42:56.360 --> 00:42:57.820
 phrase programmed

00:42:57.820 --> 00:42:58.440
 into your head.

00:42:59.079 --> 00:43:00.699
 It needs coronary Christians.

00:43:01.039 --> 00:43:01.840
 Christians who are just

00:43:01.840 --> 00:43:02.460
 going to continue

00:43:02.460 --> 00:43:03.840
 to work and work

00:43:03.840 --> 00:43:04.699
 and work

00:43:04.699 --> 00:43:05.539
 and work

00:43:05.539 --> 00:43:06.400
 and work

00:43:06.400 --> 00:43:07.059
 to end

00:43:07.059 --> 00:43:08.099
 this tragedy.

00:43:08.980 --> 00:43:10.119
 Just keep on working.

00:43:10.360 --> 00:43:11.400
 Movements are great.

00:43:11.500 --> 00:43:12.099
 I mean,

00:43:12.199 --> 00:43:12.980
 praise God for movements.

00:43:13.059 --> 00:43:13.619
 God has used movements

00:43:13.619 --> 00:43:14.239
 in so many ways

00:43:14.239 --> 00:43:14.719
 where everybody gets

00:43:14.719 --> 00:43:16.119
 super excited about a cause.

00:43:16.199 --> 00:43:16.980
 It flares up.

00:43:17.239 --> 00:43:18.320
 Everybody goes gung-ho

00:43:18.320 --> 00:43:18.840
 after it

00:43:18.840 --> 00:43:20.260
 and then it peters out.

00:43:20.920 --> 00:43:21.500
 You guys remember

00:43:21.500 --> 00:43:22.519
 Invisible Children?

00:43:22.900 --> 00:43:23.820
 Those of you who were young

00:43:23.820 --> 00:43:24.840
 about the tragedy

00:43:24.840 --> 00:43:25.460
 in Darfur?

00:43:26.500 --> 00:43:26.719
 Right?

00:43:27.079 --> 00:43:27.599
 A movement.

00:43:28.000 --> 00:43:28.139
 Right?

00:43:28.139 --> 00:43:29.179
 It flared up.

00:43:29.179 --> 00:43:30.159
 Everyone was super stoked

00:43:30.159 --> 00:43:30.559
 about it

00:43:30.559 --> 00:43:31.679
 and I haven't heard

00:43:31.679 --> 00:43:32.159
 anything about

00:43:32.159 --> 00:43:32.779
 Invisible Children

00:43:32.779 --> 00:43:34.039
 in years and years

00:43:34.039 --> 00:43:34.619
 and years and years.

00:43:35.519 --> 00:43:35.699
 Right?

00:43:35.920 --> 00:43:37.659
 We need coronary Christians.

00:43:38.199 --> 00:43:38.619
 Hear this.

00:43:38.859 --> 00:43:40.179
 Our hearts keep us alive.

00:43:40.420 --> 00:43:40.579
 Right?

00:43:40.759 --> 00:43:41.619
 Our hearts are pumping

00:43:41.619 --> 00:43:42.559
 blood to our brains,

00:43:42.739 --> 00:43:43.739
 oxygenating our brains,

00:43:43.960 --> 00:43:44.619
 allowing our brains

00:43:44.619 --> 00:43:45.059
 to function.

00:43:45.239 --> 00:43:46.000
 But you've got to get to

00:43:46.000 --> 00:43:46.679
 that our brain

00:43:46.679 --> 00:43:47.440
 is sending a signal

00:43:47.440 --> 00:43:47.859
 to our heart

00:43:47.859 --> 00:43:48.400
 to keep pumping.

00:43:48.559 --> 00:43:48.920
 Isn't it?

00:43:49.000 --> 00:43:49.659
 Just keeps on

00:43:49.659 --> 00:43:50.659
 thudding.

00:43:50.699 --> 00:43:51.259
 I don't think about

00:43:51.259 --> 00:43:52.059
 my heart beating.

00:43:52.139 --> 00:43:52.779
 It just does it.

00:43:52.900 --> 00:43:53.660
 My brain does this

00:43:53.660 --> 00:43:54.740
 as an automatic function.

00:43:55.660 --> 00:43:55.820
 Right?

00:43:55.940 --> 00:43:57.220
 So there's a cycle

00:43:57.220 --> 00:43:58.120
 that's going on here

00:43:58.120 --> 00:43:58.660
 and the gospel

00:43:58.660 --> 00:43:59.480
 should be working in us

00:43:59.480 --> 00:44:00.120
 in the same way.

00:44:00.440 --> 00:44:01.680
 As we've made new creations,

00:44:01.980 --> 00:44:03.220
 it should be automatically

00:44:03.220 --> 00:44:05.040
 feeding us into good works.

00:44:05.120 --> 00:44:05.700
 We should be doing

00:44:05.700 --> 00:44:06.300
 that kind of thing

00:44:06.300 --> 00:44:07.300
 and our good works

00:44:07.300 --> 00:44:08.480
 should be feeding our faith.

00:44:08.940 --> 00:44:09.260
 It should be coming

00:44:09.260 --> 00:44:09.940
 right back in

00:44:09.940 --> 00:44:10.740
 as we get to see

00:44:10.740 --> 00:44:12.060
 and experience God

00:44:12.060 --> 00:44:13.180
 moving and working

00:44:13.180 --> 00:44:14.140
 in this world.

00:44:15.019 --> 00:44:16.400
 We need coronary Christians

00:44:16.400 --> 00:44:17.960
 around this cause.

00:44:18.660 --> 00:44:20.500
 We need to hear

00:44:20.500 --> 00:44:22.680
 the gospel truth

00:44:22.679 --> 00:44:23.539
 every day.

00:44:24.159 --> 00:44:25.099
 We need to hear it.

00:44:25.219 --> 00:44:27.299
 Not just the narrower version

00:44:27.299 --> 00:44:27.579
 of it,

00:44:27.619 --> 00:44:28.440
 which is so important

00:44:28.440 --> 00:44:28.899
 for the redemption

00:44:28.899 --> 00:44:29.500
 of our souls,

00:44:29.619 --> 00:44:30.419
 but the larger

00:44:30.419 --> 00:44:31.899
 expansive version of it

00:44:31.899 --> 00:44:33.199
 that Jesus has come

00:44:33.199 --> 00:44:34.659
 to make all things new.

00:44:34.799 --> 00:44:35.379
 That he's setting

00:44:35.379 --> 00:44:36.500
 everything straight.

00:44:36.639 --> 00:44:37.819
 That he's going to return us

00:44:37.819 --> 00:44:39.359
 once again to Eden

00:44:39.359 --> 00:44:41.219
 where everything was perfect.

00:44:41.460 --> 00:44:42.719
 Where sin and sickness,

00:44:43.179 --> 00:44:44.019
 death, abortion,

00:44:44.139 --> 00:44:44.759
 none of these things

00:44:44.759 --> 00:44:45.879
 existed in this state.

00:44:45.940 --> 00:44:46.759
 He's getting us back

00:44:46.759 --> 00:44:47.579
 to that place.

00:44:47.859 --> 00:44:49.219
 This is the gospel message

00:44:49.219 --> 00:44:49.779
 and we need to be

00:44:49.779 --> 00:44:51.579
 so invigorated by it

00:44:51.579 --> 00:44:52.599
 every single day.

00:44:52.679 --> 00:44:53.500
 And every moment

00:44:53.500 --> 00:44:53.960
 of every day

00:44:53.960 --> 00:44:54.679
 if we're going to live

00:44:54.679 --> 00:44:55.079
 this way.

00:44:55.119 --> 00:44:55.579
 If we're going to be

00:44:55.579 --> 00:44:57.079
 about the cause of Christ

00:44:57.079 --> 00:44:58.059
 in this world.

00:44:58.739 --> 00:44:59.319
 C.S. Lewis in

00:44:59.319 --> 00:45:00.239
 Mere Christianity said,

00:45:00.539 --> 00:45:01.440
 We have to be continually

00:45:01.440 --> 00:45:03.099
 reminded of what we believe.

00:45:03.619 --> 00:45:04.460
 Neither this belief

00:45:04.460 --> 00:45:05.259
 nor any other

00:45:05.259 --> 00:45:06.139
 will automatically

00:45:06.139 --> 00:45:07.159
 remain alive

00:45:07.159 --> 00:45:07.819
 in the mind.

00:45:07.940 --> 00:45:10.179
 It must be fed.

00:45:11.960 --> 00:45:13.279
 We hope every Sunday

00:45:13.279 --> 00:45:14.259
 we feed you

00:45:14.259 --> 00:45:15.599
 with the good news

00:45:15.599 --> 00:45:16.399
 of Jesus Christ

00:45:16.399 --> 00:45:17.759
 and that that moves you

00:45:17.759 --> 00:45:19.099
 to work to his glory

00:45:19.099 --> 00:45:19.899
 in the world.

00:45:19.900 --> 00:45:22.079
 once a Sunday,

00:45:22.280 --> 00:45:22.880
 once a week

00:45:22.880 --> 00:45:24.079
 is not enough.

00:45:25.320 --> 00:45:26.079
 After lunch

00:45:26.079 --> 00:45:26.960
 you may need to feed

00:45:26.960 --> 00:45:28.160
 the gospel

00:45:28.160 --> 00:45:29.280
 into your mind again.

00:45:29.980 --> 00:45:30.639
 You're going to need

00:45:30.639 --> 00:45:31.539
 to do it throughout the day.

00:45:31.619 --> 00:45:32.119
 You need to do it

00:45:32.119 --> 00:45:32.660
 throughout the week.

00:45:32.720 --> 00:45:33.559
 Meet with us other times.

00:45:33.660 --> 00:45:34.380
 None of that is enough.

00:45:34.619 --> 00:45:35.720
 You've got to delve

00:45:35.720 --> 00:45:37.160
 into the scriptures

00:45:37.160 --> 00:45:38.619
 sanctified

00:45:38.619 --> 00:45:40.500
 in the truth

00:45:40.500 --> 00:45:41.539
 because we've been

00:45:41.539 --> 00:45:42.440
 sent into this world

00:45:42.440 --> 00:45:43.440
 with a mission

00:45:43.440 --> 00:45:44.639
 just as Jesus

00:45:44.639 --> 00:45:45.900
 came into the world.

00:45:45.900 --> 00:45:47.240
 Let's pray together.