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 Now, how many of us in the room,

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 when we sense that there's something kind of going wrong in our bodies,

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 well, we just basically kind of ignore it.

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 We're just kind of like, well, I'll just kind of learn to tolerate that.

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 I can live with it.

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 No big deal.

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 Maybe it will go away.

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 But let's just say that your beloved spouse starts showing symptoms of serious disease.

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 Husband, you see your wife recognizing the symptoms, but maybe she's ignoring it.

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 For you to love your bride.

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 You speak.

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 You address these symptoms and perhaps the cause in your bride.

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 For not to, to ignore it would be unloving.

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 This morning, the risen, radiant, reigning Jesus, the bridegroom of the church,

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 deals with a cancer in the church of Thyatira.

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 Now, if you have not been with us over the last few weeks,

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 we've been working our way through the book of Revelation,

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 and now we find ourselves in chapters 2 and 3.

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 And chapters 2 and 3 are a collection of letters.

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 Letters, the risen Christ speaks to seven specific churches in what's now modern-day Turkey.

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 And these seven churches were on a circuitous trade route,

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 and each letter is given to a church one at a time along this route.

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 And this morning, we're in Thyatira.

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 We've looked at Ephesus, what Jesus had to say to Ephesus.

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 We looked at Smyrna, and last week we looked at Pergamum.

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 Thank you, Billy.

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 And this morning, Jesus has a word to speak to the church in Thyatira.

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 And with all these letters, the intention is for all the other churches to be listening in and learning.

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 They were all sent at once to these churches.

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 And so Ephesus would have been hearing with interest what Jesus spoke to Thyatira.

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 And we're listening with interest 2,000 years later.

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 Because the same risen, radiant, and reigning Jesus is speaking.

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 Speaking to us.

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 All these seven letters have a similar structure,

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 which I'm just going to walk us through gradually this morning.

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 And what you're going to see is Jesus addresses a malignant,

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 metastasized cancer in the church of Thyatira.

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 It's one of compromise, one of spiritual adultery.

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 And Jesus calls this church to stop the compromise and stop tolerating the compromise

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 and to hold fast.

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 Hold fast.

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 Because He's the Son of God who sees all

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 and is making His church holy.

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 Holding fast is Christ's prescription for holiness.

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 So would you open up your Bibles if you haven't already?

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 And let's make our way through this ancient letter with very pronounced application today.

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 So we're going to start by this church that is a trust, Theatira.

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 Now unlike Ephesus, Smyrna, and Pergamum,

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 this church was basically kind of a nobody kind of a church.

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 It was the smallest and most unknown to historians.

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 But what we do know is it wasn't a political kind of hot spot

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 nor an intellectual bastion for the elite.

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 This was a blue-collar manufacturing town.

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 They had all sorts of what's called trade guilds.

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 And what a trade guild was was an interesting mix between a trade union,

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 a college fraternity, and a religious cult.

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 So like today, our labor unions, we have carpenter unions, steam fitter unions,

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 we have plumber unions.

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 Back in the day, they had similar trade unions as well.

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 And one scholar, Sir William Ramsey,

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 describes, lists some of these.

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 Wool workers, linen workers, these are all first century trade guilds in Theatira.

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 Wool workers, linen workers, makers of outer garments, dyers.

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 If you're familiar with Acts 16, Lydia,

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 who God opens her heart to the gospel in Philippi,

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 she was a trader in a particular dye from Theatira.

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 Leather workers, tanners, potters, bakers, slave dealers, bronze smiths.

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 Theatira was known for the bronze.

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 And shoemakers.

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 I mean, these trade guilds were basically gatherings,

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 unions of workers in a particular craft.

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 Work together by day, and then party together by night.

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 It was like a college fraternity.

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 Now, I know that not all college fraternities are like that.

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 But these trade guilds, they had these regular feasts and social events

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 that guild members were expected and required to be at.

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 And these things got raucous.

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 They oftentimes culminated in all sorts of sexual immorality going on.

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 Work together by day, party together by night,

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 and you throw in a little worship.

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 These trade guilds had a god of the guild,

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 a patron deity.

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 And at these feasts these guilds would throw,

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 there would be usually some kind of sacrifice made to a god,

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 and the expectation was,

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 if you're a loyal guild member,

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 you're going to partake in eating of that sacrifice.

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 Another scholar, his name is William Barclay, writes this.

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 These trade guilds had common meals together.

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 The meal would begin and end with a cup of wine,

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 poured out as a libation and an offering to the gods.

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 It was, in fact, the heathen grace before and after the meal.

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 Could a Christian join in a ceremony like that?

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 Still further, such a meal would almost certainly follow a sacrifice.

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 The token part of an animal would be offered on the altar.

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 The meat of it would be given to the worshiper

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 to make a feast for the members of his trade guild.

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 Could a Christian sit and eat meat which had been offered to idols?

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 Could he participate in a meal

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 where the meat had already been offered to Apollo or Artemis

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 or Thryminus, the local god?

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 Still further, this trade guild feast

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 not infrequently degenerated into carousals

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 where drunkenness and immorality were the order of the day.

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 Could a Christian participate in a feast

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 where drunkenness and fornication were the accepted thing?

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 So here in Thyatira,

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 the challenge of this church was blending in.

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 Blending into the life of the trade guilds.

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 I mean, it's not like today we don't experience that.

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 I doubt those of you who are working somewhere

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 are regularly confronted with the need

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 to eat a piece of meat sacrificed to an idol.

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 But we haven't changed that much since the first century.

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 There's still gods of the guilds.

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 Oftentimes it's money or fame,

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 and so your business may not be serving Apollo,

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 but it may probably, likely serving another god.

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 And the question is,

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 what are you being tempted to sacrifice on that altar?

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 Maybe it's your family.

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 Maybe it is your morality

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 to compromise in order to blend in.

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 This church in Thyatira

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 was regularly facing this external challenge

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 to compromise by conforming,

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 by becoming like those around them

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 who did not know Jesus

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 and were living like it.

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 But Jesus has something to say.

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 We're not to blend in.

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 We're to stand out.

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 We're in the world but not of the world.

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 And now Jesus wants this church

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 at the beginning of this letter

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 to see something about Him.

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 We're still in verse 18,

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 and we read this.

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 The words of the Son of God

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 who has eyes like a flame of fire

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 and whose feet are like burnished bronze.

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 We've looked at the church.

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 Now look at the Christ.

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 He's the Son of God.

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 This is the only time in the book of Revelation

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 that little phrase is used.

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 The Son of God.

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 And it's interesting

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 because Emperor Domitian

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 would claim that he was the son of Zeus,

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 Son of God.

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 This local god,

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 Therimnus,

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 also claimed to be the son of Zeus.

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 What Jesus is saying is,

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 I am the real Son of God.

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 And these words

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 have bearing on your life.

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 But there's more.

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 This appeal to this particular title,

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 Son of God,

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 it shows up in Psalm 2.

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 It's what Eric read this morning

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 to open up our service.

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 It's this son being talked about

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 who has been given the nations

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 as an inheritance.

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 This is the authority

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 of the all-reigning king.

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 And he's going to come back to this

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 in verses 26 and 27.

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 Its book ends this letter.

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 But what you need to see

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 is what else is said,

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 Jesus says.

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 He has eyes like a flame of fire

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 and whose feet are like burnished bronze.

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 These point back to the vision

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 from chapter 1 and verse 14

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 where Jesus shows himself

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 to John in his brilliant splendor

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 and John drops as though dead.

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 Remember Jesus puts his hand on him

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 and says,

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 Fear not.

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 Well those bronze glowing feet,

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 well they are the feet

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 that will trample down

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 every enemy of the Son of God.

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 It's just a matter of time.

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 Bronze was connotated

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 with weapons of warfare

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 at this time.

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 He's a warrior king.

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 But what captures me

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 and I'm guessing captures you

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 is those eyes.

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 Those eyes of flaming fire.

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 Those eyes see all things.

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 And what this represents

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 is the omniscience of Jesus.

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 He sees all.

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 He knows all.

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 And these eyes

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 just aren't perceptive.

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 They are purposed

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 to purify.

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 When his eyes fall upon his own,

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 they're intent

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 to bring purity

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 to his own.

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 Fire purifies.

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 And so what we see

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 at the start of this letter

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 is Jesus wanting this church

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 to be very aware

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 that he's the Son of God,

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 burnished bronze feet,

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 eyes of fire,

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 and he's about to speak

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 into this church.

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 Because there's something wrong

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 with this church.

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 He's going to purify it

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 in his love for this church.

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 Now for us,

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 both individually

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 and corporately,

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 we've got to live

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 in the reality

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 of what we're reading here.

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 There is nothing

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 that we can hide

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 from our Lord Jesus.

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 There's nothing

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 that we can keep

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 so far away of him

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 that he does not see.

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 His purifying sight

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 is as accurate

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 in penetrating today

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 as it was then.

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 He has purposed

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 for us as a church

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 to share in his holiness.

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 He wants to purify us

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 out of love for us.

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 He wants us

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 to experience

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 a holy health.

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 Have you ever thought

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 about it this way

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 that God Most High,

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 he is the Holy One

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 in all of the universe

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 and has it ever occurred

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 to you he is also

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 the happiest being

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 in all of the universe?

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 Holiness isn't a drudgery,

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 it is joy.

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 And our God experiences

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 that all the time

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 and he wants us

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 to share

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 in his holiness.

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 Have you ever been

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 to an eye doctor

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 and you're sitting

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 in her eye doctor chair

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 and she takes a light

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 with that little

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 refracting lens

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 and she shoots her light

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 through that

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 and it goes

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 and shines

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 into the back

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 in the very back

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 of your eyeball,

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 the very back

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 of your retina.

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 That light

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 penetrates

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 and pierces

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 for your health.

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 Those fire eyes,

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 they're loving eyes.

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 the fire eyes

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 of Jesus

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 penetrate

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 right now

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 into the depths

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 of the deepest

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 recesses

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 of your being.

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 He sees all.

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 Look at verse 23.

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 And all the churches

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 will know

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 that I am he

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 who searches

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 mind and heart.

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 It's Jeremiah 17,

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 9 and 10.

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 It actually starts

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 as I,

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 I am.

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 Ego,

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 Emi.

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 It's a claim

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 to be God.

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 I search,

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 I see.

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 And he knows

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 something is going

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 on in this

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 particular church.

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 He sees the cancer

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 and he's going

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 to purify it.

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 We've looked

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 at the church.

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 We've looked

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 at the Christ.

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 Now let's look

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 at his claim.

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 We see that

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 in verse 19.

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 He says,

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 I know.

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 He knows

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 because of those eyes.

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 He sees all.

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 And that phrase,

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 I know,

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 shows up

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 at the beginning

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 of every one

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 of these seven letters

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 to these seven churches.

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 He knows everything

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 going on

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 in every church

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 including our church.

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 And notice,

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 he says,

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 I know your works.

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 That would apply

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 to both

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 the God-pleasing

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 good works

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 they're doing

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 as well as

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 the God-grieving

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 works that they're doing.

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 And both

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 are present

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 in this particular church.

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 Now for those of us

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 who hear this

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 and for those of us

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 who are seeking

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 to be obedient

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 to Jesus

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 and all that

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 he's called us to

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 because of who he is,

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 this is actually

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 a comfort to us.

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 He knows.

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 But for those of us

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 in this room

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 who are walking

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 in disobedience

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 and you know it,

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 these words

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 should not be a comfort.

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 These should make you

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 a little uncomfortable

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 because he sees everything.

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 He knows what's going on.

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 But what I want

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 to remind you of

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 is that knowledge

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 is a loving knowledge.

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 His penetrating

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 and purifying gaze

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 is one of love.

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 He wants good

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 for us

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 and he wants us

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 to share

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 in his holiness.

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 This claim,

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 I know,

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 should ring

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 in your soul.

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 He sees.

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 And this knowledge

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 turns to commendation.

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 He has something

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 to commend

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 of this church

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 in Theotira.

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 Those eyes

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 see the good

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 in this church.

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 What's God pleasing

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 in them?

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 And we see that

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 with the words,

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 I know your works,

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 your love

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 and faith

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 and service

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 and patient endurance.

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 Four things.

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 And you can split it

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 into two couples.

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 Love for Jesus,

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 faith in Jesus

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 and how they get demonstrated.

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 Service to others

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 and the patient endurance

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 of hardship.

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 I know,

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 Jesus says.

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 I know your love for me.

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 I know your faith in me.

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 I know how you're

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 caring for others.

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 I know you're

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 holding up under pressure.

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 I know it.

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 I see it.

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 I commend you for it.

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 And then he says

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 in that your latter works

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 exceed the first.

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 Do you see that

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 in verse 19

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 at the end?

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 Do you know what

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 Jesus is saying?

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 Hey,

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 I'm seeing your growth.

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 You're further down the line

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 than when you started.

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 We don't know how

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 this church was planted.

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 Maybe it was Lydia

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 who came back from Philippi,

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 shared the gospel.

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 Or maybe it was Paul

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 when he was in Ephesus

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 in the mid-60s.

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 He was there for two years.

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 Maybe he made the trip

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 to Theatira

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 and preached Christ then.

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 We don't know.

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 But what we do know

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 is that they've made progress.

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 This church is growing.

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 There's a degree of health

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 in this church.

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 Now contrast that

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 with Ephesus in 2.4.

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 But I have this against you

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 that you've abandoned

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 the love you had at first.

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 Ephesus regressed

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 in their love for Jesus.

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 Theatira was progressing

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 in their love for Jesus.

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 Isn't it good to know

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 that this penetrating

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 and purifying gaze of Jesus,

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 he sees the progress

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 in his people.

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 And may we be like that.

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 May we be a people

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 who are growing

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 in our love for Jesus.

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 May we be a people

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 growing our faith in him.

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 And this works out

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 in our serving of others,

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 in our enduring of hardship.

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 May that be true.

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 That's the commendation.

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 And now the criticism.

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 Jesus critiques this church.

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 It's in verses 20-23.

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 And it's the hot spot

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 of this letter.

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 He says something

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 really strong to them.

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 He addresses the cancer in them.

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 He calls them

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 to address it themselves.

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 In verses,

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 verse 20 he says,

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 but I have this against you.

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 Could you just imagine

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 being in the church

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 and receiving this letter

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 from him?

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 You guys are doing great

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 in these areas,

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 but I've got this against you.

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 And what is it?

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 That you tolerate

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 the woman Jezebel.

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 That you tolerate

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 that woman Jezebel

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 who calls herself

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 a prophetess.

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 Self-appointed prophetess.

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 It's not that she was a woman.

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 It's that she was self-appointed.

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 And you tolerate this woman

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 who's a self-appointed prophetess

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 and is teaching.

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 Doctrine.

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 What Jesus later says,

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 it's the deep things of Satan

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 at the end of verse 24.

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 And not only is she teaching

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 this doctrine,

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 and seducing my servants.

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 It's misleading.

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 And not just any kind of misleading.

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 It's a seductive misleading.

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 And in that,

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 you've got to hear this.

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 This woman

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 was leading

00:21:33.659 --> 00:21:35.440
 the servants of Jesus

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 away from loving Jesus

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 exclusively

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 with an all-encompassing devotion

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 and leading them away

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 to worshiping other things.

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 The Bible calls that

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 spiritual adultery.

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 That's the seductive language.

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 She's leading them away.

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 Now,

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 you see the internal problem

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 going on.

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 Now,

00:22:01.579 --> 00:22:02.920
 you put that in the context

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 of the external problem,

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 these trade guilds,

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 and now you have a woman

00:22:07.460 --> 00:22:08.120
 in the church

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 who is actually permitting

00:22:09.900 --> 00:22:10.799
 Christians

00:22:10.799 --> 00:22:11.880
 to compromise

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 within the trade guilds.

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 That's the problem.

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 She said,

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 it's okay.

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 Okay.

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 It was some kind of distortion

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 of God's grace.

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 It was something

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 in which she was saying,

00:22:25.380 --> 00:22:25.880
 you know what?

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 In order for you

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 to really experience

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 all that God would have for you,

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 you need to participate

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 in the guilds.

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 It's okay.

00:22:34.740 --> 00:22:36.339
 When Jesus calls us

00:22:36.339 --> 00:22:37.140
 to follow Him,

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 He says in Matthew 16,

00:22:38.940 --> 00:22:40.240
 if anyone would come after me,

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 he must deny himself,

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 take up his cross,

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 and follow me.

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 It's either or.

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 It's either live for Him

00:22:47.700 --> 00:22:49.380
 or live for everything else.

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 And what this Jezebel

00:22:51.680 --> 00:22:52.240
 was teaching

00:22:52.240 --> 00:22:54.220
 is that you can have it both.

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 Not either or,

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 both and.

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 You can blend in.

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 He'll be okay.

00:23:04.920 --> 00:23:06.660
 It was cancer to this church.

00:23:08.360 --> 00:23:09.880
 And Jesus calls this woman

00:23:09.880 --> 00:23:10.940
 Jezebel for a reason.

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 It probably wasn't

00:23:12.080 --> 00:23:13.580
 her first name, really,

00:23:13.580 --> 00:23:15.100
 but this was a real woman

00:23:15.100 --> 00:23:16.940
 in this church.

00:23:17.700 --> 00:23:20.420
 Jezebel refers to

00:23:20.420 --> 00:23:21.140
 a woman back

00:23:21.140 --> 00:23:22.059
 in 1 Kings 16

00:23:22.059 --> 00:23:23.720
 who married King Ahab

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 who was a major loser king

00:23:25.799 --> 00:23:27.259
 to the nation of Israel.

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 And she caused Israel

00:23:29.680 --> 00:23:30.940
 to follow after

00:23:30.940 --> 00:23:32.940
 Baal and Asherah,

00:23:33.279 --> 00:23:34.400
 foreign gods of the time

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 who were not

00:23:35.180 --> 00:23:36.840
 the true God.

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 This Jezebel

00:23:41.259 --> 00:23:42.039
 in 1 Kings

00:23:42.039 --> 00:23:43.539
 seduced God's people

00:23:43.539 --> 00:23:45.380
 away from their devotion

00:23:45.380 --> 00:23:46.520
 to Yahweh

00:23:46.520 --> 00:23:48.540
 into spiritual adultery

00:23:48.540 --> 00:23:49.940
 with Baal and Asherah.

00:23:50.460 --> 00:23:51.440
 And so what Jesus

00:23:51.440 --> 00:23:51.940
 is saying,

00:23:52.260 --> 00:23:53.260
 this Jezebel

00:23:53.260 --> 00:23:54.040
 in Theatira

00:23:54.040 --> 00:23:54.760
 is doing

00:23:54.760 --> 00:23:55.440
 pretty much

00:23:55.440 --> 00:23:56.260
 the same thing.

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 She's seducing

00:23:58.840 --> 00:24:00.120
 my people

00:24:00.120 --> 00:24:01.520
 away from me.

00:24:04.660 --> 00:24:06.200
 Jesus is jealous

00:24:06.200 --> 00:24:07.800
 for our hearts.

00:24:07.799 --> 00:24:12.259
 He's to be our first love.

00:24:13.819 --> 00:24:14.919
 First place.

00:24:17.319 --> 00:24:18.919
 God's designed us,

00:24:19.019 --> 00:24:19.779
 our hearts uniquely.

00:24:20.019 --> 00:24:20.799
 Each of our hearts

00:24:20.799 --> 00:24:21.659
 has the capacity

00:24:21.659 --> 00:24:23.879
 to live for one thing

00:24:23.879 --> 00:24:26.460
 in an all-encompassing way.

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 One thing.

00:24:29.399 --> 00:24:30.639
 And Jesus says,

00:24:30.899 --> 00:24:31.720
 that's to be me.

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 We see the seriousness

00:24:36.380 --> 00:24:37.039
 with which

00:24:37.039 --> 00:24:38.880
 our risen Christ

00:24:38.880 --> 00:24:40.180
 deals with this Jezebel

00:24:40.180 --> 00:24:41.319
 in verse 21.

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 I gave her time

00:24:43.160 --> 00:24:43.620
 to repent,

00:24:43.759 --> 00:24:44.519
 but she refuses

00:24:44.519 --> 00:24:45.360
 to repent

00:24:45.360 --> 00:24:46.740
 of her sexual immorality.

00:24:47.019 --> 00:24:48.360
 It's like

00:24:48.360 --> 00:24:49.380
 he's called her

00:24:49.380 --> 00:24:49.799
 to repent.

00:24:49.900 --> 00:24:51.140
 We're not told how,

00:24:51.240 --> 00:24:51.880
 but he does.

00:24:52.420 --> 00:24:53.539
 And what's striking is

00:24:53.539 --> 00:24:55.039
 she refuses it.

00:24:56.980 --> 00:24:58.460
 She won't change.

00:24:58.460 --> 00:25:01.460
 She won't turn around,

00:25:01.620 --> 00:25:02.420
 change course.

00:25:02.720 --> 00:25:03.500
 She's going to persist

00:25:03.500 --> 00:25:04.480
 in what she's doing.

00:25:05.440 --> 00:25:06.440
 And so in verse 22,

00:25:06.640 --> 00:25:07.240
 he says,

00:25:08.579 --> 00:25:09.000
 behold.

00:25:11.960 --> 00:25:13.259
 Look what I'm going to do.

00:25:14.920 --> 00:25:16.740
 Mark this, church.

00:25:18.500 --> 00:25:20.880
 I am going to throw her

00:25:20.880 --> 00:25:21.720
 on a sick bed.

00:25:22.559 --> 00:25:24.420
 That's consequential language.

00:25:24.539 --> 00:25:25.120
 It's punishment

00:25:25.120 --> 00:25:26.380
 for what she's doing

00:25:26.380 --> 00:25:26.960
 in her lack,

00:25:27.220 --> 00:25:28.360
 her unwilling to repent.

00:25:28.460 --> 00:25:32.079
 You mark it

00:25:32.079 --> 00:25:33.480
 because when it happens,

00:25:33.680 --> 00:25:34.660
 you'll know what's happening.

00:25:35.539 --> 00:25:37.400
 It's me doing that.

00:25:39.539 --> 00:25:40.600
 And then he says

00:25:40.600 --> 00:25:41.279
 of her lovers,

00:25:42.319 --> 00:25:43.440
 those who commit adultery

00:25:43.440 --> 00:25:43.960
 with her,

00:25:44.420 --> 00:25:46.160
 those who are propagating

00:25:46.160 --> 00:25:47.180
 whatever trash

00:25:47.180 --> 00:25:48.279
 that she's teaching,

00:25:49.160 --> 00:25:49.920
 and those who commit

00:25:49.920 --> 00:25:50.600
 adultery with her,

00:25:50.660 --> 00:25:51.140
 I will throw

00:25:51.140 --> 00:25:52.360
 into great tribulation.

00:25:52.640 --> 00:25:53.220
 I will throw.

00:25:53.360 --> 00:25:53.880
 I will throw.

00:25:54.180 --> 00:25:56.039
 It will make you think

00:25:56.039 --> 00:25:57.840
 of when Jesus throws death

00:25:57.839 --> 00:25:58.519
 and the devil

00:25:58.519 --> 00:26:00.019
 into the lake of fire,

00:26:00.299 --> 00:26:00.679
 judgment.

00:26:00.680 --> 00:26:05.560
 And I will strike

00:26:05.560 --> 00:26:06.420
 her children dead

00:26:06.420 --> 00:26:09.200
 unless they repent

00:26:09.200 --> 00:26:09.980
 of her works.

00:26:12.600 --> 00:26:13.299
 I mean,

00:26:14.000 --> 00:26:15.180
 these children

00:26:15.180 --> 00:26:16.420
 were those

00:26:16.420 --> 00:26:17.840
 who held onto

00:26:17.840 --> 00:26:18.720
 this teaching,

00:26:18.900 --> 00:26:20.140
 who bought in.

00:26:22.640 --> 00:26:23.799
 Now this isn't

00:26:23.799 --> 00:26:25.400
 a picture of the Jesus

00:26:25.400 --> 00:26:26.620
 who is carrying

00:26:26.620 --> 00:26:27.980
 a little lamb around

00:26:27.980 --> 00:26:28.539
 on his shoulders,

00:26:28.620 --> 00:26:28.940
 is it?

00:26:28.940 --> 00:26:34.519
 Why is Jesus

00:26:34.519 --> 00:26:35.640
 being so hard?

00:26:39.460 --> 00:26:39.920
 Jesus,

00:26:40.039 --> 00:26:40.539
 what are you doing?

00:26:40.640 --> 00:26:41.200
 Why are you

00:26:41.200 --> 00:26:42.759
 punishing this Jezebel?

00:26:43.440 --> 00:26:44.259
 Why are you going to

00:26:44.259 --> 00:26:45.380
 cause suffering

00:26:45.380 --> 00:26:46.120
 to her lovers?

00:26:46.340 --> 00:26:47.080
 Why are you going to

00:26:47.080 --> 00:26:47.960
 strike dead

00:26:47.960 --> 00:26:49.340
 those who have

00:26:49.340 --> 00:26:49.920
 embraced this

00:26:49.920 --> 00:26:50.700
 and don't repent?

00:26:50.840 --> 00:26:52.600
 That seems really strong.

00:26:53.720 --> 00:26:54.440
 Here's why.

00:26:56.100 --> 00:26:57.279
 He loves his church.

00:26:57.279 --> 00:27:00.440
 He loves his church.

00:27:01.960 --> 00:27:03.779
 He loves his church

00:27:03.779 --> 00:27:04.960
 and insists on

00:27:04.960 --> 00:27:05.619
 her exclusive

00:27:05.619 --> 00:27:06.599
 devotion to him.

00:27:06.980 --> 00:27:08.079
 He loves his church

00:27:08.079 --> 00:27:08.680
 so much

00:27:08.680 --> 00:27:09.619
 that he wants her

00:27:09.619 --> 00:27:10.500
 to share

00:27:10.500 --> 00:27:11.399
 in his holiness

00:27:11.399 --> 00:27:13.279
 and so he's

00:27:13.279 --> 00:27:14.059
 addressing

00:27:14.059 --> 00:27:15.940
 a metastasized

00:27:15.940 --> 00:27:16.720
 cancer

00:27:16.720 --> 00:27:18.079
 in this church.

00:27:18.279 --> 00:27:19.059
 If Pergamum

00:27:19.059 --> 00:27:19.480
 had a little

00:27:19.480 --> 00:27:20.519
 tumor spot,

00:27:21.440 --> 00:27:21.980
 Theatira

00:27:21.980 --> 00:27:22.960
 has a spreading

00:27:22.960 --> 00:27:23.500
 cancer.

00:27:23.500 --> 00:27:26.380
 And what Jesus

00:27:26.380 --> 00:27:27.039
 is doing here

00:27:27.039 --> 00:27:27.900
 is putting to a

00:27:27.900 --> 00:27:29.099
 stop on its spread

00:27:29.099 --> 00:27:30.579
 and then cutting it out

00:27:30.579 --> 00:27:31.700
 because he loves

00:27:31.700 --> 00:27:32.299
 this church.

00:27:36.079 --> 00:27:37.039
 And you know what's

00:27:37.039 --> 00:27:38.740
 probably almost

00:27:38.740 --> 00:27:39.680
 for me just

00:27:39.680 --> 00:27:41.880
 completely striking

00:27:41.880 --> 00:27:43.440
 is that

00:27:43.440 --> 00:27:44.900
 all those

00:27:44.900 --> 00:27:45.900
 who are trying

00:27:45.900 --> 00:27:47.740
 to seduce

00:27:47.740 --> 00:27:49.420
 his own,

00:27:50.360 --> 00:27:51.260
 he's giving them

00:27:51.260 --> 00:27:52.460
 opportunity to repent.

00:27:53.740 --> 00:27:54.920
 How's that for mercy?

00:27:58.480 --> 00:27:59.520
 Now let me bring this

00:27:59.520 --> 00:28:00.520
 back to verse 20.

00:28:02.820 --> 00:28:04.240
 Jesus says to this church,

00:28:04.340 --> 00:28:04.880
 but I have this

00:28:04.880 --> 00:28:05.420
 against you

00:28:05.420 --> 00:28:06.520
 that you tolerate

00:28:06.520 --> 00:28:07.720
 that woman Jezebel.

00:28:08.420 --> 00:28:09.500
 That's the criticism.

00:28:09.500 --> 00:28:11.220
 This church

00:28:11.220 --> 00:28:12.799
 was just

00:28:12.799 --> 00:28:13.720
 standing by

00:28:13.720 --> 00:28:14.700
 indifferent

00:28:14.700 --> 00:28:15.720
 to what this

00:28:15.720 --> 00:28:16.559
 woman is doing.

00:28:17.000 --> 00:28:17.559
 They are

00:28:17.559 --> 00:28:18.799
 permitting

00:28:18.799 --> 00:28:20.039
 this self-appointed

00:28:20.039 --> 00:28:20.819
 prophetess

00:28:20.819 --> 00:28:21.819
 to seduce

00:28:21.819 --> 00:28:23.039
 Christ's bride

00:28:23.039 --> 00:28:24.460
 away from him

00:28:24.460 --> 00:28:25.259
 and he holds

00:28:25.259 --> 00:28:26.099
 the entire church

00:28:26.099 --> 00:28:27.279
 responsible for it.

00:28:27.539 --> 00:28:28.119
 So here we have

00:28:28.119 --> 00:28:28.500
 a church

00:28:28.500 --> 00:28:29.779
 seeing growth

00:28:29.779 --> 00:28:30.559
 in one hand

00:28:30.559 --> 00:28:31.759
 but having a major

00:28:31.759 --> 00:28:32.460
 blind spot

00:28:32.460 --> 00:28:32.920
 in another.

00:28:34.920 --> 00:28:35.779
 And Jesus

00:28:35.779 --> 00:28:36.480
 addresses it.

00:28:36.480 --> 00:28:42.860
 Now,

00:28:43.299 --> 00:28:43.819
 excuse the

00:28:43.819 --> 00:28:44.920
 mixed metaphor

00:28:44.920 --> 00:28:45.360
 but

00:28:45.360 --> 00:28:47.519
 this entire

00:28:47.519 --> 00:28:47.980
 church

00:28:47.980 --> 00:28:49.200
 he holds

00:28:49.200 --> 00:28:50.200
 responsible for

00:28:50.200 --> 00:28:51.279
 ignoring

00:28:51.279 --> 00:28:52.360
 the cancer

00:28:52.360 --> 00:28:53.460
 of spiritual

00:28:53.460 --> 00:28:54.099
 adultery.

00:28:56.319 --> 00:28:57.559
 You all

00:28:57.559 --> 00:28:58.420
 tolerate

00:28:58.420 --> 00:28:59.339
 this Jezebel.

00:28:59.339 --> 00:29:03.199
 now what

00:29:03.199 --> 00:29:03.539
 should they

00:29:03.539 --> 00:29:03.959
 have done?

00:29:05.319 --> 00:29:05.939
 What would

00:29:05.939 --> 00:29:06.179
 have been

00:29:06.179 --> 00:29:06.939
 the thing

00:29:06.939 --> 00:29:07.379
 for this

00:29:07.379 --> 00:29:08.259
 church to do

00:29:08.259 --> 00:29:09.419
 instead of

00:29:09.419 --> 00:29:10.240
 tolerating it?

00:29:10.319 --> 00:29:10.659
 What should

00:29:10.659 --> 00:29:10.980
 they have

00:29:10.980 --> 00:29:11.119
 do?

00:29:11.220 --> 00:29:11.319
 Well,

00:29:11.639 --> 00:29:12.379
 Jesus has

00:29:12.379 --> 00:29:12.799
 words in

00:29:12.799 --> 00:29:13.240
 another part

00:29:13.240 --> 00:29:13.639
 of the Bible

00:29:13.639 --> 00:29:14.119
 in Matthew

00:29:14.119 --> 00:29:14.899
 18

00:29:14.899 --> 00:29:16.079
 where Jesus

00:29:16.079 --> 00:29:16.779
 explains the

00:29:16.779 --> 00:29:17.519
 process

00:29:17.519 --> 00:29:18.159
 of how to

00:29:18.159 --> 00:29:18.740
 go about

00:29:18.740 --> 00:29:19.839
 loving someone

00:29:19.839 --> 00:29:20.579
 and confronting

00:29:20.579 --> 00:29:21.439
 them when

00:29:21.439 --> 00:29:21.879
 they sin

00:29:21.879 --> 00:29:22.480
 against you.

00:29:23.179 --> 00:29:23.980
 And this

00:29:23.980 --> 00:29:24.819
 false teaching

00:29:24.819 --> 00:29:25.919
 is sin

00:29:25.919 --> 00:29:26.779
 against them.

00:29:27.279 --> 00:29:27.839
 She is

00:29:27.839 --> 00:29:28.419
 trying to

00:29:28.420 --> 00:29:29.039
 seduce them

00:29:29.039 --> 00:29:29.500
 away from

00:29:29.500 --> 00:29:29.820
 Jesus.

00:29:31.360 --> 00:29:31.740
 And so

00:29:31.740 --> 00:29:32.720
 if we were

00:29:32.720 --> 00:29:33.000
 in the

00:29:33.000 --> 00:29:33.400
 attire of

00:29:33.400 --> 00:29:33.779
 the time

00:29:33.779 --> 00:29:34.360
 you heard

00:29:34.360 --> 00:29:35.240
 this lady

00:29:35.240 --> 00:29:35.920
 kind of

00:29:35.920 --> 00:29:36.800
 espousing

00:29:36.800 --> 00:29:37.360
 compromise

00:29:37.360 --> 00:29:38.279
 you go up

00:29:38.279 --> 00:29:38.560
 to her

00:29:38.560 --> 00:29:38.980
 and you say

00:29:38.980 --> 00:29:39.360
 privately

00:29:39.360 --> 00:29:39.700
 you know

00:29:39.700 --> 00:29:40.039
 what I

00:29:40.039 --> 00:29:40.580
 don't think

00:29:40.580 --> 00:29:40.880
 that what

00:29:40.880 --> 00:29:41.220
 you're saying

00:29:41.220 --> 00:29:41.620
 is right.

00:29:42.680 --> 00:29:43.340
 It doesn't

00:29:43.340 --> 00:29:43.940
 sound right.

00:29:44.980 --> 00:29:45.539
 It's not

00:29:45.539 --> 00:29:46.400
 the right

00:29:46.400 --> 00:29:47.279
 response

00:29:47.279 --> 00:29:47.779
 to who

00:29:47.779 --> 00:29:48.400
 Jesus is.

00:29:49.100 --> 00:29:49.440
 And she's

00:29:49.440 --> 00:29:49.920
 like yes

00:29:49.920 --> 00:29:50.300
 so what

00:29:50.300 --> 00:29:50.500
 I'm going

00:29:50.500 --> 00:29:50.660
 to keep

00:29:50.660 --> 00:29:50.920
 on doing

00:29:50.920 --> 00:29:51.060
 it.

00:29:51.180 --> 00:29:51.700
 So then

00:29:51.700 --> 00:29:51.980
 you come

00:29:51.980 --> 00:29:52.340
 back with

00:29:52.340 --> 00:29:52.940
 somebody else

00:29:52.940 --> 00:29:53.560
 and the

00:29:53.560 --> 00:29:53.860
 two of

00:29:53.860 --> 00:29:54.380
 you maybe

00:29:54.380 --> 00:29:54.960
 three say

00:29:54.960 --> 00:29:55.220
 you know

00:29:55.220 --> 00:29:55.620
 what what

00:29:55.620 --> 00:29:56.060
 you're doing

00:29:56.060 --> 00:29:57.100
 is not

00:29:57.099 --> 00:29:57.559
 right.

00:29:59.339 --> 00:29:59.879
 This is

00:29:59.879 --> 00:30:00.659
 hurting the

00:30:00.659 --> 00:30:00.799
 church

00:30:00.799 --> 00:30:01.279
 not helping

00:30:01.279 --> 00:30:01.719
 the church

00:30:01.719 --> 00:30:02.359
 and she

00:30:02.359 --> 00:30:02.859
 says well

00:30:02.859 --> 00:30:03.159
 I don't

00:30:03.159 --> 00:30:03.379
 care

00:30:03.379 --> 00:30:03.679
 I'm going

00:30:03.679 --> 00:30:03.899
 to keep

00:30:03.899 --> 00:30:04.259
 on preaching

00:30:04.259 --> 00:30:05.859
 and then

00:30:05.859 --> 00:30:06.179
 you go

00:30:06.179 --> 00:30:06.480
 and bring

00:30:06.480 --> 00:30:06.699
 in the

00:30:06.699 --> 00:30:06.879
 church

00:30:06.879 --> 00:30:07.299
 bring in

00:30:07.299 --> 00:30:07.759
 the elders

00:30:07.759 --> 00:30:09.959
 and at

00:30:09.959 --> 00:30:10.459
 that point

00:30:10.459 --> 00:30:10.819
 if she's

00:30:10.819 --> 00:30:11.279
 unwilling to

00:30:11.279 --> 00:30:11.559
 repent

00:30:11.559 --> 00:30:11.959
 you kick

00:30:11.959 --> 00:30:12.459
 her out

00:30:12.459 --> 00:30:13.539
 for the

00:30:13.539 --> 00:30:13.819
 health

00:30:13.819 --> 00:30:14.139
 of the

00:30:14.139 --> 00:30:14.599
 church

00:30:14.599 --> 00:30:17.399
 for the

00:30:17.399 --> 00:30:17.679
 good of

00:30:17.679 --> 00:30:18.199
 the church.

00:30:18.200 --> 00:30:23.480
 we are

00:30:23.480 --> 00:30:24.319
 seeking to

00:30:24.319 --> 00:30:24.920
 safeguard

00:30:24.920 --> 00:30:26.779
 and encourage

00:30:26.779 --> 00:30:28.039
 an exclusive

00:30:28.039 --> 00:30:29.240
 devotion to

00:30:29.240 --> 00:30:29.740
 Jesus

00:30:29.740 --> 00:30:31.200
 at this

00:30:31.200 --> 00:30:31.640
 church

00:30:31.640 --> 00:30:33.220
 and we

00:30:33.220 --> 00:30:33.920
 can't tolerate

00:30:33.920 --> 00:30:34.600
 things that

00:30:34.600 --> 00:30:35.100
 are drawing

00:30:35.100 --> 00:30:35.600
 our focus

00:30:35.600 --> 00:30:36.039
 off him

00:30:36.039 --> 00:30:37.500
 not in

00:30:37.500 --> 00:30:37.840
 anger

00:30:37.840 --> 00:30:39.400
 in love

00:30:39.400 --> 00:30:42.000
 now this

00:30:42.000 --> 00:30:42.600
 raises another

00:30:42.600 --> 00:30:43.019
 kind of a

00:30:43.019 --> 00:30:43.380
 question

00:30:43.380 --> 00:30:46.019
 what are

00:30:46.019 --> 00:30:46.720
 the contemporary

00:30:46.720 --> 00:30:48.100
 cancers of

00:30:48.099 --> 00:30:49.219
 false teaching

00:30:49.219 --> 00:30:49.879
 today that

00:30:49.879 --> 00:30:50.339
 may have

00:30:50.339 --> 00:30:51.019
 infiltrated

00:30:51.019 --> 00:30:51.559
 the church

00:30:51.559 --> 00:30:55.480
 I like to

00:30:55.480 --> 00:30:55.779
 call them

00:30:55.779 --> 00:30:56.839
 false gospels

00:30:56.839 --> 00:30:57.980
 false good

00:30:57.980 --> 00:30:58.319
 news

00:30:58.319 --> 00:30:59.179
 and let me

00:30:59.179 --> 00:30:59.699
 just point to

00:30:59.699 --> 00:31:00.240
 two one

00:31:00.240 --> 00:31:00.699
 briefly

00:31:00.699 --> 00:31:01.259
 another a

00:31:01.259 --> 00:31:01.519
 little bit

00:31:01.519 --> 00:31:01.819
 more

00:31:01.819 --> 00:31:03.099
 there's the

00:31:03.099 --> 00:31:04.000
 false gospel

00:31:04.000 --> 00:31:04.379
 of the

00:31:04.379 --> 00:31:04.879
 prosperity

00:31:04.879 --> 00:31:05.339
 gospel

00:31:05.339 --> 00:31:06.379
 it's the

00:31:06.379 --> 00:31:06.899
 belief that

00:31:06.899 --> 00:31:07.659
 God's will

00:31:07.659 --> 00:31:08.000
 is for

00:31:08.000 --> 00:31:08.699
 everybody to

00:31:08.699 --> 00:31:09.419
 be experiencing

00:31:09.419 --> 00:31:10.279
 growing measures

00:31:10.279 --> 00:31:10.819
 of health

00:31:10.819 --> 00:31:11.899
 and wealth

00:31:11.899 --> 00:31:14.559
 it's not

00:31:14.559 --> 00:31:14.919
 true

00:31:14.919 --> 00:31:16.779
 and it's

00:31:16.779 --> 00:31:17.559
 cancerous

00:31:17.559 --> 00:31:20.960
 it doesn't

00:31:20.960 --> 00:31:21.700
 call us

00:31:21.700 --> 00:31:22.079
 to a

00:31:22.079 --> 00:31:22.619
 sacrificial

00:31:22.619 --> 00:31:23.259
 living for

00:31:23.259 --> 00:31:23.700
 Jesus

00:31:23.700 --> 00:31:25.399
 but the

00:31:25.399 --> 00:31:25.899
 one I want

00:31:25.899 --> 00:31:26.339
 to encourage

00:31:26.339 --> 00:31:26.599
 you to

00:31:26.599 --> 00:31:27.039
 think about

00:31:27.039 --> 00:31:27.659
 is probably

00:31:27.659 --> 00:31:28.059
 a little bit

00:31:28.059 --> 00:31:28.539
 more delicate

00:31:28.539 --> 00:31:30.559
 it's the

00:31:30.559 --> 00:31:31.480
 false gospel

00:31:31.480 --> 00:31:32.019
 of the

00:31:32.019 --> 00:31:32.619
 therapeutic

00:31:32.619 --> 00:31:33.480
 gospel

00:31:33.480 --> 00:31:34.720
 the

00:31:34.720 --> 00:31:35.299
 therapeutic

00:31:35.299 --> 00:31:36.319
 good news

00:31:36.319 --> 00:31:38.500
 and it's

00:31:38.500 --> 00:31:39.899
 this gospel

00:31:39.899 --> 00:31:40.839
 that is

00:31:40.839 --> 00:31:41.639
 propagated

00:31:41.639 --> 00:31:42.139
 in a lot

00:31:42.139 --> 00:31:43.159
 of therapist

00:31:43.159 --> 00:31:44.019
 offices

00:31:44.019 --> 00:31:45.399
 and pulpits

00:31:45.399 --> 00:31:46.200
 throughout our

00:31:46.200 --> 00:31:46.600
 country

00:31:46.600 --> 00:31:49.720
 here's what

00:31:49.720 --> 00:31:50.340
 this gospel

00:31:50.340 --> 00:31:51.180
 does

00:31:51.180 --> 00:31:53.039
 it seeks

00:31:53.039 --> 00:31:53.700
 to comfort

00:31:53.700 --> 00:31:54.500
 and help

00:31:54.500 --> 00:31:55.039
 people

00:31:55.039 --> 00:31:56.480
 by cutting

00:31:56.480 --> 00:31:57.180
 out

00:31:57.180 --> 00:31:58.620
 words

00:31:58.620 --> 00:31:59.920
 and concepts

00:31:59.920 --> 00:32:01.140
 like sin

00:32:01.140 --> 00:32:03.180
 and disobedience

00:32:03.180 --> 00:32:04.900
 and wrongdoing

00:32:04.900 --> 00:32:06.019
 and the need

00:32:06.019 --> 00:32:06.640
 to repent

00:32:06.640 --> 00:32:08.720
 you can smell

00:32:08.720 --> 00:32:09.500
 it first

00:32:09.500 --> 00:32:12.579
 and what it

00:32:12.579 --> 00:32:13.099
 ends up

00:32:13.099 --> 00:32:14.160
 training people

00:32:14.160 --> 00:32:14.559
 in

00:32:14.559 --> 00:32:15.359
 is

00:32:15.359 --> 00:32:16.559
 self

00:32:16.559 --> 00:32:17.460
 esteem

00:32:17.460 --> 00:32:18.140
 more than

00:32:18.140 --> 00:32:18.759
 self

00:32:18.759 --> 00:32:19.460
 denial

00:32:19.460 --> 00:32:21.359
 now I'll be

00:32:21.359 --> 00:32:21.920
 the first to

00:32:21.920 --> 00:32:22.480
 admit there's a

00:32:22.480 --> 00:32:23.039
 place for

00:32:23.039 --> 00:32:23.519
 counseling

00:32:23.519 --> 00:32:24.660
 a very helpful

00:32:24.660 --> 00:32:25.900
 place for it

00:32:25.900 --> 00:32:27.299
 in so far

00:32:27.299 --> 00:32:27.599
 as that

00:32:27.599 --> 00:32:28.119
 counseling

00:32:28.119 --> 00:32:29.940
 is calling

00:32:29.940 --> 00:32:30.480
 you to follow

00:32:30.480 --> 00:32:30.980
 Jesus

00:32:30.980 --> 00:32:32.839
 identifying

00:32:32.839 --> 00:32:33.460
 sin

00:32:33.460 --> 00:32:34.000
 as sin

00:32:34.000 --> 00:32:35.819
 calling you

00:32:35.819 --> 00:32:36.359
 to repent

00:32:36.359 --> 00:32:36.900
 where you need

00:32:36.900 --> 00:32:37.400
 to repent

00:32:37.400 --> 00:32:38.759
 helping you

00:32:38.759 --> 00:32:39.200
 live in the

00:32:39.200 --> 00:32:39.640
 good of the

00:32:39.640 --> 00:32:40.060
 gospel

00:32:40.060 --> 00:32:43.380
 this

00:32:43.380 --> 00:32:44.640
 therapeutic

00:32:44.640 --> 00:32:45.360
 gospel

00:32:45.360 --> 00:32:47.100
 is very

00:32:47.100 --> 00:32:47.700
 dangerous

00:32:47.700 --> 00:32:48.580
 if it goes

00:32:48.580 --> 00:32:49.440
 on unidentified

00:32:49.440 --> 00:32:51.740
 it actually

00:32:51.740 --> 00:32:52.780
 trains people

00:32:52.780 --> 00:32:53.259
 in

00:32:53.259 --> 00:32:55.080
 insisting

00:32:55.080 --> 00:32:56.220
 in

00:32:56.220 --> 00:32:57.600
 their own

00:32:57.600 --> 00:32:57.940
 way

00:32:57.940 --> 00:33:02.320
 the question

00:33:02.320 --> 00:33:02.660
 you need

00:33:02.660 --> 00:33:03.180
 to ask

00:33:03.180 --> 00:33:03.780
 is this

00:33:03.779 --> 00:33:06.019
 what does

00:33:06.019 --> 00:33:06.339
 Jesus

00:33:06.339 --> 00:33:06.839
 think about

00:33:06.839 --> 00:33:07.319
 that kind

00:33:07.319 --> 00:33:07.720
 of stuff

00:33:07.720 --> 00:33:09.539
 what does

00:33:09.539 --> 00:33:10.200
 he think

00:33:10.200 --> 00:33:10.579
 about

00:33:10.579 --> 00:33:13.420
 this

00:33:13.420 --> 00:33:14.680
 therapeutic

00:33:14.680 --> 00:33:15.420
 gospel

00:33:15.420 --> 00:33:19.180
 I know

00:33:19.180 --> 00:33:19.559
 it's not

00:33:19.559 --> 00:33:20.119
 necessarily

00:33:20.119 --> 00:33:20.819
 easy to

00:33:20.819 --> 00:33:21.379
 talk about

00:33:21.379 --> 00:33:23.359
 but you

00:33:23.359 --> 00:33:23.960
 must be

00:33:23.960 --> 00:33:24.500
 aware of

00:33:24.500 --> 00:33:24.700
 it

00:33:24.700 --> 00:33:26.399
 because

00:33:26.399 --> 00:33:26.819
 it's

00:33:26.819 --> 00:33:27.759
 seductive

00:33:27.759 --> 00:33:29.759
 it can

00:33:29.759 --> 00:33:30.119
 tickle

00:33:30.119 --> 00:33:30.819
 your ears

00:33:30.819 --> 00:33:32.440
 and lead

00:33:32.440 --> 00:33:33.059
 you away

00:33:33.059 --> 00:33:36.299
 so we

00:33:36.299 --> 00:33:36.819
 must be

00:33:36.819 --> 00:33:37.299
 vigilant

00:33:37.299 --> 00:33:38.099
 about

00:33:38.099 --> 00:33:38.399
 these

00:33:38.399 --> 00:33:38.859
 things

00:33:38.859 --> 00:33:43.259
 now

00:33:43.259 --> 00:33:44.599
 we can't

00:33:44.599 --> 00:33:45.119
 be a church

00:33:45.119 --> 00:33:45.779
 who ignores

00:33:45.779 --> 00:33:46.200
 this kind

00:33:46.200 --> 00:33:46.679
 of stuff

00:33:46.679 --> 00:33:47.159
 or is

00:33:47.159 --> 00:33:47.740
 permissive

00:33:47.740 --> 00:33:48.200
 of these

00:33:48.200 --> 00:33:48.700
 things

00:33:48.700 --> 00:33:49.099
 thinking

00:33:49.099 --> 00:33:49.500
 that they're

00:33:49.500 --> 00:33:49.879
 not a

00:33:49.879 --> 00:33:50.480
 big deal

00:33:50.480 --> 00:33:51.779
 when Jesus

00:33:51.779 --> 00:33:52.839
 sees them

00:33:52.839 --> 00:33:53.619
 as big

00:33:53.619 --> 00:33:54.179
 deals

00:33:54.179 --> 00:33:57.019
 as

00:33:57.019 --> 00:33:57.799
 seductions

00:33:57.799 --> 00:33:58.559
 away from

00:33:58.559 --> 00:33:58.819
 him

00:33:58.819 --> 00:34:01.980
 we must

00:34:01.980 --> 00:34:02.859
 be

00:34:02.859 --> 00:34:03.779
 vigilant

00:34:03.779 --> 00:34:06.419
 now this

00:34:06.419 --> 00:34:06.960
 is quite a

00:34:06.960 --> 00:34:07.619
 criticism of

00:34:07.619 --> 00:34:08.259
 this church

00:34:08.259 --> 00:34:08.619
 that

00:34:08.619 --> 00:34:09.599
 they

00:34:09.599 --> 00:34:10.559
 tolerate

00:34:10.559 --> 00:34:11.500
 this woman

00:34:11.500 --> 00:34:12.139
 Jezebel

00:34:12.139 --> 00:34:15.719
 and probably

00:34:15.719 --> 00:34:16.259
 some of the

00:34:16.259 --> 00:34:16.559
 most

00:34:16.559 --> 00:34:18.119
 impressive

00:34:18.119 --> 00:34:18.880
 words in

00:34:18.880 --> 00:34:19.039
 it

00:34:19.039 --> 00:34:19.779
 are these

00:34:19.779 --> 00:34:20.340
 and all

00:34:20.340 --> 00:34:20.840
 the churches

00:34:20.840 --> 00:34:21.340
 will know

00:34:21.340 --> 00:34:21.980
 that I am

00:34:21.980 --> 00:34:22.360
 he who

00:34:22.360 --> 00:34:22.679
 searches

00:34:22.679 --> 00:34:23.259
 mind and

00:34:23.259 --> 00:34:23.519
 heart

00:34:23.519 --> 00:34:23.840
 and I

00:34:23.840 --> 00:34:24.319
 will give

00:34:24.319 --> 00:34:24.719
 to each

00:34:24.719 --> 00:34:25.019
 of you

00:34:25.019 --> 00:34:25.380
 according

00:34:25.380 --> 00:34:25.779
 to your

00:34:25.779 --> 00:34:26.199
 works

00:34:26.199 --> 00:34:29.759
 you can't

00:34:29.759 --> 00:34:30.539
 take

00:34:30.539 --> 00:34:31.419
 Jesus

00:34:31.419 --> 00:34:32.299
 lightly

00:34:32.299 --> 00:34:34.339
 our

00:34:34.339 --> 00:34:34.779
 God is a

00:34:34.779 --> 00:34:35.159
 consuming

00:34:35.159 --> 00:34:35.659
 fire

00:34:35.659 --> 00:34:36.599
 it's a

00:34:36.599 --> 00:34:36.879
 terrible

00:34:36.879 --> 00:34:37.319
 thing to

00:34:37.319 --> 00:34:37.679
 fall in

00:34:37.679 --> 00:34:37.980
 the hands

00:34:37.980 --> 00:34:38.219
 of the

00:34:38.219 --> 00:34:38.379
 living

00:34:38.379 --> 00:34:38.759
 God

00:34:38.759 --> 00:34:39.359
 you

00:34:39.359 --> 00:34:40.419
 must

00:34:40.419 --> 00:34:41.339
 take

00:34:41.339 --> 00:34:41.960
 to heart

00:34:41.960 --> 00:34:42.460
 what is

00:34:42.460 --> 00:34:43.179
 being said

00:34:43.179 --> 00:34:43.500
 here

00:34:43.500 --> 00:34:45.059
 he sees

00:34:45.059 --> 00:34:45.480
 into

00:34:45.480 --> 00:34:45.799
 your

00:34:45.799 --> 00:34:46.359
 depths

00:34:46.359 --> 00:34:48.379
 and he

00:34:48.379 --> 00:34:48.699
 is

00:34:48.699 --> 00:34:49.639
 intent

00:34:49.639 --> 00:34:50.559
 on

00:34:50.559 --> 00:34:51.679
 purifying

00:34:51.679 --> 00:34:52.119
 you

00:34:52.119 --> 00:34:52.779
 and

00:34:52.779 --> 00:34:53.559
 purifying

00:34:53.559 --> 00:34:53.859
 his

00:34:53.859 --> 00:34:54.359
 church

00:34:54.360 --> 00:34:58.680
 we

00:34:58.680 --> 00:34:58.940
 move

00:34:58.940 --> 00:34:59.380
 from

00:34:59.380 --> 00:34:59.840
 this

00:34:59.840 --> 00:35:00.280
 word

00:35:00.280 --> 00:35:00.700
 of

00:35:00.700 --> 00:35:01.500
 criticism

00:35:01.500 --> 00:35:02.380
 to

00:35:02.380 --> 00:35:02.800
 now

00:35:02.800 --> 00:35:03.599
 a

00:35:03.599 --> 00:35:03.800
 word

00:35:03.800 --> 00:35:04.079
 of

00:35:04.079 --> 00:35:04.880
 correction

00:35:04.880 --> 00:35:06.180
 in

00:35:06.180 --> 00:35:06.360
 verses

00:35:06.360 --> 00:35:06.920
 24

00:35:06.920 --> 00:35:07.079
 and

00:35:07.079 --> 00:35:07.660
 25

00:35:07.660 --> 00:35:09.420
 he

00:35:09.420 --> 00:35:09.640
 says

00:35:09.640 --> 00:35:09.840
 but

00:35:09.840 --> 00:35:10.000
 to

00:35:10.000 --> 00:35:10.180
 the

00:35:10.180 --> 00:35:10.440
 rest

00:35:10.440 --> 00:35:10.599
 of

00:35:10.599 --> 00:35:10.720
 you

00:35:10.720 --> 00:35:10.820
 in

00:35:10.820 --> 00:35:10.920
 the

00:35:10.920 --> 00:35:10.940
 the

00:35:10.940 --> 00:35:11.260
 teaching

00:35:11.260 --> 00:35:13.640
 as

00:35:13.640 --> 00:35:14.599
 these

00:35:14.599 --> 00:35:15.000
 others

00:35:15.000 --> 00:35:15.400
 hold

00:35:15.400 --> 00:35:15.880
 tell

00:35:15.880 --> 00:35:16.059
 to

00:35:16.059 --> 00:35:16.220
 the

00:35:16.220 --> 00:35:16.579
 teaching

00:35:16.579 --> 00:35:16.820
 of

00:35:16.820 --> 00:35:17.079
 this

00:35:17.079 --> 00:35:18.099
 Jezebel

00:35:18.099 --> 00:35:18.539
 who

00:35:18.539 --> 00:35:18.660
 have

00:35:18.660 --> 00:35:18.840
 not

00:35:18.840 --> 00:35:19.360
 learned

00:35:19.360 --> 00:35:19.559
 what

00:35:19.559 --> 00:35:19.740
 some

00:35:19.740 --> 00:35:19.940
 call

00:35:19.940 --> 00:35:20.079
 the

00:35:20.079 --> 00:35:20.260
 deep

00:35:20.260 --> 00:35:20.579
 things

00:35:20.579 --> 00:35:20.760
 of

00:35:20.760 --> 00:35:21.019
 Satan

00:35:21.019 --> 00:35:21.240
 they

00:35:21.240 --> 00:35:21.599
 haven't

00:35:21.599 --> 00:35:21.860
 bought

00:35:21.860 --> 00:35:22.099
 in

00:35:22.099 --> 00:35:22.780
 to

00:35:22.780 --> 00:35:22.980
 you

00:35:22.980 --> 00:35:23.160
 I

00:35:23.160 --> 00:35:23.380
 say

00:35:23.380 --> 00:35:23.579
 I

00:35:23.579 --> 00:35:23.720
 do

00:35:23.720 --> 00:35:23.920
 not

00:35:23.920 --> 00:35:24.159
 lay

00:35:24.159 --> 00:35:24.360
 on

00:35:24.360 --> 00:35:24.619
 any

00:35:24.619 --> 00:35:24.820
 other

00:35:24.820 --> 00:35:25.099
 burden

00:35:25.099 --> 00:35:25.599
 you

00:35:25.599 --> 00:35:25.780
 don't

00:35:25.780 --> 00:35:25.940
 need

00:35:25.940 --> 00:35:26.019
 to

00:35:26.019 --> 00:35:26.139
 know

00:35:26.139 --> 00:35:26.460
 anything

00:35:26.460 --> 00:35:26.800
 else

00:35:26.800 --> 00:35:27.159
 but

00:35:27.159 --> 00:35:27.559
 this

00:35:27.559 --> 00:35:27.840
 verse

00:35:27.840 --> 00:35:28.480
 25

00:35:28.480 --> 00:35:29.539
 only

00:35:29.539 --> 00:35:30.119
 hold

00:35:30.119 --> 00:35:30.860
 fast

00:35:30.860 --> 00:35:32.300
 hold

00:35:32.300 --> 00:35:33.500
 fast

00:35:33.500 --> 00:35:34.800
 hold

00:35:34.800 --> 00:35:35.500
 fast

00:35:35.500 --> 00:35:35.760
 what

00:35:35.760 --> 00:35:35.880
 you

00:35:35.880 --> 00:35:36.200
 have

00:35:36.200 --> 00:35:36.460
 until

00:35:36.460 --> 00:35:36.659
 I

00:35:36.659 --> 00:35:36.920
 come

00:35:36.920 --> 00:35:38.180
 and

00:35:38.180 --> 00:35:38.400
 we

00:35:38.400 --> 00:35:38.619
 have

00:35:38.619 --> 00:35:38.720
 to

00:35:38.720 --> 00:35:39.019
 ask

00:35:39.019 --> 00:35:39.260
 hold

00:35:39.260 --> 00:35:39.500
 fast

00:35:39.500 --> 00:35:39.659
 to

00:35:39.659 --> 00:35:39.980
 what

00:35:39.980 --> 00:35:42.780
 contextually

00:35:42.780 --> 00:35:44.180
 we've

00:35:44.180 --> 00:35:44.260
 been

00:35:44.260 --> 00:35:44.460
 talking

00:35:44.460 --> 00:35:44.619
 about

00:35:44.619 --> 00:35:44.920
 holding

00:35:44.920 --> 00:35:45.500
 to

00:35:45.500 --> 00:35:46.019
 false

00:35:46.019 --> 00:35:46.440
 doctrine

00:35:46.440 --> 00:35:48.840
 Jesus

00:35:48.840 --> 00:35:49.099
 is

00:35:49.099 --> 00:35:49.340
 saying

00:35:49.340 --> 00:35:49.579
 no

00:35:49.579 --> 00:35:49.720
 I

00:35:49.720 --> 00:35:49.960
 want

00:35:49.960 --> 00:35:50.059
 you

00:35:50.059 --> 00:35:50.200
 to

00:35:50.200 --> 00:35:50.360
 hold

00:35:50.360 --> 00:35:50.880
 fast

00:35:50.880 --> 00:35:52.639
 to

00:35:52.639 --> 00:35:53.139
 true

00:35:53.139 --> 00:35:54.420
 healthy

00:35:54.420 --> 00:35:55.379
 doctrine

00:35:55.379 --> 00:35:57.460
 the

00:35:57.460 --> 00:35:58.639
 teaching

00:35:58.639 --> 00:35:59.239
 that was

00:35:59.239 --> 00:36:00.019
 handed down

00:36:00.019 --> 00:36:00.980
 from the

00:36:00.980 --> 00:36:01.400
 apostles

00:36:01.400 --> 00:36:04.379
 and there's

00:36:04.379 --> 00:36:04.759
 no greater

00:36:04.759 --> 00:36:05.359
 summary of

00:36:05.359 --> 00:36:05.619
 that

00:36:05.619 --> 00:36:06.259
 than in

00:36:06.259 --> 00:36:06.519
 1st

00:36:06.519 --> 00:36:06.879
 Corinthians

00:36:06.879 --> 00:36:07.559
 15

00:36:07.559 --> 00:36:08.920
 verses

00:36:08.920 --> 00:36:09.420
 3 and

00:36:09.420 --> 00:36:09.739
 4

00:36:09.739 --> 00:36:11.299
 Paul

00:36:11.299 --> 00:36:11.779
 speaking to

00:36:11.779 --> 00:36:11.920
 the

00:36:11.920 --> 00:36:12.359
 Corinthian

00:36:12.359 --> 00:36:12.819
 church

00:36:12.819 --> 00:36:13.960
 summarizes

00:36:13.960 --> 00:36:14.219
 that

00:36:14.219 --> 00:36:14.559
 which is

00:36:14.559 --> 00:36:15.000
 of first

00:36:15.000 --> 00:36:15.639
 importance

00:36:15.639 --> 00:36:18.379
 I

00:36:18.379 --> 00:36:18.879
 delivered to

00:36:18.879 --> 00:36:19.199
 you as

00:36:19.199 --> 00:36:19.619
 of first

00:36:19.619 --> 00:36:20.000
 importance

00:36:20.000 --> 00:36:20.279
 what I

00:36:20.279 --> 00:36:20.519
 also

00:36:20.519 --> 00:36:20.960
 received

00:36:20.960 --> 00:36:21.159
 that

00:36:21.159 --> 00:36:21.460
 Christ

00:36:21.460 --> 00:36:21.759
 died

00:36:21.759 --> 00:36:21.980
 for

00:36:21.980 --> 00:36:22.119
 our

00:36:22.119 --> 00:36:22.299
 sins

00:36:22.299 --> 00:36:22.460
 in

00:36:22.460 --> 00:36:22.799
 accordance

00:36:22.799 --> 00:36:23.059
 with

00:36:23.059 --> 00:36:23.199
 the

00:36:23.199 --> 00:36:23.500
 scriptures

00:36:23.500 --> 00:36:24.179
 that

00:36:24.179 --> 00:36:24.279
 he

00:36:24.279 --> 00:36:24.420
 was

00:36:24.420 --> 00:36:24.839
 buried

00:36:24.839 --> 00:36:25.259
 that

00:36:25.259 --> 00:36:25.359
 he

00:36:25.359 --> 00:36:25.539
 was

00:36:25.539 --> 00:36:25.879
 raised

00:36:25.879 --> 00:36:26.019
 on

00:36:26.019 --> 00:36:26.139
 the

00:36:26.139 --> 00:36:26.339
 third

00:36:26.339 --> 00:36:26.500
 day

00:36:26.500 --> 00:36:26.619
 in

00:36:26.619 --> 00:36:26.960
 accordance

00:36:26.960 --> 00:36:27.579
 with

00:36:27.579 --> 00:36:27.739
 the

00:36:27.739 --> 00:36:28.099
 scriptures

00:36:28.099 --> 00:36:29.139
 that

00:36:29.139 --> 00:36:29.559
 is

00:36:29.559 --> 00:36:29.839
 what

00:36:29.839 --> 00:36:30.400
 we

00:36:30.400 --> 00:36:30.839
 as a

00:36:30.839 --> 00:36:31.119
 church

00:36:31.119 --> 00:36:31.699
 must

00:36:31.699 --> 00:36:31.960
 be

00:36:31.960 --> 00:36:32.279
 holding

00:36:32.279 --> 00:36:32.679
 on

00:36:32.679 --> 00:36:32.920
 to

00:36:32.920 --> 00:36:33.559
 this

00:36:33.559 --> 00:36:33.679
 is

00:36:33.679 --> 00:36:33.819
 the

00:36:33.819 --> 00:36:33.980
 good

00:36:33.980 --> 00:36:34.239
 news

00:36:34.239 --> 00:36:34.500
 of

00:36:34.500 --> 00:36:34.799
 Jesus

00:36:34.799 --> 00:36:35.299
 Christ

00:36:35.299 --> 00:36:36.059
 revealed

00:36:36.059 --> 00:36:36.279
 in

00:36:36.279 --> 00:36:36.500
 the

00:36:36.500 --> 00:36:37.159
 scriptures

00:36:37.159 --> 00:36:39.619
 and

00:36:39.619 --> 00:36:39.759
 the

00:36:39.759 --> 00:36:40.599
 response

00:36:40.599 --> 00:36:42.000
 is

00:36:42.000 --> 00:36:43.339
 uncompromised

00:36:43.339 --> 00:36:44.159
 devotion

00:36:44.159 --> 00:36:44.519
 to

00:36:44.519 --> 00:36:45.179
 Christ

00:36:45.179 --> 00:36:46.319
 not

00:36:46.319 --> 00:36:46.980
 compromise

00:36:46.980 --> 00:36:47.299
 of

00:36:47.299 --> 00:36:47.699
 Christ

00:36:47.699 --> 00:36:50.259
 this

00:36:50.259 --> 00:36:50.899
 gospel

00:36:50.899 --> 00:36:52.059
 this

00:36:52.059 --> 00:36:52.639
 true

00:36:52.639 --> 00:36:53.139
 gospel

00:36:53.139 --> 00:36:54.000
 is

00:36:54.000 --> 00:36:54.199
 what

00:36:54.199 --> 00:36:54.399
 we

00:36:54.399 --> 00:36:54.779
 must

00:36:54.779 --> 00:36:55.000
 hold

00:36:55.000 --> 00:36:55.440
 fast

00:36:55.440 --> 00:36:55.679
 to

00:36:55.679 --> 00:36:56.099
 and

00:36:56.099 --> 00:36:56.219
 the

00:36:56.219 --> 00:36:56.460
 more

00:36:56.460 --> 00:36:56.879
 familiar

00:36:56.879 --> 00:36:57.379
 you are

00:36:57.379 --> 00:36:57.819
 with

00:36:57.819 --> 00:36:58.139
 this

00:36:58.139 --> 00:36:58.419
 true

00:36:58.419 --> 00:36:58.879
 gospel

00:36:58.879 --> 00:36:59.399
 the

00:36:59.399 --> 00:36:59.619
 more

00:36:59.619 --> 00:37:00.119
 likely

00:37:00.119 --> 00:37:00.699
 we

00:37:00.699 --> 00:37:00.859
 will

00:37:00.859 --> 00:37:01.039
 be

00:37:01.039 --> 00:37:01.219
 able

00:37:01.219 --> 00:37:01.480
 to

00:37:01.480 --> 00:37:01.899
 sniff

00:37:01.899 --> 00:37:02.559
 out

00:37:02.559 --> 00:37:03.559
 false

00:37:03.559 --> 00:37:04.839
 gospels

00:37:04.839 --> 00:37:07.099
 do you

00:37:07.099 --> 00:37:07.199
 know

00:37:07.199 --> 00:37:07.500
 there's a

00:37:07.500 --> 00:37:07.779
 division

00:37:07.779 --> 00:37:08.059
 of the

00:37:08.059 --> 00:37:08.279
 secret

00:37:08.279 --> 00:37:08.759
 service

00:37:08.759 --> 00:37:09.219
 that is

00:37:09.219 --> 00:37:09.500
 devoted

00:37:09.500 --> 00:37:09.699
 to

00:37:09.699 --> 00:37:10.119
 detecting

00:37:10.119 --> 00:37:10.339
 and

00:37:10.339 --> 00:37:10.960
 exposing

00:37:10.960 --> 00:37:11.699
 counterfeit

00:37:11.699 --> 00:37:12.159
 currency

00:37:12.159 --> 00:37:13.639
 and do

00:37:13.639 --> 00:37:13.940
 you know

00:37:13.940 --> 00:37:14.299
 how

00:37:14.299 --> 00:37:14.960
 they train

00:37:14.960 --> 00:37:15.460
 agents

00:37:15.460 --> 00:37:15.699
 to

00:37:15.699 --> 00:37:16.139
 recognize

00:37:16.139 --> 00:37:16.639
 counterfeit

00:37:16.639 --> 00:37:17.059
 currency

00:37:17.059 --> 00:37:18.079
 they train

00:37:18.079 --> 00:37:18.340
 them on

00:37:18.340 --> 00:37:18.720
 the real

00:37:18.720 --> 00:37:19.360
 stuff

00:37:19.360 --> 00:37:20.500
 and so

00:37:20.500 --> 00:37:20.980
 if you

00:37:20.980 --> 00:37:21.579
 are a

00:37:21.579 --> 00:37:22.220
 agent

00:37:22.220 --> 00:37:23.000
 in this

00:37:23.000 --> 00:37:23.400
 division

00:37:23.400 --> 00:37:24.480
 and you

00:37:24.480 --> 00:37:25.099
 are responsible

00:37:25.099 --> 00:37:26.000
 for identifying

00:37:26.000 --> 00:37:27.300
 fake

00:37:27.300 --> 00:37:28.420
 $100 bills

00:37:28.420 --> 00:37:28.740
 you know

00:37:28.740 --> 00:37:29.019
 what this is

00:37:29.019 --> 00:37:29.199
 going to

00:37:29.199 --> 00:37:29.440
 mean

00:37:29.440 --> 00:37:29.880
 it's

00:37:29.880 --> 00:37:30.079
 going to

00:37:30.079 --> 00:37:30.199
 mean

00:37:30.199 --> 00:37:30.559
 this

00:37:30.559 --> 00:37:31.420
 you're

00:37:31.420 --> 00:37:31.599
 going to

00:37:31.599 --> 00:37:32.159
 know

00:37:32.159 --> 00:37:32.860
 what

00:37:32.860 --> 00:37:33.699
 a

00:37:33.699 --> 00:37:34.220
 $100

00:37:34.220 --> 00:37:34.860
 bill

00:37:34.860 --> 00:37:35.519
 a real

00:37:35.519 --> 00:37:35.900
 one

00:37:35.900 --> 00:37:36.840
 tastes

00:37:36.840 --> 00:37:37.500
 like

00:37:37.500 --> 00:37:38.559
 you're

00:37:38.559 --> 00:37:38.699
 going to

00:37:38.699 --> 00:37:39.179
 know

00:37:39.179 --> 00:37:39.579
 what a

00:37:39.579 --> 00:37:39.840
 real

00:37:39.840 --> 00:37:40.240
 $100

00:37:40.240 --> 00:37:40.800
 bill

00:37:40.800 --> 00:37:41.880
 it sounds

00:37:41.880 --> 00:37:42.199
 like

00:37:42.199 --> 00:37:42.519
 when you

00:37:42.519 --> 00:37:42.920
 crumple

00:37:42.920 --> 00:37:43.619
 you know

00:37:43.619 --> 00:37:43.860
 what it

00:37:43.860 --> 00:37:44.400
 smells

00:37:44.400 --> 00:37:44.680
 like

00:37:44.680 --> 00:37:45.059
 when it's

00:37:45.059 --> 00:37:45.340
 wet

00:37:45.340 --> 00:37:45.619
 and when

00:37:45.619 --> 00:37:45.780
 it's

00:37:45.780 --> 00:37:46.039
 dry

00:37:46.039 --> 00:37:46.280
 and when

00:37:46.280 --> 00:37:46.440
 it's

00:37:46.440 --> 00:37:46.740
 burning

00:37:46.740 --> 00:37:47.300
 you're

00:37:47.300 --> 00:37:47.420
 going to

00:37:47.420 --> 00:37:47.940
 know

00:37:47.940 --> 00:37:48.760
 its texture

00:37:48.760 --> 00:37:49.099
 its

00:37:49.099 --> 00:37:50.180
 feel

00:37:50.180 --> 00:37:51.019
 all throughout

00:37:51.019 --> 00:37:51.860
 that bill

00:37:51.860 --> 00:37:52.460
 and you're

00:37:52.460 --> 00:37:52.840
 going to

00:37:52.840 --> 00:37:53.740
 see

00:37:53.740 --> 00:37:54.800
 and memorize

00:37:54.800 --> 00:37:55.820
 the details

00:37:55.820 --> 00:37:56.420
 the color

00:37:56.420 --> 00:37:57.180
 the proportion

00:37:57.180 --> 00:37:58.360
 the location

00:37:58.360 --> 00:37:59.019
 of special

00:37:59.019 --> 00:37:59.579
 features

00:37:59.579 --> 00:38:01.700
 you will

00:38:01.700 --> 00:38:02.760
 be so

00:38:02.760 --> 00:38:03.619
 aware

00:38:03.619 --> 00:38:04.360
 of the

00:38:04.360 --> 00:38:04.680
 real

00:38:04.680 --> 00:38:05.280
 stuff

00:38:05.280 --> 00:38:06.840
 that you're

00:38:06.840 --> 00:38:07.579
 able to

00:38:07.579 --> 00:38:08.260
 spot the

00:38:08.260 --> 00:38:09.340
 fake stuff

00:38:09.340 --> 00:38:09.880
 a mile

00:38:09.880 --> 00:38:10.300
 away

00:38:10.300 --> 00:38:11.760
 the

00:38:11.760 --> 00:38:12.260
 primary

00:38:12.260 --> 00:38:12.620
 way

00:38:12.620 --> 00:38:12.880
 we're

00:38:12.880 --> 00:38:13.120
 going to

00:38:13.120 --> 00:38:13.660
 safeguard

00:38:13.660 --> 00:38:14.060
 Christ

00:38:14.060 --> 00:38:14.220
 the

00:38:14.220 --> 00:38:14.380
 King

00:38:14.380 --> 00:38:14.760
 Church

00:38:14.760 --> 00:38:15.360
 from

00:38:15.360 --> 00:38:16.580
 Jezebel

00:38:16.580 --> 00:38:17.780
 teaching

00:38:17.780 --> 00:38:19.280
 is by

00:38:19.280 --> 00:38:19.720
 being

00:38:19.720 --> 00:38:20.620
 intimately

00:38:20.620 --> 00:38:21.539
 acquainted

00:38:21.539 --> 00:38:22.380
 with

00:38:22.380 --> 00:38:24.060
 Jesus

00:38:24.060 --> 00:38:24.600
 teaching

00:38:24.600 --> 00:38:26.200
 the real

00:38:26.200 --> 00:38:26.700
 stuff

00:38:26.700 --> 00:38:28.280
 the true

00:38:28.280 --> 00:38:28.840
 gospel

00:38:28.840 --> 00:38:30.600
 that's

00:38:30.600 --> 00:38:31.280
 how we

00:38:31.280 --> 00:38:31.800
 are going

00:38:31.800 --> 00:38:32.200
 to

00:38:32.200 --> 00:38:33.019
 combat

00:38:33.019 --> 00:38:33.980
 this

00:38:33.980 --> 00:38:34.700
 cancer

00:38:34.700 --> 00:38:35.660
 that is

00:38:35.660 --> 00:38:36.220
 around

00:38:36.220 --> 00:38:36.640
 us

00:38:36.640 --> 00:38:37.019
 in our

00:38:37.019 --> 00:38:37.400
 culture

00:38:37.400 --> 00:38:37.860
 today

00:38:37.860 --> 00:38:41.599
 this

00:38:41.599 --> 00:38:42.240
 corrective

00:38:42.240 --> 00:38:43.440
 to hold

00:38:43.440 --> 00:38:43.860
 fast

00:38:43.860 --> 00:38:44.220
 to the

00:38:44.220 --> 00:38:44.460
 true

00:38:44.460 --> 00:38:44.940
 gospel

00:38:44.940 --> 00:38:46.220
 we hold

00:38:46.220 --> 00:38:46.539
 fast

00:38:46.539 --> 00:38:46.820
 until

00:38:46.820 --> 00:38:47.039
 he

00:38:47.039 --> 00:38:47.500
 comes

00:38:47.500 --> 00:38:47.720
 did

00:38:47.720 --> 00:38:47.820
 you

00:38:47.820 --> 00:38:48.000
 see

00:38:48.000 --> 00:38:48.320
 that

00:38:48.320 --> 00:38:49.820
 we

00:38:49.820 --> 00:38:50.420
 patiently

00:38:50.420 --> 00:38:51.140
 endure

00:38:51.140 --> 00:38:52.480
 looking

00:38:52.480 --> 00:38:53.000
 towards

00:38:53.000 --> 00:38:53.240
 his

00:38:53.240 --> 00:38:53.800
 promised

00:38:53.800 --> 00:38:54.380
 coming

00:38:54.380 --> 00:38:55.740
 and

00:38:55.740 --> 00:38:56.420
 it's

00:38:56.420 --> 00:38:56.880
 speaking

00:38:56.880 --> 00:38:57.099
 of

00:38:57.099 --> 00:38:57.539
 promise

00:38:57.539 --> 00:38:57.980
 that we

00:38:57.980 --> 00:38:58.220
 move

00:38:58.220 --> 00:38:58.460
 from

00:38:58.460 --> 00:38:58.720
 this

00:38:58.720 --> 00:38:59.360
 corrective

00:38:59.360 --> 00:38:59.559
 to

00:38:59.559 --> 00:38:59.760
 hold

00:38:59.760 --> 00:39:00.260
 fast

00:39:00.260 --> 00:39:01.380
 to

00:39:01.380 --> 00:39:01.559
 now

00:39:01.559 --> 00:39:01.720
 the

00:39:01.720 --> 00:39:02.059
 closing

00:39:02.059 --> 00:39:02.400
 call

00:39:02.400 --> 00:39:03.260
 we

00:39:03.260 --> 00:39:03.420
 see

00:39:03.420 --> 00:39:03.579
 that

00:39:03.579 --> 00:39:03.680
 in

00:39:03.680 --> 00:39:03.860
 verses

00:39:03.860 --> 00:39:04.420
 26

00:39:04.420 --> 00:39:04.579
 and

00:39:04.579 --> 00:39:05.059
 29

00:39:05.059 --> 00:39:06.920
 we

00:39:06.920 --> 00:39:07.160
 read

00:39:07.160 --> 00:39:07.539
 this

00:39:07.539 --> 00:39:08.900
 the

00:39:08.900 --> 00:39:09.099
 one

00:39:09.099 --> 00:39:09.239
 who

00:39:09.239 --> 00:39:09.739
 conquers

00:39:09.739 --> 00:39:10.159
 or

00:39:10.159 --> 00:39:10.679
 the

00:39:10.679 --> 00:39:10.840
 one

00:39:10.840 --> 00:39:10.980
 who

00:39:10.980 --> 00:39:11.679
 overcomes

00:39:11.679 --> 00:39:13.820
 and

00:39:13.820 --> 00:39:13.940
 who

00:39:13.940 --> 00:39:14.219
 keeps

00:39:14.219 --> 00:39:14.460
 my

00:39:14.460 --> 00:39:14.920
 works

00:39:14.920 --> 00:39:15.320
 until

00:39:15.320 --> 00:39:15.539
 the

00:39:15.539 --> 00:39:15.820
 end

00:39:15.820 --> 00:39:15.980
 to

00:39:15.980 --> 00:39:16.159
 him

00:39:16.159 --> 00:39:16.300
 I

00:39:16.300 --> 00:39:16.440
 will

00:39:16.440 --> 00:39:16.639
 give

00:39:16.639 --> 00:39:17.059
 authority

00:39:17.059 --> 00:39:17.279
 over

00:39:17.279 --> 00:39:17.420
 the

00:39:17.420 --> 00:39:17.719
 nations

00:39:17.719 --> 00:39:18.019
 and

00:39:18.019 --> 00:39:18.440
 he

00:39:18.440 --> 00:39:18.599
 will

00:39:18.599 --> 00:39:18.840
 rule

00:39:18.840 --> 00:39:19.079
 them

00:39:19.079 --> 00:39:19.340
 with

00:39:19.340 --> 00:39:19.480
 a

00:39:19.480 --> 00:39:19.659
 rod

00:39:19.659 --> 00:39:19.779
 of

00:39:19.779 --> 00:39:20.119
 iron

00:39:20.119 --> 00:39:20.360
 as

00:39:20.360 --> 00:39:20.619
 when

00:39:20.619 --> 00:39:21.179
 earthen

00:39:21.179 --> 00:39:21.440
 pots

00:39:21.440 --> 00:39:21.599
 are

00:39:21.599 --> 00:39:21.860
 broken

00:39:21.860 --> 00:39:22.039
 in

00:39:22.039 --> 00:39:22.340
 pieces

00:39:22.340 --> 00:39:22.639
 even

00:39:22.639 --> 00:39:22.800
 as

00:39:22.800 --> 00:39:22.900
 I

00:39:22.900 --> 00:39:23.279
 myself

00:39:23.279 --> 00:39:23.460
 have

00:39:23.460 --> 00:39:23.759
 received

00:39:23.759 --> 00:39:24.119
 authority

00:39:24.119 --> 00:39:24.340
 from

00:39:24.340 --> 00:39:24.559
 my

00:39:24.559 --> 00:39:24.880
 father

00:39:24.880 --> 00:39:25.440
 and

00:39:25.440 --> 00:39:25.559
 I

00:39:25.559 --> 00:39:25.679
 will

00:39:25.679 --> 00:39:25.920
 give

00:39:25.920 --> 00:39:26.079
 him

00:39:26.079 --> 00:39:26.239
 the

00:39:26.239 --> 00:39:26.480
 morning

00:39:26.480 --> 00:39:26.860
 star

00:39:26.860 --> 00:39:29.219
 to

00:39:29.219 --> 00:39:29.360
 the

00:39:29.360 --> 00:39:29.539
 one

00:39:29.539 --> 00:39:29.699
 who

00:39:29.699 --> 00:39:30.279
 overcomes

00:39:30.279 --> 00:39:30.480
 to

00:39:30.480 --> 00:39:30.599
 the

00:39:30.599 --> 00:39:30.880
 one

00:39:30.880 --> 00:39:31.159
 who

00:39:31.159 --> 00:39:31.579
 is

00:39:31.579 --> 00:39:31.940
 growing

00:39:31.940 --> 00:39:32.139
 in

00:39:32.139 --> 00:39:32.460
 love

00:39:32.460 --> 00:39:32.719
 who

00:39:32.719 --> 00:39:32.819
 is

00:39:32.819 --> 00:39:33.139
 growing

00:39:33.139 --> 00:39:33.340
 in

00:39:33.340 --> 00:39:33.679
 faith

00:39:33.679 --> 00:39:34.059
 who

00:39:34.059 --> 00:39:34.179
 is

00:39:34.179 --> 00:39:34.559
 growing

00:39:34.559 --> 00:39:34.880
 in

00:39:34.880 --> 00:39:35.500
 service

00:39:35.500 --> 00:39:35.880
 who

00:39:35.880 --> 00:39:36.000
 is

00:39:36.000 --> 00:39:36.340
 growing

00:39:36.340 --> 00:39:36.579
 in

00:39:36.579 --> 00:39:36.679
 the

00:39:36.679 --> 00:39:36.980
 ability

00:39:36.980 --> 00:39:37.199
 to

00:39:37.199 --> 00:39:37.779
 endure

00:39:37.779 --> 00:39:38.420
 hardship

00:39:38.420 --> 00:39:38.980
 who

00:39:38.980 --> 00:39:39.079
 is

00:39:39.079 --> 00:39:39.519
 holding

00:39:39.519 --> 00:39:40.039
 fast

00:39:40.039 --> 00:39:40.259
 to

00:39:40.259 --> 00:39:40.420
 the

00:39:40.420 --> 00:39:40.699
 true

00:39:40.699 --> 00:39:41.239
 gospel

00:39:41.239 --> 00:39:41.699
 until

00:39:41.699 --> 00:39:42.199
 the

00:39:42.199 --> 00:39:42.719
 end

00:39:42.719 --> 00:39:43.920
 to

00:39:43.920 --> 00:39:44.259
 that

00:39:44.259 --> 00:39:44.699
 person

00:39:44.699 --> 00:39:44.980
 Jesus

00:39:44.980 --> 00:39:45.299
 makes

00:39:45.299 --> 00:39:45.500
 two

00:39:45.500 --> 00:39:46.000
 promises

00:39:46.000 --> 00:39:51.519
 to

00:39:51.519 --> 00:39:51.760
 him

00:39:51.760 --> 00:39:51.920
 I

00:39:51.920 --> 00:39:52.059
 will

00:39:52.059 --> 00:39:52.239
 give

00:39:52.239 --> 00:39:52.639
 authority

00:39:52.639 --> 00:39:52.860
 over

00:39:52.860 --> 00:39:53.000
 the

00:39:53.000 --> 00:39:53.340
 nations

00:39:53.340 --> 00:39:53.800
 and

00:39:53.800 --> 00:39:53.920
 he

00:39:53.920 --> 00:39:54.059
 will

00:39:54.059 --> 00:39:54.320
 rule

00:39:54.320 --> 00:39:54.559
 them

00:39:54.559 --> 00:39:54.880
 with

00:39:54.880 --> 00:39:55.079
 a

00:39:55.079 --> 00:39:55.239
 rod

00:39:55.239 --> 00:39:55.360
 of

00:39:55.360 --> 00:39:55.519
 iron

00:39:55.519 --> 00:39:55.800
 it's

00:39:55.800 --> 00:39:56.019
 back

00:39:56.019 --> 00:39:56.199
 to

00:39:56.199 --> 00:39:56.460
 Psalm

00:39:56.460 --> 00:39:56.739
 2

00:39:56.739 --> 00:39:58.500
 it's

00:39:58.500 --> 00:39:58.860
 back

00:39:58.860 --> 00:39:59.119
 to

00:39:59.119 --> 00:39:59.400
 Psalm

00:39:59.400 --> 00:39:59.639
 2

00:39:59.639 --> 00:39:59.880
 where

00:39:59.880 --> 00:40:00.260
 Jesus

00:40:00.260 --> 00:40:00.719
 is

00:40:00.719 --> 00:40:00.940
 saying

00:40:00.940 --> 00:40:01.300
 I

00:40:01.300 --> 00:40:01.519
 am

00:40:01.519 --> 00:40:01.760
 that

00:40:01.760 --> 00:40:02.079
 son

00:40:02.079 --> 00:40:02.239
 of

00:40:02.239 --> 00:40:02.559
 God

00:40:02.559 --> 00:40:02.920
 who

00:40:02.920 --> 00:40:03.019
 has

00:40:03.019 --> 00:40:03.139
 been

00:40:03.139 --> 00:40:03.719
 given

00:40:03.719 --> 00:40:04.500
 authority

00:40:04.500 --> 00:40:04.880
 over

00:40:04.880 --> 00:40:05.159
 all

00:40:05.159 --> 00:40:05.300
 the

00:40:05.300 --> 00:40:05.820
 nations

00:40:05.820 --> 00:40:06.840
 by

00:40:06.840 --> 00:40:07.059
 my

00:40:07.059 --> 00:40:07.440
 father

00:40:07.440 --> 00:40:08.860
 and

00:40:08.860 --> 00:40:09.019
 what

00:40:09.019 --> 00:40:09.280
 he's

00:40:09.280 --> 00:40:09.579
 saying

00:40:09.579 --> 00:40:09.960
 here

00:40:09.960 --> 00:40:10.800
 is

00:40:10.800 --> 00:40:10.940
 that

00:40:10.940 --> 00:40:11.260
 those

00:40:11.260 --> 00:40:11.460
 who

00:40:11.460 --> 00:40:11.980
 overcome

00:40:11.980 --> 00:40:12.199
 who

00:40:12.199 --> 00:40:12.599
 conquer

00:40:12.599 --> 00:40:14.719
 we

00:40:14.719 --> 00:40:15.380
 will

00:40:15.380 --> 00:40:15.980
 reign

00:40:15.980 --> 00:40:16.480
 with

00:40:16.480 --> 00:40:16.780
 him

00:40:16.780 --> 00:40:20.139
 we

00:40:20.139 --> 00:40:20.480
 will

00:40:20.480 --> 00:40:21.360
 be

00:40:21.360 --> 00:40:21.980
 a part

00:40:21.980 --> 00:40:22.980
 of

00:40:22.980 --> 00:40:23.219
 his

00:40:23.219 --> 00:40:24.000
 future

00:40:24.000 --> 00:40:25.000
 reign

00:40:25.000 --> 00:40:26.820
 when

00:40:26.820 --> 00:40:26.960
 he

00:40:26.960 --> 00:40:27.420
 comes

00:40:27.420 --> 00:40:28.460
 and

00:40:28.460 --> 00:40:28.579
 when

00:40:28.579 --> 00:40:28.719
 he

00:40:28.719 --> 00:40:29.219
 conquers

00:40:29.219 --> 00:40:31.179
 we

00:40:31.179 --> 00:40:31.320
 are

00:40:31.320 --> 00:40:31.500
 to

00:40:31.500 --> 00:40:31.900
 overcome

00:40:31.900 --> 00:40:32.500
 now

00:40:32.500 --> 00:40:33.760
 and

00:40:33.760 --> 00:40:33.900
 then

00:40:33.900 --> 00:40:34.079
 we

00:40:34.079 --> 00:40:34.280
 will

00:40:34.280 --> 00:40:34.599
 reign

00:40:34.599 --> 00:40:34.840
 with

00:40:34.840 --> 00:40:35.019
 him

00:40:35.019 --> 00:40:35.380
 then

00:40:35.380 --> 00:40:36.599
 that's

00:40:36.599 --> 00:40:36.740
 a

00:40:36.740 --> 00:40:37.280
 promise

00:40:37.280 --> 00:40:38.240
 for

00:40:38.240 --> 00:40:38.460
 us

00:40:38.460 --> 00:40:38.619
 to

00:40:38.619 --> 00:40:39.000
 bank

00:40:39.000 --> 00:40:39.340
 on

00:40:39.340 --> 00:40:41.679
 second

00:40:41.679 --> 00:40:42.119
 promise

00:40:42.119 --> 00:40:42.340
 is

00:40:42.340 --> 00:40:42.480
 in

00:40:42.480 --> 00:40:42.639
 verse

00:40:42.639 --> 00:40:43.179
 28

00:40:43.179 --> 00:40:44.099
 and

00:40:44.099 --> 00:40:44.240
 I

00:40:44.240 --> 00:40:44.380
 will

00:40:44.380 --> 00:40:44.619
 give

00:40:44.619 --> 00:40:44.820
 him

00:40:44.820 --> 00:40:45.000
 the

00:40:45.000 --> 00:40:45.260
 morning

00:40:45.260 --> 00:40:45.719
 star

00:40:45.719 --> 00:40:47.359
 the

00:40:47.359 --> 00:40:47.619
 morning

00:40:47.619 --> 00:40:48.039
 star

00:40:48.039 --> 00:40:48.319
 is

00:40:48.319 --> 00:40:48.539
 that

00:40:48.539 --> 00:40:49.039
 last

00:40:49.039 --> 00:40:49.259
 and

00:40:49.259 --> 00:40:49.639
 brightest

00:40:49.639 --> 00:40:50.079
 star

00:40:50.079 --> 00:40:50.279
 to

00:40:50.279 --> 00:40:50.500
 come

00:40:50.500 --> 00:40:50.739
 out

00:40:50.739 --> 00:40:50.919
 at

00:40:50.919 --> 00:40:51.239
 night

00:40:51.239 --> 00:40:51.679
 just

00:40:51.679 --> 00:40:52.059
 before

00:40:52.059 --> 00:40:52.259
 the

00:40:52.259 --> 00:40:52.539
 dawn

00:40:52.539 --> 00:40:52.759
 when

00:40:52.759 --> 00:40:53.039
 things

00:40:53.039 --> 00:40:53.199
 are

00:40:53.199 --> 00:40:53.679
 darkest

00:40:53.679 --> 00:40:55.859
 and

00:40:55.859 --> 00:40:56.000
 in

00:40:56.000 --> 00:40:56.419
 Revelation

00:40:56.419 --> 00:40:56.899
 22

00:40:56.899 --> 00:40:57.399
 16

00:40:57.399 --> 00:40:58.059
 Jesus

00:40:58.059 --> 00:40:58.759
 himself

00:40:58.759 --> 00:40:59.379
 calls

00:40:59.379 --> 00:40:59.959
 himself

00:40:59.959 --> 00:41:00.699
 the

00:41:00.699 --> 00:41:01.159
 bright

00:41:01.159 --> 00:41:01.980
 morning

00:41:01.980 --> 00:41:02.759
 star

00:41:02.759 --> 00:41:03.839
 and

00:41:03.839 --> 00:41:04.000
 so

00:41:04.000 --> 00:41:04.199
 what

00:41:04.199 --> 00:41:04.459
 Jesus

00:41:04.459 --> 00:41:04.739
 is

00:41:04.739 --> 00:41:05.139
 actually

00:41:05.139 --> 00:41:05.719
 promising

00:41:05.719 --> 00:41:06.139
 here

00:41:06.139 --> 00:41:07.480
 is

00:41:07.480 --> 00:41:08.179
 himself

00:41:08.179 --> 00:41:08.659
 to

00:41:08.659 --> 00:41:09.079
 us

00:41:09.079 --> 00:41:11.099
 you

00:41:11.099 --> 00:41:11.359
 stay

00:41:11.359 --> 00:41:11.619
 true

00:41:11.619 --> 00:41:11.759
 to

00:41:11.759 --> 00:41:11.879
 me

00:41:11.879 --> 00:41:12.219
 now

00:41:12.219 --> 00:41:13.119
 you

00:41:13.119 --> 00:41:13.359
 don't

00:41:13.359 --> 00:41:13.539
 be

00:41:13.539 --> 00:41:14.059
 seduced

00:41:14.059 --> 00:41:14.699
 you

00:41:14.699 --> 00:41:14.940
 don't

00:41:14.940 --> 00:41:15.420
 compromise

00:41:15.420 --> 00:41:15.699
 or

00:41:15.699 --> 00:41:16.440
 tolerate

00:41:16.440 --> 00:41:17.199
 compromise

00:41:17.199 --> 00:41:17.900
 and

00:41:17.900 --> 00:41:18.320
 I

00:41:18.320 --> 00:41:19.039
 promise

00:41:19.039 --> 00:41:19.739
 myself

00:41:19.739 --> 00:41:20.059
 to

00:41:20.059 --> 00:41:20.380
 you

00:41:20.380 --> 00:41:22.380
 I

00:41:22.380 --> 00:41:23.059
 promise

00:41:23.059 --> 00:41:23.500
 my

00:41:23.500 --> 00:41:24.119
 presence

00:41:24.119 --> 00:41:24.440
 you

00:41:24.440 --> 00:41:24.619
 will

00:41:24.619 --> 00:41:24.840
 see

00:41:24.840 --> 00:41:25.039
 me

00:41:25.039 --> 00:41:25.340
 face

00:41:25.340 --> 00:41:25.519
 to

00:41:25.519 --> 00:41:25.860
 face

00:41:25.860 --> 00:41:26.420
 I

00:41:26.420 --> 00:41:26.639
 will

00:41:26.639 --> 00:41:27.039
 wipe

00:41:27.039 --> 00:41:27.380
 away

00:41:27.380 --> 00:41:27.759
 every

00:41:27.759 --> 00:41:28.039
 tear

00:41:28.039 --> 00:41:28.299
 from

00:41:28.299 --> 00:41:28.500
 your

00:41:28.500 --> 00:41:28.920
 eye

00:41:28.920 --> 00:41:30.039
 it's

00:41:30.039 --> 00:41:30.340
 a picture

00:41:30.340 --> 00:41:30.539
 of

00:41:30.539 --> 00:41:30.980
 hope

00:41:30.980 --> 00:41:33.500
 our

00:41:33.500 --> 00:41:33.940
 bright

00:41:33.940 --> 00:41:34.400
 morning

00:41:34.400 --> 00:41:34.900
 star

00:41:34.900 --> 00:41:35.259
 to

00:41:35.259 --> 00:41:35.539
 which

00:41:35.539 --> 00:41:35.799
 we

00:41:35.799 --> 00:41:36.279
 look

00:41:36.279 --> 00:41:37.139
 forward

00:41:37.139 --> 00:41:37.579
 to

00:41:37.579 --> 00:41:38.380
 in

00:41:38.380 --> 00:41:39.019
 this

00:41:39.019 --> 00:41:39.639
 present

00:41:39.639 --> 00:41:40.179
 darkness

00:41:40.179 --> 00:41:41.019
 night

00:41:41.019 --> 00:41:43.399
 we

00:41:43.399 --> 00:41:43.639
 set

00:41:43.639 --> 00:41:43.799
 our

00:41:43.799 --> 00:41:44.039
 hearts

00:41:44.039 --> 00:41:44.239
 on

00:41:44.239 --> 00:41:44.559
 him

00:41:44.559 --> 00:41:47.419
 the

00:41:47.419 --> 00:41:47.679
 one

00:41:47.679 --> 00:41:47.819
 who

00:41:47.819 --> 00:41:48.079
 gave

00:41:48.079 --> 00:41:48.500
 himself

00:41:48.500 --> 00:41:48.879
 for

00:41:48.879 --> 00:41:49.239
 us

00:41:49.239 --> 00:41:52.619
 this

00:41:52.619 --> 00:41:52.919
 morning

00:41:52.919 --> 00:41:53.279
 we've

00:41:53.279 --> 00:41:53.519
 been

00:41:53.519 --> 00:41:54.339
 soberly

00:41:54.339 --> 00:41:54.899
 reminded

00:41:54.899 --> 00:41:56.879
 of

00:41:56.879 --> 00:41:57.039
 the

00:41:57.039 --> 00:41:57.519
 seduction

00:41:57.519 --> 00:41:58.039
 and

00:41:58.039 --> 00:41:58.199
 the

00:41:58.199 --> 00:41:58.819
 compromise

00:41:58.819 --> 00:41:59.500
 that

00:41:59.500 --> 00:41:59.839
 is

00:41:59.839 --> 00:42:00.339
 out

00:42:00.339 --> 00:42:00.859
 there

00:42:00.859 --> 00:42:02.399
 we're

00:42:02.399 --> 00:42:02.679
 living

00:42:02.679 --> 00:42:02.879
 in

00:42:02.879 --> 00:42:03.159
 modern

00:42:03.159 --> 00:42:03.440
 day

00:42:03.440 --> 00:42:03.819
 trade

00:42:03.819 --> 00:42:04.399
 guilds

00:42:04.399 --> 00:42:06.779
 and

00:42:06.779 --> 00:42:06.940
 what

00:42:06.940 --> 00:42:07.219
 we've

00:42:07.219 --> 00:42:07.359
 been

00:42:07.359 --> 00:42:07.719
 called

00:42:07.719 --> 00:42:07.919
 to

00:42:07.919 --> 00:42:08.099
 is

00:42:08.099 --> 00:42:08.259
 to

00:42:08.259 --> 00:42:08.579
 hold

00:42:08.579 --> 00:42:09.139
 fast

00:42:09.139 --> 00:42:09.359
 to

00:42:09.360 --> 00:42:09.519
 the

00:42:09.519 --> 00:42:09.800
 true

00:42:09.800 --> 00:42:10.380
 gospel

00:42:10.380 --> 00:42:11.260
 and

00:42:11.260 --> 00:42:11.420
 to

00:42:11.420 --> 00:42:11.960
 overcome

00:42:11.960 --> 00:42:12.780
 until

00:42:12.780 --> 00:42:13.240
 the

00:42:13.240 --> 00:42:13.660
 end

00:42:13.660 --> 00:42:16.720
 which

00:42:16.720 --> 00:42:16.820
 you

00:42:16.820 --> 00:42:16.900
 need

00:42:16.900 --> 00:42:17.000
 to

00:42:17.000 --> 00:42:17.140
 think

00:42:17.140 --> 00:42:17.300
 about

00:42:17.300 --> 00:42:17.519
 this

00:42:17.519 --> 00:42:17.980
 particular

00:42:17.980 --> 00:42:18.200
 letter

00:42:18.200 --> 00:42:18.320
 and

00:42:18.320 --> 00:42:18.460
 all

00:42:18.460 --> 00:42:18.640
 these

00:42:18.640 --> 00:42:18.960
 seven

00:42:18.960 --> 00:42:19.300
 letters

00:42:19.300 --> 00:42:20.079
 they're

00:42:20.079 --> 00:42:20.460
 love

00:42:20.460 --> 00:42:20.940
 letters

00:42:20.940 --> 00:42:22.880
 Jesus

00:42:22.880 --> 00:42:23.320
 is

00:42:23.320 --> 00:42:23.840
 loving

00:42:23.840 --> 00:42:24.380
 us

00:42:24.380 --> 00:42:24.720
 through

00:42:24.720 --> 00:42:25.120
 this

00:42:25.120 --> 00:42:25.760
 he

00:42:25.760 --> 00:42:26.240
 wants

00:42:26.240 --> 00:42:26.700
 us

00:42:26.700 --> 00:42:26.980
 to

00:42:26.980 --> 00:42:27.400
 share

00:42:27.400 --> 00:42:27.760
 in

00:42:27.760 --> 00:42:27.980
 his

00:42:27.980 --> 00:42:28.440
 holiness

00:42:28.440 --> 00:42:29.900
 and

00:42:29.900 --> 00:42:30.340
 he

00:42:30.340 --> 00:42:32.400
 and

00:42:32.400 --> 00:42:32.720
 he

00:42:32.720 --> 00:42:33.000
 is

00:42:33.000 --> 00:42:33.620
 purposed

00:42:33.620 --> 00:42:33.880
 to

00:42:33.880 --> 00:42:34.059
 do

00:42:34.059 --> 00:42:34.460
 that

00:42:34.460 --> 00:42:36.680
 by way

00:42:36.680 --> 00:42:36.780
 of

00:42:36.780 --> 00:42:37.180
 closing

00:42:37.180 --> 00:42:37.420
 I

00:42:37.420 --> 00:42:37.860
 just

00:42:37.860 --> 00:42:38.200
 want

00:42:38.200 --> 00:42:38.579
 to

00:42:38.579 --> 00:42:39.340
 close

00:42:39.340 --> 00:42:39.820
 with

00:42:39.820 --> 00:42:39.940
 a

00:42:39.940 --> 00:42:40.079
 word

00:42:40.079 --> 00:42:40.220
 of

00:42:40.220 --> 00:42:40.640
 comfort

00:42:40.640 --> 00:42:40.900
 and

00:42:40.900 --> 00:42:41.039
 some

00:42:41.039 --> 00:42:41.480
 direction

00:42:41.480 --> 00:42:45.340
 I've

00:42:45.340 --> 00:42:45.460
 been

00:42:45.460 --> 00:42:45.680
 praying

00:42:45.680 --> 00:42:45.880
 all

00:42:45.880 --> 00:42:46.120
 week

00:42:46.120 --> 00:42:46.280
 that

00:42:46.280 --> 00:42:46.420
 the

00:42:46.420 --> 00:42:46.579
 Holy

00:42:46.579 --> 00:42:46.840
 Spirit

00:42:46.840 --> 00:42:46.980
 will

00:42:46.980 --> 00:42:47.100
 be

00:42:47.100 --> 00:42:47.280
 doing

00:42:47.280 --> 00:42:47.440
 a

00:42:47.440 --> 00:42:47.660
 work

00:42:47.660 --> 00:42:47.800
 in

00:42:47.800 --> 00:42:48.100
 us

00:42:48.100 --> 00:42:48.500
 during

00:42:48.500 --> 00:42:48.680
 the

00:42:48.680 --> 00:42:48.960
 preaching

00:42:48.960 --> 00:42:49.420
 of

00:42:49.420 --> 00:42:49.700
 his

00:42:49.700 --> 00:42:50.000
 word

00:42:50.000 --> 00:42:51.860
 that

00:42:51.860 --> 00:42:52.000
 he

00:42:52.000 --> 00:42:52.140
 would

00:42:52.140 --> 00:42:52.300
 be

00:42:52.300 --> 00:42:52.780
 convicting

00:42:52.780 --> 00:42:53.280
 us

00:42:53.280 --> 00:42:54.559
 of

00:42:54.559 --> 00:42:55.140
 areas

00:42:55.140 --> 00:42:55.340
 of

00:42:55.340 --> 00:42:55.780
 compromise

00:42:55.780 --> 00:42:56.039
 in

00:42:56.039 --> 00:42:56.160
 our

00:42:56.160 --> 00:42:56.460
 life

00:42:56.460 --> 00:42:56.760
 of

00:42:56.760 --> 00:42:57.880
 blending

00:42:57.880 --> 00:42:58.720
 in

00:42:58.720 --> 00:42:59.059
 with

00:42:59.059 --> 00:42:59.220
 the

00:42:59.220 --> 00:42:59.559
 trade

00:42:59.559 --> 00:43:00.360
 guilds

00:43:00.360 --> 00:43:03.420
 if

00:43:03.420 --> 00:43:04.380
 you

00:43:04.380 --> 00:43:04.600
 have

00:43:04.600 --> 00:43:04.760
 been

00:43:04.760 --> 00:43:05.220
 convicted

00:43:05.220 --> 00:43:05.480
 by

00:43:05.480 --> 00:43:05.680
 the

00:43:05.680 --> 00:43:05.880
 Holy

00:43:05.880 --> 00:43:06.280
 Spirit

00:43:06.280 --> 00:43:07.460
 if

00:43:07.460 --> 00:43:07.940
 something

00:43:07.940 --> 00:43:08.240
 very

00:43:08.240 --> 00:43:08.720
 specific

00:43:08.720 --> 00:43:08.940
 and

00:43:08.940 --> 00:43:09.300
 concrete

00:43:09.300 --> 00:43:09.620
 has been

00:43:09.620 --> 00:43:09.860
 brought

00:43:09.860 --> 00:43:10.040
 to

00:43:10.040 --> 00:43:10.200
 your

00:43:10.200 --> 00:43:10.560
 mind

00:43:10.560 --> 00:43:11.120
 as

00:43:11.120 --> 00:43:11.620
 compromise

00:43:11.620 --> 00:43:11.960
 to

00:43:11.960 --> 00:43:12.380
 Christ

00:43:12.380 --> 00:43:13.780
 be

00:43:13.780 --> 00:43:14.360
 encouraged

00:43:14.360 --> 00:43:14.620
 by

00:43:14.620 --> 00:43:14.960
 that

00:43:14.960 --> 00:43:16.660
 that's

00:43:16.660 --> 00:43:16.820
 his

00:43:16.820 --> 00:43:17.220
 kindness

00:43:17.220 --> 00:43:17.540
 to

00:43:17.540 --> 00:43:17.780
 you

00:43:17.780 --> 00:43:19.040
 he's

00:43:19.040 --> 00:43:19.440
 wanting

00:43:19.440 --> 00:43:19.920
 to

00:43:19.920 --> 00:43:20.960
 help

00:43:20.960 --> 00:43:21.260
 you

00:43:21.260 --> 00:43:22.060
 share

00:43:22.060 --> 00:43:22.660
 in

00:43:22.660 --> 00:43:23.120
 his

00:43:23.120 --> 00:43:23.519
 holiness

00:43:23.519 --> 00:43:23.920
 and

00:43:23.920 --> 00:43:24.880
 he is

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 giving

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 you

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 now

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 time

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 to

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 repent

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 and

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 so

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 the

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 call

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 is

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 to

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 confess

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 to

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 repent

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 to

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 confess

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 your

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 compromise

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 with

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 specificity

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 and

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 concreteness

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 to

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 the

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 risen

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 Christ

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 and

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 he

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 promises

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 to

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 forgive

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 you

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 if

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 we

00:43:42.759 --> 00:43:43.059
 confess

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 our

00:43:43.320 --> 00:43:43.699
 sins

00:43:43.699 --> 00:43:44.820
 he's

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 faithful

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 and

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 just

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 to

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 forgive

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 us

00:43:46.259 --> 00:43:46.420
 our

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 sins

00:43:46.719 --> 00:43:46.960
 and

00:43:46.960 --> 00:43:47.139
 to

00:43:47.139 --> 00:43:47.880
 cleanse

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 us

00:43:48.159 --> 00:43:48.440
 from

00:43:48.440 --> 00:43:48.840
 all

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 unrighteousness

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 it's

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 1st

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 John

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 1

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 9

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 so

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 we're

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 going to

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 take a

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 couple

00:43:54.800 --> 00:43:55.139
 minutes

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 right

00:43:55.380 --> 00:43:55.679
 now

00:43:55.679 --> 00:43:56.980
 and

00:43:56.980 --> 00:43:57.119
 we're

00:43:57.119 --> 00:43:57.259
 going to

00:43:57.259 --> 00:43:57.679
 take a

00:43:57.679 --> 00:43:57.840
 couple

00:43:57.840 --> 00:43:58.259
 minutes

00:43:58.259 --> 00:43:59.440
 to

00:43:59.440 --> 00:44:00.059
 confess

00:44:00.059 --> 00:44:00.400
 our

00:44:00.400 --> 00:44:00.800
 sin

00:44:00.800 --> 00:44:01.000
 to

00:44:01.000 --> 00:44:01.280
 go

00:44:01.280 --> 00:44:01.660
 before

00:44:01.660 --> 00:44:01.860
 the

00:44:01.860 --> 00:44:02.079
 risen

00:44:02.079 --> 00:44:02.579
 Christ

00:44:02.579 --> 00:44:03.160
 and

00:44:03.160 --> 00:44:03.539
 say

00:44:03.539 --> 00:44:03.960
 God

00:44:03.960 --> 00:44:04.440
 bring

00:44:04.440 --> 00:44:04.660
 to

00:44:04.660 --> 00:44:04.840
 the

00:44:04.840 --> 00:44:05.139
 fore

00:44:05.139 --> 00:44:06.300
 whatever

00:44:06.300 --> 00:44:07.000
 compromises

00:44:07.000 --> 00:44:07.400
 in my

00:44:07.400 --> 00:44:07.740
 heart

00:44:07.740 --> 00:44:08.440
 and

00:44:08.440 --> 00:44:08.680
 then

00:44:08.680 --> 00:44:09.079
 confess

00:44:09.079 --> 00:44:09.360
 it

00:44:09.360 --> 00:44:09.480
 to

00:44:09.480 --> 00:44:09.740
 him

00:44:09.740 --> 00:44:10.420
 and

00:44:10.420 --> 00:44:10.559
 then

00:44:10.559 --> 00:44:10.720
 we'll

00:44:10.720 --> 00:44:11.039
 close

00:44:11.039 --> 00:44:11.240
 the

00:44:11.240 --> 00:44:11.680
 service

00:44:11.680 --> 00:44:12.599
 let's

00:44:12.599 --> 00:44:12.740
 do

00:44:12.740 --> 00:44:12.940
 that

00:44:12.940 --> 00:44:13.240
 now

00:44:30.400 --> 00:44:30.639
 Let

00:44:30.639 --> 00:44:31.039
 menos

00:44:31.039 --> 00:44:32.900
 t

00:44:32.900 --> 00:44:33.660
 bow

00:44:34.019 --> 00:44:34.280
 and

00:44:34.280 --> 00:44:34.900
 make

00:44:34.900 --> 00:44:35.039
 all

00:44:35.039 --> 00:44:36.599
 down

00:44:36.639 --> 00:44:38.860
 ways

00:44:38.860 --> 00:44:39.500
 to

00:44:39.500 --> 00:44:40.079
 come

00:44:40.079 --> 00:44:40.940
 to

00:44:41.180 --> 00:44:42.139
 die

00:44:42.220 --> 00:44:42.740
 not

00:44:42.739 --> 00:45:12.719
 Thank you.

00:45:12.739 --> 00:45:42.719
 Thank you.

00:45:42.739 --> 00:46:12.719
 Thank you.