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 But I want to look at this story about David Mephibosheth tonight.

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 And I just want to speak a little bit about shadows,

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 because shadows are very frustrating things.

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 We know about shadows, they do point to the real thing,

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 but they can often leave you with a kind of incomplete picture, can't they?

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 And questions and a bit of frustration,

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 because you can't really see the real thing unless you have access to it.

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 Sometimes we do when we have a shadow.

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 And I think the Old Testament can be a bit like that for us.

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 When we read it, it can be quite difficult to understand

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 and difficult to apply in our own lives and to our own circumstances.

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 And so we do need to look at the Old Testament,

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 we always need to look at the Old Testament

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 through the lens of Jesus Christ,

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 who is the real thing of which the Old Testament really is a shadow

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 that points forward to Jesus.

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 It's always important to do that.

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 But even then it can be hard work,

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 even then it can be quite difficult to make sense of some of the things in the Old Testament.

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 Maybe not so much this chapter,

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 but certainly parts of the Old Testament, very difficult.

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 But what we do recognize and see is that throughout the Old Testament,

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 we have a picture of God,

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 and a picture of a covenant God,

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 who makes promises,

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 and who keeps promises,

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 and is pointing forward to a day when he will reveal himself

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 as the Messiah and the person of the Redeemer,

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 the one who is to come to save his people.

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 And he promises always into the chaos of life.

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 And we're living in a lot of chaotic days,

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 and it's important to remember his promises.

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 It's important to remember his unflinching commitment

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 to rescue,

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 to forgive,

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 and to love his people.

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 You and I from death to life.

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 And what that means for you when you go out tomorrow,

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 the significance and the importance of that.

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 And what we find is that sometimes the teaching,

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 hopefully not sometimes,

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 hopefully always,

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 we find the teaching of the Old Testament

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 unfolds,

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 even in shadow,

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 God's purposes to his own people.

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 In a very different culture,

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 certainly,

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 to the one that we're used to,

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 that ancient Near Eastern culture

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 of kings and wars and brutality,

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 which we sometimes recoil a little bit from

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 when we read it.

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 And we think,

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 this is not my world.

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 I don't understand this.

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 This is strange.

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 And yet we're called to recognize God

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 working in that situation,

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 and we learn from him

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 about how he expects us to live our lives in Christ

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 through God our Savior

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 in a world that we too are surrounded by enemies.

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 Different enemies,

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 in a different context.

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 You're not going to get,

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 generally speaking,

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 people running up to you with chariots

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 and with spears

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 and all kinds of stuff like that.

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 But nonetheless,

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 we know there's a spiritual warfare going on

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 in our lives.

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 So there's two things

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 that I want to talk about this evening.

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 The first is

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 the global picture that we see of God at work

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 in shadow

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 here in this passage

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 or in the passages surrounding it.

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 And then the personal work of God

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 in shadow

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 in the interaction between David and Mephibosheth.

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 And we'll try and make sense of that for ourselves.

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 So what we recognize

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 as we're going through the story of David particularly,

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 God is establishing his kingdom.

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 He's establishing a people

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 and a nation

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 and a country,

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 a land,

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 and a king

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 over them.

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 And that becomes really clear

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 in the chapter before

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 and in the chapter after chapter 8

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 and chapter 10

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 are very interesting.

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 We don't have time to read them.

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 And in some ways,

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 they're quite brutal chapters

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 because it's all the stories of David

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 defeating his enemies around him

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 and destroying the enemies

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 and setting up the land

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 and the kingdom

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 for his people.

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 And so what we do see, though,

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 is that God is establishing a king

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 in King David,

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 a king after his own heart,

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 a people,

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 people that follow God

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 and who are reliant on God

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 as their saviour

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 who has redeemed them

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 and on whom he pours out his hesed,

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 his loving kindness,

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 his grace.

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 He pours that out on them.

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 And they're establishing a homeland,

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 a place to stay.

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 Someone to follow

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 a righteous king, David,

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 and somewhere to live.

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 Somewhere to call home.

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 That's not that unfamiliar, is it?

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 So we have the king,

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 a people, and a homeland.

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 And it's to be a society

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 that reflects God's own character.

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 A society that's loving

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 and secure

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 and just

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 and fair.

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 I think chapter 8

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 and verse 15

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 we're told that David

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 reigned over all Israel

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 doing what was just

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 and right

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 for all his people.

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 So it was to be

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 a specific kind of nation.

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 One that reflected

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 God's justice

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 and God's character.

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 And it was also a nation

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 that was founded

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 on

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 on God's help

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 and God's strength.

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 So again in chapter 8

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 if you look at verse 6

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 in terms of the battles

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 that David had

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 it said

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 the Lord gave David victory

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 wherever he went.

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 And then in verse 14

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 it repeats that.

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 The Lord gave David victory

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 wherever he went.

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 So it was

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 the nation

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 the big global picture

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 as it were

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 was of God

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 setting up a people

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 a king

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 and a nation

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 and it was in God's strength

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 and in reliance on God.

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 And it was always

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 in the face

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 of brutal

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 opposition.

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 So the surrounding nations

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 would have none of it.

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 They didn't want to worship

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 the God of Israel.

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 They didn't want to come

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 under his lordship.

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 They wanted their own

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 idolatrous lives

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 and idolatrous ways

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 of living.

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 And

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 it was

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 it was kill or be killed.

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 That was the world

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 in which you lived.

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 it was

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 they were there

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 to destroy

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 God's people

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 and destroy

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 the worship of God

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 and his lordship

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 and his exclusive claims

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 and his people.

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 They all wanted that wiped out.

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 So we find

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 that God

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 in the Old Testament

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 is pointing forward

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 by doing this.

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 He's establishing

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 a king

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 and a people

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 and a homeland.

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 Now can we move

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 out of the shadows

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 for just a moment?

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 And remember

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 that Jesus

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 sheds light

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 on

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 on all of this

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 John 8 verse 12

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 he says

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 I am the light

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 of the world.

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 And

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 he brings light

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 into the shadows

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 of even

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 these Old Testament

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 pictures

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 and he reminds us

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 that he is

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 the greater king

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 the greater son

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 of David

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 the one that

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 we have put our trust

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 in.

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 21st century

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 Edinburgh

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 we're the people

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 that have put our trust

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 in Jesus

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 the great servant king

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 the great son of David

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 who is God

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 but who is also

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 one of us.

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 He's our idol

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 as it were

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 he's our god

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 he's our king

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 he's our hope

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 he's our saviour

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 and he alone

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 is worthy

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 of our

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 worship

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 who alone

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 can satisfy

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 our deepest needs

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 he's our warrior king

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 who's already

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 won the battle

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 on our behalf

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 never leaves us

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 he's the man

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 it's too easy

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 for us to lose

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 sight of that

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 it's too easy

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 for us to drift

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 along without

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 thinking about

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 Jesus

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 to lack

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 enthusiasm

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 for Jesus

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 Christ

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 and just to forget

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 how great he is

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 that everything

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 everything in the

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 Old Testament

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 is pointing towards

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 this great

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 climactic

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 revelation of

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 God

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 in Christ

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 and all of it

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 is in shadow

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 behind him

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 and he's the God

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 who meets

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 our deepest needs

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 the need for

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 belonging

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 that is

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 a homeland

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 isn't it

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 that's what we need

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 that's what the

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 Old Testament

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 people were speaking

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 of and thinking

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 of

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 a land flowing

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 with milk and honey

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 good place

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 that's what

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 God provides for

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 his acceptance

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 family

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 love

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 security

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 ultimately a

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 homeland

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 which will be

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 a physical place

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 too

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 new heavens

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 and the new

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 earth

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 a place

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 with no end

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 date

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 no eviction

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 notice

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 no borders

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 a place to

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 explore

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 and a place

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 of excitement

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 and a place

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 of joy

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 and a place

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 of learning

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 and a place

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 of exploration

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 where we live

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 in his

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 in his company

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 forever

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 with the church

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 as a family

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 or the people

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 of God

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 as our family

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 the ground

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 which McClue

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 is built

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 which your houses

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 are built

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 scarred by sin

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 and by all the

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 effects of sin

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 will be reclaimed

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 forever

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 in the new heavens

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 and the new earth

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 he's providing

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 a home

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 and a belonging

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 and a fatherhood

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 for us

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 and that victory

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 similarly

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 to the victory

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 of the Old Testament

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 is a victory

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 in the face

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 of spiritual

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 darkness

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 enemies

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 surrounding us

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 you know

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 today we can't

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 get away

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 from the reality

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 of evil

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 you simply

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 can't do it

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 it seems like

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 there's new ways

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 to invent evil

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 all the time

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 doesn't it

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 can't get away

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 from it

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 we realise

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 that the nations

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 are under

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 God's judgement

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 and that evil

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 provokes death

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 and destruction

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 and his lordship

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 and his rule

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 and his greatness

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 is denied

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 we see that

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 we know that

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 we experience that

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 all around us

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 Satan rails

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 against God

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 at every level

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 but remember

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 he is defeated

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 on the cross

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 not yet destroyed

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 he thrashes around

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 in his dying

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 rage

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 we recognise that

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 and we

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 we're realistic

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 about that

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 so our Christian

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 life's a battle

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 and your heart

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 is a warfare

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 and there's that

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 reality that we face

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 every day

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 the war has been won

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 but there's many

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 battles that we

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 still face

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 as we live

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 our Christian lives

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 so there's a kind

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 of global

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 picture there

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 in a sense

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 a shadowy

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 picture

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 in the Old Testament

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 victories

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 and establishing

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 of a kingdom

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 which point forward

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 to what God

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 is doing in Christ

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 what is happening

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 just now

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 that he's establishing

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 a spiritual kingdom

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 a homeland

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 of which we are a part

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 but I want just

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 to speak also

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 briefly

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 about

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 the personal

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 story

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 that's in shadow

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 here

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 that speaks about

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 grace personally

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 that maybe takes it

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 more into the living room

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 or more into the church

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 this evening

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 and

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 more into our own lives

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 and how we respond

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 because

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 I was saying this morning

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 at St. Columbus

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 you know

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 it's

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 it's really easy

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 to

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 to be unchanged

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 under God's word

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 isn't it

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 it's really easy

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 to forget

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 that we're part

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 of a grace revolution

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 and it's

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 so it's a revolution

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 not in macro terms

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 but in heart terms

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 so that

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 every time we come

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 under the word

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 every time we're

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 eyeball to eyeball

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 with God

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 in his word

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 or in prayer

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 or in preaching

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 or in Bible study

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 whatever it happens

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 to be

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 he's saying

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 I've got something

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 that I want to

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 I want to transform

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 in your life

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 there's a response

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 that I want you to give

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 to the troubles

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 you're facing

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 there's

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 an action of grace

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 that I want you to put

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 in place

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 because the Christian road

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 that we're on

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 is a radical road

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 it's a revolutionary road

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 it's a different road

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 certainly

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 from the revolutions

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 of the world

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 where we live

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 but nonetheless

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 it's a grace revolution

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 anyway

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 that's me just dipping

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 into this morning's sermon

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 in case I run out of time

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 it's personal in shadows

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 and I think

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 we need that

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 because

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 what we have here

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 so you've got the big picture

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 and I know it's difficult

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 to understand the battles

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 and

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 we feel

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 and a little bit distanced

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 from all these battles

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 and these victories

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 and warfare

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 and killings

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 everything

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 but now

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 we come to this

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 this great cameo

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 this great

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 this powerful cameo

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 where we see

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 God's covenant love

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 God's chesed love

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 God's loving kindness

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 what it looks like

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 at eyeball to eyeball

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 level

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 between human beings

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 it's a

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 it's a little grace oasis

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 as it were

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 it's a shaft

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 of light

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 of grace light

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 in the Old Testament

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 shadow

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 or the Old Testament

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 attic

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 it's a sun spot

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 in the Old Testament

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 shadowy garden

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 and it's a place

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 of warmth

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 and attractiveness

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 for us

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 where we can see

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 God's love

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 at work

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 and I hope

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 that we can apply that

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 to how we

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 live our lives

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 so

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 you're a well-taught

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 people here

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 you all probably

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 know the story

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 of Mephibosheth

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 and David

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 and the background

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 to it as well

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 what we do have

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 is the outworking

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 of God's love

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 in David's life

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 I entitled

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 this sermon

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 David's Finest Hour

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 and I genuinely

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 believe

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 this is King David's

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 finest hour

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 his interaction

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 with Mephibosheth

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 is the high point

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 of his life

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 doesn't get better

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 God is with him

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 in these victories

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 but this is the high point

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 and I think the text

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 is created

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 to reveal that

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 because from this point

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 or from the next chapter

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 on chapter 11

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 it speaks about

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 his great downfall

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 and his great failing

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 and the exposing

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 of his lust

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 and selfishness

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 in the story

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 of Bathsheba

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 and what follows

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 from it

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 and it really

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 doesn't really

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 get any better

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 from then on

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 this is the high point

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 in many ways

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 and that's good

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 and that's important

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 because we know

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 that David

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 loved the Lord

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 we know he was

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 a recipient

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 of God's great grace

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 and love

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 in his life

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 and we know

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 that he shared

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 that love

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 with Jonathan

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 he shared

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 that love

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 with the way

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 he treated Saul

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 even though he could

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 have destroyed

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 that whole family

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 as the kings

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 of his day

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 had every right

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 to do

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 but he

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 or Jonathan

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 and him

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 made a covenant

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 in some of the

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 earlier chapters

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 chapter

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 well it's back

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 in 1st Samuel 20

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 and also 2nd Samuel 7

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 we've got these

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 this great covenant

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 that Jonathan

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 made where David

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 said look

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 look after my family

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 and covenant love

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 you know whatever

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 happens

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 Jonathan says

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 will you please

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 not destroy

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 any of my

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 descendants

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 because of the

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 love we share

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 and because of

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 because of the

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 love God

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 has shown us

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 because of God's

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 love for them

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 that they were

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 asking

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 that Jonathan

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 was asking

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 who

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 Jonathan

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 who knew

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 that David

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 had every right

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 to destroy

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 any particular

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 descendants

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 of Jonathan

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 and Saul

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 who might

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 usurp

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 the throne

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 wasn't it

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 interesting

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 that ended up

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 David's own

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 son that usurped

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 the throne

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 in Absalom

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 anyway

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 he made this

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 covenant

00:15:32.500 --> 00:15:33.920
 and David

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 agreed

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 in love

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 and grace

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 knowing God's

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 love in his

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 own life

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 to protect

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 and look

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 after the

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 descendants of

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 Saul and

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 Jonathan

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 loyal love

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 and forgiveness

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 and grace

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 was unbreakable

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 strong bond

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 and so we have

00:15:56.580 --> 00:15:57.259
 this story where

00:15:57.259 --> 00:15:58.379
 David just asked

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 the question

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 is anyone left

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 is anyone left

00:16:00.720 --> 00:16:01.500
 to Saul's family

00:16:01.500 --> 00:16:04.680
 and who I can

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 show kindness

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 to

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 same word

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 loving kindness

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 grace

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 chesed

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 for Jonathan's

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 sake

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 he said that

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 great love

00:16:12.000 --> 00:16:12.539
 for Jonathan

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 and there was

00:16:13.679 --> 00:16:13.919
 this

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 Mephibosheth

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 and so he

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 calls for him

00:16:18.480 --> 00:16:20.000
 and he calls

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 for him

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 to come to the

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 house

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 they summoned

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 him to appear

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 before David

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 can you imagine

00:16:24.100 --> 00:16:25.019
 what Mephibosheth

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 was thinking

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 curtains

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 this is the

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 end

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 I've been found

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 out

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 been on the run

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 most of my

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 life

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 things have

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 been difficult

00:16:35.039 --> 00:16:36.939
 completely

00:16:36.939 --> 00:16:38.000
 unexpected call

00:16:38.000 --> 00:16:38.639
 from the king

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 love to a

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 descendant of

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 Saul

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 no chance

00:16:43.139 --> 00:16:44.559
 anonymous

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 character

00:16:45.279 --> 00:16:46.479
 don't know

00:16:46.479 --> 00:16:46.859
 what he was

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 doing up to

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 this point

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 but his

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 background

00:16:49.620 --> 00:16:50.939
 his bloodline

00:16:50.939 --> 00:16:52.079
 was deadly

00:16:52.079 --> 00:16:54.000
 he had

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 injuries

00:16:54.500 --> 00:16:55.599
 lifelong injuries

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 that were a

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 constant reminder

00:16:58.139 --> 00:16:58.699
 to him

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 of the fact

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 that he'd

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 been on the

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 run

00:17:01.259 --> 00:17:02.139
 for his

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 life

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 as a

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 small child

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 probably very

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 poor

00:17:06.640 --> 00:17:07.920
 dependent on

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 others

00:17:08.259 --> 00:17:09.339
 2 Samuel 4

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 tells us

00:17:10.099 --> 00:17:10.900
 that he was

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 dropped by his

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 nurse while

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 they were

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 running away

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 for their

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 lives

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 and damaged

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 his legs

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 and he was

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 never able to

00:17:19.019 --> 00:17:19.779
 walk properly

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 after that

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 he himself

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 had no

00:17:21.819 --> 00:17:22.539
 self esteem

00:17:22.539 --> 00:17:23.359
 called himself

00:17:23.359 --> 00:17:24.200
 a dead dog

00:17:24.200 --> 00:17:24.759
 in verse 8

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 why on earth

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 would you have

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 any interest

00:17:26.720 --> 00:17:27.140
 in me

00:17:27.140 --> 00:17:28.599
 a dead dog

00:17:28.599 --> 00:17:32.839
 it's quite

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 interesting

00:17:33.219 --> 00:17:34.279
 he's a

00:17:34.279 --> 00:17:34.959
 dead dog

00:17:34.959 --> 00:17:36.679
 and he's

00:17:36.679 --> 00:17:37.079
 living in

00:17:37.079 --> 00:17:37.740
 Lodabar

00:17:37.740 --> 00:17:39.639
 and that

00:17:39.639 --> 00:17:40.139
 just means

00:17:40.139 --> 00:17:40.839
 the land

00:17:40.839 --> 00:17:41.359
 of nothing

00:17:41.359 --> 00:17:44.819
 this guy's

00:17:44.819 --> 00:17:45.279
 no great

00:17:45.279 --> 00:17:45.579
 hero

00:17:45.579 --> 00:17:47.500
 he's a

00:17:47.500 --> 00:17:48.039
 crippled

00:17:48.039 --> 00:17:48.819
 individual

00:17:48.819 --> 00:17:49.339
 who is

00:17:49.339 --> 00:17:49.799
 anonymous

00:17:49.799 --> 00:17:50.439
 who's kind

00:17:50.439 --> 00:17:50.839
 of scared

00:17:50.839 --> 00:17:51.119
 of his

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 life

00:17:51.439 --> 00:17:52.519
 he has

00:17:52.519 --> 00:17:52.980
 no great

00:17:52.980 --> 00:17:53.379
 prospects

00:17:53.379 --> 00:17:53.819
 and he's

00:17:53.819 --> 00:17:54.179
 living in

00:17:54.179 --> 00:17:54.519
 the land

00:17:54.519 --> 00:17:54.980
 of nothing

00:17:54.980 --> 00:17:58.799
 and the

00:17:58.799 --> 00:17:59.160
 first thing

00:17:59.160 --> 00:17:59.680
 David says

00:17:59.680 --> 00:18:00.000
 to him

00:18:00.000 --> 00:18:00.279
 is

00:18:00.279 --> 00:18:01.360
 don't be

00:18:01.360 --> 00:18:01.779
 afraid

00:18:01.779 --> 00:18:03.539
 don't be

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 afraid

00:18:03.960 --> 00:18:05.759
 he had

00:18:05.759 --> 00:18:06.220
 every right

00:18:06.220 --> 00:18:06.519
 to be

00:18:06.519 --> 00:18:06.880
 afraid

00:18:06.880 --> 00:18:08.000
 he was

00:18:08.000 --> 00:18:08.360
 really an

00:18:08.360 --> 00:18:08.839
 enemy of

00:18:08.839 --> 00:18:09.500
 David's

00:18:09.500 --> 00:18:10.640
 in many

00:18:10.640 --> 00:18:11.059
 ways

00:18:11.059 --> 00:18:12.160
 he said

00:18:12.160 --> 00:18:12.400
 I will

00:18:12.400 --> 00:18:13.000
 surely show

00:18:13.000 --> 00:18:13.539
 you kindness

00:18:13.539 --> 00:18:14.160
 in verse 7

00:18:14.160 --> 00:18:15.140
 for the sake

00:18:15.140 --> 00:18:15.860
 of your

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 father

00:18:16.259 --> 00:18:17.240
 Jonathan

00:18:17.240 --> 00:18:17.779
 I will

00:18:17.779 --> 00:18:18.440
 restore to

00:18:18.440 --> 00:18:18.680
 you

00:18:18.680 --> 00:18:19.420
 and he

00:18:19.420 --> 00:18:19.940
 goes on

00:18:19.940 --> 00:18:21.019
 this great

00:18:21.019 --> 00:18:21.860
 generosity

00:18:21.860 --> 00:18:23.279
 amazing

00:18:23.279 --> 00:18:23.920
 generosity

00:18:23.920 --> 00:18:24.279
 that he

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 shows

00:18:24.559 --> 00:18:25.359
 he restores

00:18:25.359 --> 00:18:25.899
 his land

00:18:25.899 --> 00:18:26.460
 he provides

00:18:26.460 --> 00:18:27.059
 people to

00:18:27.059 --> 00:18:28.279
 till the

00:18:28.279 --> 00:18:28.539
 land

00:18:28.539 --> 00:18:29.079
 to provide

00:18:29.079 --> 00:18:29.500
 fruit

00:18:29.500 --> 00:18:30.119
 and to

00:18:30.119 --> 00:18:30.420
 provide

00:18:30.420 --> 00:18:32.259
 income

00:18:32.259 --> 00:18:32.980
 through that

00:18:32.980 --> 00:18:33.339
 land

00:18:33.339 --> 00:18:33.899
 he has

00:18:33.899 --> 00:18:34.519
 fellowship

00:18:34.519 --> 00:18:35.079
 at the

00:18:35.079 --> 00:18:35.539
 king's

00:18:35.539 --> 00:18:35.879
 table

00:18:35.879 --> 00:18:36.099
 in

00:18:36.099 --> 00:18:36.460
 Jerusalem

00:18:36.460 --> 00:18:36.879
 for the

00:18:36.879 --> 00:18:37.279
 rest of

00:18:37.279 --> 00:18:37.720
 his life

00:18:37.720 --> 00:18:39.099
 he has

00:18:39.099 --> 00:18:39.579
 servants

00:18:39.579 --> 00:18:39.839
 he has

00:18:39.839 --> 00:18:40.299
 harvests

00:18:40.299 --> 00:18:40.579
 he has

00:18:40.579 --> 00:18:40.799
 income

00:18:40.799 --> 00:18:41.160
 he's treated

00:18:41.160 --> 00:18:41.579
 like a

00:18:41.579 --> 00:18:41.819
 son

00:18:41.819 --> 00:18:42.319
 he has

00:18:42.319 --> 00:18:42.680
 no rights

00:18:42.680 --> 00:18:43.079
 to any

00:18:43.079 --> 00:18:43.319
 of it

00:18:43.319 --> 00:18:43.480
 it's

00:18:43.480 --> 00:18:43.819
 unreal

00:18:43.819 --> 00:18:44.220
 beyond

00:18:44.220 --> 00:18:45.119
 his wildest

00:18:45.119 --> 00:18:45.379
 dreams

00:18:45.379 --> 00:18:45.639
 he must

00:18:45.639 --> 00:18:46.139
 say pinch

00:18:46.139 --> 00:18:46.379
 me

00:18:46.379 --> 00:18:47.259
 what's

00:18:47.259 --> 00:18:47.660
 going on

00:18:47.660 --> 00:18:47.960
 here

00:18:47.960 --> 00:18:48.680
 am I

00:18:48.680 --> 00:18:48.980
 dreaming

00:18:48.980 --> 00:18:50.180
 this can't

00:18:50.180 --> 00:18:50.759
 be happening

00:18:50.759 --> 00:18:51.480
 it's like

00:18:51.480 --> 00:18:51.960
 winning the

00:18:51.960 --> 00:18:52.299
 lottery

00:18:52.299 --> 00:18:53.519
 a hundred

00:18:53.519 --> 00:18:54.220
 times over

00:18:54.220 --> 00:18:55.180
 he had

00:18:55.180 --> 00:18:55.980
 this amazing

00:18:55.980 --> 00:18:57.460
 future

00:18:57.460 --> 00:18:58.680
 ahead of

00:18:58.680 --> 00:18:58.880
 him

00:18:58.880 --> 00:18:59.759
 not that

00:18:59.759 --> 00:19:00.160
 winning the

00:19:00.160 --> 00:19:00.559
 lottery is

00:19:00.559 --> 00:19:00.940
 any use

00:19:00.940 --> 00:19:01.339
 of course

00:19:01.339 --> 00:19:02.519
 I recognize

00:19:02.519 --> 00:19:02.860
 that

00:19:02.860 --> 00:19:03.519
 but

00:19:03.519 --> 00:19:04.819
 speaking

00:19:04.819 --> 00:19:05.460
 colloquially

00:19:05.460 --> 00:19:06.620
 and using

00:19:06.620 --> 00:19:07.380
 that illustration

00:19:07.380 --> 00:19:08.980
 unbelievable

00:19:08.980 --> 00:19:10.079
 generosity

00:19:10.079 --> 00:19:11.100
 and grace

00:19:11.100 --> 00:19:12.100
 was his

00:19:12.099 --> 00:19:16.219
 so let's

00:19:16.219 --> 00:19:16.559
 briefly

00:19:16.559 --> 00:19:17.740
 shine

00:19:17.740 --> 00:19:18.240
 the

00:19:18.240 --> 00:19:18.399
 new

00:19:18.399 --> 00:19:18.779
 testament

00:19:18.779 --> 00:19:19.099
 light

00:19:19.099 --> 00:19:19.279
 of

00:19:19.279 --> 00:19:19.639
 grace

00:19:19.639 --> 00:19:21.000
 on that

00:19:21.000 --> 00:19:21.339
 story

00:19:21.339 --> 00:19:21.559
 for

00:19:21.559 --> 00:19:22.139
 ourselves

00:19:22.139 --> 00:19:23.459
 where we

00:19:23.459 --> 00:19:23.959
 see as

00:19:23.959 --> 00:19:24.339
 time

00:19:24.339 --> 00:19:24.899
 reveals

00:19:24.899 --> 00:19:25.279
 itself

00:19:25.279 --> 00:19:25.779
 God's

00:19:25.779 --> 00:19:26.099
 covenant

00:19:26.099 --> 00:19:26.459
 of

00:19:26.459 --> 00:19:27.279
 grace

00:19:27.279 --> 00:19:27.959
 revealed

00:19:27.959 --> 00:19:28.359
 fully

00:19:28.359 --> 00:19:29.199
 in the

00:19:29.199 --> 00:19:29.500
 person

00:19:29.500 --> 00:19:29.679
 of

00:19:29.679 --> 00:19:29.959
 Jesus

00:19:29.959 --> 00:19:30.459
 Christ

00:19:30.459 --> 00:19:31.899
 and

00:19:31.899 --> 00:19:32.439
 I

00:19:32.439 --> 00:19:32.639
 think

00:19:32.639 --> 00:19:32.859
 from

00:19:32.859 --> 00:19:33.139
 this

00:19:33.139 --> 00:19:33.679
 little

00:19:33.679 --> 00:19:35.240
 glimpse

00:19:35.240 --> 00:19:35.519
 of

00:19:35.519 --> 00:19:36.019
 grace

00:19:36.019 --> 00:19:37.680
 in

00:19:37.680 --> 00:19:38.119
 David's

00:19:38.119 --> 00:19:38.460
 finest

00:19:38.460 --> 00:19:38.819
 hour

00:19:38.819 --> 00:19:39.819
 we see

00:19:39.819 --> 00:19:40.019
 him

00:19:40.019 --> 00:19:40.480
 if I

00:19:40.480 --> 00:19:40.619
 can

00:19:40.619 --> 00:19:41.019
 talk

00:19:41.019 --> 00:19:41.240
 like

00:19:41.240 --> 00:19:41.440
 this

00:19:41.440 --> 00:19:41.680
 way

00:19:41.680 --> 00:19:42.079
 if I

00:19:42.079 --> 00:19:42.180
 can

00:19:42.180 --> 00:19:42.299
 talk

00:19:42.299 --> 00:19:42.440
 this

00:19:42.440 --> 00:19:42.579
 way

00:19:42.579 --> 00:19:43.420
 most

00:19:43.420 --> 00:19:43.759
 like

00:19:43.759 --> 00:19:44.160
 Christ

00:19:44.160 --> 00:19:45.299
 he's

00:19:45.299 --> 00:19:45.599
 most

00:19:45.599 --> 00:19:45.960
 like

00:19:45.960 --> 00:19:46.420
 his

00:19:46.420 --> 00:19:47.779
 greater

00:19:47.779 --> 00:19:48.160
 son

00:19:48.160 --> 00:19:49.240
 in

00:19:49.240 --> 00:19:50.119
 what

00:19:50.119 --> 00:19:50.279
 he

00:19:50.279 --> 00:19:50.539
 does

00:19:50.539 --> 00:19:50.839
 here

00:19:50.839 --> 00:19:52.439
 he's

00:19:52.439 --> 00:19:52.579
 a

00:19:52.579 --> 00:19:52.980
 type

00:19:52.980 --> 00:19:53.199
 of

00:19:53.199 --> 00:19:53.619
 Christ

00:19:53.619 --> 00:19:57.379
 but

00:19:57.379 --> 00:19:57.559
 he's

00:19:57.559 --> 00:19:57.919
 also

00:19:57.919 --> 00:19:58.759
 and

00:19:58.759 --> 00:19:59.339
 forgive

00:19:59.339 --> 00:19:59.599
 me

00:19:59.599 --> 00:19:59.879
 or

00:19:59.879 --> 00:20:00.179
 forgive

00:20:00.179 --> 00:20:00.899
 for

00:20:00.899 --> 00:20:01.379
 those

00:20:01.379 --> 00:20:01.500
 who

00:20:01.500 --> 00:20:01.599
 are

00:20:01.599 --> 00:20:02.079
 theologians

00:20:02.079 --> 00:20:02.240
 here

00:20:02.240 --> 00:20:02.399
 this

00:20:02.399 --> 00:20:02.639
 might

00:20:02.639 --> 00:20:02.959
 not

00:20:02.959 --> 00:20:03.119
 be

00:20:03.119 --> 00:20:03.500
 correct

00:20:03.500 --> 00:20:04.240
 but

00:20:04.240 --> 00:20:04.359
 I

00:20:04.359 --> 00:20:04.500
 think

00:20:04.500 --> 00:20:04.699
 he's

00:20:04.699 --> 00:20:04.879
 also

00:20:04.879 --> 00:20:05.039
 an

00:20:05.039 --> 00:20:05.639
 exemplar

00:20:05.639 --> 00:20:06.599
 of

00:20:06.599 --> 00:20:06.759
 a

00:20:06.759 --> 00:20:07.119
 Christian

00:20:07.119 --> 00:20:08.079
 a

00:20:08.079 --> 00:20:08.319
 type

00:20:08.319 --> 00:20:08.480
 of

00:20:08.480 --> 00:20:08.839
 Christ

00:20:08.839 --> 00:20:09.500
 but

00:20:09.500 --> 00:20:09.779
 also

00:20:09.779 --> 00:20:09.959
 an

00:20:09.959 --> 00:20:10.419
 exemplar

00:20:10.419 --> 00:20:10.519
 of

00:20:10.519 --> 00:20:10.659
 a

00:20:10.659 --> 00:20:10.980
 Christian

00:20:10.980 --> 00:20:11.839
 he's

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 reflecting

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 God's

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 love

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 so

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 we

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 find

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 sandwiched

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 in the

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 global

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 shadows

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 of

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 chapter

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 8

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 and

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 10

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 this

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 amazing

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 picture

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 of

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 grace

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 being

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 outworked

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 which

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 points

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 forward

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 to

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 his

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 greater

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 son

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 Jesus

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 because

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 can I

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 say

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 I

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 think

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 if we

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 reflect

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 on this

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 in many

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 ways

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 we

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 are

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 Mephibosheth

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 we are

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 the same

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 as him

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 before

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 this

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 great

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 king

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 before

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 the

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 greater

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 son

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 of

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 David

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 Jesus

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 by

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 nature

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 we're

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 hopeless

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 before

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 the

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 king

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 we have

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 no

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 rights

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 we have

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 every

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 every

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 right

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 for

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 God

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 to

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 reject

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 us

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 death

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 awaits

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 us

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 without

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 salvation

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 and

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 that's

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 where

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 sin

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 holds

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 us

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 in a

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 place

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 of

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 being

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 enemies

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 of

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 Christ

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 and under

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 his

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 just

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 wrath

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 and

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 judgment

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 until

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 we come

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 to

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 faith

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 it's

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 important

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 to

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 grasp

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 that

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 to

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 remind

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 ourselves

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 lest

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 we

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 think

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 we

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 deserve

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 anything

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 from

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 Jesus

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 lest

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 we

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 think

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 we're

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 better

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 than

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 other

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 people

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 lest

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 we

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 think

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 people

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 out

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 there

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 deserve

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 judgment

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 but

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 us

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 in

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 here

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 we

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 don't

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 let's

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 remind

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 ourselves

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 of

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 who

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 we

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 were

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 if

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 you're

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 Christians

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 this evening

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 who

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 we

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 were

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 and

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 how

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 God's

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 great

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 grace

00:21:38.139 --> 00:21:38.879
 was

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 gifted

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 to

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 us

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 and

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 can

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 I

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 just

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 ask

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 if

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 any

00:21:44.359 --> 00:21:44.500
 of

00:21:44.500 --> 00:21:44.599
 you

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 share

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 that

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 same

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 self

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 loathing

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 as

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 Mephibosheth

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 had for

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 himself

00:21:53.460 --> 00:21:54.039
 this

00:21:54.039 --> 00:21:54.399
 dead

00:21:54.399 --> 00:21:54.759
 dog

00:21:54.759 --> 00:21:56.819
 when

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 I

00:21:56.899 --> 00:21:57.019
 was

00:21:57.019 --> 00:21:57.220
 reading

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 this

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 passage

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 that's

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 always

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 what

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 stands

00:22:00.799 --> 00:22:01.000
 out

00:22:01.000 --> 00:22:01.279
 for

00:22:01.279 --> 00:22:01.559
 me

00:22:01.559 --> 00:22:03.440
 that

00:22:03.440 --> 00:22:03.539
 you

00:22:03.539 --> 00:22:03.700
 should

00:22:03.700 --> 00:22:03.940
 notice

00:22:03.940 --> 00:22:04.160
 a

00:22:04.160 --> 00:22:04.379
 dead

00:22:04.379 --> 00:22:04.660
 dog

00:22:04.660 --> 00:22:04.859
 like

00:22:04.859 --> 00:22:05.160
 me

00:22:05.160 --> 00:22:06.519
 we

00:22:06.519 --> 00:22:07.339
 live

00:22:07.339 --> 00:22:07.480
 in

00:22:07.480 --> 00:22:07.639
 a

00:22:07.639 --> 00:22:07.839
 day

00:22:07.839 --> 00:22:08.000
 and

00:22:08.000 --> 00:22:08.279
 a

00:22:08.279 --> 00:22:08.720
 generation

00:22:08.720 --> 00:22:09.019
 where

00:22:09.019 --> 00:22:09.359
 people

00:22:09.359 --> 00:22:11.079
 self

00:22:11.079 --> 00:22:11.500
 esteem

00:22:11.500 --> 00:22:11.759
 is

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 extremely

00:22:12.439 --> 00:22:12.959
 low

00:22:12.959 --> 00:22:13.979
 many

00:22:13.979 --> 00:22:14.319
 people

00:22:14.319 --> 00:22:14.639
 feel

00:22:14.639 --> 00:22:15.139
 utterly

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 worthless

00:22:15.639 --> 00:22:16.079
 and

00:22:16.079 --> 00:22:16.719
 insignificant

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 feel

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 like

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 damaged

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 goods

00:22:19.019 --> 00:22:20.339
 unworthy

00:22:20.339 --> 00:22:20.539
 of

00:22:20.539 --> 00:22:20.919
 anyone

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 or

00:22:21.159 --> 00:22:21.679
 anything

00:22:21.679 --> 00:22:22.779
 now

00:22:22.779 --> 00:22:22.879
 if

00:22:22.879 --> 00:22:23.000
 you're

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 a

00:22:23.159 --> 00:22:23.500
 Christian

00:22:23.500 --> 00:22:23.779
 this

00:22:23.779 --> 00:22:24.039
 evening

00:22:24.039 --> 00:22:24.819
 and

00:22:24.819 --> 00:22:24.939
 you

00:22:24.939 --> 00:22:25.199
 feel

00:22:25.199 --> 00:22:25.359
 like

00:22:25.359 --> 00:22:25.639
 that

00:22:25.639 --> 00:22:26.659
 I

00:22:26.659 --> 00:22:26.879
 think

00:22:26.879 --> 00:22:27.039
 you

00:22:27.039 --> 00:22:27.259
 need

00:22:27.259 --> 00:22:28.659
 to

00:22:28.659 --> 00:22:29.159
 seriously

00:22:29.159 --> 00:22:30.219
 reevaluate

00:22:30.219 --> 00:22:31.439
 your

00:22:31.439 --> 00:22:32.059
 understanding

00:22:32.059 --> 00:22:32.759
 of grace

00:22:32.759 --> 00:22:33.579
 and of

00:22:33.579 --> 00:22:33.879
 God's

00:22:33.879 --> 00:22:34.099
 love

00:22:34.099 --> 00:22:34.559
 for you

00:22:34.559 --> 00:22:34.779
 and

00:22:34.779 --> 00:22:34.959
 his

00:22:34.959 --> 00:22:35.479
 covenant

00:22:35.479 --> 00:22:35.899
 love

00:22:35.899 --> 00:22:37.199
 and

00:22:37.199 --> 00:22:37.439
 his

00:22:37.439 --> 00:22:38.039
 promises

00:22:38.039 --> 00:22:38.740
 and

00:22:38.740 --> 00:22:38.900
 his

00:22:38.900 --> 00:22:39.440
 commitment

00:22:39.440 --> 00:22:40.980
 and

00:22:40.980 --> 00:22:42.099
 the

00:22:42.099 --> 00:22:42.460
 great

00:22:42.460 --> 00:22:43.019
 cost

00:22:43.019 --> 00:22:43.259
 he's

00:22:43.259 --> 00:22:43.759
 already

00:22:43.759 --> 00:22:44.180
 paid

00:22:44.180 --> 00:22:44.620
 for you

00:22:44.620 --> 00:22:45.339
 to be

00:22:45.339 --> 00:22:45.640
 free

00:22:45.640 --> 00:22:46.940
 we

00:22:46.940 --> 00:22:47.240
 kind of

00:22:47.240 --> 00:22:47.640
 forget

00:22:47.640 --> 00:22:48.160
 it

00:22:48.160 --> 00:22:49.460
 and yet

00:22:49.460 --> 00:22:49.720
 it's

00:22:49.720 --> 00:22:49.920
 the

00:22:49.920 --> 00:22:50.359
 greatest

00:22:50.359 --> 00:22:51.519
 cost

00:22:51.519 --> 00:22:51.880
 that he

00:22:51.880 --> 00:22:52.460
 couldn't

00:22:52.460 --> 00:22:53.900
 have done

00:22:53.900 --> 00:22:54.380
 anymore

00:22:54.380 --> 00:22:55.460
 for you

00:22:55.460 --> 00:22:55.760
 to be

00:22:55.760 --> 00:22:56.000
 sitting

00:22:56.000 --> 00:22:56.220
 here

00:22:56.220 --> 00:22:56.420
 this

00:22:56.420 --> 00:22:56.680
 evening

00:22:56.680 --> 00:22:57.380
 as

00:22:57.380 --> 00:22:57.540
 a

00:22:57.540 --> 00:22:57.920
 Christian

00:22:57.920 --> 00:22:59.320
 up

00:22:59.320 --> 00:22:59.680
 close

00:22:59.680 --> 00:22:59.900
 and

00:22:59.900 --> 00:23:00.300
 personal

00:23:00.300 --> 00:23:00.860
 find

00:23:00.860 --> 00:23:01.100
 your

00:23:01.100 --> 00:23:01.720
 value

00:23:01.720 --> 00:23:02.460
 and

00:23:02.460 --> 00:23:02.640
 your

00:23:02.640 --> 00:23:03.280
 identity

00:23:03.280 --> 00:23:04.200
 and

00:23:04.200 --> 00:23:04.420
 your

00:23:04.420 --> 00:23:05.040
 worth

00:23:05.040 --> 00:23:05.760
 and

00:23:05.760 --> 00:23:05.940
 your

00:23:05.940 --> 00:23:06.700
 significance

00:23:06.700 --> 00:23:08.200
 and

00:23:08.200 --> 00:23:08.960
 your

00:23:08.960 --> 00:23:09.780
 purpose

00:23:09.780 --> 00:23:10.040
 in

00:23:10.040 --> 00:23:10.360
 life

00:23:10.360 --> 00:23:12.640
 knowing

00:23:12.640 --> 00:23:13.020
 his

00:23:13.020 --> 00:23:13.300
 great

00:23:13.300 --> 00:23:13.520
 love

00:23:13.520 --> 00:23:13.760
 not

00:23:13.760 --> 00:23:14.340
 just

00:23:14.340 --> 00:23:14.840
 talking

00:23:14.840 --> 00:23:15.160
 about

00:23:15.160 --> 00:23:15.340
 it

00:23:15.340 --> 00:23:15.520
 or

00:23:15.520 --> 00:23:16.720
 understanding

00:23:16.720 --> 00:23:16.960
 it

00:23:16.960 --> 00:23:17.600
 theologically

00:23:17.600 --> 00:23:18.580
 but

00:23:18.580 --> 00:23:19.640
 soaking it

00:23:19.640 --> 00:23:19.820
 in

00:23:19.820 --> 00:23:20.000
 and

00:23:20.000 --> 00:23:20.340
 taking

00:23:20.340 --> 00:23:20.640
 it

00:23:20.640 --> 00:23:21.580
 so that

00:23:21.580 --> 00:23:21.759
 it

00:23:21.759 --> 00:23:22.180
 changes

00:23:22.180 --> 00:23:22.500
 the way

00:23:22.500 --> 00:23:22.660
 we

00:23:22.660 --> 00:23:22.900
 think

00:23:22.900 --> 00:23:23.140
 about

00:23:23.140 --> 00:23:23.660
 ourselves

00:23:23.660 --> 00:23:24.960
 and

00:23:24.960 --> 00:23:25.080
 who

00:23:25.080 --> 00:23:25.259
 we

00:23:25.259 --> 00:23:25.460
 are

00:23:25.460 --> 00:23:26.400
 and

00:23:26.400 --> 00:23:27.040
 understanding

00:23:27.040 --> 00:23:27.340
 him

00:23:27.340 --> 00:23:28.320
 and

00:23:28.320 --> 00:23:28.920
 recognizing

00:23:28.920 --> 00:23:29.380
 if you're

00:23:29.380 --> 00:23:29.940
 not yet

00:23:29.940 --> 00:23:30.140
 a

00:23:30.140 --> 00:23:30.500
 Christian

00:23:30.500 --> 00:23:33.020
 if you

00:23:33.020 --> 00:23:33.540
 feel that

00:23:33.540 --> 00:23:34.160
 sense of

00:23:34.160 --> 00:23:34.860
 hopelessness

00:23:34.860 --> 00:23:35.020
 and

00:23:35.020 --> 00:23:35.540
 worthlessness

00:23:35.540 --> 00:23:37.940
 that is

00:23:37.940 --> 00:23:38.340
 the world

00:23:38.340 --> 00:23:38.640
 that we

00:23:38.640 --> 00:23:38.960
 live in

00:23:38.960 --> 00:23:39.240
 and that

00:23:39.240 --> 00:23:39.520
 is the

00:23:39.520 --> 00:23:39.820
 heart

00:23:39.820 --> 00:23:40.060
 that

00:23:40.060 --> 00:23:40.740
 sometimes

00:23:40.740 --> 00:23:41.120
 sin

00:23:41.120 --> 00:23:42.160
 exposes

00:23:42.160 --> 00:23:42.720
 us to

00:23:42.720 --> 00:23:43.860
 hear

00:23:43.860 --> 00:23:44.300
 God's

00:23:44.300 --> 00:23:44.800
 invitation

00:23:44.800 --> 00:23:45.580
 in

00:23:45.580 --> 00:23:45.840
 Jesus

00:23:45.840 --> 00:23:46.280
 Christ

00:23:46.280 --> 00:23:46.540
 and

00:23:46.540 --> 00:23:46.880
 come

00:23:46.880 --> 00:23:47.080
 to

00:23:47.080 --> 00:23:47.320
 him

00:23:47.320 --> 00:23:48.220
 for

00:23:48.220 --> 00:23:48.740
 love

00:23:48.740 --> 00:23:49.259
 and for

00:23:49.259 --> 00:23:49.600
 life

00:23:49.600 --> 00:23:49.980
 and for

00:23:49.980 --> 00:23:50.500
 belonging

00:23:50.500 --> 00:23:51.559
 and for

00:23:51.559 --> 00:23:51.980
 hope

00:23:51.980 --> 00:23:53.720
 and

00:23:53.720 --> 00:23:54.079
 listen

00:23:54.079 --> 00:23:55.019
 to

00:23:55.019 --> 00:23:55.720
 the

00:23:55.720 --> 00:23:56.079
 echo

00:23:56.079 --> 00:23:56.299
 of

00:23:56.299 --> 00:23:56.599
 God

00:23:56.599 --> 00:23:56.779
 in

00:23:56.779 --> 00:23:56.960
 this

00:23:56.960 --> 00:23:57.460
 passage

00:23:57.460 --> 00:23:58.339
 where

00:23:58.339 --> 00:23:58.660
 David

00:23:58.660 --> 00:23:58.920
 says

00:23:58.920 --> 00:23:59.200
 don't

00:23:59.200 --> 00:23:59.319
 be

00:23:59.319 --> 00:23:59.720
 afraid

00:23:59.720 --> 00:24:00.099
 you

00:24:00.099 --> 00:24:00.339
 know

00:24:00.339 --> 00:24:00.680
 that's

00:24:00.680 --> 00:24:00.799
 the

00:24:00.799 --> 00:24:01.099
 most

00:24:01.099 --> 00:24:02.019
 probably

00:24:02.019 --> 00:24:02.240
 the

00:24:02.240 --> 00:24:02.440
 most

00:24:02.440 --> 00:24:02.839
 common

00:24:02.839 --> 00:24:04.059
 message

00:24:04.059 --> 00:24:04.400
 that we

00:24:04.400 --> 00:24:04.619
 get

00:24:04.619 --> 00:24:04.839
 from

00:24:04.839 --> 00:24:05.140
 heaven

00:24:05.140 --> 00:24:07.160
 I'm

00:24:07.160 --> 00:24:07.359
 not

00:24:07.359 --> 00:24:07.740
 quite

00:24:07.740 --> 00:24:07.960
 sure

00:24:07.960 --> 00:24:08.240
 if this

00:24:08.240 --> 00:24:08.339
 is

00:24:08.339 --> 00:24:08.859
 apocryphal

00:24:08.859 --> 00:24:09.059
 because

00:24:09.059 --> 00:24:09.200
 I've

00:24:09.200 --> 00:24:09.380
 never

00:24:09.380 --> 00:24:09.880
 tested

00:24:09.880 --> 00:24:10.059
 it

00:24:10.059 --> 00:24:10.299
 out

00:24:10.299 --> 00:24:11.019
 but

00:24:11.019 --> 00:24:11.220
 there's

00:24:11.220 --> 00:24:11.519
 supposed

00:24:11.519 --> 00:24:11.720
 to

00:24:11.720 --> 00:24:11.859
 be

00:24:11.859 --> 00:24:12.880
 365

00:24:12.880 --> 00:24:13.319
 do

00:24:13.319 --> 00:24:13.480
 not

00:24:13.480 --> 00:24:13.619
 be

00:24:13.619 --> 00:24:13.980
 afraid

00:24:13.980 --> 00:24:14.160
 in

00:24:14.160 --> 00:24:14.279
 the

00:24:14.279 --> 00:24:14.539
 Bible

00:24:14.539 --> 00:24:17.119
 no

00:24:17.119 --> 00:24:17.259
 I

00:24:17.259 --> 00:24:17.400
 think

00:24:17.400 --> 00:24:17.559
 there's

00:24:17.559 --> 00:24:17.819
 actually

00:24:17.819 --> 00:24:19.000
 366

00:24:19.000 --> 00:24:19.200
 there's

00:24:19.200 --> 00:24:19.339
 one

00:24:19.339 --> 00:24:19.640
 for a

00:24:19.640 --> 00:24:19.799
 leap

00:24:19.799 --> 00:24:20.099
 here

00:24:20.099 --> 00:24:21.500
 apparently

00:24:21.500 --> 00:24:22.500
 there's

00:24:22.500 --> 00:24:22.779
 certainly

00:24:22.779 --> 00:24:23.159
 a lot

00:24:23.159 --> 00:24:23.299
 of

00:24:23.299 --> 00:24:23.480
 them

00:24:23.480 --> 00:24:24.240
 because

00:24:24.240 --> 00:24:24.599
 God

00:24:24.599 --> 00:24:25.139
 knows

00:24:25.139 --> 00:24:26.399
 isn't

00:24:26.399 --> 00:24:26.559
 that

00:24:26.559 --> 00:24:26.799
 good

00:24:26.799 --> 00:24:27.019
 that

00:24:27.019 --> 00:24:27.279
 God

00:24:27.279 --> 00:24:27.639
 knows

00:24:27.639 --> 00:24:27.799
 that

00:24:27.799 --> 00:24:27.980
 we're

00:24:27.980 --> 00:24:28.220
 often

00:24:28.220 --> 00:24:28.700
 afraid

00:24:28.700 --> 00:24:29.740
 and

00:24:29.740 --> 00:24:29.839
 that

00:24:29.839 --> 00:24:29.940
 we're

00:24:29.940 --> 00:24:30.139
 often

00:24:30.139 --> 00:24:30.659
 struggling

00:24:30.659 --> 00:24:30.839
 and

00:24:30.839 --> 00:24:31.019
 we're

00:24:31.019 --> 00:24:31.220
 often

00:24:31.220 --> 00:24:31.700
 battling

00:24:31.700 --> 00:24:32.700
 as

00:24:32.700 --> 00:24:33.319
 Mephibosheth

00:24:33.319 --> 00:24:33.599
 would have

00:24:33.599 --> 00:24:34.079
 been here

00:24:34.079 --> 00:24:34.779
 do not

00:24:34.779 --> 00:24:34.940
 be

00:24:34.940 --> 00:24:35.399
 afraid

00:24:35.399 --> 00:24:36.359
 and

00:24:36.359 --> 00:24:36.680
 we

00:24:36.680 --> 00:24:37.279
 rejoice

00:24:37.279 --> 00:24:37.619
 this

00:24:37.619 --> 00:24:37.899
 evening

00:24:37.899 --> 00:24:38.460
 because

00:24:38.460 --> 00:24:39.019
 he's

00:24:39.019 --> 00:24:39.379
 taken

00:24:39.379 --> 00:24:39.619
 that

00:24:39.619 --> 00:24:39.899
 great

00:24:39.899 --> 00:24:40.259
 fear

00:24:40.259 --> 00:24:40.819
 from

00:24:40.819 --> 00:24:41.000
 our

00:24:41.000 --> 00:24:41.299
 hearts

00:24:41.299 --> 00:24:41.480
 and

00:24:41.480 --> 00:24:41.819
 lives

00:24:41.819 --> 00:24:43.079
 and

00:24:43.079 --> 00:24:43.899
 remind

00:24:43.899 --> 00:24:44.579
 ourselves

00:24:44.579 --> 00:24:46.559
 when

00:24:46.559 --> 00:24:46.659
 we

00:24:46.659 --> 00:24:46.819
 look

00:24:46.819 --> 00:24:46.919
 at

00:24:46.919 --> 00:24:47.039
 a

00:24:47.039 --> 00:24:47.279
 passage

00:24:47.279 --> 00:24:47.480
 like

00:24:47.480 --> 00:24:47.619
 this

00:24:47.619 --> 00:24:48.559
 and

00:24:48.559 --> 00:24:49.480
 think

00:24:49.480 --> 00:24:49.639
 of

00:24:49.639 --> 00:24:49.839
 what

00:24:49.839 --> 00:24:50.480
 Mephibosheth

00:24:50.480 --> 00:24:50.679
 was

00:24:50.679 --> 00:24:51.000
 given

00:24:51.000 --> 00:24:52.019
 what

00:24:52.019 --> 00:24:52.399
 we're

00:24:52.399 --> 00:24:52.699
 given

00:24:52.699 --> 00:24:53.319
 spiritually

00:24:53.319 --> 00:24:54.259
 in

00:24:54.259 --> 00:24:54.599
 relation

00:24:54.599 --> 00:24:54.839
 to

00:24:54.839 --> 00:24:55.279
 what

00:24:55.279 --> 00:24:57.539
 he

00:24:57.539 --> 00:24:57.720
 was

00:24:57.720 --> 00:24:57.939
 given

00:24:57.939 --> 00:24:58.679
 we're

00:24:58.679 --> 00:24:58.939
 given

00:24:58.939 --> 00:24:59.480
 everything

00:24:59.480 --> 00:25:00.960
 everything

00:25:00.960 --> 00:25:01.319
 that we

00:25:01.319 --> 00:25:01.599
 need

00:25:01.599 --> 00:25:02.980
 this is

00:25:02.980 --> 00:25:03.460
 a bad

00:25:03.460 --> 00:25:03.779
 dream

00:25:03.779 --> 00:25:05.480
 this is

00:25:05.480 --> 00:25:06.079
 a small

00:25:06.079 --> 00:25:06.539
 bad

00:25:06.539 --> 00:25:06.819
 dream

00:25:06.819 --> 00:25:07.079
 in the

00:25:07.079 --> 00:25:07.220
 light

00:25:07.220 --> 00:25:07.359
 of

00:25:07.359 --> 00:25:07.779
 eternity

00:25:07.779 --> 00:25:09.159
 and the

00:25:09.159 --> 00:25:09.480
 struggles

00:25:09.480 --> 00:25:09.720
 and the

00:25:09.720 --> 00:25:09.919
 battles

00:25:09.919 --> 00:25:10.139
 we have

00:25:10.139 --> 00:25:10.279
 here

00:25:10.279 --> 00:25:10.519
 they're

00:25:10.519 --> 00:25:10.839
 real

00:25:10.839 --> 00:25:11.199
 they're

00:25:11.199 --> 00:25:11.679
 significant

00:25:11.680 --> 00:25:12.720
 but

00:25:12.720 --> 00:25:13.380
 they're

00:25:13.380 --> 00:25:13.820
 a drop

00:25:13.820 --> 00:25:14.100
 in the

00:25:14.100 --> 00:25:14.340
 ocean

00:25:14.340 --> 00:25:14.820
 compared

00:25:14.820 --> 00:25:15.060
 with

00:25:15.060 --> 00:25:15.180
 the

00:25:15.180 --> 00:25:15.519
 reality

00:25:15.519 --> 00:25:15.700
 of

00:25:15.700 --> 00:25:15.840
 what

00:25:15.840 --> 00:25:16.019
 we

00:25:16.019 --> 00:25:16.600
 have

00:25:16.600 --> 00:25:17.380
 and

00:25:17.380 --> 00:25:17.539
 what

00:25:17.539 --> 00:25:17.700
 we

00:25:17.700 --> 00:25:17.820
 have

00:25:17.820 --> 00:25:18.100
 yet

00:25:18.100 --> 00:25:18.400
 to be

00:25:18.400 --> 00:25:18.860
 revealed

00:25:18.860 --> 00:25:19.400
 in

00:25:19.400 --> 00:25:19.779
 Christ

00:25:19.779 --> 00:25:20.019
 a

00:25:20.019 --> 00:25:20.360
 home

00:25:20.360 --> 00:25:20.500
 and

00:25:20.500 --> 00:25:21.000
 adoption

00:25:21.000 --> 00:25:21.980
 resources

00:25:21.980 --> 00:25:22.720
 we're

00:25:22.720 --> 00:25:23.000
 sitting

00:25:23.000 --> 00:25:23.180
 you know

00:25:23.180 --> 00:25:23.340
 we

00:25:23.340 --> 00:25:23.820
 celebrated

00:25:23.820 --> 00:25:24.000
 the

00:25:24.000 --> 00:25:24.279
 Lord's

00:25:24.279 --> 00:25:24.420
 supper

00:25:24.420 --> 00:25:24.680
 this

00:25:24.680 --> 00:25:25.000
 morning

00:25:25.000 --> 00:25:25.240
 in

00:25:25.240 --> 00:25:25.519
 St.

00:25:25.560 --> 00:25:25.740
 Columbus

00:25:25.740 --> 00:25:25.960
 because

00:25:25.960 --> 00:25:26.160
 it's

00:25:26.160 --> 00:25:26.360
 a

00:25:26.360 --> 00:25:26.660
 picture

00:25:26.660 --> 00:25:27.380
 of

00:25:27.380 --> 00:25:27.560
 the

00:25:27.560 --> 00:25:27.860
 feast

00:25:27.860 --> 00:25:28.019
 that

00:25:28.019 --> 00:25:28.140
 we

00:25:28.140 --> 00:25:28.360
 will

00:25:28.360 --> 00:25:29.060
 enjoy

00:25:29.060 --> 00:25:29.460
 in

00:25:29.460 --> 00:25:29.600
 the

00:25:29.600 --> 00:25:29.940
 presence

00:25:29.940 --> 00:25:30.200
 of

00:25:30.200 --> 00:25:30.560
 Christ

00:25:30.560 --> 00:25:30.960
 the

00:25:30.960 --> 00:25:31.259
 wedding

00:25:31.259 --> 00:25:31.640
 feast

00:25:31.640 --> 00:25:32.259
 where

00:25:32.259 --> 00:25:32.460
 there

00:25:32.460 --> 00:25:32.720
 is

00:25:32.720 --> 00:25:33.660
 tremendous

00:25:33.660 --> 00:25:34.420
 provision

00:25:34.420 --> 00:25:35.200
 and

00:25:35.200 --> 00:25:36.259
 love

00:25:36.259 --> 00:25:36.779
 and joy

00:25:36.779 --> 00:25:36.980
 and

00:25:36.980 --> 00:25:37.279
 an

00:25:37.279 --> 00:25:38.080
 unbreakable

00:25:41.680 --> 00:25:42.039
 shall we

00:25:42.039 --> 00:25:42.279
 live

00:25:42.279 --> 00:25:43.000
 that

00:25:43.000 --> 00:25:43.640
 perspective

00:25:43.640 --> 00:25:44.000
 and that

00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:44.340
 hope

00:25:44.340 --> 00:25:45.160
 which is

00:25:45.160 --> 00:25:45.759
 significant

00:25:45.759 --> 00:25:46.320
 for us

00:25:46.320 --> 00:25:47.480
 isn't it

00:25:47.480 --> 00:25:48.039
 he's

00:25:48.039 --> 00:25:48.640
 sacrificed

00:25:48.640 --> 00:25:49.600
 so that

00:25:49.600 --> 00:25:49.980
 we can

00:25:49.980 --> 00:25:51.980
 I can't

00:25:51.980 --> 00:25:52.180
 even

00:25:52.180 --> 00:25:52.920
 I can't

00:25:52.920 --> 00:25:53.259
 even put

00:25:53.259 --> 00:25:53.799
 into words

00:25:53.799 --> 00:25:54.140
 what we

00:25:54.140 --> 00:25:54.500
 receive

00:25:54.500 --> 00:25:55.060
 you see

00:25:55.060 --> 00:25:55.340
 what

00:25:55.340 --> 00:25:56.100
 Mephibosheth

00:25:56.100 --> 00:25:56.700
 gets here

00:25:56.700 --> 00:25:57.480
 and it's

00:25:57.480 --> 00:25:57.980
 just a

00:25:57.980 --> 00:25:59.200
 shadowy

00:25:59.200 --> 00:25:59.519
 picture

00:25:59.519 --> 00:26:00.420
 of what

00:26:00.420 --> 00:26:00.920
 is ours

00:26:00.920 --> 00:26:01.759
 in Christ

00:26:01.759 --> 00:26:02.519
 and God

00:26:02.519 --> 00:26:03.000
 knows that

00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:03.400
 I can't

00:26:03.400 --> 00:26:03.600
 put it

00:26:03.600 --> 00:26:03.900
 into words

00:26:03.900 --> 00:26:04.180
 because he

00:26:04.180 --> 00:26:04.560
 says it's

00:26:04.560 --> 00:26:04.920
 beyond

00:26:04.920 --> 00:26:05.539
 what we

00:26:05.539 --> 00:26:05.920
 can ask

00:26:05.920 --> 00:26:06.180
 or even

00:26:06.180 --> 00:26:06.680
 imagine

00:26:06.680 --> 00:26:08.660
 but the

00:26:08.660 --> 00:26:08.840
 Old

00:26:08.840 --> 00:26:09.299
 Testament

00:26:09.299 --> 00:26:11.839
 the

00:26:11.839 --> 00:26:12.339
 promises

00:26:12.339 --> 00:26:13.159
 thunder

00:26:13.159 --> 00:26:13.940
 out of

00:26:13.940 --> 00:26:14.139
 the

00:26:14.139 --> 00:26:14.879
 shadows

00:26:14.879 --> 00:26:16.680
 as we

00:26:16.680 --> 00:26:16.960
 look at

00:26:16.960 --> 00:26:17.079
 them

00:26:17.079 --> 00:26:17.240
 through

00:26:17.240 --> 00:26:17.419
 the

00:26:17.419 --> 00:26:17.659
 light

00:26:17.659 --> 00:26:18.180
 of

00:26:18.180 --> 00:26:18.419
 Jesus

00:26:18.419 --> 00:26:18.859
 Christ

00:26:18.859 --> 00:26:19.639
 so we

00:26:19.639 --> 00:26:19.779
 are

00:26:19.779 --> 00:26:20.339
 Mephibosheth

00:26:20.339 --> 00:26:20.859
 and lastly

00:26:20.859 --> 00:26:21.240
 and very

00:26:21.240 --> 00:26:21.579
 briefly

00:26:21.579 --> 00:26:24.359
 I also

00:26:24.359 --> 00:26:25.079
 think we're

00:26:25.079 --> 00:26:25.440
 David

00:26:25.440 --> 00:26:27.039
 or that

00:26:27.039 --> 00:26:27.980
 we're to

00:26:27.980 --> 00:26:28.819
 take the

00:26:28.819 --> 00:26:29.379
 example of

00:26:29.379 --> 00:26:29.519
 David

00:26:29.519 --> 00:26:29.759
 I know

00:26:29.759 --> 00:26:30.180
 that David

00:26:30.180 --> 00:26:30.539
 in many

00:26:30.539 --> 00:26:30.919
 ways is

00:26:30.919 --> 00:26:32.859
 the type

00:26:32.859 --> 00:26:33.319
 of Christ

00:26:33.319 --> 00:26:33.639
 here

00:26:33.639 --> 00:26:34.980
 but he's

00:26:34.980 --> 00:26:35.399
 also a

00:26:35.399 --> 00:26:35.599
 sinner

00:26:35.599 --> 00:26:35.919
 that's

00:26:35.919 --> 00:26:36.299
 saved by

00:26:36.299 --> 00:26:36.619
 grace

00:26:36.619 --> 00:26:37.000
 isn't he

00:26:37.000 --> 00:26:38.919
 and he's

00:26:38.920 --> 00:26:39.539
 an example

00:26:39.539 --> 00:26:41.840
 of how

00:26:41.840 --> 00:26:42.100
 to

00:26:42.100 --> 00:26:45.140
 live out

00:26:45.140 --> 00:26:45.539
 grace

00:26:45.539 --> 00:26:46.240
 how to

00:26:46.240 --> 00:26:46.880
 show it

00:26:46.880 --> 00:26:48.340
 in his

00:26:48.340 --> 00:26:48.620
 life

00:26:48.620 --> 00:26:48.900
 and he

00:26:48.900 --> 00:26:49.300
 shows it

00:26:49.300 --> 00:26:49.539
 very

00:26:49.539 --> 00:26:50.140
 powerfully

00:26:50.140 --> 00:26:50.340
 with

00:26:50.340 --> 00:26:50.920
 Mephibosheth

00:26:50.920 --> 00:26:53.840
 because he

00:26:53.840 --> 00:26:54.400
 understood

00:26:54.400 --> 00:26:55.019
 at this

00:26:55.019 --> 00:26:55.440
 point

00:26:55.440 --> 00:26:56.140
 in the

00:26:56.140 --> 00:26:58.180
 most powerful

00:26:58.180 --> 00:26:59.060
 way in

00:26:59.060 --> 00:26:59.480
 his life

00:26:59.480 --> 00:27:00.160
 he understood

00:27:00.160 --> 00:27:00.900
 God's grace

00:27:00.900 --> 00:27:01.380
 to him

00:27:01.380 --> 00:27:03.120
 and how

00:27:03.120 --> 00:27:03.580
 that should

00:27:03.580 --> 00:27:03.960
 make him

00:27:03.960 --> 00:27:04.380
 act

00:27:04.380 --> 00:27:05.480
 with others

00:27:05.480 --> 00:27:10.000
 that's

00:27:10.000 --> 00:27:10.480
 why truth

00:27:10.480 --> 00:27:10.980
 is crucial

00:27:10.980 --> 00:27:11.319
 for us

00:27:11.319 --> 00:27:11.640
 tonight

00:27:11.640 --> 00:27:12.220
 and in

00:27:12.220 --> 00:27:12.380
 our

00:27:12.380 --> 00:27:12.960
 Christian

00:27:12.960 --> 00:27:13.319
 lives

00:27:13.319 --> 00:27:13.759
 where the

00:27:13.759 --> 00:27:14.099
 teaching

00:27:14.099 --> 00:27:14.700
 the doctrine

00:27:14.700 --> 00:27:15.220
 the truth

00:27:15.220 --> 00:27:16.079
 the person

00:27:16.079 --> 00:27:16.579
 of Christ

00:27:16.579 --> 00:27:17.480
 understanding

00:27:17.480 --> 00:27:18.039
 the gospel

00:27:18.039 --> 00:27:19.019
 understanding

00:27:19.019 --> 00:27:19.680
 the covenant

00:27:19.680 --> 00:27:20.779
 why that is

00:27:20.779 --> 00:27:21.500
 so important

00:27:21.500 --> 00:27:22.480
 because until

00:27:22.480 --> 00:27:23.120
 we understand

00:27:23.120 --> 00:27:23.640
 his love

00:27:23.640 --> 00:27:24.240
 for us

00:27:24.240 --> 00:27:26.299
 and who

00:27:26.299 --> 00:27:26.880
 we were

00:27:26.880 --> 00:27:27.700
 and what

00:27:27.700 --> 00:27:28.160
 he saved

00:27:28.160 --> 00:27:28.680
 us from

00:27:28.680 --> 00:27:30.140
 we've chosen

00:27:30.140 --> 00:27:30.680
 and rescued

00:27:30.680 --> 00:27:31.220
 and enriched

00:27:31.220 --> 00:27:32.360
 we'll never

00:27:32.360 --> 00:27:33.880
 act that out

00:27:33.880 --> 00:27:34.160
 in our

00:27:34.160 --> 00:27:34.599
 relationship

00:27:34.599 --> 00:27:35.199
 with others

00:27:35.199 --> 00:27:36.980
 unless we

00:27:36.980 --> 00:27:37.439
 see what

00:27:37.439 --> 00:27:37.839
 we've been

00:27:37.839 --> 00:27:38.379
 saved from

00:27:38.379 --> 00:27:39.219
 it will

00:27:39.219 --> 00:27:40.139
 never impact

00:27:40.139 --> 00:27:42.059
 or transform

00:27:42.059 --> 00:27:42.740
 our hearts

00:27:42.740 --> 00:27:43.740
 in the way

00:27:43.740 --> 00:27:44.099
 we deal

00:27:44.099 --> 00:27:44.740
 with others

00:27:44.740 --> 00:27:45.679
 who

00:27:45.679 --> 00:27:48.139
 are to be

00:27:48.139 --> 00:27:48.599
 loved with

00:27:48.599 --> 00:27:49.179
 that same

00:27:49.179 --> 00:27:50.079
 covenant

00:27:50.079 --> 00:27:50.379
 love

00:27:50.379 --> 00:27:51.619
 I think

00:27:51.619 --> 00:27:52.159
 that starts

00:27:52.159 --> 00:27:53.079
 first in the

00:27:53.079 --> 00:27:53.919
 Christian family

00:27:53.919 --> 00:27:56.119
 see what's

00:27:56.119 --> 00:27:56.480
 a real

00:27:56.480 --> 00:27:58.079
 a real

00:27:58.079 --> 00:27:58.500
 curse

00:27:58.500 --> 00:28:00.119
 is a

00:28:00.119 --> 00:28:00.579
 divided

00:28:00.579 --> 00:28:01.480
 and a

00:28:01.480 --> 00:28:01.899
 cold

00:28:01.899 --> 00:28:03.439
 and a

00:28:03.439 --> 00:28:04.079
 judgmental

00:28:04.079 --> 00:28:04.839
 and a

00:28:04.839 --> 00:28:05.480
 gossiping

00:28:05.480 --> 00:28:06.500
 and a

00:28:06.500 --> 00:28:07.559
 separated

00:28:07.559 --> 00:28:08.119
 church

00:28:08.119 --> 00:28:09.419
 family

00:28:09.419 --> 00:28:10.960
 it's a

00:28:10.960 --> 00:28:11.339
 church that

00:28:11.339 --> 00:28:11.579
 doesn't

00:28:11.579 --> 00:28:12.079
 understand

00:28:12.079 --> 00:28:12.519
 grace

00:28:12.519 --> 00:28:13.939
 it's a

00:28:13.939 --> 00:28:14.359
 church that's

00:28:14.359 --> 00:28:15.199
 not sacrificing

00:28:15.199 --> 00:28:16.039
 itself for the

00:28:16.039 --> 00:28:16.759
 greater cause

00:28:16.759 --> 00:28:17.439
 it's a

00:28:17.439 --> 00:28:17.899
 church that's

00:28:17.899 --> 00:28:18.220
 just

00:28:18.220 --> 00:28:19.500
 pedestrian

00:28:19.500 --> 00:28:20.519
 in their

00:28:20.519 --> 00:28:21.139
 understanding

00:28:21.139 --> 00:28:22.159
 and it's a

00:28:22.159 --> 00:28:22.500
 church that

00:28:22.500 --> 00:28:22.960
 nobody will

00:28:22.960 --> 00:28:23.439
 come into

00:28:23.439 --> 00:28:24.939
 because who

00:28:24.939 --> 00:28:25.279
 needs that

00:28:25.279 --> 00:28:25.740
 we get that

00:28:25.740 --> 00:28:25.980
 in the

00:28:25.980 --> 00:28:26.559
 bowling club

00:28:26.559 --> 00:28:27.399
 get that in

00:28:27.399 --> 00:28:27.980
 the workplace

00:28:27.980 --> 00:28:28.480
 get that

00:28:28.480 --> 00:28:29.119
 everywhere else

00:28:29.119 --> 00:28:30.119
 but the

00:28:30.119 --> 00:28:30.699
 church is to

00:28:30.699 --> 00:28:32.079
 be that

00:28:32.079 --> 00:28:32.599
 great out

00:28:32.599 --> 00:28:33.199
 working of

00:28:33.199 --> 00:28:33.639
 grace

00:28:33.639 --> 00:28:34.819
 it's to

00:28:34.819 --> 00:28:35.179
 be the

00:28:35.179 --> 00:28:36.519
 the radical

00:28:36.519 --> 00:28:38.759
 community

00:28:38.759 --> 00:28:40.759
 of a

00:28:40.759 --> 00:28:41.359
 transformed

00:28:41.359 --> 00:28:41.939
 people who

00:28:41.939 --> 00:28:42.199
 have been

00:28:42.199 --> 00:28:42.819
 turned upside

00:28:42.819 --> 00:28:43.319
 down and

00:28:43.319 --> 00:28:43.899
 inside out

00:28:43.899 --> 00:28:44.439
 by God's

00:28:44.439 --> 00:28:44.739
 grace

00:28:44.739 --> 00:28:46.279
 as David

00:28:46.279 --> 00:28:47.019
 was in the

00:28:47.019 --> 00:28:47.419
 way he

00:28:47.419 --> 00:28:48.239
 acted towards

00:28:48.239 --> 00:28:49.579
 this son of

00:28:49.579 --> 00:28:50.179
 Jonathan who

00:28:50.179 --> 00:28:50.699
 he had every

00:28:50.699 --> 00:28:51.299
 right to

00:28:51.299 --> 00:28:52.199
 annihilate

00:28:52.199 --> 00:28:53.659
 or ignore

00:28:53.660 --> 00:28:55.400
 but here we

00:28:55.400 --> 00:28:55.840
 see him

00:28:55.840 --> 00:28:56.740
 acting in

00:28:56.740 --> 00:28:57.060
 such a way

00:28:57.060 --> 00:28:57.720
 and so we

00:28:57.720 --> 00:28:58.100
 have to

00:28:58.100 --> 00:29:01.080
 act on the

00:29:01.080 --> 00:29:01.920
 basis of our

00:29:01.920 --> 00:29:02.800
 understanding of

00:29:02.800 --> 00:29:03.380
 what God has

00:29:03.380 --> 00:29:04.000
 done for us

00:29:04.000 --> 00:29:05.440
 with loyal

00:29:05.440 --> 00:29:07.120
 love not just

00:29:07.120 --> 00:29:07.560
 within the

00:29:07.560 --> 00:29:09.740
 church but

00:29:09.740 --> 00:29:10.460
 outside the

00:29:10.460 --> 00:29:10.920
 church as

00:29:10.920 --> 00:29:11.200
 well

00:29:11.200 --> 00:29:14.580
 loving God

00:29:14.580 --> 00:29:15.820
 loving one

00:29:15.820 --> 00:29:17.400
 another loving

00:29:17.400 --> 00:29:18.060
 our enemies

00:29:18.060 --> 00:29:18.759
 it's a great

00:29:18.759 --> 00:29:19.420
 triumvirate of

00:29:19.420 --> 00:29:19.860
 the gospel

00:29:19.860 --> 00:29:20.700
 isn't it

00:29:20.700 --> 00:29:21.300
 that we also

00:29:21.300 --> 00:29:22.800
 love those who

00:29:22.800 --> 00:29:23.640
 persecute us

00:29:23.640 --> 00:29:24.540
 us we love

00:29:24.540 --> 00:29:24.980
 those who

00:29:24.980 --> 00:29:25.540
 have no time

00:29:25.540 --> 00:29:26.620
 for us we

00:29:26.620 --> 00:29:27.160
 love those

00:29:27.160 --> 00:29:29.920
 who seek to

00:29:29.920 --> 00:29:30.640
 destroy us

00:29:30.640 --> 00:29:31.680
 with the

00:29:31.680 --> 00:29:32.800
 gospel of

00:29:32.800 --> 00:29:33.540
 grace and

00:29:33.540 --> 00:29:34.040
 with truth

00:29:34.040 --> 00:29:35.140
 it's utterly

00:29:35.140 --> 00:29:36.360
 and completely

00:29:36.360 --> 00:29:37.360
 radical

00:29:37.360 --> 00:29:39.940
 so I'll finish

00:29:39.940 --> 00:29:40.420
 with the words

00:29:40.420 --> 00:29:40.740
 of Van

00:29:40.740 --> 00:29:41.060
 Morrison

00:29:41.060 --> 00:29:42.480
 you've got to

00:29:42.480 --> 00:29:42.940
 live your

00:29:42.940 --> 00:29:43.980
 religion deep

00:29:43.980 --> 00:29:45.400
 inside when

00:29:45.400 --> 00:29:45.980
 you try for

00:29:45.980 --> 00:29:46.380
 the kingdom

00:29:46.380 --> 00:29:47.120
 on high by

00:29:47.120 --> 00:29:47.720
 his grace

00:29:47.720 --> 00:29:49.560
 by his grace

00:29:49.560 --> 00:29:50.940
 amen

00:29:50.940 --> 00:29:51.800
 let's pray

00:29:51.800 --> 00:29:53.120
 father god

00:29:53.119 --> 00:29:53.579
 we ask

00:29:53.579 --> 00:29:54.019
 and pray

00:29:54.019 --> 00:29:54.339
 that you

00:29:54.339 --> 00:29:54.699
 would help

00:29:54.699 --> 00:29:55.000
 us to

00:29:55.000 --> 00:29:55.419
 understand

00:29:55.419 --> 00:29:55.779
 you

00:29:55.779 --> 00:29:56.859
 understand

00:29:56.859 --> 00:29:57.639
 your truth

00:29:57.639 --> 00:29:59.019
 understand

00:29:59.019 --> 00:30:01.000
 the

00:30:01.000 --> 00:30:01.959
 revolutionary

00:30:01.959 --> 00:30:02.699
 nature of

00:30:02.699 --> 00:30:03.000
 truth

00:30:03.000 --> 00:30:04.039
 that

00:30:04.039 --> 00:30:07.099
 ironically

00:30:07.099 --> 00:30:08.059
 probably the

00:30:08.059 --> 00:30:08.799
 older we get

00:30:08.799 --> 00:30:10.419
 the more

00:30:10.419 --> 00:30:10.939
 darkness

00:30:10.939 --> 00:30:12.779
 is revealed

00:30:12.779 --> 00:30:13.159
 in our

00:30:13.159 --> 00:30:13.459
 hearts

00:30:13.459 --> 00:30:13.959
 because the

00:30:13.959 --> 00:30:14.419
 deeper the

00:30:14.419 --> 00:30:15.039
 light goes

00:30:15.039 --> 00:30:16.759
 and the

00:30:16.759 --> 00:30:17.279
 things you

00:30:17.279 --> 00:30:18.359
 forgave and

00:30:18.359 --> 00:30:19.720
 were patient

00:30:19.720 --> 00:30:20.220
 with when we

00:30:20.220 --> 00:30:20.680
 were younger

00:30:20.680 --> 00:30:21.180
 Christians

00:30:21.180 --> 00:30:23.220
 you now want

00:30:23.220 --> 00:30:23.759
 to deal

00:30:23.759 --> 00:30:24.839
 with and

00:30:24.839 --> 00:30:25.339
 you want to

00:30:25.339 --> 00:30:26.099
 transform and

00:30:26.099 --> 00:30:26.460
 you want to

00:30:26.460 --> 00:30:26.940
 change

00:30:26.940 --> 00:30:28.359
 and so the

00:30:28.359 --> 00:30:28.720
 great

00:30:28.720 --> 00:30:31.240
 counterintuitive

00:30:31.240 --> 00:30:32.119
 reality of

00:30:32.119 --> 00:30:32.779
 your gospel

00:30:32.779 --> 00:30:34.920
 is that we're

00:30:34.920 --> 00:30:35.639
 being transformed

00:30:35.639 --> 00:30:36.539
 more and more

00:30:36.539 --> 00:30:38.279
 there's never an

00:30:38.279 --> 00:30:38.680
 end to it

00:30:38.680 --> 00:30:39.700
 we don't relax

00:30:39.700 --> 00:30:40.579
 we never retire

00:30:40.579 --> 00:30:41.079
 from it

00:30:41.079 --> 00:30:42.419
 we're never

00:30:42.419 --> 00:30:43.199
 complacent

00:30:43.199 --> 00:30:44.480
 and we pray

00:30:44.480 --> 00:30:44.939
 that we would

00:30:44.939 --> 00:30:45.500
 see the need

00:30:45.500 --> 00:30:46.099
 for grace

00:30:46.099 --> 00:30:47.460
 patience

00:30:47.460 --> 00:30:48.899
 understanding

00:30:48.899 --> 00:30:50.359
 love

00:30:50.359 --> 00:30:51.480
 commitment

00:30:51.480 --> 00:30:53.740
 and sacrifice

00:30:53.740 --> 00:30:55.039
 and cost

00:30:55.039 --> 00:30:57.480
 in the

00:30:57.480 --> 00:30:58.059
 great gift

00:30:58.059 --> 00:30:58.680
 of salvation

00:30:58.680 --> 00:30:59.079
 we've been

00:30:59.079 --> 00:30:59.379
 given

00:30:59.379 --> 00:31:01.139
 and in so

00:31:01.139 --> 00:31:01.420
 doing

00:31:01.420 --> 00:31:01.859
 help us

00:31:01.859 --> 00:31:02.279
 to be

00:31:02.279 --> 00:31:02.879
 as like

00:31:02.879 --> 00:31:03.259
 Jesus

00:31:03.259 --> 00:31:03.659
 as we

00:31:03.659 --> 00:31:04.119
 can be

00:31:04.119 --> 00:31:05.759
 what an

00:31:05.759 --> 00:31:06.259
 impossible

00:31:06.259 --> 00:31:06.720
 task

00:31:06.720 --> 00:31:07.259
 that seems

00:31:07.259 --> 00:31:07.639
 to be

00:31:07.639 --> 00:31:07.920
 Lord

00:31:07.920 --> 00:31:09.480
 just like

00:31:09.480 --> 00:31:09.859
 a rich

00:31:09.859 --> 00:31:10.099
 man

00:31:10.099 --> 00:31:10.399
 entering

00:31:10.399 --> 00:31:10.619
 the

00:31:10.619 --> 00:31:10.879
 kingdom

00:31:10.879 --> 00:31:11.379
 of heaven

00:31:11.379 --> 00:31:12.059
 impossible

00:31:12.059 --> 00:31:14.399
 but we

00:31:14.399 --> 00:31:14.759
 thank you

00:31:14.759 --> 00:31:15.099
 for your

00:31:15.099 --> 00:31:15.539
 own words

00:31:15.539 --> 00:31:15.940
 which said

00:31:15.940 --> 00:31:17.779
 these things

00:31:17.779 --> 00:31:18.579
 with men

00:31:18.579 --> 00:31:19.159
 are impossible

00:31:19.159 --> 00:31:19.920
 but not so

00:31:19.920 --> 00:31:20.339
 with God

00:31:20.339 --> 00:31:22.019
 and we

00:31:22.019 --> 00:31:23.000
 pray that we

00:31:23.000 --> 00:31:23.359
 would take

00:31:23.359 --> 00:31:24.279
 our impossibilities

00:31:24.279 --> 00:31:24.700
 to you

00:31:24.700 --> 00:31:25.140
 this evening

00:31:25.140 --> 00:31:26.460
 when we

00:31:26.460 --> 00:31:27.480
 want to

00:31:27.480 --> 00:31:28.299
 grumble

00:31:28.299 --> 00:31:29.240
 or complain

00:31:29.240 --> 00:31:29.920
 or be greedy

00:31:29.920 --> 00:31:30.580
 or selfish

00:31:30.580 --> 00:31:31.080
 or proud

00:31:31.080 --> 00:31:33.480
 or insular

00:31:33.480 --> 00:31:34.940
 or can't be

00:31:34.940 --> 00:31:35.460
 bothered with

00:31:35.460 --> 00:31:35.779
 people

00:31:35.779 --> 00:31:37.500
 or church

00:31:37.500 --> 00:31:38.340
 or the

00:31:38.340 --> 00:31:38.640
 bible

00:31:38.640 --> 00:31:39.200
 or prayer

00:31:39.200 --> 00:31:40.720
 and all the

00:31:40.720 --> 00:31:41.360
 impossibilities

00:31:41.360 --> 00:31:42.019
 that come into

00:31:42.019 --> 00:31:42.519
 our lives

00:31:42.519 --> 00:31:43.120
 day to day

00:31:43.120 --> 00:31:44.600
 help us to

00:31:44.600 --> 00:31:45.120
 take them to

00:31:45.120 --> 00:31:45.480
 you and

00:31:45.480 --> 00:31:45.960
 you're an

00:31:45.960 --> 00:31:46.580
 understanding

00:31:46.580 --> 00:31:47.400
 and patient

00:31:47.400 --> 00:31:48.019
 and forgiving

00:31:48.019 --> 00:31:48.400
 God

00:31:48.400 --> 00:31:49.740
 and a

00:31:49.740 --> 00:31:50.299
 provisional

00:31:50.299 --> 00:31:50.620
 God

00:31:50.620 --> 00:31:51.559
 you provide

00:31:51.559 --> 00:31:51.980
 for us

00:31:51.980 --> 00:31:52.360
 in all that

00:31:52.360 --> 00:31:52.700
 we need

00:31:52.700 --> 00:31:53.940
 and we

00:31:53.940 --> 00:31:54.420
 pray for

00:31:54.420 --> 00:31:55.059
 your provision

00:31:55.059 --> 00:31:55.600
 and for

00:31:55.600 --> 00:31:56.180
 that honesty

00:31:56.180 --> 00:31:56.680
 with you

00:31:56.680 --> 00:31:57.440
 may we

00:31:57.440 --> 00:31:57.860
 learn from

00:31:57.860 --> 00:31:58.240
 David

00:31:58.240 --> 00:31:59.160
 may we

00:31:59.160 --> 00:31:59.640
 give thanks

00:31:59.640 --> 00:32:00.480
 for Mephibosheth

00:32:00.480 --> 00:32:01.779
 and for

00:32:01.779 --> 00:32:03.279
 the shadows

00:32:03.279 --> 00:32:03.779
 that point

00:32:03.779 --> 00:32:04.340
 forward to

00:32:04.340 --> 00:32:04.720
 the great

00:32:04.720 --> 00:32:05.080
 saviour

00:32:05.080 --> 00:32:05.539
 Jesus

00:32:05.539 --> 00:32:07.340
 bless us

00:32:07.340 --> 00:32:07.779
 we pray

00:32:07.779 --> 00:32:08.680
 in Jesus

00:32:08.680 --> 00:32:09.000
 name

00:32:09.000 --> 00:32:10.080
 amen

00:32:10.079 --> 00:32:17.399
 let's

00:32:17.399 --> 00:32:17.740
 return

00:32:17.740 --> 00:32:18.220
 praise

00:32:18.220 --> 00:32:18.879
 to

00:32:18.879 --> 00:32:19.259
 God

00:32:19.259 --> 00:32:20.659
 in

00:32:20.659 --> 00:32:20.960
 Psalm

00:32:20.960 --> 00:32:22.259
 126

00:32:22.259 --> 00:32:24.059
 well

00:32:24.059 --> 00:32:24.359
 known

00:32:24.359 --> 00:32:24.939
 Psalm

00:32:24.939 --> 00:32:25.359
 well known

00:32:25.359 --> 00:32:25.679
 words

00:32:25.679 --> 00:32:26.259
 in the

00:32:26.259 --> 00:32:26.439
 sing

00:32:26.439 --> 00:32:26.919
 Psalms

00:32:26.919 --> 00:32:28.119
 and

00:32:28.119 --> 00:32:29.919
 it's

00:32:29.919 --> 00:32:30.079
 just

00:32:30.079 --> 00:32:30.359
 that

00:32:30.359 --> 00:32:30.879
 hope

00:32:30.879 --> 00:32:31.299
 of

00:32:31.299 --> 00:32:31.740
 restoration

00:32:31.740 --> 00:32:32.839
 and

00:32:32.839 --> 00:32:33.099
 the

00:32:33.099 --> 00:32:33.519
 reality

00:32:33.519 --> 00:32:34.119
 of

00:32:34.119 --> 00:32:34.740
 God

00:32:34.740 --> 00:32:35.899
 working

00:32:35.899 --> 00:32:36.199
 and it's

00:32:36.199 --> 00:32:36.339
 been

00:32:36.339 --> 00:32:36.799
 Zion's

00:32:36.799 --> 00:32:37.240
 fortunes

00:32:37.240 --> 00:32:37.480
 God

00:32:37.480 --> 00:32:37.899
 restored

00:32:37.900 --> 00:32:38.720
 it was a dream

00:32:38.720 --> 00:32:39.280
 come true

00:32:39.280 --> 00:32:40.380
 stand together

00:32:40.380 --> 00:32:40.900
 praise him

00:32:40.900 --> 00:32:45.140
 when

00:32:45.140 --> 00:32:46.140
 Zion's

00:32:46.140 --> 00:32:47.700
 fortunes

00:32:47.700 --> 00:32:48.180
 God

00:32:48.180 --> 00:32:48.900
 restored

00:32:48.900 --> 00:32:50.280
 it

00:32:50.280 --> 00:32:51.240
 was a

00:32:51.240 --> 00:32:51.980
 dream

00:32:51.980 --> 00:32:52.860
 come

00:32:52.860 --> 00:32:54.140
 true

00:32:54.140 --> 00:32:55.580
 our

00:32:55.580 --> 00:32:56.080
 minds

00:32:56.080 --> 00:32:56.460
 were

00:32:56.460 --> 00:32:57.320
 then

00:32:57.320 --> 00:32:58.180
 with

00:32:58.180 --> 00:32:58.780
 laughter

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 filled

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 our

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 tongues

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 with

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 songs

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 anew

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 the

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 nation

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 said

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 the

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 Lord

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 has

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 done

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 great

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 things

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 for

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 Israel

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 the

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 Lord

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 did

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 mighty

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 things

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 for

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 us

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 and

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 joy

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 our

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 hearts

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 knew

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 well

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 restore

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 our

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 fortunes

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 gracious

00:33:33.919 --> 00:33:34.980
 Lord

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 like

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 streams

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 in

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 desert

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 soil

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 a

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 joyful

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 harvest

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 will

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 reward

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 the

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 weeping

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 sower's

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 toil

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 the

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 man

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 who

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 bearing

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 seed

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 to

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 sow

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 goes

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 out

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 with

00:34:01.420 --> 00:34:02.360
 tears

00:34:02.360 --> 00:34:03.279
 of

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 grief

00:34:04.040 --> 00:34:06.080
 will

00:34:06.080 --> 00:34:06.720
 come

00:34:06.720 --> 00:34:08.059
 again

00:34:08.059 --> 00:34:09.119
 with

00:34:09.119 --> 00:34:09.680
 songs

00:34:09.680 --> 00:34:10.180
 of

00:34:10.180 --> 00:34:10.820
 joy

00:34:10.820 --> 00:34:12.260
 bearing

00:34:12.260 --> 00:34:13.180
 his

00:34:13.180 --> 00:34:15.159
 harvest

00:34:15.159 --> 00:34:15.780
 chief

00:34:15.780 --> 00:34:19.659
 now

00:34:19.659 --> 00:34:19.800
 may

00:34:19.800 --> 00:34:19.940
 the

00:34:19.940 --> 00:34:20.139
 God

00:34:20.139 --> 00:34:20.300
 have

00:34:20.300 --> 00:34:20.659
 peace

00:34:20.659 --> 00:34:21.519
 who

00:34:21.519 --> 00:34:21.720
 through

00:34:21.720 --> 00:34:21.880
 the

00:34:21.880 --> 00:34:22.099
 blood

00:34:22.099 --> 00:34:22.340
 of the

00:34:22.340 --> 00:34:22.680
 eternal

00:34:22.680 --> 00:34:23.139
 covenant

00:34:23.139 --> 00:34:23.480
 brought

00:34:23.480 --> 00:34:23.780
 back

00:34:23.780 --> 00:34:23.960
 from

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 the

00:34:24.119 --> 00:34:24.360
 dead

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 our

00:34:24.559 --> 00:34:24.820
 Lord

00:34:24.820 --> 00:34:25.079
 Jesus

00:34:25.079 --> 00:34:25.360
 the

00:34:25.360 --> 00:34:25.700
 great

00:34:25.700 --> 00:34:26.039
 shepherd

00:34:26.039 --> 00:34:26.220
 of

00:34:26.220 --> 00:34:26.340
 the

00:34:26.340 --> 00:34:26.559
 sheep

00:34:26.559 --> 00:34:27.579
 equip

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 you

00:34:27.920 --> 00:34:28.820
 with

00:34:28.820 --> 00:34:29.219
 everything

00:34:29.219 --> 00:34:29.619
 good

00:34:29.619 --> 00:34:30.000
 for

00:34:30.000 --> 00:34:30.219
 doing

00:34:30.219 --> 00:34:30.420
 his

00:34:30.420 --> 00:34:30.679
 will

00:34:30.679 --> 00:34:31.500
 and

00:34:31.500 --> 00:34:31.659
 may

00:34:31.659 --> 00:34:31.820
 he

00:34:31.820 --> 00:34:32.099
 work

00:34:32.099 --> 00:34:32.320
 in

00:34:32.320 --> 00:34:32.579
 us

00:34:32.579 --> 00:34:33.099
 what

00:34:33.099 --> 00:34:33.239
 is

00:34:33.239 --> 00:34:33.639
 pleasing

00:34:33.639 --> 00:34:33.900
 to

00:34:33.900 --> 00:34:34.179
 him

00:34:34.179 --> 00:34:34.860
 through

00:34:34.860 --> 00:34:35.239
 Jesus

00:34:35.239 --> 00:34:35.719
 Christ

00:34:35.719 --> 00:34:35.980
 to

00:34:35.980 --> 00:34:36.159
 whom

00:34:36.159 --> 00:34:36.320
 be

00:34:36.320 --> 00:34:36.460
 the

00:34:36.460 --> 00:34:36.719
 glory

00:34:36.719 --> 00:34:37.099
 forever

00:34:37.099 --> 00:34:37.299
 and

00:34:37.299 --> 00:34:37.519
 ever

00:34:37.519 --> 00:34:38.739
 amen