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 Let's pray.

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 Gracious Lord, we do indeed thank you for the way you have led us

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 as we have come this morning and as we church together.

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 And as Steve has prayed for us,

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 so indeed we ask that you might work mercifully by your spirit,

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 through the power of your word,

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 strip away every distraction,

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 focus our minds and revolutionise our hearts.

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 For Christ's sake, Amen.

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 So, I was really thrilled when I saw the series that you're doing at the moment,

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 God's Sufficient Grace.

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 2 Corinthians is one of my favourite books and as the Apostle often does,

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 it is a book that is full of understatements and there is no greater understatement

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 than that phrase that titles your series, God's Sufficient Grace.

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 What does the word sufficient mean?

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 Sorry?

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 Enough.

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 When you say, oh, it's sufficient.

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 What are you meaning?

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 It's just enough.

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 It's just enough.

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 So we're saying, God's just enough grace.

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 It's interesting, isn't it?

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 Isn't it not the greatest understatement you've ever heard?

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 Here we are, the recipients of this lavish,

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 as John chapter 1 calls it,

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 grace upon grace upon grace,

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 and it's meant to be an endless series.

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 It's like the waves of the ocean.

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 We don't get this on the western side,

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 the Indian Ocean is a pond.

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 But when you go down to DY and you see the waves,

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 grace upon grace upon grace,

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 and do they ever stop?

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 No.

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 And neither does God's lavish grace.

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 So when we talk about God's sufficient grace,

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 let's just bear in mind that we're talking about the understated God,

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 the God who, when he created all things,

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 at the end of each day said,

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 God saw what he had made and behold, it was good.

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 Good.

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 Couldn't you have come up with a slightly better adjective?

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 Couldn't you have just extended yourself a bit?

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 I mean, like he clearly is an American.

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 That's awesome!

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 You know?

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 Like, you just would go to town.

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 And I mean, at the end of all six days of creation,

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 when it was complete,

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 when it had the crowning glory of the one made in his image,

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 when it was in perfect harmony,

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 when love had had its full sway,

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 can you imagine the dynamic nature of what had been done?

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 The Lord thought, oh, okay, I better extend myself.

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 He saw all that he had made,

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 behold, it was...

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 Very good.

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 Great.

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 Great.

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 So look, just when you come in here

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 and you think God's sufficient grace,

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 just recognise the God we serve.

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 He's not American.

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 He is understated.

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 Right?

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 And we're talking about authentic hope.

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 And I get the impression from the screen that's been up here

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 that authentic, true, real.

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 Very good.

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 I have no idea what's been going on.

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 They're held on too hard,

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 so I can't pull them off.

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 There's a very good job, whoever did this.

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 I know nothing about it,

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 but I'm just wondering why there are only this many.

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 I mean, how many of us are there here?

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 There's got to be a hundred plus,

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 even on Father's Day.

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 Or how come there's only 20-odd masks on the wall?

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 Did you take your mask off when you came in today?

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 Did you take it off?

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 Because we all wear them, don't we?

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 Every one of us.

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 And we are talking about authentic Christian living.

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 Real.

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 And I know one of the things that I found breathtaking

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 was the, as I grew in Christ,

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 was coming to understand the most practical Christian doctrine there is.

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 Imputed righteousness.

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 Justification by faith.

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 That I am established outside of myself.

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 And so you can see me as I am.

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 Even with all that inadequacy,

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 all that bankruptcy,

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 all the failings.

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 Because

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 all that does is reveal more greatly

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 the sufficiency of the God we serve.

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 So,

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 when we think

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 and read through,

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 hear this passage

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 from

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 2 Corinthians

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 chapter 5.

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 I'll try it again.

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 I must have hit the wrong button.

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 It says,

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 For we know

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 that if the earthly tent we live in

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 is destroyed,

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 we have

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 a building from God.

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 An eternal house in heaven.

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 Not built by human hands.

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 And when we think

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 about earthly tents,

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 there's no place

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 we should start

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 more appropriate

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 than the incarnation.

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 That the word

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 became flesh

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 and dwelt among us

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 full of grace and truth

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 and we beheld his glory,

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 glory as of the only son of the father.

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 And when you see that little word there

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 where it says

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 the word became flesh

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 and dwelt,

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 dwelt,

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 literally that word dwelt

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 is tented,

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 tabernacled.

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 The eternal son

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 took on flesh

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 and tented amongst us.

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 Pitched his tent

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 as he refers to

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 this flesh,

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 this body.

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 But it says there

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 that

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 we know

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 that if this

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 earthly tent we live in

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 is destroyed,

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 and you've been hearing

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 about this just last week

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 as you've looked at

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 chapters 3 and 4,

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 but if this earthly tent

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 is destroyed,

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 once again,

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 there is no place

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 that we should look

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 more closely

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 than the destruction

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 of the body

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 of Christ.

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 A body that was

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 given over for sin.

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 Everything done

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 within that flesh

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 was perfect,

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 was righteous,

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 was holy,

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 was pure,

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 and yet look.

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 It's hard to look

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 at,

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 isn't it?

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 It's hard to look

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 at.

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 He died my death.

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 He died your death.

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 This was the full

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 curse

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 of sin

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 and the full

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 judgment of God

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 upon it

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 poured out

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 upon his tent,

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 upon his

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 earthly body.

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 But then it says

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 we have

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 a building

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 from God,

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 an eternal

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 house

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 in heaven,

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 not built

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 by human hands.

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 And we look

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 to the resurrection.

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 We look

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 to the resurrection.

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 The fact

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 that death,

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 as the song

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 says,

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 could not hold

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 him down.

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 when he rose,

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 it was the

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 proof.

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 Do you ever

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 wonder whether

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 your sin is

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 dealt with?

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 Whether it

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 will ever

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 visit you

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 again?

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 You only

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 need to

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 know that

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 he rose

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 to know

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 that it

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 is gone

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 forever.

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 It will

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 never visit

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 you again.

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 It's not

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 possible.

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 Because if

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 any of your

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 sin or my

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 sin was

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 still hanging,

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 stuck to

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 him,

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 he couldn't

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 have risen

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 from the

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 dead.

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 He was

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 doomed

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 forever.

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 So,

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 when we

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 think about

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 this

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 heavenly

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 dwelling,

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 meanwhile,

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 we groan,

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 longing to

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 be clothed,

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 instead,

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 with our

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 heavenly

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 dwelling.

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 I need

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 to just

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 check what

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 slide we

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 got here.

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 We have

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 got that

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 one up

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 already,

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 haven't we?

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 Okay.

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 Alright.

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 I just

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 realised it's

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 not obeying

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 all the

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 clicks that

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 I've put in

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 it, but

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 that's alright.

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 We will

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 work with

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 that.

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 When it

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 talks about

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 a new

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 body,

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 receiving a

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 new body,

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 should I be

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 thinking about

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 Chris Hemsworth?

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 Is that what

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 I'm going

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 to get?

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 You know?

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 I won't

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 ask my

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 wife what

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 she thinks,

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 alright?

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 I don't

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 really want to

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 know the

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 answer to

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 that, but

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 can I say

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 most assuredly

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 that when we

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 think of the

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 new body that

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 we receive,

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 that because

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 Christ has

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 risen with

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 an indestructible

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 body, an

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 eternal body,

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 this is not

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 some airy,

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 fairy,

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 spiritual

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 resurrection,

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 this is a

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 resurrection with

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 substance, a

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 resurrected body,

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 and when

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 Christ raises

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 with that

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 body, that

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 is the

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 guarantee that

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 you and I

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 will have a

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 new body.

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 It won't

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 bear the

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 impact of

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 the curse

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 of sin the

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 way this

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 one does.

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 So does

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 that mean it

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 will be like

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 this?

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 Well, no.

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 Because I

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 want to tell

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 you, that

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 body still

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 bears the

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 curse of

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 sin.

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 We need

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 to come

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 back to

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 seeing what

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 Christ has

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 done.

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 Because what

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 Christ has

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 done and

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 what dominates

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 his life is

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 what will

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 dominate your

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 life and

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 your resurrected

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 glorious body.

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 body.

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 I want to

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 just take

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 us through

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 and just

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 quickly, I

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 was going to

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 unfold this

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 slowly but

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 it's all up

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 in front of

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 you now and

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 I've realised

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 that I

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 struggle to

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 read all of

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 this from

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 this distance

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 because this

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 body is

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 wasting away

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 and these

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 eyes are part

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 of that.

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 And it

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 says, but

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 we have this

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 treasure in

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 jars of clay,

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 body, as

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 Steve mentioned

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 before.

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 Okay, look,

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 hold on, hold

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 on a second,

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 let's just get

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 this right.

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 Hold on, I'm

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 coming down, I'm

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 going to sit

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 with you.

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 We have this

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 treasure in

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 jars of clay to

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 show that this

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 all-surpassing

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 power is from

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 God and not

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 from us.

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 We're hard

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 pressed on

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 every side.

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 This is where

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 you've been

00:12:32.340 --> 00:12:33.000
 last week.

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 Hard pressed

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 on every side,

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 crushed in

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 fact.

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 Perplexed,

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 but not in

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 despair.

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 Persecuted, but

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 not abandoned.

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 Struck down, but

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 not destroyed.

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 I can't tell you

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 how many times,

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 even just in the

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 last ten years,

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 I've been struck

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 down, I felt

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 crushed, I felt

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 completely

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 overwhelmed.

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 But, his

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 grace is

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 sufficient.

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 We always, it

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 says in verse

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 10, carry

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 around in our

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 body the death

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 of Jesus so

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 that the life

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 of Jesus may

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 also be revealed

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 in our body.

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 I just realised

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 we've got a much

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 better view

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 looking this

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 way.

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 Here I was, I

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 was looking up

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 here and I

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 should have been

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 looking here.

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 That's great.

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 I'll get used to

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 this place

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 eventually.

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 For we who

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 are alive are

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 always being

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 given over to

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 death for

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 Jesus' sake so

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 that his life

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 may also be

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 revealed in our

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 mortal body.

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 See those words

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 in bold there?

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 we carry

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 around in our

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 body the

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 death of

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 Jesus so

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 that the

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 life of

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 Jesus may

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 also be

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 revealed.

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 It's the

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 same as when

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 Paul says,

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 I did not

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 come amongst

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 you with

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 eloquent

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 words so

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 that it

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 might be

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 clear to

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 you that

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 the power,

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 the dynamic

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 for the words

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 that I speak

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 comes not

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 from me,

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 it comes

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 from God.

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 And it

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 is the

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 same here.

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 I am

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 amazed and

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 humbled by

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 the things

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 that people

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 have said

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 about us

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 and our

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 ministry over

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 in the

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 Northwest,

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 over in

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 Wickham.

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 The things

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 that people

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 over there

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 say about

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 us and

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 it is

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 because the

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 life of

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 Jesus is

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 being revealed

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 in this

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 inadequacy.

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 And it

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 goes on and

00:14:26.200 --> 00:14:26.419
 says,

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 we are always

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 being given

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 over to

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 death so

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 that his

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 life may

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 also be

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 revealed in

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 our mortal

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 body.

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 Because we

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 know that

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 the one who

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 raised Jesus

00:14:35.200 --> 00:14:35.580
 from the

00:14:35.580 --> 00:14:35.880
 dead will

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 also raise

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 us with

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 Jesus and

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 present us

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 with you to

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 himself.

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 So you

00:14:41.480 --> 00:14:42.060
 see it is

00:14:42.060 --> 00:14:42.340
 Jesus'

00:14:42.600 --> 00:14:43.340
 life and

00:14:43.340 --> 00:14:44.360
 death and

00:14:44.360 --> 00:14:45.120
 resurrection

00:14:45.120 --> 00:14:46.640
 that determines

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 your course.

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 And then he

00:14:52.560 --> 00:14:53.220
 goes on and

00:14:53.220 --> 00:14:53.580
 says,

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 therefore we

00:14:55.180 --> 00:14:56.260
 do not lose

00:14:56.260 --> 00:14:56.560
 heart.

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 Though outwardly

00:14:57.520 --> 00:14:58.200
 we are wasting

00:14:58.200 --> 00:14:59.140
 away, yet

00:14:59.140 --> 00:15:00.760
 inwardly we

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 are being

00:15:01.299 --> 00:15:02.879
 renewed day

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 by day.

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 And this

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 is the

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 thing, we

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 need to

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 develop a

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 discipline,

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 a discipline

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 of knowing

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 that it is

00:15:11.779 --> 00:15:12.659
 solely in

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 Christ I

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 live.

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 You think

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 of Galatians

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 2, I

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 have been

00:15:15.220 --> 00:15:16.279
 crucified with

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 Christ.

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 It's no

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 longer I

00:15:18.120 --> 00:15:18.559
 who live,

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 but Christ

00:15:19.460 --> 00:15:19.879
 who lives

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 in me.

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 And the

00:15:20.500 --> 00:15:21.019
 life I

00:15:21.019 --> 00:15:21.899
 now live

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 in the

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 flesh, in

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 this body,

00:15:25.679 --> 00:15:26.519
 I live by

00:15:26.519 --> 00:15:27.220
 faith in the

00:15:27.220 --> 00:15:27.840
 Son of God

00:15:27.840 --> 00:15:28.700
 who loved

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 me and gave

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 himself for

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 me.

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 We've got

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 to start

00:15:33.639 --> 00:15:34.399
 hanging much

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 looser to

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 this body.

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 When we

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 read and

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 we think of

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 these passages,

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 so see the

00:15:41.019 --> 00:15:41.819
 highlighted passage

00:15:41.819 --> 00:15:42.319
 there where it

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 says,

00:15:42.639 --> 00:15:43.819
 meanwhile we

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 groan,

00:15:45.340 --> 00:15:46.639
 longing to

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 be clothed

00:15:47.340 --> 00:15:49.019
 instead with

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 our heavenly

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 dwelling.

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 Do you

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 groan?

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 I'll bet if

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 you're getting

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 as old as

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 me, you

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 groan.

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 But is

00:16:01.079 --> 00:16:01.579
 it because

00:16:01.579 --> 00:16:02.299
 you're longing

00:16:02.299 --> 00:16:02.779
 for your

00:16:02.779 --> 00:16:03.379
 heavenly body?

00:16:07.179 --> 00:16:08.179
 Is that

00:16:08.179 --> 00:16:08.779
 why you

00:16:08.779 --> 00:16:09.259
 groan?

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 Or do

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 you groan

00:16:12.579 --> 00:16:13.720
 because you're

00:16:13.720 --> 00:16:14.179
 just not

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 happy, you're

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 not content

00:16:15.799 --> 00:16:16.960
 with this

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 vessel that

00:16:17.579 --> 00:16:18.139
 the Lord has

00:16:18.139 --> 00:16:18.699
 given you?

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 Or you see

00:16:19.639 --> 00:16:20.159
 it breaking

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 down?

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 Are you

00:16:21.899 --> 00:16:22.699
 walking in a

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 staunch

00:16:23.120 --> 00:16:24.100
 resistance?

00:16:24.100 --> 00:16:28.820
 to the

00:16:28.820 --> 00:16:29.379
 groaning of

00:16:29.379 --> 00:16:29.920
 this body?

00:16:30.300 --> 00:16:31.259
 Not because

00:16:31.259 --> 00:16:32.080
 you're longing,

00:16:32.960 --> 00:16:36.420
 longing for

00:16:36.420 --> 00:16:37.399
 a new body,

00:16:37.480 --> 00:16:38.080
 a resurrected

00:16:38.080 --> 00:16:38.920
 body, but

00:16:38.920 --> 00:16:39.920
 because you

00:16:39.920 --> 00:16:41.259
 actually want

00:16:41.259 --> 00:16:42.300
 this one.

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 That's why

00:16:47.860 --> 00:16:48.460
 the gyms are

00:16:48.460 --> 00:16:48.879
 full, isn't

00:16:48.879 --> 00:16:49.040
 it?

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 That's why

00:16:52.940 --> 00:16:53.620
 there is so

00:16:53.620 --> 00:16:54.159
 much about

00:16:54.159 --> 00:16:54.639
 the body

00:16:54.639 --> 00:16:55.179
 beautiful.

00:16:58.480 --> 00:16:59.080
 And you

00:16:59.080 --> 00:16:59.720
 might say,

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 oh Rich,

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 it's easy

00:17:02.340 --> 00:17:02.820
 for you to

00:17:02.820 --> 00:17:03.299
 say that.

00:17:04.279 --> 00:17:04.519
 You know,

00:17:04.619 --> 00:17:05.279
 like you

00:17:05.279 --> 00:17:05.839
 clearly have

00:17:05.839 --> 00:17:06.200
 been letting

00:17:06.200 --> 00:17:06.819
 yourself go

00:17:06.819 --> 00:17:07.119
 for a

00:17:07.119 --> 00:17:07.400
 while.

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 You'd be

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 right.

00:17:09.660 --> 00:17:10.079
 You'd be

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 right.

00:17:12.839 --> 00:17:13.500
 But I've

00:17:13.500 --> 00:17:13.839
 got to

00:17:13.839 --> 00:17:14.339
 tell you,

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 this is

00:17:16.779 --> 00:17:17.640
 not where

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 we are

00:17:19.779 --> 00:17:20.099
 to put

00:17:20.099 --> 00:17:20.660
 our hope.

00:17:20.660 --> 00:17:22.500
 authentic

00:17:22.500 --> 00:17:24.300
 hope is

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 not in

00:17:25.700 --> 00:17:26.620
 this.

00:17:29.620 --> 00:17:30.500
 It is

00:17:30.500 --> 00:17:31.019
 in the

00:17:31.019 --> 00:17:31.640
 resurrected

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 body that

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 we see

00:17:33.500 --> 00:17:34.440
 firstly in

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 Christ as

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 the first

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 fruits,

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 and then

00:17:36.740 --> 00:17:37.200
 which will

00:17:37.200 --> 00:17:37.700
 come to

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 all those

00:17:38.640 --> 00:17:39.279
 who have

00:17:39.279 --> 00:17:40.040
 hoped in

00:17:40.040 --> 00:17:40.400
 him.

00:17:40.400 --> 00:17:44.840
 he says,

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 for while

00:17:45.300 --> 00:17:45.600
 we are

00:17:45.600 --> 00:17:45.980
 in this

00:17:45.980 --> 00:17:46.220
 tent,

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 we groan

00:17:47.160 --> 00:17:47.620
 and are

00:17:47.620 --> 00:17:48.560
 burdened

00:17:48.560 --> 00:17:49.440
 because we

00:17:49.440 --> 00:17:50.200
 do not,

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 we do not

00:17:53.640 --> 00:17:54.680
 wish to be

00:17:54.680 --> 00:17:55.780
 unclothed,

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 but to be

00:17:56.480 --> 00:17:57.240
 clothed

00:17:57.240 --> 00:17:58.960
 instead with

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 our heavenly

00:17:59.519 --> 00:17:59.960
 dwelling.

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 I want

00:18:01.799 --> 00:18:02.360
 to encourage

00:18:02.360 --> 00:18:02.799
 you to

00:18:02.799 --> 00:18:03.860
 truly groan

00:18:03.860 --> 00:18:04.420
 and long

00:18:04.420 --> 00:18:04.860
 for your

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 heavenly

00:18:05.200 --> 00:18:05.579
 dwelling.

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 I've got to

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 tell you,

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 that is

00:18:08.680 --> 00:18:09.160
 hard for

00:18:09.160 --> 00:18:09.440
 us to

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 do.

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 It's

00:18:12.960 --> 00:18:13.340
 hard for

00:18:13.340 --> 00:18:13.579
 us to

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 do.

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 The first

00:18:20.120 --> 00:18:20.640
 reading that

00:18:20.640 --> 00:18:21.160
 we had

00:18:21.160 --> 00:18:22.779
 was from

00:18:22.779 --> 00:18:23.340
 the very

00:18:23.340 --> 00:18:23.980
 start of

00:18:23.980 --> 00:18:24.279
 Jesus'

00:18:24.460 --> 00:18:24.720
 public

00:18:24.720 --> 00:18:25.200
 ministry,

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 Matthew

00:18:26.480 --> 00:18:27.440
 chapter 5.

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 I've only

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 put up

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 verses 3

00:18:29.980 --> 00:18:30.379
 to 6

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 here.

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 Blessed

00:18:33.699 --> 00:18:34.099
 are the

00:18:34.099 --> 00:18:34.919
 poor in

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 spirit.

00:18:37.119 --> 00:18:37.759
 As I

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 said earlier

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 when I was

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 up here

00:18:39.519 --> 00:18:39.959
 talking with

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 Steve,

00:18:40.699 --> 00:18:41.339
 those who

00:18:41.339 --> 00:18:42.279
 recognise that

00:18:42.279 --> 00:18:42.659
 they are

00:18:42.659 --> 00:18:43.259
 completely

00:18:43.259 --> 00:18:44.159
 bankrupt.

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 Jesus is

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 saying,

00:18:46.039 --> 00:18:46.799
 unless you

00:18:46.799 --> 00:18:47.419
 realise you

00:18:47.419 --> 00:18:47.959
 are bankrupt,

00:18:48.179 --> 00:18:48.579
 you will

00:18:48.579 --> 00:18:49.039
 not come

00:18:49.039 --> 00:18:49.399
 to me.

00:18:52.119 --> 00:18:52.839
 You will

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 actually

00:18:53.639 --> 00:18:54.500
 pursue

00:18:54.500 --> 00:18:56.039
 your own

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 adequacy.

00:18:57.639 --> 00:18:58.159
 In fact,

00:18:58.160 --> 00:18:58.800
 to the

00:18:58.800 --> 00:18:59.440
 person who

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 believes that

00:19:00.279 --> 00:19:00.580
 they are

00:19:00.580 --> 00:19:00.800
 not

00:19:00.800 --> 00:19:01.200
 bankrupt,

00:19:01.540 --> 00:19:01.800
 let me

00:19:01.800 --> 00:19:02.100
 tell you

00:19:02.100 --> 00:19:02.360
 this,

00:19:02.680 --> 00:19:03.560
 grace is

00:19:03.560 --> 00:19:04.340
 an offence.

00:19:05.380 --> 00:19:05.820
 Why?

00:19:07.660 --> 00:19:08.340
 Why is

00:19:08.340 --> 00:19:08.940
 grace an

00:19:08.940 --> 00:19:11.160
 offence to

00:19:11.160 --> 00:19:11.660
 those who

00:19:11.660 --> 00:19:12.080
 do not

00:19:12.080 --> 00:19:12.940
 recognise that

00:19:12.940 --> 00:19:13.500
 in and of

00:19:13.500 --> 00:19:14.340
 themselves they

00:19:14.340 --> 00:19:14.820
 are bankrupt?

00:19:15.820 --> 00:19:16.380
 Can anybody

00:19:16.380 --> 00:19:16.920
 come back at

00:19:16.920 --> 00:19:17.060
 me?

00:19:17.420 --> 00:19:17.920
 Why is

00:19:17.920 --> 00:19:18.420
 grace an

00:19:18.420 --> 00:19:18.880
 offence?

00:19:18.880 --> 00:19:19.880
 grace an

00:19:19.880 --> 00:19:20.880
 offence?

00:19:20.880 --> 00:19:21.880
 Why is

00:19:21.880 --> 00:19:21.980
 it

00:19:21.980 --> 00:19:22.480
 not

00:19:22.480 --> 00:19:22.780
 to the

00:19:22.780 --> 00:19:23.200
 weakness?

00:19:23.720 --> 00:19:24.280
 Sorry?

00:19:24.820 --> 00:19:26.720
 It shows up

00:19:26.720 --> 00:19:27.160
 the weakness?

00:19:30.600 --> 00:19:31.740
 It does?

00:19:32.080 --> 00:19:32.580
 But why

00:19:32.580 --> 00:19:32.880
 does it

00:19:32.880 --> 00:19:33.320
 offend

00:19:33.320 --> 00:19:35.400
 me if

00:19:35.400 --> 00:19:35.860
 I don't

00:19:35.860 --> 00:19:36.300
 think I'm

00:19:36.300 --> 00:19:36.680
 bankrupt?

00:19:38.180 --> 00:19:38.620
 Sorry?

00:19:39.320 --> 00:19:40.020
 Yeah.

00:19:41.040 --> 00:19:41.620
 I get

00:19:41.620 --> 00:19:42.260
 no kudos.

00:19:42.259 --> 00:19:42.500
 loss.

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 You think,

00:19:43.980 --> 00:19:44.279
 what is

00:19:44.279 --> 00:19:44.539
 at the

00:19:44.539 --> 00:19:45.500
 very heart

00:19:45.500 --> 00:19:47.740
 of our

00:19:47.740 --> 00:19:48.359
 sinful

00:19:48.359 --> 00:19:49.039
 selves?

00:19:50.099 --> 00:19:50.720
 I want

00:19:50.720 --> 00:19:51.039
 to tell

00:19:51.039 --> 00:19:51.299
 you it

00:19:51.299 --> 00:19:51.720
 is that

00:19:51.720 --> 00:19:52.379
 sinful

00:19:52.379 --> 00:19:53.059
 core of

00:19:53.059 --> 00:19:53.859
 our pride

00:19:53.859 --> 00:19:55.680
 that believes

00:19:55.680 --> 00:19:56.720
 that we

00:19:56.720 --> 00:19:57.420
 are good

00:19:57.420 --> 00:19:58.019
 enough for

00:19:58.019 --> 00:19:58.579
 God without

00:19:58.579 --> 00:19:59.180
 God.

00:19:59.379 --> 00:19:59.619
 See,

00:19:59.700 --> 00:20:00.240
 the nature

00:20:00.240 --> 00:20:01.240
 of atheistic

00:20:01.240 --> 00:20:01.920
 humanism

00:20:01.920 --> 00:20:02.980
 today is

00:20:02.980 --> 00:20:03.299
 that it

00:20:03.299 --> 00:20:04.519
 can achieve

00:20:04.519 --> 00:20:05.819
 everything

00:20:05.819 --> 00:20:06.559
 that God

00:20:06.559 --> 00:20:07.480
 would promise

00:20:07.480 --> 00:20:09.139
 without

00:20:09.139 --> 00:20:09.480
 him.

00:20:12.679 --> 00:20:13.359
 And to

00:20:13.359 --> 00:20:13.980
 atheistic

00:20:13.980 --> 00:20:14.539
 humanism,

00:20:14.639 --> 00:20:15.019
 it does

00:20:15.019 --> 00:20:15.500
 not want

00:20:15.500 --> 00:20:15.759
 to know

00:20:15.759 --> 00:20:16.419
 about grace.

00:20:17.539 --> 00:20:18.200
 It does

00:20:18.200 --> 00:20:18.759
 not want

00:20:18.759 --> 00:20:19.019
 to know

00:20:19.019 --> 00:20:19.339
 about the

00:20:19.339 --> 00:20:19.619
 greatest

00:20:19.619 --> 00:20:20.079
 gift of

00:20:20.079 --> 00:20:20.579
 all time

00:20:20.579 --> 00:20:21.159
 because

00:20:21.159 --> 00:20:22.200
 that

00:20:22.200 --> 00:20:22.919
 actually

00:20:22.919 --> 00:20:23.779
 detracts

00:20:23.779 --> 00:20:24.159
 from

00:20:24.159 --> 00:20:24.579
 it.

00:20:26.899 --> 00:20:27.519
 And so

00:20:27.519 --> 00:20:28.419
 Jesus

00:20:28.419 --> 00:20:29.200
 rightly

00:20:29.200 --> 00:20:29.899
 starts and

00:20:29.899 --> 00:20:30.079
 says,

00:20:30.500 --> 00:20:30.759
 blessed are

00:20:30.759 --> 00:20:31.099
 the poor

00:20:31.099 --> 00:20:31.500
 in spirit,

00:20:32.019 --> 00:20:32.460
 blessed are

00:20:32.460 --> 00:20:32.819
 those who

00:20:32.819 --> 00:20:33.500
 realise

00:20:33.500 --> 00:20:34.059
 their

00:20:34.059 --> 00:20:34.919
 bankruptcy

00:20:34.920 --> 00:20:37.160
 before

00:20:37.160 --> 00:20:38.759
 the Holy

00:20:38.759 --> 00:20:39.240
 Father,

00:20:40.320 --> 00:20:40.880
 for theirs

00:20:40.880 --> 00:20:41.180
 is the

00:20:41.180 --> 00:20:41.600
 kingdom of

00:20:41.600 --> 00:20:41.820
 heaven.

00:20:41.980 --> 00:20:42.480
 Why is

00:20:42.480 --> 00:20:42.860
 theirs the

00:20:42.860 --> 00:20:43.240
 kingdom of

00:20:43.240 --> 00:20:43.440
 heaven?

00:20:44.200 --> 00:20:44.759
 It's not

00:20:44.759 --> 00:20:45.240
 because they

00:20:45.240 --> 00:20:46.039
 stay bankrupt,

00:20:46.240 --> 00:20:46.920
 it's because

00:20:46.920 --> 00:20:48.140
 realising their

00:20:48.140 --> 00:20:48.620
 bankruptcy,

00:20:48.900 --> 00:20:49.259
 they do

00:20:49.259 --> 00:20:49.519
 what?

00:20:52.580 --> 00:20:53.320
 They come

00:20:53.320 --> 00:20:53.860
 to Christ.

00:20:55.200 --> 00:20:55.640
 Don't they?

00:20:56.680 --> 00:20:57.200
 Realising

00:20:57.200 --> 00:20:57.900
 their bankruptcy,

00:20:58.220 --> 00:20:58.680
 they come

00:20:58.680 --> 00:20:59.140
 to Christ.

00:20:59.320 --> 00:20:59.840
 He goes

00:20:59.840 --> 00:21:00.420
 on and he

00:21:00.420 --> 00:21:00.720
 says,

00:21:01.220 --> 00:21:02.000
 blessed are

00:21:02.000 --> 00:21:02.779
 those who

00:21:02.779 --> 00:21:03.800
 mourn,

00:21:03.800 --> 00:21:04.360
 for they

00:21:04.360 --> 00:21:04.800
 will be

00:21:04.799 --> 00:21:06.299
 comforted.

00:21:07.200 --> 00:21:07.799
 Blessed

00:21:07.799 --> 00:21:08.339
 are the

00:21:08.339 --> 00:21:08.680
 meek,

00:21:08.779 --> 00:21:09.059
 for they

00:21:09.059 --> 00:21:09.539
 will inherit

00:21:09.539 --> 00:21:10.000
 the earth.

00:21:10.339 --> 00:21:10.680
 Blessed

00:21:10.680 --> 00:21:11.559
 are those

00:21:11.559 --> 00:21:12.819
 who hunger

00:21:12.819 --> 00:21:14.419
 and thirst

00:21:14.419 --> 00:21:16.339
 for righteousness,

00:21:17.079 --> 00:21:17.759
 for they

00:21:17.759 --> 00:21:18.099
 will be

00:21:18.099 --> 00:21:18.379
 filled.

00:21:21.879 --> 00:21:22.740
 I have

00:21:22.740 --> 00:21:23.240
 to ask

00:21:23.240 --> 00:21:23.720
 us this

00:21:23.720 --> 00:21:24.839
 because

00:21:24.839 --> 00:21:25.419
 this is

00:21:25.419 --> 00:21:25.619
 our

00:21:25.619 --> 00:21:26.319
 challenge

00:21:26.319 --> 00:21:28.079
 in a

00:21:28.079 --> 00:21:28.639
 place where

00:21:28.639 --> 00:21:29.039
 we have

00:21:29.039 --> 00:21:29.299
 one of

00:21:29.299 --> 00:21:29.759
 the highest

00:21:29.759 --> 00:21:30.240
 standards

00:21:30.240 --> 00:21:30.680
 of living

00:21:30.680 --> 00:21:31.180
 on earth,

00:21:31.180 --> 00:21:32.279
 in a

00:21:32.279 --> 00:21:32.880
 place where

00:21:32.880 --> 00:21:33.759
 I love

00:21:33.759 --> 00:21:34.440
 the changes

00:21:34.440 --> 00:21:34.799
 that have

00:21:34.799 --> 00:21:35.220
 been done

00:21:35.220 --> 00:21:35.519
 here,

00:21:35.640 --> 00:21:36.060
 but can

00:21:36.060 --> 00:21:36.440
 I tell

00:21:36.440 --> 00:21:36.759
 you when

00:21:36.759 --> 00:21:37.140
 Wickham

00:21:37.140 --> 00:21:37.680
 does not

00:21:37.680 --> 00:21:38.120
 even have

00:21:38.120 --> 00:21:38.860
 a place

00:21:38.860 --> 00:21:40.140
 where it

00:21:40.140 --> 00:21:40.820
 can gather,

00:21:41.620 --> 00:21:43.779
 where it

00:21:43.779 --> 00:21:44.580
 is identified

00:21:44.580 --> 00:21:45.060
 as the

00:21:45.060 --> 00:21:45.680
 meeting place

00:21:45.680 --> 00:21:46.120
 of God's

00:21:46.120 --> 00:21:46.500
 people,

00:21:47.500 --> 00:21:51.360
 it's

00:21:51.360 --> 00:21:51.840
 overwhelming.

00:21:52.440 --> 00:21:53.060
 When I

00:21:53.060 --> 00:21:53.519
 see the

00:21:53.519 --> 00:21:53.960
 poverty,

00:21:54.960 --> 00:21:57.140
 it is

00:21:57.140 --> 00:21:57.680
 overwhelming.

00:21:57.680 --> 00:21:58.380
 when I

00:21:58.380 --> 00:21:58.779
 see the

00:21:58.779 --> 00:21:59.279
 needs,

00:21:59.420 --> 00:21:59.779
 it's

00:21:59.779 --> 00:22:00.380
 overwhelming.

00:22:01.240 --> 00:22:01.779
 And we

00:22:01.779 --> 00:22:02.480
 must ask

00:22:02.480 --> 00:22:03.060
 the question,

00:22:04.060 --> 00:22:04.519
 have you

00:22:04.519 --> 00:22:05.259
 hungered

00:22:05.259 --> 00:22:07.440
 lately?

00:22:09.700 --> 00:22:10.500
 Are you

00:22:10.500 --> 00:22:11.240
 thirsty?

00:22:14.279 --> 00:22:15.060
 Because what

00:22:15.060 --> 00:22:15.440
 do we do

00:22:15.440 --> 00:22:15.920
 as soon as

00:22:15.920 --> 00:22:16.600
 we're thirsty

00:22:16.600 --> 00:22:17.320
 physically?

00:22:18.160 --> 00:22:18.560
 We just

00:22:18.560 --> 00:22:19.519
 straight away,

00:22:20.000 --> 00:22:20.700
 as soon as

00:22:20.700 --> 00:22:21.220
 we're thirsty.

00:22:21.400 --> 00:22:21.940
 How long

00:22:21.940 --> 00:22:22.560
 do you wait

00:22:22.560 --> 00:22:23.019
 and allow

00:22:23.019 --> 00:22:23.720
 the physical

00:22:23.720 --> 00:22:24.279
 thirst to

00:22:24.279 --> 00:22:24.519
 go?

00:22:24.700 --> 00:22:25.200
 Before you

00:22:25.200 --> 00:22:25.460
 go,

00:22:25.600 --> 00:22:25.940
 walk to

00:22:25.940 --> 00:22:26.299
 the fridge,

00:22:26.400 --> 00:22:26.920
 open and

00:22:26.920 --> 00:22:27.380
 get something

00:22:27.380 --> 00:22:27.760
 that's as

00:22:27.760 --> 00:22:28.140
 cold as

00:22:28.140 --> 00:22:28.460
 you want.

00:22:29.060 --> 00:22:29.380
 It's not

00:22:29.380 --> 00:22:29.620
 long,

00:22:29.680 --> 00:22:29.960
 is it?

00:22:31.900 --> 00:22:32.440
 Before you

00:22:32.440 --> 00:22:32.740
 get the

00:22:32.740 --> 00:22:33.220
 beverage of

00:22:33.220 --> 00:22:33.620
 choice.

00:22:36.780 --> 00:22:37.300
 But we

00:22:37.300 --> 00:22:37.720
 know that

00:22:37.720 --> 00:22:38.120
 we're talking

00:22:38.120 --> 00:22:38.460
 about a

00:22:38.460 --> 00:22:38.700
 different

00:22:38.700 --> 00:22:39.040
 thirst,

00:22:39.140 --> 00:22:39.260
 aren't

00:22:39.260 --> 00:22:39.400
 we?

00:22:41.440 --> 00:22:41.840
 Let's

00:22:41.840 --> 00:22:42.180
 go back

00:22:42.180 --> 00:22:42.680
 to Jesus

00:22:42.680 --> 00:22:43.040
 and the

00:22:43.040 --> 00:22:43.420
 cross.

00:22:44.120 --> 00:22:44.600
 What were

00:22:44.600 --> 00:22:44.900
 one of

00:22:44.900 --> 00:22:45.540
 his words

00:22:45.540 --> 00:22:45.820
 that he

00:22:45.820 --> 00:22:46.280
 spoke from

00:22:46.280 --> 00:22:46.760
 the cross?

00:22:47.060 --> 00:22:47.920
 He said,

00:22:48.300 --> 00:22:49.680
 I thirst.

00:22:50.600 --> 00:22:51.080
 Did he

00:22:51.080 --> 00:22:51.480
 go to the

00:22:51.480 --> 00:22:51.780
 fridge and

00:22:51.780 --> 00:22:52.200
 get out his

00:22:52.200 --> 00:22:52.660
 beverage of

00:22:52.660 --> 00:22:53.040
 choice at

00:22:53.040 --> 00:22:53.360
 just the

00:22:53.360 --> 00:22:53.520
 right

00:22:53.520 --> 00:22:53.880
 temperature?

00:22:54.880 --> 00:22:55.240
 No.

00:22:56.140 --> 00:22:56.760
 In fact,

00:22:56.759 --> 00:22:57.519
 they went

00:22:57.519 --> 00:22:58.259
 to place

00:22:58.259 --> 00:22:59.879
 something to

00:22:59.879 --> 00:23:00.460
 his lips

00:23:00.460 --> 00:23:01.019
 to dull

00:23:01.019 --> 00:23:01.619
 the pain,

00:23:02.079 --> 00:23:03.640
 but he

00:23:03.640 --> 00:23:04.160
 didn't take

00:23:04.160 --> 00:23:04.720
 it.

00:23:05.680 --> 00:23:06.640
 Because what

00:23:06.640 --> 00:23:07.480
 was he really

00:23:07.480 --> 00:23:08.240
 doing when he

00:23:08.240 --> 00:23:08.599
 said,

00:23:09.019 --> 00:23:10.799
 I thirst?

00:23:13.720 --> 00:23:15.220
 He was

00:23:15.220 --> 00:23:16.519
 experiencing

00:23:16.519 --> 00:23:18.200
 exactly that

00:23:18.200 --> 00:23:19.140
 which you

00:23:19.140 --> 00:23:19.700
 and I

00:23:19.700 --> 00:23:23.079
 experience

00:23:23.079 --> 00:23:25.039
 as a

00:23:25.039 --> 00:23:26.259
 result of

00:23:26.259 --> 00:23:27.679
 living with

00:23:27.679 --> 00:23:27.980
 the

00:23:27.980 --> 00:23:28.579
 emptiness,

00:23:29.679 --> 00:23:30.139
 the

00:23:30.139 --> 00:23:30.740
 emptiness

00:23:30.740 --> 00:23:31.460
 of being

00:23:31.460 --> 00:23:32.039
 a rebel,

00:23:32.240 --> 00:23:32.819
 of being

00:23:32.819 --> 00:23:33.799
 without God

00:23:33.799 --> 00:23:34.419
 and without

00:23:34.419 --> 00:23:35.519
 hope in

00:23:35.519 --> 00:23:36.399
 this world.

00:23:42.399 --> 00:23:43.099
 Now that

00:23:43.099 --> 00:23:43.419
 you have

00:23:43.419 --> 00:23:43.919
 come to

00:23:43.919 --> 00:23:44.500
 Christ,

00:23:45.500 --> 00:23:45.919
 you

00:23:45.919 --> 00:23:46.399
 recognize

00:23:46.399 --> 00:23:46.679
 your

00:23:46.679 --> 00:23:47.079
 bankruptcy,

00:23:47.240 --> 00:23:47.439
 you've

00:23:47.439 --> 00:23:47.839
 come to

00:23:47.839 --> 00:23:48.179
 Christ,

00:23:48.339 --> 00:23:48.819
 do you

00:23:48.819 --> 00:23:49.319
 stop

00:23:49.319 --> 00:23:50.039
 hungering

00:23:50.039 --> 00:23:50.779
 and thirsting?

00:23:50.779 --> 00:23:51.579
 The answer

00:23:51.579 --> 00:23:52.119
 is no.

00:23:52.619 --> 00:23:53.279
 In exactly

00:23:53.279 --> 00:23:53.819
 the same

00:23:53.819 --> 00:23:54.279
 way as he

00:23:54.279 --> 00:23:54.480
 says,

00:23:54.599 --> 00:23:55.099
 blessed are

00:23:55.099 --> 00:23:55.859
 those who

00:23:55.859 --> 00:23:56.940
 mourn,

00:23:57.139 --> 00:23:57.559
 for they

00:23:57.559 --> 00:23:57.859
 will be

00:23:57.859 --> 00:23:58.299
 comforted.

00:23:58.399 --> 00:23:58.859
 What's the

00:23:58.859 --> 00:23:59.319
 nature of

00:23:59.319 --> 00:23:59.859
 our mourning?

00:24:02.319 --> 00:24:03.279
 We have

00:24:03.279 --> 00:24:03.980
 this all

00:24:03.980 --> 00:24:04.519
 sufficient

00:24:04.519 --> 00:24:05.899
 grace and

00:24:05.899 --> 00:24:06.440
 yet,

00:24:07.480 --> 00:24:08.259
 even though

00:24:08.259 --> 00:24:08.680
 we have

00:24:08.680 --> 00:24:09.480
 that now,

00:24:10.000 --> 00:24:10.539
 we are

00:24:10.539 --> 00:24:11.460
 also still

00:24:11.460 --> 00:24:12.220
 beset with

00:24:12.220 --> 00:24:12.960
 the weakness,

00:24:13.680 --> 00:24:14.359
 with this

00:24:14.359 --> 00:24:15.059
 clay,

00:24:15.279 --> 00:24:16.279
 broken clay

00:24:16.279 --> 00:24:16.799
 pot,

00:24:17.740 --> 00:24:18.480
 with this

00:24:18.480 --> 00:24:19.619
 tent that is

00:24:19.619 --> 00:24:20.500
 fading away,

00:24:20.659 --> 00:24:21.159
 with this

00:24:21.159 --> 00:24:21.679
 tent that

00:24:21.679 --> 00:24:22.439
 shows the

00:24:22.439 --> 00:24:22.939
 signs of

00:24:22.939 --> 00:24:23.459
 the curse.

00:24:23.839 --> 00:24:24.239
 And so,

00:24:25.179 --> 00:24:26.399
 we mourn

00:24:26.399 --> 00:24:27.359
 what we

00:24:27.359 --> 00:24:27.959
 see sin

00:24:27.959 --> 00:24:28.799
 doing here,

00:24:29.099 --> 00:24:29.559
 what we

00:24:29.559 --> 00:24:30.159
 see sin

00:24:30.159 --> 00:24:30.639
 doing in

00:24:30.639 --> 00:24:31.279
 the world,

00:24:31.879 --> 00:24:32.419
 what we

00:24:32.419 --> 00:24:33.479
 see the

00:24:33.479 --> 00:24:34.099
 powers of

00:24:34.099 --> 00:24:34.559
 darkness

00:24:34.559 --> 00:24:35.139
 seeking to

00:24:35.139 --> 00:24:35.299
 do,

00:24:35.379 --> 00:24:36.279
 we mourn

00:24:36.279 --> 00:24:37.199
 these things.

00:24:38.239 --> 00:24:39.279
 We hunger

00:24:39.279 --> 00:24:39.859
 and we

00:24:39.859 --> 00:24:40.559
 thirst.

00:24:42.500 --> 00:24:43.259
 And I

00:24:43.259 --> 00:24:43.519
 want to

00:24:43.519 --> 00:24:44.339
 encourage you

00:24:44.339 --> 00:24:45.059
 to check

00:24:45.059 --> 00:24:45.619
 yourself

00:24:45.619 --> 00:24:48.559
 and ask,

00:24:48.699 --> 00:24:49.139
 are you

00:24:49.139 --> 00:24:49.619
 setting up

00:24:49.619 --> 00:24:50.199
 your life

00:24:50.199 --> 00:24:50.639
 so there

00:24:50.639 --> 00:24:51.259
 is only

00:24:51.259 --> 00:24:52.000
 comfort

00:24:52.000 --> 00:24:52.639
 and

00:24:52.639 --> 00:24:53.599
 convenience?

00:24:58.459 --> 00:24:59.219
 What

00:24:59.219 --> 00:24:59.799
 happens

00:24:59.799 --> 00:25:00.599
 when you

00:25:00.599 --> 00:25:03.239
 hunger?

00:25:03.959 --> 00:25:05.279
 Every day,

00:25:05.579 --> 00:25:06.279
 if there is

00:25:06.279 --> 00:25:07.199
 not hungering

00:25:07.199 --> 00:25:08.319
 and thirsting

00:25:08.319 --> 00:25:09.079
 and mourning

00:25:09.079 --> 00:25:09.819
 within you,

00:25:10.659 --> 00:25:11.259
 there is

00:25:11.259 --> 00:25:11.959
 something wrong.

00:25:13.479 --> 00:25:14.479
 We're missing

00:25:14.479 --> 00:25:14.939
 something.

00:25:16.519 --> 00:25:17.000
 Like,

00:25:17.059 --> 00:25:17.539
 I'm so

00:25:17.539 --> 00:25:17.959
 thrilled to

00:25:17.959 --> 00:25:18.459
 see you

00:25:18.459 --> 00:25:19.559
 younger guys

00:25:19.559 --> 00:25:20.000
 in here.

00:25:20.799 --> 00:25:21.039
 Now,

00:25:21.119 --> 00:25:21.479
 you won't

00:25:21.479 --> 00:25:21.899
 pick up

00:25:21.899 --> 00:25:22.379
 everything

00:25:22.379 --> 00:25:23.059
 that we're

00:25:23.059 --> 00:25:23.699
 talking about,

00:25:24.659 --> 00:25:25.559
 that I'm

00:25:25.559 --> 00:25:26.099
 talking about,

00:25:26.199 --> 00:25:26.519
 but you

00:25:26.519 --> 00:25:26.819
 know what?

00:25:26.879 --> 00:25:27.179
 You know

00:25:27.179 --> 00:25:27.579
 why it's

00:25:27.579 --> 00:25:28.019
 so good?

00:25:28.479 --> 00:25:29.339
 Because you

00:25:29.339 --> 00:25:29.939
 are confronted

00:25:29.939 --> 00:25:30.699
 by a world

00:25:30.699 --> 00:25:31.339
 that is saying

00:25:31.339 --> 00:25:31.719
 to you,

00:25:31.919 --> 00:25:32.679
 you need

00:25:32.679 --> 00:25:33.179
 to pursue

00:25:33.179 --> 00:25:33.639
 your own

00:25:33.639 --> 00:25:34.159
 comfort and

00:25:34.159 --> 00:25:34.679
 convenience.

00:25:35.159 --> 00:25:35.599
 Jesus is

00:25:35.599 --> 00:25:35.899
 saying the

00:25:35.899 --> 00:25:36.179
 opposite.

00:25:37.299 --> 00:25:37.919
 And he's

00:25:37.919 --> 00:25:38.339
 saying that

00:25:38.339 --> 00:25:38.799
 as you

00:25:38.799 --> 00:25:40.219
 thirst

00:25:40.219 --> 00:25:41.519
 and hunger

00:25:41.519 --> 00:25:42.859
 and mourn,

00:25:42.859 --> 00:25:46.459
 he's

00:25:46.459 --> 00:25:46.740
 also

00:25:46.740 --> 00:25:47.379
 saying that

00:25:47.379 --> 00:25:47.899
 his

00:25:47.899 --> 00:25:48.379
 spirit

00:25:48.379 --> 00:25:48.740
 at work

00:25:48.740 --> 00:25:49.179
 within you

00:25:49.179 --> 00:25:49.679
 will bring

00:25:49.679 --> 00:25:50.500
 love,

00:25:50.819 --> 00:25:51.319
 joy and

00:25:51.319 --> 00:25:51.759
 peace.

00:25:52.359 --> 00:25:52.939
 It seems

00:25:52.939 --> 00:25:53.359
 like a

00:25:53.359 --> 00:25:53.839
 dichotomy,

00:25:53.919 --> 00:25:54.319
 doesn't it?

00:25:55.159 --> 00:25:55.659
 Like a

00:25:55.659 --> 00:25:57.359
 contradiction.

00:25:57.599 --> 00:25:58.059
 How can

00:25:58.059 --> 00:25:58.679
 these things

00:25:58.679 --> 00:25:59.139
 be going

00:25:59.139 --> 00:25:59.679
 on at the

00:25:59.679 --> 00:26:00.299
 same time?

00:26:00.299 --> 00:26:02.480
 But

00:26:02.480 --> 00:26:03.119
 constantly,

00:26:03.279 --> 00:26:03.899
 I guarantee

00:26:03.899 --> 00:26:04.220
 you,

00:26:04.299 --> 00:26:04.599
 if you

00:26:04.599 --> 00:26:05.319
 hunger and

00:26:05.319 --> 00:26:05.899
 thirst as

00:26:05.899 --> 00:26:07.460
 Christ did

00:26:07.460 --> 00:26:08.460
 daily,

00:26:08.700 --> 00:26:09.200
 then you

00:26:09.200 --> 00:26:09.879
 will also

00:26:09.879 --> 00:26:10.859
 know his

00:26:10.859 --> 00:26:11.460
 peace.

00:26:12.480 --> 00:26:12.879
 Indeed,

00:26:13.000 --> 00:26:13.480
 he said,

00:26:13.579 --> 00:26:14.220
 my peace

00:26:14.220 --> 00:26:14.539
 I give

00:26:14.539 --> 00:26:14.720
 to you,

00:26:14.740 --> 00:26:15.200
 my peace

00:26:15.200 --> 00:26:15.839
 I leave

00:26:15.839 --> 00:26:16.299
 with you,

00:26:16.579 --> 00:26:17.319
 not as

00:26:17.319 --> 00:26:17.859
 the world

00:26:17.859 --> 00:26:18.379
 gives,

00:26:18.879 --> 00:26:19.399
 do I

00:26:19.399 --> 00:26:19.799
 give.

00:26:21.139 --> 00:26:21.899
 Not as

00:26:21.899 --> 00:26:22.299
 the world

00:26:22.299 --> 00:26:22.619
 gives,

00:26:22.740 --> 00:26:23.099
 do I

00:26:23.099 --> 00:26:23.440
 give.

00:26:27.099 --> 00:26:27.940
 So we

00:26:27.940 --> 00:26:28.559
 need to be

00:26:28.559 --> 00:26:29.079
 content

00:26:29.079 --> 00:26:34.399
 to walk

00:26:34.399 --> 00:26:34.659
 to the

00:26:34.659 --> 00:26:34.919
 beat of

00:26:34.919 --> 00:26:35.240
 a very

00:26:35.240 --> 00:26:35.639
 different

00:26:35.639 --> 00:26:36.259
 drum if

00:26:36.259 --> 00:26:36.579
 we are

00:26:36.579 --> 00:26:36.819
 to be

00:26:36.819 --> 00:26:37.559
 authentic

00:26:37.559 --> 00:26:39.159
 believers

00:26:39.159 --> 00:26:40.939
 and if

00:26:40.939 --> 00:26:41.139
 we are

00:26:41.139 --> 00:26:41.359
 to be

00:26:41.359 --> 00:26:41.799
 authentic

00:26:41.799 --> 00:26:42.439
 in hope.

00:26:43.740 --> 00:26:44.059
 So I

00:26:44.059 --> 00:26:44.279
 want to

00:26:44.279 --> 00:26:44.699
 share with

00:26:44.699 --> 00:26:47.000
 you a

00:26:47.000 --> 00:26:47.740
 quick story

00:26:47.740 --> 00:26:51.119
 because one

00:26:51.119 --> 00:26:52.019
 thing that I

00:26:52.019 --> 00:26:53.019
 found overwhelming

00:26:53.019 --> 00:26:53.639
 during the

00:26:53.639 --> 00:26:54.179
 ministry in

00:26:54.179 --> 00:26:55.179
 Wickham was

00:26:55.179 --> 00:26:56.019
 the number

00:26:56.019 --> 00:26:56.519
 of our

00:26:56.519 --> 00:26:56.939
 indigenous

00:26:56.939 --> 00:26:57.619
 people that

00:26:57.619 --> 00:26:58.059
 I placed

00:26:58.059 --> 00:26:58.339
 in the

00:26:58.339 --> 00:26:58.659
 ground.

00:26:58.660 --> 00:26:59.259
 In a

00:26:59.259 --> 00:26:59.779
 community,

00:26:59.900 --> 00:27:00.460
 an indigenous

00:27:00.460 --> 00:27:01.400
 community of

00:27:01.400 --> 00:27:01.820
 probably

00:27:01.820 --> 00:27:02.660
 1500,

00:27:03.980 --> 00:27:04.700
 there would

00:27:04.700 --> 00:27:05.080
 be a

00:27:05.080 --> 00:27:05.440
 death

00:27:05.440 --> 00:27:07.080
 every week,

00:27:07.519 --> 00:27:08.440
 maybe two,

00:27:10.019 --> 00:27:10.580
 sometimes

00:27:10.580 --> 00:27:11.320
 three.

00:27:13.900 --> 00:27:14.840
 Think about

00:27:14.840 --> 00:27:15.120
 that.

00:27:15.800 --> 00:27:16.460
 We're talking

00:27:16.460 --> 00:27:17.240
 a population

00:27:17.240 --> 00:27:18.080
 of 14 to

00:27:18.080 --> 00:27:18.640
 1500,

00:27:20.160 --> 00:27:21.000
 maybe at

00:27:21.000 --> 00:27:21.460
 times up

00:27:21.460 --> 00:27:22.220
 to 2000,

00:27:22.540 --> 00:27:23.360
 and there

00:27:23.360 --> 00:27:23.720
 is a

00:27:23.720 --> 00:27:24.300
 death every

00:27:24.300 --> 00:27:24.660
 week.

00:27:24.660 --> 00:27:28.600
 people in

00:27:28.600 --> 00:27:29.200
 this land

00:27:29.200 --> 00:27:29.940
 are literally

00:27:29.940 --> 00:27:30.940
 passing us

00:27:30.940 --> 00:27:31.320
 by.

00:27:34.560 --> 00:27:35.380
 And the

00:27:35.380 --> 00:27:35.880
 number of

00:27:35.880 --> 00:27:36.400
 kids I

00:27:36.400 --> 00:27:36.580
 would

00:27:36.580 --> 00:27:37.400
 minister to

00:27:37.400 --> 00:27:39.120
 that are

00:27:39.120 --> 00:27:39.880
 impacted by

00:27:39.880 --> 00:27:40.320
 that, that

00:27:40.320 --> 00:27:41.100
 are orphans,

00:27:41.540 --> 00:27:42.560
 that have

00:27:42.560 --> 00:27:43.340
 already lost

00:27:43.340 --> 00:27:44.180
 both parents.

00:27:44.460 --> 00:27:45.100
 You see this

00:27:45.100 --> 00:27:45.620
 boy on the

00:27:45.620 --> 00:27:46.279
 screen here.

00:27:47.340 --> 00:27:48.320
 He was the

00:27:48.320 --> 00:27:49.380
 angriest boy

00:27:49.380 --> 00:27:50.700
 I had ever

00:27:50.700 --> 00:27:51.120
 witnessed.

00:27:51.119 --> 00:27:52.659
 You know

00:27:52.659 --> 00:27:53.159
 how in

00:27:53.159 --> 00:27:54.199
 schools you're

00:27:54.199 --> 00:27:54.779
 not meant to

00:27:54.779 --> 00:27:55.319
 touch the

00:27:55.319 --> 00:27:55.719
 kids?

00:27:56.500 --> 00:27:57.179
 Well, the

00:27:57.179 --> 00:27:58.099
 local principal,

00:27:58.899 --> 00:28:00.099
 who was very

00:28:00.099 --> 00:28:00.899
 suspicious of me

00:28:00.899 --> 00:28:02.019
 at first, but

00:28:02.019 --> 00:28:03.799
 eventually I

00:28:03.799 --> 00:28:04.279
 became a

00:28:04.279 --> 00:28:04.699
 trusted

00:28:04.699 --> 00:28:05.239
 confidant,

00:28:05.459 --> 00:28:05.839
 and she

00:28:05.839 --> 00:28:06.179
 would ring

00:28:06.179 --> 00:28:06.539
 and say,

00:28:06.799 --> 00:28:07.239
 Rich, can

00:28:07.239 --> 00:28:07.639
 you please

00:28:07.639 --> 00:28:08.099
 come up?

00:28:08.099 --> 00:28:11.779
 it's Zane.

00:28:13.039 --> 00:28:13.599
 And I

00:28:13.599 --> 00:28:14.000
 would get

00:28:14.000 --> 00:28:14.980
 there, and

00:28:14.980 --> 00:28:15.659
 the classroom,

00:28:15.779 --> 00:28:16.259
 all the kids

00:28:16.259 --> 00:28:16.500
 would have

00:28:16.500 --> 00:28:17.399
 been evacuated,

00:28:17.819 --> 00:28:18.359
 and Zane

00:28:18.359 --> 00:28:18.980
 would be in

00:28:18.980 --> 00:28:19.539
 there with a

00:28:19.539 --> 00:28:20.079
 golf club

00:28:20.079 --> 00:28:20.980
 destroying the

00:28:20.980 --> 00:28:21.339
 room.

00:28:22.480 --> 00:28:23.119
 And she

00:28:23.119 --> 00:28:23.699
 would need

00:28:23.699 --> 00:28:24.319
 someone,

00:28:24.879 --> 00:28:25.699
 because all

00:28:25.699 --> 00:28:26.059
 the male

00:28:26.059 --> 00:28:26.519
 teachers have

00:28:26.519 --> 00:28:26.959
 been taken

00:28:26.959 --> 00:28:27.599
 out of our

00:28:27.599 --> 00:28:28.480
 primary schools,

00:28:29.039 --> 00:28:29.379
 she would

00:28:29.379 --> 00:28:30.059
 need someone

00:28:30.059 --> 00:28:31.099
 to go and

00:28:31.099 --> 00:28:32.459
 disarm

00:28:32.459 --> 00:28:33.779
 Zane,

00:28:34.659 --> 00:28:35.599
 and then in

00:28:35.599 --> 00:28:36.039
 all his

00:28:36.039 --> 00:28:36.679
 fury,

00:28:37.319 --> 00:28:37.939
 still him.

00:28:39.099 --> 00:28:39.779
 And I

00:28:39.779 --> 00:28:40.199
 would just

00:28:40.199 --> 00:28:40.759
 hug him.

00:28:42.619 --> 00:28:43.299
 I would

00:28:43.299 --> 00:28:43.799
 just hug

00:28:43.799 --> 00:28:44.019
 him.

00:28:53.079 --> 00:28:53.899
 I remember

00:28:53.899 --> 00:28:54.559
 one day when

00:28:54.559 --> 00:28:55.119
 that happened,

00:28:55.599 --> 00:28:56.439
 his mum came

00:28:56.439 --> 00:28:57.539
 up, and she

00:28:57.539 --> 00:28:58.339
 was so upset,

00:28:58.459 --> 00:28:58.839
 and she was

00:28:58.839 --> 00:28:59.639
 so ashamed,

00:29:00.019 --> 00:29:01.019
 she hit him

00:29:01.019 --> 00:29:01.539
 around the

00:29:01.539 --> 00:29:01.839
 ear.

00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:02.959
 I later found

00:29:02.959 --> 00:29:03.480
 out that both

00:29:03.480 --> 00:29:03.919
 he and his

00:29:03.919 --> 00:29:04.559
 older sister,

00:29:04.699 --> 00:29:05.359
 both had

00:29:05.359 --> 00:29:06.000
 perforated

00:29:06.000 --> 00:29:06.740
 eardrums on

00:29:06.740 --> 00:29:07.279
 the right-hand

00:29:07.279 --> 00:29:07.759
 side.

00:29:08.099 --> 00:29:14.659
 she hit

00:29:14.659 --> 00:29:14.799
 him,

00:29:14.899 --> 00:29:15.500
 she clubbed

00:29:15.500 --> 00:29:15.659
 him,

00:29:15.779 --> 00:29:16.419
 and then she

00:29:16.419 --> 00:29:16.919
 grabbed him

00:29:16.919 --> 00:29:17.500
 by the foot,

00:29:17.579 --> 00:29:17.919
 and she

00:29:17.919 --> 00:29:18.799
 dragged him

00:29:18.799 --> 00:29:19.159
 to the

00:29:19.159 --> 00:29:19.519
 car.

00:29:25.199 --> 00:29:25.879
 And this

00:29:25.879 --> 00:29:26.379
 is him

00:29:26.379 --> 00:29:27.539
 around that

00:29:27.539 --> 00:29:27.980
 time.

00:29:27.980 --> 00:29:28.099
 And

00:29:28.099 --> 00:29:28.619
 his

00:29:28.619 --> 00:29:33.199
 mother was

00:29:33.199 --> 00:29:33.519
 a very

00:29:33.519 --> 00:29:34.179
 angry woman,

00:29:34.259 --> 00:29:34.719
 would never

00:29:34.719 --> 00:29:35.259
 smile.

00:29:35.259 --> 00:29:35.379
 mother.

00:29:36.379 --> 00:29:36.859
 But I

00:29:36.859 --> 00:29:37.640
 want to

00:29:37.640 --> 00:29:38.319
 introduce you

00:29:38.319 --> 00:29:38.680
 to her

00:29:38.680 --> 00:29:38.900
 here.

00:29:39.000 --> 00:29:39.359
 I cannot

00:29:39.359 --> 00:29:39.819
 say her

00:29:39.819 --> 00:29:40.359
 name because

00:29:40.359 --> 00:29:40.740
 I haven't

00:29:40.740 --> 00:29:41.099
 asked the

00:29:41.099 --> 00:29:41.579
 permission of

00:29:41.579 --> 00:29:42.039
 the family,

00:29:42.039 --> 00:29:42.819
 and that is

00:29:42.819 --> 00:29:43.379
 very important

00:29:43.379 --> 00:29:43.799
 to them.

00:29:45.579 --> 00:29:46.339
 But see

00:29:46.339 --> 00:29:46.960
 this beautiful

00:29:46.960 --> 00:29:47.640
 woman here,

00:29:48.000 --> 00:29:48.460
 smiling?

00:29:48.460 --> 00:29:48.539
 smiling.

00:29:49.740 --> 00:29:50.779
 She's smiling

00:29:50.779 --> 00:29:51.360
 because she

00:29:51.360 --> 00:29:52.940
 received God's

00:29:52.940 --> 00:29:53.660
 sufficient

00:29:53.660 --> 00:29:54.480
 grace.

00:29:56.980 --> 00:29:57.779
 And she

00:29:57.779 --> 00:29:58.680
 was transformed

00:29:58.680 --> 00:29:59.720
 from a woman

00:29:59.720 --> 00:30:01.579
 so deeply

00:30:01.579 --> 00:30:03.319
 gripped and

00:30:03.319 --> 00:30:04.640
 entrenched in

00:30:04.640 --> 00:30:05.140
 bitterness

00:30:05.140 --> 00:30:07.920
 to the

00:30:07.920 --> 00:30:08.500
 suffering of

00:30:08.500 --> 00:30:09.140
 her children,

00:30:10.140 --> 00:30:11.800
 to a woman

00:30:11.800 --> 00:30:12.460
 that shone

00:30:12.460 --> 00:30:12.800
 with the

00:30:12.800 --> 00:30:13.160
 love of

00:30:13.160 --> 00:30:13.500
 Jesus,

00:30:14.080 --> 00:30:15.440
 that could

00:30:15.440 --> 00:30:16.720
 not get

00:30:16.720 --> 00:30:17.740
 together enough

00:30:17.740 --> 00:30:18.480
 saying,

00:30:18.759 --> 00:30:19.040
 pastor,

00:30:19.380 --> 00:30:20.140
 can we do

00:30:20.140 --> 00:30:20.640
 some wonga,

00:30:20.780 --> 00:30:21.180
 which means

00:30:21.180 --> 00:30:21.840
 God's word?

00:30:22.840 --> 00:30:23.259
 Can we

00:30:23.259 --> 00:30:23.700
 open the

00:30:23.700 --> 00:30:24.020
 Bible?

00:30:25.500 --> 00:30:25.880
 But of

00:30:25.880 --> 00:30:26.220
 course,

00:30:26.460 --> 00:30:28.120
 the impact

00:30:28.120 --> 00:30:29.759
 of the

00:30:29.759 --> 00:30:30.300
 entrenched

00:30:30.300 --> 00:30:31.360
 dysfunction and

00:30:31.360 --> 00:30:32.580
 bad choices

00:30:32.580 --> 00:30:33.380
 and behaviours,

00:30:33.380 --> 00:30:34.040
 the alcohol

00:30:34.040 --> 00:30:35.480
 meant that

00:30:35.480 --> 00:30:36.060
 this dear

00:30:36.060 --> 00:30:37.220
 sister died

00:30:37.220 --> 00:30:37.720
 only two

00:30:37.720 --> 00:30:38.220
 years after

00:30:38.220 --> 00:30:38.820
 this photo,

00:30:39.820 --> 00:30:40.460
 at the

00:30:40.460 --> 00:30:40.880
 ripe old

00:30:40.880 --> 00:30:41.260
 age of

00:30:41.260 --> 00:30:41.840
 34.

00:30:45.560 --> 00:30:46.120
 Her

00:30:46.120 --> 00:30:46.520
 kidneys,

00:30:46.780 --> 00:30:47.200
 her liver,

00:30:47.360 --> 00:30:47.760
 everything

00:30:47.760 --> 00:30:48.300
 chucked it

00:30:48.300 --> 00:30:48.520
 in.

00:30:49.920 --> 00:30:50.700
 But hers

00:30:50.700 --> 00:30:51.180
 was the

00:30:51.180 --> 00:30:51.700
 favourite

00:30:51.700 --> 00:30:52.240
 funeral

00:30:52.240 --> 00:30:54.480
 that I

00:30:54.480 --> 00:30:54.780
 took.

00:30:54.980 --> 00:30:55.500
 I took

00:30:55.500 --> 00:30:55.840
 many.

00:30:57.000 --> 00:30:57.300
 And it

00:30:57.300 --> 00:30:57.700
 got to the

00:30:57.700 --> 00:30:58.020
 point where

00:30:58.020 --> 00:30:58.640
 the indigenous

00:30:58.640 --> 00:30:59.540
 pastor there,

00:30:59.680 --> 00:31:00.140
 he would

00:31:00.140 --> 00:31:00.900
 get me to

00:31:00.900 --> 00:31:01.480
 speak because

00:31:01.480 --> 00:31:01.860
 he'd never

00:31:01.860 --> 00:31:02.700
 been trained

00:31:02.700 --> 00:31:04.519
 and while

00:31:04.519 --> 00:31:05.440
 he faithfully

00:31:05.440 --> 00:31:06.319
 kept declaring

00:31:06.319 --> 00:31:06.840
 the core

00:31:06.840 --> 00:31:07.299
 gospel,

00:31:08.220 --> 00:31:08.720
 their eyes

00:31:08.720 --> 00:31:09.080
 they had

00:31:09.080 --> 00:31:09.600
 closed.

00:31:11.120 --> 00:31:11.660
 But he

00:31:11.660 --> 00:31:12.160
 said that

00:31:12.160 --> 00:31:12.740
 their eyes

00:31:12.740 --> 00:31:13.259
 would open

00:31:13.259 --> 00:31:13.539
 and the

00:31:13.539 --> 00:31:14.180
 screensavers

00:31:14.180 --> 00:31:14.660
 would come

00:31:14.660 --> 00:31:15.519
 down and

00:31:15.519 --> 00:31:15.840
 so he

00:31:15.840 --> 00:31:16.559
 got me to

00:31:16.559 --> 00:31:17.000
 just say,

00:31:17.120 --> 00:31:17.500
 just keep

00:31:17.500 --> 00:31:18.000
 teaching the

00:31:18.000 --> 00:31:18.299
 Bible.

00:31:18.559 --> 00:31:18.779
 I would

00:31:18.779 --> 00:31:19.259
 just work

00:31:19.259 --> 00:31:19.600
 my way

00:31:19.600 --> 00:31:19.920
 through the

00:31:19.920 --> 00:31:21.220
 Bible with

00:31:21.220 --> 00:31:21.799
 my largest

00:31:21.799 --> 00:31:22.460
 congregation,

00:31:22.640 --> 00:31:23.180
 sometimes up

00:31:23.180 --> 00:31:23.759
 to 800,

00:31:24.720 --> 00:31:25.440
 on a weekly

00:31:25.440 --> 00:31:25.980
 basis.

00:31:26.440 --> 00:31:26.700
 In fact,

00:31:26.779 --> 00:31:27.380
 sometimes when

00:31:27.380 --> 00:31:27.840
 we had two

00:31:27.840 --> 00:31:28.360
 funerals on

00:31:28.360 --> 00:31:28.740
 a Saturday,

00:31:29.160 --> 00:31:29.799
 can you imagine

00:31:29.799 --> 00:31:30.400
 getting back

00:31:30.400 --> 00:31:30.880
 here in the

00:31:30.880 --> 00:31:31.539
 afternoon to

00:31:31.539 --> 00:31:32.039
 hear Steve

00:31:32.039 --> 00:31:32.339
 again?

00:31:32.399 --> 00:31:32.519
 Well,

00:31:32.559 --> 00:31:32.799
 that was

00:31:32.799 --> 00:31:33.039
 my

00:31:33.039 --> 00:31:33.639
 congregation

00:31:33.639 --> 00:31:34.779
 at

00:31:34.779 --> 00:31:35.079
 Robben

00:31:35.079 --> 00:31:35.519
 Cemetery.

00:31:36.659 --> 00:31:37.379
 But my

00:31:37.379 --> 00:31:37.700
 favourite

00:31:37.700 --> 00:31:38.359
 funeral was

00:31:38.359 --> 00:31:38.960
 this woman's,

00:31:38.980 --> 00:31:39.539
 this sister,

00:31:39.740 --> 00:31:40.299
 your sister.

00:31:41.920 --> 00:31:42.460
 And she,

00:31:43.000 --> 00:31:47.099
 they produce

00:31:47.099 --> 00:31:47.559
 a booklet

00:31:47.559 --> 00:31:48.579
 which is full

00:31:48.579 --> 00:31:49.440
 of photos and

00:31:49.440 --> 00:31:49.960
 this booklet

00:31:49.960 --> 00:31:50.460
 full of

00:31:50.460 --> 00:31:51.980
 photos always,

00:31:52.980 --> 00:31:54.420
 always is the

00:31:54.420 --> 00:31:54.980
 tribute for

00:31:54.980 --> 00:31:55.440
 their whole

00:31:55.440 --> 00:31:55.940
 life.

00:31:56.639 --> 00:31:57.319
 And their

00:31:57.319 --> 00:31:58.519
 life, their

00:31:58.519 --> 00:31:59.099
 funeral booklet

00:31:59.099 --> 00:31:59.920
 means everything

00:31:59.920 --> 00:32:00.420
 to them.

00:32:00.900 --> 00:32:01.380
 All these

00:32:01.380 --> 00:32:01.960
 tributes from

00:32:01.960 --> 00:32:02.539
 family members,

00:32:02.660 --> 00:32:03.039
 all these

00:32:03.039 --> 00:32:04.600
 pictures, and

00:32:04.600 --> 00:32:05.279
 their story is

00:32:05.279 --> 00:32:05.779
 at the beginning

00:32:05.779 --> 00:32:06.460
 and the story

00:32:06.460 --> 00:32:08.480
 is read, you

00:32:08.480 --> 00:32:08.940
 know, at the

00:32:08.940 --> 00:32:09.500
 start of the

00:32:09.500 --> 00:32:09.920
 service.

00:32:11.680 --> 00:32:12.580
 And I got to

00:32:12.580 --> 00:32:13.460
 read her story

00:32:13.460 --> 00:32:14.560
 and her story

00:32:14.560 --> 00:32:15.800
 had one paragraph

00:32:15.800 --> 00:32:16.600
 about where she

00:32:16.600 --> 00:32:17.220
 was born, who

00:32:17.220 --> 00:32:17.759
 her parents

00:32:17.759 --> 00:32:19.039
 was, where

00:32:19.039 --> 00:32:20.100
 she'd lived,

00:32:20.320 --> 00:32:20.820
 and then it

00:32:20.820 --> 00:32:22.019
 said, now

00:32:22.019 --> 00:32:22.920
 enough of me,

00:32:23.880 --> 00:32:24.800
 let me tell you

00:32:24.800 --> 00:32:25.320
 about my

00:32:25.320 --> 00:32:25.840
 saviour and

00:32:25.840 --> 00:32:26.320
 what he's done

00:32:26.320 --> 00:32:26.720
 for me.

00:32:26.720 --> 00:32:27.420
 And the

00:32:27.420 --> 00:32:28.100
 whole rest of

00:32:28.100 --> 00:32:28.700
 her eulogy,

00:32:29.039 --> 00:32:29.680
 two pages,

00:32:29.779 --> 00:32:30.519
 was about what

00:32:30.519 --> 00:32:31.059
 God had done

00:32:31.059 --> 00:32:31.720
 in her life.

00:32:33.140 --> 00:32:34.079
 Never seen it

00:32:34.079 --> 00:32:35.539
 before, where

00:32:35.539 --> 00:32:36.220
 somebody wrote

00:32:36.220 --> 00:32:36.620
 their own

00:32:36.620 --> 00:32:38.240
 eulogy and

00:32:38.240 --> 00:32:38.860
 they used it

00:32:38.860 --> 00:32:39.299
 to take the

00:32:39.299 --> 00:32:39.920
 opportunity to

00:32:39.920 --> 00:32:40.600
 do just that.

00:32:41.759 --> 00:32:42.680
 This was a

00:32:42.680 --> 00:32:44.220
 woman that

00:32:44.220 --> 00:32:45.000
 was longing

00:32:45.000 --> 00:32:46.779
 for heaven.

00:32:48.259 --> 00:32:49.160
 This is her

00:32:49.160 --> 00:32:50.900
 son now, at

00:32:50.900 --> 00:32:51.640
 another funeral,

00:32:51.839 --> 00:32:52.519
 just recently.

00:32:53.579 --> 00:32:54.339
 You can pray

00:32:54.339 --> 00:32:54.880
 for him, his

00:32:54.880 --> 00:32:55.640
 name is Zane.

00:32:55.640 --> 00:32:57.520
 And the

00:32:57.520 --> 00:32:58.120
 anger is

00:32:58.120 --> 00:32:58.840
 going.

00:33:00.080 --> 00:33:00.560
 He's lost

00:33:00.560 --> 00:33:01.000
 both his

00:33:01.000 --> 00:33:04.860
 parents, but

00:33:04.860 --> 00:33:06.759
 he knows that

00:33:06.759 --> 00:33:07.520
 his mum is

00:33:07.520 --> 00:33:08.180
 with Jesus.

00:33:08.520 --> 00:33:09.200
 Pray that he

00:33:09.200 --> 00:33:09.880
 will trust

00:33:09.880 --> 00:33:10.340
 Jesus.

00:33:12.740 --> 00:33:18.920
 Now, what

00:33:18.920 --> 00:33:19.680
 we have here

00:33:19.680 --> 00:33:23.780
 in, is

00:33:23.780 --> 00:33:24.140
 that it

00:33:24.140 --> 00:33:24.820
 says, now

00:33:24.819 --> 00:33:25.319
 the one

00:33:25.319 --> 00:33:25.799
 who has

00:33:25.799 --> 00:33:26.599
 fashioned us

00:33:26.599 --> 00:33:26.919
 for this

00:33:26.919 --> 00:33:27.639
 very purpose

00:33:27.639 --> 00:33:28.339
 is God,

00:33:28.539 --> 00:33:29.039
 who has

00:33:29.039 --> 00:33:29.579
 given us

00:33:29.579 --> 00:33:30.200
 the Spirit

00:33:30.200 --> 00:33:31.019
 as a deposit,

00:33:31.500 --> 00:33:32.220
 guaranteeing

00:33:32.220 --> 00:33:32.659
 what is to

00:33:32.659 --> 00:33:33.000
 come.

00:33:33.379 --> 00:33:33.960
 It removes

00:33:33.960 --> 00:33:34.559
 any doubts

00:33:34.559 --> 00:33:35.319
 because we

00:33:35.319 --> 00:33:36.359
 know that

00:33:36.359 --> 00:33:36.960
 the Spirit

00:33:36.960 --> 00:33:38.700
 has been

00:33:38.700 --> 00:33:39.279
 given us

00:33:39.279 --> 00:33:39.859
 this guarantee.

00:33:40.019 --> 00:33:40.439
 There is no

00:33:40.439 --> 00:33:40.740
 doubt.

00:33:41.879 --> 00:33:42.259
 And so he

00:33:42.259 --> 00:33:42.759
 goes on and

00:33:42.759 --> 00:33:43.419
 he speaks

00:33:43.419 --> 00:33:44.039
 of the

00:33:44.039 --> 00:33:44.740
 confidence

00:33:44.740 --> 00:33:46.659
 that we

00:33:46.659 --> 00:33:47.099
 have,

00:33:47.519 --> 00:33:48.159
 that as

00:33:48.159 --> 00:33:48.879
 long as

00:33:48.879 --> 00:33:49.200
 we are

00:33:49.200 --> 00:33:49.759
 away from

00:33:49.759 --> 00:33:50.179
 the body,

00:33:50.180 --> 00:33:51.759
 we might

00:33:51.759 --> 00:33:52.220
 be away

00:33:52.220 --> 00:33:52.580
 from the

00:33:52.580 --> 00:33:52.820
 Lord,

00:33:53.019 --> 00:33:53.960
 but we

00:33:53.960 --> 00:33:55.299
 have the

00:33:55.299 --> 00:33:55.740
 Spirit

00:33:55.740 --> 00:33:56.519
 living and

00:33:56.519 --> 00:33:56.799
 working

00:33:56.799 --> 00:33:57.380
 within us

00:33:57.380 --> 00:33:57.779
 as a

00:33:57.779 --> 00:33:58.120
 guarantee.

00:33:59.779 --> 00:34:00.100
 So,

00:34:01.100 --> 00:34:02.200
 just looking

00:34:02.200 --> 00:34:02.440
 at the

00:34:02.440 --> 00:34:02.779
 clock,

00:34:03.640 --> 00:34:04.440
 it's time

00:34:04.440 --> 00:34:04.920
 for me to

00:34:04.920 --> 00:34:05.460
 finish up.

00:34:06.380 --> 00:34:07.100
 But I want

00:34:07.100 --> 00:34:07.680
 to finish up

00:34:07.680 --> 00:34:08.240
 by just

00:34:08.240 --> 00:34:08.900
 sharing with

00:34:08.900 --> 00:34:09.720
 you Philippians

00:34:09.720 --> 00:34:10.380
 chapter 1.

00:34:10.380 --> 00:34:12.780
 because I

00:34:12.780 --> 00:34:14.160
 want to see

00:34:14.160 --> 00:34:15.320
 if this

00:34:15.320 --> 00:34:16.000
 becomes the

00:34:16.000 --> 00:34:16.680
 standard for

00:34:16.680 --> 00:34:17.480
 how you

00:34:17.480 --> 00:34:18.220
 live in

00:34:18.220 --> 00:34:18.840
 regard to

00:34:18.840 --> 00:34:19.260
 your body

00:34:19.260 --> 00:34:19.519
 and your

00:34:19.519 --> 00:34:20.019
 time here.

00:34:20.420 --> 00:34:20.840
 Have a look

00:34:20.840 --> 00:34:21.039
 at it.

00:34:21.079 --> 00:34:21.500
 He says,

00:34:22.720 --> 00:34:23.440
 I eagerly

00:34:23.440 --> 00:34:24.079
 expect and

00:34:24.079 --> 00:34:24.700
 hope that I

00:34:24.700 --> 00:34:25.340
 will in no

00:34:25.340 --> 00:34:25.760
 way be

00:34:25.760 --> 00:34:26.240
 ashamed,

00:34:26.619 --> 00:34:26.960
 but will

00:34:26.960 --> 00:34:27.780
 have sufficient

00:34:27.780 --> 00:34:28.780
 courage so

00:34:28.780 --> 00:34:29.619
 that now as

00:34:29.619 --> 00:34:30.400
 always Christ

00:34:30.400 --> 00:34:30.740
 will be

00:34:30.740 --> 00:34:32.039
 exalted in

00:34:32.039 --> 00:34:32.619
 my body.

00:34:35.039 --> 00:34:35.760
 Christ will

00:34:35.760 --> 00:34:36.460
 be exalted

00:34:36.460 --> 00:34:37.099
 in your

00:34:37.099 --> 00:34:37.460
 body,

00:34:38.440 --> 00:34:39.059
 whether by

00:34:39.059 --> 00:34:39.800
 life or by

00:34:39.800 --> 00:34:40.160
 death.

00:34:40.380 --> 00:34:43.980
 for to

00:34:43.980 --> 00:34:44.660
 me to

00:34:44.660 --> 00:34:45.160
 live is

00:34:45.160 --> 00:34:45.780
 Christ and

00:34:45.780 --> 00:34:46.340
 to die is

00:34:46.340 --> 00:34:46.619
 gain.

00:34:46.920 --> 00:34:47.740
 Is that

00:34:47.740 --> 00:34:48.820
 your mantra

00:34:48.820 --> 00:34:49.260
 and your

00:34:49.260 --> 00:34:49.539
 motto?

00:34:51.660 --> 00:34:52.599
 For you

00:34:52.599 --> 00:34:53.519
 to live is

00:34:53.519 --> 00:34:54.860
 Christ and

00:34:54.860 --> 00:34:56.440
 to die is

00:34:56.440 --> 00:34:56.900
 gain.

00:34:58.519 --> 00:34:59.360
 He says,

00:34:59.460 --> 00:34:59.960
 if I am to

00:34:59.960 --> 00:35:00.440
 go on living

00:35:00.440 --> 00:35:01.119
 in this body,

00:35:01.539 --> 00:35:02.140
 this will mean

00:35:02.140 --> 00:35:02.820
 fruitful labour

00:35:02.820 --> 00:35:03.260
 for me.

00:35:03.460 --> 00:35:03.900
 Yet what

00:35:03.900 --> 00:35:04.220
 shall I

00:35:04.220 --> 00:35:04.440
 choose?

00:35:04.480 --> 00:35:04.760
 I don't

00:35:04.760 --> 00:35:05.000
 know,

00:35:05.039 --> 00:35:05.440
 I'm torn

00:35:05.440 --> 00:35:05.980
 between the

00:35:05.980 --> 00:35:06.180
 two.

00:35:06.180 --> 00:35:07.220
 I desire to

00:35:07.220 --> 00:35:07.880
 depart and be

00:35:07.880 --> 00:35:08.380
 with Christ,

00:35:08.460 --> 00:35:08.900
 which is better

00:35:08.900 --> 00:35:09.480
 by far,

00:35:09.480 --> 00:35:10.119
 but it's

00:35:10.119 --> 00:35:10.639
 far more

00:35:10.639 --> 00:35:11.820
 necessary for

00:35:11.820 --> 00:35:12.420
 you that I

00:35:12.420 --> 00:35:13.039
 remain in the

00:35:13.039 --> 00:35:13.300
 body.

00:35:13.679 --> 00:35:14.280
 Convinced of

00:35:14.280 --> 00:35:14.619
 this, I

00:35:14.619 --> 00:35:15.260
 know that I

00:35:15.260 --> 00:35:15.719
 will remain

00:35:15.719 --> 00:35:16.000
 and will

00:35:16.000 --> 00:35:16.679
 continue with

00:35:16.679 --> 00:35:17.139
 all of you

00:35:17.139 --> 00:35:17.860
 for your

00:35:17.860 --> 00:35:19.219
 progress and

00:35:19.219 --> 00:35:19.659
 joy in the

00:35:19.659 --> 00:35:19.960
 faith.

00:35:20.699 --> 00:35:21.579
 Did you see

00:35:21.579 --> 00:35:22.380
 what Paul's

00:35:22.380 --> 00:35:23.800
 only reason

00:35:23.800 --> 00:35:24.619
 was for

00:35:24.619 --> 00:35:25.139
 staying in

00:35:25.139 --> 00:35:25.539
 this body?

00:35:26.360 --> 00:35:26.719
 What was

00:35:26.719 --> 00:35:27.320
 his only

00:35:27.320 --> 00:35:28.760
 reason for

00:35:28.760 --> 00:35:29.119
 staying?

00:35:29.800 --> 00:35:30.240
 He says,

00:35:30.239 --> 00:35:30.599
 if I am

00:35:30.599 --> 00:35:31.139
 to go on

00:35:31.139 --> 00:35:31.459
 living in

00:35:31.459 --> 00:35:31.839
 the body,

00:35:32.000 --> 00:35:32.759
 verse 22,

00:35:33.799 --> 00:35:34.379
 this will

00:35:34.379 --> 00:35:35.819
 mean fruitful

00:35:35.819 --> 00:35:37.279
 labour for

00:35:37.279 --> 00:35:37.579
 me.

00:35:38.979 --> 00:35:40.039
 To live in

00:35:40.039 --> 00:35:41.599
 Christ here

00:35:41.599 --> 00:35:42.919
 means fruitful

00:35:42.919 --> 00:35:43.399
 labour.

00:35:44.059 --> 00:35:44.799
 It means

00:35:44.799 --> 00:35:45.879
 service of

00:35:45.879 --> 00:35:46.399
 the gospel.

00:35:47.079 --> 00:35:47.719
 It means

00:35:47.719 --> 00:35:48.659
 to operate

00:35:48.659 --> 00:35:49.219
 for the

00:35:49.219 --> 00:35:50.000
 progress and

00:35:50.000 --> 00:35:50.559
 joy in the

00:35:50.559 --> 00:35:51.519
 faith of

00:35:51.519 --> 00:35:52.199
 those around

00:35:52.199 --> 00:35:52.459
 you.

00:35:55.099 --> 00:35:56.099
 I hope

00:35:56.099 --> 00:35:56.399
 that your

00:35:56.399 --> 00:35:56.939
 life is

00:35:56.939 --> 00:35:58.139
 dominated by

00:35:58.139 --> 00:35:59.299
 authentic hope.

00:35:59.300 --> 00:36:00.820
 I hope

00:36:00.820 --> 00:36:01.260
 that you,

00:36:01.440 --> 00:36:02.080
 every time

00:36:02.080 --> 00:36:02.440
 you come

00:36:02.440 --> 00:36:02.900
 in here,

00:36:03.180 --> 00:36:03.780
 you take

00:36:03.780 --> 00:36:06.080
 off whatever

00:36:06.080 --> 00:36:07.160
 masks this

00:36:07.160 --> 00:36:07.820
 world might

00:36:07.820 --> 00:36:08.560
 tempt you

00:36:08.560 --> 00:36:09.980
 to wear.

00:36:12.720 --> 00:36:13.019
 And that

00:36:13.019 --> 00:36:13.640
 you might,

00:36:15.340 --> 00:36:16.200
 as that

00:36:16.200 --> 00:36:16.720
 means that

00:36:16.720 --> 00:36:17.080
 you feel

00:36:17.080 --> 00:36:17.860
 very vulnerable

00:36:17.860 --> 00:36:19.000
 and exposed,

00:36:19.420 --> 00:36:19.780
 that you

00:36:19.780 --> 00:36:20.620
 might actually

00:36:20.620 --> 00:36:22.920
 mourn and

00:36:22.920 --> 00:36:23.640
 hunger and

00:36:23.640 --> 00:36:24.460
 thirst together,

00:36:25.120 --> 00:36:25.920
 but be

00:36:25.920 --> 00:36:27.360
 encouraged because

00:36:27.360 --> 00:36:28.660
 you are in

00:36:28.660 --> 00:36:29.140
 the midst

00:36:29.139 --> 00:36:29.759
 of this

00:36:29.759 --> 00:36:31.139
 all-sufficient,

00:36:31.719 --> 00:36:33.019
 this lavish

00:36:33.019 --> 00:36:34.259
 outpouring of

00:36:34.259 --> 00:36:34.839
 grace upon

00:36:34.839 --> 00:36:35.079
 you.

00:36:37.420 --> 00:36:38.079
 Let me

00:36:38.079 --> 00:36:38.359
 pray.

00:36:40.299 --> 00:36:40.859
 Gracious

00:36:40.859 --> 00:36:41.319
 Lord, we

00:36:41.319 --> 00:36:42.000
 thank you so

00:36:42.000 --> 00:36:45.019
 much for

00:36:45.019 --> 00:36:45.679
 all that you

00:36:45.679 --> 00:36:46.059
 have given

00:36:46.059 --> 00:36:48.779
 us in

00:36:48.779 --> 00:36:49.239
 Christ.

00:36:50.440 --> 00:36:51.759
 Father, the

00:36:51.759 --> 00:36:52.659
 outpouring of

00:36:52.659 --> 00:36:54.059
 your grace upon

00:36:54.059 --> 00:36:54.779
 us in him

00:36:54.780 --> 00:36:55.940
 is not

00:36:55.940 --> 00:36:56.480
 simply

00:36:56.480 --> 00:36:59.700
 enough or

00:36:59.700 --> 00:37:00.500
 just enough.

00:37:01.360 --> 00:37:02.080
 It is

00:37:02.080 --> 00:37:02.820
 all-sufficient.

00:37:03.519 --> 00:37:03.980
 There is

00:37:03.980 --> 00:37:04.920
 never a

00:37:04.920 --> 00:37:05.940
 time where

00:37:05.940 --> 00:37:06.840
 my need

00:37:06.840 --> 00:37:07.420
 or my

00:37:07.420 --> 00:37:08.360
 lack or

00:37:08.360 --> 00:37:09.120
 my hunger

00:37:09.120 --> 00:37:09.740
 or my

00:37:09.740 --> 00:37:10.540
 thirst or

00:37:10.540 --> 00:37:11.380
 my mourning

00:37:11.380 --> 00:37:13.260
 is greater

00:37:13.260 --> 00:37:16.180
 than what

00:37:16.180 --> 00:37:16.760
 you give

00:37:16.760 --> 00:37:17.660
 so lavishly.

00:37:17.659 --> 00:37:19.859
 so Lord,

00:37:19.920 --> 00:37:20.319
 let our

00:37:20.319 --> 00:37:21.119
 lives be a

00:37:21.119 --> 00:37:23.000
 testimony to

00:37:23.000 --> 00:37:23.980
 this lavish

00:37:23.980 --> 00:37:24.699
 grace that

00:37:24.699 --> 00:37:24.980
 you have

00:37:24.980 --> 00:37:27.879
 given so

00:37:27.879 --> 00:37:29.139
 that the

00:37:29.139 --> 00:37:29.659
 hope that

00:37:29.659 --> 00:37:30.179
 we live

00:37:30.179 --> 00:37:30.599
 out,

00:37:30.940 --> 00:37:31.539
 whether we

00:37:31.539 --> 00:37:31.859
 are

00:37:31.859 --> 00:37:32.859
 churching here

00:37:32.859 --> 00:37:33.179
 with our

00:37:33.179 --> 00:37:33.659
 brothers and

00:37:33.659 --> 00:37:33.980
 sisters,

00:37:34.119 --> 00:37:34.920
 whether we're

00:37:34.920 --> 00:37:35.659
 at work or

00:37:35.659 --> 00:37:36.239
 at home,

00:37:36.239 --> 00:37:37.059
 whether we

00:37:37.059 --> 00:37:37.379
 are with

00:37:37.379 --> 00:37:37.819
 those who

00:37:37.819 --> 00:37:38.460
 love you or

00:37:38.460 --> 00:37:38.879
 those who

00:37:38.879 --> 00:37:39.359
 don't,

00:37:39.779 --> 00:37:40.399
 may our

00:37:40.399 --> 00:37:42.299
 hope be

00:37:42.299 --> 00:37:43.119
 revealed in

00:37:43.119 --> 00:37:44.039
 this profound

00:37:44.039 --> 00:37:46.219
 assurance that

00:37:46.219 --> 00:37:47.039
 bring such

00:37:47.039 --> 00:37:47.639
 comfort,

00:37:48.500 --> 00:37:49.239
 that bring

00:37:49.239 --> 00:37:50.059
 such filling,

00:37:51.439 --> 00:37:52.219
 that bring

00:37:52.219 --> 00:37:53.379
 such joy and

00:37:53.379 --> 00:37:54.480
 peace inspired

00:37:54.480 --> 00:37:55.059
 by your

00:37:55.059 --> 00:37:55.439
 spirit.

00:37:56.879 --> 00:37:57.919
 For Christ's

00:37:57.919 --> 00:37:58.519
 sake we pray.

00:37:58.939 --> 00:37:59.279
 Amen.