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 I just want to speak on that one little verse.

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 In verse 8.

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 And it's always dangerous isn't it?

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 When you take one verse

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 and you kind of take it out of the context that it's in

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 and you remove it from that

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 and you can probably end up preaching heresy

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 and this verse particularly

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 you can do that.

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 Because there is a sense in which it's not true.

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 There is a sense in which Jesus Christ

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 is not the same yesterday, today and forever.

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 In fact our salvation

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 depends upon Jesus Christ

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 not being the same today

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 as he was metaphorically yesterday.

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 So, do you remember?

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 The Lord Jesus in his incarnation

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 when he came to earth

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 when he took on flesh

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 he became one of us.

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 Augustine says without ceasing to be what he eternally was

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 he became what he eternally was not.

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 He's become one of us isn't he?

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 The word that was with God

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 the word that was face to face with God

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 the word that was there right at the beginning of creation

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 that word became flesh

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 and dwelt amongst us

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 and we beheld his glory

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 the glory of the one and only

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 full of grace, grace and truth.

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 After

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 he was raised from the dead

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 he ascended bodily, didn't he?

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 into heaven.

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 And so that now

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 this lunchtime

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 there is a man

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 in heaven.

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 He didn't discard his humanity.

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 He didn't discard

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 like a new set of clothes

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 when he returned

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 to his father's presence.

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 And so

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 at the Lord's Supper

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 we remember his death

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 on the cross

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 until he comes.

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 I love the words of Luther

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 he says something like this

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 I live as though

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 Christ died yesterday

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 rose again today

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 and is coming back tomorrow.

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 Christ died yesterday

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 he bled and died upon a cross

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 he suffered abject pain

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 and shame and humiliation

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 yesterday

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 he died on the cross

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 today

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 he is alive from the dead

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 and so we proclaim him

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 in word and in sacrament

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 and he's coming back tomorrow

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 with all his holy angels

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 it's not true to say

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 that Jesus Christ is the same

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 yesterday, today

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 and forever.

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 So clearly

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 you can't take

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 verse 8

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 and rip it out

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 of its context

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 in an unqualified way.

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 And so what I want to do

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 this morning

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 is I want to speak about

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 the unchangeableness

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 What does this verse mean

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 within Hebrews 13?

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 And the first thing

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 I want to say

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 is that Jesus Christ

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 is always the same person

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 yesterday

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 today

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 and forever

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 he is always the same

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 in his person

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 in his person.

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 The context is interesting.

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 Look at verse 7

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 Remember your leaders

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 who spoke to you

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 the word of God

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 consider the outcome

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 of their way of life

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 and imitate their faith.

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 And then look at

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 the other bookend

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 in verse 17

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 Obey your leaders

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 submit to them.

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 So verse 7

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 Remember your leaders

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 who spoke the word

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 of God to you

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 And then verse 17

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 We're told to obey

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 your leaders

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 and submit to them

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 for they will give

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 an account.

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 So Hebrews 13

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 is about leadership

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 It's about

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 past leaders

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 Remember them

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 And it's about

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 present leaders

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 Verse 17

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 So in verse 7

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 who are their past leaders?

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 Well we don't exactly know

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 We think it may be

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 Stephen

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 or the first Christian martyr

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 or James

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 the brother of our Lord

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 the leader of the

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 Jerusalem church

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 who was beheaded

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 Remember those leaders

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 Remember those

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 who spoke the word

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 of God to you

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 Now whenever there's

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 a new leader

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 or a change

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 in leadership

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 the tendency

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 is to compare

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 isn't it

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 in church life

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 One tendency

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 is to romanticise

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 the past

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 and idealise

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 the heroes

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 of the faith

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 to put them

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 on pedestals

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 I read this

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 about the pastor

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 If he visits

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 his flock

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 he's nosy

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 If he doesn't

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 he's a snob

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 If he preaches

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 longer than 10 minutes

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 it's too long

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 If he preaches

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 less than 10 minutes

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 he can't have

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 prepared his sermon

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 If he runs a car

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 well he's worldly

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 If he doesn't

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 he's always late

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 If he tells a joke

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 he's flippant

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 If he doesn't

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 he's far too serious

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 If he starts

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 the sermon on time

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 his watch must be fast

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 If he's a minute late

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 he's keeping

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 the congregation waiting

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 If he takes a holiday

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 he's never in the parish

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 If he doesn't

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 he's a stick in the mud

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 If he runs a bazaar

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 or a gala

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 he's money mad

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 If he doesn't

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 there's no social life

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 in this parish

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 If he has the church

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 painted and decorated

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 he's extravagant

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 If he doesn't

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 the church is shabby

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 If he's young

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 he's inexperienced

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 If he's getting old

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 he ought to retire

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 But when he dies

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 Ah there's never been

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 anyone like him

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 Now that tendency

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 is in all of us

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 We make far too much

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 of men

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 and too little of Christ

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 So look at verse 7 again

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 Remember your leaders

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 who spoke the word

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 of God to you

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 Consider the outcome

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 of their way of life

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 Jesus Christ

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 is the same yesterday

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 and today forever

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 You see who is the leader

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 that we really look to?

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 Who is the leader

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 that we really look to?

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 The leader we look to

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 is the one

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 whose way of life

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 and whose faith

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 is in Jesus Christ

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 the same yesterday

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 today and forever

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 True Christian leaders

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 do not strike out

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 on their own

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 They don't build a brand

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 for themselves

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 They keep in line

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 with Jesus Christ

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 They follow the

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 well-worn paths

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 of those that have

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 gone before

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 who followed Christ

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 And so

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 this verse is telling us

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 that when you look

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 for leaders

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 in your church

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 when we look for

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 leaders in our church

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 we are not looking

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 for original minds

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 If you are going to be

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 a leader in Christ's church

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 and follow a leader

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 you need to know

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 where he is going

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 and you better make sure

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 that you know

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 where he is going

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 in as much as they

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 follow Christ

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 You follow them

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 imitate their way of life

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 and their faith

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 Don't follow blindly leaders

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 only follow leaders

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 as they follow Jesus

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 because in the end

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 he is the king

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 he is the only head

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 and king of the church

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 he is the only leader

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 who is safe to follow

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 He is always himself

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 You can translate it

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 you can translate it

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 verse 8

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 Jesus Christ

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 always himself

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 That can be said

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 of very few people

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 As we grow older

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 we change

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 We see that

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 don't we

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 You see that

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 in your workplace

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 new young people

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 come in full

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 of zeal

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 and idealistic

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 and then

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 the cynical older folk

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 who have been through it all

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 they have been around the block

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 There are very few of us

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 who are always the same

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 Circumstances change us

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 Life situations change us

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 We are affected

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 by all sorts of things

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 We are affected

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 by the weather

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 aren't we

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 but Jesus Christ

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 is always himself

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 always the same

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 Earth did not change him

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 Heaven hasn't gone to his head

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 He is the same yesterday

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 today and forever

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 He is unchangeably the same

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 He is always himself

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 The best of men

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 The best of leaders

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 are men at best

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 And every single leader

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 has feet of clay

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 But Jesus Christ

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 is always himself

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 Always the same

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 He is unchangeably the same

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 in his own person

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 But secondly

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 He is unchangeably the same

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 in his message

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 He is unchangeably the same

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 in his message

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 Just look at the context

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 It says

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 Doesn't it

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 Verse 7

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 Remember the leaders

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 who spoke to you

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 the word of God

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 Jesus Christ

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 is the same

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 yesterday

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 today

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 and forever

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 Don't be carried away

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 by all sorts of

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 strange teachings

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 You see

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 Jesus Christ

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 is not only the leader

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 they are to follow

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 He is the message

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 that is to be preached

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 The words they spoke to you

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 Verse 7

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 is all about him

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 That message

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 which you heard

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 from your leaders

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 was the same

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 That message about Jesus

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 is the same

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 yesterday

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 today

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 and forever

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 Error changes

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 Now notice

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 in verse 9

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 The truth there

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 is singular

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 That is singular

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 Do not be led away

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 by strange

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 and diverse

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 teachings

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 That is

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 plural

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 But can you notice

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 verse 7

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 The word of God

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 is singular

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 Just notice that

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 verse 7

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 The word of God

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 is singular

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 But there are

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 diverse

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 and strange

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 teachings

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 Because once you

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 move away

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 from the faith

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 once delivered

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 to the saints

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 you have to keep

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 reinventing a new

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 gospel for every age

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 One of the hallmarks

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 of God in the Bible

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 is that nothing

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 needs changing

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 nothing needs revising

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 or adapted

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 or rewritten

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 So take the example

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 I don't want to enter

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 into the controversy

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 about evolution

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 but take the creation

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 account of Genesis 1

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 and 2

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 The creation account

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 of Genesis 1

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 and 2

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 stands for all time

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 Genesis 1 and 2

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 can be understood

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 in any age

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 It doesn't have to be

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 written, rewritten

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 It doesn't have to be

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 revised for the 21st century

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 It can be understood

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 by a caveman

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 It can be understood

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 by an Oxford scientist

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 It's one of the

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 hallmarks of God

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 But error is constantly

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 being rewritten

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 and revised

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 and updated

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 John Stott

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 in his book

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 The Contemporary Christian

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 He says there have been

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 13 different

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 interpretations

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 of Jesus Christ

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 13 different attempts

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 to fashion him

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 according to the age

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 So he talks of

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 Jesus the ascetic

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 The Pair Galilean

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 The Cosmic Christ

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 The Teacher of Common Sense

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 The Clown of God's Spell

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 The Star of Jesus Christ

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 Superstar

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 The Revolutionary

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 The Socialist

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 The Mystic

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 The Magician

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 The Carpenter

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 The Management Consultant

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 You name it

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 People are always

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 trying to reinvent

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 who Jesus is

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 But he's not

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 Jesus is always the same

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 The message

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 which you heard

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 from them

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 is the message

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 you need today

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 It's the same

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 yesterday

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 today and forever

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 and Jesus

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 never needs updating

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 or adapting

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 He is always new

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 not in the sense

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 of being novel

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 but in the sense

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 of freshness

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 It's a very privilege

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 isn't it

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 to preach Jesus Christ

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 that's what I've thought

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 of as I've read

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 this verse

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 but I want you to see

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 that what we do

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 in the church today

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 is actually

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 nearly almost

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 the opposite

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 remember your elders

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 who were these leaders

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 while they were the

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 apostles of our Lord

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 Jesus Christ

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 remember your leaders

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 who spoke the word

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 of God to you

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 and he says

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 remember what

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 they spoke to you

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 but what we've done

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 in the church today

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 is we would reverse

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 that

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 so it's not we

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 who remember

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 what people like

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 Paul preached

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 about Jesus

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 today

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 Paul has to remember

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 what we've discovered

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 isn't that right

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 so let's take

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 women's ordination

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 let's take

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 homosexuality

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 what is that issue

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 about

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 is it that Paul

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 has to remember

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 how enlightened

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 we are

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 no it's an issue

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 of the authority

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 of scripture

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 isn't it

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 basically it comes

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 down to this

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 will we follow

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 Paul

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 are we going to

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 remember what the

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 Bible spoke to us

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 and what Paul

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 wrote

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 or does he have

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 to remember

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 what we think

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 today

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 does he have

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 to have our

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 view on things

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 do we follow

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 Paul

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 in the first

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 century AD

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 or does he have

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 to fit in with

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 modern culture

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 and political

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 correctness

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 so that what

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 he wrote

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 well actually it

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 needs to be

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 reinterpreted for

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 today

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 it has to be

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 contextualised

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 it has to be

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 lifted

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 out of that

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 first century

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 setting

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 and changed

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 for us today

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 so that in the

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 end

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 Paul

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 is made

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 to teach

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 exactly the

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 opposite of what

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 he actually

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 said

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 I want to

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 say to you

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 that is not

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 where we stand

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 as a church

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 we stand

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 under the

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 authority of

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 the word of

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 God

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 and we

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 remember those

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 who spoke the

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 word of God

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 to us

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 the authority

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 of the apostles

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 of the Lord

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 Jesus Christ

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 and they don't

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 have to remember

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 what we think

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 we have to

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 remember what

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 they spoke

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 do you see

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 that kind of

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 twisted thinking

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 is happening

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 and if you go

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 down that track

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 what happens

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 is the Bible

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 gets taken

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 away from

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 you altogether

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 so remember

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 remember the

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 word that

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 has been

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 spoken to

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 you

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 we are

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 Protestants

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 I used to

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 think that

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 word meant

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 to protest

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 actually it

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 doesn't

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 it means to

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 confess

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 it means to

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 attest

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 it means to

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 proclaim

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 to be

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 Protestant

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 is to

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 proclaim

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 Jesus Christ

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 and his

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 sufficiency

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 it's the old

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 story of

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 Jesus and

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 his love

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 it's

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 unchangeably

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 the same

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 in his

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 person

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 he's

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 unchangeably

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 the same

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 in his

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 message

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 and then

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 thirdly and

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 lastly he is

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 unchangeably

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 the same

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 to his

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 people

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 it's all

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 very well

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 500 years

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 from the

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 reformation

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 500 years

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 from Martin

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 Luther this

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 year

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 it's all

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 very well

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 to look

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 back and

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 romanticise

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 what those

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 men went

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 through

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 we all

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 have heroes

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 don't we

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 we can have

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 heroes

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 we can go

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 back to

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 hear George

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 Whitfield

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 preach in

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 the 18th

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 century

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 we can hear

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 John Wesley

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 and his

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 great sermons

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 Martin Lloyd

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 Jones in

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 the last

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 century

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 but we

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 don't live

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 then we

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 live now

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 and we

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 live don't

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 we in a

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 very different

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 culture and

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 in a very

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 different time

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 and we

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 have pursued

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 Christ here

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 now in the

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 21st century

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 there were

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 giants in the

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 land in those

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 days yes

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 and we

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 are a race

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 of pygmies

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 by comparison

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 but don't

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 forget those

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 men spoke

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 the word of

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 God to you

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 and sealed

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 their confession

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 in their own

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 blood but they

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 were just flesh

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 and blood like

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 you and I

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 they were just

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 men and women

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 like you and

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 me times have

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 changed but

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 Jesus hasn't

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 and what he

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 was to them

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 he will be to

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 you

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 that word that

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 is used here in

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 verse 7 is an

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 interesting word

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 there's only two

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 words that

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 two places where

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 you find this

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 word in the

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 new testament

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 he talks about

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 these leaders

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 these leaders

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 who spoke the

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 word of God

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 consider the

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 outcome of

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 their way of

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 life and that

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 word is used

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 it's the same

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 word that's used

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 by Paul in

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 Corinthians

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 in 1 Corinthians

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 10 verse 13

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 Paul refers to

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 the wilderness

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 wanderings and

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 he reminds the

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 Corinthians that

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 it was Christ

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 who was actually

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 leading the people

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 out of Egypt

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 and the rock

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 was Christ

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 who they met

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 in the wilderness

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 and he says

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 in 1 Corinthians

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 10 verse 13

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 he applies it

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 to them

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 he says

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 God is

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 faithful

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 and he will

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 not allow you

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 to be tempted

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 more than you

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 can bear

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 but when you

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 are tempted

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 when you are

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 tried

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 when you are

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 like those

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 people in

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 the wilderness

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 caught between

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 literally a rock

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 and a hard

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 place

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 as they came

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 out of Egypt

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 and the troops

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 are chasing

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 them down

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 with the Red

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 Sea in front

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 of them

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 they're surrounded

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 by hills

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 and mountains

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 it's a trap

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 there doesn't

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 seem to be

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 anywhere

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 way out

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 and just

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 as Jesus

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 opened up

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 the waters

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 of the Red

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 Sea

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 and they

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 crossed

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 on dry

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 ground

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 Paul says

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 when you're

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 tempted

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 when you're

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 tried like that

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 what will he do

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 he will provide

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 a way out

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 an exodus

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 that's the word

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 verse 7

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 that's the word

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 that is used

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 here in Hebrews

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 remember what

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 Jesus was

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 to those people

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 at the Red

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 Sea

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 when they're

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 entangled

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 in the land

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 and the Egyptians

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 are in hot

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 pursuit

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 and they're

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 trapped

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 and there

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 doesn't seem

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 to be

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 any way

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 forward

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 now I

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 frequently

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 find myself

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 in those

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 situations

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 don't you

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 I'm sure

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 we do

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 what do we

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 do in those

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 situations

00:16:13.360 --> 00:16:13.679
 where we

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 are trapped

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 well we

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 remember that

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 Jesus Christ

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 is the sea

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 yesterday

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 today

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 forever

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 the Jesus

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 Christ who

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 opened up

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 the Red

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 Sea and

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 brought his

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 people safely

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 through

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 that Jesus

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 Christ is

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 the same

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 today as

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 he was

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 yesterday

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 and what

00:16:30.099 --> 00:16:30.479
 he can do

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 for them

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 he can do

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 for you

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 he can provide

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 you with a

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 way through

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 that challenge

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 that you're

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 facing that

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 you don't know

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 how you're

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 going to cope

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 with

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 you say I

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 don't know

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 if I've got

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 the resources

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 to get through

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 that well he

00:16:44.719 --> 00:16:45.279
 is the same

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 he can provide

00:16:46.059 --> 00:16:46.620
 you with a

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 way through

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 how else do

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 you explain

00:16:50.599 --> 00:16:51.039
 someone like

00:16:51.039 --> 00:16:51.539
 Stephen the

00:16:51.539 --> 00:16:51.860
 martyr

00:16:51.860 --> 00:16:54.360
 how do you

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 explain the

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 way he died

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 with his face

00:16:55.779 --> 00:16:56.340
 being smashed

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 by rocks

00:16:57.000 --> 00:16:59.800
 a face like

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 an angel

00:17:00.360 --> 00:17:02.220
 remember what

00:17:02.220 --> 00:17:02.759
 we're told in

00:17:02.759 --> 00:17:03.139
 Acts 7

00:17:03.139 --> 00:17:03.720
 as the rocks

00:17:03.720 --> 00:17:04.339
 are raining

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 down upon him

00:17:05.019 --> 00:17:05.500
 he fell on

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 his knees

00:17:05.880 --> 00:17:06.380
 and he cried

00:17:06.380 --> 00:17:06.779
 out Lord

00:17:06.779 --> 00:17:07.400
 do not hold

00:17:07.400 --> 00:17:07.759
 this sin

00:17:07.759 --> 00:17:08.299
 against them

00:17:08.299 --> 00:17:08.819
 and with that

00:17:08.819 --> 00:17:09.680
 he fell asleep

00:17:09.680 --> 00:17:11.860
 how do you

00:17:11.860 --> 00:17:12.319
 explain a man

00:17:12.319 --> 00:17:12.740
 like Peter

00:17:12.740 --> 00:17:13.860
 a man denied

00:17:13.860 --> 00:17:15.259
 his Lord

00:17:15.259 --> 00:17:17.200
 with oaths

00:17:17.200 --> 00:17:17.720
 and curses

00:17:17.720 --> 00:17:18.440
 before a little

00:17:18.440 --> 00:17:19.299
 servant girl

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 I don't

00:17:22.440 --> 00:17:22.899
 know that

00:17:22.899 --> 00:17:23.500
 so and so

00:17:23.500 --> 00:17:24.059
 he said

00:17:24.059 --> 00:17:25.220
 how do you

00:17:25.220 --> 00:17:25.619
 explain that

00:17:25.619 --> 00:17:26.259
 man only

00:17:26.259 --> 00:17:27.000
 weeks later

00:17:27.000 --> 00:17:27.680
 preaching on

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 the day of

00:17:28.039 --> 00:17:28.619
 Pentecost

00:17:28.619 --> 00:17:30.039
 and 3000

00:17:30.039 --> 00:17:30.639
 people are

00:17:30.639 --> 00:17:31.000
 converted

00:17:31.000 --> 00:17:32.980
 how do you

00:17:32.980 --> 00:17:33.259
 explain that

00:17:33.259 --> 00:17:33.519
 how do you

00:17:33.519 --> 00:17:34.159
 explain Paul

00:17:34.159 --> 00:17:34.740
 and Silas

00:17:34.740 --> 00:17:35.399
 singing hymns

00:17:35.399 --> 00:17:35.879
 in midnight

00:17:35.879 --> 00:17:36.500
 in prison

00:17:36.500 --> 00:17:37.339
 in a rat

00:17:37.339 --> 00:17:37.859
 infested

00:17:37.859 --> 00:17:38.299
 hole in the

00:17:38.299 --> 00:17:38.740
 ground

00:17:38.740 --> 00:17:41.559
 how do you

00:17:41.559 --> 00:17:42.180
 explain that

00:17:42.180 --> 00:17:44.240
 how do you

00:17:44.240 --> 00:17:44.559
 explain the

00:17:44.559 --> 00:17:45.000
 courage of

00:17:45.000 --> 00:17:45.559
 Martin Luther

00:17:45.559 --> 00:17:46.819
 when the

00:17:46.819 --> 00:17:47.399
 whole world

00:17:47.399 --> 00:17:47.899
 is against

00:17:47.899 --> 00:17:48.299
 him who

00:17:48.299 --> 00:17:48.759
 said here

00:17:48.759 --> 00:17:49.259
 am I

00:17:49.259 --> 00:17:50.720
 here I

00:17:50.720 --> 00:17:51.220
 stand

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 I can

00:17:51.559 --> 00:17:51.920
 do no

00:17:51.920 --> 00:17:52.140
 other

00:17:52.140 --> 00:17:54.079
 how do you

00:17:54.079 --> 00:17:54.500
 explain it

00:17:54.500 --> 00:17:54.740
 well the

00:17:54.740 --> 00:17:55.480
 only way

00:17:55.480 --> 00:17:55.759
 you can

00:17:55.759 --> 00:17:56.539
 explain that

00:17:56.539 --> 00:17:56.819
 is in

00:17:56.819 --> 00:17:57.160
 terms of

00:17:57.160 --> 00:17:57.579
 our text

00:17:57.579 --> 00:17:58.039
 that Jesus

00:17:58.039 --> 00:17:58.599
 Christ is

00:17:58.599 --> 00:17:58.960
 the same

00:17:58.960 --> 00:17:59.339
 yesterday

00:17:59.339 --> 00:17:59.720
 today

00:17:59.720 --> 00:18:00.160
 and forever

00:18:00.160 --> 00:18:02.319
 what he

00:18:02.319 --> 00:18:02.640
 was for

00:18:02.640 --> 00:18:02.859
 Luther

00:18:02.859 --> 00:18:03.119
 what he

00:18:03.119 --> 00:18:03.440
 was for

00:18:03.440 --> 00:18:03.779
 Stephen

00:18:03.779 --> 00:18:04.099
 what he

00:18:04.099 --> 00:18:04.400
 was for

00:18:04.400 --> 00:18:04.619
 Peter

00:18:04.619 --> 00:18:04.879
 what he

00:18:04.879 --> 00:18:05.220
 was for

00:18:05.220 --> 00:18:05.480
 Paul

00:18:05.480 --> 00:18:05.660
 and

00:18:05.660 --> 00:18:06.079
 Silas

00:18:06.079 --> 00:18:06.819
 is what

00:18:06.819 --> 00:18:07.079
 he is

00:18:07.079 --> 00:18:07.359
 for you

00:18:07.359 --> 00:18:07.799
 and I

00:18:07.799 --> 00:18:11.660
 I don't

00:18:11.660 --> 00:18:11.839
 know if

00:18:11.839 --> 00:18:12.000
 you know

00:18:12.000 --> 00:18:12.339
 the story

00:18:12.339 --> 00:18:12.700
 of the man

00:18:12.700 --> 00:18:12.980
 who's

00:18:12.980 --> 00:18:14.619
 got a job

00:18:14.619 --> 00:18:15.640
 painting a

00:18:15.640 --> 00:18:16.099
 stripe

00:18:16.099 --> 00:18:16.500
 you know

00:18:16.500 --> 00:18:17.279
 a stripe

00:18:17.279 --> 00:18:17.619
 down the

00:18:17.619 --> 00:18:17.960
 centre of

00:18:17.960 --> 00:18:18.339
 the road

00:18:18.339 --> 00:18:18.680
 in the middle

00:18:18.680 --> 00:18:19.059
 of the road

00:18:19.059 --> 00:18:21.599
 and on

00:18:21.599 --> 00:18:22.079
 his first

00:18:22.079 --> 00:18:23.019
 day at

00:18:23.019 --> 00:18:23.519
 work he

00:18:23.519 --> 00:18:24.399
 paints two

00:18:24.399 --> 00:18:25.339
 miles of

00:18:25.339 --> 00:18:25.960
 a white

00:18:25.960 --> 00:18:26.679
 straight line

00:18:26.679 --> 00:18:27.059
 down the

00:18:27.059 --> 00:18:27.339
 road

00:18:27.339 --> 00:18:28.220
 everyone's

00:18:28.220 --> 00:18:28.700
 amazed

00:18:28.700 --> 00:18:29.639
 boss can't

00:18:29.639 --> 00:18:30.019
 believe it

00:18:30.019 --> 00:18:30.440
 no one's

00:18:30.440 --> 00:18:31.019
 ever painted

00:18:31.019 --> 00:18:31.379
 so much

00:18:31.379 --> 00:18:31.819
 before

00:18:32.519 --> 00:18:33.619
 on the

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 second day's

00:18:34.119 --> 00:18:34.440
 production

00:18:34.440 --> 00:18:35.279
 dropped to

00:18:35.279 --> 00:18:35.619
 one and a

00:18:35.619 --> 00:18:36.240
 half miles

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 which is

00:18:36.619 --> 00:18:37.019
 still far

00:18:37.019 --> 00:18:37.639
 above average

00:18:37.639 --> 00:18:39.319
 on the

00:18:39.319 --> 00:18:39.779
 third day

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 and fourth

00:18:40.259 --> 00:18:40.519
 day it was

00:18:40.519 --> 00:18:41.000
 only one

00:18:41.000 --> 00:18:41.339
 mile

00:18:41.339 --> 00:18:43.119
 and then

00:18:43.119 --> 00:18:43.519
 half a

00:18:43.519 --> 00:18:43.720
 mile

00:18:43.720 --> 00:18:45.420
 and apparently

00:18:45.420 --> 00:18:45.819
 his boss

00:18:45.819 --> 00:18:46.180
 went to him

00:18:46.180 --> 00:18:46.440
 and asked

00:18:46.440 --> 00:18:47.700
 why is it

00:18:47.700 --> 00:18:47.960
 that your

00:18:47.960 --> 00:18:48.440
 production

00:18:48.440 --> 00:18:49.059
 painting this

00:18:49.059 --> 00:18:49.819
 line across

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 the centre

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 of the road

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 has fallen

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 off so

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 sharply

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 and he said

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 well I'm

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 just getting

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 so far

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 from the

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 bucket

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 that's the

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 trouble with

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 our society

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 isn't it

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 we have

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 drifted far

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 from our

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 roots

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 people want

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 Christian values

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 but they do

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 not want

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 Jesus Christ

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 well the

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 truth is

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 you can't

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 have Christian

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 values without

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 Jesus Christ

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 we want a

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 kind of

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 Judeo-Christian

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 ethic

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 but you

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 won't have

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 that

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 if we just

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 teach Christian

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 ethics

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 all that is

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 moralism

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 and it will

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 just make

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 little Pharisees

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 people need

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 Jesus Christ

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 that's all

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 people need

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 to hear

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 and the

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 great truth

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 for us

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 is this

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 isn't it

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 that Jesus

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 Christ

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 does not

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 pass this

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 cell by

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 date

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 and he

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 never will

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 he will

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 never be

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 superseded

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 he will

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 never be

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 replaced

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 kingdoms

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 will come

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 kingdoms

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 will go

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 empires

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 will rise

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 and empires

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 will fall

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 whole

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 civilizations

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 will disappear

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 but Jesus

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 Christ

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 is the same

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 yesterday

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 today

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 and forever

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 and I've

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 told you

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 the story

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 of Lord

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 Reith

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 the first

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 managing

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 director

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 of the

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 BBC

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 he walks

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 into a

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 director's

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 meeting

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 and they're

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 all talking

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 and it

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 goes

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 silent

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 you know

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 it's

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 like when

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 the boss

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 comes into

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 the office

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 it goes

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 silence

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 Lord

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 Reith

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 was a

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 huge

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 man

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 he said

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 what were

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 you talking

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 about

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 directors

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 of the BBC

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 wouldn't tell

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 him

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 so he

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 thundered

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 put his

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 fist on

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 the desk

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 what do you

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 talk about

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 and they

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 said we're

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 planning a

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 programme for

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 the funeral

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 of the church

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 we want to

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 plan a programme

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 on the funeral

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 of the church

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 of Jesus

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 Christ

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 and Lord

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 Reith

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 thunders

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 the church

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 of Jesus

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 Christ

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 will stand

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 at the

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 graveside

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 of the BBC

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 because Jesus

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 Christ is

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 the same

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 yesterday

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 today

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 and forever

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 Spurgeon

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 said there

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 is the same

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 water in

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 the well

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 still

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 and if

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 we've

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 not drawn

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 it it's

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 our own

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 fault

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 we've

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 come away

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 from the

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 fire

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 and that

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 is why

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 we're

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 cold

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 let's

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 return

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 to him

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 and he

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 will receive

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 us

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 gladly

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 as gladly

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 and as

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 warmly

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 as he

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 did when

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 we first

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 believe

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 why are

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 there so

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 many ups

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 and downs

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 in your

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 Christian

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 life

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 yesterday

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 you could

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 pray

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 but today

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 you can't

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 today

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 you might

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 know a

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 measure of

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 victory over

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 temptations

00:21:04.799 --> 00:21:05.399
 but tomorrow

00:21:05.399 --> 00:21:05.819
 you may be

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 overwhelmed

00:21:06.279 --> 00:21:06.700
 with them

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 because we've

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 taken our

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 eyes off

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 Jesus

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 we've

00:21:11.659 --> 00:21:11.819
 turned

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 away to

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 men and

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 movements and

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 books and

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 programmes

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 but it's

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 Jesus we

00:21:14.980 --> 00:21:15.339
 need

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 not another

00:21:17.419 --> 00:21:17.779
 book about

00:21:17.779 --> 00:21:18.740
 him but

00:21:18.740 --> 00:21:19.099
 the living

00:21:19.099 --> 00:21:19.700
 Christ who's

00:21:19.700 --> 00:21:20.240
 always the

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 same

00:21:20.519 --> 00:21:22.679
 yesterday

00:21:22.680 --> 00:21:23.259
 today

00:21:23.259 --> 00:21:23.920
 and forever

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 and here

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 is solid

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 ground

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 isn't it

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 when all

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 around is

00:21:28.140 --> 00:21:28.900
 sinking sand

00:21:28.900 --> 00:21:29.480
 on Christ

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 the solid

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 rock

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 I stand

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 remember your

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 leaders who

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 spoke to you

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 the word of

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 God

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 consider the

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 outcome of

00:21:40.640 --> 00:21:41.120
 their way of

00:21:41.120 --> 00:21:41.519
 life and

00:21:41.519 --> 00:21:42.039
 imitate their

00:21:42.039 --> 00:21:42.340
 faith

00:21:42.340 --> 00:21:43.200
 Jesus Christ

00:21:43.200 --> 00:21:43.820
 is the

00:21:43.820 --> 00:21:44.120
 same

00:21:44.120 --> 00:21:46.200
 yesterday

00:21:46.200 --> 00:21:47.560
 and today

00:21:47.560 --> 00:21:49.100
 and forever

00:21:49.100 --> 00:21:50.460
 let's pray