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 Father, even as we stand or sit here this morning, you know the different desires that are rattling around within us.

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 Father, you know that some of us have desires and longings which we're trying to push away, and we should try to push away.

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 Some of us, Father, have desires within that we should be pushing away, but in fact we're not at all.

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 Some of us, Father, have desires that we're confused about.

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 Some of us, Father, have desires that we know are good and we puzzle over them.

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 And Father, we could go on about our desires, but Father, we know as we stand or sit in your presence this morning that you know the desires of our hearts,

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 that you look into each and every single one of us who is here and see, you see what is going on in terms of our desires and our longings and our yearnings,

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 our imagination, our fears.

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 Father, we acknowledge before you that you are sovereign, that you are good, that you are kind, that you are filled with mercy, that you are mercy.

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 And we invite and give you permission, Father, for you to speak into our lives today, this morning, that your word would speak into our lives,

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 that you, Father, that you would fan into our desires that we should have, that you would help us turn from desires that we should not have.

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 And Father, we invite you to come into our lives and into our desires.

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 And we ask that you would do that in a saving way and in a sovereign way.

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 And so, Father, pour out your Holy Spirit upon us as we hear your word.

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 Work in us.

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 And this we ask in Jesus' name, your Son and our Savior.

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 Amen.

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 Please be seated.

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 Oops.

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 Oops.

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 I have sort of a bit of an apology.

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 Not an apology.

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 Sort of a bit of a clarification or qualification of something that I said last week.

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 I made a slightly disparaging remark last Sunday.

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 Just slightly disparaging about radio preachers in the book of Revelation.

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 And after the service, somebody pointed out to me that I'm a radio preacher.

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 And the person who pointed it out to me, not only that they'd known this, it would have been even funnier,

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 but if you listen to the last two times I spoke on the radio, I spoke on the book of Revelation.

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 And in fact, on Tuesday, I go in to take my next sessions, and I'm going to speak on the book of Revelation.

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 So it's sort of a funny type of humbling thing for me to have made a disparaging comment about myself.

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 But you can pray for me.

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 On Tuesday morning, I tape some sessions.

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 I share a spot on CFRA radio at 6.30 in the morning, Sunday mornings, with three other pastors.

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 And so approximately every fourth week, I'm on the radio at 6.30 in the morning on CFRA on Sundays.

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 And so you can pray for me about that.

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 When can we begin?

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 That's sort of a very, very common type of question.

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 People might sort of wonder, when can we begin a family?

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 When will life really begin?

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 There's an old joke, maybe you've heard it before.

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 A rabbi, an Anglican minister, and a Catholic priest were walking along,

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 and they were having an argument about when life began.

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 And the Anglican minister said, oh, you know, life begins when the baby comes out of the womb.

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 And the Catholic priest said, no, no, no, that's a terrible thing to say.

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 Life begins at conception.

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 And then the rabbi smiled and said, you're both wrong.

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 Life begins when the kids move out and the dog dies.

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 Anyway, so we constantly ask the question, when will life begin?

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 When can we start doing things?

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 When can we, you know, start working on a mortgage?

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 When can we save money?

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 When could we tithe?

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 When can we be generous?

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 When can we begin a relationship that could be permanent?

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 We as a church, on one level, are always sort of struggling a little bit with when we can begin.

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 In particular, since we walked away from our building two and a half years ago

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 and moved into rental facilities and stuff like that,

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 it often seems as if certain types of ministries and all can't begin

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 until certain other external things start to happen.

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 And the Bible text that we look at today, it doesn't answer all of the questions about when we begin,

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 but it does have some actually very, very interesting and powerful things to say to churches

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 and to Christians in terms of at least part of the Christian life and church life

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 in terms of when certain things can and should begin.

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 So it would be a great help to me if you turn in your Bibles to Revelation 7.

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 Revelation chapter 7.

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 And let's hear what the Bible has to say about this.

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 Some of you who might not know some things about our church,

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 two and a half years ago we walked away from our building

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 and separated away from the Anglican Church of Canada.

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 And part of the reason we did that was to be connected to the global Anglican Futures movement

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 of which we are a part.

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 And, you know, for somebody like myself,

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 who spent all of his life up until two and a half years ago

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 being in churches with buildings,

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 it's a real learning curve,

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 trying to have an imagination and a will

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 which reflects not owning property.

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 And I know that there's a lot of people who get excited by that,

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 but some sort of struggle with it.

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 And this text, believe it or not,

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 will sort of speak into it a little bit,

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 at least in terms of how we should pray.

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 And here's how it begins.

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 Revelation chapter 7, verse 1.

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 After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth.

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 Actually, you know what?

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 Let's go up a few verses

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 to what's just happened before this.

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 What's happened in the book of Revelation?

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 In our church we preach through books of the Bible generally.

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 That's how we,

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 that's sort of what we do on Sundays.

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 And so we're going through the book of Revelation.

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 And, you know, in chapter 1 you sort of get an introduction to the book.

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 Chapter 2 and 3 there's stories or words that Jesus has to seven different churches.

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 In a sense that's seven different ways to enter into the book of Revelation.

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 Sort of almost like an examination of conscience

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 that challenges us as we go into the rest of the book of Revelation.

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 And then in chapter 4 there's a vision of God in heaven.

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 Chapter 5 there's a vision of Jesus in heaven.

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 And then last week we looked at chapter 6,

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 which is that the same one who redeems us,

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 which is Jesus,

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 is the one who has control over the future.

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 From the moment of the crucifixion and resurrection

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 until he comes back,

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 that the same one who redeems us

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 is the one who controls the future.

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 And so last week we saw these judgments of God

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 that were coming out.

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 And in chapter 6,

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 that's what we're just going to do,

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 it's like the sixth judgment is the sixth seal is opened.

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 And just look maybe at verse 14.

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 This is the sixth seal,

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 the sixth sort of judgment,

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 the sixth thing which is sort of happening on the earth.

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 And it says,

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 the sky vanished like a scroll that is being rolled up

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 and every mountain and island was removed from its place.

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 Then the kings of the earth and the great ones

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 and the generals and the rich and the powerful

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 and everyone,

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 slave and free,

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 hid themselves in the caves

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 and among the rocks of the mountains,

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 calling to the mountains and rocks,

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 fall on us and hide us from the face of him

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 who is seated on the throne

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 and from the wrath of the Lamb.

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 For the great day of the wrath has come

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 and who can stand.

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 And that's sort of where the action's taken us to right now.

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 And it's a very, very gripping type of image.

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 It's an image of,

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 in some ways,

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 all of the people on the earth

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 who've turned their back on Jesus

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 and the offer of redemption.

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 And they have,

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 there's chaos going on all around them

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 on a physical level.

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 And they have this sense

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 that they're somehow under the judgment of God.

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 And at the same time

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 that they have this sense

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 that they're under the judgment of God,

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 they also have a sense of his face.

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 That it's his face,

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 that it's God responsible for this.

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 And they actually even have a sense of his face.

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 Not just his presence,

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 but his face.

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 And the mystery of the text

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 is that even though they have this sense

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 of the face of God looking at them

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 in this time of chaos,

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 they turn not to the face of God,

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 but to a rock

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 and say to the rock,

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 hide us.

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 Who can stand?

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 It's a very, very gripping image.

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 That they turn their back

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 on the face of God.

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 They have this sense.

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 How many people would love to have

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 a sense

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 or to see the face of God?

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 And the text implies

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 that these people

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 in some ways

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 know the sense,

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 the face of God,

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 but turn from the face of God

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 to speak to rocks.

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 That they be delivered.

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 And then it's right after that,

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 verse 7,

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 chapter 7, verse 1.

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 And after this,

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 I saw four angels

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 standing at the four corners of the earth,

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 holding back

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 the four winds of the earth

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 that no wind might blow

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 on the earth or sea

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 or against any tree.

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 Then I saw another angel

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 ascending from the rising of the sun

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 with the seal

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 of the living God.

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 And he called with a loud voice

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 to the four angels

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 who had been given power

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 to harm earth and sea,

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 saying,

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 do not harm the earth

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 or the sea

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 or the trees

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 until we have sealed

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 the servants

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 of our God

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 on their foreheads.

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 Now just sort of pause here

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 for a second.

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 You know,

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 I watch lots of movies.

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 Not all good movies as well.

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 I don't know how many of you

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 have seen the X-Men movies.

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 But if you've seen

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 the X-Men movies,

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 you have an insight

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 to this biblical text

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 that the rest of you

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 don't have.

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 And that is,

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 for those of you

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 who've seen the X-Men movies,

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 what is it that Dr. X can do?

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 You know how one of the things

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 that Dr. X can do

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 is let's say,

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 you know,

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 we're all doing this

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 and I'm up here

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 and all of a sudden

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 Dr. X,

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 I don't know,

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 Wolverine's going to come

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 wandering in the room

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 and I'm,

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 all of a sudden,

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 I freeze,

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 we all freeze.

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 It's as if

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 for the whole room

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 he has the power

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 to suspend time

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 and it's almost as if

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 for those who he wants,

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 they're outside of time

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 for a moment

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 and they can,

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 you know,

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 they can walk around

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 the cafeteria,

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 you know,

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 juice or pop

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 is being thrown

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 and it all stops

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 and they can have

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 this conversation

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 that goes on

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 while there's chaos

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 or other things going on

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 that's all just stopped

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 and that's the image

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 of what's happening here.

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 Chaos is going on

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 and all of a sudden

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 it's as if chaos

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 is going on

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 and it just stops

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 and in the midst

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 of the chaos

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 it's as if

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 John has this vision

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 of,

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 outside of time

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 of a conversation

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 going on

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 between angels

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 and to John

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 to tell him something

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 and what he says

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 is

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 in verse 3

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 do not harm

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 the earth

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 or the sea

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 or the trees

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 until we have

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 sealed the servants

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 of our God

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 on their foreheads.

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 So,

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 here's the thing,

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 the first point

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 if you could put it up.

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 Even while the earth

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 is in chaos

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 God is sovereign

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 and seals

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 ordinary people

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 for himself.

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 Even while the earth

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 is in chaos

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 God is sovereign

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 and seals

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 ordinary people

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 for himself.

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 Sealing

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 in this particular case

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 in the ancient world

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 that would be

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 like

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 you get something

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 like wax

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 doesn't have to just be wax

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 but something

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 which is melted

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 and you put it

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 on something

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 and the king

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 or the important person

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 would have a ring

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 or some other object

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 that could be pushed

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 into the wax

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 or some other thing

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 which is melted

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 and it would leave

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 an impression

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 in that

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 and that's sealing

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 something.

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 And so in the ancient world

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 there's three

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 connections

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 to being sealed.

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 To seal something

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 means to authenticate it

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 or it means

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 to signify possession

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 or it means

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 to signify protection.

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 So what's

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 so the three things

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 that sealing means

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 is that it either means

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 that it's authenticating

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 something

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 it's signifying

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 possession

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 of something

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 or it's signifying

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 protection of something.

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 So here

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 the image is

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 that

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 the lamb

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 who is the redeemer

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 is in control

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 of the future

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 as part of the future

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 is there's these things

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 that are going on

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 in the planet

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 the things that are

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 going on in the planet

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 the question within

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 all of the things

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 in the question

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 of the planet

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 is will suffering

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 incline my heart

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 towards God

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 or away from Him?

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 Will suffering

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 incline my heart

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 towards God

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 or away from Him?

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 And in the midst

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 of all of this

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 chaos

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 which is going on

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 and all this stress

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 which is going on

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 that in the midst

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 of all of this

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 we have this image

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 that in the midst

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 of it

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 that God

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 is sealing

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 ordinary people

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 for Himself

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 It means that when I put my faith and trust in Jesus, when an ordinary person like you puts your faith and trust in Jesus and what he's done for us on the cross,

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 that God, as one of the things that he does to us as a response to us putting our faith and trust in the salvation which is offered to us through Jesus

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 and what he wins for us on the cross, is that God seals me.

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 He seals you.

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 It's as if he puts a tattoo on your forehead.

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 Not a scary tattoo.

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 But a good one.

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 And he does that to signify that you're authentically his.

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 That you are authentic.

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 That you really are his.

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 That you really belong to him.

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 And that he really will, in an ultimate sense, from the point of view of all eternity, that you will now be under his complete and full protection.

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 And that is given to the ordinary person who puts their faith and trust in Jesus.

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 Even while the earth is in chaos, God is sovereign and seeks ordinary people for himself.

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 Seven years ago or so, while I was still part of the Anglican Church of Canada, I went to a synod.

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 Maybe it was the second to last synod that I ever attended.

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 And there was a guest speaker.

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 And the guest speaker was the Archbishop of the Sudan, the head of the Anglican Church in Sudan.

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 And as some of you know, it's been very, very hard.

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 It was very, very hard for Christians in Sudan for a long time.

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 Many of them were captured.

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 They'd be sold into slavery.

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 They would be killed.

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 Terrible, terrible things.

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 And he came and spoke to our diocesan synod.

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 And everybody was asking him all these questions about slavery and the poverty and et cetera, et cetera.

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 And so I got up and I went to the mic.

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 And I said to him, Bishop, does evangelism still happen in Sudan, even though all these terrible things are happening?

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 Or has it stopped you from doing evangelism?

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 And it was so wonderful.

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 I wish it was filmed.

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 And he burst into a huge smile.

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 And he said, oh, God has been very good to us in the midst of all these trials.

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 He said, our church has been growing.

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 He said, I go into a village.

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 And one of the things I will do is I will visit some of the individual Christians.

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 And then I go into the center of the square in the village.

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 And I open my Bible.

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 And in a loud voice, I tell people about Jesus and what he's done for us on the cross.

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 See, here's the thing.

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 For a lot of us in the West, we wait until we have our own resources before we think that life can go on.

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 So for churches, we think if the economic indicators aren't going the right way for us,

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 if the culture isn't drawing people to us but pushing people away from us,

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 if the demographics are against us, if the building ownership is against us,

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 and it's as if we constantly are waiting for the culture to turn, the economics to turn,

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 the possession issues to turn, and we keep waiting,

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 even though we don't have to deal with even remotely the type of chaos that they do,

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 let's say, in Sudan,

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 we keep waiting for external things to be ready and set so that we can begin.

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 And this text is saying that what this archbishop in the Sudan,

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 he understood Revelation 7.

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 I mean, our prayer should be that we could be like the church in the Sudan.

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 Hopefully God grant us not to suffer that type of persecution and poverty and oppression.

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 Father, may you spare us from that,

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 and may you have mercy upon our brothers and sisters in Sudan

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 and other places in the world that have to live under that.

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 But even in the midst of chaos, with earth and chaos,

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 God, the sovereign God, is still sealing people, ordinary people for himself.

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 And the question for churches and the question for Christians

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 isn't when will the culture allow us to do things again,

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 or when will our owning of buildings allow us to do things again,

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 or when will whatever allow us to do things again.

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 It's to say, Father, what divine assignments do you have for me?

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 What divine assignments do you have for my church?

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 Father, deliver me from thinking that everything depends upon my resources

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 or the external things being completely and utterly correct

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 before I can pray or act or seek to obey you and bring you glory.

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 Deliver me from thinking that I...

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 Deliver us from thinking it's all about our resources

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 and all about external things.

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 And help us to hear the voice of God

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 and seek to be obedient in telling people about Jesus and ministry.

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 That even in the midst of chaos, God is sealing people for himself.

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 Now, sometimes Christians fight amongst themselves about things.

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 We're all sort of familiar about...

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 Maybe we're most familiar about the way that Christians maybe fight about

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 whether you could speak in tongues or not.

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 I didn't have a fight this past week,

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 but I had sort of a sincere conversation a little bit

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 with my trainer of the book of Revelation.

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 The fact the person who really knew the book of Revelation very, very well,

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 and he knew that I'd just done chapter 6.

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 He knew I was going to do chapter 7.

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 And so he asked me, he said,

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 George, okay, you know, the things in chapter 7,

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 like when are they happening?

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 Like, are you like a preterist and think that it all happened like in the year 90?

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 Do you think you're like an amillennialist

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 and it's all sort of happening right now?

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 Do you think it's like going to happen just before the Great Tribulation?

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 Do you think it's going to happen in the middle of the Tribulation?

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 Do you think it's going to happen after the Tribulation?

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 George, what do you think?

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 And I had a very simple answer for him.

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 You can all write it down.

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 Like, he asked me, which one of those things do you think it is?

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 And I had a very simple answer.

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 The answer is yes.

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 Yes, all of those things.

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 Like, all of the above.

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 Like, why do you have to choose one in particular?

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 But while we're sort of familiar with maybe Christian's fight,

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 I mean, he was all ready for a fight with me

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 about whether I was going to be a preterist, an amillennialist,

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 a premillennial dispensationalist,

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 historic premillennialist, pre-trib, mid-trib, post-trib.

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 He was ready for a fight on this particular issue,

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 and he didn't quite know what to say when I said yes to all of them.

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 But a very, very more modern type of a disagreement amongst Christians

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 is over politics.

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 And so it, you know, churches,

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 there's some churches that their great dream would be,

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 maybe more emergent churches,

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 or maybe more what we would call liberal churches,

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 their great dream would be to have somebody from the Green Party,

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 or the NDP attend their church or speak on a Sunday morning.

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 And there's other churches,

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 and their great dream would be to have some great general

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 from the United States military come and speak,

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 or some football, college football coach.

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 And the sort of the left-wing type Christians

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 look down their noses at right-wing type Christians

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 and say, look, look at that.

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 They've got all their identity and everything all confused.

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 And the more right-wing Christians look down their noses

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 at those left-wing Christians

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 and say they've got their identity all confused.

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 They're completely and utterly captivated by politics.

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 And the left-wing Christians look at the right-wing Christians

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 and say, you've got all, like, completely captivated by politics.

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 And both of us can sort of look at each other about that

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 and have problems with the other.

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 But the text in Revelation says something very, very powerful about this.

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 But let's continue reading.

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 Revelation chapter 7, verse 4.

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 So remember, verse 3 was about having the servants of God

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 sealed on their foreheads.

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 In verse 4, I heard the number of the sealed.

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 I heard the number of the sealed.

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 144,000 sealed from every tribe of the sons of Israel.

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 And then it goes through 12,000 of Judah, Reuben, Gad, Asher,

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 Naphtali, Manasseh, Simeon, Levi, Issachar, Zebulun,

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 Joseph, and Benjamin.

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 Some of those words, I don't know if I pronounced them correctly,

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 but I said them confidently,

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 so now you all think that's the right way to pronounce them.

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 But you go through this long list.

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 And then verse 9,

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 Now here's the very interesting thing about this text.

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 There's lots of very interesting things about this text.

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 And I didn't catch this when I was reading it the first time.

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 I've read it many, many times.

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 It was only when I had to study the text that I noticed it.

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 Like, it begins in a very curious way in verse 4.

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 I heard the number of the sealed.

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 144,000 is a symbolic number.

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 It's a number of completion.

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 12 times 12 times 1,000.

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 It's a number of completion.

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 From every tribe of the sons of Israel.

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 But for a devout Jew listening to it,

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 there's something, a variety of things,

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 which are really odd about this text.

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 As the angel starts to speak out loud,

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 it's all Israel,

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 so John's going to expect something,

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 but the list is an odd list.

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 It's Israel, but not Israel.

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 There's a tribe missing.

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 Dan is missing.

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 And there's something else odd about it.

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 There's sort of two different primary ways

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 in the Old Testament that the tribes are listed.

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 And this does neither of them.

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 And it does something contradictory.

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 You see, there's also a half-tribe mentioned.

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 Usually in the Old Testament,

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 when they're listing tribes,

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 they say either neither of the half-tribes

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 or both of the half-tribes,

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 because Joseph had two sons,

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 Manasseh and Ephraim,

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 and usually they mention just the two half-tribes,

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 but it mentions Joseph,

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 and one of his sons,

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 but not the other's son,

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 and Levi's included,

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 and it's puzzling.

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 And ten and a half of these tribes

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 in the 8th century B.C.

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 were taken away to Assyria and disappeared.

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 Nobody knows whatever happened to them.

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 In fact,

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 Mormons believe that North American aboriginals

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 are the lost tribes of Israel,

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 which is why Jesus,

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 after he rose from the dead in Jerusalem,

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 had to come here and preach to them.

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 There was a movement in the 19th century in England

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 called British Israelism,

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 believing that the English people

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 were the lost tribe of Israel,

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 and therefore all of the promises to Israel

00:24:25.099 --> 00:24:27.179
 in the Bible were applied to them.

00:24:27.700 --> 00:24:28.399
 But the tribe,

00:24:28.519 --> 00:24:30.319
 ten and a half of the tribes disappeared.

00:24:30.460 --> 00:24:31.759
 They got lost from history,

00:24:32.399 --> 00:24:33.500
 and yet they're mentioned,

00:24:33.720 --> 00:24:35.099
 and a half-tribe's missing,

00:24:35.200 --> 00:24:36.059
 and Dan's missing.

00:24:36.059 --> 00:24:36.960
 And then,

00:24:37.099 --> 00:24:38.079
 it's a little bit like,

00:24:38.240 --> 00:24:39.259
 those of you might remember,

00:24:39.399 --> 00:24:40.720
 in Revelation chapter 5,

00:24:40.799 --> 00:24:42.419
 there was a similar type of funny thing.

00:24:43.539 --> 00:24:44.619
 John hears

00:24:44.619 --> 00:24:47.059
 that this mighty act

00:24:47.059 --> 00:24:47.720
 is going to be done

00:24:47.720 --> 00:24:50.539
 by the lion of the tribe of Judah,

00:24:51.019 --> 00:24:53.419
 and then after he hears this,

00:24:54.000 --> 00:24:55.980
 he gets an opportunity to see,

00:24:56.579 --> 00:24:59.039
 and he's expecting to see a lion,

00:24:59.240 --> 00:25:01.259
 and what he sees is a little tiny lamb.

00:25:01.460 --> 00:25:02.059
 Bah!

00:25:02.960 --> 00:25:03.279
 Bah!

00:25:03.279 --> 00:25:03.399
 Bah!

00:25:05.480 --> 00:25:06.319
 He hears lion,

00:25:06.519 --> 00:25:07.279
 sees bah!

00:25:07.799 --> 00:25:08.039
 Bah!

00:25:08.559 --> 00:25:09.279
 And here,

00:25:09.399 --> 00:25:10.740
 he hears Israel,

00:25:11.460 --> 00:25:12.599
 but then as he's hearing Israel,

00:25:12.700 --> 00:25:13.660
 he's getting puzzled,

00:25:13.879 --> 00:25:15.079
 and then what does he see?

00:25:15.759 --> 00:25:16.899
 He sees

00:25:16.899 --> 00:25:18.420
 what's in verse,

00:25:19.160 --> 00:25:20.599
 my page is flipped,

00:25:20.879 --> 00:25:22.420
 he sees what's in verse 9,

00:25:22.879 --> 00:25:23.879
 a great multitude

00:25:23.879 --> 00:25:25.480
 that no one could number

00:25:25.480 --> 00:25:27.259
 from every nation,

00:25:27.700 --> 00:25:29.079
 from all tribes,

00:25:29.279 --> 00:25:30.359
 and all peoples,

00:25:30.539 --> 00:25:31.859
 and all languages

00:25:31.859 --> 00:25:33.099
 standing before the throne.

00:25:33.279 --> 00:25:37.500
 he's surprised.

00:25:38.599 --> 00:25:39.740
 It helps to show

00:25:39.740 --> 00:25:41.000
 that the number is symbolic,

00:25:41.559 --> 00:25:42.599
 and that somehow or another

00:25:42.599 --> 00:25:44.339
 that God is making this new thing,

00:25:44.460 --> 00:25:45.339
 this new Israel,

00:25:45.480 --> 00:25:47.119
 that those who are healed

00:25:47.119 --> 00:25:48.299
 aren't just,

00:25:48.819 --> 00:25:50.059
 here's how I put it,

00:25:50.279 --> 00:25:51.339
 and please take it

00:25:51.339 --> 00:25:52.680
 with a grain of grace.

00:25:53.180 --> 00:25:54.319
 Put it up on the screen, please.

00:25:54.319 --> 00:25:56.919
 God does not want

00:25:56.919 --> 00:25:57.859
 more Canadians

00:25:57.859 --> 00:25:59.539
 or Africans,

00:26:00.500 --> 00:26:02.599
 gays or straights,

00:26:02.599 --> 00:26:04.059
 men or women.

00:26:04.779 --> 00:26:05.500
 He seeks

00:26:05.500 --> 00:26:06.119
 more

00:26:06.119 --> 00:26:07.439
 douloses.

00:26:07.960 --> 00:26:08.819
 I don't know how to spell it.

00:26:09.019 --> 00:26:10.399
 It's D-O-U-L-O-S

00:26:10.399 --> 00:26:11.939
 with an apostrophe at the end.

00:26:12.359 --> 00:26:13.279
 God does not want

00:26:13.279 --> 00:26:14.819
 more Canadians or Africans,

00:26:15.000 --> 00:26:15.919
 gays or straights,

00:26:15.919 --> 00:26:16.599
 men or women.

00:26:17.279 --> 00:26:17.959
 He seeks

00:26:17.959 --> 00:26:18.559
 more

00:26:18.559 --> 00:26:19.699
 doulos.

00:26:21.019 --> 00:26:22.039
 If you go back up

00:26:22.039 --> 00:26:22.819
 to verse 3,

00:26:23.759 --> 00:26:23.980
 it says,

00:26:24.119 --> 00:26:24.939
 do not harm the earth

00:26:24.939 --> 00:26:25.379
 or the sea

00:26:25.379 --> 00:26:25.839
 or the trees

00:26:25.839 --> 00:26:26.939
 until we have sealed the,

00:26:27.059 --> 00:26:27.759
 then the word there

00:26:27.759 --> 00:26:28.759
 translated as servant,

00:26:28.899 --> 00:26:29.539
 some of your Bibles

00:26:29.539 --> 00:26:30.659
 might say slaves,

00:26:31.119 --> 00:26:32.219
 is the word doulos.

00:26:33.599 --> 00:26:33.980
 And

00:26:33.980 --> 00:26:35.839
 some of you have heard me

00:26:35.839 --> 00:26:36.579
 say this before,

00:26:36.740 --> 00:26:37.960
 the problem with the word

00:26:37.960 --> 00:26:39.299
 doulos in modern English

00:26:39.299 --> 00:26:40.480
 is that neither servant

00:26:40.480 --> 00:26:40.980
 or slave

00:26:40.980 --> 00:26:41.380
 is a very,

00:26:41.480 --> 00:26:42.120
 very good word.

00:26:43.019 --> 00:26:43.740
 Many of us,

00:26:43.779 --> 00:26:44.860
 when we hear the word servant,

00:26:44.980 --> 00:26:45.599
 we think of

00:26:45.599 --> 00:26:47.200
 TV series like

00:26:47.200 --> 00:26:48.539
 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.

00:26:50.000 --> 00:26:50.620
 Come on, we do.

00:26:51.099 --> 00:26:51.480
 And, you know,

00:26:51.500 --> 00:26:53.160
 often in American films,

00:26:53.299 --> 00:26:53.940
 the servant

00:26:53.940 --> 00:26:55.019
 is the smart,

00:26:55.240 --> 00:26:56.059
 confident one

00:26:56.059 --> 00:26:57.160
 in the family, right?

00:26:57.759 --> 00:26:58.599
 The whole family

00:26:58.599 --> 00:26:59.500
 is dysfunctional

00:26:59.500 --> 00:27:00.440
 except the servant.

00:27:01.019 --> 00:27:01.700
 Well, that's not

00:27:01.700 --> 00:27:02.940
 what this text means,

00:27:03.539 --> 00:27:03.819
 okay?

00:27:03.980 --> 00:27:04.740
 And the other thing,

00:27:04.859 --> 00:27:06.000
 we hear the word slave,

00:27:06.299 --> 00:27:07.319
 we think of things

00:27:07.319 --> 00:27:08.619
 like 12 years a slave.

00:27:08.839 --> 00:27:09.559
 We think of the

00:27:09.559 --> 00:27:10.980
 terrible, terrible,

00:27:11.200 --> 00:27:12.119
 terrible things

00:27:12.119 --> 00:27:12.759
 that happened

00:27:12.759 --> 00:27:15.159
 on the slave plantations

00:27:15.159 --> 00:27:16.740
 in the Caribbean

00:27:16.740 --> 00:27:18.319
 and the United States.

00:27:18.579 --> 00:27:19.500
 And that's not what,

00:27:19.639 --> 00:27:20.419
 that's not really

00:27:20.419 --> 00:27:21.259
 what's meant either.

00:27:21.879 --> 00:27:22.740
 That's why often

00:27:22.740 --> 00:27:24.259
 I use the word doulos

00:27:24.259 --> 00:27:25.579
 because it,

00:27:25.579 --> 00:27:26.179
 it, it,

00:27:26.179 --> 00:27:26.819
 I mean,

00:27:26.879 --> 00:27:28.200
 it means both servant

00:27:28.200 --> 00:27:28.919
 and slave,

00:27:29.019 --> 00:27:30.139
 but it's something different

00:27:30.139 --> 00:27:30.740
 in the ancient world.

00:27:30.799 --> 00:27:32.000
 But the primary idea

00:27:32.000 --> 00:27:33.039
 behind it does,

00:27:33.039 --> 00:27:34.720
 just like with sealing,

00:27:35.319 --> 00:27:36.379
 has the idea

00:27:36.379 --> 00:27:37.240
 of possession

00:27:37.240 --> 00:27:38.759
 and under authority.

00:27:39.980 --> 00:27:41.299
 Like, in some ways,

00:27:41.799 --> 00:27:43.000
 the image of private

00:27:43.000 --> 00:27:43.940
 would be better,

00:27:44.480 --> 00:27:45.259
 but in terms of

00:27:45.259 --> 00:27:45.960
 if you're in the army.

00:27:47.139 --> 00:27:47.359
 You know,

00:27:47.420 --> 00:27:48.039
 if you just get,

00:27:48.299 --> 00:27:48.539
 you get,

00:27:48.619 --> 00:27:49.240
 I've never been

00:27:49.240 --> 00:27:49.639
 in the military,

00:27:49.799 --> 00:27:50.379
 but if you come in

00:27:50.379 --> 00:27:51.299
 as a lowly private,

00:27:51.859 --> 00:27:52.700
 the distance

00:27:52.700 --> 00:27:54.279
 to general

00:27:54.279 --> 00:27:55.859
 is really high.

00:27:55.859 --> 00:27:59.439
 That's really high.

00:28:00.139 --> 00:28:00.599
 You don't,

00:28:00.599 --> 00:28:01.179
 you don't get any,

00:28:01.240 --> 00:28:01.459
 you don't,

00:28:01.500 --> 00:28:01.879
 you don't get

00:28:01.879 --> 00:28:03.000
 bossed anybody around

00:28:03.000 --> 00:28:04.099
 if you're just

00:28:04.099 --> 00:28:05.359
 a brand new private.

00:28:05.959 --> 00:28:06.419
 You're,

00:28:06.479 --> 00:28:07.459
 you're under authority.

00:28:07.819 --> 00:28:08.259
 And,

00:28:08.339 --> 00:28:09.039
 and that's in a sense

00:28:09.039 --> 00:28:09.559
 what's just being

00:28:09.559 --> 00:28:10.359
 communicated here.

00:28:10.419 --> 00:28:10.539
 And,

00:28:10.619 --> 00:28:11.019
 and you see,

00:28:11.079 --> 00:28:11.979
 what's being communicated

00:28:11.979 --> 00:28:12.919
 here is that

00:28:12.919 --> 00:28:14.099
 God doesn't want

00:28:14.099 --> 00:28:15.039
 Canadian Christians,

00:28:15.219 --> 00:28:16.000
 African Christians,

00:28:16.159 --> 00:28:16.779
 gay Christians,

00:28:16.939 --> 00:28:17.599
 straight Christians,

00:28:17.779 --> 00:28:18.399
 male Christians,

00:28:18.539 --> 00:28:19.299
 female Christians.

00:28:19.299 --> 00:28:20.799
 He's looking for doulos.

00:28:21.919 --> 00:28:22.299
 His doulos.

00:28:22.299 --> 00:28:22.899
 His doulos.

00:28:22.900 --> 00:28:23.920
 You see,

00:28:24.040 --> 00:28:24.700
 what happens

00:28:24.700 --> 00:28:25.680
 when we respond

00:28:25.680 --> 00:28:26.320
 to Jesus

00:28:26.320 --> 00:28:27.160
 and put our faith

00:28:27.160 --> 00:28:28.000
 and trust in him

00:28:28.000 --> 00:28:29.540
 that amongst other things

00:28:29.540 --> 00:28:30.800
 is not only are we sealed,

00:28:31.080 --> 00:28:32.080
 but we're also given

00:28:32.080 --> 00:28:33.000
 a new identity

00:28:33.000 --> 00:28:34.120
 and a new destiny.

00:28:35.680 --> 00:28:37.240
 We're given a new identity

00:28:37.240 --> 00:28:38.320
 and a new destiny.

00:28:38.519 --> 00:28:40.280
 And our primary identity now

00:28:40.280 --> 00:28:42.440
 is that I am the doulos

00:28:42.440 --> 00:28:44.519
 of the living God.

00:28:45.200 --> 00:28:46.759
 I am the doulos

00:28:46.759 --> 00:28:48.480
 of the lamb

00:28:48.480 --> 00:28:49.500
 who was slain

00:28:49.500 --> 00:28:51.100
 to redeem

00:28:51.100 --> 00:28:52.880
 gays and straight

00:28:52.880 --> 00:28:53.480
 Africans

00:28:53.480 --> 00:28:54.180
 and Canadians

00:28:54.180 --> 00:28:54.880
 and Asians

00:28:54.880 --> 00:28:56.360
 and men

00:28:56.360 --> 00:28:56.880
 and women

00:28:56.880 --> 00:28:57.760
 for God.

00:28:58.680 --> 00:28:59.080
 And so,

00:28:59.240 --> 00:29:00.180
 what that means

00:29:00.180 --> 00:29:00.700
 is that,

00:29:00.900 --> 00:29:02.140
 you know,

00:29:02.180 --> 00:29:02.860
 part of what it means

00:29:02.860 --> 00:29:03.900
 to grow as a Christian

00:29:03.900 --> 00:29:05.240
 is the question

00:29:05.240 --> 00:29:06.420
 before us is

00:29:06.420 --> 00:29:08.020
 do I grow

00:29:08.020 --> 00:29:09.740
 into my new identity

00:29:09.740 --> 00:29:11.120
 or do I grow away

00:29:11.120 --> 00:29:12.160
 from my new identity?

00:29:12.340 --> 00:29:13.060
 God wants me

00:29:13.060 --> 00:29:13.980
 to grow into

00:29:13.980 --> 00:29:14.940
 my identity

00:29:14.940 --> 00:29:16.520
 that I understand

00:29:16.520 --> 00:29:17.720
 that even though

00:29:17.720 --> 00:29:18.660
 I am a Canadian

00:29:18.660 --> 00:29:19.740
 and I live in Canada

00:29:19.740 --> 00:29:20.640
 and all of that,

00:29:20.680 --> 00:29:22.220
 that my primary identity

00:29:22.220 --> 00:29:23.400
 is his doulos,

00:29:23.519 --> 00:29:24.220
 that the dream

00:29:24.220 --> 00:29:25.059
 of my heart

00:29:25.059 --> 00:29:25.720
 should be

00:29:25.720 --> 00:29:26.779
 to be his doulos,

00:29:27.579 --> 00:29:28.319
 that even though

00:29:28.319 --> 00:29:29.000
 I'm in Canada

00:29:29.000 --> 00:29:29.680
 and I should be

00:29:29.680 --> 00:29:30.700
 praying for the blessing

00:29:30.700 --> 00:29:31.220
 of Canada

00:29:31.220 --> 00:29:31.980
 and I should seek

00:29:31.980 --> 00:29:32.839
 the good of Canada

00:29:32.839 --> 00:29:34.160
 and there's nothing wrong

00:29:34.160 --> 00:29:34.740
 with serving

00:29:34.740 --> 00:29:35.620
 in the armed forces

00:29:35.620 --> 00:29:36.519
 or serving on

00:29:36.519 --> 00:29:37.299
 Parliament Hill

00:29:37.299 --> 00:29:38.480
 or serving in

00:29:38.480 --> 00:29:38.779
 industry

00:29:38.779 --> 00:29:39.420
 or serving anything

00:29:39.420 --> 00:29:39.779
 that,

00:29:40.120 --> 00:29:41.420
 but that my primary

00:29:41.420 --> 00:29:42.000
 identity

00:29:42.000 --> 00:29:43.220
 that when it is

00:29:43.220 --> 00:29:44.279
 for me to grow in

00:29:44.279 --> 00:29:45.060
 to understand

00:29:45.060 --> 00:29:46.100
 first and foremost

00:29:46.100 --> 00:29:47.200
 where my citizenship

00:29:47.200 --> 00:29:48.019
 and my identity

00:29:48.019 --> 00:29:48.640
 comes from

00:29:48.640 --> 00:29:49.440
 and it comes from

00:29:49.440 --> 00:29:51.539
 being his doulos

00:29:51.539 --> 00:29:53.660
 first and foremost

00:29:53.660 --> 00:29:55.500
 and it not only

00:29:55.500 --> 00:29:56.680
 gives me a new identity

00:29:56.680 --> 00:29:57.340
 it gives me

00:29:57.340 --> 00:29:58.259
 a new destiny

00:29:58.259 --> 00:29:59.500
 and the question

00:29:59.500 --> 00:30:00.080
 before me

00:30:00.080 --> 00:30:01.039
 in growing as a Christian

00:30:01.039 --> 00:30:02.279
 is will I grow

00:30:02.279 --> 00:30:03.740
 into my destiny

00:30:03.740 --> 00:30:05.380
 or away from my destiny?

00:30:05.920 --> 00:30:06.039
 You know,

00:30:06.080 --> 00:30:06.880
 growing away

00:30:06.880 --> 00:30:07.960
 from my identity

00:30:07.960 --> 00:30:08.779
 is to think

00:30:08.779 --> 00:30:09.740
 that being a Canadian

00:30:09.740 --> 00:30:10.940
 or being right wing

00:30:10.940 --> 00:30:11.460
 or being

00:30:11.460 --> 00:30:13.160
 whatever it is

00:30:13.160 --> 00:30:14.000
 is more important

00:30:14.000 --> 00:30:14.960
 than my identity

00:30:14.960 --> 00:30:15.579
 as a Christian

00:30:15.579 --> 00:30:16.200
 that that's the

00:30:16.200 --> 00:30:16.840
 fundamental thing

00:30:16.840 --> 00:30:17.559
 that determines

00:30:17.559 --> 00:30:19.519
 my walk with Jesus

00:30:19.519 --> 00:30:20.600
 and in terms

00:30:20.600 --> 00:30:21.259
 of my destiny

00:30:21.259 --> 00:30:22.660
 it's that we become

00:30:22.660 --> 00:30:23.380
 insular

00:30:23.380 --> 00:30:24.620
 that we lose

00:30:24.620 --> 00:30:25.420
 this sense

00:30:25.420 --> 00:30:26.759
 that every doulos

00:30:26.759 --> 00:30:27.420
 of Jesus

00:30:27.420 --> 00:30:28.120
 is called

00:30:28.120 --> 00:30:29.200
 to be a world

00:30:29.200 --> 00:30:29.960
 Christian

00:30:29.960 --> 00:30:31.460
 that we have

00:30:31.460 --> 00:30:32.299
 an obligation

00:30:32.299 --> 00:30:33.539
 in our community

00:30:33.539 --> 00:30:34.980
 to the arts community

00:30:34.980 --> 00:30:36.079
 in the gay community

00:30:36.079 --> 00:30:37.039
 in the entrepreneurial

00:30:37.039 --> 00:30:37.680
 community

00:30:37.680 --> 00:30:38.680
 in the bureaucrat

00:30:38.680 --> 00:30:39.180
 community

00:30:39.180 --> 00:30:40.779
 and the university

00:30:40.779 --> 00:30:41.460
 community

00:30:41.460 --> 00:30:42.320
 in the poverty

00:30:42.320 --> 00:30:42.900
 community

00:30:42.900 --> 00:30:44.900
 and the poverty

00:30:44.900 --> 00:30:45.940
 workers community

00:30:45.940 --> 00:30:46.600
 and that we have

00:30:46.600 --> 00:30:47.240
 an obligation

00:30:47.240 --> 00:30:48.500
 not just to the tribes

00:30:48.500 --> 00:30:49.039
 and nations

00:30:49.039 --> 00:30:49.660
 and languages

00:30:49.660 --> 00:30:51.039
 in our city

00:30:51.039 --> 00:30:52.320
 of those who speak

00:30:52.320 --> 00:30:52.740
 Arabic

00:30:52.740 --> 00:30:53.759
 and those who speak

00:30:53.759 --> 00:30:54.180
 French

00:30:54.180 --> 00:30:54.900
 and those who speak

00:30:54.900 --> 00:30:55.200
 English

00:30:55.200 --> 00:30:56.420
 but to the ends

00:30:56.420 --> 00:30:57.080
 of the earth

00:30:57.080 --> 00:30:59.640
 that we are to pray

00:30:59.640 --> 00:31:00.940
 that as we grow

00:31:00.940 --> 00:31:01.640
 in our walk

00:31:01.640 --> 00:31:02.160
 with Jesus

00:31:02.160 --> 00:31:03.100
 that we grow

00:31:03.100 --> 00:31:04.420
 into an appreciation

00:31:04.420 --> 00:31:05.820
 of our destiny

00:31:05.820 --> 00:31:07.740
 to look

00:31:07.740 --> 00:31:08.920
 not with fear

00:31:08.920 --> 00:31:09.620
 and loathing

00:31:09.620 --> 00:31:10.480
 from a right wing

00:31:10.480 --> 00:31:11.259
 or a left wing

00:31:11.259 --> 00:31:12.060
 view of the world

00:31:12.060 --> 00:31:13.539
 but to see the world

00:31:13.539 --> 00:31:14.720
 is ripe for harvest

00:31:14.720 --> 00:31:15.400
 and that God

00:31:15.400 --> 00:31:16.080
 has called us

00:31:16.080 --> 00:31:17.480
 to tell tribes

00:31:17.480 --> 00:31:18.039
 and nations

00:31:18.039 --> 00:31:18.720
 and languages

00:31:18.720 --> 00:31:19.340
 and people

00:31:19.340 --> 00:31:20.200
 the good news

00:31:20.200 --> 00:31:22.420
 that they can be

00:31:22.420 --> 00:31:23.880
 sealed by the living God

00:31:23.880 --> 00:31:24.660
 and can belong

00:31:24.660 --> 00:31:25.680
 to him forever

00:31:25.680 --> 00:31:27.120
 and can have

00:31:27.120 --> 00:31:28.220
 the end

00:31:28.220 --> 00:31:29.120
 of what they were

00:31:29.120 --> 00:31:29.840
 made for

00:31:29.840 --> 00:31:31.200
 which was to know

00:31:31.200 --> 00:31:32.640
 and to be reconciled

00:31:32.640 --> 00:31:33.500
 to the living God

00:31:33.500 --> 00:31:34.259
 that that

00:31:34.259 --> 00:31:35.519
 is possible

00:31:35.519 --> 00:31:36.299
 for them

00:31:36.299 --> 00:31:40.840
 now some of you

00:31:40.840 --> 00:31:41.980
 might be troubled

00:31:41.980 --> 00:31:43.140
 by some of what I said

00:31:43.140 --> 00:31:45.440
 I've now had

00:31:45.440 --> 00:31:46.240
 six kids

00:31:46.240 --> 00:31:47.660
 graduate from university

00:31:47.660 --> 00:31:51.580
 and of course

00:31:51.580 --> 00:31:53.120
 sons-in-laws

00:31:53.120 --> 00:31:53.940
 and daughters-in-law

00:31:53.940 --> 00:31:54.460
 and all like that

00:31:54.460 --> 00:31:55.160
 and I ask some of them

00:31:55.160 --> 00:31:56.039
 some of them take courses

00:31:56.039 --> 00:31:56.680
 in this area

00:31:56.680 --> 00:31:58.940
 and if they talk

00:31:58.940 --> 00:31:59.779
 about missionaries

00:31:59.779 --> 00:32:00.440
 in University

00:32:00.440 --> 00:32:01.400
 at University of Ottawa

00:32:01.400 --> 00:32:02.860
 I mean we all know

00:32:02.860 --> 00:32:03.460
 how they're going to talk

00:32:03.460 --> 00:32:04.039
 about missionaries

00:32:04.039 --> 00:32:04.759
 at University of Ottawa

00:32:04.759 --> 00:32:05.320
 they don't say

00:32:05.320 --> 00:32:06.080
 woohoo

00:32:06.080 --> 00:32:09.120
 missionaries rock

00:32:09.120 --> 00:32:10.840
 they don't say that

00:32:10.840 --> 00:32:12.140
 they say missionaries

00:32:12.140 --> 00:32:13.559
 are bad

00:32:13.559 --> 00:32:14.400
 they're terrible

00:32:14.400 --> 00:32:16.360
 that it's imperialism

00:32:16.360 --> 00:32:17.200
 colonialism

00:32:17.200 --> 00:32:18.360
 triumphalism

00:32:18.360 --> 00:32:21.340
 it's pride

00:32:21.340 --> 00:32:22.480
 it's coercion

00:32:22.480 --> 00:32:23.840
 and that's the way

00:32:23.840 --> 00:32:24.940
 and so

00:32:24.940 --> 00:32:26.019
 for me to talk

00:32:26.019 --> 00:32:26.680
 about this type

00:32:26.680 --> 00:32:27.160
 of identity

00:32:27.160 --> 00:32:28.000
 is actually

00:32:28.000 --> 00:32:28.600
 sort of

00:32:28.599 --> 00:32:30.279
 it really goes

00:32:30.279 --> 00:32:31.059
 against the grain

00:32:31.059 --> 00:32:32.599
 of educated culture

00:32:32.599 --> 00:32:34.799
 and popular culture

00:32:34.799 --> 00:32:35.339
 in Canada

00:32:35.339 --> 00:32:36.819
 and so some of us

00:32:36.819 --> 00:32:37.379
 if we're honest

00:32:37.379 --> 00:32:37.939
 are a little bit

00:32:37.939 --> 00:32:38.839
 troubled by it

00:32:38.839 --> 00:32:40.419
 but in fact

00:32:40.419 --> 00:32:41.779
 if you listen

00:32:41.779 --> 00:32:43.000
 to how it's described

00:32:43.000 --> 00:32:43.279
 here

00:32:43.279 --> 00:32:43.939
 it's the most

00:32:43.939 --> 00:32:44.839
 profoundly

00:32:44.839 --> 00:32:46.059
 unproud

00:32:46.059 --> 00:32:47.699
 untriumphalistic

00:32:47.699 --> 00:32:48.759
 uncoercive

00:32:48.759 --> 00:32:49.839
 thing imaginable

00:32:49.839 --> 00:32:51.099
 and it's profound

00:32:51.099 --> 00:32:51.779
 good news

00:32:51.779 --> 00:32:53.119
 listen to it again

00:32:53.119 --> 00:32:54.159
 verses 9 and 10

00:32:54.160 --> 00:32:55.440
 after this

00:32:55.440 --> 00:32:55.900
 I looked

00:32:55.900 --> 00:32:56.480
 and behold

00:32:56.480 --> 00:32:57.460
 a great multitude

00:32:57.460 --> 00:32:58.320
 that no one

00:32:58.320 --> 00:32:58.940
 could number

00:32:58.940 --> 00:33:00.440
 from every nation

00:33:00.440 --> 00:33:02.380
 from all tribes

00:33:02.380 --> 00:33:04.040
 and all peoples

00:33:04.040 --> 00:33:05.779
 and all languages

00:33:05.779 --> 00:33:07.420
 standing before the throne

00:33:07.420 --> 00:33:08.259
 and before the Lamb

00:33:08.259 --> 00:33:09.980
 clothed in white robes

00:33:09.980 --> 00:33:11.240
 with palm branches

00:33:11.240 --> 00:33:11.980
 in their hands

00:33:11.980 --> 00:33:12.740
 and crying out

00:33:12.740 --> 00:33:13.540
 with a loud voice

00:33:13.540 --> 00:33:14.340
 what do they cry?

00:33:15.340 --> 00:33:16.380
 this folks

00:33:16.380 --> 00:33:18.180
 is dynamite

00:33:18.180 --> 00:33:19.200
 against pride

00:33:19.200 --> 00:33:20.200
 this folks

00:33:20.200 --> 00:33:21.240
 is dynamite

00:33:21.240 --> 00:33:22.340
 against presumption

00:33:22.339 --> 00:33:23.359
 and arrogance

00:33:23.359 --> 00:33:24.939
 and colonialism

00:33:24.939 --> 00:33:26.359
 and triumphalism

00:33:26.359 --> 00:33:27.699
 what is the cry?

00:33:28.980 --> 00:33:30.359
 salvation belongs

00:33:30.359 --> 00:33:31.319
 to our God

00:33:31.319 --> 00:33:33.079
 who sits on the throne

00:33:33.079 --> 00:33:34.459
 and to the Lamb

00:33:34.459 --> 00:33:36.539
 salvation belongs

00:33:36.539 --> 00:33:37.279
 to our God

00:33:37.279 --> 00:33:38.459
 who sits on the throne

00:33:38.459 --> 00:33:39.199
 and to the Lamb

00:33:39.199 --> 00:33:40.779
 and in the original language

00:33:40.779 --> 00:33:41.759
 it could be translated

00:33:41.759 --> 00:33:42.619
 it should be

00:33:42.619 --> 00:33:44.139
 it's more literally

00:33:44.139 --> 00:33:45.259
 salvation belongs

00:33:45.259 --> 00:33:47.000
 salvation is

00:33:47.000 --> 00:33:48.199
 of our God

00:33:48.199 --> 00:33:50.339
 and in Greek

00:33:50.339 --> 00:33:50.939
 the word

00:33:50.939 --> 00:33:51.639
 of our God

00:33:51.640 --> 00:33:51.920
 here

00:33:51.920 --> 00:33:53.200
 there's two different ways

00:33:53.200 --> 00:33:53.960
 it can be translated

00:33:53.960 --> 00:33:54.540
 into English

00:33:54.540 --> 00:33:55.160
 the same

00:33:55.160 --> 00:33:56.160
 one Greek word

00:33:56.160 --> 00:33:57.320
 means both

00:33:57.320 --> 00:33:58.440
 but we don't have

00:33:58.440 --> 00:33:59.160
 an English word

00:33:59.160 --> 00:33:59.980
 which is the same

00:33:59.980 --> 00:34:01.300
 and of

00:34:01.300 --> 00:34:02.640
 in this particular text

00:34:02.640 --> 00:34:03.540
 in the original text

00:34:03.540 --> 00:34:04.320
 can either mean

00:34:04.320 --> 00:34:04.980
 possession

00:34:04.980 --> 00:34:07.360
 or causality

00:34:07.360 --> 00:34:10.460
 and so it's either

00:34:10.460 --> 00:34:10.840
 saying

00:34:10.840 --> 00:34:11.760
 and so the ESV

00:34:11.760 --> 00:34:12.900
 some of your translations

00:34:12.900 --> 00:34:13.539
 will translate

00:34:13.539 --> 00:34:14.240
 a little bit different

00:34:14.240 --> 00:34:14.940
 because translators

00:34:14.940 --> 00:34:15.820
 have to make a choice

00:34:15.820 --> 00:34:16.980
 so it's either saying

00:34:16.980 --> 00:34:17.559
 that salvation

00:34:17.559 --> 00:34:19.200
 belongs to God

00:34:19.199 --> 00:34:20.219
 or salvation

00:34:20.219 --> 00:34:21.199
 is caused

00:34:21.199 --> 00:34:22.159
 by God

00:34:22.159 --> 00:34:26.839
 and so our English

00:34:26.839 --> 00:34:27.480
 we have to choose

00:34:27.480 --> 00:34:27.980
 one or the other

00:34:27.980 --> 00:34:28.779
 and translate it into English

00:34:28.779 --> 00:34:29.659
 but the original language

00:34:29.659 --> 00:34:30.299
 is saying both

00:34:30.299 --> 00:34:31.559
 it belongs to him

00:34:31.559 --> 00:34:32.539
 and it's caused

00:34:32.539 --> 00:34:33.099
 by him

00:34:33.099 --> 00:34:34.719
 here's the dynamite

00:34:34.719 --> 00:34:35.339
 if you could put

00:34:35.339 --> 00:34:36.239
 the next thing up

00:34:36.239 --> 00:34:38.839
 here's the dynamite

00:34:38.839 --> 00:34:40.399
 no person

00:34:40.399 --> 00:34:42.179
 no family

00:34:42.179 --> 00:34:43.759
 no philosophy

00:34:43.760 --> 00:34:45.440
 no spirituality

00:34:45.440 --> 00:34:47.240
 no institution

00:34:47.240 --> 00:34:49.120
 owns salvation

00:34:49.120 --> 00:34:50.560
 salvation

00:34:50.560 --> 00:34:51.720
 only belongs

00:34:51.720 --> 00:34:52.180
 to God

00:34:52.180 --> 00:34:52.820
 and to the Lamb

00:34:52.820 --> 00:34:54.880
 no race

00:34:54.880 --> 00:34:56.060
 no color

00:34:56.060 --> 00:34:58.540
 no educational attainment

00:34:58.540 --> 00:35:00.820
 no socioeconomic status

00:35:00.820 --> 00:35:01.380
 or wealth

00:35:01.380 --> 00:35:02.220
 or bank account

00:35:02.220 --> 00:35:03.760
 owns salvation

00:35:03.760 --> 00:35:06.620
 I do not own salvation

00:35:06.620 --> 00:35:07.360
 this church

00:35:07.360 --> 00:35:08.500
 does not own salvation

00:35:08.500 --> 00:35:09.320
 the Anglican Network

00:35:09.320 --> 00:35:09.800
 in Canada

00:35:09.800 --> 00:35:10.960
 does not own salvation

00:35:10.960 --> 00:35:12.960
 the Roman Catholic Church

00:35:12.960 --> 00:35:14.900
 does not own salvation

00:35:14.900 --> 00:35:16.079
 Canada

00:35:16.079 --> 00:35:16.860
 the United States

00:35:16.860 --> 00:35:18.679
 the military industrial complex

00:35:18.679 --> 00:35:19.619
 the Green Movement

00:35:19.619 --> 00:35:20.519
 none of them

00:35:20.519 --> 00:35:21.420
 own salvation

00:35:21.420 --> 00:35:24.900
 only God

00:35:24.900 --> 00:35:26.840
 owns it

00:35:26.840 --> 00:35:27.960
 salvation

00:35:27.960 --> 00:35:29.360
 only belongs

00:35:29.360 --> 00:35:30.079
 to God

00:35:30.079 --> 00:35:31.019
 and to the Lamb

00:35:31.019 --> 00:35:34.260
 no person

00:35:34.260 --> 00:35:35.119
 no family

00:35:35.119 --> 00:35:36.079
 no philosophy

00:35:36.079 --> 00:35:37.099
 no spirituality

00:35:37.099 --> 00:35:38.380
 no institution

00:35:38.380 --> 00:35:39.159
 owns

00:35:39.159 --> 00:35:40.260
 salvation

00:35:40.260 --> 00:35:42.280
 it is of God

00:35:42.280 --> 00:35:44.280
 it belongs to Him

00:35:44.280 --> 00:35:45.460
 what does this mean?

00:35:46.400 --> 00:35:47.620
 there are many people

00:35:47.620 --> 00:35:48.120
 there are many

00:35:48.120 --> 00:35:48.940
 spiritualities

00:35:48.940 --> 00:35:49.420
 there are many

00:35:49.420 --> 00:35:50.200
 philosophies

00:35:50.200 --> 00:35:50.660
 there are many

00:35:50.660 --> 00:35:51.320
 ideologies

00:35:51.320 --> 00:35:52.300
 that teach in fact

00:35:52.300 --> 00:35:52.940
 that some of us

00:35:52.940 --> 00:35:53.540
 are doomed

00:35:53.540 --> 00:35:54.760
 and that we cannot

00:35:54.760 --> 00:35:55.940
 do anything about it

00:35:55.940 --> 00:35:57.680
 and this says

00:35:57.680 --> 00:35:58.740
 that is not true

00:35:58.740 --> 00:36:00.260
 that is not true

00:36:00.260 --> 00:36:01.200
 are you an untouchable

00:36:01.200 --> 00:36:02.060
 in India?

00:36:03.000 --> 00:36:03.380
 are you

00:36:03.380 --> 00:36:05.140
 a despised person

00:36:05.140 --> 00:36:05.960
 in China?

00:36:06.760 --> 00:36:07.300
 are you

00:36:07.300 --> 00:36:09.800
 are you mentally

00:36:09.800 --> 00:36:10.680
 handicapped?

00:36:10.800 --> 00:36:11.080
 are you

00:36:11.080 --> 00:36:12.320
 poor or broken

00:36:12.320 --> 00:36:13.019
 or alcoholic

00:36:13.019 --> 00:36:14.680
 or some type of

00:36:14.680 --> 00:36:15.940
 broken and despised

00:36:15.940 --> 00:36:16.640
 whatever it is

00:36:16.640 --> 00:36:17.780
 the way that the

00:36:17.780 --> 00:36:18.539
 left despise

00:36:18.539 --> 00:36:19.580
 or the right despise

00:36:19.580 --> 00:36:21.480
 because

00:36:21.480 --> 00:36:22.519
 salvation

00:36:22.519 --> 00:36:23.860
 is belonging

00:36:23.860 --> 00:36:24.620
 to God

00:36:24.620 --> 00:36:25.519
 and the God

00:36:25.519 --> 00:36:26.340
 that is revealed

00:36:26.340 --> 00:36:26.820
 here

00:36:26.820 --> 00:36:27.560
 is a God

00:36:27.560 --> 00:36:28.300
 that desires

00:36:28.300 --> 00:36:28.840
 people

00:36:28.840 --> 00:36:30.240
 from every nation

00:36:30.240 --> 00:36:31.560
 every people

00:36:31.560 --> 00:36:33.120
 every language

00:36:33.120 --> 00:36:34.860
 every state of life

00:36:34.860 --> 00:36:35.720
 to be with Him

00:36:35.719 --> 00:36:36.099
 in Heaven

00:36:36.099 --> 00:36:37.079
 it means that

00:36:37.079 --> 00:36:38.239
 there is no one

00:36:38.239 --> 00:36:39.480
 who is doomed

00:36:39.480 --> 00:36:41.359
 by external

00:36:41.359 --> 00:36:42.339
 or internal

00:36:42.339 --> 00:36:42.939
 forces

00:36:42.939 --> 00:36:44.519
 that what some

00:36:44.519 --> 00:36:45.500
 Muslims teach

00:36:45.500 --> 00:36:46.259
 that in the moment

00:36:46.259 --> 00:36:47.039
 of your conception

00:36:47.039 --> 00:36:47.419
 in the womb

00:36:47.419 --> 00:36:47.980
 that God

00:36:47.980 --> 00:36:49.059
 writes on you

00:36:49.059 --> 00:36:49.679
 whether or not

00:36:49.679 --> 00:36:50.579
 you will go to Heaven

00:36:50.579 --> 00:36:51.500
 or whether you will not

00:36:51.500 --> 00:36:52.919
 that that is not true

00:36:52.919 --> 00:36:54.059
 that salvation

00:36:54.059 --> 00:36:55.039
 belongs to God

00:36:55.039 --> 00:36:56.500
 and that every person

00:36:56.500 --> 00:36:58.039
 can say

00:36:58.039 --> 00:36:59.459
 I cannot trust in myself

00:36:59.459 --> 00:37:00.799
 I cannot achieve myself

00:37:00.799 --> 00:37:01.279
 God

00:37:01.279 --> 00:37:03.059
 salvation belongs to you

00:37:03.059 --> 00:37:04.159
 may you grant that

00:37:04.159 --> 00:37:04.519
 to me

00:37:04.519 --> 00:37:05.980
 may you bring that

00:37:05.980 --> 00:37:06.279
 to me

00:37:06.279 --> 00:37:07.359
 may that come to me

00:37:07.359 --> 00:37:08.519
 may I dwell in that

00:37:08.519 --> 00:37:10.319
 it belongs to you

00:37:10.319 --> 00:37:12.139
 and I desire

00:37:12.139 --> 00:37:13.920
 what only you have

00:37:13.920 --> 00:37:16.019
 and what I can never have

00:37:16.019 --> 00:37:17.199
 by my own power

00:37:17.199 --> 00:37:18.420
 or my own accomplishments

00:37:18.420 --> 00:37:20.819
 Father will you give me

00:37:20.819 --> 00:37:22.879
 Lamb of God

00:37:22.879 --> 00:37:24.219
 who is slain for me

00:37:24.219 --> 00:37:25.339
 will you give me

00:37:25.339 --> 00:37:26.460
 what belongs to you

00:37:26.460 --> 00:37:28.119
 and God not weighing

00:37:28.119 --> 00:37:28.659
 our merits

00:37:28.659 --> 00:37:29.940
 but pardoning our offenses

00:37:29.940 --> 00:37:30.799
 will so give it

00:37:30.799 --> 00:37:32.859
 there is hope

00:37:32.860 --> 00:37:35.260
 for the despised

00:37:35.260 --> 00:37:35.740
 of the earth

00:37:35.740 --> 00:37:38.300
 there is

00:37:38.300 --> 00:37:42.640
 it undercuts

00:37:42.640 --> 00:37:43.740
 pride

00:37:43.740 --> 00:37:45.140
 and presumption

00:37:45.140 --> 00:37:46.579
 it means that

00:37:46.579 --> 00:37:48.059
 my grandchildren

00:37:48.059 --> 00:37:48.740
 can't say

00:37:48.740 --> 00:37:49.420
 I don't have to deal

00:37:49.420 --> 00:37:50.099
 with these matters

00:37:50.099 --> 00:37:52.880
 my papa's a pastor

00:37:52.880 --> 00:37:56.400
 my kids can't say

00:37:56.400 --> 00:37:57.099
 I don't have to deal

00:37:57.099 --> 00:37:57.800
 with these matters

00:37:57.800 --> 00:37:59.599
 my dad's a pastor

00:37:59.599 --> 00:38:01.699
 we can't say

00:38:01.699 --> 00:38:02.719
 I don't have to deal

00:38:02.719 --> 00:38:03.360
 with these things

00:38:03.360 --> 00:38:04.659
 I'm a Canadian

00:38:04.659 --> 00:38:06.259
 Canadians get what

00:38:06.259 --> 00:38:07.059
 they want

00:38:07.059 --> 00:38:10.019
 it deals with

00:38:10.019 --> 00:38:10.860
 all pride

00:38:10.860 --> 00:38:11.839
 it undercuts

00:38:11.839 --> 00:38:12.960
 all pride

00:38:12.960 --> 00:38:14.460
 all presumption

00:38:14.460 --> 00:38:16.159
 yet at the same time

00:38:16.159 --> 00:38:16.779
 it gives us

00:38:16.779 --> 00:38:18.099
 a very very secure

00:38:18.099 --> 00:38:18.500
 thing

00:38:18.500 --> 00:38:19.920
 friends there are

00:38:19.920 --> 00:38:20.900
 times in our lives

00:38:20.900 --> 00:38:21.920
 if some of you

00:38:21.920 --> 00:38:22.239
 are young

00:38:22.239 --> 00:38:22.719
 maybe it hasn't

00:38:22.719 --> 00:38:23.440
 happened to you yet

00:38:23.440 --> 00:38:24.299
 but you live long

00:38:24.299 --> 00:38:24.719
 enough

00:38:24.719 --> 00:38:26.779
 you deal with

00:38:26.779 --> 00:38:27.179
 illness

00:38:27.179 --> 00:38:27.939
 you deal with

00:38:27.939 --> 00:38:28.459
 failure

00:38:28.459 --> 00:38:29.159
 you deal with

00:38:29.159 --> 00:38:29.679
 depression

00:38:29.679 --> 00:38:30.399
 you deal with

00:38:30.399 --> 00:38:30.939
 sadness

00:38:30.939 --> 00:38:32.959
 you deal with

00:38:32.959 --> 00:38:33.559
 things that just

00:38:33.559 --> 00:38:34.319
 don't work out

00:38:34.319 --> 00:38:35.299
 and if salvation

00:38:35.299 --> 00:38:36.219
 is something

00:38:36.219 --> 00:38:37.019
 that depends

00:38:37.019 --> 00:38:37.799
 upon you

00:38:37.799 --> 00:38:39.399
 you wonder

00:38:39.399 --> 00:38:39.919
 if there is

00:38:39.919 --> 00:38:40.599
 any hope

00:38:40.599 --> 00:38:43.859
 as you hear

00:38:43.859 --> 00:38:44.639
 the cry

00:38:44.639 --> 00:38:45.239
 of heaven

00:38:45.239 --> 00:38:46.119
 that salvation

00:38:46.119 --> 00:38:47.219
 belongs to

00:38:47.219 --> 00:38:48.279
 our God

00:38:48.279 --> 00:38:50.579
 then my hope

00:38:50.579 --> 00:38:51.279
 is secure

00:38:51.279 --> 00:38:52.379
 and it's not

00:38:52.379 --> 00:38:52.839
 pride

00:38:52.839 --> 00:38:53.419
 it's not

00:38:53.419 --> 00:38:54.000
 presumption

00:38:54.000 --> 00:38:54.820
 nothing in my

00:38:54.820 --> 00:38:55.719
 hands I bring

00:38:55.719 --> 00:38:56.900
 not weighing my

00:38:56.900 --> 00:38:57.260
 merits

00:38:57.260 --> 00:38:58.099
 not weighing my

00:38:58.099 --> 00:38:58.699
 accomplishments

00:38:58.699 --> 00:38:59.579
 not looking at

00:38:59.579 --> 00:39:00.099
 my race

00:39:00.099 --> 00:39:00.820
 not looking at

00:39:00.820 --> 00:39:01.760
 my sexuality

00:39:01.760 --> 00:39:02.820
 not looking at

00:39:02.820 --> 00:39:03.480
 any of these

00:39:03.480 --> 00:39:04.059
 things because

00:39:04.059 --> 00:39:04.920
 it belongs to

00:39:04.920 --> 00:39:05.780
 God and he

00:39:05.780 --> 00:39:06.460
 gives it to

00:39:06.460 --> 00:39:07.199
 those who

00:39:07.199 --> 00:39:08.159
 call out to

00:39:08.159 --> 00:39:09.199
 him with a

00:39:09.199 --> 00:39:10.099
 broken heart

00:39:10.099 --> 00:39:11.480
 to give me

00:39:11.480 --> 00:39:12.199
 what only you

00:39:12.199 --> 00:39:12.800
 have and what

00:39:12.800 --> 00:39:13.460
 only you can

00:39:13.460 --> 00:39:13.920
 cause

00:39:13.920 --> 00:39:17.340
 and that is the

00:39:17.340 --> 00:39:17.940
 message that we

00:39:17.940 --> 00:39:18.739
 can take to the

00:39:18.739 --> 00:39:19.440
 untouchables

00:39:19.440 --> 00:39:20.400
 to the despised

00:39:20.400 --> 00:39:21.440
 to the powerful

00:39:21.440 --> 00:39:22.139
 to the rich

00:39:22.139 --> 00:39:23.239
 to the educated

00:39:23.239 --> 00:39:26.919
 a few years

00:39:26.919 --> 00:39:27.559
 ago at our

00:39:27.559 --> 00:39:28.319
 evening service

00:39:28.319 --> 00:39:29.039
 I used to

00:39:29.039 --> 00:39:29.599
 have an evening

00:39:29.599 --> 00:39:30.459
 service and

00:39:30.459 --> 00:39:31.039
 when we had

00:39:31.039 --> 00:39:31.739
 interns at that

00:39:31.739 --> 00:39:32.939
 time there was

00:39:32.939 --> 00:39:33.539
 a brief period

00:39:33.539 --> 00:39:33.899
 where our

00:39:33.899 --> 00:39:34.459
 evening service

00:39:34.459 --> 00:39:35.099
 had all these

00:39:35.099 --> 00:39:35.959
 guys and gals

00:39:35.959 --> 00:39:37.019
 with PhDs

00:39:37.019 --> 00:39:37.799
 like if you

00:39:37.799 --> 00:39:38.179
 only had a

00:39:38.179 --> 00:39:38.919
 master's degree

00:39:38.919 --> 00:39:39.359
 you were like

00:39:39.359 --> 00:39:40.919
 uneducated in

00:39:40.919 --> 00:39:41.619
 the crowd and

00:39:41.619 --> 00:39:42.319
 I'd have these

00:39:42.319 --> 00:39:43.179
 interns and they

00:39:43.179 --> 00:39:43.879
 were terribly

00:39:43.879 --> 00:39:44.459
 intimidated

00:39:44.459 --> 00:39:48.439
 and I said to

00:39:48.439 --> 00:39:48.719
 one of them

00:39:48.719 --> 00:39:49.939
 listen I went

00:39:49.939 --> 00:39:50.439
 over what he'd

00:39:50.439 --> 00:39:51.059
 done as his

00:39:51.059 --> 00:39:51.559
 sermon I said

00:39:51.559 --> 00:39:52.299
 listen don't try

00:39:52.300 --> 00:39:52.920
 to impress

00:39:52.920 --> 00:39:53.980
 these PhDs

00:39:53.980 --> 00:39:54.780
 with educate

00:39:54.780 --> 00:39:56.480
 like listen

00:39:56.480 --> 00:39:57.300
 you try to

00:39:57.300 --> 00:39:57.900
 start talking

00:39:57.900 --> 00:39:58.360
 about when

00:39:58.360 --> 00:39:59.080
 things change

00:39:59.080 --> 00:39:59.580
 in western

00:39:59.580 --> 00:40:00.320
 civilization

00:40:00.320 --> 00:40:01.060
 they'll just

00:40:01.060 --> 00:40:02.660
 you know what

00:40:02.660 --> 00:40:03.360
 I said every

00:40:03.360 --> 00:40:03.900
 one of these

00:40:03.900 --> 00:40:04.860
 guys and gals

00:40:04.860 --> 00:40:06.120
 in that room

00:40:06.120 --> 00:40:07.900
 they all struggle

00:40:07.900 --> 00:40:08.660
 with pride

00:40:08.660 --> 00:40:10.019
 they all struggle

00:40:10.019 --> 00:40:10.700
 with envy

00:40:10.700 --> 00:40:12.220
 they all struggle

00:40:12.220 --> 00:40:14.660
 with sloth

00:40:14.660 --> 00:40:15.460
 and with lust

00:40:15.460 --> 00:40:16.920
 and with greed

00:40:16.920 --> 00:40:17.840
 and with gluttony

00:40:17.840 --> 00:40:19.760
 they all have

00:40:19.760 --> 00:40:20.559
 problems with

00:40:20.559 --> 00:40:21.180
 their kids

00:40:21.180 --> 00:40:21.539
 and their

00:40:21.539 --> 00:40:22.120
 wives

00:40:22.120 --> 00:40:23.240
 and their

00:40:23.240 --> 00:40:24.000
 boyfriends

00:40:24.000 --> 00:40:24.360
 or their

00:40:24.360 --> 00:40:24.940
 husbands

00:40:24.940 --> 00:40:26.800
 like give

00:40:26.800 --> 00:40:27.700
 them Jesus

00:40:27.700 --> 00:40:31.840
 don't try to

00:40:31.840 --> 00:40:32.600
 intellectually

00:40:32.600 --> 00:40:33.519
 impress them

00:40:33.519 --> 00:40:34.940
 tell them that

00:40:34.940 --> 00:40:35.980
 salvation belongs

00:40:35.980 --> 00:40:36.780
 to our God

00:40:36.780 --> 00:40:38.320
 and not to the

00:40:38.320 --> 00:40:39.120
 University of Ottawa

00:40:39.120 --> 00:40:39.840
 or Carleton

00:40:39.840 --> 00:40:40.500
 or Oxford

00:40:40.500 --> 00:40:41.140
 or Cambridge

00:40:41.140 --> 00:40:42.960
 but salvation

00:40:42.960 --> 00:40:43.820
 belongs to

00:40:43.820 --> 00:40:44.360
 our God

00:40:44.360 --> 00:40:47.420
 just sort of

00:40:47.420 --> 00:40:48.260
 in closing

00:40:48.260 --> 00:40:50.840
 I don't have

00:40:50.840 --> 00:40:51.300
 the time

00:40:51.300 --> 00:40:52.760
 to really

00:40:52.760 --> 00:40:54.000
 develop it

00:40:54.000 --> 00:40:57.400
 here's the

00:40:57.400 --> 00:40:59.180
 final thing

00:40:59.180 --> 00:41:01.280
 when I came

00:41:01.280 --> 00:41:01.700
 to this

00:41:01.700 --> 00:41:03.240
 church quite a

00:41:03.240 --> 00:41:03.800
 few years ago

00:41:03.800 --> 00:41:04.480
 and I was

00:41:04.480 --> 00:41:04.940
 trying to figure

00:41:04.940 --> 00:41:05.539
 out what I

00:41:05.539 --> 00:41:06.099
 should share

00:41:06.099 --> 00:41:06.400
 with them

00:41:06.400 --> 00:41:07.079
 with my vision

00:41:07.079 --> 00:41:07.460
 and all of

00:41:07.460 --> 00:41:07.980
 that type of

00:41:07.980 --> 00:41:08.200
 thing

00:41:08.200 --> 00:41:09.760
 and after a

00:41:09.760 --> 00:41:09.980
 couple of

00:41:09.980 --> 00:41:10.480
 years I came

00:41:10.480 --> 00:41:11.079
 across this

00:41:11.079 --> 00:41:11.559
 guy who asked

00:41:11.559 --> 00:41:12.099
 a very very

00:41:12.099 --> 00:41:12.680
 useful and

00:41:12.680 --> 00:41:13.539
 helpful question

00:41:13.539 --> 00:41:15.259
 and asking

00:41:15.259 --> 00:41:15.860
 this question

00:41:15.860 --> 00:41:16.239
 is a very

00:41:16.239 --> 00:41:16.840
 very helpful

00:41:16.840 --> 00:41:17.239
 question

00:41:17.239 --> 00:41:17.559
 I think it

00:41:17.559 --> 00:41:18.019
 was called

00:41:18.019 --> 00:41:19.420
 it was a

00:41:19.420 --> 00:41:19.880
 long article

00:41:19.880 --> 00:41:20.440
 called 10

00:41:20.440 --> 00:41:21.079
 questions for

00:41:21.079 --> 00:41:21.519
 the rest of

00:41:21.519 --> 00:41:21.920
 your life

00:41:21.920 --> 00:41:23.619
 and one of

00:41:23.619 --> 00:41:24.139
 the questions

00:41:24.139 --> 00:41:24.940
 was imagine

00:41:24.940 --> 00:41:25.300
 that you're

00:41:25.300 --> 00:41:25.699
 like 80

00:41:25.699 --> 00:41:26.139
 years old

00:41:26.139 --> 00:41:26.779
 85 years

00:41:26.779 --> 00:41:26.980
 old

00:41:26.980 --> 00:41:27.440
 90 years

00:41:27.440 --> 00:41:27.719
 old

00:41:27.719 --> 00:41:28.300
 and you're

00:41:28.300 --> 00:41:28.820
 looking back

00:41:28.820 --> 00:41:29.119
 on your

00:41:29.119 --> 00:41:29.420
 life

00:41:29.420 --> 00:41:31.400
 what is it

00:41:31.400 --> 00:41:31.940
 that you'll

00:41:31.940 --> 00:41:33.079
 wish you

00:41:33.079 --> 00:41:33.900
 hadn't achieved

00:41:33.900 --> 00:41:34.599
 or tried to

00:41:34.599 --> 00:41:34.800
 do

00:41:34.800 --> 00:41:38.099
 that's a

00:41:38.099 --> 00:41:38.559
 very very

00:41:38.559 --> 00:41:39.159
 very helpful

00:41:39.159 --> 00:41:39.800
 question

00:41:39.800 --> 00:41:42.240
 and in

00:41:42.240 --> 00:41:42.680
 fact I

00:41:42.680 --> 00:41:43.580
 found it

00:41:43.580 --> 00:41:44.980
 very very

00:41:44.980 --> 00:41:45.820
 challenging

00:41:45.820 --> 00:41:46.320
 and thought

00:41:46.320 --> 00:41:46.760
 provoking

00:41:46.760 --> 00:41:48.860
 and you

00:41:48.860 --> 00:41:49.420
 see that's

00:41:49.420 --> 00:41:49.740
 one of the

00:41:49.740 --> 00:41:50.180
 functions

00:41:50.180 --> 00:41:51.620
 of all of

00:41:51.620 --> 00:41:52.200
 these visions

00:41:52.200 --> 00:41:52.780
 of heaven

00:41:52.780 --> 00:41:54.420
 you know

00:41:54.420 --> 00:41:55.039
 palm branches

00:41:55.039 --> 00:41:55.740
 might not do

00:41:55.740 --> 00:41:56.280
 it for you

00:41:56.280 --> 00:41:58.860
 but look

00:41:58.860 --> 00:41:59.460
 again here

00:41:59.460 --> 00:42:00.000
 at verse

00:42:00.000 --> 00:42:01.280
 9 and 10

00:42:01.280 --> 00:42:01.740
 and 11

00:42:01.740 --> 00:42:03.280
 and 12

00:42:03.280 --> 00:42:04.880
 after this I

00:42:04.880 --> 00:42:05.360
 looked and

00:42:05.360 --> 00:42:05.920
 behold a

00:42:05.920 --> 00:42:06.580
 great multitude

00:42:06.580 --> 00:42:07.340
 that no one

00:42:07.340 --> 00:42:07.860
 could number

00:42:07.860 --> 00:42:08.519
 from every

00:42:08.519 --> 00:42:09.120
 nation from

00:42:09.119 --> 00:42:09.960
 all tribes

00:42:09.960 --> 00:42:10.500
 and peoples

00:42:10.500 --> 00:42:11.079
 and languages

00:42:11.079 --> 00:42:11.759
 standing before

00:42:11.759 --> 00:42:12.219
 the throne

00:42:12.219 --> 00:42:12.579
 and before

00:42:12.579 --> 00:42:12.960
 the lamb

00:42:12.960 --> 00:42:13.599
 clothed in

00:42:13.599 --> 00:42:14.179
 white robes

00:42:14.179 --> 00:42:15.039
 with palm

00:42:15.039 --> 00:42:15.639
 branches in

00:42:15.639 --> 00:42:16.159
 their hands

00:42:16.159 --> 00:42:16.659
 and crying

00:42:16.659 --> 00:42:17.139
 out with a

00:42:17.139 --> 00:42:17.719
 loud voice

00:42:17.719 --> 00:42:18.819
 salvation

00:42:18.819 --> 00:42:19.619
 belongs to

00:42:19.619 --> 00:42:20.119
 our God

00:42:20.119 --> 00:42:20.599
 who sits

00:42:20.599 --> 00:42:20.900
 on the

00:42:20.900 --> 00:42:21.159
 throne

00:42:21.159 --> 00:42:21.420
 and to

00:42:21.420 --> 00:42:21.880
 the lamb

00:42:21.880 --> 00:42:22.659
 and all

00:42:22.659 --> 00:42:23.339
 the angels

00:42:23.339 --> 00:42:23.839
 were standing

00:42:23.839 --> 00:42:24.299
 around the

00:42:24.299 --> 00:42:24.559
 throne

00:42:24.559 --> 00:42:25.000
 and around

00:42:25.000 --> 00:42:25.519
 the elders

00:42:25.519 --> 00:42:25.819
 and the

00:42:25.819 --> 00:42:26.299
 four living

00:42:26.299 --> 00:42:26.679
 creatures

00:42:26.679 --> 00:42:26.980
 and they

00:42:26.980 --> 00:42:27.500
 fell on

00:42:27.500 --> 00:42:28.039
 their faces

00:42:28.039 --> 00:42:28.619
 before the

00:42:28.619 --> 00:42:28.900
 throne

00:42:28.900 --> 00:42:29.799
 and worship

00:42:29.799 --> 00:42:30.179
 God

00:42:30.179 --> 00:42:30.579
 saying

00:42:30.579 --> 00:42:31.179
 Amen

00:42:31.179 --> 00:42:32.759
 the blessing

00:42:32.759 --> 00:42:33.380
 and the

00:42:33.380 --> 00:42:33.799
 glory

00:42:33.799 --> 00:42:34.359
 and the

00:42:34.359 --> 00:42:34.759
 wisdom

00:42:34.759 --> 00:42:35.319
 and the

00:42:35.319 --> 00:42:35.960
 thanksgiving

00:42:35.960 --> 00:42:36.440
 and the

00:42:36.440 --> 00:42:36.799
 honor

00:42:36.799 --> 00:42:37.219
 and the

00:42:37.219 --> 00:42:37.619
 power

00:42:37.619 --> 00:42:38.039
 and the

00:42:38.039 --> 00:42:38.380
 might

00:42:38.380 --> 00:42:39.099
 be to

00:42:39.099 --> 00:42:39.680
 our God

00:42:39.680 --> 00:42:40.400
 forever

00:42:40.400 --> 00:42:41.280
 and ever

00:42:41.280 --> 00:42:42.099
 Amen

00:42:42.099 --> 00:42:44.860
 and the

00:42:44.860 --> 00:42:45.460
 question is

00:42:45.460 --> 00:42:45.800
 at the end

00:42:45.800 --> 00:42:46.240
 of your life

00:42:46.240 --> 00:42:46.559
 do you want

00:42:46.559 --> 00:42:47.079
 to be there

00:42:47.079 --> 00:42:52.720
 should that

00:42:52.720 --> 00:42:53.340
 or can

00:42:53.340 --> 00:42:53.720
 that

00:42:53.720 --> 00:42:54.700
 be your

00:42:54.700 --> 00:42:55.360
 supreme

00:42:55.360 --> 00:42:56.119
 ambition

00:42:56.119 --> 00:42:59.220
 put up the

00:42:59.220 --> 00:42:59.760
 next slide

00:42:59.760 --> 00:43:02.500
 growing a

00:43:02.500 --> 00:43:02.900
 biblical

00:43:02.900 --> 00:43:03.760
 longing for

00:43:03.760 --> 00:43:04.180
 heaven

00:43:04.180 --> 00:43:05.700
 will heal

00:43:05.700 --> 00:43:06.740
 order

00:43:06.740 --> 00:43:07.840
 and ground

00:43:07.840 --> 00:43:09.080
 my dreams

00:43:09.080 --> 00:43:09.780
 and yours

00:43:09.780 --> 00:43:10.800
 I write

00:43:10.800 --> 00:43:11.360
 my so that

00:43:11.360 --> 00:43:11.720
 you write it

00:43:11.720 --> 00:43:12.020
 down in your

00:43:12.020 --> 00:43:12.260
 notes

00:43:12.260 --> 00:43:12.900
 you're speaking

00:43:12.900 --> 00:43:13.520
 about yourself

00:43:13.520 --> 00:43:16.540
 growing a

00:43:16.540 --> 00:43:16.920
 biblical

00:43:16.920 --> 00:43:17.740
 longing for

00:43:17.740 --> 00:43:18.060
 heaven

00:43:18.060 --> 00:43:18.880
 will heal

00:43:18.880 --> 00:43:19.620
 order

00:43:19.620 --> 00:43:20.580
 and ground

00:43:20.580 --> 00:43:21.340
 your dreams

00:43:21.340 --> 00:43:22.240
 see the text

00:43:22.240 --> 00:43:22.640
 doesn't say

00:43:22.640 --> 00:43:23.000
 that we all

00:43:23.000 --> 00:43:23.620
 become monks

00:43:23.620 --> 00:43:24.040
 that we all

00:43:24.040 --> 00:43:24.840
 become nuns

00:43:24.840 --> 00:43:25.360
 it doesn't say

00:43:25.360 --> 00:43:25.740
 that we all

00:43:25.740 --> 00:43:26.480
 become pastors

00:43:26.480 --> 00:43:27.140
 of churches

00:43:27.139 --> 00:43:28.400
 it's all

00:43:28.400 --> 00:43:28.859
 nations

00:43:28.859 --> 00:43:29.679
 all peoples

00:43:29.679 --> 00:43:30.440
 all people

00:43:30.440 --> 00:43:30.920
 groups

00:43:30.920 --> 00:43:32.400
 but it

00:43:32.400 --> 00:43:33.319
 it sets

00:43:33.319 --> 00:43:34.099
 before us

00:43:34.099 --> 00:43:34.819
 this biblical

00:43:34.819 --> 00:43:35.619
 notion of

00:43:35.619 --> 00:43:35.960
 heaven

00:43:35.960 --> 00:43:37.000
 and it's

00:43:37.000 --> 00:43:37.920
 to clarify

00:43:37.920 --> 00:43:38.559
 within us

00:43:38.559 --> 00:43:39.400
 if my

00:43:39.400 --> 00:43:40.220
 should that

00:43:40.220 --> 00:43:41.119
 not be my

00:43:41.119 --> 00:43:41.700
 supreme

00:43:41.700 --> 00:43:42.380
 ambition

00:43:42.380 --> 00:43:43.079
 that I

00:43:43.079 --> 00:43:44.079
 not by

00:43:44.079 --> 00:43:44.539
 my own

00:43:44.539 --> 00:43:44.880
 merits

00:43:44.880 --> 00:43:45.300
 but by

00:43:45.300 --> 00:43:45.820
 the shed

00:43:45.820 --> 00:43:46.200
 blood of

00:43:46.200 --> 00:43:46.480
 Christ

00:43:46.480 --> 00:43:46.720
 and what

00:43:46.720 --> 00:43:47.280
 he has won

00:43:47.280 --> 00:43:47.579
 for me

00:43:47.579 --> 00:43:47.840
 on the

00:43:47.840 --> 00:43:48.240
 cross

00:43:48.240 --> 00:43:49.639
 that I

00:43:49.639 --> 00:43:50.260
 will one

00:43:50.260 --> 00:43:50.940
 day stand

00:43:50.940 --> 00:43:51.700
 with angels

00:43:51.700 --> 00:43:52.599
 and archangels

00:43:52.599 --> 00:43:53.340
 and the entire

00:43:53.340 --> 00:43:54.059
 created order

00:43:54.059 --> 00:43:54.599
 that I

00:43:54.599 --> 00:43:55.300
 will stand

00:43:55.300 --> 00:43:55.840
 before the

00:43:55.840 --> 00:43:56.360
 living God

00:43:56.360 --> 00:43:56.980
 unashamed

00:43:56.980 --> 00:43:57.720
 clothed with

00:43:57.720 --> 00:43:58.260
 a righteousness

00:43:58.260 --> 00:43:59.660
 and a favor

00:43:59.660 --> 00:44:00.260
 from God

00:44:00.260 --> 00:44:00.780
 that is not

00:44:00.780 --> 00:44:01.200
 my own

00:44:01.200 --> 00:44:01.760
 but is given

00:44:01.760 --> 00:44:02.139
 to me

00:44:02.139 --> 00:44:02.820
 freely and

00:44:02.820 --> 00:44:03.079
 utterly

00:44:03.079 --> 00:44:03.780
 by Jesus

00:44:03.780 --> 00:44:04.300
 and what he

00:44:04.300 --> 00:44:04.660
 does from

00:44:04.660 --> 00:44:05.139
 the cross

00:44:05.139 --> 00:44:06.079
 and should

00:44:06.079 --> 00:44:06.780
 that not

00:44:06.780 --> 00:44:07.440
 be my

00:44:07.440 --> 00:44:08.039
 supreme

00:44:08.039 --> 00:44:08.660
 ambition

00:44:08.659 --> 00:44:09.579
 that then

00:44:09.579 --> 00:44:10.119
 can put

00:44:10.119 --> 00:44:10.679
 into place

00:44:10.679 --> 00:44:11.000
 some of

00:44:11.000 --> 00:44:11.460
 my other

00:44:11.460 --> 00:44:12.039
 ambitions

00:44:12.039 --> 00:44:14.139
 let me just

00:44:14.139 --> 00:44:14.559
 tell you

00:44:14.559 --> 00:44:15.199
 very briefly

00:44:15.199 --> 00:44:15.599
 how it

00:44:15.599 --> 00:44:15.960
 worked in

00:44:15.960 --> 00:44:16.500
 my life

00:44:16.500 --> 00:44:18.119
 I know

00:44:18.119 --> 00:44:18.379
 I'm a

00:44:18.379 --> 00:44:18.719
 pastor

00:44:18.719 --> 00:44:19.920
 but here's

00:44:19.920 --> 00:44:20.139
 how it

00:44:20.139 --> 00:44:20.399
 worked in

00:44:20.399 --> 00:44:20.679
 my life

00:44:20.679 --> 00:44:21.199
 I realized

00:44:21.199 --> 00:44:21.539
 when I

00:44:21.539 --> 00:44:22.019
 asked this

00:44:22.019 --> 00:44:22.460
 question

00:44:22.460 --> 00:44:23.779
 that to

00:44:23.779 --> 00:44:24.239
 myself

00:44:24.239 --> 00:44:24.539
 and I

00:44:24.539 --> 00:44:24.839
 looked at

00:44:24.839 --> 00:44:25.299
 this text

00:44:25.299 --> 00:44:25.599
 that I

00:44:25.599 --> 00:44:26.039
 did not

00:44:26.039 --> 00:44:26.359
 care

00:44:26.359 --> 00:44:26.719
 at the

00:44:26.719 --> 00:44:27.039
 age of

00:44:27.039 --> 00:44:27.319
 90

00:44:27.319 --> 00:44:27.699
 if God

00:44:27.699 --> 00:44:28.099
 lets me

00:44:28.099 --> 00:44:28.519
 live so

00:44:28.519 --> 00:44:28.779
 long

00:44:28.779 --> 00:44:29.279
 at the

00:44:29.279 --> 00:44:29.539
 age of

00:44:29.539 --> 00:44:29.759
 90

00:44:29.759 --> 00:44:30.119
 I will

00:44:30.119 --> 00:44:30.359
 not

00:44:30.359 --> 00:44:30.639
 care

00:44:30.639 --> 00:44:30.940
 if I

00:44:30.940 --> 00:44:31.059
 have

00:44:31.059 --> 00:44:31.279
 ever

00:44:31.279 --> 00:44:31.440
 been

00:44:31.440 --> 00:44:31.579
 a

00:44:31.579 --> 00:44:31.799
 bishop

00:44:31.799 --> 00:44:32.799
 I

00:44:32.799 --> 00:44:33.119
 I

00:44:33.119 --> 00:44:33.639
 have

00:44:33.639 --> 00:44:33.839
 actually

00:44:33.839 --> 00:44:34.079
 become

00:44:34.079 --> 00:44:34.219
 a

00:44:34.219 --> 00:44:34.500
 canon

00:44:34.500 --> 00:44:34.920
 but I

00:44:34.920 --> 00:44:35.559
 said I

00:44:35.559 --> 00:44:36.000
 wouldn't

00:44:36.000 --> 00:44:36.420
 care if

00:44:36.420 --> 00:44:36.599
 I've

00:44:36.599 --> 00:44:36.780
 ever

00:44:36.780 --> 00:44:37.039
 become

00:44:37.039 --> 00:44:37.519
 a canon

00:44:37.519 --> 00:44:37.920
 or a

00:44:37.920 --> 00:44:39.099
 bishop

00:44:39.099 --> 00:44:41.380
 a dean

00:44:41.380 --> 00:44:42.280
 been in

00:44:42.280 --> 00:44:43.119
 a famous

00:44:43.119 --> 00:44:43.800
 church

00:44:43.800 --> 00:44:44.639
 had any

00:44:44.639 --> 00:44:45.219
 particular

00:44:45.219 --> 00:44:45.679
 honors

00:44:45.679 --> 00:44:46.019
 you know

00:44:46.019 --> 00:44:46.340
 there's

00:44:46.340 --> 00:44:47.159
 three types

00:44:47.159 --> 00:44:47.659
 of things

00:44:47.659 --> 00:44:47.940
 that at

00:44:47.940 --> 00:44:48.260
 the end

00:44:48.260 --> 00:44:48.480
 of the

00:44:48.480 --> 00:44:48.719
 day

00:44:48.719 --> 00:44:49.679
 that I

00:44:49.679 --> 00:44:49.880
 would

00:44:49.880 --> 00:44:50.219
 wish

00:44:50.219 --> 00:44:50.679
 that

00:44:50.679 --> 00:44:52.599
 at 90

00:44:52.599 --> 00:44:52.940
 I would

00:44:52.940 --> 00:44:53.360
 look back

00:44:53.360 --> 00:44:53.639
 and hope

00:44:53.639 --> 00:44:53.880
 that I

00:44:53.880 --> 00:44:54.260
 could do

00:44:54.260 --> 00:44:55.639
 and one

00:44:55.639 --> 00:44:55.980
 of them

00:44:55.980 --> 00:44:56.380
 is that

00:44:56.380 --> 00:44:56.880
 God

00:44:56.880 --> 00:44:58.000
 this is

00:44:58.000 --> 00:44:58.519
 something

00:44:58.519 --> 00:44:59.380
 private and

00:44:59.380 --> 00:44:59.659
 personal

00:44:59.659 --> 00:45:00.900
 but some

00:45:00.900 --> 00:45:01.079
 of you

00:45:01.079 --> 00:45:01.360
 have heard

00:45:01.360 --> 00:45:01.500
 it

00:45:01.500 --> 00:45:02.579
 that God

00:45:02.579 --> 00:45:03.320
 would use

00:45:03.320 --> 00:45:03.639
 me

00:45:03.639 --> 00:45:04.000
 and that

00:45:04.000 --> 00:45:04.380
 I would

00:45:04.380 --> 00:45:04.739
 be willing

00:45:04.739 --> 00:45:05.159
 to take

00:45:05.159 --> 00:45:05.699
 the risks

00:45:05.699 --> 00:45:06.199
 that in

00:45:06.199 --> 00:45:06.599
 a city

00:45:06.599 --> 00:45:06.859
 like

00:45:06.859 --> 00:45:07.179
 Ottawa

00:45:07.179 --> 00:45:07.579
 God

00:45:07.579 --> 00:45:07.799
 would

00:45:07.799 --> 00:45:08.059
 build

00:45:08.059 --> 00:45:08.480
 a church

00:45:08.480 --> 00:45:08.699
 like

00:45:08.699 --> 00:45:09.379
 All Souls

00:45:09.379 --> 00:45:09.859
 Langham

00:45:09.859 --> 00:45:10.299
 Place

00:45:10.299 --> 00:45:12.079
 or St.

00:45:12.159 --> 00:45:12.419
 Ebbs

00:45:12.419 --> 00:45:12.739
 or St.

00:45:12.819 --> 00:45:13.199
 Aldate

00:45:13.199 --> 00:45:14.179
 in Oxford

00:45:14.179 --> 00:45:14.559
 and some

00:45:14.559 --> 00:45:14.739
 of you

00:45:14.739 --> 00:45:14.960
 don't know

00:45:14.960 --> 00:45:15.279
 what those

00:45:15.279 --> 00:45:15.599
 churches

00:45:15.599 --> 00:45:15.859
 are

00:45:15.859 --> 00:45:16.239
 but that

00:45:16.239 --> 00:45:16.759
 if God

00:45:16.759 --> 00:45:17.659
 there was

00:45:17.659 --> 00:45:18.199
 no such

00:45:18.199 --> 00:45:18.539
 church

00:45:18.539 --> 00:45:18.980
 like that

00:45:18.980 --> 00:45:19.419
 in Ottawa

00:45:19.419 --> 00:45:20.219
 and if

00:45:20.219 --> 00:45:20.539
 God

00:45:20.539 --> 00:45:20.779
 would

00:45:20.779 --> 00:45:21.279
 use

00:45:21.279 --> 00:45:21.439
 me

00:45:21.439 --> 00:45:21.779
 if I

00:45:21.779 --> 00:45:21.919
 would

00:45:21.919 --> 00:45:22.079
 be

00:45:22.079 --> 00:45:22.339
 willing

00:45:22.339 --> 00:45:22.500
 to

00:45:22.500 --> 00:45:22.719
 take

00:45:22.719 --> 00:45:22.960
 such

00:45:22.960 --> 00:45:23.119
 risk

00:45:23.119 --> 00:45:23.419
 only

00:45:23.419 --> 00:45:23.859
 God

00:45:23.859 --> 00:45:24.099
 could

00:45:24.099 --> 00:45:24.439
 build

00:45:24.439 --> 00:45:24.599
 it

00:45:24.599 --> 00:45:24.759
 but

00:45:24.759 --> 00:45:24.899
 that

00:45:24.899 --> 00:45:25.139
 I

00:45:25.139 --> 00:45:25.299
 would

00:45:25.299 --> 00:45:25.460
 be

00:45:25.460 --> 00:45:25.659
 willing

00:45:25.659 --> 00:45:25.839
 to

00:45:25.839 --> 00:45:26.059
 take

00:45:26.059 --> 00:45:26.379
 such

00:45:26.379 --> 00:45:26.719
 risk

00:45:26.719 --> 00:45:27.679
 that

00:45:27.679 --> 00:45:27.960
 such

00:45:27.960 --> 00:45:28.119
 a

00:45:28.119 --> 00:45:28.399
 church

00:45:28.399 --> 00:45:28.599
 where

00:45:28.599 --> 00:45:29.000
 God's

00:45:29.000 --> 00:45:29.119
 word

00:45:29.119 --> 00:45:29.679
 is preached

00:45:29.679 --> 00:45:30.339
 where

00:45:30.339 --> 00:45:30.900
 missionaries

00:45:30.900 --> 00:45:31.359
 are sent

00:45:31.359 --> 00:45:31.559
 out

00:45:31.559 --> 00:45:31.739
 where

00:45:31.739 --> 00:45:32.039
 people

00:45:32.039 --> 00:45:32.179
 are

00:45:32.179 --> 00:45:32.559
 equipped

00:45:32.559 --> 00:45:32.779
 to

00:45:32.779 --> 00:45:32.960
 live

00:45:32.960 --> 00:45:33.480
 godly

00:45:33.480 --> 00:45:33.940
 lives

00:45:33.940 --> 00:45:34.099
 in

00:45:34.099 --> 00:45:34.219
 their

00:45:34.219 --> 00:45:34.539
 place

00:45:34.539 --> 00:45:34.719
 of

00:45:34.719 --> 00:45:34.940
 work

00:45:34.940 --> 00:45:35.139
 whether

00:45:35.139 --> 00:45:35.339
 it's

00:45:35.339 --> 00:45:35.460
 the

00:45:35.460 --> 00:45:35.819
 BBC

00:45:35.819 --> 00:45:36.359
 or

00:45:36.359 --> 00:45:37.000
 university

00:45:37.000 --> 00:45:37.519
 or

00:45:37.519 --> 00:45:38.299
 washing

00:45:38.299 --> 00:45:38.639
 dishes

00:45:38.639 --> 00:45:38.859
 that

00:45:38.859 --> 00:45:39.139
 God

00:45:39.139 --> 00:45:39.339
 would

00:45:39.339 --> 00:45:39.579
 use

00:45:39.579 --> 00:45:39.739
 me

00:45:39.739 --> 00:45:39.880
 in

00:45:39.880 --> 00:45:40.159
 such

00:45:40.159 --> 00:45:40.279
 a

00:45:40.279 --> 00:45:40.440
 way

00:45:40.440 --> 00:45:41.739
 and

00:45:41.739 --> 00:45:42.019
 I

00:45:42.019 --> 00:45:42.420
 realized

00:45:42.420 --> 00:45:42.599
 that

00:45:42.599 --> 00:45:42.659
 at

00:45:42.659 --> 00:45:42.779
 the

00:45:42.779 --> 00:45:42.900
 end

00:45:42.900 --> 00:45:43.019
 of

00:45:43.019 --> 00:45:43.099
 the

00:45:43.099 --> 00:45:43.339
 day

00:45:43.339 --> 00:45:43.859
 what

00:45:43.859 --> 00:45:43.960
 I

00:45:43.960 --> 00:45:44.079
 would

00:45:44.079 --> 00:45:44.299
 hope

00:45:44.299 --> 00:45:44.440
 at

00:45:44.440 --> 00:45:44.779
 90

00:45:44.779 --> 00:45:44.960
 is

00:45:44.960 --> 00:45:45.059
 that

00:45:45.059 --> 00:45:45.199
 if

00:45:45.199 --> 00:45:45.420
 God

00:45:45.420 --> 00:45:45.619
 not

00:45:45.619 --> 00:45:45.759
 only

00:45:45.759 --> 00:45:46.059
 grants

00:45:46.059 --> 00:45:46.219
 me

00:45:46.219 --> 00:45:46.480
 such

00:45:46.480 --> 00:45:46.799
 strength

00:45:46.799 --> 00:45:46.980
 but

00:45:46.980 --> 00:45:47.179
 my

00:45:47.179 --> 00:45:47.460
 wife

00:45:47.460 --> 00:45:47.639
 that

00:45:47.639 --> 00:45:47.759
 I

00:45:47.759 --> 00:45:47.859
 am

00:45:47.859 --> 00:45:48.119
 still

00:45:48.119 --> 00:45:48.440
 married

00:45:48.440 --> 00:45:48.699
 to

00:45:48.699 --> 00:45:49.119
 Louise

00:45:49.119 --> 00:45:50.039
 and

00:45:50.039 --> 00:45:50.179
 that

00:45:50.179 --> 00:45:50.299
 we

00:45:50.299 --> 00:45:50.559
 love

00:45:50.559 --> 00:45:50.779
 each

00:45:50.779 --> 00:45:51.059
 other

00:45:51.059 --> 00:45:53.319
 and

00:45:53.319 --> 00:45:53.440
 that

00:45:53.440 --> 00:45:53.559
 if

00:45:53.559 --> 00:45:53.759
 God

00:45:53.759 --> 00:45:54.099
 grants

00:45:54.099 --> 00:45:54.259
 me

00:45:54.259 --> 00:45:54.500
 such

00:45:54.500 --> 00:45:54.900
 strength

00:45:54.900 --> 00:45:55.059
 at

00:45:55.059 --> 00:45:55.500
 90

00:45:55.500 --> 00:45:56.940
 that

00:45:56.940 --> 00:45:57.599
 my

00:45:57.599 --> 00:45:58.299
 kids

00:45:58.299 --> 00:45:58.779
 when I

00:45:58.779 --> 00:45:59.059
 die

00:45:59.059 --> 00:45:59.279
 will

00:45:59.279 --> 00:45:59.460
 be

00:45:59.460 --> 00:45:59.900
 standing

00:45:59.900 --> 00:46:00.199
 with

00:46:00.199 --> 00:46:00.339
 me

00:46:00.339 --> 00:46:00.539
 there

00:46:00.539 --> 00:46:00.719
 in

00:46:00.719 --> 00:46:01.059
 heaven

00:46:01.059 --> 00:46:03.639
 and

00:46:03.639 --> 00:46:03.839
 my

00:46:03.839 --> 00:46:04.519
 grandkids

00:46:04.519 --> 00:46:06.619
 and

00:46:06.619 --> 00:46:06.799
 their

00:46:06.799 --> 00:46:07.199
 husbands

00:46:07.199 --> 00:46:07.420
 or

00:46:07.420 --> 00:46:07.759
 wives

00:46:07.759 --> 00:46:11.259
 and

00:46:11.259 --> 00:46:11.480
 that

00:46:11.480 --> 00:46:11.980
 forms

00:46:11.980 --> 00:46:12.279
 my

00:46:12.279 --> 00:46:12.779
 prayers

00:46:12.779 --> 00:46:15.279
 and

00:46:15.279 --> 00:46:15.719
 that's

00:46:15.719 --> 00:46:15.980
 for me

00:46:15.980 --> 00:46:16.219
 as a

00:46:16.219 --> 00:46:16.559
 pastor

00:46:16.559 --> 00:46:16.799
 for

00:46:16.799 --> 00:46:17.019
 some

00:46:17.019 --> 00:46:17.159
 of

00:46:17.159 --> 00:46:17.319
 you

00:46:17.319 --> 00:46:17.599
 you

00:46:17.599 --> 00:46:17.799
 have

00:46:17.799 --> 00:46:18.039
 this

00:46:18.039 --> 00:46:18.400
 dream

00:46:18.400 --> 00:46:18.559
 to

00:46:18.559 --> 00:46:18.679
 be

00:46:18.679 --> 00:46:18.819
 an

00:46:18.820 --> 00:46:19.300
 entrepreneur

00:46:19.300 --> 00:46:19.700
 or

00:46:19.700 --> 00:46:19.840
 to

00:46:19.840 --> 00:46:19.960
 be

00:46:19.960 --> 00:46:20.280
 a

00:46:20.280 --> 00:46:20.519
 great

00:46:20.519 --> 00:46:21.080
 teacher

00:46:21.080 --> 00:46:21.400
 or

00:46:21.400 --> 00:46:21.640
 to

00:46:21.640 --> 00:46:22.680
 write

00:46:22.680 --> 00:46:23.539
 sonnets

00:46:23.539 --> 00:46:23.880
 or

00:46:23.880 --> 00:46:24.180
 to

00:46:24.180 --> 00:46:26.400
 you

00:46:26.400 --> 00:46:26.559
 know

00:46:26.559 --> 00:46:26.720
 or

00:46:26.720 --> 00:46:26.960
 just

00:46:26.960 --> 00:46:27.120
 to

00:46:27.120 --> 00:46:27.220
 be

00:46:27.220 --> 00:46:27.320
 a

00:46:27.320 --> 00:46:27.480
 great

00:46:27.480 --> 00:46:27.800
 dad

00:46:27.800 --> 00:46:27.900
 or

00:46:27.900 --> 00:46:28.160
 great

00:46:28.160 --> 00:46:28.480
 mom

00:46:28.480 --> 00:46:28.660
 and

00:46:28.660 --> 00:46:28.920
 there

00:46:28.920 --> 00:46:29.600
 will

00:46:29.600 --> 00:46:29.740
 be

00:46:29.740 --> 00:46:30.360
 practical

00:46:30.360 --> 00:46:30.740
 things

00:46:30.740 --> 00:46:30.900
 in

00:46:30.900 --> 00:46:31.160
 terms

00:46:31.160 --> 00:46:31.320
 of

00:46:31.320 --> 00:46:31.460
 your

00:46:31.460 --> 00:46:31.780
 life

00:46:31.780 --> 00:46:31.980
 that

00:46:31.980 --> 00:46:32.080
 are

00:46:32.080 --> 00:46:32.360
 all

00:46:32.360 --> 00:46:32.800
 ordered

00:46:32.800 --> 00:46:33.300
 towards

00:46:33.300 --> 00:46:33.600
 this

00:46:33.600 --> 00:46:34.180
 supreme

00:46:34.180 --> 00:46:34.920
 ambition

00:46:34.920 --> 00:46:36.080
 but

00:46:36.080 --> 00:46:36.320
 as

00:46:36.320 --> 00:46:36.539
 the

00:46:36.539 --> 00:46:37.000
 gospel

00:46:37.000 --> 00:46:37.480
 grips

00:46:37.480 --> 00:46:37.760
 us

00:46:37.760 --> 00:46:37.980
 and

00:46:37.980 --> 00:46:38.140
 as

00:46:38.140 --> 00:46:38.320
 we

00:46:38.320 --> 00:46:38.660
 long

00:46:38.660 --> 00:46:38.920
 for

00:46:38.920 --> 00:46:39.320
 heaven

00:46:39.320 --> 00:46:40.100
 then

00:46:40.100 --> 00:46:40.600
 growing

00:46:40.600 --> 00:46:40.800
 a

00:46:40.800 --> 00:46:41.140
 biblical

00:46:41.140 --> 00:46:41.680
 longing

00:46:41.680 --> 00:46:41.960
 for

00:46:41.960 --> 00:46:42.360
 heaven

00:46:42.360 --> 00:46:42.640
 will

00:46:42.640 --> 00:46:43.160
 heal

00:46:43.160 --> 00:46:43.680
 order

00:46:43.680 --> 00:46:44.019
 and

00:46:44.019 --> 00:46:44.440
 ground

00:46:44.440 --> 00:46:44.800
 my

00:46:44.800 --> 00:46:45.180
 dreams

00:46:45.180 --> 00:46:45.360
 in

00:46:45.360 --> 00:46:45.740
 yours

00:46:45.740 --> 00:46:46.320
 but

00:46:46.320 --> 00:46:46.740
 stand

00:46:46.740 --> 00:46:55.280
 never

00:46:55.280 --> 00:46:55.580
 too

00:46:55.580 --> 00:46:55.820
 late

00:46:55.820 --> 00:46:55.980
 to

00:46:55.980 --> 00:46:56.120
 be

00:46:56.120 --> 00:46:56.500
 sealed

00:46:56.500 --> 00:46:56.720
 by

00:46:56.720 --> 00:46:56.880
 the

00:46:56.880 --> 00:46:57.080
 living

00:46:57.080 --> 00:46:57.500
 God

00:46:57.500 --> 00:46:58.720
 and

00:46:58.720 --> 00:46:58.940
 it's

00:46:58.940 --> 00:46:59.340
 never

00:46:59.340 --> 00:46:59.720
 too

00:46:59.720 --> 00:47:00.120
 late

00:47:00.120 --> 00:47:00.539
 to

00:47:00.539 --> 00:47:00.900
 have

00:47:00.900 --> 00:47:01.880
 a

00:47:01.880 --> 00:47:02.280
 biblical

00:47:02.280 --> 00:47:02.800
 longing

00:47:02.800 --> 00:47:03.080
 for

00:47:03.080 --> 00:47:03.500
 heaven

00:47:03.500 --> 00:47:04.700
 order

00:47:04.700 --> 00:47:05.039
 and

00:47:05.039 --> 00:47:05.600
 ground

00:47:05.600 --> 00:47:06.519
 your

00:47:06.519 --> 00:47:07.260
 dreams

00:47:07.260 --> 00:47:09.360
 you're

00:47:09.360 --> 00:47:09.600
 never

00:47:09.600 --> 00:47:09.900
 too

00:47:09.900 --> 00:47:10.220
 old

00:47:10.220 --> 00:47:11.480
 so

00:47:11.480 --> 00:47:11.640
 the

00:47:11.640 --> 00:47:12.000
 question

00:47:12.000 --> 00:47:12.200
 is

00:47:12.200 --> 00:47:12.440
 what

00:47:12.440 --> 00:47:12.580
 is

00:47:12.580 --> 00:47:12.760
 the

00:47:12.760 --> 00:47:13.000
 Holy

00:47:13.000 --> 00:47:13.500
 Spirit

00:47:13.500 --> 00:47:14.140
 convicting

00:47:14.140 --> 00:47:14.420
 you

00:47:14.420 --> 00:47:14.600
 of

00:47:14.600 --> 00:47:14.840
 this

00:47:14.840 --> 00:47:15.220
 morning

00:47:15.219 --> 00:47:17.839
 let's

00:47:17.839 --> 00:47:18.000
 bow

00:47:18.000 --> 00:47:18.119
 our

00:47:18.119 --> 00:47:18.279
 heads

00:47:18.279 --> 00:47:18.439
 in

00:47:18.439 --> 00:47:18.679
 prayer

00:47:18.679 --> 00:47:27.639
 father

00:47:27.639 --> 00:47:28.279
 some

00:47:28.279 --> 00:47:28.439
 of

00:47:28.439 --> 00:47:28.659
 us

00:47:28.659 --> 00:47:29.480
 are

00:47:29.480 --> 00:47:29.819
 afraid

00:47:29.819 --> 00:47:29.939
 of

00:47:29.939 --> 00:47:30.059
 the

00:47:30.059 --> 00:47:30.379
 Christian

00:47:30.379 --> 00:47:30.759
 faith

00:47:30.759 --> 00:47:31.480
 thinking

00:47:31.480 --> 00:47:31.679
 that

00:47:31.679 --> 00:47:31.779
 it

00:47:31.779 --> 00:47:31.899
 will

00:47:31.899 --> 00:47:32.119
 mean

00:47:32.119 --> 00:47:32.279
 that

00:47:32.279 --> 00:47:32.379
 we

00:47:32.379 --> 00:47:32.519
 will

00:47:32.519 --> 00:47:32.679
 no

00:47:32.679 --> 00:47:33.000
 longer

00:47:33.000 --> 00:47:33.399
 ever

00:47:33.399 --> 00:47:33.859
 have

00:47:33.859 --> 00:47:34.139
 any

00:47:34.139 --> 00:47:34.639
 dreams

00:47:34.639 --> 00:47:35.159
 that

00:47:35.159 --> 00:47:35.799
 as

00:47:35.799 --> 00:47:35.919
 we

00:47:35.919 --> 00:47:36.079
 get

00:47:36.079 --> 00:47:36.459
 closer

00:47:36.459 --> 00:47:36.659
 to

00:47:36.659 --> 00:47:36.799
 you

00:47:36.799 --> 00:47:36.939
 we

00:47:36.939 --> 00:47:37.079
 will

00:47:37.079 --> 00:47:37.299
 have

00:47:37.299 --> 00:47:37.439
 to

00:47:37.439 --> 00:47:37.779
 become

00:47:37.779 --> 00:47:38.019
 a

00:47:38.019 --> 00:47:38.299
 monk

00:47:38.299 --> 00:47:38.500
 or

00:47:38.500 --> 00:47:38.679
 a

00:47:38.679 --> 00:47:38.959
 nun

00:47:38.959 --> 00:47:40.480
 or

00:47:40.480 --> 00:47:41.039
 a

00:47:41.039 --> 00:47:41.579
 missionary

00:47:41.579 --> 00:47:42.859
 father

00:47:42.859 --> 00:47:43.779
 some

00:47:43.779 --> 00:47:43.939
 of

00:47:43.939 --> 00:47:44.079
 us

00:47:44.079 --> 00:47:44.299
 might

00:47:44.299 --> 00:47:44.659
 become

00:47:44.659 --> 00:47:45.019
 monks

00:47:45.019 --> 00:47:45.199
 or

00:47:45.199 --> 00:47:45.500
 nuns

00:47:45.500 --> 00:47:45.619
 or

00:47:45.619 --> 00:47:46.159
 missionaries

00:47:46.159 --> 00:47:48.239
 but

00:47:48.239 --> 00:47:48.739
 father

00:47:48.739 --> 00:47:48.900
 we

00:47:48.900 --> 00:47:49.079
 give

00:47:49.079 --> 00:47:49.219
 you

00:47:49.219 --> 00:47:49.559
 thanks

00:47:49.559 --> 00:47:49.780
 and

00:47:49.780 --> 00:47:50.179
 praise

00:47:50.179 --> 00:47:50.480
 that

00:47:50.480 --> 00:47:51.119
 just

00:47:51.119 --> 00:47:51.320
 as

00:47:51.320 --> 00:47:51.840
 salvation

00:47:51.840 --> 00:47:52.179
 is a

00:47:52.179 --> 00:47:52.559
 complete

00:47:52.559 --> 00:47:52.940
 and utter

00:47:52.940 --> 00:47:53.300
 gift

00:47:53.300 --> 00:47:53.519
 that

00:47:53.519 --> 00:47:53.780
 only

00:47:53.780 --> 00:47:54.000
 you

00:47:54.000 --> 00:47:54.340
 possess

00:47:54.340 --> 00:47:54.579
 that

00:47:54.579 --> 00:47:54.719
 you

00:47:54.719 --> 00:47:54.860
 will

00:47:54.860 --> 00:47:55.059
 give

00:47:55.059 --> 00:47:55.280
 to

00:47:55.280 --> 00:47:55.599
 us

00:47:55.599 --> 00:47:56.860
 that

00:47:56.860 --> 00:47:57.019
 you

00:47:57.019 --> 00:47:57.199
 have

00:47:57.199 --> 00:47:57.420
 not

00:47:57.420 --> 00:47:57.659
 made

00:47:57.659 --> 00:47:57.820
 us

00:47:57.820 --> 00:47:58.019
 all

00:47:58.019 --> 00:47:58.360
 to be

00:47:58.360 --> 00:47:58.880
 completely

00:47:58.880 --> 00:47:59.099
 and

00:47:59.099 --> 00:47:59.400
 utterly

00:47:59.400 --> 00:47:59.940
 alike

00:47:59.940 --> 00:48:01.800
 but

00:48:01.800 --> 00:48:02.000
 that

00:48:02.000 --> 00:48:02.179
 you

00:48:02.179 --> 00:48:02.579
 father

00:48:02.579 --> 00:48:03.219
 desire

00:48:03.219 --> 00:48:03.539
 to

00:48:03.539 --> 00:48:03.940
 as

00:48:03.940 --> 00:48:04.119
 you

00:48:04.119 --> 00:48:04.619
 save

00:48:04.619 --> 00:48:05.039
 us

00:48:05.039 --> 00:48:05.920
 to

00:48:05.920 --> 00:48:06.380
 heal

00:48:06.380 --> 00:48:06.780
 us

00:48:06.780 --> 00:48:08.119
 to

00:48:08.119 --> 00:48:08.460
 point

00:48:08.460 --> 00:48:08.639
 us

00:48:08.639 --> 00:48:08.759
 in

00:48:08.759 --> 00:48:08.880
 the

00:48:08.880 --> 00:48:09.059
 right

00:48:09.059 --> 00:48:09.639
 direction

00:48:09.639 --> 00:48:10.280
 to

00:48:10.280 --> 00:48:10.500
 help

00:48:10.500 --> 00:48:10.639
 us

00:48:10.639 --> 00:48:10.800
 to

00:48:10.800 --> 00:48:11.079
 grow

00:48:11.079 --> 00:48:11.539
 into

00:48:11.539 --> 00:48:11.820
 our

00:48:11.820 --> 00:48:12.300
 identity

00:48:12.300 --> 00:48:12.599
 to

00:48:12.599 --> 00:48:12.840
 grow

00:48:12.840 --> 00:48:13.280
 into

00:48:13.280 --> 00:48:13.579
 our

00:48:13.579 --> 00:48:14.059
 destiny

00:48:14.059 --> 00:48:15.079
 and

00:48:15.079 --> 00:48:15.260
 by

00:48:15.260 --> 00:48:15.600
 so

00:48:15.600 --> 00:48:15.960
 doing

00:48:15.960 --> 00:48:16.160
 to

00:48:16.160 --> 00:48:16.519
 become

00:48:16.519 --> 00:48:17.019
 free

00:48:17.019 --> 00:48:18.680
 we

00:48:18.680 --> 00:48:18.940
 ask

00:48:18.940 --> 00:48:19.320
 father

00:48:19.320 --> 00:48:19.539
 that

00:48:19.539 --> 00:48:19.720
 your

00:48:19.720 --> 00:48:19.980
 holy

00:48:19.980 --> 00:48:20.420
 spirit

00:48:20.420 --> 00:48:20.660
 would

00:48:20.660 --> 00:48:20.920
 move

00:48:20.920 --> 00:48:21.320
 mightily

00:48:21.320 --> 00:48:21.440
 in

00:48:21.440 --> 00:48:21.559
 our

00:48:21.559 --> 00:48:22.039
 lives

00:48:22.039 --> 00:48:22.240
 that

00:48:22.240 --> 00:48:22.420
 your

00:48:22.420 --> 00:48:22.740
 holy

00:48:22.740 --> 00:48:23.180
 spirit

00:48:23.180 --> 00:48:23.400
 would

00:48:23.400 --> 00:48:23.960
 instill

00:48:23.960 --> 00:48:24.120
 and

00:48:24.120 --> 00:48:24.720
 inflame

00:48:24.720 --> 00:48:24.860
 and

00:48:24.860 --> 00:48:25.360
 inspire

00:48:25.360 --> 00:48:25.760
 within

00:48:25.760 --> 00:48:26.100
 us

00:48:26.100 --> 00:48:26.760
 a

00:48:26.760 --> 00:48:27.120
 biblical

00:48:27.120 --> 00:48:27.660
 longing

00:48:27.660 --> 00:48:27.920
 for

00:48:27.920 --> 00:48:28.260
 heaven

00:48:28.260 --> 00:48:28.900
 an

00:48:28.900 --> 00:48:29.460
 appreciation

00:48:29.460 --> 00:48:30.059
 of what

00:48:30.059 --> 00:48:30.260
 your

00:48:30.260 --> 00:48:30.519
 son

00:48:30.519 --> 00:48:30.740
 did

00:48:30.740 --> 00:48:31.079
 for us

00:48:31.079 --> 00:48:31.220
 on

00:48:31.220 --> 00:48:31.360
 the

00:48:31.360 --> 00:48:31.740
 cross

00:48:31.740 --> 00:48:31.900
 and

00:48:31.900 --> 00:48:32.140
 how

00:48:32.140 --> 00:48:32.600
 when

00:48:32.600 --> 00:48:32.740
 we

00:48:32.740 --> 00:48:32.960
 put

00:48:32.960 --> 00:48:33.100
 our

00:48:33.100 --> 00:48:33.400
 faith

00:48:33.400 --> 00:48:33.579
 and

00:48:33.579 --> 00:48:33.860
 trust

00:48:33.860 --> 00:48:34.039
 in

00:48:34.039 --> 00:48:34.180
 him

00:48:34.180 --> 00:48:34.320
 you

00:48:34.320 --> 00:48:34.539
 take

00:48:34.539 --> 00:48:35.200
 ordinary

00:48:35.200 --> 00:48:36.420
 imperfect

00:48:36.420 --> 00:48:36.840
 people

00:48:36.840 --> 00:48:37.120
 like

00:48:37.120 --> 00:48:37.600
 ourselves

00:48:37.600 --> 00:48:38.039
 and you

00:48:38.039 --> 00:48:38.420
 seal

00:48:38.420 --> 00:48:38.620
 us

00:48:38.619 --> 00:48:39.299
 authenticate

00:48:39.299 --> 00:48:39.559
 us

00:48:39.559 --> 00:48:39.719
 as

00:48:39.719 --> 00:48:40.059
 yours

00:48:40.059 --> 00:48:40.299
 that

00:48:40.299 --> 00:48:40.440
 you

00:48:40.440 --> 00:48:41.119
 claim

00:48:41.119 --> 00:48:41.299
 us

00:48:41.299 --> 00:48:41.440
 as

00:48:41.440 --> 00:48:41.579
 your

00:48:41.579 --> 00:48:41.779
 own

00:48:41.779 --> 00:48:42.199
 possession

00:48:42.199 --> 00:48:42.460
 and

00:48:42.460 --> 00:48:42.599
 that

00:48:42.599 --> 00:48:42.719
 you

00:48:42.719 --> 00:48:42.880
 will

00:48:42.880 --> 00:48:43.359
 protect

00:48:43.359 --> 00:48:43.619
 us

00:48:43.619 --> 00:48:43.940
 father

00:48:43.940 --> 00:48:44.339
 help

00:48:44.339 --> 00:48:44.500
 us

00:48:44.500 --> 00:48:44.619
 to

00:48:44.619 --> 00:48:44.759
 go

00:48:44.759 --> 00:48:44.980
 into

00:48:44.980 --> 00:48:45.159
 our

00:48:45.159 --> 00:48:45.559
 identity

00:48:45.559 --> 00:48:45.839
 and

00:48:45.839 --> 00:48:46.219
 destiny

00:48:46.219 --> 00:48:47.639
 and

00:48:47.639 --> 00:48:47.920
 grant

00:48:47.920 --> 00:48:48.099
 us

00:48:48.099 --> 00:48:48.299
 such

00:48:48.299 --> 00:48:48.460
 a

00:48:48.460 --> 00:48:48.779
 longing

00:48:48.779 --> 00:48:49.059
 for

00:48:49.059 --> 00:48:49.319
 heaven

00:48:49.319 --> 00:48:49.500
 a

00:48:49.500 --> 00:48:49.779
 biblical

00:48:49.779 --> 00:48:50.199
 longing

00:48:50.199 --> 00:48:50.460
 for

00:48:50.460 --> 00:48:50.739
 heaven

00:48:50.739 --> 00:48:50.940
 that

00:48:50.940 --> 00:48:51.119
 our

00:48:51.119 --> 00:48:51.579
 dreams

00:48:51.579 --> 00:48:51.799
 will

00:48:51.799 --> 00:48:52.019
 be

00:48:52.019 --> 00:48:52.920
 will

00:48:52.920 --> 00:48:53.099
 be

00:48:53.099 --> 00:48:53.539
 ordered

00:48:53.539 --> 00:48:55.119
 and

00:48:55.119 --> 00:48:55.460
 our

00:48:55.460 --> 00:48:55.819
 dreams

00:48:55.819 --> 00:48:56.000
 will

00:48:56.000 --> 00:48:56.159
 be

00:48:56.159 --> 00:48:56.719
 clarified

00:48:56.719 --> 00:48:57.859
 and

00:48:57.859 --> 00:48:58.519
 purified

00:48:58.519 --> 00:48:59.279
 renewed

00:48:59.279 --> 00:48:59.480
 and

00:48:59.480 --> 00:48:59.940
 revived

00:48:59.940 --> 00:49:00.319
 and

00:49:00.319 --> 00:49:00.480
 all

00:49:00.480 --> 00:49:00.579
 of

00:49:00.579 --> 00:49:00.679
 this

00:49:00.679 --> 00:49:00.819
 we

00:49:00.819 --> 00:49:01.079
 ask

00:49:01.079 --> 00:49:01.199
 in

00:49:01.199 --> 00:49:01.299
 the

00:49:01.299 --> 00:49:01.460
 name

00:49:01.460 --> 00:49:01.619
 of

00:49:01.619 --> 00:49:01.900
 Jesus

00:49:01.900 --> 00:49:02.219
 your

00:49:02.219 --> 00:49:02.639
 son

00:49:02.639 --> 00:49:02.900
 and

00:49:02.900 --> 00:49:03.159
 our

00:49:03.159 --> 00:49:03.559
 savior

00:49:03.559 --> 00:49:04.219
 amen