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 This is the account of Noah and his family.

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 Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time,

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 and he walked faithfully with God.

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 Noah had three sons, Shem, Ham, and Jepheth.

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 Now the earth was corrupt in God's sight and was full of violence.

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 God saw how corrupt the earth had become,

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 for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways.

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 So God said to Noah,

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 I am going to put an end to all people,

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 for the earth is filled with violence because of them.

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 I am surely going to destroy both them and the earth.

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 So make yourself an ark of cypress wood.

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 Make rooms in it and coat it with pitch inside and out.

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 This is how you are to build it.

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 The ark is to be 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, and 30 cubits high.

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 Make a roof for it, leaving below the roof an opening,

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 one cubit high all around.

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 Put a door on the side of the ark and make lower, middle, and upper decks.

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 I am going to bring floodwaters on the earth to destroy all life under the heavens,

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 every creature that has breath of life in it.

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 Everything on earth will perish.

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 But I will establish my covenant with you,

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 and you will enter the ark,

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 you and your sons and your wife and your sons' wives with you.

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 You are to bring into the ark two of all living creatures,

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 male and female, to keep them alive with you.

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 Two of every kind of bird, of every kind of animal,

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 and of every kind of creature that moves along the ground

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 will come to you to be kept alive.

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 You are to take every kind of food that is to be eaten

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 and store it away as food for you and for them.

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 Noah did everything just as God commanded him.

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 The Lord then said to Noah,

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 Go into the ark, you and your whole family,

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 because I have found you righteous in this generation.

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 Take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal,

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 a male and its mate,

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 and one pair of every kind of unclean animal,

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 a male and its mate,

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 and also seven pairs of every kind of bird,

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 male and female,

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 to keep their various kinds alive throughout the earth.

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 Seven days from now I will send rain on the earth

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 for forty days and forty nights,

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 and I will wipe from the face of the earth

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 every living creature I have made.

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 And Noah did all that the Lord commanded him.

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 This is the word of the Lord.

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 Thanks, Craig.

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 Let's just pray as we come to God's word

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 and ask him to bless all that's said,

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 and all that we're reading

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 and we hear from him.

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 Let's pray.

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 Lord, we know you're the one who speaks these words.

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 You're the one who has given us these words

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 to help us to understand who you are.

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 And I pray, Lord, that in this incredible passage

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 that we would see your care,

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 your goodness,

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 your grace,

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 and that we'd understand more of you today.

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 In Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 So we can't cover every aspect of this passage,

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 but just to come at it from a particular angle today

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 and help us to see God's care.

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 If you made the trip to Cove in East Cork,

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 you can visit a Titanic exhibition.

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 And you can be allocated a person randomly

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 who sailed on that ship from Cove.

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 And you can find out at the end,

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 did you survive or did you not?

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 And of course,

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 there's also an impressive exhibition in Belfast.

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 And you can learn about the various classes of people

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 on board and the characters who sailed on the great ship.

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 And you can find out about how the ship sank.

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 You can think with a morbid wonder, maybe,

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 what was it like on those lifeboats.

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 And you can learn about the characters and the aftermath.

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 And I think there was investigations in New York and London.

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 I'm not sure how many of you remember them.

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 But you can even stand in one area in Belfast.

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 And you can see this glass floor.

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 And you look through the bottom.

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 And you see the ship as it is now.

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 As though you've gone down.

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 And you see where it is on the floor, the wreckage.

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 But one of the things you'll notice is how plush this ship was.

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 It was a ship like no other.

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 In its time, it was beyond anything ever seen before.

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 And the wonder of the first class cabins.

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 It was a modern vessel.

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 And you think, you know, turn of the century.

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 It was 1912 after all.

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 Funny how we do that with dates, isn't it?

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 Funny how we say, oh, it's shocking.

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 This is 2024, actually, after all.

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 And we're not living in 1990, you know.

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 And probably arrogance.

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 When we might be embarrassed in five years

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 about how we were today.

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 It was a modern ship.

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 And it was 1912.

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 Another vessel that was built in the modern age at the time.

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 We read about in Genesis 6.

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 Noah was asked to build an ark.

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 And there was a great deal of detail about this ark.

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 It was full of instruction as to how to build this ark.

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 Chapter 6, verse 14.

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 It was to be made of cypress wood

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 and made waterproof with pitch.

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 This was standard in the ancient world,

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 but there was nothing standard

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 about this boat that was to be built.

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 It was something else again.

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 Completely out of the ordinary

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 and unique in that time.

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 Make rooms in it.

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 Verse 14.

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 It's just there, like we always say in Scripture.

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 Scripture often does that.

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 It says something matter of fact.

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 Matter of fact.

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 Make rooms in it.

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 Someone has written these words.

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 Prior to the invention of seaworthy vessels,

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 which could carry sailors and cargo

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 through the heavy seas of the Mediterranean,

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 most boats were made of skin or reeds

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 and were designed to sail through marshes

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 or along the river bank.

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 They were used for fishing or hunting

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 and would not have been more than 10 feet in length.

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 True sailing ships with a length of 170 feet

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 are first depicted in Old Kingdom Egyptian art

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 about 2500 BC

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 and are described in Ugaritic and Phoenician texts

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 1600 to 1200 BC.

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 Even this late,

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 they still generally navigated within sight of land

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 with trips to Greece, Cyprus,

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 as well as ports along the coasts of Egypt,

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 the Persian Gulf and Asia Minor.

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 Noah's boat was a boat like no other.

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 Again, the detail goes to the dimensions,

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 which are seemingly quite easy to determine

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 along with the shape.

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 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, 45 feet deep,

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 one and a half football pitches.

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 Don't get bogged down on what type of football.

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 Verse 16 talks of a roof.

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 It's a bit unclear in the translations.

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 The word roof appears only in the Hebrew Bible,

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 translated as window, skylight, vaulted roof,

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 peripheral window.

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 Then God explains what will happen in verse 17.

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 I am going to bring floodwaters on the earth

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 to destroy all life under the heavens.

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 Every creature that has the breath of life in it,

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 everything on earth will perish.

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 And people say, what kind of God is this?

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 We might ask that question.

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 We won't answer every aspect of it.

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 But two things we saw right at the start,

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 God cares.

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 And we see also,

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 he is the Lord of the deluge.

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 The word for flood occurs 12 times in Genesis 6 to 11

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 and once outside that in Psalm 29 verse 10.

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 The Lord is enthroned over the flood.

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 The Lord is enthroned forever.

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 And he's thinking of his people.

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 Verse 18.

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 Like he thinks of you and me in January 2024.

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 God cares for you.

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 God provides rescue in the form of his saviour.

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 And he carries you safe to shore,

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 as the kids' song says.

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 This is happening because of a promise.

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 I will establish my covenant with you.

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 And you will enter the ark.

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 You and your sons and wife

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 and your son's wife with you.

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 Not just Noah, but the family as well.

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 Part of the promise.

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 Maybe because they were all righteous like Noah.

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 Or maybe because he was righteous

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 and they benefited.

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 None of them were perfect.

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 But then we have the animals.

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 Even the animals.

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 Verse 19.

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 Two of every living creature,

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 male and female,

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 to keep them alive with you.

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 Two of every kind of bird,

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 every kind of animal,

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 of every kind of creature

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 that moves along the ground

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 will come to you

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 to be kept alive.

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 You are to take every kind of food

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 that is to be eaten

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 and store it away as food

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 for you and for them.

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 Chapter 7, verse 2

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 talks more specifically

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 of seven pairs

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 of every kind of clean animal,

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 a male and its mate,

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 and one pair of every kind

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 of unclean animal,

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 a male and its mate,

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 and also seven pairs

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 of every kind of bird,

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 male and female,

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 to keep their various kinds alive

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 throughout the earth.

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 It's interesting.

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 Clean and unclean,

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 even at this stage.

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 But again,

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 we move on in verse 6,

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 chapter 6, verse 21.

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 Every kind of food

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 is to be taken and stored.

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 And then chapter 7, verse 1,

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 the Lord says to Noah,

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 go into the ark.

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 Go into the ark.

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 You and your whole family,

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 because I have found you righteous

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 in this generation.

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 And Noah did

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 all that the Lord

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 commanded him.

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 So what are we to make

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 today of these

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 passages?

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 This account.

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 Just a few simple things.

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 Firstly,

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 Noah was a righteous man

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 and God cares

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 for his people.

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 Noah was a righteous man

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 and God cares

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 for his people.

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 What does it mean

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 to be righteous like this?

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 I wonder how I can be righteous

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 like Noah

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 this year.

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 Well,

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 Noah was a man

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 who didn't conform.

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 That's one thing.

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 He wasn't a Christian

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 just on a Sunday.

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 He was a Christian

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 every day

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 of the week

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 when you leave here

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 and how we live

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 today.

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 and Tuesday

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 and on through the week.

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 You could see

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 by his life

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 every day

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 there was a difference.

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 Is that what people

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 can see

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 in ourselves?

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 He was a man

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 who obeyed God

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 and it was visible.

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 There was a visible difference.

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 We need that again,

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 don't we,

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 to be reminded

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 New Year.

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 Is there a difference

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 in how I live my life?

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 Among the people

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 he's placed

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 around me.

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 The people

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 I come into contact with.

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 In the mission field

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 where he has me.

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 wherever that is.

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 He was a man

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 who obeyed God.

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 Chapter 6,

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 verse 9.

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 This is the account

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 of Noah

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 and his family.

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 Noah was a righteous man

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 blameless among

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 the people

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 at this time

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 and he walked

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 faithfully

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 with God

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 and his three sons.

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 Someone has said

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 Noah is described

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 in superlative

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 terms.

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 That doesn't mean

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 he's perfect.

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 He's a sinful man

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 but his righteousness

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 is shining through.

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 We are sinful people

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 but that our righteousness

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 would shine through.

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 He's standing out

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 from the crowd

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 and may that be

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 the prayer of your heart

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 this year

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 to be a Christian

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 living lives

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 of righteousness.

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 something that goes

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 against the flow

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 of what we are seeing

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 all around.

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 So often we conform.

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 So often we are Christians

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 who almost want to exhibit

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 that we conform.

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 You know,

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 we're no different.

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 We're no different after all.

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 Well, in a sense

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 you want to show

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 that you're sinful.

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 You want to show

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 that you're imperfect.

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 People might take you wrong.

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 They might think

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 there's something

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 special about you

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 and you want to show

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 that you're

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 I'm a sinner.

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 I need his grace.

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 But on the other hand

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 you want to also show

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 that you're different

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 and for that

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 to be visible

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 and seen.

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 I also think

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 sometimes we do

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 exude that

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 when we don't realise.

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 We don't realise

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 what people see

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 from a positive perspective.

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 Believe that God can

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 show people

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 that your life

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 is different

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 even when you don't

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 feel that way.

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 So Noah's world

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 we see in verse 11

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 of chapter 6

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 and we probably know

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 very well

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 the earth was corrupt

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 in God's eyes

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 and was full

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 of violence.

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 God saw

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 how corrupt

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 the earth

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 had become

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 but God

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 could see

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 that Noah

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 was righteous.

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 The world

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 we live in

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 is no easier

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 than the world

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 of that time.

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 Christians face

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 new dilemmas

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 today.

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 You face

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 new battles

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 new issues.

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 Kinsale

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 carried a line

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 mission fields

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 and to some people

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 you know

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 they look on

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 Christians

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 as a danger.

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 You know

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 you're bad

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 you're a Christian.

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 You believe

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 in one God

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 you believe

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 that Jesus

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 is the only way.

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 The things

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 you believe

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 are not accepted

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 are not acceptable.

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 It's difficult

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 days

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 to be a Christian.

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 We believe

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 we have an answer

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 to give to people

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 but we are living

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 in a world

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 that is corrupt

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 that does not

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 think

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 of him

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 does not

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 honour him

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 and we are

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 called

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 to do so.

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 He sees you.

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 He sees

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 everything

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 that you

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 go through

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 and he sees

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 everything

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 you do

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 for him.

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 He knows

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 you in the

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 workplace

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 or at home

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 today.

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 He knows

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 you in school.

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 He sees

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 you in college

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 and he sees

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 your righteousness.

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 I wonder

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 do you feel

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 awkward

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 as we talk

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 about this

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 righteousness?

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 Psalm 14

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 The Lord

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 looks down

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 from heaven

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 on all

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 mankind

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 to see

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 if there

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 are any

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 who

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 understand

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 any

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 who

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 seek

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 God.

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 All have

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 turned away.

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 All have

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 become

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 corrupt.

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 There is

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 no one

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 who does

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 good.

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 Not

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 even one.

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 Were you

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 wondering that?

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 Were you

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 thinking to

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 yourself

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 all this

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 talk of

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 being

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 righteous?

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 Noah being

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 righteous?

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 I need

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 to be

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 righteous.

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 And you are

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 thinking

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 I am not

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 very

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 righteous.

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 You think

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 to yourself

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 how can I

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 be righteous?

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 I know

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 what I am

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 actually like.

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 I know

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 what I am

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 really like.

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 All this

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 talk of

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 righteousness.

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 I don't

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 feel that

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 way at

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 all.

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 This is

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 where the

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 gospel comes

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 in.

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 This is

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 where the

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 rescue comes

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 in.

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 We know

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 that the

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 only righteousness

00:18:49.700 --> 00:18:50.700
 we have

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 is in

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 Jesus.

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 The only

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 righteousness

00:18:54.579 --> 00:18:55.259
 we can

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 have comes

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 from him.

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 Truth is

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 we are

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 not holy.

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 To stand

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 in God's

00:19:02.779 --> 00:19:03.359
 presence,

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 to serve

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 him,

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 we are

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 not

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 righteous

00:19:08.619 --> 00:19:09.119
 in our

00:19:09.119 --> 00:19:09.359
 own

00:19:09.359 --> 00:19:09.920
 righteousness.

00:19:12.779 --> 00:19:13.460
 Noah

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 wasn't

00:19:14.039 --> 00:19:14.720
 perfect

00:19:14.720 --> 00:19:16.079
 and he

00:19:16.079 --> 00:19:16.500
 didn't have

00:19:16.500 --> 00:19:17.119
 a righteousness

00:19:17.119 --> 00:19:17.859
 that came

00:19:17.859 --> 00:19:18.599
 from himself.

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 But by

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 grace

00:19:21.319 --> 00:19:22.299
 it is

00:19:22.299 --> 00:19:22.960
 possible

00:19:22.960 --> 00:19:23.980
 for God

00:19:23.980 --> 00:19:24.460
 to look

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 down on

00:19:25.200 --> 00:19:25.819
 those who

00:19:25.819 --> 00:19:26.439
 seek to

00:19:26.439 --> 00:19:26.819
 serve

00:19:26.819 --> 00:19:27.179
 him

00:19:27.179 --> 00:19:29.179
 and to

00:19:29.179 --> 00:19:29.619
 see

00:19:29.619 --> 00:19:30.419
 Christ's

00:19:30.419 --> 00:19:30.960
 righteousness.

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 To see

00:19:37.259 --> 00:19:37.899
 Christ in

00:19:37.899 --> 00:19:38.259
 us,

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 to see

00:19:39.399 --> 00:19:40.359
 Christ for

00:19:40.359 --> 00:19:40.740
 us,

00:19:40.899 --> 00:19:41.299
 to see

00:19:41.299 --> 00:19:41.879
 Christ

00:19:41.879 --> 00:19:43.139
 with us.

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 What does

00:19:45.559 --> 00:19:46.079
 that mean

00:19:46.079 --> 00:19:46.859
 for us

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 as believers

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 today here

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 in Carigoline

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 and in

00:19:51.019 --> 00:19:51.639
 Kinsale?

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 What did

00:19:52.339 --> 00:19:52.679
 it mean

00:19:52.679 --> 00:19:54.019
 for Noah?

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 well,

00:19:55.139 --> 00:19:55.779
 we talked

00:19:55.779 --> 00:19:56.259
 about the

00:19:56.259 --> 00:19:56.900
 features on

00:19:56.900 --> 00:19:57.400
 the boat

00:19:57.400 --> 00:19:59.160
 that Noah

00:19:59.160 --> 00:19:59.559
 was to

00:19:59.559 --> 00:19:59.980
 build and

00:19:59.980 --> 00:20:00.680
 one final

00:20:00.680 --> 00:20:01.799
 feature that

00:20:01.799 --> 00:20:02.180
 I didn't

00:20:02.180 --> 00:20:02.639
 mention.

00:20:05.119 --> 00:20:05.940
 The boat

00:20:05.940 --> 00:20:06.440
 had no

00:20:06.440 --> 00:20:06.819
 rudder

00:20:06.819 --> 00:20:10.000
 and it

00:20:10.000 --> 00:20:10.440
 had no

00:20:10.440 --> 00:20:10.960
 sail

00:20:10.960 --> 00:20:13.579
 and it

00:20:13.579 --> 00:20:14.039
 was not

00:20:14.039 --> 00:20:14.639
 designed

00:20:14.639 --> 00:20:15.339
 to be

00:20:15.339 --> 00:20:16.099
 navigated.

00:20:16.099 --> 00:20:19.159
 it

00:20:19.159 --> 00:20:19.539
 wasn't

00:20:19.539 --> 00:20:20.079
 a ship

00:20:20.079 --> 00:20:20.899
 with

00:20:20.899 --> 00:20:22.059
 Noah

00:20:22.059 --> 00:20:22.419
 as

00:20:22.419 --> 00:20:23.039
 captain.

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 It

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 wasn't

00:20:27.319 --> 00:20:28.339
 about him

00:20:28.339 --> 00:20:29.480
 navigating

00:20:29.480 --> 00:20:30.500
 this ship

00:20:30.500 --> 00:20:31.559
 through

00:20:31.559 --> 00:20:32.099
 the

00:20:32.099 --> 00:20:32.679
 ice

00:20:32.679 --> 00:20:33.199
 fields.

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 It's

00:20:35.719 --> 00:20:36.119
 not a

00:20:36.119 --> 00:20:36.439
 ship

00:20:36.439 --> 00:20:37.399
 that needs

00:20:37.399 --> 00:20:38.059
 to show

00:20:38.059 --> 00:20:38.719
 itself

00:20:38.719 --> 00:20:39.919
 to be

00:20:39.919 --> 00:20:40.639
 the best

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 or the

00:20:41.940 --> 00:20:42.440
 fastest

00:20:42.440 --> 00:20:44.100
 or the

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 greatest.

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 It

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 doesn't

00:20:47.120 --> 00:20:47.480
 need

00:20:47.480 --> 00:20:48.020
 satellite

00:20:48.020 --> 00:20:48.800
 tracking

00:20:48.800 --> 00:20:50.600
 to follow

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 it.

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 And do

00:20:55.620 --> 00:20:55.840
 you know

00:20:55.840 --> 00:20:56.120
 what it

00:20:56.120 --> 00:20:56.380
 didn't

00:20:56.380 --> 00:20:56.800
 have?

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 It

00:20:57.880 --> 00:20:58.160
 didn't

00:20:58.160 --> 00:20:58.400
 have

00:20:58.400 --> 00:20:58.740
 life

00:20:58.740 --> 00:20:59.180
 boats

00:20:59.180 --> 00:21:01.740
 because

00:21:01.740 --> 00:21:02.380
 it was

00:21:02.380 --> 00:21:02.600
 the

00:21:02.600 --> 00:21:02.940
 life

00:21:02.940 --> 00:21:03.380
 boat.

00:21:03.380 --> 00:21:08.560
 no man

00:21:08.560 --> 00:21:09.340
 or woman

00:21:09.340 --> 00:21:10.300
 will be

00:21:10.300 --> 00:21:11.120
 in charge

00:21:11.120 --> 00:21:11.960
 of this

00:21:11.960 --> 00:21:12.420
 boat

00:21:12.420 --> 00:21:12.880
 when the

00:21:12.880 --> 00:21:13.160
 doors

00:21:13.160 --> 00:21:13.740
 close.

00:21:15.000 --> 00:21:15.240
 It

00:21:15.240 --> 00:21:15.480
 will be

00:21:15.480 --> 00:21:15.960
 a boat

00:21:15.960 --> 00:21:16.580
 simply

00:21:16.580 --> 00:21:17.060
 left

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 in the

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 hands

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 of God.

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 You

00:21:20.760 --> 00:21:21.240
 and I

00:21:21.240 --> 00:21:22.520
 in the

00:21:22.520 --> 00:21:22.960
 gospel

00:21:22.960 --> 00:21:24.080
 this

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 year.

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 In

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 the

00:21:26.620 --> 00:21:27.140
 hands

00:21:27.140 --> 00:21:28.000
 of

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 God.

00:21:29.440 --> 00:21:29.740
 Noah

00:21:29.740 --> 00:21:30.040
 will

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 build.

00:21:31.560 --> 00:21:31.920
 Maybe

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 his sons

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 will help

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 him.

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 Maybe

00:21:34.180 --> 00:21:34.640
 people

00:21:34.640 --> 00:21:34.880
 will

00:21:34.880 --> 00:21:35.240
 mock

00:21:35.240 --> 00:21:35.420
 him.

00:21:35.780 --> 00:21:35.880
 We

00:21:35.880 --> 00:21:36.180
 don't

00:21:36.180 --> 00:21:36.440
 know

00:21:36.440 --> 00:21:36.840
 actually

00:21:36.840 --> 00:21:37.140
 all

00:21:37.140 --> 00:21:37.320
 the

00:21:37.320 --> 00:21:37.800
 facts

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 that

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 we

00:21:40.700 --> 00:21:41.220
 sometimes

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 assume

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 or

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 attribute

00:21:42.320 --> 00:21:42.660
 to

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 the

00:21:42.880 --> 00:21:43.320
 story.

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 But

00:21:45.540 --> 00:21:45.940
 when it's

00:21:45.940 --> 00:21:46.320
 finished

00:21:46.320 --> 00:21:46.620
 they'll

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 get on

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 board

00:21:47.320 --> 00:21:48.600
 and

00:21:48.600 --> 00:21:48.840
 they'll

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 sit

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 tight.

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 That's

00:21:52.380 --> 00:21:52.540
 the

00:21:52.540 --> 00:21:53.000
 gospel.

00:21:55.240 --> 00:21:55.880
 We have

00:21:55.880 --> 00:21:56.600
 very little

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 to put

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 our hope

00:21:57.560 --> 00:21:57.900
 in in

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 this

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 world.

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 No

00:21:58.760 --> 00:21:59.180
 hope

00:21:59.180 --> 00:21:59.840
 of

00:21:59.840 --> 00:22:00.420
 guiding

00:22:00.420 --> 00:22:00.840
 our

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 own

00:22:01.220 --> 00:22:01.980
 course.

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 And

00:22:03.960 --> 00:22:04.340
 knowing

00:22:04.340 --> 00:22:05.020
 exactly

00:22:05.020 --> 00:22:05.300
 how

00:22:05.300 --> 00:22:05.520
 that

00:22:05.520 --> 00:22:05.700
 will

00:22:05.700 --> 00:22:06.080
 turn

00:22:06.080 --> 00:22:06.420
 out.

00:22:08.680 --> 00:22:09.280
 We

00:22:09.280 --> 00:22:09.620
 can't

00:22:09.620 --> 00:22:09.980
 predict

00:22:09.980 --> 00:22:10.160
 the

00:22:10.160 --> 00:22:10.500
 years

00:22:10.500 --> 00:22:10.920
 ahead

00:22:10.920 --> 00:22:11.120
 never

00:22:11.120 --> 00:22:11.340
 mind

00:22:11.340 --> 00:22:11.500
 the

00:22:11.500 --> 00:22:11.840
 months

00:22:11.840 --> 00:22:11.980
 or

00:22:11.980 --> 00:22:12.100
 the

00:22:12.100 --> 00:22:12.380
 weeks

00:22:12.380 --> 00:22:12.940
 ahead.

00:22:15.580 --> 00:22:16.240
 Kingdoms

00:22:16.240 --> 00:22:16.400
 will

00:22:16.400 --> 00:22:16.940
 rise

00:22:16.940 --> 00:22:17.140
 and

00:22:17.140 --> 00:22:17.559
 kingdoms

00:22:17.559 --> 00:22:17.920
 will

00:22:17.920 --> 00:22:18.480
 fall.

00:22:20.120 --> 00:22:20.759
 Only

00:22:20.759 --> 00:22:21.100
 that we

00:22:21.100 --> 00:22:21.500
 get into

00:22:21.500 --> 00:22:21.680
 the

00:22:21.680 --> 00:22:21.940
 boat

00:22:21.940 --> 00:22:22.320
 God

00:22:22.320 --> 00:22:22.660
 has

00:22:22.660 --> 00:22:22.860
 for

00:22:22.860 --> 00:22:23.259
 us.

00:22:24.660 --> 00:22:25.120
 A

00:22:25.120 --> 00:22:25.840
 lifeboat.

00:22:26.580 --> 00:22:26.920
 The

00:22:26.920 --> 00:22:27.360
 gospel

00:22:27.360 --> 00:22:28.500
 of

00:22:28.500 --> 00:22:28.900
 Jesus.

00:22:30.200 --> 00:22:30.480
 And

00:22:30.480 --> 00:22:30.680
 he

00:22:30.680 --> 00:22:30.920
 will

00:22:30.920 --> 00:22:31.340
 take

00:22:31.340 --> 00:22:31.700
 us.

00:22:32.480 --> 00:22:32.779
 And

00:22:32.779 --> 00:22:32.960
 he

00:22:32.960 --> 00:22:33.180
 will

00:22:33.180 --> 00:22:33.720
 change

00:22:33.720 --> 00:22:34.080
 us.

00:22:34.900 --> 00:22:35.039
 And

00:22:35.039 --> 00:22:35.200
 he

00:22:35.200 --> 00:22:35.420
 will

00:22:35.420 --> 00:22:35.840
 guide

00:22:35.840 --> 00:22:36.200
 us.

00:22:37.799 --> 00:22:38.039
 He

00:22:38.039 --> 00:22:38.220
 will

00:22:38.220 --> 00:22:38.799
 direct

00:22:38.799 --> 00:22:39.799
 our

00:22:39.799 --> 00:22:40.360
 lives.

00:22:41.279 --> 00:22:41.539
 And

00:22:41.539 --> 00:22:41.700
 it's

00:22:41.700 --> 00:22:41.980
 all

00:22:41.980 --> 00:22:42.680
 grace.

00:22:43.620 --> 00:22:43.700
 And

00:22:43.700 --> 00:22:43.840
 the

00:22:43.840 --> 00:22:44.299
 righteousness

00:22:44.299 --> 00:22:44.700
 we

00:22:44.700 --> 00:22:45.279
 have

00:22:45.279 --> 00:22:45.960
 is

00:22:45.960 --> 00:22:46.220
 just

00:22:46.220 --> 00:22:46.500
 from

00:22:46.500 --> 00:22:46.840
 him.

00:22:47.600 --> 00:22:48.100
 But

00:22:48.100 --> 00:22:48.519
 it is

00:22:48.519 --> 00:22:49.120
 righteousness.

00:22:50.440 --> 00:22:51.039
 It's

00:22:51.039 --> 00:22:51.220
 the

00:22:51.220 --> 00:22:51.680
 righteousness

00:22:51.680 --> 00:22:52.080
 of

00:22:52.080 --> 00:22:52.460
 Jesus

00:22:52.460 --> 00:22:53.600
 who

00:22:53.600 --> 00:22:53.820
 hung

00:22:53.820 --> 00:22:54.140
 on the

00:22:54.140 --> 00:22:54.500
 cross

00:22:54.500 --> 00:22:54.720
 for

00:22:54.720 --> 00:22:54.900
 our

00:22:54.900 --> 00:22:55.380
 sins,

00:22:56.279 --> 00:22:56.539
 paid

00:22:56.539 --> 00:22:56.720
 the

00:22:56.720 --> 00:22:57.120
 price

00:22:57.120 --> 00:22:57.279
 that

00:22:57.279 --> 00:22:57.440
 we

00:22:57.440 --> 00:22:57.660
 should

00:22:57.660 --> 00:22:57.799
 have

00:22:57.799 --> 00:22:58.279
 paid,

00:22:59.140 --> 00:22:59.640
 that

00:22:59.640 --> 00:22:59.779
 we

00:22:59.779 --> 00:23:00.180
 couldn't

00:23:00.180 --> 00:23:00.640
 pay.

00:23:02.680 --> 00:23:03.279
 The

00:23:03.279 --> 00:23:03.880
 Father

00:23:03.880 --> 00:23:04.120
 who

00:23:04.120 --> 00:23:04.460
 gave

00:23:04.460 --> 00:23:04.660
 up

00:23:04.660 --> 00:23:04.900
 his

00:23:04.900 --> 00:23:05.259
 son

00:23:05.259 --> 00:23:05.539
 for

00:23:05.539 --> 00:23:06.000
 us

00:23:06.000 --> 00:23:08.880
 and

00:23:08.880 --> 00:23:09.259
 told

00:23:09.259 --> 00:23:09.519
 us

00:23:09.519 --> 00:23:09.860
 to

00:23:09.860 --> 00:23:11.000
 get

00:23:11.000 --> 00:23:11.220
 on

00:23:11.220 --> 00:23:11.580
 board

00:23:11.580 --> 00:23:11.759
 in

00:23:11.759 --> 00:23:11.920
 a

00:23:11.920 --> 00:23:12.340
 sense,

00:23:13.539 --> 00:23:13.940
 like

00:23:13.940 --> 00:23:14.160
 with

00:23:14.160 --> 00:23:14.400
 this

00:23:14.400 --> 00:23:14.820
 great

00:23:14.820 --> 00:23:15.160
 ship.

00:23:15.160 --> 00:23:16.740
 And

00:23:16.740 --> 00:23:16.880
 when

00:23:16.880 --> 00:23:17.019
 we

00:23:17.019 --> 00:23:17.180
 get

00:23:17.180 --> 00:23:17.380
 on

00:23:17.380 --> 00:23:17.700
 board,

00:23:17.840 --> 00:23:18.120
 sometimes

00:23:18.120 --> 00:23:18.560
 we

00:23:18.560 --> 00:23:18.880
 think

00:23:18.880 --> 00:23:19.040
 of

00:23:19.040 --> 00:23:19.259
 all

00:23:19.259 --> 00:23:19.620
 kinds

00:23:19.620 --> 00:23:19.740
 of

00:23:19.740 --> 00:23:20.040
 things.

00:23:20.200 --> 00:23:20.220
 We

00:23:20.220 --> 00:23:20.500
 think,

00:23:20.900 --> 00:23:21.200
 what

00:23:21.200 --> 00:23:21.540
 about

00:23:21.540 --> 00:23:21.960
 this?

00:23:22.600 --> 00:23:23.080
 What

00:23:23.080 --> 00:23:23.400
 about

00:23:23.400 --> 00:23:23.820
 that?

00:23:24.980 --> 00:23:25.519
 Even

00:23:25.519 --> 00:23:25.759
 what

00:23:25.759 --> 00:23:26.000
 about

00:23:26.000 --> 00:23:26.240
 other

00:23:26.240 --> 00:23:26.640
 people?

00:23:26.640 --> 00:23:26.700
 people.

00:23:28.500 --> 00:23:28.860
 And a

00:23:28.860 --> 00:23:29.140
 lot of

00:23:29.140 --> 00:23:29.320
 our

00:23:29.320 --> 00:23:29.900
 time as

00:23:29.900 --> 00:23:30.400
 Christians

00:23:30.400 --> 00:23:32.140
 is spent

00:23:32.140 --> 00:23:32.920
 caring about

00:23:32.920 --> 00:23:33.160
 other

00:23:33.160 --> 00:23:33.580
 people.

00:23:34.700 --> 00:23:35.080
 A lot

00:23:35.080 --> 00:23:35.400
 of our

00:23:35.400 --> 00:23:35.920
 ministry,

00:23:36.640 --> 00:23:36.860
 called

00:23:36.860 --> 00:23:37.660
 Kerry Project,

00:23:38.340 --> 00:23:38.960
 is about

00:23:38.960 --> 00:23:39.320
 other

00:23:39.320 --> 00:23:39.759
 people.

00:23:40.520 --> 00:23:40.900
 The way

00:23:40.900 --> 00:23:41.180
 we've

00:23:41.180 --> 00:23:41.420
 done

00:23:41.420 --> 00:23:41.800
 things,

00:23:41.860 --> 00:23:42.300
 we think

00:23:42.300 --> 00:23:42.540
 about

00:23:42.540 --> 00:23:42.780
 other

00:23:42.780 --> 00:23:43.200
 people,

00:23:44.040 --> 00:23:44.880
 we care

00:23:44.880 --> 00:23:45.320
 for other

00:23:45.320 --> 00:23:45.759
 people.

00:23:47.520 --> 00:23:47.780
 But

00:23:47.780 --> 00:23:48.300
 sometimes

00:23:48.300 --> 00:23:48.900
 you just

00:23:48.900 --> 00:23:49.320
 have to

00:23:49.320 --> 00:23:49.800
 be so

00:23:49.800 --> 00:23:50.340
 thankful

00:23:50.340 --> 00:23:52.480
 for what

00:23:52.480 --> 00:23:52.860
 God has

00:23:52.860 --> 00:23:53.160
 done in

00:23:53.160 --> 00:23:53.780
 your life,

00:23:53.779 --> 00:23:55.839
 that he

00:23:55.839 --> 00:23:56.480
 has saved,

00:23:56.859 --> 00:23:57.259
 that he's

00:23:57.259 --> 00:23:57.819
 rescued,

00:23:58.559 --> 00:23:59.079
 that he's

00:23:59.079 --> 00:23:59.720
 called you,

00:23:59.819 --> 00:24:00.039
 that he

00:24:00.039 --> 00:24:00.559
 has you,

00:24:00.619 --> 00:24:00.899
 that he

00:24:00.899 --> 00:24:01.660
 cares

00:24:01.660 --> 00:24:03.059
 for you.

00:24:04.000 --> 00:24:04.720
 Exactly

00:24:04.720 --> 00:24:05.619
 that verse

00:24:05.619 --> 00:24:06.660
 in 1

00:24:06.660 --> 00:24:07.119
 Peter.

00:24:11.299 --> 00:24:12.019
 5.

00:24:13.240 --> 00:24:13.700
 Let's

00:24:13.700 --> 00:24:14.059
 bow our

00:24:14.059 --> 00:24:14.460
 heads

00:24:14.460 --> 00:24:15.720
 and let's

00:24:15.720 --> 00:24:16.099
 pray.

00:24:16.539 --> 00:24:16.819
 Lord,

00:24:16.859 --> 00:24:17.200
 we give

00:24:17.200 --> 00:24:17.920
 you praise

00:24:17.920 --> 00:24:18.299
 and we

00:24:18.299 --> 00:24:18.599
 give you

00:24:18.599 --> 00:24:19.139
 thanks

00:24:19.139 --> 00:24:20.079
 for your

00:24:20.079 --> 00:24:20.539
 mercy

00:24:20.539 --> 00:24:22.039
 shown to

00:24:22.039 --> 00:24:22.359
 us in

00:24:22.359 --> 00:24:22.700
 Jesus.

00:24:23.779 --> 00:24:24.259
 We just

00:24:24.259 --> 00:24:24.740
 pray and

00:24:24.740 --> 00:24:25.220
 thank you

00:24:25.220 --> 00:24:25.660
 Lord that

00:24:25.660 --> 00:24:26.000
 we don't

00:24:26.000 --> 00:24:26.539
 deserve

00:24:26.539 --> 00:24:27.579
 any of

00:24:27.579 --> 00:24:28.059
 this but

00:24:28.059 --> 00:24:29.319
 we get

00:24:29.319 --> 00:24:29.839
 to enjoy

00:24:29.839 --> 00:24:30.539
 your grace

00:24:30.539 --> 00:24:31.680
 and your

00:24:31.680 --> 00:24:32.119
 freedom

00:24:32.119 --> 00:24:33.519
 and your

00:24:33.519 --> 00:24:34.019
 righteousness.

00:24:35.240 --> 00:24:36.019
 The way

00:24:36.019 --> 00:24:36.519
 you look

00:24:36.519 --> 00:24:37.180
 on us

00:24:37.180 --> 00:24:38.279
 because of

00:24:38.279 --> 00:24:38.680
 Jesus

00:24:38.680 --> 00:24:40.379
 when we

00:24:40.379 --> 00:24:41.019
 know and

00:24:41.019 --> 00:24:41.660
 love you.

00:24:42.899 --> 00:24:43.220
 I pray

00:24:43.220 --> 00:24:43.700
 Lord that

00:24:43.700 --> 00:24:44.139
 we would

00:24:44.139 --> 00:24:44.599
 know you

00:24:44.599 --> 00:24:44.899
 in our

00:24:44.899 --> 00:24:45.480
 hearts.

00:24:46.660 --> 00:24:46.960
 I pray

00:24:46.960 --> 00:24:47.279
 you'd

00:24:47.279 --> 00:24:48.119
 encourage us

00:24:48.119 --> 00:24:48.460
 that you

00:24:48.460 --> 00:24:49.019
 care.

00:24:50.059 --> 00:24:50.559
 You care

00:24:50.559 --> 00:24:51.259
 for every

00:24:51.259 --> 00:24:52.000
 person,

00:24:52.000 --> 00:24:53.660
 every

00:24:53.660 --> 00:24:54.319
 single

00:24:54.319 --> 00:24:54.980
 person.

00:24:56.740 --> 00:24:57.160
 I pray

00:24:57.160 --> 00:24:57.660
 Lord that

00:24:57.660 --> 00:24:58.119
 we would

00:24:58.119 --> 00:24:58.920
 understand

00:24:58.920 --> 00:24:59.859
 this

00:24:59.859 --> 00:25:00.500
 gospel

00:25:00.500 --> 00:25:02.079
 of Jesus

00:25:02.079 --> 00:25:03.319
 not an

00:25:03.319 --> 00:25:03.559
 old

00:25:03.559 --> 00:25:04.119
 religion

00:25:04.119 --> 00:25:06.000
 but a

00:25:06.000 --> 00:25:06.460
 gospel,

00:25:06.619 --> 00:25:06.920
 a good

00:25:06.920 --> 00:25:07.559
 news

00:25:07.559 --> 00:25:08.880
 of freedom

00:25:08.880 --> 00:25:09.619
 from sin.

00:25:11.000 --> 00:25:11.980
 We are

00:25:11.980 --> 00:25:12.420
 not

00:25:12.420 --> 00:25:13.059
 righteous

00:25:13.059 --> 00:25:14.460
 but in

00:25:14.460 --> 00:25:15.220
 your grace

00:25:15.220 --> 00:25:16.039
 because of

00:25:16.039 --> 00:25:16.539
 what Jesus

00:25:16.539 --> 00:25:17.039
 did.

00:25:17.960 --> 00:25:18.460
 We can

00:25:18.460 --> 00:25:19.019
 be seen

00:25:19.019 --> 00:25:19.680
 that way

00:25:19.680 --> 00:25:21.180
 when we

00:25:21.180 --> 00:25:21.460
 don't

00:25:21.460 --> 00:25:21.859
 deserve

00:25:21.859 --> 00:25:22.240
 it.

00:25:23.920 --> 00:25:24.539
 Thank you

00:25:24.539 --> 00:25:24.759
 Lord.

00:25:24.839 --> 00:25:25.200
 Help us

00:25:25.200 --> 00:25:25.559
 to be

00:25:25.559 --> 00:25:26.079
 grateful

00:25:26.079 --> 00:25:27.119
 this week

00:25:27.119 --> 00:25:27.480
 for all

00:25:27.480 --> 00:25:27.660
 you've

00:25:27.660 --> 00:25:27.940
 done in

00:25:27.940 --> 00:25:28.519
 our lives.

00:25:29.059 --> 00:25:29.579
 Forgive us

00:25:29.579 --> 00:25:30.139
 Lord for

00:25:30.139 --> 00:25:32.539
 our desire

00:25:32.539 --> 00:25:33.000
 to live

00:25:33.000 --> 00:25:33.379
 our own

00:25:33.379 --> 00:25:33.660
 way.

00:25:34.720 --> 00:25:35.259
 Forgive us

00:25:35.259 --> 00:25:37.799
 for the

00:25:37.799 --> 00:25:38.379
 times when

00:25:38.379 --> 00:25:38.680
 we are

00:25:38.680 --> 00:25:39.160
 cynical

00:25:39.160 --> 00:25:40.579
 about your

00:25:40.579 --> 00:25:41.000
 love.

00:25:42.639 --> 00:25:43.299
 When we

00:25:43.299 --> 00:25:43.799
 suffer

00:25:43.799 --> 00:25:45.220
 and we

00:25:45.220 --> 00:25:45.839
 blame you,

00:25:46.000 --> 00:25:46.700
 forgive us.

00:25:47.819 --> 00:25:48.440
 Cleanse us

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 Lord from

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 our heart

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 and our

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 suffering

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 that causes

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 us to

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 often live

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 as though we

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 don't have

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 you in

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 our lives.

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 Help us

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 not to live

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 as orphans

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 but to

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 live as

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 sons of

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 you.

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 Lord we

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 give you

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 praise and

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 thanks for

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 this great

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 mercy you've

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 shown us in

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 Jesus.

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 Thank you

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 for the

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 example of

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 that great

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 boat that

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 Noah built

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 his

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 obedience.

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 We pray

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 that we

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 would

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 follow and

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 we pray

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 Lord that

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 you would

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 lead us

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 this week.

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 In

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 Jesus name

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 we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Thank you so

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 much Craig.

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 We're going

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 to sing our

00:26:41.720 --> 00:26:42.339
 last song

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 now.

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 Thank you

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 Thank you.