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 If you don't have a Bible, you can turn in your bulletin.

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 It's printed there for you.

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 So we've been kind of making, or I've been making my way through 1 John with you guys

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 in little breaks and chunks from Mark.

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 But we're coming to the next section, which has some spicy stuff in it.

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 So let's give our attention to the reading of God's Word.

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 1 John 2, verses 15 through 27.

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 Do not love the world or the things in the world.

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 If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

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 For all that is in the world, all the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and

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 the pride of life is not from the Father, but is from the world.

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 And the world is passing away along with its desires.

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 But whoever does the will of God abides forever.

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 Children, it is the last hour.

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 And as you have heard, that Antichrist is coming.

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 So now many Antichrists have come.

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 Therefore, we know that this is the last hour.

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 They went out from us, but they were not of us.

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 For if they had been of us, they would have continued with us.

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 But they went out, that it might become plain that they are not of us.

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 But you have been anointed by the Holy One, and you have all knowledge.

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 I write to you not because you do not know the truth, but because you know it.

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 And because no lie is of the truth.

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 Who is a liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ?

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 This is the Antichrist.

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 He who denies the Father and the Son.

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 No one who denies the Son has the Father.

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 Whoever confesses the Son has the Father also.

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 Let what you heard from the beginning abide in you.

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 If what you heard from the beginning abides in you,

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 then you too will abide in the Son and in the Father.

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 And this is the promise that he made to us, eternal life.

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 I write these things to you about those who are trying to deceive you,

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 but the anointing that you have received from him abides in you.

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 And you have no need that anyone should teach you,

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 but as his anointing teaches you about everything,

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 and is true and is no lie,

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 just as it has taught you, abide in him.

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 Let's pray.

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 Lord, we're thankful this morning for your word.

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 We pray that you might bless it,

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 especially the preaching of your word,

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 and that it would take root in our souls,

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 and that we might see Christ as more glorious.

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 We pray these things in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 The anticipation of a big championship fight,

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 a highly touted contender

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 who comes in with all the brashness and arrogance of a champion,

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 dressed maybe like Uncle Sam.

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 He looks at his opponent,

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 and he mocks him.

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 Back-to-back titles, dressed to the hilt,

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 everyone shouting his name, music blasting.

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 His opponent does not stand a chance at all.

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 Skinny, scrawny, unproven.

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 Why is there even a fight after all?

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 He's going to win.

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 It's a foregone conclusion.

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 And then comes the underdog,

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 and he knocks the champion to the floor.

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 Never been done before.

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 Never happened.

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 Completely taken off guard

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 because he had underestimated his opponent

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 because he thought

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 that there was no chance that he would win.

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 That's the opening,

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 or really the culmination of Rocky.

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 It's not opening.

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 It opens the series, and it continues on.

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 You know Rocky,

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 the story of Rocky Balboa from the south side of Philadelphia.

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 You know, he works in a meatpacking plant,

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 and he trains for this big fight

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 by punching big slabs of meat.

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 And here is Apollo Creed,

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 the champion who lets down his guard

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 and then is taken off his pedestal.

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 Not by any decision,

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 because he actually wins the fight,

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 but his name, his recognition,

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 all of that comes with a champion,

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 is taken away from him.

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 All the support of all the on-watchers

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 and adoring fans

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 are now Rocky fans.

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 That's a similar story

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 that plays over and over,

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 no matter if it's history,

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 politics, and upset victories.

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 The war in Ukraine.

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 Whoever thought Ukraine would last this long?

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 Or, in literature,

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 think of Cinderella.

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 Cinderella.

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 No one would have thought

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 anyone would fall for Cinderella,

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 unless they would have

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 surely sent her to the ball.

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 Her stepmother and all those

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 mean, nasty sisters

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 would have supported her.

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 But that's even where we get that term,

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 the Cinderella story.

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 It's because it's an unlikely outcome.

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 But whether it's politics,

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 or history,

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 or literature,

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 the underdog,

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 the Cinderella story,

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 is something that resonates with us.

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 But oftentimes,

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 what happens

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 is the champion,

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 or the supposed victor,

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 who is certainly going to win,

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 lets down their guard.

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 That's what's going on in this text

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 this morning.

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 John is reminding Christians

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 that they can't let down their guard,

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 but they're going to end up,

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 like Apollo Creed,

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 knocked to the mat.

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 John is saying,

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 don't let down your guard,

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 because there's something out there.

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 The world.

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 Don't let down your guard,

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 because I'm warning you

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 about the enemies of Christ.

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 Those are two kind of things

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 that influence Christians.

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 And John is reminding these people,

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 and us,

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 that those two things remain

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 even for us today.

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 So those are the headings

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 that we're going to look at this morning.

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 This idea of the world,

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 and this warning against

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 the enemies of Christ.

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 So,

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 if you turn your attention

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 back to God's word,

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 let's look at verse 15.

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 Do not love the world,

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 or the things in this world.

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 If anyone loves the world,

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 the love of the Father

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 is not in him.

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 John's really clear here.

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 Don't love the world,

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 or the things that are in the world.

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 That's a trickier statement,

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 than at first glance.

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 Remember,

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 these instructions are coming on heels

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 of John repeating,

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 over and over,

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 that there's these things,

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 there's this group of people,

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 that these Christians

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 are going to have to endure,

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 that they're influenced by,

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 and they have to remember

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 what God has done for them.

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 They have to recall to mind,

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 and live out of that,

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 that is the gospel,

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 what Jesus has done for them.

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 They have to rest in that alone,

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 because all these things

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 are going to assault them,

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 and challenge them.

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 But John reminds them,

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 that they're loved,

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 they're called to abide in him,

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 they're kept by Jesus.

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 And on the heels of that,

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 he's saying,

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 if you're doing all these things,

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 you don't love the world,

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 or the things in it.

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 In typical John fashion,

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 he's going to restate this idea.

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 He says,

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 those that do love the world,

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 do not love the Father.

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 They do not love the things,

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 that he loves.

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 In fact,

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 his love is not in them.

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 But there's a couple of ways,

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 in which scripture uses the word,

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 world.

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 This is my Father's world,

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 we sing that song here.

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 Is that what he's talking about?

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 What about the famous,

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 scripture that you hear,

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 or you see,

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 at all those sporting events?

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 For God so loved the world.

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 Right?

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 Is it that sense of world?

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 That he gave his only begotten son.

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 Remember,

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 that's the same author,

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 that's right here,

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 that penned these words,

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 telling us not to love the world.

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 So how can he tell us,

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 that God loves the world,

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 that he gave his only son,

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 but he's telling us,

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 as Christians,

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 not to love the world?

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 Those two don't seem,

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 to fit together.

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 It's this.

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 When John uses the term,

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 world here,

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 he means not the created order,

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 and all the things in it,

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 including us,

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 that were created by him,

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 and that he's called good.

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 Think about Genesis 1.

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 He means,

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 it is this.

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 Look at verse 16.

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 For all that is in the world,

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 the desires of the flesh,

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 the desires of the eyes,

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 and the pride of life,

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 is not from the Father,

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 but it's from the world.

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 The desires of the flesh,

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 the temptations that we all face,

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 the desires of the eyes,

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 the things that we want,

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 that we see,

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 and we must have.

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 The pride that we have in possessions,

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 that's what he's talking about.

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 Those are all euphemisms.

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 That's sin.

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 He's saying,

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 those things that are in the world,

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 that are sinful,

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 whether they're good,

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 distorted to be evil,

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 because we place them on the pedestal

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 of the most important thing in the world,

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 or whether they're actually bad.

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 Those things are the world.

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 It's the same sense in which we often echo Paul

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 when we say we're called out from this world,

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 that we're in this world,

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 but not of it,

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 or the words of Christ when he reminds us

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 that he is not of this world.

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 Yes, he's physically there,

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 but he is not of this world.

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 John defines it here for us in verse 16.

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 And scripture affirms that the world

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 and the way of godliness

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 are two separate ideas.

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 And he's calling us to the way of godliness.

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 The world and all that's in it

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 is at odds with the Father.

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 The irony here is that all of this,

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 the allure of the world,

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 is something we struggle with

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 because we're in the here and now.

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 And we struggle with it

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 even though we know that it's fleeting,

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 even though we know that it's passing.

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 But why do we do that?

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 Why do we continuously struggle

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 when we know that the will of God

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 abides forever?

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 That that is made by a God

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 that is infinite and eternal.

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 Who doesn't want those things?

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 And yet we settle for that,

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 which is far less.

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 The British writer C.S. Lewis reminds us

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 when he describes his own struggle

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 in the weight of glory.

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 He says,

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 You and I have a need

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 of the strongest spell

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 that can be found

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 to wake us

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 from the evil enchantment

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 of worldliness,

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 which has been laid upon us

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 for nearly a hundred years.

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 Almost our whole education

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 has been directed

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 to silencing this shy,

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 persistent inner voice.

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 Almost all our modern philosophies

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 have been devised

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 to convince us

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 that the good of man

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 is to be found on this earth.

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 This idea

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 that we have to wake ourselves up

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 from this,

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 this slumber,

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 and this idea

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 that we have to fight against

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 finding all of our good

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 on this earth.

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 God is infinite, eternal.

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 That is the thing

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 of lasting worth and value.

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 It's not these things

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 that tempt us

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 in this world.

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 There are many things

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 in this life

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 that are fleeting.

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 They're alluring,

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 promising that they'll

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 never,

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 never actually deliver on.

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 I have a friend like this

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 that's always tempted.

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 He's tempted

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 by something

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 in his normal

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 day-to-day

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 appeal

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 that this thing,

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 this action

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 will actually lead

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 to his ruin.

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 He knows

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 that it's not for his good,

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 but he does it anyway.

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 He knows

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 that it's not for his good

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 because I remind him

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 of this.

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 I remind him

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 of this

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 when I discipline him

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 and give him

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 a cold bath

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 outside in the front yard.

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 My friend

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 is man's best friend.

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 His name's Otter.

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 It's not my pet.

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 I don't have a pet Otter.

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 That's really confusing.

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 I have a dog,

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 German short hair pointer

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 named Otter.

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 And the thing

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 that he struggles with

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 more than anything

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 in this world,

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 the thing that he's tempted

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 by

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 are these fluffy

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 black and white things.

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 See,

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 Otter is from

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 South Alabama

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 where

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 they don't really exist

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 that often.

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 He's not had that many

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 experiences with them

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 until he came here.

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 But those tempting,

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 fun,

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 black and white things

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 have this nasty smell.

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 And even though

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 he knows at this point

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 through various interactions

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 that this will not

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 turn out for his good,

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 that playing with that

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 fluffy black and white animal

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 is not going to be fun

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 in the end,

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 he still does it.

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 He's done it

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 on normal days.

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 He's done it

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 on Christmas Eve.

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 He's done it

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 by himself.

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 He's done it

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 with his friends,

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 his litter mates.

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 He's done it

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 with my older dog

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 who knows now

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 to avoid those skunks.

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 But Otter does it

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 every single time.

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 He's mesmerized by it.

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 Even when they warn him.

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 Even when they warn him

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 with their teeth.

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 He's still tempted.

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 He doesn't learn

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 from experience.

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 He doesn't learn

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 from the wisdom

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 of his elders.

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 He doesn't learn

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 from correction from me.

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 He doesn't learn

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 from the effects of it.

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 Having to get that cold bath

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 of peroxide and water.

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 Tomato juice doesn't work.

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 He doesn't learn.

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 He keeps going back

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 again and again.

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 It's because they're cute.

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 Yeah.

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 Yes, they are.

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 He goes back

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 and he pays the price

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 every time.

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 But we are kind of like

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 Otter the dog.

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 We play with the skunk.

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 We play with the stench

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 of our own sin.

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 And we know

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 that it will not be

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 for our own good.

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 We know it from experience.

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 We know it from the words

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 that we hear on Sunday.

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 We know it from God's word.

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 We know it from others.

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 But yet,

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 we return again and again

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 to something that's empty,

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 vain, and fleeting.

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 But why?

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 Why do we do that?

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 It's because we're made

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 of flesh and bone.

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 We live in this

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 created world

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 that we're finite creatures.

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 We're part of this world.

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 But we are called

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 to something more than now.

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 We're called to resist

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 those impulses of our flesh.

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 We can't be deceived

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 by this world,

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 by our eyes,

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 by what we can see,

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 by our pride,

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 by our sin,

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 by our own apathy

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 to that which is lovely,

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 to God himself.

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 There is an Anglican pastor

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 who wrote this

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 about this passage.

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 And it's so fitting.

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 He said,

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 the world is the great rock

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 on which thousands

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 of young people

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 are continually

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 making shipwreck.

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 Now, I think the qualification

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 that we would make

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 is not just young people.

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 It's all people.

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 We don't object

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 to any article

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 of the Christian faith.

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 They do not deliberately

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 choose evil

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 and openly rebel

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 against God.

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 They hope somehow

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 to get to heaven at last.

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 And they think it proper

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 to have some religion.

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 But they cannot give up

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 their idol.

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 They must have the world.

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 And so running after well

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 and bidding fair for heaven

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 while boys and girls

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 turn aside

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 when they become men

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 and women

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 go down the broad way

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 which leads to destruction.

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 We love the world.

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 We are marked

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 by worldliness.

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 But we are called

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 to seek after things

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 that are eternal

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 and to abide

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 with the Lord forever.

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 We are called

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 to delight

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 in who God is

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 and what He has done.

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 That we have to

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 reorder our priorities

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 and not see

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 these good gifts

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 as ultimate things

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 and worship them.

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 But worship Christ.

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 That's what we are called to.

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 That's what John

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 is calling these people to.

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 And that's a struggle

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 and we will fail.

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 But we must remind

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 one another

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 to return again

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 and again

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 to Christ

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 and not to the things

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 in this world.

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 John reminds us

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 to stand against the world

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 but he also

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 reminds us

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 through this section

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 that there's this other thing

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 going on.

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 He warns us

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 to be on our guard

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 not just against the world

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 but against the enemies

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 of Christ.

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 Let's turn our attention there.

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 Remember that John

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 is writing to a people

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 that he loves.

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 So in verse 18

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 when he says

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 children

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 it's not like

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 they're their little child

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 but children

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 I love you.

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 I want the best for you.

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 I'm going to warn you

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 of the impending danger.

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 It's not demeaning at all.

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 He's reminding them

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 because he actually

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 cares for them.

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 He's reminding them

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 because something is looming.

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 It's not simply

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 a battle of ideas.

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 It's ideas that

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 influence their lives

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 and train wreck

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 or shipwreck

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 their faith

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 against the rock.

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 It's a battle

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 of theological ideas

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 and he's reminding them

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 these real people

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 that he loves them.

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 Now I know

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 in this first verse

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 there's something looming

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 that we want to jump to

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 and it's that antichrist.

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 But before we do

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 we have to remember

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 we have to look at

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 all what's going on.

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 There's also this term

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 last hours.

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 What does he mean by that?

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 If John's writing

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 in the last hours

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 and we're still here

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 was he wrong?

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 Were those the last hours?

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 Are these the last hours?

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 John's talking about

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 a quality of time

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 not a quantity of time.

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 So quickly we move

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 to quantity

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 but not quality.

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 Think about the use

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 of the term all

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 in scripture.

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 all men.

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 It's really all types

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 of men

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 that it's often used.

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 We should be concerned

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 though

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 because

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 this

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 can often be

00:19:13.819 --> 00:19:14.340
 an attack

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 against scripture.

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 It's not the last hours

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 he's talking about

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 in terms of time

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 but the quality of time.

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 These hours are different

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 or these last days

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 are different.

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 How are they different

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 from before?

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 Think on the timeline

00:19:28.779 --> 00:19:29.480
 of scripture.

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 At one time

00:19:31.740 --> 00:19:33.399
 God spoke through prophets

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 and through signs

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 and types

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 and shadows

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 and now he speaks

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 by his son.

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 That's what the writer

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 of Hebrews reminds us.

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 In these final days

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 and these last days

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 that are different

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 because we have Christ.

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 That's how they're the last.

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 So they're different days

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 by which Christ

00:19:54.619 --> 00:19:55.759
 now speaks.

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 It points

00:19:57.079 --> 00:19:58.339
 to something though

00:19:58.339 --> 00:20:00.180
 that will have challenges.

00:20:00.879 --> 00:20:01.579
 In verse 18

00:20:01.579 --> 00:20:02.559
 he reminds us

00:20:02.559 --> 00:20:03.680
 that we've heard

00:20:03.680 --> 00:20:04.740
 that the Antichrist

00:20:04.740 --> 00:20:05.319
 is coming

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 so now

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 many Antichrists

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 have come.

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 I have to admit

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 when looking at this passage

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 I was tempted

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 to just be like

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 hey

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 I can just preach

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 another passage

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 right?

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 Because this word

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 comes with all kinds

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 of baggage

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 and immediately

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 in context

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 we see

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 we know that term

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 Antichrist

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 but then

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 we're reoriented

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 because then

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 it uses it

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 in the plural

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 and we have to think

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 what's going on?

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 But it gets

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 our attention

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 and most often

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 we think of that term

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 we think of Paul

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 or Revelation

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 this idea

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 of this man

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 of lawlessness

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 a singular figure

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 who opposes

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 Christ

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 and his kingdom

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 but here

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 it's plural.

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 It's very different.

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 simply put

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 it's these people

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 that are against

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 the cause of Christ

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 against him

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 against his kingdom

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 it's not a singular

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 individual

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 in this context

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 it's all those people

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 that are against

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 Jesus.

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 Now remember

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 1 John

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 is a letter

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 written to a church

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 written to Christians

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 to assure them

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 to remind them

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 to comfort them

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 as they faced

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 all these challenges

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 and the challenges

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 were those

00:21:19.559 --> 00:21:20.539
 that were swirling

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 around the community

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 of Christ

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 whether they have

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 been part of them

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 and then had gone

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 out from them

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 as we'll see

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 or they were still

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 within them

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 promoting their ideas

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 all about

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 confusion

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 over who Jesus

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 was

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 and what he had done

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 those are those

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 antichrists

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 that he's talking about.

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 Look with me

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 at verse 19

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 they went out

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 from us

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 but they were not

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 of us

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 for they have

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 been of us

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 they would have

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 continued with us

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 but they went out

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 that it might become

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 plain

00:21:51.379 --> 00:21:52.500
 that they are

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 not all

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 of us.

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 They were part

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 of the covenant

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 community

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 they were part

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 of the church

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 and then they left.

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 John's saying

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 this is not

00:22:01.319 --> 00:22:02.480
 simply a clash

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 of ideas

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 that happen

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 in the classroom

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 this happens

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 in real life

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 and these ideas

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 have real big

00:22:09.799 --> 00:22:10.440
 effects

00:22:10.440 --> 00:22:11.660
 ramifications

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 for real people.

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 These aren't

00:22:16.320 --> 00:22:17.340
 just minor

00:22:17.340 --> 00:22:18.080
 theological

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 fights

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 you know

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 the nerds

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 have

00:22:21.360 --> 00:22:21.880
 that really

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 don't affect us.

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 These are important

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 in its life

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 and death

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 it's a real

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 struggle

00:22:28.299 --> 00:22:29.420
 over error

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 over truth

00:22:31.279 --> 00:22:32.460
 and lies

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 but what are they

00:22:33.580 --> 00:22:34.360
 struggling over?

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 If it's that big

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 of a deal

00:22:35.600 --> 00:22:36.259
 what are they

00:22:36.259 --> 00:22:37.000
 struggling over?

00:22:37.440 --> 00:22:37.960
 Look with me

00:22:37.960 --> 00:22:38.600
 at verse 20

00:22:38.600 --> 00:22:40.220
 he reminds them

00:22:40.220 --> 00:22:40.620
 they've been

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 anointed

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 by the Holy

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 One

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 that they have

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 all the knowledge

00:22:45.000 --> 00:22:46.240
 21

00:22:46.240 --> 00:22:47.079
 that I write

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 to you

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 because you do

00:22:49.000 --> 00:22:50.819
 know the truth.

00:22:51.299 --> 00:22:52.460
 It's not as if

00:22:52.460 --> 00:22:53.279
 you don't know it

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 there is no lie

00:22:55.799 --> 00:22:56.660
 in the truth.

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 He's writing

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 them

00:22:59.059 --> 00:22:59.980
 reminding them

00:22:59.980 --> 00:23:00.559
 they have

00:23:00.559 --> 00:23:01.559
 everything they need

00:23:01.559 --> 00:23:02.440
 they don't need

00:23:02.440 --> 00:23:03.240
 to be swayed

00:23:03.240 --> 00:23:04.299
 by these new ideas

00:23:04.299 --> 00:23:05.819
 they need to return

00:23:05.819 --> 00:23:06.860
 again and again

00:23:06.860 --> 00:23:07.600
 to the gospel

00:23:07.599 --> 00:23:08.759
 and that what

00:23:08.759 --> 00:23:10.119
 is contained

00:23:10.119 --> 00:23:11.039
 in the message

00:23:11.039 --> 00:23:12.419
 of their sin

00:23:12.419 --> 00:23:13.279
 being paid for

00:23:13.279 --> 00:23:14.119
 by Christ

00:23:14.119 --> 00:23:15.399
 who's both God

00:23:15.399 --> 00:23:15.959
 and man

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 that is true

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 that is lasting

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 and there is no

00:23:19.539 --> 00:23:20.480
 lie in them

00:23:20.480 --> 00:23:22.719
 if they believe

00:23:22.719 --> 00:23:23.219
 in that

00:23:23.219 --> 00:23:24.319
 there's no lie

00:23:24.319 --> 00:23:24.819
 in that

00:23:24.819 --> 00:23:26.539
 but there is

00:23:26.539 --> 00:23:27.500
 one that lies.

00:23:28.539 --> 00:23:29.159
 John tells us

00:23:29.159 --> 00:23:29.899
 that these enemies

00:23:29.899 --> 00:23:30.619
 of Christ

00:23:30.619 --> 00:23:31.379
 are those

00:23:31.379 --> 00:23:32.159
 that deny

00:23:32.159 --> 00:23:32.679
 Jesus

00:23:32.679 --> 00:23:33.619
 they deny

00:23:33.619 --> 00:23:34.519
 some aspect

00:23:34.519 --> 00:23:35.500
 of who he is

00:23:35.500 --> 00:23:36.439
 or what he's done

00:23:36.440 --> 00:23:37.220
 we don't know

00:23:37.220 --> 00:23:38.620
 exactly what it is

00:23:38.620 --> 00:23:39.779
 but it's probably

00:23:39.779 --> 00:23:40.720
 about him being

00:23:40.720 --> 00:23:41.700
 God and man

00:23:41.700 --> 00:23:42.660
 at the same time

00:23:42.660 --> 00:23:43.440
 or

00:23:43.440 --> 00:23:45.180
 him

00:23:45.180 --> 00:23:46.480
 paying the punishment

00:23:46.480 --> 00:23:47.160
 for sin

00:23:47.160 --> 00:23:51.140
 they're confused

00:23:51.140 --> 00:23:52.759
 but these

00:23:52.759 --> 00:23:53.660
 Christians

00:23:53.660 --> 00:23:54.460
 are called

00:23:54.460 --> 00:23:55.940
 to love him

00:23:55.940 --> 00:23:56.960
 if you remember

00:23:56.960 --> 00:23:58.500
 this isn't the first time

00:23:58.500 --> 00:23:59.200
 we've seen

00:23:59.200 --> 00:23:59.860
 this clash

00:23:59.860 --> 00:24:00.519
 of theology

00:24:00.519 --> 00:24:01.620
 these people

00:24:01.620 --> 00:24:02.500
 who are denying

00:24:02.500 --> 00:24:03.559
 who Jesus is

00:24:03.559 --> 00:24:04.559
 and what he's done

00:24:04.559 --> 00:24:06.579
 are the same people

00:24:06.579 --> 00:24:07.819
 back in chapter 1

00:24:07.819 --> 00:24:08.359
 that said

00:24:08.359 --> 00:24:09.480
 what?

00:24:09.819 --> 00:24:10.879
 that they had fellowship

00:24:10.879 --> 00:24:11.619
 with God

00:24:11.619 --> 00:24:13.359
 these are the same people

00:24:13.359 --> 00:24:13.859
 that said

00:24:13.859 --> 00:24:15.659
 they have no sin

00:24:15.659 --> 00:24:16.500
 not now

00:24:16.500 --> 00:24:17.079
 not ever

00:24:17.079 --> 00:24:18.839
 these are the same people

00:24:18.839 --> 00:24:19.299
 that said

00:24:19.299 --> 00:24:20.559
 they're walking in the light

00:24:20.559 --> 00:24:21.379
 and John says

00:24:21.379 --> 00:24:22.679
 more

00:24:22.679 --> 00:24:23.539
 he says

00:24:23.539 --> 00:24:24.879
 you can't walk

00:24:24.879 --> 00:24:25.500
 in the light

00:24:25.500 --> 00:24:26.559
 and then have fellowship

00:24:26.559 --> 00:24:27.359
 with the darkness

00:24:27.359 --> 00:24:29.019
 or he goes on

00:24:29.019 --> 00:24:29.819
 in chapter 2

00:24:29.819 --> 00:24:30.259
 and says

00:24:30.259 --> 00:24:31.980
 these are the same people

00:24:31.980 --> 00:24:32.960
 that said

00:24:32.960 --> 00:24:34.259
 they walked in that light

00:24:34.259 --> 00:24:35.059
 they've tasted

00:24:35.059 --> 00:24:35.920
 and seen

00:24:35.920 --> 00:24:39.940
 yet they did not know

00:24:39.940 --> 00:24:40.579
 who Christ

00:24:40.579 --> 00:24:41.680
 truly was

00:24:41.680 --> 00:24:43.879
 was it his divinity?

00:24:44.460 --> 00:24:45.480
 was it the fact

00:24:45.480 --> 00:24:46.160
 he was God

00:24:46.160 --> 00:24:46.680
 and man

00:24:46.680 --> 00:24:47.859
 as we just confessed

00:24:47.859 --> 00:24:48.460
 this morning?

00:24:49.160 --> 00:24:50.059
 was it the fact

00:24:50.059 --> 00:24:51.019
 that his death

00:24:51.019 --> 00:24:52.460
 had impact

00:24:52.460 --> 00:24:53.180
 for them

00:24:53.180 --> 00:24:54.319
 even though

00:24:54.319 --> 00:24:55.240
 they couldn't see

00:24:55.240 --> 00:24:55.940
 the effects

00:24:55.940 --> 00:24:56.960
 of his death

00:24:56.960 --> 00:24:57.799
 on the cross?

00:24:58.160 --> 00:24:59.140
 that he reigns

00:24:59.140 --> 00:24:59.879
 now in heaven

00:24:59.879 --> 00:25:00.799
 even though

00:25:00.799 --> 00:25:02.339
 it doesn't look like it

00:25:02.339 --> 00:25:03.919
 we don't know

00:25:03.919 --> 00:25:04.539
 what it is

00:25:04.539 --> 00:25:05.240
 but we'll see

00:25:05.240 --> 00:25:06.459
 in a couple chapters

00:25:06.459 --> 00:25:07.699
 what it is

00:25:07.699 --> 00:25:09.439
 we don't know

00:25:09.439 --> 00:25:10.119
 at this point

00:25:10.119 --> 00:25:11.500
 we don't know

00:25:11.500 --> 00:25:12.699
 exactly what it is

00:25:12.699 --> 00:25:13.459
 but we know

00:25:13.459 --> 00:25:14.359
 they have the wrong

00:25:14.359 --> 00:25:15.299
 view of Christ

00:25:15.299 --> 00:25:17.259
 and that is essential

00:25:17.259 --> 00:25:18.379
 for any person

00:25:18.379 --> 00:25:18.919
 that is saying

00:25:18.919 --> 00:25:19.579
 they're walking

00:25:19.579 --> 00:25:20.179
 with Jesus

00:25:20.179 --> 00:25:21.220
 and I'm putting

00:25:21.220 --> 00:25:22.539
 their trust

00:25:22.539 --> 00:25:23.059
 in this

00:25:23.059 --> 00:25:24.139
 God

00:25:24.139 --> 00:25:25.019
 man

00:25:25.019 --> 00:25:26.759
 to not know

00:25:26.759 --> 00:25:27.619
 who he truly

00:25:27.619 --> 00:25:28.299
 is

00:25:28.299 --> 00:25:31.659
 one theologian

00:25:31.659 --> 00:25:32.099
 has written

00:25:32.099 --> 00:25:33.319
 that when we

00:25:33.319 --> 00:25:34.339
 think like this

00:25:34.339 --> 00:25:35.159
 we're taking

00:25:35.159 --> 00:25:35.899
 the cross

00:25:35.899 --> 00:25:36.819
 and we're rounding

00:25:36.819 --> 00:25:37.799
 off the edges

00:25:37.799 --> 00:25:38.940
 whether making it

00:25:38.940 --> 00:25:39.940
 more palatable

00:25:39.940 --> 00:25:42.259
 or easier

00:25:42.259 --> 00:25:43.000
 to handle

00:25:43.000 --> 00:25:44.419
 we're reducing

00:25:44.419 --> 00:25:45.740
 the sharp lines

00:25:45.740 --> 00:25:47.079
 that bring about

00:25:47.079 --> 00:25:47.740
 the effects

00:25:47.740 --> 00:25:48.680
 in this world

00:25:48.680 --> 00:25:49.599
 that's what

00:25:49.599 --> 00:25:50.079
 they're trying

00:25:50.079 --> 00:25:50.559
 to do

00:25:50.559 --> 00:25:51.579
 they're trying

00:25:51.579 --> 00:25:52.319
 to reconcile

00:25:52.319 --> 00:25:52.779
 this

00:25:52.779 --> 00:25:53.279
 they're trying

00:25:53.279 --> 00:25:53.819
 to shape

00:25:53.819 --> 00:25:54.419
 the message

00:25:54.419 --> 00:25:55.319
 and by doing

00:25:55.319 --> 00:25:55.599
 so

00:25:55.599 --> 00:25:56.240
 they're losing

00:25:56.240 --> 00:25:57.139
 the cross

00:25:57.140 --> 00:25:58.820
 in all of it

00:25:58.820 --> 00:26:01.020
 John's correcting

00:26:01.020 --> 00:26:01.820
 this

00:26:01.820 --> 00:26:02.880
 he's saying

00:26:02.880 --> 00:26:03.660
 it matters

00:26:03.660 --> 00:26:04.440
 what you think

00:26:04.440 --> 00:26:05.220
 about Jesus

00:26:05.220 --> 00:26:07.440
 and little children

00:26:07.440 --> 00:26:08.540
 I'm going to remind

00:26:08.540 --> 00:26:09.420
 you of all these

00:26:09.420 --> 00:26:09.840
 things

00:26:09.840 --> 00:26:10.740
 so that you

00:26:10.740 --> 00:26:11.280
 aren't led

00:26:11.280 --> 00:26:11.820
 astray

00:26:11.820 --> 00:26:13.680
 because Jesus

00:26:13.680 --> 00:26:14.740
 matters

00:26:14.740 --> 00:26:16.440
 remember

00:26:16.440 --> 00:26:18.660
 he's calling

00:26:18.660 --> 00:26:19.620
 them to remember

00:26:19.620 --> 00:26:21.460
 now

00:26:21.460 --> 00:26:22.640
 tomorrow

00:26:22.640 --> 00:26:23.200
 is a

00:26:23.200 --> 00:26:23.800
 is a

00:26:23.800 --> 00:26:25.060
 day of remembering

00:26:25.060 --> 00:26:26.420
 it's memorial

00:26:26.420 --> 00:26:26.780
 day

00:26:26.779 --> 00:26:29.000
 it's not

00:26:29.000 --> 00:26:29.740
 something that

00:26:29.740 --> 00:26:30.700
 we struggle

00:26:30.700 --> 00:26:31.299
 with in

00:26:31.299 --> 00:26:32.139
 modern America

00:26:32.139 --> 00:26:33.099
 remembering

00:26:33.099 --> 00:26:33.579
 Israel

00:26:33.579 --> 00:26:34.039
 struggle

00:26:34.039 --> 00:26:34.539
 with that

00:26:34.539 --> 00:26:35.299
 and God

00:26:35.299 --> 00:26:35.980
 did miraculous

00:26:35.980 --> 00:26:36.660
 things and

00:26:36.660 --> 00:26:37.099
 brought them

00:26:37.099 --> 00:26:37.519
 out of the

00:26:37.519 --> 00:26:37.819
 land

00:26:37.819 --> 00:26:38.379
 and they

00:26:38.379 --> 00:26:38.759
 were told

00:26:38.759 --> 00:26:39.240
 to build

00:26:39.240 --> 00:26:40.220
 memorials

00:26:40.220 --> 00:26:40.740
 they were

00:26:40.740 --> 00:26:41.180
 told

00:26:41.180 --> 00:26:42.279
 to remember

00:26:42.279 --> 00:26:43.079
 through days

00:26:43.079 --> 00:26:43.420
 they were

00:26:43.420 --> 00:26:43.960
 told to

00:26:43.960 --> 00:26:44.299
 remember

00:26:44.299 --> 00:26:44.599
 through

00:26:44.599 --> 00:26:45.200
 celebrations

00:26:45.200 --> 00:26:45.759
 and what

00:26:45.759 --> 00:26:45.940
 do they

00:26:45.940 --> 00:26:46.200
 do

00:26:46.200 --> 00:26:47.500
 they forget

00:26:47.500 --> 00:26:49.460
 now

00:26:49.460 --> 00:26:50.200
 memorial day

00:26:50.200 --> 00:26:50.480
 is a

00:26:50.480 --> 00:26:51.200
 national day

00:26:51.200 --> 00:26:51.899
 that we're

00:26:51.899 --> 00:26:52.319
 called

00:26:52.319 --> 00:26:53.039
 to remind

00:26:53.039 --> 00:26:53.480
 ourselves

00:26:53.480 --> 00:26:53.960
 of the

00:26:53.960 --> 00:26:54.579
 sacrifices

00:26:54.579 --> 00:26:55.779
 of people

00:26:55.779 --> 00:26:56.599
 for freedom

00:26:56.599 --> 00:26:57.039
 in this

00:26:57.039 --> 00:26:57.419
 country

00:26:57.419 --> 00:26:59.240
 the ability

00:26:59.240 --> 00:26:59.619
 that we

00:26:59.619 --> 00:27:00.039
 have to

00:27:00.039 --> 00:27:00.799
 have liberty

00:27:00.799 --> 00:27:01.639
 to have

00:27:01.639 --> 00:27:02.159
 life

00:27:02.159 --> 00:27:03.639
 to have

00:27:03.639 --> 00:27:04.099
 the pursuit

00:27:04.099 --> 00:27:04.659
 of happiness

00:27:04.659 --> 00:27:05.439
 and we're

00:27:05.439 --> 00:27:05.879
 called to be

00:27:05.879 --> 00:27:06.519
 thankful for

00:27:06.519 --> 00:27:07.759
 those sacrifices

00:27:07.759 --> 00:27:09.000
 but more

00:27:09.000 --> 00:27:09.759
 often than not

00:27:09.759 --> 00:27:10.359
 it's a day

00:27:10.359 --> 00:27:10.899
 that we just

00:27:10.899 --> 00:27:11.579
 cease working

00:27:11.579 --> 00:27:12.879
 that we celebrate

00:27:12.879 --> 00:27:13.939
 the start of

00:27:13.939 --> 00:27:14.220
 summer

00:27:14.220 --> 00:27:15.519
 we dust off

00:27:15.519 --> 00:27:15.980
 the pool

00:27:15.980 --> 00:27:16.419
 noodles

00:27:16.419 --> 00:27:17.799
 we fire up

00:27:17.799 --> 00:27:18.319
 the barbecue

00:27:18.319 --> 00:27:19.299
 and we celebrate

00:27:19.299 --> 00:27:20.879
 because summer

00:27:20.879 --> 00:27:21.699
 is here

00:27:21.699 --> 00:27:22.720
 around the corner

00:27:22.720 --> 00:27:23.420
 it's a little

00:27:23.420 --> 00:27:23.839
 tricky in

00:27:23.839 --> 00:27:24.220
 Colorado

00:27:24.220 --> 00:27:24.759
 the pool

00:27:24.759 --> 00:27:25.319
 is not so

00:27:25.319 --> 00:27:25.940
 warm right

00:27:25.940 --> 00:27:26.240
 now

00:27:26.240 --> 00:27:27.059
 we might

00:27:27.059 --> 00:27:27.779
 see snow

00:27:27.779 --> 00:27:28.279
 right

00:27:28.279 --> 00:27:30.720
 but in

00:27:30.720 --> 00:27:31.339
 this day

00:27:31.339 --> 00:27:31.819
 we have

00:27:31.819 --> 00:27:33.140
 this clash

00:27:33.140 --> 00:27:33.980
 of ideas

00:27:33.980 --> 00:27:34.680
 maybe even

00:27:34.680 --> 00:27:35.120
 clash

00:27:35.120 --> 00:27:35.799
 in our

00:27:35.799 --> 00:27:36.000
 own

00:27:36.000 --> 00:27:36.500
 hearts

00:27:36.500 --> 00:27:37.279
 because

00:27:37.279 --> 00:27:37.960
 for some

00:27:37.960 --> 00:27:38.779
 memorial day

00:27:38.779 --> 00:27:39.920
 is this day

00:27:39.920 --> 00:27:40.559
 that's the start

00:27:40.559 --> 00:27:41.000
 of summer

00:27:41.000 --> 00:27:41.860
 but for some

00:27:41.860 --> 00:27:42.519
 it's kind of

00:27:42.519 --> 00:27:42.900
 haunting

00:27:42.900 --> 00:27:44.400
 it's a

00:27:44.400 --> 00:27:44.799
 struggle

00:27:44.799 --> 00:27:48.299
 it's marked

00:27:48.299 --> 00:27:49.259
 by sadness

00:27:49.259 --> 00:27:50.579
 marked by

00:27:50.579 --> 00:27:51.100
 loss

00:27:51.099 --> 00:27:52.539
 marked

00:27:52.539 --> 00:27:53.339
 by guilt

00:27:53.339 --> 00:27:55.859
 and maybe

00:27:55.859 --> 00:27:56.419
 decisions

00:27:56.419 --> 00:27:57.219
 that you've

00:27:57.219 --> 00:27:57.619
 made

00:27:57.619 --> 00:27:58.379
 or others

00:27:58.379 --> 00:27:58.839
 have made

00:27:58.839 --> 00:27:59.179
 that have

00:27:59.179 --> 00:28:00.259
 been led

00:28:00.259 --> 00:28:00.939
 to the loss

00:28:00.939 --> 00:28:01.539
 of Americans

00:28:01.539 --> 00:28:02.619
 that's hard

00:28:02.619 --> 00:28:03.759
 that doesn't

00:28:03.759 --> 00:28:04.159
 look like

00:28:04.159 --> 00:28:04.619
 the pool

00:28:04.619 --> 00:28:05.199
 and barbecue

00:28:05.199 --> 00:28:05.879
 right

00:28:05.879 --> 00:28:06.959
 but as a

00:28:06.959 --> 00:28:07.279
 nation

00:28:07.279 --> 00:28:07.779
 we're called

00:28:07.779 --> 00:28:08.359
 to remember

00:28:08.359 --> 00:28:09.740
 this day

00:28:09.740 --> 00:28:11.539
 but some

00:28:11.539 --> 00:28:12.059
 of us

00:28:12.059 --> 00:28:12.859
 were marked

00:28:12.859 --> 00:28:13.379
 by more

00:28:13.379 --> 00:28:14.240
 introspection

00:28:14.240 --> 00:28:15.000
 and lament

00:28:15.000 --> 00:28:15.659
 and that's

00:28:15.659 --> 00:28:16.059
 okay

00:28:16.059 --> 00:28:17.659
 and that's

00:28:17.659 --> 00:28:17.980
 a good

00:28:17.980 --> 00:28:18.359
 thing

00:28:18.359 --> 00:28:20.419
 as a

00:28:20.419 --> 00:28:20.740
 kid

00:28:20.740 --> 00:28:21.359
 I was

00:28:21.359 --> 00:28:22.179
 part of

00:28:22.179 --> 00:28:22.539
 a family

00:28:22.539 --> 00:28:22.819
 that was

00:28:22.819 --> 00:28:23.000
 never

00:28:23.000 --> 00:28:23.219
 really

00:28:23.219 --> 00:28:23.959
 patriotic

00:28:23.959 --> 00:28:24.539
 on memorial

00:28:24.539 --> 00:28:24.859
 day

00:28:24.859 --> 00:28:25.579
 which

00:28:25.579 --> 00:28:27.019
 we'd always

00:28:27.019 --> 00:28:27.419
 spend it

00:28:27.419 --> 00:28:27.959
 at the lake

00:28:27.959 --> 00:28:28.659
 we'd go

00:28:28.659 --> 00:28:29.419
 like catfishing

00:28:29.419 --> 00:28:30.079
 and swimming

00:28:30.079 --> 00:28:31.399
 and enjoy

00:28:31.399 --> 00:28:32.159
 the day

00:28:32.159 --> 00:28:33.379
 and it always

00:28:33.379 --> 00:28:34.159
 struck me

00:28:34.159 --> 00:28:35.619
 like why did

00:28:35.619 --> 00:28:35.959
 we do

00:28:35.959 --> 00:28:36.719
 those things

00:28:36.719 --> 00:28:37.959
 if it was

00:28:37.959 --> 00:28:38.299
 a day

00:28:38.299 --> 00:28:39.219
 for remembering

00:28:39.219 --> 00:28:40.019
 are we

00:28:40.019 --> 00:28:40.519
 remembering

00:28:40.519 --> 00:28:41.559
 and as I

00:28:41.559 --> 00:28:42.099
 grew as an

00:28:42.099 --> 00:28:42.459
 adult

00:28:42.459 --> 00:28:44.139
 I started

00:28:44.139 --> 00:28:44.699
 to challenge

00:28:44.699 --> 00:28:45.079
 that

00:28:45.079 --> 00:28:45.939
 I said

00:28:45.939 --> 00:28:46.659
 hey

00:28:46.659 --> 00:28:47.019
 we have

00:28:47.019 --> 00:28:47.639
 multiple

00:28:47.639 --> 00:28:48.339
 generations

00:28:48.339 --> 00:28:49.000
 of people

00:28:49.000 --> 00:28:49.419
 who've

00:28:49.419 --> 00:28:49.639
 given

00:28:49.639 --> 00:28:50.199
 their lives

00:28:50.199 --> 00:28:50.480
 to this

00:28:50.480 --> 00:28:50.839
 country

00:28:50.839 --> 00:28:51.480
 who've

00:28:51.480 --> 00:28:51.759
 given

00:28:51.759 --> 00:28:52.759
 all of

00:28:52.759 --> 00:28:52.980
 them

00:28:52.980 --> 00:28:54.759
 we have

00:28:54.759 --> 00:28:55.439
 cousins

00:28:55.439 --> 00:28:56.199
 that I

00:28:56.199 --> 00:28:56.579
 don't even

00:28:56.579 --> 00:28:56.939
 know

00:28:56.939 --> 00:28:57.460
 because we

00:28:57.460 --> 00:28:57.980
 live all

00:28:57.980 --> 00:28:58.379
 around the

00:28:58.379 --> 00:28:58.759
 world

00:28:58.759 --> 00:28:59.799
 and I

00:28:59.799 --> 00:29:00.119
 asked

00:29:00.119 --> 00:29:01.039
 I can't

00:29:01.039 --> 00:29:01.220
 remember

00:29:01.220 --> 00:29:01.379
 if it was

00:29:01.379 --> 00:29:01.839
 my dad

00:29:01.839 --> 00:29:02.319
 or granddad

00:29:02.319 --> 00:29:02.699
 I asked

00:29:02.699 --> 00:29:02.839
 them

00:29:02.839 --> 00:29:03.319
 why don't

00:29:03.319 --> 00:29:03.720
 we do

00:29:03.720 --> 00:29:04.199
 the things

00:29:04.199 --> 00:29:04.539
 that other

00:29:04.539 --> 00:29:05.119
 people do

00:29:05.119 --> 00:29:05.599
 on memorial

00:29:05.599 --> 00:29:05.799
 day

00:29:05.799 --> 00:29:06.099
 why don't

00:29:06.099 --> 00:29:06.299
 we go

00:29:06.299 --> 00:29:07.000
 to parades

00:29:07.000 --> 00:29:07.299
 why don't

00:29:07.299 --> 00:29:07.699
 we do

00:29:07.699 --> 00:29:08.619
 you know

00:29:08.619 --> 00:29:09.059
 go to

00:29:09.059 --> 00:29:09.679
 cemeteries

00:29:09.679 --> 00:29:10.000
 which are

00:29:10.000 --> 00:29:10.339
 all good

00:29:10.339 --> 00:29:10.799
 things

00:29:10.799 --> 00:29:11.859
 and I

00:29:11.859 --> 00:29:12.079
 remember

00:29:12.079 --> 00:29:12.879
 the response

00:29:12.879 --> 00:29:13.720
 being

00:29:13.720 --> 00:29:15.100
 every day

00:29:15.100 --> 00:29:15.799
 is memorial

00:29:15.799 --> 00:29:16.160
 day

00:29:16.160 --> 00:29:17.380
 that our

00:29:17.380 --> 00:29:18.360
 whole lives

00:29:18.360 --> 00:29:19.420
 as multiple

00:29:19.420 --> 00:29:20.180
 generations

00:29:20.180 --> 00:29:20.860
 of people

00:29:20.860 --> 00:29:21.160
 that have

00:29:21.160 --> 00:29:21.539
 served in

00:29:21.539 --> 00:29:22.059
 the military

00:29:22.059 --> 00:29:23.180
 are marked

00:29:23.180 --> 00:29:24.059
 by these

00:29:24.059 --> 00:29:24.860
 memorials

00:29:24.860 --> 00:29:25.539
 and that

00:29:25.539 --> 00:29:26.160
 each day

00:29:26.160 --> 00:29:26.440
 we were

00:29:26.440 --> 00:29:27.240
 to live

00:29:27.240 --> 00:29:29.319
 as honoring

00:29:29.319 --> 00:29:30.039
 those

00:29:30.039 --> 00:29:30.860
 who paid

00:29:30.860 --> 00:29:31.339
 the ultimate

00:29:31.339 --> 00:29:31.940
 price

00:29:31.940 --> 00:29:32.839
 whether they're

00:29:32.839 --> 00:29:33.400
 friends

00:29:33.400 --> 00:29:34.860
 family members

00:29:34.860 --> 00:29:36.420
 and that

00:29:36.420 --> 00:29:36.920
 shaped

00:29:36.920 --> 00:29:37.579
 each and

00:29:37.579 --> 00:29:38.259
 every day

00:29:38.259 --> 00:29:39.519
 I think

00:29:39.519 --> 00:29:39.860
 that's what

00:29:39.860 --> 00:29:40.360
 we're called

00:29:40.360 --> 00:29:41.079
 to in memorial

00:29:41.079 --> 00:29:41.380
 day

00:29:41.380 --> 00:29:42.279
 is to remember

00:29:42.279 --> 00:29:43.039
 those things

00:29:43.039 --> 00:29:44.599
 and John

00:29:44.599 --> 00:29:45.200
 in this

00:29:45.200 --> 00:29:45.599
 section

00:29:45.599 --> 00:29:46.519
 is calling

00:29:46.519 --> 00:29:46.960
 them not

00:29:46.960 --> 00:29:47.359
 just to

00:29:47.359 --> 00:29:47.759
 remember

00:29:47.759 --> 00:29:48.299
 and set

00:29:48.299 --> 00:29:48.819
 it aside

00:29:48.819 --> 00:29:49.740
 but to

00:29:49.740 --> 00:29:50.460
 live each

00:29:50.460 --> 00:29:50.940
 day

00:29:50.940 --> 00:29:51.680
 moment

00:29:51.680 --> 00:29:52.659
 by moment

00:29:52.659 --> 00:29:54.279
 remembering

00:29:54.279 --> 00:29:55.159
 what Christ

00:29:55.159 --> 00:29:55.700
 has done

00:29:55.700 --> 00:29:56.720
 that's what

00:29:56.720 --> 00:29:57.200
 he's calling

00:29:57.200 --> 00:29:57.700
 them to

00:29:57.700 --> 00:29:58.879
 remember

00:29:58.879 --> 00:29:59.819
 not just

00:29:59.819 --> 00:30:00.339
 one day

00:30:00.339 --> 00:30:00.859
 of the year

00:30:00.859 --> 00:30:01.420
 and then go

00:30:01.420 --> 00:30:01.799
 on about

00:30:01.799 --> 00:30:02.259
 your business

00:30:02.259 --> 00:30:03.579
 but remember

00:30:03.579 --> 00:30:04.440
 second by

00:30:04.440 --> 00:30:04.960
 second

00:30:04.960 --> 00:30:06.200
 what Christ

00:30:06.200 --> 00:30:06.759
 has done

00:30:06.759 --> 00:30:07.680
 and even

00:30:07.680 --> 00:30:08.399
 more than

00:30:08.399 --> 00:30:08.819
 that

00:30:08.819 --> 00:30:10.299
 I'm going

00:30:10.299 --> 00:30:10.700
 to send

00:30:10.700 --> 00:30:11.279
 you one

00:30:11.279 --> 00:30:12.160
 that you

00:30:12.160 --> 00:30:12.399
 might

00:30:12.399 --> 00:30:12.920
 delight

00:30:12.920 --> 00:30:13.720
 and abide

00:30:13.720 --> 00:30:14.379
 in me

00:30:14.379 --> 00:30:15.160
 so that

00:30:15.160 --> 00:30:15.379
 it's going

00:30:15.379 --> 00:30:15.839
 to help

00:30:15.839 --> 00:30:16.619
 you live

00:30:16.619 --> 00:30:17.319
 that moment

00:30:17.319 --> 00:30:18.039
 by moment

00:30:18.039 --> 00:30:19.099
 in light

00:30:19.099 --> 00:30:19.879
 of what

00:30:19.879 --> 00:30:20.240
 Christ

00:30:20.240 --> 00:30:20.799
 has done

00:30:20.799 --> 00:30:22.440
 look at

00:30:22.440 --> 00:30:22.779
 with me

00:30:22.779 --> 00:30:23.240
 at verse

00:30:23.240 --> 00:30:23.779
 24

00:30:23.779 --> 00:30:26.119
 let what

00:30:26.119 --> 00:30:26.500
 you heard

00:30:26.500 --> 00:30:26.799
 from the

00:30:26.799 --> 00:30:27.160
 beginning

00:30:27.160 --> 00:30:27.779
 abide

00:30:27.779 --> 00:30:28.440
 in you

00:30:28.440 --> 00:30:30.460
 if what

00:30:30.460 --> 00:30:30.859
 you heard

00:30:30.859 --> 00:30:31.160
 from the

00:30:31.160 --> 00:30:31.519
 beginning

00:30:31.519 --> 00:30:32.279
 abides

00:30:32.279 --> 00:30:32.579
 in you

00:30:32.579 --> 00:30:33.000
 then you

00:30:33.000 --> 00:30:33.259
 too

00:30:33.259 --> 00:30:33.879
 will abide

00:30:33.879 --> 00:30:34.160
 in the

00:30:34.160 --> 00:30:34.399
 son

00:30:34.399 --> 00:30:34.660
 and in

00:30:34.660 --> 00:30:34.799
 the

00:30:34.799 --> 00:30:35.139
 father

00:30:35.139 --> 00:30:36.099
 and this

00:30:36.099 --> 00:30:36.460
 is the

00:30:36.460 --> 00:30:36.839
 promise

00:30:36.839 --> 00:30:37.339
 he made

00:30:37.339 --> 00:30:37.859
 to us

00:30:37.859 --> 00:30:38.379
 eternal

00:30:38.379 --> 00:30:39.000
 life

00:30:39.000 --> 00:30:40.779
 this is

00:30:40.779 --> 00:30:41.140
 coming

00:30:41.140 --> 00:30:41.980
 on the

00:30:41.980 --> 00:30:42.400
 heels

00:30:42.400 --> 00:30:43.079
 of

00:30:43.079 --> 00:30:43.859
 understanding

00:30:43.859 --> 00:30:44.200
 what

00:30:44.200 --> 00:30:44.400
 they're

00:30:44.400 --> 00:30:44.779
 fighting

00:30:44.779 --> 00:30:45.180
 about

00:30:45.180 --> 00:30:45.960
 they

00:30:45.960 --> 00:30:46.559
 claimed

00:30:46.559 --> 00:30:47.059
 that

00:30:47.059 --> 00:30:47.200
 they

00:30:47.200 --> 00:30:47.460
 had

00:30:47.460 --> 00:30:47.640
 the

00:30:47.640 --> 00:30:47.980
 father

00:30:47.980 --> 00:30:48.200
 but

00:30:48.200 --> 00:30:48.359
 they

00:30:48.359 --> 00:30:48.599
 didn't

00:30:48.599 --> 00:30:48.859
 have

00:30:48.859 --> 00:30:49.059
 the

00:30:49.059 --> 00:30:49.519
 son

00:30:49.519 --> 00:30:51.200
 and

00:30:51.200 --> 00:30:51.599
 John's

00:30:51.599 --> 00:30:52.000
 reminding

00:30:52.000 --> 00:30:52.279
 them

00:30:52.279 --> 00:30:52.420
 that

00:30:52.420 --> 00:30:52.619
 they're

00:30:52.619 --> 00:30:52.960
 called

00:30:52.960 --> 00:30:53.180
 to

00:30:53.180 --> 00:30:53.839
 abide

00:30:53.839 --> 00:30:54.500
 in

00:30:54.500 --> 00:30:55.359
 God

00:30:55.359 --> 00:30:56.259
 and

00:30:56.259 --> 00:30:56.660
 abide

00:30:56.660 --> 00:30:57.200
 in him

00:30:57.200 --> 00:30:57.700
 because

00:30:57.700 --> 00:30:58.099
 they're

00:30:58.099 --> 00:30:58.359
 sending

00:30:58.359 --> 00:30:58.599
 them

00:30:58.599 --> 00:30:58.799
 the

00:30:58.799 --> 00:30:59.059
 Holy

00:30:59.059 --> 00:30:59.500
 Spirit

00:30:59.500 --> 00:31:00.099
 he's

00:31:00.099 --> 00:31:00.420
 sending

00:31:00.420 --> 00:31:00.940
 them

00:31:00.940 --> 00:31:02.400
 someone

00:31:02.400 --> 00:31:03.900
 to help

00:31:03.900 --> 00:31:04.259
 them

00:31:04.259 --> 00:31:05.180
 it's

00:31:05.180 --> 00:31:05.559
 not a

00:31:05.559 --> 00:31:06.599
 disassociated

00:31:06.599 --> 00:31:07.099
 remembering

00:31:07.099 --> 00:31:07.819
 it's

00:31:07.819 --> 00:31:08.439
 living

00:31:08.439 --> 00:31:09.399
 moment

00:31:09.399 --> 00:31:09.759
 by

00:31:09.759 --> 00:31:10.219
 moment

00:31:10.219 --> 00:31:10.839
 even

00:31:10.839 --> 00:31:11.319
 when

00:31:11.319 --> 00:31:12.240
 he

00:31:12.240 --> 00:31:13.339
 feels

00:31:13.339 --> 00:31:13.819
 far

00:31:13.819 --> 00:31:14.279
 and

00:31:14.279 --> 00:31:14.719
 distant

00:31:14.719 --> 00:31:15.919
 living

00:31:15.919 --> 00:31:16.259
 by

00:31:16.259 --> 00:31:16.539
 his

00:31:16.539 --> 00:31:16.959
 help

00:31:16.959 --> 00:31:17.899
 living

00:31:17.899 --> 00:31:19.179
 by

00:31:19.179 --> 00:31:19.439
 what

00:31:19.439 --> 00:31:19.599
 he

00:31:19.599 --> 00:31:19.779
 has

00:31:19.779 --> 00:31:20.199
 done

00:31:20.199 --> 00:31:23.279
 God

00:31:23.279 --> 00:31:23.579
 doesn't

00:31:23.579 --> 00:31:23.779
 say

00:31:23.779 --> 00:31:24.019
 just

00:31:24.019 --> 00:31:24.359
 think

00:31:24.359 --> 00:31:24.699
 real

00:31:24.699 --> 00:31:25.199
 hard

00:31:25.199 --> 00:31:25.559
 and

00:31:25.559 --> 00:31:25.679
 then

00:31:25.679 --> 00:31:25.819
 you

00:31:25.819 --> 00:31:25.959
 can

00:31:25.959 --> 00:31:26.379
 fight

00:31:26.379 --> 00:31:26.779
 against

00:31:26.779 --> 00:31:27.019
 the

00:31:27.019 --> 00:31:27.319
 schemes

00:31:27.319 --> 00:31:27.480
 of

00:31:27.480 --> 00:31:27.599
 the

00:31:27.599 --> 00:31:27.859
 devil

00:31:27.859 --> 00:31:28.419
 this

00:31:28.419 --> 00:31:28.899
 world

00:31:28.899 --> 00:31:29.419
 these

00:31:29.419 --> 00:31:29.980
 theological

00:31:29.980 --> 00:31:30.619
 ideas

00:31:30.619 --> 00:31:31.059
 he

00:31:31.059 --> 00:31:31.299
 says

00:31:31.299 --> 00:31:31.919
 no

00:31:31.919 --> 00:31:33.559
 abide

00:31:33.559 --> 00:31:33.839
 in

00:31:33.839 --> 00:31:34.119
 him

00:31:34.119 --> 00:31:34.679
 live

00:31:34.679 --> 00:31:35.039
 out

00:31:35.039 --> 00:31:35.279
 of

00:31:35.279 --> 00:31:35.679
 him

00:31:35.679 --> 00:31:36.599
 it's

00:31:36.599 --> 00:31:36.799
 not

00:31:36.799 --> 00:31:37.419
 simple

00:31:37.419 --> 00:31:38.139
 remembering

00:31:38.139 --> 00:31:38.719
 of

00:31:38.719 --> 00:31:38.899
 what

00:31:38.899 --> 00:31:39.319
 Christ

00:31:39.319 --> 00:31:39.539
 has

00:31:39.539 --> 00:31:39.839
 done

00:31:39.839 --> 00:31:39.980
 in

00:31:39.980 --> 00:31:40.119
 the

00:31:40.119 --> 00:31:40.539
 past

00:31:40.539 --> 00:31:40.759
 and

00:31:40.759 --> 00:31:41.059
 going

00:31:41.059 --> 00:31:41.419
 on

00:31:41.419 --> 00:31:41.719
 about

00:31:41.719 --> 00:31:41.959
 our

00:31:41.959 --> 00:31:42.259
 day

00:31:42.259 --> 00:31:43.240
 but

00:31:43.240 --> 00:31:43.659
 living

00:31:43.659 --> 00:31:44.119
 each

00:31:44.119 --> 00:31:44.500
 day

00:31:44.500 --> 00:31:44.779
 in

00:31:44.779 --> 00:31:45.159
 light

00:31:45.159 --> 00:31:45.379
 of

00:31:45.379 --> 00:31:45.659
 what

00:31:45.659 --> 00:31:45.839
 he

00:31:45.839 --> 00:31:46.019
 has

00:31:46.019 --> 00:31:46.419
 done

00:31:46.419 --> 00:31:48.459
 it's

00:31:48.459 --> 00:31:48.679
 not

00:31:48.679 --> 00:31:49.259
 facts

00:31:49.259 --> 00:31:49.699
 trapped

00:31:49.699 --> 00:31:49.879
 in

00:31:49.879 --> 00:31:50.059
 our

00:31:50.059 --> 00:31:50.719
 brains

00:31:50.719 --> 00:31:52.119
 but

00:31:52.119 --> 00:31:52.319
 he's

00:31:52.319 --> 00:31:52.679
 given

00:31:52.679 --> 00:31:53.019
 his

00:31:53.019 --> 00:31:53.480
 spirit

00:31:53.480 --> 00:31:53.899
 to

00:31:53.899 --> 00:31:54.359
 remain

00:31:54.359 --> 00:31:54.799
 in

00:31:54.799 --> 00:31:55.279
 us

00:31:55.279 --> 00:31:56.379
 to

00:31:56.379 --> 00:31:56.740
 live

00:31:56.740 --> 00:31:56.980
 with

00:31:56.980 --> 00:31:57.379
 us

00:31:57.379 --> 00:31:58.259
 so

00:31:58.259 --> 00:31:58.480
 we

00:31:58.480 --> 00:31:58.740
 might

00:31:58.740 --> 00:31:59.359
 abide

00:31:59.359 --> 00:31:59.599
 in

00:31:59.599 --> 00:31:59.779
 the

00:31:59.779 --> 00:32:00.139
 son

00:32:00.139 --> 00:32:00.419
 and

00:32:00.419 --> 00:32:00.579
 the

00:32:00.579 --> 00:32:00.980
 father

00:32:00.980 --> 00:32:02.219
 it

00:32:02.219 --> 00:32:02.579
 moves

00:32:02.579 --> 00:32:03.079
 past

00:32:03.079 --> 00:32:03.779
 memorial

00:32:03.779 --> 00:32:04.619
 and

00:32:04.619 --> 00:32:04.759
 it

00:32:04.759 --> 00:32:05.299
 moves

00:32:05.299 --> 00:32:05.639
 towards

00:32:05.639 --> 00:32:06.339
 transformation

00:32:06.339 --> 00:32:07.559
 that

00:32:07.559 --> 00:32:07.899
 each

00:32:07.899 --> 00:32:08.319
 day

00:32:08.319 --> 00:32:08.619
 has

00:32:08.619 --> 00:32:08.759
 a

00:32:08.759 --> 00:32:09.220
 component

00:32:09.220 --> 00:32:09.459
 of

00:32:09.459 --> 00:32:09.939
 remembering

00:32:09.939 --> 00:32:10.500
 but

00:32:10.500 --> 00:32:10.859
 each

00:32:10.859 --> 00:32:11.259
 day

00:32:11.259 --> 00:32:11.519
 is

00:32:11.519 --> 00:32:11.859
 being

00:32:11.859 --> 00:32:12.459
 renewed

00:32:12.459 --> 00:32:16.459
 then

00:32:16.459 --> 00:32:16.599
 we

00:32:16.599 --> 00:32:16.779
 can

00:32:16.779 --> 00:32:17.039
 see

00:32:17.039 --> 00:32:17.259
 the

00:32:17.259 --> 00:32:17.659
 beauty

00:32:17.659 --> 00:32:18.000
 of

00:32:18.000 --> 00:32:18.259
 this

00:32:18.259 --> 00:32:18.659
 world

00:32:18.659 --> 00:32:19.439
 and

00:32:19.439 --> 00:32:19.539
 we're

00:32:19.539 --> 00:32:19.740
 not

00:32:19.740 --> 00:32:20.199
 captive

00:32:20.199 --> 00:32:20.519
 to

00:32:20.519 --> 00:32:20.720
 it

00:32:20.720 --> 00:32:22.059
 we

00:32:22.059 --> 00:32:22.240
 can

00:32:22.240 --> 00:32:22.699
 see

00:32:22.699 --> 00:32:23.039
 our

00:32:23.039 --> 00:32:23.519
 highest

00:32:23.519 --> 00:32:24.000
 good

00:32:24.000 --> 00:32:24.379
 not

00:32:24.379 --> 00:32:24.579
 as

00:32:24.579 --> 00:32:24.779
 the

00:32:24.779 --> 00:32:25.240
 things

00:32:25.240 --> 00:32:25.459
 that

00:32:25.459 --> 00:32:25.639
 we

00:32:25.639 --> 00:32:25.839
 can

00:32:25.839 --> 00:32:26.319
 attain

00:32:26.319 --> 00:32:26.980
 or

00:32:26.980 --> 00:32:27.199
 the

00:32:27.199 --> 00:32:27.679
 things

00:32:27.679 --> 00:32:27.919
 that

00:32:27.919 --> 00:32:28.119
 we

00:32:28.119 --> 00:32:28.699
 want

00:32:28.699 --> 00:32:29.439
 or

00:32:29.439 --> 00:32:29.639
 the

00:32:29.639 --> 00:32:29.939
 things

00:32:29.939 --> 00:32:30.159
 that

00:32:30.159 --> 00:32:30.359
 we

00:32:30.359 --> 00:32:30.599
 don't

00:32:30.599 --> 00:32:31.139
 have

00:32:31.140 --> 00:32:33.860
 but

00:32:33.860 --> 00:32:34.020
 the

00:32:34.020 --> 00:32:34.360
 ultimate

00:32:34.360 --> 00:32:34.840
 good

00:32:34.840 --> 00:32:35.160
 is

00:32:35.160 --> 00:32:35.740
 Christ

00:32:35.740 --> 00:32:37.040
 we

00:32:37.040 --> 00:32:37.460
 see

00:32:37.460 --> 00:32:37.900
 that

00:32:37.900 --> 00:32:38.640
 when

00:32:38.640 --> 00:32:38.780
 we

00:32:38.780 --> 00:32:39.320
 live

00:32:39.320 --> 00:32:39.740
 moment

00:32:39.740 --> 00:32:40.020
 by

00:32:40.020 --> 00:32:40.440
 moment

00:32:40.440 --> 00:32:41.200
 abiding

00:32:41.200 --> 00:32:41.520
 in

00:32:41.520 --> 00:32:41.880
 him

00:32:41.880 --> 00:32:43.140
 we

00:32:43.140 --> 00:32:43.480
 see

00:32:43.480 --> 00:32:43.740
 that

00:32:43.740 --> 00:32:44.040
 most

00:32:44.040 --> 00:32:44.520
 clearly

00:32:44.520 --> 00:32:46.780
 we're

00:32:46.780 --> 00:32:46.940
 not

00:32:46.940 --> 00:32:47.440
 captive

00:32:47.440 --> 00:32:47.720
 to

00:32:47.720 --> 00:32:47.900
 our

00:32:47.900 --> 00:32:48.420
 eyes

00:32:48.420 --> 00:32:48.900
 we're

00:32:48.900 --> 00:32:49.160
 not

00:32:49.160 --> 00:32:50.100
 captive

00:32:50.100 --> 00:32:50.560
 to

00:32:50.560 --> 00:32:50.700
 the

00:32:50.700 --> 00:32:51.140
 desires

00:32:51.140 --> 00:32:51.360
 of

00:32:51.360 --> 00:32:51.520
 our

00:32:51.520 --> 00:32:51.980
 flesh

00:32:51.980 --> 00:32:52.600
 or

00:32:52.600 --> 00:32:53.060
 even

00:32:53.060 --> 00:32:53.720
 big

00:32:53.720 --> 00:32:54.200
 grand

00:32:54.200 --> 00:32:54.960
 theological

00:32:54.960 --> 00:32:55.740
 arguments

00:32:55.740 --> 00:32:56.740
 we

00:32:56.740 --> 00:32:57.180
 see

00:32:57.180 --> 00:32:57.720
 Jesus

00:32:57.720 --> 00:32:58.079
 as

00:32:58.079 --> 00:32:58.240
 he

00:32:58.240 --> 00:32:58.720
 truly

00:32:58.720 --> 00:32:59.319
 is

00:32:59.319 --> 00:33:01.500
 and

00:33:01.500 --> 00:33:01.660
 we're

00:33:01.660 --> 00:33:02.120
 freed

00:33:02.120 --> 00:33:03.799
 we're

00:33:03.799 --> 00:33:04.200
 freed

00:33:04.200 --> 00:33:04.880
 not

00:33:04.880 --> 00:33:05.299
 just

00:33:05.299 --> 00:33:05.819
 from

00:33:05.819 --> 00:33:06.440
 in

00:33:06.440 --> 00:33:06.579
 the

00:33:06.579 --> 00:33:06.779
 sense

00:33:06.779 --> 00:33:06.920
 of

00:33:06.920 --> 00:33:07.200
 having

00:33:07.200 --> 00:33:07.700
 liberty

00:33:07.700 --> 00:33:08.980
 but

00:33:08.980 --> 00:33:09.180
 we're

00:33:09.180 --> 00:33:09.500
 freed

00:33:09.500 --> 00:33:09.720
 from

00:33:09.720 --> 00:33:09.859
 the

00:33:09.859 --> 00:33:10.180
 power

00:33:10.180 --> 00:33:10.400
 of

00:33:10.400 --> 00:33:10.620
 sin

00:33:10.620 --> 00:33:10.819
 and

00:33:10.819 --> 00:33:11.079
 death

00:33:11.079 --> 00:33:11.319
 we're

00:33:11.319 --> 00:33:11.579
 freed

00:33:11.579 --> 00:33:11.779
 by

00:33:11.779 --> 00:33:12.160
 Jesus

00:33:12.160 --> 00:33:12.779
 himself

00:33:12.779 --> 00:33:12.980
 and

00:33:12.980 --> 00:33:13.140
 his

00:33:13.140 --> 00:33:13.599
 actions

00:33:13.599 --> 00:33:13.819
 on

00:33:13.819 --> 00:33:13.980
 the

00:33:13.980 --> 00:33:14.380
 cross

00:33:14.380 --> 00:33:14.920
 we're

00:33:14.920 --> 00:33:15.240
 freed

00:33:15.240 --> 00:33:15.480
 to

00:33:15.480 --> 00:33:15.880
 serve

00:33:15.880 --> 00:33:16.220
 him

00:33:16.220 --> 00:33:16.799
 we're

00:33:16.799 --> 00:33:17.279
 freed

00:33:17.279 --> 00:33:19.099
 to

00:33:19.099 --> 00:33:19.519
 stand

00:33:19.519 --> 00:33:19.779
 on

00:33:19.779 --> 00:33:19.940
 our

00:33:19.940 --> 00:33:20.259
 guard

00:33:20.259 --> 00:33:20.519
 by

00:33:20.519 --> 00:33:21.059
 abiding

00:33:21.059 --> 00:33:21.359
 in

00:33:21.359 --> 00:33:21.700
 him

00:33:21.700 --> 00:33:22.359
 John

00:33:22.359 --> 00:33:22.859
 reminds

00:33:22.859 --> 00:33:23.079
 us

00:33:23.079 --> 00:33:23.279
 that

00:33:23.279 --> 00:33:23.420
 it's

00:33:23.420 --> 00:33:23.640
 no

00:33:23.640 --> 00:33:23.839
 new

00:33:23.839 --> 00:33:24.200
 knowledge

00:33:24.200 --> 00:33:24.380
 that

00:33:24.380 --> 00:33:24.480
 we

00:33:24.480 --> 00:33:24.779
 need

00:33:24.779 --> 00:33:25.599
 it's

00:33:25.599 --> 00:33:25.819
 this

00:33:25.819 --> 00:33:26.439
 old

00:33:26.439 --> 00:33:26.859
 old

00:33:26.859 --> 00:33:27.480
 story

00:33:27.480 --> 00:33:28.279
 and

00:33:28.279 --> 00:33:28.500
 these

00:33:28.500 --> 00:33:29.319
 ideas

00:33:29.319 --> 00:33:29.819
 they're

00:33:29.819 --> 00:33:29.959
 going

00:33:29.959 --> 00:33:30.059
 to

00:33:30.059 --> 00:33:30.459
 assault

00:33:30.459 --> 00:33:30.879
 us

00:33:30.879 --> 00:33:31.839
 even

00:33:31.839 --> 00:33:32.079
 the

00:33:32.079 --> 00:33:32.639
 world's

00:33:32.639 --> 00:33:32.759
 going

00:33:32.759 --> 00:33:32.859
 to

00:33:32.859 --> 00:33:33.179
 assault

00:33:33.179 --> 00:33:33.539
 us

00:33:33.539 --> 00:33:34.079
 but

00:33:34.079 --> 00:33:34.240
 we

00:33:34.240 --> 00:33:34.659
 have

00:33:34.659 --> 00:33:35.339
 him

00:33:35.339 --> 00:33:35.939
 and

00:33:35.939 --> 00:33:36.039
 we

00:33:36.039 --> 00:33:37.439
 live

00:33:37.439 --> 00:33:37.759
 in

00:33:37.759 --> 00:33:38.119
 him

00:33:38.119 --> 00:33:39.319
 so

00:33:39.319 --> 00:33:39.819
 Christian

00:33:39.819 --> 00:33:40.279
 be

00:33:40.279 --> 00:33:40.659
 on

00:33:40.659 --> 00:33:40.859
 your

00:33:40.859 --> 00:33:41.279
 guard

00:33:41.279 --> 00:33:41.819
 be

00:33:41.819 --> 00:33:42.099
 on

00:33:42.099 --> 00:33:42.259
 your

00:33:42.259 --> 00:33:42.639
 guard

00:33:42.639 --> 00:33:43.219
 against

00:33:43.219 --> 00:33:43.919
 the

00:33:43.919 --> 00:33:44.419
 world

00:33:44.419 --> 00:33:46.219
 be

00:33:46.219 --> 00:33:46.579
 on

00:33:46.579 --> 00:33:46.759
 your

00:33:46.759 --> 00:33:47.259
 guard

00:33:47.259 --> 00:33:48.359
 against

00:33:48.359 --> 00:33:49.919
 these

00:33:49.919 --> 00:33:50.519
 things

00:33:50.519 --> 00:33:51.119
 that

00:33:51.119 --> 00:33:51.299
 the

00:33:51.299 --> 00:33:51.759
 enemies

00:33:51.759 --> 00:33:52.159
 of

00:33:52.159 --> 00:33:52.679
 Christ

00:33:52.679 --> 00:33:53.480
 espouse

00:33:53.480 --> 00:33:53.980
 these

00:33:53.980 --> 00:33:54.240
 new

00:33:54.240 --> 00:33:54.939
 ideas

00:33:54.940 --> 00:33:55.660
 that

00:33:55.660 --> 00:33:55.980
 seek

00:33:55.980 --> 00:33:56.180
 to

00:33:56.180 --> 00:33:56.600
 destroy

00:33:56.600 --> 00:33:56.880
 what

00:33:56.880 --> 00:33:57.019
 is

00:33:57.019 --> 00:33:57.620
 true

00:33:57.620 --> 00:33:57.940
 and

00:33:57.940 --> 00:33:58.380
 right

00:33:58.380 --> 00:33:58.660
 and

00:33:58.660 --> 00:33:59.320
 beautiful

00:33:59.320 --> 00:34:01.759
 that

00:34:01.759 --> 00:34:02.160
 seek

00:34:02.160 --> 00:34:02.400
 to

00:34:02.400 --> 00:34:02.960
 destroy

00:34:02.960 --> 00:34:04.120
 what

00:34:04.120 --> 00:34:04.279
 we

00:34:04.279 --> 00:34:04.539
 see

00:34:04.539 --> 00:34:04.759
 from

00:34:04.759 --> 00:34:05.200
 scripture

00:34:05.200 --> 00:34:05.620
 of

00:34:05.620 --> 00:34:05.940
 God

00:34:05.940 --> 00:34:06.519
 himself

00:34:06.519 --> 00:34:08.639
 stand

00:34:08.639 --> 00:34:09.200
 on

00:34:09.200 --> 00:34:09.639
 guard

00:34:09.639 --> 00:34:11.079
 that

00:34:11.079 --> 00:34:11.220
 we

00:34:11.220 --> 00:34:11.460
 might

00:34:11.460 --> 00:34:12.240
 remember

00:34:12.240 --> 00:34:14.240
 that

00:34:14.240 --> 00:34:14.720
 each

00:34:14.720 --> 00:34:15.079
 day

00:34:15.079 --> 00:34:15.380
 our

00:34:15.380 --> 00:34:15.840
 lives

00:34:15.840 --> 00:34:16.019
 have

00:34:16.019 --> 00:34:16.179
 been

00:34:16.179 --> 00:34:16.659
 changed

00:34:16.659 --> 00:34:17.039
 by the

00:34:17.039 --> 00:34:17.420
 glory

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 of

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 gospel

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 glory

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 of

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 let's

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