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 Father, nobody in the world tells us to beware of idols

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 that we carry around in our minds and in our wills and in our hearts.

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 And most of the idols that are in Canada and in our own lives are invisible.

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 Father, we ask that your Holy Spirit this morning would use your word

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 and bring your word deeply into our minds and hearts and wills,

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 our very souls and bodies, and reveal to us, Father,

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 the functioning and functional idols of our heart that keep us from you,

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 cause great damage in our own lives, and harden our hearts towards others.

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 We ask, Father, that your Holy Spirit would help us to recognize these idols

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 and then that your Holy Spirit would help us to turn from them

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 and to become disciples of Jesus who are gripped by the gospel,

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 living for your glory.

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 And this we ask in the name of Jesus, your Son and our Savior. Amen.

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 Please be seated.

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 It's allergy time of the year, which means my throat sounds a little bit rough.

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 Fall and spring, rough for us allergy sufferers.

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 We all know who we are, right?

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 Afterwards, we can all talk about the best antihistamines and stuff to use.

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 So, here's the thing.

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 I don't know if you were paying much attention when Jeremiah read the text in 2 Corinthians,

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 but in the text in 2 Corinthians, Jeremiah read something,

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 which because those of us who are Christians, we're all going to say,

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 yes, amen, that's true.

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 In fact, I have that verse.

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 It's a magnet.

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 It's on my fridge.

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 But the fact of the matter is we also know that it's not true.

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 And we just don't like to share with each other that, in fact, we think the verse probably isn't true.

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 And, in fact, one way probably to terrify just about everybody in the room would be to say,

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 we've arranged a bit of a surprise today,

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 and ten of your co-workers or your neighbors who aren't Christians are on the other side of that door,

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 and we'd like you to go and take 2 Corinthians 1, verses 3 and 4,

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 and share with them how real and powerful it is in your life.

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 And probably we would all be terrified.

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 Maybe not all of us, many of us.

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 Because 2 Corinthians, it says about,

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 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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 the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,

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 who comforts us in all our afflictions.

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 So, how comfortable?

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 In fact, it might be very, very funny.

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 It would cause great affliction in our lives

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 if we had to tell others about how God comforts us.

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 I'm the only one who's laughing at that story.

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 I mean, it's actually part of the irony of this week.

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 It kept the Holy Spirit kept, like,

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 it's funny, when you have to,

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 those of you who have to lead a Bible study or teach the Bible,

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 I don't know if it's like this for you,

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 but it's like this for me.

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 Often it's as if the God, the Holy Spirit,

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 gets me in a vice and turns me to look at it.

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 And it caused me a lot of stress and affliction this week

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 to try to tell you about how God comforts us in our afflictions.

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 Isn't that ironic?

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 I mean, that's just part of the process of God comforting me, actually,

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 and working in my heart.

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 But the text seems to make a really, really, really, really big claim

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 that God comforts us in all of our afflictions.

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 And what happens for us as Christians

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 is that for many of us Christians,

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 we don't experience this,

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 or we don't experience it very often.

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 And so we often have one of two responses,

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 and some of us combine them both.

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 One response is to put on a false front,

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 to pretend that that's what's going on in our lives.

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 And the other thing is that we become deeply cynical

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 about the Bible and about ourselves.

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 And we maybe cover up the cynicism

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 by maybe trying to be more prophetic

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 or talk about other types of things.

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 And often, which is a real tragedy,

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 we combine these two responses

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 to such a big promise and claim

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 that's been made by God through the Bible,

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 His Word,

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 by maintaining a false front,

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 while inwardly,

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 there is a fair amount of cynicism

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 going on in our lives.

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 So let's look at the Bible.

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 Like, is God just sort of making

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 one of those whopper exaggerations

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 when He talks about this in His Word?

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 Like, how are we supposed to deal

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 with something that seems to be

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 such a big promise?

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 Especially if many of you,

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 some of us are here,

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 may be really going through some real worry

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 and some affliction even now as I speak.

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 So let's get the Bible.

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 It would be very helpful

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 if you took out your Bibles

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 and let's look at them.

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 2 Corinthians chapter 1.

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 And we'll start reading at verse 1

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 just to get the context.

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 And then we're going to pause

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 at verse 3 and 4.

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 And here's how it goes.

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 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus

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 by the will of God,

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 and Timothy, our brother,

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 to the church of God

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 that is at Corinth,

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 that's in Greece,

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 with all the saints

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 who are in the whole of Achaia,

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 that's the Roman province,

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 that Corinth was in at the time.

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 Grace to you and peace

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 from God our Father

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 and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 Andrew, could you put up

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 verse 3 and 4

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 for me, please?

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 I just read 1 and 2.

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 All three, all of us together

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 using the version on the screen,

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 could we read verses 3 and 4 together?

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 Blessed be the God and Father

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 of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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 the Father of mercies

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 and God of all comfort,

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 who comforts us in all our affliction,

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 so that we may be able

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 to comfort those

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 who are in any affliction

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 with the comfort with which

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 we ourselves are comforted by God.

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 One of the things you're going to discover

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 about the book of 2 Corinthians,

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 there's probably very few books

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 in the Bible

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 that have so many great quotes.

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 And I was trying to think this week

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 about how I was going to structure

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 my talking points,

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 my sermon points,

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 and I realized

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 that really all I was going to try to do

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 was just make variations on this.

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 So we're going to say this verse

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 quite a few times

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 because it really is the heart

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 of how Paul introduces

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 the book of 2 Corinthians.

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 And notice the very, very big claims

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 which are made.

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 He is the God of all comforts,

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 of all comfort,

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 who comforts us in all our afflictions.

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 He is the God of all comfort

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 for any type of affliction or suffering

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 or worry or anxiety.

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 And he comforts us

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 in all our afflictions.

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 And it's just as strong

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 in the original language

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 as it is in English.

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 In other words,

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 there is no,

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 the claim is made

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 that God is more than adequate,

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 that he is abundantly full

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 of comfort

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 so that any and every

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 type of suffering or affliction

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 that we might do,

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 any type of anxiety

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 that we experience,

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 there is not going to be

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 a single person here

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 or one that we will meet

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 who will have a type of affliction

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 or suffering

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 that when we bring it to God,

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 God will say,

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 gosh, I have no resources

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 to deal with that.

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 It's a huge claim

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 made by the Bible,

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 which I believe,

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 and Christians have always believed,

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 is God's word written.

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 Could you say this verse

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 with me again out loud?

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 Blessed be the God

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 and Father

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 of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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 the Father of mercies

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 and God of all comfort,

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 who comforts us

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 in all our affliction

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 so that we may be able

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 to comfort those

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 who are in any affliction

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 with the comfort

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 with which we ourselves

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 are comforted by God.

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 If you get nothing else

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 out of this sermon

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 but begin to have

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 this verse memorized,

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 then God has been

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 very kind to us

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 because it's way better

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 that you remember

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 God's word

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 than anything I ever say.

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 But it's a big, big,

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 big, big, big claim.

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 So here's the first thing.

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 Remember, as I said,

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 it would be very, very frightening.

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 It would cause, in fact,

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 much affliction

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 for many of us

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 if we said,

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 surprise,

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 your co-workers

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 or your best

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 non-Christian friends

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 are in the next room.

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 Please explain

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 from your own life

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 how this verse is true.

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 That would probably

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 cause many of us

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 a great deal of affliction.

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 In fact, as we were going to it,

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 we would hope

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 that God would comfort us

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 right then

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 because we didn't know

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 how we were going

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 to say anything about it.

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 So, you know,

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 here's the first thing.

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 Well, maybe Paul

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 is one of those blessed people.

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 You know, the other day

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 I was in,

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 I was in,

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 surprise,

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 a Starbucks

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 and a guy was telling me,

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 a guy was,

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 I just overheard

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 this conversation

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 about how

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 his vintage Mustang

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 was in the shop

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 and he couldn't drive it

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 on this sunny day

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 so he just had to drive

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 his Audi.

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 Now, to his credit,

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 he's saying this

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 to a barista

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 who's probably making,

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 I don't know,

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 what's minimum wage, right?

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 She's making minimum wage.

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 And then he paused

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 and smiled.

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 Isn't it hard

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 to have first world problems?

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 More than that,

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 like 1% problems, right?

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 So maybe Paul

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 is like that guy.

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 Maybe Paul has just,

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 you know,

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 he grew up with rich parents,

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 he lived in a bit of a cocoon,

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 he never had any troubles,

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 his life has been pretty easy.

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 Well, we're going to see

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 in a moment,

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 maybe you don't remember it,

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 but we're going to see

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 in a moment

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 that Paul, in fact,

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 talks about a profound

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 time of trouble,

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 but it would,

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 just flip to the back

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 of 2 Corinthians.

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 Here's a very,

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 very spectacular text

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 which gives you

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 a bit of a short biography

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 of some of the things

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 that Paul has gone through

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 before he wrote this letter.

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 And just for your information,

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 it's about 10 years

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 after this

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 that Paul will die

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 a martyr's death.

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 So 2 Timothy is written

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 about 10 years

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 after 2 Corinthians.

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 But just if you turn

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 to 2 Corinthians chapter 11

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 and we'll begin reading

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 at verse 22.

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 Are they Hebrews?

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 He's talking about people

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 who are causing him

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 a lot of trouble

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 in the church in Corinth.

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 Are they Hebrews?

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 So am I.

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 Are they Israelites?

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 So am I.

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 Are they offspring of Abraham?

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 So am I.

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 Are they servants of Christ?

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 I'm a better one.

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 I'm talking like a madman.

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 With far greater labors,

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 far more imprisonments,

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 with countless beatings

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 and often near death,

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 five times I received

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 at the hands

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 of the Jewish leaders

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 the 40 lashes,

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 less one.

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 That's 39.

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 Three times I was beaten

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 with rods.

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 Once I was stoned.

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 And that doesn't mean

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 with drugs.

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 That means they threw

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 stones at him,

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 hoping that he would be,

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 the end result would be

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 that he was dead.

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 Once I was stoned.

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 Three times I was shipwrecked.

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 This is before the description

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 of the shipwreck in Acts 27.

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 I was stoned.

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 Three times I was shipwrecked.

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 A night and a day

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 I was adrift at sea

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 on frequent journeys

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 in danger from rivers,

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 danger from robbers,

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 danger from my own people,

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 danger from pagans,

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 danger in the city,

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 danger in the wilderness,

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 danger at sea,

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 danger from false brothers,

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 in toil and hardship,

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 through many a sleepless night,

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 in hunger and thirst,

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 often without food,

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 in cold and exposure,

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 and apart from other things,

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 there is the daily pressure

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 on me of my anxiety

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 for all the churches.

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 Who is weak

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 and I am not weak?

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 Who is made to fall

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 and I am not indignant?

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 If I must boast,

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 I will boast of the things

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 that show my weakness.

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 The God and Father

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 of the Lord Jesus,

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 he who is blessed forever,

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 knows that I am not lying.

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 At Damascus,

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 the governor under King Aretas

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 was guarding the city of Damascus

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 in order to seize me,

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 but I was let down in a basket

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 through a window in the wall

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 and escaped his hands.

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 So that's who's writing the letter.

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 So he isn't just a guy

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 whose big problem in life

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 is that his vintage Mustang

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 is in the shop

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 and he has to drive his Audi.

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 This guy's gone through,

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 I'm not going to say

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 he's gone through more trouble

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 than us

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 because I know some of us

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 have faced horrific things.

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 I know some of us

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 are victims of sexual abuse

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 and some of us

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 have lived through genocide

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 and so some of us maybe

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 could say,

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 wow, I can relate to that.

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 Like, wow,

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 I can relate to that.

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 But many of us,

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 it's way beyond

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 what we've suffered.

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 So let's,

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 Andrew,

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 can you say this verse

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 with me again?

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 Now that we see that

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 Paul's not just,

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 you know,

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 he's not just a guy

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 who's never had to suffer

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 or who's lived in a cocoon.

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 Let's read the verse again.

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 Blessed be the God

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 and Father

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 of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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 the Father of mercies

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 and God of all comfort,

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 who comforts us

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 in all our afflictions

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 so that we may be able

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 to comfort those

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 who are in any affliction

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 with the comfort

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 with which we ourselves

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 are comforted by God.

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 So,

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 he makes this big, big claim.

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 Now,

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 one of the things

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 which is really interesting

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 about this Bible text

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 is,

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 which we're going to,

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 we're going to go and see

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 how it is,

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 what other things

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 that Paul says

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 about this particular thing,

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 about this,

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 you know,

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 this comfort.

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 But,

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 we look at this text

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 and now that we sort of

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 are struck with the fact

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 that Paul actually himself

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 had a hard life,

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 but we still sort of

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 look at this text

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 and say,

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 well,

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 maybe it's going to be

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 all right for George

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 or maybe George

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 lives this a lot of the time

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 or maybe those really

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 spiritual people do

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 and maybe there was

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 a time in my life

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 when I knew God's comfort

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 but there's been

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 a long time

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 since I've known

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 God's comfort

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 in any type of way

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 like this

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 which is real.

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 And,

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 and so we look

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 at this text

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 and think those things

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 one of the problems

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 with a cynical reading

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 of the Bible

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 is that it's actually

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 a very,

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 very subtle way

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 for us to stop

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 listening to the Bible

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 at all

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 and exalt ourselves

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 over the Bible

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 and not

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 maybe think

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 that as the Bible

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 starts to

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 lay out

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 its different truths

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 that the Bible

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 is confronting us

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 with different questions

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 that we need

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 to ask ourselves.

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 So,

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 the very first question

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 is

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 where do I turn

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 for comfort?

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 I mean,

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 you know,

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 if there's one thing

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 which is true

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 of human beings

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 is that human beings

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 when they're in stress

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 and affliction

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 and suffering

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 they seek comfort.

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 That's a human problem.

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 It's a human experience.

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 We all seek comfort.

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 Every single person

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 that you will meet today

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 when they're in affliction

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 they will seek comfort.

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 But we rarely ask ourselves

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 where do we actually

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 go to find comfort?

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 And the Bible

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 is going to ask

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 two other questions

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 indirectly

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 in the verses

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 which just follow this.

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 And it's these questions

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 that we now have to listen

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 to the Bible asking us

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 which are really important

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 for us to understand ourselves

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 and in fact

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 to understand the Bible.

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 Look at verse 5.

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 For we share abundantly

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 in Christ's sufferings

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 so through Christ

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 we share abundantly

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 in comfort too.

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 If we are afflicted

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 it is for your comfort

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 and salvation

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 and if we are comforted

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 it is for your comfort

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 which you experience

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 when you patiently endure

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 the same sufferings

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 that we suffer.

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 our hope for you

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 is unshaken

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 for we know

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 that as you share

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 in our sufferings

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 you will also share

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 in our comfort.

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 For we do not want you

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 to be unaware

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 brothers

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 of the affliction

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 we experienced

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 in Asia

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 for we were so

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 an utterly burdened

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 beyond our strength

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 that we despaired

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 of life itself.

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 Indeed

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 we felt

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 that we had received

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 the sentence of death.

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 Remember I said

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 that Paul would

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 very quickly

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 he doesn't wait

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 until 11

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 to make them realize

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 that this isn't just

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 pious talk

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 that he himself

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 really has to struggle

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 with something

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 really really

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 hard things

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 in his life.

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 Continuing reading

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 but that was

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 to make us rely

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 not on ourselves

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 but on God

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 who raises the dead.

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 He delivered us

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 from such a deadly peril

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 and he will deliver us.

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 On him

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 we have set our hope

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 that he will deliver us again.

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 You also must help us

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 by prayer

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 so that many

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 will give thanks

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 on our behalf

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 for the blessing

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 granted us

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 through the prayers

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 of many.

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 Andrew

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 could you put up

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 the slide please?

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 Three questions

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 help reveal

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 the functioning

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 idols of my heart.

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 Where do I go

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 for comfort?

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 What do I rely on?

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 And what do I hope in?

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 Three questions

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 embedded in the text

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 of the Bible

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 that the Bible

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 is asking us

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 in a sense

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 the Bible is saying

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 okay George

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 you like to have

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 your false front

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 you like to be

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 inwardly very cynical

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 about your inability

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 to change

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 your inability

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 for God

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 to work in your life

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 your inability

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 the fact that

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 you know

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 you're not comforted

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 like this

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 the way the Bible

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 is talked about

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 the cynicism

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 that leads

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 to a type

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 of weakness

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 and flaccidness

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 in terms of

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 dealing with other people

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 the type of superiority

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 you in fact

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 have over my word

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 and okay George

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 that's going on

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 I have three questions

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 for you George

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 just you know

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 you're asking me

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 all these questions

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 God

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 God says

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 maybe George

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 you pour out

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 your

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 occasionally you pray

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 and in your prayers

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 it's a bit of a rage

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 against God

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 a bit of an expression

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 of disappointment

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 with me

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 well George

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 my word

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 has three questions

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 for you to consider

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 three questions

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 that the Bible uses

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 the Bible in fact

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 asks

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 that help reveal

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 the functioning

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 idols of my heart

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 where do I go

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 for comfort

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 what do I rely on

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 what do I hope in

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 you know

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 all human beings

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 everyone that we meet

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 it's part of the

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 common human experience

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 that we hope

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 in something

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 we rely on something

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 or someone

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 because the

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 second two questions

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 could be changed

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 to a who

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 rather than a what

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 but what happens

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 so what happens

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 when we start to go

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 through some real

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 suffering

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 some real affliction

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 does our mind

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 if all of a sudden

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 you know

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 somebody could videotape

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 what's going on

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 in your mind

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 and maybe with your body

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 does our mind

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 instantly go to drugs

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 does it instantly

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 go to alcohol

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 guys

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 when you're

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 suffering stress

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 do you wish

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 you could be

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 looking at pornography

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 because you find

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 pornography comforting

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 and then

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 the normal

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 physical things

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 that people often

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 do after they've

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 looked at pornography

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 do some of you

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 when you're under

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 stress and affliction

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 want to go online

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 to look at your

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 bank account

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 to see how much

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 money you have

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 does some of you

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 turn to anger

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 to comfort you

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 anger

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 can be far more

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 intoxicating

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 for some people

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 than drugs

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 and alcohol

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 it can be a source

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 of

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 that

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 an inner source

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 an inner stream

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 that we go to

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 very quickly

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 when we're under

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 stress and affliction

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 to nurture

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 our anger

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 because we find

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 it comforting

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 in a bit of a

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 perverse sense

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 isn't it a bit

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 perverse to think

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 that anger can be

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 comforting

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 do we go to

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 imaginary stories

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 in our minds

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 about how we're

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 great athletes

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 or great

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 lovers

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 or great

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 orators

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 or

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 do we go to

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 imaginary places

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 do we

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 when we're

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 experiencing

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 a lot of

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 stress

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 just wish

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 we could

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 get to

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 the television

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 so we can

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 watch

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 eight episodes

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 of some

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 mindless sitcom

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 and by

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 having that

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 experience

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 of being

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 numbed

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 find some

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 type of

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 comfort

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 where

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 does our

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 mind

00:21:28.619 --> 00:21:28.959
 and our

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 heart

00:21:29.299 --> 00:21:29.759
 drift

00:21:29.759 --> 00:21:30.839
 when we're

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 under

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 suffering

00:21:31.500 --> 00:21:32.099
 and affliction

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 and

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 and then

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 where

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 where do we

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 tend to go

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 in our

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 mind

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 and in

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 our

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 body

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 when we

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 have to

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 maybe

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 start to

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 try to

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 when we

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 think about

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 what we're

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 going to

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 rely on

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 to deal

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 with the

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 source of

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 the problem

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 like

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 what do we

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 tend to think

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 of that we

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 can rely on

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 like many

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 of us

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 are we

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 start to

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 rely

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 many of

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 us

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 think about

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 how we're

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 going to

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 rely on

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 ourselves

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 maybe for

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 some of

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 us

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 maybe not

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 as much

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 in our

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 culture

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 we think

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 about how

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 the tribe

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 or the

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 union

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 or the

00:22:04.380 --> 00:22:04.839
 professional

00:22:04.839 --> 00:22:05.480
 association

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 that that's

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 what we're

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 going to

00:22:06.620 --> 00:22:07.140
 rely on

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 or our

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 money

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 or our

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 power

00:22:09.220 --> 00:22:09.740
 or our

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 prestige

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 maybe some

00:22:11.460 --> 00:22:11.720
 of us

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 start to

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 think of

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 different

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 dialogues

00:22:13.339 --> 00:22:13.980
 and

00:22:13.980 --> 00:22:16.120
 conversational

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 things that

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 we're going

00:22:17.019 --> 00:22:17.339
 to do

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 and we're

00:22:18.259 --> 00:22:18.839
 going to rely

00:22:18.839 --> 00:22:19.279
 on how

00:22:19.279 --> 00:22:19.539
 we're going

00:22:19.539 --> 00:22:19.860
 to be able

00:22:19.860 --> 00:22:20.480
 to verbally

00:22:20.480 --> 00:22:21.099
 manipulate

00:22:21.099 --> 00:22:22.519
 or harass

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 the other

00:22:23.559 --> 00:22:24.220
 person to

00:22:24.220 --> 00:22:24.579
 deal with

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 the problem

00:22:25.099 --> 00:22:25.740
 what are we

00:22:25.740 --> 00:22:26.140
 hoping

00:22:26.140 --> 00:22:28.019
 do we

00:22:28.019 --> 00:22:28.839
 start to

00:22:28.839 --> 00:22:29.240
 in our

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 heart

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 think that

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 you know

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 if I just

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 get that

00:22:31.319 --> 00:22:31.759
 promotion

00:22:31.759 --> 00:22:32.440
 this problem

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 is going to

00:22:32.740 --> 00:22:33.120
 go away

00:22:33.120 --> 00:22:33.620
 if I just

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 finish the

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 degree

00:22:34.519 --> 00:22:35.380
 then that

00:22:35.380 --> 00:22:35.779
 affliction

00:22:35.779 --> 00:22:36.380
 will stop

00:22:36.380 --> 00:22:36.859
 if I can

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 just find

00:22:37.559 --> 00:22:37.960
 the right

00:22:37.960 --> 00:22:38.640
 person to

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 marry

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 then that

00:22:40.220 --> 00:22:40.700
 will stop

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 if I could

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 just have

00:22:41.980 --> 00:22:42.799
 a change

00:22:42.799 --> 00:22:43.359
 of my

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 gender

00:22:43.859 --> 00:22:45.579
 then my

00:22:45.579 --> 00:22:45.960
 suffering

00:22:45.960 --> 00:22:46.620
 will stop

00:22:46.620 --> 00:22:48.759
 if I can

00:22:48.759 --> 00:22:49.319
 just live

00:22:49.319 --> 00:22:49.680
 as an

00:22:49.680 --> 00:22:50.400
 uninhibited

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 gay man

00:22:51.099 --> 00:22:51.740
 or lesbian

00:22:51.740 --> 00:22:52.099
 woman

00:22:52.099 --> 00:22:52.579
 then my

00:22:52.579 --> 00:22:52.900
 troubles

00:22:52.900 --> 00:22:53.539
 will stop

00:22:53.539 --> 00:22:57.720
 if I

00:22:57.720 --> 00:22:59.440
 could just

00:22:59.440 --> 00:23:00.079
 divorce

00:23:00.079 --> 00:23:00.700
 my

00:23:00.700 --> 00:23:01.200
 husband

00:23:01.200 --> 00:23:02.059
 or my

00:23:02.059 --> 00:23:02.379
 wife

00:23:02.379 --> 00:23:02.740
 then my

00:23:02.740 --> 00:23:03.039
 troubles

00:23:03.039 --> 00:23:03.619
 will stop

00:23:03.619 --> 00:23:06.299
 you see

00:23:06.299 --> 00:23:06.659
 we don't

00:23:06.659 --> 00:23:07.079
 realize

00:23:07.079 --> 00:23:07.559
 that we've

00:23:07.559 --> 00:23:08.180
 maybe made

00:23:08.180 --> 00:23:08.879
 an idol

00:23:08.879 --> 00:23:09.579
 out of

00:23:09.579 --> 00:23:10.200
 pornography

00:23:10.200 --> 00:23:11.039
 the comforts

00:23:11.039 --> 00:23:11.359
 the things

00:23:11.359 --> 00:23:11.759
 we turn

00:23:11.759 --> 00:23:12.639
 to to

00:23:12.639 --> 00:23:13.200
 comfort us

00:23:13.200 --> 00:23:13.680
 they reveal

00:23:13.680 --> 00:23:14.319
 the idols

00:23:14.319 --> 00:23:16.420
 what like

00:23:16.420 --> 00:23:17.519
 we turn

00:23:17.519 --> 00:23:18.940
 to pornography

00:23:18.940 --> 00:23:20.659
 as an idol

00:23:20.659 --> 00:23:21.460
 to comfort

00:23:21.460 --> 00:23:21.839
 us

00:23:21.839 --> 00:23:23.179
 we turn

00:23:23.179 --> 00:23:24.480
 to fantasy

00:23:24.480 --> 00:23:25.059
 stories

00:23:25.059 --> 00:23:25.439
 of our

00:23:25.439 --> 00:23:25.859
 greatness

00:23:25.859 --> 00:23:26.480
 to comfort

00:23:26.480 --> 00:23:26.740
 us

00:23:26.740 --> 00:23:27.119
 we've made

00:23:27.119 --> 00:23:27.639
 an idol

00:23:27.639 --> 00:23:28.119
 of this

00:23:28.119 --> 00:23:28.919
 and then

00:23:28.919 --> 00:23:29.559
 maybe we're

00:23:29.559 --> 00:23:30.139
 going to rely

00:23:30.139 --> 00:23:30.639
 on our

00:23:30.639 --> 00:23:31.500
 degree

00:23:31.500 --> 00:23:32.039
 or our

00:23:32.039 --> 00:23:32.339
 verbal

00:23:32.339 --> 00:23:32.740
 ability

00:23:32.740 --> 00:23:33.279
 to solve

00:23:33.279 --> 00:23:33.459
 our

00:23:33.459 --> 00:23:33.819
 problem

00:23:33.819 --> 00:23:34.199
 and we're

00:23:34.199 --> 00:23:34.379
 going to

00:23:34.379 --> 00:23:35.000
 maybe hope

00:23:35.000 --> 00:23:35.319
 in the

00:23:35.319 --> 00:23:35.919
 right person

00:23:35.919 --> 00:23:36.500
 to marry

00:23:36.500 --> 00:23:37.339
 or the

00:23:37.339 --> 00:23:38.000
 right sexual

00:23:38.000 --> 00:23:38.759
 experience

00:23:38.759 --> 00:23:39.399
 or whatever

00:23:39.399 --> 00:23:39.799
 it is

00:23:39.799 --> 00:23:40.339
 that that's

00:23:40.339 --> 00:23:40.799
 going to

00:23:40.799 --> 00:23:41.079
 be

00:23:41.079 --> 00:23:42.939
 that's

00:23:42.939 --> 00:23:43.339
 our

00:23:43.339 --> 00:23:43.859
 hope

00:23:43.859 --> 00:23:44.839
 and

00:23:44.839 --> 00:23:45.699
 notice

00:23:45.699 --> 00:23:46.119
 that for

00:23:46.119 --> 00:23:46.539
 many of

00:23:46.539 --> 00:23:46.679
 us

00:23:46.679 --> 00:23:47.039
 we have

00:23:47.039 --> 00:23:47.779
 contradictory

00:23:47.779 --> 00:23:48.379
 idols

00:23:48.379 --> 00:23:50.000
 have you

00:23:50.000 --> 00:23:50.480
 noticed this

00:23:50.480 --> 00:23:51.019
 that idols

00:23:51.019 --> 00:23:51.699
 only cause

00:23:51.700 --> 00:23:52.279
 trouble

00:23:52.279 --> 00:23:54.799
 because often

00:23:54.799 --> 00:23:55.680
 what comforts

00:23:55.680 --> 00:23:55.880
 us

00:23:55.880 --> 00:23:56.340
 conflicts

00:23:56.340 --> 00:23:57.000
 with what

00:23:57.000 --> 00:23:57.400
 we can

00:23:57.400 --> 00:23:57.880
 hope in

00:23:57.880 --> 00:23:58.480
 and conflicts

00:23:58.480 --> 00:23:58.960
 with what

00:23:58.960 --> 00:23:59.460
 we rely

00:23:59.460 --> 00:23:59.819
 in

00:23:59.819 --> 00:24:00.680
 like let me

00:24:00.680 --> 00:24:01.080
 just give

00:24:01.080 --> 00:24:01.420
 you a little

00:24:01.420 --> 00:24:01.819
 bit of an

00:24:01.819 --> 00:24:02.220
 example

00:24:02.220 --> 00:24:03.100
 how many

00:24:03.100 --> 00:24:03.680
 of us

00:24:03.680 --> 00:24:06.140
 I've lost

00:24:06.140 --> 00:24:06.620
 my place

00:24:06.620 --> 00:24:06.960
 in my

00:24:06.960 --> 00:24:07.299
 notes

00:24:07.299 --> 00:24:08.960
 how many

00:24:08.960 --> 00:24:09.559
 of us

00:24:09.559 --> 00:24:10.600
 we

00:24:10.600 --> 00:24:11.740
 where we

00:24:11.740 --> 00:24:12.080
 go to

00:24:12.080 --> 00:24:12.840
 for comfort

00:24:12.840 --> 00:24:13.279
 is we

00:24:13.279 --> 00:24:13.720
 drink

00:24:13.720 --> 00:24:16.539
 that's

00:24:16.539 --> 00:24:16.720
 what's

00:24:16.720 --> 00:24:16.960
 going to

00:24:16.960 --> 00:24:17.600
 comfort us

00:24:17.600 --> 00:24:17.960
 if we

00:24:17.960 --> 00:24:18.259
 can just

00:24:18.259 --> 00:24:18.660
 have some

00:24:18.660 --> 00:24:19.019
 alcohol

00:24:19.019 --> 00:24:19.539
 to drink

00:24:19.539 --> 00:24:20.359
 and what

00:24:20.359 --> 00:24:20.539
 are we

00:24:20.539 --> 00:24:20.740
 going to

00:24:20.740 --> 00:24:21.319
 rely on

00:24:21.319 --> 00:24:21.579
 to get

00:24:21.579 --> 00:24:21.759
 us

00:24:21.759 --> 00:24:21.980
 through

00:24:21.980 --> 00:24:22.220
 those

00:24:22.220 --> 00:24:22.440
 really

00:24:22.440 --> 00:24:22.899
 difficult

00:24:22.899 --> 00:24:23.659
 conversations

00:24:23.659 --> 00:24:24.180
 with our

00:24:24.180 --> 00:24:24.619
 boss

00:24:24.619 --> 00:24:25.420
 what we're

00:24:25.420 --> 00:24:25.599
 going to

00:24:25.599 --> 00:24:26.039
 rely on

00:24:26.039 --> 00:24:26.220
 is that

00:24:26.220 --> 00:24:26.420
 we can

00:24:26.420 --> 00:24:26.740
 have a

00:24:26.740 --> 00:24:27.079
 mickey

00:24:27.079 --> 00:24:28.099
 and we

00:24:28.099 --> 00:24:28.359
 can just

00:24:28.359 --> 00:24:28.700
 take a

00:24:28.700 --> 00:24:28.899
 few

00:24:28.899 --> 00:24:29.220
 sips

00:24:29.220 --> 00:24:29.659
 or I

00:24:29.659 --> 00:24:29.899
 knew a

00:24:29.899 --> 00:24:30.319
 guy who

00:24:30.319 --> 00:24:30.539
 couldn't

00:24:30.539 --> 00:24:30.759
 go into

00:24:30.759 --> 00:24:31.159
 any type

00:24:31.159 --> 00:24:31.659
 of conflict

00:24:31.659 --> 00:24:32.000
 without

00:24:32.000 --> 00:24:32.659
 having to

00:24:32.659 --> 00:24:33.039
 smoke a

00:24:33.039 --> 00:24:33.339
 joint

00:24:33.339 --> 00:24:37.319
 and at

00:24:37.319 --> 00:24:37.639
 the same

00:24:37.639 --> 00:24:37.919
 time

00:24:37.919 --> 00:24:38.500
 maybe what

00:24:38.500 --> 00:24:39.000
 our hope

00:24:39.000 --> 00:24:39.419
 is that

00:24:39.419 --> 00:24:39.659
 we're going

00:24:39.659 --> 00:24:39.879
 to get

00:24:39.879 --> 00:24:40.079
 that

00:24:40.079 --> 00:24:40.500
 promotion

00:24:40.500 --> 00:24:40.839
 or that

00:24:40.839 --> 00:24:40.959
 we'll

00:24:40.959 --> 00:24:41.139
 have

00:24:41.139 --> 00:24:41.279
 the

00:24:41.279 --> 00:24:41.459
 great

00:24:41.459 --> 00:24:41.899
 marriage

00:24:41.899 --> 00:24:42.959
 but how

00:24:42.959 --> 00:24:43.199
 many

00:24:43.199 --> 00:24:43.740
 marriages

00:24:43.740 --> 00:24:44.639
 end because

00:24:44.639 --> 00:24:44.939
 of a

00:24:44.939 --> 00:24:45.439
 reliance

00:24:45.439 --> 00:24:45.759
 on the

00:24:45.759 --> 00:24:46.119
 bottle

00:24:46.119 --> 00:24:48.079
 the very

00:24:48.079 --> 00:24:48.659
 thing that's

00:24:48.659 --> 00:24:48.839
 going to

00:24:48.839 --> 00:24:49.179
 bring us

00:24:49.179 --> 00:24:49.839
 comfort

00:24:49.839 --> 00:24:51.039
 wars

00:24:51.039 --> 00:24:51.439
 against

00:24:51.439 --> 00:24:51.740
 our

00:24:51.740 --> 00:24:52.079
 hope

00:24:52.079 --> 00:24:52.759
 how many

00:24:52.759 --> 00:24:53.299
 people get

00:24:53.299 --> 00:24:53.779
 demoted

00:24:53.779 --> 00:24:54.279
 or lose

00:24:54.279 --> 00:24:54.879
 their job

00:24:54.879 --> 00:24:55.720
 because they

00:24:55.720 --> 00:24:56.039
 go to

00:24:56.039 --> 00:24:56.599
 the bottle

00:24:56.599 --> 00:24:58.259
 the thing

00:24:58.259 --> 00:24:59.119
 the idol

00:24:59.119 --> 00:24:59.559
 that they

00:24:59.559 --> 00:25:00.079
 worship

00:25:00.079 --> 00:25:00.599
 that we

00:25:00.599 --> 00:25:01.199
 worship

00:25:01.199 --> 00:25:02.099
 to comfort

00:25:02.099 --> 00:25:02.480
 us

00:25:02.480 --> 00:25:03.039
 is the

00:25:03.039 --> 00:25:03.740
 very same

00:25:03.740 --> 00:25:04.240
 thing that

00:25:04.240 --> 00:25:04.940
 robs us

00:25:04.940 --> 00:25:05.240
 of the

00:25:05.240 --> 00:25:05.579
 idol

00:25:05.579 --> 00:25:06.039
 which is

00:25:06.039 --> 00:25:06.240
 our

00:25:06.240 --> 00:25:06.759
 hope

00:25:06.759 --> 00:25:08.039
 we lose

00:25:08.039 --> 00:25:08.620
 the job

00:25:08.620 --> 00:25:09.200
 because of

00:25:09.200 --> 00:25:09.799
 the bottle

00:25:09.799 --> 00:25:13.640
 how many

00:25:13.640 --> 00:25:14.240
 of us

00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:16.420
 that suffer

00:25:16.420 --> 00:25:18.019
 and the

00:25:18.019 --> 00:25:18.440
 way we

00:25:18.440 --> 00:25:19.220
 the comfort

00:25:19.220 --> 00:25:19.799
 we find

00:25:19.799 --> 00:25:20.240
 is in

00:25:20.240 --> 00:25:20.759
 anger

00:25:20.759 --> 00:25:21.779
 and what

00:25:21.779 --> 00:25:22.319
 we rely

00:25:22.319 --> 00:25:22.880
 on is

00:25:22.880 --> 00:25:23.299
 all of

00:25:23.299 --> 00:25:23.799
 those types

00:25:23.799 --> 00:25:24.000
 of

00:25:24.000 --> 00:25:24.720
 conversations

00:25:24.720 --> 00:25:25.140
 that are

00:25:25.140 --> 00:25:25.579
 going on

00:25:25.579 --> 00:25:25.799
 in our

00:25:25.799 --> 00:25:25.980
 head

00:25:25.980 --> 00:25:26.299
 about how

00:25:26.299 --> 00:25:26.460
 we're

00:25:26.460 --> 00:25:26.740
 able to

00:25:26.740 --> 00:25:27.279
 get that

00:25:27.279 --> 00:25:27.599
 person

00:25:27.599 --> 00:25:28.000
 and put

00:25:28.000 --> 00:25:28.360
 them in

00:25:28.360 --> 00:25:28.519
 their

00:25:28.519 --> 00:25:28.940
 place

00:25:28.940 --> 00:25:29.740
 and that's

00:25:29.740 --> 00:25:30.019
 the thing

00:25:30.019 --> 00:25:30.360
 that goes

00:25:30.360 --> 00:25:30.720
 through our

00:25:30.720 --> 00:25:31.019
 mind

00:25:31.019 --> 00:25:31.420
 and that's

00:25:31.420 --> 00:25:31.660
 the thing

00:25:31.660 --> 00:25:31.920
 that we're

00:25:31.920 --> 00:25:32.160
 going to

00:25:32.160 --> 00:25:32.380
 rely

00:25:32.380 --> 00:25:32.460
 on

00:25:32.480 --> 00:25:32.880
 at least

00:25:32.880 --> 00:25:33.180
 in our

00:25:33.180 --> 00:25:33.380
 own

00:25:33.380 --> 00:25:33.900
 mind

00:25:33.900 --> 00:25:35.140
 and yet

00:25:35.140 --> 00:25:35.819
 that it

00:25:35.819 --> 00:25:36.360
 ends up

00:25:36.360 --> 00:25:37.200
 that we

00:25:37.200 --> 00:25:37.500
 don't get

00:25:37.500 --> 00:25:38.099
 the job

00:25:38.099 --> 00:25:38.400
 that we

00:25:38.400 --> 00:25:38.880
 hope for

00:25:38.880 --> 00:25:39.579
 because that

00:25:39.579 --> 00:25:40.099
 anger

00:25:40.099 --> 00:25:40.720
 and those

00:25:40.720 --> 00:25:41.620
 verbal patterns

00:25:41.620 --> 00:25:42.200
 they come out

00:25:42.200 --> 00:25:42.440
 in our

00:25:42.440 --> 00:25:43.039
 job place

00:25:43.039 --> 00:25:43.480
 and nobody

00:25:43.480 --> 00:25:43.940
 wants to

00:25:43.940 --> 00:25:44.240
 give you

00:25:44.240 --> 00:25:44.880
 the promotion

00:25:44.880 --> 00:25:48.380
 how many

00:25:48.380 --> 00:25:48.900
 of us

00:25:48.900 --> 00:25:49.920
 find our

00:25:49.920 --> 00:25:50.940
 comfort in

00:25:50.940 --> 00:25:51.680
 something like

00:25:51.680 --> 00:25:52.420
 pornography

00:25:52.420 --> 00:25:54.079
 and then we

00:25:54.079 --> 00:25:54.620
 also maybe

00:25:54.620 --> 00:25:55.180
 want to take

00:25:55.180 --> 00:25:55.720
 all sorts of

00:25:55.720 --> 00:25:56.299
 other things

00:25:56.299 --> 00:25:57.079
 in terms of

00:25:57.079 --> 00:25:58.160
 relying on

00:25:58.160 --> 00:25:59.259
 jobs

00:25:59.259 --> 00:25:59.620
 and maybe

00:25:59.620 --> 00:26:00.279
 making lots

00:26:00.279 --> 00:26:00.620
 of money

00:26:00.620 --> 00:26:00.940
 and that's

00:26:00.940 --> 00:26:01.160
 how we're

00:26:01.160 --> 00:26:01.339
 going to

00:26:01.339 --> 00:26:01.620
 deal with

00:26:01.619 --> 00:26:02.259
 our problems

00:26:02.259 --> 00:26:03.019
 and our

00:26:03.019 --> 00:26:03.500
 hope is

00:26:03.500 --> 00:26:03.939
 marriage

00:26:03.939 --> 00:26:05.379
 but our

00:26:05.379 --> 00:26:07.559
 over-focus

00:26:07.559 --> 00:26:08.359
 on pornography

00:26:08.359 --> 00:26:09.019
 makes it

00:26:09.019 --> 00:26:09.619
 really hard

00:26:09.619 --> 00:26:10.159
 to actually

00:26:10.159 --> 00:26:10.679
 have a

00:26:10.679 --> 00:26:11.019
 healthy

00:26:11.019 --> 00:26:11.699
 relationship

00:26:11.699 --> 00:26:12.119
 with a

00:26:12.119 --> 00:26:12.439
 member of

00:26:12.439 --> 00:26:12.919
 the opposite

00:26:12.919 --> 00:26:13.519
 sex

00:26:13.519 --> 00:26:17.019
 where it's

00:26:17.019 --> 00:26:17.719
 not pornography

00:26:17.719 --> 00:26:18.500
 but it's

00:26:18.500 --> 00:26:19.359
 sex and it's

00:26:19.359 --> 00:26:19.939
 the sexual

00:26:19.939 --> 00:26:20.939
 release that

00:26:20.939 --> 00:26:21.879
 comforts us

00:26:21.879 --> 00:26:23.119
 but the

00:26:23.119 --> 00:26:24.059
 multiple sexual

00:26:24.059 --> 00:26:25.079
 partners makes

00:26:25.079 --> 00:26:25.919
 it increasingly

00:26:25.919 --> 00:26:26.779
 difficult to

00:26:26.779 --> 00:26:27.939
 actually ever

00:26:27.939 --> 00:26:29.439
 marry someone

00:26:29.440 --> 00:26:30.500
 and marriage

00:26:30.500 --> 00:26:30.860
 is our

00:26:30.860 --> 00:26:31.259
 hope

00:26:31.259 --> 00:26:35.160
 and then

00:26:35.160 --> 00:26:36.019
 in our

00:26:36.019 --> 00:26:36.480
 pride

00:26:36.480 --> 00:26:36.820
 in our

00:26:36.820 --> 00:26:37.360
 blindness

00:26:37.360 --> 00:26:38.960
 when we

00:26:38.960 --> 00:26:39.360
 in our

00:26:39.360 --> 00:26:39.860
 hearts

00:26:39.860 --> 00:26:40.920
 turn our

00:26:40.920 --> 00:26:41.880
 to certain

00:26:41.880 --> 00:26:42.640
 comforts

00:26:42.640 --> 00:26:43.240
 and certain

00:26:43.240 --> 00:26:43.840
 reliances

00:26:43.840 --> 00:26:44.440
 and certain

00:26:44.440 --> 00:26:44.840
 hopes

00:26:44.840 --> 00:26:45.720
 and then we

00:26:45.720 --> 00:26:46.320
 say that the

00:26:46.320 --> 00:26:46.840
 Bible is

00:26:46.840 --> 00:26:47.340
 untrue

00:26:47.339 --> 00:26:50.500
 and God

00:26:50.500 --> 00:26:51.019
 will say to

00:26:51.019 --> 00:26:51.220
 us

00:26:51.220 --> 00:26:52.279
 George you

00:26:52.279 --> 00:26:52.879
 never turned

00:26:52.879 --> 00:26:53.439
 to me for

00:26:53.439 --> 00:26:53.919
 comfort

00:26:53.919 --> 00:26:56.299
 you never

00:26:56.299 --> 00:26:57.179
 turned to

00:26:57.179 --> 00:26:57.799
 me to

00:26:57.799 --> 00:26:58.339
 rely on

00:26:58.339 --> 00:26:58.559
 me

00:26:58.559 --> 00:26:59.720
 you never

00:26:59.720 --> 00:27:00.740
 turned to

00:27:00.740 --> 00:27:01.419
 me to

00:27:01.419 --> 00:27:01.859
 hope in

00:27:01.859 --> 00:27:02.059
 me

00:27:02.059 --> 00:27:03.079
 you've

00:27:03.079 --> 00:27:03.659
 spent all

00:27:03.659 --> 00:27:04.299
 your time

00:27:04.299 --> 00:27:04.720
 with your

00:27:04.720 --> 00:27:05.199
 idols

00:27:05.199 --> 00:27:07.199
 and George

00:27:07.199 --> 00:27:07.959
 your idols

00:27:07.959 --> 00:27:08.619
 are ruining

00:27:08.619 --> 00:27:09.500
 your life

00:27:09.500 --> 00:27:13.140
 and God

00:27:13.140 --> 00:27:13.740
 doesn't say

00:27:13.740 --> 00:27:14.380
 this to us

00:27:14.380 --> 00:27:15.079
 in anger

00:27:15.079 --> 00:27:16.880
 he says it

00:27:16.880 --> 00:27:17.279
 to us

00:27:17.279 --> 00:27:18.140
 with tears

00:27:18.140 --> 00:27:20.039
 he says

00:27:20.039 --> 00:27:20.880
 George don't

00:27:20.880 --> 00:27:21.460
 you realize

00:27:21.460 --> 00:27:21.960
 that I am

00:27:21.960 --> 00:27:22.500
 the father

00:27:22.500 --> 00:27:23.039
 of all

00:27:23.039 --> 00:27:23.599
 mercies

00:27:23.599 --> 00:27:24.119
 and the

00:27:24.119 --> 00:27:24.480
 God of

00:27:24.480 --> 00:27:25.140
 all comfort

00:27:25.140 --> 00:27:26.740
 don't you

00:27:26.740 --> 00:27:27.200
 realize

00:27:27.200 --> 00:27:28.619
 that I

00:27:28.619 --> 00:27:29.240
 sent my

00:27:29.240 --> 00:27:29.920
 son to

00:27:29.920 --> 00:27:30.259
 earth

00:27:30.259 --> 00:27:31.559
 knowing

00:27:31.559 --> 00:27:32.579
 who you

00:27:32.579 --> 00:27:33.240
 are and

00:27:33.240 --> 00:27:33.720
 what you're

00:27:33.720 --> 00:27:34.099
 like

00:27:34.099 --> 00:27:35.579
 and knowing

00:27:35.579 --> 00:27:36.279
 fully who

00:27:36.279 --> 00:27:36.720
 you are

00:27:36.720 --> 00:27:37.400
 I sent

00:27:37.400 --> 00:27:38.099
 my son

00:27:38.099 --> 00:27:38.680
 to earth

00:27:38.680 --> 00:27:39.480
 to die

00:27:39.480 --> 00:27:39.799
 in your

00:27:39.799 --> 00:27:40.320
 place

00:27:40.320 --> 00:27:43.019
 and don't

00:27:43.019 --> 00:27:43.680
 you know

00:27:43.680 --> 00:27:44.539
 that I

00:27:44.539 --> 00:27:45.320
 raised him

00:27:45.320 --> 00:27:45.759
 from the

00:27:45.759 --> 00:27:46.039
 dead

00:27:46.039 --> 00:27:48.299
 that death

00:27:48.299 --> 00:27:48.620
 has been

00:27:48.620 --> 00:27:49.019
 defeated

00:27:49.019 --> 00:27:49.480
 and so

00:27:49.480 --> 00:27:49.960
 is sin

00:27:49.960 --> 00:27:52.180
 so why

00:27:52.180 --> 00:27:52.560
 don't you

00:27:52.560 --> 00:27:53.080
 hope in

00:27:53.080 --> 00:27:53.299
 me

00:27:53.299 --> 00:27:54.720
 why don't

00:27:54.720 --> 00:27:55.240
 you rely

00:27:55.240 --> 00:27:55.900
 on me

00:27:55.900 --> 00:27:59.980
 could you

00:27:59.980 --> 00:28:00.539
 put the

00:28:00.539 --> 00:28:01.000
 second

00:28:01.000 --> 00:28:01.440
 Corinthians

00:28:01.440 --> 00:28:02.000
 text up

00:28:02.000 --> 00:28:02.539
 again please

00:28:02.539 --> 00:28:02.840
 could you

00:28:02.840 --> 00:28:03.060
 read it

00:28:03.060 --> 00:28:03.440
 with me

00:28:03.440 --> 00:28:03.799
 again

00:28:03.799 --> 00:28:04.200
 together

00:28:04.200 --> 00:28:05.779
 blessed

00:28:05.779 --> 00:28:06.400
 be the

00:28:06.400 --> 00:28:06.820
 God

00:28:06.820 --> 00:28:07.460
 and father

00:28:07.460 --> 00:28:07.920
 of our

00:28:07.920 --> 00:28:08.180
 Lord

00:28:08.180 --> 00:28:08.560
 Jesus

00:28:08.559 --> 00:28:09.119
 Christ

00:28:09.119 --> 00:28:10.319
 the father

00:28:10.319 --> 00:28:11.179
 of mercies

00:28:11.179 --> 00:28:11.799
 and God

00:28:11.799 --> 00:28:12.259
 of all

00:28:12.259 --> 00:28:12.839
 comfort

00:28:12.839 --> 00:28:14.200
 who comforts

00:28:14.200 --> 00:28:15.119
 us in all

00:28:15.119 --> 00:28:16.159
 our afflictions

00:28:16.159 --> 00:28:17.299
 so that we

00:28:17.299 --> 00:28:18.059
 may be able

00:28:18.059 --> 00:28:18.759
 to comfort

00:28:18.759 --> 00:28:19.500
 those who

00:28:19.500 --> 00:28:19.899
 are in

00:28:19.899 --> 00:28:20.240
 any

00:28:20.240 --> 00:28:20.839
 affliction

00:28:20.839 --> 00:28:21.859
 with the

00:28:21.859 --> 00:28:22.279
 comfort

00:28:22.279 --> 00:28:22.859
 with which

00:28:22.859 --> 00:28:23.179
 we

00:28:23.179 --> 00:28:23.839
 ourselves

00:28:23.839 --> 00:28:25.019
 are comforted

00:28:25.019 --> 00:28:25.659
 by God

00:28:25.659 --> 00:28:26.819
 the other

00:28:26.819 --> 00:28:27.359
 thing that our

00:28:27.359 --> 00:28:28.099
 idols do

00:28:28.099 --> 00:28:29.440
 because we

00:28:29.440 --> 00:28:29.919
 might still

00:28:29.919 --> 00:28:30.359
 say that

00:28:30.359 --> 00:28:30.599
 I mean

00:28:30.599 --> 00:28:31.079
 it last

00:28:31.079 --> 00:28:32.200
 two weeks

00:28:32.200 --> 00:28:32.539
 ago we

00:28:32.539 --> 00:28:32.919
 talked about

00:28:32.919 --> 00:28:33.440
 Amos 8

00:28:33.440 --> 00:28:34.119
 and Amos 8

00:28:34.119 --> 00:28:34.480
 had this

00:28:34.480 --> 00:28:35.819
 powerful image

00:28:35.819 --> 00:28:36.639
 image of

00:28:36.639 --> 00:28:37.339
 people dying

00:28:37.339 --> 00:28:38.179
 of starvation

00:28:38.179 --> 00:28:39.299
 and dying

00:28:39.299 --> 00:28:39.939
 of thirst

00:28:39.939 --> 00:28:40.919
 and the

00:28:40.919 --> 00:28:41.939
 powerful image

00:28:41.939 --> 00:28:42.879
 was it was a

00:28:42.879 --> 00:28:43.799
 tragic image

00:28:43.799 --> 00:28:44.279
 it was an

00:28:44.279 --> 00:28:44.799
 image of

00:28:44.799 --> 00:28:45.639
 people dying

00:28:45.639 --> 00:28:46.339
 of hunger

00:28:46.339 --> 00:28:47.419
 and dying

00:28:47.419 --> 00:28:48.139
 of thirst

00:28:48.139 --> 00:28:49.279
 while they

00:28:49.279 --> 00:28:50.299
 were surrounded

00:28:50.299 --> 00:28:51.439
 by food

00:28:51.439 --> 00:28:51.919
 and drink

00:28:51.919 --> 00:28:56.500
 and in that

00:28:56.500 --> 00:28:57.439
 particular vision

00:28:57.439 --> 00:28:58.079
 it was because

00:28:58.079 --> 00:28:58.740
 these as a

00:28:58.740 --> 00:28:59.779
 people were

00:28:59.779 --> 00:29:00.980
 constantly telling

00:29:00.980 --> 00:29:01.720
 God to be

00:29:01.720 --> 00:29:02.119
 quiet

00:29:02.119 --> 00:29:03.779
 and to be

00:29:03.779 --> 00:29:04.339
 silent

00:29:04.339 --> 00:29:05.599
 and God

00:29:05.599 --> 00:29:06.099
 eventually

00:29:06.099 --> 00:29:06.719
 gave them

00:29:06.719 --> 00:29:07.159
 what they

00:29:07.159 --> 00:29:07.639
 wanted

00:29:07.639 --> 00:29:09.139
 and so

00:29:09.139 --> 00:29:09.599
 while they

00:29:09.599 --> 00:29:10.319
 were surrounded

00:29:10.319 --> 00:29:11.179
 by God's

00:29:11.179 --> 00:29:11.519
 word

00:29:11.519 --> 00:29:12.199
 and it was

00:29:12.199 --> 00:29:13.000
 easily available

00:29:13.000 --> 00:29:13.639
 for them

00:29:13.639 --> 00:29:14.479
 and it was

00:29:14.479 --> 00:29:15.159
 true food

00:29:15.159 --> 00:29:15.519
 and true

00:29:15.519 --> 00:29:15.939
 drink

00:29:15.939 --> 00:29:17.219
 they could

00:29:17.219 --> 00:29:17.839
 no longer

00:29:17.839 --> 00:29:18.479
 hear it

00:29:18.479 --> 00:29:20.459
 and in

00:29:20.459 --> 00:29:21.379
 their frantic

00:29:21.379 --> 00:29:22.399
 activities

00:29:22.399 --> 00:29:23.099
 to deal

00:29:23.099 --> 00:29:23.939
 with the

00:29:23.939 --> 00:29:24.359
 fact that

00:29:24.359 --> 00:29:24.619
 they were

00:29:24.619 --> 00:29:25.119
 dying of

00:29:25.119 --> 00:29:25.439
 hunger

00:29:25.439 --> 00:29:25.919
 and dying

00:29:25.919 --> 00:29:26.500
 of thirst

00:29:26.500 --> 00:29:27.959
 they could

00:29:27.959 --> 00:29:28.759
 not realize

00:29:28.759 --> 00:29:29.539
 that God

00:29:29.539 --> 00:29:31.179
 could feed

00:29:31.180 --> 00:29:34.080
 and provide

00:29:34.080 --> 00:29:34.560
 drink for

00:29:34.560 --> 00:29:34.720
 them

00:29:34.720 --> 00:29:35.140
 and it was

00:29:35.140 --> 00:29:35.660
 right there

00:29:35.660 --> 00:29:36.660
 they were

00:29:36.660 --> 00:29:37.279
 dying

00:29:37.279 --> 00:29:39.259
 amidst

00:29:39.259 --> 00:29:39.660
 plenty

00:29:39.660 --> 00:29:41.320
 the other

00:29:41.320 --> 00:29:41.880
 thing that

00:29:41.880 --> 00:29:42.720
 idols do

00:29:42.720 --> 00:29:44.200
 is they

00:29:44.200 --> 00:29:44.779
 make us

00:29:44.779 --> 00:29:45.720
 it hard

00:29:45.720 --> 00:29:46.220
 for us to

00:29:46.220 --> 00:29:46.700
 recognize

00:29:46.700 --> 00:29:47.279
 God's

00:29:47.279 --> 00:29:47.700
 comfort

00:29:47.700 --> 00:29:48.980
 because of

00:29:48.980 --> 00:29:49.360
 the nature

00:29:49.360 --> 00:29:49.740
 like what

00:29:49.740 --> 00:29:50.100
 is it that

00:29:50.100 --> 00:29:50.440
 we get

00:29:50.440 --> 00:29:50.759
 when we

00:29:50.759 --> 00:29:51.180
 go to a

00:29:51.180 --> 00:29:51.460
 bottle

00:29:51.460 --> 00:29:51.799
 or a

00:29:51.799 --> 00:29:52.080
 drug

00:29:52.080 --> 00:29:56.440
 you know

00:29:56.440 --> 00:29:56.640
 you

00:29:56.640 --> 00:29:57.100
 you

00:29:57.100 --> 00:29:59.539
 snort

00:29:59.539 --> 00:30:00.340
 the cocaine

00:30:00.339 --> 00:30:01.579
 and it

00:30:01.579 --> 00:30:01.819
 goes

00:30:01.819 --> 00:30:04.779
 instant

00:30:04.779 --> 00:30:05.259
 rush

00:30:05.259 --> 00:30:08.539
 and so

00:30:08.539 --> 00:30:09.779
 we

00:30:09.779 --> 00:30:10.679
 listen to

00:30:10.679 --> 00:30:11.259
 this text

00:30:11.259 --> 00:30:11.539
 of the

00:30:11.539 --> 00:30:11.899
 Bible

00:30:11.899 --> 00:30:12.639
 and we

00:30:12.639 --> 00:30:13.199
 listen to

00:30:13.199 --> 00:30:13.519
 it with

00:30:13.519 --> 00:30:14.159
 the idols

00:30:14.159 --> 00:30:14.619
 of our

00:30:14.619 --> 00:30:14.959
 hearts

00:30:14.959 --> 00:30:15.439
 whispering

00:30:15.439 --> 00:30:15.839
 in our

00:30:15.839 --> 00:30:16.319
 ears

00:30:16.319 --> 00:30:17.779
 so that

00:30:17.779 --> 00:30:17.919
 we

00:30:17.919 --> 00:30:18.359
 misread

00:30:18.359 --> 00:30:18.879
 the Bible

00:30:18.879 --> 00:30:19.240
 and think

00:30:19.240 --> 00:30:19.519
 that the

00:30:19.519 --> 00:30:19.779
 Bible

00:30:19.779 --> 00:30:20.099
 is a

00:30:20.099 --> 00:30:20.459
 feeling

00:30:20.459 --> 00:30:21.039
 the Bible

00:30:21.039 --> 00:30:21.379
 is like

00:30:21.379 --> 00:30:21.839
 a drug

00:30:21.839 --> 00:30:22.279
 that gives

00:30:22.279 --> 00:30:22.459
 us

00:30:22.459 --> 00:30:22.980
 ecstasy

00:30:22.980 --> 00:30:24.039
 that the

00:30:24.039 --> 00:30:25.699
 comfort

00:30:25.699 --> 00:30:26.459
 the Bible

00:30:26.459 --> 00:30:26.879
 is talking

00:30:26.879 --> 00:30:27.079
 about

00:30:27.079 --> 00:30:27.519
 that God

00:30:27.519 --> 00:30:27.819
 gives

00:30:27.819 --> 00:30:29.159
 is a

00:30:29.159 --> 00:30:29.559
 particular

00:30:29.559 --> 00:30:30.279
 feeling

00:30:30.279 --> 00:30:30.839
 maybe

00:30:30.839 --> 00:30:31.159
 it's a

00:30:31.159 --> 00:30:31.359
 feeling

00:30:31.359 --> 00:30:31.879
 of peace

00:30:31.879 --> 00:30:32.159
 maybe

00:30:32.159 --> 00:30:32.440
 it's a

00:30:32.440 --> 00:30:32.619
 feeling

00:30:32.619 --> 00:30:33.319
 of ecstasy

00:30:33.319 --> 00:30:34.000
 maybe

00:30:34.000 --> 00:30:34.220
 it's

00:30:34.220 --> 00:30:34.519
 something

00:30:34.519 --> 00:30:34.879
 that's

00:30:34.879 --> 00:30:35.799
 instantaneous

00:30:35.799 --> 00:30:37.079
 that something

00:30:37.079 --> 00:30:37.480
 that's like

00:30:37.480 --> 00:30:39.000
 anesthetic

00:30:39.000 --> 00:30:39.460
 which will

00:30:39.460 --> 00:30:40.139
 just completely

00:30:40.139 --> 00:30:40.539
 and utterly

00:30:40.539 --> 00:30:41.119
 numb us

00:30:41.119 --> 00:30:41.960
 that God's

00:30:41.960 --> 00:30:42.299
 comfort

00:30:42.299 --> 00:30:42.619
 will be

00:30:42.619 --> 00:30:42.980
 like a

00:30:42.980 --> 00:30:43.519
 force field

00:30:43.519 --> 00:30:43.919
 that keep

00:30:43.919 --> 00:30:44.440
 all bad

00:30:44.440 --> 00:30:45.039
 things away

00:30:45.039 --> 00:30:45.519
 from us

00:30:45.519 --> 00:30:48.579
 that God's

00:30:48.579 --> 00:30:48.839
 comfort

00:30:48.839 --> 00:30:49.099
 is going

00:30:49.099 --> 00:30:49.240
 to be

00:30:49.240 --> 00:30:49.460
 something

00:30:49.460 --> 00:30:49.819
 like a

00:30:49.819 --> 00:30:50.279
 superpower

00:30:50.279 --> 00:30:50.919
 that just

00:30:50.919 --> 00:30:51.139
 means

00:30:51.139 --> 00:30:51.359
 that we

00:30:51.359 --> 00:30:51.819
 can always

00:30:51.819 --> 00:30:52.359
 overcome

00:30:52.359 --> 00:30:52.759
 every

00:30:52.759 --> 00:30:53.259
 affliction

00:30:53.259 --> 00:30:54.039
 that it's

00:30:54.039 --> 00:30:54.319
 just going

00:30:54.319 --> 00:30:54.480
 to be

00:30:54.480 --> 00:30:54.759
 something

00:30:54.759 --> 00:30:55.139
 which is

00:30:55.139 --> 00:30:55.359
 sort of

00:30:55.359 --> 00:30:55.519
 there

00:30:55.519 --> 00:30:55.940
 like a

00:30:55.940 --> 00:30:56.220
 tattoo

00:30:56.220 --> 00:30:56.659
 and once

00:30:56.659 --> 00:30:56.980
 you have

00:30:56.980 --> 00:30:57.559
 this God's

00:30:57.559 --> 00:30:57.839
 comfort

00:30:57.839 --> 00:30:58.159
 on you

00:30:58.159 --> 00:30:58.319
 it's

00:30:58.319 --> 00:30:58.459
 just

00:30:58.459 --> 00:30:58.859
 always

00:30:58.859 --> 00:30:59.259
 there

00:30:59.259 --> 00:31:00.299
 or we

00:31:00.299 --> 00:31:00.599
 think

00:31:00.599 --> 00:31:01.079
 that somehow

00:31:01.079 --> 00:31:01.399
 or another

00:31:01.399 --> 00:31:02.000
 that God's

00:31:02.000 --> 00:31:02.299
 comfort

00:31:02.299 --> 00:31:02.579
 is going

00:31:02.579 --> 00:31:02.740
 to be

00:31:02.740 --> 00:31:03.000
 something

00:31:03.000 --> 00:31:03.659
 that exalts

00:31:03.659 --> 00:31:03.959
 us

00:31:03.959 --> 00:31:05.259
 that we're

00:31:05.259 --> 00:31:05.859
 able to

00:31:05.859 --> 00:31:06.799
 have so much

00:31:06.799 --> 00:31:07.240
 of God's

00:31:07.240 --> 00:31:07.500
 comfort

00:31:07.500 --> 00:31:07.879
 all of the

00:31:07.879 --> 00:31:08.099
 time

00:31:08.099 --> 00:31:08.359
 that we

00:31:08.359 --> 00:31:08.939
 can boast

00:31:08.939 --> 00:31:09.339
 about it

00:31:09.339 --> 00:31:09.659
 to our

00:31:09.659 --> 00:31:10.119
 friends

00:31:10.119 --> 00:31:11.039
 that we're

00:31:11.039 --> 00:31:11.500
 worried

00:31:11.500 --> 00:31:12.059
 that somehow

00:31:12.059 --> 00:31:12.319
 or another

00:31:12.319 --> 00:31:12.699
 God's

00:31:12.699 --> 00:31:13.000
 comfort

00:31:13.000 --> 00:31:13.240
 is going

00:31:13.240 --> 00:31:13.480
 to come

00:31:13.480 --> 00:31:13.759
 to us

00:31:13.759 --> 00:31:14.039
 it's going

00:31:14.039 --> 00:31:14.439
 to remove

00:31:14.439 --> 00:31:14.839
 from us

00:31:14.839 --> 00:31:15.579
 all courage

00:31:15.579 --> 00:31:16.079
 that it's

00:31:16.079 --> 00:31:16.279
 going to

00:31:16.279 --> 00:31:16.579
 make us

00:31:16.579 --> 00:31:17.299
 passive

00:31:17.299 --> 00:31:17.839
 that it's

00:31:17.839 --> 00:31:18.000
 going to

00:31:18.000 --> 00:31:18.339
 make us

00:31:18.339 --> 00:31:19.000
 lazy

00:31:19.000 --> 00:31:19.699
 that it's

00:31:19.699 --> 00:31:20.419
 going to

00:31:20.419 --> 00:31:20.699
 sort of

00:31:20.699 --> 00:31:21.119
 remove us

00:31:21.119 --> 00:31:21.439
 from all

00:31:21.439 --> 00:31:21.740
 hope

00:31:21.740 --> 00:31:22.179
 because we're

00:31:22.180 --> 00:31:22.460
 just sort

00:31:22.460 --> 00:31:23.000
 of blissed

00:31:23.000 --> 00:31:23.360
 out with

00:31:23.360 --> 00:31:23.720
 God's

00:31:23.720 --> 00:31:24.140
 comfort

00:31:24.140 --> 00:31:24.660
 or that

00:31:24.660 --> 00:31:25.000
 God's

00:31:25.000 --> 00:31:25.259
 comfort

00:31:25.259 --> 00:31:26.279
 is magical

00:31:26.279 --> 00:31:26.740
 or that

00:31:26.740 --> 00:31:27.080
 God's

00:31:27.080 --> 00:31:27.360
 comfort

00:31:27.360 --> 00:31:27.900
 will remove

00:31:27.900 --> 00:31:28.680
 consequences

00:31:28.680 --> 00:31:29.640
 or God's

00:31:29.640 --> 00:31:30.820
 comfort

00:31:30.820 --> 00:31:31.240
 will mean

00:31:31.240 --> 00:31:31.460
 that we

00:31:31.460 --> 00:31:31.680
 never

00:31:31.680 --> 00:31:32.140
 suffer

00:31:32.140 --> 00:31:33.279
 risk

00:31:33.279 --> 00:31:36.700
 that's

00:31:36.700 --> 00:31:37.360
 idle

00:31:37.360 --> 00:31:37.880
 speaking

00:31:37.880 --> 00:31:38.440
 to us

00:31:38.440 --> 00:31:40.779
 the word

00:31:40.779 --> 00:31:41.200
 comfort

00:31:41.200 --> 00:31:41.580
 is the

00:31:41.580 --> 00:31:41.820
 same

00:31:41.820 --> 00:31:42.220
 word

00:31:42.220 --> 00:31:42.600
 here

00:31:42.600 --> 00:31:43.539
 as is

00:31:43.539 --> 00:31:43.779
 used

00:31:43.779 --> 00:31:44.039
 of the

00:31:44.039 --> 00:31:44.240
 Holy

00:31:44.240 --> 00:31:44.700
 Spirit

00:31:44.700 --> 00:31:45.100
 in John

00:31:45.100 --> 00:31:45.560
 14

00:31:45.560 --> 00:31:46.000
 15

00:31:46.000 --> 00:31:46.560
 and 16

00:31:46.560 --> 00:31:46.799
 the

00:31:46.799 --> 00:31:47.299
 comforter

00:31:47.299 --> 00:31:49.660
 God's

00:31:49.660 --> 00:31:50.140
 comfort

00:31:50.140 --> 00:31:51.340
 is not

00:31:51.340 --> 00:31:52.000
 separate

00:31:52.000 --> 00:31:52.619
 from the

00:31:52.619 --> 00:31:53.059
 gospel

00:31:53.059 --> 00:31:54.460
 and it's

00:31:54.460 --> 00:31:55.240
 not beyond

00:31:55.240 --> 00:31:55.940
 the gospel

00:31:55.940 --> 00:31:56.400
 it's not

00:31:56.400 --> 00:31:56.740
 as if you

00:31:56.740 --> 00:31:57.119
 have the

00:31:57.119 --> 00:31:57.660
 gospel

00:31:57.660 --> 00:31:58.940
 God made

00:31:58.940 --> 00:31:59.299
 him

00:31:59.299 --> 00:32:00.380
 who knew

00:32:00.380 --> 00:32:01.099
 no sin

00:32:01.099 --> 00:32:02.180
 to be

00:32:02.180 --> 00:32:02.740
 sin for

00:32:02.740 --> 00:32:03.140
 us

00:32:03.140 --> 00:32:04.220
 so that

00:32:04.220 --> 00:32:04.940
 in him

00:32:04.940 --> 00:32:06.079
 we might

00:32:06.079 --> 00:32:06.599
 become

00:32:06.599 --> 00:32:07.039
 the righteousness

00:32:07.039 --> 00:32:11.819
 of God

00:32:11.819 --> 00:32:12.539
 that's how

00:32:12.539 --> 00:32:12.799
 Paul's

00:32:12.799 --> 00:32:13.000
 going to

00:32:13.000 --> 00:32:13.440
 describe

00:32:13.440 --> 00:32:14.200
 the gospel

00:32:14.200 --> 00:32:14.619
 in a few

00:32:14.619 --> 00:32:15.000
 minutes

00:32:15.000 --> 00:32:16.559
 and God's

00:32:16.559 --> 00:32:17.079
 comfort

00:32:17.079 --> 00:32:17.720
 isn't

00:32:17.720 --> 00:32:18.160
 well okay

00:32:18.160 --> 00:32:18.480
 now we

00:32:18.480 --> 00:32:18.859
 got the

00:32:18.859 --> 00:32:19.180
 tattoo

00:32:19.180 --> 00:32:19.619
 for the

00:32:19.619 --> 00:32:20.039
 gospel

00:32:20.039 --> 00:32:20.440
 now we

00:32:20.440 --> 00:32:20.920
 move on

00:32:20.920 --> 00:32:21.420
 to something

00:32:21.420 --> 00:32:21.839
 which is

00:32:21.839 --> 00:32:22.359
 his comfort

00:32:22.359 --> 00:32:22.959
 no no

00:32:22.959 --> 00:32:24.559
 God's

00:32:24.559 --> 00:32:25.099
 comfort

00:32:25.099 --> 00:32:27.859
 is the

00:32:27.859 --> 00:32:28.240
 knowledge

00:32:28.240 --> 00:32:28.619
 that he

00:32:28.619 --> 00:32:29.039
 is with

00:32:29.039 --> 00:32:29.419
 us

00:32:29.419 --> 00:32:31.759
 that he's

00:32:31.759 --> 00:32:32.599
 beside us

00:32:32.599 --> 00:32:33.299
 that he

00:32:33.299 --> 00:32:33.740
 carries

00:32:33.740 --> 00:32:34.159
 us

00:32:34.159 --> 00:32:35.519
 that he

00:32:35.519 --> 00:32:36.259
 is sovereign

00:32:36.259 --> 00:32:38.339
 that he's

00:32:38.339 --> 00:32:39.220
 all powerful

00:32:39.220 --> 00:32:40.139
 that he's

00:32:40.139 --> 00:32:40.879
 all good

00:32:40.879 --> 00:32:42.000
 that he's

00:32:42.000 --> 00:32:42.759
 untamed

00:32:42.759 --> 00:32:44.039
 that he

00:32:44.039 --> 00:32:44.500
 knows me

00:32:44.500 --> 00:32:45.119
 perfectly

00:32:45.119 --> 00:32:46.539
 and that

00:32:46.539 --> 00:32:47.079
 he's with

00:32:47.079 --> 00:32:47.359
 me

00:32:47.359 --> 00:32:49.719
 we

00:32:49.719 --> 00:32:50.339
 enter the

00:32:50.339 --> 00:32:50.639
 Jesus

00:32:50.639 --> 00:32:50.979
 way

00:32:50.979 --> 00:32:51.479
 one by

00:32:51.479 --> 00:32:51.899
 one

00:32:51.899 --> 00:32:53.899
 when we

00:32:53.899 --> 00:32:54.259
 put our

00:32:54.259 --> 00:32:54.659
 faith and

00:32:54.659 --> 00:32:55.119
 trust in

00:32:55.119 --> 00:32:55.419
 Jesus

00:32:55.419 --> 00:32:56.899
 but we

00:32:56.899 --> 00:32:57.419
 walk the

00:32:57.419 --> 00:32:58.159
 Jesus way

00:32:58.159 --> 00:32:59.419
 with Jesus

00:32:59.419 --> 00:33:00.359
 and with

00:33:00.359 --> 00:33:00.740
 others

00:33:00.740 --> 00:33:02.359
 we don't

00:33:02.359 --> 00:33:02.759
 walk it

00:33:02.759 --> 00:33:03.099
 alone

00:33:03.099 --> 00:33:05.439
 and in

00:33:05.439 --> 00:33:05.759
 heaven

00:33:05.759 --> 00:33:06.899
 we'll find

00:33:06.899 --> 00:33:07.199
 out

00:33:07.199 --> 00:33:08.339
 that a lot

00:33:08.339 --> 00:33:08.559
 of the

00:33:08.559 --> 00:33:08.979
 time

00:33:08.979 --> 00:33:10.339
 that we

00:33:10.339 --> 00:33:10.819
 think

00:33:10.819 --> 00:33:11.719
 that we've

00:33:11.719 --> 00:33:12.119
 been so

00:33:12.119 --> 00:33:12.719
 strong

00:33:12.720 --> 00:33:14.140
 and that

00:33:14.140 --> 00:33:14.500
 we've been

00:33:14.500 --> 00:33:15.240
 striding along

00:33:15.240 --> 00:33:15.539
 on the

00:33:15.539 --> 00:33:16.220
 Jesus way

00:33:16.220 --> 00:33:17.660
 and heaven

00:33:17.660 --> 00:33:18.180
 we'll find

00:33:18.180 --> 00:33:18.660
 out that we

00:33:18.660 --> 00:33:19.220
 were carried

00:33:19.220 --> 00:33:19.620
 by the

00:33:19.620 --> 00:33:20.100
 prayers of

00:33:20.100 --> 00:33:20.460
 others

00:33:20.460 --> 00:33:21.860
 and that it

00:33:21.860 --> 00:33:22.299
 wasn't us

00:33:22.299 --> 00:33:22.720
 walking

00:33:22.720 --> 00:33:24.779
 and it will

00:33:24.779 --> 00:33:25.259
 profoundly

00:33:25.259 --> 00:33:26.039
 humble us

00:33:26.039 --> 00:33:28.700
 and once

00:33:28.700 --> 00:33:29.120
 we're gripped

00:33:29.120 --> 00:33:29.420
 by the

00:33:29.420 --> 00:33:29.980
 gospel and

00:33:29.980 --> 00:33:30.299
 learn to

00:33:30.299 --> 00:33:30.700
 pray for

00:33:30.700 --> 00:33:31.120
 others

00:33:31.120 --> 00:33:32.720
 others will

00:33:32.720 --> 00:33:33.420
 maybe find

00:33:33.420 --> 00:33:33.880
 in heaven

00:33:33.880 --> 00:33:34.380
 that those

00:33:34.380 --> 00:33:35.120
 times that

00:33:35.120 --> 00:33:35.559
 they thought

00:33:35.559 --> 00:33:35.920
 that they

00:33:35.920 --> 00:33:36.339
 were most

00:33:36.339 --> 00:33:36.920
 strong in

00:33:36.920 --> 00:33:37.440
 walking the

00:33:37.440 --> 00:33:38.079
 Jesus way

00:33:38.079 --> 00:33:40.180
 is they

00:33:40.180 --> 00:33:40.660
 were carried

00:33:40.660 --> 00:33:41.220
 by you

00:33:41.220 --> 00:33:44.860
 by your

00:33:44.860 --> 00:33:45.660
 suffering for

00:33:45.660 --> 00:33:45.880
 them

00:33:45.880 --> 00:33:47.039
 by your

00:33:47.039 --> 00:33:47.640
 intercession

00:33:47.640 --> 00:33:48.400
 for them

00:33:48.400 --> 00:33:51.299
 by your

00:33:51.299 --> 00:33:52.460
 financial help

00:33:52.460 --> 00:33:53.000
 for whatever

00:33:53.000 --> 00:33:53.380
 way

00:33:53.380 --> 00:33:56.940
 and God

00:33:56.940 --> 00:33:57.360
 has no

00:33:57.360 --> 00:33:58.100
 comfort apart

00:33:58.100 --> 00:33:58.799
 from himself

00:33:58.799 --> 00:34:00.900
 and he

00:34:00.900 --> 00:34:01.500
 makes us

00:34:01.500 --> 00:34:02.420
 know himself

00:34:02.420 --> 00:34:03.279
 known and

00:34:03.279 --> 00:34:04.059
 reconciles us

00:34:04.059 --> 00:34:04.440
 to him

00:34:04.440 --> 00:34:04.860
 through the

00:34:04.860 --> 00:34:05.299
 cross

00:34:05.299 --> 00:34:08.320
 that Jesus

00:34:08.320 --> 00:34:09.960
 seeing who

00:34:09.960 --> 00:34:10.260
 we are

00:34:10.260 --> 00:34:10.860
 perfectly

00:34:10.860 --> 00:34:11.700
 and completely

00:34:11.700 --> 00:34:13.599
 with absolutely

00:34:13.599 --> 00:34:14.660
 no illusions

00:34:14.660 --> 00:34:16.180
 about who

00:34:16.180 --> 00:34:16.680
 and what

00:34:16.680 --> 00:34:17.340
 each of us

00:34:17.340 --> 00:34:17.700
 are

00:34:17.700 --> 00:34:19.760
 knowing each

00:34:19.760 --> 00:34:21.120
 idol that

00:34:21.120 --> 00:34:21.660
 we have in

00:34:21.660 --> 00:34:22.140
 our heart

00:34:22.140 --> 00:34:23.700
 and especially

00:34:23.700 --> 00:34:24.480
 knowing those

00:34:24.480 --> 00:34:25.599
 unrecognized

00:34:25.599 --> 00:34:26.400
 idols that we

00:34:26.400 --> 00:34:26.940
 have in our

00:34:26.940 --> 00:34:27.280
 heart

00:34:27.280 --> 00:34:28.760
 that he

00:34:28.760 --> 00:34:29.440
 came and

00:34:29.440 --> 00:34:29.960
 lived a

00:34:29.960 --> 00:34:30.780
 sinless life

00:34:30.780 --> 00:34:31.320
 in fellowship

00:34:31.320 --> 00:34:31.960
 with God

00:34:31.960 --> 00:34:33.240
 and dies

00:34:33.240 --> 00:34:33.740
 upon the

00:34:33.740 --> 00:34:34.180
 cross

00:34:34.180 --> 00:34:35.640
 God made

00:34:35.640 --> 00:34:36.579
 him to be

00:34:36.579 --> 00:34:37.220
 our representative

00:34:37.220 --> 00:34:38.140
 God made

00:34:38.140 --> 00:34:39.120
 him who

00:34:39.120 --> 00:34:39.760
 knew no

00:34:39.760 --> 00:34:41.500
 sin to be

00:34:41.500 --> 00:34:42.440
 sin for us

00:34:42.440 --> 00:34:43.800
 that on the

00:34:43.800 --> 00:34:45.600
 cross all

00:34:45.600 --> 00:34:45.880
 of our

00:34:45.880 --> 00:34:46.740
 idolatries

00:34:46.740 --> 00:34:48.420
 all of our

00:34:48.420 --> 00:34:48.880
 shame

00:34:48.880 --> 00:34:50.460
 all of the

00:34:50.460 --> 00:34:51.040
 wrong things

00:34:51.040 --> 00:34:51.560
 we've done

00:34:51.560 --> 00:34:52.680
 all of the

00:34:52.680 --> 00:34:53.140
 good things

00:34:53.140 --> 00:34:53.360
 that we

00:34:53.360 --> 00:34:53.940
 failed to

00:34:53.940 --> 00:34:54.180
 do

00:34:54.180 --> 00:34:55.660
 all of

00:34:55.660 --> 00:34:56.120
 those

00:34:56.120 --> 00:34:57.300
 were laid

00:34:57.300 --> 00:34:57.800
 on him

00:34:57.800 --> 00:34:59.240
 God made

00:34:59.240 --> 00:35:00.340
 him who

00:35:00.340 --> 00:35:01.140
 knew no

00:35:01.140 --> 00:35:02.740
 sin to be

00:35:02.740 --> 00:35:03.620
 sin for

00:35:03.620 --> 00:35:04.080
 us

00:35:04.079 --> 00:35:07.059
 and he

00:35:07.059 --> 00:35:07.739
 takes into

00:35:07.739 --> 00:35:08.360
 himself

00:35:08.360 --> 00:35:10.360
 all of the

00:35:10.360 --> 00:35:10.679
 things that

00:35:10.679 --> 00:35:11.039
 we've done

00:35:11.039 --> 00:35:11.360
 wrong

00:35:11.360 --> 00:35:12.920
 God made

00:35:12.920 --> 00:35:13.819
 him who

00:35:13.819 --> 00:35:14.579
 knew no

00:35:14.579 --> 00:35:15.940
 sin to be

00:35:15.940 --> 00:35:16.699
 sin for

00:35:16.699 --> 00:35:18.059
 us so

00:35:18.059 --> 00:35:18.860
 that in

00:35:18.860 --> 00:35:20.099
 him when

00:35:20.099 --> 00:35:20.559
 we put our

00:35:20.559 --> 00:35:21.059
 faith and

00:35:21.059 --> 00:35:21.940
 trust in

00:35:21.940 --> 00:35:22.400
 him

00:35:22.400 --> 00:35:25.319
 we put our

00:35:25.319 --> 00:35:26.059
 hands in

00:35:26.059 --> 00:35:27.199
 his and

00:35:27.199 --> 00:35:28.199
 he comes

00:35:28.199 --> 00:35:29.380
 into us

00:35:29.380 --> 00:35:31.000
 to live

00:35:31.000 --> 00:35:31.659
 within us

00:35:31.659 --> 00:35:32.440
 and we

00:35:32.440 --> 00:35:33.219
 come into

00:35:33.219 --> 00:35:33.879
 him to

00:35:33.879 --> 00:35:34.259
 live in

00:35:34.259 --> 00:35:35.619
 him God

00:35:35.619 --> 00:35:36.399
 made him

00:35:36.399 --> 00:35:37.539
 who knew

00:35:37.539 --> 00:35:39.179
 no sin to

00:35:39.179 --> 00:35:40.279
 be sin for

00:35:40.279 --> 00:35:41.960
 us so that

00:35:41.960 --> 00:35:43.719
 in him we

00:35:43.719 --> 00:35:44.579
 might become

00:35:44.579 --> 00:35:45.940
 the righteousness

00:35:45.940 --> 00:35:46.659
 of God

00:35:46.659 --> 00:35:48.480
 that on the

00:35:48.480 --> 00:35:49.399
 cross Jesus

00:35:49.399 --> 00:35:50.940
 knowing everything

00:35:50.940 --> 00:35:51.539
 there is to

00:35:51.539 --> 00:35:52.279
 know about us

00:35:52.279 --> 00:35:53.319
 not only took

00:35:53.319 --> 00:35:54.480
 away and

00:35:54.480 --> 00:35:55.239
 paid the penalty

00:35:55.239 --> 00:35:56.039
 and the price for

00:35:56.039 --> 00:35:56.679
 everything that we've

00:35:56.679 --> 00:35:58.579
 done wrong but

00:35:58.579 --> 00:36:00.059
 his perfect standing

00:36:00.059 --> 00:36:00.719
 and righteousness

00:36:00.719 --> 00:36:01.599
 with the father

00:36:01.599 --> 00:36:02.500
 is offered to

00:36:02.500 --> 00:36:04.659
 us and his

00:36:04.659 --> 00:36:05.539
 act upon the

00:36:05.539 --> 00:36:06.199
 cross that we

00:36:06.199 --> 00:36:07.239
 receive by faith

00:36:07.239 --> 00:36:08.480
 is what makes

00:36:08.480 --> 00:36:09.159
 us right with

00:36:09.159 --> 00:36:09.440
 him

00:36:09.440 --> 00:36:18.039
 and it is as

00:36:18.039 --> 00:36:18.860
 we are gripped

00:36:18.860 --> 00:36:20.320
 with this gospel

00:36:20.320 --> 00:36:20.880
 truth

00:36:20.880 --> 00:36:24.259
 that we can

00:36:24.259 --> 00:36:24.980
 both be

00:36:24.980 --> 00:36:26.519
 shocked and

00:36:26.519 --> 00:36:27.239
 humbled by

00:36:27.239 --> 00:36:28.099
 God's word

00:36:28.099 --> 00:36:29.179
 to realize that

00:36:29.179 --> 00:36:29.819
 even though we

00:36:29.819 --> 00:36:30.339
 think we're a

00:36:30.339 --> 00:36:31.000
 devout Christian

00:36:31.000 --> 00:36:31.579
 we have many

00:36:31.579 --> 00:36:32.339
 idols in our

00:36:32.339 --> 00:36:33.099
 heart and have

00:36:33.099 --> 00:36:33.919
 turned far from

00:36:33.919 --> 00:36:35.799
 him but it

00:36:35.799 --> 00:36:36.239
 is in the

00:36:36.239 --> 00:36:37.219
 security of the

00:36:37.219 --> 00:36:37.980
 gospel that we

00:36:37.980 --> 00:36:38.960
 can once again

00:36:38.960 --> 00:36:40.179
 listen to the

00:36:40.179 --> 00:36:41.179
 God who says

00:36:41.179 --> 00:36:42.219
 I am the

00:36:42.219 --> 00:36:42.879
 father of

00:36:42.879 --> 00:36:43.819
 mercies and

00:36:43.819 --> 00:36:44.279
 the God of

00:36:44.279 --> 00:36:45.859
 all comfort I

00:36:45.859 --> 00:36:46.679
 will walk with

00:36:46.679 --> 00:36:48.179
 you I am the

00:36:48.179 --> 00:36:48.960
 creator of all

00:36:48.960 --> 00:36:49.599
 things and the

00:36:49.599 --> 00:36:50.440
 sustainer of all

00:36:50.440 --> 00:36:51.039
 things I will

00:36:51.039 --> 00:36:51.779
 bring all things

00:36:51.779 --> 00:36:52.099
 to their

00:36:52.099 --> 00:36:53.480
 conclusion I

00:36:53.480 --> 00:36:54.579
 am sovereign over

00:36:54.579 --> 00:36:55.579
 all things I

00:36:55.579 --> 00:36:56.460
 am all powerful

00:36:56.460 --> 00:36:57.259
 and all knowing

00:36:57.260 --> 00:36:58.400
 and I will

00:36:58.400 --> 00:36:59.120
 walk with you

00:36:59.120 --> 00:36:59.840
 as your God

00:36:59.840 --> 00:37:01.120
 and you are

00:37:01.120 --> 00:37:02.060
 my set apart

00:37:02.060 --> 00:37:03.280
 child my

00:37:03.280 --> 00:37:04.120
 beloved child

00:37:04.120 --> 00:37:05.200
 and I will

00:37:05.200 --> 00:37:05.840
 never leave

00:37:05.840 --> 00:37:06.780
 you I will

00:37:06.780 --> 00:37:07.620
 never forsake

00:37:07.620 --> 00:37:08.560
 you you can

00:37:08.560 --> 00:37:09.180
 pour out your

00:37:09.180 --> 00:37:10.220
 heart about

00:37:10.220 --> 00:37:11.020
 everything that's

00:37:11.020 --> 00:37:12.300
 going on you

00:37:12.300 --> 00:37:13.040
 can pour it out

00:37:13.040 --> 00:37:14.340
 to me I will

00:37:14.340 --> 00:37:15.940
 always hear I

00:37:15.940 --> 00:37:16.560
 will always

00:37:16.560 --> 00:37:19.340
 listen I do

00:37:19.340 --> 00:37:21.020
 not sleep I do

00:37:21.020 --> 00:37:21.840
 not grow weary

00:37:21.840 --> 00:37:23.940
 and my name

00:37:23.940 --> 00:37:25.460
 is mercy and

00:37:25.460 --> 00:37:26.039
 my name is

00:37:26.039 --> 00:37:27.700
 comfort and I

00:37:27.700 --> 00:37:28.720
 raised my son

00:37:28.720 --> 00:37:29.460
 from the dead

00:37:29.460 --> 00:37:31.760
 to show my

00:37:31.760 --> 00:37:32.960
 power and my

00:37:32.960 --> 00:37:33.700
 love for you

00:37:33.700 --> 00:37:36.640
 Jesus says in

00:37:36.640 --> 00:37:37.300
 Matthew 11

00:37:37.300 --> 00:37:39.200
 come to me all

00:37:39.200 --> 00:37:40.160
 who labor and

00:37:40.160 --> 00:37:41.400
 are heavy laden

00:37:41.400 --> 00:37:42.800
 and I will give

00:37:42.800 --> 00:37:44.519
 you rest take my

00:37:44.519 --> 00:37:46.300
 yoke upon me and

00:37:46.300 --> 00:37:47.539
 learn from me for

00:37:47.539 --> 00:37:48.420
 I am gentle and

00:37:48.420 --> 00:37:49.760
 lowly of heart and

00:37:49.760 --> 00:37:50.600
 you will find rest

00:37:50.600 --> 00:37:51.640
 for your souls by

00:37:51.639 --> 00:37:52.079
 the way brothers

00:37:52.079 --> 00:37:52.879
 and sisters we're

00:37:52.879 --> 00:37:53.460
 going to say 2

00:37:53.460 --> 00:37:54.960
 Corinthians 1 3 to

00:37:54.960 --> 00:37:56.219
 4 again there is

00:37:56.219 --> 00:37:57.239
 so much comfort

00:37:57.239 --> 00:37:58.359
 in memorizing God's

00:37:58.359 --> 00:38:00.619
 word if you get

00:38:00.619 --> 00:38:01.339
 nothing else out of

00:38:01.339 --> 00:38:02.019
 this sermon other

00:38:02.019 --> 00:38:02.599
 than to try to

00:38:02.599 --> 00:38:03.579
 meditate upon these

00:38:03.579 --> 00:38:04.659
 two verses and

00:38:04.659 --> 00:38:05.460
 learn from them this

00:38:05.460 --> 00:38:06.239
 week then that is a

00:38:06.239 --> 00:38:08.819
 good thing let's

00:38:08.819 --> 00:38:09.639
 say it again could

00:38:09.639 --> 00:38:10.079
 you put it up

00:38:10.079 --> 00:38:12.480
 Andrew blessed be

00:38:12.480 --> 00:38:13.319
 the God and

00:38:13.319 --> 00:38:14.159
 father of our

00:38:14.159 --> 00:38:15.359
 Lord Jesus Christ

00:38:15.359 --> 00:38:16.799
 the father of

00:38:16.799 --> 00:38:18.000
 mercies and God

00:38:18.000 --> 00:38:19.679
 of all comfort who

00:38:19.679 --> 00:38:21.219
 comforts us in all

00:38:21.219 --> 00:38:22.699
 our affliction so

00:38:22.699 --> 00:38:23.679
 that we may be

00:38:23.679 --> 00:38:24.699
 able to comfort

00:38:24.699 --> 00:38:25.839
 those who are in

00:38:25.839 --> 00:38:27.599
 any affliction with

00:38:27.599 --> 00:38:28.480
 the comfort with

00:38:28.480 --> 00:38:29.500
 which we ourselves

00:38:29.500 --> 00:38:30.559
 are comforted by

00:38:30.559 --> 00:38:31.939
 God and if you

00:38:31.939 --> 00:38:32.579
 could put up there's

00:38:32.579 --> 00:38:33.500
 just three prayers

00:38:33.500 --> 00:38:34.899
 as we bring our

00:38:34.899 --> 00:38:35.659
 sermon to the close

00:38:35.659 --> 00:38:36.679
 three prayers that I

00:38:36.679 --> 00:38:37.980
 offered you they'll

00:38:37.980 --> 00:38:38.839
 be on the web page

00:38:38.839 --> 00:38:39.919
 if you want to look

00:38:39.919 --> 00:38:40.659
 at them if it's

00:38:40.659 --> 00:38:42.500
 helpful to you as a

00:38:42.500 --> 00:38:43.379
 takeaway from this

00:38:43.379 --> 00:38:44.539
 sermon the first one

00:38:44.539 --> 00:38:45.679
 is Lord please make

00:38:45.679 --> 00:38:46.639
 me a disciple of

00:38:46.639 --> 00:38:47.699
 Jesus gripped by the

00:38:47.699 --> 00:38:49.299
 gospel who is

00:38:49.299 --> 00:38:50.539
 learning to turn to

00:38:50.539 --> 00:38:52.739
 you for comfort and

00:38:52.739 --> 00:38:53.679
 then living for your

00:38:53.679 --> 00:38:55.599
 glory by comforting

00:38:55.599 --> 00:38:57.059
 others with the

00:38:57.059 --> 00:38:57.940
 comfort that comes

00:38:57.940 --> 00:39:00.159
 from you see too

00:39:00.159 --> 00:39:01.219
 many Christians were

00:39:01.219 --> 00:39:03.119
 swamps and cesspools

00:39:03.879 --> 00:39:05.819
 God's blessing comes

00:39:05.819 --> 00:39:06.779
 into our life and then

00:39:06.779 --> 00:39:09.239
 it just stops there we

00:39:09.239 --> 00:39:11.119
 just bliss out and

00:39:11.119 --> 00:39:12.039
 don't realize that if

00:39:12.039 --> 00:39:13.299
 we spend too long just

00:39:13.299 --> 00:39:14.199
 blissing out without

00:39:14.199 --> 00:39:15.159
 handing it on we're

00:39:15.159 --> 00:39:16.359
 just becoming a cesspool

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 a swamp God doesn't

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 make swamps and

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 cesspools he makes

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 streams of living

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 water to bless the

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 world for his glory

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 it's a basic spiritual

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 principle your wealth

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 your your good looks

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 your youth your

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 whatever it is it's a

00:39:35.759 --> 00:39:36.980
 blessing God gives

00:39:36.980 --> 00:39:38.739
 this to you and he

00:39:38.739 --> 00:39:39.940
 gives it to you it's

00:39:39.940 --> 00:39:40.940
 to irrigate your life

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 it's to be a source of

00:39:42.000 --> 00:39:42.759
 blessing in your life

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 but it's meant to be

00:39:43.579 --> 00:39:46.480
 be poured out God

00:39:46.480 --> 00:39:47.299
 wants to make you a

00:39:47.299 --> 00:39:49.880
 stream not a swamp a

00:39:49.880 --> 00:39:50.759
 lot of our spiritual

00:39:50.759 --> 00:39:52.139
 problems come because

00:39:52.139 --> 00:39:52.920
 we're not doing

00:39:52.920 --> 00:39:55.039
 something we're just

00:39:55.039 --> 00:39:57.380
 trying to hoard God's

00:39:57.380 --> 00:39:59.239
 blessings but notice

00:39:59.239 --> 00:40:00.159
 the flow of 2nd

00:40:00.159 --> 00:40:02.199
 Corinthians 3 4 3 and

00:40:02.199 --> 00:40:03.440
 2nd Corinthians 1 3

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 and 4 this thing of

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 the comfort coming to

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 us the comfort comforts

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 us and then we are to

00:40:09.000 --> 00:40:10.380
 go and to be used to

00:40:10.380 --> 00:40:14.700
 comfort others and so

00:40:14.700 --> 00:40:15.760
 this text is an

00:40:15.760 --> 00:40:16.980
 invitation for us to

00:40:16.980 --> 00:40:18.340
 also pray to God that

00:40:18.340 --> 00:40:19.200
 he would help us to

00:40:19.200 --> 00:40:20.820
 recognize how we're

00:40:20.820 --> 00:40:22.539
 turning to idols and to

00:40:22.539 --> 00:40:24.400
 die to those idols the

00:40:24.400 --> 00:40:25.280
 next one Andrew if you

00:40:25.280 --> 00:40:27.119
 could put it up Lord

00:40:27.119 --> 00:40:28.039
 please make me a

00:40:28.039 --> 00:40:29.500
 disciple of Jesus gripped

00:40:29.500 --> 00:40:31.079
 by the gospel who is

00:40:31.079 --> 00:40:32.599
 learning to rely and

00:40:32.599 --> 00:40:35.119
 hope in you and so live

00:40:35.119 --> 00:40:37.740
 for your glory I mean the

00:40:37.740 --> 00:40:38.700
 funny thing about it is

00:40:38.699 --> 00:40:39.980
 is that when we say God I

00:40:39.980 --> 00:40:41.179
 need to rely on you to

00:40:41.179 --> 00:40:42.299
 deal with this problem

00:40:42.299 --> 00:40:43.739
 father I have this huge

00:40:43.739 --> 00:40:45.839
 financial problem I need

00:40:45.839 --> 00:40:47.119
 to rely on you I need

00:40:47.119 --> 00:40:48.199
 your wisdom in my

00:40:48.199 --> 00:40:49.599
 finances Lord your my

00:40:49.599 --> 00:40:51.519
 my finances they're

00:40:51.519 --> 00:40:53.819
 they're terrible they're

00:40:53.819 --> 00:40:54.919
 causing me so much

00:40:54.919 --> 00:40:56.879
 stress I need to rely on

00:40:56.879 --> 00:40:58.399
 you I need to hope that

00:40:58.399 --> 00:40:59.779
 you are able to bring

00:40:59.779 --> 00:41:01.799
 financial sanity into my

00:41:01.799 --> 00:41:04.079
 life or relational sanity

00:41:04.079 --> 00:41:06.699
 or sexual sanity or job

00:41:06.699 --> 00:41:08.879
 job sanity whatever it is

00:41:08.879 --> 00:41:11.019
 and I mean God God often

00:41:11.019 --> 00:41:12.259
 answers these prayers by

00:41:12.259 --> 00:41:13.339
 sending you to people by

00:41:13.339 --> 00:41:14.359
 giving you a leading as

00:41:14.359 --> 00:41:15.259
 to where you should go who

00:41:15.259 --> 00:41:16.480
 you should call what you

00:41:16.480 --> 00:41:17.519
 should do who comes into

00:41:17.519 --> 00:41:18.980
 your life sometimes he'll

00:41:18.980 --> 00:41:19.599
 just deal with it

00:41:19.599 --> 00:41:20.759
 miraculously often he

00:41:20.759 --> 00:41:21.819
 deals with it through

00:41:21.819 --> 00:41:23.259
 sending you to people or

00:41:23.259 --> 00:41:24.519
 bringing people into your

00:41:24.519 --> 00:41:29.919
 lives but it's so it's not

00:41:29.919 --> 00:41:32.480
 inviting us to be passive but

00:41:32.480 --> 00:41:33.839
 it's inviting us to recognize

00:41:33.840 --> 00:41:35.400
 that I I'm hoping and relying

00:41:35.400 --> 00:41:36.539
 on the wrong things Lord

00:41:36.539 --> 00:41:39.720
 and then the final prayer if

00:41:39.720 --> 00:41:40.680
 you could put it up Andrew

00:41:40.680 --> 00:41:42.840
 you'll notice in verse 11

00:41:42.840 --> 00:41:44.900
 that Paul invites people to

00:41:44.900 --> 00:41:46.039
 pray for him in fact he

00:41:46.039 --> 00:41:47.620
 urges them to pray for him

00:41:47.620 --> 00:41:49.200
 and this letter is not just

00:41:49.200 --> 00:41:50.420
 written individual saints but

00:41:50.420 --> 00:41:51.559
 to a church and that's why

00:41:51.559 --> 00:41:52.920
 this final prayer is written in

00:41:52.920 --> 00:41:55.180
 the collective it says Lord

00:41:55.180 --> 00:41:58.120
 please make us disciples of

00:41:58.120 --> 00:41:59.960
 Jesus gripped by the gospel

00:41:59.960 --> 00:42:01.720
 who are living but for your

00:42:01.719 --> 00:42:04.439
 glory by learning to pray for

00:42:04.439 --> 00:42:07.119
 others every day in every

00:42:07.119 --> 00:42:07.439
 way

00:42:07.439 --> 00:42:12.299
 that's what the text is

00:42:12.299 --> 00:42:13.679
 calling us to through the

00:42:13.679 --> 00:42:15.059
 perspective of the gospel

00:42:15.059 --> 00:42:16.779
 that as the gospel becomes

00:42:16.779 --> 00:42:18.639
 more real to us as we think

00:42:18.639 --> 00:42:20.899
 upon it as it grips us as it

00:42:20.899 --> 00:42:22.359
 becomes the ground on which

00:42:22.359 --> 00:42:24.059
 we stand as it becomes the

00:42:24.059 --> 00:42:25.539
 lens by which we see and

00:42:25.539 --> 00:42:27.519
 understand the world and hear

00:42:27.519 --> 00:42:29.059
 God's word that it will begin

00:42:29.059 --> 00:42:30.859
 to shape us in certain ways it

00:42:30.860 --> 00:42:32.400
 will begin to push us into

00:42:32.400 --> 00:42:34.579
 certain things it will draw us

00:42:34.579 --> 00:42:36.079
 into certain things and one

00:42:36.079 --> 00:42:37.660
 of the things that we'll do is

00:42:37.660 --> 00:42:39.800
 to leave deliver us from our

00:42:39.800 --> 00:42:41.680
 preoccupation with ourself to

00:42:41.680 --> 00:42:43.460
 realize our great need to pray

00:42:43.460 --> 00:42:46.840
 for others and that this is a

00:42:46.840 --> 00:42:48.480
 work that God is to do in us as

00:42:48.480 --> 00:42:50.019
 individuals and as in the

00:42:50.019 --> 00:42:52.200
 church I invite you to stand

00:42:52.199 --> 00:43:04.619
 for some of you if maybe as a

00:43:04.619 --> 00:43:06.679
 result of this you haven't really

00:43:06.679 --> 00:43:08.119
 put your hands in the hand of

00:43:08.119 --> 00:43:09.739
 Jesus to enter the Jesus way

00:43:09.739 --> 00:43:11.139
 there's no better time than now

00:43:11.139 --> 00:43:13.799
 and there's no magic words just

00:43:13.799 --> 00:43:15.879
 say Jesus I want to be yours I

00:43:15.879 --> 00:43:17.980
 want to be yours forever I thank

00:43:17.980 --> 00:43:19.219
 you that you'll never let me go

00:43:19.219 --> 00:43:20.639
 thank you for it you're on the

00:43:20.639 --> 00:43:21.679
 cross it doesn't matter if

00:43:21.679 --> 00:43:22.960
 there's some special I used you

00:43:22.960 --> 00:43:23.759
 know there was a time in my

00:43:23.759 --> 00:43:25.400
 Christian life I I would worry

00:43:25.400 --> 00:43:26.719
 that I hadn't got the exact

00:43:26.719 --> 00:43:28.000
 right words of the sinner's

00:43:28.000 --> 00:43:30.119
 prayer right and it caused me

00:43:30.119 --> 00:43:35.239
 affliction forget about it just

00:43:35.239 --> 00:43:37.259
 cry out to the Lord do you want

00:43:37.259 --> 00:43:40.759
 to be his further as God has

00:43:40.759 --> 00:43:42.059
 worked in us in different ways

00:43:42.059 --> 00:43:43.519
 different ways that we have to

00:43:43.519 --> 00:43:45.500
 maybe call out to him let's just

00:43:45.500 --> 00:43:48.900
 bow our heads in closing father we

00:43:48.900 --> 00:43:50.519
 thank you that you saw that we

00:43:50.519 --> 00:43:52.780
 were a people who worship idols

00:43:52.780 --> 00:43:54.260
 and who are blind to our

00:43:54.260 --> 00:43:57.880
 worshiping of idols that father we

00:43:57.880 --> 00:44:00.059
 thank you that you saw that but

00:44:00.059 --> 00:44:02.860
 still you loved us and sent your son

00:44:02.860 --> 00:44:05.019
 to die upon the cross for us we

00:44:05.019 --> 00:44:06.860
 thank you father that your son in

00:44:06.860 --> 00:44:08.539
 his perfect life and his death and

00:44:08.539 --> 00:44:10.920
 his resurrection that he is your

00:44:10.920 --> 00:44:14.440
 power to make ordinary human beings

00:44:14.440 --> 00:44:16.740
 like us right with you when we

00:44:16.740 --> 00:44:19.500
 receive it by faith father we ask

00:44:19.500 --> 00:44:21.659
 that you would make us disciples of

00:44:21.659 --> 00:44:24.240
 Jesus who are gripped by the gospel

00:44:24.240 --> 00:44:29.139
 and so learning to turn from idols but

00:44:29.139 --> 00:44:31.960
 turn to you for comfort reliance and

00:44:31.960 --> 00:44:34.599
 hope so that we will live for your

00:44:34.599 --> 00:44:39.420
 glory and bear much fruit to your glory in

00:44:39.420 --> 00:44:41.679
 the city of Ottawa and to the ends of

00:44:41.679 --> 00:44:43.739
 the earth and this we ask in the name of

00:44:43.739 --> 00:44:45.440
 Jesus amen