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 Pastor Shearer, these people here are the preacher's prayer team.

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 Pastor Shearer, these people here are the preacher's prayer team.

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 Pastor Tim mentioned this.

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 Consistently, each of you that have come up to me have said,

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 I want you to know we're praying for you.

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 So not only is this a worshiping church, but this is a praying church.

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 And I know this is also a church of the Word of God.

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 A church that is committed to the Scripture.

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 What else can we be committed to?

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 I think it was the Apostle Peter in John chapter 6,

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 where Jesus is saying some hard words.

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 And a number of His disciples end up leaving Him from that day forward.

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 Jesus turns to His disciples and says,

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 Will you go too?

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 Peter turns and says,

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 But Jesus, You alone have the words of life.

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 This word of life,

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 the Scripture that we know and learn about

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 is really ultimate for us as Christians,

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 so that we can know Him.

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 That is the theme this morning,

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 so thank you for the last song.

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 Knowing Christ, knowing Him.

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 That's what we sang about,

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 and that's what we'll learn about this morning.

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 The same passage,

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 the groups of verses that we just were put to music,

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 and that we had the privilege of singing together,

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 are the words that we'll also look at in digest

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 for the next several minutes.

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 Well, August 5th, 2016,

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 in Rio de Janeiro.

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 What's happening there?

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 What's that?

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 Oh, you are on top of it.

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 The Summer Olympics.

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 Man, I love, I love the Summer Olympics.

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 I love being able to watch people

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 who have spent time,

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 invested hours and hours of training

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 to make sure that they can commit themselves

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 to this task

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 and be able to compete in some way.

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 Now, for those of you who have done any sports

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 or been involved in any athletics,

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 you know that Olympics training didn't start this year.

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 It's been a lifelong journey of training

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 and developing their body

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 and investing not only time in terms of the skill itself,

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 but also the diet and the sleeping

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 and the rigor that's involved.

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 But in order to excel in any area of sports,

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 they can't diversify.

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 They have to be tuned in

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 and focused on one specific goal.

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 You wouldn't find somebody

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 who is competing in track.

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 You wouldn't find them out in the rowboat

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 also with the Olympic row team.

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 You wouldn't find somebody

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 who is given to gymnastics.

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 You wouldn't find them doing laps in the pool,

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 competing in the sprints.

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 You wouldn't find somebody

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 who's gifted with tennis

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 hanging out with the Greco wrestling team,

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 you know.

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 If they want to excel

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 in their given sport

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 and if they want to succeed,

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 they're going to give themselves

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 to one focus,

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 to one task,

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 to one sport.

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 They're going to become the very best

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 in that one activity.

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 I don't know about you,

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 but in this life,

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 sometimes I find myself getting overwhelmed.

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 I get overwhelmed

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 with all of the things

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 that I'm called to do

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 and I'm called to excel in.

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 Like, you know,

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 we're called to excel as fathers

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 or we're called to excel as husbands.

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 We've got to make sure

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 our kids succeed

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 and so that they're doing

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 the very best in athletics

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 or they're doing their very best

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 in academics

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 or whatever field that they're in.

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 That's on us

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 to make sure that we're giving them

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 the opportunities to do that.

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 Or we have to be the very best

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 in our field of work,

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 whatever that might be.

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 And then you bring it home

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 and you've got to have

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 the best landscaping yard,

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 the perfectly manicured bushes

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 and the greenery around

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 and the flowers.

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 So you've got to excel

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 in the gardening

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 and excel in mechanics

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 and so you've got your car

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 and you've tricked it out

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 in whatever way.

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 Every single field,

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 you have to be this jack of all trades

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 but we know what the result of that is.

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 Master of none.

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 You ever find yourself

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 getting overwhelmed in life?

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 You find yourself

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 losing the focus of life,

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 wondering what you are really here for,

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 wondering how you can

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 really make it through.

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 Well, this morning,

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 I want to direct our attention

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 to Philippians chapter 3.

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 Because in Philippians chapter 3,

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 we're going to find the one thing.

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 That's encouraging to me.

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 It's great to have one focus,

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 one aim,

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 one objective,

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 one means of measuring life,

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 one expectation,

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 one criteria to assess

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 all of life,

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 one deliverable,

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 as it were,

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 one set of expectations

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 that you're going to be evaluated on.

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 The accountability of your life

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 is measured by this one thing.

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 Every aspect of life

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 that seeks to deepen

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 this one quality,

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 this one commitment

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 that you will have

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 as an individual.

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 And one if this one thing

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 could secure your hope,

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 could lead to power

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 in the Christian life,

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 could guard your sense

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 of fulfillment,

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 could remove the pressure

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 and lead to freedom,

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 could set before you

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 a clear purpose,

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 one overarching pursuit of life,

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 and also lead to peace,

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 to joy,

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 to satisfaction,

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 and to pleasure of God.

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 Would that be one thing

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 worth pursuing?

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 Oh, I think it would be

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 worth pursuing.

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 Paul talks about that.

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 He begins in chapter 3,

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 verses 13 and 14,

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 as we see that Paul

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 is moving towards one goal.

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 He says,

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 one thing I do.

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 Ah, ding, ding, ding.

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 Attention.

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 One thing I do.

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 What is it, Paul?

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 Forgetting what lies behind

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 and straining forward

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 to what lies ahead,

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 I press on towards the goal

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 for the prize

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 of the upward call of God

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 in Christ Jesus.

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 Okay.

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 So what is the one thing?

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 Well, we know that one thing

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 involves knowledge

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 because there is a forgetting

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 what is behind.

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 But that one thing

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 also involves action

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 because there is a pressing on.

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 There is movement.

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 There is direction in life.

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 So what is that one thing?

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 Well,

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 if we back up

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 to verse 12,

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 we can see this repeated word.

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 He's pressing on

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 to a goal.

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 And in verse 12,

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 we turn to Philippians.

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 verse 12,

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 verse 12,

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 verse 12,

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 verse 12,

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 verse 12,

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 verse 12,

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 not that I've already obtained

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 this or am already perfect,

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 but I press on

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 to make it my own.

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 Okay,

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 so we're moving our way

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 back up into the passage

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 and we're coming closer

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 to the one thing.

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 And we notice here

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 in verse 12,

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 this is a continuation

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 of the beginning

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 of this chapter.

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 So what is that one thing?

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 Well,

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 we find that one thing

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 in verses 7 through 11

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 and we'll concentrate

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 our attention this morning

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 on verses 10 and 11.

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 But let me read for us

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 this morning

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 verses 7 to 11.

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 Here's what it says.

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 But whatever gain I had,

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 I counted loss

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 for the sake of Christ.

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 Indeed,

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 I count everything

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 as loss

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 because of the surpassing worth

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 of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord.

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 For His sake

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 I have suffered the loss

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 of all things

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 and count them

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 as rubbish

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 in order that I might

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 gain Christ

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 and be found in Him,

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 not having a righteousness

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 of my own

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 that comes from the law,

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 but that which comes

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 through faith in Christ,

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 the righteousness

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 from God

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 that depends

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 on faith.

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 Here it is.

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 That I may know Him.

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 and the power

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 of His resurrection

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 and may share

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 in His sufferings

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 becoming like Him

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 in His death

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 that by any means possible

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 I may attain

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 the resurrection

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 from the dead.

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 We find from the Apostle Paul

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 this one thing

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 that leads to all

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 of these other things.

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 It leads to pursuit of God.

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 It leads to the prize.

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 The goal of heaven

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 is the pursuit of knowledge,

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 of knowing Him.

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 We see that here

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 in the beginning verses.

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 In verse 8,

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 I count everything loss

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 for the surpassing worth

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 of what church?

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 Of knowing Christ.

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 And here again

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 in verse 10,

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 that I may know Him.

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 But the pursuit of knowledge

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 demands at least two things.

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 First,

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 the pursuit of knowledge

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 demands an exchange.

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 An exchange that we see there

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 in verses 7 and 8.

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 Notice the repeated terms,

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 the gaining

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 and the losing

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 and the counting

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 that is taking place

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 in those verses.

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 At the beginning of verse 7,

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 there's this initial gain

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 that Paul is crediting

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 to his account,

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 but then he's counting it loss.

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 At the end of verse 8,

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 there's also the ultimate gain

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 of gaining Christ.

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 Then in verse 7,

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 there's this personal gain

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 that was lost,

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 but everything that is counted

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 loss at the end of verse 7.

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 And then in 8,

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 the middle of verse 8,

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 we see that everything

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 is actually lost from him.

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 Not just counted loss,

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 but he's suffering the loss

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 in order that he might gain Christ.

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 There is an exchange

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 that's required.

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 The word for gain

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 is the word for profit

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 or advantage.

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 It's only used three times

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 in the scripture.

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 It's used in the gospels

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 to describe the difference

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 between gaining the whole world

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 and losing one's soul.

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 It also speaks of gaining a brother

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 if he listens to your gentle rebuke.

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 And in Philippians 1.21,

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 Paul says,

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 for me to live is Christ

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 and to die is gain.

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 There was assumed value

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 in the apostle Paul's life.

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 There were things in his life

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 that he considered

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 to be an advantage.

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 There were things in his life

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 that on the surface,

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 from a Jewish perspective,

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 were considered advantageous

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 for him as an individual.

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 We find a short summary

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 of those things

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 as we back up even further

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 into our passage

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 in verses 5 and 6.

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 He says,

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 he was circumcised

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 on the eighth day

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 of the people of Israel,

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 of the tribe of Benjamin,

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 a Hebrew of the Hebrews,

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 as to the law of Pharisee,

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 as to zeal,

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 a persecutor of the church,

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 as to righteousness

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 under the law,

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 blameless.

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 These were the things

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 that from a Judaistic perspective,

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 Paul was it.

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 He was the renaissance man

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 of Judaism.

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 He had it all together.

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 He was ultimate.

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 He had arrived

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 to the pinnacle

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 of all that anyone

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 could ascribe to

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 as a Jew.

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 He was not only

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 of the right stock,

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 but he was also

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 of the right zeal.

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 Circumcised the eighth day

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 of the tribe of Benjamin,

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 one of the only tribes

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 that was faithful to Judah.

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 If you weren't a part

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 of the tribe

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 that David was a part of,

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 at least you were part

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 of the tribe of Benjamin,

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 man, you were it.

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 And concerning zeal,

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 persecuting the church,

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 he had a zeal

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 for his nation

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 that drove him

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 to persecution.

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 A Hebrew of the Hebrews,

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 he was one

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 who probably had

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 the first five books

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 of the Bible memorized.

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 Genesis,

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 Exodus,

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 Leviticus,

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 Numbers,

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 and Deuteronomy.

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 Have you even read

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 those first five books?

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 And he had them memorized.

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 He had it all together.

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 He was at the top

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 of his game.

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 From a human perspective,

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 he was it.

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 He was the next in line,

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 really,

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 to be,

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 the one to be looked at

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 like Gamaliel was,

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 a person who would be

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 at the pinnacle,

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 a person who would be

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 looked to for authority

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 within his religion

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 and among his people.

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 But there was an exchange

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 that had to happen.

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 What was considered

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 an advantage

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 needed a new perspective.

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 It needed to be counted loss.

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 The word for counted

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 is the word

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 to lead or go before,

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 to lead the way,

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 to count,

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 to think,

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 to esteem,

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 to have rule over,

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 to be governed.

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 The word for loss

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 is the word for damage.

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 It's the word

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 for violence.

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 Again,

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 only found in four verses

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 in the New Testament.

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 It brings attention

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 to the significance

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 of these words

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 in describing

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 the exchange

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 that Paul is talking about.

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 What seemed

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 to be an advantage

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 to Paul,

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 he recognized

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 was actually disruptive.

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 Which was actually

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 destructive.

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 Was actually in the way

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 from him having

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 what was ultimate.

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 What he thought

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 was ultimate

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 was being

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 at the pinnacle

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 of Judaism.

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 But what he recognized

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 was the real ultimate

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 and supreme value

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 was knowing Christ.

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 Was knowing him.

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 It required

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 an exchange

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 for him.

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 Because

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 to do otherwise

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 was counterproductive

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 and detrimental.

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 I wonder

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 this morning

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 as we think about

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 counting things

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 lost.

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 This exchange

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 that we have

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 in this life

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 of knowing him.

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 The pursuit

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 of knowing Christ.

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 How does that

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 play out

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 in our life?

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 Well,

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 let's think about

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 this for a second.

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 You take your family

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 on vacation.

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 And if you're

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 like my family,

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 what we've learned

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 to do is

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 we pray

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 before we take

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 that trip.

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 And what are

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 some things

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 we pray about?

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 Safety.

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 What else?

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 Don't let daddy

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 get a ticket.

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 Or don't let

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 the car break down.

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 Or let this trip

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 be really quick.

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 I want to get

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 to the destination.

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 Those are the things

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 that we pray about,

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 right?

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 What if we had

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 this perspective?

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 The perspective

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 of knowing Christ.

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 Christ.

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 And in that prayer

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 before the Lord

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 we say,

00:16:43.759 --> 00:16:43.900
 God,

00:16:43.960 --> 00:16:44.840
 whatever happens

00:16:44.840 --> 00:16:45.600
 on this trip,

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 may it lead me

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 to know you better.

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 What might that

00:16:51.759 --> 00:16:52.580
 open the door for?

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 That might open

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 the door

00:16:54.660 --> 00:16:55.259
 for a ticket.

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 Oh!

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 Or stopping

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 by the side

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 of the road.

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 The inconveniences

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 of life

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 that come

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 to help

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 press us

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 in

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 to knowing

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 Him

00:17:09.619 --> 00:17:10.460
 because that

00:17:10.460 --> 00:17:10.960
 is ultimate.

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 But it requires

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 an exchange.

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 It requires

00:17:15.579 --> 00:17:16.559
 a willingness

00:17:16.559 --> 00:17:17.859
 to put away

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 comfort

00:17:18.359 --> 00:17:19.720
 for the sake

00:17:19.720 --> 00:17:20.339
 of the ultimate

00:17:20.339 --> 00:17:21.379
 knowing Christ.

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 How about

00:17:24.019 --> 00:17:25.519
 when there is

00:17:25.519 --> 00:17:26.099
 physical

00:17:26.099 --> 00:17:27.119
 issue

00:17:27.119 --> 00:17:27.819
 in your life?

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 When you've been

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 to doctor

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 after doctor

00:17:31.019 --> 00:17:31.759
 and you can't

00:17:31.759 --> 00:17:32.519
 quite figure out

00:17:32.519 --> 00:17:33.400
 what's going on

00:17:33.400 --> 00:17:33.759
 inside.

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 They have done

00:17:36.099 --> 00:17:36.680
 the tests

00:17:36.680 --> 00:17:38.259
 and one doctor

00:17:38.259 --> 00:17:38.840
 after the other

00:17:38.840 --> 00:17:39.539
 is throwing up

00:17:39.539 --> 00:17:39.940
 their arms

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 and wondering,

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 I don't know

00:17:41.460 --> 00:17:42.039
 what in the world

00:17:42.039 --> 00:17:42.620
 is going on.

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 But finally

00:17:44.360 --> 00:17:45.420
 you come to

00:17:45.420 --> 00:17:45.920
 this doctor,

00:17:46.019 --> 00:17:46.539
 they've run

00:17:46.539 --> 00:17:47.420
 a battery of tests

00:17:47.420 --> 00:17:48.340
 and he calls

00:17:48.340 --> 00:17:48.900
 you on the phone

00:17:48.900 --> 00:17:49.259
 and says,

00:17:49.360 --> 00:17:49.759
 we need to make

00:17:49.759 --> 00:17:50.160
 an appointment.

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 I need to see

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 you face to face.

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 What does that

00:17:55.480 --> 00:17:56.519
 prayer look like

00:17:56.519 --> 00:17:57.400
 on the drive

00:17:57.400 --> 00:17:58.019
 to the doctor?

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 That prayer

00:17:59.900 --> 00:18:00.519
 would probably be,

00:18:00.620 --> 00:18:01.140
 oh Lord,

00:18:01.259 --> 00:18:02.080
 please make sure

00:18:02.080 --> 00:18:03.180
 this isn't a big deal.

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 And make sure

00:18:04.680 --> 00:18:05.720
 it's treatable.

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 And make sure

00:18:07.039 --> 00:18:07.860
 that this isn't

00:18:07.860 --> 00:18:08.600
 going to disrupt

00:18:08.600 --> 00:18:09.560
 my family

00:18:09.560 --> 00:18:10.200
 and disrupt

00:18:10.200 --> 00:18:11.060
 my health

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 and disrupt

00:18:11.840 --> 00:18:12.640
 my future.

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 But those

00:18:15.019 --> 00:18:15.799
 who are willing

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 to make this

00:18:16.320 --> 00:18:16.920
 exchange,

00:18:17.680 --> 00:18:18.120
 those who are

00:18:18.120 --> 00:18:18.759
 willing to know

00:18:18.759 --> 00:18:19.700
 Christ will say,

00:18:20.259 --> 00:18:20.460
 Lord,

00:18:20.539 --> 00:18:22.000
 whatever it takes

00:18:22.000 --> 00:18:22.980
 to know you

00:18:22.980 --> 00:18:23.340
 more,

00:18:23.920 --> 00:18:25.180
 may I know you

00:18:25.180 --> 00:18:26.920
 and use

00:18:26.920 --> 00:18:28.120
 this experience

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 whatever it is

00:18:29.180 --> 00:18:31.299
 to press me

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 in

00:18:31.740 --> 00:18:32.799
 to deeper,

00:18:33.340 --> 00:18:33.900
 more intimate

00:18:33.900 --> 00:18:34.420
 knowledge

00:18:34.420 --> 00:18:35.360
 of Jesus Christ.

00:18:38.040 --> 00:18:39.040
 What about

00:18:39.040 --> 00:18:41.380
 a work situation

00:18:41.380 --> 00:18:43.540
 where you feel

00:18:43.540 --> 00:18:44.040
 like someone

00:18:44.040 --> 00:18:44.680
 has taken

00:18:44.680 --> 00:18:46.380
 your idea,

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 something that

00:18:48.440 --> 00:18:49.460
 has led them

00:18:49.460 --> 00:18:50.360
 to a promotion,

00:18:51.320 --> 00:18:52.420
 but there you are

00:18:52.420 --> 00:18:53.220
 having been

00:18:53.220 --> 00:18:54.440
 the brain trust

00:18:54.440 --> 00:18:55.700
 of this great idea

00:18:55.700 --> 00:18:56.880
 and they took

00:18:56.880 --> 00:18:57.560
 it from you

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 and you go

00:19:00.060 --> 00:19:00.380
 to the Lord

00:19:00.380 --> 00:19:00.820
 in prayer

00:19:00.820 --> 00:19:02.660
 and you have

00:19:02.660 --> 00:19:03.360
 it out with Him.

00:19:03.900 --> 00:19:06.240
 because your

00:19:06.240 --> 00:19:07.580
 future is important

00:19:07.580 --> 00:19:09.519
 but there's an

00:19:09.519 --> 00:19:10.220
 exchange that

00:19:10.220 --> 00:19:10.880
 needs to happen,

00:19:11.940 --> 00:19:12.640
 an exchange

00:19:12.640 --> 00:19:13.680
 of laying down,

00:19:13.800 --> 00:19:14.480
 an exchange

00:19:14.480 --> 00:19:16.080
 of being

00:19:16.080 --> 00:19:17.040
 undergirded

00:19:17.040 --> 00:19:18.380
 by the confidence

00:19:18.380 --> 00:19:19.580
 of the sovereignty

00:19:19.580 --> 00:19:20.120
 of God

00:19:20.120 --> 00:19:20.640
 and knowing

00:19:20.640 --> 00:19:21.280
 that He controls

00:19:21.280 --> 00:19:22.400
 every situation,

00:19:23.280 --> 00:19:24.500
 a resting in Him,

00:19:24.840 --> 00:19:25.780
 a trusting in the

00:19:25.780 --> 00:19:26.340
 future that He

00:19:26.340 --> 00:19:27.040
 has for you

00:19:27.039 --> 00:19:28.420
 and a pressing

00:19:28.420 --> 00:19:30.000
 in to deeper

00:19:30.000 --> 00:19:30.659
 knowledge

00:19:30.659 --> 00:19:31.920
 of Christ.

00:19:34.159 --> 00:19:34.940
 There is an

00:19:34.940 --> 00:19:35.599
 exchange that's

00:19:35.599 --> 00:19:36.039
 required,

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 an exchange that's

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 required in

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 your life

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 so that you can

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 really know

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 you're a Savior.

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 but it also

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 demands

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 an experience.

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 Not only demands

00:19:49.320 --> 00:19:49.860
 an exchange,

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 it demands

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 an experience.

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 Now if you're

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 anything like me,

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 the heritage

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 that I grew up in,

00:19:57.600 --> 00:19:58.340
 we kind of

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 shunned experience.

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 It was all about

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 knowing the

00:20:01.860 --> 00:20:03.980
 things in the

00:20:03.980 --> 00:20:04.500
 Word of God

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 and having the

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 knowledge,

00:20:05.680 --> 00:20:06.400
 having the data,

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 having the facts,

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 knowing the

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 information,

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 information,

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 but experience

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 was something

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 that was for

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 the charismatics.

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 That was for

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 the other people,

00:20:17.259 --> 00:20:18.159
 the less spiritual

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 individuals.

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 But do you realize

00:20:19.539 --> 00:20:20.740
 that God has

00:20:20.740 --> 00:20:21.419
 called you to

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 experience Him?

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 God has called

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 you to intimate

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 knowledge of Him

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 and that's what

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 this word is all

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 about.

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 It's not just

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 about facts and

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 data,

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 it's about intimacy.

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 It's the same

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 word that's used

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 to describe the

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 knowledge between

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 a husband and

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 a wife.

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 It's the same

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 word that's used

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 to describe the

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 experiential knowledge

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 that the Apostle

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 John has with

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 Christ who he

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 touched and he

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 heard and he

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 observed and he

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 marveled at his

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 Savior because of

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 the time he spent

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 with his Messiah.

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 It was knowledge

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 that didn't just

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 include facts and

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 figures but was

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 the kind of

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 knowledge that

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 embedded in his

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 life and led

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 to faith.

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 That's the kind

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 of knowledge that

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 we're talking

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 about.

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 It's not the

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 kind of knowledge

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 where you say

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 I'm a great

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 cook because I

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 memorized this

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 cookbook.

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 I know the

00:21:16.019 --> 00:21:16.960
 recipes, I know

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 the ingredients, I

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 know the formula, I

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 know how to get

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 from point A to

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 point B but you've

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 never in your life

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 actually baked a

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 cake.

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 The difference

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 between that and

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 a Bobby Flay who

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 I don't know if

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 you've ever watched

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 any of those

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 cooking shows, he's

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 a master chef.

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 He can turn

00:21:35.819 --> 00:21:36.720
 popcorn into

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 gourmet meal.

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 people because

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 of his experience

00:21:40.240 --> 00:21:41.339
 of knowing how

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 to do these

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 things.

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 This is what

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 we're talking

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 about.

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 This is the

00:21:44.460 --> 00:21:45.779
 kind of knowledge

00:21:45.779 --> 00:21:47.119
 God wants you

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 to have of

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 him.

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 Not just facts

00:21:50.180 --> 00:21:50.879
 and figures, not

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 just verses as a

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 repertoire of

00:21:53.839 --> 00:21:54.960
 understanding but

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 the kind of

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 understanding that

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 leads you to

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 action.

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 The kind of

00:21:59.599 --> 00:22:00.339
 understanding that

00:22:00.339 --> 00:22:01.099
 leads you to

00:22:01.099 --> 00:22:02.779
 experience, that

00:22:02.779 --> 00:22:03.319
 leads you to

00:22:03.319 --> 00:22:04.319
 confidence and

00:22:04.319 --> 00:22:06.019
 peace and joy and

00:22:06.019 --> 00:22:07.079
 hope in him.

00:22:07.539 --> 00:22:09.899
 experiences we

00:22:09.899 --> 00:22:11.259
 see in verses

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 10 and 11

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 that include

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 two things.

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 First they

00:22:16.480 --> 00:22:17.639
 include power,

00:22:18.440 --> 00:22:19.700
 experiencing his

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 power and we'll

00:22:20.779 --> 00:22:21.279
 also talk about

00:22:21.279 --> 00:22:23.159
 experiencing his

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 suffering.

00:22:24.440 --> 00:22:25.460
 But first, let's

00:22:25.460 --> 00:22:25.759
 talk about

00:22:25.759 --> 00:22:26.940
 experiencing his

00:22:26.940 --> 00:22:27.339
 power.

00:22:28.500 --> 00:22:29.000
 He says that I

00:22:29.000 --> 00:22:30.059
 might know him

00:22:30.059 --> 00:22:32.440
 in the power of

00:22:32.440 --> 00:22:33.119
 his resurrection.

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 Let me tell you,

00:22:34.960 --> 00:22:35.680
 I want to know

00:22:35.680 --> 00:22:37.059
 the power of God.

00:22:37.539 --> 00:22:38.960
 that's something

00:22:38.960 --> 00:22:40.119
 that we just

00:22:40.119 --> 00:22:41.099
 hunger for.

00:22:41.180 --> 00:22:41.799
 But would you

00:22:41.799 --> 00:22:42.639
 say this morning

00:22:42.639 --> 00:22:43.759
 that your life is

00:22:43.759 --> 00:22:45.000
 a life of power?

00:22:46.299 --> 00:22:47.019
 Would you say

00:22:47.019 --> 00:22:48.039
 that your life

00:22:48.039 --> 00:22:49.019
 today is a life

00:22:49.019 --> 00:22:51.000
 of potency and

00:22:51.000 --> 00:22:52.279
 influence and

00:22:52.279 --> 00:22:52.839
 fruitfulness?

00:22:54.119 --> 00:22:54.720
 Do you realize

00:22:54.720 --> 00:22:55.220
 that God has

00:22:55.220 --> 00:22:55.980
 called you to

00:22:55.980 --> 00:22:57.119
 power, to

00:22:57.119 --> 00:22:58.359
 experience his

00:22:58.359 --> 00:22:58.759
 power?

00:22:58.759 --> 00:22:58.859
 power?

00:23:00.180 --> 00:23:01.920
 All throughout the

00:23:01.920 --> 00:23:02.700
 epistles of

00:23:02.700 --> 00:23:03.960
 Paul, there is

00:23:03.960 --> 00:23:05.240
 this overarching

00:23:05.240 --> 00:23:06.480
 theme that we

00:23:06.480 --> 00:23:07.500
 see throughout

00:23:07.500 --> 00:23:08.400
 them all of the

00:23:08.400 --> 00:23:09.420
 power that is

00:23:09.420 --> 00:23:10.660
 accessible to

00:23:10.660 --> 00:23:11.339
 every Christian.

00:23:12.220 --> 00:23:13.019
 Just to give you

00:23:13.019 --> 00:23:14.460
 a few, Ephesians

00:23:14.460 --> 00:23:15.720
 1, 15 and 18,

00:23:15.839 --> 00:23:16.559
 Paul is praying for

00:23:16.559 --> 00:23:16.940
 the church of

00:23:16.940 --> 00:23:17.220
 Ephesus.

00:23:17.619 --> 00:23:18.460
 He says, and I

00:23:18.460 --> 00:23:19.200
 pray that you may

00:23:19.200 --> 00:23:20.379
 know what is the

00:23:20.379 --> 00:23:20.839
 immeasurable

00:23:20.839 --> 00:23:22.259
 greatness of his

00:23:22.259 --> 00:23:23.339
 power towards you.

00:23:23.339 --> 00:23:24.899
 The same power

00:23:24.899 --> 00:23:25.980
 that raised Jesus

00:23:25.980 --> 00:23:26.720
 Christ from the

00:23:26.720 --> 00:23:27.799
 dead, the power

00:23:27.799 --> 00:23:28.899
 that is far beyond

00:23:28.899 --> 00:23:30.199
 all principalities

00:23:30.199 --> 00:23:31.000
 and powers and

00:23:31.000 --> 00:23:31.919
 might and dominion

00:23:31.919 --> 00:23:32.879
 in every name

00:23:32.879 --> 00:23:33.439
 that is named.

00:23:34.779 --> 00:23:36.059
 Later on in the

00:23:36.059 --> 00:23:37.220
 epistle, in

00:23:37.220 --> 00:23:37.959
 chapter 3, verse

00:23:37.959 --> 00:23:38.939
 16, he says, I

00:23:38.939 --> 00:23:40.480
 am praying that he

00:23:40.480 --> 00:23:41.799
 would grant you to

00:23:41.799 --> 00:23:42.899
 be strengthened with

00:23:42.899 --> 00:23:44.099
 might through his

00:23:44.099 --> 00:23:45.000
 spirit in the inner

00:23:45.000 --> 00:23:45.359
 man.

00:23:46.279 --> 00:23:46.740
 And then in

00:23:46.740 --> 00:23:47.519
 chapter 6, he

00:23:47.519 --> 00:23:48.899
 says, be strong

00:23:48.899 --> 00:23:52.579
 in the power of

00:23:52.579 --> 00:23:53.139
 his might.

00:23:53.339 --> 00:23:56.019
 In Colossians 1, he's

00:23:56.019 --> 00:23:56.579
 praying for the

00:23:56.579 --> 00:23:57.379
 church of Colossae.

00:23:57.539 --> 00:23:58.279
 He says, for this

00:23:58.279 --> 00:23:58.980
 reason, I do not

00:23:58.980 --> 00:23:59.720
 cease to pray for

00:23:59.720 --> 00:24:01.240
 you, that you

00:24:01.240 --> 00:24:02.079
 would be strengthened

00:24:02.079 --> 00:24:03.299
 with all might

00:24:03.299 --> 00:24:04.559
 according to his

00:24:04.559 --> 00:24:05.980
 glorious power.

00:24:06.939 --> 00:24:09.059
 In Colossians 1, 28

00:24:09.059 --> 00:24:10.179
 and 29, he says,

00:24:10.259 --> 00:24:11.079
 him we preach,

00:24:11.339 --> 00:24:12.179
 warning every man

00:24:12.179 --> 00:24:12.919
 and teaching every

00:24:12.919 --> 00:24:13.819
 man in all wisdom

00:24:13.819 --> 00:24:15.159
 that we may present

00:24:15.159 --> 00:24:16.559
 every man perfect in

00:24:16.559 --> 00:24:17.240
 Christ Jesus.

00:24:17.859 --> 00:24:18.839
 To this end, I

00:24:18.839 --> 00:24:20.159
 labor, struggling

00:24:20.159 --> 00:24:21.379
 with all his energy,

00:24:21.879 --> 00:24:22.579
 which so powerfully

00:24:22.579 --> 00:24:24.419
 works in me.

00:24:25.980 --> 00:24:26.519
 And then in 1

00:24:26.519 --> 00:24:27.539
 Thessalonians 1, 4

00:24:27.539 --> 00:24:28.619
 and 5, for we know,

00:24:28.740 --> 00:24:29.439
 brothers, loved by

00:24:29.439 --> 00:24:30.759
 God, that he chose

00:24:30.759 --> 00:24:31.859
 you because our

00:24:31.859 --> 00:24:32.879
 gospel came to you

00:24:32.879 --> 00:24:33.740
 not simply with

00:24:33.740 --> 00:24:35.240
 words, but with

00:24:35.240 --> 00:24:36.019
 power.

00:24:36.019 --> 00:24:36.099
 power.

00:24:38.180 --> 00:24:40.960
 Is your life marked by

00:24:40.960 --> 00:24:41.680
 power today?

00:24:42.680 --> 00:24:44.359
 Do you realize that

00:24:44.359 --> 00:24:45.740
 the power of the

00:24:45.740 --> 00:24:46.960
 almighty God who

00:24:46.960 --> 00:24:47.619
 made heaven and

00:24:47.619 --> 00:24:48.839
 earth, if you are a

00:24:48.839 --> 00:24:50.180
 follower of Christ, if

00:24:50.180 --> 00:24:50.859
 you have the spirit

00:24:50.859 --> 00:24:52.039
 living within, is

00:24:52.039 --> 00:24:53.519
 resident in your life

00:24:53.519 --> 00:24:54.579
 for power?

00:24:55.960 --> 00:24:57.000
 Power to overcome

00:24:57.000 --> 00:24:57.480
 sin.

00:24:57.960 --> 00:24:58.839
 Power to live

00:24:58.839 --> 00:24:59.440
 according to the

00:24:59.440 --> 00:24:59.700
 spirit.

00:25:00.119 --> 00:25:01.160
 Power to bless those

00:25:01.160 --> 00:25:01.779
 who curse you.

00:25:02.259 --> 00:25:03.139
 Power to pray for

00:25:03.139 --> 00:25:04.319
 those who abuse you.

00:25:04.319 --> 00:25:05.779
 Power to submit to

00:25:05.779 --> 00:25:06.679
 various authorities.

00:25:07.159 --> 00:25:08.179
 Power to fulfill the

00:25:08.179 --> 00:25:09.000
 ministry that God has

00:25:09.000 --> 00:25:09.539
 given to you.

00:25:09.879 --> 00:25:11.379
 Power to be productive

00:25:11.379 --> 00:25:12.799
 and abundant and

00:25:12.799 --> 00:25:13.200
 fruitful.

00:25:13.759 --> 00:25:15.099
 Power to rejoice in

00:25:15.099 --> 00:25:15.539
 hardship.

00:25:15.980 --> 00:25:17.099
 Power to give to those

00:25:17.099 --> 00:25:17.579
 in need.

00:25:17.939 --> 00:25:19.259
 Power to risk much for

00:25:19.259 --> 00:25:20.059
 the glory of God.

00:25:20.399 --> 00:25:21.439
 Power to speak the

00:25:21.439 --> 00:25:21.839
 gospel.

00:25:22.379 --> 00:25:24.059
 Power to live with

00:25:24.059 --> 00:25:24.539
 integrity.

00:25:25.119 --> 00:25:25.939
 Power to endure

00:25:25.939 --> 00:25:26.500
 hardship.

00:25:27.000 --> 00:25:28.059
 Power to persevere.

00:25:28.539 --> 00:25:30.480
 Power to stand against

00:25:30.480 --> 00:25:31.779
 the schemes of the

00:25:31.779 --> 00:25:32.039
 devil.

00:25:32.039 --> 00:25:33.680
 There is power for

00:25:33.680 --> 00:25:34.019
 you.

00:25:36.460 --> 00:25:39.220
 And our witness shines

00:25:39.220 --> 00:25:40.460
 brightest in this world

00:25:40.460 --> 00:25:43.319
 when we tap in to that

00:25:43.319 --> 00:25:43.700
 power.

00:25:46.399 --> 00:25:49.059
 But that power only

00:25:49.059 --> 00:25:50.259
 shows up in pain.

00:25:51.480 --> 00:25:53.980
 That power only shows

00:25:53.980 --> 00:25:55.539
 up in weakness.

00:25:56.299 --> 00:25:58.059
 That power only shows

00:25:58.059 --> 00:25:59.399
 up in suffering.

00:25:59.400 --> 00:26:02.080
 The resurrection

00:26:02.080 --> 00:26:04.480
 power only comes

00:26:04.480 --> 00:26:06.060
 through the path

00:26:06.060 --> 00:26:07.220
 of the cross.

00:26:08.100 --> 00:26:08.940
 Do you want to

00:26:08.940 --> 00:26:10.019
 experience the power

00:26:10.019 --> 00:26:10.540
 of God?

00:26:11.240 --> 00:26:12.980
 You must walk the

00:26:12.980 --> 00:26:14.360
 way of the cross.

00:26:15.680 --> 00:26:16.700
 That's the way of

00:26:16.700 --> 00:26:16.960
 pain.

00:26:17.800 --> 00:26:18.700
 That's the way of

00:26:18.700 --> 00:26:19.019
 suffering.

00:26:19.980 --> 00:26:21.120
 Are you willing to

00:26:21.120 --> 00:26:22.060
 experience power?

00:26:22.900 --> 00:26:23.800
 Do you want it?

00:26:23.799 --> 00:26:25.399
 But you must be

00:26:25.399 --> 00:26:27.039
 willing to embrace

00:26:27.039 --> 00:26:28.599
 the pain of your

00:26:28.599 --> 00:26:28.899
 Savior.

00:26:30.639 --> 00:26:32.059
 Know the fellowship

00:26:32.059 --> 00:26:33.119
 of his suffering.

00:26:33.779 --> 00:26:34.339
 That's what Paul

00:26:34.339 --> 00:26:34.779
 says.

00:26:35.000 --> 00:26:35.799
 I want to know the

00:26:35.799 --> 00:26:36.359
 power of his

00:26:36.359 --> 00:26:37.579
 resurrection, but I

00:26:37.579 --> 00:26:39.019
 want to share in

00:26:39.019 --> 00:26:40.379
 fellowship with his

00:26:40.379 --> 00:26:40.740
 suffering.

00:26:40.819 --> 00:26:41.119
 Excuse me.

00:26:41.279 --> 00:26:42.039
 I want the power of

00:26:42.039 --> 00:26:43.019
 his resurrection and

00:26:43.019 --> 00:26:43.899
 the fellowship of his

00:26:43.899 --> 00:26:44.240
 suffering.

00:26:45.980 --> 00:26:47.579
 There is no

00:26:47.579 --> 00:26:48.700
 resurrection without

00:26:48.700 --> 00:26:49.180
 the cross.

00:26:50.720 --> 00:26:52.480
 There is no power

00:26:52.480 --> 00:26:53.680
 without pain.

00:26:55.200 --> 00:26:56.460
 Paul says this in

00:26:56.460 --> 00:26:57.799
 2 Corinthians 12, 9.

00:26:57.860 --> 00:26:58.460
 You're familiar with

00:26:58.460 --> 00:26:58.700
 this.

00:26:59.000 --> 00:26:59.160
 He says,

00:26:59.240 --> 00:27:00.500
 My grace is

00:27:00.500 --> 00:27:01.400
 sufficient for you,

00:27:01.860 --> 00:27:03.259
 for my power is

00:27:03.259 --> 00:27:04.420
 made perfect in

00:27:04.420 --> 00:27:06.019
 weakness.

00:27:07.960 --> 00:27:09.740
 Therefore, I will

00:27:09.740 --> 00:27:11.920
 boast all the more

00:27:11.920 --> 00:27:12.759
 gladly about my

00:27:12.759 --> 00:27:14.019
 weakness, so that

00:27:14.019 --> 00:27:15.980
 Christ's power may

00:27:15.980 --> 00:27:17.640
 rest on me.

00:27:18.779 --> 00:27:20.799
 And Peter, in 1 Peter

00:27:20.799 --> 00:27:22.599
 4, 12, do not be

00:27:22.599 --> 00:27:23.480
 surprised at the

00:27:23.480 --> 00:27:24.319
 fiery trial that is

00:27:24.319 --> 00:27:26.000
 coming upon you, as

00:27:26.000 --> 00:27:26.599
 though something

00:27:26.599 --> 00:27:27.460
 strange were

00:27:27.460 --> 00:27:29.220
 happening to you, but

00:27:29.220 --> 00:27:31.159
 rejoice that you

00:27:31.159 --> 00:27:32.599
 participate in the

00:27:32.599 --> 00:27:33.759
 sufferings of Christ.

00:27:34.879 --> 00:27:36.519
 You are blessed.

00:27:36.879 --> 00:27:37.200
 Why?

00:27:37.799 --> 00:27:40.119
 Because the spirit of

00:27:40.119 --> 00:27:42.159
 glory and power

00:27:42.159 --> 00:27:43.779
 rests on you.

00:27:45.299 --> 00:27:46.980
 You can have power

00:27:46.980 --> 00:27:48.519
 if you're willing to

00:27:48.519 --> 00:27:50.819
 embrace the pain of

00:27:50.819 --> 00:27:51.319
 your Savior.

00:27:52.220 --> 00:27:53.220
 The power of God is

00:27:53.220 --> 00:27:55.319
 most clearly seen in

00:27:55.319 --> 00:27:55.579
 pain.

00:27:56.859 --> 00:27:57.660
 That's when the

00:27:57.660 --> 00:27:58.839
 exchange begins to

00:27:58.839 --> 00:27:59.119
 happen.

00:28:00.000 --> 00:28:01.779
 That's when suffering

00:28:01.779 --> 00:28:03.599
 begins to take light.

00:28:03.660 --> 00:28:04.059
 That's when His

00:28:04.059 --> 00:28:05.859
 strength is able to

00:28:05.859 --> 00:28:07.000
 intervene in your

00:28:07.000 --> 00:28:07.500
 life.

00:28:08.859 --> 00:28:09.700
 Our Savior walked the

00:28:09.700 --> 00:28:11.519
 road of the cross, and

00:28:11.519 --> 00:28:13.119
 He demands that each

00:28:13.119 --> 00:28:14.079
 of those who are true

00:28:14.079 --> 00:28:15.420
 disciples of Him will

00:28:15.420 --> 00:28:16.339
 take up His cross

00:28:16.339 --> 00:28:18.240
 daily and follow Him.

00:28:18.519 --> 00:28:21.359
 We're not those who

00:28:21.359 --> 00:28:22.379
 hunt for suffering.

00:28:23.220 --> 00:28:24.259
 We're not those who

00:28:24.259 --> 00:28:26.160
 are eager and delight

00:28:26.160 --> 00:28:28.319
 necessarily in having

00:28:28.319 --> 00:28:29.079
 all this adversity

00:28:29.079 --> 00:28:30.460
 come into our lives,

00:28:30.539 --> 00:28:32.240
 but we're willing to

00:28:32.240 --> 00:28:35.099
 walk that risky path

00:28:35.099 --> 00:28:37.119
 that leads to suffering

00:28:37.119 --> 00:28:37.900
 for the sake of

00:28:37.900 --> 00:28:38.279
 Christ.

00:28:39.879 --> 00:28:42.180
 All who desire to be

00:28:42.180 --> 00:28:44.059
 godly in Christ will

00:28:44.059 --> 00:28:45.920
 suffer persecution.

00:28:45.920 --> 00:28:46.019
 persecution.

00:28:46.720 --> 00:28:47.900
 It's not invited

00:28:47.900 --> 00:28:49.779
 persecution, but it's

00:28:49.779 --> 00:28:50.500
 a persecution that

00:28:50.500 --> 00:28:51.800
 comes for those who

00:28:51.800 --> 00:28:52.519
 are willing to take a

00:28:52.519 --> 00:28:52.740
 stand.

00:28:54.240 --> 00:28:55.160
 Well, we've talked

00:28:55.160 --> 00:28:55.900
 about the pursuit of

00:28:55.900 --> 00:28:56.259
 knowledge.

00:28:57.960 --> 00:28:58.900
 I trust that you are

00:28:58.900 --> 00:29:00.320
 pursuing Him with all

00:29:00.320 --> 00:29:01.440
 of your heart.

00:29:02.539 --> 00:29:03.259
 But now let's talk

00:29:03.259 --> 00:29:04.880
 about the product of

00:29:04.880 --> 00:29:06.000
 this knowledge.

00:29:06.620 --> 00:29:07.120
 We talked about the

00:29:07.120 --> 00:29:07.700
 pursuit of this

00:29:07.700 --> 00:29:08.779
 knowledge, but who

00:29:08.779 --> 00:29:09.500
 really cares?

00:29:09.880 --> 00:29:10.640
 I mean, who really

00:29:10.640 --> 00:29:11.720
 wants this?

00:29:11.880 --> 00:29:13.220
 What is the product for

00:29:13.220 --> 00:29:13.340
 me?

00:29:13.419 --> 00:29:14.319
 What does it mean in

00:29:14.319 --> 00:29:14.919
 my life?

00:29:15.179 --> 00:29:15.939
 Why is this a good

00:29:15.939 --> 00:29:16.279
 thing?

00:29:16.559 --> 00:29:17.500
 Why should I pursue

00:29:17.500 --> 00:29:18.439
 the knowledge of

00:29:18.439 --> 00:29:18.759
 Christ?

00:29:19.139 --> 00:29:21.259
 Well, first because it

00:29:21.259 --> 00:29:22.079
 leads to holiness.

00:29:23.179 --> 00:29:24.259
 It leads to holiness.

00:29:25.839 --> 00:29:27.379
 We find here in verse

00:29:27.379 --> 00:29:29.519
 10, becoming like Him

00:29:29.519 --> 00:29:30.939
 in His death.

00:29:32.480 --> 00:29:33.919
 What did Christ's death

00:29:33.919 --> 00:29:34.559
 prove?

00:29:35.539 --> 00:29:36.720
 Death was God's

00:29:36.720 --> 00:29:38.119
 ultimate proof of

00:29:38.119 --> 00:29:38.439
 obedience.

00:29:39.619 --> 00:29:40.299
 Find in Hebrews

00:29:40.299 --> 00:29:42.179
 chapter 5, 8, and 9,

00:29:42.240 --> 00:29:42.799
 it says this,

00:29:42.799 --> 00:29:43.960
 Although He was a

00:29:43.960 --> 00:29:45.299
 son, He learned

00:29:45.299 --> 00:29:46.659
 obedience through

00:29:46.659 --> 00:29:47.539
 what He suffered.

00:29:48.079 --> 00:29:49.359
 Now, let me back

00:29:49.359 --> 00:29:49.559
 up.

00:29:49.599 --> 00:29:50.099
 We're talking about

00:29:50.099 --> 00:29:51.559
 Jesus here, okay?

00:29:52.460 --> 00:29:53.559
 Although He was a

00:29:53.559 --> 00:29:55.119
 son, He learned

00:29:55.119 --> 00:29:56.639
 obedience through

00:29:56.639 --> 00:29:57.220
 suffering.

00:29:58.059 --> 00:29:58.839
 This is our Savior

00:29:58.839 --> 00:29:59.659
 we're talking about.

00:30:00.399 --> 00:30:01.460
 And being made

00:30:01.460 --> 00:30:02.960
 perfect, He became

00:30:02.960 --> 00:30:03.680
 the source of

00:30:03.680 --> 00:30:05.220
 eternal salvation to

00:30:05.220 --> 00:30:06.180
 all who obey Him.

00:30:07.259 --> 00:30:08.980
 Christ, in humbling

00:30:08.980 --> 00:30:10.799
 Himself, demonstrated

00:30:10.799 --> 00:30:13.000
 holiness and obedience

00:30:13.000 --> 00:30:14.480
 and humility to the

00:30:14.480 --> 00:30:16.119
 Father, to the

00:30:16.119 --> 00:30:17.700
 objectives and the

00:30:17.700 --> 00:30:18.539
 will of the Father

00:30:18.539 --> 00:30:20.399
 by subjecting Himself

00:30:20.399 --> 00:30:21.740
 to the cross.

00:30:22.460 --> 00:30:24.180
 We learn obedience.

00:30:24.519 --> 00:30:26.720
 We become holy as

00:30:26.720 --> 00:30:27.859
 we're willing to

00:30:27.859 --> 00:30:28.899
 follow the example of

00:30:28.899 --> 00:30:29.220
 Christ.

00:30:30.220 --> 00:30:31.419
 So those who follow

00:30:31.419 --> 00:30:33.759
 His steps must die

00:30:33.759 --> 00:30:34.639
 to the flesh.

00:30:35.139 --> 00:30:36.399
 Colossians 3 says this,

00:30:36.400 --> 00:30:38.280
 put to death what is

00:30:38.280 --> 00:30:39.200
 earthly in you.

00:30:40.660 --> 00:30:41.640
 Sexual immorality,

00:30:42.280 --> 00:30:43.460
 impurity, passions,

00:30:43.980 --> 00:30:44.680
 evil desires,

00:30:44.820 --> 00:30:45.460
 and covetousness,

00:30:45.540 --> 00:30:46.320
 which is idolatry.

00:30:46.940 --> 00:30:48.040
 On account of these

00:30:48.040 --> 00:30:49.440
 things, the wrath of

00:30:49.440 --> 00:30:50.660
 God is coming.

00:30:51.620 --> 00:30:52.560
 And in Romans 6,

00:30:52.680 --> 00:30:52.840
 He says,

00:30:52.839 --> 00:30:54.199
 Do you not know that

00:30:54.199 --> 00:30:55.079
 all who have been

00:30:55.079 --> 00:30:56.339
 baptized into Christ,

00:30:56.879 --> 00:30:58.019
 Jesus, were baptized

00:30:58.019 --> 00:30:59.079
 into His death?

00:30:59.859 --> 00:31:00.459
 We know that our

00:31:00.459 --> 00:31:02.159
 old self was

00:31:02.159 --> 00:31:03.579
 crucified with

00:31:03.579 --> 00:31:05.500
 Him in order

00:31:05.500 --> 00:31:06.939
 the body of sin

00:31:06.939 --> 00:31:07.839
 might be destroyed

00:31:07.839 --> 00:31:09.359
 so that we would

00:31:09.359 --> 00:31:10.119
 no longer be

00:31:10.119 --> 00:31:11.259
 slaves to sin.

00:31:12.119 --> 00:31:13.379
 Consider yourselves

00:31:13.379 --> 00:31:14.519
 dead to sin

00:31:14.519 --> 00:31:15.500
 but alive to

00:31:15.500 --> 00:31:15.939
 Christ.

00:31:16.819 --> 00:31:18.399
 Holiness is what

00:31:18.399 --> 00:31:19.919
 robes the true

00:31:19.919 --> 00:31:20.279
 believer.

00:31:20.720 --> 00:31:21.339
 Those who are

00:31:21.339 --> 00:31:22.519
 being conformed to

00:31:22.519 --> 00:31:23.159
 the image of

00:31:23.159 --> 00:31:24.119
 Christ by

00:31:24.119 --> 00:31:26.939
 embracing the

00:31:26.939 --> 00:31:28.199
 cross, by being

00:31:28.199 --> 00:31:29.000
 conformed to His

00:31:29.000 --> 00:31:29.740
 death are those

00:31:29.740 --> 00:31:30.720
 who are walking

00:31:30.720 --> 00:31:31.379
 in holiness.

00:31:32.720 --> 00:31:33.459
 The Christian life

00:31:33.459 --> 00:31:34.439
 is putting to

00:31:34.439 --> 00:31:35.679
 death what is

00:31:35.679 --> 00:31:37.099
 natural so we

00:31:37.099 --> 00:31:38.299
 can enjoy what

00:31:38.299 --> 00:31:38.779
 is eternal.

00:31:40.159 --> 00:31:41.359
 There's death to

00:31:41.359 --> 00:31:41.859
 reputation.

00:31:42.779 --> 00:31:43.799
 There's death to

00:31:43.799 --> 00:31:44.240
 comfort.

00:31:44.919 --> 00:31:45.980
 Death to

00:31:45.980 --> 00:31:46.919
 justice.

00:31:47.759 --> 00:31:48.419
 This side of the

00:31:48.419 --> 00:31:48.779
 grave.

00:31:49.699 --> 00:31:50.199
 Death to

00:31:50.199 --> 00:31:51.000
 intimidation.

00:31:51.339 --> 00:31:52.119
 Death to

00:31:52.119 --> 00:31:52.799
 manipulation.

00:31:53.439 --> 00:31:53.959
 Death to

00:31:53.959 --> 00:31:54.559
 entitlement.

00:31:55.000 --> 00:31:55.899
 To gratification.

00:31:56.299 --> 00:31:57.639
 To self-preservation.

00:31:58.059 --> 00:31:58.639
 To addiction.

00:31:59.079 --> 00:31:59.559
 And bitterness.

00:32:00.039 --> 00:32:00.399
 And filthy

00:32:00.399 --> 00:32:00.980
 language.

00:32:01.240 --> 00:32:01.779
 And everything

00:32:01.779 --> 00:32:03.299
 on this earth

00:32:03.299 --> 00:32:04.399
 that tethers us

00:32:04.399 --> 00:32:05.099
 to this world

00:32:05.099 --> 00:32:06.599
 and keeps our

00:32:06.599 --> 00:32:08.179
 focus off of

00:32:08.179 --> 00:32:08.740
 what is eternal.

00:32:09.939 --> 00:32:10.720
 There is death

00:32:10.720 --> 00:32:12.059
 to those things.

00:32:14.279 --> 00:32:15.159
 Several weeks

00:32:15.159 --> 00:32:15.859
 ago I was

00:32:15.859 --> 00:32:17.299
 looking on the

00:32:17.299 --> 00:32:17.879
 internet and I

00:32:17.879 --> 00:32:19.079
 saw that there

00:32:19.079 --> 00:32:19.619
 was this

00:32:19.619 --> 00:32:21.439
 man who had

00:32:21.439 --> 00:32:22.179
 some authorities

00:32:22.179 --> 00:32:23.119
 show up at

00:32:23.119 --> 00:32:23.559
 his door.

00:32:25.539 --> 00:32:26.639
 The neighbors

00:32:26.639 --> 00:32:27.699
 had heard

00:32:27.699 --> 00:32:29.279
 some turbulence

00:32:29.279 --> 00:32:29.819
 that was taking

00:32:29.819 --> 00:32:30.719
 place in the

00:32:30.719 --> 00:32:31.199
 apartment.

00:32:32.199 --> 00:32:32.639
 They heard

00:32:32.639 --> 00:32:33.319
 furniture that

00:32:33.319 --> 00:32:33.919
 was being thrown

00:32:33.919 --> 00:32:34.559
 around the room.

00:32:34.679 --> 00:32:35.299
 They heard

00:32:35.299 --> 00:32:36.619
 pounding on the

00:32:36.619 --> 00:32:37.019
 walls.

00:32:37.279 --> 00:32:37.819
 But what

00:32:37.819 --> 00:32:38.579
 clinched it for

00:32:38.579 --> 00:32:39.799
 them was hearing

00:32:39.799 --> 00:32:40.639
 a man's voice

00:32:40.639 --> 00:32:40.939
 say,

00:32:41.079 --> 00:32:41.579
 I'm going to

00:32:41.579 --> 00:32:42.159
 kill you!

00:32:42.160 --> 00:32:43.860
 And then the

00:32:43.860 --> 00:32:44.960
 shrill screams

00:32:44.960 --> 00:32:45.640
 of this woman

00:32:45.640 --> 00:32:46.560
 who seemed to

00:32:46.560 --> 00:32:47.600
 be terrified

00:32:47.600 --> 00:32:48.140
 at what was

00:32:48.140 --> 00:32:49.120
 taking place.

00:32:50.200 --> 00:32:50.860
 The authorities

00:32:50.860 --> 00:32:51.620
 show up at

00:32:51.620 --> 00:32:53.580
 the door and

00:32:53.580 --> 00:32:54.360
 they're asking

00:32:54.360 --> 00:32:54.980
 this man,

00:32:55.300 --> 00:32:56.100
 where is your

00:32:56.100 --> 00:32:56.460
 wife?

00:32:57.360 --> 00:32:57.640
 He says,

00:32:57.680 --> 00:32:58.120
 I don't have

00:32:58.120 --> 00:32:58.480
 a wife.

00:32:58.759 --> 00:32:58.880
 He says,

00:32:58.920 --> 00:32:59.080
 okay,

00:32:59.259 --> 00:32:59.860
 where is your

00:32:59.860 --> 00:33:00.160
 girlfriend?

00:33:00.980 --> 00:33:01.880
 I don't have a

00:33:01.880 --> 00:33:02.160
 girlfriend.

00:33:03.000 --> 00:33:03.140
 Well,

00:33:03.200 --> 00:33:03.580
 there was a

00:33:03.580 --> 00:33:04.180
 disturbance that

00:33:04.180 --> 00:33:04.820
 was taking place

00:33:04.820 --> 00:33:05.279
 in your home

00:33:05.279 --> 00:33:06.519
 and we heard

00:33:06.519 --> 00:33:07.700
 death threats

00:33:07.700 --> 00:33:08.160
 being made.

00:33:08.240 --> 00:33:09.160
 We heard shrill

00:33:09.160 --> 00:33:10.620
 screams that

00:33:10.620 --> 00:33:11.380
 were taking place.

00:33:11.380 --> 00:33:12.300
 He says,

00:33:12.360 --> 00:33:12.500
 oh,

00:33:12.640 --> 00:33:13.140
 that was me.

00:33:14.060 --> 00:33:14.780
 There's this

00:33:14.780 --> 00:33:15.780
 poisonous spider

00:33:15.780 --> 00:33:17.480
 in my room

00:33:17.480 --> 00:33:18.320
 and I'm terrified

00:33:18.320 --> 00:33:18.980
 of spiders.

00:33:20.160 --> 00:33:20.940
 So he's

00:33:20.940 --> 00:33:21.620
 throwing the

00:33:21.620 --> 00:33:22.160
 furniture and

00:33:22.160 --> 00:33:22.720
 he's beating

00:33:22.720 --> 00:33:23.460
 on the walls

00:33:23.460 --> 00:33:24.480
 and he's

00:33:24.480 --> 00:33:24.920
 going to

00:33:24.920 --> 00:33:26.100
 kill that

00:33:26.100 --> 00:33:26.480
 spider.

00:33:33.480 --> 00:33:34.360
 Are you

00:33:34.360 --> 00:33:36.240
 killing sin?

00:33:37.400 --> 00:33:38.000
 Are you

00:33:38.000 --> 00:33:38.640
 that aggressive?

00:33:39.600 --> 00:33:40.660
 That focused?

00:33:41.380 --> 00:33:42.380
 That intentional

00:33:42.380 --> 00:33:43.820
 about destroying

00:33:43.820 --> 00:33:44.680
 sin,

00:33:45.040 --> 00:33:45.780
 the poison

00:33:45.780 --> 00:33:46.780
 of sin

00:33:46.780 --> 00:33:47.640
 in your life

00:33:47.640 --> 00:33:48.640
 so that you

00:33:48.640 --> 00:33:49.160
 can know

00:33:49.160 --> 00:33:49.600
 him

00:33:49.600 --> 00:33:51.760
 so that the

00:33:51.760 --> 00:33:52.220
 pursuit

00:33:52.220 --> 00:33:53.820
 of knowledge

00:33:53.820 --> 00:33:54.340
 of Christ

00:33:54.340 --> 00:33:55.200
 will lead

00:33:55.200 --> 00:33:56.360
 to the product

00:33:56.360 --> 00:33:56.880
 of holiness

00:33:56.880 --> 00:33:58.420
 in your life

00:33:58.420 --> 00:33:58.840
 so that you

00:33:58.840 --> 00:33:59.280
 can show

00:33:59.280 --> 00:33:59.780
 Christ

00:33:59.780 --> 00:34:00.760
 to those

00:34:00.760 --> 00:34:01.280
 around you.

00:34:02.440 --> 00:34:03.480
 But it also

00:34:03.480 --> 00:34:04.460
 leads to hope.

00:34:05.340 --> 00:34:05.840
 We find

00:34:05.840 --> 00:34:06.280
 here,

00:34:07.400 --> 00:34:07.800
 it says

00:34:07.800 --> 00:34:08.200
 in verse

00:34:08.200 --> 00:34:08.599
 11,

00:34:08.599 --> 00:34:09.559
 that by

00:34:09.559 --> 00:34:10.099
 any means

00:34:10.099 --> 00:34:10.679
 possible,

00:34:11.139 --> 00:34:11.539
 I may

00:34:11.539 --> 00:34:12.219
 attain to

00:34:12.219 --> 00:34:12.759
 the resurrection

00:34:12.759 --> 00:34:13.779
 from the

00:34:13.779 --> 00:34:14.019
 dead.

00:34:15.159 --> 00:34:15.679
 This world

00:34:15.679 --> 00:34:16.219
 was not

00:34:16.219 --> 00:34:16.799
 the end

00:34:16.799 --> 00:34:17.420
 for Paul.

00:34:18.960 --> 00:34:19.719
 Paul set

00:34:19.719 --> 00:34:20.239
 his sights

00:34:20.239 --> 00:34:21.360
 on eternity,

00:34:22.079 --> 00:34:22.759
 a higher

00:34:22.759 --> 00:34:23.299
 objective,

00:34:24.400 --> 00:34:25.259
 the true

00:34:25.259 --> 00:34:26.039
 reality.

00:34:27.039 --> 00:34:27.339
 And he

00:34:27.339 --> 00:34:27.980
 strained with

00:34:27.980 --> 00:34:28.699
 every ounce

00:34:28.699 --> 00:34:29.279
 of energy

00:34:29.279 --> 00:34:30.299
 to achieve

00:34:30.299 --> 00:34:30.759
 in this

00:34:30.759 --> 00:34:31.539
 life what

00:34:31.539 --> 00:34:32.019
 will only

00:34:32.019 --> 00:34:32.699
 be fully

00:34:32.699 --> 00:34:33.539
 realized in

00:34:33.539 --> 00:34:33.960
 the next.

00:34:33.960 --> 00:34:34.079
 Christ.

00:34:35.340 --> 00:34:36.000
 He wanted

00:34:36.000 --> 00:34:37.220
 to know

00:34:37.220 --> 00:34:38.059
 the joy

00:34:38.059 --> 00:34:38.639
 of the

00:34:38.639 --> 00:34:39.220
 presence

00:34:39.220 --> 00:34:39.940
 and the

00:34:39.940 --> 00:34:40.460
 power

00:34:40.460 --> 00:34:41.240
 of God

00:34:41.240 --> 00:34:42.079
 as much

00:34:42.079 --> 00:34:42.320
 as he

00:34:42.320 --> 00:34:42.519
 could

00:34:42.519 --> 00:34:42.940
 in this

00:34:42.940 --> 00:34:43.599
 life

00:34:43.599 --> 00:34:44.400
 because

00:34:44.400 --> 00:34:45.000
 that's

00:34:45.000 --> 00:34:45.159
 what he

00:34:45.159 --> 00:34:45.800
 was anticipating

00:34:45.800 --> 00:34:46.159
 in the

00:34:46.159 --> 00:34:46.659
 next one.

00:34:48.019 --> 00:34:48.500
 He wanted

00:34:48.500 --> 00:34:49.119
 to fill

00:34:49.119 --> 00:34:49.720
 his life

00:34:49.720 --> 00:34:50.440
 up to

00:34:50.440 --> 00:34:51.159
 the full,

00:34:51.340 --> 00:34:51.780
 to the

00:34:51.780 --> 00:34:52.280
 max,

00:34:52.659 --> 00:34:53.059
 with the

00:34:53.059 --> 00:34:53.380
 knowledge

00:34:53.380 --> 00:34:53.900
 of Christ

00:34:53.900 --> 00:34:54.460
 because he

00:34:54.460 --> 00:34:54.840
 knew

00:34:54.840 --> 00:34:55.820
 that was

00:34:55.820 --> 00:34:56.220
 ultimate.

00:34:57.079 --> 00:34:57.679
 And because

00:34:57.679 --> 00:34:58.240
 that was

00:34:58.240 --> 00:34:58.579
 ultimate,

00:34:58.760 --> 00:34:59.220
 he wanted

00:34:59.220 --> 00:34:59.960
 to experience

00:34:59.960 --> 00:35:00.559
 as much

00:35:00.559 --> 00:35:00.900
 as he

00:35:00.900 --> 00:35:01.260
 could

00:35:01.260 --> 00:35:02.059
 today

00:35:02.059 --> 00:35:02.539
 without

00:35:02.539 --> 00:35:02.960
 having to

00:35:02.960 --> 00:35:03.440
 wait for

00:35:03.440 --> 00:35:03.720
 heaven.

00:35:03.960 --> 00:35:06.840
 So for

00:35:06.840 --> 00:35:07.179
 Paul,

00:35:08.159 --> 00:35:08.619
 all that

00:35:08.619 --> 00:35:09.079
 mattered was

00:35:09.079 --> 00:35:09.619
 knowing him

00:35:09.619 --> 00:35:11.740
 and pursuing

00:35:11.740 --> 00:35:13.320
 the reality,

00:35:13.420 --> 00:35:14.019
 the future

00:35:14.019 --> 00:35:14.760
 reality of

00:35:14.760 --> 00:35:15.300
 the resurrection

00:35:15.300 --> 00:35:15.900
 where the

00:35:15.900 --> 00:35:16.619
 culmination

00:35:16.619 --> 00:35:17.159
 of that

00:35:17.159 --> 00:35:17.519
 knowledge

00:35:17.519 --> 00:35:17.780
 would be

00:35:17.780 --> 00:35:18.440
 realized.

00:35:19.500 --> 00:35:19.940
 But to

00:35:19.940 --> 00:35:20.480
 the degree

00:35:20.480 --> 00:35:20.940
 that he

00:35:20.940 --> 00:35:21.519
 could realize

00:35:21.519 --> 00:35:22.119
 it now,

00:35:22.820 --> 00:35:23.360
 he was

00:35:23.360 --> 00:35:24.220
 pressing on.

00:35:25.059 --> 00:35:25.619
 That hope

00:35:25.619 --> 00:35:27.019
 moved him

00:35:27.019 --> 00:35:28.019
 to the goal

00:35:28.019 --> 00:35:28.880
 of knowing

00:35:28.880 --> 00:35:29.380
 Christ,

00:35:30.079 --> 00:35:31.099
 the surpassing

00:35:31.099 --> 00:35:31.699
 excellence

00:35:31.699 --> 00:35:32.960
 of the knowledge

00:35:32.960 --> 00:35:33.579
 of Christ.

00:35:33.960 --> 00:35:36.699
 there was

00:35:36.699 --> 00:35:37.380
 no joy

00:35:37.380 --> 00:35:38.659
 that this

00:35:38.659 --> 00:35:39.119
 life had

00:35:39.119 --> 00:35:39.579
 to offer

00:35:39.579 --> 00:35:40.780
 that could

00:35:40.780 --> 00:35:41.480
 compare with

00:35:41.480 --> 00:35:41.860
 the joy

00:35:41.860 --> 00:35:42.220
 of that

00:35:42.220 --> 00:35:42.500
 day.

00:35:43.500 --> 00:35:44.119
 This

00:35:44.119 --> 00:35:44.699
 life had

00:35:44.699 --> 00:35:45.460
 no pleasure

00:35:45.460 --> 00:35:46.539
 to compare

00:35:46.539 --> 00:35:46.940
 with the

00:35:46.940 --> 00:35:47.559
 satisfaction

00:35:47.559 --> 00:35:48.519
 of that

00:35:48.519 --> 00:35:48.840
 day.

00:35:49.840 --> 00:35:50.480
 This

00:35:50.480 --> 00:35:51.019
 life had

00:35:51.019 --> 00:35:52.059
 no experience

00:35:52.059 --> 00:35:53.139
 whether

00:35:53.139 --> 00:35:53.800
 graduation

00:35:53.800 --> 00:35:54.960
 or the

00:35:54.960 --> 00:35:55.420
 prom

00:35:55.420 --> 00:35:56.460
 or marriage

00:35:56.460 --> 00:35:57.300
 or children

00:35:57.300 --> 00:35:58.220
 or grandchildren

00:35:58.220 --> 00:35:59.519
 or prominence

00:35:59.519 --> 00:36:00.000
 at work

00:36:00.000 --> 00:36:00.920
 or success

00:36:00.920 --> 00:36:01.460
 or money.

00:36:01.840 --> 00:36:02.260
 Fill in the

00:36:02.260 --> 00:36:02.620
 blank.

00:36:03.000 --> 00:36:03.240
 This

00:36:03.240 --> 00:36:04.000
 life had

00:36:04.000 --> 00:36:04.520
 nothing

00:36:04.520 --> 00:36:05.400
 to offer

00:36:05.400 --> 00:36:06.780
 in comparison

00:36:06.780 --> 00:36:07.320
 with the

00:36:07.320 --> 00:36:07.820
 wonder

00:36:07.820 --> 00:36:08.680
 of the

00:36:08.680 --> 00:36:09.180
 knowledge

00:36:09.180 --> 00:36:10.420
 of Christ.

00:36:14.420 --> 00:36:14.840
 And as

00:36:14.840 --> 00:36:15.680
 Psalm 73,

00:36:15.880 --> 00:36:16.900
 Jonathan read

00:36:16.900 --> 00:36:17.440
 this already,

00:36:18.440 --> 00:36:19.020
 we just bring

00:36:19.020 --> 00:36:19.840
 it back to the

00:36:19.840 --> 00:36:20.540
 close of this

00:36:20.540 --> 00:36:21.640
 message so we

00:36:21.640 --> 00:36:22.540
 can be reminded

00:36:22.540 --> 00:36:22.980
 of it.

00:36:22.980 --> 00:36:25.219
 as the

00:36:25.219 --> 00:36:25.599
 psalmist

00:36:25.599 --> 00:36:26.000
 says,

00:36:26.079 --> 00:36:26.539
 may it be

00:36:26.539 --> 00:36:27.320
 our heart

00:36:27.320 --> 00:36:27.900
 is well.

00:36:28.539 --> 00:36:29.219
 Whom have

00:36:29.219 --> 00:36:29.860
 I in

00:36:29.860 --> 00:36:30.340
 heaven but

00:36:30.340 --> 00:36:30.539
 you?

00:36:32.139 --> 00:36:32.599
 And there

00:36:32.599 --> 00:36:33.400
 is nothing

00:36:33.400 --> 00:36:34.639
 on earth

00:36:34.639 --> 00:36:35.780
 I desire

00:36:35.780 --> 00:36:36.740
 besides you.

00:36:37.579 --> 00:36:38.559
 My flesh

00:36:38.559 --> 00:36:39.159
 and my

00:36:39.159 --> 00:36:39.639
 heart

00:36:39.639 --> 00:36:40.679
 may fail

00:36:40.679 --> 00:36:41.559
 but God

00:36:41.559 --> 00:36:41.960
 is the

00:36:41.960 --> 00:36:42.659
 strength of

00:36:42.659 --> 00:36:43.280
 my heart

00:36:43.280 --> 00:36:44.179
 and my

00:36:44.179 --> 00:36:44.639
 portion

00:36:44.639 --> 00:36:45.780
 forever.

00:36:47.000 --> 00:36:47.320
 Oh

00:36:47.320 --> 00:36:47.880
 Maranatha,

00:36:48.280 --> 00:36:49.079
 do you know

00:36:49.079 --> 00:36:49.300
 him?

00:36:49.300 --> 00:36:51.539
 Do you

00:36:51.539 --> 00:36:51.900
 know

00:36:51.900 --> 00:36:52.740
 the

00:36:52.740 --> 00:36:53.120
 Savior?

00:36:55.400 --> 00:36:56.160
 And to

00:36:56.160 --> 00:36:56.720
 know the

00:36:56.720 --> 00:36:57.200
 God of

00:36:57.200 --> 00:36:57.640
 comfort,

00:36:58.200 --> 00:36:59.420
 you must be

00:36:59.420 --> 00:37:00.220
 willing to

00:37:00.220 --> 00:37:01.380
 experience pain

00:37:01.380 --> 00:37:02.580
 so the

00:37:02.580 --> 00:37:02.940
 God of

00:37:02.940 --> 00:37:03.519
 comfort can

00:37:03.519 --> 00:37:04.180
 come in

00:37:04.180 --> 00:37:05.300
 and minister

00:37:05.300 --> 00:37:05.920
 his comfort

00:37:05.920 --> 00:37:06.360
 to you.

00:37:08.160 --> 00:37:09.000
 To know

00:37:09.000 --> 00:37:09.519
 the God of

00:37:09.519 --> 00:37:10.000
 provision,

00:37:10.660 --> 00:37:11.380
 there must

00:37:11.380 --> 00:37:12.960
 be a

00:37:12.960 --> 00:37:13.580
 lack in

00:37:13.580 --> 00:37:14.220
 your life.

00:37:14.800 --> 00:37:15.300
 To know

00:37:15.300 --> 00:37:15.900
 the God of

00:37:15.900 --> 00:37:16.280
 healing,

00:37:16.420 --> 00:37:16.860
 there must

00:37:16.860 --> 00:37:17.960
 be illness.

00:37:17.960 --> 00:37:18.079
 forgiveness.

00:37:19.220 --> 00:37:19.840
 To know

00:37:19.840 --> 00:37:20.440
 the God

00:37:20.440 --> 00:37:21.260
 who satisfies,

00:37:21.860 --> 00:37:22.320
 there must

00:37:22.320 --> 00:37:23.000
 be a need.

00:37:23.800 --> 00:37:24.280
 To know

00:37:24.280 --> 00:37:24.679
 the God

00:37:24.679 --> 00:37:25.579
 who sustains,

00:37:25.860 --> 00:37:26.320
 there must

00:37:26.320 --> 00:37:27.199
 be desperation.

00:37:27.860 --> 00:37:28.360
 To know

00:37:28.360 --> 00:37:28.699
 the God

00:37:28.699 --> 00:37:29.220
 of hope,

00:37:29.639 --> 00:37:30.099
 there has

00:37:30.099 --> 00:37:30.679
 to be

00:37:30.679 --> 00:37:31.220
 despair.

00:37:32.260 --> 00:37:32.760
 To know

00:37:32.760 --> 00:37:33.119
 the God

00:37:33.119 --> 00:37:33.659
 of wisdom,

00:37:33.980 --> 00:37:34.320
 you must

00:37:34.320 --> 00:37:34.840
 feel like

00:37:34.840 --> 00:37:35.300
 a fool.

00:37:36.320 --> 00:37:36.639
 And to

00:37:36.639 --> 00:37:37.039
 know the

00:37:37.039 --> 00:37:37.420
 God

00:37:37.420 --> 00:37:38.440
 who saves,

00:37:38.900 --> 00:37:39.519
 there must

00:37:39.519 --> 00:37:40.360
 be a need

00:37:40.360 --> 00:37:41.099
 for forgiveness.

00:37:42.340 --> 00:37:42.820
 Do you

00:37:42.820 --> 00:37:43.220
 know

00:37:43.220 --> 00:37:44.659
 your

00:37:44.659 --> 00:37:45.059
 Savior?

00:37:45.940 --> 00:37:46.320
 Do you

00:37:46.320 --> 00:37:46.619
 know your

00:37:46.619 --> 00:37:47.000
 Christ?

00:37:47.960 --> 00:37:48.480
 This

00:37:48.480 --> 00:37:48.760
 morning,

00:37:49.360 --> 00:37:50.320
 I'm sure

00:37:50.320 --> 00:37:50.619
 there are

00:37:50.619 --> 00:37:51.139
 those who

00:37:51.139 --> 00:37:51.599
 are here

00:37:51.599 --> 00:37:52.519
 who know

00:37:52.519 --> 00:37:53.019
 Him and

00:37:53.019 --> 00:37:53.840
 are pursuing

00:37:53.840 --> 00:37:54.519
 that goal,

00:37:54.780 --> 00:37:55.179
 but you

00:37:55.179 --> 00:37:55.639
 can know

00:37:55.639 --> 00:37:56.099
 Him more.

00:37:56.920 --> 00:37:57.380
 You can

00:37:57.380 --> 00:37:58.400
 press in

00:37:58.400 --> 00:37:59.360
 and desire

00:37:59.360 --> 00:37:59.760
 to know

00:37:59.760 --> 00:38:00.260
 Him more.

00:38:01.480 --> 00:38:01.840
 And for

00:38:01.840 --> 00:38:02.019
 me,

00:38:02.099 --> 00:38:02.340
 I can

00:38:02.340 --> 00:38:02.800
 remember

00:38:02.800 --> 00:38:03.619
 a time

00:38:03.619 --> 00:38:04.599
 back in

00:38:04.599 --> 00:38:05.079
 California

00:38:05.079 --> 00:38:05.679
 sitting on

00:38:05.679 --> 00:38:06.380
 my couch

00:38:06.380 --> 00:38:06.699
 in the

00:38:06.699 --> 00:38:07.179
 front room

00:38:07.179 --> 00:38:07.579
 at 6

00:38:07.579 --> 00:38:07.840
 o'clock

00:38:07.840 --> 00:38:08.059
 in the

00:38:08.059 --> 00:38:08.320
 morning,

00:38:09.159 --> 00:38:09.780
 agonizing

00:38:09.780 --> 00:38:10.380
 in my

00:38:10.380 --> 00:38:10.960
 heart to

00:38:10.960 --> 00:38:11.280
 say,

00:38:11.780 --> 00:38:12.039
 I want

00:38:12.039 --> 00:38:12.360
 to know

00:38:12.360 --> 00:38:12.699
 you

00:38:12.699 --> 00:38:13.260
 whatever

00:38:13.260 --> 00:38:13.940
 the cost,

00:38:15.220 --> 00:38:15.780
 so I

00:38:15.780 --> 00:38:16.119
 give you

00:38:16.119 --> 00:38:16.699
 my family.

00:38:16.699 --> 00:38:18.639
 I give

00:38:18.639 --> 00:38:18.859
 you

00:38:18.859 --> 00:38:19.779
 my health.

00:38:20.659 --> 00:38:21.359
 I give

00:38:21.359 --> 00:38:21.579
 you

00:38:21.579 --> 00:38:22.480
 my future.

00:38:23.099 --> 00:38:23.679
 I give

00:38:23.679 --> 00:38:23.859
 you

00:38:23.859 --> 00:38:24.960
 my finances.

00:38:25.739 --> 00:38:26.419
 I give

00:38:26.419 --> 00:38:26.599
 you

00:38:26.599 --> 00:38:26.879
 my

00:38:26.879 --> 00:38:27.399
 comfort.

00:38:28.099 --> 00:38:28.639
 I give

00:38:28.639 --> 00:38:28.879
 you

00:38:28.879 --> 00:38:29.359
 my

00:38:29.359 --> 00:38:29.819
 everything.

00:38:29.960 --> 00:38:30.679
 It belongs

00:38:30.679 --> 00:38:31.099
 to you

00:38:31.099 --> 00:38:31.500
 anyway,

00:38:31.679 --> 00:38:32.480
 because I

00:38:32.480 --> 00:38:33.239
 want to

00:38:33.239 --> 00:38:33.919
 know you.

00:38:36.259 --> 00:38:37.019
 Are you

00:38:37.019 --> 00:38:37.599
 holding back?

00:38:38.519 --> 00:38:39.359
 Or is there

00:38:39.359 --> 00:38:39.759
 willingness

00:38:39.759 --> 00:38:40.960
 for the

00:38:40.960 --> 00:38:41.399
 exchange?

00:38:41.400 --> 00:38:41.480
 exchange?

00:38:43.320 --> 00:38:43.639
 And the

00:38:43.639 --> 00:38:44.300
 exchange,

00:38:44.940 --> 00:38:45.480
 although

00:38:45.480 --> 00:38:46.119
 difficult,

00:38:47.220 --> 00:38:47.880
 leads to

00:38:47.880 --> 00:38:48.300
 struggles,

00:38:48.500 --> 00:38:48.900
 leads to

00:38:48.900 --> 00:38:49.360
 suffering.

00:38:50.360 --> 00:38:51.019
 It is

00:38:51.019 --> 00:38:51.300
 truly

00:38:51.300 --> 00:38:51.740
 wonderful,

00:38:52.340 --> 00:38:54.320
 because you

00:38:54.320 --> 00:38:54.559
 have a

00:38:54.559 --> 00:38:54.820
 wonderful

00:38:54.820 --> 00:38:55.180
 Savior.

00:38:56.599 --> 00:38:56.960
 And for

00:38:56.960 --> 00:38:57.300
 those of

00:38:57.300 --> 00:38:57.579
 you this

00:38:57.579 --> 00:38:57.900
 morning,

00:38:57.980 --> 00:38:58.180
 you're

00:38:58.180 --> 00:38:58.880
 hearing about

00:38:58.880 --> 00:38:59.280
 Jesus,

00:39:00.099 --> 00:39:00.460
 and you've

00:39:00.460 --> 00:39:01.280
 never come

00:39:01.280 --> 00:39:02.240
 into relationship

00:39:02.240 --> 00:39:02.820
 with him,

00:39:03.840 --> 00:39:04.619
 he not only

00:39:04.619 --> 00:39:05.400
 wants you

00:39:05.400 --> 00:39:05.700
 to know

00:39:05.700 --> 00:39:06.019
 him,

00:39:06.559 --> 00:39:06.860
 but he

00:39:06.860 --> 00:39:07.280
 wants to

00:39:07.280 --> 00:39:07.619
 know you.

00:39:08.800 --> 00:39:09.360
 It begins

00:39:09.360 --> 00:39:10.180
 with forgiveness,

00:39:10.179 --> 00:39:10.960
 it begins

00:39:10.960 --> 00:39:12.079
 with repentance

00:39:12.079 --> 00:39:12.799
 on your part,

00:39:13.099 --> 00:39:13.619
 and a coming

00:39:13.619 --> 00:39:14.199
 to him by

00:39:14.199 --> 00:39:14.559
 faith,

00:39:14.879 --> 00:39:15.679
 and laying

00:39:15.679 --> 00:39:16.219
 it down,

00:39:16.319 --> 00:39:17.099
 the burdens

00:39:17.099 --> 00:39:17.819
 of life,

00:39:18.239 --> 00:39:18.819
 putting on

00:39:18.819 --> 00:39:19.500
 his shoulders,

00:39:20.599 --> 00:39:21.379
 the exchange

00:39:21.379 --> 00:39:22.039
 that begins

00:39:22.039 --> 00:39:22.859
 with setting

00:39:22.859 --> 00:39:24.059
 aside the

00:39:24.059 --> 00:39:24.599
 muck and

00:39:24.599 --> 00:39:25.019
 the mire

00:39:25.019 --> 00:39:25.659
 of life,

00:39:25.799 --> 00:39:26.259
 so that you

00:39:26.259 --> 00:39:26.839
 can have

00:39:26.839 --> 00:39:27.619
 the pure

00:39:27.619 --> 00:39:28.480
 robe of

00:39:28.480 --> 00:39:28.960
 righteousness

00:39:28.960 --> 00:39:29.639
 of Jesus.

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 That's an

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 exchange,

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 and that's

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 our Savior.

00:39:33.919 --> 00:39:34.279
 Do you know

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 him today?

00:39:35.219 --> 00:39:35.759
 Let's pray.

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 Oh Lord,

00:39:38.099 --> 00:39:38.659
 we want to

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 know you

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 more.

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 Whatever it

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 takes,

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 whatever the

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 cost,

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 we know

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 that to

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 experience the

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 power of

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 God,

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 it comes

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 through the

00:39:51.460 --> 00:39:52.079
 path of

00:39:52.079 --> 00:39:52.500
 pain,

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 and we

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 are those

00:39:54.639 --> 00:39:55.359
 who resist

00:39:55.359 --> 00:39:55.679
 pain,

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 we reject

00:39:56.319 --> 00:39:56.739
 pain,

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 but Lord,

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 may we be

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 willing to

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 embrace it,

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 embrace the

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 cross,

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 walk the

00:40:02.940 --> 00:40:03.599
 steps of

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 our Savior

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 so that we

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 can experience

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 the power

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 of resurrection

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 life.

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 so may

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 each of

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 us in

00:40:10.180 --> 00:40:10.660
 this room

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 not only

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 be on the

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 path

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 stationary,

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 but be on

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 the path

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 in hot

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 pursuit

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 of the

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 wonder

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 of our

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 great

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 King.

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 We pray

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 these things

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 in Jesus'

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 name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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