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 And turn to Ephesians chapter 6. If you were here last week, I'm going to take a new series just on Christian armor, looking at the subject of spiritual warfare. I've been reading, as I said last week, William Gurnall.

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 These kind of three great volumes, this English Puritan on Christian warfare. And nothing I'm going to say over these weeks is going to be original. All the best insights will be William Gurnall's. So don't read those books until I'm finished.

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 I'm going to come back to the series. Chris Roberts is going to preach in the next little bit. And then we'll come back to the series in the summer. But do listen to last week.

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 So I want us to begin to look in the armor. There's lots of different ways I think of preaching the Bible. Normally we go through a passage, working through a book.

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 But I think it is helpful sometimes to take an in-depth look at a passage and to kind of dig down and see the sweep of Scripture behind it. And that's what we're going to try and do in this series.

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 So we're looking at the resources that God has provided for us. And so the first handpiece of armor is in chapter 6 and verse 14.

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 He says, stand, therefore. I'd remember the three stands from 13 and 14. Keep standing. I'm having fastened on the belt of truth.

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 That's just what I want to look at tonight. Having fastened on the belt of truth.

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 I don't know if you have a routine in the morning. When you get up in the morning to get dressed.

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 And I'm not going to tell you my routine. But I always get dressed in the same way. And so do you. I'm sure you do.

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 Whatever routine you use when you get dressed. I'm pretty certain you don't put your belt on first. Do you?

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 That would be particularly odd if you wear a belt.

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 And a belt is normally something you put on last, isn't it?

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 Something that holds the rest of our clothing together.

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 And yet here, when the apostle describes the Christian's dress.

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 The Christian's protective clothing, his armor.

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 He mentions first of all, can you see it?

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 The belt of truth.

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 Now as a matter of fact, that's how Roman soldiers dressed in South of Battle.

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 They would put their belt on first for the simple reason.

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 And then it was in a way a kind of foundation.

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 Garment.

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 Everything else was fastened to it.

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 The breastplate of righteousness.

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 The breastplate was fastened to the belt.

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 You couldn't wear the breastplate.

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 Unless you had your belt of truth on.

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 The sword was probably stabbed to the belt.

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 And for that reason, you'd have to put the belt on first.

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 And another reason is, apparently in those days,

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 they were loose tunics.

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 Kind of like an old-fashioned nightgown.

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 A loose, flowing garment.

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 So before you're going to fight,

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 and before you're going to run and charge at the enemy,

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 the first thing you'd have to do is fasten in

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 this loose, flowing garment.

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 You fasten in your tunic.

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 And that's what the belt is for.

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 It was to pick up the loose, flowing garment

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 and fasten it

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 so they were ready for action.

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 Now again, you see the picture again through Scripture.

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 You go to Exodus.

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 Do you remember the Passover?

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 And do you remember how they were to eat the Passover?

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 In the Old Testament,

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 the people, they were told to eat it

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 with their belt on.

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 They were to gird up their loins.

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 They were to gird up their garments.

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 And they were to eat the Passover

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 with their belts on

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 and with their sword in their hand.

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 Their staff in their hand.

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 They're told to eat that meal,

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 ready to move at a moment's notice.

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 And Jesus picks up the same idea in the Gospels

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 in Luke 12, 35.

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 He uses the same picture.

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 Tells his disciples that

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 to be ready for action at a moment's notice.

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 And again, he's picking up on Exodus 12,

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 on the Passover.

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 And he says there,

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 kind of gird up your loins.

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 They're to be ready at a moment's notice.

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 Apostle Peter,

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 in his first epistle,

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 he calls on them to kind of gird up,

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 to fasten,

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 to gird up the loins of their minds.

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 The ESV misses it.

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 It's exactly the same picture

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 that Paul is bringing before us now.

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 And it's a picture of preparing,

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 of preparation.

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 There is a sense, isn't there,

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 where the belt of truth

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 isn't actually a part of the armour.

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 in the way that the other pieces are.

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 It's preparatory for the fight.

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 And the first thing we've got to do

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 before anything else,

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 is we've got to make sure,

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 can you see verse 14?

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 We have a belt of truth on.

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 Our lives are girded by the truth.

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 Now, a few recent commentators

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 on what does this mean?

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 What does this belt of truth mean?

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 They're a little bit puzzled.

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 There are some who suggest,

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 well, it's just the gospel.

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 It's just the gospel

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 that he must be talking about.

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 Because he's describing for us

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 the armour of God.

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 And he must be, therefore,

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 speaking about something

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 that God himself provides.

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 And most people

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 take it as a reference

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 to the gospel itself.

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 But the problem is,

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 in verse 14,

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 is there's no definite article.

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 Did you spot that?

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 Paul doesn't think,

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 put on the belt of the truth.

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 And he uses the indefinite article.

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 He says, no,

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 just put on the belt of truth.

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 There are others

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 who notice that,

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 and they go to the other extreme,

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 and they say,

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 well, he's only talking about truth

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 in a general way.

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 Now, he's talking about being true,

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 about being honest,

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 and about being sincere,

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 and about being open.

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 And lots of lots of commentators

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 interpret it in that way.

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 In terms of sincerity,

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 and openness,

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 and honesty.

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 But it seems to me

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 that we shouldn't really take

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 either of those ways

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 solely looking at the passage.

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 And we must take it

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 at face value.

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 And we must take it

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 as it reads.

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 And I think we need

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 to understand truth

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 in its widest possible sense.

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 Now, that includes

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 gospel truth, doesn't it?

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 But it includes the truth

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 that is in Jesus Christ,

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 but it's much, much wider than that.

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 And I think it's important

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 for us to see it in that way.

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 And Paul is saying,

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 if you're going to stand

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 in the evil day,

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 if you will stand

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 in the warfare

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 against the devil,

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 that if you are in Christ,

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 you are involved in,

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 you need an accurate perception

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 of the way things are.

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 Well, I think that's

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 where we need to begin.

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 That if we're going to stand

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 against the evil one,

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 then the first thing we need

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 is an accurate perception

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 of the way things really are.

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 We need to know the truth,

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 firstly.

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 You see, that is where

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 the devil attacks us,

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 isn't it?

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 That is his favourite

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 and most successful

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 line of attack.

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 Children, do you remember,

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 that is how he ruined

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 the human race.

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 That's how he ruined

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 Adam and Eve

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 in the Garden of Eden.

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 And so we find ourselves

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 in the state that we're in,

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 this fall in the state

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 we've been talking about

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 with the children

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 for the last few weeks.

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 That was his line of attack,

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 was it?

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 Eve in the garden.

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 He says, do you remember,

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 has God really said?

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 What Eve should have done,

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 of course,

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 was to say,

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 yes, God did really say.

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 And that's good enough for me.

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 She should have put on

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 the belt of truth,

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 shouldn't she?

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 But instead of that,

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 she began to listen

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 to the devil.

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 And the devil is a master

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 at distorting truth

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 and distorting reality.

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 Is that how it really is?

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 Says the devil to Eve.

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 Surely it's not like that,

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 is it?

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 It's not that extreme.

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 You know, Genesis 3.

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 And if you and I

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 have to stand against the devil,

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 then the first thing

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 we have to do

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 is to put on the belt of truth.

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 And I want to try

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 and help you to do that tonight

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 in the most practical way I can.

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 And to give you a few examples

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 of what does it mean

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 to face the devil

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 in this way.

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 The first thing you have to do

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 in any situation,

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 and it seems to me

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 in any situation at all,

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 is to ask,

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 what is true?

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 What is true?

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 That's the first thing

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 I want to ask this week.

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 Whether it's in the church,

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 or in the world,

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 or in our families,

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 whether it's in work,

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 whatever context you're in,

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 you and I are not

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 to lose touch with reality.

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 You need to ask the question,

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 what is true?

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 In every situation.

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 We're first to ask ourselves,

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 what is true?

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 Because the devil is a master

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 at distorting reality.

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 Do you remember

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 what the Apostle Paul says here?

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 In verse 14,

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 he says,

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 this is the first thing

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 you've got to do.

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 Once you've done that,

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 you can put on

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 the breastplate of righteousness.

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 And a Roman soldier,

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 as I said before,

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 couldn't put on

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 his breastplate of righteousness

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 and didn't put his belt on.

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 It was impossible.

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 And you and I

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 cannot,

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 and we will not

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 ever be able to do

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 what is right,

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 unless we know

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 what is true.

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 So let me give you

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 a simple illustration.

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 Let me imagine

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 you've got a teenage son

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 or a teenage daughter.

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 And you've laid down the law

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 and you say,

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 well yes,

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 you can go up with your friends,

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 but you have to be in by

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 eleven.

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 Half time.

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 Half time.

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 And she comes in

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 at two in the morning.

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 What's your immediate reaction?

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 Well,

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 your immediate reaction,

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 if you've said,

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 come in at half ten

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 and she comes in at two,

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 is to hit the roof.

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 To fly into a rage.

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 And before you know it,

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 there's a blazing row,

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 isn't it?

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 And you've got real problems.

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 Well,

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 what's the first thing

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 you've got to do

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 in that situation?

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 Are you going to

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 establish the truth?

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 Why has he or she

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 come in at two o'clock

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 in the morning?

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 Well,

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 the facts,

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 it may not be

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 what it looks like.

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 So the first question,

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 if I'm going to avoid

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 damaging a relationship,

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 if I'm going to avoid

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 doing the wrong thing,

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 the first thing

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 I've got to ask is,

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 what is true?

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 I could have called

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 the belt of truth.

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 What are the facts?

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 And there may be

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 a simple and innocent

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 explanation of what is true.

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 Because the devil

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 always wants you and I

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 to act

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 without considering

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 what is true.

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 But if you're going to

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 do the right thing

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 in any situation,

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 first of all,

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 don't discover the truth.

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 let me give you

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 another example.

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 One of the most

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 damaging things in

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 church life in the UK

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 in the life of the church

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 are problems in

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 relationships between

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 Christians.

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 And you know,

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 don't you,

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 how easily these things

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 can arise in church life.

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 Someone says something

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 quite innocently,

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 they don't mean anything

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 by it at all,

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 but it is

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 misconstrued.

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 Someone says something

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 quite innocently,

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 they don't mean anything

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 about it,

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 but it's misconstrued.

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 Or you overhear

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 something,

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 or someone passes

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 on something

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 that somebody else

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 said,

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 and you begin

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 to brood on it.

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 Suppose you're day,

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 suppose you're week,

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 suppose you're sleep.

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 And before you know it,

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 you're living with it,

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 it's day and night,

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 you're dreaming about it,

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 and the devil has got in.

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 And you know,

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 if you know church life

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 at all,

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 you will know how

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 these things can blow up

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 out of all proportion.

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 And before you know it,

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 people are beginning

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 to take sides,

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 and there's a split

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 in the church,

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 and the work of the

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 gospel is ruined

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 in the lives of the

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 neighbourhood,

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 and in the lives

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 of the children

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 of that church.

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 And the credibility

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 of the church's witness

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 and message is gone.

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 And all because

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 you and I have not

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 put on the belt of truth.

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 All because we go

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 about our daily lives

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 or our church lives

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 without wearing

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 the belt of truth.

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 If we were wearing

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 the belt of truth

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 and we heard something,

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 we wouldn't brood over it,

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 would we?

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 Because we would know

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 the truth of God's word,

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 it tells us,

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 that love

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 thinks no evil.

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 And so we don't

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 misconstrue

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 what people say.

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 We don't put the

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 worst possible

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 construction on what

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 people say.

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 If we're Christians,

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 if we have the belt

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 of truth around us,

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 do you remember,

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 love thinks no evil.

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 Love is patient,

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 love is kind.

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 David Watson,

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 not my father-in-law,

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 the kind of church

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 of Angelus

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 who died in the

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 Sonties.

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 He's got a book

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 on Christian warfare,

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 it's not really very good,

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 but he's got a good

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 little story in it.

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 And he tells the story

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 of a missionary,

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 a young missionary

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 who went out

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 to the mission field

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 and she was put

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 with an older missionary

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 who had been on the

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 mission field

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 for about 30 years.

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 And this older

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 missionary had become

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 kind of

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 spiritually fossilised.

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 This older missionary,

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 she had become

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 hard

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 and cynical

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 and very difficult

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 to live with.

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 And she made

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 that poor

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 new missionary,

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 that poor girl's

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 life of misery

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 to the point

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 where the girl

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 was really questioning

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 whether she should

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 stay on the mission field.

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 Do you know

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 how the situation

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 changed?

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 Every day

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 that young girl,

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 she got out

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 1 Corinthians 13

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 and she prayed

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 through it.

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 She said,

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 it's impossible

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 Lord to live

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 with this woman.

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 But she read

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 through 1 Corinthians 13

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 and she prayed

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 through it

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 and for a whole year

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 every day

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 she put on

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 the belt of truth.

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 she tried

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 to live

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 with that woman

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 according to

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 God's word.

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 1 Corinthians 13

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 and by the end

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 of the year

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 the situation

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 had been

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 wonderfully transformed.

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 And they were

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 actually quite

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 a useful partnership.

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 They're trouble

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 with us

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 very often

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 and the reason

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 why the devil

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 gets into

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 church situations

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 very often

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 is because

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 we're not

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 wearing the belt of truth.

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 We can quote

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 scripture

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 but we don't wear it.

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 And if I'm

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 thinking wrongly

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 of a fellow

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 brother or sister

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 in our church

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 I'm not wearing

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 the belt of truth

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 because love

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 thinks no evil.

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 Let me give you

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 another kind of example.

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 Romans chapter 8.

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 You know that great

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 chapter we read it?

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 And in Romans chapter 8

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 it's a great chapter

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 on assurance

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 and Paul there

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 is dealing

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 with this

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 whole question

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 in his own

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 personal life.

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 It's one of

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 the great chapters

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 isn't it?

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 Dealing with assurance.

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 How we know

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 that we're saved.

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 God wants you

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 and I to enjoy

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 our salvation.

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 He wants us

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 to be sure.

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 He doesn't want you

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 to go through life

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 looking over your shoulder.

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 He wants you

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 to be sure

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 that you are

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 in Christ

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 and he wants you

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 to enjoy it.

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 And Romans chapter 8

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 is a great chapter

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 in the Bible

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 dealing with this

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 whole question

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 of how do I know

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 that I'm in Christ?

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 And that is

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 one of the places

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 isn't it?

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 Where the devil

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 is always attacking

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 you and I.

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 At that level.

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 The devil wants

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 to spoil it for us.

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 The devil wants

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 to rob you

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 of your assurance.

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 The devil is described

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 as the accuser

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 of the brethren.

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 He's always coming

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 with accusations

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 if you're a Christian

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 tonight.

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 You'll know that.

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 The devil is always

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 accusing you.

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 He comes to you

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 and he says

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 you'll never last.

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 That's what he says

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 to newcomers.

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 That's what he says

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 to young people.

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 He says you'll never

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 last in school.

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 You'll never make it.

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 You'll never send.

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 It's a flash in the pan.

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 What if this happens?

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 Or what if that happens?

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 You'll never cope.

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 The apostle Paul knew that.

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 And the devil

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 had come to him

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 in that way

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 and so he buckles

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 on the truth

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 and he says to me

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 we know that in all things

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 God works together

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 for the good

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 of those who love him.

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 Who are called

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 according to his purpose.

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 The devil is saying

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 you'll never cope

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 if this happens

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 or that happens.

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 It will destroy you.

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 No says the apostle.

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 He says no

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 we know

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 that whatever happens

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 to us

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 it is for the good

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 of those who love God.

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 And so the devil

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 comes back to him

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 and says

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 you're not a real Christian

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 but for your life.

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 Look at the kind of person

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 you are.

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 How can you possibly

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 say you're a Christian?

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 What does Paul say?

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 Well in Romans

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 chapter 18

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 verse 31

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 he says

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 what should we say

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 to these things

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 if God be for us

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 who can be against us?

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 And then verse 33

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 who will bring any charge

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 any accusation

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 against God's elect

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 it's God who justifies.

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 It's not if Paul is saying

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 I'm not going to justify

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 myself to you

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 it is God who justifies.

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 Who is going to bring

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 any charge

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 against those

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 whom God has chosen to save?

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 It is God who justifies

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 and so the devil

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 comes back to him.

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 And the devil

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 accuses him

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 and says

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 you've been a total failure

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 and Paul's answer

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 is in verse 34

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 he says

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 who is it to condemn?

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 You can almost hear

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 the devil talking to him

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 between the lines

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 of Romans 8

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 The devil comes back

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 and whispers to him

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 you're a total failure Paul

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 and Paul says

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 who is he that condemns?

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 Christ Jesus

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 is the one who died

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 more than that

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 who was raised

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 and who was at the right hand

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 of God

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 and who was interceding

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 for us

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 Who is he that condemns?

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 I've got a saviour

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 who died for me

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 who took the punishment

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 for me

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 who is raised

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 from the dead

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 and is alive

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 forevermore

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 and he speaks

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 my name to the Father

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 Now at this very moment

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 in heaven

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 who is there

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 to condemn me?

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 The devil comes back

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 he says

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 God doesn't really love you

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 How can God

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 possibly love you

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 you worthless

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 little creature?

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 And Paul says

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 there is nothing

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 that can separate me

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 from the love

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 of God in Christ

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 What can separate me

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 from God's love?

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 Nothing at all

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 and he ransacks

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 the universe

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 to try and find

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 things that could

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 possibly separate him

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 from the love of God

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 and there is absolutely

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 nothing at all

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 that I can think of

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 nothing in all

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 the universe

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 that can separate

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 the believer

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 from the loving

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 of God in Christ

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 Do you see this book?

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 That's all I'm trying

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 to get you to see tonight

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 I'm not trying to

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 expire

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 this book

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 in Romans 8

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 but do you see

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 what Paul is doing?

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 Paul is putting on

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 the belt of truth

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 isn't he?

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 And when the devil

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 is attacking him

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 when the devil

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 is trying to undermine

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 his confidence

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 in the Lord

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 and spoil his

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 enjoyment of the Lord

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 what does Paul do

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 he puts on

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 the belt of truth?

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 And he keeps asking

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 himself

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 what is true?

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 Is it true

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 what the devil

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 is saying to me?

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 No it's not

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 Christ has died

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 Christ has risen

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 from the dead

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 Christ intercedes

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 for me

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 nothing can separate

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 me from the love

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 of God

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 which is in Christ

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 and that's why

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 he said the devil

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 couldn't get anywhere

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 with Jesus

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 from a Matthew 4

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 he comes and he

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 tries to deflect

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 the Lord

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 from his purpose

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 that's why the devil

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 couldn't get anywhere

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 with him

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 not because Jesus

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 didn't quote the

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 Bible

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 there's nothing

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 powerful about

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 being able to

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 quote scripture

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 there's nothing

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 magical about

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 verses from the

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 Bible

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 that wasn't the

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 point

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 all the point

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 was

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 here was a man

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 whose life was

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 girded by the

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 truth

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 he put on the

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 armour of God

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 and the devil

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 couldn't penetrate

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 that

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 couldn't get

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 through it

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 and no matter

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 at what direction

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 the devil came

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 at Jesus

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 whether it's

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 at the temptation

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 whether it's

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 through Peter

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 whether it's

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 in the garden

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 of Gethsemane

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 he found a man

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 whose life was

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 girded

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 by the truth

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 of God's word

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 it is written

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 it is written

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 it is written

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 it is written

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 Satan you tell

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 me this

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 but this is

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 reality

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 and this is

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 where I'll stand

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 my life is

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 fastened together

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 by his word

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 reality is the

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 way that God

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 sees things

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 and if you and

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 I have to face

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 the enemy

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 the first thing

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 we have to do

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 is to put on

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 the belt of

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 truth

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 and not just

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 gospel truth

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 but all kinds

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 of truth

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 in every situation

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 we have to ask

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 ourselves

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 what is the

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 truth here

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 because God

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 is the God

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 of truth

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 and the devil

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 is a liar

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 from the beginning

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 that's the first

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 thing

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 we have to have

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 the word of God

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 dwelling in it

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 where to hide

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 his word

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 within our hearts

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 so that we will

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 not sin against

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 him

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 if we're to be

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 ready to fight

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 your life

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 and my life

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 is to be held

00:20:43.400 --> 00:20:44.779
 together by truth

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 and not by

00:20:45.460 --> 00:20:46.139
 feelings

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 and not by

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 consensus

00:20:47.559 --> 00:20:50.759
 and secondly

00:20:50.759 --> 00:20:51.440
 we must know

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 the truth

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 but we must

00:20:52.579 --> 00:20:53.599
 show the truth

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 that brings in

00:20:55.079 --> 00:20:55.660
 the second idea

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 doesn't it

00:20:55.960 --> 00:20:56.700
 that of sincerity

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 not only must

00:20:58.379 --> 00:20:58.960
 you know the

00:20:58.960 --> 00:20:59.139
 truth

00:20:59.139 --> 00:20:59.619
 but you must

00:20:59.619 --> 00:21:00.460
 show the truth

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 David in

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 Psalm 51

00:21:05.440 --> 00:21:08.000
 verse 6

00:21:08.000 --> 00:21:09.000
 that great

00:21:09.000 --> 00:21:09.480
 prayer of

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 confession

00:21:09.839 --> 00:21:10.839
 he speaks about

00:21:10.839 --> 00:21:11.759
 having truth

00:21:11.759 --> 00:21:13.079
 in inward

00:21:13.079 --> 00:21:13.720
 parts

00:21:13.720 --> 00:21:14.819
 it's a great

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 line

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 it's particularly

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 powerful when you

00:21:18.660 --> 00:21:19.240
 know the background

00:21:19.240 --> 00:21:19.920
 to that song

00:21:19.920 --> 00:21:21.740
 because

00:21:21.740 --> 00:21:23.140
 David had become

00:21:23.140 --> 00:21:24.259
 a casualty

00:21:24.259 --> 00:21:24.720
 hadn't he

00:21:24.720 --> 00:21:25.819
 in the war

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 he'd fallen

00:21:28.019 --> 00:21:28.940
 to the enemy

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 in the evil

00:21:30.940 --> 00:21:31.420
 day

00:21:31.420 --> 00:21:33.339
 Jonathan

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 and the

00:21:33.779 --> 00:21:34.100
 Puritan

00:21:34.100 --> 00:21:34.740
 who died

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 in Ealing

00:21:35.039 --> 00:21:36.100
 he describes

00:21:36.100 --> 00:21:36.680
 the evil

00:21:36.680 --> 00:21:37.180
 day

00:21:37.180 --> 00:21:38.299
 as that

00:21:38.299 --> 00:21:38.819
 day

00:21:38.819 --> 00:21:39.839
 when opportunity

00:21:39.839 --> 00:21:40.980
 and desire

00:21:40.980 --> 00:21:42.460
 and temptation

00:21:42.460 --> 00:21:43.360
 coincide

00:21:43.359 --> 00:21:43.659
 it's very

00:21:43.659 --> 00:21:44.039
 helpful

00:21:44.039 --> 00:21:46.019
 the evil

00:21:46.019 --> 00:21:46.399
 day

00:21:46.399 --> 00:21:46.959
 is when

00:21:46.959 --> 00:21:47.539
 opportunity

00:21:47.539 --> 00:21:48.539
 and desire

00:21:48.539 --> 00:21:49.439
 and temptation

00:21:49.439 --> 00:21:50.379
 coincide

00:21:50.379 --> 00:21:53.000
 in warfare

00:21:53.000 --> 00:21:53.799
 some days are

00:21:53.799 --> 00:21:54.219
 worse than

00:21:54.219 --> 00:21:54.679
 other days

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 aren't they

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 and there are

00:21:57.359 --> 00:21:57.979
 days that the

00:21:57.979 --> 00:21:58.759
 apostle speaks of

00:21:58.759 --> 00:21:59.559
 here in Ephesians 6

00:21:59.559 --> 00:22:00.159
 as the evil

00:22:00.159 --> 00:22:00.519
 day

00:22:00.519 --> 00:22:02.740
 and he wants you

00:22:02.740 --> 00:22:03.259
 to be able to

00:22:03.259 --> 00:22:04.119
 stand in the evil

00:22:04.119 --> 00:22:04.500
 day

00:22:04.500 --> 00:22:06.699
 in those days

00:22:06.699 --> 00:22:07.159
 when the devil

00:22:07.159 --> 00:22:07.879
 is really attacking

00:22:07.880 --> 00:22:08.240
 you

00:22:08.240 --> 00:22:10.280
 when opportunity

00:22:10.280 --> 00:22:12.100
 and desire

00:22:12.100 --> 00:22:12.800
 and temptation

00:22:12.800 --> 00:22:13.580
 coincide

00:22:13.580 --> 00:22:16.000
 in your life

00:22:16.000 --> 00:22:17.840
 there was a day

00:22:17.840 --> 00:22:18.140
 like that

00:22:18.140 --> 00:22:18.700
 for David

00:22:18.700 --> 00:22:20.340
 he's on a

00:22:20.340 --> 00:22:20.760
 rooftop

00:22:20.760 --> 00:22:23.140
 it was an evil

00:22:23.140 --> 00:22:23.480
 day

00:22:23.480 --> 00:22:25.460
 and instead of

00:22:25.460 --> 00:22:26.180
 standing

00:22:26.180 --> 00:22:28.060
 David fell

00:22:28.060 --> 00:22:30.260
 and he became

00:22:30.260 --> 00:22:30.840
 a casualty

00:22:30.840 --> 00:22:31.180
 he fell

00:22:31.180 --> 00:22:31.580
 morally

00:22:31.579 --> 00:22:33.819
 and for a

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 year and a

00:22:34.319 --> 00:22:34.559
 half

00:22:34.559 --> 00:22:35.099
 or around that

00:22:35.099 --> 00:22:35.279
 time

00:22:35.279 --> 00:22:36.139
 he lived a

00:22:36.139 --> 00:22:36.419
 lie

00:22:36.419 --> 00:22:37.019
 he lost

00:22:37.019 --> 00:22:37.639
 his inner

00:22:37.639 --> 00:22:38.240
 integrity

00:22:38.240 --> 00:22:39.559
 before God

00:22:39.559 --> 00:22:40.079
 and before the

00:22:40.079 --> 00:22:40.500
 people

00:22:40.500 --> 00:22:41.220
 no one took

00:22:41.220 --> 00:22:41.740
 him seriously

00:22:41.740 --> 00:22:43.759
 he lost his

00:22:43.759 --> 00:22:44.240
 authority

00:22:44.240 --> 00:22:44.639
 his more

00:22:44.639 --> 00:22:45.179
 integrity

00:22:45.179 --> 00:22:46.019
 as a leader

00:22:46.019 --> 00:22:46.480
 of the people

00:22:46.480 --> 00:22:47.839
 and so Nathan

00:22:47.839 --> 00:22:48.439
 the prophet

00:22:48.439 --> 00:22:50.179
 God's messenger

00:22:50.179 --> 00:22:50.879
 comes to him

00:22:50.879 --> 00:22:52.659
 Nathan tells a

00:22:52.659 --> 00:22:52.939
 story

00:22:52.939 --> 00:22:53.939
 if you know your

00:22:53.939 --> 00:22:54.559
 Bible you'll know it

00:22:54.559 --> 00:22:55.199
 he tells a story

00:22:55.200 --> 00:22:57.460
 rich man

00:22:57.460 --> 00:22:58.180
 who had a

00:22:58.180 --> 00:22:58.400
 neighbour

00:22:58.400 --> 00:22:58.900
 who was very

00:22:58.900 --> 00:22:59.200
 poor

00:22:59.200 --> 00:22:59.580
 who had a

00:22:59.580 --> 00:23:00.059
 little lamb

00:23:00.059 --> 00:23:00.519
 that's all he

00:23:00.519 --> 00:23:00.700
 owned

00:23:00.700 --> 00:23:01.259
 it was a

00:23:01.259 --> 00:23:01.660
 lovely little

00:23:01.660 --> 00:23:02.000
 lamb

00:23:02.000 --> 00:23:03.480
 and the rich

00:23:03.480 --> 00:23:03.980
 one took it

00:23:03.980 --> 00:23:04.539
 he stole the

00:23:04.539 --> 00:23:05.000
 poor man's

00:23:05.000 --> 00:23:05.299
 lamb

00:23:05.299 --> 00:23:07.920
 the story

00:23:07.920 --> 00:23:08.900
 about David

00:23:08.900 --> 00:23:11.100
 that David

00:23:11.100 --> 00:23:11.880
 couldn't recognise

00:23:11.880 --> 00:23:12.180
 it

00:23:12.180 --> 00:23:14.400
 so much that

00:23:14.400 --> 00:23:14.940
 he'd fallen

00:23:14.940 --> 00:23:16.220
 prey to Satan's

00:23:16.220 --> 00:23:16.640
 attack

00:23:16.640 --> 00:23:17.940
 that he'd lost

00:23:17.940 --> 00:23:18.740
 any sense of

00:23:18.740 --> 00:23:19.200
 reality

00:23:19.200 --> 00:23:20.900
 any in a

00:23:20.900 --> 00:23:21.240
 reality

00:23:21.240 --> 00:23:21.660
 so God

00:23:21.660 --> 00:23:22.140
 comes then

00:23:22.140 --> 00:23:22.460
 through his

00:23:22.460 --> 00:23:22.840
 spokesman

00:23:22.840 --> 00:23:23.180
 Nathan

00:23:23.180 --> 00:23:24.120
 the prophet

00:23:24.120 --> 00:23:25.180
 and God

00:23:25.180 --> 00:23:25.680
 who Nathan

00:23:25.680 --> 00:23:26.100
 paints a

00:23:26.100 --> 00:23:26.400
 picture

00:23:26.400 --> 00:23:27.680
 that describes

00:23:27.680 --> 00:23:28.120
 into the

00:23:28.120 --> 00:23:28.880
 smallest detail

00:23:28.880 --> 00:23:29.259
 it's a

00:23:29.259 --> 00:23:29.799
 brilliant

00:23:29.799 --> 00:23:30.279
 brilliant

00:23:30.279 --> 00:23:30.779
 sermon

00:23:30.779 --> 00:23:32.100
 but David

00:23:32.100 --> 00:23:32.660
 doesn't see

00:23:32.660 --> 00:23:33.200
 himself

00:23:33.200 --> 00:23:35.039
 and David

00:23:35.039 --> 00:23:36.019
 doesn't recognise

00:23:36.019 --> 00:23:36.600
 himself

00:23:36.600 --> 00:23:38.980
 and it can be

00:23:38.980 --> 00:23:39.820
 that like that

00:23:39.820 --> 00:23:40.140
 under the

00:23:40.140 --> 00:23:40.580
 preaching of the

00:23:40.580 --> 00:23:40.840
 Bible

00:23:40.840 --> 00:23:41.340
 can't it

00:23:41.340 --> 00:23:43.820
 but when the

00:23:43.820 --> 00:23:44.160
 preacher is

00:23:44.160 --> 00:23:44.600
 preaching we

00:23:44.600 --> 00:23:45.019
 don't see

00:23:45.019 --> 00:23:45.580
 ourselves

00:23:45.580 --> 00:23:48.539
 that we look

00:23:48.539 --> 00:23:48.880
 over our

00:23:48.880 --> 00:23:49.340
 shoulders at

00:23:49.340 --> 00:23:49.799
 someone else

00:23:49.799 --> 00:23:50.200
 and we say

00:23:50.200 --> 00:23:50.660
 well that is a

00:23:50.660 --> 00:23:51.259
 good word for

00:23:51.259 --> 00:23:51.759
 so and so

00:23:51.759 --> 00:23:52.120
 isn't it

00:23:52.120 --> 00:23:54.240
 I wish he

00:23:54.240 --> 00:23:54.600
 could have been

00:23:54.600 --> 00:23:55.160
 here to hear

00:23:55.160 --> 00:23:55.720
 that or I

00:23:55.720 --> 00:23:56.259
 wish he was

00:23:56.259 --> 00:23:56.640
 here

00:23:56.640 --> 00:23:59.340
 and we

00:23:59.340 --> 00:23:59.860
 lose our

00:23:59.860 --> 00:24:00.540
 inner integrity

00:24:00.540 --> 00:24:02.800
 and inner

00:24:02.800 --> 00:24:03.240
 reality

00:24:03.240 --> 00:24:03.720
 and David

00:24:03.720 --> 00:24:04.360
 had lost

00:24:04.360 --> 00:24:04.800
 in his

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 life

00:24:05.140 --> 00:24:05.580
 that

00:24:05.580 --> 00:24:06.100
 and so

00:24:06.100 --> 00:24:07.019
 he prays

00:24:07.019 --> 00:24:07.580
 and he is

00:24:07.580 --> 00:24:08.140
 finally

00:24:08.140 --> 00:24:08.720
 restored

00:24:08.720 --> 00:24:11.519
 so that God

00:24:11.519 --> 00:24:12.160
 would make him

00:24:12.160 --> 00:24:12.720
 to know the

00:24:12.720 --> 00:24:13.480
 truth in

00:24:13.480 --> 00:24:14.340
 inward parts

00:24:14.340 --> 00:24:17.160
 and I think

00:24:17.160 --> 00:24:17.360
 we don't

00:24:17.360 --> 00:24:17.860
 understand the

00:24:17.860 --> 00:24:18.220
 belt of truth

00:24:18.220 --> 00:24:18.580
 in that way

00:24:18.580 --> 00:24:18.820
 too

00:24:18.820 --> 00:24:20.019
 and don't

00:24:20.019 --> 00:24:21.040
 excuse what

00:24:21.040 --> 00:24:21.540
 I've said

00:24:21.540 --> 00:24:21.880
 already

00:24:21.880 --> 00:24:22.740
 I don't

00:24:22.740 --> 00:24:23.020
 see why

00:24:23.020 --> 00:24:23.240
 we have

00:24:23.240 --> 00:24:23.580
 to pit

00:24:23.580 --> 00:24:25.180
 the truth

00:24:25.180 --> 00:24:25.420
 of the

00:24:25.420 --> 00:24:25.780
 gospel

00:24:25.780 --> 00:24:26.240
 with the

00:24:26.240 --> 00:24:26.380
 truth

00:24:26.380 --> 00:24:27.120
 being wider

00:24:27.120 --> 00:24:27.960
 I don't

00:24:27.960 --> 00:24:28.180
 think we

00:24:28.180 --> 00:24:28.360
 have to

00:24:28.360 --> 00:24:28.700
 do that

00:24:28.700 --> 00:24:29.120
 there's no

00:24:29.120 --> 00:24:29.500
 reason to

00:24:29.500 --> 00:24:29.840
 pit them

00:24:29.840 --> 00:24:30.460
 against each

00:24:30.460 --> 00:24:30.700
 other

00:24:30.700 --> 00:24:31.860
 the two

00:24:31.860 --> 00:24:32.220
 fit together

00:24:32.220 --> 00:24:32.720
 perfectly

00:24:32.720 --> 00:24:35.100
 in the fight

00:24:35.100 --> 00:24:35.580
 against the

00:24:35.580 --> 00:24:36.160
 enemy we

00:24:36.160 --> 00:24:36.600
 must know

00:24:36.600 --> 00:24:37.000
 the truth

00:24:37.000 --> 00:24:37.320
 but we

00:24:37.320 --> 00:24:37.760
 must also

00:24:37.760 --> 00:24:38.420
 show the

00:24:38.420 --> 00:24:38.820
 truth

00:24:38.820 --> 00:24:40.460
 if we're

00:24:40.460 --> 00:24:40.660
 going to

00:24:40.660 --> 00:24:41.020
 stand

00:24:41.020 --> 00:24:43.100
 and we

00:24:43.100 --> 00:24:43.340
 need to

00:24:43.340 --> 00:24:43.640
 not only

00:24:43.640 --> 00:24:44.100
 know the

00:24:44.100 --> 00:24:44.460
 truth of

00:24:44.460 --> 00:24:44.820
 doctrine

00:24:44.820 --> 00:24:45.180
 but the

00:24:45.180 --> 00:24:45.840
 truth of

00:24:45.840 --> 00:24:46.400
 life as

00:24:46.400 --> 00:24:46.560
 well

00:24:46.560 --> 00:24:47.080
 integrity

00:24:47.079 --> 00:24:49.059
 there ought

00:24:49.059 --> 00:24:49.599
 to be

00:24:49.599 --> 00:24:50.279
 an inner

00:24:50.279 --> 00:24:50.859
 reality

00:24:50.859 --> 00:24:51.439
 about us

00:24:51.439 --> 00:24:51.659
 and the

00:24:51.659 --> 00:24:51.960
 emphasis

00:24:51.960 --> 00:24:52.419
 comes out

00:24:52.419 --> 00:24:52.939
 again and

00:24:52.939 --> 00:24:53.299
 again in

00:24:53.299 --> 00:24:53.439
 the New

00:24:53.439 --> 00:24:53.740
 Testament

00:24:53.740 --> 00:24:55.779
 the

00:24:55.779 --> 00:24:56.619
 Apostle

00:24:56.619 --> 00:24:56.879
 Paul when

00:24:56.879 --> 00:24:57.339
 he describes

00:24:57.339 --> 00:24:57.720
 the armour

00:24:57.720 --> 00:24:58.439
 in Romans

00:24:58.439 --> 00:24:59.000
 13 he

00:24:59.000 --> 00:24:59.379
 calls it

00:24:59.379 --> 00:24:59.720
 the armour

00:24:59.720 --> 00:25:00.220
 of light

00:25:00.220 --> 00:25:02.659
 and the

00:25:02.659 --> 00:25:03.220
 armour we

00:25:03.220 --> 00:25:03.460
 are to

00:25:03.460 --> 00:25:04.039
 wear is

00:25:04.039 --> 00:25:04.319
 to be

00:25:04.319 --> 00:25:04.579
 clothed

00:25:04.579 --> 00:25:04.899
 with light

00:25:04.899 --> 00:25:05.179
 to be

00:25:05.179 --> 00:25:05.619
 transparent

00:25:05.619 --> 00:25:06.240
 we're not

00:25:06.240 --> 00:25:06.460
 to play

00:25:06.460 --> 00:25:06.799
 the devil

00:25:06.799 --> 00:25:07.039
 at his

00:25:07.039 --> 00:25:07.220
 own

00:25:07.220 --> 00:25:07.659
 game

00:25:07.659 --> 00:25:10.500
 1 Corinthians

00:25:10.500 --> 00:25:10.980
 4 tells

00:25:10.980 --> 00:25:11.639
 us 2

00:25:11.639 --> 00:25:11.859
 Corinthians

00:25:11.859 --> 00:25:12.220
 4 not

00:25:12.220 --> 00:25:12.460
 to be

00:25:12.460 --> 00:25:12.839
 devious

00:25:12.839 --> 00:25:13.099
 we're to

00:25:13.099 --> 00:25:13.599
 be open

00:25:13.599 --> 00:25:15.399
 the

00:25:15.399 --> 00:25:15.779
 Apostle

00:25:15.779 --> 00:25:16.500
 Paul can

00:25:16.500 --> 00:25:17.119
 commends

00:25:17.119 --> 00:25:17.500
 Timothy

00:25:17.500 --> 00:25:17.880
 doesn't he

00:25:17.880 --> 00:25:18.599
 find sincere

00:25:18.599 --> 00:25:19.380
 and unfeigned

00:25:19.380 --> 00:25:19.880
 faith

00:25:19.880 --> 00:25:22.119
 James tells

00:25:22.119 --> 00:25:22.420
 us that

00:25:22.420 --> 00:25:22.839
 a double

00:25:22.839 --> 00:25:23.099
 minded

00:25:23.099 --> 00:25:23.460
 man

00:25:23.460 --> 00:25:24.259
 is unstable

00:25:24.259 --> 00:25:24.599
 in all

00:25:24.599 --> 00:25:25.539
 he does

00:25:25.539 --> 00:25:26.200
 and he

00:25:26.200 --> 00:25:26.779
 will not

00:25:26.779 --> 00:25:27.319
 stand on

00:25:27.319 --> 00:25:27.660
 the evil

00:25:27.660 --> 00:25:28.039
 day

00:25:28.039 --> 00:25:29.440
 he's

00:25:29.440 --> 00:25:29.920
 unstable

00:25:29.920 --> 00:25:32.400
 and if

00:25:32.400 --> 00:25:32.619
 you and

00:25:32.619 --> 00:25:33.000
 I are

00:25:33.000 --> 00:25:33.940
 insincere

00:25:33.940 --> 00:25:34.259
 in our

00:25:34.259 --> 00:25:34.680
 profession

00:25:34.680 --> 00:25:35.019
 if we

00:25:35.019 --> 00:25:35.440
 are living

00:25:35.440 --> 00:25:35.980
 some kind

00:25:35.980 --> 00:25:36.640
 of double

00:25:36.640 --> 00:25:37.279
 life

00:25:37.279 --> 00:25:38.799
 we're not

00:25:38.799 --> 00:25:38.960
 going to

00:25:38.960 --> 00:25:39.299
 be able to

00:25:39.299 --> 00:25:39.619
 stand on

00:25:39.619 --> 00:25:39.859
 the evil

00:25:39.859 --> 00:25:40.200
 day

00:25:40.200 --> 00:25:42.759
 and to

00:25:42.759 --> 00:25:43.180
 buckle on

00:25:43.180 --> 00:25:43.319
 the

00:25:43.319 --> 00:25:43.640
 balance of

00:25:43.640 --> 00:25:43.819
 truth

00:25:43.819 --> 00:25:44.059
 is to

00:25:44.059 --> 00:25:44.420
 be honest

00:25:44.420 --> 00:25:44.599
 with

00:25:44.599 --> 00:25:45.160
 ourselves

00:25:45.160 --> 00:25:45.920
 and to

00:25:45.920 --> 00:25:46.400
 be honest

00:25:46.400 --> 00:25:46.980
 before

00:25:46.980 --> 00:25:47.580
 God

00:25:47.580 --> 00:25:48.759
 and before

00:25:48.759 --> 00:25:49.200
 one another

00:25:49.200 --> 00:25:49.540
 maybe

00:25:49.540 --> 00:25:50.120
 it's time

00:25:50.120 --> 00:25:50.340
 to do

00:25:50.340 --> 00:25:50.519
 that

00:25:50.519 --> 00:25:50.740
 sort

00:25:50.740 --> 00:25:53.120
 and that

00:25:53.120 --> 00:25:53.560
 goes much

00:25:53.560 --> 00:25:53.820
 deeper

00:25:53.820 --> 00:25:54.080
 I think

00:25:54.080 --> 00:25:54.360
 than many

00:25:54.360 --> 00:25:54.560
 of us

00:25:54.560 --> 00:25:54.920
 are conscious

00:25:54.920 --> 00:25:55.120
 of

00:25:55.120 --> 00:25:55.340
 let me

00:25:55.340 --> 00:25:55.640
 illustrate

00:25:55.640 --> 00:25:55.960
 it

00:25:55.960 --> 00:25:58.060
 often

00:25:58.060 --> 00:25:58.920
 we imagine

00:25:58.920 --> 00:25:59.220
 don't we

00:25:59.220 --> 00:25:59.480
 that we

00:25:59.480 --> 00:25:59.780
 are doing

00:25:59.780 --> 00:26:00.120
 something

00:26:00.120 --> 00:26:00.540
 out of a

00:26:00.540 --> 00:26:00.980
 true

00:26:00.980 --> 00:26:01.880
 spiritual

00:26:01.880 --> 00:26:02.780
 motivation

00:26:02.780 --> 00:26:05.880
 but when

00:26:05.880 --> 00:26:06.280
 we really

00:26:06.280 --> 00:26:06.860
 stop

00:26:06.860 --> 00:26:08.900
 or somebody

00:26:08.900 --> 00:26:09.700
 points out

00:26:09.700 --> 00:26:10.759
 it to us

00:26:10.759 --> 00:26:11.480
 or

00:26:11.480 --> 00:26:12.880
 we think

00:26:12.880 --> 00:26:13.160
 about it

00:26:13.160 --> 00:26:13.480
 we're not

00:26:13.480 --> 00:26:14.060
 doing it

00:26:14.060 --> 00:26:14.540
 for spiritual

00:26:14.540 --> 00:26:15.080
 reasons at

00:26:15.079 --> 00:26:15.439
 all

00:26:15.439 --> 00:26:17.659
 but what

00:26:17.659 --> 00:26:18.319
 lies behind

00:26:18.319 --> 00:26:19.099
 so much

00:26:19.099 --> 00:26:19.699
 of what

00:26:19.699 --> 00:26:20.199
 we do

00:26:20.199 --> 00:26:20.639
 isn't

00:26:20.639 --> 00:26:21.159
 driven by

00:26:21.159 --> 00:26:21.639
 a desire

00:26:21.639 --> 00:26:22.220
 to glorify

00:26:22.220 --> 00:26:22.679
 God

00:26:22.679 --> 00:26:23.259
 but some

00:26:23.259 --> 00:26:23.919
 kind of

00:26:23.919 --> 00:26:24.279
 inner

00:26:24.279 --> 00:26:24.980
 psychological

00:26:24.980 --> 00:26:25.599
 desire

00:26:25.599 --> 00:26:27.480
 that we

00:26:27.480 --> 00:26:27.859
 have

00:26:27.859 --> 00:26:30.539
 we've all

00:26:30.539 --> 00:26:30.879
 got these

00:26:30.879 --> 00:26:31.059
 things

00:26:31.059 --> 00:26:31.639
 we want

00:26:31.639 --> 00:26:32.019
 to be

00:26:32.019 --> 00:26:32.799
 recognised

00:26:32.799 --> 00:26:34.939
 we want

00:26:34.939 --> 00:26:35.299
 to feel

00:26:35.299 --> 00:26:35.759
 that our

00:26:35.759 --> 00:26:36.539
 life adds

00:26:36.539 --> 00:26:36.960
 up to

00:26:36.960 --> 00:26:37.500
 something

00:26:37.500 --> 00:26:39.339
 there are

00:26:39.339 --> 00:26:39.659
 people that

00:26:39.659 --> 00:26:39.859
 go into

00:26:39.859 --> 00:26:40.159
 Christian

00:26:40.159 --> 00:26:40.460
 ministry

00:26:40.460 --> 00:26:40.939
 like that

00:26:40.940 --> 00:26:43.559
 there are

00:26:43.559 --> 00:26:43.860
 people that

00:26:43.860 --> 00:26:44.160
 go onto

00:26:44.160 --> 00:26:44.500
 the mission

00:26:44.500 --> 00:26:44.740
 field

00:26:44.740 --> 00:26:45.240
 like that

00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:45.900
 they don't

00:26:45.900 --> 00:26:46.200
 see it

00:26:46.200 --> 00:26:46.740
 and no one

00:26:46.740 --> 00:26:47.360
 has the guts

00:26:47.360 --> 00:26:47.860
 to point it

00:26:47.860 --> 00:26:48.320
 out to them

00:26:48.320 --> 00:26:48.700
 and the devil

00:26:48.700 --> 00:26:49.220
 gets in

00:26:49.220 --> 00:26:51.299
 and the devil

00:26:51.299 --> 00:26:51.620
 gets in

00:26:51.620 --> 00:26:51.940
 because we're

00:26:51.940 --> 00:26:52.340
 not being

00:26:52.340 --> 00:26:52.820
 sincere

00:26:52.820 --> 00:26:53.180
 and we're

00:26:53.180 --> 00:26:53.559
 not being

00:26:53.559 --> 00:26:54.140
 honest

00:26:54.140 --> 00:26:54.960
 with ourselves

00:26:54.960 --> 00:26:55.539
 or with one

00:26:55.539 --> 00:26:55.880
 another

00:26:55.880 --> 00:26:57.660
 to buckle

00:26:57.660 --> 00:26:57.880
 on the

00:26:57.880 --> 00:26:58.380
 belt of truth

00:26:58.380 --> 00:26:58.880
 is to be

00:26:58.880 --> 00:26:59.620
 open and

00:26:59.620 --> 00:27:00.580
 transparent and

00:27:00.580 --> 00:27:01.059
 honest and

00:27:01.059 --> 00:27:01.759
 to be real

00:27:01.759 --> 00:27:02.539
 before God

00:27:02.539 --> 00:27:04.980
 we'll be with

00:27:04.980 --> 00:27:05.440
 others and

00:27:05.440 --> 00:27:06.120
 with ourselves

00:27:06.119 --> 00:27:09.199
 and if we're

00:27:09.199 --> 00:27:09.679
 ever going to

00:27:09.679 --> 00:27:10.379
 stand on

00:27:10.379 --> 00:27:10.719
 the evil

00:27:10.719 --> 00:27:10.979
 day

00:27:10.979 --> 00:27:11.359
 this is how

00:27:11.359 --> 00:27:11.899
 it must be

00:27:11.899 --> 00:27:13.599
 we must

00:27:13.599 --> 00:27:14.079
 seek that

00:27:14.079 --> 00:27:15.579
 in the

00:27:15.579 --> 00:27:15.839
 whole of

00:27:15.839 --> 00:27:16.339
 our life

00:27:16.339 --> 00:27:18.239
 so I

00:27:18.239 --> 00:27:18.619
 take on this

00:27:18.619 --> 00:27:19.019
 word truth

00:27:19.019 --> 00:27:19.319
 in the

00:27:19.319 --> 00:27:19.599
 widest

00:27:19.599 --> 00:27:19.879
 possible

00:27:19.879 --> 00:27:20.139
 sense

00:27:20.139 --> 00:27:20.559
 not just

00:27:20.559 --> 00:27:20.759
 in the

00:27:20.759 --> 00:27:20.919
 truth

00:27:20.919 --> 00:27:21.299
 of God's

00:27:21.299 --> 00:27:21.779
 word

00:27:21.779 --> 00:27:22.579
 or in

00:27:22.579 --> 00:27:23.079
 terms of

00:27:23.079 --> 00:27:23.500
 gospel

00:27:23.500 --> 00:27:23.959
 truth

00:27:23.959 --> 00:27:24.319
 but in

00:27:24.319 --> 00:27:24.719
 terms of

00:27:24.719 --> 00:27:25.000
 truth

00:27:25.000 --> 00:27:25.259
 in its

00:27:25.259 --> 00:27:25.719
 widest

00:27:25.719 --> 00:27:26.000
 sense

00:27:26.000 --> 00:27:26.279
 God

00:27:26.279 --> 00:27:26.539
 is the

00:27:26.539 --> 00:27:26.719
 God

00:27:26.719 --> 00:27:26.859
 of

00:27:26.859 --> 00:27:27.139
 truth

00:27:27.139 --> 00:27:29.079
 as

00:27:29.079 --> 00:27:29.319
 Christians

00:27:29.319 --> 00:27:29.899
 we believe

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 don't we

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 in the

00:27:30.399 --> 00:27:30.879
 sanctity

00:27:30.879 --> 00:27:31.319
 of truth

00:27:31.319 --> 00:27:31.459
 it

00:27:31.459 --> 00:27:31.879
 matters

00:27:31.879 --> 00:27:32.299
 because

00:27:32.299 --> 00:27:32.819
 God

00:27:32.819 --> 00:27:33.039
 is

00:27:33.039 --> 00:27:33.379
 true

00:27:33.379 --> 00:27:33.699
 and the

00:27:33.699 --> 00:27:33.959
 devil

00:27:33.959 --> 00:27:34.279
 is a

00:27:34.279 --> 00:27:34.539
 liar

00:27:34.539 --> 00:27:36.299
 so

00:27:36.299 --> 00:27:36.779
 let me

00:27:36.779 --> 00:27:37.079
 just

00:27:37.079 --> 00:27:37.460
 bring this

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 all

00:27:37.639 --> 00:27:37.920
 together

00:27:37.920 --> 00:27:38.339
 to buckle

00:27:38.339 --> 00:27:38.700
 on the

00:27:38.700 --> 00:27:38.879
 belt

00:27:38.879 --> 00:27:39.000
 of

00:27:39.000 --> 00:27:39.259
 truth

00:27:39.259 --> 00:27:40.039
 what is

00:27:40.039 --> 00:27:40.200
 it

00:27:40.200 --> 00:27:41.359
 what does

00:27:41.359 --> 00:27:41.779
 it mean

00:27:41.779 --> 00:27:43.579
 to buckle

00:27:43.579 --> 00:27:43.899
 on the

00:27:43.899 --> 00:27:44.159
 belt

00:27:44.159 --> 00:27:44.339
 of

00:27:44.339 --> 00:27:44.700
 truth

00:27:44.700 --> 00:27:45.119
 is a

00:27:45.119 --> 00:27:45.460
 willingness

00:27:45.460 --> 00:27:46.460
 to apply

00:27:46.460 --> 00:27:46.720
 the

00:27:46.720 --> 00:27:47.079
 whole

00:27:47.079 --> 00:27:47.279
 of

00:27:47.279 --> 00:27:47.700
 God's

00:27:47.700 --> 00:27:48.159
 word

00:27:48.159 --> 00:27:49.339
 to the

00:27:49.339 --> 00:27:49.480
 whole

00:27:49.480 --> 00:27:49.599
 of

00:27:49.599 --> 00:27:49.759
 our

00:27:49.759 --> 00:27:50.259
 lives

00:27:50.259 --> 00:27:52.399
 that's

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 what it

00:27:52.559 --> 00:27:52.799
 means

00:27:52.799 --> 00:27:53.200
 to put

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 on

00:27:53.319 --> 00:27:53.579
 the

00:27:53.579 --> 00:27:53.759
 belt

00:27:53.759 --> 00:27:53.920
 of

00:27:53.920 --> 00:27:54.259
 truth

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 and

00:27:55.680 --> 00:27:55.799
 that

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 takes

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 on

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 not

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 only

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 the

00:27:57.440 --> 00:27:57.899
 truth

00:27:57.899 --> 00:27:58.159
 but

00:27:58.159 --> 00:27:58.659
 sincerity

00:27:58.659 --> 00:27:58.960
 as

00:27:58.960 --> 00:27:59.159
 well

00:27:59.159 --> 00:27:59.379
 to

00:27:59.379 --> 00:27:59.619
 buckle

00:27:59.619 --> 00:27:59.839
 on

00:27:59.839 --> 00:27:59.960
 the

00:27:59.960 --> 00:28:00.180
 belt

00:28:00.180 --> 00:28:00.339
 of

00:28:00.339 --> 00:28:00.519
 truth

00:28:00.519 --> 00:28:00.700
 is

00:28:00.700 --> 00:28:00.819
 a

00:28:00.819 --> 00:28:01.059
 willingness

00:28:01.059 --> 00:28:01.359
 to

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 apply

00:28:01.559 --> 00:28:01.759
 the

00:28:01.759 --> 00:28:02.059
 whole

00:28:02.059 --> 00:28:02.220
 of

00:28:02.220 --> 00:28:02.559
 God's

00:28:02.559 --> 00:28:02.960
 word

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 to

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 the

00:28:03.779 --> 00:28:03.899
 whole

00:28:03.899 --> 00:28:04.019
 of

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 our

00:28:04.159 --> 00:28:04.639
 lives

00:28:04.639 --> 00:28:07.000
 so

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 do you

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 remember

00:28:07.419 --> 00:28:07.599
 this

00:28:07.599 --> 00:28:07.819
 church

00:28:07.819 --> 00:28:07.899
 in

00:28:07.899 --> 00:28:08.119
 Ephesus

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 was

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 a

00:28:08.500 --> 00:28:08.700
 priest

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 there

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 for

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 three

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 years

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 and

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 when

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 he

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 came to

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 leave

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 of

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 that

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 church

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 he

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 spoke

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 to

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 the

00:28:15.179 --> 00:28:15.599
 elders

00:28:15.599 --> 00:28:15.799
 in

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 Acts

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 20

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 and

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 this

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 is

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 what

00:28:18.539 --> 00:28:18.659
 he

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 said

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 he

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 said

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 pay

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 careful

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 attention

00:28:21.940 --> 00:28:22.079
 to

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 yourselves

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 you

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 leaders

00:28:23.179 --> 00:28:23.579
 and to

00:28:23.579 --> 00:28:23.720
 all

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 the

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 flock

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 in

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 which

00:28:24.899 --> 00:28:25.019
 the

00:28:25.019 --> 00:28:25.159
 Holy

00:28:25.159 --> 00:28:25.419
 Spirit

00:28:25.419 --> 00:28:25.579
 has

00:28:25.579 --> 00:28:25.759
 made

00:28:25.759 --> 00:28:25.919
 you

00:28:25.919 --> 00:28:26.539
 overseers

00:28:26.539 --> 00:28:26.720
 to

00:28:26.720 --> 00:28:26.980
 care

00:28:26.980 --> 00:28:27.119
 for

00:28:27.119 --> 00:28:27.240
 the

00:28:27.240 --> 00:28:27.440
 church

00:28:32.059 --> 00:28:32.259
 you

00:28:32.259 --> 00:28:33.079
 fierce

00:28:33.079 --> 00:28:33.839
 wolves

00:28:33.839 --> 00:28:34.139
 will

00:28:34.139 --> 00:28:34.399
 come

00:28:34.399 --> 00:28:34.519
 in

00:28:34.519 --> 00:28:34.740
 among

00:28:34.740 --> 00:28:34.980
 you

00:28:34.980 --> 00:28:35.639
 not

00:28:35.639 --> 00:28:36.319
 sparing

00:28:36.319 --> 00:28:36.599
 the

00:28:36.599 --> 00:28:36.940
 flock

00:28:36.940 --> 00:28:38.059
 and

00:28:38.059 --> 00:28:38.460
 from

00:28:38.460 --> 00:28:38.899
 among

00:28:38.899 --> 00:28:39.179
 your

00:28:39.179 --> 00:28:39.639
 own

00:28:39.639 --> 00:28:40.179
 selves

00:28:40.179 --> 00:28:40.399
 will

00:28:40.399 --> 00:28:40.819
 arise

00:28:40.819 --> 00:28:41.119
 men

00:28:41.119 --> 00:28:41.500
 speaking

00:28:41.500 --> 00:28:42.079
 twisted

00:28:42.079 --> 00:28:42.500
 things

00:28:42.500 --> 00:28:42.740
 to

00:28:42.740 --> 00:28:43.019
 draw

00:28:43.019 --> 00:28:43.399
 away

00:28:43.399 --> 00:28:43.579
 the

00:28:43.579 --> 00:28:44.099
 disciples

00:28:44.099 --> 00:28:45.119
 after

00:28:45.119 --> 00:28:45.440
 them

00:28:45.440 --> 00:28:47.940
 he's

00:28:47.940 --> 00:28:48.200
 warning

00:28:48.200 --> 00:28:48.359
 the

00:28:48.359 --> 00:28:48.559
 elders

00:28:48.559 --> 00:28:48.740
 isn't

00:28:48.740 --> 00:28:48.839
 he

00:28:48.839 --> 00:28:48.940
 what

00:28:48.940 --> 00:28:49.079
 are you

00:28:49.079 --> 00:28:49.259
 saying

00:28:49.259 --> 00:28:49.379
 the

00:28:49.379 --> 00:28:49.559
 church

00:28:49.559 --> 00:28:49.819
 leaders

00:28:49.819 --> 00:28:50.859
 you

00:28:50.859 --> 00:28:51.000
 are

00:28:51.000 --> 00:28:51.079
 in

00:28:51.079 --> 00:28:51.240
 a

00:28:51.240 --> 00:28:51.679
 battle

00:28:51.679 --> 00:28:54.659
 he

00:28:54.659 --> 00:28:54.819
 says

00:28:54.819 --> 00:28:55.000
 I

00:28:55.000 --> 00:28:55.539
 preached

00:28:55.539 --> 00:28:55.700
 the

00:28:55.700 --> 00:28:55.839
 word

00:28:55.839 --> 00:28:55.960
 of

00:28:55.960 --> 00:28:56.099
 God

00:28:56.099 --> 00:28:56.200
 to

00:28:56.200 --> 00:28:56.220
 you

00:28:56.220 --> 00:28:56.319
 for

00:28:56.319 --> 00:28:56.559
 three

00:28:56.559 --> 00:28:56.799
 years

00:28:56.799 --> 00:28:57.000
 I'm

00:28:57.000 --> 00:28:57.240
 leaving

00:28:57.240 --> 00:28:57.579
 now

00:28:57.579 --> 00:28:57.720
 and

00:28:57.720 --> 00:28:57.879
 I'm

00:28:57.879 --> 00:28:58.139
 warning

00:28:58.139 --> 00:28:58.519
 you

00:28:58.519 --> 00:28:59.299
 after

00:28:59.299 --> 00:28:59.480
 I

00:28:59.480 --> 00:28:59.619
 go

00:28:59.619 --> 00:28:59.619


00:29:02.059 --> 00:29:02.460
 and

00:29:02.460 --> 00:29:02.539
 in

00:29:02.539 --> 00:29:02.779
 every

00:29:02.779 --> 00:29:02.960
 church

00:29:02.960 --> 00:29:03.179
 people

00:29:03.179 --> 00:29:03.339
 will

00:29:03.339 --> 00:29:03.539
 come

00:29:03.539 --> 00:29:03.659
 in

00:29:03.659 --> 00:29:03.759
 and

00:29:03.759 --> 00:29:03.839
 they

00:29:03.839 --> 00:29:03.960
 will

00:29:03.960 --> 00:29:04.159
 try

00:29:04.159 --> 00:29:04.339
 and

00:29:04.339 --> 00:29:04.779
 spoil

00:29:04.779 --> 00:29:05.019
 the

00:29:05.019 --> 00:29:05.220
 work

00:29:05.220 --> 00:29:05.419
 and

00:29:05.419 --> 00:29:05.700
 actually

00:29:05.700 --> 00:29:06.059
 many

00:29:06.059 --> 00:29:06.200
 of

00:29:06.200 --> 00:29:06.359
 those

00:29:06.359 --> 00:29:06.559
 people

00:29:06.559 --> 00:29:06.740
 will

00:29:06.740 --> 00:29:07.339
 rise up

00:29:07.339 --> 00:29:07.460
 from

00:29:07.460 --> 00:29:07.819
 amongst

00:29:07.819 --> 00:29:08.179
 you

00:29:08.179 --> 00:29:08.720
 from

00:29:08.720 --> 00:29:08.879
 your

00:29:08.879 --> 00:29:09.179
 own

00:29:09.179 --> 00:29:09.579
 numbers

00:29:09.579 --> 00:29:09.799
 and

00:29:09.799 --> 00:29:10.119
 people

00:29:10.119 --> 00:29:10.339
 will

00:29:10.339 --> 00:29:10.639
 speak

00:29:10.639 --> 00:29:11.019
 all

00:29:11.019 --> 00:29:11.299
 sorts

00:29:11.299 --> 00:29:11.399
 of

00:29:11.399 --> 00:29:11.619
 things

00:29:11.619 --> 00:29:11.799
 that

00:29:11.799 --> 00:29:12.079
 spoil

00:29:12.079 --> 00:29:12.259
 the

00:29:12.259 --> 00:29:12.619
 work

00:29:12.619 --> 00:29:15.019
 and

00:29:15.019 --> 00:29:15.139
 the

00:29:15.139 --> 00:29:15.359
 devil

00:29:15.359 --> 00:29:15.519
 is

00:29:15.519 --> 00:29:15.639
 going

00:29:15.639 --> 00:29:15.700
 to

00:29:15.700 --> 00:29:15.819
 get

00:29:15.819 --> 00:29:16.019
 into

00:29:16.019 --> 00:29:16.179
 the

00:29:16.179 --> 00:29:16.639
 situation

00:29:16.639 --> 00:29:17.159
 and

00:29:17.159 --> 00:29:17.399
 there

00:29:17.399 --> 00:29:17.779
 he

00:29:17.779 --> 00:29:18.079
 says

00:29:18.079 --> 00:29:18.200
 to

00:29:18.200 --> 00:29:18.339
 them

00:29:18.339 --> 00:29:18.759
 therefore

00:29:18.759 --> 00:29:20.480
 watch

00:29:20.480 --> 00:29:21.940
 be

00:29:21.940 --> 00:29:22.359
 alert

00:29:22.359 --> 00:29:22.899
 remembering

00:29:22.899 --> 00:29:23.220
 that

00:29:23.220 --> 00:29:23.339
 for

00:29:23.339 --> 00:29:23.519
 three

00:29:23.519 --> 00:29:23.679
 years

00:29:23.679 --> 00:29:23.679


00:29:23.799 --> 00:29:23.819
 I

00:29:23.819 --> 00:29:23.980
 did

00:29:23.980 --> 00:29:24.139
 not

00:29:24.139 --> 00:29:24.599
 night

00:29:24.599 --> 00:29:24.879
 or day

00:29:24.879 --> 00:29:25.000
 to

00:29:25.000 --> 00:29:25.399
 admonish

00:29:25.399 --> 00:29:26.079
 everyone

00:29:26.079 --> 00:29:26.619
 with

00:29:26.619 --> 00:29:27.199
 tears

00:29:27.199 --> 00:29:29.879
 you

00:29:29.879 --> 00:29:30.000
 see

00:29:30.000 --> 00:29:30.179
 the

00:29:30.179 --> 00:29:30.459
 devil

00:29:30.459 --> 00:29:32.000
 wants

00:29:32.000 --> 00:29:32.199
 to

00:29:32.199 --> 00:29:32.379
 get

00:29:32.379 --> 00:29:32.759
 into

00:29:32.759 --> 00:29:33.339
 every

00:29:33.339 --> 00:29:34.019
 church

00:29:34.019 --> 00:29:34.259
 and

00:29:34.259 --> 00:29:34.419
 the

00:29:34.419 --> 00:29:34.639
 only

00:29:34.639 --> 00:29:34.919
 way

00:29:34.919 --> 00:29:35.039
 to

00:29:35.039 --> 00:29:35.319
 prevent

00:29:35.319 --> 00:29:35.439
 him

00:29:35.439 --> 00:29:35.559
 is

00:29:35.559 --> 00:29:35.659
 to

00:29:35.659 --> 00:29:35.799
 put

00:29:35.799 --> 00:29:35.919
 on

00:29:35.919 --> 00:29:36.039
 the

00:29:36.039 --> 00:29:36.219
 belt

00:29:36.219 --> 00:29:36.359
 of

00:29:36.359 --> 00:29:36.859
 truth

00:29:36.859 --> 00:29:39.439
 he

00:29:39.439 --> 00:29:39.599
 says

00:29:39.599 --> 00:29:39.939
 remember

00:29:39.939 --> 00:29:40.199
 what I

00:29:40.199 --> 00:29:40.279
 have

00:29:40.279 --> 00:29:40.419
 been

00:29:40.419 --> 00:29:40.719
 saying

00:29:40.719 --> 00:29:40.919
 to

00:29:40.919 --> 00:29:41.079
 you

00:29:41.079 --> 00:29:41.279
 for

00:29:41.279 --> 00:29:41.719
 these

00:29:41.719 --> 00:29:42.179
 past

00:29:42.179 --> 00:29:43.059
 three

00:29:43.059 --> 00:29:43.679
 years

00:29:43.679 --> 00:29:45.919
 I

00:29:45.919 --> 00:29:46.199
 did

00:29:46.199 --> 00:29:46.439
 not

00:29:46.439 --> 00:29:46.919
 shrink

00:29:46.919 --> 00:29:47.259
 from

00:29:47.259 --> 00:29:47.759
 declaring

00:29:47.759 --> 00:29:48.019
 to

00:29:48.019 --> 00:29:48.139
 you

00:29:48.139 --> 00:29:48.339
 the

00:29:48.339 --> 00:29:48.799
 whole

00:29:48.799 --> 00:29:49.480
 counsel

00:29:49.480 --> 00:29:50.059
 of

00:29:50.059 --> 00:29:50.559
 God

00:29:50.559 --> 00:29:51.079
 the

00:29:51.079 --> 00:29:51.419
 only

00:29:51.419 --> 00:29:51.799
 way

00:29:51.799 --> 00:29:51.980
 that

00:29:51.980 --> 00:29:52.259
 we

00:29:52.259 --> 00:29:52.459
 will

00:29:52.459 --> 00:29:53.139
 withstand

00:29:53.139 --> 00:29:53.439
 the

00:29:53.439 --> 00:29:53.859
 enemy

00:29:53.859 --> 00:29:55.199
 is

00:29:55.199 --> 00:29:55.339
 by

00:29:55.339 --> 00:29:55.559
 putting

00:29:55.559 --> 00:29:55.719
 on

00:29:55.719 --> 00:29:55.799
 the

00:29:55.799 --> 00:29:55.979
 whole

00:29:55.979 --> 00:29:56.299
 counsel

00:29:56.299 --> 00:29:56.500
 of

00:29:56.500 --> 00:29:56.779
 God

00:29:56.779 --> 00:29:58.579
 to

00:29:58.579 --> 00:29:58.740
 put

00:29:58.740 --> 00:29:58.859
 on

00:29:58.859 --> 00:29:58.979
 the

00:29:58.979 --> 00:29:59.199
 whole

00:29:59.199 --> 00:29:59.679
 truth

00:29:59.679 --> 00:30:00.519
 and

00:30:00.519 --> 00:30:00.719
 nothing

00:30:00.719 --> 00:30:00.899
 but

00:30:00.899 --> 00:30:01.059
 the

00:30:01.059 --> 00:30:01.359
 truth

00:30:01.359 --> 00:30:02.679
 you

00:30:02.679 --> 00:30:02.779
 are

00:30:02.779 --> 00:30:02.879
 to

00:30:02.879 --> 00:30:03.059
 hide

00:30:03.059 --> 00:30:03.259
 into

00:30:03.259 --> 00:30:03.500
 nothing

00:30:03.500 --> 00:30:03.759
 unless

00:30:03.759 --> 00:30:03.899
 you

00:30:03.899 --> 00:30:04.000
 do

00:30:04.000 --> 00:30:04.240
 that

00:30:04.240 --> 00:30:04.839
 you

00:30:04.839 --> 00:30:05.099
 can't

00:30:05.099 --> 00:30:05.479
 stand

00:30:05.479 --> 00:30:07.079
 and

00:30:07.079 --> 00:30:07.199
 when

00:30:07.199 --> 00:30:07.359
 the

00:30:07.359 --> 00:30:07.659
 devil

00:30:07.659 --> 00:30:08.219
 comes

00:30:08.219 --> 00:30:08.559
 you

00:30:08.559 --> 00:30:08.719
 won't

00:30:08.719 --> 00:30:09.000
 be able

00:30:09.000 --> 00:30:09.139
 to

00:30:09.139 --> 00:30:09.379
 stand

00:30:09.379 --> 00:30:09.699
 against

00:30:09.699 --> 00:30:09.899
 him

00:30:09.899 --> 00:30:10.159
 unless

00:30:10.159 --> 00:30:10.319
 you

00:30:10.319 --> 00:30:10.459
 put

00:30:10.459 --> 00:30:10.579
 on

00:30:10.579 --> 00:30:10.699
 the

00:30:10.699 --> 00:30:10.859
 whole

00:30:10.859 --> 00:30:11.199
 counsel

00:30:11.199 --> 00:30:11.379
 of

00:30:11.379 --> 00:30:11.659
 God

00:30:11.659 --> 00:30:13.879
 the

00:30:13.879 --> 00:30:14.079
 whole

00:30:14.079 --> 00:30:14.379
 word

00:30:14.379 --> 00:30:14.539
 of

00:30:14.539 --> 00:30:14.979
 God

00:30:14.979 --> 00:30:15.939
 is

00:30:15.939 --> 00:30:16.039
 to

00:30:16.039 --> 00:30:16.059
 be

00:30:16.059 --> 00:30:16.359
 applied

00:30:16.359 --> 00:30:16.379
!

00:30:16.379 --> 00:30:16.519
 to

00:30:16.519 --> 00:30:16.619
 the

00:30:16.619 --> 00:30:16.740
 whole

00:30:16.740 --> 00:30:16.859
 of

00:30:16.859 --> 00:30:16.979
 your

00:30:16.979 --> 00:30:17.339
 life

00:30:17.339 --> 00:30:19.699
 I

00:30:19.699 --> 00:30:19.759
 am

00:30:19.759 --> 00:30:20.399
 where

00:30:23.859 --> 00:30:23.859


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 wish

00:30:26.419 --> 00:30:26.619
 they

00:30:26.619 --> 00:30:27.159
 said

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 it

00:30:27.279 --> 00:30:27.619
 differently

00:30:27.619 --> 00:30:28.459
 we

00:30:28.459 --> 00:30:28.539
 were

00:30:28.539 --> 00:30:29.179
 unwise

00:30:29.179 --> 00:30:30.359
 in

00:30:30.359 --> 00:30:30.519
 some

00:30:30.519 --> 00:30:30.619
 of

00:30:30.619 --> 00:30:30.699
 the

00:30:30.699 --> 00:30:30.899
 things

00:30:30.899 --> 00:30:31.039
 that

00:30:31.039 --> 00:30:31.159
 they

00:30:31.159 --> 00:30:31.519
 said

00:30:31.519 --> 00:30:33.099
 most

00:30:33.099 --> 00:30:34.459
 of

00:30:34.459 --> 00:30:34.559
 all

00:30:34.559 --> 00:30:34.679
 they

00:30:34.679 --> 00:30:34.779
 were

00:30:34.779 --> 00:30:35.000
 just

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 a

00:30:35.139 --> 00:30:35.299
 little

00:30:35.299 --> 00:30:35.459
 bit

00:30:35.459 --> 00:30:35.819
 embarrassed

00:30:35.819 --> 00:30:36.039
 they

00:30:36.039 --> 00:30:36.719
 quoted

00:30:36.719 --> 00:30:36.919
 the

00:30:36.919 --> 00:30:37.099
 Bible

00:30:37.099 --> 00:30:37.259
 in

00:30:37.259 --> 00:30:37.579
 public

00:30:37.579 --> 00:30:40.000
 and

00:30:40.000 --> 00:30:40.339
 the

00:30:40.339 --> 00:30:40.779
 responses

00:30:40.779 --> 00:30:41.000
 of

00:30:41.000 --> 00:30:41.259
 Christians

00:30:41.259 --> 00:30:41.500
 have

00:30:41.500 --> 00:30:41.619
 been

00:30:41.619 --> 00:30:42.159
 remarkably

00:30:42.159 --> 00:30:43.559
 useless

00:30:43.559 --> 00:30:44.639
 because

00:30:44.639 --> 00:30:45.359
 they

00:30:45.359 --> 00:30:45.839
 haven't

00:30:45.839 --> 00:30:46.119
 put

00:30:46.119 --> 00:30:46.279
 on

00:30:46.279 --> 00:30:46.419
 the

00:30:46.419 --> 00:30:46.639
 belt

00:30:46.639 --> 00:30:46.779
 of

00:30:46.779 --> 00:30:47.179
 truth

00:30:47.179 --> 00:30:49.559
 and

00:30:49.559 --> 00:30:49.799
 you

00:30:49.799 --> 00:30:49.959
 and

00:30:49.959 --> 00:30:50.199
 I

00:30:50.199 --> 00:30:50.419
 if

00:30:50.419 --> 00:30:50.579
 we

00:30:50.579 --> 00:30:50.899
 think

00:30:50.899 --> 00:30:51.059
 as

00:30:51.059 --> 00:30:51.219
 a

00:30:51.219 --> 00:30:51.539
 church

00:30:51.539 --> 00:30:51.719
 that

00:30:51.719 --> 00:30:51.839
 we

00:30:51.839 --> 00:30:51.899
!

00:30:51.899 --> 00:30:52.039
 be

00:30:52.039 --> 00:30:52.059
!

00:30:52.059 --> 00:30:52.059


00:30:52.059 --> 00:30:52.059


00:30:52.059 --> 00:30:52.059


00:30:52.059 --> 00:30:52.059


00:30:52.059 --> 00:30:52.059


00:30:52.059 --> 00:30:52.059


00:30:52.059 --> 00:30:52.059


00:30:52.059 --> 00:30:52.159
 able

00:30:52.159 --> 00:30:52.299
 to

00:30:52.299 --> 00:30:52.500
 stand

00:30:52.500 --> 00:30:52.619
 in

00:30:52.619 --> 00:30:52.679
 the

00:30:52.679 --> 00:30:52.879
 next

00:30:52.879 --> 00:30:53.200
 5,

00:30:53.299 --> 00:30:53.519
 10,

00:30:53.639 --> 00:30:53.899
 15

00:30:53.899 --> 00:30:54.259
 years

00:30:54.259 --> 00:30:54.399
 in

00:30:54.399 --> 00:30:54.559
 this

00:30:54.559 --> 00:30:55.039
 culture

00:30:55.039 --> 00:30:58.240
 by

00:30:58.240 --> 00:30:59.059
 downplaying

00:30:59.059 --> 00:30:59.460
 the truth

00:30:59.460 --> 00:30:59.619
 of

00:30:59.619 --> 00:30:59.940
 God's

00:30:59.940 --> 00:31:00.319
 word

00:31:00.319 --> 00:31:01.279
 we've

00:31:01.279 --> 00:31:01.579
 got no

00:31:01.579 --> 00:31:02.039
 chance

00:31:02.039 --> 00:31:06.659
 let me

00:31:06.659 --> 00:31:07.200
 just point

00:31:07.200 --> 00:31:07.379
 out

00:31:07.379 --> 00:31:08.079
 finally

00:31:08.079 --> 00:31:10.619
 let me

00:31:10.619 --> 00:31:11.019
 point out

00:31:11.019 --> 00:31:11.899
 the context

00:31:11.899 --> 00:31:13.700
 it's one of

00:31:13.700 --> 00:31:13.859
 the most

00:31:13.859 --> 00:31:14.319
 important

00:31:14.319 --> 00:31:14.679
 things that

00:31:14.679 --> 00:31:15.099
 people forget

00:31:15.099 --> 00:31:15.279
 about

00:31:15.279 --> 00:31:15.679
 Ephesians

00:31:15.679 --> 00:31:16.139
 6

00:31:16.139 --> 00:31:16.519
 on this

00:31:16.519 --> 00:31:16.919
 battle

00:31:16.919 --> 00:31:18.039
 where is

00:31:18.039 --> 00:31:18.500
 the battle

00:31:18.500 --> 00:31:19.119
 we fought

00:31:19.119 --> 00:31:19.279
 in

00:31:19.279 --> 00:31:19.619
 Ephesians

00:31:19.619 --> 00:31:19.899
 6

00:31:19.899 --> 00:31:20.200
 remember

00:31:20.200 --> 00:31:20.559
 we saw

00:31:20.559 --> 00:31:20.679
 it

00:31:20.679 --> 00:31:21.059
 last week

00:31:21.059 --> 00:31:21.200
 it's

00:31:21.200 --> 00:31:21.599
 so helpful

00:31:21.599 --> 00:31:23.579
 where's

00:31:23.579 --> 00:31:24.000
 the battle

00:31:24.000 --> 00:31:24.459
 to be

00:31:24.459 --> 00:31:24.779
 fought

00:31:24.779 --> 00:31:25.039
 it's

00:31:25.039 --> 00:31:25.119
 in

00:31:25.119 --> 00:31:25.279
 the

00:31:25.279 --> 00:31:25.659
 home

00:31:25.659 --> 00:31:26.079
 and

00:31:26.079 --> 00:31:26.259
 it's

00:31:26.259 --> 00:31:26.359
 in

00:31:26.359 --> 00:31:26.879
 work

00:31:26.879 --> 00:31:27.740
 and

00:31:27.740 --> 00:31:27.879
 it's

00:31:27.879 --> 00:31:27.980
 in

00:31:27.980 --> 00:31:28.480
 relationships

00:31:28.480 --> 00:31:29.059
 between

00:31:29.059 --> 00:31:29.379
 husbands

00:31:29.379 --> 00:31:29.639
 and

00:31:29.639 --> 00:31:30.159
 wives

00:31:30.159 --> 00:31:31.399
 and

00:31:31.399 --> 00:31:31.659
 parents

00:31:31.659 --> 00:31:31.819
 and

00:31:31.819 --> 00:31:32.139
 children

00:31:32.139 --> 00:31:35.379
 let me

00:31:35.379 --> 00:31:35.599
 tell you

00:31:35.599 --> 00:31:35.799
 about a

00:31:35.799 --> 00:31:35.919
 man

00:31:35.919 --> 00:31:36.199
 he's a

00:31:36.199 --> 00:31:36.359
 great

00:31:36.359 --> 00:31:36.679
 champion

00:31:36.679 --> 00:31:37.000
 for the

00:31:37.000 --> 00:31:37.299
 truth

00:31:37.299 --> 00:31:37.539
 in

00:31:37.539 --> 00:31:37.839
 church

00:31:37.839 --> 00:31:39.419
 but

00:31:39.419 --> 00:31:39.699
 actually

00:31:39.699 --> 00:31:39.919
 his

00:31:39.919 --> 00:31:40.199
 love

00:31:40.199 --> 00:31:40.480
 for his

00:31:40.480 --> 00:31:40.839
 wife

00:31:40.839 --> 00:31:41.399
 needs

00:31:41.399 --> 00:31:42.439
 much

00:31:42.439 --> 00:31:42.939
 to be

00:31:42.939 --> 00:31:43.379
 desired

00:31:43.379 --> 00:31:45.599
 Spurgeon

00:31:45.599 --> 00:31:45.919
 said

00:31:45.919 --> 00:31:46.219
 he's

00:31:46.219 --> 00:31:46.439
 an

00:31:46.439 --> 00:31:47.079
 angel

00:31:47.079 --> 00:31:47.339
 in

00:31:47.339 --> 00:31:47.740
 public

00:31:47.740 --> 00:31:48.000
 but

00:31:48.000 --> 00:31:48.159
 a

00:31:48.159 --> 00:31:48.439
 devil

00:31:48.439 --> 00:31:48.819
 in

00:31:48.819 --> 00:31:49.259
 private

00:31:49.259 --> 00:31:51.039
 here's

00:31:51.039 --> 00:31:51.119
 a

00:31:51.119 --> 00:31:51.319
 woman

00:31:51.319 --> 00:31:51.559
 and

00:31:51.559 --> 00:31:51.779
 she's

00:31:51.779 --> 00:31:51.980
 really

00:31:51.980 --> 00:31:52.559
 active

00:31:52.559 --> 00:31:52.740
 in

00:31:52.740 --> 00:31:52.920
 church

00:31:52.920 --> 00:31:53.140
 life

00:31:53.140 --> 00:31:53.400
 she's

00:31:53.400 --> 00:31:53.779
 involved

00:31:53.779 --> 00:31:53.980
 in

00:31:53.980 --> 00:31:54.160
 so

00:31:54.160 --> 00:31:54.519
 much

00:31:54.519 --> 00:31:55.740
 but

00:31:55.740 --> 00:31:55.960
 she

00:31:55.960 --> 00:31:56.240
 will

00:31:56.240 --> 00:31:56.500
 not

00:31:56.500 --> 00:31:56.700
 and

00:31:56.700 --> 00:31:56.960
 does

00:31:56.960 --> 00:31:57.240
 not

00:31:57.240 --> 00:31:57.619
 submit

00:31:57.619 --> 00:31:57.900
 to her

00:31:57.900 --> 00:31:58.160
 husband

00:31:58.160 --> 00:31:58.440
 in a

00:31:58.440 --> 00:31:58.640
 biblical

00:31:58.640 --> 00:31:59.079
 way

00:31:59.079 --> 00:32:00.539
 she

00:32:00.539 --> 00:32:00.740
 doesn't

00:32:00.740 --> 00:32:01.180
 respect

00:32:01.180 --> 00:32:01.460
 him

00:32:01.460 --> 00:32:01.779
 in the

00:32:01.779 --> 00:32:01.879
 way

00:32:01.879 --> 00:32:02.059
 the

00:32:02.059 --> 00:32:02.240
 Bible

00:32:02.240 --> 00:32:02.819
 demands

00:32:02.819 --> 00:32:04.639
 here's

00:32:04.639 --> 00:32:04.720
 a

00:32:04.720 --> 00:32:04.899
 young

00:32:04.899 --> 00:32:05.119
 person

00:32:05.119 --> 00:32:05.240
 or

00:32:05.240 --> 00:32:05.539
 child

00:32:05.539 --> 00:32:05.839
 even

00:32:05.839 --> 00:32:07.619
 in

00:32:07.619 --> 00:32:07.839
 church

00:32:07.839 --> 00:32:08.039
 people

00:32:08.039 --> 00:32:08.279
 think

00:32:08.279 --> 00:32:08.419
 you're

00:32:08.419 --> 00:32:08.500
 a

00:32:08.500 --> 00:32:08.639
 little

00:32:08.639 --> 00:32:09.079
 angel

00:32:09.079 --> 00:32:11.019
 maybe

00:32:11.019 --> 00:32:11.259
 you

00:32:11.259 --> 00:32:11.559
 pray

00:32:11.559 --> 00:32:11.700
 for

00:32:11.700 --> 00:32:11.819
 your

00:32:11.819 --> 00:32:12.139
 friends

00:32:12.139 --> 00:32:12.339
 to

00:32:12.339 --> 00:32:12.720
 become

00:32:12.720 --> 00:32:13.119
 Christians

00:32:13.119 --> 00:32:13.720
 but

00:32:13.720 --> 00:32:13.879
 at

00:32:13.879 --> 00:32:14.099
 home

00:32:14.099 --> 00:32:14.319
 you

00:32:14.319 --> 00:32:15.000
 don't

00:32:15.000 --> 00:32:15.480
 obey

00:32:15.480 --> 00:32:16.139
 dad

00:32:16.139 --> 00:32:16.279
 and

00:32:16.279 --> 00:32:16.539
 mom

00:32:16.539 --> 00:32:17.899
 you

00:32:17.899 --> 00:32:18.220
 adamantly

00:32:18.220 --> 00:32:18.740
 refuse

00:32:18.740 --> 00:32:21.460
 here's

00:32:21.460 --> 00:32:21.679
 a man

00:32:21.679 --> 00:32:22.200
 who's

00:32:22.200 --> 00:32:22.460
 really

00:32:22.460 --> 00:32:22.759
 a

00:32:22.759 --> 00:32:23.359
 Christian

00:32:23.359 --> 00:32:23.799
 at

00:32:23.799 --> 00:32:24.200
 work

00:32:24.200 --> 00:32:24.919
 speaks

00:32:24.919 --> 00:32:25.079
 about

00:32:25.079 --> 00:32:25.179
 the

00:32:25.179 --> 00:32:25.319
 Lord

00:32:25.319 --> 00:32:25.559
 Jesus

00:32:25.559 --> 00:32:25.879
 but

00:32:25.879 --> 00:32:26.039
 he's

00:32:26.039 --> 00:32:26.299
 actually

00:32:26.299 --> 00:32:26.439
 a

00:32:26.439 --> 00:32:26.659
 very

00:32:26.659 --> 00:32:26.939
 poor

00:32:26.939 --> 00:32:27.379
 worker

00:32:27.379 --> 00:32:27.980
 he's

00:32:27.980 --> 00:32:28.079
 a

00:32:28.079 --> 00:32:28.339
 bad

00:32:28.339 --> 00:32:28.619
 time

00:32:28.619 --> 00:32:28.859
 keeper

00:32:28.859 --> 00:32:28.879
!

00:32:28.879 --> 00:32:29.099
 he's

00:32:29.099 --> 00:32:29.259
 always

00:32:29.259 --> 00:32:29.460
 late

00:32:29.460 --> 00:32:29.579
 for

00:32:29.579 --> 00:32:29.879
 work

00:32:29.880 --> 00:32:32.300
 and if

00:32:32.300 --> 00:32:32.380
 we

00:32:32.380 --> 00:32:32.500
 have

00:32:32.500 --> 00:32:32.600
 to

00:32:32.600 --> 00:32:32.860
 stand

00:32:32.860 --> 00:32:33.160
 against

00:32:33.160 --> 00:32:33.320
 the

00:32:33.320 --> 00:32:33.580
 devil

00:32:33.580 --> 00:32:34.140
 you've

00:32:34.140 --> 00:32:34.260
 got

00:32:34.260 --> 00:32:34.340
 to

00:32:34.340 --> 00:32:34.560
 apply

00:32:34.560 --> 00:32:34.720
 the

00:32:34.720 --> 00:32:35.000
 whole

00:32:35.000 --> 00:32:35.180
 of

00:32:35.180 --> 00:32:35.500
 God's

00:32:35.500 --> 00:32:35.780
 word

00:32:35.780 --> 00:32:36.280
 to

00:32:36.280 --> 00:32:36.400
 the

00:32:36.400 --> 00:32:36.540
 whole

00:32:36.540 --> 00:32:36.640
 of

00:32:36.640 --> 00:32:36.800
 our

00:32:36.800 --> 00:32:37.180
 lives

00:32:37.180 --> 00:32:39.400
 it's

00:32:39.400 --> 00:32:39.540
 a

00:32:39.540 --> 00:32:39.860
 belt

00:32:39.860 --> 00:32:40.280
 it's

00:32:40.280 --> 00:32:40.520
 meant

00:32:40.520 --> 00:32:40.800
 to

00:32:40.800 --> 00:32:42.320
 encompass

00:32:42.320 --> 00:32:43.040
 and circle

00:32:43.040 --> 00:32:44.280
 let the

00:32:44.280 --> 00:32:44.500
 truth

00:32:44.500 --> 00:32:44.900
 encircle

00:32:44.900 --> 00:32:45.400
 your life

00:32:45.400 --> 00:32:47.180
 Paul is

00:32:47.180 --> 00:32:47.320
 saying

00:32:47.320 --> 00:32:47.760
 let it

00:32:47.760 --> 00:32:47.980
 gather

00:32:47.980 --> 00:32:48.320
 up and

00:32:48.320 --> 00:32:48.600
 fasten

00:32:48.600 --> 00:32:48.860
 all the

00:32:48.860 --> 00:32:49.060
 loose

00:32:49.060 --> 00:32:49.320
 ends

00:32:49.320 --> 00:32:49.620
 all the

00:32:49.620 --> 00:32:50.000
 untidy

00:32:50.000 --> 00:32:50.440
 corners

00:32:50.440 --> 00:32:50.720
 belt

00:32:50.720 --> 00:32:50.880
 the

00:32:50.880 --> 00:32:51.120
 truth

00:32:51.120 --> 00:32:51.380
 on

00:32:51.380 --> 00:32:52.280
 he's

00:32:52.280 --> 00:32:52.440
 saying

00:32:52.440 --> 00:32:52.600
 let

00:32:52.600 --> 00:32:52.760
 the

00:32:52.760 --> 00:32:52.980
 whole

00:32:52.980 --> 00:32:53.140
 of

00:32:53.140 --> 00:32:53.440
 God's

00:32:53.440 --> 00:32:53.640
 word

00:32:53.640 --> 00:32:54.020
 control

00:32:54.020 --> 00:32:54.200
 the

00:32:54.200 --> 00:32:54.360
 whole

00:32:54.360 --> 00:32:54.480
 of

00:32:54.480 --> 00:32:54.600
 your

00:32:54.600 --> 00:32:54.920
 life

00:32:54.920 --> 00:32:55.120
 your

00:32:55.120 --> 00:32:55.420
 family

00:32:55.420 --> 00:32:55.800
 life

00:32:59.880 --> 00:33:00.740
 your

00:33:00.740 --> 00:33:00.980
 prayer

00:33:00.980 --> 00:33:01.400
 life

00:33:01.400 --> 00:33:03.200
 your

00:33:03.200 --> 00:33:03.520
 sex

00:33:03.520 --> 00:33:03.820
 life

00:33:03.820 --> 00:33:05.400
 let

00:33:05.400 --> 00:33:05.540
 there

00:33:05.540 --> 00:33:05.720
 be

00:33:05.720 --> 00:33:06.140
 no

00:33:06.140 --> 00:33:07.060
 unreality

00:33:07.060 --> 00:33:09.620
 no

00:33:09.620 --> 00:33:11.040
 insincerity

00:33:11.040 --> 00:33:13.040
 no

00:33:13.040 --> 00:33:13.460
 double

00:33:13.460 --> 00:33:14.040
 standards

00:33:14.040 --> 00:33:16.180
 therefore

00:33:16.180 --> 00:33:16.600
 take up

00:33:16.600 --> 00:33:16.700
 the

00:33:16.700 --> 00:33:16.880
 whole

00:33:16.880 --> 00:33:17.120
 armour

00:33:17.120 --> 00:33:17.280
 of

00:33:17.280 --> 00:33:17.520
 God

00:33:17.520 --> 00:33:17.660
 that

00:33:17.660 --> 00:33:17.760
 you

00:33:17.760 --> 00:33:17.880
 may

00:33:17.880 --> 00:33:17.980
 be

00:33:17.980 --> 00:33:18.100
 able

00:33:18.100 --> 00:33:18.240
 to

00:33:18.240 --> 00:33:18.600
 stand

00:33:18.600 --> 00:33:20.080
 in

00:33:20.080 --> 00:33:20.200
 the

00:33:20.200 --> 00:33:20.440
 evil

00:33:20.440 --> 00:33:20.840
 day

00:33:20.840 --> 00:33:22.200
 and

00:33:22.200 --> 00:33:22.420
 having

00:33:22.420 --> 00:33:22.660
 done

00:33:22.660 --> 00:33:22.900
 all

00:33:22.900 --> 00:33:23.060
 to

00:33:23.060 --> 00:33:23.340
 stand

00:33:23.340 --> 00:33:23.760
 therefore

00:33:23.760 --> 00:33:25.080
 having

00:33:25.080 --> 00:33:25.560
 fastened

00:33:25.560 --> 00:33:25.700
 on

00:33:25.700 --> 00:33:25.820
 the

00:33:25.820 --> 00:33:26.040
 belt

00:33:26.040 --> 00:33:26.180
 of

00:33:26.180 --> 00:33:26.520
 truth

00:33:26.520 --> 00:33:27.740
 let's

00:33:27.740 --> 00:33:27.940
 pray